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This week: a powerful thriller for fans of Ruth Rendell, and a stellar Angela Carter biography.
The Accusation
With these uncompromising stories, the pseudonymous Bandi gives a rare glimpse of life in the "truly fathomless darkness" of North Korea. A Pyongyang housewife is accused of attempting to communicate with spies for closing her drapes in "City of Specters." In "So Near, Yet So Far," a man finds his village unreachable when he illegally journeys to see his dying mother. Lacking proper documentation, he is forced into a truck, like a pig "being sent to the slaughterhouse." A similar arc is traced throughout Bandi's collection, but the most cutting story is "Pandemonium." A frustrated Mrs. Oh escapes a provincial train station that has been locked down for 32 hours because Kim Il-Sung is traveling in the area. On the way to a nearby relative's house, she stumbles upon the "Great Leader" himself, a man whose "pale golden clothes seemed to shed a soft veil of mist." Just as he is graciously giving her a ride, her granddaughter suffers a broken leg back at the station when she's "buried in a tide of humanity."
The Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded: Poems
The spirit of the Virginia State Colony for Epileptics and Feebleminded, one of many American eugenics facilities constructed in the early 20th century, looms over Brown's harrowing debut, winner of the 2016 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry. Brown lives with cerebral palsy and grew up near the facility, biographical facts that imbue her poems with an unmatched intimacy. She epitomizes the feelings of the colony's victims with unadorned, concise language. "Imagine you are/ an animal in your/ own throat," Brown writes. She also considers the perspective of the institution's employees, conveying both their ignorance and fear: "do the children of God really lose// their eyes in the backs of their heads,/ and swallow their own tongues in church?" Her use of repetition recreates the hypnotic feeling of routine, giving weight to the lines that break the repetition and simulate fleeting moments of lucidity, certainty, and memory. But it's her rich imagery that stands out most: "That one has a cave for a face/ blank, unlit, and fallen in./ Back wherever she began/ somebody clapped his hands/ and the fire went out./ But, somehow, she continued to burn." Brown's humbling and heartbreaking poems restore dignity to lives sacrificed in the name of perfection.
The Invention of Angela Carter
Few biographies are as consistently spot-on as this one of Angela Carter (1940-1992). Debut author Gordon, a lecturer in English at King's College London who was officially authorized by Carter's estate, uses a wealth of primary sources to trace the life and career of a daring, quirky, and preeminent writer of the late 20th century. As he shows, Carter, whose acclaimed works include the magic realist novel The Magic Toyshop and the retold-fairy-tale collection The Bloody Chamber, represents a distinct type in English history: a person from a modest class background whose innovative art was made possible by the country's post-WWII socialist democratic consensus. After a brief career as a journalist, Carter not only attended university for free, but was paid a stipend. Gordon's construction of Carter as a generous feminist who never lost the common touch comes alive on the page, and, beyond that, Gordon offers enough historic background to vividly evoke a mid- and late-20th-century world. This bio never flags, never condescends, and never loses its pace. It's a page-turner highly recommended to anyone looking for an entertaining and intelligent read.
Alpine Apprentice: A Memoir
Gorham revisits her rebellious teen years in a remote Swiss boarding school with a deft authorial hand, blending the internal reflections of a bildungsroman novelist, the technical writing of a mountain geologist, and the outsider observations of a travelogue writer. She traffics in well-worn psychological terrain: dreams, her quest for a suitable mother figure, and most prominently, the elusive longing, or Sehnsucht, that permeates the whole book. But her experience is as fresh as new snow in Switzerland, especially if one didn't come of age there. Photos, drawings, and letters from her school days combine with innovative food-centered musings to create a multimedia touch. Half a century removed from her experiences at school, she is as unflinching with herself and those who helped shape her as she is in describing the foreboding, brutal beauty of the Alps. Even as she wrestles with ambivalence for a place that sends mixed messages about community and control, her affection for the nation and school that were her temporary home is obvious. Gorham takes great care not to rush her story, foreshadowing a transformative accident at the school with subtlety and persistence while going on repeated Wanderungen.
Waking Lions
A moment's inattention upends multiple lives in Gundar-Goshen's powerful thriller, the Israeli author's first novel to be published in the U.S. When Dr. Eitan Green uncovered corruption at the hospital he worked at in Tel Aviv, he was forced to take a less desirable position in Beersheba in the Negev desert. Now, after a too-long shift at Beersheba's Soroka Hospital, an exhausted Eitan glances at the Moon in his rearview window during his drive home. While his eyes are off the road, he strikes an Eritrean man, who suffers a skull fracture. Unable to do anything to save the man's life, the guilt-ridden Eitan flees. His nightmare worsens when the victim's wife appears at his home, bearing the wallet he dropped at the scene of the hit-and-run. He agrees to give her fellow Eritreans medical treatment at night in exchange for her keeping silent about his role in her husband's death. The arrangement forces Eitan to lie to his police detective wife, who has been looking into the fatality. The psychological complications match the plot ones and will please Ruth Rendell fans.
Daughter of the Pirate King
Levenseller makes an impressive debut with this funny, fast-paced, and romance-dashed nautical fantasy, set in an alternate world of pirates, sirens, and myriad islands. Alosa, the 17-year-old daughter of an infamous pirate king, embarks on a dangerous undercover mission, allowing herself to be captured by a rival crew in order to retrieve part of a legendary treasure map. Alosa believes she has the situation under control thanks to years of training and experience, as well as certain special abilities, but she finds her match in the Night Farer's first mate, Riden, who seems wise to her tricks. The resulting game of wits results in a burgeoning attraction, as Alosa tries to carry out her mission without giving away her secrets ("If I'm to keep up appearances, I'll have to escape the ship. Then get caught on purpose. Oh, the ridiculous things one has to do when one is a pirate," she laments). Resourceful and confident, Alosa swaggers through the pages with style and panache, and her supporting cast is just as delightful. This one's not to be missed. Ages 13–up.
The Home That Was Our Country: A Memoir of Syria
Malek's (A Country Called Amreeka) multigenerational memoir is a brilliant combination of geopolitics and family history. In an accessible way to general readers, she chronicles the complex and devastating history of Syria, from the Ottoman Empire's rule and the shift to French colonization to the country's independence and the rise of the Assad regime. Malek begins with her great grandfather's success as a businessman in the early stages of Syria's independence in the 1940s and continues through Bashar Al-Assad's authoritarian regime and Malek's migration from her family's reclaimed home in Damascus, eloquently exploring grief, resilience, and loss. She is a deft reporter and storyteller. She offers first-hand accounts and her astute political analysis as she traverses countries including Palestine, Israel, Lebanon, Egypt, France, and Syria. At the core of this book are the chilling effects the regime of the Assad family—beginning with Hafez (Bashar's father)—have on the Syrian people: sectarian rifts, disappeared citizens, extreme censorship, a bloated refugee crisis, and countless deaths in a nonstop war with humanitarian aid cut off. Malek courageously tells the stories of unforgettable family members and friends, including underground humanitarian aid workers who continue despite the risk of torture and execution.
