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AUSTIN, Texas — The corporation behind the controversial Dakota Access oil pipeline also operates its own political action committee that has a record of donating to the campaigns of candidates who support the company's pro-corporate, pro-fossil fuels agenda in Congress.
However, the political war chest of the Energy Transfer Partners PAC amounts to pennies compared to the wealth of Kelcy Warren, the chairman and CEO, who has spent millions becoming one of the most politically powerful oil tycoons in Texas.
"Unlike the federal system, here in the state of Texas, for state candidates, there are no limits on campaign contributions. We call it the Wild West of money in politics," Andrew Wheat told MintPress News.
Wheat is the research director for Texans for Public Justice, an Austin-based nonprofit that tracks the influence of money and corporate power in Lone Star State politics, and he identified Warren as one of the state's most influential donors.
"In many ways, it defeats the need for, or purpose of, a political action committee," Wheat said. "Here in Texas, it's Kelcy Warren himself who's moving huge amounts of money that probably dwarf anything they're doing at the federal level."
Hundreds of Native American tribes are gathered at the Sacred Stone Camp, an ongoing protest against the Dakota Access pipeline that would transport crude oil from the North Dakota Bakken region to Patoka, Illinois. Opponents say sacred sites have been desecrated during construction of the pipeline which crosses Native American lands, and the pipeline poses a severe threat to waterways.
Activists opposed to the potentially devastating environmental effects of the Dakota Access pipeline and similar projects face not just the bulldozers and attack dogs used in its construction, but years of political graft that ensure that these projects face few, if any, legislative hurdles to approval.
OpenSecrets, a project of the Center for Responsive Politics, reports that the Energy Transfer Partners PAC has spent $288,209 during the 2016 election cycle, according to figures released by the Securities and Exchange Commission on Tuesday. Republicans have received the lion's share, with about $133,500 of that spending ending up as campaign contributions for GOP candidates vying for spots in the House and Senate.
The top individual recipients of Energy Transfer Partners funds were a pair of influential Republican congressmen from Texas, both of whom have reputations for denying or downplaying the threat of climate change.
Kevin Brady, a representative of the state's 8th District and chairman of the House Ways and Means Committee, received $15,000 from the PAC. In an August 2013 post on his website, Brady is quoted as saying: "No matter what you call it, climate change or global warming, it's not the most important thing for American families."
Pete Olson, a representative of the state's 22nd District and a member of the House Committee on Energy and Commerce, received $12,000 in donations from Energy Transfer Partners. Olson is a vocal opponent of controls on emissions of greenhouse gases and the Paris climate treaty.
So far, the Dallas-based energy corporation's spending is down from the 2014 election cycle, when the PAC spent $581,317.
Unhindered by campaign spending controls, Wheat suggested Texas politics reveal even more about the political ambitions of Energy Transfer Partners and its CEO. He said:
If I look at some of the numbers we've run, in the calendar year of 2015, which was for an off-year politically, Mr. Warren ranked about number 25 in terms of donors in this state, moving close to $500,000 to state candidates and PACs. In the 2014 cycle, he moved close to $1 million.
Wheat added that Warren is the fourth largest donor to Texas Gov. Greg Abbott. Since 2013, Warren has donated close to $700,000 on Abbott's campaigns, Wheat said, citing figures from Texans for Public Justice. Last November, Warren was given a seat on the Texas Parks and Wildlife Commission — seats which Wheat says are saved for some of the governor's most generous and influential campaign donors. Warren also put millions into former Texas Gov. Rick Perry's second failed campaign for president.
Beyond the simple thirst for power, there's a key parallel in Energy Transfer Partners' actions in Texas and on the national level. Energy Transfer's Trans-Pecos Pipeline project would carry natural gas from West Texas to Mexico, where it would be used to supply electricity. Along its 143-mile route, it would pass through environmentally-sensitive Big Bend region.
In order to build the Trans-Pecos and Dakota Access pipelines, Energy Transfer Partners has made use of eminent domain laws to force private landowners to give up access to their property.
"So you've got ranchers in West Texas who are having the power of eminent domain invoked to supply natural gas to a state-owned power company in Mexico," Wheat explained.
Oil transported by the Dakota Access pipeline is also likely destined for export to foreign markets. Wheat suggested this reveals the hypocrisy of the GOP, which traditionally claims to support the rights of private landowners.
"It doesn't sit well with conservatives, and yet, legally speaking, there's little anyone can do to block these kind of proposals," he concluded.


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Luxury villa rental company The Thinking Traveller launches 'The Thoughtful Traveller Day'
August 12th marks annual celebration to support local communities abroad post-pandemic
Award-winning villa rental company The Thinking Traveller has launched 'The Thoughtful Traveller Day' on August 12th to encourage travellers to leave a review to support the amazing small restaurants, cafés, shops and markets they have visited on holiday. The purpose of the day is to highlight the importance of these reviews, especially following the travel industry losing a staggering 1.78 trillion Euros due to the pandemic.
The Thinking Traveller also commissioned a survey to find out how likely UK travellers are to leave a review for a small business abroad, to discover the cities that are the most supportive and reveal how reviews influence where you spend your money while on holiday.
You can see some of the key findings from the survey below:
- People in Cardiff are the most likely to leave reviews for small businesses with 52% claiming to have left a review for one while being on holiday
- 25-34-year-olds are the most likely to give online feedback
- Newcastle residents are least likely to leave a review for small businesses or recommend a restaurant or other small businesses to a friend or family after being abroad
- 45% of the UK said they were unsure whether they would leave a positive review for businesses abroad, despite knowing they would need the support after the pandemic
- A quarter of holidaymakers stated that they couldn't be bothered to leave a positive review, despite having a good experience
- Travellers from Brighton are most likely to leave a good review after visiting a small business abroad
- Plymouth seem to have the fussiest residents, with 79% of people claiming they are most likely to leave a bad review
- London residents are the most likely to visit a business or cancel plans to visit one after reading online reviews
- UK tourists need to read between 4 and 10 positive reviews before visiting a small business abroad
- Two in five UK adults would not commit to visiting a foreign restaurant or tourist attraction without reading an online review first
To mark the launch of the very first Thoughtful Traveller Day, The Thinking Traveller is also launching a secret Facebook group for its clients.
Access to this group will allow users to get exclusive access to benefits that other clients won't, such as first access to new villas, last-minute availability offerings and more. The group will only be accepting 100 members every year and the only way people can get access is to prove that they have left a review for a small business abroad by telling The Thinking Traveller what platform and business they supported. The applications can be submitted here.
