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The Albemarle County Board of Supervisors has taken action on the first test of an ordinance adopted in the fall of 2020 to regulate the practice of importing dirt from construction sites and other excavations to agriculturally zoned land.
“The fill regulations were developed to protect public health, safety, welfare, and those regulations were designed to limit the scale and impact on roads, the adjacent areas, noise, runoff,” said Bart Svoboda, the county’s zoning administrator.
Albemarle County has closed the beach to people and animals at Chris Greene Lake due to another harmful algae bloom.
“People and dogs are prohibited from swimming in the lake until further notice,” reads a press release that went out on Wednesday. “Hiking trails and the dog park remain open, and boating is still permitted.:
There’s a lot of demand for funding for housing projects across the community, and Albemarle County set aside some of its share of the American Rescue Plan Act to provide support to nonprofit agencies. The county asked those entities to apply for funding for affordable housing projects last gal
“During the [Agency Budget Review Team] and [American Rescue Plan Act] processes we received requests for more than $20 million in funding support,” said Stacy Pethia, Albemarle’s Housing Policy Manager.
Firms and entities that seek to be part of the University of Virginia’s initiative to build up to 1,500 subsidized housing units have until Tuesday to answer a request for qualifications (RFQ).
The University of Virginia Foundation has announced three sites on which mixed-use developments will be built, and the RFQ is for a 24 acre site on Fontaine Avenue known as Piedmont as well as a two acre site on Wertland Street near the intersection with 10th Street NW.
Charlottesville has now received all of the $19.6 million in funding it will receive from the federal government as part of the American Rescue Plan Act fund. Interim City Manager Michael C. Rogers gave Council an update at their meeting on July 18.
“It’s been a big help for local government in terms of recovery from the impact of the pandemic,” Rogers said.
When the Charlottesville Planning Commission meets on September 13, two veterans of other advisory bodies will take their place at the makeshift dais in CitySpace.
Classes begin for Charlottesville City Schools in four weeks and work continues to prepare for a year in which more students will not be eligible to get a ride on a school bus. A driver shortage has led the school system to expand walk zones that are still being finalized.
“We are hoping to let families know this week about their current bus eligibility and whether they have a bus request on files,” reads an email update sent to interested parties on Monday. “This status update will tell families if their child is in a walk zone or eligible for the bus.”
For the transactions, go straight to the middle. Let’s start with some backstory about the land use policy changes that are currently underway.
This summer, Charlottesville community members are encouraged to participate in the third act of the Cville Plans Together initiative. The city and the consultants have published the Zoning Diagnostic and Approach Report which describes how the ordinance will be changed to make it easier for developers to develop more units.
“This plan acknowledges the negative legacies planning and zoning have had and how they have been used to divide, exclude, and diminish communities of color and historically marginalized communities,” Neighborhood Development Services Director James Freas writes in an introduction to the report. “Frequently, the tools of planning and zoning were used to either advance-large scale change or prevent it entirely.”
Charlottesville City Council has existed as a five member body since 1928 when an amendment to the charter added two more Councilors. In 1981, voters approved a referendum to expand the number to seven, but Council ordered a revote and the idea was defeated the second time around.
This past Monday’s Council meeting illustrates what can happen when one member is not present. Vice Mayor Juandiego is on a sabbatical in Ethiopia with his church. There were three land use items on the agenda and two of them were deferred, both for slightly different reasons.
The city of Charlottesville will hire a North Carolina based company to restore the streambank of a waterway that runs through McIntire Park. KBS Earthworks won the contract through a competitive bidding process.
“The Schenks’ Branch Tributary Project consists of a construction of a priority II and priority III stream restoration to stabilize 818 linear feet of existing impaired stream,” reads the project description in the construction documents that KBS Earthworks will implement.

