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Data from the EMEA ISG Index, which measures commercial outsourcing contracts with annual contract value (ACV) of €4 million or more, reveal the EMEA market, which fell sharply in the third quarter after starting the year strongly, rebounded in the fourth quarter, up 27 percent sequentially. Year-over-year, however, EMEA, was flat with the prior year, with combined fourth-quarter ACV of €3 billion in 2017. Traditional sourcing, at €1.9 billion, was down 11 percent versus the prior year, while as-a-service sourcing, at a record €1.1 billion for the region, was up 27 percent.
For the full year, EMEA generated €12.2 billion in ACV, up 3 percent against 2016. Traditional sourcing ACV of €8.3 billion was down 8 percent, but as-a-service sourcing soared 41 percent, to €3.9 billion as demand for cloud-based services accelerated across the region.
The rise of as-a-service sourcing was driven by demand for Infrastructure-as-a-Service (IaaS). While Software-as-a-Service (SaaS) ACV of €900 million was flat for the year, IaaS ACV soared 58 percent versus the prior year, reaching €3 billion. In contrast, traditional sourcing ACV declined for the fourth consecutive year, despite a slight increase in the number of contracts. Although ITO values, at €6.5 billion, remained steady, BPO ACV in the region fell to €1.8 billion, its lowest level in a decade.
Globally, the market also saw a strong final quarter, with ACV for the combined market establishing a new record at €34.6 billion. Global trends reflect those in EMEA, with newer technologies continuing to gain momentum. As-a-service continued to reach new highs on a global scale, overtaking traditional sourcing in the Americas and Asia Pacific in the fourth quarter, as businesses spend more on cloud-based technology to drive digital transformation.
Looking at traditional sourcing by geography, 2017 saw a mix of performance across the region.
Despite uncertainty around Brexit, the UK saw sourcing activity and ACV grow in 2017. This follows the broader trend of organizations entering into higher numbers of smaller-value contracts, as they look to take a more agile approach to sourcing. The 206 contracts and €3.2 billion in ACV were both up 18 percent year on year, albeit on a soft compare with 2016, the UK’s weakest year in a decade.
France, despite a dip in the fourth quarter of 2017, posted annual ACV growth of 8 percent. The number of contract awards, although down very slightly on the previous year, remains strong, at 62. In contrast, Southern Europe ACV plummeted more than 70 percent to its lowest level in five years.
With fewer large deal awards, ACV in DACH fell 16 percent in 2017. The 165 contracts signed was also down compared with the previous year, by 13 percent. The continuing uncertainty following the elections in Germany pulled the market down in the second half of 2017.
An absence of large deals in the Nordics region resulted in a decline in ACV of 18 percent, despite contract numbers remaining steady.
All industry sectors in EMEA demonstrated growth in as-a-service ACV in 2017, while traditional sourcing performance varied.
Financial Services dominated in EMEA during 2017. Combined ACV in the sector reached €3.4 billion, an increase of 21 percent compared with 2016 levels. As-a-service ACV hit €700 million in Financial Services, a year-on-year increase of 40 percent.
The Business Services sector mirrored the performance of as-a-service contracting in Financial Services, also recording AVC of €700 million and a 40 percent increase compared with the prior year.
In contrast, Manufacturing’s combined ACV fell 21 percent in 2017, pulled down by a steep decline in traditional sourcing, and despite a 50 percent increase in as-a-service values. Recent trends indicate significant spending on supply chain optimization in the manufacturing sector. Connected devices supported by edge computing, IoT, and data analytics will increasingly become a major focus in the manufacturing sector.
Steven Hall, partner and president, ISG, said: “Despite a dip in the third quarter of 2017, the market recovered in the final quarter and demonstrated steady overall performance for the year. It is especially heartening to see the adoption of cloud-based services accelerate across the region, following a slow start in previous years. European businesses are seeing the potential of new technologies to help them on their digital transformation journeys, while reducing costs and improving agility.
Macroeconomic uncertainty across Europe makes the business of predictions tricky. Nonetheless, the trend towards as-a-service is one we can expect to see accelerating over the next 12 months, with consistent growth of 20 percent or higher for the as-a-service market.”

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Red Velvet Underground
Part memoir, part cookbook, and all rock and roll, Red Velvet Underground tells the story of how musician Freda Love Smith's indie-rock past grew into her family- and food-centric present. Smith, born in Nashville and raised in Indiana, is best known as the drummer and co-founder of bands such as the Boston-based Blake Babies, Antenna, and the Mysteries of Life. Red Velvet Underground is loosely framed around cooking lessons Smith gave to her eldest son, Jonah, before he left for college. Smith compares her son's experiences to her own—meeting Juliana Hatfield and starting the Blake Babies, touring in Evan Dando’s hand-me-down station wagon, and crashing with Henry Rollins, who introduced the band to local California fare—all while plumbing the deeper meanings behind the role of food, cooking, and family. Interspersed throughout these stories are 45 flexitarian recipes—mostly, but not exclusively, vegetarian—such as red pepper-cashew spread, spinach and brazil nut pesto, and vegan strawberry-cream scones. Throughout the book, Smith reveals how food, in addition to music, has evolved into an important means for creativity and improvisation. Red Velvet Underground is an engaging exploration of the ways food and music have informed identity through every stage of one woman’s life.
Tipping The Velvet
Piercing the shadows of the naked stage was a single shaft of rosy limelight, and in the centre of this was a girl: the most marvellous girl - I knew it at once! - that I had ever seen. A saucy, sensuous and multi-layered historical romance, Tipping the Velvet follows the glittering career of Nan King - oyster girl turned music-hall star turned rent boy turned East End 'tom'.
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Download the first chapters of THREE new books chosen by the hottest new community of young adult readers and writers at Swoon Reads. About HOW TO SAY I LOVE YOU OUT LOUD When Jordyn Michaelson's autistic brother joins her at her elite school, she's determined not to let anyone know they're related. Even if that means closing herself off to all her closest friends, including charming football stud Alex Colby. But despite her best intentions, she just can't shake the memory of kissing Alex last summer, and the desire to do it again. Can Jordyn find the courage to tell Alex how she really feels-and the truth about her family-before he slips away forever? About VELVET After losing both her parents before age seventeen, aspiring designer Caitlin Holte feels like her whole world has been turned upside down, and that was before the terrifying encounter with a supernatural force. Then, she learns that her hot bad-boy neighbor, Adrian-who might have just saved her life-is actually a half-demon vampire. Suddenly Caitlin is stuck with a vampire bodyguard who feels that the best way to protect her is to become her pretend boyfriend. Trouble is, Caitlin is starting to fall in love for real, while Adrian can never love a human. Caitlin trusts Adrian to keep her safe from his demon father, but will he be able to protect her heart? About LOVE FORTUNES AND OTHER DISASTERS Love is real in the town of Grimbaud, and Fallon Dupree has dreamed of attending high school there for years. After all, generations of Duprees have successfully followed the (100% accurate!) love fortunes from Zita's famous Love Charms Shop to happily marry their high school sweethearts. It's a tradition. So she is both stunned and devastated when her fortune states that she will NEVER find love. Fortunately, Fallon isn't the only student with a terrible love fortune, and a rebellion is brewing. Fallon is determined to take control of her own fate-even if it means working with a notorious heartbreaker like Sebastian. Will Fallon and Sebastian be able to overthrow Zita's tyranny and fall in love?
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The Velvet Hours
From the international bestselling author of The Lost Wife and The Garden of Letters, comes a story—inspired by true events—of two women pursuing freedom and independence in Paris during WWII. As Paris teeters on the edge of the German occupation, a young French woman closes the door to her late grandmother’s treasure-filled apartment, unsure if she’ll ever return. An elusive courtesan, Marthe de Florian cultivated a life of art and beauty, casting out all recollections of her impoverished childhood in the dark alleys of Montmartre. With Europe on the brink of war, she shares her story with her granddaughter Solange Beaugiron, using her prized possessions to reveal her innermost secrets. Most striking of all are a beautiful string of pearls and a magnificent portrait of Marthe painted by the Italian artist Giovanni Boldini. As Marthe’s tale unfolds, like velvet itself, stitched with its own shadow and light, it helps to guide Solange on her own path. Inspired by the true account of an abandoned Parisian apartment, Alyson Richman brings to life Solange, the young woman forced to leave her fabled grandmother’s legacy behind to save all that she loved. From the Trade Paperback edition.
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After losing both her parents before age 17, aspiring designer Caitlin Holte feels like her whole world has been turned upside down, and that was before the terrifying encounter with a supernatural force. Then, she learns that her hot bad-boy neighbor, Adrian—who might have just saved her life—is actually a half-demon vampire. Suddenly Caitlin is stuck with a vampire bodyguard who feels that the best way to protect her is to become her pretend boyfriend. Trouble is, Caitlin is starting to fall in love for real, while Adrian can never love a human. Caitlin trusts Adrian to keep her safe from his demon father, but will he be able to protect her heart?
The Velvet Glove
"With an enviable elegance of prose, penetrating theoretical reasoning, and a careful analysis of truly well designed survey data, "The Velvet Glove" delivers a powerful statement on the dynamics of race, class, and gender."--Lawrence Bobo, University of California, Los Angeles "An explosive, powerful book--laying bare the uselessness of individualism as a solution to today's racial problems, while simultaneously exposing its dominative origins."--Nancy Denton, State University of New York, Albany
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Silver Birch Tree Historical past and Facts. Silver birch, also known as (Betula pendula), is a thin deciduous and is tree native to big areas of Britain and Europe.
It is a biggish tree and can grow up to 30m tall but typically has a thin trunk compared to other trees, even though this is not always the situation. You will find it developing ideal in places with sizzling temperatures, like Spain. Dry woodland, heaths and downs is in which the tree flourishes. The tree is popular for use in gardens and they typically hybridise with other birch trees such as the downy birch (Betula pubescens).
Identifying a Birch Tree
A mature tree normally has an open and airy canopy with big branches that droop downwards. The bark is white to grey in colour and sheds thin layers of skin-like bark this is darker grey beneath and has a rough base. After matured, the bark gets significantly less smooth and it develops diamond shaped scores. The twigs have tiny warts on them and are smooth to touch. Leaves are light green and oval in form with serrated edges these flip to yellow in autumn just before falling.
Silver birch trees are monoecious which implies that male and female flowers (catkins) are contained inside the exact same tree during April and May. The lengthy male catkins are brown to yellow in colour and seem in bunches of two to 4 directly at the tip of new shoots. The brilliant green female catkins are quick, small and erected. After the female flowers are pollinated by wind, they flip to a darker colour. Hundreds of minuscule seeds are produced in autumn and are later dispersed by the wind.
Intriguing reality: simply because the roots of the silver birch grow far under the ground, they can get to otherwise inaccessible nutrients deep under the soil, which can assist to recondition surface layers of soil by way of the shedding of its leaves.
Significance to Wildlife
Because the birch has an open canopy (either downy or silver birch) it makes it possible for lots of items to increase beneath it such as mosses, grasses, bluebells, violets, wood sorrel and wood anemone.
The tree supplies foods and shelter for much more than 250 species of insect so it naturally supports aphids along with numerous predators such as lady birds and increased up the meals chain.
Cheap hexagon gazebo garden pop up hexagon gazebo for sale Caterpillars from numerous moths eat the foliage including the pebble hook-tip, angle-shades, Kentish glory and the buff tip. Plenty of diverse fungi also grows on the tree base and beneath the woodland floor including birch brittlegill, fly agaric, birch milk cap, birch knight woolley milk cap and chanterelle.
Hole-nesting birds such as woodpeckers in habit the tree trunks and the seeds are eaten by greenfinches, siskins and redpolls birds.
Myths and Legends
In ancient times, Celtic individuals utilised to feel the tree was associated with regeneration and purification. They employed to use the twigs to ward off spirits of the outdated yr gardeners still use them nowadays to purify their gardens.
How We Use Birch
Since birch wood is sturdy and resilient it is properly suited for creating furniture and handles. It was utilised in the cotton sector for centuries to make spools, reels and bobbins in Lancashire. The bark was also utilized for leather tanning.
These days there is little industrial usage due to the fact the tree does not grow that huge in England in contrast to other components of Europe.
Threats, Pests and Diseases
Nursed or planted trees appear to suffer the worst and can be susceptible to birch dieback brought on by fungal conditions this kind of as Anisogramma virgultorum and Marssonina betulae. Trees expand from seed (naturally grown) seem to have a lot more resistance to these kinds of diseases.