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Allow Free Music to be Eligible for Grammy Nomination
Allow Free Music to be Eligible for Grammy Nomination
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Ridiculously talented artists who are releasing free mixtapes and projects are not getting the recognition they truly deserve because the National Academy of Recording Arts and Sciences insists that to be eligible for a prestigious Grammy Award that the music must be "commercially released in general distribution in the United States, i.e. sales by label to a branch or recognized independent distributor, via the Internet, or mail order/retail sales for a nationally marketed product. Recordings must be available for sale from any date within the eligibility period through at least the date of the current year's voting deadline (final ballot)." This means that artists like Chance the Rapper, who are now getting national recognition and performing on national platforms (just this past week Chance performed on the Jimmy Fallon show) are being punished for making their music available to everyone, rich or poor, by releasing their music for free. It's obvious that these artists are making their music more accessible to people who deserve it even if they can't afford it, as well as decreasing pirating and illegally downloading music. Not all artists should be forced to release their music for free, but the ones who do should not be punished for doing so. If you would like to discuss this issue further please contact me @krazo05 on Twitter.
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Editor's update for Aug. 6: The European Rosetta spacecraft successfully arrived at its comet target on Wednesday, Aug. 6. For our latest story on the historic arrival, visit: Europe's Rosetta Spacecraft Makes Historic Arrival at Comet.
The European Space Agency's Rosetta spacecraft is closing in on a comet 4 billion miles (6.4 billion kilometers) from Earth, snapping the most detailed photos yet of the icy celestial wanderer. And the view is only going to get better.
Only two days remain before the Rosetta spacecraft makes its historic arrival at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on Wednesday (Aug. 6), and the probe's cameras are already revealing surprising details of the deep-space object. Shown here are three new photos from Rosetta's navigation camera, which captured the views on Sunday (Aug. 3) from a distance of just 186 miles (300 kilometers).
Rosetta's previous images of Comet 67P/C-G, as it is known, have revealed the unusual "neck" joining the small head and larger body of the comet, a shape ESA representatives likened to a rubber ducky. But until now, Rosetta was too far away to make out much detail of the comet's lumpy, dusty surface. [Photos: Europe's Rosetta Comet Mission in Pictures]
As Rosetta closes in on the comet, the spacecraft will measure the temperature of individual surface features on 67P/C-G's surface. The heat maps will help find a good spot for Rosetta's landing probe Philae to touch down. Here's a look at what Rosetta's early views are revealing about the comet so far:
Too toasty for ice
Rosetta used its infrared spectrometer to take the temperature of its target, revealing that the comet is too hot to be covered in ice. Even though its average surface temperature is about minus 94 degrees Fahrenheit (minus 70 degrees Celsius), the comet is about 345 million miles (555 million kilometers) from the sun, where sunlight is about one-tenth as bright as it is here on Earth. From that distance Comet 67P/C-G is about 20-30 degrees C too warm to be completely coated in ice.
A dusty surface
Comet 67P/C-G's surface features appear sharper in Rosetta's full-frame photo seen here. Ground-based observations of the comet have revealed that its surface is not very reflective, suggesting that it is likely not coated in ice. The temperature readings from Rosetta confirm what astronomers suspected: the surface must be dusty since darker material absorbs more heat than reflective ice.
However, this doesn't rule out the existence of ice. ESA scientists think it's likely that the comet still has splotches of ice covering its surface. Astronomers hope the Rosetta mission will provide insight into how well the comet conducts heat and the density and porosity of its surface.
Rosetta will be the first spaceraft ever to orbit a comet. It will finally catch up with 67P/C-G on Wednesday 10 years after launching into space. Rosetta is expected to remain in its orbit around the comet until the end of 2015.
Visit Space.com this week for complete coverage of Rosetta's arrival at Comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on Wednesday (Aug. 6) at 4:45 a.m. EDT (0845 GMT). Follow Kelly Dickerson on Twitter. Follow us @Spacedotcom, Facebook or Google+. Originally published on Space.com.


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The Key System (1903–1960) was a privately-owned transit system serving Alameda and Contra Costa counties. It was established by local businessmen F.M. "Borax" Smith and Frank C. Havens, who also ran the Realty Syndicate, a major property developer in early Oakland. In short, the same folks building new developments on the edges of town were also building the transit infrastructure to take people to those areas (less accessible in the pre-automobile era).
The name is based in part on the shape of the ferry slips on the old Key System Mole. On a stylized map first issued in 1903, the system's routes were drawn to resemble an old-fashioned key, including a three-looped handle covering Berkeley, Piedmont (or Piedmont/Claremont) and Oakland, a shaft in the form of the Mole, and teeth representing the ferry slips. Each of the systems' routes was given a letter and a unique symbol, so riders could spot the correct train from a distance. Many of Oakland's stairways and pathways were built to give people better access to the Key System lines.
It's said that not only was the Key's transbay commute about as fast as ours today on BART, it was a decidedly more upscale experience: one could buy a newspaper, order breakfast, the dining cars had silverware, linen tablecloths, fresh cut flowers, etc.). After the Key System mole burned in 1933 the system stopped using ferryboats, but starting in 1939 crossed the bay on the lower deck of the Bay Bridge.
Conspiracy theorists will be pleased to note there really was a conspiracy by GM, Firestone, Standard Oil and other companies that helped lead to the demise of electric streetcars and interurban railways around the U.S. But the Key System was also hurt by the popularity of the automobile and suburban movement which it allowed, and accumulated deferred maintenance (especially during WW II). Buses began to replace the streetcars in time. With the rise of the automobile, its rolling stock of streetcars was retired and its buses were sold to AC Transit.
- 1890s - "Borax" Smith consolidates existing streetcar lines
- 1902 - San Francisco, Oakland, and San Jose Railway incorporated
- 1903 - first streetcar runs, from Berkeley to the pier
- 1908 - name changed to San Francisco, Oakland & San Jose Consolidated Railway
- 1912 - name changed to San Francisco-Oakland Terminal Railway
- 1923 - bankruptcy; reincorporated as the Key System Transit Company
- 1933 - Key System mole damaged by fire
- 1936 - Bay Bridge opens
- 1937 - Key System supplements ferry service with buses
- 1939 - Key System trains begin using lower deck of Bay Bridge, replacing ferries and buses
- 1946 - National City Lines (front for GM, Firestone, et al.) buys 64% of stock
- 1948 - local streetcars discontinued
- 1949 - National City Lines, et al., convicted of conspiracy
- 1958 - last train runs on April 20th on the transbay route
- 1960 - remaining buses sold to AC Transit
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Before the Key System was created, there were numerous small transit systems around the East Bay. Some were horse-drawn, some were electric, but few of them worked together. Smith and Havens created the Key System by buying up these other transit systems and standardizing them so they could work as a single system.