Animals Strike Curious Poses: Essays
Passarello (Let Me Clear My Throat) traces stories of famous animals and how they reshape our thinking about humanity in this stunning collection of 17 brief essays. Some read as traditional essays, such as her mediations on the need for new language in an age of mass extinction, the way that artist Albrecht Dürer's wildly inaccurate rhinoceros prints influenced popular imagination in 16th century Europe, and the author's personal encounter with a deformed goat who was billed as "Lancelot, the Living Unicorn" by Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey Circus in 1985. Others are more genre-blending: Passarello inhabits the mind of Charles Darwin's pet tortoise and imagines Koko the signing gorilla retelling the infamous "Aristocrats" joke in her limited vocabulary. Passarello's keen wit is on display throughout as she raises questions about the uniqueness of humans. Perhaps the most stunning work is her bricolage timeline of murderous elephants in America, which aligns their crimes and executions with the rise of electricity and capital punishment. The entire collection satisfies through a feast of surprising juxtapositions and gorgeous prose.
The Gene Machine: How Genetic Technologies Are Changing the Way We Have Kids—and the Kids We Have
Journalist Rochman takes a calm, thorough, and nonsensationalist look at core bioethical questions surrounding an array of reproductive health issues as well as the ethical spaces where what can be done and what should be done come into conflict. She clearly and accessibly describes cutting-edge technologies for the general reader without succumbing to faddish, uncritical enthusiasm. Rochman solicits the perspectives of doctors, researchers, legal experts, and families in order to focus on humanist factors, such as how doctors should counsel, how having nonactionable information still affects parental prerogatives, and whether people have a right to an "open future" in light of increasing access to genetic testing. She digs into the toughest topics, including whether using screening results to vet potential quality-of-life factors approaches a new eugenics, if people with such differences as genetic deafness should be able to select for a child with that trait, if gene therapies that turn off genes for Down syndrome should be used on children, and whether parents have a right to test their children and access their data concerning diseases that do not manifest until adulthood. Rochman's thoughtful take highlights important issues for parenting in an increasingly high-information world.
The Chessboard and the Web: Strategies of Connection in a Networked World
This paradigm-changing book cogently encourages fresh ways of thinking about the workplace and the world. Slaughter (Unfinished Business) promotes the use of social networks for solving any challenging problem, whether it's spreading new ideas (as done by TEDx) or addressing global problems at a local level (as done by the Global Covenant of Mayors for Climate and Energy). She groups "the hardest problems" and their corresponding networks into three broad categories: resilience, execution, and scale. This schema is the heart of the book, which outlines considerations for successful networks: how people should be connected to each other, what kind of people should be connected, and how information should be shared. Different types of situations, she explains, may require more diverse or more homogeneous groups. Similarly, sometimes well-networked networkers shouldn't all be on the same team, and sometimes they should. Sometimes the network needs to be decentralized; sometimes a team leader is just the ticket. Slaughter takes a more polemical tone in the third part, in which she advocates for "open society, open government, and an open international system." Readers will likely end up taking this book to work with them when especially challenging problems arise.
Great Crossings: Indians, Settlers, and Slaves in the Age of Jackson
Snyder (Slavery in Indian Country), associate professor of history at Indiana University, opens the door on a fascinating, yet largely unknown episode in American history as she renders in fine detail the early 19th-century experimental interracial community in central Kentucky called Great Crossings, home to Choctaw Academy. The school, opened in the 1820s and shuttered in 1848, was molded by Richard Mentor Johnson, a former Indian fighter, prominent Kentucky politician, and vice president under Martin van Buren. Johnson and his enslaved African-American concubine, Julia Chinn, envisioned an "empire of liberty" that would link westward expansion with emancipation by sending freed slaves west to settle land there. Political motives blended with personal and religious ones. Chinn had been affected by the Second Great Awakening's emphasis on progress, and both she and Johnson wanted a nurturing place to raise and educate their two daughters. The sections on Johnson and Chinn's family life are particularly intriguing. Great Crossings became a truly multiracial community once the Choctaw Academy opened, attracting young Native American men determined to receive an academically rigorous education. There they interacted with white instructors and community leaders as well as enslaved African-Americans, resulting in both trouble and romance. This is a well-researched, engagingly written, and remarkable work of scholarship.
The Hate U Give
At home in a neighborhood riven with gang strife, Starr Carter, 16, is both the grocer's daughter and an outsider, because she attends private school many miles away. But at Williamson Prep, where she's among a handful of black students, she can't be herself either: no slang, no anger, no attitude. That version of herself—"Williamson Starr"—"doesn't give anyone a reason to call her ghetto." She's already wrestling with what Du Bois called "double consciousness" when she accepts a ride home from Khalil, a childhood friend, who is then pulled over and shot dead by a white cop. Starr's voice commands attention from page one, a conflicted but clear-eyed lens through which debut author Thomas examines Khalil's killing, casual racism at Williamson, and Starr's strained relationship with her white boyfriend. Though Thomas's story is heartbreakingly topical, its greatest strength is in its authentic depiction of a teenage girl, her loving family, and her attempts to reconcile what she knows to be true about their lives with the way those lives are depicted—and completely undervalued—by society at large. Ages 14–up.
Please Bury Me in This
White (Small Porcelain Head) meditates on mental health in this spellbinding collection, a lamentation dedicated to four women she knew "who took their lives within a year." Her primary investigations concern the liminality and ever-imperfect definitions of feeling, the duality of emotions, and language's role as a medicine and a mirror. She draws inspiration from numerous women writers—including Virginia Woolf, Sylvia Plath, and Anne Sexton—and borrows text from family members' writings during the Holocaust. White describes the ability for another's words to serve as an avatar for one's emotions, calling reading a means "to love with someone else's mind." Furthermore, she generates her own definitions for the most ineffable experiences; love is "to be injured in the same way at the same time," while depression is "a bouquet of knives where the head should be." White searches for the purpose of depression—"maybe emptiness is a form of listening.// Maybe I am just listening"—and explores its cohabitation with desire: "At the bottom of suffering, like a lake, there is a ring and I am reaching down." White's courageous and provocative collection inspires hope by reminding readers that strength can be found in the most desolate places: "What is more beautiful than the hopeless singing?"
In this adrenaline-spiked adventure, teens race souped-up vehicles through a postapocalyptic wasteland in order to win the ultimate prize: a life of luxury aboard a utopian orbital habitat. For best friends Cassica (a daredevil driver) and Shiara (a mechanical genius), the Widowmaker, a three-day road rally known for its high body count, represents the only way to escape their tiny dying town of Coppermouth. When they are signed by an ambitious manager, they figure it's time to go for the gold. But as the race gets underway and the lure of fame threatens to ruin their partnership, Cassica and Shiara are beset by danger and treachery on all sides as they traverse a wasteland filled with ancient war machines, roaming cannibals, and fellow drivers out to kill them. Wooding (Poison) starts strong and never lets up on the gas, delivering a terrifying, tense thrill ride filled with cinematic moments. With the dystopian setting, fiercely resourceful heroines, fast cars, and an explosive climax, Wooding's story is perfect for fans of Mad Max: Fury Road, but it carves out its own identity along the way. Ages 12–up.
