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King of his craft: Brunello Cucinelli, luxury fashion designer
by Peter Howarth
He is fearful of the sea and doesn't own a boat, but his devotion to design means fashion designer Brunello Cucinelli understands yachts and the sailing life surrounding them, as Peter Howarth discovers.
Brunello Cucinelli does not own a boat. "I was born here, in the hilltops," he explains in his spacious, light-filled office in Umbria, one wall a row of enormous windows looking out onto the green landscape and the fountains he has built to act as a centrepiece to his factory. "The first time I saw the sea was when I was 15, because we were peasants," he says. "And truthfully, I find it hard to sleep on the water. I am a bit fearful of the sea."
The Italian designer and founder of the eponymous fashion and lifestyle brand is no stranger to boat life, however. Though not a sailor himself, one of his closest friends runs the Ferretti shipbuilding group, and he has spent many happy moments on board. "I sometimes go and check out the interiors of his boats and I can see how tailor-made they are; they breathe exclusivity. I recognise the level of craftsmanship in this trade, even though I am not an expert in shipbuilding."
It is this commitment to craftsmanship that Cucinelli believes gives luxury products their special allure, and to which he has devoted his entire career, building a business from a single order of 53 cashmere sweaters in 1978 to a €1.2 billion enterprise exporting to 60 countries. He looks at least a decade younger than his 60 years and moves fast, with a nervous energy that suggests an active curiosity, borne out by his conversation.
He shows me his gallery of the ancients and moderns who have inspired him: small portraits that hang on his white office wall. Socrates, Dante, Shakespeare and Marcus Aurelius hang alongside JFK, Martin Luther King, Le Corbusier and Steve Jobs. There are also two framed texts: Pericles' funeral oration on democracy from the Peloponnesian War, and the Siena Constitution of 1309. He reads a passage from the latter, on how the beauty of the city must be preserved. "The year was 1309 and they were talking about the importance of beauty!" he exclaims.
Cucinelli grew up the son of a farmer in Umbria, the youngest of three boys. "I saw how hard work can really be. I can't alleviate the harshness, but my dream is to make human work more human," he says. To that end he pays workers on equivalent levels the same salary, whether blue or white collar.
On a tour of his factory, Cucinelli explains how he wants all his 720 employees to be able to see the surrounding countryside. He has built a neoclassical theatre in the nearby medieval town of Solomeo, where workers and the public can come to see drama productions and classical music recitals. Up the hill in Solomeo sits a 14th century castello, for 15 years the headquarters of Cucinelli's production until he outgrew it. Restored in 1985, it is now home to a shop, as well as his new venture: a collection of schools he has founded to preserve traditional skills and craftsmanship. He has also recently bought a famous 60-year-old Tuscan tailoring factory called D'Avenza, which made coats for Winston Churchill and Roosevelt, as well as the camel coat that Marlon Brando wears in Last Tango in Paris. "This is a younger and more forward-thinking style of tailoring. The jacket is cut marginally shorter, there is a soft, typically Italian shoulder and it is tailored to the body, accentuating the waist."
Asked to describe a typical Brunello Cucinelli outfit, he paints a picture that would sit happily on one of his friend's yachts: a navy blazer, one-and-a-half breasted (halfway between single- and double-breasted), fitted trousers in a different material and either a polo shirt or a shirt under a lightweight pullover. It's a "luxury, chic, sporty look", he says, which appeals across generations.
There is something boyishly magnetic about Signor Cucinelli. A true Italian, he exudes romance, never more evident than on returning to the topic of boats. "When a yacht touches the water for the first time it's always very moving. It is about to explore the waters of the world for who knows how many decades?" Cucinelli may not own a boat, but he sure understands them.
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Atherton is an incorporated town in San Mateo County, California. Its population was 6,914 at the 2010 census. In September 2010, Forbes magazine placed Atherton's ZIP code 94027 at #2 on its annual list of America's most expensive ZIP codes. In October 2013, 94027 was placed at #1 on the list.
In 1866, Atherton was known as Fair Oaks, and was a flag stop on the California Coast Line of the Southern Pacific Railroad between San Francisco and San Jose for the convenience of the owners of the large estates who lived north of Menlo Park. The entire area was called Menlo Park.
In 1923, Menlo Park wished to incorporate its lands to include the Fair Oaks lands. During a meeting of the representatives of the two communities, it became clear to the Fair Oaks property owners that in order to maintain their community as a strictly residential area, they would have to incorporate separately. Both groups rushed to Sacramento but the Fair Oaks committee arrived first. It was at that time they realized that they could not keep the name Fair Oaks, as it was already the name of a town near Sacramento. It was decided to honor Faxon Dean Atherton who had been one of the first property owners in the south peninsula and name the Town for him. Atherton was incorporated on September 12, 1923.
Atherton lies two miles (3 km) southeast of Redwood City, and 18 miles (29 km) northwest of San Jose. The town is considered to be part of the San Francisco metropolitan area. The town has a Caltrain station with service only on weekends.
Atherton's current land use goal is "To preserve the Town's character as a scenic, rural, thickly wooded residential area with abundant open space. There are a number of active community organizations; the Atherton Heritage Association, the Atherton Arts Committee, the Atherton Tree Committee, the Friends of the Atherton Community Library, the Holbrook-Palmer Park Foundation, the Atherton Dames, the Police Task force, and the Atherton Civic Interest League. There are also home owners' associations. The Menlo Circus Club is a private club with stables and a riding ring located within the town.

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Saturday, February 21, 2009
For Shame, President Obama!
In 2001, just a week before the September 11th attacks, then Secretary of State Colin Powell withdrew the US delegation from the U.N. World Conference on Racism & Etc. (the whole title is entirely too politically correct for this blog) held in Durban, South Africa.
The Bush adminstration withdrew the delegation because the conference became a demonstration of Holocaust denial and virulent antisemitism, largely controlled by avowed enemies of the West.
A personal note: it was the twin shocks of the progressive reactions to Durban and then the 9-11 attacks that convinced me once and for all of the moral bankruptcy of the left, and made me understand that the left may use naive Jews, but that ultimately they will stab us in the back. Alas, I am a slow learner.
On Saturday morning, February 14, the Obama Administration announced that it was sending a delegation to Geneva, Switzerland, to help plan Durban II, the Durban Review Conference, which is intended (in the UN's own words) "to reaffirm the Durban Declaration." You know, the one that denies the Holocaust and reaffirms the old UN canard that Israel is a racist state.
This conference is chaired by Libya, Cuba, Iran and Pakistan. These are countries that not only demonize the US, but also hideously oppress their own people. As you can see below, they would also like to see your freedom of speech and expression removed.
For shame, President Obama! First, to announce this on Valentine's Day, early in the morning like that, means that the adminstration knows this is a shameful action. Secondly, for the US to participate in the planning of the reaffirmation of the Durban Declaration is to associate ourselves with the enemies of our Western values. The purposes of the conference is described thus by The Wall Street Journal:
As for what this Review Conference is supposed to achieve, some clues are provided in the latest draft of the so-called Outcome Document. Israel's "racial policies" are a major theme, as is "the plight of Palestinian refugees and other inhabitants of the Arab occupied territories," meaning Israel itself. Under debate, however, is whether to include a line that the Holocaust "resulted in the murder of one third of the Jewish people." Presumably Iran objects.
The draft also calls "on states to develop, and where appropriate to incorporate, permissible limitations on the exercise of the right to freedom of expression into national legislation." Yes, you read that right. The transparent purpose is to criminalize all criticism of Islam, a.k.a. "Islamophobia." There is also a not-so-sly effort to extract reparations for the long-banned trans-Atlantic slave trade: States that "have not yet condemned, apologized and paid reparations" for the trade are urged "to do so at the earliest." (Does an anti-Semitic conference deserve US participation of any kind? The Wall Street Journal, February 20, 2009).
