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Reggae stars Admiral Bailey and Pinchers return for Sunday concert
They gave us Agony, Mr Bandelero and Big Belly Man Admiral Bailey and Pinchers, two icons of reggae music, will perform in Bermuda this weekend.
Their performance is part of Veterans in Action, an annual event celebrating reggae music.
These two performers were very popular in the 1980s and performed in Bermuda several times, said Declan Harris of Tec Productions. They still perform at a high calibre and are current. They do a lot of events in Europe and Asia. Reggae is very big in Japan right now.
He continued: It is a chance for people to see some live entertainment with some stars of yesteryear.
They are coming in from Jamaica and will be performing live. The early part of the evening will include some local DJs such as OGS, Nuclear Weapon and Rusty G who will be playing some classic reggae songs and then three local artists, Shorta Ranks and Junior C.
In his early career Jamaican artist Admiral Bailey (Glendon Bailey) was a dancehall DJ. His own hits came later: Chatty Chatty Mouth, Ballot Box and Big Belly Man. Pinchers (Delroy Thompson) was a popular teen performer in the late 1980s, known for Agony and Bandelero, probably his most remembered single.
Mr Harris first got into the reggae scene in the late 1980s when he moved from Bermuda to New York City to attend university.
I started out here listening to Bob Marley and the Wailers, Third World and Steel Pulse, he said. During that era they were performing in Bermuda. I can remember listening to Ska.
When I got older, I was interested enough to research back a bit and found the link between reggae forms such as ska, rocksteady and dancehall.
I left Bermuda in 1988 and I was involved in the dancehall scene in New York while I was going to school.
In New York at that time artists like Shinehead, and Shelly Thunder were doing really well at that time. That was when I really fell in love with reggae.
He organised the upcoming event with Rowan Ramotar of Wild Apache Promotions.
Jamaican-born Mr Ramotar said he practically started listening to reggae in the womb.
His appreciation for the music continued when he came to Bermuda in 1987.
At that time what struck me in Bermuda was how prominent reggae music was and how knowledgeable people were about reggae.
Certain songs in the 1980s had been big in Jamaica, were very current here. It is interesting to see how reggae has evolved over the years.
Both men agreed that reggae was at its best in the 1980s.
Unfortunately, reggae has gone in a direction I am not a big fan of, said Mr Harris. That is why I am celebrating what used to be. I dont want to call reggae a dying art, but it is not getting any younger.
The Veterans in Action show on Sunday will be held at the Bermuda Athletic Association at 9pm. Tickets, $30 at the door and $35 in advance, are available from all Western Union and Money Gram locations, Kit n Caboodle and the Jamaican Grill on Court Street and in Baileys Bay.
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This One Easy Hike In Oregon Will Lead You Someplace Unforgettable
Located in the stunning Columbia River Gorge, the Wahclella Falls Hike is truly astounding. This easy 2-mile trail winds along a serene river past misty cascades, mossy boulders, wooden footbridges, and more, before reaching the spectacular waterfall at its climax.
Located just off of exit 40 on the I-84, this easy, beautiful trail takes less than an hour to reach from Portland. Next time you're feeling adventurous, lace up your hiking boots and head to the gorgeous Wahclella Falls for an unforgettable summer hike.
This easy, lovely hike is only 2 miles round trip, although it's unfortunately not ADA accessible.
Have you ever walked this trail before? What did you think?
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A favorite high school calculus teacher of mine often said, "sometimes it's hard to see the forest because all the darn trees are in the way."
Sometimes I think it's easy to miss out on crucial, amazing parts of the Stanford experience by getting too busy with academics to notice the amazing opportunities that are passing you by. To avoid that problem this quarter, I'm taking fewer units and a different approach to making the most of my time here. See, I'm planning on co-terming, so as the midpoint of junior year approaches, I'm reaching the midpoint of my Stanford career. Have I made the most of it?
I hope so. I think so. But I'd rather know so.
I'm working to alleviate this fear the only way engineers know how: quantifying it. I figured I'd share my game plan because if it works for me, it might work for you, too. I'm trying to make my list well-rounded, but I'd love to hear your ideas! Suggestions? Pointers? Please share 'em in the comments. I love this place and don't want to miss out.
The Game Plan:
Each of these categories has a number corresponding to how many times per week to participate in a category. The bullet point suggestions below list examples of how to fulfill them.
Arts (1): support Stanford's incredibly talented student artists! See world-renowned performers! The arts may never be more accessible (or cheap!) than while you're at Stanford.
- Stanford Arts Calendar
- Stanford Music Calendar
- Stanford Improvisers (SImps) winter show is this weekend
- Snowchella is this weekend
- Stanford Lively Arts Calendar
Sports (1+): so, you really ought to exercise every day, but as a bare minimum, here are some suggestions for your weekly quota.
- Join a friend's intramural team! Subs are always appreciated.
- Run the Dish.
- Walk Palm Drive with a friend. Feel free to grab gelato for the way home.
- Dance Marathon is coming up. Even if you're not signed up, you can always swing by with a donation and get your groove thang on.
- Sign up for Relay for Life.
Activism, awareness, and extracurricular education (1): as President Hennessy mentioned at my NSO, we should seek to become T-shaped people. Stay well-rounded for as long as you can!
- Stanford Institute for Innovation in Developing Economies Calendar
- Woods Institute for the Environment Calendar
- Freeman-Spogli Institute for International Studies Calendar
- Human Computer Interaction Seminar Series
- Stanford US-Russia Forum
That's so Stanford (1): embrace all that is the Farm. Get a weekly dose of the Stanford magic that brought you here in the first place.
- Visit the top of Hoover Tower. It's free as a student, but costs as soon as you graduate!
- Spend a serene half hour in the quiet of Memorial Church.
- Kick it on the Oval. Frisbee, volleyball, "homework," whatever.
- Take a tour! I'm a tour guide, and even I learn new stuff on every tour I shadow!
- "Study" (by which I mean, take a nap) in the Bender Room.
- Blow up an inflatable raft and chill in the Claw.
'Cause it's root, root, root for the home team (1): we have the #1 college athletics program in the nation. And we have, for the last 17 years. Make the most of the FREE games! Extra points if you dress in rally.
- goStanford.com for ALL schedules!
Om nom nom (1): mix up the usual dining hall or eating club fare with some fun treats.
- The Alumni Cafe. Wine tastings? Sushi? Swiss chocolate mocha ice cream? And it takes dining dollars?! Count me in!
- Olives. Mediterranomnom right on campus.
- Russo Cafe at Munger. Best kept secret of the sketchy grad students.


