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Plan Your Fall Coastal Getaway
As fall approaches, there is no better time to escape to a seaside destination that still offers up fresh saltwater air without the seasonal crowds. Fortunately, the Christie’s International Real Estate network spans both coasts and beyond, so we spoke with some Christie’s International Real Estate Affiliate owners and agents in coastal destinations to get their expert opinion on what they love about the places they call home – and sell homes.
Cape Cod, Massachusetts
Joanna Dresser with LandVest Christie’s International Real Estate and Doug Grattan with Christie’s International Real Estate Atlantic Brokerage are both partial to Cape Cod. Dresser, a Mattapoisett, Massachusetts resident, noted that during the off-season, the towns within the Cape are far more manageable to navigate as there is less traffic. Adding that the water is still warm into October, she said “Cape Cod National Seashore is a must!”
A resident of the Cape since 2005, Grattan said, “The ocean air everywhere makes for a very positive vibe.” Some of his favorite towns include Chatham, Provincetown, Nantucket and Osterville. For a stay that is second-to-none, he recommends the Chatham Bars Inn or the White Elephant on Nantucket. Grattan added that Provincetown – or P-Town, as it’s affectionately known – is a renowned mecca for artists, musicians and actors and features world-class dining including The Mews Restaurant & Café.
Newport, Rhode Island
Newport natives Leslie Hogan and Matt Hadfield are the co-owners of Hogan Associates Christie’s International Real Estate, and their affinity for Newport goes beyond their love of the local real estate market. According to Hogan and Hadfield, there is plenty to do throughout autumn, including the Newport International Boat Show and Bowen’s Wharf Seafood Festival – which serves up the area’s most celebrated seafood dishes. The Vanderbilt Hotel offers exquisite lodging for your stay, and Hogan added Thames Street Kitchen (tsk) is the perfect spot for locally sourced fare with a unique twist on classic cuisine.
Northern New Jersey
Head “down the shore” to discover the quaint Northern New Jersey gems of Rumson, Fair Haven, Sea Bright, Little Silver, and Red Bank. Elaine Eadon, with Christie’s International Real Estate Northern New Jersey, recommends as much outdoor activity as possible when visiting the area and said surfing, boogie boarding, fishing, crabbing and boating remain popular in autumn. For those who prefer the land, Gateway National Recreation Area offers 27,000 acres filled with activities, including the still-functioning Sandy Hook Lighthouse – now an over-200-year-old National Historic Landmark.
The Sunshine State
From West Palm to the Panhandle, Florida is home to a number of beautiful destinations. Born and raised in West Palm Beach, Liz Nunes with Illustrated Properties Christie’s International Real Estate said there’s a plethora of options in the area. Just south of Jupiter in Juno Beach, the Loggerhead Marinelife Center focuses on turtle research, rescue and rehab. In Jupiter, the Jupiter Inlet Lighthouse & Museum is a popular attraction. For those visiting from Chicago, Nunes recommends 1000 North, an upscale restaurant owned by the legend himself, Michael Jordan.
If it’s the Gulf of Mexico you prefer, WaterColor, Seaside or Rosemary Beach are the places to be. Adam Miller with Christie’s International Real Estate Go to the Beach said Midwesterners have always been attracted to the panhandle oasis “for its slower pace, impeccable white sand beaches and emerald water.” Miller added that The Pearl or WaterColor Inn both offer charming accommodations in these newly-designed, urban-based seaside towns.
Head up the jaw-dropping Highway One for the ultimate Northern California experience. From breathtaking views in Big Sur to surfing in Santa Cruz, Tom Brezsny of Christie’s International Real Estate Sereno says you won’t be disappointed. He added the outdoor adventures along the coast are endless whether you choose to kayak in Elkhart, hike the Corralitos Wine Trail or bike to the Point Pinos Lighthouse. If you have a penchant for golf, look no further than Pebble Beach.

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Recently, FLATT celebrated the launch of its 7th book at The National Arts Club in Gramercy. FLATT is a platform that recognizes creative talent across all disciplines and embraces philanthropy for the arts. Notable attendees at the event included Debbie Harry, DJ Miss Guy, Maggie Norris, Angela Bernhard, Anel Pa, Dianne Bernhard, Wynter Gordon, Q-Tip, Alexis Ray Joel, Elle Dee, Consequence, Fab 5 Freddy, and Christina Lessa. Guests enjoyed Prosecco, Hennessy V.S, Melissa Cupcakes, and an assortment of small bites. Christina Lessa, FLATT’s Editor-in-Chief, gave a brief speech welcoming guests and paying tribute to the incredible lineup of artists included in the brand’s 7th book. Debbie Harry also spoke briefly, expressing her gratitude for being recognized by FLATT.
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How risk leaders should adapt to the 2022 workplace
For most organisations responding well to the impact of the pandemic was the biggest challenge of the past year. Managing new ways of working, crises in the supply chain, cyber risk, hiring and engaging people, and the Great Resignation have been some of the most important concerns for leaders.
The growing focus on ESG risks means many organisations are already recognising the importance of understanding how they contribute to society and the obligations they have to people in their community, whether work colleagues or part of the wider ecosystem. This translates into a renewed focus on Equity, Diversity, and Inclusion as a driver of sustainable performance and a growing debate about the role of organisations in the fight for social justice.
I wanted to start the year by asking what this means for risk leaders and what they need to do to ready themselves for the challenges of 2022? I propose four key development areas:
Reshape yourself as an inclusive leader
The key change risk leaders need to make to create an agile and adaptive performance culture in their workplace and teams is to become more inclusive as a leader.
Creating a community where all members are valued for what they bring means listening much more carefully to what people have to say, encouraging people to share their perspectives, and engaging with challenging conversations on the things that really matter to people at work and in their lives.
Your new favourite question as a leader should be “what do you think?”.
Engage and collaborate
Successful risk management now requires a multi-disciplinary and collaborative approach with a deep capacity to experiment, share, and make sense of a changing world. In an increasingly hybrid and connected world of work, risk leaders need to engage consciously and deliberately to create agile networks that provide insight, drive performance, and support high levels of employee engagement.
Risk leaders need to plan how to cultivate relationships and build networks both within their organisations and externally.
Your new favourite question as a leader should be “how can I help?”
Explore the unknown
Our common experience of the past two years teaches us all that the world is complex and unpredictable. The model of a leader who knows the answer and directs their people on what to do is increasingly anachronistic. Problems are no longer mostly technical, and leaders don’t have answers to complex, adaptive challenges. Most leaders aren’t great at learning about new things. They tend to operate in confirmatory bubbles, and many see ‘knowing the answer’ as part of their authority.
Becoming curious about the things you don’t know can therefore seem quite difficult, and it requires humility and a real desire to learn and understand. As a leader this also means creating space for uncertainty and experimentation in your teams.
Your new favourite question as a leader should be “what am I missing?”.
Focus on skills and education
Preparing your organisations and workforces for post pandemic changes means focusing not only on practical changes to the workplace but a whole set of challenges about building the right culture, skills, and capabilities. This requires careful calibration of the role of leaders and what is changing in your expectations of your people.
Preparing your staff now, through training, education, qualification, and skill building will help them maximise the post pandemic recovery and support new strategic directions. Prioritising staff training, retention, and career growth is much more cost effective than recruiting for new positions, retains institutional knowledge, and creates a high level of staff engagement, commitment, and loyalty.
Your new favourite question as a leader should be “how can I help you learn and grow?”