One of the systems was the Oakland Transit Consolidated Company. It only lasted for two years by this name (1902-1904), then became the Oakland Traction Consolidated Company for a few years, and then became the Oakland Traction Company,
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Links and References
- Key to the Past / A Piedmont mural captures the glory of a bygone transit system SFGate.com
- Forgotten Trains of the Bay Area: The Key System Oakland North
- Key System Oakland Berkeley & Eastern
- When Trains Ruled the East Bay Oakland Magazine
- Key Route System Bay Area Rails photo gallery
- High Price Paid for Oakland Streetcar Lines San Francisco Call February 27, 1901
- Oakland's Key System Building in Retrospect TerraStories.com
- Traffic Engineers vs. Transit Patrons: The Key System TrainWeb.org
- Key System Central Electric Railfans' Association
- Key System Wikipedia
- The Oakland Streetcar Plan
- 50 years since trains crossed Bay Bridge SFGate.com April 18, 2008
- Train on the Key System trestle alongside the recently completed San Francisco-Oakland Bay Bridge [1936 picture], from Calisphere, courtesy Oakland History Room
- Guide to the Key System Newspaper Clippings, 1941-1960, bulk 1941-1949, Online Archive of California
- Key System Western Railway Museum
- Where the Streetcars Used to Go includes interactive map
- Be Careful How You Refer to the So-Called 'Great American Streetcar Scandal' citylab.com
- Secret San Francisco: The Key System 7X7
- When the past was better Oakland Magazine
- Key Trains Halt, Rail Era Ends Today Oakland Tribune April 20, 1958 (p2)
- Goodbye to the Key Route System YouTube
- March of Progress; Key System 1945 YouTube
- Key System Scrapbook Part 1 YouTube


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A vulnerability in Bacula may allow local attackers to obtain sensitive information.
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Bacula is a network based backup suite.
Matthijs Kooijman reported that the "make_catalog_backup" script uses the MySQL password as a command line argument when invoking other programs.
A local attacker could list the processes on the local machine when the script is running to obtain the MySQL password. Note: The password could also be disclosed via network sniffing attacks when the script fails, in which case it would be sent via cleartext e-mail.
There is no known workaround at this time.
A warning about this issue has been added in version 2.4.1, but the issue is still unfixed. We advise not to use the make_catalog_backup script, but to put all MySQL parameters into a dedicated file readable only by the user running Bacula.
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Who has the Sunday Scaries setting in?! The anxiety of the coming work week is likely infringing upon the joy of your weekend, but you must resist! Soak up the last bit of the weekend while you still can.
Contradictory… today, I'm sharing my seven workplace must-haves. Most of my employment life has been spent at a desk with my face glued to a computer screen, which is less than awesome. However, I've found a few items make this life enjoyable and comfortable. Here's what I suggest:
- Desk Organizational Accessories : These are obvious but also a must. If your monitor needs to be higher, buy a monitor stand. If you need to organize your pens, post-its, paperclips, etc, get an organizer. But most importantly – buy them yourself! Most workplaces will provide these items through an ergonomic or office supplies budget, but unless you're fully in charge of approving and ordering the items, you'll be saddled with materials that may not work for you. And when/if you change jobs, you can take your comfort tools with you and avoid the process at your new place.
- Need some inspiration? This is the monitor stand and desk organizer I have on my desk.
- First Aid Kit : Too often, I need a band-aid and I can't find one. Usually, I need one because new shoes have declared war on my foot or I've done something stupid with a sharp object. So, in an effort to be my own superhero and minimize the number of times I look like a clumsy dork, I keep a first aid kit in my desk drawer. You can make your own complete with band-aids, ointment, tape, etc. Or you can buy an inexpensive one on Amazon like this one (this is the actual kit I keep in my desk.)
- Decorations : Minimal decorations. Please don't be the person whose workplace is overflowing with personal items. Please don't. However, you should have a few items within view that bring a smile to your face. I keep two framed pictures, a cute piece of artwork from my niece, and a small gift my husband sent me on one of his deployments. I like to keep reminders of why I work so hard and that my life is so much more than what I do at my desk every day.
- Hand Sanitizer and Antibacterial Wipes : Let's face it. People are gross. And for some reason, people still believe it's a badge of honor to come into the office while sick. In addition to washing your hands, you can protect yourself by having hand sanitizer and wipes readily available. Get hand sanitizer with a pump like this one so you minimize the amount of bottle you touch with germy hands. For antibacterial wipes, for the love of all that is holy, get wipes that are relatively unscented like Lysol Daily Cleansing Wipes. You can stay healthy without overwhelming your office with the powerful tang of orange or lemon scented alcohol.
- Phone Charger : Save yourself some sanity – get a phone charger that you keep at your desk. I still see people carting their phone chargers back and forth from home in their bags. Don't be silly. Buy a charger and keep it at your desk. If you're afraid of someone stealing it, lock it away, but don't be silly enough take up brain space remembering your charger every day.
- Reusable Water Bottle and Cup : Treat the earth right by steering clear of disposable cups and bottles. One small investment on your part will save hundreds of pounds of waste. For a water bottle, I highly recommend a Hydro Flask. You may be thinking, "Those are pricey!" But hear me out. They are incredibly durable. I can't tell you how many times I've dropped mine without a scratch or dent to speak of. They also keep your beverages chilly without producing condensation on the outside! I once kept my Hydro Flask in my car on a 100*+ day for 6 hours and it was still full of ice when I returned. This is a miracle by all definitions!
- Personal Care Items : Are there items you utilize or need on a regular basis? Hand lotion? Lint roller? Stain remover pen? Advil? Buy travel size versions of these and keep them in your desk. Also – do us all a favor. Hand lotion should be unscented. No one needs to smell your scent of the month and people are sensitive to different smells. Be a good citizen. Leave the smelly stuff at home.
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The following was written by our eighteen year old son. I asked him if I could share it, and he graciously said yes. It's sweet and touching. I like that it contains ideas that seems to be fading from today's culture. I love that his heart leans towards doing well and honoring and cherishing a lady. I praise God for the gentleman our son is becoming.
A Boy A Man and A Gentleman
by Andrew Lareau
A boy, adventurous and rash.
He knows only the dirt beneath his feet and the branches against his path.
He is young, undisciplined, and unseasoned.
His heart shivers harshly at the image of a girl.
His mind fills with emotions.
He knows not how to treat this foreign experience,
For he knows not what that girl will mean to him.
A man, learning the ways of humanity, has cut down his branches.
He has replaced his sneakers with boots.
He's grown strong and proud.
But yet the flutter in his heart hasn't gone away.
He still worries how to treat this girl who has matured to a woman.
He tries his all to make her happy, now that he knows what she means to him.
Yes he will fall. Yes he will fail. He still has much to learn.
But his feelings for this woman are far greater than anything he's experienced.
A gentleman. Not a boy. Not merely a man.
He is seasoned, finally. He has seen each corner of the earth.
He has replaced his boots with high class shoes.
He is strong. He is brave. And he is smart.
He always thinks of others before treating himself.
He always knows how to act and react in any situation.
But there is one situation he still questions.
That flutter in his heart he had when he was a boy is just as strong now,
Because that girl who turned into a woman has turned into a lady.
And with all the experience and knowledge the gentleman has gained…
He will wake up every morning with the same unanswered question.
"How did I become so blessed, to call her mine?"
