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This is great. I like the background fabric and the way it shows up in bits of the spokes.
It is great seeing these blocks done with different background colours. They all zing. I have been having such trouble posting comments but hopefully this will work this time.
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Eh, what?! Yes, a parasite summit. Free, online parasite summit. I’m do not know what they are up to but I did find this interesting:
When you first hear this it might sound way out there but one of the most famous laymens books in Europe on gut health actually subscribes to the posibities of several mental issues including addiction and other ‘high risk behaviour’ to this parasite. Might be worth checking it out.
I am happy that I quit.
And another free online summit coming up. This one is about happiness. Looking forward to hearing what they have to say. 🙂
More info here.
I am happy that I quit. Hope you are happy that you quit too. 🙂
For those of you who have a taste for the extra-ordinary like I do here is a link to an online summit on the subject of shamanism. Free. Cool. 🙂
Sign up here.
I am happy that I quit. I now have time to look at things which interest me. 🙂
Another free online summit you might be interested in. This is on anxiety, overwhelm, stress and sleep. How cool is that? Dunno, have not seen it yet, but…. worth checking out, not?
Years ago I read somewhere that sleeping during sobriety doubles the changes on sustained sobriety. It took me several years to learn to sleep well again. Sleeping well does wonders for ones wellbeing and health anyhow.
Hope you enjoy!
I am happy that I quit. Quitting made it possible for me to sleep well and making sure I take the right measures to actually work towards that. Sleep = good.
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Gray M. Borden has been selected to fill the United States Magistrate Judge vacancy created in the Middle District of Alabama after the retirement of the Honorable Charles S. Coody. A merit selection panel of lawyers and other community leaders reviewed all applicants for the position and recommended to the District Court that Borden be chosen for the position. After a full-field background report by the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) and the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), he will be appointed by the court to fill the vacancy.
Currently, Gray Borden is an Assistant United States Attorney with the Middle District of Alabama. A native of Montgomery, he graduated with a B.S. degree from Washington and Lee University and received his law degree magna cum laude in 2005 from the University of Alabama School of Law. While there, he was Editor in Chief of the Alabama Law Review. After law school, Borden clerked for U.S. District Judge William M. Acker, Jr., and was associated for several years with a very good Birmingham civil litigation firm, Lightfoot, Franklin and White, before joining the U. S. Attorney’s office in Montgomery. W. Keith Watkins, Chief U. S. District Judge for the Middle District of Alabama, stated:
The court received a number of outstanding applicants for the position. Gray Borden is exceptionally well qualified to serve as Magistrate Judge. He has a wide range of legal experience, an excellent temperament, and a tremendous work ethic.
The role of a Magistrate Judge is very important. These judges preside over pre-trial criminal proceedings in federal court, including preliminary hearings, bond hearings, and arraignments. They handle all non-dispositive matters in civil and criminal cases. Magistrate Judges issue recommendations in prisoner petitions and Social Security cases. When there is consent of the parties, Magistrate Judges also handle civil cases. Borden will serve an eight-year term, but can be reappointed. I believe that he will be an outstanding judge.
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i received the package last week.
It was a stuffed 10-inch by 13-inch manila envelope inside a white plastic protective envelope. The return address was that of my cousin, pretty much the same as sister Nancy Orr Schwarze.
Nancy has been observing my posts of old photographs. Obviously, she also is going through lots of stuff and decided rather than throwing away some she had she would send them to me. As her note instructed, i will throw away the duplicates from my cache, copy the others and add them to the burgeoning notebooks for posterity.
The two shown here have some mystery for me. Others more inclined toward digging through family trees or with a better memory of mine may have some inkling of who was who linked to whom.
Between deciphering the faded writing on the back and having my sister Martha inform me of my grandfather’s history — Why, oh why don’t i know or remember the things she and Joe know and remember? — i have solved some of the mystery about this photograph.
The guy with the “X” on his head is my grandfather, Joe Blythe Prichard. Turns out, according to Martha he played semipro baseball. From what i could make out, this team, Chanchellor, was in Little Rock. The pitcher was Carnesty; first base Demoss; second base Woodard; shortstop Eddins; outfielders Purdorn (?), Eddins (a brother to the shortstop i assume), and McClellan (?). i cannot make out the manager’s and assistant manager’s names. It’s signed “J.B. Prichard” and dated March 22, 00. And folks, that is not 2000; that’s 1900. (i should explain the spellings were difficult and likely contain some errors.) i’m guessing this is mostly a team of Little Rock players, but some could have been from Lebanon.
So my love of baseball goes back a long, long way.
The second photo may be a mystery for Lebanon folks to solve.
There are no descriptive notes on the back. Martha has photos of family members in similar dress in Lebanon. So i’m guessing this one is in the late 1800’s. i cannot identify any one in the photo. When i look at it, i think of Coles Ferry Pike, but that is just my unrealistic dreaming. i have enlarged the section with the people included.
Can any family member or someone from Lebanon help me solve this mystery.
Thanks, Nancy. This is fun.
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Ntshangase squandered a great chance to hand his side their first Absa Premiership victory of the season, but instead turned in circles with the goal at his mercy on Tuesday evening.
The match against Celtic ended 2-2 after Amakhosi had initially lead by two goals, and questions were asked of the former Baroka attacker’s thinking in the situation.
‘Stash’, as he is commonly known, has since defended his hesitancy and admitted he will need to work on his decision-making and shooting in training.
“I think there are a lot of things that happened in that situation so, if you are sitting at home or watching the game on television, you will be like ‘why doesn’t he shoot?’ But there was a lot that happened in that instance,” Ntshangase said.
“But I’m hoping that come in the training sessions, I will fix that. If you look properly at that game, you would see that we were dominating from the start of the game up until the 78th minute, which was when they got easy goals so obviously everyone is disappointed.”
Looking ahead to their next encounter tonight against Matsatsantsa in the MTN8 semi-finals, Ntshangase is adamant they will not bank on their two away goals from the first leg draw seeing them through, but rather look to play their normal attacking game.
“No, we are not going out to defend, we will play our normal game,” he insisted.
“The more you attack, chances are you’ll get to score goals so we just need to go out and put SuperSport under pressure.”
Kick-off is at 20h15 at FNB Stadium.
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Diamonds, sparkles and sequins, oh we must be talking about The Sequins and Sparkle Trend! A very prim, proper and fancy trend this is that has evolved into the perfect party outfit or that outfit to paint the town red 😉 Dazzle in your sequins and stand out in the crowd! Who doesn’t love some sparkle?! At the end of the day, diamonds are a girls best friend 😀
I love how more and more people are playing around with this trend and embracing it in the day too and making it look casual. I love anything that sparkles and shines so I absolutely love this trend! Also, it’s super girly!
I personally don’t like a full-look sequin outfit as it can be too much and overpowering! Sometimes less is more and simpler. Having one sequin piece in your outfit will still create your outfit and give it that elegance and sparkle.
Sequins and Sparkle Trend Inspo:
Thank you for reading this post! I hope it brings a little sparkle into your life 😉
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Chapter 8, Lesson 5
8-5.A rename ratios as decimals
Write as a decimal: 8 : 12
8-5.B rename decimals as percents
Write as a percent:
8-5.C interpret single-bar graphs
In this 20-year period, what is the ratio of the greatest number of medals won by the United States
to the least number? Express your answer as a percent rounded to the nearest tenth.
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tv Government Access Programming SFGTV December 8, 2018 5:00am-6:01am PST
it's not falling on deaf ears, and i don't want you to think that i'm leaving here saying well, i told my side and you told your side, and it's going to be business at usually. believe me, we're taking what you said seriously. we're always looking at how we can do things better. we balance in the moment -- you know, we evaluate, we try to debrief situations. i hear you loud and clear. it's how can we do things better, how can we improve? we can always improve in so many areas, from the largest of policing to these areas. so your message is loud and clear, and we take everything that you've mentioned today seriously. i know you felt underwhelmed. we covered a lot of ground here today. we answered a lot of questions. if there's follow up, maybe we can get together and go over
everything point by point, so i'm hopeful that that happens. >> supervisor ronen: okay. well, i will take you up on that offer, and i will be talking to you, and the family will, as well, so we will have that follow up conversation. do you have any other comments? >> i mean just to thank you for bringing this forward. i was not aware of what happened, and this is enormously disturbing and this is enormously disturbing, and i thank you, commander lozar for taking this seriously and for being here and for your openness to continue working with supervisor ronen to work on this. this was an extraordinary and we hope unusual situation, but i -- the united states being what it is, this is probably not the last time that a gun will be found or even discharged in a san francisco public school. >> unfortunately. >> supervisor mandelman: and i think that we need, you know, next time, if some of this is, you know, what folks are
believe it to have been, then we need to do better. so thanks for taking the time, thanks for bringing this to us, and i'm super impressed by the youth commission and by this family. >> thank you. thank you very much. >> supervisor ronen: and i just want to -- this is just hillary ronen, supervisor of district nine, i want to apologize to the pena family, because everything i've heard and read about your experience, mr. pena, you and i act very similarly. that would have been exactly how i would have acted in the situation. i would have been going nuts if my daughter was being held, i didn't know what was going on, and i wasn't allowed to be with her. so i just want to apologize to you for this incredibly traumatic experience and just tell me how much i feel for you as a parent. i'm choking back tears a little
bit because as a parent with kids, it's our job to protect them. i just want to commend you for the work you did to protect your son. thank you. [applause] >> supervisor mandelman: all right. so i guess i'm going to ask you, vice chair ronen, what is your pleasure to this item? do you want us to continue it or do you want to have this heard and filed. >> supervisor ronen: if we need to reintroduce it, i will, but for now, i would like to make a motion to file the hearing. >> supervisor mandelman: okay. we'll do that without objection. [ gavel ]. >> supervisor mandelman: and thanks, everyone, for coming out today. mr. clerk, is there any other items before us? >> clerk: there is no further business. >> supervisor mandelman: okay. then we are adjourned.
. >> happy holidays, san francisco. hundreds of festive lights are illuminating san francisco streets using 100% greenhouse gas free hydroelectric power. this year, the city is celebrating 100 years of providing this power from hetch hetchy system which powers muni, our schools and libraries, street lights, san francisco international airport, city government buildings, private developments, and more. look for holiday bell lights along third street, and illuminated snowflakes on market street. the san francisco public utilities commission and the san francisco public works
welcome all to enjoy the magic of the >> good morning. the meeting will come to order. welcome to the december 3rd, 2018 meeting of the rules committee. i am chair of the committee. seated to my left his supervisor catherine stephanie, and to my right to, we are joined by supervisor rafael mandelman. the vice chair could not join us today and is excused. colleagues, may we entertain a
motion to soup -- to ask you supervisor the clock so moved. okay. also we will try to be as efficient as we can today because i also serve on the land use and transportation committee , so this meeting today will end promptly at 12:30 pm because this chamber is going to be used by the land use and transportation committee. i want to put that on the record now so folks don't think we are trying to rush through everything. public comment will be available but we will try and be as efficient as possible. mr. clerk, any announcements before we get started quad. >> silence also phones and electronic devices. speaker cards or any part of any documents should be submitted to the clerk. items acted upon today will be on the december 11th board of supervisors agenda unless otherwise stated. >> thank you. i want to recognize s.f. gov
staff. for item number 1, we will move it to later in the agenda. there is an amendment that we are waiting for. if you can call item number 2. >> item number 2 is an ordinance amending the police code by making a number of changes in the regulation of commercial cannabis activity. >> thank you. okay. let's see here. unless we have any additional -- some initial comments, do we want to hear directly from mrs. elliott first caught ? >> i want to recognize our president of the board, supervisor malia cohen who has joined us today. would you like to start? >> just some high-level remarks. i want to say thank you to this committee and to the supervisors
and to director elliot for working through this. we have come a long way creating the regulations on the legislation and supervise amounts of many, i am delighted you will be carrying a lot of the work, the foundation that my office has laid as it relates to cannabis, specifically to the equity program. i'm very grateful to that. i'm looking forward to the discussions this morning. thank you. >> great. if we can do something, may be the city attorney, i want to go ahead and duplicate the file. should we do that after, or can we do that in the beginning? we need to deal with the issue of some of the amendments that were made around dynamic delivery. mr given her? >> deputy city attorney. you should do it after a public comment to make any amendments you want to make following public comment. >> great. >> i will save might -- see my comments for the record around the amendment we will make
regarding dynamic delivery. why don't we go ahead -- unless supervisor mandelman, do you want to say anything before we begin? >> sure. thank you for your work on this and president cohen for your work on all of these issues over the last couple of years. i have a couple of questions on a few sections. i don't know whether you want -- >> why don't you go ahead. let's determine how in-depth they are and if we can open it up for public comment, and come back to them or may be we can answer them before public comment. >> the questions and issues that i would want to get a sense from colleagues on this committee are around how to deal with the limit on the equity applicants, whether there would be a willingness to do two things. to make the limit prospective only and whether they would be -- there would be willing -- there will be willingness to go from 1-2. i wanted to talk about the a.m.i. requirement. not the notion that there should
be an absolute up because i think -- absolute limits, because we don't want the equity program to be for folks who are rich, but i thought as an absolute limit, it might make sense to raise that 120 up to 150. we have seen in the housing context that there are folks who are well above 120 who are struggling in san francisco. but i also like the notion of having the 80% in their as one of a number of criteria that could qualify you as an equity applicant. and absolute limits of 150 to apply to everybody. >> so there would be a range? >> of the 80 would be something that would get you in the mix. it was just an idea i wanted to float the third idea i wanted to see how my colleagues are feeling is whether or not that -- whether that limit on retail storefronts might go up a little
bit above. >> okay. we also have from supervisor peskin's office. they have some additional thoughts since we had our meeting on the absolute limits. let me respond to your request. i understand the frustration for folks that are working with and waiting for this program to come online. we have been trying our best. we were given very tight circumstances. i know president cohen and myself, prior to you being on this board spent significant hours both in the rules and the land use and transportation committee drafting what we felt along with the office of cannabis -- thank you director elliot for your hard work and your staff's hard work, and the department of health and planning, to draft the best guidelines that we could. nothing in the amendments that i was putting forward were intended to -- let me choose the
right words. discriminate against anybody, give anyone a disadvantage to anybody. the approach of that i have, and i've had this conversation with colleagues and many of you in the room, is when you are doing a socioeconomic set-aside program, which this is, and it isn't an attempt to rectify some of the injustices of the past, whether it be through the criminal justice system, or any other aspect of our history, we are trying to create something that gives people a significant opportunity. so my attempt was if the next batch of permits that we are looking at roughly around 60, is going to be solely equity, the idea that i had was we would want to try and maximize as many equity applicants as possible. so the idea that there would be an equity applicant with three, four, five applications of
potentially taking away three or four or five opportunities from other equity applicants, and then the narrative that -- the narrative for the nonequity to own more than -- have more than one permit, there is nothing that stops anyone on the equity side after we have gone through the first batch to apply in the nonequity pool. we are going to have a nonequity pool again. it will go one for one at that time. that is the way we designed it. and supervisor cohen and i worked really hard on that together in terms of coming up with a concept of what the number would be and how we would control for the next batch of people. so that was my approach. i am open to a conversation. i'm willing to hear what members of the public have to say. i would like to hear what president cohen and others have to say. i think it makes sense to try and have as many opportunities for those in the equity community to access.
that was my approach. i like what you are thinking about in terms of mirroring the a.m.i. with some of the other programs that we have in the city. whether it's housing or other -- 150% or having the 80. i don't know how we would do that as part of the process. and then i know supervisor peskin would like to have another crack at it. his approach was an absolute number, patrolling for an absolute number. whether it is equity or nonequity. line was about having an opportunity to expand as many opportunities for equity applicants. i don't think is mine as a cap on equity. i think of it as expanding on opportunities in the community. that was my approach. i am open to the conversation. may be we can hear from lee hepner and he can share some of the thoughts from supervisor peskin's office, and president cohen --
>> i will wait to speak until after lee. >> go ahead. >> thank you, committee members. to address supervisor mantle menchaca question and explain the interplay between these two concepts, we have moulded this over the weekend and have arrived at a version of this that resembles more of a formula retail cap on the number of storefront retail permits and the way that our amendment currently is being proposed but has not been amended into the legislation yet would eliminate the percentage ownership thresholds that triggers it. basically any ownership interest in the storefront permit would count toward the cap. and then we would increase that cap. this is to supervisor mandelman 's question, increase
the cap from 2-4. if you have any ownership interest, legal or benefit -- beneficial in a storefront permit in four storefront permits, and you have an ownership interest in a fifth pending application, that fifth pending application would be placed under pending consideration of other applications. it is not restricted to equity owners or any specific class of owners. it is talking about any owner of a storefront permit and then placing the trigger for placing additional offers on hold a little bit higher. it should allow a little bit of scaling in the markets but still puts a finite soft cap on the number of permits per owner. i'm happy to answer questions about that. >> president cohen? >> thank you. i appreciate you coming in. you were here last time we met
and we talked a little bit about this. you remember i asked some questions. originally were proposing to watch while. supervisor peskin was posing two as a cap. i'm wondering how we came to the figure and if there is any room. i was initially thinking three was a nice number. four that you are proposing today is very generous. i am grateful for it. i like the idea. i think it is moving us in the right direction. one thing i do want to speak to is something that supervisor mandelman was talking about about the equity planning and a.m.i. kak. the plan was to target people on the war on drugs and people whose communities and opportunities who were cut down by generations of over incarceration, over policing, which comes, also with money bail, it deals with fees and fines associated with the
criminal justice system. it is quite a comprehensive and layered situation. people from these communities are not monolithic. and that means that i am interested in seeing an equity program that allows -- that is larger than just low income people being able to prosper. what i created in the equity program, division was to ensure people were not stifled or suffocated or their ability to create a business was impeded upon because of the war on drugs however, when we wrote the equity plan, we wanted to ensure the wealthy individuals didn't get to the front line, and those who had access to resources weren't able to take advantage of the permitting program that we were in the process of building as we were accepting applications. so that is why we put into place the asset test. and i wanted to ensure that low
income folks had an opportunity. that is why we put this at 80% a.m.i. and the 80% a.m.i. qualifier. what i am interested in seeing is that individuals have an opportunity to succeed. the individual companies have an opportunity to succeed. so i hope that bring some clarity. i think what supervisor mandelman is proposing, if i'm not mistaken, you mentioned anchoring back down to 80%, and maybe reiterating a touch of 150 a.m.i. i am a little unclear on that portion. >> yeah,. conceptually, the idea would be to restore the 80% as one of the dose you have to mix and match the criteria to get several of them. i do take the chair's point, we
do want this to be benefiting folks who are not socioeconomically at the top, at least. but 120% as an absolute cap seems low to me. it made sense to me to lift that up a little bit to say 150 in line with what we have thought about for housing. they would be two different kak -- limits going in. i would lift that to 150. i would restore a.t. as one of the criteria that would allow you -- would have to put several of them together. if you were below that income level you would have met one of the requirements. >> who are you solving for when you are talking about raising the cap to 150? why would we do that. >> will be solving for people
who have been harmed by the drug war. they show that somehow by meeting these criteria. but last year they happen to earn 140 of a.m.i., but it doesn't mean they're rich. they might have had a good year. but i thought it made sense -- in the same way we thought about housing to lift that number a little bit. >> okay. >> can i add something to that? i think what i hear you saying, i think right now we originally had five criteria. five boxes before my amendments. is that right? it was either they had to go to school in san francisco between 71 dose you had to have been arrested during a certain year, you had to live in certain census tracts, you had to be of a certain income a.m.i. and i think there was one more, right? >> there was one more. i don't have it all committed to
memory. >> what i had requested was we make the income a requirement and then all the rest were options and you had two of the remaining four. what i hear you saying as you can put the 80% back in as part of the ones you can check, making the 150%. i understand what you are saying with that in the sense that if you have two teachers, not necessarily that, but comparable salaries of two teachers, or someone in the middle income range that might be middle income at the 150% a.m.i., i could potentially see why you would want to have it synonymous with or equal to what we have in our housing if that were an approach. >> correct. that is why we have the asset test. that is why it is built in to help distinguish that. >> so the only thing that i would say about the asset test, and everything i think we are trying to have as tight criteria
as we can. but one of the things that i know you potentially could do is you could have a piece of property, for example, and you could take an equity line on that piece of property. and it changes the valuation of that property. so you could figure out ways to get below the asset threshold based on your income to debt ratio. that is one way. i appreciate the approach on the asset test. but the other way that is a hard-earned and faster line when you are looking at someone's household income, again, i'm sure there's ways you could do it. there is a way around that. you could say this person doesn't live with me, i don't count them on my taxes, every single way that we come up with, there will be a way that you can get around it. it was just something that i'd put out there into the realm of conversation to see if we are coming up with the right
approach. with assets, there are ways you can put assets and other people 's names. when you file your taxes, for the most part, you are filing your taxes in your name. that is the only reason why i infuse that into the conversation. >> director elliot, i would like to -- i assume you are following the conversation about asset testing, the application permitting process and some of the trends you are seeing. could you, briefly without sharing any confidential information, share with us -- either one of you can answer the question. either one can answer the question. but what you are seeing under the asset test as it relates to a.m.i. we are particularly concerned about, at least from what i understand, people skirting the rules and readjusting their assets on paper.
>> supervisors, director elliot from the office of cannabis. i would like to hand to the mic over to my deputy director who has been implementing much of the equity program criteria verification process so that he can speak to this question. >> thank you. >> there is a fair amount of selection bias. people who read the asset test and decide to apply. if your specific question is that do we have a sense of people are manipulating their assets to qualify for the principal priority permitting? i would say it is a relatively low number of people have been modifying the application after it has been submitted. may be 1% or 12%. >> thank you. so it is not a problem. >> one of the things that i had asked director elliot to -- that is what we know about so far. by the other thing that i had asked director elliot to look at ways when you take the total universe of people who qualify under the equity program, and
you see how many actually qualify under the income category, there was 24% of the applications that did not check that box. that doesn't mean that they couldn't check that box, but most likely, the reason they did not, that box is because they did not qualify under the income quick category. that is part of the reason why i reacted. because i didn't do it without asking them for the data. when they gave me the data, it raised my suspicion even more based on everything that you just said, which was part of the reason why we created this was because of historical discrimination. because of the war on drugs. because of communities who were trying to lift an opportunity. if you have someone in the pool that is over income, then how are you really helping them in that regard? just from the income sprit -- perspective. and you speak about that for a moment? the percentage of people who did
not check that box and what your interpretation of that, or yourself? >> fisher. your original interpretation of the number was correct. about 24% of applicants did not give just get verified using the income criteria. does not mean they would not have been able to. just the information that they submitted to the office. >> the point i want to underscore is we are looking to create an environment that will be successful and that everyone can prosper under. whether you have an m.b.a., or you served time. there are a lot of lessons that we have learned from canada, from colorado, from other cities and entities that have legalized and one of the things that is most challenging is access to capital. the process, the whole process
is daunting and expensive. and i want to make sure that everyone is able to compete on an equal -- are out in this case , and equitable level. i don't quite understand or more importantly what it solves or hopes to achieve. i believe what you are trying to do is exactly what i am trying to do. frankly, i want you to leave it alone, so to speak. leave good enough alone. bring it back down to -- >> leave it at no income requirement and leave it the way it was originally drafted? >> when and if that proves to be a problem, then, you know, we will make adjustments to the legislation at that point. >> i'm sorry. go ahead. >> i am basing my ask just from what i've heard from the
department's leadership on what they have actually seen. from what i understand, they are saying it is not a problem. i'm not trying to create an onerous or difficult and challenging process and making it more difficult for people. i want to keep it straightforward and easy. >> got it. for your consideration, one of the things we said at the last meeting was that if we were to do this, and i said this on the record, if we were -- if it were the well of the body to do this, we could potentially make it perspective so the income would not count until the next batch -- after we've gone through the first round -- >> perspective makes the deal a little bit easier for me to vote for. >> okay. all right. >> just to jump into clarify, without being recognized, jumping in. [laughter] >> thank you. the amendments that were made last week our perspective. so no need to make an amendment.