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All live releases on BLDGs bandcamp page are FREE until MIDNIGHT!
The time has come to pump up the prices. But not by that much. Tonight at midnight we will be raising the Live Series releases on our bandcamp page from "pay what ya want" to $5. Why? Because we've been getting a lot of traffic, which we really appreciate, but the goal was to help local Seattle bands make some extra cash, and being that most of the downloads are coming in w/ a "0.00" in the price column, we don't really think that's all that fair to the awesome people in said bands.
With all that in mind, we are giving you until midnight tonight to take advantage of this 'pay what ya want" fiasco that bit us in the ass so politely. After that, the $5 will be the minimum price you can pay. However! With all that in mind, if you want to pay more for the records, a $10 or more donation will get you not only the live recording in digital form but also a really cool poster from our collection for you to hang on your wall! Or music room, or beer drinking room, or bar, or kitchen, or car, or butt, or WHATEVER!!!
A quick run down:
$5 - digital download - all money after PayPal expenses goes directly back to band
$10 - digital download & super awesome cool poster - $5 goes back to band
anything more than $10 - digital download, super awesome cool poster, and our love and kisses - all money split evenly with bands
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Photos and videos on this page will show you how
Fritz receives his inhaled medications.
in the gallery show other cats on an inhaled medication
program, Fritz' activities, plus a page dedicated
to the memory of cats who have passed on.
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Administering Inhaled Medications:
Kathryn shows the AeroKat® feline
aerosol chamber and Metered Dose Inhalers,
and then demonstrates how she administers
medication to Fritz. Length: 4:05.
Two formats are provided:
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Cornell University College of Veterinary Medicine offers some excellent videos. Although they do not cover giving inhaled medications, they cover: caring for your diabetic cat; giving your cat a pill, capsule and liquid medications (including the Towel Treatment); trimming your cat's claws; taking your cat's temperature; and brushing your cat's teeth.

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Aishwarya Sharma was schooled by Salman Khan on Weekend Ka Vaar, where the superstar called her behaviour with Neil Bhatt the biggest red flag in the relationship. Aishwarya and Vicky Jain were told by Tiger 3 star Salman Khan that they had both been disrespectful to their partners. Salman Khan tells Aishwarya that she is testing Neil Bhatt’s patience, and it’s time that she change her behaviour towards him. Salman shows Aishwarya a clip of how bad she is looking in the show. This leaves the Ghum Hai Kisikey Pyaar Meiin actress teary-eyed, and she is telling her husband how people are calling her a villain. BollywoodLife is now on WhatsApp. Click here to join for the latest Entertainment News.
Today really Feel bad for today … Every husband & wife face it .
she said she was not opposite lead actress in past show so people are abusing her for that. We don’t know how people suffer behind of their life.#AishwaryaSharma ??#WeekendKaVaar #BiggBoss17#MannaraChopra pic.twitter.com/eYc5rpCtvW Real Reporter (@rubiholics_01) November 11, 2023
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There are many who sympathise with Aishwarya and are lauding Neil Bhatt for being such an understanding husband. While there are a few who are slamming the actress for defending herself and blaming Neil for playing safe in front of the cameras, she accuses him of yelling at her in their own house and making her villain. .
Bigg Boss 17: Aishwarya Sharma reprimands after being schooled by Salman Khan over her toxic behaviour with Neil Bhatt, alleges husband for playing it safe in front of the cameras.


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This 1902 double self-portrait of John Singer Sargent is on display at the National Portrait Gallery in Washington, DC. It belongs to a private collection, in Columbus Georgia.
Notoriously reticent, Sargent disliked shining the spotlight on himself. Out of the 1,300 or more portraits in various media that he produced in his lifetime, he portrayed himself in only a half dozen or so. His claim that the process of making self-portraits “bored” him is symptomatic of his growing aversion to portraiture in general. After painting his last self-portrait in 1906 at the request of the Uffizi Museum in Florence, Sargent declared, “I have long been sick and tired of portrait painting, and while I was painting my own ‘mug’ I firmly resolved to devote myself to other branches of art as soon as possible.” Sargent's ongoing work in charcoal portraits proved to be the exception to that rule. In this drawing, Sargent experimented with two angles of representation, as if hinting at the impossibility of capturing the essence of a person in a single image. -- NPGThis 1903 photo of Sargent by James E. Purdy comes to us from Getty Images via Wikimedia.
In 1903, a portrait of John S. Sargent, by Post, appeared on the cover of Harper's Weekly (Vol XLVII, No. 2407, Feb. 7, 1903.)
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The short article on page 226, read in full:
Mr. John S. Sargent, a sketch of whom appears in our series this week, has just come over from England to carry out a commission of painting a portrait of the President, and to superintend the placing of some of his mural decorations in the Boston Public Library. Mr. Sargent lives abroad, and has spent most of his life there. With Edwin A. Abbey he has had the highest recognition that can be given in England and on the continent. We still claim him, however, for America, and it is a matter of hearty congratulation that we have here a large part of his work. At forty-seven his best work is still undone. -- Harper's Weekly. Feb. 7 1903.

