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Where are you from and how is the natural scene there?
I am from Rock Island, IL! And the natural scene here…HA! I wish. There are like 6 black women and there are a couple of brothas with locs. LOL!
Did you transition to natural hair? If so, how were your experiences?
Well, I didn't plan on transitioning…I just couldn't afford going to a shop my freshman year in college. But it was about 3 months from last relaxer to my big chop on December 16, 2007! I was in shock when I first cut it though. The shortest my hair had ever been was just above bra strap. But once I washed it…I loved it!!!
Did you have any support?
I always thought I was confident but when your community treats you like you are no longer beautiful…you learn to keep your head up! So I truly learned what black beauty and confidence was all about!
What has been one of the best things about have natural hair in your experience?
Probably the best thing is that I learned it is so easy. I always thought natural hair was hard to manage and untamable. I learned that natural hair is beautiful, ALL textures. It's just a matter of finding which products work best for you and keep your hair healthy and looking its best.
Has there been any differences in your life from going natural?
That other women see my hair and get inspired to try going natural or to just stop relaxing their hair! And just learning realizing how great natural hair can be.
How do you maintain your hair?
CONDITION!!! I no longer shampoo my hair. I co-wash everyday. I finally learned how to cornrow my hair, so I do that at night or just a twist it. If I can't wash it everyday…I always give it some water! And I also cut out applying heat to my hair.
If you were stranded on a deserted island and had to choose 3 things for your hair, what are three things you would have to have for your hair and why?
well, I've got water so…my Giovanni conditioner, Cantu leave in conditioner hair repair, and my denman brush!
What advice would you give someone who was thinking of going natural?
Don't worry about what people think! Just be willing to try out products! You've already taken one big step by coming to Motowngirl.com (this was the best source of my research)! Also try YouTube.com – the women on there are very supportive! Just embrace and love your natural hair! RESEARCH and Go For IT!
Do you have any final comments?
If you're like me (a struggling college student paying for everything) know the basics of natural hair care and find products that you can afford! Yeah you'll want to try the nicer hair care products but eventually you'll be able too! LOL! Just go on this journey and know that its amazing and you're hair will thank you in the long run!
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Students from around the world come to study in the land where luminaries like Mozart, Freud and Klimt once walked.
This article is the fifth in a series featuring the top five cities for students around the globe in 2012, determined by QS. A number of factors were considered in the organization's ranking, including educational institutions, quality of living, affordability and employer activity. Vienna came in fifth.
Considering Vienna's long history as an international leader in the arts, it is easy to understand why students from around the world come to study in the land where such luminaries as Mozart, Freud and Klimt once walked. In fact, around a quarter of the city's enrolled students come from abroad, totalling about 25,000. Cities such as London and Boston might contain a greater concentration of top universities, but it is the composite experience of studying in Vienna – a city of easy living and affordable tuition -- that makes it one of the world's best cities for students.
Best spots
The Universität Wien is Vienna's most illustrious university and the Innere Stadt --the 1st District, where the university is located -- is always crowded with students. The inner-city, pedestrian-friendly area is also a draw for tourists visiting the Hofburg imperial palace, the National Library and the elegant Spanish Riding School, the world's oldest equestrian institution practicing haute école. The WUK, one of Europe's largest cultural centres both in area and prominence, makes for a popular student hangout as many attend concerts and events here, as well as linger in the courtyard and dance until the wee hours of the morning in the on-site disco., The Alt Wien, a local cafe is also frequented by an artistic crowd.
The bourgeois, bohemian 7th District, near the centre of Vienna, is a popular student spot for its many trendy cafes, including the attractive (both in atmosphere and clientele) Café Europa. At the end of the nearby Mariahilferstrasse, one of the most famous streets in the city, coeds also gather at the MuseumsQuartier, a huge, open square surrounded by institutions like the Leopold Museum, which showcases Austrian artists, and MUMOK, the modern art museum. In warm weather, people convert the square into an open-air bar, pulling up brightly-coloured lounge chairs scattered around the square to relax and socialise over beers.
Students get their schnitzel fix at the simple and tasty restaurant Schnitzelwirt on Neubaugasse in the 7th District or dine at the pay-what-you-want Pakistani buffet Der Wiener Deewan, located near the Universität Wien. Favourite nightclubs include Flex, which is located along the Danube and attracts top international DJs, and Pratersauna, a former sauna (a pool remains on-site) located in the massive public park Prater, which also contains one of the world's oldest amuseument parks. A boisterous after-dark scene can also be found in the city's Bermudadreieck (Bermuda Triangle) area, where pubs are filled with imbibing tourists, locals and students.
Student activities
For sports and exercise, students take advantage of the Vienna University Sports Institute, which encompasses both team sports and fitness classes. Co-eds also partake in the city's plentiful cultural programming, such as the Donau Insel Fest in June, a free music festival on an island in the Danube, or the Lange Nacht event series, when Vienna's museums stay open all night.
The classic Austrian spot to eat with fellow students is at any of the city's canteens – subsidised cafeterias that are open during the week and serve classic Viennese fare like schnitzel and beer at student-friendly prices. Try the canteen at the art school Akademie der Bildenden Künste.
Many of Vienna's museums and cultural sites offer free entry or discounted rates for students including the Sigmund Freud Museum, which is popular among psychology students. Co-eds on a budget can also queue for an hour or so for inexpensive standing-room-only opera tickets (as low as €3) at the tony Wiener Staatsoper. While a university ID works most places, some students opt for the International Student Identity Card as well, which grants further discounts on transport and admission in Vienna, like cheaper entry to the Johann Strauss Wohnung, the house of famed composer Johann Strauss.
Day trips
Austria has a convenient rail system that traverses the country and takes travellers to other large cities like Salzburg and Graz, both of which are popular student day trips. Salzburg is Mozart's birthplace, a baroque-style city and a Unesco World Heritage site about 300km or two-and-a-half hours on train from Vienna, which also was the setting for scenes from the film The Sound of Music. Also about two-and-a-half hours on train from Vienna is Graz, another student-heavy metropolis and Unesco World Heritage site with a picturesque city centre. Innsbruck, the capital city of the Austrian state Tyrol, has hosted two Winter Olympic Games and maintains its standing as a top international winter sports centre. The train ride lasts about four hours, though, so many student skiers and boarders opt to make it a weekend trip. For jetting around Europe, Vienna is in an ideal location as it lies on the edge of Western Europe and the start of Eastern Europe, and many take weekends to hop over to cities like Prague, Krakow, Budapest and Ljubljana.
