“It’s easy to certify things; it’s much harder to lift people out of poverty. We have to keep asking questions.”
With that dose of realism, Dr. Gavin Fridell stirred up the crowd during the opening plenary of the 5th annual Canadian Fair Trade Network conference in downtown Halifax. Setting the tone for the next three days, Fridell’s honest assessments of fair trade threaded through the discussion all weekend.
The CFTN Conference, held in a different city every year, draws students, academics, fair trade businesses, volunteers, municipal workers, and activists together to Learn, Share, and Connect. Promisingly, I met many people attending for the first time – including many high school and university students. They were curious about how to make a difference, how to get more involved, and how to help make fair trade mainstream.
Still, Fridell’s unvarnished look at the movement echoed throughout the conference. The big questions were ever-present: What is the goal of the fair trade movement? Is what we’re doing having the intended effect? If not, why are we doing it? How are we measuring success?
Different answers to these questions have led to a proliferation of competing fair trade certifications. In Canada, you can find products or organizations bearing the logos of Fairtrade International, Fair Trade USA, Fair Trade Federation, Fair for Life, Small Producers, Rainforest Alliance, and the World Fair Trade Organization. All these labeling organizations are providing an alternative to conventional trade, though it can be difficult as a shopper to figure out which ones best align with your values. Each labeling organization has a different emphasis, and some even have their own definitions of fair trade (as a general rule, we’d recommend labels whose definitions of fair trade go beyond just price paid).
At the same time, large organizations that deal in commodities (primarily coffee and chocolate) are developing and marketing their own self-regulated ‘fair trade’ alternatives. These alternatives require no third-party audit, no transparency, and do not adhere to the Charter of Fair Trade principles, the governing document co-signed by the WFTO and Fairtrade International. But these products share the supermarket shelf with ones that have undergone lengthy, and costly, certification processes. As a consumer, it’s almost impossible to keep it all straight. Initially designed to instill trust, competing fair trade logos are beginning to make ethical shopping more confusing – not less.
Another issue facing fair trade right now on a global scale is that, despite good intentions, the market for fair trade products isn’t big enough for all the people who want to grow or produce fair trade commodities. There’s simply an oversupply. Demand for fair trade is growing steadily, but the number of producers getting certified by the regulating bodies has exploded. This is ultimately good – the certification process, though time consuming and expensive, is voluntary, and the commitment by producers to improve working conditions is encouraging. Still, the discrepancy remains.
To illustrate this, James Mwai, representing Fairtrade Africa at the Conference in Halifax, explained that a fair trade certified coffee producer in Africa may be shocked to find that he can only sell, at best, 30% of his beans at a fair trade price. There just aren’t enough buyers willing to pay the premium – so the rest is sold as conventional coffee, at a conventional coffee price. As a result, that farmer is only 30% of the way to an annual fair salary, but has to deal with new costs, audits, and standards.
Recognizing some of these inherent issues, Ten Thousand Villages (and our coffee, tea, and dried fruit partner, Level Ground Trading) instead choose to emphasize the fair trading relationships we have with our producers, rather than a specific marque or logo. For Level Ground, that means being completely transparent about how much they pay for coffee beans, while continuing to visit farmers and processing facilities regularly. With this hands-on approach, they aim to provide all the benefits of fair trade, without imposing many of the added costs. Level Ground knows that for this to be possible, they need the trust of customers. This trust takes time to build – making this approach a complicated one for newcomers to navigate.
You may or may not know that Ten Thousand Villages Canada is a WFTO Member organization, and many of our maker partners are too. But for us, the most important thing is to make a measurable impact through long-term trading relationships. We are committed to working with the same partners, so the makers can save and invest money, send their kids to school, and plan for the future. Fair trade is all we do – it’s not just a marketing tool. In a very real way, our success is built on having the trust of our customers.
In Halifax, it was good to learn, debate, and celebrate the state of fair trade in Canada in 2017, because the difference Ten Thousand Villages makes can be hard to measure day to day or month to month. But we’ve been at this long enough now that we’ve seen the children of makers go to school to become doctors. We’ve seen children return from business school to take over their parents’ fair trade businesses. We’ve seen long-time makers be able to retire to houses they’ve built for themselves with the money they’ve earned from fair trade, houses that would have been completely out of reach otherwise. We are dedicated to sharing these stories with you. For all of these reasons and a thousand more, we thank our customers for their commitment to the fair trade mission of Ten Thousand Villages.


ImagingLab Robotics Library for DENSO Reference Guide
Today’s high-mix, low-volume production machines require smarter robots that can interact with their environment through measurements and vision. LabVIEW is enabling new applications for industrial robots by integrating measurements, vision, robot control and HMI into one, easy-to-use environment. With the ImagingLab Robotics Library for DENSO, you can make your robotics system smarter without the need for complex robotics programming expertise. Beyond flexible manufacturing, with the library you can integrate DENSO robotics into new types of systems and applications for automated test, laboratory automation and precision manufacturing.


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So I colored up these new Flourishes stamps based on the DCWV Linen Closet paper. Then I made the card and didn't incorporate any of the paper. Cuz that is how I roll. HAHAHAHA... I have no clue, but somehow the card took a different track than intended. How does that happen?
I stamped the image twice, and then colored it up very simply. The aqua colors are BG10, 11, 13. The Beige Flower is E40, 41, 42, 43. The greens with the G40, 43, 46. For the Aqua, I colored the entire image up in BG10. Then I slowly added in color at the edges of the leaves. Once I was done, I went over it all again with the BG10 to smooth it out.
I cut out both images leaving a little white edge. I typically don't use a white edge, but because of the leaves extending out on the ends I decided to try this. The background white is an embossing folder with black enamel accents added in the center dots.

