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The Festival
The Kelburn Garden Party is an unique, independent, magical music and arts festival – an annual explosion of colour, creativity and culture in a spectacular setting on Scotland's West Coast – the grounds and glen around a 13th century painted castle, established in 2009 and with a dedicated following. The festival is renowned for featuring a high quality and diverse range of musical styles that sits alongside a feast of creative happenings and fun attractions embedded around the site, from interactive art installations, living theatre, pop-up parties to glen walks, waterfall plunge pools, poetry, workshops, cabaret and downright surreal happenings. Kelburn is family-friendly and is well loved by all kids who visit as a fairytale playground. Under the madcap vision and leadership of director Dave Boyle, the festival is created each year by the dedicated efforts of the organisers, crew, volunteers, performers and of course you, our friendly campers and dancers. Below you can find out what need to know about a trip to the fairytale lands of the Kelburn Garden Party.
Kelburn is without a doubt the most colourful event in Scotland's festival calendar.
The Skinny
A distinctly magical atmosphere.
The Scotsman
A jewel in Scotland's festival crown.
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The Venue
The Kelburn Garden Party takes place in the lush and historic grounds surrounding Kelburn Castle, near Largs (30mins from Glasgow, 90mins from Edinburgh), known around the world as the site of the Graffiti Project, an audacious plan that turned the historic 13th century castle into an international icon of street art.
The festival is unique in the way that entertainment is spread right across the site – making use of the most unlikey nooks and crannies to present music, art, performance and other attractions. The Kelburn Garden Party is truly the antithesis to the tired "main stage and dance tent" mentality of most festivals; A trip to Kelburn is really a non-stop multimedia adventure for the senses; impossible to describe to the uninitiated.
The Neverending Glen
Besides the main festival site and various stages, festival-goers can enjoy, at their leisure, one of Kelburn's most outstanding features: the Glen. In the space of just over half a mile, the Kel Burn, which has helped to form the glen over thousands of years, rises on the moors 800 feet above the castle and drops dramatically, by way of many waterfalls and deep gorges, to the sea. The glen has a wealth of wild flowers and ferns, shrubs and trees, and rugged trails criss-cross the burn, providing a little workout for those who feel the need. During the festival the Glen will be adorned with a carefully curated selection of contemporary art installations, pop-up parties and performance spaces in a groundbreaking project – The Neverending Glen – providing stimulation and entertainment throughout the day and evening.
Thursday Birthday Bolt-On
In 2019 we will inviting you to come to Kelburn on Thursday to kick off your festival early and help celebrate our 10th Birthday with a party in the Smugglers venue. The party will kick off from 6pm and you can arrive in the day time and set up camp before the hoards arrive on the Friday. We'll put on some great live entertainment and DJs for you, and food traders will be open. On the Friday you'll be able to explore Kelburn's amazing natural surroundings are we gear up for Friday night's kick-off. Tickets are limited and on sale now when you buy a weekend pass.
Food & Drink
At Kelburn we like to look after our tummies, and we have a wide and tasty selection of food from your old-school fairground tuck, traditional Scottish fare and a wide "world" choice, using locally sourced ingredients. This year you can choose from wood-fired pizzas, wraps, crepes, vegan, vegetarian, BBQ, Caribbean, Mexican, German and obviously haggis, neeps and tatties. Drink is equally diverse with a range of respected Scottish breweries (such as Williams Brothers, Thistly Cross and Kelburn Brewery) provide ales, lager and cider on tap. There are cocktail bars, tea tents and proper artisan coffee too.
It's no secret that kids and parents alike love Kelburn, and we take great pride in the the endless facilities and activities we provide, from adventure assault courses, a falconry, to secret woodland trails. We also have various dedicated children's activity areas, a packed workshop program and various treats all over the space. There are also two supervised kids play areas and a weekend long programme of workshops and activities. The famous Secret Forest Project – a living theatre installation in the surreal Secret Forest – is a massive hit with children, and sets Kelburn aside from other festivals.
Kids under 5 go free but you need to register for Under-5's tickets in advance. 5-12 year olds' tickets are heavily subsidised.
Kelburn Garden Party is an intimate affair, with just 4000 tickets available for the festival. The event has sold out for the past 3 years, and capacity is not increasing in the future due to the unique nature of the site.
We operate a tiered ticketing system: the sooner you buy, the cheaper they are. Scannable e-Tickets are available on this website through TicketLine. Kids are most welcome at the festival; under 5's are, chidren aged 5-12 get heavily subsidised tickets and youths aged 13-17 get ⅓ discount. A limited number of day tickets are usually available close to event if we have enough capacity. For more information on tickets and to purchase go to the ticket page. Tickets include camping.
At Kelburn Garden Party the campsite opens at 2pm on Friday for weekend ticket holders. The festival starts at 7pm on Friday and runs through until 3am on the Monday morning. Music runs until 3am on Friday night, and 4am on Saturday night. The campsite closes at 2pm on Monday.
At Psychedelic Forest events the campsite opens at 4pm on Saturday and closes at 2pm on Sunday.
The festival site is very easy to reach. Catch The Kelburn Bus from Edinburgh or Glasgow all the way onto site. Trains go to Largs from Glasgow on a regular basis, and from Largs you can catch the Kelburn Shuttle Bus for £1 or it's a very short and inexpensive taxi ride. For those coming from further afield cheap flights to Glasgow Prestwick are available at Ryanair. You can get to Largs by train or bus from the airport (around 1 hour journey). Cheap advance train tickets are available now for travel to Glasgow from around the UK. Check the travel page for more info.
Cars & Camping
To encourage car-sharing and public transport we charge a nominal fee for parking. Camping in tents at KGP is free – the campsite is situated only a few minutes walk from the festival, and command spectacular views to the Firth of Clyde and beyond. Camping at Kelburn Garden Party is inclusive, although we levy an "environmental deposit" which helps keep the campsite clean for all and deters tent abandonment, which is returned on departure. We have a dedicated family / quiet campsite, camper van pitches for both families and late night revellers, and hot showers!
The car parks shut at 10pm, no vehicles are allowed to park on site between 10pm and 10am. Vehicles may leave site at any time but we cannot help recover any vehicle which gets stuck after dark until 9am. Full parking T&C's here.
Live-In Vehicles
If you are coming to Kelburn in a live-in vehicle, camper van or caravan then you must buy a Live-In Vehicle plot ticket. The plots are 4x6m in size and you must fit completely inside your plot. If you need more space then you must buy more than one plot. If you are coming in a caravan then you must either fit car and caravan in your plot space(s) or buy a plot ticket for the caravan plus a parking ticket for the car and move your car into the car park once the caravan is positioned.
If you wish to park a car or have friends pitch tents next to you then you must buy enough plot tickets for everything (including guy ropes and space to access the live-in vehicle) to fit inside your space.
Plots are given out in the order that people arrive so if you wish to be beside friends who also have a live-in vehicle then you must arrive together or the first to arrive must have all of your plot tickets and must be available to identify the friends when they do arrive.
The system is the same at Psychedelic Forest events is essentially the same, however please be aware that you will each need a "with camping" event ticket as well as a plot ticket for the live-in vehicle. Full live-in vehicle T&Cs here
We regret that we cannot allow dogs on site, apologies to our canine lovers. Sadly, we can't allow ferrets either.


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Workplace issues
Contract Administration Unit
Lew Drass
Vice President
Lew Drass was elected national vice president in 2014 following national balloting held among the union's active and retired members. He was first appointed to that position earlier in the year by NALC President Fredric Rolando to fill a vacancy. Full bio
NALC's Contract Administration Unit oversees contract enforcement efforts at the highest level. The group of several NALC officers and staffers, headed by Vice President Lew Drass:
- Oversees the grievance arbitration system
- Files, discusses and attempts to resolve Interpretive Step grievances involving issues of contract interpretation
- Offers advice and support to the national business agent offices in NALC's 15 regions
- Compiles and publishes information resources for NALC contract enforcers at all levels of the union.
