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Surfers Against Sewage launch Plastic Free Parliament campaign
The environmental charity is calling on MPs to lead by example in the war on plastic
Environmental charity Surfers Against Sewage (SAS) has today launched a new campaign calling for a Plastic Free Parliament, urging MPs to lead by example in the war on single-use plastic.
Over two million single-use plastic items, including plastic straws, cutlery, coffee cups and lids, and disposable bottles, were purchased by the Palace of Westminster estate last year. New figures from SAS have revealed that single-use plastics are still used in large quantities, despite the existence of more sustainable and reusable options. A recent study revealed that the catering service in the parliamentary estate had purchased 500 reusable coffee cups in 2013, but only four had been sold up to November 2017.
The findings come weeks after the launch of the Government’s 25-year environmental plan, and a pledge from the Prime Minister to stop all avoidable plastic waste by 2042. Now Plastic Free Parliament is urging MPs to lead by example by reducing their plastic footprint and eliminating avoidable plastics from Westminster. The campaign is asking the public to invite their MPs to support the initiative via a new website: www.plasticfreeparliament.co.uk.
Hugo Tagholm, Chief Executive of SAS, has written to the Speaker of the House of Commons asking parliament to take ambitious action and inviting the Speaker to include the Plastic Free Parliament campaign goals in the annual Environmental Improvement Plan and the Responsible Catering guide.
“The engine to drive the war on plastic waste is in the Palace of Westminster where our elected politicians can pass progressive new legislation to decouple society from its addiction to avoidable, single-use plastics,” he said. “They must also set an example in refusing avoidable plastics and send a strong message to the world from a Plastic Free Parliament.”
SAS and campaign partners #OneLess are calling on parliament to ensure free water points are available in parliamentary buildings to encourage MPs to bring refillable water bottles. The charity has said that the introduction of extra charges for disposable coffee cups would encourage MPs to use reusable cups.
Labour MP Kerry McCarthy said that parliament must “take a lead on ambitious action to end its use of throwaway plastic.”
Plastic Free Parliament is supported by the Calouste Gulbenkian Foundation UK Branch (CGF) through its ‘Valuing the Ocean’ programme. CGF is supporting Surfers Against Sewage’s marine conservation work through the Protect Our Waves All Party Parliamentary Group.


Charges dismissed for three New Mexico compound suspects; two others face new counts
Child abuse charges against three of five adults who lived at a New Mexico compound where a child was found dead were dismissed Wednesday, court documents show.
The 11 counts of felony child abuse against Hujrah Wahhaj, Subhannah Wahhaj, and Lucas Morten were dismissed because a judge ruled they didn’t have a preliminary hearing in the 10-day time frame required by New Mexico state law for defendants in custody, a state courts official told CNN.
They were released from Taos County Adult Detention Center on Wednesday, according to reports from CNN affiliates. CNN has not yet confirmed their release with law enforcement and attorneys for the trio.
Two other defendants, Jany Leveille and Siraj Wahhaj, also had 11 child abuse charges dropped but were arraigned on felony charges in connection with the death of 3-year-old Abdul-Ghani Wahhaj, said Siraj Wahhaj’s attorney, Thomas Clark.
They face one count each of intentional abuse of a child resulting in death and conspiracy to commit intentional abuse of a child resulting in death (child under 12). Not-guilty pleas were entered by the court on each defendant’s behalf.
They have a bail hearing Tuesday morning. A previous decision by a judge to grant bail sparked controversy. State District Judge Sarah Backus received more than 200 phone calls and emails criticizing the move, some of which contained threats, said spokesman Barry Massey of the New Mexico Courts.
Criticism for prosecutors
Taos County District Court Judge Jeff McElroy called out prosecutors Wednesday for being incompetent during the arraignment, according to affiliate KOAT.
McElroy said the case was “a situation where the court is being caught between very public, very shocking information and a complete failure to follow proper procedures in prosecuting the case.”
The judge added: “I don’t know if they are overworked or they don’t have enough people at their office. I don’t see the district attorney here or the chief deputy district attorney, but it is disturbing to me that the district attorney would put this court in that kind of a situation.”
CNN reached out to 8th Judicial District Attorney Donald Gallegos for comment but received no response.
The child’s remains were found at a ramshackle New Mexico compound where authorities say they discovered the adults living in squalor with 11 starving children.
Police raided the compound August 3, hoping to find Abdul-Ghani. His mother in Georgia said the boy had been missing for more than eight months. Days later searchers found his remains.
The boy was last seen leaving his Jonesboro, Georgia, home with his father, Siraj Wahhaj, in late November. His mother has said he couldn’t walk, suffered seizures and required constant medical attention.


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Denise has also been an educator in public and private schools for two decades. She has seen the harm done by misplaced identity, low self-esteem, and lack of self-worth on a person’s psyche, soul, and lifestyle. This assault against the “good” that God proclaimed His creation to be, starts early in the heart of the young and is compounded by our own choices, the choices of others, and the trials and struggles of life.
In 2018, Denise founded Healing Song Ministries (now ministry). It is a non-profit music therapy ministry, servicing seniors, veterans, and the hurting public in South Los Angeles County. It is “music therapy for the heart and soul” that offers peace, comfort, and encouragement to those ministered to. It is there where she partners with her readers and listeners in word, song, and video to walk out our unique God-guided paths to healing and wholeness. Through her ministry, many can inquire about Denise’s singing and speaking engagements—and her proofreading, copyediting, mentoring, and one-day writing retreats for aspiring writers.
Denise enjoys spending time with friends, visiting museums and cultural sites, and cheering for her world-champion childhood heroes the Los Angeles Dodgers and Los Angeles Lakers. She is single and living near Los Angeles.
He heals the brokenhearted and binds up their wounds.
~ Psalm 147:3
Scarred Like Him
Denise Goosby's novel, Scarred Like Him, is now featured on Babbie Mason Radio. To hear the inspiration behind the book, listen to Babbie's House On The Radio at 5am, 9am, 5pm, and 9pm.

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From ear studs to the cap she wore, from her wrist watch to the scarf around her neck and even her dark glasses, Saraswati had photographs of CM KCR and KTR pasted on them.
Hyderabad: Seelam Saraswathi, a 50-year-old woman delegate from Goshamahal Assembly constituency caught everyone’s attention at the TRS plenary session in Hitex on Monday for her attire.
From ear studs to the cap she wore, from her wrist watch to the scarf around her neck and even her dark glasses, Saraswati had photographs of Chief Minister K Chandrashekhar Rao and TRS working president KT Rama Rao pasted on them, “I have been associated with the party for the past 10 years and have taken part in all party activities,” a jubilant Saraswathi told Telangana Today.
In coordination with other leaders, she was striving to strengthen the party though the Goshamahal Assembly constituency that is now represented by the BJP, she said, adding: “It’s a great moment for us to be part of the 20 years of the party formation celebrations.” She vowed that party leaders from Goshamahal will leave no stone unturned to win the Goshamahal Assembly seat in the next elections.
Now you can get handpicked stories from Telangana Today on Telegram everyday. Click the link to subscribe.

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Nice apartment with a complete bathroom and fully equiped kitchen.
Super nice and tranquil balcony.
Lots of sun light. Very comfortable double bed. Flat-screen TV. Very quiet street!
Hardwood floors. The apt has a modern contemporary look, simple and spacious.
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2013-08-31 - ANDROID APPS
In reviewing alerts from an IDS, the majority of the events will be false positives--network traffic that triggers events, but it's not actually malicious. I occasionally see false positives on signatures for Windows-based malware that are triggered by traffic from iPhones or Android devices.
A few weeks back, while reviewing some random Snort-based events, I ran across an HTTP POST requests to cashort.weixin.qq.com from an Android phone. Curious about this, I investigated further. Although it was a false positive for malware, the results provide some good insight for a blog post.
Keep in mind this is not malware. As far as I know, it's a legitimate app. If you're curious about traffic seen when installing a normal Android app, read on...
Let's review what network traffic looks like when someone downloads and installs an app from Google's official Android marketplace, play.google.com.
I installed the app responsible for the traffic to cashort.weixin.qq.com to a Nexus 4 Android phone that had been reset to factory default settings. With Wireshark monitoring a wireless access point, I recorded the traffic and the results are shown below (filtered to http.request):
The initial HTTP GET request for the app is in the first line:
GET /market/download/Download?packageName=com.tencent.mm&versionCode=351&token=[a long string of characters follows]
The package name for the app is com.tencent.mm. A quick Google search shows this app is known as "WeChat".
Now you can find out more about WeChat on Google Play.
According to Google Play, WeChat provides "Free texting, voice messages, and video calls" that will work on "your phone's existing data plan or any WiFi connection." Here's what the HTTP GET request looks like when getting the actual binary:
Note the User-Agent will show the Android version, and it will usually have the model number of the device. Android apps are packaged as .APK files (Android package archive) which starts with a PK in the TCP stream like you would see with .JAR files (Java archive), .ZIP files, and maybe some other types of archives.
After the app is installed, the device reports some information to support.weixin.qq.com as shown below:
I'm not sure what the deviceid is in the above image. From what I can tell, it's not the IMEI, serial number, Wi-Fi MAC address, or based on the host name. It's an 8-byte string of hex, which I've censored in the image.
The next HTTP GET request shows the User-Agent as MicroMessenger Client.
We see two HTTP POST requests that may be registering the deviceid. One is to cashort.weixin.qq.com and the other this to hkshort.weixin.qq.com.
Finally, we see some traffic on port 8080 to 184.108.40.206, which is registered to Tencent (the company that makes the app).


