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Oroville Dam spillway damaged, DWR shuts off water
The Department of Water Resources shut off the flow of water down the Oroville Dam spillway on Tuesday (Feb. 7) after a 250-foot pothole was discovered in the concrete chute. Engineers are investigating the problem, according to a press release.
The DWR said the concrete erosion presents “no anticipated threat to the dam or the public.” Lake Oroville has the capacity to capture the rain forecast to continue through the end of this week, the release notes. The reservoir can hold 3.5 million acre-feet of water and currently contains 2.8 million acre-feet. In other words, it’s about about 80 percent full.
In order to avoid a dramatic reduction in water releases to the Feather River, the DWR has increased flows from the Thermalito Afterbay, a small reservoir downstream from the Oroville Dam.


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Derrick Jamison: A Life Almost Lost
By Carlita Salazar
Derrick Jamison is a reminder as to why the death penalty in this country needs careful and yet urgent reexamination. An article published today on
profiles Jamison—a man who was sentenced to death in 1985 when he was wrongfully convicted of murder in Ohio. After six stays of execution, Jamison was granted a new trial in 2000. A federal judge determined that the prosecutor who worked on Jamison’s case had withheld evidence revealing that Jamison was innocent. In 2005, the charges were dismissed and Jamison became a free man.
Since 1976, 1,418 people from across the country have been executed according to the Death Penalty Information Center. In approximately the same amount of time—since 1977—155 people have been exonerated from death row, reports
(According to the Innocence Project, since 2000, 20 death row exonerations were based on post-conviction DNA testing).
Sadly, while these exonerees now have the advantage of their freedom, for some, their struggle for justice continues.
Jamison, for example, has yet to receive compensation for his wrongful conviction despite Ohio’s statute which can give exonerees $40,330 for each year of wrongful imprisonment, plus lost wages, attorney fees, fines and court costs. Innocence Project data shows that Jamison is not alone; of the 20 DNA exonerees who served time on death row, six (30%) have not been awarded compensation.
In light of all he’s been through, Jamison has become an anti-death row activist. He has spoken in every single death-penalty state in the country in an effort to rid the United States of the death penalty.
“Just to be clear, you know, I’m not just an exoneree, I’m an abolitionist. I got friends who are still inside,” says Jamison. “The death penalty not only kills inmates . . . it kills families.”
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You might remember the obscure pictures of the old abandoned greenhouse we found in the forest at the university (from this post).
We had two highly efficient days of cleaning, destroying, throwing out and removing the old stuff that was ‘living’ inside.
Afterwards, there was another big job of disassembling the steel construction, as it was more or less merged with the forest and firmly hold in place by surprisingly stubborn roots and branches.
Big job, but with a lot of people we won the fight against the old creature and we managed to move it to our own experimental field site. There we rebuilt it for one of my experiments this summer.
Now it is happy and shining again as if it has never been used. The steel bars seem to be truly high quality, as it stands as strong as ever, ignoring the 30 years that have passed since it came into existence.
The field site is now ready for the summer. Next week, I will initiate the experiment and sow the first seeds of the year. Exciting plans!

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Have you been vaccinated? There are more than 20 vaccines available worldwide, some approved by WHO, some home-grown. One such vaccine is the Sputnik COVID vaccine used in nearly 70 countries but has yet to garner the World Health Organization’s approval. Developed by the Gamaleya National Research Center of Epidemiology and Microbiology in Moscow, and also called Gam-COVID-Vac, it was the first COVID-19 vaccine to be registered for use worldwide. As of 28 June, around 15% of Russia’s population of more than 140 million had received one dose of a vaccine.
It will be an understatement if I mention that the virus has locked us all inside our houses. The coronavirus has done phenomenal work of turning our world upside down with the snap of fingers. Phrases like “Physical distancing” “Home-quarantine” and “Wear a mask” have become common since last year. You start running miles away if someone sneezes or coughs. Though people noticed positive and negative impacts due to staying home, the negatives outweighed the positives.
Have you ever had the thought of being able to do something about the virus and bring everything back to normal? Hypothetically, if there were something, like a gun, a sword, or a shooting vaccine, that had the power to kill the virus just like that, we would buy it right away and slay the viruses that made our lives miserable, wouldn’t we? What if I told you there is a play store app that performs exactly as described?
Sputnik VI by Underscore games is an arcade shooting game that you do not want to miss. The app is very small that it gets downloaded quickly. The rule of the game is similar to other games in the genre, shoot the coronavirus and gain your points. This simplistic nature of Sputnik VI will make you fall in love with the game instantly and keep playing for hours together.
Get ready with your superhero costume, pack your bags with as many vaccine syringes as you think you would need, and fly away to space. Suit yourself up with the vaccine injector, start aiming for the slow-moving viruses, and shoot like a pro. Remember, only you can save the people of our earth and the solar system from the lethal virulent strain. The lives of innocent are at stake. Oh wait, they are about to spread galaxies far away too. In the dark universe, the viruses are floating in space, desiring to spread. Use a free-floating syringe and drift right or left to fire at the attacking viruses.
Though the virtual joystick is slow-moving that at times you miss shooting at a virus approaching from behind, the more you play, the more satisfied you will get. What are you waiting for? Download the app now and have the time of your lives.


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7:00pm-12:00am (18 + after 10pm)SPECIAL GUEST MC's: Kisa Von Teasa from Salome Cabaret & J.C. Ratliff from the Black Liver Society
7:00pm - BATERIA APPALACHIA STEAMPUNK PARADE - Meet at Regas Square at 6:30 to take part in Knoxville’s first ever Steampunk Parade
7:15pm - SANDSATION DANCERS - Oriental style belly dance
7:30pm -LIL STEAMPUNK MC
8:00pm - BIZ'CIRQUE - A collection of performers from Ananda - Featuring Appalachian Flow Arts, Claire Metz, Jaia & The Forbidden
8:30pm - THE WING PROJECT - Maria Kateri and Laura Burgamy show us the beauty and grace of Aerial Dance, in true steampunk industrial style
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10:00pm BIZ'CIRQUE FIRE - A theatrical collection of performers including Appalachian Flow Arts, Claire Metz, Jaia Mara and The Forbidden
10:45pm - KNOXVILLE FILMS presents "THIS FIGHT," by Annandale. First time production team STAND took Founders Choice for the Competitive Music Video Award at the 2013 Knoxville Film & Music Festival
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An evaluation and recommendation by a California Energy Commission committee to reject a new natural gas peaker plant in Oxnard provides additional impetus towards the development of a safe, renewable energy system within the region.