Travelling on a budget
With 50 bike stations, kilometres of well-maintained bike lanes and an easy-to-use bike sharing program CityBike Wien, Vienna is highly conducive to cycling. Students can register for the program online or at a CityBike terminal and pay with a debit or credit card. The subway, the U-Bahn, operates on a trust system, meaning there are no turnstiles for tickets. Instead, officers perform surprise ticket checks and levy fines for riders without the proper tickets. For transport around the city, the semester card grants unlimited access to the city's U-Bahn, trams, buses and trains for about €130. The ÖBB, the Austrian railway, also offers a substantial 50% discount on train fares for students.
Correction: A previous version of this article incorrectly stated the location of Schnitzelwirt. This has been fixed.

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iPhone Street Fighter 4 Roster And Price Revealed
Coming from SlideToPlay, details have emerged for the upcoming iPhone ver
Coming from SlideToPlay, details have emerged for the upcoming iPhone version of Street Fighter 4, including the game's roster, modes, and pricing. The title will include a requisite Tournament mode, pitting players against an increasingly difficult set of opponents, as well as challenges in the game's "Dojo" mode.
For the price of $9.99, your playable roster will be: Ryu, Ken, Chun-Li, Guile, Blanka, Dhalsim, Abel, and M. Bison.
That's all well and good, but how does it look in motion? Like this:
You can read SlideToPlay's full preview for more information including their opinion on how the game actually controls. The game should hit the App Store in March 2010.


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Financial Blogger Profile: Grayson Bell (Debt Roundup)Daniel Banas Follow |
At equities.com, we've always been focused on building an active community among the leading voices within the world of finance.
As with many other fields, in finance, we've noticed a significant shift away from traditional sources of financial news, tips and predictions, and toward a growing number of financial bloggers.
In this series, we profile some of the most distinct and noteworthy voices in the world of financial blogging. Here, you'll find our recent interview with Grayson Bell of the blog Debt Roundup. Read below to learn about how to effectively start saving even while paying off debt, as well as Bell's thoughts on the art of the side hustle.
EQ: To start off, what inspired you to start blogging at Debt Roundup?
Grayson: I've been blogging ever since WordPress came out, though not just in personal finance.
EQ: What did you blog on before?
Grayson: I owned a consumer electronics e-commerce company for four years. I still love electronics. I still talk about that kind of stuff, but I just don't blog about it anymore. I started Debt Roundup in August 2012, and that was a month after I paid off over $50,000 of credit card debt and about $20,000 of auto loans and personal loans. I made a lot of mistakes in my business. A lot of that credit card debt was from my business, but it was a good mix between stupidity and just not paying attention.
EQ: Perhaps in some cases, but it's certainly not necessarily all stupidity. That can happen to anyone who's new to credit.
Grayson: That's true. That was a month after I paid off all of that debt. It took about four years for me to complete that process. During that time, I was reading financial blogs like Get Rich Slowly, Budgets Are Sexy, and a couple other ones that I would read on a regular basis, just to get information. We have a debt problem in this country, and I always knew that people were looking how to get out of debt or change their spending habits, so figured I should share my story.
EQ: You didn't have any financial background prior to starting this site?
Grayson: No. I'm a project manager during my day job, so I know numbers. I'm very quick with math, I can do most of it in my head. Of course, if you don't pay attention to your spending you can't really do the math. But, as for schooling, I have a degree in marketing. That's really my forte.
EQ: What would you say differentiates Debt Roundup from some of the other financial blogs out there? It sounds like you're pretty familiar with a few of them?
Grayson: It's really hard to say. I mean, my blog has kind of transformed over the years. In the beginning, it was all about my personal journey. Now I kind of do a dual-pronged approach, because I realized that I only have so many personal experiences that I could share when it comes to money. There's only so many ways that you can skin a cat.
So, I kind of transformed the blog into a general knowledge base. I teach a lot of tricks on how to save money when you're on Amazon.com, for example. A lot of my really popular articles might be like "How to Save Money on your Cellphone Bills by Switching Carriers." A lot of that information is convoluted, and I try to make it as easy as possible, while also putting a financial spin on it. I'm always pretty good at describing different techniques on how to get things done, and that's really what I found resonates with most people – my financial guides, and different articles like that.
When you've been around for two and half years just in financial blogging, it's actually a pretty long time, because most bloggers never succeed past six months. That's just the nature of the game. I've met a lot of people. My number one thing is that I'll help out any other bloggers that need help. I'll feature them on the site if they come up with something cool. The content of my blog is not really much different than a lot of others out there, it's just the way that I deliver it. I try to throw a personal spin into an article whenever possible. If not, I'll share detailed steps on how I did this or that, and I'm not afraid of controversy. I don't really care if everyone agrees with me. You can't make everyone happy at once.
EQ: Have you found that any of your posts were controversial in the comment section?
Grayson: Oh yeah. One of my most popular ones is called Love and Money. I'm married. I had debt before I came in to the marriage, and my wife had none. My take on it is that since I'm the one that incurred the debt from my own spending, it's my responsibility to pay them off, just as it would be with any single person out there. You don't get to go to somebody and go "Hey, can you help me pay them off?"
Single people don't have that luxury, so as a married man, I don't consider myself to have the advantage to use my wife's money to pay off stupid mistakes that I made. That rubbed a lot of people the wrong way. I've gotten emails that said my marriage won't last, all that kind of stuff, but I've been married for seven years, and it's still going strong. I've been with my wife for eleven years. That's my favorite, because a lot of people are very particular about marriage and money but I have a different take on it, and I'm not afraid to share it and I back it up.
EQ: Yeah, that's very presumptuous of a reader to think they have any real understanding of the inner workings of your marriage.
Grayson: I preface each post, saying "Hey, this is my opinion. Every marriage is different, or every relationship is different. As long as you do what's right for you, it doesn't matter how you handle it."
Either those are just skimmed over by some readers, or they just get so infuriated before they get to that point that they just go nuts.
EQ: In a way, I bet that some of the controversy probably helps get people involved and engaged on the site, too. That's not always a bad thing.