Spurred by an offer to save his teeth from receding gums, a quiet and introspective young man joins his estranged father on a drive across the Atacama Desert from Santiago to Iquique. Along the way, the 20-year-old unnamed narrator begins to reflect on his relationships with his parents. Preparing to cross the border into Peru to visit a dentist in Tacna, he struggles to contextualize the broken recollections of his youth: his parent's separation when he was a child, a troubling moment with his mother, and the ambiguous details of his uncle Neno's death. Returning to his childhood home, the narrator seeks information on the whereabouts of a missing cousin who might have answers. With this skillful translation by McDowell, the story sustains suspense by gradually revealing itself. The fractured narrative switches from page to page between past revelations and present observations, mirroring the restless mind of the protagonist as he searches for connections. Zúñiga cleverly uses this technique to represent a young person's hunger for self-actualization. As the book progresses, "like someone putting together and taking apart a worn-out puzzle," these shattered pieces of prose—sometimes only a single poignant sentence or evocative paragraph—join together to build a vivid mosaic. This arresting and deeply affecting read, despite its short length, packs a punch.


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Hank Williams, Sr. Legend. Truly one of the greatest country western singers of all time. And when I started my project, this is the sort of thing I was after. When I began Audio Odyssey, my intention was to familiarize myself with some new unknowns and lesser-knowns, sure. But to be completely honest, it was to acquaint myself with the legends that I had strenuously avoided my whole life. And why? If so many people have adored a performer for so long, if that performer helped to shape thousands of musicians since his heyday, why avoid it? I don't have a good answer for you or myself on that one.
But, in the beginning of Audio Odyssey, I went to the library, looked through the stacks of CDs that they had, and I came across a sort of double album. One disc was credited solely to The Man Himself, Hank Williams, Sr. It's called Jambalaya. The other, credited to Hank Williams and His Drifting Cowboys, is called Lovesick Blues. Now, for someone who loves melancholy music, Lovesick Blues sure is an alluring title. And "His Drifting Cowboys?" Great band name. I mean, great band name. But that's not what it's about. It's about the music. And the music stands the test of time.
I turn on the radio now, I flip through the channels, frequently landing on talk radio due to the utter lack of inspiration and originality these days. I sound like an old fuddy-duddy. I'm only 25. But it's true! And then you put a guy like Hank Williams on, and his music just does it. It has it. It. Whatever it is, Hank's got it. He's got acoustic guitars, stand-up basses, fiddles, lap steel guitars. It's true music written from the heart. Frequently, if I don't really know how to express why I like something, I land on, "Because it's real music!" and that sort of happened here. But let me try to dig in.
What do I like most about Hank's music? OK, it's easy. It's the steel guitar. I don't love steel guitar most of the time. But with Hank's music, I tell you, it really hits the spot. It almost has a Hawaiian feel to it. Imagine that. Hawaiian melancholy. And it works. It works wonders. I actually first listened to these songs on shuffle with a bunch of new music that I had borrowed from the library, including The Legends of Hawaiian Steel Guitar. Frequently during that first listen, I would find myself thinking that Hank's music was a part of the Hawaiian compilation. And I do mean that in the best way possible. I don't love steel guitar most of the time. But Hawaiian steel guitar, with the exception of Mele Kalikimaka, always puts a smile on my face. Always.
Hank does the same, in a way. He puts a smile on my face and a tear in my beer. He pulls at a lot of emotions with his music. The man had a talent that few have ever possessed. I know a lot of people think country music and just immediately turn their noses up at it. I don't necessarily blame you if you're one of those people. Honestly, most country music is total crap. But, on the other hand, so is most hip hop. And most pop. And most rock. So really, the only problem for most people is that they haven't heard good country western music. And maybe this still won't be your cup of tea. But I really do think that if you're going to listen to country, you really need to be listening to Hank Williams Sr. And if you're going to claim to be a music fan, you really need to give Hank Williams Sr a shot. He's damn good, and he's earned at least a shot.
I want to bring something up that I haven't mentioned in a long time. It's a band. The Gaslight Anthem. I reviewed them for my second ever Audio Odyssey review. I reviewed the album The '59 Sound. I've been saying this to my friends ever since, and I want to repeat it to anyone who might stumble across this article: Listen to this album. Seriously. It's such a great band, and this is an indecently good album. It's too good. It's phenomenal, and you should definitely be listening to it. On that note, I'm going to devote next week's article to The Gaslight Anthem's follow-up to The '59 Sound, titled American Slang.


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Initiatives and Accomplishments for Mumbai: Conserving Environment and Preserving Open Green Spaces
At the state level, as President of Mumbai Congress, Mr Kamat had led a delegation to the then Chief Minister Shri Vilas Rao Deshmukh to issue directions to the BMC and all other Municipal Corporations in the State to make it mandatory for all new buildings (Commercial/Residential) for putting in place Solar Panels to ensure reduction of usage in conventional energy. He had further pleaded with CM Shri Ashok Chavan to reduce property taxes through the Municipal Corporations so people residing in old building could be motivated to adopt solar energy. These recommendations have now been accepted by the Government and necessary notifications issued, and Solar Connectivity for Commercial Buildings has now been made compulsory. Mr. Kamat is still pursuing the matter related to private residential buildings.


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Jacket: Lashes of London*
Dress: New Look
Now I just need the weather to warm up a bit more so I can relegate my winter coats and start dazzling in this baby! Talking of warmer weathers I came across this amazing retro style swimwear the other day and just had to share it! I adore the little skirt, reminds me of the kind of costumes I used to have as a little girl. If you're wondering what the yellow arrows are, it's to indicate that it's also a shaping swimsuit, bonus points! I will get a flat tummy one way this year...


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The Roberto Duster
Inspired by Colombia born NY based designer FIT alumni Roberto Robledo who died too young of AIDS. Robledo pioneered design concepts based on the use of industrial fibers and designs to create casual streetware pieces. He was an innovative visionary on the streets and in clubs in the 1980s in New York and in San Francisco. We are honoring his memory.


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Pupils In Hangzhou Invention Prevent Myopia Desks
Experimental primary school of the Yangtze River, Hangzhou (1) majors Zhou Yihua, specially designed a myopia prevention, fitness ... Posture is not correct, desk immediately sound an alarm reminder. Under the desk also installed two scrollbars, can write job massaging feet. This desk applied for the national patent, this was just two days 2000 Yuan to buy a company in Hangzhou.
Physical distance from the desk less than a fist
Police immediately
Yesterday, we got to the school, met with Zhou Yihua. Small weeks face fleshy, wear a pair of black-framed glasses, bibs, some days.
The desk slightly large than the use in schools, are beige all-solid wood, table, and table legs are very thick. Open the desktop, a drawer, a reach longer than the desktop. Zhou said, which is to protect vision formula says the "Punch", namely reading, writing off the desk punched in the chest. If the distance is near, sit wrong, could easily lead to shortsightedness. So, once the distance is smaller than a fist, you encounter inside the sound alarm, alert sound to remind the correct sitting posture.
Look at desks at the foot, a block of footrest boards, installation of two wooden scroll bar, foot step up slide, can massage the process. Moreover, table legs can also be flexible, adapt to the change in height. Zhou said that the desk before and after three or four months, improved a lot. He went with father to the market, buy accessories, can do it and very excited.


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Hotel Lamu
Beach on the Indian Ocean,
is a small Hotel on the exotic island of Lamu. Shela
village where Peponi is located is 2 Miles from Lamu
Town. Lamu Town, Island and Archipelago, all of the
same name, lie 2 degrees south of the Equator along
Kenya's coast. Peponi is a bumpy seven hour drive from
Mombasa and at least four hours from Malindi. You will
have to park your car on the mainland at the Mokowe
jetty and take a boat from there to Shela.)
