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WASHINGTON — James Bopp Jr. likes to begin speeches by reading the First Amendment. He calls opponents, including President Obama, "socialists." He runs a national law practice out of a small office in Terre Haute, Ind., because he prefers the city's conservative culture.
And for most of the last 35 years, he has been a lonely Quixote tilting at the very idea of regulating political donations as an affront to free speech.
Not anymore. Mr. Bopp won his biggest victory last week when the Supreme Court ruled that corporations, unions and nonprofit groups have the right to spend as much as they want supporting or opposing the election of a candidate.
Mr. Bopp was not present in the courtroom. His client — not for the first time — replaced him with a less ideological and more experienced Washington lawyer when the case reached the justices.
But it was Mr. Bopp who had first advised the winning plaintiff, the conservative group Citizens United, about using its campaign-season film "Hillary: The Movie" as a deliberate test of the limits on corporate political spending. And he shepherded the case through appeals to the Supreme Court as part of a long-term legal strategy that he says he has just begun.Continue reading the main story
"We had a 10-year plan to take all this down," he said in an interview. "And if we do it right, I think we can pretty well dismantle the entire regulatory regime that is called campaign finance law."
"We have been awfully successful," he added, "and we are not done yet."
The Citizens United case "was really Jim's brainchild," said Richard L. Hasen, an expert on election law at Loyola Law School in Los Angeles.
"He has manufactured these cases to present certain questions to the Supreme Court in a certain order and achieve a certain result," Mr. Hasen said. "He is a litigation machine."
The same week the court issued its ruling, it agreed to hear Mr. Bopp's next appeal: seeking to prevent the public release of the names of people who signed a Washington State petition opposing same-sex marriage, on the ground that gay rights supporters might harass them.
For Mr. Bopp, it is a chance to chip away at some of the disclosure laws left intact by the Supreme Court's ruling in the Citizens United case.
Then there is his suit on behalf of the Republican National Committee, pending in the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, seeking to overturn some of the limits on direct corporate contributions to the political parties. When Mr. Bopp filed it a few years ago, many legal scholars considered the suit almost pointless because of Supreme Court precedents. But the court's opinion last week — from a slightly different set of justices — has cast it in a far more favorable light.
"If you cannot ban corporate spending on ads, how is it that you are allowed to ban corporate contributions to candidates?" asked Nathaniel Persily, a professor at Columbia Law School. "That is the next shoe to drop."
Mr. Bopp, for his part, said he had no complaints about being removed from the case before the Supreme Court, even if the lawyer who argued it, Theodore B. Olson, a solicitor general in the Bush administration, won with an approach Mr. Bopp originally left out. (It was Mr. Olson who decided to go after the ban on corporate spending; Mr. Bopp hoped to challenge disclosure rules, which the court upheld last week.)
"I understand that law is art," Mr. Bopp said. "Picasso, Van Gogh, Michelangelo — they are all very different, but all create masterpieces."
Mr. Bopp also makes no apologies for his partisanship. A veteran member of the Republican National Committee, he is the leader of a movement to deny party support to any candidate who fails to affirm at least 8 of 10 principles, including opposition to "government-run health care," "amnesty" for illegal immigrants and "Obama's socialist agenda."
Liberal bloggers have ridiculed the proposal as a "purity test." But that just revealed "what liberals think of 'purity,' " Mr. Bopp said. "We would call 'purity' 100 percent, not 80. Marriage doesn't mean you can commit adultery 20 percent of the time."
At stake, he said, is the fate of the party and the country. If Republicans fail to restore their credibility with grass-roots conservatives, Mr. Bopp said, "we are going to be facing a third-party effort that will guarantee Obama's re-election and the literal — not just virtual — destruction of the country as we know it."
Mr. Bopp's career as a conservative advocate began in the late 1960s at Indiana University, where he headed its chapter of Young Americans for Freedom, William F. Buckley's answer to the leftist Students for a Democratic Society.
A few years after Mr. Bopp graduated from the University of Florida College of Law in 1973, a friend in Indianapolis, M. Stanton Evans, introduced him to the state's chapter of the fledgling National Right to Life Committee. By age 29, Mr. Bopp was its first general counsel, overseeing the dissemination of the 1980 "voter guides" that some said helped elect Ronald Reagan president.
Mr. Bopp's success defending the voter guides from legal challenges made him the go-to lawyer for right-leaning groups fighting election rules. "He is absolutely tenacious, a bulldog litigator," said Ralph Reed, the former head of the Christian Coalition, who hired Mr. Bopp to represent it in a legal battle over its guides and political activities.
In 1996, Senator Mitch McConnell of Kentucky, a fierce opponent of campaign finance laws who is now the Senate Republican leader, helped Mr. Bopp set up his own nonprofit litigation center, the James Madison Center for Free Speech. (Mr. McConnell was its honorary chairman). After Congress passed the McCain-Feingold campaign finance law in 2002, Mr. McConnell hired Mr. Bopp to challenge it.
Shortly before the Supreme Court hearings, however, Mr. Bopp was dropped from representing Mr. McConnell because of a dispute over tactics with the other lawyers on Mr. McConnell's team.
The court upheld most of McCain-Feingold in 2003. But Mr. Bopp was soon back, in 2007, with a challenge on behalf of the Wisconsin Right to Life Committee. With Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. having replaced Sandra Day O'Connor, the court leaned the other way, striking down some of the prohibitions on corporate political commercials and setting the stage for last week's ruling.
Mr. Bopp said the next step in his 10-year plan is to roll back the disclosure rules.
"Groups have to be relieved of reporting their donors if lifting the prohibition on their political speech is going to have any meaning," he said. Requiring groups that buy political commercials to report their donors is almost as punitive, he said, "as an outright criminal go-to-jail-time prohibition."
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Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cupcake
Reese's Peanut Butter Cup Cupcake
1 Devil's Food Cake Mix
1 box (5.9 oz) chocolate pudding
1 C sour cream (I use low fat)
1 C oil (just made up for that low fat huh?)
4 eggs
1/2 C water
2 teaspoons vanilla
Preheat oven to 350 degrees. Combine all of those ingredients with a mixer. This batter will be quite thick-much thicker than typical cake batter. Scoop into 24 cupcake paper lined muffin tins.
Unwrap mini Reese's, push one in to each cupcake batter portion.
Bake for 18 minutes. At 18 minutes they are just barely done. If yours don't appear done let them go a minute or two longer but try to pull them out when they are barely done.
