text:
Introduction: developments in Victorian bindings
ook bindings of the nineteenth century were highly diverse, and subject to the vagaries of changing fashions. Usually issued in cloth, they came in a wide range of colours and styles; some were embossed with decorative gilt devices, others were purely functional. A plain livery was used for ‘serious’ literature, but books intended as gifts were unashamedly ostentatious Set up to impress the recipient, they were designed to create as great an impact as possible.
Gift books of the sixties were typically bound in coloured cloth, with gilt patterns on the boards and spine and gilt edges; sometimes intended as presentation pieces or published in time for Christmas, they were part of and helped to shape domestic rituals. Conceived as signs of giving, objects to be purchased and presented, they were enmeshed in the commercial systems of the time. Not so much literature as popular art, they were positioned as consumables, objects which asserted their identity as wares in the market-place, and as such their physical design had two functions: to please the recipient, and to persuade the purchaser to buy the book in the first place. They had to appeal in the aesthetic sense of the term, and they had to be effective pieces of marketing.
Advertisements for gift books in the London-based Reader (1864). Click on images to enlarge them.
Ways of manipulating the consumer’s vision was a motivating force in the presentation of new books, and the competition for buyers was both the primary concern of both publisher and designer. How to attract an audience using attractive bindings was a complicated matter, which led to the development of ever more impressive ways to catch the reader’s eye. This was true for Christmas gift books, souvenirs and other light-weight publications for leisure reading. Strategies involved the use of new and unusual materials, illusionism which gave an impression of glamour and expense, visual referencing and other gimmickry. All such publications might thus be described as novelties – objects to be judged (or at least procured) on the basis of their material form. The approach produced many curiosities, and the end result was sometimes incongruous.
Gift books of the Sixties: from cloth to tortoiseshell
ift books of the middle part of the period were elaborated versions of the Keepsakes and Annuals of the thirties and forties, but their attempt to beguile the consumers’ eye was far more pronounced — and far more excessive — than the models from which they were derived. The steel-plate etchings that illustrated the earlier gift books were replaced with large and impressive engravings on wood, a vehicle for some of the greatest artists of the time; and the bindings became excessively showy. Designers such as John Leighton, Robert Dudley, A.H. Warren and John Sliegh provided intricate patterns in gilt, and the cloth boards were issued in a variety of colours. The sheer resplendence of these designs creates a kaleidoscopic effect: the front cover of Sliegh’s Odes and Sonnets (1867) is embellished with gilt that makes it looks more like the lid of a Renaissance jewellery box than the outer surface of a book, while Leighton’s A Round of Days (1866) is a curious confection of styles which mediates between the conventions of Gothic and the decorative devices of Islamic pattern-making. Illusionism and eclecticism are deployed to create a memorable effect. As in Victorian architecture, the viewer is endlessly engaged and surprised by the free intermingling of styles, and it is significant that several of the book designers – notably Owen Jones, Sliegh and Dudley – were also architectural draughtsmen.
Left: John Sleigh's binding for Odes and Sonnets. Middle and right' Two versions of John Leighton's binding for A Round of Days. [Click on images to enlarge them.]
Yet with all of this inventiveness the basic formula of the gift book – gilt patterns and brightly-coloured cloth – had a limited shelf-life. Novelty quickly exhausts itself and as in all capitalist production and consumption the new had to re-new itself as it struggled to compete for buyers in a market which by the mid-sixties was saturated with hundreds of publications of the same sort. To win successive generations of buyers, publishers had to make their products ever more appealing: change became a virtue in itself, with decoration ever more elaborate, eventually declining into a mannerism in which effects are overstated. This movement is suggested by comparing Leighton’s binding for Old English Ballads (1864) with the anonymous casing for Robert Buchanan’s North Coast (1868). The first, while elaborate, is elegant and well-proportioned; the second, a piece of faux Celticism in which the surface combines gilt and polychromatic panels to create an overloaded and garish effect. If gift books of the sixties were inherently vulgar, many of them degenerate into what many contemporaries regarded as showy trash, and we might describe as kitsch.
Left: John Leighton's binding for Old English Ballads. Right: North Coast and Other Poems, binding by an unknown designer. [Click on images to enlarge them.]
This inevitable decline was noted by the publishers and as the period unfolded constant attempts were made to expand the gift books’ conventions. One approach was the deployment of figurative scenes in the form of chromolithographic panels which were pasted onto the front cover. Though featuring as early as 1864, as in Warren’s Summer Time in the Country, by the end of the period many books were embellished with this device. The anonymous front cover for Thomson’s Poems (1869) is a good example, combining a framing device in gilt with a central image of a pastoral scene printed in several colours. Also noticeable is the fashion for gimmicks. Two Centuries of Song (1869), a binding by Harry Rogers, has a brass clasp to hold its boards together – an entirely unnecessary addition which solemnly references a particularly light-weight book to incunabula; others were bound in unfamiliar and exotic materials.
Left: W.H. Rogers's binding for Two Centuries of Song. Right: Binding by an unknown design for Thomson's Poems. [Click on images to enlarge them.]
Notable attempts were made to stress the luxuriousness of gift books by presenting them in what was apparently wood or tortoiseshell. Owen Jones had experimented with wooden bindings in the forties, but by the sixties there were many imitations created for a large reading public rather than an elite. Of course, the cost of these books ensured that the material was not real: instead of wood, papier mâché was used. Made up in large pliable sheets, the mâché was compressed, stuck onto rigid card, bevelled using a metal frame, coloured with a dark stain, patterned and varnished, most typically producing an effect of polished mahogany which was finished off with an impressed gilt pattern. As was usual with gift books generally, production was a mixture of man and machine, with the dark colours applied by hand but the rest of it passing through an industrial process. Good examples are Golden Leaves (1865) and The Book of Gems (1868); both have an impressive sturdiness, with a furniture-like hardness to the boards, but they are, nevertheless, purely ephemeral pieces, the product of illusionism.
Two examples of bindings made in imitation malachite . [Click on images to enlarge them.]
The same sort of trompe d’oeil was applied to the production of fake malachite. Often mistaken for precious, bespoke objects, they too are the embodiment of industrial techniques. Rarities today, these books exemplify the publishers’ attempts to refresh their products, no matter how strange (and fundamentally dishonest) those products might be.
From Yellowbacks to Mauchline ware: travelling and tourism
he development of the railways in the forties and fifties facilitated the development of internal tourism, with middle-class travellers from England taking holidays in Yorkshire and the North, the North-East, Cornwall and the West, Wales and Scotland. The longer journeys involved in travelling from the Home Counties to the further reaches of Britain encouraged a fundamental change in the understanding of British culture while also leading to the development of a range of products which set out to entertain the traveller.
One such product was these was the ‘Yellow-back’ — a cheap work, usually of fiction and usually a reprint, made up of low grade paper bound in yellow glazed boards with an image on the front cover; developed by the engraver Edmund Evans at the beginning of the fifties – who printed his early designs on yellow paper – the genre provided the traveller with something to read. Purchased from a kiosk at the railway station (W. H. Smith the stationers having set up in 1848), as the journey began, they were cheap enough (sometimes as little as sixpence) to leave behind once the traveller disembarked. Usually embellished on the front cover with a lurid illustration, these editions were produced in huge numbers until the 1890s; many were enhanced with images by outstanding artists – notably George Du Maurier, who designed the cover of M. E. Braddon’s Lady Audley’s Secret– and all set out to stimulate the eye. We can imagine that yellow-backs entertained many hours of travelling between the capital and Inverness or from Kent to Cornwall, and many have survived. Part of the ritual of passage, along with bottles of lemonade and sweet-meats purchased by street-vendors on the platform, yellow-backs were dispensable entertainment, the gaudy detritus of mid-Victorian consumerism.
Once the vacationer had arrived there were other books to entertain the time. A vast range of souvenir books were published. Most were bound in purely functional cloth or paper bindings, but others set out to emulate the precious effects of the gift-book. These more expensive books incorporated distinctive emblems of the town or area, such as a coat of arms or a local scene.
Left: A Card binding for Disraeli's Henrietta Temple. Right: A Mauchline-ware binding of Scott's The Lay of the Last Minstrel. [Click on images to enlarge them.]
The most sustained attempt at producing quality souvenirs was developed by the company of W. A. Smith, which was set up in the small Scottish town of Mauchline, Ayreshire, in the 1820s, and continued until 1933, when the factory was destroyed in a fire. Smith produced a range of treen objects that extended from pin-boxes and egg-timers to towel-rings and wooden bindings for books of poetry, fiction and landscape views. These imprints were offered as Scottish memorabilia; though Smith issued work as an independent company, most books were published in conjunction with Blackie, Ross and other publishers based in Edinburgh.
However, Mauchline’s selling point was its distinctive production: bound in wooden boards with a leather, goat-skin or cloth spine and embellished on the covers with a photographic transfer print of a local scene, the books were intended to be viewed as primitive, quaint, or at least evocative of a culture different from England’s. Souvenirs often function as signs of otherness which remind the purchasers of the novelty of being in a place away from home, and the images on Mauchline bindings exaggerate the signifiers of Scotland. Thistles, harps, tartan patterns (known as Tartanware), ferns (Fernware), and romantic ruins predominate. Containing Scottish texts or texts about Scotland, they frame their material in nostalgic (and almost entirely synthetic) imagery. The books offer a generic notion of faux Celticism while reanimating memories of the area and its associations. Playing on the town’s association with Scott and Robbie Burns, who had lived locally, Mauchline books make the strongest link with holiday destinations in the Lowlands and Borders.
Mauchline productions represent the higher quality end of the souvenir-market. The boards are made of sycamore coated with varnish, the spines are generally good quality morocco and the pages are sewn rather than glued. The overall effect is one of robustness. A good example is a copy of Scott’s The Lay of the Last Minstrel, which was published by John Ross in Edinburgh in 1872. This has all the virtues of Mauchline book: the convex boards are embellished with scenes from Melrose Abbey, the tips are unchipped after almost 150 years, and the spine is carefully crafted in black morocco with a title and Scottish emblems. In contrast to most gift books of the period, these self-parading works outlasted the function for which they were originally intended.
Glazed boards and children’s books of the eighties and nineties
nother strand in the development of popular publishing is the use of glazed pictorial boards. This type of binding becomes a characteristic feature of children’s books of the seventies, eighties and nineties; based on the yellow-back technology of printing images on glossy paper, it creates a cheerful and imposing result. It also had the advantage of being cheap and easy to produce, a matter of printing in colour the illustrations contained within the book and pasting them on to the front and rear boards, and in some cases the cover design was an original work. Costs were minimised by binding the spine in cloth, although the finished artefact, designed to withstand the travails of the nursery, was surprisingly strong. The shiny surface of the cover ensured that spillages could be cleaned off – a development which accommodates the unsteady hand of the juvenile reader.
Left three: Paper bindings for works by Kate Greenaway. Right: Harrison Weir's cover for his own Animal Stories. [Click on images to enlarge them.]
Almost all of the outstanding children’s illustrators presented books in this style and many were printed in colour by Edmund Evans. Evans originated this binding style and his glazed boards are the most imposing, so creating a logical development from the bindings used in the presentation of yellow-backs. Harrison Weir’s Animal Stories  and Robert Barnes’s front cover for Sydney Grey’s Story Land  are prime examples. However, Evans’s most distinguished work was reserved for his collaborations with Kate Greenaway and Walter Crane. In the late seventies and eighties Edmund supervised the engraving and binding of a delightful series of children’s books by these artists, each of them bound in colourful boards. Crane’s Pan Pipes and The Baby Opera are high quality productions and so are Greenaway’s Under the Window and The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Published by George Routledge and re-issued by Warne, these are among the most pleasing books of the age.
Works cited and consulted
Book of Gems, The. Wordsworth to Tennyson. Tortoiseshell binding by an unknown designer. London: Bell & Daldy, 1868.
Browning, Robert. The Pied Piper of Hamelin. Illustrated in colour and with a colour paper binding by Kate Greenaway. Engraved by Edmund Evans. London: Frederick Warne .
Buchanan, Robert. North Coast and Other Poems. An elaborate binding by an unknown designer. London: Routledge, 1868.
Crane, Walter. The Baby's Opera. Illustrated in colour and with a colour paper binding by Walter Crane. Engraved by Edmund Evans. London: Routledge .
Crane, Walter. Pan Pipes.Illustrated in colour and with a colour paper binding by Walter Crane. Engraved by Edmund Evans. London: Routledge .
Golden Leaves … Chaucer to Cowper. Tortoiseshell binding by an unknown designer. London: Griffin, 1865.
Greenaway, Kate. The Language of Flowers. Illustrated in colour and with a colour paper bindings by Greenaway. Engraved by Edmund Evans. London: George Routledge, 1884.
Greenaway, Kate. Under the Window. Illustrated in colour and with a colour paper binding by Greenaway. Engraved by Edmund Evans. London: George Routledge, 1878.
Grey, Sydney. Story Land. Illustrated in colour and with a colour paper binding by Robert Barnes. London: RTS .
Maclean, Ruari. Victorian Book Design and Colour Printing. London: Faber & Faber, 1963.
Odes and Sonnets.London: Routledge, 1863; first published in another form in 1859. Cover, spines and coloured decorations by Sliegh; engraved by the Dalziels.
Old English Ballads. Binding designed by Leighton. London: Ward & Lock, 1864.
Round of Days Described in Original Poems, A London: George Routledge and Sons, 1866. Binding designed by Leighton.
Scott, Walter. The Lay of the Last Minstrel. Bound in a Mauchline-ware wooden binding with a two transfer prints of Melrose Abbey on the front and rear. Edinburgh: John Ross, 1872.
Summer Time in the Country. Edited by Robert Aris Willmott. Cover (probably) designed by Warren. London: Routledge, 1864.
Thomson's Poems. Elaborate chromolithographic inlaid binding by an unknown designer. Edinburgh: Nimmo, 1869.
Two Centuries of Song. Edited by Walter Thornbury. Cover designed by Rogers. London: Sampson Low, 1867.
Weir, Harrison. Animal Stories Old and New. Illustrated in colour and with a colour paper binding by Weir. London: Sampson Low .
Created 13 October 2015
Last modified 19 October 2015

