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The Health and Social Care Bill has its second reading – a debate on the general principles of the Bill – in the House of Lords on Tuesday 11th and Wednesday 12thOctober. More than 90 Members of the Lords have put their names down to take part in the two-day debate. Two Peers have tabled amendments to try and force extra scrutiny of the Bill because of concerns that the Bill was rushed through the House of Commons. Labour peer Lord Rea, a former lecturer at St.Thomas' Hospital Medical School and GP, has tabled a motion that, if passed, would mean the Bill would go no further in the House of Lords and could not pass into law in this session of Parliament. Lord Owen, a Crossbench peer, physician and former Parliamentary Under-Secretary for Health, has tabled a motion that would have the effect of sending certain clauses of the Bill to a select committee. In particular Lord Owen wants to see extra examination of changes the Bill makes to control of the NHS, the role of the secretary of state and the plans for Monitor, the new NHS regulator.
The Bill, which has completed its progress in the House of Commons, aims to change how NHS care is commissioned through the greater involvement of clinicians and a new NHS Commissioning Board; to improve accountability and the involvement of patients in their care and to give NHS providers new freedoms to improve quality of care.
Age UK wants to see the Bill act as a catalyst to improve health services for older people. Throughout our work with parliamentarians during the course of this bill we have been pointing out the problems older people face in accessing health and social care services. Too many older people in the UK experience poor practice and ageist attitudes when it comes to care which can put their health at risk. Older people often struggle to access the basic care they need as the NHS continues to under-commission essential preventative services such as falls prevention, continence care and audiology. These types of services make a huge contribution to keeping older people well, independent in their own homes and helping to maintain a decent quality of life.
NHS reforms will impact on everyone to a greater or lesser extent but they are likely to be most keenly felt by older people; patients over 65 account for around 60% of admissions and 70% of bed days in NHS hospitals. Our ageing population means it is more and more important for the NHS to meet the needs of older people. We want the new NHS commissioning board to instigate a fundamental review of how the NHS and local authorities assess, prioritise and commission services to meet the needs of an ageing population to make sure NHS structures, particularly the new commissioning bodies understand and know how to meet the needs of older people across the UK.
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Standard Chartered, the retail and commercial banking giant has reported an 11 percent rise in its profits for the year ended on 31 December, 2011 on Wednesday.
The group posted a profit before tax of $6,775 million as against $6,122 million in 2010.
It posted an operating income of $17,637 million, an increase of 10 percent from the previous financial year.
"Once again, our performance has shown that we are in the right markets, with the right strategy and have the right leadership in place to deliver consistent value for our shareholders. We have diversified sources of quality income growth throughout our Consumer and Wholesale Banking businesses and an obsessive focus on the basics of banking. We enter 2012 in great shape," said Sir John Peace, Chairman of Standard Chartered in a statement.
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Preppy, Part Three: The Life & Death of Samuel Clearwater by T.M. Frazier
Release Date: April 26th, 2017
Genre: Contemporary Romance
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Dre was just a beautiful stranger when Preppy saved her the first time around. Now, he has to save her again, but she's no longer some stranger, she's family, and he has no idea who or what he's up against.
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Preppy's to-do list?
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Preppy Part Three is the third book and conclusion of Preppy and Dre's story. It's also the 7th book in the King Series, which should be read in order starting with KING & TYRANT.
I did not read this story. I fell into a world in the dirty South where guns, drugs, and killing are a norm. I got to hang out with some of the scariest yet bad-ass mofo that live there including the master himself, Preppy. I felt like I was part of the gang just shooting the breeze. It was so much fun hanging out with them that I didn't even mind that nothing really happens until the last 80% of the book.
I was so anxious to read this story not because I was nervous about what would happen but I was anxious about the fact that this IS the end. There is no more King and his fuck the world attitude, or Bear in his shirtless glory, or Preppy with his dark sarcasm. I really do hope that we get some more stories for these characters but if we don't it was one fucking amazing ride and I can't wait to see where the evil ginger takes us next.
For the story itself, it is everything you want it to be and more. You see how far King, Preppy, and Bear have come to get to where they are today. It wasn't an easy road but with their brotherhood they learn what real family is, what real loyalty is, and what real love is. These three characters prove that blood doesn't make you family but something more. Something deeper.
Preppy has literally been to Hell and back and is trying to live life to the fullest with his new found family with Dre and their son Bo. Dre has been down a long road herself and her history with Preppy is not the best, but they are at a place where they would die for one another and the games they played in the first book are no longer played. They are devoted to their life and are willing to do anything they can to protect it.
Bo is by far my favorite character in the whole series (no surprise that he comes from Preppy's relationship). He is a boy of little words but the few scenes that he is in with Preppy will melt you heart and have you a little afraid of him. He is like Preppy in so many ways that you wonder if it really IS his kid.
