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Katha Chopais
Kaha angad bichaari mana maahin | Dhanya jataayu sama kou naahin ||
Ram kaaj kaaran tanu tyaagi | Hari pur gayau param bada bhaagi ||
Angad said after thinking about it 'Glory to Jataayu !, There is no one like him,
Who has laid down his life in the service of Shree Ram and most blessed and ascended to abode of Shree Hari.
Katha Translations
Here, in Ferozpur, we have all gathered for Ramkatha and to pay homage to our martyrs, Shaheed Bhagat Singh, Rajguru and Sukhdev, who laid their lives for the freedom of our country at this place. The main subject of this katha would be the character of Jataayu in Shri Ram Charit Manas who also laid his life for protecting Ma Jaanaki. Jataayu's character comes in Aranya Kand when Raavan is abducting Ma Sita and she cries for help. At that time, Jataayu hears her cries and tries to help her out- Seeta kai bilaap suni bhaari | Bhaye charaachar jeev dukhaari ||, Geedh-raaj suni aarat baani | Raghukul tilak naari pahichaani ||.
There are three types of cries – aalaap, vilaap and pralaap.
- Aalaap is a sober form of cry, usually in musical notes sung by vocalists. It might sound good to some but not necessarily to everybody.
- Vilaap is the cry of an individual, usually coming out due to inner sorrow. It normally leads to the melting of the hearts of the listener.
- Pralaap is hue and cry about useless things. Avoid getting involved in such futile arguments or discussions.
Question – It is said that God's grace flows for all, then why can't I experience it?
Bapu's answer – Mud/soil cannot contain anything, but if a potter uses it and creates a pot from it, it gets transformed into a container. Similarly, a person may not be able to experience God's grace; but if a Sadaguru treats him/her, he/she gains that receptivity to feel God's grace. Katha/satsang helps a lot in forming the receptivity of the speaker as well as the listener. Sadaguru works on the aspirant's mind with such an expertise that his spiritual journey becomes a reason of joy. The aspirant is not even worried about the destination; he/she finds saadhana (path of spiritual efforts) itself blissful.
When an aspirant's inner-self (antah-karan) becomes absolutely pure with no trace of malignity, then whatever she/he aspires for materializes for sure.
Jataayu had four prominent features that are essential for an aspirant who wants to help others:
- Aankh (eyes)- he had a sharp vision.
- Paankh (wings)- he used his actions to implement his vision.
- Chonch (beak)- he had a sound sense of discretion (ability to make responsible decisions) as to where to get involved and where to not.
- Saanch (truth)- he was sincere in his duty.
The one who decides to lay his life for others does not go by what the others say or do; he just does his own efforts with sincerity. Jataayu was full of such courage when he confronted Raavan.
Bapu says, "If you ask me personally, I would say that 'Ram naam' is the ultimate for me. All other spiritual efforts are also respectable, but for me there is nothing like 'Ram naam'; it is the essence of all other efforts."
"kaha angad bichaari mana maahin" – Angad says that Jataayu's indeed blessed, but he says this after thinking well. An aspirant should think thrice before speaking anything. He describes Jataayu as 'dhanya'. Dhanya means what? The one who lives in 'dhan' (wealth) can be called as dhanya, but dhan here refers to 'Ram rattan dhan' (wealth of Ram-naam ), 'santosh-dhan' (wealth of contentment) and 'tapo-dhan' (wealth of penance). Jataayu is the possessor of these three types of wealth, so he's truly called dhanya.
"karma phal hai, kripa rasa hai."- every action, leads to some kind of fruit and if the grace of God is experienced, then one can actually feel the 'rasa' (essence) of that fruit. But, an aspirant should be careful that there should not be any negative element such as hatred or jealousy in the mind, as they spoil the rasa of every fruit.
If you really want to be happy, never blame anyone for your problems, accept the problems as the will of God.
In Shri Ram Charit Manas, Tulsidas jee says Angad and Hanuman jee are 'badabhaagi', who are fortunate enough to be in service of Bhagwan Ram. He calls Ahalya jee as 'Atisaya- badabhaagi' , who gets the blessing and grace of Bhagwan Ram and goes in the duty of her husband. But, Jataayu is called 'Param- badabhaagi' who leaves for the abode of The Lord instantly.
The characters of Shri Ram Charit Manas like – Bharadwaaj jee and Ma Parvati, doubted the existence of Lord in human form. But, they never doubted the one they asked. Bharadwaaj jee did not doubt Yagnavalkya jee and Ma Parvati did not doubt Bhagwaan Shankar. Never ever doubt your Sadaguru; doubt is a big hurdle of spiritual path.
Aranya Kand is predominantly highlighted by the element of illusion (maaya). Jayant, Raavan, Maareech, Ma Sita, all of them illusionary forms but it was only Jataayu who remained genuine and free of any illusionary forms.
Bhagwaan Ram lived the path of dignity (maryada), but at the same time he also showed that the life should not become dry with rules; rather it should be full of 'rasa', music, dance, joy and spontaneity. Dignity should not be harsh and should not make an individual heartless. It should not become a binding and snatch away the innocent joys of a person. In fact, Bhagwaan Ram generated 'rasa' (nectar of life) in the stone-turned Ahalya jee also. Shri Ram Charit Manas gives a new message everyday; it is an evergreen shastra.
Yesterday, it was said that even if you doubt the existence of the Lord, don't doubt the speaker of the Lord's katha. But, the speaker should also possess certain qualities according to shrimad Bhagwat. They are as follows.
