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I suppose all of you people in the UK, were glued to your television sets this morning, listening to George Osborne explaining as to how he is intending to turn the screw of austerity during the coming year, in pursuit of his efforts to pass as much of the wealth of the UK as possible, into the pockets of his fellow millionaires.
He announced that he will be making swingeing cuts to Welfare, in a country where thousands of people are already dying from hypothermia, in winter, simply because they cannot afford to eat and warm themselves.
He explained how he is still borrowing one-hundred-billion Pounds a year, fifty-billion Pounds of which is immediately paid out, in interest, on previous loans.
During the questions, which followed Osborne's statement, I waited patiently for one of those privileged journalists, who are granted access to his Majesty, to ask the question, from whom was he borrowing this money and to whom was he paying the interest on previous loans? I was curious to know whether they were one and the same. Sadly I appear to be on my own, in the dark as it were, as to why this question needs an answer at all. The money comes from The Bank of England, to which he is also paying the interest. That is how the Central Banking system operates.
Journalist are forbidden to ask this question because the elected Politicians in the UK lie to the people about the ownership of the Bank, which means that they can never admit to paying interest on the Pound in the pockets of the people. They pretend that the Bank is owned by the people, when in fact it is the very instrument which is being used to rob the people. The fifty-billion-pounds of interest will, as is usual, go straight into the deep pockets of Baron Rothschild and the Queen, whom are the owners of the Bank.
In Iceland, which is apparently the only state in the Northern Hemisphere, which has a booming economy, when the people were instructed to adopt austerity measures, in order to pay a private debt, which had been generated by two recently "Privatised" Banks. The people of Iceland demanded proof of the debt. They soon discovered that the debt was a fraud.
They immediately called for the arrest of the Bankers and dismissed the Government, which was in fact in league with the Bankers. Some of the Bankers are in gaol, others are on the run. Iceland has now set-up a fair banking system and they have taken control of the issuance of their currency. Problem solved. Economy booms. Why are we not hearing about this miracle?
For Osborne to be borrowing, to repay a debt, which will only increase the debt, is a stupidity. Common sense tells you that there can be no end to this system except total bankruptcy. There is never enough money to repay a debt.
This is obvious to any person, even those of limited intelligence understand, that you need to earn money to repay a loan. You can borrow from friend, after friend, passing the loan from one to another, however in the end you will run out of friends to borrow from and you must pay up.
This is exactly the position which the Loan Sharks in the IMF, World Bank and the Central Bankers have in mind for us, they can now asset strip, country after country as they have already started to do in Greece, Spain and Ireland, where a deliberately generated, fraudulent debt, has destroyed the lives of millions of people.
The only other country, which took the precaution of checking the Bankers claims, besides Iceland, was Ecuador, where they found the same fraudulent claims. Now is it possible that the only two guilty Banksters, just happened to be the two which were checked? Your own common sense tells you no, it is not possible.
So why have other Governments not done the same thing? Because they are in on the scheme. They are nothing more than Tax Collectors for the Elite. The next step will be to deny us all access to cash. They will soon be announcing the imposition of a cashless society. When this arrives, they will have control of us all. We will be nothing more than serfs.
There is no debt. The debt is a manufactured scheme, which is being used to reset the debt machine, which had run out of options. All of the money which was used to bail out the Bankers, has simply vanished. You have been robbed and you do not even know by whom. Your elected politicians have made this possible.
The Political Parties are working together, in order to bring in a political system, which has long been announced, which when it arrives, will make immediate efforts to murder as many of us as they can.
You can laugh at what I am explaining and dismiss it out of hand, however, History shows quite clearly, that I am speaking the truth. What I am suggesting to be our future, has already been imposed in Russia, Eastern Europe, Germany, China, Cambodia, Ireland (Five million Irish people starved to death in the 19th Century) Iraq, Afghanistan, Vietnam, Korea, (The slaughter in Korea is still a closely guarded secret) and it shows no sign of abating.
This does not even take into account the savage slaughter of indigenous Peoples in Africa, Canada, Australia, New Zealand and South and North America. So please do not be naive enough to believe that it is not your turn for the blood-bath.
The culling is already under way. We have been led to believe, by the Alternative Media, that we will be poisoned by Chem-Trails or Vaccines or Genetically Modified Food or whatever, when in fact the killer is already amongst us. Fukushima is an example of a huge threat, which is being ignored by World Governments. In the UK, the British have chosen to pay the French EDF, to construct a Nuclear Power Station at Hinkley Point, on the sea-shore, of course.
While here in France, the same EDF, is concealing the fact that every single Nuclear Power Station, in France, is suffering from massive radiation leaks. All of them are situated close to Rivers or the sea, for cooling purposes, which of course means that just as at Fukushima, any leakage has a direct route to water. You really could not make it up. After the recent bad weather, it has already been announced that greater attention will be paid to flood defences at Hinkley Point.
Hinkley Point and the surrounding country-side are part of the Somerset Levels. I think that speaks for itself. The near-by River Parrett has recently burst its banks. This is quite normal, it is more or less an annual occurrence, however this year it is being caused by Climate Change. Yes of course it is.
The British people can relax however, because they now have the Environment Agency experts, to explain to them the size of Wellington Boot they will have need of, and on which foot it should be placed. After that they can explain which end of the shovel you hold to get rid of the mud.
I was staggered to watch a News report from the banks of a swollen river, when the reporter asked the cameraman, to pan around and show the viewers a housing estate on the other side of the river, from where the people had been unable to reside since Christmas Eve.
All of the homes on the estate, were brand new. That would be because in the far off days, when the British still retained an ounce of gumption, everybody knew that you did not build homes on the banks of rivers.
All of the residents on this estate will now find themselves liable for a huge increase in the cost of insurance and a dramatic drop in the value of their homes. They will find themselves, in US jargon, not only under water literally but also in terms of their mortgage, which could well be more than the after flood, value of the home.
Osborne, instead of passing more and more money into the pockets of the rich, could, if it is his aim to help the economy, cancel the Nuclear Power Station and distribute the money equally amongst the British people, on the understanding that it be used to buy British made products, that is the way to ignite British industry. Sixteen-Billion-Pounds spent into the economy would be a game changer and an election winner. Some hopes.
Have You Heard The One About The Irishman, The Englishman, The Scotsman,The Lord, The Prince And The Pope?
There seems to be no end to the connections of running sore Jimmy Savile. He is not only linked to several British Prime Ministers and the heir to the throne, Prince Charles, he would appear to have had an acquaintance with a couple of Popes and the odd Archbishop.
Liberal Lord Foxy, seems to have managed to stay clear of the real hard-core necrophiliac and ritual child killers and concentrated his antics on the more, shall we say, "normal" though just as unacceptable, form of sexual abuse. He does not give the immediate impression of someone fleet-of-foot enough, to race after little boys. So slipping his hand into the knickers of female members of the Lib-dem's would appear to be his limit. We can only wait and see, perhaps more will be revealed. Perhaps he will shame Clegg by announcing that Clegg knew all along what had been going on and told him to go, and to keep his mouth shut.


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Tuesday, June 3rd, dawned clear and bright. We had a quick breakfast at the McDonald's in Soldotna (the restaurant by the hotel didn't open on time) then struck out on the Sterling Highway towards Homer. We were to take a trip aboard Captain Karl's Bay Excursions into Kachemak Bay, with our ultimate goal to see Gull Island. We would spend a couple of hours on the boat, just our group, and expected to see lots of birds in the Alcid family--puffins, guillemots, murres, murrelets--as well as kittiwakes, cormorants and terns.
The trip from Soldotna to Homer is about 1 1/2 hours, and the highway runs along Cook Inlet. On the western shore of the inlet is the Clark Lake National Park and Preserve. Within the park lie parts of two mountain ranges--the Aluetian Range to the south and the Alaska Range to the north. Along this line of peaks are five volcanoes, including the often active Mt. Redoubt. We made a brief stop at Anchor Bay where we looked for Bald Eagles on the beach. We only saw one, but we were treated to great views of the peaks of Clark Lake N.P.
|Mt. Redoubt, (10,197 feet), across Cook Inlet from Anchor Bay.
We continued on to Homer, and while we didn't stop in the town proper, there was a quaint little community out on Homer Spit Road, where the marina is located. We sooooo wanted to take some time and shop, but there were birds to see, by golly, so all I managed was to snap a few photos of the place. Maybe next time!
|Some of the businesses along Homer Spit Road. There was also a campground and RV park.
|Flying the rainbow flag in Homer!
This is part of the trip I was the most excited about. I love the water, and knew that this would be an opportunity to not only see some birds I could not see elsewhere, but it also meant not being in the van. While it wasn't a big boat there was room to move around, and we had a beautiful day for a boat ride--clear blue skies and very little wind.
|Marina at the City of Homer Port and Harbor.
The map below shows the relation of Gull Island to the spit. We departed and headed northeast for bit, up into Kachemak Bay, before heading down to Gull Island.
|Map of Kachemak Bay. Homer is in the top left, across the bay from Kachemak State Park and Wilderness, which borders Kenai National Park.
|Heading out into Kachemak Bay.
We were afforded great views of the glaciers in the Kenai Mountains. This is Grewingk glacier, the only one visible from the bay.
|Grewingk glacier, Kenai Mountains, Kachemak Bay State Park.
The mountains were just breathtaking.
|Kenai Mountains, Kachemak Bay State Park
Much of the water in the bay east of the spit is milky with glacial silt. Basically tiny bits of ground up bedrock, this runoff from melting glaciers is deposited into lakes and bays. In quiet waters it will stay suspended, and helps account for the turquoise color of some alpine lakes.
|Glacial silt in Kachemak Bay.
With all the amazing scenery it was easy to forget that we'd come to see birds.
And oh my goodness, where there birds!
Thousands and thousands of birds!
Next: the birds of Kachemak Bay.

