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Houda Yasmine Hotel is a luxury 4-star property placed next to Carthageland Hammamet, Citrus Golf and Museum of religions.
Just 7 km from the center of Hammamet known for Hammamet Pirate Boat, Costa Mall and Zizou Paintball Club Hammamet.
Medina is 6.5 km of the property, while Medina of Hammamet is around 6.6 km away.
Houda Yasmine Hotel is within a 35-minute drive to Enfidha - Hammamet airport.
This property has 250 guestrooms including Standard Triple Room and Standard Double Room appointed with individual climate control, satellite TV, a laptop safe, IDD telephone and a dressing area. They feature bathrooms with a shower and a hairdryer.
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Lobby bar is available on site. The pizzeria Pates Fraiches is situated 350 meters of the property.
The hotel offers free parking, a baggage storage and a safe deposit box along with computer equipment, a meeting room and a business center to respond to the needs of all guests.
A wellness center, a sauna and a Jacuzzi as well as Turkish steam bath and reflex massage are available on site. The on-site activities include horse riding, lawn tennis and mini golf.
Wireless internet is available in public areas for free.
Free private parking is possible on site.

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About this book
The paperback edition of the book which tells the fascinating story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, from a brilliant young historian. The hardback sold 25,000 copies, and Hewitt won the prestigious Jerwood Award for its proposal. The history of the maps is one of political revolutions, rebellions and regional unions that altered the shape and identity of the United Kingdom. 'Hewitt tackles the subject exuberantly...' Jan Morris, "The Times"
The fascinating story of the creation of the Ordnance Survey map, told for the first time by a brilliant young historian.

