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- Zero Hour Contract
- Variable Hour Contract
- Fixed Term Contract
- Permanent Contract
- 'Worker' contracts or self employment
- Characteristics of 'Worker' as opposed to 'Employee' contracts
- Characteristics of 'Self Employed' as opposed to 'Employee'
- Variations in how HPLs might be paid
The first step to challenging casualisation is to know and understand the types of contract used at your institution.
Zero Hour Contract
- Contracts which make no guarantee of working hours but provide for the employer to offer work 'as and when'.
- Hours of work may fluctuate widely.
- No guaranteed income.
- Employers may offer a 'retainer' during the summer break.
- Some HPLs may work for many years teaching long-standing, mainstream courses, whilst others may be called on to cover sickness – much like 'bank staff' – this distinction may occur in the same institution
- It might be possible to explore the argument that a zero hour contract can be defined as a fixed term contract
Variable Hour Contract
- Contracts which guarantee a minimum number of hours' work with the option of the employer offering additional hours on an 'as and when' basis. This will be an explicit term in the contract.
- Minimum guaranteed income.
- A variable hour contract may be defined as a permanent contract, although some reps argue that it could be defined as a fixed term contract.
Fixed Term Contract
- A contract which ends on a particular date, after a certain event or on completion of a specified task.
- Failing to renew a fixed-term contract can be considered to be a dismissal.
- Fixed Term contracts may be defined as either Hourly-Paid or salaried. The salary of HPL fixed term staff is probably significantly lower than their salaried Fixed Term counterparts
Permanent Contract
- A contract which is of unlimited duration.
- These contracts may be lawfully terminated in various circumstances, including resignation, retirement, ill-health, gross misconduct and redundancy.
'Worker' contracts or self employment
Some institutions, such as Lambeth Adult Community Learning commission self-employed teachers or assessors to either carry out 'as and when' work or teach on regular courses. It appears that these groups of workers have the lowest levels of job security and protections.
Some employers claim that their staff are not employees, but actually workers. This might be an attempt to evade their statutory responsibilities such as redundancy pay etc.
Characteristics of 'Worker' as opposed to 'Employee' contracts:
- the business doesn't have to offer them work and they don't have to accept it – they only work when they want to
- their contract with the business uses terms like 'casual', 'freelance', 'zero hours', 'as required' or something similar
- the business deducts tax and National Insurance contributions from their wages
Workers usually aren't entitled to:
- minimum notice periods if their employment will be ending (eg if an employer is dismissing them)
- protection against unfair dismissal
- the right to request flexible working
- time off for emergencies
- Statutory Redundancy Pay
Characteristics of 'Self Employed' as opposed to 'Employee'
These workers may:
- hire someone to do the work or engage helpers at their own expense
- risk their own money
- provide the main items of equipment they need to do their job
- agree to do a job for a fixed price regardless of how long the job may take
- decide what work to do, how and when to do the work and where to provide the services
- regularly work for a number of different people
- account for their own tax
Note that the characteristics identified above are not legal definitions, which are discussed on the next page.
Variations in how HPLs might be paid:
- In the case of staff whose salary is paid by the hour, salary may be either accounted for and paid as hourly pay (ie staff are only paid during term time) or averaged out over the year, so that HPLs get a monthly salary. Some institutions that pay only in term time may not consider the employee as under contract over the summer. This does not break the continuity of service, and 'a year's service' is still annual, but it does mean that those months are not accounted for in some calculations such as holiday pay.
- Holiday pay is often either rolled-up into hourly pay (ie staff are only paid during term-time) or averaged out over the year, so that HPLs' holiday pay is paid out during the holidays. However, following a series of confusing case decisions the Department for BIS now states on its website that rolled up holiday pay is unlawful.
- Some institutions have agreements whereby HPLs are moved over to variable contracts with better conditions after four years of zero hour contracts.
- Variable contracts seem to have evolved because of campaigns and branch activity against zero hour contracts.
- The zero hours contract is viewed by London Region as the most pernicious version of a variable hours contract.