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There was a full slate of Ivy League games this Saturday. Both undefeated teams, Dartmouth and Harvard won, while Columbia and Cornell both added to their respective win columns.
After several difficult non-conference matches that saw the Big Green on the wrong side of some lopsided score lines, Dartmouth is in good position to win its 7th consecutive Ivy League Title. The Big Green has had several resounding wins including a 76-29 victory over Brown on Saturday. With the win Dartmouth moved to 3-0 in conference play.
Despite missing a number of starters due to injury, Cornell outlasted Penn 44-21 to move to 2-1 on the season.
"Some guys really stepped up and played positions they had been training at but had not got in on the A-side yet," said Cornell captain Jon Furman. "With those new guys we were still able to give Penn a pretty good game."
The Cornell forwards asserted themselves early into this game. Club President and lock, Keith Hoge, battled back from a broken collarbone and a torn labrum to earn his first cap of the season. In the first minutes of his return, he opened the scoring for the Big Red.
After a charged down kick gave Penn an early 7-5 lead, Cornell got four consecutive tries to end the first half. Hooker Ethan Venosa scored the second and third tries for the Big Red and after a second half score finished with the hat trick.
Furman indicated that the forwards really established a presence early in the match and created space for the Cornell backline.
"Our forwards as they usually do had a pretty great game, really controlling the tempo from the get go," added Furman. "That was something we were looking to do was set the tone early."
Penn Managed to add two scores between a Cornell try, but ultimately yielded two more scores to fall 44-21.
In other Ivy action, Columbia defeated Yale 34-31 in a wild affair. The game saw three lead changes and was close midway through the second half. Yale got on the board first through Luke Thomas but quickly gave away the lead to a Columbia try and penalty. Yale retook the lead with another score but Columbia added another try of its own to take 13-12 lead going into the break.
Columbia scored first to start the second stanza before Thomas got his second to cut the lead to 20-19. The wheels came off for Yale, however, as the Lions dotted down twice to increase the lead to 34-19. Yale fought back, earning two more tries to even them at five apiece, but it was a penalty that ultimately differentiated the teams.
"Looking at the whole match, I actually think they deserved to win," Yale coach Greg McWilliams said of Columbia. "They looked after the ball better and made the most of their opportunities. We didn't take our opportunities."
In the final game of the weekend, Harvard edged Princeton 24-10 to remain undefeated.


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The Mississippi Food Policy Council is dedicated to educating residents on the importance of eating locally grown products. They are compromised of organizations who all have the same focus; solving issues such as hunger, farming, health, nutrition and policy.
They really put the local food consumption into perspective with the infographic below.
We can create jobs, increase overall health, and boost Mississippi's economy simply by eating locally sourced food? Count us in!


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very nice and informative summary prepared by @kotobites, I thought I should simply share and not re-invent the wheel
We are in the last few days of the year and it is almost 2018, the year of the dog in the Chinese zodiac. The New Year, or お正月(おしょうがつ) as it is known in Japanese, is one of the biggest celebrations in the Japanese calendar.
There are a lot of traditions associated with the New Year period, so what better way to learn a bit about New Year in Japan than to learn some new vocabulary? Here are ten words which should help you get a feel for how New Year is celebrated.
1. 年賀状/ねんがじょう Postcards
The custom of sending ねんがじょう cards started hundreds of year ago, as a way of sending new year's greeting to relations who were too far away to visit in person. These are normally sent to the post office around 15th December in order to ensure delivery on 1st January.
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Gene Wilder, best known for starring in movies such as Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory and Blazing Saddles, has died at the age of 83, the Associated Press reports. According to his nephew, Jordan Walker-Pearlman, Wilder died from complications of Alzheimer's disease.
The two-time Oscar nominee, who was born Jerome Silberman in Milwaukee, also appeared in numerous films with Richard Pryor. The duo starred in Silver Streak (1976), Stir Crazy (1980), See No Evil, Hear No Evil (1989) and Another You (1991).
In 1984 Wilder married famed Saturday Night Live star Gilda Radner, and after her death in 1989, he created the Gilda Radner Ovarian Cancer Detection Center in Los Angeles and co-founded Gilda's Club, a cancer-awareness and-support group.
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Nicola Pecoraro at Collicaligreggi, Catania
Galleria Collicaligreggi will present the second solo show of Nicola Pecoraro entitled Low Pass from 24 February 2017 to 15 April 2017.
For this new project, the artist is presenting a group of photographs printed on velvet and a series of sculptures produced using industrial plastic materials.
As in all his projects, the works themselves are seen as the waste product of a process in perpetual motion, of a friction between the idea and its attempted material rendering.
The title of the show, Low Pass, refers to a cutting of the frequency, a technique of equalization or sound filtering in which the high end of the frequency spectrum is cut or filtered out and only low frequencies are let through, producing a thick and more opaque sound.
In general, the result involves a loss of information with respect to the original source.
The prints on velvet were made using photos from the artist's archives. In these prints, the original image undergoes a series of processes that lead to its estrangement with respect to the original context and, consequently, to alteration of the content. They become information containers, a flow of images in continuing mutation given the iridescence of the velvet, which changes form continuously depending on the observer's point of view.
Similarly, the sculptures of plastic are the outcome of a filtering process (they come from discards in a recycling facility of the plastic making process), thus of equalization, so they are modules that can be combined with one another or with external elements.
They are the result of an interruption of the flow (liquid melted plastic that solidifies as it cools down), they maintain an appearance that might recall organic forms, while restricted to a low level of representation and, in any case, detached from any particular context.
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text: Philadelphia, PA — From Friday, November 8 through Sunday, November 10, 2019, The Craft Show Committee and The Women's Committee of the Philadelphia Museum of Art will present the 43rd annual Craft Show. This premier exhibition and sale of contemporary American craft, held at the Pennsylvania Convention Center in Philadelphia, includes 195 of the best craft artists in the United States, selected from more than 900 applicants. The Guest Artist Program will feature 26 artists from Israel this year.


