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Helgo, Razakasoa Score Nice Wins at Southwest Regionals
Long Beach State completed day two of the 2016 ITA Southwest Regionals in San Diego on Friday.
San Diego, Calif. - Long Beach State completed day two of the 2016 ITA Southwest Regionals on Friday, seeing a few players pick up some impressive singles wins. Senior Maeva Razakasoa earned a pair of impressive wins to advance to the quarterfinals of the main draw, while freshman Maren Helgo earned a win over the only player other than Razakasoa to win Big West Player of the Year in the past three seasons.
Razakasoa topped Arizona’s Camila Wesbrooks in her opening match by a 6-3, 6-2 score. Then in the round of 16, the Beach’s top singles player made quick work of San Diego’s Daniela Morales on her home turf, winning 6-2, 6-0. Razakasoa, who is the No. 3 seed in the regional, will now face No. 10 seed Dzina Milovanovic of Pepperdine in Saturday’s quarterfinal round.
Meanwhile, Helgo earned an impressive victory over Hawai’i’s Cindy Nguyen, taking a hard-fought 4-6, 6-4, 10-2 decision in the consolation draw. Nguyen, a junior who played top singles for UH last season, was the Big West Player of the Year in 2015, giving Helgo a quality win early in her LBSU career.
Two more 49ers played close matches on Friday but came up just short. Senior Hayley Thompson went to three sets with USC’s Zoe Katz, but lost 6-3, 4-6, 6-2. Freshman Natalia Munoz also went to three sets, falling 3-6, 6-3, 10-5 to San Diego State’s Paola Diaz in the consolation bracket.
Action resumes in San Diego on Saturday morning with Razakasoa aiming to push forward in the main singles draw plus a handful of other exhibition matches in both singles and doubles play.
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Australia Council for the Arts Residency
Hayley West’s practice relates to a lived awareness of death and memorial and incorporates sculpture, video, performance and installation. Her research explores the realities of grief through personal experiences and artistic practice, focusing on the inevitability of one’s own death and the impact on those remaining. As an artist working in the public realm, Hayley believes in empowering the community by sharing practical knowledge through exchange and generosity.
Hayley practice spans over 20 years of research, exhibitions and international residencies.
Hayley is a Death Literacy Advocate, a member of the Natural Death Advocacy Network, on the board of the Castlemaine Cemetery Trust, Australia. Hayley has co-hosted Death Cafes (where people - often strangers - gather to eat cake, drink tea and discuss death, with the objective to increase awareness of death with a view to helping people make the most of their finite lives) since 2014, in the Blue Mountains, Canberra, Senegal and Castlemaine.
Australia Council for the Arts
Since 1992, the Australia Council for the Arts has partnered with Acme to provide London work/live residency opportunities for Australian visual artists. These residencies are located at Acme's Fire Station in Poplar, E14. Application and selection is undertaken directly by the Australia Council for the Arts.
For more information visit australiacouncil.gov.au

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Companies gearing up to adapt to new minimum wage rules
Under the legislation passed by parliament in December 2018, the minimum wage will increase to EUR 700 in 2020, excluding any bonuses, after it had already been raised to EUR 667 from EUR 638 net in 2019.
A survey conducted by the Chamber of Commerce and Industry (GZS) among 60 companies from 17 sectors employing 20,468 people showed the new rules would push gross pay up by an average 5%.
Moreover, in 15% of the companies the rise will be more than 9%, Cvetka Furlan from the GZS's legal service said at an event hosted by the chamber earlier this week.
The biggest cause for concern is that the proportion of minimum wage earners would rise from 15% to 45% of all employees, or even 50% and more in some sectors such as cleaning, private security undertakings or the textile industry.
"It will result in an even-steven system, upsetting internal ratios between jobs and employees. This will cause pressure for a restoration of balances," Furlan said, warning that all wages would go up, pushing labour costs up by 15-25%.
With company and employee performance bonuses extracted from the minimum wage, the remuneration systems in companies would change as well.
According to Furlan, companies are preparing for the changes in different ways, depending on their state, the business conditions they operate in, and how much they can afford.
Some of the companies surveyed by the GZS are planning to step up job automation, optimise their operations even further, while some are considering moving production abroad.
To help companies to cushion the impact of the reform minimum wage act, the GZS has proposed a set of proposals to adjust the pay system with an emphasis on "structural change of pay and sensible preservation of pay ratios".
Offering an example, Furlan said that the bonuses typical for a certain position such as those for shiftwork, split shifts, stanndby or difficult or risky working conditions, could be included in base pay for that post.
"In this way the company would avoid extracting bonuses from the minimum wage and the employee would be no worse off. On the contrary, base pay would increase, while the statutory bonuses ... would be calculated on a higher base and would thus be higher."
The biggest proportion of bonuses is for the overall years of service, which too could be included in base pay. The company could then introduce a new bonus for years of service with the latest employer, and in changing the pay system set its amount, let's say at 0.1% of the base annual salary, said Furlan.
"This system has several advantages, the most important of which is levelling the remuneration for employees for the same type of work or in the same job with various lengths of service.
The employer can opt for several pay brackets for one job, in order to reward the workers who have more work experience, more skills etc.," Furlan suggested.
She said the purpose of such a system was not to deny the employees the benefits of the changed rules on the statutory minimum wage.
"A comprehensive approach to pay system reform would increase labour costs in the company more than solely due to the effect of the minimum wage law, while the company will no longer have to pay out top-up payments to the minimum wage.
"What is equally important, the ratios between jobs at various stages of complexity will be preserved," said Furlan.
However, trade unions are sceptical, expressing concern that companies are applying different stratagems to minimise the effect of the minimum wage law.
Lidija Jerkič, the head of the ZSSS trade union confederation, says the unions are still waiting for talks about a new collective bargaining agreement for the corporate sector.
"However, employers have been quick to start changing pay models, not at the level of sectors, but rather at the level of companies, where they are applying options to cut or scrap bonuses," she said.
"Many an employee will be disappointed when they get their pay in February because the employer will have reduced it by then," the trade unionist said.

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text: Facebook says it has discovered and banned some malicious accounts controlled by North Korean hackers in an attempt to build a relationship and eventually hack victims.A spokesperson for the internet giant said on Tuesday that last week, along with Microsoft, Facebook “took joint action to disrupt the activities of a persistent, advanced threat group commonly referred to as ZINC, or the Lazarus Group.”The so-called Lazarus Group is a hacking group that cybersecurity companies as well as intelligence agencies from the United States, the UK, and other countries believe works directly for the North Korean government. The Lazarus Group has been accused of being behind high profile hacks like the attack on Sony Pictures in 2014, a series of hacks on the financial system SWIFT, and the recent and destructive WannaCry ransomware epidemic.“We deleted accounts operated by this group to make it harder for them to conduct their activities,” a Facebook spokesperson said in an email to Motherboard. “We also notified people who may have been in contact with these accounts and gave suggestions to enhance their account security, as we have done in the past about other threat groups. We will continue to work closely with companies to investigate and counteract these types of threats to our collective security.”Microsoft also announced on Tuesday that it had disrupted North Korean hackers’ activities, by helping “disrupt the malware this group relies on, cleaned customers’ infected computers, disabled accounts being used to pursue cyberattacks and strengthened Windows defenses to prevent reinfection.”The company's announcements came on the heels of the US government’s public accusation blaming the North Korean government for WannaCry. Earlier this year, hackers unleashed a disruptive worm called WannaCry, infecting and locking thousands of computers across the world in one of the worst ransomware epidemics in recent memory.