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Here Are Some Reviews of "Wilderness Liaison"
5.0 out of 5 stars TAKE A TRIP TO NEW ZEALAND! June 6, 2012
By Tifferz
I love to travel and want to go to New Zealand. Well, after reading Wilderness Liaison. New Zealand has been bumped up on my travel list. Ms. Ashby did such an great job describing the scenery that I want to go camping. And I am not a huge camper. I love that Shal and Jodie do not like each other when they meet and for some time. The tension was so thick. Excellent writing and the story has a good pace and some unexpected developments. I also like that Shal and Jodie had flaws and had to work at the relationship. It was not always smooth sailing. I think if you need a trip and can't afford one get this book and enjoy the ride. I can't wait to check out all Ms. Ashbys work.
Just fyi this has a handful of swear words and some descriptive foreplay. All sex is behind closed doors.
5.0 out of 5 stars A HEART-STEALER!, March 17, 2012
By ManicScribbler
First of all I have to say this is a really powerful read. It takes you across New Zealand – deep into bushland and then into the heart of buzzing town life – and if, like me, you live on the opposite side of the world, this makes for a truly fascinating and realistic journey. It most certainly puts NZ on my wish list of places to visit before I die! It also allows us to get to up close and personal with the hero and heroine and start to understand them long before they understand each other.
The H & H are Shal and Jodie – representing town -vs- country values – two very single-minded individuals both with complex histories. Shal brings a team from his workforce to Jodie's parents' bush set up for a team-building week. Because neither can accept the authority of others, hackles rise from their first meeting. As their tramp through the bush progresses they are both forced to re-evaluate their opinions of each other.
The chemistry between the pair is powerful to the point of scintillating but prickly Jodie rebuffs every attempt the gorgeous Shal makes towards friendship. It isn't until a potentially tragic accident occurs that she is able to re-appraise the 'townie' and recognise his inner strengths. Sadly however, it's not Shal's inner resources that are the problem, but Jodie's.
It would be unfair to relate more of the story – it should be sufficient to say that it is an action-packed and quite gripping adventure revealing as much about the dangers in the bush as about the dangers lurking within the human psyche and both need to be approached with the greatest of care.
Shal is one of those great, unforgettable romantic heroes who will make you want to push Jodie aside and grab for him yourself! There were times when I wanted to take Jodie by the shoulders and give her a thorough shaking but as her story unfolds, sympathy and understanding build up as the fractured pieces slot into place.
This novel held me captive from the beginning and kept my attention gripped throughout. I will undoubtedly be reading more of Anne Ashby's works and would not hesitate in recommending this to all lovers of sweet, sexy and totally irresistible contemporary romance.
4.0 out of 5 stars Wilderness Liaison, March 15, 2012
By BookWorm
I really enjoyed this book! Anne Ashby does an excellent job of developing Shal and Jodie's characters. You knew their traits, which you could see first-hand during their tramp through the bush. The sensual tension between the two of them was well created and you could feel it. I was so frustrated with their relationship because it was very realistic. At times I wanted to hit Jodie over the head and tell her to get a clue and wake up! When the characters seem like "real" people, you know the book is good! I loved the description of the bush in New Zealand. It was wonderful and made me want to go and see it for myself! (This is considered a sensual book and contains descriptive sensual scenes)
5.0 out of 5 stars BEAUTIFUL REALISTIC ROMANCE, March 14, 2012
By LaVerne Clark (Nelson, New Zealand)
I was lucky enough to be a preliminary reader for this story as it was going through the initial query stage for the publisher.
I was thrilled to be assigned this story as it is set in my home country and I'd heard the writer told a great story. I hadn't been led astray and I fell in love with Shal and Jodie immediately. I got such a kick out of reading about a setting I was so familiar with too – but when combined with such great writing – I was in heaven!
I encourage everyone to read this story – I can't recommend it highly enough. Now, I'm off to buy my own copy. It'll be interesting to see what, if anything has changed during the editing stage 🙂
5.0 out of 5 stars TWO UNFORGETTABLE CHARACTERS, March 9, 2012
By Paula Martin
Shal Gregory is bored by the team-building week his father has insisted he attends with some of his staff. He's also shocked when he discovers their four-day hike in New Zealand's bush-country is to be led by a girl. Shal is used to being in control and is sure he'll have to take charge when the girl panics in an emergency.
Jodie Mathieson, with her knowledge and experience of bush-country, thinks Shal is an arrogant, chauvinistic, pompous ass, as well as being a dreaded `townie' with no appreciation of the countryside.
Sparks fly between them, but their prejudices and preconceptions are gradually changed during the tramp in the bush, especially when emergencies arise. The author's description of how they both struggle, first to ignore and then to fight their growing attraction to each other, is superbly written, as is their eventual surrender to that attraction when they're forced to spend time together in the wilderness without the rest of the group.
On their return to the `real' world, Shal and Jodie still have to recognise and deal with their own shortcomings and we follow them through their uncertainties as they try to find a way to understand themselves and each other.
Anne Ashby has created two very real characters in `Wilderness Liaison'. To start with, I thought I wasn't going to like Shal very much – at first he did seem very much as Jodie thought of him – but I soon learnt to understand him, and very much enjoyed the portrayal of how these two seemingly very different people struggled and eventually resolved their prejudices about each other. The description of New Zealand's wilderness country was also extremely well done.
This is a story that will stay with you long after you have turned the last page, because of its depth and realism, and two unforgettable characters.
5.0 out of 5 stars A TREAT!, March 8, 2012
By Lindsay Townsend (Yorkshire, UK)
Shal and Jodie appear total opposites. Shal is a man who likes to control and a dreaded 'townie', Jodie is a fiercely independent outdoor girl. Both have good reasons for why they are the way they are and both are attracted to each other, but fight it.
When they are forced to spend time with each other in the Wilderness, will their Wilderness Liaison endure their return to 'civilisation'? Will they accept each other as they are?
The humming attraction and sensual tension between Shal and Jodie is particularly well-written, as is the descriptions of the New Zealand bush and wilderness. I could understand both characters and their motivations and was cheering both of them on as I read this novel. Throughout the story Shal and Jodie learn about themselves and begin to understand and appreciate each other, understanding that blossoms into love.
I found this story a treat and delight and will looking out for more by Anne Ashby.
October 7, 2012
The heroine,gutsy. not prepared to stand for any macho nonsense. She's the leader, this is her home territory, her expertise the group needs to survive, and she's prepared to stand her ground until everyone obeys her orders, Shal included. She does this in a way that is very pleasing, strong without being bitchy.
An all round great read.
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I will definitely be reading more from this author.


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Georgia, the Peach State! Nicknamed after a perfectly delicious fruit. I have nothing sarcastic to say about that. My in person knowledge about Georgia is limited, but I like what I know.
My first impression of Georgia though was not good. When I was just an 11 year old lad my father decided to take the family to Disney World! The pilgrimage that all families on the East coast make at least once. But did we fly there? Of course not! My dad was frugal. Why fly somewhere that you can drive to? From our upstate New York town we drove south for three days. On the third day we passed through Georgia and as we did, we drove right by Savannah. I've heard good things about it since, but on that fateful day when we drove by Savannah, there's was a horrible stench. It was an overwhelming sulfur/rotten eggs stench seeping into our car as we sped past on the highway.
