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Yesterday evening after work I went to my scheduled blood donation appointment, where an incident involving a disagreement with one of the drive staff caused me to leave without donating. I'm still uncertain whether what the staff member told me had any truth to it.
When I arrived and checked in, I began the standard ritual by looking through the educational materials, seeing if anything had changed in the last two months. I noticed that quite a few countries listed as five year cumulative deferrals were highlighted, though most were not. Though my own travel history wouldn't make this an issue, (I have been to only one of the listed countries and for the length of a two-hour layover,) I idly asked the volunteer at the check-in table whether the highlighting had any significance. The question was intercepted by a staff member who told me that this was because the rest were six months. This answer made very little sense, but I assumed that the question had been misunderstood and dropped the issue as she seemed irritated with the first question and probably would not appreciate a follow-up. (Later I overheard a suggestion that the list of countries had grown, so perhaps the highlighted countries were new. I'm still not certain, but that would make sense.)
When I was later called in to begin the interview portion of the donation process, this same staff member situated herself against a window well outside of the space where the interview was taking place, but in my direct line of sight. I decided that she was most likely on a break and had chosen not to take it outside or away from the drive. As the interview began, I noticed that she began to drift closer and was clearly at least partially listening to the interview. I decided she must be bored, and a bit nosy. As she continued to inch closer, so that she was no longer outside of the interview cubby, I became uncomfortable with this level of nosiness. Finally, when we got to the point where my interviewer was pricking my finger, she was standing behind the interviewer looking over her shoulder.
At this point I felt compelled to ask her whether she was present as an observer, or was just standing there. She told me that my interviewer was a trainee, so she was there to observe all of her interactions. I told her that while I had no problem with that, I was concerned that in a few minutes I would be asked to sign a statement saying that I had been asked before my interview was observed, while I had not been. She told me that those rules didn't apply to her because she was Red Cross Staff. Those rules only applied to outside observing agencies. She didn't need my permission to observe trainees. While I have read the statement many times, once for each past donation, I didn't remember exactly what it said, and was willing to suppose that as a staff member her knowledge of the rules might be better than my memory of the statement. And, while my interviews have been observed in the past and I was asked for permission, perhaps those staff members were simply more polite than this one. I told her that was good news, and asked if I could see a copy of the statement to double check. She responded that the statement was just for me to swear that my answers to all the questions had been true, and told me she wasn't sure she was comfortable with me donating if I was unwilling to sign the statement. I suppose that with the increasingly paperless process, it might have been hard for her to put her hand on a copy of the statement before the process gets to that point. I told her that I was willing to accept her assurances about what the statement said, though I didn't feel I needed to remind her that I would be reading the statement for myself soon enough. This seemed to be enough for her, and she stopped acting like she was going to throw me out, took a pace back, and allowed the process to continue.
When I finished answering the questions on the computer, the staff person who came in to complete the interview was new. This is quite common, so I have no idea whether it was affected by the earlier disagreement. We quickly got to the stage of signing the statement, and I had the opportunity to check it for myself. I found that far from being excluded from that particular rule, Red Cross Staff were explicitly included. I also found that I could have signed the statement honestly, as it read that in the event someone had asked to observe, I had been given an opportunity to decline. As I had not been asked, this didn't technically apply to the situation, though I think it should have in spirit if not in letter. But, as I sat there looking at the statement, I decided that not only was I extremely reluctant to sign the statement, I was at least as reluctant to lie down and bleed in a room with that particular individual present. I simply said, "I think I should leave," picked up my belongings and left the drive. I would have sent an email last night, but I was too on edge. I suppose it's just the fact that I'm unused to dealing with such disagreeable people that I am not very good at it. If she had asked my permission before the interview instead of sidling in the way she did, I would have granted it, donated, left, and still disliked her a bit, but not felt so uncomfortable as I did when I felt she was trying to browbeat me into signing a false statement. Or, if she had not been so difficult, I probably would have used the wording of the statement to justify signing and just let the issue go.
At this point, it's my intention to wait a few days before I make a new appointment at a different drive. I thought about sending an email that merely requested clarification of the rules so I will know how to react appropriately should something similar happen in the future. But, having slept on it, I find that I am still angry and I wanted to express that. Though, I would in fact appreciate a clarification on some of the rules.


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Sugar Army have released the first film clip from their forthcoming album Summertime Heavy, due out this year. Once again the man behind the drums, James Sher has taken charge of the camera and directed the clip for Hooks for Hands, though not without a little help from some special effect and animation wizards tucked away in the CIA Studios enclosure. Names to mention here are Sam Price,Pierce Davidson, Josh Rampling, Tim Sommerville, Lestyn William.
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Measures taken to stimulate and develop agriculture, including: individual enterprise (in particular, models of innovative and profitable family farms), cooperative activities (in particular, in the field of agricultural services and building the potential of producers' groups) and support for agricultural advisory services are of key importance for the economic development of Moldova's rural regions.
The project – implemented thanks to the cooperation of three organizations: the Prince Konstantin Ostrogski Foundation, "East" Foundation, and the Podlasie Nature Station "Narew"– made it possible to provide tangible assistance in the abovementioned scope.
Thanks to the project, 16 model, innovative forms of providing agricultural and service activities in 13 villages, located in 11 Moldovan regions (e.g. support was provided for the purchase of equipment for the modern calf-rearing, cultivating and processing mushrooms, or vegetable and fruit cleaning and sorting centres for producers' groups). The initiatives implemented in the framework of the project are innovative (by Moldova's rural standards), profitable and oriented towards the self-employment and the creation of local jobs.
At the same time, 21 agricultural advisors were trained, functioning in the ACSA agricultural advisory system (currently over 400 experts operate in over 40% of Moldova's county offices). As such, assistance was provided in the establishment of a Moldovan model of agricultural advisory services, based on the self-funding model, functioning as a network of local information points (currently over 400 experts operate in over 40% of Moldova's county offices).
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John McCain chose the woman below as his Vice Presidential candidate.
He is 72 years old. He has been treated for a very serious illness. Four times.
He says that Sarah Palin is "ready to be President."
We are currently in what may be the most serious economic crisis in American history.
COURIC: Why isn't it better, Governor Palin, to spend $700 billion helping middle-class families who are struggling with health care, housing, gas and groceries; allow them to spend more and put more money into the economy instead of helping these big financial institutions that played a role in creating this mess?
