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By Luke Fischer
A Personal History of Vision expands on the concerns of Fischer's acclaimed first collection Paths of Flight and embodies what Judith Beveridge has described as his 'seemingly effortless ability to blend visual detail and imaginative vision.' Intertwining the personal and the historical, the modern and the primeval,...
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By Bruce Dawe
'With each change of poetic clothes, at each moment, [Dawe] displays us ironically, satirically, good-humouredly to ourselves, with a warmth and sadness for humanity's follies.' - Thea Astley, Three Australian Writers 'Bruce Dawe is that rare phenomenon, a natural poet with a superlative feeling for language.' -...
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By Alan Gould
From the intrigue of his earlier poetry in fatalism and the mysteries of character, Alan Gould's interest has moved to music. In many of the poems in this book, the folk songs or the homages to Vaughan Williams, his enquiry is one of synaesthesia: What is it...
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By Judy Johnson
It is a little known fact that eleven African American convicts arrived in Australia on the First Fleet in 1788. Two of these ex-slaves were the author's ancestors. In extensively researched poems, award-winning writer Judy Johnson vividly portrays scenes from her black forebears' lives, both before transportation...
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By Susan Fealy
Flute of Milk is Susan Fealy's first full-length collection of poems after years of publication in Australian and US journals and anthologies including Poetry (Chicago), Island, Cordite, Rabbit and in the Anthology of Australian Contemporary Feminist Poetry (Hunter, 2016). The collection is in two parts, with each...
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By Alan Loney
'Is it possible, that this place, not 'the land of my birth' is where I might truly come to be 'at home'?' Melbourne Journal: Notebooks 1998-2003 is the third instalment in Alan Loney's notebooks, covering the period in between his previous publications (Sidetracks: Notebooks 1976-1991 and...
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By Anna Wickham
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Anna Wickham (1883-1947) was one of the most important female poets writing in English during the first half of the twentieth century. A pioneer of Modernist poetry, she was also a fierce feminist, social activist, and friend of many significant writers, including D.H....
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By Quinn Eades
Rallying was written alongside Quinn Eades's first book, all the beginnings: a queer autobiography of the body, and before he began transitioning from female to male. A collection very much concerned with the body, and the ways in which we create and write under, around, without, and...
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By Amanda Joy
Amanda Joy's first book Snake Like Charms was five years in the making. It's grounded deep in reality as are the snake cultures and legends it draws from. Amanda Joy is a poet from the Pilbara and Kimberley regions of Western Australia, origin of the Rainbow Serpent,...
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'In the beautifully calibrated "cardiac ward poetics" of Star Struck, David McCooey re-energises the old binaries of life and death, public and private, culture and nature. Irony's the pacemaker here, driving these superbly restrained poems home, though never at the expense of feeling and tenderness. McCooey understands,...
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So I just got my tablo and was shocked to learn USB flash drives are not recommended do to read/Writes because if too slow. And yet, the new Dual uses an internal SSD. Now I realize the internal SSD has faster read/write speeds than a USB flash drive, by this is really a limitation of USB 3.0… and most modern USB 3.0 Flash drives are as fast as USB HDDs. Soooooo… has taboos advice changed?
Incidentally, I am not planning on using a USB Flash drive… I am lazy and would run out of space in no time with anything less than 2 TB… just curious is all.h
If a person were to use a USB SSD drive, I doubt that Tablo could tell it from a regular HDD.
I would avoid flash drives more on the reliability aspect than the speed aspect…
Regular flash drives are built from much less expensive (and not as extensively tested) NAND storage than the SSD’s are, not to mention the controller circuitry. There is also the issue of read/ write cycles, which SSD has taken measures to mitigate (software and hardware both) - and flash drives basically ignore on the premise that you will replace it.
Tablo DUAL’s internal memory is actually EMMC which is a bit different than what’s in a USB Flash drive.
Despite the faster speeds of today’s Flash Drives, we have tested them over the past year with both new & old Tablo units without much success.
That’s why we continue to suggest USB connected hard drives. It doesn’t matter if they’re 2.0 or 3.0 or if they’re SSDs as there’s no speed reason to spend more $ on an SSD vs. a regular spinning drive.
If you like the ‘no moving parts’ aspect of an SSD and have the cash to spare, go for it!


Jason Frierson Explained
Jason Frierson, (born in 1970 in Los Angeles, California), is an American attorney and politician and who is the Speaker and a Democratic member of the Nevada Assembly. In 79th session of the assembly, members elected Frierson to the position of speaker. Frierson returned to the assembly in 2016 election after defeating Republican Norm Ross, and incumbent Republican-turned-Libertarian incumbent John Moore with 56% of the votes. He had previously served in the assembly from February 7, 2011 to 2014, when he was defeated by John Moore by 40 votes.  representing District 8. Frierson is a member of the National Black Caucus of State Legislators.
Frierson earned his BS from the University of Nevada, Reno and his JD from the William S. Boyd School of Law.
- 2016 Frierson won back the 8th District seat with 56% of the vote.
- 2014 He was defeated by John Moore with a narrow margin of only 40 votes. He won 49.76% of the votes, while Moore won 50.24%.
- 2012 Frierson won the June 12, 2012 Democratic Primary with 761 votes (67.58%), and won the November 6, 2012 General election with 11,550 votes (61.00%) against Republican nominee Arthur Martinez.
- 2010 When Democratic Assemblywoman Barbara Buckley retired from the Assembly because she was term limited and left the District 26 seat open, Frierson won the three-way June 8, 2010 Democratic Primary with 586 votes (48.83%), and won the three-way November 2, 2010 General election with 3,853 votes (58.31%) against Republican nominee Joe Egan and Independent American candidate Stacey Gonzales.
Notes and References
- Web site: Jason Frierson. Ballotpedia.
- Web site: Assemblyman Jason Frierson . . . November 19, 2013.
- Web site: Jason Frierson's Biography . . November 19, 2013.
- Web site: NV State Assembly 08 - History. Our Campaigns. 7 November 2017.
- Web site: Miller. Ross. Nevada general election results. Silver State 2014 election night results. 28 January 2016.
- Web site: 2012 Unofficial Statewide Primary Election Results June 12, 2012 . . Carson City, Nevada . November 19, 2013.
- Web site: 2012 Official Statewide General Election Results November 6, 2012 . Secretary of State of Nevada . Carson City, Nevada . November 19, 2013.
- Web site: 2010 Official Statewide Primary Election Results June 8, 2010 . Secretary of State of Nevada . Carson City, Nevada . November 19, 2013.
- Web site: 2010 Official Statewide General Election Results November 2, 2010 . Secretary of State of Nevada . Carson City, Nevada . November 19, 2013.


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Astragaloside IV Inhibits Cigarette Smoke-Induced Pulmonary Inflammation in Mice.
Inflammation. 2018 Oct ;41(5):1671-1680. PMID: 29959623
The aim of this study was to investigate the effects of Astragaloside IV (AS) on cigarette smoke (CS)-induced chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (COPD). Our results showed that AS alleviated CS-induced pathological injury in lung tissue. AS also increased superoxide dismutase (SOD) and reduced the level of malondialdehyde (MDA) in serum and lung. AS also reduced cytokines including tumor necrosis factor-α (TNF-α), interleukin-6 (IL-6), and interleukin-1β (IL-1β) in serum and lung. More, AS significantly reduced the protein expression of JAK3/STAT3/NF-κB pathway in CS-induced mice. In vitro, cigarette smoke extract (CSE) stimulation exposed to normal human bronchial epithelial (HBE) cells. Results further confirmed that AS significantly inhibited the protein levels of JAK3/STAT3/NF-κB pathway in CSE-induced HBE. Our result showed that AS might effectively ameliorate COPD via JAK3/STAT3/NF-κB pathway.

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MOUNTAIN VIEW — Guests will be pickin’ and a-grinnin’ when the Ozark Folk Center at Mountain View hosts the 20th annual Grandpa and Ramona Jones Banjo Weekend Aug. 31 and Sept. 1.
Entertainment will begin Friday, Aug. 31, with an evening concert featuring the Jones Family and Friends.
Musicians are scheduled to include Alisa and Mark Jones, Ron Wall, Larry Sledge, Ruth McLain, Raymond McLain, Greg Davis, Danny Dozier and Greg Moody, followed by an evening tribute by Kyle Cantrell.
Mountain View proved to be Grandpa Jones and his wife’s oasis from the busier life of Nashville after his brother, Gordon, moved there. According to published reports, Jones was impressed with the town’s dedication to preserving old-time, country music.
Jones moved to Mountain View in 1979 but continued to keep a place in Nashville for the tapings of Hee Haw. A year later, he and his wife opened a dinner theater in 1980 in Mountain View.
His family performed regularly, and Grandpa Jones would join them onstage if he were in town. He fit in well with the community and even became friends with another music legend, Jimmy Driftwood.
In 1993, Hee Haw broadcast for the last time before going into reruns. Five years later, Grandpa Jones died from a series of strokes. He was 84.
Grandpa Jones’ memory lives on each year with the Ozark Folk Center’s tribute weekend.
Culminating the weekend’s events on Saturday, Sept. 1, will be an old-time banjo contest followed by an evening concert featuring American folk musician and founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band, John McEuen.
According to his website, McEuen has been performing since 1962, working as a magician in Disneyland’s Magic Shop as a teenager. Music soon came along, which led to his long and varied career first solo, then as a founding member of the Nitty Gritty Dirt Band in 1966.
More than 10,000 concerts and 300 television shows, throughout more than 3 million miles, with the band and as a solo performer, McEuen has pursued his passion for performing and recording.
He left NGDB at the end of their 50th year touring to focus on the demand for his solo performing and projects. He brings his guitar, banjo, fiddle, and mandolin along with favorite NGDB songs and the stories behind them to the stage in a manner that earned the honored Best in the West Award from the Folk Alliance Organization.
McEuen has made over 40 albums (seven solo) that have earned four platinum and five gold recognition awards, Grammy nominations, Country Music Association and Academy of Country Music awards, an Emmy nomination, International Bluegrass Music Association record of the year award, and performed on another 25 albums as guest artist.
He’s also produced another seven albums and 14 film scores (two Emmy-nominated shows) and more than 300 concerts throughout his career, the first in 1965 in Long Beach, California, with Bob Dylan.
The Ozark Folk Center State Park is located at 1032 Park Avenue, Mountain View.
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Born in Memphis, Tennessee, Lacy, 34, spent most of her life in the hills of Lawrence County. Today, she lives in Cave City, the home of “World’s Sweetest Watermelons,” in what’s known as the Prince Matlock house. Its former owner helped create what’s known as the Cave Courts where the city’s cave lies above the Crystal River. He fashioned his home out of the same rocks and materials that are found among the cave’s property, and she feels blessed to now be its caretaker for many more years to come.