So, from the age of 11 until about the age of 31, my thoughts about Georgia were this: it stinks. Fortunately, my relationship with Georgia has improved since then. I've been in their Atlanta airport countless times and although it is one of the busiest airports in the country, it is still one of the nicest.
As a much more worldly adult, I still don't have a lot of thoughts or experiences with Georgia. Here are my thoughts: 1) Atlanta is a real cool city. 2) Georgia has a buttload of coastline and beaches. 3) If I have to have a layover, the Atlanta airport has a lot of places to eat.
Aside from my world renown airport experiences, Atlanta is also known as a city with a thriving night life and as a mecca for musicians from hip-hop, R&B, gospel, country and maybe as the hometown of R.E.M (one of my favorite bands back in the day) even some alternative rock. Georgia is also one of the most avid sports states with a variety of professional and college sports year round.
Lastly, and most importantly, Georgia has that long coastline with beaches and resorts galore. If you've read a few of my state reviews, you've probably picked up on my love of the sun, sand and water. Georgia seems like a nice vacation spot to me. As I've made painfully obvious, I'm not a Georgia insider. If you are from Georgia or have more experience with Georgia than me, I'd love if you'd want contribute here with a guest post, or just answer five questions from me by email. You can get me at email@example.com.
Safe travels! ~Phil


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Varsity Tennis Secures District Title
October 12, 2018
Varsity tennis dominated in the District 13-6A Team Tennis Championship on Wednesday, Oct. 10. The team won on the home courts with a score of 10-3 against Vandegrift High School, adding another district title to their legacy. As their first step on the road to State, the Warriors were determined for the win the entire time and ended with medals around their necks.
"[The] team was prepared and ready to go. [It was] fun to watch them bring their A-game," head coach Travis Dalrymple said. "[The] atmosphere was electric and the 'Sko Woods' were loud."
This was the first time the Warriors encountered the state-ranked Vipers in Districts, as Vandegrift only moved into District 13-6A this year. However the Warriors' strategy was to stay sharp and to take care of business just as they had been doing in practice. Beginning with doubles, the Warriors took to the courts and immediately started to defeat the Vipers.
"My strategy was to stay really calm and to stay focused on the match and to try and stay emotionally stable," Jessica Lu '21 said. "Winning was pretty exciting because I was able to contribute to the win against Vandegrift. I knew we had the ability, but we can't say 100 percent confident because you never know how the matches are going to go."
In girls' doubles, the team took an early lead and stayed with it, finding success in all of their matches. Kiana Graham '20 easily won both her singles and doubles matches. She was aggressive and motivated to win, even with a few bumps in the road.
"I think I played okay," Graham said. "I probably could've played better, but I still won the match so I guess I did enough. I look forward to doing a lot more team stuff together and getting to Regionals."
With the Bi-District match coming up quickly and the thought of State on their minds, the Warriors are focused but looking forward to the path ahead. The team is currently ranked third in the state.
"I'm looking forward to all the rest of our matches; honestly, it's like a fun experience from now on," Gaurav Singh '20 said. "I think we have a really good chance at getting to State."


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A Spin-Off
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So, here's some news: I'm no longer putting together a collection of Whatever entries. I'm putting together two. I'm spinning off the writing entries into their own book. The details: I was compiling the chapter on writing for Hate Mail, adding various pieces just like I did with the rest of the chapters. After a […]


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This protocol outlined on this page provides clear guidelines to better manage the process allowing everyone an opportunity to be heard and at the same time facilitating Council's ability to reach a decision on the matter brought before them.
Upon the Public Hearing item on the agenda the process will be as follows:
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The Central University Library of Bucharest is a library in central Bucharest, located across the street from the National Museum of Art of Romania. During the Romanian Revolution of 1989, a fire was started in the building and over 500,000 books, along with 3,700 manuscripts, were burnt.
Archives for July 2011
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The Radcliffe Camera and All Souls College in Radcliffe Square, UK
A panoramic view of Radcliffe Camera and All Souls College in Radcliffe Square, Oxford, UK. Founded in the 11th century, Oxford University is the second oldest university in the English-speaking world.
Why Does Planning Fail?
Seven obstacles to successful business planning.
Two Approaches to Reinventing Marketing
As capitalism with its "selling," and consumerism with its "buying," approach saturation in the Western world, marketing, as a discipline, finds itself facing an increasingly difficult proposition – "how can it sell more to consumers who have everything and refuse to be sold to?
Strategic Readiness
The competitive advantages found in modern corporations, non-profit organizations, and even governmental agencies are increasingly determined by the strategic readiness of their intangible assets. Typically, an organization's physical assets, such as machinery, finished goods inventory, or cash are immediately deployable in most situations. However, intangible assets present new challenges in terms of how responsively they can be deployed for business purposes.
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Intellectual property, and in particular a patent, is critical to protecting product formulations. Patents are the 'holy grail' of such formulations, and if a company owns a strong patent it has a limited monopoly in the marketplace that allows it to prevent competitors from copying or otherwise trading on its recipe or formulation for the term of that patent.
What Is Intellectual Capital?
An explanation of the seven areas of Intellectual Capital: the brand, intellectual property and goodwill, active intelligence, corporate culture, people, experience and history, the work product.
Non-Financial Performance Measurements
We are all well-acquainted with the traditional measures of enterprise performance. But today, under the influence of globalization, environmental crises, and widespread ethical breakdown there is pressure to identify and report new, non-traditional, and "non-financial" measures of performance to get at newly recognized dimensions of enterprise value, success, and significance. These new demands emerge from a belief that social, environmental, ethical, and geopolitical factors materially impact the ability of a company or enterprise to perform favorably.


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Robust Estimation of Mean Functions and Treatment Effects for Recurrent Events Under Event-Dependent Censoring and Termination: Application to Skeletal Complications in Cancer Metastatic to Bone
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In clinical trials featuring recurrent clinical events, the definition and estimation of treatment effects involves a number of interesting issues, especially when loss to follow-up may be eventrelated and when terminal events such as death preclude the occurrence of further events. This paper discusses a clinical trial of breast cancer patients with bone metastases where the recurrent events are skeletal complications, and where patients may die during the trial. We argue that treatment effects should be based on marginal rate and mean functions. When recurrent event data are subject to event-dependent censoring, however, ordinary marginal methods may yield inconsistent estimates. Incorporating correctly specified inverse probability of censoring weights into analyses can protect against dependent censoring and yield consistent estimates of marginal features. An alternative approach is to obtain estimates of rate and mean functions from models that involve some conditioning to render censoring conditionally independent. We consider three methods of estimating mean functions of recurrent event processes and examine the bias and efficiency of unweighted and inverse probability weighted versions of the methods with and without a terminating event. We compare the methods via simulation and use them to analyse the data from the breast cancer trial.