- Virakto – It is an inner state of detachment. The speaker should not be possessive of his own principles also; there should be complete detachment from any kind of reservations.
- Vaishnavo – It refers to large-heartedness of the speaker.
- Vipro – Speaker should be free of materialistic tendencies (vigat-prapanch). He should have a sense of discretion (vivek-pradhaan) and should be capable of fulfilling the listener with devotional feelings.
- Veda – shastra vishuddhi-krit- He should be able to convey the thoughts of Vedas and scriptures in a pure form with their actual sense intact.
- Drishtaant kushalo – A speaker should be able to support and simplify the principles with appropriate examples.
- Dheero – A speaker should be mentally balanced to contain the reactions of listeners.
- Nihspriho – He should not be fond of crowds.
If anyone criticizes someone else scornfully in front of you, and you can neither stop him nor close your ears, then the best thing to do is close your eyes. By closing your eyes you can prevent the negativity entering your life to an extent. Closing of eyes in favourable as well as unfavourable situations helps a person to Keep up mental peace. Ma Jaanaki uses this practice in Pushpa vatika ( after the first glimpse of Bhagwaan Ram)and also in Ashok Vatika (in the middle of demons).
If you have the provision of open space, the please sow the trees of Banyan (vada), mango (aam), paakari and peepal. These four will help in controlling environmental pollution. If an aspirant does some spiritual efforts under them, then he/she can also save oneself from mental pollution.
Bapu says, "Somebody told me that a great scholar calls life itself as the master (Sadaguru), but if I was asked I would say that my Sadaguru is my life."
The two brothers Jataayu and Sampaati contributed with their calibers to help Bhagwaan Ram. Sampaati helped with his words in search of Ma Sita and Jataayu fought hard to save her from Raavan. The two birds give the message that one should use the calibre in the best possible way to serve Bhakti (devotion).
Question – People criticize a lot if I listen to katha. What to do?
Bapu's answer – People's reaction is natural; don't expect anything exceptional from them. Practice silence (maun) in such circumstances. Just accept everything with silence and indifference; keep your focus on satsang.
Question – Does interaction with people create new debts according to karma philosophy?
Bapu's answer – It's hard to give one decision in this matter. Shri Ram Charit Manas says-'Firat sadaa maaya kar prera | Kaal karm subhaav guna ghera||'. A human being is surrounded by four elements of kaal (time), karma (action), swabhaav (own nature) and guna (inclinations). But the doors of satsang provide solace in such tight surroundings. Let us discuss the four.
- Kaal – It can refer to three things- time, change of seasons and death. All these are not in control of man. But, you can prevent their effects by cultivating tolerance or by using the available equipments in the best possible way.
- Karma – Action is upto you to decide. Positive actions come out of affection (raag) towards someone and negative actions are a result of hatred (dwesh). Action and its fruits lead to pain where our desire gets attached to it. Desire (kama) tries to place itself first in the senses (indriya), then in the mind (mana) and finally in the intellect (budhhi). Please beware of it!
- Swabhaav – Sometimes, the nature of a person becomes the primary reason of pain/ sorrowfulness. The nature can only improve with satsang.
- Guna – There are three inclinations of Satva, rajas and tamas. They should be practiced in accordance with the time, space and situation. For example – In a temple, one should be saatvik (calm and serene), at work one should be rajasik (in action).If the wrong guna is used contrary to the need of the situation, then it may lead to problems.
The above listed four can become supportive if a person follows satsang. Satsang/katha helps a lot in freeing oneself from the negative repercussions of the above four.
Jataayu's wings were chopped in the dual with Raavan, but he had two qualities of humbleness and eagerness in his eyes. These two helped him reach the Almighty.
The qualities of a katha listener are showed by Ma Parvati when she goes to Bhagwaan Shankar for katha – 'Paarbati bhal avasaru jaani | Gayi sambhu pahin maatu bhavaani ||'. When all the circumstances are favourable, don't miss going to katha. Listen with the mentality of a woman as women are naturally blessed with faith (shradhha), forgiveness (kshama) and acceptance (sweekriti). Don't cross your limit of dignity. Take care that your questions are not borne out of unnecessary reasoning but faith.
Question – if the creatures' life (jeev) is subject to 'karma' (action and its fruits), then what is the basis for the creator. Does any rule apply to him?
Bapu's answer – the Lord is constrained only by kripa (grace). And this kripa is based on the humbleness (deenata) of an aspirant. Kripa is extremely sensitive in nature; it shies away if it witnesses negative elements like hatred, jealousy and scorn in aspirant's life. Kripa also gets withdrawn when the aspirant does not live according to what he says (if there's no coordination between speech and action of aspirant).
According to Shrimad Bhagwat, an aspirant is unable to experience the grace of God if he/she is not ready to leave 'maatsarya' (envy). Maatsarya is a strong feeling of competing and defeating the contemporary people in every field. But, when this feeling of envy enters in the spiritual path of an aspirant, his bhajan becomes weak and he's unable to feel the divine grace. So, please be very careful of feeling of competition, always remember that spirituality is a path of faith in the Lord and not of racing with people around you.
There are some experiences that indicate that the Sadaguru/Lord is coming closer to you.
- Khushbu (fragrance).
- Paraag (pollen).
- Makrand (nectar of flower).
- Rasa (essence).
- Anuraag (devotion).
- Jhaanki (a faint glimpse of the Lord).
- Sannikata (Close encounter).
- Sira par haath (when the Lord blesses with hand on the head).
