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August 11 – August 15, 2014
So Long, Farewell?
Believe it or not, this week marks the final week of our traditional 8-week camp season. We hope that your children had as great a summer as we did having them with us. It was truly a Joy!
Should your campers wish to continue their summer, there is always Camp Plus, which begins this Monday, August 18 and ends on August 29. (See below for more information.)
Highlights from this week included Arts Fest and Burn Brae's 33rd Carnival
In Theatre, Step-Up campers performed "Bye Bye Birdie", Junior/Senior Theater Minors performed "Gooney Bird Greene", Junior Theater Majors performed "Annie", and Senior Theatre Majors peformed "Once Upon a Mattress".
In addition to these theatrical performances, campers demonstrated their various creations and range of gifts in Dance, Jazz Band, Rock Band, Brass/Woodwinds, Animation, Lego/Robotics, Ceramics, Creative Writing, TV/Video, Pastry Arts, Special Effects MakeUp, Digital Photography, Project Runway, and DJ Camp Zone. Over the course of the summer, they've amassed tremendous knowledge in very specific content areas, while gaining exposure to several more. Hats off to an incredible staff of teachers who made it all possible, and to you for entrusting your children to us for the summer. We are incredibly proud!
Friday's festivities included a 33rd Burn Brae Carnival with inflatable rides, movie popcorn, a pool party, water, outdoor games, a Ga-ga competition, and Kangaroo Court featuring our wonderful staff and a jury of campers.
Need MORE CAMP?
Look no further! Camp Plus includes two weekly sessions, begins Monday, August 18, and ends August 29. Each session costs $450. Sign up for both sessions to receive a $50 discount. ($850 total) Give us a call at (215) 657 3388 if interested. Email your requests to firstname.lastname@example.com. Access enrollment forms here.
PLEASE NOTE: Camp Plus hours are 9:00 a.m. – 4:00 p.m. After Care is not available.
Burn Brae Day Camp looks forward to seeing campers return to us next summer after a long school year. While it seems early to think about next summer, we are already taking sign-ups for 2015.
We've extended our deadline date to receive 2014 rates for Summer 2015 enrollment. If you send in a $400 deposit by August 31, 2014, you will receive current 2014 rates, get first pick of classes, and your choice of Burn Brae Day Camp gear - sweatshirt, pants, long sleeve shirt, or camp bag. You may download an early 2015 enrollment form from our website at email@example.com.
- Monthly Saturday Kids' Night at Burn Brae. (Dates will be posted on website.)
- Winter Reunion at Beat Street in Huntingdon Valley. More information and date will be posted.
Special moments... According to our staff!
This week's Staff Spotlight takes a break from its regular reporting on a single staff member to round up, instead, a list of "special moments" and/or "highlights" from various staff members. Perhaps these will brighten the faces of our campers (perhaps even entertain them), as we send them off to enjoy what is left of the summer and back to school. Here's what we gathered:
- Aaron (Ceramics/ Art Teacher): Aaron enjoyed watching the campers perform during Olympic Week. Because he teaches Art, he rarely gets the opportunity to witness the high caliber of talent among the children.
- Alyssa is a Swim instructor, who has the pleasure of working with campers of varying swim abilities. She enjoys seeing parents watch the progress of their children, from the time they first come to her, to the time they leave Burn Brae. She recalls having one particular camper, who had quite a bit of trepidation about the water, but now goes into the deep end without her assistance.
- Counselor Julie enjoys watching the "Annie" rehearsals because "Annie" is her favorite play. For some reason though, each time she would go, the group would be performing the same song, "I Think I'm Gonna Like it Here". Talk about perfect timing!
- "Who Let the Dogs Out?" That's what you need to be singing when you see Administrative Assistant, Barbara Spivack, walking around campus. She enjoys leaving the office– frequently enough, to see the children in action, singing and performing in Showtime and during Arts Fest.
- Assistant Director Mike Blum still savors Burn Brae's Overnighter as well as the Overnighter cookout. Let's just say it was the cookout that almost wasn't, due to technical grill difficulties.
- Full Apprentice John, enjoyed his second Overnighter at Burn Brae. It was a fun opportunity to be "free" and enjoy a more relaxed, off-schedule "schedule".
- And of course, it doesn't get any better than seeing Counselor Will rocking a tutu as Dorothy during Olympic Week, says Nurse Kerry.
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Written by: Anjali Soneji, Published: 26 May 2015
What is the difference between LASIK and LASEK eye surgery?
The difference between LASIK and LASEK is in the way the outer layer of the eye is treated. For LASIK procedures the outer layer stays slightly attached. for LASEK, the outer layer is moved aside, ready to be repositioned at the end of the treatment.
Below are the steps for each of these procedures:
LASIK Eye Surgery is one of the most common laser eye surgery procedures.
Here's how it works:
1. Anaesthetic eye drops are added to the eyes.
2. A thin flap is created & folded back to expose the cornea.
3. A laser is then applied to the underlining tissue (cornea) and the flap is folded back into place.
Recovery for LASIK surgery is generally 24-48 hours.
LASEK Eye Surgery is used on patients who have a thin cornea or whose career may carry risk of impact to the eye. The following steps describe the LASEK procedure:
2. The outa layer of the eye is softened using alcohol solution and moves aside.
3. A laser is then applied to the cornea for a short time.
4. The outer layer is placed back on the eye with bandage lenses, which will be removed by the surgeon 3-5 days after treatment.
Recovery for LASEK surgery is 1-2 weeks (during this time you will not be able to drive)


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Zombie Companies - Has the Chancellor missed a trick?
In his quest for economic stimulus in the Autumn Statement, George Osborne failed to drive banks and borrowers to put the assets and resources of moribund businesses to good use.
For many months now observers have commented on the zombie companies that clog up our economy. Adam Posen of the Bank of England's Monetary Policy Committee draws a parallel with Japan in the 1990s being stalled by unproductive borrowers on whose loans the banks could not afford to take losses. Although Posen's observations were seeking to promote central bank monetary stimulus in continental Europe, the Bank of England has been expressing concerns about domestic bank forbearance since June 2011.
The many companies with low or no profitability or cash flow are adding nothing to the economy. Yet they tie up resources. Banks are increasingly concerned about zombie companies, but it is getting no easier for either the banks or their customers to generate positive growth. Without growth there will be no economic recovery.
The banks should stop holding on to this unproductive debt. The pretence that it is worthy of recognition in the banks' capital ratios must be abandoned. The companies need freeing from the burdens of their creditors through an insolvency process, if they cannot be turned around
Although lending banks are feeling pretty bruised and the Bank of England is insisting they build up their financial buffers to withstand the current "extraordinarily serious and threatening situation", tightening the definition of non performing loans so that loans to zombie companies are not counted towards the banks' capital adequacy would have a number of benefits.
In the long term banks' balance sheets would be strengthened. The business and resources that would be recycled through turnaround or insolvency would stimulate the economy, with entrepreneurs free from unpayable debt burdens once again being able to generate wealth.
Chris Laughton is a Restructuring & Insolvency partner at Mercer & Hole. The views given in this post are personal to the author. If you would like to discuss the contents of this post with Chris you can call him on 020 7353 1597.
Date: 3rd December, 2011
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Etsy is full of tons of unique jewelry makers, but EPUU is unique in her use of lace. I love the how lace has made a resurgence in the last few years and is being used in modern ways. EPUU is based in Turkey, but for the sake of disclosure, my sister ordered from her shop earlier this year& she says her pieces were quality & arrived speedily!
I'm not one to wear bold or large jewelry pieces, but this lace 'necklace' would be divine over a white or black shirt. A perfect way to dress up a T-shirt & legging combo!
If you like the idea, but need to pace yourself into the thought of embracing lace, then she has a number of earrings that might fit the bill. Confession: I never pick out anything red. Ever. But something about her shop has me drawn to these like flies to honey.
Honestly, my favorite part of her shop are the bridal headbands. I'll be directing all the newly engaged ladies I meet to her site because seriously - how Downton Abbey are these? There are so many more, but I wonder if I could make work this first one work in my everyday life since it's a little less ornate.
What's your favorite from item in the shop? Be sure to click over to the EPUU etsy site and check out so her other styles. Remember to build in time for shipping to the US - & don't miss out on the Buy 3 get free express shipping deal she has listed on her site. Hold onto your shopping seats - tomorrow's shop will be pure fun & a great stocking stuffer!