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Winnti Group Targets Video Game Developers with New Backdoor Malware
Researchers from ESET have discovered a new modular backdoor used by the Winnti Group to target several video game companies that develop MMO (massively multiplayer online) games.
As explained in a blog post, the malware, dubbed ‘PipeMon’ by ESET, targeted companies in South Korea and Taiwan. The video games developed by these companies are distributed all around the world, are available on popular gaming platforms and have thousands of simultaneous players.
According to researchers, the new modular backdoor is signed with a code-signing certificate likely stolen during a previous campaign and shares similarities with the PortReuse backdoor.
In at least one case, the attackers compromised a company’s build orchestration server, allowing them to take control of the victim’s automated build systems. This could have allowed the attackers to Trojanize video game executables, although there’s no current evidence that has occurred. In another case, attackers compromised a company’s game servers. With this attack, it would be possible to manipulate in-game currencies for financial gain, ESET explained.
“Multiple indicators led us to attribute this campaign to the Winnti Group. Some of the command and control domains used by PipeMon were used by Winnti malware in previous campaigns,” said Mathieu Tartare, malware researcher at ESET. “Furthermore, in 2019, other Winnti malware was found at some of the same companies that were later discovered to be compromised with PipeMon in 2020.”

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Weekend Drawing Class Yields Portraits
by Paulette Purser
Anyone can draw was the message Paulette Purser’s two-day weekend drawing class in Princeville advertised. Ask any of the participants, and they will excitedly say that this is what was delivered.
Since 1987, Purser has been on a mission to share methods found in Drawing on the Right Side of the Brain by Dr. Betty Edwards with as many people as possible. An accomplished artist who has trained in many schools, Purser feels strongly that drawing can and should be taught to children between the ages of eight and 12 years, when their brains are craving realism.
“After all, most people can talk, but need to be taught to read and write,” says Purser. “Most people can see, but many need to be trained to draw their perceptions.
“Learning to draw is easier than learning to walk, and humans usually learn to walk by the age of two.”
As a local columnist for the Times Picayune in New Orleans once wrote, “People who think they can’t draw probably haven’t met Paulette Purser. She can change that way of thinking … fast!
“It is not often that we have an opportunity to share something new with as much personal potential. So, consider art a challenge and let Paulette “Draw” you out …”
Recently, after just 12 hours of instruction, Nola Conn, Keren Gundersen, Patricia Hanwright, Barbara McIntosh and Arleene Sommer drew realistic portraits of live model Yannis Vassilopoulos in just one-and-a-half hours. Their left brains were pleased with a job well done. They “know” they can draw now.
They also understand the difference in visual and verbal brain processing, and that one needs to suppress the dominant, verbal processing portion of the brain in order to access the visual processing portion. Once accessed, they can now employ the five right-brain skills learned during the class and see and draw better — much better, better than they ever thought possible.

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Earl W. Jenson (#355)
Earl Jenson was born in Deer Lodge, Montana November 11, 1926. A veteran of the Army Air Force from 1945 to 1948 he moved to Alaska in 1950 and went on to serve the state of Alaska for 25 years. He was the last surviving member of the Alaska Highway Patrol, which later became the Alaska State Troopers. He retired to his native Montana in 1978. Earl married Dorothy Bartholet in 1967 and they raised one son (Carl). Earl passed away July 21, 2008 in Polson, Montana.
Earl joined ALPCA in 1961 and served as President from 1974 to 1975. He also served as Director. His great love was collecting and trading license plates. He made many great friends through this hobby and inspired hundreds of collectors to value the relationships over the materialism. He clearly was the first serious collector of Alaskan plates and many collections still show the number 355 written on the back of the tag.
To follow are a few tributes from Earl's many friends and fellow collectors.
- Dave Stratton #3445:
- An old timer who traded plates the old fashioned way on the point system. Earl kept a prized photo book, which was a who.s who of plate collectors that had visited him over the years in Alaska and Montana. No sad songs for Earl, he lived a full life and was a very positive person for the club.
- Roger Haynes #2104:
- In the pioneer days of ALPCA the friends you made were just as important as the plates you found. Earl was my friend and he will not be forgotten when us oldsters gather around the campfire to swap stories of plates deals good and bad.
- Jack McGee #2567:
- A very generous member. Visits with Earl and meals by Dorothy will never be forgotten. He enjoyed the mountain vistas at his Montana home and loved to tell stories of his early days in Alaska and the lonely nights at the weigh station.
- Royce Williams #10181:
- When I was just getting started with what later became akplates.org, Earl generously answered a letter from a stranger (and then, also a non-member). He sent me some photos that really opened my eyes to plates other than the current ones on the road.
- Corb Moister #919:
- Earl was a good guy and honest collector. He was the first plate collector I ever corresponded with long before I joined the club.
For years of leadership and service we welcome Earl Jenson into the Hall of Fame.