- Nirvaan/Bhagawata (aspirant feels freedom from every sorrow, only bliss remains in life)
Question – what is the difference between prem and kripa?
Bapu's answer – Usually, prem (love) is offered by the aspirant towards the beloved Lord and kripa (grace) is bestowed by the Lord upon the aspirant.
Please try and avoid negative feelings (durbhaav) towards anybody. But avoid especially keeping negative feelings, even towards enemy, during certain times of day – morning, bed-time, at the time of eating food and at the time of bhajan. The negative feelings pollute the inner self (antah-karan) and prevent the grace of God from being felt and digested in life.
If you get negative feelings toward anybody, then just do one mala at that moment for the welfare of that person. Pray heartily for that person; this is true spirituality.
There are 3 types of hindrances in bhajan:
- Taamasi baadha – At the time of bhajan, when an aspirant experiences feeling of revenge or insulting anybody, it is taamasi badha.
- Raajasi baadha – When an aspirant wants to be called as religious and wants to be known for his good deeds, it is raajasi baadha in bhajan.
- Saatviki baadha – At the time of bhajan, an aspirant gets stuck to a sutra, a shastra or even remembering some good person, it is saatviki baadha.
The remembrance of sadaguru is not considered as a hindrance; it is rather an auspicious to occur during bhajan.
The person who makes a soft spot in the heart of an enemy also, is said to be living in salvation (jeevan-mukta). Khalil Gibran has described salvation in the following ways:
- "When all my sheep gather at a safe place at the right time is salvation." Here sheep refers to the senses that rest in peace.
- "Salvation is like a sound sleep of a child, where child is the mind that becomes calm and tranquil."
- "Salvation is the remembrance of the last verse of my poetry". It means that there is permanent remembrance of the gist of a shastra.
Today, the family of Shaheed Bhagat Singh came for RamKatha. Bapu expressed his regards and best wishes for families of all the martyrs who have laid their lives for the nation. He also conveyed his good wishes to everyone on the occasion of Holi festival.
Human beings can be classified as following types:
- Khanij maanav – A person who is always focused on acquiring material goods from wherever possible just like people are on a look out for metal from mines.
- Vanaspati maanav – a person who takes inspiration from plants and trees.
- Jal/pravaahi maanav – a person who does not lead a stagnant life' he reaches out to people.
- Chandra maanav – a person who soothes others with his serenity.
- Pashu maanav – a person who has some understanding with intellect.
- Vaanar maanav – a person who is loyal to the master just like Angad, Nal-Neel etc.
- Nar maanav – a person who is educated, thoughtful and compassionate for humanity.
- Naaraayan maanav – when the Lord comes in the form of human being.
At the end of his life, Jataayu transformed into Naarayan maanav, the ultimate for any creature.
Jataayu did 'stuti' (prayer in praise) of Bhagwaan Ram in four stanzas. The four stanzas represent the four elements of the Lord in human form:
- The first stanza is for the 'roop' (form/ physical appearance) of Bhagwaan Ram. When an aspirant meditates on roop of the Lord, he gradually moves towards the realization of one's own actual inner form (swaroop).
- The second stanza is about the holy name 'Ram naam'. The remembrance of the name of the Lord frees the aspirant from the cycle of rebirth.
- The third stanza indicates about the divine works of Bhagwaan Ram (leela). The leela of the Lord becomes a source of inspiration for aspirant's conduct.
- The fourth stanza is about the 'dhaam', the abode of the Lord. An aspirant thinks about the abode and then aspires to build his heart as the Lord's abode in himself.
"Ram kaaj kaaran tanu tyaagi" – 'Ram kaaj' can be defines as welfare of others in some way or the other. According to Shri Ram Charit Manas, it is denoted in three ways.
- Seeta ki khoj – search for bhakti (devotion), shanti (peace), shakti (inner strength). Tulsidas jee saw Ma seta as his mother, so Ram kaaj is also searching the motherly feeling in oneself. All these searches are to be taken out within oneself, as these factors are inherently present in human beings, they are not to be searched outside
- Setubandh – Youngsters should use their energies to build bridges between people. In a country, young energy can be use more effectively if the seat of political power is healthy (swasth) and clean (swachchh).
- Santaap dene wali shakti ko samaapt karna – to eliminate the negative elements that create problems for common man.
Aspirant should use (upayog) the material goods, but should also be careful not to get too attached (anuraag) to them.
For youngsters, following three things should be important in life:
- Khud ki khoj – self-introspection (self discovery)
- Samaaj ki seva – social service.
- Hriday se Parmaatma ki bhakti – devotion in the Lord's feet from the bottom of your heart.
Katha also comprises of questions of listeners, but the questions are classified into four types:
- Uttam prashna – question that comes out of true eagerness to know and readiness to accept the solution in the right manner.
- Madhyam prashna – inspite of knowing the answer, the question is asked just to show self-knowledge of the listener.
- Nikrishta prashna – question is asked just to test the caliber of the speaker.
- Heen prashna – question asked with an intention to insult the speaker, to damage the dignity of the katha or that is totally away from the topic of katha.
Bapu expressed his extreme happiness and good wishes for our Army Jawans, who are efficiently carrying on their hard duty for the safety of out country. He said that let us all offer the fruit of virtue of this katha in the feet of our martyrs as a respectful hearty homage to them.
"Rashtra Devo Bhav"


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If you're looking for family fun with a side of national history, head up to Baltimore. Starting next week, the city will be hosting the Star Spangled Sailabration, commemorating the bicentennial of the War of 1812.
