Pierre Valette is currently the Vice President of Content and Communications for Athena health, a leading provider of practice management, electronic health record, and practice management services. Prior to his work at Athena health, Pierre served as the Executive Producer of Children's Programming for WGBH from 1999-2008 where he Executive Produced Arthur and Postcards from Buster. Pierre worked as Vice President of Quest Productions from 1991-1999 where he contributed to the development and production of a wide range of PBS and network series including the Peabody-winning The Rise and Fall of Jim Crow (PBS) He has also produced numerous medical documentaries including a palliative care video with the Harvard Medical School. For his work in these capacities Pierre has been honored with 4 Emmy Awards, 2 George Foster Peabody Awards, 13 Emmy Nominations, 5 CINE Golden Eagle Awards, a Boston Music Award and the British Academy of Film & Television Award.
Kathleen McDonough, is President/CEO of Community Health Network (Holliston, MA), which she purchased in 2001 from our Founder, Sarah Hackett. Like Sarah she has a professional background in nursing, public health and home care, and has been involved with Haiti Projects for over 10 years. She will be on the Executive and Finance Committees.
Susan M. Gately has been an economic and policy expert specializing in the telecom arena for more than 30 years. Her consulting firm, SMGately Consulting, LLC (SMGC) was founded in January, 2011 and caters primarily to very large users (Fortune 500 Companies) of communications services. Susan lives and works in Pembroke, Mass.
Patricia Chute, for the past eleven years, has been a volunteer in Educational Development for the St. Boniface Haiti Foundation and has served on the SBHF Board as well. She has made many trips to Fond des Blancs and looks forward to continuing to serve the community there as a member of the HP Library/Education Committee.
Kenneth Horak spent 20 years in FEMA Region 1 (New England), most recently as Associate Director. His background is in disaster preparedness; he was directly involved in many recovery efforts in the Region as well as post-Katrina and the Northridge Earthquake in California: he was also responsible for oversight of Region 1 anti-terrorist response after 9/11. Ken will work on the Library/Education Committee.
Dale Joachim is on the Technical Staff at MIT Lincoln Labs, where he is involved in airport runway optimization. A PhD in Electrical Engineering, he has also been involved in One Laptop per Child, the MIT Media Lab, and numerous other commercial and academic endeavors. He will work on the Library/Education Committee.
Robert Russell is an MD with background in nutrition, and is currently Professor Emeritus at Tufts Medical School. He has served on the Boards of the USDA Human Investigation Committee, the FDA, National Institute of Health, the World Health Organization, UNICEF, and the American Board of Internal Medicine. He will work on our Clinic Project.
Eileen Freitag's career spans 40 years in home health care, 22 of those at Visiting Nurse Association of Boston. While at the VNA of Boston she rose through operations positions to Vice President of Admissions (marketing) and ultimately, President and CEO. During her tenure as CEO, the agency grew from a $25M home health agency to an $80M multi-corporate home health and hospice agency. Eileen has also served as the CEO of a long term care continuum that included a major home health component, and the Vice President of Business Development of a start-up software company with a communication product for seniors. She now serves as a Partner and the Director of Strategic and Marketing Consulting for Fazzi Associates and works with home health and hospice agencies on a variety of strategic planning, marketing, operations and customer service projects as well as interim management. During her career she has served on the boards of local and national health care organizations. Eileen has an MBA with a concentration in Health Care Management.
Jim Farmer is the Instructional Technology Specialist serving 8 school districts at Okefenokee RESA, in Southeast Georgia. He was born and raised in Port-au-Prince, Haiti and moved to Fort Lauderdale, Florida in 1985. He taught and worked as a Technology Integration Specialist for Broward County Schools, the fifth largest school district in the nation. In 2004, Mr. Farmer moved to Waycross Georgia with his wife, also an educator, and three daughters. He taught, coached soccer and cross country and worked at the district office as a Technology Coach in Ware County before becoming the Instructional Technology Specialist at Okefenokee RESA in 2015. Mr. Farmer is an advocate for using technology to engage and inspire all facets of teaching and learning.


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'We Need to Talk About an Injustice': Bryan Stevenson delivers Ruth Adler Lecture at University of Edinburgh
July 12, 2019 Harriet Cornell Crime and Criminal Law, death penalty, Democracy, Edinburgh, Global Justice Academy, Globally Just Leadership, Human rights, incarceration, Inequalities, Law and Legal, liberty, Punishment, race, USA, Victimisation
Law PhD Candidate, Vivek Bhatt
In this guest post, Law PhD Candidate, Vivek Bhatt, reflects on Bryan Stevenson's visit to Edinburgh Law School to give the 2019 Ruth Adler Memorial Lecture, and to receive an honorary doctorate as part of the School's summer graduation ceremony.
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On 8 July 2019, the Global Justice Academy hosted a lecture by Bryan Stevenson, recipient of an honorary doctorate at the Edinburgh Law School. Stevenson is founder of the Equal Justice Institute (EJI) in Montgomery, Alabama, and a clinical professor at the NYU School of Law. Stevenson works as a legal representative for disadvantaged and marginalised individuals, particularly young and poor people who are on death row or serving life sentences. He and his colleagues at the EJI have achieved the exoneration or release of over 125 individuals on death row. Stevenson is also the author of Just Mercy: A Story of Justice and Redemption,[1] which was a New York Times bestseller and won the Carnegie Medal for the best nonfiction book of 2014.
Stevenson's lecture circulated around a question that is as succinct as it is complex: how do we, as human rights advocates, address injustice? Firstly, he said, we must create justice by becoming proximate to those suffering inequality and injustice. Recounting his relationship with his grandmother, who wished that Stevenson would always be able to feel her embracing him, the skilful orator argued that we must know and seek to understand those who suffer injustice in order to affirm their humanity and dignity. Thus, human rights practice is not about the deployment of legal arguments from afar, but rather about stepping away from one's legal expertise and embracing those who suffer violations of dignity.
Complicity, Elitism and Storytelling: Exploring Moral Ambiguity in Times of Injustice
July 4, 2018 Harriet Cornell Atrocities, Conflict, Crime and Criminal Law, Edinburgh, Global Justice Academy, Human rights, Knowledge Exchange, Theory, Understanding Global Justice
In her second post for this blog, GJA Communications Intern, Jee-Young Song, reflects on the recent GJA GREYZONE Summer School keynote session on 'Conceptual Perspectives'.
The Summer School kick-started on Monday the 25 June, the theme this year being 'Navigating the Grey Zone: Complicity, Resistance and Solidarity'.The following is from the 'Conceptual Perspectives' talks, where expert speakers from the fields of human rights, philosophy, and political theory (Ruth Kelly, Charlotte Knowles and Lukas Slothuus, pictured above) each gave their unique insight on the key issues.
Storytelling as a way to reinforce human rights
First to speak was Ruth Kelly, who focused on the potential for narrative to help communities articulate approaches to the development of human rights. To give an example of such artistic intervention, she showed footage taken at a poetry workshop in Uganda, where a woman recites a poem about struggling to choose between action and complicity, entitled 'Should I stay? Should I go?'.
Global Justice Academy Spring School: Using Critical Discourse Analysis in Community Settings
June 27, 2018 Harriet Cornell Edinburgh, education, Engagement, Global Justice Academy, Inequalities, Local-Global Connections, Students participate!, Theory, Understanding Global Justice
In April 2018, the GJA sponsored its first 'Spring School' in a collaboration with Moray House School of Education. In this post, Spring School Co-organiser and GJA Management Group member, Dr Callum McGregor, reflects on the Spring School's innovative community-university partnership, which fostered strong links with local organisations and social justice practitioners. It is hoped that a similar Spring School will run again next year. Callum is also the programme director for the online MSc in Social Justice and Community Action, which is sponsored by the Global Justice Academy.
Callum McGregor
The Global Justice Academy (GJA) is an institutional forum for dialogue with practitioners engaged in justice issues locally and globally. This short blog highlights one such example of local dialogue, in the form of a series of community-university workshops on Critical Discourse Analysis (CDA). CDA is a form of critical social research, whose purpose is to analyse the ways in which language can be used to both reproduce and challenge social injustice. Discourses can be thought of as representationsof various aspects of our social lives. These representations are made up sets of rules and statements that determine whatcan be expressed within a particular context, howit can be expressed, by whom and under what conditions. Discourses are important because they have real material effects on the distribution of burdens and benefits along different axes of inequality.
Between April and May 2018, three workshops were held, with the purpose of bringing together community practitioners, community-based adult learners, activists, students and academics to learn together about CDA. Specifically, the workshops focused on how CDA can be used creatively to link education to social action, through addressing the interests and struggles of ordinary people in communities.