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We all know who Anna Wintour (yes, wearing sunglasses during the evening session) and Mirka are rooting for to win in Florida. But who are your picks? Let us know in the comments section.
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We all know who Anna Wintour (yes, wearing sunglasses during the evening session) and Mirka are rooting for to win in Florida. But who are your picks? Let us know in the comments section.
(photo via getty images)
Guga Kuerten lost his first round match against Sebastien Grosjean in the first round of the Sony Ericsson Open. The scoreline: 6-1, 7-5.
While his game might not have held up, his fashion sense sure did. He wore a bright orange/red kit (with red hat, red shoes) from Diadora Guga Kuerten. Le sigh, we'll sure miss his flair when he retires.
In doubles, he wore white and won one match with Nicolas Lapentti against Feliciano Lopez and Fernando Verdasco. They lost in the next round to Aspelin and Knowles. Lapentti also presented Kuerten with an award at an ATP banquet during the tournament.
Looking forward: Kuerten's next stop on his farewell tour is a Challenger-level tournament in Florianopolis, Brazil. That event begins on April 14.
(photos by Getty Images)
Obligations, schmobligations. Lindsay, say "no!" to botox injections!
Props to Fila for dressing up their line officials in lime green at this year's Sony Ericsson Open. (They used baby blue at Indian Wells.)
The ballkids got to wear red.
Challenge: For next year, Fila should try to dress each staffer in clothes that are actually their size. It's not like they haven't done it before. Remember the lineswomen from Roma?
(Photo for TSF courtesy of Fila)
Watch this clip of Mikhail Youzhny totally losing it after squandering a break point opportunity at 5-4 in the third set against Nicolas Almagro at the Sony Ericsson Open.
He smashes his head with his racquet. Three times. Turned out to be a bloody mess. Let's hope he doesn't play a brainy game ala Andy Murray because that didn't do his head any good.
Misha eventually pulled it together and won 7-6 (4), 3-6, 7-6 (6) to advance to the fourth round, where he lost to Janko Tipsarevic.
>> TSF's sony ericsson open coverage continues…
Victoria Azarenka fell to Svetlana Kuznetsova in the third round of the Sony Ericsson Open, but not before giving the Russian a scare; Azarenka won the first set and held a match point against Sveta before losing 6-1, 5-7, 0-6.
She wore the Set Point polo from Nike. Yep, my friends, those are polka dots you're seeing.
Buy: Nike Set Point Polo, $50.
(photo by AP Photo/J. Pat Carter via DTL)
Nikolay Davydenko seems to be shaking away his demons left and right.
First, he's standing up against the ATP anti-corruption team ("Tennis Integrity Unit") investigating the match-fixing scandal, refusing to hand over phone records of his brother, Edouard, and his wife, Irina, until the ATP decides to foot his legal bill. His lawyer, Frank Immenga, told BBC Sport that charges will be dropped very soon, and that it's not out of the question that Kolya will sue the ATP for damages.
Meanwhile, he just reached the quarters at the Sony Ericsson Open for the first time in his career, taking out Mario Ancic 4-6, 6-3, 7-5. Ancic was on a roll before falling to the Russian, beating 13th seed Andy Murray and 18th seed Juan Monaco (le sigh) in the previous two rounds. Kolya has yet to face a seed, and will take on Janko Tipsarevic in the quarters. The only time the two have met was in the hard courts of Russia in last year's Davis Cup tie. (Kolya won that one 7-6, 6-1.)
As usual, he's wearing a ho-hum kit from Airness.
(photos by Clive Brunskill/Getty Images)
So much for the clean-cut look of Janko Tipsarevic. After spending the first part of 2008 sans piercings, glasses, and breathing strip, he's fallen back to his usual ways — likely to help deal with the heat and the humidity of Florida in the spring.
Yay: Tipsy's on a roll so far, knocking out two seeds (No. 29 Fernando Verdasco and No. 11 Mikhail Youzhny) to get a spot in the quarters. He took out Yooz in three sets: 3-6, 6-0, 6-3.
(photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
It was an all-blue battle between defending champion Rafael Nadal and German Benjamin Becker in the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open. Nadal won the match 7-5, 6-2.
On track: With Novak Djokovic out of the way, top-ranked Federer still rusty, and a confident endorsement from Bjorn Borg (albeit for performance on grass), we expect to see Rafa as the last man standing next Friday.
BTW: My friends and I were chatting last week about which feat would be achieved first: Rafa winning Wimbledon or Roger winning the French. Like Borg, we think it's the former.
Rafa wore his Global Power Sleeveless in New Blue. This time, the folks at Nike moved the graphic print to the side and upper back of the tee, leaving it clean on the front (a welcome change). I'm all about this Land of the Rising Sun motif on his headband. And the blue swirls on his white wristband are a nice touch.
Becker wore a similar shade from the Boris Becker line.
Buy: Nike Global Power Sleeveless, $55; 3/4 pants, $55.
>> TSF's sony ericsson open coverage continues…
Italian Andreas Seppi, the stylish male sheep of the Fila family — with the female being Akiko Morigami, of course — continues on his green streak with this crewneck accented with white lines. James Blake beat him in the second round of the Sony Ericsson Open 7-5, 6-3.
This is a welcome burst of color from the paler greys and purples that are dominating the rest of the Fila collection.
One more: A photo of Seppi's white/green Fila tee from Indian Wells after the cut…
Rich: I'll see your Nole and raise you a Juan Monaco.
Here he is on Valentine's Day hanging out at the courts of the Copa Telmex in Buenos Aires, Argentina, while recovering from the ankle injury that took him out of the running at the Movistar Open in Chile.
Bonus round: At this week's Sony Ericsson Open, Juan went with Jesse Levine, Jonathan Erlich, Andy Ram, Flavia Pennetta, Katarina Srebotnik, Tamira Paszek, and Sabine Lisicki to the Miami Seaquarium where they enjoyed an afternoon with dolphins.
(Copa photo via La Nacion; dolphin photo via ATP)
Jelena Jankovic's dress from the kick-off party has been seared into our minds. And just when we were getting ready to forget about it, we ran across a photo of the dress… taken from the back.
(photo by SEWTA)
Andy Roddick, the prominent face of Lacoste's spring campaign, looked delicious in his appearance at a Manhattan party last week. He showed up at Wednesday's Sony Ericsson Open players' party (in Lacoste, of course). See what he wore after the cut…
The SEWTA Tour gave out their 2007 Players Awards in Miami on Thursday.
Comeback player of the year: Lindsay Davenport
Newcomer: Agnes Szavay
Most improved: Ana Ivanovic (who jumped from No. 14 to No. 4 within the season)
Player of the year: Justine Henin, wearing a grey cropped tuxedo jacket and a rhinstoned Armani tee
Doubles team of the year: Cara Black (short) and Liezel Huber (tall)
(photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
Janko Tipsarevic won his first round match at the Sony Ericsson Open against Taiwanese player Yen-Hsun Lu 6-1, 4-6, 6-4.
(Photo by Matthew Stockman/Getty Images)
>> TSF's sony ericsson open coverage
I don't care if Svetlana Kuznetsova looks like Ashton Kutcher in this photo — this is the best I've seen her look off-court!
Save for the slightly-too-long cuffs on that jacket, James Blake, as usual, looks pretty darn good.
(photos by Getty Images)
>> meanwhile, a vegas showgirl's costume went missing…
>> party photo: serena williams at the seo kick-off party
You better believe we were excited to finally see the new Spring/Summer 2008 looks from Fila Japan as worn by their sponsored player, Akiko Morigami. Here she is playing on the third day of the Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne. She lost to Italian Sara Errani 2-6, 6-3, 4-6.
Ever since the winter we'd been dying to figure out what the Japanese arm will be doing for early 2008 (we already know what they're doing for the rest of the world, with Tursunov and Kuznetsova showing off at Indian Wells last week). For the most part, thanks to Ichizo, all that we found were nibblets — a cryptic post on her own site talking about a photo shoot, and that picture on the right from the shoot's stylist.
Until this week, of course. We'll do another post about the rest of the men's and women's tennis collections soon.
More: For now, see more photos (and some close-ups) of Akiko's outfit after the cut…
It has been brought to our attention that Rafa Nadal will be blogging for TENNIS.com during this week's Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla.
He'll talk about his matches and share personal photos that he takes and poses for during the next week-and-a-half.
"We're thrilled to have Rafael Nadal, one of the most exciting players in the game, blogging for TENNIS.com during the Sony Ericsson Open," said TENNIS.com and TENNIS Magazine editor-in-chief James Martin. "Rafa will take our fans behind the scenes for exclusive content that they can't get anywhere else."
Archives: This isn't Rafa's first stab at blogging. He's done it twice for the ATP, even getting an "Editor's Choice" distinction for his posts in June 2006. He also wrote from Roland Garros last year.
While it could be said that there were times Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams walked on water — he owns three back-to-back French Opens and she has already racked up eight Grand Slam titles so far — the organizers of the Sony Ericsson Open took it a step further by staging this exhibition on Monday.
It took a team five days to construct invisible (acrylic) platforms at either end of the Hotel Gansevoort's rooftop pool. It would've been so much cooler had they brought in people to make it seem like it was business as usual; as if tennis on water happens all the time.
By the way: Gansevoort South, the South Beach sister to the Hotel Gansevoort in the Meatpacking District, is opening quietly this month after some delays. It'll be worth the wait, though. The hotel's main kitchens will be helmed by the ladies of the ONE Group; they've even scheduled to open a branch of their STK restaurant there in November.
Duly noted: Are those the new Nike kits Rafa and Serena will be wearing later this week?
More photos: Click here for more pics.
(simplyserena.com via WTB; photos by ATP)
American Vania King follows up her loud stripes from Indian Wells with this lighter floral pattern for this week's Sony Ericsson Open in Key Biscayne, Fla. It's possibly another dress from Lily's of Beverly Hills.
Edit: Nope — a quick call to the LBH confirms that this is not their dress. So if anyone knows the answer…
Scoreline: Vania is through to the third round of qualifying. Good luck to her!


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16 September 2013 - Hosman-Cornăţel sector maintenance, Moto-draisine - 2 participants
Agenda: We dismantled the moto-draisine pending cleaning and repainting. We also gained 300 more meters of track cleared of weeds.
14 September 2013 - Hosman-Cornăţel sector maintenance - 2 participants
Agenda: We cleared the weeds off another 300m of track.
07 September 2013 - Hosman-Cornăţel sector maintenance, The water tower in Cornățel - 3 participants
Agenda: We finished painting inside the water tower, after which we took the velo-draisine and set off to inspect the track up to Hosman, taking notes about its status.
30 August 2013 - The water tower in Cornățel - 5 participants
Agenda: We finished taking out the rubble and started painting the inner walls.
Extras: Earlier today we offered a group of 16 bloggers a ride with the moto-draisine towards Hosman. The TV camera operator was again present, both for the morning ride and for the afternoon work.
27 August 2013 - The water tower in Cornățel - 4 participants
Agenda: We started working on the water tower in order to host a photo exhibit to complement the round table on Sep 19'th. The first action was to take out all the rubble.
Extras: A camera operator from the national television TVR joined us and filmed our action for a TV story.
24 August 2013 - Cornăţel station maintenance, Hosman-Cornăţel sector maintenance, The water tower in Cornățel - 7 participants
Agenda: We mowed yet another kilometer of track between Cornățel and Hosman, after which we put our motor-draisine and its two carriages onto the track and set off to inspect the track. At the end of the 4km of operational track we cleared trees on a section of overgrown track. Forced by rain to return to Cornățel, we started taking out debris from inside and around the water tower. After the rain passed we cleared some more weeds from the main line in the station.
Extras: We thank Marian, Gigi, Dina and Iasmina for their effort to come all the way from Arad to help. As for guests, we were happy to be accompanied by two reporters of a young magazine, from which we eagerly await the article.
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13 July 2013 - Agnita station maintenance, Carriage shed - 3 participants
Agenda: We mounted the apex of the roof and vertical tin corners on the carriage shed and mowed the direct line as well as part of the sidings area.
30 June 2013 - bicycle trolley - 2 participants
Agenda: Repairs to the gear mechanism of our velo-draisine, while awaiting for a group of tourists.
29 June 2013 - Hosman-Cornăţel sector maintenance - 5 participants
Agenda: We profit from the only rainless day in this period to get a feel on replacing sleepers. We aimed for a remote place near Hosman but on our way we had to stop and clear the vegetation which bloomed after all that rain. Thus our sleeper replacement changed into mowing weeds and cutting down trees and branches, but we did find a couple rotten sleepers on the spot and had our way with replacing them. We never reached the intended location, which got postponed for next time.
08 June 2013 - Agnita station maintenance, The water tower in Cornățel, Carriage shed - 4 participants
Agenda: Another Saturday, another volunteering activity on the SAR. This time we dismantled the loading ramp at Agnita, mowed some of the weeds, took measures for some strips of tin at the carriage shed and cut in two some standard gauge sleepers. We then carried the sleepers to Cornățel, preparing for a larger action of sleeper replacement, and put back some tiles which were displaced or taken down by storm on the water tower roof. In other words, Radu, Cătălin and Mihai checked each just over 12 hours of work on the SAR today!