From June 13-19, the city's harbor area will play host to an assortment of free events. These include cooking demonstrations from top Baltimore chefs, live music and historical exhibits. Ships from both the United States and abroad will also be visiting, and tours will be offered throughout the week. And over the weekend, Baltimore will host its very first air show, featuring the U.S. Navy Blue Angels.
Event and ship tour hours vary, and the Blue Angels will perform from 1-4 p.m. on June 16 and 17. Viewing areas for the air show have been designated at MedStar Harbor Hospital, Port Covington and Martin State Airport.
For more information, visit StarSpangled200.com, which includes an interactive ship map to help you navigate the festivities.

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As a college student, I took an elective course titled "The New Testament and the End Times." I took it because, while others appeared as if they knew exactly what the Bible said about the future, I felt thoroughly confused about it. My sense of confusion about the Bible and the future began as a teenager when, during the Gulf War, I remember feeling intrigued and overwhelmed with how people in my church and the media were tying the political events of those days to prophecies in the Bible. I can remember the evening when President Bush announced Operation Desert Storm. I went to my room, opened my Bible, and came across some verse which convinced me the world was going to come to an end that night. As you might guess, it took me a while to fall asleep. I eventually did sleep though, and woke up the next morning with the world still in existence.
I was thankful to wake up the next day and realize that the world did not come to an end that night, but that didn't stop my confusion from increasing. Christian bookstores seemed to have an ever-increasing supply of books that deepened my sense of being on the outside of those who understood. It was like there was a code in the Bible which others had a secret key to unlock, but I hadn't yet figured any of it out.
So I took the elective course in college in hopes that it would help resolve my confusion. After being given the assignments of reading several books on the subject and studying the relative passages in the Bible––I still felt throughly confused about what the Bible taught about the future. My consolation from that course was to learn that I came away convinced that things weren't spelled out in the Bible quite so directly as other people had seemed to think. The best memory I have of that semester is observing my professor, who knew the Bible thoroughly and had studied it diligently for decades, and seeing how he refused to speak to the issues with the "this is obviously what is going to happen" kind of confidence I had seen in Christian books and videos over the previous years. I didn't come out of the course with any answers, but–instead–enjoyed observing a New Testament scholar who had so many questions too.
I am attempting to make a point by describing all of this, but before I do, I'll acknowledge what may be going through some of your minds as you read this: "Why is he talking about the end of the world when these are supposed to be devotions about Christmas?" When we began last week, I described how Christian tradition teaches us that we will be better prepared for Christmas if we have the discipline to wait until it arrives, and it still isn't here yet. While the culture around us in into its Christmas season full-swing, many of Christ's people through the centuries have insisted that what we can best do during this time is to wait, because it's Advent.
Last week we considered how we can wait on God in our lives now, and this week we explore one of the main themes of Advent: we need to wait, always living ready and watchful for the day when Christ will return. Identifying that as our theme for the week may pique the interest of some of you, while for others it might create a knot in your stomach and make you want to skip this week's readings. If you'd rather read about, well––almost anything than what the Bible says about Christ's return, please hang in there with me. What I'm going to say about it is almost surely different, and better news, than what you've heard.
Regardless of where you fall on the spectrum of interest in the topic, Christ's return is simultaneously one of the most confusing and most popular topics among Christians today. How are we supposed to wait readily for it when it proves so difficult to understand anything about it?
I'm going to spend the rest of the week passing along guidance which I've found to be very helpful in considering what the Bible teaches about the future, but first I'll give you fair warning: some of what I'm going to say will likely meddle with your understanding of parts of scripture. Before the week is over, we will cover ground that gives us very good news, but in order to get there, we will need to evaluate some of the things we assume the Bible says.
In addition to the practices of waiting that we covered last week, to set this week's stage for the way that Advent trains us to wait on what God has in store for our future, I invite you to join me in praying as often as you think about it the simple prayer that is the exclamation point at the end of the book of Revelation:
Come, Lord Jesus!
A Prayer for the Day:
O God, you make us glad with the weekly remembrance of the glorious resurrection of your Son our Lord: Give us this day such blessing through our worship of you, that the week to come may be spent in your favor; through Jesus Christ our Lord. Amen.*
A Prayer for the Week:
Merciful God, who sent your messengers the prophets to preach repentance and prepare the way for our salvation: Give us grace to heed their warnings and forsake our sins, that we may greet with joy the coming of Jesus Christ our Redeemer; who lives and reigns with you and the Holy Spirit, one God, now and for ever. Amen.*
Readings for the Week*:
*Prayers are from The Book of Common Prayer and readings are from the Revised Common Lectionary.


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A mountain of garbage that had accumulated in "koshe" gave way to a land slide that resulted in dozens being killed. People that were living in the area in shelters and makeshift homes were buried under the garbage and lost their lives. The issue shines a light on a recurring problem the city has of disposing of waste that begs a solution.
Many had lived in the area filled with trash and had made their save havens under the trash building some shelters where they unfortunately died under during the disaster of the land fill slide. The sad incident has made headline news all around the world including the Washington Post.
Diriba Kuma, Mayor of Addis Abeba, visited the site and disclosed to reporters that the number of casualties has reached 43, while the effort to save others is on-going and that the search is being assisted with the appropriate equipment. But now, the death toll is climbing to the hundreds.
The efforts did not stop at coordinating the search for more people, dead or alive. He also stated that organized teams have been deployed to search in other places. The search is to locate those that are living in the neighborhood and move them away to safer places.
