Stephen Gammell Illustrator lets his art do the talking MUG OF STEPHEN GAMMELL
m The stack of storybooks on the table outside The Dream Maker bookstore Saturday morning had an extra gleam. On the dust jacket of each copy of ``Song and Dance Man'' was a big, shiny gold seal -- the symbol of the Caldecott Medal, awarded by the American Library Association for the best illustrations of the year in a book for children.
Behind the table sat a slim man wearing small, round eyeglasses with thick lenses. His short hair and beard were almost white, although he is only 46 years old. Stephen Gammell of St. Paul, the prize-winning artist, was signing books and talking to children and their parents.
He was talking to everyone who came along except a newspaper reporter. To the reporter he said, pleasantly, ``I don't give interviews. Not even for my publishers. It's just my policy.''
To learn more about Gammell, it is necessary only to look at his books. He has illustrated about 50 of them in the 16 years since he started. Most of them are done in pencil, both black-and-white and colored.
In a rare interview with Rachel Koeing, printed in a reference book, ``Something About the Author,'' Gammell had said, ``What you see on the page is really me.''
It's true. The kindly grampa in Karen Ackerman's story, ``Song and Dance Man,'' wears little round eyeglasses, just like Gammell's. Sometimes the light reflects off of them, giving a pensive expression, and sometimes, you can see the crinkled, laughing eyes behind the glasses.
Old MacDonald, in one of the few books Gammell both wrote and illustrated, ``Once Upon MacDonald's Farm,'' wears the same kind of glasses. So does Ora Mae Cotton's chubby brother in ``Airmail to the Moon.''
Behind the glasses, the complexities begin. Gammell's drawings seldom fill the page with color. Instead, figures often are surrounded with white space. In ``The Old Banjo,'' the finely-detailed black-and-white illustrations fade out around the edges, giving them a magical, floating quality that fits the mysterious events about to unfold.
That story is about forgotten musical instruments stored in out-of-the-way places on a farm, and how they begin to create their own music. ``I play guitar, banjo, mandolin, piano -- anything with strings,'' Gammell told Koeing. ``If I hadn't become an artist, I probably would have pursued music.''
So do the characters he draws. Old Henry, in the book of the same name, doesn't bring much to the boarded-up house he moves into, but he does have a banjo in a battered old case. So does the aging song and dance man, who entertains his grandchildren with vaudeville shows in the attic.
Gammell's interest in Native American and Western artifacts shows up in the beaded moccasins, Indian rugs and pieces of pottery in his illustrations. His Iowa background is reflected in the details of farm animals and the way an old work boot curls up at the toes.
Gammell's lines are as fine as winter branches and barbed-wire fences, and as broad as the cobbled masses of gray which, with the addition of one bright eye, become an elephant. His use of color can be as delicate as the golden sheen on the surface of an old table, or as profligate as the rainbows of light that create the magic of theater in an attic before Sunday dinner.
His pencil work is especially fine in ``Old Henry.'' An endearing old gaffer moves into a tumble-down house with his brightly-colored parrots, his blue-striped trainman's hat and red neckerchief and his unmatched socks.
Gammell penciled the house in shades of gray, giving a feeling of age, dust and abandonment. Only a red door and mixed colors on the windows suggest something interesting might be inside. Indoors, the gray walls and stairway show faint blushes of color where the sunlight falls. It is Old Henry who brings color to the house and to the neighborhood, much to the distress of his neighbors, who often appear in shades of gray themselves.
This technique of combining the black and colored pencils is especially effective in ``Airmail to the Moon'' in a scene showing the rambunctious Ora Mae asleep with just her face and a corner of her patchwork quilt glowing with tender color in the moonlight.
Beyond the details of line and color that define an artist's work, Gammell brings an enormous warmth of character. His song-and-dance Grampa loves those grandchildren with a feeling that touches the reader's heart, too. His Old Henry has so much dignity that it is quite unthinkable to fuss at him for not mowing his grass.
He evokes a sense of place in shadows, fat and purple on a stairway wall, and in a blue easy chair bathed in yellow lamplight that invites the reader to come in and snuggle down.
About his first full-color book, which he also wrote, ``Wake up, Bear -- It's Christmas,'' Gammell told the author of ``Fifth Book of Junior Authors and Illustrators'' he had ``no particular inspiration for the story, just an enjoyment of winter, Christmas, bears and sleeping.''
In all, Gammell's work gives the impression of a man who is thoroughly enjoying his life. His work is earning more recognition and numerous awards, including two Caldecott Honor awards for ``Where the Buffaloes Begin'' in 1981 and ``The Relatives Came'' in 1985.


Holden Clemens (a pseudonym) is a teacher in Springfield, U.S.A. Here, he continues his series on practical tips for working with the gamut of exasperating educational archetypes.
Actual email I received the other day:
Dear mr. Clemens,
I was wondering if their was anything my son could do to bring up their grade in ur class. He currently has a D- and I would really like to see him earn a b or better. What can you do to help him. Thanks for your help.
I received this email on June 7th. The school year ended on June 10th. This was the first time I had heard from this parent. I wanted to respond with the following email:
Dear Late to the Game parent,You are in luck. I just built a flux-capacitor, like the one they had in the movie Back to the Future! I figure we can go back in time and do a couple of things. First we will go back and see to it that you son does his homework. That will help his grade big time. The we can roll back to the beginning of the year and you can attend the Back-to-School night you missed where I explained my policy on extra credit (I don't offer it) and how I stress regular communication with parents. Then we can go back to the multiple emails I sent you about your son's troubling grades, and we can read those together. Now we just have to locate some plutonium and we will be able solve this problem in a matter of minutes.
See you at the clock tower,
That is what I wanted to send, but instead I nicely said it was too late to do any extra work and I wish we had talked earlier and a solution could have been found.
The Late to the Game parent is one that many teachers encounter. They are nowhere to be found until the realization of failure hits them and they want to move mountains to get their children to pass. I will never fault a parent for wanting to protect their child from failing, but there is a point where it is too late to do anything. As a teacher, you can do some simple things to keep parents informed so they are never late to the game.
1. Keep an up-to-date website. This allows all parents and students to see what assignments are due and what projects and tests are coming up. Allowing parents to have access to this information is very helpful in the long run.
2. Pass out a syllabus that details all class policies regarding homework, tests, projects, late work, and extra credit. Have students take two copies home. One for the house and one for the parents to sign. Collect the signed syllabi and keep them in a folder. I do this in hopes of never having to use them for the year. The few times I have pulled them out, the parents stopped their arguments and one student was busted for forgery. Ha! Also, post the syllabus on your website.
3. Send emails or letters home (that should be signed) when students fall below a C. Hopefully this will not be many letters or emails, but it should not take much time. More communication is always best. Keep copies of the letters and emails and store them some place safe.
4. Talk to the kids. Sometimes kids are so out of it, they do not even know they are failing. These conversations prove to be very useful. Sometimes they need a kick in the pants to get them on track if nobody is doing it at home.
When parents show up at the door wanting more time for their students to complete an assignment or extra work to bring up their grade, just point to the attempts you have made in the past to forestall these issues, and politely tell them it's too late. In most cases, if the above steps are implemented, you should have no problem dealing with these Late to the Game parents. If they still want to give you grief, just hand them a copy of Back to the Future, and wish them luck.


