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William Alison Dyke Acland, Second Baronet
Admiral SIR William Alison Dyke Acland, Second Baronet, C.V.O., Royal Navy (18 December, 1847 – 26 November, 1924) was an officer of the Royal Navy in the latter half of the nineteenth century. He served as naval attaché to Chile during the War of the Pacific. He retired to Torquay after his last flag appointment ended in 1904 and retired from the service in 1911 with the rank of Admiral.
Life & Career
William Alison Dyke Acland was born on 18 December, 1847, the eldest of seven sons born to Sir Henry Wentworth Acland (died 1900), the first baronet. He was educated at private schools before joining the Royal Navy, entering the Britannia in September, 1861. In June, 1867 he became a Sub-Lieutenant and was appointed to the Caledonia, flagship of Vice-Admiral Lord Clarence Paget in the Mediterranean. After service in the Royal Yacht,[1] he was promoted to the rank of Lieutenant on with seniority of 21 September, 1868.[2] In December, 1870 he was appointed to Excellent,[3] and he specialised in gunnery duties. In June, 1872 he was appointed as a Junior Staff Officer at Excellent, before being appointed Gunnery Lieutenant of the Bellerophon, flagship of Vice-Admiral George Wellesley on the North American Station. In 1876 he became a Senior Staff Officer in Excellent,[1] and on 31 March, 1879 Acland was promoted to the rank of Commander.[4]
In 1879 Acland was appointed to the Triumph under Captain (later Admiral Sir) Albert H. Markham. In October, 1880 the ship was ordered from Vancouver to Callao to protect British interests while the War of the Pacific raged between Chile and Peru. Rear-Admiral Stirling offered Acland the position of naval attaché at Chilean General Headquarters, and Acland was present at the battles of Chorrillos and of Miraflores in 1881. In May, 1883 he received command of the composite sloop Miranda on the Australian Station, and among his other duties on that station he was put in charge of preparing naval defences at Sydney, and also served as a Deputy-Commissioner for the Western Pacific. He went on Half Pay for a period of time[1] after being promoted to the rank of Captain on 1 January, 1885.[5]
In July, 1889, Acland returned to sea in command of the second-class cruiser Volage in the Training Squadron. He afterwards commanded the first-class cruiser Edgar in the Mediterranean before taking command of the cruiser Australia, coastguard ship in Southampton Water. In 1895 he was sent in her to Le Havre to do honour to the newly-elected President of France.[1] Having met the Consular Corps on 18 April, President Faure was introduced to Acland and the officers of Australia and told the reason of their presence. The President replied:
I am happy to salute the commander of the Australia and the officers accompanying him. I am touched by the fact that the Queen's government has taken advantage of my visit to Havre to send this ship into our waters. I see in this a fresh sign of the neighbourly relations existing between Great Britain and us, and a manifestation which cannot but render our relations still more cordial. You have expressed to me through the Consul-General your desire that I should visit your fine ship. I shall be happy to go aboard the Australia, and will inform you as to the day and hour of my visit.[6]
Afterwards, Acland was present at the banquet given by the President at the Sub-Prefecture, and the officers of the Australia were present at the concert given that night at the Théatre du Cirque.[6] The French President gave a Acland a signed portrait, which according to his obituary "he greatly prized". In March, 1896 he was created a Naval Aide-de-Camp to Queen Victoria, and was appointed in command of the Indus, coastguard ship in Reserve at Devonport.
Flag Rank
On 30 June, 1899 Acland was promoted to the rank of Rear-Admiral.[1] He travelled to Oxford to be at his father's deathbed on 16 October, 1900.[7] He had been unable to visit earlier due to a mild concussion sustained after being kicked by a recently-acquired horse.[8] He hoisted his flag as Second-in-Command of the Channel Squadron in the battleship Magnificent on the morning of 5 June, 1901, in succession to Rear-Admiral Jenkings.[9] Acland struck his flag in the Magnificent on 5 June, 1902, upon being relieved as Second-in-Command by Rear-Admiral Curzon-Howe.[10]
On 1 October Acland became the first flag officer to take command in Gibraltar.[11] He was appointed a Commander of the Royal Victorian Order on 13 April, 1903 on the occasion of King Edward VIII visiting Gibraltar,[12] and was promoted to the rank of Vice-Admiral on 15 March, 1904, vice Rice.[13] He was superseded in the Gibraltar command by Rear-Admiral Sir Edward Chichester on 10 June, 1904.[14] Acland was promoted to the rank of Admiral on 22 March, 1908, vice Pelham Aldrich.[15] In accordance with the provisions of the Order in Council of 16 July, 1895, he was placed on the Retired List on 17 July, 1911.[16]
Personal Life
In 1887 Acland had married the Hon. Emily Anna, the daughter of the Right Hon. W. H. Smith, M.P. and of the First Viscountess Hambledon. Her younger sister Beatrice had earlier married Acland's brother, Colonel Alfred Dyke Acland. He had two sons, William Henry Dyke Acland, who served in the British Army and Hubert Guy Dyke Acland, who served in the Royal Navy.[1] Two years after being appointed Deputy Lieutenant of County of Devon,[17] Acland died at Torquay aged seventy-seven on Wednesday, 26 November, 1924.[18] His funeral took place on 28 November at All Saints' Church, Babbacombe, Devonshire. He was buried at Holywell Cemetery, Oxford, on 29 November.[19]
See Also
- "Admiral Sir W. A. Dyke Acland" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 27 November, 1924. Issue 43820, col E, p. 14.
- Papers in the possession of Hertfordshire Archives and Local Studies.
Service Records
- The National Archives. ADM 196/86.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/38/3.
- The National Archives. ADM 196/17.
|Naval Appointments
|Preceded by
|Captain of H.M.S. Amphion
4 Jul, 1888 – 1888
|Succeeded by
Edward G. Hulton
|Preceded by
Albert H. Markham
|Captain of H.M.S. Volage
18 Jul, 1889[20]
|Succeeded by
Charles E. Gissing
|Preceded by
New Command
|Captain of H.M.S. Edgar
2 Mar, 1893[21]
|Succeeded by
William H. Henderson
|Preceded by
James A. T. Bruce
|Captain of H.M.S. Australia
22 Sep, 1894[22] – Sep, 1897[Inference]
|Succeeded by
John M. McQuhae
|Preceded by
Albert B. Jenkings
|Second-in-Command, Channel Squadron
5 Jun, 1901[23] – 5 Jun, 1902
|Succeeded by
The Hon. Assheton G. Curzon-Howe
|Preceded by
Charles C. Drury
|Senior Officer, Gibraltar
1 Oct, 1902 – 9 Jul, 1904
|Succeeded by
Sir Edward Chichester, Bart.
- ↑ 1.0 1.1 1.2 1.3 1.4 1.5 "Admiral Sir W. A. Dyke Acland" (Obituaries). The Times. Thursday, 27 November, 1924. Issue 43820, col E, p. 14.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 23427. p. 5168. 29 September, 1868.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 30 December, 1870. Issue 26947, col C, p. 3.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 24703. p. 2560. 1 April, 1879.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 25429. p. 26. 2 January, 1885.
- ↑ 6.0 6.1 "M. Faure at Havre" (News). The Times. Friday, 19 April, 1895. Issue 34555, col D, p. 3.
- ↑ "Death of Sir Henry Acland" (News). The Times. Wednesday, 17 October, 1900. Issue 36275, col A, p. 6.
- ↑ "Court Circular" (Court and Social). The Times. Monday, 15 October, 1900. Issue 36273, col G, p. 9.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 6 June, 1901. Issue 36474, col E, p. 11.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Friday, 6 June, 1902. Issue 36787, col B, p. 11.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Wednesday, 6 August, 1902. Issue 36839, col C, p. 8.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 27560. p. 3524. 2 June, 1903.
- ↑ The London Gazette: (Supplement) no. 27659. p. 1791. 18 March, 1904.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Saturday, 4 June, 1904. Issue 37412, col F, p. 7.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28122. p. 2260. 24 March, 1908.
- ↑ The London Gazette: no. 28514. p. 5353. 18 July, 1911.
