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Close to beaches, a range of good schools and public transport, Caringbah is positioned just 24 km south of the city in an idyllic peaceful location. Set in the heart of the Sutherland Shire, Caringbah’s CBD offers a variety of specialty stores, supermarkets, pharmacies and cafes, and trains and buses provide easy access to the city and beyond.
Offering a range of real estate options, Caringbah is predominantly made up of townhouses, villas and older style homes on level blocks undergoing lovely transformations by way of renovation or rebuilding. It presents an attractive option for young couples and families looking for easy living within a child-safe neighbourhood. There are plenty of parks and facilities available for children and teenagers to enjoy including the stunning waterway of the Port Hacking River and Cronulla’s many beaches and amenities just moments away.


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Jack Boyer has an engineering background, so he’s not afraid to roll up his sleeves and attack equipment problems that come his way.
He strip-tills almost all of his corn and no-till drills soybeans on his 800-acre operation near Reinbeck, Iowa. With consistent soil types across his fields, Boyer is finding that variable-rate nitrogen (N) isn’t as helpful as variable-rate phosphorous (P) and potassium (K) application.
He develops the prescriptions for fertilizer application using Ag Leader SMS software, then turns the rate information over to his local co-op for custom application.
Boyer also uses cover crops on 100% of his fields. “In corn, we’ll go in with a burndown application plus 30 pounds per acre of UAN before planting, but we’ll no-till soybeans right into the cereal rye that is almost 4 feet high, then come back with a burn-down within 5 days,” he says. “We find the soybeans can grow up though the rye, which also helps control the weeds.”
Because we are seeding into standing rye, we can’t use row markers, so the auto-steering on the GreenStar 2630 monitor does a good job. We will either use the RTK-equipped receiver if it’s not being used for strip-tilling and planting corn, otherwise we will use another SF3000 receiver using a StarFire1 signal.”
If he hires the co-op to strip-till in the fall, it will apply N, P and K. Otherwise, Boyer makes a pass in the spring with his 12-row Dawn Pluribus strip-till unit, applying only N after the P and K were custom prescription-applied.
Because we are seeding into standing rye, we can’t use row markers, so the auto-steering on the GreenStar 2630 monitor does a good job…
– Jack Boyer
His planter is a 12-row three-point hitch-mounted Deere 7300 with hydraulic drive, Precision Planting vSet seeding units, AirForce down pressure system and closing wheels made up of one Deere smooth wheel and one Furrow Cruiser notched closing wheel. The planter is controlled by a Precision Planting 20/20 monitor, but steering for his 8000-series Deere tractors comes from the 2630 monitor getting a signal from a Deere StarFire 3000 receiver.
To supplement his field maps, Boyer uses a drone to scout fields. “It’s much easier to identify problems from the air. They really stand out,” he says. “With the drone, I found that my vertical-fold planter wings were flexing and the seed wasn’t getting planted deep enough in those rows.”
Another time, Boyer was able to identify that an anhydrous knife was partially plugged, justifying the time and investment into the technology.
Although Boyer has been pleased with his precision equipment’s performance and reliability, there have been a few times where he needed some timely assistance in solving issues.
“One time, we had all rows on the planter that would erratically skip off. I spent a lot of time on it and so did the dealer’s technician. It finally got to the point I was talking directly to Precision Planting’s help desk and within 10 minutes, we identified a faulty hydraulic motor solenoid. We replaced it and it solved the problem.”
But a greater challenge for Boyer has been the turnover he’s seen within his primary dealer’s precision department. Since his involvement with precision equipment, his dealer has replaced its technician at least 5 times, which has required patience and persistence on Boyer’s part to make sure he’s getting the support he wants.
“Technicians tend to move on,” he says. “It seems high technician turnover is common, but it takes a while to develop a good working relationship.”

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This distressed metal plaque is a vintage style coloring in antique white and Thankful Grateful and Blessed inscribed. It has a rope connected to the back for hanging.
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Mel C has announced a one-off London gig in early 2014.
The Spice Girls singer will play a special show to mark her 40th birthday at London's O2 Shepherd's Bush Empire.
The gig will take place on January 11, the eve of her birthday.
She is expected to perform a number of hits from her solo career and her time with the Spice Girls, along with songs from Jesus Christ Superstar.
Tickets for the gig will go on sale on Friday, September 27 at 9am.
She will reprise her role of Mary Magdalene for a new tour of Jesus Christ Superstar in October, before joining Jools Holland's Big Band for a number of shows in November and December.
Mel C recently scored a Top 20 hit with the Matt Cardle duet 'Loving You'. Watch the video below:

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Kingdom of Leon
The Kingdom of Leon was established with the division of the Kingdom of Asturias among the sons of Alfonso III in 910. The first King of Leon became Alfonso’s eldest son Garcia I (910-914). He was succeeded by his brother Ordono II who was also King of Galicia in 914. On his death in 924 Kingdoms of Leon and Galicia passed to the third brother Fruela II, King of Asturias who moved the capital from Oviedo to the city of Leon. Thus the Kingdom of Leon is practically a continuation of Kingdom of Asturias.
The period from Fruela’s death in 925 until the accession of Ramiro II (931-951) was marked by a dynastic crisis. Ramiro II brought stability to the kingdom and defeated the Muslims several times but he could not prevent the establishment of Kingdom of Castile under Count Fernan Gonzalez (923-970) nor the rise of Navarre and County of Barcelona. Ramiro’s death was followed by an inner crisis which was caused by the struggles over the throne and the attacks of the Muslims of Al-Andalus.
The Kingdom of Leon retained its importance in the Iberian Peninsula until it was conquered by Fernando I of Castile and united with Kingdom of Castile in 1037. Ferdinand ruled both kingdoms as Fernando I of Leon until his death in 1065 when Kingdom of Leon renewed its independence. In 1072, Leon was reunited with Castile under Alfonso VI of Castile but the kingdoms were split again around 1195. However, Castile and Leon were permanently united by Fernando III of Castile in 1230.