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Strain Review Guide for Panama D.C. Feminized Marijuana Seeds
An old school sativa/indica hybrid, combininf 2 legendary genetic lines; Deep Chunk from Tom Hill and Panama.Panama D.C finishes in around 9 weeks and has a strong and dense effect. It produces hard and very resinous buds with earthy and lemon flavours and aromas. Panama sometimes shows pink hairs in the tips.
Genetics of the strain are: Panama x Deep Chunk and it is Indica / Sativa
Flowering time averages 8 weeks and this is an Photoperiod plant.
Typically seeds come in Feminized packs and the yield is around Medium
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The Inland Rail Interim Chief Executive says she is pushing governments to maximise the value of the milestone project
Inland Rail Interim Chief Executive Rebecca Pickering has told the Infrastructure Association of Queensland (IAQ) Infrastructure Assembly 2022 in Brisbane that the Inland Rail project will have immense benefits for the transport industry.
Pickering presented on National Infrastructure and the Supply Chain at the Assembly, looking at how the construction of the Inland Rail line will improve Australia’s supply chain reliability.
“Although Inland Rail will deliver great benefits, we can do more to maximize the value that it delivers as the project continues,” Pickering says.
“It’s already very promising to see governments investigating proposals for better connections to rate rail networks and road, and furthering studies on intermodal terminals that can unlock more value from the freight network.”
Pickering says the project will create a new reality for Australia by increasing the amount of rail on freight between Brisbane and Melbourne from 30 per cent to more than 60 per cent by 2050.
“To help a shift onto rail occur, freight customers want to see less vulnerability in rail infrastructure networks and Inland Rail provides a new, more resilient freight pathway, creating redundancy in the network to improve overall reliability of the system,” Pickering says.
“That shift to rail will help to reduce carbon emissions and will give us safer and less congested roads.
“Inland Rail will play a critical part in helping to deliver the National Freight and Supply Chain Strategy and the National Action Plan that sets an agenda for coordinated and well-planned government and industry action across all freight modes over the next 20 years and beyond.
“In terms of the downstream supply chain, Inland Rail is ensuring full compliance with the Australian Industry Participation Plan and is working with contractors to enhance downstream supply chain capability and capacity.”


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Created to tackle the challenges of everyday life in a modern and stylish manner, the SEAT Alhambra is a family vehicle that is as comfortable as it is versatile. A multi-purpose vehicle in the truest sense of the words, this MPV is dynamic on the outside and flexible inside.
Sliding rear side doors make the interior of the Alhambra easily accessible from the exterior, with power sliding doors available on selected trim levels. The body-coloured door mirrors feature integrated LED indicators, and the chrome centre radiator grille surround lends a stylish flair to the vehicle's visual impression. A range of colours are available for vehicle personalisation, including Salsa Red, Apollo Blue, and Black Oak Brown.
Inside, the three rows of seats are adult-sized, to fit passengers of all ages. With rear seats folded, the Alhambra offers class-leading levels of space: up to 2,297 litres, enabling easy transport of any large item. The seats are ergonomic for top levels of bodily support, and there is the option for SEAT's Media System for entertainment purposes.
The 2.0-litre engines available to the Alhambra are four-cylinder models, with the choice of six-speed automatic or manual gearboxes. The top speed is 129mph, with 0-60mph acceleration of approximately 9 seconds. The Alhambra offers combined fuel consumption of 50.4mpg, and CO2 emissions of 146g/km.
Drivers will feel safe in the knowledge that the Alhambra has been awarded the five-star Euro NCAP Safety award for its installed safety features. These include airbags surrounding the driver and all passengers, ISOFIX child safety seat installation points, and Electronic Stability Control (ESC) with Emergency Brake Assist (EBA).
Talk to Snows today to find out how the SEAT Alhambra can work for you. Speak to our Motability specialists to learn more about the Motability scheme, and the different adaptations we can make to vehicles to make them more useful to you.

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Recipe by Dwynnie
I modified this recipe from the "Coconut Pound Cake" recipe supplied by Nordic Ware with their castle bundt pan. The cake is way too light to be called a pound cake any more and isn't quite a sponge cake--but it is super easy, not too sweet, and makes a great sand castle!
- 1 1⁄4 cups sugar
- 1 cup butter, softened
- 4 eggs
- 1 cup half-and-half
- 2 -3 teaspoons vanilla extract
- 2 1⁄4 cups flour
- 2 teaspoons baking powder
- 1⁄2 teaspoon salt
Directions See How It's Made
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees F.
- Grease and flour bundt pan.
- In a large mixer bowl, cream butter and sugar until very light and fluffy.
- Add eggs and mix until very light and lemon colored (about 5 or 6 minutes).
- Add half and half and vanilla; mix well.
- Add flour, baking powder, and salt; mix well.
- Beat on medium speed for 2 minutes, scraping the bowl occasionally.
- Spoon into prepared pan and bake for 55 to 60 minutes or until an inserted toothpick comes out clean.
- Cool 15 minutes before removing from pan to cooling rack.
- Serve with berries and whipped cream, if desired.