>> i had asked for that on the record last time. >> i just want to make sure i don't do anything crazy when it comes to the full board. apparently i am unpredictable. [laughter] >> he is just covering his bases >> actually i was not clear that you had already made them and that i had done that. i'm glad you are clear. also, respectfully, i do look to your guidance and leadership on the issue. i wanted to ask what your opinion was on that. i think the fairest way to go on that particular amendment was to make it perspective, for sure. >> greats. thank you. >> any other comments before we open up to public comment? supervisor stefani, sorry. >> thank you. i have a quick question regarding what supervisor mount lemmon brought up in terms of the perspective -- whether or not we should have the equity permit cap be perspective. i'm wondering since it is
retroactive, whether or not to director elliot and to the deputy city attorney, whether or not to retroactivity presents any challenges to the department and any legal challenges given the fact that people have been relying on this, and i am just wondering if any changes to make this retroactive would hurt in any way. >> supervisors, currently the retroactive application of this ordinance would have the potential to impact a number of applications in the pipeline. it is not -- there are no permits issued. they went not be any permits that would otherwise have to be revoked because of this type of
amendment. however, how we would apply it to the number of applications that are in the pipeline that may exceed that cap is unclear at this time. >> anything else? >> yes. >> i am just following up on the practical implementation point. it would not be legally problematic to strike that perspective retroactivity peace of the ordinance and make it retroactive. although it might be practically problematic in terms of implementation for parties who have already submitted applications or been verified as equity applicants. >> thank you. >> president president cohen? >> thank you. the other item we need to
discuss that we dealt with last week, is the one bite of the apple. and currently, it does two things. it limits equity permit holders to one permit at each stage of the industry. the feedback from much of the community that i have heard from him is that is limiting specifically in the communities of colour. the equity program we know was designed to allow those who were targeted. what is important to notice a war on drugs, what it has done to community has had a long-term residual effect that we are still feeling today. it has marginally -- materially reduced the wealth and the success of communities it has targeted. it has been long-lasting. but what is more than just a golden ticket to permitting works to overcome the long-standing inequities of
injustice. say for example, you need to start to pay rent on a building for a full year because you get a permit, which is the case for least one verified equity applicant who is still waiting for authorization, then you need to massive amounts of money and capital. this is the fuller picture that i am trying to create here. it is not just about get a permit and you are off and running. there are other built in, very heavy costs. again, i want to highlight the black and the brown communities that i represent who don't have the privilege of long-standing social networks of wealth, family, friends, that they can have help them raise hundreds of thousands of dollars that are needed in capital. we are talking about banks who are not loaning loading for this industry just yet. the equity program is meant to
level the playing field for those who don't have the resources, not just to give a single chance or first bite of the apple when it comes to the permitting process. i wanted to go on record and let you know i am uncomfortable. i would like to revisit this elements of the legislation as well. >> goods. i appreciate that, president cohen. i would just say, i don't want to do anything to hamper any opportunities. the idea was if we have 60 in the first batch, under a perfect scenario, we would have 60 equity applicants having that opportunity and an opportunity to access a golden ticket or a potential golden ticket. if we don't, that was the way i was approaching it. having as many people as possible. under the current scenario, we did not have any restriction on the amount of applications. you could have one person taking away other people charge opportunity because they would not have that chance. that is all -- i don't want you
to be uncomfortable. i don't want the community to be uncomfortable. there's a way we can get to the right number. supervisor mandelman said we could do two per equity. i don't know what you feel about that. and supervisor peskin's office, maybe redo four overall. if we did four overall, whether you are a minority partner category majority partner in any application, you could have a scenario where you could have far less equity individuals in the entire first universe. that is why pairing it from one end doing two and then four overall, maybe that is the right number. the committee should hear from the public. i am happy to more from your opinion and the rest of the committee's opinion, and then we can get to the right number so we all feel comfortable. unless there's other comments, why don't we open it up for public comment. members of the public that wish to come forward, you will have
one minute to speak. thank you. >> start my time and i need a little screen time. i'm not one of these people here i do not have a horse in the race. i don't even have a puppy in the race. but i do have my black folks in the race and today, from here on out to, my platform is about somebody that looks like me. i go to sleep and i am black and i wake up and i am black. they had a very important meeting here last week about equity. it came out that meeting where supervisor suggested there be a department of equity. they may want to look at me. my name is ace and i am on the case. what we have here is so much racism. last week we had that meeting, and i suggest you set aside to give us a jumpstart as black
folks. most of us are in jail for weeds if we had young people out here they would become millionaires and two years. we need a set aside. we can talk about that later. i want to give attribute to a supervisor who is going out to. thank you for bringing us out. you helped us with the cannabis act. >> thank you, ace. ace, ace. next speaker, please. thank you. >> hello, supervisors. thank you for hearing this. i am one of the verified equity applicants and my biggest concern is from the time i was first verified five months ago, i'm still facing a barrier by supervisors, which is getting commercial property. i was one of those impacted by the war on drugs when sfpd put me on leave when i was 19 years
old. it forced me into accepting the d.a.'s offer by scare tactics that were each -- were each bag they shoved carried three years. and i quote them, that who do you think you are? will believe caught your word or hours classing set time, it has impacted me. they put me -- selling in 19 years old, i spent the next ten years job to job because i couldn't put down that i had jail time. >> thank you. thank you. got it. can i ask you a question before you leave cloth, how many applications do you have in pending? >> it is not even finished because you are asking for location. >> rates. beside that, one? >> one. >> thank you. next speaker. >> good morning and thank you,
supervisors. i work for an equity applicants. the definition of equity is to be fair and impartial. that means regardless of how they arrived at the game, the player should play by the same rules. i ask that there be no cap for us if there are no cap for m.c.d. his. decisions made at the tables affect the lives of those not at the table his. exclusion by those of the tables does not depend on wilful intent we do not have to intend to exclude for the results of our actions to be exclusions. implicit bias is already at bay because -- i play because all human rights have bias. if i'm not aware of the barriers you face, i will not be motivated to remove them nor will i be motivated to remove the barriers if they provide an advantage to which i feel entitled. thank you we might thank you. before you leave. excuse me, the person you are working for, how many applications do they have? >> i'm not sure. >> okay. thank you.
>> good morning, everyone. i am from posh green collective. i am an equity verified applicant and i want to say thank you for redoing this and bringing them back to the table. bringing the cap will not help. i was really affected by the war on drugs. my grandparents died when my mom was 16, and a lot more of my uncles and aunts. i don't have support. we cannot raise money. we do not have rich friends. we do not have venture capitalists. we don't have those having a cap will not help us just for the simple fact that we cannot fix this. there are kids out there who are affected by the war on drugs. i want to create programs. i cannot create the programs that i want to do to give back so we can be more powerful and get our confidence back and so we can see our black and brown people do more and do better and be able to carry on something that they never thought they could because they have a disadvantage. with that being said, putting a
cap will not help because there is no programs out there. >> thank you. thank you. before you leave, how many applications do you have. >> one. i still need to go to the board for my hearing and i don't have money to keep paying rent. >> thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. i am a verified equity applicants. i have more than one application for retail. i have four and any retrograde changes to preventing equity applicants from applying for multiple licenses in a priority category would make me a victim of the drug war policy all over again. i have taken on an extremely large financial burdens because the only space or any applicants to achieve competitive scale are m.c.d. businesses in the retail space and that is in a retail capping us at one priority permit. equity applicants will never have equity with the current m.c.d. operators and will not be able to incentivize investors like the current operators. further, i ask that any changes
to the program be made prospectively and not retroactively. any prospective capital licenses will dramatically hurt our chances to source investment. i ask that if there is a up that we be -- cap we be made equal which would be five licenses. thank you. >> thank you. >> thank you, supervisors. my name is john. i work with malcolm and nina parkes at mirage medicinal. we have expended blood, sweat, tears and a lot of money over the past year building this opportunity for mirage. through our hard work, we secure some investment and personal loans allowing us to acquire leases for our planned retail stores and distribution business the proposed retroactive cap on equity applicants, the cap on retail store permits, and the limitation on partners would nullify all of our hard work and
sacrifice over the past two years. will also expose malcolm and myself to personal liability, to landlords and creditors. as stated in the report, a program well and policies that continue to burden our communities that have been disproportionately impacted by the war on drugs. and ensure investment in communities that are disenfranchised. these proposed amendments were contrary to the spirit of the equity program. these amendments lets us and but only with -- it is not true equity. >> before you leave, did you say how many applications you had in class. >> four. i work for mirage. >> okay thanks. >> supervisors, thank you for your time today. i work at the mission control for hometown heart where i oversee driver shifts in realtime, live tracking of drivers making deliveries and customer concerns. i have been with hometown heart for over two years. i worked several careers over the years including working as a
delivery driver for insta car, but working for hometown heart has allowed me to professionally grow in the legal cannabis industry which i had never considered, but now is such a great opportunity. i am able to speak to -- and move from driver to mission control to deliver the best service to customers and patients. i have seen how demanding -- demand and delivery has created more satisfied customers which has made our business grow over time. i strongly urge you to support dynamic delivery so dispensaries like mine can grow and hire more people like myself who want to grow in the industry. thank you for your time. >> thank you. next speaker. >> supervisors, thank you for your time today. my name is. james and i am the general manager for hometown heart san francisco. i started out as one of our drivers. i am a nine year veteran of the u.s. air force. i used the g.i. bill to get my
masters degree of photography in the academy of arts. good quality jobs with growth are hard to come by. i tried many different types of jobs from uber and being an e.m.t. none of these career paths clicked with me, however when i started as a driver for hometown heart, i loved it. i loved getting medicine to those who needed it most and could not get to a dispensary. over the next three years, i worked my way up in the company. my job as a driver was a stepping stone into this new industry and has allowed me and others to work our way up in the company. delivery is better model because it is more efficient and better for the customer and has always -- it has allowed us to grow and hire more people at our company. i hope you will support this. >> i have comments i would like to submit.
>> i will come in a moment. please leave your comment. >> excuse me. before you speak, the individual that just spoke, can you come back up for one second? i want to ask you how many applications you have pending. is it more than one? >> honestly, i'm not sure. >> okay. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> afternoon, supervisors. my name is ed donaldson. i'm a verified equity applicants applicant in san francisco. a lifelong resident of bayview hunter's points. i am the director of community development for the depot which is a delivery service in san francisco. i have four amendments that i would like to offer comment on. the first of which is a dynamic delivery model. in particular, i am in support of dynamic delivery because it mitigates traffic congestion in a north-south fashion or south to north fashion across the city
it ensures efficient access to cannabis for seniors. unfortunately, since the state no longer allows for cooperatives, and we have the centralization of business, the notch -- the natural next step is dynamic delivery. the other two issues pertaining to limitations on permits, i say with the centralization issue on the state level, prop 64, no cooperatives anymore, no private businesses -- >> thank you, thank you. if you could answer the question that i've asked everyone. how many applications do you have pending? >> i have plans for several applications. the document that i provided provides a detailed plan around what we want to do with those
licenses. >> have you submitted any class. >> we have submitted when. >> okay. thank you. >> please take your time to read the information. >> thank you. >> thank you. >> good morning, supervisors. it seems from this conversation and last conversation that the city cares more about keeping out undesirable equity applicants that have been benefiting true equity applicants. i like the 80% cap to stay as it is. this is about the war on drugs and not housing or homelessness. the permit cap is where we need to keep it where it is at. the cap is discriminatory and it also does not apply equally to other operators. also, there is a permit amendment, that fee should be waived for equity applicants for that level. the transfer of ownership, i think ten years, is what it takes for an applicant to sell
their business is also discriminatory because it only hurts accurate -- equity applicants and incubators. the limits that mandelman, i'm sorry, that peskin raised about the ownership of the storefronts , that is a step in the right direction. lastly, i want to mention about melia's amendment about the delivery. on the contrary to public comment, this amendment will not hurt equity -- [please stand by]
-- to completely sell without having to do away with their entire permit and have someone start over. the thinking behind that, because it's such a cash-heavy business, right? there's not an opportunity to get significant debt and there are tax liabilities for any operator. you pay a significant portion of your proceeds and profits and taxes and it can cause liabilities, and this is what we've learned from talking to existing operators. to have the ability, just like in any business to sell and move on and to potentially resolve any debts that you have and/or make some profit. we felt that 10 years was
appropriate so people were not flipping these but retaining them. so we put that amendment in intere there. please proceed. >> i would like to comment on keeping the income level at 80%. i, myself, wouldn't even fit that, though i've been impacted from the war on drugs. we're try ing ing to protect a certain group of people. there should not be any other cap on equity applicants than others. you have dicotomy, where you cannot compete if you are limited in your ability to grow and on top of that, dynamic
delivery allows the applicants to do more with less and we need to make sure it continues to be that way. limiting their ability in terms of making money, it should be aligned with the state's cap. >> thank you, sir. how many applications do you have pending? zero. great. next speaker. >> good morning. i want to thank you for supporting the legalized cannab cannabis. i am longest serving driver for the dispensary. i got into the business because i could schedule my shifts around my passion work, a
nonprofit art center and i can plan my schedule to accommodate my life and also allows me benefits of being a w-2 employee. customers get frustrated with the hour plus deliveries. i have not had any bad experiences. the random delivery patterns of dynamic delivery makes it a safe and effective way to believe legalized cannabis products. >> supervisor safai: thank you very much. next speaker. >> hello, supervisors. i use cannabis for many different reasons.
cannabis delivery has been a perfect way to get what i need when i need it. i have a short window of time to be at home when i receive a delivery. i'm here today to speak in favor of the proposed amendment that would allow for fast delivery, allowing cannabis companies to get to me quickly will improve my quality of life. thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker. >> good morning, supervisors. i was hired to launch about 1 1/2 years ago. i've hired hundreds of drivers, full time and part time and have 50 employees that work at making our operation as seamless as possible. we had used dynamic delivery and then switched to the less efficient manifest model. fast delivery allows for our
organization to grow more quickly, making jobs more accessible to people looking for work. we work closely with success centers and others supporting the city. we're one of the hundreds of retailers that rely on efficient delivery men odds to grow our business. we continue to fight the illegal market. there's been no difference in safety issues from when we used dynamic delivery. a faster, more efficient model is used across the state. please allow us to go back to the dynamic model and to eliminate the illegal market. thank you. >> supervisor safai: thank you. next speaker. >> thank you, supervisors. my name is roy leduke, verified equity applicant. born and raised in massachusetts and moved here 15 years ago from the state of pennsylvania, where i was prosecuted for growing marijuana, not selling it. but i was charged with a felony.
convicted of a misdemeanor. i had job offers pulled from me. and last year, lyft would not hire me because of that. i was hired as a driver. but i want the freedom to be able to apply for multiple licenses under the equity program. being able to acquire multiple licenses, i can convince investors to invest in me so i can compete. a cap would handicap me from achieving my dreams. a limit of 20% limits me from raising sufficient funds. it's hard to raise money, period. expecting me to raise money from three different investors is almost impossible for me. >> supervisor safai: thank you. >> i have one application. >> supervisor safai: thank you. >> hi. i'm kelly johnston. i'm the mother ofan applicant.
i'm here on her behalf. we want to express our support for caps for investors, retailers from out of the city and state because what's happening is -- i just want to say, this is no longer a free market. this is an equity market now that it's been enacted by the city, so people cannot expect free market principles to apply to their business. the idea is to have as many people participating as possible. you get a little piece of your pie. you do what you will with it. you can grow it. you can expand outside the equity system, but i don't think the equity system owes people a lifetime entrepeneurship. it's -- >> supervisor safai: okay.
thank you. >> good morning and thank you for your time today. my name is tony bowls. i'm the president of the san francisco chapter of americans for safe access, national organization founded in 2002 promoting safe and legal access to cannabis and working to overcome legal barriers. we do not support a cap on equity or m.c.d.s. we support fast delivery. there are hundreds of thousands of people that struggle with debilitating diseases that rely on cannabis to aid in their pain and assist with their treatments. and all major cities except season fran, patients are able to access through fast delivery. last year, it was slowed by restricting. it slowed for many people in my community, people that suffer from debilitating disease or use cannabis to prevent seizures or
any other issues. it's crucial that fast, reliant access is available. we comment supervisor cohen for her efforts in trying to help those who need it the most. >> supervisor safai: thank you. do you have any applications? thank you. next speaker. >> hello, supervisors. i'm alexander fabian, verified equity operator with the city and here representing the san francisco equity group, a coalition of applicants verified with the city for notification purposes. we've verified 33 people with our organization and have two locations with permits. we feel that restricting the ability of equity businesses to expand is inequitable and counter to the spirit of the equity program. we lack the ability to
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Professor David Hopkins: When I was responsible for the school system in England, I developed the concept of system leadership because we were trying really hard in the early to mid-2000's in the UK to shift our system from one that was called informed prescription, which is really a system that actually knows what to do but that does it in a top-down way, to one which is based upon informed professionalism where the system far from being top-down is much more lateral and horizontal in its ways of working and schools engage with each other not through sort of policy edicts but through an approach to networking and collaboration.
For networking and collaboration to succeed and to be effective requires again this notion of system leadership of principals and deputy principals and leaders of all types actually to actually take increasing responsibility for schools other than themselves.
In research that we did in England after these policy initiatives we introduced suggested that system leaders took on roles like supporting other schools, like managing networks, like being innovators and sharing curricular and pedagogic practices with other schools and taking a role in developing their community.
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Title: Persephone’s Orchard
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For Captain Leonardo Fusco the discovery of the sea started at the age of nine. Years later while snorkeling off the coast of Palinuro, he discovered a branch of Corallium Rubrum (red coral) that for centuries has been widely traded and highly valued in the jewelry industry. As a result of this discovery, he started to search for coral and soon he became the first coral- laro.
The intention of the author in writing this book is to make the nations of the world aware of this sad reality and to promote a universal consensus for the protection of Red and Pink Coral (Corallium Rubrum) and for making trade of all coral illegal.
A portion of the proceeds from this book will go to www.Reef.org
Leonardo Fusco after being licensed as an off- shore captain in 1950, kept practicing this dangerous and mysterious profession of corallaro (diving for red coral) for over thirty years. He then travelled to anywhere in the world where the presence of red coral was known or suspected: in Sardinia, then Costa Azzurra, Costa Brava, Morocco and for five long years in Tunisia, and finally in Japan. He then started researching and experiment- ing in order to improve both diving safety standards and the survival of the Corallium Rubrum species.
In 1953, at Cape Spartivento, Leonardo Fusco made his first Aqua Lung dive, and everything changed. As spearfishing led Hans Hass to an underwater career of science, film and photo- graphy, so spearfishing led Leonardo to an under-water career of coral harvesting, marine biology, mixed gas technology and hyperbaric research.
This book written by Leonardo Fusco is dedicated to the worldwide protection of red and pink coral off the coast of Sardinia, the Mediterranean and throughout the world, which is in danger of extinction due to human intervention.
Leonardo Fusco, is known all over Europe and Japan as “ il Comandante” (The Captain) or the “ Master Mariner” for his astute knowledge of all things of the sea. I have known him well, as we met multiple times years ago, mostly in Italy at meetings dedicated to hyperbaric medicine: I had newly been elected President of the Undersea and Hyperbaric Medical Society. It is an international and scholarly non- profit organization dedicated to the worldwide collection of scientific information for diving and hyperbaric medicine. When I met Fusco in 1995, he had already completed several careers: as an underwater explorer, as a self taught diving maverick, as a business entrepreneur providing zoological specimens to sea aquariums throughout Europe and as a collector and harvester of red coral. Finally, Leonardo Fusco coupled his empirical knowledge and experience to safely dive to the dangerous depths where the Mediterranean red coral thrives, usually around 80 meters underwater and deeper than it is safe to reach on a simple compressed-air dive. He called this book of his memoirs “Red Gold”, in honor of the organism and the precious stone he learned to harvest and (as he admits) to “plunder” as a young explorer. He is now trying to create ways to re-seed the coral and re-populate this unique creature as a renewable resource of the seas.
Our first of many meetings stands out in my mind, as “ il Comandante” and his German wife, Vera, hosted me and my Sicilian wife, Pat, at their house in Palinuro. In this sleepy coastal town south of Napoli, across a table overlooking the sea, we shared an al fresco dinner. We discussed various underwater artifacts from several civilizations that he had observed and collected not too far from his house, in this same sea. It was a cultured discussion in English, German and Italian and in diverse Italian dialects. We evaluated the advantages of Heliox diving, a mixture of Helium and Oxygen, and the use of the latest rebreathers apparatus. This is a very advanced technical breathing equipment, that we had recently used during experiments at the Duke Environmental Laboratories at Duke University, in North Carolina, with the support of the US Navy Diving Unit. Fusco, to my surprise, had already adaqpted and used this technique in the open waters of Sardinia.
Enrico Camporesi, MD Emeritus Professor of Surgery/Anestheosiology University of South Florida College of Medicine, Tampa General Hospital.
Leonardo Fusco entered the pristine Mediterranean Sea in 1949 and was hypnotized by the underwater beauty that he saw and by the surge of adventure that raced though his body. Lured by the challenge of exploring the Blue Cave at Palinuro he started fee diving with home-made equipment, following the path that Austrian pioneer Professor Hans Hass had taken a decade earlier.
History records that during 1930-1940 the early pioneers of untethered “swim diving” were mainly hunters, and developed their breath-hold endurance by chasing and spearing fish. Leonardo became one of these. Their athleticism and abilities underwater allowed them glimpses of a new world that hardy any humans had seen. The availability of the Cousteau-Gagnan Aqua Lung in Europe during the late 1940’s and early 1950’s gave these free divers the ability to not only stay longer in their new world, but to dive much deeper into it. Exploration could last for more than one breath. This ability to stay longer and go deeper allowed a detailed exploration of the sea bed, and in the case of Leonardo, allowed him to create a new fisheries trade. He became, in essence, an underwater farmer of Red Coral. However, when harvesting the crop, no thought was directed at its re-cultivation or sustainability. It was not until later is his career that these issues came to the fore and redirected his energies.
Before Leonardo entered the sea, Red Coral had been harvested for centuries from the oceans surface by a boat dragging a dredge and net, called The Cross of Saint Andrew, across the sea floor and snagging the coral in the net. In this style of fishing, the boat crew never saw what they were catching until they hauled the net up. It was random fishing that wrought random destruction of everything living on the sea floor, scarring it on an immense scale.
A far more environmentally successful method of harvesting the red coral came about with the development of the deep sea diving helmet in the mid 1800’s. Since that period a few divers equipped with the traditional copper and brass diving helmet had gathered red coral from the depths by harvesting each branch face-to-face through the view ports of their helmets. However, their cumbersome equipment, and the air hose that attached them like a leash to the surface boat, restricted the range of underwater harvesting to a very limited area.
Then in 1953, at Cape Spartivento, Leonardo Fusco made his first Aqua Lung dive, and everything changed. As spearfishing led Hans Hass to an underwater career of science, film and photography, so spearfishing led Leonardo to an underwater career of coral harvesting, marine biology, mixed gas technology and hyperbaric research. Diving to recover his lost speargun, Leonardo discovered a carpet of red coral, and his life took a whole new direction.
Using the Aqua Lung Leonardo became probably the first free-swimming underwater farmer, as he took to the deep dark depths of the Mediterranean to harvest crops of Red Coral in locations that had never been seen by human eyes. His were to be the first. They would not be the last. More divers quickly appeared and the underwater Red Gold Rush started. The harvesting methods developed by Leonardo and the divers who followed him were far less damaging to the surrounding marine environment as they were able to select individual corals, but they were so effective that corals that had thrived for thousands of years were almost harvested to extinction.
But in a Gold Rush of any hue, sustainability and preservation seldom enter the equation. En mass the Red Coral divers pushed onwards, attempting dives that were deeper and longer.
To this day, diving deeper and longer continues to be a goal for humans. During Leonardo’s time there was only limited information available to him on the risk of decompression sickness.
Leslie Leaney, Co-Founder of Historical Diver Society, USA.
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From the opening notes of Bad Debt, one can tell that Hiss Golden Messenger’s M.C. Taylor is a man who has the uncanny ability to put his heart into a song. While Taylor has received wide acclaim for his most recent albums Haw and Poor Moon, Bad Debt takes listeners all the way back to 2010. Four years ago, Taylor holed up in his kitchen deep in Pittsboro, N.C., recording songs of faith, heartache, desperation and unequivocal optimism to a portable cassette recorder. The album received a limited CD release but was swiftly cut short after the London riots laid waste to the warehouse the record was stored in. Now, three years after the album’s untimely demise, Paradise of Bachelors, Hiss Golden Messenger’s current label, has re-issued Bad Debt with three new tracks. While half of Bad Debt’s tracks can be found on the aforementioned albums in a much more ornate setting, Bad Debt chronicles the rudimentary beginnings of this decorated songwriter.
Recorded amidst the global financial crisis with Taylor’s one-year old son sleeping in the next room, Bad Debt is steeped in a complicated array of emotions. Existential pondering and desperate shouts to the lord give the album a heavy weight, but each track feels as if the narrator remains cautiously in the light—aware of our fleeting mortality yet hopeful for tomorrow. On “The Serpent Is Kind (Compared To Man)” Taylor begs for the rain to “come on” for “behind comes the sun.” This music feels like a heart-to-heart conversation with a dear friend, especially when it’s as instrumentally sparse as Bad Debt is. Bad Debt is filled with earnest musings of a man baring his soul to anyone willing to listen, and those who do will surely get an earful.
Whether Taylor is speaking of the fear that comes with being a new father or the bleary-eyed woes of a man raveled in his own frustrations of faith, it all comes pouring out with a refreshing sense of honesty. Whether you’re bouncing along with the brisk and cheerful rhythm behind “Drum” or stopped in your tracks by the sobering “Jesus Shot Me In The Head,” Hiss Golden Messenger will dig deep into the core of you and rattle your bones. But it’s not all about fire and brimstone or religious ramblings; this music is just fundamentally phenomenal. Few songwriters can make songs as dynamic as those on Bad Debt with just an acoustic guitar, but Taylor seems to do so with ease. Whether you’re honing in on the brilliant lyricism or simply soaking in the aural wonders of this minimalistic folk album, there’s plenty to fall in love with about Bad Debt.