PALIN: That's why I say I, like every American I'm speaking with, were ill about this position that we have been put in where it is the taxpayers looking to bail out. But ultimately, what the bailout does is help those who are concerned about the health-care reform that is needed to help shore up our economy, helping the—it's got to be all about job creation, too, shoring up our economy and putting it back on the right track. So health-care reform and reducing taxes and reining in spending has got to accompany tax reductions and tax relief for Americans. And trade, we've got to see trade as opportunity, not as a competitive, scary thing. But one in five jobs being created in the trade sector today, we've got to look at that as more opportunity. All those things under the umbrella of job creation. This bailout is a part of that.
Read the above again.
Palin will no doubt be prepared with crisp, coherent responses for Thursday's debate. However, the above indicates that this is not a mind that is prepared with the breadth and depth of understanding and knowledge to take on the duties of the President of the United States at a time of financial crisis.
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But these cushions are quite irristable with vintage French ticking in a soft blue. They are sitting contently on our French day bed. I see them in a baby boy's nursery or in a sunroom.
These cushions are made from vintage French linens. We will be bringing out some similar cushions made with blue detail soon.


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Review #1. Kokuhaku(Confessions).
"Something important, on the inside, died."
I watched 'Oldeuboi' one night and understood in theory what it feels like to take a fuck in the ass with your pants on! I swore to myself that very night -"there is no piece of cinema that will ever be seen in the same league as this giddy piece of reel in the next 10 years"- ….9 years later I screen the film 'Kokuhaku' and sure enough that same sinking,rogue ripping feeling I'd sexperienced that night and this time I was wearing thick thermals underneath my linen pants-(OUCH!). Sure 'Oldboy' is sick.Make all the mistakes you want to, its one of my favorite revenge films of all time, with its wicked and whacky nature and elements of thickly laid amplified violence but 'Confessions' is just as brutal and bizarre if not more so. It's in a league of its own.
Delineating much the same elemental boundaries as his earlier masterpiece 'Kiraware Matsuko no isshô' (Memories of a Matsuko) except the comedy, Tetsuya Nakashima's 'Confessions' splatters the screen with visuals so sinister and ruthlessly intense that you tend to forget that the film also weaves an enigmatic story of a barren, sorrowful but motivated existence of a mother who has lost her child to an evil that is the product of misguided youth. Drenched in genius, this piece of cinema, engaging a masterful composition of slow-motion cinegraphy lines up sensibly absurd characters with tainted stimuli and immorally correct measures. The story confesses from many point of views which helps you connect with this psychological thriller in ways that are fuelled by shock and pleasant discomfort. Nakashima does all of this in a manner so 'matter-of factly' it seems almost arrogant but works dark magic for the film.
With a defining wistful score and visually absorbing narrative, the film imposes the importance of life and love in a depressing sense and slaps us with consequences of overwhelming amounts of emotions, at the same time lack of it. This film speaks of unspeakable but justified (almost) evil, of negligence, of plunder, of an inhuman side of a not so universal human nature and doing all this in an 'ever so tender' portrayal of poetic justice; My pick for one of the finest, most brilliant films ever made.It's for itchi the killers of the billers, the commoners and the stunned pornoholics….. Confessions?…..is worth 2 hours of everyone's time! Justice for Kanae Minato's novel on which the semblance is based.
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The coincidence Fractional Fourier transform (FRT) is implemented with a partially coherent light source experimentally. The visibility and quality of the coincidence FRT pattern of an object are investigated theoretically. The FRT pattern of an object is obtained by measuring the coincidence counting rate between the detected signals passing through two different optical paths. The experimental results are analyzed and found to be consistent with the theoretical results.
In this thesis, we investigate the propagation of some coherent and partially coherent laser beams, including a dark hollow beam (DHB), an elliptical Gaussian beam (EGB), a flat-topped beam and a twisted anisotropic Gaussian Schell-model (TAGSM) beam, through a paraxial optical system or a turbulent atmosphere. Several theoretical models are proposed to describe a DHB of circular or non-circular symmetry. Approximate analytical formulas for a DHB and a partially coherent TAGSM beam propagating through an apertured paraxial optical system are derived based on the generalized Collins formula. Analytical formulas for a DHB, an EGB, a flat-topped beam and a partially coherent TAGSM beam propagating in a turbulent atmosphere are derived in a tensor form based on the extended Huygens-Fresnel integral formula. It is found that after a long propagation distance these beams become circular Gaussian beams in a turbulent atmosphere, and this is quite different from their propagation properties in free space. The conversion of any of these beams to a circular Gaussian beam becomes quicker and the beam spot in the far field spreads more rapidly for a larger structure constant of the turbulent atmosphere, a shorter wavelength and a smaller waist size of the initial beam. Lower coherence and larger twist have a stronger effect of anti-circularization of the beam spot. Our analytical formulas provide a convenient way for studying the propagation of various laser beams through a paraxial optical system or a turbulent atmosphere. The concept of coincidence fractional Fourier transform (FRT) with an incoherent or partially coherent beam is introduced, and the optical system for its implementation is designed. The coincidence FRT is demonstrated experimentally with a partially coherent beam, and the experimental results are consistent with the theoretical results.


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Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 318 - 319 Anything Goes
Friday, January 19, 2018
Baked with Love
Word Art Wednesday - Ch. 318 - 319 Anything Goes
13 comments:
- Margreet said...
Beautiful card, Lisa Lynn, so out of your comfort zone. That lace is gorgeous!
xxx Margreet
- January 19, 2018 at 3:48 AM
- Donna Phelan said...
PERFECT! I adore that vintage image, it's really wonderful! I love your doily and lace accents and those pretty, pretty flowers! Baked With Love indeed! Thanks so much for playing along with us at The Double D Challenge Blog, Kitchen Is The Heart Of The Home Challenge, Donna, DT Member.
- January 19, 2018 at 6:49 AM
- Darlene said...
What a fabulous image and just perfect for our challenge theme! Beautiful creation Lisa! Thanks so much for joining in the fun at our Double D 'Kitchen is Where the Heart Is' challenge! Good Luck and we hope you'll come back often.
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- January 19, 2018 at 8:17 AM
- Brenda's Card Corner said...
Gorgeous vintage card Lisa Lynn! The papers go perfectly with the image!
- January 19, 2018 at 11:25 AM
- Fikreta said...
very nice!
- January 19, 2018 at 2:50 PM
- crafty-stamper said...
Beautiful vintage card,image and beautiful lace
Carol x
- January 19, 2018 at 3:31 PM
- aussie aNNie said...
Beautiful card. Lovely design and gorgeous colours used for our "Kitchen is the Heart of the Home!" challenge. Thanks for joining in to help
Us celebrate ...hope to see you next challenge.. Double D Challenges{DT aNNie}
- January 19, 2018 at 5:18 PM
- Edwina said...