Peanut Butter Frosting Recipe:
1 cup butter, softened
1 cup creamy peanut butter
4 cups powdered sugar
5 teaspoons milk
use a ziploc bag to pipe the frosting on the cupcake. Fill the bag, snip a corner off and pipe. I also melted some chocolate chips, threw in some butter and then drizzled a little chocolate on top.


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Qatar ICT Conference and Exhibition (Qitcom) – May 24-26, 2011Mohamed Marwen Meddah | April 7, 2011 – 10:30 am | 1 Comment
ictQatar (Qatar's Supreme Council of Information and Communication Technology) will be hosting the first Qatar ICT Conference and Exhibition (Qitcom), from May 24-26, 2011 at the Doha Exhibition Center, a move done by the government IT body to support the rapidly growing ICT market seen to expand to $3.7bn by 2013.
The conference is meant to be an opportunity for ICT leaders in Qatar to engage with global industry leaders and see first-hand the latest offerings and advances from major ICT enterprises.
A number of exhibitors have already confirmed their participation at QITCOM, including local companies such as Qatar Datamation Systems (QDS), World Connection, Total Soft, Atcom and Ictus Projects; as well as a number of multinationals such as IBM, Huawei, SAP, Microsoft, Alcatel-Lucent and Oracle.
Planet of the Apps Arabia 2011 – April 18-20th 2011 – Dubai (UAE)Mohamed Marwen Meddah | April 5, 2011 – 10:18 am | No Comments
There's no arguing that we currently live in a mobile world, and since the launch of the iPhone a few years ago and all the developments that have followed in the smartphone space, contributing to the spread of such devices around the world, mobile apps have taken over as the hottest innovation area in tech.
Planet of the Apps Arabia 2011 is an event that will be taking place at Dubai's The One & Only Royal Mirage Hotel from 18th to 20th of April 2011, aiming to cover this fast growing and exciting space. It is organized as a two day strategic conference, dedicated developer masterclass and a technology showcase exhibition.
The aim of the event is to bring together the mobile application ecosystem in one location, and get insights into what the spread of mobile applications means for business from some of the industry experts.
First DemoCamp Amman To Be Held on May 10th 2011 At Zara ExpoMohamed Marwen Meddah | April 2, 2011 – 7:02 am | No Comments
This coming May will witness another addition to the startup event scene in the region, specifically in Amman, Jordan, with the holding of the first DemoCamp Amman event.
DemoCamp Amman will be held on May 10th 2011 at Zara Expo from 7:00pm to 9:00pm.
As with other DemoCamp events around the region and the world, the goal of the event is to enable tech entrepreneurs, students, professionals and engineers to showcase and launch their new products in front of the tech community.
The event is open to startups and budding entrepreneurs both from Jordan and the region as a whole.
Demo submissions need to be submitted by April 14th 2011 to be considered for this first event; The demo submission form can be found here.
TechWadi Marks Launch Of Entrepreneurship Initiative In EgyptMohamed Marwen Meddah | October 22, 2010 – 1:50 pm | 5 Comments
On October 25-26th, 2010; TechWadi, the Silicon Valley-based non-profit organization working to promote entrepreneurship in the Arab world, will be hosting two days of free events that are focused on developing the entrepreneurship and innovation ecosystem in Egypt and the MENA region.
On October 25th, at the Smart Village Convention Center in Cairo, Egypt; hundreds of entrepreneurs, executives and investors will join together at the Rising Tide Forum to build their networks, discover synergies, and learn from US and regional business leaders. [Agenda]
Panel leaders will address targeted topics of direct value to entrepreneurs and investors alike: venture capital and angel financing best practices; challenges and opportunities in Egypt; the role of mentors, incubators, and entrepreneurship education; mobile and Facebook applications; enterprise software; and a host of proven strategies ready to be transplanted into the MENA region.
Dubai Internet City To Host Next DemoCamp Dubai On Nov. 24thMohamed Marwen Meddah | October 14, 2010 – 12:42 pm | 1 Comment
Dubai Internet City just announced that it is preparing to host another edition of DemoCamp Dubai, the event enabling tech entrepreneurs, students, professionals and engineers to showcase and launch their new products in front of the tech community, and obtain valuable feedback from a like-minded audience comprising venture capitalists and angel investors.
This next edition of DemoCamp Dubai will be held on November 24th, from 6.30pm – 9.00pm, at Dubai Internet City; probably at the Knowledge Village Auditorium as usual. It is planned to include six demos from entrepreneurs.
Applicants will be screened by a panel of industry experts, including the organisers and business partners of DIC. Shortlisted applicants will be required to demonstrate their product and highlight its market opportunity, stage of corporate development, and identify the competitors. Demonstrations need to convey working software, hardware, network services and other features.
GoSolo Entrepreneurial Workshop: Raising Capital for Your StartupMohamed Marwen Meddah | October 13, 2010 – 9:31 am | No Comments
Tandem, the Dubai-based business advisory company, will be hosting a 5th installment of GoSolo at The Shelter in Dubai, today Wednesday October 13th, 2010 at 7PM.
GoSolo is a series of entrepreneurial workshops organized by tandem and that aim to help and guide aspiring entrepreneurs through the different challenges of launching a startup and give them answers to all their various questions.
This month's session, titled 'Raising Capital for Your Startup', will include a discussion led by the founders of tandem, Rabih Brair and Amir Farha on the industry, and insights on what investors are looking for in today's market. The topics include the regional investment landscape, the selection criteria that investors look at and a Q&A session with one of the founders of Duplays.
Free Booths For Startups At TiE GITEX 2010 Start-up ShowcaseMohamed Marwen Meddah | October 9, 2010 – 10:35 am | 4 Comments
Dubai's yearly GITEX Technology Week is just around the corner, taking place from October 17th to 21st in the Dubai International Convention and Exhibition Centre.
Plans for this year's event are even bigger than previous years, and include a new really interesting track titled 'GITEX Mobile Apps & Content World', which is focused on the sector of mobile applications and content, and aims to provide a high profile, dynamic framework for the mobile applications and entertainment market.
With a market worth an estimated US$30 billion, opportunities are immense, and there's so much going on in this space as mobile operators and manufacturers scramble to open up their own apps stores as popular demand for apps to buy and download increases.
US-Lebanon ICT Forum And ArabNet Beirut Startup WorkshopMohamed Marwen Meddah | October 7, 2010 – 1:12 am | No Comments
The American Embassy in Lebanon and the American-Lebanese Chamber of Commerce are hosting the first annual US-Lebanon ICT Forum on Oct 14-15 at BIEL Center in Beirut, Lebanon.