On October 5, the two-person committee issued a statement recommending denial of the proposed 262-megawatt Puente Power Project in Oxnard on the grounds that the project would create significant unmitigable environmental impacts and conflicts with several existing laws, ordinances, regulations or standards. The committee also noted a September 29th letter from the California Independent System Operator (CAISO), affirming the technological feasibility of alternative preferred resources and programs such as solar/wind generation, energy storage, energy efficiency and demand response products and services. The City of Oxnard, the World Business Academy and several local environmental groups have been fighting the placement of a new peaker plant on the Oxnard beach and have presented evidence for years to show the proposed plant would harm Oxnard’s coastal wetlands and dunes, and degrade air quality.
Although the committee statement is a recommendation only, and the full five-member Energy Commission could still approve the plant in its final ruling, the issued statement and recommendation by the committee is being seen by opponents of the plant as a strong indication towards its ultimate denial.
“This decision presents an opportunity to create a strategic vision for supplanting the proposed Puente plant with renewable resources. Realization of this opportunity will entail continuous coordination among all interested parties and will require significant political pressure on our elected representatives and state regulatory agencies,” said Rinaldo S. Brutoco, World Business Academy president. He went on to observe, “California’s regulatory agencies are finally realizing that a clean energy future begins now, not tomorrow, so now is the time to act.”
World Business Academy Director of Energy Research Robert Perry added, “Although this decision opens the door towards a permanent energy solution, time is of the essence and citizens and elected officials for both Ventura and Santa Barbara counties must immediately start coordinating on developing commercially viable renewable energy solutions to replace these gas plants. Otherwise, it is entirely possible that a year from now, Southern California Edison will resubmit its proposals to the Energy Commission as the best available solution, and lacking an alternative, the Energy Commission could change its mind.”
In Oxnard, NRG Energy Inc. wants to replace two existing power plants there with the new Puente Power Project, a gas-fired power plant that the city of Oxnard, California Coastal Commission, the World Business Academy and other environmental groups oppose. The World Business Academy has been vigorously opposing the proposed Puente plant for several years on numerous grounds.
The committee’s recommendation follows a three-year fight by the City of Oxnard, local residents, the World Business Academy and other environmental advocates to block the new Puente power plant in hearings before both the California Public Utilities and Energy Commissions. A final ruling by the Energy Commission to reject the gas-fired Puente power plant would be yet another major decision showing that California’s legislature and regulatory agencies are re-evaluating the need for additional natural gas plants across the state and are seriously looking to transition the state towards a more distributed system based on renewable energy resources.
Only a week earlier, the California Public Utilities Commission rejected Southern California Edison’s proposed refurbishment of the aging Ellwood Peaker Plant in Goleta, a proposal fiercely opposed by the World Business Academy. In numerous filings and at public hearings, the Academy asserted that the refurbished plant during a transmission line failure would be forced to operate far beyond is permitted capacity, resulting in high particulate emissions adversely impacting adjacent, densely-populated neighborhoods, businesses and an elementary school for an indeterminate period of time (possibly months) until affected transmission lines/towers could be repaired. In addition, the California Legislature recently passed Senate Bill 338, which requires utilities to develop renewable energy alternatives to gas-fired generation in order to meet peak energy demands.


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Scotland's Anthem performed by "The 5th Queen'S Piper" From the Album "The Gael: Main Theme From the Last of the Mohicans".
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A happy couple played by Julie Delpy and Chris Rock have their lives totally disrupted when her weird French family comes to visit in the new film "2 Days in New York." NY1's Neil Rosen filed the following review.
Five years ago, the writer, director and actress Julie Delpy made a movie called "2 Days in Paris". Now she's back with a sequel of sorts. It's called "2 Days In New York".
Marion, an artsy photographer, played by Delpy and Mingus, a radio talk show show host, played by Chris Rock, are a relatively happy couple who live together in Manhattan with their two kids from previous relationships. Things are just fine until her wacky family comes to visit from France.
There's Marion's troublemaker dad, played by Delpy's real life father, her oversexed sister, who immediately comes on to Rock's character and her sister's inappropriate boyfriend, who brings a drug dealer up to their apartment so he can buy weed, which he does in front of their young kids.
The comedy is played out in very broad terms and Delpy obviously thinks we'll find these characters a lot funnier than they actually are.
Rock plays it straight here, so anyone yearning for his familiar schtick should look elsewhere. But that's not to say that he doesn't do a good job with this different type of role. In fact, he's quite good.
Delpy also has her charms as an actress here, not so much as a director and co-writer and the supporting casting is quite appealing. But as a couple, Rock and Delpy don't have much chemistry.
The material misses more than it hits. It's sort of sitcom-y. But there are some fun moments. The crux of this comedy is predicated on how this French family, overly excited to be visiting New York City, clash culturally, not only with Rock, but with all of the other people that they encounter. But it's not that they're snooty, the way the French are usually depicted by Hollywood. Here they're sort of buffoons.
Overall, good performances trump the just okay material and there are a few laughs.
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Olivia Jade- Biography
Olivia Jade is a well-known American YouTuber. She rose to prominence in 2019 when she surpassed two million followers. She became an influencer in 2014. Olivia is one of the most divisive members of “Dancing with the Stars,” and she has gotten harsh comments from viewers.
What is the Net Worth of Olivia Jade? Salary, Earnings
She was born with a silver spoon, thus the majority of her riches came from her YouTube and Instagram accounts. She works full-time as a lifestyle influencer. Her net worth is currently estimated to be at $2 million. It took her a long time and a lot of hard work to achieve this amount because as an influencer, you only acquire brand deals after you reach a particular number of followers.
Olivia Jade- Birth, Age, Ethnicity, Siblings
Olivia was born on September 28, 1999, to Lori Loughlin and Mossimo Giannulli. Her mother is an actress, while her father is a fashion designer. She was born into a Christian home. Jade has an elder sister named Isabella and a half-brother named Giannia. She graduated from high school in Los Angeles. Marymount High School is where she went to high school. Olivia attended two junior high schools. From kindergarten to sixth grade, she attended John Tomas Dye School. After that, she attended Marlborough School through ninth grade and then went to the University of Southern California for her university education.
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Olivia Jade- Relationship, Boyfriend
Olivia Jade was in a relationship with Jackson Guthy, however, they split up in April 2019. She is currently unattached. She is in a relationship, but she prefers to keep that aspect of her life private and free of judgment. Because she is a well-known celebrity, she receives a lot of questions about her relationship, thus she has chosen to remain silent about it.
Olivia Jade- Professional Career
Olivia Jade was always engaged in extracurricular activities since she was a child. She began her career as an influencer in 2014, while still in high school. She mostly does cosmetics and fashion videos, but she also does daily vlogs. Jade enjoys chronicling her life and sharing it with others so that they can learn and be influenced. After 2019, she began to get a lot of fame and popularity. In 2014, she began negotiating collaborations with major brands like Amazon, Sephora, Tresemme, and Princess Polly. She attempted to register her brands Olivia Jade Beauty and Olivia Jade in 2018, however, her application was denied owing to bad punctuation.