Hotel Lamu - Shela Beach Lamu
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Hotel Lamu
situated at one end of the spectacular twelve kilometre
Shela Beach on the Indian Ocean. Flanked by ancient
sand dunes, the beach is one of the few remaining untouched,
empty stretches of coastline in Kenya. White sands,
excellent swimming and an idyllic setting for a walk
at dawn or sunset.
Hotel Lamu is
a small hotel on the exotic island of Lamu, in the Indian
Ocean off the coast of Kenya. Peponi is still run by
the Korschen family, who opened the hotel in 1967 and
still retains much of the character and charm that it
had then. Small and personal, it is the perfect rest
after a safari or a hide away holiday from modern life.
has just 29 rooms, which are divided into suites, superior
and standard rooms. All rooms at Peponi have ocean views.
Suites and Superior rooms are differentiated by their
location, size and private outside area with swing bed.
All rooms have overhead fans, mosquito nets, showers
(no baths), fresh flowers, and personal safes.
Hotel Lamu
gardens have been integral part of the hotel and Shela
village for over 40 years and boast one of the largest
and most varied collections of tropical palms and exotic
plants on the Kenyan coast.
hammocks under the shade of coconut trees and a fresh
water free form swimming pool under two giant Baobab
trees offer the perfect places to relax.
New York Times remembered Peponi
Hotel Lamu for
our giant prawns but whether it be for fresh seafood
and sushi or traditional Swahili style cooking, our
innovative breakfast, lunch and dinner menus and stunning
settings offers some of the best dining in East Africa.
Hotel Lamu grounds
offer some spectacular places to eat. Enjoy lunch on
the roof terrace, dine under the stars or in the more
formal dining room.
legendary bar is a favourite watering hole for guests
and Shela village inhabitants alike. Enjoy our famous
house cocktail "Old Pal" or enjoy a fresh
juice on the veranda as the dhows sail by.
Hotel Lamu Non-Residents Accommodation Prices
Standard Rooms Accommodation Prices
Per Night Include:
& Breakfast & Airport Transfers by Boat
Room Single (1
Room Double (2
3 to
11 Years
Board Accommodation &
Airport Transfers by Boat
Room Single (1Guests)
Superior Rooms Accommodation Prices
Per Night Include:
& Breakfast Accommodation &
Airport Transfers by Boat
to 11 Years
Board Accommodation &
Airport Transfers by Boat
Peponi Hotel Lamu does not offer
Half Board
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Hotel Lamu Prices/Rates
apply per room per night, not per person
* All rooms at Peponi
Hotel are sea facing with private shower and
* All prices quoted include service charge, VAT, Training
levy and boat transfer
Hotel Lamu
Hotel Lamu; Peponi is a small hotel on the
exotic Indian Ocean island of Lamu, just off the coast
of Kenya. It is the very root of Swahili culture in
East Africa, which centuries ago spread down the coast
from the north.
the Sultan of Oman moved from Lamu to Zanzibar Island
- further south - Lamu lay dormant, forgotten for three
hundred years. There is only one car on the island and
the narrow streets of the old town are very much as
they were in his day.
is still run by the Korschen family who opened the hotel
in 1967, and it has retained much of the character and
charm that it had then. Small and personal, it is the
perfect rest after a safari, or a hide-away holiday
from modern life. This is perhaps one of the best known
hotels on Lamu and very much still retains the original
colonial style feel to it.
Hotel Lamu
has a total of 29 rooms, which are divided into superior
and standard rooms. All rooms at Peponi have ocean views.
The superior rooms are differentiated by their location,
size, private outside area, indoor plants, artwork and
Swahili furnishings. No two rooms are alike.
of Peponi Hotel Lamu
rooms are built right on the beach, with private veranda
areas overlooking the sea, while the rest have a combination
of ocean and garden views. All rooms have overhead fans,
mosquito nets, showers (no baths), fresh flowers, and
personal safes.
Hotel Lamu
bar is run by Charles, who will whip up in an instant
our famous house cocktail 'Old Pal', or pour a fresh
juice of lime, passion or orange, or even serve a fresh
coconut with the top whipped off allowing access to
the sweet, milky liquid inside. The bar is a favorite
watering hole for quests and Shela village inhabitants
alike, with "its nexus of entertainment, its fountain
of gossip."
is no hurry to dine at Peponi. Breakfast is available
in the dining room or on the terrace or even in your
room from 7am to 10am.
choice is yours, from our wide selection of luscious
tropical fruits to fish cakes and waffles with local
honey and freshly squeezed lime juice. Coffee is poured
from the traditional brass pots and you can guess what
our jam and marmalade is made of.
is available from 12pm to 4pm. You may choose to dine
either outside at the grill, under the colorful bougainvillea,
where you can dig your feet in fresh white coral sand,
or on the terrace overlooking the ocean, the movement
of dhows and local fishermen.
you prefer a light snack without leaving the bar, fresh
rock oysters are available or a range of samosas and
sandwiches all day. You may even prefer to have them
sent to your room with a cold passion juice or a local
is distinguished by its plethora of new ways to celebrate
seafood - with ginger, lime and garlic. Mangrove crabs,
warm water lobster, squid, giant prawns and fish of
all varieties. For something a little more local, a
Swahili menu is also available, which can be eaten in
the traditional way, on the floor, around a huge brass
also has a fresh-water free-form swimming pool, situated
under two Baobab Trees overlooking the ocean. It is
the perfect place to relax with a good book, and if
you so wish lunch can also be served here.
is situated at one end of the spectacular twelve kilometer
Shela Beach on the Indian Ocean. Flanked by ancient
sand dunes, the beach is one of the few remaining untouched,
empty stretches of coastline in Kenya.
is plenty to do around Lamu with trips to Manda Island,
where you can walk or swim, easily organized and the
bustling narrow streets of Lamu Town an easy 30 minutes
walk or a short boat trip away.
is a great spot for those that enjoy the sun and the
sea but don't necessarily want to lie prone on a beach
all day ...there's plenty to offer by way of interesting
things to do and culturally, it can't be beaten.
activities include White sands, excellent swimming and
an idyllic setting for a walk at dawn or sunset. Dhow
cruises and trips to a range of sites on the archipelago
including Lamu Town; a range of water sports including
snorkeling, diving, water skiing, windsurfing and deep
sea fishing.
Travel back in time to Lamu. This small,
coastal town offers tantalizing glimpses of life as
it was five hundred years ago. A fascinating mixture
of Arabic, Indian and African cultures, Lamu is one
the original trading outposts of the East African coast.
Sited on one of seven
islands in an archipelago, this ancient trading town
is one of the last remnants of a trading empire that
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Divorce common during months of August and March
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It was very exciting to learn of the project of Amazon to begin the use of drones for distribution of books in the year 2015. Usually drones are used either for aerial surveillance or for deployment of unmanned bombs and missile strikes. They have been popularly used by the United States in the Afghanistan, Iraq and Pakistan. Recently there has been a surge in its use for these warring purposes, sometimes leading to the death of civilians. Just last week Friday the Afghan President bitterly complained of the negative effect of the use of drone in his country, killing a 2-year old child and wounding two women instead of the targeted Taliban. It is therefore a relief to learn of such efforts by corporate institutions like Amazon to commit drones to more positive use as simple as delivering of parcels.
