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LEWISTON, ID - Regence BlueShield of Idaho has chosen Community Action Partnership (CAP) as a Community Partner Organization for 2014. CAP will receive $100,000 in funding support to equip families and local children of Orchards Elementary School in Lewiston to reach their full potential.
Regence community partner organizations receive comprehensive assistance through financial grants, event support, board member involvement, featured placement in an annual employee giving campaign and employee volunteer support. This integrated assistance means Regence delivers more than dollars; they leave community partner organizations in a stronger position to continue fulfilling their missions for the future.
"Regence is committed to supporting local nonprofits like Community Action Partnership, who share our vision of building stronger, safer and healthier communities. We are proud to collaborate with CAP to help them serve families in Idaho with services and resources designed to help them build a brighter and more financially stable future for their children," said Scott Kreiling, president of Regence BlueShield of Idaho.
"We are so excited about this contribution from Regence. The support will allow us to build an innovative two-generation approach to ending poverty in coordination with Orchards Elementary School. Because successes garnered from this model can be replicated in communities across CAP's service area, it will be a game changer for CAP in our work to inspire and equip people in our communities to end poverty. We're proud and thankful to be a Regence Community Partner Organization for 2014," said Lisa Stoddard, executive director of Community Action Partnership.
Components of the project will build on Orchard Elementary's "Leader in Me" initiative and include:
- Courses in Stephen Covey's, "7 Habits for Highly Effective Families" for Orchards families,
- A summer Kindergarten Boot Camp to prepare incoming kindergartners for school,
- Bridges Out of Poverty Training Seminar and "Cost of Poverty Experience" poverty simulation for Orchards faculty and staff, and
- "Leadership Day" on Tuesday, May 13, inviting the entire community to see the transformational work that is taking place at Orchards Elementary.
CAP will work closely with participating families to help them set and obtain goals. From providing resources to meet basic needs like nutrition and transportation to job retention courses, income management lessons and savings education. Additionally, local CAP staff and community volunteers will provide friendship, encouragement, and connections for families as they work on achieving long-term goals and a brighter future for themselves.
About Community Action Partnership
Community Action Partnership's mission is to be a catalyst for building relationships that inspire and equip people to end poverty in our community. CAP serves Idaho's 10 northernmost counties and also Asotin County, Wash. CAP leads quality projects like the Future Story Initiative (formerly known as Circles®), Area Agency on Aging, Community Outreach, Energy Assistance, Housing, Nutrition Services and Weatherization. CAP is a leader for a regional collaboration called, "The Pipeline to End Poverty." For more information about Community Action Partnership, visit our website at www.cap4action.org or contact us at 208-746-3351 or email@example.com.
About Regence BlueShield of Idaho
Regence BlueShield of Idaho is a leading health plan in Idaho, offering health, life and dental insurance. Regence is the largest health insurer in the Northwest / Intermountain Region, serving more than two million members as Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Oregon, Regence BlueShield of Idaho, Regence BlueCross BlueShield of Utah and Regence BlueShield (selected counties in Washington). Each plan is a nonprofit independent licensee of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association and a subsidiary of Cambia Health Solutions. Regence is committed to improving the health of our members and our communities, and to transforming our health care system. For more information, please visit www.regence.com.


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Lazy Dancer Learning
Pretty much every dance listed on Lazy Dancer has a one-hour drop-in
lesson before the dance starts. All dance lessons and dances welcome singles,
if not cater to them. You do not need a partner for the drop-in lessons and all
students rotate every several minutes. This is the best way to "dip your toes" into the world of dancing.

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by John McClain, USMC-Ret., TPATH Contributor, ©2013
(Aug. 17, 2013) — As a professional document examiner, trained by the Marine Corps for the purpose of recruiting, taught by well established certified document experts, I have known the forgeries of obama began before his Illinois Senate run, having grown up on the outskirts of Chicago and following his rise.
As a recruiter, I had to have a state issued Birth Verification Document to begin the process of enlisting someone into the Corps. Every single member of the Armed Forces who has served since Korea has provided one of these documents to a recruiting agent, an original with proper certification. The idea that anything can prevent the legal release of such document for any reason other than the actual individual is entirely ludicrous. The sole authority I had to get such documents for the majority of recruit hopefuls was a signed "privacy act waiver" which, with five dollars in downtown Richmond provided me with the actual certified document, while I watched each step, and each person in their part of the production and certifying of that document.
The statement from Hawaiian officials
alleging they could not release his document by law, was entirely fabricated.
What was presented as such a document at first by this imposter was not even a copy of such a document, but a copy of a hospital form used to gather the data which would be transferred to the form which would become "the document". That special paper, with all its legal security features is just a piece of paper until every line is filled out, every proper seal affixed, and it authenticated by the singular appointed head of "The Department of Vital Statistics and Census" for the region, area or county. That person alone has the issued embossing stamp with their own serial number, and only their signature reflecting the same person as that serial number makes "a piece of fancy paper" a "legal document" capable of certifying his legal status at birth.
The sole impediment to the "Birth Verification Document" being publicized was the refusal of obama to sign the privacy act waiver, nothing else.
To enlist the least person to be the least of infantry, to enter the Corps as a cook or a ditch digger, demands the six page in 1994 and identical to the 1976 version filled out by myself as I enlisted, "background check work-sheet" wherein my schools, my employment, all my activity from birth to that date was filled in, with names of references for all those years.
As a matter of fact, the filling out of such a form would preclude obama from entering any service, as his open and well documented association with Bill Ayers, Bernadette Dorn, Reverend Wright, indeed, practically every single person who can be shown to have been part of his upbringing was in fact on the FBI's wanted list, with many being "most wanted" for acts of terrorism within the Nation as part of communist organizations perpetrating bombings against government agencies and buildings.
I completely endorse the security measures that ensure the least possibility of enemy infiltration of our armed forces. At the same time, to suggest we can allow for a commander in chief to be legitimate without meeting far more stringent demands, not requirements, should be beyond even consideration. Only those with the desire to see an enemy in this position could in any way suggest this is not imperative, yet we have the entire congress having made that statement.
If we recruit a hundred thousand men and women into our armed forces each year with these and half a day's work worth of other forms for the very least of such, it is sheer hypocrisy to suggest the demand for the required documentation is foolish, anything but following proper procedure, and any act contrary to the simple fulfilling of these "least of demands" is an act of treason, because the sole possible reason for advocating, much less acting to the contrary, suggesting no good reason for meeting this standard can only be for the exact purpose of allowing an unqualified person to attain the office deliberately.
I've been called names, made fun of, and far more, but every Marine I ever served with, every Soldier I've ever known, every single person serving, has eagerly met this standard. The sole reason for rejecting this demand, the only possible reason for ridiculing those expecting proper paperwork, is the certain knowledge the one whose documents won't be seen is in fact not qualified, and his documents are the evidence which show this conclusively. No person can follow standard procedures of law for bureaucratic purposes or for the purpose of indictment and not come to this solid and sound conclusion.
The sole purpose for the ridicule is to suggest a legitimate cause to ignore the issue. If there were such a cause, its simple statement would demonstrate the legitimacy of its self, and it would meet the standards established, and be true, or it would not, and would be demonstrably false. The sole excuse for the support of continuing this violation of election law can only be supporting a known felon who has usurped office, and all who stand in the way of the clear demonstration of his eligibility, or lack there of are indeed fellow conspirators, either before the fact or by law, after the fact. Those who have called for his bona fida's be verified as true and legitimate before the public merely demand the rule of law be fulfilled, when it has patently been deliberately bypassed.