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Sept. 22, 2009
Match 12 | Colorado State vs. New Mexico
Thursday, Sept. 24, 2009 | Fort Collins, Colo. | Moby Arena (8,745) | 7:30 p.m. | The Mtn.
Match 13 | Colorado State vs. TCU
Saturday, Sept. 26, 2009 | Fort Collins, Colo. | Moby Arena (8,745) | 1 p.m.
The Colorado State volleyball program continues Mountain West Conference action Thursday and Saturday, playing host to New Mexico and TCU at Moby Arena.
The Rams return to Moby Arena for the first time since Sept. 5, having played six consecutive matches away from Fort Collins. The team has won eight of its last nine matches, including four straight overall, and four consecutive home matches.
CSU opens the week’s action against the New Mexico Lobos live on The Mtn. - The MountainWest Sports Network. The match time, 7:30 p.m. MT, has been pushed back a half hour from the Rams’ normal weekday start time, to accommodate CSU’s first televised match of the season. Anne Marie Anderson and Amy Grant will call all the action. The Mtn. is available in Colorado on Comcast channel 411, and nationally on DirecTV channel 616.
The Rams will then face off against the TCU Horned Frogs at 1 p.m. on Saturday.
Rams on the radio
Each of Colorado State’s remaining matches this season will be broadcast live in the Fort Collins area on KCSU 90.5 FM. Nick Sebesta will bring fans all the action from courtside, and will be joined by broadcast partner Ryan Hilbig for home matches. Fans outside the normal listening area can access streaming audio via the Rams All-Access service on CSURams.com.
Lights, cameras, action
Once again, Colorado State will be among the most televised teams in the Mountain West Conference. The Rams will be televised five times in 2009. Their Sept. 24 home match against New Mexico will be broadcast live on The Mtn., as will a Nov. 12 contest at Utah. The Rams will also appear on The Mtn. on a tape-delay Oct. 22 at TCU, while their Nov. 14 match at BYU will be broadcast live on BYU-TV and re-air Nov. 15 on The Mtn. In addition, the Rams’ match vs. Northern Colorado on Sept. 30 will be appear on Comcast Entertainment Television in Colorado, and will air at 7 p.m. MT on Oct. 2. The UNC match, like the BYU match, will also re-air on The Mtn. on Monday, Oct. 5.
Follow the Rams online
Colorado State offers fans and media several options for following the CSU volleyball team. In addition to CSURams.com, which is updated daily with all the latest news on CSU athletics, fans can also log onto RamVolleyball.colostate.edu for an inside look into all things Rams Volleyball. In addition, CSU volleyball, and Head Coach Tom Hilbert are both on Twitter at twitter.com/CSUVolleyball and twitter.com/CoachHilbert.
Live statistics are also available for Rams volleyball matches by clicking the “GameTracker” logo on the volleyball “Schedule/Results” page on CSURams.com.
A quick look at the Rams
Colorado State returns four starters and eight letterwinners from a 2008 team that posted a 23-7 record, finished second in the Mountain West Conference with a 12-4 mark, peaked at No. 12 in the AVCA top 25 poll, and reached the NCAA tournament for the 14th consecutive season.
The Rams were selected to finish second in the Mountain West Conference preseason poll released Aug. 4. Utah, the defending champion, received eight first-place votes and was predicted to finish ahead of the Rams, who earned four first-place votes. New Mexico (3) and BYU (2) also received first-place votes and were selected to finish third and fourth, respectively. TCU, UNLV and San Diego State were slotted fifth through seventh, while Wyoming and Air Force were selected to finish eighth and ninth, respectively, in the MWC standings.
The Rams opened the season with a pair of home losses, their first in 28 consecutive matches at Moby Arena, to Pepperdine and Oregon State, but have bounced back with four straight victories, including a thrilling come-from-behind win in five sets over Ohio State on Sept. 4.
The team suffered a setback to start a four-match road swing in Carolina, falling at Duke, 3-0, on Sept. 9. However, the Rams rebounded in impressive fashion, notching three consecutive victories over Marshall, Tennessee and North Carolina to win the Carolina Classic volleyball tournament.
Colorado State is 1-0 to open Mountain West Conference action after picking up a 3-0 victory at UNLV on Sept. 18.
Recapping Week 4: at UNLV
The Colorado State volleyball team (8-3, 1-0 MWC) improved to 10-1 all-time in MWC openers and snapped a three-match losing streak in Las Vegas, sweeping the UNLV Rebels (1-7, 0-1 MWC) behind strong performances from junior outside hitter Danielle Minch and sophomore setter Evan Sanders.
Minch notched her seventh consecutive match with double-digit kills, putting away a match-high 15, while hitting .357 and recording a solo block to lead the Rams to the 3-0 victory.
Sanders was a difference maker for the Rams, recording a career-high 41 assists, her 10th consecutive match with 30 or more assists, helping CSU’s hitters post a .299 hitting percentage, while defensively the Rams held UNLV to just .141 hitting.
About New Mexico
After storming out to a 6-0 start to the 2009 season, New Mexico enters Thursday’s match vs. Colorado State riding a two-match losing streak, having dropped four of its last six including the team’s conference opener vs. TCU last Wednesday.
The Lobos, who were selected to finish third in the Mountain West Conference preseason poll, returned 10 letterwinners and four starters from last season’s team that finished with an overall record of 22-7 (11-5 MWC) and ranked just behind CSU in the conference standings.
Setter Jade Michaelsen, who was selected, along with CSU’s Tessa Nelson, as the MWC Co-Player of the Year, leads the Lobos, averaging 9.79 assists per set, fourth in the MWC behind the Rams’ Evan Sanders. Junior outside hitter Lisa Meeter, a product of Colorado Springs, Colo., ranks first on the team, averaging 2.52 kills per set, and senior middle blocker Anna Lehne is the team’s top blocker, averaging 0.98 per set.
Head Coach Jeff Nelson is in his third season at the helm of the UNM program, where he has compiled a record of 46-24.
The Rams vs. the Lobos
Thursday’s matchup marks the 61st in the series between the Lobos and the Rams, with Colorado State holding a 39-21 advantage all-time. Colorado State has defeated New Mexico in eight consecutive matches, and the Rams are 22-1 against the Lobos since the formation of the Mountain West Conference in 1999.
TCU enters this week’s action tied with Colorado State at 1-0 in the Mountain West Conference, having defeated New Mexico on the road last Wednesday to open league action. Overall, the Horned Frogs are 12-3, and are riding a seven-match winning streak, but travel to nearby Laramie, Wyo., to face the Wyoming Cowgirls on Thursday, before matching up with CSU on Saturday afternoon.
The Horned Frogs were selected to finish fifth in the Mountain West Conference preseason poll, and return 11 letterwinners, including four starters from last season’s team that posted a record of 20-12 and finished 9-7 and in fourth place in the Mountain West Conference.
Senior middle blocker Kourtney Edwards leads the Mountain West Conference in hitting percentage (.391) and is the team’s leader in kills, racking up 3.37 per set, which ranks fourth in the league. Setter Megan Munce averages 9.53 assists per set (fifth in the MWC), while sophomore middle blocker Kristen Hester leads the conference with 1.29 blocks per set.
Head Coach Prentice Lewis is in her eight season at the helm of the TCU program, where she has compiled a record of 142-103.
The Rams vs. the Horned Frogs
Saturday’s matchup marks only the 14th in the series between the Horned Frogs and the Rams, with Colorado State holding a 10-3 advantage all-time. However, the two teams have split their last four matches, with each team defending its home court over the past two seasons. Since TCU joined the Mountain West Conference in 2005, Colorado State has posted a record of 6-3 against the Horned Frogs.
Rams vs. the MWC
Since the formation of the Mountain West Conference in 1999, the Colorado State volleyball team has proven to be the most successful program in the league. The Rams have compiled a record of 126-23 (.846) in Mountain West Conference matches, including an impressive 68-6 (.919) mark at Moby Arena vs. the MWC, and a 58-17 (.773) record on the road in league action The team has averaged 12.5 conference victories per season, and has amassed eight more victories than the next closest program, Utah (118-32). BYU (109-41) ranks third, followed by UNLV (74-75).
Over the years, Moby Arena has provided one of the most effective home-court advantages in the NCAA for the CSU volleyball program. Entering the 2009 season, CSU had won 28 consecutive home matches at Moby Arena, and prior to the Aug. 28-29 losses to Pepperdine and Oregon State, the Rams had not lost back-to-back home matches since suffering back-to-back losses to nationally ranked foes from BYU (#20) and Utah (#9) in the final two matches of the 2006 regular season. Under Head Coach Tom Hilbert, the Rams are 174-23 (.883) in Moby Arena. Since Coach Hilbert’s arrival in 1997, CSU has also played 32 ranked opponents in Moby Arena, coming away with victories in 22 of those matches, including four consecutive victories over ranked opponents at Moby dating back to a 3-0 win over No. 13 Ohio State on Aug. 30, 2007. During that stretch, the Rams have also hosted and beaten opponents from Florida (No. 8 on Sept. 13, 2009), BYU (No. 24 on Sept. 20, 2009) and Arizona (No. 25 on Oct. 4, 2009).
Closing in on 500
Colorado State Head Coach Tom Hilbert enters play this week just 11 wins shy of 500 for his career. Last season, Hilbert became the winningest coach in CSU annals when he surpassed Rich Feller with his 300th victory at Colorado State. To date, Hilbert has 315 victories at the helm of the CSU program.
The Colorado State volleyball team opened the 2009 season ranked No. 24 nationally in the AVCA coaches top 25 preseason poll released Aug. 18. It marked the second consecutive season that Colorado State has appeared in the preseason top 25. Colorado State was ranked in the AVCA poll for 17 consecutive weeks, before falling out of the top 25 in the Sept. 1 poll. The Rams are receiving votes in the latest poll released on Monday, the only MWC team to do so.
Colorado State volleyball annually ranks among the national leaders in attendance and the 2009 season is no exception. The Rams have averaged 1,987 fans though their first six home matches this season, including a season-best 3,876 fans at the season opener vs. Pepperdine on Aug. 28. The Rams currently rank 13th on the list, and are the top team in the Mountain West Conference in terms of average attendance. Thursday’s opponent, New Mexico, ranks 20th averaging 1,410 fans through seven home matches.
Rams in the rankings
Colorado State ranks nationally in a number of different categories, including a national ranking of No. 21 (out of 329 programs ranked) with a team average of 2.66 blocks per set. The Rams also rank 61st in winning percentage (.727), and are 110th in hitting percentage (.217), 112th in digs per set (14.59) and 128th in kills per set (12.51) through matches played Sept. 20.
Individually, junior outside hitter Danielle Minch ranks in two categories; 70th in kills per set (3.78) and 81st in points per set (4.24). Senior middle blocker Tessa Nelson is 45th in the country in blocks per set (1.25). Sophomore setter Evan Sanders ranks 87th with 9.89 assists per set, and senior libero Katelin Batten is 102nd, averaging 4.22 digs per set.
Minch on a roll
Junior outside hitter Danielle Minch has been on a roll as of late for the Rams, and recorded her seventh consecutive match with double-figures in kills on Sept. 18 at UNLV, where she led CSU with a match-high 15 kills in the Rams’ conference-opening sweep. Entering this week’s matches vs. New Mexico and TCU, Minch ranks second in the MWC averaging 3.78 kills per set. Her average also ranks 70th nationally as of statistics release Sept. 20. Minch’s current run began Sept. 4 in a thrilling five-set victory over Ohio State. During that stretch, CSU has posted a record of 6-1.
Setting the pace
To start the 2009 season, Evan Sanders was charged with the daunting task of replacing two-time MWC Setter of the Year Ashley Fornstrom in the Rams’ lineup. The sophomore setter from Lafayette, Colo., has not disappointed. Sanders ranks third in the MWC, averaging 9.89 assists per set, and has amassed 366 total assists entering this week’s matches vs. New Mexico and TCU. During the Rams’ Sept. 24 conference opener at UNLV, Sanders was particularly impressive, as she recorded a career-high 41 assists, en route to her 10th consecutive match with 30-plus assists. Sanders also ranks third on the team with 87 digs through 11 matches, and has recorded four matches with double-figure digs.
Can you dig it?