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The conference will be held at the Cynn Hotel, located at 69 North Kehua Road, Chengdu, China.
The closest airport to the hotel (16.3 km) is Chengdu Shuangliu International Airport (CTU) which is serviced by United Airlines, ANA, KLM Royal Dutch Airlines, British Airways, among other airlines.
CTU is accessible by car, taxi, and shuttle; taxi rates from the airport to Cynn Hotel: ~¥42 RMB.
View additional information about public transportation schedules and other related information.
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Lately I've heard a lot of the term "successful ministry".
Interesting term.
What does that mean?
Depends who you ask actually. Some would define it as 'you have so many bodies on average in a room at a particular time'. Others would say 'did they have fun?' or 'were they entertained'? We live in a time where success is measured by immediate results or physical aesthetics. In church, I have seen more often then not that success is measured in how large your group is...how many church buildings you have. It is often denied...but ministers...leaders...elders...teachers are filled with pride over their large buildings. The buildings become almost like objects of worship. The size of our congregations become the litmus test for success.
I'm pretty happy that we don't have roadblocks like big expensive buildings here at RCC. Big buildings are nice...and they certainly have their purpose, but I think they often get in the way. They put us into the mindset that we (collectively us as the local church) are more important and we need to take care of our WANTS first.
But buildings wasn't the purpose of this post.
It's about ministry.
Successful ministry...
"Religion that God our Father accepts as pure and faultless is this: to look after orphans and widows in their distress and to keep oneself from being polluted by the world." - James 1:27
Physical needs are met. Spiritual needs are met. God is glorified.
Wordly success vs. Godly success
Tuesday, January 30, 2007
Lately I've heard a lot of the term "successful ministry".
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Monday, January 29, 2007
Words cannot express my shear frustration.
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Tuesday, January 23, 2007
I have to share this.
I came across one of the greatest things I have ever seen.
Its a multicampus/internet church. The preaching that I listened to this morning is just incredible and they have TONS AND TONS of FREE resources for churches. Basically, whatever they do and produce and write is available for any church to use. Wow...imagine that! If you want 30 minutes of video for $99 you can go here (you're basically payign for Doug Fields' name), or you can go to a place that offers it free online with no fine print.
But this stuff at lifechurch is good and its free!
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Monday, January 22, 2007
Things have been crazy lately. I just haven't had time to post anything or even play my World of Warcraft! This past weekend was "Work on the wedding" weekend. The tuxedos are picked out. Our invitation list is nearly complete. We finished our gift registry (Walmart, Kohls and Target...just look on their website and look up either one of us or our date July 14th). Basically all we have left to do thats crucial at this moment is find a photographer. All of the other 'main stuff' is done.
I got involved in "Enter His Courts". For those of you that don't know, EHC is an area basketball ministry. Now...I know nothing about basketball, so when Bill asked me to help coach his 2nd and 3rd graders team, I was a little reluctant but wanted to get involved somehow so I agreed. My first practice was a little sketchy. Bill asked me to help half the team work on defense. Thats like asking a dog to fly. But apparently I did something right because on our last game, our defense was amazing! I rock. Just kidding. But it's been fun thus far and we got some great kids.
Ministry has been interesting. I say interesting because lots of things are really good and there are a few frustrations. We're really at a critical moment in this congregation's life. We are at that size of a church where you either grow, or slowly die. I think our leaders have a great vision and a keen sense as to where God is calling, but this is so critical a time that if anything is done for "selfish ambition" or "vain conceit" it is going to fall flat and utterly fail. I am convinced that this is what happened to my home church. They made what I now call "medecisions". "Let us serve ourselves first." The church split into factions and the membership dropped 50+%.
Thats what happens when people take their eyes off of Christ. They start to slip into the water that they were previously walking on.
But like I said, overall I am confident that we are going to do everything we can to seek God's will and give him ALL the glory in all of it. But continue to pray for us. Pray for our leaders. Pray that we continue to seek His face in all of this. This decisions and plans are critical. We don't want to sit around and just become stagnant. We want and desire to bring people to Christ...not to just put on a show and hope people come and see it, but to actively GO OUT and seek the lost.
Wow...completely didn't expect to go off on that tangent!
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Tuesday, January 16, 2007
It could be completely possible that I'm reading too much into the text. But in my trek thru the Gospels I came across a familiar passage:
"He then began to teach them that the Son of Man must suffer many things and be rejected by the elders, chief priests and teachers of the law, and that he must be killed and after three days rise again. He spoke plainly about this, and Peter took him aside and began to rebuke him.
But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. "Get behind me, Satan!" he said. "You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men." - Mark 8:31-33
Did you see it?
It's in that last verse:
But when Jesus turned and looked at his disciples, he rebuked Peter. "Get behind me, Satan!" he said. "You do not have in mind the things of God, but the things of men."
The other synoptic Gospels omit this small section. Matthew gives greater detail to what Peter said and Luke omits the rebuking completely. Which I can understand, because the major point of the passage is the cost of being a disciple.
This struck me that for a moment, Jesus considered it. He thought to himself that maybe he didn't have to go to a cross and die. We know and remember Jesus in the Garden of Gethesmane asked the Father to take the cup from him if at all possible. But after looking at his disciples, he remembered the mission. He remembered that these were the people he loved, and they represented all of humanity. Twelve men, including a betrayer, at that moment became the symbol for all of humanity. Me. You. Your neighbor.
You get to a point in your Walk where you become increasingly aware of your wretchedness. The "vomit you return to". I needed this passage this morning, and I'm thankful that My Father gave it to me as an encouragement. That no matter how bad or sinful I am, he still loves me. And in that moment when he looked at his disciples, he remembered me.
He remembered the mission to save me.
And you.
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Monday, January 08, 2007
Plastic Jesus
Church was good yesterday. When you work in the church...Sunday is often more of a workday then a day or worship and rest. Yesterday was different though and I enjoyed it thoroughly.
The discussion from Sunday school got me thinking about how we market Jesus. I read a lot every day. Not so much books, but blogs. I like to read what other people in ministry are writing about and thinking about on a daily basis. I read a lot of Mark Oestricher from Youth Specialties. I read a couple of professor blogs from various Christian colleges. But I read one that is interesting. Church Marketing Sucks has me divided a lot of the time. Sometimes they say a lot of good stuff that I agree with and think "Wow! That's cutting edge and I think thats what the church needs!" and there are times when I'm like "What? You might as well call yourself Wal-mart Christian Church!"
Their most recent article didn't set well with me and of course I was compelled to comment.
The problem with church marketing today is too broad of a topic to cover in just one short post. But one thing that sticks out to me is that it makes Christians lazy. A statistic that I heard over and over again in Bible College: 90% of the work done at a church is done by 10% of the people. Why? I think a couple of reasons. 1) because they are used to having their ministers and other paid staff do it 2) lack of spiritual maturity and 3) the church "markets" stuff so people don't have to do it!
I'm all about trying to make our church more visitor accessible, but not to the point where we are abstaining from our personal responsibility as Christians to bring the Gospel to other people! When we "market Jesus", we are making things easier to the point that it encourages laziness and we don't even know it!
Let me give a fictional example. Let's say that Easyroad Christian Church says "We want to bring more people into the church" so their answer is "Let's have a Christmas Musical! We can have a big complicated program and bring the unchurched in that way!" So they do, and they have an altar call and 10 people come and accept the Lord! A couple of questions: How committed are those people that came to know Christ? They're in a mass of people they don't know. No relationships to keep them grounded, committed and accountable. How are those people going to be taught and discipled? Most of the time what happens is "Hey! You're a Christian! There's a party going on in heaven! See you on Sunday!" and thats it!
No individual had to come and form a relationship with that person. That baby Christian has no foundation.
We need personal responsibility in each Christian to fulfill Matthew 28. It is not the "church's" job to evangelize, but the individual Christian.
Did Jesus say "Go into all the earth, bringing people to church" ? No. He said "Go and make disciples".
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Location & Getting Here
Auvergne Naturelle is located in Laval sur Doulon, a small village in the heart of the Livradois National Park. We are in the Haute Loire Department, the most southern department of the Auvergne region of France. The closest major towns are Clermont Ferrand and Le Puy en Velay, both approx 1 hour by car. Paris is approx 5 hours and Montpellier on the Mediterranean is 3 hours by car.