In her YouTube videos, she discusses friendships, relationships, and other aspects of her personal life. Olivia was in a car accident and her car caught fire while she was performing Stevie Wonder’s song “Signed, Sealed, Delivered, I am yours.” Olivia faced further criticism in March 2019 after her parents were arrested for illegally donating funds to her and her sister’s college education. They paid five lakh rupees. She also appeared in a 2016 episode of the show Tap That Awesome App, when she competed for a $5,000 price. In 2021, she will also compete in season 30 of ABC’s Dancing with the Stars.
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Olivia Jade stands 5 ft 4 inches tall and weighs 47 kg. Furthermore, he has Blonde hair and brown eyes.
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Olivia is a social media influencer, so she has a sizable following on Instagram and, of course, YouTube. As of 2022, she has 1.85 million YouTube subscribers. Olivia Jade also has a vlog channel. She has 1.5 million Instagram followers, and her Instagram handle is @oliviajade. Olivia Jade also has a verified Instagram account. She also has tiktok and Snapchat accounts. She recently joined tiktok, which has grown in popularity in recent years.
- Olivia adores animals.
- She worked with Natasha Burton on a video titled “Seven Second Challenges.”

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The Neoliberal Revolution In Eastern Europe
Economic Ideas in the Transition from Communism
Paul Dragos Aligica, Senior Fellow, Mercatus Center, George Mason University, US and Anthony J. Evans, Assistant Professor of Economics, ESCP-EAP European School of Management, UK
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Very few studies have ventured to explore the shift in economic ideas that were such a critical factor in shaping and understanding the East European transition process. Paul Dragos Aligica and Anthony J. Evans have seized upon the potential that this crucial case has to illuminate the larger phenomenon of diffusion and adoption of economic ideas. Two different but related research agendas are developed: the study of the spread of ‘neoliberalism’ as seen from the perspective of Eastern European post-communist evolutions and the study of Eastern European transition as seen from an ideas-centered perspective.

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Geraldine sits at the foot of rolling countryside and is bisected by the tranquil Waihi River. Just 5 minutes from town is a rare remnant of lowland podocarp native forest with breathtaking views over plains and mountains while in the picturesque town you will find many local artists and craftsman's wares for sale plus some fine local foods.
A great place to visit is the Geraldine vintage car and machinery museum. Here you will find a display of over 1400 exhibits from the South Canterbury area including over 100 tractors, 30 vintage and veteran cars plus other items including farm machinery, a very rare Spartan biplane, hot air and stationery engines plus lots more.
At Gem Alpaca Stud you will meet and greet their Alpaca, Llama and sheep. Get in the paddocks with the Alpaca and Llama. See very clearly the difference between the two camelids species. At the right time of year you will also meet the cria (Baby Alpaca/Llama). Your farm visit will take approximately 1 hour.


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Old Quebec: Christmas in Old Quebec City was magical - See 11, 630 traveler reviews, 7, 068 candid photos, and great deals for Quebec City, Canada, at TripAdvisor. Visit Quebec City for an unforgettable adventure.
Discover the best hotels, restaurants and things to do with this highly curated Quebec City travel guide. Lights, decorations, and snow create an enchanting setting like no other within Old Quebec.
No wonder CNN ranked Québec City among the world’s top 10 destinations for celebrating the Holidays! The magic of Christmas in Québec City. Starting at the end of November, Old Québec is transformed into a real Christmas village, just like out of.
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Decorated with lights, covered in snow Quebec attracts the locals and guests to spend more time in the city and enjoy the holiday spirit. Christmas markets, concerts and events create the classic holiday. Quebec City, Canada is a charming European style city, perched on the hill above the mighty St. Laurence River, surrounded by 400-year old ramparts. Quebec City is a delight to visit any time of the year.
With friends or with your special someone, enjoy the magic of the Holiday Season in Québec City. There& # 39; s a flurry of activities in store for you in the city, the suburbs and the great outdoors. What to do During Holiday Season | Christmas in Quebec City, Canada With friends or with your special someone, enjoy the magic of the Holiday.
Where to Spend Christmas in Canada: Quebec City Even if they did nothing at all, Quebec City would still be a great place to spend the holidays, with cobblestone lanes, beautiful and fluffy white snow, and some of the most historic and striking architecture in Canada. If you time your visit right, you might even be able to visit, better yet stay overnight, at the world-famous Hôtel de Glace right outside Quebec City.
The only one of its kind in all of North America, the Ice Hotel encompasses 500 tonnes of ice and 30, 000 tonnes of snow covering just shy of 3, 000 square metres. Dec 2, 2017. Quartier Petit Champlain is so perfect we can't believe our eyes. compete with the holiday charms of Quebec City's Quartier Petit Champlain.
Related: This Wine Train to the 'North Pole' Will Get You in the Christmas Spirit. Place-Royale is ranked# 4 out of 15 things to do in Quebec City. See pictures and our review of Place-Royale. More Best Things to Do in Quebec City. Sightseeing. Take some time to wander. A list of things to do in Quebec City for first-time visitors who want to see and do it all. Includes day trip, food, and coffee recommendations!.
We’ve elected to stay 5 nights including Christmas at the hotel Vieux Quebec. Unfortunately, I have some mobility issues due to a surgically repaired right foot–I limp.
TO EUROPE AND. December is not traditionally a time for tourists in Quebec City and as such it’s a great time to go. Prices are lower, there’s lots to do both inside and out and there’s a real magic to the city – especially with so many Christmas lights and beautiful decorations.
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Here are seven of my favorite events and places to enjoy winter time in this fabulous city! Member Zone Quebec City resonates with history, and nowhere is it most evident than in the Fortifications of Quebec. These restored 17th-century walls, built atop of plunging cliff, tower over the St. Lawrence River. Canada - Quebec City at Christmas time Trip Report - First - thank you to those who provided great information prior to my trip there! ( )Trip Report Quebec City at Christmas time Trip Report.
Today was Christmas Eve, and the city was even more deserted than it was on our arrival day! Chateau Frontenac and the Terrace Dufferin Place Royale Quebec City is divided into an upper town (Haute Ville) and lower town (Basse Ville). Top 10 Best Things About Christmas Time In Montreal 'Tis a great season to be living in this city.

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The 5G revolution is all set to hit the telecommunication sector with a bang. This fifth generation of cellular networks is empowered to bring forth new and critical capabilities in network architecture. There is much more to 5G than merely improving your network connection. It’s bound to create massive opportunities for businesses, society, and even the people at large, all set to deliver ground-breaking solutions.