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A moment of silence, please
Summer is the season for sequels, but the one playing out in Greece is definitely not a hit with critics. The issue of public prayer at Town Board meetings — seemingly settled by a Supreme Court ruling in May — is back in the spotlight, the result of a new town policy clarifying who is eligible to give invocations.
While a formal policy is understandable in the wake of the high court ruling, town leaders must weigh the time, cost and distraction of revisiting the always complicated issue of public prayer.
Not to mention the divisiveness. Recall, the Supreme Court split 5-4 in its May 5 ruling, which held that the town's public prayers could continue so long as they neither advance nor disparage a particular religion and no residents are coerced. That capped a seven-year legal battle that saw a federal appeals court rule against the town and the Obama administration side with it.
Now, with the town issuing written guidelines on who can and can't offer prayers, the debate flares anew. The rules limit participants to members of established churches within the town — defined as "assemblies ... that regularly meet for the primary purpose of sharing a religious perspective" — and churches from outside of the town that count Greece residents among their parishioners.
But what town officials see as clarity, opponents deride as exclusive, pointing out that the town's previous policy allowed lay people and even atheists to give invocations. Atheists arguing over their right to offer an invocation show how convoluted such debates can get.
Town Supervisor Bill Reilich and team have other pressing matters before them. Oversight will be needed on development at the town's Canal Ponds Business Park, which could generate hundreds of jobs, and a separate proposal for a retail outlet at the site of an abandoned shipyard; absentee landlords continue to be a problem; and the town is fighting a U.S.-Canadian proposal to change how Lake Ontario water levels are regulated to protect shoreline residents.
The distractions and debate that the new prayer policy will generate will be anything but helpful.
Given that the new rule provides that invocations may be, "a prayer, a reflective moment of silence, or a short solemnizing message," the board could defuse any clamor by opting for alternative number two. A moment of silence would allow for prayer, reflection or deliberation.
The alternative is for the town to re-wage a battle it has already won.


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Our Department of Public Health is committed to educating professionals and conducting research to improve the health of communities in our region and beyond. We practice a combination of science and social approaches to reduce disease and systematically address the multiple determinants of health. Our work is rooted in strong partnerships with the community, health and social services, industry and business, academia, and the media.
The 14th annual Jean Mills Symposium was held February 2, 2018. The Department of Public Health was a co-sponsor of this event. Obesity and diabetes were two conditions that were discussed. Dr. Leandris Liburd was the guest speaker. For more information go to this link: http://wnct.com/2018/02/02/annual-mills-health-symposium-addresses-diabetes-and-obesity-in-minority-communities/.
A study - authored by ECU professor emeritus Dr. Chris Mansfield and colleagues in the Department of Public Health, and published in the current issue of the NC Medical Journal - found that suicide and liver disease were major contributors to the increase in deaths from 2000 to 2013 for whites ages 45 to 54. You can read more about it at this link https://news.ecu.edu/2018/02/01/deaths-of-despair/ or this link http://science.unctv.org/content/scienceblog/mortalityrates-whites
Pictured: Dr. Satomi Imai (L), Dr. Katherine Jones (center) and Dr. Chris Mansfield (R).
Dr. Stephanie Jilcott Pitts in the Department of Public Health is an ECU Scholar Teacher Award recipient!
The 2018 ECU Scholar-Teacher Awards and Recognition ceremony will be held Monday, April 9, 2018, 5:00-7:00pm in Harvey Hall at the Murphy Center.
Congratulations, Dr. Pitts!
Dr. Suzanne Lea collaborates with Faculty from NC State University to examine the health impacts of GenX in southeastern North Carolina. Go to the following link for more information. https://news.ecu.edu/2018/01/08/contamination-collaboration/
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Major: Master of Public Health in Epidemiology
College: Department of Public Health, Brody School of Medicine, ECU
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A private funding source for research at ECU's Brody School of Medicine is supporting pediatric asthma research by Dr. Greg Kearney.
The ECU MPH Program is nationally accredited by the Council on Education for Public Health (CEPH). A copy of our final self-study report (2012) and a subsequent interim report (2013) on compliance with all accreditation criteria are available here. To request a copy of our official accreditation reports, please contact Wanda Strickland at firstname.lastname@example.org or by calling (252) 744-4037.

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Just wanted to drop a line and say how the home town is gone... The few pictures we have left are all that remains. Mom, bless her heart... did all that for me... Now there's just my tears and some apartment complex trying to take there place.
Love @ Prayers
If I could paint a portrait, of this life in which I've led, and somehow sketch a story, of the visions in my head, I'd start out with a canvas, stretched tightly in a frame, and in the bottom corner, I'd leave room to sign my name. (Michelle A. Bartley)


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Friday, 23rd March 2001.
New Generation Personal Pension Plan
Type: Individual personal pension plan.
Minimum premium: Lump sum £1,000, monthly £50.
Minimum-maximum ages: 16-75.
Fund links: With-profits fund, managed fund, UK equity fund, stewardship fund, stewardship managed fund, UK index tracking fund, overseas equity fund, North American fund, Pacific basin fund, European fund, annuity protector fund, property fund, fixed interest fund, index linked fund, cash fund, Merrill Lynch UK equity, Merrill Lynch international opportunities, Newton balance, Newton income, Baillie Gifford managed, Baillie Gifford international.
Charges: Annual 1 per cent.
Allocation rates: 100 per cent.
Minimum term: One month.
Commission: Fund based 0.4 per cent, level 3.5 per cent or initial 40 per cent renewal 2.5 per cent.
Tel: 08706 083678.
Bob Ward – Director, BRM Associates
Brian Duchart – Director, Donington Independent Financial Consultancy
Jonathan Blair – Senior IFA, Park Row Associates
Investment options: 8.0
Company's reputation: 6.7
Past performance: 7.0
Product literature: 4.0
Friends Provident has introduced the New Generation personal pension plan. Considering how well the plan fits into the market, Ward says: “It's needed to meet the new charging structure.”
Blair goes into more detail: “The £50 minimum premium is higher than the £20 stakeholder minimum, however this could be a combined employer/employee figure, so not too hard to achieve. This will be reduced to £20 on the stakeholder version of the plan, I understand.”
Duchart says that it looks like a simple, no frills pension that would be suitable for Mr average.
Assessing the type of client the plan is suitable for, Blair says: “Anyone who is eligible to join a personal pension. It could also be used for those looking to make extra pension contributions after April 6 2001.”
Duchart reiterates that it would appeal to: “Mr average, or possibly Mr below average.”
Ward feels that it would be suitable for self-employed or employed clients where contributions are greater than £3,600 a year or no stakeholder is available.
Moving on to the marketing opportunities that the plan will provide, the panel has a difference of opinion.
Ward says: “Most pension providers have now rebranded their products, and Friends Provident's plan is in line with these.”
Blair points to: “Stakeholder publicity and charges will mean some schemes are vulnerable and Friends Provident may see an inflow of funds from smaller or less competitive companies older products. The plan itself offers no more or less opportunities, but the brand is strong.”
Duchart concurs, saying that he sees nothing new or revolutionary in this product.
Picking up the useful features and strong points of the plan, Blair says: “E-commerce opportunities will help the employer and employee alike, and member access is up and running ahead of some others. This ease of access should be a key factor from the employer's point of view, as they already represent a series of collection points for the government now.”
Duchart mentions the external fund links as a strong feature.
Ward, on the other hand points to the lifestyle strategy, saying that it is useful for the automatic approach to normal retirement date.
Turning to the investment options available, the panel has varying degrees of enthusiasm.
Duchart says: “Acceptable for most vanilla flavour personal pension plans.”
Ward is a little more positive: “Good range of funds with external fund managers adding to choice and competing with self invested personal pensions. However, limited to six external fund links – again not shown in literature.”