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Anger Toward Obama Seen as Recalling 2008 Campaign
By Garance Franke-Ruta
Is the intensity of the anger at President Obama recently on display in protests and conservative media something new -- or have the sentiments been there all along?
White House communications director Anita Dunn argued in today's Post that what the nation has been seeing in recent weeks is not new -- just returned to prominence. "In the fall of the campaign, you could find many similar sentiments at McCain-Palin rallies and certainly at Sarah Palin rallies," she said. "These aren't new arguments. The level of vehemence, the emotional level of it, is at a campaign peak, which is unusual to find in a non-campaign year."
Former Democratic National Committee new-media outreach maven Kombiz Lavasany yesterday tweeted a Politico story that seems to make Dunn's point for her -- the language of criticism faced by the president today is similar to what he faced during the campaign.
The unmistakable momentum behind Barack Obama's campaign, combined with worry that John McCain is not doing enough to stop it, is ratcheting up fears and frustrations among conservatives.
And nowhere is this emotion on plainer display than at Republican rallies, where voters this week have shouted out insults at the mention of Obama, pleaded with McCain to get more aggressive with the Democrat and generally demonstrated the sort of visceral anger and unease that reflects a party on the precipice of panic.
The calendar is closing and the polls, at least right now, are not.
With McCain passing up the opportunity to level any tough personal shots in his first two debates and the very real prospect of an Obama presidency setting in, the sort of hard-core partisan activists who turn out for campaign events are venting in unusually personal terms.
"Terrorist!" one man screamed Monday at a New Mexico rally after McCain voiced the campaign's new rhetorical staple aimed at raising doubts about the Illinois senator: "Who is the real Barack Obama?"
"He's a damn liar!" yelled a woman Wednesday in Pennsylvania. "Get him. He's bad for our country."
At both stops, there were cries of, "Nobama," picking up on a phrase that has appeared on yard signs, T-shirts and bumper stickers.
And Thursday, at a campaign town hall in Wisconsin, one Republican brought the crowd to its feet when he used his turn at the microphone to offer a soliloquy so impassioned it made the network news and earned extended play on Rush Limbaugh's program.
"I'm mad; I'm really mad!" the voter bellowed. "And what's going to surprise ya, is it's not the economy -- it's the socialists taking over our country."
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MUSIC NEWS: Set It Off Release Two New Tracks
Set It Off have released two brand new songs, taken from their forthcoming album Midnight, and are asking fans for their input on which should be their next video.
You can check out both tracks below, then vote for your favourite HERE. The band will announced the winner on New Year’s Day.
“Dancing With the Devil is a story of betrayal,” comments vocalist Cody Carson. “It unfortunately happens more often than it should that I someone we work with or someone we get close to in our lives feeds us lines of support and love, reels us in with a false sense of connection, and then whenever they feel like we can’t feed their needs, they cut the line and watch us drown. To me, that severance is fuel. That betrayal and abandonment is a reason to prove something, and the chip on the shoulder grows. This world is a tough place, but we have to be tougher and keep our eyes open so we don’t end up Dancing With the Devil.”
“[For You Forever] is my way of putting myself in the shoes of someone else when I was single,” he adds. “I was stubborn, I didn’t want a serious relationship, and I’d always let the other person know that. However, sometimes feelings grew, and I pushed them away because I felt I wasn’t ready, but it wouldn’t always stop them from waiting for me. This song collects the multitude of emotions that circulated through those situations from start, to end, to even how their friends may have advised them. It was a seriously humbling and vulnerable song to write, but sometimes you have to call yourself out.”
Midnight is due for release on 1st February 2019 via Fearless Records, available to pre-order HERE.
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However, don’t believe a collector if they say they have ways of ruining your credit game forever. That’s just not true. Nothing you do can get you kicked out of the credit game forever. Any penalty you encounter will only set you back. But you can offset these setbacks by taking positive actions that help you move forward. So even if your period of financial distress puts you back at Square One, you can start again and get right back in the game.
Every creditor has an official “Report Date.” This is when they send the information about your account with them to places like FICO and the three credit bureaus. More often than not, the report date (aka closing date) is before the payment due date on your account. This means that they will report a higher account balance for that month than what is necessary…and this may lead to a lower credit score!
That means that you can also use credit repair to verify if a collector has complete information about your debt. If they don’t, then the bureau removes the collection account from your credit report. If the bureau doesn’t think the collector has enough information to collect, a court is unlikely to either. When you want to use credit repair for this type of strategy, you should work with a professional credit repair service.
“A good credit repair company will scrub questionable credit report items against other laws — like the Fair Credit Billing Act, which regulates original creditors; the Fair Debt Collection Practices Act, which oversees collection agencies; and others that address medical illness, military service, student status and other life events,” Padawer said.
The secured credit card is a way to build and establish credit to obtain higher credit scores. If you found that you cannot get approved for a traditional credit card, you’re still likely to get approved for a secured credit card because there is less risk for the lender. The card issuer will report to the credit bureaus about your ability to pay the credit card on time and how you manage and use the balance.
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It still could take a little time. I started from zero with a touch of bad but mostly no credit. I got a rediculous card at first with high interest and monthly and yearly fees. Soon as my credit built up with some payments, yours isnt terrible, mine was in the 5's, I was able to get a better card. Dont spend much of your available credit. REALLY try and keep it lower than 30% and your uliliztion will look better and help your score rather quickly. im my case opening a new account with a higher ballance and transfering my debt to it (15 months 0% interest but was a 3% fee to do it) saved a lot of money over paying a couple of cards at 20-24% interest. If you have a good utilization % then you might even close the old account but if you are looking at a big purchase soon then it may be better to keep it open. Either way, my closing that horrible card actually made my score rise because of the newer better replacement card showing up. Again mine was in the 5's so it took a bit for new expanded credit acceptance but once it did it is currently going up very quick and am almost 700's. Id plan on a year though if you have negative stuff but you are ahead of me with your starting score already.
I would disagree with this option, as a credit analyst its my job to investigate credit and determine customer eligibility for loans etc... typically creditors do not look for a card thats been used 1 time for $15 then never used again this kind of credit is disregarded and or not taken seriously. When we look to approve a consumer we look at several factors and what that makes a large impact is how they make their payments, the balance currently on all their revolving and installments and the history of payments. if you only charge a tiny amount and pay it off its going to show no history and therefore not be a heavy influence. in fact if you can handle it it is good to sometimes charge the card near max but then pay it off super fast. yes this well temp drop score however. it will show creditor your applying for that you can handle larger amounts and that you pay them down good and fast.
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Beyond that is creditor information, which makes up most of your reports. This includes different accounts you have (loans, credit cards, etc.), their status (open/closed, in collections), balances, credit limits and payment details. This may also include dates of missed payments or late payments, or when the accounts were sent to collections. From these details, your credit scores will be formed.


