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Baraboo community starts GoFundMe to help beloved school volunteer pay for medical expenses
BARABOO, Wis. — A beloved member of the Baraboo School District is dealing with her fifth cancer diagnosis, and the community wants to help.
News 3 Now did a story back in November about Betty Krueger, or “Grandma Betty,” as students in the district have come to call her. She was beyond retirement age when she took a teaching job at the middle school. After retirement, she missed her students. Grandma Betty started to spend most week days at Baraboo High School, supervising the cafeteria and handing out baked goods.
After surviving breast cancer, Grandma Betty was recently diagnosed with bladder cancer.
Baraboo High School police liaison officer Mike Pichler says she’s like everyone’s grandma at the school.
“Most of the time people call her grandma. I don’t remember a time I called her anything else,” said Pichler. “She’s truly the one who will care for everyone at the school. She puts herself last, and everybody else in the building – staff and students included – in front of herself. She’s probably one of the most selfless people I’ve ever met in my life.”
If you’re interested in helping, there’s a GoFundMe page setup to help Grandma Betty pay for medical expenses.
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Why Do People Fall Out of Love?
All relationships face hurdles that stretch their resources.
Posted September 14, 2018 | Reviewed by Ekua Hagan
There is almost nothing more tragic for intimate partners than to watch their once-hopeful relationship fall apart.
I have faced many of these saddened and disillusioned partners as they endlessly ask themselves and others, “How and why did our relationship fall apart? Why didn’t we see it, and why couldn’t we stop it from happening?”
Many times, the stressors that caused the ending did not even come from within the relationship. Some of those partnerships might actually have blossomed, yet fell prey to outside factors that neither partner could control. Sometimes there are unexpected pressures that may have overwhelmed the couple’s capacity to rebound. I’ve witnessed the power of relentlessly unwelcoming families or prior relationship partners who are intent on destroying the relationship.
So often, even once-beautiful relationships that have everything going for them fall apart when there are unpredictable illnesses, financial crises, past traumas, or other losses that can stretch the once-confident lovers beyond their capacity to rebound.
Then, there are the issues that happen within the relationship, itself. Each couple has to deal with their own unique blending of histories and personalities. One or both partners too often bring unresolved issues into the relationship, some of which don’t emerge until the relationship matures. Or, unequal appetites create pressures for performance and guilt for inadequacies. Disappointments and disillusionment can mount when desires are higher than resources can provide.
Sometimes, old, unfinished relationships come back to haunt and take precedence over the current one. A couple who could once speak openly and authentically to each other suddenly cannot speak their truth or listen openly anymore because of a threat neither anticipated. Negative issues that were once only a small fraction of the relationship slowly overwhelm what positive experiences once counteracted them. Betrayals happen. Promises don’t pan out. And dreams change.
Most often, there is a period of growing disharmony that precedes a breakup that the partners may not want to recognize. Conflicts happen more often, last longer, and hurt more. One partner may push while the other runs. Repeated arguments become ritualistic and eat away at the core the lovers could once rely upon.
By the time the actual separation occurs, both are often ragged and begin to blame each other for their waning capacity to rebound. They are too wounded and too disillusioned to remember what they ever treasured in one another.
When I’ve spent time with these understandably discouraged patients, I steer them away from regret, guilt, or blame. It is far more important that they understand that even seemingly true love can fail its most committed partners. They must not allow themselves to fall prey to cynicism or giving up their belief that they did their best.
Most people have the capability to end a relationship without losing love or respect for the other partner. But, sadly, most people have not been taught the skills to be able to do that, or even know that they could. Their role models have never shown them that it is possible for partners to love each other beyond a breakup and that separation always leads to disconnection.
When couples who have once loved each other deeply can leave their relationship feeling grateful that they’ve been able to live in it, they can maintain their love for one another forever. Even after years apart, they talk to others about those past relationships with pride, determined to remain grateful for what blessings they did create together, despite the outcome.
I have long advocated that those who are able to do that are the people we should hold as the models of what true love is like. I have met them in my practice, and consider them the unsung heroes of what love should be like for all of us. They are people who seem to herald the essence of unselfishly loving another and the real sacrifice it may ask of us; to want their partners to be fulfilled and successful in life, even if it means they have to separate for them to achieve those goals.
Because they are so rarely profiled, I’d like to share two stories that illustrate what this kind of love looks like. I’ve protected their identities by altering the details to ensure their privacy, but I assure you that they exist.
Also, in both scenarios, it is the women who left the relationship. I’ve purposely chosen these two illustrations to challenge the widespread belief that men are more likely to leave a relationship before women do.
Kate and Tanner
“Before Tanner and I met, neither of us had ever stopped long enough in our careers to even think of settling down. My commitment to being a reporter necessitated that I be away from home far more than I was there, and often without much warning. My friends and family knew that my bags were always packed and my keys were on the counter, ever-ready to embrace any new adventure.
I only had a few relatively serious relationships that had promise, but my work came first for me. In my twenties, it didn’t matter. I was fine the way things were.
Then, somehow, I stopped long enough to look at the clock. I was thirty-five and everyone I’d known since forever was planning a future with someone they adored. I began to wonder if I had truly missed something.
Tanner was only a 10-year-old kid when I met him. He was my best friend when we were young and androgynous.
Later, I met him again at a mutual friend’s wedding. The night morphed into weeks and months of what felt like genuine and true love. He was an artist and loved the times I was away so he could paint without feeling that he was neglecting me.
My family and friends loved him. Everything seemed perfect.
We had never discussed a family and, seemingly out of nowhere, he was more connected to time, and knew that, if we were going to have a family, we’d better get going. At first, I thought he was just musing, you know, kind of like, “shouldn’t we have a kid, Kate? I think it’s time.” So, I pretty much ignored him. Until I realized that he meant it. We began to argue. The conflicts escalated and it seemed that was all we talked about. I kept sweeping it under the rug, focusing on what was still so good and easy between us, pretty much refusing to take him seriously.
I came home one day to find all of his things gone. The note was simple: ‘I will always love and treasure you, Kate. I believe in your hopes and dreams. But they are no longer mine. I’ve met someone who is more in line with my desires. I would never have started an affair without leaving first. The honesty we’ve shared has fed my soul and it will always be that way. Stay on your path, Kate. Hold onto your own light.’”
“I loved Kate when she had braids and a face full of freckles. We were just kids but life was always more fun when we were together. She was my best friend until I went to boarding school and she worked hard enough to get into a great college. But we always kept in touch.
My folks wanted me to be a doctor, but art held my heart and I persisted. I dated enough women to know that I wasn’t ready to commit, and maybe never would be. Maybe I just never found anyone who touched my heart in the same way.
Until that wedding.
When Kate walked in, my heart stopped. I hadn’t laid eyes on her for almost 15 years. She was an amazing kid, but a phenomenal woman. Smart, beautiful, charismatic, welcoming. I tapped her on the shoulder and she turned around. It was mutual synergy. We hugged and talked throughout the night, and never left each other’s sides for a decade.
I was an only child. When I turned 40, I felt an urge within me that I’ve often heard women talk of. I wanted a family. I wanted to be a dad, rather than the uncle I’d become to a hearty tribe of young people. And time was running out. I began to bug Kate. After a few months it was clear that she was just not on board.
I could not let go. I could see my desires threatening and entrapping her need for freedom and her devotion to her career. I knew, deep in my heart, that true love is about letting someone go if they would be better off without you.
Then, my next wife showed up one day in my studio. We hit it off. She had a two-year-old and had been widowed since the baby’s birth. It was as if some universal angel had interfered. We are still together.
Julia and Sean
“We met on a college trip to Uganda. Julia was full of hope for the world and open to everyone and everything that came her way. She was a true adventurer, like a jigsaw puzzle without edges. Every moment we spent together, I felt that I was expanding my world views and learning things I would never have seen without her.
I may have been overwhelmed at times, but I was never bored. She filled my head, my heart, and my soul, with ever-changing dreams and possibilities. I never would have lived a life anywhere near what we had without her constant and amazing eye for the next meaningful adventure.
We had agreed that one day, we would have a family but that it would not stop our way of life. We’d have double backpacks, carrying our two children around the world as we continued our adventures.
The kids came, and for a while, everything worked like magic. We stayed with our folks when we weren’t traveling and with the many friends along the way when we were. When Julia wasn’t spurring a cause, she’d find work in whatever country we were in and we managed to survive. Those years before the kids and following were the most beautiful of my life.
We didn’t prepare for the fact that kids are better off settled in one place once they start school. I could work from anywhere, so my career was unaffected. Julia had to find a non-profit that shared her dreams and could utilize her multiplicity of talents. She applied everywhere. Nothing came up that could meet her needs.