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Australia: Australian Federal Government has backed GIS People and their ground-breaking rapid damage assessment technology by awarding us a grant of just under $500,000 through the Accelerating Commercialization program.
This represents the single largest grant ever awarded to a spatial company in Australia.
Accelerating Commercialization, developed under the Australian Government Department of Industry, Innovation and Science, allows businesses, entrepreneurs and researchers to commercialize novel products, processes and services with significant market potential. The grants help businesses turn good ideas into marketable products through activities such as trials, upscaling and connecting with new markets. So far, 311 Australian businesses have benefited from commercialization funding through the Entrepreneurs’ Programme.
GIS People Founder and CEO Igor Stjepanovic is incredibly proud of what’s been achieved: “We are thrilled to see the Australian Government back our growing business. This is a massive vote of confidence, coming at the right time in our growth cycle.
“Traditionally, the geospatial industry in Australia comprises of software and hardware resellers, selling products invented and created overseas. I firmly believe that given our pool of innovative spatial thinkers in Australia, our focus should be on creating our own intellectual property and exporting that wealth of knowledge to the rest of the world.
The real-time software solution developed by GIS People has the potential to completely reinvent the way insurance companies and government agencies deal with post-disaster situations. Recently battle tested during Cyclone Debbie, RADAR saved the Queensland Government millions of dollars. Additionally, we’ve partnered with Microsoft, DigitalGlobe, NACo and several other organizations to take our award-winning product global.”

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2018 witnessed many top stars films in the south and let us see the top 10 highest grosser films of South in the year.
Rajinikanth's 2.0 directed by Shankar turned out to be Asia's most expensive film made with Rs 540crs budget. The film which is attracting everyone with extravagant graphics and the powerful message to the society till now collected Rs 710 crs gross and is still going strong at the box office. It crossed the collections of all the films in 2018 to become the top grosser.
Vijay's powerful political entertainer Sarkar directed by Murugadoss collected Rs 139crs share and Rs 257crs gross across the world. The film is made with a budget of Rs 115crs.
Ram Charan, Sukumar's Rangasthalam made with Rs 50cs budget collected a whopping Rs 215.7crs gross and Rs 125.2crs share at the box office.
Bharat Ane Nenu
Mahesh Babu, Koratala Shiva's Bharat Ane Nenu made with Rs 70crs budget collects Rs 210 crs gross and Rs 105crs share across the world.
Rajinikanth's Kala directed by PA. Ranjith is made with a budget of Rs 135crs. The film collected Rs 165crs gross and Rs 85crs share only at the box office.
NTR-Trivikram's action entertainer Aravinda Sametha Veera Raghava collected a worldwide share of Rs 155 crs and a share of Rs 90.7 crs. The film is made with a budget of Rs 65crs.
Vijay Devarakonda-Parasuram's Geeta Govindam made with a budget of Rs 12crs collected Rs 126crs gross across the world. It collected Rs 70.1crs gross. This film got the highest profit in the south in 2018.
Surya's Gang directed by Vignesh Sivan made with Rs 50crs budget raked in Rs 95crs gross and Rs 48.4 crs share.
Pawan Kalyan, Trivikram's Agnyaathavaasi made with Rs 90crs collected only Rs 93crs gross and with just Rs 57.5crs share, the film landed in huge losses.
Naa Peru Surya
Allu Arjun-Vakkantam Vamsi's Naa Peru Surya-Naa Illu India made with Rs 65cs budget got only Rs 92crs gross across the world. It had only 53.8crs share and landed in flops zone.

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On the corner of 13th Avenue and 52nd Street, a network of men who care about the well-being of Kenosha’s central city are getting more than just haircuts.
State Republicans have already signaled plans to scrap the Democratic governor's budget and draft their own from scratch
The legislation would give the Legislature a greater say over state of emergency declarations.
The ballot includes questions on a carbon tax, an oil pipeline and high-capacity wells as well as hunting of albino deer and fish bag limits.
On this episode of Rewind: Your Week in Review, WisconsinEye host and Capital Times reporter Briana Reilly and WisPolitics.com editor JR Ross …
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- Discuss the advantages of a database management approach to the file processing approach? Give examples to illustrate your answer.
- Outline the benefits and limitations of the relational database model for business applications today?
- How will wireless information appliances and services affect the business use of the Internet and the Web? Explain.
- What are some of the business benefits and management challenges of client/server networks? Network computing? Peer-to-peer networks?
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Dáil Éireann - Volume 638 - 27 September, 2007
Written Answers. - Road Safety.
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Deputy David Stanton asked the Minister for Transport and the Marine the incentives he is putting in place to encourage cyclists to wear  helmets; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [21363/07]
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Deputy Noel Dempsey: The consensus of public authorities concerned with road safety has been that the wearing of helmets by cyclists is best promoted on a voluntary basis by way of educational and publicity campaigns as opposed to going down the regulation route of compelling compulsory use.
Under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006 (Conferral of Functions) Order 2006 (S.I. No 477 of 2006) the Road Safety Authority has now responsibility for the promotion and awareness of road safety including the promotion of safety for cyclists.
The new Rules of the Road book that was published last March and a copy distributed to each household countrywide contains expanded advice and recommendations to cyclists in relation to the use of protective equipment and recommends that a helmet be worn at all times.
Dáil Éireann 638 Written Answers. Road Safety.

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Browse our collection of overhead rod and reel combos to find your ideal equipment at great everyday prices, and get ready to battle those big fish.
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If you're looking to add an overhead rig to complement your spinning tackle or want get into offshore fishing with a strong setup that will last a long time, check out Anaconda's overhead combos. We offer a selection of high performance overhead reels with matching graphite rods that offer great overall balance from Shimano and Penn at great prices.
Overhead Combos for Heavy Lures, Heavy Lines and Big Fish
For big game fish or any sort of heavy lifting, overhead combos are a great choice. With an overhead reel, you can crank as much as you want while a fish is running away with your line without having to worry about your line getting twisted and eventually breaking off like it would with a spinning reel.
Overhead reels, also known as bait casters or conventional reels, have stronger drag systems compared to a lot of spinning reels. Drag systems prevent your line from freely rolling off the reel when you get a bite, and instead lets off the line slowly with constant pressure that you can manually set, which helps to tire out the fish. If you hook a fish that's heavier than what your line is rated for, drag systems also help prevent the line from snapping by slowly letting out the line to compensate for the extra weight of the fish. Here at Anaconda, you can get overhead combos with either lever drag or star drag systems, which are different mechanisms for adjusting drag settings.
Heavy lures and live bait are easier to cast and control with an overhead combo. Since the line rolls directly off the spool in an overhead reel, there is more tension in the line which prevents the lure from tumbling in the air and losing momentum as you're casting. With an overhead reel, you'll get better casting accuracy, and you can drop your lure in places where a spinning reel will have difficulty reaching.
Trolling with Overhead Combos
Overhead rod and reel combos are also the natural choice for trolling or boat fishing, primarily because the rods with the reels on top are better suited to being left in rod holders. And as mentioned earlier, your line won't twist and break when a fish drags your line while your rig is left unattended. When it comes time to reel in a big fish, overhead combos are easier to use with a gimbal. The reels also have bait clickers which sound off whenever you get a bite, which is an invaluable feature when the fishing rod is left in the rod holder.
Overhead reels also have the capacity to hold larger spools of line while still being relatively lightweight and less bulky than equivalent spinning reels. This allows you to let your line out into deeper water and catch fish wherever they are.
The fishing rods packaged with our overhead combos are designed specifically for overhead reels. Each overhead rod is matched with the included overhead reel to provide good balance while you're casting bait, trolling or landing fish.
Overhead rods have smaller eyelets or guides for the line to go through, and will also have more guides than a spinning rod. The guides are attached on the top of the backbone in line with the reel.
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Governmental leaders from virtually all levels in New York have come out in opposition to the federal tax reform bill, and now the Port Jefferson Village board can be added to the list.
The village passed a resolution at its Nov. 20 board meeting “expressing its strong opposition to any federal tax reform legislation that would eliminate or limit access to the state and local tax deduction.” The SALT deduction, which was enacted about 100 years ago, is a provision that in the past, through federal tax returns, gave a portion of tax dollars back to individuals in higher income and property tax states like New York, New Jersey and California to avoid “double taxation.” The deduction was eliminated in the House version of the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, which the body passed Nov. 16, for individuals’ income taxes, and limited property tax deductions to $10,000. The Senate’s version of the bill, which has not been voted on yet, completely eliminates all SALT deductions. Both the House and Senate versions double the (married filing jointly) standard deduction from $12,000 to $24,000. The bill has been touted by President Donald Trump (R) and other members of Republican leadership as a massive tax cut for middle class families.
“We’re going to get whacked,” Village Mayor Margot Garant said of the bill during the board meeting.
New York’s income tax rate is among the highest in America, with members of the top tax bracket paying 8.82 percent in 2017. On average, the state income tax deduction for New Yorkers making between $50,000 and $200,000 in annual income for the 2015 tax year was between $4,049 and $9,330. The same group of earners deducted on average between $5,869 and $8,158 over the same time period in state and local real estate taxes. The 2015 tax year is latest year with available data according to the Urban-Brookings Tax Policy Center, an organization that provides independent analysis of tax policy.
“New York residents already send $41 billion more to the federal treasury than the federal government returns to New York,” the village resolution reads. “The state and local tax deduction is a fundamental principle of federalism and without it our residents would be faced with double taxation, as they would be forced to pay federal income taxes on the taxes they must pay to state and local governments.”
Garant joined New York Gov. Andrew Cuomo (D), New York’s U.S. Sens. Chuck Schumer (D) and Kirsten Gillibrand (D), U.S. Rep. Tom Suozzi (D-Glen Cove), and U.S. Reps. Lee Zeldin (R-Shirley) and Peter King (R-Seaford) in opposing the bill. Zeldin and King were among 13 Republicans in the House to vote “no” on the bill, with 227 voting to pass it.
“I view the elimination of the SALT deduction as a geographic redistribution of wealth, picking winners and losers,” Zeldin said in a statement. “The proposal taxes additional funds from a state like New York in order to pay for deeper tax cuts elsewhere. For anyone who incorrectly argues that the rest of the country subsidizes our state, I would point out that New York is a net contributor to the federal coffers with regards to both tax policy and spending policy and that is even with the SALT deduction.”
According to www.censusreporter.org, about 62 percent of Port Jefferson Village residents earn between $50,000 and $200,000 in annual salary.
The Senate is expected to vote on the bill shortly after Thanksgiving.
This post was updated Nov. 29 to correct the income tax and mortgage tax deduction amounts under the two bills.


