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I have had all kinds of experiences with companies having a training budget for employees. A couple years ago I worked for a very generous company. They were small. One of the benefits was that you had a guaranteed annual training budget. You could spend $2500 on any class you wanted. The problem was that you only got 3 days off from work for any given class. Most classes I liked were at least 4, and sometimes 5 days long. I still managed to take a couple training classes while working at that company. They were slow to pay the training invoices. So I got hounded by the training company billing department. But it was a price I was willing to pay.
Then there were other cheaper companies that I worked for. They did not prohibit training. You just did not receive any by default. It was as if you needed to fight for your training. Managers acted as if they got a bonus if they did not approve your training. And there was no paid time off for training. If you did not want to take vacation, you somehow needed to convince a client to pick up the tab for the hours spent at training. This seemed a bit unrealistic. Lucky for me, I had a lot of friends in the client organization. I always got my hours approved and paid for during training.
My current company is a mix of good and bad. I do get a yearly budget for training. And I also get some paid time to be able to attend the classes. The trouble is that I need to get a million approvals to be able to attend training. It starts with my team lead. Then I go to my functional manager. Next I hit up my administrative manager to start the approval process. And my admin manager's boss has to give the final approval. From the lack of training taken by my coworkers, I get the feeling that this rigid approval process is working to deter employees from taking training.
There is another twist in my employer's training setup. The rules for getting the training paid seem confusing and complicated. They are written so that I have to pay for the training first. Then I need to apply for a reimbursement. In effect I have to float the company a loan to get the training. I think there is a way around this. But there is some trick to it. Time to get busy and keep fighting until I get my training approved and paid for. Nothing worthwhile is easy in this life. Paid training is no exception.
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Types of Leads from http://wiredinstructor.net/Orglesson.html#leads
The opening paragraph should grab the reader's interest and drag him/her quickly into the story. The calculated use of lead technique will distinguish any student story simply because the story begins in a dramatic and effective fashion.
Here are some effective lead techniques:
Open with action:
The bus swerved bumping up against the curb as Mr. Rollston clutched his chest and slumped against the steering wheel.
Open with a question:
Have you ever thought you were going to die?
Open with an announcement:
I just learned that the most dangerous part of any kid's day is getting on to the school bus.
Open with a bold statement:
I nearly got killed on the way to school today. Let me tell you about it.
Open with dialog:
"Get your hands back in the bus you jokers!" Mr. Rollston yelled. We just laughed at him. Then suddenly he went all stiff in his seat. "Aaahg! My heart!" Mr. Rollston moaned as he grabbed his chest and fell from his seat at the front of the bus.
Open with a puzzle or riddle:
What's black and yellow and doesn't get to school on time?
Open with a description of emotion or personal feeling:
My hands clamped up. My stomach twisted in a knot. Everything happened in slow motion. The bus just seemed to drift towards the oncoming traffic as Mr. Rollston tumbled out of his seat.
A Lead from Beverly Cleary's Ramona Forever
"Guess what?" Ramona Quimby asked one Friday evening when her Aunt Beatrice dropped by to show off her new ski clothes and to stay for supper. Ramona's mother, father, and big sister Beezus, whose real name was Beatrice, paid no attention and went on eating. Picky-picky the cat, meowed through the basement door, asking to share dinner.
A Lead from Roald Dahl's James and the Giant PeachUntil he was four years old, James Henry Trotter had had a happy life. He lived peacefully with his mother and father in a beautiful house beside the sea. There were always plenty of other children for him to play with, and there was the sandy beach for him to run about on, and the ocean to paddle in. It was a perfect life for a small boy.
Then, one day, James's mother and father went to London to do some shopping, and there a terrible thing happened. Both of them suddenly got eaten up (in full daylight, mind you, and on a crowded street) by an enormous angry rhinoceros which had escaped from the London Zoo.