5G smartphones: A looming threat in aircrafts
While 5G networks are to set the stage for more engaging education, business solutions, and immersive entertainment with sensory experiences, the French Civil Aviation Authority DGAC has warned that the latest generation of 5G smartphones could interfere with and affect aircraft instruments.
The French Agency, in one of its agency reports released in February 2021, warned that passengers on a flight with 5G devices should completely turn off their devices or put them on ‘airplane mode,’ as these devices have the potential to compromise flight safety mechanisms by interfering with aircraft’s altitude instruments. These altimeters are critical to the landing of aircrafts, and the use of 5G phones and instruments on board could lead to potential errors in altitude readings, which measure how close an aircraft flies to the ground level. Sounds scary? It sure is.
Even the representatives from the AIA (Aerospace Industries Association), Aviation Spectrum Resource, GAMA (General Aviation Manufacturers Association), the Airline & Helicopter Pilots Association, Collins Aerospace, and the International Air Transport Association in USA, recently met with FCC, US to voice their concerns and contemplate any changes.
How 5G devices on aircrafts are a cause of concern?
5G services use various spectrum bands, with the 5G frequency band plans being much more complex. 5G will include all existing cellular spectrum and will also extend to a large amount in the sub-6 GHz range spectrum. An additional spectrum will always be required due to physical limitations associated with the current bandwidth and throughput of 4G networks.
5G connectivity networks use a much higher frequency of radio waves in the range of 3 to 300GHz. At the same time, such a high frequency makes it possible for multiple devices to connect in real-time and faster than 4G. However, these waves require more masts at ground level to carry signals as they travel shorter distances.
Thus, plans to use the 5G spectrum for networks are sparking concern among aviation safety experts. They are of the opinion that it could cause signal interference with critical aircraft electronics. In the worst-case scenario, it could affect altimeter readings and could even lead to a plane crash!
Uncertainty and concern related to 5G and aircrafts
Many flights require their passengers and the crew staff to turn off their mobile phones while onboard or keep them in ‘airplane mode’, at least while landing and take-off of the plane. Recently, with the French Civil Aviation Authority (FCAA) issuing a bulletin regarding concerns about 5G devices on the flight, as they can cause errors in instruments critical to aircraft landing, mass uncertainty and concern is brewing up in the international aviation agencies.
The French authority DGAC has even issued guidance in case an aircraft’s equipment disrupts from the usage of a 5G device onboard: the aircrew needs to immediately notify ATCs or the air traffic controllers, with an alert to airport authorities. The DGAC has already issued guidelines for a restricted positioning of 5G base stations at airports to limit the risks of signal interference during flight landing at the French airports.


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Sunbursts and rainbows
Girl chases them like butterflies
Never to be caught.
Even if the one who gives me butterflies doesn’t recognize it. I’m tired of doubting myself and trying to understand what about ME isn’t conforming to their standards.
All of them.
I am enough. In fact, I might just be too much. I’m not missing out on them. They are missing out on me. I’m tired of dulling my glimmer to keep from outshining them. I’m tired of feeling sheepish when they tell me I’m “intimidatingly smart.”
I’m tired of amazing connections being written off because one thing doesn’t immediately “spark” or maybe “someday” someone might want ______insert here_______.
Fear of missing out is bullshit. Cowardice.
I’m a lot, I get it.
I AM ALSO:
Honest to a fault.
I’m good enough to do this.
I’m smart enough to complete that.
I am fucking EXTRAORDINARY.
People have always said that I have “such a great imagination” and it is!
It’s a great imagination! I mean, I have the most amazing dreams and I can draw things and I can remember things and I can visualize and I can mimic and I can create things!!!
…but I can also break my own heart. In fact with this great imagination, I can completely tear my own heart out of my chest, 10 times a day.
I can spend 3 minutes considering possibilities and scenarios that have probably never even crossed another person’s mind; imagining situations that other people might be in, scenarios that other people might have been in, might put me in…
Oh and the conversations I have in my head!
Wow… The subsequent fall out from those imagined interactions.
Oh reverie, what a cold bitch you can be…
I spent a lot of time alone when I was younger…
Out of choice,
Out of necessity,
Out of fear,
Dissociation… my head was my safe space…
I also read a lot; read a lot. I’ve decided that’s probably why I’m the semi functional adult you find here today…I can empathize and imagine reasons for every behavior, even to my own detriment.
That’s probably why I always liked law and social work… huh…
I remember going to school and regaling people with tales about “my friends” from somewhere else, telling my mom about “my friends” at school, and then when questioned, realizing I meant “Oh, I mean this girl, in a book I read”…
Now don’t get me wrong, I appreciate my “Choose your own adventure” brain, I do. I really do.
And honestly, the older I have gotten the more positive the potentials have gotten…
All the various versions of my world… my self imposed variable simulations that I run… they aren’t as dark anymore. Well, mostly not as dark anymore…
Sometimes they’re lovely little scenes that play out and comfort me;
My ability to put myself in other people shoes… to anticipate the next move… word… feeling… it’s a tool. Less a maladaptive coping mechanism now.
Somedays I even think, as I’m sitting at my desk, listening for the differences in one case to the next… struggling to check my bias and my imagination and then an oft random thought, it crosses my mind…
As I’m fake smiling at the person across the room…
Boy, had I the nerve I’d have been an amazing actress…
But I didn’t and I don’t…
In this body?
In this state?
In this life?
This version of myself?
I can convince myself we have a connection… we are meant to speak to each other. This is no coincidence, me being me, and you being you, and being here:
at this time,
in this place,
I have already run the paths, the various iterations of us, the probability, determined the risks to mitigate and the possibilities that we are going to have the most amazing life together.
But, we haven’t even spoken. Not really.
If we passed again on the street… I don’t know if there would even be a glimmer of recognition from you. But me?
Oh, I’d know you. Anywhere. I’ve seen you open your eyes while kissing me. Seen you cry at our first grandchild’s birth. You’ve held my hand while we were given the most heartbreaking news. I’ve watched you grow old, watching me grow old.
I’ve already loved you more fiercely than I’ve loved anything or anyone.
I’ve broken your heart and you’ve broken mine and we came back together so many times we’ve both lost count, because that’s just what we do.
That’s what we do for 33 years. 33 passionate years.
But we haven’t even spoken. Not really, not you.
But me? Well, I’ve got a great imagination.
Ubiquitous coupling of individuals:
dating, seeing, hooking up, hoping…
Such hope, misshapen and oft, mistakenly placed
Among those who could be a catalyst…
For the exchange of energy
A soft place to fall
A mirror for reflection
Can you be trusted?
Can you trust?