- ↑ Acland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38/3. f. ?.
- ↑ "News in Brief" (News in Brief). The Times. Thursday, 27 November, 1924. Issue 43820, col F, p. 12.
- ↑ "Funerals" (Obituaries). The Times. Saturday, 29 November, 1929. Issue 43822, col B, p. 15.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1891). p. 265.
- ↑ Acland Service Record. The National Archives. ADM 196/38. f. 6.
- ↑ The Navy List. (April, 1897). p. 200.
- ↑ "Naval & Military Intelligence" (Official Appointments and Notices). The Times. Thursday, 6 June, 1901. Issue 36474, col E, p. 11.


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MONDAY, July 8 (HealthDay News) -- When choir members sing together, their heartbeats become synchronized, researchers have found.
The new study included 15 members of a high school choir whose heart rates were monitored while they performed three different choral exercises: monotone humming, singing a hymn and chanting a slow mantra.
The music's melody and structure had a direct impact on the hearts of individual choir members. Singing in unison caused a synchronizing effect that led to singers' heart rates rising and falling at the same time, according to the investigators from the University of Gothenburg in Sweden.
The findings were published in the current online edition of the journal Frontiers in Neuroscience.
"Singing regulates activity in the so-called vagus nerve, which is involved in our emotional life and our communication with others and which, for example, affects our vocal timbre. Songs with long phrases achieve the same effect as breathing exercises in yoga. In other words, through song we can exercise a certain control over mental states," study author Bjorn Vickhoff explained in a journal news release.
Many people claim that singing in a choir is good for their health and well-being, but there has been little research into it. The study authors suggested that singing creates a calm and regular breathing pattern that has a significant impact on heart rate variability which, in turn, may have a favorable effect on health.
The study is part of the researchers' efforts to learn how music affects people's bodies and health. Their goal is to find ways that music can be used for medical purposes, primarily for rehabilitation and preventive care.
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Conference play resumed around NCAA Division I soccer this week. Here are some highlights from Crew Youth alumni playing around the country:
Akron Zips (6-1-2) This Week: 4-0 W vs. Buffalo
The Zips moved to 2-0-0 in MAC play by beating Buffalo 4-0 on Saturday at Cub Cadet Field. Crew Youth product Eric Stevenson assisted on Akron's third goal in the romp.
Louisville Cardinals (5-4-0) This Week: 2-1 L at Rutgers
After upsetting Notre Dame last week, the Cardinals dropped a 2-1 result on the road to Rutgers. Alex Obbey nearly had the equalizer in the 78th minute, but his attempt was blocked by a Scarlet Knights defender.
Xavier Musketeers (6-0-2) This Week: 5-0 W vs. Thomas More
Xavier wrapped up non-conference play with a 5-0 victory over Thomas More. Matt Walker had a goal and two assists in the win. Next up, the Musketeers put its unbeaten record on the line at home against Saint Louis on Friday.
Ohio State Buckeyes (4-6-1) This Week: 4-1 W vs. Butler, 3-2 L at Michigan
The Buckeyes scored a season-high four goals on Wednesday against Butler. Sage Gardner had the fourth tally of the evening, converting from the penalty spot for his first goal of the season. OSU dropped a heartbreaker in Ann Arbor on Sunday, losing 3-2 in overtime.
UCLA Bruins- (7-1-2) This Week: 3-1 W at Stanford, 3-1 W at California
Matt Wiet captained the No. 6 ranked Bruins to a pair of 3-1 PAC12 victories in Northern California this weekend. UCLA will host Oregon State and Washington in the upcoming weekend.
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Remember those "Down for Maintenance�? signs? Seeing that on any site means something's not going right. Behind every 'Down for Maintenance' sign is frustrated operations staff, sleep-deprived developers, and angry managers letting everyone know how much money the company is losing with every minute of downtime. It is an awful experience for everyone involved.
In May of 2011, we released LiveRebel 1.0 - a tool that brought the hotpatching technology that powers JRebel to production environments with safeguards like compatibility checks and stop-the-world updates. As more and more users deployed in production, we realized that hotpatching was just the beginning. Wouldn't it be great if there were a tool that could be dropped into an existing infrastructure, easily start managing the production servers, and would allow any and all updates to be applied with no downtime?
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The most common way of updating an application online is often to take one server at a time from a cluster, stop it, update the application and restart it. Immediately after LiveRebel is installed, it adds the ability to do rolling restarts completely automatically.
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The Back to School Bundle saves you a ton of money, and time, on resources to help you relaunch your student ministry in the fall. We filled it with multiple items from a few of our top categories of Games, Teaching series, Calendars, Promotional tools, countdown videos, and Discipleship resources.
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DOZENS of Scottish landmarks were plunged into darkness last night as part of a global bid to raise awareness about climate change. Edinburgh Castle, the Forth Bridge, the Wallace Monument, the Scottish Parliament and the SECC in Glasgow were among those which took part in Earth Hour.
From the Great Pyramids to the Acropolis, and the London Eye to the Las Vegas strip, nearly 4,000 cities and towns in 88 countries joined in the World Wildlife Fund-sponsored event, a time zone-by-time zone plan to dim non-essential lights between 8.30pm and 9.30pm.
Dr Richard Dixon of WWF Scotland said: "Earth Hour was the biggest ever show of support for action on climate change.
"Millions of people showed world leaders they want strong action."
Interest has spiked ahead of planned negotiations on a new global warming treaty in Copenhagen this December. Organisers are calling Earth Hour a "global election", with switching off the lights seen as a vote for the Earth and failure to do so a vote for global warming.
Earth Hour executive director Andy Ridley said: "Earth Hour has always been a positive campaign. It's always around street parties, not street protests. It's the idea of hope, not despair. And I think that's something that's been incredibly important this year because there is so much despair around.
"The primary reason we do it is because we want people to think, even if it is for an hour, what they can do to lower their carbon footprint, and ideally take that beyond the hour."
Landmarks including the London Eye, the Gherkin and the BT Tower also took part last night, although activists warned companies in the financial sector they would have shut down electricity supplies themselves unless the lights went out.
Earlier yesterday, the Chatham Islands, a group of small islands 500 miles east of New Zealand, officially kicked off Earth Hour by switching off its diesel generators. Then Auckland's Sky Tower, the tallest manmade structure in New Zealand, blinked off.
Forty-four New Zealand towns and cities participated in the event, and more than 60,000 people showed up for an Earth Hour-themed hot air ballooning festival in Hamilton.
At Scott Base in Antarctica, New Zealand's 26-member winter team resorted to minimum safety lighting and switched off appliances.
In Asia, lights at landmarks in China, Singapore, Thailand and the Philippines also dimmed as people celebrated with candlelit picnics and concerts. Buildings in Singapore's business district went dark along with major landmarks, such as the Singapore Flyer.
China, which has overtaken the US as the world's top greenhouse gas emitter, was participating for the first time, with Beijing turning off the lights at its Bird's Nest Stadium and Water Cube, the two most prominent venues for the Olympics, according to the WWF.
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Back To Brighton
An Interview With Barbara Hulanicki
I'm very pleased to feature yet another fantastic interview with legendary Biba founder Barbara Hulanicki here on the Sweet Jane blog, courtesy of the lovely folk over at Visit Brighton. Jo-ann Fortune, editor of Vintage Brighton conducted this charming and insightful short documentary during Barbara's recent return to the city―in which she had spent her formative years as a teenager in the 1950s. She discusses her time studying fashion design and illustration at the Brighton School of Art, her winning design in an Evening Standard Fashion Competition in 1955, the early Biba years and her opinions on contemporary fashion. It also gives the viewer a tantalising behind the scenes glimpse of some of the amazing items included in the forthcoming Biba and Beyond Exhibition which opens at The Brighton Museum and Art Gallery on the 22nd of September 2012. Further information about the exhibition can be found on the Visit Brighton website.