Senior libero Katelin Batten entered the 2009 season as the Rams’ all-time leader in both digs and digs per set. Through three seasons, Batten had recorded 1,304 digs, 63 more than the previous record held by Carrie Appleman (1989-92). Batten’s career digs per set average of 3.90 also ranks atop the Rams’ record book. With a team-best 156 digs on the season, third in the MWC at 4.22 digs per set, Batten has become the only active player currently in the top 10 of the MWC career digs list, where she ranks fifth with 1,460 career digs. Averaging 435 digs per season, Batten is on pace to reach as high as third on the MWC list. UNLV’s Jada Walker (2004-07) ranks first with 2,055 career digs. Entering Thursday’s match vs. New Mexico, Batten has recorded double-figures in digs in eight consecutive matches, including two matches, Sept. 4 vs. Ohio State and Sept. 11 vs. Marshall, in which she eclipsed 20 digs for the match.
Senior middle blocker Tessa Nelson is the Rams’ lone returning all-Mountain West player from last season. Nelson, who ranked third on the team in points scored against MWC opponents in 2008, behind departed seniors Mekana Barnes and Jaime Strauss, and was also selected as the 2009 Mountain West Conference preseason co-Player of the Year, along with New Mexico’s junior setter Jade Michaelsen. Nelson ranked 46th nationally with 1.18 blocks per set as a junior in 2008. Needing just one block to reach 400 for her career, Nelson notched 10 during the Hilton Classic, Sept. 3-5, becoming just the 10th player in CSU history to record 400 career blocks. She enters Thursday’s match vs. New Mexico with 429 career blocks.
Freshmen make debuts
Redshirt freshman Brieon Paige, earning her first playing time at CSU and her first start since her senior year of high school, turned in an impressive performance for the Rams against UT Arlington on Sept. 5. Paige recorded eight kills while hitting .500 for the match, and adding four blocks in her collegiate debut.
Freshman middle blocker Tori Brummett also made her collegiate debut for the Rams in the Hilton Classic, earning a start against Georgia Southern on Sept. 3. Brummett notched four kills and two assisted blocks to help the Rams to a 3-0 victory over the Eagles.
More fresh faces
Freshmen Izzy Gaulia, a defensive specialist from Glendale, Ariz., and Dana Cranston, an outside hitter from Fort St. John, B.C., have both made tremendous impacts on the Rams early in the season. Gaulia has appeared in seven of the Rams’ 11 matches, and is averaging 1.5 digs per set. Cranston has appeared in each of the Rams’ matches, showing off her all-around skill by averaging 0.78 kills, 0.58 assists, 1.55 digs and 0.48 blocks per set.
Redshirt freshman Megan Plourde, who was granted a medial hardship waiver after appearing in five sets in 2008, leads the freshmen class with 48 kills and .280 hitting percentage. Plourde recorded a career high with nine kills and hitting .462 against North Carolina on Sept. 12. She also led the Rams with seven blocks against Duke.
Juniors Danielle Minch and Jacque Davisson have been a force to be reckoned with so far this season, and both were selected for Carolina Classic all-tournament team, with Minch earning MVP honors. Davisson was also named all-tournament team at Asics/Coors Classic (MVP) and Hilton Classic. The third-year players rank 1-2 in kills for the Rams, each eclipsing 100 kills through 10 matches this season. Minch ranks first with 125 total kills and is second in the MWC with an average of 3.68 kills per set. Davisson ranks seventh in the MWC, averaging 2.94 kills per set. They are the only Rams to have consecutive double-figure kill matches this season with Davisson currently riding a streak of five consecutive matches, and Minch on a six-match run. Davisson has also notched three double-doubles on the season, including two in a row vs. Marshall (11 kills, 11 digs) and Tennessee (11 kills, 15 digs) at the Carolina Classic, Sept. 11-12.
Sophomore setter Evan Sanders recorded her first-career double-double with 32 assists and 10 digs against Oregon State on Aug. 29. Sanders joins junior outside hitter Jacque Davisson and senior middle blocker Tessa Nelson as active Rams with double-doubles in their careers.
Home away from home
While Colorado State has annually ranks among the national leaders in terms of home wins, including back-to-back undefeated seasons of 14-0 in 2007 and 2008, CSU has also fared well on the road since Head Coach Tom Hilbert’s arrival in Fort Collins in 1997. Overall, Colorado State is 141-59 (.705) away from Moby Arena under Hilbert’s guidance, including last week’s 3-0 victory at UNLV to open MWC play.
Recapping Week 1: The Asics/Coors Classic
Colorado State opened the season by posting a record of 1-2 at the Asics/Coors Classic at Moby Arena. The Rams rebounded from back-to-back home losses to Pepperdine, 3-0, and Oregon State, 3-0, closing the tournament with an impressive 3-0 win over the Cal Poly Mustangs.
Pepperdine captured the tournament championship with a perfect 3-0 record that included sweeps of CSU and Cal Poly, and a 3-1 victory over Oregon State. The Beavers finished second with an overall record 2-1. The Rams took home third place, while Cal Poly finished 0-3 on the weekend to finish last in the field.
Colorado State junior outside hitter Jacque Davisson was selected to the Asics/Coors Classic all-tournament team, along with Oregon State’s Rachel Rourke and Jill Sawatzky, and Pepperdine’s Rachel Grochmal, Lilla Frederick, and tournament MVP Kiah Fiers.
Recapping Week 2: The Hilton Classic
The Colorado State volleyball team racked up three victories, running its winning streak to four matches, and took home the title at the 2009 Hilton Classic. Behind the strong play of junior outside hitters Jacque Davisson and Danielle Minch, and senior middle blocker Tessa Nelson, all of whom earned all-tourney honors (Davisson, MVP), the Rams picked up dominant three-set sweeps over Georgia Southern and UT Arlington, and a thrilling five-set, come-from-behind victory against Big Ten foe Ohio State.
Recapping Week 3: At Duke and the Carolina Classic
Colorado State headed to North Carolina for four matches in four days, Sept. 9-12, and came home with a 3-1 record and a tournament title. The Rams opened the week with a disappointing loss against the Duke at Cameron Indoor Stadium. The Blue Devils stymied the Rams and snapped a four-match winning streak, capturing the 3-1 victory.
Colorado State bounced back quickly, winning its final three matches of the week and capturing the 2009 Carolina Classic tournament title. The Rams opened the tournament, hosted in Chapel Hill, N.C. by the UNC Tar Heels, with a sweep of previously undefeated Marshall. CSU then toppled the Tennessee Lady Vols in four sets, thanks to 18 kills by junior outside hitter Danielle Minch. CSU closed out the tournament by defeating the host Tar Heels 3-0.
Three Rams earned all-tournament honors, led by Minch who was selected as the tournament MVP. Junior outside hitter Jacque Davisson and senior libero Katelin Batten joined Minch on the all-tourney team. It marked Davisson’s second all-tournament honor in as many weeks, after being named the MVP of the HIlton Classic, hosted by CSU Sept. 3-5.
Season tickets are on sale now, and start at just $75 for adult general admission. Single-match tickets begin at just $6 for adults and $4 for youth (ages 3-17). Mini-plans, including the Pick 5 Plan and the Pepsi 4-Pack, are also available for purchase.
More information on volleyball tickets is available by visiting CSURams.com, calling 1-800/491-RAMS or stopping by the CSU athletic ticket office at the McGraw Athletic Center between 8 a.m. - 5 p.m., Monday-Friday.
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There are 3 laser processing modes for M1: Laser flat, Laser cylindrical, and Open plane.
In this post, you’ll learn useful tips for each mode, let’s see the details now!
1. Under Laser flat mode, when you place the material near the upper center of the canvas, there will be less camera deviation.
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Therefore, it is recommended to auto-measure or manually set the thickness value and then place/ align your design elements.
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The Hunting of the Snark
Lewis Carroll, Henry Holiday and Joseph Swain's Tragicomedy
Bycatch by Margaret Aston
The big beast perhaps gave birth to a Boojum.
(John Tufail made me aware of this illustration by J. J. Grandville.)
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Accusations flew in both directions Wednesday in the wake of New York Knicks President Isiah Thomas being accused of sexual harassment and discrimination in a federal lawsuit a former high-level female executive with the team filed on Tuesday.
"I will not allow her or anybody, man or woman, to use me as a pawn for their financial gain," said Thomas, a Chicago native, reading from a statement at a news conference during which he denied the allegations.
Also on Wednesday, his accuser, Anucha Browne Sanders, a former Northwestern University basketball standout who recently was fired as the Knicks' senior vice president of marketing and business operations, amplified the gist of the suit in which she charged Thomas with unwanted advances, harassment and discrimination.
"He refused to stop his demeaning and repulsive behavior and the [Madison Square] Garden refused to intercede," Browne Sanders said in a statement.
The Knicks had hired her five years ago and promoted her a year before Thomas was named president of basketball operations for the team in 2003.
In the "he said, she said" fallout from the lawsuit, Thomas said he never harassed Browne Sanders, did not participate in her firing and asserted she "did not even work for me." She, in turn, said she filed the suit only after "my pleas and complaints about [his] illegal and offensive actions fell on deaf ears."
Both of them expressed outrage at their plight.
Thomas said he was ignoring his attorneys' advice to stay quiet because "it is not their name, it's not their family, it's not their career and it's not their reputation that's being hurt."
Browne Sanders said, "I am outraged that I was fired for telling the truth and I am outraged that they have destroyed what was a stellar sports career."
Whatever the outcome of the litigation, the furor adds another chapter to strained relations as women make inroads into the entrenched realm of male sports executives.
Robin Monsky, a Chicago sports publicist and media consultant, settled her sex discrimination suit against the Atlanta Braves out of court in 1987.
Monsky, who was director of media relations for the team, filed suit after deteriorating relations led to a decree that she no longer was allowed on the field or to talk to the manager or players although her job included disseminating information from them to the media.
She said she was not surprised to see another such lawsuit this week but "I'm pretty disheartened to see that 20 years after I went through a discrimination suit, this is still happening."
She did not bring the level of accusations made by Browne Sanders. But Monsky said she faced situations that could have been interpreted as harassment, such as "one player who felt obliged to tell me repeatedly that I didn't belong there because `women should be home baking bread, making the bed or lying in it when I get home.'"
Browne Sanders, in her 18-page lawsuit filed Tuesday in U.S. District Court in Manhattan, accuses co-defendants Thomas and Madison Square Garden of sex discrimination and retaliation.
She alleges Thomas sexually harassed her, calling her "ho" (whore) and other derogatory names to her face and alienating her from players before taking a "new approach" by making sexual advances including hugging and trying to kiss her.
Although she "repeatedly complained about Thomas' conduct to her supervisor and others within the organization," the suit continues, "nothing was done to rein in Thomas."
After she retained an attorney to press her complaints, according to the suit, Madison Square Garden put her on leave while it undertook an investigation of her claims, found them to be unsubstantiated and fired her last Thursday.
The lawsuit seeks that she be reinstated and compensated for all earnings such as "wages, bonuses, equity interests, pension and other lost benefits," and demands a jury trial if the case goes to court.
Attorneys Ron Green, representing Madison Square Garden (MSG), and Sue Ellen Eisenberg and Peter Parcher representing Thomas, issued written responses denouncing the lawsuit.
"These fabricated and outrageous charges come from an individual whom MSG fired because of an inability to fulfill professional responsibilities and who is now seeking a financial windfall," Green countered.
In their response, Eisenberg and Parcher termed the lawsuit a "blatant and cynical attempt" to get "a large sum of money" from their celebrity client. They claimed that before she sued, Browne Sanders had demanded a $6 million payment for leaving her job, which the lawyers characterized as "more than 20 times her salary."
Browne Sanders' attorney Kevin Mintzer said the $6 million claim was wrong. But, he added his client was the second highest individual in the Knicks' organization and "one of the most senior African-American women in all of professional sports. I don't know how you put a price on that."
In her lawsuit, she said she would file a discrimination charge with the U.S. Equal Opportunity Employment Commission seeking the right to sue under the Civil Rights Act of 1964.
Monsky said she had filed a complaint with the EEOC first, and got its permission to file her civil suit after the commission's backlog kept delaying investigation of her case.