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“Never underestimate the Power of Giving. It shines like a beacon throughout humanity. It cuts through the oceans that divide us and brightens the lives of all it touches. One of life’s greatest laws is that you cannot hold a torch to light another’s path…. without brightening your own as well.” Source Unknown
Aloha and welcome – You found me. Here’s a bit about who I am, what I do and what I believe in. If you are interested in discovering more meaningful life tools about what makes you the amazing individual you are, follow me on a journey of digging deep, getting messy and having a life changing experience.
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World leaders reaffirm commitment to polio eradication at G7 Summit
“We reconfirm our resolve to work with partners to eradicate polio and effectively manage the post-polio transition.”
World leaders gathered in Charlevoix, Canada last week to discuss the most critical issues facing the planet today, including their reaffirmed commitment to a polio-free world.
The final communique of the 44th G7 summit on 8-9 June 2018 highlighted global health as part of the foundation for investing in growth that works for all: “To support growth and equal participation that benefits everyone, and ensure our citizens lead healthy and productive lives, we commit to supporting strong, sustainable health systems that promote access to quality and affordable healthcare.” As part of this commitment, the communique refers to the important tasks of achieving the goal of polio eradication and ensuring a smooth post-eradication transition as key global priorities. World leaders stated: “We reconfirm our resolve to work with partners to eradicate polio and effectively manage the post-polio transition.”
The communique also stressed the importance of preparing for health emergencies and strengthening the implementation of the International Health Regulations. As emphasized in the 13th General Programme of Work of the World Health Organization, which was approved by the World Health Assembly in May 2018, the GPEI has “helped to strengthen health systems, and these wider gains must be maintained as the polio programme is being ramped down.” The programme has extensive experience in disease surveillance and quality laboratory networks, outbreak response, disease prevention through vaccination, and inter-country collaboration – all necessary components of emergency preparedness. As planning continues for the post-eradication era, it remains a priority that the infrastructure, data and tools built up over the past 30 years be transitioned effectively to support resilient health systems and public health infrastructure in the future.
Canada, the host of this year’s G7, continued in the footprints of its predecessors and maintained attention on health – as the country has throughout its G7 presidencies. Canada has been a longtime supporter of the Global Polio Eradication Initiative and plays an active role in keeping polio on the global agenda. In 2002, then-Prime Minister Jean Chrétien gathered his counterparts from the G8 in Kananaskis, Canada to pledge to provide sufficient resources for polio elimination in Africa – the first time polio was included in the communique. Since then, G7 countries have provided significant political and financial support for the global polio programme, and have repeatedly expressed commitment to polio eradication. Most recently, leaders’ statements at the 2016 G7 Summit and at a 2017 Group of 7 Health Ministers meeting included commitments to polio eradication. G7 leadership on the issue was expanded to the G20 in 2017. Polio was mentioned at both the G20 leaders’ summit and the first-ever G20 Health Ministers’ meeting, which recognized the historic opportunity that exists to end polio for good and the important role played by polio-funded assets in achieving broader health goals.
The communique also emphasized the need to advance gender equality and women’s empowerment. The polio programme recognizes women’s critical contributions to eradication and is constantly working to recruit more women to work as frontline workers in polio endemic countries. In Afghanistan, the polio programme accounts for one of the largest female workforces in the country. On a global level, the GPEI is working to analyze sex-disaggregated data to track progress towards eradication, echoing the communique in affirming women and girls as powerful agents of change.
The 2018 G20 Buenos Aires summit in November is next on the world stage, providing an additional opportunity for governments to focus on the importance of global health, and commit to fulfilling and maintaining the promise of a polio-free future.
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Maybe I am going a bit crazy or the fact that I am sick and I am tired of being sick. I already have chronic pain and then to have this three week “cold” on top of it has pushed me over the edge. My Dr. today tested me for whooping cough of all things. I just about died… Of course I am allergic to the DPT vaccine so when he tells me it looks like and sounds like I have it and need to be tested for it I scrunch into a ball and say NOOOOOOOOO!
Next came the horrible test where he tries to stick 6 inch Q-tips down my nose. I have to laugh at this because he tried and I swatted his hand away. So we tried again with this time getting in only a little further. He looked at me like I was a bit crazy and said we needed to do a bit better. So we tried again. Well, after about a half dozen times trying we were done. With one side!
I don’t understand what was wrong with me today? I have been poked and prodded for years because of my brain disorder but today the thought of something going up my nose was not going to happen. I should have been stronger and told my brain that I needed to do what ever I had to, to stop coughing. To stop being sick…
I have never been one to look at others and judge. You know the type who live their life feeling as if they are above everyone else. I have however never understood anyone wanting to walk away from their family. Just up and walk away. You read stories where they look happy, normal family, picket fence type and one day she just gets in her car and drives off into the sunset never to come back. Husband wondering why? Kids wondering what they did wrong? I have never thought much about any of this. Up until about a month ago and then it increasingly gets worse. My husband and my children, they need me… right???
Lately I have felt so alone. Maybe it is because they are older now and they don’t need me as much as they used to. Not only that but they push me away, say harsh things that I would have never said to my mother. But I also was raised by a single mother who we respected more than anything in this world. My children must not respect me anymore. Is that it, they don’t respect me?
I have resorted to locking myself in my room or leaving for a few hours because I just do not know what to do. I am tired of feeling alone when I am surrounded by people. I am tired of being told that I am hated by the people that are supposed to love me the most. I am tired of living this life, this ONE life that God gave me to live… like this.
Something has to change.
Stress of today, stress of tomorrow and stress of yesterday.
I am overcome with it! The feeling of my shoulders up at my ears.
I remind myself, relax as I feel them lower back down.
Head pounding, mind racing, eye twitching.
Needing more time in the day,
yet wanting the day to just be over already.
Does it make you feel better to put me down? You pretend to support me and tell me you want me to get out in the world and try new things but when it comes down to it all you do is belittle me, make me feel stupid. You mock me! Why? I have finally come up with a new way to get out of my box. Instead of watching others live I want to live. Does it scare you? When I decide I wanted to start this new journey in my life I promised myself I would not allow anything or anyone to get in my way. You will not get in my way. Get onboard and enjoy the ride or jump off and watch from a far. Either way you will not effect the way I feel about myself. Or stop me from trying new things in life. Life is to short!
So thats a joke… Life has never been simple. Life has never been easy. If it was I guess it wouldn’t be worth living, right? Some days I wish were easier, some days it would be nice to have nothing going on but I do not get to choose what happens in my day. So much has happened in my life that I have to hold inside. Someday I will burst… I may not be able to control my past, present or future but what I can do is control how I deal with it! How I look at life and the situations I am in can be dealt with in either a positive manner or I can just be grumpy about everything. Its easier said then done sometimes but I would rather talk about it, get my feelings out and try to be positive rather than holding it all in and just be negative all the time. All I see when I look around me is anger, frustration, and sadness. How did we get to this point? How do we get back to where we were? Faith, Hope, and Love…
I may not like what you have to say. You may not like what I have to say but that is the beauty of being FREE!! Say what you want! What I won’t do is spread lies and talk poorly of others. Not only does that make you look like a shitty person when you act like that, why would you take time out of your life to make people feel bad about themselves? Spend time bringing people up in life! Make it a goal to do something positive even if it reaching out to one person a day to say something nice! I guarantee people will start taking the time out of their life to reach out to you! If enough of us do it emagine what could happen?
I have know that I am not alone but in away when you have a “crazy” person in your life you feel alone. Others do not understand that this person could really do the things I tell them, you seem so unreal. Why? Why is it so hard to believe. I will tell you. Because you and I do not think like this “crazy” person. Our mind is not built like this “crazy” person. We would never hurt people, we would never plot or make plans to destroy “crazy” person or anyone for that matter even if we didn’t like the person. We spend our days living!! We spend our days with loved ones, our husbands, children, family, FRIENDS! People we care about, relationships we want to build and nourish. “Crazy” person spends the day filled in a hole of sadness trying to figure out how to bring everyone one else down. Coming up with ideas of how to hurt the people in and out of their life. Coming up with lies to cover up the other lies they have already told. You think that we are angry with you? You think that we are out to get you? I know this might be hard to hear but we feel sorry for you. The only feeling I have for you is pity. The only action I want is for you to be out of my life forever. Deep down you should even know better, you were once my friend. I would never do anything to harm you, your property, your family. I don’t have that in me. I think that is something you see as a weakness. The christianity in me, the forgiveness, the fact that I can move on where you sit and stew over everything and not only that, you also feel that everything that is done in life has been done TO you. Every person in your life has hurt you.
WAKE UP!!!!! This is getting old.. You playing the victim. People are starting to see the truth and the more people that see it, believe it and realize all the lies you have said about them how is that going to work out for you?
Why would you want to live your life a victim anyways?? It doesn’t make sense? How does that make you look as a women, a mother? I’ll tell you, pathetic. All you have done is alienate every single person that has come into your life. Your friendships and I might say even some family members are like a revolving door. They come in, smell your shit and walk right out.
My hope for you. Stop being a victim. Take r.e.s.p.o.n.s.i.b.i.l.i.t.y for the decisions you make in life. and yes I spelled it out for you because I am not sure you have ever heard the word before.
The purpose of this blog was something completely different and I went on a sideways rant.. What I was going to talk about, I met somebody Just like me. She has gone through the same things I have. She knows what I am talking about and it all makes sense to her. Its shocking how our stories are all the same and even the lies “crazy” has made up all sound alike. Its shocking to me how people believe the shit that is said.. But if people are going to believe lies good for them. I can not control others and I am not interested in trying. I am happy living my life to the fullest! Each day better than the last. Nobody can take away my happiness. You may have all the money but what is that going to do when we are all dead and gone? Nothing! You cant take it with you. Do you think anyone is going to cry when you are gone? Not really. It is about the relationships you make now, family, friends, the connections we have now until the end! Money wont make you happy but good luck trying.
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There was no shortage of topics to discuss at last weekend's G20 meeting in Cannes. Greece's planned referendum - which later was canceled - was what "kidnapped" the posted agenda. Statements about the meeting have subsequently been anything but gracious. Financial Times columnist Wolfgang Münchau wrote that the meeting was comically irrelevant for the global economy's future. How bad was it?
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Hi everyone, I'm after some advice. Our rental property in Ipswich has been vacant for nearly 6 weeks and I'm wondering whether it's time to look at moving to a new property manager or dropping the rent. I think the rent I am asking is reasonable. My current property manager agrees and I have spoken to another property manager who I am considering moving to, and she agrees the rent is reasonable. I'm just not sure why it hasn't rented yet. I'm after suggestions about how I can get the place rented out. Could it simply be a case of the rent being too high, or is there just an over supply of rentals in the area? I'm after any suggestions from people who have been through similar situations. The property is a 2 bedroom duplex and I'm asking $255 a week which seems to be in the ballpark when I compare it to other available properties. Also, if anyone familiar with the area has recommendations for a property manager I'd be interested in that too. Thanks.
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Gasoline prices are up 21 cents a gallon from last Friday. Reports of a gasoline shortage due to Hurricane Harvey have driven up prices throughout the Southeast.
Prices which jumped on Thursday rose an additional 7 cents a gallon Friday to a national average of $2.52 per gallon.
In Johnston County, prices at the pump still varied widely on Friday. In Selma, the New Dixie Mart on US 70 at I-95 was selling regular unleaded at $2.69 per gallon. Just a few miles away at the Kangaroo on Brightleaf Boulevard in Smithfield prices were $2.45 a gallon, a 24 cents difference.
Prices for gasoline traditionally fall after the Labor Day Holiday weekend, but concerns about a number of Texas refineries being closed following Harvey prompted prices to increase. Most of the refineries suffered only minimal storm damage and should be back online in days not weeks, meaning the price spike should be temporary with fuel prices returning to normal by mid to late September.
Gas prices jumped about 20 cents a gallon in September 2016 in Johnston County when a section of the Colonial Pipeline, which supplies fuel to much of the Southeast, was damaged.
Gas prices at some fuel stations in Texas are now in excess of $4 a gallon.
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Many thanks to everyone for entering our Fall 2011 giveaway contests! Here’s a recap of the books we’re giving away and their contest deadlines.
Ghosts of War by George Mann – October 30
The Doctor and the Kid by Mike Resnick – November 4
The Horns of Ruin by Tim Akers – November 4
Best of luck to everyone!
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Integrate Paperless Processes and Tricks Into Your Daily Tasks
Whether your firm is transitioning to paperless or you're looking for pointers on better navigating an already-paperless office, this course is for you! Our knowledgeable faculty will provide you with practical strategies for managing digital conversion, working with electronic documents, handling paperless litigation and more. Streamline tasks and enhance productivity - register today!
This intermediate level course will teach attendees how to effectively handle the paralegal duties associated with paperless law firm practices. Those who should attend include:
Washington State Paralegal Association19540 International Blvd., Ste. 105SeaTac, WA 98188
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This is our royal blue string bottoms! We currently offer this print in 4 different string bottom styles!
This listing is for royal blue however, we included the emerald snakeskin so you could see each of the styles individually!
NO EXCHANGES ALLOWED FOR THE EXTREME MICRO STYLE DUE TO HYGIENIC REASONS.
Made with love in California!
80% Nylon, 20% Spandex
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John Henry Chamberlain, architect, son of the Rev. Joseph Chamberlain, of Leicester, was born in that town on June 26th, 1831, and was educated at schools there and in London. At an early age he was articled to Mr. Henry Goddard, an architect of some note in Leicester, with whom he remained for several years. He became an ardent student of the works John Ruskin, and was led to visit Venice and other Italian cities, where he made careful drawings of monuments of early Gothic architecture. Returning to England in 1856, he settled in Birmingham, and in the erection of warehouses and residences endeavoured to effect an Improvement in the style of the buildings. In 1864 he entered into partnership with Mr. William Martin, and many of the most important buildings in the town were the result. In 1861 be became honorary secretary to the Midland Institute [since demolished], which office be held without interruption until the day of his death. When he undertook the management there were only a few hundred students, but through his incessant labour in developing the classes the number was advanced to four thousand. In regard to the School of Art, his work was not less notable. He was appointed chairman in 1874, and the school, under his fostering care, rapidly advanced in magnitude and influence. The Society of Artists was another organisation which engaged his special attention; he was elected a member in March, 1861, and was appointed Professor of Architecture, and in 1879 became Vice-President. He was, also, one of the first trustees of Mr. Ruskin's St. George's Guild. On October 22nd, 1885, he delivered a lecture on "Exotic Art," at the Midland Institute, and died suddenly of heart disease directly afterwards. — Wallis and Chamberlain 127-28, added by Jacqueline Banerjee
Wallis, Whitworth, and Arthur Bensley Chamberlain (compilers). City of Birmingham Museum & Art Gallery: Illustrated Catalogue. Birmingham (printed by) Hudson and Son, 1904. Internet Archive.. Web. 21 August 2012.
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Air Cube – the “portable spraybooth”
Call us now on 07887834796 or 01536 683726 or email firstname.lastname@example.org for more information
Ideal for SMART repairs and touch-ups, the AirCube is a convenient and cost-effective way to process touch ups and small cosmetic repairs without taking up valuable spraybooth time.
Popular with all spray shops, including mobile SMART repairers, volume bodyshops, joineries, kitchen repairs and other manufacturing facilities, the Air Cube is a versatile, safe and fully compliant "portable spraybooth".
Equipped with a powerful extraction fan and two stage filtration system, the Air Cube captures overspray and safely extracts paint fumes away from the working environment in full compliance with Health & Safety guidance “SMART paint spraying: How to control health and safety risks”
Order yours now for quick delivery, or for more information, please get in touch with us on 07887834796 or 01536 683726 or email email@example.com
Continuous product specification change without notice
The mobile Air Cube is a high performance mobile extraction system designed for use within spray shops and smart repair enclosures.
It comprises an axial fan, direct driven by a single phase motor. The motor is housed in a steel casing separating it from the contaminated air being extracted (known as bifurcation) and minimising the risk of fume ignition, as recommended by Health & Safety Guidance.
Fan and power
Air volume capacity up to 2000 m3/hr
Motor 0.37KW single-phase (240v)
Running current 2.5A (240v) or 5.0A (110v)
EPA Compliant filters used.
Filtration/Extraction on three sides of Air Cube - front and both sides only.
Frame material Anodised aluminium
Panelling material Pre-painted 0.7mm steel
Transformer material 0.8mm galvanised steel
600mm x 600mm x 600mm (excluding handles)
Flexible duct: 6000mm long x 450mm diameter
Power cable: 6000mm long
Standard 3 pin 240V plug or 3 pin 16A 110V plug with 6m flex cable to allow connection away from working area.
Unit mounted Emergency stop
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Snowball in a Bucket Hire
Snowball in a Bucket Is a Christmas themed version of the Side Stall classic Ball in a Bucket. When you hire Snowball in a Bucket the aim of the game is to try to throw as many snowballs as you can and make them stay inside the bucket without falling out to win a prize! This side stall is a great attraction for your next Christmas party that both children and adults alike can enjoy. All our side stalls come with smartly dressed enthusiastic staff to hand out prizes and give expert advice.
Snowball in a Bucket is a great addition to any Winter themed party or Christmas themed event, Leisurehire’s Side Stalls are available to hire across the UK and Europe.
Our side stalls are for hire all year round, so why don’t you ring one of our sales team today to hire Our side stalls.
Snowball in a Bucket is available for hire, so ring us today to hire one of our side stalls.
Leisure hire offers a complete range of the latest simulators to hire, ideal for product launches, exhibition stands, corporate events & after conference entertainment. Unlimited free play action will generate interest in the launch of new products, attract people to exhibition stands & make your event one to remember. All simulators can be themed to suit your requirements & an instructor is provided to help oversee & organise….
Leisurehire is committed to providing our clients with only the highest quality equipment, coupled with a friendly and efficient service, our staff are professional and will make sure that the equipment is operated in the safest possible environment and that all participants have an enjoyable and memorable day.
Why not call us to plan your next corporate or team building event and hire your very own Snowball in a Bucket.
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It has been fun walking and jumping while watching TV.
My mini-tramoline has a handle bar just in case I am going fast and do not want to lose my balance. It came with a great workout from a former Ms. Olympia too! Wow... what a challenge.
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When sore feet prevent you from being in the mood to exercise i just pull out my mini trampoline. This enables me to jog, walk, step in time with a walking dvd, do a cardio twist, jumping jacks and more. My favorite is the Leslie Sansone walking DVD series. Inside the house or out on the deck its a welcome change.
Last Jan. I bought a little trampoline to jump on and started "jumping" every night for 30 to 40 minutes. Sometimes, I am not home and don't have my trampoline so I put my ipod on and walk or "jog" in place to the music. I've lost 22 lbs. I do 20 min. now usually
The main thing is to be consistent. If you can't do 20 min. , just do 10 and enjoy the movement. I swing my arms too for aerobic exercise and I feel so good after I'm done!
I have a ReboundAir brand of mini trampoline. I just discovered how to walk in place on it. Alternate lifting each heel off the trampoline, without lifting the entire foot. Move your arms as you would when walking. It's quite effective!
I had been considering getting an elliptical or treadmill but this saved me money and space and is giving me a good workout. It's working my knees which I needed and wanted!
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Indian Herbal Remedies – Leading Manufacturer of Ayurvedic Medicines in Baddi Since 1989
Indian Herbal Remedies is offering you a franchise for Innovative Herbal/Ayurvedic products in India where you can be your OWN BOSS in your territory, no work pressure, no politics – only results and rewards which can realise your dreams within one year.
We have backing and support of Strong experienced pharmaceutical Professionals. We are one of the fastest growing pharma companies offering Ayurvedic research products to prevent, treat and cure challenging disorders.
Indian Herbal Remedies spread their business at the unrepresented areas through appointment of new franchise / distributors / PCD distributors / pcd franchise / monopoly basis.
We have a GMP Certified facility which is installed with latest and advanced machines to formulate our range as per the industrial GMP standards. With more than 25 years of experience in industry, we provide a wide range of Ayurvedic medicines and herbal PCD product range. These are formulated using superior quality of ingredients at the manufacturers end. We have an expert team of quality controllers, which is responsible to stringently monitor complete ongoing business at each and every stage right from the sourcing of products till the final dispatch at the clients end.
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Tuesday, April 15, 2008
Posted by David Tucker in "Zune News" @ 09:35 PM
“I come across a lot of forum postings where people ask how to change the thumbnail art (or cover art) for video files. By default, most video conversion software don’t specify the cover art for a converted video file, so the Zune Software will simply use some random frame from the beginning of the video. The standard tools that people use for setting the meta data for a video file (e.g., TigoTago, zMeta, dSHARPIE) don’t have provision for editing or defining the cover art.”
The Zune Tips Webblog spotted this great utility and it was worth mentioning here. The main thing that caught my eye was the ability to change the album art for a video file - which would make AudioShell a very non-standard tool! This is a great feature since the random frame that you usually end up with isn’t always what you want to see. Especially nice is the fact that this isn’t really a program you run on its own: after you install it, you can edit the ID3 tags by right clicking the file itself! Pretty nifty and free.
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Iran: The Women’s Movement in the 21st Century
Shiva Nazar-Ahari, a journalist and human rights defender who had already spent 9 months in Evin prison, was scheduled to appear in court on May 23, 2010 on charges of propagation against the regime for her work with the Committee of Human Rights Reporters (CHRR), as well as allegations of acting against national security because of her participation in gatherings on November 4th and December 7th, 2009. A member of the “One Million Signature” campaign for women’s rights, Nazar-Ahari was arrested at her home shortly after Iran’s June 2009 presidential election. She was released for a short time in September on $200,000 bail, but her freedom did not last long. In December 2009 she was again arrested, this time as she was on the way to attend the funeral ceremony of Ayatollah Hossein Montazeri. Despite consistent pressure from Iranian authorities, she had denied all charges brought against her and had paid the price of defiance by spending most of her prison term in solitary confinement.
While Nazar-Ahari was arrested to soon after the election to participate in the June demonstrations, many women were involved in the uprising and played a central role in the mobilization of the Green Movement. A more recognizable symbol of women’s participation in the protests was the young university student Neda Agha-Soltan, whose shooting and gruesome death on the streets of Tehran on June 20, 2009 became aninternational rallying cry against the heavy-handed tactics of the Iranian government. Agha-Soltan became a symbol not only of the Green Movement, but also of all Iranians who were killed for opposing the regime. In a heavily patriarchal society, her ordeal was a reminder of the crucial status of women in the social and political life of Iran.
Agha-Soltan and Nazar-Ahari are members of a new generation of politically active Iranian women, born and raised after the 1979 Revolution. Their struggle against the oppressive policies of the Islamic Republic has been well documented, but their situation has become especially harrowing over the last year. In the wake of the 2009 protests, and under the pretext of maintaining order and protecting national security, the Iranian regime has escalated its suppression of the women’s movement. Many women activists have been arrested, imprisoned, tortured and sentenced to long prison terms, while others have left the country in fear of their safety. As a result, there has been a troubling decline in the activities and influence of the women’s movement, which some observers have considered to be the most potent agent for change in the country.
The Re-Emergence of Women in the Islamic Republic
The death of Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini in 1989, coinciding with the end of the Iran-Iraq war, marked the beginning of a new phase in the Islamic Republic. After eight years of war, Iran’s decimated economy was suffering from a lack of foreign investment and buckling under the pressure of Western sanctions. The regime responded by instituting a series of programs aimed at “reconstruction,” through economic growth, rational distribution of benefits and essential changes in human resource development. It was at this time that President Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanajani established the first governmental department devoted to women’s issues. Dubbed the Bureau of Women’s Affairs, it was founded in 1992 to improve the situation of women and to promote their abilities and talents, in service to the future development of the country.
The ensuing years saw increased investment in women’s education, and in turn a higher level of university-enrollment, a development that had a significant impact on the status women in society. One major factor in this regard was the “Islamicization” of universities, a series of policies aimed at the transformation of the university environment and pursued from the early days of the Islamic Republic. With traditional families feeling more confident in the piety of Iran’s universities, women began attending classes at a higher rate than in previous generation, causing a dramatic increase in the number of female students. According to the 1994 census, 40 percent of university students were female. This proportion reached 60 percent in the 2003-2004 academic year and 64 percent in 2008.
Following graduation, many of these female students entered the job market only to be bitterly disappointed with their prospects. Faced with an ailing economy and a patriarchal culture unwilling to grant them equal rights, this educated group of women began demanding changes in attitudes and policies. At the same time, the influx of educated female candidates had a perceptible effect on the percentage of women employed in different economic sectors, such as industry and agriculture, with their numbers increasing substantially. The growing presence of women in the work force gradually led to the establishment of women’s trade unions in the late 1990s.
Beginning in 1997, the social and political reforms of President Mohammad Khatami increased the opportunities available to women in a variety of avenues. While Khatami’s policies did not significantly improvethe situation of women in the all-important legal arena, his reforms did create possibilities for new kinds of political expression and mobilization. Strict codes of public behavior and dress, as well as restrictions on the media were gradually loosened, leading to a resurgence of the women’s press. The first Iranian women’s newspaper Zan (Woman) appeared in August 1998, under the editorship of Fa’ezeh Hashemi, Rafsanjani’s daughter and a Member of Parliament, and a significant numbers of female journalists began working in reformist newspapers.