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Don't have the means of importing SSROCW? Play-Asia's got your back, the online store recently stocked the book for $35.90 with an additional $10.90 shipping. It's a little pricey but I'm sure it's well worth it for the 170+ pages of spiffy art.
On a completely different note: hurray 500k hits!
Congratulations on the 500,000+ hits, and awesome job on the blog! Keep up the great work! I love reading the interesting tidbits of Rockman news you provide.ReplyDelete
Congrats! I thought you'd have a lot more...hm.ReplyDelete
No thanks!!! Insane and stupid price. That's cruel!ReplyDelete
As much as I would like to get it, $45 seems a bit too pricey for an art book in a language I can't understand. If it gets a price drop or gets translated, I'll definitely get it.ReplyDelete
I want it, but I'm not getting it from Play Asia.ReplyDelete
Congrats on the 500k hits though! Well deserved.
I plan on scanning it in when I get it in the mail (should be here in a day or so). Is it okay to put up links, or something like that?ReplyDelete

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- Nagisatei's charm
- Private bathroom bath
Enjoy private with a private family bath on the roof of the main building.Please spend an important time with those who love the open space.
- Private beach
When you pass through the main building lobby, you will see a beautiful and peaceful marine blue sea spread in front of you.The natural sandy beach looks like a "private beach"
Fishing can be enjoyed from the room of Annex "Hanare".Although it is from the guest room, the aim of Suzuki and Kurodai's big shot is also possible.
Fishing equipment with food can also be borrowed with 1,000 yen and you can enjoy fishing easily and cook fish caught free of charge.
- Amakusa Pleasure Boat
"Pleasure boat" which can depart from the pier just beside Nagisatei.There are three kinds of course Amakusa Five Bridges and scattered islands are seen from the sea.
There is a different force from land.
- Foot bath
When you pass through the lobby, there is an open wood deck, next to it there is "footbath."
Why do not you immerse yourself in foot bath while looking at the marine blue sea.
It is a service that you can Matsushima Strolling by your own train while tasting nature.
We are also preparing a walk MAP.
You can borrow your train for free.
Why do not you enjoy cycling with your family?

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Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board
Perkins Basic Grant for 2012-2020
|Request for Applications (RFA) for Program Year 2019-2020|
The Texas Higher Education Coordinating Board (THECB) requests applications from eligible Texas public postsecondary institutions for consideration of receiving federal funding under the Career and Technical Education - Basic Grants to States (Perkins Basic Grant Program) for state fiscal year 2020 (September 1, 2019 through August 31, 2020). To receive federal funding under the Perkins Basic Grant Program, the eligible applicant must meet the requirements of the Request for Applications (RFA) document; address the goals and objectives of the Perkins V State Transition Plan 2019-2020 under the requirements of the Carl D. Perkins Career and Technical Education Improvement Act of 2006 (Perkins IV), as amended by the Strengthening Career and Technical Education for the 21st Century Act (Perkins V); and address the goals of 60x30TX: Texas Higher Education Strategic Plan.
The RFA document that follows below contains background information, definitions, and instructions for completing the on-line application for the Perkins Basic Grant, as well as grant requirements. The on-line application consists of the application cover page, local application, performance improvement plan / evaluation plan, budget sheets, contract provisions and assurances. Please read this entire document before proceeding with the RFA process.
Perkins Basic Grant Allocation:
Perkins Basic Grant funds are allocated to public community and technical colleges based on the Technical Pell count. The following document provides the Perkins Basic Grant allocation by district for 2019-2020, as well as an explanation of the methodology used.
Perkins Data Resources:
As part of the on-line application for the Perkins Basic Grant, institutions are required to assess their federal core indicator performance compared to state targets and outline strategies for improvement. Since Perkins V core indicator data and targets are still to be determined for the State of Texas, Perkins IV Data Resources are provided for Texas public community, state and technical colleges as a historical reference. District-level and program-level data are provided by institution. Additional core indicator data by gender, ethnicity and special populations can be found at Perkins IV Core Indicator Data.
On-Line Application for the Perkins Basic Grant:
All applications for the Perkins Basic Grant must be prepared and submitted electronically to the THECB through the Perkins Basic Grant web application. Prior to starting the web application, the THECB assigned application number and password (for the current grant year) will be needed for each district. These should have been received by the district Perkins Contact.
In addition, a Financial Identification Number (FIN) will be required to complete the electronic submission of the application to the THECB. The THECB has issued a FIN to the chief financial officer or staff officer authorized for each institution and this FIN will be applicable to all Perkins grants at your institution.
The final items needed to complete the official submission of the on-line application will be the submission of signed copies (mail or hand-deliver paper copies; e-mail scanned copies) of the Application Cover Page and the Certification Regarding Lobbying and Disclosure Form (Appendix C) to the THECB by the deadline. THECB addresses and detailed instructions on how to complete the on-line application can be found in the Basic Grant RFA for 2019-2020 and the Perkins Basic Grant web application. A Notice of Grant Award (NOGA) will be released for each approved application.
Deadline for submission of application: July 23, 2019 at 5:00 PM CDT
Application Cover Page and Federal Certifications Deadline: July 31, 2019
|Project Deliverables for Program Year 2018-2019|
Amendments, expenditure reports and biannual/final reports are part of the reporting requirements and deliverables for the Perkins Basic Grant as described in the Basic Grant RFA for 2018-2019. These are to be prepared and submitted electronically to the THECB through the on-line Perkins Basic Grant web application. The following documents are also provided for reference: Perkins Basic Grant Allocation for 2018-2019, Perkins Basic Grant Re-Allocation for 2018-2019 and Perkins Data Resources for 2018-2019.
Prior to starting the web application, the THECB assigned project number and password will be needed for each 2018-2019 project. The project number can be obtained from the Notice of Grant Award (NOGA) for each project, and the password(s) shall be the same as assigned to the district Perkins Contact for the original grant application.
In addition, a Financial Identification Number (FIN) will be required to complete the electronic submission of amendments and expenditure reports to the THECB. The THECB has issued a FIN to the chief financial officer or staff officer authorized for each institution and this FIN will be applicable to all Perkins grants at your institution. This electronic authorization replaces the printing and signing of the CB-100, so mailing that document is no longer necessary.
Deadline for amendments: As needed up to July 1, 2019.
Deadline for expenditure reports: At least quarterly - Third Quarter Report due June 14, 2019.
Deadline for biannual/final reports: Biannual Report due March 29, 2019.
|Historical Documents for Program Years 2012-2018|
Program Years 2012-2018 are now closed for the Perkins Basic Grant. The following historical documents are provided for reference:
View-only access for 2012-2018 projects is still available through the on-line Perkins Basic Grant web application by program year.
Prior to starting the web application, the THECB assigned project number and password will be needed for each prior-year project.
|Requests for Clarification|
For questions related to the Perkins Basic Grant please contact Mindy Nobles at Mindy.Nobles@thecb.state.tx.us.
For questions related to the Perkins Basic Grant web application please contact Clifford King at Clifford.King@thecb.state.tx.us.