Grayson: Sure, they'll either be engaged, or they'll smear me.
EQ: Do you have any long term goals for Debt Roundup?
Grayson: My goal is to continue growing it on a monthly basis, reaching out to more people, providing more advice. I'm trying to create a whole section of detailed guides on how to setup accounts in different places and that sort of stuff. It's amazing how many people struggle with certain aspects of personal finance that I find easy. I get a lot of questions every day from people, so I try to help them out by emailing them back, or I might even make it into a post because either I don't have the answer or it's a really great question.
In the end, the goal is to keep growing it. I do this part time. I'm not a blogger full time, like some people are. As long as it keeps growing, I'm going to keep writing.
EQ: That's impressive to be able to only do it part time and still have it be as successful as it is. Is there any specific single philosophy or piece of advice that you try to impart to your readers? Do you have a specific financial philosophy?
Grayson: One key bit of advice that I usually talk to my readers about on a regular basis is that if you have debt, the single most important thing is to start paying it off. It doesn't matter what method you use. A lot of people go back and forth between the snowball and the avalanche method, and they just sit there and think about it too long. It doesn't matter which way you go, you can always switch. The key step is to actually start doing it.
Another bit of advice is to pick up side jobs. I've also always been what they call a side hustler, working beyond my regular full time job. That's what enabled me to pay off my debt. I was never afraid to jump on Craigslist and help somebody pull out a stump on the weekend, or help somebody pack up boxes and move. That little extra time, and the money that you can earn, can go a long way towards paying off debt, building a portfolio of investments, or creating a savings account for emergencies.
I see a lot of people think that working on the side or something like that is going to take a big chunk out of their life, but I've been hustling for eight or nine years. As long as you figure out what you're good at, there's money to be made everywhere. Nothing's too beneath me, per se.
EQ: You're right, there are certain part time jobs that many people would never consider doing because they just assume they're "beneath them," but that extra income can really go a long way.
Grayson: My third bit of advice is somewhat controversial, depending on who you talk to. I actually kind of mimic investment allocations based off age. When I paid off debt, I also saved at the same time. In the beginning, with any of my extra money I would put 90% or 95% towards paying off debt, and 5% towards savings. As the debt got paid off over time, the percentage of it switched, so in the four years, to I think it was year 2.5, it switched to where I was putting 60% or something like that into a savings and 40% towards debt.
The reason I did that is because my original mentality was that I was a spender. I just spent money. I saved nothing, so I needed to learn how to save. The reason why this is so controversial is because everyone says "Why would you waste money on interest? It's not just about interest. It's also that payment of your debt does you no good if you don't learn a lesson in the whole grand scheme of things. If you're still a spender when you pay off your debt, guess what? You're going to be right back in it.
It's all about a mind shift, and my method allowed me to see the fruits of my labors as my savings account grew and my debt diminished. It's a very simple percentage based allocation. I pretty much just borrowed it from investment, which is a little bit different.
EQ: That's a great, logical strategy. It's nice in that it can be adapted for just about anyone's financial situation.
Grayson: I get people all the time who will ask "What's the best ratio of paying off debt to saving? I can't really answer that for you, but the good thing is that percentages can change. You can literally change it month to month. If it's not working for you this way, you change it. It's not difficult to do. You just have to start one way and go okay, I'm going to save 5% of my extra money and go that way. When I say extra money, I just say anything over your expenses obviously. Not everyone goes out and earns extra income, but anything over your monthly expenses should be going towards that and your savings goals.
EQ: Terrific. Is Debt Roundup the only site that you work on or are there others?
Grayson: I started the site with a buddy of mine, and I actually just sold my half to him. Along with blogging, I actually do blog management for a lot of personal finance bloggers, so I run their blogs on the technical side. I've been on WordPress since the beginning. I know WordPress like the back of my hand, so I actually do all the technical work for a handful of some of the bigger blogs out there.
Debt Roundup is housed under that business. I create content as well, but the current sites that I own are Debt Roundup and EmpoweredShopper.com, which I just started. It's more of a review site based off products that I've used. I've been focused on Debt Roundup so much that I haven't really done much with it yet. I also co-own EyesOnTheDollar.com with another blogger. She does all the blogging and I just run the backend, so Debt Roundup is my main one. My business is iMarkInteractive.com, which is my blog management and content creation service. I always have my fingers in a variety of pots!
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Stockholm is the latest city that Emirates Airlines has added to their ever increasing list of European destinations.
Flights to this Scandinavian city will commence from 4September 2013 and to celebrate, Emirates is offering special fares for Australian travellers wishing to fly to Stockholm. These special airfares are valid for travel between 4October – 5December 2013 and 16January – 24March 2014. All bookings must be completed by 26August 2013.
84 flights per week are operated by Emirates from Australia to Dubai, with daily onwards connections to Stockholm, where one of the highlights for Australians will probably be the newly opened Abba Museum.
Emirates boasts a network of 34 European destinations, all via one convenient stop in Dubai.
I've flown to Europe and back several times with Emirates and thoroughly enjoyed the flight experience. The fantastic service from their international crew, great food and wine and most important of all, comfortable seats, makes the time go so quickly.
To break up the long journey to Europe, I always spend a couple of days in Dubai, staying in one of the many luxurious hotels. There are so many five star hotels to choose from, guests are spoilt for choice.
If you prefer to fly straight on to your European destination, Dubai is one of the easiest airports to transfer to another flight. There are so many shops to tempt you, with selections of watches, cosmetics, clothing, computers and much much more while you wait for your connecting flight.
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Rare Antique Danish Royal Copenhagen Handpainted Porcelain Cup and Saucer, early 19th Century. Beautiful gold work and miniature painting of prominent castle or building. Mark of three blue underglaze wavy lines was first used in 1775 until the 1870s. Perfect. No chips, cracks or restorations. Saucer, 4 7/8 inches wide. Cup, 2 5/8 inches high.


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Dogs NSW are a member of the NSW Companion Animal Taskforce which recently made it's final recommendations to the Ministers Page and Hodgkinson. Having made its recommendations, Dogs NSW has immediately set about calling its members to OPPOSE the very same recommendations that it made. This is the call to action letter that Dogs NSW president TOM COUCHMAN has sent out to members. READ MORE HERE
How Dogs NSW fight changes to limit breeding
|Steering Committee appointed for Companion Animals Taskforce
April 2013
|Wednesday's meeting of the Board of Directors of Dogs NSW, supported by input from a large number of ordinary Members who attended an Open Meeting held in conjunction, appointed a Steering Committee to lead the membership through the consultation period made available by the relevant Ministers of the NSW Government for responses to the Companion Animals Taskforce Report released on 26 March 2013.