domain: library


text:
Douglas High School softball won its eighth game in a row Thursday, run-ruling Damonte Ranch by a 12-0 final.
Lilyann Lee opened the game with her fifth home run of the year in the first inning before belting her sixth in the fourth.
Lee finished the game 3-for-3 with five RBI, giving her the team lead with 19.
Talia Tretton was 3-for-3 with a home run and three RBI in Saturday’s win. She also struck out 12 in the circle and allowed one hit.
Zora Simpson, Peyton Simpson, Maddie Gooch and Lexi Hyde all knocked in a run in the win, as well.
UP NEXT: Douglas (10-3, 4-0 in Class 5A North) won’t return to action until April 5 when the Tigers host Alhambra (3-1).
(Douglas High’s Marissa McLelland winds up to throw during a game earlier this season for Tiger softball. McLelland has 11 hits this season, including a triple. / Ron Harpin)
DOUGLAS DOWNS DAMONTE TWICE
The Tiger baseball team kept its undefeated season going with wins of 12-2 and 12-5 over Damonte Ranch on Thursday and Saturday.
In Thursday’s win, Thomas Young was 2-for-3 with four RBIs and a home run for Douglas.
Senior Jake Davis drove in three runs while going 2-for-3 at the dish with a double.
Junior Jeffrey Peters was perfect, putting together a 4-for-4 day with a pair of RBIs.
Keegan Freeman tossed a complete game with seven strikeouts.
In Saturday’s win, Young once again plated four RBIs with a 2-for-4 day.
Junior Jackson Ovard recorded three RBIs while going 2-for-5 at the dish with a double.
Aaron Moss, Peters and Davis each knocked in an RBI in the second victory.
UP NEXT: Douglas (10-0, 3-0 in Class 5A North league play) will play De La Salle (6-2) Saturday at Reno High School, starting at 11 a.m.
TIGER TRACK RUNS WELL AT MANOGUE
Douglas High School track and field has put up some impressive results and this weekend was no different.
On the girls’ side, Grace Strabala won the 100-meter dash at Bishop Manogue in 12.84 seconds while Bliss Moody was third in 13.07.
Strabala also took the top spot in the 200 in a time of 27.42.
In the 100-meter hurdles, Katelyn Coons tied for third with a time of 17.38.
Her elder sister, Ava, took second in the 300-meter hurdles in 51.35.
Douglas’ 4x100, 4x200 and 4x800 relay teams were all second-best on the day.
Elizabeth Gneiting won the long jump (16 feet, 11 inches) and was second in the high jump with a personal record mark of five feet even.
Gneiting also took third in the triple jump with a mark of 32-1.
Stella White took third in the pole vault with a clearance of 11-6.
On the boys’ side, Luke Davis was fourth in the 1,600 in 4:41.15.
The Tigers 4x100 team of Zakery Weddell, CJ Bera, Mateo Esquivel and Zach Jackson won in 45.07.
In the 4x800, Douglas was second in 8:45.94.
TIGER SWIM FALLS TO RENO
Both Douglas High School boys and girls swim teams took on Reno over the weekend.
Scott Peck, Matthew Yturbide, Lucas Goss and Matthew Sutton combined to win the 200-yard medley relay in 2:01.81 on the boys’ side.
Allen Baker won the 1-meter diving competition for the boys with a score of 252.65 points, while Austin Pitts was second with a mark of 222.10.
On the girls’ side, senior Kiera Duffy won the 200-yard individual medley in 2:32.97.
Kiley Wagstaff was second in the 1-meter dive competition with a score of 137.90.
Caitlin Taylor took second in the 100-yard fly while Carli Stevenson was also second in the 500-yard freestyle.
The Reno boys outscored Douglas, 147 to 92. On the girls’ side, the Huskies bested the Tigers, 191 to 110.

domain: news


Edwards used to live in Raleigh and I never saw him on a bike. But he ran almost daily. Always nice to see Lance out and about.
Meantime, the folks at treehugger.com say Mr. Obama is the only candidate that mentions bicycle transportation in his platform:
As president, Barack Obama will re-evaluate the transportation funding process to ensure that smart growth considerations are taken into account. Obama will build upon his efforts in the Senate to ensure that more Metropolitan Planning Organizations create policies to incentivize greater bicycle and pedestrian usage of roads and sidewalks, and he will also re-commit federal resources to public mass transportation projects across the country. Building more livable and sustainable communities will not only reduce the amount of time individuals spent commuting, but will also have significant benefits to air quality, public health and reducing greenhouse gas emissions.
That has apparently earned him the backing of one cycling group. Check out the post here.


text:
The new theoretical illumination of the theory of coloring of animals given here by Kalantar was a contribution to zootechnical and biological science and the for practical realization waits further.
Kalantar was modest, simple, available to all people around, always the vigorous, sociable and heart-felt companion, the friend, the scientist and originally the citizen of the country above all putting interests of the state. Such all remember it pupils, colleagues and friends.
Kalantar's efforts opened at us the first higher educational institution on a dairy, nowadays for all known Vologda dairy academy. He created a network of dairy and test laboratories, experimental stations and schools on a dairy farming.

domain: biology


(Adds futures prices, company news items) LONDON Feb 10 European equity futures rose slightly on Wednesday, marking a possible rebound on the... ...http://in.reuters.com/article/europe-stocks-factors-idINL8N15P0OD
SILIGURI: Crossing national boundaries, Small Tea Growers(STG) from almost all the tea growing countries of the world are going to form a common... ...http://economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/economy/agriculture/small-tea-growers-are-forming-global-level-common-platform/articleshow/50917026.cms
PALO ALTO, Calif., Feb. 3, 2016 /PRNewswire/ -- Today, Symphony Technology Group (STG) announced the closing of the sale of AlphaImpactRx, a... ...http://www.itnewsonline.com/prnewswire/Symphony-Technology-Group-Announces-Sale-of-AlphaImpactRx-to-IMS-Health/417791
Jan 29 The following are the top stories in the Financial Times. Reuters has not verified these stories and does not vouch for their accuracy.... ...http://in.reuters.com/article/britain-press-ft-idINL3N15D082
* FTSE 100 index falls 0. 3 percent * Mining and energy stocks put pressure * RBS falls as will take 2. 5 bln stg profit hit By Atul Prakash... ...http://www.uniindia.com/weaker-commodities-stocks-drag-ftse-lower-rbs-slips/world/news/359063.html
Die Steinbeis Technology Group (stg),...