Above: Barbara's winning beach wear design as it appeared in the Evening Standard newspaper competition seen here in the illustration on the left and also in the photograph above it. The final design was made to measure by Hartnell of London and didn't quite turn out as she had intended due to the fact that they had replaced her choice of fabric with a stiff striped taffeta. According to Barbara, the polished cotton which she had chosen seemed to be taboo in couture circles. However, 14 years later Barbara revisited the inspiration behind her original design and produced the beautiful beach wear garment seen on the right, modelled by Elizabeth Bjorn Neilson for a Biba summer catalogue.
The following items are just a brief glimpse of what you can expect to see at Biba and Beyond this September. Two thirds of the exhibition will be devoted to the story of Barbara Hulanicki and Biba, with the final third concentrating on Barbara's career from the late 1970s to the present day.
Cotton mini dress printed in psychedelic acid colours with contrasting white collar and cuffs.
The print on this dress is known as the banana print. It first featured on Biba wallpapers which were sold in the Kensington High Street shop (1969-1973). The print has since become a Barbara Hulanicki classic and has featured most recently in 2006 on a wallpaper for Habitat.
This trouser suit is made from printed cotton with a floral spring design in camouflage colours. The cotton for both the jacket and trousers has been padded with quilting.
PHOTO CREDITSBarbara Hulanicki interview courtesy of Visit Brighton, Beach Wear competition photograph scanned by Sweet Jane from A to Biba by Barbara Hulanicki, Highlights of Biba fashion in the exhibition courtesy of Lianne Jarrett Associates.


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Oh, great. Now I can be a couch potato all summer, too!!!
I guess we all know NBC is NOT praying for a game 7. They have done nothing to promote hockey all year and they might just pay someone off to make sure they don't have to reschedule the premire.
I didn't even know Hockey was on primetime tv ?
One clue I picked up said: "Go to the Wentworth House in Strawbery Banke, and find what the minutemen left."
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Excellent news for gold: The Kitco monkeys with dartboards think it's going down next week
The Friday OT: Florence and the Machine; Leave my body
This is a really good song
Favela Tours: The only review you'll ever need
Dear Reader,
- Are you going to the World Cup in Brazil this year?
- Have you spent a lot of money on tickets recently (air, stadium etc)?
- Do you have the urge to check out How. The. Poor. People Live. in the country you're about to visit, perhaps due to a slight existentialist nagging about wealth distribution*?
- Do you think the way to solve the issue in one neat package would be one of them there 'Favela Tours'?
*oh that Piketty, ain't he just the thing right now?
Simplifying your DD, Copper North (COL.v) edition
- You read the latest NR
- You get to the project economics highlights
- You check out the IRR estimates
Minera IRL (IRL.to) (MIRL.l) in America Economia
From Chile, hands down the best World Cup commercial
This is awesome. Awesome.
Even if you don't understand Spanish you'll get the emotion. If you do know the language, be prepared to be blown away. Chile's "The 33", the famous miners trapped underground and then rescued, lend their support to the Chilean national football team.
Peru: The government's illegal mining crackdown in Madre de Dios is starting to work (plus kudos to AP)
HUEPETUHE, Peru (AP) - This nearly half-century-old Amazon boomtown has gone bust with the government's recent crackdown on illegal gold mining.
Mayor Marco Ortega estimates more than 22,000 people have left Huepetuhe since the government halted gasoline shipments in April and sent troops to destroy heavy machinery used in mining that it deemed illegal.
He says only about 3,000 people remain.
"The economy has collapsed," says Ortega. "The gold buyers, the hardware stores, hostels and all kinds of businesses have shut down. We are continues here
Updating the Mexico pedophile priest story
Agnico Eagle (AEM) sells its shares of Sulliden (SUE.to) to Rio Alto (RIO.to) (RIOM)
And here's the RIO.to version of the news with the suitable "Becasue AEM loves us we don't have to print paper for 8.6% of the company we're buying". Just bangs treasury down to $10m.
The Colombia government / FARC peace talks: A timely and sobering article
The conditions for a real peace agreement are in place. The environment is perhaps more propitious for a deal than ever before in the last 50 years. Yet it is clear that the talks in Havana are not what the government has been selling, and that peace is not around the corner.
The Kitco pumphouse (from IKN263)
The Clive strikes again? B2Gold (BTG) (BTO.to) linked to Papillon
So says The Australian, right here. It's "rising speculation", they say.
Personally I thought i'd be Anglo. Hey ho.
Lumina Q&A
After yesterday's Ottotrans™ edition, your humble scribe is asked via mail:
Doesn't Lumina already belong to the Chinese?Which is a fair question (especially as the person who wrote the mail lives in Peru and follows Cajamarca things more closely than stocks and shares). Here's the answer.
There's Lumina and there's Lumina and there's Lumina. This particular project in Argentina (Taca Taca) is still an indy-owned junior exploreco that trades under the ticker LCC.v. What Lumina (as a group, roughly speaking) has done over the last decade or so is first gather together a whole bunch of deposits and sell them off one-by-one to the big boys. They picked up very prospective concessions when things were cheap and copper was out of fashion, then advanced them. When copper became fashionable again, they cashed in (another example is their sale of the Relincho property in Chile to Teck, there are others besides, full list available on request). In a nutshell, Lumina had the vision when others didn't and as a result has made a veritable shitload of money... and good for them too, winners who won. There are others involved but the brain at the bottom of the enterprise is Ross Beaty, who also founded Pan American Silver.
So to answer your question, what happens is that when the deposits are sold to whoever, the local wholly owned subsidiary is spun out and then the name is often kept. Therefore for example, the Chinese-owned Galena in Cajamarca still goes under the name "Lumina Copper SAC".
Mexico news: A billboard calls out a pedophile priest, hilarity ensues
Mining PRs and the Ottotrans™, Part 84
VANCOUVER, BRITISH COLUMBIA--(Marketwired - May 27, 2014) - Lumina Copper Corp. (TSX VENTURE:LCC) (the "Company" or "Lumina") announced today, in response to trading activity that may stem from market rumours, that its strategic review process that was announced on June 15, 2012 remains ongoing. As part of that process, the Company has examined a number of alternatives including, but not limited to, joint ventures, strategic partnerships, mergers, acquisitions, and the sale of the Company or other corporate transactions to enhance shareholder value.From time to time, this strategic process leads to third parties conducting due diligence on Lumina and Lumina entering into discussions with third parties regarding strategic alternatives. There can be no assurance that any such current discussions will ultimately lead to a transaction. As a general policy, Lumina does not publicly comment on strategic discussions unless and until its board of directors has approved a specific transaction or such disclosure is otherwise appropriate. The Company intends to make no further comment or release regarding current market rumours unless and until such comment is warranted.LUMINA COPPER CORP.
A couple of guys with binoculars at the Lindero property saw a bunch of Chinese getting out of a 4X4 over the other side of the valley at Taca Taca. They made a phone call to Cal Everett and before you can say Vancouver Yeehaw, our market cap shoots up $100m. So can you please stop fucking around with our share price, people?
For Cuba: Yoani Sanchez interviews Joe Biden
La sociedad cubana, sin embargo, parece mantenerse al margen de los titulares, los artículos encendidos y las réplicas -o apoyos- a la llamada "carta de los 40" que ya circulan por las redes y los correos electrónicos. Con el pensamiento puesto en esa población desinformada y sumida en sus grandes problemas cotidianos, realicé esta entrevista al vicepresidente de Estados Unidos, Joe Biden, que me recibió en Washington pocas semanas antes de la salida de 14ymedio.
"Seguiremos buscando formas prácticas para apoyar una mayor conectividad en Cuba"
"Promover un cambio para que los cubanos puedan disfrutar de una vida normal"
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(now concentrate on this): Britain asks Cuba to support the England football team in the Brazil World Cup because "we're really not that good"
"Out of regional solidarity, many Cubans will probably think of cheering for one of the Latin American teams – perhaps Brazil or Argentina ... [b]ut the only team it really makes sense for Cubans to support is England. Here's why."
"...the British introduced football to Cuba."
"...football was invented in England. At least that's what we English like to think."
"...like Cuba today the England team is racially diverse with an emphasis on youth."
"...England really needs all the help we can get...we're really not that good.