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Murphy Oil saw its stock climb 96 cents, or 1.7 percent, to close at $57.45.
The successful well at Kikeh No. 5 in offshore deepwater Sabah, Malaysia, is a 50 million to 150 million barrel prospect and adds 13 percent, or 80 million barrels, net to Murphy Oil's potential Malaysian reserves, Banc of America analyst Tyler Dann told clients in a note Thursday.
As a result, Banc of America Securities raised its price target on Murphy's shares by $2 to $62.
TECO Energy sells 11 million shares to Franklin Advisers
TECO Energy agreed to sell 11 million shares of its common stock for $11.76 each to funds managed by Franklin Advisers.
The company TE, +0.00% plans to use the roughly $129 million in proceeds from the sale to repay short-term debt, and for general corporate purposes.
The stock closed at $13.07, up 71 cents, or 5.7 percent.
Cheney loses appeal on energy task force
The Supreme Court will likely decide whether Vice President Dick Cheney must reveal the names of the people and companies that helped draft the administration's energy policy in 2001.
A federal appeals court ruled late Wednesday against granting Cheney a full en banc hearing of his appeal of a district judge's order to begin producing documents in a suit filed by Judicial Watch and the Sierra Club.
Cheney's final appeal would be to the Supreme Court. "The vice president has been told by multiple courts that he is not above the law," said Tom Fitton, president of Judicial Watch. Cheney has argued that the advice he got is protected.
Tauzin, Barton urged to recuse selves from energy bill
Two top Republican lawmakers should recuse themselves from participating in the conference committee for the pending energy bill, Public Citizen demanded Thursday.
The advocacy group, founded by Ralph Nader said Rep. Billy Tauzin, R-La., head of the House Energy and Commerce Committee, and Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, head of the energy subcommittee, were implicated in a plot by Westar WR, +0.00% to bribe congressmen.
According to internal Westar e-mail, Tauzin and Barton sought and obtained campaign contributions from Westar executives in exchange "for a seat at the table" on a previous bill.
The lawmakers have denied any connection between the contributions and the insertion of a provision favorable to Westar. Public Citizen also asked that deliberations of the committee be held in public.
Natural gas falls 5% on record supply rise
Natural-gas futures prices fell 5 percent Thursday after the Energy Department reported a record climb in last week's supplies, which narrowed the inventory shortfall compared with a year ago.
Stocks of natural-gas producers also weakened, reacting to greater-than-expected rise in supplies.


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I went from Somerset, PA to Hagerstown and then jumped back on the PA turnpike, don't attempt to go the way the car recommends, Baltimore is another nightmare.
Hamilton is nice, Barnes and Noble and Panera are conveniently located, I had 50 miles to spare when I got to Hamilton with a MS 85D at 100% charge showing 274 rated miles.


I had a form that I created in Acrobat and further added some features using LiveCycle. Pressing a button on the form was making it readOnly.
By saving it in Acrobat with proper rights, in Reader, I was able to fill the form, make it readOnly and save it.
This was working fine until I decided to make some modification to it in LiveCycle. I did that and again saved in Acrobat with proper rights.
Now in Reader, I'm able to fill it, make it readOnly and save it but next time that I open the form in the Reader, it's not readOnly anymore.
As you see it was possible first and then got broken. I have no clue why the form does not save the readOnly access property.
It becomes readOnly when I press the button and stays like that until I close it, though.
Any help would be highly appreciated,
Acrobat Pro X
Win XP SP3
Open the form in Designer, under the File/Form Properties/Defaults menu option make sure the preserve scripting changes radio button is set to Automatic.
Save the file and try it again.


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The FYCCN was created by the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission (FWC) and is supported by the Wildlife Foundation of Florida (WFF) and its partners. Some centers already exist, while others are still in the planning stages.
The FWC, WFF and its partners want to help create the next generation that cares about Florida's great outdoors, fish and wildlife. They hope to get youth to care by getting them to the Florida youth centers.
Over the last decade, children are increasingly more engaged in television, computers and other forms of entertainment media.
The FYCCN (Florida Youth Conservation Centers Network) Paddlesports Program is working with partners and volunteers to reconnect Florida's children with traditional outdoor activities. One of the goals of FYCCN is to create the next generation of well-trained paddlers who will safely share Florida's waterways and become conservation stewards of our natural resources.


Last week, launched it’s much awaited concept Cyber Cafe in Harare (Montagu centre). We had an opportunity to go there and take a few photos of the place. We won’t say that we loved it! You just need to see the pictures below. We also hope you’ll get a chance to visit it if you happen to be in Harare.
It’s the second such Cyber Cafe by Econet in Zimbabwe. The first was open in Victoria Falls last year. Initially we were worried that Econet is getting into the Internet cafe business and will be opening several of these around. They’re not. At least the Econet staff we spoke to about it say so. According to them, the cyber cafe is just meant to showcase a world class cafe experience and also provide a means for Econet to sell its mobile devices and assist customers having problems configuring their mobile phones for mobile broadband. And other such problems.
Anyway, here are the pictures we took. More on our Facebook page shortly.