A Lead from Patricia Polacco's When Lightning Comes in a JarToday is my family reunion! I can hardly wait. My dad's side of the family will come soon. It's been ages since I've seen them all. Before our reunions were always at my gramma's house, but this year it is going to be at mine! I'm so anxious to see my cousins- especially Lydia and Sandy! They will be wearing the same clothes that we always wear at family reunions. They wore them at our last reunion!
How I remember that day! Gramma and I stood in her front window waiting for my relatives to come.

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Gujarat Assembly Poll Results 2017: Jignesh Mevani wins, Deputy CM Nitin Patel leads
Ahmedabad, December 18: Independent candidate Jignesh Mevani wins by over 21,000 votes in Vadgam. Congress did not field a candidate for this constituency, which is a traditional stronghold of the party. BJP leader Chakravarti Vijaykumar Harkhabhai finishes second with 42,429 votes. Interestingly, Congress sitting MLA Manibhai Vaghela had won the seat by a margin of 21,000 votes in the last assembly polls.
After trailing in the Mehsana constituency, Gujarat Deputy CM Nitin Patel leads by over 300 votes! Congress candidate Jivabhai Patel is close behind. Jivabhai had claimed three EVMs used in the second phase of elections on December 14 were found to be connected with Bluetooth.
Counting of votes for Gujarat and Himachal Pradesh began 8 am Monday with early trends showing a neck and neck fight between the BJP and Congress in Gujarat. Over two hours into counting, the BJP is now leading in 105 seats and the Congress is ahead in 70 seats. In Himachal Pradesh, BJP is leading in 41 seats while Virbhadra Singh-led Congress is leading in 21 seats as of 11.50 am.


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The CDC got its knuckles rapped several by congress several years ago for doing the same thing. They are no prohibited by federal law from such research. I guess HNI is taking up the torch. The Consumer Product Safety Commission tried to ban ammo back in the 70s and 80s and has their collective butts handed to them by congress.
It never ends, and will get worse under the gang of Chicago thugs inhabiting the current administration.


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"Consent" shows it's the juries who need educating about rape
Last week I had a go at the two television companies that were producing programmes based on recreating rape trials with actors playing the complainant and defendant, saying that it was using rape as entertainment. Well, I was wrong, at least about Consent, Channel 4's offering which was shown last night. This was public service broadcasting, shocking, infuriating and eye-opening, and I hope it has as much of an impact as A Complaint of Rape, the 1982 documentary following a rape investigation by Thames Valley police, which forced the police to change the way they treated rape victims. Consent should do for jury trials of rapists what A Complaint of Rape did for rape investigations. Because, sadly, it seems that the blame for Britain's dismal rape conviction rate at trial can largely be placed on the jury.
The case presented in Consent was that of two colleagues, away for the night at a work event. Sexual intercourse had definitely happened in the complainant's hotel room. He said it was consensual "rough sex". She said it was rape. We saw the lead-up to the event that triggered the allegations, then skipped to the following day. Rachel (the complainant) told Steve (the defendant) that he forced her; he denied it and told her to "get over it". Rachel had been expecting a promotion – she was shocked to be told that Steve would be promoted to equal status where she would be working with him closely, and therefore she told her boss about the sexual assault. When her boss told her he couldn't do anything without proof, she went to the police.
On the positive side, the police investigation (using real police officers and doctors) was sensitive and thorough. The victim's allegations were believed, and they took her seriously. Her injuries were documented, she was examined, and the police arrested Steve very early on. This is a huge change from how rape victims used to be treated, and it should be welcomed. However, the procedure is necessarily very intrusive and distressing. Skipping forward three months, we were told that the Crown Prosecution Service had decided to prosecute. At this point the court proceedings began.