These women were mainly between the ages of 18 to 30 and had been raised in the post-revolutionary environment. Unaffiliated with government institutions, this new generation of activists pursued an agenda focused on the improvement of the social and political status of women and the achievement of equal rights. Having come of age in the Islamic Republic, these activists held concerns that were less ideological and more practical than their predecessors. While writing on a wide range of subjects from politics to sports, young female journalists seized on Iran’s nascent freedom of the press to write on issues germane to the situation of women in the country, many of which had not previously been openly debated. Stories of honor killings, female prostitution, and girls escaping from abusive domestic situations began appearing in the newspapers, sparking serious public debate and fostering a new atmosphere in which women’s issues were more openly discussed and addressed. As such, in the minds of many, freedom of the press and the movement for women’s rights became intimately and forever connected.
The opening of social and political spaces for civic engagement, and the ensuing expressions of political dissent were soon met with a campaign of suppression. Reformist newspapers, a central locus for women activists, came under pressure from the conservative judiciary at the end of Khatami’s first term. In 2000, sixteen reformist newspapers were summarily shut down and many female journalists became unemployed. Consequently, women activists began looking to other mediums to disseminate news about the status of women and to serve as a means for discussing human rights and violence against women.
The first domestic Iranian women’s website, Women in Iran, was established in September 2001 by Shadi Sadr, the prominent lawyer, journalist and women’s activist. The slogan of Women in Iran was “women’s rights is human rights,” explicitly locating women’s rights issues in the broader context of human rights and setting down a framework for the discussion of women’s issues. This new media outlet also had a number of practical advantages. Aside from being a relatively inexpensive tool, the Internet was a new phenomenon at the time, and the government had few if any laws regulating its use. As such, establishing Women in Iran and other similar sites required neither government permission nor registration.
The staff of Women in Iran consisted mostly of female journalists who worked in reformist newspapers, as well as young female lawyers who were experts in women’s legal issues. Mainly from middle-class families, these women were less concerned with the Islamic ideals of the regime and more open with their criticisms of social phenomena, such as the compulsory dress code (hejab), an issue that Muslim feminists and even secular feminists of the previous generation had not properly addressed. By framing their arguments in terms of universal human rights, these women were able to articulate a strong defense of their individual rights in Iranian society.
Like most other media outlets, however, women’s websites eventually drew the notice of government censors. Following orders issued by the judiciary, most of these sites were eventually “filtered” by Internet service providers. Government pressure also led to a decrease in the number of volunteers upon whom these websites relied for much of their work.
Demonstrations and Suppression during the 2000s
Despite these difficulties, new technologies allowed the women’s movement to effectively organize its supporters and conduct demonstrations. On March 8 2002, women activists gathered in one of the major parks in Tehran to celebrate International Women’s Day in Iran for the first time since 1979. During the gathering, which was mainly planned by secular feminists, human rights activist and Nobel Prize winner Shirin Ebadi criticized Iran’s family law and demanded the abolishment of discriminatory laws against women. Though the gathering expressed the views of only a small group of women in Iranian society, it provided an opportunity for old and new generations to share and discuss their perspectives on the situation of women in Iran.
Three years later in 2005, the women’s movement staged a mass demonstration just days before the presidential election, which ultimately saw the rise of Mahmoud Ahmadinejad to the office of president. This was the first time women had gathered en masse in the streets of Tehran, since demonstrations on March 8, 1979 protesting the establishment of a compulsory Islamic dress code for women. In the run up to the 2005 demonstrations, women activists from a variety of backgrounds gathered together for several months near the University of Tehran for a series of meetings entitled “Women’s Movement Forum.” Meeting almost every week, secular and Muslim feminists shared their experiences and ideas, and discussed strategies for addressing those aspects of the legal system that enshrined women’s inequality. At the close of these meetings, prior to the demonstration, the women issued a declaration, demanding changes in the Islamic Republic’s Constitution, which they regarded as the origin of all the discriminatory laws. On the day of the demonstration, the police prevented others from joining the women. Public buses were parked in front of the demonstration area to create a blockade and to prevent the protesting women from being seen by the public.
One Million Signatures Campaign
In 2006, a group of women’s activists staged another demonstration in Haft-e Tir Square to repeat the demands of the earlier year. While police and security forces responded severely, many of the prominent activists involved in the demonstration, such as Noushin Ahmadi Khorasani, Parvin Ardalan, Sussan Tahmasbi, Jelveh Javaheree, continued their struggle by launching the One Million Signatures campaign. The campaign aimed to collect one million signatures in support of changing discriminatory laws and to raise consciousness among men and women regarding the unjust nature of laws pertaining to women. The success of this initiative, both domestically and abroad, caused the government to increase its attacks on the women’s movement. Some members of the campaign were arrested several times while others were put under close surveillance and faced harassment.
In March 2007, 33 women activists appeared in front of Tehran’s Revolutionary Court to peacefully protest the trials of five colleagues who had been arrested in the crackdown following the 2006 Haft-e Tir demonstration. These 33 women activists were, in turn, arrested and detained at the notorious Evin prison. While most of the detainees were released shortly thereafter, the organizers, such as Shadi Sadr and the well-known women’s rights activist Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh, were held for nearly one month in Section 209 of Evin prison. These women and many others like them would be targeted once more following the 2009 election.
During Ahmadinejad’s first term, the Iranian women’s movement faced severe pressure and suppression. In the month before the 2009 elections, the movement formed a coalition with activists of varying ideologies, from secular to religious, and presented two major demands to the presidential candidates. The first urged the government to join the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women (CEDAW), while the second called for a revision of the Constitution to establish women’s legal equality. In support of these demands, women activists published pamphlets and carried placards declaring their demands. These activists lobbied candidates and wrote articles on their respective websites to ensure that the general public heard their demands. Having gathered support inside and outside Iran, these women activists played a major role in the post-election demonstrations.
Not surprisingly, the wave of mass arrests carried out by securities forces following the 2009 election resulted in the detention of many women. Among the female detainees sent to Evin Prison were those who were active in the women’s rights movement, as well as many with no political profile. Some of these “non-political” women, such as Parvin Javadzadeh and Maryam Akbari Monfared, the mother of three children, were charged with mohareba (enmity with God) because of their participation in the December 2009 Ashura demonstrations.
The government has also used the unrest as a pretext for arresting a number of women activists who were already on the security forces’ radar because of their prior political activities. Shadi Sadr was violently arrestedby plainclothes police on July 17, 2009 and imprisoned for 12 days for attending Ayatollah Ali Akbar Rafsanjani’s Friday prayer sermon. Mahboubeh Abbasgholizadeh was also arrested as a result of her participation in Ayatollah Montazeri’s funeral ceremony in December 2009. In 2010 the Revolutionary Courtsentenced Sadr to six years in prison and 74 lashes for “acting against national security and harming public order,” and Abbasgholizadeh to a term of two and half years and 30 lashes for similar crimes. Badrosadat Mofidi, secretary of the Iranian Journalists Association, has been imprisoned for nearly five months now without any specific charges. Her husband has been told that his wife has been under intense interrogations, which have resulted in heart disease and serious neurological disorders. Mahboubeh Karami, a member of the One Million Signatures Campaign, who had previously been arrested several times because of her human rights and women’s rights activism, was arrested in March 2010. After three months in prison, the last 20 days of which were spent in solidarity confinement, she was finally allowed to visit her family in May. Meanwhile Bahareh Hedayat, a student activist and another member of the One Million Signatures campaign, was recently sentenced to 9 and a half years in prison after appeal.
The government’s persistent attacks of the past year against feminists and the women’s movement were mostly aimed at reinforcing the Islamic Republic’s grip on public behavior. Much more so than in previous years, the Islamic Republic strove to characterize feminism and feminist activists as agents of Western countries. The government has produced numerous articles, reports, speeches and TV programs targeting women’s “un-Islamic attire and behaviors” and discussing ways in which they should be punished, diminished and disciplined.
As a result of these attacks, criticisms, and arrests, a considerable number of women activists have fled the country during last year. Despite the difficulties of life in exile, they have continued their advocacy on women’s issues in collaboration with international human rights organizations. Activists in Iran are also trying to move forward their work, albeit on a limited scale, and are forming new alliances with other activist groups within the country. One cannot ignore, however, the damaging impact of government suppression, exemplified by the meticulous surveillance of activists and heavy prison sentences issued against them. These measures have effectively sidelined some of the women’s movement’s most prominent members.
Considering all these developments, the future of Iran’s women’s movement heavily depends on the relationship between members inside Iran and those who have left the country. While Shirin Ebadi has recently argued that the crackdown will only make it stronger, the movement cannot hope to continue its mission and reach its goals without unity among its various branches. One positive development in this regard was the emergence of Zahra Rahnavard, the wife of presidential candidate Mir-Hossein Mousavi, and her ability to bridge the gap between generations of women activists in the run-up to the 2009 election. Widely recognized as a conservative, and with no particular interest in feminism, she has become a vociferous critic of the regimeand an advocate for reform. Maintaining and strengthening the connection between secular, younger Iranian women and the religious older generation may be crucial to the future success of the women’s movement in Iran and the key to realizing legal and social equality for the country’s women and girls.
By Leila Mouri
02 August 2010
* Leila Mouri is a PhD student in Middle Eastern Studies at Columbia University. Her main field of interest is gender and sexuality in post -revolutionary Iran. Prior to coming to the United States she was an activist in the women’s movement in Iran. She continues to work as a journalist with the first Iranian website on women’s rights, Women In Iran (http://www.womeniniran.com/). She also publishes blogs in Farsi and English athttp://www.femirani.com/ and http://www.femirani.com/english/
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Search Issue Tracker
Fixed in 5.0.X
Terrain tree culling performance regression
This bug has been fixed. However, some similar regression bugs are suspected to still exist.
Please file new bug reports for them.
1. Download project from case 597792
2. Open it on 4.1.5f1
3. Enter play mode
4. Note performance in profiler
5. Open the same project in 4.3.4f1
6. Enter play mode
5. Note dropped performance in profiler (as can be seen in attached screenshot)
Expected result: Similar performance
Actual result: a huge performance drop
All about bugs
View bugs we have successfully reproduced, and vote for the bugs you want to see fixed most urgently.
- UI Toolkit's MinMaxSlider snaps unexpectedly in Runtime
- [2D] [URP] Objects are rendered twice when Foremost Sorting Layer is enabled
- Physics applied to Rigidbody is not fully disabled when setting the Rigidbody to Kinematic
- Scene view turns black when using a custom Mesh Renderer
- VFX Graph ZWrite has no effect when using URP PostProcessing DoF effect
Jan 30, 2015 13:21
Noticed this went from 'Fixed' back to 'Active'. Any update on whether we will see a fix before 5.0. Bug is still appearing in 4.6.2.
Also, is anyone else noticing their RenderTexture Switches going up when this bug occurs?
Jan 14, 2015 15:31
Is there any update on this bug?
This is marked as fixed but I'm still having a huge frame drop when rotating the camera.
I using Unity 4.6.1 btw.
Dec 16, 2014 10:50
When could we expect fixes? It's really important thing for those who use unity terrain system. I would even say, it's critical issue. I get about 40 fps drop, while i'm moving camera.
Nov 27, 2014 07:07
I'm using Unity 5.0.0.b11 and seem to be encountering this issue still. Is it expected to have been fixed?
Nov 11, 2014 09:40
There seems to be a serious issue with the terrain tree billboard rendering/culling, and it is for some reason caused by having GameObjects with LODGroups in the scene. The actual amount of trees or LOD characters does not matter.
We were able to massively improve performance and get entirely rid of the spikes when moving/turning the camera (in the tree billboard update) by creating our own LOD switcher and throwing out all of the built-in LODGroup components.
Our characters are each using a single skeleton, animated by a single Animation, and a SkinnedMeshRenderer for each LOD, referencing the same skeleton. Our custom LOD system is simply enabling/disabling the appropriate Renderer.
Maybe this can help others.
Nov 03, 2014 10:26
We have the same issue in 4.5.5f1 on the Desktop and Webplayer.
Moving the camera causes a showstopping performance peak in
Camera.Render -> Culling -> Terrain.Trees.Render -> Camera.Render -> Rendering.UpdateDirtyRenderers
None of the Terrain settings (billboard distance, max mesh trees, etc.) have any effect.
Sep 21, 2014 15:52
@alan.lawrance I tested it in 4.5.3p4 - unfortunately it is not fixed. Im worried because i about to update my game of the Apple App Store but i don't know if Unity 4.2 (the last version before the regression was introduced) will create a proper Xcode project for submission to IOS8. I've been sking for a fix for this for the last year - you can read bit more about it here:
Sep 07, 2014 04:01
Is this fixed with the 4.5.3p4 patch released on Sept 4? From the Release Notes:
* Terrain: Improved tree culling performance.
Aug 22, 2014 10:57
This was fixed for 5.0, but soon will be back ported to 4.5 as well.
Aug 17, 2014 12:59
I have the same problem. Downloaded 4.5.3p1 (released on August 14, 2014). Still have the problem. Has anyone able to resolve the issue?
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Council Meetings and Reports
Hay Shire Council meets on the fourth Tuesday of each month, commencing at 1.00pm (however this may change due to circumstances on rare occasions) . Members of the public are welcome to attend the ordinary meetings of Council which are held in the Council Chambers, 134 Lachlan Street, Hay.
General Council business dealt with at Council meetings are open to the public, however, confidential matters are closed to the public.
More information about Council meetings is available from Council staff on (02) 6990 1100 during business hours.
Council Meeting Schedule for 2022
- 11th January
- 22nd February
- 22nd March
- 26th April
- 24th May
- 28th June
Meetings start at 1.00pm
Code of Meeting Practice
Council adopted the current Code of Meeting Practice in February 2020. A copy of the Code of Meeting Practice can be viewed here: Code of Meeting Practice
Agendas & Minutes
Council agendas and minutes for its Ordinary and Standing Committee meeting can be viewed below:
Hay Shire Council also participates in Riverna And Murray Joint Organisation (RAMJO) meetings, agendas for these mettings can be found here, or on the link on left navigation menu.
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API Terms of Service
Petfinder API Terms
In exchange for use of the Adopt Engine data feed on www.petfinder.com (the “Data Feed”) that Petfinder is making available to you through this programming interface, you (“User”) hereby agree to the following terms and conditions (“Terms”):
Nestlé Purina PetCare Company d/b/a Petfinder (“Petfinder”) hereby grants to User a limited, non-exclusive, non-assignable (except as otherwise provided herein), non-transferable, royalty-free, fully paid-up right and license to use the Data Feed as specified herein. User understands and agrees that it shall have no proprietary rights of any nature in and to the Data Feed. User shall not be permitted to alter the data in the Data Feed (i.e., the “description” of pets and actual data); however, User shall have the right to alter the display of the Data Feed on the User site.
User hereby agrees to comply with the following conditions to use of the adoptable pet data from the Adopt Engine:
- User agrees to refresh the data from the feed no less than one (1) time per day.
- User shall provide credit on the User site to Petfinder for the use of the Adopt Engine. Such language shall include “Powered by Petfinder” and, where possible, include a link to the Petfinder website at www.petfinder.com.
- User shall not state or imply that its website or application is endorsed or certified by Petfinder;
- User shall not use the Data Feed for any commercial purpose, including, without limitation, any sale of the Data Feed to any third parties or any sale of advertising around the Data Feed;
- Without the express written consent of Petfinder in each instance, User is not permitted to use the Petfinder logo and/or other Petfinder trademarks in any way not expressly allowed by these Terms and you may not use the Petfinder name in your application name;
- User shall not (i) attempt to circumvent any security measures or technical limitation of the Data Feed, (ii) modify, reverse engineer, or decompile the Data Feed, (iii) sublicense the Data Feed or (iv) adopt any mark that is confusingly similar to those of Petfinder;
- User agrees that it shall not promote, feature or otherwise display on the pages of User that are “Powered by Petfinder”, any Competitor (as defined below) of Petfinder without Petfinder’s prior written approval. A “Competitor” of Petfinder shall be defined as any entity which has as its principal business the consolidation and/or posting of information and listings of pets available for adoption.
Petfinder shall have the right to immediately revoke this license to use the Data Feed, for any reason or no reason, at any time upon written notice to User.
Upon notice of termination of use of the Data Feed, User shall cease any use of the Data Feed and Petfinder Content and remove it from all User websites and mobile device applications as soon as possible and in no event more than ten (10) business days after the effective date of termination.
3. Disclaimer of Any Warranty.
Petfinder does not represent or warrant that the Data Feed is free of inaccuracies, errors, bugs, or interruptions, or are reliable, accurate, complete, or otherwise valid. The Data Feed is provided “as is” with no warranty, express or implied, of any kind and Petfinder expressly disclaims any and all warranties and conditions, including, but not limited to, any implied warranty of merchantability and fitness for a particular purpose. User’s use of the Data Feed is at its own discretion and risk, and User will be solely responsible for any damage that results from the use of the Data Feed including, but not limited to, any damage to your computer system or loss of data.
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To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, User releases and waives all claims against Petfinder, and its affiliates, officers, agents, licensors, co-branders or other partners, and employees from any and all liability for claims, damages (actual and/or consequential), costs and expenses (including litigation costs and attorneys’ fees) of every kind and nature, arising from or use of the Data Feed.
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To the maximum extent permitted by applicable law, you agree to hold harmless and indemnify Petfinder and its subsidiaries, affiliates, officers, agents, licensors, and employees from and against any third party claim arising from or in any way related to use of the Data Feed, including any liability or expense arising from all claims, losses, damages (actual and/or consequential), suits, judgments, litigation costs and attorneys’ fees, of every kind and nature. Petfinder shall use good faith efforts to provide you with written notice of such claim, suit or action.
7. General Terms.
These Terms shall be exclusively enforced and interpreted using the English (US) language. These Terms shall be interpreted in accordance with and shall be governed by the laws of the State of Missouri, United States of America without giving effect to its choice-of-law provisions or to any rule construing ambiguities against the draftsperson. The state courts of the State of Missouri in St. Louis City and St. Louis County, and, if the jurisdictional prerequisites exist, the United States District Court for the Eastern District of Missouri shall have sole and exclusive jurisdiction to hear and determine any dispute or controversy arising under or relating to these Terms. Each party hereto consents to and waives any objection to the personal jurisdiction and venue of said courts, and, further, consents to the service of legal process in accordance with the rules of said courts or, alternatively, in the same manner prescribed for serving notices pursuant to these Terms.
No failure or delay by either party in exercising any right, power or privilege hereunder shall operate as a waiver thereof nor shall any single or partial exercise thereof preclude any other or further exercise thereof or the exercise of any other right, power or privilege. The rights and remedies herein provided shall be cumulative and not exclusive of any rights or remedies provided by law.
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Santa’s annual trip around the globe is just around the corner, and this year you’ll be able to track him with two services. Yes, two companies have invested money into tracking Santa this year. NORAD’s Santa Tracker, which has been following Saint Nick’s trip since 1955, will be competing with Google this year.
According to ABC, NORAD has partnered up with Google over the last few years to bring Santa’s journey to life. This year, however, NORAD will be using Microsoft’s Bing Maps.
Michael Kucharek, a spokesman for the NORAD Santa Tracker, said:
“NORAD and Google have decided to go their separate ways and pursue other opportunities. It was a mutually agreed upon decision that transpired earlier this year.”
NORAD may be the biggest name in the Santa tracking business, but several people will turn to Google this year for their Santa tracking needs.
Google developed its own algorithm and will use Google Earth and a mobile app to track Santa’s location this year.
VP of Google Maps and Google Earth, Brian McClendon, wrote on Google’s Blog:
“While we’ve been tracking Santa since 2004 with Google Earth, this year a team of dedicated Google Maps engineers built a new route algorithm to chart Santa’s journey around the world on Christmas Eve.”
Google and Norad will begin tracking Santa’s journey on Christmas Eve. You can check out the NORAD Santa Tracker here. Or check out Google’s service here. If Norad and Google can’t fulfill your Santa tracking needs you can also check out TheSantaTracker.com.
Here’s a live feed of Santa’s journey around the world via The Santa Tracker.
Who do you think will give a more accurate depiction of Santa’s global journey?
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We drive Projects to successful completion. Cosmo Cloud offers SaaS based Cloud PMO/PPM solutions tailored for your organization. Apply our PMO expertise and know-how to target your specific needs. With many successful project deliveries and PMO tool implementations under our belts, let our tool and team of experts guide your organization to where it needs to be.
At Cosmo Cloud, we aim to transform your organization, one project at a time. Cosmo Cloud PPM helps provide visibility into the current state of your organization’s portfolio of IT projects and initiatives. Once we determine the overall health of your organization, we can effectively plan and establish a successful portfolio and governance structure, operating principles and management processes that fit your group objectives. Cosmo Cloud PPM delivers portfolio dashboards and analysis that provides management with visibility into the performance of individual projects and portfolios. This allows executives and managers to see how their project portfolios are performing against defined business objectives, planned costs and schedules. Our PPM Tool identifies portfolio issues and risks giving management the ability to proactively address and resolve them in a timely manner.
Cosmo Cloud can help implement our SAAS Cloud Based Project Portfolio Management Solution for IT Management, PMO’s, and IT Delivery Organizations.
Portfolio analysis & reporting occurs regularly throughout the lifecycle and leverages metrics from all activities
Articulate business strategy; Define the projects and the associated costs and demand
Identify the requirements/business needs to proceed with based on risk, value and strategic fit
Plan the project execution sequence based on business priority and interdependencies
Allocate resources, oversee project performance, testing, bug fixes and adjust to issues, risks & changes
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Cosmo Could was founded as a division of DPP Tech with the vision of creating efficiencies and ensuring successful project delivery for our clients. Our mission is to help our clients implement practical portfolio management solutions and support throughout the project life cycle. We integrate expert industry knowledge, process and technology frameworks, strong partnerships, and a skilled workforce to provide strategic solutions that generate sustainable results.
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|The Lord of the Rings.
Deluxe India Paper Edition 1969.
George Allen & Unwin.
ISBN 004823091X (from 1972).
Hardback. Issued in a slipcase or box.
Cover illustration based on a design by J.R.R. Tolkien.
Page Ref.: pp.143-144.
The map showing A Part of The Shire appears on page 30. The 1954 version of the map of The West of Middle-earth at the End of the Third Age is inserted on a fold-out sheet at the rear. The Map of Gondor, Rohan and Mordor is inserted on a fold-out sheet opposite page 770.
Ten impressions issued before imprint changed:
1st Impression 1969 – issued in a slipcase
2nd Impression 1972 – issued in a slipcase
3rd Impression 1974 – issued in a slipcase
4th Impression 1974 – issued in a slipcase or box*
5th Impression 1976 – issued in a box
6th Impression 1978 – issued in a box
7th Impression 1979 – issued in a box
8th Impression 1982 – issued in a box
9th Impression 1984 – issued in a box
10th Impression 1985 – issued in a box
* Copies have been seen in both slipcases and boxes. In 1974 the slipcase was replaced by a box with a printed label on the lid. Presumably the decision had been made to replace the slipcase with a box, but
existing stocks of slipcases were used up before the change was made.
Details of the 2nd Impression are not recorded in later impressions.
A copy of the 5th Impression has been seen in a box that had a Lord of the Rings title label applied over the top of a Hobbit label.
One copy has been seen with blank pages throughout and two blank map sheets inserted at the rear. The binding design is identical to the published edition but the slipcase lacks the thumb slot present in the standard slipcase. This is possibly a salesman's dummy copy used to garner sales before publication, or maybe a proof version of the binding and slipcase.
If you are looking for new, secondhand or out-of-print books then AbeBooks UK may be able to help.
Alternatively, you can search and order through AbeBooks.com.
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KNOXVILLE — The College of Business Administration at the University of Tennessee, Knoxville, is one of the world’s best business schools for its full-time MBA program, according to the 2013 rankings in the Princeton Review.
This is the fifth year in a row that the College of Business Administration has received that recognition.
The review’s “Best 296 Business Schools” publication praised the college for its “good social scene, cutting-edge classes and happy students” and the “solid preparation in teamwork, presentation skills and computer skills.”
For more information about the College of Business Administration, visit http://bus.utk.edu.
The Princeton Review is a top education service and evaluation company. For more information, visit http://www.princetonreview.com.
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For more UT news, visit http://www.utk.edu/tntoday.
Check out our faculty experts guide at http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/media/experts-guide.
See UT faculty, staff and students making news at http://www.utk.edu/tntoday/category/in-the-news.
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At Coker, people not only know my name—they know my story. I couldn’t see myself anywhere else.
Coker has provided me with a support system throughout my academic career and opened up my mind to all that I have to offer the world.
I tell people all the time that the things I’ve done at Coker, I would never have gotten those opportunities at any other school.
Coker is probably one of the best at forming people who know how to speak well and carry on a conversation or presentation.