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Here are Duende readers’ favourite 10 posts of 2017. They range from Yellowstone National Park and Galapagos Packing Lists to Tudor Revival Mansions in Northeast Ohio and Memphis street art. Enjoy!
Creative Corners: Things to do in Pittsburgh
Where to find art, architecture and creativity in the City of Bridges – Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
Yellowstone Packing List
My recommended packing list for a summer Yellowstone vacation, with a checklist to download and print.
Galapagos Packing List – Island-Hopping Style
My guide to packing for an April, land-based trip to the Galapagos Islands.
Things Travellers Forget to do Before Leaving Home
Avoid vacation regret with these 15 essential things that travellers forget to do before they leave home, including a downloadable checklist.
Grand Teton and Yellowstone Summer Road Trip Guide
This summer road trip guide will assist those planning well in advance—which I highly recommend—but also those who are doing things relatively last minute.
Art on the Street: Memphis, Tennessee
Street art highlights from three days discovering the birthplace of blues on foot.
Not For Us Alone – A Tudor-Revival Mansion in Northeast Ohio
This is the story of a rubber magnate, his family and his home – a custom designed and built Tudor revival mansion in Northeast Ohio.
How to Wear a Sarong
In this post, we share how to wear the summer staple and why it’s a must-pack for any traveller.
The Journey to Spiral Jetty, Utah
My journey to a remote Utah location to experience a work of art few know exist.
Duende on the Darling Downs
Endless sunflowers, heritage architecture and even a little Mary Poppins from my road trip across the Darling Downs in Australia.