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Valentina Dalla Costa, a design journalist based in Milan, gives an insight to the contemporary design and architecture scene in Italy.
Her work has been published in several publications including Casa Vogue, La Stampa, Design Diffusion News Magazine and more. She also writes books for design companies like Scavolini, edited by Skira. In 2013, she has founded the UNSEEN, through which you can discover Milan's hidden arts, design, architectural and other cultural gems.
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The designer from Paris, Jean-Baptiste Fastrez honors Toulouse with an unusual collection of mirrors: instead of common frames, shiny waterproof fabrics, and colours referring to nautical clothing encircle these mirrors that can be more than three meters in height. Designed for the Galeries des Glaces exhibition at the Galeries Lafayette, the collection is placed on the staircase at the grand entrance of the luxurious department store.
Image courtesy of Jean-Baptiste Fastrez.
Image courtesy of Jean-Baptiste Fastrez.
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When it has been officially presented during the last Salone del Mobile in Milan both to the press and the audience, it has been welcomed as one of the best lamps of the year. Another evidence of this success is the recent award won by Empatia, designed for Artemide by Carlotta de Bevilacqua and Paola Arianello. It won the Wallpaper* Design Award 2014 for the Best Transparency category, an award that has now reached its 10th edition and is recognised by the London magazine to people, ideas, places and projects contributing to give vitality to the magazine during the previous year. Empatia deserves this award for its essence, which encloses in one single object advanced LED technology and at the same time a great handcraft tradition thanks to the use of Venetian glass-blowing. Furthermore, it expresses a great proportion among shapes: subtle densities and transparencies giving back a glass which reflects and efficiently diffuses light, nevertheless without glaring. Named an optical device by Artemide, it is available in support, wall, hanging and floor versions.
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Rini Ismayanty – An MSc. (S2) Student of Plant Breeding and Biotechnology Major, Department of Agronomy and Horticulture, School of Graduate Study, IPB, Bogor-Indonesia, met her MSc. (S2) advisory committee for the first time on Friday, January 13-2012. In that meeting, Rini has presented her research plan for the MSc (S2) thesis and discussed the detail of their implementation with her supervisory committee members.
Members of her MSc. (S2) supervisory committee are Dr. Dewi Sukma (Chairman) and Prof. Sudarsono of PMB Lab., IPB (member). The title of Rini Ismayanti's MSc. (S2) thesis research will be: "Molecular Analysis and Pollen Dispersal Evaluation in Kopyor Coconut at Pati, Central Java."
In her research plan, she will analyze a Pati Kopyor coconut population using SSR markers. The generated data will be used to evaluate genetic diversity of the Kopyor coconut population. Moreover, the data will also be used to genotype the targeted individual palms in the region.
For pollen dispersal evaluations, a number normal and kopyor fruits will be harvested from a number of selected mother palm and their total nucleic acid will be isolated. The genotype of the progenies will be analyzed using the same markers as in the adult palms.Rini hopes that results of her MSc. (S2) research will help Kopyor farmers to manage their Kopyor plantation and increase Kopyor fruit yield.
The first advisory committee meeting run well and the advisory committee members have proposed some suggestions to improve Rini's plan for MSc (S2) research. Subsequently, she need to revised the MSc. (S2) thesis research proposal document and prepare for the research proposal seminar. She also need to submit the revised proposal document as one of the administrative requirements for student at PBT Major. The other more important matters are to carry out the research plan and generate enough data for her thesis.
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An FBI search warrant states that a man has claimed he was able to hack into the on-board computer system on a passenger jet and control the plane from his seat.
Chris Roberts, a cybersecurity professional and industry expert in airline security systems, said that he took this action to enhance airline security by exposing vulnerabilities. He has previously been banned from another flight after claiming on Twitter that he could deploy the aircraft's oxygen masks whilst the plane was airborne. A prolific offender, the FBI says that Roberts has exploited on-board flight entertainment systems on no less than fifteen occasions during the last four years.
Mr. Roberts, who is represented by the Electronic Frontier Foundation (EFF), has given an interview in Wired magazine in which he does elicit some detail about this attack although others in the cybersecurity network remain skeptical about his claims.


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A tally (usually brass) was used by a miner in exchange for a lamp prior to going down into a coal pit. As such, it was used as an early form of a mine management system. Silver tallys (usually aluminium) were given to miners who had worked overtime, and these could be exchanged for a meal in the canteen.
SIBA National Silver Medal 2009, Mild Category.
Named after a type of coal much prized for its slow-burning qualities.
Pioneer is a term used to describe someone who migrated to the west coast of America in search of gold.
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Named after the infamous Kondike Goldrush of 1896.
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Brewed to commemorate St Georges' Day, which just happens to be Patsy's birthday.
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Named after the song by Jimmy Dean about a 6ft 6in heroic miner. Patsy's husband just happens to be called John and is also over 6ft tall.
Part of our seasonal beer range - brewed in November and February.
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Named after the song and daughter of a miner in the 1894 California Gold Rush who tragically drowned.
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How Can You Choose a great Lawyer?
Although a great lawyer must have a superior standard of legal technical ability it's essential they're customer service savvy. With respect to the kind of legal counsel or assistance that you need, you realized your lawyer to become knowledgeable regarding the situation surrounding your situation. For instance you realized a company lawyer to possess a strong commercial awareness along with a property lawyer to understand mortgage company needs. Legal counsel doesn't appear in vacuum pressure which is due to this so good lawyers are identifiable by their customer service abilities.
Key Abilities
A great lawyer should exercise the next key customer service abilities when dealing with a situation:
– Listening and understanding.
As fundamental because this sounds, lawyers must pay attention to their client and acknowledge all of the nuances of the situation prior to trying to differentiate the key details. The customer should feel they have had the ability to give their opinion around the matter, and discuss what they wish to achieve. The attorney should then repeat the details from the situation to the customer so make certain they have an entire knowledge of their aims, do this before offering any advice.
– Plain British
Any advice provided ought to be described towards the client in plain British without using complex terminology. A great lawyer ought to be articulate inside a manner, which enables him/her to describe complex legalities in layman terms. ?
– Communication and confirming
Decent lawyers should request their customers what their preferred approach to general and emergency correspondence is ie do they would like to be called or could they be readily available via email? Once it has been agreed, the attorney should make certain they keep your client up-to-date on any developments, allowing them to know what's going on and taking any new instructions. Should you seem like you don't have an understanding of what's happening in your situation, then this can be a manifestation of bad client care. ?
– Non-legal counsel
It's not always the situation that the lawyer ought to provide legal option to some problem. A great lawyer must have good sense and therefore will have the ability to provide non-legal counsel where necessary, even when what this means is not retaining the customer. ?
– Assignment
If your lawyer's technical expertise doesn't cover a place of the situation, they're within responsibility to make sure that the problem is moved across to a different team or individual more skillful around the matter. When the situation does get passed to a different lawyer, the initial lawyer also needs to inform him/her of all the details from the situation (which incidentally ought to be recorded within the file), this will avoid the client from needing to recite their whole situation again. ?
– Billing
It's quite common occurrence that the fixed fee is offered for any legal service yet unforeseen costs arise leading to the ultimate bill to become bigger than was agreed. Because of this, good lawyers should inform their client before experiencing these extra charges and request permission to proceed. Alternatively the lawyers can agree an overflow budget using the client, which is reserved to pay for such costs.