According to the WSJ, as well as the Jerusalem Post, the Obama Adminstration is well aware of the purpose of the conference, and is not committed to participating in April, but is sending a delegation to the planning meetings in order to "try to change the direction in which the review conference is heading." This is disigenuous at best. How does participating in the planning of a Conference whose express purpose is to reaffirm the goals of the previous conference going to mitigate anything. The amoral underpinnings of the Obama adminstration's pragmatism is showing clearly in this action. To paraphrase my grandmother, may she rest in peace, show me who an adminstration hangs out with, and I'll show you its character.
This action on the part of the Obama adminstration is not only a slap in the face to Israel, it is a profoundly anti-Western act of appeasement to the worst sort of characters. It also betrays a profound misunderstanding of what sort of people one may compromise with and with what sort one may not. What compromise can be reached between an enemy's desire to destroy you and your own desire to live?
For a scathing review of this policy decision from one of the members of the Oslo negotiating team, see Obama's Durban Gambit at CAROLINEGLICK.com
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I don't have anything to add to the discussion right now; I just wanted to say I am reading with interest.
- February 22, 2009 at 7:45:00 AM MST
- Swylv said...
didn't he try to get elected by saying some family member helped free people in WWII???
and then to do this....???
I second the FOR SHAME PREZBHO!!
- February 23, 2009 at 7:10:00 PM MST
- Kenia said...
Thank you for your article, I will like to link if it's ok with you.
- February 24, 2009 at 4:30:00 PM MST
- Elisheva Hannah Levin said...
Kenia, please link.
- February 24, 2009 at 4:55:00 PM MST
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BA(Comp) 1980, GAICD
Director-General, National Archives of Australia
President, International Council on Archives
David Fricker joined the National Archives as Director-General on 1 January 2012.
David began his career at the Australian Customs Service in 1979 after completing a BA in Computing Studies. He held many positions in Customs, managing major innovative border management projects for passenger processing and cargo control.
In 1987 he moved to the private sector, joining Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) as a Senior Consultant and Account Manager, working with CSC's clients in the defence, science, immigration and ACT Government sectors on information management, strategic planning and project management.
In 1993 David founded Business Synetics, a consultancy company providing strategic planning, information systems architecture and business process improvement services to a broad range of Federal Government agencies including Treasury, Health, Immigration and the intelligence community.
He left Business Synetics in 2002 to join the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation (ASIO) as it was embarking on an extraordinary period of growth and change. For five years he held the position of CIO, driving innovation in technical infrastructure, analytical capability and digital information management. He was appointed to the position of Deputy Director-General in July 2007, managing a program of change across the human capital framework, intelligence and information policy, legislative reform, protective security policy and the construction of the new ASIO central office.
As Director-General of the National Archives of Australia, David's strategic focus has been on the whole-of-government transition to 'digital continuity' in records and information management; expansion of preservation capability for paper, audio-visual and digital records; acceleration of the declassification of sensitive archival documents; and the exploitation of emerging technology to enhance the public's access to archival resources.
David has been an active member of the International Council on Archives (ICA) since 2012, hosting the ICA Congress in Brisbane. In 2013 he was elected President of the Forum of National Archivists (FAN), and was appointed President of the ICA in October 2014. In 2015 he was appointed by the Director-General UNESCO to the position of Vice-President of the UNESCO Memory of the World International Advisory Committee.
He is a graduate of the Australian Institute of Company Directors and a Professional Member of the Australian Society of Archivists. In 2015 he was made Knight of the Order of Arts and Letters (Chevalier dans l'ordre des Arts et des Lettres) by the Republic of France.


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School days are the best days of a person's life, most of you will agree with me. The time you spend in school and the things that you do in school are probable the things that you will remember all throughout your life. When I got down to writing this article about 10 funny pranks of school days, it didn't put me into a deep thought for once, I had so many of them in mind, and here I've listed the top 10 simple and easy to execute pranks in school to make your fun days funnier.
10. Kick me:
One of the simplest and easiest of pranks that I've played on my classmates in school and even you must have tried some point in time is the Kick me prank. A sticky note is pasted onto the back of the victim reading kick me, just make sure the victim doesn't see you sticking the note. Once he/she will walk around just see how other students in the class react.
9. Place an order:
This prank is simply but can be really frustrating for your teacher. All you have to do is, get the number of your local grocery store or an expensive restaurant in the locality of the school and then place a home delivery order for a hefty bill in the name of your teacher. Just be around the teacher when the delivery guy comes to deliver the order you just placed.
8. Scare your juniors:
There is nothing more annoying than being scared by your seniors in school, and when you come to the 6th form; there is nothing better than scaring your juniors in the haunted area of the school or say on 13th Friday. Just clad yourself in a white robe and hide in a dark area, when a junior approaches just pop out of the blue and be there to see the junior to the hospital.
7. Steal pigs:
I haven't really done this myself but I didn't waste a moment to feature it here in the list of funny pranks when a friend told me about it. The execution of the prank is easy, just steal a few pigs and put 1,3,4,5,6 numbers on them, let them lose in the school campus and enjoy the scene when everyone is busy searching for the pig number 2. If caught, God save you from expulsion.
6. Shower stealer:
Besides studies and sports, you do learn a little bit of stealing in school. Just be sure you don't make it a profession though. Stealing in the shower is a good way to refine your skills. Just pick the towel and change hanging outside when the victim is taking a shower (make sure you're swift and he/she doesn't get to know of it) now run away and hide the stuff, make sure you get back to see your friend without a change to get out of the shower.
5. Nose flick:
Nose flick is a very classic school prank that you must have tried or been a victim of some point in time. If you want to play the prank on your friend, all you have to do is, point a finger at your friend's chest, right below the chin and act as if there is something there, and as the person looks down to see it, just flick the finger up and hit his/her nose.
4. Door balance:
Yet another classic school prank, but this isn't as simple as some of the others listed. Door balance requires you to place a glass full of water on top of a partially open door. Then just be around to see the event that follows when the next person walks through. If all's in place, the glass of water will fall onto the person. If you're lucky, the victim may just spare your life.
3. Pick me if you can:
Being in school one rarely gets a handsome pocket money, so whatever little cash that you can grab onto is a bonus. The prank here targets this student psyche. Just tape a thread to a dollar bill, place it on the ground and holding the thread in the hand hide yourself behind a bush or a wall, now whoever sees the cash on the ground will come to it, as the person bends down to grab it, pull the tread (and the bill) away from the person. Repeat until the person knows he's been duped.
2. Cheat the teacher:
One of the best ways to fool around in the class and play a prank the teacher is to not do homework or any classwork for a couple of days and keep questioning the teacher repeatedly on a topic being taught. If the teacher comes around to check your work, start of dramatizing a panic attack of sorts, try and be very realistic in your acting. If lucky the teacher's thought will divert, else Lord be thy savior.
1. Spill him over:
This prank is my personal favorite, and I've done it over and over in school and ever after school. All you have to do is get a large glass of water and ask your victim to place their hand on the table with palm facing downwards. Now, place the glass (and to indulge them) ask if it hurts (the answer for sure will be negative). Now remove the glass and ask the victim to place the other hand on top of the first (in reverse again). Now, place the glass on the hands and walk off. There is no way the victim will be able to move the hands without spilling the water on the desk.


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British govt threatened with legal challenge over 'abandoned' Afghan interpreters
The 26-year-old father of two is said to have been targeted nine times by the insurgent group, which has retaken much of the ground that British troops fought on during the war in Helmand Province, southern Afghanistan, since the war officially ended.
Lawyers from the legal firm Leigh Day plan to challenge the government decision not to resettle Chris in the UK given the ongoing threats to his life.
"The issues arising in Chris' case appear to reflect a systemic unwillingness by this government to properly protect the UK's former Afghan Staff by relocation to the UK under the Intimidation Policy," lawyer Rosa Curling said in a post on Leigh Day's website published on Friday.
The Intimidation Policy lays out the UK government position on supporting local workers who have helped the British military on operations.
"The UK government has a policy to provide support to current and former locally employed staff in Afghanistan who face intimidation as a result of their employment with the United Kingdom," it states.