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The Dallas Cowboys have a tough decision to make on star wide receiver Amari Cooper’s future with the franchise. I say it is a tough decision, for some, the decision seems pretty straightforward. By some, I mean ESPN’s, Dan Orlovsky.
Earlier today, Orlovsky boldly exclaimed that not only ”can” the Cowboys move on, but they “should”. The former NFL quarterback did not stop there with the controversial comments. Here are Orlovsky’s complete thoughts on the situation.
“They’re (the Cowboys) better with two tight ends on the field. And certainly keeping Dalton Schultz over Amari Cooper is more important for their offense.”
You can watch Orlovsky explain his thoughts below.
.@danorlovsky7 thinks the Cowboys "can and should" trade Amari Cooper 👀
"They're better with two tight ends on the field. And certainly keeping Dalton Schultz over Amari Cooper is more important for their offense." pic.twitter.com/A9oq5CHq1p
— NFL on ESPN (@ESPNNFL) March 1, 2022
Orlovsky’s remarks will certainly make you scratch your head. After all, Cooper has been one of the more dominant wide receivers in the NFL over the past several seasons.
If Cooper is in fact dealt by the Cowboys, the deal would likely not be made until the NFL draft has arrived in late April.
Roll Tide Wire will continue to monitor Amari Cooper’s situation in Dallas.
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There is a glimmer of hope for subsistence farmers in most parts of the country as this year’s crop outlook is showing signs of positive output despite hitches experienced at the onset of the growing season, according to agriculture experts.
Principal Secretary for Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, Gray Nyandule-Phiri, said on Thursday in an interview that the officers are right now in the field conducting the first round crop assessments for 2018/19 and results might be out in the first week of February.
The results of the first round crop estimates provide early warning signals on national food security for policy makers to make informed decisions regarding impending food situation.
But out of the country’s eight agricultural development divisions (ADDs) we talked to over the week, five painted a brighter picture of the crop situation, saying unless something weird happens, there is potential for a bumper harvest.
“So far so good,” saidShire Valley ADD programmes manager Taurayi Mlewa. “At least, there is hope for farmers in the Lower Shire because the crop situation is really promising compared to last year this same period. Lower Shire is known for floods disaster but the situation as of now remains tolerable,” he explained.
Kasungu ADD (George Kapelemera), Karonga ADD (Aggrey Kamanga), Lilongwe ADD (Sheila Kang’ombe) and Benati Banda of Machinga ADD painted the same picture.
Said Kang’ombe: “Although we have been experiencing floods, they have not been devastating. So comparing to same time last year, there is big hope but we don’t know about the coming days.”
Kapelemera said a number of farmers under Kasungu ADD accessed coupons and applied fertiliser in good time; hence, “the crops’ tone is very good and there is very big hope.”
On his part, Kamanga said they would be conducting first round crop estimates next week but in general terms “the crop situation in Chitipa is very promising but in Karonga it is still young because we plant late due to raining patterns.
“We hope we will not have the long dry spells which normally come late January and early February but as it is we might have a bumper crop this year.”
Farmers Union of Malawi (FUM) president Alfred Kapichira Banda also expressed optimism that “all things being equal” farmers will smile.
“The other satisfying aspect is that most farmers now use certified seeds and also follow rainfall patterns in their respective areas. So farmers have great anticipation,” he said.
National director of Civil Society Agriculture Network (Cisanet) national director Pamela Kuwali observed that from the information they have, the maize fields were promising because the weather conditions have been favourable and if the rainfall pattern continues “indeed we must expect good harvest.”
“Our advice to farmers is that they must do their best to take care of their crops for maximum harvest. Beyond that, farmers must begin to prepare for managing their harvest to avoid any post-harvest losses,” she said.
The 2018/19 farming season has been characterised by serious hitches in some areas ranging from farmers’ delays to access seed and fertiliser coupons after government suspended the exercise, floods and emergence of a viral disease called maize lethal necrosis which is said to have originated from Peru in 1973.
The promising crop outlook so far comes against the background of a reported 28.4 percent plunge in production last year against the national consumption requirement of 3.1 million tonnes. The country last year only produced 2 697 959 MT of maize against 3 464 139 MT during the 2016/17 farming season.
Last year, the survey’s first round assessment results of the national maize production gave a projection of 3 820 712 MT which was slightly higher than the country’s maize requirements for human consumption but the final output dropped by 28.4 percent.
According to the Ministry of Agriculture, Irrigation and Water Development, last year’s maize output declined because of combined effects of prolonged dry spells and the invasion of fall army worms that rendered about 3.3 million Malawians food insecure.
Nyandule-Phiri however urged farmers to continue taking care of their crop and ensure they visit their fields regularly because of the fall army worms, which he said, have so far been detected in all the districts across the country.
“The earlier they are detected the better and the regular checks in their fields will assist us to control them easily. As of now, fall army worms are almost in all the districts across the country but the levels are on the lower side.
“Actually, we have pesticides distributed across the country in all our extension planning areas (EPAs) and for those that have money can buy them in agro-dealers such as Agriculture Trading Company, Farmers Organisation Limited and Farmers World,” he said.
A consensus forecast produced by the 22nd Southern African Regional Climate Outlook Forum (Sarcof) in Zambia in September 2018 indicates that Malawi, just like other Southern African Development Community (Sadc) region countries will receive erratic rainfall in the 2018/19 agricultural season.
And commenting on the issue, an agriculture expert and former Cisanet national director Tamani Nkhono-Mvula observed that the crop is really good and if the rains continue the maize harvests will be very good. However, he noted that the challenge is that the drought we have experienced in the past four years has been the dry spells that come early or mid February.
“That is the most important period in maize production because that is when maize starts tasselling ussling and requires continuous supply of water and that period is when we have dry spells, so let us wait and see,” he said.
Last year, the survey’s first round results of the national maize production gave a projection of 3 820 712 metric tonnes which was slightly higher than the country’s maize requirement, but the final output dropped by 28.4 percent. na