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Woman who fell into basement legally blind, says son
NEW JERSEY (FOX 5 NY) - The woman seen on video falling into a cellar in New Jersey is reportedly legally blind. In the video clip, the woman is texting as she walks right into an open cellar door and then flips over it and tumbles headfirst into the cellar.
The incident occurred in Plainfield in broad daylight. The video has gone viral on social media.
Her son told a local TV station that his mother, 67, regularly checks her sugar and schedules her meals. She was feeling light headed when she looked at her phone for the time. She then fell into the cellar.
The woman suffered minor injuries.

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Complete facilities and good infrastructure are the main point why Tangerang Regency is a strategic area for industrial activities. Many business operator and developer tempted to build industrial estate. But various economic and social activities in industrial estate tend to affect and change the physical condition of the environment. Environmental carrying capacity becomes one important component to understand the ability of environment in supporting every organism's activity. This research aims to analyze environmental carrying capacity in an crucial industrial estate in Tangerang Regency, that is conducted by seeing two main elements : land carrying capacity and water carrying capacity. The selection of research location was conducted based on the complexity of industrial activities and the scale of the industry. Quantitative method was applied and data analysis was done to analyze the current status of water carrying capacity and land suitability. Water demand in the study area is higher than the supply, it is cause a deficit condition in water carrying capacity. Meanwhile, the soil types (alluvial and mediterranean) have a low erositivity levels, so it will be safe for industrial activities. Furthermore, geography and hydrology condition is very compatible for an industrial estate.
|IOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
|Published - 3 Apr 2020
|1st International Conference on Environment, Sustainability Issues and Community Development, INCRID 2019 - Semarang, Central Java Province, Indonesia
Duration: 23 Oct 2019 → 24 Oct 2019

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Over the last few days, a few things have been taken out of context, and it’s time to give the media, the candidates and the voters a wake up call, and here it is:
1. To the media and the candidates: If you claim to be fair, why do you report things out of context? Yesterday,
While he may now regret his phrasing…he is absolutely right! If you have an employee, vendor or board member who is not doing his or her job and are hurting your business or life, then they should be asked to move on and find other work or other customers. Every day I work with leaders in the business and non-profit sector who KNOW they have a bad apple on their team or a vendor who is slack, but they are soooooo afraid to fire anyone. Maybe we need someone with the guts to say “Hey…you are not doing your job for the American people. Move on!”
I am not writing this to back Mitt Romney. I am writing it, because as a leadership coach, I cannot take things out of context and then use them, and as a leader, you cannot take things out of context or take a thin slice of a full statement and then slam a person with it. So, I urge you to look at the full picture.
2. To the media, candidates and the American people: Stop calling our visionary leaders crazy, cranks and odd. That is just again not fair.
So, was he crazy? I don’t think so. This speech is very sobering indeed.
So, I encourage you today to embrace our visionary leaders and to seek the truth…not just a sliver of truth but the full truth. If you listen to the media and to the bits and pieces being slung around like wet mud enough, you will never get the full story. Do your own research, get the facts straight and become fully informed before heading to the polls in November.

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DENVER — Fire General Manager Peter Wilt doesn't have much sympathy for the complaints of Columbus Crew President and General Manager Jamey Rootes.
Rootes is upset that U.S. Soccer scheduled the final of the U.S. Open Cup between the Fire and Crew for Oct. 30 at Soldier Field. The match originally was scheduled to be played in Virginia Beach, Va., at the end of August, but was postponed because of Hurricane Bonnie.
"It's ironic Jamey is concerned about the game being played in the home city of one of the participants since he was pressing to have it played in Dublin, Ohio," Wilt said. "Apparently he's not displeased with the principle, just the execution."
Wilt also added that the MLS championship game is being played in the Rose Bowl this season and it's very conceivable that the Los Angeles Galaxy would be competing on its own field.
"This is an opportunity to showcase the championship of this historic tournament . . . in front of what should be a record crowd," Wilt said.
The Columbus players were scheduled to have a team vote Monday to decide whether to play the match, but that was moved to Tuesday. Rootes said Saturday that he informed the U.S. federation not to count on the Crew's participation. Wilt, however, found it very unlikely that either the players would vote not to play, or that team officials wouldn't swallow hard and play the match.
Play on: The Galaxy, which scored three goals in the final 10 minutes Sunday to erase a 2-0 deficit and eliminate the Dallas Burn, would would have liked to see the Fire and Rapids play the entire three games. Fire coach Bob Bradley didn't think the Galaxy victory put any added pressure on his team to win Monday and have extra time to rest.
"We just need to concentrate on our side of things," he said before his team won.
Finishing touch: Bradley hoped that his squad would take better advantage of its opportunities in Game 2, unlike Game 1.
"(Missed chances) was a very important part of the first game," he said. "When you have a team on the ropes, you have to finish them off."
Razov had the best chance in the first half, before Kubik's penalty-kick goal. Razov hit the crossbar from about 20 yards out in the 34th minute.


Hilary Duff was part of an elite group of teen actors who ruled the 2000s and the heart of every teenager back then. Such was their power that Vanity Fair published an entire issue titled ‘It’s Totally Raining Teens’ in 2003 featuring these very starlets. But according to Duff, the iconic shoot was actually anxiety-inducing for her back then!
The iconic foldout cover is an unforgettable part of the 2000s era. The era-defining cover featured Duff along with Mandy Moore, Amanda Bynes, Alexis Bledel, Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen, Raven-Symone, Lindsay Lohan, and Evan Rachel Wood. Sadly, the story behind the shoot isn’t as glamorous as the end result. Duff, who shot to fame for her portrayal of the titular character of Lizzie McGuire, called the shoot an anxiety-inducing experience. The How I Met Your Father star took a lie detector test with the very same magazine and admitted that the photoshoot was actually a nerve-racking experience. She further elaborated that even though she felt it was really cool to be included in the shoot, it was actually not the best experience. Since Duff has become great friends with Moore since then, the teen star stated that the arm-in-arm pose the two starlets have stuck as funny in hindsight.
Duff is not the only one who has spoken out against the photo shoot’s experience. Evan Rachel Wood shared a similar experience on Twitter stating that she was almost in tears after the shoot. According to Wood, the dress she wore was uncomfortable and even though she wanted to wear flats, she was forced to wear heels and told they looked better. Wood further elaborated that the shoot made her feel like her identity was being erased, and the pressure made her feel like meat under a microscope. The Westworld star has since shot for another cover for Vanity Fair and called it a much lovelier experience than before.


