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Glasgow looked like they would have to settle for a draw, but Harry Tattersall Smith lashed in a late winner to snatch a crucial victory. With an earlier away fixture succumbing to bad weather, this was the first meeting between the GUHC and the team sitting directly behind them in the league.
GUHC began with confidence; pressing well in the early stages of the game until defensive sloppiness gave Avondale the opportunity to take an early lead. Michael Mchaffie was forced into a number of fine saves, before Tony McHugh found a way through giving Avondale a shock 1-0 lead. GUHC would have been forgiven for letting the heads drop but they worked hard to regain control of the game with Cris Logan, a constant threat, acting as a tireless outlet on the wing.
Avondale were clearly at their strongest in the centre of the field so Glasgow relied on wide play to expose gaps in the Avondale defence, while Leo Howes worked hard in the circle to maintain GUHC pressure. In a frustrating twenty minute bout of play, GU dominated possession but lacked a clinical edge.
Avondale were clearly feeling the heat as GU continued to press the visitor’s defence, but the GU team failed to deliver the killer ball, despite the presence of Gokula Mohan in the heart of midfield who orchestrated proceedings.
Late into the first half, Glasgow were unlucky not to convert a penalty corner after incisive interplay between Howes and Ian Oliphant. The scrambled clearance saw Avondale break quickly earning a penalty corner. The Avondale forwards looked strong when they had possession, but this was not often. In the dying minutes of the first half, Howes made a last ditch attempt at powering through the Avondale defence. He created a chance through another penalty corner, but again the home side failed to convert.
Glasgow started the second half with renewed vigour, clearly determined to amend the score line. They piled pressure on the Avondale defence forcing a number of good saves from goalkeeper Donald McAllister.
Michael Harker provided a brief spell of relief for Avondale with a break but unsuccessful strike at the GU goal. An immediate response from GU saw Ian Oliphant find the Avondale backboard, however his goal was controversially disallowed.
Another fast break, this time by East Kilbride’s Tony McHugh, saw the pace of the game pick up as Avondale looked to kill off a resilient university side. The striker looked certain to score as the GUHC defence were caught napping but slipped in the circle.
GU’s persistence was finally rewarded with a goal from Harry Tattersall Smith, who struck clinically from the edge of the circle, after intelligent linking up with Howes on the wing. This style left inevitable gaps, allowing Avondale to fortuitously regain their lead through Ed McHugh, with an incisive counter-attack making the score 2-1. GU might have been dominating play, but Avondale were definitely making more of their chances.
Glasgow did not give up easily and a Howes break down the right of the pitch was smashed home after a smart turn by John Craig to level the score at 2-2.
As the game lulled a draw looked increasingly likely, but with ten minutes left Tattersall Smith scored to send the University team home with all three points and a deserved win.
Gav MacCowan surged through a flagging Avondale defence before threading a ball through to Craig, who squared the ball to partner Tattersall Smith, and he had the composure to tuck away his fourteenth goal of the campaign past the despairing keeper to spark raucous celebrations from the home fans.
The last ten minutes of the game were fairly even, with GU focused on maintaining their slender advantage. Tattersall Smith was unlucky not to complete his hat-trick, as an acrobatic back stick shot was smothered by the goalkeeper after fine work from Oliphant.
GUHC, under the tactical guidance of Alistair Claxton, worked their rolling subs well throughout the game, taking advantage of a strong squad. This tactic proved successful as both pace and effort were consistently high, giving the Glasgow side a crucial edge. The final result bodes well for the Glasgow University side who are currently pushing for back-to-back promotions.
After the game captain Joe Fitzgibbon said: “Today was massive when we went down, but it characterises the team spirit in the way we were able to fight back.”
The captain was confident of their promotion chances: “If we keep performing like that, we'll definitely be in the mix come May. We have the league leaders here next week — we are unbeaten at home in two years, and when the crowd get behind us it can be a lonely seventy minutes for any opposition player!” | <urn:uuid:775fbb77-70b4-4d45-93b8-d5f09b744f23> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://glasgowguardian.co.uk/2010/02/01/glasgow-shows-fighting-spirit/ | 2020-09-20T10:35:08Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400197946.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200920094130-20200920124130-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.972924 | 1,024 |
“See how great a love the Father has bestowed on us, that we would be called children of God; and such we are. For this reason the world does not know us, because it did not know Him. Beloved, now we are children of God, and it has not appeared as yet what we will be. We know that when He appears, we will be like Him, because we will see Him as He is. And everyone who has this hope fixed on Him purifies himself, just as He is pure” (1 John 3:1-3 NASB).
(Watercolor by Andy Sewell)
In the middle of a worship service at a Nancy Coen conference in December, 2017, part of the room fell away, and I felt Daddy reach down and take my hand, pulling me (my spirit?) up quickly. I had the sensation of floating into a room without walls, but only saw huge, like 20 foot tall, old-fashioned gumball machines lined up in front of me. Still holding my hand, (I seemed to be about the age of 8 all of a sudden), I heard the Father say, “You feel so blessed by these people, and so happy to be here, and I know you want to give them something in return, so pick one.” I looked at the choices, and had no clue what to pick! “What should I pick, Daddy?” I could not see His face, shrouded in light, but he leaned over to whisper in my ear conspiringly: “How about the ‘goody-goody gumdrops’?”
At this, I laughed out loud, and even heard myself laugh in the worship room simultaneously. It was a tender, sweet, inside joke. My earthly Dad says this occasionally, and he got it from his father, who used to say, “oh Goody Goody Gumdrops!” while taking me to the zoo, or Children’s Museum of Indianapolis as a child. It always made me laugh. God’s voice was just so playful and tender when He suggested it, and I knew the choice was still mine to make. “The gumdrops it is”, I replied, and there appeared a gold coin in my dress pocket: reading on one side: “Free”, and on the other side, “Paid”. I knew everything in this store was part of my inheritance, cause Jesus’ blood had already paid the price. I took the coin, put it in the machine, turned the knob, and gumdrops starting raining on everyone in the room in the Spirit! They were large, oversized, and drenched each person in sweet swirling rainbow colors. The sugar on them sparkled like diamonds as they absorbed into everyone, smiles erupting all around. I did not know what it all meant, but it was a lovely, sweet, and an intimate moment with my King. He loves to give good gifts to His children.
The next day, after the last session, I was alone for a few minutes in my mountain cabin bunk-room. “So, how do you feel about this weekend, Papa asked?” Without thinking, I blurted out: “I loved it! I feel like a kid in a candy store!” Realizing what I had just ‘accidentally’ said, we both laughed, remembering the experience He had given me the day before based on feelings I did not realize I even had yet! My biggest reason for feeling so delighted at the conference was because the whole weekend was spent around people like me: people whom it had taken me my whole life to meet: people who hear from God regularly, like a close friend, or people who have dreams or visions they know are from the Lord, or have been taken in the Spirit by the Lord, or who regularly spend time in His Presence in Heaven as if that is just a normal every-day occurence. It should be. They are a People who walk in the Gifts of the Spirit, the Power and Might and Counsel of the Godly, who long for relationship above all else.
I am awed at Nancy Coen’s decades of walking in the supernatural, faith-filled obedience to the Savior she loves so much. Like I am just beginning to be, she has been ridiculed, shunned and labeled a heretic by people who do not understand her unique walk with the Lord. Let us be sweet, like she is, to those who persecute us for His name’s sake, especially when they are our dear brothers and sisters in Christ.
That weekend, I had at least a dozen experiences of God/Jesus/Holy Spirit talking to me about things, showing me things, explaining things even while I was taking notes, and four open visions at the conference. It was quite amazing! But the candy store with Daddy is one of my faves. I love how Abba Daddy is so fun, humorous, intimate and personal with His children, yet so Holy, awe-inspiring and worthy of our Love and Praise. One minute He can be a Dad, the next a stern Father, then a Husband, Friend, and Righteous Judge. He is my Creator, Inventor, my All in All.
I still don’t have all the answers as to why gumdrops fell on people in the Spirit, or what that gift meant, but I am sure He will tell me in due time. Other than the candy watercolor picture above by Andy Sewell, which I do not yet know the story behind, I do not know if others have had any encounters with a similar vision. If you have, please share!
Get to know Him, He so wants to be close to you, and walk with you, and talk with you, even though He already knows everything about you!
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South Shepparton Community Centre Inc. is a not-for-profit organisation governed by a volunteer Committee of Management and staffed by 2-3 permanent part-time staff as well as casually employed tutors, program leaders and volunteers. The Centre is funded by the Department of Health and Human Services, Greater Shepparton City Council and Adult Community and Further Education. The Centre is open Monday – Friday 9am-2.30pm during school terms, except public Holidays.
To offer all, including lonely and disadvantaged people, an environment in which to further develop life and career skills in a safe, inclusive, warm and friendly place.
At our Centre, we value Volunteers and Members as they are a vital part of achieving our goals and play a key role in several activities, assisting in:
- Office administration and reception
- Community lunches, food preparing, serving and cleaning up
- General maintenance and cleaning
- Setting up class rooms
- Program support – Link to Us, Art & Craft, English as second language
11 Service Street
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Based on clinical, epidemiologic, and experimental studies, the aetiology of white matter damage, specially periventricular leukomalacia (PVL), is multifactorial and involves pre- and perinatal factors. Each of these factors is supposed to be a major precursor for neurological and intellectual impairment, and cerebral palsy (CP) in later life. Antenatal rather than intraparturn factors are now emerging as the major determinants of cerebral palsy. In this case report maternal trauma, benign tumour, severe anaemia and fetal cerebral vascular malformation are supposed as causative factors in intrauterine periventricular leukomalacia resulting from hypoxic-ischaemic injury.
|Translated title of the contribution||Fetal ischaemic brain injury in the second trimester of pregnancy|
|Number of pages||5|
|Publication status||Published - Aug 20 2006|
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The title of the article may look unrealistic but you may find an answer towards the end. Revenue Cycle Management (RCM) has been a problem area for many practices and most of them leave the money on the table without even realizing that they have a problem. An assessment of your practice operations would help you reengineer your operations and align it with your strategic and tactical needs. By understanding the common issues in RCM, followed by a systematic approach to identify your own needs, you will be able to define the right kind of RCM strategy for your practice.
Common issues with the healthcare Revenue Cycle Management
Many of the physician’s offices are struggling to stay ahead for patient billing. If you are one of them then you need to take a look below to see if you are encountering any of these problems.
- Lack of trained staff: Who would like to lose hard-earned revenues through simple mistakes? Even if you have employed the RCM technologies, these tools would only be as good as the people using it. Your revenue cycle is like a supply chain; a simple mistake by a person gets magnified as it moves through the entire cycle and adversely affect your bottom-line. Incorrect patient demographics/insurance information, incomplete eligibility verification, coding errors or simply a failure to understand the importance of one’s job and its effect on the revenue can result into repetition of costly mistakes
- Lack of effective monitoring and communication between staff: While the typical day in office can be extremely busy, it is critical that everyone understands his/her role in the office’s revenue cycle. Therefore, physicians and office managers must have adequate communication and financial reports including A/R, denials, collection and revenues must be reviewed during weekly/monthly meetings. The corrective actions must be identified and communicated to each individuals based on their role.
- Payer requirements keep changing: Payer requirements keep changing and keeping up with different payer policies is a challenge. RCM team members must have a clear idea of these requirements and update their systems constantly. Failure to do so might lead to additional administrative time and delayed payments. In order to avoid this, providers can utilize guides published by the payers and create their own centralized knowledge base and automated systems. Alternatively, the providers can rely on outside RCM companies for their expertise, tools and time to handle thousands of claims based on payer specific policies.
- Inefficient Accounts Receivables (A/R) practices: Account receivable is the vital part of any business. Many practices do not employ diligent A/R follow up practices, resulting into large amount of money being left on the table. Improper insurance coordination, lagging collection times, and inconsistent follow-up are the contributing factors that adversely affect your revenue cycle. Write-offs needs to be handled carefully and must not be used to make A/R figure favorable at the cost of overall revenues. However insignificant is the write-off amount, when they accumulate over period it affects overall income.
Checklist to identify problem areas in your RCM process
The above listed problem areas in RCM process may be common to many practices. However, identifying your own pain points is crucial before taking a decision. Here is a simple checklist that would help you evaluate your practice operations:
- Does your staff collect the patient co-pays in timely manner?
- Are the patient eligibilities verified before the patients walk into the office?
- Are treatments appropriately pre-authorized?
- Are all your patient encounters being billed in a timely manner?
- Are you getting paid timely and appropriately?
- Do you find a lot of coding error, which could have been easily avoided?
- Do you see your staff making the same mistakes again and again?
- Do you have a high denial rate?
- Do you find specific payers paying less as compared to other payers for the procedures you perform?
- Are you taking unnecessary write-offs in order to make your A/R look good at the expense of your revenues?
- Are you getting critical information about your payer performance?
- Are your patients paying in a timely fashion?
- Do you have a high percentage of patient responsibility, which is costing you additional time and money in collection?
- Do you spend more than 4% of your revenues in management of your RCM operations?
Finding a solution for your Revenue Cycle Management
Once you go through your checklist, you will be able to identify the improvement areas falling into three broad categories as People, Process and Product (or Technology). You can then focus on the areas where you need help. The chart below displays the required strengths under each category, in order to optimize your Revenue cycle.
If you find that the responsibilities of the revenue cycle has become overwhelming and conflict with other office duties (Staff Management, keeping up with government programs such as MACRA or other administrative tasks), it should not keep your office from becoming financially efficient. If you are interested in optimizing your revenue cycle, consider a Revenue Cycle Management company that will collaborate with you to get the most out of the volume of patients you are seeing. It is important that you find a partner who caters to your specific needs and works as extension of your office, rather than working in isolation. The partner who is flexible to align the RCM services to your strategic and tactical needs and reengineer your entire Revenue Cycle Management process or individual processes. Usually good RCM companies charge a fraction out of what you earn and at the same time gets you assured increase in your revenues.
This way you will be able exploit your core competencies and focus on what you love the most, i.e. providing the best patient care; and leave the rest of the burden to your RCM partner, who will help you strengthen the financial health of your practice. You can achieve both your clinical and financial/operational goals at no additional cost to you. Does it look like you CAN have your cake and eat it too? | <urn:uuid:ca8dbedd-47a7-453b-bf0d-8ece8e89551e> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://ipatientcare.com/blog/revenue-cycle-management-have-your-cake-and-eat-it-too/ | 2020-09-20T09:52:15Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400197946.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200920094130-20200920124130-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.954554 | 1,221 |
Jeff Andries is a multidisciplinary designer based in Amsterdam with a focus on product design and strategy based. Previously, he worked as Head of Design for Salonized and as Senior Designer for The Next Web, Springer Nature (Berlin), Vodafone (Düsseldorf) and has worked as an independent freelancer for various startups and agencies.
Jeff’s passionate about everything design, technology, art and science. Finding the delicate balance between beauty, functionality and technical elegance is a central theme in Jeff’s philosophy about creating digital products.
When not designing, Jeff loves to play with his collection of techno vinyl records, cooking good food, or digging into his stash of books about AI, biology, geography, physics and politics. | <urn:uuid:e35a20ce-a45f-45e0-a708-437ebb1259d7> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://jeffandries.com/about-jeff-jesaja-andries | 2020-09-20T12:12:29Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400197946.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200920094130-20200920124130-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.958449 | 155 |
ComiCon is a dream, a nightmare, a chaos, a masquerade and its own reality. ComiCon is a sub-culture, a culture, a world, a nostalgia, a childhood dream where women walk around in tight bodysuits, and where men show the type of hero, superhero, they would really be if they could just stop eating so many Doritos. There are parties every night at ComiCons, and a ComiCon itself is one big party.
I hate parties.
I should stay in my hotel room and write. Work on a script due soon. But I’ve been invited to one of the semi-private parties tonight. There’s one every night of the Emerald City ComiCon actually, and the comics biz is very much about networking. A comic book is a team effort, and you need to know people to have a team. I am the Grinch of ComiCons, and am constantly amazed that people there welcome me with their costumed arms.
Emerald City ComiCon officially unofficially begins tonight, Thursday, with the first party, for those locals in the know, and those of us creators (writers and artists) and editors and publishing folks who have come in early, which is most of us. One of the big publishers (not the big big ones, the Big Two, but the big medium ones) takes on hosting chores at a local watering hole each night.
Weather today in Seattle is surprisingly nice, with actual sun when my train arrived in the station early afternoon. After I check into my hotel room, I go for a quick run down on the along the piers, dodging traffic and tourists and other runners, the Olympic peninsula and mountains visible across the bay—most other times I’ve been here they’re in the clouds. And how ComiCon-esque to be able to see Mount Olympus rising to the west. You’d almost expect to see gods or superheroes (our gods) flying around.
After a glorious hot shower, I even have some hours in the afternoon to walk around downtown and be somewhat normal. Though of course, nerd that I am, my main destination is Elliot Bay Bookstore, an uphill climb right past the Convention Center, where I poke around looking at books without pictures, though sneak of look in the graphic novels section. They have one of my books, my Aquaman compendium. It’s not that big of a section, so that fact that something of mine is featured is something. There are bigger comics stores in town, which I may or may not get around to visiting this weekend. As a reward to the bookstore for carrying me, and to be subversive and potentially thrown out, I take out a sharpie and secretly autograph it: Dear Elliot Bay: Aquaman was right!!! —Mark Singer
But mostly I look at books without pictures. People, fans I mean, comic book readers, might be surprised at how many ‘regular’ books I read. It’s what I tell aspiring writers at comicon panels: read everything, read read read. Some guys (and gals) that I know, do a lot more reading of graphic novels than I do, and have encyclopedic memory of all comics everywhere, seemingly. My dark secret: I actually think most comics, comics books, graphic novels, aren’t that good. Or, not as good as they could be, or should be. Even some of my friends’ work. Even my own. I’d much rather read any given short story by Chekhov than any given comic book, especially the superhero kind, but including others. That said, there are comic book writers that can kick my ass. Some so good they make me think about giving up and moving into something lame, like writing screenplays. I’m friends with a couple. Or, acquaintances. I sometimes wonder if they feel the same way about me that I feel about others. Probably. But, they’ll be here this weekend, maybe even at the party tonight. There won’t be much time to talk, to really talk. Never is at these comicons. So much going on, schmoozing and planning and gossip, when I’d rather be having a quiet coffee in one of Seattle's numerous cafes.
I pick up some books on zen buddhism, both for research and my own interest. I’ve had more than one character into buddhism, including one of my own characters, Robin Midori, though now I’m writing for a martial arts superhero named Iron Fist. And, perhaps looking for something for myself, some calmness and/or meaning to the madness of life, and the madness of my own madness.
Back downhill, enjoying Seattle having actual people out walking around. People who walk exist in Portland too, where I now live, but growing up in Michigan, that wasn’t always the case. Even Chicago, where I went to college, that was only true half the year, when the weather wasn’t freezing-ass cold and snowy. Much more reasonable here in the Northwet. Many folks just getting out of work, waiting for busses to take them to the suburbs, where they can afford to live. People in suits, people in rags. Young white kids in dreadlocks carrying backpacks. Homeless guys sitting in an alcove, watching everyone. Up to a city park, a small grassy area with a view of the bay, where more homeless people congregate, and where I’m asked twice if I want to buy weed, though it’s soon to be legal here.
And women. Seattle women are awesome. I say that about every city I visit, and it’s always true. I love the variety, but business suits, to jeans and t-shirts, some for business, some for play. Some, apparently, for both. Young, older, in-between. Everyone out enjoying the rare sunny day. I don’t live that far away, Portland, but everything, everyone, is grimier down there. I don’t know how seattleites do it, since they get more rain up here than we do, but it’s the city itself: Portland just seems to have mold and moss growing everywhere. Seattle shines. Maybe Microsoft elves come out and night and polish everything every night, or maybe the steep streets insure that all the moss is washed out to the sea, but everything is clean. Now. Tomorrow if it rains I may think of otherwise, and I like Portland anyways. I like the grime. I’m grimy. I always have been, so when I moved there I felt at home. And Seattle can feel sterile. Like, when you go into Starbucks? And it has that absolute cleanness? That you appreciate when you’re driving and want a nice clean private bathroom? And the coffee is fucking good but the food is all dry and tasteless and the music is good but you suspect that huge studies have been conducted to figure out just what kind of music you exactly like? That’s Seattle. Portland is more like, fuck you, keep driving. Drink a Pabst Blue Ribbon and get the fuck outta here.
I contemplate going to the Seattle Art museum. What’s interesting is few of the masses amassing this weekend for the comicon will even think to pay a visit. Nor will those who do go to the museum consider heading up the road to the comicon. Two art worlds within blocks of each other and either snubbing their noses at, or just ignorant of, each other. High verus Low, who will win? Well, the Comicon is sold out: thousands and thousands of people are paying fairly big money to get into the comicon, many so they can then spend more money buying comics (that is, art) inside. Pop culture wins. Low culture wins.
Time to catch the sun setting behind the Olympic Mountains down on the pier. Salt air. Ships horns. Down south, to my left, huge War of the Worlds insect cranes loading train cars onto ships. A few sailboats out on the water, and smaller fishing boats. A yacht. A ferry leaves, heading north. Maybe I could do that this weekend, just to be able to stand out front, or at least on a rail, and freeze my ass off in the wind, looking for orcas.
I spoil it all by taking some pics with my phone and posting to Twitter: “sunset in seattle muthafuckas!” I hate myself and kinda hate my 441 followers too. But this is business. The whole weekend is business. My whole life is business. And schmoozing. And networking.
My phone vibrates. My sort-of-former editor, Diane, texting to verify our dinner. I text her back and head back to my hotel room for another quick shower and change of clothes. I’m exhausted already. That’s what I get for walkabouting all over Seattle. But, this may be my last time to get outside and enjoy fresh air for a long period of time. The ComiCon looms, and the schmoozing will begin.
Diane Schwarz is/was my editor at Dark Horse. I should say the legendary Diane Schwarz. If I’m proud of my story American Winter, and love the artwork by Paolo Pinto, Diane is who made it all come together and kept the process going behind the scenes, so Paolo and I could do our creative thing. She’s nearing retirement, which I don’t quite believe. That is, her life is comics, has been for decades. She was the first women to become involved at the editing level for comics with the Big Two, and at one point she was editor-in-chief for Dark Horse. She’s incapable of doing ‘fuck all’ after she leaves, as she claims, Someone will come along, some smaller company, offer her full creative control, and she’ll take it. Though I hope she works a little less. I’ve told her more than once not to work on anything, including most especially one of my projects, on a saturday night, which I can tell she does from her email dates.
We meet at a fairly chi-chi place up Second Ave a bit. She is, as usual, and as am I, dressed all in black: Usually a t-shirt but she’s dressed up with a silky blouse thingy for tonight. Petite and skinny, with long black hair she’s always just parted down the middle, and her leather biker boots (how does she find them in her size?) and black jeans. I’ve never seen her wear a dress, not even when she accepted an Eisner award. The only real color to her is her rose-colored John Lennon glasses.
We do the French bise when she comes in. I already have her favorite wine ordered and we ching-ching to American Winter, starting in immediately on business. She makes me swear on my life that I’ll come up with a new story idea for the series. But I'm not serious. She knows that. Or, almost does. I see that gleam in her eye that's hoping I'm serious. Am I serious? But no, I'm not serious.
The bigger news is of course the television adaptation of American Winter, for the SyFy network, which, against all seeming odds, is becoming a huge hit. Which is in turn sending more readers to the original comics. Which is good new for both of us. Though Diane just gets a straight salary, while I, as in independent contractor, get royalties (so, ch-ching!) it’s a definite feather in her cap, proving once again that she’s the queen of comics. She hasn’t exactly been happy at DH lately, sick of what she calls the “boy’s club” and their obsession with superheroes and science fiction, and that they fail again and again to hire women for the editorial teams.
Diane plays these comicons right, generally avoiding the madness of the main floor and meeting everybody individually throughout the days. And she does know everybody. She was into the comics scene back when I was just reading them as a kid, stuff she edited in fact, and stuff written by one or two of her former husbands. Little did I know but she was already helping shape how I thought about comics. She is, perhaps correctly, somewhat annoyed about the state of comicons now. “When I started out, they were just about comics. You went and looked at comics, talked to comics people, bought and sold and traded comics. Maybe Stan Lee would show up and do autographs, that’s about it. Now it’s all about these kids who come in wearing costumes and they don’t even read comics from what I can tell, but they expect everyone to treat them like rock stars.”
She is of course referring to cosplayers, and cosplay. Costume + play = cosplay. I’m sure I’ll see plenty of them tomorrow, maybe even some at the party tonight. For the most part I don’t mind them, and in some ways find the whole phenomenon fascinating in an anthropological way. I’m old enough to remember the old days too, or my old days, back when comics were comics and the costumed folks were over at the science fiction conventions. Now they’ve all merged. One could argue, and it’s been done, that superheroes, the biggest part of comics so far still, is a form of science fiction. But comics have become more about franchises. Or, it still can be, but the Big Two, and others like Dark Horse are making more and more money from converting their comics lines over into movies and/or (like in my case) tv shows. And/or video games. Grant Morrison, maybe the biggest writer around now, became millionaire when his Batman story about Arkham Asylum became a bestselling game.
The idea for American Winter, the kernel I started with, was after 9/11, which, to some younger people now isn’t even a big deal I guess, though it set many things in motion that affect America and the world still, now, which I kinda hope I don’t start ranting about and getting into. But. The one thing post-9/11 was how, immediately, muslims were for targeted for hate crimes around the country, and there was a general feeling of dis-ease (like a disease) with muslims in general by the more conservative (and even supposed liberals sometimes) parts of America. And that made me go hmmm, thinking about my own childhood interest in the Holocaust, when I devoured books about just what had been happening to Jews before America even entered WWII, and the camps.
That plus the little-acknowledged fact that America rounded up people of Japanese descent living in the States and put them in internment camps. And I thought, What if? What if, in an alternative near future, or alternative now, the American government rounded up muslims and put them in camps? What would happen? How would it happen? And for those who weren’t adults around post 9/11, this kind of wasn’t that much of a stretch, with the invasions of Afghanistan and then, inevitably, Iraq in full swing. Or, not for me, when the American government was adopting new departments like Homeland Security, sounding like something right out of Nazi Germany.
My initial thoughts, and the initial proposals I sent out to prospective companies, (including Diane at DH) centered around white characters still. I wrote half a script about the US army coming into my hometown of Ann Arbor and declaring martial law, and how some students would protest, initially, in the Diag, then try to escape when the Army used violence. That script stuttered to a stop for while. Then I had the idea of a guy, white, being asked by a muslim family friend to smuggle two muslim children out of Michigan across the border to Canada. The idea being that the country was already on lockdown, but the border up in Northern Michigan is a lot more open. And I liked the idea that somewhere in there that the man would be helped by the Michigan Militia, conservatives waging a guerrilla war with the feds (like the real-life Michigan Militia dreams of doing) but only as long as they don’t find out the two children, a boy and a girl disguised as a boy, are muslims. Because everybody hates muslims at that point. Fans of the tv show will recognize that storyline, vaguely. That was my contribution to the script sessions, when it became obvious from on high that the show had to have some heroic white people in it. That guy became Douglas the Smuggler. But in comics form the story didn’t get far. I kept having doubts. Like, if it’s about muslims, ostensibly, then the main characters should be muslims. Except, I knew nothing about Islam, except for what I remembered from a college class at MSU years ago. Which, turns out, was way more than more Americans knew, including the talking heads on tv.
So I guess I just doubted myself. As usual. And as always. It’s what creative people are best at. But you just slog through. Not all of my characters had been white males. Robin Midori and John Dogo from CABRONA. And, I’d written female characters, like Red Sonja. Writing about religion, and other cultures, is hard. But hard is good, I’ve found. Hard means risky. But I doubted too whether a comic book company would touch a story about muslims being rounded up in internment camps at that time. Faux patriotism was high in America at the time of Bush II’s reign. Dissent meant you weren’t with them, and as Bush II famously said, “If you’re not with us, you’re with the terrorists.” Which, you know, was ridiculous except that at least half of America believed it.
And that’s where Diane came in. She loved the initial proposal, and didn’t blink when I changed it a bit. It helped that I had Paolo Pinto on board as the artist, the man who can do no wrong. I suspect she may have made her own proposal to the upper ups at DH less on the story than on the creative team, but that’s fine. She never told me. They accepted. And then I had a deadline.
So, while continuing research (involving both stuff on Islam, but also on the Holocaust and the Japanese internment camps) I had the idea for American Winter, based on a true story I’d read about of a Jewish man who was taken from his home in Poland before things were really going down. He and some others were taken out to some woods outside his city, at night, forced dig a large trench, then were lined up along it and shot. This guy somehow missed being shot, and was buried under and among the other men’s bodies. After the Germans left for the night, he managed to extricate himself and escape into the woods, eventually making his way back to the city. Where, he found, no one believed his story. People just would not believe what had happened. That story stuck with me, so I just went, hm, what if? What if it was a muslim guy? And so, I made him an employee at the university, and added in another memory, about how people had been rounded up in Chile during the coup and kept in the city soccer stadium until they were disappeared. So I had him and other muslim men (at that point) rounded up and put in the Big House, the stadium for the U of M football team. Which, was almost blasphemous to Wolverines, and I did get some flack for it when the story came out, but the blasphemous part was fun and scary. Risky. Also, familiar, working with at least the area I was familiar with, grew up with. And the woods were the Michigan DNR woods I’d explored in my youth where, I found out later to my surprise, there actually was an internment camp for Germans during World War II! I grew up there and never knew until someone at a panel discussion brought it up.
I knew though, that American Winter had to be not just one story and one character but multiple characters. I knew too that I wanted each issue, or most issues, to be self-contained. I’d learned that from my Aquaman days, that readers, if they feel they’re coming into a storyline mid-way, will feel lost and opt out. That had happened to me as a reader too. Plus, I envisioned a world. I knew I wanted to start with Ann Arbor, but I knew at some point exploring what had happened in this alternative world in other parts of America would be interesting. Or, if not all of America, then Michigan and/or the midwest, where war-patriotism was at its highest.
The model I used was the great SCALPED series, by Jason Aaron, which did just that, placing most of the stories in a certain western Indian reservation, and sometimes following a few main characters, but sometimes not, and sometimes going to other reservations. Aaron’s vision isn’t an alternative America, although you could argue life on the reservations is an alternative America anyways, but it fit, and many of the issues were stand-alone, though all build towards a bigger picture of life on reservations in general.
It worked. It worked beyond my, and Paolo’s, and Diane’s, expectations. Mostly because of the controversy is caused. I was accused of being anti-American, and a traitor on the one hand, but also surprisingly of being anti-muslim, and/or portraying muslims as only victims and exploiting them (the term ‘Islamploitation’ was used, without irony, which I thought was actually pretty funny). And/or knowing nothing about Islam. Which, that last was the one that got to me the most. But the rest? Loved it. Didn’t love the media circus interviews that DH arranged, but it sold copies. The more outrage, the more money we made.
But yeah, living in fear each month of someone coming out with some legitimate complaint about how I was portraying muslims. And, they came. Or, what is legitimate? To complain about whether a certain muslim character would still wear a headscarf seemed silly, since if I learned anything from the experience, there are many kinds of muslims and many kinds of interpretations and a multitude of different styles and looks. Plus, though the visual part was a lot on Paolo, since he actually drew (and sometimes inked) the characters. But, he doesn’t do interviews, doesn’t really speak English that well, hiding out in Rio. I was the one that took the brunt of the criticism.
But there was good stuff, and that’s what made me happy. I got many emails and radio talk show phone calls, and tweets thanking me for bringing the whole issue out in the open. And I even got suggestions from actual muslims, telling me their real-life stories from other countries, and or their own speculations about what might happen, and why, and I realized that this world I’d created needed more stories. More stories than I could come up with. At first I still clung to my ego and envisioned me keeping the main story, but having separate mini-runs based in the same world, running parallel to mine, and taking place in other parts of the country. And that part did happen. But I also, after a while, decided to just step back and give the main title to others to experiment with. Plus, three and a half years was enough. We got through the end of the Bush years, fought the good fight, and once the tv deal went through, money was not a problem (at least for a while!) for either of us. So, on to other projects. I talked to Paolo about it, and although he really loved the series, he too liked the idea of handing over the reins to an actual muslim artist, the first of whom turned out to be Fareed Biljon, right out of Detroit, who is fucking great.
The one (horrible) irony was seeing the Obama administration become the biggest deporter of ‘illegal’ immigrants than all previous administrations combined, to the point where, gulp, it was rounding up these so-called illegals and putting them in for-profit prisons without trials while they supposedly waited for deportation. I got a twinge of guilt about that. Like, shit, did I give them that idea?
Diane still edits American Winter. She was shocked and appalled when I bowed out, still kinda is, though I explained why. I’m proud of the storylines I came up with, and the characters, some of whom still make appearances, but I knew that no matter how many muslims I checked with ahead of time that I was bound to make a mistake or misunderstand. And, it just seemed to right thing to do. It was a risk. The upper-ups at DH didn’t like it, and didn’t like me walking away, but they’re also on the other hand been great about creators keeping the rights to work, and supporting that. And, they did score the tv show deal, so they couldn’t complain too much.
The irony, of course, is when Hollywood got the rights to do the tv show, they brought in a stable of white writers. I know because I was there, and sat in on some of the beginning sessions, read some of the scripts. And, irony upon irony, the scripts were pretty good. They started with some of the storyline from my runs, but quickly developed other ideas and stories, based both on budget and, I guess, on what the producers wanted. I feared the worst, everybody at Dark Horse did too, as did my twitter followers, but in this case it worked: For its genre, the show is getting a good chunk o’ audience and a second season has been given the thumbs up. Ch-ching!
Diane and I chat for an hour, then more Dark Horse creators filter in. People I’ve met but haven’t worked with, like the artist Sam Froud, and people’s who’s work I know, like Anna Aramyan who’s made a name for herself through coloring—adding in the colors of drawn and inked pages. I’ve wanted her to work on a project of mine for years, but it’s never worked out. This is the power of Diane: she knows everyone, and brings them together, sometimes not even on purpose. We just all happen to be here for the ComiCon, and this too is the power of ComiCons: the behind-the-scenes networking that happens. That’s how I made my break into comics, at a then-rare ComiCon in Chicago in my mid-twenties. Waiting in line to get into a panel featuring Frank Miller (one of my heroes) this guy behind me was sketching, so I asked, kind of stupidly now that I look back, if he was an artist. Of course he was, and we talked about comics we both liked, like Miller’s run on Daredevil, but also the underground stuff, like Robert Crumb. This was Jared King, and eventually he asked me, “Are you a writer?”
I was, though hadn’t thought of myself as a comic book writer. I had a BA in English from Columbia, and had written stories and poems and even a play or two, all of them not so good, which I knew even at the time, though I’d had a sense that I’d gotten better, somehow. Write that much and you’ll automatically get better. But much of that had been in response to assignments for school. What did I want to write on my own? Or worse: was I ever going to write on my own? But never had I attempted a comic book script. I wouldn’t have known what to do, since that wasn’t an acceptable form of writing in college classrooms. But, I said yes, I was a writer, just not mentioning what kind I thought I was. Because it was kind of at that moment when I became a comic book writer, by Jared asking. Something clicked. Comics were, after all, what I’d grown up reading, before I’d gone on to ‘real’ books. That click might have gone on un-acted upon, or not, I don’t know, except for Jared. We sat together during the Miller panel and right before it started, Jared offhandedly said, “We should a comic together.”
I nodded and smiled and said yes and that may have been all that happened (people say stuff like that to each other every day) but I sat there thinking, listening to Miller, who is both an artist and a writer, and something he said then, or maybe it was the person interviewing him (the details are lost to the haze of time and my lost memories) about how lucky he was to be both, and part of what Miller said was that he started writing because originally as an artist he had a hard time finding good stories by other people. I saw Jared nod to that. And I thought, hm. What if?
Jared and I talked some more and I asked him what kind of story he might like. We went back to Crumb. Jared really liked that grainy squiggly kind of artwork, and he really like the subject matter, which at the time neither of us could articulate, really, but what I know now was writing about, documenting, the lower class. That clicked with me in that I liked the writer Charles Bukowski, who did the same thing, with humor, like Crumb. I told Jared about Bukowski, and later loaned him the Notes of a Dirty Old Man story collection, which he loved (and which he never returned!). But even before then we’d agreed to do something like that.