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Alright so for all you raver’s, glitcher’s and dubsteppers out there German beat kings Modeselektor are back with a new record entitled Monkeytown. With this one being the first in years the boys have released it on their very own Monkeytown Records. It’s basically summed up by what they do best which is their own blend of forward thinking dance music. The record features some pretty well known contributors amongst others, lets see theres Busdriver, Anti Pop Consortium, Miss Platnum and some guy named Thom Yorke. It’s set for release on the 30th of September so you’ve got some time to do a little research of your own, well if you’ve been living under a rock anyway.
Oh and if a new record aint enough for you they are planning a slew of U.S. show dates in support,
including a stop in Miami for the IDentity Festival, so Miami has no excuse to not catch these doods live. I apologize, although I saw their name listed on the early promotion, Modeselektor will not be making it to Miami this summer.
Modeselektor DJ Gigs:
Sun. August 8 – Chicago, IL @ Lollapalooza
Thu. August 11 – Noblesville, IN @ Verizon Wireless Music Center
Fri. August 12 – Clarkston, MI @ DTE Energy Music Theatre
Sat. August 13 – Burgettstown, PA @ First Niagara Pavilion
Sun. August 14 – Holmdel, NJ @ PNC Bank Arts Center
Tue. Aug. 16 – Charlotte, NC @ Verizon Wireless Amphitheatre
Thu. Aug. 18 – Bristow, VA @ Jiffy Lube Live
Fri. Aug. 19 – Cambden, NJ @ Susquehanny Bank Center
Sat. Aug. 20 – Mansfield, MA @ Comcast Center for the Performing Arts
Sun. Aug. 21 – Wantagh, NY @ Nikon at Jones Beach Theater
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I wanted something quick and healthy as a side for a week night meal, and found this great recipe. It was something I could make with what we had on hand, and paired well with the chicken dish we were having for dinner.
POTATO AND VEGETABLE SALAD WITH MUSTARD RANCH DRESSING
2 pounds of potatoes, unpeeled and cut into bite sized pieces
2 teaspoons salt, divided
1/4 cup plain greek yogurt
1/4 cup buttermilk
1 tablespoon dijon mustard
1 tablespoon fresh lemon juice
3/4 teaspoon freshly ground black pepper
1/2 teaspoon honey
1 garlic clove, minced
1 cup chopped red bell pepper
1 cup chopped celery
1/2 cup finely chopped onion (I left this out)
1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley
1/4 cup chopped fresh chives
2 tablespoons chopped fresh dill
Place potato pieces and 1 teaspoon salt in a medium saucepan, and cover with water. Bring to a boil. Reduce heat, and simmer for 20 minutes or until the potatoes are tender but still hold their shape. Drain and rinse with cold water.
Combine remaining 1 teaspoon salt, yogurt, buttermilk, mustard, lemon juice, black pepper, honey and garlic, in a large bowl, stirring well with a whisk.
Add the potatoes, bell pepper, celery, onion (if using) parsley, chives and dill, to the yogurt mixture, and toss gently to coat.
Recipe adapted from Cooking Light, August 2012

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After nine years, the 11.5 acre land worth $400,000 which houses the United Nations-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone which has tried and jailed those who bear the greatest responsibility during the eleven-year war in the country, held a two-day residual issues conference;planning activities for its winding down and what will happen to the court after its closure. Our reporter Ishmael Bayoh sought the views of ordinary people in the streets of what they think the Special Court should be transformed to.
Lamin Bangura: I would like the Special Court building to be transformed to offices because, to my understanding, most of the buildings that are being used by government are rented ones. I also want the Immigration Department to be one of the government’s departments to be transferred.
Mohamed Barrie: I see it in two ways, one is either the place is transformed to a factory or the judiciary is transferred there. But I prefer the judiciary as the area is conducive compared to the over crowded courts at Siaka Stevens Street.
Santigie Mansaray: There is unemployment currently in the country and with such a massive structure, I would like the government to transform the building to a factory which will eventually provide more jobs for us the youth. We the youth should be highly considered as we mostly suffered during the war as perpetrators and victims.
Ibrahim Kabbah: My opinion about the issue is that I want it to be transformed to a conference hall where each and every citizen should have access. It is the benefit of the people as we were the ones that suffered during the war.
Mohamed Barrie: It is welcome news that the structure will be ours after it would have dealt with people who committed atrocities against the people. I would like the court to be transformed to an institution where training is done in various specialized fields.