Amazon's CEO, Jeff Bezos, hoped this great initiative which has taken a number of years of investment and research would spread to other countries thereafter and offer cheap means of distribution. The practical consequence is that you could order a book or any other stuff on Amazon and "within half an hour you can have a drone land on your front porch, drop off a little box and off it goes." Truly amazing. This of course is in addition to its green value for the environment since it would greatly reduce the fumes which would ordinarily be produced by thousands of trucks now to be replaced by few, energy-efficient drones. Such news is always heart-warming and I do look forward to them. It is a further exercise of man's ingenuity. No wonder Albert Einstein had opined we only use just a little of our mental capacities. What the human mind is capable of achieving is best left to imagination.
While basking in all these awesome and elating thoughts, my mind does not cease to come back home to Nigeria and her struggles with the basics. I wonder particularly how we manage to make some few strides forward in several national issues including aviation matters (but not limited to them) only to commence a long sprint backward. The simple definition of these inconsistencies is "retrogression". Several instances illustrate this point and call us to deep reflections on the path to development in Nigeria.
For instance a friend of mine got back to the country a month ago and narrated how small buckets dotted the inside of our prestigious Murtala Muhammed Airport. Reason: the roofs were licking. This is just some two weeks after the minister of Aviation in the country, Mrs. Stella Oduah, was accused of buying two saloon bullet-proof cars with national funds to the tune of 255 million naira ($1.6 million) for her official use. Does that not leave you staggering? Governor Fashola has rightly described this development as a "grave irony" in a country with so many needs. Till date nothing has been made of the indictment of the minister by the House committee and on the recommendation of the committee.
But indeed that seems to be the tune of our music in the country, always a "grave irony", and macabre too. We dance forward with one step and take two backwards. And more so with this very strange culture of silence from the presidency when burning issues like these are at the forefront of our national growth and development. It does seem as if they are small matters, but these are the very matters that determine path of growth of a nation. I mean, if an aviation minister does not give a hoot to buy 2 security cars for 255 million naira, even without any statutory law supporting her actions, and the federal government does not rise to act and is seen to act, how do we expect such lofty thoughts about using a drone to make deliveries to be as much as dreamt about in the future agenda of aviation in the country? While Amazon, in realization of the impact of continuous research on growth is making such a huge commitment of funds, our minister is also making a great use of funds, but more to an office than to a national sector. That is a very unacceptable obstacle to national development.
The point is, if we cannot handle the very basic issues that are apparent and simple enough with a good measure of prudence and responsibility, how could we ever propagate developmental ideas which are more demanding of prudence and responsibility? If prudence does not call us to spend in consonance with our needs, how could we ever achieve any heights? An aviation minister could unilaterally and unlawfully appropriate 225 million naira from national coffers through proxy institutions like Nigeria Civil Aviation Authority (NCAA) to buy transportation means at the cost of 255 million naira. Yet the very obvious repairs at the airport which would most possibly cost less than the 55 million on top of this ridiculous vehicular expense is ignored. Is this not some sign of a social pathology which goes beyond the singular action of such a minister but renders questionable a society that could allow such a drama? The very funny response of some individuals from the same geographical area with the minister not to "persecute their sister" makes the impression that this is a societal pathology more plausible.
To digress a bit, it is worrisome to know that even the constitution seems to back such mediocrity arising from this social pathology with its recognition of the much-touted "federal character" nonsense. When you talk of filling a national position, the first thing put to consideration is "to what part of the country does this post belong for now?" This is a deplorable part of our governance that should be expunged soon for the sake of excellence. Reason dictates that a struggling country like Nigeria needs the very best of hands on deck, and now! But we digress.
The truth remains that this is not a matter limited just to a particular ministry in the country. The Aviation ministry has only served as an example, but in many other spheres of our polity we witness such crude cluelessness of development steps. Yet there are several great and selfless minds in this country that never get an opportunity to make their contributions, all because the arena is highly politicized and filled with more chaffs than wheat.
The fact is that we are too big a country to continue dancing this very sad music. An irresponsible usage of the country's resources while leaving the same country in penury in different areas of her life is just irrational. We cannot continue to meddle with mediocrity while the world is moving towards great ideas. Come on, we cannot even begin to think of a "d" talk less of a drone if the first thing that welcomes visitors to the "giant of Africa" is a leaking airport!


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Outline of Course:
The GCSE in Psychology will allow you to question how behaviour is influenced by genetics, brain dysfunction as well as upbringing, peers and your experiences. You will develop a range of independent research skills.
Year 10
Unit 1: Perception and Dreaming:
Why do we dream, what do dreams mean, what is perception, how do we use our senses to make sense of the world?
Year 11
Unit 2: Social and Biological Psychology:
Do video games and TV affect young people, why do we have phobias and are criminals born or are they made?
Coursework: None
Exam: 100%.
You will sit two exams at the end of year 11. The department ensures that the course content is delivered by February of year 11 and ample time is provided to revise both of the units.
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- Unit 1 Perception and Dreaming: (40%)- multiple choice and short answer questions. 1¼ hour paper
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A-level Psychology, A-level Health and Social Care, A-level Sociology.
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Sebae anemone
|Sebae anemone
|A Red Sea clownfish in a sebae anemone
|Scientific classification
|H. crispa
|Binomial name
|Heteractis crispa
(Hemprich and Ehrenberg in Ehrenberg, 1834)
The sebae anemone (Heteractis crispa), also known as leathery sea anemone, long tentacle anemone or purple tip anemone, is a species of sea anemone belonging to the Stichodactylidae family native from the Indo-Pacific area.
The sebae anemone is characterized by a flared oral disc which reaches between 20 and 50 cm in diameter and with multiple and long tentacles measuring 10 to 15 cm. These tentacles have rounded tip and the end is often colored with a purple or blue spot. The column, external structure of an anemone visible when the animal is closed, is gray in color and dotted with sticky whitish "warts". The sea anemone, being member of the Hexacorallia, usually carries a number of tentacles multiple of six and they are positioned in concentric circles. These are light beige to purple.
Distribution and habitat[edit]
The sebae anemone is widespread throughout the tropical and subtropical waters of the Indo-Pacific area from the eastern coasts of Africa, Red Sea included, to Polynesia and from south Japan to Australia and New-Caledonia.[1]
This sea anemone likes hard base substrates slightly covered with sand but it can also cling to branching corals from the surface to 40 meters deep.[1][2]
The sebae anemone has two ways to feed. The first one is through the inside via photosynthesis of its symbiotic hosts zooxanthellae, living in its tissues. And the second one is through a normal way by capturing its preys via its tentacles that allow it to immobilize its prey (small invertebrates, fry, or juvenile fish).
Its reproduction can be sexual by simultaneous transmission of male and female gametes in the water or asexual by scissiparity;[1] the anemone divides itself into two separate individuals from the foot or the mouth.