Shaking Hands in Dayton and Singapore: Symbolic Representations of Peace Processes
June 13, 2018 Harriet Cornell Balkans, Eastern Europe, Edinburgh, Global Justice Academy, Negotiation, Peace, Peace Processes, USA
In this post, PSRP researcher Laura Wise reflects on symbolic representations of handshake moments at high-level peace summits, and what we miss when we consistently focus on comprehensive peace agreements. This is a longer version of remarks delivered at the IICR 2nd Annual Conference 'Networked Cultures: Translations, Symbols, and Legacies', as part of a session convened by the IICR Cultures of Peace and Violence Network. PSRP and the Global Justice Academy are proud members of this interdisciplinary network that enables discussions on how symbolic representations constrain or facilitate cultures of peace and violence, and we look forward to participating in future events.
Kim and Trump shaking hands on the red carpet during the DPRK-USA Singapore Summit on 12 June 2018
Handshake moments are currently a hot topic, as journalists rush to interpret the symbolism of the Singapore Summit between North Korea and the United States. From the diplomatic menu to the moment the leaders of each country make physical contact, no aspects of negotiation process are above being scrutinized for what they can tell us about the potential for achieving peace. Meanwhile, participants and commentators often hail the agreements themselves as historic and comprehensive even before crucial details of a done deal are released to the public, with parties keen to credit themselves as having achieved what no other figure has managed to do thus far.
Over twenty years ago, another high-level summit was capturing the world's attention, as leaders from the former Yugoslavia and other interested parties gathered at Wright-Patterson Air Force Base near Dayton, Ohio, to negotiate yet another comprehensive peace plan for Bosnia and Herzegovina.
New Blog Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Research in Edinburgh
January 16, 2017 Andreas Hackl Conflict, Edinburgh, Impact, Inclusivity, International development, Local-Global Connections, Peace, Peace and Conflict Series, Political Settlements
The University of Edinburgh's research expertise on peace and conflict is growing fast, making it ever more important to connect and communicate across disciplinary lines. To this effect, a new blog series titled Rethinking Peace and Conflict Research in Edinburgh will foster exchange and make this ongoing research and its challenges more visible. Its aim is to build new interdisciplinary capacity and exchange around challenges and themes that connect experts working on peace and conflict across and beyond the University. » Read more
Centre for South Asian Studies Relaunches – February 2016
February 10, 2016 Harriet Cornell Asia, Edinburgh, Innovative Initiative Fund, Local-Global Connections
The Centre for South Asian Studies at the University of Edinburgh has been a key node of research on South Asia within the British academic landscape since 1988. Its success in the near three decades is largely due to the outstanding leadership provided by Professors Roger Jeffery and Patricia Jeffery in setting the Centre and steer it to be a leading centre for the study of South Asia in Scotland and within the UK.
While the Centre has benefitted from the stewardship of the Jeffery's and other colleagues, such as Professor Crispin Bates and Jonathan Spencer, August 2015 marked a generational shift, with Drs Wilfried Swenden (SSPS) and Kanchana N Ruwanpura (Human Geography) taking over the helm. They are advised by a Steering Committee that draws in South Asia experts from across the School of Social and Political Science and all constituent Colleges in the University. To celebrate nearly three decades of South Asia research within the University of Edinburgh, the centre organised a 'relaunch' on 4 February 2016, which brought four distinguished academic guests to the University.
Counter-Terrorism, Radicalisation, and the University: Debating the Prevent Strategy
January 20, 2016 Harriet Cornell Edinburgh, Global Justice Academy, Human rights, Law and Legal, Student Ambassadors, Terrorism, UK, Victimisation
On Friday 15 January 2016, the Global Justice Academy and the Centre for Security Research at The University of Edinburgh hosted a panel discussion on the Prevent Strategy obligations that have been placed on higher education institutions. GJA Student Ambassador, Rebecca Smyth, went along to the debate and outlines the debated arguments as well as her thoughts on this contentious issue in this guest post.
A thing of nothing or something more sinister? Under section 26 of the 2015 Counter-Terrorism and Security Act universities must "have due regard to the need to prevent people being drawn into terrorism." The origins of this 'Prevent' duty, and its potential implications for staff and students, were considered at a panel discussion organised by the Global Justice Academy and Centre for Security Research last Friday. Chaired by Akwugo Emejulu, the panel comprised Gavin Douglas, Deputy Secretary of Student Experience here at the University of Edinburgh; Richard Jones of the School of Law; Genevieve Lennon of the University of Strathclyde Law School; Urte Macikene, EUSA Vice President of Services; and Andrew Neal of the Politics and International Relations department.
The Concept of Global Law: what is it and what are the rules?
October 1, 2015 Harriet Cornell Edinburgh, Innovative Initiative Fund, Law and Legal, Theory
A guest post from Lucas Miotto Lopes, Convenor of the Edinburgh Legal Theory Group, who received an award of £400 from the GJA Innovative Initiative Fund to host a seminar on 'The Concept of Global Law'.
With the sponsorship of the Global Justice Academy the Edinburgh Legal Theory Group held the seminar entitled The Concept of Global Law on September 24th. Jorge Fabra, a PhD candidate at McMaster University, was the presenter and Professor Neil Walker, from the University of Edinburgh, acted as the discussant. We had the privilege of counting with a wide and diversified audience – from undergrads to staff members. Participants were keen to engage in discussion and offered both critical remarks and constructive feedback. As a result, discussion was very live, friendly and informal.
Democracy, Violence, and Teaching: a Summer of GJA Events
August 27, 2015 Harriet Cornell Edinburgh, Engagement, Global Justice Academy, Students participate!
This summer, the Global Justice Academy ran its first Summer School in conjunction with the School of Political Sciences, and the School of History, Classics and Archaeology. GJA Co-Director, Dr Mathias Thaler, reflects on the success of the three-day course, and plans to revise the Summer School for 2016. Dr Thaler also reports on initial forays into establishing a 'Democracy Lab' at the University of Edinburgh, following the launch of his new honours course on democratic theory.
Summer School on Political Violence
From June 24 to 26, 2015, SPS organised a Summer School on political violence, in collaboration with the Global Justice Academy and HCA.
Regeneration in an Edinburgh Neighbourhood: the Craigmillar Project Report
February 11, 2015 Harriet Cornell Cities, Citizenship and Belonging, Edinburgh, environment, Gentrification, Housing, Inequalities, Local-Global Connections, Regeneration, resources, Understanding Global Justice, Urban Justice, Urbanization
In 2014-15, the Global Justice Academy launched its Urban Justice Lab. Based on the MIT-pioneered model to address global challenges, the Urban Justice Lab creates space for discussions and debates as well as collaborations in research, teaching, and outreach for university academics that study or operate on the city.
Dr Tahl Kaminer, GJA Co-Director (Urban Justice Lab), is a Lecturer in Architectural Design and Theory at the Edinburgh School of Architecture and Landscape Architecture (ESALA). One track of Tahl's research studies the means of social amelioration via urban transformation. In 2014, students from the MSc programme in Urban Strategies and Design produced the Craigmillar Project Report – an extensive analysis of the Edinburgh neighbourhood, of the regeneration project, and of current conditions.
L-R: 'Charlie's Bus' Craigmillar Festival playscheme Bus, historical photograph by Andrew Crummy; Craigmillar flats, photograph by David Flutcher; the White House in Craigmillar, photograph by John Lord.
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The origin of the American Dream comes against deportation from the model of the Old World to the government and economy. This allowed freedom never experienced before, especially the possibility of a significant social mobility upwards. In addition, the American War of Independence until the last half of the nineteenth century, many of the resources were free and generated pledges of land and investments in fortunate lands or industries. The development of the Industrial Revolution combined with the great continent of the vast natural resources not yet fully colonized created the opportunity to improve their social condition.
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In the middle of the nineteenth century arrived in the United States a considerable number of immigrants from China and Japan, all in search of the American Dream. This phenomenon led to the formation of many neighborhoods Chinese (the so-called Chinatown), in major cities like San Francisco and New York City. Many of these immigrants worked in the Far East as laborers to the implementation of the First Transcontinental Railroad.
During the second half of the nineteenth century, the prolific writer Horatio Alger became famous for his novels that idealized the American Dream. His stories of the poor and marginalized, and through their efforts could gain wealth and success, helped the establishment of the American Dream in popular culture.
As the twentieth century, the great personalities of the industry became the new icons of the American Dream, since many of them had come to control large industries and immense capital although they come from low social status; famous examples of this are found in capitalist Andrew Carnegie and John D. Rockefeller. The acquisition of a substantial welfare showed that, having talent, intelligence and perseverance to work hard, it was possible to succeed in life.
Throughout the nineteenth century, immigrants fled the monarchies of Western Europe, whose post-feudal economy, characterized by heavy taxation, poor oppressed class and stifled development, while 'American economy was built by people who were consciously free of these constraints.
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Budding young Skegby entrepreneur Vicky Mercer has been praised by her MP for creating much needed employment opportunities.