Click on the map for a more detailed location on Google Maps
Getting Here
By Air
Clermont Ferrand Airport - 83 kms, approx 1 hour 10 mins. Airlines - Flybe from Southampton, Jersey, Guernsey, Glasgow, Edinburgh and Dublin www.flybe.com
Airfrance via Paris from various UK destinations www.airfrance.com
Rodez Airport - 220 kms, approx 2 hours 40 mins. Airlines - Ryanair from London Stansted and Dublin (www.ryanair.com)
Lyon Airport (Saint-Exepury) - 180 kms, approx 2 hours 35 mins. Airlines - Easyjet from Edinburgh, Manchester, Bristol, London Gatwick & London Stansted (www.easyjet.com)
Limoges Airport - 330 kms, approx 3 hours 20 mins. Airlines - Ryanair from Bristol, Liverpool, Leeds Bradford and London Stansted (www.ryanair.com) and Flybe from Newcastle and Southampton (www.flybe.com)
By Train
Eurostar from London St Pancras to Paris Nord - 2 hours 20 mins. www.eurostar.com
Trains from Paris (Gare de Lyon) to Brioude via Clermont Ferrand with Corail Teoz and the TER - approx 4 ½ hours. (www.sncf.co.uk) (www.raileurope.co.uk)
By Car
You can either choose a ferry or take the eurotunnel:
Dover to Calais - 1 hour 30 mins crossing with DFDS Seaways (www.dfdsseaways.co.uk)P & O Ferries(www.poferries.com) or My Ferry Link (www.myferrylink.com). From Calais, we are 780 kms, approx 8 hours away.
Newhaven to Dieppe, 4 hours crossing (www.dfdsseaways.co.uk). From Dieppe, we are 640 kms, 7 hours.
Portsmouth to Le Havre & Caen, express 3 hours 45 mins crossing available (www.britannyferries.com). From Le Havre, we are 650 kms, 7 hours.
Eurotunnel, Folkestone to Calais, a short 35 minute journey across the channel tunnel (www.eurotunnel.com) From the Eurotunnel station at Calais, we are 780 kms, 8 hours away.


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Are you looking for some fabulous festive events to attend locally?!
There are LOTS on our Christmas and New Year Festive Events calendar, but here are just a few of the highlights!
Santa's Grotto at Northfield Shopping Centre
Every Thursday, Friday, Saturday & Sunday 11am – 4pm from Saturday 26th November to Saturday 24th December 2016
Santa returns to Northfield Shopping Centre with a grotto full of goodies! Pop in and visit the big chap and his elves – visits cost just £4 per child, including gift, and all monies raised will be donated to Birmingham Women's Hospital's Tiny Babies Big Appeal.
Check the Northfield Shopping Centre Facebook page or website to check times and for more details.
Northfield on Ice
Saturday 26th November 2016, 11am – 5pm, Prices Square, Northfield
You'll need to get your skates on to catch the festivities in Northfield Town Centre this year!
Once again, there will be a dry skating rink, a snow dome and fairground rides PLUS get crafty with Northfield Arts Forum, face painting, music, local choirs, balloon modelling and more!
Organised and supported by Northfield Business Improvement District
Rubery Christmas Light Switch On (& St Chad's Big Sing)
Saturday 26th November, 3.30pm – 5.30pm, New Road, Rubery
As usual, a fabulous event has been organised for the Rubery village light switch on, with music and entertainment for all ages, PLUS some special visitors including Santa and Paw Patrol characters!
The Primrose Hospice Tree will be switched on at 5pm, with the big lights switch on at 5.30pm.
To really get into the festive spirit before the event, pop into St Chad's Church from 2.30pm to make a glowing festive decoration, enjoy singing from 3pm and join the procession to the switch on event from 3.30pm!
Santa's Sleigh Ride around Rednal
Evening of Friday 9th & Monday 12th December 2016, around Rednal
A firm family favourite in these parts, every year, Father Christmas helps out his good friends Phoenix Scout Group from St Stephen's Church in Rednal by visiting the area on his sleigh, spreading Christmas joy, sharing sweets and collecting donations!
See our calendar for full details. You can also follow St Stephen's Church Rednal on Facebook!
Longbridge Christmas Market
Saturday 10th December 2016, 9am – 5pm, High Street / College Street, Longbridge Town Centre
This year, St Modwen and the Friends of Longbridge Open Spaces are bringing a Christmas Market – run by experienced Midlands market organisers Sketts – to the newly developed Longbridge town centre.
There'll be street food – including hot pancakes, fresh samosas, award winning cider and perry, and unique gifts – such as hand painted glass, scarves & jewellery.
Throw in a local choir singing carols and Santa's grotto for the children and you should be getting into the festive spirit!
There'll also be carol singing to join in with in the town centre on 21st to 23rd December between 7-8.30pm!
Kings Norton Farmers Market & Christmas Light Switch On
Saturday 10th December 2016, 1pm – 6pm, The Green, Kings Norton
Pick up some lovely local produce for your Christmas table or gift bag at the last Kings Norton Farmers Market of 2016.
PLUS there will be the grand Christmas Light Switch On at 4.45pm AND a visit from the Big Fella himself! (Santa, that is – we haven't yet heard if the Mayor will be attending this year!)
Bournville Christmas Gift Fayre & Farmers Market
Saturday 17th December 2016, 10am – 3pm, Rowheath Pavillion, Heath Road, Bournville
Local produce and fantastic last minute homemade gifts at the lovely Rowheath Pavillion.
The Cafe will be open from 9.00am with the bar opening from 12.00pm
See more of Rowheath Pavilions Christmas Activities on our main events calendar.
One of the highlights for many at this time of year, is a trip into the city for the German Market, outdoor ice skating and big wheel…
Ice Skate Birmingham & Observation Wheel
Daily Saturday 19th November 2016 until Sunday 8th January 2017 (Except Christmas Day) 10am – 10pm | New Years Eve skating until 1am, Centenary Square, Birmingham
The outdoor ice rink and big wheel return to Centenary Square in Broad Street this year.
Show off your Dancing on Ice-like skills and enjoy refreshments in the Ice Lounge to warm up before heading to dizzying heights on the Observation Wheel for a great view of Birmingham at Christmas!
It's best to book, especially at peak times, and you can do so online.
Frankfurt Christmas Market
Daily from 17th November to 29th December 10am – 9pm, Centenary Square / Victoria Square / New Street, Birmingham. Christmas Craft Market also runs from 19th November until 20th December.
This year's Frankfurt Christmas Market is bigger than ever, with people travelling from around the country for the selection of gifts available.
Plus, this Sunday (20th November) is Family Day, with lots of discounts available on gifts, food and beverages for one day only!
Of course, most of us are only there for a chat with ChrisMoose, the talking Christmas Moose, after having one too many Glühwein! Oh, that's just us…..?!
Here's @thechrismoose holding court over a busy @BirminghamFCM tonight! pic.twitter.com/6vGA1dI26w
— Kris Kowalewski (@KrisKowalewski) November 18, 2016
Coca-Cola Truck Christmas Tour
The Coca-Cola truck also drops into Birmingham on Saturday 17th December. You'll find it in St Martin's Square, by the Bullring between 1 and 9pm. Find out more
View all festive events on our calendar


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Gunmen sprayed the car of MP Mohamed Ahmed Gurhan with bullets as he travelled through the capital Mogadishu on the way to parliament, fellow lawmaker Dahir Amin Jesow said.
"He was attacked by gunmen who were driving in a car, and they have shot him several times," Jesow said. Gurhan later died in hospital as a result of the wounds.
No one immediately claimed responsibility for the attack, but it is the latest in series of shootings targeting MPs, with al-Qaeda-linked Shebaab insurgents having claimed previous killings.
"The gunmen escaped in a car after opening fire... They also shot to scatter the crowds," said Abdifatah Suleiman, an eyewitness.
The Shebaab is fighting to overthrow Somalia's Western-backed government, which is propped up and protected by the 22 000-strong African Union force (AMISOM).
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Applications are now open for the Cambridgeshire U15 Restricted Tournament, to be held on Sunday 27th October at Burwell Sports Centre, Buntings Path, Burwell.
Any juniors keen on showing their development along their performance pathways should enter. If you are a coach with children U15, please do encourage them to participate.
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A midnight-blue, two-door hardtop Chevy Impala with 42,000 actual miles on the odometer would tip the value scale today at several thousand dollars. But in 1973, the price tag was $450.00. This, the second automobile I ever owned was certainly a keeper. But no one told me that. Even if they had, I probably wouldn't have listened. I was only seventeen!