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Friday, September 22, 2006
It's odd how nerve wracking the first few appointments with a new doctor can be. I find the period when you're still getting to know each other and feeling out the relationship pretty intimidating.
Yesterday I had my second appointment with my new neurologist, Dr. W. I started getting the jitters once I confirmed my appointment the day before. It had been rescheduled twice, so I definitely didn't want to start worrying before I knew the appointment was really going to happen. It would be best if I could get past the need to worry entirely, but I'm taking baby steps in the right direction.
Once the worrying started, it came on strong. I worried that I would feel pressured to try a treatment I didn't feel comfortable with. I worried about how to bring up my dissatisfaction with having my appointment changed twice and my discomfort with going four months in between appointments. I worried that Dr. W wouldn't take my concerns seriously or really understand the impact of these chronic migraines on my life.
Writing out the things I wanted to discuss during the appointment helped soothe my worries some. I felt prepared to be assertive and clear in communicating my needs and concerns. It felt good to walk into this appointment armed with the information we would both need to work on a solution to the management of my condition.
I left the appointment feeling great about this budding relationship. Dr. W has shown herself extremely knowledgable in the treatment of headaches. She is a good communicator, responsive to my concerns, and understands the impact migraine disease has on my life. I'm hopeful that I may have finally found my "total package" neurologist.
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Chef-owner Rocco Whalen's well-appointed bistro is one of the best in town, with a seasonal menu of smart, contemporary fare, spiced up with Asian and Mediterranean accents.
Every student body needs a place like this small Middle Eastern café near the CWRU campus, where the big menu ranges from fries and burgers to falafel and spinach pies, and the freshly made food is both satisfying and cheap.
No more waiting for the Memorial Day weekend to pig out on Famous Daves barbecued ribs: The Minneapolis-based chain restaurant and perpetual crowd-pleaser at the Great American Rib Cook-Off has finally opened an outpost in Greater Cleveland.
Like the South's great roadside BBQ stands, this little eatery is tucked into a Plain-Jane building with minimal charm. Fortunately, the tender, slow-smoked meats -- ribs, brisket, pork tenderloin, chicken,turkey,and sausage -- more than make up for it. Add tang with one of a half-dozen house-made sauces representing various regional styles. Carry out or dine in.
The eclectic, contemporary menu at this Tremont fixture is a good match for its shabby-chic decor; and somehow, dishes like bouillabaisse, seared duck breast, and sausage-and-goat-cheese rigatoni taste better when devoured 'neath the light of candles and lava lamps. Friendly staffers and a full bar are other reasons to pad on into this neighborhood gem.
One of Ohio's largest family-owned wineries, Ferrante's is located along the southern shores of Lake Erie. The winery offers award-winning wines, charm, and hospitality next to the two cozy fireplaces in the full-service Italian restaurant.
A cool vibe and a sizzling menu of attentively prepared American fare have turned Doug and Karen Katz's bistro into one of the city's top restaurants. "Classical simplicity" is the watchword here, and when those classical techniques are applied to first-rate ingredients, the results are often nothing less than astonishing. Interesting list of food-friendly wines.
One part vacation-town bar and one part homestyle restaurant, Fisher's is a favorite stop for brewskies and burgers (or salads and ice cream) after biking or hiking on the nearby Towpath Trail. In warm weather, seats on the shaded patio become prime real estate.
Except for the Saturday-only prime rib dinner, there is nothing fancy about this comfy little restaurant and bar. But Fisher's is still immensely popular with area workers for its big sandwiches and salads, as well as homemade soups and desserts. After 5 p.m., entrées like ribs, New York strip steak, and fettuccine Alfredo are also available. If you can, get a table on the charming enclosed sunporch. Or, in warm weather, eat on the shaded deck.
This Irish bar in the heart of downtown features live music most weekends — primarily singer-songwriters and Irish acts. But it’s best known for having Guinness on tap and throwing one hell of a St. Paddy’s Day party.
Indian-food fans looking for some new tastes should check out this Kashmir Palace replacement. Spruced up in more ways than one, this comfortable restaurant features authentic Indian food that doesnt appear on other menus in town. Made from scratch by a talented chef, even familiar items like butter chicken and lamb madras sing with spice and flavor.
Dark, handsome and predictably pricey, this upscale steakhouse (part of a California-based chain) does the expected fine job with slabs of USDA Prime beef, as well as turning out some clever reimaginings of standard appetizers, side dishes and desserts. Solid wine list, with more than 100 wines available by the glass.
Operated by chef Shawn Monday (One Red Door), Flip Side builds its gourmet burgers from all-natural, grass-fed Ohio beef, a welcome change from the corn-fed versions everywhere else. Nearly a dozen different models are available, plus the expected crunchy sides like onion rings, french fries, and housemade potato chips. Great milkshakes and craft beers round out this urban saloon-style eatery.
After 25 years in Little Italy, Paul Minnillo has moved to the suburbs with this contemporary restaurant serving modern regional Italian cuisine. The far-ranging menu includes small-plate-style antipasti and creative greens, as well as silken pastas and hearty entrées. A wood-fired pizza oven turns out killer Neapolitan-style pies. A deep Italian wine list and a patio round out this East Side gem.
Chef-owner Karen Small stocks her larder with simple, homegrown ingredients, then coaxes them into precise assemblages of soaring flavor at this hip, youthful, and energetic bistro in the heart of Ohio City. And as any trendinista will tell you, the Fig's happy hours are among the best in the city for unwinding on a budget.
Theres something for everyone at this oddball crossroads tavern, from grilled bologna and pizza to Kobe beef and lobster. The charm factor gets a further twist from boxes, racks and countertops crammed with value-priced wine; coolers stuffed with imported beer; and a jukebox replete with tunes ranging from classic rock to show tunes.
Noisy and fun-loving, this 100-seat restaurant is part of the Corner Alley complex, a high-energy hangout featuring 16 lanes of bowling and a fashionable martini bar. With cheese here, bacon there, and deep-fried goodness nearly everywhere, spa cuisine this is not. But thanks to zesty flavors and often-imaginative preparation, the offerings still beat the standard bowling-alley lineup by a long shot.
If you crave it, chances are that Freshlys serves it, from a big menu of tasty international noshes including corned beef, pastrami, gyros, pizza, salads, pasta, and wings. Service is mostly carryout, but a few tables accommodate those who just hafta have it now.
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Will Brexit have an impact on the nuclear industry?
The future of Britain’s nuclear energy has raised some concerns due to recent Brexit negotiation uncertainties. The UK nuclear industry has issued warnings to the government and have expressed they must act urgently to ensure a Brexit deal is made to accommodate international atomic power.
Scientists say leaving the Euratom agency that oversees nuclear safety throughout Europe will cause widespread confusion, with the potential to have a devastating impact on Britain’s nuclear industry.
Possible consequences include foreign investment to UK nuclear and power facilities being significantly reduced, leading to thousands of job cuts and Britain losing its place as a world leader in new nuclear technologies.
With work on Hinkley Point C beginning, and set to take UK’s power reputation to a higher level, this would come at the worst possible time.
Concerns have also been sparked that leaving the Euratom agency could make the UK vulnerable to a large claim from EDF, which is already over budget for the Hinkley Point C plans.
MPs from across the House of Commons have urged Theresa May to think carefully about leaving Euratom. However, the PM has repeatedly insisted that the EU agree Britain will have to formally leave the agency as part of Brexit.
One suggestion to ensure the impact is as minimal as possible is for the UK, is to have an “association agreement” with the EU to take over its membership of Europe’s nuclear agency.
Brexit Secretary David Davis has suggested that an “arbitration arrangement” would have to be agreed, explaining that there was “goodwill” for such an arrangement.
The government has said it will push ahead with leaving the body, despite calls for a change of direction.
The impact of Brexit on the nuclear industry is uncertain at the minute, but we must not forget this is still an exciting time for UK nuclear.
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The pups understand that it gets them what they want. It’s not weird for your dog to beg for an extra meal, it’s just an instinct. Since they were domesticated, we have inadvertently encouraged them to eat more. Well, if you’re a cat owner, you may have noticed that your feline friend seems to be getting fatter. It’s not just that she’s eating more, it’s that her appetite is outstripping her body’s ability to process it.
In other words, she doesn’t have the energy to keep up with her food intake. This is a common problem for cats, but it can also be a sign of a serious health problem, such as diabetes, heart disease, or cancer. If you suspect your pet may be suffering from any of these conditions, consult your veterinarian as soon as possible.
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Why does my dog act hungry but won’t eat?
When your dog is hungry and really wants to eat, but can’t because of a problem with chewing or swallowing, it’s called pseudo-anorexia. It’s okay to keep a close eye on your dog if he stops eating for a day or two, but is still active and alert.
If you have a dog that has been diagnosed with anorexic, you may be able to help him get back on the right track by providing him with a variety of foods that are high in protein and low in fat. You may also want to try feeding him a high-protein, low-fat dog food, as this will help keep his appetite in check.
What to do when your dog won’t eat their food but will eat treats?
Something you can do to help your pet learn that he needs to eat his dinner before he can have treats is to be consistent. Stick to your food schedule, that’s what this means. The same food should be given to him every day. Give him treats when he has earned them, not when he asks for them.
If you have a dog that is a bit of a picky eater, you may want to try giving him a treat every time he goes to the bathroom. If he doesn’t like the smell of the toilet paper, he may not like it when you give it to him. You can also give treats to your dog if he is chewing on something, such as a piece of paper or a toy.
Should I take my dogs food away if he doesn’t eat it?
You should feed your dog twice daily and what he does not eat within 10 minutes should be taken away, not because it is spoiled after ten minutes but because he needs to eat when you want him to eat and so you need to feed him when he is hungry.
If you have a dog that is very picky about his food, you may have to give him a little more time to get used to the new food. If you are not sure how long it will take for the dog to adapt to a new diet, ask your vet for advice.
Why is my dog constantly looking for food?
An increased appetite can be a sign of several health issues, and many dogs are simply food motivated. Anorexia nervosa (an eating disorder in which anorexic dogs eat more than their body needs) Hypoglycemia (low blood sugar) or hypoglycaemia (a low level of glucose in the blood), which can be caused by a number of conditions, including diabetes, heart disease, and kidney disease.
Hypoglycemic dogs may not be able to properly digest their food, resulting in an excessive amount of food being digested and absorbed into the dog’s body. This can result in excessive weight gain and weight loss, as well as a lack of energy. and many other health problems that can affect an animal’s ability to digest and absorb food properly.
In some cases, a dog may be unable to eat at all due to an underlying medical condition, such as diabetes or a heart condition. If you suspect that your dog is suffering from any of these issues, it is important that you seek veterinary care as soon as possible. The best way to do this is to contact your local veterinarian and schedule an appointment.
Do dogs naturally beg for food?
Why do dogs react in certain ways? Begging is a natural behavior to dogs, so it takes a lot of consistency to reverse it. Dogs have followed in the footsteps of wolves, who began searching for food many years ago. You can’t teach a dog to beg, but you can teach him to look for food in a variety of ways.
The most common way is to give him a treat when he looks for it, or to reward him with a toy if he gets it right away. If you’re not sure how to do this, ask your dog’s owner to show you. You’ll find that the owner will tell you what he does and doesn’t like about the behavior.
For example, he might something like, “I don’t want my dog looking at me like that. I want him looking for me when I’m not looking.” You might also want to talk to your pet’s veterinarian about ways to teach this behavior, such as using treats or toys to make it easier for the dog.
Why isn’t my dog eating as much as he used to?
It’s important for veterinary attention to be given to a loss of appetite in dogs because it could be a sign of serious illness, including cancer. If you suspect your dog may be suffering from a food allergy, contact your veterinarian immediately.
Why is my dog only eating once a day?
If you only eat one meal a day, it’s a sign that your dog is picky about his food. You may be able to encourage him to move to two meals a day if you try some of our tips.
Why is my dog not eating his food but will eat grass?
Similar to people who bite their nails, dogs eat grass because of boredom or anxiety. If your dog is not showing any symptoms of indigestion but is chewing relentlessly on grass, consider the psychological reasons for this behavior.
Dogs may be eating grass because they are bored or anxious, or they may have a medical condition that causes them to eat a lot of grass. In either case, it is important to treat the cause of the dog’s behavior, not the behavior itself.
What to feed a dog that doesn’t want to eat?
Good options are plain chicken, fish or a little low-sodium beef/chicken broth, steamed or boiled butternut squash, sweet potatoes or pumpkins. If you give them onions or garlic, make sure they are not harmful to dogs.

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SEOUL (AFP) - The South Korean capital Seoul is to restrict the use of plastic surgery adverts on public transport, officials said Wednesday, after complaints that they were fuelling an unhealthy obsession with body image.
South Korea, and particularly Seoul, has an international reputation for plastic surgery, and adverts featuring famous surgeons and giant before-and-after photos are omnipresent - on street billboards, subway trains, bus stops and the backs of bus seats.
In the Apgujeong subway station at the heart of the upscale Gangnam district - home to hundreds of cosmetic surgery clinics - around half of all advertising prints and hoardings are promoting nose jobs, facelifts and other nips and tucks.
Under the new regulations, no more than 20 per cent of advertising at any subway station can be connected with the plastic surgery industry.
"We have received a growing number of complaints from citizens who say these ads further promote an obsession with looks and are disturbing to look at," a municipal official told AFP. "Overly sensational" before-and-after shots and slogans will be banned, he added.
The adverts will also be prohibited in areas such as bus stops close to elementary, middle and high schools, said city council official Lee Chang-Min.
"Many people complained these ads make people, including youngsters, believe that plastic surgery can be done so easily," Mr Lee said.
Both officials said complaints surged after several fatal incidents involving botched plastic surgery.
Earlier this month a 34-year-old woman died of asphyxiation while having surgery on her nose and a man in his 30s died three days after undergoing a procedure on his jawbone.
Last December, a high school girl fell into a coma while having a nose surgery.


Florida's Senate on Wednesday passed with an overwhelming majority of 112- 2 legislation that opposes the anti-Israel Boycott, Divestment and Sanctions (BDS) movement.
The StandWithUs organization commended the Florida legislature for passing the bill and urged Governor Rick Scott to sign it.
The bill requires the State Board of Administration to identify all companies that are boycotting Israel or are engaged in a boycott of Israel and create and maintain a list that names all such companies.
While the law does not say that a group cannot boycott Israel or advocate for boycotting Israel nor does it penalize any private party’s exercise of free speech, it does say is that the legislature controls taxpayer money, and it decides where to invest it and where to spend it.
Replying to the passage of the law, Roz Rothstein, CEO StandWithUs, said, “The (BDS) movement is a dangerous front in the war against Israel. It is a propaganda campaign that is designed to erode support for Israel, isolate it as a pariah of nations, and marshal international forces to deligimitize and eventually eliminate the Jewish state. The movement, while being anti-Israel is not pro-peace or even pro-Palestinian. Its goals, if achieved, would leave Palestinians impoverished. We welcome the fact that Florida is joining Illinois and South Carolina in rejecting the boycott campaign.”
Israel Allies Foundation Deputy Director Joseph Sabag welcomed the law as well and said, “Florida’s new anti-discrimination/boycott law is good as a matter of economic policy, public policy and foreign policy. This is a great accomplishment for the pro-Israel community, and a resounding defeat for the BDS Movement. We want to thank our friends at StandWithUs for helping to lead the way with terrific community engagement in this effort.”