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Ryn regretted everything.
He regretted the murdering of an entire family he had done at the age of twenty-three,
and he regretted putting up such a damn hard fight when the cops came for him that he killed one
and crippled another. He regretted his behavior in jail, and how it had gotten him a place in the Penal
Legionnaire forces that had a chance to win their freedom in this crazy show, or at least a chance
for an honorable death with all their crimes against society repaid.
But most of all, he regretted not starting to run sooner.
He was breathing so heavily that his gasmask made wheezing and sucking-sounds, and he
ran so hard he could taste the blood in his mouth like it was really there.
But then again, maybe it was. Maybe the monster they had encountered had wounded him more grievously
than he thought, and he was just too pumped up to feel it.
Of all the stupid things he had ever done, watching the attempted rape of a Gladiator was by far the worst,
where his life expectancy was concerned.
It was nothing that hadnt happened before, he remembered growing up watching this show he was now an unwiilling part of.
Small teams of superconditioned fighters, sent in to face a faceless, merciless horde of grey and steel.
More often than not, they met a bloody, if hard fought, end at the hands of the hordes. And at the end, any survivors were rounded up
in a veteran team to fight the hardest round of them all, the season finale.
Ryn's unit, like all the other Greymasks, as the penal legions were called, consisted entirely of hardcore criminals. Rapists, pedophiles, mass murderers,
the worst of them all. And there were somehow NEVER a short of those these days.
He knew they deserved death, and thats exactly why they were sent here to begin with.
An arena the size of a country, a titanic dome with its entirely own biosphere, camera's everywhere, and billions of viewers keeping an eye on every
drop of sweat, blood and tear that fell to the ground.
The concept was sick. Conceited, perverse even.
But by the gods, it was popular.
He heard a high pitch whistle on the wind behind him, an eerie whisper promising swift, painful and messy death.
He knew it came from the monster that was after him, a Gladiator called Crimson.
Having seen her on TV in jail, she had always been his favorite. She showed such grace, such enticing
elegance when she danced between prey, that he had felt privilegied just to see her on a screen.
It was almost pornographic, and he knew he was not the only one having dreamt of her at night,
her supernatural body writhing and heaving with his in throes of extacy.
It was universal that any gladiator that was too damaged for further service, but not dead, and the occasional survivors of a season finale, were auctioned off to the highest bidder.
To own a Gladiator was the ultimate symbol of prestige and power, and the amount of money paid for these rarest of
servants were nothing short of exorbitant.
The ex-Gladiator would be relieved from duty, reprogrammed to serve as bodyguards, assassins, insatiable lovers... or all three at once.
And so it was that Ryn's unit had come across her, knocked out from an airstrike by a Greymask helicopter.
She was laying there, wind caressing her hair tenderly, every inch of her body peaceful and inviting...
They thought she was dead, they could see a huge cracked dent in the wall where the blast had slammed her against it, and a little smear of blood
from the wall to her head. By all rights, her insides should be liquified, her cranium broken and her brain turned to paste.
But they were all too infatuated to remember she was a Gladiator. She was not human.
If anything, she was a goddess.
Gladiators were made over a process of several years, artificially grown in tubes so they could be tweaked and modified to the
peak of prowess. It was a hit or miss thing, with about half of them turning into sinewy, overgrown hulks of meat and muscle,
hideous spawn that were still superhuman in many regards. Some developed psychic abilities somehow, but most were just mountains of
strength and brawn. These were inducted into the Greymasks, their lumpy, mismatched bodies clad in a grey longcoat just like Ryn's, just way bigger.
They were brainwashed into serving loyally, and while they invariably met a gruesome end, they had been a good weapon to use against their perfect brothers and sisters...
However, it was not these terrible Malformed that the crowds wanted to see. They wanted the Gladiators.
Each one of them was perfection embodied, genetically and physically modified to excel at one specialized combat role.
Outside, most resembled normal humans, polished to a photomodel look and tailored to outclass trophywives and poolboys alike.
However, some were different, a fusion of man and beast, harnessing the strengths of both while eliminating the worst of the weaknesses.
These were by far the hardest and most expensive to make, but they tended to be the hardiest. The human ones were excellent tacticians and such,
but the Crossbred had a long range of physical edges over their Sapien counterparts.
All gladoators however, had their skeletons reinforced, their organs interweaved with strings of bulletproof material so they were nigh unrupturable.
Bodies toned to athletic strength, muscles like whipcord ensuring them incredible strength and stamina despite their elegant frames.
Senses so sharp they could spot a tiny housefly at fifty yards, and their bodies so flexible they could handle the most base of weapons with beautiful grace.
And that was before the tank opened and they spilled out, coughing and hacking their first breath of air.
They were specifically designed to kill, maim and perform extreme feats of physical strain. But most of all, they were made to
do all these things as spectacularly as possible, to please an audience they didn't know existed.
And the one on his trail now, had been Ryn's favorite.
Ryn rounded a corner, his boots slipping in the fine ruin-dust of the grey streets.
He fell onto his side and tumbled, the assault rifle he carried clattering across the pavement and stopping only once under a burning car.
"Fucking great.." he grumbled to himself, and scrambled on hands and knees to try reaching for his rifle.
He was so close. So close he could touch the hilt with his fingertips! Just an inch or two more...
But before he could reach, the eerie whistle echoed through the streets, sending a cold shiver down his back.
He looked down the street, and the one across from that, but saw nothing.
Then, in his peripheral vision, she came into view. Running across the rooftops, bounding from one grey bombed-out building to another, bounding across
rooftops and through blasted windowframes in long leaps.
He saw her mid-flight, and even from a houndred yards he could feel her deadly eyes bore into him.
It was like a searchlight lit him up, he could see her brilliant eyes pin him down, a sad lump of meat in a grey coat, puffing into a faceless gasmask.
The split second they saw eachother felt like it lasted forever, but at the same time, she slipped out of view far too soon.
Ryn gave up on his rifle, scurried to his legs and started running again.
Gun be damned, he had a better chance if he ran than if he met her, solo combat, with a rifle.
The way she had torn apart his squad was way too clear in mind for him to believe anything else...
Just a few minutes ago, they were all alive. Living, breathing scum of the world, the worst that mother earth had brought up,
rounded together in a squad led by the single most despicable and dangerous of them all. Ryn didn't know what the sergeant had done,
but to be a leader amongst madmen and psychopaths, it had to be pretty twisted!
When Gabe, Ryn's only remaining friend in the unit, had spotted the fallen gladiator, the sergeant had elbowed his way through the ten men
gathering around her.
Even from behind the emotionless grey of the facemask, Ryn knew he was grinning from ear to ear.
The sergeant had had the joy of deflowering a gladiator before, that one as dead as they thought Crimson to have been.
"You don't know sex until you have one of those things!" he had bragged, voice full of rasping mucus.
"I've had my fair share of women over the years, but not even the wildest one of them even come close to a Gladiator...
A DEAD one at that!"
Ryn had almost envied him, even if he was a necrophiliac madman. To get the honor...
He had felt his mouth run dry and tasted the bile, as the sergeant intended to take Crimson's innocence as well.
To take the virginity of a Gladiator had been ranked as one of the utmost luxuries, and noone ever did it more than once,
not even the richest men or women could afford making it a habit. Nor did they have to. An ex-Gladiator was nothing if not eager to please, after all...
And to think this slimeball was about to have his second, when he dropped his dirty brown pants and started slipping his hands up
Crimson's sides, gently tugging the elaborate pants down her hips, inch after inch as he barked at his men to stay on guard...
Dirty, thick fingers brushing through succulent, silky fur...
That's when she woke up, and even if Ryn was struck with fear as her eyes bolted open, those slit black pupillae tightening into
slim lines between a brightly lit emerald iris... His mind was just a tiny bit grateful that she would at least get the bastard sergeant first of them all.
The first thing she had done, was to headbutt the sergeant. The impact between her reinforced skull and his mediocre helmet was so hard, that the headgear cracked and the glass viewpieces in his mask shattered.
It was if in slow motion, the sergeant arching back with the sheer momentum, glass glittering around them, as Crimson grabbed a hold of his collar
and leapt onto him, her other hand back to gather momentum for a lethal strike. Ryn had seen the sergeants eyes light up as he knew life was ending fast,
and only a split second later, a silver monomolecular clawed gauntlet dug into his ribs, and tore out a plate-sized chunk with a wet tearing sound.
Before the sergeant's organs spilled out and hit the ground in a reeking, steaming mess, Crimson had redirected her momentum, running up the sergeants chest and kicking off at his shoulder.
Things resumed to normal speed as the initial shock of her reawakening passed, and Ryn tried to bring his rifle off his shoulder to open fire.
Before he had, clumsily, gotten a grip on the stock of the gun, another man was clutching the remains of a torn out throat, and Gabe's torso came off from the legs, his waist torn to strips
before he could even raise his voice and scream.
Ryn pumped round after round after her, as did all the others, but the vast majority just punched through thin air.
He could see she was bleeding though, from her arm, thigh and a cut on her cheek, as she slipped her free hand to her belt and pulled out a knife.
Before anyone could pull out their close combat weapons, she had plunged it into one mans neck, and hurled it into the chest of another.
Ryn had enjoyed her work tremendously when he saw it on TV.
Up close, it was horrifying. How a monster such as her could even exist, bent the laws of biology. NOTHING should be able to kill five men that fast.
That's when he decided to run instead, to increase his chances. Him and Tarvel.
Tarvel was a dick, he really was, but right now Ryn was just glad he had SOMEONE to run with.
Even if it was the lanky form of the man who'd shot Ryn's predecessor through the back of the skull for giggles.
"Fucking SHIT she's fast!" Ryn had hollered, hoping the other three men would delay her at least a little.
"You dont FUCKING say!" Tarvel had barked back, his usually cool and aloft self completely reduced to frenzied survival instinct.
Tarvel had split off shortly after, heading for the high ground while Ryn preferred to stay low profile.
It had become apparent that Ryn did the right thing later, when he caught Tarvel's incredibly messy demise in the corner of his eye.
Complete with snarling fangs and all, Crimson had caught up to him on the rooftops, leaping from building to building as if she had wings.
She had ran him down, and nothing short of twisted his head 180 degrees backwards with a quick move best described as flamboyant.
She had not waited for Tarvel's last second of life to pass before she slipped her finger through the hoops on his grenade-pins, and kicked his lame body off the building .
Even as she darted out of sight, halfway down the building, Tarvel the Asshole was reduced to elaborate wallpaint.
Ryn however, knew Crimsons ability had taken a hit.
She was bleeding from multiple wounds, probably also internally. As dangerous as she was, she was operating on a
concoction of adrenaline and combat stimulants pumping from mechanical vessels implanted into her spine.
When that ran out, she'd be weakened by blood loss, internal bleeding, possibly also fractures. Nothing she wouldnt survive,
but that was Ryn's only chance. A chance that grew steadily slimmer as the high pitched whistle of the bullethole in the angelic gladiator's ear closed in.
He rounded a corner, and found his way blocked. A building had fallen out and collapsed, blocking his way through the narrow alley.
Seconds later, with his breath heaving, he heard a loud thump from down the street. Sparing a split second, he saw her.
Crimson. Only a stone's throw away from him now, having landed hard on the ground.
Her breath was rasping with blood in her lungs, some of it dripping from her lip, and bright red was splattered all over the left side of her where the armored gauntlet, her signature weapon,
gleamed in the fake, pallid grey sunlight of the Dome.
She rose shakily to her feet, emerald eyes glaring coldly at him as he turned to face her, drawing his pistol.
She took a step towards him, swaying dangerously as she mustered energy for one last ditch effort.
Might as well die like a man, Ryn said to himself and tore his mask off.
He spat on the ground, and could see the determination in the Gladiator's eyes.
As the grey gasmask hit the ground, Crimson crunched gravel underfoot as she kicked off towards him.
In a short moment, everything seemed like it was in slow motion. Ryn hefted his gun, and fired. Crimson spun around, the bullet grazing her arm, leaving a short red cut in her skin.
but as she came around, her hand caressed across the pistol. In the few tenths of a second she touched the gun, she had done enough.
Time resumed, as the magazine clattered to the ground. Rynk was dumbstruck. Not only had she managed to push the magazine release, she had also snatched the shell casing from the air as the gun spat it out, pried the ejector open and lodged
the casing there, jamming the pistol from firing another round until it was cleared.
He had blown his last shot, and was effectively disarmed. he still had his knife, but that was no use to him against her.
He felt a refreshingly cold wind brush his hair, as he stood there looking at Crimson. She was panting and heaving, blood trickling down her arm.
It wouldn't even leave much of a scar, thanks to her regeneration.
"Well, i guess this is it then..." he spoke, mainly to himself. he knew cameras and microphones, hidden everywhere, would record his final words.
The world would see them, or at least the pay-per-view part of the world, and it would make great television.
Crimson put a finger up to his chin. Her gauntlet barely touched the skin. Nevertheless, it caused a drop of blood to trickle down her finger.
For a few seconds they stood there, looking at eachother. His eyes locked to hers, unable to slip away under her emerald gaze. Predator and prey, all the way
to the end.
He was grateful that she gave him the courtesy of muttering some last words, even though she didn't even speak his language, before
she swiped his throat apart.
And as final words go, "I love you" were probably not the worst that had been aired on the live broadcast.
So i've had this laying around a while, figured i would open my Weasyl account with a bit of a bang.
So yeah....here it is.... Bang!
Hope you enjoy the read, i appreciate all feedback and criticism, hopefully I will take a few otherwise dull minutes of your day and make them sortof amusing!