Those who stand in the way of the forcing of this act are every bit as criminal as the whole panoply of fellow criminals who are fully embedded in our government, and running it without any consent, and with no purpose of fulfilling its legitimate purpose, and every purpose of twisting it to become totalitarian and dictating over the Nation.
The Constitution has not been altered, but ignored, and we have allowed this ongoing for over a century. Those supporting the criminal acts of obama merely use the precedent we have allowed by not adjudicating each and every usurpation of power, and securing ourselves against government, but kowtowing to criminal demands from "Teddy" Roosevelt, all the way down through this current president. If we will not stop it, it is because we have chosen to ignore it, and enjoy our personal lives with the hope it never turns its hungry eyes on that which we have. It is not "party" which is the cause, nor is it the vast and real infiltration by the communists and socialists. It rests entirely on the fact we have chosen to become an ignorant people, unwilling to meet the demanding standards of "the sovereignty" we would enjoy, and accepting the losses as they come, incrementally, for our lack of will to thrust back and stand strong, holding them, because to do so requires knowledge, courage, and the willingness to sacrifice if it must be, up to and including life, for principle.
With better than a century of setting aside the constitution, "We, The People" must have a very difficult job if we are to force it back into recognition, and we have to start somewhere that cannot be gain-said. I say we start with the single most fundamental issue there is; the "least demands for factual documents proving his eligibility". Since his own autobiography states his exact disqualifying factor, the simple reading of constitutional requirements in public, and the relating of his documents, immediately demonstrates he is not a "natural born citizen", and cannot be, but is in fact, first, a subject of the British Commonwealth, and by that, ineligible to run for office.
If this were Caterpillar Corporation, and the issue one of eligibility for a manager, the applicant would provide the necessary paperwork or they would not even be considered. The fact we have allowed "parties" to become part and parcel to our political ways and to "vet" their own candidates is a full violation of the right of "The Whole of The Electorate" to know the facts of all candidates, and not only is the ineligible candidate the felonious criminal, but the "vetting" by the party makes every active member part of a major criminal conspiracy to install an illegal alien as president, and subject to the law.
I would not stand any talk show host, any interviewer to ever suggest the demand is anything less than the very least demands the law requires, and I would have to suggest everyone who suggests otherwise must have good cause to stand by an open, unrepentant criminal who has shown the facts of his crime as we watch. Of course I may be a fool, after all, I only have a high school diploma, a bunch of diplomas from Navy electronics schools, Marine Professional Development schools, recruiting school, instructor's school, and I have no college degree.
I managed to get from Private to Gunnery Sergeant in 14 years, and left the Corps as the Shop Supervisor of the exact same shop I first worked in as my first permanent duty station. The Marine Corps did not think I was a fool, but considered me a leader and a truly valuable resource.
I suggest all those "talk show hosts" might want to state the lack of any real need of the same documents for all our service members if they really want to contend it's all for show, and based on racism. Perhaps they have and that might be why we now have no standards or qualifications required for entry, and our armed forces are falling apart in disarray.


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The new Sellwood Bridge features a 1,275-ft-long three-span steel deck arch, which has a span arrangement of 385-ft, 425-ft, 465-ft, with two arch ribs per span. The progression of span lengths generally follows the rise of the bridge in grade from west to east. (Photo: Nick Garibbo/Nick's Photo Design)
Two out of 100. That was the National Bridge Inventory (NBI) sufficiency rating that the 90-year old Sellwood Bridge received in 2005 after the latest round of engineering studies, emergency repairs and additional load restrictions. Multnomah County, Ore., the owner of the bridge, was keenly aware that shoring up the old bridge was no longer an option.
Constructed in 1925 to replace the Spokane Street Ferry, the Sellwood Bridge spans the Willamette River just south of downtown Portland. It was designed by Gustav Lindenthal, a noted bridge engineer of the time, and—along with the nearby Ross Island and Burnside bridges—was built with funds from a $4.5 million local bond measure.
Lindenthal was hired to redesign the Sellwood Bridge as a result of cost overruns for the Burnside Bridge. The result was a unique and efficient four-span continuous steel truss costing a mere $541,000. At 32 ft wide, the bridge was extremely narrow: two lanes, no shoulders or median and one 4-ft-wide sidewalk. It was Portland's first "fixed span" bridge across the Willamette and the first to not be designed for streetcars.
The NBI rating of 2 for the old bridge reflected a number of critical issues ranging from movement of an ancient landslide on the west bank of the Willamette to general deterioration of the 90-year old concrete approach structures.
The County began the NEPA (National Environmental Policy Act) process in 2006, and an engineering team of CH2M and T.Y. Lin International (TYLI) was retained to perform the engineering studies and develop alternatives for a new crossing. The evaluations included rehabilitation and replacement options for the main bridge, a dozen structure types for the main crossing and various alignments and project configurations. The recommendation was replacement on the same alignment, and through an active and meaningful public outreach process, the Community Advisory Committee's (CAC) preferred alternative—a steel deck arch—was approved by the County Board of Commissioners.
For more about the project, see the article "New Arch for a New Age" in our October issue (available now!).


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The PV page allows you to enter the cost, performance characteristics, and orientation of an array of photovoltaic (PV) panels and choose the sizes you want HOMER to consider as it searches for the optimal system. The PV component can represent both flat panel and concentrating PV technologies. You can specify whether a PV is a concentrating PV in the Photovoltaic Library.
The PV page provides access to the following tabs:
•Inverter: If the Electrical Bus is set to AC, you specify inverter parameters here.
•MPPT: If the Electrical Bus is set to DC, you set the parameters of the maximum power point tracker (DC to DC converter) here.
•Advanced Inputs are where you can set certain advanced variables.
•Temperature: You specify whether to consider the effect of ambient temperature on panel efficiency, and if so set the relevant inputs.
To add a solar component, click the PV button under the Components tab in the toolbar. On the PV Set Up page, select an option from the drop-down list and click the Add PV button. On the PV page, you can manage information for the model.
The Costs table includes the initial Capital cost and Replacement cost per kilowatt of the PV system, as well as annual operation and maintenance (O&M) costs per kilowatt.
When specifying the capital and replacement costs, be sure to account for all costs associated with the PV system, which may include:
•PV panels
•Mounting hardware
•Tracking system
You can include the costs of the power electronics in the capital cost, or account for them separately in the MPPT or Inverter tab. Note that the capital cost is the initial purchase price, the replacement cost is the cost of replacing the PV system at the end of its lifetime, and the O&M cost is the annual cost of operating and maintaining the PV system.
In the Costs table, enter the PV cost curve, meaning the way the cost varies with size. Typically this requires only a single row because analysts often assume that PV costs vary linearly with size. In the sample above, the capital cost of PV panels is specified at $3,000/kW and the replacement cost is specified at $2,500/kW. The operating and maintenance (O&M) cost is specified as zero.