Curling suggested that UK policy on helping interpreters had become paradoxical.
READ MORE: NATO overcharged by £460m for fuel during Afghan war, MoD investigates
"The MoD has spent billions on military action in Afghanistan on the basis that the Taliban posed a threat to British citizens in the UK.
"Now we are told the same insurgents are not a threat to those who assisted British Forces in targeting Taliban operatives in their own country.
"Chris put his life at risk on numerous occasions protecting the lives of British soldiers. For doing this, both he and his family have been brutally attacked and ostracized," Curling added.


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My name is Hannah Foreman-Wenneker and I know how much Diabetes Type 1 sucks. Most days I wish I didn't know. 18 months after Noah's diagnosis, I found my voice again and I am ready to share our experiences with you in the hope it raises awareness of DT1 and maybe helps you personally in some way.
I was born and raised in England and met my husband Kasper while living in The Netherlands. I have now been in Amsterdam for over 15 years and together with Kasper we are raising two awesome kids, Esmé and Noah.
Every day Kasper and I wish we could trade places with our son who is the real sufferer here. The day they find a cure will be the day when all parents of diabetic kids stand up together, dry their tears and dance with joy and relief.
I hope I can put my dancing shoes on someday soon…


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Father of the Bride, by Caroline Francke
must see!
Tuesday, August 17, 2004
This is a wonderful production. The concept that men and women think differently about many things, including weddings, is timeless. It brings home what a boring world it would be if this weren't true.
I laughed all through the play. All the acting was tremendous. Bill wilson, as Stanley Banks, gave a particularly accurate portayal of a father, naturally concerned about finances and logistics, but who just can't say no to his little girl on her special day. The scene where, when asked why only 150 people can come to the reception, and says because the house won't hold more than 150, is particularly effective. So is his constant mantra, when asked for a backup plan, that 'it won't rain'.
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Human remains dating back to the Bronze Age were unearthed during an excavation of a burial mound close to Morecambe Bay.
As part of the 'Barrowed Time' community archaeology project, the team excavated a Bronze Age burial mound which was originally discovered when two local metal detectorists found part of a Bronze Age Hoard.
One of the star finds from the site was an early Bronze Age funerary urn (between 4,200 and 3,600 years old) that was found buried upside down, beneath three slabs of stone. A micro excavation of the urn (pictured above) discovered the cremated remains of at least one adult individual. The huge amount of bone insideis something not normally seen and suggests that more than one person was interred inside.
The remains of a flint 'thumb-scraper' tool were found , that would have been buried with one of the individuals.
In addition to the urn, whilst archaeologists were on site a second hoard was discovered nearby, consisting of bronze axe heads, spears, two pennanular wrist rings, complete arm rings, a chisel and a pair of horse harness ornaments. A 3,000-year-old pressed flower placed inside the hollow end of an axe handle and buried with other weapons, jewellery and ornaments, was found. Most of the objects were in virtually pristine condition, and the variety was striking and very rare.
Dr Ben Roberts, project co-director and lecturer at Durham University, said: "These barrows are not found in isolation – there are normally a number of them in the same area. We've confirmed that one of them is a huge ring cairn, which was constructed with large white limestone blocks, quartzite and even rock crystal. It would have been a striking white beacon and landmark.
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Rickey Moody Reaches NCAA Qualifying in Decathlon at Cal Multi-Meet
March 29, 2007
BERKELEY, Calif. -- Washington State University's Rickey Moody scored an NCAA Provisional Qualifying total of 6,926 points for fourth place in the decathlon at the Cal Multi-Meet Thursday at Edwards Stadium/Goldman Field on the UC-Berkeley campus.
Moody, a junior from Puyallup, Wash., reached a personal-best point total of 6,926 points in the decathlon, behind Stanford's Josh Hustedt (7,286 points), California's Steven Conrad (7,214 points), and Mark Jellison, competing for the Golden Bear Athletic Club (6,971 points).
Cougars Kyle Schauble, a freshman from Kennewick, Wash., and junior Justin Chambers, from Albany, Ore., had solid showings in their decathlon debuts. Schauble accumulated 6,308 points for sixth place, just edging out teammate Chambers who racked in 6,307 points for seventh place. Moody began the second day in third place while Schauble was eighth and Chambers was 11th.
'Rickey really did a nice job,' WSU Head Coach Rick Sloan said. 'His elbow was hurt and we didn't even know if he was going to take a javelin throw but we taped it up and he took two attempts; the first one wasn't very far but the second was further and he decided to stop there. It was 40 or 50-feet less than what he was capable of throwing and he lost a lot of points. For the most part, out of both days, he was solid with his performance, competed well and made good adjustments.'
'I was happy with all three Cougars, even though the other guys were down at 6300 points they are learning the decathlon and they did a good job of competing and managing the event over the two days,' Sloan continued. 'Even though their marks were a little bit off, I still think they did a nice job of competing in the decathlon and if they improve their marks, what they learned today will serve them well and they will be good decathletes.'
Thursday, in the 110m hurdles, Moody ran a time of 15.20 seconds followed by Schauble's season-best time of 15.25 and Chambers at 17.06. Moody had the top discus throw of 143- feet, 8 inches (43.78m), while Chambers heaved a 117-9 (35.90m) and Schauble threw 91-2 (27.79m).
Chambers and Schauble both cleared a height of 12-5 1/2 (3.80m) in the pole vault and Moody went over the bar at 12-1 1/2 93.70m). Javelin marks for the Cougars included Chambers at 164-7 (50.16m), Moody at 140-3 (42.76m) and Schauble at 131-9 (40.17m).
Chambers, formerly a middle distance runner for WSU, ran the top time in the 1500m of 4-minutes, 22.85 seconds, just a second off his all-time PR time of 4:21.91. Schauble's 1500m time was 4:43.20 and Moody finished in a time of 5:13.97.
'Kyle would have had his first 100-foot throw in the discus but it barely landed outside the sector and his final throw in the shot put looked to be about 34-feet but he had a slight foot-foul on the edge of the ring.' Sloan observed. 'Kyle was close to having some good marks and just missed it here and there. All three vaulted well; Justin needed a bigger pole.'
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Superior Court Judge John Meyer said the petition was fatally flawed because its author had failed to allege under oath that Reardon had engaged in misconduct.
"I don't like resolving this issue on a technicality," Meyer said during the brief hearing.
The recall petition was filed by Anne Block, a Gold Bar attorney who also maintains a political blog. She did not appear in court for Thursday's hearing, but participated by phone.
She made clear that the case isn't over.
"I ruled that there was a fatal flaw in the petition. Anything further you would like to say?" the judge asked Block.
"Yes. I'm going to refile," she said.
The recall paperwork filed in June with the Snohomish County Auditor accused Reardon of breaking state campaign laws by using his executive assistant and other public resources for political fundraising and lobbying.
Reardon's attorneys, John Wolfe and Tyson Harper of Seattle law firm DLA Piper LLP, have noted that Block has a history of filing recall petitions against other elected officials that have been rejected by the Superior Court.
In a motion, Reardon's attorneys argued that Block has asserted "nothing more than bald insinuations" against their client. The motion said Block also failed to demonstrate why she believes the claims in her recall petition to be true. Thursday's hearing never addressed whether there is merit to allegations that Reardon broke campaign laws. The proceedings stopped after the judge deemed the petition legally flawed.
After the hearing, Wolfe said that the judge was correct in requiring Block, or any other recall backer, to make their allegations under oath. The law is designed to weed out "outrageous" allegations from forming the basis of a recall.
"By placing it under oath there is a consequence and that is a perjury consequence," he said.
Snohomish County officially took no position on the recall attempt. Deputy prosecutor Gordon Sivley was at the hearing, and when asked by the judge, told him that the county was neutral on whether the recall should go forward.
"I would agree that on its face the document does not meet the statutory requirement and it is technically flawed in that regard," Sivley said.
Reardon for months was the focus of a Washington State Patrol investigation into allegations that he had misused public resources.