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Give yourself a stop at a high altitude
The Marmolada area offers many hotels with wellness centres where you can pamper yourself and relax. The ski lodges offers all the best that the local cuisine, with simple or gourmet recipes prepared with the finest ingredients.
At the Valley Station in Malga Ciapela the Marmolada Move to the Top package features a bar with a wide terrace, where you can soak in the sun and enjoy the view; it’s the perfect place to have a drink or grab a quick snack. While at the Serauta station there is a self-service restaurant where you can take a break for a complete, delicious, high-altitude lunch, taking in some fantastic views of the Dolomites from panoramic windows.

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The FEFAC XXIX Congress will take place for the first time as a fully digital live stream session on 25 September 2020 (9h30-11h00 CET), in partnership with BFA (the Belgian Feed Association).
The roadmap towards a carbon-neutral feed and livestock sector is a central theme of the Congress. FEFAC will present its Feed Sustainability Charter 2030 (two-pager explanation), providing the EU feed industry response to the EU Green Deal Objectives affecting EU feed and livestock production. The Charter includes five ambitions addressing specific feed-related Green
Deal Objectives on:
- Climate change: Reduction of GHG emissions by promoting the use of the PEFCR Feed1 and the GFLI Database2
- Circular economy: Increased use of co-products and human inedible feedstuffs
- Biodiversity: Upgrading of the FEFAC Soy Sourcing Guidelines to facilitate the transition towards responsible and deforestation-free soy supply chains
- Sustainable food systems: Optimisation of nutrient efficiency
- Antimicrobial resistance: Animal nutrition solutions to support animal health & welfare
The Charter contains concrete feed sector actions at EU and national level featuring animal nutrition solutions that can help increase the sustainability of livestock farming operations. They are aimed to provide meaningful answers to growing market expectations as well as to increased
societal demands at EU and global level. On the road towards 2030, FEFAC will publish annual Feed Sustainability Charter Progress Reports, based on robust sector sustainability indicators, to measure how FEFAC members are implementing impactful, specific feed supply chain actions.
The Congress features a live expert panel debate between Michael Scannell (European Commission), Pekka Pesonen (Copa-Cogeca), Philippe Weiler (Lidl Belgium), Preben Sunke (Danish Crown) and Jean-François Timmers (WWF) on the Green Deal and market expectations to the European livestock & feed industry. The full programme can be viewed on the Congress website. The debate will be moderated by Rose O’Donovan (Agrafacts).
BFA President, Dirk van Thielen: “We want to contribute to the important public debate about feed sustainability, also in the digital space, by providing meaningful solutions for the sustainable development of the European livestock sector. I am extremely proud to welcome a “high caliber” expert panel at our joint FEFAC & BFA Congress.”
FEFAC President Asbjørn Børsting: “We highly appreciate the open dialogue with our partners in the value chain and public authorities, who are willing to assist the European feed industry in setting the right priorities, allowing it to fully exploit its knowledge as a global leader in innovative animal nutrition solutions to support our livestock customers. We consider the FEFAC Sustainability Charter 2030 to be a milestone in this process, raising the bar to a higher level”.
The FEFAC XXIX Congress takes place on 25 September from 9:30-11:00 CET and can be followed digitally, free of charge. Registration is necessary to obtain the livestream link.

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I keep losing my poppy – I think they’re designed that way so you have to keep putting a toonie or a loonie into the cadets’ tray to get another one this time of year. That’s OK by me. My grandfather, a veteran of World War II, is long since passed away but I still remember.
Besides that, right now soldiers are returning from Afghanistan in coffins, maimed, wounded and suffering from post-traumatic stress syndrome. Over the past 65 years since WWII our soldiers have been returning from Rwanda, Cyprus, Somalia and countless other peacekeeping missions that resembled only in varying degrees the meaning of that term.
On my reading list, for instance, is General Roméo Dallaire’s new book They Fight Like Soldiers, They Die Like Children. He says Canada is losing its moral soul internationally, evidenced by our non-action on child soldiers, our participation in failed “peace” keeping missions like Rwanda.
The issues of war and peace still need our attention; what better time of year to pause for a moment and think about the whole thing.
Except you won’t get any help on that score from Canada’s biggest retailers. According to them, Christmas started weeks ago. Remembrance Day? What’s that? Such a somber holiday is not very conducive to sales I guess. They don’t even have to close their doors for Remembrance Day (Nov. 11) any more. They suffer the young cadets and Legion volunteers to sell poppies outside their doors, but inside it’s all Christmas trees and holiday “music.” On the television it’s started: the heart-wrenching ads designed to give you that warm nostalgic feeling for Grandma’s home baked cookies and hot chocolate.
I say enough. To me every one of those ads, all the Christmas music (it’s not even Advent, if you’re so inclined to follow a Christian calendar) infusing the stores already – it’s an insult to the day we’re being asked to observe this coming Thursday.
I say enough by refusing to shop at stores where they’ve already started the unending (until Boxing Day) vomit of Christmas marketing. Last night, horrified by a schmaltzy Canadian Tire ad, I Tweeted:
That started a barrage of ReTweets and conversation, at least a dozen replies within a half hour of my post.
I’ve decided I’m on to something, and it’s more than #ChristmasTooEarly (my hasty hashtag). I think it’s a marketing fatigue – a feeling of hopelessly getting sucked into the Christmas Season Vortex of Expectations. I’m going to write about it in further posts, but for now I want to make this post about Remembrance Day and about starting my own boycott of the disrespectful retailers.
Meantime, I’m going with my daughter to the Remembrance Day parade here on Thursday. I’ll write about that. Then I’ll write more about my conflicted feelings around the holidays, and further on why I’m remembering to boycott the following shops for Christmas:
- Canadian Tire
- La Senza
Any more that you’ve noticed? Any other thoughts on starting Christmas too early?


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criminals, FBI, FISA, government, lawlessness, spying, tyranny
About the staggering criminal corruption that is Washington, DC, re-read the IG report. Charlie Savage makes some excellent observations that have nothing to do with Trump.
When a long-awaited inspector general report about the F.B.I.’s Russia investigation became public this week, partisans across the political spectrum mined it to argue about whether President Trump falsely smeared the F.B.I. or was its victim. But the report was also important for reasons that had nothing to do with Mr. Trump.
At more than 400 pages, the study amounted to the most searching look ever at the government’s secretive system for carrying out national-security surveillance on American soil. And what the report showed was not pretty.
While clearing the F.B.I. of acting out of political bias, the Justice Department’s independent inspector general, Michael E. Horowitz, and his team uncovered a staggeringly dysfunctional and error-ridden process in how the F.B.I. went about obtaining and renewing court permission under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, or FISA, to wiretap Carter Page, a former Trump campaign adviser.
“The litany of problems with the Carter Page surveillance applications demonstrates how the secrecy shrouding the government’s one-sided FISA approval process breeds abuse,” said Hina Shamsi, the director of the American Civil Liberties Union’s National Security Project. “The concerns the inspector general identifies apply to intrusive investigations of others, including especially Muslims, and far better safeguards against abuse are necessary.”
Congress enacted FISA in 1978 to regulate domestic surveillance for national-security investigations — monitoring suspected spies and terrorists, as opposed to ordinary criminals. Investigators must persuade a judge on a special court that a target is probably an agent of a foreign power. In 2018, there were 1,833 targets of such orders, including 232 Americans.
Most of those targets never learn that their privacy has been invaded, but some are sent to prison on the basis of evidence derived from the surveillance. And unlike in ordinary criminal wiretap cases, defendants are not permitted to see what investigators told the court about them to obtain permission to eavesdrop on their calls and emails.
Civil libertarians for years have called the surveillance court a rubber stamp because it only rarely rejects wiretap applications. Out of 1,080 requests by the government in 2018, for example, government records showed that the court fully denied only one.
Defenders of the system have argued that the low rejection rate stems in part from how well the Justice Department self-polices and avoids presenting the court with requests that fall short of the legal standard. They have also stressed that officials obey a heightened duty to be candid and provide any mitigating evidence that might undercut their request.
But the inspector general found major errors, material omissions and unsupported statements about Mr. Page in the materials that went to the court. F.B.I. agents cherry-picked the evidence, telling the Justice Department information that made Mr. Page look suspicious and omitting material that cut the other way, and the department passed that misleading portrait onto the court.
And, had it not been for the Trump case, much of this would have never seen the light of day – see the secrecy parts. Now, what do we do with it all? My guess is more of the same.
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Tomorrow I resume my Writer Wednesday series with an interview with new author Alica McKenna-Johnson. Please drop back in and check it out. I will be doing a different feature each Wednesday, as soon as I figure out what. If there are any fledgling, successful, or stinking-filthy-rich authors out there who want to be interviewed, drop me a line.
In addition, I wanted to announce that my friends at Literary Underground are opening submissions for the next Literary Underground anthology, from 1 March to 31 March 2012. Submissions must be 1,000 – 5,000 words, and on the theme “Time.” After all, the world ends in 10 months, so we’re all on borrowed time, right?
I’ll be entering a submission, as soon as I write it. I know the ending, I just don’t know the story yet.
You can find more information on the LitU website here: http://litunderground.com/Media.html
Yeah, I linked to the photo. Sue me.