This is arguably the most critical period in the sixty odd year history of our organisation and its predecessors. For the first time ever, an attempt is being made to legislate our activities as "hobby breeders and show & trial exhibitors" into the same category as "large scale pet shop breeders" and "puppy farmers".
The uniqueness of our organisation seems to have been sadly ignored by the Taskforce. The things that make Dogs NSW different, will need to be emphasised in our final response.One outcome of Wednesday's meetings was clear recognition that as many Members as possible should make an appointment with their local member and speak with them with a message from the heart about what your hobby means to you and how you perceive the oppressive additional tier of licensing and asso ciated regulation will affect your future in the hobby.
You should also directly request that your Member represent your views when he casts his vote in relation to any proposed legislative change which evolves from the Taskforce Report.
Update on proposal for an Independent Office of Animal Welfare
Following my questions asking for a progress update:
From office of Kelvin Thomas:
"Thanks for your email seeking an update on the proposed Independent Office of Animal Welfare.
The Live Animal Export Working Group has developed a model for the establishment of such an office, and has presented it to the Government and the Parliamentary Labor Party for consideration. That consideration is now happening."
From Melissa Parke:
"Thanks very much for your email – and I really appreciate your expression of support.
The framework for the establishment of the Independent Office of Animal Welfare has been forwarded by the Caucus for consideration by the Minister's office, and I hope will soon result in the legislation required to put the IOAW in place. I am sure you appreciate that it is a necessary reform, and one that is not before its time. READ MORE HERE
How to temp test into the kill zone – an article by Kirsty Seksel
Veterinary behaviourist Kirsty Seksel says : "the sad reality is that many of the dogs relinquished to these groups (Rescue Groups) are not suitable for rehoming and should be euthenased in the interest of the long term welfare of the dog. Unfortunately there is little if no expertise in many of these groups to assess the suitability of these dogs for rehoming purposes"
Download and read this article here , just copy link into your browser
Ms Seksel is CEO of ACAC ( Australian Companion Animal Council)
DRP Comment:
This is an important article to read and understand. Kirsty Seksel is the CEO of ACAC – an industry lobby group that has manoeuvred itself into positions of giving governments advice on dog and cat matters. She is a member of the current NSW Companion Animal Taskforce, which has recently taken 2 years to come up with some recommendations to NSW Ministers. I won't comment on the Taskforce recommendations here, other than to say that of course, ………….no commercial vested interests will be unduly inconvenienced if the proposals are accepted.
A worrying development is that this "expert" has recently appeared at Blacktown Pound to give "advice" to management., The result was that 5 dogs earmarked to go to Rescue Groups were summarily executed.
Open question to Kirsty Seksel : "Ms Seksel, what exactly have you, or your commercial entities, done in the past to increase rehoming rates from pounds/shelters?"
If you want to know more about ACAC, just use the search facility on the home page.
Submissions urgently required for SA govt select commitee review into cats and dogs as companion animals.
URGENT PLEASE". The 2013 Review of Dogs and Cats as Companion Animals by the SA Government will be closed for public submissions on 16th January.
The House of Assembly of the Parliament of South Australia has
established a Select Committee to investigate and report upon the
legislative and regulatory management of the trade in companion
dogs and cats, with the goals of the elimination of cruelty and the
reduction of the numbers of unwanted animals being euthanized,
and in particular consider –
(a) options for the regulation of welfare standards for
breeding companion dogs and cats;
(b) the adequacy of regulation of the source of companion
dogs and cats for sale;
(c) the feasibility of a mandatory cooling off period between
registering intent to purchase a companion dog or cat
and taking possession of the animal;
(d) the adequacy of the regulation of non-retail-shop trade in
companion dogs and cats;
(e) how the registration, micro chipping and desexing of
companion dogs and cats might address these goals; and
(f) any other relevant matters.
Submissions, in writing, are invited and should be received no
later than 16 January 2013. The link for you to get the documents you need is :
A very kind person who has asked to remain anonymous, has sent me their draft document as a basis of submission. I have taken this and added my own recommendations and ideas. You can download this document and use it as you wish if it helps you create your own submission.
The link is http://dl.dropbox.com/u/15878506/South%20Aus%202013%20review/SA%20awelfare_submission_items_jan13.docx
Why animal welfare in Australia is such a mess and the need for an Independent Office of Animal Welfare
Dec 1 2012
Have you ever wondered why animal welfare in Australia is in such a mess?
At last, someone with expert knowledge, has written a Paper (download below) that explains in detail all the angles in the twisted mess that is Australian Animal Welfare. The Paper explains the history, the players ( = uncoordinated government departments and commercial industry vested interests), the structure, the processes….and why in its current form it will never work……. (was it ever intended to?)
The author recommends the creation of an Independent Office of Animal Welfare, completely separate to the current structures, together with the legal processes that would be required to create this entity.
It's a long document, so I have extracted sections to create a "summary" for you; you can download the entire document at the end of the summary.
The author is Jed Goodfellow: PhD candidate within the Legal Governance Concentration of Research Excellence, Macquarie University Law School, and part-time policy officer for RSPCA Australia. Jed was previously Legal Council for RSPCA South Australia.
Please note that the document attached is a draft version.
Summary (by Deathrowpets, extracted text from the Paper)
"This paper reviews the arrangements for animal welfare regulation in Australia with a view to identifying the problems associated with the current regulatory framework.
A number of governance and procedural problems are identified. The primary flaw suggested concerns the subordination of the regulatory framework to governmental institutions which possess a fundamental conflict of interest.
The paper argues that this conflict of interest forms the catalyst for a chain of subsequent problems including, industry domination of the standard-setting processes, industry control over the development of animal welfare science, the disparity between animal welfare policy and law, and unnecessary complexities and inefficiencies in the use of available resources.
It is argued that these problems lead to a system of governance and regulation that lacks legitimacy, in which structures and processes breach fundamental principles of procedural fairness and equality in democratic participation.
