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Backyard cottages may consist of various styles and floor plans, some single story and others two-story or multi-level. A cottage can be simplistic in design or luxuriously constructed, some furnished with a balcony. Early American or modern contemporary are a few styles of backyard cottages, both of which may be used as a guest house or home office. Depending upon the backyard layout, some cottages include one large bedroom or two small bedrooms, as well as an efficiency kitchen.
A cottage built in the backyard of one's home may also be made into a small studio unit. This style of cottage will not have a separate bedroom. Instead, there will be one large room, intended for sleeping and cooking. At the far end or corner of the room will be a bathroom.
Many backyard cottages are built with a provincial design, made to coordinate with a country setting and country backyard decor. This style of cottage may resemble a miniature farmhouse, if located in the backyard of a small farm. Some people prefer to use backyard cottages as tool sheds or for storage. A backyard cottage may be used as a workshop.
One popular backyard cottage design is known as a garage style. These backyard cottages are typically built in the yard of a home that does not have an attached garage. The cottage may feature a one- or two-car garage. This backyard design is more elaborate than a basic studio country cottage.
Some backyard cottages are built with a small attic or loft. This option is convenient for storage, especially for guests who use the cabin for an extended period of time. The cottage loft may also be used for additional sleeping quarters for a child.
Another feature that can be incorporated into a backyard cottage design is a front porch or patio. A porch built for a backyard cottage will not typically be as large as the porch on the primary house. The rustic structure of many cottages may accommodate a small deck as well. In addition, a fence or gate may be used as part of the backyard decor.
A backyard cottage may be designed as a pool cabana. This cottage style is generally built adjacent to a backyard swimming pool. The pool cabana design will typically have a walk-in area for dining and recreation, as well as a bathroom. The pool cabana design does not typically have a bedroom, although some structures may have a sleeping area.
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Three noted scholars have been appointed to the faculty of The Graduate Center, City University of New York, effective in September.
How to Write About Music: The RILM Manual of Style, 2nd Edition(Répertoire International de Littérature Musicale (RILM), 2006) Read more
Dvorak to Duke Ellington: A Conductor Explores America's Music and Its African American Roots
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In his first inauguration speech, during a time of great political division, Abraham Lincoln famously appealed to the "better angels of our nature" for unification. The CUNY Graduate Center's Great Music for a Great City series will use music to appeal to the better angels of our nature this election season with a concert series titled "America the Beautiful: A Festival of Music and Poetry." Read more
The Medium by Gian Carlo Menotti will be produced by Great Music for a Great City—part of Continuing Education and Public Programs at the CUNY Graduate Center—at Hunter College's Kaye Playhouse (68th street between Park and Lexington Avenues) November 19 and 20 at 8:00 p.m. For Tickets Call: (212) 817-8215. Suggested donation: $20 orchestra, $10 balcony. Read more
Singers Invited to Gather at The Graduate Center to Honor
President John F. Kennedy on the 40th Anniversary of His Death
Though we usually think of music in terms of how it sounds rather than how it looks, music historians have been looking at music for years, studying visual representations of musical subject matter to better understand music's past. Read more
Music's Modern Muse
A Life of Winnaretta Singer, Princesse de Polignac
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The CUNY Graduate Center will be presenting a new series of free public concerts this fall aimed at inspiring greater public interest in musical performance and restoring the legacy of great music to individuals from all walks of life. Titled Great Music for a Great City, the series inaugurates a new initiative in music programs at The Graduate Center curated by musical director Caroline Stoessinger.
Britten's Musical Language
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Metro Wood Works, Inc., has been installing Custom Decks in Hampton Roads over 20 years. Our first deck was built in Virginia Beach in 1984. We started out building simple pressure treated decks for homeowners and several building contractors. When the first composite material (Trex) was introduced to the Tidewater area, Metro Wood Works, Inc. was the first deck builder to install and become an "Authorized Installer". From that point on we have strived to build to the highest standards, building


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We invited Josh and Laura over for an early Valentine's Day meal. (We also invited Katie and Andrew but they were booked solid for Sunday and Tuesday) This happened on Sunday late afternoon. At first I set the table with these plates but then decided the main course would be served better in a bowl.
Dear and I tackled Julia Child's Boeuf Bourguignon buying all the ingredients on Saturday and starting some of the steps then and finishing it on Sunday.
This one is a bit blurry, so here's another one.
This meal deserves lots of photos since the process was more complicated than it needed to be. I love Julia but her editors could have made the instructions easier and more precise. The final product was delicious and we'll make it again with just a few adjustments.
One of the steps was preparing these lovely pearl onions and then adding mushrooms cooking them to their delicious state and then adding them to the beef that had cooked for a few hours.
On Saturday we picked up several meaty soup bones and per Jacque and Julia's instructions (a little vague) we made our own beef stock after roasting these bones topped with these vegetables. The steps after the roasting were the really vague part but we used our own skills to pull it off and the stock was delicious and ready for our Sunday Boeuf Bourguignon creation which is simpler to just call beef stew. Everything came together nicely even though we laughed and scratched our heads about some of the instructions, reading them out loud to each other several times. Besides Julia's 2 classic cookbooks we have a cookbook called Julia and Jacques Cooking at Home (Jacques Pepin). This cookbook also has the stew recipe in it so we were flipping back and forth between the two books.
It was a fun thing to do together. I got the idea for cooking a Valentines meal with your love instead of going out from a blog post and I forget who is the one who suggested this. If it was you, please let me know. The suggestion was to pick something you had never tried cooking before. There were only a couple times we stepped on each other's toes.
When we got the text saying Josh and Laura could join us on Sunday I realized I was so wrapped up with Julia I forgot about dessert so before church we stopped by the store to buy a chocolate cake mix and raspberries. It was my plan to make these small heart shaped cakes but there was enough batter left to make this medium heart shaped cake, too.
This medium sized cake with pink pearls went home with Josh and Laura so that Laura could take it to work and share it with her co-workers. It was devoured and enjoyed.
I served the little heart shaped cakes on a bed of raspberry coulis (sauce) for the four of us.
I forgot to take a photo of the four of us while we enjoyed our meal so I'll add this photo of Josh and Laura taken another time and in another place.
And in the "spirit" of selfies I'll add this one of Dear and me taken yesterday with our shades on, too.
Our evening together was so enjoyable and it was good to get caught up on some current details of our lives. After dinner and dessert we watched a couple episodes of Hunted together. It was new to all of us but Josh and we all enjoyed it. I may or may not have watched a few more episodes after Josh and Laura headed home. It's a little disconcerting learning how much of all of our lives can be found out if someone with skills wants to find out. Big brother really is watching us.
I'll leave you with a couple sentiments and a solid truth for this and every day, not just Valentine's Day!
The upper sign was a gift from Josh and Laura for our anniversary one year. The heart has part of the solid truth you can depend on. For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life. John 3:16 (KJV)
Happy Valentine's Day everyone. Hug your loved ones and tell them you love them!