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How to sleep: Three reasons you may always be tired and how to sleep better
HOW TO sleep: After a busy Christmas and New Year, many people will be feeling tired and in need of a recovery period. But getting enough sleep can be difficult for some people, especially when you have a busy lifestyle. One doctor shares three reasons you might still be feeling tired and how to get a good night's sleep.
Not getting enough sleep can leave you feeling groggy, irritable and extremely tired, and feeling tired can hinder your day-to-day life. After the busy Christmas and New Year period, many people will be looking to begin 2019 with a fresh start, aiming to boost productivity and achieve New Year's resolutions. But when you're tired, this can be easier said than done, and productivity levels can be severely impacted. Sleep specialist Dr Roger Henderson offers three reasons why you might still be feeling tired and how to get a good night's sleep.
Unfortunately, quantity does not mean quality when it comes to sleep
Snoozing your alarm
You may think snoozing your alarm will help you feel less tired by giving you more time to sleep, but this can actually make you feel more tired.
This is because snoozing jerks you out of a deep sleep and forces you back into it, confusing the body clock.
"In general, our bodies do better when they can get used to a single clear rule so do your best to get out of bed the moment the alarm sounds," said Dr Henderson.
Instead of snoozing, put your alarm clock on the other side of the room so you are forced to get out off bed and turn it off. This will also wake you up easier.
Many people struggle to get quality sleep and wake up during the night
A hectic mind
"In the last 50 years, we've begun to lead more sedentary lifestyles, which has undoubtedly impacted on the quality of our sleep," said Dr Henderson.
"We also have less and less downtime, which means our brains are not given a chance to rest and switch off."
Constant access to stimuli like smartphones and tablets means we hardly ever have the opportunity to switch our brains off and do nothing, which Dr Henderson says is "essential" to our overall wellbeing.
To give the brain a rest, keep your smartphone out of the bedroom. Use an alarm clock to wake you in the mornings and charge your phone in another room at night.
Lack of quality sleep
According to Dr Henderson, 80 per cent of Brits struggle to get quality sleep and on average wake up three times a night.
But good quality sleep is essential for cognitive function, general health and wellbeing.
Dr Henderson recommends taking a sleep supplement if you struggle to get a good night's sleep.
"Unfortunately, quantity does not mean quality when it comes to sleep."
"If you're waking up feeling tired after a lot of sleep then it may be for a number of reasons, but I would recommend taking a sleep supplement to ensure you are getting the best quality sleep possible and feel energised the next day."


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The clouds hovered intimidatingly close and oozed out through my skin in copious perspiration. I did not feel the usual enthusiasm when we climbed the pass from Thamarassery to Lakkidi. The oppressive heat of the plains, the pollution and traffic at Calicut, the long journey and the hurried nature of the visit – even though we were coming back after a hiatus of 5 years – all of that put me in a bleak and restless mood.
The rain exploded on us just as we reached Lakkidi. Wipers swayed frantically to sweep off the cascade that flowed over the windshield. World was a blur of green and grey for half an hour; then the rain stopped just as suddenly as it had arrived. The sky had cleared by the time we reached Vythiri. Sun was blazing again in all glory turning the inside of the car into a furnace. There were small muddy rapids beside the road; the pot holes were full and sloshing; sun light glinted sharply off wet leaves.
This had been the pattern of rainfall for the past couple of years in Kerala. It never rained steadily anymore during monsoon. Instead, it rained intermittently – brief spells of rain followed by sunshine and an accompanying sweaty heat. Rain did not sink into the soil replenishing ground water. When summer came there were droughts, something unheard of in Kerala, except in and around Palakkad.
The catchment area of Banasura dam was devoid of water except for a few insipid pools. Cows grazed in the barren floor on small patches of grass which must have sprung up after the onset of monsoon. Normal showers were expected this year, yet monsoon was indolent even though it was mid June.
At Korom our hosts plied us with flavoured tea and biscuits. Sitting on the verandah and gazing over the panorama of peaks and valleys splashed in green I eventually got over my gloom. The evening breeze was fragrant with a pleasant chill. For the moment I was deeply content.
Someone mentioned a local store at Kalpetta which sold forest products. The shop "Thanima" turned out to be a treasure trove.There were different varieties of honey (squeezed out with bare hands from the honeycombs) – Cheru Then & Puttu Then (honey from holes in the ground); types of rice which I had never heard of – Mula Ari (bamboo rice) and Gandhakasala Ari; there was Naruneendi Sarbath; there were crunchy ginger flakes laced with sugar – a panoply of interesting stuff. The shopkeeper was quite knowledgeable and did not mind showing it off, even giving us tips on cooking some of the things we bought.
Our visit was brief and intense, just like the sporadic but pounding rain, but the flavours of Wayanad lingers as we dip into the honey and ginger crumbs each day…


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The work of Global Compact leading cities – Oslo, Melbourne and Leeuwarden – with their cities' private sector has provided valuable case studies for a recently published guide on social and environmental corporate responsibility.
Developed by Helen Scott, Cities Programme Research Associate and PhD Candidate with RMIT, the "Local Government Guide to Fostering Corporate Responsibility" offers a range of mechanisms that can be used by local government to engage the private sector in greater corporate responsibility.
Scott said the participating cities provide great examples of the diversity of approaches that city governments are taking in their relationship to the private sector.
City of Leeuwarden
In a program aimed at increasing the number of vehicles in Leeuwarden driving on green gas (biogas), the City worked collaboratively in a multi-pronged approach with car dealers and biogas producers (farmers and garbage collectors).
City of Melbourne
Built in 2004, award-winning Council House 2 (CH2) continues to be used to educate others on what is possible in a medium size office block. It was granted a 6 Star Green Star "As Built" and "Design" rating by the Green Building Council of Australia.
To advance the City's Zero Net Emissions by 2020i aspirations, City of Melbourne convened a group of high energy-using businesses within the City and in neighbouring local government areas to form a group purchasing consortium.
City of Oslo
The City of Oslo established a 'framework agreement' to obtain audits of ethical standards in supply chains and invited other public agencies to join the agreement. With over 60 public agencies now signing the framework agreement, City of Oslo's initiative has the potential for considerable business social responsibility impact.
City of Geelong
The Future Proofing Geelong program started with seven partners across sectors and now involves 1o in groups spanning the Advisory Group, Working Group and three separate Reference Groups, which met regularly for over a year.
This extensive engagement process brought all the partners and their stakeholders together, to establish a common focus; improving the productivity, sustainability and liveability of Geelong.
The UN Global Compact – Cities Programme last year worked with the Committee for Geelong to develop the report "Winning From Second: What Geelong Can Learn From International Second Cities". "Winning from Second" was launched on 23 November 2016 and Geelong have since been invited to join the Cities Programme.
Scott also noted that her decade worth of working with local governments on sustainability initiatives showed her how focused they had originally been on their own operations.
"Over time, of course, [local government] have taken their experience and applied it in their wider communities," said Scott. "What better way to do that than working proactively with local businesses to improve social and environmental outcomes for the whole community?".
Cities appreciated being involved in the research project and were positive in their feedback about the end product. Tove Margrethe Dyblie, Programme Coordinator of the City of Oslo's Agency of Urban Environment praised the guide's style.
"It's short enough to want to read, but with enough information to have value."
The "Local Government Guide to Fostering Corporate Responsibility" covers a number of areas:
- A definition of corporate responsibility and government's role in promoting responsible business behaviour;
- A range of mechanisms that can be used by local government to engage the private sector in greater corporate responsibility;
- Examples of these mechanisms implemented in different parts of the world, to inspire and support practitioners; and
- Guidance for developing a local corporate responsibility program.
The document is structured on seven core categories—awareness raising, facilitation, partnering, soft law, financing, planning and mandating—and seven key steps to stakeholder engagement.
"Its a very exciting time for local government," said Scott. "The folk I spoke to as part of this research were really inspiring. They know that local governments working collaboratively with the private sector can be a strong force for sustainability, and the interviewees mentioned so many innovative opportunities to engage with their local businesses. Truly inspiring!"
The guide was produced with the support and contribution of the UN Global Compact – Cities Programme, RMIT Centre for Urban Research and RMIT School of Accounting. It was funded by the RMIT Global Cities Research Institute.