So I went back and read my Crumb comics, and my Bukowski, and at the same time I’d been reading a used copy of DT Suzuki’s Essays on Zen Buddhism, which I’d delved into via Jack Kerouac and his novel The Dharma Bums, and this, I think is how creative shit happens: a melding of things in one’s life. I thought, what if? What if I could talk about some of the zen weirdo-ness with the koans, but like in a grungy Bukowski bar. So I wrote “Armadillos.”
Now, the idea of a story that takes place in a bar is kind of cliché, and may have been even then, since Bukowski kind of almost defined it. But I just like the idea of a couple barflies, and a hot female bartender (my weakness throughout life) hanging out and this old japanese dude walking in and fucking with them with his zen koans.
Jared loved it, and to my relief had no problems with how I formatted the script (which I stole from my playwriting class at Columbia) since he had no idea either (and in fact there is no one standard way to do comic scripts, which freaks beginners out, but which I love—I’ve seen other guys’ scripts and they’re way different from mine)(also, as a side note, later with Microsoft Word became a thing, I had one artist who would change the right margins of the scripts I sent, jamming them in so he had space on the right hand side of the page to do small sketches as he read along).
Jared at the time was actually not what you’d think a disciple of Robert Crumb and the whole Zap Comics scene might look like. He had a blonde crewcut and wore solid color plaid shirts and corduroy pants. At least at first. Once he got famous (as much as anybody in the comics industry is famous—Kelly Sue DeConnick once told Brian Michael Bendis that he was ‘comic book famous’ which was, and is, true, though he could walk around downtown Portland and nobody would recognize him, nor recognize the ‘famous’ titles he’s written). But Jared for some reason never lost the crewcut, even when hanging out and smoking big ole spliffs with a bunch of longhairs like me. (I’ve since cut my hair to an inch all around off the scalp).
Almost by accident, I kept “Armadillos” short. That is, the story ended a ten pages. But that was perfect, and in fact a lot of the underground comics were like that, though I didn’t consciously realize it even as I was re-reading them. Duh. But, later Diane would tell me that that was her criteria for writers and creative teams: can they tell a story in ten pages? Versus the industry standard (which has varied) of twenty to twenty-two? And, you know, ten pages is still a lot. Took Jared three weeks to actually draw and ink and word balloon it all. Which meanwhile I was like, come on come on, and worried that he might not actually do it and that I’d written the story for nothing, which is something I go through still, in every goddamn comic I write and with every goddamn artist I work with, even the good ones. Especially the good ones.
But he did it. I got lucky. There are so many flaky artists at the beginning stages, guys, and gals now, who think they want to be comic book artists, but who realize once they have to work with panels, and visually tell a story along with what the script says, they’ll just go off and draw cheesy CD covers for their friends’ bands instead. Or, not draw anything. So yeah, I was goddamn lucky.
Once we had those ten pages of artwork and a script, neither of us knew what to do with them. I wrote query letters to our favorite editors at the Big Two, along with copies of the scripts, and since we weren’t writing about superheroes, at Jared’s suggestion, also to underground comics. Which, you know, at this point was a level of professionalism that would be unheard of from most creators, because there was no, and still isn’t, one way to get in the biz, where a lot of it is, still, who you know, and (less so now with the internet) where you live. What I mean is, I actually wrote a script, Jared actually drew it, I actually queried. At any point either one of us could have just gone down the pot rabbit hole and done nothing.
The Big Two weren’t interested, though one editor, Mike Barcock from DC, who happened to be in charge of the Aquaman series, did write me back a short note saying it wasn’t his thing, or rather DC’s thing, but that it was good. This would be key later on, and a lesson in never knowing what small butterfly-wing effort might have an effect later on.
But, Prana Comics took the story. The editor Mark Gonzalez (‘Gonzo’) loved it and featured it in an issue a few months later, for which Jared and I got paid something like $200. Might have been more, might have been less. I should have kept the check stub. That brought up issues Jared and I had never even conceived of, like how to split the money. Later, working for the bigger companies, that generally gets worked out separately ahead of time by the editor. But at that level, at that time, things were more up in the air, especially at the underground comics. But, so, after Gonzo sent me the letter saying we were getting paid, Jared and I sat down with some beers and figured it out. Jared actually thought we should split the money 50/50, but there was no way. Writing the script took me no more than a week, including ‘research’ (re-reading Crumb comics) whereas he’d spent three weeks drawing and inking every day. So I proposed me with 25% and him 75%, which is somewhat standard nowadays, from what I can tell, though it depends on writers and artists at higher levels.
Point is, the issue of Prana Comics came out, and suddenly I was a professional comic book writer. And then nada. No interwebs back then, no kind of way to tell if anybody was even noticing stuff, though I remember going into my favorite head shop at the time, Crazy Bob’s, and seeing that rack of underground comics et voilà, there was my story inside, with three issues there for people to buy. I went back every day to see if someone had bought one of them. On the fifth day there were only two issues! Someone had! Two days later the other two were gone. I asked Bob if who bought them all.
“Nobody. If nobody buys them, we tear off the covers and send them back.”
Thus my first lesson in remainders. But! Someone had bought that one issue! Someone somewhere had read something I’d written! Had paid money to do so!
Gonzo asked if we had anything else. I didn’t know what to do. Jared said, “Well, that zen buddhism stuff was funny. Maybe you could do something else like that.”
We also both agreed we should put pot smoking in there too, as a political statement, and just for shits and giggles. (We were of course high when we thought of it). Plus there had to be a woman with large breasts (an idea that would of course be true when I went on to work on superhero stuff). The result though, ended up being something a little more serious than I thought, and it wasn’t even zen-ish, necessarily. I’d just stumbled across the Dragon Girl, a character the The Lotus Sutra, who’s youngish but wise in Buddhism and who lectures people much older than her. I kind of liked that idea, but it being just after the Reagan 80s, and the first Bush’s presidency, I was perhaps cynical about Americans, still am, and so I couldn’t help but think, what if? What if the Dragon Girl appeared in America, how would she be taken? Seriously? Or as a joke?
I didn’t want to do another bar scene story. For some reason I had the idea of a trucker, some big chunky guy who finds her on the side of the road hitchhiking in the desert. So he picks her up, and then I just had her say randomish zen quotes. Like he tries to talk to her and she’s says, “Form is emptiness, Emptiness, form.” And then I just felt like, where do you go with that? And that I didn’t like this guy. So, I had him take her out in the desert and basically rapes her. That is, she never says no, even as he’s telling her what he’s going to do. She just keeps with the zen quotes, even when he leaves her standing naked in the desert at night. Yeah, dark stuff, but it seemed the natural American redneck response to eastern philosophy: fuck the bitch.
Jared was perhaps less enthusiastic. Or, I don’t know. I gave it to him, then didn’t hear from him for a couple days. But he drew it. But I think he wanted something more nutty. And there wasn’t any pot smoking. The result, when I finally saw it, was, well, disappointing. I think, since the story was more serious, that I expected the artwork, the characters to be a little more gritty and realistic, but they were drawn as even more as caricatures than in “Armadillos.” Which maybe sort of worked with the trucker—he was gnome-like, and had a beard, which I hadn’t pictured—but the Dragon Girl, who I’d pictured as actually skinny and beautiful and exotic was instead a Crumb-ish plump woman with enormous tits. Thus, my first lesson in compromise. And also my first lesson in being very fucking specific in script descriptions. Later actually some artists would go out of their way to send me sketches of the characters for our stories, sometimes going back and forth, sincerely wanting feedback when usually I just go with whatever they want, which seems to disappoint them almost, so now I know enough to mention some little things I don’t actually care about, like, Yeah, maybe her boots should be knee-high?
There is a certain letting-go a comic book writer needs to perform once the story is written. Nothing is ever going to be like you picture it in your head, and that might be a good thing, since comic book artists can be amazing and come up with stuff way beyond my word-centered imaginings. And too, sometimes artists have told me that my scripts influence the way characters look, beyond just a physical description of them, that for example dialogue helps shape how a person looks. Which is interesting to think about in real life. Like, does how we talk, or talk with others, end up affecting how we look?
But, we sent it off to Gonzo, and he took it. And we got paid again. And I gotta say—this has happened again and again—that no matter how uncomfortable or annoyed I ever feel about the artwork of a project I’ve worked on, when the paycheck arrives, I feel much better.
That was the end of Jared and I’s creative work together, for a couple of reasons. One, he’d gotten the confidence to write and draw his own stories, with all the big tits and joints he could cram into any one panel. Two, I got a phone call, back when phone calls were a big deal, from Mike Barcock, the editor from DC, a little after that second story came out. He congratulated me on the two stories, and said he’d enjoyed them, and would I be interested in writing something for DC?
My bowels about exploded at that point. DC! Fucking DC! The company whose comics I’d grown up on! The company that published fucking Batman! The company who published Wonder Woman, whose image had imprinted itself in my mind such that every women after that was compared to her.
I said, “Um, yeah.”
“How about Aquaman?”
Aquaman? Aquaman?! The joke of the Justice League? The clean-cut Leave It to Beaver-ish half-man, half-Atlantean guy who could talk with fish and dressed in an orange shirt and green pants with green booties?
But, it was fucking DC Comics. I said, “Yeah, sure.”
“Great. Can you get me a script, twenty pages, self-contained, by next Friday?”
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Justice John Tsoho of the Federal High Court Abuja on Monday ordered the Inspector-General of Police to without delay unseal the headquarters of the Peace Corps of Nigeria (PCN).
The News Agency of Nigeria (NAN) reports that the head office of the corps located in Jabi area of the Federal Capital Territory was arbitrarily sealed on the order of the IGP.
Delivering judgment, Tsoho also ordered the Police and other security agencies laying siege on the premises to vacate the place forthwith.
The judge held that the Police must immediately hand over possession of the office to the organisation.
Tsoho made the order in a ruling on a motion on notice filed by PCN National Commandant, Mr Dickson Akoh, and the Incorporated Trustees of the organisation.
The application, dated October 6, 2017, had sought the unsealing and vacation of the premises by the Police and other security agencies, which had laid siege and barricaded it.
The judge had disagreed with the Police that the application was an abuse of court process.
“The application filed by the defendant is proper before the court and it is not an abuse of court process.
“This is contrary to the objection raised by the Police that the application of the defendant is unambiguous and misplaced.
“The motion on notice dated October 6, 2017 is bound to succeed and is hereby granted as prayed,’’ the judge said.
NAN reports that Justice Gabriel Kolawole of the Federal High Court had, on November 9, 2017, ordered the Police to unseal the PCN headquarters.
The order was made following a fundamental rights enforcement suit filed by Akoh and 49 others.
They had challenged their "unlawful arrest and detention" by the Police during the inauguration of the new headquarters of the corps last February 28.
Kolawole imposed a fine of N12.5 million against the Police for illegally barricading and taking over possession of the office.
Tsoho had earlier dismissed an application filed by counsel to the Police, Mr James Idachaba to dispel the issues raised by the defendant applicants (Akoh and the members of trustees.)
The Police had hidden under Section 330 of the Administration of Criminal Justice Act, 2015 to ask the court to order the sealing of the building.
The force also depended on Section 14 of the Advanced Fee Fraud and other rates Offences Act to make its prayer.
The police had aimed at an order of court to grant temporary forfeiture of the property housing the premises.
The judge did not hesitate to describe the motion as effort in futility, adding further that it lacked merit.
Tsoho said that motion appeared to have been filed as an afterthought.
“The Police had claimed that it did not seal the PCN’s office but merely maintaining normal observatory and routine patrol of a scene of crime.
“From a picture exhibit tendered by the defendant, it doesn’t seem to show a mere Police on patrol,” he said
“The application by the Police was designed to legalise an illegality already committed since February 28, 2017 when the office of the defendant was sealed.
“Court cannot be used to cover acts of illegality. In view of the foregoing, this application lacks merit and is accordingly dismissed,” the judge held. (NAN)
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It seems that not a day goes by without the union movement being under some kind of attack by the corporate elite and their media shills.
As the last line of defense for working people, we are convenient targets. The Globe and Mail could hardly contain itself. For that shameless rag and all the other right wingers who want to rid the world of pesky advocates, unions are more than a nuisance. We are the blight on the corporate bottom line. Who needs democratic checks and balances when all you need is blank cheques and bloated bank balances?
For this crowd, Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker is the new Messiah. Although Walker just narrowly survived the recent recall vote, they conclude that the end of greedy, unreasonable public service unions is clearly on the horizon. What they fail to mention are the tens of millions of dollars that corporate America poured into Walker’s campaign. Even with that the margin was tight and the people almost prevailed.
Back in Ontario, we are aware of the attack. We know austerity and prosperity have no relationship, unless you are already rich. And OPSEU members aren’t.
As we prepare to bargain on numerous fronts, I want to congratulate and commend all members who have put their name forward to take up a role in negotiations. Your selfless act to take on the giants in hostile territory is the epitome of courage. Collectivity, community, balance and fairness are signposts people believe in. They will make us strong.
We believe in public services. We believe in each other.
Over the coming period we will hear that we are asking for too much. Headlines in newspapers that have now been reduced to corporate newsletters will portray us as self-serving, entitled, unreasonable, greedy and part of the problem.
Just last week I heard on a right-wing radio talk show that it was the union’s fault that the City of Toronto had to give raises to its managers. After all, all those union wage demands produced “wage compression” by closing the gap with managers. What could the politicians possibly do but to raise the wages of those who made decisions like the ones that ended thousands of front-line positions and sent these workers to the unemployment line? Makes you wonder what the pay for performance bonuses provided to managers look like.
I believe that the union movement is experiencing a renaissance. We are reinventing ourselves to fight smarter. Folks are getting our message that as union density shrinks, income disparity rises.
As a result, OPSEU continues to grow as Ontario ’s union. I take great pride in that and all of the people that are working to make this happen. That’s right! I applaud each and every one of you who take time from your family; put in long hours of volunteer time and travel the province’s back roads while family and neighbours sleep; simply because you believe in the important work of the union.
You believe that together we are stronger. You believe that we do important work. And you believe in OPSEU.
And make no mistake. I believe in you. Together we are changing the world ….. one contract at a time.
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JERUSALEM – A reliable, pragmatic leader who is tough on Palestinian violence but willing to make calculated sacrifices for peace. A leader who does not trust the Palestinians, but understands that Israel’s occupation of the West Bank cannot continue in its current form. That is how Israeli Prime Minister Ariel Sharon will present himself to Israelis ahead of the upcoming election on March 28 next year. He will be hoping that the vote turns into a referendum on his second term in office, which has been dominated by the surprisingly speedy and popular withdrawal from the Gaza Strip. But as considered and as measured as Sharon will want to paint himself, there is no escaping the risks inherent in his decision this week to abandon his ruling Likud Party and set up a new political base.
Not that the former general is averse to risky exploits. In 1973, with Israel having been caught napping by the Egyptian army, which sped across the Suez Canal, Sharon led a bold counterattack, thrusting back across the canal and wresting the strategic initiative.
A decade later, in 1982, he masterminded Israel’s ill-fated plunge into Lebanon. In the 1990s, he engineered Israel’s settlement rush, only to begin undoing his handiwork three months ago with the evacuation of all the settlements in Gaza. Sharon’s latest gamble is no less daring. At the age of 77, with victory in the Likud leadership primaries and a third term in office beckoning, he has embarked on possibly his greatest political adventure in the twilight of his career. In the process, he has begun to re-sketch the Israeli political map, with its traditional dove-hawk political fissure. More than anything, Sharon’s decision to leave the Likud offers the clearest indication that the settlements he evacuated in Gaza are not the only ones he plans to dismantle.
The intoxicated smiles on the faces of his closest advisers earlier this week, just hours after the decision by their boss to bolt the Likud became public, were revealing: they had successfully persuaded 13 Likud lawmakers to break away with them, giving them the 14 (along with Sharon) they needed to ensure the new party receives campaign financing from the state. But, most significantly, they were free of the Likud "rebels" the irate opponents of the Gaza pullout inside the ruling party who for 18 months had made the prime minister’s life a misery. Sharon had calculated that even if he won the Likud leadership battle and a third term as prime minister, he would have remained saddled with a party brimming with opponents of any future plans he might have to evacuate settlements in the West Bank. The opinion polls were also attractive, predicting anywhere between 30 to 40 seats for a breakaway party under Sharon. In surveys published Friday, those numbers were holding firm, with the prime minister’s new Kadima (Forward) party being given up to 34 seats in the 120-seat parliament, the Labor Party at 26-28, and the Likud in meltdown at 13 seats (they have 40 in the current parliament.) If the polls are on Sharon’s side, history is not. Parties in Israel that have tried to snatch the middle ground have invariably failed.
David Ben-Gurion, the country’s first prime minister, broke away from the Labor Party in 1965 and formed his own list, convinced his founding-father status would be an electoral trump card. He ended up with just 10 seats.
In 1977, the Democratic Movement for Change, which hoped to play a centrist role, won 15 seats but quickly fell apart. And, in the most recent abortive endeavor to capture the elusive middle ground, several of Israel’s leading politicians and public figures joined to form the Center Party in the 1999 elections. After initial polls showed the party to be wildly popular, it garnered a paltry six seats. It no longer exists. Sharon, though, does enjoy advantages over his predecessors. In addition to his popularity, he may just succeed in tapping into what appears to be a seismic shift in Israeli politics.
Since the signing of the Oslo Accords in 1993, right-wing, hawkish governments have predominated, but the public and the country’s leaders have lurched toward more left-wing, dovish positions. Sharon’s about-face in Gaza and the massive public support his plan received, is the most dramatic evidence of this shift. But if the Israeli public, in the wake of the second Intifada uprising, has begun to comprehend that continued occupation is unviable, it has also concluded that reaching a negotiated, end-of-conflict settlement with the Palestinians is not feasible for now. It is this sentiment that Sharon captured with his unilateralism in Gaza, and he will be hoping to tap into it again at the polls. Does this mean that Sharon is planning another unilateral withdrawal in the West Bank? He insists he is not. Speaking at a press conference earlier this week, where he fielded questions about the formation of his new party, he declared that the internationally backed "road map" was the way forward, and that there would not be a unilateral, Gaza-like pullback in the West Bank. But Sharon has never been enthusiastic about the road map, and unilateralism suits his view of the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. It allows him to evade negotiations with the Palestinians during which he would face demands, on issues such as East Jerusalem and final borders, that he is not prepared to meet. With his Kadima Party, Sharon will try to capture the political center and depict the left-wing Labor and right-wing Likud as inhabitants of the unrealistic fringes of Israeli politics.
His departure from Likud has left it floundering. Less than a third of the party’s vaunted 3,000-strong Central Committee pitched Thursday night for the first gathering without Sharon. The glum looks on the faces of party leaders captured the wake-like atmosphere in the ruling party this week. The real threat to Sharon comes from the left, in the form of Amir Peretz, the Moroccan-born, firebrand trade-union leader who sensationally ousted Shimon Peres earlier this month in the Labor leadership primary.
Peretz’s election has rejuvenated a party that has been struggling to recover ever since the Camp David peace talks collapsed in July 2000 and the Intifada erupted just weeks later. His emphasis on social issues and his working class background could make him more attractive to traditional Likud voters than his Labor predecessors. Sharon’s plan of attack will be simple: paint Peretz as an old-style socialist on economic issues and as a reckless appeaser ready to make dangerous concessions to the Palestinians on the diplomatic front. Sharon’s bold gambit challenges the traditional Labour-Likud, left-right divide that has dominated Israeli politics for decades. His success in March will depend much on whether he has correctly deciphered the shifts in the Israeli political landscape that he believes have rendered these divisions anachronistic. | <urn:uuid:8f60f102-7ab4-4194-b102-69b48510d9be> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://original.antiwar.com/peter-hirschberg/2005/11/26/sharon-minus-likud-equals-what/ | 2020-09-20T11:54:57Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400197946.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200920094130-20200920124130-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.975946 | 1,458 |
It’s been a while since I’ve updated this blog. I’m sorry about that. It’s not because of a lack of books read (though I must admit that did slow down a bit between September-December). I had a couple of projects that kept me very busy.
As I am just about getting back to life as I know it, I promise an update soon. I’ve read a couple of great books in the meanwhile –
– Give and Take by Adam Grant
– Improv Wisdom by Patricia Ryan Madson
– Hatching Twitter by Nick Bilton
and I’m in the process of reading a bunch of them on my Audible
– Collapse by Jared Diamond
– The Everything Store by Brad Stone
– Decisive by Chip Heath and Dan Heath
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Mr. Kurichety oversees and manages the legal, compliance, and business affairs functions for KushCo Holdings, Inc., the leading provider of ancillary products and services to the regulated cannabis and CBD industry. As an attorney and trusted advisor on the executive team, he is primarily responsible for regulatory, compliance and corporate governance matters, while regularly advising on capital markets, debt and securities matters, and corporate development initiatives. Since joining KushCo, he has implemented and overseen the Company’s “best-in-class” compliance program and has worked on numerous industry-first transactions. Most recently, Arun led negotiations that closed the Company’s $50 million asset-based credit facility.
With more than thirteen years of corporate transactional experience from two top international law firms, Arun guided and advised numerous companies in various stages of growth, from start-ups to corporate restructuring. As a cannabis industry veteran, Arun has been intimately involved in the creation of the legal, regulated cannabis market in California and throughout the country.
Arun is regularly invited to participate on industry panels regarding the cannabis industry and is a member of various industry trade organizations that promote safe and responsible regulations, including the Policy Council for the National Cannabis Industry Association.
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TEHRAN (Tasnim) – Representative of the Jewish minority at the Iranian Parliament Siamak Morreh Sedq confirmed that he plans to accompany President Hassan Rouhani during his visit to New York, but added that he has not received the US visa yet.
He deplored the recent hue and cry by the western and Israeli media about his visit to New York, and said, “The visa has not been issued and it is not clear who will accompany the president on his trip.”
His remarks came after western and Israeli media widely covered news about his visit to New York.
The Guardian, for example, had reported on Thursday night that the Jewish MP in the Iranian parliament will join President Rouhani in the US at the UN General Assembly in a bid to help revamp Tehran’s image in the international community.
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The thing about the 1 percent is that we outnumber them. They don’t have enough jail cells to lock us all down. They ought to be terrified. But what they lack in numbers they make up for in craftiness. They don’t have to go after all of us: If they target a few, the rest lose courage and fall back in line.
But this only works if we fail to organize creatively. With a well-run mutual aid program, if the government targets someone, the rest of us make sure that person doesn’t bear the brunt alone. One example is the War Tax Resisters Penalty Fund, which has been protecting U.S. war tax resisters from the IRS since 1982.
Peter Smith is on the fund’s steering committee. A retired math professor from South Bend, Indiana, where he runs the St. Augustine Soup Kitchen, he has an infectious, elfin smile that bursts through a long white beard. You probably wouldn’t guess from looking at him that he was once an ROTC student who pulled his opinions from the John Birch Society.
“I wasn’t a gung-ho military person at any time,” Smith explained, “but I also wasn’t opposed. I grew up Catholic and I was involved with the Knights of Columbus who were really supportive of the Vietnam War. I didn’t get anything in my background that would indicate to me that there was anything wrong with war, and I never thought about the death and destruction that it caused.”
From college, Smith embarked on a four-year Navy stint, assigned to a destroyer in the west Pacific. Afterwards, inspired by Martin Luther King’s opposition to the Vietnam War and his arguments for Christian pacifism and nonviolent resistance, Smith turned his back on the military. He began to counsel men on how to avoid the draft and, in 1969, he started refusing to pay part of his federal income taxes.
He has been refusing ever since. “I don’t keep the money,” Smith said. “I send it to organizations that I know are going to be helping people. I end up paying the whole tax, but I don’t pay it to the government.”
Smith doesn’t understand why more antiwar activists don’t join him. “It just seems so obvious … if you’re against war you shouldn’t pay for it. The IRS is kind of a scary institution and I guess people feel like they don’t want to mess with it.”
Many people think if you refuse to pay taxes you’ll end up behind bars, but this is actually very rare. Of the tens of thousands of people who have resisted war taxes over the past 75 years, the National War Tax Resistance Coordinating Committee, or NWTRCC, knows of only 30 who have done time.
Although Smith has refused to pay for over 40 years, he said he’s never faced jail or criminal charges because of it. “The IRS would just as soon collect the money and sock you with fines and interest,” he said.
That’s where the Penalty Fund comes in. It fully reimburses resisters for penalties and interest, thereby taking the sting out of IRS reprisals.
The IRS often fails to collect penalties, interest, or anything at all from determined resisters. Some resisters live lives of voluntary simplicity and have nothing for the IRS to seize (or owe no income tax in the first place). Others hide their assets. And sometimes the IRS drops the ball and lets the statute of limitations expire without attempting to collect. An informal poll at a national gathering of resisters in 2011 found that the IRS had taken only about a quarter of the hundreds of thousands of dollars those resisters had refused to pay over the years.
But not everyone is so lucky. Smith says the IRS took just about everything they wanted from him - garnishing his salary and seizing money from his bank and retirement accounts: over $100,000 in all. If you’re unlucky you’re also on the hook for penalties (which can eventually climb to 25 percent of what you refuse to pay) and interest. For example, if you refused to pay $6,000 in federal income tax when you filed your return in 2014, by the following April, at the interest rates operative at that time, the IRS would have added another $600, and the amount would continue to climb from there. Smith said “many folks find that the penalties and interest sometimes accumulate almost as much as the original principal that the IRS said they owed.”
Shulamith Eagle, a war tax resister from Middlebury, Vermont, who is on the fund’s steering committee, says that support from people who believe in her stand strengthens her resolve in the face of these IRS reprisals. “Some of us can’t afford the financial penalties of tax refusal,” she said. “With the penalty fund, we can afford this type of protest because we’ll end up paying only the actual tax owed.”
Eagle says the fund reminds her of the South African tradition of stokvel – or small mutual savings and investment programs – held by Christian congregations that organize mutual aid health insurance, and also of more spontaneous generosity. “Look at what happens when there is a weather or illness tragedy and it’s publicized - money pours in from everywhere,” she said. “Human beings are very generous people, and are willing to sacrifice where ethical protest is involved.”
When people tell Smith that they admire his stand and wish they had the courage to do it, he tells them to subscribe to the fund. That way they can help other resisters until they work up the courage to do it themselves. “You don’t have to be a war tax resister to support people,” he said. “Anybody who wants to can sign up to help, and it’s easy to do.”
A survey of fund contributors found that many were not tax resisters. “Some people, because of family responsibilities or other reasons, can’t [resist],” Eagle said. “This way they can participate indirectly. It’s a blessing to help other people work to change things that must be changed, whether directly or indirectly. People said this over and over in their answers to the survey.”
And it’s a legal way to help people who are willing to risk civil disobedience, according to Peter Goldberger, an attorney who specializes in war tax resistance cases. “The penalty fund runs as a sort of insurance plan,” he said. “I can’t think of any way it would be illegal – either a violation of tax law or of criminal law – to plan to mitigate the consequences of other folks’ getting into trouble for their own choices. There have long been ‘bail funds’ that crowd-source getting poor people or arrested demonstrators out of jail, for example, and folks that pay the criminal fines of others who are arrested for civil disobedience that the funders support in principle.”
The fund has about 220 subscribers and it issues appeals a couple of times a year, asking subscribers to contribute about $30 apiece. Each person who applies for reimbursement provides IRS transcripts – showing the amount that was collected and how much came from interest and penalties – and also some evidence that they resisted taxes because of their conscientious objection to war.
“As of now we have been able to pretty much reimburse everybody for what they have asked for,” Smith said. The fund struggles more to find resisters to reimburse than to find money. Smith stresses that you don’t have to be a subscriber to apply for reimbursement: you just have to be a war tax resister who has lost interest and penalties to the IRS.
Encouraging resisters to ask for reimbursements is one challenge the fund faces. Recruiting subscribers is another. “We use word of mouth and tabling at NWTRCC meetings and other conferences,” Smith said. There’s also some drudgery involved: Someone has to maintain the database of subscribers. Sending appeals - a process that still relies mostly on snail-mail - is time-consuming. But their hard work means the government has to work harder to discourage war tax resisters. Hitting a few resisters with fines and penalties will not be enough to scare them off. | <urn:uuid:bbd3cbbb-0042-4c16-8f91-d2a6b62a7751> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://truthout.org/articles/protecting-war-tax-resistance-strengthens-antiwar-movement/ | 2020-09-20T11:18:59Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400197946.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200920094130-20200920124130-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.9707 | 1,824 |
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- Peridots have iron in them, so Peridot is a semi-literal Iron Butt Monkey in this episode.
- After spending the entire episode mocking the monster's intellect and growing more and more frustrated that her plans failed, Peridot only managed to beat the monster by resorting to the most grabbing hold and withstanding an unintended drop purely by her own innate durability. She got much more into the monster mindset than she ever realized.
- Peridot having Super Toughness makes sense when you think of her job: a mechanic and technician. That job would require being able to survive a lot of random accidents or heavy machinery. While Homeworld doesn't care much for their people, if a mechanic can't fix damage to a spaceship or other major piece of technology, an entire warship, building, or something else important (and possibly some rare or important Gems that are much harder to replace) could be destroyed with everyone in it, making Peridots being tougher than average Pragmatic Villainy.
- Another possible reason Peridot is so durable, the gemstone can rank up to 7 on the Mohs hardness scale. That's the same rank as quartz!
- Peridot, while battered and bruised, never seems to get hit with anything like the injector spar that poofed Jasper, nor the sword strike that poofed Bismuth, another possible reason for her durability.
- Peridot doesn't consider fusing with Steven to defeat the monster for several reasons: 1) She wants to prove she can do this on her own; 2) While she sees the practical side of fusing it still makes her uncomfortable; 3) While she loves Steven and Steven said he loves her in "Gem Drill", it's platonic Fire-Forged Friends love that doesn't necessarily lend to fusion intimacy.
"Know Your Fusion"
- Why couldn't Smoky measure up to Sugilite? Because Sugilite is the product of three Gems, as to Smoky's one and a half; coincidentally, this makes them being on par with Garnet in strength impressive in hindsight.
- Why is Smoky's strength equal to Garnet's, when Smoky is only made up of one and a half gems as opposed to Garnet's two? Well, only one of Garnet's components was made to be a fighter; Sapphire was not designed for physical strength. Meanwhile, Smoky's components are a Quartz, who are specifically grown as soldiers, and a Diamond, the most powerful type of gem in existence. Steven's half-human biology as well as Amethyst's "defect" dampens their power, but only so much.
- While Garnet left the temple in Keystone Motel to be by herself and defuse, this episode also explains why she couldn't have stayed in her own room during the time, as defusing then would've made it collapse onto Ruby and Sapphire.
- On the strength test, we see only one non-Fusion on the entire thing, right there at the bottom. This makes sense... Not only are Steven and Amethyst not the only characters struggling with feeling inadequate... But given what happened prominently when we were introduced to her, of course the part of Sardonyx that comes from Pearl would put herself all the way at the bottom.
- Listen closely: Sardonyx's voice has a slight echo on it no matter what room she's in. Fitting, since she always seems to be hosting, performing, or presenting no matter the location or context.
- The Cloud Arena is the only major Gem structure that is absent from Buddy's book, which makes sense since its the one structure humans would have no way of accessing back then, since flying machines hadn't been invented yet and humans can't use Warp Pads without the help of Gems.
- Some of the locations seem mythologically appropriate in hindsight. The Field of Swords is shown to be in Norway, and would have probably inspired the myth of the war between the Aesir and Jotuns. The Sand Castle appears to have a vaguely Babylonian style of architecture, which seems to connect Rose to the myth of Ishtar, a Babylonian goddess often portrayed in the company of a pride of lions.
- There is a lion among Rose's pride that looked and acted just like Steven's Lion, only he wasn't pink. Well, after seeing "Lars' Head", turns out they are one and the same.
- Why did Pearl have her holo-Pearls "fuse"? Besides simulating an enemy fusion, it probably allowed her to make it bigger than she could by herself.
- Sapphire being in distress over a swarm of butterflies (that represent personal issues) while Ruby spends most of her time dealing with one. Ruby is more focused on a single problem at a time, but Sapphire with her more serious behaviour and Future Vision is in constant turbulence over past, present and future bad situations. And notice that it gets worse once Ruby separates from her in order to give chase to a single issue. Once Ruby calms down and goes to her again, she can balance Sapphire's hyper awareness and fatalism, bringing calm to both, and Garnet overall. Which is a nice Call-Back to "Keystone Motel", where it was Ruby's anger and refusal to forgive Pearl which unbalanced the fusion and split up Garnet.
- Additionally, the way Connie's and Steven's problems play out in the episode strongly mirror Ruby and Sapphire in the dream sequence, and is even foreshadowed with the shot juxtaposing Connie and Ruby. Connie, much like Ruby, gets very upset over a single, recent problem, to the point where Stevonnie can't function, while Steven, much like Sapphire, has several, much deeper problems that's he's managed to bury for a while, but when they're triggered, his resulting breakdown is even worse than Connie's. And Connie, as with Ruby to Sapphire, is the one to get through to Steven and help him work through his problems.
- Butterflies feature heavily in promotional material for this episode. Butterflies are often associated with nervousness and anxiety Steven and Connie have so much on their minds that they can't even concentrate on what's presently going on around them.
- BG Artist Jane Bak made one of the promo images depicting Steven and Connie with butterflies. Connie stares at one butterfly (Jeff) while Steven has two on his head and a third on his hand (Bismuth, Jasper and Eyeball). They're not facing each other, thus not seeing the issues the other has to deal with.
- This episode had a myriad of things related to Buddhism, such as mindfulness, lotus poses used for meditations, and facing one's own problems in their own mind. This is the 108th episode. Bonus points for having a Japanese animator help animate the episode.
- Steven's intense guilt over not being to help Bismuth, Jasper, or Eyeball makes more sense when you go back to previous episodes. He was able to get the older Crystal Gems to work out their problems with one another, convince Peridot and Lapis to see the beauty in Earth, help solve conflict between the Beach City residents, and convince the Cluster to not form. He was able to solve conflicts peacefully by using The Power of Love and The Power of Friendship. So, now he has to face people who have more complex (and understandable) reasons not to listen to him, so he has to respond with violence to protect himself.
- That also adds another dimension to the meaning of his hallucination of Rose after Garnet told him that she was able to fight in spite of not wanting to, he probably feels like she'd disapprove of him for not having the same dedication to protecting Earth.
- Steven sees a butterfly over Rose's sword before the unleash of his emotional turmoil, which hints the connection beforehand, but it also hints Steven's issues come from the discovery of Rose's martial side and inability to associate this side with the ideal already in his mind. That sword represents all of his mom's sins.
- Steven can already float better than Stevonnie on his own, and has done so while holding things way heavier than Connie, so why did they need to fuse to float when they were falling at the end? Because that power is tied to his emotions, so fusing was necessary to get him to calm down enough to use it at all.
- Stevonnie seems to flail their legs to use the float/hover ability. Smoky Quartz uses the ability fine. The difference being Amethyst has seen Steven and Rose using this ability while Connie has not.
- It could also be that Stevonnie is 75% human and thus might have to put more effort into floating. Smoky, on the other hand, is 75% Gem.
- When Steven's guilt over his interactions with Ruby, Bismuth and Jasper overwhelms him during combat practice, Stevonnie's left hand drops down the rose shield. At this point, the Steven half of Stevonnie has completely collapsed and Connie herself is holding the fusion form together.
"Future Boy Zoltron"
- Mr. Smiley seemed a lot more angry than usual when Steven broke his machine. This might seem a little inappropriate at first yes, it cost him thousands of dollars, but he had it in storage until that point, and on top of that, it's clearly not the most well-built fortune teller machinenote until you realize that he runs the entirety of Funland by himself, and Steven broke one of his means for accumulating income without having to run himself ragged.
- Of course, assuming inflation is one of the things that still occurred normally in the universe's history, it's safe to assume that "thousands of dollars" when Mr. Smiley bought it amounts to hundreds of thousands if not millions today, making his frustration with Steven doubly justified.
- Why didn't Steven just have Greg pay the machine replacement cost?
- Because Greg's a "cool dad", not a foolishly-permissive one. Steven needs to learn responsibility for his actions, it's one of the good morals of the series.
- While he still has money to burn, Greg's reaction towards seeing the bill in Empire City might also hint that he isn't THAT rich after that night. After all, he had mentioned how he only rented a boat in "Alone at Sea" and was beaten down when he ended up having to buy it.
