The Volvo FH 500 Globetrotter Lite 6x2 tractor unit is set to be followed over the coming months by two further FHs and an FE rigid – all supplied through Neil Crook, Customer Solutions Manager at Thomas Hardie Commercials in Preston.
The FH is designed to achieve the maximum possible payload thanks to a range of specification changes to reduce unladen weight, including the fitment of mono leaf front springs, as opposed to twin leaves, aluminium air tanks, aluminium susie arch, aluminium fifth wheel and aluminium wheels. It also uses a lightweight pusher axle on 17.5-inch wheels together with a lightweight drive axle.
Archer says: “Cut me in half, and you’d see Volvo runs through me. I love the product, you can’t beat it – and I say that having had the rare opportunity to both work in my local dealership, and now be a customer. It’s a first-class product, and the backup from the dealership is as good as it gets.”
He left his role in the workshop in 2014 to jointly run the family bus and coach hire operation with his father, shortly after starting Archway Haulage which has grown steadily over the past five years. Unfortunately, Sam’s Dad passed away this summer after a very short and sudden battle with cancer – he is recognised with a heartfelt message on the cab of the new Volvo.
“We grew the business bit by bit together, and now we’re taking delivery of four brand new trucks all in the space of a few months. The first FH looks absolutely fantastic and the driver loves it. It’s just such a shame Dad’s not here to be part of it.”
The first new vehicle will operate with a Fruehauf bulk tipping trailer and be used to deliver aggregates nationwide, covering up to 120,000 km a year. It benefits from a full DVS system, tipping gear, light bars, beacons and a colour coordinated front grille – fitted in-house by the Archway team.
Thomas Hardie Commercials will maintain the new truck under a comprehensive three-year Volvo Gold Contract, guaranteeing the maximum possible uptime. This includes all preventive maintenance and truck repairs – providing the customer with full cost control, worry-free ownership and the peace of mind to focus on its own business.
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Feature - Astronomical computing
Supporting the Large Synoptic Survey Telescope means thinking big
The Large Synoptic Survey Telescope to be constructed in Chile will incorporate the world’s largest digital camera, capable of recording highly detailed data more quickly than any other telescope of comparable resolution.
For the scientists working on the project, that all amounts to an exciting opportunity to learn more about moving objects (including monitoring asteroids near the Earth), transients such as the brief conflagrations of supernovae, dark energy, and the structure of the galaxy.
For computing specialists, it means more data. A lot more data.
The LSST will take between 1000 and 2000 panoramic 3.2 gigapixel images per night, covering its hemisphere of the sky twice weekly. Along with daytime calibration images, this will amount to 20 terabytes of data stored every 24 hours.
It’s a long journey from the summit of Cerro Pachon in Chile, the future site of the telescope, to the hundreds of research papers that the telescope’s data will inspire over its mandated ten-year lifespan. The journey begins with around-the-clock shifts to monitor the instruments and data for quality control. Scientists will be able to do shifts from either the summit site’s control room, or from the remote control room at the base site in La Serena, Chile; data is transmitted between the two sites via dedicated 10 gigabits per second fiber optic lines.
At the base site, approximately 3000 computing nodes with 16 cores each wait to make a rapid analysis of the data as it comes in.
“We have 60 seconds, basically, to do an initial reduction of that data and find any sort of astronomical transient events,” explained Jeff Kantor, project manager of data management for LSST. “And of course we have to distinguish those that are true transients from asteroids and other moving objects.”
As those transient objects are identified, subscribing scientists will receive alerts. This gives them a chance to orient other telescopes on the same patch of sky in order to gather additional data.
Once per day, the raw data and metadata will be transmitted nearly 8000 kilometers to the Archive Center at the National Center for Supercomputing Applications at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, where it will be re-processed and merged into the archives.
The Archive Center will require 100 teraflops of processing power and the capacity for 15 petabytes of storage — at first.
“Once a year we have to take that data and re-process all of the accumulated images since the survey started, in one year. And so our processing requirements go up each year,” Kantor said. “Ultimately, that will require in excess of 250 teraflops of computing power, which is a fairly big chunk of computing capability.”
Scientists and citizens alike will be able to access the data in a variety of ways. Members of the LSST team are researching technologies that will assist them in deploying a science gateway where researchers can access the data and perform basic analyses. Kantor expects, however, that other organizations will want to establish their own portals, which LSST plans to support with open interfaces that comply with Virtual Observatory standards. Likewise, the software, which is all open source, runs on the TeraGrid.
“We are doing prototype implementations of the system right now, during our ‘R&D’ phase, and each year we do a fairly substantial software project and process terabytes of pre-cursor and simulated image data,” Kantor said. “We are using the TeraGrid for that purpose.”
More recently, the LSST team has begun to explore how they could use the resources offered by Open Science Grid.
“Many of our applications are what you’d call embarrassingly parallel,” Kantor explained. “My understanding is that it [OSG] has lots of locations that are well-suited to the embarrassingly parallel type of application.”
It’s still early days for the LSST, which is scheduled to complete its design and development phase in a few years and construction and commissioning within a decade. Over twenty years of preparation will culminate in a ten-year survey. Creating the telescope and infrastructure has certainly posed a set of pretty technical problems.
Said Kantor, “Why do we think we can do it? Because we’ve got pretty much world experts in every key area on the team, from petascale database to astronomical data processing algorithms.”
—Miriam Boon, iSGTW


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Water Valley Drug Arrest
WATER VALLEY, Miss. (WCBI) – The Mississippi Bureau of Narcotics and Constable Brent Anderson have arrested a Water Valley man on drug-related charges.
According to Sheriff Lance Humphrey’s, Michael Morgan is being charged with possession of marijuana with the intent to distribute, possession of a firearm by a convicted felon, and simple possession of a controlled substance.
Morgan was taken into custody at his residence on Central Street after a search warrant was executed.
Officials seized almost three-fourths of a pound of marijuana, $1,784.64 in cash, three ecstasy pills, a pistol, and other drug paraphernalia.
The serial number on the pistol had been scratched over, and officers say he could face federal charges for defacing the gun.
Morgan is currently in the Yalobusha County jail awaiting an initial appearance. He already has two prior convictions, one for aggravated assault and one for burglary of an automobile.

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By BU VIETNAM ENTERTAINMENT TECHNOLOGY JOINT STOCK COMPANY
This app is only available on the App Store for iOS devices.
-over 200 race is very scientific layout helps players always have fresh feeling when playing
-The game is built on the fundamental physical principles such as acceleration, inertia, velocity, gravity, principle of leverage to help players fully experience the fun in this exciting adventure.
-The game features simple gameplay, you will have to dodge obstacles such as the serrated wheel, bombs and other obstacles. Acceleration or deceleration by touching the screen. Note keep their distance because if it hits the obstacles, the car Octopus Number will explode.
-Thank you for participating in the adventure of Octopus Number and wish you a lot of experience as well as moments of relaxation inside Octopus Number.
What's New in Version 1.1
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Compatibility: Requires iOS 6.0 or later. Compatible with iPhone, iPad and iPod touch.

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Last night Halsey was supposed to perform at the Merriweather Post Pavilion in Columbia, MD, but because of the severe weather that happened in the DMV the show had to eventually be cancelled after several delays.
However, as people waited for the concert to begin with delayed start times, they weren't expecting the venue to be flooded while they were waiting for a response on if the show was still happening or not.
In some of the videos fans shared, which you can see below, the pit of the venue completely flooded and the weather got so bad that the stairs of the venue looked like small waterfalls with so much rain.
Halsey posted on Twitter that she was disappointed with how the venue handled the severe weather and hopes to make it up to fans who waited in the weather to see her perform.
Below are different angles of the severe weather that affected the area.