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That part of a glacier’s surface, usually at higher elevations, on which there is net accumulation of snow, which subsequently turns into firn and then glacier ice.
Accumulation area of Glärnischgletscher, a small mountain glacier in NE Switzerland. Aerial photo J. Alean, 1982.
Updated 2006-10-21 · © Glaciers online · J. Alean · M. Hambrey
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Nonlinear Dynamics Perspective of Wolfram’s New Kind of Science, a (Volume VI)
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This invaluable volume ends the quest to uncover the secret recipes for predicting the long-term evolution of a ring of identical elementary cells where the binary state of each cell during each generation of an attractor (i.e. after the transients had disappeared) is determined uniquely by the state of its left and right neighbors in the previous generation, as decreed by one of 256 truth tables. As befitting the contents aimed at school children, it was found pedagogically appealing to code each truth table by coloring each of the 8 vertices of a cubical graph in red (for binary state 1), or blue (for binary state 0), forming a toy universe of 256 Boolean cubes, each bearing a different vertex color combination.
The corresponding collection of 256 distinct Boolean cubes are then segegrated logically into 6 distinct groups where members from each group share certain common dynamics which allow the long-term evolution of the color configuration of each bit string, of arbitrary length, to be predicted painlessly, via a toy-like gaming procedure, without involving any calculation. In particular, the evolution of any bit string bearing any initial color configuration which resides in any one of the possibly many distinct attractors, can be systematically predicted, by school children who are yet to learn arithmetic, via a simple recipe, for any Boolean cube belonging to group 1, 2, 3, or 4. The simple recipe for predicting the time-asymptotic behaviors of Boolean cubes belonging to groups 1, 2, and 3 has been covered in Vols. I, II, …, V.
This final volume continues the recipe for each of the 108, out of 256, local rules, dubbed the Bernoulli rules, belonging to group 4. Here, for almost half of the toy universe, surprisingly simple recipes involving only the following three pieces of information are derived in Vol. VI; namely, a positive integer τ , a positive, or negative, integer ?, and a sign parameter ?>0, or ?<0. In particular, given any color configuration belonging to an attractor of any one of the 108 Boolean cubes from group 4, any child can predict the color configuration after τ generations, without any computation, by merely shifting each cell ?bits to the left (resp. right) if ?>0 (resp. ?<0), and then change the color of each cell if ?<0.As in the five prior volumes, Vol. VI also contains simple recipes which are, in fact, general and original results from the abstract theory of 1-dimensional cellular automata. Indeed, both children and experts from cellular automata will find this volume to be as deep, refreshing, and entertaining, as the previous volumes.


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Shakespeare's much-loved play, "Twelfth Night," kicks off Arizona Theatre Company's 40th anniversary season.
In this classic romantic comedy, girls will be boys and all are fools for love. ATC artistic director, David Ira Goldstein and actress Brenda Withers talk about the production.
Sooyeon Lee reports.
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The Galveston Island Humane Society’s Pets of the Week are Mary and Buffy.
Meet our shining star of the week, Miss Mary. Mary is a beautiful black German Shepherd, around 4 years old. She was handed over when her family had to move and could not take her away.
Mary is playful, loving, charming, and sweet, and she loved the children she lived with. Mary will steal a kiss from you at every opportunity. It’s soft and fluffy and will make a great beast. She also appears to be house trained and takes care of her manners.
Buffy is a beautiful 1 1/2 year old gray tabby with super soft fur. She recently had three babies (although she is still practically a kitten herself). At first she found it difficult to get used to motherhood, but eventually she got the hang of it and became a great mom.
She even adopted an orphaned kitten and raised it as one of her own. Now her babies are finally big and strong enough to find a home of their own, and Buffy is ready to finally enjoy her youth to the fullest. All she wants is a family of her own giving her the love and attention she deserves.
All cats and kittens cost $ 25 all summer long.
Make a note of the appointment! Our annual Paws Gala is on September 25th. Visit www.galvestonhumane.org to see our adoptable animals, upcoming events, and purchase tickets to our gala. All adoptions include castration or neutering, a microchip, and current vaccinations.
These featured pets have an adoption sponsor who pays the $ 25 adoption fee for that week only.

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Experts expect that the Fukushima Dai-ichi catastrophe in Japan could cause nuclear radiation poisoning worldwide, and workers at the nuclear power plant say death from radiation poisoning is inevitable. A Google search for Japanese nuclear radiation poisoning revealed extensive pandemic-buying of iodine in the USA, in order to help prevent thyroid cancer.
This commentary is about preventing nuclear radiation poisoning resulting from radioactive water that Japan dumped into the Pacific Ocean. People living on the west coast of the USA are very concerned about millions of gallons of highly radioactive water that has spilled into it.
The risk for radiation poisoning is higher than high, especially in Japan. The danger of radiation poisoning is extreme because the tsunami-damaged nuclear power plant at Fukushima Dai-ichi has been discharging large amounts of water, which was used for cooling reactors, and it's teeming with high levels of radiation.
Water that's charged with high levels of radiation has been spilling unabatedly into the Pacific Ocean as of March 26, 2011.
A Google search for Japanese radio poisoning opened March 14, 2011 Fox News report about it. Not only that, but the Google search revealed that the damaged nuclear power plant disaster is causing a panic buy-out of iodine tablets in the USA, as an anti-radiation remediation, over fear of radiation poisoning.
The Japanese nuclear meltdown signed alarm about global radiation poisoning. Another Google search turned up a quote by the USA Surgeon General, who said, “Be Prepared” while he was in California back in the first part of March. USA Surgeon General's warning terrificed Americans, which prompted in a panic buy-out of over the counter anti-radiation drugs because of nuclear fall-out fears
The tsunami-damaged Fukushima Dai-ichi nuclear power plant, because of a massive earthquake off the coastline of Japan, has brought about attention to dangers of radiation poisoning.
A Google search uncovered a Fox News report that said nuclear fuel rods were partly exposed, which is why some people in the USA might panic about a meltdown – one that, experts say, would send radiation drift across the Pacific Ocean.
An untold number of Japanese people were hospitalized for radiation exposure because of the disaster. Some USA citizens are in a panic about radiation poisoning spread in the USA, especially after a series of hydrogen explosions damaged nuclear reactors and put the reactors at increased risk of radioactive core meltdowns, a Google search revealed; in the aftermath of the devastatingly large 9.0 magnitude Japanese earthquake.
The extremely radioactive iodine-131 and cesium-137 were detected outside of the Fukushima plant, which indicated that nuclear fuel melted and the radioactive cores were damaged.
Almost 200 Japanese were hospitalized, shortly following the initial disaster, for radiation exposure. Everyone living within a radius of 12 miles of the Fukushima nuclear plant had to evacuate the area.
Fear that liquefied nuclear fuel force break through containment barriers, and then spew radioactivity into the air because of a nuclear reactor meltdown, were high. Joseph Cirincione of Plowshares Fund, who is an American nuclear expert, reported to Fox News that radiation might rise high into the atmosphere; and the jet stream would probably carry it to the USA.
Symptoms of Nuclear Radiation Poisoning
Radiation poisoning is also known as the acute radiation syndrome, which is the result of exposure to radiation. Symptoms of serious radiation poisoning include:
- Nausea, and
The acute radiation syndrome symptoms manifest themselves within a few minutes of being exposed to, and absorbing, radiation. The initial symptoms of acute radiation poisoning might last for just a few minutes, or even days; and then they subside.
The radiation-poisoning symptoms, however, will probably resume later; and they may intensify with more symptoms, including:
- Loss of appetite,
- Skin damage,
- Coma; and quite,
The American Thyroid Association warns that when thyroid cells are inundated with a high concentration of radioactive iodine-131, the risk of coming down with thyroid cancer increases exponentially. Thyroid cells can become overwhelmed with the unstable radioactive iodine-131 when a person drinks radioactive-tainted water, breaths contaminated food, or by eating food polluted with radiation.
The meltdown, which occurred during the 1986 Chernobyl nuclear disaster for instance, is blamed for an epidemic of thyroid cancer; and, decades later, there was a dramatic upsurge in leukemia in the area of the disaster.
Panic over exposure to radioactive iodine-131 that was emitted from the Fukushima meltdown has compelled Japanese authorities to distribute 230,000 units of iodine pills to evacuation centers that were close to the Fukushima disaster.
The thyroid gland absorbs stable iodine, which helps make hormones, therefore it's common practice to distribute iodine tablets during nuclear disasters. Iodine tablets help protect the thyroid gland because it fills-up the thyroid gland so there's no room is left for it to absorb the dangerous radioactive iodine-131.
Otherwise, the thyroid gland would soak up destructive radioactive iodine-131 as readily as it would absorb the more stable iodine.
Japanese authorities issued iodine tablets to help protect people that live near the reactor; and a recent study suggested that using red wine, to help wash them down, could help the body neutralize radiation poison.
The University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine proved that resveratrol, which is a naturally occurring antioxidant that found in red wine, helps protect cells from radiation; by experimenting with mice.
But a single glass of red wine, or even one or two bottles, contains very little resveratrol. It would be better to get a supplement that has 1000 times the amount of resveratrol, which is in a single bottle of red wine; and take it with another supplement that has a stable form of iodine – preferably one that includes the element boron, because that's the ingredient that they use to help clean-up accidents involving nuclear radiation.
A Google search opened a Wikipedia article, which said, “Boron shielding is used as a control for nuclear reactors, taking advantage of its high cross-section for neutron capture.”


In simple terms, mechanical ventilation is the use of a machine to inflate and deflate lungs whose own ventilatory abilities are diminished or lost.
Non-Invasive Ventilation (NIV) involves the use of a nasal or face mask to supply ventilatory support. A ventilator machine (air pump) delivers air to your lungs using positive pressure, and helps keep your small airways and the air sacs in the lungs open and inflated. The ventilator assists you when you breathe, working with you not against you.
HOW DOES A VENTILATOR MACHINE HELP?
Dependent on setting, the ventilator either automatically recognises when you have started to breathe in and assists with/supports each breath, or will initiate breathing for you. This in turn allows you to take in more air each breath and delivers this to your lungs. You will also be able to get rid of the waste products of breathing more readily when exhaling and will feel less breathless. ‘Non-Invasive’ simply means that this process is achieved using a mask.
The mask used fits either over your nose alone, or over both the nose and mouth. A strap holds the mask firmly in place but it can easily be removed to take a drink or to enable you to move away from the machine should you wish to go to the toilet etc.
This system reduces the work of breathing and ensures that your respiratory requirements are met. Baywater Healthcare supplies a range of ventilator machines for both hospital and home use, with nasal and full-face masks.