Me in a vulnerable place
You in a similar position
Our traumas they resound
Like echoes they attract
Signal like a beacon
Other lost souls
to find their way back
Pain is sensual
An illusion we embrace
But the questions still remains:
Can we hold hands?
Lead each other;
through the forest,
Do we walk toward light
Or retreat back to the dark…
Fear feels safe…
I find it interesting how things NEVER turn out the way you think they will. I feel like humans spend a lot of time anticipating things and the ease with which they will happen some strange day in the future…
As soon as I get out of school;
As soon as I get into school;
As soon as I get married;
As soon as I get divorced;
Or in my case, as soon as my kids grow up and move out.
I have a relationship history, baggage let’s say. due to the fact that I am apparently old… I have more than the average of marriages/divorces under my belt but that average was from before I was 23, I am a very different person now and like ALL OF US, with what I know now, of course I would make different choices. But then, I made some pretty grown up decisions that have somehow, made my life easier then, and decidedly more complicated now. What vexes me is that I always thought it would be easier now.
What I am finding however, is that most everyone within what I find to be a comfortable dating age range either has very young children or wants to have them. Many who approach me right out the gate make it clear they are looking for a stepmom not a partner per se (mostly the freshly divorced). It is frustrating. Not to mention, the job I have now is less than encouraging when it comes to parenting or co-parenting. I see the worst in people as it relates to parenting and children. So, there is that, too.
I could have more children; if I got a $7,500 surgery or did IVF, I have checked into it, as recently as two years ago. I have been curious about it a long time. I was even going to do surrogacy until I turned 37, which is the magic age that makes it unprofitable. I am at a point in my life, professionally, psychologically, financially, etc. that I would probably be a really good parent (not to say I wasn’t before, but hey money and education really do help.) I envy some of my friends who are just having their first. My family members, too. Meanwhile, I’m expecting grandkids any day, at the ripe old age of 38. But I really don’t think I would want more of my own; that being said…
I’ve never had kids with someone who wanted kids. I’ve never had kids when I wanted kids. I’ve never really co-parented longer than a couple years. It is all very tempting. Truly. I had my tubes tied at 21? 22? because I love kids. I just couldn’t afford more of them and without support, couldn’t parent more than the two I had, alone.
Once upon a time, I thought that would be attractive to someone. No ticking biological clock. No concerns about a pregnancy oops. No reason to use protection in a relationship. You know? Alas.
Instead, I find that really amazing connections and potential connections, are lost because of it. Sigh. Patriarchy wins again. And I didn’t even get to participate in the conversation, it was just a decision they made. (At a point in dating that had I, as a female, brought up having children, I’m sure it would have been weird…)
Men have no real shelf life when it comes to producing children.
*yes, yes, #notallmen are fertile. I know.*
But in general, if a man can find someone to get pregnant, he can until he dies.
We women, we are burdened with the choices that we have to make to raise the kids we have. We bear the main burden and decisions to keep or not keep a child. Yes, men might participate but we bear the brunt privately and publicly. We are burdened with a window of time to procreate.
We are burdened:
Be pretty. Be young. Be fertile. Be smart. Be humble. Be a feminist (but not so much that I can’t open a car door for you or be manly).
Be what I want or need in my idea of how things should be.
I wish people could communicate better, I am very upfront about not looking to have more kids or get married.
Doesn’t mean I wouldn’t, just that I am not looking for that.
There are always ways to make a family. Family isn’t always about marriage or genetic children. And hey! Technology has made all sorts of things possible. People are having children in their 60s. Men are having babies. Nature and technology can find a way.
Meh, I digress. This post wasn’t meant to be about that particular piece. But regardless, of my ability/inability to breed, navigating online dating is much more difficult than I ever imagined.
Maybe I am too hypervigilant. (*Just because I am hypervigilant doesn’t mean I am wrong… Just FYI)
Maybe I am gunshy. Maybe I don’t know the new world rules of what is appropriate now in nonorganic database dating regarding contact, texting, amounts, context. I never really “dated” before. I was married at 16. I have randomly been with other people over the years, but usually it was friends of friends or friends that I became romantically involved with. The first time I online dated, I got lucky. I ended up spending the larger part of 5 years with the first person I dated from okcupid. So, my experiences have been limited. And everyone seems to have a different idea of what “normal” is.
This dating go round, 25% have been amazing, too awesome, probably. 25% have been boring beyond belief. 25% have been aggressive and controlling. And the last 25%? Oh yeah. Sex offender. Woot. Hell of a learning curve there.
Way to go, filters.
So I will just sit here, like the memes say, and wait for mr/mrs right to break into my house, I guess. Huzzah.
*I might have agreed with them in said conversation which never took place. Or maybe I’d have wanted to have a baby. Who knows now.
But you know, I just wanted to know they knew what it felt like to be thirsty. I didn’t want a glass of water.*
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Job: Trouble magnet, with occasional exorcism services rendered
Hair Color: Bleached
Eye Color: Blue
From (Location): Manchester, UK
Significant Other: Pete Caldecott
Signature Move: Running away very fast from hungry monsters
Kill Highlights: Exorcised a sorcerer’s hungry ghost, killed a Horseman of the Apocalypse, punched England’s most powerful necromancer in the face, executed various pesky demons, ghosts, and zombies, managed to escape from a prison in Hell
Enemies: The three Princes of Hell, Nergal, god of plagues, most of the white-magic magicians in England, the neighbors (because of the smells)
Favorite Pastime: Drinking. Failing that, mocking people on telly while drinking.
Other Facts: Used to be in a band. Still pretty good looking.
I don’t fight if I can avoid it. Why would you? If you’re smart, you don’t have to fight. And I’m smart. Clever. Devil-clever. I can figure you out before you know what you’re about, and by the time you throw the first punch, I’m already gone, so much smoke on the wind.
I mean, if I have to mix it up, I have tricks. A few here and there, up my sleeves. I can paralyze you, I can set the place alight, or make you forget your own name, all without touching you. You don’t want to get too close, because if we touch skin on skin, you might get a look at something you’ll be having nightmares about every time you shut your eyes. Being a psychic isn’t good for much, but for getting a leg up in a fight? It’ll do.
If you’re human, I might have to resort to fetching you a punch if the magic doesn’t work. But it always works. I’m good at what I do.
If you’re not human, you and I probably don’t get along. And don’t think I won’t exorcise you back to beyond the beyond, with a smile on my face. I’ve done it before, and to better than you. I don’t care if you’re a demon, an angel, or a glitter-encrusted vampire. Don’t mess with me, and I won’t trifle with you.
There’s a reason my name is spoken in hushed tones among the evil, the depraved and the just plain nasty monsters among us. They’re you’re nightmare, a sneaking shadow at the edge of your vision. But even monsters are afraid of the Boogeyman.