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If you're into serious business productivity, then the folks at Marketcircle will become your new best friends. As of this week, there is a new version of Daylite that will enable even higher productivity. We've written about Daylite before, so this article will discuss what is new, not a complete re-hash of the application.
With version 3.9 of Daylite, small businesses users will have collaboration tools comparative to Microsoft Exchange: multi-user access to calendars, contacts, and tasks. In addition, they will also have multi-user access to opportunities (sales and more) as well as projects. In environments of 50 or less people, setting up Exchange or a comparable enterprise-class solution is cost prohibitive.
What's New
With Daylite version 3.9, Marketcircle provides a product that simplifies the deployment and management of this business productivity and collaboration suite. Let's review what is new:
- Daylite Touch
- Daylite Server
- Daylite 3.9
- Billings 3.0.4
Daylite Touch
I've written about Daylite Touch before — back in January. The big news is that Daylite Touch is now available in the Apple (s aapl) App Store.
As discussed in my earlier review, the biggest impact of Daylite Touch is the ability to sync the Daylite data to the iPhone and complete so many business critical tasks while mobile, including:
- Group scheduling
- Task Management & Delegation
- Objectives (Opportunity and Project) Management & Delegation
- And much more
Daylite Touch Home Screen
Daylite Server
With the release of Daylite 3.9, Marketcircle has changed the underlying architecture of the application to make it easier to manage. Essentially, they migrated from the OpenBase database system and replaced it with PostgreSQL. Why is that significant? Fundamentally, here are the benefits:
- Enables the ability to create a separate server infrastructure for Daylite Touch.
- Simplifies the management of Daylite software licenses — all licenses are now managed in the server application and not in Daylite itself.
- Re-architecting the offline database functionally for improved robustness and management.
Translation: a more reliable application with a simple management console for a multi-user environment. Bottom line: a huge win for the customer. Let's take a look at the new Daylite Server Admin application.
Daylite Server Admin
This new application enables users to quickly set up a shared Daylite database for all users of the organization. What is great about this new application is that on the general pane, you get a quick overview of the health of your server, additional information about how many users, the last time you had a backup, and if you are running a Daylite Touch Server.
The following panes let you manage each database, how often you back up, how you share the database across the network, and licensing management.
Daylite Server Admin Tool – General Pane
If you choose to run Daylite Touch, this part of the Daylite Server Admin application lets you view registered iPhones as well as review logs and if necessary, remotely wipe the data from the iPhone.
Daylite Server Admin Tool – Daylite Touch Server Pane
Daylite 3.9
Daylite itself also received some additional features:
- Support for the new database format (PostgreSQL) and server infrastructure.
- Improved support for Apple Sync Services.
- For workgroups, licensing management is available via the Daylite Server Admin application.
- Updated task smart lists (see below) that now reflect an even stronger link to the Getting Things Done method, as well as maintaining cohesion with Daylite Touch.
- A new login with auto-discovery of the database.
New Task Management
Billings 3.0.4
Billings, Marketcircle's incredibly easy-to-use time management and invoicing application, also received a small version bump with the following enhancements:
- Daylite 3.9 compatibility
- The timer now has a resolution of 1 second (used to be a minimum of 1 minute)
- Ability to edit start and end times for each log entry
- A new report: "Payments received – grouped by client"
- A bulk edit fix so any currency formatted values are applied without tabbing out of the field
Billings 3.0.4 – Payments received – grouped by client Report
Connectors + Daylite Delivery
Each of the following connectors plus Daylite Delivery were all updated to support the new PostgreSQL database infrastructure.
So what does this all mean?
For those already using Daylite, this is a major upgrade with a significant amount of new functionality. Most of that functionality (sans Daylite Touch) is not end user-specific. Though this might not be a bad thing, as learning all-new user interfaces for a release does have a training cost. For Administrators of Daylite, this new release is a sheer pleasure, as management has become significantly better.
Here are the details of the 3.9 upgrade:
- Daylite 3.9 is a free upgrade for all registered users of 3.x. It includes Daylite Server, Daylite Touch Server and the new Daylite Server Admin application.
- Daylite Touch is a free download from the App Store. It will cost $49.99/year per user. Yes, this is subscription pricing. For clarity, the subscription is not automatically renewed (giving the user choice if they want to continue using Daylite Touch).
- Billings 3.0.4 is a free upgrade for registered users of version 3.x.
- Each connector and Daylite Delivery upgrades are all free.
Marketcircle Support
An item of note is that Marketcircle will stop all support for Daylite versions 3.8 and below effective June 30, 2009. The purpose behind this is to have their customers move to 3.9 so that they can all be on the new PostgreSQL back end.
According to Marketcircle CEO Alykhan Jetha, their highest support costs are with OpenBase. Thus, providing a free upgrade to 3.9 is a good incentive for their users, especially given the long-term benefits of PostgreSQL and the new Daylite Server plus Daylite Touch functionality.
If you are a sole proprietor or a small business (with about 50 users), then Marketcircle's offering may make you think twice about what solutions you're using to manage your business productivity.
With this new release, which enables your crucial business information on an iPhone, you ought to consider migrating to the Marketcircle offering. If you already own the product, then upgrade now as the benefits will only improve your business.


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Do I Have to Join Every Social Network for my Business?
TL:DR (too long, don't read) – no. Long answer. Social Media Madness is the phrase I use to describe the current obsession have with social media. Sure some people have built businesses entirely based on their social media presence, but does that mean it's really right for you? Even if[…]Read More »


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International security studies (ISS) has significantly evolved from its founding core of "golden age" strategic studies. From the onset of the Cold War in the late 1940s through to the 1970s, strategic studies virtually was ISS, and remains a very large part of it. The fact that it continues to stand as the "mainstream" attacked by widening/deepening approaches further speaks to its status as a "core." This core consists of those literatures whose principal concern is external military threats to the state, and the whole agenda of the use of force which arises from that. This core was originally focused on nuclear weapons and the military-political rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union, but has since adapted its focus to changes in the salience and nature of military threats caused by the end of the Cold War and 9/11. It includes literatures on deterrence, arms racing, arms control and disarmament, grand strategy, wars (and "new wars"), the use of force, nuclear proliferation, military technology, and terrorism. Debates within ISS are structured, either implicitly or explicitly, by five questions: (1) which referent object to adopt, (2) whether to understand security as internally or externally driven, (3) whether to limit it to the military sector or to expand it, (4) what fundamental thinking about (international) politics to adopt, and (5) which epistemology and methodology to choose.
Keywords: international security studies, strategic studies, ISS, security, international politics, military threats
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Throughout this entire trip we have seen many facets of God's love. Through the Dream Campaign we saw His passion for purpose in the lives of people. For the Forgiven Movement, we witnessed His forgiveness impact the lives of those we encountered. During the hand full of other ministry opportunities, we saw His grace and loving kindness turn a few short moments into appointments of destiny. This evening, we caught a glimpse of another side of God's love- His power. Throughout the day and into the evening the team took part in a powerful crusade that affected the lives of many S. Africans. In the midst of all the laughter and dancing, a simple message of love and healing was presented to the locals and following that people came forward to be healed. God's mercy is always humbling and His love doesn't disappoint. Many individuals came forward to praise God for their healing and thanked Him for His grace. Among all these healing miracles was another one, a different one. It was the team rediscovering the compassion that God birthed in them long ago. Throughout this trip, one step at a time, God has slowly unveiled His love in us. As we opened up our lives to the people of S. Africa we no longer kept a "safe distance" from those around us. We were exposed and broken- to be built again. Staring Need in the face the team extended their hand in love instead of letting fear pull it back. The process of love once again amazes us and we thank God for it.
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How to Play Jacks or Better Power Poker
Jacks or Better is the classic version of video poker. Toss the Power Poker label on the end, and you've got extreme Jacks or Better, allowing true video poker lovers to play anywhere from 4 to 100 hands per game. Playing at a Microgaming casinos also gives players the chance to make a double-or-nothing bet on a simple high-low game anytime the player wins a hand. The Double feature is optional, of course. The pay table for Jacks or Better Power Poker is exactly the same as the traditional single-hand version, except that players can be paid multiple times for each winning hand. The rewards can be phenomenal, but don't forget you are also paying for each hand, anywhere from 1 to 5 coins per hand. To play 100 hands at $0.25 a piece multiplies up to $25 per game. Betting the max 5 coins at $0.25 a piece jumps even further to $125 per game. This guide depicts the gameplay and pay table of Jacks or Better Power Poker as found in Microgaming online casinos. Playing in any other live or online casino may result in a different pay table. Let's take a look at the basic screen options of 4-Handed Jacks or Better Power Poker. To play this game with more than 4 (up to 100) hands, simply multiply the digits below accordingly. Optional Coin Sizes: $.25, $0.50, $1, $2, $5 Coins per Play: 4 to 20 Min / Max Bet: $1 / $100 Max Payout: 4000 Coins Lowest Winning Hand: Pair of Jacks or Better How to Play Jacks or Better Power Poker First things first, set your coin size by using the plus (+) and minus (-) buttons on the screen. Next, click the Bet One button once for each coin you wish to insert, 1 to 5 (per hand). Finally, click the Deal button. If you click Bet Max, the max 5 coins are played per hand and the deal begins automatically. You see four hands on the screen. The bottom hand depicts all 5 cards to either keep or discard. Clicking on any card will change it to/from HELD. Put a HELD sign on all cards you wish to keep, then click the Deal button. All HELD cards remain, and are visible in all four poker hands. All other cards are replaced with new ones. You will notice that each hand may contain different or similar replacement cards. This is because each hand is dealt from a separate 52-card deck, producing 4 variable hands. Any hand that ranks high enough for a payout will win the amount that corresponds on the pay table. Any hand that does not win will lose its bet. If you've won any amount on any of the four hands, you are offered the chance to make a double-or-nothing bet with your winnings. If you wish to do so, click the Double button and a new 5-card high-low game will appear. If you don't want to risk your winnings, simply click Collect and they are credited to your account. Jacks or Better Power Poker Double Feature The Double feature is a fast game of high-low where the player receives 5 cards. Only the first card is visible to start. You can choose any one of the remaining cards. If your chosen card is higher than the first card, you win double your original winnings. If not, the original winnings are lost and the screen returns to Jacks or Better Power Poker. Any time a player wins the Double feature, they can choose to try and double their winnings again, or click Collect to keep the winnings and return to Jacks or Better Power Poker. Jacks or Better Power Poker Pay Table Royal Flush Bet 1: 250 Bet 2: 500 Bet 3: 750 Bet 4: 1000 Bet 5: 4000 Straight Flush Bet 1: 50 Bet 2: 100 Bet 3: 150 Bet 4: 200 Bet 5: 250 4 of a Kind Bet 1: 25 Bet 2: 50 Bet 3: 75 Bet 4: 100 Bet 5: 125 Full House Bet 1: 9 Bet 2: 18 Bet 3: 27 Bet 4: 36 Bet 5: 45 Flush Bet 1: 6 Bet 2: 12 Bet 3: 18 Bet 4: 24 Bet 5: 30 Straight Bet 1: 4 Bet 2: 8 Bet 3: 12 Bet 4: 16 Bet 5: 20 3 of a Kind Bet 1: 3 Bet 2: 6 Bet 3: 9 Bet 4: 12 Bet 5: 15 2 Pair Bet 1: 2 Bet 2: 4 Bet 3: 6 Bet 4: 8 Bet 5: 10 Pair of Jacks or Better Bet 1: 1 Bet 2: 2 Bet 3: 3 Bet 4: 4 Bet 5: 5