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Joseph and Tomescu World Half Marathon Champion in Edmonton/Canada
The men’s race ended with a big surprise at the last meters
Fabiano Joseph and Constantina Tomescu are the new World Half Marathon Champions. The exactly 21,0975 k long races were held on Saturday morning with 7 Celsius and rain in Edmonton (Canada). While the Tanzanian finished in 61:08 minutes, the Romanian clocked in 69:17.
|2017-03-23||Now online: The Berlin Half Marathon Magazine|
|2017-03-10||Five start places up for grabs, courtesy of title partner BMW|
|2017-02-23||Last Chance to take part in the Berlin Half Marathon Inline Skating|
|2016-12-30||Thank you for a great 2016!|
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Welcome to Time to Eat the Dogs, a blog about science, history, and exploration. I am an associate professor of history at Hillyer College, University of Hartford. I study the role of exploration in science and culture. My first book, The Coldest Crucible: Arctic Exploration and American Culture, winner of the 2008 Book Award from the Forum for the History of Science in America, takes up the story of Arctic exploration in the United States during the height of its popularity, from 1850 to 1910. My current book project, Lost White Tribe: Scientists, Explorers, and a Theory of Race that Changed Africa (New York: Oxford University Press, forthcoming) , describes at the rise and fall of a strange anthropological theory, the Hamitic Hypothesis, which argued that some Africans were the descendants of a prehistoric “white invasion” from outside of Africa.
This blog gives me the chance to play with new topics in the history of exploration. Some of my recent published work (on Lewis and Clark & Alexander von Humboldt, NASA, historical meanings of exploration, geographical theories and myths, and the historiography of exploration) have grown out of blog writing (and your comments). It has become my nursery of ideas.
When I’m not teaching and writing, I try to bring exploration subjects to broader audiences. I’ve served as a historical expert for PBS’s series The American Experience, an exploration editor for Endeavour and the arts journal Drunken Boat, an advisory editor for the History of Science journal Isis, and an executive committee member of the Maury Workshop for the History of Oceanography. I’ve curated exhibitions on Arctic exploration at the Portland Museum of Art (Maine), worked as a historical consultant for documentaries and granting agencies, and often speak about issues in exploration at conferences, dinners, and seminars.
If you have questions, comments, or suggestions, or would like to contact me for a presentation, email me at firstname.lastname@example.org. You can subscribe to this blog by email, RSS feed, or Twitter. Instructions for all of these options are available in the third column. You can also access my full CV here.
About the Site
This site is about exploration and its place within the cultural imagination. Exploration is a popular subject, both inside and outside the academy. Journalists and historians, geographers and literary scholars, anthropologists and adventurers have all laid claim to different aspects of the explorer’s story. Yet many of us confine ourselves to the boundaries of our own fields, reading books and articles by a narrow range of authors. I have tried to make this space more ecumenical: a place to share ideas across disciplines. All are welcome.
About the Name
In 1907, Arctic explorer Robert Peary declared that “man and the Eskimo dog are the only two mechanisms capable of meeting all the varying contingencies of Arctic work.” Men were tricky mechanisms to control. Dogs, on the other hand, were powerful and reliable. And, of course, edible. When they broke down, they were fed to healthier dogs. And when these healthy dogs failed, or when provisions ran low, they were fed to the men. Sometimes this happened as a last resort. More often than not, however, it was a part of the plan, a calculation of food, weight, and distance.
Roald Amundsen: explorer, sailor, dog-eater
Exploration was difficult, even deadly, work. Explorers had to make decisions with a rational, and at times ruthless, efficiency. This did not always jibe with their public personae however; the public expected their heroes to embody the noblest traits of the nation, a code of honor that did not include being premeditated canine-i-vores.
As exploration controversies go, this was a minor one. But it illustrates something that was more broadly true: explorers had to hew closely to complicated, even contradictory, codes of behavior. They were fiercely patriotic yet often deeply egocentric, desperate to escape civilization yet obsessed with their public images back home, anxious to go-it-alone even when expeditions required the efforts of so many. For me, the controversies of exploration (rather than the accomplishments) are the prize because they are, ultimately, the most revealing about society, culture, and human nature. And they make good stories too.
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I just got an email from Wal-Mart Watch about WM’s spying and surveillance operations. This is absolutely outrageous and unacceptable! Read the email below:
Be careful where you post your vacation photos. They might end up in Wal-Martâ€™s hands.
Last year I took a vacation from my job at Wal-Mart Watch, and when I got home, I privately posted my photos online for family members to see. Later, a Wal-Mart technician collected my personal vacation photos in an effort to identify me during a trip to Bentonville, Arkansas.
Spooky, huh? Thereâ€™s a lot more to this story. Click here to take our quiz and learn more about Wal-Martâ€™s spy operation:
A recent series of stories in the Wall Street Journal uncovered a covert security division within Wal-Martâ€™s corporate headquarters called â€œThreat Research.â€Â This team, which works out of a secret â€œdimly lit area,â€ conducts surveillance on Wal-Mart employees, consultants, reporters and critics. People like you and me.
This isnâ€™t the plot of a spy movie — this is real life. And while many large companies have internal security operations designed to root out fraud and theft, security experts agree that Wal-Martâ€™s â€œThreat Researchâ€ goes well beyond the scope of typical security. One expert even called it â€œOrwellian.â€
Why is Wal-Mart, which faces grave reputational problems, hiring former CIA and FBI agents to deal with these issues? Weâ€™re offering legitimate, substantive feedback on how to make Wal-Mart a better corporate citizen, and they respond by spying on us?
To learn all the details, click here and take our quiz:
The fact is, former CIA and FBI agents are not going to fix Wal-Martâ€™s public relations problems. Neither will the millions of dollars that Wal-Mart spends each month on fancy PR consultants.
If Wal-Mart wants to protect its image, it should spend its money on higher wages and affordable health care for its employees — not on elaborate acts of espionage. Thatâ€™s what Wal-Mart Watch is fighting for, and what Wal-Mart is going through such great lengths to prevent.
Find out more about Wal-Martâ€™s misguided priorities:
I donâ€™t know what my vacation photos have to do with Wal-Mart’s security, but the fact that they snatched them shows just how far they’ll go to silence their critics.


A report that was published earlier today revealed the pricing and color variants of the alleged Sony Xperia XZ1 and Xperia XZ1 Compact. The model numbers of these phones are speculated as G8341 and G8441. A UAProf (user agent profile) of Sony G8341 had revealed that the smartphone would be featuring a full HD display and Android 8.0. Rumors hint that this phone would be launching as Sony Xperia XZ1 flagship. The user agent profile and AnTuTu listing of Sony G8441 suggests that it may launch as Xperia XZ1 Compact.
Through UAProf it has been revealed that the Sony G8441 would be featuring a HD display and it would be coming with Android 8.0 and Bluetooth 5.0. However, the major revelation of the purported Sony Xperia XZ1 Compact comes through the listing of G8441 on AnTuTu.
It has been revealed that Sony G8441 would be driven by Snapdragon 835 chipset and 4 GB of RAM. It will be coming with a native storage of 32 GB. Its rear camera will be of 8-megapixel and its front camera will be also of 8-megapixel. It will be coming preinstalled with Android 8.0. Since its screen supports an HD resolution of 720 x 1280 pixels, it seems it will be sporting a smaller display.
Previous rumors have revealed that the Sony Xperia X1 Compact would be coming with a 4.6-inch display. It is also speculated to house a 2,800mAh battery. As far as the Sony Xperia XZ1 is concerned, it is rumored to come with a 5.2-inch full HD display, Snapdragon 835 chipset, 4 GB RAM, and a 3,000mAh battery.
Apart from these two phones, the rumor mill is also talking that the Sony flagship would be driven by the company’s inhouse chipset. Other reports claim that this flagship would be full-screen display from JDI.
There is another smartphone called Xperia X1 that is rumored to debut this year. It features 5-inch full HD screen, Snapdragon 660 chipset,4 GB RAM and 2,800mAh battery. Lastly, there is another rumor about Sony Xperia X Ultra that is rumored to house a 6.4-inch screen with 21:9 aspect ratio and Snapdragon 660. Sony will be holding a press conference on Aug. 31 to unveil its new phones.


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After Typhoon Morakot hit Taiwan's southern counties and cities in August, General Mills Taiwan donated 100 boxes of Green Giant canned corn and Nature Valley granola bars to the Kaohsiung Tzu Chi Foundation to distribute to victims in the isolated Kaohsiung mountain area. The company immediately followed up and sent another 100 boxes of Green Giant canned corn and Nature Valley granola bars to aboriginal villagers, military personnel and disaster relief volunteers working in the Alisan area.
To support the long and arduous process of rebuilding, many General Mills employees in Asia are donating one day’s salary for disaster relief. In addition, the General Mills Foundation donated US$25,000 (about 822,750 NT dollars) to the International Red Cross for post-Morakot reconstruction. "General Mills employees around the world are expressing deep concern for people who have suffered heavy losses in this disaster, and we urgently want to help them re-settle and rebuild their homes and beautiful villages," said Ellen Luger, vice president of the General Mills Foundation.
As of Aug. 24, General Mills employees and the General Mills Foundation had donated a total of US$50,283 (about 1,654,800NT dollars) to the International Red Cross and World Vision Foundation.
"In seeing our people’s outburst of enthusiasm and excitement over the relief efforts, I am touched by their heartfelt, selfless gestures and actions, said Catherine Teng, managing director of General Mills Taiwan. We are people who have lived and grown up together on the land and are bound by our close and inseparable relationships with each other."
As Typhoon Morakot is Taiwan's worst natural disaster in 50 years, Teng added, "To rebuild after this disaster is critical, so we see that compassion and relief support for the displaced victims as needing ongoing attention. As a corporate citizen, General Mills Taiwan stands ready to extend its compassion to help those in need.
About General Mills
One of the world's leading food companies, General Mills operates in more than 100 countries and markets more than 100 consumer brands, including Cheerios, Häagen-Dazs, Nature Valley, Betty Crocker, Pillsbury, Green Giant, Old El Paso, Progresso, Cascadian Farm, Muir Glen, and more. Headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota, U.S.A., General Mills had fiscal 2009 global net sales of US$15.9 billion, including the company’s $1.2 billion proportionate share of joint venture net sales.
In Taiwan, General Mills markets Häagen-Dazs super premium ice cream, Green Giant corn, Wanchai Ferry frozen hand-made dumplings, and Nature Valley granola bars.
Based in Minneapolis, Minnesota, the General Mills Foundation was created in 1954 to focus the company’s philanthropic resources on community needs. Its grants and other philanthropic programs across the company contribute to the company’s leadership in corporate philanthropy. In fiscal 2009, General Mills provided $91 million in total givings, or about 5 percent of the company’s pretax profits.


