January 19, 2012
Windsor-Essex Parkway on track: Ontario Ministry of Transportation
Construction of the Windsor-Essex Parkway is on track, says the Ontario Ministry of Transportation.
During 2011, Parkway construction work included: salvaging a total of 250 tons of reusable materials from buildings slated for demolition within the Parkway right-of-way; protecting species at risk, including transplanting hundreds of Willowleaf Asters to restoration sites; and breaking ground on the new Trillium Court affordable housing project, which will help 56 families relocate to brand new homes.
The Windsor-Essex Parkway is an 11-kilometre addition to Highway 401, connecting to the Windsor-Detroit border, Canada’s busiest border crossing. The parkway’s design consists of a six-lane below-grade freeway and a four-lane service road network which is an extension of Highway 3 to eliminate stop-and-go traffic.
The project has more than 300 acres of green space, 20 km of recreational trails, and new community connections. Major construction began in late summer 2011 and the parkway is expected to open to traffic in fall 2014.
This project is expected to support and create an estimated 12,000 project-related jobs in Ontario, with the majority in the Windsor-Essex region. Preparations for border improvements supported over 2,000 jobs in 2011, with 96 per cent of Windsor-Essex Parkway sub-contracts awarded to local companies.
Current Parkway construction work includes: diverting traffic to ensure four lanes are open at all times along the Highway 3/Huron Church Road corridor; building the Howard Avenue Diversion, a permanent Parkway feature that will include a roundabout to accommodate large trucks and facilitate the smooth movement of traffic through this area; and rebuilding the recently demolished North Talbot Road Bridge to allow for the widening of Highway 401 between Provincial Road and Highway 3.
“These improvements are contributing to Windsor’s economic success in the region, the province, Canada and the world. Strong economies and strong communities go hand in hand. We are providing real solutions for this important international gateway,” said Teresa Piruzza, MPP for Windsor-West in a news release.
As part of the Let’s Get Windsor-Essex Moving strategy, detailed designs were developed for improvements to the Canadian Plaza of the Windsor-Detroit Tunnel; the environmental study and preliminary design work for improvements to Lauzon Parkway got underway; and the Howard Avenue CPR grade separation was completed to ease congestion and improve travel times.
In 2011, the Windsor-Essex Mobility Group and PIC recorded over 320,000 work hours without critical injuries or lost work days. Each year, more than 12 million cars, trucks and buses and nearly $120 billion worth of goods flow between Canada and the U.S. through the Windsor-Detroit corridor.
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Following outcry over social media posts, League of Oregon Cities director resigns
League of Oregon Cities executive director Mike Cully resigned Monday after making a statement on social media about how people who work in the food industry need to “Get an education” and making public and private statements on social media about a mayor.
Cully held the position with the Salem-based organization for four years, according to his Linkedin page.
In a tweet from his account last week, which was later deleted, Cully wrote: “Just so there’s no misunderstanding- I don’t tipnfor fast food. That’s what your paycheck is for. Dissatisfied? Get an education and a better job.”
Cully’s Twitter account has since been deleted.
According to the League of Oregon Cities, Cully made private and public statements Dec. 17 to Beaverton Mayor Lacey Beaty.
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“Mr. Cully’s treatment of Mayor Beaty is inexcusable and does not align with who the identity of the LOC and the character of its 241 member cities, Board of Directors, employees, sponsors, and business partners,” League of Oregon Cities president and Sherwood Mayor Keith Mays said in a statement at Monday’s meeting.
“The Board wishes to recognize Mayor Beaty for her courage of convictions and her willingness to bring the issue of Mr. Cully’s comments to their attention.”
According to the LOC, Beaty filed a formal complaint Saturday, asking for the body to take action against Cully.
Cully submitted his resignation Monday, and the board accepted his terms, including being placed on administrative leave until his resignation date of Wednesday.
The body named general counsel Patty Mulvihill as acting director Monday night.
The League of Oregon Cities is a group of 241 cities including Salem, Silverton, Stayton and Independence. Among the functions of the organization is advocating for cities, assisting cities in legal and planning matters and legislative advocacy on their behalf.
Bill Poehler covers Marion County for the Statesman Journal. Contact him at firstname.lastname@example.org or on Twitter @bpoehler.
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Frugal mom transforms her outdated leather sofas by PAINTING them instead of looking for new ones – and it only costs £ 17.99
- Shelley Luton, 51, from Essex, feels like she has a whole new set of couches
- She used French Al Fresco paint and did five coats, which cost her £ 17.99
- The mother said the task distracted her while she was locked up
If you’re tired of your furniture but would rather not hand out hundreds or even thousands of pounds to replace it, you may want to follow in the footsteps of this smart mom.
Shelley Luton, 51, a mother of one from Essex who works for a university, decided to transform her existing brown leather sofas with chic green-blue paint instead of looking for new furniture.
The transformation cost Shelley less than £ 20 and means she has a whole new set of sofas at a fraction of the usual price.
Shelley told the money-saving community LatestDeals.co.uk: “I looked at the Frenchic Facebook page and how people restyled items in their home.
Shelley Luton, 51, a mother of one from Essex, transformed her existing brown leather sofas with chic green-blue paint instead of looking for new furniture. The transformation cost Shelley less than £ 20. Photo right: One of the benches when Shelley had just started painting
Shelley is delighted with the look of her finished sofa
“I wanted a color that people would notice when they entered my kitchen because these couches are in my kitchen. The kitchen is the heart of the family.
‘I used French paint and chose the Al Fresco range because of its durability. I went for “Steel Teal”.
“I used a can of paint and did five coats, and it cost me £ 17.99.
“I ordered my paint from a shopkeeper who really supported me and gave me a lot of advice, and I also sought advice on Facebook.
Shelley said she first washed her sofas with sugar soap to remove the grime and grease and then sanded them lightly.
Then she painted the benches and waited two hours between applying each layer for them to dry.
Shelley raved about the look of her finished couch, saying the task distracted her when she was locked up.
“I absolutely love the finished look,” she adds. “It looks modern and it brightens up the kitchen.
“Doing this project during the lockdown really supported my mental health – it was really refreshing.
Having a project to focus on helped me get through the lockdown and gave me a goal to work towards.
“It was not very difficult to convince my husband, because he is also very happy with the result!
Shelley used French Al Fresco paint to give her sofas a makeover. She did five coats, which cost her £ 17.99
Shelley said, “I wanted a color that people would notice when they entered my kitchen, since these sofas are in my kitchen. The kitchen is the heart of the family! “. Picture: the benches during Shelley’s do-it-yourself paint job
“My friend who came over thought I bought new sofas and she said the color looks very stylish.”
Shelley said she was “amazed” when she discovered that couches can be painted.
She said her husband was not convinced, but she told him, “Trust me, it will look great.”
“I am very happy with the result and it makes my kitchen look more modern,” she added.
The sofas have a fresh new look and look like they have just been bought
Shelley said she first washed her sofas with sugar soap to remove the grime and grease and then lightly sand them
“We feel like we’ve revived the banks instead of paying hundreds of euros for new banks!”
Tom Church, co-founder of LatestDeals.co.uk, noted, “Buying new furniture is a huge expense that is hard to justify if you already have perfectly good sofas.
However, Shelley’s idea is brilliant: a new life for your sofas for under £ 20! Genius.
“Now she’s got a whole new look for her kitchen, all at a fraction of what a new sofa would cost!”
Then she painted the benches and waited two hours between applying each layer for them to dry