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“Life-threatening wind” forecast to impact south central, central Louisiana with Hurricane Delta
Delta’s arrival will be the fourth named storm to landfall in Louisiana this year - the most since 2005
ALEXANDRIA, La. (KALB) - The 10 a.m. update from the National Hurricane Center shifted the forecast track of Hurricane Delta farther west, with a predicted landfall near the Cameron-Vermilion parish line during the daytime hours Friday. In an 11 a.m. update, National Weather Service meteorologists in Lakes Charles - who just returned to their office after Hurricane Laura - urged southwest, south central, and central Louisiana to prepare for the impacts from Delta.
In the statement the NWS said southwest and south central Louisiana should prepare for “life-threatening wind having possible devastating impacts” that could include structural damage to buildings, large trees snapped or uprooted, and widespread power and communication issues. That’s in addition to storm surge for coastal parishes and the possibility of flash flooding due to heavy rain.
The statement also urged southeast Texas and central Louisiana to prepare for “life-threatening wind having possible significant to extensive impacts” in addition to flash flooding and a threat for isolated tornadoes, particularly for parishes in south central Louisiana.
Hurricane Delta is the 25th named storm of the 2020 hurricane season. This is the earliest the Greek alphabet name “Delta” has been used. It was previously used only once during the 2005 season when another storm was given the name Delta on November 15, 2005. Once Delta makes landfall, it will also be the 10th named storm to do so, the most in any one season. Previously nine named storms made landfall in a single season in 1916.
Of the ten named storms that will have made landfall this year, assuming that Delta remains at hurricane strength, five have been hurricanes during landfall - Delta, Hanna, Isaias, Laura, and Sally. That’s the most in one season since 2005. Once Delta arrives, it will make the fourth named storm to make landfall in Louisiana this year- along with Cristobal, Marco, and Laura. The last time Louisiana had that many storms was also back in 2005, when Cindy, Katrina, and Rita all made landfall in Louisiana.
As of Wednesday morning, a Hurricane Watch is in effect for Allen, Calcasieu, Evangeline, Lafayette, Orange, St. Landry, and Upper St, Martin parishes. A Storm Surge Watch and Hurricane Watch are in effect for Acadia, East Cameron, Iberia, Jefferson, Jefferson Davis, Lower St. Martin, St. Mary, Vermilion, and West Cameron.
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Waiting on Wednesday is a weekly meme hosted at Breaking the Spine where you showcase which books you’re looking forward to being released.
This week I’m waiting on new YA Fantasy A Shadow Bright and Burning by Jessica Cluess.
The cover is really pretty which is what caught my eye at first. This is Cluess’ first novel and the YA Fantasy genre is definitely having a resurgence in the past year or two, toppling Dystopian off the top spot. Whilst I love dystopian/apocalyptic novels (as you know), I’m really enjoying the popularity of fantasy at the moment. In previous years, fantasy has received a bit of a bad rep as being too geeky or too masculine, so it’s great to see so many new fantasy novels written by women, especially in YA where it can cull that stigma and get the next generation interested in fantasy.
A Shadow Bright and Burning isn’t High Fantasy in that it’s set in a mythical land, but is instead set in an alternate Victorian London. This is another popular theme at the moment that I’m loving: the idea of creating an alternate London. I don’t always feel quite as in touch with novels that are set in the USA so it’s great to see London being such a popular setting. It’s a city with so much history and this creates scope for all these alternate realities.
Anyway, here’s the synopsis for A Shadow Bright and Burning:
Henrietta Howel can burst into flames.
Forced to reveal her power to save a friend, she’s shocked when instead of being executed, she’s invited to train as one of Her Majesty’s royal sorcerers.
Thrust into the glamour of Victorian London, Henrietta is declared the chosen one, the girl who will defeat the Ancients, bloodthirsty demons terrorizing humanity. She also meets her fellow sorcerer trainees, handsome young men eager to test her power and her heart. One will challenge her. One will fight for her. One will betray her.
But Henrietta Howel is “not” the chosen one.
As she plays a dangerous game of deception, she discovers that the sorcerers have their own secrets to protect. With battle looming, what does it mean to not be the one? And how much will she risk to save the city and the one she loves?
What do you think? Is this a novel you’re interested in reading? Are you enjoying the resurgence of the Fantasy genre in YA? Let me know in the comments below!