The event is also being supported by the Union of Arab ICT Associations (IJMA3) and the National U.S. Arab Chamber of Commerce.
The forum will showcase 60 companies active in the ICT sector and their latest products, and will feature a series of seminars about trends in the technology and communications sector. The goal is to help Lebanese and American businesses capitalize on the growing bilateral commercial relations.
As part of the forum, ArabNet is organizing a free entrepreneurship workshop on October 14th from 6pm to 8pm, titled 'Speed Up Your Startup'.
Cloud Computing Session Announced For MENA ICT Forum 2010Mohamed Marwen Meddah | October 4, 2010 – 11:54 pm | No Comments
Adding to the list of interesting sessions taking place during the MENA ICT Forum 2010, which will be taking place in Amman next week (October 10th – 11th, 2010), a new session has been announced called "Reality and the Cloud", which as the name suggests is about cloud computing as an emerging technology to be harnessed in the region.
The session will have two parts, and through them the 'cloudiness' of the MENA region will be examined, as regional broadband and access initiatives have made online technologies available to large and small business alike, cutting the burden of large IT expenses.
Challenges faced by companies who are not adopting this trend will be discussed, in addition to privacy and confidentiality concerns. The dominant theme of web hosting and servicing will also be tackled, and the hurdles faced by the region to capture vital market share in an ever-expanding industry of web-hosting.
Fourth Edition Of Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition Launched In JordanMohamed Marwen Meddah | September 30, 2010 – 5:45 pm | No Comments
The Queen Rania National Entrepreneurship Competition (QRNEC) is officially launching its 4th cycle for 2010 – 2011.
This comes as part of the Queen Rania Center for Entrepreneurship's continued effort to empower Jordanian entrepreneurs to take their ideas or startups to the next level.
The vision of QRNEC is to evolve and expand into a comprehensive entrepreneurship enabler, involved in fostering creativity, incubating viable concepts, and facilitating the success of entrepreneurial ventures to a level that affects the cultural orientation of the Jordanian community.


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May was a really busy month for me, not only did I go away on holiday but I also went to Comic Con and I went to a publishing event. Reading has taken a back burner I'm sorry to say but I'm still on track for the year.
Silent City (Corin Hayes, #1) by G.R. Matthews
Blood Bank by Zoe Markham
Total books read: 2
Reviewed: 2
Pages read in total this year: 14513
Silent City by G.R. Matthews
ARC Review – Blood Bank by Zoe Markham – 5 stars
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People ask me almost daily what is the best diet out there. I say simple science. The only way to lose weight has to do with the simple principal of calories in vs calories out. This means to lose weight you need to consume less calories than you expend. THIS DOES NOT MEAN MAJOR CALORIE RESTRICTION. You need to know how many calories your body needs to function and then figure out how many calories your body needs depending on your activity level. You can take this number and subtract no more than 500 calories a day and you will see your weight drop.
It is important to understand that if you consume anything in excess, ANYTHING, it will be converted into fat. ANYTHING means healthy food too.
You may have heard of the twinkie diet where Mark Haub spent 10 weeks eating sugary foods like little debbies, oreos, sugary cereal, etc every 3 hours and lost 27 lbs. The trick was that he limited his daily calorie intake to 1800 calories. He is a nutrition professor and new the amount of calories his body needed for weight loss. He proved that it really all comes down to consuming less calories than he expended.
Now not all calories are alike. I would NEVER recommend such a ludicrous meal plan. Your body needs fuel and powering it with sugar is not the answer. If you eat a 100 calorie snack pack of oreos, I guarantee you will be hungry shortly after. If you eat 100 calories of a fiber packed food like almonds, fruit or whole grains, you will be full longer. Plus you will gain the nutritional benefits that the empty calorie foods cannot provide you.
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the use of gasoline-powered leaf blowers is prohibited by Beverly Hills Municipal Code (Section 5-1-209) in an effort to minimize air and noise pollution and that Beverly Hills property owners are responsible for ensuring that gardeners do not violate the City Code?
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In the run-up to her company's winning new production of Verdi's "Il Trovatore," Opera San Jose general director Irene Dalis has been singing the praises of young mezzo-soprano Nicole Birkland. A resident artist this season, Birkland sings the signature role of Azucena, the wronged and vengeful Gypsy woman — a role Dalis made her own when she was a mezzo at the Metropolitan Opera half a century ago.
"I've been waiting for this kind of voice," Dalis said in an interview, describing Birkland's portrayal as "exactly what I would want to be able to do." That's high praise, and one wondered if some hyperbole was involved. But, after watching Birkland's hair-raising performance Saturday — opening night for "Trovatore" at the California Theatre — one understands the buildup. Birkland was a tour de force. It was as if the valve had been opened on a fire hydrant, releasing a torrent of glorious and passionate singing.
From the pulsing pace of its opening scenes (credits to director Brad Dalton) to its colorful Renaissance costumes (designed by Elizabeth Poindexter) and appealing performances by other key singers in the opening night cast, Saturday's "Trovatore" was a strong one. (The production has two casts performing in rotation; I haven't seen the other, which includes mezzo-soprano Rebecca Krouner as Azucena.) Conducted by David Rohrbaugh, the orchestra flowed flexibly and expressively through the many moods of the drama — a convoluted tale of murder, memory, love, lust and revenge in 15th century Spain.
Birkland rose above the rest of the cast, most notably in Act II's famous Gypsy camp scene, where Azucena sings two celebrated numbers: "Stride la vampa" ("The blaze is crackling") and "Condotta ell'era in ceppi" ("She was led in chains"). Here, Azucena recalls seeing her mother burned at the stake by an evil count — and the revenge she later sought by tossing one of the count's sons into a fire. Or so she thought: Accidentally, she explains, she grabbed the wrong child, sending her own little boy to his death.
The plot has its absurdities, but the music is spectacular: Verdi in flight. As was Birkland, arriving on stage with clenched fists and contorted face, a vision of pent-up fury. Her voice was richly and darkly colored throughout its considerable range, from rock-solid bottom to flutelike top. Immersed in the role, she didn't project her voice so much as propel it, building to this climax: "My son, my son, I burned my son" (sung in Italian, of course). This was a true, dramatic mezzo performance by Birkland, an emerging singer who deserves to be widely heard.