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Together achieving a credible, responsible and more co-ordinated tin supply chain
The Responsible Tin Supply (RTS) group brings together stakeholders from all tiers of the supply chain as a platform for exchanging information, working towards international standards for reporting, and helping to achieve compliance. The group is chaired by Tin Industry Association staff who also provide information, promote discussion, develop and implement concepts for action with the input and support of participants. There is no charge to join the RTS group and we welcome participants from around the tin supply chain.
For more information please contact Jonathan Rickwood, +44(0)1727871321 or [email protected]
Why join
- Receive credible and informative communications on tin and tin supply from International Tin Association experts
- Take part in regular discussions via teleconferencing or at meetings or relevant events
- Contribute to activities to achieve progressive improvement in tin supply
- Understand and measure the effects of local actions and projects
- Receive visibility as a responsible participant in the tin supply chain
New challenges for tin
There has been increasing pressure regarding responsible sourcing of raw materials, particularly around whether they are being sourced from socially and environmentally positive origins. Some existing issues have been exacerbated by misinformation and high profile exposés of end user sourcing arrangements. Legislation such as the Dodd-Frank Act, and multiple surveys, checks and audits are also providing challenges. The International Tin Association believes that an industry co-ordinated approach will be most effective in providing solutions.
Promoting positives of tin
Tin is included in the scope of these raw material discussions due to its high profile as a 'conflict mineral' and widespread use in consumer products including electronics and tinplate. However, tin as a metal is also fortunate to have no proven toxic effects in either man or the environment, and in being a metal that is widely recycled in alloys and re-refined metal products. As an industry we can focus more attention on, and make use of these positives.
Scaling Up RTS
The International Tin Association is the global tin body working for the interests of industry stakeholders, including producers, traders, end users and consumers. The International Tin Association has pioneered the ITSCI due diligence programme helping industry avoid conflict financing via mineral trade, and is implementing a global standard 'Code of Conduct' for the upstream supply chain. The Internatioanal Tin Association also operates the 'Responsible Tin Supply' group to focus on new challenges facing the industry and to assist companies to respond appropriately.
RTS objectives
RTS is a platform for :
- Enhanced information exchange and understanding between upstream and downstream tin sectors
- Early identification of emerging issues of key importance to stable and responsible tin supply
- Clarification of priorities and strategies for managing and resolving supply chain risks
- Reduction of perceived risks of tin use to downstream company reputation
- Streamlined sustainability reporting and auditing for tin producers
- Development of means to incentivise tin suppliers adopting best practices
Focus topics
- Managing EU regulation expectations for due diligence on tin mineral, metal and chemicals
- Reporting from higher risk tin supply areas
- In-depth information from Code of Conduct reporting
- Defining progress co-operation with key companies and stakeholders in Indonesia
Jonathan Rickwood – Materials Stewardship Officer
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There are 4 items on the agenda.
1. An announcement: I am a space bird!
Space Bird
Okay, even for regular followers of this blog, that may be a touch cryptic. As a quick explanation, let me offer the following:
I like a web site called 750words.com. There are many different ways to help maintain a writing habit. 750words.com is one that I use, and one reason I like it is for the virtual bling. For various milestones, you achieve badges. The longest writing streak they honor is 500 days. For that accomplishment, they award the coveted Space Bird badge.
I got it on Saturday. Here's a screen shot from the email announcing my accomplishment:
So. That's out of the way.
2. The first item on the agenda leads more or less directly to the second: My next big writing milestone (at least the next one that's quantifiable and under my direct control) is writing a million verifiable words. 750words has no badge for that, but I think it's pretty impressive. I should be accomplishing that late in July. My Million Word Party will probably be one of the first 2 Saturdays in August, and you're all invited. Contact me if you're interested in attending and I'll let you know when a time/date is chosen.
3. It has come to my attention that at least one of the regular readers of this blog finds all this writing *about* writing rather dull. This person (Hi, Cris!) has said something along the lines of: "Why can't we see some of your actual fiction? Maybe you could offer a story in installments, like Dickens."
I'm mulling it over. It would be a lot of work, but on the other hand, it would give me something new to write while I try to get my novel in good enough shape to show beta readers. A bit of a palate cleanser, if you will. There's only so much editing you can do before you want to tear your hair out. So, a show of hands: who would like to see a story in installments on this blog? If so, what kind of story do you want to see, or should I surprise you?
There are links to a couple of my stories available here and here, if you get tired of waiting.
4. I have a new short story I plan to start submitting to markets tomorrow. I'll let you know how that goes.
Okay, back to novel revision. As you were.


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When George W. Bush assumed the presidency in 2001, the economy had grown nearly 4.5 percent a year during the previous four years, and the Congressional Budget Office (CBO) was then projecting:
Meanwhile, the Social Security Trustees in 2001 were assuming substantially lower annual real economic growth of 2.4 percent, nevertheless they were projecting unabated Social Security surpluses amounting to $96 billion in 2011.
George W. Bush and his cronies in the Congress and at the Fed promptly went on a rampage using 9-11 as the pretext, starting wars and expanding Empire America the world over, shredding the U.S. Constitution and eviscerating individual liberty at home in the name of national security and the bogus war on terror, smothering the economy in onerous regulations, debauching the currency and printing money like there was no tomorrow, and blowing the lid off the federal budget with corporate welfare and by pumping up the military-industrial complex while creating new and expanding old entitlement programs in the name of "Compassionate Conservatism."
George W. Bush did also manage, while wreaking all this havoc, to cut taxes twice. The first time, the compassionate conservative from Texas played the Democrats' class-warfare game and left tax rates and the cost of capital high while giving money back to taxpayers—"putting money in peoples' pockets"—through various refundable tax credits, exemptions and deductions. The second time, he actually convinced Congress to cut the rate of taxation on saving and investment, which did succeed in raising economic growth above three percent for two short years after the lower tax rates became fully effective before the destructive effects of the rest of his policies swamped the supply-side effects of his tax rate reductions, put the economy into a nose dive, and crashed it two years later.
What is important to keep sight of through all this is that even using static estimates of the revenue loss attributable to the Bush tax cuts (i.e., assuming no increase in economic growth due to the tax rate reductions), CBO still projected in 2003—the year all the tax cuts finally took effect—that the budget surplus would rise to $277 billion in 2011 with average annual real GDP growth persisting below average at 3.0 percent.
Then in 2008, George W. Bush was, in effect, elected to serve a third term by proxy in the person and policies of Barack Obama—more war, bigger empire, more unemployment and greater economic misery, more monetary debauchery, more oppression, more spending, new entitlements, more regulations and economic interventions, more bailouts and less liberty.
When Obama moved into the Oval Office in 2009, federal spending rose above 25 percent of GDP and remains above 24 percent today, 56 percent higher than projected the year Bill Clinton moved out of the White House, which translated into an additional one trillion dollars in federal spending last year alone from where Bill Clinton had spending headed. A projected $900 billion surplus has now turned into a $1.3 trillion deficit. And, GDP has grown an average of only 1.6 percent a year since Bush the Younger became president, which means the economy is $2.1 trillion (12 percent) smaller and revenues are $650 billion less than they would have been had the economy grown only just below average during these last 12 years rather than a whopping 52 percent below average.
So, let's get this straight: Whatever caused the economy to go into the dumper and revenues to come in below expectations, it wasn't exploding federal debt and deficits, and it wasn't the Bush tax cuts. Ballooning deficits, rising debt and lower-than-expected revenues are clearly the consequences, not the causes, of the rolling economic disaster we have been experiencing.
Deficits are not out of control because tax rates are too low or because the tax base is too narrow; the deficits have emerged through a combination of spending excess and anemic economic growth. When government is too big and it's spending too much, the tax base is too small because it isn't allowed to grow as it should, as it could, as it would if government were not holding the economy back everyday in every way at every opportunity in the name of "fairness" and "the greater good."
Social Security and Medicare are not the cause of our fiscal distress either. In 2001, CBO projected that combined Social Security and Medicare spending would equal $1,211 billion in 2011. Last year, combined Social Security and Medicare spending amounted to. . .$1,216 billion. In other words, Social Security and Medicare spending combined last year was exactly what CBO projected it would be back in 2001 when CBO was projecting a $900 billion federal budget surplus. As this chart demonstrates, the additional trillion dollars in spending came from somewhere else, not the retirement programs.
Louis Woodhill stated the situation succinctly in his Forbes column last week:
"The real economic growth rate required to keep Social Security solvent, without changes to taxes, benefits, or the retirement age…3.5%. Rapid economic growth—and only rapid economic growth—will solve the federal government's deficit and debt problems. If you take the CBO's latest Long Term Budget Outlook (LTBO) and raise the real growth rate assumption from the CBO's paltry 2.2% to 3.5%, America's entire fiscal problem simply disappears."
And, cutting Social Security and Medicare as Washington plans to do will not raise economic growth by a single basis point.
This by no means is to say that nothing needs to be done to reduce the size of government. To the contrary, overgrown government in all its manifestations is the reason economic growth is stuck so far below its historic growth path. You can't outrun the clutches of big government with faster economic growth if gargantuan government is the manacle shackling the economy and holding it back.
The "size" of government is measured by more than just spending, and some types of spending are more harmful than others. Reducing the size of government entails not only cutting the amount of money government extracts from the economy to spend, whether through taxation or borrowing, but it also entails—
It's the government, stupid.