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Above: IDHBA National Award Winners: Michael Murphy (on behalf of Pat Loughlin), Gillian Kinahan and Joanne Maguire, Sam Kingston Jnr., Alicia Devlin-Byrne, Jennifer Haverty and Padraig Bohan Pic: George Maguire
It was the turn of the Cork / Kerry branch of the Irish Draught Horse Breeders Association to host the 2016 IDHBA Awards Banquet and Dinner Dance, which was held in the Celtic Ross Hotel in the picturesque surroundings of Rosscarbery on Saturday, November 12. It was a great social occasion with 180 people from all corners of the island joining in festivities. The annual awards night is one of the highlights of the IDHBA calendar, providing a great chance for members and enthusiasts to catch up with old friends and recognise the achievements of our native breed and the people who make them possible.
The night began with the presentation of the national awards. The Leading Performance Irish Draught of the Year title went to Alicia Devlin Byrne's King Flagmount (Welcome Flagmount) who won the performance ID championship at the RDS and went on to claim the inaugural Irish Horse Gateway Performance working hunter final at the national breed show in Punchestown. The award for the young Irish Draught Show Horse of the year went to Padraig Bohan's Gortfadda Ruby Kingdom (Coolcronan Wood), bred by Sean Scannell from Ballyvourney, who had a great season, culminating in being crowned youngstock champion in Punchestown. The 2016 Irish Draught Broodmare of the Year was John Bracken's Uibh Fháile Duchess (Ballinrobe Boy), who along with her Scrapman filly foal had a superb showing season in 2016. This award was presented to her showing partners, Joanne Maguire and Gillian Kinahan. The Young Show Person of the Year went to popular local exhibitor, Sam Kingston junior, who is a well-known handler on the West Cork circuit and beyond. Sam was reserve champion in the HSI-sponsored All Ireland Young Show Person Championship in Dunmanway and went on to win the Young Handlers' class at the National Show. Jennifer Haverty was presented with an award for her Outstanding Contribution to the IDHBA, having served as treasurer for a number of years and playing an active role in the organisation of the annual breed show. A special presentation was made to honour the achievement of Fort Knox (Gortfree Hero), a purebred Irish Draught who was crowned the Supreme Champion Hunter at the RDS. The award was accepted by Michael Murphy on behalf of Pat Loughlin.
The Cork / Kerry Branch was also delighted to be afforded the opportunity to honour some local champions of the Irish Draught breed by presenting them with branch awards. The recipients of these awards were: Edward O'Drsicoll (Lifelong Support of the Irish Draught), Tina Murphy (Commitment to the Performance Irish Draught), James O'Keeffe (Breeder's Award), Bernard Cummins (Promoting the Irish Draught for the Amateur Rider), and Susan McCarthy (Promotion of the IDHBA and The Irish Draught Breed). Susan's award had been kept secret by the organising committee and her reaction was one of the highlights of the night. It has been reported that the cheers could be heard in Bandon.
Guest speaker on the night was Pat Corbet, president of the Irish Shows Association, who spoke about the unique nature of the Irish horse and our native breeds. He also highlighted the importance of the local agricultural shows as a showcase for breeders.
A great night of music, dancing, songs and stories ensued and the party continued to the wee hours of the morning. The organising committee wishes to thank all of those who supported the event.


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Texas whitetail hunting combines two of America's greatest assets. Whitetail deer and Texas. There is not place as special to hunt whitetail deer at than The Lone Star state.
Thousands of hunters can attest to the fact that hunting monster whitetail bucks can be the most challenging hunt that a hunter can have. Bucks that grow old enough to have monster racks become very smart and are almost impossible to harvest.
Texas whitetail hunting has become the destination of many hunters dream hunts for many reasons. Many groups of hunters and conservationist have worked hard to make Texas one of the premier hunting destinations in the USA.
Hunters have being using selective harvesting over many hunting seasons to help influence the deer herd genetics. To be able to grow the massive racks that many Texas whitetail bucks have, takes the proper genetics. Many of the private hunting lodges and preserves strictly many the deer harvest to insure that the best genetics are passed along.
The whitetail buck to doe ratio is also closely controlled throughout the state which allows techniques such as deer calling and rattling to work very well. Nothing is more exciting that rattling in a monster whitetail buck!
There are many private hunting preserves throughout the state that specialize in whitetail deer. These are not "canned" hunts like many people think but are free ranging deer that roam large ranches. Many people see the deer feeders and think that the deer are baited. Nothing could be farther from the truth. It would be very hard to bait deer on a 50000 acre hunting ranch.
Many of the Texas whitetail hunting lodges have accommodations that would rival many of vacation retreats. After a long day of sitting in the deer blind, it is nice to have a fine meal and relax in comfort. A deer hunting vacation doesn't have to mean roughing it.
Most of the Texas hunting lodges have hunting guides that have done tons of preseason scouting and can put you in the best deer stands on the ranch. This is no guarantee the that buck of a lifetime will decide to walk in front of your deer stand. The guide will also help with a lot of the logistics of the hunt and if you are luck enough to bag a monster buck, he will be a valuable asset in tracking down your trophy.
Most of the hunting lodges will have a deer cooler and provide butchering and take care of getting your trophy buck to the taxidermist.
The nice part about taking a hunting trip here is that there are also many other hunting opportunities while in Texas. Many hunting ranches offer wild hog hunting for a small additional cost. Some hunting ranches offer exotics too. When planning your hunt, you should ask your guides about what else is offered on the hunting preserve.
If you are luck to score your dream buck early, there are many other activities and tourist attractions that you maybe interested in. If you are taking along non hunters, they may be able to take part in these activities and attractions while you are on the deer stand.
Texas offers some of the best whitetail deer hunting in the nation. If you are interested in booking a hunt, most hunting lodges will have internet advertisements and many offer special internet only deals.


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James Franco is in talks to play pornographer Chuck Traynor in Lovelace, a biopic of 1970s porn star Linda Boreman (stage name: Linda Lovelace). An offer is out to Kate Hudson to play the title role. Should he sign on, Lovelace would reunite Franco with Howl directors Rob Epstein and Jeffrey Friedman.
Boreman starred in what may be the most famous pornographic film of all time: 1972's Deep Throat. She later claimed that she did not consent to the acts you see in Deep Throat — that instead she was coerced by abusive husband Traynor with "an M-16 rifle at her head." More background after the jump:
Boreman once wrote:
"When in response to his suggestions I let him know I would not become involved in prostitution in any way and told him I intended to leave, [Traynor] beat me up physically and the constant mental abuse began. I literally became a prisoner, I was not allowed out of his sight, not even to use the bathroom, where he watched me through a hole in the door. He slept on top of me at night, he listened to my telephone calls with a .45 automatic eight shot pointed at me. I was beaten physically and suffered mental abuse each and every day thereafter. He undermined my ties with other people and forced me to marry him on advice from his lawyer." [Wikipedia]
There's more to that quote that I just don't have the stomach to reprint. It's an awful story. So awful in fact, that Hollywood is making it twice. Malin Akerman (Watchmen) is set to play Lovelace in the competing biopic Inferno. (To Hollywood's credit, both projects are struggling to find funding.)
Traynor sounds like the scumbag to end all scumbags, and Franco will probably play the hell out of that role if he signs on. Would that be enough to make me want to see Lovelace? Not sure. Hudson still can't act, right?
Franco's involvement is uncertain because of his busy schedule. He has optioned the rights to As I Lay Dying, Blood Meridian, Sal Mineo: A Biography, The Adderall Diaries, and Holy Land: A Suburban Memoir as possible directorial projects. He's attached to star in Maladies, While We're Young, Ricky Stanicky, and The Iceman. He'll star opposite Nicole Kidman in the Broadway play Sweet Bird this fall. He's hosting the Oscars. Plus, he'll have to promote his 2011 releases Your Highness and Rise of the Apes. I believe he has "sleep" penciled in somewhere in March.
Deadline reports Lovelace is scripted by W. Merritt Johnson (Temple Grandin) based on the Eric Danville book The Complete Linda Lovelace.