Tribute was paid by Ashfield's Gloria De Piero after the thirty eight year-old took on three new employees. She is already looking to recruit another one later this year.
Relocating Uppercut hair and beauty salon from Victoria Street, Stanton Hill, to a bigger salon on the High Street has meant the business can now offer gents' barbers services, a ladies' salon, beauty treatments, a vertical sunbed, spray tanning and a foot health clinic.
Said Vicky: "It has taken us six months to get the new place ready and it is great to have the doors open for customers. It is really exciting and to get the praise from our MP is and added bonus."
Ms De Piero said: "It is fantastic to see young business women like Vicky being successful and creating new jobs for people in the district. It is this kind of entrepreneurial spirit that needs support and I wish Vicky and her team all the very best for the future."
The salon was officially opened by John Lamb, Vicky's previous employer who ran the salon as a barbers, before she took over.
Uppercut hair and beauty salon is open Tuesdays between 9am-5pm, Wednesday 9am-1pm, Thursday 9am-6pm, Fridays 9am-7pm and Saturday 9am-4pm.
To make a booking phone 01623 441730.
Vicky stands with John Lamb as he cuts the ribbon to the new salon


The June 16, 2016 Graduation and Moving On 2016 were terrific! The students had a great time and families enjoyed seeing their babies graduate. The success is owed to these wonderful people and businesses, as well as the many JGMS families who donated financially to this event.
Chair Cindy Fisette – Moving On is a large endeavor, and Cindy was excellent in putting it all together! Thank you to Rick Fisette for being Cindy's right-hand man. The Fisette duo got so very many things done behind the scenes to ensure a perfect night. We can't thank them enough!
Moving On Volunteers: These helpful people contributed in some or several ways, such as cooking, baking, buying, setting up, cleaning, and more.
Last, but certainly not least, thank you parents for your generous donations towards Moving On. You helped fund the festivities and the kids it. It truly was a night to remember.
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He has sacrificed and suffered for this country, Peter Kenneth on Raila
2017 Nairobi gubernatorial hopeful Peter Kenneth says Raila Odinga is a committed leader who has sacrificed and suffered for the country, than any leader currently on the national scene.
Speaking to KTN's Ken Mijungu, the former Gatanga MP recounted how the former PM has had to put aside his political differences and join hands with his rivals for sake of the country's prosperity.
"He was detained by former President Moi for nine years. He came out and still formed a coalition with Moi. He did not bring any enmity or any anger when he came out. He then worked, even with this current president in saying NO in a constitutional referendum in 2005.
"And again in 2010. In between there he supported Kibaki, with Kibaki tosha, and an MoU was not honored….he still formed a grand coalition with President Kibaki. He ran again in 2013 he lost and he lived on. 2017 he ran again, it was nullified but 6 months after that there was the handshake. What does this tell you of the man? He has his own sacrifices, commitments and he has suffered," Kenneth said on Wednesday night.
PK, as he is famously known, disclosed the ODM leader was currently the most influential political figure in Kenya, whom top leaders have passed through his hands in the last twenty years.
"If you look at many of the political players in the last twenty years right now, they have all passed under his table. If he was a football coach, he has brought out talent."
Kenneth, a former MP, is one of the allies of Raila Odinga from the Mt Kenya region and is listed among Mt Kenya leaders angling to succeed Uhuru Kenyatta as the region's kingpin. He has also been touted as being part of an alliance currently being woven by Odinga for 2022.
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After writing about the goodness of people I've met along the way I've encountered the bad egg. I don't know who this person is, but they've made us feel violated.
One morning recently I went out to wander around the garden and noticed that something was missing. Actually, several somethings were missing. During the night, a person unknown had broken off three stems of 'Stargazer' lilies that were in bud, all of the stems of a nice pink mallow, some delphiniums, astilbe, tall bellflowers, liatris, and hosta leaves. To do this, they had to enter our yard, not just pluck stuff from the sidewalk. Natalie discovered a plastic box out at the corner of the garden with some of the broken-off flowers and foliage that the thief had left behind. She put a sign on it, "Monday Night Vandalism," and left it by the sidewalk. Several neighbors asked about it, but hadn't seen or heard anything in the night. There was enough broken off and left behind to make a nice bouquet for our dining room table.
On further inspection, I found that the thief had pulled two plants up by the roots — a Mexican feather grass and a little variegated yucca — that we'd just planted last spring.
Occasionally we'll have someone knock on the door and ask if they can have a few flowers to give to their mother or some such thing. We'll often oblige them. But this is the first time someone has helped themselves wholesale to our garden. I hope it's a one-time thing because I still believe that overall people are good.
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When I lived in the city I had this happen more than once in my little rock garden. I remember how heart sinking an experience it was… not so much the loss of the plants (new ones were uprooted and carted away!) but the loss of an optimistic view of my fellow humans…especially gardeners. I always perceived gardeners as especially sensitive and nurturing, but I guess we are all prone to the foibles of human desire for something we don't have.
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'Above average temperatures' was the forecast and some breezy SW west winds. Our beginners mentioned they were getting too hot... And could we practice some capsizes! Gliding past slumbering seals on the rocks, Curlews and Oyster Catchers on the shoreline, and waterfalls gushing down into the sea, there were more than a few reasons why the students looked so contented. The first 'Introduction to Sea Kayaking' course for 2008 will begin next Sunday, and in response to demand we will be running a junior 'Intro' course also. Intro-mediate and Intermediate Adventure Club sessions will continue as planned.
Climbing was a joy on Saturday, introducung a couple of beginners to top roping, setting up anchors and a short bouldering session, as well as Dave leading his first trad ascent!
A few pics from Sunday, starting a little damp for the novice session, but soon turning mild and dry making the trip even more enjoyable. The Intermediates headed off to the Calf, out to Chickens and then round to Cow Harbour for a break. The exceptionally large Seal colony were 'roosting' on the stone beach beneith us as we consumed delicious cakes and flasks of special concoctions. Then it was back to Port St Mary, followed by a young seal pup through Perwick Bay - almost to the harbour, swimming close behind the kayaks and trying successfully to nibble to toggle on Sam's Explorer... Eventually getting off the water as darkness fell. What a splendid day!!
After the demanding conditions during the week, we looked forward to a dry, still day on Saturday, to take the rock climbing a little further, again at the Chasms. A slight chilly breeze anywhere exposed, made us head for 'Torque Test Wall' to warm up on friendly routes with the aid of a top rope (many thanks to Doug and the lads who were just finishing, for sound advice and saving us lots of time.) We chose the easier options, of 'Torque Test' and another route up the near arete, the drier conditions made these an absolute pleasure! Feeling comfortable, it was ideal to introduce some easy lead climbing and seconding, using 'Supersonic' and the first half of 'Tower Butress Crack'.
Sunday's conditions were as forecast, and the Southerly Gales made Peel seem the most appealing... but perhaps not appealing enough. So we headed for the Neb, where we were guaranteed shelter from the winds (relatively warm) and certain of some excitement for the Intermediate session!
As the days now slowly get longer, demand for sessions in the outdoors is picking up again. Given the generally windy conditions throughout the past week or two, we've been watching the met charts closely, and planning sessions to run in sheltered locations, fitting in trips and customised coaching in line with the New BCU awards and in preparation for the summer!
"the harder I worked, the luckier I became"
This has often repeated itself in my head, and we have adopted it as part of our philosophy in business as well as life in general, with very positive results. The flexibility to make use of 'windows of opportunity' and the ability to enthuse motivation is also key to this. Utilising these themes (and others) in our leadership and development programs, has given us a proven sucess record with our staff and our corporate and private clients.
Plenty of young seals about, following and swimming under the kayaks, a joy to watch.
Landing for a break at Groudle (one of our favourite coasteering locations) we climbed up to the remnants of the old walkway for Christmas cake and coffee. The remains of walkways on this Coastline, are still in evidence in the popular bathing areas on the island's East coast. (Some 'walkable' sections can be noted at Port Soderick, but due to deterioration and attrition by the sea, its not safe to do so and public access is not permitted...). They date from the Victorian era, of summer's spent in British beach resorts, and the Island was reputedly the first to introduce 'bathing huts' to ensure 'decency' was maintained when changing, as well when in swimming attire, participants would not have to walk on the beach!
The Afternoon beginners trip was even calmer, and next weekend's forecast is to be warm again, looking forward to seeing you again!
One of Laxey's best known landmarks, (and one of our Island's 'claim to fame') is its huge water wheel, named the Lady Isabella, was built to pump water from the mines. It still remains the world's largest working water wheel. Laxey, and the adjacent mines following the valley up towards Snaefell, has the deepest and most extensive mines on the island, employing 600 odd people in its heyday and producing lead, copper, silver and zinc. A section of the mines are open in the summer, and tours are often guided by my Great Uncle.