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Senate UNANIMOUSLY votes down Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal 57-0 with high profile Democrats joining Republicans to show their disapproval for the radical plan as she charges the GOP with wrecking the world
- The Senate roundly rejected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal as expected on Tuesday with not a single senator voting 'yes'
- The final Senate vote was 57 nays and 43 present
- Most of the Democrats voted 'present' in protest
- Ocasio-Cortez argued she encouraged the senators to vote 'present'
- Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin of West Virginia; Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona; and Doug Jones of Alabama all voted no as did Independent Sen. Angus King
- Senate GOP Leader Mitch McConnell staged a show vote on Green New Deal
- The move was designed to put Democrats on the record about the progressive plan, in a vote Republicans can exploit later for political purposes
- Earlier Tuesday, Ocasio-Cortez slammed Republican Sen. Mike Lee, who mocked her Green New Deal in a speech on the Senate floor
- 'If this guy can be Senator, you can do anything,' she tweeted
- Lee, in a colorful speech, used a variety of photos to make his point
- Lee claimed the deal would ban airplanes and leave Hawaii to use 'a massive fleet of giant, highly trained sea horses' to get around
The Senate roundly rejected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal as expected on Tuesday with not a single senator voting 'yes' for the progressive star's signature policy initiative.
Ocasio-Cortez defended herself after the defeat and argued she encouraged the Democratic senators to vote 'present' instead of in the affirmative.
'I encouraged them to vote present, along w/ others. McConnell tried to rush the #GreenNewDeal straight to the floor without a hearing. The real question we should be asking: Why does the Senate GOP refuse to hold any major hearings on climate change?,' the self-described socialist explained in a tweet responding to the lack of Democratic votes.
'The GOP’s climate delaying is costing us lives + destroying communities. Iowa, Nebraska & many in the Midwest are catastrophically flooded right now, in one of the 1st major climate change disasters of 2019. A #GreenNewDeal urges us to pursue a plan on the scale of the problem,' she added.
Democrats slammed Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for holding a 'sham' vote on the matter - it was a non-binding resolution, meaning it had no force of law, and needed 60 votes to advance in the legislative process, which was an impossible task given Democrats only have 47 votes in their corner.
Most of the Democrats voted 'present' in protest while Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin, who represents the red state of West Virginia; Kyrsten Sinema of Arizona; and Doug Jones of Alabama voted no, as did Independent Sen. Angus King of Maine, who caucuses with Democrats.
The final vote was 57 nays and 43 present.
The final Senate vote was 57 nays and 43 present
The Senate roundly rejected Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal as expected on Tuesday with not a single senator voting 'yes'
Ocasio-Cortez defended herself after the failed Senate vote
Democratic Sens. Joe Manchin (left), who represents the red state of West Virginia; Kyrsten Sinema (right) of Arizona were among the 'no' votes
Republican Sen. Mike Lee mocked The Green New Deal on the Senate floor Tuesday
Sen. Lee brought a variety of props and photos to make his point
Ahead of the vote, Democrats and Republicans exchanged bitter words on the Senate floor while Ocasio-Cortez slammed the Republican senator who mocked her Green New Deal in a speech that used props and photos - including one of a Aquaman riding seahorse - to make his point.
'If this guy can be Senator, you can do anything,' she said via Twitter, retweeting a tweet with photos and comments from Sen. Mike Lee's floor speech making fun of her signature program.
'GOP Senators are using their Congressional allowances to print Aquaman posters for themselves to argue that a #GreenNewDeal saving our nation from climate change is a 'waste of money,'' she also tweeted, adding an emoji of laughing face.
Lee, in a colorful speech, used a variety of photos to make his point, including Aquaman on a sea horse, Ronald Reagan and a dinosaur, a still from the 'Star Wars' franchise of Luke Skywalker riding a tauntaun, and cows.
'After reading the Green New Deal I'm afraid of not being able to get through this speech with a straight face,' he said as he began his remarks.
He claimed the Green New Deal wants to eliminate airplanes - a likely reference to its goal to end reliance on fossil fuels - and suggested states like Hawaii would have to use a fleet of sea horses to travel instead.
Standing next to a large photo of Aquaman riding a sea horse, Lee noted: 'Under the Green New Deal, this is probably Hawaii's best bet.'
He conceded that 'a massive fleet of giant, highly trained sea horses would be cool, it would be really awesome. But we have no idea about scalability or domestic capacity.'
Lee claimed his floor speech which propelled him into a Twitter trending topic, was meant to illustrate how silly he believes the non-binding resolution to be.
The Republican senator from Utah even claimed that 'problems of human imagination are not solved by more laws, they’re solved by more humans, more people.’
'The solution to climate change is not this unserious resolution we’re considering this week in the Senate but rather the serious solution to human flourishing. The solution to so many of our problems at all times and in all places is to fall in love, get married, and have some kids,' he added.
Rep. Ocasio-Cortez argued she encouraged the senators to vote 'present'
Sen. Mike Lee claimed his speech was to show how silly he thinks the resolution is
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell will stage a show vote on Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez's Green New Deal
Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez slammed the majority leader for holding a 'bluff vote'
McConnell put the vote on the calendar to force Democrats, including a slew of 2020 presidential contenders, to go on the record about the progressive plan in a vote that he knew would fail.
But Democrats' countered his maneuver with one of their own: voting 'present' - which does not count towards or against passage but does contribute to the quorum, meaning the lawmaker does not have a missing vote on their record.
Democratic Sen. Ed Markey of Massachusetts, the principle sponsor of the legislation in the Senate, called McConnell's move a 'sham.'
He said Tuesday before the vote that the GOP leader 'wants to sabotage calls for climate action.'
And Ocasio-Cortez slammed the majority leader for holding a 'bluff vote.'
'The GOP's whole game of wasting votes in Congress to target others 'on the record', for leg they have no intent to pass, is a disgrace. Stop wasting the American peoples' time + learn to govern. Our jobs aren't for campaigning, & that's exactly what these bluff-votes are for,' she wrote on Twitter on Friday.
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer called the vote a 'political stunt.'
'With this exercise, the Republican Majority has made a mockery of the legislative process. It is a political act, a political stunt. Everyone here knows it's a stunt, including the Majority Leader himself. He put something on the floor and then votes no. What's the point of that other than showing how hypocritical this act is?,' Schumer said Tuesday on the Senate floor.
'But with this exercise, they have also elevated the issue in a way I am sure they never intended. And for that, I want to thank them because now we're finally talking about climate change,' he added.
Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, a presidential contender who is a co-sponsor of the Green New Deal legislation, also called it a 'sham' vote on Tuesday and said the 'GOP is treating this like a political stunt, they are treating climate change like a game.'
She voted present.
All the presidential contenders in the Senate have signed on as co-sponsors of Ocasio-Cortez's signature legislation: Sens. Cory Booker, Bernie Sanders, Elizabeth Warren, Kamala Harris, Amy Klobuchar and Gillibrand.
McConnell plotted his crafty move as a way to force Senate Democrats to vote their view - a potential on-the-record move Republicans could exploit in the coming election.
The move would also pit the moderate wing of the party against its left flank, a battle Democrats will be fighting in the upcoming presidential primary.
McConnell slammed Democrats for moving to the left on a host of issues.
'This whole Democrat effort to re-brand all the failed ideas of 20th century socialism with a little green paint - every member of this body will have the opportunity to cast a clear vote,' McConnell said Monday on the Senate floor.
He continued his barrage on Tuesday.
'The Senate is going to vote on the far-left wish list that many of our Democratic colleagues have rushed to embrace – the so-called Green New Deal. For a relatively sparse resolution, this proposal has already traveled quite a fascinating path here in Congress. It originated with the most radical, farthest-left members of the new House Democrat majority,' he said on the Senate floor.
Lee said people will have to ride sea horses because the Green New Deal will ban airplanes
Senate Democratic Leader Chuck Schumer is asking his party to vote 'present'
And the National Republican Senatorial Committee is using Ocasio-Cortez in attacks ads similar to how the GOP has used Speaker Nancy Pelosi in these type of ads for years.
In a tweet attacking Democratic Rep. Joaquin Castro of Texas, who is considering a run against Republican Sen. John Cornyn, the NRSC said Castro 'votes with AOC 94% of the time.'
The Green New Deal is a statement of goals and doesn't make specific policy proposals, nor does it specify how it would pay for its ambitious plans.
The plan aims to slow climate change by ending the reliance on fossil fuels within 10 years; to upgrade power grids and existing buildings for maximum energy efficiency; to overhaul transportation systems; and to provide every American with a job and health care.
The conservative American Action Forum estimated the Green New Deal will cost $93 trillion. Other organizations have found the deal too vague to get a full cost although Forbes estimated just six of the goals would roughly cost $2.5 trillion a year.
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Waikiki, Honolulu, Hawaii, July 27 (DHN) – Looking to connect with the culture of Hawaii while in Waikiki on vacation? Head down to the Outrigger Reef on the Beach hotel, located right next to the Halekulani Hotel and in front of the new Trump International Hotel Waikiki Beach Walk. In the beautiful lobby you can view a stunning koa wood outrigger canoe that is nearly one-hundred years old. Thought to have been built in Kona in 1915 from a single log of koa, this Big Island outrigger canoe was named Kaiolohia (Calm Tranquil Sea). The 34 foot surfing canoe held six passengers and was regularly used for fishing and race training. Prominently displayed in the recently renovated hotel lobby, the canoe and giant paddle are accompanied by a video that tells the story of this beautiful boat. The outrigger canoe was renamed the Stephanie in 1942 when it was sold to a new owner on the island of Oahu. Restored in 2000 by Outrigger Canoe Club member and canoe builder Tay W. Perry, the canoe was entrusted to the Outrigger Reef on the Beach hotel by the Outrigger Canoe Club in 2002.

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A Poway man was charged Tuesday with an attack on healthcare workers at a COVID-19 vaccination clinic in Orange County after they asked him to don a mask.
Thomas Apollo, 44, was told to leave Families Together clinic in Tustin just before 10 a.m. Dec. 30 when he refused to wear a mask, according to the Orange County District Attorney’s Office and police. He allegedly called the clinic workers “murderers” and cursed at them as they told him to don a mask or go outside, prosecutors said.
Apollo allegedly punched a medical assistant five times and another one twice, prompting staffers and bystanders to struggle to hold him down as police arrived, prosecutors said. Officers eventually subdued him with a Taser, prosecutors said.
Later, when he was taken to OC Global Medical Center to be treated for minor cuts and scratches, he allegedly grabbed and bent a nurse’s finger and groped her breast.
Apollo is charged with a count of battery on a nurse as well as two counts of battery and a count of resisting arrest, all misdemeanors. He could face up to three years in jail if convicted.
Apollo is scheduled to be arraigned March 30 in the Central Justice Center in Santa Ana.
Families Together is a nonprofit that has been one of Orange County’s top administrators of COVID-19 vaccines during the pandemic, regularly listed in the top 10 in terms of doses. Families Together has doled out 45,116 doses of vaccines, or 1.01% of the amount in the county.


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Nearly all 15 black officers at the Knoxville, Tennessee police station have felt discriminated against, according to an external assessment by the department. And none of them think the promotion process is fair either.
The recently released review was conducted by 21CP Solutions, a consultancy specializing in improving police work. It was commissioned by the new Knoxville Police Chief, Paul Noel, who took over the role in June.
The findings follow years of accusations, meticulously covered by the Knoxville News Sentinel, on racist behavior in the department, which serves a city of more than 180,000 people in eastern Tennessee. Last year, the newspaper reported that department leaders had tried to cover up an officer’s racist comments and dissuade a black officer from filing a complaint about the incident. The controversy was indicative of a bigger problem of racism in the department, several officers told Knox News at the time.
The new climate assessment is based on focus groups and an anonymous survey, in which nearly all of the department’s approximately 360 sworn officers and most of the roughly 100 unsworn employees responded. The survey was open for two weeks at the beginning of August.
The results offer a rare, bare-bones look at the department’s internal culture and paint a stark picture of lingering racial divisions.
“If you’re a black officer, you have to work five times harder, and officers will always question you,” an anonymous officer said in the report.
Another says: “If more than one black officer applies for a job with multiple vacancies, only one black officer is selected when applying for positions and training and the other is told to wait until the next vacancy. ”
Only about a third of the department’s 15 black sworn officers said they felt they had a voice within the organization or that their supervisors were receptive to their concerns or feedback, the report found. Twelve said they felt the organization had discriminated against them because of their race. Black officers were also the least likely to say they felt there was a clear process for de-escalating problems internally.
Despite the lack of black officers and women in senior positions in the department — with only nine female officers and one black officer in the rank of sergeant or higher — the report shows that white male officers believed that minority officers receive preferential treatment. in hiring, promotion and allocation decisions.
In an interview with NBC News, Noel said he contracted with 21CP Solutions to conduct the review before even being sworn in as a chief because he wanted to hear directly from employees in an honest way. The conclusions of the report, he said, are “pretty clear.”
“These are all things that people in the community and the police knew anecdotally,” he said. “But this is the first time we’ve had a starting point to actually create change.”
The report recommends that the department step up efforts to ensure that each stage of the hiring process reflects the diversity of incoming recruits, especially among background researchers. It also proposes developing mentoring programs for underrepresented groups.
federal data released in 2020 suggested most police departments in the US are notably: more white than their surrounding communities. In recent years, amid many high-profile deaths of black Americans at the hands of the police, a significant number of black officers have left some of the largest departments in the country.
Noel called his department’s review a “snapshot,” but he hopes for a more complete assessment of what he called a long-term solution sometime in the future.
“We didn’t get into this mess overnight, nor do we get out overnight,” he said.