This Chevy is still one of my favorite automotive memories. My first car, a 1962 rusted Ford Fairlane four-door sedan named "Ottis," was a $50.00 hand me down from my older brother. Ottis was a sad story which I'm sure I'll write about someday. So the Chevy was a MAJOR upgrade. I bought it from Mr. Budde, the neighbor across the street, with cash I saved from my paper routes. It seemed like a lot of money then…
It was stock. 283 cu. in. (220 hp) with an automatic transmission. Very little rust, no rattles, no dents, near perfection. I'm sure I have forgotten the little finish flaws. Now that I think about it, I remember spending New Years' Eve 1973 painting the car with a friend in a borrowed paint bay of a local body shop. It was a midnight re-application of the original color, midnight-blue, a color eerily similar to my 1974 Firebird, my 1987 Grand Marquis, and my 2002 Camaro Z28.
Thinking further… the original wheels must not have been perfection to my taste either. I changed out the plain stock steel wheels & full wheel covers for the magnesium "bullet" style wheels pictured. I'm not quite remembering where I got those beauties, but they are undoubtedly the all-time number one WellsWooster favorite wheels over the last 35 years.
And one more imperfection. The in-dash mono radio didn't remain alone long. An under-dash stereo 8-track player (remember, this was the 70's) was a quick addition to the driver environment. Oh James Gang, Uriah Heap, REO Speedwagon, Led Zeppelin, Aerosmith…
No engine modifications ever. The only mechanical problem I remember having with the Impala was a broken motor mount. Oh, I guess I did have to replace the exhaust system, an idler arm, brakes… all normal stuff on any '60s Detroit metal. Except the motor mount. I really thought that was unusual. It first manifested itself on sunny autumn afternoon during a full throttle left turn from a stop. Strange feeling, that motor rising. Since it was a small block '65 Chevy, it wasn't a complicated or expensive repair.
A year or so later, I gave the Impala up in an even trade for a '66 Chevelle 300 Deluxe two-door sedan. That monster had a bored-out small block Corvette 327 c.i. engine (390 hp), 350 Turbo automatic transmission, Hurst shifter, Malibu wood grain interior components, Super Sport hood and Malibu external badges. All that with the high gear ratio rear-end (from it's stock 6 cylinder origin) made it the most unique vehicle around at the time. But if I were able to get back either car in a time machine today, and could only choose one, it'd definitely be the Impala.
That's the lesson, son and daughters.


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I Think You're Great! I really do think you're great and it's also the name of the stamp set The Stamp Review Crew is using for our projects this week. If you haven't hopped with us before, we're a group of international Stampin' Up! Demonstrators who hop on the first and third Monday each month and we all use the same stamp set for each hop. We hope you'll find lots of inspiration for using I Think You're Great this week. If you're hopping Sunday night and run into blogs that aren't quite ready yet check back tomorrow when everyone should be good to go. If you get lost along the way click the link above and you'll find a full list of this week's hoppers.
You may have come here from Sue Plote's blog, This Pink Rooster. Sue's projects are always to die for so be sure to hop backward if you didn't come from there!
I made a really simple card for today's post. I Think You're Great is perfect for the kissing technique and that's what I did with it. I used the solid stamp images from Apple of My Eye and inked up the stamp in I Think You're Great, then used that to press the pear into and stamped it here, added the stem and voilà. All I had to was add the sentiment and done!
The inside of the card is very similar to the exterior. I think I might make a set of these to have on hand!
You'll hop on to the blog of Rochelle Blok, The Stamping Blok. Rochelle creates awesome and amazing projects!
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text: The hush of Whistle near winter solstice couldn't be farther from the madding crowd of summer. Enjoy our deep water jewel of the forest during the season of recharge, and feel the stored sunlight energy emanating from the green. Meet at the Whistle Lake parking lot at the end of Whistle Lake Road.


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At the museum, we more or less just zipped through a bit of the first floor and most of the 4th floor (dinosaurs) before spending most of the time in the Discovery Center. I remember how much my kids loved it when they were little. I'm happy to say that my niece loved it just as much. She put on goggles and dug for bones, was fascinated with little clear blocks of various insects, built a totem pole, saw the live Madagascar hissing cockroaches, and really loved the nesting Matryoshka dolls.
Today we went with the homeschool group to the Vanderbilt Museum and Planetarium in Centerport, Long Island. We'd gone here years ago with J - W was to little to have paid any attention. It was such a beautiful day out today for it. We walked around the grounds and saw the Vanderbilt collection of safari animals, bugs, butterflies, sea creatures, and trophies. Our tour guide was a very knowledgeable and funny guy. He made everything a lot more interesting. I don't remember having a tour last time. The planetarium had a wonderful show on the life cycle of stars. It's a new building - just put up 2 years ago in place of the old one they'd used for 30 years. We all enjoyed it very much. W hung with his friends. It was nice to see these awesome homeschooled teens pay attention and have genuine interest in the exhibits. It's great that there are so many new homeschooling teens this year, too.
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Indiana's Mike Braun overplays opponents' records on Obama trade deals
Lifelong political rivals Todd Rokita and Luke Messer have been locked in a bitter personal feud to represent Indiana in the U.S. Senate for over a year. But they had reason to band together in the last debate before voting day.
Mike Braun, the third challenger who touts himself as a business-savvy outsider, called his rivals advocates of former President Barack Obama — in a race that has been all about who is most aligned with President Donald Trump.
Braun built his career as a businessman and served three years in the state House of Representatives and 10 years on the Jasper School Board. Messer and Rokita have represented Indiana in Congress for three and four terms respectively. The three are competing in a May 8 primary for the Republican nomination for U.S. Senate.
"Let's make it clear," Braun said. "They voted to fast-track Obama's trade deals. Now, they're acting like it's a tool for President Trump. They can't escape it, I know it's tough. They try to twist it, but that's the truth. That was Obama's fast-tracking and look at the trade deals we got into."
Messer and Rokita shot back.
"Not one trade deal passed under Obama with the authority you cited," Messer said. "Not one, Mike. And you know it."
"Not one trade deal passed for President Obama," Rokita said. "We made sure of that."
So who's telling the truth? Both sides make fair points.
In 2015, Messer and Rokita voted for the Defending Public Safety Employees' Retirement Act. Tucked into that law was the Trade Promotion Authority, or TPA, in question.
Presidents are the usual trade negotiators, but the Constitution only allows Congress to set tariffs. So Congress can speed up, or fast-track, votes on trade by allowing for a change in the rules.
That is, Congress can't amend or filibuster a trade agreement, and the deal only needs 51 votes in the Senate to pass. These have been granted in some form or another to most presidents since Franklin Delano Roosevelt.
In each specific law, Congress lays out the conditions for the deals the president will negotiate.
"If you are bringing back a trade agreement for an up or down vote, no amendments procedure, Congress tells the president, it has to do all these things we lay out," said Edward Alden, a senior fellow at the Council on Foreign Relations.
Alden said the conditions laid out in the 2015 TPA were designed for the negotiation of Obama's Trans-Pacific Partnership, or TPP.
That said, the rules would apply to any trade negotiation in that time period. If the Trump administration renegotiates the North American Free Trade Agreement, it will also be submitted under the 2015 trade authority Messer and Rokita voted for.
The 2015 law included a provision that would automatically renew it on July 1, 2018, for the next three years, unless Congress votes to block it. Trump requested its renewal on March 20.
"These are modifications of the House and Senate rules (in this case the House) that apply regardless of who's president," said Grant Aldonas, a senior advisor on international trade at the Center for Strategic and International Studies. "So to the extent it's characterized as voting to fast-track a particular president's trade deal, that's wrong."
But Messer and Rokita bring up good points: TPP never came to a vote because the Republican Congress blocked it. Congress never got to give the agreement a formal up or down vote, but opponents did effectively kill the deal.
To be clear, three trade deals with Colombia, South Korea and Panama passed under Obama in October 2011. But those had been primarily negotiated under President George W. Bush, and were not subject to the 2015 law in question.
Braun said Messer and Rokita "voted to fast-track Obama's trade deals."
Messer and Rokita indeed voted in favor of fast-track authority in 2015. The authority was for three years, counting toward both Obama and his successor's trade deals. It has and will apply to Trump's trade deals for another three years if Congress does not vote to block it come July.
The law would have applied to the TPP if it had come up for a vote. But a vote in favor of the authority does not equate a vote in favor of the deal. Messer and Rokita could have still voted against "Obama's trade deals."