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Richard J. Cook, Lajmi Lakhal-Chaieb, Ker-Ai Lee, Jerald F. Lawless (2009). Robust Estimation of Mean Functions and Treatment Effects for Recurrent Events Under Event-Dependent Censoring and Termination: Application to Skeletal Complications in Cancer Metastatic to Bone. UWSpace. http://hdl.handle.net/10012/10258
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VIDEO: Students say offensive speech is not free speech
A number of students said that offensive or hateful speech crosses a line.
Campus Reform's Cabot Phillips asked students in Virginia what should be considered free speech and what crosses the line.
The comments come just ahead of President Trump signing an executive order on Thursday that is intended to promote more free speech on campus.
Campus Reform's Cabot Phillips, ahead of President Donald Trump signing an executive order Thursday that is intended to address free speech on college campuses, talked with students at Marymount University in Virginia to ask them their thoughts on what type of speech should be allowed and the type of speech they think crosses a line.
A number of students suggested that hateful, offensive, or rude speech should not be considered free speech.
"I think if it's, like, hateful and disrespectful to specific groups, then that's not OK," one student said.
Another student suggested that "I think that you can be rude but not saying anything discriminatory and...you know..." while another stated, "I understand you have free rights to say what you want about people but when it's, like, negatively impacting our school as a whole and other students around you, that's crossing the line."
Trump, on Thursday, will sign an executive order that will require colleges to certify they are complying with First Amendment protections in order to receive federal research dollars, according to a senior administration official.
The official declined to provide any more details of what exactly is in the order.
[RELATED: Trump to require colleges to support free speech if they want federal funds]
Trump previously stated at CPAC that the order would "require colleges and universities to support free speech if they want federal research dollars." In anticipation of what the president initially said, Campus Reform compiled a report, based on publicly available data, showing how much colleges and universities receive in federal research funding.
The White House did not respond in time for publication to Campus Reform's request for further comment when asked if the order will, in fact, tie federal research dollars to colleges' support of free speech, as the president initially that said it would.
Follow the authors of this article on Twitter: @JonStreet and @Cabot_Phillips


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National Bank of Canada
Founded more than 150 years ago in Quebec City,
National Bank of Canada
is one of the oldest financial institutions in North America. After an eventful history of mergers and acquisitions, of political and business clashes, the bank has nowadays become one of the giants in the world of finance: as of January, 2009, it has assets amounting to 137 billion dollars (the assets under management and administration are worth 189 billion dollars) and stock market capitalization of 5.5 billion dollars.
National Bank of Canada is a member of Canadian Bankers Association and Canada Deposit Insurance Corporation. Its shares are traded on the Toronto Stock Exchange under the ticker NA. The bank has more than 440 branches in different parts of the world (among the foreign cities that host offices of the bank are Hong Kong, Havana, Paris, and Nassau). The majority of its branches, however, are situated in Quebec and Ontario, including its headquarters, which are based in Montreal. As a result of this geographical distribution, the majority of the bank's 2.4 million clients are French-speaking; in fact, National Bank of Canada is much more often referred to under its French name Banque Nationale du Canada.
As befits the 7th largest
financial company in Canada
, the bank provides a wide range of products and services such as lending, deposit and cash management, mortgage and personal loans, lines of credit, asset management, investment and pension schemes, various insurance policies, etc. The bank offers fixed rate, variable rate, and made-to-measure mortgage solutions. The wide array of insurance packages includes home and automobile insurances, travel insurance, health and medical care, and life critical illness, and disability. The experts at the National Bank Insurance Firm offer assistance in choosing the right insurance package in view of the client's needs and financial profile.
The high quality of these products and services has been recognized by many authoritative institutions over the years. For example, in July, 2009, The Banker Magazine published a list with the world's top 1000 banks where it ranked them according to their stability and capital strength. In this list, National Bank Financial Group, the organization which owns National Bank of Canada, took the prestigious 136th place.
But the bank's prestige is due not just to the excellent services it offers – its attitude towards its 17 000 employees has won it much praise as well. Thus, in 2006 The Globe & Mail's Report on Business magazine published a list of the 50 Best Employers in Canada, and National Bank of Canada was featured thanks to the original, motivating, and rewarding approach it had – and still has – towards its work force.
The bank's brave and innovate employment policy, which favours ethnical and cultural diversity on the workplace, has been distinguished with numerous awards such as the Maurice Pollack Award, which was presented by the Canadian Minister of Immigration and Cultural Communities in June, 2007.
The bank's respect for women has been just as praiseworthy: with 3 women in its Board of Directors,
National Bank of Canada
is one of the 10 Canadian companies with the biggest female representation on their boards.
Furthermore in 2008, the bank and its employees made donations to hundreds of Canadian charity organizations, thus improving the health, education, and living conditions of many destitute people and producing positive reactions in the local communities.
Because of this combination of varied products and services, bold human resources policy, and high social responsibility, National Bank of Canada has become not just an ever more preferred business partner, but also a true role model in the world of commerce.
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It's wonderful—perhaps because it's so rare—to reread something that you started using thirty years ago and discover that it's still highly relevant. Desktops were just beginning to show up and technology organizations were starting to use organizational networks. Organizations began to flatten and the need for leading started to surface. The talk was all about leading, not managing.
The Pillsbury CIO had a lot of money but little leadership talent on his team. So he tracked me down and asked me to work with a number of his new managers. I had done some coaching in R&D--as an experiment--and on a fluke, he brought me in.
I'd first encountered leadership material in grad school in the 1960s. I understood the distinction between managing and leading and could observe the differences. I was also quite certain leadership could be learned—a minority position at the time...
I warn you, Bennis' stuff doesn't look like what you usually see on about leadership. Bennis did a lot of interviewing about leadership, but most of all, he did a lot of observing before he finally framed up the issue. In a single essay he put it all together under the single rubric of character. His conclusions are all about character—and that lens remains groundbreaking and immensely relevant. The four competencies of leadership are:
The management of attention
One of the traits most obvious in leaders is what I call personal "pull." Because they've got a vision, a strategy, an agenda, a reality structure that fits the organization's needs, they draw people . Their way of thinking, their intelligence and vision, draws people to a place they've not been before. They are both attractive and influential so people are attentive. They want to be around the leader, want to make sure their relationship is good—even after differences have been aired. This power is earned, not necessarily vested.
The management of attention is not mystical. It's a vibrant sense of outcome or direction that's reflected in the leader's persona, action and talk.
The management of meaning
If you've done a lot of reading about leadership, you'll recognize that the "management of meaning," a form of sensemaking, is a rarely mentioned attribute. To make their vision clear and to align people with them, leaders creatively communicate their vision—they manage meaning. Great leaders can do it on stage, one-on-one--and in writing. Their emails, for example, are pungent and vital—with eye-catching clarity just like their conversation. The management of meaning is almost jarring because the leader's own personal identity reflects the identity of his organization. He is the organization's vision. And he understands that leadership is conversation.
The management of trust
Bennis sees trust as a highly significant character attribute, but he has a slightly different focus on the attribute. Bennis does not view leadership trust from typical perspectives of honesty, fairness or unselfishness. Rather, he thinks of trust as reliability, constancy or even predictability. Trust means that leader can be counted on. Whether you like it or not, you know where he's coming from and what he stands for. Studies show that people would much rather follow individuals they can count on, even when they disagree.