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Crypto withdrawal fees
If you have an account with an online crypto exchange, you are normally also able to withdraw and transfer your cryptocurrency to another crypto exchange, or into a crypto wallet.
On almost all crypto exchanges, a withdrawal fee will be charged on any crypto withdrawals that you initiate. The withdrawal fee charged varies depending on the exchange and the crypto asset being transferred, but generally the withdrawal fee is set to cover the network fees that the exchange will incur when processing the on-chain transaction.
You may not have considered this before, but the withdrawal fee that you are charged for is actually a payment for a service. You are paying the crypto exchange to process your withdrawal request. Whenever a service is charged to an Australian user, then the GST implications must be considered.
Do digital currency exchanges have to charge CGT on withdrawal fees
The default GST treatment for a digital currency exchange providing a crypto withdrawal service to an Australian user, is that GST must be charged. However, there are special rules that may apply to some corporate entities which are registered under the Financial Sector (Collection of Data) Act 2001 or financial services licensees whose licence covers dealings in at least one financial product or dealings in derivatives.
As it stands, most Australian digital currency exchanges do not fall under this classification, and as such are required to charge GST on withdrawal fees.
Claiming GST paid on crypto withdrawal fees
When blockchain networks become congested, the network fees start to increase, and so do the withdrawal fees charged by digital crypto exchanges. If you are processing a lot of transfers from Australian exchanges, it may be worth considering claiming the GST paid on withdrawal fees where possible.
You will be able claim GST paid on crypto withdrawal fees provided:
- You or the entity is registered for GST.
- The exchange has provided confirmation of the GST components in the form of an eligible tax invoice or tax statement.
- You keep records to substantiate your GST claim.
Reduced credit acquisitions
Many crypto traders and business will not be entitled to claim the full amount of GST paid. This is because the fees are related to GST financial supplies, crypto. If you are not eligible to claim the entire amount of GST paid, then normally you will still be entitled to claim 75% of the GST paid. Your accountant will be able to walk you through the eligibility requirements and help you make a decision, or you can check the ATO’s guidance on reduced credit acquisitions.
Withdrawal fees for crypto transferred from Australian exchanges are normally subject to GST.
If you are registered for GST, then you will normally be entitled to claim at least 75% of the GST paid on crypto withdrawal fees.

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Destination weddings are increasingly becoming popular and Thailand is always one of the top choices for couples who are looking for laid-back beach weddings. Choose from many different luxurious and stylish Thailand wedding villas to spend your honeymoon in or to simply house your guests and hold private celebrations. Here are other reasons to make you decide better.
1. Great value for money. Most of the time, weddings run on a specified budget, but this should not deter couples from having the best wedding experience with their closest family and friends. With Thai villas, you can be guaranteed of all-in services from accommodation to food to transportation. Name it and your host can definitely provide it for you. Food, flowers and other wedding supplies are certainly fresh and fun, with plenty of alternatives for you to decide on. Furthermore, instead of paying mostly to feed and dress an entire entourage, you can spend on a great experience that everyone will remember for a long time.
2. Unlimited variety of villas to choose from. Couples can select specific villas fit for their needs. Thailand is home to hundreds, if not thousands, of well-designed villas to go with any wedding motif or theme. Whether you want a highland, beachfront, great overlooking views or a city wedding, there will always be something to meet your requirements, plus more. Thais are well-known for excellent and high quality service.
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Planning your own destination wedding can be quite demanding and expensive, but it is still possible for you to enjoy a private and tasteful ceremony in one of the Thailand wedding villas that offer such services. Just like any weddings, small preparations need to be under way before booking a private villa or choosing a wedding date, so prepare all the needed documents for a Thai wedding, especially if you live outside Thailand.
Ideally, you should visit the Thailand wedding villas, select the best and negotiate personally, so you can assess if the venue and the services meet your standards. From there, look for the right person to talk to such as the owner or manager and ask for suggestions about traditional weddings in Thailand and all the finer details. Most importantly, don’t forget to enjoy planning and organizing your dream wedding, which is already a great experience in itself.