text:
The adventures continue for Rivers, the blind Alaska racing sled dog, his buddies, and their human companion Mike. Racing across the trails of Alaska, the team finds a lost child in a blizzard and helps a foster child find his forever home, while searching for their destiny on the snowy trails. A tale from the trail of friendship, loyalty, and devotion. The magic continues as the story may touch your own life's experiences. Rivers, Through the Eyes of a Bind Dog, has something for everyone, child, adult, and of course, dog lover. From Alaska, where else?
Most Helpful Customer Reviews
Rivers Book Two: Through the Eyes of a Blind Sled Dog based on 0 ratings. 1 reviews.
Amazing series! Rivers inspired me! I cried when some of my favorite dogs died... :'( I say you should read the whole series :D ~ future musher :) <3


Sydney is battered with hailstones as dangerous 'supercell' storm sweeps across the city in a matter of minutes - here's the weather near you
- Wild weather battered Sydney on Friday evening and is lashing inland NSW
- Social media users shared images of ominous black skies and large hail
- The huge weather system also produced tornadoes across western NSW
- Thunderstorms expected to continue in Sydney and Brisbane on Friday night
- The wet weather will then ease for a warm and sunny weekend in those regions
- Meanwhile, Melbourne, Hobart, the ACT, and Perth can expect wet weekends
A dangerous 'supercell' storm has swept over Sydney blanketing the Harbour City in ominous black skies and hailstones on Friday.
Australia's largest city was smashed by the dramatic storm which blew over the CBD from the western suburbs of NSW in mere minutes, with thunderstorms expected to continue for the remainder of the evening.
Elsewhere severe weather warnings remain in place for several parts of New South Wales after severe thunderstorms pummelled the state and headed north for Queensland.
The storms marked another day of wild weather after tornadoes wreaked havoc across western NSW on Thursday.
A dangerous 'supercell' storm preceded by ominous black skies battered millions of Australians with heavy rain and hail smashing Sydney
Sydney was smashed by the storm on Friday evening and severe weather warnings remain in place for several parts of New South Wales after severe thunderstorms hit several regions
The Bureau of Meteorology confirmed at least two tornadoes hit NSW, one in Bathurst, where three people were injured, and the other at Narrabri.
There were other unconfirmed reports or tornadoes in western NSW.
Severe storms lashed parts of NSW's east coast and southeast Queensland on Friday as a low pressure system barrels in from the west.
Conditions were due to clear for a warm and sunny long weekend in both states.
Earlier the Bureau of Meteorology issued warnings for damaging winds, heavy rain and large hail for parts of inland NSW on Friday, as the huge weather system continues to thrash the eastern states.
Storm clouds rolled across Sydney in the early evening with torrential rain following quickly
Sydney's storm descended in minutes dumping heavy rain and hail on the city
A tornado (pictured) surged through central west NSW on Thursday, injuring three people, ripping down powerlines and damaging houses and trees
On Thursday, a tornado ripped through central west NSW, injuring three people, tearing down powerlines and destroying buildings and trees in its path.
The violent storm travelled up to 30km on Thursday afternoon and demolished a house at Meadow Flat in the Bathurst region, while at least one other home along with sheds and other structures were also destroyed in the area.
BOM meteorologist Hugh McDowell said widespread rainfall and thunderstorms in inland parts of the state had peaked on Wednesday and Thursday and the weather front was now moving towards the coast.
Giant hailstones up to five centimetres in diameter were recorded in Bourke, in the state's far west, with wind gusts reaching 85km/h.
Walgett in northern NSW saw 60mm of rain - double its monthly average for September - in one day, while Canberra recorded 38mm, or half its September average.
While most communities will only experience showers or rain over the next couple of days, some will see more thunderstorms between now and the weekend, he said.
The BOM said people should monitor for changes in their areas over coming days, with warnings remaining for storms, damaging winds, heavy rain and hail.
Giant hailstones (pictured) measuring up to 5cm wide were recorded in Bourke, in NSW's far west
Queensland and NSW will enjoy balmy temperatures on Sunday and Monday when the storm clears (pictured, Sydneysiders enjoying the sun at Bondi)
Conditions should ease as the trough moves offshore, making for a largely nice long weekend.
'We're looking at dryer and cooler conditions starting to improve from Saturday.
'Sunday looks mostly dry with temperatures above average - even into the 30s - with quite warm conditions developing and that's going to continue until Monday and potentially Tuesday,' Mr McDowell said.
Parts of northern NSW will experience increased bushfire risk, as low humidity combines with westerly winds. Residents in those areas are urged to remain alert for warnings from fire services.
As the weather system charges towards the coast, Sydneysiders can expect a wet Friday with the chance of a possibly severe thunderstorm in the late morning and afternoon.
The wet weather will continue into the start of the weekend, with a few showers on Saturday, before skies clear for a warm Sunday with a top of 27C.
A woman takes a photo of the city skyline as storm clouds gather over Sydney on Thursday
Brisbane can expect similar conditions with severe storms forecast to drench the city on Friday night, with a risk of damaging winds, large hail, and flash flooding.
But the wild weather will ease overnight to make way for a sunny and hot weekend with a max of 28C on Saturday and 30C on Sunday.
Meanwhile, Melbournians will need umbrellas leading into next week with showers forecast until Wednesday.
Despite the wet weather, temperatures will remain moderate - hovering between the low teens to 21C before dipping below 10C for a cooler week from Tuesday.
Darwin will also see some showers on Friday and Saturday, with the mercury basking between mid20Cs lows and climbing into the low 30Cs.
Dreary weather will dominate the weekend in Canberra, Perth, and Hobart, with showers to linger in all three cities leading into mid-next week.
Canberrans can expect cooler temperatures in coming days with minimums sitting below 10C and highs topping at 20C.
It will be slightly warmer in Perth, with maximums sitting around 20C, while Hobart will remain chillier with tops in the mid teens.
Adelaide will see sporadic showers into next week - but there will be a slight reprieve over the weekend. Showers will ease on Sunday for a max of 19C and low of 12C before dropping to a cool 9C on Tuesday.
FIVE DAY WEATHER FORECAST IN YOUR CITY
FRIDAY: Min 14. Max 24. Shower or two. Possible storm.
SATURDAY: Min 13. Max 23. Shower or two
SUNDAY: Min 11. Max 27. Partly cloudy.
MONDAY: Min 13. Max 28. Sunny.
TUESDAY: Min 11. Max 23. Mostly sunny.
FRIDAY: Min 17. Max 26. Showers. Storm likely.
SATURDAY: Min 14. Max 28. Sunny.
SUNDAY: Min 15. Max 30. Sunny.
MONDAY: Min 16. Max 33. Sunny.
TUESDAY: Min 19. Max 30. Sunny.
FRIDAY: Min 11. Max 18. Shower or two.
SATURDAY: Min 9. Max 23. Late evening shower.
SUNDAY: Min 12. Max 19. Showers easing.
MONDAY: Min 10. Max 16. Showers.
TUESDAY: Min 9. Max 18. Partly cloudy.
FRIDAY: Min 13. Max 20. Showers. Possible storm.
SATURDAY: Min 10. Max 20. Showers.
SUNDAY: Min 10. Max 19. Shower or two.
MONDAY: Min 8. Max 20. Shower or two.
TUESDAY: Min 10. Max 18. Showers.
FRIDAY: Min 13. Max 20. A few showers.
SATURDAY: Min 12. Max 18. Shower or two.
SUNDAY: Min 11. Max 21. Showers developing.
MONDAY: Min 10. Max 18. Showers increasing.
TUESDAY: Min 9. Max 16. Shower or two.
FRIDAY: Min 8. Max 19. Showers. Possible storm.
SATURDAY: Min 7. Max 19. Showers.
SUNDAY: Min 7. Max 20. Shower or two.
MONDAY: Min 7. Max 18. Shower or two.
TUESDAY: Min 5. Max 13. Shower or two.
FRIDAY: Min 25. Max 33. Shower or two developing.
SATURDAY: Min 25. Max 32. Shower or two.
SUNDAY: Min 26. Max 33. Partly cloudy.
MONDAY: Min 25. Max 33. Partly cloudy.
TUESDAY: Min 25. Max 34. Mostly sunny.
FRIDAY: Min 10. Max 16. Rain.
SATURDAY: Min 12. Max 16. Showers.
SUNDAY: Min 11. Max 17. Showers.
MONDAY Min 10. Max 17. Showers.
TUESDAY: Min 9. Max 16. Shower or two