In June, Island County Prosecuting Attorney Greg Banks decided there was insufficient evidence to charge Reardon with official misconduct. Banks limited the inquiry to the specific question of whether Reardon, who is married, allegedly misused any taxpayer money to carry out an affair with a county employee. Reardon's known the woman since high school.
Banks made it clear that his decision not to pursue a criminal case was in no way intended to condone Reardon's behavior. Banks also forwarded the patrol detectives' final report to the state Public Disclosure Commission, which is responsible for investigating campaign-finance violations and has the authority to levy steep fines.
Block also filed a complaint with the PDC.
The PDC's civil investigation is likely to continue through late this year or longer.
Public records examined by The Herald show that in the months leading up to the 2011 election, Reardon frequently used his government cellphone to communicate with people involved in his re-election effort. They included key members of his campaign team and political donors.
Reardon's schedules contain more than 100 hours of "in office staff meetings," many of which were coordinated to match the schedule of his political fundraiser, Colby Underwood. Reardon has said that Underwood, in addition to his campaign work, was discussing an alternative-energy venture at the county's former Cathcart landfill.
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Vitamin D and Depression
Interestingly I just came back from a health talk today and the focus was on research translation and it brings back the memories of me attending the 2014 - 3rd annual NHMRC Research Translation Faculty Symposium – "Achieving better health outcomes for Australians living with chronic conditions through more effective research translation". It is very true that although a lot of money has been spent on research and there are abundance of quality and interesting research work being done, the public and the health professionals doesn't necessarily know about it. Just think even if you only learn about 1 research per day, wouldn't that add more value to your life?
I was browsing through one of the hottest topic in research now which is Vitamin D because if you know me personally, the latest project I worked on was on Vitamin D and Type 2 Diabetes. Matter of fact, Vitamin D is also linked to depression!
Depression affects 350 million people worldwide and it is the leading cause of disability. At its worst, depression can lead to suicide and over 800 000 people die due to suicide every year with suicide being the second leading cause of death in 15-29year olds according to WHO. On the other hand Vitamin D deficiency is now a global public health problem affecting a billion people worldwide and studies have found that one third of Australians are Vitamin D deficient. Knowledge on Vitamin D has grown exponentially in recent years with 95% of our current knowledge published in the last 15 years. Interestingly, vitamin D has also been known to be associated with breast cancer fatality rate as shown in my other post.
A longitudinal study found that low vitamin D levels are associated with depressive symptoms, especially in persons with a history of depression (1). Researchers suggested that it might be important to check Vitamin D levels in diagnosed depression cases.
In a randomised double blind controlled trial of 20,000 or 40,000 IU vitamin D per week versus placebo for 1 year on 441 subjects (159 men and 282 women, aged 21-70 years), subjects with serum 25(OH)D levels < 40 nmol L(-1) scored significantly higher (more depressive traits) than those with serum 25(OH)D levels > or = 40 nmol L(-1) on the Beck's Depression Inventory (BDI). In the two groups given vitamin D, but not in the placebo group, there was a significant improvement in BDI scores after 1 year.
Some studies might argue about Vitamin D's controversial theory in aiding depression but overall, being deficient in a vital vitamin for the body is never a good thing so it is very important to make sure your Vitamin D levels are in the normal range to start with.
1: Hoang MT, Defina LF, Willis BL, Leonard DS, Weiner MF, Brown ES. Association between low serum 25-hydroxyvitamin D and depression in a large sample of healthy adults: the Cooper Center longitudinal study. Mayo Clin Proc. 2011 Nov;86(11):1050-5. doi: 10.4065/mcp.2011.0208. PubMed PMID: 22033249; PubMed Central PMCID: PMC3202994.
2. Jorde R, Sneve M, Figenschau Y, Svartberg J, Waterloo K. Effects of vitamin D supplementation on symptoms of depression in overweight and obese subjects: randomized double blind trial. J Intern Med. 2008 Dec;264(6):599-609. doi:10.1111/j.1365-2796.2008.02008.x. Epub 2008 Sep 10. PubMed PMID: 18793245.
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Alabama death row inmate Domineque Ray died by lethal injection Thursday evening.
Prison officials recorded his time of death as 10:12 p.m.
Ray was executed after an 11th-hour ruling from the U.S. Supreme Court vacated a stay of execution pending a religious rights claim. Ray, a Muslim, had argued Alabama's practice of including a Christian prison chaplain in the execution chamber was in violation of the First Amendment. Ray sought to have his imam present at the time of his death.
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When the curtain opened at 9:44 p.m., Ray lifted his head from the gurney, looking into the witness room. With his right hand in a fist, he extended a pointer finger.
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Fast forward to this season. As a fan of "The Oncoming Storm" 9th Doctor, I have been pleasantly surprised by the performance of the 12th Doctor, Peter Capaldi. I love the surly, ironic change in the humor. The show's cast looks like it is looking to get more diverse with the character Daniel Pink. Through the first three episodes, I am indeed here for Number 12, Clara, and Pink.
We start at the beginning of the episode, the Doctor tells Clara they can go anywhere she wants. She talks about her dream of meeting Robin Hood, Earl of Locksley. At first the Doctor refuses the request because he tells her that Robin Hood isn't real. Finally, 12 gives in, and when they land in Sherwood Forest with no person in sight for a few seconds, the Doctor brags, "No damsels in distress. No pretty castles. No such thing as Robin Hood." Immediately after he says this, an arrow hits the T.A.R.D.I.S., and lo, and behold, it's Robin Hood himself!
Robin Hood stakes his claim to the Doctor's ship: "Don't you know that all property is theft to Robin Hood." The Doctor questions if Robin is serious, and Hood responds, "Robin laughs in the face of all."
After their comical duel, the Doctor acts on his skepticism even after having won over RH's trust. The Doctor cuts a piece of Robin's hair and tries to take one of his sandals. "This sandal isn't real." The Doctor is suspicious of Robin for about 95% of the episode. When they both find out that the knights working for the evil Sheriff are actually alien robots, the Doctor argues, "Isn't it time you came clean with me? You're not real and you know it. Perfect eyes. Perfect teeth. No one has a jaw like that." Still sadly, no go. It is not until the Doctor sees Robin Hood bleed from being attacked by the robots does 12 begin to be less skeptical.
Stories about the possiblities of justice are really difficult to believe in. In a fallen world filled with injustices and disasters, it can be pretty easy to give in to all of wrong that need to be righted. Even after 12, Robin, and Clara, team up to become victorious over the Sheriff and his "knights," the Doctor denies himself the right to laugh and enjoy their feat. The Doctor has placed far too much responsibility as the "white savior" of time and space. Robin, meanwhile, puts everything in to perspective. He asks whether in the future, people will just remember him as a legendary myth, 12 answers in the affirmative. Robin replies, "Good. History is a burden. Stories can make us fly." [….] "Perhaps we will both be stories. And may those stories never end."
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In what is becoming a regular appearance at weekends, the drummer was back on the heath again today (thanks for the photo from Twitter user @spannarama
Drummer on the heath again
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More than 50 years ago Paul Rutherford and myself also played musical instruments on the the Heath,Paul played trombone and I played trumpet
( although not very well ), we could have used a guy like this , on the drums. Paul went on to become very famous, I gave it up after a couple of months.
He probably used to practise at creekside studio in deptford which has recently closed down .
His name is peter ….and he's our bands drummer top top guy with a lot of passion ….go on pete !!!!!
If he is your drummer tell him to practice elsewhere. How would like most of your day filled with the sound of drums? Seriously I have consulted with others and the police/council will be called nex time he does this. Its very annoying and inconsiderate.
Is it seriously that much of an annoyance? Are you working night shifts that you still need to be in bed at 8.30 on a glorious Saturday morning as it was? I've seen the guy that day and couldn't clearly hear him until I came 150 feet from him (and he was pretty good in my opinion); surely, nothing that couldn't be solved by a pair of ear plugs. I really hope that the guy is left free to practice his art by all the moaners. If anything, I want to see more of that kind of happening on the heath! Let the people reclaim this public space from the bourgeoisie who thinks it should be their back garden!