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Know the difference between freehold, commonhold and leasehold
The owner of a freehold title of real estate enjoys the most superior form of private property ownership. A freeholder is considered to be the absolute owner of the land and buildings comprised in his title; he has the right to occupy, use and enjoy his property forever ("in perpetuity") or until he transfers the title to a new owner, and his heirs are entitled to inherit his title upon his death. Nevertheless, a freeholder does not have total freedom to do what he wishes on his land.
The most obvious form of external curtailment are public controls, in other words a freeholder must comply with all applicable laws which combine to control the use of, and activities upon, his property. For example, the use to which land and buildings may be put, and the erection of new buildings on land, is invariably subject to governmental approval procedures (such as the necessity for planning permission and a building permit). Further control is imposed through environmental and "non-nuisance" laws, and so on.
The second form of external curtailment is of a more private nature and consists of restrictions placed upon the freehold title. For example, neighbours (and in some instances, the general public) may enjoy rights of way over pathways crossing the freeholder's land. Neighbours may have a right of access onto the land to effect repairs to their own property or they may have a right to run sewers, electricity cables and other service infrastructure under, upon or over the freeholder's land.
The rights that others enjoy over privately owned property are known as "easements". Typically, easements are imposed by the original developer when he sells the property to the first purchaser and are designed to ensure that all owners in the community that he has built have the appropriate rights to fully enjoy their own property.
A further form of title restriction is the "covenant". A covenant may be an obligation to do something (a "positive covenant"), such as an obligation to keep the buildings on the land in a good state of repair or an obligation to make a financial contribution to some shared facility such as a car park or private road.
Alternatively, a covenant may take the form of a prohibition (a "restrictive covenant"), such as a prohibition against using the land for commercial purposes or a prohibition against further building on the land. Again, covenants are often imposed by the original developer and are created to maintain a certain standard and character of a community.
Typically, freehold titles relate to land and buildings, and not to parts of buildings ("units"). As far as units are concerned, the closest analogy to freehold title that is most commonly adopted is the "commonhold" concept.
This is because the nature of multiple-occupancy buildings requires the respective unit owners to co-operate together to manage and maintain communal property and facilities. The individualistic nature of the freehold title does not provide an appropriate mechanism for such collaboration between individual owners.
A leasehold title is created from a freehold title, in the sense that a freeholder "carves out" a leasehold interest from his freehold estate and transfers the leasehold interest to a third party by way of a lease, who becomes the leaseholder.
The main difference between a freehold title and a leasehold title is that the former is perpetual, whereas the latter is restricted to a term of years (for example, we speak of a "long term lease" or a "99 year lease"). The second major difference is that a leasehold title is subject to a superior title, namely the freehold title. The lease creates a contractual relationship of "landlord and tenant" and usually the leaseholder (tenant) is obliged by the provisions of the lease to pay a rent to the freeholder (landlord).
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How to Help Grow the Fanbase!
Too long didn't read: Sharing my content helps a metric butt-load. This article explains how, gives examples, and let's you know some ways you could do it if you want to. Thanks!
I get asked a lot about how my fan base can be so small compared to other YouTuber's when the content I put out is good, as well as how they can help a lot. I want to start by saying that first statement is very flattering, and follow by saying that the YouTube promotion system is a weird one that I'll explain in short here.
YouTube promotes videos that a lot of people watch, especially if they watch the whole thing and it's long. People tend to instantly latch onto videos that are instantly interesting or funny. This is why you see so many videos that are e edited to be extremely fast and snappy, like montage videos, getting popular. They are easy to share because people will get the appeal right away, there is a large audience for it, and people will watch the whole thing.
A lot of people love my channel and say it's great, but it doesn't grow much. It's largely because not many people share my content with people they know, and when they do, not many people are interested. If you're watching me, you gave me a chance. You spent a decent amount of time to watch my stuff and found you like it, but most people don't want to dedicate time like that. It's that shareability that my content doesn't really have, and that's why it's very important that those who watch, share. People will be less inclined to do it on their own and the shares are even more important as they are less likely to help on each individual one, so you need it to be shared a lot.
Sharing has helped massively the few times I've asked people to do it. You know how I got a partnership on Hitbox.tv, making my streams much better quality? That was you guys sharing the streaming link on twitter, Facebook, and steam. You doubled my view count nearly every single time. Sometimes more than doubled. You guys do as good of a job, if not an even better job, than I do at bringing in new viewers. When you see my stream boom in popularity, that was your doing, not mine. I just make the content, you're the one who makes it popular.
If you want another example, look at my Steam page. It has way more people in it than when you joined, doesn't it? That's because I had a good idea one day about it, asked you guys to take action, and it worked WAY better than I thought it would. As you may know, I like to send out a link whenever I stream on the Steam Group. It's a great way to get the link to everyone who is already at their computer, and it seems to bring in the most viewers. Well, I came to a realisation. Most people don't have many Twitter followers, but they do have a good amount of friends on Steam. Also many people on Steam join any group they get invited to, so why not go on my Steam Group page, hit "Invite Friends", and invite them all? If they're friends with you, they probably like games you like, and if you like my show you probably like games I play. I stream games I like, so if they join my group and see that some guy is streaming a game they like, they may join and end up having fun at the streams. That is a GREAT way to grow the fan base! It's low effort, natural, word of mouth, and effective.
So I asked a stream of about 20 people to do that once when I got the idea. Pretty sure only a few people actually did it, but regardless we got almost 100 new people in the group. Less than 10 people did this, and almost 100 joined. For less than one minute's work per person, that was INSANELY effective. Once I talked about it a bit in a Vlog and some people most have done it, because it raised by another 130 overnight. So if you want to help out, invite your friends to the stream group. I'll provide a link at the bottom of the page.
Another way you can help is to tweet out some of my videos that you like, or that I'm streaming when I stream. Including @MahDryBread in the tweet will let me see your tweet as well as let people interested in your tweet check out who I am. This is great because people can share tweets around easily with "re-tweet" so it always has the chance of getting big. Say I make a new Payday 2 101 video you really like, that's actually an easily sharable video. New people who don't know me can still understand what's going on easily and maybe find it interesting enough to give my stuff a chance.
Another great way is to do the same linking of my stuff, but on Facebook. Most people seem to have a lot of Facebook friends, and chances are you have common interests with most of them, so a great deal of them probably would be interested. Plus, stream are more fun with friends, so inviting friends through Facebook to my streams means you go in already knowing people in the chat.
The fastest spreading video I've literally ever done is "How YouTubers Get Paid" and that was largely thanks to a fan posting that video on a subreddit where it got popular. Sites like Reddit are great for spreading my content to people who otherwise wouldn't know it exists.
The last way that comes to mind at the moment is just to talk to your friends about my channel. Straight word of mouth. I know I do this a lot with my friends and it's great. When we have channels in common that we like, it becomes a really fun discussion. I know this one seems really obvious, but it's half the fun of a good YouTube channel, getting to enjoy it with your friends.
Thanks for reading my insanely long, rambling article. I genuinely appreciate that you've decided to read this whole thing, as it shows to me that you really do care about me and my channel and that you'd like to make it grow. I love making content for you guys and it means a lot to me that so many people enjoy it as much as you do. If you want to give back, all I ask is that you thumbs up the videos that you enjoy, leave a comment if you have anything at all that you'd like to say, and most importantly of all, share stuff that you enjoy with people who you know, as well as anywhere else on the internet that you'd like. Want to make a place to talk about my stuff with like-minded people on some other forum? Want to make a fan base guild in World of Warcraft? Want to talk about my stuff on some random vaguely related Reddit page? Want to tattoo my YouTube URL to your forehead? Want to carve "Proofread, Send to Friends" into the walls of every room of your house? At least a few of those things are probably a good idea that wouldn't creep me out!
Jokes aside though, You are what makes this job awesome, and You are what makes the channel special. If I didn't have such awesome viewers, I wouldn't be motivated to keep doing this thing and to keep striving to get better. Thank you very much. The links to related things are at the bottom of this page and until next time, have a nice day!
YouTube Channel: http://www.YouTube.com/medraut567
Steam Group: http://steamcommunity.com/groups/MahDrysFlock
Facebook Fan Page: http://www.facebook.com/MahDryBread
Twitter: http://twitter.com/MahDryBread
Hitbox.tv Live Streaming Channel: http://www.Hitbox.tv/Mah-Dry-Bread
Reddit Page: http://www.reddit.com/r/MahDryBread/
Posted on May 2, 2015, in Blog Posts and tagged mah-dry-bread, YouTube. Bookmark the permalink. 3 Comments.