The cast's other standout was soprano Cecilia Violetta López, as Leonora, lady-in-waiting and love interest to the story's rivals, the vicious Count di Luna and the troubadour Manrico. López's sumptuous gowns were mirrored in her voice: plush and supple, exquisitely colored. She wasn't quite consistent, losing fullness in her low range and occasionally becoming shrill when reaching for high notes. Still, hers mostly was a compelling performance: lyric and legato, with shapely Italianate phrasing in "D'amor sull'ali rosee" ("On the rosy wings of love"), sung at the gates of the prison where Manrico, her soul mate, is to be executed by di Luna.
As Manrico, tenor Alexander Boyer sang with throbbing warmth, lovely to hear, though he didn't inhabit the role; the fiery lover was a little bland. Baritone Zachary Altman, as Count di Luna, threw himself into his numbers, sometimes appealingly, sometimes harshly. Problematically, there was a hitch in his voice moving into the upper register; it seemed to impede easy motion and full-on volume, though his pianissimo notes were floaty and sweet.
As Ferrando, Luna's chief officer, bass Silas Elash sang with confidence and steely tone, another excellent performance by this company stalwart (but without enough limberness in low-lying phrases). Two cast members sang mellifluously in smaller roles: mezzo-soprano Tori Grayum as Ines, Leonora's confidante, and tenor Michael Jankosky, as Ruiz, Manrico's henchman. The chorus turned in some fine ensemble acting — neatly choreographed by Dalton — while singing with lusty commitment. (The clank of hammer on steel, however, overwhelmed the voices in the Gypsies' "Anvil Chorus.")
One last observation: In an age of budget trimming, the company clearly is watching its dollars with the sets, designed by Steven C. Kemp. The same faux stone walls and stairway were moved here and there throughout the production. Yet from scene to scene, the sets proved to be versatile, handsome and evocative.
Thanks to David Lee Cuthbert's creative lighting and the use of accouterments — a spooky backdrop of moon and clouds, or Renaissance banners unfurled from the rafters — we felt the menacing chill of the castle, the rosy glow of a love scene in a private chamber. The functional was made artful.
Contact Richard Scheinin at 408-920-5069, read his stories and reviews at www.mercurynews.com/richard-scheinin and follow him at Twitter.com/richardscheinin.
Opera San Jose
Presenting Giuseppe Verdi's 'Il Trovatore'
With two rotating casts, directed by Brad Dalton, and orchestra conducted by David Rohrbaugh.
Through: Feb. 24
Where: California Theatre, 345 S. First St., San Jose
Tickets: $51-$101, 408-437-4450, www.operasj.org
Also: Subscriptions for the company's 30th season (opening Sept. 7 with Verdi's "Falstaff") go on sale Feb. 11; $120-$380 for four productions


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Disrupting Today's Workplace – Part One
By Michael Fauscette on June 11, 2014
I laugh every time I write the title "future of work", I mean, how presumptuous can one document / post / presentation be to outline the entire future of work. I'm going with "disruption of work" for this one. Oh well, titles aside, it's a topic that I'm extremely interested in, and have been looking […]
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Passion is No Ordinary Word
By Susan Scrupski on February 10, 2014
[This is a bit of an insider post. New blog readers, please bear with me.] Here's a question: When did you first fall in love with Luis Suarez? For me, it was sometime in 2006 or 2007. I first wrote about him on my blog in 2007 after he unpacked a 7-part analysis of the […]
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SAP Goes Social
By Michael Fauscette on October 31, 2012
It's turning into a big news week for enterprise social network (ESN) software, first Yammer's 1st user conference, YamJam12, and then a very interesting announcement from SAP. SAP has, in the past at least, not really exhibited a great deal…
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Deltek to Acquire INPUT, Extends Its Reach in the Government Contracting Value Chain
By Michael Fauscette on September 30, 2010
Today Deltek announced its intent to acquire market research firm INPUT. INPUT, originally founded in 1974 as an IT market research firm has, since 2000, focused on delivering market and opportunity intelligence to IT public sector contractors and agencies. The deal is expected to close Oct 1, 2010. INPUT offers government contractors (GovCon) sales and […]
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Tuesday, 27 May 2014
Charging our batteries
To monitor the battery State of Charge (SOC) we have a Smartgauge which provides a percentage reading with an accuracy of +/- 10%. Additionally we have a Victron BMV600 battery monitor which I use to measure the amps flowing in and out of the batteries. Finally, the Tracer solar controller also provides the SOC as a percentage.
What interests me is each of these devices provides a different SOC when read simultaneously. Normally the Victron and the Tracer show a higher reading (ie, a higher state of charge) than the Smartgauge. I suspect the Smartgauge provides the most accurate reading as the Tracer and Victron will be showing 100% SOC yet the Victron will be also be showing amps flowing into the batteries.
There are four stages of charging the batteries (Bulk, Absorption, Float, Equalization). I'll ignore the latter because it's a special stage.
The engine has two alternators providing a combined theoretical output of 225A.
When recharging the batteries they immediately go into the Bulk stage where they will accept a very high number of amps. I've never seen our battery bank accept the maximum 225A produced by the engine alternators. The most I have seen is around 168A. There are two possible reasons for this. First, the alternators are unable to achieve the theoretical maximum output. Second, the battery bank is already at 75% and is simply unable to accept a higher state of charge. I've noticed it doesn't take long for the amps flowing into batteries to drop down to 60-70 amps and my assumption is it's the inability of the batteries to accept a higher state of charge which causes the amperes reading to fall.
The batteries change to the Absorption stage around 80% SOC. At this point the amps reading drops to around 25-30A. At 92% SOC on the Smartgauge the amps going to the battery are around 5-7A and we will be at the Float stage. The Absorption and Float stages take considerably longer than the initial Bulk stage.
Unless we are cruising there seems little point in running the diesel engine for a long time just to recharge the batteries during the Absorption and Float stages. It's not the cost of diesel that concerns me, but rather the wear on the engine. We have a petrol generator which costs considerably less than the engine and what I tend to do is run the engine for the Bulk stage, then use the generator for the Absorption. If it's a sunny day the solar panels will complete the Float stage and then maintain the SOC until dusk. The process is then repeated the following day.
There are usually only two situations when we will continue to run the engine after the Bulk stage is complete. It will either be because we are cruising or it's when we want to use either the washing machine, vacuum cleaner or microwave.
Our usual summer cruising routine is to move Monday to Friday and moor during the weekend. Cruising for 3-4 hours daily is sufficient time to fully recharge the batteries. Therefore we only tend to use the generator on the weekends or when not cruising.