We have a personal unit that you sit in up to your neck. Facing a private window with greenery and if your lucky a humming bird or two while you steam. Very peaceful & meditative. Take this time to not only cleanse your body, but reflect and restore the balance of your mind.
Each session is $35 and lasts between 30-45 minutes
The use of a sauna should be an important part of any detoxification program. The sauna increases the eliminative, detoxifying and cleansing capacity of the skin by stimulation of the sweat glands and also promotes healthy skin tone and texture due to increased blood circulation. Using the steam sauna with ozone allows the steam to surround the body and ozone can be introduced through the skin. Humid heat opens the pores, which allows the ozone through the skin to the bloodstream, where it can travel to the fat and lymph tissue. It is very important to cleanse the lymph tissue of toxins and the ozone/steam sauna is the easiest and best way to accomplish this.
Artificially induced hyperthermia (rising body temperature results in the destruction of bacteria and viruses) combined with heavy sweating and a cleansing effect initiated by ozone will result in elimination of toxins accumulated mainly in the lymphatic system relieving the liver from the difficult task of dealing with them. Through the centuries, men and women have used steam to purify the skin, soothe sore muscles, boost circulation and to simply relax. The combined action of moist heat and ozone cleanse the lymphatic system, which carries 90% of the body's fluids. Ozone brings oxygen to the tissues for enhanced health and vitality. The combination of steam and ozone is a natural, effective way to promote a refreshing sense of well-being. We believe that a an Ozone/Steam Sauna cabinet represents a pleasant and easy to follow form of body cleansing.
Benefits of ozone sauna:
Relaxes and loosens muscles by reducing the buildup of lactic acid and increasing muscle flexibility.
Oxidizes toxins so they can be eliminated through the skin, lungs, kidneys and colon.
Boosts blood circulation, helping injured muscles to repair quicker.
Stimulates vasodilatation of peripheral blood vessels relieving pain and speeding the healing process.
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Speeds up the metabolic processes of the inner organs and endocrine glands resulting in a loss of 200-450 calories in a 20 minute session.
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* Stress and muscle tension
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There are no women involved in Project Jenny, Project Jan; rather, the project with the misleading name is made up of two men, Jeremy Haines (who provides the words and other mouth noises, not to mention all of the album art) and Sammy Rubin (who provides the beats, synths, and, um, other). First track “Dia de los Niños” is a red herring—these guys have about as much to do with the Latin music scene as Cowboy Troy. “320” is a little closer to what might be considered a “typical” Project Jenny, Project Jan track, what with its spy-movie synthwork and intentionally stilted rapping style, but really, trying to find a consistent thread to XOXOXOXOXO is a fruitless endeavor. The only thing you can truthfully infer from XOXOXOXOXO taken as a whole is that the duo likes to have a good time and doesn’t take itself too seriously. As long as the listener doesn’t take them too seriously, either, the album’s a blast; “Games” is a hilarious parallel between the metaphorical and the literal games we play (“I used to be an auto thief in Gran Turismo / You used to be the Princess and I was Mario…”), while “Personal”, from which the album derives its name, goes through a newspaper (or maybe Craigslist) personal ad letter by letter. Heady lyrical content this is not, but it’s lighthearted, it’s got a good beat, and it’s worth a few laughs. More pop music should have this much fun.
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KOTA KINABALU April 25, 2012: Sabah Electricity Sdn Bhd (SESB) is confident of further reducing power supply disruption in the state, said its managing director, Ir Abdul Razak Sallim.
He said SESB had set an internal target of no more than 451 minutes of average power outage per customer this year, lower than the official 600 minutes benchmark set by the Ministry of Power, Green Energy and Water.
“With all the initiatives that have been taken, we are confident of achieving the target, barring unforeseen factors like power trip caused by fallen trees or natural disasters,” he said.
Speaking to reporters after a media luncheon here yesterday, Razak said the System Average Interruption Duration Index (SAIDI) recorded by SESB was 250 minutes as of April 19.
The state’s sole power provider managed to keep supply disruption below the 700 minutes per customer limit that was set by the ministry last year, after recording a SAIDI of only 494.64 minutes.
“There are three main factors we need to tackle in controlling SAIDI, namely the number of blackouts, the period of each blackout, and the number of users affected.
“We are also installing more feeders in several districts like Tawau, Sandakan and Semporna to help reduce outage, apart from ongoing projects to increase generating capacity,” said Razak.
He said 142 projects would be implemented this year, where a total of RM276.04 million had been allocated by the government for improving the electricity supply in Sabah and Labuan.
This will include 26 projects for enhancing the electricity generating capacity, 14 projects for transmission, 94 for distribution and eight “major projects”.
“The implementation of several previous SAIDI projects has resulted in positive reduction of power outages. Our SAIDI for last year is much lower as compared to that in 2006 where the SAIDI was 4,030 minutes per user,” he said.
Earlier in his welcoming speech, Razak said his duty as the new managing director was to ensure continuous progress in achieving SESB’s ‘halatuju’, which included strengthening electricity generating, transmission and distribution capacity and competitiveness.
He said the framework towards achieving this mission had been carefully planned and organized in three key development tools, namely the Strategic Transformation Action Roadmap, Five Year Business Plan and Annual Key Performance Indicator.
Towards achieving all the objectives underlined by these tools, he said several factors would be given attention including financial stability; organization structural capacity and information technology compatibility.
“Apart from the internal factors I mentioned, SESB also need support, cooperation and understanding from the state and federal governments, private sector, NGOs, the public and of course the media in order to move forward and fulfill its mission and the aspiration of stakeholders,” he added.
At the event, Razak also launched SESB’s new website. The improved page is more user friendly and equipped with interactive features that allow visitors to communicate with SESB.
Meanwhile, when asked about recent protest against SESB’s gas-turbine power plant project in Tawau, Razak said they always took into consideration the views and complaints from the public when implementing any project.
However, he said SESB has to balance between the concerns raised by the local community and the urgent need to provide dependable power supply to the state.
“As far as SESB is concerned, we will comply with any regulation there is in implementing the project,” he added.
A briefing was also held during the luncheon to inform the media on the current challenges and projects being implemented by SESB to stabilize the state’s power supply.
General Manager (System Operation) Addie Ahmad, who gave the briefing, said the total generating capacity in the west cost was still considered stable with 726MW, to cater for current demand of 510MW.
The east coast however was already on critical level, having only 292MW of maximum generating capacity to cater for 270MW of demand.
“Should any of the power plants in the east coast break down, the whole east coast could become unstable as the total remaining generating capacity falls below demand.
“Under normal circumstances, the excess capacity from the west coast can be sent to the east grid but in cases where several power plants are out of operation, then we would not be able to cope and have to resort to cutting off supply to certain areas,” he said.
He also informed that SESB was planning to build another grid in the southern part of the state, which together with the northern grid would connect the east and west coast systems in an complete ring circuit.
“The additional grid is expected to be in place before 2020,” he said.
by Murib Morpi


WASHINGTON (Dec. 6)
American diplomats in Cairo have informed the Egyptian officials of United States concern over reports of Egyptian mistreatment of Jews, it was reported by U. S. diplomatic sources today. The Egyptian Foreign Office reportedly told the U. S. Embassy that if there were any excesses, they were committed by over-zealous minor officials.
The State Department’s own reports on the situation of the Jews in Egypt remain incomplete. State Department spokesman Lincoln White said today that the Department knows “not a thing” about deportations of Jews from Egypt. He indicated that the Department was still collecting information on reports of developments in Egypt affecting Jews.


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It seems that Apple is moving away from macOS towards an iOS-centric future. If the iPhone and iPad replaces the Mac, what does that mean for the church, Bible software and companies that make tools and software to help the church and believers make disciples? That’s our discussion as we focused on the question, “Is Apple moving in that direction? If they are does that affect Windows, Mobile devices, and other platforms? What is the future of church software and technology in light of this possibility?”
The conversation began, however, with our Christmas tech toys. The gifts we got for Christmas included some fun things like the following:
- Michael Purcell – my son joined us for this episode and got the Surface Pro 4, Type cover and Surface Pen. He explains why he loves his.
- Wes Allen – ThinkGeek toys like the BB8 Waffle Maker and the R2D2 Coffee Press. He also got an Apple Pencil.
- LaRosa Johnson – one of LaRosa’s co-workers sold him the Blue Yeti mic.
- Antoine Wright – one of Antoine’s Kickstarter campaign investments actually came through in a positive way. He got the Lumos Bike Helmet.
- Kevin Purcell – I got myself a Kindle Fire with the gift card for Amazon that my wife bought me.
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Pakistan is likely to grant Most Favoured Nation (MFN) status to India next month, in an attempt to boost Indo-Pak business to 6-7 billion dollars, according to Minister of State for Commerce, Abbas Khan Afridi.
Afridi's statement rebuffed media reports that Islamabad may delay awarding MFN status to India as the government was facing pressure from various stakeholders - particularly from industrialists associated with the textile industry in Pakistan, reports The Express Tribune.
Afridi said MFN status would be awarded to India by prioritising state interests, taking all stakeholders on board in Pakistan.
Islamabad has already missed a December 31 deadline to give MFN status to New Delhi as well as to end a negative list regime and trade. (ANI)