- Mr. Smiley saying he'd "rather not talk about" the jokes he used as a former comedian when Steven asks, may be due to the fact that some of his jokes were adult in nature. Steven, being a kid, may not understand them, so hearing someone like Steven making a sex joke with his friends without knowing the connotations just because he finds it funny will be a bit awkward. Of course, there's Pearl and Greg we have to worry about, too.
- Alternative possibility: He has a routine with Mr. Frowney. He'd rather not talk about it, because on one hand the jokes only work well with someone depressing giving him something to react to and also because him and Mr. Frowney parting is probably too depressing for Mr. Smiley to even consider joking about.
- Remember how Garnet remarks about this being an appropriate use of her powers? It might sound like Lampshade Handling at first, but she might actually be serious. Not only she helps 2 individuals resolve some issues they're both facing, something we've seen her be willing to do in Mindful Education, it would teach Steven that sometimes there ARE no easy answers to people's issues.
"Last One Out of Beach City"
- Pearl may be totally clueless about the difference between apple juice and alcohol; but then, alcohol wouldn't affect a Gem any more than apple juice would.
- She also could have meant, "I'm going to try drinking" literally. Steven needs to eat and drink, and Amethyst doesn't but does it anyway because she likes it, but Pearl has never been shown to do it before, and has in fact expressed complete revulsion at the process of consuming food. Consuming any beverage, alcoholic or not, would be seen as adventurous coming from her.
- The "Steven Reacts" short ends up predicting the plot for this episode: a typical Steven Universe conflict occurs when Steven creates Veggie Head for Peridot and Lapis, but is wrapped up quickly. Then new, hostile characters appear (the Angry Lunch Enemies as opposed to Uncle Andy) who want the former to Get Out!, only to be convinced to make peace.
- Peridot and Lapis being instant experts at farming, being able to grow a whole field of corn despite the fact that Gems dont need to eat and gems being at odds with human culture makes sense when you consider their perspective roles in gem society: a Kindergardener for Peridot and as "That Will Be All" explained, terraforming for Lapis. Growing plants involves planting a seed into the ground and letting it absorb nutrients from the soil until it comes out from the ground, a principle that Peridot, who used to grow Gems, would be familiar with. Likewise, farming involves manipulating the landscape to make land more suitable for growing (digging ditches, irrigation, etc.) which a terraformer like Lapis would be used to doing. In addition, Peridot has a tablet and access to the Internet so they could easily look up how to farm plants.
- Steven creating Veggie Head for Peridot and Lapis encapsulates how his relationship with them progresses: his first attempt to help them make a sapient vegetable backfires, but he continues to try to help them, and eventually Veggie Head goes to them.
- Andy eventually mellows when the Gems get the ridiculous wedding cake, the baby boy balloon and the tombstone. Why? Because they were trying to accommodate his wishes, without really understanding the rituals that he mentions. To Andy, they're flailing like children, hence why he cracks up, and Peridot thanking him makes him feel guilty for not fitting in when the Gems crack jokes about the Gem War.
- Steven may not have been acting Too Dumb to Live by asking Lapis to toss him onto the plane and then to fly back: he was trusting that Andy would care about him enough to catch him, turn the biplane around and head back to the barn. His gamble paid off, in that Andy suffers a Jerkass Realization as a result and accepts Steven's offer of becoming part of his family.
- Also remember: Steven can float, even if he missed the biplane he would have just floated down safely.
- It's also entirely possible that Steven trusted Lapis to have sufficiently good aim to not throw him anywhere he didn't want to be.
"Three Gems and a Baby"
- When Garnet unfuses into Ruby and Sapphire, baby Steven cries, which could explain why Garnet never told Steven she was a Fusion right away.
- This episode also explains why Pearl was hesitant to comfort Steven when he regressed into a baby in "Steven's Birthday". Baby!Steven served as a painful reminder to Pearl as to why Rose is gone in the first place.
- The Gems' gifts to Steven are only useless to him as a baby. Pearl's dictionary will likely make him very eloquent after he learns to talk and read, Garnet lampshades how Steven will need the shaving razor when he's older (which was confirmed all the way back in "So Many Birthdays", wherein all of Steven's adult selves [except middle age] have some form of facial hair) and Amethyst's adult diapers will probably be helpful when he becomes an old man.
- The reasons for the Gems' speculations about where Rose's physical form went all connect back to them in some way. Amethyst and Garnet's guesses are the most obvious, but why does Pearl assume Rose is "trapped" in her gem and can't reform because Steven's in the way? Most likely because Pearl herself frequently got poofed trying to save Rose, and thus had to reform a lot.
- Pearl briefly considers physically pulling Steven's Gem out to allow "Rose Quartz" to reform, but then decides against it. With the revelations in "A Single Pale Rose", it's possible that she realized that pulling out the Gem would reveal its true shape, and Rose's true identity, to the other Crystal Gems.
- Blue Diamond is both startled and immediately taken by Greg's offering her kindness and empathy, even if her response is to pick him up like a stray cat and stick him in a galactic zoo to "preserve" him. We've seen how every other Gem besides Yellow Diamond behaves towards Blue Diamond, with sycophantic bowing and scraping or silent unquestioning obedience, and Yellow Diamond calling Blue out in song form for "feeling blue" when it isn't useful. Greg might be the only sapient being in the thousands of years since Pink Diamond was shattered to offer Blue genuine empathy and just listen to her in her grief; no wonder she immediately wanted to preserve him from what she thought was the coming end of his planet!
- Also, Gems who have not spent an extended period on Earth don't even register Humans as sentient, let alone as equals (at least on an intellectual level). When Greg opens up about his own loss (and validating Blue Diamond's own feelings of grief), she lifts her veil and lowers herself to his eye level to speak with him as an equal, even sharing the secret that she isn't supposed to be there with a sense of camaraderie. Of course, this does end up leading to Greg's abduction when she remembers herself (and place), but it does demonstrate that even Diamonds can be swayed.
- The irony, of course, is that humans (as noted in the General Fridge Brilliance section above) would actually be very well suited for helping Blue Diamond: Gems are functionally immortal unless they're shattered, so it can be a shock for a Gem if their loved one is shattered. Meanwhile, death is not only a natural part of our life cycle, but sometimes it comes in unnatural ways. Sometimes it happens abruptly and possibly even violently, like what happened with Pink Diamond. Most human adults have experience losing loved ones, and a good number of them would likely be able to relate to Blue Diamond's loss, but the Diamonds don't realize that.
- Why wouldn't Garnet have warned Steven about the possibility of Greg being abducted by Blue Diamond? She didn't foresee Steven enlisting Greg and Andy in the way he did, which likely altered the timeline as Garnet wouldn't have accounted for travel by airplane rather than warp.
- In hindsight, Blue Diamond would feel happy to know that the Cluster isnt going to emerge any time soon, because thanks to the efforts of the Crystal Gems (namely Steven and Peridot) in Gem Drill, an important memento of Pink Diamonds legacy, humans and all, has been preserved.
- Greg thinking the ruined palanquin got a paint job to explain why it was blue instead of pink is because he was equating it to a car. The palanquins are a source of transportation for the Diamonds, so it could be the Homeworld equivalent to a car.
- Pink diamonds are noted to bring joy and happiness to a relationship. When Pink Diamond was shattered, all of Blue Diamond's happiness forever shattered with her.
"Adventures in Light Distortion"
- Assuming that the Diamonds' arm-like ships are standard space transports for them, the reason why the Roaming Eyes have "Diamond" settings is because, if their arm-like ships are somehow lost/destroyed, the Roaming Eyes would be the next (less comfortable) alternative.
- Steven and the Gems were waiting for Connie to arrive before Steven can't wait any longer and they have to go, despite this being one of the most high risk missions they've ever performed. That's probably exactly why they wanted to bring her: Connie is not only an extra warrior if need be, but can fuse with Steven into Stevonnie, who's powerful enough to fight the "Ultimate Quartz" head to head. While it probably wouldn't have been ideal, they needed all the help they could get. In addition, Sapphire/Garnet was considering the plan they ultimately implemented (which is in her nature), Connie and Steven could've formed Stevonnie if what ultimately happened with Steven did so.
- Why did Pink Diamond have a human Zoo? "It Could've Been Great" revealed that Homeworld's plans to terraform the Earth into a gem colony would've involved hollowing out the planet, resulting in the extinction of all life on Earth. By transplanting humans to a space zoo, Pink Diamond was ensuring that they wouldn't die out when the Earth did.
- One of the settings cause the gems' limbs to become overly long and noodly. It's probably the setting for Spinels.
- Holly Blue Agate doesnt understand anything Steven says. Incessant barking and hilarious noises are mentioned. The Rubies who came to Earth and the Quartzes on the station could clearly communicate with him, though, and Blue Diamond could speak with Greg and hes speaking the same language as Steven. As an administrator, Holly Blue doesnt need to interact directly with humans. If theres any equivalent to Translator Microbes, she has no need of them.
- The Homeworld Gems have no concept of male gendered words, so when Steven yells "Dad! That's him!" all Holly hears is gibberish. And because of her Fantastic Racism, she's writing it off as Steven being an animal.
- After Holly Blue and Sapphire leave Steven, Ruby, and Pearl to check on the Roaming Eye, Ruby quickly orders Pearl to open the door. Pearl is displeased by this after being bossed about by Holly Blue, but Pearl is the only one among them who is tech-savvy and tall enough to work the door.
- A common question raised is how after thousands of years of intermixing, there are still distinct races among the Zoomans. However, the Choosening is probably what the Gems use to ensure as many as possible multiracial pairings. A zoo is fairly dull if all your animals look the same.
- That, or the Gems replenish the Zooman population with test tube babies and Choosenings have a more social role, helping to keep them happy and docile. After all, several of the humans do appear mixed-race, and the first couple Choosened is interracial.
- It also explains why Greg was immediately selected for the Choosening: he was fresh genetic material due to not coming from the current Zoo stock. And given that Greg is middle-aged and no longer in the prime of his life, the Zoo gems would want him fathering more children before he expires.
- The humans in the Zoo could also live longer than the humans on Earth, who at the time they got abducted, and for a number of years, only lived to be at most 60. But since they're well cared for in a healthy, sterile environment, they likely tend to live longer, not 500 years like a Gem, but rather 120-130 years.
- This might function as Truthin Television, because of the fact the Zoomans are virtually caged animals in captivity, and animals in captivity tend to live longer than animals in the wild, due to the fact they are being taken care of and less likely to fall victim to famine or disease.
- Given the size of the zoo, its entirely possible there are more than one group of humans there.
- The Zoomans have what looks like a free period before the daily routine begins. That must be when they tell stories and pass down what little culture they have. One of the few signs of individuality can be noticed when Gregs story is mentioned and they start chanting The bits!; some are really into it, some are just smiling, and one looks annoyed and isnt joining in.
- The name "the Choosening" sounds rather odd at first... but then you remember one thing: Gems have no concept of marriage or even sexual reproduction period. Their only possible means of gaining information on it would have been to learn from humans from more than 5,000 years ago. Of course the name would be strange.
- The Eternal English aspect of the Zoomans make sense when you remember they get their orders from Gems, who seem to speak English. They'd have to be able to understand orders, so even if they didn't speak it thousands of years ago, it makes sense they'd be taught it in some way.
- The reason why Greg and Steven have so much difficulty getting used to the way the zoo's way of handling humans is because unlike the Zoomans who were born in captivity, Greg and Steven are feral humans.
- The personalities of the zoomans make sense if one knows how domestication works. Wherever an animal is domesticated they become more baby-like in appearance and behavior over the generations (a possible origin for "the choosening") and many of the zomans do have a somewhat youthful appearance.
- Surprisingly, there's actually little reason to fear genetic degeneration. Several studies indicate that the minimal amount of humans required to feasibly colonize is roughly 260 especially if new humans are collected every 4th year or so. This combined with an AI who obviously has some algorithm to decide proper breeding pairs makes the risk almost nonexistent.
"That Will Be All"
- Also in the song, Lapis Lazulis are made to "terraform", that is, to reshape planets in useful ways. How might they do that? Well, they can fly and therefore see things from above, and they can control water on a grand scale (at least, "our" Lapis can). Water and water pressure can have astonishing effects on land, and might wear and wash away any features deemed "undesirable".
- Both the Prime and Beta Kindergartens are located in canyons which are formed from the erosion action of rivers through rock. It's quite possible that Lapis Lazuli gems are the ones responsible for creating the Kindergartens. It might explain why Homeworld only made two Kindergartens on Earth given the Lapis that was sent to Earth wound up poofed and stuck in a mirror.
- It might account for why Lapis has such self-hatred, and acts brooding: whose to say this is the first planet she has come to and strip away its life?
- Steven Universe has been nicknamed a show about Crying and Singing (which was lampshaded in "Too Far"). Here, Yellow Diamond sings a song to encourage Blue Diamond to stop crying!
- Peridot says that Pearls are made to stand around, look pretty and hold things. Here Yellow Diamond and Blue Diamond's Pearls are told to sing for Blue Diamond. They end up providing backup vocals for Yellow.
- Ruby, who has fire powers, grabs Sapphires hand when the latter is "freezing up" in front of Blue Diamond.
- Sapphire, on the verge of freezes up in front of the Diamonds, nearly gives them away until Ruby grabs her hand. Earlier, Sapphire stated using her Future Vision that the plan wouldn't work and they had to hope they could change fate. Remembering "The Answer", that's something Ruby has been able to do before. It's possible that she did it again.
- Blue Diamond and Yellow Diamond have the exact opposite reactions to losing Pink Diamond: Blue is still deep in mourning after thousands of years and refuses to get rid of any of Pink's things, while Yellow wants to destroy all of Pink's things and refuses to let herself feel grief at all. Both are extreme reactions, and neither are healthy methods of dealing with their feelings.
- Looking at it in terms of stages of grief, Blue is in Depression and Yellow is in Anger.
- After spending the last three episodes watching the Quartzes of Earth be belittled, physically abused, and shouted at, and knowing that they were all essentially Reassigned to Antarctica after the death of their Diamond through no fault of their own, to be bullied by a petty bureaucrat, never mind the hundreds of presumably blameless Rose Quartzes who were poofed and bubbled because of Steven's mother's rebellion suddenly, our Earth-born Beta-incubated Jasper's hateful rhetoric, her self-loathing, and her desperate insistence on winning at all costs and proving herself to be stronger and better than anyone else make perfect sense as a form of severely internalized categorism.
- Why doesn't Blue recognize Ruby and Sapphire? Because they've likely gone through so many regenerations that they are unrecognizable. And since the Diamonds make all Gems identical, would this be the only Sapphire and Ruby she knows of?
- In "Message Received", Peridot seemed reluctant to use her serial number when speaking with Yellow Diamond because she was so used to being treated like an individual while on Earth. In this episode, Amethyst is delighted to learn her serial number because she's struggled all her life with feeling like she didn't fit in, like she didn't belong. Meeting her "Fam-ethyst", a small army of misfit Quartz gems like herself, probably helped her a lot with those feelings.
- For the overseer of such an important institution, Holly Blue Agate was beaten incredibly quickly. But pay attention and you realize why. Her weapon is an electrified whip, something useful for intimidation and pacification of say a rowdy defective Gem soldier or possibly a valuable escaped zoo specimen that you want retrieved with minimal injury but not quite so useful for outright combat. Compare this to Amethyst's whip which is much thicker, making it useful for bludgeoning and restraining others, and you realize that Holly Blue was designed to scare others into submission rather than engage in battle.
- Also, Holly Blue believes that the Gem personnel at the Zoo are just rejects assigned there because of the benevolence of Blue Diamond. What's to say that she isn't in a similar boat based on her behavior?
- Not to mention that, while Holly Blue can surely handle a misbehaving Quartz, she has no idea of what to expect from a "Warrior Pearl" and a mixed-Gem fusion like Garnet, plus she's used to the Quartzes being intimidated by her so she probably had never before faced a Quartz that didn't fear her, as is Amethyst's case. The Crystal Gems aren't just good fighters, but unpredictable ones by Homeworld's standards, and only a strong, experienced warrior like Jasper, or an Unskilled, but Strong enough gem like Lapis, can really battle them without any previous knowledge of their fighting styles.
- The Zoo's Quartzes, despite being loyal Gemworld's soldiers, are pretty friendly not just between themselves but also to their so-called enemies. We know this isn't an inherent quality of their gem type, as Jasper was practically the opposite; Amethyst, and Rose before her, are an exception because they got influenced by humankind... and the Zoo's Quartzes are the ones in charge of taking care of a human colony, so they watch over them and even directly interact with the Zoomans once in a while. That's why they're so quick to recognize Amethyst as their "little sister" and being so nice to her and the other Crystal Gems; they've seen this behavior among the Zoomans for thousands of years, and appreciate the values of familial loyalty and kindness.
- Alternatively, Quartz soldiers are in fact inherently predisposed to be friendly, social, and boisterous, and need to be trained into being ruthless warrior-caste juggernauts. Rose broke her conditioning, Amethyst never had any, and the Beta Quartzes of the Zoo were largely disregarded, written off, and left to their own devices, allowing them to develop their own more relaxed dynamics among themselves. Jasper, on the other hand, would have been trained to be the "Perfect Quartz" in all things, and as a result has been conditioned to act as the perfect warrior; taught to act and think against her own nature, it's no wonder she's as desperate, angry, and miserable as she's proved herself to be, especially when compared with her sister Beta Jaspers.
- Alternately-alternately, Jasper was the exception. The kind of friendship and camaraderie the Famethyst show is a definite asset in a group of soldiers that have to work closely together, so it would be a perfectly logical thing for Homeworld to engineer into and encourage in its Quartzes (Note that both times we've seen batches of Rubies on-screen, they've been pretty friendly to each other). Jasper, as the one perfect Quartz in a whole Kindergarten full of defectives, simply had nobody to feel that kind of camaraderie with.
- With the revelations in "A Single Pale Rose", it's possible Pink Diamond specifically tampered with her kindergartens so that her Quartz soldiers would come out friendly, with Jasper being the only one coming out with the proper personality of a Quartz.
- At first, Blue Diamond not recognizing Ruby and Sapphire seems off, until you keep in mind the events that transpired in the room, and how both are barely holding it together. Blue and Yellow were trying their hardest to get them out as quickly as possible so they could continue talking, which you might notice when Yellow shoos Holly, Ruby, and Sapphire out after Blue loses her façade. And for not recognizing Ruby and Sapphire, remember that Blue Diamond is, by Homeworld standards, considered royalty, so our Ruby might not be the only one she's punished. Chances are she isn't going to remember a single, nameless Ruby from thousands of others.
- Don't forget that all Gems of the same type of Gemstone, seem to have the same base forms, and Ruby and Sapphire have probably gone through so many regenerations that they're unrecognizable from 5,000 years ago, and since there are a finite number of places to put a Gemstone, there's likely other Ruby and Sapphires that look like ours.
- Yellow wanting to get Blue to move on makes more sense after "The Trial", where it's implied that Yellow knows more than she's letting on.
- Why does Holly Blue go on and on at length about the virtues of the Diamonds to other Gems, even when the Diamonds themselves are not physically present? Homeworld values loyalty and obedience, of course, but we also know that Gems can be shattered for extremely trivial mistakes or wrongdoings. If a Gem even so much as suspected another Gem of disloyalty, she could report her to the Diamonds and have her shattered. Holly Blue's, and later Prosecuting Zircon's, constant and excessive brown-nosing is a tactic to ensure that, at the very least, the Diamonds know they are loyal to Homeworld.
"The New Crystal Gems"
- Peridot being the leader of the Crystal Temps makes sense, considering that she was the only one to be officially deemed as a Crystal Gem by the episode's airing.
- Despite the aesop in the end about being themselves, the choices that each member of the Crystal Temps made on which member to emulate from the Crystal Gems are on par:
- Connie as Steven The youngest Token Human member (more so with Connie), underestimated by older Gem peers, Wise Beyond Their Years, Child Prodigy, and act as The Heart for the group.
- Peridot as Garnet Both wear Cool Shades of some kind, the most logical of their group, and are very strong (Peridot mostly in durability).
- Lapis as Amethyst The most emotional and the most comfortable when around Steven.
- Pumpkin as Pearl Organic based.
- Not just that Pumpkin is seen as a pet of some kind, and Pearls are considered servants expected to listen to their superiors on Homeworld. They're Homeworld's answer to Earth pets. Wouldn't make sense for Pumpkin to impersonate anyone else.
- Why does Lapis rudely brush off Connie's mention of attempting to drown her but was clearly ashamed of stealing Earth's water and breaking Greg's leg in "Alone at Sea"? Because Connie brought up Lapis' past crimes in clear, but well-controlled anger, a contrast to Steven forgiving Lapis instantly or Greg bringing it up but being nervous while doing so and just letting the subject drop.
- Connie's "The Reason You Suck" Speech to both Lapis and Peridot has more merit since their actions could have killed one or more of the Beach City citizens. And both Gems are... not that compassionate towards humans, Connie is a human. She can just see and understand the anger of the deceased's loved ones for the Gems' foolery.
"Storm in the Room"
- Why has Steven never thought of using the room to talk to his mother as he asks rhetorically? Because before he was used to Rose not being there, and being a paragon of love and heroism. He also hasn't needed his mother, thanks to Greg and the Gems filling that gap. Now that he's had a few weeks to register that Rose wasn't perfect and did terrible, necessary things, so that Steven and Greg feel sympathy for the Diamonds, Steven needs Rose's reassurances about what he thought about her, and what was real.
"Room for Ruby"
- Navy tells Steven that she wants to stay on Earth because the other Rubies are mean to her. But Leggy is a member of Navy's team who comes off as a very innocent (if dim-witted) teammate. So what could Leggy possibly have against Navy? The answer? She doesn't have anything against her. Navy's contradictory claim is an early indication that she's lying.
- Navy initially missed the ship when she got to the barn. It's likely she knew exactly where it was all the time, but didn't try to take it immediately because she knew Lapis and Peridot would be able to stop her. When they'd grown to start to trust her, however, they let their guard down, which means it would have been way easier to take it then.
- Navy says she is unable to be mad at something or feel anger. The hint that she's telling the truth can be seen all the way back at "Hit the Diamond", where unlike the rest of her veteran comrades, she only reacts with a dull surprise rather than anger at being tricked by Garnet's components.
- While it may have seemed overly naïve for Steven to immediately trust Navy and take her at her word about not holding a grudge and wanting to settle down on Earth, something Lapis points out, there are a few good reasons why Steven would accept her supposed HeelFace Turn:
- First, Navy manipulating Steven is the first time someone has taken advantage of his kindness by putting on a façade to get what they want. Every other Gem that has attacked Steven and/or the Crystal Gems has always made their hostility clear, and made no bones about wanting to attack them: Lapis warning Steven and the Gems away and attacking them when they didn't back down in "Ocean Gem", Peridot acting coldly detached from Steven in "Marble Madness" before attempting to squish him like a bug, Jasper mentioning in her first appearance about wanting to pound Rose, and the Ruby Squad going on the offensive when they recognized the Crystal Gems. In contrast, Navy acts sweet and friendly towards Steven, Garnet, Lapis and Peridot, playing along with their expectations while keeping her true emotions and intentions hidden, something no other enemy had done before, so it's no surprise that Steven would be unfamiliar with being manipulated and would fall for Navy's lies.
- Another reason is that Navy is a Ruby, and as "Hit the Diamond" and "Back to the Moon" showed, not very smart nor good at lying considering Ruby's Bad Liar tendencies, the Ruby Squad forgetting how many members they had (which is how Ruby was able to infiltrate them), believing Steven's obvious lie about Jasper being on Neptune and falling for Amethyst's "tan" Jasper disguise. Even if Steven did consider espionage, he wouldn't believe that a Ruby would be capable of holding a believable façade due to their low intelligence, something Navy used to her advantage. Navy also acted pretty friendly and sweet during the baseball game when she and the Rubies thought the Gems were humans, and had no reason to lie then, so Steven would think that the friendly personality she had then was the real one.
- Navy mentions the other Rubies being mean to her as the reason she wants to stay on Earth. Every Crystal Gem so far has been established as not fitting to Homeworld's standards (Garnet being a Fusion, Amethyst being defective, Pearl being a fighter instead of a servant, etc.) While other Rubies have been shown to be hot tempered and violent, Navy's appearances have had her being serene and peaceful, which would certainly isolate her from other Rubies (Leggy doesn't fit the Ruby mold either, though that could be excused by her literally being born yesterday). In addition, with Navy's first words upon her first appearance, "What a lovely planet!", Navy already fits the two prerequisites of being a Crystal Gem: being an outcast and having a love of the Earth.
- Third reason is that Steven is still reeling from his failures to help Bismuth, Jasper, and Eyeball, as well as the knowledge that his mother shattered Pink Diamond. He still wants to believe that he can solve things peacefully through talking and trusting other Gems, so when Navy talks about wanting to turn over a new leaf, it seemed like things would turn OK after all, without someone getting shattered or bubbled. Navy has already expressed a love of Earth, so convincing her to protect it should be a cinch, in comparison to Lapis and Peridot, who took some time in seeing it as something other than a miserable hunk of rock. Navy has no grudge against Rose, having not fought in the Rebellion (unlike Bismuth, Jasper, and Eyeball) and didn't seem to hold Steven and the Gems' transgressions against them, so she has no reason to attack Steven and the rest of the Gems. Furthermore, the threat of Homeworld means the Crystal Gems are in desperate need of numbers, and Navy could act as a source of information, being a military Gem.
- Navy does to Steven exactly what the Crystal Gems did to the Ruby Squad; she lies to them and wastes their time (like the baseball game), she pretends to be their friend (like Amethyst pretending to be Jasper) and then she blows them out of her ship (like Steven did at the Moonbase). Sucks to be tricked, doesn't it Steven?
"Lion 4: Alternate Ending"
- Steven not being some kind of "chosen one" makes sense. Rose was envious of how humans can change and grow, never staying the same for a single moment. And she wanted Steven to experience that. Not being "destined" to do something like how she (formerly) and other Gems were "destined" for one and only one purpose their entire lives.
- While it's shown numerous times Steven has some identity issues, Steven spends this entire episode Desperately Looking for a Purpose in Life. Why? Well, the previous episode, Steven for the fourth time was unable to help make a Homeworld Gem a Crystal Gem. And, up until this point, Steven has always identified himself as the "next Rose Quartz" or "the All-Loving Hero who can befriend anyone". And so far, he's only managed to befriend Peridot and Lapis, with the former technically being an official Crystal Gem. Failing more than succeeding can do a number on one's confidence and sense of purpose.
- And adding on to that, this failure didn't have anything to do with Rose Quartz, but his past mistakes, which was constantly lying and tricking Navy and her fellow Rubies before blasting them into the empty void of space.
- Given that the physical sex of a human baby is already determined at the conception, and that the sex comes from the sperm cell as either X or Y chromosome, why was Garnet unable to tell Rose's baby's sex during her pregnancy? There are multiple options:
- Steven's development is fundamentally different from full-human babies, and Steven's sex really was ambiguous that time. A boring option, plus if there was anything human-like included into the process, Greg's genetic material would still have determined the sex of the baby.
- Garnet was (and maybe still is) more or less clueless about sex differences, since Gems don't have such thing and the Crystal Gems were largely isolated from humanity. Hence, she didn't really know what to look after when she was asked if the baby was boy or girl, and maybe Greg was too bashful to give details.
- The most awesome option for now (concerning the sex question): Garnet did know that Steven would be born with male sex. However, she didn't want to destine' Steven to be male, but she wanted to let him to determine his own gender identity in his later age. Even if her future vision had told her that Steven was a boy and never wanted to be a girl, she didn't want to put too much weight on that just think about how things turned out when Sapphire predicted herself being poofed that one time.
- Maybe we all got it wrong: note that Greg's exact words were: "When you have a kid, you have no idea who they're gonna be. Even Garnet couldn't predict it." Following the exact wording, it is possible that he never asked Garnet about the sex of the baby, and that's why he and Rose came up with two names anyway.
"Are You My Dad?"
- Why were the Topaz soldiers and Aquamarine, pure Knights of Cerebus, sent to Earth to collect humans, something that Peridot was able to do with her limb enhancers? Because eight Gems have gone missing after being sent to Earth: Peridot (presumed dead due to YD executing her remotely), Jasper (MIA), Lapis Lazuli (MIA) and a five-member Ruby squadron (presumably either still searching for Jasper or en route back to Homeworld to report their failure). Of course Yellow would send more firepower for such a simple task, since even a lowly Peridot couldn't follow her directive.
- Aquamarine has wings seemingly made of either water or (more likely) the blue energy her wand uses, and her gem is shaped like a teardrop. This gives her a huge resemblance to Lapis Lazuli (water wings, gem shaped like a waterdrop), but of course they would design them to be similar; her name literally means "seawater"!
"I Am My Mom"
- When Onion jumps off of Aquamarine and Topaz's space ship, he does so via a fearless and graceful dive into the ocean. Seeing as he's close to his dad, who is a fisherman that spends a lot of his time at sea, it's likely he got swimming lessons from him.
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“China can only go from strength to strength.”
(Tom Elliott, JP Morgan Fleming’s strategist)
China is a developing country and a major world trading power. For the last half a century, Chinese industry and economy have undergone immense historic changes, bringing development, innovation and modernization to the country. In 1949 New China had to start almost from scratch, because nearly all of the industrial products we imported to the country and the state of affairs in all the branches of industry remained incredibly unstable. Thus, the same year, Chinese government realized an amazing large-scale project – the development of China’s industrial sector. Some of its branches like metallurgy, mining, energy producing industries, airplane and automobile industries were strengthened, others, including petrochemicals, computers, telecommunication equipment, instruments, meters, and aeronautics were built up from nothing. The development of the whole industrial structure was thoroughly planned and as the result the levels of production raised considerably. Though the levels went up the industry required reforms and development of government policies. That’s why the turning point in the development of the country was the actual implementation of the policies of reforms and opening to the outside world which started in the year of 1978. The industrial reform provided enterprises and companies with more rights at the same time giving the owners of these enterprises more profits. The other innovations were the extension of independent operations and implementation of the enterprise contract responsibility system, which improved the operation procedure of enterprises, influencing the enterprise itself, its workers and staff. This system gave a perfect chance for people to take the initiative and show their creativity. The next step in the industrialization of China was introduction of foreign capital and opening to the outside world. This resulted the establishment of many Sino-foreign joint enterprises and wholly foreign-owned companies and actually brought modernization to the enterprises (both in their management and their equipment), at the same time attracting more capital to the country.
In order to create a stable, balanced and effective economic structure, China’s policies also supported the priority development of light industry, developing of second and tertiary industries and increasing the amounts of import for high-quality consumer goods. The substantial disproportion or imbalance, existed among different industries (among primary, secondary and tertiary industries), was significantly reduced, owing to the correct steps in the government policies. These policies had an unexpected effect – the growth of the secondary and tertiary industries along with the primary ones. Actually, many economists do think that the growth of the secondary industry became the base for rapid development of China’s National Economy.
International trade and economic reform have helped 200 million Chinese to raise out of poverty since 1978. During the 21 years of reforms China gained the experience and technology which increased the level of Chinese industry and made achievements in the construction of the world’s economy. In the past year, the China’s official GDP growth rate was 9.7%, but some economists argue that this rate could be as high as 13%. For the last three years, one third of global economic growth (considering purchasing-power parity) was solely China’s contribution. The enormous economic growth created the favorable environment for establishing new trade links. Chinese commercial ties expanded significantly over the last couple of years. Economists say that for the next 20 years China can forestall Japan and become the world’s second largest trading nation. And by the year of 2030 Chinese Economy could be the Biggest Global Economy. But to realize this, China has to make sure that the liberalization of the economy continues, the currency is stable and the financial system is modern and meets the demands of society and, of course, the country complies with international norms for protecting property rights.
The development of Chinese international trade influenced the economies of the other countries which supply China with various types of commodities, actively importing Chinese products. Economists noticed that China’s Imports increased considerably driving the development of the trading partners’ economies. Here are some examples.
According to the statistics, the E.U. was the first largest trading partner of China (leaving behind the US and Japan) in 2004. Since 1978, the E.U.- China Trade has increased for more than 30 times and was about € 175 billion. It’s remarkable that there’s a growing concern of the E.U. leaders over the fact that the E.U.- China bilateral trade actually created the E.U.’s biggest bilateral trade deficit with China (approximately €78.5 billion in 2004).China also enjoys the status of the second largest exporter (after the U.S.) to the European Union.
Chinese Exports to E.U. reached the share of 11 per cent out of all the exported commodities.
Sino-US bilateral trade is one of the most important economic ties in the world. China and USA established the formal diplomatic relations 26 years ago, leading the way into the new era of fruitful international cooperation in different spheres of economy. Total trade with U.S. (export and import) has the immense growth from $2.5 billion at the beginning to $169.4 billion in 2004. This year from January to October the growth in U.S.–China trade was $127.3 billion, Economists consider that the trade increased by 26.2 percent year on year. China today is the third largest trading partner of the United States of America, whereas U.S. is China’s second. The U.S. Imports from China include various manufactured articles (such as toys, games, etc.); office machines; telecommunications equipment, sound recording, and reproducing equipment (such as telephone answering machines, radios, tape recorders and players, televisions, VCRs, etc.); footwear; and electrical machinery. It necessary to underline that American Exports made China the 13th largest market abroad for U.S. goods. The U.S. Exports to China include, transport equipment (mainly airplanes and their parts), electrical machinery, office machines (e.g., computers), general industrial machinery and equipment and oilseeds.
The actual state of things of Sino-U.S. bilateral trade in 2005 is shown in official documents. The growth in Sino-US bilateral trade caused terrific imbalance – the existence of the U.S. trade deficit with China.
A great number of U.S. economists consider that the reasons for such deficit are Chinese restrictive trade and investment practices. These factors create political issues which influence the Sino-U.S. bilateral trade. The U.S. threatened China several times to apply sanctions in order to get rid of China’s trade barriers ( such as high tariffs; pervasive non-tariff barriers; non-transparent trade rules and regulations; trading and distribution rights; investment restrictions) and violations of U.S. Intellectual Property Rights (IPR). Though some of the reforms eased political tension, the market access and IPR pirates remain extremely acute problems for the U.S. companies in China.
According to the Chinese Ministry of Commerce, over the period of January-May 2005, China managed to reach 10 billion US dollars in trade with Russia. This amount is up 29.7 per cent compared to the same period last year. Since 1999, bilateral trade had an annual growth of 30 per cent. In 2004 bilateral trade amount reached a record figure of 21.23 billion US dollars.
China-Kazakhstan trade increased 12 times and was nearly 4.5 billion US dollars in 2004 from 1992’s 368 million US dollars, according to the Ministry of Commerce. During the first five months of this year the trade amount was 2.27 billion US dollars. This figure is up 25.5 per cent compared to the same period last year.
China’s growing economy influences the world’s markets of commodities. An incredible demand of Chinese economy for base metals, minerals and fuels made the world’s prices for these commodities extremely high. On August the 12, 2005 commodity prices reached their highest point in 24 years as crude oil, petrol and copper rose to records and the cost of natural gas immensely increased. According to some of the economists China experience the shortage in several basic commodities including timber, oil, and others. China’s demand for metals to realize such projects as construction of bridges, buildings, car production brought the prices of iron ore and coal to a record level. The Chinese Import of iron ore rose by 45 per cent compared to 2004 and copper Imports rose by 40 per cent compared to 2004. This demand made the prices for copper rose to a six-year high and even nickel rose to a 14-year high.
Nevertheless China consumed in 2005 one fifth of the world’s copper supplies mainly for the construction of the power lines. The construction of China’s power generation capacity, modern railroads and highways and, of course, construction of infrastructure of the 2008 Beijing Olympics, all these will influence the economy in the nearest future, increasing demand for such commodities as oil, coal, steel, copper and rubber. Today, China consumes raw materials as soon as they are extracted and processed, causing record profits to various companies involved in such business activities. Though experts predict the slow-down in China’s economy, the demand for raw products from various parts of China is still as high as before. Chinese economy cannot be self-sufficient even in all the food products. China has the growing need for grains and oilseeds. It has also become one of the world’s largest Importers of soybeans and it will soon become a significant grain Importer, influencing the world’s commodity prices in some of the food products. Thus constant demand for soybean products in China remains a key factor in the world soybean market. The analysts say – “the Dragon is hungry” and it gulps down all the resources available at the commodity markets.