If the cost of the PV subsystem was not linear with size, you can enter multiple rows of data in the Cost table. For example, if the marginal capital and replacement costs dropped to $2,500/kW and $2,100/kW, respectively, for quantities above 2 kW, fill in the Cost table as follows:
If HOMER then simulates a system with a PV array size of 0.1 kW, it would extrapolate from the 1 kW and 2 kW costs, giving a capital cost of $300. For a PV array size of 2.5 kW, HOMER would interpolate between the 2 kW costs and the 3 kW costs, giving a capital cost of $7,250. For a PV array size of 6 kW, HOMER would extrapolate from the 2 kW and 3 kW costs, giving a capital cost of $16,000.
Note that the capital cost is the initial purchase price, the replacement cost is the cost of replacing the PV panels at the end of their lifetime, and the O&M cost is the annual cost of operating and maintaining the PV array.
Click the MPPT or Inverter tab to see the Search Space. Enter the nominal capacity of the PV in kW, or enter several quantities for HOMER to consider in the system optimization. Include a zero if you wanat HOMER to consider systems without this PV.
Click the Star icon to enable the optimizer. The search space is replaced by a lower bound and an upper bound. With the optimizer turned on, HOMER automatically finds the best capacity for you.
See the help article about Optimization for a more detailed explanation of HOMER's optimizer.
From the main section of the PV page, you can edit the following inputs.
Electrical Bus
This determines whether the PV array produces AC or DC power. All PV cells produce DC electricity, but some PV arrays have built-in inverters to convert to AC.
The number of years before the PV panels must be replaced at the replacement cost specified in the costs table.
A scaling factor applied to the PV array power output to account for reduced output in real-world operating conditions compared to operating conditions at which the array was rated.
Note: To the right of each numerical input is a sensitivity button () that allows you to do a sensitivity analysis on that variable. For more information, see Why Would I Do a Sensitivity Analysis?
If the PV system is on the AC electrical bus, you can specify a dedicated inverter. You can define the Cost table, size (search space), and lifetime in a similar manner as other components. You can also specify the efficiency with a single value, or check "Use efficiency table," and enter values for efficiency versus input load percentage.
If you do not want to model the inverter, check the "Ignore dedicated converter" box.
A Maximum Power Point Tracker (or MPPT) is a DC to DC converter that matches the PV to the DC bus voltage, while varying the voltage of the PV array itself to maximize the power output. The inputs for the MPPT are identical to those for the inverter, described above.
The Advanced Input tab contains options that affect the calculation of the PV power output. The article How HOMER Calculates the Radiation Incident on the PV contains more information on ground reflectance, panel slope, and panel azimuth.
The fraction of solar radiation incident on the ground that is reflected, in %
The type of tracking system used to direct the PV panels towards the sun
Use default slope
If this input is checked, the slope input is disabled and the slope is set to match the latitude
The angle at which the panels are mounted relative to horizontal, in degrees
Use default azimuth
If this input is checked, the azimuth input is disabled and the azimuth is set to 0 or 180 degrees for projects in the northern or southern hemisphere, respectively
The direction towards which the panels face, in degrees
The Temperature tab allows you to set or ignore temperature effects. See How HOMER Calculates the PV Array Power Output for detailed information on temperature effects on power, nominal operating cell temperature, and efficiency at standard test conditions.
Consider Effect of Temperature
Whether HOMER considers the effect of PV cell temperature on the power output of the PV array
A number indicating how strongly the power output of the PV array depends on cell temperature, in %/degrees Celsius
The cell temperature at 0.8 kW/m2 and 20°C ambient temperature in degrees Celsius
The maximum power point efficiency under standard test conditions, in %
See also
How HOMER Calculates the PV Array Power Output
How HOMER Calculates the PV Cell Temperature
How HOMER Calculates the Radiation Incident on the PV Array


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This heart is a combination of the pleated paper hearts I grew up making in Denmark, and my recent-ish love of blackwork. In my version, the effect is very, very subtle. You really have to get up close to see the blackwork properly. That's on purpose – I wanted to make something that has to be looked at very closely to appreciate what is really going in. Like there's a secret design on the heart… You may want to use colours that have more contrast. Maybe on a solid colour background for greater impact.
You can make so many variations with this little heart. One thing that can't be altered, though, is that it is kinda time consuming. The heart is basically completely covered in stitches. But the good news is that you only use back stitch and once you get into the rhythm of it, it goes much quicker than you might think. And sometimes it's nice to make something that isn't a quick crafty fix. :-)
Materials needed
Waste canvas, approx. 5″x5″ (12.7 x 12.7cm)
Fabric for the front, approx. 6″x 6″ (15.25 x 15.25cm) – I used Ta Dot in Berry from Michael Miller
Fabric for the back, approx. 6″x 6″ (15.25 x 15.25cm) – I used heart fabric I bought in Denmark
(Optional) Padding, either thin quilt batting or felt, approx. 6″x 6″ (15.25 x 15.25cm)
Six stranded embroidery floss in two colours, I used Blanc (white) and 602 (pink), both DMC.
Ribbon in matching colours, approx. 5″ (12.7cm)
Heart template
Marker pen
Tweezers, optional but very strongly recommended!
Scissors and embroidery needle.
Patience (not optional)
How to make it
Print and cut out the template.
Make little holes as indicated. You can use a small pair of scissors and turn the tip around in the hole spots.
Place the template on top of the waste canvas. Line up the corner of the heart with two lines of waste canvas so it is placed straight on.
Trace around the heart. Mark the ends of the lines on the waste canvas. Push the pen through the holes you made, to mark where the lines intersect. Remove the template and draw the lines by connecting the dots, using the ruler.
(I'm sorry there's no photos for the steps above, "someone" deleted them by accident. But you're clever clogs so I'm sure you can figure it out anyway…) ;-)
Baste the waste canvas to the right side of the front fabric. Pay attention to the direction of the print on the fabric, if applicable. You can baste it using a sewing machine to make this bit quicker. I did that here, the orange stitching around the edge. Use a large stitch size.
To help keep the two colours separated, I stitched along the straight lines, but it isn't necessary. Just make sure that it's nice and obvious where the lines are so you keep the two colours separate.
It is also a good idea to stitch around the outline of the heart to help get the curves right and not stitch outside the lines as it were. This will be a helpful guide for sewing the heart together.
I used a blackwork pattern I made up as I went along. You can find my pattern with the heart template. There are lots of different patterns. A pattern that has a smaller repeat may have a better effect, because it will be repeated many times, but a larger repeat could work too. If this is your first go at blackwork, I'd recommend a simple pattern. Visit this site for a large collection of blackwork patterns.
Find the centre of the heart and start stitching the pattern using one strand of floss. You only use back stitch. There really is no special technique for this, just make single back stitches to 'fill up' the pattern you have chosen. And don't worry what the back looks like, this will be hidden.
I find it easiest to stitch one colour first and then do the other.
When you are done with the stitching, it is time to remove the waste canvas. First remove the basting thread. Then cut away as much of the waste canvas around the heart as possible. But take care not to cut into any of the stitches.
With the tweezers, start pulling out strands of waste canvas. To start with, it will be a bit difficult to pull out long strands in one go, so where you have open spaces in the embroidery, snip the waste canvas strands to make it easier. I wrote another tutorial that goes a bit more into detail on how to remove the waste canvas.
Your embroidery will stand up to quite a bit, but it's best to be as careful as you can when you pull out the strands. You don't want to rip the stitches.
The more strands you remove, the easier it will get.
When you have removed all the strands, iron the piece lightly from the back.