Bodylook has ended its creative вЂњwithdrawal phaseвЂќ and kicks off the coming summer event with an all-new look. вЂњProgressive, contemporary and sensitive вЂ“ this is our new Bodylook. This signature style will be something you can see and experience вЂ“ starting with a new logo through to all communication measures and the event itself,вЂќ explains Kirstin Deutelmoser, Director of Bodylook.
The consumer and their style worlds as targets of the trade and industryвЂ™s every deed and action are at the focus of the new concept. Forming out of these goals are eventful Bodylook worlds where top national and international brands will easily find their place. Each world has its own character and its own atmosphere underlined by special stand constructions and clear definitions.
Commenting on this Project Manager Angelika Grammozi said: вЂњWe offer our exhibitors an attractive staging and story for the presentation of their collections. Awaiting visitors is a pool of ideas arousing all the senses.вЂќ
The largest of the new worlds is called Downtown reflecting the economic centre where most things happen. Found here is the world of commercial and influential brands. A wide range of exhibitors that are demanding, quality-conscious, consumeroriented and established will be showcasing their collections here. A clear, arena-like structure featuring high stand constructions towards the outside and low constructions and concept stands towards the inside characterises the appearance of Downtown.
Visitors to Boutique Hotel can look forward to luxurious collections. Checking in here will be high-quality brands for demanding tastes with glamorous elements and sophisticated design. This area exudes discreet luxury with an atmospheric concept area in the style of an exquisite, star-rated hotel.
Welcome to the recreation ground of creativity вЂ“ Playground. This is where unconventional, progressive and lifestyle brands will find their new home. It is an experimental arena for innovative ideas and action, for trying out something new. The new concept stands made of cardboard invite you to live out new ideas. At Candy Shop a touch of seduction hangs in the air. Awaiting visitors in the shop for those sweet things in life are attractive complements to the range from little erotic accessories through to seductive collections.
Networking, relaxation and enjoyment are all possible to the same extent at UNION SQUARE. The central point uniting everything. The catwalk and media concept is currently being reworked. Here, too, you can look forward to something new. For Bodylook, as the most important international specialist platform in Germany, partnership a very great priority. Which is why invitation management has been intensified as a dialogue between the trade fair and exhibitors.
Bodylook visitors registering early online enjoy free admission. A Bodylook hotel with special rates for visitors and exhibitors can now be booked. The updated Innovation Forum and the Bodylook Party for the entire sector round off the range. Currently the Bodylook team is presenting its new concepts to the industry at various showcase events. Acceptances have already been received from:


We are still in the midst of Red tide and with the wind coming strong out of the south west it is not very pleasant. FYI this has nothing to do with the algae water let out of Lake Okeechobee but from the unprecedented amount of rain from Irma last year and the rain in May of this year.
The High rise roof has been repaired properly and came in $4k under budget. The pool deck has been repainted with a non skid paint and seems to be holding up well.
I did a property walk through with our insurance adjuster last week for them to see all the work that was done here post storm Irma and they may be sending us another check for they might of underpaid us on our claim.
Now that the pool deck is done we will now concentrate on putting in the new door locks on the Low rise and you will be contacted when we do your unit.
FPL has been trying to run a new power line under the parking lot and they keep hitting boulders and probably the old hotel concrete that was here and can’t get through. Will keep you posted on the outcome of this.
We will be replacing the Fibertite roofing on the flat part of units 225 and 226 as a exploratory project to see if we have to pull off the original built up roof off that is still underneath to be compliant with the new codes. This way when we go to do the rest there are no monetary surprises. That is all and you are up to date.
P.S. I will be on holiday till the 10th of August. I will be flying to Maine to hike The 100 Mile Wilderness section on the Appalachian Trail. It will take 8 to 10 day’s to complete. If you need me please text for I will be basically off the grid for those days and have been told texting works in some areas.


The Muppet Christmas Carol is set in the same universe as Harry Potter, no, really!
Have you ever paid close attention to the film and thought about the obvious indications that the film is set in the Wizarding World?
Want some proof? No problem!
1: Rizzo the Rat Was In Gryffindor
Throughout the film, Rizzo proudly displays his Gryffindor scarf. We can infer from this that he attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry and was sorted into Gryffindor. We also imagine that he spent a lot of time between lessons avoiding Mrs Norris, Argus Filch’s cat.
2: Hagrid Had Another Brother
A friendly and absent-minded giant with a beard? Clearly, Hagrid and The Ghost of Christmas Present are related. The ghost talks about his other brothers, one of them clearly being his younger brother Hagrid. BUT HAGRID IS NOT GINGER! Well, that can be explained by the fact that the redhead gene is recessive and can skip several generations.
3: The Riddle Grave Headstone Was Once Alive
That’s right. Before standing menacingly above the Riddle family grave, the statue was, in fact, the Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come. We can only speculate that the ghost was messing around with some potions and turned himself into stone. Poor thing.
4: The Cratchits & Weasleys
A poor, but loving family that never ask for more and make do with what they have? And a pair of twins to boot? The Cratchits and Weasleys are definitely cut from the same cloth.
Maybe distant relatives? Clearly, the family traditions and values have been passed down the generations.
Another interesting fact is that Mrs Cratchit confuses her twin daughters in exactly the same way as Mrs Weasley does with Fred and George.
5: The Patronus Charm
While we never actually hear The Ghost of Christmas Past say the words “Expecto Patronum”, the sheer blinding light upon her arrival clearly indicates the use of the Patronus Charm.
Maybe she was defending a sleeping Scrooge from a Dementor?
So there you have it. Undeniable proof that The Muppet Christmas Carol and Harry Potter share the same universe.
If you can spot any other examples that we have missed, leave them in the comments below!
PS – This article is not to be taken seriously. Merry Christmas!


We were happy with our decision to hold off on the interior finishing of this house to get the exterior completed before the winter weather was upon us again. During these cold days, being indoors painting the shiplap and trim is just fine. Here’s what’s happening inside our old farmhouse.
Window trim installed:
The shower is almost ready:
Lights for over the vanity, one on each side (his and hers):
We converted a previous bedroom at the end of the hall into the master bath. Obviously, this involved a great deal of work regarding plumbing and electrical to make that happen. Here are the beginning stages of closing off the bedroom entrance to wall off the toilet and shower.
The only bathroom upstairs was a very small 1/2 bath that was so small we dubbed it the “porta-potty” because it was actually the size of a porta-potty. We felt strongly that the downstairs tub was not enough and a full standing shower was necessary. The history of showers starts with God’s shower, the waterfall. In ancient Egypt, water jugs were used to create a shower. The health benefits of showers were realized and in 1767 when the first patent for a hand pump shower was granted in England. It was in 1850 that indoor plumbing was more common, making indoor showers possible. So it was not standard for the time that this 1925 farmhouse would have a shower. There is evidence of plumbing for a shower, but we have not seen any of the fixtures. We really don’t know but speculate that the plumbing for the clawfoot shower might have been added later. We purchased a tub shower kit for the downstairs clawfoot tub, which we will refinish. One study we found said, “In the US bathtubs (and bathing for health reasons) was widely accepted by the 1880s, but showers did not become as widespread until the 1930s-40s.” Which explains why this 1925 farmhouse did not have the extravagance of an upstairs tub and/or shower. Although in many ways we strive to keep the charm of this old house, the convenience of a shower, because of daily frequency, prompted us to update this house with a master bath and shower.