text:
Essay about prenuptial agreement
This essay has been submitted by a law student this is not an example of the work written by our professional essay writers definition of prenuptial agreements. A premarital agreement is a contract between two persons who intend to marry that determines their financial rights at the end of the marriage by death or divorce. Protect your assets, property, and more before marriage by creating a free prenuptial agreement our user-friendly questionnaire will guide you through the process, so you can easily print or download your customized agreement in minutes available in all states. Create a prenuptial agreement with step-by-step instructions take care of your debts and assets before you get married. Prenuptial agreement define and explain what the prenuptial agreement act is explain whether your local jurisdiction has adopted it. Phdessay is an educational resource where over 40,000 free essays are collected few who feel as if a prenuptial agreement is the only true method essay prenuptial agreement of reviews of dissertation editing services which they can define the level of faith within a marriage 7-9-2012 this is my first 500 words essay, an essay about essay. [email protected] pre-nuptial agreements by catherine fairbairn contents: 1 division of assets on divorce 2 are pre-nuptial agreements legally binding 3 nowadays [the existence of a prenuptial agreement] can be of some significance but not in this case.
A prenuptial agreement, antenuptial agreement, or premarital agreement, commonly abbreviated to prenup or prenupt, is a contract entered into prior to marriage, civil union or any other agreement prior to the main agreement by the people intending to marry or contract with each other the content of a prenuptial agreement can vary widely, but. Prenuptial agreements should be legally binding in divorce settlements, but only after the needs of the separating couple and any children have been taken into account, the law commission has recommended. What you need to know about the advantages, and disadvantages, of entering into a premarital agreement learn more at findlaw's marriage law section. Prenuptial agreement do not wait until the marriage is coming to an end to negotiate the division of assets instead, before you say i do, have a formal and legal document such as a prenuptial agreement drawn up legally. Prenuptial agreements scholarship essay program close home prenuptial agreements enforceability of prenuptial agreements get started today do it yourself prenup if there was duress or coercion used to get one party to sign the prenuptial agreement. Bridge research paper assignment barbara jordan biography essay assignment emerson education essay summary of plato as i lay dying darl essay help vietnamese heritage essay water jet cutting research paper related post of prenuptial agreement essay using cell.
A study of prenuptial agreements and community of property faustus tang, cliff lui introduction s this essay shall explore other options open to parties in hong a prenuptial agreement is an agreement entered into before a marriage between the. Tell your clients that the prenuptial agreement will protect all of the assets they had prior to entering into the marriage or union, should that relationship fail if they hedge, indicating they would rather wait and one day have you prepare a postnuptial agreement, caution them. If you're thinking about making a prenuptial agreement, it can be helpful to look at the most common advantages -- and challenges we'll look at the good news first, then we'll talk about a few downsides these points are discussed in more detail in nolo's article prenuptial agreements -- what the.
Created to pay it forward via one lucky college student studying any major, the prenuptial agreements scholarship essay program will award a $1,000 scholarship in the first quarter of 2019 so how does the windfall work. Game theory in marriage 1 overview each year, over two million couples are married in the united states but nearly half of these marriages will end in (also referred to herein as prenuptial agreements) would be equally high strong essays essay about zero-sum.
Essay about prenuptial agreement
A prenuptial agreement should not be a factor in the prenuptial agreements also cause insecurity within a november 29) in writeworkcom retrieved 00:02, april 17, 2018, from more society and community essays. The benefits of a prenuptial agreement en1320 composition i march 2013 the divorce process can be a long, hard and life changing event in a person s life. Prenuptial agreements scholarship essay program close home prenuptial agreements 8 reasons why you should get a prenuptial agreement in these cases, it makes a lot of sense to get a customized prenup getting a prenuptial agreement is particularly important in these 8 cases: 1.
- This is my first 500 words essay, an essay about prenuptial agreement it was written as my final task for call subject, well maybe i got an 'a' because of this essay ㅋㅋㅋ(i worked very hard, though) thanks to mraufa for giving me such a good mark, hope you are doing well with your study.
- Marriage is defined as a relationship that is legally recognized and established by a civil or religious ceremony, joining together in wedlock two people who intend to live together as sexual and domestic partners until death do them part it is also defined as a blend of two or more entities.
Prenuptial agreements are not binding in the uk however, the courts proved that, in case of radmacher v granatiano, circumstances had to be considered. Papers getting a pre-nuptial agreement getting a pre-nuptial agreement no matter how dreamy a person could get with the idea of marriage and a married life, it is still important to get a prenuptial agreement before anything else is settled and deemed final. Find out whether your premarital (or prenuptial) agreement is valid before you tie the knot learn more about this and related matters at findlaw's marriage law section. Create a free prenuptial agreement form with guided instructions before marriage, determine the treatment and division of assets and debt with a prenup. Prenuptial agreement prenuptial agreement or what is often called prenup is a legally bound contract made by a couple before they marry concerning the ownership of their respective assets to some people, a prenuptial agreement is an insurance issue, to others it is a trust issue is a prenuptial agreement really important. Essays - largest database of quality sample essays and research papers on prenuptial agreement.

domain: law


text:
TORONTO – Attempting to impose a two-year wage freeze on one million Ontario public sector workers is creating real pay inequities among front-line health care workers, the Ontario Hospital Association said Thursday.
“We are just trying to really flag this both as to the unfairness but also the affordability,” said Tom Closson, the association’s president.
The Liberal government announced last year it wanted everyone paid by the Ontario taxpayer to take a two-year wage freeze to help trim a record deficit of nearly $19 billion, but it never introduced legislation to back up the plan.
Non-unionized salaries were frozen immediately, while the government announced there would be no funding for pay hikes for unionized workers for two years after current contracts expire.
That means many unionized public sector workers have been getting pay hikes while their non-unionized counterparts doing the same work, sometimes for the same hospital, are falling behind.
Non-unionized staff make up about 25 per cent of front-line health care workers, said Closson.
“In many cases we have nurses who are non-union, and I’m not sure the government fully appreciated that, and in a few hospitals they have both non-union nurses and union nurses,” said Closson.
“We also have some hospitals that are almost fully non-union, like the Hospital for Sick Children in Toronto, so you can imagine how frustrated their staff are that, at most other hospitals, staff are unionized and are able to get pay increases.”
The New Democrats, who oppose the wage freeze, said the Liberal government made “a real mess” of its plan and clearly didn’t think it through.
“There’s no doubt they were trying to speak out of both sides of their mouth on this one, playing it too cute by half,” said NDP Leader Andrea Horwath.
“I certainly don’t think the government should be looking to freeze wages of nurses while at the same time hospital CEOs are giving themselves six-figure wage increases. Restraint has to happen in a fair way if it’s going to happen at all.”
The hospital association said some hospitals are seeing increased union drives because workers fear they will never catch up with the pay of their unionized colleagues.
Seventy per cent of hospitals’ operating costs are salaries and benefits.
The lack of legislation to support the wage freeze has allowed arbitrators to award many public sector unions wage increases, driving up costs instead of lowering them, added Closson.
“We feel like we’re between a rock and a hard place here,” he said.
“It’s a huge challenge for us both from an affordability point of view and from a fairness point of view. We feel strongly that the government needs to take action and take action right now.”
Health Minister Deb Matthews wouldn’t address the specific problems caused by the unionized health care workers getting pay hikes while others see their salaries frozen, but said all public sector workers had a duty to help eliminate the deficit.
“Those of us who are paid by taxpayers have been protected from the effects of the recession in a way that those who aren’t part of the broader public sector have not been protected,” said Matthews.
“I think it’s time for those of us who are paid by the taxpayer to go a couple years with no wage increase. I don’t think that is too much to ask.”
Hospitals will not be given extra money this year to cover salary increases, said Matthews, who promised the government will increase spending on health care as it has every year.
The Progressive Conservatives warned that will force hospitals to reduce services to patients in order to balance their books, and said the Liberals’ wage freeze plan “has gone badly off the rails.”
However, Matthews insisted her “highest priority” was to protect services for patients.
Municipalities that rely on the Ontario Provincial Police recently complained about a five per cent pay hike given to the force last November, eight months after the wage freeze was announced.


Table of Contents
Executive Summary 3
Issue Identification 5
Environmental and Root Cause Analysis 6
Alternatives and Options 8
Monitor and Control 12
After reviewing Ford Motor supply chain, we became aware of its very complex nature. Due to this complexity we are forced to search for alternatives to overcome the costly supply chain challenges faced by our industry both now and in the future. The present system has an inefficient control of a large database and a vast and complex network of suppliers.
We need to change our supply chain in order to make it more cost effective and profitable. After careful analysis we recommend the implementation of a partial virtual integration system, similar to the system used by Dell Computers. With this system, Ford will use information technology and the internet to interact and transact with both their suppliers and their customers. Ford can increase their sales by providing better customer service and faster communication from the supply end through to the manufacturing division and right on to their end user, the customer.
This system will be implemented with their existing supply chain so Ford will cover both markets at the same time. If Ford concentrated only on the virtual system their competition would put them out of business, so by running both systems simultaneously will give them an edge over their competition.
Ford Motor Company is the second largest industrial corporation in the world with revenues of more than $144 billion and about 370,000 employees. Their operations span more than 200 countries worldwide. The company has both the design and manufacturing of cars division and they have a financial services division. Significant revenues and profits are realized in


text:
Womens The Basics | White Basic Rib High Neck Sleeveless Crop Top SK64970
A crop top is everything we are loving for layering with your new season fit. Featuring a white ribbed material with a high neck design and a sleeveless style. Pair with comfy bottoms, an oversized blazer and fresh kicks for the perfect off-duty combo.
Please note: due to fabric used, colour may transfer.

domain: design


text:
Actor, Film actor
Who is Evan Sanders?
Evan Sanders is an actor and a singer. He was a VJ for MTV Indonesia. In August 2008 he released his first solo album - Unforgettable Sebelah Mata. A song Takkan Terluka Lagi was promoting this album. The new album is DUA MATA, New single "For Once In Our Life" soundtrack My Last Love the movie.
We need you!
Help us build the largest biographies collection on the web!
Use the citation below to add to a bibliography:
"Evan Sanders." Biographies.net. STANDS4 LLC, 2021. Web. 17 Oct. 2021. <https://www.biographies.net/biography/evan-sanders/m/03yn4cw>.

domain: celebrity


This guide is broken into three parts
1. Frame Shapes
2. Frame Geometry
3. Wheel Sizes
The bike frame should be the first thing you look at on a bike. This frame will dictate how you mount and dismount your bike as well as your riding position, which will greatly impact how comfortable you are, especially on long rides.
Step Through - This shape lends itself to easy access. If you have trouble swinging your leg over the back of a bike or are planning on riding in clothing that restricts your ability to do this, a step through frame is the perfect way to go. These frames come in various configurations from low step options allowing for very easy access, to what is known as the trapeze frame which trades off some of this ease of access for frame reinforcement (see both models below).
Crossbar / Hard Tail - the most widely reconsidered bike frame, the crossbar comes in many different variations. This frame requires you to mount it by throwing your leg over the rear wheel which limits it to some for accessibility reasons. Aside from this drawback, the crossbar generally provides a very stable platform and is a suitable frame choice for commuting, rail trails, trekking and mountain bike applications.
Full Suspension / Soft Tail - These bikes are generally very similar to the crossbar or hard tail frames however offer a suspension system under or just behind where you sit. This suspension system generally adds to the overall price of the bike however gives unparalleled comfort and vastly adds to the bikes off-road capability. A full suspension frame is ideal for anyone who is wanting a very plush ride offroad or anyone who is looking for a serious mountain biking machine that will look after them against their better judgement (don't worry, that's generally us in store too).