Cut the piece to shape, ½"-1″ ( 1.25 – 2.5cm) all around the outside of the heart.
Cut the back piece and the batting/felt piece to the same size/shape.
Sandwich the pieces together (bottom up) like this:
Back fabric, right side facing up
Ribbon, folded in half, with the fold between the fabric layers
Front piece, right side facing down.
Pin together. The heart is quite small, so you only need 2-3 pins. I pinned where the ribbon is and to mark the turning gap.
Sew the layers together, using a 1/4″ seam. Remember to leave a 2″ turning gap along one straight edge. Back stitch a couple of times over the ribbon to make sure it stays in place.
Clip around the curved edges, either by making little triangle cuts or using pinking shears. This will reduce the bulk and make the curves look smoother when the heart is turned right side out.
Because this isn't a piece that will see a lot of wear, I also cut away around the rest of the heart, to reduce bulk at the seam.
Pay special attention to the corners, particularly where the two curves come together. See the arrow? Cut away as much fabric as you can without the seam coming apart. You don't want this bit to be bulky.
The only place where I didn't cut away excess seam, is at the turning gap. It will be a lot easier to sew this together when there is a bit of extra fabric to work with.
Turn the heart right side out through the turning gap. Press the seams, then sew the gap together.
And you're done! Ta dah!


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This round cake is iced in buttercream and decorated with ribbon-like swirls and polka dots. The topper is an edible image of theatrical masks.
Sizes and pricing
10-17 Guests 8" Round (shown in photo)
Edible Image $10
Other Sizes Available:
6-10 Guests 6" Round $65
20-30 Guests 10" Round $100
40-50 Guests 12" Round $135
Cake flavors are yellow, white, chocolate, marble, and red velvet. Our most popular specialty fillings are strawberry cassata, chocolate mousse, raspberry mousse and lemon mousse. Cream cheese is also a great filling for our red velvet cake.


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My Vacation Lady knows that not every island in the Caribbean is the same and we try to help guide our clients toward the islands that will best fit their dreams and desires. Some islands have lots and lots of all inclusive resorts and some we will recommend that our clients NOT go to an all inclusive because there are so many great dining options outside of their hotels.
Barbados- is one of the few islands that is Zagat rated. You can enjoy everything from flying fish at a beach shack or Osten's Friday night fish fry or head to some of the top restaurants like Daphne's and the Cliff for some great food.
St Martin- The French side of this island is probably the epicenter of fabulous food in the Caribbean. From street food and lolos to high end restaurants, Grand Case is where you want to be for great food!
Grand Cayman– has become a popular foodie island due to the annual Cayman Cookout, which brings top chefs including Anthony Bourdain, Jose Andres and Eric Ripert to the island for a culinary extravaganza in January.
Anguilla- this tiny island has over 100 restaurants ranging from beach shacks to 5 star restaurants in top rated hotels.
Martinique -from classic French dishes to bold Creole recipes, Martinique is the home to a ton of feet in the sand beach restaurants. The famous Le Petibonum was one of the first and helped to redefine a Caribbean beach restaurant.
Aruba- is another island with some great restaurants to eat where your feet are in the sand. Our clients have raved about Screaming Eagle, which is consistently rated a top Caribbean restaurant.
Read more here about some other Caribbean Islands for Foodies.
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BY DARIA SITO-SUCIC at Reuters
UniCredit (CRDI.MI), Italy's biggest bank by assets, is planning to cut around 10,000 jobs, or 7 percent of its workforce, as it seeks to slash costs and boost profits, a source at the bank told Reuters on Monday.
The planned cuts will be concentrated in Italy, Germany and Austria, several sources said, adding that they include 2,700 layoffs in Italy that have already been announced.
A UniCredit spokesman declined comment beyond noting that the bank's CEO Federico Ghizzoni had on Sept. 3 said there were no concrete numbers on potential lay-offs, after a report said it was considering eliminating 10,000 positions in coming years.
Ghizzoni is reworking a five-year strategic plan, unveiled only last year, that will aim to boost revenue and cut costs. The revised plan is expected to be announced in November.
"The plans are for 10,000 job cuts," the bank's insider said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "They will be mainly in Italy, Austria and Germany."
UniCredit, which has 146,600 employees across 17 countries, is under pressure to boost its profits as low interest rates are expected to keep hurting its earnings in coming years.
Other banks, such as Britain's Barclays (BARC.L), are also cutting thousands of jobs and selling assets, as lending margins are squeezed.
Financial sources said on Monday Deutsche Bank (DBKGn.DE) was aiming to cut roughly 23,000 jobs, or about a quarter of the total, through layoffs mainly in technology activities and by spinning off its PostBank (DPBGn.DE) division.
Reducing costs would also help UniCredit allay market concerns that it may need to launch a share issue, something Ghizzoni has repeatedly denied.
Any cost cutting has long been expected to target Germany and Austria, where the cost-to-income ratio was respectively 80 percent and 91 percent in 2014, compared to a group average of 61.5 percent.
But the exact numbers are still under discussion and may change, as could the number of countries involved, sources said.
One source close to the matter said Germany and Austria were in line for at least 1,500 job cuts each to simplify structure and eliminate duplication in areas like compliance and legal matters.
UniCredit posted first-half earnings of just above 1 billion euros, half those of domestic rival Intesa Sanpaolo (ISP.MI), which at the end of June had a core capital ratio of 13.3 percent against UniCredit's 10.4 percent.
Source: UniCredit plans to cut around 10,000 jobs: source | Reuters
BY THOMAS ATKINS AND KATHRIN JONES at Reuters
Deutsche Bank aims to cut roughly 23,000 jobs, or about one quarter of total staff, through layoffs mainly in technology activities and by spinning off its PostBank division, financial sources said on Monday.
That would bring the group's workforce down to around 75,000 full-time positions under a reorganization being finalised by new Chief Executive John Cryan, who took control of Germany's biggest bank in July with the promise to cut costs.
Cryan presented preliminary details of the plan to members of the supervisory board at the weekend. A spokesman for the bank declined comment.
Deutsche's share price has suffered badly under stalled reforms and rising costs on top of fines and settlements that have pushed the bank down to the bottom of the valuation rankings of global investment banks. It has a price-book ratio of around 0.5, according to ThomsonReuters data.
The bank unveiled a broad restructuring plan in April but co-chief executives Anshu Jain and Juergen Fitschen quit shortly afterwards, handing over its execution to Cryan.
"This is the first time ever that you had the feeling that somebody is talking straight," said one of the sources. "But the problem is he has to deliver soon."
Deutsche is mainly reviewing cuts to the parts of its technology and back office operations that process transactions and work orders for staff who deal with clients.
A significant number of the roughly 20,000 positions in that area will be reviewed for possible cuts, a financial source said. Back-office jobs in the group's large investment banking division will be concentrated in London, New York and Frankfurt, the source said.
PostBank has about 15,000 positions, pointing to roughly 8,000 layoffs at Deutsche once the unit's spinoff is completed as planned in 2016.
Cryan aims to present details of the restructuring plan before October, close to when the new CEO of investment banking rival Credit Suisse, Tidjane Thiam, is expected to present his plans for reforms.
Other European banks, including Italy's UniCredit, are also in the process of major job cuts.
In an effort to lower the bank's regulatory capital requirements and avoid raising new equity capital, Cryan will speed up changes to strategy and cut the balance sheet to avoid big one-off charges, Reuters has reported.