The C of E cannot be trusted to deal with safeguarding complaints in house
Posted: Mon, 5th Mar 2018 by Richard Scorer
On the first day of hearings into child sexual abuse in the Church of England, NSS vice-president Richard Scorer told an inquiry that protecting children requires independent oversight and mandatory reporting.
Earlier today I addressed the Independent Inquiry into Child Sexual Abuse (IICSA) on behalf of 21 clients who suffered sexual abuse in the Anglican Church. Over the next three weeks, IICSA will be hearing detailed evidence about the Church of England's failure to protect children, particularly in the Diocese of Chichester but also nationally. My brave clients and the other survivors who have courageously come forward to give evidence to IICSA will be speaking for many more: The Church of England recently revealed that in 2016 alone there were over 700 safeguarding cases involving clergy and church officials, a truly appalling statistic.
It is clear that many survivors, in trying to bring their abuse to light, have also faced years of institutional cover up and denial. Recently a group of survivors attended the general synod of the Church of England to hear the safeguarding presentation. In a statement read on the steps of Church House, they said: "Many of us have suffered not only the abuse itself but also years of manipulation, blanking and lies by bishops and leaders in the Church of England. This second form of abuse is as bad if not worse than the first. For some of us this has gone on for years and causes illness and health problems and continues to do so. This is how the church treats us and it could never be described as Christian behaviour. The self-preservation of the church has been put before victims time and time again".
Against that backdrop of that survivor experience, and the gross failure that it represents, the question for IICSA is whether the Church of England can now be trusted to put its own house in order, and to retain responsibility for handling safeguarding failures in the future. As I told IICSA, to answer that question requires an honest and realistic assessment of the factors which led to this crisis, and of the measures that are now required to overcome them.
As we saw in December when IICSA looked at the Catholic Church, whilst many organisations, both secular and religious, have experienced abuse scandals, in religious organisations there are particular cultural factors which promote the cover-up of abuse. The churches are particularly prone to the temptation to cover up abuse for reputational reasons. The Church of England as the established church claims to offer moral guidance and moral leadership to the nation. Yet clerical sex abuse cases and the scandals associated with them powerfully undermine that claim. This leads to the cover-up of abuse. It can also lead to a cognitive dissonance – a belief that a priest is by definition a good man who couldn't possibly be responsible for abusing children, or, where the evidence is irrefutable, the offence is put down to a momentary and forgivable lapse, often blamed in part on the victim. This mentality far too often translates into a view that the church is above the law.
This is exactly what we saw from the former archbishop of Canterbury, George Carey, in 1993, when he considered how to handle the allegations against Bishop Peter Ball. Ball was under police investigation for a single offence, against a young man called Neil Todd. Lambeth Palace became aware of no fewer than six allegations from other young men against Ball, but decided not to pass these to the police. In the full knowledge of these other allegations, Archbishop Carey himself wrote to the police to tell them that the Todd allegation was "most unrepresentative" of Ball's behaviour. As the Gibb report confirms, Archbishop Carey had decided that Ball was "basically innocent" – because what else could a senior bishop possibly be. And once the archbishop had appointed himself to be judge and jury of the allegations against Ball, it followed that there was no reason to share the truth with the authorities. Even after Bishop Ball's caution and resignation in 1993, senior church leaders like Bishop Eric Kemp denigrated his victims. They allowed Ball to regain much of his standing within the church, and many of his preaching privileges. They allowed him to carry out priestly duties in schools. They allowed him to get away with officiating even to the extent of impersonating his brother, the Bishop of Truro. Knowing full well that he was the subject of multiple allegations of sex abuse, they sought to rehabilitate his public reputation.
I predict that over the course of the next three weeks at IICSA we will see that the same sort of clericalist mentality exposed time and time again. The arrogance which equates the church with God, and which places reputational protection before the interests of victims, is encapsulated in the attitude of one of the Chichester Bishops, Wallace Benn. This is described in the statement one of his colleagues, Archdeacon Phillip Jones, filed with the inquiry. He paraphrases Bishop Benn as stating he was not prepared to acknowledge any shortcomings or past failures in safeguarding, because "his primary concern was for the honour of God and therefore he was not prepared to say or do anything that would tarnish God's reputation or bring Him into disrepute". Jones goes on to say this sounds far fetched, but "it was consistent with Wallace Benn's theological stance and his absolute belief that as God's servant, he should not bow to pressure in this connection".
Other features of religious culture can readily be misused by abusers. As the Gibb report noted, with Bishop Peter Ball, religious rites became "a mask for abuse, and theology was used as a way of justifying abuse". The abuse perpetrated by Ball was "charged with religious intensity" and in committing his offences Ball "exploited the significance of ritual, particularly in the Anglo-Catholic tradition". The evil of what he did was "compounded by his message that this made the victims more special and more holy". In addition, in Christian organisations abusers can often be protected from accountability by a distorted concept of forgiveness. Forgiveness can be misapplied, which allows perpetrators to reoffend. In Chichester, conservative evangelical offenders especially could convince themselves that they had been forgiven by God and hence there was no need to be accountable for their offences to secular authorities. Archdeacon Jones describes the Church of England chaplain and serial sex attacker Gordon Rideout as thinking that "he was able to deny all the charges against him and then continued to deny them despite conviction, because he believed he had been forgiven by God, 'justified' in New Testament terms, his slate wiped clean and that, in his mind, it was as if all the events and conduct complained of had never occurred." It must be clear now that if you want to abuse children, there is no more effective way of terrifying and silencing your victims than claiming to have God on your side. And if you combine that with an environment in which perpetrators are routinely forgiven and victims disparaged, and in which there is no legal obligation to report allegations of abuse to the statutory authorities, you have the perfect honeypot for attracting more abusers. These issues help to explain why it is that although many secular institutions have also suffered from abuse scandals, the churches seem to be particularly susceptible to such scandals and ill-equipped to confront them.
As is very apparent from the history of the Chichester diocese, the Church of England has for years been characterised by poor safeguarding practice and awareness. I suggested to IICSA that this is partly an issue of attitudes and partly an issue of competence. Shirley Hosgood, who was Diocesan Safeguarding Adviser in Chichester from 2007 until her resignation in 2010, says that although there was support for safeguarding at parish level, "this level of commitment was not replicated amongst the senior clergy and at times I found their attitude to safeguarding problematic". Senior clergy were reluctant to give due weight to safeguarding concerns and her specialist knowledge and experience was not always acknowledged or valued, nor her advice accepted. When the independent Meekings report on abuse in the diocese was delivered, it was clear that the diocese was unwilling to accept the findings and Ms Hosgood found herself excluded from seeing it, and from discussions about it. She recalls attending a training session on "emotional intelligence in safeguarding", and immediately after that session she spoke with archdeacon Philip Jones, who had also attended. He then gave her the extraordinary instruction that the Meekings report was not to be shared with the Diocesan Safeguarding Group. As Ms Hosgood says in her statement, "this decision was contrary to the training we had received that day which had stressed the importance of transparency and openness".
Ms Hosgood encountered the same attitudes in regard to the Gordon Rideout case. Bishop John Hind did not feel that suspending Gordon Rideout's permission to officiate was justified as the allegations were historic. He was reluctant to accept the unanimous recommendation of the safeguarding advisory group. Ms Hosgood says that she "had the impression that senior clergy did not trust external experts to make the right call about safeguarding matters for the diocese These are the external experts, of course, who know vastly more about safeguarding than a bishop could ever do, but Bishop Hind felt he knew better. Shirley Hosgood notes that there was a reluctance to provide counselling to victims out of fear that offering support or an apology to victims would expose the church to liability. Church lawyers interfered with the wordings of apologies. This will come as no surprise to a client of mine who will be giving evidence in these hearings, and IICSA will hear about the offence and distress that was caused to him by the way in which apologies were so caveated by lawyers as to be almost worthless. In the end, as IICSA will be hearing, Ms Hosgood resigned and says that "the diocese's failure to cooperate or support me in my efforts to carry out my duties as diocesan safeguarding adviser betrayed at best a misunderstanding and at worst an indifference to safeguarding work".
However, this is not simply an issue of attitudes but of competence too. This point has been made powerfully by Martin Sewell, who is both a lay member of the General Synod and a retired child protection lawyer. He points out that diocesan staff are typically trained in theology and canon law, not in safeguarding or child protection law. As a result, he says, many of those making decisions about safeguarding in the Church of England have no credible claim to expertise in this increasingly complex specialism. Interestingly, Mr Sewell makes that point in relation both to the treatment of complainants of abuse, but also in regard to the mishandling in his view of the George Bell case. He sees these failings as two sides of the same coin – a fundamental problem in his view being a lack of competence and specialist knowledge, particularly legal knowledge and experience gained in a practical safeguarding context.
As IICSA looks at these issues, it will need to make some assessment of the adequacy of current church safeguarding policies and procedures. A detailed and highly critical analysis of that safeguarding policy has recently been conducted by the campaign group Mandate Now. In summary Mandate Now describes the Church of England's safeguarding policy documentation as "a thicket of inconsistent discretionary 'guidance', which carries with it the risk of confusion, mistake and non-compliance". It goes on to say that "the challenge presented to anyone tasked with delivering safeguarding in the Church of England is the sheer volume of its 'guidance'. Clear and readily comprehensible procedures (insofar as they exist at all) are hidden like needles in a haystack. It does little to establish who is actually responsible for doing what and when". Most importantly, they say, there is simply no clear direction or requirement that allegations must be reported to statutory authorities – the guidance repeatedly uses the word 'should' about reporting externally, where the word it needs to use is 'must'. Mandate Now concludes that "there is no clear overarching commitment to refer any child protection issues which arise to independent authorities outside the church".
So the overarching question for IICSA, through this and the subsequent hearings, is whether the Church of England's safeguarding can safely be left to the church or needs independent oversight.
On the positive side — and I want to acknowledge the positives as well as pointing out the many negatives — in trying to build a culture of safeguarding the Church of England does have one advantage over the Catholic Church – it has at least abandoned the absurd and offensive notion that women must be excluded from its power structures. Women bishops in the Church of England are clearly among the more progressive in their attitudes to safeguarding and their concern for survivors. So that is certainly a favourable point of comparison with the Catholic Church.
But of itself this it is not anything like enough. Within the Church of England, as in the Catholic Church, there is a fundamental structural problem. This is the fact that diocesan bishops are not formally accountable to anyone. As Archbishop Welby says in his statement filed with IICSA, "diocesan bishops have a largely autonomous role". He goes on to say: "I have no legal power to direct that bishops take specific action or to dismiss a bishop". He can try to influence them, but he cannot direct them. The diocesan bishop is king in his diocese. The power and status of the bishops is hardwired into the culture of the Church of England. One of my clients who complains of abuse by a former bishop said: "the bishop told me he had the power to give me everything I wanted in life and the power to take it all away". That was from a diocesan bishop who was also an abuser but the statement encapsulates the broader issue of the unaccountable power of bishops in church structures which were conceived in medieval times. The structure of the church simply does not provide for safeguarding decisions and policies to be implemented consistently. Bishops have the power to employ and dismiss safeguarding advisers. As the history of Chichester demonstrates, if a diocesan Bishop is resistant to safeguarding there is no real lever to overcome this. At the recent safeguarding presentation at the general synod, the bishops were asked from the floor how they propose to create a structure of accountability in the church. The answer was vague to say the least.
The Bishop of Bath and Wells, the current lead bishop for safeguarding, stresses in his IICSA statement that bishops now have an obligation to pay "due regard" to national safeguarding policies and in theory, the Church of England's National Safeguarding Team (NST) could now initiate a clergy discipline measure against a bishop who failed in that respect. Also, in theory at least, the rules relating to diocesan safeguarding advisers have been changed, so that they can act independently of their bishop. However, IICSA needs to ask whether in the real world of the existing Church of England those measures will make a material difference. Experience suggests it won't. When the Diocesan Safeguarding Advisory Group in Chichester raised a CDM complaint against Wallace Benn, it was dismissed. When Shirley Hosgood tried to challenge her bishops, she was marginalised and pushed into resignation. The measures which the church now claims will keep errant bishops in line are cumbersome and convoluted workarounds – they are highly unlikely to be effective in practice.
So, as I said to IICSA, this appalling abuse scandal has deep roots in the cultural and the structure of the Church of England. In reality, neither that culture nor that structure are going to change, or at least not sufficiently to give anyone confidence that the same scandals will not be repeated in the future. It is also very clear now that the NST has simply lost the confidence of survivors. In this respect I quoted from the statement made recently by the Reverend Graham Sawyer. Sawyer is a current Church of England vicar and also a survivor of abuse by Bishop Peter Ball. He said:
"As one of the people about whom Bishop Peter Ball pleaded guilty with respect to historic sexual offences I forgive Bishop Ball from my heart for what he did to me and wish him no ill will whatsoever. I also have absolutely no doubt about the personal integrity, competence and compassion of Bishop Peter Hancock as lead bishop for safeguarding.
"That said, the cruel and sadistic treatment I have faced from the National Safeguarding Team in Church House and others in the Church of England hierarchy makes what Bishop Ball did to me pale into insignificance: this comes as a result, I believe, of a deep-rooted narcissism.
"We cannot move forward as a church with respect to truth, reconciliation and peace until the National Safeguarding Team is abolished: it is, in short, wicked in the way it treats survivors/victims of sexual abuse as I know only too well from my own experience."
So that is a Church of England vicar and survivor talking from his own direct knowledge and experience. The simple fact is that this description of the NST reflects the view now of many survivors – that is how they feel about it from their own experience. The NST has totally lost the confidence of survivors.
Given this, IICSA needs to look at radical solutions. I invited them to consider two radical changes in tandem: an independent body to oversee the conduct of safeguarding in the church; and mandatory reporting.
The idea of independent scrutiny of church safeguarding and investigation of complaints has already been suggested by the safeguarding expert Ian Elliot. Nobody is suggesting that responsibility for safeguarding itself should be removed from the church – day to day safeguarding clearly has to be owned by the church in order to be effective. What the independent body would do would be to supervise the implementation and conduct of safeguarding, and it would have to have the power to override those bishops who are unwilling to comply with their responsibilities, and order them to comply. In certain circumstances, it may investigate complaints, although it would not be a substitute for the statutory authorities.
It must be evident now that the church dealing with complaints in house is a recipe for disaster. The strong relationships and personal ties within closely knit church circles make it extremely difficult for complaints to be investigated without conflicts of interest. Many victims will not want to go through church complaint processes at all. It is obvious that the assessment of allegations within the church itself is tainted by the influence of insurance lawyers. This simply has to stop.
And turning finally to mandatory reporting, it should be clear from the evidence already available publicly that most of the high profile cases in Chichester could and should have been reported to the police at an earlier date. Wallace Benn failed to pass on to the police details of Roy Cotton's previous convictions, and allegations against Robert Coles. He did not want the diocesan safeguarding adviser to be informed of Gordon Rideout's past. Archbishop Carey failed to pass on to the police the information that he held regarding Peter Ball. Had those allegations been passed on the perpetrators would have prosecuted much sooner, abuse would quite possibly have been prevented and at least some survivors would have been spared many years of avoidable suffering.
Yet without a legal compulsion to report externally, nobody can have any confidence that the same failings will not occur again. The obvious and undeniable lesson from Chichester is that when it comes to abuse allegations, the Church of England simply cannot be allowed to carry on marking its own homework.
As I told the inquiry panel today: the problems in the Church of England are too deeply rooted in its culture and structure for effective change to come from within. Survivors need IICSA to step in and make the church properly accountable externally for these appalling scandals. I very much hope that IICSA will grasp the nettle and do that.
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Grandfather: So you wanna be a hero?
Grandfather: And what kind of hero do you want to be?
MC: The best
Grandfather: Haha! I like that spunk! Reminds me of myself when i was younger. But its currently the golden age of quirks, with not only heroes but also villains being more powerful… You sure you have what it takes to reach the top?
MC: If not me, then who else?
The age of heroes is on the rise, with crime and villainy reaching a new high.
A new challenger approaches the scene, having trained all her life, will she be able to reach the pinnacle with her friends or will she be snuffed out like a candle, by the winds of evil?
This novel is on other websites: https://www.wattpad.com/myworks/205538339/write/803463313
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The 2021 Ojai Music Festival has been announced. With John Adams appointed Music Director for its milestone 75th year, the Festival – taking place on 10 – 13 June 2021 in the beautiful Californian setting of Ojai Valley – will focus on some of the most vibrant and innovative composers and performers of today.
Among the featured performers making their debut at the Festival are Víkingur Ólafsson, who performs a solo recital of works by Philip Glass, J.S. Bach, John Adams, Debussy and Rameau, and the Grammy Award-winning Attacca Quartet, who present a concert of music by Caroline Shaw, Jessie Montgomery, Paul Wiancko and Gabriella Smith. The Attacca Quartet and Adams have previously collaborated on a number of occasions, and they regularly perform his string quartet concerto ‘Absolute Jest’. Adams also conducts two concerts that include an eclectic mix of works by Steve Reich and Mozart, alongside premieres from Carlos Simon and Samuel Carl Adams.
“The Ojai Festival has always expressed a unique point of view – this combination of casual manner and extraordinary experiences that bring daring imagination and creativity. There is an openness where music is treated the way people treat contemporary art – it’s the main event and not on the side.” John Adams
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Competition 2009 – 1st prize
Design Volkwin Marg and Hubert Nienhoff with Markus Pfisterer
Staff (design) in alphabetical order
Justin Thomas Allen, Sonia Cristina de Carvalho Taborda Barata, Katarzyna Ciruk, Rocio Conesa Sanchez, Ruth Gould, Martin Hakiel, Claudio Aceituno Husch, Jochen Köhn, Monika Kwiatkowski, Lars Laubenthal, Marisa Maithert, Mehdi Marzooghi, Dirk Peissl, Ivanka Perkovic, Fariborz Rahimi-Nadjat, Nikolai Reich, Florian Schwarthoff, Katya Vangelova
Structural concept and design roof
Schlaich Bergermann und Partner – Knut Göppert with Sebastian Grotz
Technical equipment Winter Beratende Ingenieure für Gebäudetechnik
Client BSP Bezigrajski Sportni Park
VIP boxes 60
Business seats 1049
Places for wheelchair users 20
Places for press 54
Length of the stadium 188 m
Width of the stadium 134 m
Height of the stadium 18 m
The construction of the new Jože Plečnik Stadium constitutes a revitalization of an existing stadium. The principal structure was the Glorieta, a temple-like pavilion at one end of the field. The horseshoe-shaped earthwork terraces were oriented towards this structure, which was designed for a crowd capacity of 12,000. At the other end of the field, an arcade along the main road constitutes the main entrance area into the stadium, which is entirely surrounded by a clinker brick wall approx. 2.4 m high. Within the Glorieta and two other buildings integrated into the earthwork slopes were various sanitary facilities for participants and spectators.
The stadium was closed in 2008 and an international competition was held for its revitalization. Along with the local football team as a user, a host of other commercial functions are accommodated on the site that are intended to make the site viable commercially.
The structures have to be renovated in their original form. These parts of the building are the only structures by Joze Plecnik – a major architectural figure in Slovenia – in urgent need of renovation and currently in a state of dilapidation. The design of the new Jože Plečnik Stadium integrates the historic elements of the existing components, and creates a formal and functional unity without impairing the original design principles.
The new structural components above ground are clearly separated from the existing clinker brick wall, the arcade and the Glorieta, and are functionally linked on several levels only below ground. In this way, the small-scale elements of the urban structure and the dimensions of the historic parts are retained. Likewise, the geometry of the horseshoe-shaped lower tier is only minimally changed by the elimination of the athletics track, so as to bring spectators closer to the pitch and to raise the sighting angle to 90 mm overview. A two-storey ring of boxes and business lounges also follows the horseshoe shape, and breaks off either side of the Glorieta. It provides space for boxes, a restaurant and sports club. These areas are directly linked with the six subterranean floors by vertical shafts, accessing not only the car park (with approximately 1,800 places) but also other functions such as shopping, an indoor climbing hall, sports hall and events areas.
The top floors of the new highrise building adjacent to the south side contain a hotel with apartment areas. In the base of the building are the accesses to the shopping area and the entrance to the underground garage. The existing avenue of trees along the historic wall remains where it was.
The north side is being landscaped, with "office villas" as individual cubes forming a transition between the adjacent residential development and the stadium. Thanks to the gaps between them, both the listed wall and the stadium are visible from the street side. These office villas are directly linked with the subterranean areas of the car park.
The load-bearing structure of the stadium roof and box levels emphasizes the linear look of the roof architecture, parallel to the tiers beneath it. The roof likewise breaks off at the west end of the stadium so as to allow sufficient clear space round the Glorieta. At this location, some the terraces will be preserved in their historic form. The weight of the slender projecting truss girders of the roof made of welded steel box profiles and also the steel composite girders of the box levels is carried via two composite columns into the reinforced concrete of the lower stories. The roof area is to be covered with glass panels in which PV elements will be integrated as sunscreens and solar energy generators. The secondary structure of box sections suspended beneath the truss girders to carry this glass covering underlines the clear, linearly oriented image of the roof structure. The steel composite structure of the box levels enables the benefits of steel sections in the diagonal tension elements to be combined with those of the reinforced concrete floors.
The roof surface will be covered with glass panels, with PV elements integrated into them for antiglare and solar energy purposes. Rainwater for general non-potable use will be stored in cylindrical collection tanks in the vehicle ramps in the underground garage or fed into the water circulation, to compensate for the high level of soil sealing. Thanks to these economical and ecological design measures, which were integrated into the scheme at an early planning stage, the end result will be a stadium that complies with the requirements of a sustainable urban development.