Its hardly fair to compare anyone complaining to the bourgeoisie. Yes it can be heard. Yes from surprisingly far away. Yes constant druming for hours on end is annoying. Even those that like it are not subjected to it for hours on end. I admit the guy has stamina but its not very considerate of the people that live near the heath.
Why should anyone living on or visiting the Heath need to use earplugs because of one inconsiderate and selfish person?
Inconsiderate? Did you ever bother th listen to this drummers play? He is an absolutely amazing musician..public should be grateful to be able to hear the performance (and for free!!!) Besides? Police? Is he playing in unsociable hours, I wonder..
Well I like him and wouldn't mind him staying …. although I can sympathise with the locals woken at 8.30 when he starts.
Perhaps someone can put a feasibility study together identifying optimum hours for performing and then "we" can all go to a court and declare a cost of £40,000 (as opposed to £80,000) a victory and we can all sleep soundly and happily in our beds at night … until 8.30am
No, the Blackheath Society will be paying an expensive QC to write the letter for them.
Hello all. Thats noisy drummer its, me. Im going to the park coz i realy like that pleace, specialy when is sunny. Last time i start at 12.45 and was there till 16.30,. Im so sorry about the noise, so just to keep some off u happy i will not play there again.
Oh no! We seem to have scared Pete off already!!!! :-(.
12.45 to 16.30 doesn't sound that bad to me! Is it really that loud?
I'm not scare at all, I just want keep everyone happy, and keep the police to do more important things..specialy at these days..but maybe ill try to move and turn my drum kit away from the house's..but I'm not there next 2weekends
I also live facing the heath and have no objection to the drummer even though I can hear him indoors with closed windows.Pete, don't go away, please.
What I do object to is the half -term fair, lorries arrived this morning and seem much nearer than usual -why are they there and not on the circus field near the park? Hope it's not a precedent.
I also live facing the heath , near where the drummer plays and it doesnt bother me either – Would be nice if instead of calling the police/local council you politely had a word with the drummer, explained the problem you seem to have and came to an agreed solution from which you could both (and others) benefit from, especially now you know that the general consensus is not all 'bah humbug'
Good point Henry !
Peter – if you replicate Ian Paice's drum solo on 'The Mule' – 1972 (Deep Purple) – I'll pop down with a nice beer on Saturday…
Thank you but why should people in the park have to listen to your druming either? There used to be a drummer in the park at one point who used to err play in front of the General Wolf statue. I believe he was moved on as his playing drowned out any attempt to speak near the observatory.
25 years ago, I used to play alto saxophone on the heath near the dips, because my parents couldn't stand the noise, sorry if I disturbed anyone then, I was rubbish,
This guy is seriously annoying and has ruined two weekends on the Heath for me. Yesterday I had to move to the park cos of the noise and I could still hear him there. How does one person get to decide that they will ruin the Heath for everyone else? This is the most appalling and selfish behaviour and ruins the peace and quiet of the Heath for everybody. Please practice somewhere else.
You miserable old goat! It's a public space – good on him for rehearsing there!
Yeah, it's a public space – for the benefit of all. Not the private playground of a single arrogant individual.
You miserable old goat !!!!
My wife and I have been chuckling all day to today to each other,
after we saw this sentence this morning.
Again! – has anyone spoken to him in person or just using this site to complain loudly?
I saw on the 853 blog that there will be a bridge over the A2 for the Olympics . The drummer can provide the entertainment for all !
I changing the tempo if I see somebodey dance on front of me ;) so It's not a practicing, people's stopping there and listening the music, enjoying the vib..but I can understand that some people doesn't like the idea or the noise.. and also I'm so sorry that I ruined yr weekend mr Heath user. But! The last weekend I talked to people living closest to place where I play and says, ,,we can here yr drumming a little bit but noise from the traffic is still louder and worse.. so dear Complainers u should also complain about the busy road running through the middle of the park..where u all been when they build up the road, right in the middle of the park? How can this happen to Your park..I wasn't here on that time, but if I was I just gona set up my drum kit just on the front of the buldozer! And what u gona do? Complain how loud there are….So I want the make a deal ; It's for all of u ok, 12.30 till 16.30 ? And also if somebodey got some ideas about anything, please bring them in. Peace and Love.
The road noise its a low hum, and depending on the wind is sometimes inaudible, whilst the sound of a full dull drum kit pierces everything. Its awful having to listen to it for hours on end. Living near the heath you expect a bit of noise but not drumming and for such a long period (yes 4 hours is way past excessive!). How would he like it if we setup shop outside his home and made noise for the best part of a weekend day? I have spoken to my neighbours and the council. He had better not be there next this coming weekend, please show some consideration.
Maybe the drummer can set himself up on the sodding roundabout. At least then it would be of some use as a bandstand. I can't believe they didn't have to get planning permission. Stupid roundabout.
Those who have complained, I wonder where else you would suggest he practice? If you were living next door to him then I could understand your frustration, but not in a public place. He has offered to compromise by practising for only a few hours in the afternoon, so if you really can't bear it, why don't you help him to find somewhere you consider more suitable?
From his replies, it doesn't seem like he is deliberately trying to annoy people, and as a fellow musician I empathise with his need to find somewhere suitable to practise for many hours a day. Please don't get the council or police involved, that is totally unnecessary. Just go and talk to him!
Dear Drummer Peter. I had a chat with you on the heath the other day (showed you you're picture in the bugle) and I can confirm to all other people on here what a nice bloke you are. Please don't listen to miserable gets that are complaining. I love Blackheath, but I moved here from a much rougher part of London and it never ceases to amaze me what some of the residents here will complain about. You should have heard the fuss that was kicked up when people started kite boarding on the Heath again. Anyone would have thought a brigade of FARC rebels had descended on the village. Anyway, everyone I have spoke to agrees that you are a very welcome addition to the village. My advice is to go further down Prince Charles Road about half down from the Princess of Wales, you should be far enough away from Talbot Place. I'll buy you a pint next time I see you.
All the best
I love the drummer!!He is great guy…..why does it annoy people if he is playing in public space? He has no intention to disturb anybody…
and this guy has quite bit of history as well..you people would be surprised
Thanx all for the nice comments, it means a lot to me. As I can see previous negative comments people getting angry with me..for them is only one way how to sort this out..,,get out from the park and don't come back!,, I made my offer and what did I get back? GET OUT! U ruined are weekend..we can't watch telly..and they called me selfish.
Pedro, please do not think that the entire population of Talbot Place is anti-drummer as that is not the case. Peter ,go on drumming wherever you choose on the heath (day time only!), please


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Investing 101, Part Five: My Case Study
We have finally arrived at the last part of the Investing 101 series, in which you get to creep on my own investments. I wanted to do a segment on what it actually looks like to apply the investment stuff we have been talking about, because there's the potential for it to look really intimidating. How intimidating?
I wanted to go set up the three-fund portfolio we talked about last time in my 403(b) account. (That's just a 401k for non-profit employees, you'll recall.) My provider happens to be TIAA-CREF, but your employer likely uses someone different, like Fidelity or Vanguard.
I logged in, went to the "Change My Investments" page, set my preference to move 100% from my investments from the target date fund they were in, and then:
THIS. LIST. The options went on for many more page lengths! I'm glad for the options, employer, but it was really a lot to take in. How the heck was I going to figure out which funds to use from this huge list?
How I Chose My Investments
I solved this problem the same way I solve any conundrum: I broke it into smaller pieces, based on what I knew or could easily figure out. I knew I needed to end up with three index funds that represented as close to the entirety of the market in their type of investment as possible: a domestic equity (stock) fund, an international equity fund, and a bond fund. (Why? See part four of Investing 101.)