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Whether you have a layover, overnight sleepover or you are just quickly passing through, our Barquisimeto Airport Guide is a great place to start planning your visit. Here, you'll find information on services and facilities available inside the airport – including details about airport lounges, WiFi, mobile charging points, lockers, 24-hour food options, nearby hotels, and everything in between.
Airport Overview
To help you plan your layover or overnight sleepover, here is a quick run-down about what to expect during your time at Barquisimeto Airport.
What to Expect
Barquisimeto Airport has an older, small terminal with service to a few domestic destinations. Facilities are limited to a few eateries and shops, though nothing is open 24 hours. WiFi is available. To upgrade your airport experience, economy class passengers can pay to enter an airport lounge. See Airport Lounges in the airport guide below for its location and access information.
Where to Sleep
We have no reviews from travellers who have slept at this airport. If you've visited, please write a review to help future travellers! For uninterrupted sleep, hotels are nearby. See our Airport Hotels section below for more info.
In this guide we may refer to locations as "landside" and "airside". Landside is the public area of the terminal located in the non-secure zone, before security. Airside is the secure area of the terminal that you must reach by going through security.
Airport Lounges
Pay-per-use, Single Visit Passes & Lounge Memberships
Regardless of what class of service you are flying, there is a lounge that you can enter through a lounge membership program (ie. Priority Pass). Visit the individual lounge page for more details about the lounge itself and to also find out how you can gain lounge access with just an economy class ticket!
- Premier Club – Location: Landside, 2nd Floor. Lounge Access: unknown.
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If sleeping in Barquisimeto Airport does not appeal to you, there are hotels near the airport:
- Hotel West Plaza – (7 minutes from the airport) No airport shuttle service. » Check Rates
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WiFi is available at Barquisimeto Airport. At the time of this update, we do not know if the service is provided free of charge.
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More Services, Facilities & Things To Do On A Layover At The Airport
ATMs / Cash Machines – See Banking Services.
Banking Services – Banks are available at the airport, Location: unknown.ATM Machines may be available at the banks.
Food & Drinks – Food concessions are available. At the time of this update, we did not have any information regarding the availability of any 24-hour restaurants.
Luggage Storage & Lockers – Not available.
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Showers – Not available.
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As of October 2018, Barquisimeto airport is served by the following airlines: American Airlines • Copa • Air France.
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St. James Mission Statement: We, the Parish of St. James, are a family of faith, who worship together and serve God's people through works of compassion, education, justice and peace.
Father Leonard Jacobs has been pastor of St. James since July 2, 2014. He was ordained in 1998.
Bill Dean was ordained in April 1996 and assigned to St. James Parish. Bill and his wife, Mary, were married in May 1986 and have two children, Michael and Suzanne. Bill has been an engineer with Exelon since 1976. He works at the Byron Generating Station.
Business Manager
Kim Carlson became the business manager in August 2014. In 2003, she married Geoff at St. James. Both attended St. James School as children. Now their children, Grant and Mia, attend St. James. Kim is also a 1998 graduate of Boylan Catholic High School.
Cathy Trefilek started working at St. James as the bookkeeper in August 2013. She married her husband Mike in 1987. They have three children: Matt, Brian and Nicole. She enjoys serving the St. James community.
Facilities Maintenance Manager
Nick Scheuer became the facilities manager in December 2014. He worked in window hardware engineering at Amerock until the company moved operations away from Rockford. He has been a member of St. James since moving to Rockford in 1997.
Liturgy Coordinator
Phyllis Grisanzio has been liturgy coordinator since 1998 and music coordinator since 2009. She is a Rockford native and a member of St. James since 1968.


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Bryce Canyon National Park, Utah
Bryce Canyon and this whole area of Utah is such a unique place with all of it's orange colors.
1 of 12: 1:19am… Time for bed.
2 of 12: 8:47am – Good Morning Coffee.
3 of 12: 10:58am Late Breakfast. Team Cheerios.
4 of 12: 12:50pm Status Reports are Painful
5 of 12: 1:26pm Time to Shave so I Can Go Into Public Later
6 of 12: 2:50pm Rushing Past Ballston to get on I-66 and Miss HOV-2 Restrictions
I figured out once I was on I-66, that restrictions we not until 4pm. Doh!
7 of 12: 3:25pm Panera "Iced Caramel" Coffee Drink at Herndon Panera. My Favorite.
8 of 12: 5:28pm documenting his Steak Grilling.
9 of 12: 5:42pm Delicious Steak and Yuengling.
10 of 12: 6:48pm Brian's cat likes to talk, and has no plan on stopping.
11 of 12: 7:59pm Messing with the Google Earth API
12 of 12: 9:45pm Rebecca made it home!
Photos are in this Flickr Photoset and here …
Be sure to check out Brian's site and his 12 of 12.
Check out the other 12 of 12's people have done on Chad's site.
Luckily, that's not my cat! I'm just babysitting it.
Yay for BBQs with friends!
The steak looked delish. The day looked fun.
Wow. I think mostly I'm jealous that you can stay up that late … and then get up that late. I'm an old fart: early to bed, early to rise makes me … lame.
Nice 12!


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FRA spoke during the panel that focused on recommendations for how to tackle hate crime and developing promising practices on the basis of the Fundamental Rights Conference 2013 conclusions and the findings of the Thematic Situation Report on extremism and hate crime - case studies of Greece and Hungary. Overall, the event sought to facilitate constructive dialogue among EU institutions, human rights bodies, migrants' rights organisations based in Greece and European NGOs to raise awareness of the challenges faced by migrants in Greece. It aimed to develop recommendations to improve the situation at EU level by addressing the links between EU policies and the situation in Greece and through using the tools and resources available at EU level.
European Parliament hearing discusses migrant rights in Greece
FRA spoke at a hearing at the European Parliament on 20 March in Brussels entitled 'EU Migration Policy: A Push Back for Migrants' Rights in Greece?'.
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I am pleased to announce that Bangladesh Archives and Records Management Society (BARMS) is going to launch its official website and organise a half day Seminar on ARCHIVES WITH SPECIAL FOCUS ON LOCAL
ARCHIVES on SUNDAY 29 NOVEMBER 2015 at 2-30 PM at the Begum Sufia Kamal Auditorium, Bangladesh National Museum, Shahbag, Dhaka- 1000.
Please join us and help developing an effective archival system in
With kind regards.
Professor Sharif uddin Ahmed,
Chairman, Department of History and Philosophy,
North South University,
Bashundhara, Dhaka-1229
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With the aim of:
- further professionalizing the existing ARM network in Bangladesh and
- in order to have a further point of support for this network structure
the need is felt in Bangladesh to develop a sustainable ARM education. BARM therefore wants to start a pilot establishment of a sustainable Archives & Records Management Education in Bangladesh. The duration of the pilot is 2016 – 2018.
Executive: Dutch BARM.
Tasks: 1) mandate formulation; 2) appointment and discharge project manager and project members; 3) monitoring & control.
Project manager: Drs S.M.J. Janzing
Duties: responsible for execution of the project on a day-to-day basis, to deliver the required products within the constraints agreed with the Project Board
Project team: Lutful Haque (Bangladesh; initiator and advisor), Florus Geraedts (initiator and advisor from BARM), René Spork (support from BARM), Elias Kanchon (Bangladesh; Bartic, administrative support). Tasks: in all project phases content and process support.
The project is in line with long-established local contacts / networks as established in BARM Society and Friends of Archives Bangladesh.
The mission: sustainable institutional embedding of archival training, the drawing up of a practical curriculum for archives and records management, and finding, recruiting, and if necessary re-training of teachers.
The intended project results include:
a) a detailed curriculum (learning objectives, learning outcomes, subjects worked out in content, goals, curriculum, review, literature)
b) lecturers / stakeholder network (Bangladeshi archivists and IT specialists, teachers from India – Malaysia, teachers from the Netherlands – UK)
c) Creating conditions for financial and organizational continuity
Project Phasing:
Phase 1, December 2015 – February 2016, research and design:
1. Development of the Central Coordinating Committee for Bangladesh Archives and Records Management Society (CCC barms) into workgroup / sounding board for the pilot with intended members: Muhammad Lutful Haque, Sharif uddin Ahmed, Rabiul Islam, Abu Mokeram Khondaker, Elias Kanchon, Hassan Mahmud, Florus Geraedts, Sigfried Janzing and René Spork;
2. further promoting of the importance of the institutionalization of archival education and expand the network of stakeholders and staff and enhance visits to local governments, schools, universities, hospitals, press clubs, associations, youth groups, TIB – departments etc.
3. identification of needed teachers, providing support in the recruitment of teachers and, if required, training;
4. identifying the need of training subjects enabling the curriculum design;
5. preparation of ICARM 2017 in Dhaka for mid-term review of the pilot and further communication and promotion of the education network;
6. exploration organizational structure (network structure or building from 2 to 4 places in Bangladesh) and funding.
Deliverables Phase 1: Proposal for a decision by the executive (in March 2016).
Phase 2, March 2016 – January 2018, implementation:
1. Development of curriculum in collaboration with teachers (partly local and partly via Skype / media);
2. Set-up of ICARM2017;
3. Fixing the curriculum;
4. Initial grant application at ICA;
5. Establishment organizational and financial structure
6. Review of process and deliverables.
Result of phase 2: the executive gives a GO for the start of the program (January 2018)
Project Evaluation an application:
1. Mid-term evaluation (March 2016)
2. Application for grants for funding of phase 2 (2016)
3. Final evaluation (January 2018)
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A meeting of the Executive Committee of BARMS was held on 24th October 2015 at 11am, at Room No. 14 of Lecture Theatre, University of Dhaka. It was presided over by the President of the Society, Professor Sharif uddin Ahmed.
At the outset of the meeting President Dr Sharif welcomed the members and thanked them for their presence on a holiday. He then requested the General Secretary Mr. Jalal Ahmed to begin the proceedings of the meeting according to agenda. Mr Ahmed thanked the President and began the proceedings with the confirmation of the last meeting which was the Annual General Meeting held on 23 May 2015. The members present remarked that the proceedings were correctly recorded and therefore confirmed.
A matter arising from the last meeting's proceedings regarding the allocation of budgetary fund for the maintenance and development of District Records Rooms, General Secretary Mr. Jalal Ahmed reported that the Deputy Commissioners have already drawn the funds and using it for the specific works. Upon further enquiry Mr. Ahmed conceded that the allocation of the fund should be made a regular feature in the national budget. He therefore communicated with his officers and arranged the opening of a new code in the National Budget upon this head so that it could become a regular feature of the national budget. Members present congratulated and thanked Mr. Jalal for his efforts and contributions.
The second agenda was the launching of the website of the Society. President Dr. Sharif presented the rough version of the website which he has prepared. Though the members present liked the design but commented that many other features have to be added like the links. After much discussion it was agreed that the provisional website should be uploaded seeking opinions of members and others. It was agreed that the present provisional website should be sent to Mr. Atif Ahmed Akkar for development and additions before hosting it. The final version will be formally launched on 29 November 2015 on the Seminar Day.
The third agenda was the holding of the seminar and publication of a souvenir. It was proposed that the title of the Seminar of the 29th November 2015 will be Archives of Bangladesh – Present and Future With Special Reference to Local Archives. It was proposed that only three papers will be presented because of shortage of time though many papers will be published in the souvenir. The paper presenters will be Dr. Sharif uddin Ahmed, Dr. Mahbubar Rahman and Dr. Shamsul Hossain.
It was also discussed that a souvenir will be published to accompany the Seminar and raise some funds for BARMS. It will have some special contents like Messages from the Chief Guest, Special Guests and President and General Secretary of BARMS. The papers will be contributed by Professor Sharif, Professor Mahbubar Rahman, Dr. Shamsul Hossain, Mr. Ali Akbar, Mr. Elias Mia, Mr. Delwar Hassan and Ms. Tahmina Begum. Professor Mesbah-ul-Islam and Mr. Ali Akbar will be the editors of the Souvenir. The cover of the souvenir will be designed by Mr. Akkar. The souvenir will be minimal of 32 pages in view of large numbers of advertisements that are expected to be raised. 300 copies of souvenir will be printed. Responsibility of printing the souvenir was given to Mr. Delwar Hassan and Mr. Ali Akbar. It was agreed that the paper presenters who would come from outside Dhaka will be given travelling allowances.
A flyer will also be published and Professor Sharif presented a draft of the flyer which was also accepted but it was observed that the list of the Executive Committee should be included in it. It was agreed.
A Budget of the seminar including hall rent, website, souvenir and flyer was presented amounting Taka I lakh. Mr. Jalal observed that donations and advertisements must be sought and all members should do their best to collect ads and donations. Documents of advertisements and price chart were presented which were approved.
Discussion took place over the upcoming Archives Law. President Dr Sharif who is a member of the Archives Law Framing subcommittee gave a detailed history of the efforts of making an Archival Law of Bangladesh for the last few decades. He observed that after so many changes and moving in all kinds of directions the final position is that the Government is proposing to make a combined law of National Archives and National Library. He explained that though it is called a unified act but as the nature of national archives and national library is different in fact two separate sections have been made elaborating each one's functions, power etc. He submitted a copy of the draft law of archives to the committee for their perusal. He also observed that some people have feared that the new act would weaken the advancement of archival development in the country. He remarked that this is far from the truth. The National Archives of Bangladesh has also uploaded the draft law in their website for public response. The members present looked into the draft law and expressed their satisfaction. Mr Jalal Ahmed also expressed his satisfaction over the draft act but observed that further discussion may be held on the subject at the ensuing seminar.
Under any other business President Dr. Sharif remarked that the mofussil office bearers of BARMS should be energised to carry out various functions and make positive contributions to the development of local archives.
After detailed discussions following resolutions were adopted –
- Minutes of the last meeting was confirmed. Mr Jalal was congratulated for making positive contributions to funding the Record Rooms of the district level for their satisfactory maintenance.
- The BARMS website will be provisionally hosted within a week and formally launched on 29 November 2015. Necessary improvements in design, materials, links etc. would be done. It will be further redesigned after response from the public. The designing of the website would be done by Mr. Atif Ahmed Akkar who will also present it on 29 November at the Seminar.
- A seminar on Archives of Bangladesh Present and Future- With Special Reference to Local Archives would be held on 29 November 2015 at the Bangladesh National Museum. Honourable Secretary, Ministry of Cultural Affairs Ms. Akhtari Mamtaj will be invited to be the Chief Guest . The Director General of BNM and Director of NAB will be invited as Special Guests. Dr Sharif, Dr Mahbub and Dr. Shamsul Hossain will present papers. A budget of Taka 1 lakh for the entire event and all inclusive was approved.
- The invitation Card of the Seminar is approved.
- The Draft Archives Law will be hosted in the website for public response.
There being no other business to transact the meeting ended with a vote of thanks from and to the Chair.
Professor Sharif uddin Ahmed
President BARMS