Click here for the latest news and updates.
Wounded Warriors Leave
Management instruction outlining the policy guidelines established for the administration of Wounded Warriors Leave (M-01901)
PS Form 5980, "Treatment Verification for 'Wounded Warriors' Leave"
"Advanced Formal A and Beyond"
"Advanced Formal A and Beyond" is for NALC activists who have some experience at Formal Step A. The focus of this program is to teach participants to look at every Formal Step A case file from an arbitration advocate's point of view. This training also sharpens the skills needed for enforcing the National Agreement at Formal Step A and provides an experience of what it's like to serve as a Step B representative.
There is a lot of emphasis placed on handling situations where management fails to follow the grievance procedure as required by the National Agreement.
Two sessions have been scheduled for 2019: Sept. 29-Oct. 4 and Nov. 3-8.
Click here to learn more.
NALC Shop Steward's Guide & Tool Kit
The shop steward's job is difficult and demanding. The NALC Shop Steward's Guide is a resource for the front-line steward that goes beyond the language of the National Agreement and Joint Contract Administration Manual (JCAM) by providing more in-depth information on grievance-handling and how to effectively handle the day-to-day situations shop stewards encounter.
The NALC Shop Steward's Guide is written for every steward/activist who handles grievances at the Informal Step A and/or Formal Step A of the grievance procedure. It has step-by-step guidance for what to do and what happens before, during and after each step of the grievance procedure from Informal Step A all the way to arbitration. This includes advice on how to handle matters when management fails/refuses to participate in the grievance procedure as required by our contract with the USPS. There also are individual sections on topics such as time limits for grievances, investigative interviews, information requests, remedies, tips for writing statements, grievance-handling forms and more. The samples in the grievance-handling forms section can be tailored for branch use.
The NALC 2014 Shop Steward's Tool Kit is a DVD designed to put everything a steward may need for grievance-handling in an electronic format that is user-friendly. It contains updated versions of the NALC Shop Steward's Guide, JCAM, Materials Reference System (MRS), many of the USPS handbooks and manuals, an updated "Grievance Starters" section and more.
The hard copy of the NALC Shop Steward's Guide comes three-hole punched with a cover and a spine so that stewards can put it in a small binder. This will allow NALC to make future supplemental additions. A copy of the DVD will be included with each guide.
For branches that need additional copies of the NALC Shop Steward's Guide and the NALC 2014 Shop Steward's Tool Kit, these materials are available from the Supply Department for $5 per set. Call 202-393-4695, ext. 874.
News and Updates
National Arbitration Award Issued on August 6th
In an award issued on August 6, 2018, national arbitrator Stephen Goldberg vacated the Postal Service's unilateral changes to certain provisions of the Employee and Labor Relations Manual.
NALC challenges change to promotion pay provisions
NALC has filed a national class-action grievance on USPS's proposed revisions to the Employee and Labor Relations Manual and has appealed it to arbitration.
Agreement reached on implementing new Article 8 provisions
NALC and USPS have agreed on a new memorandum of understanding.
National-level arbitration case decided on 'Work and Time Standards Video Recording'
In an award dated Aug. 9, National Arbitrator Dennis Nolan ruled that the "Postal Service is directed to comply with Article 34 when conducting time or work studies designed for use in collective bargaining or interest arbitration."
Three MOUs renewed
The NALC and USPS have agreed to renew three MOUs: Re: Full-time Regular Opportunities – City Letter Carrier Craft, Re: Sunday Delivery – City Carrier Assistant Staffing, and Re: Signing Overtime Lists.
NALC, USPS agree to revise PS Form 8190
NALC and USPS have agreed to revise PS Form 8190 to update the instructions section on Page 2 to reflect the language from the first paragraph on page 15-4 of the July 2014 NALC-USPS Joint Contract Administration Manual (JCAM).
PS Form 8190 revised
The national parties have agreed to revise only the instructions page of PS Form 8190 to reflect a change.
National-level arbitration case decided on the 440 hour annual leave carryover rules
A national arbitrator has rejected USPS' attempt to set a nationwide limit on the remedial authority of regular panel arbitrators based on the 440 hour annual leave carryover limit set forth in the ELM.
NALC, USPS settle two national-level cases
Cases settled concerned the rules when employees are excessed into the letter carrier craft outside of their original installation, and the effective date that coverage begins after selecting a health benefit plan following conversion to career status.
Parties release joint summary overview of FMLA
The national parties have reached agreement on a jointly-developed summary overview of the Family and Medical Leave Act of 1993 (FMLA).
National-level case concerning revisions to the ELM resolved
NALC and USPS have settled a national-level case concerning revisions to the ELM regarding payment and employee disputes for uniform purchases.
National-level arbitration case decided
National Arbitrator Shyam Das issued an award on Sept. 21, 2015, concluding that the USPS is not obligated to offer retreat rights to an employee who was excessed to a different installation until a "residual vacancy" exists in the original installation.
National-level case settled over 'rights and responsibilities' forms
NALC and USPS have settled a national-level case concerning two forms that explain employee rights and responsibilities and are issued to letter carriers who are injured on the job.
Two national-level arbitration cases decided
Newly converted CCAs are "new employees" who, under ELM, must complete 90 days of service before they may take or be credited with annual leave; M-39 Handbook Sec. 126.3 does not "directly relate to wages, hours, and working conditions" under Article 19.
NLRB charges USPS with failing to bargain with NALC over cyber attack's potential impact on letter carriers
The NLRB has formally charged USPS with failing to bargain with NALC over the potential impact on letter carriers of September's cyber-security breach that compromised Postal Service computers containing workers' personal and employment information.
Memorandums renewed, modified
The NALC and USPS have agreed to renew three MOUs: Re: Full-time Regular Opportunities – City Letter Carrier Craft, Re: Sunday Delivery – City Carrier Assistant Staffing, and Re: Signing Overtime Lists.
Cost of living adjustment (COLA) news
The Bureau of Labor Statistics has published its Consumer Price Index update for January 2015.
Interpretive dispute over obtaining fingerprints resolved
NALC and USPS have settled a national-level case by agreeing that reasonable and necessary time spent by city carrier assistants obtaining fingerprints necessary for a background investigation is compensable time.
NALC and USPS settle case over maximization
The NALC and the Postal Service have settled national level case Q06N-4Q-C 11084998 concerning whether the maximization provisions of the MOU Re: Maximization/Full-time Flexible – NALC apply when an installation is under Article 12 withholding.
2014 penalty overtime exclusion set
The 2014 penalty overtime exclusion period begins Pay Period 26-14, Week 2, and ends Pay Period 02-15, Week 1.
NALC files NLRB charge over USPS response to hacking
NALC has filed a charge with the National Labor Relations Board protesting the Postal Service's failure to provide NALC advance notice of, and an opportunity to bargain over, the Postal Service's response to the breach of employee data.
MOU on bidding during probationary period
NALC and USPS have entered into the Memorandum of Understanding Re: Article 12.1 – Probationary Period – Bidding.
USPS-NALC Joint Contract Administration Manual (JCAM) now available online
The NALC is pleased to announce that the 2014 JCAM is now available online.
NALC, USPS settle national-level relocation case
The NALC and the Postal Service have settled national level case Q06N-4Q-C 12217402 concerning the creation of Handbook F-15-C, Relocation Policy – Bargaining Employees.
National level case on Voluntary Early Retirement counseling settled
NALC and USPS have agreed to a national-level settlement on whether USPS is required to provide individual retirement counseling prior to a Voluntary Early Retirement decision irrevocability date when counseling is requested by a VER-eligible carrier.

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Last week, I had the good fortune of attending a lecture by a well-known street photographer, who shared works from his most recent series and talked at length about life in the field. It's a stretch to even call myself a "photographer"–I'm just an amateur who likes taking walks with my camera!–but his words still gave me a lot to think about.
Street photographers, in theory, capture the quotidian: little moments of normal, human activity that are beautiful, or poignant, or humorous when isolated and appreciated. I very rarely take pictures of other people (in fact, I sometimes think the lack of agency of the "subjects" of street photography is a bit problematic) but I'd like to think I do the same with my nature shots.