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Grilled Pork Tenderloin With Mustard Sauce
|Pork tenderloin roast||1 1⁄2 Pound (1 Piece)|
|Black pepper||To Taste|
|Dry white wine||3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)|
|Minced onion||1 Tablespoon|
|Chicken broth||3⁄4 Cup (12 tbs)|
|Whipping cream||1⁄2 Cup (8 tbs)|
|Dijon mustard||3 Tablespoon|
|Freshly squeezed lemon juice||1 Teaspoon|
|Chopped parsley||1 Tablespoon (For Garnishing)|
Season pork with salt and pepper.
Oil hot grid to help prevent sticking.
Grill pork, on a covered grill, over medium-hot Kingsford briquets, 20 to 25 minutes until meat thermometer inserted into thickest portion registers 155°F, turning once or twice.
Combine wine and onion in skillet.
Boil rapidly 3 to 4 minutes to reduce mixture to 2 tablespoons.
Whisk in broth and cream; bring to boil.
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November 24, 1991
The Hairball on the Mantelpiece
By JAMES WILCOX
By Margaret Atwood.
n "Hack Wednesday," one of the most engaging stories in Margaret Atwood's third volume of short fiction, "Wilderness
Tips," a middle-aged newspaper columnist sizes up men in an unusual way: "She can just look at a face and see in past the surface, to that other -- child's -- face which is still there. She has seen Eric
[ her husband ] in this way, stocky and freckled and defiant, outraged by schoolyard lapses from honor." This uncanny ability applies just as well to Margaret Atwood herself. Almost every one of the 10 stories in this
collection superimposes the past upon the present in an unsettling, often startling manner, which conjures up a sense of the mysterious in even the most banal relationships.
The first story, "True Trash," a deceptively easy going coming-of-age tale, accustoms us to the author's bold leaps in time. Set mainly in a summer camp on an island in Ontario's Georgian Bay, "True
Trash" gives us a leisurely account of teen-age waitresses' fitful interaction with the "small fry" and counselors at Camp Adanaqui.
But it is only in a flash-forward of 11 years, when the former schoolboy camper Donny has dropped the last syllable from his name and grown a beard, that the story begins to take shape. During a chance encounter with him in
Toronto, Joanne, a former waitress at the camp, begins to put together the missing pieces in a real-life True Romance story -- or rather, as one of the waitresses called this type of magazine, True Trash. "The melodrama
tempts [ Joanne ] , the idea of a revelation, a sensation, a neat ending." But she is too sophisticated now for such a pat, "outmoded" story, and withholds from Don a revelation that would make him seem a
True Trash character.
Information withheld gives a contemporary twist to another basically old-fashioned tale. In "Death by Landscape," also set in a Canadian summer camp -- Manitou is for girls, though -- the mysterious disappearance
of Lucy, one of the campers, during a canoe trip brings the disparate elements of the story into sharp focus. Cappie, the owner and director of Camp Manitou, cannot live with the unknowable. As Lois, Lucy's best friend,
realizes later when she is a grown woman, Cappie had a desperate "need for a story, a real story with a reason in it; anything but the senseless vacancy Lucy had left for her to deal with." Cappie's story
is pure fiction, though, with no basis in fact. Lois's attempt to fill the "senseless vacancy" with some meaning leads beyond any literal rendering to a mythical landscape of her own disturbed mind.
This yearning for meaning in a post-modern world is further explored in "The Age of Lead." Here the past that confronts Jane, a financial consultant in her 40's, is not just her youth. While watching a television
program on the exhumation of a member of the Franklin expedition that was lost in the Arctic 150 years ago, Jane recalls her touching friendship with Vincent, a designer she had known since high school. Whereas it is eventually
learned why John Torrington, the 20-year-old petty officer on the expedition, died, 43-year-old Vincent's recent death from "a mutated virus" cannot be explained by modern science. As Jane muses upon the
two deaths, the more personal theme emerging from her school days with Vincent is united with the story's larger concern with indeterminacy: "She felt desolate. . . . Their mothers had finally caught up to them
and been proven right. There were consequences after all; but they were the consequences to things you didn't even know you'd done."
If the frozen corpse of the petty officer seems "like a werewolf meditating," so too does the 2,000-year-old man discovered by a peat digger in "The Bog Man" appear "to be meditating." Here again
the past confronts the present in what at first seems a merely sensational, irrelevant way. Julie, a naive Canadian student in love with her married archeology professor, goes to Scotland, where she endures boredom, "congealed
oatmeal" and "rock-hard lamb chops" in order to be with her lover on a field trip. Trying to escape the boredom, Julie ventures out to the bog, where she is upset by the sight of the well-preserved corpse.
This unearthing of the past seems to her "a desecration. Surely there should be boundaries set upon the wish to know, on knowledge merely for its own sake." Not surprisingly, she follows her instinct of leaving
the past -- or rather, the inconvenient parts of the past -- buried when she later, as a mature, twice-married woman, tells the story of her affair to her women friends. "She leaves out entirely any damage she may
have caused to Connor. . . . It does not really fit into the story."
Other characters in "Wilderness Tips" are more honest as they "sift through the rubble, groping for the shape of the past." In "Isis in Darkness," a professor tries to revive the magic power that
words held in his youth by writing about a brilliant woman poet who once had him under her spell. "Uncles" introduces us to Susanna, who ascends with the speed and ease of a romance-novel heroine from lowly newspaper
obit writer to celebrated radio and television interviewer. Though she has considered herself a well-loved, deserving woman, the publication of a former colleague's memoir causes Susanna to wonder if she has "remembered
my whole life wrong."
Kat, like Susanna, enjoys a slick rise to the top, though hers, in "Hairball," is more easily explained. "When knives were slated for backs, she'd always done the stabbing." What would otherwise be
an all-too-familiar tale of comeuppance in the dreary world of fashion magazines is given an uncanny aura by the presence of a benign tumor, dubbed Hairball, which Kat has preserved from an operation and given a place of
honor on her mantelpiece. "The hair in it was red -- long strands of it wound round and round inside."
Like the red-haired bog man and the frozen corpse haunting "The Age of Lead," the pickled tumor opens up another dimension, revising the story of Kat's life in a way over which she, for once, has no control:
"Hairball speaks to her, without words. . . . What it tells her is everything she's never wanted to hear about herself. This is new knowledge, dark and precious and necessary. It cuts."
Well constructed as these stories are, some may seem to belabor their themes with built-in explanations. At times, we're told what to make of the inexplicable, and such wonderful anomalies as the bog man or the frozen
petty officer may wind up as too-convenient symbols. Now and then, the language itself can be troubling. In Ms. Atwood's previous collections, "Dancing Girls" and "Bluebeard's Egg," the prose
was supple, finely tuned with a variety of inflections. But in "Wilderness Tips" the stylized repetition of words and phrases ("Jane doesn't watch very much television. She used to watch it more. She
used to watch comedy series") can seem mannered. And for a writer so abundantly talented, there are patches of curiously flat, unimaginative narrative, where we might encounter someone going "cold with dread"
or bad luck gathering around a summer camp "like a fog."
THESE reservations, however, do not apply to such complex, beguiling stories as "Wilderness Tips" and "Hack Wednesday." In "Wilderness Tips," the same themes are in evidence, but handled more deftly,
with a buoyant irony that can keep even so ponderous an image as a sinking passenger liner afloat. Instead of a bog man or a dead English sailor, Ms. Atwood here serves up a roguish Hungarian emigre with the Anglicized
name of George. The first time he visited Wacousta Lodge, the rustic lakefront house belonging to Prue's staid family, "he was led in chains, trailed in Prue's wake, like a barbarian in a Roman triumph. .
. . He was supposed to alarm Prue's family." Nevertheless, Wacousta Lodge is conquered by the "barbarian" when George marries Prue's more docile sister Portia.
Browsing one day through the lodge's bookshelves, George comes across a book, published in 1905, called "Wilderness Tips." "The book itself told how to do useful things, like snaring small animals and eating
them -- something George himself had done, though not in forests." This casual aside, suggesting so much about George's savage past, sets up a useful counterpoise to his wife's New World innocence. Portia
"wishes she could go back a few decades, grow up again. The first time, she missed something . . . some vital information other people seemed to have." Here again is the familiar theme of life stories seeming
incomplete because of missing information. But it is in many ways a willful ignorance that Portia lives with, refusing to explore the barbarian's own wilderness with any of the tips so conveniently at hand.
The barbarian hovering on the periphery of "Hack Wednesday" is perhaps the most disconcerting alien in this collection. It is Manuel Noriega himself, "his round face pocked and bleak as an asteroid." How
Ms. Atwood works him so naturally into her tale of a middle-aged newspaper columnist at odds with her editor is storytelling at its best. Here a vision of the past helps bring about a sense of forgiveness, not in any facile
way, but with a tough-minded good humor that makes Marcia, the columnist, one of Ms. Atwood's most appealing characters.
James Wilcox's most recent novel is "Polite Sex."
What happens to this day? It goes where other days have gone, and will go. . . . Marcia knows that the day itself is seeping away from her, that it will go and will continue to go, and will never come back. Tomorrow the children
will arrive, one from the east, one from the west, where they attend their respective universities, being educated in distance. . . . There will be bustle and excitement, real and feigned. The daughter will attempt to organize
Marcia's wardrobe and correct her posture, the son will be gallant and awkward and patronizing; both will avoid being hugged too closely, or too long. . . .
Then Christmas Day will come. . . . The piece of the Berlin Wall that Marcia has given Eric in his stocking will get lost under the chesterfield. The cat will hide.
Marcia will get a little drunk on the eggnog, and later, after the dishes are done, she will cry silently to herself, shut into the bathroom and hugging in her festive arms the grumbling cat. . . . She will cry because the
children are no longer children, or because she herself is not a child anymore, or because there are children who have never been children, or because she can't have a child anymore, ever again. Her body has gone past
too quickly for her; she has not made herself ready.
It's all this talk of babies, at Christmas. It's all this hope.
-- From "Wilderness Tips."
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California wildfire: Marijuana grower fined $6.5 million for Nicolls Fire
FRESNO, Calif. (AP) -- A convicted marijuana grower was sentenced to nearly seven years in prison and ordered to pay a $6.5 million fine for igniting a wildfire that burned a remote part of Sequoia National Forest in Central California.
Mammoths swam to Channel Islands well before last glacial period, fossil indicates
LOS ANGELES (AP) -- The U.S. Geological Survey says a fossil discovery shows mammoths reached the Channel Islands off Southern California much earlier than was previously known.
Berkeley lab unveils new solar energy center aimed at producing fuel from sunlight
Groundbreaking work expected to be performed at $59 million Solar Energy Research Center.
Supreme Court: Big Pharma must pay for prescription drug disposal in Alameda County
An Alameda County law likely will be duplicated across the country now.
Big animals are going the way of the mammoth
Stanford biologist says hunting and habitat loss put more than half of the world's largest herbivore species at risk of extinction.
Castro Valley sewer fees jump almost 50 percent in four years
Castro Valley Sanitary District says the increases are needed to maintain sewer pipes and the wastewater treatment plant.
Fresh Food: Urban farms growing in West Oakland
Vacant lots, a lack of fresh fruits and vegetables make the neighborhood ripe for farming
Richmond dedicating new Bay Trail segment on Sunday
The Ferry Point Loop segment and a Bay Trail connector along Garrard Boulevard from Cutting Boulevard to the Ferry Point Tunnel will be officially opened with a ceremony in Point Richmond
Juvenile whale washed ashore on Sonoma beach, one of several in recent months
A dead whale washed ashore at Portuguese Beach in Sonoma County Sunday, a state park ranger said Monday.
Tahoe bear battle: Vacationer claims Bear League activists harassed him over trap
RENO, Nev. (AP) -- A Las Vegas man will ask a judge this week for a protective order against bear advocates at Lake Tahoe, saying they harassed him after he initiated efforts to trap a bear that damaged his vacation home.
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Review: Are David Duchovny, 'Aquarius' bingeworthy?
NBC copies Netflix by making all 13 episodes available for streaming.
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Emma Stone, Andrew Garfield reunited?
'The Amazing Spider-Man' co-stars have been spotted together around L.A. amid reports their romance is back on.