Money talks bullshit walks, Euro Elections edition
Technical analysis on gold
Brigade Commander Sprott surveys the landscape from a high (very high) emplacement. The attrition has become evident. Long specs lie motionless by the thousands, their grotesque twisted corpses sprawled out in blood-soaked grass, riddled with shrapnel, gashed in scores, bored with bullet holes. They had been frightened out of their position by repeated raids at fifteen minute intervals carried out with the clock-like precision for which the Cartel was known. The sweet spoils of victory were not theirs to share. Sprott murmured between his teeth to Private Embry, whose eye had fixed upon a fallen man of broad muscled back, his white well-fed body made marble statue by Death.
UPDATED: Initial results from the Colombia Presidential election: A big day for Zuluaga
It's not all over, but with just under 90% of the very accurate fast-vote count now in we can make some very solid calls. Here's a screenshot from CM& that helps the eyes:
UPDATE: Now with 97.71% of the fast votes counted it's Zuluaga with 29.23% and Santos with 25.58%. Voter turnout is going to just scrap over 40%, i.e. very low (e.g. in the last Presidentials in 2010, turnout was 49%)
It would seem that Santos's best chance in the second round is to get more people out and voting. That may happen, because in the last few days it was clear to just about everyone that OZ and JMS would make it to the run-off, which may have caused a measure of voter apathy. Still, Zuluaga must still be counted as fave from here.
Polling is now closed in Colombia
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You can stop the fight now, Mr. Referee.
California's redistricting commission has won. The commission -- and the maps it drew -- face no more serious challenges now that a federal court has dismissed a case contesting its Congressional district maps. Claims of political influence on the commission have dissipated. A Republican referendum against state senate maps remains a live matter, but its prospects are about as good as the Raiders' chances of winning a Super Bowl soon.
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In fighting off all challenges, the redistricting commission has established itself, politically and legally as a force. And you can expect to see commissioners -- and the good government groups that backed the commission's establishment -- take a victory lap or two.
They would be wise to take a lap soon, because the commission's reputation is likely to suffer come November. That's when Californians will go to the polls to cast their ballots in new districts. It's also when people are going to start calling the commission a disappointment.
Why? The non-partisan redistricting commission was widely touted as a political gamechanger -- that it would create more moderates and more political competition. But it's a safe bet that November's elections will feel like any other in California -- and produce more of the same: little real competition in a sea of safe seats, no significant shift in the partisan make-up of the legislature, and few if any new moderate lawmakers.
That isn't the commission's fault. Creating more moderates and more competition is an impossible task in a highly partisan era -- and in a state whose political geography (a blue Democratic coast and a red Republican inland) make it so hard to draw competitive districts. But the commission's advocates raised expectations. The commission has established itself. But the high hopes that many had for the commission are about to be dashed.
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Q. True or False? Kids hate vegetables.
A. FALSE. Kids actually love veggies, fruits, and other healthy foods if they're served regularly. With one in three California children ages 2 to 5 being overweight or obese, it's important to give your child a healthy start to life by making nutritious foods available to them all day long.
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Going from a taped seam to a perfectly smooth wall is not that hard. You have to have the right tools A 10 inch broad knife with rounded edges is a must. Be sure the edged are rounded so they don't dig into the drywall. Apply a heavy second coat of drywall joint compound over the seams. The edges of the drywall mud should be thinner than the center. Leave a hump in the middle of the compound.
When the joint compound is dry, take a sanding pole and knock down that high spot in the middle. Then apply a third thin coat of joint compound. When dry, sand it down and you will have a smooth joint.
Follow these steps for a professional looking finish on your drywall projects.
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Yoga Journal has just released the results from their latest market study on yoga in America. The study includes numerous components from consumer spending to why people are practicing yoga, and provides some insight on the trends in yoga today.Surprisingly, the overall number of practitioners has lowered from 16.5 million in 2004 to 15.8 million, but the spending habits of current practitioners have increased by 87 percent to $5.7 billion dollars a year. Yoga as an industry is exploding, and now we have the numbers to prove it.
The rise in spending, though the number of practitioners has declined, is contributed to the fact that those who are choosing yoga now, are creating a lifestyle, not simply an exercise. That bodes well for the future of yoga, if lifestyle means following the ancient teachings, maintaining health, and moving through the world compassionately and honestly. But is yoga as a lifestyle more about the style than the life?
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The figures account for studio and class revenue, as well as clothing, music, vacations, and other products. Yoga has become the current "catch phrase" and succeeds in selling everything from books to snack bars. Is it ethical to use a practice based in things like service to others (seva), non-greed (aparigraha), and contentment (samtosha) to sell products and glean a profit?
This doubling of dollars is an interesting reflection of our Western approach to all things, even a 5000 year old spiritual practice. Western minds are skilled at utilizing the revered to support the growing profit margin, and not through the practice of puja and prayer. The Yoga Journal article even sites the growth in its own business with a marked increase in circulation and paid subscriptions, and with record breaking ad sales in the first two issues of 2008. We have officially turned yoga into a most successful marketing tool and a global enterprise.
Hey, that's what we do. Americans take a good thing and exploit it, right? So what impact will this "business" of yoga have on the future of the practice itself? Perhaps it will allow it to expand in new and undiscovered ways. Maybe it will allow it to evolve as all living traditions do, to change and adapt with the times. Yoga would not be what it is today without revolutionary addition of women to the practice. Sri T. Krishnamacharya, the teacher of Pattabhi Jois and B.K.S. Iyengar, was one of the first to bring his teachings to women. Before this time, the practice of yoga was taught exclusively to men, who today make up only 27.8% of the current practitioners. Where would yoga be today without this evolution?
Conversely, we could find that the teachings become watered down. The authenticity of the practice compromised. Yoga could evolve into the latest Pop fad, and many say it already has. So as teachers and dedicated students of this ancient living tradition, we can be holders of the torch. Encouraging wise evolution, respect for the practice and right attitude. I've often thought what a difference it would make if the whole world practiced yoga, and if the trend is moving in that direction, we can support it instead of exploit it.
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The FBI report on Judge Kavanaugh is being reported as delivered tonight. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has filed cloture tonight for the supreme court nomination of Judge Brett Kavanaugh. The cloture vote will likely take place Friday ending debate on the nomination.
WASHINGTON DC – Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell late Wednesday night filed for cloture to end debate on Brett Kavanaugh's Supreme Court nomination, setting up a key procedural vote for Friday — and a possible confirmation vote as early as Saturday.
McConnell also revealed that the Senate would receive the FBI's supplemental background investigation into Kavanaugh Wednesday night.
Two senators, both of whom are members of the Senate Judiciary Committee, told Fox News that they've been instructed to plan for a vote on Sunday.
Sources previously told Fox News that Senators and some aides would be able to start looking at the FBI's background investigation on Thursday morning and that Senate Judiciary Committee Chairman Chuck Grassley, R-Iowa, and committee member Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Calif., would be given the first chance to look at the report.
The bureau's investigation, ordered last week by President Trump, was designed to look into allegations of sexual misconduct leveled at Kavanaugh, who has been accused by three women of separate alleged incidents. Christine Blasey Ford, the first woman to come foward, testified before the Senate Judiciary last week about her claims. Kavanaugh has denied the allegations against him.
Amid McConnell's remarks Wednesday night, Trump tweeted that there was "such enthusiasm and energy for Judge Brett Kavanaugh." (read more)


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Michael Richards exploded in anger as he performed at a famous L.A. comedy club last Friday, hurling racial epithets that left the crowd gasping, and TMZ has obtained exclusive video of the ugly incident.
Richards, who played the wacky Cosmo Kramer on the hit TV show "Seinfeld," appeared onstage at the Laugh Factory in West Hollywood. Kyle Doss, an African-American, told TMZ he and some friends were in the cheap seats and he was playfully heckling Richards when suddenly, the comedian lost it.
The camera started rolling just as Richards began his attack, screaming at one of the men, "Fifty years ago we'd have you upside down with a f***ing fork up your ass."