Yesterday we headed for the Chasms, a much used location for rock climbers, where a large rockfall (on a face of the East section, 'Gardeners Wall') had dropped the day before. A detachment of the local cliff rescue tem were analysing the situation, and declared no added risk to the surrounding crags. Good good, and as the rock was a little damp and just to be sure, we tied in a top rope and warmed up on Tower Buttress. The first pump came fairly quickly, (definitely not enough time on the rock recently) and this was theme throughout the session.
Lastly a pic from today's paddle and the alternative New Year's Day 'Dip'.


In an indication of the clout of online purchase habits, the UK's biggest food delivery service (Just Eat) has announced it's buying the 2nd biggest delivery service Hungryhouse. (Until recently I always though they were called Hungry Horse)!
I assume for takeaway owners now being part of Just Eat will be an almost necessity to really survive online, and with restaurants paying about 11% commission to Just Eat it's quite a price they pay for membership. I'm curious to know if restaurants also have to pay for branding signage for Just Eat as well (which they recently changed again).
Just Eat is one of many businesses that don't actually really sell anything, they link up consumers with suppliers (Ebay have been doing it since 1995, recent addition Airbnb basically match those with spare rooms with those looking for somewhere to stay).
'I hear ya baby, chicken madras'. From a Just Eat advert (click to see it above). It's been watched 1.6 million times.
A business making money from not actually selling anything, just getting people to talk and sell to each other- a clever business model.
In the video production market there are several companies that link buyers with sellers, one example is Bark– they link up many consumers with local services and get the companies to almost 'bid' for the work.
So far I have chosen not to go down the route of accepting enquiries from websites like Bark, and that is because they will probably attract the wrong type of customers. Those that are making a purchase decision by looking for an absolute bargain or lowest price tend to not be the ideal people to deal with when you want a positive relationship, and for the buyers, well they get what they pay for.
On the subject of money… what makes a website video look cheap? Have a read here.
Its' creating a ruthless culture where people are not valuing people and their businesses or building up relationships as regular customers, they become aggressive bargain hunters online, and the moment the supplier steps out of line a nasty review is posted in a heart beat (often when they are pi**ed with half a curry down their shirt- have a look at the tweets @JustEatUK receives on any weekend evening as an idea).
A survey of Just Eat restaurant owner members said 49% found it harder to build up relationships with their customers, as the customer considers the relationship to be with Just Eat.
It's hard work running a business, so just think about how we use these websites- they can be great research tools but sometimes just contacting directly a company or supplier directly can give you better service and quality, and they may even knock off the commission they would have paid to the 'middleman'.
Author: Jonathan is the founder of Bellyflop.tv and sells his video making services direct to the customer!
Imagery is owned by Just Eat Holding Ltd.
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Candace Owens Slams Duchess Meghan after Bombshell Interview with Oprah — See Her Response
By Busayo Ogunjimi
https://news.amomama.com/255606-candace-owens-calls-duchess-meghan-liar.html
While the world has slammed the royal family for their treatment of Prince Harry and Meghan Markle following their explosive interview with Oprah Winfrey, some persons seem not to believe their claims.
Meghan Markle and Prince Harry's two-hour tell-all interview with media mogul Oprah Winfrey has created divided opinions amongst celebrities and the world at large.
While some people have called out the royal family for their racist remarks about Archie's skin color, others have firmly sided with the royal family and criticized Markle's claim.
Prince Harry and Meghan Markle at the Commonwealth Day Service 2020 at Westminster Abbey on March 9, 2020 | Photo: Getty Images
Former "Good Morning Britain" presenter Piers Morgan recently left the show following calls for him to be axed after he slammed Harry and Markle and said that he did not believe a thing Markle said.
Morgan is not the only one with similar views. Renowned author Candace Owens called the Duke and Duchess of Sussex out for their interview and branded their claims false.
The conservative commentator called Markle a "liar" and a "narcissist" during an appearance on Fox News. She claimed that the mother of one did not keep her story straight during the alarming interview.
Owens said she did not believe that Archie was denied a title due to the lightness of his skin. She added that Markle claimed not to read press reports but said she wanted to commit suicide because of them.
William and Kate were aware that Harry and Kate had some difficulties in the royal family but not to this extent.
The outspoken pundit also slammed Markle for putting in a call that saw Morgan leave his role on "Good Morning Britain." Owens said that Markle's actions were typical of a "leftist narcissist."
Owen raged that people were no longer allowed to have an opinion or oppose Markle. She noted that she believed Morgan when he said the duchess was lying.
Following Sunday's interview, members of the royal family have given their reaction. Prince William and Kate Middleton reportedly said that they were shocked about the details of the interview.
Sources revealed that what shocked them the most was Markle's thought of suicide. The sources noted that William and Kate were aware that Harry and Markle had some difficulties in the royal family but not to this extent.
Piers Morgan Leaves 'Good Morning Britain' after Receiving 41,000 Complaints over Meghan Remarks
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Princess Michael Had Worn a Blackamoor Brooch to Meet Meghan Markle before Her Claims of Racism
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Piers Morgan Defends the Royal Family Following Meghan Markle's Tell-All Interview with Oprah
Since leaving his role on "Good Morning Britain," Piers Morgan has not kept mute about Markle's interview. Shortly after stepping away, he reportedly took to Twitter to claim that he had no regret over his comments.
The royal family has issued an official statement where they said they were shocked by the things the couple had to go through. According to reports, a private investigation would commence as there are many bridges to be mended.
Business Class Passengers Mock Poor Old Lady, at the End of the Flight Pilot Addresses Her – Story of the Day
Steve Harvey 'Never Lived Before' He Met 3rd Wife – It Took Decades & Failed Marriages to Propose to Her


Here at Mary and Joseph house we are very aware of the therapeutic benefits of creative activity and therefore offer regular art sessions in our bright and cheerful art studio.
Residents with or without an artistic background can experience numerous different art activities. These include painting, drawing, mosaic making, pottery, weaving, model making and glass painting.
Participation in meaningful activity can play a key role in the management of an illness leading to the possibility of recovery. For many of our residents past and present the art group has provided this activity by being both a creative outlet and a welcoming social setting to develop new skills, improve self esteem and gain greater confidence and independence. The subsequent pride in achievement has played a significant role in the improved health of many group members especially evident in those returning to independent living.
In addition to the many personal benefits residents experience by participation in the group, members have also brought pride to the home through success in various creative competitions and involvement in community festivals. This has resulted in art work being displayed in prominent locations for the general public to enjoy and appreciate whilst raising awareness of the great work achieved.
A fantastic and therapeutic way to add structure to your day and occupy your mind.


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A Year in Reading: The Elegant Variation
Mark Sarvas December 13, 2006 | 13 books mentioned 8 2 min read
Mark Sarvas, proprietor of The Elegant Variation, takes some time to share the books he read in 2006 that he found, shall we say, most to his liking.
First off, the more I think about it, the less I care for the whole "Best of" formulation. It offends me on a number of levels, not the least of which is by the assumption that one has read enough of what's on offer in a year to be able to decide what's "Best". (And this is no knock on this inestimable blog; rather, it's a systemic crankiness that's afflicting me this year.) So I'm going to come instead from the perspective of "My Favorites of the Year," which seems more inherently more defensible. (And, in an open note to newspaper editors everywhere, why not opt for the more modest construction "Editor's Choice" or "Editor's Favorite"? It seems preferable to the untenably pompous "Best of" declarations that have become
de rigeur.)
OK. End of my mini-rant. A list, in alphabetical order, of books that
struck me as being of particular note in 2006:
Amphigorey Again by Edward Gorey: What will probably be the last collection from a master.
Black Swan Green: David Mitchell proves he can do "human" as well as "clever" with a breakthrough novel.
Christine Falls: It will only be available in the US next year, but John Banville's first thriller as Benjamin Black is drawing deserved praise for
its UK release.
Dead Fish Museum by Charles D'Ambrosio: The best short story collection we've read in years. Breathtaking.
The End of Mr. Y by Scarlett Thomas: Flawed but exuberant, it's a Foucault's Pendulum for the iPod generation.
Everything that Rises: Lawrence Weschler's brilliant John Berger-esque collection of essays on unlikely visual convergences.
Fun Home by Alison Bechdel: The graphic novel that finally won me over to the form.
The Lost: Daniel Mendelsohn's brilliantly written memoir answers those who ask if there's anything left to write about the Holocaust.
The Mystery Guest by Gregoire Bouillier, translated by Lorin Stein: A delicious Gallic treat, depicting the party from hell and explaining what every man should know about turtleneck sweaters.
Then We Came to the End by Joshua Ferris: OK, this one is a cheat – it's not out until March of next year but this hilarious and gorgeously written novel might just change my mind about MFAs.
Ticknor by Sheila Heti: If there's a favorite of the year, this bitter comedy of envy and failure would be the one.