Deutsche Bank shares swung from negative territory to trade up almost 1 percent following the Reuters report on the headcount cuts to become the top gainer in the Stoxx index of European Banks, which was down over 1 percent at 1412 GMT.
Source: Exclusive: Deutsche Bank to cut workforce by a quarter – sources | Reuters


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The Intern's Handbook: A Thriller by Shane Kuhn
My rating: 4 of 5 stars
This book is a meta-fiction work of art. It is told from two perspectives – that of an assassin writing a guide book to future assassins at his firm, HR, Inc and that of an FBI investigation into our main character. The premise is that the firm takes advantage of interns being unnoticed, but key to any business to allow them to assassinate some very powerful people. Our main character, John Lago is on his final mission because he's 25 and, in his words, "that's the oldest someone will accept that you would work for free."
Without giving too much away, I'll say that Mr Kuhn does an incredible job of setting up John's credentials and then pitting him against the FBI AND the person he's trying to assassinate. So, like Vizzini in The Princess Bride, the deception layers keep mounting until you don't know what to believe anymore. This allows Kuhn to keep someone like me, who's quite good at predicting story beats/endings (I've read somewhere close to 500 or so books in my lifetime in addition to being a fan of Tvtropes.org and media criticism)
I really enjoyed that Kuhn has his character make fun of some spy/assassin tropes while embodying other spy/assassin tropes. He does a great job balancing deconstruction, reconstruction, and lampshade hanging. He also keeps up a great pace. The thing that loses it one star is the ending – which I'll get to in the spoilers section.
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Kuhn did a good job of making me constantly second-guess myself. I thought Alice was going to sell him out. And she did, but not in the way I guessed. I also thought Bob was going to kill him rather than let him retire. I was right that Bob was deceiving him (a lot was weird or off about this hit compared to previous hits) but never could have guessed in a million years why. I knew that Alice wasn't really dead. I knew there was something fishy about Alice helping him find his dad – but I thought it was because he was going to end up turning himself into the FBI. But, while Alice was doing it for a shady reason, it wasn't the reason we thought.
This gets me to the ending that somewhat killed it for me. I feel like Bob is playing the WAAAAAY too long game here. Basically he's trying to get to John's dad so he guides who John ends up in foster homes with and who he kills for his first murder and EVERYTHING from his time as an infant in the NICU until he's 25 just to get his dad! Including sending him on multiple missions where he might have died. It was just stretching credibility a LITTLE too much. But only lost it one star because I enjoyed the rest of the book so much.
I've enjoyed a lot a books this year, but this is the first one I've enjoyed starting at the first page and that I ALWAYS looked forward to reading.


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actor / director / artistic director, Congo Square, 2012-2017
I spoke with Sam Roberson on November 20, 2015. He was, at that time, Congo Square's artistic director, and he speaks to me from that perspective. When Sam was eight years old, he was diagnosed with leukemia, which he battled throughout his life. In 2017, not long after we talked, he had to step back from his duties at the theater as his conditioned worsened. He died of pneumonia on May 21, 2017, at the age of 34.
I got to Chicago in 2008. I had been living in Minneapolis, and The Goodman was casting for The Ballad of Emmett Till. They reached out to the Children's Theater of Minneapolis to ask about young, black actors, and I got a call. I sent a tape to Adam Belcuore [casting director] over at The Goodman, and he called me out to New York to audition. It was a crazy experience, it was something that I'd never had before, you know?
I was working with Marion McClinton at the time, who is one of August Wilson's right hand men, and I was like, "I got this offer at The Goodman, but they want me to fly to New York for an audition." (This is during tech for our show.) "I would miss this day of tech." He was like, "Yeah, Sam, if the Goodman calls, you go." I flew to New York on short notice; I think it was a $500 flight.
Did they pay for it, or did you?
(Laughs) I paid for it. It was definitely worth it. I went to New York, and I was auditioning for [the part of] Emmett, but I didn't get Emmett. I got an ensemble role, and I played Simian, his cousin. I understudied Emmett. I was hoping for Emmett. I thought it was going to be like a breakout role.
Did that mean transplanting yourself, or did you come to Chicago just to do that show?
I just came to Chicago to do that show, but I had also proposed to my wife that summer before, and so we were getting married the summer of 2008, and she was in New York at the time and I was in Minneapolis. She is an actress, and we were trying to decide where to live, because she was living in New York and I was in Minneapolis. I wanted to stay in Minneapolis, and she wanted to stay in New York. It was a hard decision. I didn't really want to move to New York, but at a certain time I kind of just gave in. It was like, well, let's try it. But then after I booked this gig in Chicago, she came to visit and we talked about Chicago as somewhere neutral where neither of us lived.
Emmett Till ran ran for maybe six weeks. I was here for about two, three months.
I was really enjoying the city and I felt like there was a lot of opportunity. I got my name in the newspaper from doing The Ballad of Emmett Till, and I was nobody. I had a little side part,, and my name was in the Chicago Tribune. And everybody was like, your name was in the Chicago Tribune, and I was like, so cool!
There are some decent actors in the piece, including Karen Aldridge, Kirk Anderson and Samuel G. Roberson Jr. (who genuinely evokes teenage awkwardness).
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I was working with some of the best actors in the city on this project, and they were booking commercials and voiceovers and TV shows and talking about how they'd been on this TV show or in this movie. I was like, "How do you do all of that?" They were like, "Got an agent" I said, "Well, I want an agent." "I'll introduce you to my agent." So I started meeting the agents and was out on auditions. I was just like, oh okay. There is opportunity here. I think it was that discussion with my wife that kind of helped her to lean toward moving here.
What was your impression of Chicago theater when you were in Minneapolis? Did you have a sense of what was going on?
No, none. None. I just knew that there was theater happening in Chicago, I knew there was some black theater happening in Chicago, from some of my peers, but I didn't really have an understanding of what Chicago theater was. I didn't know there was 200 some, almost 300 theaters in Chicago. I never would've imagined that. I didn't understand the whole ensemble concept, or the Chicago ensemble concept.
I knew that Minneapolis had an ensemble, but it was only the Children's Theater where they work for the theater strictly as actors, and year round. They get insurance. Whereas in Chicago, the ensemble starts the theater, they create the work, they work together, they produce the work, they do everything.
What was your growing understanding, over that six weeks, of what Chicago theater is all about?
I felt like it was a great community. I felt like people welcomed me with open arms, they took me in, they took me to meet their agents, they told me which theaters to go to, they took me to shows, they introduced me to people like Congo Square, they introduced me to theater people around the city, and I just felt like I could make it. I felt like if you wanted to do something in Chicago, you could do it. Learning that there's like almost 300 theater companies and all these ensembles, it just felt like, it felt like people were happy as artists here. People were always talking about what they were doing and what they were auditioning for and what was coming up and what was next.
You joined Congo Square in 2009 as artistic associate, and then became artistic director in 2014. When you took on that roll, did you know Congo Square would be a good fit for you?
They were for everything that I was for, you know? We were on the same side of every discussion.
What were those things that you were for?
The promotion of black work and black artists working. They were also working with youth in underserved neighborhoods. And I liked the content of the shows that they were doing; I liked the caliber of the work and the artists, the artistry. Some of the best shows that I've seen were at Congo Square. The actors are top notch, top quality, and I felt like there was opportunity for me. I felt like I could have a voice. I could be myself and not be questioned.