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The first anniversary of your company is always a special occasion, both for you and your employees. The people you hire to work for your company play an integral role in its success along with you. You as a boss need to acknowledge that and make sure that you recognize their contribution by giving them a gift that is worth cherishing and encourages them to strive harder. Following are some company anniversary gift ideas on first company anniversary:
Company products: The products and services offered by your company can be a very good gift for your employees on the auspicious day of first company anniversary. If you are a manufacturer of suits you can gift them with the finest and latest pieces from your collection. If you are a travel services provider gift them a nice tour package to destinations like Kerala and Kashmir for example. You can also add a personal touch to the gift with special congratulatory notes mentioning the particular employee's contribution to your organization's success.
Toys and school bags for their children: Your employee is putting in long hours in the office, which leaves him unable to take his or her kids out for shopping. What you can do in such a scenario is get some good toys from top stores and present it to your workers on the first anniversary of your business house as a nice surprise. You can also gift them some attractive school bags for their kids. Be sure that they will enjoy it like anything!
Bed covers: You can go for bed covers made from fine materials such as silk and linen for your employees. There are different varieties of bed covers available nowadays that feature gorgeous and intricate designs. Some leading brands that you can try are Royal International, UP State Handloom, Tulips Ambience and Vaibhav International. This shall be a nice and useful present for them and they will always cherish it.
Office stationery: There are times when your employees might not find some necessary tools such as a pen or a pad that can help them accomplish a task quickly. So why not gift every one of them office stationery sets comprising pens, notepads, files, staplers and more. You can also make these gifts extra special with personal messages of encouragement to the candidates.
Cell phones: Cell phones are more than luxury items nowadays. In successful organizations these devices play a major role in proper communication that sustains them. You can present your employees cell phones that can be used for official purposes and would act as good gifts as well.
Meal vouchers: Meal vouchers at leading eateries such as McDonalds, Subway, Pizza Hut, KFC, and Dominos can be an attractive gift for your employees on this special day. The wide range of pizzas, sandwiches and burgers will make sure that they enjoy their food without wasting too much time. You can also make it that more special for them by joining them for a meal or two.
Gym membership: Sedentary lifestyle is one of the many reasons why people working in the corporate sector face problems such as persistent back aches and obesity. You can make a positive contribution in this regard by gifting them membership vouchers to gyms and yoga centers. With regular physical activities and expert care they shall be able to stay fit for a longer period of time and make greater contributions to your company's overall productivity.
Hope above gift ideas help you in making this day memorable for your company and your employees.


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Simulator for Classic 3000 gets third release
A third release of an HP 3000 Series III simulator is now available from the Computer History Simulation Project website. J. David Bryan of the project reports the software which simulates the old MPE V HP 3000 Series III now has a cold dump facility.
Entering the DUMP command simulates pressing the ENABLE and DUMP front panel buttons. The contents of main memory are written to an attached magnetic tape in a format suitable for analyzing with the DPAN4 program provided with MPE. The new SET CPU DUMPDEV and SET CPU DUMPCTL options specify the default device number and control byte for the dump.
Known as the SIMH project, the software is aimed at hobbyists who are using MPE V programs and utilities. Even though a power failure is not a desired event, the simulator has a capability of creating one. This is in addition to yanking the plug out of the laptop or PC running the simulator software.
"The user may simulate a system power loss with the POWER FAIL command and resume powered operation with the POWER RESTORE command," project notes from Bryan state. "The SET CPU ARS/NOARS command determines whether or not MPE automatically restarts when power is restored."
A full set of new features is listed in the release notes that accompany the simulator source files. Aupdated HP User's Guide covers the new commands is provided in Microsoft Word format with the source download. The guide is also available as a PDF file at an MIT website. A preconfigured MPE-V/R disc image available from Bitsavers was not changed for this release.
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I've been taking photos for this family for awhile, and I get so much more from a session when I work with the same family over and over. Probably, because they know my style and what I will try to achieve during the session. In this case, there were to many great pictures to choose from to even to even figure out what to post of their session. So I worked hard to narrow it down to this selection of photos.