Appreciating small, strange, and sudden flashes of beauty in my own backyard is incredibly uplifting. Who knows what miniature, silent dramas are playing out where forest meets concrete?
A variety of tiny mysteries awaited me on my most recent walk: who, for example, abandoned this poor wilted rose on the macadam? (Let's hope it wasn't an enchanted prince turned into a beast!)
And how did this perfectly smooth block of ice make its way to a muddy pathway when most of Friday's snow and frost had melted much earlier?
To close: why was this tarp left abandoned by this gorgeously singing stream, fallen like a ghost into the rushing water? (I nicknamed it Ophelia, of course.)
What strange, everyday encounters have you had in the world just outside your door?


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Welcome to the website of the Canada visa application centre (CVAC) in Burma (Myanmar). VFS Global is the exclusive service provider for the Government of Canada, authorized to provide administrative support services to visa applicants in Burma (Myanmar)
Effective 03 November 2018, prior appointment is mandatory for Biometric Enrolment at the Canada Visa Application Centre (CVAC) in Myanmar. Depending on your nationality, you may already need to give biometrics.
Since July 31, 2018 – applicants from Europe, Middle East and Africa
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QR Codes Make History Come Alive
When I visit museums around the world, I almost always purchase an audio guide for a more in-depth tour of the exhibits.
The Picasso Museum in Barcelona, the Louvre in Paris, and the Acropolis in Athens all provide supplemental resources in some form or other. In fact, most major museums provide this service, and podcasts are often available through iTunes, which can be downloaded pre-visit and accessed at the site itself.
However, even audio tours can't cover it all; generally they focus on major works or the life of a featured artist. In the past few years, some museums have embraced QR codes as a way to give visitors more detailed history on specific pieces. The way it is being done, however, may surprise you.
I assumed that QR-coded museum pieces would lead to videos of the curator giving historical background. But the Brooklyn Museum experienced five to ten-fold drops in traffic when implementing QR codes linked to its online collections database, poems created by community members, or a mobile game called Gallery Tag!.
Taking a cue from the Indiana Children's Museum, Shelley Bernstein, the Chief of Technology for the Brooklyn Museum, decided to experiment with QR codes linked to Wikipedia. The Indy Children's Museum uses QRPedia codes, which are QR codes that recognize the preferred language of the scanning device and deliver a Wikipedia article to that device in the preferred language, if it exists. If it does not exist, the scanning device is prompted to offer the article in a variety of languages or via a Google translation. The Fundació Joan Miró in Spain also uses this technology.
Bernstein wondered if the familiarity of Wikipedia would help ease the transition to the newer technology of QR codes for museumgoers. In April of this year, the Brooklyn Museum began a trial program called WikiLink, pairing Wikipedia articles with QR codes on objects in two galleries: the Connecting Cultures exhibition and the Egyptian and Near East galleries. Curators have selected Wikipedia articles that are relevant to certain works of art, and then vetted the articles to ensure they meet the scientific standards of the museum's interpretive tradition.
So, what does this mean for museums? QR codes are a relatively simple, inexpensive mode of delivering information to visitors. Largely, the widespread use of QR codes for this type of education will depend on the usage statistics in pilot programs like the Brooklyn Museum's WikiLinks. But, QR code adoption in museums may broaden the spectrum of information readily available while perusing exhibits, and not just the most famous.
QR codes as learning aids also sprang up in Springfield, Illinois this summer. The city sits in the heart of the Abraham Lincoln National Heritage Area, and hosts an annual History Comes Alive program. The living history program features reenactments and actors portraying Lincoln himself, as well as his friends and neighbors.
This year, the program is running all summer, June 8th through Labor Day weekend, four weeks longer than in previous years. With the plethora of events around town, mobile information and schedules for this year's History Comes Alive program have been made accessible through QR codes. Cards with the QR code have been distributed at Lincoln sites and other locations throughout Springfield.
As with the museum pilot programs, it will be interesting to see if the use of QR codes is expanded in coming years. For example, scan-able codes could deliver more than the daily schedule, perhaps even enhancing the reenactment experiences with supplemental video or other historical information.
See related articles:
5 Tips For Using QR Codes at Trade Shows
How QR Codes Help Businesses Go Green
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Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 a complete tour of preferences
• Illustrator CC 2015: a complete tour of preferences [Mac & Win] 8 pages with screenshots showing all program preferences as well as how to change global typesetting defaults and how to reset the preferences for troubleshooting. Page size is 8.5" x 11"
Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 common keyboard shortcuts
• A PDF of Illustrator CC 2015 [Mac & Win] frequently-used keyboard shortcuts
Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 tools, and shortcuts, and modifier keys
• A PDF detailing all Illustrator CC 2015 tools, and shortcuts, and modifier keys
Mike's Vector Pen Tool Technique
• A PDF that explains the Pen tool technique in Illustrator, InDesign, and Photoshop (updated for Illustrator CC 2015 to include new pen tool behaviors like rubber band and path segment reshape).
Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 keyboard shortcuts poster Mac
• A 14 x 20 poster of Illustrator CC 2015 [Mac] keyboard shortcuts
Adobe Illustrator CC 2015 keyboard shortcuts poster Windows
• A 14 x 20 poster of Illustrator CC 2015 [Windows] keyboard shortcuts
Adobe Illustrator CC Swatch Panel Libraries
• A PDF preview guide of Illustrator CC Swatch Panel Libraries of Colors and Patterns
Adobe Illustrator CC brush libraries guide
• A PDF of Adobe Illustrator CC Brushes Guide, showing 25 brush libraries
Adobe Illustrator CC symbols libraries guide
• A PDF for browsing Illustrator CC symbols from all the symbols libraries
Pica Ruler
• A printable PDF twelve-inch-long ruler with Picas on one side and inches on the other. When you print it from Acrobat, take care not to print it with the automatic Fit turned on. Also, most printing devices may vary in their accuracy, so scaling it up or down slightly may be necessary
Adobe Illustrator CC custom tool panel
• A zipped-up Illustrator Custom Tool Panel for Illustrator CC (with the January 2014 update or later) for installing a custom tool panel with almost all the tools showing.
To install: download the zip file and then unzip/extract the one file from the zip package. Copy and paste or move this file into the following Illustrator CC folder:
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Once the file is copied into the Preferences folder, restart Illustrator CC (minimum version January 2014 update) and click on Window > Tools > Mikes Open Tool Panel.
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Louanne Ellis writes about: "The Fall Equinox and the Face Flows" in The Main Central Jin Shin Jyutsu Newsletter, issue Number 74, Fall 2011:
The first phase of "formal" mental development during youth is the Gemini phase that corresponds to the Stomach, First Depth. This period, ages 15-21 years, represents our individual mental body and the initial skill sets for learning and communication established in youth.
The second phase is the Libra period, ages 42-49 years, that corresponds to the Bladder and Fourth Depth. It is the middle age and intellectual phase representing the ability to be cooperative and in social relationships supported by our ability to communicate with others.
The third and final phase is the Aquarian phase, ages 71-77, that corresponds to the Third Depth – Gall Bladder Function Energy, representing the senior stage and spiritual intellectual development. At this time we experience our objectivity and clarity devoted to finding solutions that can help to bring personal peace as well as assistance in our communities. It is the spiritual connection with our individual intellectual potential that stimulates innovative thinking directed toward the betterment of mankind.
The Face Flows as they correspond to the air signs in astrology are the support and development system for our intellect and the corresponding ability to communicate. They are the cornerstones of our ability to relate based on the ability to communicate.
The attitude associated with the Stomach function and the First Depth is worry. The evolutionary function of Gemini is the development of an independent mind and communication skills. When the Stomach Flow is out of harmony we have a brain that may not be functioning well. I remember Mary saying that it could result in insanity, a dramatic and acute representation. In less extreme examples we see learning disabilities and memory functions being compromised. A healthy Stomach function and Gemini individuals will be witty, curious, great communicators and enthusiastic readers and writers.