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Penn State DuBois is excited to announce that Cayleigh Huffman of Cabot High School in Cabot, Arkansas has decided to continue her academic and athetic softball career at Penn State DuBois. Cayleigh is an honor roll student and is interested in Psychology. A power hitting corner infielder at first base, Head Women's Softball Coach Jason Kern is thrilled to add Cayleigh to the 2018 recruiting class. "Cayleigh was 2nd in the conference as a junior in power hitting but her fielding ability gets overlooked. She is strong and reliable at first base and her fielding ability that we saw on film was our first attraction to Cayleigh. She has an excellent knowledge of the strike zone, only 3 strikeouts last year while walking 8 times. Above all, she is just a great, hardworking, young lady that we are thrilled to have on campus." Kern said.


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Air Asia Flight Attendants
Since I first stepped foot into an aircraft when I was a kid, together with my strong fascination for aviation, I have always dreamed of becoming a pilot. But I couldn't find any opportunity close to that. My beastfriend Renz and I even applied for Cathay Pacific's Cadet Pilot Programme but got no responses until now. And since I have almost exhausted my dreams of flying those jumbo jets, I have just submitted myself in the dream of becoming a cabin crew. Not as a career, but for the fun of it. Just imagine the chance to experience flying everyday, getting into different places in one day, communicating and the chance to meet a lot of people plus the very exciting perks of free tickets for you and your family-- it is just amazing.


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Jefferson City, MO – After the republican tsunami of 2010, and the redistricting changes of 2012, it looks like the state senate races in 2014 will be relatively calm. Only a few senate seats will see a hard fight, and just a handful of House seats should be up for grabs in 2014. In this article, we will focus on the state senate seats.
There are only two open competitive seats to fight over in 2014 and they both put the democrats on defense. They are SD 10 and SD 22. In SD 22 Ryan McKenna (D) is term limited in this D+4.4% leaning seat, but with all the success republicans have had in Jefferson County in the last two elections, this will probably be a hard fought race. Early reports have former State Rep. Meadows and Jeff Roorda in a possible primary, while several locally elected republicans may jostle for their party's nomination. Republican strategist Robert Knodell said, "I expect a strong field of candidates in the Republican open Senate seats that will keep each of those in GOP hands. And recent trends in Jefferson County, plus a strong republican congressional presence there should make district 22 a legitimate battleground."
SD 10 was shifted from Kansas City to the eastern side of the state and Sen. Justus (D) will most likely never meet her new constituents. SD 10 is a R+4leaning seat, which will help republican Jeanie Riddle, who has announced her intention to seek the seat. Riddle's problem? She comes from the west side of the district, and the east side is where the majority of republican primary voters come from, and someone like former Rep. Charlie Norwald (R) could jump in and make the primary interesting. For the democrats, Rep. Ed Schieffer (D) would be a very strong candidate as he always has performed well in his republican leaning House district.
There are three incumbents that may have to organize for a challenge. In SD 24 John Lamping (R) has a new seat that leans D+3% against him. This could cause Lamping trouble, especially since the democrats perform better in suburban districts like this one.
Democrat leader Sen. Jolie Justus said, "We will have a caucus meeting about SDCC activities next week and I will be turning that over to other senators, but I know they will look at each district and work to recruit good candidates that will help us pick up seats in 2014."
The only other two incumbents facing re-election in a seat that could be targeted are Senators Kraus (R) in SD 8 and Dixon (R) in SD 30. It is unlikely that either of these incumbents will be challenged because SD 8 gives the republican aR+3.8% advantage and SD 30 has a R+4.6% republican slant.
Campaign analyst Rod Jetton added, "The democrats may find candidates who can keep Kraus and Dixon busy and tie up resources, but it is doubtful that they will be defeated."
SD 12 which is currently held by Sen. Lager (R) is an open safe republican seat with an R+7.4% lean. Early reports indicate a very crowded republican primary most likely between several current and former state representatives. Reps. Nance and Berry have a strong base to run from in northern Clay County, while the northern counties near Iowa also produce a significant number of primary votes. If either of these areas has only one candidate run, the candidate will have a huge advantage against challengers. However, if two or more candidates run from either northern Clay County or the northern republican counties near the Iowa boarder, they will decrease their chances to win. The Northwest corner of the district is split by Reps. Thompson, Neely and Guersey. Also it is possible for former Reps. Klippenstein or Guest to jump in.
In all the remaining seats there are republican and democrat incumbents seeking re-election from very safe districts.
Jetton concluded, "Most experts I have talked with agree that barring an odd situation we will probably not see any competitive primaries or generals in these districts. The only two exceptions would be if Sen. Keaveny had an African American take him on in SD 4 and it is possible that Sen. Chappelle-Nadal could likely draw a primary opponent in SD 14.
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Harriet lives in a big house together with her husband and three children. She's part of the popular group of mothers at school and like all of her friends she has plenty of money to spend. Unfortunately her comfortable life abruptly comes to an end when she finds out that Richard, her husband, has lost his job and has re-mortgaged their house. They've been living on credit for months and Harriet had no idea, because Richard didn't tell Harriet about his dire situation. Instead he let himself be comforted by his much younger and very sexy assistant.
Harriet is forced to move and Richard won't join her and the kids at their new home. She rents a cottage at Willoughby Close, which is much smaller than they're used to and it takes a lot of time for Harriet and her son and two daughters to adjust. Harriet sees her time at Willoughby Close as something temporary, a place they'll be leaving soon on the way to something better, but is it really so bad? Being at Willoughby Close gives Harriet a chance to recover and to think about what she wants to do with the rest of her life. Is there still a place for Richard in her world and who is she without the glamour, the popular friends and the money? Will she ever be happy again?
Find Me at Willoughby Close is another wonderful Willoughby Close story. I love the magic of the place and really enjoyed reading about it again. Harriet thought she had the perfect life, but when she finally has the chance to objectively look at her situation she realizes that it wasn't as ideal as she thought. The money and popularity changed her personality and she has a hard time finding herself again now that she doesn't live in a big house with expensive furniture anymore. It was interesting to see what she would do. She and Richard have grown apart and Harriet isn't sure if they'll ever be a family again. Part of her situation is heartbreaking, but I liked her character a lot more without the arrogance and prejudice that, in her case, came with being the wife of a successful man. Willoughby Close shows Harriet what's important in life and I enjoyed witnessing its healing magic.
Kate Hewitt has a lovely descriptive writing style. I love the skilled way she sets the mood of her stories. It's always exactly right and it keeps making me smile. I can easily picture Willoughby Close and think it's an amazing fictional setting, with fascinating characters, people who all have a story to tell, and a fabulous romantic atmosphere. Find Me at Willoughby Close is a great addition to the Willoughby Close series and another book by Kate Hewitt I absolutely loved.
If you love romantic stories set in small towns, you will definitely like the Willoughby Close series. The books can be read as standalones, but if you want to read them all I'd start with the first one, A Cotswold Christmas.
About Kate Hewitt
About Kate Hewitt: Kate is the USA Today-bsetselling author of over 40 books of women's fiction and romance. She is the author of the Hartley-by-the-Sea series, set in England's Lake District and published by Penguin. She is also, under the name Katharine Swartz, the author of the Tales from Goswell books, a series of time-slip novels set in the village of Goswell. Other series include the Emigrants Trilogy, the Amherst Island Trilogy, and the Falling For The Freemans series.
She likes to read romance, mystery, the occasional straight historical and angsty women's fiction; she particularly enjoys reading about well-drawn characters and avoids high-concept plots.
Having lived in both New York City and a tiny village on the windswept northwest coast of England, she now resides in the English Cotswolds with her husband, five children, and an overly affectionate Golden Retriever. You can read about her life at http://www.acumbrianlife.blogspot.co.uk.
Website: http://www.kate-hewitt.com/
Twitter: http://www.twitter.com/katehewitt1
One very lucky winner will receive a paperback copy of Meet Me at Willoughby Close.