The new Honda Civic Type R protoype has been revealed at the 2016 Modial de L’Automobile in Paris.
The new hatchback will make its North American Debit at the 2016 SEMA Show in Las Vegas, November 1-4.
“We promised the most ambitious, sportiest Civic lineup ever and we’re delivering on that promise with each new Civic,” said Jeff Conrad, senior vice president and general manager of the Honda Division of American Honda Motor Co., Inc. “For the first time ever in America, Honda fans and enthusiasts will have access to the ultimate in Civic performance in the form of the new Type R.”
The Civic Type R Prototype is enhanced by muscular body styling, whilst the exterior is wrapped in a highly reflective, aluminum-effect finish, unique to the prototype car.
The next generation Civic Type R will be officially unveiled in production form next year.


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The COVID-19 pandemic and government response to it continues to evolve. As we enter postlockdown and arts & cultural venues begin to re-open, it is essential that Audience Finder organisations and their staff follow government guidance about social contact and social distancing. The Audience Agency (TAA) will continue to update its guidance in line with government guidelines, but it is the responsibility of Audience Finder participants to keep up to date or align with the specific measures of their nation or Local Authority.
The aim of this guide is to interpret the UK government guidance into practical steps on how organisations can safely and effectively continue to collect audience data. There will be a need for flexibility in approach, both across the organisations, but also over time, as restrictions and measures are relaxed or even potentially re-instated.
Has the shift to working from home moved the goal posts for local arts attendance? Oliver Mantell has been considering the evidence of attendance at live arts events.
Insights into UK arts organisations' necessary pivots to online content and engagement during the pandemic.


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As you can see from the title of this post, I am talking my incident with Hurricane Matthew.
Let me start with a quick run up of what happened.
When we first got news of Hurricane Matthew, Everyone wasn’t to stressed out about it here in North Carolina. We never get hit. We’ll get rain and that’s about it. So we all stocked up on water and food. Since we expected the power to go out.
The original route of Hurricane Matthew was suppose to go back out to sea after it got to South Carolina. However, it made a sudden and sharp turn into North Carolina.
My husband and I were actually not home when it first hit. We were in a separate town further west of NC. Enjoying the quiet weekend. While we were in this town, the rain hit. Then came the wind.
We knew it was getting bad so we headed home. When we arrived home, we both practically flipped out.
On October 8th, 2016, North Carolina was hit by Hurricane Matthew.
About a week or two prior to Hurricane Matthew, we had received a lot of rain. and when I say a lot of rain, I mean a LOT.
This was Downtown Fayetteville, from that rain storm.
So naturally, the ground was still full of water.
At this time I had two ponds next to my house. When we returned home one pond over flowed and washed out my driveway. My husband and I had to take our shoes off and wade through rushing water to get to our house. Hubby immediately got his keys out of the house and drove his work truck out of my yard and parked it up at my neighbors’ house.
In the meantime, I was in the house packing a suitcase of clothes and loaded everything we’d need over night into my truck. Including my two furchildren. My husband and I both had a nagging thought that we needed to grab our important paperwork. Birth Certificates, SSCards, ect…. so we did.
After packing and loading restless doggies into the truck, we fought against the water and by some miracle we got the truck out. We drove over to my in-laws to stay the night.
The next morning we rescued my neighbors by cutting down a tree that blocked them from getting out. So after being covered in sawdust and sweat, we loaded into my husbands work truck and drove down to the house. Only to be greeted by this sight.
I started to cry.
This was the TOP of my driveway (I lived down in a valley) and I knew what this meant.
I had lost my house.
The Cape Fear River, by this time, had over flowed and submerged my house.
My husband and I stressed about what to do. Both of us work full time jobs and we hardly had anything to fall on at this point. We lived with my inlaws, in a tiny spare bedroom, for the next 2 months.
Three days after the Hurricane passed, my husband and I spent our 2 year anniversary at my inlaws house trying to figure out what our next steps were. We didn’t really celebrate it, since we had other things in mind.
The next weekend, a friend of ours came to town and helped us go down to our house and start going through what was left to see what we could salvage.
As you can imagine, it wasn’t much.
So over the course of the next couple of weeks, we turned in some applications to try and get some help.
My insurance decided that they weren’t going to help me at all.
There is a foundation where I work that helps the employees and families in need. The did not want to help me.
There was also FEMA. They didn’t want to help either. I argued and fought them for what little they decided to help me with.
In the end, my parents (who live in Alabama) set up a GoFundMe page to help us out. All my friends and family that donated, blessed my husband and I more than the government would.
On November 23rd 2016, my husband and I moved into our new house (my neighbor’s house that wasn’t touched at all.)
We are slowly but surely getting settled in, since our jobs keep us busy. But it’s nice to have our own home again.
I have two authors who I know, they are wonderfully helping me restore my lost books. Family and Friends who gave us furniture and clothes.
In the end, we made it out of this tragedy. We’re okay, alive and unharmed (well, minus an infected cut I received at the lost house.) but we mainly have each other.
I was shown once again that my crazy town has a heart. While my hubby had to work crazy hours trying to get the cable/internet back on all over the surrounding counties, people gave my hubby and his coworkers food and drinks for working all day. They received many thanks and prayers.
So thank you Fayetteville, for sticking together in this crazy world and helping each other. You gave me a reason to be proud of being from Carolina.


Clearly, one of the talked about methods of building a potential reputation is through entering, winning, getting an HM or being a runner-up in an internationally recognised short story competition. I note though, that while a good proportion are free - a larger proportion are not. By way of advice, does anyone have first hand knowledge of how reliable these competitions are? Are they a money making scheme or are they fair ways to pay for the prize-pool? Larger comps like the L R H Writers of the Future obviously have wide acclaim, but what about others? Does anyone know of a reliable way to track down good, well regarded competitions without getting fleeced?


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The Unexpected Guest
A Play in Two ActsBook - 1958
In a country house a woman with a gun stands by the body of her husband. It looks like obvious murder, until the ghosts of an old wrong begin to emerge.
Publisher: London, French [c1958]
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text: We report on a mid-IR frequency comb source of unprecedented tunability covering the entire 3-10 μm molecular fingerprint region. The system is based on difference frequency generation in a GaSe crystal pumped by a 151 MHz Yb:fiber frequency comb. The process was seeded with Raman-shifted solitons generated in a highly nonlinear suspended-core fiber with the same source. Average powers up to 1.5 mW were achieved at the 4.7 μm wavelength. © 2012 Optical Society of America.


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Senate Majority Whip Richard Durbin (D-Ill.) joins retailers filing briefs urging the Supreme Court to hear the interchange suit.
Sen. Dick Durbin (D-Ill.) files an amicus brief with the Supreme Court, arguing for a lower Fed interchange cap.
Read about the latest new hires, promotions, retirements and other career milestones in the credit union industry.
The move will catapult a credit union to become one of the largest providers of property and casualty insurance in Canada.
Jenny Champagne, vice president of regulatory and government relations at NASCUS, will leave the as-sociation after more than 15 years on the management team to enter the teaching field.
Fifteen-year veteran leaving credit unions to begin a new career as a teacher.
Jim Buchheim changes companies, stays in Madison.
Credit union was first customer of now expanding enterprise.
Towson University's new facility is now SECU Arena, at a fee of $4.75 million over 10 years.
First Heritage Federal Credit Union, Painted Post, N. Y., has named Frank D. Vassallo chief financial officer, responsible for financial analysis and operational oversight of accounting, compliance, collections, electronic funds transfers and Visa departments. Before joining First Heritage, he was CFO for Bank-Fund Federal Credit Union. While there, he supervised...


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African culture dictates that you do not visit a home and leave hungry or thirsty, so we welcome you to experience our warm African hospitality.
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Traffic will be reduced to a single lane, with one-way traffic control, on Topanga Canyon Boulevard in Topanga beginning Monday as crews undertake a slope stabilization project.
The southbound lane of Topanga Canyon Boulevard, also known as state Route 27, will be closed from 9 a.m. to 3 p.m. Monday through Thursday between Grand View Drive and Pacific Coast Highway for a construction assessment and environmental survey, according to Caltrans.
Several mud and rock slides have occurred in that area in recent months and have prompted full closures of the canyon road linking Pacific Coast Highway with the San Fernando Valley.
Local news from across Southern California
All work is weather permitting, but motorists should expect delays and use another route if possible.