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With much hoopla and media boo-hooing, the Democratic Party swept back into power yesterday, House Cleaning Day. Not only did Democrats retake the House, but it appears that the Democrats have also managed to clean out a slim majority in the Senate as well. Jim Webb has a 7,000 vote lead over George Allen at the moment. If Joe Lieberman keeps his word, not something we would place our money on, control of the Senate is likely as well.
But this is only a start for liberals nationwide, and little more than a call to the gates for local liberals. While liberalism may achieve much with Nancy Pelosi as Speaker of the House, locally we did not fare so well. In fact, the only real success for liberals in South Carolina was the election of Jim Rex as Superintendent of Education. Moreover, the detestable Arthur Ravenel won a seat on the school board which appears to be owing more to name recognition than support for his wacko agenda.
It seems, however, that education is the only area in which South Carolinians seem to have retained even narrow hold onto sanity. The rest of the statewide elections seem to have followed an all too familiar "just vote Republican" blind mentality. Stupidity and bigotry seemed to play a big role as well. You can do anything you want to do so long as you promise to cut taxes; you can even raise taxes just so long as you promise to cut them. Why else would 80 per cent of South Carolinians vote for an artificial cap on property taxes that will only benefit the well-to-do. And why would 77 per cent vote to discriminate against the gay population of South Carolina when support for that minority could pose no threat, but offer progressive benefits to the State as a whole.
We can be grateful that a large number of voters actually turned out to vote, despite the rain. That is something to look forward to; however, we need those voters to vote liberally on the issues of the day if we are to make progress in this country and, particularly, this state. So what is the answer that awakens the liberalism in every human being?
Come on out to Juanita Greenberg's on King Street at 5:30 p.m. this Thursday for another adventure in Drinking Liberally and meet with fellow liberals for honest discussion and friendly fellowship. We'll be on the back patio under the tent waiting for you.
We almost forgot. Superbush fired Rumsfeld today. That is good. Superbush is replacing him with Iran-Contra criminal Robert Gates. That is not good. A man with almost no military experience will lead the military. No new blood for the Deciderer. Well, at least Rummy is gone.
We almost forgot as well, South Dakotans overruled their anachronistic legislature and cast out a Middle Ages-like ban on allowing women to make decisions about their health care decisions.
That is Drinking Liberally for this, the 1,285th since the declaration of "Mission Accomplished" in Iraq. From Charleston, we are your city leaders, goodnight and good luck.
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Hilcorp is planning to spend about $285 million in Alaska during 2018, the oil and gas company’s Operations Manager Chad Helgeson told audiences at the Jan. 10 Kenai Peninsula Industry Outlook Forum. This investment will be “holding pretty flat to where we were last year,” Helgeson said.
Of the $285 million, $83 million will be spent on new drilling, $96 million will go to operating expenses, taxes, and salaries, while the largest portion of the planned investment — $106 million — will be spent on infrastructure upgrades, such as replacing compressor control systems in Hilcorp’s pipeline network with modern digital controllers. Currently, some of Hilcorp’s gas compressors use 1960s-era pneumatic and hydraulic control systems, Helgeson said.
Hilcorp has been Cook Inlet’s largest oil and gas extractor since buying many of the local assets of Marathon and Chevron in 2011 and 2012. It has since acquired leases on 20 hydrocarbon fields and 14 of the 16 platforms in Cook Inlet. The privately-owned Texas-based company supplies much of the natural gas that regional utilities use to generate electricity and heat.
In 2017, Hilcorp planned an Alaska investment of about $220 million, Helgeson told the Industry Outlook Forum in 2016. Of the 24 wells it drilled that year in Alaska, half were in Cook Inlet — seven onshore and five offshore, Helgeson said. The others were on the North Slope, where Hilcorp began operating in 2014 after buying a 50 percent share in three fields leased by BP. This year the North Slope will again receive a large share of Hilcorp’s drilling attention — the company is planning 19 new wells there. 17 will be at the Milne Point field, one of those it shares with BP.
Hilcorp plans seven new Cook Inlet wells in 2018. Five will will be offshore wells from its Steelhead platform into the McArthur River field, one of Cook Inlet’s most productive areas, to extract both oil and gas.
McArthur River began producing oil in October 1967 and has since become the inlet’s largest oil source — as of 2011, it had produced 623 million barrels of oil, while its nearest contender, the Swanson River oil field, had produced 230 million barrels. Also as of 2011, McArthur River was one of four Cook Inlet fields to have produced more than a trillion cubic feet of gas. It began gas production in January 1969.
In addition to the new McArthur wells, Helgeson said Hilcorp’s offshore Cook Inlet team has “projected about 15 well workovers — those are we’re going to go in and either fix wells that are broken, or there’s wells where we might find new log analysis, and we want to chase something different in that same wellbore.”
The offshore drilling would begin in April, Helgeson said.
The two to four new onshore wells that Hilcorp plans will include some seeking oil in Swanson River — Cook Inlet’s oldest hydrocarbon field, where oil was first discovered in 1957 — and “possibly some gas exploration,” Helgeson said.
“We’re still working on a lot of permitting and lease acquisitions and development opportunities, so those will be later in the year if we actually get to do some exploration for new gas reservoirs,” Helgeson said.
In the late 2000s, a lack in investment in new drilling and exploration by major oil companies who had shifted investment from Cook Inlet to the North Slope led to local gas shortages and fears of electrical brownouts and heating outages. Though more recent gas developments — spurred in part by the system of state tax incentives that the Alaska legislature ended in 2016 — have averted the immediate threat of shortages, longer-term concerns about Cook Inlet’s gas supply remain.
In April 2017, Hilcorp began a study of its aging west side gas fields to determine which are likely to remain profitable. Hilcorp has since deemed at least one of those fields, Stump Lake, to be no longer economical. In early December, Hilcorp started to plug and abandon the single producing well at Stump Lake, work that the Alaska Department of Natural Resources is requiring it to finish by May 2018 so the field can be offered to potential buyers in the spring 2018 lease sale.
Finding new sources of gas will require drilling into what Helgeson called Cook Inlet’s “complex reservoirs.”
“The focus with our team is to really chase new reserves of gas within the existing fields,” Helgeson said. “… Many of our fields here, there could be, from depths of 3,000 to 10,000 feet, 60 to 80 different sand zones that could have potential gas in them, and not all of them do. Think about braided streams and little rivers — that’s what we’re looking for, these little creek beds. There could be a channel four feet wide, or it could be as wide as the Kenai River. The big ones, the Kenai Rivers, have been found pretty much, we think. But our geologists and our geophysicists are trying to map the little streams as close as we can.”
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I received The Four Patriots by Sumit Agarwal (Rupa Publications) from Writer's Melon for review. I knew it would be a different read...different in a good way.
This book is for those who think 'Iss Desh Ka Kuchh Nahin Ho Sakta!' and for those who think 'There is hope and India can rise if good people join the Indian politics.' So, basically, it's for every Indian. This book pictures the developed, modern India that any Indian would enjoy to envision.
The book is about four patriots, vehement youngsters, Raghav, Aditya, Varun and Salman, who tend to think differently. Hailing from different backgrounds, they have similar vision and dream - dream to see India Rise powerfully! They decide to walk together to fulfill this dream, but the journey is full of hurdles.
The book portrays that journey of growth and hurdles nicely. It follows a very thoughtful objective - "We don't need more systems, we need the right people in the existing system." (from the book).
The story opens in 2006 and ends (or maybe begins actually) in 2022 as it talks about the beautiful future of India. However, I felt the end was a little unconvincing.
"Be evil to some if you have to, for the greater good.' This is the philosophy of Raghav, my favourite character. Talking about the characters - the author has sketched the characters really well. They seem energetic and believable except Salman's character. This character seemed underdeveloped.
The incidents are well-thought and smartly placed. I liked the cover, and I can (almost) recognize the characters. But, one thing bothered me. Why didn't author use a female patriot as a main protagonist? It would have been really interesting! There are women - interesting women but they are secondary characters.
There is a lovely touch of romance too. In fact, the love life of the four patriots sows the seeds of revolution and determination. I really liked these little love stories as they make the read light, relieve tension, and the author brings out these tales at the right time.
Overall, it's a well-researched book, full of optimism and ideas. Very thoughtful and innovative, I would say. Every Indian should read this book.
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The White House Press Secretary Karine Jean-Pierre on Sunday responded to criticism from Jeff Bezos about President Biden’s call for oil executives to reduce gas prices, saying high gas prices are emblematic of “a market that is failing the American consumer.”
Driving the news: After Biden tweeted on Saturday reiterating calls for oil companies to lower prices, Bezos responses by tweeting“inflation is far too important a problem for the White House to keep making statements like this.”
- “It’s either straight ahead misdirection or a deep misunderstanding of basic market dynamics,” Bezos added.
- “Oil prices have dropped by about $15 over the past month, but prices at the pump have barely come down,” Jean-Pierre responses via Twitter. That’s not ‘basic market dynamics.’ It’s a market that is failing the American consumer.”
- “But I guess it’s not surprising that you think oil and gas companies using market power to reap record profits at the expense of the American people is the way our economy is supposed to work,” she added.
State of play: While crude oil prices have fallen, it’s not unusual for it to take some time for gas prices to reflect the change.
But, but, but: The cost of crude oil is not the only factor that goes into determining prices at the pump, and oil companies have a limited role in setting the ultimate retail prices, according to the Dallas Fed.
The big picture: The Biden administration has tried several strategies to temper soaring gas prices, including releasing oil from the Strategic Petroleum Reserve, easing rules around E15 gasoline, and calling for a suspension of the federal gas tax, which Congress has not done.