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Kenneth L. Curtis, who succeeded in college despite brain damage from a self-inflicted gunshot wound, has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for the 1987 killing of his ex-girlfriend.
Bridgeport Superior Court Judge George N. Thim sentenced Curtis Dec. 3 to the maximum term possible on a charge of first-degree manslaughter. Curtis pleaded guilty to manslaughter on Sept. 16, one month after Thim found him capable of standing trial for the killing of Donna Kalson.
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To become a successful actress, there are a lot of qualities that a person should possess, but only a few do. However, we have here someone one is beyond all the exceptions that ever put forth. The qualities to make a successful actress are very few but equally rare as well. They are beauty, charm, and undoubtedly, talent itself. Now, we can count the names of women who possess such qualities in our hand, and Michelle Grace is one of them.
Michelle, as you already know, is the actress who appeared in taking The Lead and another famous movie called Nard. She is charming, beautiful, and undoubtedly, insanely talented as well. We sometimes wonder how someone packs so many great qualities and still be so humble as well. This only makes people fall in love with Michelle, and we cannot help but feel that it is very natural and obvious of a thing.
Some people dream about getting to meet and fall in love with someone like Michelle and it all for good reasons only. Because tell us, wouldn’t you like to have someone like her in your life? Of course, you would. But the problem is, there is only one Michelle and too many of you out there. But don’t lose hope as we are here to talk about Michelle and her life in as many details as possible so that you know all the things about her.
Do you know about Michelle enough to pour out any of the explicit facts and details, or are you simply on the lookout for a source that does it for you? If it is the latter, then that undoubtedly means you are and have come to the right place. From Michelle’s professional life to personal, all details right here.
Michelle Grace Early Life
He was born on December 4, 1968, in Chicago, Illinois, United States of America. As of now, Michelle is 50 years old, but when we look at her, Grace does not look a year older than 35. What is the secret behind her every glowing look, you ask?
Well, it is simple; all you have to do is live a simple life and take care of yourself. Taking care of yourself involves living a healthy lifestyle and having your health in check. Michelle does this by eating healthy and exercising, which also helps her keep her measurements in check.
Michelle was born to her parents in Chicago and grew up in that locality, where she spent the majority of her childhood. Also, Michelle talks about her growing up with her parents as a very present one because they always made sure that her happiness was in check. Unfortunately, Michelle does not talk about her parents very much.
As of now, Michelle keeps the identity of her parents a secret and does not talk about them in public. This keeps her followers shunned out of any other information regarding her childhood. According to her birth details, Michelle was born on December 4, which means she shares the astrological zodiac sign of Sagittarius.
Michelle Grace Other Details
While growing up, Michelle experienced a very pleasant childhood, and this enabled her to grow up as a very obedient child. During her early days, Michelle went to a local high school in Chicago, where she studied with the whole of her heart and tried to become the best in everything that she pursued.
Despite not establishing herself as a remarkable student, Michelle never let down the expectations of her teachers as well. Grace performed very well in exams, which allowed her some freedom at school as well. Her school life is filled with fun memories and other aspects as well.
After graduating from high school, Michelle started towards building a career which also allowed her to become independent for the first time. Many believe that Michelle resembles one of the most famous and iconic actresses named Elizabeth Taylor, and when you look closely, Michelle does resemble her.
Michelle considers her experience as one of her most prized possessions because they are the ones that made Michelle a successful person in the first place. Had it not been for her determination and experience gathering nature, we may have never gotten actress Michelle.
A lot of people dream of having someone like Michelle in their lives, but that won’t happen so easily. As an actress and a popular figure, Michelle has high bars for men, and only a few have ever met it and crossed it. Michelle married multiple times during her life, and here are the details.
Grace previously married Mark Grace, a former National Football League player who now works as a commentator and sports analyst for sports networks. Michelle and Mark met back in the 80s and fell in love gradually as their dates grew more romantic with time.
On November 5, 1988, Michelle and Mark married each other in a beautiful wedding ceremony, and Michelle took Mark’s last name officially. Unfortunately, her marriage with Mark ended in less than half a decade. The fact that Michelle and Mark did not have any children make their separation much easier.
A couple of years after her split with Mark, Michelle found love again and that too while attending a game in which her ex-husband was playing. Michelle met Ray Liotta, an actor by profession during a football game in 1997. After exchanging numbers and going out on a few dates, Michelle and Ray officially started dating.
Talking about her career, Michelle started out as a model in her initial days. Looking at her beauty, it is no wonder why she chose the modeling line to start her career in. Even now, Michelle is capable of giving top models a run for their money. This is not an exaggeration.
After starting her career in modeling, Michelle also began her career in acting and appeared for the first time on the screens in a musical drama movie called The Rat Pack. In the movie, Michelle portrayed the character of Judy Campbell, and her portrayal received many positive critics as well.
After making her film line debut in 1998, Michelle again appeared in another movie in 2000 called A Rumor of Angels in which Grace portrayed the character of Lillian Neubauer. As her career began to rise, Michelle began getting more and more offers. But by the time she was experiencing an actress and a very good one as well, Michelle leaned towards producing and writing.
Michelle’s first project as a producer was Narc, the 2002 crime thriller movie. From there, Michelle took the pace of new interest and produced another musical drama in 2006 called Take The Lead, a movie that showcased the life of Pierre Dulaine, a real-life dance teacher.
As a multi-talented personality, Michelle still maintains a connecting with the movie industry but not as much as before. Because of that, we cannot see any of her current works.
While young, Michelle managed to gather a lot of success. First of all, her career as a model gave her the opportunity and the much-needed exposure to the entertainment industry. Her later career as an actress and as a producer also gave Michelle the much-deserved success.
As of now, Michelle enjoys a net worth that well ranges in the millions line. However, Michelle does not openly discuss her riches and likes to keep it all a secret. However, what she does like to do is show-off her lifestyle where she goes to nice places for eating out and vacations as well.
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Why is it that celebrities always have something annoying to deal with? As people grow large and famous, people usually find things to say about them and spread out the bad image for.
Some of the rumors about Michelle is that she uses the aid of plastic surgery. Yes, plastic surgery to look so utterly young and beautiful all these years. However, there lies no concrete evidence to support such claims. And we believe that these are the rumors spread by people who are jealous of Michelle.
If not, then there is no reason to spread such rumors without any evidence.