text:
Catalog Search Results
Showing Results using Keyword index
"The bloody Battle of Tippecanoe was only the beginning. It’s 1811 and President James Madison has ordered the destruction of Shawnee warrior chief Tecumseh’s alliance of tribes in the Great Lakes region. But while General William Henry Harrison would win this fight, the armed conflict between Native Americans and the newly formed United States would rage on for decades. Bestselling authors Bill O’Reilly and Martin Dugard venture through the...
"It is the mid-eighteenth century, and in the 13 colonies founded by Great Britain, anxious colonists desperate to conquer and settle North America’s “First Frontier” beyond the Appalachian Mountains commence a series of bloody battles. These violent conflicts are waged against the Native American tribes whose lands they covet, the French, and finally against the mother country itself in an American Revolution destined to reverberate around...
Explores various details of territorial expansion in the United States, covering pioneer life, government relations with Native Americans, the Northwest Ordinance, the Louisiana Purchase, the Texas Revolution, and more, with illustrations, a timeline, and statistics.
"The Creek War is one of the most tragic episodes in American history, leading to the greatest loss of Native American life on what is now U.S. soil. What began as a vicious internal conflict among the Creek Indians metastasized like a cancer. The ensuing Creek War of 1813-1814 shattered Native American control of the Deep South and led to the infamous Trail of Tears, in which the government forcibly removed the southeastern Indians from their homeland....
Didn't find it?
Can't find what you are looking for? Try our Purchase Suggestion Service. Suggest a Purchase


text:
Information provided by Jacqueline Fawcett
August 29, 2018
Dates: February 1-3, 1989
Location: Wingspread Conference Center, Racine, Wisconsin
Organizers: Sponsored by: American Academy of Nursing, The Johnson Foundation, Ohio State University College of Nursing, University of Colorado School of Nursing, University of Michigan School of Nursing, University of Washington School of Nursing, Medical College of Georgia School of Nursing, Boston College School of Nursing, Sigma Theta Tau International.
Purpose: Identify an agenda for advancing inquiry and knowledge development base on the current state of the art of care and caring.
Publication: Stevenson, J. S., & Trip-Reimer, T. (Eds.) (1989). Knowledge about care and caring: State of the art and future directions. Proceedings of a Wingspread Conference, Washington, D.C..: American Academy of Nursing/

domain: medical


text:
Specialist: Breast cancer detected too late in T&T
Ravi Tewarie, left, Group President, Guardian Life; Lorraine Kam, CEO, Pink Hibiscus Breast Health Specialists; Gervase Warner, chairman, Pink Hibiscus Breast Health Specialists; Rachel Laquis, director, Pink Hibiscus Breast Health Specialists and Arthur Lok Jack.
Join the discussion below, or Read more at Trinidad Guardian.
Since: Jan 08
#1 Dec 9, 2012
I think that too many in the health fields still consider breast cancer a 'joke.' This is probably because most influential people in these fields are men. Strange,men do seem to like to play with female breasts?
#2 Sep 23, 2013
I have ordered 2 times from this website PILLSMEDSHOP. COM . I called yesterday the customer care and asked for a discount as i was about to order twice the regular amount.
Add your comments below
|October is International Breast Cancer Awarenes...||23 hr||Sneaky Pete||1|
|The Circadian Rhythm Gene Arntl2 Is a Metastasi...||Sun||Stephany McDowell||2|
|Scout savi past 30 days||Sat||Tina||1|
|Researchers harness targeted delivery of microR...||Sep 20||Stephany McDowell||2|
|2016 Race for the Cure: OHSU scientist on cutti...||Sep 18||sinking||1|
|Cancer-risk genetic testing reports can vary fr...||Sep 16||Stephany McDowell||1|
|Genetics testing clinic swamped from the 'Angel...||Sep 14||Stephany McDowell||3|
Find what you want!
Search Breast Cancer Forum Now
Copyright © 2016 Topix LLC

domain: health


text: I am a NERC DTP-CASE funded PhD student based at the National Oceanography Centre and the Department of Geography and Planning, University of Liverpool. During my PhD I will be extending the capability of a coastal vector evolution model to include a sediment transport formulation for gravel barrier coastlines. Once validated against historic trends in shoreline recession, the model will assess the future evolution of gravel barriers under various management strategies (e.g. ‘hold the line’) and future wave climates, and how this impacts the long-term flood risk A cost-benefit analysis will then be developed to understand the cost of management schemes in present day values and to determine the increase in resilience generated by different options. Prior to this I obtained a first class honours in BSc Geography, and undertook an MPhil where I used a storm impact model to explore the role of different input bathymetries in controlling wave overtopping volume, both at the University of Liverpool.

domain: geography


Senator pushes back against Trump Congress tweet
Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Ill., discusses foreign policy regarding Russia, new tweets from the president and a new bill that would cut immigration levels in half over a decade.
No, migrants aren't coming to the U.S. to vote for Democrats07:52
Trump admin. considers restarting family separation policy07:09
Can O'Rourke's 'rock star' quality bring him to a win?12:00
Why a play on immigration from 1998 is returning now05:12
Author Alice Walker: Trump has 'inferiority complex', envied Obama07:13
Editor: White House 'basically going to kidnap children'03:10


text:
Jane Silver Beaded Braceletsha-janx2
interior dimensions : 2 1/2" diameter
stones : 2mm diameter
tassels : 2: 7mm each
no clasp ; slides over wrist
NEW YORK - Shashi is the fun and funky cheap chic jewelry collection from Danna Kobo and Yuvi Alpert of Ruby Kobo. Sterling silver and gold vermeil beads combine with soft braided cord to create easy-to-wear bracelets that look fantastic worn in multiples. The cool, urban nomadic style of Ruby Kobo has been carried over to this earthy, trendy collection.
Your Recently Viewed Items:
Ask a question!
We respond to these inquiries right away, but if you want to talk to a real person who knows the jewelry as if it is their own, call us!
Send a hint
Jane Silver Beaded Bracelet

domain: artistic


Belo Horizonte image by Vera Barbosa.
The Tool for Rapid Assessment of City Energy (TRACE),
developed by the World Bank’s Energy Sector Management Assistance Program
(ESMAP), has already been implemented in various cities around the world, but
Belo Horizonte, the capital of Minas Gerais, was the first city in Latin
America to implement the World Bank energy tool. Minas Gerais is the second
most populous state in Brazil and has emerged as one of the largest economic
forces in the country in recent years; therefore it is not surprising that the state’s
capital is determined to be known
for its commitment to sustainability, especially when considering a big plus side of adopting energy
saving measures, i.e. the resulting saving on costs in the long run, which many governments don’t
seem to realise.
TRACE is designed to help cities identify energy efficiency
opportunities by assessing six sectors: transportation, public lighting,
buildings, power and heat, waste, and water and wastewater.
The ESMAP team worked directly with Belo Horizonte
municipal government and utilities for three months earlier this year. The team assessed the
energy used by the city and proposed recommendations in the key sectors.
The largest potential gains for Belo Horizonte were identified in the
transport sector and the water utility, where an active detection system could
minimize significant losses from leakage. The findings were published in May
2012 (link below), and were also presented to the city during the 2012 ICLEI World Congress, a major gathering of local government officials
from around the world, which was held this year in Belo Horizonte in June 2012.
“Cities can be
the main drivers of energy efficiency for countries, particularly in the
developing world,” said the head of the Energy Efficient Cities Initiative at
ESMAP, Ivan Jaques. “Cities in some countries are growing at such a rate
that in effect new cities are being created all the time. It is much more
effective to build energy efficiency into the planning for such growth than to
try to retrofit later. A tool like TRACE can help cities optimize resources and
put them where they are going to make the most difference, reaping improvements
in quality of life for inhabitants and budget savings for local governments.”
Other environmental initiatives taken up by Belo Horizonte’s
municipal government in recent years include: a greenhouse gas
(GHG) inventory conducted in 2009, which is now updated and used to create a
GHG Reduction Plan; the creation
of a Sustainable Buildings Certification Programme; the switching of all public
lighting to more efficient sodium vapor system; replacing the city’s traffic lights
with safer and more efficient LED lights; and electricity generation using
biogas from wastewater treatment process. Belo Horizonte prides itself on its public
parks and on having twice the green area inside the municipal boundaries than that
recommended by the WHO guidelines for cities. The name of the city itself means
Link to ESMAP press release.
Link to TRACE publication: Energy Efficiency Opportunities in
Belo Horizonte: Use of the Tool for Rapid Assessment of City Energy (TRACE) in
My search of the CAB Abstracts database using the terms "energy efficiency" retrieved 2912 records.
Leave a Reply
I think you made stunning when you picked out this theme of this article over here. Do you mostly create your entries all by yourself or maybe you work with a business partner or even an assistant?


With COVID-19 severely limiting in-person theater productions across the country, Delta Drama is seizing the opportunity to explore a different genre: the radio play.
And what better way to begin than with perhaps the most famous of all radio plays, “The War of the Worlds?”
Delta College is putting on this unique presentation Friday through Sunday, Dec. 4 through 6.
Originally broadcast from New York’s Mercury Theatre in 1938, this infamous radio play had many terrified listeners convinced that an actual alien invasion of Earth was taking place. Adapted by Howard E. Koch, co-writer of Casablanca, and directed and narrated by Orson Welles, this original script detailing the frightening tale of an extraterrestrial takeover will now thrill and chill audiences through a new medium.
Delta Drama’s free full-scale production will be broadcast via the Internet as an homage to the radio plays of the past, while looking forward to the current trends in American theater.
The production is yet another example of how Delta College in Stockton is striving to provide students with a quality education even in the midst of this pandemic. Previously, the College has distributed thousands of Chromebooks and hot spots to help students learn remotely, and even went so far as to purchase skeletons that science students can borrow and work with at home. For this special dramatic event, the College has equipped drama students to livestream from home and has partnered with Broadway on Demand to allow students to perform for a (virtual) live audience.
This virtual production by Delta Drama students is scheduled for Friday and Saturday, Dec. 4 and 5 at 7 p.m.; Sunday, Dec. 6 at 2 p.m.
Visit deltadrama.com for free tickets. Recommended for ages 10 and up.
The Delta Drama Program believes in the importance of providing to the college community a Drama curriculum that develops knowledge, skills and competencies necessary for transfer to the upper division level as well as fulfilling AA Degree general education requirements.
The Drama Program provides a rigorous, disciplined, and integrated curriculum designed to meet the vocational demands of the theatre profession. The college also offers scholarships to new students who qualify.
The Actor Training program is a two-year course of study in which students who have successfully auditioned can concentrate their efforts in rigorous acting classes three times a week in the first year and five times a week in the second year, while also studying stagecraft in separate technical classes.