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Dezeen promotion: registration is now open to attend this year's Sleep hotel interior and design event, taking place in London on 20 and 21 November.
The Sleep event comprises an exhibition, conference and awards dedicated to design for hotels.
A Tech Hub will feature examples of how technology is expanding the possibilities for hotel design.
The Sleep Conference will take place over both days, with a keynote speech by architect Ken Shuttleworth and other speakers including Ace Hotel Shoreditch designer Alex Calderwood of Universal Design Studio.
The winner of a competition to design Pop Art style bedrooms and bathrooms will be revealed at 7pm on Wednesday 20 November, and a pop-up party in the middle of the exhibition place will take place from 6-8pm.
A gallery of the European Hotel Design Awards winners, to be announced on 19 November, will also be displayed.
The event will be open from 10am to 8pm on 20 November and 10am to 6pm on 21 November at London's Business Design Centre.
Designers, architects and professionals in the hotel industry can click here to register to attend the event.
Keep reading for more information from the organisers:
POP Goes the Sleep Event
Sleep, Europe's leading hotel design and development event, cranks-up the volume this year with a bevy of clever twists. This annual hotspot is where current trends are debated and future philosophies are born through an exhibition, conference, and the Sleep Hotel competition taking place 20 and 21 November 2013 at the Business Design Centre in London, a cultural hub for groundbreaking architecture and interior design. Last year, well over 3000 people were inspired by the innovations, insights and networking opportunities buzzing throughout Sleep.
This year's Sleep Hotel challenge, in association with the Barbican's Pop Art Design exhibit, invites design gurus, along with their fit-out partners, to dream-up life-sized bedrooms and bathrooms inspired by this era. A new contestant has dared to join the fray: Infinite Architects, a young practice based in the UAE, and its partner Cullinan Interior, will join Kelly Hoppen Interiors / Crosswater; Purpose Design; Squared Interiors / Dea Contract; and the Hickson Design Partnership. From the Sleep Hotel Bar, which Nous Design has also fashioned in Pop Art style, the winner will be announced at 7pm on Wednesday 20 November during a free drinks soirée. Visitors will flock to check-out one of the coolest Sleep Hotel highlights, Purpose Design‘s experimentation with new technologies such as 3D printing within its room set. Barbican exhibition curator Catherine Ince will be selecting the winning room set at the event with fellow judges Andrew Baker, Starwood's VP Design Construction & Engineering, EAME, and Conrad Smith, Managing Director of ReardonSmith Architects.
This same evening from 6-8pm at a pop-up party in the middle of the show floor, Exhibition zone, Conference panellist Michaelangelo L'Acqua will be spinning on Evoni's super sleek Apollo DJ table which is currently shortlisted for an SBID International Design Award. Global Music Director of W Hotels, as well as a music consultant for luxury couture houses and a record producer, Michael is sure to get the celebration started!
For discovering the coolest new inventions to make a splash on the hospitality design scene, look no further than the Sleep Exhibition. Nearly a third of this year's participating companies will be showcasing their products and services for the first time at Sleep, including those from Hong Kong and America as well as across Europe. One of these, The Modern Garden Company, is launching its delightful "Adagio" rope-swing seat and a range of contemporary upholstered outdoor furniture. Returning for the seventh year, headline sponsor GROHE will exhibit its beautiful Grandera collection as well as debut a pioneering Water & Energy Audit service for hoteliers.
Located upstairs on the Gallery level, this year's new Tech Hub feature is the place to see cutting-edge examples of how technology is expanding the possibilities for hotel design. Boxbuild, the driving force behind the award-winning Bloc Hotels, is working with Sky and Samsung to showcase how their integrated technologies can create state-of-the-art hotel experiences. Guests’ personal smartphones can be used to streamline their stay, starting with the initial booking and then throughout their visit for check-in, as a room key, adjusting the window blinds, dimming the lights, fine-tuning the temperature, setting a wake-up alarm, and as a remote control to select Sky HD in-room content on Samsung HD TVs. Optionally, guests may opt to use wall-mounted Samsung Galaxy Tab 3 tablets to customise their rooms.
Also on display at Sleep will be a gallery of the European Hotel Design Awards winners, which will be revealed at a ceremony on Tuesday 19 November, at the Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge, London. Amongst those being celebrated is legendary entrepreneur Ian Schrager, originator of pioneering concepts like "lobby socialising", "the hotel as theatre" and "urban resorts", who will accept the Outstanding Contribution Award.
Audience members at the CPD-accredited Conference will have the chance to interact with the hospitality industry’s most perceptive and respected luminaries. Hot on the heels of being honoured the evening before, headliner Ian Schrager will engage with moderator Guy Dittrich about his keen instinct for the pulse of popular culture as well as his latest creation, the newly opened EDITION hotel in London’s Fitzrovia with his first nightclub since Studio 54.
Eagerly anticipated is the keynote address by esteemed visionary Dr. Ken Shuttleworth, founding partner of Make Architects and a former partner at Foster and Partners, on Wednesday, 20 November. With the topic "Inside the mind of a creative genius", one of the world’s foremost architects will enlighten the audience about the processes, influences and inspiration that goes into designing installations for landmark projects, either for hospitality, popular/cultural events or high-profile brands.
Kicking-off the Conference on Thursday, 21 November, is Alex Calderwood, co-founder and Chief Cultural Engineer of the über hip Ace hotel brand which has recently hopped across the pond to set-up shop in Shoreditch. Informed by his signature knack for re-invention and his instinct for emerging trends, Alex will speak to the power of undesigning, embracing change and developing brand confidence and freedom through aesthetic exploration.
These are just small samples of the truly exceptional speakers lined-up for the 2013 Conference which, along with the Exhibition and Sleep Hotel, are for the first time free to attend for all visitors who pre-register online, with a handful of exclusive sessions requiring pre-booking. Visit the Sleep website for the full conference programme.
At a Glance
» The European Hotel Design Awards dinner (with which Sleep is closely affiliated) – Tuesday 19 November, Park Plaza, Westminster Bridge, London. To book your place: www.europeanhoteldesignawards.com
» Sleep exhibition, conference and Sleep Hotel – Wednesday 20 and Thursday 21 November, Business Design Centre Islington, London N1. Open from 10am to 8pm on the 20 and 10am to 6pm on 21 November. Pre-register for a complimentary ticket at www.thesleepevent.com.
» Sleep Hotel winner announcement – 7pm Wednesday 20 November at the Business Design Centre


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From the author of the Orange Prize long-listed, The Pink Hotel
Cathy is a young woman who escapes her feral childhood in a rundown chalet on the East coast of England to become a curator of natural history in Berlin. Although seemingly liberated from her destructive past, she commemorates her most significant memories and love affairs – one savage, one innocent, one full of potential – in a collection of objects that form a bizarre museum of her life. When an old lover turns up at a masked party at Berlin’s natural history museum and events take a terrifying turn, Cathy must confront their shared secrets in order to protect her future. This is an exquisitely crafted, rare and original work.
‘I was completely swept away with this story. Stothard’s technique allows us to watch events unfold with regular insights into Cathy’s past that slowly reveal the reality of what she has been hiding from with a steadily rising sense of foreboding. I found the exploration of characters sensitively handled and yet provided enough suspense and contained a level of sinister tension that had me guessing just what each one may be capable of. This is exquisite, beautifully written prose and the use of the museum as a theme throughout with setting, a means of storytelling and metaphor, is quite brilliantly executed. It is personal, it is universal and it is something that lives within each of us and the memories we hold. Cathy’s story moved me and I so wanted her to find the escape she desperately needed. Highly recommended’ —Shelley Fallows, Lovereading.com
‘If this sounds like a cheap thriller, it’s anything but — Stothard’s exquisite prose sees to that. Instead, it’s a glitteringly lyrical portrait of an emotionally remote young woman who, at the age of ten, was involved in a tragedy that has indelibly scarred her and who, for most of her life, has taken more solace in collecting random objects than she has in people … a gripping slow-burner which finds deep metaphorical resonance in museums and the natural world for its themes of memory and rebirth.’ —Claire Allfree, The Daily Mail
‘The Museum of Cathy, from Orange Prize-shortlistee Anna Stothard can occasionally make for uncomfortable reading as a raw, intricate look into a young woman’s beautiful, broken world. At times the reader can feel like a human pinball, being fired through the erratic psyche of the three main characters, stuck in their innermost thoughts in desperate need of fresh air and a faster pace.’ —Amy Kean, Disclaimer Magazine
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New UCLA research offers further evidence that cocaine use disrupts the immune system, making people who use it more likely to become infected with HIV.
In research published online June 18 in the peer-reviewed journal Scientific Reports, researchers with the UCLA AIDS Institute and Center for AIDS Research used an advanced form of humanized mice — that is, immunodeficient mice engineered to have a human-like immune system — to study the effects of cocaine. The findings suggest that using cocaine makes people significantly more susceptible to HIV infection.
“Substance use and abuse is a major issue, especially when it comes to HIV infection,” said Dimitrios Vatakis, the study’s senior author and an assistant professor of medicine in the division of hematology/oncology at the David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA. “There has been a general attitude, especially in the scientific but also the general community, that risky behavior is the main reason for higher infections. This study shows that under the same transmission conditions, drug exposure enhances infection through a collective of biological changes.”
This study builds on previous research by Vatakis and others on his team showing that a three-day exposure to cocaine appears to make a unique population of immune cells called quiescent CD4 T cells, which are resistant to HIV, more susceptible to infection by stimulating two receptors in the cells, called ?1 and D4. Those findings suggested that cocaine use increases the pool of CD4 T cells in the human body that can become infected by the virus. As a result, the odds for productive infection and a larger viral reservoir increase.
That study, however, was based on in-vitro research — that is, research done in a petri dish — which could have skewed the results. The next step was to find the same effect in in-vivo studies — that is, those conducted with living organisms, such as mice. This is what the current paper has done.
For this study, Vatakis and his team used the most advanced humanized mouse model, called BLT. The name comes from the way the model is generated: mice are transplanted with human hematopoietic stem cells (B, for blood cells) and donor-matched liver (L) and thymus (T) tissues, resulting in the development of a functioning human immune system.
“This study is the first of its kind using this model,” said Vatakis, who also directs the UCLA/CFAR Virology Core Laboratory. “The BLT has been used to study HIV latency, cancer immunotherapy and now drug abuse and HIV infection. It very closely resembles the human immune system and it is the most relevant.”
The researchers separated the mice into two major groups. Half of the mice were injected with cocaine every day for five days, while the other half were injected with saline for comparison.
After five days, half the mice in each group were injected with HIV-1. Then all of the mice were given saline or cocaine for two more weeks. The researchers then collected blood and tissue samples to measure infection levels and examine other effects of the cocaine. They found that the cocaine/HIV group had higher amounts of HIV than the saline/HIV mice. They also found that nine of the 19 saline/HIV mice had undetectable amounts of the virus, compared with only three of the 19 cocaine/HIV mice.
The researchers were surprised to find that despite the cocaine-induced inflammation prior to infection, the CD4 T cells that HIV targets were not overtly activated. Also, CD8 T cells, which kill infected cells, were not functional, even though they appeared to be so.
“This points to cocaine blunting the potency of our body’s defense against the virus,” Vatakis said.
While these studies have shed further light on the effects of cocaine use and misuse on HIV infection, this small animal model, although it closely mimics human immunity, does not fully re-create real-life settings. In addition, the study used an acute — or brief, uninterrupted — cocaine exposure regimen, rather than a more clinically relevant chronic use model, which could affect the results.
The next stages of research, using the same BLT model, will be to determine how cocaine abuse might affect HIV transmission in mucosal membranes such as vaginal and anal tissues; how pre- and post-exposure prophylaxis (that is, taking medication to reduce the risk of acquiring HIV) can be affected by cocaine exposure; how cocaine might affect viral latency, the process in which a virus lies dormant in a cell; and how cocaine alters the body’s immune defenses and affects other viral infections.
The study’s co-authors are Sohn Kim, Emily Lowe, Dhaval Dixit, Cindy Seyeon Youn, Irene Kim, James Jung, Robert Rovner Jr. and Jerome Zack, all of UCLA.
National Institutes of Health grants R21DA031036-01A1, 5P30 AI028697 and R01AI070010 funded this study.