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Government needs to reduce the cost of engaging and encourage the desire to.
Explain how Government processes work in a simple way. You could use apps and different platforms. In the UK you can take a picture of a pothole and it can be sent to the appropriate people.
Some people don’t know what they don’t know. It’s hard to know how to get involved.
People need to see actual outcomes of initiatives; they want to know if it was successful and the end result. Make people more aware of the fact their action has a consequence. When people have more information, they feel more confident to engage publicly.
Who is in New Zealand? Are you counting people who aren’t citizens? They have rights to influence New Zealand.
Are people on visas involved? Everyone should be. Public servants are from administrative part.
Need to look at what Government is aiming for. Residents of New Zealand have different values and what not. A representative sample of New Zealand is different than citizens. The IR bright-line compliance applies.
Need to research what group is getting the most disenfranchised. Potentially young people or new immigrants. Need to work with Māori and Iwi leaders. Older people are still involved just less involved online.
More civics education is needed. I didn’t learn anything in primary and secondary school. When I did learn more that’s when I decided to continue my studies.
Disparity it set up when we’re young and at school. I did heaps and even then, it wasn’t enough. If you do Cambridge, you’re not leaving with a sound understanding of the Treaty of Waitangi. If you did it properly it could have really positive effects on the country. Particularly if you look at the roles private school students have a higher chance of getting in to, they should learn about the Treaty and civics.
Make civics part of the curriculum. Make it something where you can show leadership. Could do Model UN but for the NZ government, or learn about the census, submissions etc.
Those who have made it though the system have a better connection. There are some that get left behind and won’t have been heard.
Local government is the most visible level of government.
There should be community hubs people could go to where central government can bring in a few different agencies, have direct communication with communities. This would help the community accessing government and help with silos.
Government needs to be more responsive to people trying to change things. This would increase the desire for people to engage in political stuff, small scale and large scale. They would also have an increased desire, a secondary effect, to learn about government. You need more government information about what’s happening coming through things like Facebook ads, actually reaching people.
Friends and family feel like they don’t get listened to. They get no response from a council member. Anger and pessimism towards government as a whole can be created from one experience.
There’s a narrative that a petition won’t change anything.
People also see good stuff government does as the governments job and then the bad things that happen are focused on.
Parents told me that I should join government because they need more diverse voices.
I came from a large country and have a different background and what I’ve noticed about New Zealand is that it’s a small country and New Zealanders seem timid about trying new things, be competitive, push boundaries and go forward. We have been bold in the past with women’s suffrage which was bold and innovative. There’s a dichotomy between that and not wanting to move forward. There’s a lot of unspoken tall poppy syndrome.
Ex British Colonies with a Westminster system do things very differently to say Spanish, wildly variable. They do stuff, revolution. Whereas the Westminster system is stable and progresses things very slowly.
There is that petition by the Green party to ban conversion therapy with over 100,000 signatures. This shows that you can create something to hold to government and put pressure on.
Voting is a core part of Active Citizenship but its quite blunt. It’s saying I support your platform but then they’re probably quite a few things that you don’t support as much in their policies. It would be great to have more say in how your chosen party prioritises its work.
Voting is great for national issues but with potholes etc we need more open local government.
National does too though. We could have a much more participatory democracy way of doing things. This would help with urban planning, environmental issues, getting people to have an immediate say.
Look at the youth vote. It would’ve been nice to know how to vote.
Who is involved in the big policy questions? Involve the people affected. Actually try and explain to people why it matters to them. Give an introduction to it, its about a bit of give and take.
What is the purpose of government? Depends on who is in power. Should government be there to make sure we are okay when national disaster hits or should we go above and beyond or does that hinger our evolution. We will forever be a developing country if government is assisting us. Or if we take risks and fail and get supported by government to get back on track.
Where is the right balance for health care – with private health, all risk is on public. Insurance could be done by government. Could take a capabilities approach, equal opportunity for free healthcare and education. People are born into poverty, we should give people capabilities to build, then they can vote on what’s right and wrong. Look at Martha Nussbaum’s work.
There should be more openness about what’s happening in government.
People come to me as a representative of my agency and want to solve anything related to IR etc. Or asking is this a scam I received from same agency. I forward them on but there’s so many hoops for people to contact the right person. Need to weigh up privacy and efficiency. We need efficiency but obviously a privacy breach would be massive.
Ask the key questions – what are the best policies that provide value to society. What value does the public add to that. Need research, data and science.
The public can provide outlook on the values public servants should have, what we actually care about as a society. Wellington is a niche bubble.
Should government be reflective of people or the people reflective of government. Government does a lot of we know best, overruling local council.
Government should ultimately be reflective of how people think. If more people start being super nationalist the government should then respond to that even though there are moral dilemmas.
The public should be able to say this is what we care about and these are our values.
We need to get the public to communicate these values in the policy process. Citizen juries would have 20 to 100 people given all the info. They could then make an informed decision on different ways of doing things and they can express what they value.
There’s more use then just values though, the public should have a say in the exact stuff that ends up happening.
You could utilise people having the COVID app. You could have are you cold today or not, is housing lacking or not. Could have a citizen data collection exercise to show what’s happening where.
Ultimately you’re trying to serve the public and hear what they think matters. It’s important to feel heard.
One of the key issues is government as a platform when most key people who need to interact can’t use digital. Maybe the hub idea comes in here but learn because attempts in the past haven’t done very well. Look at which ones have worked and where.
At hubs you could be involved in the policy process and also get practical help, hire suits, have job interviews, get free hair cuts, reduce some of the massive barriers.
It would be really nice if we could expand what resources libraries have. Need more classrooms to use computers safely.
DIA service designers are designing for the invisible customer. People are required to have a government accepted ID, this can actively push them out. People are also digitally excluded. If you need to be using a government service to be involved some people are already excluded because they don’t have the pre requisite. For refugees its harder to be involved.
Need to centralise local government and get them all on the same page.
Centralise local government security. It’s a threat to have local administrators using different legacy security systems. Risk of state sponsored terrorism and individuals are at risk. Can government go in and update to latest system, Microsoft systems and give training.
Does local government need to comply to the NZ Information Security Manual for Government, it should? Primary schools? There is really sensitive information out there like that of young people or health care data.
There was the whole thing that the first lockdown wasn’t legal. Going to court was actually holding government to account.
FYI website shows when an OIA has been progressed.
Some people overload an area with OIAs to hurt an agency.
Outside of the graduate circle the public don’t talk about OIAs. Anti-vaxxers, or 1080 protestors, but they aren’t promoted to the general public.
OIAs should be promoted but then if they were it would be a massive workload.
I had no idea you could just send an email or tweet as an OIA. I thought it was a form or involved legal expertise.
New Zealand public doesn’t believe that ministers are accountable. David Clark during lockdown wasn’t really fired, just portfolios taken off him.
90s platform failed, that Minister didn’t take responsibility. Public does not trust the government in that regard. It’s all internalised. Sure there are repercussions but not extreme.
All repercussions are realised at election time. We care about what are you going to do. Doesn’t seem to be a huge amount of culpability. Managers go down if something happens.
Could encourage more accountability, a pound of flesh. Could you have an independent body like reserve bank but that has costs.
Ombudsman? Auditor General. You can use them to complain against public servants. I didn’t know about the Ombudsman until I saw it on reddit.
Could work on open data that is immediately accessible. Information that isn’t covered by the privacy act should be put in a public space and available. There are limitations I’m sure, deanonymization can be devastating. Can we have an all of government approach.
We need to make outcomes, goals, targets, KPI’s, what’s achievable transparent. What are the key indicators of your success at each level of government, make that transparent. Say if you’re trying to improve an initiative, when you completed it, and was it improved? Make it all visible to public. Start internally and open up government.
There’s a con to opening up. Possibility government will only choose indicators we can definitely achieve and projects won’t get funded if there was a risk they would fail. This is common to all goal setting.
Be open about how much people influence the government. Is it up down or down up. Need open and effective government trade offs.
With open data, if its open then people will ping you for requests and its untenable.