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Formula E is another side of the FIA coin. Officially known as the FIA Formula E Championship, the concept of the contest is similar to Formula 1, the only difference being that it is an aspect of auto-racing that only allows the use of cars powered by electricity. The idea for the series was conceived in 2012, but it was not until 2014 that the first championship was held, in Beijing. Like its parent, Formula E is also regulated by the FIA.
The Championship currently allows for ten teams of two drivers. Unlike Formula 1, where you have special purpose-built tracks and city centres as venues, Formula E only makes use of city centre temporary street circuits. The length of the circuits is between 2 and 3.5 kilometres.
On the day of the race, the event starts with two practice sessions in the morning – one session of 45 minutes is held first, followed by another session of 30 minutes. Each of the teams' two drivers has two cars at their disposal, with a speed of 200 kilowatts available.
Formula E makes use of the same grading system as Formula 1, and that is the FIA standard. Here, points are awarded as follows:


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In what could be seen as an overly self referential exercise, but what I see as an ironic tribute to New Years eve's TV scheduling, here's the best of YOUTHBLOG 2004!
The Heretical nature of Baseball Caps! Maybe I should of called this the "her-hat-ical nature of caps" but hey ho! As a post it not only created some amusement and debate around baseball caps in Church but made it onto the wibsite and you can see it (if you look hard) on a page in Decembers Youthwork magazine!
In at the deep end was a chance to comment on Health and Safety as well as reminisce about the time I had to life-guard a paddling pool. Serious issues but in this case, serious fun!
I have a cunning plan was perhaps a little too audacious but in terms of getting Church involved in young people it was certainly AN idea!
School of Rock was a film that got me thinking, the bit that I was really chuffed about though was there was an actual seminar run this year (in France) that actually took and used my blog idea! weird but cool, but weird!
Caught in posession of a hoody was a good insight into how young people get labelled, tagged and written off. When you're wound up about something being able to blog is good therapy! The fact that some people read it as well is fantastic.
That was looking back, but on New Years day I plan to blog some universally adaptable New Years resolutions for youth workers! I'd love some suggestions in advance!
One Reply to "Looking back, that was the year that was!"
*Beams proudly, having seen her catchphrase paraphrased (no less) on the much celebrated Youthblog*
Cool, but weird… but cool!!!
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ABC Music Golden Guitar 2019 Winners
The Australian music industry celebrated the 47
Melbourne outfit The Tiger & Me have scored a major coup, with their haunting song 'Other Friends Have Flown Before' used in the trailer for one of this year's most anticipated local films, Tim Winton's The Turning. The film, in cinemas from September 26, features Australian cinema royalty Cate Blanchett, Hugo Weaving and Miranda Otto alongside the likes of Rose Byrne, Richard Roxburgh, Callan Mulvey and more.
'Other Friends Have Flown Before' is lifted from the band's sophomore album 'The Drifter's Dawn', which was released in October 2012 through ABC Music imprint Four|Four and produced by Steven Schram (Little Birdy, The Cat Empire, San Cisco). It is the closing track from the album and is a beautiful slice of the signature Tiger & Me dark-edged pop-leaning folk sound.
Tickets & further information available HERE.
SAT 31 AUGUST - Baha •• Taco Joint + Live Music Bar Rye, VIC, Australia
FRI 6 – SUN 8 SEPTEMBER - Love Lorne Festival of Performing Arts 2013 Lorne, VIC, Australia
TUE 10 SEPTEMBER - The Zoo Fortitude Valley, QLD, Australia
WED 11 SEPTEMBER - The Joynt South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
THU 12 SEPTEMBER - Brisbane Festival: Festival Stage South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
FRI 13 SEPTEMBER - Lefty's Old Time Music Hall Brisbane, QLD, Australia
FRI 20 SEPTEMBER - Darebin Music Feast: The Bain Marie Northcote, VIC, Australia
SAT 21 SEPTEMBER - Ainslie Arts Centre Canberra, ACT, Australia
SUN 20 OCTOBER - Evelyn Hotel Fitzroy, VIC, Australia (A Decade On The Hill – Elliott Smith Tribute)
FRI 22 NOVEMBER - Caravan Club Oakleigh, VIC, Australia (with The Nymphs)
WED 27 NOVEMBER - Bennetts Lane Melbourne, VIC, Australia
'MUSIC FOR LOVERS, VILLIANS & FOOLS' TOUR – with The Bearded Gypsy Band
THU 28 NOVEMBER - Bennetts Lane Melbourne, VIC, Australia
THU 5 DECEMBER - White Eagle Polish Club Canberra, ACT, Australia
FRI 6 DECEMBER - The Gaelic Club Surry Hills, NSW, Australia
SAT 7 DECEMBER - The Wharf at Wagstaffe Central Coast, NSW, Australia
WED 11 DECEMBER - Gollan Hotel Lismore, NSW, Australia
THU 12 DECEMBER - Beach Hotel Byron Bay, NSW, Australia
FRI 13 DECEMBER - The Joynt South Brisbane, QLD, Australia
SAT 14 DECEMBER - Sol Bar Noosa Heads, QLD, Australia
The Australian music industry celebrated the 47
Justine Clarke has won the award for Best Children's Album at the 2018 ARIA Awards, held at The Star on Wednesday, November 28.
At a ceremony on Tuesday 10 October at the Art Gallery of NSW, ABC Classics & Jazz were announced winners of the 2017 ARIA Awards for Best Classical, Best Jazz, Best Original Soundtrack and Bes
When Erin Helyard came to ABC Classics to record his new solo harpsichord album, we immediately took to Australian harpsichord maker Carey Beebe to find the perfect instrument for the task.
Mojo Juju Celebrates the Release of Pulsing New Single
'Think Twice' with a String of Live Dates through August/September
ONE TO WATCH! CAITLYN SHADBOLT TO RELEASE NEW ALBUM 'SONGS ON MY SLEEVE' OUT MAY 26th
Legendary Australian rocker Jimmy Barnes is excited to announce his new venture into the world of children's entertainment with 'Och Aye the G'Nu.' This exciting d
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For this new spring summer season 2018, Liv Interior has decided to put the light on original elephant grass baskets made by women in Rwanda. Craftswomen in Rwanda use timeless tradition to weave carefully dyed sisal fibers and sweet grass to make stunning one of the kind pieces rich in cultural meaning and purpose.
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I have been a bit quiet on here recently – early in the year is time for consolidation, admin and filing tax returns. It is also naturally fairly quiet on the wedding front – plenty of lovely couples to chat with, but not many being photographed just yet. My wedding season kicks off properly this month, so I promise you more delights in the near future.
I have recently started following a lovely group of lady photographers called The Click Collective. They have a website www.theclickcollective.net and a very friendly Facebook page where they positively encourage contributions from their followers. Inspired by their regular macro Monday feature I decided to head out into the garden one glorious afternoon last week to see what I could find. I spend a delightful hour or so skulking around in nooks and crannies and lying on my belly to capture the life that is already popping up all over the place out there. The more you look the more you find and I was particularly delighted to find ladybirds and frogs busy doing what comes naturally in my own little patch (that sounds so wrong!! I think you know what I mean though)
I then discovered to my delight that one of my previous submissions was featured on the blog post for the click collective – actually on their website, how cool! Anyway, here are a few of the delights I found in my garden on a sunny February afternoon. Hope you like them.
And here is the little chap that featured on The Click Collective last week, though I should add that this was not taken in Berkshire in February!