Unfortunately I don't have followers on Twitter nor steam friends besides you. I do have some Facebook friends but none of them are into gaming or the content you put out for the most part. I do have a cousin who is a huge gamer and I told her about your channel. I know she at least watched your let's play of Watchdogs and Farcry 3; not sure if she's watched anything else since. If I do meet people I think would like your channel I do recommend it though.
I did the one with steam, hope there will be some friends joining. For the other platforms i unfortunately don't have lots of friends who share my interest in sarcastic canadian rambling about the world and games 😀 but i still share some videos on youtube ^^
But its difficult for me to interest them because if they like games they mostly don't like listening stuff in english, and if they like english they usually don't like games (typical german people *angry mumbeling in german that sounds even angrier because it is german*
but i keep trying, i enjoy your content a lot.


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It is unfortunate that the question of our foreign policy, at a time when there is a crisis in North Africa and the Middle East, should have been so concentrated in recent days on the personality and attitudes of the Foreign Secretary. Of course it matters how on top of his job Mr Hague is, but whatever his degree of engagement, there are philosophical issues about a foreign policy that require to be debated properly; and this is only starting to happen now.
Sir Malcolm Rifkind, a former occupant of Mr Hague's job and one of the rare men of intelligence and experience on the Conservative benches, has argued this week that we should be arming the rebels in Libya, in the hope of assisting in the overthrow of the tyrant Gaddafi. His intervention followed on from a highly erudite and thoughtful piece in the present number of the New Statesman by Brendan Simms, Professor of the History of European International Relations at the University of Cambridge. Prof Simms draws a parallel with our inactivity during the Bosnian crisis and our inactivity now.
He reminds us that the Tory party, like all others, is a coalition. He says there is a split between "pessimist realists" who wish to keep us out of fights where our national interest is not immediately threatened, and interventionists. Prof Simms comes down on the side of the latter, citing Palmerston: "Our duty – our vocation – is not to enslave, but to set free… we stand at the head of moral, social, and political civilisation… when we see people battling against difficulties and struggling against obstacles in the pursuit of their rights, we may be permitted… if occasion require, to lend them a helping hand." We can argue that the world has changed since July 1847, when Palmerston mused about our intervening in trouble in Portugal; but perhaps the principle has not.
I respect Prof Simms's argument and the conscience with which he puts it. He does not rely on a spurious notion of the national interest in advancing it. He relies on the notion that we remain, even now, at the head of moral, social and political civilisation. It is a contention that invites analysis and debate.
Let us suppose we do hold that position, despite the cloud that has hung over our political culture this last few years. If holding that position requires helping the victims of tyrannies to liberate themselves, are we equipped, first of all, to do that and, second, to handle the consequences? It is not clear that we are. The first requires our Armed Forces not to invade, but to assist and enforce. Mr Cameron continues to talk about this, but it appears he is relying on someone else doing this work for us. He took a conscious decision last autumn – abetted, we are told, by the same Foreign Secretary whose attachment to his post is now so in question – to scale down our Armed Forces to an extent where their ability to enforce, for example, a no-fly zone over Libya, even with the aid of other sympathetic nations, was undermined.
Let us say, though, that we can dig into our stretched budget and send large amounts of arms to the rebels. How do we get them there? How do we ensure they fall into the right hands? How do we ensure, even if they do fall into the right hands, that the rebels will end up as the sort of people we should like to run Libya? It is a simple contention that anything would be better than the present maniac and his repellent family. So it was with Saddam Hussein; and look how hard it has been to cope with the consequences of that. The reality is that we are only going to make a dent on Libya with the help of the Americans, and we know what that means, if it were to happen (Iraq, qv). And, as such, any posturing we make about doing anything in the region reminds me of the immortal words of Enver Hoxha, dictator of Albania, to his people: "Do not forget that, together with the Chinese, we have a quarter of the world's population."
One always feels upset when people are tyrannised. But why stop at Libya? How much of the rest of the region would we want to go to help as various nations rise up against despots? Indeed, how much of the rest of the world? Zimbabwe? Burma? North Korea? That nice Hugo Chavez? Where would we stop? That Libya should command such humanitarian impulses suggests something more is at stake. Could it be oil?
I acquit Prof Simms of such base motives: he has a record of opposing tyrants and is simply being consistent. But for others I suspect the motivation to roll up our sleeves (if, that is, our arms hadn't been amputated) and get in to Tripoli is to do with the rising price of Brent crude. Let me say at once that I regard that as an entirely practical sentiment. We do have a national interest. Put crudely, it is about the notion that what we have, we hold. This is not in this case territorial: we should not be standing on the cliffs at Dover awaiting the arrival of the Libyan navy. It is about maintaining our standard of living and way of life, which means maintaining our economy and its constituent parts as best we can. The maintenance of that economy is hard enough with oil at $110 a barrel. If it were $150, $200 or more for any length of time, we should be in serious trouble. And if things were to turn ugly in Saudi Arabia, heaven knows what would happen to the West.
The idea of an ethical foreign policy, with regular humanitarian expeditions to export our civilisation, is pleasing to many among us, used as we are to a salubrious life with western democratic values. But let us remember: not everyone wants those values; and it is not our place to impose them. In any case, we lack the force to impose them, and except at headline-grabbing moments, the will. The age of imperialism is over. America, under the influence of the neo-Conservatives, recently tried to pretend it wasn't. Look what a success that pretence was and, judging by the present paralysis of President Obama in matters of foreign affairs, still is.
What should worry us is not that we lack the resources to intervene in other countries whose activities trouble us, but that we have left little or no provision to intervene in those that have the scope to cause serious damage to our national interest. It is all very well for Mr Cameron to go on about his no-fly zone, and hope someone else will pay for the round of drinks he would so much like to buy himself. But what if the unrest in the Middle East becomes worse, oil heads to $250 a barrel, and the Saudi Arabians – for example – appeal to us and the rest of Europe for assistance? How ethical would that be? How necessary would such an intervention be? What would Mr Cameron hope to do? What could he do? Or would it be left to the absurd Baroness Ashton and her minions in Brussels to salvage what they call the "European" economy? It is a wonder we can sleep at nights.


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Building regulations expert Geoff Wilkinson tries to predict the actions a Conservative party promising 'radical change'
In a 2006 article on recruitment problems in building control departments, the Guardian noted that 50 per cent of local authority building control staff in London were due to retire by 2012. Combined with the need for sweeping cuts to non-essential public services, this means that an incoming Conservative administration would need to look at alternative models to reduce the burden on the current system.
One option would be to extend the competent person scheme, which already exists for the boiler, electrical and window industries. A consultation paper, released by Communities and Local Government on 23 December 2009, discusses proposed changes to the competent person approval process and paves the way for expansion of the schemes.
Competent person schemes were introduced to allow individuals and enterprises to self-certify that their work complies with the building regulations rather than submitting a building notice, thus avoiding the need for local authority inspections and fees. It is likely that a Conservative administration would speed up the move towards self-certification, reduce costs for firms joining recognised schemes and promote training and competence within the industry. It would also underpin proposals to tackle the problem of 'cowboy builders', and assist local authorities with enforcement of the building regulations.
A 2009 press release by Local Authority Building Control (LABC) claims that the regulations are being enforced, and quotes many examples of interventions by their officers on submitted applications. Although the LABC does good work in cases where applications are submitted, this misses the significant problem of work that is outside the system, in particular the output of cowboy builders and DIY enthusiasts.
Local authorities used to employ district surveyors who would literally spend their time surveying the district, and would report unauthorised works. In the 1990s, one local authority that I worked for sent out a weekend patrol because so many re-roofing projects were being carried out by cowboys. Now, few councils have a dedicated enforcement team. Most divert resources to compete with approved inspectors of commercial sector work, which carries greater fees. Architecture has born the brunt of the recession and the number of practitioners claiming benefit has risen faster than any other profession.
With a little training, support software and handheld inspection tools, architects could self-certify small domestic buildings. This would release LABC staff to concentrate on protection matters, such as enforcement of unauthorised works, dangerous structures and health and safety on building sites.