Wonder Boys by Michael Chabon: It's not from this year but I only just caught up with it and can see what the fuss was about.
Mark Sarvas , blogger and author of the novel Harry, Revised, is at work on his second novel. He's had a rough year.
A Year in Reading: Stephen Dodson (Languagehat)
Stephen Dodson December 1, 2014 | 13 books mentioned 2 5 min read
It's one of those rare works that actually deserve the adjective "magisterial."
Stephen Dodson | 13 books mentioned 2 5 min read
A Year in Reading: Nell Freudenberger
Nell Freudenberger December 12, 2012 | 13 books mentioned 2 min read
A Year in Reading: Edan Lepucki
Edan Lepucki December 8, 2007 | 13 books mentioned 3 2 min read
The Thin Place by Kathryn Davis was the first book I read in 2007, mainly because more than one Millions contributors had celebrated it in 2006. This lovely novel, about the residents of a small New England town, opens with three girls coming across a dead man on the beach. One of the girls, Mees Kipp, uses her powers to coax him back to life. Davis writes this moment beautifully: Like reaching your arm into a box you can't see inside of except – guess what? – you're already there. Like the man who put his arm in a jar of mosquitoes in the filmstrip about yellow fever to test his hypothesis, even though he knew he would die. So easy to die here, squashed under a landslide of fat and blood. Quick. Quick. Ship in a bottle. Harp strings.A more traditional novelist might have centered the story on Mees's powers, but not Davis, whose narrative eye follows many residents of the town, including a few dogs. Everyone's consciousness is rich and distinct, even those of the animals, and the wisdom of this omniscient narrator is a thing to marvel. Tess of the D'Urbervilles by Thomas Hardy should not be read in high school. From my unscientific poll, I've learned that anyone who tried this book as a teenager found it unbearably boring. Thankfully, I read this novel as an adult (or, okay, as a twenty-six year old), and loved the story of Tess, a "pure woman" as the original subtitle asserts. It was not only deliciously tragic, it was also readable – I devoured this in less than a week, and mourned its end for twice that long. The narrator's unrelenting compassion for Tess, his assertion that she is pure and moral, despite her society's view of her as a "fallen woman," felt quite bold, and the descriptions of nature, "…the seasons in their moods, mornings and evenings, night and noon, winds in their different tempers, waters and mists, shades and silences, and the voices of inanimate things," made me want to go milk some cows in the English countryside. The End of Vandalism, which depicts the lives of Midwesterners in fictional Grouse County, was one of three books by Tom Drury that I read this year. It was certainly the best of the three, although all were stunning in their comic yet compassionate treatment of their characters, and their crisp prose, not an extraneous word anywhere. Drury doesn't write for plot, but it doesn't matter – these characters' lives are strange and mundane, hilarious and tragic. This was a book that made me slap my knee with laughter (really), and then, an hour later, weep. I'm so glad I discovered Tom Drury this year. The Brief Wondrous Life of Oscar Wao by Junot Diaz is a glorious, hilarious, heart-wrenching, and sometimes even terrifying novel, and Diaz's exuberant prose, packed with Spanish and nerd-cult jargon and lines like "the sexy isthmus of her waist," thrilled me again and again. I love the risky point of view here: the great authorial omniscience of a narrator who's simply a guy who knew Oscar and his family, these chapters interspersed with sections narrated by Oscar's sister. I loved the ranting footnotes about the Dominican Republic, the unflinching accounts of Trujillo's cruelties, and the book's focus on the corporeal – titties everywhere, and Oscar's fatness never forgotten. What a novel! More from A Year in Reading 2007
Edan Lepucki | 13 books mentioned 3 2 min read
Wrapping Up A Year in Reading 2013
C. Max Magee December 20, 2013 | 13 books mentioned 4 2 min read
Dan Wickett says:
Must say I agree with Mark's mini-rant. I think the only thing any sane person can state is these are the best of those that I've read.
Looking back, I wish I too had remembered to include the Bechdel novel – it was a truly great read.
I agree as well. Those "best of" lists can be very tiresome, which is a big reason why, for the "Year in Reading" series, I ask people to talk about the books they read, regardless of publication date.
So few people actually read all the latest new releases that best book lists don't work as well as, say, best movie lists (though those can be equally annoying.)
I think it's much more interesting to hear that somebody has discovered an old gem, like Mark did with Wonder Boys or Andrew did with Flaubert. These instances are more true to the actual reading habits of real readers.
Timothy Braun says:
Outstanding list. Dead Fish Museum is a fine collection and worth a cats time.
Murdock says:
I rather like 'top ____' lists… otherwise how do you know what stands the test of time? Especially with all the crap thrown our way by pop culture, I'd rather know that a book has been considered 'great' by people for 10+ years before I waste my time on some flash-in-the-pan.
BTW, the random word below for verification is "prkvot" – sounds russian.
August says:
I would totally agree with adding Sheila Heti's "Ticknor" to the list, as it's one of my favourites of the last few years, except that it came out in early 2005 (I know this because it's sitting on my desk, and stuffed inside the book is the receipt from the bookstore where I purchased it, and that bookstore happens to be situated in a city I haven't set foot in since April of 2005).
I'm pretty sure Ticknor came out in April of this year, but it's a moot point. I asked people to name their favorites from among the books they read this year, regardless of publication date, so, 2005, 2006, it doesn't matter to me.
Maybe it's just the US edition that came out late; I bought (and read) mine while living in Sudbury, a city that I left for good in late April 2005 (2005 is also the publication date on the copyright page of my edition).
It's definitely an excellent book, though. I'm a very big fan of hers, and I actually found out about the novel a few days after she finished the final draft, as I was trying to interview her for a journal I used to run (the interview never came off), and I spent months in agonized anticipation.
TEV says:
All are correct – it came out in 2005 in Canada from House of Anansi, and in 2006 in the US from FSG. Being a Yank, I included it here …
A Year in Reading: Jen Gann
Jen Gann December 19, 2018 | 13 books mentioned 8 min read
I sat my son back down and turned the compressor back on and we both turned back inward, to our screens filled with other people's words.
Jen Gann | 13 books mentioned 8 min read
A Year In Reading: Michael Schaub
Michael Schaub December 13, 2014 | 13 books mentioned 1 4 min read
Kinnell was something like a connoisseur of loss, both actual and anticipated. And he anticipated his own, often.
Michael Schaub | 13 books mentioned 1 4 min read
A Year in Reading: Carolyn Kellogg
Carolyn Kellogg December 9, 2007 | 13 books mentioned
Carolyn Kellogg is a displaced Angeleno getting her MFA in fiction at the University of Pittsburgh. She blogs about books at www.pinkyspaperhaus.com.What Makes Sammy Run by Budd Schulburg. A classic Hollywood novel that was a surprise hit in 1941, it's set in the thirties and plays as kind of a twisted Gatsby. And it's remarkably contemporary; as the book's screenwriters struggle for leverage with the studios, they sound a lot like the screenwriters striking today.Jamestown by Matthew Sharpe. Set in a dystopian future, this retelling of the settlement of Jamestown, Virginia is actually a soft-hearted romance. If it includes a lot of blood, death and fear and a flaying or two, well, that's historical accuracy for you. It's funny, punny, brutal and sweet all at once.More from A Year in Reading 2007
Carolyn Kellogg | 13 books mentioned


Ushers have long occupied a place of solemn glory in the church—and by "usher," I don't simply mean "door greeter" (though these men and women are valuable servants as well). I'm talking about the old-school troop of reverend men who show up in suits every Sunday, keep watch at the sanctuary doors, and—in hushed tones and with sure gestures—direct you to your seat in the house of the Lord.
I suppose part of the reason for my sense of awe at ushers is that my dad was one when I was a little kid—head usher, in fact. On Sundays, he and his fellows directed the seating, the offering collection, and the administration of the Lord's Supper. In his charcoal grey three-piece, he used to diagram the other ushers' respective territories and movement patterns with a geometer's precision (he's an engineer, so naturally he diagrammed everything).
You can finish reading the rest of the piece at The Local Church.


From the company that brought you NOD32, the most powerful anti-virus in the world, comes ESET SysInspector a useful tool that offers your important info about your PC's running OS and its running processes, services, registry entries, installed drives and other critical system files.
SysInspector distributes the information in several basic sections called nodes. Each node can be expanded into sub-node to find additional information about the desired process or service, if additional info is available of course. To open or close the node all you have to do is double click the node name or click on the plus next to the node name.
There are eight main nodes in SysInspector: Running processes, Network Connections, Important registry entries, services, drivers, Critical files, system information and file details.
The Running processes node contains information about running apps and process that are running at the time you are generating the report. In the description window you will be able to check out additional info such as dynamic libraries used by the process and their location in the system, vendor name or file risk level.