Being her unstoppable self, she tried over and over to start programs that might further the causes of those in our area who were less fortunate. People would rally, and then drop out. She became disillusioned and then gave in, joining the other moms. She’d often tell me, ‘I feel like there is a phone growing out of my ear, and I listen to most conversations in a trance. I just don’t know if I can do this, Sean.'
I listened and comforted but just didn’t see it coming. One day she said to me, ‘You are a great dad. The kids are happy with you. I feel as if I’m smothering to death and you seem okay. I just got offered an amazing job overseas. It’s for a year. Sean, please understand. I have to go, or I will not be able to intellectually or emotionally survive.’
I looked at her and realized that the adventure that was us no longer filled her hunger to make a bigger difference in the world. And I knew she would not be back.”
“I truly meant it when I said ‘forever.' We were the most perfect team I’d ever known, totally and completely compatible in every way. Those first years were like a fantasy. Sean was up for anything I wanted to do.
I never noticed that it was always me who created our never-ending discovery life. He was so enthusiastic and participatory when we did things, that I just assumed he would do them on his own were I not to be in the picture.
The kids were a joint decision and they didn’t stop us. We had friends all over and defined ourselves as an easy couch potato family. We never looked back and never regretted any of our decisions.
I’d begun to notice Sean’s reticence to travel so much as the kids got a little older. He wanted to volunteer to coach soccer and hang out with the other dads. He convinced me that we just needed to enter another phase of life and it would be equally joyful. He seemed so confident and sure.
I settled down and immediately became aware that I was sinking into a depression. I began putting all of my energy into creating new ideas and shaking up the community in a good way. No one seemed interested. Even the non-profit I worked for seemed to be sluggish and uninspired.
On the other end of me, Sean was truly happy. He’d settled into the life that he might have always wanted had he not met me. The kids and he embraced their life, their new friends, and the community activities. I still loved him as much as ever but boredom began to erode my attraction to him and we stopped making love. He complained a little, but not heartily.
I knew that I had to go. It was the hardest decision I ever made. We stayed married for five more years and I visited often and kept in constant touch. I took the kids on vacations when I could and visited them often, but they became closer and closer to Sean’s family and the people who had become their 'forever tribe.' It had to be that way.”
All relationships face hurdles that stretch their resources. All couples must learn kindness, patience, maturity, and sacrifice to keep love alive and growing. Any couple who has managed to stay in love knows to feed and nurture their relationship no matter what threatens to drive it apart.
But, sometimes the most beautiful of promise cannot fulfill itself, even when all indicators point to success. Sometimes separation has to happen. Most often it is not important who was write or wrong, only that what intimate partners once loved about each other is not lost, even when the relationship must end.
Most people cannot end a failed relationship easily, let alone maintain love beyond that loss. But getting as close as possible to that no-fault, no-blame outcome should be something we all strive for. Holding a past beloved relationship in mind as we search for the next, is the surest way to find love again, and to cherish it as we bathe in what we have honored in the past.
Dr. Randi’s free advice e-newsletter, Heroic Love, shows you how to avoid the common pitfalls that keep people from finding and keeping romantic love.

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Saturday, July 21, 2007
Journal (continued), July 21, 2007
Because what is sex, afterall, besides conformity? Sex is produced by television. Sex is a bag of potato chips with a fat man. Why isn't he fat at the time? Why doesn't he stop whining & wincing & rejecting everyone foolish enough to get to know him? What is sex, really, except a false arrangement? A bypass to a trip to the gym? Why doesn't the fat whiner go to the gym & try his whining on someone there? It sounds like I’ve met a fat man; I haven’t, but I've met them before, and it’s always the same -- that I take a dim view of them later -- fat men are all alike. Why, if that is so, do I not like thin men, then? I have taken a stand against thin & short men -- not in themselves -- but for me. This has resulted in a mistaken willingness to meet fat men who joined the military or who snarl at their loved ones or who are too mean. Why are fat men mean? Does it make sense that they would be mean, when someone has been willing to know them? They ought to hide in shame if so, but they are fat, so they take up spaces. Not so with fat women. Fat women come in two sizes. Why do fat men & women not enjoy each other? Why don’t the good fat women take up with the good fat men? Let the snarling & whining fat ones enjoy it. At least I am not too thin to be restive. I look like a doe in the mirror. I look like a doormat, someone said, a two-cent; but to my eye, I look like a doe.


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Many people will agree that it is really difficult to sustain ones business in this period of tough economic recession. Companies are looking at every corner to cut down their expenditure, and one such effective way is to outsource as much work as they can. Many companies have implemented this technique and are able to survive in this tough period. Outsourcing need of Accountants and Bookkeepers in business is now different.
Still many companies are unaware of the benefits of growing outsourcing sector. Moving out IT work to other companies has been practiced for decades, but outsourcing bookkeeping is still unheard by many. Here we highlight some benefits of outsourcing the need of Accountants and bookkeepers in business.
- Save Expenses – saving money is the first main reason of outsourcing work. But this should not be the main objective of moving out work. On an average a company is able to save nearly 20% of in-house bookkeeping expenditure. The fact that you are not required to pay the bookkeeper every month saves you money. Moreover, you don’t have to train an outside accountant. Small and medium size business feel the need of Accountants and Bookkeepers in business but for some it is too much expenditure. They can save considerable money by hiring a bookkeeper service.
- There will no expenses related to employment – You can save much more than just the salary by outsourcing your work. You are not required to make government contributions, pay employees taxes and other benefits. You will save yourself from employees’ compensation, health insurance, retirement benefits, government contribution, travel insurance, retirement, and vacation.
- Less Office Equipment – When you employ an accountant you have to provide him office space. You have to buy software license and computer systems and related things, all this will add to the expenditure. You have to update software license as and when required and train your employee accordingly. This is too much to ask from a small or medium size business. By outsourcing the need of accountants and bookkeepers you can save on these costs.
- Professional Advice – outsourced accountants are not directly attached to your business. Hence, they will not form part of office politics. This means, you will have impartial, unremitting and error free accounting services. This is particularly important during tough fiscal times and the need is to make tough decisions.
- Free Time for you – for business owner, bookkeeping can be a time consuming and tedious work and it can be quite frustrating at times. Thanks to improved infrastructure and technology, outsourcing organizations are quite effective in bookkeeping services. You don’t have to train outside bookkeeper and it will save you 50% of the cost. These trained experts can be exploited by your finance managers at a reasonable cost. You will have more control on outsourced bookkeeping. They will update the software of their own, and satisfactorily fulfil your need of Accountants and Bookkeepers in business.
Small Business Accounting will help you to run your business function properly and smoothly. Accounting is a key factor which is essential for very every business whether it is small sized or medium sized. It is indeed a very important aspect for every business as it helps to keep a track of financial records and expenses for business which depicts the growth of the industry.
Tracking the financial records in an accurate and appropriate manner by the accountants having vast experiences and sound knowledge will help to achieve long term success for the entire business. Managing them properly is a complex and tedious task if it is not done by any professional in this field as the professionals accountant will only have a proper expertise and understanding of all these in-depth processes and will help the business a proper growth in a lowest turnaround time in a best possible way.
As many small business owners try to manage all the accounting and bookkeeping by themselves, but it is indeed very difficult for them to achieve this task as they being a owner has many important tasks to deal with. It is therefore a responsibility of the professional accountants and bookkeepers to maintain the financial records and expenses in proper documents and prepare monthly financial reports in order to depict the whole picture of the small business scenario. This is possible only if the small business owner through his undemanding and knowledge hires professional accountant from outside which can provide them definite aid and perfect solution regarding all the major problems faced by the business in the early beginning phase of the business.
The task of hiring the professional Accountant and Bookkeeper is not easy for the small business owner but it is quite important to hire them as they play a very important role in upbringing the whole business. Their vast and diversified knowledge will help business to achieve the optimum results in a quick around time. In today’s scenario, there is much software accounting software present in the market which makes the process and task of bookers extremely simple and easy as they are the one which is responsible for creating a proper database with proper security. But these softwares work properly and efficiently only if they are managed by some capable and efficient professional person otherwise it does not reveal reliable results.
It is advisable for the small business owner to have a separate account for the deposits and business expenses in order to have a clear over view of the finance in the business which will not let mix the business and personal transactions in any case possible. Further this will also helps to track the financial records quite easily and simply in a regulated manner. This is the major role played by the accountants and even plays a major role in depicting the growth of the industry by filling the summarized information on the tax returns file in order to have a benefit of tax returns and ensures tax savings as well.