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14 Nov 2020
Sitanun Satsaksit, sister of missing activist-in-exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit, is travelling to Cambodia to testify in her brother’s case, says Amnesty International.
3 Nov 2020
Missing activist-in-exile Siam Theerawut’s friends and family gathered for Siam’s 35th birthday on Saturday (31 October), as his fate remains unknown.
5 Oct 2020
Four months after the disappearance of activist-in-exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit, last seen in Phnom Penh, his family is still searching for answers as there has been no progress in the investigation into his abduction.
1 Sep 2020
On the occasion of the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, our organizations call on the governments of Cambodia, Laos, Thailand, and Vietnam to adequately investigate all cases of enforced disappearances in their respective countries, determine the fate or whereabouts of the victims, and ensure the victims’ families have effective access to justice and receive adequate reparations.
1 Sep 2020
On the International Day of the Victims of Enforced Disappearances, the student activist group Spring Movement and Amnesty International Thailand organized the “Separation/(Silence)” exhibition at the 14 October Memorial in memory of victims of enforced disappearances in Thailand.
29 Aug 2020
Expressing profound concern over reports of enforced disappearances that have continued in a number of countries across South-East Asia, the UN Human Rights Office is urgently calling on States in the region to criminalize this egregious act and to prioritize ratification of the International Convention for the Protection of All Persons from Enforced Disappearance.
29 Jul 2020
Hear from friends and colleagues of missing activist-in-exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit about enforced disappearance, his abduction, and Wanchalearm as they have known him.
19 Jul 2020
The Cambodian authorities have denied any knowledge about the disappearance of Thai activist in exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit, claiming that Wanchalearm did not make any further visa renewal request after his visa expired on 31 December 2017, and that no Cambodian agencies have any additional information about his disappearance other than what has appeared in news reports.
9 Jul 2020
The family of missing activist in exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit has filed a complaint with the Cambodian authorities calling for legal proceedings against the group of armed people who abducted Wanchalearm.
24 Jun 2020
The family of missing activist in exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit has filed a complaint with the Thai Office of the Attorney General, the Ministry of Justice’s Rights and Liberties Protection Department, and the National Human Rights Commission (NHRC), calling for an investigation into his disappearance, while also preparing to file a complaint with the Cambodian police.
18 Jun 2020
The Thai government’s inadequate response to the enforced disappearance of pro-democracy activist Wanchalerm Satsaksit demonstrates its failure to protect human rights defenders and other dissenting voices, Asian Forum for Human Rights and Development (FORUM-ASIA) and Asia Democracy Network said today.
16 Jun 2020
Six people who participated in the demonstration in front of the Cambodian Embassy last Monday (8 June) to call for the authorities to address the disappearance of activist in exile Wanchalearm Satsaksit have been summoned by the police on Emergency Decree charges, said Thai Lawyers for Human Rights (TLHR).


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Resisting the gig economy: the emergence of cooperative food delivery platforms
In the UK seven million people from working households are in poverty, and real wages have seen a 10.4% drop in the last decade (more than anywhere else in Europe). At the same time the 1,000 wealthiest people in the country got richer by billions after Brexit.
Platform companies are helping to widen the gap between rich and poor by paying poverty wages while producing bubbles with unjustifiably high asset prices and low productivity. Alisher Usmanov, the fifth richest man in Britain, initially made his money from mining steel and iron ore but has now grown his fortune by investing in companies such as Spotify and Airbnb. Deliveroo doesn’t own its restaurants or employ its riders, but is worth more than the UK’s second biggest food chain Wetherspoons.
Deliveroo saw its losses increase by over 300% in 2017. But that didn’t stop its founder giving out £4.5 million in share bonuses to directors and treating himself to a generous 22.5% pay rise, all while Deliveroo’s riders are denied a minimum wage, sick leave and holiday pay. With profits from share ownership going to a small minority, coupled with stagnating wages, the wealth gap between labour and the owners of capital in the economy is ever diverging. It’s time to think not just about a fair share of income but also fair distribution of ownership, something cooperative food delivery platforms could be a leading example of.
Couriers in Europe
After the first strikes of UK Deliveroo riders in 2016, mobilisations rippled through to France, Spain and Germany, Italy, Belgium and the Netherlands, with strikes taking place in Bologna only two weeks ago. In Germany couriers began organising with the anarcho-syndicalist Free Workers Union (FAU) last year.
The FAU provided a horizontal and open space for the Deliverunion campaign to flourish, mobilising over 100 riders to direct action and winning a pay bonus per km. With no paid staff or organisers, support came from members from other sections, such as primary school teachers and carers, a reminder that unions don’t act or make decisions in themselves but that workers act in their name and with their resources.
The FAU union has gathered a group of developers to create its own online platform, where riders can login to discuss what to include in their collective agreement and vote on it. This tool allows couriers to take an active part in developing demands and making decisions without having to be physically present at union meetings. It is also a mobilising tool, to vote on strike actions and spread messages across the workforce quickly. If digital platforms can connect customers and couriers on demand, then this is an example of how they can be used by unions to help organise “fragmented” workers.
The potential of cooperative digital platforms
This collaborative culture fostered among organised couriers is the first step to be able to co-develop their own food delivery platforms. That is the idea behind “coopcycle.org”, an open source food delivery app licensed under the peer-to-peer foundation and co-operatively managed by its developers and any riders who want to use it. A forum of food couriers from across Europe are planning to implement it in France and Germany, while riders in Spain are on the verge of launching their own cooperative version of the Deliveroo app in Barcelona.
These co-owned delivery platforms could offer a meaningful business alternative to Foodora, Deliveroo, Uber Eats and co where the profits of the company go to those who are actually “driving” it, and where workers can enjoy better working conditions, safe contracts, sick pay, holidays and above all, respect. Co-ownership wouldn’t just mean sharing the profits, it would also mean democratic governance and accountability, as well as transparency on the use of workers’ data, and the functions of the algorithms that dictate couriers’ day to day work.
A cooperative business could also offer competitive prices. While Deliveroo charges an extortionate 30% to restaurants for each order, a cooperative model could reduce this charge once core costs are covered. For example, once an order reaches over £15 the cooperative has made enough to cover the rider’s wage and other outgoings, meaning orders over that amount could become cheaper.
These cooperatively run food delivery platforms would present a different vision from that of Silicon valley, a radical move away from the obsession of attracting venture capital to make short term speculative profits for a rich few. The platform economy isn’t going anywhere anytime soon, and monopoly digital platforms are further reducing workers’ slice of the pie. But examples emerging from Spain, France and Germany show how the power of unions and cooperatives can be combined to push back against gig employers, and offer a glimpse of hope for the future of delivery platform work.