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Finding Natasha's Last Letter to her Sister
Yesterday I found a card that Natasha wrote to her younger sister several months before she passed away: "I remember when you were born. I knew you were going to be a girl," she wrote to her 8-year-old sister. "I was and am so proud to be your sister. Even though sometimes I get mad, I really love you. I don't know what I'd do without such a caring sister."
I believe that that was the last of many letters Natasha wrote to her sister. Reading it jolted me to a darker time, closer to Natasha's death.
We are driving to the hospital for a blood transfusion –- one of many that Natasha will need in the last months of her life. Driving, I have discovered, is perhaps the best activity in which to have a candid conversation with a preteen. They get to avoid your face.
"Natasha?" I said trying to keep my voice neutral. "Do you sometimes wonder if you are ever going to get better?" I check her reflection in the rear-view mirror, my hands clammy on the steering wheel as I take the oh-so-familiar route to the hospital clinic.
"Sometimes, yes," she says. I take a deep breath and blink back tears.
"And what do you think that means … not getting better?"
I sense Natasha shifting in her seat. There is an interminable pause.
"Well, some kids who are sick like to talk to a friendly adult about their fears for the future. I'm wondering if you'd want to do this," I venture.
I recheck the rear-view mirror. She looks resolute.
"Because some kids find it hard to confide in their parents about the things that bother them. They don't want to upset them. So perhaps it might be something you'd want to consider one day?"
"I can always confide in you and Daddy. I don't want to talk to anyone else. Please."
Her response satisfies me, at least on a superficial level. See, I tell myself, she might be wrong. "She" is a social worker (not one at our hospital) who has spoken out to the parents of children with poor prognoses, urging them to talk about their fears of dying with the assistance of an expert, because apparently these kids are eager for that conversation.
I can't bear to think that Natasha is trying to protect us by keeping her fears to herself. But if I'm honest with myself, I can't bear to tell my gorgeous girl that yes, Honey, your concerns about not getting better are entirely valid. Odds are that you are going to die in the next few months.
So I stayed mum and as Natasha's disease progressed and she became disorientated and confused, that conversation became very much a moot point.
But after Natasha passed away, we took stock of the many, many cards and letters Natasha had made for her family and closest friends in the last two years of her life, when her once luminous future started to look very precarious. Like the letter written to her sister, they are all generous declarations of her love and gratitude.
Perhaps Natasha did know –- or at least part of her knew –- that her life would be limited. And she genuinely did not want to share those fears.
But the letters with her colorful pictures of hearts and butterflies and languid animals, and repeated assurances of her love for us, were her way of letting us know that while her body had failed her, those who loved her had not.
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Deadlines for payment of fees for summer and fall terms is quickly approaching.
The deferred payment deadline for the summer term is Friday, July 10, 2009.
Jan Todd, senior fee control clerk in the UT Bursar's Office, said deferred payment gives students the option of dividing tuition and fees into two separate payments.
"Fall payments are due in full Aug. 11, but if you don't want to pay it all at this time, you must have at least 50 percent of the payment, and there will also be a $20 service charge," Todd said.
For the upcoming fall term, payment and confirmation of attendance are due Tuesday, Aug. 11, at 4:30 p.m.
If students have not confirmed their attendance or paid at least 50 percent of their fees by Aug. 11, their schedules will be canceled.
The deferred payment deadline for the fall term is Oct. 2.
Aug.12 through Aug. 28 will mark the late registration period. A late registration fee will be charged.
Beginning the week of July 13, students will begin receiving e-mails at their University of Tennessee e-mail addresses letting them know their VolXpress statement is available for viewing.
Due dates for term fees promptly approaching
Published: Fri Jul 10, 2009


text: KIRKUS REVIEW In some phantasmal Eastern realm where only what is written in the books and scrolls is credited in the king's court and his soul is thought to fly into the sky each night on the wings of a dragon kite, the seventh and youngest mandarin, who has charge of the kite, loses it one night in a storm and, in recovering it, sees the hovels and hears the cries that are not in the books and scrolls. The king, awakening pale and shaken, has dreamed of such things, and the seventh mandarin confirms his vision; he should be punished for failing the king, for damaging the kite, for saying that what is not written is so), but he will be excused "for discovering the truth and not fearing to reveal it." The wails around the palace will be taken down. and the king will listen and look as well as read. This is all pretty rarefied and remote, and the vaporous to hazy to murky illustrations do nothing to actualize it. A kind of hushed confidence that's not likely to get much of a hearing. Pub Date: Oct. 15th, 1970ISBN: 9998834317Publisher: SeaburyReview Posted Online: May 12th, 2012Kirkus Reviews Issue: Oct. 1st, 1970


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This beautiful little girl playing Princess is called Emma. Emma sadly suffers from a rare disease called Fanconi Anaemia (FA), which means she has bone marrow failure.
Emma desperately needs a bone marrow donor and even though she has been on the register since 2012 no match has been found!!! This is heartbreaking for Emma and her family!!
Emma had had blood transfusions and received platelets to keep her alive but she needs a cure and fast!!
People of ALL ETHNICITIES are URGENTLY needed to help Emma and others like her!!!
Imagine how you would feel if your little girl, sister, grandchild's life was reliant upon the kindness of a complete stranger!!!
Help this little Princess now by registering with the Anthony Nolan Trust!!
Thank you and get those pants on!


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Jobs agency at centre of fraud probe is preferred bidder to run discrimination helpline
By David Hencke | 3 April 2012
Jobs agency A4e is being lined up for another major government contract despite being at the centre of a fraud investigation, Exaro can reveal.
Ministers have made the company – owned by prime minister David Cameron's fallen 'family champion' Emma Harrison – the preferred bidder to take over the sensitive Equality and Human Rights Commission (EHRC) helpline to advise people of their rights in discrimination cases.
The disclosure comes after ministers ordered an audit of all Whitehall contracts with A4e to run alongside two current police inquiries into allegations of attempted fraud involving the company. The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), which provides most of A4e's UK income, is also investigating.
A4e has been "preferred" over Sitel, which ran the disability helpline for the EHRC before it was taken in-house, and Vertex, an outsourcing company, and the Citizens Advice Bureau.
The privatisation of the helpline was not sought by EHRC management, but by the Home Office and the Government Equalities Office.
The helpline costs £2.1 million a year to run, employs 85 staff in Birmingham, Cardiff and Glasgow, and handles 50,000 calls and 15,000 e-mails every year. Staff are trained to provide detailed advice on discrimination issues covering disability, gender, race and sexuality, and advise on mediation services. One service, which supported disabled passengers acting against operators that they said breached a European Union directive protecting their rights when travelling by air, ended abruptly last month.
Such passengers contacting the EHRC have been told: "Unfortunately due to our funding being cut, we are no longer able to offer conciliation for cases related to EC Air Regulations 1107. Therefore, we are unable to intervene in your case."
Despite government guarantees that existing staff can apply to keep their jobs, many will be laid off because they are disabled themselves and will not be able to relocate easily from Cardiff and Glasgow.
Mark Serwotka, general secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union, which opposes the privatisation, said: "Speculation about A4e's involvement in plans to privatise the EHRC helpline have fuelled concerns about what is a totally unnecessary and damaging sell-off.
"Instead of selling this vital lifeline for some of the most vulnerable people in our communities, the government should be investing to ensure people get the help they need, particularly at a time when its wider spending cuts are threatening to make our society even more unequal."
The EHRC said: "The decision to outsource the information, advice and guidance service was taken by the Government Equalities Office. This followed their review undertaken in late 2010.
"The commission was consulted on the tender specification and was asked to score one question on the tender responses."
The Home Office defended the privatisation, saying: "The new advisory and support service will offer more in-depth support than the EHRC's helpline. Funding for free legal advice on discrimination will continue to be available through legal aid.
"The decision to stop funding the EHRC's helpline and grants system was taken because they did not represent value for money or support the commission in carrying out its core functions."
In a statement to Exaro, A4e said: "The Home Office procurement process for this contract has not concluded as yet. We have not been informed that we are a preferred bidder. Given that the process is ongoing, you would not expect us to comment on the detail of our bid as it is commercially sensitive."
A4e receives up to £180 million in taxpayers' money per year from government contracts. Emma Harrison quit as chairwoman of the company, which she set up, and has stepped down as the coalition government's 'family champion', a voluntary role aimed at helping long-term unemployed families. This followed the firm's decision to call in independent auditors to check its accounts.
Thames Valley Police has arrested five former employees on suspicion of fraud as part of its ongoing investigation. There are two police investigations into allegations of fraud linked to the company, although one is believed to involve a subcontractor.
A leaked internal audit report concluded: "Potential fraudulent or irregular activity is not confined to one particular geographical area… and shows a potential systematic failure to mitigate the risk towards this behaviour at both an office and regional level".
The audit further noted: "Management information in relation to the effectiveness of existing controls is minimal."
A4e said in a press statement earlier this month: "The board has made consistently clear in all previous statements that we take any allegations of fraudulent or otherwise illegal activity extremely seriously. There is absolutely no place for this type of misconduct at A4e.
"We obviously acknowledge the concerns raised by DWP, and we welcome and will co-operate fully with their planned investigations."