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Jack Winter used to be a bad man, but he left black magic and wickedness behind him for a simpler life exorcising ghosts in London. Then Fiona Hannigan, the girl he abandoned to a life of depraved sorcery, turns up murdered and it’s not long before Jack finds himself accused of the crime, along with three other slayings. Someone is hunting London’s black magicians–and they’ve decided Jack is going to pay the price.
Running from the police and pursued by his own ghosts, Jack must go back to the supernatural underworld he left behind to find who wanted Fiona dead, who framed him for the deed and why the spirit of Aleister Crowley is turning up in his living room. Because it’s not just Jack’s ghosts who are running free in London–older, darker spirits are stirring, and the same person who murdered Fiona has their sight set on performing a binding ritual to gain unimaginable power. Jack’s out of options and out of time, and his past may be the only thing that can save him…if he can survive the trip.
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This repository will include several examples of the OpenPTV working folder setups:
- Two dimensional setup (2D) with a single camera
- Three dimensional setup using 4 cameras from two sides of a tank (positive and negative z) Link to BitBucket repository
- Three dimensional setup with a single camera and mirror-based four-view splitter, Link to BitBucket repository
- Short 3D-PTV example from the single camera and the 4-view splitter at Tel Aviv University /test_splitter
Two dimensional (2D) example of OpenPTV
This example shows how to use the excellent tracking capabilities of OpenPTV in two dimensional setup.
Note that important advantage over a set of other 2D tracking codes:
- it's fluid mechanics based code, not Brownian diffusion based logic
- it's a tested and verified code for turbulent flows and sharp angles, twists and turns
- it's a tested code for multiple particle tracking and resolution of crossing trajectories
- one can work with the camera not necessarily aligned perpendicular to the imaging axis or parallel to the flow field.
- one can track a mouse, mutliple moths, ears of bats, fish and even pedestrians with this code.


Government on Saturday ordered transfers of three SSPs in the interest of administration with immediate effect.
According to an order by government, a copy of which lies with a local news agency, Global News Service (GNS), Gurinderpal Singh (IPS), SSP Kulgam has been transferred and has been asked to report to the PHQ for awaiting further posting.
Dr. G. V. Sundeep Chakravarthy (IPS), SSP Kupwara has been transferred and posted as SSP Kulgam, reads the order, a copy of which lies with GNS.
Yougal Kumar Manhas, SSP (Tech) CID Hqrs. has been transferred and posted as SSP Kupwara.(GNS)


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Defending the Truth of Marriage
Friends: The timeless treasured truth of marriage is worthy of our full support.
It’s historic and vital status makes it as relevant today as when it was first instituted.
The reason? - Because it is the pre-eminent forum in which to socialise the next generation.
Marriage provides the security and certainty of knowing your biological parents, your biological heritage, and a starting point to work from for your family tree whilst providing the diversity and different perspectives of female and male role models. (As an aside – ever noticed how we need gender balance in every one of our society’s institutions, the courts, the parliaments, the boards of companies you name it - and I don’t disagree – but somehow we no longer need gender balance in society’s first ever and most important institution that was designed with absolute strict gender balance? – I of course speak of marriage).
We owe it to future generations to protect marriage as the pre-eminent forum in which to socialise the next generation against any superficial campaigns which seek to redefine marriage by blithely asserting that its core values and features can be jettisoned without serious consequences.
Marriage existed long before judges and legislators and activists. Those campaigning to reject the truth of marriage have at best one decade of experience to draw upon in a few countries.
On the other hand those who advocate for the truth of marriage to protect our society’s children have millennia and a wealth of different world views on which to draw – our own Indigenous people, the Jewish tradition, the Muslim tradition, the Pacific Islander and of course, the very foundations of our society, the Christian world view.
And now that I have dared to mention the word ‘Christian’, can I thank the Christian Churches of Hobart and the Australian Christian Lobby for organising tonight’s event and C3 for hosting us.
The Christian faith has worked untold good for society in all its facets, be it in the law, charity, medicine, education, the arts - you name it. And whilst it is fashionable in some quarters to deny the transformational nature of the Christian faith and its foundational importance for our society, historians, like our own national treasure Professor Geoffrey Blainey AC, are under no such delusion.
We have a lot for which to be thankful given that we live in a country with a deep and rich Christian heritage.
Friends, we can be bold and confident in rejecting the campaign to deny the truth of marriage and redefine it. Indeed, we must be bold and confident for the sake of our society.
History is littered with superficial and populist campaigns being allowed to get a head of steam whilst good people who knew better sat idly by.
Your presence tonight indicates that you are not cut of that cloth nor are you of that ilk. You care for our society and its pre-eminent institution and that is of great encouragement to me and my colleagues.
I encourage you all to get involved in educating the community by writing letters to the Editor and advocating for the cause of marriage.
When campaigners start telling you the success of their cause is “inevitable”, be wary – very wary. It is often the sign, the tell-tale sign, that their campaign suffers from superficiality, from a paucity of rigour.
Remember the “inevitable” republic? Everyone who wanted to be someone it seemed said a republic was “inevitable” and all the media screamed vote “Yes”.
And the Australian people very sagely voted “No”.
In cold war Europe there were those saying “better red than dead” - why resist communism? The inevitable communist takeover thankfully never happened at all.
Other than death and taxes along with media bias (on this issue it seems) nothing is inevitable. It will only be inevitable if you and I let it be inevitable.
Another tactic used by some campaigners for redefining marriage is intimidation, some of it singularly unattractive.
There is the name-calling: “bigot”, “hater”, “homophobic” - you know the drill. Our master of ceremonies tonight has been subjected to it. Just today we had another nasty letter to the editor by someone demanding tolerance for himself claiming our distinguished Archbishop is alone, ostracised, and without support. Well I for one stand with the Archbishop as does the world view of Muslims, Jews, our Indigenous people, Pacific Islanders and, yes, the Christian world view too. Our Archbishop is hardly on his own but the campaigners try to create this impression to intimidate people into silence.
I happen to know what it is like, Your Grace. I recall being told on morning media by a talking head there was no place in Australian politics for people like me – Reason? – “because we are a tolerant society”. The hypocritical intolerance dripping from that remark was of course lost on both the talking head, and the interviewer.
The Archbishop was also recently attacked for advising parents that send their children to Catholic schools what the beliefs of the Catholic Church were on marriage. It seems that in this new ‘tolerant world’ Catholics won’t even be allowed to teach their beliefs to their own flock.
When prominent gays like Dolce and Gabbana condemn the campaign to redefine marriage they are viciously attacked both verbally and economically by Elton John and others. Which highlights the fact that even those identifying as homosexual are not homogenous when it comes to the campaign to redefine marriage. Many of them oppose it for the reasons we do, without any reliance on religious belief.