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By Mary Heyl
Whether you have a spacious yard to plant your perennials and grow a hearty vegetable patch or you only have a small window box or sill, you can cultivate a lovely garden this spring that’s perfectly suited to your space and available free time. Erie County has a variety of opportunities for gardeners to get started with their spring planting, including plant sales, educational seminars and herbs galore!
There’s no better place to get inspired than the Buffalo and Erie County Botanical Gardens’ Great Plant Sale taking place this weekend! On Friday, May 19 from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and Saturday, May 20 from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m., the Botanical Gardens will have an excellent selection of plants, some of which are from their own collection, available for sale.
This year’s selection has some unusual plants including Japanese maples, expanded vegetable and herb selections, and even drought-tolerant varieties that thrive in the sun. Of course, the flowering perennials are always a popular choice for those looking to spruce up their yard and attract pollinators; locally grown lilacs and hanging baskets are the perfect choice. The Botanical Gardens is located at 2655 South Park Avenue in Buffalo: Call (716) 827-1584 to learn more.
If a small yard or limited free time prevents you from planting large flower beds or vegetable gardens, consider planting an herb garden this spring. Herb gardens can be started in small pots indoors and transferred outside, even if you only have a few square feet available. Earth Spirit Educational Services of Orchard Park invites you to attend one of its Herbalism Field Studies this weekend. This informative guided walk is focused on plant identification and ecology, along with an emphasis on herbal medicines and wild foods.
The Field Studies take place over four sessions which are $25 each or $90 for all four sessions. Sessions are on the following Saturdays and Sundays from 10 a.m. to 2:30 p.m.: session 1 takes place on Saturday, May 20 at the Buffalo Ski Club on Lower East Hill Road in Colden and session 2 takes place on Sunday, May 21 at the Erie County Forest Lands. Session 3 takes place on Saturday, June 10 at the Sinking Ponds, and Session 4 takes place on Sunday, June 11 at the Aurora Town Park. Register online at earthspiritedu.org or call (716)941-6267.
As you make plans for your herb garden, be sure to visit Mike Weber Greenhouses located at 42 French Road in West Seneca. In addition to a huge variety of perennials, annuals, hanging baskets and vegetable plants, this family-owned business has an excellent selection of forty different herbs. Visit their website at www.webergreenhouses.com for a complete directory of their herbs, which includes tips on which parts of the herb to cook with, flavor descriptions and suggested uses. For instance, pennyroyal and catmint are excellent natural insect repellents and, when added to a bouquet, can be used to keep away household pests. Plan your visit to Mike Weber Greenhouses today by calling (716)822-8887.
If you’re looking for hanging baskets, geraniums, potted plants or herbs and vegetables, stop by the Creekside Greenhouse, at 8302 Otto-E. Otto Road.
Would you like to take your gardening to an even smaller scale this spring? In addition to a large garden center with hanging baskets, houseplants, and potted plants, Mischler’s Florist and Greenhouses located at 118 South Forest Road in Williamsville has miniature gardens for you. These tiny gardens are similar in scale to a doll house, and some even come complete with furniture. The mini garden called “Mom’s Garden” has easy-to-care-for succulents grown in an 8-inch bowl with a tiny chair and tea set among the plants. The mini Zen garden also has a variety of succulents grown in a small 10×15” planter with a miniature crane and gong. These fun gardens are perfect to enjoy on your windowsill or give as a gift! Shop their great selection online at sales.mischlersflorist.com or call (716)632-1290 to place your order or learn how you can create your own miniature garden!

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Tuesday, March 18, 2008
Can a Black Democrat be Elected President?
In a word, yes. But the crisis that Obama is dealing with illustrates the problem that black politicians face in America.
Because of the concentration of African-Americans in cities and the push for majority-minority districts in the last two decades, the vast majority of African American candidates represent districts that are primarily - and in many cases, overwhelmingly - black. Because these districts are a lock for the Democratic party and the constituencies are overwhelmingly liberal, the African-American politicians who represent these areas are pushed in one direction - to the left. This protects them from primary opposition.
The case of Rep. Al Wynn (D - Maryland) is an example of the exception that proves the rule. Wynn was a solid Democrat and a liberal, but another candidate backed by Kos and MoveOn successfully defeated him in the primary after arguing that he was too willing to work with Bush and the Republicans.
This process virtually requires African-American politicians to adopt positions (and embrace community "leaders") that are way to the left of most Americans. It is therefore hard for African-American politicians to build records (and associations) that enable them to be viable candidates for the US Senate, or, ultimately, the Presidency.
I also suspect that the lack of electoral competition in these districts makes the candidates much more vulnerable to corruption. Corrupt politics has long been a part of city politics -- and not just for black politicians -- but this corruption and bad behavior is held in check (at least partly) by electoral competition. In a competitive electoral environment, politicians work harder to avoid even the appearance of corruption which can cost them in an election. In an electoral environment where far-left views matter most -- and corruption of the highest order is often ignored (e.g. Marion Berry) -- there is little disincentive to put your hand in the cookie jar. Hopefully, I am being clear here: this is an institutional argument: institutions structure behavior and non-competitive electoral environments, black or white, are simply more prone to corruption (example: Louisiana).
Obama was viewed as an exception to these limiting factors because he was able to move so quickly through the ranks that he didn't have to carry the far-left baggage or the stain of corruption. The Rezco scandal and the case of Rev. Wright (and his reluctance to take on "Minister" Farrakhan) has put this baggage right back on his doorstep.
For a while, I thought that Hillary was easier to beat, but that's partly because she's had to fight Obama on extremely unfavorable ground (the Democratic primary electorate). Hillary has been unable to talk about how liberal Obama's positions are, she's been unable to take on his embrace of a hate-monger like Wright because African Americans are a huge voting block. She's been unable to hit Obama on Chicago-style corruption. The only thing that she has been able to draw blood on is the issue of experience, and her advantages there are pretty weak. Given that Hillary will appeal to half of the electorate as a woman, and Obama will appeal to constituencies that are unlikely to vote Republican anyway, I'd rather take my chances with Obama.
Democrats may worry that a Hillary win relying on superdelegates will split the party and alienate blacks. I think that's possible, but I also think that she can head that off by naming Harold Ford, Jr. of Tennessee as her running mate. Black Americans will still come out to vote for Ford. Frankly, I think Ford will actually look good compared with Obama in terms of his experience and grasp of policy details.
That said, Obama is likely to still be the Democratic nominee - which I think is good news now. Given the state of the Republican party, he has a good chance of winning in November. There is no doubt, however, that this will be a contest.
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Letter to the US member churches, 27 October, 2005
Dear Sisters and Brothers in Christ,
The passing away of Rosa Louise McCauley Parks is a challenging reminder to
us as churches that resistance to racism, in all its forms, is a responsibility that
we continue to carry. I have read recently that Rosa Parks' belief in God and her
religious convictions were at the core of everything she did. In her autobiography
she wrote: "I'd like for [readers] to know that I had a very spiritual background
and that I believe in church and my faith and that has helped to give me
the strength and courage to live as I did."
As we mourn the passing of this legendary woman, we are inspired by her life
of faith that led to her contributions to the Civil Rights Movement. That "small
and courageous act" on her part of not giving up her seat to a white passenger on
a city bus started a protest that was felt throughout the United States and in fact
the whole world, as it, without a doubt, redirected the course of history. It is my
conviction that this act contributed significantly to the stirring of the waters of
resistance to racial segregation in South Africa and in other parts of the world.
Jesus said: "Blessed are those who hear the word of God and obey it." (Luke
11:28). In refusing to obey a dehumanizing, racist rule, Rosa Parks affirmed both
her loyalty to God and her own dignity as a person created in God's image and
loved by God. It was this sense of costly obedience that strengthened her and so
many others in their struggle.
My prayer as we honour this great soul is that we will continue to be relentless
in the fight against racism in all its forms in church and society. I strongly
reaffirm the World Council of Churches' commitment to continue addressing the
unfinished agenda in the struggle to overcome racism. We express our solidarity
with the churches in the US who have been in the forefront of the struggle.
With all good wishes and prayers,
Rev. Dr Samuel Kobia


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The youthful college drama, directed by debutant Nithin Krishnamurthy, will now be presented by Rakshit's Paramvah Pictures
Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddaew will make our industry proud: Rakshit Shetty
NITHIN Krishna- murthy's directorial debut, Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare, sparked interest with its title, and the innovative way of launching the film's poster. The youthful drama caught the attention of actor-filmmaker Rakshit Shetty, who is set to present the film under his Paramvah Pictures banner.
An official announcement was made by Rakshit on his social media handles. "Paramvah Pictures has had the privilege to present some of the best films in the past years. It brings me utmost happiness to add to this list yet another fabulously fabricated film from a genre quite different from what was presented by us. A passionate group of creatively simulated youngsters have come together to create this hilarious and breezy film that is certain to walk you down the nostalgic path. I can confidently claim that the way this film has been pictured, no other film in their country has explored this style before. One more film to make our industry proud. Paramvah Pictures proudly presents Hos- tel Hudugaru Beka giddare (sic)," he wrote.
Expressing his excitement about associating with Rakshit Shetty, Nithin says that his patience has finally borne fruit, and the filmmaker's backing is the best boost his film can get. "External backing from a popular production house like Paramvah Pictures is a big deal. Rakshit came on board after he watched the film," says Nithin, adding, "Hostel Hudugaru Bekagiddare now gets wings to fly, and the film will reach out to wider audiences in theatres."
Meanwhile, the team plans to begin the film promotions with the audio launch and the first single, will be released by Rakshit Shetty, Rishab Shetty, Dhruva Sarja, and Dhananjay Nithin, who has previously worked in television, has worked as an assistant director in Pawan Kumar's Lucia.
Hostel Hudugaru made under the Gulmohar films banner in association with Varrun Studios, has Arvind Kashyap and Ajaneesh Lokanth handling cinematography and music, respectively. Nithin will be introduc- ing 100 fresh faces in the film, for which the first time director had auditioned at least 7,000 ar style tistes. Interestingly, make Hostel Hudugaru... will have a cameo by Rishab Hos- Shetty, Pawan Kumar, Shine Shetty and Sathish Neenasamement. The film is now in the post- production stage and is eyeing hat his a summer release.