When the Gemini phase (15-21 years) completes its phase, we are recognized by our culture as adults. The individual is legally mature enough to be independently responsible. This can precipitate fear and/or anxiety about what to do, making the right decisions. Worry seems to be a mentally dominated attitude that corresponds well with this phase of life. Leaving the nest and a secure environment can be fearful, and at this age action is the theme, and more accurately, reaction.
Depending on the emotional and mental security established in childhood there might not be much attitude, a tribute to good parenting, good genetics and circumstances. Generally speaking, worry is a "mental" condition that is often related to not knowing what to do, or having the strength to do it. It is an action problem, which is key at this developmental phase of life.
The Libra period, ages 43-49 years, is the highlight of this Fall equinox article. This is the significant transition where we switch from a masculine orientation to the feminine. It is the beginning stage of ego "deconstruction" bringing the individual into balance, as he gives up self-interest as a life strategy. Libra is the sign that signifies partnership, balance, cooperation, diplomacy, beauty and justice. These qualities are the prerequisites for being in relationship. Here we find lawyers, counselors, and all types of partnerships, marriage, friendships and business.
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Please note: This site covers the period that I was a Member of Parliament from May 2010 to June 2017.
The Bill to trigger Article 50 and start the UK's withdrawal from the EU is currently being debated in Parliament. On Tuesday, Bedford MP, Richard Fuller spoke in the debate, outlining his views about Brexit.
8 Responses to Richard speaks on Article 50 Bill
Excellent speech.
Well said Richard. Wise advice.
In my personal opinion leaving the EU is totally the wrong thing to do for the long term ecominic stability of our country. I'm all for change but not at the expense of local business owners, who export their goods into European countries, and once this bill is passed there is a good and worrying chance that our countries goods will be refused. Also British citizens currently living and working in Europe may have to leave, which does not bode well for the future. All in all leaving Europen union is a bad idea for this country as a whole, but the country has spoken and we must obey. This will not end well for British citizens here also with tax rises, already our weekly food shop has risen dramatically as has fuel it is so high that many people can't afford to drive their cars. And what of overseas workers currently living here and doing a worthwhile job here for us, are they on borrowed time too? Someone must address these questions while they can still be addressed, and put our fears to bed while there's still time.
In my personal opinion leaving the EU is a bad idea, what of the businesses who's products will be refused once we leave, will the EU refuse to do all business with us? And what of the current overseas workers in this country, will they have to leave. These are questions that need answering now! Food and fuel are currently high and getting higher, and people are concerned for their future retirement and savings. Taxes here are high and getting higher, and looking at the Thatcher years people will eventually protest. We'll lose more by leaving the EU than we will gain. Bad idea, bad idea….
When is someone actually going to get and say that the majority of the UK population did not vote to leave the EU? and do not want to. Only 52% of who voted wanted to leave. 48% who voted want to stay however millions more did not vote due to the confusion lead by all MPs and gutter press, millions more were prevented from voting even though they have live here, worked here and paid taxes. Until there is a 2nd vote and a fairer vote the UK will be divided.
Great speech. Ditch the notes, use mnemonics to remember your main points. I have heard you speak. You have a wonderful clarity of thought, expressed succinctly with an immensely funny sense of humour which gets to the heart of the matter. Have confidence in yourself and put that Churchill chap in his place.
A constructive and positive speech, even though I regret the decision to withdraw from the EU.
Very good speech. Well delivered. Well prepared. Very sound advice and good details. Well done Richard.
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viszz necesitaba un nuevo diseño de logotipo y lanzó un concurso de diseño en 99designs.
Un ganador ha sido elegido entre 123 diseños de 34 diseñadores freelance.
I get most of my business through referrals so I would like to have some official looking documents and business cards to hand out.
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My favorite colors are dark blues, grayish blues, seafoam type greens
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I have an almost zen-like approach to my websites. I prefer sketches or abstract symbols so the user is not distracted from the content.
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How does this work? Well, unlike a stock market purchase, when an investor purchases a tax lien certificate he does not need to worry about sudden changes in the market. Rather, the investor becomes a lien holder with very strong legal rights. The investor will either:
- Earn a fixed and stated return on the amount invested in buying the certificate, or
- May foreclose and take title to the real estate backing the certificate.
The real challenge to investing in tax lien certificate comes when trying to avoid the various state deadlines and hidden traps which can hinder the inexperienced investor. Tax certificates usually have a maturity date of 2 years after April 1st of the year of issuance of the certificate; and, can only be enforced within 7 years from the date of issuance.
For Example: Paul J. Homeowner, who lives in Miami, Florida, doesn't pay his property tax. Florida will send Paul a notice to pay the taxes or the state authorizes the county, in this case Miami-Dade County, to transfer the taxes owed on a property by selling a tax certificate to an investor. To get money quickly, many governments sell their liens, which they hold on real estate, to investors. The local government issues a tax lien certificate, giving private investors the senior lien on real property.
The government does virtually all the work for the investor, becoming, in effect, the investor's bank. If the property owner pays the government the outstanding taxes due before the certificate reaches maturity, the government will send the investor the initial investment along with all outstanding interest due. On the contrary, if the property owner does not pay his/her taxes, the investor will have hit the lottery. The government will transfer to the investor the deed to the underlying property, free-and-clear. Tax Certificates are senior to all other mortgages and liens (including Federal tax liens). This means that the investor could take a property with an investment of approximately 8% of the value of the property (real estate taxes in Florida being constitutionally limited to 2% per year, thus giving a monetary exposure to the investor of 4% to 6% plus approximately 2% of administrative costs considering 2 to 3 years to acquiring the title).
The sale of tax certificates by the Tax Collector is required by state law to be conducted beginning on or before June 1 for the preceding year of delinquent real estate taxes. Delinquent taxes must be advertised for three consecutive weeks in a local newspaper. At the sale, bidding begins at an 18% interest rate and is bid down until the certificate is sold to the lowest bidder. When a tax certificate is redeemed and the interest earned on the face amount turns out to be less than 5%, a mandatory charge of 5% interest is due. Tax certificates are dated as of the first day of the year of the tax certificate sale and expire after seven years.
The certificate's face amount consists of the sum of the following: unpaid real estate taxes, charge for delinquency (3% on the unpaid tax amount for April and May), Tax Collector's commission (5% of the unpaid tax amount), June interest (1.5%), advertising and cost of sale- related charges.
It is important to remember the element of risk involved in the purchase of tax liens. Properties under the control of the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and Drug Enforcement Administration (DEA) may give those agencies priority over tax certificates and, thus, the investor could possibly result in the loss of an investor investment.
In addition, if the owner of a property for which a tax certificate has been issued and purchased by an investor becomes involved in a bankruptcy, it is the certificate holder's responsibility to seek legal counsel to protect their investment. During bankruptcy proceedings the court may order the collection stayed until such time as the court enters a final order. While the bankruptcy court generally upholds the validity of the tax certificate, in many cases the court may allow partial payments over time and may reduce the interest rate payable to the certificate holder.
Además, si el propietario de un inmueble para el que un certificado de impuestos ha sido emitido y adquirido por un inversionista se ve envuelto en una bancarrota, es responsabilidad del titular del certificado de buscar asistencia legal para proteger su inversión
Individual certificates issued are transferable by endorsement at any time before they are redeemed or a tax deed is executed. A tax certificate transfer form may be obtained from the Tax Collector's office. The assignment must be returned and recorded with the Tax Collector's office. There is a fee of $2.25 for each transfer.
Any tax certificate can be cancelled if errors, omissions or double assessments are made. An error in assessment results in a change in the face amount of the certificate. In the event an error is discovered, the tax certificate may be cancelled or corrected by the authority of the Department of Revenue. In this case, the corrected portion or the cancellation shall earn interest at the rate of 8% per year, simple interest, or the rate of interest bid at the certificate sale, whichever is less. The interest is calculated from the date the certificate was purchased until the date the refund is ordered.