The team is also trained to give first aid assistance, food, water and clothing. Some health care professionals such as psychologists have also been called upon to offer therapy to those that have been affected by the tragedy and have lost family and friends.
About a year or two ago the concerned officials had spent quite a huge amount of their budget to prepare a new site for another land fill a couple of kilometers away to the eastern part of the capital. But the new project had faced resistance by the people living by the new land fill site. And it never really took off.
As a result, the capital had to resort back to its old land fill. The land fill also known as "koshe", is a short form of the Amharic word "koshasha" which means trash.
The problem of trash accumulation has reached the breaking point, the challenge of how to solve the problem still plagues the country. Until a permanent solution is found to dispose waste effectively, this problem will not go away. If efforts to find a new land fill site does not work, perhaps it is time to turn to the methane gas production from the over filled "koshe" as it was reported and much talked about as one of the agendas.
Recycling projects are being practiced globally. The government seems to have considered this option somehow, with some guidelines in place to facilitate recycling in the country. For this to happen the city's garbage collecting trucks can have an in-built crashing system to condense the trash. Garbage can also be sorted out and deposited at every individual's doorsteps.
People could start using black plastic bags to sort out their trash. Collecting plastic bags and plastic bottles separately and used bottles separately. The cardboards and anything made of paper can be placed in white plastic bags, along with onion peals, fruit peals and other garbage.
Even if these plastic bags are not available or too expensive, the garbage collecting wheel barrows operated by men or women can help a lot in these activities. Every wereda or District can have collecting boxes well-kept and fenced properly so that it is protected from the community and stray dogs.
Sorting trash and making good use of it by recycling methods is probably the best option left if the city officials are not able to find another land fill site. Trying to relocate a land fill site in no easy task as demonstrated by the attempt that resulted in the community living in the area opposing the idea.
But the migration of people to the capital city from different regions continues. Day by the day the growing number of people is going to pose problems of sanitation and the problem can go from bad to worse.
Dry garbage is not the only issue. The water supply and the sanitation system at the Addis Abeba Stadium was another sanitation issue uncovered recently.
The main stream media and some other private FM Radios are heard expressing their sorrow and paying tributes to the victims of the land fill disaster. The issue at stake has brought to light a serious issue that needs attention. A country that claims to be transforming and is focused on growth cannot afford to have such an embarrassing incident happen. In a race to be one of the middle income countries soon, it first needs to clean up the garbage in its capital city.
In 2014, Addis Abeba was classified as one of the top filthiest cities globally due to its high levels of water pollution. This should have been a wake-up call for the country and those in charge of overlooking the issue.
The focus of high officials, such as the Mayor of the city should be on keeping the city as clean as possible so that accidents like these do not take place. That should be of priority and one of the evaluating points.
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Client binary (in all nova/glance/keystone/quantum clients) is actually generated by setuptools and uses pkg_resources.load_entry_point
python-setuptools needs to be added as a runtime dependency in all OpenStack *client components.
python-keystoneclient-0.1.2-1.fc18 has been submitted as an update for Fedora 18.
Package python-keystoneclient-0.1.2-1.fc18:
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Welsh universities may be forced into mergers if they want a share of a multi million-pound pot set aside by the Welsh Assembly Government to develop higher education in the principality.
The new Welsh Assembly Government Education Minister Jane Hutt has told The Times Higher that she is determined to "quicken the pace" on the so-called "reconfiguration and collaboration" agenda that aims to make Welsh higher education stronger by forging closer formal ties between institutions.
A fund worth £70 million - representing nearly a fifth of the annual funding council income for the sector in Wales - is currently earmarked to support Welsh universities that are prepared to work towards mergers or strong alliances involving shared resources and staff.
Ms Hutt said that, in the face of a tough budget review being conducted by the newly formed Welsh Assembly Government, higher education institutions would need to show that they are prepared to make significant changes in return for any increased investment.
She said: "We have our reconfiguration and collaboration pot, and we have to show that we are willing to use it well and that there is a willingness to move forward on this and quicken the pace."
So far the greatest beneficiary of the fund has been Cardiff University, which merged with the former University of Wales College of Medicine three years ago. The Cardiff merger is being held up by Assembly ministers as a model for future developments.
But attempts by other institutions in Wales to secure a merger have so far failed. Merger talks between the University of Wales Institute of Cardiff, the University of Wales Newport and Glamorgan University have twice collapsed.
Merger talks between Bangor University and the North East Wales Institute of higher education were called off three years ago.
Ms Hutt said that while she was happy to support other forms of collaboration, such as the new Wales Institute for Mathematical and Computational Science recently formed by Cardiff, Swansea, Aberystwyth and Bangor universities, she refused to rule out the need for more mergers in Wales.
She said: "As a new minister, I feel that we have to lift up this agenda and raise the stakes.
"I have to take stock of where we are, and consider whether collaboration alone is enough.
"I need to revisit the history of attempts to move forward on collaborative approaches that could lead to merger."
Higher Education Wales (Hew), the body that represents Welsh vice-chancellors, said it would like to see the reconfiguration pot extended to also support collaboration between institutions in Wales and England.
Hew's director, Amanda Wilkinson, said: "It has to be remembered that we are not an island and that we do sit within the UK system. But policy between England and Wales is diverging, so the issue is how institutions can collaborate in that context. It's not a question of will - it's just that that is not necessarily an easy thing to manage."
Hew is also pressing for the new Assembly Government to address a "funding gap" between Welsh and English higher education, estimated by funding council analysts to be as high as £40 million a year.