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One Sick Child Away from Being Fired: When 'Opting Out' is Not an Option
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Date Written: March 21, 2006
Professional women are not the only Americans whose jobs are in jeopardy because of work/family conflict. This report discusses a study of 99 union arbitrations that provide a unique window into how work and family responsibilities clash in the lives of bus drivers, telephone workers, construction linemen, nurses aides, carpenters, welders, janitors, and others — men as well as women — in working-class jobs.
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Fragile almond blossom against a flat white sky. Heavy rain was forecast but, after a wet start, the day soon settled down to unbroken cloud and occasional drizzle. The cloud held in the city’s warmth so it was a mild day. Not cold, not sunny, not wet but not quite dry, not really winter but not yet spring. It’s that season in between.
These almond trees were in bloom yesterday in the garden of the Musée de Montmartre.
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Playing It Forward
Playing it Forward
Fatima and her older brother, Juan, had desire and talent, but no money for the violins they needed. Their youngest sister, Carla, had just finished a lengthy hospital stay that included chemo treatments for leukemia, mom and dad couldn’t fine work and there were no violins for them at school. Music and violins were luxuries that were out of reach, but thanks to your vision and passion, Fatima and Juan, and many other children, have had the chance to reach for their dreams.
When we opened in 2009, Fatima was in the fifth grade. You can see her receiving her violin on the promo video of our first instrument distribution. She was one of the first participants in the Jeremy Project, Musical Mentors and Mariachi programs. Over the past ten years she has blossomed as a musician, even though she hated learning scales and having to work on her technique. Her hard work is paying off and she is glad that she stuck with the program.
Most people say Fatima is a very talented, quiet person. That is also how she would like to be remembered. However, her involvement with Desert Sounds has brought out another side of this young woman. As the lead violinist in Mariachi Sones del Desierto Avanzados level, she developed leadership skills and helped other violinists. When asked, how has Desert Sounds impacted you? She responded,
“Desert Sounds got me more involved in music and more interested in learning new things. It made me a better musician than my classmates. Desert Sounds helped me break out of my shell, and talking to new people doesn’t scare me now. It got me more involved in things and I get to see new things in the communities where we perform and volunteer.”
Desert Sounds isn’t just a place that Fatima, a college student, comes to learn. It’s a place where her brother Paco and sister Lupita are also growing up. On Saturdays you will find all of them here for Mariachi. Fatima is giving back and playing it forward as she teaches and inspires young beginning violinists.


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It's been raining all day...so dark and gloomy...and my cold has progressed to the deep, croaky voice stage. (I think I startled the bank teller.) I'm better though, thank you, so no complaints. It sounds like there's a national epidemic this week, probably a to-be-expected followup of Thanksgiving, where family germs mingle and everyone's overtired from preparations and travel. Errands still need to be run, however, so yesterday I ducked out to do a few that couldn't wait. Somewhere between the grocery store and Office Max, I found myself in a favorite little haunt, poking around antiques and whatnots tucked here and there. I came across this in a corner.
At first I thought it was a paper print of a sampler, but on closer examination, I could see it was an actual textile piece. It had been reframed recently, neatly, but regrettably off kilter and behind reflective glass. I put it down and continued browsing. Picked it up again. It was kind of charming. No sign of transfer residue, it seems the design was actually stitched by counting cloth threads...fine threads. Sadly, not signed.
Now that it's home, I can't believe I even deliberated about the purchase. ($18.00!!) And I've decided to leave it as is and just hang it. I must have a fever.
Molly arrives in a few hours for the last few days of her visit and wants to put up the tree this weekend, a little earlier than usual for us. She hasn't been here for Christmas for several years, so it'll be fun to get things decorated with some help. (At least, I think she asked, Can we put the tree up? not, Will you put the tree up?) I finished up some internet shopping today and a crockpot of chili is simmering. I think I'll be casting on something new tonight so maybe there'll be some knitting to share next time.


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A week-long awareness campaign about cleanliness concluded here on Thursday with an award distribution ceremony and a subsequent walk on the campus of the University of Peshawar.
The ceremony and walk were jointly arranged by the Water and Sanitation Services Peshawar (WSSP) and Peshawar University Teachers Association.Minister for Local Government and Rural Development Inayatullah Khan was the chief guest on the occasion.
The ceremony was also addressed by WSSP Chief Executive Khanzeb, General Manager (Operations) Ali Khan, PUTA President Jamil Chitrali and others. Speaking on the occasion, Inayatullah Khan said the provincial government had decided to introduce the model of converting solid waste into energy source.
He said that a lot of progress had been made in this regard. Inayatullah said that several international companies have shown interest in the project.“They have approached the provincial government and a final decision to this effect would be taken soon,” he added.
Bureau Report. Awareness campaign on cleanliness concludes. The News, January 7, 2017.