It is sad that this is the final book of the King series but thankfully Frazier said this may not be the last time we see them. Let's cross our fingers that we get more because it's hard to imagine a life without these three men in it.
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There were wins for Roscommon, Wicklow and Leitrim at the weekend and all three teams will still be hoping to qualify for the division final.
Clare 1-10 Roscommon 0-16
Roscommon defeated Clare at Cusack Park in Ennis, to move into second spot in the Allianz National Football League Division Four table.
The visitors led by 0-10 to 0-6 at halftime, but a 50th minute goal from Gary Brennan gave Clare some hope. It reduced the lead to 0-12 to 1-8, but visitors held on with Donie Shine (0-9) leading the way.
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Tony Hannon scored three goals as Wicklow easily beat Kilkenny at Castlecomer on Sunday.
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Understood.org – A Community for Parents of Children with Learning Issues
The new school year is on the horizon, or maybe your kids have already started, either way it can be a fun but trying time for parents and kids alike. That can be especially true if you have a child who struggles with school, attention, and focus, amongst other behavioral challenges. Understanding and advocating for our children is so important.
Did your child struggle during the school year? Did your child have trouble paying attention, having conversations or finishing projects? Is reading, writing or math a struggle? These behaviors and challenges may be due to an undiagnosed learning or attention issue. And you aren't alone.
One in five children struggle with issues related to reading, math, writing, focus, and organization, yet many children with learning and attention issues do not have a diagnosis. The adults in their lives often have a hard time understanding their issues due to misconceptions and a lack of information and resources. As a result, children with learning and attention issues often face both academic and social challenges such as:
Only 68% of students with learning issues graduate with a regular high school diploma.
55% of students with learning and attention issues have had some type of involvement with the criminal justice system within eight years of leaving high school.
Contrary to what many people believe, there is no correlation between learning and attention issues and IQ. With the right strategies and support, these children can succeed in the classroom—and outside of it too.
That's why I'm reaching out to you on behalf of the Ad Council and Understood.org, a free, one-stop, easy-to-use online resource and community designed to help parents of children with learning and attention issues.
Understood is an organization that was created by a coalition of 15 nonprofits, and its content and tools were informed by a survey of more than 2,200 parents of children with learning and attention issues. It offers resources and support to parents at all stages of this journey – those who don't yet know why their child is struggling, as well as to those who have been on this journey for years. Understood offers free daily access to experts through chats and webinars, a safe online community that encourages parents to reach out to and learn from each other and a suite of specially designed, first-of-their-kind tools that will help you prepare your child for back to school and cope with the struggles that come along with it.
Understood provides parents with clear explanations about learning and attention issues. The resources they provide will give you advice on how to help your child cope with those issues when returning to school and throughout the school year. It offers practical advice for parents on everything from how to partner with their child's teachers, Back to School preparation, and help with homework to how to cope with the anxiety that comes with back to school. Here are some of the tools that you can utilize to discover what Understood has to offer:
Back to School Preparedness Countdown – Start the new school year off right! There's a lot going on—and a lot to keep track of. Download this one-month planner, which has daily tips to get your child with learning and attention issues ready for going back to school.
General School and Learning Section – Read through each section to see what we have to offer. Complete your profile and let us show you how we can help.
How to Help a Child Cope with School Anxiety – My son is anxious about going back to school, and the closer we get to the first day back, the worse it gets. He's been acting out and throwing tantrums, saying he refuses to go. What can I do?
Working With Your Child's School – Parents often don't want to bother teachers in September and October. But talking early in the school year can set the stage for strong communication throughout the year. Here are topics that can get the dialogue going.
How to be an Effective Advocate for Your Child – As a parent, you are your child's best education advocate—until he's old enough and informed enough to speak up for himself. You know your child's strengths and challenges, and you can help identify and push for the resources your child needs to succeed. Here are some tips to help you advocate for your child at school.
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(lubavitch.com) The IDF's incursion into the Gaza strip has many in Israel taking a painfully hard look at Israel's disengagement from the area three years ago and its failure to herald peace. A scathing report issued by State Comptroller Micha Lindenstrauss faults the government for its treatment of the evacuated Israelis, a majority of which live without bomb shelters and within Hamas rocket range in Nitsan.
As the IDF took up positions on the ruins of the former Jewish settlement of Netzarim in the Gaza Strip, the State Comptroller's report examined the three year plight of the Gush Katif evacuees.
"The evicted families paid a heavy price following the disengagement," the report states, "and continue to pay it even today. The process of relocating them could still take years."
While welfare services were found to have been carried out professionally, a "lack of preparatory work on the part of the authorities" was blamed for the fact that "hundreds of families are forced to continue living in temporary housing and in temporary sites that the authorities do not maintain properly." As a result, "The residents are thus suffering and are in danger."