The professors are amazing, and so encouraging, and I think they helped me realize that just because I’m in a chair, it doesn’t mean anything.
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The explosion of interest in omega-3 fatty acids - which may reduce blood clotting, triglycerides and blood pressure - has already steered messaging away from cholesterol in isolation, says Jeff Hilton, founder of BrandHive, a branding and marketing agency that specializes in natural products.
Omega-3 marketers have also popularized the notion that you can help your heart by tackling inflammation, a message that firms supplying olive polyphenols and cocoa flavanols are also increasingly talking to consumers about, he says.
“It’s not just about cholesterol anymore.”
Healthy circulation and healthy blood flow
Meanwhile, Provexis/DSM are promoting tomato extracts to reduce platelet aggregation (and in turn reduce the risk of blood clots), on a ‘healthy circulation’ and ‘healthy blood flow’ platform and Stratum Nutrition is promoting a chitin-glucan fiber Artinia to control the oxidation of LDL.
Both concepts - controlling LDL oxidation and inhibiting platelet aggregation - are also deemed beneficial to cardiovascular health by the European Food Safety Authority (EFSA), which issued positive opinions on the ability of olive oil polyphenols to protect LDL from oxidative damage , and the tomato extract Fruitflow to inhibit platelet aggregation some years ago.
And while CRP, OxLDL and platelets are not household terms, the concept of having supple healthy arteries or tackling “clots” as well as “clogs” is easy enough for shoppers to grasp, says Hilton.
People are trying to drill down a bit from phrases such as ‘supports cardiovascular health’, to more specific messages about arterial health
The ‘healthy arteries’ message also sits nicely between narrowly focused claims about cholesterol (which medics agree is only one risk factor of many, given that half of all heart attacks and strokes occur in people with normal LDL cholesterol) and an overly generic ‘heart-healthy foods’ slogan, he adds.
“I think people are trying to drill down a bit from phrases such as ‘supports cardiovascular health’, to more specific messages about arterial health.”
And this could also bring in a younger demographic, he claims.
“Talking about blood pressure or cholesterol tends to resonate more with the over 50s, who are more likely to have been diagnosed with these conditions. Whereas talking about keeping arteries healthy as a preventive measure could appeal to people in their 30s and 40s.”
PREDIMED study renews interest in the Mediterranean diet, nuts and extra virgin olive
As for ingredients that resonate with shoppers, omega-3s, whole grains, cocoa flavanols, nuts and olives all have a lot more potential in the foods and beverages arena, he says.
Nuts and olives also tie in nicely with renewed interest in the cardiovascular benefits of the Mediterranean diet following the publication of the large Spanish ‘Predimed’ study showing that people following an energy unrestricted plant-based diet supplemented with extra-virgin olive oil or nuts reduced their risk of a major cardiovascular event by 30% compared with people following a purely low-fat diet.
The results of the trial - which began in 2003 and ended in 2011 - were so dramatic that it was ultimately stopped ahead of time for ethical reasons, as the control group was clearly at such a disadvantage compared with volunteers in both intervention groups.
There has also been a recent flurry of papers looking into the effects of nuts on the heart, particularly walnuts, which have been linked to improvements in blood lipid profiles (lower LDL cholesterol), decreased blood pressure and reduced inflammation (lower levels of pro-inflammatory marker CRP).
Over 50s are looking for different cues
Lori Colman and Gina Miller, at branding and marketing agency CBD Marketing agree that oats, whole grains and nuts have the most mainstream appeal, while the ingredient industry has done a good job promoting omega-3s (although “most probably could not tell you if omega-3 is better than omega-6”, they say).
However, many more specialized ingredients in this space, from lycopene to barley beta-glucan - however ‘natural’ - may still “sound like strange or processed additives to consumers”, they argue.
However, you have a bit more scope to get into specifics with the over 50s, who are “looking for specifics on cholesterol, blood pressure, diabetes, digestive problems”, they say, whereas younger, healthier, consumers are “more likely to respond to positive overall health-friendly claims such as high fiber, whole grains, probiotics in dairy”.
‘Reactive’ vs ‘preventative’ consumers
People that know they have high blood pressure, LDL cholesterol or triglycerides are looking for different cues, agrees Ron Antriasian VP Sales & Business Development at Life Extension.
“There are typically two target audiences. The first is the ‘reactive’ customer with a condition that must be addressed; for example, an individual with high LDL cholesterol who is looking for a healthier and safer alternative to statins.
“The other is the ‘preventative’ customer: They have no current conditions, and may be otherwise healthy, but either they have a family history of heart disease and wish to prevent it, or they simply wish to take a proactive approach to their health. The former customer will likely be looking for condition-specific products, while the latter will be seeking total cardiovascular support.
“Due to increased awareness of heart issues, availability of information to make informed choices, and a desire to simply live longer, healthier lives, there is a much stronger effort by the younger audience to start taking steps now to try to minimize future cardiovascular health risks”, he adds.
From a marketing perspective, however, the challenge is to find messages that do not fall foul of regulatory guidelines, and strike a balance between being too generic and too specific/scary/medical, he says.
“While the savvy customer will comprehend health issues with arterial stiffness, endothelial function and platelet aggregation, we’re not yet at the point where those messages resonate with the general public, and therefore marketing efforts which discuss such markers could confuse or intimidate some buyers.”
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Emmerdale's Adam Fielding and Michelle Hardwick reveal the moment Kirin discovers the baby his girlfriend Vanessa could be caryring Adam Barton's baby.
Adam, who plays teenage Kirin, told What's on TV: "He's come back home to invite Vanessa to the party that Victoria is doing, so when he comes home... he knows Vanessa's lying, he knows there's something not quite right in her energy. He doesn't know it'sa nurse, but there's something not quite right, nothing's adding up, so he gets a bit out of [Vanessa]. "]
"And then the phone rings and Adam comes downstairs. I think initially Kirin, why would he think of anything? Adam's coming downstairs, I think, for a split second, he thinks 'What the hell's going on?' And then the penny drops."
Michelle added: "And at first it's the initial, 'Are you two just sleeping together? And the fact that it could be Adam's baby doesn't hit him straight away."
Adam continued: "Even the fact of them sleeping together doesn't come straight away. He's innocent, why would that cross his mind? But then as he sees Adam and his face and the way Adam starts to react and pieces two and two together and goes through that journey, 'Oh no, they slept together. No, no, don't tell me it could be the kid!'"
The Vanessa and Adam DNA test scenes screen on Emmerdale on Thursday. Watch Adam and Michelle discuss the drama, above.
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Jon received his B.A. in Japanese Literature with a minor in East Asian Studies in 2003 from UC Santa Cruz, with a year spent at International Christian University in Tokyo. At Santa Cruz, Jon participated in the International Playhouse during his Sophomore and Senior years, where he performed Kyogen theater. After several years teaching English as a Second Language in San Francisco, Jon received his M.A. in Eastern Classics from St. John's College in Santa Fe, NM in 2013, where he studied Classical Chinese in conjunction with the canonical texts of China, India, and Japan, including the Confucian, Taoist, Vedic, Mahayana, and Zen Buddhist classics. His 2011 translation of the Classical Chinese version of the Heart Sutra won the William H. Darkey Translation Prize. His interests are centered on the the paranormal and supernatural in Japanese Literature and Film, in particular the strategies that have carried over from the Pre-Modern to the Modern. At Berkeley, Jon plans to use the perceived dichotomy of the Urban and the Rural as a means to examine the connection between paranormal alteriority and subjective interiority, as well as the Modern relationship to the (at times imagined) Pre-Modern. Outside of academia, Jon is a folk and experimental musician, as well as an avid music collector.
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it could be nerves or stress. the more you worry about things, often less chance of them happening. do you actually orgasm?
it could be a blocked sperm duct which i had some years ago but was quickly sorted with a visit to a doctor and a course of antibiotics. is your penis hard when masturbating throughout?
if in any doubt see a doctor.
Yes it is hard throughout. How am i suppose to tell my parents. "hey i cant cum so can you take me to the doctor" I am really concerned about this. at first i figured hey maybe i just need more time. but now i am done waiting.
I can definitely see why you wouldn't want to discuss this with your parents. So you could tell them you have an issue with a testicle; that'll get them to get you an appointment pronto. You're over 6 feet tall, so it sure doesn't sound like you're just late to puberty. Not to get too weird, but it does sometimes take some effort; a pretty frenzied pumping of the penis, and it can take a few minutes. You might want get some lube and give it a good five minutes to be sure. Check jackinworld.com for info on masturbation ideas (it's not a porn site).
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In 1929, Edwin Hubble confirmed that our universe was expanding and galaxies were moving further away from Earth, retreating faster the more distant they were. Scientists expected that this expansion would slow down over time. However, just over twenty years ago, they discovered that the expansion was instead accelerating, with galaxies receding into the distance faster than expected. So what’s causing this accelerated expansion of the universe? Alessandra Silvestri, associate professor at the Lorentz Institute for Theoretical Physics, part of the Leiden Institute of Physics (LION), is trying to find out.
Alessandra is a theoretical cosmologist who studies the dynamics of cosmic expansion over the last five billion years, a period known as “late time.” What makes the late universe’s accelerated expansion puzzling is that it can’t be validated just using Einstein's laws of general relativity. She explains “…we are either seeking to find some unusual, very exotic source of energy that is providing this accelerated expansion or some modification to the laws of gravity that would make us understand it better.”
Alessandra’s group has been involved in the development of pioneering software called EFTCAMB, which allows researchers all over the world to test their expansion theories and see how they might affect the evolution of the universe. The outcomes can then be compared with real observational data. Recently, her team has been examining the Hubble parameter, a measure that’s important as it provides vital information about the age of the universe, scale of the distances involved and expansion rate. Alessandra refers to it as “perhaps the holy grail of cosmology” as discrepancies in the measured values using different methods have led to what is called “Hubble tension.” The team has some work under review that suggests that the “tension is not as dramatic as it’s thought to be.”
Dark energy, which is believed to play a role in accelerated expansion, is another interest of Alessandra’s. She’s exploring it in collaboration with the European Space Agency’s Euclid mission, a telescope that will shed light on the expansion history of the universe. Shortly after Alessandra moved to Leiden, she was asked to take a more prominent role in the project and lead a “work package" to look at the source of cosmic acceleration. Many of Alessandra’s colleagues, including those in the Leiden Observatory and the Astronomy Department, are involved in the project.
Working at LION has a lot of benefits, according to Alessandra. “Leiden is one of the reference points in the world for cosmology,” she says. Not only is there excellent infrastructure for carrying out research like the Lorentz Institute’s high-performance computer cluster, XMaris, there’s also a helpful and efficient administration system. Additionally, both world-class theoretical and observational cosmologists work together at LION, something Alessandra notes is rarely found outside of American universities. “What makes Leiden I think quite peculiar, is that there are quite good theoretical cosmologists here but also world leaders at the level of observational cosmology in the Astronomy Department.” Close collaboration between the Cosmology and Astronomy Departments is common.
Alessandra’s path to Leiden via a PhD in New York, a postdoc in Boston and a junior leadership position in Trieste was made that bit easier by the fact that “LION is a very welcoming environment for families.” The institute is very aware of the problems faced by researchers with young families, including situations where both partners are academics (Alessandra’s husband is also an associate professor at the Lorentz Institute,) and actively provides support in many forms.
She also appreciates that Leiden University is fully committed to addressing the gender imbalance in physics and is encouraged by the many initiatives LION has developed to help female faculty achieve their full potential. She notes that compared to when she did her PhD, more women are doing doctorates and postdocs in physics. She hopes these women will continue to be supported so they can progress to becoming principal investigators. “This is really where we can make a difference,” she says.
Want to join Alessandra at Leiden? LION is looking for a new tenure-track faculty member to be appointed within the Institute Lorentz for theoretical physics. Read the full job description and apply here.Continue reading
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Photo by Gemma Shaw
About John Love
John Love spent most of his working life in the music industry. He was Managing Director of PPL, the world’s largest record industry copyright organisation. He also ran Ocean, a large music venue in Hackney, East London.
He lives just outside London in north-west Kent with his wife Sandra and cats (currently two, but there have been as many as six). Sandra and John have two grown-up children.
Apart from his family, London and cats, his favourite things include books and book collecting, cars and driving, football and Tottenham Hotspur, old movies and music. Science fiction books were among the first he can remember reading, and he thinks they will probably be among the last.
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OPEC ministers ran into a deadlock tonight during a tense meeting called to save their fragmented agreement on production controls, reached just three months ago, from breaking apart altogether.
Iran's refusal to abide by the accord and instead to produce well over the quota assigned to it in March presented the cartel's greatest problem.
African producers of high-quality crudes were also reported to be exceeding their quotas and resisting an effort led by Saudi Arabia to impose price increases on their production.
The cheating on the earlier accord threatened to split the 13-member Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries, now responsible for 35 percent of the world's oil exports, and raise the risk of a new oil glut and wild discounting that would push world oil prices down.
An attempt today by a special committee of experts to recommend compromise solutions failed to break the impasse, leaving "still some gap that has to be overcome," Indonesian Energy Minister Subroto told reporters.
After a long day of talks, the ministers adjourned until Saturday, with the prospects of eventual agreement uncertain. Passing through the lobby tonight of the Vienna hotel where the OPEC officials are meeting, Venezuelan Oil Minister Humberto Calderon Berti said, "I think conditions are very good" for a solution. He added, "Everyone realizes that we need to reach agreement, even the Iranians."
But other officials sounded less optimistic that the cartel will be able to regain hold of the oil market. The picture of renewed conflict, distress and disarray contrasted with the image of unity and satisfaction just seven weeks ago at the OPEC ministerial conference in Ecuador.
There, the ministers were congratulating themselves on having halted a year-long slide in spot-market oil prices as a result of having accepted the production quotas in March--the first in the 21-year history of OPEC.
The oil market had indeed tightened following the accord but not, it now appears, as quickly as the cartel had expected.
"Market indicators have shown that a balance between supply and demand has continued to deteriorate since May , and a condition of oversupply still exists," Ecuadoran Energy Minister Eduardo Ortega Gomez, OPEC's current president, said in an opening statement.
Oil ministers have acknowledged that the cartel's total production has topped the fixed ceiling of 17.5 million barrels daily and is now running at about 18.2 million. This is blamed on production above mandated limits by Iran, Libya and Nigeria, each recovering from periods of low production.
Iran's production had suffered because of revolutionary chaos at home and the strains of war with Iraq. Libya and Nigeria lost substantial oil sales during the oil glut because of their high prices at the time.
A majority of ministers are said to favor keeping the current ceiling on collective production to avoid downward pressure on the reference price of $34 per barrel of oil. When the ceiling was set in March, its aim was to defend the $34 price.
OPEC's four-nation market monitoring committee recommended to today's extraordinary session that the ceiling be maintained, arguing that world demand for oil is still too weak to permit an increase in the cartel's production. But serious thought is reportedly being given to readjusting some national quotas within the collective ceiling.
The problem here, as Venezuela's Calderon Berti acknowledged to reporters, is that no OPEC country wants to accept a cut in production under a new quota arrangement. The Venezuelan oil minister said only two countries are producing somewhat below their assigned quotas--Iraq, as a result of its war with Iran and Syria's blockade of a key pipeline, and Saudi Arabia. Both these countries are hardly inclined to make concessions to Iran.
But Calderon Berti said the agreement can work only if Iran's overproduction--which he said is 1 million above its 1.2 million barrels-per-day quota--is officially recognized and accommodated. Venezuela, a leading OPEC moderate, has threatened to drop out of the agreement and raise its own production if other members fail to respect their quotas.
To constrain production by Libya and Nigeria, Saudi Arabia wants a doubling of the current $1.50 differential that these African states charge on their high-quality oil. It is expected this would help divert buyers to other customers.
The Saudi delegation was reported by other conference sources to have lodged a strong plea for the cartel to settle its differences. Saudi officials were said to have complained that the cheating on the production agreement was depressing Riyadh's own oil sales.
Absent from today's meeting, though, was Saudi Oil Minister Sheik Ahmed Zaki Yamani, who has remained in the desert kingdom ostensibly to observe the Ramadan holiday. This is regarded, however, by some conference participants as a convenient excuse by Yamani to avoid being subjected to pressure here to cut back Saudi production in support of the current collective ceiling, as well as to avoid a verbal fight with Iran as happened at the Ecuador meeting in May.
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I'm so glad you stopped by!
This website is dedicated to the big Devantier Family.
It means all descendants of Pierre Devantier & Marie Labove.
Both born in France in the first half of 1600
The Devantier family consists of 10 branches
an American, an Australian, a New Zealand, a German, a Danish, a South African, a Brazilian, an Icelandic. a Canadian and a Norwegian
Take a look at the different branches here
USA 1940 census and The Family Tree
Denmark 1930 census and The Family Tree
Feel free to take a look around! If you find that you might be related please register for an account and I will be happy to hook you up.
I have found several cousins, both near and distant
and have come across some great additions to all the information.
Thanks to all who continue the research
Not all the information on these pages is authenticated as yet.... Although I'm working constantly at checking and recording sources. It's only as good as the information gathered from government records, church records, relatives, and online sources.If you find errors, have feedback, or can offer additional information, please forward it for inclusion in the project.
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The First Devantier Family was French Huguenots
Huguenot is the name given to Protestants in France during the 16th, 17th, and 18th centuries. The Lutheran form of Protestantism entered France about 1520 and soon met with opposition from the Catholics. The work of John Calvin (1509-1564) greatly influenced and furthered the cause of French Protestantism which secured adherents chiefly from the middle class and the nobility.
As the Protestant movement gained in strength, opposition to it likewise increased until, toward the end of the reign of Francis I (1497-1547), the Huguenots were being severely persecuted. The Protestants developed their organization as they increased in numbers, holding their first synod in 1559, at which time they adopted a code based on the doctrines of Calvinism.
Persecution of the Huguenots as heretics increased under Henry II, who reigned from 1547 to 1559. The members of the Guise family, which had grown in power during the reign of Francis I, were bitterly opposed to the Huguenots, whose cause was upheld by the powerful and influential Bourbons. Friction between the opposing factions increased until the first \civil war broke out in 1562, when the Guises seized the young king, Charles IX (1550-1574) and the Huguenots, under Prince de Conde and Admiral Colginy, took up arms against the Catholics.
A series of eight civil wars followed which lasted with intervals of peace, until the treaty of Vervins (q1598) brought the conflicts to an end. Queen-mother and regent for Charles IX, in her efforts to maintain herself in power, sometimes opposed and sometimes favoured the cause of the Huguenots, depending upon what she considered at the time to be politically advantageous.
On August 24, 1572, thousands of Protestants were killed in the Massacre of St. Bartholomew, but this only served to strengthen the cause of the Huguenots. King Henry IV (1552-1610), whom the Protestants had supported for the throne, signed the Edict of Nantes (1598), which guaranteed the Huguenots religious and civil liberty.
Following the Edict of Nantes, the Huguenots in France at first enjoyed considerable freedom under Henry IV. But as time went on, the later rulers of France began to realize that the Huguenots stood in the way of absolutism, and persecution of the Protestants steadily increased. Cardinal Richelieu (1585-1642) opposed them, and during the later persecutions of Louis XIV (1638-16-5) many thousands of Huguenots fled to other countries in Europe and to the North American colonies. In 1629 the Huguenots came to an end as a political party, although the name persisted.
The revocation of the Edict of Nantes in 1685 removed from the Protestants all legal right of defence. persecutions continued under Louis XV (1710-1774), but Louis XVI ()1754-1793) showed a more tolerant attitude toward the Huguenots. Protestantism suffered greatly during the revolutionary period, after which the Protestants were granted equality and the name Huguenots ceased to be used.
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ABERDEEN – The Red Bank Roller Vixens will be engaging in hard-hitting roller derby action for a good cause on Saturday, Aug. 23.
The event at Tab Ramos Sports Center is a fundraiser for the Amanda’s Easel creative arts therapy program which helps children who are victims of abuse. The program is run through the Hazlet-based nonprofit, 180 Turning Lives Around. Works by local artists will be available for purchase with proceeds going to Amanda’s Easel.
The game is a rematch between the Vixens and the Hartford Area Roller Derby’s Beat City Bedrockers. It’s the first time the two teams have met since November when the Bedrockers beat the Vixens in a hard-fought game.
Advance tickets are on sale for $12 at www.brownpapertickets.com/event/643971. Tickets also will be available at the door. Military and first responders with ID can get in for $10 at the door and there is no admission fee for children under 12 . Tab Ramos Sports Center is located at 17 Blair Road.
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The analysis of data from the Australian Prudential Regulation Authority (APRA) reveals that the amount of money borrowed from banks for owner-occupied home loans has grown at a slower pace than the amount of money in household bank deposits.
Owner-occupied home loan lending by banks grew by 7.5 per cent meanwhile household deposits increased by 10.4 per cent in the last 12 months.
The value of owner-occupied home loans across all banks sits at an all-time high of $843 billion, and total household deposits is also at a record high of $737 billion.
Graham Cooke, insights analyst at finder.com.au, said the trend could suggest consumer confidence is waning and people are preparing for tougher economic conditions.
“Before the GFC, we saw the gap between household bank deposits and owner-occupier home loans widening, which saw a peak of $128 billion more home loans funded than what was being saved by households in bank deposits in early 2008. When the GFC hit by the end of 2008, this gap shrunk to $95 billion.
"The gap now sits at $106 billion, close to where it was at the height of the GFC."
The analysis shows a preference for holding savings and reducing mortgages and borrowing for owner-occupied houses. The data could also be an early indicator of a cooling property market.
Mr Cook said that Australians are obviously concerned about their financial prospects and property owners and prospective buyers should be wary of over-capitalising in the current conditions.
With Westpac the latest bank to announce an increase in variable home loan rates, now is the time for existing borrowers to look at their current home loan and consider refinancing, he said.
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Yet not, the favorite consult enjoys yielded a lot of mortgage characteristics, and you can discreet the real thing away from a lemon are difficult. This time around TechJunkie is targeted on Quicken Money.
Straight away, the service is apparently entirely legit. Nevertheless the article appears below all material to create an informed decision.
Quicken Loans – Even offers and you may Characteristics
Domestic re-finance, personal, otherwise mortgage loans – take your pick, and you may Quicken Loans will in all probability make you a quote. Several of the most well-known offers range from the adopting the funds:
- Virtual assistant
Along with, brand new Quicken Money Rocket Financial application allows you to apply for a home loan ad defense costs to have present financing. The firm also provides refinancing characteristics and you will reverse mortgages.
To pay off some thing right up, you can get some funds from your home, buy one, otherwise invest in real estate that have Quicken Funds. The latter might be the best bet, however, that is an issue of private resource or economic method.
What about Your credit rating?
Sure, Quicken Fund situations on your own credit rating, and also the regular endurance was at 620. However discrepancies exists, with regards to the sorts of loan we would like to rating.
Including, getting an excellent USDA loan via the service demands one features a credit history of 640. not, the number is actually 620 to have Va and conventional finance.
That said, certain pages claim they may score a loan provide which have a credit score only 580. You might grab this short article that have a-pinch out-of sodium since payday loans Ferndale TechJunkie was not able to establish they.
Still, which have a relatively large credit score specifications is a great sign of the service’s validity. However, do not go for an assistance enabling loans that have a ridiculously reduced credit score.
When the financing seems too-good to be real in writing, it’s best to find other choices. In order to point out, this is not the truth which have Quicken Funds.
You get to refinance at a lower rate, get an equity bucks-away, or make the financial label smaller. Likewise, the business allows you to refinance an investment.
Yet not, the main selling point of these services is the fixed rate from the a custom made name. This particular aspect is called “YOURgage,” together with terms and conditions was in fact between 7 and you will 3 decades during the time of composing.
The business likewise has produced the application form for personal funds awesome effortless. After you use, this new Skyrocket Funds service becomes your pre-approved render in a matter of moments. Following, you have made the cash when you decide so you can conduct the offer.
Just how do They are doing They?
It’s safer to assume your personal loan service seems the fresh new the very least legit however, why don’t we look at it. You might be giving Quicken Finance a lot of delicate financial pointers. Their application tends to make sense of it lightning-prompt and provide nearly instant views.
Into the a side notice, you should not love the protection of one’s investigation you give. Quicken Financing generally seems to go the extra mile to safeguard your painful and sensitive recommendations.
Auxiliary Facts to consider
When choosing an online bank, there is a host of outside activities one idea within business’s legitimacy. These are generally, but are not limited to help you, this site UI and UX, the means to access team guidance and connections, additionally the complete on the web exposure.
Quicken Fund presses every correct packages within this regard. Your website is well laid away, easy to use, and easy to help you navigate. Furthermore, you should buy in contact with customer service in 2 implies. There clearly was a pop music-up chat box and you will a telephone number if you feel for example speaking.
The business even offers a comprehensive discovering cardio having information and you can tips on how to rating a loan or put money into actual estate. As for its on the web presence, Quicken Loans possess a strong after the into the LinkedIn and its own Wikipedia webpage.
Not to mention the fact they truly are operating for a decade. So there was in fact hearsay you to more substantial competitor commonly find the providers. All this was a clear laws one Quicken Financing are legitimate.