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Donald Trump prepares to meet presidential candidate Gov. Rick Perry while also weighing an independent run for president.
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(CNN) - Whether you agree or disagree with his stance, you have to give Texas Gov. Rick Perry credit for sticking to his guns on some sensitive issues that many tea party and other conservative Republican activists actively oppose.
I’m talking about his support in Texas for in-state tuition rates for children of illegal immigrants and for a mandate to provide the HPV vaccine for young girls to prevent them from developing the sexually transmitted infection that can lead to cervical cancer.
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In Part I of our interview with cover girl Felicia Day, we talked about her music, her background, and her first work with Joss Whedon. In Part Two, we move on to her show The Guild, and to what Ms. Day is doing today. Dr. Horrible … was not your first foray into web-casts; you [...]
Our August Man of the Month, Gavin Creel, is a Broadway song and dance man with a message, and a wicked sense of humor. He’s currently singing, dancing, and crawling over the audience, as Claude in the Tony award winning revival of the musical Hair Gavin, please tell our readers a bit about yourself? How [...]
Before I moved to Boston six years ago for graduate school, I’d never lived anywhere but Michigan. I grew up in a suburb just south of Detroit and went to college in Ann Arbor. And when I think of Michigan, besides my family and friends, I mostly miss the food. I miss Vernors ginger ale, [...]
Five years ago, my husband and I drove from California to Texas. As we drove a good portion of the length of California, and then across the Mojave desert, I kept a journal, which I eventually turned into a piece of creative nonfiction for a contest. It was during that trip that I also returned, [...]
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Thursday, June 7, 2012
Recipe: Rhubarb Simple Syrup
Rhubarb Simple Syrup
At yesterday’s distribution, there was a lot of talk about what to do with this week’s rhubarb. With those beautiful strawberries, you could make a pie, crumble, or jam, which would be tasty. But if you are limited in time, or just want something simple, this syrup might be just the thing. I made a lot of it last summer, and it was always a hit. It stores for months in the fridge too.
The syrup can be mixed with seltzer water for a fresh rhubarb soda, or for a more adult beverage, use it with white rum, lime, and mint in a mojito; fresh lime juice and tequila for a margarita; or with vodka and seltzer.
1 1/2 cups of rhubarb, roughly chopped
1 cup of sugar
1 1/2 cups of water
Place the ingredients into a medium sized pot. Bring water to a boil, then reduce heat to a simmer and cook for an additional 15 to 20 minutes. Let cool, then strain into a jar. Store in the fridge.
*Don’t throw away the strained solids! They are great stirred into greek yogurt or oatmeal for breakfast, or spooned over ice cream for dessert.

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(by Shirley McNevich)
1 box Duncan Hines devil's food cake mix
1/2 cup canola oil
1 - 6oz. bag Nestle's semi-sweet chocolate bits
In a mixer add cake mix, canola oil and eggs--beat until mixed. Remove bowl from mixer--add chocolate bits--stir to mix. Drop by spoonfuls on to greased cookie sheets. Place a pecan half on the top of each cookie. Bake at 350 degrees for 10-12 minutes. Cool 1-2 minutes before removing from cookie sheets. Place cookies on paper towels to cool.


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We all hear that the consumption of lemon water in the morning is healthy, but few of us know the exact benefits of this daily regimen. Drinking warm lemon water on an empty stomach has tons of health benefits.
If you are looking for an easy trick to improve your life and overall health, than look no further. Drinking lemon water first thing in the morning is a pretty simple routine to get into and will have tremendous effects on your overall health.
Lemons are fruits which are extremely rich in numerous nutrients that provide healthy properties. They improve the immunity, stimulate weight loss process, stimulate digestion, and control the pH levels of the body. Yet, lemon water provides even greater results than any other prescribed medications for treatment of the health problems listed below:
The consumption of lemon water in the morning on an empty stomach provides various health benefits.


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A very important part of the day – Lunch!
Lunchtime is a very busy time at school. Most pupils have a school lunch which is prepared in our kitchen.
At Riverside every child in every year group has the opportunity to have a free school lunch. This has been a Southwark initiative for some years now.
Alternatively you can bring your own lunch – but there are rules! We are a Healthy School and so all our lunches follow the healthy eating guidelines.
If you have a school meal you will have a wide choice to choose from. There are meat, fish and vegetarian choices or you may choose a sandwich. There is a salad bar every day, which is very popular.
Our desserts are worth waiting for – there is a choice of fresh fruit, yoghurt or cheese and biscuits every day or you may prefer the dessert of the day which ranges from fruit salad to sponge and custard.
If there is something you would like to try, just ask the cook and she will help you – it’s nice to try new things. But whatever you choose, don’t forget to eat your vegetables……
To see the latest lunch menu, just visit that page option from the drop down menu.
If you prefer to have a packed lunch that’s fine too as long as you follow the rules. You are allowed to bring:
- a sandwich or maybe something your parent has cooked (e.g. pasta/rice dish)
- one drink which must be water or milk
- fresh fruit and vegetables
For a dessert you can choose to bring ONE of the following:
- a yogurt (but not one with chocolate or sweet sprinkles!)
- a sugar-free dessert
- one small packet of crisps.
BUT you are not allowed to bring:
- sweets or chocolate
- fizzy drinks or milk shakes
- jelly or sugary desserts
- more than one dessert.


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Sure, the Met Ball is all about the dresses (dresses, dresses, DRESSES), but there were some especially gorgeous hair and makeup looks last night on the red carpet as well. Here are my five top picks you guys just *can't *miss.
Look 1: Amber Heard's Old Hollywood pinned-up waves and red lips.
Look 2: Claire Danes' voluminous hair and cat eye.
Look 3: Camilla Belle's vampy look.

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"CARD AND TAG SWAPS "
Good morning to you all from a very dull and wet Cambridgeshire . Today i am sharing my August card and tag swaps for the group i am in on FB called "Dawns card swap"
Its a very warm, friendly and welcoming group where we share al our hints, tips and inspiration . And we are all there for each other when we need support.
This months card swap is Glitter , glamour and bling . So plenty of sparkle . We all love playing around with glitter and making the whole house sparkle as it always seems to get every where !!!!
"Plenty of sparkle"
The "cute" Tag was made using my items from the "Forever friends " collection .
My "crafty" tag was made using a set of free stamps . ( yes you have guessed by now i do love a freebie )I made the backing papers myself using my Do-crafts Digital design studio. I have wrapped cotton around my stamper cotton reel for a better effect.
The card below is a quick card i made just for fun using stampin up products . The swallows however are by sizzix .
Hope you all have enjoyed looking through some of my work and i would love to hear your comments . If you would like to be part of "dawns card swap " please feel free to join. We all love to craft!!!
Love & hugs


The lead singer of Bullet For My Valentine wants to collaborate with Metallica – and has admitted he’s ready and waiting for them to get in touch.
In a cheeky interview with NME.com, Matt Tuck said he believes the two groups “could make beautiful heavy metal together”. Directly addressing the metal legends’ lead singer James Hetfield, he put out the call, saying “boys, let’s make it happen. I’m here, I’m ready when you are”, though there’s a slight chance his appeal was tongue-in-cheek!
The Welsh rocker also said he’d love to show fans round his home town of Bridgend in west Wales. “I’ll show anyone around,” he said, singling out the town’s kebab houses as a particular treat. You can watch the interview here:
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Tuck, who is also the rhythm guitarist for the multimillion-selling four-piece, promised that he’d be game for a bit of karaoke with anyone who found him at it.
“If you catch me at karaoke, I’m probably very drunk and I’ll sing karaoke with anybody. If you’re up for it, I’d love to do that with you,” he joked.
Making his opinions clear on the American political scene, he confessed that the person he’d least like to be trapped on a desert island with is the extreme Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump, “because he’s a douche”. He has more time for Barack Obama, however, admitting that he’d like to trade places for a day, to see what goes on behind the scenes.
Lucky for the Donald, Tuck confessed to being “a lover not a fighter”, and said he wouldn’t want to have a fight with anyone.
His band recently signed a major new worldwide deal with Search And Destroy/Spinefarm Records. They’re about to embark on a massive tour of Japan and the US, following the release of their fifth album ‘Venom’ in 2015.