Such a proposal could form a logical extension of the competent person schemes or, alternatively, architects could register as individual approved inspectors, a rarely used category that the Construction Industry Council has considered removing. It would require a simple change to restrict the individual licenses to small domestic works only, and it should be noted that there is a precedent for such a restriction. The first approved inspector license, which was awarded to the National House-Building Council in 1985, was limited in this way, and the current system (regulation 10 of the approved inspector regulations) envisaged such a scheme, as it allows inspectors to have a design interest in buildings of this type.
With the Conservative party promising radical change, this could be the model for building regulations should David Cameron triumph in this year's general election.
Geoff Wilkinson is a building regulations expert and former vice-chair of the Association of Consulting Approved Inspectors (ACAI)
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An alleged murder plot involving the father of Vancouver Canucks player Linden Vey is set to go to trial this month.
Curtis Vey will appear in court on May 24 with alleged co-conspirator Angela Nicholson to face murder conspiracy charges, according to The Province.
The two were charged in 2013 with conspiring to murder their spouses, Brigitte Vey and Jim Taylor. The charges rocked the small community of Melfort, Sask. nearly three years ago
With the trial starting later this month, Nicholson's lawyer said 22 witnesses will be called, according to CBC News.
Police said in 2013 that Brigitte tipped them to an alleged murder plot, in which Vey's wife was going to die in a house fire and Taylor would die of an overdose.
'Life is never easy'
"[Police] had to tell me about three times," Taylor said at the time, surprised by the allegation his wife was planning to murder him.
"We're a good Christian community so it's really shocking to hear all this stuff."
For the Canucks player, the case has been tough.
"It changes your life," he told the Province. "Your life is a certain way for so many years and all of a sudden, you wake up one day and it's totally different.
"Everybody has something to go through. Life is never easy."
The general manager of the team, Jim Benning, told Global News in a statement that Linden has shown "great courage."
"Our hope is that he and his family's privacy is respected and moving forward we will continue to be in his corner for anything he needs," he said.
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The J-1 visa is issued to foreign nationals who will be entering the US to participate in an approved educational or cultural program.
The requirements for obtaining a J visa are complex. This article is intended only to be a basic primer.
History of the J-1 Visa
The J-1 visa classification was created in 1948 to promote educational and cultural exchange activities between the United States and other countries.
For this reason, the J-1 exchange visitor program is supervised and monitored by the U.S. State Department.
The program has introduced millions of foreign visitors to the United States, its people, culture, business customs and educational opportunities.
Definition of J-1 Exchange Visitor
The J-1 exchange visitor is broadly defined by the Immigration and Nationality Act (INA) as an,
- Alien having a residence abroad;
- Which he has no intention of abandoning;
- Who is a bona fide student, scholar, trainee, teacher, professor, research assistant, specialist, or leader in a field of specialized knowledge;
- Who is coming temporarily to the United States as a participant in a program designated by the State Department; and
- For the purpose of teaching, instructing, lecturing, studying, observing, conducting research, consulting, demonstrating special skills, or receiving training.
Exchange programs are available for the following individuals:
- College and university students;
- Secondary school students;
- Short-term scholars;
- Trainees;
- Teachers;
- Professors and research scholars;
- Specialists;
- Alien physicians;
- International and government visitors;
- Camp counselors;
- Summer work/travel students;
- Au pairs; and
- Special education exchange visitors.
The law imposes limits on how long a J-1 visitor may stay in each type of program and describes the activities the J-1 visitor is allowed in each program.
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College and University Students
The J-1 student visa category is reserved to those who are pursuing a full-time formal course of study at a college or university, and to those who are receiving English language training at an accredited educational institution. J-1 students are eligible for one of the following types of employment:
- Aacademic training; and
- Student employment.
Academic Training
Employment under this category must be related to the field of study of the J-1 student. The student must be in good academic standing and the a school official must approve the training in writing.
Student Employment
Employment under this category must be part time (i.e. no more than 20 hours per week), part of a scholarship or fellowship, either on campus, or, if off campus, necessary because of unforeseen economic circumstances.
Student employment is valid until the course of study is over, or 12 months, whichever time period is shortest.
After finishing his or her studies, the J-1 undergraduate and pre-doctoral student is eligible for up to 18 months of practical training. A J-1 post-doctoral student up to 36 months of training.
Secondary School Students
Foreign students can attend secondary schools in the U.S. for at least one, but no more than two semesters, on a J-1 visa.
The program sponsor (the school) must, in addition to allowing the foreign student academic admission, also secure a host family with whom the student will stay.
The screening process for qualified host families is a complex and rigorous one.
J-1 secondary students are not authorized to work (except for intermittent work such as babysitting).
Short-Term Scholars
Professors, research scholars or persons with similar skills who are coming to the US to lecture, observe, consult or participate in workshops, seminars, conferences, and the like, may enter on a J-1 visa.
The purpose of the short-term scholar category is to enhance professional relationships between U.S. and foreign scholars.
The maximum period of entry is 6 months and no extensions are authorized.
There is no minimum period which the J-1 short-term sccholar is required to stay in the U.S.
The Trainee category is for individuals seeking to enhance their skills in either "specialty" or "non-specialty" occupations. Under State Department rules, the following fields qualify for Trainee programs:
- Arts and culture;
- Information media and communications;
- Education, social sciences, library science, counseling and social services;
- Management, business, commerce and finance;
- Health-related occupations;
- Aviation;
- Science, engineering, architecture, mathematics, and industrial occupations;
- Construction and building trades;
- Agriculture, forestry and fishing;
- Public administration and law; or
- Other fields specified by the program sponsor.
The training received cannot merely be a repeat of prior training the alien has received, and it must provided at the appropriate level of the alien's expertise.
The maximum period of stay under the J-1 Trainee visa is 18 months (24 months for aviation training programs).
The J-1 Teacher category is for aliens teaching full-time in a primary or secondary school.
To be eligible the person must meet the following requirements:
- Be qualified to teach primary or secondary school in their home country;
- Meet the standards of the U.S. state in which they will teach;
- Be of good reputation and character;
- Intend to teach full time at an accredited primary or secondary school; and
- Have at least three years of teaching experience.
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Professors and Research Scholars
Professors are aliens who will come to the U.S. to teach, lecture, observe, or consult at post-secondary educational institutions.
They may also conduct research unless their program sponsor specifically forbids it.
Research scholars are individuals who are in the US primarily to conduct research, observe or consult at research institutions, educational institutions and similar organizations. Unless specifically forbidden by the program sponsor, research scholars may teach and lecture.
The position filled by the J-1 alien must be temporary.
J-1 professors and research scholars may enter for a three-year period, initially, and the program sponsor may approve a six-month extension.
After this extension, the person's stay can be extended another three years with the approval of the State Department.
Specialists are experts in a field of specialized knowledge or skill. They may come to the U.S. to observe, consult, or demonstrate special skills.
This J-1 category excludes short-term scholars, professors and research scholars, and alien physicians in graduate medical training.
The maximum period of stay is 1 year.
Alien Physicians
Graduates of foreign medical schools may enter the United States to pursue graduate medical training or education.
This category is highly regulated and the requirements are both rigorous and complex.
Level of Patient Contact
The authorized sponsor for all foreign medical graduate students who will be involved in more than incidental patient contact is the Educational Commission for Foreign Medical Graduates (ECFMG).
Other programs can sponsor alien physicians so long as there will be little or no patient contact, and the program involves observation, consultation, teaching, or research.
When programs other than the ECFMG sponsor J-1 physicians, they must include a special certification regarding the amount of patient care that will be provided by the alien.
The duration of authorized stay is generally limited to the time necessary to complete the program or seven years, whichever is shorter.
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Individuals participating in this category are automatically subject to the two-year home country physical presence requirement of INA § 212(e).
International and Government Visitors
This category is exclusively for U.S. federal, state or local government agencies.
J-1 international visitors are those selected by the State Department for consultation, observation, training or demonstration of special skills in the U.S.
J-1 government visitors are essentially the same, only they are selected by governmental agencies other than the State Department.
The maximum period of stay of an interntional visitor is 12 months and of a government visitor, 18 months.
Camp Counselors
A foreign national who is at least 18 years old and is either a bona fide youth worker, student, teacher, or an individual with a special skill, may qualify as a summer camp counselor.
Duration of stay is limited 4 months.
Summer Work/Travel Students
Allows sponsors to bring foreign university students to the U.S. during their summer vacations to travel and work.
Sponsors are encouraged to select visitors who, because of their distance from the U.S., would most likely not be able to afford to come to the US without temporary work authorization.
The number of foreign nationals the sponsor brings to the U.S. cannot be more than the number of U.S. students it sends abroad.