A client of mine, a vice-president, once commented that that her CEO would fire his mother if she didn't achieve her objectives. "But," she went on, "that gives me a great deal of comfort, because I always know where he's coming from and what he expects."
The management of self
This leadership competency is knowing your skills and using them effectively. And knowing your weaknesses, too. Without this self-knowledge, leaders can end up doing more harm than good. When you've got self-knowledge, you know what counsel to ask for so you can figure out who to go to for insight. Recognizing your limitations is tough, but it's also absolutely necessary. Getting trusted feedback can be difficult for the leader, but you can't lead without it.
Managing yourself means you know your relevant strengths and you nurture them. And you shore up your strategic weaknesses.
For many people becoming a leader means reinventing themselves. That's not being deceptive, it's being realistic. Isaiah Berlin, that insightful essayist on politics and liberty, once remarked that his reputation was based on the "systematic overestimation of his abilities." And then he added merrily—in a lesson for all of us—"long may this continue." That's the lesson for anyone who would become a leader.


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Big Red Flags an Audit is Heading your Way
Getting that phone call or letter from the Australian Taxation Office that you or your business is about to be audited is a frustrating and scary time. You know that you are going to have to spend a lot of time collecting and organising all your documents, justifying your claims and potentially paying fines.
What many people don't know is that you might not get that letter until over a year after you submitted the tax return. Whilst the ATO tries to get to the audits as quickly as possible, it is possible that it takes them a significant time to get to you.
Who Gets Audited?
The first sign that you are about to be audited is likely to be a notice from the ATO that they are doing a risk review on your business. They will request information from you to try to justify any discrepancies they have found without needing to do a formal audit.
However, there are a few signs that can determine who gets audited. These signs can be found throughout the year but also once you have created your tax return.
Will I Be Audited This Year?
So, don't sit around thinking to yourself "will I be audited this year?". Look out for any of these red flags listed below that indicate problems that you need to fix before submitting your tax return..
Otherwise the answer to that question is likely going to be "Yes".
Missing schedules or documents
When submitting your tax return, you need to check multiple times over that you have submitted all the schedules and documents that are required of you. One of the most common reasons that audits are triggered is because there is paperwork missing.
The numbers don't match up
This one is especially targeted towards businesses that need to submit profit and loss statements, cash flow statements and a balance sheet. If the amount of cash in your cash flow statement doesn't match what is recorded in your balance sheet, then you are likely to have an audit coming your way.
If you are finding it difficult to create these necessary financial statements, then it is worth investing in cashflow management software that makes the process much easier. It will help prevent the mistakes that generally attract the attention of the ATO, plus make tax time much less frustrating for you.
Claiming the wrong things as tax deductions
Everyone wants to pay the least amount of tax possible. Many people seek to do this by claiming as many tax deductions as possible, believing they can claim all the deductions that are available by being a little creative. This is not the case. Claiming too many deductions are one of the top mistakes that people make when filling in their tax return.
Every year the ATO pays special attention to certain tax deductions that they believe are not be claimed correctly. In the 2016-2017 tax year, they were targeting work-related deductions that are not able to be claimed such as, trips between home and work, certain meal expenses when travelling for work, everyday clothes that you wear to work, and private use of phone or internet expenses.
While there are a range of legitimate deductions that you can claim in your personal or business tax return, you need to make sure that you are doing this correctly. If you are trying to claim something that is not expressly allowed, then this is a big red flag that an audit is heading your way.
Sometimes even your legitimate deductions may be questioned by the tax office, especially if they are very different from people in the same industry or very different from what you have claimed in the past. Therefore, you need to keep documentation of all the transactions you have claimed so that you are not subjected to a full-blown audit.
Not reporting your cash income
Did you know that you are also meant to report any cash payments you receive as part of your tax return?
For businesses that operate mostly on a cash-basis this is incredibly important for you to follow. If you are not reporting this cash, what will happen is that your expenses will look abnormally high in proportion to your income. This is an obvious red flag for any tax officer, who know how to look out for the signs of the under-reporting of cash.
Consistent operating losses
Following on from the previous red flag, if you run a business that is consistently posting losses then the ATO will become suspicious. It looks like you are not reporting your cash income, or are doing something else a bit dodgy to try to avoid paying taxes. Generally, if you post operating losses for 3 out of 5 years, the ATO is going to be asking you some questions.
Obviously, some businesses going through a rough patch will be reporting these losses honestly. You will just have to make sure that you have all your records in order and available to give to the ATO if they review your tax return. Otherwise you may be audited too.
Out of line with industry benchmarks
Another tactic that the ATO uses to work out whether businesses have been complying with their tax obligations is to compare them to industry benchmarks. If a business has a financial performance that is completely different from what similar businesses have, then they will likely be reviewed.
The ATO posts these benchmarks online, so that throughout the year you can compare your business to them. If your numbers diverge from theirs significantly, then you will be forewarned that you are likely going to be at least reviewed, if not audited.


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5 stretches to do every day if you stand all day at your job
Whether you have to be on your feet all day for your job or you have moved to a standing desk arrangement because you're trying not to spend all day sitting down, standing up all day can lead to pain in your legs, swollen feet, tight calves and even lower back pain. One thing you can do is to ensure you are wearing comfortable shoes with compression socks, but there are stretches you can do to help. We've put together a list of five that are effective at relieving pain and also help to strength your muscles.
Split Squats
Put one leg forward and take the other leg back to give you a long stance. When in this position slowly drop straight down until your back knee touches the floor and you can feel your thigh in your front leg stretching. Slowly rise up again and repeat with your legs reversed. Doing this a few times can help to relieve pain in your legs and strengthen your thigh muscles.
Standing Half Moon
A relatively easy yoga stretch to do is the Standing Half Moon. Stand normally and raise your arms above your head until the palms touch, making sure your keep your arms straight. Bend to your right, slowly, until you can feel the muscles on the left side of your body stretching. Try to keep the rest of your body as still as possible and don't push your hips to the left. Simply bend until you feel a slight stretch. Hold this pose for ten seconds and then slowly return to standing straight. Then bend to the left.
Tree Pose
The tree pose is not only an excellent stretch for your back and legs, it can also help to improve your balance. Standing on one leg, raise the other leg and place your foot on the inside of your thigh. If you can't get your leg that high, the place your foot against your calf. Raise your arms above your head and bring your palms together, keeping your arm straight. Hold this pose for ten seconds and then slowly lower your arms and leg. Repeat standing on the other leg.
Fold Forwards
When it comes to stretching your back and legs to relieve pain, one of the simplest things you can do is to stand with your legs shoulder width apart with your knees slightly bent. Once in this position slowly fold yourself forwards until you feel the stretch in your back. Don't push yourself to go further forward just let your arms hang down in front of you and feel your back and legs stretching. Hold it for twenty to forty seconds and then slowly roll back up to standing. If you need a more advanced pose, then bring your legs closer together and bend your nose to the knee, placing your hands on the floor by your feet.