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A mold is constructed using a series of components including various plates, pins, bushings, pillars, ejector systems, and many other items used for many purposes.
Figure 1 shows some of the basic items and where they are located in the mold.
Figure 1 shows the mold in the closed position. When the mold is open it separates between the A and B plates.
This plane is called the parting line because it designates where the mold parts or separates.
Figure 1
We refer to each half of the separated mold by whether it contains the A plate or the B plate.
Therefore, the half of the mold containing the A plate is called the A half, and the half containing the B plate is called the B half.
We also use the term live half for the B half because it usually contains the moving section known as the ejector system.
Normally, the A half does not contain any moving sections, so it is referred to as the dead half.
The Injection Half of the Mold
The injection half of the mold involves the sprue bushing, A and B plates, runners and gates, and cavity .
The Sprue Bushing
In most cases, the A half contains the sprue bushing. The term sprue was borrowed from the metal die-casting industry.
The sprue bushing in an injection mold is the component that allows molten plastic to enter the mold and begin its travel to the cavity image.
The molten plastic leaves the injection press and enters the mold through the sprue bushing.
The sprue bushing directs the material through the runner system, past the gate, and into the cavity.
The sprue bushing is the interface between the injection mold and the injection machine.
It is made from hardened tool steel, highly polished to minimize sticking, and is a replaceable component of the mold.
Typically, the critical dimensions of a sprue bushing are determined by the viscosity of the molding material, the volume of material traveling through the runner system, and the thickness of the mold plates of the A half of the mold.
In addition, the diameter of the orifice of the nozzle is a factor.
The A and B Plates
The mold components that form the molded part are the A and B plates.
To take advantage of the ejector system (usually located in the B half of the mold) we mold the plastic product in the B plate whenever possible.
However, there are some situations in which the plastic product design requires some of the cavity image to be placed in the A plate, such as in a three-plate mold .
Figure 2 shows the A and B plates from a standard two-plate mold used to make triangular plastic safety signs.
The mold is a two-cavity mold, meaning two pieces are molded at the same time.
Figure 2
Runners and Gates
After the molten plastic leaves the injection molding machine and enters the mold through the sprue bushing, it must be directed to the cavity image and allowed to enter the cavity image to form the finished part. This is accomplished by using a runner system and gates,.
The runner system is a pathway machined into the face of the mold base. Usually this is accomplished by use of a ball end mill, but it also can be created using electrical discharge machining (EDM).
The gate is located at the end of the runner system and is considered an opening in the mold, like a window.
It is designed and constructed to allow molten plastic to enter the cavity at proper velocity and volume needed to fill the cavity quickly, but in a controlled condition.
The thickness of the gate has a major function in determining the overall cycle of the injection molding process and must be kept as thin as possible while allowing proper flow.
While it is theoretically possible to fill any size or shape cavity image with only a single gate, sometimes it is necessary to utilize the flow profile and characteristics of multiple gate systems.
The shape of the final molded product is determined by the shape of the cavity image that is machined into the A and B plates (as well as the characteristics of the specific material being molded).
This image is machined into the plates using common machining methods such as milling, grinding, lathe-working (turning), and stoning/polishing.
But, the most common method of cavity image machining today is EDM (also known as EDNC or electrical discharge numerical control).
This method utilizes electrical current to erode metal from the cavity plates. It can be controlled to the point of requiring no further machining if the cavity image does not need a high-polish finish.
The Ejector Half of the Mold
The ejector half of the mold involves the ejector housing, support plate, support pillars, ejector pins, return pins, sprue pullers, and ejector system guide pins and bushings.
The Ejector Housing
The ejector housing is a U-shaped metal box, formed as a forging in a solid, one- piece unit. This is done to attain maximum strength and minimum deflection during molding.
To cut corners and save money, some moldmakers attempt to fabricate the housing from bolted plates. This is an unsafe practice because the side rails of the box will distort under injection and clamp pressure and the box may crack.
In addition, the distortion causes excessive wear on the ejector pins and the holes in which the pins ride. It is questionable whether or not any money is actually saved by this fabrication process, certainly when the potential danger and damage is considered.
The ejector housing (commonly called the ejector box) is used to contain the ejector system. This system consists of ejector pins, return pins, sprue-puller pins, and possibly many springs, bushings, and guide pins.
Guided ejector systems utilize guide on the ejector system components. Although this practice adds slightly to the overall cost of the mold, it does minimize repair costs that occur due to ejector system wear.
Support Plate
Because the ejector housing is U-shaped, there is a great amount of unsupported area directly under the B plate of the mold.
This open area allows the B plate to distort by bowing or bending under injection pressure. The amount of distortion is about 0.010 in. (0.254 mm) or more. This is enough to cause a lot of flash on the parting line and will quickly result in a weakened B plate.
To keep this from happening, a support plate is mounted directly behind the B plate. The use of two plates (the B plate and the support plate) creates a much greater resistance to distortion than increasing the thickness of the B plate.
Support Pillars
In addition to the support plate, support pillars are also used to help reduce (or eliminate) the B plate distortion columns that are placed as props between the ejector housing and the support plate of the mold.
Ejector Pins, Return Pins, and Sprue Pullers
Ejector pins are steel "nails" with a head, body, and flat face.
These pins are used to push the finished, molded product out of the mold at the end of the injection molding cycle.
Ejector pins are also used to eject the surface-style runner system.
These pins are called ejector pins only if they contact the plastic surface of the molded product or runner.
Where there is an ejector pin, there is going to be an impression showing on the molded part.
This impression will take the form of either a depression in the plastic or a raised pad of excess material.
Return pins are used for pushing the ejector system back into its proper place when the mold closes in preparation for the next molding cycle.
These pins differ from ejector pins in that they do not contact the surface of the molded part, but rather contact the steel surface of the A plate as the mold closes.
This contact forces the return pins to push back the ejector system, thus returning it to the proper location.
Sprue puller pins are more elaborate ejector pins. Their primary purpose is to assist in releasing the sprue from the sprue bushing when the mold first opens after the injection process is complete.
The sprue puller pin usually incorporates an undercut of some type on its end.
This undercut can take the shape of a groove machined into the pin diameter, a Z-shaped notch cut into the diameter, or even a ring groove cut into the hole in which the pin rides.
In all cases, the undercut traps material from the sprue.
When material in the undercut hardens, it causes the sprue to be pulled from the sprue bushing as the mold opens up.
After the mold opens all the way, the ejector system activates and the sprue puller acts as an ejector pin to push the sprue undercut off the B half of the mold.
Ejector System Guide Pins and Bushings
Because the mold is usually operating in a horizontal plane, gravity tends to pull the ejector system downward.
This action will cause undue wear on the diameters of all the pins as well as the holes in which they ride. This will cause an elliptical hole to form in the mold and flash will fill it.
One way to minimize the effects of gravity is to use guided ejector systems.
These systems utilize guide pins and bushings that are designed to overcome the gravity effects and keep the ejector system operating on a true horizontal plane at all times.


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San Jose Earthquakes have completed the signing of French defender Paul Marie, it has been revealed.
The 22-year-old was 12th overall selection in the 2018 MLS SuperDraft, but he was immediately sent on loan to USL outfit Reno 1868 FC.
Marie will get a chance to prove his worth in the second tier, while San Jose Earthquakes have the option to recall him at any time this year.
The talented defender had come through the youth ranks at Caen and also represented France at Under-16 level, before moving to the United States.
Marie impressed at Florida International University, having produced 14 goals and as many assists in 52 league appearances.
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What once was envisioned as a feel-good story could, at last, become a win that the Ducks would feel really good about if somehow the Oregon men�s basketball team can defeat Oakland University tonight at McArthur Court.
The operative word being somehow, as the Ducks (5-4) have lost to the Golden Grizzlies in each of the past two seasons, and in the final year of the three-game contract face an arguably better team than the versions that defeated a top-25 Oregon team two years ago and won in overtime in McArthur Court last season.
�They�re very well-coached, and they�ve got very good talent, and they�ve got a big guy on the inside that the NBA guys are looking at,� Oregon coach Ernie Kent said Friday. �It just makes for a very good game.�
The Oakland center is Keith Benson, a 6-foot-11 junior who leads the Golden Grizzlies in scoring and rebounding, averaging 18 points and 11.8 rebounds.
�Benson is really good,� Kent said. �He�s every bit as good as any big man in the conference.�
The series with the Rochester, Mich., school was meant to be a sweet homecoming story for the Ducks, a way to get a game in front of family and friends for Detroit residents Malik Hairston and Tajuan Porter.
But it�s been anything but sweet. The Golden Grizzlies defeated the Ducks, 68-62, in Auburn Hills, Mich., in 2007, Hairston�s senior season, then won in Mac Court last year, 82-79 in overtime behind 32 points from guard Johnathon Jones.
Jones is back, by the way, one of several key returning players from the team that went 23-13 overall and 13-5 in the Summit Conference. Also back is the player who was Oregon�s chief nemesis two years ago, senior forward Derick Nelson, who had 22 points and nine rebounds in the win in Michigan and redshirted last year with a foot injury.
Oakland�s record this season is 6-5, but the losses have been to Eastern Michigan, by four, in the season opener, and then at Wisconsin, at No. 1 Kansas, at Memphis and at No. 12 Michigan State.
That�s a much tougher schedule than Oregon�s, and Thursday night the Golden Grizzlies did something the Ducks haven�t done in a year � they won on the road, 77-68 at Seattle University. They shot just 38 percent but held SU to 34 percent and gave coach Greg Kampe the 425th win of his career.
In Seattle, Oakland was led by junior guard Larry Wright, who scored a career-high 21 points and was 7-of-7 from the free-throw line (he�s 22-of-22 this season), and got double-doubles from Benson, with 16 points and 16 rebounds, and sophomore Drew Maynard, with 10 points and 10 rebounds off the bench.
Despite the way this series has gone, Kent said he believes it�s important for the Ducks to play series with teams in areas they recruit, and so he would like a home-and-home series with Wisconsin, for example, so that freshman Jamil Wilson, expected to start tonight at small forward, can play in his home state, or with Georgia Tech, so that Atlanta native Teondre Williams can play at home.
�With all those kids, we talk about bringing them home,� Kent said. �That�s big to their families and their friends and the people in their community that you meet during the recruiting process. Everyone from the minister of their church to their counselor to their coach to their PE teacher � they all get excited about that, and it�s something we talk about in the home, and we will continue to do that.�
Tonight, the Ducks hope for a return to action by Porter, who has missed three of the last four games with a sprained left ankle. For the second straight game, Williams and junior wing LeKendric Longmire will not be in the starting lineup, however, as Kent continues to make a point about the importance of academic responsibilities.
�Guys know what they�re supposed to do,� Kent said. �There�s only so much monitoring you can do before they have to take responsibility for it. Not that it was anything major, but it was just a bunch of little things that �these are your responsibilities and until you understand that, I don�t think it�s right for you to come off the bench as a starter.� ...
�There isn�t a day that goes by that we don�t talk to them about academics. Somewhere it is talked about every single day, and sooner or later that message has to be received by everybody, and if not there are consequences.�
In the recently completed fall quarter, Kent said, seven of the 15 Ducks had grade-point averages of 3.0 or better. �Overall, we did a nice job,� he said.