What is your most memorable wedding?
Every time it is the last wedding I covered!
Describe your style in 5 adjectives.
Thoughtful, adaptable, discrete, respectful and friendly.
What about your business are you most proud of?
Results. Happy clients. Good images.
What is your No. 1 wedding planning tip for couples?
Plan just enough to let the day carry you along and enjoy it.
What is your favourite personal touch you have seen at a wedding?
Something for everyone, sweets and bubble mixtures for the children, relevant sweet keepsakes for the adults.
Describe your typical process with a couple.
Discover locations, key times, names and dates. Meet up, discuss, agree/confirm booked. Chat again or even meet up again, prior to date. THE BIG DAY!!! Online proofing.
What is the No. 1 photo that you think every couple should take?
Together relaxed alone in peaceful area with space to breath.
What is the most original photo you’ve been asked to take at a wedding?
What do you recommend for a rainy day wedding?
I recumbent the Church to remain open and happy about that or a brilliant reception area, more spare time and adaptability as a photographer to get at least some of the expected shots!
Describe how you got into photography.


I'm not surprised Pete Wishart's article on how Britishness may well survive and flourish after Scottish independence has provoked such an instant reaction. After all, it strikes at the very heart of one of the articles of faith of unionism, namely that while a dual Scottish/British identity is possible within the context of union, somehow the prospect of independence forces people to choose. Hmmm. We only have to look as far as Scandinavia to recognise that argument for the nonsense it is.
David Torrance's response to Wishart is, as you'd expect, exceptionally well-written, but in places it seems to be a classic example of someone saying things that don't really make a lot of sense in an extremely elegant way. For instance -
"Yet on another, the politics of national identity, Wishart appears almost as confused as he claims Britishness is. Surprisingly, he concedes the geographical dimension almost straight away (why? It’s integral to so much of the argument, not least in terms of oil)"
Why concede the geographical dimension, ie. that someone from Scotland is by definition British? Because it's true. Scotland is geographically part of Britain in an unambiguous way that Northern Ireland unionists would love to claim for themselves, but can't. If Torrance thinks this statement of the bleedin' obvious has any bearing at all on whether a state called the United Kingdom of England, Wales and Northern Ireland (ie. not "Britain") would have a claim on Scottish natural resources, he's the one that's confused. It certainly appears that it'll be a jolt for some to discover that being British does not mean the same thing as being part of a state that has London as its capital city.
"Now I wouldn’t quibble with this assertion, far from it, but Wishart singularly fails to – although it is implied – articulate a definition of “Scottishness”, which presumably he believes exists. “Cultural Britishness is then a rather curious construct that can be almost anything, and usually is,” he writes..."
When people talk about what they identify with being Scottish, in my experience it's usually things like "the scenery" or "the sense of humour". Torrance might well scoff at such sentimental notions, but they're a hell of a lot more concrete and instantly understandable than the attempts to define Britishness that Wishart rightly dismissed as ludicrously contrived, such as Michael Portillo's offering that it's all about "anti-fanaticism".
"Wishart then offers a generous – and actually quite convincing – definition of Britishness (“great historic cultural achievements…pride in our victories in the wars we fought together”), but then spoils it by labelling this “the social union” which, of course, is a relatively recent Nationalist construct. “Our gripe”, explains Wishart, is with the “current political arrangements within the United Kingdom”. Doesn’t it occur to him that those “political arrangements” were central to the cultural achievements and wars he rightly lauds?"
But these are simply immutable facts of the history that has shaped us as Scots. They don't tell us anything about the suitability of those political arrangements for the present or the future. For good or ill, the modern face of India has been partly shaped by the British colonial legacy, but that doesn't mean independence isn't right for India now, or for that matter that it wouldn't have been right for India long before it actually happened. Indeed, one of the aspects of Britishness that Wishart identifies - and Torrance ignores - is our collective shame over the crimes of slavery and colonialism. And as for wars, Torrance might want to reflect on the fact that many independent Commonwealth countries found no difficulty in fighting alongside Britain in the Second World War - something that is conveniently edited out of the British national myth when we talk of a "small island nation standing alone in 1940".
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A few hours ago, Allan of Dispatches from Paisley left a comment here suggesting that an independent Scotland in "the EU/Euro" would look like "lunacy" in present circumstances. Well, the euro is one thing, but the EU? Looking at my trusty map of western Europe, it appears there are very, very few "non-lunatic" countries left these days - and the UK isn't one of them.


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South Australia’s peak motoring body has recommended one of the state’s most notorious roads be subject to major safety improvements.
Up to 50,000 motorists and truck drivers every day use the South Eastern Freeway, which was the location of a 2014 crash which left two dead.
Watch the video above
The accident sparked debate over the construction of a third arrester bed as a safety net should truck’s brakes fail, which the RAA says could save lives.
The proposed addition would be 250m closer to the intersection at the base of the freeway than the last one currently is.
The RAA says the freeway’s two speed cameras, which have generated $30 million in revenue in the past five years, could be used to fund the upgrades.
“We understand this was looked at as part of the coroner’s recommendations back in 2015,” the RAA’s Charles Mountain said.
“We think there’s some opportunity, with improved technology, to look at a drag net-type arrester bed for a final level of protection.”
However, the state government promptly shut down the motoring body’s recommendations on Thursday.
Transport Minister Stephan Knoll says a third bed won’t make a difference to safety on the dangerous stretch.
“Tens and tens of options have been looked at about how we improve road safety,” Knoll said.
“Each one of them that stacks up has been implemented... but a third arrester bed isn’t something that stacks up.”
The RAA has recommended a raft of other safety measures, including more signage and a third lane between Stirling and Verdun.
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What is the Good Neighbor Next door program? hud’s Good Neighbor Next Door (GNND) program began in 2006 as a consolidation and replacement of two existing hud programs: officer Next Door and Teacher Next Door. The program was designed to "improve the quality of life in distressed urban.
Good Neighbor Next Door: This program is sponsored by HUD and focuses on providing housing aid for law enforcement officers, firefighters and emergency medical technicians and teachers. Through this.
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One of the many programs available through Teacher Next Door is HUD’s Good Neighbor Next Door Program. Since teachers can contribute to community revitalization while becoming homeowners through HUD’s Good Neighbor Next door sales program. HUD offers a substantial incentive in the form of a discount of 50% from the list price of the home.
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Raghuram, Parvati and Madge, Clare
Towards a method for postcolonial development geography?: Possibilities and challenges.
Singapore Journal of Tropical Geography, 27(3) 270 -288.
In this paper we explore the contours of a ‘method’ for postcolonial development geography,which makes it possible to imagine another ‘world-picturing’. We suggest three steps towards such a method. First, we propose that a postcolonial method involves thinking about why we are doing research in the south in the first place; how we come to and produce our questions; and how we analyze and represent our findings based on our subject positionings. Second, that we need to recognize theorization as an inherent part of method, rethink how we currently theorize
and reconfigure our methods of theorization to address wider political aims. Problematizing theorization helps challenge the universalism of Eurocentric theories, thus enabling development geography to move towards more decolonized versions and visions. Finally, that this must be accompanied by firmer recognition of our multiple investments – personal, institutional and geopolitical – and how they frame the possibilities for change. These are some possible steps that we think can reconfigure the ‘scholarly track’ that postcolonial development geographers traverse.
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Filmmaker Rakeysh Omprakash Mehra has disclosed that he has now renamed his movie “Mirza Sahibaan” as “Mirziya”.
“The film is now going to be called ‘Mirziya’. Just like I made ‘Bhaag Milkha Bhaag’ inspired by the life of Milkha Singh, ‘Mirziya’ is only inspired by the folklore,” Mehra told IANS exclusively.
He is here in Jammu and Kashmir as the patron of the Ladakh International Film Festival.
His movie stars newcomers Harshvardhan Kapoor, son of veteran actor Anil Kapoor, and Saiyami Kher, niece of Tanvi Azmi.
To be shot in Rajasthan and Ladakh, the tragic love story is a modern take on the folklore.