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Trust is cornerstone of growth. We humans vacillate between not trusting anyone when we are hurt to being overly trusting everyone who gives us love and support. Knowing that trusting someone / others is important, it becomes important who we trust and how much. How to choose and decide who to trust?
Importance of trust
Whether we like it or not, human beings are social animals and need to interact and relate to others to achieve our full potential and happiness. Moreover, whether it is business or social life, trust is central to peace and progress. It is impossible to live a life where we can not trust anyone.
Trust is essentially the foundation of any relationship whether it be a huge business contract or marriage or important relationships like parent child relationship.
Your dreams are the focus
Even when we have a difficult period in life and our default focus may automatically become avoiding of some problem, it helps if we can have bigger positive dreams we can hold close to our heart. It may take time and effort everyday to just survive and keep our heads above water, even then bigger dreams become our source of energy and an anchor point.
If we do not have bigger dreams, after fighting daily battles we are likely to be drained. Without
dreams its likely that our life becomes a chain of avoiding problem and then just being OK.
When we deal with people, the central connecting point should be “the intent” of the relationship. The important question and observation the when selecting people to give our attention to becomes “how their intent align with, contribute to, and not take away from our dreams”.
Avoid relating with people who have undefined intent, or intent that is hidden. Even more dangerous are people who have “covert” or “ulterior” motives. When a person has alternative or hidden reason for doing something, especially when concealed or when differing from the stated or apparent reason, much energy is lost and many surprises may happen in the relationship.
Maintain a high level of awareness of your as well as others high level intent – that becomes the foundation of the trust in the relationship.
The only people worthy of trust are the ones who can consistently see and understand your dreams and can maintain an intent to be supportive of those dreams. Do not trust anyone who does not understand your dreams, whose intent is around something personal and who has history of manipulation and maneuvering the moment you start trusting them. PremAnand
Intent without courage is like an engine without any fuel – that just keeps stalling constantly. Of course any relationship is tested and that’s where courage of the parties come into play. Courage is an ability to have faith in the big picture and let go of our own immediate goals and also to “change our beliefs and habits” for the greater good of the relationship and the bigger vision the relationship exists for in the first place.
Courage is an ability to go beyond our immediate needs, impulses, fear, and take action without certainty.
When you know someone and the relationship is long term, it is important that you look at patterns of behavior. Does the person consistently show courage or do they consistently twist things or backup at critical juncture? Are they consistently able to be there, or are they there only when it suits them.
While people may explain, justify their particular actions, in the long run patterns do not lie.
In summary, Trust is the most important quality one can develop. To do so, one needs to be clear of one’s intent, be able to understand and align with others intent. Show courage in everyday action and build consistency that deepens and strengthens the relationships.

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President Emmerson Mnangagwa has called for Public Private Partnership (PPP) in the agricultural sector to enhance production and food security. Officially launching Agriculture Dealers and Manufacturers Association (ADMA) in Harare last Friday,
President Mnangagwa said, “We are gravely concerned about the numerous old and unused agriculture equipment lying idle throughout the country. Some of which can be brought back to usable state.
“I encourage ADMA and our Ministry of Lands, Agriculture, Water, Climate and Rural Settlement to develop partnerships to repair, rehabilitate and maintain the said equipment. This will go a long way towards enhancing land utilisation as well as increase the productivity, sustainable food security and agriculture led industrialisation of our economy.”
Speaking at the same event, ADMA Chairperson Mr Marko Carizio highlighted on the importance of agricultural mechanisation so as to improve agricultural production in the country.
“The importance of agricultural mechanisation to improve agricultural production in Zimbabwe cannot be over emphasised. Mechanisation narrows the cost of agricultural production and increases the agricultural competitiveness by enabling farmers to leverage economies of scale. In order for them to be globally competitive in the production of maize, soya beans and wheat, it is essential to mechanise production.
Mr Carizio also commended Government’s Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP).
“The industry welcomes the Transitional Stabilisation Programme (TSP). We acknowledge the reduction in the fiscal deficit, the delinking of the USD to the RTGS dollar, the creation of the interbank market for foreign currency procurement are very vital to this industry.
“We note the very strict financial discipline Government has imposed on the Ministries and parastatals in its bid to stabilise the currency in the market.”

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My clients include large, mid-size, and small corporations, and many individual inventors.
I received my J.D., summa cum laude, from the University of Richmond School of Law in 2004, where I served as Managing Editor of the University of Richmond Law Review and was a member of the McNeill Law Honor Society. I received my B.S. in Electrical Engineering, with a minor in Biomedical Engineering, from Worcester Polytechnic Institute in 1987. I am admitted to practice in Virginia and before the United States Patent and Trademark Office.
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People throughout the capitalcity had a chance to turn in illegal or unwanted firearms and ammunition today, no questions asked.
It's all part of the Lincoln Police Department's Gun Amnesty Day. It's something officers here in Lincoln have been doing since last spring. People throughout the city turned in anything from long guns and hand guns to ammunition.
"It's an opportunity for those people to know that these guns aren't going to land in the hands of a criminal or another bad person," Sgt. Brian Agnew said.
Police collected 34 guns and anywhere from 6,000 to 8,000 rounds of ammunition.
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The International Astronomical Union (IAU) has named an asteroid after Indian classical singer Pandit Jasraj. With this, Pandit Jasraj has become the first Indian maestro to have a planet named after him. The asteroid, which is located between Mars and ..
40th Manipur Day celebrated Manipur was a princely state under the suzerenity of British India and existed as such until 1947 as Kanglapak Kingdom. The Kanglapak King wilfully acceded to the newly independent Union of India. In 1956, Manipur was ..
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Jonah Lehrer, best-selling author of Imagine: How Creativity Works, delighted a sold-out Campbell Hall on Thursday, May 17 with his stimulating talk on the creative process. Before his engagement at UCSB’s Arts & Lectures, we had the chance to interview Lehrer about his writing process at UCSB’s CLAS Writing Lab. The interview will be broadcast on Paul Rivas’s Real Gauchos on Thursday, May 24 at 7:00am on KCSB 91.9 FM. Lehrer's Arts & Lectures talk will be aired on KCSB in the coming weeks.
It’s Okay to Fail
Lehrer spoke to an audience of writing tutors and staff about his evolution from a self-described "pretentious," black turtleneck-wearing undergraduate at Columbia University to a New York Times-best-selling author. Ultimately, Lehrer said that it was his “failure” to become a scientist that led him to become a writer. He explained that even as an undergraduate majoring in neuroscience, the process of writing about science was his way to fully understand the material. In Lehrer’s mind, writing and science are “not just in the same hallway, but in the same room.” This was particularly inspiring to hear at our department, Campus Learning Assistance Services, which offers tutoring in both writing and the sciences (as well as other in fields).
Refine Your Work
“Writing is just editing,” Lehrer said during his candid discussion of the writing process. “Draft 70 is when it starts to click into place.” Self-editing is a vital part of Lehrer’s process; he finds that printing out early drafts and crossing out lines by hand, rather than simply editing on the computer screen, is much more effective. We couldn’t agree more.
Share Your Work
“I’m not shy about sending out early drafts,” Lehrer said, then explained how he relies on a handful of early readers to give him feedback about his work-in-progress. Lehrer asks his readers to make a checkmark next to paragraphs where their attention starts to drag. He finds that there’s often remarkable consensus among his readers regarding where the work feels “boring.”
Kill Your Darlings
Lehrer also praised his editor at Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, Amanda Cook, who “dramatically improved” Imagine with her red pen, as he wrote in the acknowledgements. He estimated that his editor cut his first book (Proust was a Neuroscientist) by fifty percent, his second book (How We Decide) by thirty percent, and Imagine by twenty-five percent. He said there’s truth to the Truman Capote quote about the importance of “killing your darlings”--those flourishes that ultimately don't belong in the work.
Talk About Your Work (And Hang Out With Weirdos)
Lehrer finds that talking about his work-in-progress is just as important as sharing early drafts with readers. “The written word aspires to the spoken word,” as he described it. He said that discussing his work is a valuable way to gauge the interest of his listeners as he’s developing and refining his material. In Imagine, Lehrer makes a connection between success and the diversity of one’s social network. During his talk at the Writing Lab, he stressed the importance of talking about his work with strangers. (He also advised us to “hang out with a bunch of weirdos.”)
Toward the end of his talk, Lehrer shared his struggles to break into journalism. He said that he spent the first few years after college writing for free for various websites, supported by his then-girlfriend and now-wife. The check bounced on his first paid assignment at a small magazine that later folded. Eventually he learned that his 2,000 word pitches to magazine editors were way too long; after countless rejections (or simply “silence”) he began to distill his pitches into 250 words. He urged the aspiring writers in the audience to keep their pitches short and to communicate to the editor what makes them qualified to write the piece.
Choose Easy, Work Hard
In his lecture at Campbell Hall, Lehrer argued that in order to succeed, you need to choose the right dream, work hard, and have grit: the ability to persevere and stick with something. Apparently, single-mindedness about achieving a goal coupled with choosing the right goal predict the ability to succeed in any given field. If we choose the right goal, according to Lehrer, our frustrations won’t feel permanent. We’re thankful that Lehrer took his own advice—to “choose easy, and work hard”—as his decision to become a writer has enriched our university and our community.
As a side note, Jonah Lehrer is an incredibly nice, gracious, charming, funny, and self-deprecating individual. He even appreciated the Madeleines (a nod to Proust was a Neuroscientist) and complimented the Writing Lab's "Gallery of Revision," which features author photos and quotes and manuscript pages from early drafts of work by Joan Didion, Ralph Ellison, Virginia Woolf, and others. He particularly liked the quotation by Nabokov: "I have rewritten—often several times—every word I have ever published. My pencils outlast their erasers."
We hope that Jonah stops by the Writing Lab to talk about his next book, which is apparently on the topic of love.
Now if you haven’t already done so: get your hands on a copy of Imagine: How Creativity Works at once!