Richards continued, "You can talk, you can talk, you're brave now motherf**ker. Throw his ass out. He's a nigger! He's a nigger! He's a nigger! A nigger, look, there's a nigger!"
The crowd is visibly and audibly confused and upset. Richards responds by saying, "They're going to arrest me for calling a black man a nigger."
One of the men who was the object of Richard's tirade was outraged, shouting back "That's un-f***ing called for, ain't necessary."
After the three-minute tirade, it appears the majority of the audience members got up and left in disgust.
Attempts to reach Richards' reps were unsuccessful.
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Hand Muscle Stretches
"If you want to work the extensor muscles [in your hands], I tell people they need more broccoli," Dennis says. Likely responding to my quizzical expression, he elaborates, "Get the broccoli, take it home, and take that rubber band off that holds the bunches together. Then throw the broccoli away, and use the rubber band for an extension exercise to strengthen the muscles that extend your fingers." Byrn demonstrates stretching the band:
How to do it:
- Find a heavy rubber band, like those that wrap produce in the grocery store.
- Bring your fingertips together and put the band over them, resting it loosely on the fleshy area between the fingertips and joints.
- Spread out your fingers as far as you can against the resistance of the band, 10-15 times.
- Switch hands and repeat.
Another exercise that will be beneficial to your hands is one that applies to those with carpal tunnel as well—so if you spend most of your non-playing time typing and clicking, pay attention. You can use a Thera-Band Soft Weight for this, by extending and flexing your wrist to stretch the area affected by carpal tunnel.
"If you stretch against resistance like this, it helps to line up the molecules in the tendons and muscles in the right fashion so they'll heal—lined up the way they're supposed to be," explains Dennis.
Byrn demonstrates using the Thera-Band Soft Weight to prevent carpal tunnel:
How to do it:
- Hold a small round weight, like a Thera-Band Soft Weight, in your upward-facing palm. Your forearm should be facing up and parallel with the floor.
- Roll the hand holding the ball from each extreme of its extension forward and back without turning your forearm 10-15 times
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The following is an excerpt from High Times magazine's story "Pot and the NBA," found in the December issue of America's favorite dank rag. Super Cool Beas, indeed.
Michael Beasley was fresh off being traded to the Minnesota Timberwolves. The versatile forward missed out on the high that playing with newly signed Miami Heat superstar LeBron James would have provided. But in July, just as he was adjusting to the change in scenery, Timberwolves team president David Kahn inexplicably revealed a private conversation that he'd had with Beasley, telling the local Twin Cities ESPN Radio affiliate: "He's a very young and immature kid who smoked too much marijuana and has told me that he's not smoking anymore, and I told him that I would trust him as long as that was the case."
The NBA wasted little time fining the T-Wolves organization $50,000; Kahn was personally hit with an additional $50K fine. The association is always quick to distance itself from the sticky-icky, at least in the public eye, since it doesn't mesh with the family-friendly corporate image that the NBA seeks to project to the mainstream. Yet the reality is that marijuana has long been as much a part of the NBA as the nothing-but-net three-pointer.
As it happens, this wasn't the first awkward run-in that Beasley's had with pot. In September 2008, at the NBA's Rookie Transition Program, the cops showed up at the hotel room of two of his fellow rookies, Mario Chalmers and Darrel Arthur, following a fire alarm. The cops claimed that the room smelled like marijuana, but no pot was found and no charges were filed. Curiously, Chalmers and Arthur were both excused from attending rookie camp and then paradoxically fined $20,000 for "missing" camp. However, they weren't fined or suspended for any drug-related violations, and both later denied any involvement with marijuana.
Even more curiously, ESPN had originally reported that Beasley was also present in the room, but wasn't asked to leave the camp. Then the story was "updated" and all mentions of Beasley were removed from the article. All of these actions are suggestive of a cover-up. The NBA-and its primary media partner, ESPN-seem willing to go to great lengths to disassociate a group of high-profile rookies from marijuana.
But the story doesn't end there. Beasley was later fined $50,000 by the NBA for his involvement in the incident after Heat team president (and legendary coach) Pat Riley forced him to confess to league officials that he had, in fact, snuck out the door when police arrived at the Chalmers/Arthur hotel room.
Less than a year later, in August 2009, Beasley reportedly checked into a Houston rehab center, just days after he posted pictures of himself on Twitter sitting at a table with two plastic baggies that might have contained pot. There has also been speculation that all of the publicity surrounding Beasley and marijuana was actually intended to cover up his use of harder drugs, and that this was the real reason he went to rehab. (After all, "kicking" pot doesn't generally require professional rehabilitation services.)
The Beasley saga is just the latest story linking pot to NBA players, but it wasn't always so. In the 1970s and '80s, the NBA was regarded as a cocaine-fueled league, the nadir of which came with the death of 22-year-old Len Bias in 1986. Bias had just been drafted two days earlier by the world-champion Boston Celtics, and died after a night of cocaine indulgence.
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- "Oh my! Excuse me, Harry. I must greet the new Minister of Magical Transportation. Class of '67."
- —Horace Slughorn sees this individual during the Slug Club Christmas party[2]
This Minister of Magical Transportation (born c. 1949) is a wizard who headed the Department of Magical Transportation by 1996. During his school years at Hogwarts, he was a member of the Slug Club.[2]
Early life
This individual was born in around 1949.[1] He attended Hogwarts School of Witchcraft and Wizardry, where he was made a member of the Slug Club by his Potions Master, Horace Slughorn. He graduated in 1967.
Professional life
This individual grew up to work at the Ministry of Magic and by December of 1996 was considered the "new" Minister of Magical Transportation.[2]
Slug Club Christmas party
On 20 December, 1996, this individual attended a Christmas party at Hogwarts Castle, held by his former professor, Horace Slughorn. Slughorn was delighted to see this individual and quickly dismissed Harry Potter upon seeing him.[2]
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The National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds (ARVC) has negotiated deals with American Society of Asset Protection (ASAP), Ecolab Inc., Moen Inc. and RVBackgroundChecks.com. Each offers substantial product and service discounts to ARVC members and is available immediately, according to a news release.
"We continue to add value for our members and these past few months have really shown it—especially with our selection of member benefit providers," said Barb Youmans, ARVC membership director, adding that 2012 has been one of the most successful years for member benefit provider growth.
The substantial savings include 20% off a flat fee from ASAP, approximately 41% average savings on Ecolab products and similar savings with Moen products. RVBackgroundchecks.com will offer members special prices on a variety of services and offers a complimentary background check to all ARVC members.
ASAP can help ARVC members structure their businesses for lawsuit protection and prevention, while also reducing liability insurance costs, minimizing taxes and creating estate and business succession plans.
Ecolab Inc. is a global provider of water, hygiene and energy technologies and services to an array of markets, including the hospitality industry. It will offer ARVC members special prices on 30-plus products.
A leading manufacturer of faucets, Moen, becomes the first ARVC member benefit provider in the plumbing services and supplies category and offers its discount on all Moen faucets.
Finally, RVBackgroundChecks.com becomes the second member benefit provider in the staffing, recruiting and training category. Services offered for special prices include access to a national criminal database, statewide databases, county court criminal searches, credit reports, employee verifications and drug screens.
To find out more information about each member benefit provider, visit www.arvc.org, sign in and go to the Member Benefit Providers section. There, you will have access to the company's contact information and a listing of the specific products that qualify for the special ARVC member discounts.
Three of the four new member benefit providers – Moen, ASAP and Ecolab – will be present at the upcoming 2012 ARVC Outdoor Hospitality Conference & Expo (OHCE). This year's conference will be held at the Rio All-Suite Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, Nev.
Based in Denver, Colo., the National Association of RV Parks and Campgrounds is the national voice of the outdoor hospitality industry. More information is available at www.arvc.org.


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Northumberland Ferries Limited ("NFL") and Bay Ferries Limited ("BFL") are committed to serving the needs of our customers, employees, and members of the public while at the same time complying with all applicable privacy legislation, including the Personal Information Protection and Electronic Documents Act ("PIPEDA").
This policy applies to the personal information about identifiable individuals collected, used, disclosed, stored, or disclosed by NFL and BFL, respectively, in the course of our commercial activities.