The relationship between anemonefish and their host sea anemones is highly nested in structure. With 15 species of hosted anemonefish, the sebae anemone is highly generalist, and mostly hosts generalist anemonefish. A. latezonatus, the wide-band anemonefish, is a specialist only hosted by H. crispa.[3]. In the Red Sea, it is considered a nursery anemone as sexually mature fish are rarely hosted by H. crispa.[4] A study in the northern Red Sea found anemone density affected whether H. crispa hosted anemonefish, with clusters of juvenile fish only found at low-density sites, while either one or no juvenile anemonefish were found in H. crispa at the high-density site. The authors theorised that H. crispa was a nursery anemone due to being unable to adequately protect adult anemonefish from predation, active emigration of fish to Entacmaea quadricolor and/or environmentally controlled cessation of fish growth.[4] Why this would be so in the Red Sea is not clear, when in the western Pacific, adult pairs are found in individuals of H. crispa.[5]
The anemone fish hosted by the sebae anemone are: [6][n 1]
- Amphiprion akindynos (Barrier Reef anemonefish)
- A. barberi (Barber's anemonefish) [7]
- A. bicinctus (two-band anemonefish)
- A. chrysopterus (orange-fin anemonefish)
- A. clarkii (Clark's anemonefish)
- A. ephippium (red saddleback anemonefish)
- A. latezonatus (wide-band anemonefish)
- A. leucokranos (white-bonnet anemonefish)
- A. melanopus (red and black anemonefish)
- A. omanensis (Oman anemonefish)
- A. percula (clown anemonefish)
- A. perideraion (pink skunk anemonefish)
- A. polymnus (saddleback anemonefish)
- A. sandaracinos (orange anemonefish)
- A. thiellei [n 2]
- A. tricinctus (three-band anemonefish)
Juveniles of Dascyllus trimaculatus are also associated with H. crispa.[6]
Anemonefish in H. crispa
A. barberi (Barber's anemonefish)
A. bicinctus (two-band anemonefish)
A. clarkii (Clark's anemonefish)
A. latezonatus (wide-band anemonefish)
A. polymnus (saddleback anemonefish)
A. sandaracinos (orange skunk anemonefish)
- ^ In contrast, the sebae anemonefish (Amphiprion sebae), with which it shares part of its common name, is hosted by Stichodactyla haddoni, the saddle anemone.[6]
- ^ Field records are lacking for A. thiellei and H. crispa is listed as one of the probable hosts.[8]
- ^ a b c Scott A., Harrison P.L., 2007, Embryonic and Larval Development of the Host Sea Anemones Entacmaea quadricolor and Heteractis crispa, Biol. Bull., 213, 110-121.
- ^ Gosliner T.M., Behrens D.W., Williams G.C., 1996, CORAL REEF ANIMALS OF THE INDO-PACIFIC, ed. Sea Challengers, Monterey, California, 314p.
- ^ Ollerton J; McCollin D; Fautin DG; Allen GR. (2007). "Finding NEMO: nestedness engendered by mutualistic organization in anemonefish and their hosts". Proc R Soc B Biol Sci. 274: 591–598. doi:10.1098/rspb.2006.3758. PMC 1766375 .
- ^ a b Chadwick, N. E.; Arvedlund, M. (2005). "Abundance of giant sea anemones and patterns of association with anemonefish in the northern Red Sea". Journal of the Marine Biological Association of the United Kingdom. 85: 1287–1292. doi:10.1017/S0025315405012440.
- ^ Elliot, J.K.; Mariscal, R.N. (2001). "coexistence of nine anemonefish species: differential host and habitat utilization, size and recruitment". Marine Biology. 138: 23–26. doi:10.1007/s002270000441.
- ^ a b c Fautin, Daphne G.; Allen, Gerald R. (1997). Field Guide to Anemone Fishes and Their Host Sea Anemones. Western Australian Museum. ISBN 9780730983651. Archived from the original on 14 April 2015.
- ^ Allen, G; Drew, J; Kaufman, L (2008). "Amphiprion barberi, a new species of anemonefish (Pomacentridae) from Fiji, Tonga, and Samoa". 14. aqua, International Journal of Ichthyology: 105. ISSN 0945-9871.
- ^ Litsios, G.; Sims, C; Wüest, R; Pearman P.B.; Zimmermann, N.E.; Salamin N. (2012). "Mutualism with sea anemones triggered the adaptive radiation of clownfishes". BMC Evolutionary Biology. 12 (11): 212. doi:10.1186/1471-2148-12-212. PMC 3532366 . PMID 23122007.
External links[edit]
- Data related to Heteractis aurora at Wikispecies
- "Heteractis crispa". Integrated Taxonomic Information System. Retrieved 15 February 2006.
- Heteractis crispa. Hemprich & Ehrenberg, 1834. Retrieved through: World Register of Marine Species.
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McKesson's decision to sell its small physician practice electronic health records and practice management product lines to ambulatory vendor e-MDs is expected to bring benefits to both companies.
The purchase builds the customer base of e-MDs and enables McKesson to focus efforts on market segments where it offers multiple products, industry experts say.
With the sale, e-MDs significantly increased its client base that now expands to 55,000 physicians. The acquisition brings 35,000 physicians using one of McKesson's many small practice products, which include McKesson Practice Choice, Medisoft, Medisoft Clinical, Lytec, Lytec MD and Practice Partner. Terms of the sale were not disclosed, nor did the companies say when the deal would be completed.
The sale does not reflect a change in McKesson's overall health information technology strategy, says Scott Sanner, senior vice president and general manager at the vendor's business performance services unit.
The move is a smart one for McKesson, says John Osberg, managing partner at Informed Partners LLC, which facilitates mergers and acquisitions. "McKesson can support hospitals but not a solo practitioner," Osberg says. "This is in e-MDs' wheelhouse. They have success in supporting small and mid-sized practices with cost-effective products. This is good for everyone."
McKesson was serving 35,000 physicians with an average practice size of 1.5 physicians, including support of their transitions to ICD-10, when the vendor is focusing on larger markets for its revenue cycle management tools and other services, and e-MDs can better serve the practices, Sanner says. "e-MDs is squarely and solely focused on the small company market. It's core to them; it's what they do day in and day out."
The buyer expects to work with its new physician clients to help them meet the requirements of the changing practice of medicine, says Patrick Hall, executive vice president at e-MDs. "The company understands that many of its new physician clients like the current systems they are using, and will work with them on their schedule to offer solutions that meet the unique needs of their kind of practice."
e-MDs is banking on its new clients taking advantage of deeper services that the company can offer, including revenue cycle management, credentialing enrollment, patient engagement software, connectivity to health information exchanges and clinical analytics.
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Osberg believes e-MDs will be successful in migrating new clients to its platform because a cloud-based system will reduce costs and support services will improve. Further, while the EHR meaningful use program is winding down, small physicians still face pressures to upgrade their technology to support population health, accountable care, value-based reimbursement and interoperability, he adds. "There's a lot of motivation to go to that cloud platform."
The bottom line, says Alester Spears, principal and CEO at business management consultancy Healthcare EDI Partners, is that the smallest physician practices need significant support and e-MDs can do a better job of that. With ambulatory software sales decreasing, e-MDs can cross-sell products and solutions into a new customer base, as it is easier to acquire business than sell to new clients.
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A lot of English idioms use colors to describe feelings. Below are just
a few examples.
Jessica was seeing red when her computer suddenly crashed.
When George brought home his expensive car, his neighbor Bill was green with envy.
After Susan's boyfriend left her, she felt blue and cried all the time.
He was a yellow-bellied cowboy. He always ran away from a fight.
John asked Nancy to marry him. He was
*tickled pink when she said yes.
To see red=very angry
We probably use red to describe anger because people's faces turn red when they are angry. Imagine you became so angry your eyes became red, too. Then you might begin to "see red."