The issuance of a tax certificate on a parcel does not entitle the buyer to the property. The holder of a tax certificate may not directly, through an agent, or otherwise initiate contact with the owner of property upon which he or she holds a tax certificate to encourage or demand payment until two years have elapsed since April 1 of the year of issuance of the tax certificate. The redemption of a tax certificate can only take place at the Tax Collector's Office.
At any time after two years have elapsed since April 1 of the year of issuance of the certificate and before the expiration of the seven years from the date of issue, the individual certificate holder may submit a tax deed application to the Tax Collector. Any certificate holder making application for a tax deed, shall pay the Tax Collector an application fee, a title search fee and all amounts required for redemption or purchase of all other outstanding tax certificates, interest, omitted taxes, and delinquent taxes relating to the real estate. A parcel assessed as homestead property on the current tax roll will have the amount equal to one-half of the current assessed value added to the opening bid. The tax deed is publicly auctioned by the Clerk of the Court and issued to the highest bidder. Pursuant to Florida Statutes 197.502 and 197.542, the tax deed applicant will be required to pay the one-half of the current assessed value added to the opening bid. The tax deed is publicly auctioned by the Clerk of the Court and issued to the highest bidder. Pursuant to Florida Statutes 197.502 and 197.542, the tax deed applicant will be required to pay the one-half assessed value on homestead property if there are no other bids in or to retain the tax deed.
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Afternoon all!
Just wondering whether anyone is running or planning to run any tournament events for asoiaf within the UK (ideally in the South or near Wales but I'm used to having to travel). I've seen lots of events going up for USA, Canada etc but have yet to see anything in the UK.
Alternatively, if anyone is enjoying this game in South Wales and fancies an extra opponent feel free to let me know!


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If these have the same wire insulation as the older ones (which I have), don't store them in or against other plastic things. The insulation seems contains a large amount of plasticizers (necessary to get it so flexible), which leach out and soften the other plastic object, resulting in grooves in it where the wires were resting.
ETA: An example of the grooves can be seen here.
1.1 W/mK
That's presumably watts per meter kelvin, not watts per millikelvin, for anybody who's not familiar with the specs for this kind of material.
My understanding of it, which could well be incorrect, is that you divide the contact area in m^2 by the thickness in m to get the length value for use in thermal conductivity calculations. For example, if you have a 10 cm square, that's (0.1 m)^2 = 0.01 m^2. Then divide that by the thickness, 0.00102 m, to get 9.8 m. Then if you have a temperature difference of 15 K (15 °C), it's 15 K * 9.8 m * 1.1 W/(m*K) = 161 W.
Does anybody have an interesting use for this part that they would like to share?
Why is this about four times as expensive (still three times as expensive on clearance, which is how I found it) as the Arduino Pro Mini 328 for what's effectively the same thing?
Probably not too difficult. You'd need a separate switching device (such as a logic level MOSFET) in series with the battery to disconnect it from the load, as well as a resistor voltage divider to scale the battery's voltage threshold down to the 0.9 V threshold of this detector.
You would also need some way for it to latch in the off state. I would first try to simply put the voltage detector distal to the MOSFET so it loses power and can't turn back on. The problem with that is that once it turns off, the MOSFET is undriven and may pass a small current, possibly leading to oscillation (and of course further battery drain). Maybe a bias resistor could work. Or you could put the detector on the proximal side of the MOSFET and short pin 5 to ground so it never charges, but that would consume some (very small, but still there) quiescent current after it's turned off the battery.
No guarantees—test it yourself to be sure.
You can use a resistor voltage divider to scale your supply voltage down to its detection voltage.
GPIOs 7–11 (SDIO) aren't broken out? Can I not use an SD card in 4-bit mode with this board?
If I interpret the datasheet correctly, both. Alternately. And it doesn't cycle through all colors. I hope I'm reading that graph wrong.
According to another commenter, it does now.
Export restrictions? It's just a multimeter! I don't see why it would have any crypto hardware or anything else restricted.
Simple continuity tester intended to test jumper wires and...
Things for my word watch project
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WS2801 probably should be replaced with WS2811.


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Climate Issues; and Chairman Peterson
Climate Issues- Agriculture
Reuters writer Charles Abbott reported yesterday that, "Agriculture Secretary Tom Vilsack downplayed his own department's analysis of U.S. climate legislation on Tuesday, saying 'more current' studies do not foresee carbon-capturing trees taking over millions of acres of farmland.
"Up to 59 million acres of pasture and cropland could be converted to woodland by 2050 under a cap-and-trade system, according to the Agriculture Department analysis. Trees, to control greenhouse gases, would be more lucrative than crops.
"If farmland shifts to trees, there would be smaller output of crops and livestock. Critics such as Nebraska Senator Mike Johanns say climate legislation means higher energy and feed prices 'will likely drive many producers out of business.'"


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"Carnage" Film Review
If you liked Edward Albee's Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? directed by Mike Nichols you'll probably enjoy Roman Polanski's Carnage although Jodie Foster, John C. Reilly, Kate Winslet and Christopher Waltz don't quite match up to Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, Sandy Dennis and George Segal. Carnage is more of a comedy than Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf which, if memory serves, didn't offer a lot of laughs.
Penelope Longstreet--a "do gooder" who writes about the starving people in Africa.............Jodie Foster
Michael Longstreet--household furnishings salesman......................................John C. Reilly
Nancy "Doodles" Cowan--successful investment broker............................................Kate Winslet
Alan Cowan--lawyer who defends crooked drug companies.........................Christopher Waltz
Carnage is based on a French play by Yasmina Reza. It's set in the Longstreet's New York City apartment where four parents are gathered to discuss an in incident in which a playground dispute between Cowan's and Longstreet's young sons ended in a serious injury to the Longstreet's child who was hit in the face with a stick of of wood by the Cowan's son. Penelope Longstreet proposed the meeting to discuss and amicably resolve the issue of what to do about the incident. The two husbands agreed, reluctantly, to the meeting.
The Longstreets and the Cowans are caricatures of American archetypes--the corporate lawyer helping a greedy drug company avoid the consequences from hiding the serious side effects of a drug; the ambitious, attractive career woman; the bleeding heart liberal woman and her husband, an insensitive, cigar smoking, hard drinking salesman. The movie covers only the hour-and-a-half meeting in the Longstreet's apartment which begins civilly but progressively degenerates into "carnage" among all the participants. Alan Cowan is interrupted at least 20 times by crisis calls on his Blackberry from his Big Pharma client about what to do about its failure to disclose serious side effects from one of its drugs. His advice boils down to "don't admit anything," and "hold the public statements" until after the annual stockholder's meeting two weeks hence. He has little or no interest in the discussion about the playground incident other than avoiding a personal injury lawsuit by the Longstreets. Penelope and Nancy are at first inclined to be polite and conciliatory as was Michael Longstreet. However, the discussion soon degenerates into verbal and physical mayhem, especially after Michael breaks out a bottle of his 18-year-old single malt Scotch. Soon, the Longstreets are fighting with the Cowans and the husbands are fighting with their wives. Jodie Foster displayed especially intense wrath at Christopher Waltz and at her husband, John C. Reilly Some in the audience found the movie hilarious but others reacted uncomfortably to the battling characters. A.O. Scott's review linked below is well worth reading.
Rated PG13 for profanity.
"Carnage" official trailer
12-15-11NYTimes--A.O. Scott Review of Carnage "Blood Sport in a High Rise"
- Roman Polanski's 'Carnage,' With Jodie Foster - Review - NYTimes.com
In "Carnage," Roman Polanski's spry adaptation of Yasmina Reza's play, two couples show that beneath the surface of civilized behavior lurks animal impulses.
Hi Ralph, I watched this at your recommendation and liked it a lot. Polanski still has the right stuff. Loved the acting. Great script. Loved the way it skewered liberals. Give me the hamster's eye view any day.
This is such a succinct descriptive analysis of the movie. I was interested in the movie beforehand and now I can't wait to see it! You did an excellent review, Ralph, thanks.