Wow! This is a terrific card. Love that image. Edwina Brown
- January 19, 2018 at 9:18 PM
- Daffodil Cards said...
SO different from your recent cards and so wonderfully retro and warm and loving. I Love it too.
- January 21, 2018 at 11:08 AM
- Beverly S. said...
Love your card with the vintage image. (One of my favorite things to work with too....I don't get too often though. There needs to be a challenge site just for vintage images! I would be all over it!) ;) The added touch of lace was nice too. :)
- January 24, 2018 at 5:49 AM
- La Papera Gialla said...
Thanks for joining us at CraftyHazelnut's Patterned Paper Challenge for January!
Monica - DT
- January 24, 2018 at 8:15 AM
- Diane said...
Beautifully created with that fabulous vintage look!!! Thank you for joining our challenge at Double D!
Diane DD DT {Nellies Nest}
- January 28, 2018 at 5:40 AM
- Loose Stitches said...
Gorgeous card my friend, love the vintage design!
Hugs, Sherry x
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Emera Incorporated ("Emera") (TSX:EMA) announced today that it has entered into an agreement with a syndicate led by Scotiabank, CIBC, RBC Capital Markets and TD Securities Inc., under which they have agreed to purchase from Emera and sell to the public 7,800,000 Common Shares of Emera. The underwriters will also have the option to purchase up to an additional 865,000 Common Shares to cover over-allotments, if any, and for market stabilization purposes, during the 30 days following the closing of the offering (the "Over-Allotment Option").
The purchase price of $28.85 per Common Share will result in gross proceeds to Emera of $225,030,000 ($249,985,250 if the Over-Allotment Option is exercised in full). The net proceeds of the offering will be used for general corporate purposes to support the Company's recently announced growth initiatives and to reduce indebtedness outstanding under Emera's credit facility. This financing addresses Emera's near-term common equity needs. The proceeds of the issuance, together with internal cash generation, planned project level debt and preferred share financing activities in 2014, are expected to be sufficient to finance the company's current capital expenditure schedule and forecast through to 2015.
The offering is subject to the receipt of all necessary regulatory and stock exchange approvals. Closing is expected to occur on or about January 7, 2014.
The Common Shares have not been registered under the U.S. Securities Act of 1933, as amended, and may not be offered or sold in the United States absent registration or an applicable exemption from the registration requirements. This media release shall not constitute an offer to sell or the solicitation of an offer to buy, nor shall there be any offer, solicitation or sale of the securities in any province, state or jurisdiction in which such offer, solicitation or sale would be unlawful.
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This news release contains forward-looking information with respect to Emera. By its nature, forward-looking information requires Emera to make assumptions and is subject to inherent risks and uncertainties. There is significant risk that predictions, forecasts, conclusions and projections that constitute forward-looking information will not prove to be accurate, that Emera's assumptions may not be correct and that actual results may differ materially from such forward-looking information. Detailed information about these assumptions, risks and uncertainties is included in Emera's securities regulatory filings, which can be found on SEDAR at www.sedar.com.
About Emera
Emera is an energy and services company with $8.0 billion in assets and 2012 revenues of $2.1 billion. The company invests in electricity generation, transmission and distribution, as well as gas transmission and utility energy services. Emera's strategy is focused on the transformation of the electricity industry to cleaner generation and the delivery of that clean energy to market. Emera has investments throughout Northeastern North America, and in four Caribbean countries. More than 80% of the company's earnings come from regulated investments. Emera common and preferred shares are listed on the Toronto Stock Exchange and trade respectively under the symbol EMA, EMA.PR.A., EMA.PR.C., and EMA.PR.E. Additional information can be accessed at www.emera.com or at www.sedar.com.
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Shameless plug: If you like the book, perhaps you'll buy more copies as gifts to friends. I didn't write it for the money, so I priced it about as low as the publisher would allow — $9.99 at amazon.com: Fixing America's Broken Politics. If you buy three or more, shipping is free. 🙂
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GQ Article Reveals Surprising Facts About Getting a "Peaky Blinders" Haircut
PR Agency - Monday, October 31, 2016.
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GQ Magazine (Australia) has published a new article entitled How To Get The "Peaky Blinders" Haircut featuring Detail For Men. The article sheds light for fashion-conscious men on the most important aspects of how to get a haircut like the male leads in Peaky Blinders.
The article includes several interesting pieces of information, one in particular being that a man can achieve the "Peaky Blinders" look with minimal fuss and effort. This should be of particular interest to fashion-conscious males, because many modern men want a fashionable haircut but don't want to waste time every morning making it look good.
Detail For Men's newly appointed Creative Director, Raymond Robinson, was interviewed for the article. He is quoted as saying:
'"Most guys look good with a sharp, fresh style. It's juts how it is shaped on the sides and top that makes or breaks the look."'
Readers of the full article will learn the ins-and-outs of the "Peaky Blinders" haircut and gain insights as to how they can get the same result for themselves.
Regular readers of GQ Australia will notice the article takes a familiar tone, which has been described as 'modern, edgy and informative for the modern male.'
GQ Australia has previously given Detail For Men the title of "The best place to get your haircut". The online men's style magazine welcomes comments and questions from readers in relation to the article, as they are intent on providing relevant, helpful information for men.
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By conference convener, Stephanie Mines.
No more swallowing: As a daughter, a sister, a mother, a friend, a lover, as a woman. The Earth spews out. Unable to absorb all that is being deposited inside her, forests cut down, waters polluted, excessive landfill, gases galore. As the ice caps melt, the deserts crack, the trees burn, the rivers flood and the wind howls she says No More Swallowing. And I say, 'Me too.' Deborah Jay-Lewin
Deborah Jay-Lewin
Reversing the order of the "C" words in CLIMATE CHANGE & CONSCIOUSNESS to emphasize Consciousness puts us face to face with the link between personal evolution and the challenges of the Great Turning. Is there a difference between what is roiling in the world around us and what is emerging from within? Could it be that our inner upheavals mirror the tempests stirred by climate change? Perhaps both are edging us nearer to manifesting essential purposefulness? How do we find out if this is true?
Movement artist Deborah Jay-Lewin has, for decades, told her own story through movement expression and she encouraged others to follow suit. She embraces the interface between what is happening in the world outside with what is happening within us. In international movement workshops and on social media, Deborah speaks to how we step up to help climate refugees, victims of wild fires, youth activists for the environment, stop fracking, and end sexual violence as much as she addresses emotional release, women's empowerment, gender stereotypes, group dynamics, faith and mortality.