I'm not sure why people are green when they are envious, but this is a very common saying.
. To feel blue= sad
You can also "be blue."
. Yellow bellied= coward, not brave
Belly means stomach. If your belly is yellow, you are not brave. This idiom isn't used as much nowadays as it was in the past.
. Tickled pink= very happy
When someone is tickled, he feels very excited and happy. Perhaps your skin becomes pink when you feel happy.


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Monthly Economic Update
Co-sponsored by Democracy at Work, Left Forum, and Judson Memorial Church
Richard D. Wolff
Wednesday, January 14, 2015 at 7:30pm
"The Economics of a New Year" Judson Memorial Church Assembly Hall 239 Thompson Street at Washington Square, Manhattan
These programs begin with 30 minutes of short updates on important economic events of the last month. Then Wolff analyzes several major economic issues. For this January 14, these will include:
1. Causes and consequences of the oil price collapse: can it produce another crash?
2. Greece: if Jan. 25 election brings Syriza victory, what happens to Europe?
3. The economics of Cuba, 1959-2014: embargo, survival, new industries, and the turn toward worker cooperatives
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Android History
Android History
In android history you will get some background knowledge of Android.What API they used or using etc.
Growth of technology has a great impact on the world as in present era mobile phone technology is effecting everything.
Technology changes with the growth and needs of users therefore number of users are increasing with the trend of changing technology.
Initially Mobile sets were made simply for making phone calls but with the development in technology these can now be used for multi purposes.
Mobiles can be used for capturing images,making videos,applications,weather forecasting,web browsing and many more.
LINUX based Operating System.Founded in Palo Alto of California, U.S. by Andy Rubin, Rich miner, Nick sears and Chris White in 2003.
After that Android Inc. was acquired by Google in 2005.After original Google make some updates.
Now a days it is one of the most widely used OS.Come in mini computers,tablets,smartphones and Television also with multiple functionality.
Different versions and key features.
Operating system that powers more than one billion smartphones and tablets.
Since these devices make our lives so sweet, each version is named after a dessert.
Whether it's getting directions or even slicing virtual fruit, each release makes something new possible.
It is based on ARM Architecture platform.
Android applications and games are written in java programming language which come online on software store named as Google Play Store.
Now Google Play Store have Games and Application in millions.
Let me tell you some basics of Android Applications
Application project contain the following components.
- Services
- Content providers etc.
Every component or module have their own role of responsibility in any particular application.
Android Manifest.xml file is the core file of android application project.
Images and custom xml layouts can be place within drawables directory.
Layout directory contain the layout of your application in the same to other directories that contain strings,styles and dimensions.
Let me give some introduction about augmented Reality as it is in trend nowadays so i must talk about this.
Augmented Reality is additional a combination of Computer vision and Computer Graphics (3D/2D).
A lot of Augmented Reality applications are there in market.Some applications are.
- Augment -3D
- Junaio Augmented Reality
- Aurecmedia – Augmented Reality
- Layar
- Satellite AR
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There seems to be a misguided belief by those living in the city that dogs abandoned in a rural area have somehow been dropped off in doggy Eden. That they will be free to run and play and that generous country folk will take them in. I'd like to introduce those city folk to the coyotes, wild hogs and bobcats that hunt the countryside. Or to the wily prey that laugh at the dogs who have never been taught to survive. Or to the neighbors with shotguns out to protect their livestock.
Sure, there are kind-hearted folk to be found. People who will take in strays even though the number of animals they already have is straining the limits of their abilities and their budgets. The lucky ones find cramped quarters and a daily dollop of dry food. The unlucky ones are spotlighted on the news when the authorities raid their compounds.
Still, the occasional dumped stray does find the pot of gold at the end of the rainbow.
Three years ago, a 4-month-old brindle-and-white mix with a hint of pit bull and precociously cocky behavior wandered in off the road. He was skinny and hungry and I offered him a handout. Three years later he's still asking me for handouts. I named him Loki, after that trickster of a god.
To me, Loki is the epitomy of a country dog. More than one person has told me he reminds them of Chance from The Incredible Journey. He's annoyingly full of energy and always ready to play, and too friendly for his own good -- he'd leave without a thought if someone opened a car door for him. He regularly goes off to visit an 8-year-old neighbor girl who absolutely adores him, goes fishing with another neighbor's family, and goes swimming in their pond. He gets along with the chickens and ducks and cats. He plays tag with a neighbor's calves -- he chases them, they chase him, and they all know it's a game. He kisses the horses on their noses. He hangs inside during the heat of the day, and he sleeps on the bed with me.
But he's also quick to defend his extended family. Whether it's a rogue coyote hunting in the daylight or a neighbor's bull that's broken through the fence, if it comes on the property, Loki is after it. It never occurs to him that, tough as he thinks he is, he is, after all, only a 40-pound dog.


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Here James squats his horse....sorry I meant squats his 165 pound dog.
It took James many attempts to get the dog up, with lots of failed reps :-)
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Arkansas Shortline Railroads, Inc. (ASR), a noncarrier, has filed a verified notice of exemption pursuant to 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2) to continue in control of North Louisiana & Arkansas Railroad, Inc. (NLA) upon NLA's becoming a Class III rail carrier.
In Delta Southern Railroad—Abandonment Exemption—in Desha and Chicot Counties, Ark., AB 384 (Sub-No. 3X) (STB served Mar. 25, 2011), Delta Southern Railroad, Inc. (DSR) was authorized to abandon a 24.1-mile line of railroad (the Line) extending between milepost 408.9 at or near McGehee and milepost 433.0 at or near Lake Village, in Desha and Chicot Counties, Ark., subject to environmental and standard employee protective conditions.
Lake Providence Port Commission and ASR as guarantor for its wholly owned subsidiary, NLA, a newly formed noncarrier (collectively, Offerors), jointly filed a timely offer of financial assistance (OFA) under the provisions of 49 U.S.C. 10904 and 49 CFR 1152.27 to purchase the entire Line. By a decision served on April 8, 2011, the Board found the Offerors to be financially responsible. By a decision served on May 19, 2011, the Offerors were authorized to acquire the Line, and NLA was authorized to operate the Line.
ASR currently controls 3 Class III rail carriers: Dardanelle & Russellville Railroad, Inc., Ouachita Railroad, and Camden & Southern Railroad, Inc.
The parties propose to consummate the transaction after the August 26, 2011 effective date of the exemption (30 days after the exemption was filed).
ASR represents that: (1) The rail line to be operated by NLA will not connect with any other lines in their corporate family; (2) the continuance in control is not part of a series of anticipated transactions that would connect the railroads with each other or with any other railroad in their corporate family; and (3) the transaction does not involve a Class I rail carrier. Therefore, the transaction is exempt from the prior approval requirements of 49 U.S.C. 11323. See 49 CFR 1180.2(d)(2).
Under 49 U.S.C. 10502(g), the Board may not use its exemption authority to relieve a rail carrier of its statutory obligation to protect the interests of its employees. Section 11326(c), however, does not provide for labor protection for transactions under §§ 11324 and 11325 that involve only Class III rail carriers. Accordingly, the Board may not impose labor protective conditions here, because all of the carriers involved are Class III carriers.