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The 2019 Highland Hospice "Highland Scenes" Calendar
I'm delighted that two of my photographs are being used in the 2019 Highland Hospice "Highland Scenes" calendar.
"Loch Broom, the view from Braemore" is used for June and "Achmelvich, a seat with a view" is used for July.
Available online and at the Highland Hospice shop in Queensgate, Inverness, these calendars would make a great stocking filler and at the same time raising money for a very worthwhile charity.
Balranald Campsite - The Corncrake Glamping Pod
Whilst on holiday this summer in our caravan on North Uist, we stayed at the Balranald Hebridean Holidays campsite on the west coast of the island.
The campsite has a superb setting, right next to the beach at Hougharry with views to the Monach Islands and it's a great base from which to explore the Uists. Balranald is a small family run business and, with excellent facilities, it's simply a great place to stay.
We were pitched next to the Corncrake Glamping Pod on the campsite which was certainly popular and, talking to Anne the owner of the campsite one morning, I offered to take some photographs of the Pod. It was a lovely day with great light to show off the exterior of the Pod and there was also an opportunity to photograph the interior of the Pod with the 360° camera.
A 360° camera is ideal for photographing small spaces and also for giving a feel for what the pod is like inside. Setting up the camera on the tripod, I soon had the photograph I needed of the interior of the pod.
Click on the icon on either of the exterior photographs of the Pod and you will see a high resolution photograph. Clicking on the icon will take you to the Balranald Campsite Facebook Page.
Whilst photographing the Pod and, as it was such great light, I also took the opportunity to take an aerial photograph of the campsite using my drone. Taken from just over 100m in height, the photograph to the left shows Balranald Campsite and its proximity to the beach at Hougharry.
The interior photograph of the Pod is posted below and clicking on it will bring up the full resolution 360° photograph of the iterior. Pan and zoom to look around the interior of the Pod and if you would like to experience the Pod for yourself, please contact Anne at email@example.com or phone 01876 510304.
Scotland360 and Skyak Adventures Sea Kayaking Photography Course
Scotland360° and Skyak Adventures have recently run the 2018 Sea Kayaking Photography course .
During the three day course on Skye, we explored photography from a sea kayaking perspective at the Skyak Adventures base at Broadford, at Tarskavaig on the Sleat Peninsula and at Armadale Bay.
From surfing sea kayaks to underwater photography to rolling, there was lots to explore and lots of fun to be had. As well as photography, there was a great deal of use of video this year - think slo-mo, 360 immersive and positioning of video cameras as "bow cams", "cockpit cams" and underwater cams.
And true to form with any Skyak Advenures course, there was a great deal of fun, laughter and balancing games, all courtesy of Gordon Brown, inspirational sea kayak coach who provided the kayaking coaching to complement the photography tutoring.
If you would like to see some of the great results from the course, why not visit the Scotland 360° sea Kayaking Photography Facebook page. Enjoy the photograph albums for Day 2 and Day 3. If you're inspired for sea kayaking photography workshops, then please contact me for details.
Great Glen Canoe Trail 360
It's great to see some output from the Highlands and Islands Enterprise 360 photography courses that I'm running through 2017 and 2018.
Below is an excerpt from the "In Your Element" website which has a great series of 360 photographs taken on the Great Glen Canoe Trail.
"Maybe you've heard of the Great Glen Canoe Trail, maybe you've paddled it, or maybe you've driven through the Great Glen and wondered what it would be like on the water. Our 360 degree photo tour gives you the opportunity to see what it's like from the paddler's perspective, as they make their way through this awesome glen"
The link below will take you to the "In Your Element" website where you can explore the photo tour, starting in Fort William, paddling up the lochs of the Great Glen and finishing up in Inverness. Photographed with a Nikon KeyMission waterproof camera mounted on a canoe, this is a great output from the 360° Masterclasses which I am running for Highlands and Islands Enterprise.
The Digital Masterclasses for 360° Photography are bespoke two part courses which I have developed and delivered for Highlands and Islands Enterprise. They are designed for businesses who wish to adopt and utilise the business benefits of 360° photography and video; to advertise, promote and develop their business through the use of these media.
Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team - East Coast Base Opening
I was delighted to take photographs of the opening of our new East Coast Team Base. This project has been many years in planning and finally we have our long awaited base in the east.
I've embedded the Facebook entry from the DMRT Facebook page below to allow the photographs to tell the story of the day.
Whilst the photograph at the top of the news entry shows a line-up of the team, the reality is that there is a wider family comprising Dundonnell Mountain Rescue Team. It's only right and proper to pay tribute to the family and friends who support the team members in so many ways.
Cat and Mike's Wedding
When Cat and Mike had their wedding ceremony on the beautiful location of Inchcolm Island, I was delighted to be their wedding photographer. A great couple and a gorgeous setting for a very special day.
If you would like to see the photographs of Ct and Mike's special day, why not view the Glideshow?
About Angus Mackie
I'm Angus Mackie, a professional photographer based just north of Inverness on the beautiful Black Isle. I'm on the North Coast 500 and am well placed to discover most of the Highlands. The iconic scenery of Glen Affric and the Cairngorms are close by whilst many of the wild and dramatic locations on the west coast are within easy reach.
Mountains, landscapes, coastlines.... As a landscape and panoramic photographer, I enjoy exploring Scotland and its wild and remote places and have discovered some of the best photography locations in the Highlands over the last 35 years of living up here. With a broad and wide ranging knowledge of the Highlands, I still enjoy finding new locations and fresh perspectives for my photography. The use of natural light to capture stunning scenery at spectacular locations is very much a key factor for my photography.
I'm a qualified Summer Mountain Leader, a Sea Kayak Leader and a UKCC Level 2 Sea Kayaking coach, with many years experience of leading and guiding.


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ATLANTA - Police are investigating an armed robbery at Fellini's Pizza in Atlanta.
According to the police incident report, last Monday night, one man walked through the front door of the restaurant in Candler Park while another man used the side door. Both pointed guns at the employees and forced them to the floor, the report said.
"They put everybody on the ground, made them sit down. One dude had his gun out and the other dude was talking to the manager, making her get the money," employee Sam Burney told Channel 2's Audrey Washington.
The robbers hit one employee with a pistol, got some cash from the register and then demanded more money from the safe, police said. None of the employees had access to the safe so the two took off in a white Chevrolet sedan, going east on McClendon Road.
Matt Schroeder lives right around the corner from the pizza place.
"I think that's terrible. We eat here all the time with my two little kids, and it's always been a safe pizza place for us," he said.
- Be prepared for 'dangerous heat' across metro Atlanta this afternoon
- College student seriously injured in hit-and-run crash
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Washington learned this was not the first armed robbery at the popular restaurant.
Burney said some men robbed him inside the restaurant a few years ago.
"As soon as he got close to me and saw there was money on the table, he pushed the kid, punched me in the face and grabbed the money and ran," Burney said.
Burney doesn't think the people who robbed him are the same men in last Monday's case, but he and others want more police patrols.
"It just seems like, it's an easy target. It's a restaurant that's open late in an area where it's the only one open that late," Schroeder said.
Police checked for surveillance video, but they say the cameras inside the restaurant were not working at the time.
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Many members of the family Ferussaciidae tend to adopt subterranean or cavernicolous lifestyles. One such species may be found living in areas of clayey soil along the cliffs and beaches of Mellieħa; this is the small and elusive Hohenwartiana hohenwarti (Rossmässler, 1839), which at first glance resembles its relative Ferussacia folliculum (Gmelin, 1791).
In contrast to Ferussacia, however, the elongated shell of Hohenwartiana is light and thin enough to render the internal organs clearly visible. The streamlined shape allows the animal to easily navigate around the clay fragments in which it lives. After the death of the animal, the shell turns an opaque white and disintegrates relatively quickly.
The specimen above was retrieved from clay for photographic purposes and replaced quickly. My hand in the background gives an idea of the specimen's size.