Specifically built to accommodate Gush Katif residents after their evacuation, Nitsan is a caravan-community between Ashdod and Ashkelon. Over 500 families and a few schools and public buildings are housed in flimsy pre-fab structures that "are characterized by severe infrastructure faults, including wet walls, broken floor tiles, and frequent electricity outages." Not a single bomb shelter was erected in the community and, because the homes were supposed to be temporary, they include no reinforced rooms that offer protection against rocket fire.
"These plasterboard houses aren't safe against a rocket," said Rachel Saperstein of Nitsan who moved to Gush Katif in 1997 as part of her belief that all of Israel belongs to the Jews. "Every morning the siren goes off and a few explosions. In pajamas people run out to the sewer pipes that couldn't take a direct hit. I keep a winter coat next to the front door at all times."
In response to expellees' protest, "You threw us out of our homes, at least protect us from rockets," the government provided Nitsan's families with large concrete sewage pipes, which offer cover, but not protection from a direct hit. While children can stand in them, adults find it uncomfortable and insufficient.
"There are still no safe, permanent homes here. The government plays games with us," said Mrs. Saperstein.
facing rockets is not a new experience for the former Gush Katif residents. In the three years prior to the disengagement, Hamas launched more than 16,000 rockets at the Jewish settlements which Israeli military officials now acknowledge acted as a buffer for the rest of Israel's southern communities that are now coming under fire.
"The Jews of Gush Katif went through a lot and now they live in boxes and have to dodge rockets again," said Rabbi Yigal Kirschnzaft of Nitsan who was the Chabad representative in Gush Katif since 1982.
"We warned everyone of the dangers of disengagement. The Lubavitcher Rebbe taught us that simply speaking about giving away land creates a dangerous situation for Jews, how much more so here that they actually did it."
Rabbi Kirschnzaft told Lubavitch.com that it was traumatic for the expellees to see tractors and Arabs destroy the very places where they prayed and had community functions together. The pain continues as many of the residents of Nitsan are out of work, struggling both physically and spiritually.
"With that many rockets from such close range, everyone has a rocket story. There are many injuries and people can't work or don't have work," he said. "We went through eighteen years of rockets, since the first intifada. Terrorists attacked our kids on the streets and my car was broken into so many times. These people have gone through so much."
Now Chabad of Nitsan, Rabbi Kirschnzaft has stayed busy and involved with supporting the residents as they struggle to put their lives back together. His mobile lending library and warm smile is a comforting fixture to locals, and the center offers classes, and Shabbat and Holiday celebration in addition support and social services.
While some of the IDF soldiers currently fighting in Gaza are expelled former Gush Katif residents, many are speaking out about the connection between the disengagement and the Hamas terrorist build-up that resulted in the current war.
"They took us out of our homes and communities we worked so hard to build up, all for nothing," said Mrs. Saperstein. "We didn't get peace for it.
Mrs. Saperstein, whose husband was injured in fighting during the Yom Kippur war as well as from a rocket attack when they lived in Gush Katif, told Lubavitch.com that she would move back "in a second" and build it back up from the rubble. Furthermore, she said the current Arab residents are desperate for a Jewish return to the land.
"Nothing grows there anymore. Arabs call their former Jewish employees complaining that they are farming the same way as when the Jews were there but nothing grows and bugs are out of control. Factories which supported agricultural projects were retooled by Hamas to build rockets and weapons."
She said that it is frustrating watching the country getting bombed. "We told you, warned you and begged you that this would happen."
In 1988, Rabbi Kirschnzaft sent in a report of his many Chanukah activities to Lubavitch Headquarters in Brooklyn, NY. "The Rebbe responded with a note saying that our job was to make people happy. At the time, I didn't understand. But it's clear now."
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The Infinity symbol has drawn its inspiration from the mathematic numeric system or physics. The symbol sort of resembles the numerical 8 of the number system. The symbol is popular not only in tattoos but also in different forms of graphic designs, nail art, and various crafts, etc. The Infinity tattoos look gorgeous on different… Read More »


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Christians believe that the New Testament authors wrote their books under the guidance of God. They consider the Qur'an to be the handwork of Muhammad, probably written with the help of others who had knowledge of Jewish and Christian scriptures and apocryphal writings. Because some statements in the Qur'an resemble passages in non-canonical writings, it is claimed that the latter are among the sources used by the Qur'an's author. Because these apocryphal writings, by definition, are considered inauthentic and inferior to the New Testament, the Qur'an stands accused not only of copying texts, but also using the wrong ones.
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"It is estimated that the typical dog excretes between one half to three quarters of a pound of waste per day," according to the City of San Diego website. "In San Diego alone, there are an estimated 600,000 dogs – that is roughly 136 million pounds of poop per year."
The report didn't surprise North Park and Cherokee Point residents.