Eventually, don’t have second thoughts regarding Quicken Financing. That it on the web bank seems to meet equivalent conditions since your bank, including. The only real problematic area is to get a loan or fees services you to wouldn’t place a strain on your own income.
Perhaps you have drawn an internet mortgage just before? What is your experience with it? Would you promote Quicken Money a shot? Provide us with your a couple dollars regarding the comments less than.
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Apple asks California court to dismiss iPhone tracking lawsuit
You may recall the news of iOS tracking your every move, and storing, unencrypted, up to a year’s worth of data. That data was also shared on the computer of users who synchronized with iTunes. Naturally, a number of lawsuits have been filed against Apple.
Apple asked the court to dismiss the case on the basis that no harm was caused and that the plaintiffs cannot prove the company gave users data to third parties. Moreover, Apple is refusing to handover documents relevant to proving that assertion one way or the other because it claims that would equate to an attempt to discover harm versus determining if harm was actually caused.
Apple has positioned the case as a matter of information storage versus one of privacy invasion. The company also wants the terms of the case reclassified as a “Caching Query Bug” on the assertion that Apple’s storage of user data was accidental.
Several charges were dismissed last summer, but two charges are still pending for violations of the Consumer Legal Remedies Act and Unfair Competition Law, the latter of which is related to allegations that iPhones were deceptively sold with “Location Services” switches that could not be turned off. The former charge is based on the assertion that Apple did not protect user data.
Apples explanations at the time were not of much comfort for those who were alarmed by this discovery in 2011. Since then, updates to iOS have apparently addressed the amount and type of data that is gathered, as well as amount of time that data is stored.
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February 4, 2011
A proud day for Bimonte
MANALAPAN, N.J.- On Wednesday, quarterback Mike Bimonte put his signature on his future when he officially became a Scarlet Knight. A simple signature solidified the fact that he had acheieved a boyhood dream, but the journey to reach that point was far from simple.
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Enjoy a preview of THOUSAND GATES, a multi-disciplinary,
multi-cultural, collaborative concert piece with famed Korean
photographer Koo Bohnchang and composer Hi Kyung Kim, performed
by Ensemble Rituel which premieres in fall 2013. Based
on Korean Court Music (Sujecheon), this fascinating
presentation brings together Korean Folk music and Western Classical music in Hi
Kyung Kim's string quartet. The performance features the Clarinet Quintet by
Andrew Imbrie and the Borromeo Quartet with John Sackett.
Tickets for this performance do not include admission
to China's Terracotta Warriors.
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The Right Word
by LUCY MORRIS
Ellen says we’re taking an extended vacation from New York.
We’re on vacation with our books and our beds and our furniture. We’re on vacation with renewable yearlong leases and nails in the walls and energy bills and stocked pantries. We’re on vacation with Hawkeyes tank tops and New Pi Co-Op sweatshirts and the coveted t-shirts they sell at Wal-Mart that say, “What Happens In Iowa City Stays In Iowa City.” Any time in a bookstore will tell you this isn’t true at all, but it’s a sentiment I can’t help but admire even if, for the first time in a while, I’m not doing anything I feel compelled to hide.
Most days, it is just me and my unrelenting body, which wakes me up earlier than it ever did before, and refuses to be overridden by any of the old sedatives: whiskey, Xanax, late night talks. I get out of bed and make a cup of tea and sit down at my desk. What I’m working on is very boring, even to me, but the beauty of what happens here, the equation that delights me daily in its simple formulation, is this: there is nothing more interesting happening at this hour anywhere in Iowa City, so I might as well stay where I am, in my oversized t-shirt and last night’s unravelling bun, typing until I can’t.
The desk where I work in these hours is situated between two walls of windows. When I sit here, cross-ventilated tunes float in from the sorority houses nearby: “Tonight’s! The night! Phi Beta Pi!” drifts in from Washington Street, while the girls on College Street sing, “Build Me Up Buttercup” in a complicated canon. I don’t mind it, not in the way I sometimes used to mind the slow squeal of the M8 bus, the clatter of sidewalk café cutlery.
I idle my time in new and different ways here. I used to spend half of every Saturday roaming Union Square, comparing bunches of greens at six or seven farm stands, searching for the most colorful carrots or the right kind of apple. I would spend evenings drinking gin at bars, or consuming wine and pasta at someone’s house, and I’d wake up a sort of paralyzed the next day that was a little bit hung-over, a little bit something bigger, a kind of paralysis born of too much pleasure: how could I possibly top the day that had preceded the one at hand?
It’s a quieter hedonism here, time spent chatting New York when I should be revising, reading the books I like instead of the ones I’m supposed to, cooking elaborate meals precisely to my own taste, doing translation work rather than tending to homework. As for writing, that open secret of a thing I’m here to do, despite all the days it feels utterly unbearable, it is its own kind of hedonism for me. But, I think, that was never not true.
There are no bodegas here, so I make my own breakfast sandwiches. I also kill my own bugs, page absentmindedly through my own phone book, and scream FUCK at myself when I reach for the pot without mitts. I portion leftovers into Tupperware for lunch, pack Luna Bars to eat on class breaks, lug my groceries up the hill. I sweep meticulously while I talk to my mother on the phone; dust absentmindedly while I check in with my dad. They call often because this is my first time living all alone. There’s the one toothbrush in the bathroom, the one half-gallon of milk in the fridge, the one person responsible for turning the deadlock, shutting off the lights, setting the alarm.
I leave my shoes in the bathroom, let the trash linger a day longer than it should. I congratulate myself on not throwing clothes all over the floor, as if that serves as some real accomplishment. I sleep with the fan on, its sound of artificial bustle lulling me from wakefulness. Ellen says the sound of the bugs outside at night make her think she’s at some country oasis. They make me think I’m about to get murdered. “Iowa City is very safe,” my landlord assures me.
I’m in Iowa but what I didn’t say is that when I first got here I thought I might be in love with someone far away.
It was a surprise to me as much as to anybody. I hadn’t said that phrase in a few years, not since I began to sense the futility of those kinds of declarations in the face of real, manifested love: the nights you stay up touching a person’s forehead while they panic and veer, peering at the back of their heads through hospital curtains as they watch their parent fade away, riding through the Badlands with them in a car full of arguments to which there are no solutions except for that there you are and deep down there’s no one with whom you’d rather be fighting. The things you might think to say in moments of excitement are nothing next to what can’t be said in moments of grief, of anger, of fear. Those three famous syllables hold very little. They are, in their compactness, too small to contain the half of it.
And yet I allowed myself to consider that maybe I could be in love with someone. This seemed unlikely, but so, of course, was the very fact of being here. Anything is possible somewhere new. For a while, at least, all bets were off. Why not Iowa? Why not love?
As with any questions you hope to remain rhetorical, the answers eventually made themselves known.
I think of time differently now that it is in such abundance. It used to be units; now it’s a landscape. There are hills, peaks, valleys. It’s lavish and freeing and completely cruel.
I whittle away afternoon hours downtown at Prairie Lights, where I sit in the upstairs café translating for extra money. Translation is just as much a feat of words as everything else I do, but it allows me to access a different part of my mind, the part where the stakes are low and it’s just for money. I miss things being just for and about the money: everyone acts like there’s an impurity to that, but lately it seems simpler. I want more than ever what is quantifiable. I am interested in what exists on a scale outside of the one inside my head.
For just this reason, everyone I know here runs. We jog around Hickory Hill Park in tees advertising our undergrad institutions, trying to give ourselves an activity by which to judge the day that is not just writing, miles and minutes instead of a word count or one of the many other less objective ways of adding up what you have done: the good sentences, the structural failures, the rotten, unsalvageable mediocrity of the okays and in-betweens.
At night I walk over to Ellen’s house, through the alley and around the white clapboard bend of her house to sit with her on the front porch. All I have with me are my keys, phone, and a mug. I used to believe that the only possible manifestation of physical freedom was a 24-hour public transit system, but it turns out my feet are more reliable than the L train. We watch the rain from Ellen’s porch swing, talk about dying trees, talk about books we’ve read, talk about friends who are far away. You have to talk about them so you don’t lose them, but you have to talk about them, too, so that you don’t get submerged alone in your memories of them.
Those friends write me e-mails from New York saying, “You’re not missing anything.” What I miss is the people writing these emails, but they can’t know their own absences; we are all doomed to inhabit our bodies until we don’t, and until then we can say, “I miss you too,” but we can’t know what it is like, precisely, to be missed. One friend can’t possibly know the way I miss watching her chop onions while we’re cooking dinner, sliding the knife inward with the assurance of an expert; another can’t know how much I wish to hear her immensely endearing, “It’s me!” when she rings my buzzer. I thought it’d be the big things, the buildings and noise and neverending list of things to do, but instead I miss most the quiet details, for instance catching the occasional blue-skied swath of Broadway on a clear, sunny day, the kind that could take you by surprise in spite of yourself.
This isn’t to say Iowa is without its charms. You can, for example, go to a bar and order a cheese sandwich with everything, which really just means a cheeseburger, hold the burger.
And there are moments of what Ellen calls Iowa euphoria. These occur when you find something as good as or better than you could find in New York. I find Iowa euphoria in the triple-dipped caramel apples at the farmer’s market, at night when there’s a bite in the air and I careen home from the bar with limitless energy, scrambling up the hill on Governor Street. At those times, stumbling up deserted Iowa Avenue, the joy is amplified, seems to bounce in waves off the frat houses and come right back at you in greater force. In those moments of euphoria I think, This is it, this is really what it’s all about. I know enough not to ruin things by asking myself what “it” actually is.
A question I do allow myself to ask is how long this pleasant sense of impermanence can be maintained, how long the thrills of the Midwestern safari will endure before they come to seem normal: the “POP HERE” recycling bin label you have to read twice, the jarring “WHITEY’S ICE CREAM” sign, the throngs of undergrads unanimously clad in yellow Iowa gear as if under contract. I think often of what might happen when this is over — the age I will be, where I will go, who will be waiting — but I do not think about what will happen in the years between, the unavoidable changes that will take place, the ones within me and without, the ones in my head and on the page. Here, in Iowa, the central pleasure lies in how easy it is to take one day at a time, to not think too hard about what comes next. The days, even as they grow shorter, are long; they pass quickly.
Lucy Morris is the senior contributor to This Recording. She is a writer living in Iowa City. She tumbls here. You can find an archive of her writing on This Recording here. She last wrote in these pages about turning the dials.
Photographs by Jim Dow.
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Looking for your unique woman is similar to needing to select one rose in a yard high in plants. It might also end up like getting a needle in a haystack. The thing is, we don’t have plenty of time to get to understand and date every girl when you look at the city, at school or at your workplace.
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Granlund Oy’s hospital designers have their own department as of 1 January 2017. The aim of the new department led by Santeri Kondakov is to offer customers more comprehensive building services, including HVAC, electrical and fixed medical equipment design, and to adapt the solutions to all design disciplines.
”A department focusing on hospital design became necessary to offer our customers better services for the whole healthcare construction sector. In order to succeed, demanding hospital sites require seamless cooperation and adequate transfer of information during planning. Furthermore, the different systems must be taken into account as a whole,” says Santeri Kondakov.
Kondakov is the director of the Hospital Design Department, and he will also continue to lead the Espoo unit. With the new organisation, Aila Puusaari was appointed coordinator of HVAC and fixed medical equipment design, and Benjam Lytz was appointed coordinator of electrical design.
The Hospital Design Department employs a total of 45 people. Within the Group, about 120 experts handle all planning and consulting related to building services for the healthcare sector. Key hospital design projects currently include the Siltasairaala hospital and the New Children’s Hospital of the Hospital District of Helsinki and Uusimaa, the TAYS 2020 reform programme, the new hospital of the Central Hospital of Central Finland in Jyväskylä and the Children’s and Women’s Hospital of Oulu University Hospital.
Department Director, Hospital Design
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For this layout, I used a white card stock for the background combined with different sized pieces of the “Faces of Spring” Collection from 13 Arts
I really enjoyed decorating the chipboard pieces on this layout. I love creating magical gardens around my photos and this is what I did for this layout of my daughter walking in the tall marsh.
All the 2 Crafty chipboard pieces like the Ornate Screen above, were treated the same way using different 13 Arts Mediums. First they were Primed in 13 Arts Gesso. Then they were sprayed in a mixture of 13 Arts Sprays: Pearl Yellow and Pearl Olive green.
Once the ink was dry, I applied 13 Arts Gel medium to the edges of the Thistle Shrub and the dandelions . Then I threw some 13 Arts Glass Filler Micro Glass beads on top of the gel medium and let it dry.
I really love how the shrubs came out. The micro-beads gave the shrubs a 3D look.
This gorgeous 13 Arts large white flower was used to anchor my layout. Then I used lots of other flowers to embellish around the photo.
All the 13 Arts Products mentioned above, can be bought at the 13 Arts Shop here
I hope you enjoyed my creations as much as I loved making them.
Have a wonderful day!!
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REP. HUNTER: Those guys get taxpayer-paid-for prayer rugs. They have prayer five times a day. They’ve all gained weight. The last time I looked at the menu, they had honey-glazed chicken and rice pilaf on Friday. That’s how we treat the terrorists.
They’ve got health care that’s better than most HMOs, and they’ve got something else that no Democrat politician in America has. They live in a place called Guantanamo where not one person has ever been murdered. And there’s not one politician, one Democrat politician in America, that can say that about one of the prisons in his home district.
We got to keep Guantanamo open.
And all you need to do to get all that is get yourself declared an enemy combatant. No wonder terrorist recruitment is up.
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With not two, but three new ships in the works for Disney Cruise Lines, bringing the fleet up to seven ships, it comes as no surprise that Disney is reportedly looking for a second Caribbean island.(Photo via Disney Cruise Line News)
Disney Cruise Lines has been expanding its non-Florida itineraries in recent years, adding a number of West Coast and Mediterranean tours, while Asian itineraries have been strongly rumored for some time, but the bread and butter of the award-winning cruise line are its Florida-based cruises.
Disney Cruise Lines already owns one private island, Castaway Cay. This island, formerly known as Gorda Cay, just won Best Cruise Line Private Island by Cruise Critic for the second year in a row.
Cruise Critic noted that the island is “easy to navigate, offers large swaths of pristine beach and free buffet lunch, as well as dedicated areas for kids and adults.”
Some cruise itineraries include two stops at Castaway Cay. The island was purchased in 1996 when Disney had plans for only two ships, the Disney Magic and the Disney Wonder.
These ships, with 875 staterooms, were soon dwarfed by the Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy, with their 1,250 staterooms. The three new ships will be slightly larger than the Fantasy and Dream but will have the same number of staterooms.
Castaway Cay, designed for ships with 875 staterooms, can get crowded when the larger ships are there. The new island is likely to help alleviate some of this strain by allowing Castaway Cay more downtime between ships.
Disney was looking at a second island last year, Egg Island in the Bahamas, but those plans fell through after environmental studies showed the island’s ecosystem wouldn’t be able to sustain the development.
According to Disney news site Chip and Co., Disney is now secretly on the hunt for a second island, but many in the islands understand who this new buyer is.
Rumors shared by industry insider Jim Hill and by Chip and Co. point to the new island having a Pirates of the Caribbean theme similar to a plan at one time for Bay Lake’s Discovery Island.
Discovery Island was originally developed to be a pirate-themed half day attraction for guests staying at Walt Disney World.
Themed around Robert Louis Stevenson’s Treasure Island book Walt Disney envisioned the island having a fort to explore, the Benbow Inn tavern, and shipwrecks along the shoreline.
Only one of two shipwrecks were ever developed for the island, Captain Flint’s Walrus, which can still be slightly seen in the overgrown brush that has now overtaken the abandoned island.
The new, yet-to-be purchased or named island would likely include a pier so that even the largest of Disney ships could easily dock there.
Many of the activities found on Castaway Cay, like the snorkeling and the age-specific beach areas, will likely be included in the new island.
The new Caribbean island will likely also be included in the treasure hunting scavenger hunts that Treasure Island hosted before becoming Discovery Island. A similar, but much more high-tech pirate-themed scavenger hunt, is now available inside the Magic Kingdom.
There’s no word on where the new Caribbean island will be or when Disney will announce details regarding it. Disney Cruise Line’s three new ships will come in-service one per year between 2021 and 2023.
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Distance from Exeter to Dundalk
Distance from Exeter to Dundalk is 414 kilometers. This air travel distance is equal to 257 miles.
The air travel (bird fly) shortest distance between Exeter and Dundalk is 414 km= 257 miles.
If you travel with an airplane (which has average speed of 560 miles) from Exeter to Dundalk, It takes 0.46 hours to arrive.
Exeter is located in United Kingdom.
|GPS Coordinates (DMS)||50° 43´ 24.9600'' N |
3° 31´ 39.0360'' W
Exeter Distances to Cities
|Distance from Exeter to Dublin||345 km|
|Distance from Exeter to Cork||369 km|
|Distance from Exeter to Carlow||332 km|
|Distance from Exeter to Dundalk||414 km|
|Distance from Exeter to Ennis||444 km|
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Gutman Records produces high quality chamber music recordings by internationally renowned musicians
Stichting Gutman Records is a Dutch foundation which was founded in loving memory of Peisach (Polek) and Sara (Ala) Gutman and Tosia Scheltema-Gutman. The main goal of its record label is to support classical chamber music and musicians by producing audio recordings and to distribute those recordings through all possible media all over the world. Apart from hardcopy (CD and/or LP), Gutman Records recordings are available on most digital platforms. The personal taste and wishes of the performing artists is taken very seriously by Gutman Records, a label created by and for musicians.
The Amsterdam Piano Series organized by Gutman Records, started in the season 2017-2018 in the Amsterdam Royal Concertgebouw featuring the piano and pianists in a leading role. It presents a varied program for a broadly interested audience.
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Marvellousnovel fiction – Chapter 2932: Feeble sleep flame reading-p2
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The rage that welled up was indescribable. A degree of rage that decided to go beyond good reason had swept through their brains.
Time pa.s.sed by. In spite of most of the excitement going around, the demand middle stayed tranquil.
The remaining persons inside of the structure have been not worthless in his view. Not simply performed they include a great deal of learning ability, as well as understanding of what lay invisible beneath the warehouse intricate, however they could also act as likely test topics.
“What has gotten to those ultralifers?!”
Several squads got been equipped with specialised breaching and tunnel devices. They planted quite a few organic pillars onto the land surface and made them on the internet.
Many squads experienced recently been designed with special breaching and tunnel apparatus. They planted various organic pillars to the ground and transformed them on-line.
“Your suppose is proper. I wish to get into the below ground basic castle that the principal ultralifer mech makes have just vacated! There is a higher probability that the hoodwinked extremists have used every biomech at their convenience, so that the only hindrances we will need to experience are fixed basic protection, greatly destroyed organically grown devices and irrelevant infantry members of the military.”
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“Hahahaha! Gullible idiots! You declined for this so quickly!” Ves almost decreased through from his recliner.
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The paramilitary firm pushed back quite as really hard and was going to slay the ultralifers and end their danger once and for all! Only by slaughtering their primary mech force would the basic passengers be reduce this risky and unpredictable opponent.
When Ves observed that this ultralifers had fully cast their selves on the active factory complex, he believed that this time was ultimately suitable for the Larkinson to use action by themselves.
In reality, the ultralifer mech pilots who followed the four computer animated statues of Lufa was without any invasion objectives at heart. They often have deployed all of their obtainable biomechs and they also geared up all of them with a typical loadout of weapons, but they had been not able to release a unsafe offensive against a base!
Really the only strange feature concerning the huge action was which it implemented a poor, winding course into the web site. A genuine intrusion pressure would have sophisticated faster in an effort to give their focuses on as little time as you possibly can to precipitation down fireplace for the weak mechs.
The easy way he been able to change lovers only enhanced his contempt towards their style. Sightless belief and absence of vital pondering had been the highest hazard to human being development in their eye. If every single human on the galaxy was as stupid when the ultralifers, the alien societies within the galaxy would have prolonged squashed the human race!
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Whether or not a handful of their associates magically regained a little good sense, it was actually much too delayed to avoid the hostilities after all this!
“Hahahaha! Gullible idiots! You declined correctly so conveniently!” Ves almost fell around from his desk chair.
Once the paramilitaries at last couldn’t overlook the risk of a genuine a.s.sault any further, they launched flame with regards to their beefed-up artillery a.s.models.
Whenever your comrades and close friends started out getting butchered right and left, it was actually challenging for the remainder to sit nevertheless. That they had to combat back and consider revenge for the deficits they encountered!
When Ves spotted that the ultralifers possessed fully tossed by themselves in the entertained warehouse challenging, he observed the time was last but not least ideal for the Larkinson to have action on their own.
It had been also simple.
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When your comrades and pals started obtaining butchered left and right, it was subsequently tricky for that remainder to sit down nonetheless. That they had to battle back and consider revenge for the damages they struggled!
“How about prospective personal-destruct methods?” Casella cautiously requested. “Basically we can’t make certain that the ultralifers rigged the bottom nearly blow, we can’t price reduction his probability.”
“Hahahaha! Gullible idiots! You declined for it so effortlessly!” Ves almost dropped through from his recliner.
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Although the paramilitaries ended up badly struck to start with, the substantial amount of casualties they struggled during the preliminary spherical of fighting triggered their inner thoughts being enflamed likewise.
He immediately issued your order to his mech commander.
In the event the paramilitaries at last couldn’t ignore the risk of a genuine a.s.sault any further, they started fireplace with their beefed-up artillery a.s.models.
The quantity of inbound firepower was considerable, however accuracy and regularity was fairly small. Sh.e.l.ls increased from any track no kinetic circular hit precisely the same biomech 2 times.
“Uhm, do we really have to enter the fray so before long, sir?” Rivington cautiously required. “It will require a lot to take down secondly-cla.s.s biomechs. If we show up too early, the 2 main groupings might determine the facts and judge to transform their tools against us. It’s advisable to wait until they have got fired the final rounds with their publications.”
His commanders immediately understood the means. This is the chance they had for ages been waiting for! Even though it became a pity that they couldn’t eliminate each of the ultralifer biomechs directly, wrecking their prone household structure without taking on nearly as much chance as before also sounded fantastic!
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- 3B, 2B, 1B, OF
- May 20, 1900
- 5' 10"
- 170 lbs
- Major League Debut:
- 9-20-1922 with CHN
George Grantham established a record for batting consistency unmatched by any player in Pirate team history by hitting above .300 every season he played for the Bucs. Actually, Arky Vaughan hit .300 or better every year he was with the team, but one year he ended at .300 on the nose. Grantham never hit below .305 as a Pirate.
Grantham came to the Bucs with Vic Aldridge and minor league firstbaseman Al Neihaus following the 1924 season for Rabbit Maranville, Charlie Grimm and Wilbur Cooper. Grantham presented an interesting proposition. He was only 24 years old and had hit .316 and having both speed and linedrive power seemed the type of player who would excel in Forbes Field, but he also had a porous glove, having led league secondbasemen in errors during his two years as a regular. So glaring was his defensive shortcomings that he had earned the unflattering nickname “Boots,” and Manager Bill McKechnie gave no serious thought to Grantham playing secondbase for the Pirates. Instead, McKechnie announced Grantham would compete for an outfield job in 1925. The manager’s plans changed when Neihaus was injured. With no other firstbasemen on the roster, Grantham was asked to play there and adapted fairly well to the new position. Neihaus never did hit and Grantham became the teams’ regular hitting .326, although the Bucs did pick up veteran Stuffy McInnis to platoon with George, who did have problems against lefthanded pitching. Grantham slumped in the World Series and McKechnie decided to go with McInnis, a superior gloveman, late in the Series.
Grantham hit .318 with 48 extrabase hits in 141 games in 1926 as the everyday firstbaseman. Donie Bush took over the managerial reins in 1927 and when Hal Rhyne disappointed at second, Bush decided to forsake defense and moved Grantham back to the keystone corner. George continued to hit and his .305 average helped the Pirates back into the World Series. His .364 average in the Fall Classic was second only to Lloyd Waner’s .400 among Pirate regulars, but did not curtail the Yankees.
Grantham was back at firstbase in 1928 and hit 10 homeruns with a .323 average. He was bothered by injuries in 1929, but still hit .307 and drove in 90 runs playing in 76 games at second, 14 in the outfield and a dozen at firstbase. Moved back to second fulltime in 1930, Grantham had his best offensive season, batting .324 with career highs in homeruns (18, which tied the club record), triples (14), rbi’s (99) and runs (120), but he led secondsackers in errors with 35. With the NL going with a less lively ball in 1931, Grantham’s average declined to .305, his homeruns to 10 and his rbi’s to 71. The Pirates decided to go with younger players in 1932, and Grantham, 32, was waived to Cincinnati where he saw his batting average dip below .300 to .292 in his last season as a regular. He played one more year with the Reds and finished his ML career with the New York Giants in ’34.