Deborah's ability to incorporate multiple issues is largely because her medium of embodied movement is spaciously non-verbal and elastic. That is what makes it such a fabulous path to understanding what is going on here and now. What does "embodied movement" really mean? Of course all movement is theoretically embodied, but the level of embodiment that the term implies is quite profound. As someone who has moved with Deborah, I can say that she understands intimately how sensory experience is channeled through the human form to communicate individuated truth in gesture, rhythm, structure and spatial dynamics. Deborah has educated herself to track these characteristics and suggest movement routes for health, emotional freedom, expression and a felt sense of personal integrity.
Deborah's acute awareness of how personal process operates somatically combines with her immersion in the healing arts to give her unique perspectives on movement dynamics. This is the artful discipline she has evolved to be a leader in her field. Through her authentic presence, her practical attention to detail, honed intuition and skillful means, Deborah Jay-Lewin is a true resource for finding personal truth in the midst of collective experience.
Recently, Deborah shared about stuttering as a youth, and sometimes now as an adult. In retrospect she recognizes stuttering as a somatic advertisement of distress that she has learned, largely on her own, to embrace. She reflects on whether this may have ignited her lifetime devotion to embodied movement as a non-verbal route to understanding self and circumstance.
As one of the weavers of the three part AWAKE*CELEBRATE*ACT structure of CLIMATE CHANGE & CONSCIOUSNESS Deborah will be a guide in channeling our individual and collective responses into embodied movement during that event. This will be available to everyone, including live-stream participants. She will draw from her deep well of wisdom to give us this personal and community resource that has deep roots in human history. Having a mentor to help us translate our complex feelings into safe movement expression unburdens our nervous systems and liberates resiliency.
In my observation, one of Deborah's greatest gifts is the capacity to steer large groups effectively, instilling a sense of spaciousness and possibility alongside containment, even when the room is packed. This is no small feat. Deborah can be trusted, under all circumstances, to hold a space for embodied movement exploration from which everyone will emerge fulfilled and grounded, even in the midst of crisis. Which is precisely what we need right now.
Deborah, like everyone engaged in CLIMATE CHANGE & CONSCIOUSNESS, is preparing herself for a transformed future world through her own personal evolution and her services to others. We are all in training. In the words of Cynthia Bourgeault, 'Our real task at this evolutionary cusp is not to lose sight of what is coming to us from the future, the vision of our common humanity that is groaning to be born.'


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When positions within a dispute – be it with supplier, client or employee – become entrenched it is often advisable to seek the intervention of a neutral 3rd party to act as a mediator.
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Involvement in the mediation process should be voluntary and the 3rd party should be impartial to avoid any conflict of interest that could have an impact on their ability to mediate effectively.
Unless agreed by all parties the conclusion and recommendation of the mediating party is not normally legally binding, they do offer a viable alternative to legal proceedings and rhw solicitors Dispute Resolution team have the experience to act as mediators in all types of commercial disputes


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This go-getting entrepreneur founded an experiential marketing and events agency in 2008, thus fulfilling a dream to start her own business.
In the past decade, she has launched both new products and brands for one of the leading cosmetics, skincare and fragrance companies in the world, and her latest project – RAFAELA LEAH – is a continuation of her passion for excellence and innovation in all things luxurious.
After more than ten years in beauty PR and eventing, Carine is ready to unveil her sensational new undertaking, by launching her very own jewellery brand.
Tell us more about Rafaela Leah and how it started
I grew up in a jewellery environment with both parents having forged careers in this very exciting industry before I was born, so my love for the trade started at a very young age. For over a decade, I actually ran my own corporate events business but in 2016 I decided to change my professional direction, and less than a year later I launched RAFAELA LEAH online jewellery store. Six months after that, we opened our first retail kiosk.
Rafaela Leah is named after your daughter and your jewellery is named after females who have inspired you, who are some of your favourite inspirations?
My children are my biggest inspiration and the driving force behind everything that I do! After them, I draw inspiration from the amazing women with whom I spend my time – family members, friends as well as colleagues and other women in business. Hence the reason I give them all praise in my business my naming jewellery after them!
You were in marketing and events why the change?
A personal event 2 years ago made me re-evaluate how, where and with whom I want to spend my time. Whilst the events business is exciting and comes with many perks, it also means extensive travelling and time away from home and loved ones.
What was your thought/goal when starting Rafaela Leah?
I really want to provide women with stunning jewellery items that are of the highest calibre. RAFAELA LEAH is all about uncompromising quality, yet the range is also priced attractively. I want everyone to aspire to own a piece of RAFAELA LEAH jewellery, but still, ensure the brand remains affordable. It makes me incredibly excited to position this brand on the cutting edge of the South African jewellery industry.
Are there any exciting projects/ ranges launches/collaborations in the pipeline?
We are launching the MIKAEL NOAH men's collection towards the end of August which I'm thrilled about – the South African market has been lacking in trendy men's accessories and jewellery, which I'm planning to change – so watch this space!
What is the best part of being in your industry?
I love spending time at my kiosk and with my customers when I get the chance – getting to know them and what jewellery they like is key to building and maintaining a successful jewellery brand.
What inspires and empowers you about women?
Margaret Thatcher sums it up for me – I just love this quote from her "If you want something said, ask a man; if you want something done, ask a woman".
How do you try to inspire and empower women?
By encouraging them to have a voice, be it in the workplace with their colleagues or at home with their families. Women need to shift the perceptions they have about themselves and the other women around them. We can wear the pretty lipstick and still go to battle! We shouldn't have to make a choice between being feminine and balsy.
What is your wish for your daughter and future woman?
That she, and all of our daughters, will hopefully not have to spend so much of their valuable time and energy proving that they are as capable as their brothers!
Thank you, Carine, for being such a wonderful inspiration to all women, everywhere.
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So, we've just about made it through 2011. I can't believe that in just 2 days' time, it will be 2012. It has been a good year overall, and I have a lot to be both proud of and thankful for. I started the year by giving a talk on starting your own 5-9 business and I feel that 12 months on, I've learned so much more than I knew just 12 months ago. I have had stalls at summer and Christmas fairs (with varying degrees of success!), I was a finalist in the National Cupcake Championships and I finished the year as a winner at #wemakechristmas My shiny new Kenwood which stands proudly in my kitchen will be a permanent reminder.
There has been much that I wanted to do this year, but sadly didn't manage to. I can be very hard on myself and as I have a permanent job in addition to my cake company, I need to allow myself time off and time to spend with friends away from work and cake!