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The Securities and Exchange Commission’s failure to consider the economic effects of its rules is undermining its ability to reform the regulatory landscape under the Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act.
The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals cited this failure in a July 22 decision, Business Roundtable v. SEC, when voiding the SEC’s new proxy access rule — which would give large shareholders the right to place nominees for corporate directors on the company’s own ballot.
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Though the SEC ran a cost-benefit analysis of its rule, the D.C. Circuit, which has a thorough understanding of the capital markets and economic forces, found the quality, objectivity and completeness of the analysis insufficient. Judge Douglas Ginsberg wrote that the SEC “failed to respond to substantial problems raised by commenters,” by disregarding their economic arguments and empirical evidence.
The Business Roundtable decision has special significance because the SEC rule that it struck down was the first of approximately 250 new regulations required under Dodd-Frank.
This proxy access case is just the latest of several recent successful court challenges to SEC rules. In all these cases, the court identified weaknesses in the SEC’s regulatory reasoning — resulting in the challenged rules being rejected and sent back to the commission for further consideration. The clear message in all these decisions is that regulators must take more seriously the economic effects of their proposed rules in order to withstand judicial review. An appeal is always possible, of course, and the decision could be reversed by the entire D.C. Circuit or the Supreme Court.
By law, the SEC is required to consider the effects of a proposed regulation on efficiency, competition and capital formation. The D.C. Circuit, through this series of critical decisions, is telling the SEC that rigorous economic analysis is required — and this standard can’t be met by offering unsupported assertions or legal arguments.
SEC Chairwoman Mary Schapiro created the Division of Risk, Strategy and Financial Innovation in a highly publicized September 2009 move. This is the first new SEC division in 37 years.
Its goal is “to help the commission approach complex matters” by drawing on economists and others whose “interdisciplinary insights are vital to good decision-making.” Schapiro even noted that her new division “has parachuted into complex legislative matters demanding immediate specialized expertise … including proxy access rulemaking.”

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Ending Violence Against Women in Panama
In Panama, where domestic violence is the second most reported crime in the country, the national legislature had three legal initiatives to address the problem of violence against women languish in debate. Long a champion of women’s rights, APLAFA, our Member Association in Panama, took action to bring the issue of violence against women from the background to the forefront of public dialogue.
In 2013, APLAFA organized a forum on violence against women in conjunction with the United Nations, government agencies, and key political actors. Our Regional Director, Carmen Barroso, gave a moving speech at the event that prompted a member of the National Assembly to commit then and there to bring his law to the assembly again. As he initiated the legislative process, APLAFA and other civil society members rallied support and helped lawmakers craft a comprehensive law in support of women’s rights.
The new law passed in October of 2013. Not only does it classify femicide—the intentional murder of women because they are women—as a crime, it establishes a regulatory framework to eradicate all types of violence against women. In a major victory for women’s rights, the law also recognizes that denying women access to family planning services is a form of violence and establishes a regulatory body—which includes APLAFA—to monitor the implementation.

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Over 800,000 girls sitting for Kenya Certificate of Primary Education and Kenya Certificate of Secondary Education final examination will be provided with sanitary towels to enable them sit for exams comfortably.
Flagging-off four lorries carrying the sanitary towels for distribution to Vihiga, Busia, Nyeri and Nyandarua at the Kenya Institute of Curriculum Development on Tuesday, the Cabinet Secretary for Education (CS), Prof. George Magoha announced that various counties have already received the consignments among them Garissa, Samburu, Wajir, Voi and West Pokot.
Prof. Magoha said his ministry and M-pesa Foundation have partnered with local manufacturers to produce sanitary towels at a cost lower than wholesale price.
“The government is committed to give sanitary pads to girls apart from providing free primary education and free day secondary education,” he said
Prof. Magoha said the government spends sh470 million to provide pads to at least 1.4 million girls for a period of four months, which he said is inadequate.
“The Ministry decided to partner with M-Pesa Foundation to meet the demand so that all girls can receive the sanitary towels,” said Prof. Magoha.
The CS at the same time directed the officers in his ministry to ensure that the sanitary pads are given to the girls without bias.
The Chairman, M-pesa Foundation, Michael Joseph said the Foundation will work with local manufacturers to produce the pads which will be distributed by the Ministry of Education at an estimated cost of sh281 million.
“The girls will receive menstrual health package consisting of three packet of sanitary pads enough to last for three months, three pieces of underwear and a menstrual health information booklet all enclosed in a drawstring bag,” he said.
“It is wrong when a natural occurrence turns a moment of shame for our young girls. We have continuously seen young girls in parts of the country result to using bits of mattresses, old cloths, leaves or even sheets of newspapers as makeshift pads,” said Joseph.
He noted that the girls are forced to use mattresses and others because they cannot afford sanitary towels saying that this makes them to live in isolation during menstruation which affects their education.
Joseph said it is saddening that some girls engage in risky sexual behaviour to get money to buy pads, saying that the partnership will bring back dignity to the young girls.
The government introduced the National Free Sanitary Towel Programme to provide sanitary towels to school girls, train them on hygienic usage and disposal of sanitary towels, as well as to monitor and evaluate its impact, Joseph explained.
The United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) Director, Fathiaa Abdalla said UNHCR has partnered with M-pesa Foundation to provide girls in Kakuma and Daadab refugee camps with pads besides supporting their education.
“Over 450 girls will benefit from the free sanitary pads distribution in the refugee camps,” said Abdalla.
She said globally refugees have less access to education, lack supplies of sanitary pads and other relevant facilities.
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Review: In the beginning I really struggled to relate to the relationship between Abby and her long-time boyfriend. While I understand that teenagers can fixate on their young love, I was a bit nauseated at times by the seemingly over the top romantic elements of the story. Having spoken to some of my students who have read the novel though, they loved it and felt it tapped into ways they felt, so it must just be my age and experience (yes, and even my job as a teacher of teens) that gets in the way. Abby isn't a totally helpless character, but she definitely has the "damsel in distress" element going for her, as the male characters play into the hero portion of the story.
Once the story hits about the mid point, it really picks up speed. There is a time-travel element to it that is intriguing, as well as references to classical literature that kept me on my toes. Because of the unique twists in the story, it's hard to know exactly where the story is going, which is nice. Yes, it has a love story. Yes, a problem (a BIG problem) pops up to try to separate the couple. However, you can't really predict what is going to happen, at least not completely. In fact, the ending is so surprising in a way, that I'm glad I don't have to wait for the next book to be published to find out more!
One thing I did question in the novel, that really isn't a criticism of it, per se, but about young adult novels in general. Where are the parents? It seems like there are fleeting references to them being involved in their child's life, or even questioning them, but where do they go when their child is falling apart or risking life and death in some over the top action sequence? I'm sure an author has to keep the parents less involved than some, so the character can experience a more dramatic conflict than the parent who keeps tabs on their child 24/7, right? I get that you can't have the parents interrupt the story too much, but I've always wondered why the parents don't pick up on more of the craziness going on around them?!?
Overall, this is a fun book to read and consider. While it had it's slow opening, and sometimes frustrating character interactions, it had a unique set of circumstances that kept me reading. As a teen novel, I can say from experience with my students that they really liked it and felt connected to the story, which is a great thing when you're wanting to captivate young readers!
Lisa Mangum has also published Book 2, The Golden Spiral. The final book in the trilogy, The Forgotten Locket will be released in May 2011. For more information, see Lisa Mangum's official website.
*FTC Disclosure: This review is based on a personal copy of the novel.
This review also counts as one of my 7th in the TBR challenge. I'm not sure I'll be able to finish the challenge, but am happy to be able to say that this was one of the books I've had for awhile and meant to read! Why I don't pick away at more from my pile, I'll never know.


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Tigerville, S.C.—The North Greenville Lady Crusaders added another “W” to the win column Wednesday night earning a 2 58-56 point win over future Conference Carolinas’ rival King College.
The Crusaders started the game hot, racing out to a nine-point lead ten minutes into the first twenty minutes of play. The Tornadoes fought back however pulling to within two points before the intermission.
King College picked up the pace in the second half grabbing the lead five minutes into the second half. The Tornadoes led by as many as eight points. With six minutes left the Crusaders began chipping away and with 1:20 left in the game two Karly Stache free throws tied the game at 56.
The Crusaders regained the lead with just six seconds remaining after Jr. Guard Krisceda Cotton drained two free throws. With the final seconds waning, King pushed the ball the length of the court, but a last second layup failed to draw iron as time expired.
Karly Stache led the charge for NGU as she posted 16 points and was 4 of 5 from the three point arch. Christina Carlis also had a solid game with 14 points while Krisceda Cotton also scored in double digits with ten points.
The win over the Tornadoes puts North Greenville at 5-9 on the season with a game against Hiawassee College on Saturday. The tip for the Saturday matchup is set for 2pm.