San Rafael has converted into digital form some 300,000 building permit records dating back to the 1940s, aiming to go paperless, provide and protect public records and save the city staff time and space.
Beginning Wednesday, all records will be available on the city’s Web site, www.cityofsanrafael.org. The information includes current planning projects, building permits and near-real-time status for approvals, fees, plan reviews and inspection results for buyers, contractors, architects, Realtors and property owners who want to gain computer access to the entire building permit history for any property in the city.
“Our goal was to find a better way to treat this large volume of public records,” said Thomas Ahrens, chief building official. “This is kind of step one in the process to treat these public records a little better and make them more accessible to the public.”
Gone are the big file cabinets – that for years housed planning and building documents – thanks to the project, first launched in February 2006. The city’s fire prevention bureau is following suit and the city clerk’s office also hopes to one day convert old resolutions, ordinances and other records as well, city officials said.
The project, paid for with a fee tacked onto city permit applications to fund technology upgrades, cost the city about $135,000.
In Mill Valley, records have been digitized dating back about 20 years, said Wayne Bush, interim city manager.
“It’s a huge benefit because at a glance we can call up a property and see each of the approved building activity plans and approvals (and) the public can do it as well,” he said. “I’m a fan definitely.”
Officials in San Anselmo said they don’t have the money for such an undertaking, but love the idea and hope to look into it as the economy improves.
“That is not something we have funding for but it’s something we’d very much like to do – it would be a wonderful service for our residents,” Town Manager Debbie Stutsman said. “It’s on our radar screen.”
Beginning Wednesday, planning and building records will be available at www.cityofsanrafael.org. Click on the “ePermits” icon.
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Gov. Kathleen Blanco is counting on Louisiana taxpayers to keep on smoking, drinking and gambling ' all for the betterment of Louisiana's teachers. Under Blanco's new proposal, the "sin tax" on cigarettes, alcohol and video poker could drum up as much as $120 million to fund raises for the state's teachers. The cigarette tax (an additional 50 cents per pack) could generate $88 million alone. The current Louisiana tax of 36 cents a pack is one of the lowest tobacco tax rates in the nation. The funds generated could account for at least $1,000 annual increases for Louisiana's teachers, as well as college professors and school support staffs. Blanco is expected to face challenges from the alcohol and gaming industries as well as teachers unions that have stated the pay raises aren't nearly enough. Both the Louisiana Federation of Teachers and the Louisiana Association of Educators are calling for pay raises of at least $2,000. ' RRF
THIBODEAUX PLEADS GUILTY
Former St. Martinville Councilwoman Pam Thibodeaux pled guilty last week to voter fraud ("Council Controversy," April 13). Thibodeaux had already resigned from her seat a week earlier amid pending federal charges of falsifying information on voter registration cards during the 2002 election. After her resignation ' and until a new election can be held to replace her seat ' Mayor Eric Martin appointed Dennis Paul Williams, a local artist and zydeco musician, to replace Thibodeaux. No sentencing date has been set, but Thibodeaux could face up to five years in prison on the charges. ' RRF
This past Saturday morning, in the back parking lot of the Cajundome along Congress Street, the Louisiana IceGators sold off the team's hockey equipment ' sticks, helmets and pads ' as well as the team's warm-up jersey's from the past season. The 10-year-old East Coast Hockey League team once broke attendance records with more than 11,000 fans attending games at the "frozen swamp." But early enthusiasm for the team waned throughout the years, and attendance numbers dwindled. At their last game, with more than 4,000 fans in attendance, the IceGators went out with a bang, with a 5-3 victory against the Texas Wildcatters, but the Gators missed the playoffs for the first time in the team's 10-year existence. ' RRF
Ernest J. Gaines, UL Lafayette's writer-in-residence emeritus, will give a reading on Saturday. Gaines, author of acclaimed novels such as A Gathering of Old Men and A Lesson Before Dying, will read from his forthcoming book, Mozart and Leadbelly: Stories and Essays, which is slated for publication by Alfred A. Knopf in October. (The book was compiled and edited by UL English professors Marcia Gaudet and Reggie Young.) The reading, part of the Deep South Festival of Writers Series on Music and Writing, will be held at the Paul and Lulu Hilliard University Art Museum on Saturday, April 23, at 3:30 p.m. For more information, call 482-2278 or visit www.louisiana.edu/uam. ' RRF
DEFENDING THE POOR
A recent Louisiana Supreme Court decision is making national headlines. National Public Radio recently examined how Louisiana provides a legal defense for its poor citizens on trial, and the Washington Post wrote: "Louisiana's system for funding indigent defense is perhaps the country's most bizarre. The bulk of money in each parish, or county, comes from court fees, in most cases local traffic enforcement. So some jurisdictions simply run out of money to pay attorneys." The state Supreme Court ruled that securing funds for defending the poor was not a judicial matter, but a legislative one, and that if there isn't enough money to provide a defense for the indigent, then it's unconstitutional to put them on trial. ' RRF
BAM'S NEW DIGS
As first reported in The Independent Weekly in 2004, Books-A-Million is constructing a $3.1 million store on a parcel of land at the corner of Ambassador Caffery Parkway and Kaliste Saloom Road. Tucked away in Lafayette's Acadiana Square Shopping Center (across from the Mall of Acadiana) since 1994, Books-A-Million plans to move into its new 18,000-square-foot building in late August, says Jeff Skipper, a spokesman for the Birmingham-based chain. The new store is roughly the same size as the existing one, according to Skipper. The bookstore is leasing the property from Weingarten Realty, which owns the Super Target shopping center. Within two years of Books-A-Million entering the Lafayette market, Barnes & Noble came to town with a free-standing 30,000 square foot store just across the street from its chief competitor. Though the new Books-A-Million is still smaller than Barnes & Noble, the prime spot gives Books optimal exposure in one of the busiest corridors in the city. "This site has been carefully selected in hopes of developing a convenient alternative for book lovers in Lafayette," Skipper says. "Lafayette is a competitive market, but its residents have long been supportive of Books-A-Million." The store will carry more than 1,000 titles and will feature a Joe Muggs CafÃ©, much like the existing location. ' LT
GIMME AN "L"
The Daily Advertiser added another embarrassing error to its hall of shame in its April 12 edition. In the lead sentence of a front-page story that day, the Advertiser wrote, "The fear of lawsuits from the American Civil Liberties Union has prompted the Boy Scouts of America to advise all pubic institutions â?¦" ' SJ
Time and time again, the Lafayette Parish School Board shows an overwhelming tendency toward idiocy, but Wednesday night’s contentious discussion over Northside High School’s teen mother program tops the list of dumb discussions.
“The accomplishment of this goal within the next ten years is not only critical for the region to effectively compete with other regions for residents and businesses, but also to provide an amenity for everyone in Acadiana to enjoy.”
Education Superintendent John White says a continued push to try to keep Louisiana from using tests associated with the Common Core education standards are creating "a state of chaos" for public school teachers.
Gov. Bobby Jindal's plan to use $210 million in surplus and one-time money to help balance next year's budget received the backing Thursday of the State Bond Commission, support that was needed for the maneuver to work.
State wildlife and fisheries agents have arrested a 39-year-old man accused of stealing crawfish.
An East Feliciana Parish lawmaker has jettisoned his proposal to make it harder for a condemned prisoner to appeal a death sentence.
Senators advanced a proposal Wednesday that would let the governor remove New Orleans-area levee board members for violating what he considers to be public policy, despite concerns it would introduce political meddling into state flood protection.
Here's your daily look at late-breaking national and international news, upcoming events and the stories that will be talked about Thursday, April 17, 2014:
Thursday's Blogs from the Bog!
The Lafayette City-Parish Council on Tuesday will vote on a resolution that if approved would clear the way for a December ballot proposition asking voters to approve a 1-cent sales tax parishwide to help fund the construction of a new terminal at Lafayette Regional Airport.
Just days before the fourth anniversary of the 2010 Deepwater Horizon disaster and oil spill, the Coast Guard has moved cleanup of Louisiana's coast to a new phase, allowing BP to end its "active" efforts in the area.
Legislators still must leave their guns at the door of the Louisiana Capitol.
Sen. Fred Mills may have an "R" behind his name, but his actions in the Louisiana Legislature transcend the established boundaries of his party.
The Louisiana House overwhelmingly rejected a repeal of the state's unconstitutional anti-sodomy law Tuesday.
The Louisiana Senate sided with Gov. Bobby Jindal and the oil industry Tuesday, agreeing to void a lawsuit that a south Louisiana flood board filed against more than 90 oil and gas companies for coastal damage.
Acadian rep notifies would-be supporters that an April 25 fundraiser for the embattled U.S. rep won’t go on as planned.
While it isn’t all too unusual for public bodies to have hired security present during meetings, the LPSB’s push to do so is arguably a response to the antics of one board member.
“I’m running. Why would I be raising all this money? Just to have to return it to people?”
With incumbent U.S. Sen. Mary Landrieu watching from afar, and with a united Democratic Party in her corner, the fight to get the GOP officially behind Congressman Bill Cassidy is gaining just as much momentum as it is hushed controversy.
15th Judicial District Judge Durwood Conque has announced that he will not seek re-election after 27 years on the bench.
The controversial standardized tests are set to be used in third-grade through eighth-grade public school classrooms next year.
The Louisiana Senate has agreed to prohibit unmanned aircraft from flying over chemical plants, water treatment systems, telecommunications networks and other items considered "critical infrastructure" in Louisiana.
It didn’t take long for KATC TV 3 to jump all over the news of a dead body found in Girard Park, but in its rush to produce headlines, the local TV station got sloppy.
An unholy trinity of civil-society upheavalers whose first names are not Conner, Tanner or Logan are facing charges in Eunice.
Now that lawmakers have shot down efforts to cap annual interest rates for payday loans, supporters for stricter regulations of the storefront lenders are rallying behind another strategy.