Its a lovely description of the movie...sounds great!!!
Yes... I thoroughly enjoyed and applauded "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf"?
I am looking forward to this one.
Sound very funny! I thought you were writing a political hub but found instead a fascinating summary if a movie I did not know existed. I look forward to enjoying it at some future date. Thanks.


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The Spain international is known to be concerned by the financial doubts lingering over his current club and, as manager Roy Hodgson intimated over the weekend, feels let down by a litany of empty promises over forthcoming investment made to him by Liverpool's hierarchy.
Contrary to suggestions, Torres is yet to make a decision on his future, but Hodgson's admission that he has done all he can to persuade the player to remain on Merseyside will give both the English and Spanish champions hope that he can be tempted away.
Despite their unrivalled resources, City were thought to be resigned to missing out on Torres, but Mancini is sufficiently confident they can overcome the player's doubts about moving to another side absent from the Champions League to list the Spanish international alongside Mario Balotelli and Edin Dzeko as his three alternatives as he seeks attacking reinforcements.
"Torres is one of the best strikers in Europe and already knows the Premier League very well," he said. "But it depends on his situation, his price and whether he wants to come.
"There are two or three strikers that we could go for. The choices we have [all over the team] are four or five fantastic players."
Mancini's openness is a refreshing change from most of his peers, who are so reticent to discuss any transfer targets for fear of derailing delicate negotiations or inadvertently weakening their bargaining positions. Such is the privilege of wealth.
He was happy effectively to start his own transfer rumour when arriving in New York – suggesting to a delighted American press that Landon Donovan was one possibility – while he is equally frank when it comes to the more realistic matter of James Milner, who is likely to be the subject of a £24 million final offer from City.
"He is a very good English player who can play in different positions," he said. "But every player has their proper price. Every player we ask about, people ask a lot of money. When City inquire about a £10 million player, the club asks for £20 million. That is not good for us."Such is the punishment for wealth.
Despite his rivals' opportunistic greed, Mancini has enjoyed his summer. He has spent £82 million already on David Silva, Yaya Toure, Jerome Boateng and, most recently, Aleksandar Kolarov. Torres and Milner apart, he is likely to augment that with the £33 million capture of Balotelli.
Suddenly, a squad who had the air of one built to compete in the Premier League find themselves infused with the sort of class that opponents would do well not to envy. Each position is occupied by two internationals, those who are not home-grown brought in at premium prices.
Football lore dictates, of course, that in such circumstances the cod psychology that convention labels mind games must begin. Manchester United and Chelsea have been particularly assiduous at pointing out how much pressure Mancini, the man pulling the slackened purse strings, and his players are under to deliver silverware this season.
Mancini, though, could not seem more relaxed. Pressure, he insists, does not affect him. Through his still-broken English, he is adamant that managing City is just his job, a job he knows well. Besides, the torrent of verbiage emanating from Old Trafford and Stamford Bridge says more about the old order than it does about the new.
"I think so," he said, when asked if Manchester United, Chelsea, Arsenal and Liverpool, the Premier League's crumbling cartel, are running scared of his ambitious arrivistes. "At the moment, only City are in the market place buying players, but that is normal because we want to improve. I think all the other teams are saying this because for 10 years there were only four teams challenging for the title.
"This year, there are five. I think all these teams over the years have spent a lot of money. Manchester United, Tottenham, Chelsea, Arsenal, Liverpool. They seemed like City do now. There is not a difference."
Money is never far from the conversation where City are concerned. It is money, and the lavish deployment of it, that has come to define the club, that has dominated the thoughts of fans and observers alike this summer, to the extent that Mancini's head lolls when he is asked in press conferences not about tactics or techniques but transfers. Always transfers. Only transfers.
To Mancini, though, the personnel he acquires in the next five weeks is immaterial. As he says, whether it is Torres or Dzeko, Milner or Mikel Arteta, who arrives to bolster his squad, all of the players City are attempting to procure are of the utmost quality. To Mancini, what matters is not who he works with, but what work is done. It is on the training pitch, not the negotiating table, that he will make this his side.
"My philosophy is different from other managers," he said. "You can do an important job for the whole season in pre-season. Once the season has started, it is hard to do the work you need to during the week. The 13 days before the season starts are the most important."
Wolfsburg continue to insist to both Juventus, the player's preferred destination, and City that the Bosnian international is not for sale at any price, but should he push for a move, the German side may yet be convinced to let their most valuable asset leave.
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The troubled Italian's agent declared on Sunday that a deal could be done as soon as the next 48 hours, though that is unlikely. But the 19 year-old does seem destined to be reunited with Roberto Mancini, the manager who first nurtured his mercurial gifts at Inter Milan.
Price: £33 million
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Liverpool insist the Spanish international is not for sale. Chelsea believe he is, should the price be right, and Barcelona are of a similar view. City are outsiders, thanks to their absence from the Champions League, but they possess the financial clout – and the unalloyed ambition – to prompt a rethink.
Price: £70 million
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Although he committed his life to Christ at the age of 19, Scott was introduced to the relevance of the creation/evolution issue when a friend, who was also a paleontologist, demonstrated to him how scientic evidence made more sense when interpreted in the light of the Bible's clearly written account of history. This ignited a blaze of desire to get answers to tough questions that had plagued his mind for years.With his own worldview and his relationship to Christ energized, Scott now uses the evidence for Creation to change hearts and minds for Christ with easy-to-understand presentations that uphold the authority of God's Word. Scott's desire is to similary equip others to be ready with answers (1 Peter 3:15) to impact their world. Scott developed curriculum and teaches an eight week interactive, academic apologetics course aimed toward High School and College age students.
Scott holds a B.A. in Religious Studies from Oregon State University and was the Vice President of the Creation Society of Sonoma County. Before joining CMI full-time, he served in various capacities for over 25 years as a youth pastor, council member,teacher, speaker, and was a key leader on a church plant team launching one of the newest fellowships in his region.
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To anyone paying attention to the tone of Dutch politics or the mood across Europe, the outcome of the Dutch referendum on the association agreement between the EU and Ukraine — in which 61 percent voted No — did not come as a surprise.
If elections were held in the Netherlands today, polls show Geert Wilders' Party for Freedom — equally opposed to the EU and immigrants — would become the country's most influential political party. Wilders, of course, supported the referendum and campaigned for a No-vote. So did the Socialist Party (SP) and the Party for the Animals (PvdD), who differ on their political programs but share a dislike of the EU.
Last October, I was invited to visit the Dutch Ministry of Foreign Affairs in The Hague. I sat in on a meeting with the task force set up to prepare the Dutch presidency of the EU. The mood was bleak. Civil servants discussed the end of the European project. The EU was "unsellable."
I decided to try to cheer them up. After all, they had invited me for advice, not to suggest more doomsday scenarios. Citizens of the Netherlands, or any other country, are not obliged to love the EU or the idea of a common history or common destiny, I argued. Neither the government nor the EU should promote the idea of "feeling European." People may not like the EU, but as long as they don't go out of their way to actively destroy it, their feelings should not be more troublesome than a dislike of Brussels sprouts.
My remarks were met with skepticism — indifference is not regarded as a solution. The meeting's chairman saw the April referendum as a dangerous occasion that could derail the Netherland's EU presidency.
He looked very serious, and again I was forced to play the role of the optimist. This referendum is a joke, I told him. The best outcome would be that the minimum 30 percent turnout necessary to validate the referendum is not met. But should they campaign for a Yes vote? the chairman asked.
Given how several Dutch governments had campaigned for the EU in the past, it seemed likely that doing nothing may be a better strategy than actively campaigning.
We wrapped up soon after. I had disappointed the people who considered themselves the last of the Mohicans — those who could not stop loving the EU.