China’s Authorities try to diversify Chinese economy in order to slow down extremely rapid development of some industrial segments ( e.g. from construction to cars) and reduce the demands for several types of the commodities, controlling the excess production. Thus Chinese demand for oil is only 2 per cent higher than in 2004, the demand for the cement is flat and the country’s demand for aluminum declined by 5 per cent this year. All these political and economic measures of the government directed towards an effective economic growth and elimination of hidden barriers for the development of Chinese economy.
U.S. Foreign Trade Section, U.S.- China trade balance. www.census.gov, <http://www. census.gov/foreign-trade/balance/c5700.html#2005> (2005, December 4)
(China’s Economic Conditions. CRS Issue Brief IB98014.)
The Economist (on-line edition, May 13th 2004), The great fall of China? www.economist.com, <http://www.economist.com/displaystory.cfm?story_id=4488944>(2005, December 4)
China Government Directory. Introduction to Chinese Industry, www.china.org.cn <http://www.china.org.cn/e-china/industry/introduction.htm>(2005, December 4)
(Wayne M. Morrison, IB91121: China-U.S. Trade Issues.
Foreign Affairs, Defense and Trade Division, April 13, 2001. p. 1- 10)
(China Effect Convulses Commodity Markets Financial Times. Published: November 15 2003 p. 17)
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Monmouth’s DeAndre Black to provide immediate help at wideout
WEST LONG BRANCH – Monmouth University’s offense is getting a makeover this spring.
A quarterback competition to decide Brandon Hill’s replacement is ongoing, Indiana transfer Myles Graham appears primed to take over as the main option at running back, and All-Big South wide receiver Neal Sterling is preparing for the NFL Draft.
At the end of last season, wide receiver was arguably where there was the most uncertainty. Aside from Sterling, the Hawks were old at the position. Lamar Davemnport, Thad Richards and Eric Sumlin were all seniors. Additionally, redshirt sophomores Matt Choi and Romeo Harris are largely unproven, while one promising receiver, Reggie Whte Jr., has yet to take a snap.
All of that made finding some help at receiver a priority leading up to National Signing Day, and head coach Kevin Callahan did just that.
Enter DeAndre Black, a 6-foot, 180-pound Pittsburgh native who starred for two years at Lackwanna (Pa.) College. After 60 receptions for 805 yards and six touchdowns in two seasons, the burner is expected to provide immediate help to a young receiving corps., not to mention take some pressure off whoever the starting quarterback turns out to be.
“I think it's been a good transition physically and I think from a football standpoint, we're throwing a lot at him,” said Callahan, who also brought in Black’s Lackawanna teammate, 6-foot-5 Orange native Farrod Clarke. “He didn't have the benefit of a preseason and a whole season in the offense, so there's a lot of new stuff coming his way. We're installing things at a speed where the older guys, the experienced guys who have been through it before can handle it.
“There's a lot on his plate, but I like what he's doing. He's attentive, he's really concentrating on what he has to do to get himself on the field.”
“Everything's been good so far,” Black said. “I've been adapting to it and just trying to get comfortable.”
Aside from his play at receiver, Black has been getting work during spring practice returning punts, a job that fell primarily to redshirt sophomore cornerback Kamau Dumas. There has been no definitive word as to whether or not that will continue once the season starts, but it is certainly in play given Black’s experience and speed.
Either way, Black is benefiting right now from enrolling in January and participating in spring practice. Had he merely enrolled in the summer and started with training camp in August, he would have been well-behind the 8-ball and his learning curve would have been steeper. Now, he is expected to hit the ground running at training camp.
“I feel it was a big opportunity to get in here in January,” Black said. “It's helped me transition into the season, knowing the playbook and knowing what to do once camp starts.”
“Anytime you bring in a transfer you think might be able to contribute, you have to have him here for the winter and spring practice,” Callahan said. “It accelerates the learning curve and if you wait until August to bring him in, it makes it really difficult to get ready for the season.”
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Many years ago, when the Crochet Dude came out with his free Groovy Loops square pattern, I made up a few squares because I thought the pattern was totally cool. Then I got busy with some other life thing and I put them away with the rest of my UFOs.
About a month ago, I pulled the few finished squares back out and decided I would make a lapghan with them to donate to the annual Stride to Save Lives event in my hometown which raises money for SAVE (Suicide Awareness Voices of Education), an organization that is personally close to my heart since the loss of my dad to suicide almost five years ago.
So I'm back making Groovy Loop squares. I had about half the number I needed sitting in my UFO stash made from yellow Red Heart Kids yarn, so I crocheted up the other half in a couple of other colors using the same yarn.
Once I had the squares completed, I decided to join them with a variegated color that included the colors I had used for the squares. Settling on the variegated Crayon in Red Heart Kids and using the rounds of the patterns, I continued around the squares in the variegated color.
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I joined the squares using the single crochet method from the back to give it a little personality on the back since the front was very busy with all of the groovy loops and the back was looking rather plain.
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Around the border, I added one more round of groovy loops, and continued the pattern around until I finished up with the double crochet round. Once finished, it measured about 29 x 38½" and it's very heavy. It makes a really nice throw to keep you warm on a chilly evening!
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Plastic Furniture Mould
We have developed plastic chairs mould, baby chairs mould, baby stool mould, table mould, drawer mould, furniture parts mould etc.
We use advanced technologies and experienced industry engineer and professionals to manufacture superior quality molds for household commodity products. We offer excellent product designs with reduced weights, improved production efficiency to ensure our customers to be the most competitive and take the leading position in the house ware field.
For most commodity moulds we use P20 or 718 steel depending on the production requirements and material type.
In order to ensure the mould can be ideally run in the injection machine we need to measure the article size. Increasing the cavities for some small parts and running them on a larger machine can be a good option however several factors need to be considered. The mould structure and future molding cycles are calculated by our engineers and offer in the quote as required.
Injection moulds requires high quality steel, excellent cooling systems and high quality spares to increase the mould life. We take a fully consideration to analyze the structure plates, ejection system, hot runner or cold runner, avoiding ejection marks, measuring thickness and placement of the cooling lines for achieving great quality in household commodity moulds. Besides, the products are made of Polypropylene and require very good surface polishing.
The hardness of the molds should be at least 35 – 40 HRC.
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Ep. 7 Michelle Robinson
Updated: Apr 30
Michelle Robinson "Red Thunder Woman" sits down with us and we talk about a range of issues in regards to Aboriginal and Indigenous people in Canada.
We talk about the Truth and Reconciliation report, a volunteer organization he works with called "Voices" here in Calgary, and other issues facing Aboriginal and Indigenous people today.
One area we touch on is Racism within Canada, and the Aboriginal community.
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Remapping Vehicle List
Can my car be Remapped by DPF London? Take a look at our list below to find out. We can offer a full remap service for cars, vans and motorhomes.
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Featuring a unique speed-cut design, the CQC Holster allows for smooth draw and easy re-holster without slowing you down. The patented SERPA Auto Lock release delivers unparalleled security and is automatically positioned to facilitate a correct drawing motion, making it the perfect Level 2 retention holster for concealed carry.
Specifications and Features:
- 1911 Commander Model
- Note: May not accommodate railed versions of the 1911
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Vincent, our laboratory technician
The 21st August 2018 marks a very significant moment in Buburi’s history. On this day NHIF (National Hospital Insurance Fund) accreditation was awarded to the clinic. This is Kenya’s equivalent of our NHS but works in a very different way and is not as comprehensive. However it is a promising beginning and hopefully will help to ensure the future sustainability of Buburi Clinic.
Buburi Clinic is now named Buburi Community Nursing Home and is registered as an NHIF health facility. This means that patients who are contributing to NHIF (similar to our National Insurance) will be entitled to use Buburi’s facilities for free and Buburi will be able to reclaim the costs from NHIF (Kenyan Government). Those living in the community will also be asked to select their preferred place of care and NHIF will pay the clinic a small amount for all the patients selecting Buburi. There are also facilities made available for the most vulnerable to be treated for free. This income will then help the clinic to become more independent of outside funding in the future.
The long road towards gaining NHIF has been somewhat of a roller coaster and has not always gone smoothly. Many challenges have been faced along the way with constant demands from NHIF for certain requirements such as building a perimeter wall, employing a Clinical Officer, more in-patient beds, a new kitchen, staff quarters, toilets, and a new laboratory. This has placed an enormous financial strain on the clinic and Friends of Buburi’s resources.
The latest challenge arrived on 30th August by way of an official notice from the Public Health Office warning of closure for the clinic if a new Laboratory was not built within 30 days! As neither Friends of Buburi nor the clinic initially had the resources to build a new Laboratory we were just waiting to see what happened. However, in the meantime, the CBO thought they would take the initiative to start digging the foundations and then a very generous donation was given to the charity to enable the building of the laboratory to continue. Jo and Jackie will be visiting the clinic on the 23rd of September and will look forward to updating you all on the progression of this latest project. | <urn:uuid:eef39706-3cb9-4eb7-b8b0-07086fc96072> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.friendsofbuburi.com/newsletter/2018/09/17/clinic-future-more-secure/ | 2020-09-20T11:09:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400197946.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200920094130-20200920124130-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.968257 | 451 |
We have prepared a two-level car park with 1,100 parking spaces (including those for disabled people) for our clients. It is situated on the two top floors of the building. You can get there driving from the roundabout from the direction of Dmowskiego Street. Both levels of the car park can be reached by a spiral parking ramp. Escalators and high-speed lifts will take you from the car park decks to the Gallery's floors and back.
Please keep your parking receipt and pay the parking charge at the machine situated at the exit
of the car park.
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How to Recycle Your Carpet
One new company is leading the way, building their own plant to take some of the carpets, break them down and sell their component materials on as raw materials to other industries from polypropolene and nylon to wool, hessian and jute. Greenback Recycling are even working with local authorities and have managed to get dedicated carpet recycling containers placed at local recycling collection points. They intend to spread this plan nationally.
Until then, it is worth checking with your local authority to see if they take carpet for recycling. If not, what else can be done?
- If it, or a large part of it, is in good condition try offering it on Freecycle. You never know, someone could be waiting for that particular posting!
- Offer it to local schools or preschool groups
- Reuse it yourself as a good insulator in an attic room or outdoor shed or even to cover the compost heap
- Offer it to local gardening groups or allotment societies who can use it on their compost heaps
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By Thalia Rahme
The Partnership agreement between Shell and the Global Road Safety Partnership in the Middle East and North Africa (MENA) was renewed and extended for the year 2012. The occasion brought two senior Shell representatives to Beirut; Steve Brigg, Vice President Health, Safety and Environment & Sustainable Development (HSE&SD), MENA, and Hendrik Moorrees, Shell Road Safety Manager for MENA. They held series of meetings with the Beirut based Global Road Safety Partnership team for the Middle East and North Africa, as well as with Ibrahim Osman, head of the International Federation of the Red Cross and Red Crescent’s MENA Zone.
The discussions revolved around the means to strengthen the partnership to improve road safety in the region and set up road safety activities that would generate direct benefit to communities in the region in 2012. A special focus was put on scaling up both internal and external communications.Shell showed a special interest in the EU-funded project “Capacity building and support to the road safety in MENA” and stressed on the importance of synchronizing road safety work in the region to avoid duplication and maximize impact. We met with Steve and Hendrik and asked them about Shell’s involvement in Road Safety in the region and the challenges ahead:
Shell invests a lot in Road Safety, why?
Steve: First of all it is about respecting people working with us and the communities in which we operate. We must do our best to eliminate deaths or injuries on the roads and within our operations. Our objective is to reach goal of zero road fatalities in our operations, and in the countries we operate in. Road safety affects others hence our involvement in the wider environment, with communities.
What is your particular interest in the MENA region?
Steve: Statistics show that countries in MENA region have some of the highest road traffic fatality rates in the world. Shell is very active in this part of the world, and therefore we must focus on road safety as part of our work in the region.
What are in your opinion the challenges to Road Safety in our region?
Steve: There are many challenges and these vary from country to country. There are challenges regarding compliance with the laws and with law enforcement. The main challenge though is how to change attitudes so that, for example, it simply becomes unacceptable not to wear a seat belt when travelling in a motor vehicle. We have achieved real progress in Shell by applying our 12 “Life Saving Rules” where four of them are related to road safety.
How important is the multi-sectorial partnership is to Shell?
Steve: It is very important as we are working with Governments, contractors, local companies, etc. Road Safety crosses all areas so we have to work in partnership with others.
How would you assess Shell’s collaboration with the Global Road Safety Partnership in the MENA region?
Steve: Shell has a good working relation with the Global Road Safety Partnership, in particular in the MENA region. The organization has good relationships with government and private organizations, as well as other stakeholders, and is seen as a neutral platform, which is one of its main strengths. Through our partnership with GRSP we are part of a broader network and we can achieve more results in Road Safety.
A final word about Shell’s commitment within the “Decade of Action”?
Hendrik: Shell is very supportive of the decade and that reflects in various ways; the decade was launched throughout the entire organization, we carried out several road safety projects with that respect and within the framework of our Social Performance program, such as national in-country campaigns, and local activities. | <urn:uuid:80ecc11b-318d-4afd-a82d-db191563b2ab> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.grsproadsafety.org/shell-renews-partnership-in-the-middle-east-and-north-africa/ | 2020-09-20T11:44:18Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400197946.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200920094130-20200920124130-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.959271 | 749 |
VOICE STUDENT REQUIREMENTS
Voice lessons are not offered to students under age 13. Students under age 13 should be enrolled in a community children’s chorus, an RSCM choral program, or a church/synagogue program. Students then transition to either piano/voice or guitar/voice private lessons that provide foundational theory, instrumental music performance instruction, along with correct vocal technique before progressing to more intensive vocal study when the vocal folds are fully developed.
Students in High School through adulthood are welcomed eligible for vocal study without restrictions.
An audition is required for all students wishing to study voice. Dr. Wright will NOT teach any student who smokes or partakes in drinking alcoholic beverages beyond the social level.
Instrumental Study Requirement
For the purposes of foundational theory and music reading skills, students (high school and adults) should be dually enrolled in piano/voice or guitar/voice. Dr. Wright will be happy to provide you with instructor information for these mediums. The student also has the option of signing up with Dr. Wright for a once per week theory and aural skills lesson; this option can take the place of piano or guitar. Learning the piano is the preference.
Teaching Method & Repertoire
Voice lessons are focused on acquiring vocal technical and artistic skills. Sight-reading is a critical musical skill for any singer, and Dr. Wright would like to strongly encourage its pursuit. While sight-reading is usually a naturally occurring part of any voice study, aural skills studies will be part of weekly lessons.
Beginning voice students will gain a foundational understanding and technique as it applies to basic musicianship, posture, breathing, phonation, and diction (English, Italian, German, and French) as it applies to their repertoire.
Advancing students will continue to master their technique as it applies to musicianship, posture, breathing, phonation, and diction. Vocalize repertoire is also used by advanced students.
All students will sing in a variety of languages, including English, Latin, Italian, German, French and Spanish.
Voice teachers recognize that many students may have interests in vocal repertoire outside of the broad classical genre and some appropriate representative music theater pieces are included in the list. However, the faculty would like to emphasize the importance of the development of a basic technique most commonly associated with classical singing as a critical building block for the healthy pursuit of a variety of vocal musical styles.
Students should bring a recording device to all lessons.
Once students begin studying pieces in foreign languages, they should have a subscription to ipasource.com.
Students are to purpose anthologies, with a specific edition, as assigned by the teacher. Get music offline is not allowed.
PRACTICE & PARENT INVOLVEMENT
At each lesson, students will receive a lesson assignment detailing what is to be practiced during the coming week. My philosophy of practice is goal-oriented, not time-oriented. However, students are encouraged to practice for shorter periods each day rather than one longer session the day before the lesson. In your lessons, in addition to teaching you vocal technique and mastery of vocal repertoire, Dr. Wright will be teaching you how to practice. Dr. Wright will also provide both the student and parent guidance to what time commitment you will need to put in per level.
Parents are to attend all lessons for any student under age 18. Parents should ensure that the student practices as prescribed in the lesson.
Each semester students will participate in 1 studio class outside of their lesson, typically on a Sunday afternoon. These are required, not optional. Studio Class is meant to introduce students to other peers who are studying voice as well. Each Studio Class involves a musical game, an opportunity for the student to sing a pre-assigned piece in front of their peers with minor critique from the teacher (for the purpose of learning from each other), and a healthy snack.
Students will participate in 2 recitals:
The Winter recital takes place in December, is less formal, doesn’t require the student to memorize their music, and typically focuses on pieces for the holidays and winter.
The Spring recital takes place in May, is a formal recital, requires students to memorize their music, and focuses on a wide array of musical genres and styles.
LESSON LENGTHS AND DELIVERY
Beginning voice students take a 45-minute lesson.
Advanced or advancing students take a 60-minute lesson.
Bluffton students will have lessons in the home of Dr. Wright, which is located in Hampton Hall. Hilton Head Island students have lessons at All Saints Episcopal Church, where Dr. Wright is the director of music and organist.
Dr. Wright is well-versed in online teaching through FaceTime and Zoom. Students who are recovering from an illness or during a time like a global pandemic, students will receive online delivery.
FEES AND PAYMENTS
Fees for Dr. Wright’s studio are based on the instructor’s education, average rates of other professional musicians in the profession, and community music schools.
45 Minute Lessons $42.00
60 Minute Lessons $56.00
Payments are submitted electronically through PayPal, Apple Pay, Venmo, or Zelle. Cash and checks are not accepted.
Students/Parents pay for lessons in advance. It is preferred that payment for the entire semester be submitted at the first lesson of the semester in September and January. If a student or parent has difficulty in doing so, they may choose the two-payment plan per semester where ½ is due in September and November for the fall semester and in January and March for the spring semester.
Studio Classes and Recital fees are paid in the following manner: Each semester, students take a fall (October) and spring (April) break; parents will pay for the break week. That payment goes toward that semester’s studio class and recital.
Because space is limited, students are to commit to studying for the duration of at least a semester, a year is preferred. No refunds will be made after the 2nd week of lessons. If a request for a refund is made before lessons begin, a full refund minus one month of study will be granted. Otherwise, the amount refunded will be prorated in addition to the processing of a studio fee of up to one month of study. There will be no refunds for lessons after the first class. Please note that refunds will be made via PayPal, Apple Pay, Venmo, or Zelle. Students/parents who are on the 2-payment plan per semester are still required to submit the remaining balance at the time of the 2nd payment due date.
GENERAL STUDIO GUIDELINES
Voice students MUST have access to a keyboard and/or piano before beginning study. An acoustic piano (non-electronic) should be serviced and tuned by a technician at least twice per year. Dr. Wright will be happy to provide you the name of two technicians in our area.
Students are expected to be on time for their lessons. Dr. Wright will wait 10 minutes for a student who might be late. If the student arrives LESS than 10 minutes late, they will receive a lesson for the remainder of their time slot (the lesson will still end on time). If a student does not arrive after 10 minutes, Dr. Wright is NOT required to stay any longer to wait. This lesson will be considered a "no-show" and will not be made up.
If the student must miss a lesson, Dr. Wright should be contacted at least 24 hours before the scheduled lesson. With 24 hours advance notice given, Dr. Wright will reschedule 1 lesson for an excused absence by the student per semester. Without at least a full day’s notice, for any reason, the student will forfeit the lesson. Only illness or family emergencies will be considered excused absences. Other conflicts, such as birthday parties, family vacations, etc., are not considered excused absences and will not be made up. There will be assigned days each semester for make-up lessons.
Any lesson missed by Dr. Wright will be made up. If Dr. Wright must reschedule a lesson, the student will be notified 24 hours in advance, unless there is an emergency. The missed lesson will be made up on the assigned make-up lesson day for that semester.
A word about summer lessons. Students continue lessons in the summer. Because of the vacation and travel schedules of both Dr. Wright and students, the lesson schedule is flexible. Students should have a minimum of 2 lessons per month for June, July, and August; 3 lessons per month are normal. Payment for these lessons will be made monthly.
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What is NuvaRing?
NuvaRing (NEW-vah-ring) is a flexible birth control vaginal ring used to prevent pregnancy.
NuvaRing contains a combination of a progestin and estrogen, 2 kinds of female hormones. Birth control methods that contain both an estrogen and a progestin are called combination hormonal contraceptives (CHCs).
How well does NuvaRing work?
Your chance of getting pregnant depends on how well you follow the directions for using NuvaRing. The better you follow the directions, the less chance you have of getting pregnant.
Based on the results of a US clinical study, approximately 1 to 3 women out of 100 women may get pregnant during the first year they use NuvaRing.
The following chart shows the chance of getting pregnant for women who use different methods of birth control. Each box on the chart contains a list of birth control methods that are similar in effectiveness. The most effective methods are at the top of the chart. The box on the bottom of the chart shows the chance of getting pregnant for women who do not use birth control and are trying to get pregnant.
What is the most important information I should know about NuvaRing?
Do not use NuvaRing if you smoke cigarettes and are over 35 years old. Smoking increases your risk of serious cardiovascular side effects (heart and blood vessel problems) from combination hormonal contraceptives (CHCs), including death from heart attack, blood clots or stroke. This risk increases with age and the number of cigarettes you smoke.
Hormonal birth control methods help to lower the chances of becoming pregnant. They do not protect against HIV infection (AIDS) and other sexually transmitted infections
Who should not use NuvaRing?
Do not use NuvaRing if you:
- smoke and are over 35 years old
- have or have had blood clots in your arms, legs, eyes, or lungs
- have an inherited problem with your blood that makes it clot more than normal
- have had a stroke
- have had a heart attack
- have certain heart valve problems or heart rhythm problems that can cause blood clots to form in the heart
- have high blood pressure that medicine can't control
- have diabetes with kidney, eye, nerve, or blood vessel damage
- have certain kinds of severe migraine headaches with aura, numbness, weakness, or changes in vision, or have any migraine headaches if you are over age 35
- have liver disease, including liver tumors
- take any Hepatitis C drug combination containing ombitasvir/paritaprevir/ritonavir, with or without dasabuvir. This may increase levels of the liver enzyme "alanine aminotransferase" (ALT) in the blood
- have unexplained vaginal bleeding
- are pregnant or think you may be pregnant. NuvaRing is not for pregnant women.
- have or have had breast cancer or any cancer that is sensitive to female hormones
- are allergic to etonogestrel, ethinyl estradiol or any of the ingredients in NuvaRing. See the list of ingredients in NuvaRing at the end of this leaflet.
Hormonal birth control methods may not be a good choice for you if you have ever had jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes) caused by pregnancy or related to previous use of hormonal birth control.
Tell your healthcare provider if you have ever had any of the conditions listed above. Your healthcare provider can suggest another method of birth control.
What should I tell my healthcare provider before using NuvaRing?
Before you use NuvaRing tell your healthcare provider if you:
- have any medical conditions
- are pregnant or think you are pregnant
- recently had a baby
- recently had a miscarriage or abortion
- have a family history of breast cancer
- have or have had breast nodules, fibrocystic disease, an abnormal breast x-ray, or abnormal mammogram
- use tampons and have a history of toxic shock syndrome
- have been diagnosed with depression
- have had liver problems including jaundice during pregnancy
- have or have had elevated cholesterol or triglycerides
- have or have had gallbladder, liver, heart, or kidney disease
- have diabetes
- have a history of jaundice (yellowing of the skin or eyes) caused by pregnancy (also called cholestasis of pregnancy)
- have a history of scanty or irregular menstrual periods
- have any condition that makes the vagina become irritated easily
- have or have had high blood pressure
- have or have had migraines or other headaches or seizures
- are scheduled for surgery. NuvaRing may increase your risk of blood clots after surgery. You should stop using NuvaRing at least 4 weeks before you have surgery and not restart it until at least 2 weeks after your surgery.
- are scheduled for any laboratory tests. Certain blood tests may be affected by hormonal birth control methods.
- are breastfeeding or plan to breastfeed. Hormonal birth control methods that contain estrogen, like NuvaRing, may decrease the amount of milk you make. A small amount of hormones from NuvaRing may pass into your breast milk. Consider another non-hormonal method of birth control until you are ready to stop breastfeeding.
- have (or have ever had) an allergic reaction while using NuvaRing, including hives, swelling of the face, lips, tongue, and/or throat causing difficulty in breathing or swallowing (anaphylaxis and/or angioedema).
Tell your healthcare provider about all medicines and herbal products you take, including prescription and over-the-counter medicines, vitamins and herbal supplements.
Some medicines and herbal products may make hormonal birth control less effective, including, but not limited to:
- certain anti-seizure medicines (such as barbiturates, carbamazepine, felbamate, oxcarbazepine, phenytoin, rufinamide and topiramate)
- medicine to treat fungal infections (griseofulvin)
- certain combinations of HIV medicines, (such as nelfinavir, ritonavir, darunavir/ritonavir, (fos)amprenavir/ritonavir, lopinavir/ritonavir, and tipranavir/ritonavir)
- certain hepatitis C (HCV) medicines (such as boceprevir and telaprevir)
- non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (such as efavirenz and nevirapine)
- medicine to treat tuberculosis (such as rifampicin and rifabutin)
- medicine to treat high blood pressure in the vessels of the lung (bosentan)
- medicine to treat chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting (aprepitant)
- St John's wort
Use an additional barrier contraceptive method (such as a male condom with spermicide) when you take medicines that may make NuvaRing less effective. Since the effect of another medicine on NuvaRing may last up to 28 days after stopping the medicine, it is necessary to use the additional barrier contraceptive method for that long to help prevent you from becoming pregnant. While using NuvaRing, you should not use certain female barrier contraceptive methods such as a vaginal diaphragm, cervical cap or female condom as your back-up method of birth control because NuvaRing may interfere with the correct placement and position of a diaphragm, cervical cap or female condom.
Some medicines and grapefruit juice may increase the level of ethinyl estradiol in your blood if used together, including:
- the pain reliever acetaminophen
- ascorbic acid (vitamin C)
- medicines that affect how your liver breaks down other medicines (such as itraconazole, ketoconazole, voriconazole, fluconazole, clarithromycin, erythromycin, and diltiazem)
- certain HIV medicines (atazanavir/ritonavir and indinavir)
- non-nucleoside reverse transcriptase inhibitors (such as etravirine)
- medicines to lower cholesterol such as atorvastatin and rosuvastatin
Hormonal birth control methods may interact with lamotrigine, a medicine used for seizures. This may increase the risk of seizures, so your healthcare provider may need to adjust your dose of lamotrigine.
Women on thyroid replacement therapy may need increased doses of thyroid hormone.
Ask your healthcare provider if you are not sure if you take any of the medicines listed above. Know the medicines you take. Keep a list of them to show your doctor and pharmacist when you get a new medicine.
How should I use NuvaRing?
- Read the Instructions for Use that comes with your NuvaRing for information about the right way to use NuvaRing.
- Use NuvaRing exactly as your healthcare provider tells you to use it.
- NuvaRing is used in a 4-week cycle.
- Insert 1 NuvaRing in the vagina and keep it in place for 3 weeks (21 days). Regularly check that NuvaRing is in your vagina (for example, before and after intercourse) to ensure that you are protected from pregnancy.
- Remove the NuvaRing for a 1-week break (7 days). During the 1-week break (7 days), you will usually have your menstrual period. Note: Insert and remove NuvaRing on the same day of the week and at the same time:
- For example, if you insert your NuvaRing on a Monday at 8:00 am, you should remove it on the Monday 3 weeks later at 8:00 am.
- After your 1-week (7 days) break, you should insert a new NuvaRing on the next Monday at 8:00 am.
- While using NuvaRing, you should not use certain female barrier contraceptive methods such as a vaginal diaphragm, cervical cap or female condom as your back-up method of birth control because NuvaRing may interfere with the correct placement and position of a diaphragm, cervical cap or female condom.
- Ring breakage has occurred when also using a vaginal product such as a lubricant or treatment for infection (see "What should i do if my NuvaRing comes out of my vagina?"). Use of spermicides or vaginal yeast products will not make NuvaRing less effective at preventing pregnancy.
- Use of tampons will not make NuvaRing less effective or stop NuvaRing from working.
- If NuvaRing has been left inside your vagina for more than 4 weeks (28 days), you may not be protected from pregnancy and you should see your healthcare provider to be sure you are not pregnant. Until you know the results of your pregnancy test, you should use an extra method of birth control, such as male condoms with spermicide, until the new NuvaRing has been in place for 7 days in a row.
- Do not use more than 1 NuvaRing at a time. Too much hormonal birth control medicine in your body may cause nausea, vomiting, or vaginal bleeding.
Your healthcare provider should examine you at least 1 time a year to see if you have any signs of side effects from using NuvaRing.
What should I know about my period when using NuvaRing?
When you use NuvaRing you may have bleeding and spotting between periods, called unplanned bleeding. Unplanned bleeding may vary from slight staining between menstrual periods to breakthrough bleeding, which is a flow much like a regular period. Unplanned bleeding occurs most often during the first few months of NuvaRing use, but may also occur after you have been using NuvaRing for some time. Such bleeding may be temporary and usually does not indicate any serious problems. It is important to continue using the ring on schedule. If the unplanned bleeding or spotting is heavy or lasts for more than a few days, you should discuss this with your healthcare provider.
What if I miss my regular scheduled period when using NuvaRing?
Some women miss periods on hormonal birth control, even when they are not pregnant. Consider the possibility that you may be pregnant if:
- you miss a period and NuvaRing was out of the vagina for more than 3 hours during the 3 weeks (21 days) of ring use
- you miss a period and waited longer than 1 week to insert a new ring
- you have followed the instructions and you miss 2 periods in a row
- you have left NuvaRing in place for longer than 4 weeks (28 days)
What if I want to become pregnant?
You may stop using NuvaRing whenever you wish. Consider a visit with your healthcare provider for a pre-pregnancy checkup before you stop using NuvaRing.
What are the possible side effects of using NuvaRing?
NuvaRing may cause serious side effects, including:
Like pregnancy, combination hormonal birth control methods increase the risk of serious blood clots (see following graph), especially in women who have other risk factors, such as smoking, obesity, or age greater than 35. This increased risk is highest when you first start using a combination hormonal birth control method or when you restart the same or different combination hormonal birth control method after not using it for a month or more. Talk with your healthcare provider about your risk of getting a blood clot before using NuvaRing or before deciding which type of birth control is right for you.
In some studies of women who used NuvaRing, the risk of getting a blood clot was similar to the risk in women who used combination birth control pills.
Other studies have reported that the risk of blood clots was higher for women who use combination birth control pills containing desogestrel (a progestin similar to the progestin in NuvaRing) than for women who use combination birth control pills that do not contain desogestrel.
It is possible to die or be permanently disabled from a problem caused by a blood clot, such as heart attack or stroke. Some examples of serious blood clots are blood clots in the:
- legs (deep vein thrombosis)
- lungs (pulmonary embolus)
- eyes (loss of eyesight)
- heart (heart attack)
- brain (stroke)
To put the risk of developing a blood clot into perspective: If 10,000 women who are not pregnant and do not use hormonal birth control are followed for one year, between 1 and 5 of these women will develop a blood clot. The figure below shows the likelihood of developing a serious blood clot for women who are not pregnant and do not use hormonal birth control, for women who use hormonal birth control, for pregnant women, and for women in the first 12 weeks after delivering a baby.
Likelihood of Developing a Serious Blood Clot (Venous Thromboembolism [VTE])
*CHC=combination hormonal contraception
**Pregnancy data based on actual duration of pregnancy in the reference studies. Based on a model assumption that pregnancy duration is nine months, the rate is 7 to 27 per 10,000 WY.
Call your healthcare provider right away if you have:
- leg pain that does not go away
- sudden shortness of breath
- sudden blindness, partial or complete
- severe pain or pressure in your chest
- sudden, severe headache unlike your usual headaches
- weakness or numbness in an arm or leg, or trouble speaking
- yellowing of the skin or eyeballs
Other serious risks include:
- Toxic Shock Syndrome (TSS). Some of the symptoms are much the same as the flu, but they can become serious very quickly. Call your healthcare provider or get emergency treatment right away if you have the following symptoms:
- sudden high fever
- a sunburn-like rash
- muscle aches
- fainting or feeling faint when standing up
- Allergic reaction, including hives, swelling of the face, lips, tongue, and/or throat causing difficulty in breathing or swallowing (anaphylaxis and/or angioedema)
- Liver problems, including liver tumors
- High blood pressure
- Gallbladder problems
- Accidental insertion into bladder
- Symptoms of a problem called angioedema if you already have a family history of angioedema
The most common side effects of NuvaRing are:
- tissue irritation inside your vagina or on your cervix
- headache (including migraine)
- mood changes (including depression, especially if you had depression in the past). Call your healthcare provider immediately if you have any thoughts of harming yourself.
- NuvaRing problems, including the ring slipping out or causing discomfort
- nausea and vomiting
- vaginal discharge
- weight gain
- vaginal discomfort
- breast pain, discomfort, or tenderness
- painful menstrual periods
- abdominal pain
- less sexual desire
Some women have spotting or light bleeding during NuvaRing use. If these symptoms occur, do not stop using NuvaRing. The problem will usually go away. If it doesn't go away, check with your healthcare provider.
Other side effects seen with NuvaRing include breast discharge; vaginal injury (including pain, discomfort, and bleeding) associated with broken rings; and penis discomfort of the partner (such as irritation, rash, itching).
Less common side effects seen with combination hormonal birth control include:
- Blotchy darkening of your skin, especially on your face
- High blood sugar, especially in women who already have diabetes
- High fat (cholesterol, triglycerides) levels in the blood
There have been reports of the ring becoming stuck to the vaginal tissue and having to be removed by a healthcare provider. Call your healthcare provider if you are unable to remove your NuvaRing.
Tell your healthcare provider about any side effect that bothers you or that does not go away. These are not all the possible side effects of NuvaRing. For more information, ask your healthcare provider or pharmacist. Call your healthcare provider for medical advice about side effects. You may report side effects to FDA at 1-800-FDA-1088.
Do Hormonal Birth Control Methods Cause Cancer?
Hormonal birth control methods do not seem to cause breast cancer. However, if you have breast cancer now or have had it in the past, do not use hormonal birth control, including NuvaRing, because some breast cancers are sensitive to hormones.
Women who use hormonal birth control methods may have a slightly higher chance of getting cervical cancer. However, this may be due to other reasons such as having more sexual partners.
General information about the safe and effective use of NuvaRing
Medicines are sometimes prescribed for purposes other than those listed in the Patient Information. Do not use NuvaRing for a condition for which it was not prescribed. Do not give NuvaRing to other people. It may harm them.
This guide summarizes the most important information about NuvaRing. If you would like more information, talk with your healthcare provider. You can ask your pharmacist or healthcare provider for information about NuvaRing that is written for health professionals.
For more information on NuvaRing and the applicator for NuvaRing, go to www.nuvaring.com or call 1-800-622-4477.
How should I store NuvaRing and throw away used NuvaRings?
- Store NuvaRing at room temperature between 68°F to 77°F (20°C to 25°C).
- Store NuvaRing at room temperature for up to 4 months after you receive it. Throw NuvaRing away if the expiration date on the label has passed.
- Do not store NuvaRing above 86°F (30°C).
- Avoid direct sunlight.
- Place the used NuvaRing in the re-closable foil pouch and properly throw it away in your household trash out of the reach of children and pets. Do not flush your used NuvaRing down the toilet.
Keep NuvaRing and all medicines out of the reach of children.
What are the ingredients in NuvaRing?
Active ingredients: etonogestrel and ethinyl estradiol
Inactive ingredients: ethylene vinylacetate copolymers (28% and 9% vinylacetate) and magnesium stearate.
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Herbert says: “English law requires a number of elements for a contract to be formed between parties. While there are a range of exceptions and caveats to the principles, there are the basic principles of contract law.”
In essence, he says there must be an offer where A has to make an offer to B; an acceptance where B needs to accept the offer. Thirdly, there must be a consideration which involves B needing to give A something (usually money) in return for what is offered. An intention to create legal relations that involves each side actually intending to create a contract. And lastly, there must be certainty of terms meaning that the material terms of the contract need to be clear.
You might think that the point at which a contract is formed is easy to establish. But, says James Crayton, head of commercial at Walker Morris, “some of these essential elements are common sources of dispute”.
He says one particular area of contention is whether a response to an offer constitutes an acceptance or a counter-offer – “this can be crucial because it can determine on whose terms a business deal proceeds, or on what terms a dispute is settled. Going back to legal basics, if a supposed acceptance does not match the terms of the offer, then no contract is formed and, instead, a counter-offer has been made.” A common upshot in the commercial context is the so-called battle of the forms – but more on this later.