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CJ’s new pub trivia tests how much you know about Rockford
ROCKFORD, Ill. (WIFR) - It was the month of January back in 1852, when Rockford officially became a city. With that date in mind, one local business is set to celebrate Rockford’s history with some fun.
CJ’s and Inzombia coffee collaborate to host ‘Rockford Trivia Night’ every Wednesday throughout the entire month of January. While it’s typical for bars to have special games nights, Pete Dufo, Inzombia coffee owner, believes this is a unique way for the community to test how much they know about the Forest City. It also gives them a chance to learn more about what the city has to offer.
The questions include everything from city history, names of Rockford leaders, events and more.
“So many people were asking me can we do Rockford trivia, because we know a lot about it. Rockford was a city formed January third... not sure what year that might be a question. People do come together. There are a lot of things to do in Rockford,” said Dufoe.
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57 out to new stakeholders, elected officials or partner leader- areas most relevant to partnering. The following sections cor- ship may change, the roles of project funding or agency part- respond with the model Vision Guide and provide high-level ners may fluctuate, and the scope and scale of a vision may be guidance for structuring and forming partnerships. adjusted at any point in a process. An organizational struc- ture that is able to adapt to current conditions, while main- Preparing the Vision taining clear management responsibility and decision-making authority, will be best suited to fulfilling the purpose of Partnership development is critical within early stages of a visioning and best able to sustain efforts well into the future. visioning process. When preparing for the vision, the prac- titioner must establish an organizational structure, identify Involvement of Decision Makers and reach out to key partners, secure resource committee members from partners, and develop a broad base of support The involvement of a diverse set of stakeholders is important for the visioning effort. These activities require a great deal of in any visioning process; however the involvement of partners resources and time but are invaluable to organizing a success- with ultimate regulatory powers, decision authority, or imple- ful visioning process. mentation responsibility is critical. For example, a vision that addresses issues of transportation and land use will find it challenging to implement the vision if local governments are What Has Been Done? not involved from the onset, or at the very least involved in Visioning processes are sponsored by an existing organiza- implementing partnerships to help craft recommended futures, tion or a newly formed organization. Existing organizations policies, or goals. Similarly, a regional or statewide vision ulti- may be public agencies or private entities, whereas newly mately needs ownership and commitment of regional entities formed organizations often are public-private partnerships. for its successful implementation. Decision makers are often Assessing the capacity, reach, and commitments of existing involved through external partnerships that assist in advisory partnerships or organizations can provide valuable informa- capacities to fine-tune public involvement input or in pro- tion that will help inform whether new strategic partnerships cesses to transfer vision outcomes to related plans and pro- or existing partnerships will be more effective to organize the cesses. A process also may target the involvement of elected visioning process. officials through unique partnerships that suit the profes- sional demands of these rule makers. What Are Our Resources? Diverse Representation Securing commitments from partners is a primary purpose of forming partnerships and a valuable tool for practitioners Partnerships often are formed for the purpose of stake- when organizing a visioning process. Formal partner com- holder involvement. Public participation and input opportu- nities alone cannot ensure diverse representation, but balanced mitment structures may be established, such as sponsorship and strategic partnerships can assure that the key stakeholders, opportunities, requiring funders to buy in to decision-making interests, and players have a voice in the vision development bodies, or entering into formal contractual arrangements. process. Private-sector and community representatives are Informal structures can elicit partner support through pledges important in ensuring that a vision has local champions, of in-kind technical or cash assistance, utilizing existing con- broad business community support, and access to a range of tracting mechanisms for consultant or staff support, or fund- expertise and perspectives, and implementation resources. raising to support specific tasks within the process. Application within Who Will We Involve? the Vision Guide Establishing a defined and accepted decision-making and Forming partnerships is a key task throughout the visioning organizational structure is necessary for a visioning process process, and partners can be engaged either as a need arises to move forward. A generic organizational model for a vision or for the duration of the project. In addition, partnerships process typically involves an executive-level body such as a often are the lasting outcomes of a vision, maintaining coop- steering committee; advisory-level structures such as a techni- erative relationships and momentum for the vision's goals cal advisory group; working-level groups such as task forces; long after public involvement activities are completed. and the public input level, from which direction is initially Within the interactive, online Vision Guide a forming drawn. Each of these organizational structures represents partnerships component helps practitioners identify activity an opportunity to develop diverse, multisector partnerships
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58 among key stakeholders, such as elected officials, implement- to ground-level processes and plans. Partnership models that ing agencies, funders, or citizen groups. serve to integrate related plans with the vision include formal adoption by local agencies or informal endorsement by pri- vate organizations. Securing partner commitments also is Creating the Vision critical to establishing implementation strategies and for pro- Although partnerships are significant during the develop- viding momentum to transfer responsibility for action to ment of a vision statement, it is the final steps of creating the partners. Commitments from partners may include pledges vision that sets the stage for implementation efforts. Without to accept and act on the recommendations of a vision, formal the agreement of significant partners on the final outcomes adoption of the vision into related plans, or agreements to of a vision, the process risks continuing without full support develop demonstration projects. and is not likely to achieve objectives. Maintaining strong partnerships through this phase is challenging and likely How Will We Stay on Track? requires significant networking, compromises, and consen- sus building, but it is necessary to reach a shared vision and Sustaining momentum and partner involvement may be a plan to move forward. challenging in later stages of a visioning process. Partnership structures may help maintain communication among key How Will We Get There? partners through implementation committees or other for- mal models. Informal, broad partnerships such as citizen The roles and responsibilities of partners should be clearly advisory groups may morph into other areas or functions communicated and identified when developing the final vision but still provide oversight and public pressure to act on vision outcomes or products. Partnerships developed during earlier objectives. Developing a reliable commitment tracking pro- input or planning processes may be continued, or the practi- cess also relies on the assistance of partners in developing tioner may foresee the need to create new partnerships geared agreements and guidance on tracking and reporting efforts specifically toward implementation. Partner responsibilities to advance the vision. developed at this stage may be transferred to future commit- ment tracking or outcome measurement processes. Partnership models or arrangements developed at this point in a process What Have We Accomplished? may include formal councils or committees (of elected officials Recognizing the contributions of partners toward vision or implementing agencies) or informal stakeholder groups with outcomes provides an opportunity to reward partners in assigned actions or objectives. success and motivate partners in failure. Partnerships such as steering committees or technical advisory groups are often Implementing the Vision established or renewed to help develop community indica- Without the support of key partners, particularly decision tors or progress reports, or to revisit the vision and determine makers, implementation efforts cannot succeed. Effective next steps. partnerships may actually become the most lasting outcome of a visioning process by coalescing support for coordinated How to Maintain Our Vision? and collaborative activities. Acting on goals and objectives, tracking progress, and maintaining support for the vision For partners to continue to buy into and act on a vision, require continued efforts to maintain current partners and sometimes decades after development, they may need to be forge new partnerships. reengaged in visioning efforts. Partnerships such as steering committees or technical advisory groups are often renewed or established to update components of a vision or to rec- How Will We Realize Our Vision? ognize projects. Partnership structures may be continued or The involvement of partners, particularly decision makers, entirely new organizations may be spun off to address spe- assists in the transition and transfer from high-level visioning cific priorities or projects.


Glenn and Roma Britnell, Koroit, Victoria
The Britnell’s dairy at Koroit was an early recipient of an energy assessment in 2012 as part of the Dairy Australia and Department of Resources, Energy and Tourism project ‘Smarter energy use on Australian dairy farms’. Manager, David McConnell, was curious as to why they hadn’t seen any real power savings despite a recent upgrade of their vat cooling system and was looking for ways to reduce their energy bill.
The assessment identified that their power use compared to similar size dairies was high and so started the hunt to work out why. One of the assessors, an electrician, identified that something big was still drawing power despite most of the equipment being turned off. The culprit was found to be a bore that no longer in use. It had been covered over in the yards but was still connected and running. Now fully disconnected the savings are estimated to be around $5,000 per annum.
Mr McConnell is delighted that they have achieved significant savings and is still working on implementing other recommendations. “One simple thing we do now is not leave lights on after milking. We are much more aware of saving power,” said Mr McConnell.


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A ziz Ansari, proven to numerous because the dapper Tom Haverford on “Parks and Recreation,” and proven to nevertheless more as a fantastic, subversive comedian, wishes you to definitely find love. Yes, you. (DonвЂ™t stress about him, heвЂ™s already discovered it plus it seems pretty great.)
His book that is new Romance, features a zany address additionally the opening line вЂњOh shit!вЂќ, but allow there be no confusion: this is simply not precisely a humor book. Aziz describes into the introduction that heвЂ™s never ever had fascination with composing a humor guide because he вЂњthought stand-up had been the medium that is best for him.вЂќ Rather, he developed an obsession utilizing the contemporary dating landscape and chose to compose a book about this, collaborating having a sociologist Eric Klinenberg to conduct a massive number of research on dating and relationships.
Modern Romance compiles many anecdotes from their stand-up, their focus teams, and a subreddit they put up, also studies and conversations with prominent psychologists and relationship specialists. Wish to know exactly about dating today, plus periodic, weird Photoshopped photos? This guide has that total package.
Aziz doesnвЂ™t place this as an advice guide, either, but thereвЂ™s no avoiding a specific amount of prescriptivism in terms of analyzing so what does and does not work with the dating sphere. He points down that research suggests having lengthy on the web interactions prior to fulfilling up isnвЂ™t helpful, and certainly will waste your own time and psychological power — that appears to be real, therefore the underlying message is, well, donвЂ™t accomplish that.
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Atlanta’s Eliot Bronson creates a vivid emotional landscape on “River Runs Dry,” the opening track from his upcoming album, but he never actually describes what might be happening there or how we should feel about it.
“I do like story songs,” Bronson admits in an email to CMT Edge. “But I also think a moment can tell a story just like a picture can tell a story. That song is like looking back on fragments of a memory. It’s leaving a new lover’s apartment late at night, feeling alive and alone. Reading meaning into every shadow and tree branch and believing the radio announcer might be speaking directly to you. Something like that.”
Produced by Dave Cobb, the musical Sherpa who brought Jason Isbell to the mountaintop with 2013’s Southeastern, “River Runs Dry” captures the feeling of Bronson’s hypothetical midnight stroll — stillness, time to think and a sense of heading in a new, positive direction.
But when the singer-songwriter sets his hook — “I’ll be sailing down the river/When the river runs dry” – we’re suddenly left to wonder if this is the right path after all.
“I say in the song, ‘I don’t give up/I’ve never known why,’ and that’s the truth,” he explains. “I’m an incredibly persistent person. I always have been. Sometimes it’s a good thing, and other times it’s a liability. It’s just the way I’m built, I guess.
“I love how songs can speak to you on many levels at the same time. Life is complicated and messy. Feelings are confusing and elusive. I try to write songs that capture as much of that as possible.”
Bronson’s self-titled album, his third as a solo artist, arrives Oct. 21. Until then, enjoy the cautious optimism of “River Runs Dry” in its CMT Edge premiere.