The generator will provide enough electricity for our larger appliances but it "grunts" with the heavy load and as it is our alternative source of electricity I don't want to use it in a way that might unnecessarily damage it.
Daniel heads off tomorrow and to his horror he discovered his laptop external USB storage drive had decided to fail. After some frenetic activity he decided it would be better to purchase a replacement 2TB drive. Whilst doing that he made the decision to purchase a 250GB SSD and a USB 3.0 enclosure. I needed a walk and accompanied him to PCWorld and Maplin to watch him spend all that hard earned money. I do love watching other people spend money. Think of all that VAT going to the swindlers at Westminster! It means they are less likely to look for ways of extracting it from me. Unfortunately that theory was shot to hell when I also decided to buy an enclosure.
Jan thinks I've previously written about charging the batteries but she doesn't realize there have been some subtle changes!
6 comments :
- Paul and Elaine said...
I thought an enclosure was where you kept sheep!
- 27 May 2014 at 05:16
- Halfie said...
Tom, if you have four 450Ah batteries then I believe that makes a total of 1800Ah, irrespective of how you connect them.
- 27 May 2014 at 06:19
- Tom and Jan said...
You're confused Paul. Only Kiwi's think that!
- 27 May 2014 at 13:49
- Tom and Jan said...
You are going to have to explain your maths on that point. I always understood when you linked in series the voltage was combined and when you linked in parallel the amperes are combined. So linking two 6V batteries in series gives 12V and then linking two sets of 450A batteries in parallel at 12V gives 900Ah.
- 27 May 2014 at 13:55
- Halfie said...
Tom, as I understand it the ampere-hour rating of a battery is a measure of its capacity in terms of how much charge it can hold. Like a bucket of water. If you have four buckets you can choose to use them quickly by pouring them out two at a time, or more slowly, pouring them out one at a time. Either way, you still have four buckets-worth of water. It's the same with batteries.
Yes, if you connect two similar batteries in series you get twice the voltage, and connecting them in parallel gives twice the "lasting power". But, if you need, say, 3V, think how long two AAA cells in series will last compared with two AA cells.
Can you see what I'm saying?
- 29 May 2014 at 05:03
- Tom and Jan said...
My understanding is when you put two 6V batteries in series you double the voltage but the current stayes the same. When you connect them in series the voltage stays at 6V but the current doubles.
We have four 6v batteries that are connected in two pairs so both the voltage and the current doubles.
- 29 May 2014 at 05:19


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Homeowners know that mortgage interest provides a valuable tax deduction, but this year the IRS has sweetened the pot for first time home buyers. The First-Time Homebuyer Credit provides incentive for those who haven't owned a home in the past three years to buy one before July 1, 2009.
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- Buy a house between now (back to April 8, 2008) and before July 1, 2009.
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– Vacation homes and rental property are NOT eligible.
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The First-Time Homebuyer Credit is 10% of the purchase price of the home, with a maximum available credit of $7,500. It's the same whether you're single or married filing jointly. However, the limit is only $3,750 for a married person filing a separate return. If your home cost $75,000 or more, you'll likely qualify for the maximum credit, but it's subject to phase-outs (reductions) at incomes over $75,000 .
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There's always got to be a catch, right? In this case it's that the credit is actually more like an interest-free loan than a true credit. Taxpayers have to repay the credit in equal installments over fifteen years starting the second year after the year the credit is claimed.
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NOTE: The information here refers to what is already in place. Plans for a more permissive and larger ($15,000 maximum) credit have passed the Senate and could become a reality if the economic stimulus packages is passed into law this week. If those measures pass, the IRS will need to state just how the credit will be administrered.


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Microsoft to Offer Beta Release of Popfly
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Author Interview: Katie McGarry
11 Aug 2012
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SHIIIIRLEY! I love love LOVE it! Wonderful questions, and oh my goodness, I can't wait to read DARE YOU TO! HOW SHE DESCRIBES IT! SQUEEEEEEEE!ReplyDelete
- Vivian @ Vivaciously, Vivian7 September 2012 at 18:43
AWESOME AWESOME AWESOME interview! I just finished Pushing the Limits and it was....indescribable! So nice to read this author interview *o* Katie McGarry is so amazing >_< Thanks for sharing this, Shirley!!!ReplyDelete
- Seeitorreadit7 September 2012 at 18:43
*sighs* I STILL need to read Pushing the Limits!!!! It sounds SO awesome. Thanks for sharing. Lovely interview! Katie McGarry is wonderful!!! I think my favourite YA couple would be....hmmm...that is a tough question! But yes Edward and Bella are totally awesome!!!!ReplyDelete
I love when an author gets so emotionally invested while writing.... well, I mean, of COURSE they're emotionally invested, but I love hearing they cried or laughed right along with the reader :D Awesome interview, ladies! I'm eager to see all the action and kissing and kissing Beth's story brings!ReplyDelete
LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE LOVE this author interview, Shirley! Pushing the Limits is definitely one of my favourite contemporary reads this year and love the questions and answers in this post!ReplyDelete
Awww, I didn't know Katie's favourite book is The Outsiders. I LOVE THIS BOOK SO MUCH TOO! And hahaha, it's sweet that Katie's favourite YA couple is Edward and Bella although mine's probably Noah and Echo ;)
Anyway, awesome author interview, Shirley! ♥
Great interview, Shirley! I'm sure the follow up book is going to be popular!ReplyDelete
Eeeeee!!!! PUSHING THE LIMITS!!!!! Noah <333ReplyDelete
I agree that's it's so much more than a typical book - it was simply amazing! And the spark and witty banter between Echo and Noah was so fun to read so I'm glad to hear it was the easiest to write! And I love how Katie 'became' the characters - it's like us readers falling for the characters and feeling their highs and lows. It must be an amazing feeling to know so many people loved your first ever published book and I can't wait for Dare to You. Lots of kissing? Gimme ;)
Fab interview, Katie and Shirley <333
- Sam @ Realm of Fiction7 September 2012 at 18:43
A lot of kissing in DARE TO YOU? That has my attention! ;) Thanks for the lovely interview, Shirley and Katie. It's interesting to hear how Katie 'becomes' each character when she's writing them. No wonder they all felt so wonderfully real. :)ReplyDelete
- TautochroneQuillon7 September 2012 at 18:43
AHHHHHH! I LOVED THIS BOOK SO MUCH SHIRLEY! And what a fun interview, I'm absolutely dying for Beth's book and am quite encouraged by the mention of lots of kissing :) I can only imagine what going to a book signing would be like as an author, what an amazing feeling. Katie McGarry is now an auto-buy author for me!ReplyDelete
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I've seen how beautiful it is when we love people all the way.