Au Pairs
The au pair program is one of the most closely monitored of the exchange visitor programs.
This J-1 category allows the entry of individuals between the ages of 18 to 26, who are coming to perform childcare services for a U.S. host family while attending a post-secondary school.
Prospective au pairs are subject to a rigorous criminal, physical and psychological background investigation before being permitted entry.
The foreign national must be proficient in English and have at least a high school diploma.
The screening process for the host family of a prospective au pair is equally as demanding.
The host family must pay the au pair at least the minimum wage and cannot request the au pair to provide more than 45 hours of childcare a week.
The au pair must be provided with a private bedroom.
An au pair cannot be placed in the following situations: where there is a child under three months in the home, unless a parent is home as well, or in a family where there are children under 2, unless the au pair has over 200 hours of prior infant care experience.
The program sponsor must provide the au pair with at least 8 hours of child safety instruction and at least 24 hours of child development instruction.
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Special Education Exchange Visitors
This category is limited to 50 individuals per year and permits an alien to enter the U.S. for up to 18 months to obtain practical training and experience in the education of children with physical, mental or emotional disabilities.
The Exchange Visitor Process
Each exchange visitor must be sponsored.
The sponsor of the J-1 visa program is a legal entity designated by the State Department to conduct an exchange visitor program.
The following entities are eligible to apply for designation as a sponsor:
- United States federal, state and local government agencies;
- International organizations of which the U.S. is a member and which have an office in the United States; or
- Reputable organizations based in the U.S. designated by the U.S. Department of State as a sponsoring agency.
The sponsoring entity is required to submit an application (DS-3036) to the State Department and to comply with all provisions of 22 CFR Part 514.
Alternatively, if the State Department has not designated the organization as a sponsor, the organization may participate in the program through an intermediary known as an umbrella organization which acts as the sponsoring agency.
The Two-Year Home Country Physical Presence Requirement
An alien admitted in J-1 status may be subject to a two-year foreign (home country) residence requirement.
Without a waiver of this requirement, the alien will not eligible to apply for a change within the US to a non-immigrant visa, a change of status to permanent residence, or a change to an H or L non-immigrant visa.
This two-year period must be spent in the alien's home country, or the country in which he or she last permanently resided before coming to the US.
An alien is subject to the home residence requirement if:
- His or her's participation in an exchange visitor program was financed in whole or in part by the US government or the government of the country of his or her last residence;
- At the time of admission, he or she was a national or resident of a country which the US Information Agency (USIA) designated as clearly requiring the services of individuals with the alien's special skills or knowledge; or
- He or she came to the United States to receive graduate medical education or training.
Waiver of the Two-Year Home Country Physical Presence Requirement
Waivers of the two-year home country physical presence requirement are available in the following situations:
- If a denial of the waiver would impose an exceptional hardship on the alien's U.S. citizen spouse or child (requires a favorable recommendation by the U.S. State Department);
- If the government of the alien's home country provides a "No Objection" statement;
- If the alien cannot return to his or her home country because he or she would be subject to persecution on account of race, religion, or political opinion;
- The alien's grant of the waiver is in the public interest and requested by a State Department of Public Health or its equivalent; or
- An Interested Government Agency (IGA) requests the waiver (subject to certain restrictions).


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GLENDALE, Ariz. – The cameras were lined up and clicking away as the Dodgers' $147 million pitcher threw for the first time in his new uniform Thursday.
But the cameras weren't pointed at free-agent acquisition Zack Greinke as he threw his first bullpen session during the Dodgers' workout. Approximately 20 photographers and video cameramen from Korea were shooting the large left-hander working on the mound next to Greinke as Hyun-jin Ryu threw his first bullpen session of the spring at the same time.
For the Dodgers coaching staff, it was their first chance to see Ryu throw in person after only seeing video from his career in the Korean Baseball Organization.
"It was good," Dodgers manager Don Mattingly said of the 40-pitch session. "He threw the ball where he wanted. That's kind of what I like to watch – whether they're hitting the catcher's glove, putting the ball where they want. That's a pretty good indication, especially early on.
"Everything was good today."
Dodgers pitching coach Rick Honeycutt praised Ryu's "smooth delivery" and called his off-speed pitch "a plus-plus changeup." Like Mattingly, Honeycutt had watched video of Ryu before Thursday – and he was impressed then.
"Our scouts liked him – and I liked what I saw on video," Honeycutt said. "I'd have signed him myself just based off what I saw on video. This guy has command of four pitches, knows how to pitch at a young age."
Honeycutt had to admit he was less impressed with what he'd seen from Ryu during the conditioning drills pitchers do each morning. Ryu lagged well behind and struggled through the conditioning runs each of the first two days.
"Truthfully, probably not," Honeycutt said when asked if Ryu's conditioning was where it needed to be. "Thankfully, we have six weeks (of spring training).
"He's a big guy. He's got to pace himself like Kenley (Jansen who also lagged behind) or any of our bigger guys. Jumping in with (Clayton) Kershaw was probably the wrong group for him to be in."
Ryu (listed at 6-foot-2 and 215 pounds but likely heavier) answered good-naturedly when questioned about his struggles during the conditioning runs, pointing out through an interpreter that "there are two different shapes to be in – in shape to be fit and in shape to throw a baseball." He also admitted that his teammates had surprised him with a faster pace than he expected, comments that made headlines in Korea after Wednesday's workout.
"I don't think the other players listen to what the trainers are saying," Ryu joked Thursday. "The trainers tell us to run it (each lap) in 35 seconds. Why are they running it in 26? I ran it in 35 seconds."
Ryu said he was "satisfied" with the way his first throwing session went.
"No, I'm not nervous," he said when asked about trying to make a good first impression with his new teammates. "I'm just doing what I've done before."
Infielder Justin Sellers arrived in Dodgers camp Thursday and said his January arrest for reckless driving and evading police was "a big misunderstanding." Sellers has a court date in March but said he hopes the charges will be dropped by then or the issue resolved. He does not expect to leave spring camp in order to attend if it does goes to court next month.
Sellers was arrested in West Sacramento after police said they received reports of a motorcyclist doing "wheelies" in a residential neighborhood. There had been numerous reports over the course of a month, police said. When police arrived and tried to pull him over, they said Sellers attempted to flee.
Sellers' version of events is much different. He said he was driving home from an off-road trail when police came up behind him and flashed their lights. Two days earlier, he had gone on a ride-along with police that had been arranged by a friend. He kept driving to his house then called that friend to see if the encounter was just a prank. Told it wasn't, Sellers went outside where he was arrested and taken into custody.
The former Cal State Fullerton infielder said he spent five hours in custody.
"At the time I was pulled over, I wasn't doing anything wrong," Sellers said. "They did me wrong. … I went from having a great time, being in the front seat of a cop car with them (on the ride-along) to being in the back of a cop car for something I shouldn't have been in the back of a cop car for."
Sellers faces an uphill battle to win a spot on the Dodgers' bench this spring.
Left-hander Paco Rodriguez said he is not sure if he will play for Spain in the World Baseball Classic. He was named to the provisional roster released earlier. But Rodriguez might stay in camp with the Dodgers in order to compete for a spot in the bullpen instead. … Mattingly was asked about Giants first baseman Brandon Belt's comment last weekend about the Dodgers' spending binge. "All I can say is – you can't buy chemistry," Belt said at the Giants' FanFest event in San Francisco. "They have the right to talk," Mattingly said. "They can say whatever they want. They've won two out of three (World Series). But I'm not worried at all about our chemistry." … Left-hander Scott Elbert is in camp but limited his workouts after undergoing two elbow operations in the past five months. Elbert won't begin a throwing program until next month and won't be ready for Opening Day with May a more likely target for his return to action. … Catcher Eliezer Alfonzo is expected in camp Friday. His arrival has been delayed by a family issue.
- Dodgers have Great Expectations to meet in 2013
- Kershaw doesn't want to talk contract during season
- What will it take to lock up Kershaw for the long term?
- Spring training preview: Dodgers hope to finish in the money
- Dodger Stadium getting $100 million makeover
- Mattingly says his contract won't be a distraction
- Persistent trade rumors didn't ruin Ethier's off-season
- All signs (dollar and otherwise) pointed Greinke to Dodgers
- Ryu signing re-connects Dodgers with their past
- Dodgers hire Mark McGwire as new hitting coach
- Crawford ready to start over with Dodgers


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