Tax Planning Tips for Self Employed Individuals
Self employment is a very interesting field as you are the boss of your own empire. Self employed persons indeed have a more advantage on Tax Savings as they have much more tax efficient income as that of the persons on the salary income basis. So it is very important for them to manage the tax efficiently to avail the full benefit of it. If you are a self employed person and falls in any category fall under head of income.
Here are some of the Tax Planning Tips that will enhance your tax efficiently:
Taking Advantage of all business expenses:
All the expenses related with the business or works are called as business expenses. There are varieties of expenses in the businesses even for the self employed individuals such as house rent, electricity bills, travel costs, internet and telephone costs, and other utilities consuming during the self employed business can be even treated as business expenses. Vouchers and bills can be even considered as the business expenses. To manage all these business expenses in a proper and regulated manner bookkeeper is very much essential. With the aid of proper Tax Planning one can claim the deprecation of all the business or work related expenses and can avail the full income from the Government.
Distribution of Income:
This task is possible in case if you involve your family member in the business. By involving them part of your income is shifted through that side too and will help you to achieve your goal as it helps to reduce taxable business income prevailing in the business.
Normal deductions are allowed for the self employed persons such as PPF (public provident fund), insurance, pension planning, fixed deposits as well as other money saving schemes. Tuition fees of your child can also be claimed from the Government through an effective tax panning scheme from the self employed individuals. One can even avail the claim deduction in regard with medical premium of the parents as well as his/ her family as a whole. If the person is living in the rented home then one can claim the rent of the house even as deduction. These also deductions depends upon the different situations and will be provided by the Government at different interest rates.
Hedge your Risk and Save Taxes:
It is important to have a life insurance scheme for every person in the family in order to have full and proper protection in case of any mishappening and incident. Avail the policies which will help you to protect your family from accident or incidents and even from the medical emergency as well as these liabilities help you to repay the loans in a lowest turnaround time possible very efficiently.
These are therefore some of the most important tips for the tax planning for the self employed individuals running their own business organizations.
People living in Canada have new options which enable them to get more tax refund and prevent few dollars from going into tax man’s pocket. Tax-free savings account is one of the key strategies which enable Canadians to invest five thousand dollars and earn tax free interest on these deposits. The main purpose is to save money and you can open this account from any financial institution. It is used in combination with RRSP – Registered Retirement Savings Plan.
According to a report released by statistics Canada nearly one-third of people living in Canada contribute towards Registered Retirement Savings Plan (RRSP). There is special software which has the embedded features of RRSP. Canadian tax filers will be able to calculate the amount of contribution or check out some other options. It enables them to invest in a scenario that gives them the best return. Your data from the last session will be carried forward by this software.
In reality, very few tax returns among the millions are actually reviewed by the IRS. It is just two percent of the total tax returns that are reviewed annually. Audit Defense Canada does not audit tax return on a routine basis unless there is something which is highly noticeable such as a deduction which required certain documents, the deduction is of high level as compared to earned income, or a certain item that is been listed as “red flag”.
If you receive a letter from Audit Defense Canada that your account will be audited than you should alert your accountant or tax attorney immediately so they can prepare a response appropriately.
Reasons for Audit from Audit Defense Canada
There is a standard list of reasons for an audit. In case you fall in one these categories, it is not necessary that you will have an audit but there are increased chances of getting one. If you fall in one of the following category, you may be audited, but this list in not all inclusive.
- If you use your vehicle for business purpose
- You are self employed
- Your salary is inordinately high
- There is an attempt from your side to deduct expenses of home office
- A long list of itemized deductions is submitted by you
If you do not include all the information related to your income or business, then there is absolutely no way you can prepare tax return in an honest manner. You may be audited at some point in your life, if you include any of the point mentioned in the above list.
Process of Audit Defense Canada
You need not be scared of Audit Defense Canada. Audit personnel will not show up at your office all of a sudden and order you to show your financial accounts and related documents. In the majority of the cases audit is done through mail and only a portion of your entire financial statement. For instance, if business meals are regularly deducted by you the audit personnel may ask for receipts.
Accounting is a key and most important factor for small business to achieve optimum and desired results. It should be managed in a regulated and sequential manner. The H&T Accountants at Oakville Mississauga have diversified and vast experience in managing the financial records and balance sheets thereby helping in achieving success.
The accountants plays a major role in the growth of the industry, as it is their responsibility to keep an eye on preparation of monthly financial reposts which depicts the growth of the industry in a particular month such as income tax, balance sheets, gross profit, budgets, and cash flow statements. These are indeed the very important aspects which depicts the financial aspect and growth of the business as a whole. Depicting these things in a proper and regulated manner can be done only by Professional Accountant.
All the above mentioned things will help you manage the company’s resources quite efficiently in an appropriate manner. On can effectively manage the things for other months if one is aware about the current status of the company since budgets and cash flow helps to provide a clear picture of the business as a whole. The main role of the accountant is make use of his adequate and sound knowledge and implements his approach in a regulated manner in preparing all these documents thereby achieving the desired growth and success expected from the business by the small business owner.
If such things are depicted in a proper and appropriate manner by your accountant, then on can easily consult and seek the advice from the accountant having vast experience and diversifies knowledge. Even for the small business owners in Canada it is highly recommended and advisable to purchase the accounting software which will prepare the financial reports in a proper manner on a monthly basis which can depict the financial aspects of the business for the month.
Even certain programs such as QuickBooks software or simple accounting is indeed plays a same role and is highly recommended for the small business owners in Canada. These programs of preparing right and beneficial financial documents are helpful only if your business possess the right and capable bookkeeper that will manage the things efficiently with the proper utilization of these accounting software programs. These programs work efficiently and produce reliable results if it is managed by a capable person.
To run the small business in Canada effectively another major aspect is to have effective financial controls that will lead to proper and desired results. If they are not managed properly it will lead to unreliable and disastrous results. Some of the examples of financial controls in small businesses are:
- Keeping the receipts of the purchase made in the company in order to have a proper knowledge about the cash used.
- It is important to have a separate business account for the deposits and business expenses so that an overview of the financial growth can be easily depicted.
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Karl Terry: PNT Managing Editor
Service and quality are high on the list of reasons to Christmas shop in Portales this year, according to local retailers.
“Nine out of ten times, when you shop locally, you’re looking at the owner,” Danny Woodward of Woody’s Jewelry in Portales said.
Woodward said in his case, especially, service is the biggest factor when customers make the choice to shop with him.
“I can’t beat them at their game,” Woodward said of mass merchandisers, whose focus is on price. “But I can stock quality merchandise and offer service.”
Portales-Roosevelt County Chamber of Commerce Executive Director Kim Huffman says another important reason for shopping at home is the benefit it creates for the community’s infrastructure.
“Every time a dollar is spent in Portales a portion is collected in taxes,” Huffman said. “It’s more than just making money for a merchant, it’s what literally builds the city.”
He said tax money is what pays for streets and other city services and amenities.
Huffman says there is no way for him to directly track sales leakage, or sales dollars that leave town, but he has a sense for the impact of local spending power from programs the chamber has undertaken in the past.
In 2002 the chamber had a script program in place called Christmas Cash that could only be spent in Portales. Huffman said that year $180,000 in Christmas Cash was used. The program was discontinued in after 2003, primarily because of cost.
“That gives us an idea of the kind of money in circulation through town,” Huffman said. “We’re talking about $200,000 to $300,000 circulating.”
Huffman says Portales is a city with a strong sense of community that is good on volunteerism and pride.
“If people understood how much difference it makes, they would do it (shop locally) out of a sense of community pride.”
At Roberts TV and Appliance on South Avenue C, Corey Baca was busy on the sales floor Tuesday afternoon. The store is also a Radio Shack dealership and the salesman said the hot items this season have been IPods, and toy robots called Robosapiens and Roboraptors.
“It actually started picking up today,” Baca said of the Christmas business in the store. “It’s better than last year, our numbers are up.”
Baca said at Christmas Radio Shack is the big draw for the store, owned by Robert Encinias, but they also sell televisions, furniture and appliances.
“We carry the same things as all those stores, but we’re here in town. “We’re local shopping,” Baca said, when asked why people should shop at home.
At NoWhereElse, a new gift shop downtown, Tressie Stroud and daughter Donna Hayman are building their niche through convenient hours, including staying open until 6:30 p.m. and even opening Sundays.
“So far it’s kinda slow, but I think it’s going to pick up,” Stroud said.
The pair also say that variety and uniqueness are what they’re hoping will get locals shopping in their store.