I started by focusing on equities (stocks), leaving bonds to the side for now. My list already grouped broad types of investments (equities, bonds) together, so that was easy. Then I removed anything that didn't have "index" in the name, since I knew I only wanted index funds. That left the following list:
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|TIAA-CREF Enhanced Large-Cap Growth Index Fund – Instl Class
|TIAA-CREF Equity Index Fund – Institutional Class
|TIAA-CREF Large-Cap Growth Index Fund – Institutional Class
|TIAA-CREF S&P 500 Index Fund – Institutional Class
|TIAA-CREF Small-Cap Blend Index Fund – Institutional Class
|TIAA-CREF Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund – Instl Class
|TIAA-CREF Large-Cap Value Index Fund – Institutional Class
Phew. Ten is a lot more manageable than several pages. Now I needed to continue ruling out any funds that did not represent the entire market in that type of asset, which meant that I needed to know what was in each one of these funds. How did I find out?
Each fund has a thing called a "prospectus." It will tell you all sorts of handy info about the fund, such as its expense ratio, past performance, and what types of investments it contains. In short, it has pretty much everything you need to know to make a decision. It should be easily accessible somewhere on the investment website.
I started by knocking out funds with hyper-specific names, since those seemed least likely to cover the entire market. The prospectus will show you (or now you will know!) that anything with "cap" in its name only represents a certain portion of the stock market. (The different "caps" refer to how much of the market a company holds.) The S&P 500 refers to just 500 large companies. The Emerging International Markets fund only represented investments in up-and-coming economies. The "enhanced" funds performed about .4% better than the more vanilla index fund… and charged .4% more in fees. That meant that all of those funds were off the list.
Now I had it down to two funds that seemed like winners for the equity portion of my portfolio. I just needed to confirm that they were, indeed, funds that represented the entire market in that type of investment. In the case of the Equity Index Fund, the prospectus told me it was trying to match the Russell 4000. Google informed me that the Russell 4000 represents 98% of the US stock market. Good to go on my domestic fund.
I looked at the prospectus for the International Equity Index Fund, and discovered–gasp–it only represented developed markets. That means up-and-coming markets would not be represented in the fund. Since I had ruled out all of the other international index funds, I needed to see if I could find an additional index fund that represented emerging markets. Thankfully, you might recall that there was an Emerging Markets Index Fund in that handy little table up there. I needed to invest in that fund, too, to be sure I was invested in as much of the international stock market as possible. Suddenly my three-fund approach became a four-fund approach!
With the equities portion of my investments decided, I still needed to choose my bond fund(s). There was exactly one bond index fund, which the prospectus informed me covered the entirety of the US bond market. I had no index fund options for international bonds, so it made that choice fairly simple.
That was a huge wall of text, friends, but really, the process wasn't hard. I just needed to be clear on what I wanted from my investments, then carefully read about the investments until I found what I wanted. If you can read this blog, you can figure out your investments.
So What About Your Allocation?
I had decided on my four funds: the Equity Index Fund, International Equity Index Fund, Emerging Markets Equity Index Fund, and the Total Bond Fund. Now I needed to say what percentage of my money needed to go in each. As a 28-year-old, I decided on the following allocation, emphasizing the neatness of the numbers.
- 75% Stocks:
- 55% Domestic Stock – TIAA-CREF Equity Index Fund
- 20% International Stock
- 15% in the TIAA-CREF International Equity Fund
- 5% in the Emerging Market Fund (just enough to dip my toe in)
- 25% Bonds: I started by using the rule of thumb which says 1% per year of age. Since I hope to make up for a little bit of time I lost not investing in grad school and feel relatively confident in my ability to weather economic storms, I decided to smudge it down slightly. (Having never actually invested during an economic downturn does help one's ability to feel confident…)
I needed to apply my asset allocation to each account in my portfolio (both the one that my employer held, since I wasn't vested at the time, and the one I get to keep no matter what), followed by changing my future allocations. Once I did all that, I can basically forget about it until I tell it to rebalance in a year or two, at which time I will slightly decrease my stock percentage in favor of bonds.
That's all folks. Ultimately, changing my investment portfolio into something that I feel will perform well, is less risky, and gives me a finer sense of control (all while costing me less in fees!) was done over a few lunch breaks. I hope this shows you that, while it's going to take some reading and thinking about what you want from your money, ultimately investing isn't insurmountably hard. I hope Investing 101 gave some of you that are new to investing a little more confidence in tackling your first investment accounts!


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Q&A With Bright Health CEO Bob Sheehy On the $80m A Round
Bright Health partners Robert (Bob) Sheehy, Tom Valdivia, Kyle Rolfing.
$80 million dollars. That's just the beginning for Bright Health, a new technology-driven insurance company for consumers freshly formed in Minnesota with plans to launch next year. We spoke with cofounder and CEO Bob Sheehy to discuss:
What has your background been in the health care industry that led to Bright Health?


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The Collinsport Historical Society kicks off its first podcast with a look back at HOUSE OF DARK SHADOWS. Kathryn Leigh Scott stops by to talk about her role in the film, while host Wallace McBride, Will McKinley, Jessica Dwyer and I talk about plagiarism, Barnabas Collins's recipe for banana bread, and why Willie Loomis is the film's real hero. Featuring the songs "Barnabus Collins: Love Bandit" by Keanya Collins, "The Ballad of Barnabas Collins" by the Von Hoffman Orchestra and "Barnabas Collins" by The Lone Ranger.
You can download the entire podcast as an MP3 by clicking HERE.
KATHRYN LEIGH SCOTT landed the ingénue lead in the classic Gothic daytime drama Dark Shadows in 1966, and starred in the 1971 MGM feature, House of Dark Shadows. Kathryn played four roles in the series: Maggie Evans, Josette du Pres, Lady Kitty Hampshire and Rachel Drummond. Realizing that the enduring and innovative series still has a tremendous following in syndicated reruns throughout the world, Kathryn wrote Dark Shadows Memories to coincide with its 20th anniversary and Dark Shadows Companion as a 25th anniversary tribute.
Kathryn's theatrical credits include a lengthy run with James Stewart in Harvey in London's West End. TV audiences have seen her in the four-hour mini-series Voice of the Heart, based on the Barbara Taylor Bradford novel, as Dan Travanti's wife in Murrow, George C. Scott's mistress in The Last Days of Patton and Philip Marlowe's girlfriend in Chandlertown. Feature films include Providence, The Great Gatsby, Brannigan, The Greek Tycoon, Assassination, 187 and Parasomnia.
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WILL McKINLEY is a long-time DARK SHADOWS fan and classic film blogger. You can find him atCINEMATICALLY INSANE.
JESSICA DWYER started the Fangirling at a young age. Baptized in many a genre by a sister who had tons of Vampirellas sitting about as well as local Creature Feature every Friday night on PBS, Jessica didn't stand a chance of turning out normal. Jessica started Fangirl Magazine to celebrate the female fans of the world and the things that they love. It's not just the Fanboys out there, and the gals should have a chance to be heard.


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Edmonton woman honouring memory of father by warning others about need to get vaccinated before travelling
An Edmonton woman is warning others about the dangers of travelling to foreign countries without knowing the health risks, two years after her father contracted a virus while abroad which led to his death.
As a lead-up to World Encephalitis Day on Feb. 22, Jillian Hughes is sharing her experience of dealing with her father's illness and what she wishes her father would have done so others don't have to go through the same ordeal she and her family went through.
During a vacation in Thailand in 2016, retired Edmonton firefighter Bill Hughes contracted Japanese Encephalitis, a mosquito-borne illness that can result in inflammation of the brain.
The virus, which is often prevented by vaccination, can cause symptoms ranging from headaches, high fever, disorientation, tremors, convulsions and coma.
As soon as Jillian Hughes got the call about her father being sick, she went to Thailand to be with him. After his family raised money to bring him home and following four months of being in a coma, Bill Hughes succumbed to the virus.
His fatal trip to Thailand was the sixth time he'd travelled to that area of the world. His daughter said he got vaccinations the first year he visited, but she doesn't know which ones. The Japanese Encephalitis vaccine, given in two doses, can cost more than $200 per dose, but she doesn't think that would have been a deterrent for her dad.