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The Great GMO Food Fight: What’s Next?
February 23, 2016
By Ronnie Cummins
Twenty-two years after the controversial introduction of GMOs (genetically modified organisms) into the U.S. food supply, with no independent safety testing nor labeling required, a critical mass of Americans1 have made it clear that they want to know whether the food they are eating contains genetically engineered (GE) ingredients.
"If you put a label on genetically-engineered food you might as well put a skull and crossbones on it." — Norman Braksick, president of Asgrow Seed Co., a subsidiary of Monsanto, quoted in the Kansas City Star, March 7, 1994
"Monsanto should not have to vouchsafe the safety of biotech food. Our interest is in selling as much of it as possible. Assuring its safety is the FDA's job." — Phil Angell, Monsanto's director of corporate communications, quoted in the New York Times, October 25, 1998
Another significant segment, organic and natural health consumers, have made it clear that, given a choice, they will refuse to buy GMO-tainted foods, spending approximately $55 billion a year on foods labeled as "organic," "non-GMO," or "100 percent grass-fed."
After several hard-fought, heavily publicized ballot initiatives in California (2012), Washington (2013), and Oregon (2014), and attempts to pass mandatory GMO labeling in 30 states, Vermont passed a labeling law in May 2014 that is due to go into effect on July 1,2016.
Maine and Connecticut have also passed mandatory labeling laws, but these will not go into effect until additional New England states pass similar legislation.
The pending implementation of the Vermont labeling law has provoked panic among Monsanto and major food corporations, and their trade association, the Grocery Manufacturers Association (GMA).
This is understandable, given that 75 percent of processed foods in grocery stores contain unlabeled GMOs and the toxic pesticide residues that always accompany GMOs.
The GMO industry and Big Food understand that they cannot just label their processed foods and beverages as containing GMOs (or else reformulate them to remove GMOs) only in Vermont, while failing to do so in other states and markets in North America.
This would be a public relations disaster. They also understand that once their GMO-tainted foods are labeled, they will lose billions of dollars in sales to organic, non-GMO, and grass-fed brands.
In desperation, Monsanto, Coca-Cola, General Mills, Pepsi, Kellogg's and the GMA turned to Congress to preempt or nullify the Vermont law.
In July 2015, they convinced 275 of their faithful servants in the House of Representatives to pass the highly unpopular H.R. 1599,2 a bill introduced by Rep. Mike Pompeo (R-Kan). This bill is colloquially known as the DARK Act (Deny Americans the Right to Know).
In the wake of a nationwide consumer backlash, led by networks including the Organic Consumers Association, Mercola.com, Dr. Bronner's, Food Democracy Now, Center for Food Safety and others, the Pompeo bill stalled out before reaching the Senate.
However, pro-GMO politicians from both parties are still desperately trying to come up with deceptive Senate legislation that will placate industry, by keeping consumers in the dark about whether or not the food they are eating is contaminated with GMOs, while pretending to respect consumers' right to know and state's rights to regulate GMOs.
In December, Monsanto and the GMA threatened to attach a back-door rider to a federal appropriations bill.
The rider, which would have voided Vermont's law and outlawed mandatory labeling, failed, mainly due to consumer pressure, including literally hundreds of thousands of emails, phone calls and in-person meetings with Congress members.
QR Codes Are NOT an Adequate Substitute for Package Labels
Food companies are running out of time before they have to label or reformulate their products to comply with the Vermont law.
So, the Food Giants and the USDA are now floating a new, highly controversial scheme3 to substitute voluntary QR bar codes for mandatory on-package labels — in a federal bill that would preempt Vermont's law.
Unfortunately for industry and Monsanto, 90 percent of consumers4 have made it clear that smart phones and QR bar codes are no substitute for the on-package labels that are now required in nearly every industrialized country in the world, except the U.S. and Canada.
High Profile Food Companies on Board With Labeling
Health-conscious consumers in North America are especially angry about the fact that the same large food corporations in the U.S. that have spent hundreds of millions of dollars to stop GMO labeling laws have removed all GMOs from the foods they sell in Europe, where mandatory labeling is required.
Meanwhile a number of high-profile food companies and brands have broken ranks with Monsanto and the GMA, either saying they are removing GMOs from their products (Hershey's, Hellmann's Mayonnaise, Cheerios, Chipotle's, Panera, Ben and Jerry's); or else pledging they will voluntarily label all of their products (Campbell's) as the Vermont law requires.
Campbell's further undermined the industry's major argument against labeling (i.e. that it will raise food prices) by saying that all of their hundreds of products containing GMOs will be labeled, with no increase in cost.5
Concerns Over Glyphosate Have Turned Out to Be Valid
Fueling consumer demands for GMO labeling or bans, the well-respected International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), the research arm of the World Health Organization (WHO) published a report6 in March 2015, declaring Monsanto's Roundup herbicide (active agent glyphosate), sprayed heavily on 85 percent of all GMO crops, including soy, corn, cotton, canola, and sugar beets, a "probable carcinogen."
In addition, many independent studies7 have shown that GMOs and the toxic chemicals that always accompany them are hazardous to humans, animals, bees, soil, biodiversity, soil health, and climate stability.
Consumer concern in the U.S. has forced the nation's largest organic and natural food chain, Whole Foods Market (WFM), to pledge that all foods in their stores will have to be labeled by 2018 if they contain GMOs. This labeling policy includes meat, eggs, dairy, nutritional supplements, and take-out items.
Although this policy will affect only the 40,000 or so food products sold in WFM stores, brands selling to Whole Foods will suffer a public relations disaster if they are forced to label their items in WFM as GMO-tainted, but then refuse to do so in other stores.
Other natural food retailers, such as the Natural Grocer, have also announced8 that they are removing GMO and GMO-derived foods from their stores. These developments leave industry and their indentured politicians in Washington facing a major dilemma.
How can they continue to serve their major paymasters, corporate agribusiness, genetic engineering companies, Big Food/Junk Food brands, and Big Pharma (who supply the drugs for GMO-dependent factory farms), without antagonizing millions of consumers/voters in an election year?
Demand Mandatory Labeling —TAKE ACTION NOW
So what happens next?
Over the next few weeks or months, the Senate and the White House will either respect consumer choice and state's rights to legislate on food safety and food labels, and allow the Vermont law go into effect, or they can slap millions of health- and environmental-minded consumers in the face by passing a law or a rider that preempts Vermont's law and keeps consumers in the dark.
Please sign the petition to Congress, asking them to respect your right to know whether your food has been laced with GMOs and the toxic chemicals that go along with them.
6 Useful Tips to Help You in the Fight Against GMOs
No matter what Congress does, organic and natural health consumers need to get prepared, if we are to protect our health, the health of our families, and the health of the environment, soil, and climate. Here are six things you can do to take back control over your health, your food, and our currently out-of-control political system.
- Don't just get mad. Get even. Boycott GMO and factory-farmed food, clothing, and body care products. Hit the GMO and Junk Food giants where it hurts: their bottom line. If Monsanto and the 300 large food and agribusiness corporations in the GMA and their minions in Congress continue to deny our right to know what's in our food, we must boycott all of their thousands of brands and products, today and every day.OCA is currently modifying our smart phone application, Buycott, which has already been downloaded by almost half a million people, to get ready to step up the boycott against the thousands of proprietary brands of GMA members, as well as to let you know the names of ethical brands that deserve your patronage.
With the free Buycott app downloaded on your phone, you scan the barcode of grocery store items and immediately know whether the brand is from a company member of the GMA, so you can boycott the product, or if it's from a company you might wish to support.
If you don't have a smartphone, or if you don't want to use your smart phone in the grocery store, it's even simpler. Don't buy any processed food or beverage, or any food whatsoever unless it's labeled "organic," "100 percent grassfed," or "non-GMO."
- Stop supporting politicians who are in bed with Monsanto and the Big Food/Junk Food pushers. Don't support any of the 275 members of the House of Representatives who voted for H.R. 1599, a bill to keep consumers in the dark about GMOs.Don't vote for any Senator who votes to preempt the Vermont law in favor of a bogus scheme such as voluntary labeling or QR codes. Don't vote for a Presidential candidate who doesn't support your right to know. Currently, only one major candidate for President, Senator Bernie Sanders of Vermont, has come out publicly in support of mandatory labeling of GMO foods.
- Stop eating in restaurants or fast food outlets that serve GMO-tainted foods. Choose fast food outlets like Chipotle's or Panera, which have transitioned into organic, and/or non-GMO fare, local foods-based "farm to table" restaurants, or organic and grass-fed establishments instead. Americans spend about half of our food dollars eating out in restaurants.We need to pressure restaurants to get GMO, factory-farmed, and pesticide tainted foods off their menus. Better yet, buy organic, local, and grass-fed ingredients and cook at home.
- Keep in mind that most GMOs go into factory farmed meat, dairy and poultry products, in the form of corn, soy, canola, and cottonseed-based animal feed. These GMO-derived meat, dairy and poultry products are unhealthy, inhumane, and bad for the environment.They are laced with GMOs, pesticide residues, bad fats (i.e. fats low in omega-3) and drug residues that can make you fat; give you diabetes, heart disease, and cancer. Boycott factory farmed meat, dairy, and poultry products, today and every day.
- Get active, get organized, and share information about healthy food and natural health with everyone who will listen. Walk your talk. Take back control and regenerate your health and your community. We live in a society that has degenerated public health and the environment, undermined ethical business and political behavior, and severely disrupted our climate. Let's make 2016 a year of regeneration.
- Make a tax-deductible contribution to the Organic Consumers Association so that we can continue to fight for your rights as consumers, and educate the public on the life-and-death issues of organic food and natural health.