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Less control on tap
This editorial appeared in the News & Record, Greensboro
North Carolina's ABC system is heavy on the C, as in Control.
Alcoholic Beverage Control laws run from Chapter 18B-100 through 18B-1309 in the General Statutes. There are more regulations than a bar has peanuts, and some seem, well, a little bit nutty.
For example, G.S. 18B-1104(8) says the holder of a brewery permit may "obtain a malt beverage wholesaler permit to sell, deliver, and ship at wholesale only malt beverages manufactured by the brewery" up to 25,000 barrels a year. If a brewery wants to distribute more than 25,000 barrels of beer, it has to hire an outside distributor. That arbitrary number limits many of the emerging breweries in North Carolina.
While some choose to hire distributors and stick to making beer, others would rather build on the distribution networks they've already created. Or they don't want their products handled along with many other labels by big distributors. The ceiling of 25,000 barrels forces them to choose between expanding production or controlling their own distribution. They shouldn't have to.
Raising that limit should be an easy sell to a pro-free enterprise legislature. In fact, it's part of a larger bill reforming ABC laws introduced by several lawmakers of both parties, including Republican Jon Hardister and Democrat Pricey Harrison of Greensboro.
House Bill 500 should draw plenty of support, but it could face opposition from legislators influenced by wholesale distributors, who like the role granted to them in current law. The bill doesn't seek to eliminate a limit but would raise it to a hefty 200,000 barrels. North Carolina's largest craft brewery, Highland in Asheville, produces about 50,000 barrels. So the 200,000 number could be negotiated downward. But it shouldn't drop too far.
Beer is a booming business, but imposing artificial restrictions doesn't encourage further growth. Among its other provisions, HB 500 would allow the sale of growlers in retail establishments. These are defined as "cleaned and sanitized" containers that can be taken home and returned for reuse like a durable grocery bag. The practice cuts down on bottles and cans that might end up in landfills.The bill would authorize tastings during brewery tours, ease rules for home wine-making for private consumption and, for good measure, direct a study by the Legislative Research Commission of all ABC laws to determine what other changes might be needed to "address and reflect the rapidly changing alcoholic beverage industry."
A sober analysis likely would conclude that much less C is needed in regard to the AB industry. The new C may be for Cheers!


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Lieutenant T'marCallie Bussell
The Romulan Defector
T'mar, a defector from the Romulan Empire, was given a commission of Lieutenant upon taking asylum from her people in return for help in the war effort.
Her mission before defecting: receive genetic alterations to appear human and infiltrate Starfleet.
Her mission now? Only she truly knows.


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Located on Regents Canal, Paddington is a thriving district in the heart of London with a lot to offer, from shopping to Hyde Park and Kensington Gardens. Paddington has fantastic experiences, from Moroccan afternoon tea at Momo's to stiff drinks at the Whisky Lounge, but what will really get you going are our escorts in the area.
Paddington has great transport links to London and the UK, so is an ideal spot for those passing through the city wanting an escort; our oriental escorts will make sure your stay is a memorable one. An Asian escort such as the beautiful Mercy will soon leave you dreaming of her oriental magic and planning your next visit...


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Hartzog and Nelson Tapped as Wayne Memorial Players of the Week
Wayne Memorial Hospital congratulates two local football players on being named the hospital's Players of the Week. Kalijah Hartzog (left) was selected for his performance on defense, while his teammate Demaurio Nelson (right) was chosen for his performance on offense. Their team, the Wayne County High School Yellow Jackets, played the Glynn Academy Red Terrors last Friday night.


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Young Tanzsommer Festival
14027 Memorial Dr. #423
Houston, Texas 77079
Glenda Brown: Phone – 713-291-4141
Vanessa Brown: Phone – 713-972-5686
GENERAL INFORMATION and CONTRACT FORM
Your Reservation Form includes a statement that the Passenger, Parents and/or Guardians have
Read, Reviewed and Agree with All Terms and
Conditions in this General Information and Contract
14027 Memorial Drive #423 Houston, Texas77079
Tel: 713-291-4141 or 713-972-5686 Contact: Glenda Brown or Vanessa Brown
The tour is being organized by Young Tanzsommer, known as YTZ hereafter.
The cost of this 12 day 10 night tour is $ 2,850.00 per person based on double room occupancy. Three payments of 950.00 per person is due on the 1st day of Feb., Mar., & Apr 2017.
Limited single and triple rooms are available for an additional $250.00 per room.
If payment is not made in a timely manner it may result in a forfeit.
A daily rate of $375.00 per day per person is offered to anyone attending a portion of the tour.
Master Card, Visa, American Express or checks are accepted
Please make cancellations in writing, by certified mail, return receipt requested, and allow five (5) days for delivery to YTZ.
Tanzsommer payments are non-refundable.
A $25.00 late payment fee per person will be applied 7 days after due date.
Payments more than 15 days late may result in a default and cancellation by YTZ.
Trip cancellation and baggage insurance is highly recommended.
You will need a passport to travel in Europe. Please apply now. The passport office can advise you if any visas are needed to travel in the countries listed on your tour itinerary. If you hold a passport from a country other than the USA, please indicate. It is possible to extend your stay in Europe on your own. YTZ requests that any deviations from group travel should be submitted to YTZ no later than March 15, 2017.
Each tour member may bring one checked bag and one carry-on bag. Although airlines allow specific dimensions for bags to be checked and carried on the airplane, the space allowed for luggage is limited on some motor coaches in Europe. Participants are responsible for your own luggage. Check with your airline for size and weight limit. It is recommended that luggage with wheels be used for the trip. Carry on bags must fit under the seat or in the overhead bin on the plane and/ or motor coach. All costumes must be in carry on luggage.
YTZ acts only as an agent in connection with the tour offered herein and its liability is limited. The travel services including air transportation, carriage by land, hotel accommodations, restaurants, and related services are provided by independent third parties and are not under the control of YTZ. YTZ shall NOT bear any liability to any passenger or any third party for injury, damage, loss, accident, delay or irregularity which may be occasioned either by reason or any defect, through the acts or defaults of any company or person engaged in conveying the passengers or in carrying out the arrangements of the tour, or as a direct or indirect result of acts of God, dangers incident to fire, breakdown in machinery or equipment, acts of governments, or other authorities, civil disturbances, strikes, riots, theft, unhealthy conditions, pilferage, epidemics, quarantines, medical or customs regulations or from any other causes. YTZ shall not be responsible for any loss or damage or delay related to passport, visas or other immigration documents required by the US or any foreign government. YTZ shall not be liable for any losses or additional expenses due to delay or changes in schedule or other causes and YTZ reserves the right to decline to accept or retain any passenger should that person's health or deportment impede the operation of the tour. Passengers and their parents or guardians specifically acknowledge all of the above by payment of the deposit herein above set out. Permission for Emergency Medical Treatment Forms should be provided to your tour coordinator giving your tour coordinator the authority to authorize medical treatment in the event of an emergency. Additionally, YTZ will require a medical and liability release to execute for each passenger.
Accommodations: Accommodations will be provided in a mix of tourist and superior class hotels with private bath and/or shower. Generally, the hotels are rated three and four stars. A limited number of single and triple rooms are available for an additional supplement of $250. per room.
Classes: YTZ provides classes by professional teachers and performers for the dancers.
Land Transportation: Land transportation is provided between cities and to the major festival functions including transfers to and from the designated airport on designated arrival day and departure day. Young Tanzsommer will not be responsible for any deviations. Transfers will generally be by private motor coach.
Meals: Buffet breakfast and dinner will be provided each day except the day of the Venice excursion. That day only breakfast is provided. Drinks at meals are not included.
Sightseeing & Admission Fees: Professional tours and guides are provided for city tours. There are optional tours available at traveler's expense, including gondola ride in Venice and Neuschwanstein Castle.
Passports, visas, items of personal nature, portage at airports and hotels, optional excursions, independent sightseeing, cancellation/medical/baggage insurance, meals other than specified, soft drinks, bottled water or alcoholic beverages with dinner or any other items not mentioned as included. Tips to drivers and guides are not included.
Air Travel: The tour pricing does not include air fare and does not include transportation to and from the US departure and arrival airports.
YTZ reserves the right to decline, accept or cancel a reservation of a proposed traveler prior to departure for any reason, in which event YTZ will refund monies paid by that traveler. Travelers under the age of fourteen (14) should generally be expected to room with a parent. YTZ expects all family members and others who attend YTZ functions and/or have personal contact with a YTZ traveler during the festival or plan to stay in a hotel housing any YTZ travelers shall be travelers with YTZ and YTZ will terminate the tour without refund for performers whose family members and or others violate this rule. As part of the application process, the parents and/or guardians of minor YTZ travelers shall provide a 24 hour emergency number. Travelers and parents should be aware that YTZ has represented to our host cities, that our travelers will conduct themselves in a manner consistent with the highest standards of behavior and morality. In the unfortunate event that a traveler is found, in YTZ's sole judgment, to have violated any of those representations, that traveler shall be sent home immediately, without refund. YTZ policy prohibits the consumption of alcohol by a non parent escorted person under 21. As part of the YTZ Festival registration process, both adult travelers, parents or guardians of minor travelers must execute a full release of liability and a medical release form authorizing members of the YTZ staff and the directors of the Dance company with which a traveler is affiliated to make medical decisions for all minor travelers covered by the release and for adult travelers unable to make those decisions. In the event of any emergency, reasonable effort will be made to contact a parent or spouse before any medical procedure is performed. Parents who will not be joining the YTZ tour are advised that YTZ recommends all non-parent escorted travelers be affiliated with an adult who is attending, and that attending parent be given a medical release. YTZ be advised of who holds the additional medical release to allow YTZ the option of depending on that attending adult's advice.
YTZ is aware that there are practical difficulties in communicating with parents and/or guardians as well as with adult travelers. For that reason, YTZ requests that communication to YTZ be in the form of emails, and that the sender be mindful that said email should not be considered as having been delivered to YTZ unless and until a confirmation email has been remitted by YTZ.
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Royal Run - Edgbaston receives royal opening
The ground, above, from the 25th July.
The redevelopment of Edgbaston Cricket Ground received royal approval on the 25th July when HRH The Duke of Edinburgh unveiled a plaque to celebrate it's opening in his first visit to the ground since 2001, http://www.birminghammail.net/news/top-stories/2011/07/26/prince-philip-launches-32m-edgbaston-development-97319-29120022/
The Royal visit comes just over two weeks before Edgbaston receives another grand opening when it will be the focus of world cricket when India plays England in the Third Test Match. 80,000 tickets have already been sold for the third test.
Meanwhile across the road work is due to start imminently on the Edgbaston Mill development, Edgbaston Cricket Ground redevelopment - April update II, which will see a Hilton Doubletree hotel together with restaurants.