“Everybody comes in with a different idea,” said Hayman.
“It’s really going real well,” Allen Roberts, manager at Trader Horn True Value said. “We don’t live and die by Christmas like some stores, but it’s been good.”
Roberts said his November was up and so far December is looking strong.
“The biggest deal is not just supporting the local economy,” Roberts said about shopping at home. “But if you have any problems we’re right here. If you order something over the Internet (and you have problems) sometimes it’s just too bad, so sad.”
Woodward says business for him has been good all year, including the start of the Christmas season but he’s bracing for that last-minute rush.
“I can tell you also that anytime Christmas comes late in a week (this year it’s Sunday) we’ll have lots of late shoppers, Woodward said.

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Pontypridd captain Chris Dicomidis is pursuing an international career with Cyprus
Pontypridd captain Chris Dicomidis grew up dreaming of playing for his country but never expected to pull on the white of Cyprus.
The towering lock, who led Ponty to the Principality Premiership title last season, qualifies for Mediterranean island through his grandfather.
And after giving up on his childhood dream of running out for Wales he is embarking on an international career for the land of his grandfather - all thanks to Twitter.
"It all started with a Tweet. I saw someone Tweeting about rugby in Cyprus so I got in contact and they passed on my details to the team," said Dicomidis.
"I ended up going over last October and made my debut against Luxemburg."
Dicomidis enjoyed a fairytale start to his international career and scored as Cyprus racked up a 48-7 victory - their twelfth on the bounce.
"My family are massively proud. It's every kids dream to play for Wales but at 26-years old I realised it wasn't going to happen. Cyprus came calling and I Thought it would be good to experience a different culture," added the second-row.
Dico, as he is known at Sardis Road, returned to Cyprus in May, just a week after Pontypridd claimed the league title.
Cyprus maintained their winning run and racked up a 72-5 victory over historic rivals Greece, scoring a try in the process once again.
But after being confirmed as the Welsh club's captain once again for the new campaign he has no intention of taking his eye off the domestic ball and insists Pontypridd is the priority.
After winning the Premiership crown Dicomidis expects a tougher campaign as 'the team to beat'.
But Ponty have been bolstered by the return of several favoured sons, including Dai Flanagan and Rhys Shellard.
"We were chuffed to bits with last season and it showed all the hard work we've been putting in over the last two years has paid off," added Dicomidis.
"But everyone will be gunning for us this year and it's much harder to defend a title. By comparison winning it is the easy bit but securing back-to-back titles is a lot tougher."
WRU TV were on hand at the launch of a major new commercial deal with WRU and Mercedes-Benz South Wales (part of the Sinclair Group), which sees the family company become an official supplier to the Welsh Rugby Union
On the back of the recent Women's Rugby World Cup, the WRU has launched a revitalised Women's and Girls domestic seasonal structure, and the future is looking bright.
Go to www.wru.co.uk/tryourgame for more information
Roger Lewis talks to WRU TV at the announcement of a new £60 million Rugby Services Agreement (RSA) which provides a new and positive contractual relationship between the WRU and its four Regions for the next six years has been agreed.
The Welsh Rugby Union has announced a major new sponsorship deal with Gullivers Sports Travel which will make the UK's leading, and longest established, multi-sport tour operator, an Official Supplier for the rest of the decade.
Having taken part in seven World Cups as a player and coach, Liza Burgess hopes to go out in style this afternoon when Wales take on Australia in the Play-off for seventh and eighth place in the Women's Rugby World Cup in Paris.

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Harlem Food bank to hold annual drive starting September 1st
August 29, 2018
The Harlem Food Bank will begin their drive to raise funds for the year after September 1, 2018. Town Pump again has offered to help. This year they have offered to give us $2000.00 in Matching Funds. They treat Food Banks very well in Montana and we surely thank them for their assistance.
We have been active in Harlem for 10 years and in the past year have given out over 29,000 pounds of food. We will be having Food Drives later this year. The community support in the past has been very good and we hope the support continues as there is a need to help those less fortunate.


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Fast food chain operator Yum Brands (YUM) reported first-quarter earnings lower than the prior year, but the owner of KFC, Pizza Hut and Taco Bell still beat Wall Street expectations.
Shares were sliding 2.9% to $101.42.
The Louisville, Kentucky-based company posted first-quarter net income of $262 million, or 83 cents a share, down from $433 million, or $1.27 a share, a year ago. Adjusted earnings were 82 cents a share, beating analysts' expectations of 81 cents. Revenue totaled $1.25 billion, down from $1.37 billion last year, but met Wall Street's estimate.
The primary reason for the difference in net income between the year ago quarter and the current quarter is the one-time refranchising gains that occurred in 2018, but were not expected in 2019, a company spokesman said.
Worldwide same-store sales rose 4%. KFC same-store sales increased 5%, Pizza Hut same-store sales broke even, and Taco Bell grew 4%. Analysts expected global same-store sales growth of 2.7%, with KFC growth of 3%, Pizza Hut growth of 0.4%. and Taco Bell growth of 4.6%.
"First-quarter results were a solid start to the year, reflecting particular strength at the KFC division and Taco Bell U.S.," said CEO Greg Creed in a statement. "With this quarter, we have a healthy foundation to help us achieve our 2019 guidance."
The company said its Grubhub investment hurt year-over-year earnings growth by 21 cents a share. Foreign currency translation unfavorably impacted divisional operating profit by $19 million. During the quarter, Yum said it repurchased 1.1 million shares totaling $106 million at an average price of $94.


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Understanding Public HealthSeries Editors: Nick Black and Rosalind RaineThere is an increasing global awareness of the inevitable limits of individual health care and of the need to complement such services with effective public health strategies.
Understanding Public Health is an innovative series of twenty books, published by Open University Press in collaboration with the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.
It provides self-directed learning covering the major issues in public health affecting low, middle and high income countries.
The series is aimed at those studying public health, either by distance learning or more traditional methods, as well as public health practitioners and policy makers.
ENVIRONMENTAL HEALTH POLICYEnvironmental health policy occupies a prominent position on both local and global agendas as old and new challenges confront the human race.
There is a continual requirement for policies which will deal effectively with a seemingly never-ending supply of hazards which impinge on health and wellbeing.
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Using a new satellite-based method, scientists at NASA, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and two universities have located 39 unreported and major human-made sources of toxic sulfur dioxide emissions.
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“Barbecue might be America’s most political food,” wrote the New Yorker earlier this year. The claim certainly applies to the 2018 race for Texas Agriculture Commissioner. Instead of farming or ranching issues, it’s Sid Miller’s recent history on barbecue that his Republican primary opponent, Trey Blocker, is using against him.
For some brief background, the Texas Department of Agriculture (TDA) launched a program called Operation Maverick in 2015 to enforce, among other things, the requirement that barbecue joint scales be certified and registered, a rule that hadn’t been enforced in the past. Backlash from small business owners resulted in House Bill 2029, aka the “Barbecue Bill,” during this year’s legislative session. The bill, which exempted barbecue joints (and yogurt shops) from the regulation, easily passed the Legislature and was signed into law by Gov. Greg Abbott in June. The TDA then revised the wording of the bill—which had exempted “food sold for immediate consumption”—by adding “on the premises” in the rewritten regulation. Those three new words meant that any barbecue joint selling food to-go was no longer exempt. The Texas Restaurant Association cried foul, and the TDA asked Attorney General Ken Paxton for a ruling that is forthcoming. This has all become fuel in a food fight between the candidates.
The first shot came a few weeks ago from Miller, who mocked Blocker for holding a fundraiser at a restaurant that served Nutella crepes. Miller acted as if he didn’t know what Nutella was, despite only seeing the “tella” portion of the word on the blackboard sign behind Blocker in a photo from the event (which, for the record, was held at the Old German Bakery & Restaurant in Fredericksburg).
Blocker fired back with a fundraising email that described Miller’s stance as a “war on Texas BBQ.” Now, calling a Texan anti-barbecue is about on par with calling them un-Texan, but Blocker didn’t stop there. Over the weekend, he followed up with two campaign videos focused squarely on barbecue.
The ads star three barbecue joint owners from around the state: Brent Harman, of Sonny Bryan’s Smokehouse; Skeeter Miller of County Line BBQ; and Mike Cotten of Cotten’s BBQ in Portland.
We’re not taking sides here, but I can’t help but relish in the fact that barbecue has taken center stage in a Texas political campaign. These might be the first political advertisements where the message is solely from pitmasters. There’s not even a voiceover from the candidate. Blocker’s name is simply shown at the end over barbecue being sliced on a cutting block.