In turn, these deficiencies prevent government from serving the public interest in delivering adequate animal welfare outcomes such as sustained improvements in animal welfare standards. The paper also finds that the current framework is failing to serve the interests of industry. By insulating industry from objective scrutiny and allowing the status quo to continue despite community expectations moving forward, a growing disconnect between public expectations and industry practices emerges.
No existing government department deals completely with the wide-ranging suite of matters which concern issues of animal welfare.
Currently, different government departments will be involved to varying degrees in specific animal welfare issues which are incidentally relevant to their core areas of responsibility.
The welfare of animals used in research for instance falls under the responsibility of the National Health and Medical Research Council (from a standard-setting perspective). The treatment of wild animals subject to culls will generally fall under the responsibility of state departments of environment, and may also be subject to Commonwealth oversight if such culls form part of a wildlife trade management plan. State departments responsible for sport and racing will generally have involvement in welfare standards for race horses and greyhounds. The overarching and residual responsibility for the animal welfare, however (including of course farm animal welfare), belongs to SCoPI and the departments of agriculture.
This fragmented approach to animal welfare may provide one explanation for the significant inconsistencies in the levels of protection afforded to different species of animals, or even the same species of animals but in different contexts of use.
The current arrangements for animal welfare regulation do not represent an efficient and effective use of public funds.
The current arrangements result in unnecessary complexity and duplication resulting in an inefficient use of available resources. The current arrangements fail to serve the public interest in delivering independent and objective animal welfare science, and substantive laws which reflect government policy and community expectations.
The multidisciplinary nature and complexities of animal welfare policy, and its wide-ranging application to a large variety of circumstances that cut across multiple departmental jurisdictions calls for the establishment of a dedicated office of animal welfare.
The proposed Office will represent a more efficient and effective use of public funds.
The only option for addressing the fundamental conflict of interest is to remove the responsibility for animal welfare regulation from the remit of SCoPI (=COAG Standing Council of Primary Industries) and the departments of agriculture.
Agricultural ministers and their associated departments perform an important role in serving the agricultural sector and rural communities. Promoting productive and profitable primary industries is a fundamental component of this service. This of course should not change. The reality, however, is that this objective conflicts with the objective of promoting and protecting animal welfare, particularly in relation to farm animals. "
Download Paper here… This version with highlighted text and notes by Deathrowpets
Download Paper here… This version, as original received
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Further notes; on page 5 of the Paper, the author lists the current members of the Australian Animal Welfare Advisory Committee. This committee overseas the implementation of the Aus Animal Welfare Strategy (which seemingly doesn't work anyway…). From their website, here are some notes on who these people are:
Download notes on AWAC membership here….
Call me cynical, but you will see that about half are vets ( commercial vested interests? Nah…) and the other half farmers (commercial vested interests?? Nah again) . Read the notes and draw your own conclusions…….
How pet industry PR and influencing works
Before you read this, just tuck away in your mind the fact that Colgate is the owner of Hills Pet Nutrition – then this post will make more sense.
Yesterday I spotted this interesting and readable piece in our local Hobart newspaper:
Now I would be the first to agree that "68% of Tasmanians living with pets believe they are important contributors to their happiness"…… they most certainly are to us! No argument!
So I did a bit of a search….and found the exact same article, carefully orientated to the local area, in another 5 newspapers and magazines, Victoria, NSW, Queensland, and even a parenting magazine, all proclaiming that "68%, or 70% or 80% "of us are happier with pets etc. I'm sure I could find them in a lot more places if I look.
Here are a few of them ( you don't need to read them all, trust me, they all say the same thing and point you to Colgate's wonderful competition…): READ MORE HERE


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Looks like Rachel Zoe, in one of her own white fringed creations, was just one of a handful of celebs to have the Roaring '20s on their minds. Her off-the-shoulder, flapper-inspired gown embodied her signature style — bohemian, retro, and totally cool — all on its own. Of course, no Rachel Zoe ensemble is complete without a serious dose of vintage costume jewelry. She adorned the fringe-laden dress with an oversize beaded-and-shelled statement necklace, a gold bangle, and a blush-toned box clutch. What's the verdict on her outfit?


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Welcome to the series More with Less where we look at various ways we can live a more abundant life with fewer possessions. I hope this series helps you to rethink how you view your money and possessions. You can read the intro My Journey with Money and previous installments: The Four Purposes of Money, Give Your Money Away, Cultivate Contentment, Own Less Stuff, and Fear, Faith and Money.
Today we make the Ryan's final master's degree tuition payment. It's a day we've been working hard towards for over two years and, oh man, am I ready for it!
Before Ryan was accepted to his program we decided we would not take out loans to pay for his education. We knew it would mean big sacrifices, from making major cuts to our grocery budget (and spending in general) to moving back to Oregon. We knew it would be hard but going debt-free was best for our family1. Continue reading


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What makes you #Remark!able?
It can be hard to see or feel inside what truly sets you apart. Everyday we unfairly compare ourselves to others. We see on Facebook how wonderful life is for our friends. Photos are posted on Instagram on a great event that you just missed. Did you catch that Snapchat?
We see others through a lens that makes their life remarkable. But what about our own life? We see our own life through the lens that shows all of our bumps, bruises and scars. It is an unfair comparison.
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Every single person I have met is remarkable in some way or another. If we have met, I can tell you exactly what makes you remarkable. I look for that in people.
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Introduction Kepler's New Astronomy On Proportion Recommended Books
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Max Caspar's 1947 work, Kepler, is the definitive biography of the astronomer.
Although the full translation of the New Astronomy is out of print, William H. Donahue has produced an abridged edition and course module entitled Selections from Kepler's Astronomia Nova, as well as a translation of Kepler's Optics.
Kepler's Harmony of the World is available in a translation by the American Philosophical Society, and Kepler's first work, the Mysterium Cosmographicum, is available here in a 1981 translation by A.M Duncan.
The staff of NASA's Kepler Mission has encouraged us to include The Sleepwalkers, Arthur Koestler's best selling history of early astronomy, Kitty Ferguson's Tycho & Kepler, and James A. Connor's Kepler's Witch.
We also recommend the Leibniz-Clarke Correspondence and its engaging discourse on the subject of metaphysical versus mathematical principles. Clarke argues on behalf of Newton's mathematical interpretation, while Leibniz can be said to defend Kepler's metaphysical approach.