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In Buddhism, the first noble truth is life is suffering (or dukkha). We practice observing things as they are, heartbreak or otherwise, without craving and without aversion, without indulging and without ignoring. We learn to meditate by seeing the body sensations and everything else as fleeting, learning to sit with whatever arises and passes.
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Hunt anniversary
(Anniversary ~ 12/29/15)
70th anniversary The family of Ivan and Shirley Hunt of McCook, Nebraska, is requesting a card shower in honor of the couple's 70th wedding anniversary Thursday, Dec. 31. They were married in 1945 in Phillipsburg, Kansas. Their family includes daughter, Jo (Hunt) Schmidt of Lincoln, Nebraska; two grandchildren and three great-grandchildren. Cards of congratulations will reach them at 904 West 12th, McCook, NE 69001...
Doris Kircher Imel Roberts
(Obituary ~ 12/29/15)
Doris Kircher Imel Roberts Dec. 9, 1931 - Dec. 23, 2015 AURORA, Colo. -- Doris Kircher Imel Roberts, of Aurora, Colorado, passed away Dec. 23, 2015, in her home with family around her. She was born Dec. 9, 1931, in the farmhouse of her maternal grandparents near McCook, Nebraska, the daughter of Gere and Elizabeth (Hackenkamp) Kircher. She graduated from McCook High School and enjoyed reunions with her former classmates...
Cambridge student nominated to U.S. Naval Academy
(Community News ~ 12/29/15)
WASHINGTON -- Every year, U.S. senators are called upon to nominate a select group of eligible individuals from their states for enrollment at one of the five U.S. Military Service Academies: the United States Air Force Academy, the United States Merchant Marine Academy, the United States Coast Guard Academy, the United States Military Academy and the United States Naval Academy...
Dean's list released at Hastings College
(Community News ~ 12/29/15)
HASTINGS, Neb. -- Hastings College has announced the Dean's List for its fall 2015 semester. To be eligible for the Dean's List, students must achieve a grade point average of 3.7 to 4.0, on a 4.0 scale, and be registered for full-time course work. Area students include:...
Fidler Scholarship to help fine arts students
(Local News ~ 12/29/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- Students attending McCook Community College will benefit from the benevolent spirit of Raymond and Nadine Fidler. The McCook College Foundation has received an endowed gift of $50,000 from Mrs. Fidler with her directive that it establish the Raymond and Nadine (Miller) Fidler Scholarship Program at McCook Community College. ...
Cambridge man nominated to U.S. Naval Academy
(Local News ~ 12/29/15)
WASHINGTON -- U.S. Senator Deb Fischer (R-Neb.) has nominated Calvin Wineland of Cambridge, to the U.S. Naval Academy. "I am pleased to announce the 2016 nominees to our nation's military service academies. These young men and women will continue Nebraska's strong tradition of service and represent the future of our armed forces. Through their commitment, this year's nominees embody our strongest values and the ideals of our nation."...
Churches, volunteer groups help clean up properties
(Local News ~ 12/29/15)
McCOOK, Neb. -- A city-led group working in McCook for nearly a decade to facilitate the removal or renovation of local nuisance properties is finding continued success through partnerships with local churches and volunteer groups. Like any other local initiative, funding is often the biggest hurdle for needed demolition projects and the Problem Resolution Team has found that fostering partnerships with local organizations allows its work to continue when funds are unavailable, according to a report provided to the McCook City Council last week.. ...
Dundy County Hospital plans new therapy wing
(Local News ~ 12/29/15)
BENKELMAN, Neb. -- Benkelman businessman Randall J. Raile credits the Dundy County Hospital staff with life-saving care following a motorcycle accident five years ago, and, as a way to give back to the hospital, he and his family are encouraging year-end gift giving to support the hospital's efforts to add a new therapy wing...
Unloading the truck
(Local News ~ 12/29/15)
Volunteers unload and move 7,000 pounds of food for a "Mobile Pantry" at the Veterans Memorial Hall in Stratton, Nebraska, earlier this month. The one-day pantry was sponsored by the Hitchcock County Pantry, and co-sponsored and stocked by the FoodBank for the Heartland in Kearney. ...
New cooperative paramedicine system common-sense idea
(Editorial ~ 12/29/15)
A charity, a hospital, a clinic and the city are stepping forward to take care of residents who too often fall through the healthcare cracks. Community Paramedicine will see no more than 10 patients a month, 120 a year, but the program, funded by the Community Hospital Health Foundation with partners Community Hospital, McCook Clinic, and the City of McCook, should improve healthcare for certain patients as well as reducing overall costs to the system...
County taxes too high
(Letter to the Editor ~ 12/29/15)
The high property taxes in Red Willow County are going to put a lot of farmers out of business. The agricultural taxes in Red Willow County are over three times what they are in Decatur County, Kansas (We own land in both). Most land owners who rent out their pastures do not realize that grass is taxed at $9.47 per acre within the McCook School district...
Political theatre
(Column ~ 12/29/15)
Inbound to my desk from my favorite wing commander -- a former B-58 pilot. That airplane was our pride-of-the-fleet supersonic bomber but sadly didn't stay in the inventory very long. He later led one of the raids across Hanoi in a mighty but slow B-52...
Alice M. (Collicott) Ruppert
(Obituary ~ 12/29/15)
Alice M. (Collicott) Ruppert Nov. 3, 1920 - Nov. 3, 1929 MCCOOK, Neb. -- Alice M. (Collicott) Ruppert, age 95, passed away Saturday, Nov. 3, 1920 at her home in McCook. She was born on Nov. 3, 1920, on the family farm near Overton, Nebraska, to John and Christena (Rathsach) Jurgensen. Alice was a twin sister one of five children born to this union. She graduated from Overton High School in 1939...
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Aziz Rafiee was born in Kabul and obtained his Master of Engineering degree from Kabul University. He switched from the technical field to social issues in the 1990s and began working with civil institutions, in particular human rights groups and human rights defenders, concentrating on victims.
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Can you share with us some memories of times when your rights have been violated and how it has influenced your life?
When I first started working in a semi-governmental organization operating between the private sector and the state, I noticed that my educational background was not recognized. Despite my higher levels of education, I was working under a superior who had half of my level of education but much stronger relationships in the political sphere.
I lost my wife during the civil wars and my son became disabled. I was injured during the fighting between the groups in Kabul and all of my family's possessions were looted, including a number of volumes of manuscripts of my book which I had been working on for several years.
What are the most important achievements of the new era in Afghanistan?
Freedom of expression as we are now experiencing it in Afghanistan is at an unprecedented level; we have never experienced this, not even during the 'decade of democracy'. Many taboos are being uncovered, for instance, about political groupings in Afghanistan and systems of governance. Other achievements are that Afghanistan has become a partner of the international community, and there is a level of citizenship accountability in the country.
What gives you hope for the future?
The newly established democratic environment has created space for tolerance and peaceful coexistence. Seeing previous enemies standing together sends a strong message.
What is your worst fear today?
We have not yet diagnosed the pathology of the problems that infect Afghanistan. Quite serious and fundamental issues, such as questions of national unity and identity, the basic principles of our society, have not been discussed. My great fear is that we may not even confront these issues. Without going deeper, we might find that the present environment of tolerance is only superficial, which could have very dangerous consequences.
What are the biggest challenges facing Afghanistan?
The biggest challenge in Afghanistan is the expansion of the culture of impunity. This exists only for the rulers, the strongmen and the Mafia. Laws are not equally implemented -- they apply to the vulnerable but not to the strong men who are breaking them. When the son of a minister kills someone, he does not go to prison, not even for a day. Yet another person accused of murder spends five years in prison without even having a trial.
There is a serious crisis of trust in society and the government of Afghanistan is to blame for it. War and internal miseries do create massive crises that seep into the culture of a country.
Is it possible that girls could once again be banned from schools and women excluded from social participation, as was the case under the Taliban rule?
It is not possible to live in the age of information technology and knowledge, and have the schools closed.
Which factors deter women from participating in social, economic, political and cultural spheres?
The most important factor is the conservatism that prevails with respect to social issues. Lack of education and economic poverty are other factors. Women are consistently used as a means of labor in families.
What do you wish for your daughter?
My eldest daughter is in her fourth year at university studying economics. I wish that she will be self-dependent, that she will not have to look to her family or her husband for her daily expenses and be able to earn a decent living through her own work. My second wish is that she will have the knowledge and the ability to comprehend the social and cultural issues she faces.
What have you done in your personal and professional life to fight against discrimination?
During the past 25 years, I have engaged extensively in activities to raise awareness about human rights issues.
"Unveiling Afghanistan, the Unheard Voices of Progress" is a campaign by Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA and FIDH, which explores views held by Afghan civil society actors. Influential social, political and cultural actors hope to spark conversation and debate about building a society that is inclusive of women's and human rights in Afghanistan.
You can read original interviews in Dari on Armanshahr/OPEN ASIA


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The Other Side of the Ledger: An Indian View of the Hudson's Bay Company
The Hudson's Bay Company's 300th anniversary celebration was no occasion for joy among the people whose lives were tied to the trading stores. This film, narrated by George Manuel, president of the National Indian Brotherhood, presents the view of spokesmen for Canadian Indian and Métis groups. There is a sharp contrast between the official celebrations, with Queen Elizabeth II among the guests, and what Indians have to say about their lot in the Company's operations.