A week before the referendum, the Dutch newspaper NRC Handelsblad published an interview with the initiators of the referendum, the Citizens Committee EU (Burgercomité EU). The group's two men didn't want to be photographed and one of them, the historian Arjan van Dixhoorn said: "We have just one goal: to destroy the EU. Or to drive the Netherlands out of the EU." The group compares Vladimir Putin to European Commission President Jean-Claude Juncker, and the EU to the Soviet-Union. The interview, it could be argued, was hilarious.
But those who thought that the interview would hurt the No camp were mistaken. Politicians and activists who claim to oppose the mainstream political system and the elite are not turned off by a gaffe — they saw the interview as an intrinsic part of the No campaign's charm and supposed authenticity.
The referendum's initiators admitted that the referendum was not about Ukraine. This should have been clear from the start, but politicians campaigning for a Yes vote were still discussing Ukraine as if the people of the Netherlands would decide its fate.
Passionate responses to this referendum didn't always have much to do with people's feelings about Ukraine, and much more to do with their hatred for the EU, and their desire to once again give the "old parties" the middle finger.
Luuk Koelman, a regular columnist for Metro, recently claimed that the website GeenStijl (No Style), which takes pride in being needlessly offensive, had joined forces with the Citizens Committee EU to promote the referendum and to campaign for a No vote to generate more traffic to their website. Without GeenStijl's active help, Koelman argued, the referendum would probably not have taken place: The site was instrumental in helping to collect the large number of signatures necessary to initiate the referendum.
The company that owns GeenStijl, TMG, also owns Metro — and the publication refused to publish Koelman's piece. But Koelman's revelations and the paper's attempt to mute him couldn't change the mood in the Netherlands. Hatred and disgust had already taken center stage, obscuring the intentions of the people and organizations behind the referendum. Once again, fact was less convincing that feeling.
A few days before the referendum I met with a Dutch ambassador to a small EU country. He opposed my idea not to vote — I had argued that voting would give the referendum a legitimacy it didn't deserve.
The idea of giving people the opportunity to organize referendums to correct politicians is a good one, he told me. "I have always thought that people will act responsibly if you give them responsibility."
But the Netherlands has a parliamentary democracy — every four years citizens can cast their vote in the general elections and correct their politicians, I countered. "This referendum is all about venting rage," I told him. "Democracy should not concern itself with anger management."
"I know," he answered somewhat hesitantly. "Even some of my colleagues are now leaning towards not voting."
But it seems that many did. To quote former Swedish foreign minister Carl Bildt: "The Dutch referendum on Ukraine might be a joke, but one that could have very serious consequences."
Yes, sometimes jokes have serious consequences. But we should not overestimate the consequences of this particular one. The rise of authoritarian or semi-authoritarian governments in Poland and Hungary is a much bigger threat to the EU than this Dutch referendum.
Some of the Dutch politicians who campaigned for a Yes vote should acknowledge that they need to stop sprinkling their speeches with covert and not-so covert language directed against the EU if they want to continue to be a part of it. They cannot bash the Union in order to please voters and then expect the electorate to understand that the bashing was purely strategic. Members of the center-right VVD, the party of Prime Minister Mark Rutte, are eager to push the anti-EU button in public debate. Their strategy seems to have been to copy the rhetoric of the Freedom Party.
I'm still moderately optimistic. A considerable part of the Dutch electorate — and keep in mind that a big majority didn't bother to vote — may want to show their government and the EU the middle finger, but their appetite for real destruction is fairly modest.
This article was published on the website of www.politico.eu on april 9th.


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If there's one theme that is irresistible to Hollywood filmmakers and myself, it's parasites. You might counter this assertion by asking, "What about mutant viral epidemics? They are very popular, you know." That's true, but I think that nothing says science fiction like a parasitic infection, usually because mind control is part of the mix. We should also keep in mind that microorganisms like viruses, bacteria, and protozoa are technically parasites too, and that many of those microbes assert control over their victims, both in the movies and in real life(1). Therefore, it all boils down to parasites. They're everywhere!
The Puppet Masters book by Robert Heinlein was one of my favorites when I was a kid. To my delight, it was turned into a movie in 1994. What, exactly are Puppet Masters? They are alien hive-mind creatures, consisting of many individual slug-like organisms creating a collective consciousness. For you (movie) trivia buffs, these parasites are 60% brain tissue, according to government experts.
A "slug" resting quietly on a window pane. All brain, no brawn.
The individual organism appears to be something like a cross between a manta ray and a slug. It has a powerful tentacle so strong it can punch through wood. The tentacle disturbingly, resembles a (huge) erect male dog phallus.
Recruitment of a new host. Ouch!
It inserts this appendage through the host's tissues, insinuating an extension of itself into the right and left hemispheres of the cerebrum, to the cerebral cortex.
Here is a picture of the cortex.
The superficial (outer) part of the cerebrum is called the cerebral cortex. It's the area of the brain controlling memory, interpretation of sensory input, cognition, language, and willed movement. So it makes sense that this is the part of the brain the creature would want to interface with.
A puppet master insinuating itself into a victim's cerebrum.
Once ensconced in the host, the creature can access the person's entire history and psyche, it knows the host intimately and communicates this information to it's fellow parasites via an intertwining tendril system. This communication feature causes me to wonder if this movie may have inspired the inter-tendrilly communication of the Navi in Avatar. But I digress.
The human hosts are cognizant of this group-mind-knowledge, so everyone knows everybody else's closest secrets. All dirty laundry is aired in the onslaught of the alien invasion. I'm not sure why government agencies want to save the people infected by the slugs. They now know all the state secrets, held in the minds of hapless government agents hosting the parasites. It seems that the FBI would want to kill all the people hosting slugs, for knowing too much. It's like a giant, psychic Wikileaks(2)!
Julian Assange: the real-world equivalent of a hive-mind parasitic space alien?
The parasite controls its host's speech and movements. It also apparently increases the host body's output of adrenaline (the hormones epinephrine and norepinephrine). Since the creature controls the brain, this could be done by causing a part of the brain called the hypothalamus to stimulate the adrenal medulla(3), via nerve impulses, creating a sympathetic nervous response in the body. This sympathetic system is often called the stress response or the fight-or-flight response because it pumps you up and gets your ready to kill, be killed, or run for your life.
How this sympathetic nervous system stimulation assists the alien creatures in over-riding the conscious control of its host is beyond me.
The fight-or-flight response prepares your body for immediate physical activity and the possibility of mortal injury. Respiration increases. Blood gets directed towards your brain (more for the slug!) and muscles. Blood is directed away from digestive and sexual organs. There will be plenty of time for eating and fornicating if you live through the immediate crisis. Blood volume goes up and the blood is altered so that it will clot more easily. Your heart rate increases, pupils dilate, and you sweat from all this increased metabolic activity.
However, in the movie, every parasitized human has no armpit stains and is breathing quite normally. They look quite calm, which doesn't quite coordinate with the image of a person with a bunch of adrenaline pumping around in their bloodstream.
How can this be the look of a child ready to kill or be killed?
1. For more on microbial mind control, see the toxoplasma gondii references in my October 7, 2010 post.
2. It is impossible to know whether or not Julian Assange gets his information from infection with psychic alien invaders or a collection of uninfected humans, but the results do demonstrate some interesting parallels...
3. The adrenal medulla is a part of the adrenal gland, an organ that secretes hormones, sitting on top of your kidneys.


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The person in this position will demonstrate a strong commitment to undergraduate teaching and mentoring, and will contribute to the development of the Native American Studies program (see http://www.sou.edu/natam/index.html). This person should be able to teach the core three-quarter sequence in Native American Studies (NAS 201, 301, and 410) along with other courses to be determined according to the person's areas of interest and program needs. This person's specialization is open, but the program is especially interested in furthering course offerings on topics in language, ecology, and ethnobotany in a way that supports the tribal communities around SOU. This person will be a scholar-practitioner who can advance the program's objectives of furthering Native American Studies across the wider community and of integrating Native American needs and perspectives into teaching, scholarship, and service.
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Well, for a while now, there have been grumblings about standardizing article tags (such as {{unreferenced}}, {{POV}}, {{current}}, {{afd}}, and the many other tags that grace our articles), but they all had been grumblings so far...