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2. Travelin’ ‘Round - (released - OCD Circus)
3. Breakdown - (released - Chris Colby - "Begin")
4. Love Train - (released - OCD Circus)
5. Speed of Light - (released - OCD Circus)
6. Mona - (released - Chris Van Scyoc - "Gandy Dancers")
7. Every Day Needs a Little Rain
8. Turnaround - (released - OCD Circus)
9. Old Oak Tree - (released - Chris Colby - "Begin")
10. For My Mom
Musicians include: Jamey Haddad (studio and touring percussionist with Paul Simon), Clyde Lucas (drummer Ray Charles, Ruth Brown), Mike Bitts (bass Innocence Mission), Andy Roberts - piano, Robin Diaz (drummer OAR, Train, Kiss, AC/DC, Live).
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I’ve followed a bit of discourse on his hiking thoughts. I came across this critique that picks up on the fact that on his big hike along the Appalachian Trail he failed to thru-hike. That is, he did bits of the hike, getting lifts in the tough bits. But didn’t go the full hog.
In doing so, Bryson misses the critical, soulful, true and gritty point of hiking: the passing through-ness.
When you hike, you pass “through mountains and valleys, through farms and small towns, through pain, through hunger, through nagging doubt”.
I get what the writer of this particular article is saying. Totally. I personally can’t bring myself to skip bits, shorten things or avoid difficult parts. It’s heart-sinky. And “cheats” things beyond mere short-cutting.
Have you read Cheryl Strayed’s Wild? She tussles with the same thing: when confronted with impassable snow over part of the route, she thru-hikes. She feels sick, despite terrible blisters and bad backpack packing, by the prospect of “cheating”. It cheats herself.
What I talk about when I talk about hiking (to borrow a Haruki Murakami turn of phrase) is the joy of the flow; the reward of bunkering down deep into the pain and boredom, thus allowing some wonderful creative conversations in the head to emerge; the wonderful rewards from fending and struggling (it’s primal!); and the opportunity to truly commit to something, and to give yourself time and space to do so. I’ve also talked about the healing effect of hiking before. If you missed it, read up on it here.
As the writer puts it, the continuity is the point, in the same way that running a marathon is more meaningful than running four separate 6.5-mile races.
We have so few opportunities to be present in the space, the flow, the awe that a hard hike affords. Why would you splice a thru-hike?
Are you equally appalled by the notion of a spliced thru-hike?

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text: No, Sir. As far as we are concerned, it is a very complex problem. The amount that my right hon. Friend and the Kenya Government quite rightly spent out of C.D. & W. funds largely on the improvement of radio communications has been over £¼ million in the last two years.


Egypt’s Foreign Minister SamehShukryremarked that Qatar hasn’t exhibited even little “actual interest” in rectifying its crisis with Arab quartet going on for over 2 years now.
Qatar’s alleged support to terrorism had triggered tensions that led to Saudi Arabia along with the UAE, Bahrain, and Egypt cutting off all diplomatic and transportation associations with Qatar in 2017.
Shukry stated, “ The crises with Doha will continue being stretched until the demands are met and acknowledged.”
The four-nation group had handed over a list of demands to Qatar that must be taken into consideration in order to end the years of dispute.
The list of demands includes termination of backing for radical groups, depleting their ties with Iran and shutting down of Qatar based Al Jazeera television network believed to work as a spokesperson for the Muslim Brotherhood, designated as a terrorist organization.
Shukry while speaking regarding the demands said, “ Qatar hasn’t responded so far and no intention has been shown from their end to implement the demands positively. These demands are directly related to the welfare of our citizens. Certain policies of Qatar are causing harm to our people and we clearly reject them and there can’t be a significant change unless Qatar shows intent towards meeting the demands.”
Egyptian official’s statement comes days after Saudi Arabia made a stand that abiding by the demands was the only way to end the conflict with Qatar.
Qatar, on the other hand, has dismissed the demands saying that they intervene in its sovereignty.


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Command mighty Exosuits, traverse the Time Rifts and lead your Path through a cataclysmic future in this epic board game for 1-4 players.
It is the late 26th century. Earth is recovering from a catastrophic explosion that exterminated the majority of the population centuries ago and made most of the surface uninhabitable due to unearthly weather conditions. The surviving humans organized along four radically different ideologies, called Paths, to rebuild the world as they see fit: Harmony, Dominance, Progress, and Salvation. Followers of the four Paths live in a fragile peace, but in almost complete isolation next to each other. Their only meeting point is the last major city on Earth, now just known as the Capital.


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Our Principal Osteopath, Janet Marie is a fully qualified Animal Osteopath (Post Graduate Diploma) trained by acknowledged world authority on animal mobility, Stuart McGregor at the Osteopathic Centre for Animals.
Animals can experience aches and pains just like we do, whether your four legged companion is at leisure, working or competing. Regular physical maintenance of your animal’s joints and muscles is one of the best preventative health investments you can provide for them. Osteopathy has benefits for all animals from healthy family pets or aspiring athletes to those that are elderly or injured. We work with mainly canines and cats but also treat other small animals. All animals are individuals and we work with you, the owner, to promote optimal health for your animal and to help them to feel as good as they can.
What does an Osteopathic treatment involve?
Treatment aims to promote your animal’s own healing response, improve function and restore health.
It should help your animal to MOVE and FEEL BETTER.
Once we have assessed your animal and identified any problem areas, the kind and frequency of treatment recommended will be individually tailored to meet their needs.
A variety of manual therapy techniques may be used including:
Articulation of joints
Soft tissue massage
Myofascial release techniques
Cranial release techniques
Light or laser therapy may be offered to aid healing.
Osteopathic treatment can be beneficial in a number of ways:
These techniques encourage positive changes to occur within your animal’s musculoskeletal system by promoting their circulatory, lymphatic and nervous systems. They aim to:
Ease stiffness in joints
Help reduce pain
Minimise restrictions in spinal movement
Improve muscle efficiency
Reduce the chance of injury
Relieve arthritis pain and improve mobility in older animals
Your Vets involvement
Prior to treating your companion, your vet must be contacted. This is routine, as by law, the treatment of animals must be controlled by a qualified vet and no therapist should treat your animal without your vet’s consent.
Our consultation and treatment does in no way replace examination and treatment by the animal’s qualified veterinary surgeon.
We aim to work closely alongside vets and also other professional specialists, such as Hydro- therapists, to help ensure the best all round management of your animal.
Please download referral form which can be passed onto your vet to request permission to treat. (We would be happy to speak to your animal’s vet should they need any further information).
When should you seek treatment?
Anytime for preventative care to keep your animal moving well. In addition look out for the following signs:
Lameness or uneven weight distribution
Difficulty getting up or using stairs
Reluctance to play or exercise
Shortened stride or gait change
Sensitivity to being touched along the back
Change or deterioration in behaviour performance or temperament
(Applies mainly to dogs and cats)
Cost of consultation and treatment
£45 (Sessions will last between 30 – 45 minutes per animal)
Hands on evaluation and bio mechanical assessment
Aftercare and exercise advice
Animal consultations will take place at our Wem clinic. In the event of an agreed home visit, please note travel costs may apply. Free travel within a 15 mile radius of the clinic. (50p per mile thereafter)
Discount of £5 per animal for 2 or more animals of the same household treated consecutively.
Please note, some insurers will cover Osteopathic Treatment of Animals. Check with your insurer directly to see if your animal is covered.
If you wish to book an appointment for your animal, please click on the button below. Please note the on-line booking system is for human patients only.