It was fascinating to see the slow, steady pace of a real courtroom – very different from the highly-charged trials shown in television and movies. Watching the questioning of the complainant by the defence barrister was hard – the defence's strategy was to claim that she had changed her mind after having sex and to call her a liar. Despite the fact that no evidence about the victim's previous sexual history was introduced (it is now illegal to do this), it is not hard to see why so many rape victims don't want to prosecute when they are forced to relive a traumatic experience on the stand while being told that they consented and are lying about it. The emotional stress this puts on victims must be intense.
But all of this was the warm-up – the hors d'oeuvre compared to the main course, which was the jury's deliberations. It was in this section that it became clear why so few defendants are convicted of rape in Britain. To be clear, only 14% of alleged rapes come to court at all. These are the cases that the CPS thinks it has enough evidence to win. Of these, fewer than 6% of cases result in a conviction – and this includes the defendants who plead guilty. So only 6% of the 14% that come to court. That's less than 1% of all reported rapes. There is something very, very wrong here. Consent showed us what it was, raw and open.
Listening to the jury deliberate (and that may be too grand a word for the sheer stupidity, prejudice and assumptions based on personal experience being thrown about in the room) was terrifying. Hardly any of the discussion focussed on the evidence presented in court. Sadly the worst culprits were three female jurors. A young woman who who looked like a cut-price Nicky Hambleton-Jones from 10 Years Younger said that if it happened to her she would have found an "inner strength" to fight off a rapist or at least injure him, so the complainant must be lying. She told the rest of the jury that she had been in a similar situation and had fought someone off, although exactly what this situation was was not explored to see if she had any basis for her opinion. Another strident middle-aged woman said that Steve had behaved "like a gentleman". A third female juror said they were "both guilty" – although how a man can be guilty of rape and not a rapist wasn't explored. It was also suggested that she didn't approve of pre-marital sex at all, which might explain why she thought the victim was also guilty if the man was guilty of raping her. The foreman of the jury said it was "this guy's future at stake" – and refused to accept that the complainant's future might be affected by the verdict too because "it's done", it was over for her. One man backed the victim, making the point that a 12-stone man can easily subdue an eight-and-a-half stone woman without incurring any injuries, a point that was ignored by most of the others. One brave and quietly determined woman stood up for the complainant, tried to focus on the evidence and kept doggedly asking why she would accuse this man of rape, go through the invasive medical examination and arduous police interview, risk her job and her reputation, if she was lying. Sadly she was shouted down by the others, and they delivered a verdict on which 10 or more of them were agreed of not guilty.
I can only imagine how infuriating it must be to listen to this if you are serving as a juror on a real rape trial. The false allegation rate for rape is the same as for other crimes, but somehow you can't imagine the jurors on a burglary trial assuming that the complainant was lying for malicious reasons. At least here the defendant was an actor (and all credit to the actors playing Rachel and Steve – they were very convincing in their roles).
I wonder if the women saying that the victim "couldn't" have been raped because she didn't have any injuries were in denial about the danger they could face in the same situation. If they could believe the woman was lying, they didn't have to face up to the fact that someone could easily overpower them or that someone they knew and liked might be capable of the same crime.
Finally, the programme ended by showing us what happened in the hotel room. Rachel was raped. She was initially responsive to Steve's attentions, kissing him back and flirting, but when she told him to stop, he did not. He held her down and raped her, putting his hand over her mouth and his arm on her windpipe to shut her up, just as she had described. There was no way that he could have mistaken her struggles, her cries of "No!" and "Stop!" for consent. Steve was a rapist. And the jury acquitted him.
I hope the jurors were forced to watch this sequence. I hope some of them re-evaluated their attitudes towards complaints of rape. But we can't rely on this flashback in real cases – "what really happened" will remain something known only to the people who were there, the complainant and the defendant.
More is needed. Jurors need to be educated about what is involved for a woman who makes an allegation of rape. They need to know about the process the woman has to go through – the hours of interviews, the gynaecological exams, the trauma of sitting in the witness box:
When I interviewed barristers for a recent study, a QC who had represented countless rape defendants said it's terribly easy to defend in a rape case. Because it is so emotional for the witness and she is so nervous, it's easy to undermine her credibility in the eyes of the jury – so easy that he began to feel terribly uncomfortable and no longer does these cases.