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You can find more general information on Crystal Coast here.
Before we moved to the the area, we enjoyed visiting the Beaufort area, and actually spent a couple of summers of looking for a home there. Since we had no success, we decided to try some other areas.
In 2006 when we were looking the Cape Carteret to Swansboro area seemed to have a lot of potential. Today that potential has been confirmed. We are seeing new services move into the area. This spring a Lowe's Home Improvement Center was built next to the very successful Lowe's Grocery Store in Cape Carteret. A new Walgreen's Drug Store just opened in Swansboro and construction on another one has begun in Cape Carteret.
Swansboro does not have quite as much history as Beaufort, but it is still an old, cute sea coast town, and since it is only 28 miles from Beaufort, we can easily visit Beaufort whenever we want. This is a link to a recent trip we made to visit the tall ship Royaliste.
It is hard to say which area, Swansboro or Beaufort is nicer. I guess it depends on your view point and what you want in an area.
I find our Western end of Carteret County near Swansboro a little more down to earth than Beaufort.
I would give the shops in Beaufort the edge, but I'm not sure my wife would agree. While Swansboro doesn't have the large number of clothing shops, it has plenty of home decor shops to keep the ladies interested and there are more shops close by on Emerald Isle.
Swansboro also has its fair share of excellent restaurants and they are a little more reasonably priced than the ones in Beaufort.
In fact the Cape Carteret, Cedar Point, Emerald Isle, Swansboro has all the services that one could want in a retirement area, and there is no drawbridge traffic bottle neck like there is in Beaufort.
Wherever you settle on the Crystal Coast, you'll likely be happy. So far we've been very impressed with the people we've worked with here . They're friendly and go out of their way to try to help you meet your goals. Once in a while they do get caught up in "beach time," but that is to be expected.

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Chapin sophomore KJ Lewis named All-State in basketball by TABC
Chapin sophomore boys basketball player KJ Lewis was named to the Texas Association of Basketball Coaches All-State team in Class 5A on Friday.
The 6-foot-5 Lewis averaged 25.4 points, 5.4 rebounds and 4.0 assists a game for the Huskies, who won the District 1-5A championship and who won three games in the playoffs to reach the regional semifinals for the first time in school history.
Lewis also starred as a freshman for the Huskies and led them to a second-place finish in District 1-5A and a bi-district playoff win.
Lewis, who was also named to the TABC All-Region team, has seen his recruiting stock skyrocket. He holds offers from several Division I teams, including Kansas, Houston and TCU.
More: El Paso high school girls basketball players honored
Felix F. Chavez may be reached at 915-546-6167; firstname.lastname@example.org; @Fchavezeptimes on Twitter.


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Peaceful protest does happen in Portland
There's good coverage of this afternoon's activities in this Twitter thread.
I'm outside the Oregon Convention Center in Northeast Portland covering today's march honoring the 57th anniversary of the March on Washington.— Cata Gaitán (@catalinagaitan_) August 28, 2020
About ~100 people are currently gathered in the square behind the statue of Martin Luther King Jr. on NE MLK Jr. Blvd. pic.twitter.com/iF8HN7bZYU

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Hometown: Bangor, ME
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Currently, our organization uses a custom in-house spun oo-mod/perl content management system to hook up our million users with the tools they need to give congress a hard time when it does something we, both as an organization and as a broader movement, think harms or otherwise loosens the footing of the hard working middle and working classes in the country, with a focus on immigration policies. On a more personal note, I've used perl to pick apart maps and draw new ones, interpret pixels as instructions for building ray-tracing scripts, serve as a tentative back end for app services in regards to game ideas that I never find the time or energy to complete, et cetera.
Hallo; long time perl user (12-14 years or so...) for a political advocacy group, looking to get out of the gorram house once in a while and serve other nefarious purposes.


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Queen Mab is the most useful Persona across all 5 games and should be levelled up quickly as she is so versatile. Her leggings were inspired by famous fashion designer Roco. If you call your main character Roco in the game then you unlock a series of surprise bonus features that open after you have bought all items for sale on Sundays from Tanaka.
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The game takes place from 2009 to 2010.
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Shin Megami Tensei: Persona 3 appears in the book 1001 Video Games You Must Play Before You Die by General Editor Tony Mott.
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Ask the Author: Beth McMullen
What would you like readers to know about you?
I’m an avid reader but also love going on adventures. This might be hiking up a mountain or traveling to a place hard to find on the map. Being outside my comfort zone wakes up my senses and really makes me feel like every moment counts.
What is your book about for those who haven’t read it?
The Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls trilogy is about Abby Hunter, age 12, who ends up in boarding school only to discover the school is a secret training facility for young spies. When her mother disappears, it’s up to Abby to use her not-very-fine-tuned skills to find her. There’s a lot of humor, action and friendship, plus sinister bad guys and twists and turns aplenty to keep the pages turning!
What has been your inspiration for writing it?
I went to boarding school as a kid and always thought it would make a great setting for a book. The idea that seven or eight hundred teenagers live together with minimal adult supervision is kind of crazy to begin with. I tried to use the setting for an adult thriller but that didn’t work and neither did my attempt to use it to write YA. It wasn’t until I figured out to make Abby twelve that it really came together.
What was your favorite scene or part of your book to write?
The series has three books and while I loved writing each one, the first one has a special place in my heart. I’m a sucker for a good origin story (Iron Man, Frozen, Wonder Woman, etc) so I especially loved creating Abby’s world and backstory.
What books or authors inspired you to become a writer?
Oh wow – this is a long list. I loved The Westing Game by Ellen Raskin and From the Mixed Up Files of Mrs. Basil E. Frankweiler as a kid. I was reading Stephen King novels when I was pretty young and his early work just has the most amazing pacing. It’s breathtaking. I’m still inspired by books that I read today that make me want to keep getting better. I just finished Neil Shusterman’s Scythe series and am still reeling.
What advice would you give to aspiring authors who want to write a book?
It is very easy to talk yourself out of daunting project like writing an entire book. Instead, I always tell people to think about micro-goals. For example, decide to write 200 words a day for a week. See how that goes. If you are successful, maybe up it to 300 or just stay at 200 until you feel motivated to do more. The most important thing is to put something on the page. It is the only way.
Beth McMullen is the author of the Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls (Aladdin/S&S) series as well as the forthcoming Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter (Aladdin/S&S) series, in stores and everywhere August 25th. Her third middle-grade series, Cats & Dragons, arrives in March 2021.
You can reach her on FaceBook/Instagram @BethMcMullenBooks and on Twitter at @bvam. Visit BethMcMullenBooks.com to email or for more information.
Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls trilogy – Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/bookseries/B07CZ2PT8Y/ref=dp_st_1481490265
Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter – Amazon: https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/1534456694/ref=dbs_a_def_rwt_bibl_vppi_i6
Mrs. Smith’s Spy School for Girls trilogy – IndieBound: https://www.indiebound.org/search/book?keys=author%3AMcMullen%2C%20Beth
Lola Benko, Treasure Hunter – IndieBound: https://www.indiebound.org/book/9781534456693