There’s also the emotional response that each candidate is looking for in their food fight. Miller used the barb about Nutella crepes to question Blocker’s rural Texan bonafides, and Blocker shot back by weaponizing our favorite food. His claim that Miller is at war with our state’s beloved food is on par with accusing him of torching fields of bluebonnets. We’re awaiting Miller’s next move, lest he be labeled all hat and no brisket.


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Acclaimed bassist Robbie Shakespeare, who with drummer Sly Dunbar made up the legendary Jamaican rhythm section and production duo Sly and Robbie, died Wednesday at the age of 68, Jamaican newspaper The Gleaner reports.
According to the newspaper, Shakespeare had been suffering from kidney-related health issues and died in Florida, where he’d lived for the last few years.
Sly and Robbie first worked together in the Jamaican session group The Revolutionaries, and soon began collaborating as a musical duo and a production team. Their work is credited with revolutionizing the sound of reggae.
The reggae stars they worked with include Jimmy Cliff, Peter Tosh, Black Uhuru and Bunny Wailer. They also collaborated with a wide-ranging list of rock and pop artists, including Bob Dylan, Mick Jagger, Madonna, Jackson Browne, Joe Cocker, No Doubt, Grace Jones, Sinead O’Connor and Simply Red.
Olivia “Babsy” Grange, Jamaica’s minister of Culture, Gender, Entertainment and Sport, paid tribute to Shakespeare in her Twitter feed, writing, “Robbie and Sly Dunbar…have been among Jamaica’s greatest musicians. This fantastic team took bass playing and drumming to the highest level as they made music for themselves as a group and for many other artistes locally and internationally. Robbie’s loss will be severely felt by the industry at home and abroad. He will be sorely missed.”
In Rolling Stone‘s 2020 list of the “50 Greatest Bassists of All Time,” Robbie ranked #17. The magazine wrote of his and Dunbar’s musical contributions, “No other musical entity in the post-[Bob] Marley era has been so omnipresent in shaping the sound of Jamaica and bringing it to the world.”
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Events are moving rapidly to a possible new war involving Israel, the United States, Syria and Russia. Were it to take place, I honestly hope not, it would be yet another stupid war over oil. Only this oil war somehow feels far more dangerous than the US war against Iraq or Libya or previous oil wars. It’s about the part of Syria named the Golan Heights.
Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu was one of the first heads of government to go to the United States to meet Donald Trump on February 16, in Trump’s new role as President. After the event major media focused on the themes of Israeli settlements in the West Bank, the Iran nuclear deal or a Palestine two-state solution.
Virtually no mention was made by CNN or other US mainstream media of the most strategic point the two discussed. Netanyahu asked the US President to recognize the Israeli illegal occupation of Syria’s Golan Heights, something no US President has done since Israel openly declared it theirs in 1981.
What has unfolded in the region since Netanyahu’s February 16 Trump talks gives reason to believe the US and Netanyahu’s Israel covertly agreed to a strategy to allow Trump to recognize Israel as the de facto occupier of Golan Heights amid what they will call the growing chaos of the Syrian “civil war.”
Two weeks following Netanyahu’s Washington talks the Jerusalem Post wrote about the real issue discussed between the two leaders: “The biggest news to come out of Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu’s visit to Washington is not what’s grabbing most headlines. Rather, it’s his decision to ask the US to recognize Israel’s sovereignty over the Golan Heights.”
The Israeli paper went on to argue, “the risk of returning the Golan Heights should be measured against the fact that Iran is actively setting up another forward command along Israel’s border with Syria…Capitalizing on Netanyahu’s idea will help the US limit Russia’s reemergence as a Middle East power broker after a 40-year absence.”
Israel, in violation of the UN Charter, illegally occupied the Golan Heights after the Israeli army took it in the 1967 Six Days War. When Israel declared applicability of Israeli law in the territory and began Israeli settlements in a de facto act of annexation of Golan Heights in 1981, the UN Security Council passed UN Resolution §497, which declared that, “the Israeli decision to impose its laws, jurisdiction and administration in the occupied Syrian Golan Heights is null and void and without international legal effect.”
Until now the official US Government position has been that the Israeli occupation of the Golan Heights is a violation of the Fourth Geneva Convention’s prohibition on the acquisition of territory by force, and in contravention of the United Nations Security Council Resolution §242 passed in November, 1967 which mandates, “Withdrawal of Israeli armed forces from territories occupied in the recent (1967-w.e.) conflict.”
Location of the Syria Golan Heights annexed by Israel in 1981 in violation of UN Resolution 242
Some days after Netanyahu left Washington, in an OpEd in the Rupert Murdoch Wall Street Journal, Mark Dubowitz, Executive Director of the Washington pro-Israel think-tank, Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, argued that American recognition of Israel’s control of the Golan “would provide the Israeli government with a diplomatic win while helping the Trump administration signal to Russia and Iran that the US is charting a new course in Syria.” Dubowitz is an adviser to the Trump Administration on Iran and the Middle East. Other neo-conservative editorials echoed the theme. There is big change brewing in Washington and it looks ugly in terms of a possible US-backed war with Israel against Russia ally, Syria, over the Golan Heights. That immediately poses the question what Russia would do if it materializes.
Tillerson’s Strange ‘Global Coalition’
Against the backdrop of the Netanyahu talks on US recognition of Israel’s annexation of the Golan Heights, the ensuing events begin to make strategic sense, mad though they may be.
On March 22 in Washington US Secretary of State Rex Tillerson convened a US Ministerial conference of something the Trump Administration calls the Global Coalition Working to Defeat ISIS. The State Department said that a combined 68 nations and organizations were present. Washington explicitly stated that the three most important states with deep interest in defeating ISIS in Syria and the three parties essential to any serious move to dislodge ISIS in Syria– Russia, Iran and Syria–were not welcome. When asked, Secretary of State Tillerson quipped, “they’re not part of the global coalition.” Curious indeed.
In his remarks Tillerson declared that US policy of the Trump Administration will be to “the regional elimination of ISIS through military force. The military power of the coalition will remain where this fraudulent caliphate has existed in order to set the conditions for a full recovery from the tyranny of ISIS.” In other words, a US-led permanent occupation of the ISIS-controlled areas of Syria. That echoes a recent Pentagon RAND report calling for the permanent partition of Syria by Turkey, Syrian “opposition” and US.
Israeli intelligence, in a recent annual evaluation, concluded that Hezbollah was not interested in sparking a war in 2017, but it warned of the danger of a “dynamic of escalation” leading to conflict. The Times of Israel also reports that the Netanyahu government has drawn up something codenamed Operation Safe Distance in which “up to 250,000 civilians cleared out of border communities if they come under major attack by…Hezbollah.” That “dynamic of escalation” appears to be precisely what Netanyahu’s IDF is engaged in in the Golan Heights.
The next act in the clearly staged Netanyahu Golan Heights drama aimed at isolating Russia as defender of the Assad Syrian regime, was the illegal air strike by Israeli air force F-16 jets against a major site outside Damascus, Syria. Israel claimed the site was a Hezbollah weapons depot. Some hours alter on March 19 an Israeli drone hit a vehicle in the Golan Heights carrying Yasser al-Sayed who was killed on the spot. Sayed was reportedly a commander of a pro-regime militia and was close to Syrian President Bashar al-Assad. Bashar al-Assad responded to the Israeli strikes inside Syria by firing S-200 missiles at the Israeli air force planes.
When an Israeli Arrow air defense missile intercepted the Syrian SA-5 missile fired against the invading Israeli Air Force jets as they left Syria, Israel’s Defense Minister Avigdor Liberman declared to the press, Israel “will not hesitate” to destroy Syria’s air defense systems if that country ever again targets IAF jet fighters. That of course would bring Russia, provider of the Syrian air defense systems, into the developing fray.
DebkaFile.org, openly close to the Israeli military and Israeli intelligence, is claiming that Yasser al-Sayed was “on his way to join the Hezbollah forces” grouping at the Lebanon-Syria Golan Heights, under Iranian direction, preparing for a full war on Israel. DebkaFile writes, “Israel can be expected to intervene again to put a stop to this dangerous Russian-Iranian-Hezbollah ploy to exploit the turbulence in Syria for allowing Israel’s enemies to grab forward assault positions in Syria.”
A Revealing Moshe Dayan admission
Israel is carefully setting the propaganda stage that will now let it claim that a coalition of Russia, Iran, Syria and Hezbollah are preparing to forcefully retake the Syrian Golan Heights from the illegal Israeli occupiers. It’s a tried and tested Israeli IDF method of provoking an opponent, here Syria, then using the opponent’s predictable reaction to provocation as pretext for military strikes that escalate a confrontation they, the IDF, initiated in the first place.