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I love these potatoes. They look fancy, but are oh-so-easy and definitely delicous. And you can tailor them to your tastes with different seasonings, so each person’s potato could be ‘custom-created’!
First you need to cut very thin slits (no more than 1/4 inch) in your potato, being careful not to cut all the way through the potato. An easy way to do this is to place two wooden spoons on either side of the potato and cut down until you reach the spoons. They will act as your “guide”. (You might not be able to cut all the way down to the spoon on the ends, depending on the shape of your potato).
Now, peel a clove of garlic and cut it into very thin slices.
Place a slice of garlic inside a few slits of each potato. I try to put at least 4 or 5 garlic slices in each potato…we really love garlic!
Now, brush the top of the potato with softened butter.
Spirnkle with your favorite seasoning. I just used pepper and coarse salt this time, but any seasoning would work: Rosemary, Thyme, Cajun Seasoning, Onion powder, etc.
Bake at 425 degrees for 40 minutes, or until tender.


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This magnificent hen-shaped statuette belongs to a refined series of unique designs, each distinguished by a stunning handmade decoration of strong visual impact. It is crafted of ceramic on a lathe and then shaped by hand and painted with contrasting tones of gray, purple, orange, and black.
• Material: Ceramics
• Dimensions (in): W 10.63 x D 5.12 x H 6.69
• Dimensions (cm): W 27 x D 13 x H 17
• Handmade In Italy


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I have a new picture book on the way! Road Work Ahead
This one has been a lo-o-o-ong time coming. I started it when my son was 2…and now he’s 27! When he was 2, he loved to look at all of the trucks and machines along the road, so I started snapping pics for him, and made him a “look book” that later turned into a picture book. I loved that book, so I kept rewriting it, and sending it out…and now 25 years later, it’s a book you can hold in your hand.
The publisher, Regina Hayes, asked me to write a new beginning and ending, so we knew why the little boy was on the road looking at all of the road work. It also added a who, by showing us the little boy before he got into the car. I needed all 6 Ws (who, what, when, where, why and how) to make it a story, not just a list of machines along the road. Stories sell, but lists…well, not so much. Adding 2 short stanzas made it work. (A good editor can see what your story needs and give you the push you need to make it work!)
So I added my mother and her famous homemade oatmeal cookies to the book. (We used to eat them right after they came out of the oven. Yum!) Driving to Grandma’s house for fresh, warm, homemade oatmeal cookies is definitely a reason to keep going despite all of the traffic delays due to the work along the road. And when you get to eat them at the end of the book, ah, sweet reward!
Jannie Ho, the illustrator, and I, have created a Road Work Ahead Facebook page, and we post a new link with news, updates, or activities for kids there each week. This week I posted a link to the August 1st Publishers Weekly review.
Here’s a snippet of the PW review: A batch of Grandma’s homemade oatmeal cookies beckons, but for this backseat narrator, the sights and sounds along the road to her house are equally compelling: “Road work ahead./ Move over. Go slow./ Jackhammers crack./ Look at them go.”
(Notice how the change I made is mentioned in the review! The quoted text is the original beginning of the story. I had jumped too far into the action. What worked better was taking a few steps back and letting the reader know who the narrator was and why he was on the road in the first place. As I always say, “Writing is rewriting!” And a good editor makes ALL the difference!)
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Study hall was where I honed my skills as a bully. And since I was weaker and less socially adept than almost everyone, my bullying was relegated to a single individual, Bryan. Now, I didn’t beat him up or call him names. I just pestered him. In that middle school library, not long after we had taken our seats at the same small round table, I would start talking with him. Truth be told, Bryan was one of my only friends in the Study Hall, so I didn’t have much choice but to talk to him, except that we weren’t supposed to talk. So, I would whisper at him, I suppose. I would ask him questions and tell him things about what was going on in my life, and I expected him to respond. But, he never responded to my satisfaction. He never put forth a full-throated response. So, after a while, I started telling him to use his “real voice” as if the one he was using was fake and dishonest. I kept trying to get him to speak more and more clearly.
Bryan was nothing if not shy, and I thought that perhaps I could get him to snap out of it by simply bothering him enough. I figured if I got in trouble enough for talking and moved around from his table enough for cracking us both up that he would just have to take notice and say something “real.” This didn’t work out so well. He remained silent up until he skipped town a month before High School graduation to go be with someone who did understand his quiet and unassuming attitude toward everything. Not that we were that close by then. He had gotten enough in that study hall to know that being bullied into saying something real isn’t an option.
The bullying hasn’t stopped, though. I still pester people to say things with their “real voices.” I gently nudge people to blog. I pull people into conversations that they weren’t previously a part of in an e-mail thread. I outright call for participation on twitter. When people have been away for a significant length of time from posting or engaging in the community that I believe they are a part of, I call them on it. I ask them where their next podcast is. I continue to call for more writing and creating, even as they are just going about their normal existence.
It has become an even stronger belief that silence isn’t an option online. If you aren’t continually crafting a message, then there is something very wrong with you. And while I live that every day, it is becoming more and more clear that silence should be a choice afforded to all people. It should be okay to simply drop off the radar, if only for a little while. It should be accepted that some people are more shy than others, and it doesn’t mean that they will have less friends on Facebook, it means that they may not be on Facebook at all. It means that their digital footprint might be so light as to be washed away from a single high tide.
We preach that posting and creating is almost a civic duty in today’s society, but what about those people who really are content to speak only when they have to and only speak to those who matter to them? Shouldn’t they have the right to not engage in the public creation of content? Is forcing them to start up a blog or participate in a wiki really such a good idea?
While I do not think that my bullying is why Bryan left Ohio for Florida, I do think that our collective bullying was. I think that everyone is feeling pressure to speak authentically and without reservation about their lives and post status updates every few minutes. With this pressure comes the fact that many people cannot live up to that ideal of transparency. And when they figure out that this pressure doesn’t exist everywhere, they will run to those places that do exert it over everyone. I believe that a social networking backlash is coming incredibly soon, if it hasn’t started already.
This backlash will be all of the kids/people who can’t stomach the empty friendships and connections. It will be the quiet folks who don’t need the constant noise and chatter of a news feed. They will form their own spaces in the real world and they will shut themselves out of everything that has to do with a technology-based relationship. Some may refuse to own a cell phone or be reachable by anything other than meeting in person. They will be silent to all but their own “kind.”
And while I will respect their choices to live away from the pressure of the “What are you doing?” and “Where are you?” questions, I think that society will be missing out on their contributions. Not in the sense that we will miss out on their status updates, but rather that we will miss out on their presence and their gentle pressure back, reassuring us that we don’t have to be posting all of the time. Just as I believe that we need to make our online spaces more hospitable to those who would rather not speak up, they should continue to provide us with the value of choosing our words carefully. Silence should be an option, both in study hall and on the internet.
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Steps On Writing A Narrative Essay
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Being organized and staying true to the aim of your narrative essay is one other necessary issue for the success of your writing. It begins by describing what can and cannot be accomplished inside a narrative essay, and then goes on to give you a step-by-step method for writing your essay. Thus, a writer can discover a vast record of various task subjects which are appropriate for a narrative essay.
To write a panoramic narrative essay rapidly, allow us to introduce you essentially the most compelling step-by-step sequence: 1. Preparation Before your creative course of truly begins, it’s best to study a bit extra concerning the general requirements inherent in this kind of the paper, select the subject, and acquire some related information to make use of it because the reference.
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There are three important elements to the structure of a narrative essay. Of utilizing MLA eighth version style from Purdue University’s Online Writing Lab. It is important details be expressed properly as they show the that means of those occasions in your life and helps the reader somewhat develop an emotional connection to the event. Making a timeline for the narrative will help the details and storyline to stream with ease.
It will assist your readers gain extra management over the method, particularly when every step is limited in time. Additionally, you will notice that the steps for writing a story essay are different from the steps you’re taking when writing an expository essay due to the totally different style and language you use. Listed below are some clues about writing a course of essay.
It is not easy to write a improbable story from the begin to the top with no preparation and that is the rationale it’s essential make a draft and polish it till you’re sure the end result meets all of the conditions. Pantsing or writing by the seat of your pantsâ€ is the place you take a personal narrative essay matter and begin writing about it from starting to the end.
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Whereas the core of our unit is the prompts, mentor texts and contest, we additionally provide extra assets to encourage and support academics, together with lesson plans and nice concepts from our readers around private narrative writing. As a place to begin, you would possibly need to think about some essential experiences in your life which have actually impacted you, both positively, negatively, or each.
Narrative writing pointers advocate beginning your narrative essay examples with an attention-grabbing quote, fact or even a question. The beginning of your narrative ought to either inform the reader or allude to the expertise you may be describing and the way you’re feeling about it. For example, if your opening sentence is, “It was the worst day of my life,” the reader already knows something about your standpoint.
It offers links to each the APA and the MLA formatting and style guides. It should help the readers understand your story higher. This is what professional writers do. They be certain that they get the technical job right earlier than writing. This sort of essay requires college students to offer a abstract of the literature, after which it is utilized to the coed’s own life experiences.
The first step of writing a profitable profile essay is studying different profile essays. Source: Purdue On-line Writing Lab. Say how you have got come to it; if you’re experienced, provide your readers with exciting and memorable particulars. The second is to write a story of events – typically beginning with the delivery of a person – with a half-hearted try at. There isn’t any good technique to start this story.
We are an Essay Writing Service with professional writers who ship high-quality unique custom essays at an inexpensive worth. The power to buy analysis narrative College Essays Customized. Have them share your experience and take one thing away from it. The most effective stories are all the time the ones that teleport the reader out of their consolation zone. Briefly, a story is any story advised in first-particular person through the recounting of a sequence of occasions.
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PEORIA, Ill -- A local organization electronically connects hospitals in Central Illinois to provide better patient care through health records.
Central Illinois Health Information Exchange now includes all OSF hospitals.
That means every hospital in Peoria, Bloomington-Normal, Decatur and Campaign-Urbana can more easily access a patient's health history.
Dr. Gail Amundson says patients and family members have had difficulty in the past when health records were lost in the system.
"This unlocks it, basically with all of the privacy and security that we all want... patient permission. It provides to the doctor taking care of the patient that day a summary of information from all the different places that patient has been," said CEO of Quality Quest for Health of Illinois Dr. Gail Amundson.
Dr. Amundson says the incorporation of all Central Illinois hospitals could even mean no more filling out new paperwork before each doctor visit.