"Not be questioned." Where would that not have been possible?
I don't know if it would not possible, but often at larger, white institutions, there can be a conflict for me to be me. It can be adverse to the way that other people think. It can push back against what people think is right.
I think Chicago is getting better. I will say that first and foremost. I think Chicago is getting better. I get the sense that people are trying. I don't know if they're trying hard enough, but to try harder would mean sacrifices.
Like what?
Like they would have to let people go and hire new people.
More people of color.
Yeah. But that means letting some of the people that are already there go. I think there are some, but very few, organizations that are genuinely looking to diversify. I think there are other organizations that are incentivized to diversify. A new study just came out that talked about the fact that when larger institutions started doing work by black and Latino artists that funding started to pull away from the actual black and Latino companies to go toward these larger companies to do this work. And I think there's something fundamentally wrong about that. I think there's something fundamentally wrong about having to have an incentive, having to have a grant to hire people of color.
I also think there's something wrong with some of the ways that people are going about quote-unquote "helping" people of color. I think there's something wrong about hiring a bunch of people of color as apprentices or as help but never actually giving them real jobs or creating a pipeline for them to have a real job at your company.
I don't think that there are wrong intentions; I think everybody has good intentions. And I don't want to believe that anyone is blatantly being racist about their hiring and their methods. I understand that there are some issues on our end, too, as far as training, but that's a systemic problem. If there's not opportunity, people won't invest in the training. And internships [require] privilege. Working for free for six months [comes from] privilege. Like, I couldn't afford to do [an internship I wanted to do] at ATC [Actors Theater Company] in Louisville because I wasn't privileged enough to have the money to go out there and have my parents pay my rent for twelve months. I couldn't do that, so I missed out on that opportunity. There are a lot of people that miss out on internships because they can't afford to not work.
So what can we do, as a city, to start training up people of color even more, or start giving them opportunities to learn on their feet? [Theaters] need people that are already ready and already in tiptop shape as opposed to saying, "Okay, this person's pretty close. Maybe if they just do six months [as an apprentice], then we can transition them to take over the position." I wish I could hire them. I would take them all; I would take every single apprentice of color there is out there, but I can't afford them because I don't have the resources.
Do you see opportunities to make the change that you want to see?
I do, I do. I feel an obligation to seek ways to improve the honesty of diversity at institutions in Chicago.
What do you mean by "honesty of diversity"?
When it's not a trend, not a fad, not incentivized. [You do it] because you need people that reflect the community to help you make culturally sensitive decisions. Even if you do works by people of color, if you have no one on your staff or on your marketing team that is a person of color, you don't know how to market that piece to people of color. I don't know how you can understand or even make sure that you're being culturally sensitive about what you're saying about the piece, how you're promoting it, how you produce it, when you have a bunch of artists of color on stage and then the whole design team is white and the whole production team is white and the whole administrative team is white.
How can you leverage Congo Square to change that?
I think that at Congo Square what we're seeking to do is understand where the gap is. And if we can understand where the gap is, then hopefully we can help to fill it, right? So I feel like Congo Square should serve as an institution that is a bit of a training institution. We should be training people in marketing. We should be training people in development; we should be training people in tech, in crew, in artistry, so that we are creating generations of people who can efficiently do the work, so that people coming out of college can come and work and apprentice and learn and then be able to hold jobs at these places. They [will] have the knowledge and the wherewithal to work at larger institutions.
Do you know how diverse your audience at Congo Square is?
Our audience is about 80 to 90% black, African-American. I need to diversify my audience. I don't know how to get more white people in my audience. I don't know how to get more Latino people in my audience. I don't know how to make them feel welcome. I don't know how I feel about it. Chicago doesn't challenge their audiences to go see different stuff. We're very territorial. It feels like we get our [audience] and we want to keep 'em tight. I guess it got that way for some reason. I don't know why. But everybody needs their audience, everybody struggles. It worries me. It worries me, because my sense is that people would rather go see a black show at The Goodman or a black show at Court Theater or a black show at Steppenwolf than a black show at Congo Square.
Why is that, do you think?
I don't know, I don't know. I think people should see all theater. Every story that we tell is universal. It's from a specific lens or specific point of view or a cultural point of view, but it's a universal story, it's about humanity. And that's what we do. When you come to see our show, you start to realize how much we are alike and how we deal with stuff, the same stuff, and maybe in different ways.
What would it mean to you to have a more diverse audience?
We tell our stories with an authentic voice, from the experiences that we know and that we understand, and we show people the many facets of African-American culture. So the more work that we do, the more you will understand black people and black culture as a whole. People are hammered with negative images of black people, just hammered with them. In the media, on television, in films, they are hammered with the negative part of the story of these people and these lives, which allows people to stereotype and allows people to have preconceived notions of what and who we are.
We are an institution that can improve the quality of life in Chicago. Because by doing what we do, we bring understanding to people who don't understand the culture. We hope to keep hope in those who do understand the culture, and then we also are providing opportunities for people to see themselves in a different light that they don't often get to see themselves. So the more stuff that we can do, the more people from the community we can bring in, the better the community's going be. The more opportunity that we're going provide for youth, the more opportunity that we can provide for people to see a positive image of themselves, the more positive they will be. I have a purpose and I'm trying to serve it best I can right now. It's hard, and it's going take more than me, which I understand. And it's not going to be easy for anyone.
It seems to me that you've been talking about a real, tangible commitment to societal change through theater.
Yeah, and it's going be good for everyone. These are hard things to discuss, and I'm finding my way into the conversation. I just know that what happens often is that there's a lot of privileged people in the room that are talking about these things, so it's hard for them to really understand or even think deeply about what to do, because they're thinking from a point of being up there as opposed to being down here. Which is hard, it's hard. It's hard, you know? People are going to have to give up some money; funders are going to have to choose somebody else to give money to. If you really want to make change. But who does that?
Honestly, if there were more large institutions of color in Chicago, Chicago would be the first place to do it. First place to have a diversity of large theaters in America. It would be the first ever. And it would bring more people to the theater, more people of color to the theater, and then they would go see all of the shows because there wouldn't be so much of a difference, a gap between all of the institutions. Right now there's a huge gap. I mean, you [either] go to The Goodman or you go to Congo Square.
So, if we could spread the resources a little bit …. If five percent of the money that was going to these larger institutions instead went to the smaller organizations of color, that would give Chicago theater a facelift. Five percent.
You've described an attractive vision of what Chicago could be. Do you feel hopeful about that?
I do, I do feel hopeful. I have to, I have to, you know?


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What is the difference between a cult and a religion? And why do some of us believe a man was able to part the sea in half to create a path, but can't believe the story about a man who received a prophecy from extraterrestrials? After receiving a mysterious invitation from the Raelians to accept a special recognition in the arts, filmmaker Yoav Shamir starts to ask these hard questions from an atheist-perspective and with his mentor, historian of religion Professor Daniel Boyarin, he interviews "the messiah" Rael and some of his followers, from Okinawa to France.