Another element of friction is where a party thinks there’s a contract in place when in reality there isn’t. As Crayton has seen, “a party may have invested significant time and money in a project on the understanding that its opposite number was contractually bound to the same, only to find that no binding obligations are actually in effect and that its opponent can walk away scot-free. Similarly, a party may be operating under the assumption that key terms are still to be agreed, only to find that their conduct, or something they said, has committed them contractually to what is now an unfavourable deal”.
How can this happen? Possibly because the parties signed a preliminary document not realising it would be binding on them, or because of the language they used during negotiations – Herbert says email correspondence and negotiations are a frequent source of issues. But he points to another factor – conduct. “How businesses act can also create a contract if it evidences an intention to be bound by a contract – for example, if they start providing goods or services before a contract is finalised.”
The problem for Crayton is that “the nature of today’s business world means that variations (say price, delivery, payment etc.) are sometimes discussed and agreed orally only. As well as the potential for misunderstanding and evidential issues, parties may inadvertently end up in breach of express ‘no oral modification’ provisions”.
Do not forget the office junior
Firms should also be alive to the fact that it’s entirely possible that an office junior can accidentally bind a business. Companies can be forced to honour the actions of employees if those individuals appear to a third party to have apparent authority and the third party enters into the contract in good faith. It’s for this reason that Herbert advises businesses to “keep a written list of individuals authorised to bind the company… and ensure that employees know what they can and cannot do when it comes to negotiating on behalf of the company and committing it to contractual obligations”.
The problem, as Crayton sees it, “is whether or not the parties actually intend to be legally bound”. In a commercial context, he says that there is a “rebuttable presumption” of an intention to create legal relations.
So, by extension, and for absolute certainty, before entering into a contract, parties should check that the person they are dealing with has the authority they claim to have. This can be through checking Companies House to see if the relevant signatory is an officer of the company or by asking to see the specific grant of authority – normally a board resolution or a power of attorney – given by the company to that individual.
The digital age
It doesn’t take a neurosurgeon to realise that the digital age has not left contract law untouched by change. Remarkably, it still surprises some that contracts do not have to be in writing. As Herbert outlines, a face-to-face agreement or a verbal contract that includes the characteristics mentioned earlier will still make a valid contract – “and barring limited exceptions, contracts can also be made over social media, via email, fax or even made in the behaviour or course of dealings by the parties”.
He adds it is also worth noting that ‘written’ contracts do not have to be on paper, they can be created and signed electronically, as is the case with online purchases.
The battle of the forms
In any situation when two businesses negotiate the terms of a contract and each wants to contract on its own, more favourable, standard terms, there will always be a desire from one side to win over the other.
Crayton explains that this process where one side trumps the other, that uses the last set of terms despatched before performance, the ‘last shot’ approach, will prevail.
And Herbert agrees. He gives the example of Company A offering to buy goods from Company B, but on A’s standard terms. However, Company B attempts to accept Company A’s offer but on the basis of their own standard terms as they are more favourable to them. So, who wins? The answer, says Herbert, is simple: the last party to put forward terms and conditions – in this example, Company B – that were not explicitly rejected by the recipient.
The only solution to avoid any uncertainties as to which terms apply is for the parties to expressly agree whose terms apply before they start work. Building on this, Herbert says that either side can “incorporate a ‘conflict clause’ into the terms which stipulates that their terms will prevail over any terms issued by the other party; this would further assist in establishing a ‘last shot’ argument.”
Crayton, however, warns to look for terms that aren’t always obvious. He says “to take particular care if terms appear elsewhere, whether that be on the reverse of a form; on a website; in an attachment to an e-mail; in a separate draft contract or other form of document; or elsewhere within promotional material or pre-contractual correspondence.” As they say, ignorance is no excuse.
Locking the door
Of course, there are steps that firms can take to stop contracts from accidentally being formed, but before detailing them it’s important, according to Herbert, to note that “disputes in this area normally revolve around the intent of the parties. Courts will not lightly infer the existence of a contract unless they can firmly conclude that the parties intended there to be one.”
Even so, he advises parties to make their intentions as clear as possible. “If entering into preliminary documentation, such as a heads of terms or letters of intent – being documents which set out the essential terms of a contract which may be entered in the future, parties should make it clear whether such document is intended to be binding or not so as to avoid any confusion.” Herbert says that making the document ‘subject to contract’ assists here.
Similarly, he says that if negotiating via email, businesses should be careful when using certain terms such as ‘I accept’ and ‘I agree’. He also says to consider inserting ‘subject to contract’ at the very top of each new email “so as to make it clear that the content of the email is not intended to be binding and that the intention is to enter into a specific written contract at a later date”.
And Crayton advises even stronger disclaimer language, for example “we have no intention to enter into a binding agreement until both parties sign an agreement in writing… A court will look at all of the parties’ words – and conduct – when deciding whether or not a contract has been formed in any particular case”.
Lastly, large organisations have other problems to contend with that often revolve around coordination; Crayton thinks it important to ensure that internal teams are aligned to the same position – so that, for example, operations behave consistently with procurement if a contract is not yet meant to be binding.
Contract law is a quagmire ready and waiting to swallow up all who enter into it. That’s not to say that every contract will lead to catastrophe, but good advice, common sense and forward planning can minimise the risk of a commercial falling out. Remember, a contract does not need to be written or indeed in any particular form, provided the key elements are present. It is therefore possible to accept another’s terms simply by failing to object to them or to assert your own. | <urn:uuid:e50d9542-f2ab-4a94-860e-ad1f4e2a3bd7> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.printweek.com/features/article/contract-killers | 2020-09-20T10:21:16Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400197946.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200920094130-20200920124130-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.957689 | 2,024 |
Among the demands made by the prisoners was an end to isolation in control units, to be recognized as political prisoners and to be regrouped in one prison so as to continue their political education and maintain their identity. This was vigorously opposed by the Spanish government who holds a total of over 1,000 political prisoners. During the strike Jose Manuel Sevillano died of heart failure due to malnutrition. To prolong the hungerstrike the government force-fed the prisoners. Several government officials, to include the head of prison medicine in charge of the force feeding, were executed during the strike by operational GRAPO units.
The hungerstrike was seen as being of great importance in light of the planned European unification in 1992 which could set the guidelines for dealing with all political prisoners in Europe, i.e., isolation, psychological torture, etc. Demonstrations in support of the hungerstrikers took place throughout Spain as well as across Europe, in the U.S., Canada, Japan and other countries.
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Coronavirus & Club Events
We very much regret that, until further notice, all Club meetings and Events have been cancelled.
These include meetings at The Bell Hotel, Away Days and other outside events. However, the Club members are meeting via Zoom, which has proved very beneficial.
Also please note that the SMILE Cafe is currently closed on Thursdays.
Meanwhile, our sincere thanks to everyone for their understanding during this potentially critical period and we hope to get back to 'normal' as soon as we can.
Community Small Grants Scheme
We recently introduced a Community Small Grants Scheme for people in our local area.
Please go to the 'What We Do' drop-down box and select 'Community & Vocational Projects' to get more details about the scheme and how to apply.
The 2020 Heritage Coast Run / Walk
Very regretfully, this years event, which was due to be held on Sunday 3rd May had to be cancelled due to the Coronavirus pandemic.
The provisional date for the 2021 event is Sunday 2nd May. More information will be released in due course.
What a Result in 2019 !!
Last years marathon event raised over £13,000 for worthy causes. The two main charities supported were Prostate Cancer UK and East Suffolk Prostate Cancer Care who received £6000 and £1000 respectively. The remaining funds will be used to support local good causes.
In the run up to Christmas, over £1800 was collected in the Leiston, Friday Street and Wickham Market areas for the Ipswich based charity, St Elizabeth's Hospice.
General Data Protection Act (GDPR)
General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) legislation came into force on 25th May 2018. It is EU law but also become law in the UK on 25th May 2018 (regardless of BREXIT) and will replace the Data Protection Act 1998. The Club will ensure that it is fully compliant with the new legislation.
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Be part of a global network of volunteers, trying to make the world a better place. Please also see the 'links & news' page for information from the local district and live feeds from Rotary International and Rotary International in GB&I.
Rotary supporting rehabilitation for stroke survivors
Putting the wheels in motion to end polio
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SGS Wins Inspection Contract for Gas Power Plant Project in Iraq
LANCO Chooses SGS for Gas Power Plant in Iraq
SGS has been entrusted by LANCO Group to provide independent inspection of equipment and material at vendor locations in Europe, the US, Asia and the Middle East as well as to manage on-site quality control for the construction of its new gas power plant in Al-Anbar Province, Iraq. The AKAZ power plant boasts a capacity of 2x125 MW and is estimated to require three years to complete.
One of India's most outstanding companies, LANCO has been driving growth in the fields of engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) as well as power, solar and natural resources and infrastructure for over 25 years and is today uniquely positioned to take the lead in these areas of its influence.
Starting on March 27, 2012, SGS will provide quality assurance and quality control services throughout the three-year agreement
SGS is the world's leader in testing, inspection, certification and verification guaranteeing clients superior specialist examination to ensure compulsory compliance with current regional, national and international standards and regulations. Comprehensive testing and inspection provided by SGS reduces risk and increases quality control during all phases of construction. Unparalleled certification services and verification methods practiced by SGS assist in securing required credentials recognized the world over.
SGS expertise in quality assurance and quality control ensures that materials, products, machinery, equipment and industrial facilities have been manufactured compliant to required and contractual specifications as well as mandatory prerequisites and quality criteria.
Natural Gas: The fuel of choice in state-of-the-art power plants
The industry charged with producing electric power has historically been one of the biggest culprits of pollution worldwide. Strict regulations have been put in place to force the industry to develop new methods aimed at reducing harmful emissions in order to diminish environmental harm. SGS expert testing, inspection, certification and verification guarantees that these stringent directives are met.
Modern technologies permit natural gas, the cleanest of the fossil fuels, to be increasingly implemented in generating clean electricity. The use of natural gas has many environmental benefits including the emission of less greenhouse and smog related gasses, positively affecting overall air quality. Due to its abundance, natural gas also offers a cost-efficient alternative to dirty, more expensive resources. Power plants fuelled by natural gas are therefore becoming the popular choice of today's environmentally responsible and business savvy operators.
The Added Value of SGS Services
SGS meticulously inspects equipment and materials for mechanical defects or regulatory deficits at the manufacturer level as well as on site in order to prevent costly corrective actions during the construction phase or catastrophic shutdowns once the plant is in operation. Expertise in testing, inspection, certification and verification as only SGS can deliver is of paramount priority to maximize asset excellence and value. SGS is proud to have been chosen to assist LANCO in this prestigious endeavour.
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Consistency and repetition are extremely important. Lessons are held M-Th, with Friday as a weather makeup day if needed. Your child will have the same 10-minute time slot each day.
A continuous 5-7 weeks of lessons will allow your child to acquire his/her skills more quickly.
Consider nap times, feeding times, and planned vacations when scheduling swim course month and times. Students should not have anything to eat or drink 1-1/2 to 2 hours prior to lessons.
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Hey! I’m over here.
Verizon’s unionised workforce in California want a new boss. The Communications Workers of America (CWA) dropped its previous opposition to Frontier Communication’s purchase of Verizon’s wireline telephone systems in California, after reaching an agreement with Frontier to extend the current union contract for two years, with pay increases and 100 shares of stock for each union member, and add 150 union jobs in the state.
Initially, CWA warned the California Public Utilities Commission of “the potential harm to thousands of its members in California” and lodged a protest against approval of the sale, saying “this transaction will impact the economic health of millions of households, businesses, schools, health care facilities, government agencies, and other institutions in California”.
But now that the contractual issues have been resolved, those overheated concerns have evaporated. [CWA is telling the CPUC]() that it “supports the proposed acquisition and believes approval of this transaction is in the public and employees’ interest”.
The message was delivered in person to commissioner Catherine Sandoval and a CPUC administrative law judge at a hearing in Santa Clara on Monday. Frontier executives were there, too. The atmosphere was genuinely friendly: the pro forma good words spoken during the hearing were followed up by collegial conversations afterwards.
It’s easy to be cynical about CWA’s Damascene conversion, but there seems to be substance in what, to all appearances, is a good working relationship with Frontier. That stands in stark contrast to the escalation war of words between Verizon and the union as the clock ticks down on contract negotiations on the east coast. | <urn:uuid:fdd9beb1-4fc8-4dfe-8993-4d73ccd46bca> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.tellusventure.com/blog/come-and-take-us-away-verizons-employees-tell-frontier/ | 2020-09-20T10:36:23Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400197946.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200920094130-20200920124130-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.95581 | 351 |
Serve“For as in one body we have many members, and the members do not all have the same function, so we, though many, are one body in Christ, and individually members one of another. Having gifts that differ according to the grace given to us, let us use them…” Romans 12:4-6
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God has called all believers to participate in his Great Commission: to glorify him by making disciples of Jesus Christ. He equips believers for this mission with spirit-empowered gifts that help reach the lost and build up the church. If you’d like to learn more about how you can use your gifts to serve at Vertical Church, please complete the form below and a ministry leader will be in contact with you.
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Fall Rent-A-Youth is November 5 and November 12! Every Fall and Spring the youth of Wesley offer their time and service to families needing help with yard chores. We may rake leaves, clean windows, turn gardens, etc. This service event also serves as a fundraiser for our summer mission trips. We typically take a lunch break and students bring money for their lunch. Students may work a half-day shift or the full day. Adults are needed to help provide transportation and to work with the students on the job sites. For more information, please contact Frank Newburn, firstname.lastname@example.org. | <urn:uuid:493f3c33-4391-4133-b991-361056caffe5> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://www.wesley-umc.com/event/fall-rent-a-youth-2/ | 2020-09-20T10:55:26Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400197946.27/warc/CC-MAIN-20200920094130-20200920124130-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.944677 | 129 |
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ESOL Certificate Lewis & Clark College, Portland, Oregon, April 2009; Masters Degree Education, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, January 2002; B.S., Biology, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, August 1993; Minor Spanish, Portland State University, Portland, Oregon, August 1993; Medical Laboratory Technician, Academy of Health Sciences, Ft. Sam Houston, San Antonio, Texas, April 1991.
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Discipleship is a foundational pillar at Benicia Fellowship. Our emphasis on teaching and preaching based on God’s Word is fundamental at all age levels, from children to seniors. We believe that spending time together as a community of faith in prayer and studying God's Word together is the heartbeat of the body of Christ. Our love for God is the inspiration for our commitment to give Him our best in every area of our lives. And God uses discipleship to transform our lives to become more like Him.
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The one we cannot pass up this season and the one that had produced the most attraction this summer is Egypt’s Brothers and Daedalus National Park. This summer
In the past 2 weeks we have not seen any other liveaboards, not in the north, not in the south. And we have also not seen a storm and deluge like the one that hit us in the middle of the week. The rain was pouring down from the sun deck along the stairs like a waterfall.
Great anticipation preceded our first week in Sudan this fall especially since this was going to be our first week-long Deep South tour in Sudan in the fall.
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Term 3 Week 6 2019 Newsletter
The Kirton Point Primary School have been celebrating Cultural Week this week. Some of our Junior Primary classes visited the school. Students had the opportunity to try different dishes from various cultures around the world.
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I think downtown Brockton is pretty widely considered to be…well, let’s say a “sketchy neighborhood”. And train stations are usually where the sketchiest parts of sketchy neighborhoods happen to be. I have to wonder, then, if it’s a coincidence that Brockton Station happens to be right next to a police station. Hmm…
|Some parking along the side of the police station.|
There are two places at Brockton to park, the first one being a strange lot next to the police station. The thing is, I’m not really sure where the station parking ends and where police parking begins, since a lot of it is reserved for police vehicles. Plus, it goes up a slope, so many of the spaces are at an angle, which must make it interesting to park there.
|This was taken from a moving bus, which explains its awfulness.|
Luckily, there’s a more traditional parking option available in the form of a BAT parking garage. I’m not sure how much of it is considered station parking (if any), but the MBTA website says the station has 266 spaces, and there are not that many in the weird slope lot. Thus, I assume the strange little two-story garage contains the rest of the station parking, and parking for the BAT, as well.
|A little plaza.|
Next to the police station and outside of the station’s entrance, there’s a small plaza with a few amenities. For example, it has some weirdly-placed bike spaces. I mean…unless it’s normal to park your bike right on the dirt. Also, there are benches, a payphone, and a map of Brockton and the BAT system. This plaza acts as the “gateway” to the Commuter Rail station, with one staircase leading directly to it while another (a block away) requires walking through the police station parking lot. One final exit is via the ramped parking, and that leads to the BAT Center (more on that later).
|The proper entrance to the station.|
The way you get onto the platform here is reminiscent of Braintree, another Old Colony station. Like that station, Brockton has a center platform that requires crossing one of the tracks to get to. At least there are plenty of lights and signs to inform passengers of the crossing. Once in the middle of the tracks, there is a staircase and a ramp up to the full high-level platform.
|Up on the platform.|
Although the platform is elevated, there isn’t much of a view. Thus, we’re left with a standard Old Colony station, with benches and wastebaskets under a fairly stark shelter. There are vintage Commuter Rail maps, though, presumably from when the station opened (1997).
Of course, most of the platform is open. And…yeah, it’s basically more benches and wastebaskets for the whole length of the insanely long station, which is typical for the Old Colony Lines. However, Brockton stands out from the crowd by having insanely robotic announcements that don’t say anything important! Woo!
|The BAT Center, complete with solar panels!|
Of course, no discussion of Brockton would be complete without talking about the BAT Center, right across the street from the Commuter Rail. Even though they’re technically separated, I’m considering them to be part of the same facility, since they…basically are. Although to be honest, the BAT Center should really be renamed to the BATCave. And for what it’s worth, all of the BAT’s buses should be called BATMobiles. Okay, okay, I’ll stop now…
|The inside of the BATCave…I mean, Center.|
The inside of the BAT Center is awesome. Just in terms of aesthetics, a lot of it is made of wood, and so it has a great, rustic feel to it all. Of course, its facilities are quite modern, including a countdown screen! Admittedly, it’s pretty unnecessary since most BAT buses leave the hub at the same time, but it’s still nice to have.
|The businesses in the building.|
The BAT Center also features two cafés, as well as a convenience store! And there are tables and wastebaskets everywhere so people can eat while they’re waiting for the bus! Plus, the Center has a ticket booth, ticket machines, and bathrooms (though their doors remain locked unless you get a key at the ticket booth, which does make sense, considering the neighborhood).
|The outdoor area.|
Outside, each bus route gets its own specific bay, and for the most part, they all leave the BAT Center at the same time to make transfers easier (it’s a pulse system). The outdoor area also has shelters with more seating, as well as wastebaskets and even more countdown clocks for individual routes! Not to mention, there are speakers for announcements about when the next “pulse” is! I love this place so much…
|Oh, right, there’s also a Commuter Rail station. Um…that’s fine, too.|
Ridership: Unsurprisingly, this is the busiest of the three Brockton Commuter Rail stations, and the third-busiest on the whole Old Colony system, with 778 inbound riders per weekday. And to be honest, it seems to get some degree of outbound ridership, since a few people got off a train coming from Middleborough on a Saturday! As for the BAT…well, this is the main hub of a very busy bus system, so I think you can imagine how much ridership it gets.
Pros: Okay, so the BAT Center, right? Yeah, so it’s got all these cool amenities, like cafés, bathrooms, and countdown clocks! It has a whole bunch of seating, it’s all indoors, and it’s so awesome! Oh yeah, and then there’s also the Commuter Rail station. It’s high-level, which is…standard for the Old Colony. Um…it has that robotic voice, too…
Cons: Okay, all jokes aside, there really isn’t much wrong with the Commuter Rail station, either. It’s what you’d expect from an Old Colony station and nothing more. I guess specific signage to the BAT Center could be nice, but other than that, there are no glaring flaws here.
Nearby and Noteworthy: I mean, there’s certainly a lot nearby (this is downtown Brockton, after all), but it’s only noteworthy in that I wouldn’t recommend spending much time here…
Final Verdict: 9/10
Yeah, I have a weakness for big Commuter Rail hub stations with lots of amenities. It has to be said, though, that most of those amenities are within the BAT Center rather than at the station itself. Indeed, if the BAT Center wasn’t included in this review, the station would probably get a 7 at most (considering it’s average but not bad). However, the awesomeness of the BAT’s hub raises it up that extra two points. What a great place to run buses from! And…the Commuter Rail station is a fine place to run trains, I guess.
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CSX eastbound at Fullers
A CSX eb freight is climbing the short grade at Fullers (near Rotterdam) preparing to fly-over the adjacent mainline on its way to Selkirk yard. The fly-over is a figment of the NYC 4 track mainline days when passenger trains used the south 2 tracks and freights used the north 2 tracks west of Hoffman's allowing westbound freights to run adjacent to the high speed westbound passenger track.
Photographed by John Barlow, October 21, 2006.
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Friday, May 29, 2015 - General Press Releases
SIOUX FALLS, S.D. (May 29, 2015) – POET CEO Jeff Lautt today responded to the EPA’s proposed rule on the 2014, 2015 and 2016 Renewable Volume Obligiations under the Renewable Fuel Standard.
“Today’s proposal by the EPA puts the oil industry’s agenda ahead of farmers and rural America. While the EPA is correct in recognizing the intent of Congress to continue growth in biofuels, the targets announced today fall well short of rural America’s potential to produce low-cost, clean-burning ethanol.
“America’s farmers have answered the call laid out in the Renewable Fuel Standard to help wean our nation off of foreign oil. Agriculture has taken incredible strides in recent years, growing yields through efficient farming practices and technology improvements, and we have all reaped the benefits of that labor through greater availability of high-performance, domesticly produced ethanol. Rural America has upheld its end of the deal, and I ask that the EPA uphold Washington’s end.
“Some in Washington do understand what’s at stake and are still committed to rural America. The announcement by Sec. Vilsack today that UDSA would provide funds for flex pump infrastructure aims to increase consumer access to clean, high-performance fuel produced here at home. It is an effort obligated parties should have been driving since the RFS became law. We hope Sec. Vilsack’s commitment to clean fuels and rural America rubs off on some of his colleagues in the Administration.
“For the sake of consumer choice, rural jobs and strong markets for farmers, I hope the EPA fixes its mistakes in the proposed rule and recognizes our nation’s capability to power itself with clean, renewable fuel.”
POET, one of the world’s largest ethanol producers, is a leader in biorefining through its efficient, vertically integrated approach to production. The 28-year-old company has a production capacity in excess of 1.7 billion gallons of ethanol and 9 billion pounds of high-protein animal feed annually from its network of 27 production facilities. POET, through its joint venture with DSM, also operates a commercial-scale cellulosic ethanol plant in Emmetsburg, Iowa. For more information, visit http://www.poet.com.
EPA Proposes Renewable Fuel Standards for 2014, 2015, and 2016, and the Biomass-Based Diesel Volume for 2017
Under the Clean Air Act (CAA), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is required to set the annual standards for the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program for each year. This regulatory action proposes to establish the annual percentage standards for cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuels that apply to all gasoline and diesel produced or imported in years 2014, 2015, and 2016. EPA is also proposing the applicable volume of biomass-based diesel that will be required in 2017.
The Clean Air Act provides EPA with the authority to reduce the volume requirements from their statutory targets under certain conditions, and we are proposing to use these authorities in this action. EPA has evaluated the availability of qualifying renewable fuels and factors that in some cases constrain the supply of those fuels to the vehicles that can consume them. EPA has also considered the ability of the market to respond to the applicable standards by producing changes in production, infrastructure, and relative pricing to boost the use of renewable fuels.
Based on these and other considerations, EPA is proposing volumes which, while below the volumes originally set by Congress, would increase renewable fuel use in the
U.S. above historical levels and provide for steady growth over time. In particular, the proposed volumes would ensure continued growth in advanced biofuels, which have a lower greenhouse gas emissions profile than conventional biofuels. EPA is also proposing to increase the required volume of biomass-based diesel in 2015, 2016, and 2017 while maintaining the opportunity for growth in other advanced biofuels that is needed over the long term.
Congress developed the renewable fuels program in an effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand the nation’s renewable fuels sector, while reducing reliance
Office of Transportation and Air Quality EPA-420-F-15-028 May 2015 Regulatory Announcement
on foreign oil. Biofuels are an important component in the Administration’s efforts to enhance energy security and address climate change.
EPA is seeking comment and any new data to inform setting the final volume standards, and will hold a public hearing on June 25, 2015, in Kansas City, Kansas.
EPA intends to take final action on this proposal by November 30, 2015, which will return the Agency to the program’s statutory timeline for issuing RFS annual rules.
Due to constraints in the fuel market to accommodate increasing volumes of ethanol, along with limits on the availability of non-ethanol renewable fuels, the volume targets specified by Congress in the Clean Air Act for 2014, 2015 and 2016 cannot be achieved. However, EPA recognizes that the statutory volume targets were intended to be ambitious; Congress set targets that envisioned growth at a pace that far exceeded historical growth rates. Congress clearly intended the RFS program to incentivize changes that would be unlikely to occur absent the RFS program. Thus while EPA is proposing to use the tools provided by Congress to waive the annual volumes below the statutory levels, we are proposing standards that are directionally consistent with Congress’ clear goal of increasing renewable fuel production and use over time. The proposed volumes would require significant growth in renewable fuel production and use over historical levels. EPA believes the proposed standards to be ambitious but within reach of a responsive marketplace.
There are two different authorities in the statute that permit EPA to reduce volumes of advanced biofuel and total renewable fuel below the volumes specified in the statute. When the Agency lowers the applicable volume of cellulosic biofuel below the volume specified in the CAA, we also have the authority to reduce the applicable volumes of advanced biofuel and total renewable fuel by the same or a lesser amount. The Agency can also reduce the applicable volumes of any renewable fuel under the CAA general waiver authority under certain conditions, including where there is “inadequate domestic supply.” This proposal uses a combination of these two authorities to reduce volumes of both advanced biofuel and total renewable fuel to address two important constraints:
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|Table 1 Volumes Used to Determine the Proposed Percentage Standardsa 2014 ||2015 ||2016 ||2017 || |
|Cellulosic biofuel ||33 mill gal ||106 mill gal ||206 mill gal ||n/a |
|Biomass-based diesel ||1.63 bill gal ||1.70 bill gal ||1.80 bill gal ||1.90 bill gal |
|Advanced biofuel ||2.68 bill gal ||2.90 bill gal ||3.40 bill gal ||n/a |
|Total renewable fuels ||15.93 bill gal ||16.30 bill gal ||17.40 bill gal ||n/a |
PLEASE CONTACT YOUR LOCAL REPRESENTATIVE TO VOICE YOUR OPINION!!
March 4, 2015
Dear POET Grower/Supplier:
Several corn varieties containing genetically modified traits have been commercially introduced in the US that have not yet obtained approval in major export markets such as the EU and China. These GMO corn varieties pose a significant export trade risk to US companies – including POET – that participate in global markets. This is because shipments of corn and DDGs containing unapproved traits can be, and have been, rejected for import into markets such as China. At least two large US grain traders and exporters have already indicated that they will not accept deliveries of corn varieties that are unapproved for import into the EU or China because of the potential disruptions and financial loss that could result.
POET strongly urges farmers not to plant GMO corn varieties that may be currently commercially available in the US but are not approved for import into major export markets such as the EU and China. This includes, but not limited to, Syngenta’s Duracade™ corn strain, which is available in the US but is not approved for import into the EU or China currently. We believe that farmers will better assure strong demand and strong prices for their corn by planting varieties that are approved for import into the EU and China.
POET reserves the right to reject and/or require testing of corn deliveries. Any acceptance, rejection or testing for the presence of unapproved GMO corn varieties – such as Duracade – will be determined by POET in its sole discretion at the time of delivery.
The Syngenta Agrisure Viptera (MIR 162) corn trait has been approved by all major importing markets and POET will accept delivery of this corn trait in 2015.
Please contact your local seed sales representative to get more information on the approval status of their specific GMO corn varieties. You can also visit the following web site: http://www.ncga.com/for-farmers/know-before-you-grow to go to the "Know Before You Grow" section of the National Corn Growers Association page for more information.
Thank you for your grain business!
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This article is part of the series: Find Treatment and Support. You may want to start there.
Before you make an appointment, check out your provider’s credentials and evaluate their knowledge about ADHD In reality, you may never speak directly to a service provider and must rely on their office staff. When you call for information or at your first visit, ask several of the following questions to assess whether they have the ability and inclination to work with people with ADHD.
1) Do you diagnose ADHD? Do you accept my insurance?
2) How long have you been diagnosing this disorder? (Do you treat adults?)
3) What percent of your practice has a primary diagnosis of ADHD? Do you focus on children, teens and/or adults?
4) How familiar are you with the day to day tribulations of having ADHD? (You’re trying to learn if they or some one they are close to has this condition. How intimate is their understanding of ADHD on a daily basis?)
5) What is your treatment philosophy? (Will the clinician work with you and be open to suggestions or will he/she call all the shots. Is their treatment of ADHD the same for everyone or is it individually tailored?)
6) In a subtle way, learn what they do to keep current in their knowledge about adult ADHD and its treatment protocols.
7) How do you make a diagnosis? How many visits will it take and how much will it cost?
8) How long will I have to wait for an appointment?
9) Ask psychologists how they handle the medication part of treatment as psychologists do not have prescriptive authority. Ask physicians (and other medical personnel with prescriptive authority) what medicines they use to treat ADHD.
10) Keep track of those you have called and how they answered these questions.
Unfortunately, given many providers’ busy schedules, you may have to settle for the more limited information that a secretary or receptionist has available. If you do have specific concerns, try asking them to help you get your questions answered. You should feel comfortable with your choice.
(These questions are taken from The ADHD To-Do List by Cynthia Hammer for ADD Resources.org – No longer online. Used with permission)
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Deploying PHP applications with RunCloud on UpCloud
Deploy a PHP application using RunCloud
Now we’ve got our server set up in RunCloud, we can deploy our application to it. In this tutorial, I’m using RunCloud’s git deployment to automatically deploy my application from a Git repository.
On a new server, you will need to generate a deployment key to add to your application’s Git repository. To do this, select your server, then the Deployment Keys section.
Click the view/generate icon next to the runcloud user. You will see an alert that the user doesn’t yet have a deployment key. Click OK to generate one. You will then need to add the new key to your Git repository.
We’re now ready to set up our application!
As with any application deployment, the first step is to set up a domain record for it. We may already have one – for example, if you are using a domain.
To create a record, log in to your domain or DNS provider and point your domain’s A record to the IP address of your server. How to do this is outside the scope of this tutorial – contact your domain or DNS provider if you need assistance.
I use DNSimple to manage my domains’ DNS, so I’ve set up a new A record on my domain for this tutorial.
Next, we need to tell RunCloud about our new application. Select your server in RunCloud and click into the Web Applications section. Currently this section will be empty – we’re going to create a web application now.
On the Add Web Application form, enter a name to refer to the application, your domain name (or DNS A record you created a moment ago). RunCloud will provide a home directory where the application files will be stored.
Note: Blue Twilight is a Laravel application, so the “web root” of the application is the public sub-folder. Therefore I’ve entered /public in the “Public Path” field to ensure this gets served correctly.
When the application has been created, you need to tell RunCloud where to get the application files from. If you don’t use (or don’t want to deploy from) a Git repository, you can upload files directly to your server in the folder RunCloud created for your application.
I’m using Gitea for my self-hosted Git server, so I’ve selected Custom GIT Server, but you can link RunCloud to Github, Bitbucket and GitLab too.
My only criticism of RunCloud here is that it has a “white list” of known branch names – so you can’t just deploy from any branch. The only one I managed to get working was master. Master is usually the code “in production”, so this makes sense, but you can’t deploy staging or test environments from a development or release branch.
RunCloud will connect to your git server and fetch the latest copy of the application from your git repository. It will also provide you with instructions for configuring a “web hook” in your repository. This allows RunCloud to automatically re-deploy your application when a change is pushed to the repository’s branch.
We can now access our application using the domain or DNS record we set up earlier. We set up our application without having to log in to our server!
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JUNE 24TH 2020 – A MID YEAR FACT SUMMARY ON THE ECONOMIC OPTICS
Super Change is only accelerating. My smash five star best selling “leader reader” being share world wide from AMAZON.com in hard copy of kendal or audio book at Amazon – https://www.amazon.com/s?k=super+change+by+berny+dohrmann&ref=nb_sb_noss_2. For a limited time as the 2020 BEST SELLER globally is so hot on Amazon they are giving you a FREE AUDIO Book when you buy your hard copy FREE. The book is essential for those who want to know more about what is going on out there. You and I exist today in the largest SUPER CHANGE event effecting all nations all at once, and countless predictions we made on this global news channel and in the Book Super Change have proven prophetic in accuracy. We’ll do some fact checking – noting 50% or half of 2020 and what it means to you for security, prosperity, health wealth and more – make this site your NEWS summary essential. The tweet storms and election year cartoon shows we don’t report much upon and always on economic optics never related to reader politics and views – thats your own and we respect them all. If we disagree it is in respect of your view always.This site is free to subscribe to. You subscribe at the bottom of our home page. You confidentiality is protected as our lest are never used to sell you products email you nor is our global large subscriber base resold ( ever ) to third party. We are getting to the readership size 60% global 40% Americas advertisers want to participate. We may say yes in the future to that as a notice to support a staff expansion as research for this site is considerable. Being right – reporting wha IS REALLY going out there has been a full time Job and I have more than one myself.
The world community is sinking into debt defaults that may yet sink the world into the GREATEST DEPRESSION since the fall of Rome. US mis-steps could under mine the US DOLLAR as the world reserve currency, which would create the largest Super Change event since the fall of Rome. The 1929 would be shallow next to that consequence should it occur. We think that is unlikely in economics. We will tell you where the risks are in our opinion, and we will define some time lines for you in this long report.
HEALTH NOTE FROM BERNY DOHRMANN
I almost died again. Nothing new there since 1997. In that year i worked in a government toxic recycling program where my lungs got damaged. I have some life and death Intensive Care Hospital Stays since that US Government ( shutting me up then was easy – kill me ) but somehow I lived. The 25 ICU stays in hospital including last Thursday to Monday AM when I released myself. I’d still be in hospital on some 28 meds, where the mees that caused the life threatening body wide collapse, with intubation, and too much to share was a bad medical reaction from their life sustaining protocol to use up to 28 meds to off set the killer meds they had given me before. My caution in modern medicine is ADVOCATE. I declined blood thinners I did not need and others. When they took me from icu into a double room, and never got my meds in on time, while I attempted to rest with room buddy snoring to tear paint off the walls, I dress myself walked to the nurse station ( your not suppose to be in open hall ways on the 4th floor ). So I asked to put on a floor that was no a coronavirus floor I call China Snake Migrating from bats through snakes China eats. So at night they transfer me from ICU Thursday to Sunday to the double room, with a chronic patient room mate coaching, strapped to bed, and snoring where ear plugs did not help I wanted to sleep on the bathroom floor but they would let me. They said I could not leave the hospital at 1.00 AM. I said I would be IN MY CAR In 15 minutes what form did they wish me to sign. They explained the virus is in the air circulating in hospital – only rooms with doors closed ( they leave them open ) have negative air pressure – without it the virus clouds circulate. Hospitals are kill zones. Facing septic infection, super bug pneumonia, and CHINA SNAKE FLU. The longer ( after 27 hospital stays since 1997 ) I remain in hospital the more life threat rises. So I nicely asked for the release form saying things could bet much worse and If I die it not their fault and they at 1.30 AM let me walk out home. In America suggesting Hospital is PRISON and you lack rights and freedom to manage your own health care is protected and I made choices I know are right for me. So i’m home – on far less meds and mending. Still ill though folks as I was intubated in ICU and under serious angelic are almost dying Thursday through the weekend fighting for my life. No less or more than challenge and stress you all have in your life. As sole author of this NEWS reporting I want to apologize for delay as news is breaking fast today.
We are very concerned the lies from Global Leaders, in an election year, if you lack more of the truth of what IS REALLY GOING ON OUT there can effect your future, your income and wipe our your investments. This is not like the depression of 1929. This is not a global recession. This is a WORLD DEPRESSION WORSE THAN ANY CATASTROPHE IN WORLD ECONOMIC SYSTEMICS – sine the fall of ROME in our calculation and well researched conclusions.