Blended Families and Father's Day
Fourteen Valentines Days
Super Heroes Do Exist!
Sitting around a dinner table with my hilarious single friends, I was asked a question. Someone in the group asked me, "if you were to ever remarry, would you want to have more children?"
While a single mom of three kids I met a bold and active group of friends through the church I attended. On the weekends that my children went to be with their dad, I thoroughly enjoyed my time with other singles (especially since I became a mom at 19). Playing paddle ball at the park, going to movies, bowling and floating down the Boise River was how I got to spend some of my single days. When I had my three kids with me, my friends always made me feel welcome to bring them along to join in the fun.
I am particularly grateful for the friends I chose to be with during that time in my life. I was slightly out of my comfort zone because I didn't quite know how I fit into the single parent scene. I knew that my choices were going to either help me grow or bring me down to a place that would affect my little family. I saw some friends choose to associate with people who pushed them towards great things and a life of abundance. Then there were the others who took another route that was like going down a windy road to only end up in a ditch.
Carefully, I considered the question my friend had posed. Around the table, all eyes were gazing at me in anticipation of what my answer would be. I began, "only if the man I marry is a super hero." I laughed. They all laughed. The night went on.
I had no idea at the time; my super hero was at that table. He listened to my every word and come to find out; he watched my every move that night.
I had very high expectations of who I would consider for a husband. I honestly didn't think he was out there and I was perfectly fine with that. I had learned my lesson and knew it was better to be single than to hastily choose a spouse.
I have celebrated fourteen Valentines Days with my super hero. I gave birth to two children with my superhero. I have cried on the shoulder of my super hero. I've raised 3 kids with my super hero and in the process of raising our two. My super hero has seen the best of me and has seen the worst. He is in love with me, I can tell. I can tell by the words he says to me and the way he looks at me. I can tell by the sacrifice he makes and by the effort he puts into creating a godly family for us.
What makes a super hero a super hero?
He loves my kids. As a step Dad, Brian wanted to love our kids in a way that would make them feel like we were all on the same team.
He puts me first. Brian has shown his love to me by putting me first. He has a good balance of his career and family life.
He listens to me. Being married before means I had a bit more baggage than what Brian had. He listens to me as I process through my feelings, even when I sound like a record going around and around.
He is patient. Although Brian had never been a dad before, he showed a lot of patience with towards his instant family.
He encourages me. I've never had anyone encourage me the way Brian does. At first it was hard to accept that someone could see so much good in me. Now, I listen to his encouragement and accept it as the Lord speaking His life giving words to me, using Brian as the messenger.
He is honest. Brian doesn't let sin control his life. He is quick to confess his sin, leaving no door for the enemy to get into our marriage.
He is dependable. I can depend on his godly character. He is who he says he is. Because Christ abides in him, he lives a life of integrity.
He is humble. Although pride shows itself in us all, Brian walks in humility more than anyone I know.
The super hero I married is a man who had his life transformed by the love of Jesus. Changed by the power of the Holy Spirit, he has blessed his family in so many ways. These past fourteen years have been the best years of my life.


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This year, the Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence is bringing Kinetic Affect out to keynote a morning plenary and run a breakoutsession at this year's Annual Conference. Two men from a sordid past will be speaking on their true life experiences and be using their voices to help move men into a deeper state of awareness and vulnerability.
Kinetic Affect and Speak It Forward is honored to be a critical part of this year's Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence Annual Conference. Our keynote presentation on June 7 for all attendees is entitled "Personal Reflections on Male Identity, Social Change and the VAW Movement". And our breakout session that same day will focus on the the use of our art form in personal transformation and the healing process, called "Innovation in Social Change: Empowering Youth Through Spoken Word Poetry". It will be a true blessing to be a part of the conference this year, especially considering the pasts that we have each faced–as men in our society–and the work we do today
We would like to leave you with the words of one of our "failures." Yes, it's harsh to say "failure" and maybe that isn't fully true. But when even just one woman caves in and loses sight of her true beauty, we feel the loss. Here is a story that tells you why we, Gabriel and Kirk, fight so hard for women:
"Not every story has a happy ending. And I wish I could say her's was. She stood on the stage and held her poem in her hands. Standing at the mic, she began to speak. She said five simple words, "This is for my son." She was 16. And her son was being held by a staff member off to the side. See, she was still in lock up. And her son had made a special trip across the state to hear his mommy share this poem she wrote for him. She wanted to apologize to this little blonde-haired boy for how she had given up on herself when he needed her the most. She apologized for her temper. For her anger. She apologized for the time she was arrested right in front of him. She described the way she saw him crying as she was held there by the police on the concrete in the middle of the street. It was the day she traded in holding onto his hand for grabbing onto steel bars.
(To learn more about the Michigan Coalition Against Domestic and Sexual Violence, please visit their website here: http://www.mcadsv.org. OR… visit their Facebook page here: http://www.mcadsv.org.)
"Willard Library's 6th Annual Poetry Slam had the added bonus to have professional speakers and poets Kinetic Affect come in and display their expertise in performance! Their performances were dramatic, powerful, and provided content that everyone in the audience could relate to, especially the students. Kirk's background in teaching along with his passion for poetry really shined through during the workshop, while Gabe's suggestions to the performers-in-training were sensitive, honest and spot on. The time Kirk and Gabe took to spend with our young people will leave a long lasting impact on our children. On a side note, one of the kids who did not win the poetry slam competition, jokingly told me that with Kinetic Affect's help, his performance got him a girlfriend out of the deal."Stephanie Boyd, Children/Teen Service Librarian Coordinator of Poetry Slam Willard Public Library


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Students also have chances to make friends and practice communication skills through activities of the Youth Union. They are also well trained through group work sessions, presentations, interactive approach, and simulation of business scenarios.
With the slogan "student-centered training", the University has created the most favorable conditions for the learning process.
Mekong University has stated policies for study promotion, funds for scholarships awarded to those who have made outstanding achievements, or faced up to difficult circumstances.
Mekong University is very active in promoting international cooperation for joint programs on training, academic research, and student exchange. Currently, the University has established good relations with the prestigious universities in the world such as Thomas University (US), City University of Seattle (US), Green River Community College (US), Troy University (US), University of Washington (US), Northwestern Polytechnic University (USA), Seattle University (USA), Auckland University of Technology (New Zealand), University Preparation College (Australia), Rhodes Education International (Australia), Mahidol University (Thailand), Chaing Mai University (Thailand), Guilin Polytechnic University (China), Volgograd State Technical University (Russia), and other institutions and universities.