When Claude Vorilhon first encounters a UFO in 1973, these aliens gave him the task of spreading an important message. Not much later he changed his name to Raël and established a science based religion, where love is central. Communities all over Asia, Europe and North America start to grow, and the Raelians' "pleasure hospital" in Burkina Faso was made to restore the damage inflicted by genital mutilation. Raël's left hand and bishop, Dr. Briggite Boisselier, explains how their religion believes humans are created from the DNA of aliens.
Director Yoav narrates part of the film, which never becomes too distracting, since he mostly puts devoted believers in front of the camera, whose stories are quite humorous (and heartfelt) at times. When we visit Elohika, a Raelian village in the area of Burkina Faso, the villagers explain how coloured ribbons show their true sexual identity. Clearly inspired by the hanky code (a traditional form of signalling others what your sexual preferences and interests are in the way of color coding, mostly used by gay men in the '60s and '70s), we meet several African men and women living in harmony, sexually liberated and seemingly happy. Some have escaped the huge Islamic-community they felt oppressed in. Don't be fooled, this is not a sex cult. Raelians are all about freedom and love. Several people make this clear throughout the film, although the only people we constantly see naked on stage and fully throwing themselves at Maitreya (another name for this prophet) are women.
The constant happiness all around him, starts to annoy Yoav and this makes him dig deeper into Claude's past, to reveal some details, although nothing's really shocking. This is when 'The Prophet and the Space Aliens' shows signs of wanting to uncover the truth behind a scam, but we never come to a satisfying conclusion. Nonetheless, the film leaves it up to the viewer what to believe and what not to, to then giving a final on-the-nose atheistic statement about religion being based on made up stories to comfort people in need of something to believe in.
The Prophet and the Space Aliens is a mostly respectful look into a new religion most of us have never heard of, shedding light on many faith-based questions we actually don't know the answers to. They flirt with debunking a growing society based on the loyalty for one man, but never reach that level of sensationalism.
The Prophet and the Space Aliens will screen as part of Doc Edge Festival on:
- Sunday 14 June at 9pm (online)
- Thursday 25 June at 5pm (online)
Buy tickets HERE
Doc Edge Festival Review – 'The Prophet and the Space Aliens'
Reviewed online (screening as part of Doc Edge Festival), June 7, 2020. Running time: 96 min.
PRODUCTION: A Yoav Shamir Films, Big World Cinema, Wildar Film production. Producers: Tanya Aizikovich, Steven Markovitz, Yoav Shamir. Executive producers: Robin Smith, Neil Tabatznik.
CREW: Director/screenplay: Yoav Shamir. Camera: Tanya Aizikovich. Editors: Neta Dvorkis, Roland Stöttinger. Music: Manfred Plessl.


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This is the largest regional market and forecasts show this is set to remain.
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With interest at an all-time high, competition has toughened and protein bar manufacturers need to be more innovative than ever before.
In order to stay ahead, companies are not only having to consider taste, but also the ingredients that are used.
For consumers like you and I, this is great news as it means there is a lot more choice in the protein bar ranges on offer, such as the ingredients that are used, the level of protein contained in the bar and also solutions for various intolerances, including gluten and dairy free.
To make it a little bit easier to choose your perfect protein bar, we have put together our 6 favorite Costco protein bars below for some inspiration. Take a look now:
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#1 Choice - RXBAR Whole Food Protein Bar, Chocolate Sea Salt
The RXBAR Whole Food Protein Bar is pure indulgence, whether you are looking for a quick snack to take away hunger or additional protein to support your workout regime.
This bar consists of egg whites, dates and nuts, and has 12 grams of protein with no added sugar.
The 100% pure chocolate and sea salt creates a truly decadent treat that is a pleasure to eat.
KIND Bars, Peanut Butter Dark Chocolate
The KIND Bars are healthy as well as incredibly tasty, so you don't have to compromise on choice.
The peanut butter and rich dark chocolate ingredients complement each other perfectly for a snack that not only satisfies, but tastes utterly devine.
The KIND Bars have 8 grams of protein and are also gluten-free, so a welcome option if you are gluten intolerant.
Quest Nutrition Protein Bar, Chocolate Chip Cookie Dough
The Quest Nutrition Protein Bar is ideal if you have a sweet tooth! Tasting exactly like cookie dough and with real chocolate chips, what's not to love.
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RXBAR Whole Food Protein Bar, Blueberry
If you prefer the taste of fruit to chocolate, you may want to consider the RXBAR Whole Food Protein Bar with blueberries.
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This protein bar has 12 grams of protein and 5 grams of fiber so offers a healthy breakfast alternative or workout snack.
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- Full Time Roles – Eastern Suburbs Location – Perth Metro Driving
- Excellent Culture & Rates + Penalties – Paid Weekly
- Rear Lift, Front Lift & Skip Truck Driving Options available
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Based in the Eastern suburbs you will enjoy working as a Driver for one of Perth's busiest commercial & construction waste removal businesses.
Owning their entire fleet of trucks & with a staff retention rate as the best in the business, you will benefit from working with a team who look after their people, guaranteeing a long term fit which will only improve you career – & your ability to get up in the morning for work!!
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With current opportunities driving front lift, rear lift and skip trucks, you will need at least your HR-B Licence and preferably have commercial experience driving around Perth. Waste management or construction driving experience will add value.
In this role you will be respected and enabled to take charge of the work you do best on a daily basis – with guidance & support on hand as needed or desired.
To make this role your own you will:
- Have at least your HR-B Licence
- Preferably have previous Perth metro driving experience
- Any waste/construction driving experience will help
- Looking to commit for the long term
- Be available to start early, finish early (45-55 hours/week)
- Be available to start at short notice
These roles are offering an excellent hourly rate and long-term career opportunities. It is ideal if you are able to commence at short notice and have the right to work in Australia without visa assistance.
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The Arab Human Development Report 2002 places people squarely at the centre, as both subject and object of development in all its dimensions: economic, social, civil, political, and cultural. It provides a neutral forum to measure progress and deficits, propose strategies to policymakers, and draw attention to country problems that can benefit from regional solutions. It is guided by the conviction that solid analysis can contribute to the many efforts underway to mobilize the region's rich human potential.
There has been considerable progress in laying the foundations for health, habitat, and education. Two notable achievements are the enormous quantitative expansion in educating the young and a conspicuous improvement in fighting death. For example, life expectancy has increased by 15 years over the last three decades, and infant mortality rates have dropped by two thirds. Moreover, the region's growth has been "pro-poor": there is much less dire poverty (defined as an income of less than a dollar a day) than in any other developing region.
But there have been warning signals as well. Over the past twenty years, growth in per capita income was the lowest in the world except in sub-Saharan Africa. At an annual growth rate of 0.5% annually, if such trends continue in the future, it will take the average Arab citizen 140 years to double his or her income, while other regions are set to achieve that level in a matter of less than 10 years.
Decline in Labour Productivity
Labour productivity has been low and is declining. In fact:
From a human development perspective, the state of human
development in the Arab world is a cause for concern.
Per capita income is still higher than that of most other developing regions. However, while Arabs outperform sub-Saharan Africa and South Asia in terms of human development, they rank below Latin America and the Caribbean as well as East Asia on the Human Development Index (HDI) in the Global HDR, as is seen in Figure 1.