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C-DAX Systems Limited is a specialist manufacturer of quad accessories from New Zealand. Quads have forged an indispensable identity as the management tool for farmers throughout the world. C-DAX has recognised the importance of Quads to farmers and added "practical agricultural capability" in the form of a range of functional accessories for farmers.
C-DAX provides a wide range of practical accessories for Quad Bikes and other Agricultural equipment. We have shown some of their products on this site, you can visit the main C-DAX site to see the full range that is available.
The quality and functionality designed into all C-DAX products have made them the first choice for farmers throughout the world.


This summer’s Great Brickening has hit home – or, more precisely, homes. The tragic fire in Daxing last weekend seems to have accelerated the Beijing municipal government's plans to demolish structures deemed unsafe, a move widely seen as an attempt to force large numbers of migrant workers and other undesirables from the city center.
The forced eviction of some of Beijing’s most vulnerable residents has sparked a backlash with even Chinese state media offering (albeit tepid) criticism of the city’s handling of this latest round of “urban renewal.”
But it’s not just Beijing’s poor and migrant communities which are being affected. Many international residents are feeling the pinch as well.


LOWNDES COUNTY, Miss. (WTVA) — The area's largest electric power association does not have a timetable on deciding whether to offer broadband internet to its customers, but 4-County Electric Power Association is looking into providing the service.
The non-profit utility said in a news release it conducted three feasibility studies and will soon meet with the consultants behind those studies.
"It’s a chance to make sure all our assumptions are what they need to be, that the details are correct so we are looking at as realistic a model as is possible,” said 4-County chief executive officer and general manager Brian Clark.
According to Clark, his EPA could spend more than $110 million to offer internet service, which would be its most expensive project in its more than 80 year history.
And that cost is a concern.
“Despite what some folks would say, this project is not a guaranteed success," added Clark. "It is very important that we do everything we can to make sure that if we move forward, we put as little risk on 4-County and our members as is possible."
Clark did indicate the project would be more favorable for 4-County if it could get the federal government to cover 10 to 15 percent of the cost.
The EPA plans to pursue that cash for rural broadband being offered by the Federal Communications Commission in an October auction.
Clark also did not rule out 4-County entering a partnership with an existing internet provider.
4-County's most recent comments on broadband internet is of interest since other local EPAs have already agreed to get into the internet business.
That move was triggered by a change in state law and encouraged by Mississippi Public Service Commissioner Brandon Presley.
For example, Lee County-based Tombigbee Electric is already building its broadband network and is heavily promoting the project to its members.


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With darker brown and lustrous color.
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Jade Bridge Brand dark soy sauce is a traditional soy sauce from China . It has a deep, rich flavor and can be used in place of other types of soy sauce in most recipes. It is especially nice as a table condiment where its unusual flavor can come through.

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Round up your amigos for a night of Margarita Madness.
This Tuesday 9th of May, Hard Rock Café Sydney will be hosting a night of tequila, margaritas and sombreros.
We’re inviting five local bar teams from some of the best venues in Sydney to battle it out for the ultimate Grand Prize. Which team do you think will earn the bragging rights and create the most inventive margarita to take out the first-place title?
A $35 entry fee will get each guest a Margarita Passport & Voting Ballot. This passport is inclusive of one margarita from each team, a total of five margaritas! Continuous canapes will be available all night long.


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Vienna : Iran is slowing down the expansion of its enrichment capabilities at its nuclear facilities at Natanz, International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) Director General Mohamed ElBaradei said Monday.
Speaking to journalists after a meeting on North Korea, the head of the UN nuclear watchdog said his inspectors saw a "fairly marked slowdown" in the process of commissioning new centrifuge cascades and introduction of nuclear material into the cascades for enrichment.
ElBaradei welcomed this development, happening at a "delicate phase" in the negotiations to end the stalemate over Iran's nuclear programme. There was no need for Iran to expand its activities at this point, he added.
Iran showing willingness to halt its controversial enrichment drive could positively influence further actions by the UN Security Council and also pave the way for a return to the negotiating table. ElBaradei stressed, that in his opinion, face- to-face talks between Iran and the US could help greatly to resolve the issue.
Enriched uranium, as produced at the Natanz plant, is used to produce nuclear fuel, but if enriched to a higher degree can be employed to build nuclear weapons. Teheran has repeatedly denied that it is secretly pursing this path.


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Although I have photographed many weddings, I am always striving to learn and develop my photography. My preference is to learn from people at the very top of their game. So, I recently attended a Workshop with Cliff Mautner in Haddonfield, New Jersey – which is just a few miles from central Philadelphia. He has been ranked in the world’s top ten wedding photographers by American Photo. I have been a long-time admirer of Cliff’s outstanding use of light and the emotions he manages to capture. Although I live in London and cover weddings throughout the UK and more recently also in Spain, I jumped at the opportunity to travel to the USA to attend Cliff’s workshop. Further, a visit the (massive) holy grail of photography shops – B&H Photo in New York was something else I had always wanted to do! Thankfully I managed to restrain myself to a reasonable degree during that visit…
Monday evening started with an opening reception attended by most of the workshop attendees. It was great to meet everyone over a few bottles of wine, beers and some delicious snacks. Cliff set the scene for exactly what would be happening over the following few days and we all departed with abounding excitement to get stuck into the workshop the following morning. Each morning started off with an excellent catered for breakfast at the studio. Lunches were provided, to order, by the deli across the road.
Cliff is a complete open book during these workshops and pretty much any question, about anything related to photography and his studio, is permitted. Not only is Cliff very friendly and extremely generous with his knowledge, he is also a very effective teacher with the rare ability to convey his message in very clear and simple terms. We were taught some simple yet very effective techniques in dealing with a multitude of scenarios, in particular harsh light and an array of amazing flash techniques. What was so refreshing is that Cliff immediately got stuck into the nitty-gritty details which we all came to learn. No beating about the bush, just rock-solid, golden nuggets of information. I had many moments when I thought to myself: “why did I wait until now to attend this workshop when I could have done so earlier…!”.
The afternoon sessions were spent shooting at some amazing venues. On Tuesday we were bussed out to a stunning wedding venue in the Monmouth County, New Jersey – The Ashford Estate. The weather was playing along and it was a perfect sunny day. We split up into three small groups each with two models and spent a good few hours implementing and practicing what we had learnt in the morning. The purpose of the session was to embrace the harsh, direct sunlight and use it to our advantage to create stunning images – not to run for the shade as many photographers do on a sunny day! Cliff roamed from one group to the next, spending 1-1 time with each photographer and providing constructive feedback and how to improve our technique.
Wednesday was spent diving into the finer details of on and off-camera flash techniques. In the afternoon we went to one of Philadelphia’s top hotels and spent a few hours in the ballroom being taught a multitude of flash techniques. Simple stuff, yet so effective. Personally my flash technique going into the workshop was quite acceptable, however I have come away with a multitude of new techniques and refinements which will really lift my game. On the way back to the studio after leaving the hotel we stopped in a small park just before sunset. Cliff asked us to go out and have a half hour play and do whatever we liked. It was great to see how all the attendees embraced the setting sun and captured fantastic images.
Each night we all went out for dinner together before returning to the studio to continue discussions on a wide range of topics related to photography, including the business aspects. We even witnessed a live enquiry meeting with a real couple to see exactly how Cliff approaches these meetings. Really interesting and very informative. The final morning, after another delicious breakfast, was spent reviewing the images we submitted for critique and then spending time with Cliff’s studio manager to review workflow, post-processing and related topics.
The workshop flew by and before I knew it, it was over. Yes it cost me a fair bit of money including flights, hotels, car hire and so on, but it was worth every penny and a lot more as it far exceeded my expectations. Another great aspect was meeting like-minded photographers and I am sure we will continue to remain in touch for a long time to come.
So for all the photographers out there considering a workshop with Cliff, stop thinking and book it now!
Below are some of the images I took during the workshop. Note: these were all my own creations taken during our free time with the models.