When a heterosexual person announces they are now gay they are paraded as “coming out” and the media salutes their “honesty”.
Ever noticed when a gay person goes straight, we never hear about it. Their “coming out” and “honesty” is airbrushed out of the debate as though it never happens. Well it does, and their evidence is given to Senate committees, but of course never reported.
Similarly the emerging studies highlighting the balance of gender in the family, our pre-eminent unit of socialisation or, so that I can understand it, having a biological mum and dad in a marriage is the best way to bring up children are simply not reported.
And those who dare to discover such findings are personally vilified. (I suppose it saves having to argue the evidence).
And the evidence is clear, common-sense tells us as that, as do peer reviewed studies. Indeed one researcher was so vilified; it prompted the President of America’s National Association of Scholars to publish an article on “the straining by critics to find faults in an otherwise exemplary work of social scientific scholarship”.
And what about the life stories of those who regret they were brought up in households lacking gender diversity: they simply aren’t reported or are shunned. Thanks to social media their stories are getting out and should give us cause to stop and ask questions.
As another aside have you ever noticed how a certain cohort of environmentalists always argues the “precautionary principle” to protect the environment: don’t proceed until you can absolutely prove no harm will be done? It seems this bedrock principle of theirs vaporises and is utterly unnecessary when discussing the environment for the raising of the next generation.
If we can change the truth of marriage and if we can change the meaning of words by a Court’s decision or a Parliament’s vote then nothing is for certain.
If the complementarity of the genders in marriage and its purpose can be erased for one section of the community, why not another?
If “love” is the only requirement, then what has gender got to do with marriage? or family relationship?, or sexual activity?, or numbers?
Yet when these issues are raised by us they are slapped down by one highly articulate commentator as “crap” desperately ignoring the sage advice of the Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court when he said the reasoning “would apply with equal force to the claim of a fundamental right to plural marriage.”
Interestingly the US Supreme Court’s tortured decision redefining marriage is opposed by more Americans than support it, according to the most recent poll – another thing you won’t get to hear about in the media.
Some put the proposition – just allow us to deny the truth of marriage and we will allow you to practice your beliefs – the so-called ‘religious exemption.’ What they are saying in practice is - we are so “tolerant” we will give you an exemption to practice your religion. A free society does not legislate exemptions to permit people to practice their innate or God-given rights.
They are and should be a given - it is part of the natural law. A right that no government has a right or authority to give or take away.
And what about the atheist or agnostic homosexual who opposes redefining marriage? What right, if any, will they have to exercise their consciences?
The experience in other countries shows denying the truth of marriage is not the end of the debate but is the start of draconian decisions which sees
- Christian venues and colleges being forced to accommodate same sex couples;
- Adoption agencies that believe in mum and dad having to close;
- Teachers being forced to teach in support of redefining marriage and homosexual activity;
- And, yes
- Someone is suing Zondervan, a publisher of the Bible, for damages because it does not condone homosexuality.
To sum up –
Marriage is society’s first institution which got gender balance absolutely right. It existed long before judges and legislators.
It is the best forum to bring up children – providing biological certainty and gender diversity.
The truth of marriage has withstood the millennia.
It is embraced by all historic world views.
Many homosexuals reject redefining marriage.
Change is not inevitable.
Where the change has occurred it is not the end of the debate BUT the beginning of restricting individual rights and liberties.
Children denied gender diversity in their up-bringing are warning us not to go down this path of redefining marriage.
The reasons, the rationale, the rigour of the case for maintaining the truth of marriage can and needs to withstand the superficiality of the campaigners for redefinition.
As the then Liberal Attorney-General said in Parliament on 24June 2004.
“The government has consistently reiterated the fundamental importance of place of marriage in our society.
It is a central and fundamental institution.
It is vital to the stability of our society and provides the best environment for the raising of children.
The government has decided to take steps to reinforce the basis of this fundamental institution.”
This position was supported without dissent in my Party Room as government policy - no one at the time suggested it was a conscience issue.
Similarly it was Labor’s policy - this was only ten short years ago. As it was five years ago at the 2010 election.
Now we are supposed to believe that somehow the unanimous view of the Liberal and Labor parties at that time was wrong and that our forebears for the previous millennia have also got it wrong.
I was pleased to support that legislation and its rationale at the time. I continue to do so. I will continue to do so.
Thank you for having me this evening and God bless.

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Music and Movies in Parks announce impressive line-up for Auckland’s Parks this summer
Grab your chilly bin and get your picnic blanket ready as there’s an unmissable line-up of free outdoor music and movies coming to a park near you this summer.
Auckland Council’s popular Music and Movies in Parks series kicks off in January, bringing your favourite blockbusters and top kiwi music talent to Auckland’s beautiful parks and reserves. In 2018 the series will be bigger and better than ever before and include two exciting new events – Kids Music in the Park and Open Air Orchestra.
You’ll be spoilt for choice with the 2018 Music in Parks line-up of 24 free outdoor concerts featuring artists from diverse musical genres – everything from rock and pop to RnB and jazz will take the stage. This is also your chance to check out some of the Kiwi music talent behind Auckland’s recent recognition as a UNESCO Creative City of Music.
Returning in 2018 are two summer outdoor gig favourites; don’t miss the electrifying Demon Energy Rock the Park local rock legends bringing the noise, The Datsuns, Head Like A Hole, Villainy and Dead Favours, to Grey Lynn Park. For a summer festival vibe take the whānau to Demon Energy Summer Jam at Manukau Sports Bowl; headlined by summer tour favourites Stan Walker featuring Jessica Mauboy, Smashproof, Tomorrow People, Swiss and recent VNZMA winners SWIDT. Enjoy tasty food trucks and fun activities as you listen to the summer sounds.
At Kids Music in the Park, Suzy Cato, Jay Laga’aia (Jay’s Jungle) and Chris Lam Sam (Funky Monkeys) will have the whole family on their feet dancing and singing along at Coyle Park. With yummy food, face painting and lots more fun activities on offer, this is a family-friendly event that the kids will love.
Ending the series on a high note is the Open Air Orchestra at Bell Park, featuring the captivating sounds of The Blackbird Ensemble’s 20 piece orchestra. Fusing classical and electronic instruments with contemporary vocals by Julia Deans, Bailey Wiley, Alae and more, this all new event is not-to-be missed and sure to be a summer highlight. Special headline act still to be announced.
If you prefer to stay local, look out for Music in Parks events in your area throughout summer. From Mel Parsons’ enchanting folk/country vocals at Hobsonville Point Park, Jordan Luck Band rocking Helensville River Reserve or the talented line-up in store for Sunday sessions at the Auckland Domain Band Rotunda, this summer Auckland’s in for an all-you-can eat musical feast.