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Last week I wrote on Facebook:
As one commenter put it, that’s a lot of ‘likes’ for a non-life event! It’s lovely that people were so supportive – language learning is a hard slog and the triumphs are few and far between. And we Aussies love a bargain!
But behind my comment was a more serious issue: what it means to recognise the dignity of other human beings. What does the shopkeeper’s attempt to rip me off say about him, or me? What does my desire to be treated fairly say about me or my attitude towards him?
In this sort of situation, I doubt I am being viewed as a person. More likely, I’m being viewed as a rich westerner, as a full purse, as a bank. The goal is to get as much money out of me as possible, regardless of what it is I am purchasing. It’s not about interacting or fairness – it’s about exploitation. It’s profoundly dehumanising for me.
And yet, I find it very difficult to bargain. There are cultural factors tied up in this: Australians expect to pay according to the value of a product; a Tanzanian expectation is that those with more help those with less. And bargaining is a kind of confrontation that Australians are uncomfortable with. But the thing that makes me most uncomfortable is the knowledge that my people (‘westerners’) have been exploiting the African continent for centuries and that I have grown wealthy from that. However indirect the role I played, part of me thinks it’s fair for them to exploit me, to gain in this small-scale interaction, what has been stolen from them on a much larger scale.
But there’s another part of me that sees a chance for my own redemption here. At the back of my head, I suspect there’s a line of thought that says that allowing myself to be ‘exploited’ here (and let’s face it, I’m still buying something, so the exploitation is pretty meagre) means I can assuage my rich white person guilt. There’s still a pretty selfish motivation going on. I look like I’m giving back but I’m really just looking to make myself feel better.
However, behind the impulse to make myself feel better is a consciousness that exploitation has not only diminished the humanity of those I have exploited but also of myself. My people have treated Tanzanian and other African peoples as commodities, and that is profoundly evil.
It’s evil because it treats the image of God like it is a thing to be used rather than a person to be honoured.
It’s evil because it takes a being created for relationship and extracts all relational interactions.
It’s evil because it reduces agency when people are created to make right choices.
It’s also evil because the one doing the exploiting is failing to live as a responsible partner in caring for God’s creation. By falling vastly short of treating others as images of God, they undermine their own image-ness.
Dehumanisation is never only one way. It cuts both ways.
This is why the notion that it’s fair to allow myself to be exploited is a completely false one. I do not give anything back in such an interaction. Instead, I again chip away at the other’s humanity, probably just for my own comfort. I enable the other to become the monster I so despise in myself. I make my own people’s sin the standard for relationships.
And yet, to insist that others do not exploit me where my people have exploited them smacks of hypocrisy. It’s very messy!
This is where bargaining is remarkably freeing. First, it means you have to have a conversation, to greet someone, look them in the eye and have a chat. That is, it introduces at least some semblance of relationship. Second, it is a collaborative process. Even though I am trying to reduce the price and the other is trying to keep it high, it is not an argument. Instead, it’s an attempt to come to an agreement. Third, there are cultural cues which signal what a fair price range is, and if these are not met, either party is able to walk away.
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Tamie Davis is an Aussie living in Tanzania, writing at meetjesusatuni.com.
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A speech by Lionel Barber, Financial Times editor, at Hughes Hall, University of Cambridge, May 1, 2014. An accompanying video can be viewed here.
Ladies and gentlemen, distinguished guests, I am delighted to be here tonight at Hughes Hall in the University of Cambridge. This is the prestigious City lecture, but sadly I will not be providing slides. As Lord Acton might have said, power tends to corrupt, PowerPoint corrupts absolutely.
Tonight I want to talk about bankers and banking. These days, bankers are widely viewed as greedy, self-serving, amoral or actually dangerous. Estate agents, even journalists, are held in higher regard.
This past week’s kerfuffle over bonuses and remuneration at Barclays and Royal Bank of Scotland is a reminder that bankers continue to be held responsible for the financial crisis and the economic calamities which followed.
Bankers appear to be living in a parallel universe, where the rewards are far out of kilter with what the rest of society can expect. This speaks to a deeper unease about inequality which explains the unlikely best-seller on economics, Thomas Piketty’s Capital in the Twenty-First Century.
My questions tonight are: Can bankers mend their ways and their reputations? Is there a path to rehabilitation?
As editor of the Financial Times I have enjoyed a ring side seat watching the most serious financial crisis since the 1930s.
My first sense that something was going badly wrong came after a lunch in 2004 with Henry Kaufman, the Salomon Brothers guru known as Dr Doom for his warnings about debt bubbles and the bond market.
Henry, by now a director of Lehman Brothers, turned to me as we took a postprandial stroll down Sixth Avenue.
“The trouble with Wall Street is that everything has become so complex. Nobody at the top knows what’s going on down below.”
That same year, I was sitting in Washington with Stan O’Neal, the slave’s grandson who rose to become head of Merrill Lynch. Stan and his wife were my guests at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner, where Hollywood stars mix with political poobahs and the media commentariat.
Stan was in fine form, rattling off how he had cut costs by more than $4bn and now the business was booming thanks to a fancy new product. And what might that be, I inquired? “Mortgage-backed securities.”
My third memory is a conversation in late 2010 with Bob Diamond, then chief executive of Barclays. We were three years into the financial crisis and banker-bashing was à la mode. Bob, a brash self-made Bostonian who built Barclays’ investment bank from the bottom up, was not looking for sympathy; just a little more support. “The time for remorse is over,” he declared. A few weeks later, Bob tried the same line on the treasury select committee. Not his best move.
Three stories, three lessons for the banking industry. Leaders detached from businesses which had become too complex and risky. Leaders beguiled by the prospect of easy returns in an ever rising US housing market. Leaders detached from public opinion, still unable to understand the new post-crash world.
The rise of financial capitalism
For 20 years or more, between the mid 1980s and the great crash of 2007-8, banking and financial services experienced a gilded age. Some might go back to the 1960s and the growth of the Eurobond market, but to my mind the seminal moment came in 1985-6 when the City of London followed New York and embarked on sweeping deregulation.
Big Bang ended the strict separation between brokers and market makers known as jobbers, and with it multiple smaller firms and leisurely lifestyles. In their place came high-volume trading, mega-banks and higher – much higher – remuneration.
To borrow the title of Philip Augar’s book, Big Bang marked the death of gentlemanly capitalism. We all remember the story of the broker who, on hearing that his secretary lives on an estate in Romford, Essex, remarks: “How splendid. Do you keep horses there?”
The last big deregulatory step came in the late 1990s when investment banks were allowed to merge with commercial banks, ending the Glass-Steagall act separation which had existed since the Depression. All the ingredients – including, crucially, a laisser-faire Federal Reserve under Alan Greenspan – were now in place for high-octane financial capitalism.
The statistics speak for themselves: the rise of private sector debt in rich countries, where banking assets rose from about 50 per cent of GDP in the 1960s to around 200 per cent of GDP by the late 2000s. In the UK, driven by the City of London, banking assets swelled to about five times GDP. In Iceland and Switzerland, eight to ten times. In the US, they more than doubled in the years leading up to the crash to 126 per cent of GDP.
In his book The Road to Financial Reformation, Henry Kaufman shows how loosening of the rules led to a loosening of credit standards and questionable innovations, particularly the securitisation of bank loans. In his words, this “created the illusion that credit risk could be reduced if the instruments became marketable”. Along the way, the public perception of liquidity also changed, from one based on assets (what you could sell) to one centred on liabilities (ease of borrowing).
Now, not all financial innovation was bad. Sophisticated debt instruments allowed corporations to hedge risk much more efficiently. Securitisation and the development of sub-prime mortgages were originally devised to serve a respectable goal: the push toward universal home ownership in the US. Market capitalism drove world trade and wealth creation, not just in the advanced industrialised west but also developing markets, notably China. The problem was that once the party moved into full swing, nobody wanted or was capable of removing the punch bowl.
The crash of 2008 – and the backlash
This is not the time or the place to rehearse in full the causes of the crash. I have spoken earlier about flawed risk management and misguided belief in efficient market theory. To that must be added weak regulation, the pursuit of shareholder value uber alles, and broader global imbalances between high-spending Americans and high-saving Chinese, which distorted credit flows.
The point today is that the regulatory world in which bankers now operate has changed beyond recognition – not just in the UK but also in mainland Europe and the United States.
Here are a few examples.
1) Higher capital and liquidity rules: under new rules known as Basel III, banks will be obliged to have equity buffers about three times larger than under the old Basel II rules by 2019. Many banks are moving toward the target ahead of schedule. Those viewed as systemically important such as JP Morgan, Deutsche, Citigroup and HSBC, must have still thicker capital cushions.
2) The Dodd-Frank Act of 2010 in the US runs to 848 pages – more than 20 Glass-Steagalls. That is for starters. For implementation, Dodd-Frank requires an additional almost 400 pieces of detailed rule-making by a variety of US regulatory agencies. As of July 2013, two years after the enactment of Dodd-Frank, a third of the required rules had been finalised. Those completed have added a further 8,843 pages to the rulebook.
3) The Volcker rule – named after the inflation-busting former chairman of the Federal Reserve – proposes to stop banks trading for their own profit. For now, many banks are seeking ways round it – but in practice many activities which generated large amounts of investment bank profits are still banned and financial services companies are exiting the businesses, especially when there is the threat of litigation.
4) The separation – or ringfencing – of investment banking from retail banking. This is happening in the UK following the Vickers Commission and may happen in Europe in the wake of the Liikanen review. Both proposals are meant to ensure retail deposits cannot be used to finance investment banking businesses. They are therefore likely to raise banks’ funding costs (or as supporters such as the FT’s Martin Wolf would say, eliminate a de facto funding subsidy).
5) Resolution – the European Union has just adopted a slew of landmark reforms designed to make banks safer and more transparent. The centrepiece is an EU-wide rule book to ensure shareholders and bond holders – and not taxpayers – are first in line to pay for bank rescues.
In addition, a bank levy has been introduced in the UK on bank profits; EU-wide rules have been introduced on bankers’ bonuses – already deferred and subject to clawback – limiting them to two times salary; and a financial transactions tax is still on the cards, which threatens to affect the UK.
I could go on. The legal and regulatory scaffolding is turning bankers’ business models upside down. Risk management is at the heart of the matter. It is no longer regarded as a subset of the compliance function: in most firms it is now at the centre of the decision‐making process. Yet little of this improvement has yet registered in the public mind.
Why – and what can be done?
The cultural question
One year ago, the distinguished City of London lawyer Anthony Salz delivered his 244-page report on Barclays business practices. The independent review had been ordered by Sir David Walker, bank chairman, City grandee and former deputy governor of the Bank of England, after the Libor rate-rigging scandal. The Salz report makes for a sobering read.
On remuneration, performance “tended to reward revenue generation rather than serving the interests of customers and clients”. Pay “contributed significantly to a sense among a few that they were somehow unaffected by the rules”.
On its controversial tax avoidance – sorry, tax planning – division, Mr Salz said: “Barclays was sometimes perceived as being within the letter of the law but not within its spirit.” There was “an institutional cleverness” inside the bank.
Finally, “significant failings developed in the organisation as it grew. The absence of a common purpose or common set of values has led to conduct problems, reputational damage and a loss of public trust.”
Much of the above could be said of many of the integrated investment banks. Indeed, Lehman Bros before the crash was widely viewed as having one of the best managed cultures on Wall Street under Dick Fuld, now resident in Sun Valley, Idaho.
(The stunning private location probably does not make up for the public disgrace. The banker introduced himself at a party last year with the words: “Hi, I’m Dick Fuld, the most hated man in America.”)
One sentence in the Salz report stands out: “The absence of a common purpose or common set of values.” Bob Diamond would dispute this: he remains proud of the global investment bank that he more than anyone else built up. Still, these words about common purpose speak to the management dilemma at the heart of modern banking.
Barclays was a family bank with Quaker roots which post-Big Bang embraced de Zoete & Bevan and Wedd Durlacher, the pre-Big Bang stock broker and jobber, plus most of Lehman Bros. It was not alone. Royal Bank of Scotland grew out of National Westminster Bank and later ABN Amro; Deutsche grew out of Morgan Grenfell and Bankers Trust; JP Morgan Chase – Bank One, Chemical Bank, scrappy Bear Stearns, Washington Mutual and blue-blooded Cazenove.
These mergers produced a new distorted culture where money was paramount and clients’ interests were subordinated to those of individuals and firms. Banks thought what was legal was ethical. Wrong.
I doubt very much whether we can go back to the partnership model where you have your own capital at risk, not the shareholders. What is required is action on two fronts: the culture of banking itself – the way banks are run, the way bankers behave and what needs to be done to effect deep and lasting change in both; and lastly the desirable shape, scale, scope and revenue-generating capacity of the industry.
In my view, more needs to be done on the first score, where the Lambert review is working on new professional standards. But much more has been accomplished on this last than is generally appreciated. For example, returns on equity – the standard measure of profitability that pre-crisis routinely ranged from 20 to 25 per cent of GDP – is now more like between 10 and 15 per cent. In the new world, it may well fall to single digits.
All this is impacting on pay and general remuneration levels: by some counts down 20 per cent compared to the peak. The trouble is the headlines do not reflect the reality: probably because the economic recession has depressed living standards across the board. Furthermore, the clampdown on bonuses has encouraged banks to compensate in terms of higher basic pay, which in turn generates more negative headlines.
The public mood is hardly likely to improve is particularly when the authorities are still dealing with earlier cases of misconduct such as the Libor scandal and the £20bn mis-selling of payment protection insurance, as well as investigations into foreign exchange trading.
Ladies and gentlemen, banks today are operating in a new regulatory world which will significantly reduce their return on equity and profit margins. Yet there is a paradox: the crash and its resolution has led to the creation of even larger banks than before.
This in turn has increased the “too big to fail” problem and moral hazard which the regulators have so far failed to resolve. We have a more concentrated financial system overlaid by vast amounts of complex regulation which, in itself, is a barrier to entry to new competitors.
In one sense, we have the worst of both worlds: octopus-like oversight of banks which are becoming more like regulated utilities, but which still see themselves as profit-seeking enterprises.
How to resolve this dilemma? Well, one way is change culture. This is Antony Jenkins’s challenge at Barclays. We will see the fruits of his work next week. The broader challenge is to make money as an entrepreneurial entity without blowing up the world – and without having your employees engaged constantly in abstruse schemes to circumvent rules and regulations.
We should all wish Mr Jenkins well, but he might be advised to read the words of my FT colleague John Gapper. “There is no such thing as a banker. There are equity brokers, foreign exchange traders, mortgage salespeople, corporate financiers and all kinds of specialists under one roof but there is no single set of employees unified by a professional culture and a willingness to pull together.”
Now, there are instances of extraordinary leaders creating a common culture, or extraordinary institutions retaining a common culture. Jamie Dimon of JP Morgan Chase falls into the first category, even if the King of the Street’s halo has slipped in the past year. Goldman Sachs probably fits into the second: a shark with an acute sense of risk management and a low tolerance for intruders.
But these are very much the exceptions to the rule.
The creation of a common culture is made all the harder by the mercenary nature of the business, best summed up by the phrase “the global war for talent” in which banks pay extraordinary sums to prevent supposedly key employees from defecting to rivals.
If, as I suspect, it is too difficult to wed these differing cultures and businesses together, then maybe we should recognise that commercial banking and investment banking are indeed fundamentally different. That was, after all, what America concluded after the great crash of 1929 which led to the Glass-Steagall act.
In 2008, financial markets were in meltdown. The priority was to rescue the system. In the event, the system was not only rescued, it was restored, albeit with new rules. Rather than breaking up the banks, the authorities believed that concentration was a safer option. With the benefit of hindsight, that was a mistake.
Six years on, many believe the case for break-up of the financial giants is irrefutable. I am not sure whether we want legislation. We have had enough government involvement in the financial sector, particularly in Britain. Far better for the banks themselves to decide that it is indeed in their own interests to do so. For they, more than outsiders, must now realise that the commercial and trading functions no longer fit together.
Banks are essential for the transmission of credit needed to make the economy run. But this utility-type activity should be kept apart from trading activities which belong best in highly capitalised entities such as hedge funds.
We cannot turn bankers into saints. Nor should we banish risk-taking. It is the sine qua non of market capitalism. Bankers have begun to clean up their act. But more must be done – and they must reconnect to the community. The alternative may not be a living hell, but it will be a prolonged spell in purgatory.