The No. 24 Hendrick Motorsports Chevrolet of William Byron will move to the rear of the field for Monday’s GEICO 500 at Talladega Superspeedway (3 p.m. ET, FOX, MRN, SiriusXM NASCAR Radio) for failing pre-race inspection two times.
Byron officially will be scored as starting 19th at the 2.66-mile Alabama track, but he’ll drop to the rear of the field during pace laps. He has four NASCAR Cup Series starts at Talladega with a best finish of 20th in the fall of 2018.
The No. 78 B.J. McLeod Motorsports Chevrolet of Garrett Smithley also failed twice. The No. 51 Petty Ware Racing Ford of Joey Gase failed three times and will start from the rear and serve a pass-through penalty. Gase was 36th out of 40 cars in the starting lineup.
Martin Truex Jr. will lead the field to the green in the No. 19 Joe Gibbs Racing Toyota. Teammate Denny Hamlin, who won last week at Homestead-Miami Speedway, will also start on the front row.


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This volcanic rock swimming pool at Amanyara, on the island of Providenciaies, Turks and Calcos is a dream-worthy experience. Lie back on a day bed between swims and delight in the view.


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Will Temporary Orders Become Permanent Orders?
Temporary orders do not always become permanent orders. In fact, very often the permanent order will end up being very different from a prior temporary order in a custody case. Sometimes, it’s very similar, and it really depends on the case. Custody cases are very fact-specific, and so it’s hard to generalize about facts, and how that could potentially impact the way any case would play out.
What Are The Possible Remedies If I Disagree With a Temporary Order?
In a situation where a judge issued a temporary order in a custody matter where there was no existing custody order and the parties could not agree, the judge could enter a temporary order until a pending custody hearing. If a party disagreed with that temporary order, then the appropriate remedy would be to file a motion for reconsideration with the judge who issued the temporary order, and then attempt to persuade that judge that they were in error. Perhaps the judge would agree to modify the order to be more along the lines of what the party would like.
What Types Of Motions Can be Filed In Family Law Courts?
The most common motion is a motion for expedited relief. This is a motion essentially asking the court for either a temporary order, because one party is keeping the child or children from the other party, or asking for an earlier court date, because the custody court date is so far out into the future. The second most common is a motion for a special relief, which could cover anything that came up that needed to be addressed during the course of a custody matter.
What Is The Motion To Show Cause?
We don’t have the motion to show cause here in Pennsylvania. It’s called a Rule to Show Cause. Essentially all that is, is the notice of the court date that accompanies the motion, and advises the other party as to when the hearing is, and to show cause as to why that motion should not be granted. It is the form that has the date and time of the hearing on the motion.
How And When Can I Bring A Motion In Family Court?
A motion can be filed either pro se or through your attorney. It can only be filed after there is an existing custody case, so you would have to file a complaint for custody prior to filing any motions.
How Can My Attorney Asist Me In Filing A Motion?
People file motions on their own all the time. Depending on which county you are in, there are varying levels of customer-friendliness or customer service, but in Philadelphia, people file motions by themselves all the time. I have clients who come to me after they have filed the motion, and they want representation at the hearing, so I will be happy to help those folks. If someone comes to me with an issue, and I identify it as appropriate to file a motion, then that’s something that I will handle for my clients. I will make sure its filed appropriately and timely, and that we get a reasonably prompt court date.
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Once an angler qualifies for the Bassmaster Classic, one of the first big decisions he has to make is: What song will he walk out to on the biggest stage in bass fishing?
Tim Johnston experienced some extreme B.A.S.S. Nation hospitality in his quest for the Classic trophy.
It was a long road for these six B.A.S.S. Nation anglers to get to the Classic; now, they're on the way to Birmingham.
Tim Johnston of Montana plans to swing for the fences at the Classic.
Skeeter Johnston created a rap song for his father, Tim Johnston, to walk across the stage to at the Classic.
Who's competing in the 2014 Bassmaster Classic? Here's the official list of who's in and how they got there.
Jeff Lugar only wanted for his sons to be able to say that their dad made it to the Bassmaster Classic.
B.A.S.S. Nation contenders and Junior Bassmasters ready for the final launch of the 2013 B.A.S.S. Nation Western Divisional on Clear Lake.
Jeremy Percifield of Washington holds onto lead going into Day Three on Clear Lake.