"I feel like my dad would have gotten it if he understood the importance or if a doctor said, 'Look you need to get this,'" said Hughes.
"I wished that he would have gotten it, I wish that more people would know about it and I wish that the price was lower."
Hughes said being healthy mattered a lot to her dad. He often biked, swam, ran and participated in triathlons. She thinks it's possible he just wasn't made aware of the need for the vaccine.
"He took his health so seriously, he would have spent that much (money) on vitamins if he wanted to."
For those wanting to travel, Hughes says it's important to make sure all the bases are covered and make an effort to look into any health risks.
She also recommends not travelling alone.
"If my dad was with somebody at the time and not by himself, somebody likely would have noticed that there was something wrong with him," she said.
Hughes said her dad's experience hasn't dissuaded her from travelling.
"I honestly can't wait to go back to Thailand … I know that my dad loved it," she said. "I will absolutely go back but I will for sure make sure I get every possible vaccination before I go anywhere."


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With so many mobile and WiFi carriers out there, it can be overwhelming trying to decide which service to use. Some companies want to slow down your LTE data, others want to charge you a high monthly plan just to use its service. This is where FreedomPop comes in. FreedomPop provides you with fast, 4G Data speeds, and is the first ever 100% free mobile phone service.
Why FreedomPop Works?
Simply put, data is becoming a priority for mobile users. With music streaming, video streaming, and social media apps, being limited to a small data plan can be frustrating for any user. FreedomPop allows users to bring their own devices, and enjoy their fast WiFi service. Instead of using their cellular minutes, users could use WiFi to make their calls, which not only can reduce a monthly phone bill, but provides better call quality as well. Some users have slashed their monthly bill to less than $20. In addition to having a low monthly service, FreedomPop does not require a contract unlike most carriers.
Not Only Cell Phone Data:
FreedomPop is not limited to only a cell phone plan, you can purchase one of their WiFi devices, and enjoy blazing fast internet. There is even the option use their WiFi devices as a 4G hotspot. Freedom Pop service covers so many areas, you can simply bring high speed internet on the road with you. Every month, you are given a set amount of data at no cost. If you are a heavy data user, you can even signup for unlimited talk, text, and nationwide Wifi. That means you can bring your smartphone, tablet, and computer with you wherever you go.
A Game-Changing Service:
FreedomPop may be relatively new in the mobile carrier game, but it is well on its course to having over one million subscribers, and continuously improving its great service. FreedomPop is the only carrier (at this time of writing) offering free data, text, and minutes to its customers. For the user who wants to reduce their cell phone bill, or enjoy the comfort of having high speed internet on the go, it is definitely worth checking out FreedomPop.


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A 15-year-old Joliet boy trying to pull out of his driveway Saturday afternoon accidentally ran over his 2-year-old brother, authorities said.
"It's all around a very tragic, very upsetting situation," said Joliet Police Lt. Stephen Breen.
The incident occurred just after 3 p.m. in the driveway of the family home in the 2300 block of Providence Way.
The child, Alex Marivilla, of that address, was pronounced dead at 3:41 p.m. at the Presence St. Joseph Medical Center, according to the Will County coroner's office. Preliminary reports indicate Alex was a pedestrian struck by a vehicle in the driveway of his residence, the coroner's office said. An autopsy is slated for Monday, according to the coroner's office.
The teen, who has a learner's permit, was asked to move the family's GMC Yukon SUV out of the driveway, said Breen.
"The toddler had come out of the house unbeknownst to the driver and it appears he may have been trying to get in the passenger side of the SUV," Breen said. "He (the driver) didn't know he was there."
"He pulled forward (the SUV was backed in) and he heard a thump," Breen said. The teen stopped right away, got out, and found the toddler.
He brought him into the home and told his parents, who called 911, bringing police and an ambulance to the scene, Breen said.
Breen said police are conducting a death investigation.
"All indications are that it's a tragic accident," Breen said.
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Keep Your Sobriety First
To Make It Last
"SA is not something you join, it's a way of life"
The Venue which was chosen to host the International Convention is a spiritual center, which history you can read below. It is a peaceful place, with a sober and dignified atmosphere, especially conducive to the spiritual encounter which we will have here.
The Retreat House is very discreet and respectful of all faiths and open to encounters where mutual respect, tolerance and spiritual growth is valued. No one will feel uncomfortable here. However, for those who prefer accommodation elsewhere, a very nearby hotel is available.
The Retreat House has everything needed to make our stay pleasant: spacious rooms, wifi, soft drinks and snacks area, garden; from many rooms you can see the beautiful nature landscape of the Sierra de Guadarrama.
Casa San José
The Retreat House San Jose de El Escorial was built in the 60s and inaugurated in 1966. It rose on the grounds where the congregation had an old house which served as a "scholasticate" (seminary) for the training and studies of its provincial members. With the increase of vocations in those days the old house became too small and the province decided to build a new one.
The project was ambitious: to make a building in the shape of a "Y" with two wings and a foot in the form of a bellows, topped with a prayer house, completing the building and rising like a shadow over the surrounding rooftops. Everything is surrounded by a beautiful garden with well-grown trees, like banana trees, pines and conifers ... All in harmony with the surrounding mountains.
But then all congregations experienced a big drop in vocations and it was necessary to trim the project. The wings of the rooms were originally designed to be equally long, but instead a long wing and a short wing were built, still containing more than 100 rooms for students and teachers. In the 70s the house started being used as a retreat house for groups.
In the 90s a major overhaul of the house was undertaken, making rooms with bathrooms, and creating halls, corridors and gathering spaces. The result is a center with 190 rooms, almost all double; spacious halls; meeting rooms; and dining rooms for groups of more than 500 people. And of course, the beautiful and vast garden where you can walk, talk or just sit and watch the squirrels and birds or take a dip in the pool. The Retreat House hosts meetings of groups, associations and congregations ... and is open to all who want to be in it.
For those who wish to stay overnight in a traditional hotel, there is the possibility of staying at the "Sercotel Los Lanceros" which is located at a 10 minutes walk from the convention venue.
Sercotel Los Lanceros
Welcome to the Sercotel Los Lanceros Hotel , a hotel with a fabulous location in Madrid, in the northern area of San Lorenzo de El Escorial, in front of the Felipe II Park.
Our 3-star hotel in San Lorenzo del Escorial has a modern, welcoming and familiar atmosphere which makes it a perfect place to stay when visiting the famous El Escorial Monastery and the historical and cultural legacy of its fabulous surroundings.
Welcome to a comfortable accommodation with 36 functional rooms of modern design with LED lightning, wooden flooring beech tree and walnut furniture. All rooms are equipped with all the necessary details to guarantee the success of your romantic trip and cultural visit to San Lorenzo de El Escorial.


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Comcast Tees Up Switched Video
Comcast expects to deploy switched digital video in several cable systems
later this year — with plans to expand into other markets in 2011 and 2012 — which will let it
offer more than 150 HD channels and roll out new services like 3DTV.
The operator, which disclosed the plans in a filing with the Federal Communications Commission last
week, did not specify the markets it will commercially launch SDV first. Comcast said it expects SDV will
let it add at least 50 additional HD channels, pushing its HD lineups to more than 150 channels.
As SDV capacity increases over time, Comcast said, it will be able to launch 3DTV, offer additional
niche-interest and ethnic channels and deliver faster broadband services. The operator didn't mention
vendors, but has previously approved BigBand Networks and Motorola as SDV suppliers.
Switched digital video more efficiently delivers less-watched linear TV channels by transmitting
them only when a customer in a given service group requests them, unlike traditional cable services,
in which all channels are broadcast to all homes at all times.
However, one-way CableCard devices are unable to access SDV channels. Comcast said that with
the proposed switched digital video launches, it will provide "tuning adapters" to subscribers with
CableCard-enabled TiVo DVRs and other devices at no additional
charge. Tuning adapters from Cisco Systems and Motorola have
been deployed by operators, including Time Warner Cable
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The gpasswd command (As defined in the man page) is used to administer /etc/group, and /etc/gshadow. Every group can have administrators, members and a password.