(Jennifer Temkin, Professor of Law at the University of Sussex)
Innocent until proven guilty and the right to a fair trial are the cornerstones of British law, and we tamper with that at our peril. People accused of rape have a right to a fair trial and to be considered innocent until the case is proven beyond reasonable doubt. However, clearly the system is failing, and the jury's deliberations in Consent gave a possible insight into why. Perhaps we should have "expert jurors" for rape cases and cases involving vulnerable witnesses (child sexual abuse, for example). Maybe these should be tried by a panel of judges (not that judges are so great when it comes to rape cases). Or jurors should be given training when they are assigned to a rape case to reduce the impact of the pernicious myths. Simple statistical facts, like the percentage of allegations that are later proven to be false, the definition of consent, the definition of rape, for heaven's sake (there was still a certain amount of the old opinion that only violent rape by a stranger is "real rape" – witness how concerned some jury members were with the fact that Rachel hadn't marked Steve in trying to fight him off, even while they ignored her bruises), typical behaviour of traumatised people in the aftermath of a trauma.
Consent wasn't easy to watch, but it showed just how much the deck is stacked against rape victims. I hope it has a wider impact – but I fear that when it comes to women and rape, too many people are still wilfully blind to the reality and more women will suffer because of it.
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Oh my god. Thank you for posting this. I hope it's not this way in American courts, but somehow I doubt it could be very different. Do you know if Channel4 puts its stuff on the web or if there might another way for Yanks to get to watch it?
(psssst: your "blog-whoring" paid off)
You know, I'm already upset because I've been over at Steve Gilliard's blog and I've been reading the typical whining about how rape threads at Alas are closed to guys who want to whine about how women are vindictive bitches who make up accusations of rape to hurt men. Like this hasn't been heard a million times before. Maybe it's just Gilliard's blog, but honestly there are so many revolting racist comments there from trolls, but unfortunately it seems like most of the nonracists have a serious problem with women. I'm getting really, really tired of the sexism from the liberal blogosphere. I'm tired of hearing all this bs when the reality is that there are so freaking many rapes, most of which will never be reported, and the legal system is so stacked against rape victims.
"At least here the defendant was an actor" – I think I might have meant "complaining witness" here…
Just to say that appreciate this article, which I followed from the CiF debates. Thank you also for your strong defence of the rights of women.
I am a woman myself, and have been attacked by men, though not raped. The whole bit about being able to defend oneself is rather silly. One can try, but I have found that even men roughly my own size are much stronger than I am. Most men are much bigger than me and I doubt I could put up a stiff resistance. Also, women in my culture are unlikely to retaliate physically at first. I am embarrased about how slow my reflexes are, but this is not something that I can change easily in middle age.
However, I do agree with the concept of reasonable doubt. This makes proving rape difficult, but (reluctantly) I have to admit that it is a necessary standard.
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Many argue that we make police remind suspects of their constitutional rights in order to prevent police abuse and to make sure the police do not violate rights.Personally I feel that no one should remind you of your rights seeing how went to school. So why shouldn't politicians be required to recite the constitution before they write a law or vote for a new law/bill in order to make sure that they do not violate the constitution? After all they make law so shouldn't the people who write the laws be required to recite the bill of rights anytime they want to vote for or write a law? Surely if we make those who enforce the law remind suspects of their rights then surely a stricter similar standard should be applied to law makers.
Should politicians be forced to recite the constitution?
Yes anytime they write a new law/bill/amendment to a bill.
Yes anytime they vote for a new law/bill/amendment.