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Is it worth $14 (3-D)? Yes
In a welcome change, the 3-D in "Despicable Me" looks great. Even better, the animated story is a cute and charming heart warmer that has some sly adult references (including a very subtle one to "The Godfather") and enough playful antics to keep kids entertained.
Gru (Steve Carell) fancies himself the world's number one super villain. But when an up-and-coming villain named Vector (Jason Segel) steals the Great Pyramid of Giza, Gru meets his match. Sure, Gru and his little yellow "Minions" have stolen stuff like the jumbo TV screen in Times Square, but in order to top Vector he looks beyond the planet for his answer: the moon. Unfortunately, Vector has stolen the shrink ray Gru needs to steal the moon, and Vector's home is so well protected Gru can't even get close.
Inspiration, however, strikes in the unlikeliest of places. When Gru sees three little girls (Miranda Cosgrove, Dana Gaier and Elsie Fisher) selling cookies and walking through Vector's front door, he adopts the girls and uses them to get to Vector.
Directors Pierre Coffin and Chris Renaud don't tell a very original story, but they do tell one that knows its audience and entertains it immensely. There are two aerial action sequences that are nicely done, and a roller coaster scene that (with 3-D) makes you feel like you're along for the ride. The boys (ages 7 and 9) who joined me for the movie especially liked the Minions. Throw in standard pratfalls and other physical comedy hi-jinks and you have a movie the whole family can enjoy, including parents.
The 3-D looks sharp and often has a clear foreground, middle ground and background, which means it actually has three discernible dimensions to enjoy. As a trend, it seems the 3-D in computer-generated animated movies ("How To Train Your Dragon") is notably more impressive than live action films (the calamitous "The Last Airbender"). Even "Toy Story 3," which did not thrill me with its 3-D, looked better than any live action 3-D product we've seen. Note: James Cameron's "Avatar" may have felt like live action, but don't forget Pandora was created inside a computer.
With 3-D here to stay for a while, here's my advice: If it's animated and the word on the street says the movie is as fun and as sweet as "Despicable Me," pay the extra money and watch it in 3-D. If it's live action, don't pay for 3-D under any circumstances. Doing so would be despicable.
Did you know?
In setting perhaps the worst precedent in the history of movie going, the "Best Buy Movie Mode" app, which works on iPhone, Android and Blackberry phones, will translate what the yellow, Peeps-looking Minions say over the final credits. Your phone has to be on (and set to silent!) during the film for it to work, but allegedly the app disables your ring and discourages texting. Allegedly.


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Bhubaneswar: In view of the nationwide bandh called by Congress to protest against the steep hike in fuel prices Monday, the state government Saturday asked the government employees to reach offices by 9.30 am.
The Home Department issued a circular to District Collectors and Magistrates in this regard.
"You are requested to take all preventive measures to maintain law and order and ensure maintenance of essential services in the district. You are also requested to ask the officers and staff to attend office by 9.30 am positively," the circular read.
It is apprehended that the activists may stop vehicles, rail traffic and close down business establishments and picket government offices, banks and educational institutions, it added.
The Congress leaders Friday announced that it will observe a nationwide protest Monday over the rising fuel prices.


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About the showIn this musical adaptation by Tall Stories, Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's beloved picture book is brought to vivid life on stage. The Gruffalo has delighted sell-out audiences around the globe and offers a wonderful introduction to the theatre for even the smallest of Gruffalo fans.
Follow our hero Mouse into the deep, dark wood on a quest for tasty hazelnuts. Along the way, Mouse meets many a peckish predator: first Fox, then Owl and finally Snake. To be sure of staying off their dinner plates, Mouse distracts them with her cunning plan, the tale of the Gruffalo. Things take an unexpected turn when Mouse discovers her mythical beast may be more than just a story!
This popular show is based on the award-winning book by former children's Laureate Julia Donaldson. It is just one in a collection of beloved stories which includes 'The Gruffalo's Child', 'Room on a Broom', 'The Snail and the Whale' and 'The Smartest Giant in Town'. Inspiration for the gorgeous set of The Gruffalo is taken from Axel Scheffler's distinctive illustrations featured in the original picture book.
Since its successful premiere back in 2001, The Gruffalo has toured across the world, enjoying acclaimed runs in London, Asia, the Sydney Opera House and on Broadway. With a 55 minute running time, and jam-packed with comedy, music, interactivity, physical theatre and fun, the show is designed with mini attention spans in mind and is guaranteed to keep young theatre-goers heartily entertained.
Tall Stories is an exciting company whose work has set the benchmark for children's theatre. Co-Artistic Director Olivia Jacobs takes the helm by directing this production, and the result is a perfect example of storytelling for youngsters – with unforgettable characters and just the right amount of scariness!
Don't miss out on this charming tale when it returns to the West End this summer. The Gruffalo runs at London's Lyric Theatre from 6 July 2019 until 8 September 2019.
Who Should See It?Fans of Julia Donaldson and Axel Scheffler's gorgeous original story will be delighted to see Mouse and Gruffalo live on stage. The Gruffalo is the ideal way to introduce little ones to the world of theatre.
The show is designed for children aged 3 and up. However, a babes in arms policy operates, allowing parents to bring younger children to the show. Babes in arms tickets can be obtained from the box office on the day.
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Lyric Theatre
29 Shaftesbury Avenue
Seating Plan
Booking period
3rd Jul 2019
8th Dec 2019
8th Sep 2019
Running time
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Located in Columbus, Ohio, The Ohio State University boasts an excellent nurse practitioner education. 100% of nurse practitioner graduates from Ohio State University pass the national certification exam.
Ohio State University offers eight nurse practitioner specialties as well as a post-master's DNP program. If you are an Ohio resident, this education comes at a very reasonable price, $425 per credit hour. One of the best features of Ohio State's nurse practitioner program is the flexibility. The family nurse practitioner and psychiatric nurse practitioner programs can be completed either online or on campus. The Graduate Entry program allows students with a bachelor's degree in a field other than nursing to complete the nurse practitioner program.
If you are looking for a nurse practitioner program that is flexible enough to fit into your busy schedule as well as a good value, The Ohio State University may be the school for your nurse practitioner education.


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3D Analyzer Software - 3D Cabinet Generator Pro for Autodesk® AutoCAD® was developed to assist users to draw production-ready 3D Cabinets.
It helps to draw cabinets in 3D, including all part properties necessary to process with 3D Analyzer Software.
- Generates 3D cabinets and associated parts in seconds
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- Designed to be used for kitchens, wardrobes, wall units, office furniture, custom cabinets.
- An infinite quantity of cabinets, only limited by your hardware.
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- Supports earlier versions, but require manual installation.
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The mission of the World Change Coalition is to support worthy causes in our community through volunteering efforts. The WCC acts a platform from which students can begin to collaborate and tackle issues such as poverty throughout the community through different projects.
World Change Coalition (WCC) was created in 2010 by a group of Coca-Cola Scholars. WCC is a national non-profit organization, which focuses on solving educational problems throughout the world. The organization works to bring together individuals of different race, sex and religion to implement service-oriented projects within their community and worldwide.
Kent State University's chapter aims to create programs which elicit global and cultural awareness, religious tolerance and environmental health. This chapter will act as a platform from which students can begin to collaborate and tackle worldwide issues. Kent State WCC's service projects can include volunteering at local charities, fundraising for national organizations and hosting cultural awareness fairs on campus. Collectively, the underlying goal is to allow Kent State students the ability to imagine their potential for change.
For information on what Kent WCC is up to, check out the following link: http://on.fb.me/Zyjzlh


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There is a new Back to the Future documentary coming. Release date is October 21, 2015. If the date is not familiar, it's the date Marty McFly visits in the second movie. They don't seem to mention that alternative past that didn't happen; Eric Stoltz as Marty McFly. Or did it? Looking forward to see this.
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A ReFresh wash basin comes standard with 8 direct stop taps. If you push the tap, water flows, if you release the tap, water stops immediately. This saves a lot of water (and waste water). Optionally deliverable with other taps.
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ReFresh wash basins can be set up in no time, as well as breaking down. One unit contains of 1 wash basin each with 8 taps, mounted on 2 clickable, solid side supports. ReFresh wash basin can be mounted in rows. In this case you click the second wash basin onto the side of the first unit, and so on.
A special transportation rack for 20 complete units is optional. The content of the rack can also be combined with UReo urinals, offering you the best protection for your equipment in combination with the upmost flexibility in packing for transport.