In an off-record discussion with an Israeli journalist in 1976 before his death, Israeli General Moshe Dayan, who gave the order in the 1967 War to take the Golan Heights, admitted that it was deliberate Israeli provocations into Syrian Golan lands that gave Israel the manufactured pretext to invade and occupy.
Dayan told that to journalist Rami Tal, who kept his notes secret for 21 years until persuaded after Dayan’s death by Dayan’s daughter and others that it was important to publish the Dayan admission. The Israeli journalist wrote that when Tal claimed to Dayan that the Golan Heights were vital for Israeli security, Dayan interrupted him: “Never mind that. After all, I know how at least 80 percent of the clashes there started…It went this way: We would send a tractor to plow some area where it wasn’t possible to do anything, in the demilitarized area, and knew in advance that the Syrians would start to shoot. If they didn’t shoot, we would tell the tractor to advance farther, until in the end the Syrians would get annoyed and shoot. And then we would use artillery and later the air force also, and that’s how it was.”
Today a similar provocation game is clearly in motion with provocative illegal Israeli jet strikes near Damascus and drone attacks in Golan Heights. The new element this time is the decided more Israel-friendly stance of the Trump Administration compared to that of Obama.
But there is another element Dayan was not aware of in the Syrian Golan Heights. What no one is openly discussing is the treasure that Israel’s Netanyahu is lusting after in the Golan Heights–Oil, huge, recently-discovered reserves of black gold in the Golan Heights.
Genie Energy and Golan Oil
The Israeli subsidiary of a Newark, New Jersey oil company, Genie Energy, has been given permission to drill for oil on the Golan Heights.
As I noted in a piece published on NEO in 2015, Genie Energy is no “penny stock” run-of-the-mill oil company. Its board of Advisors includes Dick Cheney. It includes former CIA head and chairman of the above-mentioned Foundation for Defense of Democracies, James Woolsey. It includes Jacob Lord Rothschild of the London banking dynasty and a former business partner of convicted Russian oil oligarch, Mikhail Khodorkovsky. Before his arrest Khodorkovsky secretly transferred his shares in Yukos Oil to Rothschild.
Further this little-known Newark, New Jersey oil company board includes former US Energy Secretary Bill Richardson, pro-Israel media mogul and owner of Trump’s favorite Fox News TV, Rupert Murdoch. Also on the board are former Treasury Secretary Larry Summers and hedge fund billionaire Michael Steinhardt. Steinhardt, a philanthropic friend of Israel and of Marc Rich, is also a board member of Woolsey’s neo-con Foundation for the Defense of Democracies, which advises Trump among other things that it would be good for Washington to recognize Israel as legitimate owner of the Golan Heights lands taken by Dayan in the 1967 War.
The plot thickens indeed.
Genie Energy, tied to Netanyahu, to Trump, to a reportedly huge oil find in the illegally-occupied Syrian Golan Heights. Something very ugly is being brewed between Washington and Tel Aviv and Newark, New Jersey.
Genie Energy in 2013 was granted exclusive oil and gas exploration rights to a 153-square mile radius in the southern part of the Golan Heights by the Netanyahu government.
On October 8, 2015 only days after the surprise Russian announcement it had accepted the request of the elected Bashar al-Assad government to militarily intervene against ISIS, Al Qaeda and other terrorists in Syria, Genie Energy made a major announcement. Yuval Bartov, chief geologist from Genie Energy’s Israeli subsidiary, Afek Oil & Gas, told Israel’s Channel 2 TV that his company had found a major oil reservoir on the Golan Heights: “We’ve found an oil stratum 350 meters thick in the southern Golan Heights. On average worldwide, strata are 20 to 30 meters thick, and this is 10 times as large as that, so we are talking about significant quantities.”
On January 10, 2017, Genie Energy Ltd. announced it was creating a new company, Atid Drilling Ltd., an on-shore drilling services venture based in Israel to drill for oil in the Golan Heights among other places. They will expand the drilling by Genie Energy’s subsidiary Afek Oil & Gas which since the October, 2015 announcement has completed five exploratory wells in Golan Heights.
The creation of Atid Drilling by Genie confirms they are convinced based on the preliminary drilling results that there is something “big” in Golan. A month later, in mid-February soon after Trump is sworn in as President, Netanyahu flies to Washington to discuss US recognition of Israel’s annexation of Golan Heights.
A few weeks later, Israel violates the Syrian airspace in an act of war, escalating tensions over the Golan Heights. Then on March 22, in an appearance before the US Senate Defense Appropriations Committee, Defense Secretary James Mattis called for Congress to formally authorize use of US military force against ISIS/DAESH in Syria.
It is becoming increasingly clear than unless there is some very careful rethinking on the part of Washington and of Israel, we might find ourselves in another war for oil in of all places the Golan Heights, this one a war involving Syria, Russia, Iran, Lebanon’s Hezbollah on one side and Israel and Rex Tillerson’s 68 nation “anti-ISIS coalition” on the other side, another senseless war over control of oil.
F. William Engdahl is strategic risk consultant and lecturer, he holds a degree in politics from Princeton University and is a best-selling author on oil and geopolitics, exclusively for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook.”
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CT reverend says refugees need to vacate his church 'for their own safety'
Reverend Alan Storey says refugees living at the Central Methodist Church where he serves will hopefully leave the church next week.
I've been led to believe that they are planning to vacate from next week between Tuesday and Thursday. That is the hope.Rev Alan Storey, Methodist minister at the Central Methodist Mission
The clergyman says he is not evicting anyone. Instead, he asked them to respectfully leave after several "challenging" weeks.
Storey says he has spoken with the refugees who were involved in an altercation with a luxury hotel in Cape Town's city centre.
A group of foreign nationals has been living at the Methodist chapel for several weeks after being removed from outside of the UN Refugee Agency offices.
Women and children have been living inside the chapel off Greenmarket Square, while men have been sleeping outside in the surrounding areas.
On Tuesday, the hotel staff at 40 on Burg had an altercation with some of the men who refused to move away from the building.
The reverend says any threats of violence aimed at traders or businesses in the area are completely unacceptable.
It's completely unacceptable. I tried to address it, hopefully, today it has gone better.Rev Alan Storey, Methodist minister at the Central Methodist Mission
It continues to be a very tough and delicate situation.Rev Alan Storey, Methodist minister at the Central Methodist Mission
The reverend has asked refugees to vacate the church because of fire, health and safety risks as well as the negative impact on business and traders in the area.
He describes the situation as "tough and delicate".
I've been served with a notice to comply from the City of Cape Town fire department and health department. I am unable to comply while people are present.Rev Alan Storey, Methodist minister at the Central Methodist Mission
They need to vacate for their own safety.Rev Alan Storey, Methodist minister at the Central Methodist Mission
At the same time, the community of refugees is mourning the loss of four teenagers who drowned at Rocklands Beach in Sea Point.
It's understood that the children, from Burundi and the Democratic Republic of Congo, were a part of the refugee community living at the church.
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In Casting, German director Nicolas Wackerbarth takes us behind the scenes of a rather doomed film production. “The fun thing is that it’s actors playing actors. They all know this profession, they’re commenting on their own business – show business.”
The TV-film remake of Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant that the crew in Casting is working on, is not going well – to say the least. Director Vera is more at home on a documentary set, and can’t seem to make up her mind about anything on the set of her first fiction film. Meanwhile, actor Gerwin, who has been hired as a scene partner during the casting sessions for the actresses in the running for the main part, is trying to bend the production to his will.
While the film is largely the product of improvisations between the actors, there was a strong backbone before they started work, Wackerbarth tells us via Skype. “If you improvise, as a director you have the responsibility to provide a solid dramatic structure. Otherwise the actors get frustrated: they can bring you great material but they don’t know what’s the use of it. So we tried a lot of different things, testing the borders of how far we could go, but we always came back to basic outline of the script as it was written.”
The casting process for this film must have been quite a mindfuck – the casting of a casting for a casting…
“We didn’t really do a traditional casting, actually. It was more like rehearsals, or improv-sessions. None of the actors had a script or description of their part; there were no roles, no pressure to fulfill something specific. So actually casting was a lot of fun – the pressure was mostly on me, to make sure they had a target to aim at. I didn’t cast one actor after the other, I was always looking for an ensemble, because we would incorporate a lot of improvisation on set so it was important how they related to each other, the hierarchies between them.”