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Feelz war began and I'm coming for Eomma @Royalpandajedi using a little Jay. All told through Jay's POV
I'd rather give you all of me but you push me away. I'm always chasing after you but you keep saying, "No Jay" or "enough". What am I supposed to give to you to make you believe I'm for real. I've messed up in the past but I'd swear to heaven or hell that I'd do anything for your trust. You still think I'd hurt you. You still think I'm playing. I've only seen you, that first time we met, right in the lobby of AOMG, damn your smile had me. You were so professional while my eyes and mind wandered to what might be underneath. I chased you, I wanted you. I fucked up. I wanted you and I hurt you. So I tried to hide the mistake. A drunken night and old habits of rubbing up, kissing and having sex with babes came back. You said it showed my true heart but it's not like that. It's the life I lived for so long it's like teaching a pup to sit. I needed training and I thought I had it but I didn't. I tried to make up for it, I bought you so much but it wasn't enough. I understand it, you say I don't but I do. I broke your heart. I told you, you could trust me. I told you I'd never do that to you. I'd never do what so many other guys have done to you. Damn it I wanted you. I still do. All give you all of me instead. You don't want material things so take everything I have. Take these hands that touched her and clean them. Take these eyes that wandered and make them focus. Take these lips that lied and train them to only tell the truth. Take my heart as a trophy and show her I belong only to you. I'm yours, take all of me. I'm yours. I lied. I'm sorry. You have every right to be angry and look babe- just let me finish. I. Am. An. Idiot. It's just a fact that can't be erased. I can be taught though. I know you don't want to teach me so let me say this. I can learn. I'll work for it. I'm not talking about your body I'm talking about your heart. I had it but I was careless with it. I didn't think I'd break it but I forgot how fragile it already was. If these pieces of your heart are too sharp, I'll let my hands bleed putting it back together. I kept telling you I love you. I know you don't believe me but I can prove it to you. Just let me give you all of me.
Let me start like this. Everyday I'll pick you up and take you to bed. No sex. Just. Bed. I'll carry you every night up the stairs and past the door and lay you down. I'll cover you with the sheets, I'll even sing you to sleep. Let me wash you hair, I'll wash your body. No sex. Just. Washing. I'll clean every part of you. You won't have to lift a finger. I'll do it all for you. Let me earn your trust. Call me anytime and I'll answer. Ask me to come and I'll be there. Let me touch you. No sex. Just. Touch. I'll move slow day by day. I'll hold your hand then touch your arms until I've met your shoulders. I'll hug you close and bury your face in my chest. I'll wear the cologne you like to soothe. On your stressed days, I'll pamper you and I'll massage you. Let me keep touching you. No sex. Just. Touching. When I finally get to touch your face again, I'll drink you in. I'll pay attention this time. Every imperfection makes you so much more perfect in my eyes. Let me kiss you. No. Sex. Just. Kiss. When I kiss you again, I'll take my time tasting your lips. I'll savor every feeling you give me and I'll give you feelings too. You'll trust me. I'll have given you all of me. So when I carry you upstairs to bed or wash you clean or massage the knots away you'll know how much I love you. You'll know how dedicated I am. You'll know I only see you. You'll know I've learned my lesson. I know there's only you. You give me everything so in return I'll give you all of me. One day you'll say you love me again. When I put you to bed, you'll invite me in next to you. I'll hold you and kiss you and you'll tell me you love me and I'll never let you go. I'll remind you, you have all of me and I'll never leave you alone. I'll shower with you and we'll bathe each other taking in each others soaked bodies. We'll be kind to each other like always. I'll touch you and you'll love it, every sweet soft caress. You'll love my tender kiss again, you'll love all of me and you'll love it when I whisper against your lips
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Both TID 3988333 and Craig's Proxy says you want to use the above parameter in the [Extra Configuration] section to fix 'Malformed CONNECT request sent to back end web server'.
However, this is not a parameter that appears when looking at Proxy Console Screen 63 with the default proxy, so there is no default value for this. In addition if you set this parameter or the 'noDummySlashUpsteam' variant in the [Extra Configration] then reload the proxy and look on screen 63, you still don't see it.