A couple of days ago, though, these grumblings were implemented. They look pretty cool, by the way. Have a look at them here:
Of course, like in every project of this magnitude, my First Law of Wikipedia has already proven itself true, but well, that was to be expected. Anyways, as usual, comments and suggestions for improvement are welcome, even though I didn't actually do anything in this proposal. ;)
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NCDC links to us, w00t!
Well, for the last few hurricane seasons, the National Climatic Data Center has been linking to the Wikipedia articles about the Atlantic hurricane seasons. Not only that, but they've been also using some of our in-house track map output. Just compare these links:
Cool, huh? :)
Cool, huh? :)
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In the warm final weeks of August while we were all enjoying some rare Seattle sunshine Dr. Kevin was working with the USA Swimming team at the Pan Pacific Championships in Gold Coast, Australia. When Kevin returned, boxes of Australian sandwich cookies and bags of licorice appeared in the back office. Along with the goodies Kevin had a few stories to share from the land down under. I got the chance catch up with him for a brief interview about his experiences working with elite swimmers and how he relates it back to patients he sees every day at InHealth.
InHealth: Welcome back! So, I'm curious how you first got involved with USA Swimming?
Dr. Kevin Rindal: Thanks! It's great to be back. I originally started working with USA Swimming in 2010 when I was at the American College of Sports Medicine. I went to a conference and they were looking for people to volunteer with their sports medicine program. I signed up and was given the chance to travel with and treat the team at the short course national championships. That opportunity lead to another and fortunately they keep asking me back!
IH: What is the biggest similarity you see between working with an elite athlete and a regular patient that you see here at InHealth?
KR: There are many similarities actually but I think one of the big ones is that whether elite swimmer or working class professional, both patients are actually juggling a lot and need support to perform their best. Swimmers for example spend hours training and when they compete they often have multiple races in a small window of time. The days can be long and exhausting. It is essential that they have support through high quality nutrition, rest, and healthcare. So many of the patients I work with are similar, in that they might have a race coming up, but they are juggling that with a full time job or family. The same components that are so critical to an elite athlete also directly apply to the rest of us in our performance and life.
IH: Okay, so then what are the main differences that you see between injuries that the pros suffer from and the average patient at InHealth?
KR: That's the remarkable thing. At that event it's all quite similar stuff to what we see at the office. It doesn't matter if you're a professional swimmer, an age group swimmer. It doesn't matter if you're a mom who has two small kids. A lot of the biomechanics are the same.
I know we've done a blog post on upper crossed syndrome and how that causes the shoulders and head to come forward. Swimmers are notorious for having really poor posture, and I think that bad posture translates to a lot of injuries that they experience. I would say that swimmers are actually quite similar to what we see on a daily basis in terms of people who sit at a desk all day. Working with them just makes me that much better at treating the types of patients we see at our office here.
IH: Can you tell us a few things you have learned from spending time with the athletes and other healthcare providers?
KR: Definitely, I learn a lot from both groups! The medical group is a very integrated team. There are usually five to six practitioners: at least one athletic trainer, 2 massage therapists, a physical therapist and a medical doctor. We each approach injuries from a totally different standpoint, yet we're all working in very tight quarters with each other so it tends to become integrative as we look to see what other people are doing. When there are slow times we teach each other and learn new ideas.
Also, with athletes it's just such a special population. Not only are they extremely talented but they have all worked hard to get to this level. By the time the medical staff is working with them at a large swim meet, we are really focused on fine tuning. At that level the difference between making prelims and finals or even making first to fourth place is a matter of hundredths of a second. It's all about adjusting the small things so that they can perform to their full potential.
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IH: Okay, one final question: what was the best thing you ate and the worst thing you ate while in Australia?
KR: On the last night we were there they had a really good buffet with fresh seafood, exotic meat, all delicious and local food. I enjoyed that the most by far.The worst thing I tried was Vegemite! Let's just say it is nothing like Nutella. However, the Australians love it and I think it is definitely an acquired taste.


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I'm a bit of a geek and love to collect bits and pieces to use in crafting sessions (we have no less than eight drawers full of stuff saved up at the moment!). It's a crime to throw anything away when it comes to crafting; almost everything has a use! From toilet rolls to pieces of ribbon and scraps of material and old birthday cards - if you're keen to get crafting with your small people I would whole heartedly recommend keeping a drawer full of odds and ends to get out on a rainy day.
To make our cards we used (clockwise from top): coloured pens and pencils, glitter, sellotape, snowflake stamps and punchers, old Christmas tags, sweet wrappers, normal A4 computer paper, card and envelopes (of course!), felt, wool, ribbons, PVA glue and pipe cleaners.
Making Christmas cards is so much fun ~ its a great way to spend a few hours with the kids, especially if you have a bit of festive music playing in the background and lots of mince pies to keep your energy levels up!
We made a COMPLETE MESS but had awesome fun in the process!
And the finished products didn't turn out too bad either!
Top left: This card was made by sticking a square of felt onto the card, covering the felt with glue and sticking a star shaped tag onto it and then sprinkling glitter all over it. The excess glitter was shaken off (and saved to reuse! ~ never waste anything when crafting!!) and the star was peeled off. Voila!
Top right: This was Daisy's creation. Glue was squeezed onto the card in a zig zag shape (you could do ANYTHING) and all different colours of glitter were sprinkled over it to leave a rainbow zig zag effect. The sweet wrappers and wool were added later.
Bottom left: A purple sweet wrapper was glued onto the card and glitter added as a border. The snowflake shapes were the off-cuts of the card on the bottom right.
Bottom right: A square of felt was stuck to the card (again, this could have been a sweet wrapper or a piece of coloured paper) and wool used to make a border. Glitter was also added to the border. Then snowflake shapes from the puncher were glued on.
This is our entry to Moneysupermarket.com's Christmas Card Craft Off competition. If you've been getting crafty this Christmas you can enter the competition here - they have categories for both adult and child entries.


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The rush of getting engaged leaves you on cloud nine for the week. Seriously. But at the same time, you're being inundated by the question "so what's the date?" and "where are you having it" and (quite possibly the worst if it isn't the case) "am I invited?"
Here is what I learned:
1. I know approximately when I'd like to get married. I've picked out the season, the year and set up a personal budget so I can save enough money for this giant party by then. I read somewhere, in my frantic day after "what do I do when I get engaged" internet reading, that giving an approximate time of the year is perfectly fine. That is something all women should know before they call their family and friends. Also, you can't pick a date without knowing if your dream venue is available. Unless of course, if you have a dream date, then the venue part can be slightly pushed aside.
2. If you choose to share the news via social media (i.e. Facebook), your profile will receive a plethora of love for two or three days, then it drops off. Don't worry, they all still love you.
3. Not asking the bridal party to be the bridal party on day one is THE BEST ADVICE I WAS EVER GIVEN. Hands down. I believe this came from a woman at my previous agency. It's a life saver. You don't want to be asking people to be your bridesmaids (or groomsman) only to realize you invited one too many in the spur of the moment.
4. Which brings me to my next point – because I held my tongue, now I get to propose to my bridal party! Which I will post about once I actually do it. James and I went to Michaels yesterday for me to pick up some supplies. I learned that crafts are really boring for me, and I better change my attitude, find a friend or start listening to some amazing music because crafts are going to be my life for the next 18 months.
5. You will receive a lot of information from a lot of people – venue fees, ceremony options, menus, approved vendors, etc. Create a folder on Google Drive and save all this information in here. You may also want to start some spreadsheets with guest lists, engagement party information, venue viewing dates and whatever else you can think of. Then share it with your fiance.
6. Your fiance just bought a very expensive ring and planned the proposal. Give him some time before you launch him into wedding planning. Unless you're super excited about something. Sorry, James, I can't help it. Even if I know your reaction will be "oh that's nice" as you continue to watch TV or play on your iPad.
And without further adieu, I am finally posting a picture of my ring one week later.