The Network connections node offers you the list of processes and apps that are communication over the network. You can choose in the navigation window whether you will see information from TCP or UDP protocols. In the nav window you will also be able to find the remote address where the app is connected to. There is also an option to check for DNS assigning of IP addresses.
The Important registry entries node features a list of desired registry entries that can be related to various problems on your system.
The Services offers node lists files registered as Windows Services, while Drivers node displays a list of installed drivers. Critical files node shows list and content of critical files related to the OS.
The System information node, as the name tells us, gives you detailed info about your system's hardware and software and File details node gives us the list of important system files and files located in the Program Files directory.


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7/15: ¡Cine Resistencia! Featuring: A Band Called Death
June 30, 2017 March 9, 2019 salmonrojo
6:30 PM Saturday, 15 July 2017
Red Salmon Arts presents ¡Cine Resistencia! Free Summer Film Screening Series featuring: A Band Called Death
Before Bad Brains, the Sex Pistols or even the Ramones, there was a band called Death.
Punk before punk existed, three teenage brothers in the early '70s formed a band in their spare bedroom, began playing a few local gigs and even pressed a single in the hopes of getting signed. But this was the era of Motown and emerging disco. Record companies found Death's music— and band name—too intimidating, and the group were never given a fair shot, disbanding before they even completed one album. Equal parts electrifying rockumentary and epic family love story, A Band Called Death chronicles the incredible fairy-tale journey of what happened almost three decades later, when a dusty 1974 demo tape made its way out of the attic and found an audience several generations younger. Playing music impossibly ahead of its time, Death is now being credited as the first black punk band (hell…the first punk band!), and are finally receiving their long overdue recognition as true rock pioneers.
FYI: http://drafthousefilms.com/film/a-band-called-death
This free community film screening starts at 7pm with light refreshments provided. Seating is limited, so be sure to show up ahead of time to get settled in!
A sliding scale donation or purchase at Resistencia is suggested to go toward refreshments and support the bookstore.
Red Salmon Arts is a 501(c)3 grassroots cultural arts organization, with a thirty-year history of working with the indigenous neighborhoods of Austin. RSA is dedicated to the development of emerging writers and the promotion of [email protected]/[email protected]/Native American literature, providing outlets and mechanisms for cultural exchange, and sharing in the retrieval of a people's cultural heritage with a commitment to social justice.
Cine Resistencia: A Summer Film Series showcasing the work of nascent and veteran filmmakers, media makers, producers, and directors that highlights [email protected]/[email protected]/Native American-centered documentaries, shorts, features, and works-in-progress.
Resistencia Bookstore, Casa de Red Salmon Arts, is a neighborhood center for aspiring writers, providing quality literature to Austin communities since 1983. Specializing in indigenous, Native American, [email protected]@, [email protected], African American, queer, feminist, and children's bilingual literature.
http://www.resistenciabooks.com/
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This article was co-authored by Patrícia Vieira and Michael Marder.
The opposition of the Eurogroup to the Greek government's plans to hold a referendum on July 5 on the proposals of its creditors reveals, beyond a shadow of a doubt, that the European Union is not a democracy. It is a heavily bureaucratic order that rules by decree and imposes its authority onto smaller, weaker member states. Many of the policies it undersigns emanate from non-elected financial institutions that do not represent the will of the Europeans. In other words, it is moving ever farther away from the democratic aspirations that energized the European project and beckoned with a promise of freedom and prosperity for its citizens.
Particularly disheartening was the statement by the German Finance Minister, Wolfgang Schäuble, that, by holding a referendum, Greece was tacitly putting an end to negotiations. The very framing of a popular vote on the bailout terms as a "nuclear option", which could explode the entire edifice of European collaboration on financial matters, is indicative of the establishment's allergy to true democratic procedures with their oft-times uncertain outcomes. For what could be more democratic than a popular vote, where the people as a whole can determine what they consider to be their best interest? Why should the Greeks be prevented from deciding upon their future, if not out of the Eurogroup's desire to dictate the country's destiny and seal its fate as a destitute nation, mired in growing levels of debt, in order to continue filling the creditors' pockets with euros?
Throughout the lengthy process of negotiations, the Greek government and, by extension, the Greek people have been infantilized, cast in the role of capricious children, who do not wish to follow the rules of the rational parental authority of the Troika. For instance, the symbolic refusal of male ministers – including the Prime Minister – to wear ties was interpreted as a sign of their frivolity by the likes of the President of the European Commission, Jean-Claude Junker, rather than a political statement that rejects the "business as usual" technocratic management prevalent in Brussels.
Along with other Southern European countries, Greece is persistently depicted as a society in an immature condition, its members unable to realize what is good for them in the long run. Syriza's initiative to change the disastrous pattern of European policies vis-à-vis its country is seen as a teenage rebellion, too idealistic to take into account the demands of "the real world" that are presumably identical to the Troika's decrees. The exclusion of the Greek finance minister Yanis Varoufakis from the Eurozone finance ministers' meeting on Saturday afternoon smacks of a punishment meted out to an undisciplined child who refused to comply with the norms established by its wiser parents. It is as though the Greeks, among other citizens of indebted EU states, are unready to govern themselves and make sovereign decisions that will impact their lives and livelihoods.
The concrete economic proposals for raising funds, drafted by Alexis Tsipras' government, have been rejected not because they are unrealistic, but because they do not conform to the hegemonic vision of his European "partners" regarding who should be shouldering the price for the crisis. While the authorities of Greece wish to spare its people more hardship and suffering, the institutions that comprise the Troika aim to impoverish the country still further by cutting the already meager pensions and raising the sales tax, which is the least progressive form of taxation, in that it is uniformly imposed on millionaires and unemployed workers alike. The outlines of the impasse are thus exceptionally vivid. On the one hand, there is an aspiration to build a Europe of and for its citizens, while, on the other hand, there is an ambition to maintain the Europe of business interests and to continue enriching the obscenely wealthy few.
This standoff has culminated in the concerted effort we have been witnessing over the past few days on the part of European Union authorities to blackmail Greece: Either the country complies with the unsustainable requirements of its creditors, causing the lives of its citizens to deteriorate further as the country sinks deeper into debt or it faces the collapse of its economy by being forced to default on its payments and leave the Eurozone. Between the devil and the deep blue sea, as it were, the government's answer was to restitute sovereignty back to the Greeks and ask them to express their collective opinion. That course of action was construed as a cardinal sin in the eyes of a Europe leaning ever closer to a totalitarian organization of political life.
The refusal of the Greek government to comply with the decrees of the Eurogroup, which it has rightly characterized as humiliating, is far from an adolescent revolt. Its intention to hold a referendum is an attempt to restore the very democratic ideals that the EU espouses, at least nominally. The present clash between the Goliath of the Troika and the Greek David is, in the last instance, not over the details of a financial deal, nor even over a broader economic plan for an isolated member state, but over the precise seat of sovereignty and the choice of a de facto political model in the EU for the years and decades to come.
If Greece is removed from the Eurozone through unilateral political wrangling that refuses to listen to the voices of the Greeks themselves, the entire project of a democratic European Union comes tumbling down. At stake in the decisions to be made on the Greek situation are the future contours of Europe: whether we are going to have a union of bankers and financiers or a union of peoples. Greece and its government stand at the forefront of this battle for the heart and soul of Europe.


The Montblanc Meisterstück: Writing is a Gift collection of limited edition writing instruments, leather goods, jewellery and a timepiece supports UNICEF's literacy programmes.
The word Montblanc is synonymous with the world of writing. Indeed, the maison holds the belief that writing is a precious gift that has the power to change the world. This is why it has collaborated with the UNICEF in order to make a strong difference in the arena of literacy through the Montblanc Meisterstück: Writing is a Gift collection. Through its partnership with UNICEF, the brand aims to help improve learning for over five million children. This will be done by supporting the varied activities of the UNICEF.
For this purpose, Montblanc has introduced a new collection of writing instruments, leather goods, jewellery and a timepiece, each with a hint of blue sapphire and an alphabet-inspired design, celebrating the preciousness of writing as a force for good.
Meisterstück is the most iconic of writing instruments, and is rightly used as a canvas for this collection, with a new design inspired by the Rosetta Stone, one of the most significant objects in the history of the written word. Classic and elegant, the Meisterstück, Writing is a Gift Precious Resin Edition features a cap and barrel in the distinctive Meisterstück polished black resin, contrasting with the writing instruments platinum-coated fittings. The cap top is engraved with the first letter of the six most used alphabets in the world, a symbolic reference to the early stages of education when children learn to write their first ever character. Alongside the letters that encircle the cap, a single precious blue sapphire celebrates the bond between Montblanc and UNICEF.