“The fun thing about the movie is that it’s actors playing actors. So that mindfuck of a casting of a casting is already in the movie – even more so because they’re making a remake of an old movie, and all these actors know this profession. They’re making comments about their own business, show business. So there are all these layers in the movie. That went even further when it turned into a TV production – no-one wanted to finance it for cinema. So we worked with a team from the TV station, people I didn’t know before – just like it happens in movie! Like Vera, I was a so-called auteur director now making something with a TV team, so there was a lot of irony in that.”
The character of Gerwin insinuates himself into the production, manipulating director Vera and other people. As a director, have you ever had to deal with an actor trying to take control?
“Oh sure, that’s everyday business, haha! To be an actor, you can’t just be a victim of circumstance, you have to be someone who can manage those circumstances – less successful actors can’t do that. If you want to make a living, you have to be nice to everyone and be flexible. That’s actually the reality of a lot of professions in our neoliberal society: always be nice, always be available. Everything is a sort of casting process, including social media.”
The crew in your film is remaking Rainer Werner Fassbinder’s The Bitter Tears of Petra von Kant. Why did you choose Fassbinder as a touchstone?
“He’s sort of a mythical filmmaker character, because of his wild life and relationships, because of the amount of movies and plays he made in such a short time, and also as political figure. What would a Fassbinder movie look like today? That’s very interesting to me. He was someone capable of making a political film right on time, reacting quickly to changes in society. That seems to be lacking in Germany now; no-one is doing that, for instance, with so-called refugee crisis – a crisis that is made up by the right wing media.”
“By the way, I don’t think you need any knowledge about him or the original play and film to enjoy Casting, although there are a lot of hidden details relating to the Fassbinder film. They share certain themes: how in a relationship, there’s always one who loves more, so the other has more power – both films deal with the abuse of power, patriarchal structures and power plays. But you can watch Casting without knowing anything; it’s definitely not a movie only for cinephiles.”
The improvised behind-the-scenes dialogue clashes beautifully against Fassbinder’s language in the scenes they are rehearsing. How did you find that balance?
“Fassbinder’s language is pretty tight and formal, very stylized. That’s also in the way it’s acted in his films, and the way he shoots. What we tried to do was the complete opposite: we use everyday, messy language and hand-held camerawork, kind of like a spectator on set experiencing it immediately. I think you can see a difference between our times – his Fassbinder’s characters are searching for alternative ways of living, they went to extremes in love and drugs, in this bohemian and experimental lifestyle. In my film, you see a more a neoliberal world, with no space for this experimentation in relationships. My main character just needs a job – he just wants to get some recognition, and he’s so focused on that that he doesn’t care about anything else. That’s goes for all the actors in the film, even the very experienced ones – they still need to come to the casting, that never stops. So they feel much more trapped than people were in the time when Fassbinder shot his melodramas. That’s what makes it a comedy.”


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Norway have quite a few world class jazz musicians, among them Terje Rypdal, Arild Andersen, Jon Christensen, Karin Krogh, Bugge Wesseltoft, Nils Petter Molvær and Eivind Aarseth. But there is liitle dispute that Jan Garbarek is in a special class, and has been since the mid 70s. He started playing in the 60’s, but his career got up to full speed with the collaboration with Keith Jarrett on the LP Belonging in 1974, and he has kept up since then. Last night and tonight he plays two sold out houses at Bærum Kulturhus, awith his band, nd I was there yesterday.
What characterizes Jan Garbarek first of all, is the tone of his saxophones – tenor and soprano. The tone is full bodied, clean, with no or lithe vibrato, and at once recognizable as his own. His melodies are usually soundscapes with an othen melancholy melody on top, he paints his melodies in an impressionistic way. There are many jazz saxophonists who play faster than Jan Garbarek, but very few who have as much soul in their playing.
My first contact with Jan Garbarek’s music was around 1972-73, when he had his own quartet with the Swedish pianist Bobo Stenson, Danish bassist Palle Danielsson and Norwegian drummer Jon Christensen. I saw them at jazz clubs in Oslo, and loved their LP, Witchi-Tai-To from 1973. Here was a definite departure from freebag jazz, with many different influences from contemporary jazz, from pop, rock and latin, specially in the rhythms, but also in some of the melodies.
The year after Witchi-Tai-To came Belonging, where Keith Jarrett replaced Bobo Stenson. The album is attributed to Keith Jarrett with “his European Quartet”, but I remember it just as much as Jan Garbarek’s album. Be that as it may be, but the album made a bigger audience recognice Jan Garbarek’s special tone and technique. Keith Jarrett’s song Long As You Know You’re Living Yours was paraphrased by Steely Dan in their song Gaucho from the album with the same name from 1980. Jan Garbarek and Keith Jarrett have cooperated on many other albums after Belonging. For me, Arbour Zena from 1975, was a revelation. Here the impressionistic technique in Keith Jarrett’s compositions of painting a lyrical foundation of sound over which the melody can elaborate freely is noticeable.
Jan Garbarek’s musicians at the concert yesterday is definitely worth a mention. Rainer Brüninghaus on keyboards has been a musical partner for a long time. The same goes for the Indian drummer and percussionist Trilok Gurtu, while bassist Yuri Daniel from Brazil is the newest member of the group, since Eberhardt Weber got sick and had to quit some years ago. The musicians are all high class soloists, but they perform as one unity when needed. It is a true joy to see and hear musicians of this eminence live.
The repertoire at the concert was a mix of music from several of Jan Garbarek’s albums over the years. Many of the pieces were also transformed and welded together with parts from different songs. With Garbarek’s tone and also strong influences from Norwegian traditional music, and Trilok Gurtu’s Indian background, much of the music can best be described as World Music. The song Stolt Öli is a good example of this, beng a traditional Norwegian songs with Trilok Gurtu’s Indian rhythm instruments as a natural flavor. Yuri Daniel also adds some exciting grooves to the music that makes many parts of the concert pure jazz rock.
Through the years Jan Garbarek has collaborated with most of who’s who in the jazz world, plus other masters like Keith Jarrett, John McLaughlin, Bade Fateh Ali Khan, Marilyn Mazur, George Russell, Egberto Gismonti, Charlie Haden, Manu Katché, The Hilliard Ensemble and Terje Rypdal. He has always gone his own ways musically, and has kept his genuine playing style all these years. It has been some time since I saw Jan Garbarek live, and I am glad I had the chance yesterday.
The concerts at the Bærum Kulturhus, just outside of Oslo, are the only two concerts in Norway on this tour. The next chance to see the quartet is in Germany in April. But they played at Maijazz in Stavanger two and a half years ago, and the whole concert, recorded by NRK, is available at YouTube. To me it seemed to be almost identical to the one I saw. Unfortunately Jan Garbarek’s record company, ECM has a policy of not releasing anything on the music streamings services, so if you don’t own or buy physical copies or buy the digital records at iTunes, there are few possibilities of hearing Jan Garbarek’s music.
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In Death Comes As the End, Dame Agatha Christie transports us back to ancient Egypt 2000 B.C.
. Choose your country's store to see books available for purchase. But at her father's house on the banks of the Nile, the priest's daughter Renisenb believes that the woman's death is suspicious. Emilia Fox, Narrated by: In Death Comes As the End, Dame Agatha Christie transports us back to ancient Egypt 2000 B.C.
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Beautiful young Elinor Carlisle stood serenely in the dock, accused of the murder of Mary Gerrard, her rival in love. Reviewed in the United States on March 19, 2020. Another great work by Christie! This Christie novel eschews her most famous detectives and although I'm fond of both Poirot and Miss Marple, it's good to leave them behind occasionally.
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One credit a month to pick any title from our entire premium selection to keep (you’ll use your first credit now). Christie gets the details of Egyptian life right! At the foot of a cliff lies the broken, twisted body of Nofret, concubine to a ka-priest. This is the first AC book I’ve read in years that was not a reread for me. But then you are sailing along with Ms. Christie's wonderful prose. It is Egypt in 2000 BC, where death gives meaning to life.
Price New from Used from Kindle "Please retry" $4.99 — — Audible Audiobook, Unabridged "Please retry" $0.00 . It is often said that Christie is good on plots and poor on characters. Between them, they were to solve a "perfect" crime committed many years before. Then after doing a search on Amazon I found it. . It's hard to have a poor Christie story. This title is due for release on July 3, 2012. At the foot of a cliff lies the broken, twisted body of Nofret, concubine to a ka-priest. Fortunately there is the kind and faithful Hori, her father's scribe, who promises to keep Renisenb safe, and then there is also the young, handsome Kameni, a visiting scribe from her father's northern estates, who takes a close interest in the beautiful Renisenb - but can Renisenb really trust anyone?