Today NOM’s blog links to a story on the anti-gay Life Site News, which complains that YouTube has yanked the video of last week’s Brown University demonstration by the red-caped loons of the Society for Defense of Tradition.
Days after the videotaped incident was posted on YouTube, the video sharing website pulled down the footage, leaving a message stating: “This video has been removed because its content violated YouTube’s Terms of Service.” TFP’s John Ritchie told LifeSiteNews.com that they were not aware of which Youtube rules the video supposedly broke. “It seems YouTube broke their own guidelines when removing it, because the policy states that the video poster will be notified of any problem, and be given 48 hours to either remove the video or correct the problem,” Ritchie said. YouTube has become notorious among conservative circles for removing several videos that portray abortion or Planned Parenthood in a negative light. The organization, which is owned by Google Inc., has consistently declined to provide explanations for why such videos were removed.
While it is undeniably satisfying to click “offensive” on anti-gay videos, what we’re also potentially doing is removing the evidence, the historical record, of these campaigns against us. Aside from the clips that include outright calls for violence against gay people, I say we allow such asshattery to remain online. I fully expect that many of you will strongly disagree.


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EkhayaVote2023 conducted a series of Community Engagements that were held in Mzilikazi, Pumula North and Nkulumane. The engagements held sought to ensure that communities are offered a platform where they can discuss their understanding on: “The Nexus Between Service Delivery and Electoral Processes.”
During these engagements the following issues emerged in the areas visited:
Lack of Identity cards is hindering youths from registering to vote as the registry office does not have the capacity to provide the needed service. Residents pleaded with EkhayaVote2023 to ensure that the registry office is consulted so that there is improvement in the process of issuance of IDs.
A resident said it has taken too long for the ward to have another Councilor. She said the quality-of-service delivery has drastically deteriorated due to the absence of a Ward Councilor since the ban on by-elections due to the COVID-19 lockdown.
Another resident said candidates who are voted in power should ensure to serve all residents despite their political affiliations.
Ndodana Ndhlovu, a Field Officer from Zimbabwe Election Support Network (ZESN) emphasized the statistics that were released by Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC) stating that out of the 5.6 million registered voters countrywide, Bulawayo has the lowest number of registered voters with 254 630 followed by Matabeleland South with 259 689 registered voters and Mat North standing at 335 851.
Ndhlovu stated that Bulawayo is in danger of losing three Constituencies as a result of low voter registrations as numbers currently show a low turnout of citizens in registering to vote. However, with the first phase of ZEC’s voter registration blitz starting in February, there is still time for Bulawayo to save its Constituencies.
The District Elections Officer at Zimbabwe Electoral Commission (ZEC), Sithembiso Khupe cited that the closure of the voters’ roll for the proclaimed National Assembly vacancies and Ward Elections does not mean that the voter registration for other subsequent elections is closed.
She highlighted that ZEC’s mobile voter registration exercise will be conducted in two phases and these being the first phase that will run between 1 and 28 February 2022, while the second phase will run between 11 and 30 April 2022.
Khupe cited that all electoral activities will be conducted in line with the ZEC COVID-19 Policy.
Eligible persons can still be registered as voters as this is an on-going process. She encouraged young people to take up space and contest in the upcoming elections.
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It’s Mar-a-Lago season again.
President Donald Trump returns to his private Palm Beach club Tuesday for the first time since April, and several of his dues-paying members said they plan on making a beeline there in hopes of catching a glimpse of the president or even chatting him up over the holiday weekend, including an extravagant Thanksgiving buffet.
Friends say the president relishes rubbing shoulders with club members at his “Winter White House” — even though his chief of staff, John Kelly, a new addition since the president’s last visit this spring, has reportedly been looking for ways to keep the president out of Mar-a-Lago’s common dining area.
“The president thrives on the interactions he has with guests, friends and members, and I’d be surprised if that didn’t continue in some way,” said Newsmax CEO Chris Ruddy, a Mar-a-Lago member who has been friendly with Trump for nearly 20 years.
Members at the exclusive seaside resort — who endured ad hoc procedures to accommodate Trump’s new status as commander in chief earlier this year — will nevertheless see some changes this season. Only two guests per member are allowed at any one time, and dinner reservations are available only two weeks in advance to stop members from snagging all the potential prime Trump time, according to a recent notice relayed to members.
Regulars are also getting a refresher on the rules when Trump is on the premises. An alert sent out Monday by the club ahead of the first presidential visit advised members of 10- to 20-minute waits to get through security, as well as the same traffic-flow restrictions, valet parking requirements and mandatory photo-identification rules that were imposed last season.
That includes Secret Service checkpoints, which were to be set up Tuesday morning ahead of Trump’s arrival. “Pocket knives, laser pointers, pepper spray, and any other items deemed to be a safety hazard are not permitted on property,” the club warned. “Any items surrendered will not be returned.”
Mar-a-Lago managers responded to last season’s problems in real time, imposing rules prohibiting pictures in the dining area when the president was on the property. That was in response to social media accounts that were flooded with pictures of everything from the military officer carrying the nuclear football to Trump and the visiting Japanese prime minister reacting to a real live North Korea crisis at their dinner table. Those restrictions remain in place, and now members face new limits at all times on the number of guests they can bring in and how many dinner reservations they can make in advance.
Protests greeted the president with each visit last season, and already this season one woman’s advocacy group, UltraViolet, has said it purchased local television ad time this Tuesday through Saturday during “Fox & Friends” and “Saturday Night Live” to broadcast acommercial featuring things that are “more popular than Trump,” including access to abortions and the Affordable Care Act.
Trump’s motorcade during trips to and from the airport and to his nearby private golf club in West Palm Beach are the cause of frequent traffic backups. The local county police force is also still waiting for a $3.5 million reimbursement from the federal government to cover the overtime costs of securing roads and other checkpoints during Trump’s last round of post-inauguration visits, while each additional day with Trump in town costs another $70,000.
“I certainly do not think anyone should expect this is now just a regular line item in the budget,” said Rep. Ted Deutch, a South Florida Democrat who represents the district adjoining Mar-a-Lago. “This is going to have to be fought for.”
Mar-a-Lago members, whose annual dues have gone up $1,000, to $15,000, are enjoying some new perks. The Trump Organization had doubled the number of private golf clubs that it now lists as offering reciprocal arrangements for Mar-a-Lago’s members, including the Aberdeen and Turnberry courses in Scotland, Doonbeg in Ireland and a newly opened club in Dubai.
At least one Mar-a-Lago member has also earned a nomination to serve in Trump’s administration: Robin Bernstein, a founding club member and president of a Palm Beach life and health insurance company, who was tapped last month to be the U.S. ambassador to the Dominican Republic.
But some Mar-a-Lago regulars complain of the extra hassles they face with Trump’s security entourage, as well as the overcrowded dining room, that make his resort less attractive as a weekend destination for tennis, working out and using its other amenities.
“We plan not to be there when he’s there,” said one longtime member. “When he’s there, it’s a mess.”
Trump’s South Florida resort has itself become an object of fascination far beyond Palm Beach. Over the weekend, the Palm Beach Post prompted global intrigue with a report that the 533-foot yacht “Eclipse,” owned by Roman Abramovich, an ally of Russian President Vladimir Putin, had arrived in the area at the same time Trump was preparing for his Thanksgiving trip. Media coverage has also accompanied everything from the potholes just outside Mar-a-Lago’s stucco walls to its local property tax bill and the number of foreign workers it hires each season.
The president’s polarizing approach to politics has cost Mar-a-Lago charitable bookings at the Donald J. Trump Ballroom. Twenty functions have left the club since last season, headed to other South Florida venues following the president’s controversial comments in August in the aftermath of a violent white supremacist rally in Charlottesville, Virginia, according to the Palm Beach Post.
But even the charity flap has sparked a political divide. Trump supporters have rallied to the president’s side, and several new events have popped up to fill the vacancies. A local group of female Mar-a-Lago members, dubbed “The Trumpettes,” have organized a $300-per-person party to commemorate Trump’s inauguration anniversary. That Thursday-night event in mid-January, which is expected to feature Eric Trump, actor and Frank Sinatra cover singer Robert Davi, and Fox News host Jeanine Pirro, has already sold out its first batch of 800 tickets. Invitations to the president and first lady are also going to be sent out.
“My money and my heart are staying at Mar-a-Lago,” said Toni Holt Kramer, the organizer of the “Red, White and Blue Celebration.”
The club, which this year doubled its initiation fee to $200,000, has reported seeing a boost in revenue compared to past years. From January 2016 through the spring, according to a financial disclosure the president submitted to the Office of Government Ethics, the club took in $37 million. That’s up from $30 million in 2015 and $16 million in 2014.
Trump, who shortly before his inauguration handed over day-to-day management of his private businesses to his two adult sons, has continued patronizing his various clubs, to the exclusion of other restaurants and hotels.
He frequently dines at the Trump International Hotel in Washington while at the White House. During his recent trip to Asia, Trump made a brief pit stop at his Honolulu hotel and, while speaking to the South Korea parliament, mentioned his Bedminster, New Jersey, club, which hosted this year’s U.S. Women’s Open.
But none is as iconic, or emblematic of Trump, as Mar-a-Lago. And some South Florida locals say the repeat presidential visits are almost starting to feel normal.
“It’s like living next to the railroad tracks,” Palm Beach County Sheriff Ric Bradshaw told POLITICO. “After a while, you don’t hear the trains.”