The Meisterstück, Writing is a Gift Doué Classique Edition combines the sleek classicism of a traditional precious black resin barrel with a metal cap elegantly decorated with a mosaic of alphabet letters. The classic black gives way to vibrant blue for the Meisterstück, Writing is a Gift Blue Solitaire Edition with both cap and barrel adorned with an elegant pattern created from the characters engraved on a blue lacquer background punctuated with fine silver colour lines. Meisterstück, Writing is a Gift Skeleton 149 Edition takes the alphabet motif to new heights, by crafting a platinum-coated three-dimensional skeleton out of the six characters, allowing the precious blue resin underneath to shine through the elaborate sculptural design.
Montblanc Meisterstück Selection UNICEF demonstrates the finest leather craftsmanship. The products feature an elegant combination of plain leather and leather finely printed with a subtle geometric pattern. These contemporary pieces have been given an unexpected design twist. The blue lining inside each piece features a design made up of the first characters of six different languages. From large leather bags to small leather wallets, the pieces are trimmed with a touch of UNICEF blue in recognition of a partnership that has raised millions for education programmes worldwide since it started in 2004. The vibrant blue lining is decorated with the handwritten character motif.
More than just a statement of style for discerning individuals, the bracelets and cufflinks carry a special meaning by expressing support for the efforts being made to provide the gift of writing to children who have no access to qualitative education. In the jewellery collection as well, the six handwritten characters as well as the blue sapphire make a symbolic appearance and are integral to the design.
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Canadian technology behind new solar powered hatchery
Jamesway a key contributor to an innovative new hatchery in Guatemala.
By	Brett Ruffell
January 3, 2018, Cambridge, Ont. – Canadian incubator company Jamesway was a key contributor to an innovative new hatchery in Guatemala.
Incubadora Regional in the municipality of Escuintla opened its new hatchery last month.
The facility will have an output of 362,880 eggs per week and, most notably, will be totally solar powered.
Roberto Ordonez, owner of the family operated business, welcomed guests to the hatchery's grand opening and proudly displayed the solar panels and Jamesway machines.
In a press release, Jesus Campa, sales manager for Jamesway's Latin American region, said, "This is a special project and we are really happy to be involved with it."
The facility includes 2,000 m2 of solar cells, which are anticipated to produce 100% of the hatchery's electrical needs.
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As disclosed with the release from 21 August 2017, Commerzbank has reached an agreement with BNP Paribas Personal Finance S.A. on the spin-off and transfer to Commerzbank of the business division holding the instalment loans brokered by Commerzbank from their Munich-based Joint-Venture 'Commerz Finanz GmbH'. The Joint-Venture has been terminated with the spin-off. An instalment loan portfolio of about 300,000 customer contracts with a volume of approximately € 3.5 billion has been transferred from 'Commerz Finanz GmbH' to Commerzbank in the course of a partial transfer of business. The transaction has been implemented in close cooperation with the responsible supervisory authorities and became effective 18 August 2017.
With today's release Commerzbank provides further information on the financial effects of the transaction. Exceptional revenues for the 3rd quarter amount to gross € 176 million and mainly result from the difference between the IFRS book value and the fair value of the 49.9% stake in the Joint-Venture in accordance with IFRS 3.
In line with the so called Purchase Price Allocation (PPA), fair value valuation differences between the assets and liabilities taken over are to be amortised over their remaining maturities. Considering these PPA-amortisations for the third and fourth quarter 2017 of minus € 16 million and minus € 28 million respectively, net exceptional revenues amount to € 132 million for the second half of 2017.


Coal Creek Motel is conveniently located opposite the Coal Creek heritage village and less than one kilometre from the heart of Korumburra.
There are 23 ground floor units and 2 spa suites, all offering air-conditioning, heating, electric blankets and tea/coffee making facilities. Multiple bedding configurations are available, catering for singles, couples, families or groups.
Located on the property is Cousin Jacks Restaurant & Bar where you can relax with a drink or evening meal. Room service delivery of meals is also available.
Guests have access to gas BBQ facilities and enjoy views of the rolling countryside from the motel.
The motel is centrally located in South Gippsland to all the region's tourist attractions including Phillip Island, Wilsons Promontory, Walhalla and the Grand Ridge Brewery at Mirboo North. This makes our motel an ideal base for travellers, groups or coach tours.


You still remember when you first met. The butterflies in your stomach, the electrical charge in the air that made your skin tingle, how you almost couldn't breathe because of the adrenaline rushing through your body, making everything seem topsy turvy. But now, you struggle to hold on to that feeling. Because frankly, every day has become kind of… dare you say it, bland. Forgettable. You can feel yourself starting to panic. Is it over already?
Plateaus = a sign of doom?
Whatever happened to the thrilling excitement you used to feel before every date? Remember when you first found out you both had the same weird habit of dipping your McDonald's breakfast hash brown into maple syrup, then smearing garlic chili all over it? That had been the defining moment for you. You were sure you had found your soulmate.
You fell into a good groove. Every Friday night was date night. Every Sunday was brunch at a hipster café. Your partner became the person you spoke to the most, and you even started picking up each other's lingo. "Going for yoga" became "going for yogurt" – no reason to it.
But suddenly, it hits you. You are just going through the motions, as if on autopilot.
Every Friday night is movie night at Great World City. Every Sunday? Brunch at the same café. You never go anywhere or do anything new anymore. And this scares you. But should it? Being able to maintain a comfortable groove is actually more precious than it sounds. You know what, many couples never find this groove – instead, they fight half the time, and spend the other half trying to mend the relationship.
Sometimes you crave what you don't have. You look at couples who go through passionate, dramatic ups and downs, and envy them. But what exactly is it that you envy?
What was it that first attracted you to your partner? Maybe it was his ability to make everyone laugh with his jokes. Perhaps it was the way she carried herself, full of bright, cheery confidence. Is your partner still the person you fell in love with? And are these the qualities you still like about them?
It takes time to really get to know someone. Especially to get to know yourself. To complicate things further, what you want can change as you go through life. You used to have the biggest crush on the cool bad boy in school. But now, you want someone who's at the top of their career, an ultra serious, high-performing professional. In the future? You may want someone more easygoing and relaxed. Do you see where this is going?
But hey, everyone changes. Regardless of personality shifts, our character doesn't change much. So take a long, deep look inside yourself. This is about finding a lifetime partner. You can't choose the family you were born into, but you can choose your future spouse. So be absolutely honest with yourself when you make this choice. Choose a partner for the right reasons, someone whom you can get along with, weather changes with, and still stay a couple, no matter what.
Very often, two individuals are both wonderful people, but together, they just don't fit. The initial exhilaration fades away and the daily chemistry no longer kicks in, no matter how hard you work at it. Attraction is weird like that. In fact, the harder you force it to work, the worse it gets.
But only you know whether this is really the case in your relationship. It takes two to keep the embers warm in a relationship. Do you care enough to make an effort for the both of you, to stoke the fire and make sure it continues burning? Only you have the answer.


This is a big winter weekend with two of my favorite events taking place. Just down the road in Hudson, Wisconsin is the Hudson Hot Air Affair. They typically have a large number of hot air balloons at the event. More photos of the Hudson events can be found on my website.
While in Hudson you can also visit the Trumpeter Swans on the Saint Croix River.
Another option is to drive over to Willow River State Park and cross country ski or walk down to Willow Falls.
Up north is the Apostle Islands Sled Dog Race. This is always a fun family event. In my opinion it is one of the better sled dog races for spectators because all of the races are out and back so you can watch the entire event from one location. We usually watch the start of the race then head off for some lunch and then return to watch the racers return. More photos from the Apostle Islands Sled Dog Race can be found on my website.
In the afternoon we drive down the Meyers Beach and walk out to the Apostle Islands Ice Caves. It doesn't look like you will be able to walk out to the caves on the ice this year but there is a hiking trail above the ice caves that provides some nice views. More photos from the Ice Caves can be found on my website.
I've finally finished going through my photos of the Hudson Hot Air Affair. This was the most hot air balloons I've seen in one location.
I was trying to remember the last time we were at the Hudson, Wisconsin Hot Air Affair. Turns out it was a couple of years ago. We drove over to the event only to find that the weather was too warm and the balloonists could not drive on to the launch area and it was even too muddy to inflate the balloons. Ballooning is a fickle event that is heavily dependent up the weather. We thought we would give it another try.
The Hudson Hot Air Affair in is one of the larger Hot Air Balloon Festivals in the area. The festival is normally a week earlier but it was great that it was moved because it conflicted with several other events we like to take in.
The mass ascension flight was scheduled for 7:30am on Saturday. Late the evening before we decided not to try and take it in because of the predicted snow, winds and cold. On Saturday morning we found that the morning balloon launch did not take place because of high winds.
We decided to drive over to the festival and hoped the mass ascension would take place in the afternoon. We lucked out. Shortly after we arrived it was announced that the mass ascension would take place and the balloons started arriving at the launch site.
I've been to a number of balloon festivals and this was the largest number of balloons I've see. The web site said there would be 40 balloons and it appeared there were close to that number.