I have high hopes for 2012 – I'll be launching a newsletter in January and I'm finalising plans for the rest of the year. I very much hope that you will continue this journey with me. I'm running the marathon in April (I'm starting my training on Monday, which I think I'm looking forward to!), so please bear with me in the first part of the year if I don't blog as often as I'd like. I know I wrote last year that I wanted to include more recipes on here and that's definitely my intention for 2012. I'm setting myself some goals now (I don't usually make resolutions, but I set goals instead) and all that remains to say, is thank you for your support to date and have a very happy New Year!


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At Elingo, we do not offer you a typical business phone system. Our easy-to-use communications platform enables your employees to take their work to the next (connected) level.
- Personalised call handling and call routing for both office and mobile devices;
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Increase efficiency and reduce downtime with ease-of-use. The new Certincoat® XE series hood by Arkema.
Arkema designed the XE Series Hood for optimal operational efficiency to drive customer cost savings. The Certincoat® XE series is the American next-generation hot-end coating hood that focuses on improved operational efficiency, resulting in less cleaning and reduced maintenance downtime. Based on extensive field-testing these upgrades have resulted in a decrease in cleaning time and frequency required. These cost savings per line is estimated to be at least $15,000 annually.
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Yearbook of Immigration Statistics 2009
The 2009 Yearbook of Immigration Statistics is a compendium of tables that provide data on foreign nationals who are granted lawful permanent residence (i.e., immigrants who receive a "green card"), admitted as temporary nonimmigrants, granted asylum or refugee status, or are naturalized. The Yearbook also presents data on immigration enforcement actions, including apprehensions and arrests, removals, and returns.
Yearbook tables are released as they become available. A final PDF is released in September of the following fiscal year.
In addition to the Yearbook, the Office of Immigration Statistics' Annual Flow Reports and Population Estimates provide text, tables, and charts on lawful permanent residents, refugees and asylees, nonimmigrant admissions, naturalizations, enforcement actions, and the unauthorized population. The Annual Flow Reports and Population Estimates have replaced the text chapters in earlier editions of the Yearbook.
The entire Yearbook in pdf format and corresponding Excel files are available below.


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All of us at the Taylor Hooton Foundation extend our hand of congratulations to Dr. Goodman! This is the kind of warrior that we need in EVERY sport at every level in the United States and Canada!
Dr. Margaret Goodman, the former professional ringside physician appointed to the Nevada State Athletic Commission in 1994, was named "Person of the Year in Boxing" by HBO boxing commentator, Jim Lampley, on his show, "The Fight Game." Goodman is the president and chairperson of the board of Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA), an independent organization that provides sophisticated anti-doping testing for boxers and mixed martial arts athletes.
Lampley also named reigning super bantamweight champion, Nonito Donaire, "Boxer of the Year" for participating in the VADA testing program.
Of Goodman, Lampley said in a statement that she "formed the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association, a performance-enhancement testing service which moved down the road faster than others in employing a state-of-the-art procedure called carbon isotope ratio testing, and as a result, scored prominent busts of the first two star fighters to request the service, Lamont Peterson and Andre Berto. In other words, it took VADA and Margaret Goodman two fights to establish the will to enforce standards which might help to reverse what many observers now see as an onrushing tide of performance-enhancing drugs in boxing … For making her point forcefully, fearlessly and immediately, Dr. Margaret Goodman is the TFG Person of the Year in Boxing."
VADA uses the sophisticated carbon isotope ratio testing method for all of its tests.
"I am deeply honored by the generous endorsement of Jim Lampley and 'The Fight Game' for my work with VADA, and am grateful for Mr. Lampley and HBO's courage to step up and tackle the issue of performance-enhancing drugs in boxing. They are the first network to do so, and I salute them for that," said Goodman.
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UW-Madison's Sara Goldrick-Rab is the lead author of a new report titled, "Hungry to Learn: Addressing Food & Housing Insecurity Among Undergraduates."
The paper begins by noting: "According to a new survey of more than 4,000 undergraduates at 10 community colleges across the nation, half of all community college students are struggling with food and/or housing insecurity. Fully 20 percent are hungry and 13 percent are homeless. These numbers are startling and indicate the need for a multi-pronged, comprehensive set of institutional, state, and local policies to alleviate the barriers presented by poverty, so as to improve educational success."
Goldrick-Rab is a faculty member with the School of Education's Department of Educational Policy Studies and is the director and founder of the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, which is the only laboratory in the nation dedicated to translational research for improving equitable outcomes in postsecondary education. The HOPE Lab released the paper in partnership with the annual web-based Healthy Minds Study at the University of Michigan, the Association of Community College Trustees, and Single Stop.
The report is co-authored by Katharine Broton, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Sociology at UW-Madison and a research assistant with the Wisconsin HOPE Lab, and Daniel Eisenberg, an associate professor of Health Management and Policy at the University of Michigan and the principal investigator of The Healthy Minds Network.
The paper explains: "Most undergraduates who have left college without degrees indicate that financial reasons are a key cause. Tuition is rising faster than inflation, medical care costs, or need-based financial aid. And tuition is but one contributor to the cost of a college degree — students must also purchase books and supplies, pay for transportation to get to classes, and cover living expenses. These costs are growing quickly as well. The result is that students from low- and moderate-income families often have a high price to pay, even after grants and scholarships are distributed.
"What happens when individuals who are economically insecure enroll in college and face costs that are beyond their reach? Researchers at the Wisconsin HOPE Lab who are studying this question have learned that a growing number of low-income undergraduates experience food and housing insecurity, even when students work and receive financial aid."
Numerous media outlets are now reporting on the study and its findings:
• PBS Newshour headlined its report, "Think finals are tough? Real challenge for growing number of college students is getting enough to eat."
• The Houston Chronicle published a story headlined, "Community college students struggle with hunger, poverty, study finds." That article explains how "people struggling with homelessness typically are hard to reach for surveys, especially electronically, so the number of students facing these problems could be much higher than reflected in the survey, Goldrick-Rab said." "What's staggering to me is that I think these numbers may be really low," Goldrick-Rab tells the Chronicle. "The schools and frankly the country does not have its head around what it means to address this ... you have to do something much more systematic."
• MarketWatch ran a report headlined, "Half of community college students struggle to find housing, food." That report begins: "In the American imagination, higher education is supposed to be a ticket to a better life. But even for a large share of students who make it to college, poverty can be hard to escape, because its trappings plague them through school."
• And the Capital Times newspaper posted a story headlined, "UW survey finds half of community college students risk hunger, homelessness."