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Born Erik Weisz in Budapest in 1874, Houdini grew up an impoverished Jewish immigrant in the Midwest and became world-famous thanks to talent and ferocious determination. In his new book, acclaimed biographer Adam Begley tracks the restless magicians wide-ranging exploits and asks: What kind of man was this?|
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VOYAGER ANNOUNCE UPDATES TO FEBRUARY AUSTRALIAN HEADLINE TOUR.
Voyager are going ahead with the rescheduled dates for their Australian headline tour, which will now happen in February 2021. The full list of newly confirmed dates can be found below. However, instead of a headline Brisbane performance, Voyager will now join forces with COG, Redhook, Osaka Punch and more for The Other Festival, being held on the same night.
Tickets now on sale via Ticketmaster.com.au
Vocalist Danny comments on the tour:
“You know what helps build something more than waiting? Waiting some more! So just as we were super excited to tour “Colours in the Sun” around Australia in 2020, we are at least twice as excited to bring it to you in 2021. We are going to be raring to burn off those isolation pounds on stage and bring you a smorgasbord of pent up Voyagerisms; more than ever, live music will have a whole new meaning and I can’t wait to see everyone’s smiles, some new 80s hairdos and some inflatable keytars – Runaway until 2021 Australia, see you very very soon.”
12 Feb 21 Perth (AU) Badlands
13 Feb 21 Brisbane (AU) The Other Festival (w/ COG, Osaka Punch, Redhook)**
19 Feb 21 Adelaide (AU) Jive
20 Feb 21 Melbourne (AU) Stay Gold
26 Feb 21 Sydney (AU) Crowbar
27 Feb 21 Canberra (AU) Fiction Club***
** – The Other Festival on sale Friday 18th December (Fans who held tickets for The Zoo will get a 20% discount on tickets to the festival)
*** – Canberra venue changed to Fiction, tickets are transferrable.
VEEPS SHOW EXTENDED
Australia’s premiere progressive metal act Voyager recently performed an online show, inspired by the legislation that was passed in Australia that prevented them from touring their latest album, ‘Colours in the Sun’. The show was initially taken down on November 1st, but due to popular demand the show has been put back online for fans who wished to watch again, and for those who missed out.
If there is one word to describe VOYAGER’s most current form, it is colourful. After years of evolution and amassing worldwide influences that mould the Perth quintet’s unique sound, VOYAGER have truly come into their own in recent years, crafting a path of success both on and off stage. The genre-transfiguring act blend new-romantic and 80’s infused vocals, keytar solos, technical yet melodic fretwork, groovy bass and bombastic drumming efforts. All of which make VOYAGER the pop/prog/power/rock/metal force that they are renowned as today.
WHAT THE MEDIA SAY
“Every song on this record is killer.” – The Music AU’s Album of the Week
“Colours in the Sun is phenomenal! If you enjoy both synth pop and metal, get the fuck in here.” – Metalsucks
“Another leap forward for a band ready for the big time.” – Metal Hammer
“It’s a monster!! Massive riffs, math-rock sensibility and 80s pop hooks. What more could you want?” – Prog Magazine
“They are doing no wrong in my books, they are on top of their game. When an artist in general finds their voice, this is what Voyager have done on this album”.– Mitch Alexander, Triple J
VOYAGER’S RECENT ACHIEVEMENTS
‘Colours in the Sun’ was recently the winner of The Independent Music Award in the Rock/Hard Rock Album category. The record was released in November of 2019 and landed a coveted #1 placement on the Australian Independent Albums chart! ‘Colours in the Sun’ also debuted at #7 on Independent Label Albums as well as #27 on Official iTunes Australia.
ICYMI: Earlier this year, VOYAGER‘s music video for “Runaway” was exclusively premiered via ‘Eurovision – Australia Decides!’ Following an application via the Song Portal, the band finally received recognition for submitting a track and were paid tribute on the live television broadcast that aired on Saturday, February 8 on the Gold Coast.