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Now is your chance to fulfill Dr. John Hammondâ€™s dream by successfully designing and managing the ultimate dinosaur theme park. Jurassic Park: Operation Genesis allows gamers to create the most amazing theme park he world has ever seen. As the first ever fully 3D action-sim, Operation Genesis gives players two games in one. Either build the ultimate dinosaur theme park or engage in 12 action-packed missions that will truly test your gaming skills. Dream it. Build it. Survive it. This truly is Jurassic Park... your way!
What would James Bond do? That is the question you will answer in every dramatic moment of James Bond 007: Everything or Nothing. The worlds greatest secret agent returns in his fifth interactive adve..

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Linda Miller to Bring THE LEGENDARY LADIES OF MUSIC to Stage 72, 7/13
The Legendary Ladies of Music Starring Linda Miller Sunday, July 13 @ 3pm Stage 72 @ The Triad 158 W. 72nd Street, 2nd Floor bet. Columbus & Amsterdam Aves. Tickets:Available at Door $20, plus 2 Drink Min.(Cash Only) Reservations and to Purchase: 800-838-3006 www.brownpapertickets.com Trains: 1,2,3,B,C to 72nd St. www.stage72.com www.legendaryladiesofmusic.com.
In this 90 minute high energy, fun-filled evening, Linda transforms herself and brings these Legendary Ladies to life: Diana Ross, Tina Turner, Ella Fitzgerald, Donna Summer, Moms Mabley, Beyonce, Rhianna, Nicki Minaj, Jessye Norman and Celia Cruz. The evening is Emceed by Justin Hart and his Las Vegas Showgirls!
Singer, actress , comic and impersonator Linda Miller is just a multi-talented performer. She is known as an established actress with several appearances on Law & Order, As the World Turns, Hope & Faith and recently playing Ronni Spector with Al Pacino in David Mamets HBO Film "Spector." . Linda is a Chameleon Celebrity Impersonator who has performed for three United States Presidents, theaters in over 10 countries and repeat performances at New Yorks Rainbow Room dazzling audiences everywhere she goes with her amazing vocal and physical versatility.

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The Denver-based Laboratory to Combat Human Trafficking has released fourteen recommendations to strengthen Colorado's response to human trafficking. Among them: form a statewide group of prosecutors focused on trafficking, create a prevention campaign targeted at vulnerable populations, and encourage the development of local coalitions dedicated to the issue.
The recommendations are the result of a three-year project that began with a simple question: What would it take to end human trafficking in Colorado?
Human trafficking is defined by federal law as inducing a person by "force, fraud or coercion" to perform labor or sex acts. LCHT's project, dubbed the Colorado Project, further clarifies the definition by listing several examples.
"In the United States, trafficking can take a variety of forms," says a report released today (and available on LCHT's website), "including pimping, domestic servitude, migrant farm worker abuse in fields, forced begging, forced labor in businesses such as hotels or sweatshops, and exploitation of sheepherders, among many others."
The researchers say they realized early on that in order to figure out how to end human trafficking, they first needed to evaluate what was already being done.
"A lot, when it comes to research or reports around this issue, point out what's not being done," says executive director Amanda Finger. "But we haven't seen a lot of information about promising or best practices, and if that's where this movement needs to go, we need to look at what those practices should be." The goal, she says, was to "celebrate what's happening and see how Colorado stacks up and see how we can improve."
Through surveys, interviews and focus groups with people who work in law enforcement, child abuse, homelessness, immigration and other issues, the researchers were able to assess Colorado's strengths -- and see where the gaps were.
"Because of relative newness of this (anti-human trafficking) movement, a lot of folks ... see things and have hunches," says A.J. Alejano-Steele, the project's research director. "This project moved beyond intuition and assumption to collect data."
For instance, the data showed that while there are several groups seeking to raise awareness about human trafficking, there are fewer that are directly educating the populations most at risk to be trafficked themselves. The researchers also learned that while there are shelters for female trafficking victims, there's a shortage of beds for boys, men and transgender people. And whereas a number of police detectives have come to comprehending trafficking cases and how to investigate them, some attorneys and judges don't understand the nuances of prosecuting a trafficking case or sentencing a trafficker.
The Colorado Project report includes fourteen recommendations, which are broken down into four categories: prevention, protection, prosecution and partnerships.
Continue to read the recommendations. The recommendations are:
1. Create strategic statewide human trafficking public awareness and prevention campaign(s) targeting populations that may be vulnerable to human trafficking.
2. Increase the probability of effective prevention efforts.
3. Encourage private sector participation in human trafficking prevention efforts such as through the monitoring of supply chains as well as adoption of existing private sector efforts.
4. Create a cultural shift among and between law enforcement and service providers in anti-human trafficking efforts.
5. Create a comprehensive and streamlined practice of working together across public and nonpublic agencies to address trafficking survivor service needs.
6. Increase education and networking among service providers throughout Colorado and across service areas of expertise to serve human trafficking survivors through increased membership in the Colorado Network to End Human Trafficking (CoNEHT), the statewide victim services network.
7. Form a statewide cohesive prosecutorial group (including law enforcement, prosecutors and judges) focusing on all forms of human trafficking.
8. Create shift in prosecutorial mindset to prioritize human trafficking with the support of public awareness initiatives and successful prosecutions throughout the state.
9. Develop system-wide protocols to increase victim-centered and evidence-based cases.
10. Consult "model" legislation and legislative efforts in other states.
11. Provide an opportunity for collective learning, support, and action by encouraging leaders from community-based efforts to join existing statewide coalitions (e.g. the Colorado Network to End Human Trafficking (CoNEHT)).
12. Cultivate awareness and concern for the issue of human trafficking in communities across the state.
13. Encourage the development and/or growth of locally organized response groups (i.e. task forces, coalitions, alliances).
14. Encourage collaborative anti-trafficking and allied efforts at both the local and state levels to set processes for communication and conflict management that cultivate a culture of openness.
"Colorado has the first state action plan in the country," Finger says. "Our goal is to serve as the backbone organization for this action plan and to steward this and take it around the state so providers, organizations and law enforcement understand how the action plan was developed and can look at where they slot in. The critical piece over the next one to three years will be truly committing to filling these gaps."
Alejano-Steele says the project is already making an impact. "What's happening is that there are multiple communities within Colorado putting together a comprehensive response," she says, including in Denver, Colorado Springs, Fort Collins, Pueblo, Durango, the Roaring Fork Valley and the Western Slope. "The goal is to keep them all connected."
LCHT also released a national report (which is also available on its website). The national report establishes a baseline of promising practices "so every community and every state can look at these promising practices and replicate this model," Finger says.
Read a summary of the Colorado Project below.
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The Princess of Wales Opens Up About How She Never Expected to Be Royal, But Then She Fell in Love
The Princess of Wales—donning a bright yellow LK Bennett jacket—answered questions from students at St. Katherine’s School in Bristol about her life: the struggle of learning to be a royal, the challenge of raising children with different personalities, and how she never considered the thought of becoming a royal until she fell in love with a schoolmate at the University of St. Andrews (of course, Prince William).
“They were just asking her about being a royal,” said Dame Kelly Holmes, who was also at the visit, per The Daily Mail. “Was it something that she wanted to do? And she said she had to learn. It’s a struggle to know that you can be accepted and fit in, and you are still learning every day.”
Kate often appears perfect, but she shared her vulnerabilities with the crowd: “Doing public speaking isn’t a natural thing for lots of people, is it?” Holmes said. “And she was saying she is still working that out but has to project. So, you know, again, she humanized everything. Not everyone is perfect.”
Holmes said she and Kate got along well: “She was lovely,” Holmes said. “She said ‘Ask me questions as well.' I asked her, I said 'You’ve got three children, and do you see different traits in them?’ She said, ‘Oh yes,’ and she said that’s the thing. It’s like learning how to handle the different traits and different needs and abilities even with three young children shows her the need to do it with masses of children.”