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Minister Raitt engages stakeholders on labour issues at FETCO Annual General Meeting
03 Jun, 2013, 11:00 ET
MISSISSAUGA, ON, June 3, 2013 /CNW/ - The Honourable Lisa Raitt, Canada's Labour Minister, today highlighted the role of cooperative and constructive labour relations in keeping Canadian businesses healthy and competitive at the annual general meeting of Federally Regulated Employers - Transportation and Communications (FETCO).
"By ensuring that Canadian workplaces remain fair, safe and productive, the Government of Canada is supporting workers and their families and contributing to Canada's prosperity," said Minister Raitt. "When Canadian workplaces are running well, our whole economy benefits."
FETCO is made up of employers and employer associations in the transportation and communications sectors which come under federal labour jurisdiction. It is involved in issues such as industrial relations, occupational health and safety, labour standards, human rights, pay equity, employment equity, privacy, pensions and workers compensation.
The Labour Program develops, administers and enforces workplace legislation and regulations, such as the Canada Labour Code. These laws for federally regulated workers and employers cover industrial relations and health, safety and employment standards.
This news release is available in alternative formats upon request.
SOURCE: Human Resources and Skills Development Canada
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The comfortable Riviera Suites is a 3-star property placed 8 km from Jawaharlal Nehru Stadium.
The hotel boasts a prime location not far from an art gallery, a temple and a synagogue as well as parks and hills. Nestled in the suburb district and 5 km from the city center.
A market and a mall are minutes away from the hotel.
It will take a 35-minute drive to get to Cochin International airport.
The hotel offers 124 elegant rooms with complimentary Wi-Fi, individual climate control, a safe, a seating area and a writing table as well as an electric kettle and a fridge. The rooms have a view over the lake. They have a personalized interior.
The on-site car rentals help to explore the area.
Along with a wellness center and a steam room the hotel offers beauty therapy, full body massage and manicure. The hotel's activities include lawn tennis, badminton and table tennis.
Wireless internet is available in the hotel rooms for additional charge.
Private parking is possible on site for free.
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97% of Americans already have traces of PFAS in their blood, making it clear that this is an issue that everyone has a stake in. Drinking clean water is a basic human right. Whether it is you, or someone you love that is in the 97%, we must all take action today.
New Jersey’s ban on single-use carryout bags and polystyrene foam containers will go into effect one year from now, or May 2022! This victory was the result of the groundswell of concern over the damage being caused to our environment by waste and single-use plastics. This is only the beginning of the paradigm shift toward zero waste happening in New Jersey, across the U.S., and around the world. In the next part of our ReThink Disposable Blog Series, we will take a look at state policies in the works that will move us ever closer toward a zero waste future.


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The Island of Ned
The new Wildwood library is nearly complete and Miss Harbor's class has been given the honour of making it something to go on permanent display. Ned knows just the thing and sets off to create his masterpiece. But his pride and anger put the project—and his life—in jeopardy! Can his friends save him from destruction?

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10 years ago, right here in California, Caltech scientists developed an early warning system that alerts people of incoming earthquakes. It is this very system that helped reduce the amount of deaths in Japan’s last 9.0 magnitude earthquake.
60 seconds prior to the violent trembles on earth’s surface , warning signals allowed the Japanese “to safely stop 11 500km/h bullet trains, disable 16,000 lifts, warn students to get under their desks and set off earthquake alarms across the country. Some 52 million Japanese received text alerts on their mobile phones.”
So why doesn’t California have the same system in place when we live on top of multiple fault lines, including one of the most well-known fault lines of all, the San Andreas?
“The delay here is, in one sense, testimony to human nature. It has been 19 years since the last significant quake rolled through California â the magnitude 6.7 earthquake in Northridge in a corner of the San Fernando Valley in 1994 â and memories of its damage and psychological trauma (some people moved away) have softened with the passage of time.
âWe are in a long period of what I call seismic peace in California,â said Thomas H. Heaton, the director of the Earthquake Engineering Research Laboratory at Caltech. âBut you can go for a long period when things are calm, and then instantly things are transformed into chaos. When you are in peacetime, itâs hard to get peopleâs attention and remind them what a big problem it is.â
10 million dollars was raised to conceive, transport and build the final resting home for Michael Heizer’s Levitated Mass at LACMA. If you are a regular reader of our blog, you know that this is not a knock on the art world because we are definitely big proponents of creativity. We’re simply wondering why is it easy to raise money for certain things and not for others?


David Warner's half-century had put Sunrisers Hyderabad (SRH) on course of a victory but Shahbaz Ahmed ran through their middle order to help Royal Challengers Bangalore (RCB) register a thrilling win in their Indian Premier League (IPL) game at the MA Chidambaram Stadium here on Wednesday evening.
Earlier, Glenn Maxwell had scored a gutsy half-century to ensure that RCB, despite losing a flurry of wickets in the second half of their innings, set up a 150-run target. In response, SRH fell seven runs short of the target, thanks to some brilliant bowling in the second half by RCB.
SRH was right on track for a win with Warner and Manish Pandey stitching a 83-run stand for the second wicket but the side lost the plot in the middle overs. SRH collapsed from 96/1 to 123/6 within 4.4 overs and was managed 143/9 in their allotted 20 overs. Shahbaz picked three key wickets and delivered when RCB needed him the most.
SRH had a bad start to their chase as opening batsman Wriddhiman Saha was sent back in the hut in the third over by Mohammed Siraj.
But skipper Warner and Manish carried the innings and ensured SRH didn't lose a wicket as the duo took their side to 50/1 at the end of the powerplay.
While Manish played a run-a-ball knock, Warner was in his prime best as he took on the RCB bowlers and completed his fifty in just 31 balls.
RCB finally took a sigh of relief when Kyle Jamieson dismissed Warner in the 14th over. Warner's wicket triggered a major collapse as SRH lost five batsmen in 4.4 overs.
In the end, Rashid Khan tried to get SRH over the line but was run out in an attempt to take a double.
Earlier put in to bat, RCB had a decent start before Devdutt Padikkal departed in the third over.
Shahbaz, who was promoted up the order, had his fair share of chances where he smoked a four but Shahbaz Nadeem got the better of him as RCB lost the second wicket just after the completion of powerplay.
The next few overs saw skipper Virat Kohli and Maxwell scoring at a sluggish rate before the Australian all-rounder whacked two sixes and one four in Nadeem's final over.
But SRH again came back in the game with two quick wickets of Kohli and de Villiers. While Holder dismissed Kohli in the 12th over, Rashid sent the former Proteas batsman back in the hut in the next over.
In the death overs, Maxwell kept slogging the ball to complete his gutsy fifty (his first since 2016 in IPL) as RCB went past the 140-run mark.
Brief Scores: RCB 149/8 (Virat Kohli 33, Glenn Maxwell 59; Jason Holder 3-30); SRH 143/9 (David Warner 54, Manish Pandey 38; Shahbaz Ahmed 3-7)