Margaret Phelan, representing post-92 universities for the University and College Union in Wales, predicted that courses in expensive subject areas would fold if the funding gap was not closed.
She said: "We will not accept that there is nothing the Assembly Government can do about the funding gap. If they fail to address it, then HE in Wales will be damaged."
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COVENTRY player-manager Gary McAllister has spelt out his delight at capturing the goal-scoring services of Andy Morrell.
The striker, whose 34 goals took Denis Smith's Wrexham side to promotion this season, will link up with his new Coventry team-mates on July 1.
McAllister says Coventry had to fight off a number of clubs to land the goal scoring hot-shot.
"There were several clubs vying for his services and it's excellent news he has chosen us ahead of other teams," McAllister told Coventry's official club website.
"Andy started in football after most people do. But he is desperate to get stuck in and prove himself in Division One.
"He has a great attitude and a real hunger to play, which is commendable.
"A striker was always going to be a priority for us and Andy has shown he can score goals. To finish as top scorer in the League was fantastic.
"He is a great capture for our squad and, hopefully, he can continue his good form from last season into the new campaign."
Morrell said, "I didn't want last season to end - and I can't wait for next season to start!
"As I'm stepping up a couple of divisions it's going to be a real challenge for me, but I'm full of enthusiasm and eager to show what I can do.
"Coventry are a huge club and I didn't have to think much before making the decision to come. They were one of the first clubs to show a real interest in me and everything I have heard about them is fantastic.
"I was very impressed with Gary McAllister and he sold the club to me very well.
"Last season was phenomenal for me - I'm hoping next season will be even better."


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Diners can enjoy a meal and help raise money for services to combat breast cancer.
Diners can enjoy a meal and help raise money for services to combat breast cancer.
The effort, called "Saving Lives in Flagler County," is part of a month-long campaign in October by the Florida Hospital Flagler Foundation to educate women about breast cancer and raise money to help those who can't afford mammograms and other diagnostic testing, according to a hospital news release.
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- Friends Caf�, 220 S. Flagler Ave., Flagler Beach
- Atlantic Grille, 105 16th Road
- Golden Corral, 225 Cypress Edge Dr., Palm Coast
- Houligan's Sports Grille, 50 Plaza Dr. #106, Palm Coast
- Dominic's Deli, 160 Cypress Point Parkway, Palm Coast
- Canfield's, Palm Harbor Golf Club, 100 Cooper Way, Palm Coast
- Blue, 1224 State Road A1A, Flagler Beach
- La Piazza Caf�, European Village, 101 Palm Harbor Parkway, Palm Coast
- High Jackers, 202 Airport Road, Palm Coast
- Tropical Smoothie Caf�, 5234 E. State Road 100, Palm Coast.
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On May 23, workers at the Mott's plant in Williamson, New York, went on strike -- the company's owner, Plano-based Dr Pepper Snapple Group, is demanding workers take a $1.50-an-hour pay cut and a reduction in benefits. Say union reps, "With unemployment rates high in the Williamson area, Mott's continues to insist on draconian cuts, telling its highly productive and loyal workers that they should think of themselves as a 'commodity' like 'soybeans or oil.'" You probably didn't know about this strike. But you will this week:
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Published by Tipografies Nomada is diverse and delightful! Jordi Embodas and Maria Ramos, (Nomada's designers) pitch this family of intimately linked styles as an exploration through type history and geographies… Although it could equally be viewed as a journey through time.
Offering both aesthetic diversity and visual consistency the foundation of the system is Nomada Sans, a humanist typeface "infused with Latin Flair" perhaps strongest throughout the systems italics which have a sensational rhythm. Nomada's sans form is functional, elegant and carefully engineered to provide a flexible base. Available in 18 styles (9 weights and matching italics). It feels contemporary while still standing on the shoulders of iconic mid-century sans.
The serif builds on the foundations established by the sans, with another 18 styles combining characteristics of multiple typographic genres it is easy on the eye and its low contrast and generous x-height make it perfect for long from small text. As the weight increases, the forms reveal their character and charm, which are (to my eye) distinctly 17th century. And these heavier weights allowing pairings for headings and pull features in your typesetting which will grab and hold attention.
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David Warner smashed his first international century since returning from a ball-tampering ban to lay the foundations for Australia's 41-run World Cup win over Pakistan at Taunton.
The left-handed opener, who served a 12-month suspension for his part in the sandpaper scandal against South Africa in March 2018, hit 107 off 111 balls as his side finished 307 all out.
Mohammad Amir's 5-30 and Imam-ul-Haq's assured half-century threatened to derail the defending champions' bid to bounce back from Sunday's defeat to India.
But Pakistan eventually fell short as their chase ended on 266 all out with 26 balls remaining, partly due to Pat Cummins' 3-33.
Australia captain Aaron Finch, who also impressed with a knock of 82, had backed Warner to return to his "dangerous best" in the build up to the match.
Warner's opening partnership of 146 with Finch was also the highest of the competition so far.
Their impressive alliance surpassed the 142-run stand between Bangladesh duo Shakib Al Hasan and Mushfiqur Rahim in the victory over South Africa.
Following a World Cup record three games rained off in five days, the International Cricket Council would have been relieved to see dry, albeit cold and cloudy, conditions in Somerset.
Pakistan were back in action for the first time since upsetting hosts England nine days ago after being frustrated by Friday's washout.
They wore black armbands in respect of the recent deaths of former batsman Akhtar Sarfraz and Test umpire Riazuddin.