The US Congress is divided as world leadership, from the lies, unable to find the floor data. As most are attorney’s and politicians without medical debt into something so NEW mistakes are being made. Delays are making it worst. Failed policy is making it worse. In this important Summer MID WEEK report to our world readers, will try to report the best we know how on the TRUTH from the LIES. We advise you to sell out of the peak markets and explore diversified insurance investing.
Where your investment safe haven is a priority ( not losing your nest egg into wipe out of your accumulated assets ) we suggest pause until all this resets in five years or so. Storing wealth into diversified insurance investing ( search this blog for that phrase and print page ). That story tells you in our best opinion how to safe harbor your investments from any possible loss. If you stay in the markets – fully casino capitalism – unregulated – risk of wipe out of your holdings in our opinion is now at the highest point of your lifetime.
We predicted Super Crash in late summer or fall of 2020 or post election spring 2021 laters. We presented that view in January and repeated it so you must be sick of reading about. If only one saved their asset base in diversified insurance investing, it is worth the repetition to help leaders act. It’s your LIFE “TIME” you stored accumulation. When you lose it you lose the TIME you can never not ever get back again of your own LIFE TIME. The effort to phone and get data on it all – and we suggested license professionals From New York to California who can educate you to the factual options. Better options are life saving for your money if you have those options and you act. If you fail to see the scale of SUPER CHANGE and to take protective actions, risk to you is high in our opinion.
In the Hospital Thursday through Fathers Day – ( as a dad raising nine Children it was odd having a text father’s day ) but there you go. I am so proud of all my NINE children and their roles and life choices. I love them all without condition in their busy spread all over USA success and lifestyles. They love each other. Magic for a Father. My adopted Children are equal in my heart and I love you all starting with ( google her ) my NEVA RECELA age 10 up to Lora and Precious and the next President of the United States COLT REID ( a super star rising ).
Kids Dad is home and working. God’s plan for my life contribution is greater than my own plan for anything less. I accept God’s plan which often comes with some ( dying over a whisper of time ) defines priorities—-when you can no longer breach….nothing else matters in your world. I advise against trying that step – a walk I know 27 times now. I’m breathing fine lungs clear still some rashes from the reaction to meds they don’t know which one in their wisdom, and now they “practice” on me and we’ll see how this 2020 practice works out. I’m a knowledge broker on my own state so while they practice on me i practice back letting my body tell me – this is good and this by the way is not.
Finally to my large help army. No help please. First there are zero options we have not done. Alternative and modern medicine. I have a chronic health multi decade issue – that we managed and my primary care doctor REY LINARES inventors of http://www.superwaterhyox.com has my health in tow. He was in New york with his Son in Cunni education flying back on Father’s day Sunday – and working with my docs from NEW YORK by the hour. My care is the best. As soon as I got back on 3x the oxygen healthy SUPER WATER my symptoms reversed. Running out of SUPER WATER is not in my future. After this episode.
Again the staff at MEASE HOSPITAL ( I’ve been to many in Tampa Bay ) is a family and the best team in medicine anywhere. I salute you all and see you all as hero’s going into CHINA SNAKE FLU BATTLE GROUNDS.
Our worry is why I was so ill my 21 year old was home so ill. His job in automotive requires he SNAKE FLU test to go back to work. In the majority of nations you test with results in one hour. In America you test and wait a week. Daniel can’t go back to work until he is confirmed not to have CORONAVIRUS. If he tests positive despite the home sterilizations September has managed like an RN level, it would mean the killer virus entered our home an I could have had it or not. I was tested too but results are not fast in America like they are in every other nation. I would say America lacking any coordinated national response is a failure creating tens of thousands of body bags that could have been alive and millions may yet die before this is over. Now some why’s. Some historic fact checking. If you scroll around on the weekend to fact check us the ACCURACY OF THIS PANDEMIC SUPER SITE from Dec to today is the # 1 most precise accuracy unfolding we know of. WE didn’t intend or plan it. CEO SPACE INTERNATIONAL the largest business owner community in 200 nations feeds us from doctors and members in leadership across the world data that any investigative reporter would do anything to receive. We draw from 200 nations as to what IS really going on there.
ENTERTAINMENT NEWS COMPETITIONS 2020
First I wish as a press card carrying JOURNALIST with NEWSWIRE, to shout out of the job heros in free press risking their lives daily are undertaking to propel information so many nations ban, with state control lies the only outcome you get – say China or Iran or Russia. We praise you. We know the change in 20 years. Decades ago three channels broadcast THE NEWS in America and dominated the world. Decades of POLICY separated at arms length NEWS from all profit aspects of the three NETWORKS. News presented facts with zero spin or opinion. Just this took place. You made your own MIND UP as to what took place. News anchors were selected from years in the field as journalist with track records of UNBIASED PURE NEWS REPORTING.
This system saw one news leader Edward R Marrow, take on the US GOVERNMENT and the SHINE MCCARTHY HEARINGS ( I would later work with G. David Shine a mentor on that ancient history ). American first erosion of real news into ENTERTAINMENT NEWS for PROFIT began over the long scope and term of WATER GATE. Dwight Chapin President Nixon’s appointment Secretary – dear friend – and mentor – helped provide oceans of deeper perspective to the truth from the lies. Nixon the head of the FBI for cause like Trump Fired Comey.
The FBI an administrative body whose boss is the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES. The FBI formed a conspiracy -illegal and not American – disrespecting the COMMANDER IN CHIEF and the PRESIDENT BOSS of all government agencies while in office. The FBI united to GET RICHARD NIXON OUT OF OFFICE.To do that they broke the law having their own agents become DEEP THROAT meeting in parking garages in secret to off load LEAKS that would destroy RICHARD NIXON’s Presidency. Much of the leaks were tabloid lies. At first Nixon thought it was all politics as usual. However the media channels at the time had been acquired by more liberal ownership who hated the conservative politics of RICHARD NIXON. Nixon saw old models of NEWS WITH BIAS disappear in 24 months a ENTERTAINMENT NEWS commanding ratings and advertising ramps ups never seen before. In the end Nixon like Trump seeing one inside team member in his White House charged with crimes and put in jail – my own opinion Dwight Chappin in jail for perjury was AMERICA ACTING ILLEGALLY like a police state with FBI focused on one Nixon enemy after another in the most massive call for real JUSTICE REFORM ( that never unresolved ) as our constitution was being removed systemically for profits.
Nixon resigned to stop the indictments to his circle and himself and President Ford made a pardon deal to end the pain as the FBI won. You as boss fired our leader which is your right and we as an agency will investigate and spin every fact on your team until we remove you from office. This is not America and the NEWS we had at once time had a first death during the SHINE MCCARTHY era, which one journalist EDWARD R MARROW – won and removed the crises of MCCARTHY accusing innocent leaders across America of being communist when they were simply not. A media circus that opened the stage for how WATERGATE WOULD UNFOLD.
Comey head of the FBI was fired for cause. too many to go into here. The FBI once again circled all teams to remove TRUMP from office. Leaks are pouring around the FBI while even the AG BARR ( who is reforming justice in the USA ) himself is now under personal attack with death threats. He and the head of the FBI are working to purse mis-use of the most invasive law enforcement offices in the world. Under TRUTH AND INFORMATION I got all the raw files on myself. The FBI raw files show I’m related to off shore crime families ( which I am not ) and so many say over 100 facts that are total lies and have zero fact or truth – as their file. There is no way to correct lifetime files on yourself. Although in any trial it would be bad on cross for any agent reading the bulll shit out loud.
I myself have had abusive malicious prosecution by my best friend growing up. Never should a relationship prosecute a relationship you recuse ourself. Violating the US constitution – totally lost today – the buddy invested his retirement in framing a case no one could win so he retired beating me. Frankly I wish him only joy and peace. His mind is a bit damaged and he believes his own lies are true. Common enough today. The work effort to THINK – media is not true when you read it and you must filter to get truth. Internet news is not true but hard data and facts can not be hidden. We submit China has the largest out of control infections and deaths in the world and the state lies about the real math. When states block the internet because tiny little leader mostly men, fear what the truth will do to the lies they control into the minds of their people to. preserve wealth and power – where 1% elites own more wealth in Russia in China in Iran we see failed states in economics. Such wealth consolidation is never sustainable. Today nations can no longer fire wall information from their own people. Then Police state people travel to open information nations they understand the difference and become active for change. NO NATION CAN POLICE INFORMATION TO ITS OWN PEOPLE WITHOUT REVOLUTION IN THE FUTURE. Why do they lock and block information? They are competitive an insane thought form condition of brain software. Collaborations only secure within INTEGRITY. Competition has zero integrity.
The Pandemic we believe is part of God’s plan. We see 7 billion spirits waking up the cause of starvation wars and impoverishment as FAILED ELITE 1% own 99% of all wealth and power – and 7 billion souls from go arounds to get information on line ( its all there impossible to block out ) as the truth is KNOWN the people want revolution into a better more accountable government.
The Pandemic has divided politics of the world into two camps of PROFITS OVER LIVES PUBLIC POLIcy led by the nations of CHINA and the USA and now most of the EU and South AMerica and Russia with the SUPREME STEAM coming up on age 90 in Iran seeing WHERE IS ALLAH has he faces a failed state for lying to his own people for so long. His Hitler like policy is hatred. Hate the JEWS and genocide all the JEWS and America who supports the JEWISH STATE they wish to over throw from a crazy brain leader. His own people marched into arrests and China like brain washing camps in the millions, chanting AMERICA IS “NOT” OUR PROBLEM – OUR LEADERS ARE OUR PROBLEM. In total police states like Iran Russia and China information is what the state tells you is the truth.
In 2020 we have medica consolidations from 100,000 of diverse owners keeping news fire walled from profit and independant. Today less than 50 OWNERS run the media. The media is ownership left and socialist in politics and anti right. Reporting is biased just watch your far left channel than your far right and see the NEWS DIFFERENCE. As both are lying it is hard to get the truth without a lot of time. This NEWS SITE ON WHAT “IS” REALLY GOING ON OUT THERE has been a lighthouse of truth and prediction accuracy since 1988 to today. We will review some RIGHT AGAINS.
When you SEE RIGHT AGAIN the world press controlled by 50 media OWNERS presented their truth to you. This site reported their lies to you with data you can research to confirm. Today with 24/7 ENTERTAINMENT NEWS – we all are by plan and design over saturated with NEWS. 24/7 NEWS is presented with AI in 5 minute what is known as packet viewer sampling such that if the packet numbers drop by the next commercial break the entire show moves to higher sensation – like PRESIDENT TRUMP yesterday with zero evidence of any kind labels a former PRESIDENT and a PRESIDENT I ADMIRE APPLAUD AND SALUTE President OBAMA as a President who committed TREASON in office. That was Tuesday of this week and front page news globally. Not since President Jack Kennedy to Reagan has any President manipulated and controlled news entertainment as a sit com super star who knows precisely how to manipulate modern media, told more lies. Trump over all eight years told us PRESIDENT OBAMA was an illegal President and was not even a US CITIZEN ( which is such a lie effecting Obama’s family and his children ).
It is my opinion in AMERICA ( RESTORED ) President job # 1 is to honor and magnify the dignity of the office of the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES one onto the other living Presidents, and to disagree on policy in non personal ways. Today in 2020 news is no longer news, and the combative journalism is now one personal entertainment to hold viewers for profit. America requires some serious RESTORATION to its own CONSTITUTION which includes:
- New check and balance powers on media to features HIGH STANDARDS but never censorship.
- Justice Reform 100 years over due. Too many innocents are building a self sustaining US economy of slave labor production from UNICOR to States and counties – and today JUSTICE IN AMERICA is broken – we provided out list for justice reform to roll back the future to protect sovereign citizens against the most powerful and now abusive government ever known to man.
- Regulatory reform to prevent a DEPRESSION MELT DOWN is urgent and if unresolve, as set forth in my book also a best seller – REDEMPTION THE COOPERATION REVOLUTION also at Amazon https://www.amazon.com/Redemption-Cooperation-Revolution-Berny-Dohrmann/dp/0692646051 was written for law makers, heads of states, and heads of larger influence in politics institutions. The investment banking economist blue print defines step by step G 100 fix to the problem issues creating a COOPERATIVE CAPITALISM lacking secrets and lies without which – in our opinion – the risk of depression and full world war ( soon ( is highly likely ). Understand why requires reader education.
If 50 left leaning media owners work as one to effect a NEW WORLD ORDER without freedoms individuals once know owned and regarded as a right, define as 1% own all wealth and power globally and work as one in effect to self interest – our world is economically insane and system failure is the only possible outcome from abuse of wealth consolidations and speculations into the modern CASINO capitalism – which will end far more badly than its last outcome from 1929 a beta version with 100x worse matrix of economic abuse in 2020. 100x the risk of what may come yet. Why? It takes reading two books I believe.
FACT CHECKING AT THE MID YEAR:
This Blog reported a world pandemic would end economic prosperity and present a world depression and risk of world war to our readers first and consistently in:
- Final quarter of 2019 stating China has criminally overing up the release of a war grade bio weapon the CHINA SNAKE FLU CORONAVIRUS.
- We reported a PANDEMIC would crash 2020 economics world wide in January February April March May and June. No media reported the truth.
- The WHO stated until March as did the CDC and all world heath agencies ( with exceptions as truth never reported and the lies reported as the truth . China ran the media circus with WHO. They lied. XI dictator for life ( with new laws for PUTIN to do the same life term voting soon ) said – this was not SARS this was not MERS – they investigated docs reporting it all and made them stop. In february as case loads rose from what they so weakly could even test – underreported all the infections and deaths and even than XI told his media – only report figures that will arm the hearts of the Chinese People.
- The week the order in media appeared new infections of 10,000 a day fell to 300 in only week. China lies.
- We reported first that testing was a 50/50 accuracy.
- We reported on Feb 7th – when everyone said this was nothing to worry about and THE FLU was much worse ( lies ) that, super spreaders without any symptoms made containment and control of this man made bio weapon impossible to control. True as you know toady. New Zealand a small island nation – stopping incoming – home confining – has done the best job but they are far from out of the woods as they open up.
- We presented death and infection table projections before the estimates of CDC and WHO.
- We called for failed CDC and WHO pandemic management – issued Jan Feb March April May June – SHAME ON WHO reports first and consistent to REORGANIZE AGENCIES whose failure – utter complete lies and criminal negligence and murdered more humans than war why? Obsolete failure to upgrade organization leadership into a SUPER CHANGE LEADERSHIP TEAM – the one book on earth defines HOW YOU DO THAT UPGRADE – Super Change. WE called for 500 million in WHO wasted funding to be withheld until WHO REORGANIZED. Who leadership to this days praises China for its fake news where the real numbers ( which will come out ) may cause a REVOLUTION IN CHINA which is the WHY the leaders are so controlling of the information their people see – same in RUSSIA and worse of all IRAN.
- Our tables where the first published in the world. Fact check our global teams. WE issued a world SHAME ON MEDIA for ot presenting headline PANDEMIC DEATH AND INFECTION COUNTS on screen daily to all news. Failing to track the pandemic infection/death clock remains a SAME ON MEDIA.
- We reported all counts are lies. All counts come with qualifications. The WORLD in 2020 has no AI integration, no real time tracking, all reporting is behind real numbers from county state and nation. This week the White House LIAR team lied to congress again. Congress SHAME ON YOU FOR NOT HOLDING LEADERSHIP LIARS ACCOUNTABLE. Andrew Facui is a pharm captured white house capiture career opportunist criminal. In the end Andrew Fauci cowardice to a) DECLARE A PANDEMIC when we had already in January and he refused until March. Fauci failure to SHUT AMERICA DOWN in January with LIVES OVER PROFIT policy well reported here – has caused more loss of life, more body bags, than WAR. THere are too any lies like Yesterday to congress. As new cases explode in one week over 30% – a catastrophic SECOND WAVE Andrew not only says is nothing – labels it ( a lie pure criminal lie -easy to manage limited HOT SPOTS ). In fact over half of the USA under criminal CDC and Fauci murder of our people – reopening weeks too soon while we were winning for election reasons alone – now see – 30% one week EXPLOSIONS OF NEW CASES. Facruci lies that more tests means more catches. Folks more than 50% of all cases and deaths are not yet reported – it is so much worse than the lies you are spoon fed. The truth. Let us set the truth down below.
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- We reported in December and in January the CHINA SNAKE FLU CORONAVIRUS would become the worst PANDEMIC in modern times. 20 million died of the spanish flu when we moved around by sailing ships in the 1900 period.
- We reported which is hotly debated and takes years. to prove out that – the CHINA SNAKE FLU CORONAVIRUS – is a ten year WORLD WAR III asymmetric war fare plan, via a BIOT WEAPON created in Russia perfected in China with Russia help and released so that no one would suspect of blame either nation. Within 72 hours of our BREAKING NEWS ON THE BIO WEAPON both Russia and China released massive press on social and all media world wide confirming that SNAKE FLU is a BIO WEAPON and was created by America in Fort Derrick to destroy the CHINESE threat once and for all. In War the rule book by the ART OF WAR China authored, and of course Hitler the first MEDAI WAR LEADER – was to lie. To keep the enemy believing there is no WAR at all. As they soften the enemy they move at the weak point to open multiple fronts of war and in modern warfare it is too fast to react into. You can simply search this blog for our data on WORLD WAR III stories since January. You all think from social left leaning media there is no war plan. You are wrong in our opinion as you all will come to see. We are in the largest SUPER CHANGE EVENT since the fall of Rome whose sole purpose is to. remove TRUMP FROM OFFICE – smash the US dollar as world reserve trust and currency, depress the US economy worse than 1929 – and reset the entire world ORDER where Russia and China have majority influence with a weakened America at the table with a more left leaning Democratic socialist capitalist and leader like Biden AT THE TABLE – or failure in their war and Trump wins the election and is not at the table at all. WORLD WAR III began via the well documented book THE SECRET WEAPON by Kevin FREEMAN DOD consultant – on digital economic warfare attacking our markets with AI financial weapons of mass destruction, where our enemy software creates sucker rallies to profit massively on the crashes they next AI introduce. In 2010 we wrote the definitive BOOK coordinating with buddy KEVEN his being GAME PLAN and ours being REDEMPTION THE COOPERATION REVOLUTION. Leader readers if you fact check us.
- We reported to leaders in 200 nations in January and February the worst pandemic in human history. World leaders nations states and agencies lied in December ( China criminally covered up the summer to December exploding infections ). Their war plan required 100 million to move through infected hot zones to infect the entire world in eight weeks to secure a change in world order. NO war plan survives its first strike to the enemy. The variables moving forward are too complex to predict outcome for any winner or loser yet. The election is unpredictable in the USA.
- We predicted in January that we saw no way Trump could be defeated by BIden based on the math and economics at that time.
- In June we reported we believe if the election where held today Trump would lose. Trumps Virus Rating has fallen Weds June 24th to 37% approval. This means 63% of American voters believe Trump has criminally failed America in death loading along the lines of Bolton ( fired and disgruntled to be sure making millions on kicking Trump at election season in his nut sack for profit ) suggests – every choice is election calculation in the White House. A cabal of republican s in congress state office judges and military are now in a TSUNAMI defection from Trump and into Biden. Why? They conclude Trump narcissist is represent a mentally unstable leader which is hand on the nuke button. His military refused to follow his order to put troops in cities across America. Never has America been in such a MESS. National Guard was put in our capitol as Trump works to secure national monuments of our history from destruction from CRIMINAL PROTESTORS with funding from Russia China and enemies to socialist agitators Fauci in mass. AMERICANS protest in peace. Those seeking revolution protest to over throw the entire system with no new system in writing. The only solution we know of as the problem is cause or symptom. Symptom is what we see in the news. Cause is competitive group insanity or cooperative group software of the mind upgrading removing the competitive virus. My work REDEMPTION remains the one and only work that tells you how up upgrade the mental software of your own mind to its highest sanity of thinking solutions versus say war our total insane thought form and preventable as buggy bad software of mind. We believe the election is uncallable. If Biden does not make mistakes or Trump reforms and changes strategy ( we think that is unlikely ) Biden wins congress and the Presidency and we are complete probably forever with an entertainer sit com entertainment show called THE WHITE HOUSE. A leadership that appears to be destructive.
- We reported errors in Pandemic are adding more new Debt than the record DEBT required by Obama to save the system from the last Republican 2007 GREAT RECESSION – worst in all history. Obama destabilized the economy with vicious never seen before attacks and multiple shut downs by the republicans of the entire government. Today Trump calls our first amazing historic black President and his family TRAITORS – as if that will solve the worst poll slide EVER in Presidential Politics. Trumps base can no longer divided win in our opinion. The divisions in Trumps based will only enlarge unless Trump finds a new direction. TRUMPS political warfare of hatred and disrespect is now both sides and has debased America to the world from the inside not the outside. The world PITIES OUR FAILED LEADERSHIP. The world looks at TRUMP as a Saturday night joke waiting for real leadership and cooperative politics to return.
- We reported an L shaped depression with decades to claw back in America. Trump and America leadership on all sides lies and reporte a V shape recovery until they could not – then a W – and only in June when everything is so much worse than reported as data arrives ( all of which we reported first here 57 RIGHT AGAIN reports and first in the world ) on the economics. It is as more economist report THE WORLDS GREATEST DEPRESSION as we reported January to June with hard data. Fact check us.
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- Faruqi liar told us in April the VIRUS would like THE FLU disappear completely in May and be gone in the summer. The truth a 30% rise in the middle of the summer, super stressing sun belt warmer states, Florida my state leading, is up 30% in explosive pandemic new infections in ONE WEEK. All test reporting holds disclaimers these results are not real time and fail to include many deaths and many infections from state and counties as there IS NO REAL TIME FULL REPORTING SYSTEM in a nation that is F grade i protecting us. WITHOUT REFORMING the criminals out of office – liars – killing us in numbers never seen before for profit alone = PUBLIC POLICY WORLD WIDE is F grade and 7 billion of us are beyond furious. INCREASINGLY 70% of 7 billion believe their leadership has a lack of integrity and lie for greed and power alone. Restoring non criminal leadership to business and nation is now WE THE PEOPLE and marches you see today are nothing compared to what is coming next we predict today. World wide Police are starting to understand IF YOU SHOOT UNARMED MEN AND WOMAN AND CHILDREN WE THE PEOPLE WILL SHOOT YOU BACK UNTIL YOU STOP KILLING US. Thats new and just starting. 7 Billion have the real power and today 7 billion are furious and are uniting for INTEGRITY IN A NEW WORLD ORDER missing from elites owning 99% of all wealth and power and leaving 1% to starve to death in 2020 from Pandemic – of 7 billion over 1 billion will die now from the virus and food starvation from FAILED POLICIES of the G 100 with zero coordination. A crime against all humanity was our call.
- We reported that the masses are media conditioned to move on media and not think for themselves. HOODWINKED into believing lies are reality and truth is lies. As 7 billion learn the truth – as sharing this news site does – leader readers know the truth when they read it. They feel it. Truth can’t be unwound. Spun. Truth is truth. Integrity is integrity. We warned nations states and agency leadership In January to June over 12 times ( fact check it ) tell the WORST FIRST AND TELL THE TRUTH FASTER. In America New York CUOMO receives our one and only HERO AWARD aat cost to his own political capital for telling the world the nation an NEW YORK CITY THE WORST FIRST AND THE TRUTH FASTER. We all trust him for less lies than the nation state and agency frauds all well data proofed right here if you study. University thesis post grad studies are engaging this site as a resource for the data and hard integrity factoids.
- Wait there is more. We reported the March Super adjustment to over priced markets. We reported an average Price Earning Ratio of north of 20x earnings on average – was up by double the 1929 depression OVER VALUATION. Why? Casino capitalism which few understand is a end game for world capitalism if not reformed soon. This topic requires massive learning. To my 7 year old students I explain an upside down pyramid. The top is gambling money making speculation bets on profit making in seconds using AI trading tools ramping up over ten years until 96% of investing is no longer smart long term bets on growth or income pay outs, but is not short term greed maximum outcomes in second to minutes to hours. As in 1929 the market moved from investment to gambling but was many times smaller and less global. Today 440 Trillion is gambled daily in betting that will turn out so badly nations will lack ability to make up the bad debts ( 100 trillion state bail out of criminal banker side bets that lost ) to prevent closure of the system and banks. Not a fix of anything just saying – hey 100 trillion of bad debt is made well by 100 trillion of new debt on top of the bad debt right ). Seven year olds – THAT MAKES NO SENSE. A grade kids.
- The world never truly recovered from the GREATEST RECESSION under republican George Bush who exclaimed in shock HOW COULD THIS HAVE HAPPENED? it occurred as a WORLD WAR III PUTIN asymmetrical warfare digital AI attack on our markets. All you know about it is a lie. The Criminal Fed banker cabal, is nothing what you believe. The criminal bankers profited and almost destroyed the world – with greed speculations turning the most stable market of mortgage back securities into casino roulette. The cause of the problem and danger is this truth DEAD BANKERS DO NOT LIE. Anything above ground is iffy. The criminal bankers have stolen more wealth of nations, and causes as PURE SOURCE all boom bust economics profiting on up profiting on down even more and profiting on war most of all. The Central banks of all nations need to merge back into TREASURY to remove criminal conflicts and to re-install check and balance on crooks. All major banks have pled guilty to global fraud stealing and ripping off 100’s of trillions over and over – which when you read REDEMPTION you see how STUPID it all is. If you search this site for FED FRAUD you will fact check us with videos from leading economist telling you the truth from the lies.
- We told you the central bank model of resolving short term debt by extending payment times and adding in massive new debt is profit on paper to banks, but when banks lose it all they move to war to get it back. Lives mean nothing to their profit. Until you take a criminal failed system and upgrade it world wide at G 100 level we risk depression system failure and world war before 2022 and today our own complete extinction. 100 Nukes and we are BYE BYE upon this earth. That is insane is it not. What species spends its resources not on food security, shelter security, sustainable no nation left behind economic growth, in favor of money spent to easily do all that and save over 1 billion who die of starvation ( when all the food is in warehouses they never can secure survival for) or health security. We spend inside insane competitive thinking errors the money to save over 1 billion a year on nuke and super sonic delivery of our own extinction in an hour. WHY WOULD ANY SANE SPECIES INVEST ITS WEALTH IN GLOBAL EXTINCTION from petro pollutions into fatal now unstoppable climate change. We told you google METHANE TRAP EXTINCTION and see the first before 2030 total extinction rushing toward us as METHANE releases make our gas mix go extinct in 90 days. How? Bone up or search this site for METHANE EXTINCTION and get smarter first. All the failures to resolve these easy IN COOPERATION to fix across the world issues, fail, due to the cause of insanity thinking of competition we refuse to identify and remove from our culture.
- WE reported world education institutionalizes insane cultures. Unless the G 100 reforms education to a new model ( which we set out in Redemption ) we see in the short term extinction. Due to perpetualization of insanity and criminal leadership lacking integrity. Keep in mind all leaders believe their own fake news. Acting on bad mind software – well we can’ get to the new there there. In Redemption we offered as leaders in FORTUNE CULTURE UPGRADING from insane competitive thought and thinking to cooperative sane cultures and thinking – to host a TENT WEEK for all law makers on COOPERATION PROCESSES before each new term began with administration staff participating. REFORMING LEADERSHIP CULTURE to tools tactics and upgraded software of mind to solutions removing war fare insane politics and insane cultures in leadership. No one has asked to beta test the WEEK which transforms outcomes with upgraded software of the mind. Replacing truth from lies.
- End Game. The elite 1% OWNERS as we call them own the world. Everything else is their wage slave consumer. The OWNERS believe they are protecting us all – know more – and are doing the right thing. They believe fake reality is reality. The price paid in the end will be clear to us all if we even avoid extinction the outcome of their generational fake news thinking. The owners face more loss of wealth since the fall of Rome into 2021 and the SUPER CRASH yet to come. The owners apply to nations to print enough money to bail out their bad side bets. Today the problem is too large too fast. There is no longer enough liquidity. Why?
- The decades of fixing crimes of short term criminal debt loading to consumers industry nations and agencies has long past economic sustainability. Truth. The worlds largest short term DEBT SUPER BUBBLE never seen since Rome has only one solution. The wrong end game is to add in more short term debt to nations unable to pay their short term debt today.
- Redemption presents the ONE & ONLY SOLUTION – to reset naton debt loading and infrastructure development inside a new class of BOND. Time heals the abuse. Search this SITE FOR SUPER BONDS if you fact check us or have ability to bring that white paper to your head of state. Nine leaders are years into SUPER BOND and the first SUPER BONDS are now coming to market. As you take 100% of a nation debt load it can in depression melt down no longer pay and will default on – and pay off all that debt with ONE SUPER BOND which also contains infrastructure job sustaining economic stabilization – one can with a single economic bond class – reset the system killing debt super bubble exploding right today into defaults that will close all the banks again. In AI economics faster than 1929. Shock and Awe fast. Laboring for a decade to bring SUPER BOND from theory to economic resetting salvation, the PANDEMIC is moving heads of state to fix the core issue with their own SUPER BOND. Time is the issue. Can we solve enough fast enough.
- This site predicted shock and awe system killers as economics super crash into global depression. We asked the right questions. Will as America divided into its weakest period in modern times, see China take over Hong Kong and Taiwan and secure the China sea changing the world order as one front ahead of us? I would if I led China and this summer. Will Putin move to take over Ukraine and baltic sphere and destabilize NATO in total disarray with NATO under funded to perform and America pulling NATO troops down. Is now Putins war plan moment. We think that second front is no accident if they occur at once. China is killing India soldiers in ageless boarder dispute where XI in the war plan began to build settlements on India land. Will China and India go to nuke war – it is more tension than any prior time both sides on red alert. Will India closing 50a% of Embassy and Pakistan in return about to close all embassy and talk as the two nuke nations fully point their phallic symbols at each others innocent peoples. Fake News media reports state manipulations that each state believe fake news is reality. The cause is collective culture of competitive insane brain software. Easy to upgrade out of. Cooperative thinking is SOLUTION competitive thinking is DESTRUCTION never solution. Human competitive thought from is a brain mistake from the ancient reptilian hippocampus proper education resolves. If you institutionalize competitive insanity into culture you can never evolve the miracle of human unlimited potentials. In my book REDEMPTION I advanced how to reform culture, education, and systemics for human organization from insane failed models of competition into next generation brain software absent competitive thought forms. If there is enough time we can all 7 billion DO SO MUCH BETTER THAN THIS MESS.
- We reported it is no ones fault. Stop hating leaders. All leaders are doing the best that they know how. Vote leaders you trust and believe and think differently. Stop making leadership personal. The failed systems leaders must navigate foster challenge to superior decision making in perpetual re-election war fares. The system needs reforms. The system that rewards outing bad cops with zero tolerance wins. The system that rewards circling the blue to hide what they do is a bad system that makes humans do crazy things. Why did good cops not pull bad killer cop off Floyd and if Floyd resisted the arm of blue one could tase Floyd bind him and no murder at. THE SYSTEM FAILS US its not the individuals. We reward integrity or we reward its opposite. UPGRADE FAILED ANTIQUE SYSTEMS.
- Leadership change at scales not seen in recent times are coming. We face extinction in the new term if we get it wrong as earth time is running out – not for the earth – but for us alone. Insanity mental software upgrades to sanity or the earth will start fresh is all. No problem with MOTHER EARTH. Competitive thinking error will perish from conscious thought as education defines cooperative culture as sane, and competitive expression as insane.
The largest break down of law and order is occurring globally as systemic abuse of core systems for decades has reached systemic failure. As systems fail something better will rise up. We reside inside the greatest super change event since the fall of Rome. The entire WORLD ORDER is changing between now and 2022. Largely sorted out by 2022. We will begin to resolve our own extinction threat ( at is human insanity ) or we will fail and go extinct. This is not maybe this is for sure. Human attention is focused by an insane media on issues that divide us, fail to collaborate us, and unite us, and in politics of threat hatred and disrespect extinction is simply assured.
ARE WE THE LAST GENERATIONS OF HUMAN BEINGS TO RESIDE ON THE MOST BEAUTIFUL WATER PLANET EVER KNOWN? This election will decide the answers I suspect and I predict. Today no one can all world wide the outcomes. No one.
Finally fact. We entered WORLD WAR III as an economic war in 2007. The AXIS of EVIL released a WORLD WAR III BIO WEAPON attack. The bio weapon has mutated in 120 days to double the spikes on the CORONAVIRUS ( never reported front page as the most important story yet ). My state Florida SCRIPPS institute long term study reported this week that the CHINA SNAKE FLU CORONAVIRUS China January now has 100% more spikes and spikes are far more stable ( lethal ) to enter your cells now. Scripts reported the mutated bio weapon – Russia and China reported is a bio weapon – had a 10x higher infection rate than the original terrible release. Mutations are on going. By design.
Fauci liar said this is containable and manageable. He confirmed the virus would be a non issue in May. Gone. In fact the liar is seeing in June the largest single weekly new infection rate in America over 30% up infections IN ONE WEEK. Why do liars get to go before congress and lie even more? Why does anyone believe liars of this magnitude. Why are leaders at WHO CDC AND FARUCI world not all FIRED and reorganized integrity leadership raised up.
Leaders – if the system protects the liar bad souls – versus zero tolerance removes them and upgrades them faster – we live or extinct based on system reform. FOKS YOUR SYSTEMS ARE IN NEED OF UPGRADE – no upgrading we go extinct together.
My truth. WE COOPERATE and we flourish and prosper together no nation is left behind. We compete and we perish and go extinct together as insanity perishes from mother earth. Our failure in education to teach competitive thought form is insanity is the cause of all human culture error and problems in economic system designs. WE CAN DO SO MUCH BETTER. Redemption tells you HOW. Super Change tells you of the great hope OF ECONOMIC CONVERGENCE.
MARKETS – DO THE MATH
The markets are driven by wild greed gambling. For every dollar invested in a long term ownership of a bond or a stock or real estate or any asset class – 100’s of dollars to one dollar are side bet on future price up and down. Today using AI tools that did not exist until ten years ago, rapidly evolving – trades are casino side bets in and out to make profits in a casino capitalism. The casino is floating on the worlds largest SUPER DEBT BUBBLE which is no longer sustainable in economics. As the DEBTS implode into defaults following the SUPER CRASH wipe out of 100 trillion in real wealth margin calls may bankrupt institutions in domino crashing making Lehman look more like CIRCUIT CITY or TOYS R US or RADIO SHAKE.
Consider the effect of the following:
- Panic triggers the DOW to under 10,000 – smashing the 20 plus Price Earning INSANE VALUATIONS of today – back to 1929 depression levels as real value to BUBBLE VALUES. I read criminal economists reporting their is no bubble and I think myself knowing the suffering about to come upon everyone – FIRING SQUARD? Guillotine in national capitols ( Thank you French ).
- Nations default on debts in the melt down creating worse than contagion we call DEFAULT CASCADE closing all institutions in DEBT DEFAULTING IMPLOSIONS.
- Deflation moves asset values to new lows starting with real estate super crashing as this generation has never known.
- Millions are moving into evictions as rents can not be paid for shelter or office or stores and repossession and empty space will become a depression the world will see – and in America the empty spaces closed theaters malls resorts hotels commercial space will all be well felt and seen before the election.
- THE IMF today reported the depression of economics globally is far worse than they anticipated and they adjusted all GNP numbers lower – in developing nations super debt bubbles now must default.
The IMF released a special report on Saudi Arabia confirming stories you can search on this BLOG. We reported since Khashoggi’s murder where KING MBS ordered Khashoggi’s dead head brought back to the Palace ( now can it get sicker than that ) – detailing a loss to Saudi from the Puppy Kings failed economics – of more than 15 trillion in economic activity. King MBS has now stopped may state subsidies including fuel, ceased cost of living pay raises folks were expecting – as Saudi devolves into OPEC destruction as anything but a joke today, Saudi credit rating is going to junk status, the decline in Gulf States promises wars and the highest instability in the Gulf ever. Will Iran whose currency collapsed this week – Iran is now a failed state like Lebanon why? Because the EXTREME STREAM LEADERSHIP is insane, and failed to make an economic deal. NO NUKES for massive prosperity. They chose nukes. Which as they use them will end IRAN for 1000 years. Thats insane. No nation fire walling information to its own people, has lied more on Pandemic than Iran. Syria is failed state with 90% of in nation impoverished post war rioting now for food. Lebanon the Gulf Banker is unable to cover the bank deposits of trillions from Gulf nations whose money is lost now. Syria has no way to rebuild. The Gulf states are economically super crashing. Modi policies failed and india currency is super crashing. India response is war with PAKISTAN to distract its population from failed MODI policy. Khan is doing much better in Pakistan.