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The emphatic Gai Barone returns to the decks for this weeks BBB and is on course to deliver another of his top notch progressive fueled journeys. Gai is a most revered figure among his peers, he not only produces some of the finest grooves around but is responsible for some of the most memorable DJ mixes on the scene. Gai’s music remains hugely popular on top download portals and his current effort, a remix on Philthy Chit’s Reflect, is riding high. Tracks and remixes come from artists such as Satoshi Fumi, Rich Curtis, Miraculum, Oliver Englafjord, Nik Nazarov, Filter Cutz, Flynn and Denton, Antrim, Michael A, Phonic Scoupe, Monojoke, Andre Sobota, Audio Noir, Reiklavik and Christian Lamper as well ass Gai himself. Let the journey begin.
Aitra and E.F.G. debut on Bonzai Progressive with the superb Splash. Since childhood Aitra was interested in club music. As a result of this fascination she has begun her adventure with music production in 2011. Since then, her tracks have been released on labels such as Mistique Music, Electronic Tree. Elliptical Sun, Round Triangle, Majestic Family, Pineapple Digital or Clinique Recordings. E.F.G.’s first musical influences date back to the late ’90s, listening to tunes from acts like The Prodigy and Fatboy Slim who have played a significant role in his musical taste formation. His true passion started in 2005 after discovering trance and techno music. In 2008 E.F.G. released his first tracks and shortly after realised that his style developed into progressive house sound which is his main genre up to today. 2013 turned out as a breakthrough year for Oleg with some big achievements like double support from Markus Schulz, highly praised releases via Electronic Tree, Mistique Music and finally playing successful gigs across Poland.
Spanish DJ and producer Alex Vidal churns out another top notch cut on Bonzai Progressive with Mesmerized. Just a few months ago we saw him on remix duty for Audio Noir’s, Life which proved very popular indeed on many playlists. Since then he has racked up appearances on our Ibiza 2015 compilation as well as showings on Green Martian’s Afterhour Trax 15 and 16.