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Italian information center (CIMEA) visited by staff membersActivities
Four staff members of National Information Center for Academic Recognition Japan visited CIMEA, the national information center of Italy, in mid-January. The visit was a part of the reciprocal staff exchange program between the two organizations. NIAD-QE had welcomed CIMEA's members in Tokyo in May 2019.
During the five-day visit, the two organizations discussed various topics including the education systems of both countries, cooperation with domestic higher education institutions, verification of qualifications, international institutions and qualifications, and diploma mills and fraudulent documents.
The members had an opportunity to visit a number of organizations located in Rome including ANVUR (Italian National Agency for Quality Assurance), CRUI (Conference of Italian University Rectors) and some universities. The delegation also paid a visit to Centro Internazionale per il Riconoscimento, the national information center in the Holy See.
One of the visiting members has remained in Rome to continue training as a credential evaluator with CIMEA.
Session held in CIMEA's headquarters
Staff members of both NIAD-QE and CIMEA


Derbyshire unites with Manchester after '˜barbaric' terrorist attack
Community leaders across Derbyshire have been reacting to the '˜barbaric' terrorist attack in Manchester which has so far left 22 dead, including children, and many others injured.
The explosion took place in the foyer of Manchester Arena on Monday night just after 10.30pm at the end of a concert by US singer Ariana Grande.
As the Derbyshire Times went to press, 22 people, including eight-year-old girl, Saffie Rose Roussos, from Lancashire, had died as a result of the attack, with 59 injured.
The suspected suicide bomber also died.
On Tuesday, Chesterfield MP Toby Perkins said on Twitter: “My thoughts and prayers with the murdered, the injured and their heartbroken families in #Manchester.
“Thoughts also with our brave emergency services who run towards danger to keep us safe.
“There will be no @LabourChestrfld campaigning for the General Election today.”
New Conservative leader of Derbyshire County Council, Councillor Barry Lewis, also tweeted: “A terrible & barbaric act of terrorism & one so close to home. My thoughts are with the families of those affected.”
And leader of Derbyshire Labour Group, Councillor Anne Western, posted: “Deeply shocked at events in #Manchester. Thoughts are with all affected. Thanks to emergency services and everyone helping.”
On Tuesday morning, Greater Manchester Police arrested a 23-year-old in south Manchester in connection with the attack. Officers also carried out warrants in two other areas of the city.
The force are now appealing for anyone who was in Manchester city centre between 8pm and 11pm on Monday who have dashcam footage to send it as a matter of urgency to: ukpoliceimageappeal.co.uk.
Deputy Chief Constable of Derbyshire Constabulary, Peter Goodman, said: “We remain on high alert in Derbyshire and I would ask everyone to be vigilant as always. Be aware of your surroundings and report anything suspicious, be that a vehicle, package or person. We can work together to fight terrorism and make our communities safer.”
“Our deepest sympathies go to the families and friends of those killed and injured in this terrible attack.”
On Tuesday night a vigil was held in Chesterfield at the Town Hall. Call the confidential Anti-Terrorist Hotline on 0800 789 321.


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Be sure to check out the Upcoming Concert Bulletin for a fat list of shows coming through the area, and definitely let us know what else should be up there.
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10-01-2002, 02:21 AM
According to Dark Horizons (http://www.darkhorizons.com) this is the man who will be Jason in Freddy vs. Jason.
Here's a link to his site. http://www.stuntscanada.net/ken_kirzinger.htm#top
10-01-2002, 03:04 AM
It says on that page that this guy was in Part 8. Was he a stand-in for Kane or something?
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10-01-2002, 03:16 AM
i dont think kane was in pt 8 was he? i thought he was just in pt 6,7,9, and X
10-01-2002, 03:50 AM
LOD, kane played in 7, 8, 9 & 10. i don't remember the guy's full name who played jason in part 6, but i do remember part of it was "graham". i think it was his last name. you can tell Kane apart from the others just by body size!!
10-01-2002, 04:31 AM
Ken Kirzinger was most definitely in Part 8...as a chef. :D
He played the angry chef in the restaurant that Jason invades near the end of the film. He is a big guy, but not as built as Kane, which is good. IMO Hodder made Jason look more like a body builder than a backwoods killer.
10-01-2002, 05:59 AM
Part 6 was played by C.J. Graham. This guy looks like a douche. Anyone else feel like this movie is gonna suck huge?
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text: Land use regulation has been found to impose a substantial tax on housing within select U.S. metropolitan areas. In this article, we develop hypotheses regarding the incidence of this tax by income class and racial group within these areas. Parcel-level data from Miami-Dade County, Florida, are used to test our hypotheses. We find that, while the tax rises with a household's permanent income, this rise is less than proportional, making it a regressive tax. We also find, controlling for household permanent income, that the tax is a higher percentage of the price of homes located in black neighborhoods in comparison to those located in white or Hispanic neighborhoods. Copyright (c) 2009 American Real Estate and Urban Economics Association.


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The book by Professor Kurbanov Marat Ahnafovich is about a new worldview, a new teaching on the way to self-awareness, to understanding the planet and Universe as a whole, to knowing good from evil. The book uncovers that knowledge which the new Man, the new generation that has been born on the planet in new conditions should accept. The book gives the reader an opportunity to accept the new laws of the world, whiteout which step the future of all humanity is impossible; it gives the key to understanding the Unity of the Universe. Accept this book and you will be One with the World, with the whole Universe! The book has healing powers.
Homo Sapiens! Accept and understand Everything! Because Everything - is in you, and, as Everything is in you, then, it is what the Creation is, because Creation is the essence of Homo Sapiens.
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North Carolina’s statewide unemployment rate inched upward to a seasonally adjusted 9.2 percent in December from 9.1 percent in November, according to the N.C. Department of Commerce.
The unemployment rate in the state was 10.4 percent December 2011.
The number of employed N.C. residents increased by 10,398 last month to more than 4.3 million, the Commerce Department’s latest employment report shows. The number of unemployed individuals increased by 6,997 to 438,864. The state’s overall labor force grew by 17,395 to nearly 4.8 million during the month.
Local unemployment figures for December are not yet available. In November, unemployment in the Triad ticked upward to 9 percent in November, up from 8.9 percent in October. County and metro area unemployment figures for December are scheduled to be released Jan. 30.
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Halloween projects already! Wow!
Well, I normally don't have it together 2 full months before a holiday - but I have had this project in mind for a while. A loooonnnnngggg while :)
Back in February, I made this Valentine Wreath with a picture frame. The project left me with a homeless piece of glass.
Then, in March I made some teacher appreciation clocks. Making 40 clocks, some were bound to not work - and I was left with round glass too....
I just couldn't throw the glass away - so I decided to repurpose it!
The edges of the glass are sharp, so I wrapped the edges in burlap. I took 2 inch wide strips and hot glued them along all the edges of the rectangular frame - leaving raw edges for texture:
The round glass was wrapped in burlap too:
To provide a way to hang them, I added black ribbon, glued to the back of the burlap frames. I used black to complement the black vinyl:
Finally, I used my Silhouette to cut black vinyl into a couple of Halloween scenes, and stuck the vinyl to the glass.
I create my own images, or create them from clip art I find in google - so unfortunately you can't buy these exact images anywhere.
I am willing to share the files though if you have a Silhouette and you really want them :) Just email me at email@example.com....
I hope you are all looking forward to Halloween, because I, like most of blogland, will have a few more Halloween and fall projects over the next two months :) So here's to a Happy 1st Halloween Project of the Season!!