There was very little wind so we were able to get some photos with lots of balloons in the air.
It was a cold overcast day with a little snow in the air but it was great fun watching all of the balloon take off. Lots of photographers around to get pictures of the event.
More photos from the Hudson Hot Air Affair can be found on my website.
Last weekend we drove over to Hudson, Wisconsin to the Hudson Hot Air Affair. There were about 40 hot air balloons at the event. We didn't go to the morning event which was the mass balloon ascension . As it turns out there was too much wind in the morning so the mass balloon ascension took place in the afternoon. The weather was great and it made for a great day. We also stayed for the evening events which included the moon glow and field of fire.
Additional photos of the day can be seen at my website.


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Mitchell and Mingus in an unlikely merger
by Larry Kart
In early 1977, Jazz titan Charlie Mingus was ill, confined to a wheelchair by the same debilitating disease that had taken baseball star Lou Gehrig's life and that would - on Jan. 5, 1979 - eventually take his. Yet the composer-bassist's perpetually restless mind was still reaching out. Intrigued by "Paprika Plains," a long jazz-tinged piece on Joni Mitchell's album "Don Juan's Reckless Daughter," Mingus had decided that he and the reigning queen of "poetic" rock should work together on a project.
To outsiders, and even to Mingus' prospective collaborator, the idea seemed about as unlikely as an album titled "Joan Baez Sings Charlie Parker." Mitchell had made use of such jazz artists as saxophonist Wayne Shorter and bassist Jaco Pastorius on her recent recordings - "Reckless Daughter," "Hejira," and "The Hissing of Summer Lawns" - but essentially she was still the folknik who had written "Both Sides Now" and similar, sentimentally confessional odes.
Cut now, more than two years after Mingus broached the subject, we have Mitchell's "Mingus" (Asylum), which turns out to be two-thirds of a masterpiece. A collection of six songs - four Mingus melodies to which Mitchell supplied lyrics and two pieces that are entirely her own work - it is a far more honorable, moving, and insightful achievement than anyone involved dared hope, including Mitchell, its surviving progenitor.
"Yeah," she says, "I was skeptical at first (about collaborating with Mingus). Everybody was at the onset, and if I had thought more about it, I probably would have joined the group. But I didn't think about it.
"After finishing a project, I'm always looking for something new. There's a quiet period when you just keep your eyes and ears open. So through the grapevine came the word that Charles was trying to get ahold of me. We talked on the phone, and a good rapport was set up first on Ma Bell. It was very easy to talk to him; we were both very open. I tried some of his ideas, rejected some (including Mingus' typically grandiose initial concept, a mélange that would have involved Mitchell, a symphony orchestra, and the text of T.S. Eliot's "Four Quartets"), and finally we got down to meeting in person.
"That first meeting was so much fun that I knew I had to do it. In fact, Charles gave me a deadline. He told me I had three weeks to set words to all the melodies he had written for me. Not having a background in jazz, I didn't see how I could. You've got to understand that I just don't crank out songs. I have to wait until something happens for me to depict and transcribe into my medium. But Charles' magnetism made me say yes."
The magnetism Mitchell speaks of was an essential part of Mingus' style. Applying massive doses of intimidation and charm, he set out to purge every cliché from the minds of the musicians he worked with, requiring them to play with total openness. Often he would dictate his compositions on the bandstand, telling his soloists to portray an emotion like "love" or "hate," rather than giving them a harmonic framework on which to blow.
"Charles went through some changes," she continues, "until I sent him the first song, 'A Chair in the Sky.' Then he knew I could do it. He thought 'A Chair in the Sky' was the most difficult melody he had created for me and that it had the most difficult story to tell - the things he wished he had done and the things he was going to miss. He looked at me with a twinkle in his eye like ... You know the story of Rumpelstilskin? It was like that: 'Guess the answer if you can.' So once the song emerged, everything was solidified.
"I really can't explain how intimate the process (of working with Mingus) was, how intimate and yet how reserved. In the first place it's the only time I've ever worked with anyone on a dual project. Well, that's not exactly true; I sang in a duo years ago. But that was trying to force two things to come together, whereas on this I spent a lot of time sitting around in Charles' shoes. It seems like it might have been hard for me to see his point of view, but it wasn't."
The very first track on "Mingus," "God Must Be a Boogie Man," reveals that Mitchell's confidence was not misplaced. The lyrics, adapted from the first few pages of Mingus' autobiography, "Beneath the Underdog," speak of his contradictory, multilevel personality - one self in the middle, "unmoved" and "waiting"; another self "attacking" and "so afraid"; and a third self "that keeps trying to love and trust." Not only does Mitchell's condensed version of Mingus' self-portrait have considerable poetic impact, but the simultaneously said and joyful melody she supplies for the words is worthy of the man whose soul she is portraying.
Equally successful are three of the four pieces for which Mingus composed the music and Mitchell wrote the lyrics. Both "A Chair in the Sky" and "Sweet Sucker Dance" are in Mingus' most romantic vein: harmonically complex, lush yet angular lines that sound as though several Duke Ellington ballads were being played at once. And "The Dry Cleaner From Des Moines," a sassy uptempo piece about gambling in Las Vegas, appropriately turned out to be a case of intuitive good luck.
"When I played it for Charles," Mitchell recalls, "I said 'This is a pretty loose connection. I don't know whether you're going to like this one, it's about a gambler.' 'A gambler!' he said, and proceeded to tell me all about his system with the slot machines. Apparently he was a dedicated player of the slots and a consistent winner.
"Charles heard everything on the album except for 'God Must Be a Boogie Man,' and I wish he'd heard that too. He never told me that the lyrics I wrote were wrong for his melodies. Believe me, I knew then they were right for both of us."
There are, however, two partial failures on "Mingus": "The Wolf That Lives in Lindsey" and "Goodbye Porkpie Hat." The former piece, a mordant ode about a man who "loved the ways of darkness," is all Mitchell's work, and throughout one hears the separation between melody and lyrics that so often sabotages the music called, for want of a better term, "folk rock." While the lyrics speak of "murder," "ladies of the night," and "slums," the melody soars ecstatically upward in the most inappropriate places, undercutting the impact of the words.
And "Porkpie Hat," Mingus' tribute to the late tenor saxophone giant Lester Young, fails here because Mitchell's well-intentioned lyrics define Young as a victim of racial injustice. He was to some extent, but Young also was far more than that. To speak of him solely in terms of his "underdog position" is to rob him of his individuality and make him a symbol in a game of liberal guilt.
But in the final estimate, those two false steps only make the rest of the Mitchell-Mingus collaboration seem all the more remarkable. Vividly recorded and beautifully performed by Mitchell and an ensemble that includes pianist Herbie Hancock, percussionists Don Alias and Emil Richards, and three members of Weather Report (Shorter, Pastorius, and drummer Peter Erskine), "Mingus" emerged through a lengthy process of half-starts and blind alleys. More conventionally jazzlike versions of each piece were recorded with other musicians, but Mitchell kept searching until she found the combination that was right for her.
"I recorded first with mostly Charles' choice of players," she explains, "but it wasn't contemporary enough for me. I wanted to make the album as pure as possible for his sake, but he was more of a purist than I am. He didn't think that the degree of sensitivity that finally emerged on the album could be achieved on electronic instruments.
"The earliest version of 'A Chair in the Sky,' which was very simple and spontaneous, was his absolute favorite. It was my fledgling flight in the idiom, and it had a couple of vocal flubs on it that he just loved. But I kind of overrode his judgment on that one song because there was so much musicianship on the final version.
"Of all the musicians I've ever played with, Wayne (Shorter) is the best colorist for lyrics. He has a very pictorial mind and responds intuitively to poetry. And Jaco (Pastorius) was the only bass player I used on the project who wasn't honored to be in the Mingus seat. That's why he maintains his identity. He's the baddest, right?"
Mitchell punctuates that last remark with laughter - a characteristically prim yet playful sound that suggests her quicksilver intuition, her ability to coolly and sympathetically "read" another person's soul. With those qualities in mind, one begins to understand why the volcanic Charlie Mingus decided that through her he could transmit his final musical thoughts.
A complex man of great turbulence and tenderness, Mingus always must have been searching for someone who could truly understand him while still remaining at arms' length. In Joni Mitchell, he found that person. And she, in Mingus, found the deepest soul she had yet encountered and treated him with just the right mixture of respect, insight, and independence.
"Mingus," Mitchell explains, "was a nice guy who was so nice that he was violent. It sounds contradictory, but it's really true. He was so sweet natured that the hurt ... Well, a lot of times what the world gave him in return for what he had to offer wasn't a fair trade."
And that is exactly what Mitchell's tribute to Mingus is: a fair trade. In a world where fairness of any kind is at a premium, we can all be grateful that such an exchange of gifts was able to take place.
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