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For those of you who watched the LSU game against Mississippi the other night, there’s only one thing you’ll remember about that game—how atrociously the Tigers mismanaged the end of the game. LSU didn’t lose to Mississippi as much as they gave the Rebels the game because of their own lack of preparation and foresight.
For those non-football fans who are not aware of what happened, a brief recap of the end of the game:
LSU came into the game a favorite to win. They were ranked number 10 in the nation—Mississippi wasn’t ranked at all. Nevertheless, with just over a minute left in regulation play, the Rebels were leading 25-23 when the Tigers tried a desperation onside kick—and recovered the ball.
A couple of plays later LSU was in field goal range—barely. They needed to improve their field position in order to improve their chances of making the winning field goal. But on the next play LSU’s quarterback was tackled for a loss, moving them once again out of field goal range. After a short gain, the clock continued to run despite LSU still having a timeout to use. The fans were frantic as no timeout was called. LSU’s Head Coach, Les Miles, says he thought he heard people calling for a timeout–but apparently none of the officials heard it. The clock continued to run off 17 seconds before a timeout was finally called with only 9 seconds left on the clock.
It appears the coaching staff decided there was only time to run one play so they went all out for a touchdown. The play called; the team lined up; the ball snapped; the ball thrown and caught; the receiver tackled on the 6 yard line with one second left on the clock.
In college football the clock is stopped after a first down in order to have the chains and down marker moved. Although the Tigers are now out of timeouts, the automatic stoppage of the clock gives them the opportunity to get their field goal team on the field, get lined up, snap the ball, make the field goal, win the game. It would have been a tight fit to get all of that in, but they had the time since there was confusion getting the chains moved.
It didn’t happen.
No field goal.
Nope, instead a ton of controversy and blame on the coaching staff for blowing a win and maybe even an eventual BCS bowl game and big dollars to the university and conference.
After the pass that ended with the receiver being tackled on the 6, total confusion broke out on the LSU sidelines. The field goal team wasn’t prepared to get onto the field; the coaching staff didn’t seem to know whether to try to stop the clock by snapping and immediately downing the ball (not possible with one second on the clock), running one last desperation pass play, or trying to get the field goal team out onto the field.
The coaches made the decision that there wasn’t enough time to get the field goal team on and apparently they decided they couldn’t run a play. Their decision? The one decision that would absolutely guarantee they lose—snap the ball and down it by having the quarterback throw it into the ground at his feet. No matter how quickly they down the ball after the snap, at least one second will expire off the clock—meaning time will have expired and the game will be over.
How could one of the elite teams in the nation—with one of the top coaches (managers) in the country—have screwed up so monumentally?
The same way we screw up with our sales teams and just like with us and our sales teams, it wasn’t that hard. Fortunately, we can learn from Coach Miles and his team what great managers don’t do:
Great Managers Don’t Abdicate Responsibility
As the 17 critical seconds were clicking off the clock, Coach Miles says he thought he heard others calling for a timeout. It is common practice at the end of the first half or the game, when managing the clock becomes critical, for a college coach to let one of the officials know that he will be calling a timeout at some point and the coach asks the official to keep an eye on the coach so that the timeout can be called without any delay. Coach Miles didn’t do that. Not only did he not forewarn the officials that he would be calling a timeout at some point, he didn’t even take responsibility for calling the timeout; instead he relied on others to do his job for him and the result was no one called for a timeout until it was almost too late.
Great managers know, accept and fulfill their responsibility without hesitation.
Great Managers Don’t Fail to Plan
Coach Miles’ failure to take responsibility to call the critical timeout was hardly the only management disaster on the part of the LSU coaching staff. Although 9 seconds isn’t much time, it is easily enough time to run a football play and still have a few seconds left on the clock if the play results in a first down or the ball carrier gets out of bounds. With almost half a football field to navigate, there was a more than reasonable chance that the play would result in at least a first down, stopping the clock with a couple of seconds left to play.
Since there was a reasonable expectation that there would be an opportunity for one additional play, it was mandatory that the LSU coaching staff plan for that contingency and have made sure that everyone on their sideline knew what to do if it came to pass.
They didn’t plan past the immediate need—one play.
After that? Well, they’ll deal with that if and when the time comes.
Well, the time came—and went, and they lost because they had no plan. Coaches, some of them considered to be among the best in the profession, who had combined decades and decades of top notch experience, who combined had seen almost everything to see in the sport didn’t have the foresight to plan for a reasonable possibility.
Great managers plan—they take into consideration and are ready for all reasonable contingencies. Luck or the lack thereof doesn’t control their team’s destiny.
Great Managers Don’t Panic
One of the most memorable scenes at the end of the game was the LSU quarterback on the field looking at the sidelines for some direction—and seeing a coaching staff in total disarray. One coach signaling to do this, another to do that. That pandemonium and indecision was transferred to the quarterback who was obviously confused and panicked.
Since Miles had not planned for the occasion, he couldn’t let his coaching staff know what the plan was. Consequently, each coach was left on their own to try to figure out what to do. Chaos ensued, and that chaos on the part of management was transferred to the players.
Panic begat chaos, and chaos begat the worst possible decision that could be made in the situation to be made.
Great managers know that their team will respond as they do. Consequently, great managers maintain control instead of letting the situation control them.
Great Managers Don’t Blame Others for Their Failures
For Miles, the end of the game was not the end of the management failures. At the post game news conference he was naturally asked about what happened at the end of the game. His explanation was not only did he have no real clue. but he had no idea who on the sideline told the quarterback to down the ball, thus guaranteeing a loss.
That explanation may have worked 50 years ago. Not in 2009. Television cameras caught every second of the action on both the field and the sideline; including the panic stricken Miles running along the sideline desperately signaling for the quarterback to down the ball.
Is it possible that Miles was so panic-stricken at the moment he was telling his quarterback to do the one thing that would guarantee a loss that he honestly didn’t remember doing it? I guess maybe possible, but I certainly doubt it likely. I think more likely he was being consistent with his previous actions and not accepting his responsibility. Instead of owning his failure, he sought to push the blame on someone else—didn’t matter who as long as it wasn’t him.
Great managers own their decisions—right or wrong, good or bad.
It was just a football game, but one that in the course of less than a minute and a half demonstrated exactly how not to be a great manager.