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- Hugh MacDiarmid and the Russians (review)
- Philosophy and Literature
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 13, Number 1, April 1989
- pp. 207-209
- 10.1353/phl.1989.0064
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Reviews207 Whitman says that he aims to presentneithera theory nora history ofallegory, but rather its "dynamics" in the ancient and medieval periods. That is a fair assessment, although he in fact offers elements of both theory and history. He does not, however, give a continuous account of the development of aUegory over time, but focuses instead on texts from selected periods and, within each text, on a few iUuminating passages (his discontinuous method resembles that of much aUegorical exegesis that he describes). The decision to do so was probably wise, since it made for a clearer and more lively book. And yet his perspective is historical in die end, since he depicts the Cosmographia as die convergence and culmination of several related developments. Since that text also, as Whitman shows, undermines the tradition of aUegory as practiced up to that point even while fulfiUing it, the question inevitably arises of why he stops there. If allegory "comes of age" in the twelfth century, what happens after that? The teleological bent is in tension with the occasional glimpses (but no more tiran that) given of later allegorical writing. And if the Cosmographia is a more or less arbitrary stopping point, to what extent is the argument of the book, although elegant, a construct imposed on an actuaUy more fluid practice of aUegory? Still, the texts are well chosen and the discussion of them is compelling. The book is written in a lucid, economical, and graceful style. The reader closes it with a sense that the volatility of allegory faithfully reflects—or more, is one with—what the philosophical and religious systems that use it regard as the contingent state of life in this world, and also the hope, evolved gradually, that the way to transcendence might be through contingency. University of Southern CaliforniaWilliam G. Thalmann Hugh MacDiarmid and tL· Russians, by Peter McCarey; ? & 225 pp. Edinburgh: Scottish Academic Press, 1987,£12.50. Scottish writing, especiaUy MacPherson, Scott, and Byron, exerted an immense influence on the burgeoning national literatures of Europe in the early nineteenth century and was formative ofnineteenth-century Russian literature. In the twentieth century, Russian poetry, phUosophy, and imaginative writing exerted a powerful repercussive influence on Scottish writing and particularly on the work of Hugh MacDiarmid. McCarey's thesis displays a fine sense of provocation. With the rise of Romantic nationalism, he argues, the classical trunk ofEurope began to disintegrate. Down to the 1940s a great establishment stiU clung to the Europe of Dr. Johnson. Eliot spoke witii the voice of this 208Philosophy and Literature tradition and elected to remain with it, but in MacDiarmid's work there is the inchoation of something new. This is a comparative study of MacDiarmid and Dostoevsky, Solovyov, Blok, Mayakovsky, and Shestov. All six authors cover a catastrophic era in European history and only MacDiarmid (d. 1978) comes forward towards the present. Therefore, both the general historical locations of these writers and also their individual approaches to the spiritual and political problems that faced them demand, and get, exact, balanced and informed attention. McCarey has an intimate knowledge not only of the literatures and philosophies concerned but also—crucially—of the languages in which they were written. The book is intended for the reader who is famUiar with Dostoevsky and curious about MacDiarmid. Each writer is described in terms of his relation to the preceding authors, and biographical information is offered with deliberate selectiveness. The significant connections are judiciously Uluminated and where relevant material is scarce in English, McCareyhas made translations. The result provides ample information for readers unfamUiar with Russian (or the Russian philosophers ) and also a new perspective for those who do know them. A rich bibliography (404 items) is included, but no index. A number of axial discussions are embedded in McCarey's work. Bakhtin's ideas of Menippean satire are explored to link Dostoevsky and MacDiarmid genericaUy, and also bring Nietzsche and MeIvUIe into the configuration. McCarey usefully clears away the mistakes ofearlier, less well-read critics. Then he shows how V. S. Solovyov's moral, cosmological, theocratic, and progressive phüosophical system is resolutely rejected by MacDiarmid in his seminal poem "On a Raised Beach." He contrasts the bathos...


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Tips To Help You Deal With Cognitive Behavioral Therapy Homework
Two of the most common issues cognitive behavioral therapy deals with are anxiety and depression disorders. It's obvious that both of them are highly presented in the academic environment, so while completing your homework assignments you will surely have enough experimental material and interesting examples at hand.
Important Advice on Organizing the Homework Process
Although CBT assignments will have their specific features, it's necessary to keep in mind some general rules that are applicable to any task given for out-of-class study.
- Make an outline of your assignments.
- Start with the most important task.
- Collect all the necessary data.
- Get to work.
- Motivate yourself to finish the task fast.
Write them all down in a list. Read it carefully and make sure that you understand each part of the task completely. Otherwise, search for information or ask the questions you have as soon as possible to clear it up.
It can be either an assignment with the most pressing deadline or the one highly valuable for your further academic success and progress.
Make sure that you can reach all the required information. If the homework implies doing some psychology tests or performing a short experiment, think in advance of how to arrange it properly: what sources and resources you may need, who will be suitable for a test person etc.
To work effectively, you should prepare an appropriate working place beforehand. Eliminate the distractions of any kind and try not interrupt the working process for at least about an hour. As soon as you feel your concentration weakens noticeably, make a break.
If completing the whole thing is a difficult step for you, try to motivate yourself with a little reward you will get as soon as you are done with the assignment.
Additional Ways to Enhance Your Productivity
- Ask questions in class.
- Focus the attention.
- Make the hardest stuff first.
- Don't delay doing you work.
If any haziness appears when you are just getting the task or even during the lecture, try to ask questions at once.
Again, it's applicable both for the homework itself and studying in a class. At home avoid things like allowing somebody interfere with a conversation, listening to the music during the studying process and so on.
The most difficult parts of the assignment naturally require more time. Doing them firsthand will improve your time-management.
Delay always cause haste and haste, in its turn, always spoils quality. In addition, getting done your assignments first you can enjoy your leisure freely then.


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It's often difficult to be in line with what our long term ambitions demand. Sometimes, it so happens that we come half way through and we realize that our priorities and the interests have changed. I watched a movie recently which was one my favorites when I was 17, and it made me think: Really? I actually LIKED it so much? I'm sure most of you would have had similar experiences.
But when it comes to one of those real hard ambitions you had a long time ago, things are a little different. You aren't just surprised. More often than not it makes us disappointed too!
Back in the school days, I wanted to be a writer and a teacher, but what I am doing today is something entirely different. Some questions flash in front of me every time.
Does it mean that I'm not liking what I'm doing now? Does it mean that I did something wrong for myself? Does it mean I have abandoned that dream of mine?
If your answer is YES to any of these questions, you've got to sit back and think about this for a while. And the end result of that thought-process has to be a decision that would make sure you are happy with yourself in regard to those three questions and your answers to them. If your answers are NO to all three (and you are being honest with yourself), you have got some things to do, and you know what to do as well. Just bring plans into execution at the earliest. Well, my answers are all NO, because I still write (If not much), and I still have time to be a teacher (I guess I'm too young to be someone who would be listened to. 😛 )
Long term ambitions are just dreams, if you are a person who takes life as it comes without bothering about what you actually wanted in the beginning. But if you are a person who believes in making things happen and writing your own future, you definitely have all possible chances that you would turn your dreams into reality.
After all, we are what we choose to be, from the choices life presents us.
I believe!