Amir began with a maiden after Pakistan won the toss and opted to bowl, before their momentum was stifled by the recalled Shaheen Afridi conceding 24 runs off two expensive overs with the new ball.
Finch, who bludgeoned six fours and four sixes during his hefty knock, benefited from slices of fortune as he survived a dropped catch from Asif Ali at slip, in addition to a strong lbw appeal which went to review.
He was eventually the first man out on the opening ball of the 23rd over after smashing Amir high and hard into the covers to leave Mohammad Hafeez with a straightforward catch.
Australia were still looking comfortable. However, after Warner was caught by Imam at deep point having sliced an Afridi delivery high into the air to leave the score 242 for four, the middle and lower order collapsed.
Reasons behind Pakistan's loss— Mazher Arshad (@MazherArshad) June 12, 2019
1) 4 specialist bowlers only
2) Three dropped catches
3) Bowled too short in first half
4) Over reliance on senior batsmen
Shadab as 5th bowler would have saved 20 runs or Haris as extra batsman would have scored 30-40 runs. #AusvPak
Spearheaded by the pace of Amir, Pakistan removed the final six wickets for just 30 runs in the space of only seven overs to give themselves a far more realistic target to chase.
Cummins ensured their response got off to a disheartening start as he removed Fakhar Zaman, caught by Kane Richardson at third man, for a duck at the start of the third over.
Babar Azam's 30, Imam's composed 53 and 46 from Hafeez steadied the ship slightly.
But the 1992 world champions lost a costly four wickets for 24 in 30 balls, beginning with opener Imam being caught down the leg side by wicketkeeper Alex Carey to become Cummins' second victim.
Hasan Ali briefly entertained with 32 from only 15 balls before becoming Richardson's second wicket. Australia had to be patient but eventually wrapped up a third win from four.
Mitchell Starc removed Wahab Riaz (45) and Amir, for a duck, in the space of three balls in the 45th over, before Glenn Maxwell ran out captain Sarfraz Ahmed (40) with a direct-hit.
Chris Gayle will "relish" the chance to take down England quicks Mark Wood and Jofra Archer, according to West Indies coach Corey Collymore.
Gayle is due to retire from one-day cricket after the World Cup and is eager to bow out on a high befitting his self-appointed "Universe Boss" moniker.
The 39-year-old proved there was plenty left in the tank when England toured the Caribbean over the winter, smashing a record 39 sixes in a drawn five-match series.
The teams reconvene at the Hampshire Bowl on Friday, when Gayle can expect to be faced with a barrage from Barbados-born Archer and Durham's Wood.
Both men have hit 95mph since the start of the tournament, and Archer is a new addition to the England side, but very little worries the big-hitting Jamaican.
"Chris thrives on that. I have known him since he was 16 and he has always loved a challenge," said Collymore, the Windies bowling coach.
"He has always enjoyed the challenge of fast bowling so I expect him to relish that. I have known Archer for a while and I saw Wood in the Caribbean last year.
"They are both very impressive, as we have seen throughout this tournament."
Archer might well have raised the West Indian attack to a new level had they persuaded him to pursue an international future with them, but even in his absence they are no timid prospect.
In Oshane Thomas, Andre Russell, Sheldon Cottrell and Shannon Gabriel they have four seamers capable of making the batsmen hop, leaving Collymore to predict a fiery encounter.
"I did work with him (Archer) when he was a lot younger in Barbados. He was very impressive, the skills he shows now are ones we always had so we are expecting more of the same from him," he said.
"But we have quick bowlers too so it should be a lively game.
"I don't think many people like the short stuff, whether it is England or the West Indies. If you find a batsman that has a weakness to it, then you go after that."
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Assistant coach Sanjay Bangar confirmed that India will miss opener Shikhar Dhawan at least for the next three matches of the 2019 World Cup as India prepared to play New Zealand in Nottingham on Thursday.
Bangar said that India have not changed their preparations for the Kiwi clash even though they were thrashed by the Black Caps in the warm-up game.
"Look, every match is challenging, there are no easy matches here at this World Cup and in this format particularly," Bangar said.
"That way nothing changes much for us, albeit the team we are facing is New Zealand or for that matter any other team. "


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My name is Kristal. I been finding a online diary or journal for years, finally found one. I won't write entries on a daily basis, but will write whenever I feel emotional is hitting on me, what is going on in my mind, quotes, .... etc. I have a hard life by my tiger mom. Watch out of posting just me ranting about her.


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Dark Past Torments Twins! Are These Siblings Evil?
Dark Past Torments Twins!
Dark Past Torments Twins!
Aikeda says her twin Aikisha has been making her life a living hell for years and they are always fighting. She says her twin's lies caused her to lose custody of her daughter but Aikisha says she lost her to abuse and it wasn't her fault.
Are These Siblings Evil?
Are These Siblings Evil?
Aikeda says she's had to block her twin's number and social media accounts but Aikisha said she's tired of her sister blaming her for everything wrong in her life. Should these twins go their separate ways?


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The inspiration for this story blends Russian Art Deco with the calculus contraptions of the period of enlightenment.
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'Solaris' is the second series of the collection 'The Man Who Knows Everything'. This ring is an important piece within the story as a whole, and one of my personal favourites (I wear one every day).
The overriding narrative of the collection really began with my ongoing fascination with the infamous Comte de St Germain. The Comte was a man of unknown origins and unknown end – an alchemist who allegedly discovered the elixir of life. He was a man with no boundaries of place or time – the lover of princesses and muse to the likes of Pushkin and Voltaire.