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Tuesday, 30 September 2014
Caught the last weekend of the Royal Academy of Arts' interesting show, Radical Geometry, highlighting the dynamic work of a host of 20th century South American artists, as they challenged convention to create new geometric abstract art. Part of the Patricia Phelps de Cisneros Collection, the exhibition was all lines, forms and shapes, rather like my backdrop: the glass/steel staircase in the RA's Sackler Wing, built by Foster + Partners in 1991. By way of contrast, my look was all frills and furbelows in a fine silk duo: a top from By Malene Birger and a Miu Miu skirt from that swish Milanese store, 10 Corso Como, and a soft dove-grey pashmina, slung across my shoulders. My snake T-bars are by Ash and the silver leather shoulder bag by Angel Jackson just keeps on looking better with age!
Monday, 29 September 2014
The end of colour... as we know it. More specifically, at Turner Contemporary in Margate, where its latest exhibition, Summer of Colour, came to a close earlier this month. Celebrating the works of Dutch artist, Piet Mondrian, from early landscapes and a dazzlingly red windmill to his later distinctive lozenges of colour which inspired the late Yves Saint Laurent, in 1965, to incorporate those block shapes onto shift dresses. I decided to step out in my favourite hot-pink trousers, last worn in 'Carluccio's, South Ken'. The trousers are by British designer, Ally Capellino, who launched her womenswear collection in 1980 and is now best known for her accessories range. My breezy chiffon top is suitably colourful and graphic, whilst the shoes and sunnies, by Roberto Cavalli, are retro but sleek.The three year-old art space on Margate's seafront, designed by David Chipperfield, was also showing ethereal light installations by Brooklyn-based American artist, Spencer Finch, in turn inspired by Turner, who was both schooled and visited the town on sketching trips. Outdoors, on the terrace, contemporary Dutch artist Krijn de Koonig placed 'Dwelling' whose strong Mediterranean colours certainly heated up the Kent town by a few degrees on a September afternoon.
Monday, 22 September 2014
A garden with focal points... from the charming Monet-style summer house and bridge with a little pond full of lily-pads, to a magnificent willow as a centre piece, and a pretty gazebo near which a local orchestral played folky tunes to a gathering audience. All in all: a stunning 2 acre garden in the heart of Dulwich, open for one afternoon this month in support of Dulwich Helpline & Southwark Churches Care*. To fit in with the exceptionally green surroundings, I'm wearing my Marimekko print dress, designed by Mika Piirainen, topped with a vintage woolly cardi, a big bright basket (from that collection I keep going on about), Thierry Lasry sunnies, Jessica Walker earrings and some knock-out Paul Smith shoes, which are surprisingly comfy.
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Roshawn Rochester is an avid comic book reader with a passion for original stories. He first started reading comics when the Death of Superman storyline started and hasn’t put them down since. He writes the comic ANATOMY OF WAR, which is slated to come back in 2016 with a new artist and a new direction. In addition to writing his own comic, he is also a writer for Redheadedmule.com and has had the pleasure of interviewing some of pop-culture’s greatest individuals to include Kevin Eastman, Peter Cullen, Sergio Aragones, Gabriel Bautista, and more. He currently lives in Suisun City where he enjoys the Bay Area life-style with his wife and three kids.
In addition to the work he does on ANATOMY OF WAR and Redheaded Mule, Roshawn is a member of Darby Pop’s street team. If you live in or near a major city (or even a minor one), you can help us grow by telling us about your locale and its pop culture scene. And — most importantly — by pushing Darby Pop Publishing’s titles like illicit drugs onto your local comic book retailers, bookstores, clubs, friends, etc. In exchange, you’ll earn both Darby Pop swag, and our undying love. Email email@example.com for more information and/or to find out how to make a certifiable difference in the indie comic space.


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Patriots | Givens has not re-signed
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Mike Reiss, of the Boston Globe, reports agent Brad Blank said a Houston Chronicle report saying free agent WR David Givens (Patriots) has re-signed with the New England Patriots was erroneous. Blank said "anything is possible" at this stage. This is the second erroneous report this weekend involving a Givens signing.
This is the 2nd time this has happened, less than 24 hours earlier he was a Cleveland Brown for 2 hours.


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When you buy an ice cream treat from Amanda and Tyler Jay, you are literally helping to pay their way through college.
The siblings from southeast Brainerd - she's 17 and he's 15 - work for Sweet Memories Ice Cream Sales, their family-owned business started by their dad, Mike Jay, five years ago. The Jays can be found most warm summer days biking around Brainerd or Baxter selling their ice cream treats, which cost anywhere from $1-$3. Their bicycles feature large umbrellas with a cooler on the front.
Both Amanda and Tyler said they've got the best job. They enjoy meeting new people and everyone who wants to buy an ice cream is always in a good mood. They also get good exercise as they bike for hours around the Brainerd neighborhoods.
Tyler Jay, 15, and his sister, Amanda, 17, rode their ice cream bicycles through their southeast Brainerd neighborhood. The siblings work for their family-owned business, Sweet Memories Ice Cream Sales, and sell ice cream throughout Brainerd.
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The siblings earn commission only on their ice cream sales and a large portion of those funds goes into a college savings fund. They receive 25 cents for every $1 worth of ice cream sold, said their dad, Mike Jay.
Mike Jay was in Canada when he spotted a guy selling ice cream from a bicycle. Intrigued, he stopped and started chatting with him. The guy told him that people think he looks a little strange riding a bike and selling ice cream but the part-time job has put all four of his children through college.
The Jays have nine children and Mike Jay immediately thought it would be the perfect family business for them. Now he has five bicycles and estimates the family business sells between five to 10 tons of ice cream each year. A semi-trailer unloads Blue Bunny ice cream treats at their home two to three times a summer.
Most people may recognize the bicycles and the ice cream sellers from the Brainerd Fourth of July, which is their busiest day of the year. They work all day selling ice cream until the fireworks start. They also sell ice cream at other special Brainerd events.
Amanda and Tyler each have a say in what products are bought and stocked on their bicycles. They try to return to the same neighborhoods at the same time each week so people are used to hearing them ringing their bicycle bells. Children - and adults - come running.
"It's amazing how excited the adults get," said Amanda Jay. "Sometime they act like 2 year olds."
The Jays said it doesn't have to be hot outside for people to want to buy ice cream.
"I've had people buying ice cream in the lightning and high winds," said Tyler Jay. "I guess they have to have their ice cream."
Amanda Jay said their mom, Tina, tells the three of them that it feels like they're celebrities. When they go somewhere, everyone seems to remember them from selling ice cream.
"Behind us at church we'll hear, 'It's the ice cream man,'" Amanda said with a smile, referring to her dad. Mike Jay travels to Baxter and Merrifield each week to sell ice cream, too.
People often call Amanda the "ice cream girl."
Their best sellers are the Big Vanilla ice cream sandwiches. While the Jays enjoy ice cream, they keep cool while biking by having two bottles of water with them, one frozen and one just cold, so they stay hydrated along the route.
"We get good gas mileage," said Tyler. "We run on water bottles."
The siblings are pretty competitive and often call each other while they're out selling ice cream to see who has done the best. They each carry cell phones with them in case they run out of ice cream and need another family member to come and restock them.
"Even if I don't beat him and he sold more than me, it's a good day because it means ice cream sales are picking up," Amanda said of her brother.
She said her friends often tell her they're jealous that she has a great job.
"My friends say, 'You have the coolest job,'" said Amanda. "And I say, 'I know.'"
JODIE TWEED may be reached at email@example.com or 855-5858.
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I posted the following bit of flash fiction (really, really short stories) over at Julie E. Czerneda’s news group. I’m posting it again here just for kicks. Enjoy.
Jake stumbled into his room upstairs at the hotel, head spinning from cheap whiskey. That didn’t stop him from drawing his pistol at the sight of the figure in the corner.
“Taylor? No,” he said, hoping the denial could banish the figure. Jake’s chance to shoot spilled away with each passing second, but he couldn’t force his finger to pull the trigger.
Shadows shifted and moonlight fell on the week-dead corpse as it stood. “Surprise.” The voice came out a dry rasp. “Thought you could leave me for dead out there in the dust near Odessa?” Taylor advanced on Jake and he saw the six bullet holes and the dried, brown blood on Taylor’s dust-covered shirt. “Well, I swore I’d come back if you betrayed me. Now I’m here to settle accounts.”
“Can’t explain. My time’s almost up. Got just enough for this” Taylor reached out and pulled the Colt pistol from Jake’s hand. Taylor’s cold hand on Jake’s freed him from his paralysis. He spun for the door before the bullets ripped into him and he hit the floor.
Taylor bent low over him, washing Jake’s last moments in the stinking rot of flesh. “See you in hell, old buddy.”
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do you use a rope for this gully at all mate or do you just solo it ?
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Its just a solo, theres usually a couple of icey patches towards the end, the crux is just ahead in the picture where there is a steep step up. The problem with this route is finding it with firm enough snow. due to its location & height it rarely gets firm enough. Most of the rock can be loose too so not alot of options for gear.
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Chemical compositions comprising crystalline colloidal arrays
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Crystalline colloidal arrays (CCA) which have been encapsulated in a polymer matrix to produce more robust polymerized crystalline colloidal arrays (PCCA) are provided. The PCCA's of the present invention can be in the form of a hydrogel which can be compatible for use with a biological system. The polymer matrix of the PCCA is formed of polymerized poly(ethylene glycol) based monomer units which can provide a desired functionality to the PCCA. The PCCA can be formed to exhibit a photonic bandgap at a certain wavelength. The photonic bandgap can be capable of shifting upon some form of environmental stimulation rendering the PCCA suitable for many optical applications, including active photonic switching and sensory applications.