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Cards, prints, swimming hats etc.
I have a shop on Etsy at www.waterdrawnart.etsy.com where I list a selection of prints, cards and swimming hats with my own designs on them. I can also make prints to order if there is a drawing that I've done that you can't find there.
Commissions: Please email me to discuss prices – this is only designed as a starting point so you feel encouraged to contact me!
If you'd like a drawing, painting or design done especially for you, I'd be happy to discuss this with you. Just email me, and I will usually be able to give you a fixed price first, after finding out what you would like, so you know what it will cost. I can also help you with suggestions if you are not sure what you want.
Here's a guide to the sort of price I charge for artwork – these are quite vague, as a lot will depend on what exactly you would like.
Digital drawings:
Generally £90 – £155 depending on the complexity of the image. I can work from a single photo, or a combination of several photos and imagination to make up the scene that you want to depict. The image is drawn on a tablet, so the finished product is a print, using gallery-quality paper and inks. Usually I make just one print, which you will have, but I can make multiple prints if you would like more than one, at a much smaller additional cost than the original image.
Most of my paintings are studies of underwater figures, if you'd like to be in one of my paintings I'd be happy to discuss this. Painting commissions are typically £350 – £600 (unframed) though a lot depends on size etc and miniature painting could be a lot less. I work in watercolour, sometimes with gold leaf and other metal leaf. I will usually need a very good photo to begin with – it doens't need to be perfect, but it does need to be interesting. If you are nearby (I am based in Somerset, UK) I can also meet and take photos of you first to work from.
Swimming hat designs, t-shirts, logos etc:
Artwork generally from £100 upwards, and the price will depend on how complex the image is. I would be happy to discuss what you'd like and give you a fixed price usually after showing you an initial sketch.
Yes, I can work from photos:
A lot of my artwork is based on a combination of photographs and imagination, and I can create a scene from several photos if you have different photos of several people. Please bear in mind that the more complicated the composition is, the more it will cost! I also take underwater photos at Vobster Quay, which usually has lovely clear water and if you would like to join me I can take photos to work from. (Vobster Quay: Radstock, Somerset, BA3 5SD, UK. www.vobster.com)


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Friday night Houston will see its first Social Distortion concert since Warehouse Live in late 2006. Lead singer Mike Ness played a solo date at the Meridian in mid-2008, doing select Social D hits and his own country-tinged stuff.
Houston's punk-rock and rockabilly contingent sold this show out in just a few weeks. Rocks Off can imagine the air in the venue off Caroline will be thick with pomade and expensive beer and whiskey. Not a rolled-down pant leg or unexposed neck tattoo will be seen in the house.
Social Distortion has been one of the most influential bands of the past 30 years, touching folks not only with their punk and rockabilly blend, but also fashion and tattoos. Their logo, a skeleton holding martini glass, is almost as ubiquitous as Black Flag's bars. Ness is the only guy who can make eyeliner look cool to us, even at 48 years old. Sorry Alice Cooper, you don't count.
But what about the band's influences? Where did they find their sound? You can point to the punks that were their peers in the beginning of their existence in 1978, and later on the country, classic rock and garage later on their career. Here's a list of the five bands that made "Story Of My Life," "Sick Boy" and "Cold Feelings" a possibility.
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Whether it's cutting through ice for a baptism or recreating the Salt Lake Temple, Mormons know how to handle snow. Check out our most recent find of BYU-Idaho religion Professor Todd Hammond's family creation—a snow scene of The First Vision. We bet the missionaries will love this conversation starter!
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Photo of the Hammond Family, courtesy of Noelle Hammond
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I hope you know I am only kidding about teaching my little girl about a life of crime. I just can't fathom what the dumbass Mom the Bank Robber was thinking when she took her son and his friends to rob a bank. Was it a take your kid to work day? The kids the dumbass took with her to rob the bank are high school kids. Did they not know that they would be in deep shit if they robbed a bank? Oh, yeah, I forgot that dumbass begets dumbass. It's in Darwin's Theory of Evolution or something.
This group of dumbasses got arrested post haste and now they'll all be fresh meat in the Georgia prison system where I'm sure they'll all learn about fun group activities like "Drop the Soap, Get a Surprise" or "My Salami, Your Buns". Dumbasses.


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North Manchester, Indiana- Women's soccer concludes the season on a high note after a 3-2 overtime win at Manchester.
Four minutes into the first half Hannah Wallhausser added on to her incredible performance last game, scoring her ninth goal of the season. Ten minutes after, Manchester scored back to back goals in the 14th and 15th minute that would put them up 2-1 going into the half.
The second half would go scoreless until Abby McCullough took matters into her own hands. In the 82th minute she scored a go ahead goal to tie the game. McCullough was not content with overtime though, five minutes later she scored another goal which would put the Quakers on top.
Earlham took every opportunity to attack Manchester goalkeeper Caroline Smith. The Quakers had 12 shots on the goal to the Spartan's four. Manchester ended the game with 13 fouls. Earlham only had five.
Earlham women's soccer ends the season 9-9 overall and 3-6 in conference, their first non losing season since 2012. This team will only lose two athletes to graduation: Abby McCullough and Lydia Harvey.
For more information about Earlham women's soccer, visit the online home of Earlham College athletics at www.GoEarlham.com. Fans can also stay up-to-date on the latest Earlham athletics news by following Earlham Quakers on Facebook (Earlham Quakers Athletics), Twitter (@EarlhamQuakers), and Instagram (EarlhamQuakers)


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Step 2Place a medium stainless steel bowl over a saucepan of simmering water. The bottom of the bowl should be 1 inch above the water so it gets warm.
Step 3Remove the bowl from the heat, add the yolks and the 1/2 cup sugar and whisk them together. Whisk in the wine. Set the bowl over the simmering water and continue whisking until the mixture becomes foamy and then thickens to a soft ribbon and reaches 165 to 175 degrees; this takes 7 to 10 minutes depending on the original temperature of the ingredients. Remove from heat and immediately float the bowl on the iced water. Stir occasionally until cool, 5 to 10 minutes.
Step 4In a separate bowl, whip the cream with the remaining 1 tablespoon of sugar until soft, then fold into the chilled sabayon mixture. Serve chilled.


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Resonant and timely, yet still flawed
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Directed by Ron OJ Parson
at Court Theatre, 5535 S. Ellis (map)
through Dec 12 | tickets: $30-$60 | more info
Three decades pass within the trajectory of Home, Samm-Art Williams three-character saga of a swath of American history viewed through the lens of an African-American man. The odyssey of Cephus Miles, from naïve, idealistic farm boy to destitute, drugged-out urbanite to prodigal son returned to the land is both uniquely specific and undeniably universal. It doesn't matter what your race is: The struggle to put down roots can lead to the hellish instability of rocky soil long before a redemptive, fertile ground is found.
The piece is flawed, to be sure. Cephus (Kamal Angelo Bolden) seems to be no deeper than his outward actions – a character comprised of action but with little internal nuance. And by playing multiple roles as Cephus' Job-like travels unfurl, Woman I (Ashley Honore) and Woman 2 (Tracey N. Bonner) provide character sketches that are more amusing than deep. Finally, the happily-ever-after ending that ensues after Cephus' woeful odyssey of heartbreak, prison, and homelessness seems a bit pat. Williams dispenses with a wealth of endlessly complex societal woes – poverty, racism, and drug addiction among them – with a few deft swipes of the pen.
Wiliams' text is musical, a rhythmic, lyrical pastiche of scenes that play like movements in a verbal sonata with words that literally sing at times. Hymns, spirituals, chants to make the toil of laboring in the tobacco fields endurable are interspersed through more traditional scenes of storytelling.
The yarns Cephus' spins recalling his boyhood in Crossroads, North Carolina, are among the plays highlights: Working for the local moonshiner in a backwoods still where the occasional possum fell into the vat and made the brew all the more pungent; ditching church to play craps on Sunday out in the graveyard, escapades with colorful local characters – in the telling of these memories, Home shines brightest.
Cephus' true love Patti May (Ashley Honore) figures predominantly in the story, with requisite rolls in the hayloft and vivid depictions of the explosive, pent-up sexuality of adolescence. But while there's no questioning the sweet eroticism that exists between the couple, Patti May herself is all pleasant superficiality rather than uniquely layered character. She's pretty, but that's about it – Williams' text provides little depth to the woman. When she makes a rather predictable final-act re-entry into Cephus' life, her motivations for doing so seem more like a dramatic convenience (it wouldn't do to leave poor Cephus stuck in a miserable, unhappy ending) than a genuine turn of events.
Tracey N. Bonner has better luck playing multiple characters of marvelously funny and idiosyncratic quirks. As a coke-sniffing, loose-living big-city harlot, she's a hoot, swanning about in a Scarlett-woman red feather boa like some kind of post-modern Jezebel. She's equally memorable playing a snootily righteous welfare office caseworker who denigrates a homeless Cephus for being an embarrassment to his race.
This production is Ron OJ Parson's third time at the helm of Home, having directed the piece for the Madison Repertory Company and New York's Signature Theatre. He keeps the pace brisk, shaping scenes that are sometimes almost like small choreopoems. The opening scene is particularly effective as the two women hoe under a blazing sun, giving a harsh cadence to words so descriptively you can all but feel the sweat from relentless heat and ache from the back-breaking labor.
But while many of the individual scenes in Home resonate with powerful immediacy, the story as a whole just isn't as effective – primarily because of that fairy tale, happily-ever-after ending. Williams brings plenty of relevancy to the stage: Cephus' imprisonment after refusing to fight in Viet Nam is an issue that rings loud and clear as the war in Iraq plods bloodily on. His battles with heroin, homelessness and lost love are also vividly immediate. Unfortunately, his rapid redemption – financially, emotionally and geographically – are not. And his constant refrain throughout – that God is "on vacation in Miami" adds a jarring note to otherwise melodious dialogue.
|Rating: ★★½
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13 People Who Were Too Funny for Their Own Good
Posted on Jul 06, 2016
Outbursts of creativity and comedy can be found in the most unusual places and at the most unusual times. Luckily, some of them were captured on camera and brought into the glorious of the Internet. And you know what that means... Those acts will never be forgotten!
Prepare to be amazed and check out 13 individuals who were just too hilarious for their own good!