Meanwhile, Goldrick-Rab is the co-author of a Dec. 4 New York Times op-ed titled, "Hungry, Homeless and in College," which utilizes information from the new HOPE Lab report. The Times op-ed, co-authored by Broton, concludes by noting: "From President Obama on down, our political leaders are urging people to do the right thing and stay in college. Students are trying — so hard that they sometimes go hungry to learn. When will we match their level of determination? A college education is a great tool for overcoming poverty, but students have to be able escape the conditions of poverty long enough to finish their degrees or we're wasting their time."
In addition, Goldrick-Rab says she shared the new report with staff members of U.S. Senators Tammy Baldwin of Wisconsin and Bernie Sanders of Vermont during a visit to Washington, D.C., Dec. 1-2. Goldrick-Rab adds that she also went to the White House with UW-Madison undergraduate Brooke Evans, who was once a homeless student, and further discussed the report with higher education officials and members of the Domestic Policy Council.
Goldrick-Rab also is a Senior Scholar with the Wisconsin Center for the Advancement of Postsecondary Education and an affiliate of the Institute for Research on Poverty, Center for Financial Security, La Follette School of Public Affairs, and the Wisconsin Center for Education Research.
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The Exodus Foundation's General Practitioner provides primary chronic and mental healthcare to members of the community who cannot otherwise access healthcare.
General Practitioner services are usually administered at our Health and Outreach Centre at 180 Liverpool Road Ashfield however, we currently do not have a GP at the Centre.
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Is the Stock Market Signaling a Crash and Double Dip Recession or Great Depression?
Recent economic data indicates the United States economy is heading into a "Double Dip Recession" and if we are to have a double dip, we had better hope the second down-leg is a deep one, the 2008-09 recession was nothing like as deep as that of 1929-33 but current misguided policies have actually made things worse.
The costs imposed by current policymakers' have now created different errors which must now be paid.
Before we entertain the much dreaded word double dip "Great Recession" or even "Great Depression", let's take a look at some of the recent economic indicators and see what's going on.
Housing Market — The S&P/Case-Shiller Home Price Index has now dipped to the lowest level since March 2003.
Unemployment — Job market loses momentum and if you really look at the numbers, you'll see that the jobless recovery never had any momentum. Statistics are excluding workers that have been out of a job for more than 99 weeks and simply decreasing the workforce.
Consumer Confidence — The Consumer Board's Consumer Confidence Index was at a dismal 60.8 for May 2011. The average reading since 1967 is 94.5, the current reading is lower than it was after the 9-11 attacks and about as low as in 2002. Consumer spending accounts for 75% of GDP. What happens if the consumer doesn't feel confident?
We are indeed destined for a "Great Depression", with hyperinflation and a major stock market crash — this time around, the initial plunges in 1929 and 1987 will be considered weak compared to what we are about to experience and it will be known as the "Great Crash" years later.
What happens now depends on what policy is pursued. At one extreme, a watertight agreement between Democrats and Republicans on sharp cuts in public spending, combined with a realization by the Federal Reserve that inflation is a major danger, requiring sharply positive real interest rates (and presumably accompanied by the forced resignation of Ben Bernanke) would in the short term produce a sharp decline in commodity prices, a major stock market crash (3,500 on the DJIA — 400 on the S&P 500) and a deep recession, taking GDP down perhaps 6-8% from its current level.
Essentially we would pay today the stored-up costs of past fiscal and monetary mistakes, producing a second double dip in the economy that will be more severe than the first. However, that second dip would probably be far less damaging in terms of employment than the first dip. The return of sharply positive real interest rates — perhaps a Federal Funds rate of 10% if inflation was running at 6% would cause businesses to seek ways to substitute labor for suddenly expensive capital, causing new jobs to appear even as bankruptcies removed the old ones.
Once bottom had been reached, probably within 12-18 months from the decline's start, a true economic recovery would begin that would rapidly increase demand for labor as in the 1983-84 recession, quickly reducing unemployment except for those unfortunate souls whose skills had atrophied due to the duration of their enforced leisure.
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Bringing out okra's best
Okra -- people love it or hate it.
But the former group, the okra fans, will tell you that the latter, the okra detractors, simply haven't had it cooked properly.
The very attributes that make okra popular for such dishes as gumbo, in which the vegetable creates the obligatory body and texture, also can make it disagreeable. Let's not beat around the bush -- okra can be slimy. At least that's the term often used. Others object to this negativity, using the words "slick" and "luscious" instead.
The local okra season is just around the corner. Most of the okra in the markets now is from Mexico, but within the next few weeks, the Fresno crop will roll in. As summer approaches, there will be organically grown okra from fields near Sacramento. Various methods for changing the texture of cooked okra -- including a vinegar soak -- are not particularly successful, but there are right ways and wrong ways of fixing the vegetable.
Ruta Kahate, cookbook author and teacher of Indian cooking in the East Bay, says the secret lies in not adding liquids, unless the okra is used in a soupy preparation like a gumbo or curry. In India, where okra is an indispensable ingredient in numerous dishes, cooks rinse the slender pods quickly and then pat them dry. So first rule: Don't soak it.
Cooking over medium-high heat also prevents the sticky juices (mucilaginous is the proper culinary term) from congealing into something unpleasant. In India, Kahate says, children usually love okra, a sure sign that it couldn't be sticky-yucky.
Okra belongs to the same family (mallow) as cotton and is officially classified as an herb rather than a vegetable. The handsome plants can grow as much as 6 feet tall. The part we consume are the immature, tender seed pods, though the leaves of some varieties of okra are also edible.
Okra is believed to be a native of North Africa. It was cultivated by the ancient Egyptians and spread to much of the Middle East, Asia, the Indian subcontinent and, eventually, to the Americas, probably brought first to the Caribbean by slaves.
It became, and still is, a mainstay of Creole and other Southern cooking. Fried okra is as dear to many Southerners' hearts as french fries are to many of the rest of us.
At Town Hall, the Southern-leaning San Francisco restaurant, sous chef Scott Graf described the restaurant's Southern version of a classic croque madame with such verbal palate appeal, I wanted to rush right over and order one: Smithfield ham and cheese are toasted in a sandwich, topped with a poached egg and jalapeno cream sauce and finished off with cornmeal-coated fried okra on the side.
Traditional Southern recipes for fried okra fall into two main categories: sliced, parboiled in salted water, then dipped in seasoned cornmeal and fried in plenty of oil until crisp, or -- my favorite -- left whole, dipped in beaten egg, coated in a mixture of cornmeal and a little flour seasoned with salt and pepper, then deep fried in oil or pan fried in a mixture of corn oil and butter until crackly crisp.