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On Monday we watched the premiere of Midnight, Texas, a new show based on the books by Charlaine Harris. If you think you’ve heard that name before, you probably have. She wrote the books that the hit series True Blood was based on. We loved True Blood so we decided to give Midnight a try and we were not disappointed.
I started reading the first book in the series a few years ago, but didn’t finish it. Not sure why, but it wasn’t holding my attention at the time. I read about the first five or six books in the True Blood series, but they eventually fell flat for me and I gave up on them on purpose. The same could be said for the TV series though we never missed a show, but they didn’t always follow the books either.
True Blood was about a town full of vampires, werewolves, shape shifters, witches, and more. Midnight isn’t too far from that genre. Manfred, a psychic, goes to the town of Midnight to hide out. The ghost of his dead grandmother goes along with him. When he arrives, he gets wrapped up in a murder mystery and meets an array of strange characters which include a witch with a talking cat and a vampire among others. The characters are interesting and I’m sure each of their stories will be told as conflicts arise.
I thought the premiere was decent. Since it’s on NBC, it will be much cleaner than True Blood was. You could always count on some muscle men running around shirtless or some steamy sex scenes in True Blood when the plot was slow. But it’s fun to have something new on TV to look forward to from someone whose work we’ve enjoyed before.
Midnight is on NBC on Mondays at 9pm CST.

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Servomex has just announced the acquisition of the Delta F Corporation, a manufacturer of process analyser technologies, based in Boston, Massachusetts, US.
The Delta F Corporation, a well-known and highly respected global brand, develops, manufactures and distributes a range of trace and ultra trace oxygen and moisture analysers based on Coulometric and Tuneable Diode Laser (TDLAS) technology respectively.
In a move that is sure to catch the eye of the industrial and specialty gas & equipment community, the acquisition combines Delta F’s products, technologies and expertise with those of Servomex and the latter’s more than 50 years of business.
The combination will further enhance the Servomex’s ability to deliver a complete range and choice of process gas analysis technologies and systems to industry worldwide.
Servomex and its HUMMINGBIRD Sensing Technology sub-brand are leading suppliers of process gas measurement solutions and leading edge transducer technologies worldwide. Servomex and HUMMINGBIRD supply to many of the world’s leading companies for use in industries that include hydrocarbon processing, industrial gas processing, electronics and healthcare.
This announcement signals the latest development in the Servomex global expansion programme, which includes the recent opening of a brand new state-of-the-art UK Technical Centre, the addition in 2010 of Customer Business Centres in São Paulo, Mumbai and Dubai and new regional offices in Tokyo, Seoul and Singapore.
New System Engineering Centres have also been announced to open in Mumbai and Europe in 2011.
“The acquisition of Delta F is another major step forward for Servomex and we are delighted to welcome them to the Servomex team,” says Chris Cottrell, Managing Director, Servomex.
“Delta F’s products and technologies are a perfect complement to Servomex’s extensive range of process gas analysis solutions and will further extend our measurement capabilities. This will enable us to provide our customers with an even more extensive choice of analytical solutions that will allow them to realize significant process improvements and improve the efficiency of their business”.
This expansion has been mirrored by growth in Servomex’s core technologies that, in addition to world-leading Zirconia Oxide, Infra Red and Paramagnetic devices, now include Laser (TDLAS), Gas Chromatography, Plasma, Flame Ionisation Detector (FID) and Thermal Conductivity Detector (TCD) techniques.


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Nicholas KimCoppola was born on January 7, 1964 in long beach, California.He is popularly known as Nicholas cage. He is a director, actor and producer. He has performed in dramas, romantic comedies and even action movies. Nicholas has starred in birdy, valley girl, sue got married, racing the moon, honeymoon in Vegas and vampire’s kiss among others. His performances have seen him get a golden globe award, academy award and screen actors guild award.it was the films like face off, the rock national treasure and city of angels that brought him into the lime light. The film, adaptation won him an academy award.Nicholas is the son of august Floyd Coppola and joy. He dated Christina Fulton and they had a son, Weston Coppola cage. He has been married thrice. He first married Patricia arquette from 1995 to 2001.His second marriage was to Lisa Marie Presley which ended in 2004.Alice Kim was cages third wife.
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By Chris Wright
Just a quickie to keep you abreast of the latest wranglings North o’ the border, in so far as, thanks to an outstanding tax bill of somewhere around the £49-million mark, Rangers have now officially entered administration as of this afternoon – meaning the club will be immediately docked ten league points.
The deduction will see Rangers fall 14 points behind Celtic, who are sitting pretty at the summit of the SPL with 65 points – though you may not be surprised that it won’t be enough to knock them out of the top two. Motherwell are currently in third spot with 42 points.
The long and short of it? Celtic are this year’s SPL champions. In February.


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The nrw museums platform’s 15 curated themes follow the guiding themes of modern and contemporary art. Virtual exhibitions set out our numerous artworks, connected by content and form. Stroll through the themed rooms. Explore the variety of artistic positions taken up by 20th and 21st century art. The themes do not follow a purely stylistic classification; instead, they collect the broad spectrum of engagement with each of the subject areas:
The theme of Image & Ornament spans a time period from cubism and early abstract art right up to the 1980s. Whether this is due to a high level of abstraction, the use of solid areas of colour, having little or no pictorial depth, or a rhythmical composition, there is something ornamental about every work.
The theme of Colour / Modulation shows artists engaging with the perception and effect of colour. Everybody is aware of the signal sent by using the colour red in a stop sign at the side of the road, or the effectiveness of certain colour combinations in advertising. Many artists have been occupied by experimentation with the colour scale and individual colour values, and questioned the interplay of colours between themselves.
The keyword Gestural embraces painters for whom the act of painting itself plays a significant and determining role in the creative outcome. Paint applied expressively, rapidly, created by equally dynamic physical activity, makes up the main body of this selection.
The area of Construction is concerned with diverse works of modern and contemporary art that are committed to mathematical and geometrical underlying structures and systems. These systemisations are often based on intellectual theories or manifested ideologies, about which you can learn more by analysing the individual artworks.
The wide field of conceptual art, which defines the mental process and intellectual action as the artwork, rather than the physical artistic output, is represented by many varied works in the Concepts theme. But how does a work develop when, after the mental decision making has been done in advance, in Sol LeWitt’s words »execution becomes a purely mechanical affair«?
In the contemporary art, Light & Motion are understood to be fully-fledged aesthetic media in their own right. In the works this theme introduces, light does more than just influencing our visual perceptions – it becomes the artist’s very »paint«. The alteration of form and perception through movement is used and reflected as a design medium. Die Veränderung von Form und Wahrnehmung durch Bewegung wird als Gestaltungsmittel eingesetzt und reflektiert.
As well as light and movement, design qualities are ascribed to the Material itself. Choosing a material involves decision making in relation to both aesthetics and content. Many works consider and address the properties concealed within materiality. They enquire into the role of the material for the work, or even raise the specific properties of the material to a formative category.
Performance is a form of artistic act that grew out of action art in the early 60s, yet because of its open structure it is hard to define comprehensively. Often, time-limited performances are staged in an intensely physical way, with the aim of giving the viewer a sensory experience. These examples will help you discover more about the performative in art.
The very choice of title for the Process / Action theme demonstrates that a temporal or active component is a decisive element of these works. Here, via Fluxus artists and happenings, we show you the historical watershed after which the classical media of art were abandoned.
With the feminist discourse of the 70s and the development of gender studies, the theme of Sex & Gender also gained a central significance in art. Artistic engagements with societal gender roles and attributions are therefore »exhibited« in their own subject area. You will find other politically motivated or socio-critical works under the theme of Art & Politics
In 20th century art, space was increasingly understood to be more than just the bare environment of an artwork; likewise, its effect on the work came to be reflected. Every space, whether municipal, private or virtual, has its own qualities. As well as being of significance for the work, these can be influenced, negated, underlined or investigated by the work. The theme of [Urban Space] brings together a variety of positions under this heading.
The title Art & Technology refers to art’s engagement with the medium in itself. At the same time, it also specifically implies the use and thematisation of technical media. The wide variety of selected works lays open the promise held out by such an ambiguous title.
Past and future – retrospective and preview – subject and image. The theme of Traditions / Perspektives unites almost the entire chronological span of the 20th century. This comprehensive exhibition highlights the wide spectrum of figurative representation. The visual answers to the question of how human beings can be seen and portrayed always repay a detailed examination.
A Sign is something that points beyond itself, something in which an extra meaning is inherent. It is a textual or pictorial representation of something else. This theme emphasises the fact that by consciously using a traditional sign, or generating a new one, an artist is simultaneously reflecting its operating mechanisms.