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Well done. You clearly care deeply about inclusion and you’re putting your beliefs into practice. But don’t rest on your laurels. There’s always more to be done, not least sharing your commitment and everything you’ve learnt with the rest of the IP community. Time to lead the way.
There’s room for improvement, isn’t there? Hopefully, though, the fact that you’re reading this and have answered these questions shows that you want to do better. And we also hope that the tips we’ve given provide you with the road map needed to make that change. Tomorrow starts today.
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If you don’t know the answers to these questions, it suggests that diversity and inclusion aren’t taken seriously enough in your organisation: an inclusive approach isn’t yet seeping through the corporate culture. Well, not to worry: that can change now. Our Steps to Inclusion review could be just the thing you need to get you started on the road to a more diverse and inclusive future.

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In Tisno, a town on the island of Murter, 500m. away form the center is a building plot of 420m2 being sold.
The land is on elevated location and already from the land is a nice view on the sea and Tisno.
According the room plan is the land located inside the built part of the building zone (a building permit can be applied for instantly).
Distance to the sea is 170m and to the nearest beach 550m.
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Aside from making the qualifying offer to Hanley Ramirez and retooling their front office, the Los Angeles Dodgers have yet to fully enter free agency. On Monday, the team made a second minor move in acquiring Minor League outfielder Kyle Jensen from the Miami Marlins.
With a need at shortstop and Hanley Ramirez unlikely to be re-signed, the Dodgers once reported interest in Alexei Ramirez has ramped up to them making a push to trade for Chicago White Sox shortstop Alexei Ramirez, according to USA Today Sports’ Bob Nightengale:
— Bob Nightengale (@BNightengale) November 18, 2014
Ramirez has $20 million remaining over two years on his contract, though it includes a $1 million buyout in 2016. While perhaps not considered the strongest of batters, since 2009 he’s led all American League shortstops in hits, RBIs and total bases.
At age 33, Alexei is just over two years older than Hanley, who turns 31 in December. However, Alexei has played two less seasons in the Majors but appeared in at least 150 games over the last five years.
After acquiring Hanley in 2012, the Dodgers spent the better of three seasons with an injury-prone shortstop. When healthy and swinging the bat well, Hanley was as good of a hitter as anyone in baseball.
In what was a down year for Hanley at the plate in 2014, the two shortstops ended with comparable numbers:
Alexei: .273/.305/.408, 15 home runs, 35 doubles and 74 RBIs
Hanley: .283/.369/.448, 13 home runs, 35 doubles and 71 RBIs
While neither shortstop complete out-hit the other at the plate in 2014, Hanley holds the decided edge in career numbers, granted with more seasons under his belt:
Alexei: .277/.314/.405, 99 home runs, 194 doubles, 480 RBIs
Hanley: .300/.373/.500, 191 home runs, 303 doubles, 654 RBIs
Where Alexei presumably would give the Dodgers a boost is with his glove and defensive range. He also would serve as a natural bridge to Corey Seager, who would likely be ready for everyday responsibilities come the 2017 season if not 2016.
In attempting to trade for Alexei, it may be a safe assumption the Dodgers are attempting to unload one of their many outfielders not named Yasiel Puig. Manager Don Mattingly said during the season a change was needed this winter and president of baseball operations Andrew Friedman recently stated the team would benefit from trading an outfielder.
Should the Dodgers successfully trade an outfielder as part of a deal for Alexei, they would address two different roster needs.


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No it is not! This is ESCALADE Spinach and I discovered it over the weekend at Holly Hill Organic Farm in Cohasset, MA.
When I rolled up a leaf and ate it, it was sweet and savory! I spoke with Holly Hill Farmer John Graziano who told me that this hearty variety called ESCALADE is indeed a sweet breed. I also found out its ability to withstand a frost adds to its sweetness in addition to the love and sweetness shown to it by John and his team during the nurturing process.
You can literally wrap these babies around some tuna, salmon, chicken, or sliced bell peppers and cucumbers with avocado and have the tastiest finger roll-ups ever! You can also toss the leaves around with some olive oil, a pinch of pink Himalayan salt and a dash of black pepper , or, how about tossed in a salad with some greenhouse English cucumbers that are coming down from Canada along with some spring veggies including radishes, carrots, mushrooms and asparagus? Not a fan of raw spinach? No problem. Roll them around in olive oil, pink Himalayan salt, a dash of black pepper and cook on the stovetop until they wilt but are still bright green.
Spinach is a protein vegetable so for my vegetarian and vegan friends this is an excellent choice for you.
Spinach is also rich in Vitamin A, B1 & B6, C, E, K, calcium, choline, copper, fiber, folate, iron, magnesium, manganese, phosphorus, potassium, and thiamin!

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The battle over teacher cuts at City Honors School continued on two fronts Wednesday.
On one end, the Buffalo Teachers Federation obtained a temporary restraining order to prevent the Buffalo Public Schools from removing six teachers from City Honors until a judge can hear the case. That's scheduled for 9:30 a.m. Thursday.
On the other end, City Honors parents trekked to City Hall Wednesday to voice their frustrations to the Board of Education.
More than 100 people piled into Council Chambers, where, one by one, nearly two dozen students and parents begged the board not to make the teacher cuts – especially during the middle of the school year. It would hurt the school, they said, and devastate its music program.
Nicholas Penchaszadeh, City Honors parent, said: "I implore everyone to come to their senses. Don’t do this to our children in the middle of the school year ... This makes no sense."
Eliot Solomon, City Honors junior class president, said: "I understand the issues we are dealing with today are complex, but I desperately don’t want some of our best teachers to be taken away from us."
Adrienne Romanowicz, City Honors parent, said: "We want the board and we want the BTF to come to resolution on this issue ... It's getting us nowhere to continue to point fingers at each other."
An hour and a half later, board members urged both the district and the teachers' union to return to the bargaining table. They suggested both sides ask the judge Thursday for more time to resolve the labor dispute over the summer so as not to disrupt the school year.
"That's the solution I would like to see happen," said School Board member Larry Quinn.
"It's going to hurt the children in a detrimental way and we don't want that to happen," said board member Hope Jay.
The district and the union are at odds over non-teaching duties at City Honors.
The district wants teachers at City Honors to handle such responsibilities as monitoring lunch and study hall – like teachers at every other Buffalo school. Meanwhile, teachers at the school, who have long been exempt from those duties, fought the district based on their prior agreement – and won.
Now, the district - under court orders - has 16 hired aides to perform those non-teaching duties at City Honors, but plans to cut 5.5 teaching positions at the school to pay for them. Cuts would include a math teacher, English teacher, instructional coach and two music teachers as well as reducing hours for a guidance counselor.
Both sides have exchanged proposals and counterproposals to prevent the teacher cuts, but there has been no resolution.
The district said it would assign those teachers to fill vacancies at other schools by Feb. 28.
But those actions have now been put on hold.
Parents and students from City Honors outside City Hall before tonight’s Board of Ed meeting. Turned out to protest teacher cuts. pic.twitter.com/4AOrLSVBrk
— Jay Rey (@jreybuffalo) February 14, 2018
Justice John F. O’Donnell Wednesday signed an order to show cause submitted by the teachers' union to prevent the transfers until the court can rule on a grievance by the teachers concerning those actions.
The pleas from City Honors parents and students Wednesday also made an impact on the School Board.
The meeting was an emotional one, moving some City Honors students to tears as they spoke about losing their teacher, as well as the band and orchestra program. A group of students even showed the board what the music program has meant to them by singing a song.
Catherine Nugent-Panepinto, and her husband Marc Panepinto, parents of a City Honors student, both were among those who spoke at the meeting. They questioned the need for 16 aides at the school and criticized administrators at the school. Nugent-Panepinto is a state Supreme Court justice.
While it is a dispute between the district and union, missing in this conversation has been the voices of all 88 teachers at the school, said James Reddin, a City Honors parent. Reddin said at the meeting he has heard from teachers that, as a whole, they have not been able to vote on the district's last offer.
"We want the teachers to be anonymously and fairly surveyed on this topic to allow for an unbiased view of teachers' voices," Reddin said.
By the end of the night, Superintendent Kriner Cash indicated he, too, is open to sitting down again to settle this matter with the teachers union – but said there is going to have to be some compromise.
"I bet with the intellectual capital we heard today we can solve this," Cash told students and parents. "Let's sit down. I'm willing to do it and I'm willing to do it soon."
"I agree with my colleagues," said Board President Barbara Seals Nevergold. "We need to come back to the table."