Kahate, whose just-published book, "Five Spices, 50 Dishes" (Chronicle Books; 132 pages; $19.95), proves that everyday Indian food need not be intimidating nor time-consuming, includes an okra raita in her collection. It combines yogurt seasoned with cayenne, ground turmeric and mustard seeds with crispy fried okra.
She teaches regional Indian cooking at Sur la Table stores as well as her own cooking school in the Rockridge district of Oakland (for details, check her Web site, www.rutaruta.com).
The accompanying recipe for an okra-shrimp curry, while not in the book, is one of Kahate's favorite weeknight dishes. She says she always keeps a bag of peeled, deveined medium shrimp in the freezer.
With no sauteing needed, this dish, which is a staple in the cuisine of Goa, is not nearly as labor-intensive as many other curries. And if there are leftovers, that's fine with Kahate. "It tastes even better the next day," she says.
Everyday Okra & Shrimp Curry
Serves 4
Oakland author and cooking teacher Ruta Kahate says if you don't like your curry soupy, which this is, boil it down before adding the shrimp. Increase the amount of okra if you wish. Serve with steamed rice.
1 teaspoon finely grated garlic (2 large cloves)
1/4 teaspoon ground turmeric
1/4 to 1/2 teaspoon cayenne
1/4 teaspoon cumin seed, finely ground
1/2 teaspoon coriander seed, finely ground
2 1/2 cups plus 1 teaspoon water
1/2 yellow onion, finely chopped
2 tablespoons canola oil
1 14.5-ounce can unsweetened coconut milk (well shaken)
1/2 pound tender okra, cut into 1-inch pieces
1 1/2 to 2 teaspoons salt
1/3 cup fresh tomato puree (about 1 medium tomato, skinned, seeded)
1 serrano chile, cut lengthwise into 4, seeds included
1 pound medium-size raw shrimp, peeled, deveined
1 teaspoon apple cider vinegar
Instructions: Stir together garlic, turmeric, cayenne, cumin, coriander and 1 teaspoon water to make a thick paste. Using a fork, mix together onion and canola oil, crushing onion slightly. Mix spice paste into onion.
Over medium heat, bring coconut milk and 2 1/2 cups water to a boil. Immediately reduce to a simmer. Stir onion mixture into coconut milk, making sure that the spice paste is well distributed. Add okra and salt, stir and simmer, uncovered, until okra is tender, about 30 minutes.
Add pureed tomato and serrano. Simmer for 5 minutes. Add the shrimp and simmer only until shrimp are cooked, another 5 minutes. Stir in vinegar and simmer for a few minutes more. Taste and adjust the salt, if needed.
Per serving: 375 calories, 19 g protein, 11 g carbohydrate, 30 g fat (20 g saturated), 135 mg cholesterol, 979 mg sodium, 4 g fiber.


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For many years, Roy Keane was a thorn in Arsenal's proverbial side. Amid the countless Premier League title clashes between the Gunners and Manchester United, the ex-Ireland international went to war with Arsenal captain Patrick Viera, and let's just say it was never pretty – as highlighted in their recent documentary together on ITV.
But rather surprisingly, in the pre-match build-up to today's FA Cup tie against Everton, ol' Keano has managed to re-build some bridges with the Emirates faithful. The former Red Devils skipper decided to stick up for the much-criticised Mesut Ozil, as well as the club in general, and condemn the form of the injured Jack Wilshere, leading to a rather loving Twitter response from these Gunners fans:
Roy Keane defending Ozil & Arsenal. So rare in the media. Well done Roy. He is fast becoming my favourite TV pundit #AFC
— JÖhn FairclÖugh (@JohnJig) March 8, 2014
Wow Roy Keane speaking so much sense on Arsenal and Ozil #AFC
— Abhinav Ramnarayan (@abhinavvr) March 8, 2014
Roy Keane hit the nail on the head with Özil. Shame fans don't think the same. #ozil #AFC
— Kai (@kaigardiner) March 8, 2014
Roy Keane speaking the truth about Wilshere, won't be missed and not performed #afc
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Editorial: The Solution to Fake News
Since November's presidential election, we've seen a spike of fake news. But what exactly is fake news? I've seen it labeled as hoaxes, propaganda, lies—whatever you want to call it, it's spreading like a virus. And although hoaxes and propaganda have always existed, the way it's being distributed through social media channels like Facebook and Twitter is causing this epidemic of misinformation to travel far and wide. According to BBC News technology correspondent Rory Cellan-Jones, more than 40 percent of the U.S. population receive their news on Facebook. Not all the stories they read are true, but that doesn't stop them from hitting the share button.
"Whoever created this torrent of untruth probably had two motives—to cause mischief and to make a large amount of cash through the adverts that are the lifeblood of Facebook and the businesses which live off what it describes as its ecosystem," Cellan-Jones wrote.
Luciano Floridi, a professor of philosophy and ethics of information, recently wrote in the Guardian that we are going through a "post-truth crisis," where there is a need "for shallow gossip, pleasant lies and reassuring falsehoods…The difference is that the internet allows that appetite to be fed a bottomless supply of semantic junk," creating "echo chambers."
"These kinds of digital, ethical problems represent a defining challenge of the 21st century," wrote Floridi. "They include breaches of privacy, of security and safety, of ownership and intellectual property rights, of trust, of fundamental human rights, as well as the possibility of exploitation, discrimination, inequality, manipulation, propaganda, populism, racism, violence and hate speech."
All of this sounds like a recipe for a volatile environment.
Fake news is such a hot topic that even President Obama weighed in on the subject after the election. "If we are not serious about facts and what's true and what's not, if we can't discriminate between serious arguments and propaganda, then we have problems," he said at a press conference in Germany. "If everything seems to be the same and no distinctions are made, then we won't know what to protect. We won't know what to fight for. And we can lose so much of what we've gained in terms of the kind of democratic freedoms and market-based economies and prosperity that we've come to take for granted."
With President-elect Donald Trump set to take office this month, newspapers at major publications like the New York Times and Wall Street Journal have seen a major bump in subscriptions. In a span of a few weeks after the election, the Times confirmed it had about 132,000 paid print and digital subscriptions while the Journal reported it saw a 300 percent increase in new subscribers a day after Trump was elected.
Publishers should take this news as an encouraging sign that the public does want accurate and truthful reporting. Newspapers remain an important and powerful brand, and they should be the solution for fake news. Let's not forget that before social media and algorithms dictated to us what was considered news, newspapers were our source of information. Despite many journalists operating with leaner newsrooms and resources, they still put in the same time and energy while covering this election. But when we look back at 2016, there were certainly some media lessons that had we all had to learn, but now we need to move forward and pick ourselves up because there's still plenty of work that needs to be done.