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Police in Richmond are asking for the public's help in identifying two people of interest in connection with a shooting that seriously wounded two victims in a strip mall parking lot Tuesday.
Surveillance images from the Wingstop restaurant in the strip mall at 4300 MacDonald Ave. show two young men suspected of involvement in the shooting, which was first reported in the shopping center's parking lot at 5:43 p.m. Tuesday, according to Richmond police Sgt. Nicole Abetkov.
A 17-year-old boy and a 23-year-old man, both from Richmond, were injured in the shooting and taken to area hospitals.
The teen was initially listed in critical condition at John Muir Medical Center in Walnut Creek but has since been stabilized and is improving, Abetkov said. The 23-year-old victim was treated for his injuries and released from Doctors Medical Center in San Pablo.
Multiple witnesses reported the shooting and several officers in the area, including Richmond police Chief Chris Magnus, arrived on the scene soon afterward.
However, both the suspects and victims were gone by the time they arrived, police said.
Abetkov said detectives are trying to determine whether the suspects and victims had a dispute leading up to the shooting.
Police haven't been able to identify the two young men captured by the surveillance cameras and are asking for anyone who knows them to come forward.
Police said the shooting suspects' vehicle is described as a silver or gray Infiniti FX SUV.
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Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Text Message Breakup
The Sports Bar is a small beer and shot place with a separate dining area for lunch and dinner patrons as well as the late night underage crowd. The bar area has seating as well. All together the dining room consists of 21 tables ranging from 2 to 6 tops. The bar area has 10 tables, and when the weather is nice there is a patio with 8 tables. There are no sections, no rotated seating, and no hostess. On any given shift there is only one server working the floor. This is one of the reasons I applied for a job at the Bar.
I had been working at a place that had no less than 3 servers working at a time. Most nights we were fighting over tables. There were sections that were unfair and assigned (some sections had over 10 tables, including a "party table" seating 20, while some had 5 tables consisting of only 2 and 4 tops) and customers were asked to seat themselves. There were nights when one server would have no tables and another would be in the weeds with their entire section full.
Most servers are coming from places with sections and multiple servers. In fact, I have never been to another place with only one server working the entire floor unless someone called in sick or quit. It can be difficult and overwhelming at first, but when you count your take home at the end of the night you realize it is totally worth it. I have made one third of my rent on a lunch shift, and my entire rent in 2 weekend shifts. I love this aspect of my job.
At the beginning of the summer we fired the only other server the Sports Bar had (yes, there were only two servers). One of the bartenders picked up two of the shifts while we looked for a replacement. We hired 2 new girls about 3 weeks later. I trained both of them on the second half of doubles and their first nights with me were Friday night, our busiest night by far. After training both girls a few times, the first worked her first shift and called to quit the next morning. The second never showed up after training (there is a story on this but I will tell it later). We were able to hire another girl who worked all summer until she went back to school.
After she left we hired two more girls, both part time. One is OK, Katie, the other...
In the middle of the lunch shift I received a text asking if I could work Katie's shift that night. I told her I was sorry I couldn't but gave her the number or the other server and a bartender that sometimes covers serving shifts. As the lunch crowd began to thin out I received another text from Katie. "I hate 2 do this but i can't get no one and its 2 much stress have them mail my check i quit" I replied telling her to call the boss. She sent me another text saying she was not going to call. Great. Now I was left with the unpleasant task of telling the boss that the server that was supposed to be there in 4 hours was not coming in ever again.
Who quits their job by texting a coworker?
I ended up staying at work past the point of making it to class.
3 comments:
- Masquerade said...
Wow your restaurant sounds a LOT like mine. We still use an old cash register, no computer system, anywhere from 1-4 waitresses on at a time, no hostess, about 8 tables inside, a few dozen on a deck, and everything stops after Labor Day when the tourists leave.