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Dr. Alice S. Chen-Plotkin graduated from the Harvard Medical School in 2003. She works in Philadelphia, PA and specializes in Neurology. Dr. Chen-Plotkin is affiliated with The Hospital Of The University Of Pennsylvania. She speaks English and Spanish.
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Graduation Date: 2003
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This petition was submitted during the 2015–2017 Conservative government
Petition make no cuts to Access To Work at the DWP.
Access to work is the only way to help employers to employ disabled people. It must not be cut.
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Tom Kacich: Developer's self-preservation saves mural
Few people today think of Champaign as a factory town. But it once was, with manufacturing plants making, among other things, clocks, automobile repair kits, gloves and undergarments.
Brian Knox is helping to preserve some of that industrial history by buying an exceptional granite mural from the old A.C. HumKo plant, which closed in 2009, and attaching it to the former home of the Universal Bleacher Co., which closed in 1983.
"They were tearing it down and it ended up in my lap," Knox said of the piece that once decorated the entrance to the HumKo plant on Mattis Avenue in Champaign. "I tried to find people who were interested in finding a use for it, but nobody seemed that interested, so I ended up paying to have it taken off and then stored it and then paid to have it put on my building."
The mural — made up of 15 stylized panels that portray steps in the food-production process — is affixed to the front of an office building he is renovating at 1303 N. McKinley Ave., C. From 1958 to 1983, the building served as the offices for Universal Bleacher, a company founded in Champaign in 1926 that made folding bleachers.
"I started the Public Art League here, so when it became available, information went out and they contacted us," said Knox, who owns six buildings on what he calls a 12-acre "creative campus" just north of Bradley Avenue. I couldn't get anybody in the art league excited about it and didn't want to see it get destroyed. I found a way to utilize it myself. It's more of a creative solution.
"I thought it was cool and I wanted to preserve it for what it was worth, and it seemed like the more that I looked at it and thought about it, that it really fit the front building I have there. It just had a big blank brick wall," he said. "When I bought the property, I thought, 'Well, that's ugly, to have that big wall there.' It was just waiting for a mural. This was a pretty neat application for it."
Knox said he hasn't been able to learn any of the history behind the mural, which apparently dates from the time that HumKo, capitalizing on the area soybean market, opened its plant in Champaign in 1958.
"I wish I did. I tried to search on the Internet," he said. "It's like a '50s-era industrial mural, which I really like."
The mural is about 6 inches thick, made of Wyoming granite.
"It was a minor undertaking to take it off and put it back up," he said. "It was not a cheap endeavor."
The mural is secured to the wall with the help of stainless steel T-clips and two steel I-beams. He estimated he spent "about $40,000" on the project.
"One of the things about the mural is that it's sort of the production cycle," Knox said. "If you look at the picture that's there, it's stylized crops, and a tractor and chemists and conveyors and vats. It tells an interesting story."
Local developer Peter Fox said he was glad to see the piece preserved.
"I was interested after hearing about the mural from our mason, Marty Kirby. I thought it would be great for the research park and its heritage," Fox said. "I'm glad Brian saved it and would be anxious to have it if Brian were to let it go."
Ammons, Williamson update
The Champaign County Chamber of Commerce, through its Business Empowered Political Action Committee, has endorsed Republican Kristin Williamson in the 103rd House District. That support comes with a $5,000 contribution, said Jim Goss of the Atkins Group, who chairs the chamber PAC.
The group has also endorsed Rep. Adam Brown, R-Champaign, in the 102nd House District. Brown is opposed by Democrat Matt Forcum of Mode. Brown got a $2,000 contribution from the group.
"Kristin really embodies a lot of the principles and beliefs that we believe are good for business," Goss said.
Repeating a line frequently mentioned by local Republicans, Goss said the group believes the 103rd District race presents an opportunity for the GOP to make inroads in the big Democratic majority in the Illinois House.
Meanwhile, the Ammons campaign is getting help from the Illinois Federation of Teachers, the pro-choice Personal PAC group and the Democratic Majority organization, chaired by House Speaker Michael Madigan.
"We are hiring five part-time voter registration people, and they are being paid for by the Democratic Majority," said campaign spokeswoman Stephanie Seawell. "It's for Carol's campaign, but it's also for voter registration for the entire Democratic ticket. They're just for voter registration. They're not involved in campaign decisions or anything like that."
The distinction is significant because Madigan supported Ammons' opponent, Sam Rosenberg, in the primary election last March — the Democratic Majority spent nearly $50,000 on Rosenberg's behalf — and Ammons has professed her independence, stating she is "not beholden to Speaker Madigan."
"Their primary focus is registering students at the University of Illinois and Parkland" College, Seawell said. "This is a definite focus of the campaign, getting everybody but especially young people registered at their local address. We're registering anybody who we come across who wants to register. Obviously, we're talking to them about Carol, but we're not asking whether they are Democrats. We want as many people as possible to be involved in the voting process."
The next step, she admitted, will be getting the newly registered people to vote.
"At that point, our volunteer organization will be kicking in to get the voter turnout," Seawell said of the group that she said includes almost 250 people.
Chicago-based Personal PAC is providing a full-time staff member to the Ammons campaign, focused on voter registration, as well as a half-time staff member who will be doing canvassing and other field work.
It's unclear what the IFT support means, Seawell said, but "I do believe they'll be doing some door-knocking for us and some phone calls. But there will be future support, for sure."
Next month, Ammons will hold two "listening sessions," or town-hall meetings, in the legislative district that includes virtually all of Champaign-Urbana. The first, on environmental and "green jobs" issues, will be from 6 to 8 p.m. Sept. 16 at the Urbana Civic Center. The second will be from 4 to 6:30 p.m. Sept. 23 at the Champaign Public Library, and will be focused on pensions and taxes.
Tom Kacich is a News-Gazette editor and columnist. His column appears on Wednesdays and Sundays. He can be reached at 351-5221 or at firstname.lastname@example.org.