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Friday the 13th!! Perfect day to stay home and read. 😉 And look, I found us some freebies and bargains to help entertain us while we stay inside, in case…. you know… you didn’t already have enough books on your e-reader, to choose from. Hehe. Ahhhh but we can never have too many choices when it comes to books though, right? Oh sure, now it might take us an hour to two to settle on our choice for the evening, but at least we have choices!
NOTE: Free and bargain priced when I added them, but prices can change on Amazon, so make sure to check before you finalize your order.
Free and bargain e-books that you can read on your Kindle, or even on your computer with the Kindle software. (NOOK USERS: I’ve been told that often, many of these freebies and bargains are also available on the Nook).
- Our Husband (a humorous romantic mystery) by Stephanie Bond
- Sleepless in Savannah by Rita Herron <— this one looks like fun!
- Sleeping Roses (Dead Roses #1) by RaShelle Workman
- Stolen Secrets (Sisters of Spirit 3) by Nancy Radke
- Until Next Time: The Angel Chronicles, Book 1 by Amy Lignor “How does a girl choose between the one who steals her heart and the one who owns her soul?”
- Thrall (Daughters Of Lilith) by Jennifer Quintenz –> highschool YA paranormal
- Her Dear and Loving Husband (Loving Husband Trilogy) by Meredith Allard –> Paranormal historical romance and a witch!
- Her Loving Husband’s Curse (The Loving Husband Trilogy) by Meredith Allard –> Thanks Missygirl for pointing out that this one is free too!!
- Texas Lily (Too Hard To Handle, Book 1) by Patricia Rice
- When The Runway Went South by Lois Kasznia <—- NY model escapes the craziness by moving to Texas next door to an uninterested cowboy. hehe. I love when that happens!
- Protector (Crossfire) by Gennita Low
- Drawn by Marie Lamba
- Missing In Action by Pam Champagne
- Subtle Magic (Subtle Lovers, Book One) by Beth Kery
- Wraith by Edie Claire
- Glimpse (Zellie Wells #1) by Stacey Wallace Benefiel
- Going Too Far by Jennifer Echols <— I’m reviewing this one tonight, but wanted to give you a preview as to what I thought. I LOVED IT! It’s YA, sure, but I couldn’t put the book down and devoured it from 10pm to 3am without stopping. Something about that forbidden aspect that had me hooked, and at this price, I was thrilled!
- Forget You by Jennifer Echols <— I hear this one from the same author, is just as good! I shall be reading it soon.
- What the Heart Wants (Soulmate Series: Book One) by Kelli McCracken <— oooh actually this one looks so good!! He’s a celebrity, and he can sense her emotions (a psychic bond with her)
- Soul Search (A Soul Thieves Book) by Amber Scott
- My Cheeky Angel – Angels Love Romance (Angels with Attitudes) by Mimi Barbour <— another cute looking one!! Tomboy girls turns sexy and her playboy friend doesn’t know what to do with himself. LOL!
- Untitled by Jackie Chanel <— up and coming blues/rock star and his pretty neighbor (that he just can’t seem to get along with…). Oh right. I’ve started it and that’s where I left off 😉 I’m sure there’s much more to come.
- Dirty Little Secrets (Sexy Suspense) by Julie Leto <—- looks good to me!
- Dirty Little Lies (Sexy Suspense) by Julie Leto
- Phantom Pleasures (Forsyth Phantoms) by by Julie Leto
- KISS OF AN ANGEL (Paranormal Romance / Guardian Angel Romance) by Janelle Denison
- Emily’s Affair by Elijana Kindel <—- okay, really. The cover is just wayyyyy too gorgeous not to put this on the list. No clue if it’s great or not (but the premise looks good) but that cover? yep! 😉
- Through Her Eyes by Beth Kery
- Swept Away by Marsha Canham
Don’t have a Kindle? That’s okay, you can read these on your computer or phone with Kindle Apps:
Download Kindle for PC
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Download Kindle for iPad (that’s how I’m reading these!)
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Her Loving Husband’s Curse, Meredith Allard’s second book in The Loving Husband Trilogy, is also free!
Yay! I was looking for something light after finishing The Reluctant Dom yesterday and a couple of these look like they’ll fit the bill. 🙂 Thank you, Maryse!
Just finished Wraith. Its YA and so good. Loved the characters and the writing. Couldn’t put it down until I finished. Also started reading the Runway went south one and deleted after the first few chapters.. wouldn’t recommend that one. Thanks for the freebies lists.. love them
Just finished Sleeping Roses. Didn’t love it at all. Shallow with minimal romance. For the record-it’s neither scary or paranormal.
Thanks for the feedback guys!
Christina on my Facebook page just said this about Emily’s Affair: “Emily’s Affair, don’t know where I saw this book now but I thought it was good :)”
Got 20% into Untitled and stopped. I may try to pick it up later though. It started well, but it is dragging…. I was even skipping pages and looking ahead to see if things changed. Not so much from what I can tell. I was really hoping it would be a good. Maybe I set my sights too high… Got some great reviews. Has anyone read it yet?
Yep that’s exactly where I ended off (20%). Wasn’t sure if it was just me considering the promising amazon reviews. I’m not officially out of it yet but im curious, too. Anyone else?
I seriously need to visit your site like daily. Now it’s Sunday and Freebies are no longer freebies and bargains give me like less than a dollar discount. 🙁
thank you for the list maryse. i have read emily’s affair and absolutely enjoyed it! alpha male alert! 🙂

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The completely out-of-proportion reaction of some loose nutbars has resulted from a track on the latest album from UK rockers Babybird, "Jesus Stag Night Club". The song features an appearance from actor Johnny Depp, a huge fan of the band, and now that it's been released as Babybird's "Christmas single", many of the allegedly pious are spewing enormous amounts of bile. It's just a song, people.
The reportedly offending lyrics include: "I can't remember where I was last night, I think I was hanging naked off a church spire, tied by my ankles to a weathervane. Felt like I was Jesus on fire".
Ironically, people like me might never have heard of the tune if it weren't for the whining. Now, my only regret is that I didn't hear about it sooner. It's great mixtape material. And, frankly, controversy aside, "Jesus Stag Night Club" is a kick ass tune on its own merit. Can't get the mp3 on Amazon as yet, but iTunes has it.
I admit, I have been consciously avoiding the American Idol types this season. But there are some I'll always have a soft spot for, one of those being Jordin Sparks. Jordin's new Christmas single hasn't been widely publicized for some reason. Happily, "Angels Are Singing" is an uptempo Pop Soul romp from the ABC Family original "12 Dates Of Christmas". At the moment, at least, it's an iTunes exclusive. The movie is scheduled to air December 11 and stars Mark-Paul Gosselaar and Amy Smart.
This one's a very nice Rock track from the UK group Soul Circus, but what really sells it is the video of a lost Prancer sending his letter to Santa Claus and hoping for rescue. For that alone, this one's worth the look see. All proceeds from "Picture Frames" will be donated to the Leeds homeless charity St. George's Crypt. Technically, the download is free, but Soul Circus does ask that you hit the big donate button on the right and give a little to the cause. Someone had to put on the Prancer costume for the video shoot; it would seem that the least you could do is cough up a few coins. Right?
I'm probably the last person on the 'Net to mention this Americana shuffle from The Black Swans. I don't think I'm as high on it as everyone else seems to be, but it's not a bad tune and I shouldn't deprive you. The twist of "Christmas Alone" is that that's what the protagonist desires, not what they dread. Maybe you can relate, if you've had one too many dysfunctional family holidays. The lyrics are very well written and the song features Eve Searls (of Bird & Flower). It's just not reaching me, though. Oh, well, you can find this one on Bandcamp and Amazon, if you're less of a Scrooge about it than I seem to be.


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MOSCOW, July 9 (Itar-Tass) — More than 200 people have turned for emergency medical aid in the parts of Russia’s southern Krasnodar territory that have suffered from severe floods, a source at the disaster response staff of the Interior Ministry told Itar-Tass.
“The information available at 23:00 hours Sunday suggested that as many as twenty dead were still unidentified,” he said. “Of the 205 people who called up emergency medical aid, 28 were children.”
“The medics hospitalized 159 people, including sixteen children,” the source said.
In the meantime, the Krasnodar Center for Hydrometeorology issued a warning that it expected new spates of bad weather with torrential rains, hail, thunderstorm, and gusts of wind of up to 17 meters per second.
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All the districts are located in the highlands and abound in small rivers, which may turn into powerful streams of water crushing everything in their way.
Russia’s Ministry for Emergency Situations and Civil Defense /EMERCOM/ warned of a possible flooding of lowlands and mudslides.
In addition, there is a risk of ground subsiding, especially in the Adler district close to the famous Sochi coastline.