For travelers visiting Bhutan, it is easy to get a prepaid mobile SIM card from either B-Mobile (Bhutan Telecom) or TashiCell. Both providers offer voice, text and data services.
How to get a SIM card in Bhutan
You can visit any mobile shop and apply for a tourist SIM card. You can also avail tourist SIM card at the airport. You would either need a copy of your passport or voter ID card (For Indian nationals only).
How much does it cost?
The cost of the prepaid SIM is Nu. 100 for B-Mobile and Nu. 200 for TashiCell and comes loaded with the same amount of talk time. Local calls cost up to Nu. 3 per minute and international calls to India are Nu. 4 per minute. The full list of calls rate can be found at B-Mobile and TashiCell websites.
What is the size of the SIM card?
To support most mobile phones, SIM cards come in multi size format having three different sizes in one SIM (Standard, Micro and Nano).
Does my phone support 3G/4G data in Bhutan?
Both B-mobile and TashiCell provide 2G/3G and 4G(LTE) data services, but they use different frequencies. Check the table below if your phone supports mobile data services in Bhutan.
|B-Mobile||900/1800 MHz||850 Mhz||LTE Band 3(1800 Mhz)|
|TashiCell||900/1800 Mhz||850 Mhz||LTE Band 28(700 Mhz)|
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Ihab Sukkariya left his home in war-torn Syria when he was 17.
After many stops along the way, he arrived on his own in Berlin in 2015, where he now lives with a host family. After completing a student internship, Sukkariya started vocational training in business administration with
"If I'd stayed until my 18th birthday, I'd have automatically been enrolled into the army... which would have meant kill or be killed," he said.
Sukkariya no longer saw a path for himself in Syria. "No future, no life, no safety." He set off for Germany on July 27, 2015.
Leaving Damascus, Sukkariya first escaped to Lebanon and continued from there to Turkey before reaching Europe by boat after numerous attempts to get from the Turkish mainland to the Greek islands. He fell overboard and was even picked up by the Turkish police. On his 10th try, he finally managed to get to Mytilini with 35 other refugees, then continued on via Athens, Macedonia, Serbia, Hungary and Austria before reaching Germany. He arrived in Berlin on Sept. 1 2015. He turned 18 a two weeks later.
Life in Berlin
Through the refugee center where he was staying, Sukkariya met a
"I was quite anxious at first,” Sukkariya said. “I mean, I didn't know these people. But now I call my host mother 'Mama.'" He says he can talk to her about his dreams and his plans.
"Now we are family," he adds.
Every morning, Sukkariya talks on the phone to his father, who still lives in Damascus with Ihab's stepmother and two half-siblings. In early May, Sukkariya visited his older brother, who also escaped from Syria and is now in southern Germany.
He is keen to stay in Berlin. "The city feels like home now," Sukkariya says, "probably because it is quite similar to Damascus."
A New Education
If Sukkariya had stayed in Syria, he would likely have studied engineering. He was only two exams short of completing his high school degree.
"But it would take far too long to get all the necessary documents from Syria and then catch up with everything in Germany,” he explains. “I would be 30 by the time I finished."
So he decided to follow a different path. In August, he began his vocational training in business administration at
The canteen is filling up as the first
When we meet, weeks before his vocational training was set to begin, we spoke in English. He wasn’t the least bit worried that his work at
"I can now understand about 50 percent of what's being said, and I'm still taking German courses," he explained.
When I asked if he would be ready, Sukkariya replied confidently.
"I'll surprise you," he said with a broad smile before heading off to lunch with his co-workers.
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The N.Z.A.I Fletcher FU24-954 is c/n 277 and was registered to New Zealand Aerospace Industries Ltd of Hamilton on 17-04-1980 and delivered to Rangitikei Air Services Ltd of Taihape on 29-05-1980.
It is seen above in its 400hp mode at Wanganui on 22-07-1986 with the pilots name 'Geoff Rowe' forward of cockpit and 'Whakapuni' on the engine cowling.
It returned to Hamilton to Pacific Aerospace Corporation Ltd from 30-11-1987 and was moved on to Aerial Work (Mid-Northern) Ltd of Maungaturoto from 03-10-1988.
It survived an engine failure on 23-11-1994 but struck a fence on take off at Mangapai on 26-06-2001.
Next we see it is registered to Super Air Ltd at Hamilton from 26-10-2001.
They stripped it, extended the fuselage, installed a 60 cubic foot hopper and tacked a P and W PT6A-11AG turbine in the nose.
I believe it first flew in this form on 21-01-2003.
As you can see it is still with Super Air and is seen here operating recently out of Omana, a few clicks northeast of Dargaville.
Thanks to Peter Garlick for the photographs.


IN HER FIRST INTERVIEW, AN ALLEGED RAPE VICTIM
TELLS "60 MINUTES" THE MILITARY TREATED HER
"LIKE A CRIMINAL" -- SUNDAY ON CBS
The words "zero tolerance" used by Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld to describe the military's policy on sexual assault ring hollow in the ears of former Lt. Jennifer Dyer. In her first interview, Dyer tells Steve Kroft she was treated like a criminal by the Army after accusing a fellow officer of rape. Dyer's interview will be broadcast on 60 MINUTES Sunday Feb. 20 (7:00-8:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network.
"[The Army has] done nothing but lie to me and treat me like a criminal," says Dyer, now out of the Army, which granted her request for an honorable discharge after she spoke to 60 MINUTES. "I don't believe [the zero tolerance policy]. Zero tolerance would mean that I would not have been treated the way I've been treated," she tells Kroft.
Dyer says she reported the rape "within 10 to 15 minutes" and, after emergency medical treatment, was then sequestered for three days without access to a telephone. Instead of offering counseling, Dyer said military investigators doubted her charges and her command seemed indifferent to them. Dyer was granted two weeks convalescent leave and told to report back to Camp Shelby in Mississippi. "I was told that if I didn't return on time, they would send MPs to my door and have me arrested," she tells Kroft. "They stated that two weeks was enough time to recover from such an incident," Dyer says.
But Camp Shelby is where the rape allegedly occurred and the alleged perpetrator still resided. Dyer went absent without leave for two months rather than return to the base. "I was fearful of my health and safety and sanity," says Dyer, a law enforcement officer in civilian life.
The incident occurred last August while Dyer, an eight-year veteran of the New Jersey National Guard, was on active duty at Camp Shelby. She says another lieutenant raped her after a night of drinking at the base's officers club. The accused officer, who is being court-martialed for rape, maintains the sex was consensual. Says Dyer, "I don't feel it's possible to misinterpret 'No, don't do this,' or 'stop.' Those are the words that I used again and again," she tells Kroft.
The Pentagon declined to be interviewed by 60 MINUTES but announced last month, under pressure from Congress, new sweeping policy changes regarding sexual assault. Among them: mandatory education on sexual assault for all armed service members; a victim advocate for every military command; confidentiality for rape victims until formal investigation begins; and a general who will oversee the entire process.