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Game reviews, in-depth coverage and special features about the gaming industry as a whole.
Surf the Sands in Tray Racers, Coming to Steam Next Fest
Tribes of Midgard: Witch Saga: Hel Hath No Fury Like a Viking Scorned
Two Point Campus: Space Academy Review: Set Phasers to Fun!
Do Accessibility Controllers Provide Genuine Inclusion?
Hiboka is a Malagasy Folk Horror Journey to the Heart of Grief
Get Good or De-Rez Trying in The Last Hero of Nostalgaia
Part two in the story of the renegade mod that transformed Super Smash Bros. Brawl from travesty to tournament classic, told by the community that adores it.
The story of the renegade mod that transformed Super Smash Bros. Brawl from travesty to tournament classic, told by the community that adores it.
College can be a time of self-discovery and personal turmoil. For many, it’s where we start to understand who we are and where we’re going, experiencing plenty. Our review of Two Point Campus.
South of the Circle tells a compelling tale, but its conclusion undercuts its dramatic effect.
Eyes in the Dark has its charms, but brings too little to the roguelite table to stand out.
Cult of the Lamb takes your calming villager sim and fills it with dark worship and disturbing rituals, adding a healthy dose of challenging roguelike combat on top.
DBLTAP spoke with several of the game's best players from Team Liquid, The Guard and OpTic Gaming during VCT Stage 1: Masters Reykjavík to get their thoughts on a common question — What is the worst map in Valorant? Here's what we found.
Dordogne wraps warm, earthy watercolors around a story about memory. We previewed the game and spoke to its creators at PAX East 2022.
Eiyuden Chronicle: Rising throws it back to PS1-era RPGs with genial results, but it loses its way amidst repetitive side quests and enemies.
Here are the nine best games we played at PAX East 2022.
“My truthful answer to you,” she replied to a fan questioning if the beloved Hogwarts headmaster had ever found love, “I always thought of Dumbledore as gay.”
DBLTAP spoke with several of the game's best talents from Team Liquid, The Guard and OpTic Gaming during VCT Stage 1: Masters Reykjavík to get their thoughts on a common question — What is the best buy for pistol rounds? Here's what we found.

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Re: Wheel bearings
It was a metallic noise that varied with road speed. I confirmed that putting the car in neutral and revving the engine at 45 mph made no difference. But, as the Jeep coasted slower and slower the pitch changed.
I spoke to the tech before he got to the Jeep. He went once around the block and said he agreed.
If you need a shoulder to cry on ...
... pull over to the side of the road!


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Stars of the Week: Krislyn and Thea
This week, Class 3 visited Tuesley Farm and picked strawberries, raspberries and blueberries! Back at school, we used some of the strawberries to make fruit crumble.
We have learnt such a lot this week about the British countryside, food technology and our ‘plants’ topic in science!
Next week in Class 3… We will be participating in Sports Week!
Here’s the crumble recipe, if you’d like to recreate it at home!
Serves 4 (measurements are very approximate – adjust to taste)
Equipment: approx. 20cm ovenproof dish, or 4 individual pie dishes; knife and chopping board; mixing bowl and wooden spoon
Filling: Strawberries, cornflour, sugar
Topping: 1/2 cup plain flour, 1/2 cup oats, 1/4 cup sugar, 1/3 cup soft butter, 1 or 2 tsp cinnamon (optional)
First, hull the strawberries and cut larger ones into pieces.
Mix a small amount of sugar and cornflour together and coat the strawberries by tossing them in the mixture.
Put the strawberries in an ovenproof dish, about half full.
For the crumble topping, place all the ingredients in a bowl and stir to combine. The butter should be evenly distributed and the mixture should be fairly crumbly. If it looks much too dry, add another tablespoon of soft butter.
Spoon the crumble topping over the strawberries. Place in the oven for 35-45 minutes, or until lightly golden brown, at about 180C.
Leave to cool a bit and enjoy!