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As of May 2004, the number of countries facing serious food shortages throughout the world stands at 35 with 24 in Africa, 5 in Asia, 5 in Latin America and 1 in Europe. The causes are varied but civil strife and adverse weather, including drought predominate. In many of these countries, the HIV/AIDS pandemic is a major contributing factor. Recently published joint FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment reports highlighting these factors in greater detail can be found at http://www.fao.org/giews/english/alertes/sptoc.htm
In eastern Africa, improved first season harvests coupled with current favourable main season rains in most parts have boosted food supply prospects. However, flood damage in Kenya and Djibouti and flood warnings for southern Somalia following rising river levels over the Shabelle river basin give cause for concern.
In Eritrea, the food outlook is rather bleak mainly due to the poor performance of the "azmera" (March-May) rains which normally facilitate land preparation and replenishment of water supplies and pastures. In addition, rains that normally fall along Eritrea's eastern and coastal areas from November to February largely failed for the fourth consecutive year.
The devastating civil conflict in western Sudan (Darfur) has resulted in the displacement of over a million people, with large-scale destruction of property and assets. Access to food and other basic human needs has been severely curtailed for the affected population. With the conflict still unabated, the next planting season which is about to start is jeopardised.
In southern Africa, the 2003/04 agricultural season is drawing to a close. FAO/WFP Crop and Food Supply Assessment Missions (CFSAMs) are underway in Angola, Lesotho, Malawi, Mozambique and Swaziland. A curtailed Mission also started in Zimbabwe. Results will be finalized in June. In this sub-region the first half of the season was characterized by delayed, inadequate and erratic rains. Crop prospects improved with more favourable rainfall during the second half of the season (February to April). However, intense rains during this period in parts of Zambia and Angola caused many rivers to overflow causing serious flooding in western Zambia and in downstream parts of Angola, Namibia, Botswana and Zimbabwe, damaging crops and necessitating emergency food relief. Madagascar was hit by cyclones in January, February and March causing large-scale damage, affecting 774 000 people and some 300 000 hectares of vanilla, paddy and other crops. Harvest prospects in Zimbabwe, South Africa, Lesotho, Swaziland, and parts of Malawi and Angola are unfavourable due to dry weather conditions especially during first half of the season. Zambia, Botswana and Namibia, on the other hand, are expecting normal to above normal harvests. The HIV/AIDS pandemic is compounding food security problems in most of the countries.
The food situation in Zimbabwe is potentially critical as early estimates indicate a harvest lower than the reduced level of 2003. The food deficit in 2004/05 (April/March) could be as much as 1 million tonnes to be filled by a combination of commercial imports and food aid.
In the Great Lakes region, harvesting of the second season crops, mainly sorghum, maize and beans, will begin soon. Food production in Rwanda from the first season has been estimated at about the same level as last year. In Burundi, total production of cereals, legumes, roots/tubers and banana/plantain is estimated at 1.1 million tonnes, about 2 percent higher than the year before but still below the pre-crisis (1988-93) average. In the Democratic Republic of Congo, food insecurity and malnutrition remain serious problems due to persistent instability, particularly in the east and northeast.
In central Africa, food insecurity remains serious in the Central African Republic (CAR) for conflict-displaced populations.
In northern Africa, desert locusts continue to pose a serious threat to food security for several countries in spite of considerable control operations. Crop damage is limited so far, but the situation could deteriorate if swarms move southwards to the Sahelian countries as the cropping season sets in. In spite of assistance to several countries affected in northern and western Africa, by FAO and several donors, control operations continue to be hampered by insufficient resources. However, prospects for the winter cereal crops in Algeria, Egypt, Morocco and Tunisia remain favourable as a result of favourable weather conditions and adequate availability of inputs.
In western Africa, seasonably dry conditions prevail in the Sahel. The desert locust situation is very serious in Mauritania, where control operations are hampered by lack of resources. Overall in the Sahel, however, the food supply situation is satisfactory, reflecting good harvests in 2003. Production was significantly above average in all countries except Cape Verde and Guinea-Bissau. The rainy season has started in the coastal countries along the Gulf of Guinea and planting is underway.
In Asia, harvesting of the winter cereal crops is underway or completed, while the sowing of paddy and coarse grain crops has started. Some countries experienced insufficient precipitation, but its impact on overall production is limited since winter crops are generally irrigated. Grain supply in the region has been tight with rising prices for major grains since last fall. The total sown area and output for cereals in Mainland China have declined by more than 15 and 17 percent, respectively, from 1998 to 2003. However, the rice area is expected to increase in 2004 due to government policies. In India, the 2004 wheat area and output are estimated well above last year and five-year average. India is the second largest producer of wheat after China.
A serious humanitarian crisis persists in DPR Korea due to chronic food shortages and the recent disastrous train explosion. With the recent arrival of donated maize and wheat, all but 600 000 core beneficiaries received their WFP full cereal rations in April. New pledges of about 123 000 tonnes of mixed commodities are urgently required to cover needs over the next six months.
Mongolia continues to depend on international food assistance due to natural disasters and economic constraints despite a better winter in 2003/04. In Timor-Leste, harvests of major crops are estimated to increase significantly over the drought-affected crops last year due to more favourable weather. Drought in Sri Lanka during Maha season, especially in the districts of Kurunegala, Anuradhapura and Puttalam, resulted in significantly reduced paddy production and thousands of families are in need of food assistance.
In Afghanistan, unusually warm weather during spring and late winter with consequent early snow-melt has somewhat dampened hopes of matching last year's record harvest.
In the Near East, security problems in Iraq and the subsequent evacuation of most international NGO staff from the south and centre have adversely affected humanitarian assistance programmes.
In the Asian CIS, weather conditions have been generally favourable to crop production and cereal crops are reportedly in good condition. A total of about 19 million hectares have been planted with cereals. Late spring and summer precipitation and air temperatures will be critical for crop production in the region. Assuming favourable weather conditions and adequate flow of water in the main rivers of the region, aggregate cereal harvest is tentatively forecast at more than 28 million tonnes.
In Central America and the Caribbean, torrential rain and severe flooding in Haiti and Dominican Republic have caused loss of life and damage to property and assets. Harvesting of the third apante cereal and bean crops has been completed and planting of 2004/05 first (main) season crops has started. Aggregate cereal output in 2003/04 is estimated at 36.4 million tonnes, about 1.0 million tonnes above the last five years average, particularly due to good harvests in Mexico, Honduras and Nicaragua. Early forecast for 2004/05 points to a reduction in cereal production, mainly due to the unfavourable prospects for wheat in Mexico. The coffee sector, the principal foreign exchange earner, is still suffering from declining international prices. Food assistance continues to be provided to vulnerable rural groups in Central American countries. In Haiti, the international community has resumed delivery of food assistance, especially to the North West Department that was seriously affected by drought in March.
In South America, harvest of the 2003/04 maize crop is underway. In Argentina, maize production is expected to significantly decrease due to dry weather conditions at sowing. In Brazil drought is also affecting the winter "safrinha" maize crops in southern states and the summer maize crop in centre-south states. Wheat planting in southern and central parts of South America is about to start and planting intentions point to an area increase of 3 percent. In Uruguay, harvesting of paddy is underway and production is estimated at a record 1.3 million tonnes. In Peru and Ecuador, dry weather conditions in the first months of 2004 severely affected paddy and maize crops.
In Europe, weather conditions for the 2004 cereal crops remain generally favourable across the region. Cereal output in the EU-25 is forecast to increase substantially from last year, with significant improvements seen in both the EU-15 countries and the 10 new member countries in central Europe. Planted areas have increased and better yields are expected reflecting generally adequate moisture availability this season so far. Larger crops are also forecast in the Balkan countries in the southeast of the region reflecting generally favourable weather after drought in the previous year.
In the European CIS, March and April frost has damaged nearly three million hectares of cereals, mainly in the Russian Federation and the Ukraine. In addition, lack of access to sufficient farm inputs prevented many farmers in the two large producing countries to reach the high areas planted in 2001 and 2002. An aggregate of about 61 million hectares of cereals have been planted in the region. Provided that favourable weather conditions prevail during late spring and summer, aggregate cereal harvest in the region is tentatively forecast at about 115 million tonnes. This includes some 59 million tonnes of wheat and about 55 million tonnes of coarse grains.
In North America, wheat production in the United States is set to fall sharply by 11 percent from last year to 56.6 million tonnes after a significant decline in winter plantings and the prospect of a reduced spring wheat area also. In addition, weather conditions have been generally less favourable during the current season, especially in southern producing regions where dryness prevails and the yield potential of crops has suffered as a result. Conditions in the past month have, however, favoured the summer coarse grain planting prompting a significant increase in the production forecast for 2004 to 284.3 million tonnes, 3 percent above the previous year's crop and almost 8 percent above the average of the past five years. In Canada, as of 10 May, overall seeding progress of the major 2004 cereal crops was estimated at 26 percent complete, slightly ahead of the normal 20 percent for the corresponding date. The overall area sown to cereals is expected to decrease in 2004 because of a shift of land into non-cereal crops. Output of wheat is nevertheless forecast to increase slightly because of higher yields expected for durum, while production of coarse grains is expected to decrease marginally.
In Oceania, after a satisfactory start to the winter crop planting season earlier this year, a return to drier conditions in late April and early May, especially in the eastern regions, dampened hopes of a bumper output this year. Farmers in south-eastern Australia are delaying planting in the hope that more rain will arrive before the end of the acceptable planting period in June.
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