For younger readers, we recommend Archimedes and the Door of Science.
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Peter Pesic, Tutor and Musician-in-Residence at St. John's College, Santa Fe has produced a number of works on the history and philosophy of science. We recommend his Abel's Proof: An Essay on the Sources and Meaning of Mathematical Unsolvability for its breadth of inquiry and philosophical insights. Pesic's Labyrinth: A Search for the Hidden Meaning of Science includes a chapter on Kepler entitled "Kepler at the Bridge."
Mario Livio's The Golden Ratio broadly explores the concepts of congruence and harmony in science and contains a number of good chapters on Kepler. Roger Penrose's Road to Reality introduces readers to the conceptual landscape of modern-day mathematical physics.
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Green card sponsorship is a great retention tool, as it encourages employees to stay with your company for the long haul. In fact, according to Global Talent Perspectives 2016, 70 percent of visa holders say the green card sponsorship policy of a company is very or extremely important in deciding whether they'd work for the organization.
Since green card applications are an added expense, you should first conduct an assessment of each employee to determine if they are optimal candidates. Use the questionnaire below to determine which sponsored employees should be offered permanent residency.
1. What has been the quality of the employee's performance and work product?
2. Has the employee demonstrated the potential to contribute to and grow with the organization?
3. Has the employee exhibited company loyalty and a desire to work for the organization on a long-term basis? If so, how?
4. Is there a shortage of U.S. workers with the employee's skills, knowledge and experience? If so, elaborate on why.
5. What is the feasibility of obtaining approval of the permanent residency application by the time the employee's nonimmigrant status expires?
Conduct this assessment quarterly for any visa holders on your workforce. When you're satisfied with a set of answers, then you've determined the employee will make a great candidate for sponsorship and investing in his or her future will likely result in positive results for your organization for many years to come.
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Surely you've heard the story of how the starling was introduced to America? Legend has it that a certain Mr. Eugene Schieffelin of New York was both an avid ornithologist and lover of Shakespeare. So much so, in fact, that he got it into his head to introduce into America all the birds mentioned in the works of Shakespeare. In 1890 he started with the starling, which is now considered an invasive species and quite a problem. (He'd actually been introducing a number of other birds since 1860, but most of them did not survive the new environment and are rarely mentioned when telling the story).
The problem is that the story is completely false. Never happened. I have been looking for proof for years, and failed in my mission. I can readily put my hands on the man's obituary, for Heaven's sake, and it does not mention Shakespeare. Starlings yes, Shakespeare no. He did release the starlings. There's just no reason to believe Shakespeare had anything to do with his decision.
I'm well aware, however, that my failure to find proof doesn't prove anything. I'm not a professional academic, or a researcher. So I turned to those who are.
Reddit has a group called "Ask Historians" which holds for itself a very high degree of proof. Not only do you need to cite sources for everything you state, sometimes people will call into question the validity of your sources. It's great. I've always considered it a "read only" group, because I never thought I could offer anything that would stand up to the rigors of their cross examination.
So I asked them about Shakespeare and the starlings. In that thread you'll find plenty of reading material on the subject of Mr. Schieffelin, starlings, and Shakespeare. If you think to question their research, feel free to jump in. They'll defend it. It's what they do. Nobody there is offering unsubstantiated opinions.
Guess what? They couldn't find any proof either. The one commenter who offered the most research even said, "I never thought to question the story" but quickly discovered that the story must surely be a post-mortem fabrication because the only time Shakespeare's name is ever mentioned with Schieffelin is long after his death, even when starlings play a prominent role in the story.
I'm convinced. The burden of proof has shifted. I have numerous documents from the man's lifetime that never mention him having any obsession with Shakespeare, or that this was his purpose in releasing the starlings. Is it still possible? Technically yes. You'll notice in the comments of that thread (at the time of this writing), that there was a tenuous connection between an 1889 essay on the "Extinction of Shakespeare" that in theory could have been read by Mr. Schieffelin and given him the idea. But why then did no one, including Mr. Schieffelin, ever write it down?
Until someone finds a document from Mr. Schieffelin's lifetime, preferably with some direct connection to him, it is our belief that the starling story is false and people should stop telling it.
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Event: Interconnectedness & Relationship: Basis for an Islamic Ecology: Sun 3rd March 2013, London
We are very happy to be speaking at this exciting event hosted by the Inclusive Mosque Initiative.
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Talks followed by question/answer session.
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MINNEAPOLIS – Right-hander Brad Brach is here in Minnesota and will be available if needed Friday night.
Brach arrived at Target Field around 3:40 p.m. local time.
He didn't get the call that he was being promoted to the big leagues until about 2 a.m. in Norfolk, then had to go back to Harbor Park to pick up his equipment. He didn't get to sleep until 4 a.m. and had a cab to the airport scheduled for 7:30 a.m.
But considering that some Orioles players and coached said they didn't get to bed until 6 a.m. local time, Brach wasn't going to complain about not getting enough sleep.
"It sounds like I got a little more sleep than everyone else here," Brach said. "It was still a short night. It was great. I had two flights and I was able to sleep on both of them."
Brach said he thought the Orioles would need a reliever following last night's doubleheader.
"Anytime you have a doubleheader and you see four or five guy throwing in both games you think there's probably a chance of someone going up," Brach said. "You just never know until you get the phone call who it is. After it got past 1 o'clock, I thought, 'OK, maybe it's someone else.' But then at 2 o'clock I got the phone call. It was good to see."
** Pitching prospect Kevin Gausmanhas been placed on the minor league disabled list with a case of focal pneumonia, Orioles manager Buck Showalter said. It was initially believed that he had a left intercostal strain, but an MRI showed otherwise
Gausman received an MRI on Friday after complaining of pain in his rib cage area that woke him up early Thursday morning.
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One Simple Way to Help Lower Your Car Insurance Premiums
If you drive a car, cost containment is rapidly becoming as big a concern as safety. Not surprisingly, the two go hand in hand. The better your driving record, the more likely you'll be able to find affordable car insurance. What may surprise you, however, is the what many experts say is the fastest growing safety risk on the road. It isn't your lead foot, aggressive driving or even driving under the influence. Dangerous as those practices are, they pale on the scale compared to the risk of using your cell phone to text while you're driving. According to a recent study from the Virginia Tech Transportation Institute, short of simply steering into an on-coming semi, sending a text message while driving is the riskiest thing you can do.