Thanks for your watch on my blog, and I'll DEFINITELY be adding you to my link list. You seem super-interesting! ^_^
- September 17, 2008 at 6:10 PM
- bulletholes said...
We were in the shits enough( kitchen) one time that the poorlittle girl that was supposed to be getting off in 30 minutes to catch a plane home for Chjristmas looked up at me and said
"I'm not going to make my flight today am I"
I looked down and grinned at her and said "I sure do appreciate it".
And I meant it.
And she stayed till we were out of the shits
- October 7, 2008 at 2:53 PM
- purplegirl said...
Shit, I thought I was the only one who'd had someone quit by texting me. The assistant manager of my retail store quit one Sunday morning by texting me--and I was her subordinate! She never did call or text the manager. Some people ...
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Successful films always have sequels, and Epizode is no exception. The permanent masterminds of Kazantip/Befooz and Sagrado Corp. are busy working on new scenes of the new blockbuster. The "Equatorial Musical Adventure" continues, and this time, the project involves the brightest names of the electronic scene. The set is unchanged: the second Epizode will take place in the same green and beautiful island of Phu Quoc in the Gulf of Thailand. Once again in December 2017, it will become the Territory of Happiness in all and every aspect, featuring Kazantip sunsets, surreal installations captured in thousand shots and, arguably, the world's best music.
Epizode is a two-week long festival held on Phú Quốc Island in Vietnam and will return at the end of this year from December 31st 2017 to January 10th 2018. Strongly recommend by the Mixmag crew as a worthy destination festival for the holidays.
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"Mahony from Romania's Sunwaves festival
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Here I am presenting the portrait of the artist Karin Jurick as the first portrait I have done in pastel. I used conté crayons pastel pencils to do this. And my inexperience with the medium shows. I don't know how else I can improve from this. I did this portrait as a part of "Thankyou Karin Project" hosted by Jill Polsby. You can see all the 118 portraits that artists have submitted for the project through the Picasa album link in the Jill's post. Mine is image number 89.
Portrait # 30
The Makings of Dinner
Phew! Finally I managed to finish my watercolor painting after dragging it for almost a month. I was not able to work on the painting during my usual "painting hours". My schedule changed in the time being. But I pushed myself to finish this painting. I am very pleased at how the background wall has turned out to be. The granulation in DS undersea green pigment helped me achieve the right texture of a wall in the background.This is the first time I am painting a metal surface.
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HOLLYWOOD -- Officials with the city`s Homeless Task Force have scrapped plans to build a minicenter for the homeless on Dixie Highway and instead are considering a larger site farther west for a shelter and soup kitchen.
The city and officials for the Community Service Council of Broward are looking at a two-story, 11,000-square-foot warehouse between Interstate 95 and the CSX Railroad tracks across from Orangebrook Golf Course. Ed Wolfer, executive director of the Homeless Task Force, said last week that no new site had been selected.
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Williams had hoped fellow commissioners would endorse his plan and entice Community Service Council officials to purchase it.
Williams pushed for the warehouse because he was upset about the Homeless Task Force`s proposal for a processing center in a vacant warehouse in the 1000 block of South Dixie Highway. He wanted a location farther from downtown, and the site near I-95 is about two miles west of Young Circle.
Wolfer said the minicenter is no longer necessary.
``There would be no purpose to duplicate the mini processing center if we build a shelter that could have everything in it,`` he said. ``Our purpose remains the same as before -- getting the homeless out of downtown Hollywood and Young Circle Park.``
Art Ellick, executive director of the Community Service Council, said a larger shelter would also make it possible to close the Jubilee Soup Kitchen at St. John`s Episcopal Church in downtown Hollywood.
The Jubilee Soup Kitchen serves about 100 people a day and church officials have often said they want to move their homeless feeding operations to another site.
Ellick recently said a larger shelter would have 80 beds and would cost about $350,000 to open in an existing building.


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