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Paige & Abe's engagement session was at Back Bay, National Wildlife Refuge. This spot happened to be close by to where there wedding will be at in Sandbridge this fall, overlooking the sound side of the water. They wanted their engagement portraits and their wedding day portraits to be cohesive and Back Bay allowed us to do that perfectly and still give us some variety. I enjoyed laughing with these two through out the evening, whether it was acting like a fool to get them comfortable, oohing & aahing over the magic that was happening in my camera because of the two of them and of course, the two of them having a blast together.
Abe was happy to look at Paige and flirt with her because he knew just how gorgeous and sweet she is, and is a man who doesn't take her for granted. Every time I caught myself saying, "man you're a lucky guy! She's stunning," Abe without hesitation would tell me that, "Oh! I know!" Whenever I told him to hug on her or go in for a kiss he lit up and was such a sport through out the engagement session. Congratulations Paige & Abe, I am very excited for your wedding day this fall at Baja!


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To You in Heaven: A Missive to Old Sam
By Eric Chinje
There are no tears in heaven, I believe. My friend, brotherand erstwhile colleague: you are certainly in a better place now than the one you left behind, and I take great comfort in that! We travelled so much of this road together, from that day in my eighth year of life when I came to the government primary school in up-Station, Bamenda, and met you,the boy who would become, quite simply, O'Sam!Even at your tender age of ten, you were a fine young man and I could see, with the eyes of a child, that you were clearly one of the stars of the school! I felt a special bond then that would stay with me through our years in school, college, university, Radio Cameroon, our crazy little joint in Quartier Mokolo (in Yaounde) where you welcomed me upon my return from studies in the US, Cameroon Radio and Television, and ultimately in the so-called International Community. What a journey!
Our last meeting, this side of heaven, was in a foreign but friendly land – in Cote d'Ivoire. I called you when I arrived in Abidjanin May 2015 and you were the same old you – classic O'Sam: "Ee-r-iii-co! Hey Ole Boy! Come on up here my man!"I ran up the stairs to your penthouse-like apartmentwhere you were waiting and you stretched out your big hand, pulled me in and, laughing and very obviously elated by our first get-together in years, gave me that brotherly bear hug that was also something of your trademark.
I had expected the worst because I had been told you were quite ill. I could not help staring at you from head to toe and trying hard not to give that impression. You caught my gaze, gave a knowing wink and a nod, as you always did, and belted out thatfull, throaty laugh that again told me "this ole boy has lost nothing of his verve!" You actually looked very good and I told you so. I was quite happy about that too, even after you told me all you had been through and about the pain you still had in your legs. You also said you had quit smoking for good!
We spent a long night together, eating fantastic Cameroon food by the Ivorian chef you said your wonderful wife had personally trained. We talked about everything: living in Cameroon; leaving Cameroon; journalism and media in Cameroon, then and now; governance in our dear homeland; old friends who are now lost in the Diaspora, and old friends who are gone.
You said, and I agreed totally, that we must put our heads together and write a book or two about our shared experiences; especially about that period in our youth when we each tried, in our different ways, to weaken the grip of dictatorship on our land; when we each anchoredor contributed to "Cameroon Report" and later "Cameroon Calling" on radio,or "Minute-by-Minute" on television.We recalled the weeks and months after the November 1982 programme on radio – "Tribute to AmadouAhidjo" – which followed the resignation of Cameroon's first President. And the cold moments in the closed rooms of the secret police and the endless interrogations! Inevitably, we spoke with a streak of regret about those who had left us: Mark "the Knife" Nebo,ShuFontem,Luke Ananga, Akwanka Joe Ndifor, EpsyNgum, Ben BerkaNjovens, George Tanyi, Charles Landze, and the list goes on. Was it you who asked why God needed so many journalists from one linguistic group and geographical space?
And now, Big Ole Sam, you too have taken the leap. Do you have an answer to that question now? What am I supposed to think? What will happen to the book you so wanted us to write? Is it left to me and the remaining few–Peter Essoka, Francis Wete, Gidoen Taka, Tata Mentan (Brother Tee), George Ngwa, AsonglefacNkemleke, Charly Ndi Chia, Adamu Musa, Boh Herbert, Julius Wamey, Willie Niba, Kevin Njomo, and all the younger ones – to tell our story?
Tears and pain are for the living, not for happy immortals. We are in pain and weep for your passing on. We hope you are having fun, wherever heaven is, and working to free the children of our country from the shackles that still bind them. It is everything you fought for. In the realm of the immortal, everything is possible. You must use the powers now conferred upon you to talk to God, who you must see on a regular basis now, to free the only land you called home and give its children the strength they need to do what is right by their country.
I can envisage you and all our old buddies doing what you did so well here and must do best in your new life. Be critical, ole boy, but just do not criticize the Almighty too much. Nott sure what He will do if He does not like it! Have fun, O'Sam, and please intercede for us when you can to have the strength to stay on the path of righteousness. That will be our ticket to where you and God are; where we will be together forever!
Your man, Errriiiccco!


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The seductive Oriental masseuses are guaranteed to eliminate your stress and revitalize all your erotic senses that were inhibited. Their Asian massage techniques will elevate your spirits and make you wish the session never ends. This experience is perfect as it heals the physical and balances the internal energies. The client is king and you can choose from Prostate massage, Japanese massage, Body to Body, Soapy or a Lingam massage and many others. All these help restore your body and they end happily.
These charming young Asian masseuses will release all the pent up strains that have been wearing you down and turn all your secret fantasies into reality. You will never be rushed, it is a slow, sensual and hair raising Chinatown Asian massage session that ends in a terrific orgasm and satisfaction for you.
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When you create a free Apple iCloud account, you have the option to open an @icloud.com email address with Apple. While many people associate iCloud services with Apple devices, you can check your iCloud email from a PC through your Web browser by visiting the official iCloud website. Alternatively, you can link your iCloud Mail account to Outlook.
iCloud Website
Open the Web browser on your PC and visit Apple's official iCloud Web page at icloud.com.
Sign in with your iCloud username and password.
Click on the "Mail" icon to access your iCloud email account.
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Click on an email message to view its contents.
Set Up iCloud Mail With Outlook
Download the iCloud Control Panel for Windows from Apple's support website (link in Resources) and install it on your PC.
Launch the iCloud Control Panel. Enable "Mail, Contacts, Calendars, & Tasks" and click "Apply."
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My buddy Dave struggled with his weight for years.
Name a diet; he'd tried it, with dismal results. Weight Watchers. Jenny Craig. Atkins. South Beach. Ultra Slim-Fast.
A few months ago, someone told Dave about Transcendental Meditation. Worked wonders, they said. Your guru would assign a mantra, a specific random word that you would repeat to yourself to focus your meditation. Having the right mantra was critical to help you concentrate, avoid distractions, achieve your goal.
Dave's goal was to lose 85 pounds.
His mantra was "Hersheybar."
Last time I saw him, he was at 325 and heading north fast.
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I was always busy in London. Lots of connections and meetings and introductions and so on. And after 4 years, I hadn't made any progress on my top creative priority (a book, in my case).
Some people would say that means I didn't care enough about it. Or else I would have made time. But I'm not sure making a few hours here and there can help. I think you need all your time. Or at least enough that the project in question is your top priority. As soon as I moved to a country where I had no professional network and no meetings, the writing came easily[1].
Creative projects don't run off a todo list. There aren't little tasks you can pick off and work on after hours. Resig runs his side projects by writing code every day. That's exactly what doesn't work for me.
Instead, what works for me is to clear entire weeks (or ideally months) and then bore myself into creativity. I don't really set a goal; I just guard my calendar until my brain reactivates and starts doing non-critical (aka creative) things.
The last couple months have been a real creative slump. I've been on-site with clients (who I love) for a lot of it, and at conferences or in recovery mode for the rest. Maybe I could have beaten myself up over the lack of creative output, but there's only so much energy available in each day, and currently it's going somewhere else.
I've got 3 more weeks that are pretty intense, and then I've scheduled several months of blank time to say "no" to everything and get excited about the big projects again. NNT calls it reductive treatment. You fix the problem by taking stuff away, rather than by adding. I suspect a lot of problems can be solved by being less busy.
[1] If the project you want to free yourself for is non-revenue-generating, then you need to learn how to make money first. But often the project in question is also your source of current or future income, and you're letting it die a death by a thousand cuts through meetings and minutia.
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Smaller, 7-inch backlit LCD/transflective displays are on their way next year, claims Pixel Qi, for use in mini tablets and eReaders. They'll be available to manufacturers early next year and could be in our hands late 2011, if all goes well.
Rumours persist of a smaller iPad, with many people believing that nine inches (or, in the Notion Ink Adam's case, 10 inches) is just too much for a tablet. A 7-incher, like Samsung's Galaxy S, just feels a lot more portable, and a 7-incher with one of these gorgeous screens, capable of switching between backlit LCD to transflective for outdoors use? No contest. Especially when compared with the iPad's screen. [Pixel Qi via E-Ink Info via SlashGear]