In this month's cover story, Bob Provost (a former marketing executive with the Albany Times Union in New York and Star-Ledger in Newark, N.J.) discusses how the newspaper industry needs to find its brand and market it effectively. As we try to prevent fake news from spreading, now is the perfect time to remind everyone how real newspapers are.


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I'm sitting in a conference room on the first floor of a building near downtown Oakland. Afternoon sunlight slants down from clear blue sky onto sidewalks and streets and windows. Buses groan and cars sigh around corners after waiting impatiently at signals.
A new co-worker was at my desk when I arrived. She didn't look anything like me, so I was worried about crossing paths with my doppelganger (or worse).
Another co-worker's recommendation of a social search engine brought me here. This LJ account was among the first page of my own results, so I figured I'd better log in and change my password and blow the dust off things.


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The Scooter that destroyed Mercury Industries…
The tie-up with Cyclemaster proved lucrative and, as a result, Mercury appear to have got the 'scooter bug.' It's quite understandable, as every manufacturer wanted to cash in on the crazes that was revolutionizing transport. However, this next foray into motorized vehicles was not so successful.
Because, unfortunately, the Mercury Hermes Scooter was a total disaster. Although Mercury tried introducing several more models over the next few years in a desperate attempt to recoup losses, by 1958 the company went into liquidation. With such limited production, examples of the Mercury motorcycle, moped or scooters are now very hard to find.
My unrestored Mercury Hermes scooter came from the Combe Martin Motorcycle Museum in North Devon, which closed down some years ago.
The Hermes has many little touches of originality. Look, for example, at the Mercury name stamped into the brake plate, seen below behind its frame number (number 305 out of a production run of 1201)
After WW2, Great Britain had to repay its massive war debts to America, and the overwhelming majority of new vehicles were exported in order to bring in foreign exchange. Petrol rationing was still in force in Britain into the 1950s. So it was interesting to see the new models at the annual Earls Court Show …but you couldn't buy them!
But, by 1955, the country had recovered, and motorcyclists once again had a wonderful choice of machines to buy. The Hermes made its debut at the 1955 show.
The 1955 Show provided the debut of the new-fangled 'mo-ped' (for a review of the 1955 Earls Court Show PLEASE CLICK HERE).
Although the German machines used the reliable Sachs engine, when Mercury built the Meister Solo-Roller under license in Great Britain, they used the JLO engine instead.
It was a decision that was to doom the Hermes to failure.
Its pull-start – similar to lawnmowers – was a troublesome device, and because so many of the scooters were returned for repair under the warranty, Mercury sued JLO for £20,000.
Few Mercury Hermes scooters were still on the road by the following year; though mine was first registered by Birmingham County Council in 1958, so I assume it must have remained unsold in a shop somewhere until a gullible customer bought it. Its taxdisc shows an expiry date of 31st December 1959, and the pull-start on the engine is broken, so I assume this one suffered the same fate as the others, and did not last more than a year before it came off the road.
Meister Solo Roller
Compare the Hermes with its ancestor, the Meister Solo-Roller, which came on the market in Germany in 1955.
The 1955 Solo Mammut-Roller (below) sported the same 50cc Sachs engine as the Meister.
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Settings reordering.
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Date: Tue, 23 Aug 2011 08:45:06 -0500
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Thursday, November 3, 2016
One of the biggest complications in estate planning is that the law is forever catching up to technology. Obviously, for privacy concerns, access to the content of communications such as emails, text messages and social media accounts must be specifically given to an Executor or Power of Attorney Agent. These specific instructions should be placed in your will, trust, power of attorney or similar document. Does your Power of Attorney or Will or Trust mention access to digital access or on-line accounts?
There may come a time when someone needs lawful access to your online accounts and the current default (similar to laws of "intestacy," when someone dies without an estate plan) is to follow a companies' terms of services agreements. Some companies like Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter have developed policies to deal with the accounts of deceased users, but many are still unaware of these policies.
Monday, November 9, 2015
By Mark J. Manta, Esq.
Benjamin's second wife, Julia, was a decade younger than her sixty year old husband. They had one son, Brad, who has Down's syndrome. Before Julia, Ben was married to Sarah for twenty years and had two children, John and Mary, who were estranged from Ben and were now adults living on their own. Ben and Sarah divorced ten years ago, but Ben had always hoped for a reconciliation with his children and indeed sent them money on their birthdays every year.
Julia had never given a second thought to Ben's finances or will as he had always taken good care of her and Brad. Ben's work in the healthcare industry provided well for his family. They had a large home in an upscale development. Since he started working, Ben put his money into an IRA, and it was now worth over $2 million. Julia didn't know much about it, Ben got e-statements from Vanguard and she only saw references on the tax return she signed.
A week ago Ben had fallen asleep reading, but this time he didn't stir as Julia approached the couch. The day after the funeral she found his will in an envelope in the antique secretary. Her heart sank when she saw that it had been drafted before they had Brad. The will left his estate to be split evenly, half to his estranged children the other half to Julia. She didn't think Ben would have given John and Mary this much today, not with Brad's special needs. When she got in touch with Vanguard regarding the IRA, they told her that Ben had never changed the beneficiary from his first wife.
She couldn't comprehend it. She won't have any of the IRA; it all goes to Sarah. Ben's estranged children will each get $125,000 and Julia gets $250,000, the house and the cars. It's not enough. Julia realizes she will have to sell the house and she doesn't know how she'll provide for Brad and his special needs.
Do you think this is how Ben wanted to take care of his family? Estate planning attorneys know a lot about the law, but to tell the truth, there's a lot we don't know. We don't know when you're going to die, what the law, or your family situation, or your assets will be like then. So how do we make sure your plan (your Will or your Trust) works correctly at that future time? We've found that the common-sense way to keep your plan on track is to get together every so often to review things and make any needed changes. We call this program ACE Advantage.
It's not just about having the documents. If Ben and Julia had an easy way to keep in touch with their estate attorney, the changes in their lives would have been incorporated into their estate plan. With our ACE Advantage platform, clients of HighPoint Law Offices have access to services to keep their plan up to date. Both Ben and Julia would have been able to make informed decisions about how best to care for Brad. With the ability to call with quick questions or make changes, there would not have been any dark surprises waiting in the secretary. The difficult time in dealing with the death of a spouse would have not been compounded by the consequences of an estate plan that no longer worked.
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