text: Mrs. Miller's 3rd Graders have been participating in a global collaboration project centered around the Flat Stanley book series by Jeff Brown. In the book, Stanley is flattened by a bulletin board and becomes "mail-able". Students colored their own "Flat Stanley's" and mailed them to various known addresses around the United States (family members, friends, and other connections), along with information about the beautiful island of Wrangell, and also to a few well known people or organizations. They have heard back from so many amazing and talented people who shared their photos and writings about Flat Stanley's adventures with them. This list includes hearing from President Obama, Her Majesty the Queen from Buckingham Palace, Governor Bill Walker, the Seattle Seahawks, and the International Vienna School to name a few. This also included a published author who sent us a signed copy of her book! The students' are excited about new connections they've made, the geographical locations they've learned about, and all of the language arts and social studies that has accompanied this project! Mrs. Miller's class received a visit from Representative Dan Ortiz, at his request, to deliver his Flat Stanley and be interviewed by the third graders. More information can be checked out on the bulletin board outside Mrs. Miller's Classroom door, and at her classroom Facebook page.

domain: literature


text:
An extension provides an extra six months to file your return.
Youll usually pay a penalty if youre late.Final deadline to file amended tax return (Form 1040X) for tax year 2011 and still claim a tax refund.Previous : Sending a return, next : Penalties, money and tax.You can submit payment for tax along with the cheap washer and dryer sets walmart extension form.We will assume that you are filing your Form IL-1040 for calendar year 2016 unless you indicate a different filing period in the space provided at the top of the return.You must be eligible.You cant send a return online.Deadline to file partnership tax returns (Form 1065) or to request an automatic 5-month extension of time to file (Form 7004).Event, date, self Assessment Tax Return empire promotion code 2015 Deadline, saturday, Self Assessment Tax Return Deadline, sunday, self Assessment Tax Return Deadline.When is Self Assessment Tax Return Deadline in other years?Self-assessment deadline: How to get an extension and avoid the 100 fine.IRS Warns of Latest Scam Variation Involving Bogus Federal Student Tax - Even though the tax deadline has come and gone, scammers continue to use varied strategies to trick people, in this case students.
Self-Assessment tax return deadline for the.Event, date, self Assessment Tax Return Deadline, friday, Self Assessment Tax Return Deadline.What Happens if You Miss the Tax Return Deadline?(Be sure to mail the amended return well before April 15th to make sure your tax refund will be processed in a timely manner.Final deadline to file an original tax return (Form 1040) for tax year 2011 and still claim a tax refund, as refunds expire three venus swimwear coupon codes free shipping years from the original due date of the tax return.The Self Assessment deadline for these tax years has passed.Tax Return Due Dates, here's your reminder that there are only 9 weeks until the tax return filing deadline.The tax return deadline finance resolutions for 2016 by tab1962, a Retirement Blog - Tax Return Deadline.
In the UK, hmrc Self Assessment Income Tax Returns are due on this date.
(However, if you get an extension, you will have until October 15th to fund a SEP-IRA or solo 401(k).) 1st quarter estimated tax payments due for the 2015 tax year.

domain: finance


text:
LITTLE ROCK, Ark. – The Poultry Federation announced plans to build new offices in Little Rock, Ark.
Marvin Childers, president of the Federation, said plans are underway to raze the current structure and replace it with a single story building on the same site. A gift of $1 million from Tyson Foods, Inc. will initiate the capital campaign. In addition to the $1 million from Tyson Foods, the Federation intends to raise an additional $1.5 million for the new building construction, including office furnishings and equipment.
“The generous nature of this gift cannot be underestimated,” Childers said. “The gift makes certain that The Poultry Federation will build a structure that represents the economic impact the poultry industry has in our state and that will serve our industry for years to come.”
The Poultry Federation staff will temporarily re-locate to another office while the construction occurs. Childers said the target date for completion is during the 2013 legislative session.
|Enhance your industry IQ
Sign up for our free newsletters to stay informed on each day’s news and trends

domain: economics


In DWP we’re passionate about inspiring the next generation about technology skills and careers. So earlier this month we worked with pupils from Sacred Heart Primary school, Islington and Clwyd Primary school, Swansea to show how coding is child’s play.
Sheena Shepherd, DWP Communities for Work Adviser
Related content and links
About DWP Digital
At the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), we blog about how we are transforming the public services that millions of people rely on.
Work for us
- Innovation from discovery to alpha: 6 tips for negotiating that grey area 9 September 2021
- Podcast: Collaborating for success – Jira to SaaS migration 31 August 2021
- Podcast: Building Europe’s biggest payment system 30 July 2021
- Taking on imposter syndrome and challenging ourselves: our new Digital Voices start their journey 9 July 2021
- Podcast: Powering decisions with data 5 July 2021


text:
After one near miss, four take City Council oath
Two new council members entered Fredericksburg’s history books and a third began a new chapter on Tuesday as the three took the oath of office inside the 19th-century Town Hall building.
Councilman Brad Ellis became a footnote of sorts on Tuesday as he initially was overlooked.
The 20-minute ceremony had concluded when Circuit Judge Gordon Willis called Ellis aside to tell him he also needed to take the oath of office.
His swearing-in had been left off the official program, something he said was “no big deal.”
Ellis’ wife, Victoria, and their young daughters Hannah and Mckenzie joined him and the process was quickly completed in the historic Council Chambers used for the event.
Ellis, 43, is a management consultant. He ran unopposed for re-election in the May council elections and now begins a new four-year term.
Voters elected representatives for all four ward seats during this spring’s elections, resulting in three new people on the council.
Political newcomers Tim Duffy and Charlie L. “Chuck” Frye Jr., and Billy Withers, who served on the council eight years ago, join Ellis, at-large members Kerry Devine and Matt Kelly, and Mayor Mary Katherine Greenlaw in forming the new council.
Duffy and Frye said they are eager to get started, but neither listed specific goals.
Withers said he’s ready to return to the “meat” of governing and wants to continue working to protect the city’s historic areas while allowing growth.
“I want to make sure the development we do downtown meshes with what we have,” he said. He also said it’s important, when adding anything, to consider the impact it will have on the city 25 to 30 years later.
He was elected vice mayor during Tuesday’s ceremony.
City staff members have been helping prepare the new council members for their duties, starting in mid-June with two days of orientation to bring them up to speed on issues and acquaint them with the procedures for city governance.
They also introduced them to representatives from each city department, briefed them on topics such as conflicts of interest and the state’s Freedom of Information Act, and gave them hefty amounts of reading materials so they can become familiar with key topics, Assistant City Manager Mark Whitley said.
Later this month, the new members will travel to Richmond to attend training through the Virginia Municipal League.
Duffy, 51, is an assistant principal at Walker–Grant Middle School. His wife, Karen, and grown children Caitlin and Ian attended Tuesday’s ceremony.
Duffy becomes the second city school employee and second Walker–Grant staff member on the council. Devine teaches there.
Frye’s presence returns a minority to the dais after a four-year hiatus.
The 35-year-old United Parcel Service delivery driver has spent most of his community service as a leader of youth programs. His wife, Kisha Frye, teaches fifth grade at the city’s Lafayette Upper Elementary School. Their three children, TáNesha, Charlie III and Kamron, attended the event along with other supporters.
Withers, 70, is a retired real estate appraiser who served on the council from 2002–06 and on the School Board from 1988 to 1991.
His wife, Alma, and his 92-year-old mother, Edith Withers, attended the event along with his son, Andy Withers, and his family.
Pamela Gould: 540/735-1972


text:
From the title alone, you would more than likely expect Balls Out (Directed by Mikiech Nichols) to be some kind of raunchy youth oriented comedy. That’s the vision I had in my mind before sitting down to watch the short film in question and as you may have figured, I was assaulted with my own expectations being blown out of the water. Balls Out isn’t a gross-out comedy, but rather it’s an aptly titled balls-out action film that slam dunks you over the head with an insane amount of gratuitous violence and looks to rack up on as many "cool points" as it can possibly score within its short twenty seven minutes. It does just that with gusto and although it isn’t perfect in any way, it does show some heart and a true love for genre cinema.
Frank Ball is a professional killer who is looking to exit the ‘life’, but his former employers aren’t willing to allow him to bow out gracefully. His best friend is kidnapped and tortured in an attempt to lure Ball into a hornet’s nest, but Ball is a more powerful adversary than even they could have imagined. After killing off these enemies, he takes his friend and the two make a run for it. Along the way they run into a young southern belle who refuses to help Ball and his injured friend, but after spending some time with Frank and his partner (some time that includes her brothers being beat down and her being kidnapped) she finds that these guys really aren’t so bad. However, she has walked into a dangerous situation as Frank’s former employers are still on the hunt for him. Will they make it out of this sticky situation all in one piece?
Balls Out seems to wear its inspirations on its sleeve, but it at least does so in a way that isn’t as convoluted as you might expect. Although the score for the film does evoke Blaxploitation cinema of the past, or seventies filmmaking in general, it appears to be equally inspired by the Nintendo generation and 8-bit midi tracks. It’s a movie that isn’t so easy to pin down as simply being another love letter to genre cinema made in the wake of Quentin Tarantino’s Grindhouse. The references are generally very sly (aside from a shot at Burt Reynolds, which was obvious) and steers clear of rubbing your face in the fact that it is a movie made by film geeks.
The violence in Balls Out is ridiculously over the top and that actually helps keep the film afloat in its rather silly attitude. The dialogue also perpetuates this attitude, by having our leading man give all of his dialogue through gritted teeth in a Noir fashion, but unfortunately it just proved to be too far over the top for my liking but it certainly helps keep your mind in context of just what you are watching. This is a no budget attempt at creating a brutal and fun crime film, that looks to find an audience of like-minded film fans. Although it certainly has its own fair share of negatives, such as the rather cheap looking CG and the previously mentioned ‘gritty’ voicework of our leading man, but there is heart here and makes for a fun watch. Definitely give this short a chance if the opportunity presents itself.


text:
This week, the Year 5 girls have done an amazing job organising a cake sale for charity.
They came up with idea, baked cakes and sold them during and after school.
They made an unbelievable:
We are extremely proud of all the hard work they have put in to make it so successful.
Our topic this term is ‘Make a Change’ and they will certainly make a change to other people’s lives with the money they have raised.
Great job girls!

domain: sociology


text:
Is your idea good?
Not all ideas are created equal! Find out the possibilities and the chances for success.
BUSINESS MODEL VIABLE?
Is your Business model viable?
The key to profitable acceleration is identifying the
x-factors of the business model.
Create and keep customers?
Generate More Leads
Close More Business
Keep More Customers
Team aligned and can execute?
Culture isn't the enemy of strategy and performance, but an equal player in the game.
Are you fundable?
Insights to successfully secure funding, investor due diligence, and scaling.
Your details were sent successfully!