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Congratulations to all AmSurg centers who have been notified of successful accreditation surveys in 2012! We recognize your hard work in preparing for these surveys, and it is truly a mark of quality for you to achieve and maintain accreditation. So far in 2012, eleven centers have been notified of their successful initial accreditation with others actively working towards that goal. We realize that there are several centers who have had their surveys but have still not received their notification letters. Currently, 96 percent of AmSurg centers are accredited by a national body such as the Accreditation Association for Ambulatory Health Care. Once again, congratulations to all!
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English as a lingua franca program at Tamagawa University
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In the past few years, Tamagawa University has been working hard to reorganize its English language program to meet the needs of the globalized world. Instead of having each college organize its English language program, we began to build a campus wide program. After a year of a pilot EFL (English as a foreign language) program involving first year students of College of Business Administration and the Department of Comparative Cultures, College of Humanities in 2013, we launched our new ELF (English as a lingua franca) on April 1st, 2013. Currently, around 1,000 first and second year students, College of Business Administration, College of Arts and Sciences, College of Tourism and Hospitality as well as the Department of Comparative Cultures, College of Humanities are participating in the program. Other colleges will also join the program in the next few years.
The program is designed for our students to become able to communicate with people all over the world using English as 'a lingua franca', depending on the levels and specialties required for their majors. In addition, the students are expect to have become familiar with language learning strategies by the end of the program, so that they can apply these strategies to learning other foreign languages.
The courses are conducted in English. In addition, tutor sessions are available in various time slots so that students can consult with the instructors who can assist their studies. Considering the fact that 80% of users of English are so-called non-native speakers using English as a second or a foreign language (cf. Graddol 2006)*, our ELF courses are taught by instructors with nine different first languages including English and Japanese, and from eleven different countries. In this way, our students will be exposed to different varieties of English by the time they complete the program. Consequently, we hire our ELF teachers not based on whether s/he is a native speaker or not, but on his/her academic credentials, experience in teaching English to speakers of other languages, and intercultural backgrounds.
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text: DigitalSo, Susan, What's Your Video Plan for AOL?Portal needs to decide how much original series are a priorityBy Mike Shields|March 1, 2013 ShareBy Mike Shields|March 1, 2013 Share So AOL has named Susan Lyne CEO of its brand group. This move is intriguing for numerous reasons. Among them are: How many CEOs can one company have? AOL already has Tim Armstrong, who is CEO of the company, and Ned Brody, who's CEO of AOL Networks. I'm not sure if there's a CEO of Dialup, but I assume that's coming. AOL has also just brought on Erika Nardini to serve as vp, head of marketing solutions for AOL Advertising and Jack Bamberger as head of agency and industry relations. It's a fair question to ask: What are all these senior execs going to do? For her part, Lyne has been tasked with growing AOL's own brands and content. If you push aside the apparent drama behind COO Artie Minson's departure (by the way, is a new COO inevitable?), Lyne's role is intriguing, given her entertainment background. According to the press statement, Lyne will focus on attracting top talent, with a particular focus on "content, design, programming and product." One would assume that includes lots of video, which is good, considering Lyne's stint as president of entertainment at ABC, where she helped develop mega-hits like Lost and Grey's Anatomy. It's doubtful that AOL is aiming that high, but now would be a good time for the company to bring some clarity to its video strategy. Because to date, it's hard to tell just how serious AOL is about original content. With competitors like Yahoo (which has a hit in Burning Love) and Xbox and YouTube raising the stakes, and with close to 20 NewFronts scheduled to take place in about eight weeks, AOL needs to send a clear message to the marketplace. Wait, didn't AOL ink a bunch of big deals with Vuguru, Heidi Klum, Nina Garcia and others? Here's a test for you and Lyne. See if you can find these shows on Aol.com. A pair of visits to AOL's video channel featured close to a dozen celebrity and news clips from the company's syndication network, such as this gem from WPIX: Cannibal Cop: I Wanted Her Cooked Alive. Below the top headlines, a list of Featured Partners includes links to clips from the likes of non-AOL media brands like Mashable and The Wall Street Journal. If you look hard enough, you can find a button labeled "AOL Original" that leads you to a page featuring a grand total of two clips: an interview with the real-life heroes of Argo and a three-week-old video on the VW Beetle. Search isn't much better. Try searching for Fetching, a sitcom AOL produced in conjunction with Vuguru. That yields a clip on "How to Train Your Dog to Fetch" as well as "How to Train Your Cat to Fetch." No signs of the show. Fetching is indeed live on AOL here (a PR person kindly led me to the page). But a user would have to know Fetching exists to go on a hunt. In an era where there's already too much original video content chasing users who haven't made Web series a habit, most people don't randomly search for shows about dogs on AOL. It's not that AOL hasn't had video success. The sitcom Little Women Big Cars generated over 2 million views during its first two weeks on the Web last May. But it quickly pulled a disappearing act. By Episode 15, the show was generating around 237,000 views (good news—it's coming back for Season 2 in April). Fetching's episodes have averaged between 100,000 to 200,000 views. The reason being? AOL's video strategy seems predicated on weaving originals into its existing channels, like parenting and relationships, along with other content from its syndication network. AOL doesn't seem interested in establishing a central hub for video, particularly originals. That weaving strategy probably makes sense for some news and service content; it certainly seems to work for The Huffington Post. But sitcoms are different (even more true for drama). They require predictability. And people need to be reminded they are there (would it kill companies like Yahoo or YouTube to buy a promotional out-of-home ad for one of their originals one of these days?). They require commitment, something that AOL needs to demonstrate if it wants to be taken seriously in the video business. That's where Lyne should help, if that's the direction she's looking to take AOL. The early signs are excellent. In a memo to staffers leaked late Thursday, Lyne urged AOLers to "think more like programmers. Not computer programmers; entertainment programmers." Sharehttp://adweek.it/2k8hppZ copy Adweek Adweek