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Chocolate Eclair Dessert
It's easy to learn how to make chocolate eclair cake recipe. chocolate eclair cake recipe is one of my favorite menu.
How to make chocolate eclair cake recipe easily?
In this recipe you will discover the simplest yet most flavourful way to make the chocolate eclair cake recipe! Whether you're cooking for a small family dinner or a daytime potluck, follow these easy steps for some excellent bites!
- 1 box graham crackers
- 2 small boxes of INSTANT french vanilla pudding
- 3 cup milk
- 1 small (8 oz) frozen whipped topping, thawed
- 1 milk chocolate frosting
- In a large bowl, combine pudding mix and milk. Stir well. Stir in whipped topping to pudding mixture.
- In 9 x 13 pan. Line single layer of graham crackers on bottom (to cover all the bottom of the pan).
- Spread half of mixture over graham cracker layer. Top with another layer of graham crackers and the remaining pudding mixture. Top all with a final layer of graham crackers and frost with chocolate frosting.
- Refrigerate until serving. (makes graham crackers softer)
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The Knesset Law, Constitution and Justice Committee approved a first reading of a bill on Wednesday making it easier to sue boycott advocates, amid arguments over who is to blame for the cancellation of this weekend’s planned Israel-Argentina exhibition soccer match.The bill would allow Israelis to sue people or organizations who call to boycott Israel for up to NIS 100,000 without proof of damages, and up to NIS 500,000 if they worked systematically to promote boycotts. The language of the bill would include settlement boycotts, and not just boycotts of all of Israel. The current Boycott Law requires proof of damages, and no lawsuits have been brought forward based on the 2011 law.Likud MK Yoav Kisch, who proposed the bill, pointed to the timing of the discussion, the morning after reports came out that the Argentinian Football Association canceled a scheduled game in Israel, and many pointed to a massive anti-Israel boycott campaign over the game.“We must be united in the face of BDS [boycott, divestment and sanctions movement] and make a clear call that Israel cannot be boycotted,” Kisch said.
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Some say she's an arsehole, some say she's a genius. Either way, it doesn't seem to phase Amanda Palmer who is all about the music, the art, her fans and pushing boundaries.
The flamboyant cabaret/goth/feminist/pianist/lyricist/singer/...../..../../......./......./............./ .... (what doesn't she do) and The Grand Theft Orchestra are touring their album Theatre Is Evil and will be heading to the land of the long white cloud for a long awaited visit.
New dates for the tour to see the phenomenal 8ft bride and orchestra perform are: Wellington 4th September at San Francisco Bath House and 6th September at the Kings Arms in Auckland.
How are you Amanda Fucking Palmer?
Good, tired, tired but happy. I've just finished a show in Edinburgh and I am so, so excited about coming back over those ways. The original shows were delayed, so I'm even more excited and filled with anticipation about coming to New Zealand and Australia now.
Can NZ audiences look forward to you getting your breasts out on this tour?
No, my breasts only come out spontaneously and of their own will. I have no control over them.
Do you feel that any media coverage is good media coverage?
As long as people continue to come back to my music and don't just talk about my boobs, I'll be happy.
What do your parents and family think of the life path you've chosen?
They've gotten used to it and they're very proud. It took them a while to adjust the fact that I wasn't going to be a normal person with a normal fucking job. They're wonderful and have always been really supportive, the interesting thing about growing up in my family is that they weren't artists but they've always been really supportive of my desire to become one and everyone should be so lucky.
People love you, people don't love you. How do you protect yourself from the controversy in your acts?
I can't protect myself which is part of the job. If I could protect myself from it then I wouldn't be putting myself at risk in the first place, but I also wouldn't be getting anything done. So, it just goes with the territory that you have to deal with the negativity along with the positivity. You just get used to it after a while. When public option of an artist like me goes so wildly up and down, you learn not to live your life on the yo yo train, because it could just drive you absolutely crazy if the quality of your life was being controlled by whatever way the wind happens to be blowing on anyparticular day. The more shit storms I weather and the more I go through people calling me an asshole and a genius, the more I realise the important thing is to just ignore it and make art. The criticism is ephemeral, it doesn't last and it doesn't stick and it doesn't matter ultimately. What matters is what I make and how people actually respond to the things I make in a real concrete way. And there's the art that I make and then there's the words around it, and the words around it aren't important as the art itself. So, you just learn after a while, to ignore the words and focus on the music.
How do you draw inspiration for your lyrical genius?
Musicals that I was in as a teenager. I came totally out of the closet, on my blog on this song I wrote for the Daily Mail and I ripped that melody straight out of Evita, and I was not ashamed to admit it. Webber and Wrights is like the melodic gift that keeps on giving.
Is keeping creative ideas fresh a challenge?
No it's not hard, because I don't sit around trying to think up original controversial ideas. That's not my occupation. When I get a good idea, I run with it and when I don't have a good idea, I take a walk and make a sandwich, it's as simple as that. One of the difficult things about being me, is that perception that I'm sitting around drafting evil plans to create controversy, which is never true. When it comes to defending myself, I do like to be creative.
I showed your Daily Mail retort to my mum who commended you, you're quite a fan here with the female audience especially.
I feel really, really happy that a lot of my fans have finally turned their mothers into Amanda Palmer fans.
Where does your love of the antipodes come from?
I just fucking love it down there. I love everything about it, but I mainly just love the attitude of the people. It's so classic, especially the woman are so independent, and strong and emotional and I just fucking that, I love that kind of energy. You get instances of that in America and Europe, but I've never felt more at home with a group of people that in NZ and Australia. There's something about the general cultural attitude down there that really resonates with me. It's a two way street. When I first started touring in Australia and I noticed there was a real resonance, it's almost just like a good human relationship, we gravitate towards the people we 78resonant with. I've only ever felt that down there, it's a real kinship.
Would you like to come for dinner while you're over?
Best last question I've ever been asked by a journalist. I would fucking love to come over for dinner.
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This is a quick first look at the gravity arms for the escapement. Unfortunately we have no direct plans for these arms, although the principal is explained in a number of book that we have along with generic designs. We also have limited access to another Smith clock with one, but the people of Duffield would probably not appreciate it if we stopped the clock and dismantled it to scribe around its parts. As a result these have been made from a combination of reference books, awkwardly taken part-measurements and careful study of our own photographs.
I’m not going to include any technical details yet because we don’t know if they will work! We hope this won’t become a process of trial and error but there might be some fine tuning to be done at least. I’ll post more pictures of our progress and details of any problems we find as we continue. Once we have it working I will, of course, provide proper details. These arms have been made from multiple parts welded together which I don’t imagine is how the originals were done, presumably they were cut from a single piece. However, this technique has made them a lot quicker and easier to produce (important since we might have to make more variations yet, if they don’t work) and the results look fine. Even easier would have been getting access to a water-jet cutter, then we could have just drawn them up on the computer and a few minutes later had a perfect set pop out of the machine.
A quick post to show the new pendulum suspension. This is a departure from the square version on the St. Alkmund’s church clock, but it’s been made to plans from Smith of Derby so it is an authentic design (if only we had plans for some of the more complicated bits, like the escapement!). There’s no way of knowing which design this clock would have had originally, so I’d be happy with either.
It’s surprising just how heavy this bit is, but it’s nothing compared to the weight of the whole pendulum. In actual fact we don’t know what the pendulum bob should weigh, but it’s a fair estimate to say it’ll weigh quite a bit. I really hope the new casting was well made, because all that weight is going to be hanging off it!
The current bolts are temporary ones and that is not spring steel connecting the two parts yet – we’re having trouble tacking down a source of suitably sized spring steel strip (at a sensible price). You will also notice gravity arms have been added, as well as the brass plates that hold them, but more on that in another post.
The double three-legged gravity escapement uses a fly to dissipate some of the excess energy in the system. When the escapement unlocks the legs of the escapement move 60 degrees before coming to a sudden stop again. The fly helps to reduce the acceleration of the escape wheel and, like the fly on the striking train, needs to be able to continue to move a little when the arbour stops suddenly. Unlike the bigger fly this one doesn’t use a ratchet, instead it uses a friction device. We need enough friction that it gets turned with the arbour starts to move, but when the arbour stops it should be able to slip and come to a natural stop. The fly was made from a drawing supplied by Smith of Derby when my Father visited them. It’s no coincidence that it looks just like the one on the St. Alkmund’s church clock.
The pictures below show the completed fly, with a bolt through the middle where the arbour would normally be – which is why it looks a little wonky in some of the pictures.
I thought a progress report was in order for the turret clock we (my father and I) are restoring, after I realised we started this project way back in November 2014! As a refresher the clock is a 1922 cast iron flat bed turret clock made by John Smith & Sons of Derby. It was purchased in a poor state of repair, having been butchered in the 1950s to make it electric drive and later having much of the electrics stripped back off. The original parts removed during the motorisation would have been recycled at the time so were no longer available to be replaced, later removal of the motors (etc.) just left the clock in a non-working state.
Since November 2014 a lot has been achieved. We now have fully working striking and chiming trains and the going train finally feels like it’s well on its way to completion. I’ve tried to list out everything that has been made or sorted so far. Pictures of the current state of the clock are below, along with some pictures showing details of recent additions to the going train. The red parts are all new, as are quite a lot of brass parts and several steel arbours which haven’t been painted. Eventually the clock will be properly painted but in the mean time the red primer makes a nice contrast between the new and original parts. There are a few temporary supports and bolts in the pictures, but this is still very much work-in-progress.
I’m already resigned to the fact that I’ll never own the set of 8 full size church bells intended for the chiming train. However, I do now have one so the clock will at least be able to strike the hour. This is a proper bell too, exactly like you would find in your local church. Admittedly it’s at the smaller end of the scale but it really looks the part. It was cast by John Taylor & Company Loughborough who, just like Smith of Derby who made the clock, are still going today. I bought the bell a couple of weeks ago from a retired GP near Tamworth via e-Bay. According to the listing it was “probably made around the turn of the 19th/20th century for a school in Norfolk possibly Stoke by Nayland”. It came with a substantial bracket and was intended to be wall mounted and rung by pulling a chain. The bell itself is 12.5 inches in diameter, 13.5 inches high and weighs 56 lbs.
The previous owner of the bell did say that he’d had the bell checked out and that the length of the ringing tone was slightly shorted than it should be and so there could be a crack. It rings well to my ear and there is certainly no visible defect so I’m happy with. Don’t forget that Big Ben has been cracked pretty ever much since it was installed, mind you Big Ben doesn’t sound particularly good so that’s not saying much. The funny thing here is that before this bell went on eBay the previous owner offered it to UK Architectural Antiques in Staffordshire, but they weren’t interested because of this potential defect. This is the same company from whom I purchased the clock which, it should be fairly clear from this blog, was a long way from being in mint condition!
Now we have our new wheel we need another new lantern pinion to engage with it and that pinion needs to be mounted on another new arbour. The position of the arbour needs to be chosen carefully to ensure a good mesh between wheel and pinion. Our horizontal position is fixed – it needs to sit central to the rest of the escapement position. However, we can choose the vertical position, up to a point, to ensure the correct mesh. The vertical position of the remaining escapement parts (still to be made) will then follow.
To aid the positioning of the arbour Dad made a little tool which can have the wheel and pinion mounted on it allowing the mesh to be perfected, before scribing the arbour position (where it crosses the horizontal midline). I’ve attached pictures showing the tool for this clock and a smaller version he used previously when making a couple of long case clock movements. The new tool (that’s the bigger one, in case you hadn’t guessed) isn’t quite finished as you can see compared to the original. From the pictures you can see how the mesh is adjusted with the wheel and pinion mounted on the tool. Then the tool’s wheel arbour can be placed in the bearing on the clock and the tool rotated to see where the pinion’s arbour crosses the horizontal midline and the position scribed.
So far we have needed to create several new lantern pinions but no wheels, until now. The next missing part of the going train is a wheel and we have already worked out how many teeth it needs (72 based on a 1.25 second swing of the pendulum). Based on the 72 teeth, and the dimensions of the arch made based on measurements from St. Alkmund’s clock, we ended up with a diameter of 4.522 inches. The pitch circle diameter of the 9 pin pinion it engages with is 0.478 inches.
Cutting the wheel should be easy in theory, with a milling machine and a dividing head, although finding the right cutter isn’t. These wheels should have epicycloidal teeth of a decent depth, to engage with a lantern pinion, but you just can’t seem to get suitable cutters any more. One option would have been to make a fly cutter, but we managed to avoid the need to do that. A test wheel cut with involute teeth and deepened slots seemed to work pretty well so we decided to go with that. The first test was cut in a bit of plastic fascia board, then a section was to be test cut in brass on a blank made from an old engraved sign. Dad got a bit carried away and cut the entire thing and after spending so many hours on it we decided to keep it, despite the remnants of engraved lettering on one side, at least for the time being. After the cut-outs to form the spokes there won’t be a lot of the lettering left and a little metal filler, maybe even a touch of brass coloured paint, and the last traces will disappear. If not we can always replace it later, but in the mean time we can move on to the next part.
The dividing head was from my Dad’s Myford ML7, but was set up on an unbranded ‘Micro Mill’ because it gave a better view at the point of cutting.
The pendulum support has been cast and we’ve just got it back from the foundry. It’s not quite finished yet though. It needs a bit of light sanding to remove some of the casting marks on the edges. Then it needs the bottom of the two feet flattening so it sits nicely on the clock’s frame, plus bolt holes drilling. Recessed areas needs to be milled to mount brass plates on the front and back. Finally, a v-shaped groove needs to be cut across the top for a small bar to sit in, from which the pendulum actually hangs. This is another significant chunk (literally) of the clock done, or almost done, and allows further progress to be made on building the new escapement.
This is the first update for a while on the clock, but we are still working in it. It was a bit cold for spending long in the workshop over winter. Then, as things picked up in spring, there were plenty of other priorities. As well as creating the pattern for the pendulum support casting we now have all the key measurements and positions worked out for the escapement. We have also started work on another missing wheel (but more on that in another post to come).
When the clock was converted to electric drive it was became little more than a gear train from the motor to the drive shaft. It no longer used a pendulum or escapement and unfortunately these were not kept with the clock. The pendulum would have been mounted on a large cast iron wishbone-shaped casting at the back of the clock. The arms of the escapement were also attached to this structure.
The pattern for the casting was made out of a couple of chunks of pine joined together. The basic shape was cut out with a band-saw. A small amount of hand carving was required for fine details and wax fillets were applied to the recessed front edge. Dimensions for the arch were taken from the clock of St. Alkmund’s Church, Duffield. The measurements were taken in situ, from the top of a ladder, while the clock was going. As a result they may not be quite 100% accurate, but very close to the original.
My father approached a couple of local foundries about casting the pattern. I was surprised there were any local foundries left, let alone a choice, but then Derbyshire was the birthplace of the industrial revolution! Neither of us really knew how much it was likely to cost but we were disappointed with the first quote of over £160. In the end we managed to get it for £55, with a 3 week turnaround. We’re still waiting and I’ll post pictures once we get the finished article. It’s going to need a little machining to complete. The base needs to be made flat and a v-shaped groove cut across the top for the pendulum to sit in. It also needs to accommodate two brass plates, one on the front and one on the back, to mount the arms of the escapement.
After examining the St. Alkmund’s clock we are able to start making some progress again. However, as the going train isn’t exactly the same as ours, we still don’t have all the information we need. Some details still need to be worked out. It’s also worth noting that even if it had had the same as the parts that we currently have, there is no guarantee that our missing parts would have matched – the engineer at Smith of Derby said there was a lot of variation between clocks. We may never know exactly what the original train was on this clock, so we will have to go with something sensible.
Yesterday, my father discovered something interesting we had never noticed before. The missing front arbour support, for the missing arbour, was attached to the frame by two bolts. The same support on the clock at St. Alkmund’s is attached by one bolt. That may not sound very important, and it’s possible we are reading too much into it, but of all the pictures of Smith flat bed turret clocks of this vintage we can find there is only one other that has two bolts for this support. The other is the clock at Trinity Collage, Cambridge. That clock has an extra dial at the end of this arbour and a second hand – something else the Smith engineer mentioned our clock could/ should have had. It is the presence and position of the extra dial that requires the two side bolts for fixing the support, rather than a single bolt through a front ”foot”. (I’ve previously mentioned how similar I though our clock was to the Trinity clock (except for their unique fourth train) and I did contact the keeper for more details about the clock, but unfortunately never received a reply.)
So, if we assume from this observation that our clock had a second hand then that fixes the rotation speed of the missing arbour to one rpm. As the lantern pinion at the front end of this arbour must turn the 120 tooth wheel at a rate of one tooth every seven and a half seconds then that pinion must have eight trundles. Suddenly we have two less unknowns in the train!
I previously suggested some options for the missing parts of the train, but if we take the above (60 second rotation, 8 pin pinion) as correct we can improve the list of options:
1.5 second swing, 60:9 ratio at escapement.
1.25 second swing, 72:9 ratio at escapement.
1.125 second swing, 80:9 ratio at escapement.
1 second swing, 90:9 ratio at escapement.
The engineer at Smith’s did suggest a 90:9 ratio, but I find it hard to imagine this clock only had a one second pendulum. That’s only about a metre, the same as a typical long case (“grandfather”) clock. The pendulum at St. Alkmund’s is 1.5 seconds or about 2.24m. The Trinity clock pendulum is described as being “2 metres” but it’s not clear how they are measuring it. The length of a pendulum is measured from the pivot to the centre of mass and so the overall physical length of the pendulum may be quite a bit longer. 2m is not a standard/ common length so I suspect it’s an approximation of the physical length rather than an accurate “functional length”.
As we’ll never know what this clock originally had we can choose one of the above options, keeping in mind the practicalities of the pendulum length. Only the 1 second pendulum would fit the clock on its current stand and would be the most convenient length, but that feels to short to me. The 1.5 second pendulum is far to long to be practical, so our current intention is to make it with a 1.25 second pendulum and 72:9 ratio. We just need to make sure that actually fits around the rest of the escapement mechanism.