From the Vault: Mossberg 151 MB
Keith and Steve are taking a break today, so their fellow Brownells Gun Tech™ Caleb Savant has stepped in to show us his Mossberg Model 151M(b) rifle. In production only from 1948 through 1954, the 151M(b) is a semi-auto .22 rimfire target rifle from the higher end of the Mossberg lineup but still very affordable, both then and now. It's fed by a tubular magazine running through the buttstock, and like most tube-fed .22s, it'll shoot .22 Short, Long, and Long Rifle ammo. When Caleb rescued this gun from a sugar cane farmer's barn in Louisiana, it was a basket case. He has refinished the stock with a "better-than-factory" hand-rubbed oil finish but hasn't yet repaired some previous owner's ham-fisted attempt at threading the muzzle because the rifle is extremely accurate. Why risk messing that up? The two-piece Mannlicher stock and period Weaver single-power target scope on top make this 151M(b) stand out from run-of-the-mill rimfire rifles. Do you have a Model 151 or similar Mossberg rimfire? Got a "rescue rifle" story?
WARNING: Never attempt to disassemble or reassemble a firearm unless you are absolutely certain that it is empty and unloaded. Visually inspect the chamber, the magazine and firing mechanism to be absolutely certain that no ammunition remains in the firearm. Disassembly and reassembly should follow the manufacturer’s instructions.


text:
The Public Interest and Accountability Committee (PIAC) has published its latest Issue Paper titled “The Role of The Ghana National Petroleum Corporation (GNPC) in the Upstream Petroleum Industry: Challenges and Prospects.” This Issue Paper highlights the challenges being faced by the National Oil Company (NOC) and prescribes some potential avenues for growth.
The importance of the role of the GNPC in the upstream petroleum industry cannot be overemphasised as it plays a crucial role in the maximisation of the country’s oil and gas resources for sustainable development.
The Paper provides an overview of the establishment of the GNPC, discusses the identified challenges being faced by the NOC and what prospects exist to turn around the fortunes of the GNPC to fulfil its mandate as enshrined in its establishing Act.
Some of the challenges highlighted in the document include the revision of PNDC Law 64, funding of GNPC from the Petroleum Holding Fund (PHF), delays in releases to GNPC, time-bound Support from the PHF, indebtedness of State and other Government Agencies.
PIAC’s latest Issue Paper prescribes in detail some prospects including institutional strengthening and stand-alone operatorship.
PIAC encourage the public to read the full issue paper via www.piacghana.


text:
New Delhi: The trailer of Bollywood actress Vidya Balan’s much-awaited film Sherni has been released on Wednesday. This trailer of 2 minutes 26 seconds has been released on the official YouTube channel of Amazon Prime Video. In the film, Vidya Balan will be seen in the role of a strong forest officer. The trailer also shows a strong woman in the role of Vidya.
How is the trailer of the film?
The trailer of the film gives a rough idea about the story. The story of the film is about a tiger reserve where a tiger has become a man-eater. The people of the area and the surrounding villages are upset and in such a situation, a woman officer is appointed here to handle the matter. Vidya is very serious about her work and takes care of it wholeheartedly.
What is Vidya Balan’s challenge?
However, their efforts come in the way of the male-dominated thinking of the people working there and to some extent the atmosphere of the village. How does Vidya Balan handle this whole situation and what will happen to that man-eating tiger, this is the story of the film. As far as the release of this film is concerned, it will be released on June 18 on the video streaming portal Amazon Prime.
Where did the fans get cheated?
Although the trailer of the film is quite strong, there is one thing due to which many viewers will feel cheated after watching this trailer. Actually, the title of the film is Sherni and the story of this film is about a forest officer. Not only this, the entire film is woven around a tiger reserve. But you do not get to see any tiger or lion anywhere in the entire trailer.

domain: entertainment


text:
“We should all unite, because without the land, we will have no food to eat.”
By ANNE MARXZE D. UMIL
SAN JOSE DEL MONTE CITY, Bulacan – Since the 1980s, Roseli De Lima, 49, and her husband have been living in Purok 2-Bricks, San Isidro village, San Jose Del Monte, Bulacan. Tilling the land is their primary source of livelihood.
“My husband plant the crops, and I sell it in the city,” said De Lima. They sell their vegetables and rice produce, and keep some for their daily consumption.
But their source of livelihood might soon be gone, since the Araneta Properties Inc. have claimed ownership of the land and aggressively threatened to evict the farmers for the Metro Rail Transit Line 7 (MRT-7) project.
An international fact-finding mission led by the Kilusang Magbubukid ng Pilipinas (KMP) reported that the Araneta Properties Inc. also have other planned joint-venture projects with some of the biggest real estate companies in the Philippines.
The KMP and the Asian Peasant Coalition conducted the mission in San Jose del Monte City on April 14 to 15 in the villages of Tungkong Mangga, San Roque and San Isidro. The groups presented the mission report on April 16 in UP Balay International.
The KMP said that the Aranetas are claiming a total of 3,500 hectares of land in San Jose Del Monte City. This includes the said three villages and some portion of the nearby Pangarap village in Caloocan City where the 22.8 kilometer MRT-7 project will be constructed.
Aside from the MRT-7 project, the area will be the site for the Colinas Verdes Residential Estates and Country Club, and the Altaraza Town Center.
The Colinas Verdes Residential Estates and Country Club is a joint-venture partnership with Sta. Lucia Real Estate and Development signed in 2003, and will cover 261 hectares of land in Tungkong Mangga. This planned community and enclave will include high-end residential lots and townhouses, a leisure center, a commercial center, a university center and sports and recreational facilities.
Other features of the plan include “a nature park, corporate business center and mass housing.” Phase 2 of the joint venture is underway and Phase 3 is already being planned.
The IFFM report said the Colinas Verdes project will affect the farmers in the subvillage of San Isidro in Tungkong Mangga. “There are instances wherein the crops planted by farmers are being bulldozed by the employees of the Colinas Verdes. The security personnel also prohibit farmers from planting and harvesting their crops,” the report read.
Altaraza Town Center is a P7 billion ($158 million) partnership project between Ayala Land Inc. and Araza Resources Corp., another company owned by Gregoria “Greggy” Araneta III. The Altaraza Town Center is the first township development project of Ayala Land in Bulacan.
The first phase of the project will include a mixed-use development for business and housing projects. Economy housing and mid-rise residential condominium units under residential brands Amaia and Avida will be constructed in the area. A 100-bed capacity hospital is also planned in the project.
Based on the farmers’ testimonies, the Altaraza project bulldozed and converted more than 100 hectares of productive agricultural lands in Tungkong Mangga.
“All these so-called development projects would benefit from infrastructure projects like MRT-7, the expansion of North Luzon Expressway-Circumferential road 6 and the inter-modal transport system,” said the report.
The largest real estate companies and businesses in the Philippines are also setting up investments in San Jose Del Monte City.
Other projects in the area include: the 15-hectare Soundstage Studio of the media network ABS-CBN of the Lopez Group of companies http://www.sjdmcity.com/index.php/2-uncategorised which is projected to be similar to the Universal Studios in the US; the 19-hectare Camella Homes, and the 30-hectare NuVista San Jose residential.
Also under construction is the expansive SM City San Jose Del Monte owned by SM Prime Holdings that is part of the 194-hectare mixed-use development project of tycoon and Filipino billionaire Henry Sy.
Tata Candelario, a longtime resident of Tungkong Mangga village said this “development” actually means “destruction,” as it takes over lands on which grows food that feeds the nation.
He said the affected area is where they grow various kinds of vegetables which supply the markets in Novaliches, Manggahan, and Litex in Quezon City, where people get their food every day.
“That is why we should all unite, because without the land, we will have no food to eat,” he said during the presentation of the report.
The MRT-7 project is under President Benigno S. Aquino III’s Public-Private Partnership program. It has 14 stations stretching from Quezon City, Caloocan City and San Jose Del Monte City. This $1.44 billion PPP project was awarded to Universal LRT Corp. (ULC) which will secure an Official Development Assistance (ODA) from the Japanese government to finance 80 percent of the project.


text:
Tall vines produce plenty of 5-inch, tender, flat pods that are tasty when eaten fresh, steamed, cooked into stir-fries and frozen. When we grew this pea in our test garden, the staff loved the pea's size and flavor. The peas held up well on the vine, allowing for an extended harvest. Green Beauty Snow Pea's attractive purple flowers were an added bonus! Vines grow 6-8 ft. tall and require a support, such as a fence or trellis. Snow peas perform best when planted and grown under cool weather conditions and in well-drained soil. Plant seeds in the spring when the ground can be worked and before the last frost date. 60 DAYS.
Get tips on selecting the best products for your garden!
Plus, Free Shipping on your $75+ order.
Sign up for Gurney's emails for tips on growing your best garden yet, and save hundreds of dollars with our email exclusive offers on vegetables, fruits, fertilizers and more.
Gurney's respect your privacy. Unsubscribe anytime.