Merry Christmas! Here are some links to things I've been reading or watching that you might also enjoy:
1. My epic new podcast conversation, with Andy Matuschak.
2. If you're looking for a last minute Christmas gift for an intellectually curious loved one, then look no further than a subscription to The Podcast Reader.
3. 'Lionel Messi Is Impossible', a 2014 article for FiveThirtyEight by Ben Morris.
4. 'The Antikythera Mechanism: A Shocking Discovery from Ancient Greece', a lecture by Dr Tony Freeth. Via David Deutsch.
5. 'Should we care about people who need never exist?', The Economist tackles population ethics.
6. 'I, Pencil: My Family Tree', Leonard E. Read's classic 1958 short story.
7. '2022 was filled with progress and optimistic news', a recent Warp News article by Mathias Sundin.
8. 'From Hindu Growth to Productivity Surge: The Mystery of the Indian Growth Transition', a 2004 paper by Dani Rodrik and Arvind Subramanian. Via Navneeraj Sharma.
9. 'Confirmation Bias', a video from Tim Minchin's show Back.
Have a lovely Christmas and holiday break,


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Sylvia Pio, Danish-American, history, Paris Commune
This is the story of an unusual Danish-American woman, Sylvia Pio, who was born 1876 in Copenhagen, grew up in Chicago, and died 1932 in Hellerup, a suburb of her native city.
Her childhood in Chicago had a complicated background. Sylvia was the daughter of a famous figure in Danish political history, Louis Pio, who founded the Danish Socialist Party in Copenhagen in 1871. After serving in the army during the Schleswig-Holstein war of 1864, he had entered the Copenhagen postal service, where he is said to have constructed the first red Danish mailbox of the type still in use.
Hvidt, Kristian and Christianson,, J. R. editor and translator
"Sylvia Pio, A Danish-American Livewire,"
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It seems almost ironic to frame a retelling of a slave story as a love story but there is no other way to describe the full circle healing that comes from reading this book. I had the privilege earlier this year, to sit in an audience and hear the author, Yaa Gyasi, speak to a bunch of decently educated folks about language, representation, and the research process in writing the book. I wanted to ask about her imagination and her soul because surely no amount of research could concoct such feelings. Perhaps she too had her own intergenerational memory, a vessel somewhat of the story of her people. But I didn’t ask because again, it was about language, representation, and the research process.
Indeed, Homegoing is more than a slave story. It is a multi-generational novel that weaves through time and space to explain those things that the body can’t. To communicate the inter-generational trauma inherited through DNA that comes from suffering and that shows, even with time, the body does not forget. It takes a prismatic look at a family that stays and that which leaves. No. More like, that which is evicted or perhaps, ruptured. Two sisters, two different fates and the intergenerational scars that remain to tell the tale.
I choose to speak of love because it is only the courage to love that enables both the Afriqan and the Afriqan-in-America to survive. I have been feeling greater need for it in today’s activism because without it, I don’t know how long we can push through before the fire burns out. It is love that enabled Esi to save Quey. It is love that enabled Quey to live and it is love that enabled Marcus to come back home.
If we wanted to
People of color.
burn this world down.
—-how stunningly beautiful that our sacred respect for the earth. for life. Is deeper than our rage.
My favorite part in the book is a conversation between Akosua, a peasant Asante girl and James who is of royal blood (A Meghan and Harry type of situation if you get what I mean). Not surprisingly, she was the character who I most identified with, most likely due to her apolitical and complex approach to the morality of slavery. At the end of the day, we do not remember slavery because of its theories or capitalism or racism. We remember it because it was about human beings who were dehumanized, dissocialized, desexualized and decivilized. It was about human beings who were broken and those that had to rebuild. This alone is why I remember and please History teacher (no shade Prof. T) don’t tell me about the sacrifices of modernization! Anyway, where was I? Yes, my favorite part! This is part of the conversation that follows Akosua and James’ encounter:
“everyone is a part of this. Asante, Fante, Ga. British. Dutch and American. And you are not wrong to think like this. It is how we are all taught to think. But I do not want to think this way. When my brothers and the other people were taken, my village mourned them as we redoubled our military efforts. And what does that say? We avenge lost lives by taking more? It doesn’t make sense to me.”
“I love my people, James…I am proud to be Asante, as I am sure you are proud to be Fante, but after I lost my brothers, I decided that as for me, Akosua, I will be my own nation.”
This particular review has been quite spiral. But ultimately, there is no linear way of doing a review of this book, just as it there is no linear way of tracing Africa’s lineage and atrocities faced by their ascendants throughout the globe. It is circular, it is spiral, it is messy. It is back and forth. It is up and down. It is North America. It is the Caribbean. It is France. It is Netherlands. It is Fees Must Fall. It is Black Lives Matter. It is Garifuna. Such is decolonization.
Homegoing is a homecoming. The book you didn’t know you needed to read until you opened it. It is us reconciling with what is ours. And yes, it is painful but it’s also not just a bucket full of gloom. There is a wholeness somewhere in the book that comes from the restoration of one to one’s home. In the end, the book doesn’t erase slavery, but it shows that there is a way to live with the answers whose questions have not been asked.
Thank you, Yaa Gyasi, for healing the parts we didn’t know were hurting.


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Are you passionate about music? Would you like to develop your knowledge, as well as your ability to perform and create music? This course allows you to learn about many different types of classical, jazz, rock and pop music from Wales. You will be encouraged to develop your performing and composing skills, through practical and theoretical work. You will also develop your listening and analytical skills, helping you to engage further with written, performed and recorded music.
The course requires you to have performing skills, to at least grade 3 standard, on a musical instrument or as a singer. You must also be musically literate and able to read music to a good standard.
The course can be taken as part of a full-time programme of study in conjunction with other AS subjects or with a BTEC Diploma at Level 3. The course can also be taken on a part-time basis by mature students. Both an AS Level and a full A Level are available, so after the first year you can choose whether to continue the subject.
This course will build upon the skills established at GCSE and the units follow the same pattern.
Unit 1: Performing With the help of your singing/instrumental teacher you will prepare a recital for your performance exam. This performance will be at grade 5 or above and should last about 6 to 8 minutes. You can perform as a soloist/part of an ensemble or a combination of both. An external examiner will visit college to assess the performances.
Unit 2: Composing You will need to compose two pieces of work for your composition portfolio. The composing process is completed on computers using Sibelius and Apple Logic software. Piece 1 - a classical composition in response to a brief set by WJEC. Piece 2 - a free composition in a style of your choice. The work will be marked externally.
Unit 3: Appraising This unit involves listening to music and the set pieces build upon the work you studied for GCSE. This module deepens and improves your understanding of music. There will be a detailed study of a number of specified pieces of music. These will include examples of both ‘classical’ music and ‘popular’ music. Your knowledge of these pieces and your wider listening skills will be assessed in a final listening test.


Dry holiday weekend ahead; temps heat up next week
WHAT'S NEW: A chilly quiet night with mostly cloudy skies. Temperatures are running a little below normal through the start of the weekend with some extra cloud cover as a storm passes south of LI. Easter Sunday turns brighter with more sunshine and slightly warmer temps.
WHAT'S NEXT: A big stretch of dry and warm weather next week with highs in the 60s and 70s.
News 12 Storm Watch Team Meteorologist Sam Augeri says it will be mostly cloudy and cool Saturday with sunshine coming in for Sunday.
OVERNIGHT: Mostly cloudy and chilly. Breezy at times. Lows near 33 degrees with north winds 10 to 15 mph. Sunrise: 6:24
SATURDAY: Partly sunny and cool with highs near 53. North to west wind 5 to 10 mph. Sunset: 7:25.
SATURDAY NIGHT: Partly cloudy and chilly with lows near 35. South winds 5 to 10 mph.
SUNDAY: Mostly sunny and seasonable with highs near 53 degrees. Lows near 37.
MONDAY: Sunny and warmer with highs near 58. Lows near 43.
TUESDAY: Sunny and beautiful with highs near 63. Lows near 50


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Although the majority of people who left the Islamic Republic of Iran in recent years were refugees from Afghanistan and Iraq returning to their country or further migrating to other countries of destination, a number of Iranian citizens also left the country in search of better educational and employment opportunities.
Two periods of out-migration were in the aftermath of the 1979 revolution and during the war with Iraq in the 1980s. Overall, the Islamic Republic of Iran has a large diaspora abroad. The largest numbers of Iranians live in the United States of America, estimated to be more than 302,000 in 2005. According to various country population registers, there are also sizeable Iranian populations in the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland (about 67,000), Sweden (about 58,000) and Germany (54,000) (United Nations no date).
Some Iranians continue to leave the country, including a number of highly educated citizens who move to the United States of America, and Canada. Between 2004 and 2008, about 12,500 Iranians migrated to the United States of America and about 6,300 migrated to Canada, annually (OECD International Migration Database no date).
Many Iranians still seek refugee status abroad, but the number of recognized refugees from the country has gone down in the past few years. Main destinations for those seeking refugee status remain Germany, Iraq, the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, and the United States of America. Iraq also serves as a country of transit for onward migration to Europe or North America.
Due to limited migration opportunities, especially for lower-skilled workers, migrants from the Islamic Republic of Iran sometimes resort to using irregular channels.