Command Options
-a, --add user Add the user to the named group.
-d, --delete user Remove the user from the named group.
-A, --administrators user,... Set the list of administrative users.
-M, --members user,... Set the list of group members.
gpasswd examples
Let us assume that we have a group named sales and three users user1,user2,user3.
Add User
To add user1 to sales group
gpasswd -a user1 sales
Add multiple user
To add multiple users to sales group
gpasswd -M user1,user2,user3 sales
Remove user
To remove user2 from sales group
gpasswd -d user2 sales
How to set a user as group administrator
gpasswd -A user group
gpasswd -A user1,user2 sales
Example :
gpasswd -A nixsavy linuxgroup
Set password for group
$ gpasswd linuxgroup
Changing the password for group linuxgroup
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What will be the new drivers for happiness tomorrow ?
I recently attended a conference whose subject was : « Social responsibility of firms : a new paradigm ? ». This question is to put in perspective with what could be expected (rather hoped) from the technological innovation.
What's new in the ecosystem ?
The world economic environment has been changing rapidly since the digital revolution has gained almost all the industry sectors, from the farmers to the financial services and to the chirurgical operations.
We are experiencing radical technological changes in the following domains : energy storage ; mapping softwares aimed at monitoring geographical and IT risks ; new security infrastructures and tools ; robotics.
With the ever-growing ICT (Information Communication Technologies) possibilities and capacities, new economic and social concepts are emerging. We are now speaking of :
– Mobility for everything in relation with transportation : the carmakers, the web-services for car-sharing for instance, the electric reloading systems, etc …
– Circular economy for every product being fully recycled
– Sustainable cities and smart technologies for every urban services and housing fulfilling eco-efficiency standards
A practical insight into the future of the humanity
The ecosystem is changing also owing to the growing social and environmental pressure. The social dimension of the conduct of business is getting central even if the pace may be deemed not fast enough. The scarcity of a greater number of physical resources combined with the ever-growing demographic pressure is leading the world to undergo very hard times, thus to find more and more trade-offs on an increasing number of activities (housing, transportation …). New technologies, new products and services, new business-models will be entirely dedicated in the near future to find a way for the survival of the humanity, while securing the confidence, happiness and belief of each one in life … otherwise it would lead to the human extinction.
Since the Industrial Revolution, happiness and hope for a better life has been governed and driven by the consumption's model, relying on the principle that freedom and success goes with increasing our quantity of personal belongings.
Social and profitable : yes, we can !
Sacrificing one's personal interest for the community will be the next step to secure everyone's wellbeing. This new paradigm is far from being – first and foremost – understood … and last accepted by everybody. It is basically one of the pillars of the social business model. But the current structures of the economy are not adequate in a way to enforce changes in doing business : the taxation framework, the political maturity of the our leaders and the power of the multinational companies are the main obstacles to overcome.
The underlying question is : "May social business be profitable ? Can profitable business be social ?". This is that way one of the members of the conference's panel, Uli Grabenwarter, Head of Strategy Development-Equity at the European Investment Fund (a branch of the EIB – European Investment Bank), started his speech.


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LAWRENCEVILLE, Ga. — Hazmat crews are investigating a chemical spill at a Lawrenceville shopping center.
News Chopper 2 flew over the Springfield Park shopping center, where several vehicles with the county's fire department were in a back parking lot Tuesday afternoon. Members of the county's hazmat team were examining areas underneath a tractor-trailer. Firefighters said there was a spill involving hydrofluoric acid, a heavy cleaning chemical.
"The truck was delivering product and the product was inside of the truck, and it started spilling out," Gwinnett County fire Lt. Colin Rhoden told Channel 2's Kerry Kavanaugh.
The chemical was headed elsewhere, but officials with the Gwinnett Medical Center said the truck was making a separate delivery to its human resources building when the spill was discovered.
Rhoden said four people were exposed -- meaning the chemical was on their skin -- and they were taken to the Gwinnett Medical Center to be decontaminated. He said the spill involved half of a five-gallon container.


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Not much time for anything other than work this week. 10 hours today and everyday till the weekend, the pace is picking up.
I have a few pictures to process but I need to get away from the poncuter.
Email from another big road builder. Very encouraging comments. Things are looking promising for another expedition out.
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Pitcher and Piano have many different bars around the UK; two of which are in London. The location is perfect for after work drinks, a birthday meal as we both agreed; perfect for a date! Sitting right on top of the thames, the newly refurbed terrace means you can enjoy fruity cocktails and delicious grub, in the sun (on a good day!), with a beautiful view of London's most famous river.
Pitcher and Piano have many different bars around the UK; two of which are in London. The location is perfect for after work drinks, a birthday meal as we both agreed; perfect for a date! Sitting right on top of the thames, the newly refurbed terrace means you can enjoy fruity cocktails and delicious grub, in the sun (on a good day!), with a beautiful view of London's most famous river.
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the interiors look great! I've not been to a Pitcher and Piano for ages, need to revisit! xReplyDelete
We have a Pitcher and Piano near us and love it, the food is always delicious xReplyDelete
That's a shame that your mums fish wasn't cooked perfectly, sounds like a nice restaurant, though a little far out for me xReplyDelete
Was that a gazeebo? Looks like really a good place to dine. I am glad that your mom was happy about your experience and the food. I might take to consideration visiting this place too.ReplyDelete
Sounds like that you had an awesome day and that restaurant was really looks perfet! I love to go there too their food was look amazingReplyDelete
What a lovely sounding place to pop for a meal, I have to admit to being a pudding person and that dessert looks delicious.ReplyDelete
Sounds like the perfect place to visit during summer! Summery Drinks, Summery food, Summery Views of London. Perfect!ReplyDelete
Oh I adore chocolate brownies so I am pleased you enjoyed your deserts. I went to uni near Richmond so I know the area well xReplyDelete
You always go to the best places I'm loving the interior and the look of the delicious food xReplyDelete
We have one in Nottingham and I've never been but tha fish and chips look so good. It's one of my go to on a menu xReplyDelete
It looks like it was in such a lovely area, I've been to a couple of different Pitcher & Piano's and love their cocktails! xoReplyDelete
I love the cocktails at Pitcher and Piano, although I haven't been to this one before. The food looks fab!ReplyDelete
I'm sure we have a Pitcher and Piano near us in Bristol. I may have to plan a visit. Looks like you had a lovely time!ReplyDelete
Ami xxx
I'm suddenly thirsty and hungry! Those cocktails and food look amazing. I'd love to try the Pink Flamingo.ReplyDelete
Everything looks delicious. I love the presentation as well.ReplyDelete
The food looks lovely and well presented. Good to know where to visit if I take the kids to Richmond park over the Summer holidays.ReplyDelete
It's a shame this is so far from me! I'd love to try it, although I'd probably pass on the fish! xReplyDelete
I've heard of the Pitcher and Piano restaurants but I've never been.ReplyDelete
After seeing the photos of those cocktails and desserts - I may need to find my nearest one :)
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I couldnt think of a more perfect setting for summer nibbles and drinks, absolutely perfect! xxxReplyDelete
Totally love the view from the resturant. Having a drinks or a good meal outside and looking at this view must be a pure pleasure.ReplyDelete
I've heard a lot about Pitcher and Piano, so I'm glad it lives up to the reputation! xxReplyDelete
I have a pitcher and piano in Tunbridge Wells in my next town over. I've not been personally but heard some good things. I should visit just for the cocktails alone! Those Pink Flamingos look amazing :)ReplyDelete
Wow, the Pitcher and Piano looks fabulous! The cocktails (especially the pink flamingo!) sound amazing too. The food looks and sounds delicious. I really like the sound of the sausage and bacon chipolatas glazed in honey and mustard dressing, yum! I am glad you had a lovely experience. Your photos are stunning. xxReplyDelete
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