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It rains the next day and Mary cannot go outside. She asks Martha what her family does in their four-room cottage on rainy days. Martha regales her with stories about her siblings, especially Dickon, who has a tame fox cub and a tame crow named Soot. After Mary notes she has nothing to play with, Martha asks if she can knit, sew, or read. Since Mary can read, Martha suggests she get permission from Mrs. Medlock to go into the library as she ought to be "learnin' thy book a good bit now."
Mary reflects about the "queer place" she is living in, where "one scarcely ever saw any one at all." The only people she sees are servants who live "a luxurious life below stairs." Although Mrs. Medlock checks on her periodically, she never asks what she's been doing or tells her what to do. This is so unlike her life in India, where her Ayah had "waited on her hand and foot" and never left her alone. Mary concludes it must be "the English way of treating children."
Because Martha does not wait on her hand and foot, Mary learns new things, such as how to dress herself. This inspires her to entertain herself. She forgoes getting permission from Mrs. Medlock and explores the house—"the hundred rooms with closed doors." She wanders throughout the manor's many corridors and passages. She settles in one room with a cabinet filled with ivory elephants from India and plays with them for a long time. In that room she encounters the only other living creatures she has seen during her explorations—a mother mouse and six baby mice nesting in a velvet cushion.
Mary keeps getting lost on her way back to her own rooms. Eventually she finds the right floor. Then she hears the same crying sound she heard the night before. She accidentally touches a tapestry on a wall, and it springs back, as a door hidden behind it opens. Mary enters the door and walks down a corridor. She runs into Mrs. Medlock, who scolds her for being in the corridor and tells her to get back to her rooms. Mary asks about the crying, and Mrs. Medlock tells her there is no crying—Mary "didn't hear anything of the sort." Mary returns to her room convinced someone was crying and determines to find out who it is.
Mary's healing continues as she becomes more self-motivated and finds things to do. She learns to dress herself and engages more with Martha, who acts more like an older sister than a servant, and finds that she misses Martha when she's not around. She is also increasingly independent, and decides to explore the interior of the house on her own. Her interest in playing with the ivory elephants demonstrates that she is already becoming more independent and developing her imagination and creativity.
The narrator reveals details about Misselthwaite Manor's character. It is an enormous house, but it is not a home. Its rooms are mainly empty and devoid of life. The only lively human activity is in the servants' quarters. The remainder of the house is like a mausoleum, filled with portraits of dead people. The fact that the only living creatures Mary encounters on the upper floors are mice nesting in a sofa cushion reveals just how desolate the manor is. The house is similar to houses that appear in Gothic or horror literature: vast, cold, and creepy. It doesn't help that Mary hears the sound of a child crying from somewhere within the foreboding structure. Instead of being frightened, Mary is intrigued. She ventures out and explores, showing her characteristic sense of curiosity. When Mrs. Medlock tells her to ignore what she's heard, and then threatens to "box [her] ears," Mary is not intimidated. She trusts her own instincts and determines to find the source of the crying no matter what Mrs. Medlock says. Her stay in the manor house is making her resourceful.
The manor's furnishings are typical of the Victorian age, featuring many large family portraits, much heavy, dark furniture and elaborate tapestries. Yet, among these sterile items, Mary finds something—ivory elephants—that reminds her of her former life in India. They are the first toys she plays with in her new home, and she is able to be a child—a child who is self-directed and uses her imagination—as she plays with them.


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East of England sees 29,000 increase in unemployment
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The East of England has seen its unemployment rate rise by 29,000, from July to September.
Nationally unemployment has fallen to a 10-year low, but there are signs that the jobs market might be 'cooling', official figures showed.
The jobless total was cut by 37,000 in the quarter to September to 1.6 million, the lowest since 2006, giving an unemployment rate of 4.8%.
The number of people in work has jumped by 461,000 over the past year to a near-record high of just under 32 million.
The employment rate of 74.5% is the highest since records began in 1971.
But the claimant count increased by 9,800 in September to 803,300, the third consecutive monthly rise.
The Office for National Statistics (ONS) also reported that the EU referendum had so far had little impact on the number of EU workers in the UK labour force.
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The number of non-UK nationals working in the UK increased by 241,000 over the past year to 3.4 million.
The figure has risen by almost a million since 1997, with the proportion of non-UK nationals working in the UK increasing from 3.7% to 10.9%.
There were 2.3 million EU nationals working in the UK in the latest quarter, up by 232,000 on a year ago, but lower than the increase on the previous year.
Other data from the ONS showed that average earnings increased by 2.3% in the year to October, unchanged from the previous month.
ONS statistician David Freeman said: 'Unemployment is at its lowest for more than 10 years and the employment rate remains at a record high.
'Nonetheless, there are signs that the labour market might be cooling, with employment growth slowing.'
Job vacancies have increased by 12,000 to 757,000, while the latest figures also showed a record 14.8 million women are in work.
Full-time employment has increased by 350,000 over the past year to 23.2 million, while the number of part-time workers has risen by 110,000 to 8.5 million.
The number of people classed as economically inactive, including those on long-term sick leave or who have given up looking for work, increased by 49,000 to 8.8 million.
Employment Minister Damian Hinds said: 'Yet again we have a strong set of figures, with employment continuing to run at a record high and unemployment falling to an 11-year low.
'Growth is being fuelled by full-time professional jobs while wages are continuing to perform strongly, which underlines the resilience of the UK labour market.
'The measures we have taken have put our economy in a position of strength, and we will work to ensure more people can benefit from these opportunities as we build a country that works for everyone.'
The Government also highlighted figures showing that youth unemployment is down by almost 350,000 since 2010, while the number of disabled people in work has increased by 590,000 in the past three years.


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I like the taste of corn. These cornmeal pancakes have a nice rustic feel to them, and the grit of the cornmeal adds flavor and texture. This variation on the basic pancake will help you use up that left over buttermilk without getting too bored with just pancakes.
Here’s what you’ll need:
1 c. flour
1 c. corn meal
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. salt
4 eggs, well beaten
2 c. buttermilk
1/2 c. milk
Combine dry ingredients. Beat eggs and add buttermilk and milk. Add dry ingredients to the wet mixture, and whisk it up well. Recipe can also be used for corn-fritters, but that’s a different blog-post..
I like to use a standard two once ladle to portion out the batter. Wait till the pancake forms those bubbles on the surface before flipping it over. Then, a minute or two and add it to the stack. Stack them up butter them down, yes you should use real butter, and a touch of maple syrup. Yes, the real stuff. I know the price on this stuff has gone through the roof recently, but, as I only use a small amount, a little goes a long way.
Did I mention that people who overindulge and smother their pancakes in those imitation maple flavor ‘breakfast’ syrups of high fructuous corn syrup should just stick to making those cheap pancakes from boxed pancake batter cause your not going to taste the pancake anyway. I did? Good!
As we have talked about, biscuits go well with chowder. Now, from our early New England history, hush puppies make a nice side to chowder, and other seafood offerings. There are many different ways to make hush puppies from the simple to the complex. I like to keep things simple most of the time but I like to add seasoning, in this case old bay seasoning to the dry mix to flavor them up. They are a quick and simple fried corn batter ball originally attributed to the Indians of the Carolinas these were quickly adopted by the colonists of America and early New England fishing communities. They are a staple of southern cooking and popular in ‘fried foods’ restaurants today.
Here’s what you’ll need:
1 1/2 cups self-rising cornmeal
1/2 cup self-rising flour
1/2 teaspoon baking soda
1/2 teaspoon salt
1 small onion, chopped
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg, lightly beaten
1 tsp old bay seasoning
Frying oil, select something with a high or medium high smoke point
Using a deep pot, preheat oil for frying to 350 degrees F.
Using a mixing bowl, stir together the cornmeal, flour, baking soda, salt, and seasoning. Stir in the onion. In a small bowl, stir together the buttermilk and egg. Pour the buttermilk mixture into the dry ingredients and mix until blended.
Drop the batter, 1 teaspoon at a time, into the oil. Dip the spoon in a glass of water after each hush puppy is dropped in the oil. Fry until golden brown, turning the hush puppies during the cooking process.
Transfer the finished pup to a paper towel for draining.


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When we eat something we shouldn’t, we immediately feel sorry, especially in the weekend, when we are more carefree. It’s ok! You can get back in shape with the one-day detox diet! It will help fixing your mistakes by purifying your body in just 24 hours. Let’s fid out together how to do it!
One-day detox diet to purify your body: how to do it?
Usually we eat something we shouldn’t during the weekend, when there is no work routine. Therefore, Monday can be the right day to purify your body and get back in shape. Moreover, this one only lasts 24 hours!
It is fundamental to wake up early in the morning and start your day in the best day possible. You can drink lemon water: in this way, you will have the right dose of vitamin C and you will purify your stomach.
Then, you can drink a strawberry smoothie for breakfast: it is tasty and rich in fibers, which will benefit your intestine. For lunch, you can eat a seasonal vegetable soup; for dinner, steamed fish with boiled vegetables. Remember to have 2 snacks with fruits and yogurt and to drink a lot of water.
If you think you can purify your body with a strong workout, you’re wrong. This is a common, avoidable mistake: a light workout is better. Start with 3 minutes of yoga. These exercises are light but powerful at the same time.
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