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The progress of a city is not assured by the passage of time. Regina has unquestionably progressed in some areas of life, and unquestionably regressed in others. The following is an incomplete list.
100 years ago, chickens were allowed to roam free.
Now, the City prohibits them even in a backyard.
60 years ago, Electric Vehicles were common on some Regina streets, in the form of streetcars. Now, only a few dozen or so EVs are in the city, as electric bikes, cars, and SUVs. We also had a bus route to the airport, but no bus is available to the airport today.
Also 60 years ago, we allowed toxic waste dumping into our soil and groundwater, all over the city. Now that’s only permitted at the landfill.
28 years ago, you could leave Regina by STC bus, or by Via Rail train. Now, in 2017, neither of those modes of transportation are an option due to government cuts without environmental reviews being undertaken to guide those bad decisions.
27 years ago, Parking enforcement used sensibly sized vehicles. Now they use GMC gas burning SUVs.
Hours before I met with dozens of cyclists at Artful Dodger at Bike Regina‘s latest advocacy meeting, a 21 year old man was hit by a truck on 7th Avenue.
No one there had heard about the tragedy, but many including myself expressed a desire for the City to quickly install safe infrastructure so that we might avoid serious injury or death at the hands of an inattentive or aggressive driver.
How many more people will die or be injured needlessly before our City installs safe bicycle infrastructure for the thousands of people who want to move around our city on bikes?
The old location of General Motors’ factory along Winnipeg St. experienced a serious fire last night.
GRID VR is one business at the far north end of the old plant.
I took a call from Wascana’s CEO who explained their position on spending $193000 to expand the parking lot[PDF] at Candy Cane Park. Their view is more cars that already park illegally on the street will use it, and as a result kids will be safer because they won’t run out between illegally street-parked cars, presumably.
Can’t say that’s how it will work, I said “mark my words, there will still be spill-over onto the street, and more cars overall”. She had to concede at busy times, that’s how it will go. It’ll take more than my voice to end this #strandedasset project. Oh, it also increases runoff by replacing soil with pavement, reducing the water quality in Wascana Creek.
It’s 2017, and if we don’t limit air pollution quickly, our kids will have a rough go of things. Putting a dollar more into auto infrastructure before cycling and pedestrian infrastructure makes kids less safe, not more.
On the upside, Wascana is putting some trails through the arboretum near Wascana Rehab and Hillsdale St.
Also they will now consider manually clearing Broad St. Bridge which wasn’t being swept clear of snow like everything else the last two Winters. I explained that the City of Regina builds nothing for cyclists, so it’s really up to Wascana Centre to provide cycling infrastructure for Reginans.
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In a shocking turn of events, it’s been left to the NDP to defend the interests of people in rural Saskatchewan. This is something that would not have been predicted ten years ago, when the NDP name was mud outside of Regina and Saskatoon for having closed hospitals and schools in many small communities. Now, the SaskParty government is selling off STC’s assets to private companies, destroying a critical transportation infrastructure that has been in place for 70 years.
About 200 people gathered over lunch hour in Regina at the new STC Bus terminal, to tell the government to stop the closure. Guest speakers include City Councillor Andrew Stevens. Andrew was on the Morning Edition to explain the ridiculous cuts to the Cities.


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Mayor Rahm Emanuel headed to the University of Michigan on Friday to pitch students on the benefits of moving to Chicago after graduation, only to face hecklers opposed to his plan to spend $95 million on a new West Side police training academy.
In a short video posted to Twitter, Emanuel is onstage talking to a crowded auditorium in Ann Arbor and two people shout “Money for kids, not for cops, no cop academy.”
Emanuel attempts to respond to the protesters, saying “Let’s do this, I’m going to answer your last question,” but the two continue chanting in the 45-second video.
Another video taken in the auditorium and posted on Twitter shows other students booing the protesters.
Asked about the incident, Emanuel spokesman Adam Collins said the mayor “had a great conversation with about 500 or 600 University of Michigan students today.”
“A couple of people briefly raised a separate issue, the mayor listened, addressed it, and the larger conversation continued,” Collins said in an email.
It’s the latest protest by a group that has also come to City Hall to argue the $95 million earmarked for the facility to be built on 30 vacant acres in West Garfield Park would be better spent on improving schools, job training or expanded mental health services in city neighborhoods.
In November, Grammy-winning South Side rap artist Chance the Rapper spoke against the academy at a City Council meeting.
Emanuel’s office put out a news release Friday touting the Ann Arbor stop as part of his “ThinkChicago Roadshow,” described as “a national tour to connect innovative Chicago businesses with rising talent.”
“As students from across the country start to plan careers after college, Chicago offers them a vibrant entrepreneurial ecosystem to work in and unmatched cultural scene to enjoy,” Emanuel said in the news release, which did not mention the hecklers.
For the mayor, the small protest was an example of how the problem of Chicago violence dogs him as he seeks to promote the city on a national level.
When the mayor wrote a July op-ed in the New York Times talking up the smooth operation of Chicago’s train system compared to New York’s, the New York Daily News retorted with a front-page story headlined “Dumb Track Mind” that noted “Murder Capital Mayor Hits Subway” and added “Rahm touts Chicago trains, but AT LEAST our riders don’t get SHOT on the way home!”
Emanuel has faced protests at various times for other controversial moves he’s made. During his first term, protesters showed up at a few of his events to challenge him for closing mental health clinics. And when the city announced plans in 2013 to close dozens of public schools, supporters of schools on the chopping block gathered to chant at some news conferences.
For a time, the mayor’s office took steps to control access to his events more closely by holding them inside or giving less notice about where and when they would take place.
The City Council voted 48-1 in November to approve the $10 million purchase of the land for the academy, a project backed by West Side aldermen as a way to jump start development and increase safety in the area. Emanuel has presented the new facility as a way to improve training, part of his Police Department reform efforts following a Justice Department report last year that blasted the city’s police training standards.