Publicis Worldwide creates branded content division
LONDON - Publicis Worldwide has set up a branded content division to capitalize on what it says is the growing relationship between advertising, content and distribution.
The first unit of the new division, to be called Publicis Entertainment, will be based in London with other offices set to open in other key markets.
Headed by Marcus Vinton, a former creative director of Ogilvy London who later moved into branded TV and movie production, the division will create branded entertainment solutions for TV content, gaming and motion pictures integration.
Announcing the launch of the division today, Richard Pinder, the Publicis Worldwide chief operating officer, said: "The relationship between advertising and TV production is changing fast. It is now a relationship of equals."
He added: "We’re in the business of creating contagious ideas and more engaging content which, in turn, changes the conversation for clients and their brands."
The division is currently working on a number of branded content projects for Publicis clients and is collaborating with a number of major production companies including RDF, Freemantle and Endemol.
The team includes Samantha Glynne, an expert in TV production and branded channel creation. She recently helped launch and run The Audi Channel.
Vinton, who has pioneered the development of TV and entertainment branded content formats for the ad, movie and music industries, said: "The aim of Publicis Entertainment is to create end to end entertainment solutions for our clients across television, gaming and motion pictures.
"Our IP and digital distribution models will create revenue for all stakeholders."
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Inn takes pride in traditional food cooked to perfection
THE Mains of Scotstown Inn is hidden among the homes of Aberdeen’s Bridge of Don. Fortunately, it’s well sign-posted but it’s still something of a surprise to find the building at the end of the road. The inn prides itself on sourcing the best local food, and that ethic includes the service too. The visit got off to a good start with a prompt offer to take a drinks order – a big glass of Shiraz (£4.15) and sparkling water (£2.10). We were heading to see comic John Bishop at the AECC and, knowing that would mean a fair bit of queuing, we arrived just before 6pm. We had expected it to be quiet, but within half-hour it was buzzing. The menu is a model of clarity – colourful but not garish, with informed but restrained descriptions. Menu staples include steak (with handcut chips), roast loin of Grampian venison, beef
olives, macaroni cheese, and chicken with oatmeal. However, what distinguishes the Mains of Scotstown is the adventurous nature of some dishes. For a starter I chose hot smoked Peterheid salmon – a bundle of flakes served on a large sundried tomato crouton. Another crouton carried a poached egg covered with Bearnaise sauce. A great combination, with a bed of rocket leaves providing a peppery edge. My wife chose a chicken and black pudding roulade for starter. And she opted for a second starter featuring black pudding rather than a main. The slice of pudding, which had proportions to shame some burgers, was a base for Orcadian scallops. (The twist came in the shape of pomegranate seeds, sprinkled like rubies over the dish.) The fruitiness – not too sweet – enhanced an already potent combo. From the specials board, I
ordered sea bass on ricotta ravioli bound with a roasted plum tomato and basil sauce. The line-caught fish – two fillets – was again splendidly cooked, retaining its firmness and freshness. And the pasta was much the same, with flaky cheese inside the parcels. At a time when Heston Blumenthal is doing a roaring trade in cod in cider and savoury porridge, sea bass and ravioli might seem positively conventional. But I can only report that I found myself eating the fish separately so the delicate flavour wasn’t lost to the sauce. To finish, we had a dark chocolate torte and champagne sorbet, served with mandarin compote. We had intended to share it, one romantic spoonful at a time, but it was so good we ended up squabbling over it.
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HELPFUL: Martin Gibb, left, Amy Gibb, Michelle Cowell, Graham Robb and Jonny McGregor at Mains Of Scotstown, Aberdeen. TREAT: Leslie Gordon, left, Clair Smith, Christopher Smith, Cameron Smith, George Smith and Colin Gordon.


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PROVIDE DETAILS OF YOUR FAMILY MEMBERS, FRIENDS WHO HAVE COVID-19 BUT NOT CAPTURED AND STOP DISTURBING OUR EARS
The COVID-19 Response Team has been working tirelessly to make sure that this seemingly insuperable enemy is finally defeated.
They have made sure that there is no scarcity of information about the novel coronavirus pandemic.
Information has been delivered to the general public timeously, including the number of infected persons, those who have since recovered from the virus and those we have lost, unfortunately.
We woke up to read some ex-DG of Ghana Health Service, ably supported by a sports journalist and some politicians who would wish death for this country saying that the figures being reported are far below the actual ones.
According to them, more people have contracted COVID-19, many have died and the recovery rate does not match the true account of events. In effect, the GHS and the Akufo-Addo administration have been massaging figures as far as the COVID-19 fight is concerned.
For us to appreciate what they say, would they be kind enough to tell us the number of their family members who have had the virus but have not been captured?
Could they also let us know how many of their families, friends and other loved ones who have died from COVID-19 so that we review the figures to conform to the ones they have in their heads?
What, in their estimations, are the true and accurate figures?
Until this information is made available to all of us, Prof. Badu Akorsah and his cohorts should spare us these empty profusions of theirs.
P.K.Sarpong, Whispers from the Corridors of the Thinking Place


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Tulia desperately searching for win
Published 1:00 pm, Thursday, October 20, 2011
The Tulia Hornets are in dire straights. They are on a six-game losing streak and, stretching back to last season, a five-game district losing streak.
Their opponent this week, the Dimmitt Bobcats, is in a similar position. The Bobcats have three wins on the year, but have dropped three consecutive district games and are the only other winless team in District 2-2A.
Dimmitt had a difficult schedule the first three weeks of league play, taking on the district's top teams.
Tulia's schedule hasn't been a cakewalk, either. The Hornets faced Sanford-Fritch and Floydada before Highland Park.
Whichever team winds up with a win Friday will have an outside shot at the postseason, but the loser likely will find themselves out of the playoffs again. Tulia has missed the postseason for the past three seasons while Dimmitt hasn't made it since 1976, the longest drought in the Panhandle area.