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Location: Cyclopark, Gravesend, Kent
Event: 6 November 2011
Report: Snowdon Sports
Ashley Holding (GB MS Tina) secured victory in the second round of the South East League’s Winter Series, sprinting to victory at the end of the latest of the eight-race series at the new Cyclopark near Gravesend in Kent on Sunday.
Holding, 48 and from Tunbridge Wells, edged ahead of his five breakaway rivals to take the win, while Lambourn’s Chris Snook, the Banjo Cycles rider who is exactly half his age at 24, had to settle for second spot.
Round one winner David Seager, the 36-year-old Kingsnorth International Wheelers rider from Fritenden in Kent, was third. He had tried to escape on the final lap and battled up the road alone to establish a gap of around 10-15 seconds. But he was pulled back by his rivals and had to be content with third.
Meanwhile, in the supporting race for third and fourth category riders, Seager’s team-mate at Kingsnorth International Rhys Clegg took the win, again winning a sprint from his six breakaway rivals who had lapped the rest of the field.
The 20-year-old Maidstone rider held off round one winner William Pratt (Dulwich Paragon), while Josh Parkin (Arctic Premier RT) took third.
The series continues with round three in two weeks’ time.
1 Ashley Holding (GB MS Tina) 1:30:00
2 Chris Snook (Banjo Cycles)
3 David Seager (Kingsnorth International)
4 Keith Walker (Wigmore CC)
5 Malcolm Davies (Aprire Bicycles RT)
6 Jason Edwards (GB MS Tina) all @ same time
7 Mark Ottaway (Wyndy Milla)
8 Rhys Keepence (Dulwich Paragon)
9 Giorgios Crouch (VC Meudon)
10 Graham Hills (In Gear-Quickvit RT)
1 Rhys Clegg (Kingsnorth International)
2 William Pratt (Dulwich Paragon)
3 Josh Parkin (Arctic Premier RT)
4 Harry Godding (Sprockets UK)
5 Mark McCullagh (Dulwich Paragon)
6 Huw Watkins (London Dynamo)
7 Nick Leach (In Gear-Quickvit RT)
8 Jonathan Maher (Dulwich Paragon)
9 Len Delicut (London Phoenix)
10 Robbie Whenman (Cycles UK)
British Cycling would like to thank the organising team, officials and everyone else who helped promote this event. Our sport could not exist without the hundreds of people, many of them unpaid volunteers, who put in many hours of hard work running events, activities and clubs.

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I just stumbled on this cool video of a parking lot attendant in Baltimore who never made more than $20,000 a year, but is worth over a million dollars. Using the time value of money, this guy achieved financial freedom without needing a high paying salary.
His keys to success were:
-He always made saving a priority, even if it was a few bucks a month.
-He held over the long term.
-He stuck to a continued buy and hold plan of purchasing equities.
-He constantly learned by discussing financial topics with the stockbrokers, lawyers, and professionals who parked where he worked.
Check out this inspirational video that shows with enough persistence, time, and positive attitude, anyone can become financially secure.
Do you know of any other similar success stories?


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She stared at the smog and it flashed a face back at her with another round of colours that clogged her senses.
Unboxing the winning entries!
Writing a microtale on this prompt was a challenging task given the deadline as within 48 hours and yet we have some lovely stories crafted by these amazing writers!
It’s 5 p.m. She’s back…
Sharing secrets has always been our special thing to do. But my favorite one, is buried in the backyard with you.
This genre of writing is relatively a new concept! Micro tale writing is exactly what the name suggests. It means writing less and conveying more. It’s a beautiful art of having a perpetual and deep influence or impact on the reader by simple few lines.
We are guessing it was invented for the modern reader who doesn’t seem to take the time (or have the time or interest) to even read captions on social feeds at times.


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just a quick something to enter the weekend – a pic I took on one of my recent walkies.
The weather is rather unruly presently with an autumnal atmosphere one day, followed by highsummer temperatures the next… ah well.
I started a new mixed media piece where I plan to use exotically coloured fabric and metal, probably again some paperscraps / natural fibres, as well as using some new colour printing techniques ..so far it´s fun. Will post some w-i-p soon.
If you are interested – I put up a website where most of my artwork is stuffed in in an organized way (except photography, I´ll keep that out of there, at least for now). I will continue with this blog, though, more or less in the same fashion.
So this is it: artworks-by-cris.com

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Xiaomi Mi 9 SE Smart Phone Review – with New Snapdragon and uses pixel binning technology
Xiaomi claims the Xiaomi Mi 9 Se has the fastest wireless charging yet seen in a smartphone. Many people may think of last year’s Xiaomi Mi8 SE mobile phone, although Xiaomi Mi8 SE is a young. Today we will learn about this new type and hope you will enjoy read the review.
The Xiaomi Mi 9 looks like a supercar as well. Sleek and curvy, the phone is made from glass, with Gorilla Glass 5 on the back, and Gorilla Glass 6 over the screen. The sides of the rear panel gently curve before meeting the chassis, making it immensely comfortable to hold. There are four different looks — a black version you see in our main photos, along with a blue, a lavender, and a transparent finish too.
It uses a proprietary technology built into a special wireless charger to pump 20 watts of power into the phone’s 3,300mAh battery. The claim was an hour and 40 minutes to full on the special wireless charging puck, but this is conservative, and it rockets to full in about 90 minutes. It is very impressive for wireless charging.
From the comparison of the appearance parameters of the above Xiaomi Mi8 SE and Xiaomi Mi9 SE, the screen resolutions of the two mobile phones are basically the same, the difference is that the screen ratio of Xiaomi Mi9 SE is higher than that of Xiaomi Mi8 SE, due to the proportion of the body.
Xiaomi Mi 9 SE Smartphone has the latest Snapdragon processor, a modern design with a teardrop-shaped notch, and a better-than-expected camera system. The company’s Android skin, MIUI, is much-improved but still a divisive software experience. Overall it’s a great alternative to the OnePlus 6T (and eventually OnePlus 7) in Europe.
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It was during those few seconds of deafness that Daniel Nwaeze realized he wanted to do more, needed to do more. He was 17. Yet another riot had broken out. From bloody ethnic fights to gang rumbles to gambling arguments gone wrong, street shoot-outs in his area of Nigeria had become the norm. This time, someone pulled out a gun and fired it into the air right next to Daniel’s head. In that moment, he decided to start finding ways to combine his passions for media literacy and peacebuilding into concrete ways to address the situation on the ground. He developed the idea of turning people’s real stories of resilience and activism into media content to challenge Boko Haram’s narrative and recruitment campaigns.
Daniel had two nicknames growing up. The first was, “Information Minister,” because would run to the news stand every morning and read as many papers as he could, and then run home and tell family, friends, and neighbors the news. He earned the second nickname, “Mr. Wide Boat,” as an International Relations student at University of Nigeria, Nsukka, because he often tried to generate consensus by pointing out that the boat is wide enough to accommodate everyone’s differing opinions and allow for progress.
Daniel started Diplomacy Opportunities (link: www.diplomacyopp.com), identifying opportunities and setting up a community of young people interested in peacebuilding, media literacy, and youth development in the first phase, which is now complete. The project is currently in the second phase, in which the organization connects members to internships, conferences, fellowships, and other opportunities. “At Diplomacy Opp,” Daniel said, “we promote activities and impact of youth irrespective of gender, as we believe all voices matter. We also encourage youth globally to engage partners and connect to opportunities through our platform. More recently, we started Development Ambassadors, a section where we profile young people in our community, and #ShapeNarratives to tell and rewrite the narratives involved in building peace and preventing and countering violent extremism.” The Facebook group (link: https://www.facebook.com/diplomacyopp/) has over 17k followers.
To bring his work to an even wider scale, Daniel joined the Afrika Youth Movement as chair of media and communications, where he leads over 5000 members in over 42 countries, bringing out young people’s voices in places including Cameroon, Uganda, Gabon, and the DRC. “As a media team,” Daniel explained,” we try to tell the youth narratives of Africans in Africa by Africans from the youth lens about their resilience and activities towards peaceful coexistence and development. At Afrika Youth Movement, we are entirely youth run and youth led, with inclusive membership. Our most popular campaign, #AfricaSmile, connects youth on the continent to stand for peace and build friendship.”
The journey has not been easy. Once he almost lost a colleague to media propaganda on terrorism. “It took months of dissecting the message, exposing the motives, and long discussions about peaceful coexistence to avert this,” he said. In another incident, a regional branch of his church was attacked in Okene, Kogi State, and 19 worshippers were killed. In 2015, he lost a community member to cult clashes, prompting a dark period of soul searching, which ultimately led him to move beyond online activism and to make more direct personal connections and physically implement his ideas–a change which he says ultimately led to a shift and expansion in his whole approach.
What keeps him going? Support from his colleagues is an essential factor, but Daniel describes his main motivation as, “the fact that ISIS/Daesh and Boko Haram are effectively using the media space to recruit young people, incite violence, and promote propaganda. The fact that there is more to be done to shrink the space for violent groups and build sustainable peace keeps me up and ever passionate.”
Daniel Nwaeze can be reached by email email@example.com, on twitter @danwaeze, and on Facebook as Daniel Nwaeze.
Post reviewed and edited by Maija Jespersen, Peacemaker 360´s Editor.