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Dec 16, 2014, 11:31am EST
Senior Staff Writer- Charlotte Business Journal
Apartment development firm Proffitt Dixon Partners has started construction on Fountains Matthews, a 258-unit apartment complex on 15 acres at the intersection of Matthews Township Parkway and Northeast Parkway.
The project will consist of four three-story buildings, three of which will have elevators. The complex will include a clubhouse, fitness facility, saltwater swimming pool and a 1-acre courtyard that will anchor the property. Eight of the units at the development will be "live-work" units intended for business owners and small professional firms.
Wyatt Dixon, a managing principal with Proffitt Dixon, says the firm borrowed elements from its first Charlotte community, Fountains at Mooresville Town Square, when it designed the Matthews project.
"We're trying to set a new standard for what the suburban renter really wants," he says.
The first units at Fountains Matthews are expected to deliver late next summer, Dixon says, and the community will be complete in early 2016.
Proffitt Dixon purchased the Matthews land from affiliates of Crosland and Faison last month for $2.6 million. Carocon Corp. is the general contractor on Fountains Matthews, and The Housing Studio is the architect.
This is the fourth apartment development in the Charlotte area for Proffitt Dixon, which is headed by Dixon and Stuart Proffitt. The firm is currently building Fountains Uptown, a 230-unit complex at the southeast corner of Stonewall and McDowell streets that is expected to deliver this summer. The firm previously built and sold its Mooresville project and Fountains Southend, a 208-unit complex that Trade Street Residential purchased last year for $34 million
Will Boye covers commercial real estate and law firms for the Charlotte Business Journal.


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Congratulations to the new Prime Minister, Hon. Charlot Salwai [fr]
The delegation of the European Union to Vanuatu congratulates the Hon. Charlot Salwai on his election as Prime Minister.
The European Union Delegation to Solomon Islands & Vanuatu in Honiara issues the following statement in agreement with the Embassy of France to Vanuatu in Port-Vila and with the British High Commission to Vanuatu in Honiara. These three EU Missions joined other international observers for a diplomatic watch of the successful general elections on 22 January 2016.
The EU Delegation wishes to congratulate Hon. Charlot SALWAI TABIMASMAS on his election as Prime Minister of the Republic of Vanuatu on 11 February 2016. The EU Delegation is looking forward to the formation of his Government and to working closely with it.
The European Union remains committed to further enhancing its cooperation with Vanuatu, particularly in the areas of economic reforms and rural development. We trust that our support will help the Ni-Vanuatu people strengthen their resilience to climate change and other challenges to come.


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Do not need to spend time moving too far away, near Saigon, you'll discover that there are so many exciting destinations for the weekend and gorgeous Hai Nam Bridge in Phuong Nam resort is an example.
>>Hoang Su Phi in ripen rice season
Being located about 50 kilometers to the southeast of HCM City center, Can Gio Ecotourism is dubbed green oasis with the most beautiful mangrove Southeast Asia.
Coming here, visitors not only enjoy the pure nature, quiet space but also explore the wild beauty, rich mangrove forests, relax and play with more than 1,000 monkeys.
To Can Gio, guests can visit Phuong Nam tourist areas (Duyen Hai, Long Hoa, Can Gio), after the time to visit the resort and enjoy moments of relaxation by the pool, you can visit Hai Nam bridge leading to the restaurant in the sea. Going along this bridge, watching the sea and taking photography are fun and exciting experiences in here.
Hai Nam bridge
Hai Nam bridge was built with the purpose of bringing tourists into the restaurant by the sea. However, the young people coming here call this bridge as The bridge of love because many young people choose this place to take photograph.
Phuong Nam Pearl Resort
Phuong Nam Pearl Resort is a unique marine ecosystem resort, which gives you and your family comfortable services and luxury amenities. It is situated in an ideal location, next to the famous beach 30/4 with casuarina trees. The vast campus of the resort combining harmoniously with the fresh natural scenery and many flowers create a sense of relaxation to guests coming here.


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Announcement: RAMPartners SA issue Chatham buy recommendation/
Chatham Rock Phosphate Limited
Market announcement
16 June 2016
RAMPartners SA issue Chatham buy recommendation
Geneva based investment banking firm RAMPartners SA met with Chatham Rock Phosphate
earlier this year and received our investor presentation with obvious interest. Subsequently
they requested the opportunity to prepare an independent, investor focused, research
This report has now been released and is available on our website as well as being filed on
NZX today. Alternatively, if requested I can email or post it to you.
The salient features of the report include:
1. A buy recommendation with a price target of NZ 50 cents compared with the
current market price of 0.7 cents, assuming a project valuation of NZD 472 million.
2. This independent valuation is based on a range of key assumptions by RAMPartners
relating to the market price of rock phosphate, Chatham's production costs and
relevant currency interactions.
3. They include a detailed discussion of the forces affecting phosphate market prices
both now and in the future.
4. There is a detailed examination of the permit risk that Chatham still faces and the
evolving factors that are mitigating this risk
5. Finally, there is an intensive and potentially hard hitting evaluation of the calibre of
the Chatham project management team. Encouragingly we rate a very solid pass in
this respect – RAMPartners conclude that our management team "has the necessary
skills, ability, devotion, focus and skin in the game" to make our project work.
Obviously we are gratified that this independent report is so positive and confirms the
decision we made in February 2015 to continue notwithstanding the body blow we
sustained when the EPA unexpectedly withheld the Marine Consent.
The strong investor support we have received subsequently further tangibly evidences that
we made the correct decision.
Chris Castle
CEO – Chatham Rock Phosphate Ltd
+64 (21) 558 185
Skype: phosphateking