During his prime with the Pirates, Grantham not only played several positions but hit in different spots in the lineup. He often hit leadoff before Lloyd Waner joined the team and later frequently batted second. Batting high in the order, the Pirates were able to take advantage of his excellent OBP’s, which ranged from .396 to .454. His 18 homeruns in 1930 have been bettered only once by a secondbaseman in Pirate history. Bill Mazeroski hit 19 in 1958. Grantham’s 99 rbi’s that year remains the team record for that position. While Grantham was often overshadowed by his more illustrious teammates, such as the Waners, Pie Traynor and Cuyler, he was an excellent team player, willing to fill the role the manager picked for him and always hit well. He was easy to get along with and Gus Suhr remembered him as “a fine man.” George sadly passed away at the age of 53.
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Cricket Scotland chief denies his comments were ‘casual racism’
Gordon Arthur was discussing things he had previously said to a Holyrood committee on barriers facing ethnic minorities in the sport.
Cricket Scotland’s chief executive has denied “casual racism” claims relating to his previous comments on barriers facing ethnic minorities in accessing the sport.
In evidence to the Scottish Parliament’s Health, Social Care and Sport Committee, Gordon Arthur, who was joined by new chair Anjan Luthra, said his comments were not intended to be a “generalisation”.
Mr Arthur, in a previous evidence session in October, said young people were leaving the sport because of pressures from family to succeed in education – a comment which Labour MSP Paul O’Kane said could be “perceived as quite stereotypical” of many Asian communities.
Tory MSP Dr Sandesh Gulhane said he had been “personally quite upset” with the comments.
But Mr Gordon told the committee on Tuesday that his comments were in relation to the story of Mr Luthra, who had been appointed as chair just two days after his comments.
And he said Running Out Racism – a group challenging prejudice in the sport – had held him to account on the comments.
“I had many conversations with Running Out Racism after the session last time about those words and what my intentions had been,” he said.
“And I was accused of casual racism from the words I said, which was not my intention at the time.
“In fact, it was two days before Anjam was appointed and his story was the story I had in mind when I said that, because I think he will tell you when he, aged 19, was pretty much told to pack in cricket and go get a job.
“It was that story that was in my mind when I was saying that at committee last time. It wasn’t intended to be a generalisation. That was what was in the back of my mind.”
Casual racism refers to the use of negative stereotypes or prejudices about a race or religion.
He added: “We need to make sure that as many people come through the age groups in cricket and get an equal opportunity, if they wish to, to progress.”
He said the organisation had since been working with Running Out Racism to look at how to “dismantle the barriers in the selection pathways”.
Dr Gulhane told Mr Arthur: “I was personally quite upset with some of those words that you made at the last committee hearing that we had.
“Whilst that is Anjam’s story, we don’t know if that is the story for everyone because you don’t have the data, which is why I think it is so important that you get it as a matter of priority.
“If you don’t know why people are leaving, then, surely you can’t dismantle the barriers.”
Earlier in the session, Dr Gulhane asked what the ethnic diversity mix of players from differing age groups across Scotland was.
However, Mr Luthra said any attempt to answer the question would simply be “anecdotal” as the systems to gather the data were not yet in place.
Cricket Scotland had been placed into special measures last year after a report found 448 instances of institutional racism.
The entire previous board resigned 24 hours before the report’s release, with the investigation instigated following claims of former internationals Majid Haq and Qasim Sheikh.
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Position in the ranking is based on each scientist’s D-index using data compiled from OpenAlex and CrossRef by December 21st 2022.
This ranking lists all the best researchers from the Computer Science discipline and affiliated with California Institute of Technology. There are a total of 14 researchers included with 3 of them also being included in the global ranking. The total sum for the D-index values for the best scientists in California Institute of Technology is 797 with a mean value for the h-index of 56.93. The total sum of publications for the best scientists in California Institute of Technology is 3,325 with the mean value for publications per scientist of 237.50.
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The small village lies about 4 km south-west of the town Kaplice on the south-east slope of Poluška hill (919 m), 675 m a.s.l.
The first mention of the village originates in the middle of the 14th century. The original settlement belonged to the Pořešín castle. Then Omlenice often changed a lot of not much important owners from the 15th century. In the second half of the 18th century it was under the ownership of the monastery in Český Krumlov, later it became a property of the monastery in Vyšší Brod, together with the neighbouring village Omlenička.
The most important sight of both the villages Omlenice and Omlenička is the Baroque Church of St. John Nepomucene in Omlenička. In Omlenička there was also a fortress, which was later rebuilt into the Renaissance mansion.
In Omlenice there is the memorial to the Transport of Death.
A spa with the spring of good water was in Omlenička in past.
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Unless you're awesome.
Consider me jealous. I had pretzels and merlot.
LOL you look so proud of yourself in these pics. "Yep, that's me. Eating my kebab, bitches." Work it, work it.
Definitely jealous. Although now I wish I'd gotten a picture of me eating my steak with my hands and drinking a huge glass of wine...just because that would've been an awesome picture. Much like these.
Vixen, that's like two food groups - not too bad. :)Ixy, I'm so glad you're able to appreciate the look I was going for. :)Katie, I really wish you had those pictures. Please have steak and wine for dinner tonight and restage the event and share the evidence.
Ummm... okay. You're not right.
Please don't make me cry.
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1> Be aware of the water temperature.
Early season fishing can mean fishing with snow melt and cold air temperatures. Statistically, we are more likely to have snow at Easter than Christmas. Trout are cold blooded and their body temperature is dependant on their environment. In cold water, their metabolism slows down which means they are less energetic and will not be chasing around after their food. You may need to search deep and slow and put your fly in front of the trout’s nose. Here’s a couple of flies that will fish deep in cold weather:
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Often the first explosive rises of the season come to the hawthorn fly. This terrestrial insect normally hatches from mid April. It is easily identified as a large black fly with two long gangly legs. The Hawthorn fly is a pretty poor flier and they can end up on the water in large number where trout rise enthusiastically to them. An imitation fished dry on the surface when the fish are rising to hawthorns can catch large numbers of early season trout. Other key flies for the early season are the large dark olive and shrimp.
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Lying in bed at night, a little tormented by various worries about work and other things.
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By JOSEPH MALLIA
Date of Publication:3/2/981
The Church of Scientology has targeted black families in Massachusetts with a learn-to-read program that critics say is just a rehash of old methods that leans heavily on the church’s religious teachings.
The learn-to-read program – the World Literacy Crusade – is part of a nationwide effort by the church to entice blacks into Scientology and then convince them to take other, expensive programs, according to critics and former members of the church.
A Herald review has found that Scientologists have:
- Targeted a literacy campaign at inner-city Boston programs for minority children, including Red Sox slugger Mo Vaughn’s Youth Development Program, the Roxbury YMCA and the Roxbury Youth Works.
- Attracted dozens of middle class and professional black families to Delphi Academy in Milton. This Scientology-run school uses E-Meters – devices akin to lie detectors – on children, according to a former Delphi student.
- Taught Scientology methods to ninth-grade teachers at Randolph High School – which has many black students – after persuading headmaster James E. Watson that their techniques work.
- Taught Scientology’s study techniques to Boston Public Schools students at Brighton High School through teacher Gerald Mazzarella, who is also a church member.
- Created 26 World Literacy Crusade programs – in Boston, New York, Los Angeles, Denver, Miami, Memphis, Tenn., and a host of other U.S. cities in the wake of the 1992 Los Angeles riots.
- Gained the endorsements of prominent local blacks such as Georgette Watson, co-founder of Drop-A-Dime and former anti-drug aide to Gov. William F. Weld.
Scientologists say the literacy campaign is nonreligious, and thereforedoesn’t violate laws separating church and state.
But critics say the church plays fast and loose with definitions, calling identical programs “religious” in one context and “secular” in another.
Church documents and books show that Scientology clearly identifies Study Technology as a religious practice. It is taught at the church’s local headquarters on Beacon Street in Boston in the $600 Student Hat program, as a first step into church membership.
This learn-to-read “technology” – or Study Tech as the church calls it – teaches children to distrust their own intelligence and rely passively on what the church teaches, said high-ranking church defector Robert Vaughn Young.
“Study Tech is an extremely dangerous technique,” Young said. “Critical thinking? There is no critical thinking. Criticism is the part that is not allowed,” said Young, who once directed Scientology’s worldwide public relations effort.
The Rev. Heber C. Jentzsch, president of the Church of Scientology International, denied that black children or families are being recruited through the literacy program.
“We’ve found that African-American families are as interested as everyone else in what works . . .. They might not necessarily join the church but the quality of their lives has been improved by it,” he said.
Scientologists say the literacy techniques offer the only way to end gang violence, teen pregnancy and other inner-city problems. “I think parents are being driven to find answers. They want their kids to be educated, for heaven’s sake. God bless the World Literacy Crusade,” Jentzsch said.
He said Scientology’s study techniques are so effective they raised his own IQ by 34 points, and helped his children read far above their grade levels.
The Herald asked Harvard University literacy expert Victoria Purcell-Gates to assess the World Literacy Crusade’s learn-to-read book, the “Basic Study Manual,” written by Scientology founder L. Ron Hubbard. “This is all `old stuff,’ and has been taught in the schools for at least 30 years (probably more) now,” the Harvard professor wrote in an assessment for the Herald.
“Basically, there is nothing new in this text that is not known by reading/study specialists at a very basic level,” she added. “The only thing really `different’ is that Mr. Hubbard has renamed basic concepts to fit into his overall scheme of things.”
Steve Hassan of Cambridge, a cult deprogrammer, warned that the way Scientologists use the book, in one-on-one tutorials, is a first step toward hypnotic mind control. And the literacy materials are the same as church scriptures – except the schoolbooks leave out the word “Scientology,” Hassan said.
For example, the “Basic Study Manual” teaches children about the Scientology practice of “disconnecting” – used to separate new recruits from non-Scientologists, including parents. ” `Experts,’ `advisers,’ `friends,’ `families’ . . . indulge in all manner of interpretations and even outright lies to seem wise or expert,” the manual says.
The manual also promotes Scientology’s anti-psychology agenda, linking psychology to German fascism and saying psychotherapists reduce humans to the level of animals.
Scientology spokesman Bernard Percy, however, defended the World Literacy Crusade, saying it has no harmful agenda, and that its study principles can turn a child’s life around. For example, Percy said, the program requires children to look up in a dictionary each and every unfamiliar word – and that becomes a lifelong habit with tremendous benefits.
Scientologists also claim the literacy campaign is not controlled by the Church of Scientology – so they are not breaking the laws prohibiting religion in the schools.
But that is a false claim, because the campaign is funded and directed by the Church of Scientology, Hassan said.
Although local Scientologists deny that the World Literacy Crusade is directed by the Church of Scientology, anyone who uses L. Ron Hubbard’s name, or his trademarked Study Technology techniques, is strictly controlled by licensing contracts with Scientology groups in Los Angeles, in particular the Religious Technology Center, according to Young and church materials obtained by the Herald.
The World Literacy Crusade’s independence from Scientology is a “fiction,” Young said.
A World Literacy Crusade videotape, viewed by the Herald, clearly states that it has a licensing agreement with RTC – Scientology’s most powerful organization – allowing it to use L. Ron Hubbard’s name.
Also, Scientologists get a 10 percent to 35 percent commission on any church course bought by someone they recruit through the literacy programs, according to Church of Scientology documents dated last month.
Once Scientology attracts a new recruit, its staff applies skillful, high-pressure sales tactics, Hassan said. Members must pay more than $300,000 in “fixed donations” – or barter their full-time labor – to achieve complete salvation.
When the Mo Vaughn group or another agency buys Scientology’s literacy books – which cost about $35 each – most of the money goes to several Scientology organizations in Los Angeles: Bridge Publications, the church’s in-house publisher; Author Services Inc., Scientology’s literary agency; and RTC, which owns the rights to the trademarked name L. Ron Hubbard. Also, church members sometimes get government funding.
Scientologists got a federal grant for the literacy program in Memphis, former church spokeswoman Kit Finn said.
Federal money was also spent in Boston on Scientology materials, said Gerald Mazzarella, a Scientologist who teaches at Brighton High School. Mazzarella told the Herald he used part of a $5,000 federal grant to buy Scientology textbooks and checklists during the 1980s, which he then used at Brighton High.
Boston’s kickoff of Scientology’s literacy program was an April 22, 1995, reception at Roxbury Community College.
The guest of honor was Isaac Hayes, the first black musician ever to win an Academy Award.
The “Shaft” composer impressed a few prominent local blacks – including James E. Watson, the Randolph Junior/Senior High School headmaster. “It obviously helps kids improve their learning. It seemed to be a positive,” Watson said.
Watson toured Delphi Academy in Milton about three years ago, then asked the school’s headmistress, Ellen Garrison, to begin teaching Study Technology to his ninth-grade teachers at the Randolph school in December.
“It’s at its infancy stage, and what it would cost isn’t clear yet,” the headmaster said at the time. Watson, who has been praised for easing racial tensions in Randolph, recently said there is no longer any connection between the two schools.
The head of a youth program founded by one of Boston’s most-admired black athletes was also interested.
“I think they’re right on when they say illiteracy is a problem that leads to other problems,” said Roosevelt Smith, executive director of the Mo Vaughn Youth Development Program.
“We contracted with the World Literacy Crusade to bring seven kids up to speed,” Smith said. Five of the children, who were 13-16 years old, improved their reading ability using the “Basic Study Manual,” he said.
Most of the stuff is free. They only asked us to pay for books and materials,” Smith said.
Mo Vaughn himself knew about the Scientologists’ program, but “he hasn’t met with them directly,” Smith said.
But the Scientology religion “is not a part of what we’re doing,” Smith said. “I don’t think the kids even know what Scientology is.”
Roxbury Youth Works, however, allowed World Literacy Crusade workers to tutor teenagers there three years ago, but had second thoughts after learning more about the group’s links to Scientology, said Roxbury Youth Works administrator Dave Wideman.
“We as an organization were a little apprehensive. It seems like they were trying to recruit people,” Wideman said. “The target group was the particular population we serve, predominantly young black men and women.”
But if the Randolph High School literacy program succeeds, Scientologists hope to teach the same “tech” in Boston classrooms, said Finn, the Scientologist.
“That’s definitely the plan,” Finn said. “It’s like Mr. Watson. Somebody has to be bright enough to want it.”
Virtually every top Scientology official is white, according to ex-members and photographs of church leaders. But the new literacy campaign shows Scientology wants to attract blacks and Hispanics, said Priscilla Coates, formerly of the Cult Awareness Network in Los Angeles – an anti-cult group that was bankrupted by Scientology lawsuits and then taken over by the church.
Any non-Scientologist youth who is taught Study Technology is ripe for recruitment, Coates said. “The child has a possibility of becoming a Scientologist,” she said.
Elsewhere in the United States, the World Literacy Crusade has installed its programs at a New York City police athletic league, a Los Angeles probation department, and the Tampa (Fla.) Housing Authority. Other programs are in Washington, D.C., Denver, and throughout California.
In Memphis, Tenn., public officials were angered to learn that the World Literacy Crusade had run a pilot program – with federal grant money – for 75 students in a public school building, without getting a needed permit and without disclosing its ties to Scientology. The church was not allowed to use the school facilities again.
In the inner-city Los Angeles neighborhood of Compton, more than 700 black children, including gang members, participated in the World Literacy Crusade and the program saved their lives by giving them an alternative to street life, Jentzsch said.
“If you know what the statistics are in Compton, (it is) just miraculous,” Jentzsch said. “I’ve seen kids from the Crips and the Bloods sitting there working with other kids to get them educated.”
Larry Campbell brought his daughter to the Scientologists at the Roxbury YMCA because she was having reading problems in a public school outside Boston, which he would not name.
“I brought my daughter here because these guys help,” Campbell said. The father acknowledged that he also enrolled himself in the literacy program, to improve his reading skills.
“This is what the public schools should be doing,” the father said. “It should be attended to not next year but now.”
So for two hours on Tuesday and Thursday nights, and each Saturday morning, Campbell, a deacon at St. John’s Missionary Baptist Church in Roxbury, brought his elementary school aged daughter to a neon-lit YMCA room furnished with an old sofa, two foldout tables and a stack of plastic chairs.
There, she and other black children were coached in Scientology’s study methods by church members Simaen Skolfield and Cliff Dufresne.
During one session observed by a Herald reporter, neither tutor had a spontaneous conversation with a child, but read from a script.
Dufresne, who dropped out of Boston College Law School to work on the literacy program, helped Doug Walker, a pupil at the William Monroe Trotter Elementary School in Dorchester.
Doug Walker’s mother said the school wanted to solve her son’s problems by giving him medication such as Ritalin, Dufresne said. But, he added, the mother wanted to try drug-free Scientology lessons first.
Meanwhile Skolfield, a bearded British emigre, helped Tanzania Campbell – whose ambition is to be a schoolteacher in Atlantic City, N.J. – with a Study Technology lesson.
Campbell and others at the Roxbury YMCA literacy program were expected to pay nothing at first. “Not yet,” Dufresne said.
But Dufresne hopes his students will, in turn, teach their friends the Scientology techniques. “That’s the whole idea. They learn this and then they circle back and teach somebody else. Because there’s not enough of us,” he said.
Scientology literacy sessions are no longer allowed at the Roxbury YMCA, after officials there learned that the program is associated with the church.
But, an official at Dennison House in Dorchester said Dufresne met with house representatives last year and Dennison House invited World Literacy Crusade workers to come in as tutors. The tutoring has not yet started.
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Off-load Grinders to Gaylords with Compressed Air
The CAML-EVG system uses a compressed air venturi to draw material from granulators or other sources and efficiently direct it to a standard gaylord box. The EVG’s filling tube swivels on its mobile frame and is designed to be positioned between two gaylords, for rapid change-over when one gaylord becomes filled. A “full” alarm is included to alert operators.
Keep granulators empty
When connected to an optional granulator drawer demand sensor, granulators run free and clear of material back-up.
Change gaylords quickly
The EVG’s frame provides “parking-spots” for two gaylords so one may be moved while the other is filling. If only one is needed, the second spot is ideal for locating a mid-size granulator.
Built in overfill alarm
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The Hal Leonard Banjo Method Deluxe Beginner Edition is the updated and revised version of the original classic method, now including both audio and video. This comprehensive and easy-to-use beginner's guide is designed for anyone just learning to play bluegrass-style 5-string banjo. It includes loads of techniques, tips, and fun songs to learn and play. Includes 97 tracks of full-band demos covering every music example in the book, plus nearly an hour of invaluable video tutorials by author Mac Robertson!
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The book includes access to audio tracks and video tutorials for download and streaming. 64 pages.
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Welcome to the First Church of the Open Bible Church. Please use the form below to send us a prayer request.
ABOUT OUR CHURCH
Welcome to the First Church of the Open Bible May grace, mercy, and peace from God our Father and Our Lord Jesus Christ be with you.
If you are searching for a new life of hope, peace, and love, we are delighted that you have found our website.
We know that you will find all you need in Jesus Christ, Our Blessed Redeemer, who shed His precious blood to save us from our sins. He rose again for our justification and is coming back.
Our mission is to reach the unreachable, touch the untouchables, and to love the unlovable by the transforming power of the Holy Spirit. Trust in Jesus. He loves you.
Sr. Pastors Allan & Cynthia Baugh
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FRESNO, Calif. (KFSN) -- Experts say mosquitoes following the scent of humans don't care for the smell of pungent plants.
Betsy Thornburg at Belmont Nursery says scented geraniums like citronella, rosemary and even lemongrass serve as natural repellents.
"This lavender merlot we've told people about a lot because it's so highly fragrant," Thornburg said.
But it's not enough to just plant them.
You have to ruffle the plants to make sure they release a scent mosquitoes don't like.
"They can put them around their courtyard, maybe close where you would brush it with your leg or the dog could run by and move it, but that's how you repel mosquitoes by doing that," Thornburg said.
RELATED: What a northeast Fresno woman is going through after suffering from West Nile Virus
Mosquitoes are drawn to our breath.
The DynaTrap uses carbon dioxide and fluorescent light to mimic our breath and attract the bloodsuckers.
"They're looking for that CO2 that humans breathe out and that's how they find their next victim," said Fresno Ag Hardware store manager, Ian Williams. "So it produces the CO2 which they can smell from very far away and as they get closer, there's a fan that sucks them in and they get stuck in this trap right here."
TThe DynaTrap has been a big seller at Fresno Ag Hardware. It can cover areas from 300 square feet to an acre.
Williams also steers customers to mosquito repellent containing DEET. Experts say products containing picaridin, oil of lemon and IR 3535 are also effective.
"Everybody's familiar with the citronella candle. They're really nice. They smell good," Williams said.
RELATED: First West Nile Virus death reported in Fresno County this year
It is also a great idea to cover your storm drains with netting to keep mosquitoes from going down there to lay eggs.
Be sure to remove all standing water in your yard. It doesn't take much water to provide a breeding area for mosquitoes.
Ways to protect yourself from mosquito bites, prevent West Nile Virus
WEST NILE VIRUS
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Continue to test your knowledge of AS-Level Pure Maths by taking the intermediate test. These solutions are given in detail to aid your understanding of Pure Maths. Take about 1.5 hours to sit the test and look at these very helpful solutions once complete. A basic test and solutions is also available.
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My first time at Autumn Sky Poetry. Your selections are incredibly fine, sing different tunes but all with strings of emotion. I'll be reading archives for some time. Thank you!
Fine issue. You are doing a great job with Autumn Sky Poetry.
Great issue Christine.
tumblewords,thank you! I'm so pleased you liked it.Paula,thanks for stopping by and I'm very happy you liked this issue.Michelle,thank you!
I'm gonna submit something when I write something that doesn't completely suck. :D
Noah, I look forward to it.
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As the SAP Leonardo Live satellite event was coming to a close in Palo Alto on November 2, Sam Yen, SAP’s Chief Design Officer, opened the floor for audience Q&A. The first question from a customer in the audience was: “So, what IS SAP Leonardo – is it a product, a process? What is it?” Quite a question at the end of two hours of remarks on innovation/design thinking, a live demo of IoT Bridge, a discussion of the inventiveness of Leonardo da Vinci, information on the delivery phase of Leonardo, and use cases from Harley Davidson and Mohawk Flooring.
Sam’s answer?: “It’s a brand. It’s an accelerator. It starts a conversation.” Good answer. But, what does that customer’s question suggest about how we message, present and tell the story of SAP Leonardo so that customers see the practical possibilities for their businesses? It suggests to me that we (SAP) have to untangle the buzzwords of block chain, machine learning and IoT (etcetera, etcetera, etcetera) to demonstrate how with SAP Leonardo a business can construct a solution that delivers tangible results.
Putting myself in the shoes of that audience member, I could understand the confusion around the connection between design thinking practices, the biography of Leonardo da Vinci and block chain/IoT/machine learning/etc. What helped reduce MY confusion was an SAP Leonardo Whiteboard narrated by Jayne Landry, Global VP Product Management for SAP Leonardo and Analytics which I later (after the event) found on You Tube. She walks viewers through a definition of SAP Leonardo, which says that it is:
…a process to intelligently connect people, places and businesses by integrating data captured through a set of technologies (see below)…
…bundled under the SAP Leonardo name, inspired by a man who was part scientist, part artist – traits which parallel the sense of imagination required today to envision, design and build a solution to a business problem using these technologies (see below)…
…and that YOUR businesses’ “imagination” can be captured, codified and deployed using SAP’s Design Thinking Services, where the workshop leaders are skilled not only in design thinking techniques but also the application of tools and processes surrounding these technologies (e.g. IoT) to build an executable technology blueprint to fit your businesses’ use case (see below).
WITH this knowledge, I, wearing my hypothetical customer-in-the-audience hat, could have more effectively consumed the SAP Leonardo Live content presented that day. I hope that audience member’s curiosity was piqued enough to chat with all the SAP staffers on hand to add additional context to the day’s events – or that he went home and accessed all the online content we have that unpacks the concept further.
Days later, as I reflect back on SAP Leonardo Live, and apply my newfound knowledge about SAP Leonardo from subsequent hunting through sap.com, You Tube, Twitter and more, MY big three take-aways from the day are:
- Innovation = Creativity x Execution
“Creativity is problem finding; Execution is problem solving” – Sam Yen’s opening about the process of design thinking provides much more context for me now.
- Leonardo da Vinci inspires us to collaborate with teams comprised of people “who want to learn everything there is about everything there is… who see patterns across disciplines… who are disrupters whose reach exceeds their grasp” – Walter Isaacson, author, Leonardo da Vinci. I understand why we chose this name for this initiative much more clearly now.
- Real customer examples of success with SAP Leonardo processes are the best way to accelerate a prospect’s comprehension of the “art of the possible” that Leonardo is built upon.
The examples mentioned at the Palo Alto event of Mohawk Flooring and Harley Davidson provided the closure I needed on the day to see the actual application of the complete process.
From now on, when someone asks: “So, what IS SAP Leonardo?” I will first respond with customer examples that speak louder than any presentation SAP can create – -cases such as:
Antibes: A Smarter and Safer City (video)
SKF Systems: Reaching Peak Manufacturing Efficiency (video)
ARI: Streamlining Fleet Operations with SAP Leonardo and SAP HANA (video)
In my opinion, customer transformation stories are the most effective way to communicate the power of SAP Leonardo.