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Pictures is one among the preferred hobbies and pastimes on the planet. Many individuals around the world spend heaps of money to pursue images as a pastime. Others take up pictures as a occupation. The selection for photographers is huge: from skilled models to amateurs with a passion for pictures. Regardless of the case, images could be a very rewarding pastime.
Photography will be broadly divided into two disciplines – business and non-business photography. Business pictures is focused on mass print merchandise such as magazines, books, and newspapers. Non-business photography is targeted on artistic images, normally digital or film-based. Some famous business photographers embrace Nikon, Canon, Kodak, Olympus, Pentax, Minolta, Panasonic, Olympus, Sharp, Fuji, Sony, Canon, Agfa, and Casio. Non-business photographers embrace freelance photographers, folks from all professions, kids, celebrities, and the general public.
Publicity is every thing in photography. The standard of the camera, lens, flash, and many others., are all essential components. A camera that gives quick and automated publicity is best than a sluggish digicam that does not have an excellent sensor. The standard of the lens is essential, as nicely. For landscape pictures, the main focus ought to be on getting as many particulars as doable within the photograph whereas optimizing the lighting. Lighting situations can be challenging at evening.
Social media is booming as a pictures matter. Extra persons are posting their pictures on-line. Some have humorous results; others are stuffed with which means. As extra people begin posting their images, interest in images is sure to grow. This is excellent news for photographers as a result of it means more potential customers for them.
Digital pictures is a great advancement in images. It has opened up prospects that were impossible simply a number of years in the past. One such instance is publicity. Back then, there was no such thing as a excessive ISO setting in a digital SLR. Nonetheless, know-how changes so shortly that it is not unrealistic to count on to see a high ISO setting in a full physique kit quickly. That may only be a matter of time.
One other nice invention in digital pictures is shade printing. That is when an original piece of film is converted to a color copy. In the past, all the things from marriage ceremony photographs to stills from the movie 300 had to be performed in black and white. At the moment, skilled photographers can get simply as lovely of a photograph in black and white as they may in colour. The distinction is that now all the normal guidelines of composition apply.
Daguerre cameras and different cameras with superior lens and camera gear produce DSLR prints that look like they were taken with a standard level and shoot camera. That is as a result of they’re. There are some photographers who’re advocates of using the full energy of digital pictures, however even essentially the most powerful digital gear within the fingers of probably the most expert photographers cannot produce pictures that rival these taken with movie cameras. It is only due to the advancements in pictures that some photographers are capable of push the bounds of what is feasible.
Digital photography has come a great distance. It is wonderful to assume that all of those technological aspects would have been potential if it weren’t for the public domain. If you are desirous about pictures and have a ardour for sharing your creative facet, then you might want to think about taking advantage of this useful resource.
Many well-known photographers have utilized the general public area to make their photographs obtainable to the general public. A few of these are Robert Capra, Ella Lumley, Arthur Adams, and lots of extra. You can take your photo, publish it in your website, and submit it on the internet in order that anybody with a pc can see your work. These famous photographers don’t even charge for their photographs.
In case you are more keen on commercial photography, you in all probability already know that there are totally different settings that you can use in order to alter the quality of the pictures that you simply seize. That is widespread among landscape photography, and you should do the same. You possibly can change the aperture and the lighting conditions as a way to get the outcomes that you simply want. If you are going to alter the aperture in order to cut back the amount of light that’s captured by the digital camera, you will need to extend the shutter speed with a purpose to capture these objects within the photograph. Changing the aperture is straightforward to do, but it is important to do in order for you to provide crisp pictures of landscapes.
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5. Thresholds and Edges
“i is a long memoried woman …” Mary Wickham RSM
I have a friend who spent several months working as a volunteer at Mercy International Centre, Dublin. She wrote home a number of chatty, informative letters. Where some people focus on scenery or museums, her remembering had a distinctive quality: when she wrote about Dublin and excursions to other parts of Ireland she would invariably include a description of a statue that had caught her eye and engaged her imagination; amongst them the seated figure of poet Patrick Kavanagh not far from Baggot St on the banks of the Grand Canal and the controversial Molly Malone figure in O’Connell St.
My friend’s perspective set me thinking about statues, and more particularly about the way women have been embodied during the last two thousand years; about the metaphoric power of sculpture in terms of the way women have been shaped and perceived and placed, as well as the way women have projected and appropriated images of themselves.
It set me thinking about the relationship between statues and jubilee. Sculpture has traditionally been a way of commemorating: an achievement, the passage of time itself, of honouring the dead, the great, the fallen in war, of lauding the exemplary: from the simplest of cairns on a mountain top to the highly ornate edifices of the Victorian era, to the post-modern plastic wrap of buildings by Cristo.
Statues have no speech, yet they can make subtle sounds as the rain falls on them and the wind blows past and around them. They take up space. They occupy a place. They reflect the light. Some soak up the sun, taking into their very heart the warmth. Some find themselves resting places for birds. Some soak up the moisture from the air, letting the damp seep into their apparent solidity. From different angles they present different aspects. Depending on the time of the day, they can cast long shadows, and certain planes and surfaces are accentuated or understated.
Consider sculpture as a metaphor: this or that shape as the reality she, woman, has been dealt, the space she has occupied, the form to which she has adapted, particularly in her relationship to Church, to the men of the Church, and the God the Church proposes. Think of Michaelangelo’s Pietas, of Bernini’s Teresa of Avila, of the ubiquitous plaster Virgin in blue and white. Think of what has not been made; not given shape. Consider the samples that follow a personal selection, not a prescriptive set … you will have your own; you will find your own. Good. Let us pray to keep open eyes of our spirit.
Which woman are you?
Which figure looks at you with your eyes?
What challenge is given to unbecome?
What to aspire?
What needs remoulding, what speaks to your desire?
What figure does your life call you to be?
From which should you flee?
Who is it shapes and forms for good?
What tyrannies maim and distort?
Find for your self the idol, the true.
Discard the one, claim the real.
May Grace the Sculptor find you good stone.
The Lady Chapel of Ely Cathedral is a lovely place. It is also a truly terrible place. In afternoon sunlight it has a subtle beauty, full of white light, spacious.
Yet there is about this place a skeletal quality: so much white stone looks bone-like, the archways and roof-bosses so many knuckles and joints. And then you read that the original medieval windows were not of clear glass at all, but a richly coloured, ornate stained glass, the statues likewise coloured and gilded.
And then you look carefully at the many little stone figures in alcoves and high niches, over the archways, in the roof corners.
You see that they have been attacked, hands missing, most of them decapitated, beautiful figures scored and smashed, the fine detail bludgeoned off.
Cromwell and his wreckers came here during the Reformation when the Church of England reacted to the excesses of the cult of the Virgin Mary.
From adulation to violation.
In the green enclosure around Salisbury Cathedral there stands a bronze figure of a woman.
No, stands is not the right word.
You have to be quick to catch her.
She strides ahead, intent and single-minded, arms swinging.
A lean, even gaunt figure, she is older than the usual girlish Madonna. A face that is worn and wise to the world. Not a winsome face. A bit fierce, an onlooker might think. And yet there is a delicate gentleness about her too.
She could be any refugee, any pilgrim, any searcher.
She marches parallel to the Church path, but not on it. She walks, against all warnings, on the grass. She has her back to the vast Cathedral. She is headed for the market-place. Is she in flight from, or on a mission to? Has she been sent or has she set off at her own prompting?
“High above the north western doorway of St Patrick’s Cathedral, Melbourne, can be seen a sculpture of a woman’s face, that of St. Brigid, favourite daughter of Ireland.”
Legend has it that St. Brigid was born on the threshold of the house, neither inside nor outside, so it is fitting that she should be depicted above the doorway. Being on the threshold perhaps denotes Brigid’s affinity and the spiritual realm, but it also signifies her temporal homelessness, belonging and not belonging, inclusion and exclusion.
The face above the doorway of St. Patrick’s Cathedral is, of course, not Brigid’s at all. The face, sculpted from life in the 19th century was that of another Irish woman, Clara Mary, Sister Ursula Frayne, foundation member of the Sisters of Mercy in Australia.
What seems is not so; at least not simply.
What you see is not all that there is to get.
One woman for and as another.
One face for another.
One name for another.
Veiled head and broad open face.
Behind each woman
there are the hidden generations;
behind each name a story,
(I carry in my world that flourishes the worlds that have failed)
Echoes and fragments of earlier names and deeds;
(i is a long memoried woman …)
each woman more than a single self in time;
and each woman wanting to be named for who she really is.
Listen to what the Spirit is saying to the churches … I will give the hidden manna and a white stone – a stone with a new name written on it, known only to the one who receives it. (Rev: 2:17)
At over eighty archaeological sites in Ireland and other medieval sites in Western Europe can be found curious and controversial carvings: some are on castle walls, some on bridges, but paradoxically the majority are found on Churches. The term sheila-na-gig refers to small carvings of naked women with exposed genitalia. They are reminiscent of gargoyles, having the same bizarre, distorted appearance. One theory traces their origins to similar male and female figures found in French Romanesque Churches. These were used to illustrate the ungodly powers which threaten men. They may reflect a fear of the feminine. Caricatured in an attempt to lessen their power.
One such figure is found at St. Gobnait’s Church, Ballyvourney, West Cork: a small weathered figure in a window arch. Homage is paid to this figure each year during the Feastday procession of the holy woman St. Gobnait.
Goddess or whore, feared or fearsome, token against evil or stone of healing, pagan remnant of fertility rite or Christian admonition against lust, Earth Mother or prefigurement of St. Brigid as Triple Goddess: one or all of these, the Sheila-na-Gig retains her mystery and her potency as all that is primeval and elemental in the feminine, as all that is provocative and perceived to be dangerous. As all, perhaps that is the feminine at its most fecund and creative.
There are a number of variations on the name Sheela-na-gig, which is thought to derive from the Irish Sile na gCioch, meaning Sheila of the paps, or breasts. One variant calls the figures Cailleach. This is the Irish word for old crone or hag, associated with protection of the land. Ironically, it also means a veiled or celibate woman. In the circularity of Irish medieval thinking it seems there is not a great distance between the sheela-na-gig and the veiled celibate woman.
Catch the No 10 Bus along Baggot St and alight at the Herbert St stop. You will come face to face with a veiled woman, a cailleach. Well, not quite face to face, since she is a towering, larger than life figure.
She is not alone, this wise one, protector of the land.
Here is a configuration of the feminine,
a womanly trinity,
mother, child and nun.
One hand is outstretched.
Is it a gesture of giving or of begging,
a welcome or a movement of farewell?
The outstretched foot from one angle looks almost dainty,
like a dancer preparing to leap,
but move to the side and you will see
that the foot is like an anchor,
or the root of some great sturdy tree,
the leg massive.
The weight of the figure
rests on that leg,
a complete contrast to the hand suspended delicately in air
like a bird’s wing.
That leg gives balance to the unseen hand behind,
firmly gentle at the mother’s back:
to embrace/to propel/to steady/to guide/to protect/to comfort/to reassure/to strengthen/ to encourage/ to love
They stand outside the house;
like Brigid at the threshold,
the zone of inclusion or exclusion,
the way in which is the way out.
She owns the house who ordered it built,
yet she is not entirely free to be its mistress.
On the street perhaps she is freer to greet and to seek,
to welcome and console.
This is a circle that is not a circle,
a circle in the making,
a circle at the waiting,
waiting a response from the onlooker,
each onlooker the missing arc that completes,
makes the circle mercy.
Each of these: the disabled of Ely, Salisbury’s Walking Madonna, Ursula as Brigid, the Sheela-na-gig, Catherine and the Woman with the baby, they each tell their own story. Through the gloom and the glory, love and cruelty of two thousand years they are, after all, still alive, as all art is alive. They are women for all weathers, on whom the rain falls and the sunlight gleams.
They are still standing, and they sing in their silence, in the rhythmic vernacular of Grace Nichols’ African-Caribbean woman:
i is a long memoried woman …
I am here
a woman … with all my lives
strung out like beads
It isn’t privilege or pity
that I seek
It isn’t reverence or safety
quick happiness or purity
but the power to be what I am/a woman
charting my own futures/a woman
holding my beads in my hand …
I have crossed an ocean
I have lost my tongue
from the root
of the old one
a new one has sprung …
This reflection was first published in Listen, Journal of the Institute of Sisters of Mercy of Australia, Vol. 16 No.2, 1998.