"I have a cactus plant which I once discovered had been decorated with little blue bags filled with our favorite doggy stomach evacuations (poop)," said Ron Choularton from North Park. "Similar blue bags were found on my neighbor's upstairs balcony, so it seems on less athletic days, he just flung his unhealthy packages down our rear alley."
Choularton is the former editor-in-chief of Union Jack, a monthly newspaper featuring news from the United Kingdom that was produced and published here in the U.S. Since July 2016, he's retired the 34-year-old publication, "to run my Airbnb (front house) and defend it from the attack of the dog feces."
His other neighbor was recently moving out and "her two dogs just came up on my driveway area and shit all over the place," he said, "so I yelled over to her and she casually turned and said she'd clean it up, but she didn't. So I shoveled it up and threw it in her garage."
We live a few blocks away from Choularton by the Cherokee Point and North Park border, and have a nice lawn that's been used as a doggie dumping grounds. Our neighbors, although, don't use the bags, even though they are provided for free of charge along University Avenue between the 805 and 15 Freeways.
"Our businesses, property owners and the contractors servicing the area made us aware of the [problems that you are encountering]," said Enrique Gandarilla from the City Heights Business Association, "six of these pet waste bag stations were installed along the maintenance assessment district."
The stations, or dispensers, are green metal boxes about two feet tall mounted on street signs. The bags are refilled every three weeks if need be. One is mounted in front of the income tax business by 35th Street.
"Those help us a lot," said an employee spinning a yellow tax-return sign, "do you see that area with the rocks in front of our business, that place was always full of poo-poo. But now look, it's clean."
I saw another dispenser by Swift Avenue, mounted on a pole by the dog grooming business.
"I actually clean up after my own dogs," said Sarah from North Park, "but I did catch a girl in January that left her large dog poop in our yard. It was caught on our security camera and I actually gave it back to her on her car windshield — with a note."
Sarah is a 38-year-old esthetician that owns two dogs, Godzilla and Annie. "I feel like people that don't pick up after their dogs are lazy and inconsiderate and if you handed a bag to them, they wouldn't care anyways."
"I noticed it's cleaner here and we cover the whole University Avenue (between Cherokee Point and North Park)," said an Urban Corps employee that was picking up trash bags on the streets and loading them into their truck. "It's less work for us."
Choularton walks all over North Park and said that he's only noticed "one bag dispenser around my house on Polk Avenue."
Sarah said that some of her neighbors are not happy when she and her fellow dog-walkers throw their poop-bags inside their trash bins, so she suggested a $10 lock and chain.
"I'm tired of hearing them complain about it," she said, "I personally don't care if people throw dog poo in my trash can bagged or unbagged, as long as it's thrown away."
According to the city website, the issue is not consolidated to just our neighborhoods, it says: "Dog poop left on the ground is not a small problem. Many people think that when water flows into a storm drain it is treated, but the storm drain system and sewer system are not connected. Everything that enters storm drains flows untreated directly into our creeks, rivers, bays, beaches and ultimately the ocean."
Last week, a mound of filled poop-bags were left in front of a bag dispenser at the entrance of the Tijuana River Estuary in Imperial Beach.
"Yeah, it's people making a point in a bad fashion," said one dog-walker. "They are trying to prove there is not a trashcan near by, which is true and makes no sense. I'm not gonna carry my dog shit like a piece of jewelry while i walk but this is not the correct way to go about it."
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Sounds like a bunch of crap to me.
In North Park there are the disgusting dog owners who do pick up the poop, tie up the plastic bag.........and then drop it and walk on.
Scraped right off Nextdoor, where the number one issue is parking and the number two issue is, uh, number two from dogs.
Hey! most of us pick up and a lot of us pick up extra. We get tired of being lumped in with those lazy shitbags.


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I think the first time I tried shishito peppers were at a restaurant. I can't remember which one, but I was blown away. Peppers that aren't really spicy? Peppers that are charred but retain such a fantastic flavor? Sign me up to eat these everyday.
I looked for them at the store. I think I found them at Whole Foods once, but never saw them again. Then one day, I saw them at Trader Joe's. They don't always have them, but if you pop in at the right time of the year, you're able to pick up a nice bag (or five) of these.
I made these for Josh one afternoon for us to snack on and he kept talking about how perfect they were. And to totally brag on myself.. they kinda were perfect. And I'm here to share the recipe with you!
They are so easy to make, and so flavorful. The key to this recipe is to use sesame oil. It imparts such a nice flavor that adds to the tastiness of the peppers.


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Program Paves Road to Jobs for Wounded Vets
By Elaine Wilson
Special to American Forces Press Service
FORT SAM HOUSTON, Texas, Sept. 21, 2006 - Navy Petty Officer 2nd Class Alex Morales may have lost both his legs while on a training mission in support of the global war on terrorism, but he was standing tall Sept. 19 at the Hiring Heroes Career Fair here.