Mekong University appreciates the importance of academic research and the application of modern teaching methodology, contributing to improving the quality of teaching and learning. The University has created the conditions for faculties and students to be involved in research in order to build and develop sustainable educational quality. The University has invited local and international experts with high qualifications to give advice, participate in teaching, and work on various research projects and technology transfer. The research areas include basic research, academic research of education, application, and technology transfer.
The training quality of Mekong University has been confirmed through the highly impressive percentage of students employed after graduation. Students can get jobs easily because the school syllabi are closely associated with the social needs of the nation.
In addition to studying in the classrooms, students are required to get involved in the work environment of enterprises, companies or economic groups where their skills and knowledge can be applied. Therefore, they can get experience in real situations.
The Center for Student Assistance and Business Relations will provide useful advices and answers to any questions related to students' careers.
With the motto, "All for developing managerial methods and improving the quality of training and scientific research", Mekong University has been continuously developing, and its plan to become a training center for high qualified human resources in the Mekong Delta and nationwide will be carried out in the near future.
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MONDAY, Feb. 11, 2013 — Your birth plan may have lasting repercussions for your newborn's digestive health, according to new research published in the Canadian Medical Association Journal.
Whether a woman has a vaginal or Cesarean-section birth, as well as her choice to breastfeed or go with formula, could have an impact on the formation of her baby's gut bacteria, which in turn plays a role in many long-term health issues.
Gut bacteria not only helps process food and regulate the digestive system, it also helps build overall immunity and safeguards the body against infection. Potential diseases that can arise from impairment of gut bacteria include allergies, asthma, cancer, and irritable bowel syndrome, to name a few.
"The potential long-term consequences of decisions regarding mode of delivery and infant diet are not to be underestimated," wrote the study authors in the journal. "Infants born by Cesarean delivery are at increased risk of asthma, obesity and type 1 diabetes, whereas breastfeeding is variably protective against these and other disorders."
Previous research attempted to understand the often questionable role of gut bacteria in infants, yet scientists were limited to only testing lab cultures that couldn't 't account for 80 percent of intestinal microbes.
Now, researchers have used new DNA sequencing technology to analyze gut microbes from 24 healthy infants — 25 percent born via C-section and 42 percent breastfed — from the Canadian Healthy Infant Longitudinal Development study, which gathers data on the influence of environmental factors before birth on child health. They found that certain good bacteria groups were absent in babies delivered by C-section as opposed to vaginally, even if the babies were breastfed. Similarly, formula-fed newborns, when compared to breastfed infants, also showed a substantial deficiency in gut microbes.
"Our findings are particularly timely given the recent affirmation of the gut microbiota as a 'super organ' with diverse roles in health and disease, and the increasing concern over rising Cesarean delivery and insufficient exclusive breastfeeding in Canada," wrote study co-author Anita Kozyrskyj, PhD, of the University of Alberta, in the report.
"We want parents (and physicians) to realize that their decisions regarding C-section and breastfeeding can impact their infant's gut microbiome, and this can have potentially lifelong effects on the child's health," study co-author Meghan Azad, PhD, a postdoctoral student at the university, said in a press release.
Uncovering this link between diet, delivery mode, and gut bacteria helps to advance the understanding of crucial digestive microbes in the development of healthy infants.


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Parenting with Language: How Positive Self-Talk Builds Resilience
If you'd like your children to have strong backbones, you must listen to the quote from our parenting expert, Dr. Donna Volpitta, author of the book, The Resilience Formula. Dr. Donna writes about the relationship between language and thought. She knows the importance of connecting these two elements when talking to kids. I will expand on her great idea with examples.
How We Think
"Our thoughts are based on language. As we think, we are, in effect, talking to ourselves." Dr. Volpitta
3 Examples Where Parents Can Promote Positive Self-Talk
When children do something well, we can give them the kind of praise that will encourage repeat behavior and a positive mindset.
1. Your child thanks Aunt Suzy for her birthday gift.
2. Your child studied well and earned a good grade.
3. Your child helped a younger boy who fell and scraped his knee.
Compliments that Teach Resilience with Language
When we give praise that's positive, specific, and true (PST) we encourage constructive thinking in the minds of our children. Keep on the alert for samples of your child's great behavior every day and use PST to let them know. Here's some PST in action.
1. When you thanked Aunt Suzy, did you notice her big smile? Everyone likes to be thanked. I'm pleased you are realizing how important it is to show gratitude.
Possible language within your child's mind: 'Thanking others is easy. I like making people happy too.'
2. You took the time to study and you earned a good grade. I'm glad you're willing to study, learn, and be rewarded.
Possible language within your child's mind: 'It feels great to get good grades. If I study first and play afterward, I can get good grades and have fun later.'
3. I saw what you did when Sammy fell off his bike. You took care of his bike, gave him attention for his bloody knee, and helped him clean it. Sammy will look up to you for taking care of him. Helping Sammy was a kind thing to do.
Possible language within your child's mind: 'Helping him made Sammy feel better. I like feeling good when I do nice things for others.'
I believe Dr. Donna is right when she tells us we can help kids develop positive thought processes with our language. I also endorse the ideas you'll find in her book for guiding your kids' self-talk when they face problems. You'll find more of her excellent advice on helping kids with effective verbal communication on pages 47-50.
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Nicole Treston Abranian is an up-and-coming filmmaker who worked on 2009's Star Trek as part of the Directors Guild-Producer Training Plan. She was part of the Training Plan's class of 2006, as was her fellow Star Trek DGA trainee Lauren Pasternack. [1] She is an alumni of the University of California at Los Angeles. [2]
Before joining the DGA training program, Abranian was an office production assistant on the 2003 film S.W.A.T. (featuring Reg E. Cathey and Bruce Gray) and a set staff assistant on the 2004 film Starsky & Hutch (starring Fred Williamson). [3] Incidentally, both of these films were based on 1970s television series that aired on ABC. Abranian then worked as a production assistant on the 2006 remake of the 1979 film When a Stranger Calls.
As a DGA trainee, Abranian has participated in the production of the television series Gilmore Girls, Criminal Minds, and Saving Grace. She also worked on the upcoming comedy film All About Steve.