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From: CNN Money
The drought that’s drying up the Heartland isn’t just an American problem. It’s causing food prices to surge worldwide.
And it could get worse.
“This is not some gentle monthly wake-up call, it’s the same global alarm that’s been screaming at us since 2008,” said Colin Roche of Oxfam, noting that the drought could lead to food shortages for millions of people worldwide.
Food is a major U.S. export, so the drought affects prices around the globe.
“World leaders must snap out of their lazy complacency and realize the time of cheap food has long gone,” Roche said.
Related: Corn prices rally to new record high
In July, food prices jumped 6%, after three months of declines, according to the United Nations’ monthly Food Price Index released Thursday. The main drivers behind the increase? Grain prices. And more specifically, corn prices, which have hit record highs in recent weeks.
According to the U.N. report, global corn prices surged nearly 23% in July, exacerbated by “the severe deterioration of maize crop prospects in the United States, following drought conditions and excessive heat during critical stages of the crop development.”
“It’s going to have a big impact [on consumers],” said Sam Zippin, an analyst at financial information firm Sageworks. “Corn is in almost everything.”
Related: Get ready to pay more for your steak Food prices have been creeping up throughout the United States, as hot temperatures across the Midwestern and Western parts of the nation have dried out crops and driven up the price of corn and grain.
The U.N. index of cereal prices soared 17% last month, creeping closer to its all-time high set in April 2008.
Paul McNamara, associate professor at the University of Illinois’ College of Agriculture, said grain prices could rise still further, as cattle ranchers look for a substitute to corn, the most expensive feed.
Meat prices actually declined modestly, according to the U.N. report, but that was partly due to ranchers culling their herds to curb prices they have to pay for corn-based feed,
McNamara said the increases in corn prices and the weak harvest will also put pressure on policymakers to change the current U.S. policy towards ethanol, which mandates that nearly 10% of the nation’s fuel supply comes from corn.
Related: Food prices on the rise as drought worsens
Aside from corn, some of the most dramatic increases in food-flationwere in the fats and oils because they use soybeans, which have also been hurt by the drought. And that translates into higher prices for margarine and peanut butter.
The U.N.’s price index of oils and fats notched up 2% in July.
And the price of sugar — another household staple — spiked 12% in July, though the U.S. drought wasn’t to blame.
“The upturn was triggered by untimely rains in Brazil, the world’s largest sugar exporter, which hampered sugarcane harvesting in July,” said the U.N. “Concerns over delayed monsoon in India and poor precipitation in Australia also contributed to the price increase.”
What’s next. Expect meat prices to move higher into next year as ranchers get their cattle inventories to manageable levels.
“You might have some extra supply this year as people liquidate their herds,” said McNamara. “[But] you’re going to have, a year from now, tighter supplies as people reduce their herds in the U.S.”
Going forward, the severity of food inflation depends on how long the drought in the United States lasts, as well as the weather conditions in major food-producing countries like India and Russia, said David Hallam, director of trade and markets for the U.N.’s Food and Agriculture Organization.
Hallam said the world food supply isn’t as lean as it was during the international food crisis of 2007 and 2008, because, even though corn prices are prohibitively expensive, consumers have other foods to fall back on.
“If countries start unilaterally panic buying or restricting exports, that could make a bad problem worse,” said Hallam. “The situation right now is one of heightened vulnerability to any future shocks.”
Consumers will get a better idea of where prices are headed Friday, when the U.S. Department of Agriculture releases its World Agricultural Supply and Demand Estimates, which forecasts supply and demand for crops and livestock around the world.