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A diversion that was to prove fatal. If you like these audio books, you can donate to me so that I have more motivation to upload more books.https://www.paypal.me/teamntIn this startling historical mystery, unique in the author's canon, Agatha Christie investigates a deadly mystery at the heart of a dissonant family in ancient Egypt.
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That wasn’t necessarily a bad thing, but I did feel it was kind of obvious who the killer was. Increasingly, she becomes convinced that the source of evil lurks within their household—and watches helplessly as the family's passions explode in murder. She excels at presently characters economically.
From Ka priests, to the names of people, to the descriptions of life on the Nile, she really did her research here. While playing an erratic round of golf, Bobby Jones slices his ball over the edge of a cliff. There are all the usual clues and red herrings that one comes to expect from an Agatha Christie murder but she also manages to evoke the atmosphere of the period making for a most unusual yet satisfying read. No Poirot, Miss Marple or Tommy and Tuppence in this story... and all the better for it! She's still my favourite author , and I highly recommend her novels! Get 1 credit every month to exchange for an audiobook of your choice, 22 books to get you out of your reading rut. True, the detective was ageing, but had his deductive instincts finally deserted him? DIsappointing, as this is the one of the three Christie mysteries included in the UK crime writers top 100 list. See all formats and editions Hide other formats and editions. where a priest’s daughter, investigating a suspicious death, uncovers an asp’s nest of jealousy, betrayal, and serial murder.. I looked for it for years but couldn't remember the name. Infuriatingly, just as he was about to show her a snapshot of this acquaintance, the Major was suddenly interrupted. In Death Comes As the End, Dame … The book spends too much time with the mundane, but the ending is quite satisfactory, and the setting certainly unusual and exotic for a Christie novel. At the foot of a cliff lies the broken, twisted body of Nofret, concubine to a ka-priest. Between plot setup and those Egyptian character names, the first few chapters are heavy going. Please review your cart.
Reviewed in the United Kingdom on August 12, 2020. Eight alarm clocks were set to go off, one after the other, starting at 6:30 a.m. When her lifeless body is discovered at the foot of a cliff, Imhotep's own flesh and blood become the apparent conspirators in her shocking murder.
Young, beautiful, and venomous, most agree that it was fate—she deserved to die like a snake! All Rights Reserved.
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What made the experience of listening to Death Comes as the End the most enjoyable? Tell readers what you thought by rating and reviewing this book. You will be able to unsubscribe at any time. It's free and yours to keep. Before long Nofret has upset and angered almost everyone around her - including Renisenb's boastful brother Sobek and his placid wife Kait, and even Renisenb's gentle elder brother Yahmose and his shrewish wife, Satipy, and subsequently life becomes very difficult for the whole family. Christie's penetrating psychology, effectively applied in ancient Egyptian setting, Reviewed in the United States on April 16, 2020. Please type in your email address in order to receive an email with instructions on how to reset your password. © Copyright 2011 - 2020 RB Audiobooks USA LLC. I only remembered that it was sent in Ancient Egypt ,& was one of the best books that I could remember reading some 65 years ago , this & " And Then There Were None " set me off on a Christie binge that has lasted through the years....highly recommended . Bring your club to Amazon Book Clubs, start a new book club and invite your friends to join, or find a club that’s right for you for free. Click here for a list of interest-specific sites grouped by category.
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[Agatha Christie; Jenny Funnell; John Foley] -- It is 2000 BC in Egypt and Imhotep the Ka-Priest brings home his beautiful concubine Nofret. Young, beautiful, and venomous, most agree that it was fate—she deserved to die like a snake! where a priest’s daughter, investigating a suspicious death, uncovers an asp’s nest of jealousy, betrayal, and serial murder. Motivation is everything in this book. Agatha Christie’s acclaimed novel of anger, jealousy, betrayal and murder in Ancient Egypt, is now available as unabridged audio.It is Egypt, 2000 BC, where death … .
To calculate the overall star rating and percentage breakdown by star, we don’t use a simple average. The links will take you to the Website's homepage. Imhotep, wealthy landowner and priest of Thebes, has outraged his sons and daughters by bringing a beautiful concubine into their fold. Ms. Christie's husband was an archaeologist and she herself actively worked on many archaeological sites in the Middle East.
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Railroad work is definitely among jobs at risk for injury; in fact, many consider it one of the most dangerous jobs in the nation. Connecticut railroad workers may relate to the devastation often caused to employees and families when railroad accidents occur. While Amtrak service is generally considered safe, the rail company has had its share of serious collisions over the years.
A recent tragedy occurred in the nation’s capital when two railroad workers disembarked a locomotive to check on a particular problem. They workers were then struck by an oncoming Amtrak train. The National Transportation Safety Board immediately launched an investigation to determine the exact cause of the tragic situation.
Sadly, neither man survived his injuries. One of the workers was a conductor, the other a trainee. The CSX workers had been told that there may be a problem with the wheels on their train, which is what prompted them to exit the train and investigate the matter near Washington D.C.’s Union Station. The particular location where the CSX train had stopped includes four track lines that come together.
The Amtrak train that struck the workers was carrying more than 120 passengers at the time. All of the passengers on the train escaped injury in the crash. Amtrak officials say the train was in the process of slowing down when the accident occurred.
Train service in the area was delayed for approximately 10 hours after the accident. It was then resumed with certain speed restrictions in the area. Families of workers killed in railroad accidents often have long roads ahead as they sift through painful details of their loved ones’ final moments and seek recovery for their losses. Many Connecticut residents turn to experienced attorneys for help in such circumstances, either under the Federal Employers Liability Act or through third party wrongful death litigation in civil court.
Source: The Washington Post, “Amtrak restores limited service after rail operators were fatally struck on D.C. tracks“, Dana Hedgpeth, Luz Lazo, June 28, 2017


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COVID-19 in Bulgaria: 3327 New Cases, 98 Have Died in Last 24h
531 129 are the total confirmed cases of coronavirus in Bulgaria. This is shown by data from the National Information System. The new cases for the past 24 hours are 3 327.
55 458 are the active cases in the country. During the past 24hrs, 19,059 tests have been performed, making them a total of 5,027,251. Of the medical staff, 14,938 have been infected, including 4,204 doctors, 5,013 nurses, 2,560 paramedics and 310 paramedics.
5,707 are cases of people with COVID-19 who are hospitalized in the country, of which 487 are in intensive care units. 453,667 people were cured, of which 1,836 in the last 24 hours.
The number of deaths from coronavirus in Bulgaria is 22,004, and 98 people died in the last 24 hours. The number of doses administered against COVID-19 in Bulgaria is already 2,607,096, with 5,563 newly registered vaccinated during the past 24 hours. 86.74% of the cases during the day were not vaccinated, and during the last 24h 95.92% of the dead were not vaccinated. 723 are newly admitted to hospital, and 89.63% of them have not been vaccinated.
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Archives of Gynecology and Obstetrics, vol.306, no.3, pp.745-752, 2022 (SCI-Expanded)
© 2021, The Author(s), under exclusive licence to Springer-Verlag GmbH Germany, part of Springer Nature.Purpose: To give a report on the experience of our tertiary perinatology clinic on the pre- and postnatal management of the right aortic arch (RAA) by evaluating the patients as isolated and non-isolated RAA. Materials and methods: Patients referred to our perinatology clinic for fetal echocardiography were evaluated retrospectively. They were assessed in two groups: isolated RAA and non-isolated RAA. The isolated RAA group consisted of patients without any additional cardiac or extracardiac anomalies. According to our routine practice, all patients received detailed prenatal ultrasonography following fetal echocardiography and genetic counseling. Results: A total of 60 patients were evaluated. 38 patients (63.3%) presented with additional cardiac anomalies. 21.7% had extracardiac anomalies, including 16.7% who also had cardiac anomalies. In 2 patients (3.7%) 22q11.2 microdeletion, in 2 patients (3.7%) trisomy 21, in 1 patient (1.9%) trisomy 13 and in 1 patient (1.9%) 20p12.1p11.23 (a deletion of 2880 kbp) were reported. The most common cardiac anomaly associated with RAA was Tetralogy of Fallot (25%). Fetal growth restriction was reported in 8.3% of the cases. 18 patients had isolated RAA. 16 out of the 18 patients had normal genetic analysis. 2 of them (11.11%) presented with a 22q11.2 microdeletion. Conclusion: A single-center experience on the diagnosis and management of RAA has been reported in this study. The results indicate that a prenatal cardiac evaluation in 3VV is of utmost importance in all pregnancies to detect RAA and refer these patients to the appropriate perinatology clinics for further evaluation and care.