Morales walked away from the job fair with several enticing offers of employment, including one from Northrop Grumman, a global defense company committed to hiring wounded warriors.
"He's giving me a job," said Morales, speaking of company recruiter Larry Rutherford. "I have a list of jobs in Illinois, and I'm going to research each one and let him know which one is the most appealing."
Morales, who is recovering at Brooke Army Medical Center here, was one of 200 wounded warriors, veterans and family members who stopped by the career fair to explore job opportunities and hone interview skills with job recruiters. Forty-five recruiters from the Defense Department and other federal agencies, as well as from private-sector companies, set up shop at the Sam Houston Club to entice wounded warriors and their families with job offers.
In its second year, the Hiring Heroes program has helped more than 1,000 injured servicemembers and their families connect with potential employers.
"Our career fairs are a way to give hope and show the servicemembers that someone cares," said Karen Hannah, Hiring Heroes program manager. "I've had several recruiters who served in Vietnam tell me it would have been great if there had been something like this for them."
The fair here is the organization's seventh in two years, with the first held at Walter Reed Army Medical Center, in Washington, D.C., in April 2004.
"I know of at least 70 job offers so far in the past two years," Hannah said. "And that's not including all of the offers that will come once servicemembers leave the hospital."
The career fair at Fort Sam Houston is sure to boost her tally, with a packed room of servicemembers eager to work and employers anxious to hire them.
Army Reserve Lt. Col. Rod Santellanes, who works for National Lending Corporation in civilian life, said he met more than a few promising candidates. "We're looking to fill part- and full-time positions," he said. "I'm so proud to have the opportunity to serve the heroes of America."
At the Northrop Grumman booth, Rutherford said the company is looking to support both the servicemember and family. "If a servicemember can't work, then we'll hire a spouse or primary caregiver. We hired a father not long ago."
Army Sgt. Christopher Kind said he hopes to work for a company like Northrop Grumman, which has positions in the Pacific theater, where he hopes to move. Kind is due to be released from the military in a few months after a long recovery at BAMC. He was injured in a mortar blast in Iraq.
"I was in Iraq for about two months when it happened. One night we were getting ready to bed down and I remember talking with a friend, mostly just gossip. The next thing I knew, I woke up here (at BAMC)," he said.
Kind suffered burns on 45 percent of his body; however, the wounds have not stopped the logistics soldier from moving on with his life. "I'm looking for work," he said. "Several employers saw my resume and were impressed, so I'm optimistic."
"These servicemembers have had their life turned upside-down," Hannah said. "At first, their biggest fear was being wounded. Then, when the soldier begins to recuperate, their biggest fears become: 'Can I get a job?' 'How will I support my family?' And also, 'Who will hire me now?'"
Hannah said she has no doubt the career fair can help ease those fears. "The employers here today are willing to hire people and train them. Every servicemember has skills -- a gunner has been taught how to train others, team build and organizational skills. There's enough there to get an entry-level job."
The career fair sets servicemembers up for success, since the companies in attendance all have something in common, she said. "They care."
Hiring Heroes is co-sponsored by the Office of the Secretary of Defense, DoD's Military Severely Injured Center and Monster.com, a networking hub for current and former military people, defense workers and their families.
(Elaine Wilson is assigned to the Fort Sam Houston Public Information Office.)
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Backers of moving San Diego International Airport to Miramar put their identities and some of their money on the table earlier this week, as revealed in a financial disclosure report filed Monday by the "Coalition to Preserve the Economy," a campaign committee supporting the effort. Downtown real estate magnate Malin Burnham, a longtime godfather of the move, gave $20,000. The Sycuan Indian tribe kicked in $10,000. Both have close ties to Padres owner John Moores; Burnham is a Moores business partner, and Sycuan is a major team sponsor and backer of Moores's Hotel Solamar, near Petco Park.
Rancho Santa Fe's Michael Lynch, listed as a UCSD student, gave $6500. The house listed as his residence, county records show, is owned by Bill Lynch, the airport boardmember who has been most aggressively promoting the relocation to Miramar in the face of staunch opposition from military brass. MLV Coin Laundries, a business owned by Lynch, gave $5000. Boulevard Enterprises, another Lynch entity, gave $3500. John Chalker, the investment advisor who has played a large public role in promoting the move, gave $1000.
The money was spent to hire John Kern, the ex-aide to former mayor Dick Murphy; Kern got $12,500. The Gemini Group, run by Jennifer Tierney, Kern's close associate in the campaign-consulting business, got $10,000. The Tarrance Group, a big GOP polling firm from Alexandria, Virginia, picked up $17,372.