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- Chief Medical Officers from businesses around the world developed a four-week health challenge
- More than half of the participants increased their physical activity as a result of the pilot
- Findings show simple health challenges can positively impact employees
Almost 1,900 employees in nine countries have benefited from a four-week health challenge developed by the Chief Medical Officers’ (CMO) Network, powered by Bupa, with more than half increasing their physical activity as a result of the pilot.
The ‘On Our Way Challenge’ – a first for the global CMO Network – used cross-company collaboration to promote fitness and physical activity. Lessons and results from the challenge are now being utilised to better understand and address the health challenges facing today’s working population.
The challenge was a flexible initiative where participants were encouraged to increase their level of physical activity during a four-week period. They logged all their steps, some using digital apps linked to GPS. Some companies offered participants money for charities and prizes as an incentive.
The 1,890 participants came from a variety of workforces, including flight crew in Dubai, miners in South Africa, care home assistants in New Zealand and office workers in the UK. The challenge was moulded to support all fitness levels and lifestyles.
Businesses who participated in the pilot are members of the global CMO Network, including Emirates, Independence Blue Cross, Anglo American and Sibanye-Stillwater, two mining companies, Emis Group, a healthcare technology company, The Abraaj Group, a leading investor in growth markets, and Bupa.
Findings from the challenge showed immediate changes in behaviour, with more than half of participants significantly increasing their levels of physical activity, from an average of three days of activity per week to five. One of the biggest changes was seen at Emirates, where the percentage of people exercising at least five days a week increased by 64%.
Dr. Richard Jenkins, Vice President, Medical Services at Emirates, said: “We opened the health challenge to our entire workforce – from baggage handlers to pilots, with a cap of 1,000 employees. We wanted to test whether a workplace health programme with no financial incentives, but peer support and access to gyms and yoga classes, would encourage people to exercise more, as we know this can have a significant impact in the longer-term, beyond the programme.”
Dr Paul Zollinger-Read, Chief Medical Officer at Bupa, credits the success of changing participants’ habits to the simplicity and inclusivity of the programme. He said: “The team spirit and peer-to-peer support encouraged by the challenge’s design was also key to keeping people motivated.
“The test of this initiative was to see if a simple health programme could impact people’s health in a short period of time, and it did. It also showed how a challenge like this can make health an enjoyable experience – 97% of the people who took part said they would like to do the challenge again in future. With only 10% of companies globally doing initiatives like these, there is certainly room for businesses to do more.”
The CMO Network is now using findings from the challenge to better understand workplace health and assist businesses globally to implement programmes which support the wellbeing of their employees. It is now turning its focus to mental health with the potential for more challenges in the future.


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KidSuper’s latest collection was presented by Colm Dillane through a performance art piece that seamlessly blended fashion, art, and audience participation. The collection featured twenty-three looks, each accompanied by an oil painting. Additionally, the campaign showcases the works of four American artists, namely Whitfield Lovell, Charles Atlas, Judith-Blum Redding, and Robin Winters. In the colorful and poignant campaign images, the artists posed in suits, coats, trousers, and accessories from the SS23 collection, highlighting the artistry and creativity of the pieces.
The campaign also includes a series of short video interviews with each artist, where they discuss their experiences and journey through the 70s and 80s in New York.
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Gadget launches are big news, and Samsung is talking up an event happening in August. What could it be?
New York is the place to be mid-August, with Samsung sending out invitations to its next event, the second “Unpacked” event for 2015, with the first happening earlier in the year revealing the curvier Galaxy S6 Edge for the first time.
For that launch, Samsung hinted to the world “what’s next” with a slightly edgy graphic, and this time, there are no words, merely the look of a lip fading off into the distance.
What does this mean?
We doubt this will be a chance for Samsung to show off its tablets, especially since the Tab S2 was recently announced, but the invitation image for the event is a little reminiscent of Joy Division’s “Unknown Pleasures”, albeit with a focus on a product design we’ve seen from Samsung before.
That means we might be seeing something musical or possibly even a new handset similar to the Edge — we told you we’ve seen that design before — though given the close proximity to IFA in September, it could also be a different breed of phone Samsung has a tendency of announcing at that international trade show, which it has done so time and time again.
Regardless, the suggestion is that a product from the “Galaxy” family will definitely be announced, and as rumours are ramping up about a new “Note” handset, we suspect it could be something close to that.
Whatever it is, we’ll have our very own people on the ground for any secret Samsung gadgets that are unveiled that day. We can’t wait.


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The biggest day on the Horsham District Football Netball League calendar has arrived.
The Bombers - led by young captain Dustin Cross - are playing in their first senior football grand final since Noradjuha and Quantong merged in 1997.
Harrow-Balmoral, meanwhile, is searching for an undefeated season and back-to-back premierships for the first time in the club's history.
For one Southern Roos' star, Saturday afternoon might mean a little bit extra.
Keep up to date with all the action live from Horsham's City Oval below.
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Bush to perform at opening night for new Las Vegas barbershop/bar
Bush is headed to Las Vegas to help open a new club.
The place is called The Barbershop Cuts & Cocktails, and is part speakeasy, part barbershop. Opening night is Friday, March 15, and it’ll will feature a headlining performance from Gavin Rossdale and company.
Should you find yourself in need of a haircut and/or a drink, the first night is sold out, but it will be open to the public starting March 17. More artist performances will be announced.
If you miss Bush in Sin City, you can catch them live this summer on their co-headlining tour with Live.
On the trek, which kicks off in June, both bands will be celebrating the 25th anniversary of their 1994 breakthrough albums, Bush’s Sixteen Stone and Live’s Throwing Copper.
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Connecting the water line
Turn off main water supply• Turn on nearest faucet long
enough to clear line of water•
Find a 1/2in. (12.70 mm) to 11/4in. (3.18 cm) vertical cold water
pipe near the ice maker•
NOTE: Horizontal pipe will work, but the following procedure
must be followed: Drill on the top side of the pipe, not the
bottom• This will help keep water away from the drill• This
also keeps normal sediment from collecting in the valve.
3. Using a grounded drill, drill a 1/4in. (6.35 mm) hole in the cold
water pipe you have selected.
4. Fasten shut-off valve to cold water pipe with pipe clamp• Be
sure outlet end is solidly in the 1/4in. (6.35 mm) drilled hole in
the water pipe and that washer is under the pipe clamp.
Tighten packing nut. Tighten the pipe clamp screws carefully
and evenly so washer makes a watertight seal. Do not
overtighten the pipe clamp or you may crush cold water pipe
if it is soft copper tubing. Do not use a piercing-type
(4.76 mm) saddle-type
valve which reduces water flow and
clogs more easily•
5. Now you are ready to connect the copper tubing. Use 1/4in.
(6.35 mm) OD soft copper tubing for the cold water supply.
Measure from the connection at the front of the ice maker
to the cold water pipe. Add 3 ft (91.4 cm) to ensure that
you have the proper length. This is the length of 1/4in.
(6.35 mm) OD soft copper tubing you need for the job. Be
sure both ends of the copper tubing are cut square.
sleeve and compression
nut on copper
tubing as shown. Insert end of tubing into outlet end
squarely as far as it will go. Screw compression
outlet end with adjustable wrench. Do not overtighten.
1. Cold Water Pipe
5. Compression Nut
2. Pipe Clamp
6. Compression Sleeve
3. Copper Tubing
7. Shut-Off Valve
4• Coupling (purchased)
8. Packing Nut
Place the free end of the tubing into a container or sink, and
turn on main water supply and flush out tubing until water is
clear. Turn off shut-off valve on the water pipe.
NOTE: Always drain the water line before making the final
connection to the inlet of the water valve to prevent possible
water valve malfunction.
Bend the copper tubing to meet the water line inlet which is
located on the back of the ice maker cabinet as shown.
!. Drain Hose (Drain Pump models only)
2• Vent Hose (Drain Pump models only)
3. Water Supply Line
Thread the nut onto the coupling on the end of the copper
tubing. Tighten the nut by hand. Then tighten it with a wrench
two more turns. Do not overtighten.
1.Line to ice maker
2. Nut (purchased)
3. Ferrule (purchased)
Remove the two screws in the lower access panel and the
two screws in the base grille area of the front panel support.
Pull forward to remove the lower access panel.
NOTE: To prevent rattling, be sure the copper tubing does not
touch the cabinet's side wall or other parts inside the cabinet.
1. WaterPan Drain
2. Water Valve
10. Turn shut-off valve ON.
11. Check for leaks. Tighten any connections (including
at the valve) or nuts that leak.
12. Replace the lower access panel and screws.