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Fox Star Studio India Buys Sanjay Dutt’s Biopic at a Record Price
The Indian counterpart of Fox Star Studio has bought Rajkumar Hirani’s biopic on Sanjay Dutt at a whopping amount of Rs. 180 cr. This amount has set a record as nobody has ever bought a Bollywood movie for such a huge amount. The last film that made a record was, again, Rajkumar Hirani’s movie PK which was sold at Rs. 110 cr, satellites included. But, in the case of Sanjay Dutt’s biopic, satellites are not even included. Apparently, they will be sold separately at a different price. Fox Star Studio India Buys Sanjay Dutt’s Biopic at a Record Price
Another catch in this deal is that Rajkumar Hirani and Fox Star Studio India are getting into a partnership as well. This would be a partnership of 85 and 15 percent where 85 percent profit will go to the director of the movie, Rajkumar Hirani and 15 percent of it will be Fox Star Studio’s share. This deal has flabbergasted the entire film fraternity and there is an unrest, an uneasy silence in Bollywood right now.
Everyone is quite skeptical about the movie due to not just one but many reasons. The first reason being that this movie of Rajkumar Hirani doesn’t have Aamir Khan in it. All the Rajkumar Hirani’s top grossers are by Aamir Khan, so it would be interesting to see if the director is capable enough to pull off the act even without Aamir in the picture. The second reason is Ranbir Kapoor as the lead of the movie. As RK is playing the protagonist, film fraternity is doubtful. He has not seen a single hit after ‘Barfi’, even ‘Tamasha’ was not up to the mark, after so many flops, will this talented actor be able to justify the character or has he lost his charm of making the audiences stick to their seats?
In this movie, while Ranbir Kapoor is playing Sanjay Dutt, Dia Mirza would be playing Manyata Dutt. Sunil Dutt and Nargis would be played by Paresh Rawal and Manisha Koirala respectively.


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I counted no less than 25 areas the sewing had come undone and much more weakened seams. I had two options, hand mend each 2" block and patch over those shredded. OR ... undo all of the hand quilting and work with just the top.
As you can see, I started from scratch and undid all of the hand quilting -- that was a several months ago. I washed, dried and pressed the backing to remove the creases from stitching. Next, pressed the top being very careful not to stretch the bias pieced border. WHEW! --- that was a few months ago. Since then, I have pulled from my stash and tried to match the shredded 2" blocks, replacing several -- a few at a time. Next, I have started resewing all of the open and weak seams.
Almost done, now comes the decision to hand quilt or machine quilt. If I choose to hand quilt, she may not see this quilt for another year. The quilt is not an antique, so the choice will be to machine quilt .... something close together to bind the small patches and give Susan many more years of use .... keeping in tack the memories of one of her special vacations.
Is this truly quilt surgery? a little nip-tuck? or a major plastic surgery makeover? Don't look for the answers too soon, I still have a long way to go.


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Photos are the frozen memories of someone’s life. These printed sheets taken from a camera holds a special place among our hearts. Thus, many people display their most treasured photographs, even at home. Well, why not! Seeing these snapshots somehow make people reminisce and relive those priceless moments. Also, they look very appealing once placed on a specific space, especially if you pair it with other pieces. Thus, there’s no better way to do it than sliding it inside a decorative picture frame!
Up to this day, picture frames still function as a photo protector and a décor. Providers offer them in different styles, shapes, and texture. The traditional square frame evolves into many options that you can happily choose from! However, deciding where to place them is the only challenging part of styling them in space. Don't worry because we are here to the rescue! Read on to this list of the best areas at home on which you can fashionably put your frames. This will guide you on styling your photo frames easily.
Top Areas At Home To Place Your Stylish Frames:
Still, you can place your frames and accents anywhere in your space. But, balance is a vital factoring upon doing home décor and design. This is the main reason why the following stated places are the best to style a photo. These specific areas can manage to give off a good look while maintaining poise with other décors.
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I am going to break protocol and let you in an email exchange between two professional travel writers with years of experience and travel between them commenting on a photo of reef fishing: ‘Gold! Where was this?’ travel writer 1 asks. ‘Just near Munda on the Vona Vona Lagoon, Western Province – about an hour boat’s ride away from fabulous Fatboys which lies on the same body of water. This was fishing ‘Roviana’ style’ – travel writer 2 answers. I just love it. ‘Near Munda on the Vona Vona Lagoon’, it just rolls off the tongue and brings to mind turquoise waters, remote locations, unknown places. But where is this lagoon? In what country? What is Fatboys? It is hard to impress experienced travel writers but the Solomon Islands has a secret following amongst us. Some argue we shouldn’t divulge these idyllic locations, others say it will be good for the fabulous Solomon Islands people.
OK, disclosure time:
WHERE ON EARTH ARE THE SOLOMON ISLANDS?
The Solomon Islands is the lesser-known island nation of the Pacific, a mere two hours’ flight from Brisbane with Solomon Airlines.
If you always thought – like me – that Papua New Guinea looks like a hornbill in flight, the Solomons are on its tail wake…
Never saw it that way? Look again…
WHAT IS FATBOYS?
Fatboys Resort is the ultimate beachcombers’ paradise on the Mbabanga Island in the Western Solomon’s Province. Fatboys has fabulous beach bungalows on stilts, connected by a 100m walkway to the restaurant, bar and social hub over the reef.
The social hub is a wall-less pavilion where lobster is never off the menu and sorties by paddleboards and cute little bathtubs (well they are proper boats but they look like toys) with outboard motors can be had to explore the surrounding lagoon.
Of course the best method is swimming and snorkeling for you don’t have to go far to encounter reef life at its best.
In fact, just under the restaurant, attracted by the creatures that attach themselves to the pylons, thousands of reef fish come to forage.
There is even a Nemo colony here!
FISHING LIKE YOU’VE NEVER FISHED BEFORE:
On hearing that the Roviana people were about to do a traditional gathering of the fish nearby, we are rushed by boat to witness one of the most extraordinary ways of fishing.
On arrival to the Vona Vona Lagoon, near Munda (the famed place the two travel writers above were enthusing about), a group of about 20 men are unraveling a huge bale of a special vine looking like palm fronds, tightly tied together to form a very long rope.
The men, waist deep in the lagoon, make a circle of about 50m in diameter holding the vine underwater.
We are told the fish will come to the centre. I join in holding the vine underwater hoping for the best. After some 15 minutes, beautiful reef fish begin collecting within our circle, apparently attracted by the fluttering fronds.
The men start making the circle smaller and smaller and at one point a ‘magic powder’ is thrown into the middle. They say it will make the fish sleepy therefore easy to catch by hand….
As if by true magic, in a few minutes the fish start to slow down and then there is a burst of flying fish everywhere.
The water in the circle of vines seems to be boiling. A triggerfish jumps very high and one of us is hit on the back with either its teeth or its dorsal fin.
One of the local Roviana men quickly slits open a small fish, rubs the guts on our friend’s scratch and all pain ceases instantly.
Men are now gathering fish by the armful and placing them in a dugout canoe. The catch will go on to feed an entire village for a special occasion. Locals prefer the sweet reef fish to the deep-sea kind.
This is the beauty of a resort such as Fatboys. If there is something special going on, the management will make sure you know about it and will get you there.
WANNABE A CASTAWAY?
Another travel industry person I know is having a Castaway birthday party with her friends on a sandbar organised by Fatboys.
They will have all supplies delivered to the sandbar and guests will spend the night there. Fatboys will collect them the following morning.
Our group has a wine-down at sundown on that very spit. The castaway feeling is inevitable.
You feel small, like a grain of sand lost between the immensity of a lavender blue sky and the turquoise waters.
Flying around the Solomon Islands
One more thing:
In the Solomon Islands you commute by boat or plane between the 800 and some islands.
Flights between the islands are covered by Dash-8s or Otters: the small, reliable workhorses of the bush. This is ‘real’ flying: true joy rides.
Strings of islands big and small, inhabited and un-inhabited are stretched below like a mermaid’s necklace. Most have their own lagoons. You can tell by the difference in the colour of the surrounding waters.
In most cases you can walk from the airstrip to your hotel. Waiting lounges could be a pier where you can wait for your flight while you dip your toes in the water.
When you hear the plane landing, you just out your thongs on and walk a few steps to the airstrip.
This is true, wholesome, awesome adventure with an edge.
Shall we leave it as a trade secret or share the Solomon delights with the rest of the world?
Maria Visconti travelled as a guest of Solomon Airlines and the Solomon Islands Tourism Board.
DISCOVER SOLOMON ISLANDS
There are direct flights from Brisbane to Honiara. The domestic flight from Honiara to Gizo takes about one hour.
Stay at Fatboys Resort for a relaxing island holiday.
For more ideas on things to do on the Solomon Islands see:
Looking for a pristine island paradise? Find out more about Solomon Islands history and nature,

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