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Traverse City Cherry Blossoms | Allie + Garret's Spring Couple Session
Allie lived right across from an abandoned Cherry Orchard full of spring blossoms just outside of Traverse City. She already had permission to use this piece of land for our session. It was nice that this was a place that was significant to her too, having grown up across from it. I was excited to get creative in this new spring growth, and that’s just what we did. We met up for a sunset session and ran around this cherry orchard until the sun went down.

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People who come to my office to complain about procrastination invariably get it wrong.
The problem is not the 11th hour mad dash to pull an all-nighter to finish the report, nor is it the lost opportunity cost that would have accrued if adequate time and resources had been devoted to the task. It’s not even the unfortunate addition of the label “procrastinator” that eventually gets ingrained into one’s identity.
Don’t get me wrong, all these sequalae are bad. But in my opinion, it’s the constant failure of the delaying and postponing tactics that produce an ever-present, albeit low level awareness that things are not right.
You see, most procrastinators aren’t very good at it. They know that they should be working on that key assignment, but to assuage their guilt they have to work on SOMETHING – even as mundane as arranging objects in a bin. The problem is that the diversions, even those as noble as housework or rearranging the attic, don’t totally remove the nagging cloud of The Undone.
More advanced procrastinators know this and therefore instead of cleaning the garage, they do the equivalent of just skipping the meal and go right to the dessert. That is, they revert to past pleasures for guilt-assuaging or task-forgetting enjoyment. That doesn’t work either.
I don’t know whether it is the Protestant work ethic or just the urgency of the undone task, but the pleasure from watching the football playoffs instead of writing the report is never completely satisfying.
I think that what we learned from Psychology 101, namely, that rewards are contingent upon the prior execution of behaviour is too deeply ingrained. In other words, regardless of the “you-deserve-it” self-esteem cheerleaders, pleasure has to be earned. When we try to sneak it in, it doesn’t really work.
So, to reduce the background stress ad feel the genuine pleasure, we have to tackle the undone; here are some tips to help.
Tip #1 Analyze that block
Make a deal with yourself, if you are going to procrastinate on a task, then ask two important questions:
What am I feeling?
What do I think about the task at-hand?
The psychologists Timothy Pychyl and Fuschia Sirois have discovered that procrastination isn’t about avoiding work; it’s about avoiding negative emotions. We procrastinate when a task stirs up feelings like anxiety, confusion or boredom. Instead of viewing the block as a block to doing work, think about procrastination as an emotional block.
Instead of increasing your work ethic or improving your time management, a brief but critical analysis can dissolve an impairing emotion or task impediment and set you on your way..
Tip #2 Take that first step
Marcus Aurelius, the stoic philosopher and Roman Emperor said that a life is built on action; “No author ever writes a book, instead they write one sentence, then another and another..”
Tim Urban picks up this theme where he writes:
“. Procrastinators are great visionaries—they love to fantasize about the beautiful mansion they will one day have built—but what they need to be are gritty construction workers who methodically lay one brick after the other, day after day, without giving up, until a house is built. Nearly every big undertaking can be boiled down to a core unit of progress—it’s the brick.
I used to teach a large class in CBT at McGill University, it was a one semester course but the lecture notes that grounded the students in the principles and practices. I provided what I viewed as notes that were comprehensive, the students would say formidable.
About one month before the final examination, I would pause and ask how many of the students had started studying. As expected, only a handful of the hundred of so undergraduates raised their hand. I then asked them to write down how hard they though the studying process would be on a scale from 0 to 10 where zero was ordering a margarita on the beach in Tulum and ten was wrestling an alligator in the nearby swamps of Tulum. After they recorded their ratings, I stopped lecturing completely and ask them to open their laptops to my notes section and start studying while I’ll got a coffee. Ten minutes later, I asked them to repeat the rating.
You guessed it; after they took that first step, the perceived difficulty of the whole thing melted away.
Tip #3 Tackle the important things first
I like lists as much as anyone. In fact, for really busy people with tons of things on their mind, I encourage them to generate daily to-do lists. For the productive person, these lists organize work and most importantly, they get things out of their heads thus liberating working memory space for better reception and mental processing.
For the procrastinator, these comprehensive lists only delay action- the list becomes not a tool for an end but the end in itself. This is especially true if the items on the list are complex and demanding, such as; “learning to program.” Again, to quote Tim Urban: “Effective planning turns a daunting item into a series of small, clear, manageable tasks.”
Tip #4 Reduce self-criticism
Feedback is a great thing, it controls everything from homeostatic bodily functions to guided missiles. The essence involves comparing your output with some ideal. For many of us, however, that ideal derives not from our own standards but from vague expectations of what others might think, believe or judge. If we get caught up in this so-called neurotic perfectionism, then we tend to procrastinate. The great Canadian author Margaret Atwood at one point in her writing supposedly hesitated to put words down on paper, for three years, she put off writing the “The Handmaid’s Tale.” “I thought it was just too batty,” she said. Those anxieties finally started to subside when she shifted her focus away from what readers might think and stopped judging her work as she was creating it.
Focus on closing the gap, but the gap between your current performance and what you yourself expect.
Tip 5 Influence of others
Another option is to think about who’s doing the task with you. In one study described by the organizational psychologist Adam Grant: “when people sat next to someone who was twice as productive as average, their own productivity increased by 10 percent. Sometimes, highly productive people make tasks more fun or more meaningful. Other times, they make procrastinating so painful that progress suddenly feels like a more attractive path.”
Therefore, work as part of a team, even if you have to create an artificial team by simply telling colleagues about your project and its deadlines. Working with others also applies to the physical surroundings. I’ve had clients sit unproductively at their home desk but miraculously turn on the gas when they went to Starbucks.
Challenge the procrastination with these tips; the alternative simply doesn’t work.

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Sri Lanka is constructing a new Port City on the reclaimed land from the Indian Ocean with the help of Chinese investment fund of $1.4bn. At 665 acres, the size of the metropolis developed will be double of the nation’s capital. Also, the design of the city resembles Dubai, Singapore and Hong Kong.
The plan of creating a city that competes for the world’s leading financial hubs seemed unbelievable a decade ago. And that is because of the history of the country, which had evidenced the brutal civil war from 1983 to 2009 between Tamil Tigers and its military where thousands of citizens had been slain, and the nation had incurred a loss of $200 billion on war.
Although the idea of creating a Metropolis came in the year 2004, the project work was postponed until after the war. Prime Minister Ranil Wickramasinghe suspended the project in 2014 due to the fear of the damage to the seashore. However, the plan work started by 2016 with a new rule of environmental securities.
The reclamation efforts of the project are still on track, and China Harbour Engineering Company (CHEC) intends to finish the first phase of infrastructure by 2020. It is said estimated that the entire Port City will be ready in 2041, at which point its costs could reach $15 billion.
Dredgers have been used by the construction workers to collect sand from the bottom of the ocean.
The prime aim of CHEC is to add around 17 billion gallons of sand along the shoreline. It is ensured that dredging won’t cause any threat to the aquatic life. This will not produce any effect on the livelihood of local fishers. However, the company has reserved about $7 million to be distributed among fishing associations in 3 years.
Developers have almost finished 90 per cent of reclamation works, and are adhered to complete it by June 2019.
The complete project will boast a top-notch office space, a cultural park, and a shopping plaza.
The heights of buildings decrease in the direction of waterfronts and winds to allow the proper flow of air within the city.
Also, no industrial activities are permitted in the city. It is designed purposely for residential and commercial use. The city is expected to host around 80,000 occupants and 250,000 daily commuters.
The city will have its legal system and business-friendly tax system and rules to the rest of Sri Lanka.
However, the system is still under the discussion and will need consent from Sri Lanka's parliament and council of ministers.
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