Movies in Parks takes the fun of the cinema outdoors, so pack a picnic and watch your favourite kiwi favourites, family fun and household classics under the stars. Wonder Woman, Guardians of the Galaxy Vol 2, Pork Pie, Captain Underpants, Back to the Future, Beauty and the Beast, Trolls and a special Valentine’s Day screening of When Harry Met Sally are just a few of the excellent movies showing in the series.
Councillor Fa’anana Efeso Collins, Deputy Chairperson of the Community Development and Safety Committee says, “Music and Movies in Parks has become a summer tradition for Auckland, a way for us to come together and celebrate our city. I’m particularly looking forward to the Music in Parks line-up this year that supports home-grown artists from all over the Auckland region, reflecting the talent that awarded us the status of a UNESCO Creative City of Music.”
Rob Hennin, CEO of nib New Zealand says the health insurer is thrilled to partner with Movies in Parks. “We love supporting our local community and helping Kiwis to enjoy their everyday lives. Our support of this event reflects this by providing Aucklanders with a wonderful summer experience.”
Paul Nolan, CEO of Davies Foods echoes similar feelings. “We’re especially proud to give back to the community by partnering with Movies in the Park with our Pop’n’Good popcorn and the Music in Parks signature events, Demon Energy Rock the Park and Demon Energy Summer Jam with our Demon Energy brand.”
The Music and Movies in Parks series came together thanks to Auckland Council’s major partners Zerowater and nib as well as supporting partners MediaWorks, Te Wānanga o Aotearoa, NZ Home Loans, Menulog, Pop’n’Good, More FM and Tamaki Regeneration.


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The largest Commonwealth cemetery in Germany is the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, located deep in the ‘imperial forest’ near the historical city of Kleve. The Dutch border is less than three kilometres to the west, and Arnhem – the Dutch city so infamous for its connection to the Second World War – lies 40 kilometres to the north-west. This corner of Europe, the Niederrhein that straddles Germany and the Netherlands, was an area of fierce fighting during the later stages of the Second World War, and thousands of Commonwealth military personnel lost their lives during the battles that took place here.
Shortly after the war finished in 1945, the architect Philip Dalton Hepworth was commissioned to design a cemetery for many of those that had died in the north-west of Germany during Operation Market Garden, Operation Plunder and the other battles that took place in the region. The gravestones were to be white stone slabs, engraved with the name of the lost one, an age, an emblem representing the military unity they served in, and a short message chosen by the family. The entrance to the cemetery was to be flanked by two white stone, Moorish style towers, which would contain the names of all those buried and where their location was within the cemetery.
Following the design, a patch of land was cleared in the centre of the forest and construction began on the cemetery. The majority of those involved in the construction were German prisoners of war, under the supervision of Canadian soldiers.
In total, there are 7,672 service personnel buried at the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery, 7,672 of them Commonwealth personal. Due to the number of airborne missions that took place in the Niederrhein region, there are over 4,000 pilots and air force personnel buried at the cemetery. There are also 94 graves of military personal from non-Commonwealth countries, mainly from Poland and the Netherlands.
Maintenance and upkeep of the Reichswald Forest War Cemetery is today the responsibility of the Commonwealth War Graves Commission. Their website can be found here.

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The owner of two shuttered southwest suburban day-care centers has been indicted for allegedly molesting four young girls in her care, Cook County State`s Atty. Richard Daley announced Monday.
The owner, Sandra Fabiano, 40, of Palos Hills, was indicted on 15 felony counts of aggravated criminal sexual assault, criminal sexual assault and aggravated criminal sexual abuse for allegedly molesting three girls at the Mother Goose Pre-School and a girl at The Kid`s Stop, another day-care center. The centers, both in Palos Hills, closed during the three-month investigation into allegations of sexual abuse at the schools.
A Cook County grand jury returned the sealed indictments last week, alleging that Fabiano molested the students, ages 3 to 5, at the schools between April 1 and May 1, Daley spokesman Terry Levin said.
Daley classified the case as ``a good one,`` though the investigation into allegations of abuse at the two schools failed to produce adult witnesses to the alleged crimes.
Investigators interviewed about 140 students at the two day-care centers. Daley said the investigation into possible sexual abuse of some of the other children remains open.
The investigation marked the first effort of a task force of state and local agencies created by the state`s attorney`s office last year to investigate allegations of child sexual abuse, Daley said. In addition to the state`s attorney`s office, the task force for this case included officials from the Palos Hills Police Department, the Illinois Department of Children and Family Services (DCFS) and the Special Investigations Unit of the Chicago Police. Illinois state police also assisted the task force, Daley said.
Fabiano was expected to turn herself in to Palos Hills police late Monday or early Tuesday, her lawyer, Robert Beranek, said. Beranek declined to discuss the charges against Fabiano, but said: ``I am confident that Sandy will be vindicated. I`m not so sure that the governmental and law-enforcement authorities (who investigated the case and won the indictments) will share the same fate.``
Chief Cook County Criminal Court Judge Richard J. Fitzgerald has set bond for Fabiano at $50,000, Levin said. She is scheduled to be arraigned Aug. 24. Fabiano has insisted throughout the investigation that she neither abused children nor witnessed any abuse at her schools. ``I feel in my heart I did nothing wrong,`` she said in May. Her contentions of innocence have been backed enthusiastically by some parents whose children attended the two schools.
Daley`s announcement capped months of speculation about the investigation, which began May 3 when a medical investigation confirmed that a 3-year-old girl who attended Mother Goose had been sexually assaulted, officials said.
After that initial report, Palos Hills police and state`s attorney`s investigators interviewed other children at Mother Goose and The Kid`s Stop and said they had found evidence of other abuse at the two centers.
But in the last two months, investigators have said only that the investigation was continuing and that indictments were expected.
Daley acknowledged Monday that the investigation was ``a long one,`` but said, ``I believe in long-term investigations in these cases.
``You have to have long investigations. It`s not just black and white. We had to get our own doctors to review the medical testimony. You have to build a foundation for the case.
``This is not like a TV soap opera. It`s not like a murder case where you see the body and there`s an answer. This requires a long, intensive investigation. You`re dealing with 3-year-olds, 4-year-olds and 5-year-olds, not adults.``
Palos Hills Police Chief Dan Hurley said he was satisfied with the investigation, but said it ``caused a lot of problems internally and externally. Sometimes it`s difficult having three or four agencies working together.``
Fabiano closed Mother Goose about a week after the allegations of sexual abuse started. DCFS officials had threatened legal action to close the school after they found that Fabiano had not re-licensed the school in her name after she bought it.
Fabiano closed The Kid`s Stop last month after the school`s liability insurance policy expired and Fabiano could not get insurance.