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Since my youth, I’ve been a rabid collector of recipes. Even after the big purge we conducted before retiring and moving back to the U.S. from Germany, I still have a tall stack of cooking magazines, three shelves of cookbooks, and two full-to-bursting binders, one labeled “Recipes I’ve Tried,” the other, “Recipes I Want to Try.” These contain new and old magazine clippings, my own notes, many recipes downloaded from the internet, and a few precious treasures – recipes written out by hand, from friends who’ve generously shared their specialties. Recipes are like stories, I think, meant to be shared and passed on.
My literature professors told me, way back when, that it’s not only the writer who creates a story; no, the reader also contributes to the experience and meaning of the story. So it is with recipes; the original, published recipe is a starting point, but the cook who tries it adds her own spice, his own tricks, and creates an interpretation which may be just as sublime, if not more so, than the original. And what a great use of the internet, when people share recipes, adapt them, and pass them on. As a nation, we need more competent home cooks educating the next generation about real food. Our industrialized “food” factories spend millions pushing their lab-concocted, chemical-laced, toxic “food-like substances.” (Thank you, Michael Pollan. Have you read his books? You should.)
But I digress. The purpose of this blog is to explore the challenges and adventures of (early) retirement. Well, one of the challenges is definitely money. It just ain’t rolling in the way it used to, and I need to be more careful, more mindful of what and how I spend. An avid home cook, I enjoy trying out new recipes and new ingredients. But I tend to get a bit greedy and unrealistic, making more dishes that we can consume, and throwing away good food. In fact, the Sunday clean-out of the fridge was part of my regular routine during my working years. I’d wince as I dug my way to the back of each shelf and found containers of once-delicious food, now past its prime and perhaps fuzzy with mold. What a waste! And considering how many of our own citizens, not to mention people in other lands, don’t have enough to eat, how can I justify cooking huge quantities of food just to amuse myself, and then throwing it away?
So, as part of my campaign to become a more conscious spender, to avoid clutter and superfluous stuff, I’m also committed to reducing my food waste – really, to eliminate it altogether. But – until I master the art of cooking exactly two portions of every dish – what do I do with the leftovers? When I was working five days a week, I could simply pack up leftovers for lunch – problem solved. Now that we’re retired, I have the gift of time. In fact, I never feel more retired that when preparing a hot lunch to eat at home. What a luxury!
So, henceforth I shall endeavor (Doesn’t that sound grand?) to repurpose leftovers whenever possible, making creative dishes out of what’s already in my fridge and on my shelves, rather than face again the chagrin of the Sunday fridge purge. And I’ll share my best results here with you, and ask you to do the same. If you’ve shared a recipe on your own blog or another forum, please link! Thanks much.
Here’s my first recipe: Spaghetti Frittata!
I first tasted one of these prepared by Patrick C., a creative and knowledgeable cook who lived in Aviano, Italy, and had learned some local tricks. When I make pasta, I often end up with too much – I’m greedy that way. So today I had leftover spaghetti with homemade basil pesto – having purchased a beautiful, big bundle of basil at the Proctor Farmers’ Market. Also lurking in the fridge were four big mushrooms starting to go slimy, half a green bell pepper, half an orange one, part of a sweet onion (a benefit of living in Washington – Walla Walla sweets!). I diced those up roughly, along with a tomato, which I first seeded and squeezed a bit. Into the pan (a cast-iron skillet) the veggies went, along with a bit of olive oil. I sautéed that on medium high heat until the veggies had released their liquid and dried out a bit – about five minutes. You want your frittata filling to be fairly dry – too much veggie juice would result in watery eggs, blech! I seasoned that with salt & pepper. Next, I layered on top of the veggies enough leftover spaghetti with pesto to cover the veg by about an inch. Then I whipped up eight eggs and a glug of milk – about ½ cup. A bit of salt & pepper went into that as well. Follow your own taste on whether to add salt and how much, but I find unsalted eggs to be not so delicious.
Finally, I sprinkled a generous handful of grated Parmesan cheese over the top – a good ½ cup. Now I let it cook a bit, less than five minutes, on medium heat until the eggs were beginning to set up on the bottom. I lifted the mess with my spatula from time to time to let the wet eggs run underneath – like you’re supposed to do for a French omelet, to hasten the cooking of the eggs. (And because it makes me feel important)
Finally, I popped it into the oven at 375 degrees F. for about 20 minutes. What you’re looking for here is the point where the top of the frittata is set and puffy, so give it a pat. You’ll feel it jiggle if it’s still liquid in the middle. Also, if you slice into it and liquid seeps out, back into the oven it goes! You don’t want to overcook the thing, just cook those eggs through.
Et voilà! Or however you say that in Italian. Frittata is a great way to use up leftover pasta and veg, or just veg, or veg and protein, such as ham, shrimp, salmon, chicken… And a frittata tastes good cold or at room temperature and makes a great take-along lunch. So – another leftover saved and transformed into a new and tasty dish!

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2PM to become a regular on Korean learning show in Japan 2012/03/01, Source,
Boy band 2PM will host a short segment on Japanese channel NHK's new Korean language program, and will eventually become regulars on the show. The band attended an official press conference on Feb. 29, ahead of the first airing of the program on April 2.
The segment will be called "2PM's One-Point Korean", and will have the band teaching Japanese viewers common Korean phrases,...More
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Snapshot of the interactive film, "Annyeong", featuring K-pop stars, Miss A and 2PM. Users can access the interactive movie at www.ibuzzkorea.com and go on a three-day virtual tour with the singers. / Courtesy of KTO
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Having been active since the early 90s, Spiritualized have seen it all in terms of musical taste and consumption. In their heyday, the band were known for huge, grand arrangements that featured choirs of guest musicians to help bring their out-of-this-world vision to life. But over time as resources in the industry become depleted, creating their unique and sometimes overzealous sound just isn't possible anymore, so the group now look to new technology to bring out the grandeur on their long-awaited eighth studio album 'And Nothing Hurt'.
The title 'And Nothing Hurt' is a precursor to understanding the themes of this record. With a near 30-year career in the industry, frontman Jason Pierce has seen more than most and it is those personal stories that make up the bulk of this new release, as he muses over relationships, friendships, addiction and the ever-changing landscape they have found themselves in. But what is refreshing is just how uplifting this new record is. While others may have expected them to have run out of steam at this point, the band seem reinvigorated within their songwriting, delivering some truly anthemic cuts along the way.
It may not live up to the standards of their older material, but 'And Nothing Hurt' stands as a confident and fulfilling listen. Despite the knock backs over the conditions they now have to produce music in, Spiritualized have smiled all the way through it and delivered a new collection of songs that were definitely worth the six year wait.


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As a human resource consultant, I enjoy presenting classes on anti-harassment and discrimination; facilitating seminars on diversity; investigating employee complaints; and completing one-on-one training and coaching sessions with executives, managers and staff.
Most interesting to me are the one-on-one sensitivity coaching and training sessions where I am face-to-face with a person who has violated some company policy. These usually begin with a discussion of ethics; then cover the law and the hidden and financial costs of improper office behavior. From there we go into “soft-skills” training: communication, interpersonal and leadership skills. This is when I generally see the energy and interest of the trainees increase.
There is a difference between a true harasser, a racist, or a sexist and a person who has exercised poor judgment. True harassers are not interested in anything I have to say. They maintain a closed attitude indicating their opinion that the training is a waste of time – and it usually is. In comparison, those who have exercised poor judgment, though defensive at first, usually want to understand how and why their behavior was offensive and how to avoid making the same mistakes. In many cases, they recognize their actions are based on a lack of information or misinformation, and they are eager for clarification. In my experience, executives and managers are especially interested in mending relationships and improving their interactions with people at work. They seek to regain respect and become better role models. They want soft-skills.
In one particular training session, I was working with a Caucasian supervisor who made a comment to a group of African-American women who found it offensive. We spent at least one hour discussing anti-discrimination laws and rules, the company policies against harassment, both ethical and financial reasons to avoid offensive comments and the importance of perspective. In defense of his statement, despite all this information, the supervisor maintained that the same comment made to a different group of people would not have been taken as a racial offense.
As we moved into communication and leadership skills, the supervisor agreed that a successful leader is one who inspires confidence and respect, one who empowers others to be their best. He admitted that he wanted to be this kind of leader. I then asked him if his comments had the effect of making the women he spoke to feel good about themselves – “Did it empower them?” I asked him to consider if his comment inspired confidence and respect in him as a leader. “Did it help paint you as the kind of leader that others would want to follow?” He had to admit that his comment had the exact opposite effect. The supervisor also recognized that his comment would not have created a good feeling for anyone who heard it, regardless of race. This was his “Aha” moment.
Galeleo said, “We cannot teach people anything, we can only help them find it within themselves.” This is the essence of the “Aha” moment: the moment when a trainee gains a new perspective, discovering something about themselves they had not previously considered. It is when they ponder their people skills and leadership potential; when they look at who they are and who they want to be. Facilitating the “Aha” moment brings me the greatest satisfaction as a consultant.
The supervisor may have previously conceded that his comment was inappropriate because of the law, company policy or ethics, however, in his “Aha” moment he decided his comment was inappropriate mostly because it was not aligned with his image of himself as a leader. In that moment he changed his mind, not only about what he said in this particular situation, but in other situations where his comments, while not directed to anyone in a protected category, were still in opposition to his desire to be an effective leader.
The “Aha” moments happen pretty regularly during one-on-one sensitivity coaching, and in group training sessions as well. Interestingly, they never seem to occur during discussions of the law, ethics or revenue. They don’t center around the topic of race, gender, religion or disability. The “Aha” moments usually happen when focused on communication, interpersonal skills and/or leadership – the soft skills.
Having defended employment law claims in both state and federal courts, I strongly believe in training on anti-harassment and discrimination as a way of avoiding costly litigation. People are generally unconscious of their behavior, or how their actions or inactions contribute to employee relations issues. Training can raise consciousness or awareness of what discrimination and harassment look like so people can avoid perpetuating it. Training also helps people recognize when they are the subject of discrimination or harassment and lets them know what steps they can take to protect themselves. Diversity training is also a worthwhile endeavor, providing an understanding of how a diverse workforce can be utilized to positively impact creativity, morale and the bottom line.
In order to create a true environment of inclusiveness, however, training is not enough – it is merely the beginning. Soft skills training, including communication, interpersonal skills and leadership skills, is also essential. These are the skills that foster the kind of inclusion where everyone, regardless of who they are or where they come from, feels they are an integral member of the organization and encouraged to fully participate. The soft skills training that I find most desired and has the biggest impact on diversity is leadership training for leaders of all levels.
The Link Between Leadership and Diversity
A strong link exists between leadership and diversity. Leadership is about empowering people; bringing out the best in others. You bring out the best in people by making them feel accepted, respected and connected. When people feel good about themselves and the organization, they perform better individually and as part of a team, resulting in an organization that performs better. These are the same objectives and desired results of diversity strategies.
Deb Dagit, Executive Director of Diversity & Work Environment at Merck & Co., says resentment and resistance to diversity usually exists where the focus is on the law and being politically correct. Merck, one of DiversityInc.’s 2008 Top 50 Companies for Diversity, nullifies this challenge by viewing diversity “through the lens of leadership.”
Merck has integrated its diversity initiatives with a leadership model designed to “promote and develop the leadership skills of all Merck people.” This model includes 1) accepting all differences and integrating all ideas, 2) treating all employees with dignity and respect, and 3) promoting collaboration with others and building effective working relationships. By using leadership as a way to foster and maintain diversity, Merck has been able to weave diversity into the fabric of its culture. According to Dagit, “People get it because they live it.”
These same values are embodied in the diversity strategies of many of the Top 50 Companies for Diversity and can be summarized as acceptance, respect and connection.
Fostering Acceptance, Respect and Connection
An African-American attorney I met with recently lamented about her unstable work history. When questioned about it more deeply, she remarked she has yet to find an environment where she feels accepted, respected or connected. She spoke about law firms going to great lengths to bring her to the firm and then promptly forgetting about her. Her ideas are rarely considered and she does not bring to the office her true being and all the talents she has to offer because she does not get the feeling anyone cares. She has felt completely disconnected and isolated. Unfortunately, this is the way many people of color feel; like outsiders who are tolerated but not really welcomed or wanted. Using leadership skills to address these issues would make the working environment more supportive; not just for the people of color, with disabilities or others who might feel isolated; but for everyone in the office. Effective leadership can ensure that all individuals feel accepted, respected and connected.
There was a time in this country’s history when it was a liability to be different; the objective at that time was assimilation. The thought was that our strength came from being the same. In light of a global market and economy, that concept is not longer applicable.
Marcus Buckingham, in his book “Go Put Your Strengths to Work”, states that “true teamwork only occurs when a complimentary set of strengths come together in a coordinated whole.”1 Most teambuilding theories work from the same premise. With assimilation we lose individuality and that set of complimentary strengths, and thus we lose the power of the team. By contrast, we gain more strength by accepting people with differences; differences in opinions, cultures, beliefs and education. If a person feels accepted they will be more motivated to support the organization’s goals and mission.
The Golden Rule states we should treat people the way we would want to be treated. With so much diversity in our society, that rule often gets people into trouble. Not everyone wants to be treated the same way. In today’s world, respect includes treating people the way they want to be treated – what Dagit calls, the Platinum Rule.
Each and every person has something unique and special about them. Respect is also demonstrated by first acknowledginthen valuing those unique qualities and ultimately utilizing the differences of individuals toward a common goal or mission. Some people show their gifts openly while others need a little more prodding. In order to bring these gifts to the surface, it sometimes requires taking the time to get to know people and listening to their viewpoints without letting ego or personal bias get in the way.
The difference between a group of people and a team is connection. A group of people may work in the same office but they work independently, without interaction or reliance on each other. Individuals in the group are focused on achieving their own goals, and the goals of the organization are secondary, if they come into play at all.
A team, on the other hand, is a group of individuals with common goals and objectives. They help and aid each other, working together toward the accomplishment of those goals and objectives. When people feel connected they can turn a group of disconnected individuals into a cohesive team striving toward the same goals. In this way each person, and thus the team, performs better and everyone benefits.
Using leadership skills to promote these simple values can have an incredible impact in creating an environment where everyone, regardless of who they are, where they were born or their educational background, feels welcomed and supported. This is an important key not only to managing diversity, but to retaining all employees.
I encourage anti-harassment, discrimination and diversity training. However, it is important to understand that diversity is not a focus on Muslims, or Asians or women, nor is it a focus on the law. Diversity is a focus on inclusion – not inclusion for some, but for all.
In order to truly create and maintain an inclusive environment that speaks to all employees, soft skills are essential. The most important soft skill for fostering inclusion, and thus diversity, is leadership.
Effective leadership empowers each individual regardless race, sex or religion and inspires the desire and the ability to work together toward a common goal. If a company can manage this, it will be able to more effectively manage diversity.