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dude/cowboy ranch in the middle of nowhere, five million miles away from home. Here at Chilcotin Holidays Ranch, we're two hours away from the nearest town, and so you learn how to be resourceful with what you have around you. And as we prepare for the spring season, our manager had the amazing idea of putting me in charge of harrowing the front and back pastures to prevent all the horse feces from killing the grass in the ranch property. Basically what I did was attach a harrow onto a car and drive it around the pastures multiple times to spread out all the horse feces as opposed to letting them pile up. Look at the photo, and you'll get a better idea of what I mean. I mean it doesn't sound hard at all, it's just that the catch was that I had to drive a manual/standard car for the first time ever.
So it didn't start out too bad, I rode in the passenger seat and learned where the clutch was and where you switch gears. Then we drove around the pasture once. Then it was my turn to drive. That was a bit quick I thought. But then I thought, I can already drive an automatic, so it must not be too hard. As I stepped on the clutch for the first time I started thinking, 'Why the hell are we moving backwards?'. And that was only the start of what would be a confusing afternoon for me. I definitely was not expecting this to happen when I stepped out of the office 5 minutes ago, hoping to catch a few minutes break from the computer screen. Soon after, what followed was me reving up the engine too high, being reprimanded everytime I would have my hands on the car keys too long when starting the car, and the car coming to a halt a couple of times when I was driving too slow. Most memorable was when the car stopped right in front of the chicken house as I was turning. I was worried that I'll drive straight through the chicken house and run the poor chickens over. Thankfully I was not that bad at driving, and managed to harrow through both the front and back pastures that afternoon with no crashes, accidents or reasons to run away from the ranch forever. All's well that end's well I suppose. Another testament that there truly is never a boring day here at the Chilcotin Holidays Ranch.


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I'd planned to fold my hands and participate only with my eyes and mind during Pharma's first foray into the world of the mysterious, often untamed Twitter chat (#Rxsave). But after @AstraZenecaUS's first question: "What is best way to increase awareness of prescription savings programs?" – how could I not jump in?
A pervading answer to this important question was – educate those who reach patients: patient advocates, e-patients, and Health Activists! In order to do this, of course, Pharma must commit to presenting Health Activists with helpful boundaries: what they can and cannot say, what language to use, and be crystal clear about the message they want to communicate.
While many Health Activists are of the non-conformist sort (free-thinkers who have strong opinions they will most definitely share!) – they are also fiercely dedicated to helping others in any way they can. That is why I know they would abide by any of these to-be-established boundaries that Pharma would hypothetically construct (with some inevitable hand-binding by the FDA). I know Health Activists who cannot wait to share even the most minute "a-ha" moment they come to when finally seeking insight into the labyrinthian world of Pharma and regulations. Trust me, you can trust them.
As Phil (@PhilBaumann) mentioned in his important blog post, "But in future chats, the message of the chat shouldn't be Social Media. The message should be the person who needs to be heard." Phil is completely correct – social media junkies are great – but we need to get the people who will benefit from the actual prescription savings (and education about adherence, etc) to have a voice. Those who could really use the prescription savings AZ is working to promote. But as my colleague Mandy (@mandylipka) mentioned, "We have to start with the power social media users, the patient advocates and activists, and this will buy Pharma time to get its act together. Pharma is the youngest in this space but is the one that hopefully will benefit the most. But we are not there yet."
A question that stuck out to me was "How can we reach people who do not use social media, who are of older or less affluent demographics?" How can Pharma get through to them about these new savings programs (or any other messages they need to send)? My unelaborate answer to that is: mobile (apps and text messages) and print for doctor's offices and support groups. An idea that I loved, is to educate caregivers – they are "the sandwich generation" (quote by @ncoaging). Caregivers are able to educate both the older and younger generations that they care for. @Noaging suggested reaching caregivers through employer benefit programs.
And we can't yet discount those old dusty boxes, our televisions. With television ads comes the need to speak in a language lots of people can understand. Health literacy advocates had a soft, but integral perspective to add last night. Pharma must consider those who cannot comprehend their jargon but who could truly use those Rx savings. This can be accomplished, again, through awareness and education.
And this is where I started my post. Health Activists! Harbingers of those two principles and bastions of passion for helping others. Smart, early-adopters who may know their way around a hashtag or two but still foster the good old-fashioned desire to help others. A desire that won't be silenced – despite even the most complex ISIs (Important Safety Information) and regulatory restrictions.
I commend AstraZeneca – someone has to "go first." And, (I'm repurposing one of my favorite quotes from Health Activist Wheelchair Kamikaze) we cannot forget that the FDA still has Pharma "by the naughty bits." As commenters on the ePharma conference said – we're all waiting impatiently (and, honestly, with a bit of that "air out of tires" sound – whoooosh of disappointment) for their "ruling" on where Pharma can go from here.
Lastly – a shout-out to my friend Alicia Staley for, basically single-handedly moderating and leading us all in the #Rxsave chat. She somehow kept up in real time, Retweeted all of @AstraZenecaUS's questions, and offered brilliant points of her own as a cancer survivor and Health Activist.
But what do you think? What is your take on the #Rxsave chat and, maybe more importantly, Pharma's foray into social media? How can Health Activists educate their communities about prescriptions?
(Check out the whole chat transcript here if you want to catch all the great discussion)