The Plank
The plank is something that is designed to help strengthen your core muscles, but it is also an incredible stretch if you have pain in your back. If you suffer from sciatica or simply have lower back pain then doing the plank for as long as you can and slowly building up how long you can hold it will not only stretch your back but strength it too so that the pain you feel standing up all day is lessened.
To do the plank simply lie on your front in the press up position, only have your forearms pressed flat on the floor. Lift your body off the floor and keeping it in a straight line. Hold it for as long as you can and lower yourself back to the floor. It is hard at first, but it is very effective if you keep practicing. Don't worry if you can only hold it for 5 seconds, it all helps!


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[ Overview | Venue Description | Programme | Registration form | Speakers' AV form ]
This year's conference is being sponsored by:
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This year's conference themes are:
3D Modelling
CAD, animation, managing models, applications, ...
Human-Computer Interaction
novel hardware & software, psychology, paradigms, ...
Image Processing
compression, analysis, image-based rendering, ...
Alvy Ray Smith, Microsoft Graphics Fellow
Steps Toward Digital Convergence: The Single Creative App
William Newman, Xerox Research Center Europe
What's the payoff for the user?
The critical parameters of interactive performance
Crispin Gray, Cadcentre Group chief executive
From Vision to Reality - 10 years of Virtual Engineering
The Local Organisation is being handled by
Neil Dodgson
Computer Laboratory
University of Cambridge
Pembroke Street
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Oxford University Computing Services
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Where is Cambridge, how do I get there?
This City Council page leads you to a central street map
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Where in Cambridge is the conference being held?
Fitzwilliam College
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The musical is set in Dogpatch, USA, a small poor southern town. Declared
the most unnecessary town in the United States, Dogpatch is chosen by the
government as the future test site of a nuclear bomb. This prompts the
resident to search for a necessary item in their town. The search ends with
the discovery of "yokumberry tonic", a magical muscle building tonic.
Ross Hall
Nov 19-28, 1987
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Vintage 2011,very early ripening!
After an early 2011 winter that was rather mild and dry, spring arrived by the end of March. Summer-like temperatures gave way to an extremely fast leaf growth.
Bud burst occurred within a few days by the beginning of April, which is three weeks earlier than the average of the 1994-2010 period.
Starting from the end of March, a hot, dry weather settles for three following months. This stimulates explosive and very quick flowering from the third week of May, more than two weeks earlier than usual.
Weather conditions change drastically after the 14th of July bringing autumn rain and cool air.
Veraison starts during the second half of July, but the maturation drags! The vineyards though remain in a healthy condition.
Despite the fact that the exceptional spring advance in growing season was lost, the harvest starts in the end of August and lasts until mid-September, thanks to the return of a beautiful, dry, sunny and very mild weather.
This sunny weather during harvesting, allowed us to optimize picking date of each plot and to wait patiently until the grapes mature perfectly.
At Domaine Jacques Prieur, harvesting began on the 30th of August.
Grape variety: 100% Pinot Noir on a 0.49 hectare plot
A very mature, deep soil with brown topsoil
Subsoil of large, fractured limestone blocks
East-facing sun exposure
The grapes were handpicked into small crates, then sorted and totally destemmed. The wine stayed on the skins for 20 days in temperature-controlled open oak vats. Pigeage (punching down the cap) was done twice a day during alcoholic fermentation.
100% malolactic fermentation
100% ageing in oak barrels
Duration of barrel ageing: 17 months
Tasted in November 2013
COLOUR: Very beautiful dark intense red colour.
NOSE: Elegant and complex with hints of black fruit, spice, and liquorice.
PALATE: Both concentrated and refined, showing spice and fresh black fruit with rich, tightly-knit, and digestible tannin. Delicious, warm aftertaste.
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Sometimes after This is my next Office closes at five o'clock every afternoon Josh locks the door, draws the shades, and brings out a ceramic urn of the good stuff. The good, good old stuff that he needs a telescoping ladder to get to. The urn has an ancient The Verge logo on it. He gently sets three Swarovski snifters on his great-grandfather's red oak inlay card table, hacks three formidable chunks from This is my next Ice Block, and uses his great-great-grandfather's iTongs to clink the chunks deliberately into the snifters. Paul and Nilay glance at each other knowingly. The tape recorder clicks on. Then, a knock at the door: a feminine outline, with three laptops under each arm. Suddenly, Friday has become a little more interesting.
- 00:03:30 - Nvidia Kal-El tablet running Windows 8 developer build (exclusive hands-on video)
- 00:22:18 - Windows 8 on ARM: more than just tablets, more to come on legacy apps and Office
- 00:48:05 - All future Android versions to be optimized for Intel as well as ARM; Medfield-based tablet and phone teased
- 00:57:30 - x86-based Android tablets due Q1 2012, Red Ridge reference tablet specs detailed
- 01:00:12 - Thunderbolt accessories under glass: Belkin Express Dock, PCI-E expansion, and Seagate GoFlex adapter
- 01:06:58 - AT&T 4G LTE launching in first five markets on Sunday
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This year we are going for our second Active Flag. We have a new Active Flag Committee composed of eight 5th class children. Congratulations to Sophie-Leigh, Jack, Caoimhe B, Amy, Fiona, Lynne, Maeve and Caoimhe O for making the committee.
They are all linked to different classes to see how active everybody is. All the committee are on the Friendship Squad which is 5th class kids who give up their break so other children have better breaks.
Well done to them all and good luck on our second Active Flag.
By Sarah, Joshua and Leah.


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A modern Edinburgh hotel in a Georgian building within walking distance of the city's top attractions Holiday Inn Express® - Edinburgh City Centre hotel is a 10-minute walk from Edinburgh Waverley station in the city's New Town. It's a short stroll to the York Place tram stop, which has a direct connection to Edinburgh Airport (EDI). The Edinburgh Playhouse theatre and OMNI Edinburgh's restaurants and cinemas are right across the road. Princes Street and George Street's shops are a few minutes' walk away. You can ramble over the ramparts of Edinburgh Castle, 20 minutes' walk from the hotel. Or experience more royal flavour, less than a mile from the hotel, at the Palace of Holyroodhouse, the Queen's official Scottish residence. Amble through the expansive Royal Botanic Garden Edinburgh, half an hour on foot from the hotel, or wander into Princes Street Gardens to spot the huge floral clock. Business guests are on the doorstep of the financial district around St. Andrew Square and George Street, while the Edinburgh International Conference Centre is less than 10 minutes' drive away. The hotel has a smart meeting rooms. Enjoy free Wi-Fi and an inclusive hot Express Start Breakfast. A nearby Fitness Centre is available to guests. Unwind after a busy day's sightseeing over a cool beer in the lounge bar.
Our air conditioned open lobby lounge is stylish and welcoming. We offer a wide range of alcoholic beverages, soft drinks and a selection of tea and coffee. Monthly Gin Of The Month offers are available. Local beers and gins are available.