NFL and BFL are each obliged and committed to complying with PIPEDA, and this policy, with regard to the personal information each of us collects, uses and discloses.
This policy applies to all personal information now in the custody or control of NFL and BFL, respectively, and all personal information that we subsequently collect or acquire.
All directors, employees, and agents of NFL and BFL are required to comply with this policy.
NFL is also required to comply with PIPEDA and this policy when sharing personal information with BFL, and vice versa.
The following defined terms are used throughout this policy:
- (a) "collection" means the act of gathering, acquiring, recording or obtaining personal information from any source, including from third parties, by any means, whether written or verbal;
- (b) "customer" means an individual who applies to use or uses NFL or BFL's products, services, or facilities, and includes a tenant of the NFL or BFL, a concessionaire of NFL or BFL, a sub-tenant of NFL or BFL, a guarantor of their obligations, and passengers or others using NFL or BFL's facilities;
- (c) "consent" means voluntary agreement for the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information;
- (d) "disclosure" means making personal information available to a third party outside of either NFL or BFL;
- (d) "employee" means an employee or former employee of NFL or BFL;
- (e) "personal information" means information about an identifiable individual, whether recorded or not, and includes, but is not limited to, such things as race, ethnic origin, nationality, colour, age, gender, marital status, religion, education, medical information, criminal information, employment history, performance reviews, disciplinary actions, trade union membership, financial history, income, credit records, credit card numbers, information pertaining to existence of a dispute between an employer/employee, landlord/tenant, or business/consumer, intentions (such as intention to acquire goods/services, or provide/withdraw services, home address, home telephone number, email address, numerical identifiers such as social insurance number, and personal opinions or evaluations. "Personal Information" does not include:
- the name, title, business address, or business telephone number, of an employee of an organization;
- information that is publicly available, such as a client's name, home address, home telephone number, if published in a public telephone directory, made available through directory assistance, or some other public source (e.g. a web page);
- information that pertains only to a commercial or corporate entity;
- aggregate information that cannot be associated with any specific individual.
- (f) "third party" means an individual or organization outside of either NFL or BFL;
- (g) "use" means use within NFL or BFL.
This policy has been developed in accordance with the standards set out in PIPEDA including Schedule 1 of PIPEDA, which is modelled on the Canadian Standards Association Model Code for the Protection of Personal Information. In collecting, using, and disclosing personal information, we shall conform to the provisions of PIPEDA, including Schedule 1.
NFL and BFL, respectively, are responsible for the personal information in our custody or under our control, and shall each designate one or more individuals who will be accountable for their compliance with PIPEDA and this policy.
- 1.1 NFL and BFL's Vice President-Corporate Services shall be the individual responsible for their compliance with PIPEDA and this policy. He or she shall be known as the NFL and BFL's Privacy Officer. NFL and BFL's Privacy Officer may, from time to time, designate one or more individuals within NFL and BFL to act on his or her behalf.
- 1.2 We are responsible for the personal information in our custody or control, including information that has been transferred to a third party for processing. We shall use contractual or other appropriate means to ensure that information is afforded a comparable level of protection while it is being processed by a third party.
- 1.3 We have implemented policies and practices to give effect to the principles and procedures set out in PIPEDA and this policy.
NFL and BFL, respectively, will identify the purpose for which they collect personal information at or before the time of the collection. The purposes for which information is collected, used, or disclosed by us must be those that a reasonable person would consider appropriate in the circumstances.
- 2.1 We will document the purposes for which it collects personal information.
- 2.2 Every individual responsible for collecting personal information on behalf of either NFL or BFL will explain to the individual from whom the information is sought, why the information is being collected in a manner that can be reasonably understood. This shall be done at or before the time of collection and may, depending upon the way in which the information is collected, be done orally, in writing, or electronically. If this is done orally, a note to file shall be made. This policy may be used to identify such purposes.
- 2.3 If we propose to use personal information that we have collected for a purpose not previously identified, we will identify the new purpose to the individual concerned before using that personal information for that new purpose. The consent of that individual must also be obtained before the personal information is used for the new purpose.
- 2.4 The explanation and consent referred to in para. 2.2 and 2.3 is not required where consent to the collection of the information is not required by law (see: para. 3.3).
- 2.5 The purpose for which the personal information of NFL and BFL's employees is collected may include, but is not limited to:
- administrating employee payroll and benefits;
- conducting employee performance evaluations;
- effecting training of employees;
- conducting occupational medical assessments of employees, where such medical assessments are required;
- regulating attendance;
- managing disability and return to work situations;
- conducting disciplinary investigations and taking disciplinary action against an employee;
- participating in union negotiations and labour arbitrations;
- enhancing safety and security (e.g., we may use security cameras to monitor access, egress, and use of public and restricted areas) – signs are posted in the areas in which security cameras have been installed);
- facilitating contacts in the event of an emergency;
- complying with legal and regulatory requirements (e.g. subpoenas, and court orders);
- processing employment applications and assessing suitability for employment;
- entering into, and administering employment contracts;
- responding to employee inquiries.
- 2.6 The purpose for which personal information of tenants, sub-tenants, concessionaires is collected may include, but is not limited to:
- Processing tenant, sub-tenant, or concession applications;
- checking credit and other references;
- administering tenant, sub-tenant, and concession agreements;
- communicating with tenants, sub-tenants, and concessionaires and responding to their inquiries;
- invoicing and collecting rent or fees, and otherwise enforcing any tenant, sub-tenant, or concession agreement;
- tax reporting, where required;
- reporting to our insurers, where necessary;
- enhancing safety and security (e.g. we may use security cameras to monitor access, egress, and use of public and restricted areas – signs are posted in the areas in which security cameras have been installed);
- complying with legal and regulatory requirements (e.g. subpoenas, and court orders).
- 2.7 The purpose for which personal information is collected from customers or other individuals may include, but is not limited to:
- making reservations for passage on one of our ferries (for reservations for passage between Yarmouth, Nova Scotia and Bar Harbor, Maine, we require that you provide us the full names, dates of birth, gender for all travellers, a telephone number and zip or postal code);
- providing other products, services, or facilities requested by the customer or individual;
- processing payment for the use of such products, services, or facilities (e.g. where payment for passage is made by credit card);
- responding to inquiries by the customer or individual;
- enhancing safety and security (e.g. we may use security cameras to monitor access, egress, and use of public and restricted areas – signs are posted in areas in which security cameras have been installed);
- complying with legal and regulatory requirements.
NFL and BFL, respectively, will require the knowledge and consent of the individual for the collection, use, or disclosure of personal information, except where consent is not required by applicable privacy legislation.
- 3.1 We will collect personal information only with the knowledge and consent of the individual concerned, except where knowledge and consent is not required by applicable privacy legislation, or where collection without knowledge or consent is permitted by law. Consent will be obtained at or before the time of collection.
- 3.2 The way in which we will seek consent may vary, depending on the circumstances and the type of information collected. We can obtain consent through e.g. application, enrolment or contract forms, facsimiles, e-mail, and telephone conferences. Express consent will usually be obtained when the information is likely to be considered sensitive (such as medical information). Implied consent may generally be relied upon where a reasonably person would infer that the employee, client, or other individual has consented by his or her action or inaction.
- 3.3 There are circumstances in which such consent is not required such as:
- where we collect information in the individual's interest and timely consent is unavailable, or to investigate a breach of an agreement (e.g. an employment or lease agreement), or a contravention of the law;
- where we use personal information without consent for reasons similar to those described above, or in an emergency situation in which an individual's life, health, or security is threatened;
- where we disclose information to a third party without consent for law enforcement, or national security purposes, for debt collection, to our lawyers, or in an emergency situation in which an individual's life, health, or security is threatened.
- 3.4 We will not require, as a condition of supply of products, services or facilities, that an individual consent to the collection, use, or disclosure of information beyond that required to fulfill our explicitly specified and legitimate purposes.
- 3.5 An individual may withdraw consent at any time, subject to legal or contractual restrictions and reasonable notice. We will inform individuals of the implications of withdrawing consent.