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IMPORTANT WARNING:Cladribine can cause a decrease in the number of blood cells in your bone marrow. Cladribine also can cause neurological and kidney damage. If you experience any of the following symptoms, call your doctor immediately: tingling of the hands or feet, mental confusion, or loss of coordination. Your doctor will order tests before, during, and after your treatment to see if your blood cells are affected by this drug.
About your treatment:Your doctor has ordered the drug cladrabine to help treat your illness. The drug is given by injection into a vein. This medication is used to treat: hairy cell leukemia (leukemic reticuloendotheliosis) This medication is sometimes prescribed for other uses; ask your doctor or pharmacist for more information. Cladribine is in a class of drugs known as purine analogs. It slows or stops the growth of cancer cells in your body. The length of treatment depends on the types of drugs you are taking, how well your body responds to them, and the type of cancer you have.
Precautions:Before taking cladribine, tell your doctor and pharmacist if you are allergic to cladribine or any other drugs. tell your doctor and pharmacist what prescription and nonprescription medications you are taking, especially aspirin and vitamins. tell your doctor if you have or have ever had liver or kidney disease. you should know that cladribine may interfere with the normal menstrual cycle (period) in women and may stop sperm production in men. However, you should not assume that you cannot get pregnant or that you cannot get someone else pregnant. Women who are pregnant or breast-feeding should tell their doctors before they begin taking this drug. You should not plan to have children while receiving chemotherapy or for a while after treatments. (Talk to your doctor for further details.) Use a reliable method of birth control to prevent pregnancy. Cladribine may harm the fetus. do not have any vaccinations (e.g., measles or flu shots) without talking to your doctor.
Side effects:Side effects from cladribine are common, and include: nausea and vomiting loss of appetite diarrhea constipation abdominal pain or pain in the trunk aches in the muscles or joints headache trouble sleeping Tell your doctor if either of these symptoms is severe or lasts for several hours: mouth blistering fatigue If you experience any of the following symptoms, or those listed in the IMPORTANT WARNING section, call your doctor immediately: unusual bruising or bleeding pain, swelling, or redness at the injection site change in normal bowel habits for more than 2 days fever chills cough sore throat difficulty swallowing dizziness shortness of breath severe exhaustion
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Prime Minister Julia Gillard on the importance of skills training for our future apprentices.
AS I SPEAK to parents, from all around the country, from all walks of life, one thing they all have in common is the desire to see their kids get a good education.
Education is central to Federal Labor's agenda because no other investment we make delivers better returns than an investment in education.
Investment in education doesn't just mean sending more students to uni. All kids are different, and for many students a uni education is not for them.
That is why I believe Trades Training Centres are a fantastic opportunity for thousands of students who want to learn the skills needed to succeed in a trade. We need to guarantee better quality of training and rigour, to not only better prepare students for their career, but also to improve the skills that our economy needs.
If we are re-elected on 21 August, Federal Labor will continue this program to ensure every secondary school has the opportunity to access a Trades Training Centre.
The Coalition has other ideas.
Tony Abbott plans to cut Trades Training Centres.
Mr Abbott's plans were confirmed last night when he submitted his first election costings to the Departments of Treasury and Finance. Of the 17 policies he submitted, 16 were cuts to services like Trades Training Centres.
Mr Abbott will deny thousands of students the opportunity to learn a trade while at school, denying them the skills they'll need to get a decent job.
A plan to cut and slash the services Australians rely on is not a vision for the future of the country.
Australia's children deserve the opportunity to learn the skills they'll need to succeed in a trade and build a successful career. Federal Labor wants to make sure our kids get this opportunity, Tony Abbott wants to take it away.
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It's a lot of work living the life that you want to live, but that's what I'm doing. "
Born in San Francisco, David Alan Harvey was raised in Virginia. He discovered photography at the age of 11. Harvey purchased a used Leica with savings from his newspaper route and began photographing his family and neighborhood in 1956.
When he was 20 he lived with and documented the lives of a black family living in Norfolk, Virginia, and the resulting book, Tell It Like It Is, was published in 1966. He was named Magazine Photographer of the Year by the National Press Photographers Association in 1978.
Harvey went on to shoot over forty essays for National Geographic magazine. He has covered stories around the world, including projects on French teenagers, the Berlin Wall, Maya culture, Vietnam, Native Americans, Mexico and Naples, and a recent feature on Nairobi.
He has published two major books, Cuba and Divided Soul, based on his extensive work on the Spanish cultural migration into the Americas, and his book Living Proof (2007) deals with hip-hop culture. His work has been exhibited at the Corcoran Gallery of Art, the Nikon Gallery, the Museum of Modern Art in New York, and the Virginia Museum of Fine Arts. Workshops and seminars are an important part of his life.
Harvey is founder and editor of the award-winning Burn magazine, featuring iconic and emerging photographers in print and online.
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Sprowston carvery workers race to a £2,000 target
PUBLISHED: 11:02 10 May 2014 | UPDATED: 11:59 10 May 2014
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A bevy of barmaids and waitresses will be serving up a helping of charity cheer by taking part in this year's Race for Life.
The ladies all work for Castle Carvery restaurants in Sprowston, Bowthorpe, Caister and Oulton Broad, which are sponsoring them to take part.
Megan McClay, a waitress and barmaid at the Racecourse in Salhouse Road, Norwich, will be running in memory of her grandparents, who both died from cancer when she was just 15.
The 20-year-old, from Sprowston, said: "I was brought up by my grandparents and both of them passed away really close together.
"The main thing about the Race for Life is finding the cure. A lot of charities help people deal with the cancer but finding the cure is the most important thing."
As well as paying for the entrance fees and buying T-shirts for the 19 staff, the restaurant chain, which is part of Anglia Restaurants, will be donating £1 from the sale of every two-course carvery sold from its four sites on the weekend of the 5k races, which take place at the Norfolk Showground on Saturday, May 17, and Sunday, May 18.
The ladies have been wearing their pink T-shirts at work, and generous customers have already donated £430 in just two weeks, while managers are hoping the money from the carvery deal will raise around £1,000.
Scott Gurney, operations manager for Anglia Restaurants, said: "It's such a good cause and we felt that because we have so many girls working for us and because its a charity that is close to their hearts that we wanted to support them to do the run.
"The staff have been wearing their T-shirts while serving so it's helping to raise awareness. We have not been asking customers for donations but some people have donated as much as £20. Even just donating the left over change, such as 5p or 10p, is helping it all add up.
"With the £1 to be donated from the two-course carvery, based on other Saturday and Sundays at this time we think that it will raise around a thousand pounds, so we're aiming to raise £2,000 in total for Cancer Research UK."


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