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I don't want to start making excuses for my lack of presence, but we have just been without the internet (and phone line or mobile signal) at our house for the best part of two months! After the very drawn out and tiresome process of moving house (during which we had to convince the land registry that we did in fact own all of the rooms in the house we were selling, and were not squatting in our own bathroom as the deeds suggested) we then had a two month row with our new internet provider, and finally got connected at the end of last week. I lost the whole of Friday evening to an online shopping and pinterest binge and went to bed at 1am with little squares scrolling past my closed eyelids. Now I've got it out of my system, I figured it was about time I got my bum back over here and start writing again.
Apart from moving house, the biggest change that's happened in my two month absence has been that I've finally taken the plunge and handed in my resignation, meaning that I will be leaving my job in three weeks time with no concrete plan for my next move. Am I mad? Probably, yes. We've just taken on a bigger house, and a bigger mortgage, and given that the whole country is unsure of what's going to happen with interest rates and job security, it's probably a fairly crazy thing to have done. But funnily enough, it feels right. It feels thrilling and liberating. It feels like I'm giving myself the space to discover what it is I really, truly want to do with the next phase of my life.
Right now, all I know for sure (apart from a few things that I know I don't want to do!) is that I want to play again. I want to make things because I'm curious and to re-discover some of the skills I've let become stifled. There was a time when I would look at something in a shop and my first thought wouldn't be 'Can I afford that?" but "How can I make that?"
I also want to write as much as I can. I'm not sure of the exact capacity yet, but I love it and I need it, and communicating with written words comes much more naturally to me than verbalising my thoughts.
My best friend and I were talking about plans for the future a while ago, and she said that maybe we shouldn't worry too much about how long things last. I have a tendency to plan too much, and to think about where something will take me in five years time, or how long it will provide me with an income rather than just enjoying the process and accepting that sometimes things come to a natural end and that's ok! So I don't have a concrete plan of exactly what I want to do, but I know how I want to feel and that's a start.
I saw a quote a few weeks back and it's sort of become my mantra since:
'Jump off the cliff and build your wings on the way down"
I'd better start collecting feathers.


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Indigenous Programs Manager
The Long Walk were honoured to have Shelley Ware as our MC for the 2015 Long Walk Women's Lunch at the Atrium, Flemington.
As one of TLW's Indigenous Facilitators and a true supporter of the holistic work of the TLW , it was a pleasure to have Shelley along for the ride.
In the lead up to the event Shelley was so easy to work with. Shelley was very flexible in her time and also quite understanding of the perplexities in pulling together an event of this size (over 700 in attendance).
I found Shelley to be respectful, approachable and showed a genuine interest in the key note speakers, guest, sponsors and the like.
Shelley is friendly, passionate, committed and genuinely a nice person and great to work with whether be at events, media or the education system, I highly recommend Shelley to any future employer.


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Zara - TRF price €89.95
with, and so am I. Since I saw these beautiful shoes last week on the Zara website I can't keep them
out of my mind and I'm going nuts! I just need to have them but.. with a capital B. I need to pay my
phone bill, need to have money for my morning coffees, sandwich visits and smoothies (that I buy way to much).
So dilemma dilemma... I can buy them and just need to watch my bank account for this month.
Or... Need to wait till next paycheck but that's so long ;-(. Oh I even got
some cute clothes/ideas to match them with!
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- Birding in Vancouver has a site guide with recommended trails, and,
- BirdtrekkerBC has some photos and a species checklist
|Nestboxes out on the mudflats
|Purple Martins pausing for a rest between feedings. The two birds with the pale faces are juveniles.
|Other birds also make use of the piers (I think that's the right term?). This is a Bald Eagle, like I needed to tell you that!
|The "flats" part of Maplewood Flats looks like this. I didn't see any shorebirds, as early July is the narrow window between northbound stragglers and southbound early-birds. There were 6 Great Blue Herons, almost all in the arc of this photo.
Purple Martins weren't the only life bird for the morning. Although I'm fairly certain I've seen this particular flycatcher before, I've never had the chance to confirm the ID, which is by song. Anyway, here's the bird:
|An Empidonax Flycatcher, but which one?
And here's the ID...
Handheld videoscoping doesn't give great results but it's the soundtrack that counts - "rrritz-bew" is unmistakably a Willow Flycatcher, common enough but still eluding me in Alberta.
I'm off on a sea kayaking trip tomorrow but will keep the blog updated with some more sightings, although if you want a sneak preview have a look under "Checklists".


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The vampire, Nessa Harcanu, scrutinizes Frank. ( For dinner? For making love?)
"You can tell that just by looking at me?"
"That and much more." "Okay, tell me what you know." Her gaze caught mine as I issued the challenge.
"You're an architect in his mid-thirties who would rather be a painter," she said without hesitation. She leaned back in her chair, steepling her fingers, her bright green eyes studying my every move.
"How do you know that?" Was she a mind reader or something?"There are traces of light green ocher paint under the nails of your index and middle fingers on your right hand." I couldn't see anything, even when I held my nails under a light.
"I have excellent vision, especially at night."
"There's nothing there to see," I said.
"You failed to wash off all the ocher and pale yellow egg tempera paint you used." She licked her lips.
Nessa had just described the colors I had been working with earlier in the evening. "I don't know how you guessed what I was using, but there's no way anyone could see the paint in this dim light."
"A vampire could." She leaned forward, opening her mouth, and showing the tips of sharp pointed fangs.
"Are those real?" I asked in a voice barely a croak. My heart beat faster and the hairs on the nape of my neck stood up.


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However, as well as today being the 1st Decemeber and therefore it's officially the Christmas season, it's also the first time in 3 years that I've had an advent calendar! 2 years ago, I had a grape every morning as a way of counting down until Christmas day(that actually makes me laugh now!). I've gone for the good ol' Cadbury's milk chocolate advent calendar, if you were wondering - definitely a nice treat to wake up to in the morning. I actually wanted a white chocolate one, but couldn't fine one :( However, I did get Santa shape today, which was cute :') Just out of interest, does everyone who has a Cadbury's advent calendar get the same shape each day? Let me know if you had this too!
I am working today but last night the lights were switched on and there was a fair so hopefully it will still be there today and the atmosphere will be in full swing!
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The Dow is down 1.2% and the FTSE is down 1.75% in trade today. The markets continue to decline due to nervousness in the markets caused by the clash between North and South Korea earlier today and the continued fear of the debt drisis spreading throughout Europe.
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The patch is 3m x 3m and is covered with an arched tunnel net to protect our plants from chickens, blackbirds, possums and anything else that wants to steal our yummy veggies.
Step 1 - clearing the grass and weedsThe patch is built mostly over where there was a previous veggie patch and partly over some of our "lawn". It was much harder than I thought it would be to dig all of the grass and weeds out of the patch.
The girls were constantly there helping me and grabbing all of the juicy worms that I kept digging up. They are quick and not that bright so a few times they were lucky they didn't get a garden fork through them.
Wherever possible, I dug the grass up in blocks and used it to fill in the holes where we had tree stumps removed earlier in the year. There were about six of these around the yard and when they were all full I moved grass to some of the bare patches that had until recently been covered with leaves. Here is one of the patches - clearly visible now but these should mostly be pretty hard to find in a month or so.
While I was doing all of the digging there was quite an unpleasant smell, like dog food, coming from somewhere. It lasted for days and I assumed it was the neighbours' festering swimming pool but eventually Miranda worked out that it was the pear tree. It's kind of pretty but produces small, grainy pears that aren't particularly edible.
Step 2 - adding in the compostI added in the contents of two compost bins - probably close to 500 litres of compost - and the ash from the fireplace. One of the compost bins was mostly grass and leaves and had been airing for about six months. The other was mostly kitchen waste and was still in the bin.
I had lots of help adding and mixing the compost. Sofia wanted to find the worms...
...and the girls were there to mix it all in and eat the bugs.
Step 3 - building the chicken proof cageThere are many different designs on the internet and I'm not convinced that they all work. We settled on arches of poly pipe with a bird net stretched over the top. We haven't gone with any chicken wire around the base at this stage as we don't have wallabies in our backyard - and have only once seen one in our front yard.
We had a plan that we found on the web for netted tunnels using poly pipe and adapted this to our site. The plan had an arch every two metres but our patch was three metres long so we put one every 1.5 metres. I cleared rubbish and grass from around the patch, then added the three star droppers on each side. The ground is reasonably level along the sides but isn't level between the two sides, so it was important to get the droppers on each side level. We decided it didn't matter if the two sides weren't quite level with each other. First I got two droppers level (almost).
Then I used a long piece of wood as a guide to where the third dropper needed to be, then checked that it was close enough afterwards
Then the arches went up (there are no photos of this process as photographer Miranda was helping). It's pretty simple though - just slide the poly pipe over the dropper on each side and pull it down as far as it will go and make sure the arches look roughly even. Then hop up on a ladder for a better view of how the arches are sitting. They were all pretty level with each other and form a nice tunnel shape for the net.
The net was just as easy. We used a 10m x 10m net which is a little too big but the next size down would have been too small. We laid the net down in front of the arches then pulled it over the first one.
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Picture: Jenna Coleman - Matt Smith and Jenna-Louise Coleman filming the Dr Who Christmas special in Cardiff - Cardiff, United Kingdom - Tuesday 10th September 2013
Doctor Who fans from around the world will be able to watch the show's 50th anniversary episode at the same time.
The feature-length installment of the sci-fi favourite is set to be shown on the Bbc on 23 November (13), when current time lord Matt Smith will appear alongside his predecessor David Tennant, and producers have announced the episode will be broadcast in at least 75 countries, including the U.S., Brazil, Canada, Australia and Mexico, at once.
Executive producer Steven Moffat says, "The Doctor has always been a time traveller - now he's travelling time zones. On the 23rd of November... it will be 'The Day of the Doctor'!"
Smith will step down as Doctor Who at the end of the year (13), and he will be replaced by the 12th Tv time lord, Peter Capaldi.