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I love the song of dogs. Maigin send me this sound track please. also can you send me some pics of you with Molly and Clinton and any songs you have with them.
please please please me!
Big Brother and all that. Probably in an Orwell book somewhere.
I neither know how or why.. I have yahoo mail and am sent a notice if I have received myspace or medicinefilms messages.. I'm beginning to suspect GOOGLE is the common thread.. "You never know when to expect. . . the Spanish Inquisition" !! The UK is a big place as in, "The sun never sets on the British Empire"..
wait a minute, why would yahoo contact you? i don't even have your email address.
yes, it was just another movie posting that's all.
it's true here in the UK we are eccentric for sure and i suppose that's a rather nice way of describing someone. in the US the kippers were called freaks.....big difference. but i think of myself as a good freak!
Tree hugger? he says as he smiles...
yahoo says you sent me some kind of message, kipper, and as analog-man, I don't seem to find it... I mean, in engineering school we were still using "slip-sticks"...
You know what I mean? yahoo may be wrong or may be I am... In the mean time you have interesting interests and perspectives... reminds me of an anecdote... a little old lady in England with 108 cats would be referred to as "excentric", while here in the US she would rudely be called "crazy"... I love that story...
From: rabbitfoot... Jared whitham's dad...
every time I experience this, I laugh a little louder for the sheer joy of it... People used'ta think I was a hippie and I would tell them,
"no way, I'm just beat, man"
i always get sad when i see all these nature shows where they seem to only focus on the predators.
animals tearing each other to shreds.
like you say there is so much beauty in the animal world.
i know you are not a hippy and neither am i.
i often stop and talk to birds at great length as passers by look at me as though i'm nuts.
i just had a long talk with a kangaroo in the zoo outside my back door. he told me he wants to go home and he doesn't like it here also he misses his friends.
Yes, she is a wonderful being. She is a great dog and so was her brother (rip)...animals are such beautiful souls! We have alot to learn from them....we as humans tend to take the most gruesome survival tips from animals but we forget about the unconditional love and beauty that they give! And no, I'm not a hippy!
lovely voice!
you guys are a great act together.
it's so nice to see you both enjoying each other so much in song.
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Luc Grateau
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Paris - France
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Painting : oil
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Portrait from the metro ticket series
Luc is a métropolitain (the Parisian metro) user.
For him, the metro is a metaphor for life: a group of people find themselves in the same place and for a certain time by accident.
In this series of portraits of metro riders, the artist tries to depict this human community, an epitome of our planet.
These paintings are made during his daily rides, live, in the metro, on used tickets.
The artist uses the tickets as a support in order to suggest the time and the place of the work.
Original ticket – oil on metro ticket (unframed – framing on demand, depending on orders) OR numbered prints, large format.
From his series on original metro tickets (3x6cm), painted in oil during his rides, Luc Grateau also proposes us to admire his works in a format that gives texture and relief to his miniatures. The prints are made on FineArt Ultrasmooth paper, 300 dpi print resolution, with an ink that has a 100-year warranty and glued on 2mm Dibond, with wodden chassis for hanging. Prints limited to one print per format (26x12 cm, 60x29cm, 120x57cm).
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As pet owners ourselves, we understand the special bond between pets and their companions. The goal of our veterinary clinic is to improve the quality of life for animals and the people who love them.
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Breakfast Sponsors are responsible for providing Breakfast for the Market Ashland Partnership Members at our monthly meetings, providing food, plates and napkins for approximately 40+. The Supply Room will provide the Coffee, Cups, Sugars and Creamer. The sponsoring business needs to arrive at 8am to get set up for folks arriving around 8:15.
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The type of grass seed you intend to use on your lawn will significantly impact the amount you spend. Not only are some grass seeds more expensive than others, but they also have different coverage capabilities.
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Next week, Portland City Council will vote on whether to rename 39th Avenue for the storied civil rights activist Cesar Chavez.
While discussion around the issue has generated a great deal of heat, it hasn't always shed light on Chavez's legacy in Oregon. April Baer reports.
In 1971 Don Willner was a state senator who'd spent several years defending farm workers' rights. In the midst of a fierce legislative battle, Willner picked up an out-of-town guest at the Portland airport.
Don Willner: "Cesar Chavez (soft laugh) looked like a working guy. He was wearing working clothes, as if he were working the fields."
Willner escorted the famous activist to the state capitol in Salem. Chavez was scheduled to address a rally of 5000 people.
Don Willner "We get down there, there's a crowd of people there. An Anglo involved in working on the program—has no idea who he was, and says, 'Hey, fella, would you pass out these sandwiches?' (giggle) Cesar Chavez takes the sandwiches, passes them out to people in the group, then goes up to the steps of the state capitol and makes the keynote address." (laugh)
To Willner, it was classic Chavez. In the end, Oregon Governor Tom McCall vetoed the bill Chavez spoke against.