NFL and BFL, respectively, shall limit the collection of personal information to that which is necessary for the purposes identified by us. Personal information shall be collected by fair and lawful means.
- 4.1 We will not collect personal information indiscriminately. Both the amount and the type of information collected shall be limited to that which is necessary to fulfill the purposes stated.
- 4.2 In collecting information, we will use fair and lawful means and will not mislead or deceive individuals about the purpose for which information is being collected.
NFL and BFL, respectively, shall not use or disclose personal information for purposes other than those for which it was collected, except with the consent of the individual or as required or permitted by law. Personal information shall be retained only as long as necessary for the fulfillment of the purposes for which it was collected.
- 5.1 We will only use or disclose personal information for legitimate, identified purposes (except with the consent of the individual, or as required or permitted by law).
- 5.2 Where we intend to use personal information for a purpose not previously identified, we shall document the new purpose and shall obtain the consent of the individual prior to using the information for that new purpose (except where such consent is not required by law).
- 5.3 We may disclose the personal information of our employees to the following third parties:
- to third party service providers for the purposes of administering employee payroll or benefits programs, or obtaining human resource assistance or advice;
- to union representatives, (where required by law or under a collective agreement, or otherwise with the employee's consent), and to labour tribunals;
- to our external consultants (e.g. to our lawyers, auditors, accountants, and information technology consultants);
- to prospective employers and/or financial institutions, seeking references, provided the consent of the employee has first been obtained;
- to prospective purchasers or purchasers of our business;
- to any third party where disclosure is required or permitted by law (e.g. to Canada Customs and Revenue Agency).
- 5.4 We may disclose the personal information of its tenants or concessionaires, or other customers to the following third parties:
- to third parties named as credit or other references by a tenant or concessionaire;
- to a credit bureau where the tenant or concessionaire has authorized us to conduct a credit check;
- to our lenders, if and as required by them;
- to government tax authorities, where required;
- to a third party who processes credit card transactions;
- to third party service providers for the purposes of debt collection;
- to our external consultants, if and as required (e.g. our lawyers, auditors, accountants, and information technology consultants);
- to our insurers, if and as required;
- to prospective tenants or concessionaires, or real estate agents (disclosure is limited to the existing tenant or concessionaire's name, space, and rent);
- to prospective purchasers or purchasers of our business; and
- where disclosure is required or permitted by law.
- 5.5 Unless authorized by the employee, customer or other individual, we will not sell, lease, or trade personal information, with third parties.
- 5.6 Personal information shall be kept only as long as it remains necessary or relevant for the identified and legitimate purposes, or as required or permitted by law. Where personal information has been used to make a decision about an individual, we will retain that personal information for a period of time that is reasonably sufficient to allow for access to that information by that individual, and to allow that individual to exhaust any legal recourses he or she has.
- 5.7 Personal information that is no longer required to fulfill our identified purposes shall be destroyed, erased, or made anonymous.
NFL and BFL, respectively, shall ensure the personal information is as accurate, complete and up to date as is necessary for the purposes for which it is to be used.
- 6.1 Personal information used by us shall be kept sufficiently accurate, complete and up to date.
- 6.2 We will not, however, routinely update personal information, unless this is necessary to fulfill the purposes for which the information was collected.
NFL and BFL, respectively, shall protect all personnel information by security safeguards appropriate to the sensitivity of the information.
- 7.1 We are committed to protecting personal information held by us, and to ensure that information is not obtained by others without the consent of the individual.
- 7.2 We will ensure security procedures are in place to safeguard and protect personal information against loss, theft, unauthorized access, disclosure, copying, and use, modification, or destruction.
- 7.3 We shall maintain appropriate safeguards and security procedures such as:
- physical measures (e.g. providing and using locked filing cabinets for hard copy personal information, and restricting access to offices);
- technical measures, (such as requiring passwords for access for electronic personal information, and using encryption, and firewalls); and
- organizational measures, (e.g. permitting access to employees on a "need to know" basis, and staff training).
- 7.4 The nature of the safeguards implemented will vary depending on:
- the sensitivity of the information that has been collected;
- the parties to whom information will be disclosed;
- the amount of information held;
- the format of the information; and
- the manner of storage.
- 7.5 Each director, employee, and agent of NFL or BFL shall be made aware of the importance of complying with this policy. Any director, employee, or agent who violates this policy or applicable privacy legislation shall be subject to disciplinary action, up to including removal, dismissal, or contract termination.
- 7.6 Personal information disclosed by us to third parties shall be protected by contractual agreements stipulating the confidentiality of the information and the purpose for which it is to be used.
- 7.7 We ensure that our employees are aware of the importance of maintaining the security and confidentiality of personal information.
- 7.8 We will use care when disposing of or destroying personal information and shall do so in a manner that will ensure that no one will be able to retrieve the information.
NFL and BFL, respectively, shall make readily available to its employees, clients, and other individuals, specific information about our policies and practices relating to the management of personal information.
- 8.1 We will be open about our policies and practices with respect to the management of personal information, the name or our Privacy Officers, and how to contact him or her.
- 8.2 Information shall be made available to NFL and BFL's employees, customers, and other individuals upon request in written form, and shall also be available through our websites.
NFL and BFL, respectively, shall upon request, inform an individual of the existence, use and disclosure of his or her personal information and shall give him or her access to that information except where we are permitted or required by law not to disclose personal information to the individual.
- 9.1 Upon written request, we shall inform an employee, customer, or other individual as to whether it holds personal information about the individual (except where we are or required or permitted by law not to disclose personal information), and shall afford him or her a reasonable opportunity to review the personal information in his or her file at minimal or no cost. We shall also provide an account of the use that has been made or is being made of the personal information, and of the third parties to whom the personal information has been disclosed.
- 9.2 An employee can obtain information or seek access to his or her individual file by contacting his or her immediate supervisor.
- 9.3 A customer can obtain information or seek access to his or her individual file by contacting NFL or BFL's Privacy Officer.
- 9.4 We will normally respond to a request for access for access to personal information within 30 days, however, that time period may be extended under PIPEDA for another 30 days in certain circumstances.
- 9.5 In some circumstances, we may not be required by law to permit access to personal information kept in our files. Where we refuse such a request we will, within the period referred to in para. 9.4, provide reasons and will advise the individual of his or her recourse under applicable privacy laws.
- 9.6 An individual also has the right to request, in writing, that we correct personal information that we have in our custody and control. We shall promptly correct or complete any personal information found to be inaccurate or incomplete. Any unresolved differences as to the accuracy or completeness shall be noted in the individual's file. Where appropriate, we shall transmit to third parties that were given access to the personal information in question any amended information or will inform them the existence of any unresolved differences.
An individual employee or customer shall be able to address a challenge concerning compliance with the provisions of this policy to NFL or BFL's Privacy Officer, as applicable.
- 10.1 We shall maintain procedures for addressing and responding that all inquiries or complaints from our employees and customers about our handling of personal information.
- 10.2 We will inform our employees, customers, and other individuals, who make inquires or complaints, about the existence of these procedures as well as the availability of complaint procedures.
- 10.3 We shall investigate all written complaints concerning compliance with this policy. If a complaint is found to be justified, we shall take appropriate measures to resolve the complaint.
- 10.4 If an individual is not satisfied with the response from NFL or BFL's Privacy Officer, he or she may have a recourse to additional remedies under applicable privacy legislation.
- 10.5 Any individual who has an inquiry or complaint may contact our Privacy Officer:
Director, Marketing and Customer Experience
Bay Ferries Limited
Northumberland Ferries Limited
P.O. Box 634
94 Water Street
Charlottetown, PE C1A 7L3
Effective Date and Amendment
This policy is effective as of January 01, 2004. We reserve the right to amend this policy from time to time for any reason.


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Raw asparagus, mushroom and parsley salad with nuts is shown served on a plate in Concord, N.H. in this image taken on March 11. Photo by: AP Photo/Matthew Mead
Sara Moulton/The Associated Press
April 17, 2013 8:51:19 AM
The first time I ate raw asparagus was during the '80s at an Italian restaurant in New York. Someone else must have pushed me to order it because until then the only asparagus I'd ever encountered was steamed and buttered, and I really liked it just that way. Raw asparagus? Must be bland and boring.