If the verified notice contains false or misleading information, the exemption is void ab initio. Petitions to revoke the exemption under 49 U.S.C. 10502(d) may be filed at any time. The filing of a petition to revoke will not automatically stay the effectiveness of the exemption. Stay petitions must be filed no later than August 19, 2011 (at least 7 days before the exemption becomes effective).
An original and 10 copies of all pleadings, referring to Docket No. FD 35543, must be filed with the Surface Transportation Board, 395 E Street, SW., Washington, DC 20423-0001. In addition, a copy of each pleading must be served on Richard H. Streeter, Law Office of Richard H. Streeter, 5255 Partridge Lane, NW., Washington, DC 20016.
Board decisions and notices are available on our Web site at http://www.stb.dot.gov.Start Signature
Decided: August 5, 2011.
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Rachel D. Campbell,
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Jeffrey Herzig,
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t might sound a bit cliché but it's a fact that we are the only garden center in the area where all Christmas decorations are fresh and alive!
We start taking orders for our beautiful, hand crafted Leyland-based wreaths with clumped Fraser fir, berried Juniper, Boxwood and Incense Cedar in November; each wreath hand spun and decorated the day before the specified customer pick up date. This has been a family tradition passed on for over 50 years and is very well fitted for this colonial town. Our 24 inch door size is by far the most popular, but we can make larger sizes for wider doors, barn gables and businesses.
We didn't stop there – we also offer mantle swags made with a mixture of fresh greens, table center pieces with or without candles and the newest product, our front porch festive planters that we can confidently say will stay fresh for 2 months after Christmas. Our experienced staff make these by arranging a tasteful selection of Cypress, Juniper, Fraser and Noble Fir boughs in soaked floral Oasis and you can choose to go with 'just the greens' or have it decorated.
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HOUSTON (KTRK) --Inside the libraries at Cullen Middle School and Jack Yates High School in Houston, good luck finding a great read.
Photos from inside the schools show empty shelves and few books.
Community activist Gerry Monroe took the pictures last week. Monroe said he was at Cullen Middle School for a conference. Lunch was held in the library. Monroe said the other participants couldn't believe the sight.
"At that point, they were like, 'Is this the library?' 'Yeah, this is the library.' 'Where are the books?' I don't know. This is the normal," said Monroe. "It's empty. It's flat-out empty."
Eyewitness News asked the Houston Independent School District for access into Cullen Middle School's library. The request was denied. HISD would not allow our cameras in for a tour of the facility.
HISD released the following statement to abc13 when asked for comment:
"All HISD middle schools recently were equipped with classroom libraries to provide more access to literary resources thanks to Literacy in the Middle, a district-wide initiative that aims to increase literacy among middle school students. HISD administrators are aware that some middle schools still need books to supplement their school libraries and are searching for ways to meet that need despite significant financial challenges resulting from the state's school finance system."
HISD Trustee Jolanda Jones spoke with us at length about the issue. She said she was made aware of the issue last Thursday and is working to fix it.
"I literally called the superintendent on his cell phone and said, 'We need to deal with this.' I also asked the principal, 'Why didn't you tell me?' We're working on the issue," said Jones. "It's the historically disadvantaged schools that don't have resources. It's sad. It makes me feel sad that things in HISD are not equitable. They're not equitable. There are a lot of things that aren't equitable not just library books. We have schools that doesn't have nurses. We have schools that don't have counselors."
Jones said with limited funding, schools often prioritize needs.
"The Yates principal said, 'Yes. We don't have books but right now we need projectors and calculators so we can teach our kids higher level math,'" said Jones.
Jones said HISD is working on a system to allow for book donations to help stock the shelves. Books must fit and aid the curriculum.


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|My grandmother, Beatrice Rodriguez,
and my grandfather, Serafin Rodriguez.
Then one vacation, my grandfather, Papa Apin, called me to his rocking chair. He said, "You know, hija, in writing, there is a thing called protocol. When you write to a couple, you always put the name of the man first followed by the lady's name."
That would be my first ever lesson in writing.
Years would go by and I would continue to develop my love for the craft. My grandfather wanted us to be lawyers. (At least I remember him telling me that I should be a lawyer. Years later, I would find out that he also told my brother that.) For some reason, none of us felt inclined to take up law. Nevertheless, I knew that he was proud of my writing.
And this post is all about thanking him and my grandmother not only for that encouragement but for all the love we were showered with growing up. Last weekend, we had a family reunion in Sto. Domingo and during the lighting of the lanterns, I know we all felt a ripple of gratitude flow through us towards the two people who made sure we grew up knowing the value of family and togetherness.
|The Family Legacy.
So to our dear Papa Apin and Mama Betty (I got that right!), THANK YOU. Like my niece, Jann, said, "We're all right where we should be."


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The receipt of over 30,000 letters and thousands more e-mails have proven to this Association that our direction is the right one. We are not here to do it just to create controversy, or just to make ourselves look good. … Continue reading
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In keeping with the TCA, INC. Motto TCA,INC. does exclude all extreme types of breeds that have taken the Traditional breeding stock of their respective breed of cats and allowed people to manipulate their breeding programs, standards, and judging practices … Continue reading
Convenience is key and is the reason TCA, INC. created our ON-LINE CAT REGISTRY accessible from the first page of our web site at www.traditionalcats.com PayPal is also there for ease of payment. The speed of service is certainly accelerated … Continue reading
As I have mentioned, I learned what the other cat association are and set a path to oppose everything negative that they are, they do, their method of operation, their abuse to each cat breed, their dishonesty and everything they … Continue reading
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TCA, INC. is the only Association, where breeding cats from non-documented parentage have to PROVE their purebred heritage through the breeding process. No other cat association has ever done this in their over 100 years of history! They just took … Continue reading
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You came and went so quickly,
My little precious one.
Your life was cut short,
Your time on earth was done.
Though you were not here long,
I love you with all my heart.
I was so saddened to feel you going
And learn you had to depart.
So I sit here thinking
And crying in the night,
About wishing you were here
So one day I could hold you tight.
Alas, it will not happen.
For fate said not this time.
But I will always care for you,
Little lost child of mine.
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Child Of Mine
Thank you, Sara.I wrote it for the baby I lost a couple of weeks ago when I had a miscarriage.
Thank you so much, Boyd.It was a release for me. I had to let it out the only way I knew how. I am so glad I did.
You are welcome, blue ocean.Thank you so much for sharing your story. My heart goes out to you. Lots of love and hugs for you.


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Competition officials in the European Union have sent questionnaires to several music labels and music streaming companies with Apple's new music streaming service, which is expected to arrive later this year, in their sights.
Arguably, Apple created the digital music business through iTunes, but new players such as Spotify, Pandora, Rdio and Rhapsody (see our recent round-up of music streaming services) have usurped Apple's position as leader.
Part of the appeal for Apple in purchasing Beats during 2014 was the acquisition of Beats Music. That provides it with an opportunity to enter the streaming music business – a move that has been less than successful with iTunes Radio.
Although Apple is no stranger to antitrust lawsuits, it would seem that it isn't under threat. With other players already in the market and record companies not willing to give Apple pricing concessions that will allow it to undercut the competition, Apple may be forced to compete on equal terms with established streaming services.
If rumours are to be believed, Apple won't have a free version of its service. It's hard to see how anti-competition authorities will find fault with Apple if it isn't entering the market with a free offering; it isn't blocking music labels from working with other services and it's not undercutting other services.