Schedule of Events from 2 to 8 September
Ljubljana, 1 September - Schedule of events in the week from 2 to 8 September:
MONDAY, 2 September
LJUBLJANA - A 35-member delegation of the NATO parliamentary assembly headed by Vice-President Mario Palombo is to examine Slovenia's preparation for NATO membership. The officials are to meet Parliament Speaker Borut Pahor and President Milan Kucan on Monday, while meetings with Europe Minister Janez Potocnik, Defence Minister Anton Grizold and a delegation of the Slovenian parliament will be on the agenda on Tuesday.
LJUBLJANA - The Slovenian Unicef committe is to host the 47th annual meeting of the National Committees for Unicef, which is to be attended by senior officials of 37 National Committees, as well as the organisation's leadership, including Unicef Executive Director Carol Bellamy, who is to arrive on Tuesday.
JOHANNESBURG - Slovenian Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel and Environment Minister Janez Kopac are to attend the final part of the World Summit on Sustainable Development until 4 September, presenting Slovenia's report on sustainable development.
LJUBLJANA - Shareholders of the Ljubljana-based brewery Pivovarna Union are to discuss a capital injection of EUR 3.7m which is to be sponsored solely by Belgium's Interbrew.
LJUBLJANA - The main committe of the People's Party (SLS) is to hold a session to discuss the party's strategy at the November local elections, as well as current economic and political issues, including Slovenia's relations with Croatia.
TUESDAY, 3 September
BRATISLAVA - Agriculture Minister Franci But is to attend a two-day meeting of his counterparts from the member states of the Central European Free Trade Agreement (CEFTA).
LJUBLJANA - Parliament Speaker Borut Pahor is to meet with heads of parliamentary deputy groups to discuss the parliament's agenda for September and October.
PORTOROZ - The Slovenian national chemical safety institute is to hold a two-day conference on chemical safety, presenting the results of the Phare Twinning project on chemical safety.
LJUBLJANA - Foreign Ministry State Secretary Samuel Zbogar is to receive Pekka Organ, who is in charge of Central and SE Europe at the Finnish Foreign Ministry.
WEDNESDAY, 4 September
LJUBLJANA - Shareholders of Nova Ljubljanska banka (NLB), Slovenia's largest bank, are to hold a general meeting to appoint a new supervisory board, as the Belgium banking and insurance group KBC and the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD) are entering NLB.
BRDO PRI KRANJU - The council of the Pensioners' Party (DeSUS) is hold a session to decide whether to support Anton Bebler in his bid to run for president at the November elections.
LJUBLJANA - Foreign Ministry State Secretary Samuel Zbogar is to receive Luis Echavarri, Director General of the OECD Nuclear Energy Agency, and Jari Vilen, Finish Minister of Foreign Trade and European Affairs.
LJUBLJANA - The Manager Association is to hold a debate on the expected changes to the legislation on takeovers and buyouts of companies.
BLED - An international round table on the financing of small and middle-sized companies is to be held by the centre promoting small businesses, the European Commission General Directive on Enterprise, Slovenian Economics Ministry and the NLB bank. (until 6 September)
THURSDAY, 5 September
LJUBLJANA - The government is to hold its first session after the summer break.
LJUBLJANA - Slovenian farmers are to hold a rally to push for better conditions in agriculture and the countryside.
FRIDAY, 6 September
BERN - Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel is to pay an official visit to Switzerland.
PORTOROZ - The Slovenian Justice Ministry is to host a two-day international congress of the European association for research and analyses of car accidents.
SATURDAY, 7 September
LJUBLJANA - The Institute for Sustainable Development and the Association of Slovenian Eco-Farmers are to hold the first eco-festival, which is to be attended by over 40 farmers from Slovenia, Croatia and Austria.
LAUSANNE - Foreign Minister Dimitrij Rupel is to attend the Expo 2002 exhibition, where he is also to take part in a debate on EU enlargement.


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The Wonder Girls
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England 1936: Hitler's supporters, The Blackshirts, are marching – can a renegade gang of misfit girls stop them their tracks? Unlikely friends, despicable villains, and deadly peril – ‘The Wonder Girls’ is a kick-ass historical adventure with kindness, inclusion and hope at its heart.
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Baseball Knocks Off No. 1 Cal State Fullerton, 9-3
May 9, 2001
LOS ANGELES - For the third time this year, the Bruins have knocked off the No. 1 team in the nation. Today's victim was Cal State Fullerton, who entered today's game with a ten game winning streak, but the Bruins handed the Titans a 9-3 loss tonight at Jackie Robinson Stadium. Earlier this year, the Bruins defeated then-No.1 USC and Stanford. The Bruins improve to 27-23, keeping their hopes of qualifying for the postseason alive. Cal State Fullerton drops to 38-12.
The Bruins jumped out to a quick 1-0 lead in the first with singles by Ben Francisco and Josh Canales to open the game. A walk handed to Brian Baron loaded the bases, and Francisco scored when Matt Pearl hit into a double play. UCLA added a second run in the second, as Canales drove home Christian Lewis with an RBI single.
Jon Brandt had his first start since April 12 and performed well. In a pre-arranged four innings, Brandt allowed just one hit, and faced just one over the minimum number of batters. He struck out three in the four innings to pick up the win.
In the fourth, the Bruins added a pair of runs. With Canales and Baron at first and second, Titan pitcher Wes Littleton threw three wild pitches during Pearl's at-bat, that allowed the runners to advance and score.
The Titans scored their first run in the fifth, as Brett Kay doubled, advanced to third on a Mike Rouse sacrifice bunt, and scored on a Casey Grzecka passed ball.
The fifth inning was a big inning for the Bruins, as they tacked on five runs to take a commanding 9-1 lead. John Campanella started the inning with a solo home run. Eric Reece singled and Grzecka reached first on an error. Preston Griffin walked to load the bases for Francisco. Francisco hit a ball to deep left center field that cleared the bases for a three RBI double. Francisco advanced to third on a Canales sacrifice bunt and scored the Bruins' final run on a Baron RBI single.
Cal State Fullerton scored another run in the sixth, and added their final run in the seventh on a solo home run by Kay.
Mike Castillo came into the game in the eighth inning for the Bruins, and was almost perfect. He did not allow a single hit, issued just one walk, and struck out two batters to preserve the important Bruin victory.
Francisco finished the game 2-for-4 with three RBI and two runs. Canales extends his career-high hitting streak to 17 games with a 2-for-3 day, while Baron finished 2-for-4. Brandon Averill picked up two hits, while Eric Reece and Grzecka each had one hit.
The win was an important one, as the Bruins are fighting to stay alive in the postseason race.
Head Coach Gary Adams was not on the bench today, as he was serving a one game suspension for bumping an official in Sunday's game vs. Cal. The suspension was issued by the Pac-10 office. Assistant coach Vince Beringhele was the acting head coach today.
The Bruins host the Oregon State Beavers in a three game series this weekend. Friday's game starts at 6:00 p.m., while the weekend games start at 1:00 p.m. Bobby Roe will get the start on Friday, with Josh Karp going on Saturday. Sunday's starter is TBA.