Then I noticed that the vegetable in question was the centerpiece of a salad dressed with fresh lemon juice, extra-virgin olive oil and a sprinkling of shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano. Well, shoot, a piece of cotton would taste good with that kind of treatment, so I took a chance. To my surprise and delight, the dish was wonderfully flavorful and refreshing. Crunchy, too.
With asparagus season upon us, I thought it might be fun to recreate that salad with a few lip-smacking extras.
First, a couple of tips about buying the star of this show. At the store, asparagus should be stored vertically, stem down in ice or water. They're probably not in great shape if you find them stacked sideways and on top of each other, so keep looking. Make sure the tips are tight and smooth, not open and feathery, and that the stalks are firm and smooth.
Size-wise, I've never met an asparagus I didn't like, whether it's thin as a pencil or thick as a hot dog. For this recipe, though, I recommend the thicker guys. Yes, you'll have to peel the stalk (that outer layer on thick stalks is unappealingly tough), but they're much easier to thinly slice than the pencil-necked guys.
Then it's on to the button mushrooms. Sure, they seem ordinary compared to their various designer cousins, but they're absolutely delicious raw and they also happen to be quite affordable. Just be sure to purchase only the firmest, whitest, tightest specimens. No gills showing, please. A button mushroom becomes flabby as it ages. Your salad wants it firm.
I've also tossed in some leaves of fresh flat-leaf parsley, and not merely as a garnish, but as a full partner to the other ingredients. In fact, almost any fresh herb -- including parsley, basil, mint, cilantro, chives, chervil or dill -- can play a similarly robust role in a salad.
Lastly, we have pistachio nuts, my favorites. I love them for their flavor, but -- at only 4 calories per nut -- they're also a boon to the diet-conscious. Of course, you could swap in walnuts, almonds, cashews or pecans if you wanted. They're all sources of healthy fat.
In the end, this spring salad -- an exciting and satisfying alternative to the basic green salad -- is all about simple, good ingredients. And, topped off with grilled shrimp or chicken, you could call it dinner.
Start to finish: 30 minutes
Makes 4 servings
Kosher salt and ground black pepper
1 tablespoon lemon juice
1 1/2 tablespoons extra-virgin olive oil
1/2 pound asparagus, tough stems trimmed and discarded (peeled if thicker than 1/3 inch)
1 cup flat-leaf parsley leaves
4 ounces firm white button mushrooms, thinly sliced
1/3 cup pistachios or chopped toasted walnuts
1 ounce shaved Parmigiano-Reggiano cheese
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The Phils come back from an early Marlins' lead to defeat the fish, 9-5.
The Phils overcomes an early Marlins' lead to end up beating the fish, 9-5.
The Marlins took a quick 2-0 lead in the first as, with the bases loaded, via singles by Bryan Petersen and Donovan Solano, with Petersen stopping at second base, and a walk to Jose Reyes, and with nobody out, Giancarlo Stanton hits a two-run single, knocking in Petersen and Solano, while sending Reyes up to second base. Three batters later, the Marlins added to their lead as, with runners still on first and second, and now with two men out, Rob Brantly hits an RBI single, knocking in Reyes, while sending Stanton over to third base. The Phils got two of the runs back in the second as, with runners on the corners, and with two men out, Pete Orr hits a two-run double, knocking in Dom Brown, who was safe at first on a force out, 3-6, as Carlos Ruiz, who had started the inning off with a single, is wiped out at second base for the inning's first out, and then moved up to third base on Nate Schierholtz's single, and Schierholtz, who had just singled, making it a 3-2 Marlins' lead. The Marlins added to their lead in the third as Stanton hits a lead-off home run, his thirty-fifth home run of the year, giving the Marlins a 4-2 lead. The Phils tied the game up at four-all in the fifth as, with runners on second and third, and with one man out, Chase Utley hits a two-run single, knocking in Roy Halladay, who had reached first base on an infield single near home plate, then moved up to second base on Jimmy Rollins' single, then went to third base on Juan Pierre's sacrifice bunt, 1-3, and Rollins, who had earlier singled, then stopped at second base on Pierre's sac bunt. The Phils then took the lead two batters later, after Utley had moved up to second base on Ruiz's ground out, 4-3, as Brown hits an RBI triple, knocking in Utley, giving the Phils a 5-4 lead. The Phils increased their lead in the seventh as, with two men on, and with one man out, Ruiz hits a two-run double, knocking in Rollins, who had earlier singled, then moved up to second base on Pierre's second sac bunt of the night, 2-3, and Utley, who had just walked, giving the Phils a 7-4 lead. The Phils added to their lead in the eighth as, with two men on, and with two men out, Utley hits an RBI single, knocking in Rollins, who had earlier walked, then moved up to second base on Pierre's walk, giving the Phils an 8-4 lead, while sending Pierre, who had just walked, up to second base. The Marlins got a run back in their half of the first as, with the bases loaded, via a strikeout-wildpitch that allowed Stanton to reach first base, then moved up to second base on Ruiz's throwing error, a walk to Carlos Lee, then both runners moving up a base on Antonio Bastardo's wild pitch, and a walk to Greg Dobbs, and with one man out, Gil Velazquez hits an RBI single, knocking in Stanton, making it an 8-5 Phils' lead, while moving up a base both Lee and Dobbs, leaving the bases loaded. But, the Phils then gets out of the inning as pinch hitter Austin Kearns strikes out, swinging, for the inning's second out, but the ball gets away from Ruiz, and Lee attempts to score from third, but Ruiz gets to the ball, and throws to the plate, which was covered by Bastardo, who then tagged out Lee for the inning's final out, for a strikeout-doubleplay. The Phils got that run back in the ninth as, with a man on third, and with two men out, Kevin Frandsen hits an RBI single, knocking in Darin Ruf, who had earlier doubled, giving the Phils a 9-6 lead. That would end up being the final score as Jonathan Papelbon pitched a scoreless inning.
Roy Halladay (11-8, 4.49) got the win as he pitched five innings, giving up four runs on six hits and three walks, while he struck out seven. Jeremy Horst collected his fifth hold of the season as he pitched one and one-third scoreless innings, striking out a batter. Justin De Fratus collected his fourth hold of the year as he threw two-thirds of an inning, getting out both men that he would face. Phillippe Aumont pitched to two batters, getting neither officially out, as he gave up a run on a walk, while striking out one, who would get on base on a wild pitch. Antonio Bastardo received his twenty-fifth hold of the season as he pitched an inning, giving up a hit and a walk, while striking out one. Jonathan Papelbon pitched a scoreless inning, giving up three hits, while striking out two. Ricky Nolasco (12-13, 4.48) took the lost as he pitched five innings as well, giving up five runs on nine hits, while striking out four. Dan Jennings pitched a 1-2-3 inning. Mike Dunn pitched a third of an inning, giving up two runs on a hit and a walk. Tom Koehler pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up a hit and a walk, striking out a batter. A.J. Ramos pitched two-thirds of an inning, giving up a run on two hits and two walks, while striking out a batter. Chad Gaudin pitched a third of an inning, striking out the only batter that he would face. Chris Hatcher pitched an inning, giving up a run on two hits.
The Phils had fifteen hits in the game, with Jimmy Rollins leading the ballclub with three hits, all singles, followed by Chase Utley (Singles, 3 RBIs), Carlos Ruiz (Single, Double, 2 RBIs), Nate Schierholtz (Singles) and Kevin Frandsen (Singles, RBI) all with two hits apiece. Dom Brown (Single, RBI), Darin Ruf (Double), Pete Orr (Double, 2 RBIs) and Roy Halladay (Single) had the other four Phils' hits. The Phils also had four walks and three stolen bases (Pierre (2, 36 & 37), Utley (11)) in the ballgame.
The Phils (79-79, 3rd) will conclude their series with the Marlins (67-91, 5th) with a game now in progress.


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