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My name is Becca Asghar. I am your Classic Miss Diamond East London 2021. I decided to enter Miss Diamond when I turned a milestone birthday. Also, a good friend of mine died at age 82 early this year and had suffered from dementia and social isolation in her last few months. I decided to make my platform about arts and older people, to facilitate intergenerational contact and reduce social isolation especially for older people.
My own arts company, Friends of Alfred, is set up to educate the public about the legacy of the film director Sir Alfred Hitchcock in Leytonstone, his birthplace. It is aimed at reducing social isolation via arts and entertainment. I am also involved in several charities including Magic Me Arts, Infinite Oasis Care and Age UK in different ways to benefit older people.
I have done a 13 mile walk for Alzheimer's Society raising £200 and walked 26 miles for The Samaritans, the chosen charity of Miss Diamond, raising £200. am a brand new pageant girl and this is my first pageant. When I was first accepted, it was still lockdown. However I have participated in over 71 appearances mostly online campaigns of over ladies as well as organising 3 of my own based on gritty social issues, history, diversity and equality. I have come runner up in two photos competitions for Face of July, won Best Smile in another online pageant as a side award and won Best Catwalk at my very first charity pageant Miss Empowerment when this was the first time I had ever been on a catwalk!
I cant wait to share the rest of my journey and achieve my goals - Becca Asghar