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The concept of child custody was abolished in Florida in October of 2008. The concepts of Custody, Primary Residential Care and Secondary Residential Care have been replaced with the concept of Parenting Plans and Time-Sharing.
The Parenting Plan is a document that governs the way the parties relate to one another about the decisions made regarding children, and includes a time-sharing schedule that dictates when the children will be spending time with each parent, including overnights, weekends and holidays and summer breaks. Also included is how often and the method of technologies that the parents will use to communicate with the children. If a Parenting Plan can be developed and agreed to by the parents then it only needs the approval of the Court to become binding. However, if the parents cannot agree, the schedule will be established by the Court’s determination.
Parenting Plans are some of the most challenging and difficult aspects of a divorce case. The parents must work through or litigate who the children will live with most of the time; and it can be a terrifying, frustrating and demanding process.
Shared parental responsibility is the legal presumption in Florida. The Court feels that both parents should be actively involved in their children's lives, education, religious upbringing, health and welfare. The Court will grant shared parental responsibility unless one parent is truly unfit. Otherwise, both parents will work together jointly raising their children.
The best interest of the minor child is the bottom line standard that the Courts consider in making parenting plan determinations. The Judge has wide leeway in making a decision as to what is in the best interest of the minor child(ren). Many parents get caught up in their own wants and needs or their perceived "rights", and forget that the Court only is concerned with what is in the best interest of their children.
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In this unique 45-minute interactive presentation, veteran percussion educator, B.J. Capelli, will turn everyone in the room into a drummer.
Based on material and concepts from his book, Armchair Drummer: The Easiest Way to Start Playing the Drums, B.J. takes any size group through the first steps of playing the drums, from basic 3-limb coordination patterns, to holding and moving the sticks... and has everyone rocking out and jamming along from beginning to end!
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text: Celebrity Parents Kim Kardashian Shares Pink-Themed Photos of Daughter Chicago and Niece Dream: 'Baby Love' The cute cousins rocked pink pajamas and matching pink hair as they posed for photos in Kim Kardashian's home By Kirsty Hatcher Kirsty Hatcher Instagram Twitter Kirsty Hatcher is a Staff Writer at PEOPLE. She has over 8 years' experience reporting and writing on news genres, including Royals, Entertainment and Lifestyle. Prior to joining PEOPLE, Kirsty worked as a Senior Celebrity and Entertainment Writer and Editor at OK! Magazine and Reach PLC. She is based in the UK. People Editorial Guidelines Published on February 16, 2023 08:29 AM Share Tweet Pin Email Chicago West and Dream Kardashian. Photo: Kim Kardashian Instagram Chicago West and Dream Kardashian are in the pink! Kim Kardashian, 42, shared some adorable new pictures of her daughter Chicago, 5, and her brother Rob Kardashian's daughter Dream, 6, wearing pink pajamas and matching pink hair Wednesday. "baby love 💕," the SKIMS founder captioned the sweet snapshots shared on her Instagram. In the photos, the little girls can be smiling and posing for the camera as the reality star snaps away. Rob, 35, who shares Dream with ex Blac Chyna, was among the many commenters on the post, writing, "💙💙🥰🥰". Model and TV personality Kimora Lee Simmons also added a series of love heart eye emojis to the comments section of the post. Never miss a story — sign up for PEOPLE's free daily newsletter to stay up-to-date on the best of what PEOPLE has to offer, from juicy celebrity news to compelling human interest stories. Kim shares Chicago with her rapper ex-husband Kanye West. The former couple finalized their divorce in November 2022. Her post comes after sister Khloé Kardashian shared a photo of her and her siblings' kids, featuring her 4-year-old daughter True Thompson, three of Kim's four children, Rob's daughter's Dream and every one of Kourtney Kardashian's kids but son Mason Disick, 13. "♡ when the whole tribe is a vibe ♡ getting a photo of the ENTIRE tribe will be my mission this year," Khloé, 38, captioned the post of the kids wearing all-black shared earlier this month. The Kardashian kids. Kim Kardashian/Instagram Kim Kardashian Shares Adorable Photos from Family Ski Vacation with All 4 Kids Khloé, who shares True and her six-month-old son with ex Tristan Thompson, then posted a picture of just the girls: True, Penelope Disick, 10, North West, 9, and Dream with the older girls hugging the younger ones. Kim also shared the same two pics as her sister as well as some sweet snaps of her two sons, Saint West, 7, and Psalm West, 3½, — whom she also shares with Kanye along with North and Chicago. "How did we get so lucky???" Kim wrote in the caption. Penelope Disick, True Thompson, North West and Dream Kardashian. Kim Kardashian/Instagram Kim Kardashian Shares Sweet Valentine's Day Gift from Son Psalm, 3½: 'I Love You Mom' Kourtney, 43, who is now married to musician Travis Barker, shares Mason, Penelope and Reign, 8, with ex Scott Disick. Commenting on Khloé's post, Disick, 39, simply wrote, "Squad".

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|Start: Middle Creek Campground
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GPS: –37.331672,143.246319 Time: Approx. 5-6 Hrs
|Distance: 13 km||Grade: Medium (Elevation 400m – 985m)|
Mount Sugarloaf Circuit Walk winds its way through Mt Buangor State Park and can be started at several easily accessible locations. A number of small lookouts give great views to the West.
This walk begins at the large Middle Creek campground and heads in an easterly direction crossing Middle Creek and Ferntree Waterfall road. The track from here can be slightly overgrown from recent fire and flooding events.
You will soon meet a track/parking area and turn left continuing the climb to cave Hill. Soon you will come to an intersection with a track to the left that leads to a massive granite arch 100 m wide and 15 m tall. A short walk to look at this overhang is a worthwhile diversion. Return to the intersection and continue on up to Cave Hill until you come to a small camp near the top of the hill at the intersection of Beeripmo track. From here follow Beeripmo track towards Sugarloaf.
On the walk along here you will From here you get great views towards Mt Cole and the western plains, the Grampians and Mt Langi Ghiran. This section is exposed and can be dangerous in rough weather. Soon after is the the summit of Sugarloaf.
Shortly past the summit of Sugarloaf that is marked by a cairn you will come to a lookout, leave Beeripmo track taking the left towards Snowgum lookout and down to Ferntree water falls. The track here is overgrown in places so keep an eye on the orange track markers.
A detour to the falls and the camping area that has a small shelter can made or you can continue left onto 2 mile circuit walk heading back to Middle Creek. The track back to Middle creek passes Bailes picnic area.
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June 22nd 2018 Market Minute
The Shanghai Composite (SHGIDX) dropped below 3,000 for the first time since August of 2016. For the year 2018, it is down over -11%, and about -19% from it 2018 high. All Asian Equity Markets are down for the year excluding Australia’s All Ordinaries (XAO) which is up 2.5%.
Around the globe Equity Market Indices are also a mix of positive and negative year- to-date.
France’s CAC 40: 1.4%
German DAX: -2.6%
London FTSE: .12%
Japan NIKKEI: -1.0
US Dow Jones: .50%
US SP500: 3.0%
US NASDAQ: 11.4%
Market Data Source: Thompson One Financial
On Tuesday of this week the SHGIDX dropped almost 4%. I have not seen any articles from any financial news sources noting any buying by the ‘National Team’.
The “National Team” is the nickname sometimes used in China to describe buying intervention by those institutions (Banks, Brokerages, Insurance Companies, et al) where the Chinese Party has the most control.
The Tuesday drop, as you would expect, is being blamed on the ‘Trade War’ the US is beginning to engage in with China. I continue to find it interesting to hear and read what the ‘experts’ are saying regarding a ‘Trade War’. Interesting, because it has been so long (20+ Years) since the US has been in a trade war that we cannot possibly have a clear understanding of it’s modern day implications.
I have been thinking this week how easy it is to blame ‘things’ on President Trump. Or so many think. The US market is blaming him for the trade war and it’s impact on the market, yet the Chinese controlled media is quiet about the impacts on their equity market. This is quite normal for them because they are usually quiet about their market. Period. Hong Kong news sources like the South China Morning Post
(SCMP) is addressing the big drop in the Shanghai Composite much like US News Sources. The SCMP has some articles attributing the drop to slower Chinese growth and tightening Chinese monetary policy too.
I continue to believe that rising interest rates here in the US may have significantly greater impact outside the US than inside.
With the many difficult and complicated challenges the Chinese face with their leveraged economy and it’s ‘fixed’ exchange rate with the US$, having someone ‘easy’ to blame may be useful in the future. Especially if these challenges get even more difficult and even perhaps become ‘out of control’. The concept of their financial markets, economy, and even potentially their social and political fabric becoming volatile would not be tolerated by the current Chinese leadership.
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A golden opportunity for autumn travel to Iceland
3 September 2009
Icelandair has announced a golden opportunity for autumn travel to Iceland. Those who book a Golden Circle Special for 16 September to 10 December 2009 travel will receive a free Golden Circle Day Tour if booked online at icelandair.co.uk by 15 July.
This package includes flights, 3 nights accommodation plus free Golden Circle Day Tour from £249*.
The Golden Circle, Iceland’s most popular day tour, is an 8 hour guided coach tour that departs from Reykjavik daily at 9 am. The tour takes in the natural beauty of Iceland, visiting highlights like the Geysir geothermal area, thundering Gullfoss waterfall and breathtaking Thingvellir National Park, where two tectonic plates are slowly moving apart forming a massive rift.
While the tour makes for a full day, the Golden Circle Special provides other free days to enjoy exploring Reykjavik, relaxing at the Blue Lagoon or enjoying one of Iceland’s many autumn activities. Plus, with the extremely favourable exchange rate, UK visitors can enjoy shopping and gourmet dining at affordable prices.
This special package includes flights from London Heathrow, Manchester or Glasgow to/from Iceland, 3 nights accommodation at the 4-star Hotel Loftleidir plus free Golden Circle Tour operated by Reykjavik Excursions from £249*.
The offer is good for 16 September to 10 December travel only and must be booked online at icelandair.co.uk by 15 July. Hotel upgrades are available at an extra cost. Icelandair is one of Iceland’s longest established companies, connecting the world and Iceland for over 70 years.
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It’s time to go whole hog again in Washington. Cochon555 is the cooking competition that pits five local chefs against each other. The thing that sets this competition apart from any other is that each chef is given a different breed of heritage pig. They then create five dishes to serve to diners.
This year, the battle takes place Sunday, April 7 at the Newseum. Eater reports that the competing chefs are Mike Isabella, Jeff Buben, Kyle Bailey, Haidar Karoum, and Bryan Voltaggio. Isabella and Voltaggio have appeared in previous seasons of “Top Chef.”
Organizers want to introduce diners to heritage pork and shine a light on the farmers and butchers that fight to keep responsible family farming alive.
What can you expect?
Besides having five chefs prepare dishes, Cochon555 also pours glasses from five different wineries. According to their website, each diner can expect 2.1 pounds of pork at the party. After sampling dishes from each chef, diners may vote and the winner is crowned “Prince of Porc.”
Cochon555 parties will also take place in Boston, Chicago, Los Angeles, Miami, San Francisco, Vail and Seattle. The winners of each city will assemble in Aspen, CO for the “Grand Cochon,” where a national winner will be selected.
Tickets may be purchased on the Cochon555 website.