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Joan Bennett plays Lucia Harper in The Reckless Moment, all-American wife and mother in a small California seaside town. As the film opens, a lowlife named Darby gets his hooks into Lucia's gullible daughter Bea, an art student. When Lucia warns Darby to keep away from Bea, he only agrees to do so in exchange for a healthy amount of shakedown cash. Rather than pay, Lucia shares the details of the encounter with Bea in hopes of proving that Darby is a scoundrel. Predictably, Bea doesn't believe her mother. However, later that evening when the young couple meets in the family boathouse Darby confesses, and a shocked and distraught Bea brains him with an anchor and flees. Dazed and bleeding, Darby stumbles through a rotten railing and falls to the sand below. Early the next morning, Lucia discovers his corpse, and decides to hide the body instead of contacting the authorities. She rows out beyond the surf and heaves Darby's remains over the side. All seems well at first, but soon the body is discovered by the authorities. A short while later, a blackmailer named Martin Donnelly (James Mason) shows up in Lucia's living room, wanting five grand in exchange for incriminating love letters between the daughter and the dead man.
Despite much of what has been written about this superior film, The Reckless Moment is not film noir's take on what a mother will do to protect her family. In this case the family unit is never directly threatened — a man dies, but his underworld status makes it unlikely that the gullible Bea would actually be convicted of, or even charged with a crime. Even in some far-fetched scenario that led to an indictment and guilty verdict, there's simply no chance whatsoever that the girl would be sent to Tehachapi. In all likelihood, the family would have survived the potential scandal with reputation unscathed, Bea seen as little more than the innocent victim of a scoundrel — and a lesson to those 'free-spirited' young girls who would attend art school. Instead the film represents something far more subtle: what a woman will do to prevent the disruption of her family life, and by extension, the American Dream itself. This idea is brought forth through the relationship of Lucia and the sensitive grifter Donnelly, which explains the casting of an actor of James Mason's range in such a critical role.
The family structure in The Reckless Moment is an idealized vision of the postwar dream. Composed of a loving couple with two attractive teenagers, a live-in grandpa, and a black servant without a care in the world; the Harpers have the day-to-day gripes of any upper middle class family — a hard-working father who is constantly away from home (though he has the commendable excuse of war work), a love-sick daughter who craves independence, and a pesky, rambunctious son. Yet the foundation upon which this model family is built is so much bedrock: strong, unbreakable, wholly American. Their relationships are honest and realistic rather than excessively melodramatic or saccharine The Harper home is tastefully appointed, yet threadbare in all the right places. Everything about the Harpers is more than adequate, yet somehow ordinary. The town of Balboa is a Rockwellian extension of the family itself: people talk to one another (and like any family occasionally bicker) on the street — and everyone, rich or poor, is on a first-name basis.
The necessary plot contrivance that allows events in the movie to occur is the absence of the father. Away doing reconstruction work in Berlin, we never meet Mr. Harper. Ever-present through phone calls and hastily written letters, the idea of the missing patriarch looms heavily over the other characters, and we are forced to ponder whether or not any of the film's drama would have occurred had he been present. Although there are few creatures more lowly than an unwed mother in postwar cinema, the wholesome family is so empowering that, despite an absent father, Lucia becomes a veritable superwoman — a force of nature. It's important to recognize that while the momentary and understandable breakdown in the familial structure is the cause of much grief in The Reckless Moment, it is the narcotic attractiveness of that same structure that causes the criminal element in the film to self-destruct rather than assault it.
And yet, there's a dark underside to Mrs. Harper's mundane and ordinary life. Had she not been the sole available parent at the time of Bea's traumatic run-in with Darby, Lucia would have never discovered her own hidden strength and determination. Her role as housewife is too inherently supportive to allow her to experience the risks, rewards, and responsibilities of true independence — which she struggles with, but also finds liberating. This is evident through her fairly free association with Donnelly, with whom she makes no effort to hide her conspicuous relationship. Even as Donnelly is attracted to the wholesome tedium of Lucia's life, she welcomes the chance to break with it. One of the film's ironies is that Lucia's pseudo-romantic relationship with Donnelly is surprisingly similar to that of Bea and Darby. The crucial difference being that while Darby was truly a scumbag, Donnelly is essentially a good man who, not being American, was never given a proper shot at achieving the Dream. His redemption isn't achieved through assimilation to the American way of life, but by sacrificing himself to preserve it.
Understanding Donnelly is crucial. As a poor Irish immigrant orphaned into a life of crime, he is as enamored of Lucia's family life as he is of her beauty. Despite his better judgment and the criticisms of his partners, Donnelly slowly insinuates himself into the family's activities, from shopping with Lucia to helping son David with an outboard motor, to discussing life in the old country with the elder Mr. Harper. He is allowed to do this only because of the absence of Lucia's husband — regardless of the fact that Donnelly is a blackmailer and ostensibly out to destroy them. The Harpers accept him into their world with such a sense of ease, because of their own neighborly attitudes and his obvious yearning to participate in their square life. His fleeting inclusion in their family opens his jaded eyes to a new kind of life. This is his first glimpse of the American dream, and he finds it so alluring that instead of carrying through on his blackmail demands, he instead tries to protect Lucia from his partners, and ultimately kills for her, before sacrificing himself to preserve her and her family — proving with sober finality that in The Reckless Moment, the American family and the American dream are indestructible.
The Reckless Moment (1949)
Producer: Walter Wanger
Cinematographer: Burnett Guffey
Art Director: Cary Odell
Screenplay: Henry Garson and Robert Soderberg, based on a story by E. S. Holding
Starring: Joan Bennett, James Mason, Geraldine Brooks
Released by: Columbia Pictures
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Tuesday, August 10, 2010
WDS Toy Story Playland : New High-res " wallpaper " Visual
Disneyland Paris just released this new Toy Story Playland visual, which looks great. Considering the 4x3 format of the image which is exactly the size of Paris billboards i'm ready to bet that this visual will be everywhere in Paris anytime soon, beginning by the subway stations billboards.
One more thing: click on the visual to get it in high-res and use it as a great "wallpaper" for your desktop! Enjoy.
Picture: copyright Disney
Publié par Alain Littaye à l'adresse 7:31 AM
Libellés : disneyland paris, pixar animation studios, toy story playland, toy story playland artwork, walt disney studios
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I just bought your book, three days ago in disneyland, and i find it great. Of course I had already seen some of the artworks on this blog, but having them in full size and on paper is different from viewing them on computer. This book is really inspiring.
- August 10, 2010 at 10:50 AM
What the hell? Why is the castle in the back? It's not in the Disneyland park. fail.
- August 11, 2010 at 3:07 AM
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I just gave my dad three different cultivars for christmas. But the only spot that will provide a decent dormancy is in his garage. But the only window is facing north.
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For my birthday this year I made a cherry cheesecake so I could have as much cake as I wanted.
I based the recipe off the London Cheesecake in Nigella Lawson's How to Be a Domestic Goddess. I've made this cake several times, with various modifications and it always works out well.
This cake has an hour in the oven, plus it needs to be refrigerated to fully set, so I usually make it one day ahead.
The first modification is to use almond meal for the base instead of crushed biscuits, this is a quick and easy way to make a gluten free cheesecake base.
The base:
- 1 cup almond meal
- 1 tablespoon melted butter (or vegetable oil)
Put almond meal and butter or oil into a frying pan on medium heat. Stir together, and move gently around the pan so that the almond meal toasts evenly. Once it is a nice golden brown, turn off heat.
The trick to this cheesecake is that it baked in a water bath. Grease a spring-form pan and line with baking paper. I cut the paper into a circle a bit bigger than bottom of the pan, and use strips of paper to line the sides. Unlike other cakes, I like to set up the pan so that the paper is sticking out where the bottom and the sides meet before using the spring to clasp everything together.
Then wrap the outside of the pan in two big sheets of aluminium foil. I scrinch the foil over the top edge of the pan to keep it in place, and cross the rectangles of foil over each other to make sure there are no gaps.
Press the toasted almond meal and oil into the bottom of the pan to make the base and refrigerate. Pre-heat oven to 180ºC or 350ºF.
The filling:
- 500g cream cheese
- 1/2 cup of castor sugar
- 3 eggs
- 2 egg yolks
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
Beat together the cream cheese, sugar, and vanilla, and add in the eggs and egg yolks one at a time until you have a thick and smooth consistency.
This is the basic cheesecake filling. Nigella adds in some lemon juice at this point, but because I'm modifying the recipe to make it a flavoured cheesecake, I skip it.
- 1 cup frozen cherries
- 2 tablespoons of caster sugar
- 1/3 of the cheesecake mixture
In a blender or with a stick mixer puree the cherries and sugar with one third of the cheesecake mixture until smooth and evenly mixed.
Bring out the pan and pour half the remaining plain mixture over the base. Then alternately spoon in the cherry mix and the plain mix and swirl together to make a marble effect. The plain mix will be thicker than the cheery mix, which is why it is good to start with a layer of plain.
Place cake tin into a large and deep baking pan, and the fill the baking pan with water so that it comes about halfway up the sides of the cake tin. Place on middle shelf of pre-heated oven and bake for 50 minutes.
The Topping:
- 3/4 cup of sour cream
- 1 tablespoon caster sugar
- 1/2 teaspoon vanilla extract
Beat together until smooth.
After 50 minutes, the cheesecake will have gelled, but still be a bit wobbly* when you bring it out. Gently spoon over the sour cream topping until it is evenly covered, then return to oven for addition 10 minutes.
When the time is up, remove from oven and carefully remove cake tin from the water bath. Place entire tin, foil and all, on a cooling rack. When it is cool enough to touch, you can remove the foil. Once the cake has cooled, cover and refrigerate.
When you are ready to serve, release and remove the sides of the spring-form pan. If, like me, you are making this for eating at home, you can leave the cake on the base of the pan and serve directly off that. If you have a special occasion, this is where the extra baking paper comes in handy. remove paper from the sides of the cake, then very gently lift the paper up around the edges of the base, and holding onto the paper, slide the cake onto a serving plate.
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