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JEFFERSON COUNTY — The time to write a new meaning for "Columbine" has come, survivors of the high school massacre, current students and former President Bill Clinton via videotape said during ceremonies to honor the 13 killed 10 years ago Monday.
"It's my hope you look at your school as that — your school — not the most famous high school in the world," Columbine alumnus and teacher Lee Andres told those who assembled in Clement Park near the school for a final tribute in a series of 10th-anniversary observances.
Perhaps then the world can see Columbine as "a symbol for strength, courage and hope," he said.
The sunset ceremony drew hundreds, including Gov. Bill Ritter, to the knoll overlooking the park's peaceful lake to hear recollections, songs and hopes for the future. At the end, 13 white doves were released, one for each victim, as bagpipes played "Amazing Grace."
Clinton told residents that their strength on a day "that has changed this world" inspired others in their darkest hours.
Survivors of the attacks on Virginia Tech on April 16, 2007, were in the crowd.
Clinton recited the first names of the 13 killed at Columbine — but not the shooters, Eric Harris or Dylan Klebold, who committed suicide.
A woman carrying a poster-board sign urging remembrance for "all 15 victims" was asked to leave.
"She was here to make a scene," said Rich Petrone, the stepfather of Daniel Rohrbough, who was killed on the west staircase. "My son isn't here to speak for himself. I was speaking for Danny and the other dead children."
Val Schnurr, who was shot in the library, spoke for the 25 who were wounded that day.
"Some days it feels like it was yesterday," said Schnurr, now a social-services caseworker who helps children. "Some days it feels like a lifetime ago."
The simplest things take Ruth Feldman back to the day her two children escaped the gunmen — the sound of sirens or helicopters, or "just the right temperature on a spring day."
Her son, Ryan, ran as bullets flew past so close they sounded like bees. Her daughter, Emily, was barricaded in a teacher's office for hours.
From her job at the Dairy Queen near the school, Feldman has watched her children's classmates grow from teenagers to young adults.
They each handled it differently. Some got tattoos and found ways to test life, she said.
"They were living life on fast-forward," she said.
Beau Loendorf, the current student body president, said he is amazed how many Columbine graduates have become teachers in the 10 years since.
When he enrolled four years ago, the anxiety of the attacks "many years before" filled him, but it washed away with the kindness of his friends, his teachers and the community.
He thinks of that more than the shootings.
"Now, more than ever, I understand what it means to say, 'We are Columbine,' " he said.
For principal Frank DeAngelis, the dead are never far away, he said. A memorial in the school and a wall in his office are dedicated to "the beloved 13."
He remembered last October, when he was pacing around the school, sweating his role in his goddaughter's wedding.
He looked down and was standing on the paver with the name Matthew Kechter, who was killed in the library.
DeAngelis said, "Thanks for being here with me."
He told the survivors of the Virginia Tech shooting that Columbine would help shoulder their burden of remembering.
"We share in your sorrow, and we continue to walk the path with you as we heal."
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A four-foot caiman lies belly-up in a still pool of water surrounded by a cluster of tall green cecropia trees. It has been dead for about five days and its white scaly body has become stiff and bloated. Nearby, behind a chainmail fence, a rusty network of pipes pumps cloudy residue into the Shiripuno river. The low rumble of a generator hums in the background.
The plant near Cononaco in the Huaorani reserve is one of a many oil separation and pumping facilities that are scattered across Yasuni national park in Ecuador's Amazon rainforest. Further down the river, amid a thicket of tall yellow grass, a group of workers in blue boiler suits try to hose away a spill from a few months earlier. An oily rainbow sheen floats upon the nearby streams.
Since it controversially scrapped the Yasuni-ITT initiative last August – a plan that sought money from the international community to guarantee that oil beneath the park would remain unexploited – the Ecuadorian government has vowed that Yasuni will be left "99.9% intact" by oil extraction. But this pledge seems to ignore the fact that drilling platforms already litter the Unesco world heritage site.
Now it has emerged that, according to a 2009 government document, the Ecuadorian government was quietly in talks with a Chinese oil company and bank about a scheme to allow drilling in Yasuni even while the government was soliciting donations in return for protecting the forest.
"The way the ITT-initiative was sold to the world was deceptive," explains Diocles Zambrano, a local activist. "It was sold as protecting the whole of Yasuni national park but … the Ishpingo-Tambococha-Tiputini (ITT) block accounts for less than one-sixth of the whole park and many other areas are already being exploited."
The decision to drill in the ITT field adds to widespread industrial oil extraction across the Ecuadorian Amazon that over the last few decades has wreaked environmental havoc. In a bid to calm public opinion, the Ecuadorian government has undertaken a massive PR campaign emphasising that new drilling platforms will have minimal environmental impact.
But it does not like having this view challenged. In December, the government forcibly shut down the Quito office of indigenous rights group the Pachamama Foundation and journalists now wishing to visit Yasuni have to apply for permits that are often refused.
State-owned oil company PetroAmazonas has promised no new roads will be built to reach the new fields. The construction of roads is one of the chief causes of tropical deforestation, bringing uncontrollable secondary socio-envionmental impacts such as colonisation, overhunting, and illegal logging, which invariably lead to significant ecosystem degradation.
However, aerial footage shows 25-metre-wide roads being built deep into the surrounding forest. The government claims these arteries are in fact "ecological trails" but this explanation doesn't pass muster with Alonso Jamarillo, the former director of the park. "They are just roads with a different name," he says. "It is government misinformation."
At the end of last year, Ecuador put 16 oil blocks in the Amazon jungle region to the south of Yasuni up for auction in an effort to drum up new joint-venture partners. "We're on the cusp of a new oil boom in the Ecuadorian Amazon the like of which we have never seen before," says Kevin Koenig, programme co-ordinator, at campaign group Amazon Watch.
This boom is underpinned by a massive multi-billion dollar debt-for-oil deal that the cash-strapped Ecuadorian government signed last year with China. "To meet higher production quotas Ecuador will have to increase oil extraction across the Amazon," Koenig adds. "The whole of Yasuni is at risk."
The ancestral land that belongs to the Sani Isla community, a Kichwa tribe living on the River Napo, snakes into Yasuni national park. The villagers complain that pressure from PetroAmazonas to move them off their land has been ramped up in recent months. "The tactics used have become much more aggressive," says Patricio Jipa, a community leader. "Representatives from the oil company go house-to-house. They are trying to divide the community. They are very skilful. They spread rumours. They have tried to pay people off. They have put brother against brother. It's become very difficult."
These allegations were put to the Ecuadorian government, who did not respond.
Just to the north of Yasuni, lies Tiputini Biodiversity Station, a scientific field research centre deep in the rainforest. "This job can be depressing," says Diego Mosquera, senior resident manager, as he hacks away at the undergrowth to plant a camera trap.
"Everything has declined, especially big mammals, there used to be harpy eagles flying in the sky, sloths hanging from trees, but oil exploration is killing the rainforest. My goal is to keep accumulating scientific data so we know what we have in Yasuni, before we lose it."
Source: The Guardian
Editorial: SELVA-Vida Sin Fronteras
Editorial Committee
David Dunham
Arno Ambrosius
Gustavo López Ospina
Mariana Almeida
Pieter Jan Brouwer
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SELVA Vida Sin Fronteras acknowledges Kevin Schafer's important contribution towards protecting the highly endangered Amazon pink fresh water dolphin. Title photographs of our "The Amazon Pink Dolphin's Voice" were taken by Mr. Schafer.


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One way to value a share is to add up the cash flows you expect to receive from it in the future and then 'discount' them.
Discounting is expressing cash received in the future in today's money because inflation (for which the compensation as an investor is an interest rate on cash) erodes the value of money over time.
So, for example, £100 received now and invested at an annual interest rate of, say, 5% would be worth £105 in one year, £110.25 in two years (100 x 1.05 x 1.05) and £115.76 in three years.
Similarly, the discounted value (today's equivalent) of £115.76 due in three years is £100. Or, given the choice between £100 now and £115.76 in three years, assuming annual interest rates of 5%, you should be indifferent as the two are worth about the same on a like-for-like basis.
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