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Why not use what you've got?
Why not use those marketing tools?
We've worked in agency collectively for 25 years before branching out into virtual reality. We think it has given us a unique insight into how residential property works and what agents actually do. We were wrong.
Most estate agents have such a limited understanding of how to generate business it's a small wonder that so many make it to managerial level. Although to be fair this quite often happens through the being the only person left in an office. Sadly deluding the recipient of such a promotion as a mark of ability, rather than just time elapsing. Anyway, we now get to see the stats, directly, of how an agent performs when provided with a new marketing tool.
Two camps.
Very much a tale of two camps. A small percentage of agents who bother to proactively utilise the tools they are given and a large rump of agents who rely purely on someone else. That someone else could be the office administrator who having not been given something becomes a useful prop when it is discovered nothing is going on. It could be the applicants who aren't bothering to enquire about an overpriced property. It's most likely to be the vendor though, those pesky people who through their own greed believe the inflated nonsense of a price and are then berated for not swiftly reducing the price when no enquiries come in.
Heaven forbid that someone actually makes an effort to a) tell the truth from the outset b) have the guts to turn down something you know you can't sell or c) does everything in their power using all of the tools they have got to generate viewings.
Nobody will see what you don't show.
We make virtual reality ready tours for people. Just because they have been made doesn't mean they get seen. We recently were asked by one of our biggest clients to provide a statistical break down of each of the tours we've done for them, how many impressions each one has had, how many visits and how many unique visitors? The tours that were actually shared with their database of people looking and put swiftly onto the portals were viewed by hundreds of people and very quickly. The tours that were ordered by a department and then sat on were not, sadly for that department you can't hide from facts (this isn't politics).
Noting that our tours are still not being used properly we still have 50.4% CTR on impression to visits. On our more successful tours the number of visits when compared to impressions is nudging 90%.
A useful tool.
If someone had provided us with a tool that virtually guaranteed a strike rate of 50% on email shots of people looking at what you were sending out, we would be all over it. For all those agents still bleating on about calls, why not tee up a call list by first showing them something they might well actually want to look at?
I won't even bother to talk about the difference in statistics with the clients we have who aren't in agency. It just paints a much bleaker picture. I now know how Rightmove, Zoopla and Reapit feel when they used to come to our offices and tell us what we were NOT doing. Frustrated. You can see now why the likes of Yopa and Purplebricks are flying.


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Jody Jones
My Top 3 Priorities
- Keep the Budget Balanced
- Keep our Police, Fire, and Animal Control staffed and equipped
- Continue to attract money to Paradise for road improvements and a sewer for our business district
Community Activities
Who supports this candidate?
Featured Endorsements
- Paradise Police Officers Association
Elected Officials (4)
- Greg Bolin
- Scott Lotter
- Alan White
- Melissa Schuster
Individuals (4)
- Bill Hartley
- Steve Crowder
- Nicki Jones
- Sandee Williams
Political Beliefs
Position Papers
2018 Ballot Statement
My experience and accomplishments
I love Paradise and am honored to serve on the Paradise Town Council. My experience includes 41/2 years on Council, 2 terms as Mayor, 3 years on Paradise Planning Commission, 1 year as Chair and 34 years with Caltrans. I was Caltrans District 3 Director for 14 years, responsible for 1600 employees, $200 million operating budget and a 1.4 billion construction program. I have significant experience in local government, leadership and managing large complex issues and budgets.
I have worked to:
• Balance the Town budget and develop a 10% reserve.
• Complete the Paradise Sewer Alternatives Analysis.
• Ensure Measure C funds are spent as voters wanted, on our highest safety needs.
• Construct road and pedestrian safety projects.
• Encourage business development.
• Make it easier for citizens to do business with the Town on-line (burn permits, dog licenses and business licenses).
I have lived in Paradise for 14 years with my husband, Ron. We have 5 grown children and 14 grandchildren. I am active at Ridge Presbyterian Church and enjoy gardening, knitting, hiking and target shooting.
I am committed to working hard for Paradise and I would be honored to have your vote.
My Take on the Issues
My position on 4 local issues in Paradise
My take on the issues
Town Finances
Almost five years ago, when I first became a town council member the Town's finances were very shaky. We were in a deficit situation and barely able to pay our bills. We had laid off a number of employees and through attrition had shrunk the size of our staff considerably. Paradise has a unique tax structure that makes providing services with a balanced budget very challenging. Most of our income comes from Property taxes that don't grow and we have very little in the way of sales tax. Police and fire services are 78% of the budget.
Today, we have a balanced budget and an 11% (a little over $1 million) reserve. We have right sized our staff, so that we are lean, but able to provide the services our citizens need. The Town is a 24/7 emergency provider and public safety is our highest priority. The passage of Measure C (our local 1/2 cent sales tax) has enabled us to provide the equipment and tools that our police and firefighters need. We've been able to adequately staff our police department and fund our contract with Cal-fire. We've been able to match significant grant funds to improve our streets and we've been able to staff and improve our animal control services. I'm very proud of the disciplined work that our Town Council has done to get our Town to this position.
Measure V
Measure C will expire in 2021 and although our financial health is much better than it was 5 years ago we are not yet able to afford our police, fire, roads and animal control services without the help of this local sales tax. Measure V would extend the Measure C 1/2 cent sales tax for 10 years, until 2031. At that time we will pay off our PERS Obligation bond and we will be able to continue our critical public safety services without this extra revenue. All Measure C and Measure V money stays local! The State cannot take it. Therefore, I support Measure V.
A sewer for our Business District
The major reason that the owner cited for the recent closing of La Comida was the high cost of pumping his septic system and the lack of a sewer system. This problem affects all of our business owners, but particularly restaurants. Paradise's residential areas can safely stay on septic systems into the future because we have a robust monitoring system. But our businesses need a sewer to thrive, grow and attract new businesses. I have been diligently working on this project since I was elected. We have obtained grant funds, completed a feasibility study and chosen two alternatives to take into the next phase of the project which is environmental approval and preliminary engineering. We are currently looking for grants to go to the next step. We need a sewer in our Business District and we must find an affordable way to accomplish this project.
Skyway project
The project on Skyway was a safety grant meant to eliminate the fatal pedestrian and other severe accidents. The project has met all safety objectives. The severity of all accidents have been greatly reduced and Pedestrians are much safer. We have a two way left turn lane that makes left turns easier and much safer and we have more and better parking. Drive times in the peak afternoon are 28 seconds slower. It's not a high price to pay for safety. Turning Skyway back to a 4 Lane road would require paying back the $3 million safety grant that the Town received.
Business License
It's free if you apply before December 31st. Annual renewals are $25. I don't think you'll find another town offering such a deal. The purpose is to provide our first responders with critical information they need during emergencies. Public safety is our top priority. Businesses get to be part of a very cool business directory! The marketing is worth way more than $25. Virtually all cities and towns have business licenses and now Paradise has the information they need to respond to emergencies. The business license process is automated on line and very easy for a business to use.


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Learn how to get online and avoid scams
Cybercrime is a big problem in Australia, and this week Scamwatch is partnering with Stay Smart Online to fight the problem that cost Australians $48 million between January and August.
And next week, Get Online Week, National Seniors Australia will stage three special events to help people get online easily and safely.
According to the ACCC's Scamwatch, many scams go unreported. But research has shown that more than six million Australians were affected by cybercrime last year.
The increase in online scams has coincided with the rising popularity of social media and online shopping. Dating and romance scams are also increasing, with more convincing fake websites.
Here are some tips to protect yourself when online and avoid the pain, money and time it costs to recover from cybercrime:
- When shopping, check reviews, do your research and only pay with secure methods.
- Be wary of free downloads and website access, such as music, games, movies and adult sites, as they may install harmful programs without you knowing.
- Always keep your computer security up to date. Only buy computer and anti-virus software from a reputable source.
- Don't click on any links or open attachments from emails claiming to be from your bank or another trusted organisation asking you to update or verify your details – just delete the email.
- Choose passwords and PINs that would be difficult for others to guess and update them regularly. Don't save them on your phone or computer.
- Never give an unsolicited caller remote access to your computer.
Next week - Get Online Week - is an initiative of the Good Things Foundation. It's a campaign about digital inclusion focusing on the fun and useful aspects of becoming more computer savvy.
The theme for Get Online Week is #try1thing, which is all about encouraging people who are not connected, to try one new thing online.
National Seniors and its branches are organising three events in and around Brisbane. Details are:
16 October 2018, 1-3.30pm, New Farm Branch, Uniting Church Hall, 52 Methyr Rd, New Farm
Join in the launch of the New Farm Branch's Be Connected digital learning program. Find out how they'll be delivering the program, and how and what you can learn. And enjoy afternoon tea! Contact 0411 292 453 to register.
17 October 2018, 9.45am-noon, Karstans Function Centre, Level 24, 215 Adelaide Street, Brisbane
Plan a holiday, send a Tweet, fill a prescription or play Yahtzee with a friend across the world … this event is all about trying one new thing online and seeing the fun and convenience the internet can bring. Come along to our bring-your-own device event and we will give you information that you can take away to continue your online learning. Contact 07 3233 9141 or email firstname.lastname@example.com to register.
18 October 2018, 9.30-11.30am, The Terraces, 34 Tewantin Way, Forest Lake
A fun event where guests can try one new thing online in a relaxed environment with other seniors on hand to help. Guests are encouraged to bring their own laptop, smart phone or tablet if they have one. A great morning tea will be provided. Call Mary on 0403 006 758 to register.
For more information, go to www.nationalseniors.com.au/members/events.