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Written By: - Date published: 7:10 pm, December 6th, 2013 - 100 comments
Matthew Blomfield asked for a opportunity to refute some of the bull that has been stated about him and his defamation case against Cameron Slater. I’ve put it on the site because it seems fair that bloggers help fix the unfair damage that nutty bloggers like Cameron Slater can do to private individuals. Regardless of the outcome of this long-running court case, it is quite clear that Cameron Slater has used his blog to pursue someone’s vendetta far outside the realms of “journalism”.
Written By: - Date published: 12:21 pm, December 3rd, 2013 - 17 comments
The 2013 census data is being revealed. The initial information is presented in Stats NZ’s package, with some curious slants/biases: e.g. on income, occupations and housing. What else do the stats reveal? [Update: Stats NZ on income]
Written By: - Date published: 10:42 am, November 30th, 2013 - 27 comments
NZ Herald editor/s selectively reports, omitting the full facts, in favour of the National government. It misrepresents the referendum on asset sales, ignoring significant facts – thereby also seeming to discredit the Green Party, the referendum, & democracy.
Written By: - Date published: 9:37 am, November 28th, 2013 - 61 comments
The National government is destroying NZ’s state housing system. Right of tenure removed, a shift towards private provision of “social housing”, housing campaigners marginalised, & Tracy Watkins crowing about the shift from the “welfare state”. Greens & Mana are for more state houses. And Labour? [Update] Picket of (Nat) Party for the Rich Dec 8 Akl. NZH article.
Written By: - Date published: 10:47 am, November 22nd, 2013 - 29 comments
NZ Herald has a long history as the voice of the (most often white, masculine, middle/upper class, Pakeha) conservative establishment. Dr Hope shows how this happened in the past. NZ Herald online provides 21st century support for Key’s government. Tell us your NZ Herald stories.
Written By: - Date published: 5:01 pm, November 18th, 2013 - 339 comments
You don’t have to be white and male and financially wealthy to assume a prominent position within systems of patriarchy, but it helps. And you don’t have to be financially strapped and black and female to feel the full weight of patriarchy always pressing down on you, but it helps.
Written By: - Date published: 5:00 pm, November 13th, 2013 - 68 comments
Answering questions on the up-coming Asset Sales referendum, John Key spoke some appalling un-truths. He is rewriting political history to suit “Crazy” Colin Craig’s possible coalition bottom lines on the “anti-smacking” law. Cunliffe finally got there in the General Debate, but the opposition was too slow in countering Key’s lies & spin.
Written By: - Date published: 2:20 pm, October 31st, 2013 - 14 comments
Clare Trevett details in today’s Herald how Key has taken to bringing Ministers with good news to his Monday news conferences “to lambast the media with good news about the progress being made in a certain area.” Sources tell me that the good news goes well beyond the Monday presser. Ministerial staff run a filter across all portfolio announcements: if it’s good news, the Minister gets to make the announcement. If its not such good news, the job goes to the Departmental head.
Written By: - Date published: 7:46 am, October 31st, 2013 - 86 comments
Why is Treasury providing the government with advice on spinning and disguising widespread changes to Education? In this way, NZ’s democracy is undermined, and changes are continually made that benefit the few and make life more difficult for the many. Government MO or renegade Treasury?
Written By: - Date published: 8:39 am, October 28th, 2013 - 140 comments
Matthew Hooton said this week that Cameron Slater should put up or shut up. Slater then promised explosive new revelations in the SST and the Herald today. As detailed by Karol in her post The Blame Game the revelations were, but I suspect not in the way that Slater had hoped for. Because he has succeeded beyond what I thought would be possible in converting a story about a a philandering mayor into a story of how forces on the right tried to usurp the democratic choice of Aucklanders.
Written By: - Date published: 7:51 am, October 27th, 2013 - 106 comments
And so it continues. Inside the Palino-Wewege-Cook-Slater camp, every one is pointing the finger at everyone else and putting the blame elsewhere for the clumsily executed smear campaign against Len Brown. Got to wonder who is in the shadows frantically pulling various levers?
Written By: - Date published: 7:00 pm, October 22nd, 2013 - 94 comments
Bob Jones has produced another disgusting “opinion piece”, and the New Zealand Herald has once again been disgusting enough to publish it. I completely understand that a lot of people don’t have the spoons for taking on yet another awful triggery misogynist piece of shit produced by an awful misogynist piece of shit. On this […]
Written By: - Date published: 8:03 pm, October 19th, 2013 - 167 comments
Slater’s track record speaks for itself. As the Brown-Chuang-Wewege-Palino story unfolds, his angle on the story shifts, and the contradictions abound. On The Nation this morning, Slater lays it out: politics is a dirty game, and that’s the game he’s playing.
Written By: - Date published: 8:32 pm, October 14th, 2013 - 239 comments
This must be one of the worst “interviews” given by an NZ cabinet minster tonight on Campbell Live. Simon Bridges all bluster, anger, spin and diversions, and fails to answer the real questions about the dangers of the deep sea drilling off NZ’s coast. The ugly face of John Key’s government. [Update: Youtube video of the interview]
Written By: - Date published: 9:01 pm, October 13th, 2013 - 30 comments
It isn’t that hard to get around the prurient arsehole peekers that populate the NSA and the kiwi puppets – John Key being a prime example. Encrypt, falsify your “metadata”, and send lots of crap purely so they have no idea what to look at. Hell – even the NZ Herald gets it these days as in an anonymously published article in the weekend rag…
Written By: - Date published: 4:05 pm, October 11th, 2013 - 12 comments
Maurice Williamson has apparently been proclaiming that the lower than expected population growth in the census (mostly from people fleeing his government and emigrating) means that a revision of Auckland’s infrastructure plans was needed, such as an increase in high-rise apartments and the construction of an inner-city rail loop. Bullshit. Perhaps the idiot minister should look at *where* the growth has been going…
Written By: - Date published: 10:33 pm, October 2nd, 2013 - 81 comments
So John Key goes out into the world to represent our interests and what does he get? His good mate David Cameron tells him to get stuffed when he asks for better access to the UK for Kiwis. A meeting with the Queen that made us look like a bunch of hicks. A “hard hitting” […]
Written By: - Date published: 10:39 am, September 27th, 2013 - 52 comments
Hooton has somewhat backed down from his liar liar accusations against David Cunliffe, but the allegations of “CV embellishment” are still coming. For future reference, I look to the “master” for an example of how not to pad a CV. What can we learn from him? [Update: John Key's bio?]
Written By: - Date published: 9:07 pm, September 26th, 2013 - 81 comments
Written By: - Date published: 10:35 am, September 26th, 2013 - 77 comments
Radio New Zealand has issued an apology to David Cunliffe following Matthew Hooton’s recent smearing of him. If only Cameron Slater would do the same because he is starting to get pretty obsessional about Cunliffe. This may not be a bad thing as he is rapidly turning the Collins faction of the National Party into New Zealand’s equivalent of the Tea Party
Written By: - Date published: 10:16 am, September 26th, 2013 - 48 comments
With Cunliffe’s Labour in the ascendance, NAct and/supporters pull out their bag of dirty and deceptively manipulative, Hollow Men, tricks. Adviser to John Key & Boris Johnson, Mark Textor, will most likely be used again: ruthless attack politics, playing on fears & prejudices.
Written By: - Date published: 9:34 pm, September 25th, 2013 - 100 comments
As Irish predicted, the Nats continued their desperate smear campaign today with the revelation that David Cunliffe doesn’t actually have a qualification he never actually claimed to have. Honestly, you couldn’t make this shit up.
Written By: - Date published: 11:31 am, September 25th, 2013 - 35 comments
Cunliffe’s moderate, centre left Labour is on the rise; MSM-supported, NAct smears & negative spin is in over-drive. John Key and the NZ Herald editorial spin from the radical “neoliberal” right. Slippery Nick Smith, a NAct weak point, is under concerted pressure. [Updated]
Written By: - Date published: 1:46 pm, September 23rd, 2013 - 217 comments
Matthew Hooton accused David Cunliffe of lying about his involvement with the Boston Management Group when it was providing advice that led to the development of Fonterra. A little research supports Cunliffe’s claims and not Hooton’s.
Written By: - Date published: 9:43 am, September 13th, 2013 - 75 comments
TV3′s analysis of the Labour Leadership contest is leaving a lot to be desired. Rather than reporting on what has happened they are trivialising the leadership campaign and getting important details wrong.
Written By: - Date published: 4:09 pm, August 28th, 2013 - 27 comments
No Right Turn makes the point on what the NZ Herald considers a “democracy under attack” to be. Their track record indicates it only ever happens if they find it harder to get advertising revenue or some of their audience finds harder to make money off selling other people’s assets. Of course having people participating doesn’t appear to them to be a part of democracy.
Written By: - Date published: 2:28 pm, August 27th, 2013 - 236 comments
John Key claims he doesn’t care who becomes the next parliamentary Labour leader, while trying to drive a wedge between candidates. As Cunliffe gains momentum, Key turns negative on Cunliffe & throws some stones in his glass house. Gordon Campbell puts things in perspective.
Written By: - Date published: 1:22 pm, August 15th, 2013 - 272 comments
The interview of John Key by John Campbell last night on Campbell Live (on the GCSB Bill), showed what a formidable spin merchant Key can be. It is important to understand Key’s MO. This is a work in progress – transcript
of the first 10.44 12.27 mins. completed.
Written By: - Date published: 8:30 pm, August 12th, 2013 - 70 comments
John Key shows contempt for New Zealanders and democracy in refusing to talk about the GCSB Bill and saying New Zealanders care more about snapper quotas. Campbell Live discovers some Kiwis are well informed and have views on the GCSB Bill.
Written By: - Date published: 1:05 pm, August 12th, 2013 - 106 comments
The Nats’ PR-managed conference stifled democratic debate & bright ideas, and diverted from significant issues. Armstrong attempts to talk it up, while exposing Key’s win-at-all-costs ruthlessness. Meanwhile: speakers announced for democratic meeting to Kill the GCSB Bill [Updated - Hagar also speaking]. [Update: Gordon Campbell - 'Nanny National']
Written By: - Date published: 12:05 pm, August 8th, 2013 - 9 comments
Brand Key – CEO of NZ Inc, speculator, gambler, spinmeister – epitomises the “neoliberal revolution”. Gambling & other consumerist addictions are blamed on the individual. A court case against SkyCity shows the contradictory links between gambling, smoking, corporate influence & “insatiable consumerism.”


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