You wouldn't read a newspaper while you're moving down the highway at 65mph. But a surprising number of people think nothing of thumbing off a text or scanning an email, despite the fact that it is specifically or tacitly illegal in every single state and the District of Columbia. It isn't hard to figure why texting and driving is dangerous: it requires that you take your eyes off the road, for an average minimum of five seconds according to the same Virginia Tech study. Think that isn't a long time? If you're driving at top speed, you can travel over a tenth of a mile in five seconds. Next time you're on the road, make a conscious note to observe exactly how far a tenth of a mile is. Long enough to overtake a slower moving vehicle in your lane or to completely miss the fact that the car ahead of you has stopped. It's also long enough to trash your driving record, obliterate any good driver discounts and send your car insurance premiums soaring.
Want some sobering stats about driving and texting?
- Texting drivers are 23% more likely to cause an accident and six times more likely than if they were driving drunk.
- 19% of 1,200 drivers surveyed said they text while driving.
- Texting causes a 400% increase in the time you aren't looking at the road.
- 48% of U.S. teens from 12-17 report being in a car with a texting driver; 34% admit to doing it themselves.
While it's impossible to directly attribute traffic fatalities to texting, it's a reasonable assumption that the more people do it, the more likely they are to be involved in a fatal accident. Sending yet another inane OMG, TMI or C U L8R text is hardly worth paying higher car insurance, let alone a trip to the morgue.
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ALERT was present at the Arab Health Exhibition & Congress, which took place in January, 24-27, 2011, at the Dubai World Trade Centre, UAE.
The Arab Health Exhibition & Congress is the largest healthcare exhibition in the Middle East, and the second largest in the world. Arab health provides an unrivalled platform for the world's leading manufacturers, wholesalers and distributors to meet the medical and scientific community from the Middle East and beyond.
In 2011, there were 30 country pavilions, including new country pavilions from Japan, Hong Kong, Argentina and Singapore. In its 36th year, the congress received over 2 700 exhibitors from 60 countries and more than 60 000 healthcare professionals from across the world.
ALERT's booth experienced a great turnover and received visitors from many different countries. During the 4 days of the exhibition ALERT's team performed numerous demos.


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How similar are an arrogant, wealthy man, a poor mechanic's wife, and a Southern beauty? Although seemingly different, all three of F. Scott Fitzgerald's characters practice infidelity throughout The Great Gatsby. By choosing his theme and character development carefully, the author proves that infidelity pertains to no specific types of people or social classes in the novel. Fitzgerald consciously and effectively combines the theme of unfaithfulness with the character development of Tom, Daisy, and Myrtle throughout The Great Gatsby.
Fitzgerald's narrator depicts Tom as a spoiled rich man from the beginning of the novel; "His family were enormously wealthy- even in college his freedom with money was a matter of reproach..." (6). Because of this wealth, Daisy "married Tom Buchanan without so much as a shiver" (76). But despite his comfortable lifestyle and his loving wife Daisy, Tom deliberately searches for more. When Jordan confesses, "...Tom's got some woman in New York" (15) the author directly depicts Tom as a cheater.
Fitzgerald establishes his theme of unfaithfulness in Tom, the rich man, but continues the theme with other types of characters as well.
Although a seemingly pleasant young wife, Daisy deliberately cheats on her husband. When Daisy "...went over to Gatsby and pulled his face down, kissing him on the mouth" (116) just as Tom left the room, she blatantly abandons her poise and self-control, and establishes herself as a cheater as well. Nick describes Daisy's charming nature at the beginning of the novel, "[She] held my hand for a moment, looking up into my face, promising that there was no one in the world she so much wanted to see. That was the way she had" (8-9), yet by the climax of the story, Daisy's infidelity proves to the reader that unfaithfulness pertains to even the most...


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Sterling silver hand made in the USA.
This cute little spirit bear is great as a pendant, charm or on a silver hoop as an earring.
Also a good christening present or birthday.
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For the last few days, the major newspapers in the U.S. have been carrying stories about a Russian spy ring that the F.B.I. just busted. Be sure to check out the neighbor's reasoning for why Mrs. Murphy cannot be a spy. LOL! I'm not sure what I think of all of this, but I couldn't help but think of Spooks and wonder how stories like this affect the writers, and lo and behold, there was an article on it.
The creator of Spooks on the Russian espionage scandal, its nostalgic spycraft and how fact can be less credible than fiction
David Wolstencroft
Guardian.co.uk Tuesday 29 June 2010 17.54 BST
The Russian spy ring scandal is full of inspiration for David Wolstencroft, the creator of TV's Spooks, here with Hermione Norris as Ros Myers and Richard Armitage as Lucas North.
I will say this about the KGB: they are the gift that keeps on giving. Particularly, of course, if like me you're a writer of espionage fiction. Although at this stage of the unspooling lunacy it's hard to distinguish fact from parody.
Naturally, the Russian foreign intelligence service is now the SVR, not the KGB. As we all know, the cold war finished years ago. And there is absolutely nothing amusing about real people going to real prison.
However, nostalgia is a heady opiate – and where spies are concerned, I for one cannot get enough. This morning, it felt like someone put on Now That's What I Call Spycraft and cranked up the volume. Or I was watching Smiley's People, with a laughtrack.
Read the rest here.
He sounds pretty giddy, and although Lucas doesn't qualify as a guy from suburbia, Harry might. Should be interesting to see what happens.
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OUCH. Just BLAME CANADA, again….: {
So, I'm busy working on a Spooks ep involving Canadian passports and a Chinese spy ring. Disguised in Montreal Canadiens toques. : \ (might as well make the best of a bad thing…)
thanks for posting the article by the creator of Spooks! It is crazy how similar this story is to their own show.
I echo Iz4spunk's thanks to you :)
@servetus, what a crazy story! As ridiculous as it sounds, who knows? that exchange student may have been in deep cover after all, LOL!
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Dea Herdzelas is a hard working girl who can do anything when it comes to tennis and who does great work with her coach Haris Basalic, and uses to the most the fact that her Sarajevo has become a city of tennis in which it is no longer an issue to organize a quality sparing.