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The aim of this activity is to introduce doctors to Australian General Practice. After completing this ALM, doctors will be have a good understanding of the Australian medical system, Medicare and Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme. They will also be able to apply their consultation skills to the general practice environment.
Relevance to General Practice
This ALM - Introduction to Australian General Practice is created to address the learning needs of doctors entering work in Australian General Practice. The Australian medical system, Medicare, Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme and consultation in general practice are important information and skills for doctors entering Australian general practice.
- Prescribe Schedule 8 medicines within PBS and state/territory regulations.
- Describe the Australian Health Care System including the role general practice plays.
- Work within Medicare guidelines for appropriate billing.
- Prescribe within Pharmaceutical Benefit Scheme regulations.
- Apply consultation skills to the general practice environment.
Domains of General Practice
D1. Communication skills and the patient-doctor relationship
D2. Applied professional knowledge and skills
D3. Population health and the context of general practice
D4. Professional and ethical role
D5. Organisational and legal dimensions
Curriculum Contextual Units
- General practice teaching
This activity is also available on these dates

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What could make seven contemporary romance shorts by award-winning and best-selling authors even better? Add seven sweet, scene-stealing pets . . . and then make the whole project a benefit for animal rescue charities!
That’s just what we’ve done. LOVE PAWS features short stories with a little bit of steam, a little of sweet and happy endings all around. Each story also includes a pet, just to give the romance a little boost.
This anthology releases April 18th, in celebration of Prevention of Cruelty to Animals Month. You can preorder your copy today exclusively through iBooks.
Becca Boyd: Fire Up
Rene Folsom: By Chance: A Playing Games Spin-off Novella
Alison Foster: Saving Grace: A Beautiful Ruin Story
Olivia Hardin: All in the Takeoff: A Rawley Family Romance
Tawdra Kandle: My One and Always (An Always Love Short)
Lyssa Layne: Dig Deep
Juli Valenti: Taunt : A Twisted Wolf Tale


Faisal Hassan, our MPP, generously took the time to respond to my recent post about long-term care home policy. I’ve reprinted his response fully below, with his permission.
Dear Mr. Norman,
I read with interest your column of October 18th entitled “Hassan calls for socialized elder care”. Your characterization of this as “gob-smackingly terrible idea” I take issue with.
Having spoken to hundreds of Long Term Care workers and families with elderly in Long Term Care and Retirement Homes, I can say with confidence that the for profit system is broken and the recent COVID-19 statistics more than back up that position.
It is a fact that for profit LTC deaths are at a greater number than that in public LTC.
The fact that the Canadian Military and the Red Cross had to take over many for profit facilities to assist in controlling Covid is a symptom of a deep problem.
Many personal support workers and others that work in LTC have spoken of having to work two and three part-time jobs to cobble together a full time wage.
The for profit sector thrives on part-time no benefits labour in order to keep their costs low and their shareholders happy.
We have heard countless stories of short staffing at even the most expensive of LTC and Retirement facilities. When profit is the motive, stories such as staff being told not to change a seniors brief until a certain level is reached are the horrifying results of watching the bottom line.
Taxpayers already are on the hook for LTC and Retirement as some staffing is paid from that “envelope”, I’m sure you are aware of for profit facilities having beds built and pandemic pay from the province to the private operator directly.
The NDP believes in public and non-profit home and long term care and have developed a complete plan to make that happen.
Our seniors deserve better than being warehoused in institution-like facilities where corners are cut when it comes to staffing and care in order to make greater profits for the private operator.
Conservatives and Liberals have frozen budgets, cut inspections and blocked public enquiries.
Our hospital health care system is public and I’m sure you wouldn’t prefer the American style for profit health care system where care is dependent on ability to pay.
Keeping public dollars in a public home care and long term care system only makes sense and it provides seniors with the protections they so deeply deserve.
I am happy to discuss this further with you at any time.