CEO SPACE is working with GULF LEADERSHIP on SUPER BONDS which will restore stability. We are working with leading African nations and EU nations to reset state debt bubbles and with advisers to Khan in Pakistan. Peace can break out of economics reset.
The news is filled with news so bad that todays sell off is lite. Super Crash is coming. We suggest late summer into fall when the unrelenting break of INSANE OVER VALUATION OF ASSET CLASES 20 to 1 insane – REBALANCES to 8 to 12 times earnings. You’ll know when you see it.
Until the G 100 reads REDEMPTION and develops a NEW REGULATORY FRAME WORK FOR AI ECONOMICS the world is at risk of global depression and melt down – into war and destruction as unseen since the fall of Rome. Over 200 heads of individual nations in brutal comparative distrust and competitive combat between nations, sinking into massive depression economics as the world has never seen since the fall of Rome, with violence and war the only process Elites have left to preserve their monopoly on wealth and power, 1% are the OWNERS we are all wage slaves to the OWNERS – the world extinct
Leading world scientist run factors on all this known as the DOOMSDAY CLOCK. As we never fix cause only a symptom when its a crises, the DOOMSDAY CLOCK has moved closer and closer to extinction. Two decades ago we had minutes remaining. Today we have seconds remaining. Look up the NATIONAL DEBT CLOCK and LOOK UP DOOMSDAY CLOCK to see what republican and democrat experts all agree on. Today they agree:
- Almost 70% of voters rate Trump on pandemic F grade one term president.
- A growing republican BLUE WAVE FOR BIDEN is the tipping point for Trumps election defeat.
- The EGO RALLY in Oklahoma such a health crises risk as you will all see in 21 days – keep in mind I am just out of ground zero hospital for COVID 19 in Florida – 100% of hospital staff are voting for BIDEN because of the Pandemic failure of leadership, that is a red state going blue – one of many – TRUMP combative divider in chief – now divides his own base and party into a BIDEN RUSH.
- Trump increasingly appears to have a mental extreme of narcissism defined by instability in leadership – everyone is fired.
- American the first home for immigrants wants new policy and safe boarders but we also want millions of dreamers born here the first home to immigration – to be included and made whole with fear removed from them. Trump this week divider in chief called for them all to be deported.
No leader has been more out of step with the majority of the people of the UNITED STATES of America in modern times. A four year SIT COM president versus an inspired leader creating a world that works better – is drawing to a close we predict. WE suggest America may present this election with the largest BLUE BIDEN LANDSLIDE in any election ever.
We also present this if that out come occurs or not America itself will be just fine. America if the majority want a Trump sit com super star president – we will have high drama and entertainment when a change order will occur.
if Trump see’s a sure loss will Trump create a war to win. The wrong question will Trump leave if defeated. He will be he knows he faces endless litigations possible bankruptcy personally and real jail time risk unless Biden saves the nation with a blanket Pardon we hope he would issue for the national good upon winning. Trump went after Biden’s children so that may be off the table.
Does Putin want a left president he can work with like Biden or a Trump sanctioning President hurting Russia ? In the election manipulation hacking is beyond any horror ever. We are being state hacked at WAR LEVELS by the axis of EVIL every hour of every day and every invention secret and weapon system is being stolen. Billions of cash is being stolen. Enough to off set all sanctions via hacking. Present policy has failed.
- The Pandemic has been mismanaged by lairs and frauds at nation state and agency from day one as they still just lie.
- The economy of the world is in depression and the non reality things are ok is a lie and fraud by nation state and agency in election year spin.
- The worst by far is yet to come and you have no seen the TITANIC ICE BERG as what is above the sea noise today of media is nothing for what is to unfold next.
The world economy is on life support with central banks in final gasp buying trillions in over priced stocks and bonds, which if they stopped the SUPER CRASH would be right now. republican function on LIFE SUPPORT FROM CENTRAL BANKS who print endless money ( as new debt to tax payers and nations ) which lacking a SUPER BOND for the USA – the end is in close sight.
It is our opinion all markets are pure fraud, over valued, regulatory frame works have broken and need upgrading along the lines suggested in REDEMPTION THE COOPERATION REVOLUTION ( a blue print for global prosperity for centuries ). The massive debt defaulting the massive human evictions from shelter stores and shops to explode this summer, will sink America and the world into a FULL ON GLOBAL DEPRESSION. Debt defaulting cascades ( Super Bonds being the one wild card solution ) are in time races and we are in final stretch to finish lines.
Noe one can predict the outcome.
FOR YOU AND YOU ALONE
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We wish you all prosperity in unresolved market. Today we saw all health care predictions that stated all year by the summer the SNAKE FLU would die out in the summer become a LEADER FRAUD AND LIE. In one week in only America a 30% summer rise in death and infections is exploding as we failed to remain in lock down for just several more weeks. We were winning. Now we are out of control containment and the virus is 10x more infectious than in January a truth you heard here first as always. 10 X worse than January as we open back up world wide fully.
For you and you alone:
- Search this site for CORONAVIRUS BEST PRACTICES.’
- Avoid flights cruises and social gatherings.
- Practice social distancing – one Scripts suggests masks do not protect us – and that one sneeze creates a virus cloud of 18 feet in the air. Most sneezes a lot and cough a lot. Big virus clouds to walk through. Hence a 30% explosion in one week.
- Avoid election spin. This is not easy to contain like LIAR FAURCI fraud informs us all – we have a few hot zones easy to stamp out. We have 26 states the majority sun belt states EXPLODING with new pandemic infections beyond any table.
- Young ages 20 to 30 are with minor symptoms spreading real death as they gather the young to their older family members in mass.
Search this site for CARRIERS – and on Feb 7th you will see the tables we presented. We were first before CDC or WHO and their math was dead wrong and our math was precision accurate. We predicted the world passes 10 million infected this summer and half a million to one million dead. WE are right again on those tables. We predicted fall to January we will see 100 million infected. We suggested 1 billion by 2022. We suggested 1 billion elderly ( my age circle ) would perish from the earth.Will those who created a BIO WEAPON ELECTION YEAR WORLD WAR III WAR PLAN on a new world order – be held accountable.
Today we are losing the bio war.
Berny Dohrmann – LEARN EARN AND RETURN – THE TRUTH WILL HELP YOU PROTECT LOSS AND PROSPER IN ANY MARKET
PS:: Today so many of our six month predictions were confirmed. I apologize the news is dark but you must think when SUPER CRASH HITS it is too late for you to act. I’ve told you on this site how to protect your self and your love circle as a public service. Our site is superior in accuracy. Just out of ICU in HOT ZONE FLORIDA SNAKE FLU HOSPITAL they report there are now more coming in than leaving every day and the wards are 85% full – treatment is degrading – staff are retiring in record numbers – after three times at IV they gave up until a older vet came and hooked it in – they lifted three veins out of my arm in the air? I hope none of you ever have to see how medicine is any total break down. Final point. We predicted this fall and winter a SECOND WAVE OF TENS OF MILLIONS WILL BECOME INFECTED as the depression takes full hold before the election or shortly after. We stand on our tables and numbers – the first published and the most accurate today. SHAME ON WHO. SHAME ON CDC. Shame on WORLD LEADERSHIP. Shame on you. Social unrest will equal the lies and frauds until they tell the truth. In our opinion the ENTIRE WORLD ORDER IS IN SUPER CHANGE ( read my book ). You’ll know why. And what to do for your own safe harbor. Bless you all. Thank you for reading. Thank you for sharing this blog. I apologize writing this one day out of hospital and so ill ( not virus but reaction to meds they were giving me which were life threatening and still are ) – Gods plan for my life is greater than my own plan for my life so I’m good. You be great not good and MAY GOD BLESS YOU ALL YEAR INTO PROSPERITY – CEO SPACE Is doing GREAT and you can as well. All you need is a little upgrading into a PANDEMIC ERA PROSPERITY PLAN which if you study – the industry leader CEO SPACE membership insures your wallet. Check it out as you have time to do so or inclination. Right again. right first. And prophetic in prediction accuracy as no other news site we know of. Journalist use all our data as your own for bi lines as you get the truth out there. Our joy helping you hero’s tell the story. Click https://www.bernydohrmann.com to book me as guest for news shows and interviews where you wish another point of expert view on what comes next. I’m doing live shows world wide for press everywhere these days. Consulting to Nations and Fortune leadership on demand.
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Jae Hee: The Rebel ‘Lee Mong Ryong’ on Sassy Girl Chun Hyang
Jae Hee is South Korean actor who got an attention through the TV drama school series ‘Sassy Girl Chun Hyang in 2005 and the art house movie ‘3-Iron’ in 2004. Jae Hee started his acting career as a child actor in the drama Mountain on 1997, then he appeared in the campus drama ‘School 2’, the family sitcom ‘Wuri’s Family’, and he appeared in the horror movie ‘Bloody Beach’ on 2000.
Then Jae Hee was cast in the film 3-Iron which earned him a nomination at the Blue Dragon Films Awards in the category Best New Actor. This movie won, and was a big success, both nationally and internationally.
He scored his best role with Lee Mong Ryong in the school life comedy melodrama ‘Sassy Girl Chun Hyang’ in 2005. Lee Mong Ryong was a man who always playful and rebellious, yet very loyal toward the woman that he loved. This drama itself was a retelling of the famous Korean folktale ‘Chunhyangjeon’. The chemistry between Jae Hae and Han Chae Young, the female lead as Chun Hyang, matched really well in the drama. This made them well known as one of the Hallyu stars, not only in Korea but all of Asia.
Jae Hee’s Movies and TV Shows
Below is the list of Jae Hae’s television drama series and movies. Let’s watch them all!
|Year||Title||Role||Main/Guest/Support Role||TV Station|
|1998||I Love You! I Love You!||Lee Joo Beom||SBS|
|1998||Steal My Heart||Choi Kwan Woo||SBS|
|1998||New Generation Report: Adults Don’t Know||KBS1|
|1998||Soonpoong Clinic||Pizza delivery man
(episodes 184, 367)
|1999||School 2||Lee Sung Je||Main Role||KBS2|
|2000||Medical Center||AIDS patient (episodes 5)||Guest Role||SBS|
|2001||Wuri’s Family||Han Gyeo Rae||Support Role||MBC|
|2002||To Be With You||Lee Sang Won||KBS1|
|2005||Sassy Girl Chun Hyang||Lee Mong Ryong||Main Role||KBS2|
|2006||My Girl||Lee Mong Ryong||Cameo||SBS|
|2007||Witch Yoo Hee||Chae Moo Ryong||Main Role||SBS|
|2008||One Mom and Three Dads||Choi Kwang Hee||Main Role||KBS2|
|2008||Hometown Legends “Oh Goo the Exorcism”||Yoon Ki Joo (Ep.5)||Main Role||KBS2|
|2011||Color of Woman||Yoon Joon Soo||Main Role||Channel A|
|2012||May Queen||Park Chang Hee||Main Role||MBC|
|2013||Jang Ok Jung, Living By Love||Hyun Chi Soo||Support Role||SBS|
|2013||The Firstborn||Park Soon Taek||Main Role||JTBC|
|2015||Save The Family||Jung Woo Jin||Main Role||KBS1|
|2016||Vampire Detective||Han Gyu Min (EP. 1)||Guest Role||OCN|
|2017||You Are Too Much||Jo Sung Taek||Guest Role||MBC|
|1999||Ghost In Love||Kantorates/Jin Chae Byul’s younger brother||Support Role|
|2000||Bloody Beach||Won Il||Support Role|
|2006||The Art Of Fighting||Song Byeong Tae||Main Role|
|2007||The Evil Twin||Hyun Sik||Main Role|
|2007||Zig Zag Love||Sung Hyun|
|2008||Mandate||Choi Kang||Main Role|
|2013||Crimes Of Passion||Jeong Hee||Main Role|
|2018||Folktale||Heung Boo||Main Role|
|2018||Memento Mori||Min Soo||Main Role|
Jae Hee’s Marriage
A Korea ladies magazine entitled Woman Senses stated in their November Issue that Jae Hee has a secret life where he’s married to a non celebrity woman, and has a young son. His agency confirmed it on October 23, 2012. They said that Jae Hee had been married to that woman since 2010. He didn’t revealed his marriage not because he was embarrassed or trying to hide his family, but because he wants his family to be able to live a normal life.
According to the magazine, little is known about Jae Hee’s secret wife except that she works at a hospital in Seoul and is known to have a beautiful appearance. The couple chose to move out of Gangnam and into the outskirts of Seoul. Jae Hee’s mother helps take care of their son. Hopefully, Jae Hee’s family will have as many years living cozily as they go through life together. | <urn:uuid:7b304251-66f9-4686-868a-db2ba6559390> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://channel-korea.com/jae-hee-profile/ | 2020-09-21T19:19:28Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400202007.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20200921175057-20200921205057-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.886097 | 1,147 |
Money Saving Challenge: Clean it or Buy New?!?
There’s a challenge going on within the Kernin household, and I want to let all of you Clever friends in on it, and get your thoughts as to who’s going to win. If I win, it would mean we don’t have to shell out close to $150 to replace a small kitchen appliance that we use literally every day. But it’s going to take a little time and elbow grease to make it happen.
We own a jet stream oven, which is a small appliance that looks sort of like a food dehydrator. It works by blowing hot air really fast at food. We use it to cook pretty much anything that would normally be deep fat fried, and a lot of things that usually go in the oven such as French fries, corn dogs, reheated pizza, chicken nuggets and even bread sticks. All of these things can be made in the jet stream faster than your oven can preheat (about 6 -8 minutes), and with no lingering smell of grease that you’d have with a deep fat fryer.
We love this thing so much, that we’re actually on our third one over the course of the last 15 years. The thing is, I think of it much like my oven or my grill in that I don’t scrub it down and clean it out every time I use it. When you use it the interior temperature is 400 degrees so it kills any lingering germs, so I don’t think much about it. But, as with your oven or grill, over time grease and food particles build up and it needs a good cleaning.
One time I waited so long to do so, that some of the grease actually got into the fan and it started on fire. Unfortunately, I’ve waited long enough between cleanings of our current unit that my wife is afraid that scenario is about to repeat itself.
Which leads me to our challenge.
I told my wife that with a little dedicated time and some steel wool cleaning pads I can get the jet stream looking shiny again. She runs her hands along the interior of the lid, feels the grease build up, and laughs at me. She wants to buy a new one, at a cost of about $150, but I want to clean our existing one which otherwise is working fine.
Here’s the rules of our challenge:
- I have until Friday to clean it. If I wait any longer, we’re buying a new one.
- I can’t spend more than $10 in cleaning supplies
- SHE is the judge as to whether it is clean enough to continue using
The picture above is our actual jet stream oven in its current state. What do you think, can I get it clean enough to satisfy my wife and save $150? Or will I be surfing the internet in Friday night looking for the best deal on a new jet stream oven?
This is going to be fun, and I’ll announce the outcome of the challenge in Friday’s “Clever Posts Of the Week!â€
Have you ever thrown something away just because you thought it was too hard to clean?
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In addition to the ongoing challenges I have discussed in previous blogs, there are also two future challenges that remain largely neglected although critical to address in the long-term.
I’m Not Running
SIGINT agencies are under increased pressure to avoid the perception that they have become politicised or act in a partisan manner. Russian interference in the US 2016 election provides an example of this challenge, pushing the US intelligence community into an awkward position. While intelligence agencies strive to be non-partisan, maintaining a neutrality (and the public perception of neutrality) has proved increasingly difficult. This was seen most clearly with the Federal Bureau Investigation (FBI) although the lessons apply to SIGINT agencies as well. Intelligence agencies are ultimately faced with a difficult balancing act, having to provide factual analysis without appearing to conspire against a political party or movement.
Intelligence agencies risk becoming politicised. Image created by Razvan Vezeteu.
The difficulties of politicisation have also been observed in the UK. Whilst it has transpired that Russia did interfere in the 2016 Brexit, the extent of interference appears to be largely insignificant. Yet for government officials and SIGINT agencies, commenting on the matter remains difficult. Bringing attention to what was minimal Russian activity, can lead to a perception that government institutions are undermining or questioning the legitimacy of the referendum result – an accusation readily made by polemic pro-Brexit news and media outlets. The UK government was able to avoid such thorny issues, claiming that while Russia did interfere, it was unsuccessful. However, where an aggressor’s disruption attempts have a more significant effect – as observed in the US election for example – the challenges for SIGINT agencies become significantly more complex.
SIGINT agencies find themselves in the middle of what are profoundly political issues. This will remain an ongoing challenge given that disinformation and political interference campaigns are trends set to continue. Although there are no easy answers, intelligence agencies should at least establish clearer protocols for communicating with the public during periods of disinformation and instability. Protocols could include guidance on how intelligence agencies should respond to accusations of their own partisan interference in an election for example. Governments would also benefit from broadcasting concerns in advance. Canada’s CSE deserves credit for outlining the cyber threats it anticipates will surface in its 2019 during federal elections for example. The key here is that such protocols are established ahead of time and then stuck to – making decisions on these issues in an ad hoc and reactive manner only invites negative accusations.
A second challenge that SIGINT agencies are now grappling with is the increasing amount of their material now being leaked. The Snowden disclosures provided the most visible example of sensitive files being stolen, although the NSA has since struggled to plug the gap. Harold Martin, Reality Winner and Nghia Hoang Pho are three NSA employees found to have retained or taken classified NSA files out of official premises and this has likely contributed to damaging leaks, such as the NSA tools distributed by the Shadow brokers.
The negative impact of leaks extend beyond damaged reputations. The Shadow Broker leak also undermined security with the NSA tools that were released online subsequently being used by North Korea in the WannaCry ransomware outbreak that disrupted systems across the world, including those in the UK National Health Service. Leaks may also undermine SIGINT agencies’ manoeuvrability. After NSA offensive tools ended up in the wrong hands – as was the case with the Shadow Brokers and WannaCry – questions arose about the extent to which the agency should be able to hold on to knowledge of vulnerabilities and led to renewed focus on vulnerability equity process debates.
If leaks are to continue, SIGINT agencies require robust PR strategies. They find themselves in a media battle against organisation’s with dubious motivations including WikiLeaks, a willing participant in state disinformation campaigns. With leaks provoking debates around the VEP and the future role of SIGINT agencies’, failure to successfully contain and limit negative headlines in the aftermath of a leak will increasingly harm SIGINT agencies. Governments are more likely to constrain their powers and tighten up VEP procedures in a climate where SIGINT agencies are not trusted for example.
Out Of the Shadows and Beyond
Rather than a second-order question of brand management issue, this blog series has illustrated how the public facing outlook of SIGINT agencies is now a core strategic concern. Crucially, the implications of a damaged reputation are profound. As SIGNT agencies suffer negative headlines, government leaders are more likely to reign their powers and capabilities in; recruitment in an already tough market becomes harder and their status as an authority on issues such as cyber security and public attribution is undermined.
Not all SIGINT agencies will want to pursue the same public engagement strategy. The focus here has been on Western SIGINT agencies and with a focus on the US and UK examples. Other states and cultures may approach these challenges in other unique ways. Different priorities, constraints and government institutional organisation setups all affect how SIGINT agencies can and should communicate publicly. The differences between SIGINT and HUMINT agencies should also be appreciated. While HUMINT organisations may face similar challenges in areas such as recruitment, embracing social media is not necessarily a viable strategy when a clandestine culture is more important in order to reassure human sources that their safety and anonymity is a key priority.
Yet, public engagement provides a useful, and increasingly necessary, tool for SIGINT agencies seeking to address challenges regarding the public perception of their role, as well as the challenges of cyber security, public attribution and recruitment. Public engagement policy should therefore be deeply strategic: its use should be directly tied to an organisation’s long-term interests. Key decisions makers in SIGINT agencies should start viewing public engagement not as just a risk, but also a clear opportunity.
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A beginners guide to Alternative Text
The world we live in is full of text – be it on our mobile phones, social media, newspapers or print, there is no escaping it! But how does someone with a print or visual impairment access this wealth of visual information? One answer is the use of Accessible PDFs and Alternative Text (also known as ‘alt tags’ or ‘alt descriptions’) in content. This blog aims to provide a brief introduction to what Alternative Text is and what it can be used for.
So what is Alternative Text?
Alternative text (Alt Text) provides a description and appearance of images so that text-to-speech technology can be used to enable users to access content in documents and webpages using screen readers. It can also be used to make sure complex scientific or mathematical terminology reads correctly when using screen reader software.
Who uses it and why?
People with print and visual impairments have the right to access the same information as anyone else. However, if an image is used to convey a message this is obviously denying them access. The print impaired student who wants to extract data from a graph needs an alternative method to locate the relevant information.
Many blind and partially sighted users will use screen reader software such as JAWS and NVDA to access electronic digital materials on screen. Without Alternative Text, the screen reader will not be able to access the image, simply passing over it.
Where is it used?
Alternative text is used for website content and Accessible PDFs. It can be used in educational establishments, businesses, libraries and at home. Basically, wherever the user can access the relevant technology.
How and when is it used?
Alternative text is mainly used for image descriptions. However, if an image on a web page or in a document is purely decorative, there is no need to add a description. For educational purposes, a visually impaired student may be learning about bar charts. Without adding Alternative Text to the image below the screen reader would not recognise or read the information in the chart. Adding a description of the bar chart in Alt Text would enable the student to access the information it contains, just as their classmates can.
The description could read: The diagram shows a simple bar chart. The horizontal axis is labelled Years and is marked in units from 1989 to 1993. The vertical axis is labelled Profit (million $) and is labelled in units of 10 from 0 to 50. There are 5 bars of different heights rising from the horizontal axis.
For this image, the description could read: The image shows a carton. The writing on the carton reads, Fresh Milk, 500ml.
These are just some examples to demonstrate how useful Alternative Text can be.
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One of the best birthday presents I got this year:
But this isn’t only about gloating. I’ve also got a bubble recipe for you, from the Exploratorium:
- 2/3 cup Dawn dishwashing soap
- 1 gallon water
- 2 to 3 tablespoons of glycerine
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Indoor Air Pollution – Identifying the Silent Killers
According to a new study by the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC), India is the second most polluted country in the world. And this pollution, both indoors and outdoors, has shortened the average life expectancy of Indians by more than 4 years, relative to what would have been WHO air quality guidelines. Devastating right?
If you think air pollution only means presence of smog, black smoke from vehicles and industrial air pollutants, think again! If you think you are safe indoors, think again!
Indoor pollution has silently invaded our homes and managed to go unnoticed for so long. Indoor air pollution can be as dangerous, sometimes even more than outdoor air pollution, as indicated by scientific evidences. And since most people spend over 90 percent of their time indoors, it is a major health risk that we have to deal with everyday.
In addition, people who may have had repeated or long term exposure to indoor air pollutants are often most vulnerable to its effects. Children, elderly, and chronically ill, especially those suffering from respiratory or cardiovascular disease are at a greater risk. Health effects from indoor air pollutants may be experienced immediately after exposure or possibly years later or after repeated exposure.
Air pollution is the silent killer that is alarmingly becoming the root cause of many chronic illnesses today. Let’s admit it that we have been living on a time bomb and its time to understand the issue to be able to use preventive measure and stay safe.
Common Causes of Air Pollution
Indoor air can be polluted with several types of pollutant that can easily fool us-
- Tobacco smoke, also known as the “secondhand smoke” is a mixture of gases generated by the burning of cigarette, pipe or cigar. This mixture has over 40 compounds that are known to cause cancer. Passive smoking, especially in children, causes a wide range of problems ranging from burning eyes, nose, and respiratory tract irritation to cancer, bronchitis, increased asthma attacks, decreased lung function and can also affect the cardiovascular system.
- Biological pollutants include molds, mildew, pollen from plants, mite, cockroaches, animal dander, fungi, parasites, and some bacteria. These are powerful common allergens and known to trigger allergies, infectious illnesses like influenza, asthma, lung diseases, among many others.
- Household products like products for cleaning, disinfecting and degreasing, paints, varnishes, furniture polish, glues, air fresheners, wood preservatives and certain cosmetics contain organic chemicals. These organic chemicals can be highly toxic and can cause problems ranging from short term irritations like headaches and dizziness to risk of long-term chronic diseases like cancer.
- Radon is a colourless, odorless and radio-active gas that is emitted naturally by the soil. Any building or house can radon have trapped inside. Exposure to elevated levels of Radon can cause lung cancer. And if you smoke a cigarette inside your home with high levels of radon, your risk of lung cancer increases significantly.
- Formaldehyde is a gas that is emitted in the homes mainly from building materials, smoking, household products, and the use of poorly ventilated, fuel-burning appliances, like gas stoves or heaters. It causes irritation to the eyes and throat and may trigger asthma attacks.
- Carbon Monoxide, along with nitrogen dioxide, is released due to incomplete combustion of carbon. In home the common culprits for its production are heating systems, indoor charcoal grills, gas kitchen stoves and water heaters. Carbon monoxide negatively affects the amount of oxygen delivered throughout the body. High concentration and prolonged exposure to Carbon monoxide can cause CO poisoning with symptoms like common flu including, fatigue, nausea, headache, irregular breathing and can also increased the risk of chest pain in people with
- Pesticide products like insecticides and disinfectants, that are commonly used indoors can pose health problems, if not used correctly. Over exposure and misapplication of pesticides can lead to common allergies like nausea and headaches to long-term damages to the liver and increased risk of cancer.
Identifying Air Quality Issues Indoors
The first and easy way to judge indoor air quality problem is analyzing if you have any of the above said health effects and symptom. If your condition improves when you move out of the home or only when you are exposed to certain household allergens, that it is a clear indicator of an issue.
The second and useful indicator is to identify potential sources of indoor air pollution. While the presence of these sources does not necessarily mean that you have a problem, but being aware of the environment around you helps you keep it under check and easily assess air quality. Check if your home is well-ventilated, and the products you are using are not toxic. Carpets, molds, dirt
and leakages are easy to fix concerns.
Third way to judge is to examine your activities and lifestyle. If you smoke indoors, it is time to stop doing it for your family’s good health. If you have pets, then keep them and the carpets clean.
Indoor air pollution is a serious health threat and can’t be ignored any longer.
Airtight modern buildings need to be properly ventilated to prevent to reduce the buildup of indoor air pollution. One of the easiest ways to improve your indoor air quality is to open your windows every day, i.e. if the air quality outside is better. You can also use plants that purify the air indoor by removing toxins such as formaldehyde and carbon monoxide.
The best and safe way is to use an efficient air purifier like Dr Charcoal non-electric air purifier. Dr Charcoal air purifier removes odor and pollutants effectively by simply using activated charcoal at its core and works well for over a year.
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Every news item presented on TV about medical profession creates an anxiety in minds of doctors. As almost always, these are cooked for media business to create sensations. Medical profession can not fight with media power and remains at receiving end always. Painful burden of mistrust against them grows further.
News article or TV programs are created so convincing and so capable of sway public opinion against doctors. while the fears in the minds of patients is not without basis, but risk to life of patient does not really comes from doctors, but it is from mistrust generated from inexorable creep of media into our lives.
Even the most enlightened humans have biases. Media by negative publicity enhances and multiplies negative bias and propagates mistrust, beyond reasonable limits. These negative and uncertain prejudiced feeling in the mind of patients is difficult to identified , and more difficult to correct and treat .
While the news being aired, gave an impression like a judgment is passed, which is unable to take into account, the large good work being done by the medical community at large. As if the treatment done and life saved every minute is of no consequence. Such judgments are not based on any objective measurable data, and therefore they are highly susceptible to human biases. Unfortunately, a vicious cycle of mistrust and misfortune and more bias is created and there is no circuit breaker or any assessment of the mistrust thus promoted, whether it was good for society or patients. It can be at the best a late or remote afterthought by few wise ones.
Growing awareness about risk of medical interventions or its limitations, has not slowed the rapid ingestion of toxic negativity into the fabric of society. We are living in times, where media tends to influence what people see, hear, feel and buy. Spread of negative news rapidly spreading into nooks and crannies of minds of masses, but in the guise of magical optimization of medical profession and treatment. Masses rely on the one example presented before them, without knowing it was one of millions, a rarity rather than routine, without factoring in the biases and problems underlying that one patient. In majority of such cases, biases are hidden, hindsight analysis are baked, submerged and woven into an emotional fabric that is wrapped around business under the banner of better medical services optimization.
These sensational news, promoting mistrust against medical profession, if unchecked will put lives of patient more at risk than real benefit to society. People will suffer because of a relationship of mistrust with doctors, will refrain from seeking treatment. But still no one will know that it is “a curse generated by media”. | <urn:uuid:9c8dfc3c-4ac6-4452-a7fc-3d119df9d49f> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://extinctdoctorgood.com/2019/06/20/burden-of-mistrust-a-curse-generated-by-media-for-medical-profession/ | 2020-09-21T18:15:37Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400202007.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20200921175057-20200921205057-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.951162 | 516 |
In a break to the run of ‘Icons’ podcasts, Peter and Tom reconvene to chat over a few fresh topics.
– How Lucas Ocampos’ terrific form in Spain makes him a key man for Lionel Scaloni once Argentina get back to action.
– Remember a forgotten legend, Albeiro Usuriaga.
– Reminisce over the crazy 2004 Copa Libertadores semi-final between Boca Juniors and River Plate
– And take a look at some of the possible transfers away from the Superliga for Argentina’s talented youngsters like Thiago Almada
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Nestled on the cozy street of Ossington, La Banane is a seafood wonderland hidden behind a simple storefront. You’ll easily spot the restaurant from the poppin’ yellow door and metallic gold sign against an all-blue facade. Inside, you’re transported back into the art deco era of gold furnishings, huge geometric patterns, intricate chandeliers, and glamorous decor.Read More »
The stars aligned and I finally found an occasion (my birthday) to visit the infamous Aberdeen Tavern of Hamilton. They’ve been on my Places-to-Eat-in-Hamilton list since I started it a few years ago. It was also a last minute decision to even go out to celebrate because my plans for the evening fell through and my mom suggested we celebrate early. I scrambled to find some restaurants that were open past 9pm – thank you, Aberdeen Tavern, for having late nights.Read More »
Niagara Parks hosted their annual Niagara Chef Showcase at Legends on the Niagara complex on April 3rd, 2016. 7 Niagara Parks’ chefs and 3 local chefs showed their talent by creatively executing sample dishes of locally sourced products. At the end of the event, 1 chef took home the trophy that has been dropped and dinged a few times too many!Read More »
Sally and I ventured east to Leslieville for brunch. We wanted to avoid the insane line-ups during this time of day and found Skin + Bones. With good reviews and no visible line outside the restaurant, we found street parking and got a table. The restaurant was brightly lit by the sunshine that was beaming through the windows. The white walls were a blank canvas for beautiful arrangements of industrial and wooden fixtures. The overall atmosphere was casual with a classy touch.
Although my visit to Montreal was short, I made sure to check out some famous landmarks and restaurants. After visiting the well known deli, Schwartz’s, Chinatown and the shopping mecca on Saint Catherine Street, we headed out of the downtown core to Le Plateau-Mont-Royal. It was a bit tricky finding the restaurant because there isn’t a sign out front. The only indication of the restaurant was the word ‘L’EXPRESS’ tiled on the floor in front of the restaurant. I guess this place is a hidden gem!
Quatrefoil is a gorgeous restaurant that sits on Sydenham Street in Dundas within a friendly neighbourhood. From their service to their tableware, I could immediately tell that they pay attention to the details. The atmosphere was elegant with an expensive yet fresh taste in decor, which was also reflected in the food. The weather was cooperating that Saturday afternoon, so the patio was a must. The patio area was shaded by trees and umbrellas, perfect for food photography.Read More » | <urn:uuid:f8bca0a2-7ab6-4505-858c-5a2e7528ab7b> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://immadhungry.com/tag/french-cuisine/ | 2020-09-21T19:32:46Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400202007.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20200921175057-20200921205057-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.964829 | 583 |
Real Time Gross Settlement (RTGS) is an internationally accepted system to reduce the settlement risk. It is the centerpiece of an integrated payment system. The settlement happens simultaneously for delivery of payments in real time for full value of each payment. RTGS was introduced in India in March 2004. The system permits banks to give electronic instructions to transfer funds from their account to that of another bank. Under this system payment happens only if there is transfer of settlement balances between accounts at the Reserve Bank of India. All payments settled under Real Time Gross Settlement are same within same day. The RTGS system is maintained and operated by the Reserve Bank of India (RBI). In real time gross settlement system (RTGS), both processing and final settlement of funds transfer instruction takes place at the same time and continuously. Transfer of funds is made individually and successively on a gross basis. As it is a real time settlement system, final settlement takes place continuously provided that a payee bank has adequate covering balance.
There are 4 types of membership in RTGS such as Type A, B, C and D
All Scheduled banks, including scheduled co-op. banks are eligible for Type "A" membership and they are permitted to do all types of transactions, including customer-based transactions. Each of them will have a Participant Interface (PI). They are also eligible for Intra-day liquidity support from the RBI.
All Primary dealers are eligible for Type "B" membership and they are allowed to execute all types of RTGS transactions excluding customer-based RTGS transactions. All of them have Participant interface and are eligible for intra-day liquidity support from RBI
A bank or a Primary Dealer, operating in Call Money Market and maintaining one or more Current Accounts in the Deposit Accounts Department of RBI, Mumbai are eligible to get Type "C" membership. They don’t have Participant Interface (PI) and are not eligible for Intra-day Liquidity support from RBI. They will deal through Sponsor bank that is Type "A" member, only one sponsor bank permitted at a time.
All other clearing entities excluding Type A, B, C members are eligible to get membership in Type "D". The entire member will have Net Settlement Interface software from RBI and they are eligible to submit Multilateral Net Settlement batches (MNSBs) for settlement, and will receive notifications, including broadcast.
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non-constitutional body hadi and Village Industries Commission is awhich was incorporated (in 1956) under the Parliament Act, passed by the Government of India. KVIC aims to plan, promote, facilitate, organize, and assist in the establishment and development of khadi and village industries in the rural areas.
Objectives of KVIC
- The social objective of providing employment.
- The economic objective of producing saleable articles.
- The wider objective of creating self-reliance amongst the poor and building up of a strong rural community spirit.
Functions of KVIC
- Building up of a reserve of raw materials and implements for supply to producers
- Creation of common service facilities for processing of raw materials as semi-finished goods
- Provisions of facilities for marketing of KVIC products
- Organisation of training of artisans engaged in these industries and encouragement of co-operative efforts amongst them.
- Encouraging and promoting research in the production techniques and equipment employed in the khadi and village Industries sector and providing facilities for the study of the problems relating to it.
- Forge linkages with established marketing agencies to promote the sale and marketing of khadi and products of village industries or handicrafts.
- Providing financial assistance to institutions and individuals for development and operation of khadi and village industries and guiding them through supply of designs, prototypes and other technical information.
Programs Under KVIC
- Mission Solar Charkha
The scheme envisages setting up of Solar Charkha Clusters which would mean a focal village and other surrounding villages in a radius of 8 to 10 kilometers. Further, such a cluster will have various beneficiaries (spinners, weavers, stitches and other skilled artisans).
- Honey Mission
Development of the beekeeping Industry with a view to uplift the financial status of people living in extremely interior rural areas by introducing and popularizing modern beekeeping.
- PM Employment Generation Program
Under this scheme, beneficiaries can get a subsidy amounting to 15-35% of the project cost from the government. It aims to produce employment opportunities in both urban and rural areas in India through the establishment of new self-employment projects, micro-enterprises and ventures. | <urn:uuid:2aad205a-5a34-45ef-97a6-3342a45e8e2f> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://journalsofindia.com/khadi-and-village-industries-commission/ | 2020-09-21T19:25:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400202007.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20200921175057-20200921205057-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.925758 | 455 |
(1909–97). British historian and writer Isaiah Berlin was considered one of the great thinkers of the late 20th century. He was an expert in political and philosophical ideas and a staunch defender of political and intellectual liberalism. He spent more than 60 years at England’s Oxford University, where he was a lecturer, a professor, a college president, and a beloved figure. In his literary criticism, his philosophical essays, and his historical tracts, Berlin repeatedly examined the concept of liberty and the merits of pluralism, often juxtaposing these concepts against what he perceived to be the dogmatic and utopian visions of nationalist and socialist thought.