It is our great pleasure that we have an opportunity to, year in and year out, present top-notch talents, which are continually produced by the Bosnian tennis community. Albeit, we are still waiting for the real deal – for one of those talents, produced in the last 5-6 seasons, to come through and confirm the talent with world class results professionally and to raise the profile of the Bosnian tennis community, making it self-sustainable.
The leader among the juniors
This time special attention is given to Dea Herdzelas (born November 7th 1996.) the leading Bosnian junior player and one of the best of her age in the world. She has during 2012, almost unnoticed, for some perhaps unexpected, grown into great young tennis player, who is already ready to play with the pros. In short we are talking about the exceptionally hard working girl when it comes to tennis and who works great with her coach Haris Basalic (33), and drains the maximum out of the fact that Sarajevo has become a city of tennis and that it is no longer a problem to organize quality sparing sessions.
First months of the year Herdzelas uses (tournaments in Spain and Tunisia) to catch up with the best junior players and in doing so takes over the number one spot among the peers from BiH. At the same time she was working hard to enter into the top junior plight (Asian tour). Results were perhaps not at the expected level, but the subsequent months showed that the effort was not in vain. Third junior final of the year came about in Czech Republic and was a great dose of confidence ahead of the European junior championship in Moscow for 16 & under, where she played great making it to the quarterfinals. That was the jewel of her junior season which was completed by a semifinal and quarterfinal in Pancevo and Novi Sad (Serbia) respectively, after which she enters the top 100 on the ITF list.
Solin as an eye opener
Focus than switches to professional competition, because the June appearances at Sarajevo ITF challenger and semifinal of doubles, showed Dea's readiness to compete at this level. The result in Solin (Croatia, 10.000) when she made it from qualifying into the quarterfinals in singles and semifinals in doubles again (enough for a debut on WTA list), and once more Sarajevo (15.000, clay) where she made it past the qualifying, confirmed that the young Sarajevan has become a real player.
Unfortunately, these results came about towards the end of the season, when this 15 year old had already some 50 matched under her belt and needed to finalize the year and get some well earned rest – and begin the preparations for the next season. The team around her, led by her parents, who through their support enable her to have a good practicing program, solid tournament choices, now faces great challenges ahead. It is paramount to secure better working conditions and more challenging matches. Plan for 2013 is to focus on professional competition, with the aim of approaching top 500 on WTA list, as well as playing the biggest of the junior tournaments (grand slams!). In addition to that, Herdzelas will as was always the case respond to any and all of her national selection duties, providing that these invitations are made in a timely manner.
No need to panic
It is great the people from BH Telecom have recognized Dea's talent and have financially supported her work. Yet, we must point out that the example of Dea Herdzelas, whose career is basically 100% sponsored by her parents, once again demonstrates that talent and excellent work on the courts are not enough for top tennis result. With enough money to travel to tournaments, mostly in the company of her coach, which is a norm for her competitors (even the closest ones), Dea would by now be at the top of ITF ranking and towards the middle of the WTA ranking (between 500 and 600). However it is not yet time for panic!
Period of dominance of young players in professional tennis is long the thing of the past. Today the situation is rather reverse – top 100 currently has no players younger than 18 and only six are younger than 20 and are ranked in the range from 38th to 94th place. The message is clear: in order for a 15 year old girl to compete with the best she must work hard in the coming 3-4 years and improve her game.
Season in numbers
Dea played a total of 17 tournaments, of which 4 professional, one 16&under and 12 junior tournaments.
Professional tournaments:
- Played only qualifying at two tournaments (Sarajevo, prize money 10.000 dollars and Dubrovnik, 10.000, in October)
- In Solin (10.000, October) came from qualifying to quarterfinals, then again in Sarajevo (15.000, October) qualified for the main draw and lost in first round against the eventual tournament winner.
- Doubles – at the first Sarajevo tournament and in Solin she reached semifinal which brought her enough points (12) to make it to the WTA rankings.
Junior tournaments (U-18):
- Played four tournaments of first strength category, three in March (Thailand, Malaysia, and Philippines) and one in July (Germany)
- Played five tournaments of second strength category, two in Tunisia (January and February), one in Romania (May), and two in Serbia (September)
- Played two tournaments of third strength category (Spain, January and Czech Republic, July, making it into the finals)
- Made it to finals of one fourth strength category tournament in January of 2012 in Spain.
Other tournaments (U-16):
- Played only at the European championships and made it to the quarterfinals, which is a great result having in mind all the circumstances surrounding the practice and play in BiH as compared to most other countries.
Looking through the eyes of the statistician, in 2012 Dea played a total of 44 matches in main draws in all categories and recorded 29 wins and 15 losses. However, to these numbers we must add the qualifying matches because they were the most numerous in the professional competition. Thus, looking at the four professional tournaments she played, she had to pass through qualifications in all of them (wild cards are reserved for some other talents!) and she recorded nine wins and two loses. Two junior tournaments involved qualifying matches as well, but only three matches were played in that competition and all were won. This means that in all singles play in 2012 she played 58 matches and won 41 of them. She also played her first league competition at the end of September of 2012 where she also had noticeable results. We are talking about the Serbian league, where Herdzelas was member of the winning team with an impressive score of 6 wins and 0 losses.
Improvement year in and year out
If we compare this year's play with the ones from 2-3 years ago, improvement can easily be seen: more matches played and against tougher competition, with the ever improving ranking. So looking at last year when Dea was 14 years old, she played a total of 19 tournaments (with qualifying) of which four were professional (Sarajevo 10.000), 10 were junior of which six of 4th strength category, two of 5th and one G-1 and G-2 each, and five competitions from the Tennis Europe calendar for 16 & under. She played a total of 43 matches and recorded 24 wins. At the year's end she was ranked no. 362 on the ITF ranking. In 2012, when Dea was only 13 years old, she played 12 tournaments, of which 6 in 14 & under category, three in 16 & under and three junior tournaments, i.e. 18 & under. She played 40 matches and won 29 times.
As 12 year old, meaning in 2009, she played 12 tournaments in 14 & under category and one in 16 & under category, having played 35 matches and recording 23 wins.
Thus, we can see a visible improvement in the results of this young Sarajevan, although she plays with older and more experienced counterparts each year. Knowledgeable audience knows how hard that is and how much effort and skills are required, but above all financial investments, to underline once more.


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