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B.C.’s second international conference furthering the prospects of liquefied natural gas (LNG) exports set a new record for an industry-focused event in the province.
“This is a generational opportunity to build an LNG industry, to create jobs for British Columbians and a prosperous future,” said Premier Christy Clark. “We’ve seen incredible progress over the last few years and this conference was another clear sign of how close we are to making it all happen.”
This year’s event was a sold-out success with over 1,400 delegates attending the three-day showcase titled Powering a Strong Economy: British Columbia's LNG in the Global Market. Industry proponents, international investors, and major suppliers were present. Provincial government officials, local communities, First Nations leaders, academics and local communities participated in 14 engaging panel sessions focused on furthering B.C.'s LNG growth.
At the conclusion to the event, the Province of British Columbia announced it will host the event for a third time October 14-16, 2015.
“This conference was largest of its kind in our province - it clearly demonstrates our commitment to building an LNG industry here in B.C.,” said Minister of Natural Gas Development Rich Coleman. “We look forward to bringing all the interested partners together again next year.”
The 2014 conference showcased B.C.’s competitive advantages, including the province’s reliability and stability, and provided delegates with the opportunity to participate in key discussions on developing the LNG industry in B.C.
The 14 panel discussions this year focused on making B.C. a globally competitive jurisdiction, financing LNG, First Nations and community partnerships, maintaining strong environmental standards, and building a skilled workforce to meet LNG demand.
A trade show was added to the event this year, providing B.C.-based businesses and international companies with an opportunity to connect with industry proponents.
An interactive career experience was also on display for youth from all across B.C. who participated in an interactive seminar showcasing the skills and trades training required to find a long-term career in B.C.’s growing natural gas sector.
With 13 LNG proposals currently on the table, British Columbia is poised to be a player in the global LNG market. Development of the industry will result in unprecedented economic growth and has the potential to create more than 100,000 jobs.
LNG in BC Conference 2014 by the numbers:
- 1,400 delegates, almost triple the previous year’s attendance.
- 200 exhibits, including 100 LNG-Buy BC exhibitors and 16 Aboriginal companies.
- More than 1,500 youth participated in an interactive career session hosted by WorkBC.
B.C.'s first international conference, Fuelling the Future: Global Opportunities for LNG in B.C., was held Feb. 25 and 26, 2013.
List of LNG proposals in B.C.: http://engage.gov.bc.ca/lnginbc/lng-projects/
LNG Conference photos: https://www.flickr.com/photos/bcgovphotos/sets/72157644260164970/
LNG in B.C. information: www.LNGinBC.ca
Office of the Premier
Ministry of Natural Gas Development
LNG in B.C. Participant Quotes
Jeff Lehrmann - president, Chevron Canada:
“Kitimat LNG has the potential to be the first LNG project of scale in B.C. and we recognize the efforts of the B.C. government to establish a vital new industry that will benefit all British Columbians. The B.C. LNG conference offered an opportunity to share how the proposed Kitimat LNG project will create an enduring legacy through our unique partnerships with First Nations, our commitment to contributing to strong communities, creating skills-training and employment opportunities and above all, protecting people and the environment. Chevron and Apache look forward to bringing this vision to reality as we work together with government and our partners on this exciting new venture.”
Madeline Whitaker - vice president, BG Canada at BG Group:
“BG Canada was delighted to be part of this year's LNG conference as a sponsor and exhibitor, and to lend our voice to the many positive panel discussions. This year's conference has demonstrated once again what BG firmly believes: that B.C. has the potential to be a globally important supplier of LNG and that done responsibly, it will bring benefits to the whole of B.C.”
Andy Calitz - CEO, LNG Canada:
“This conference was timely given the competitive pressures B.C. faces to establish the LNG export industry while balancing the interests of a diverse group of stakeholders - communities, First Nations, proponents, government and non-governmental organizations. The provincial government’s support, determination and willingness to facilitate interaction and create a forum where we have the opportunity to learn from one another, identify challenges and find common ground, is crucial to the development of the LNG export industry in B.C. I congratulate the government for another successful LNG conference.”
Greg Kist - president of Pacific NorthWest LNG:
“Discussion and dialogue are integral components in building a successful LNG industry here in British Columbia. The LNG in BC Conference was a tremendous opportunity for British Columbians and industry leaders to gather, share information and ultimately, raise the level of discourse on the LNG industry here in B.C.”
Chief Ellis Ross - Haisla Nation:
“It's clear to see from the size of this conference that interest has exploded for B.C. LNG. We're ready for it: we're co-operating directly with the province, and we already have examples of regulatory reconciliation happening on the ground. An event like this helps to make our relationships with government and industry stronger.”
Lucy Praught - community business development liaison, EllisDon Industrial Services Inc.:
“With the opportunity LNG presents it's essential that our students understand the value of investing in themselves through a foundation in education and engaging in the conversation of energy. When we learned that there would be a youth component to the conference we never second guessed that we wouldn't bring kids down from the right of way communities. Many thanks to Premier Clark and her team as they rose to the occasion in making this opportunity possible. Not only are we looking forward to next year but to a bright and sustainable future ahead.”
Devon Siebenga - president, BigSteelBox Structures:
“Our expansion plans for B.C. are in direct correlation to the development of the LNG industry, and key to our success is fostering relationships at all levels - local, regional and provincial. Collaborative initiatives such as the LNG Conference have shown me how government and business can work closer together. Being on the tradeshow floor not only lets others see our product up close, it lets us have those discussions one-on-one on how best to expand our current northern networks of four stores and develop the logistics to make it simple for our customers.”
Office of the Premier
Ministry of Natural Gas Development


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Baja California Sur, Mexico. Gata, a 310lb female eastern Pacific green sea turtle (also known locally as the black turtle) was consumed at a community feast at a fishing village recently in southern Baja California despite the presence of a $2,500 satellite transmitter.

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A woman tried to jump off the Robert Street bridge in St. Paul yesterday and she lived to talk about it, at least for another day, thanks to the St. Paul Fire and Police Departments.
Suicide attempts don’t generate news stories but this time people in the area took cellphone video of the rescue attempt, so it was only natural that the focus on the story is the heroic work of officers who told the woman that people really do love her.
“As I approached I was making contact with the officers, talking with them, not verbally, just with hand signals and saying, ‘I’m here, I think we should do this.’ As I got closer, I was able to see that this was starting to deteriorate further and as I got right up alongside her, I signaled we’re doing this and they reacted just like I did. They grabbed onto me and we grabbed onto her and we pulled her over to safety,” Deputy Fire Chief Conrad Ertz tells KSTP.
But there’s always an untold story. What led a woman to sit on the bridge and think that jumping was better than living another day? Did she try to get help (where she sat was literally in the shadow of the building where help is available) and, if so, where and why did the effort fail?
There’s only so much a fire chief and police officers can do in situations like this. The rest is up to the community to figure out the answers to the questions we need to ask more often.


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Culture is a broad term that is adequately used to define the characteristics as well as the knowledge of a specific group of people in the society, which comprises of their customs, arts, religion, language, and cuisine. Therefore, when people speak of culture, they are merely referring to their common ways of living, including interactions and behaviors that significantly foster their group identity as unique. Fashion, on the other hand, is described as the way different groups of people express themselves through clothes and other accessories that sets them apart from a crowd and culture is an integral part of it and plays a critical role in the fashion industry. Concerning culture, fashion can be described as how people desire to live their lives or rather fashion substantially influences their lifestyles. Cultural transformations such as technological advancements, modernization, and art also have a significant influence on fashion. Thus, it is essential to note that style comprises of people with different cultures.
People's Roles According to Their Uniforms
A uniform is one of the most significant aspects that play a prominent role in identifying the wearer as a member of a particular organization, often one with authority. Uniforms allow people to be acknowledged for the services they offer. For instance, specific occupations such as firefighters and police require a uniform to help identify them with their job.
Difference between dress codes and uniforms
Dress codes requirements hugely differ from those of uniforms in that they are less restrictive as compared to uniforms. Also, the dress code requires the wearer to observe solid colors and prohibits logos or images on clothes.
The Similarity Between Dress Code Requirements and Uniform
Dress code requirements, just like uniforms, follow specific policies that are content and viewpoint oriented.
Apparel of Most People as a Combination of Physical, Psychological and Social Needs
The psychological, social, and physical reasons play a big part in the garments that people chose to wear. Many social and psychological factors help in explaining the motive behind most people being fashionable. The need to express personal creativity, conformity, and social diffusion often influence the people's models of fashion as well as a requirement for uniqueness.
Effects of Personal Values and Attitudes on my Clothing
Ideally, often the choice of clothes I chose to wear reflects on my mood that also represents my brand and values. The beliefs and attitude regarding certain clothes powerful influence other people's perception towards a person and most importantly helps to build one's professional image.
The Role of Customers' Values and Attitudes in Fashion
The attitudes and values of fashion lovers differently influence their decisions and thus have a significant impact on their clothing. The mode of dressing, in turn, influences a person's level of confidence and success.
Effects of Advertising on People's Values and Attitude
It is apparent that personal values play a significant role in marketing, and therefore, through advertising, marketers can influence the customer's attitude towards their products.
Conformity and individuality in clothing
In my clothing, I achieve a balance between individuality and conformity by ensuring that my dressing code or fashion matches my behaviors and reflects my values and attitudes.
Personality and Dressing
By wearing clothes of different colors and shapes on different occasions helps in reflecting my nature that also boosts my self-confidence and uniqueness.
Each person has their values and personality and typically how my friend dresses will affect their behaviors, attitudes, and how they interact with others.
One specific apparel that I want to purchase is a YMCB branded cap, but I do not necessarily need it. I want this particular cap primarily because I am a massive follower of the YMCB group and thus it is not an actual need since it's not a must I wear it.
One of the apparels I purchased recently was a pair of shoes specifically for hiking during the weekends, a dress for attending my friend's wedding and a suit to wear while attending a meeting with my boss at the workplace.
https://blog.storeya.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/allbirds.jpg (This particular picture represents simplicity in today's design of the most comfortable shoes with no flashy logos)
https://blog.storeya.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/gymshark-instagram-account.jpg (This picture represents fitness apparel depicting their comfy while working out)
https://blog.storeya.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/04/2-Argent.jpg (Represents workplace fashion especially for women)
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