domain: agronomy


text:
We are living longer and longer as a nation. Due to advancements in mainstream healthcare, technology and disease prevention, research shows the majority of Americans today will live to be well over 80 years old.
Although seniors are living longer than ever before, there have not been corresponding adjustments to government programs to help provide for their long-term care needs that can result from advanced age. Accordingly, many of the necessary services fall on family members to provide or pay for. This is especially true with regard to caregiving for our parents and other elderly family members. Right now, the Family Caregiver Alliance’s National Center on Caregiving reports that 43.5 million caregivers are caring for someone over 50 years of age while 1 in every 5 American households are caring for another adult with long-term care needs.
Caring for a parent or other senior family member can cause a substantial financial strain as long-term health care costs continue to rise. In addition, most of the care provided by adult children and family members to the seniors they love remains uncompensated. A recent article in Forbes shared that caring for an aging parent in your home could cost you more than raising your own child to adulthood, and over the course of just four years as opposed to eighteen. The AARP shares that in 2013 alone, 40 million family caregivers provided 37 billion uncompensated hours at an estimate total cost of $470 billion dollars.
Today, we see two sides of this evolving dilemma for seniors and their adult children. On the one hand, there are adult children who are unable to maintain their demanding, full-time jobs due to the increasing care needs of their parents while, on the other hand, others must take on second jobs to pay for the increased costs of their multi-generational family. Even where a parent can afford to pay a child for care, there are complexities to be considered through planning. For example, a child is still taxed on what is paid to him or her by their parent and is treated as an employee of the parent.
This reality means all of us need to discuss estate planning and long-term care planning in California with our parents sooner rather than later. Pre-planning, well in advance of a crisis, can help us alleviate many of the challenges we may face relating to providing care for our parents as they age. Where they will live, how they will pay for it, and who will take care of them, are just a few of the questions we should be asking now so we can have the answers ready when needed. Without time to complete thoughtful estate planning, making these decisions will be challenging for all members of our family.
While we understand this may be a hard conversation to start, you and your parents will be glad to have your estate planning in place when you need it most.
Do You Have Any Questions?
Kevin Snyder is a husband, father, and an Orange County estate planning attorney at Snyder Law, PC in Irvine, California. He’s all about family and passionate about estate planning, elder law, and veterans. He founded Snyder Law to help families from Orange County, Los Angeles County, and Southern California plan to protect what matters most: their loved ones, their dignity, and their legacy.


text:
Scribbling on windows: Bulgari Hotel, London pampers the inner child
As a child who had an affinity for colour pencils, crayons and paint brushes, I always fantasized about scribbling, painting and doodling on the walls and windows of my home. The same can probably be said for every other person who grew up next to art tools and colouring books. Well, during the recent Frieze Art Fair in London, Britist artist Stuart Semple projected this sort of playful fantasy onto the floor-to-ceiling lobby windows of Bulgari Hotel in London, but instead with "grown-up" contexts of pop culture.
Part of the hotel's 'The Artist in Residence' project, Semple injected vibrant colours in the form of words and shapes that reflected the artist's memories from the 1980s in a mix of fashion, music and art. Spanning 127 meters long, the painting - although striking and fun in appearance - has deep perspectives on pop-culture and the like.
With some 15 major international solo exhibitions in the UK, USA, China and Italy, Semple has been hailed for his paintings in which he takes on an emotive, sociological perspective on pop culture. His visual language often brings back themes of image creation, technology, anxiety and spirituality.
Watch Semple transform the Bulgari Hotel's lobby in this #Semple4Bulgari video.


Imagine this! You are walking or riding from Mullumbimby to Byron Bay. Before you the easy track undulates around beautiful green countryside. Skilfully built old embankment cuttings keep it all level. There are no cars in sight. Is this a dream? There is a disused railway, a track that goes all the way from Murwillumbah through Billinudgel, Mullumbimby, Byron, Bangalow, Lismore and on to Casino.
Many say we should bring back the trains. Considering the invasion of our roads with the intimidating juggernaut B doubles driven by drivers speeding in every sense, the image of a safe solid train groaning with freight, and passengers sitting back in a convivial dining car setting makes a nice alternative thought-form from yesteryear.
In the long run the train dream may be possible, but while we wait, other parties more interested in profit may be making their plans around this desirable long paddock real estate. Mullum Woollies for example, looks like they are already there, on old railway land, but fortunately it's still open line.
In olde England there are many ancient traditional walking and bridle paths with stiles between farms, but here, where private property is king of crass, farms are fenced cheek by jowl, with not a chink in between where the folk can walk.
As a local doctor I ask the community, 'what is healthier than a long walk in the country?'
An unfenced piece of land like this disused rail, all the miles from Murwillumbah to Casino, is an irreplaceable resource and the surest way to keep it as a community asset is to, at least in the first instance, walk on it. The Byron shire has long been a living laboratory for social change so the Mullum to Byron section would be a good start. A café at Tyagarah junction would link Brunswick Heads. Possibly a slow quiet light electric transport for those who cannot walk might still be ok, because the strong old rail bridges, such as the high bridge over the Brunswick river, known to boating people (not visible from the road) have surely weathered too much for conventional trains. This is an opinion from the eye of a yacht builder, sorry, no real engineering qualifications at all.
From direct experience, anyone who has walked a railway line will know how difficult it is to negotiate the wooden sleepers, sharp chunky blue metal, steel lines and assorted hardware, so its currently unusable. The removed materials could be recycled to pay for a transformation to accommodate even a wheelchair on its new fair smooth level surface, as a community project. But there's more. The railway land is not only level, but wider than the visible tracks, in places much more so, as old service roads used to run alongside the rail, in gullies and slopes. After all, where can a horse go these days?
In keeping with the new political mood for ideas from the people, we should be prepared to talk about these things, rather than the old way of entrenched positions. Its been done in other places. Next time, in your car zooming over the highway bridge at Tyagarah, steal a quick glimpse at the rail below. The grass is so thick you can’t even see the lines anymore. Is this a case of 'out of sight, out of mind?' For a longer experience, stop one day at the rickety bridge on the Wooyung cutting. Take a good look, and imagine.
Dr David Miller, Brunswick Heads


It is with considerable excitement that I would like to announce that I will be joining a virtual online discussion symposium addressing the rise of Boys Love contents in Asia at the Taiwan International Queer Film Festival. The talk event – held on on October 13th 7-9pm GMT +8 (Taiwan time) – is free to attend and will be held in English with Chinese interpretation.
I will be in discussion with Thai director Chookiat Sakveerakul, the writer and director behind the pioneering queer films Love of Siam (2007) and Dew, Let’s Go Together (2019) and Thai BL series Manner of Death (2020), about the rise of BL media in Thailand.
Following this, Director Ivan Payawal of IdeaFirst Company and Director Tsai Mi-Chieh, the directors behind the smash-hit Philippine BL series Gameboys and the Taiwanese BL omnibus series HIStory respectively, will continue the discussion.
It is such an honour to be speaking with the directors and writers who have played such a crucial role in expanding Boys Love beyond the borders of Japan and transitioning the genre to a focus on live action. I’d like to thank the organisers of TQIFF for inviting me to join the discussion!
You can register for the event via this link.


text:
Director of Communications(Office)
Task Force: Congress must pass comprehensive immigration reform this year
National LGBT rights group to join thousands at this Sunday’s
national march on Washington, D.C., to demand Congress pass
comprehensive immigration reform
WASHINGTON, March 17 — The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force, a longtime advocate for comprehensive and humane immigration reform, is joining thousands of people from across the country for the March 21 mass mobilization on the nation’s capital to demand Congress pass comprehensive immigration reform this year. The Task Force is an official endorser of the March for America and will be marching behind its banner at the event. (For those wishing to march with the Task Force, meet at 12:30 p.m. at 12th Street, NW and Pennsylvania Avenue, NW. Just look for the Task Force banner).
During her annual State of the LGBT Movement speech just last month, National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Executive Director Rea Carey vowed the Task Force would continue to “stand with our allies in the immigration reform movement, come what may.”
“If we are truly a community and a movement committed to freedom, justice and equality then reforming our nation's cruel and broken immigration system must be on our agenda for action. Today, there are 12 million undocumented immigrants, including at least half a million lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people who are forced to live in the shadows of our society,” she said, later adding, “And, of course, there are at least 36,000 binational couples who cannot live together here in this country because federal law bans recognition of their relationships. So, yes, immigration reform is an LGBT issue.
”The National Gay and Lesbian Task Force Action Fund is advocating for the inclusion of the Uniting American Families Act (UAFA) in any comprehensive immigration reform. The measure would end discrimination against LGBT binational families and provide Americans in same-sex relationships the same opportunity to sponsor their partners for residency in the United States. It’s estimated that more than 36,000 such couples are facing separation, or currently living separately or abroad, due to existing discriminatory policies that UAFA’s passage would end.
Complete press release here


text:
TGS Provides Preliminary Operating Results
TGS management expect, based on operating results, net revenues on standalone activity for third quarter 2007 to be the same as in the third quarter 2006. The third quarter earnings is scheduled to be released October 25, 2007 and will include financial results of Wavefield-Inseis operations for the last 10 days of Q3 2007.
Productivity issues on the two newly delivered 3D vessels as well as difficulties in closing new Gulf of Mexico multi-client late sales commitments at the end of the quarter have caused 3Q revenues to fall short of management's expectations.
GeoBarents started operations in the Gulf of Mexico during the first week of August, but experienced a very high percentage of technical downtime from mid-August to mid-September. Since mid-September, performance has been very satisfactory.
BGP Pioneer re-started operations in West Africa during the first week of August but lost approximately one week of operational time in mid-September due to replacement of a malfunctioning fuel valve.
Multi-client late sales are often secured during the final weeks of a quarter. The company's Gulf of Mexico customers were largely unavailable during that window this quarter due to the high level of focus and preparations for the record-setting Central Gulf of Mexico lease sale held on October 3rd. Management believes that this situation created a different buying pattern in Q3 and that its customers will now focus on the annual March lease sale leading to a more typical "Q4 effect" in multi-client activity.
TGS and Wavefield-Inseis continue to progress the merger process and expect the merger to close as planned in late November. Currently, the management teams are preparing a joint plan for the optimal deployment of vessels for Q4 and 2008. TGS plans to issue Q4-2007 guidance based on the activity of the merged entity as a part of its Q3 Earnings Release on October 25th.
- TGS Expects E&P Spend to Dip by up to 10% in 2017 (Oct 28)
- Schlumberger, TGS Begin 300-Block Gulf of Mexico Data Acquisition Program (Aug 04)
- PGS: Improving Sentiment in Offshore Seismic Market (Jul 21)