Berlin was born on June 6, 1909, in Riga, Latvia, Russian Empire (now in Latvia). His family left the city when Isaiah was six years old, and in Petrograd (now St. Petersburg), Russia, the youngster witnessed the beginnings of the Russian Revolution. In 1920 the Berlins moved to England. Isaiah studied at St. Paul’s School in Hammersmith and won a scholarship to Corpus Christi College of Oxford University. He received his degree in 1931 with first-class honors in humane letters, philosophy, politics, and economics, and he earned a master’s degree in 1935.
Berlin was a lecturer in philosophy at New College, Oxford, beginning in 1932. During that same year he passed the examination making him a fellow of Oxford’s All Souls College, making him the first Jew thus honored. In 1938 he was elected a fellow of New College, and he remained there as a fellow and lecturer until 1950.
During World War II, Berlin worked at the British Information Services office in New York. He later served as the first secretary at the British embassy in Washington D.C., where he remained until 1946 except for a brief stint at the British embassy in Moscow, Russia, in 1945.
In 1946 Berlin returned to his professorship at New College, but his study shifted from philosophy to the history of ideas. Intellectual history and political theory became new disciplines in themselves largely because of Berlin’s pioneering work. In 1957 he was knighted by Queen Elizabeth II. That same year he was named Chichele professor of social and political theory at Oxford. Berlin was named master, or head, of the newly formed Wolfson College of Oxford in 1966, and he remained in that post until 1975, when he became an honorary fellow of Wolfson College. He also lectured at colleges and universities around the world.
Berlin published his first book, Karl Marx: His Life and Environment, in 1939. The book was praised for Berlin’s scholarship as well as for his penetrating psychological and intellectual portrait of his subject. His translations of the works of Russian author Ivan Turgenev, beginning in 1950, were highly regarded, and one was produced as a play in London, England, decades later. His other works were primarily lectures that were transcribed later as books, notably The Hedgehog and the Fox (1953), which became one of Berlin’s most quoted pieces. Inspired by the observation of the ancient Greek writer Archilochus that “the fox knows many things, but the hedgehog knows one great thing,” Berlin sought to examine how this fundamental difference in perception shaped the ideas of some of history’s most important thinkers. With history’s “foxes,” Berlin grouped such thinkers as Leo Tolstoy, Aristotle, and James Joyce because of their devotion to depicting the subtle differences, as well as the sharp contradictions, that influenced the development of human history and thought. With the historical “hedgehogs,” Berlin grouped those thinkers whose single-minded pursuit of one idea or concept defined their entire worldview. In this group, Berlin included Fyodor Dostoyevsky, Plato, Dante, and Karl Marx.
Among Berlin’s most important essays were Historical Inevitability (1955), Two Concepts of Liberty (1959), and Four Essays on Liberty (1969). These works were considered Berlin’s finest arguments defending liberty, free will, and pluralism against romantic and utopian philosophical systems. Other works included The Age of Enlightenment (1956), Chaim Weizmann (1958), The Life and Opinions of Moses Hess (1958), and The Magus of the North (1993). Some of his collected writings were published with the help of Henry Hardy, at the time a graduate student. The collections included Russian Thinkers (1978), Against the Current (1979), The Crooked Timber of Humanity (1990), and The Sense of Reality (1996).
In 1945, in recognition of Berlin’s wartime service, he was named Commander of the Order of the British Empire. In 1957 Berlin was elected a fellow of the British Academy, and from 1974 to 1978 he served as president of the academy. He was made a member of the Order of Merit by Queen Elizabeth II in 1971. Berlin also served as a foreign member of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences, the American Academy-Institute of Arts and Letters, and the American Philosophical Society. During his lifetime he was awarded many prizes, and he also received honorary doctorates from more than 20 universities and colleges. Berlin died on November 5, 1997, in Oxford, England.
Galipeau, C.J. Isaiah Berlin’s Liberalism (Oxford Univ. Press, 1994). Gray, John. Isaiah Berlin (Princeton Univ. Press, 1996). Kocis, Robert. A Critical Appraisal of Sir Isaiah Berlin’s Political Philosophy (E. Mellen, 1989). | <urn:uuid:c6756d19-3b60-472d-8f1a-e0529b8f787c> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://kids.britannica.com/students/article/Isaiah-Berlin/310180 | 2020-09-21T20:06:55Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400202007.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20200921175057-20200921205057-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.975018 | 1,155 |
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Sometimes, as crazy as it sounds, I want a dessert that is a little bit healthy. After full weekends of holiday feasting, I’m not willing to skip dessert entirely, but I do want to eat a little lighter. So how does a girl reconcile healthy eating with all of the holiday goodness out there? Butterscotch Apple Dip is the answer! With just four ingredients and @^%#& calories, it is sweet, easy, and delicious. OK, so it probably isn’t that healthy, but you dip apples in it, so that counts for something, right?!
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I think it’s been established that I have a thing for cookies. I love cookies. Love ’em. The combination of sweet cream butter, brown sugar and all manner of fixins’ improves the quality of my life tremendously. (Although its effect on my life span is significantly more questionable.)
One question, however, has caused me deep emotional turmoil these past few months:
What is the best chocolate chip cookie recipe?
Some claim Toll House got it right the first time. Others swear by The New York Times formula. Sometimes I like mine with oats. Which is superior?
That’s where you come in. I’m seeking three voracious cookie-eating appetites for a taste test of three cookie recipes–to be rated based on a variety of criteria.
The application process is simple: leave a comment telling me why you’re qualified to be a chocolate chip cookie taste tester.
1) Live in or be willing to commute to Chapel Hill for an afternoon in one of the last two weekends in April;
2) Be comfortable eating raw cookie dough;
3) Be capable of consuming at least three chocolate chip cookies.
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The Quilts For Obama exhibit currently underway at the Historical Society of Washington, D.C. has been extended until July 26, 2009. Those who have seen the exhibit say it is very inspiring. It was curated by renowned quilt historian Roland Freeman, author of Communion of the Spirits.
The Historical Society of Washington, D.C. is located at 801 K Street, NW, at Mount Vernon Square, Washington, DC 20001. The telephone number is 202.383.1850. Email info@HistoryDC.org for more information. You will definitely want to include a stop by this exhibit when you visit D.C. | <urn:uuid:de6e3853-6973-4b39-a191-8dced7e9c590> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://ovbrantley.com/2009/02/26/quilts-for-obama-exhibit-extended-to-july-26-2009/ | 2020-09-21T18:45:58Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400202007.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20200921175057-20200921205057-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.975078 | 131 |
I’m a creature of habit, and I also love the regular things of life when they happen. I think you know this. That moment of turning the clocks back is as welcome today as the arrival of summer time hours when they come. I love these weeks of autumnal leaves as much as I crave the break of spring.
I love today’s extra hour. I have a friend who says you must never change the clock until the evening, and you can do something special with it. I’m afraid mine got absorbed in quite a hangover. This is becoming a bit of a repeat story isn’t it? I suppose it’s the time of year. Last night the cause was my friends Lucy & Duncan’s massive (pre-) halloween dinner and celebration (…well, that is what you would do too if you lived in an ancient moated manor house on the edge of Salisbury, with an early Georgian Gothick facade, surrounded by ancient penumbral trees). I worked on the house with them last year, stitching it back together after the craziest not good 1970s renovation you have ever seen. It was wonderful to see the place alive and, literally, kicking. Lucy and Duncan have got more energy than anyone I know, and they are also the youngest clients I suspect I will ever have. Yes, out of the some 40 or 50 guests, I was officially the oldest person there, which actually reminds me that if you want to feel young you should hang out with people a lot younger than yourself, not the other way round.
My head was protesting this morning. Before you worry that the blog needs to be sponsored by that excellent organisation Alcoholics Anonymous: have you ever tried shots of absinthe that formed one of the opening courses? (no, you have not). Half way through dinner a vivid green cocktail emerged at all of our places. You see? toxic.
So I’ve had an enforced quiet day… a bite of lunch with some neighbours up the valley, a couple of friends over for a cup of tea, and in the middle of a ravaging evil head state this morning, I, um, cooked a giant lamb casserole 25 people… for a bunch of all the Poundbury boys & girls – Duchy of Cornwall people, Leon Krier the masterplanner, builders, the site foremen, and a few of architects, all of whom in a rash moment I decided to invite for supper next Thursday night. No time between now and then to do any cooking, and the evidence suggests that chopping up mushrooms is actually not a bad cure for a hangover.
The following day the Prince is coming to Poundbury to celebrate 20 years since his project began. There’s a giant ‘do’ for all the architects. Hmm. That could be interesting seeing as all traditional architects, as we know, are very weird indeed and there are some rivalries out there to put the Montagues and the Capulets in the shade. What joy.
Anyway, the reason I thought I’d get everyone over is threefold. One, I didn’t feel like I quite had enough on that week, you know. Two, it’s actually kind of fun when you mix everyone up – the best times ever. Three – on Thursday (yes, Halloween) it is precisely ten years to the day since a very tearful younger me said goodbye to New York City after five fantastic years and flew home to London. How can a decade rush by so quickly?
ALRIGHT ALRIGHT you are saying. What about his purple dining room? Yes, it’s new paint colour time. Just in time for winter evenings. And can I confess, I’m very happy indeed. My suggestion, if you ever get bored by your place: slap on a new colour. It’s a whole new home (the previous sentence was sponsored by the British Paint Manufacturers Association).
It was a damn good thing I took these photographs yesterday afternoon. I couldn’t go in there today, honestly, with my sore head.
Sharp eyed readers will recognise some pictures from London. I shoved them in the back of the car knowing that the purple was going to need some painkillers. Luckily I’ve just bought a job lot (sight unseen, and I haven’t got them yet) of a massive bunch of Piranesi engravings of all the things like diagrams of foundations of walls and that sort of stuff, the ones that no-one else wants, not a column in sight, really dull I am sure but a perfect wall filler. So that will be a nice framing job and then I can really get going. And I am debating whether I should hang my Hone Museum above the fireplace? They look incredible but is it too much?
The purple is insane… intense. It’s ‘Plum’ from the Patrick Baty/Paper & Paints 1960s range.
It goes pretty mental in the sunshine, and I think lunch guests may need sunglasses from now on.
Somewhere I suspect this room needs some olive green and kelly green, and some burnt orange.
I guess the big question in my life now is what colour I should paint the staircase walls in between that dining room and the orange kitchen. (Actually, that’s not really the big question in my life, but it’s still a question, I guess).
The sitting room is an altogether more restful thing, in its new coat of powdery chalky pink. Patrick mixed that for me too, a shade right in-between his 1950s pink and Farrow & Ball’s Setting Plaster (which is a beautiful colour but was a bit too grey for me here). Should I call it Parsonage rose I wonder? I remember a friend worrying about the yellow sofa when I told him about my plans for a pink sitting room. Luckily, it feels very at home indeed, although it too would look beautiful in a brown corduroy or olive green silk.
Like, how on earth I got a reputation for being a cool young interior decorator (okay, perhaps I’m making that up, especially the young bit) with these pink walls and this collection of old granny china on my mantlepiece, I’m not quite sure. Perhaps because I’m gay and wear trainers, I don’t know. Nice reflection in the mirror, huh?
Okay the best room of all is my bedroom. Yes, you’re right, not that many people get to see my bedroom. And here, I’ve got a confessional to make. A client of mine reminded me the other day that in my book I wrote: “bedrooms should be painted in calm shades of off-white and grey” (WHAT?)… although, to be fair, I did also admit that I was thinking of painting my bedroom in London “a dark colour so that it’s a snug cocoon at night” (it’s a bit weird quoting myself isn’t it). Well, don’t believe everything you read in my book is all I can say. Check this out. Good bye Farrow and Ball ‘Shaded white’ it was nice knowing you; hello 4-050 from Papers & Paints. (If you’re a very loyal reader you will know this also is the colour of my kitchen walls in London).
I guess I meant it when I said back in February that I was bored of tasteful greys. They have their place, especially in the attic, but I’m off on a new trip and I’m loving it.
It’s pouring, I mean pouring, with rain, on Sunday evening, and the wind is, to be honest, picking up, and the radio is filled with warnings of a massive storm on its way and I can’t quite work out if there really is the biggest storm coming since 1987, or if its hype because it’s an unnaturally quiet moment in the news cycle at the moment (remember, we were meant to be having a war with Syria, right now, if those inconvenient Russians hadn’t come up with a rather sensible compromise… and just think how that would be selling the papers right now). Well, yesterday morning driving home from Bridport I had a weird premonition, really very vivid, that my giant copper beech tree was going to blow over. Hopefully without me and my new bedroom in the way, but I always go to sleep slightly conscious that I’m in the falling line. Secretly, don’t tell anyone, I wouldn’t mind awfully if the tree blew over. It’s incredible, and beautiful, but the garden would breathe more easily. Interesting. Perhaps I’ll sleep in the guest bedroom at the other end of the house tonight just in case… | <urn:uuid:8d35dc56-6616-4c86-9502-15cb21e3fb5f> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://pentreath-hall.com/blogs/inspiration/winter-evenings-in-a-new-coat | 2020-09-21T20:31:21Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400202007.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20200921175057-20200921205057-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.960812 | 1,871 |
Do Contract Reviews Work?
Contract reviews can be expensive. Do contract reviews work?
Anticipation is defined as a feeling of excitement about something that is going to happen or the act of preparing for something. On average, physicians spend at least 10 years in training and preparing to step into their career. When that day finally comes you’re presented with a 10 – 30 page document outlining and describing in great detail the minutia of the offer. In most cases, comparing the awareness level of what’s actually included in the contract or isn’t included, is a bit lopsided. On one side of the table is the health care organization or practice with their team of attorneys and on the other side of the table is, you. Being presented with the offer usually leads to many different emotions, all in the midst of trying to evaluate the compensation, benefits, implications, ramifications and details of a legal document.
The majority of physicians who are presented with a job offer and contract usually feel that they either can’t negotiate, shouldn’t negotiate, or that there really aren’t areas for negotiation, that the offer is what it is. In the presentations I give at different universities and organizations across the country, the feeling and response is pretty uniform and supports this. When I ask the doctors to give some reasons why they think most don’t have their contracts reviewed and negotiated, the answers are also pretty consistent. You don’t want to come across as being difficult, you look forward to knowing that your income will be going from where it was while in training to the level of what the offer would provide or worst case, you don’t want to give any reason for the offer to be rescinded. All of these feelings are real feelings but that doesn’t necessarily mean that these reasons are accurate. In fact, it’s quite the opposite.
In looking at an average contract across all specialties and geographic locations, the average duration might be 2 – 4 years. In looking at the financial value to both the physician and the employer, this naturally translates into a multimillion-dollar deal. This might make some more reluctant to negotiate the contract but let me give you a couple of scenarios. Let’s say that you’re the employer and you’re looking to hire a physician and I’m the doctor you’re having conversations with. You go through the normal hiring process, vetting me upfront, we have a meeting and the conversation goes great. You’re asking questions, I’m asking questions and learning more about the opportunity and we’re both feeling like it would be a good fit. At the end of the meeting, you present me with an offer. Now here’s the 2 different scenarios. In the first scenario, I thank you for all the time you’ve put into getting to know me, I state that I too feel this would be a great fit, that I really enjoyed getting to know the others in the office and I accept the offer. In the second scenario, I say all the same things mentioned in the first scenario but instead of accepting the offer, I simply say that I would like to have my attorney go through the contract with me and that I’ll get back to you in a reasonable time of when you’re wanting a response. After hearing both of those scenarios, which one sounds more professional? Each time I give that example, everyone says that the latter sounds more professional, because it is. In our experience, that’s exactly how it’s perceived by the employer also.
Once the question of should I have my contract reviewed and negotiated is answered, then it always leads to the questions of what can be negotiated. There are over 100 areas in contracts that can be reviewed. I mentioned earlier that it’s not just what’s in the contract but also what is left out of the contract. Remember, these are written by attorneys and if something is left out of the contract, it’s not going to be by accident. This isn’t only beneficial for physicians who are thinking about signing but also for doctors who’ve already signed a contract. In both cases, having your contract reviewed brings clarity and an awareness of what’s included in the details of the contract so there aren’t any “waiting to happen” surprises.
Some of the common areas that can be negotiated are compensation, singing bonus, relocation reimbursement, vacation time off, CME time off, who pays for your tail coverage and many other areas. A lot of times, it’s not just negotiating some of the areas that should be negotiated but also having an awareness of what your signing. A few examples might be, what if there are restrictive covenants and they’re written in a way that would jeopardize your ability to continue practicing in that area and force you to move after your employment ends. This may be okay if you’re not very attached to the area but what if you don’t want to move after you get settled. Another example would be how RVU’s and compensation is calculated or are their income guarantees as part of the offer. What if the organization you’re signing with ends up getting acquired by or merges with a larger organization and the provisions of the employment agreement and the provisions of the hospital agreement differ and the hospital agreement controls?
There are many more things to consider when it comes to the details of an offer, most of the time you just want to know if the offer is fair and reasonable and if you’re getting what you’re worth. If you know what you’re worth, you should go out and get what you’re worth. Having your contract reviewed and negotiated, helps get you what you’re worth in many different aspects. If you would like to learn more about the process or if you have any questions, visit our website and we look forward to helping you simplify your life. | <urn:uuid:f73b5ac7-d185-475b-abcc-9fe59595fe5c> | CC-MAIN-2020-40 | https://physiciansthrive.com/contract-review/contract-reviews-work/ | 2020-09-21T18:49:06Z | s3://commoncrawl/crawl-data/CC-MAIN-2020-40/segments/1600400202007.15/warc/CC-MAIN-20200921175057-20200921205057-00598.warc.gz | en | 0.967877 | 1,249 |
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Our Cerv-Curv Cervical Traction Pillow supports your spinal alignment with a naturally resilient S-shaped neck pillow, helping it relax and release pinched nerves and tight muscles.
This pillow uses an ergonomically contoured shape to comfortably "cradle" the head and neck in the proper position to encourage gentle traction and correct cervical curvature. This allows total relaxation of neck, shoulder and back muscles. It’s an amazing experience in mind and body relaxation!
This simple cervical traction helper is a must for anyone that works long hours with their neck bent, such as looking down at a computer keyboard or standing at a register or desk.
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In this post I will discuss some of the scenes which occurred in season three of Orange Is The New Black particularly pertaining to the trans character of Sophia. If you have not watched season 3 you may not want to continue reading just yet BUT I personally encourage you to continue reading because I feel it will only enhance your thoughts and understanding when you do watch.
I must admit one of the major reasons I watch Orange Is The New Black is to watch the progression and development of the trans character Sophia Burset portrayed by the stunning Laverne Cox. As season 3 of the Netflix series wrapped up I realized that there was some major character development and relevant real life parallels made between Sophia and everyday trans women.
My heart went out to Sophia as she tackled so many things this year including Mother’s Day as a trans parent, and standing by while being called a “man” and “he-she”, I even flashed a smile when one of the other inmates correctively clarified that she wasn’t a drag queen nor was she wearing a costume, but the real turning point for me was when she was attacked. Since her debut in season 1 it was a breathe of fresh air to see a black trans woman playing herself on screen (even though she is in federal prison), but in season three there was a new never before seen reality of Sophia. Seeing her fend for her life against multiple women physically and verbally attacking her had the hairs on my arm standing up. She begged for help but was left to deal with the turmoil alone. I felt the blow to my soul but not so much for the character, but more so for the women (and men) who live this reality. Everyday trans peoples lives are verbally and physically attacked. While watching this scene may have been triggering to some, I leaned in and embraced the pain, the reality and authenticity of the story line. I was thankful in the moment verbal and emotional abuse was the extent of what I endured, knowing it wasn’t the reality for everyone.
Even more hurtful than the attack itself was when Sophia was taken to solitary as a way of “protecting” her. She was simply being punished because she was different, her identity was what caused an uproar and so by exiling her they were isolating the issue. The parallel in this is every single day the world finds a way to isolated the issue, trans people. We are kicked out of places of worship, out of family and friend circles, denied jobs and housing. Because the world doesn’t understand our identities, OR because they are too “difficult” or “confusing” to accommodate we are ignored and isolated. One proof of this is the lack of services or resources for trans people. Almost every trans person I know complains about the costs of their health care, or the lack of gender neutral restrooms. Healthcare and restrooms are too difficult and confusing for most of the world to tackle so they throw it back to us and leave us to deal with it on our own. When is our society going to stop trying to exile the problem instead of using the high levels of education we pride ourselves on to solve the problem?
Theres this constant push between confining ourselves or allowing the world to confine us, at least if we confine ourselves we hold the control. I tend to isolate myself often in attempt to protect myself which seems a bit foolish because the world already doesn’t a great job at isolating me and my intersecting identities. And as I sit here writing this I laugh at myself because I am realizing, yes, yes I am somewhat internally oppressed. I’ve been pushed away and neglected so much that purposely isolate myself even on a subconscious level. I’ve learned to be so desensitized and numb to interactions with other people, I genuinely can event recognize when someone is attracted to be or even pushing to be my friend. The interactions are cut and dry point A-B absolutely no detours because the less feelings that are involved the less I get hurt. That’s why I like to be alone, I live alone, I shop and dine alone. I am in control and I am protected, being alone I know exactly what bring to the table, me. This is what fuels the issues of trust I have with people. If you are one of those people looking to earn my complete trust I say don’t fret or break your back attempting to earn my trust, it’s likely you won’t, it’s not personal, “it’s not you it’s me” because I “trust no b*tch”. When I saw the title of this episode I bit my lip in amusement because I could relate. I even envied the odd and infected looking tattoo of the words Piper had on the inside of her forearm, I understood it, that’s how I lived my life for so long, trusting no b*tch because in the end they all seemed to prove this theory. Foolish of me to think this way right? But it’s my truth,that’s all I had to go off of, one by one the people who became closest to me never stuck around and proved to be less than worthy of my heart. I do realize self isolation and isolation in general is not the answer, but where is the balance between not isolating yourself but keeping yourself from feeling pain? The balance probably doesn’t exist. But until I find what works for me:
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GM’s July Sales Set the Pace for Competitors
GM’s July sales report was released last Friday, demonstrating GM’s latest victory: the first automaker to exceed 1,000,000 sales of trucks and SUVs in the U.S. this year. GM also earned this distinction in 2013. Particularly, GM moved 1,048,114 trucks and SUVs by the end of July of this year.
“Sales of utility vehicles soared in July because American families feel better about the economy than they have in a long time, and they are finding an incredible variety of redesigned and all-new models in our showrooms,” commented Kurt McNeil, U.S. vice president of Sales Operations. “Small, compact, medium, large – sales were strong across the board.”
Mr. McNeil is right. In total, General Motors delivered 256,160 units, which marks the best July that the company has seen since back in 2007 and a 9 percent increase over July of 2013, with retails sales specifically up 4 percent, commercial sales up 69 percent, and other miscellaneous fleet sales up 21 percent.
In total, GM sold 100,122 crossovers and SUVs in July, and 587,250 in all of 2014 so far.
“GM and the U.S. economy left July carrying good momentum,” McNeil added. “The economy has bounced back strongly from the harsh winter, consumer confidence has reached a post-recession high, energy prices remain moderate and job growth continues. The stage is set for strong sales through the balance of the year. In particular, there is a lot of pent-up demand for our new large SUVs and we expect pickup deliveries to be strong, as they usually are in the second half of the year.”
GM’s July sales are likely indicative of a continuing trend for the brand throughout the remainder of 2014, in terms of year-over-year sales figures.
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Jesus Christ proclaimed in John 10:10: “The thief cometh not, but for to steal, and to kill, and to destroy: I am come that they might have life, and that they might have it more abundantly.” The Bible tells us that God sent His only begotten Son into this world so that anyone can have a more abundant life and have the power to overcome “the thief,” who is the adversary.
Is this life of abundance truly available? And if so, how can we attain this powerful life that God wants for us? The Way of Abundance and Power series answers these questions. Based on our ministry’s years of Biblical research, this three-class series is designed to guide students through the Scriptures so they can learn how to walk in the way of abundance and power for themselves. In the process, they learn how to help others also attain this life that God intended.
Three video classes make up the series—the Foundational, Intermediate, and Advanced Classes. Each successive class builds upon the preceding one in an enjoyable format conducive to learning. With each class, students receive a detailed syllabus as well as other supporting materials. The classes vary in length, with a variety of teachers offering clear, solid answers to those searching for the truth.
The Foundational Class introduces the student to the way of abundance and power that God intends for His people. Some of the benefits this twelve-session class offers are
- developing a deep respect for the integrity of God’s Word while learning how the Bible interprets itself;
- understanding how to strengthen yourself in practical living, such as learning how to believe God and overcome doubt, worry, and fear;
- learning how to be born again and receive God’s gift of holy spirit;
- learning how to build up the gift of holy spirit inside you with the foundational manifestation of speaking in tongues.
Thankful graduates of a Foundational Class in Chile share, “These teachings have answered questions that many of us have had for decades, and everything is explained verse by verse as we see how the Scripture interprets itself. Our believing has been energized, and our understanding has been enlightened. We have learned how to get to know God and what His will is for our lives.”
Building upon this strong foundation is the next class in the series, the Intermediate Class. The six sessions in this class give Foundational Class graduates a pattern for growth in their walk as sons of God by instructing them how to
- retain the Word of God with conviction;
- build faithfulness as a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ;
- properly operate the three worship manifestations of holy spirit—speaking in tongues, the interpretation of tongues, and prophecy.
Here’s the response of participants in an Atlanta, Georgia, Intermediate Class:
“As we have studied I Corinthians 12, 13, and 14, we have been blessed to see the depth of God’s Word and His attention to detail. Our vision for our lives has grown, and we are increasing our ways to serve in God’s household.”
Both the Foundational and Intermediate Classes are offered through our household fellowships, which are located throughout the United States, in two U.S. territories, and in over thirty international countries. The Foundational Class is also available in Spanish and French; and we plan to release the Spanish and French translations of the Intermediate Class in 2014.
The third class and final component in this series is the Advanced Class. As an academic requirement for the Advanced Class, students complete the Advanced Studies class on Defeating the Adversary. The Defeating the Adversary class enlightens disciples about the spiritual competition and instructs them how to be victorious over the god of this world, the adversary, in everyday life.
The Advanced Class has been presented at either The Way International Headquarters in Ohio or at Camp Gunnison—The Way Household Ranch in Colorado. Students spend approximately two weeks away from the hustle and bustle of life in an environment set up for maximum learning in minimum time. They enjoy teaching, study time, fellowship, meals, recreation, and more.
To complete the students’ instruction in the nine manifestations of holy spirit (I Corinthians 12:7-10), this class provides in-depth teaching from God’s Word in the revelation manifestations of word of knowledge, word of wisdom, and discerning of spirits, and the impartation manifestations of faith (believing), workings of miracles, and gifts of healings. This prepares graduates to follow in the footsteps of Jesus Christ, bringing God’s deliverance to others.
Completing The Way of Abundance and Power series opens up avenues of service in The Way Ministry, such as participating in the Disciples of the Way Outreach Program and The Way Corps leadership training program, coordinating a household fellowship, and serving as Staff of The Way International. It also opens up opportunities to participate in Advanced Class Specials, which provide continued spiritual learning and development.
Ultimately, those who are searching for an accurate knowledge of the truth learn in The Way of Abundance and Power series how to understand the Scriptures for themselves and live them dynamically. Not only will they be able to manifest God’s power and abundance in their own lives, but they will be better equipped to help others live that life more abundant too….
This is an excerpt from the September/October 2012 issue of The Way Magazine.
Copyright© 2012 by The Way International. All rights reserved.
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It’s me again. Yeah, I couldn’t come up with a better title. I was actually going to talk about the ACFW Conference, the one I didn’t get to go to, but since conferences seem to be about pressing forward, I thought I’d share with you my new focus.
I know I’ve talked about moving on to the next project, at least I think I have. Anyway, I’m really excited. I’ve made a few decisions that I’m comfortable with for the time being.
1. I’m going to work on plotting a story set around 1860s. It’s set here in Kansas in a town that was once a promising center. Now, it’s little more than a ghost town, but the history is rich and colorful. I also can’t wait to incorporate Bleeding Kansas.
2. While I’m plotting, I’ll be hard at work revising my Biblical Romance. I was a bit hesitant. However, the story won’t let me go and I believe God is urging me to see this one all the way through. I’ll be blogging about that particular project at Christina Rich.
3. I have another project that is in the beginning stages. It’s non-fiction and completely out of my comfort-zone. I have no idea if it’ll end up being just a blog forum or if it’ll turn out to be a full blown book. We’ll see. Whatever it is, it is all at the urging of my Lord and Savior. I won’t tell y’all what it is for now. Just know I’m super excited about this project. I already have pages and pages of notes and an outline. I need to find my scripture references and write it. 😉
4. All right, this is the biggie. I’m considering changing Renee Lynn Scott to my real name. I plan on keeping the blog template and blogger, but I’m not sure what all is involved with changing the domain name. I had wanted to keep RLS for my Westerns and Pioneers and use Christina for Biblical only. Now, I’m not so sure. And since every writer from here to Katmandu has an opinion, I’m not sure what is best for me. For now I’ll keep RLS, but just be aware that it might change in the near future.
I love having a focus. It seems to make me breathe easier and my head not ache as bad.
Tonight I’m going to visit the library and load up on a few research books. And wouldn’t you know it they have nothing to do with the eras I’m working on. Well, I might be able to get one or two.
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FIND the place to meet your makers
It’s a place where you can absolutely feel the personal, hands-on love of real craftspeople. And that’s true whether you’re looking for unique small gifts or your family’s future furniture heirlooms. With over 2000 items created by more than 150 Canadian makers, most of them local, Hintonburg’s Maker House is dedicated to taking us back to a time when things were not made in factories overseas. The shop offers eclectic, beautiful and practical wares that evoke cherished memories of things like summer camp, cottage country, winter sports, CBC, nature or Canadian geography.
Founder Gareth Davies intentionally designed Maker House to also serve as a cheerleader of sorts, helping customers get to know the craftspeople whose brands they carry and want to boost. For example, you might meet Anna Chandler Merlo, a budding maker at 12 years old and co-founder of The Wax Studio. Gareth says he is totally impressed by both her drive and professionalism as she crafts truly unique candles made one at a time from local Ottawa Valley beeswax and vegetable-based, eco-friendly dyes. You might have seen Anna’s beautiful products at a craft show; now, being a part of Maker House she has access to a retail opportunity that stands shoulder to shoulder with other stores across the city.
It’s no wonder that people from the diplomatic corps favour Maker House as a go-to spot but, as Gareth notes:
“From politicians to pub owners, it’s where everyone finds great gifts!”
And you never know with whom you’ll rub shoulders as you choose an ornament or enjoy a belly laugh or two while browsing the huge selection of hilarious greeting cards.
Maker House will once again be launching their holiday wish book in mid-November; it’s a guide to some of the best gifts in their collection. To sweeten the deal, over the holiday season, Maker House’s ongoing Craft Change program will see 2% of every single sale get donated to the Parkdale Food Centre. Last year, the cheque was over seven thousand dollars!
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The Wootton Courtenay Garden Club was established to provide opportunities for villagers to enjoy talks and discussions on gardening topics, and to arrange visits to interesting local gardens. It also holds its annual Flower and Produce Show during August.
The club warmly welcomes everyone who has a garden in the village, whether they are experienced enthusiasts or those who want to learn a little more. It particularly welcomes new members, and offers friendly and enthusiastic support to beginners and experts alike.
The club is now affiliated to the Royal Horticultural Society.
Annual Membership cost £10 per person
Visitors are welcome to attend meetings at £3 per person
Membership forms are circulated in January but can be obtained, with further details, any time from Nigel:
Nigel Humphries 01643 841155
We have a variety of interesting talks and events arranged for 2020. Nigel has some paper programmes if you would like a copy, and don’t forget to renew your membership.
Click here to download a handy one-page, printable version: 2020 Programme
All talks begin at 7.30pm unless otherwise specified
TUESDAY 28th JANUARY at 7.30pm
Wootton Courtenay Gardening Club AGM
The Gardening Club’s decision-making session – come and have your say. With Nigel’s quiz and tea and biscuits, it’s jollier than most AGMs! To see the agenda for this year’s meeting, click here: Garden Club AGM Agenda 2020
TUESDAY 3rd MARCH
Talk by Dr. Gavin Haig: Creating a Wildlife Garden
Dr Gavin Haig is a naturalist and former surgeon, who has studied the healing properties of many native plants, with much of the work carried out in his own garden, Spillfords, on the River Exe. His garden has featured on TV and, with a wide variety of habitats, it provides a home for one of the rarest butterflies in Europe – the marsh fritillary.
Gavin’s passion for natural healing led him to develop a wildlife garden alongside the inpatient wards at Tiverton Hospital, which won the Rodney Higgins Environmental Award in February 2018. This talk will feature an illustrated tour of Gavin’s garden, with advice and information on plants that heal and provide a sense of wellbeing.
TUESDAY 28th APRIL
Talk by Sally Gregson – Hydrangeas
POSTPONED UNTIL 20th OCTOBER
SUNDAY 31st MAY
Seedling Swap at Lucy MacQuillan’s: 2.00pm – 4.30pm
Plants for free – what’s not to like? Join us at Lucy’s house, Ranscombe Lodge, to exchange your surplus seedlings and small plants. We gardeners tend to germinate too many seedlings or take extra cuttings which are not used – why not bring yours along and see what you can snaffle from a fellow gardener? Your seedlings don’t need to be pricked out, just bring the remains of the tray or pot. Small pots, labels, markers and mini-tools will be on hand.
This event is open to Garden Club members and non-members alike – all welcome.
Light refreshments provided.
TUESDAY 30th JUNE
Talk by Lady Ro FitzGerald: The Meeting of Wild and Garden Plants
THURSDAY 9th JULY
Visit to Broomclose, nr Porlock
Broomclose is a large and varied garden, set around an early 1900s Arts and Crafts house with a breathtaking outlook to the sea. With original stone terraces, a Mediterranean garden, long herbaceous borders, a camellia walk, a meadow with bee hives and a vegetable garden, there is something for everyone to enjoy. The mild maritime climate favours unusual sub-tropical trees, shrubs and herbaceous plants.
Owner Nicky Ramsay will be on hand to guide us round her garden, telling us something of its history and how she has managed and developed the garden. Nicky is an experienced gardener and is passionate about her plants, so there are many unusual gems to be discovered here.
TUESDAY 4th AUGUST
Wootton Courtenay Flower and Produce Show
The annual Flower and Produce Show is always a well-attended occasion in Wootton Courtenay, and the hall will be decked in full floral finery (along with some amusing vegetables). The show doesn’t just encompass horticulture; there are judging categories for photography, sewing and embroidery, and baking too. Everyone is welcome to join in – it is open to all, so come along and take part.
The topics for this year’s Photography Category are:
• Black & white, or sepia
The Needlework Category has a general theme of recycled materials, and the topics are:
• A storage item made from recycled fabric or textile. Anything from a pin cushion to a box.
• A knitted item of your choice from already-purchased or recycled wool (new purchase if absolutely necessary).
• Children’s category: A flower or tree made out of recycled materials; for example, recycled plastic or something out of Mum’s sewing box.
There’s plenty of time to get your creative juices flowing. And, of course, don’t forget to sow your vegetable seeds (if you haven’t already done so).
TUESDAY 29th SEPTEMBER
Talk by Eve Tigwell: Gardening for Wildlife
Eve hails from Frome, where she runs conservation and retail consultancies. However, she is an expert on British birds, having been the British Trust for Ornithology’s regional representative in Somerset for over 25 years, and this has led to a passion for wildlife gardening.
This lecture will show us how to look after wildlife in your garden without turning it into an untidy jungle! Can it be done? Come along and find out.
TUESDAY 20th OCTOBER
Talk by Sally Gregson – Hydrangeas
Postponed from the spring.
Having trained as a mature student at Hadlow College in Kent, Sally moved to Somerset at the end of the 1980s and set up her own small nursery: Mill Cottage Plants, near Wookey, which specialises in an ‘old fashioned’ genus: hydrangea. She sells the more unusual, and more interesting, species and cultivars of hydrangea, as well as a wide range of other shade-loving plants.
Always thought of hydrangeas as blobby seaside shrubs? This talk promises to open our eyes to new and exciting varieties of this genus, including some exquisitely beautiful Japanese types.
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