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Under a rule proposed today, the GSEs will switch from using the number of units in multifamily properties financed annually by each institution to the percentage of units financed.
FHFA last year established benchmark levels for the multifamily housing goals for 2022, citing the pandemic and the potential for unforeseen changes to multifamily market conditions as reasons for sticking to a single year. The proposed goals would be for 2023 and 2024. The agency is not proposing any changes to the underlying criteria that determine which multifamily units qualify for credit.
FHFA acknowledged that its existing methodology does not incentivize
'Today's proposed rule would ensure that each Enterprise's focus remains on affordable segments of the multifamily market and reaffirms FHFA's commitments to its statutory duty to promote affordability nationwide,' said FHFA Director
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Note to Gov. Scott Walker: You should really,really make an effort not to do this face so often in public, because it’s just too easy for bloggers to find images of you looking stupid, forlorn and like you’ve had your ass whipped.
Wisconsin’s District 94 Assembly seat has been held by Republicans for some sixteen years, but last night it was won by a Democrat running a campaign openly disdainful of Gov. Scott Walker and his clownish, heavy-handed attempts to end collective bargaining rights for public employees in the state. Democrat Steve Doyle, a labor-supporter, smashed his opponent, Republican John Lautz in a 54% to 46% bludgeoning. This was a special election, called to replace Mike Huebsch, a GOP incumbent who was appointed Walker’s secretary of administration, and has was seen by many as a symbolic referendum on the unpopular Gov. Walker himself.
If this is anything to go by—and obviously it is with such a lop-sided margin—the statewide effort by progressive activists to remove eight Republican senators just got a major shot in the arm. Every elected Republican in Wisconsin’s government—not the least Scott Walker himself—has to be pissing themselves in terror of what is to come.
So far, the recall effort has been going great, already easily making the quota of signatures for six GOP senators to face recall by Monday’s deadline. You piss in the wind, it comes back to hit you in the face. That’s the way it works. That’s life. That’s karma. The Wisconsin GOP, I think, is going to get what it deserves, a right thrashing! It’s going to be a hot July in Wisconsin, something tells me…
What’s that line about “Don’t quit your day job?” I give Huebsch, like Walker himself, sometime until mid-2012 before he gets thrown on the scrap heap of history with the rest of the Wisconsin Republican party.
If you live in Wisconsin, you can volunteer for the Walker Recall. He has to be in office for one year before a recall against him can come into play, but that gives activists several months to organize a Bronx cheer for this nitwit. If you are from outside of the state, you can donate some money to the Walker Recall efforts at the same site.


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SHORT EXCERPT / DESCRIPTION OF THE PICTURE:The luscious greens covering the trees perfectly align perpendicularly to the linear form of the river in the center of this image. One can hear the sound of water flowing through the river, carrying with it the essence of life and growth. This truly is a scenic sight to behold.
WHAT IS DIY DIAMOND PAINTING BY NUMBERS?
DIY Diamond Painting by Numbers is the new popular creative hobby. Turn a beautiful picture into a shiny and amazing work of art. A fun and easy arts and crafts activity that is guaranteed to be relaxing and stress-relieving. Simply stick the small rhinestone “diamond” gems into its corresponding number, letter, or symbol and create your own beautiful work of art. Frame and hang your finished painting on the wall. It is a unique interior decoration that will make your room come to life. Invite your family and friends over for a shared quality time completing this kit. It’s a great way to catch up and tell stories while doing something fun and fulfilling!
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Now this isn't exactly something that keeps me awake at night, but occasionally the question raises its head - this time as a result of having watched Despicable Me 2. I know it's weird and disturbing, but it has to be said that the animators did a particularly fine job in the creation of Lucy Wilde.
But the existence of sexy cartoon characters is far from being a new phenomenon. Even Betty Boop had a bit of a following back in her day, even with the disproportionately large head that nobody seemed to dare mention.
I think I started noticing these characters pretty early on in life. There was Daphne in Scooby Doo of course, plus Penelope Pitstop, Wilma Flintstone, and possibly one or two of the girls in Captain Caveman. But it wasn't until 'Battle of the Planets' came on TV with Princess flashing her white knickers whenever she was jumping around kicking the crap out of the bad guys that I got 'funny' feelings. I guess I must have been at that age.
More recently though, many of the characters from comic books have been coming to life (in a manner of speaking) with the rise in popularity of 'Cosplay'. This basically involves dressing up as a character from a comic book, video game or movie.
And I'm not talking here about the silly costumes people hire out for fancy dress parties, like the group of blokes I saw in town yesterday who were all dressed up in Bananaman costumes - presumably either on a stag do or off to rob a bank.
Cosplay involves people who like to dress up as a celebration of their hobby, and possibly because they're a bit of a show-off. Mostly they crawl out of the woodwork at conventions like Comicon where the costumes people have created have to be seen to be believed. A few are crude and amateurish, but most are marvellous creations which must have taken serious skill and many hours of work to make.
These events also bring about the realisation that not all comic book geeks are guys, but there are also a great many women who are also heavily into the scene. And some of them wandering around in costume are seriously hot which suddenly makes it seem OK to have a thing about Kasumi from the 'Dead or Alive' video games, because someone has managed to bridge the worlds of fantasy and reality, making one feel slightly less of a freak.

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I could make my life easier by not coloring beforehand… but it makes special effects pop out more.