The facades of a bevy of Downtown Albuquerque businesses have been transformed this week in advance of a movie shoot. Gold Avenue SW, from Second to Third Street has been readied to look like a Berkeley, Calif., streetscape for a scene in the action/sci-fi film “Transcendence.”
The film, starring Johnny Depp, Morgan Freeman and Rebecca Hall, began filming this month at Albuquerque’s I-25 Studios and at locations in and around the Albuquerque-area, according to the New Mexico Film Office. Storefronts and business names on Gold Avenue have been altered and new awnings have been erected on a number of businesses in advance of the shoot.
In addition, the shoot will affect the hours of some businesses throughout the weekend and early next week.
Le Cafe Miche, formerly P’Tit Louis Bistro, at 228 Gold, will be closed May 26 through May 29, according to owners Linda & Claus Hortkjaer. Patrician Design, at 216 Gold, will star as Pegasus Fine Books for the shoot. Its retail operation will be closed on May 27 and May 28. Gold Street Caffe, to be dubbed Cafe Somar, will be shuttered from May 24 to May 29 and Cafe Giuseppe at 222 Gold will be closed from May 25 at noon until May 30 when it reopens for normal hours.
Those visiting businesses on the stretch of Gold Avenue are encouraged to call ahead for the most up to date information on business hours.
"Transcendence" is expected to continue shooting at I-25 Studios and at other New Mexico locations through July.


The Life of the Steel Plant
The final Art Gallery show of the 2016-17 academic year will open Thursday, May 4 at the Steel Plant Studios. "The Life of the Steel Plant," the 2017 Annual Art and Digital Media Student Exhibition, kicks off with a reception from 5:00-7:00 p.m. The show runs through Wednesday, May 10. Gallery hours are Monday-Thursday, 12:00-5:00 p.m.
"This final exhibition of the year is one that the students look forward to in great anticipation. It is a festive celebration of their creativity," said Art Gallery Director Ed Smith. "The show features selections of the work done this year in the Steel Plant Studios."


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Today’s look was inspired by my latest bag obsession – Modalu London’s Olivia bag. I’ve only had her for two days, and I’m already in love with this petite and functional city bag. To compliment this aubergine beauty, I went monochromatic with matching purple jeans, suede booties and a silk printed shirt.
I buttoned the shirt all the way and added a tortoiseshell collar necklace for interest. Collar necklaces are a recent obsession of mine, and this vintage piece is understated, but I love the glossy finish and its sculptural shape.
I’m wearing brand new aubergine coloured jeans from Urban Planet. I couldn’t resist picking up a few pairs of coloured jeans when they cost around $20! If you want to elongate your legs, high-heeled booties in the same colour as your pants will create a long line that will make it look like you have legs for days!

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Browning High-Power Safari Short Action .222 Rem.
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Browning High-Power Safari Grade Short Action, .222 Remington, 24" barrel, 7 lbs. 11 oz., 13 5/8" LOP over the factory butt plate, Sako barreled action with two position slide safety, bottom floorplate and trigger guard with scroll engraving, raised comb cheekpiece, swivel studs. Excellent condition with a few minor handling marks. Comes with a full length Browning hard case which is very uncommon and a one piece scope base installed. Between 1963 and 1974, Browning offered these short action caliber rifles. They used Sako short action barreled actions made in Finloand and were stocked in Belgium at FN. They are more uncommon than the standard action caliber rifles. Circa 1964.


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