So this is being a writer... I've got a book out there in the world, another coming out in August, and three due to the publisher before the end of the year. I've been working full-time at Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center in New York City for the past almost ten years, while trying to have some semblance of a social life.
I must say, it's all very exciting, but MAN it's hard...
But I'm not complaining! I'm so grateful to have been given the opportunity to be this busy.
What makes it worth it:
- getting letters from readers telling me how much they've enjoyed my books and how they can't wait for the next one.
- seeing the work out there in stores and on shelves.
- watching work take on life all around the globe.
- visiting with readers at schools and libraries and answering amazing questions.
Hope your summer is not as sticky as mine, or if it is, that at least you have a nice fan. I do.


The curbside contractor makes every effort to perform collections, but there may be times when severe weather prevents collection. Waste collection is important, but the safety of people and property comes first.
If areas are unable to be safely accessed, customers will be notified through the Curbside Collection App and information posted on our main Curbside Program webpage. If possible, a make-up collection may be arranged.
Customers who do not receive service (e.g. if a make-up collection isn't possible) will be allowed to place up to twice their normal limit of materials at the curb the following regular collection day. In this case, the collection of extra materials will be free of charge and no Tag-a-Bag stickers will be needed.
To keep your lid and bin together and prevent wet, heavy material try these ‘Windy Season’ tips:
- Consider holding over materials until the next collection if possible.
- Place garbage out in bags only - once bins are emptied they can easily be blown away. Wait until the morning to place out bags to prevent animals accessing materials. Please do not use bags for recycling.
- Write your address on garbage/recycling cans and lids. Green Carts are assigned to your home through serial numbers on the side. Please don’t mark up Green Carts.
- Place a piece of 2x4 on the underside of your lid to add weight. Install screws with washers through the top down and into the 2x4. Please do not attach the lid to your container as it hinders servicing.
- Live in a windy rural area? Consider building a can corral or using a modified wagon that allows easy transport from home. A simple corral consists of four posts and a set of horizontal rails. Containers will be serviced from and returned to a corral.
- Always have your cart out by 7 a.m. as weather conditions, truck maintenance, and other unforeseen events can lead to route changes.
- Ensure a path is snow and ice free from the road to your materials, and that cart placement will not interfere with snow plows or other vehicles.
- Carts placed behind or on top of snow banks will not be collected. Place your carts at the curb/alley in an area free of snow accumulation such as the flat area at the end of your driveway.
- Placing your cart in a sunny location can also help prevent materials from freezing to the cart sides.
- Remove any snow and ice off the lids of your containers before placing at the curb to prevent lids from being frozen shut.
- When there is snow on the ground, pulling your cart will likely be easier than pushing it.
- Get to know your neighbours. If they need assistance getting their cart to the curb or creating a snow-free collection spot, offer your assistance.


Since you can get close to cup-lichen very easily, and they tend not to be moved by the wind, they make for an ideal type of macro subject. Doing something creative with them is quite something else, and sometimes others have good ideas (thanks Dik Hermes) like trying to create the feeling of spying on the cup-lichen as if they were some type of wildlife!
After some time searching I found just the group of cup-lichen to make this work. Making sure the lines of two groups of cup lichen, and grass in front crossed made for an interesting composition. I also wanted to make sure to include the blue sky. Adding the sky, I think, gives the color contras setting of the cup-lichen and adds variation to the usual earth background for this type of subject. To keep out the hard sunlight from the cup-lichen I used a foldable diffuser.
Nikon D200, 90/2.8, f10 1/15s, ISO200, extension tubes, foldable diffusor.


Music Factory Website
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RJT Ventures is looking to put together a website for Platinum Producer Tye Fyffe
Scope of Work for Music Factory Website
Page 1 Front Page
Logo, Video, and All Contact Info and Blog
Music Factory Studio Blog - Word Press with Picture, Sound, and Video Upload Functionality
Page 2 Control Room Info
Equipment list photos & small motion video of the control room for advertisement
Page 3 Discography and Gallery of Clients
Page 4 Calendars for Block Bookings
-Google Calendar Incorporation of Scheduling Tool - We do six-hour blocks so I want the hourly blocks shaded on the calendar.
-Paypal Funtionality account attached to the Session Block for Deposits to confirm the date or dates & Time
-Transaction Management Tool Once transaction happens the client, engineer and or my self & my partner should receive email confirmation.
Page 5 Meet Our Engineers:
Engineering Bios - 5 blank slots needed so each engineer can up load there Bio/Photo/Credits & Available Time & dates to work so the client can choose if he wants to work with them.
New Engineers - We are always looking for New Engineers whose diligence, work ethic, and drive coordinate with the chemistry of our artists. If you are interested in working with one of the premiere recording studios in NYC located in the Center of it all, Please send us your resume, picture, and a brief cover letter explaining who you are and what your aspirations are within entertainment and pop culture.
Skills: video, management, engineering


It is very comfortable because there are two separate, spacey bedrooms, where 4 persons can be easily accommodated. In the living room there is also a sofa which can be transformed into a double bed. The apartment is fully air conditioned and the kitchen is fully equipped with oven,microwave, dishwasher, fridge with freezer. Finally a boiler will provide you with hot water for 24 hours.
Of course the beds are already made-up, with fresh ironed sheets from top quality brand. Furthermore there are clean towels for every single of you.
Entire property has free Wi-Fi!
Kallithea is the closest Metro station and the bus station is 100 meters away.
The apartment is only 2 minutes distance walking from the closest bus station and 5 minutes train station. It takes only 10 minutes by bus to reach the Historical center of Athens, Monastiraki – Thisio and less than 15 minutes by bus to reach Piraeus, the largest port of Greece where you can travel to the most of Greek islands. In 50m. from the apartment there is a big grocery store and less than 100 m away there is a bakery. 10 minutes driving is the Stavros Niarchos Foundation Cultural Center. It takes less than 5 minutes walking to go to the shopping center on foot. Finally, less than 300 m away from the apartment there are plenty of coffee shops and Greek traditional taverns.
Private Parking is available 100 meters away at an additional cost.