Figure 1: Position of the Arab region vis-ŕ-vis other regions in the world on human development indicators, 1998
Achievements by the Arab region on the Human Development Index (HDI) in the past decade were lower than the world average. Relative to other regions, the Arab world does better on income indicators than on development indicators. Thus it can be said that the Arab region is richer than it is developed. Although income poverty is low compared to other parts of the world, the Arab region is hobbled by a different kind of poverty - poverty of capabilities and poverty of opportunities. These have their roots in three deficits: freedom, women's empowerment, and knowledge. Growth alone will neither bridge these gaps nor set the region on the road to sustainable development.
The richest Arab countries owe their wealth to oil, but the Arab HDR suggests that this is a mixed blessing. Oil revenues are not always reinvested productively in the country, let alone in the region.
The richest Arab countries owe their wealth to oil, but the Arab HDR suggests that this is a mixed blessing. Oil revenues are not always reinvested productively in the country, let alone in the region.
And when such revenues are used in physical capital formation they contribute little to growth, as efficiency still suffers. As the Report notes, a very large investment in fixed capital formation of over 3000 billion dollars, over the past 20 years, has had poor returns in per capita income, which experienced the lowest growth rate in the world apart from sub-Saharan Africa.
Arab oil wealth also distorts the global perception of Arab progress. In fact, the GDP of all Arab countries combined stood at just US$531.2 billion in 1999 – less than that of a single medium-sized European country, Spain (US$595.5 billion). Growth in the Arab region has been relatively static for much of the 1990s while other comparable regions have made modest progress.
There is a world of difference between Arab states, when it comes to human development, as Figure 2 reveals. Kuwait, the highest-ranking Arab country on the Global HDI, scored only slightly lower than Canada, which has often topped the Index.
The way forward involves tackling human capabilities and knowledge. It also involves promoting systems of good governance, those that promote, support and sustain human well-being, based on expanding human capabilities, choices, opportunities and freedoms (economic and social as well as political), especially for the currently poorest and most marginalized members of society. The empowerment of women must be fully addressed throughout.


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Student Privacy In CVHS
November 30, 2017
Do the students at Centreville High have enough privacy? This is a question that I would have never asked, had I not been placed in my current History class. In this particular class, we are required to roll up our sleeves and show the teacher our arms before an exam. This is a measure that supposedly prevents cheating, but my question is whether it invades the privacy of students.
Recent community studies have shown that roughly 33% of adolescents perform Non-Suicidal Self Injury, or NSSI. If any self injury marks are revealed by this procedure, a student's mental health would be at risk. While students who do practice NSSI should seek help, this is not the method by which their mental health issues should be revealed, especially not in front their peers.
This practice has the potential, if continued, to further harm students that already need help. If a mentally unstable student is subject to such a public embarrassment, you never know how they may react. Students may escalate behavior to suicidal tendencies, or they may practice self harm more frequently. For what? To prevent cheating?
While this could be considered a noble effort to prevent cheating, students today usually don't write on their arms to cheat. Instead, students use their phones, or they just ask their friends for answers. The system of checking students' arms for their dishonesty is simply outdated. The risk of harming students' mental health is simply much greater than the benefit of preventing cheating through this method.


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Thursday, June 11, 2015
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Bacon and Fozzie are co-hosting Shopping Around The World on the last Friday of each month. See Bacon's blog for the list of items and other details.
Bacon and Nikitaland are hosting Pay It Forward on the first Wednesday of each month. See Bacon's blog for details about participating.
Bentley is presenting a News Broadcast each Monday on his blog. Tune in every Monday to get all of the latest news stories.
Blogville POTP is a blog created to spread the word and awareness for those in our world who could use our support and Power of The Paw. Click the name and link to the blog to see all posts.
Cat Blogosphere is promoting several June events. June is Adopt a Shelter Cat Month. 6-19 is International Box Day.
The Cat On My Head is promoting a weekly series called Sunday Selfies Blog Hop. Click the link to the blog for more details. Post your selfies and join the hop on Sundays to participate.
Kismet is having an Eggciting Egg Naming Contest. See her 6-2-15 post and submit your names for her eggs by 6-10-15 to participate.
Millie & Walter are promoting Save Those Stamps to support a greyhound rescue. See their 5-18-15 post and the tab at the top for details. Collect your stamps and send to them to help out.
Murphy & Stanley are coordinating the Blogville Rodeo for 7-9-15. See their 5-30-15 post for details, list of events and to volunteer to participate.
Murphy & Stanley are hosting Fractured Fryday Hairy Tails on 6-26-15. The inclusion for June is "I knew I needed a good excuse for...". Use that in your post on the 26th to participate.
Oz is hosting a Bravo For Special Moments Photo Contest through 6-23-15 on a secret page on his blog. It is a blog hop Photo Contest that will be published on Thursday, June 25, 2015 and winners will receive treat and/or food prizes from Bravo Pet Foods. To learn more, CLICK HERE.
Peaches, Paprika and Luke are hosting International Box Day on 6-19-15. Click the links to see their blogs for more details.
Ranger is reminding us of the Wacky June Holidays. See his 5-30-15 post for the complete listing of the month's special holidays days.
Rascal & Rocco are co-hosting Monday Matters each week on their blog. These posts highlight important animal causes.
Sammy hosts a Tuesday Teaser every week on his blog. Link over every week to see the photo and guess the location.
Sprinkles is hosting her Christmas In July / Doggone PET Swap. See her 5-19-15 post for details. Enter by 6-10-15 to be paired up with your swap partner.
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Thanks fur posting all the events. We didn't know about the boxing ones, will have to check it out!ReplyDelete
Thanks Sarge. We are trying to get stuffs figured out here cuz we think we might be at a convention for Better Cities on our FFHT day and mom is not feeling organized.ReplyDelete
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FC Porto full-back, Alex Telles, has agreed terms with Manchester United over a five-year contract, RMC reports.
Telles has emerged as a target for Ole Gunnar Solskjaer, who is looking to improve on his options at left-back.
The 27-year-old will compete with Luke Shaw and Brandon Williams.
Telles was previously linked with Chelsea, before the Blues opted for Ben Chilwell.
United are now looking to agree on a fee with Porto for the player.
If the deal goes through, Telles will join Donny van de Beek as United's second major arrival of the summer transfer window.
Paris Saint-Germain are also said to be keen on Telles, who has been valued at £27million.


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On March 11, President Biden signed into law the American Rescue Plan, which aims to provide additional relief to Americans that are struggling due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic. As part of this relief, up to $10,200 in unemployment compensation that you received in 2020 may now be tax free.
To qualify for this relief, you must have received unemployment compensation in 2020, and have a modified adjusted gross income (AGI) less than $150,000. If you are married, each spouse receiving unemployment compensation can exclude unemployment compensation of up to $10,200. Amounts over $10,200 for each individual are still taxable. If your modified AGI is $150,000 or more, you can't exclude any unemployment compensation. If you file Form 1040-NR, you can't exclude any unemployment compensation for your spouse.
Because this change was made after the IRS began accepting 2020 tax returns, it is possible that you have already filed your 2020 return. If you are one of the many people who discovered that you are eligible to exclude unemployment compensation after filing your 2020 tax return, the IRS asks that you not file an amended tax return. Instead, the IRS has announced that it will automatically refund money to people who filed their tax return reporting unemployment compensation before the recent changes made by the American Rescue Plan. These automatic refunds are expected to sent over this spring and summer.
This is a developing story, and details may have changed after this story was published. If you have questions about the American Rescue Plan and how it might affect your tax return, please contact our office.
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