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Answering The How Much Does It cost Question
As a website developer I get asked the "how much" question often. However it's usually a question more like, "How much do you charge to do an eCommerce website?"
Sometimes the how much does an eCommerce website cost question is better qualified with something like, "I want an eCommerce website for selling my products online. How much will it cost?"
No matter the form the question takes about eCommerce website costs I usually have to reply with a very truthful yet non-direct answer. That truthful answer is quite simply… it all depends.
The vast majority of eCommerce websites we develop and launch typically range anywhere from $5,000 – $10,000.
How many pages? How many products? If you don't know exactly that's OK I tell them. Let's guess. About how many products? Will any of the products be available in varieties such as color, size, etc.? Do you have the content ready for your eCommerce website or will you need me to write or perhaps assist you with writing the content?
Typically with most eCommerce website design packages you're looking at basic pages like about us, home page, contact us page, FAQ's (Frequently Asked Questions), along with other staple pages that let your visitors know about you, your products, and your business.
That's only the basic content pages. To do well with your eCommerce website you'll need to have very good product titles, descriptions, pricing, and other pertinent product specific content ready to add to the eCommerce website. Anyone who tells you otherwise is simply not being truthful with you.
The eCommerce online marketplace is extremely competitive and you'll want to make sure you enter into your new online ecommerce venture with every possible advantage. That means taking the time to either write great content and product descriptions yourself or being prepared to pay for a professional to help you with all of that. Either way it's a critical piece of the whole eCommerce equation and one that you can't afford not to do well with.
What about the product pictures and site graphics? Do you have those ready or will we need to work together on sourcing them? Will I need to create them for you in Photoshop? Do you have a server already hosting the domain or do we need to work on setting that up as well?Do you have the domain name secured or will you need assistance there as well? Do you want to accept payments via Paypal or would you like to use a turnkey secure payment gateway solution like Authorize.net? Maybe you want to use both or neither? How about let's discuss the options and we'll see which fits your unique eCommerce website the best?
By now it's easy to see where I'm going with all this but bear with me a bit longer. I do want to give you some very good "ball-park" eCommerce website cost information to go on. So… how much should a professional quality eCommerce website cost?
Quantifying The How Much Does It cost Question
For the sake of getting a starting point let's assume it's a 20 product eCommerce website. You have all the content written (rarely is this the case). You have all of the product images ready, sized correctly, and optimized for web (again this is rare). You have your products, pricing, and information neatly organized into a Spreadsheet format like excel or OpenOffice (even rarer do I see this level of organization with my new eCommerce clients only because most don't know the Spreadsheets are used in the eCommerce development process).
In essence you're about ready or very close to being ready for an eCommerce website developer like myself to get it all loaded into the new eCommerce database system that will power the new online store.
Let's say that the site we're pricing for has only a handful of slightly complex variations and that those variations are not price dependent. That simply means that if a product has 3 sizes and 6 colors that the price will be the same across the board no matter what combination of variants that your online shopper selects at checkout. This critical variations/pricing information is essential for an eCommerce developer like myself to be able to give you an accurate projected cost for your new eCommerce website.
You can easily see how the "unknowns" like variable pricing make it next to impossible for an experienced eCommerce developer to accurately answer the generic "how much" question. It can mean the difference between a 100 hour eCommerce development project and a 300 hour eCommerce development project. That's a huge gap between estimated and actual development time that has to be better quantified.
So we're still talking about a 20 product eCommerce website and let's say it has about 7 pages not counting the 2-3 system generated pages for each product loaded into the database. We'll have Home, Contact, FAQs, TOS (terms of service), About Us, Shipping Policy, and a well written Privacy Policy that meets or exceeds industry standards. It's got "sharing" social media icons and capability and has 3 social media widgets for your choice of accounts on Facebook, LinkedIn, Twitter, Google+, or Pinterest.
Drum roll please.
My projected cost for the eCommerce website project described above would be somewhere between $3,000 – $4,000. I could get that price even more refined with a few more of the unknowns answered.
Basic eCommerce website deliverables and costs:
- Domain Name – About $14/year
- Hosting – About $144 to $360 a year (depends on variables such as eCommerce CMS used, number of products, pages, and anticipated site traffic. *Magento = Typically Upper End & *WooCommerce = Typically Lower End)
- eCommerce website planning, custom development, database setup, and custom design time – Typically 100 hours and up depending on number of products, pages, level of customization and the sophistication of eCommerce functionality desired
- Continued eCommerce CMS & Product Database Maintenance – $600 a year and up (depending on the number of updates and the level of product management required etc.)
- Marketing and Promoting your eCommerce website online – $360 per year and up (depends on frequency of promotions, social media management, and content additions to the eCommerce site
Critical Elements That Determine eCommerce Website Cost
When trying to budget eCommerce website costs consider these factors (some were already mentioned above):
- Is this a new eCommerce website or is it a redesign and/or redevelopment project?
- How many pages?
- How many products?
- Will any of the products be available in varieties such as color, size, etc.?
- If any of the products have variations will those variations be price dependent?
- Do you have the content ready for your eCommerce website or will you be needing assistance with content creation?
- What about the product pictures and site graphics?
- Do you have a server already hosting the domain or do we need to work on setting that up?
- Do you have the domain name secured or will you need assistance with domain registration?
- Do you want to accept payments via Paypal or would you like to use a turnkey secure payment gateway solution like Authorize.net?
- Do you have your products, pricing, and information neatly organized into a Spreadsheet format like excel or OpenOffice?
- Would you like a blog installed within your eCommerce website as well?
- Do you want the site to be responsive (viewable across all devices like smartphones, tablets, desktop, etc? YES you do! ;-P
- Do you need other special features like social media channels created or advanced SEO?
The ballpark prices here are based on more than a decade of commercial eCommerce website development experience. I have developed and successfully helped clients launch eCommerce websites as simple as 1 product and as complex as 25,000 products. eCommerce website prices will relatively be higher or lower depending on your specific eCommerce site requirements.


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Ever since I was a little girl I have wanted to see other places. I knew coming into college that I wanted to study abroad sometime during the four years, but I didn't know when. This past fall quarter, back in 2015, a representative from a study abroad program in San Sebastián came into my Spanish class to let us know about the program. I was instantly interested, and decided to apply. Fast forward a couple of months to winter quarter, I heard about another summer program in London from the English department, that is conveniently taking place right before the San Sebastián program. I decided to apply to that program as well, thinking I would at least get into one program.
Well, I ended up getting into both programs, and thought at first that I would have to decide between the two. After talking with my parents about it, they asked me, "Why not do both?" Great question, mom and dad. Through a lot of consideration, and a very stressful week of deciding before the deadlines, I have decided that I am going to do both programs this summer. The London program starts just two weeks after spring quarter ends, and goes from June 19th to July 23rd, and the San Sebastián one starts literally one day after, and ends August 24th.
I cannot explain how excited I am to be going to Europe this summer. I have only ever been out of the country once when I was five years old, to volunteer in Mexico. London and Spain are a huge step up from that, since they are on a whole other continent. Both programs are homestays, meaning I will be living with two families, one in London, and one in San Sebastián, which I think will be so fun and a great cultural experience. I have always dreamed of going to both countries - England and Spain - since a huge part of my family is English, and I have been studying Spanish for about six years now. I am also majoring in International Studies and English, with a minor in Spanish, so these programs are the perfect fit for me.
Since I was wondering when I was going to fit in studying abroad, here are a couple of reasons why I decided to do it during the summer.
Because I am double majoring and have a minor, I don't have a lot of time during the school year to study abroad.It would be extremely hard to try and fit in a study abroad program, since I have to be consciencious of all the classes I am taking, and how to fit in all of my major(s) requirements. Dedicating a whole quarter to a study abroad program that only satisfies one of my majors or minors would be very challenging, and not the best in terms of time management.
I will be getting ahead of the game, credits-wise.This summer, I will be getting 30 extra credits essentially, which will make me a senior by next year, my junior year. While this won't really allow me to graduate early since I have to get through all of my major requirements, I won't be scrambling to get all of my credits done by the end of my senior year.
I am extremely busy during the school year.College isn't only about the academics - they are very important - but it is also about extracurricular activities. I am a part of three different clubs, I have a job, and a very big class load, so it would be really hard to take off for a whole quarter, and drop everything, essentially. It's not that it wouldn't be doable, it would just be very hard, and not something I want to take on. I am already stressed out enough during the year, and missing a whole quarter would not be the best for my anxiety.
Europe is gorgeous in the summer.I have looked up so much about the places I will be going, and have talked to natives from the area, and they all agree that summers are gorgeous in England and Spain. Summers can be kind of lackluster here in the Pacific Northwest, so I am especially excited to spend a month in San Sebastián, where I will basically be living on the beach.
I'll have time to travel a bit afterwards.When I was in the third grade, we had an exchange student from Spain who is now like family. He lives in Madrid with his girlfriend (they are adorable), and they offered to let me stay with them for a couple of days. I'm super excited to see the capital of Spain, and see what the city is like! Since it's during the summer, I'll have plenty of time to stay with them for a little bit.
I am so stoked for this summer, and I can't wait to not only learn about the class subjects, but more about myself as well! I don't want to have too high of expectations, but I'm hoping that both programs will be a lot of fun, and that'll I'll be able to meet some great people. I'll be posting all about my experiences abroad this summer, and also tips for studying abroad once I get back, so make sure to check back with my blog!
Have you ever studied abroad, or do you want to?
Thank you so much for reading, and have a wonderful day! :)


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baby steps to big dreams...or you can just take a leap of faith.
no rain today
however a few days ago, after attending lexie's back to school night
my camera sat in the seat next to me just like good company does.
just sat and listened...
as i walked out of her class after "proud mama" moments and read a welcome note she left neatly on her desk, the wind blew, hard.
the smell of rain in the desert- none like it.
i love that smell.
it tried to pour. making more of a fuss and a beautiful sky than any amount of precipitation.
rain already!
spitting on me, my windshield and a little on my lens, i captured that magnificent sky.
...and just like that a rainbow.
for some reason anytime you see a rainbow. hope.
hope that there is a pot of gold at the end...
or maybe just a cute little leprechaun dancing and making you smile.
either one.
it's a magnificent thing.
amazing really.
makes you believe.
believe all things are possible.
gives you courage.
courage to look to find what exactly is at the end of the rainbow...
maybe for that pot of gold? or just the hunt for it is fun too...
and then alas!
the sun peeps through
breaking up the clouds and the color...
the bright light. the light at the end of the tunnel...
pure joy.
somewhere over that rainbow
blue skies.
big soft white cotton candy clouds.
like soft white clean sheets blowing in the wind...
but in the in shape of a big 'ol open let me love you heart.
go look again.
you'll see it.
somewhere over the rainbow.


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One of the main reasons that fewer houses have been put up for sale in the UK this year are the record average asking prices.
According to property online portal RightMmove, the average price for a home in the UK is now at £286,133-
What is interesting to note is that those new numbers come a month before the nation's election. If one thing is for sure it is that those numbers will put pressure on each of the parties. Compared to the last election back in May 5 years ago, property prices in the British capital shot up by a staggering 50%.
It is on that background not surprising that a number of new sellers decreased significantly. Compared to the previous year, this number dropped by 4%. At the same time, those who put their houses up for sale increased prices by 1.6%, accounting for the current record number of £286,133.
It remains to be seen what role the current housing crisis in the UK will play in the final weeks of campaigning. Labour says they want to build 200,000 new homes in the forthcoming years while the Conservatives say they want to extend the Right to Buy scheme.