What has helped YOU understand SAP Leonardo?
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Results at a Glance
A Mindful Society, an organization that educates leaders on how to promote mindfulness practices within their organizations, worked with Insightful to produce a mini-documentary, trailer and a series of speaker videos for its inaugural conference. The videos were well received and used on the official website to promote subsequent events. They were also widely shared by influential members of the organization and conference attendees, helping to promote and sell out future events.
Challenge: Attract Future Visitors with Conference Video
A Mindful Society was looking to capture the spirit of their 3-day event and share it with prospective future guests. The challenge was the dynamic nature of the event – there were speaker sessions, practical yoga and meditation sessions and musical and entertainment presentations. Founder Michael Apollo also wanted to highlight the story behind the event, explaining the intention and challenges of the conference.
Approach: Produce Multiple Pieces Of Content
In pre-production, we first defined the goals of the video content and found two key, separate goals. The first goal was to have compelling short content to be shared on social media to future prospective guests. The second goal was to have longform speaker content that could be set up in an online video library as a resource for those interested in learning about integrating mindfulness into organizations. That would be directed at a target audience of professionals in various areas including education, government and healthcare.
Eventually, the plan was to share the video on the email newsletter thanking guests, as well as on social media by various members and attendees to the conference.
We agreed on a plan to shoot a feature mini-documentary that would capture the feel of the many highlights of the conference.
The video would include an interview with founder Michael Apollo, interspersed with highlights from the speakers, yoga and meditation sessions, practical workshops and candid shots from conversations around the event.
We shot the event over the weekend with a tight schedule. We captured the moments we had planned on as well as a number of impromptu moments during the show. The varied, contemplative nature of the event came through in our footage.
We accelerated post-production in order to get a video out to the audience and keep the momentum rolling. We produced the full length 10 minute mini-documentary and shared it with A Mindful Society, who received it extremely positively.
We then worked with A Mindful Society to create a shorter, 2 minute trailer out of those moments that could be shared on social media and with attendees.
Simultaneously, we started producing the speaker sessions and those were posted to the website. A few months out from the conference, the website had a wealth of interesting video content that laid the groundwork for the emerging A Mindful Society brand.
Watch the 2017 educational trailer for A Mindful Society below.
Results: A Trailer, Mini-Documentary and Speaker Series
The trailer was very well received and contributed to the future success of the conference. The mini-documentary was shown at the beginning of the next A Mindful Society conference to help set the authentic, contemplative intention for the conference.
“We needed dynamic storytellers to convey our event, which combines practical hands-on training with a variety of compelling and entertaining speaker sessions. Despite the challenges, Insightful took everything on their shoulders and presented us with a documentary trailer that blew us away.”
Michael Apollo – Founder, A Mindful Society
Watch Dr. Zindel Segal’s fascinating presentation, Inner Resources for Mindful Living, below.
Watch the short documentary of the inaugural A Mindful Society conference here.
Watch more of the A Mindful Society video sessions on their video page, which includes clips from follow up leadership events that they’ve held as they expand into new territory.
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Interested in experiencing and learning from Church on the Move, Oneighty, and Kids on the Move firsthand? Check out Seeds Conference at seeds.churchonthemove.com/conference.
Download the 3 original songs and lyrics videos in this service, along with tons of other church resources, for FREE at seeds.churchonthemove.com!
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Gift of the Gods
Description: Gaians who are truly noble of spirit sometimes receive lavish gifts from the ancient deities who once ruled Gaia. The Gods of the Old World have been known to bestow powerful artifacts on the deserving. This month, brave Gaian warriors may receive the blessings of four Gods: Thor, the god of thunder; Anubis, the protector of the dead; Hades, lord of the underworld; and Monkey King, the immortal trickster.
Price: This item has no specific price
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Date first appeared on Gaia: 2007-09-14
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Some of the more often requested insurance quotes are for:
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SHIPPING & RETURNS
We aim to dispatch your order as fast as humanly possible from Monday-Friday, within 24 hours of receipt of order. At time factors outside of our control make it impossible for us to adhere to the above processing times but we will always try our very best.
We use Australia Post. Your product is dispatched from Hervey Bay, Qld
On all order over $150 orders dispatched Express post which although a next day service, there are certain locations in Australia that this is not possible. Delays are also likely delays around public or other holidays. Postage is outside our control and we will do our utmost to help track the item if it has taken longer than expected.
Orders received exceeding $99 (but less than $150) will qualify for FREE Standard Postage services. This will usually take 2-5 days for most areas (except WA which can take 10-14 days)
Vape TRIBEZ ships internationally to select countries via Australia Post, Pack and Track International. Shipping prices vary for each international destination. If your country is not listed on our site, please email us for more details on email@example.com
You will receive a tracking number once your order has been shipped so look out for an email defining your tracking number.
We take due care to ensure your parcel reaches you in the condition it was packed. We will not be held responsible for mishandling of a parcel under the care of a third party including Australia Post. This includes transit damage or missing parcels.
RETURN & EXCHANGE POLICY
Please choose carefully due to hygiene reasons and the consumable nature of vaping products Vape TRIBEZ does not offer change of mind refunds or exchanges.
We do however offer refunds or exchanges if the product is not as described or faulty.
Vape TRIBEZ will refund or replace the item where:
The product is faulty due to manufacturers fault
The product does not match the sample or our description;
and you can present your receipt as proof of purchase
RETURNS POLICY FOR DEFECTIVE ITEMS:
- If you receive an item which has manufacturing defects or is not as described, you must make a request to return the item to our store within 14 days of its purchase from us.
If you receive your order and it has items missing or have found an item that is dead on arrival you must notify us within 48 hours of receipt of delivery.
The item/s must be returned to Vape TRIBEZ where Vape TRIBEZ will assess all warranty claims to ensure that items are not damaged due to user error. If there are any signs of user damage due to dropping or misuse, this will void the warranty and the product will not be replaced. We perform these checks as the manufacturer will not replace faulty items due to user error.
Batteries & Chargers Batteries and battery chargers have a DOA period of 10 days. Should they fail within this time frame we will gladly replace the faulty item.
You must return the goods to us with the original order number via recorded delivery. You have a duty to take reasonable care of any goods whilst they are in your possession.
Vape TRIBEZ may elect to return the product to the manufacturer’s repair agent to determine the nature of the problem.
Vape TRIBEZ reserves the right not to offer an exchange voucher, refund or repair where the item fault is a result of misuse or neglect.
Refunds will be issued via your original payment method
ITEMS THAT CANNOT BE RETURNED:
Vape TRIBEZ will not accept the return of items from the following categories under any circumstances.
E-Liquid (EG: PG/VG/ E-JUICE/ DIY ADDITIVES): Cannot be returned at all, so please ensure that you buy the correct one as we won’t replace or exchange E-liquid once it has been sent out, due to the fact that we cannot ascertain if it has been doctored / tampered with. If you find your shipment was damaged, has missing or faulty products, and wish to replace these damaged parts, or have any other related queries with an order please don’t hesitate to contact us via Vape TRIBEZ@gmail.com, or the Contact Us page on the website using your order number as the subject / reference.
Atomisers, Cartomisers, Clearomisers and Drip Tips: These items cannot be returned, exchanged or refunded because of hygiene reasons, and due to the nature of some devices used, we will replace atomisers that are dead on arrival but only if contacted straight away (within 48 hours of receipt of delivery), we cannot & will not replace these items on the basis you had not used it but have had it in your possession for a while so please check these items on receipt of delivery.
Gift cards: Gift cards are non refundable
Vape TRIBEZ reserves the right to:
Assess the condition and age of returned goods prior to providing an exchange or refund. This may result in an exchange, manufacturers repair or refund being refused.
Your receipt is the best form of proof of purchase
Refunds will be issued using your original payment method
Gift cards are not redeemable for cash
How to return a product ordered:
Vape TRIBEZ does not accept responsibility for returned parcels lost in transit. We strongly suggest that customers use a trackable delivery method.
Please remember to include:
A copy of your Tax Invoice Receipt
A completed Returns Form (This form will be issued to you when you request for an item to be returned).
Mail your returns to the below address:
55 Kingfisher Parade, Toogoom Qld 4655
If you are unsure of what the next step is, please contact our Help Team at
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10 Apps to Save You Time, Money and Energy
With TripAdvisor reporting that 128 million people downloaded its various mobile apps in the second quarter at a rate of 28 downloads a minute, travelers seem to be relying more on mobile devices to plan, book, guide and organize their voyages.
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Alexandra Nuttall had spent years trying to catch her first Pacific blue marlin, and it looked as though she’d strike out again during a recent trip to Kailua-Kona, Hawaii.
She and her boyfriend were on their third and final day of fishing aboard Monkey Biz II, before flying back home to Australia. It was getting late and the boat was headed to port, and Nuttall had become seasick.
But that’s when the monstrous marlin struck one of the trolling lures. Nuttall sprang to life, grabbed the rod, climbed into the fighting chair, and waged a long but successful battle with an enormous marlin that probably will earn the angler a world record.
The great billfish towered above the angler during the weigh-in and tipped the scale at 958 pounds. The current International Game Fish Association women’s record for 130-pound-test is a 950-pound blue marlin caught off Mauritius by Maria Tomaini in December of 1994.
“It was without a doubt one of the most exhilarating things that I have ever done,” Nuttall said of her catch. “I fish a lot back home in Australia with my boyfriend, Nick. Although I have caught many sharks, ono, and ahi here at home, I have spent the last few years chasing my elusive first marlin.”
Chip van Mols, captain of the 38-foot Monkey Biz II, said he was hired specifically to find a blue marlin for Nuttall, and that he knew the fish weighed at least 900 pounds when it jumped soon after striking the lure.
“She was kind of in shock,” he said of the angler’s response to such an impressive sight. “We usually let our marlin go but we were prepared to take a fish if we knew it had a shot at a record. So we got our flying gaffs out.”
Nuttall, who was no longer queasy, fought the marlin for about 90 minutes before it was brought alongside the boat, whereupon it was subdued with gaffs and hauled aboard by crewman J.D. Hudson, Nick Durham (Nuttall’s boyfriend), and Van Mols.
“It was a task dragging a huge marlin like that through the [vessel’s] back door with only four people, but we managed,” Nuttall said. “The feeling that we may have gotten the world record only sunk in on our way back to the harbor. I don’t remember ever feeling the sort of happiness that I was feeling at that point.”
An IGFA representative questioned Nuttall at the marina and her catch has been submitted as a potential line-class world record. She won’t know for at least a few weeks whether she’ll be credited with the record, but Van Mols said IGFA rules were adhered to during the fight.
Of Nuttall he added: “She did an outstanding job. She’s a strong girl with good strong legs.”
The captain said the marlin did not go to waste. “The front half of the fish was molded by a local taxidermist to make a head mount for Alex, and the back half was sold for marlin jerky,” he said.
The Kona coast is famous for its big blue marlin and several weighing 500 pounds or more have been caught during the spring. The action usually picks up during the summer, Van Mols said, but the larger fish become harder to find.
–Hat tip to the Billfish Report
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484 F2d 941 Barker v. Johnson
484 F.2d 941
Daniel BARKER, Plaintiff-Appellant,
Dale JOHNSON, Defendant-Appellee.
United States Court of Appeals,
Argued June 6, 1973.
Decided Aug. 29, 1973.
Lawrence S. Katkowsky, Southfield, Mich., for plaintiff-appellant; Schurgin, Katkowsky & Rosenberg, Southfield, Mich., on brief.
Richard Manning, Detroit, Mich., for defendant-appellee; James Finn, Detroit, Mich., on brief; Donald E. Miller, Alexander, Buchanan & Seavitt, Detroit, Mich., of counsel.
Before EDWARDS and MILLER, Circuit Judges, and MOYNAHAN*, District Judge.
Petitioner-Appellant has appealed from an order of the district court dismissing his civil rights action. Appellant brought this action pursuant to 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983, alleging that evidence introduced at this state trial for possession of marijuana was obtained in violation of the Fourth Amendment.
In July, 1966, the appellant went to Redford Township Police Headquarters to inquire about the detention of his two nephews who had been arrested and were being held there at Redford Township Jail. While awaiting this information, the Redford Police discovered that the appellant had some $346.00 in parking or traffic violations outstanding in Detroit, as well as a warrant for his arrest concerning these traffic violations. The Redford Police then arrested the appellant. Detroit Police were called and upon their arrival, the appellee, Dale Johnson, of Redford Township Police accompanied by the Detroit policemen left the Redford Police Headquarters to inventory the contents and lock appellant's car, which was parked in front of the Police Station.
Upon opening the car door to begin this inventory Appellee Johnson saw, in plain view, two marijuana cigarettes on the floor mat on the driver's side of appellant's automobile. Subsequently the plaintiff-appellant was arrested and convicted for possession of marijuana, but his conviction was overturned by the Supreme Court of Michigan on other grounds.
Appellant asserts that the marijuana cigarettes taken from his car were seized as a result of an illegal and unreasonable search, thus rendering the evidence obtained as a result thereof inadmissible. This civil action is bottomed upon that contention.
The evidence herein indicates the appellee went to the car of appellant to inventory the valuables, to roll up the windows and to lock this car for the sole purpose of protecting the car and its contents while the owner was in lawful custody. Under the rationale of Harris v. United States, 390 U.S. 234, 88 S.Ct. 992, 19 L.Ed.2d 1067 (1968), this was a proper police function. Once the door had been lawfully opened, the marijuana cigarettes were plainly visible. It has long been settled that objects falling within the plain view of an officer who has a right to be in the position to have that view are subject to seizure and may be introduced as evidence. Ker v. California, 374 U.S. 23, 83 S.Ct. 1623, 10 L. Ed.2d 726 (1963).
There being no unlawful search and seizure, there can be no action based upon 42 U.S.C. Sec. 1983, and the judgment of the District Court is affirmed.
The Honorable Bernard T. Moynahan, Jr., Chief Judge, United States District Court for the Eastern District of Kentucky, sitting by designation
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Children as young as seven are working in perilous conditions in the Democratic Republic of the Congo to mine cobalt that ends up in smartphones, cars and computers sold to millions across the world, by household brands including Apple, Microsoft and Vodafone, according to a new investigation by Amnesty International.
The human rights group claims to have traced cobalt used in lithium batteries sold to 16 multinational brands to mines where young children and adults are being paid a dollar a day, working in life-threatening conditions and subjected to violence, extortion and intimidation.
More than half the world’s supply of cobalt comes from the DRC, with 20% of cobalt exported coming from artisanal mines in the southern part of the country. In 2012, Unicef estimated that there were 40,000 children working in all the mines across the south, many involved in mining cobalt.
In a joint-investigation with African Resources Watch (Afrewatch), an African NGO focusing on human rights in the minerals and extractive industries, Amnesty International says it interviewed 90 adults and children working in five artisanal cobalt mine sites. Workers spoke of labouring for 12 hours a day with no protective clothing, and with many experiencing significant health problems as a result.
The report says that child miners as young as seven carried back-breaking loads and worked in intense heat for between one or two dollars a day without face masks or gloves. Several children said they had been beaten by security guards employed by mining companies and forced to pay “fines” by unauthorised mines police sent by state officials to extort money and intimidate workers.
The human rights groups say they traced the supply chain from these mining sites to Congo Dongfang Mining (CDM), one of the largest mineral processors in the DRC and a wholly owned subsidiary of Chinese mineral company Zhejiang Huayou Cobalt Ltd (Huayou Cobalt).
The report says that Huayou Cobalt sources more than 40% of its cobalt from the DRC and processes the raw mineral before selling it to battery makers, who claim to supply companies including Apple, Microsoft and Vodafone. This supply chain has not been independently verified by the Guardian.
Responding to the allegations, Huayou Cobalt told Amnesty International that “our company has not been aware that any of our legitimate suppliers has hired child labour in their mining sites or operated in unsafe working conditions … CDM has rigorously selected its ore suppliers to ensure the procurement of raw materials through legitimate channels”.
Of the 16 companies listed in the report as sourcing from battery manufacturers using processed cobalt from Huayou Cobalt, two multinational companies denied sourcing any cobalt from the DRC and five said they had no links with Huayou Cobalt. The remaining companies either accepted Amnesty’s claims or were investigating the claims.
In its response to Amnesty’s allegations, which Amnesty has published in full alongside responses from the other named companies, Apple said it was currently evaluating whether cobalt in the company’s products originated in the DRC.
“Underage labour is not tolerated in our supply chain and we are proud to have led the industry in pioneering new safeguards,” it says.
Vodafone, in its response to Amnesty, stated that the company “is unaware as to whether or not cobalt in our products originates in Katanga in the DRC … both the smelters and the mines from which the metals such as cobalt are originally sourced are several steps away from Vodafone in the supply chain”.
Amnesty International and Afrewatch claim that despite the denials by some of the named multinationals, none of those companies named could independently verify where the cobalt in their products come from.
“What is very worrying is that none of the companies that we identified through our research and named in investor documents could trace the cobalt they use in their products back to the mines where it originated. Around half of all cobalt comes from the DRC, and no company can validly claim that they are unaware of the human rights and child labour abuses linked with mineral extraction in the region,” says Mark Dummett, business and human rights researcher at Amnesty International.
He said that some of the company responses to Amnesty’s assertions were “staggering”. For example, when asked by Amnesty International whether it sourced cobalt from CDM or Huayou Cobalt, Microsoft responded by saying: “We have not traced the cobalt used through our supply chain to the smelter level due to the complexity and the resources required.”
“These are some of the biggest companies in the world, with combined profits of $125 billion and there is no excuse that companies aren’t investing some of that profit into ensuring that they can trace where the minerals they are using are coming from,” says Dummett. “Anyone with a smartphone would be appalled to think that children as young as seven carrying out back-breaking work for 12 hours a day could be involved at some point in the making of it.”
The DRC has a long history of bloody conflict fuelled by the region’s mineral wealth and the region still has an estimated $24 trillion in untapped minerals.
Global demand for cobalt is increasing, but the global cobalt market remains largely unregulated as it falls outside “conflict mineral” legislation regulating the extraction and sale of other mineral such as gold, coltan and tin from the DRC.
Amnesty and Afrewatch are using the findings of the report to call on multinational companies to conduct investigations of their supply chains for lithium-ion batteries, to check for child labour or labour abuses and to be more transparent about their suppliers.
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Just wanted to share my experience.
-Have had a Chase Freedom for 7 or 8 years.
Apped and received Chase Sapphire back in July of this year. Initial CL was (and still is) $5000.
Apped for a CL for Chase Freedom at the same time; went from $1500 to $7500.
I have a small (very small) photogrpahy business. I want to keep things separate. I apped today. I got a "pending review" because I have a paid tax lien that EQ does not show as paid. Chase was awesome, let me fax them proof, and then I couldn't get through to their fax!!! When I caled back, I spoke to "John" who said "Let me look again and see what I can do." He noted that it hadn't reported since 2009 and approved me for Chase Ink Cash for $5000.
-I used TOTAL household income.
-I was asked how long I had been taking pictures. They considered my experience level over business length.
-I am about 19% util-I have one late and that's it.
-They pulled EQ, which is 701 via myFico
I hope this helps. Chase is the BEST on recon that I have ever seen. It always pays to call. It took three calls for me, but was worth it.
Also of note, EQ was not so nice when I called. They said that whether I faxed proof or not they would still have to verify and it would still be subject to a 30 day wait. THEN they tried to sell me their credit score services and informed me that my myFico score was inaccurate. Sigh.
Awesome! Good move, nice card to have. More points and a separate card for business use. I agree, Chase has been a pleasure to deal with in the past.
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2018-06-19T03:30:36Z
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Climate variability on multiple temporal scales is increasingly recognized as a major factor influencing the structure, functioning, and productivity of the California Current Ecosystem (CCE). Despite many long-term and integrative studies, a detailed understanding of climatic impacts on upwelling and biological processes is still lacking, compromising our ability to assess important concepts such as ecosystem "health" and "resilience". In this project sponsored by the National Science Foundation Biological Oceanography program, we tested the hypothesis that seasonal upwelling modes are forced by contrasting atmospheric-oceanographic processes, exhibit different patterns of low- and high-frequency variability, and will be differentially impacted by global climate change, with corresponding impacts on biology. To address this hypothesis we took a three-tiered approach focusing on the past, present, and future of upwelling in the CCE. First, for the past, tree-ring data co-varies with fish growth and seabird reproductive success and all are similarly sensitive to a driver of winter upwelling, the Northern Oscillation Index (NOI). Therefore, we used tree rings to reconstruct winter climate variability. Our reconstruction indicates that variability in upwelling has increased over the instrumental record, but nonetheless remains within the range of natural variability (Black et al. 2014; Bryan Black, University of Texas).
Second, for the present, we examined the responses of a suite of species to seasonal modes of upwelling, including Pacific sardine (recruitment), black rockfish (growth), rhinoceros auklet and Brandt's cormorant (survival), and coho salmon (survival). To conduct this work, we integrated winds and temperatures from local buoy data to better capture climate variability on finer timescales than we had in the past (Garcia-Reyes et al. 2013). Third, for the future, we investigated seasonal upwelling modes in relation to various climate-change scenarios using IPCC-class global climate models (GCM; Ryan Rykaczewski, University of South Carolina, Program for Climate Model Diagnosis and Intercomparison).
Overall, this study is of significance because it provided information about the past variability, current causal forces, and potential future changes in upwelling as well as its biological consequences in the California Current. In addition to the basic intellectual merits of our study, we have contributed results to state, national, and international policy-makers, including the IPCC's Assessment Report 5 (AR5), Chapter 30.
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Make a classy style statement with the Deirder-1 Ankle Boot. Featuring a stylish and sleek design, this bootie sports a stunning silhouette. It is equipped with a partial elastic panel insert to let you achieve the desired fit. The bootie has a side zippered closure for easy entry and take off. It has a chunky heel with a man-made outsole to promote an effortless walk. The man-made insole is gentle against your skin and ensures your foot rests in comfort at all times.
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April 5, 2005
Clues to Supernova Origin Found in Dusty Stellar Wind
RAS -- Scientists from Imperial College London have detected a dusty wind emitted by a star that, at the end of its life, turned into a white dwarf and then exploded as a supernova. This is the first time that a wind from this type of supernova precursor has been observed and it is also the first time that associated dust has been detected.
The properties of the wind hold vital clues to the kind of star that exploded. Dr Rubina Kotak, from Imperial College London, will be presenting the discovery at the RAS National Astronomy Meeting at the University of Birmingham on Tuesday 5th April.The wind was detected around a Type Ia supernova, which is the kind of supernova used to measure the rate of expansion of the Universe. Type Ia supernova are sometimes referred to as "standard candles" because they have a predictable peak luminosity, which means that their observed brightness can be used to work out their distance from Earth.
Although Type Ia supernovae have shown us that the expansion of the universe is accelerating, there is still much we do not know about their nature and origin. To find out more about how supernovae explosions occur, scientists study the debris left behind and compare the observed concentrations of chemical elements with theoretical predictions.
The team from Imperial, including Dr Kotak and Professor Peter Meikle, selected supernova SN 2002ic for study because it is the first Type Ia supernova in which hydrogen has been observed. Using the Very Large Telescope facility in Chile, the scientists precisely measured the speed at which the hydrogen was moving. They discovered that it was expanding much slower than expected, which indicated that they were seeing the undisturbed wind emitted by the star, prior to its supernova explosion.
The scientists then obtained an infrared image of SN 2002ic taken with the United Kingdom Infrared Telescope on Mauna Kea (Hawaii) and found that it was incredibly bright. This infrared luminosity appears to be due to the dustiness of the wind from the star, and the subsequent heating of dust grains by the supernova explosion.
The team from Imperial are continuing to monitor the behaviour of SN 2002ic using both ground-based telescopes as well as the Spitzer Space Telescope. Although it is not a typical Type Ia supernova, it should help scientists understand more about this important group of supernovae.
Types of Supernovae
Supernovae come in two main flavours: Type Ia and Type II. The former are believed to result from the explosion of a white dwarf. Most low mass stars, such as our Sun, end up as white dwarves but these very compact objects only explode if their mass reaches a critical value of about 1.4 solar masses. The general consensus is that this critical mass can only be attained if the white dwarf has a companion star. Under certain conditions, matter from the companion star flows onto the white dwarf making it denser and smaller until it can no longer support any more material. At this point the white dwarf starts to collapse under its own weight and this ignites the nuclear fuel, leading to a gigantic thermonuclear explosion. Type II supernovae occur when a star that is about 8 times or more massive than our Sun has exhausted its nuclear fuel and can no longer support itself against the inward pull of gravity. The core then collapses, bounces on itself and causes the outer layers to explode, possibly due to the effects of neutrino deposition or the generation of jets.
Until recently the presence of hydrogen in Type Ia supernovae had been predicted but never observed. In 2003, Mario Hamuy and colleagues announced that they had discovered hydrogen in Type Ia supernova, SN 2002ic. The supernovaÿs spectrum bore all of the hallmarks of a Type Ia supernova but also showed a very strong and distinct signature of hydrogen. SN 2002ic is about 1000 million light years from Earth.
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