FTX founder Sam Bankman-Fried was released Thursday on $250 million bail and ordered to be held at his parents’ home in Palo Alto, California. It was after the former executive appeared in New York federal court for the first time since his extradition from the Bahamas.
Magistrate Gabriel Gollenstein has set a bail package. Bankman-Fried will be placed under electronic surveillance and his travel will be restricted to parts of Northern California and New York.
Assistant U.S. Attorney Nicholas Roos called Bankman-Fried’s alleged crime a “fraud on a grand scale” and said he believed the $250 million bond was the largest in history. The judge said the bond would be signed by four financial officers, including one who is not a family member.
Evidence against Bankman-Fried includes testimony from multiple collaborators and more than a dozen witnesses from FTX and his cryptocurrency trading firm Alameda Research, encrypted text messages, and tens of thousands of pages of financial documents. says Roos. He said.
Roos said the government agreed to a bail package. Because Bankman-Fried had agreed to the extradition. Bankman-Fried’s financial assets have dwindled significantly since they were worth billions of dollars, he said.
Bankman-Fried’s attorney, Mark Cohen, said his client agreed to an extradition that could take years to address the charges. He said Bankman-Fried will live with his parents. They live in a house worth approximately $4 million near the Stanford University campus.
Judge Gorenstein said he agreed to the bail package because he believed Bankman-Fried would not be in danger of escape and would not pose a danger to the community.
“It would be very difficult for this defendant to go into hiding without being recognized,” the judge said. Mr Bankman-Fried has acquired such notoriety that it is impossible for him to conduct financial transactions, the judge added.
When the judge asked if Bankman-Fried understood that he could be charged with bail waiver if he didn’t appear, he looked at his lawyer and said, “Yes, I know.” Told.
Bankman-Fried admits to making mistakes while running the company, but denies any fraudulent activity.
A string of plays began when Bankman-Fried told a Bahamian judge Wednesday morning that he hoped to be charged and immediately transferred to the United States to “complete the customers involved.” Legal progress is rounded out by his appearance.
After U.S. officials put him on a plane to New York Wednesday night, they announced that two of his closest friends had pleaded guilty to several crimes and are cooperating with prosecutors.
According to the plea deal, former Alameda Research CEO Caroline Ellison pleaded guilty to seven counts, while former FTX Chief Technology Officer Gary Wang pleaded guilty to four counts. Their cooperation with investigators could strengthen the prosecutors’ case against Bankman-Fried, who is accused of defrauding customers, lenders and investors. Prosecutors also have accounts and documents from two credible insiders in future trials, potentially increasing the legal risk faced by other former FTX officials who played a role in the questionable scheme. There is a possibility
Ellison and Wang pleaded guilty to participating in a scheme to defraud FTX customers from 2019 to November 2022, embezzling customer deposits and lending them to Alameda, according to documents released Thursday. Ellison also admitted to participating in a scheme to commit fraud by providing false information about the financial status of Alameda moneylenders. She and Wang also pleaded guilty to misleading FTX investors.
Manhattan federal prosecutor Damian Williams said in a video statement Wednesday that an investigation into FTX is ongoing. He urged anyone involved in cheating at FTX or Alameda to come forward immediately.
A lawyer for Ellison declined to comment after the guilty plea was announced. Mr. Wang’s lawyer said his client took his duties as a co-witness seriously.
Both Ellison, 28, and Wang, 29, were associated with Bankman-Fried before the founding of FTX. Ellison and Bankman-Fried worked together at quantitative trading firm Jane Street and were once romantically involved. Wang and his Bankman-Fried were in the same coeducational group at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology.
The Securities and Exchange Commission and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission also filed lawsuits against Mr. Ellison and Mr. Wang late Wednesday over their role in the scheme to deceive FTX investors. The two companies agreed to settle and take responsibility for his SEC and his CFTC claims, according to regulators.
Bankman-Fried is also charged with conspiring with others to make illegal campaign contributions. Bankman-Fried disguised the political contributions as coming from wealthy officials, but in reality Alameda was financing them from stolen client money, Williams said.
Bankman-Fried personally donated $40 million to political campaigns and committees, mostly to Democratic and liberal-leaning groups.
FTX’s new management said it would try to get back donations to campaigns made by Bankman-Fried and other FTX executives to repay creditors.
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An earlier version of this article’s video caption incorrectly identified images of Sam Bankman-Fried’s extradition from Bahamas Wednesday. Images show him after a hearing in New York on Thursday.
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Blogini kertoo kasvivärjäyksestä ja sienivärjäyksestä. This blog is about dyeing with plants and mushrooms.
Wow, these are beautiful!
They are beautiful ! The colours completely change the design. Lovely.
Oi nämä ovat todella kauniit.
Gorgeous! - lanajoh
Hi Leena I think your mittens are beautiful. Thank you for your nice messages on my blog - I think the feeling is mutual! I learn a lot from you too and only wish I could come and study fungus dyeing with you. A subject I know nothing about.
Agree, these are very beautiful, indeed!
Very pretty! I love the color combinations.
I can really appreciate the colors used in this mitten, they are quite beautiful. Thank you for posting in English as well as it enables me to enjoy your blog (which I have just discovered).
These are so beautiful!My father and his family came to Canada from Finland when he was eight years old.Amy

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Viking Cruises is working on a project to develop a ship fuelled by liquid hydrogen which could become the first cruise ship in the world with zero-emission technology, according to NMA (Norwegian Maritime Authority).
Viking Cruises envisions building a ship based on the design of its seagoing cruise liners, like Viking Sun. The vessel will be about 230 meters long, and will accommodate over 900 passengers and 500 crew.
Over the last few years the shipping company registered a number of new ships in Norwegian International Ship Register and intends to register the new ship in the NIS in case it is realized. It is already in dialogue with NMA.
Liquid hydrogen hasn't been used as marine fuel so far. One of the technical provocations is to maintain the fuel at -253 degrees to keep it from evaporating. Fuel cell converts the hydrogen to electricity for electric power and propulsion onboard.
Hydrogen is a very explosive gas, so protection against gas leaks is a major part of the safety requirements.
Liquid hydrogen is not produced in Europe on a large scale, but Viking Cruises is in dialogue with Statoil to find a solution based on Norwegian refinery. The shipping company intends to use Norwegian suppliers for the project. A number of tender ships are planned to carry fuel to the cruise ship.
Another news concerning the cruise line these days is about the change of Viking Spirit's name - yesterday Viking annnounced that the ship due to debut in June next year will be named Viking Orion. Anna Lee Fisher, former NASA astronaut and the first ever mother in space, was named the godmother of the ship.