In the 60s and 70s, Oregon's small but growing Latino community was paying attention to the political battles Chavez fought in Texas, the Midwest, and California's Central Valley.
Joseph Gallegos: "I actually drove down to Delano. I had a little van with flowers on it at the time, and drove to the farmworkers' headquarters."
Joseph Gallegos was a grad student during the 70s — a life-long Portlander with a developing sense of his own Latino identity. He didn't get to meet Chavez on that trip, but he became an early staffer for Oregon's independent Chicano college-without-walls – a first of its kind: the Colegio Cesar Chavez at Mount Angel.
Joseph Gallegos: "In its time, the Colegio was a critical symbol of our presence, the Latino presence here in the state, and also I think trying to bring attention to the problem the Colegio was trying to address, that Latinos were not getting through the four-year institutions."
Gallegos notes that problem persists to this day. The Colegio graduated more than twenty people before folding in 1983.
The legacy of Cesar Chavez is somewhat mixed depending on where you go in the state.
Some farm owners have a different reaction than farm workers to his name. But if nothing else, Chavez's legacy continues to remind Oregonians that behind crops like grapes and lettuce, there are people.


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For most people, the year 2028 seems like the very distant future. But when you consider that 18 years have already passed since the prospect of a new millennium had the world in a panic over what would happen to their computers and data, the next 10 years are sure to fly by at a similarly eye-watering pace.
Although the number of days a year is never going to change, the pace at which the world changes every day is guaranteed to keep accelerating.
And, although it's possible that predictions of driverless cars, wearable cellphones and voice-controlled appliances will have become our lifestyle realities by 2028, the one area in which complete transformation is guaranteed is the world of work.
Thanks to a combination of elements, not least of which are rapid technological evolution, massive urbanization and fast-diminishing energy, water, and food resources, the relationship between industry and broader society is likely to change quickly and radically.
This is the real impact of the so-called fourth industrial revolution. The role of technology is not only growing but its effect is also demanding a completely new way of thinking about the work we do and our impact on society because of it.
Of course, it's very difficult to contemplate this future when we can't really define it. For example, it has been posited by many trend analysts that the hottest, most sought-after jobs in 2028 don't even exist yet.
Then there are the other transformative forces that will shape the way we work in a decade's time, the most notable of which are almost certain to be the prioritization of innovation over function; the massive growth of large corporations but the shrinking of physical workspaces, as remote and contract employment arrangements reduce on-site staff counts; and the rising importance of social and environmental sustainability commitments as the essential cornerstones of employee, employer, customer and investor relations.
Most analysts broadly agree that workplace changes are inevitable but futurists appear unable to reach consensus about whether the stellar advances in artificial intelligence and automation will mean that, in 10 years' time, robots will be performing the majority of jobs currently done by humans.
Although this is understandably a source of worry for those who think their roles could be done by robots, this fear is typically tempered by the argument that the rise of technology and artificial intelligence will, in fact, create untold new work opportunities, although these will be very different in shape, form, and function from the jobs most people currently hold.
This raises the question: How can the learners and students of today ensure that they are prepared for future work roles that can't yet even be clearly defined?
Unfortunately, there's no easy answer. There's also no denying that universities, governments, and employers have a vital role to play in helping today's students to become tomorrow's thriving employees, managers and leaders.
The first and arguably most important step towards discharging that responsibility is to focus less on using technology and automation merely as a way to create greater profitability and more on how the workforce of the future might engage with technology for the mutual benefit of corporations and society.
Ultimately, it matters little what the world looks like in 10, or 20, or even 100 years' time. What's really important is that the people who live and work in that world have been equipped to stay firmly in touch with their humanness.
So, although robots may be doing much of the work and the concept of full-time employment for life will probably have become somewhat archaic, the focus of the workplace should and will always be on people.
More specifically, that focus will need to be on how best to equip and enable employees to engage with technology to achieve the types and levels of results that we probably cannot even contemplate today.
This means that preparing today's young people to be productive employees tomorrow requires a shift in education and employment criteria from purely academic-based outcomes to the demonstrable ability to access and use knowledge, acquire, adapt and develop skills and engage meaningfully with others and the world at large.
Because, although competition, capitalism, and commoditisation may well be at all-time highs by 2028, an agile and innovative human workforce, with a sincere commitment to ethics, sustainability, fairness and the greater good, will ultimately always differentiate the successful future organisation from the failed one.
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From a device display through to a forum on service innovations. This could well be the concluding assessment of the most recent edition of the Mobile World Congress (MWC18). The event has definitively shifted from being a mobile trade show to a space for considering the uses and objectives that software developments should be aiming at. Indeed, this year it was shown that in the creative process one first needs to think about optimising services for people, and then about the technology that can make this possible.
From this perspective, new features for mobile devices have taken a secondary role to the apps that are expected to improve people's lives in the very near future. From tele-assistance to 5G-connected medical interventions and even initiatives to eradicate poverty, the fields of healthcare and social services are those that are set to benefit the most from the applied innovations presented at MWC18. Predictive algorithms were also a key feature. A good example of this is the system developed by the UAB Computer Vision Centre to estimate the number of people in large crowds by means of both static and moving images, with a much lower margin for error than has been achieved to date.
The technologies that enable these stellar services on show at MWC18 are no secret: Artificial Intelligence and the Internet of Things (IoT). What do they have in common? On the one hand, their objective: to interconnect objects and humans. And on the other, data; their raison d'être. Because any IoT or artificial intelligence app inevitably needs to collect and analyse data.
It is in this area that public administrations have a fundamental role to play. Which? Probably their most important mission in this respect is to guarantee equal access to data. The idea is that everyone, regardless of their socio-economic situation, is able to use, process and re-use public data in order to innovate in goods and services, take more efficient decisions, and improve all kinds of processes.
In the immediate aftermath of the MWC, which this year was more high-tech than ever, we can confirm that we are embarking on a fourth industrial revolution that will give rise to a society of data and algorithms. Now is the time, therefore, to create spaces for sharing ideas within public organisations which must ensure equal opportunities for accessing this society. For some years now the Government of Catalonia has been implementing a decisive policy to open up data and promote its re-use; and now, almost certainly, its task will be to ensure that open data does not become another digital and social gap.
You are all very welcome to participate and share your own ideas and experiences and how you think public institutions can better promote equality in accessing data.


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Today we celebrate the legacy of Martin Luther King, Jr. In the middle of this generation's epic social justice movement, we remember the work of Dr. King while looking forward to what the work of the new leaders will bring.
Crooked I's "Everythang" is the perfect combination of West Coast Gangster Rap and Twerk anthem, at least in my opinion. You can get crunk to it, and you can shake your ass to it. I do both.
I'm here for our West Coast rappers because as I've said before in various spaces, they make their music for US. The fact that people everywhere else enjoy the music as well is just bonus points in my opinion.
So now enjoy the lyrical mastery of "Everythang" and thank me later.
When you're done being ratchet, check out the protest song he made called "I Can't Breathe" complete with a video showing scenes from protests and the death of Eric Garner. Power visual imagery to say the least.
The cover art of next week's New Yorker as drawn by Barry Blitt depicts Martin Luther King Jr. marching arm in arm with Eric Garner and NYPD Officer Wenjian Liu. In the background, we see Trayvon Martin, Michael Brown and an American Flag.
I have several issues with this drawing. The first is, why is all the color removed from the people in the picture? Before Captain Facts or any other member of the #WellActually justice league can jump in my comments, let me say that I get what the artist may have intended, but the fact is, the murders of Garner, Martin, and Brown all had a basis in the fact that they were black, so removing their color in this drawing, in my opinion, is an attempt the erase the part that race/color played in their deaths.
Adding Dr. King to the picture could be considered a nice touch, and it definitely goes along with the theme of the article, but why is it that Dr. King is invoked so much by white people these days? When he was alive they wanted him to shut up. Now his name and memory are shouted from the mountaintops anytime anyone wants the angry black people to calm down. Please stop invoking the name, memory, and image of Dr. King as a means of trying to instill docility and quiet the righteous anger of black people in America. Dr. King was killed while demonstrating nonviolent resistance, so using him as a tool against the very people he was championing is more than a little insulting.
Why is Wenjian Liu even in this picture? The NYPD shooting was an isolated incident that had nothing to do with the deaths of Brown, Garner or Martin, so why is there this concerted effort by the media to rewrite the narrative and put them together? This is yet another version of #AllLivesMatter, which is in and of itself and attempt to water down the importance and significance of the movement that is happening in this country right now to save black lives.
This is not a Kumbaya moment. We are not going to emerge from this holding hands and singing gospel songs together. We are in the fight of our lives, and we demand the recognition of our humanity and our person-hood. Understand that until the genocide of black people in this country stops, the revolution will continue.
Here is what the artist had to say about his cover art for the New Yorker:
Barry Blitt drew next week's cover, inspired by the photographs of the Selma-to-Montgomery march that are everywhere again. "It struck me that King's vision was both the empowerment of African-Americans, the insistence on civil rights, but also the reconciliation of people who seemed so hard to reconcile," he said. "In New York and elsewhere, the tension between the police and the policed is at the center of things. Like Trayvon Martin and Eric Garner, Michael Brown and Officers Wenjian Liu and Rafael Ramos, Martin Luther King was taken way too early. It is hard to believe things would have got as bad as they are if he was still around today."
via Cover Story: "The Dream of Reconciliation" – The New Yorker.
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