For 'Solaris' I was very much looking at the instruments and contraptions developed during the Enlightenment period – really the beginnings of science as we know it now. The mixture of science and magic of this period fitted perfectly with my tale.
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Vincent is chair of the Fundraising & Public Relations sub-committee of the Trustee Board. His committee focuses on the development and sustainability of Suffolk West Citizens Advice in an uncertain and fluctuating funding environment.
Vincent's background is in local government, as a librarian being promoted to the senior management team in cultural services. He gained a diploma in Public Relations in 2005.
In 2006 he was made redundant among changes to the County Council structure. He seized the opportunity to go to India with VSO for two years helping people affected by HIV. His passion for travel continued in 2011-12 when he went to Ghana, fundraising for good causes with a local authority in a country town.
Vincent has a dedication and passion for Citizens Advice, firstly from his late wife Kim, who started as a volunteer in Bury St Edmunds in 1995, moved onto a paid role in Mildenhall and then managed the Sudbury bureau until her death in 2004.
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Patricia "Nemi" Trent
thought she'd covered her bases. Last year, this well-preserved West Baltimore senior citizen received a citation from the city for a bag of trash found without a trash can several blocks from her house; a piece of paper with her name on it was inside. At a hearing before the Environmental Control Board (ECB), the regulatory agency that adjudicates civil citations, Trent explained that her garbage can had been wheeled off by thieves, who must have dumped her trash en route. The presiding administrative judge lowered her fine and advised her to purchase a paper shredder, she says. "I took her suggestion," she says. "If anything comes to me in my mail slot, I make sure my name is nowhere on it."
In January of this year, enforcement officers reported finding a piece of mail addressed to Trent in a city-owned vacant lot around the corner from her house. The lot also contained a mattress, a sink, and a large pile of overflowing trash bags. Trent received two citations, one for the voluminous pile of trash ($50) and the other for the fact that it was found on a non-trash day ($50). The evidence that the trash was hers consists of two photographs of the garbage and one closeup of a piece of mass mail addressed to "Patricia Trent or Current Resident." (These are posted on the Baltimore Housing Department web site.) There are no wide shots that include both the envelope and the trash. "I never received that piece of mail," Trent says. "And I'm a senior citizen. How am I gonna carry a mattress and a sink?"
Trent requested a hearing once more. She brought a pro bono lawyer from Legal Services for the Elderly and a letter of support from the Druid Heights Community Development Corporation, where she volunteers. She hoped that evidence of good character—the grant for 100 free recycling bins she helped her community obtain last year, partly by using photos of the very same trash-strewn lot; the tree-planting she'd initiated; the certificates and letters of commendation for community service she'd received from city officials over the years, going back to Mayor Kurt Schmoke—would help. But the administrative judge upheld the citations. To appeal would cost $50, plus the cost of transcripts from her hearing ($3 per page). "I'm livid," she says. "I didn't do it. Quite frankly, it seems like they're more interested in fining somebody than they are in getting the right person."
Many people seem to be livid at the Environmental Control Board lately. At least three lawsuits involving the board are currently pending in Circuit Court, and Baltimore Inspector General David McClintock says complaints have reached his office. ("I have seen some inquiries and we are in the process of assessing what the best course of action is for that," he says.) Meanwhile, a bevy of local bloggers are busy sniffing for corruption. Gadfly Adam Meister has pointed out on his Charm City Current blog that ECB Administrative Judge Gary Brooks lives next door to former mayor Sheila Dixon, and the anonymous, now defunct Baltimore Government Watch revealed that Administrative Judge Patricia Welch is married to Martin Welch, chief judge of the Baltimore City Circuit Court, which hears ECB appeals. (ECB Executive Director Sandra Baker says Martin Welch has never been assigned an administrative review from ECB. "And we'd be the first to say that that would be unethical," she adds.) Baltileaks, a site modeled after WikiLeaks, has released several public documents related to the ECB, including financial disclosure statements by members of the board and administrative judges' contracts.
Residents and landlords have complained to
City Paper
, as well. About 10 people who communicated with a reporter had wide-ranging complaints about the ECB. They included objections to what the board considers evidence of a violation—generally a photograph or two, as in Trent's case, and the testimony of an enforcement officer—and complaints that notices of a right to a hearing were never received, that rulings on appeals were not forthcoming, that the cost of those appeals was prohibitively expensive, and that the ECB lacks oversight.
One man, who wished to remain anonymous because he fears retribution from the city, received citations two years ago for trash stuck in the hedges around his house. Ever since his hearing—which he describes as "Soviet Gulag-style"—he's been filing Maryland Public Information Act requests, reviewing state and federal regulations, and digging into court filings in an effort to discredit the agency. "My experience has been that it's basically a rubberstamp," he says.
No one has provided clear proof that the Environmental Control Board is corrupt. But judging by the frustrations it tends to evoke in those subject to its rulings, this city agency has a long way to go to achieve transparency and the trust of citizens. While supporters—some public officials, for instance—believe the ECB is simultaneously cleaning up the city and filling its coffers, opponents see the agency as an inflexible, Kafkaesque bureaucracy that exists solely to rake in revenue. Corrupt or not, there appears to be little solid evidence that the ECB has succeeded in cleaning up the city during its more than decade-long tenure. Meanwhile, it's not making any friends.
The hearing rooms
at the quasi-judicial Environmental Control Board in downtown Baltimore have all the majesty of office cubicles. After receiving a citation in the mail, those who request a hearing are ushered to a desk under drop ceilings and fluorescent lights, facing one of two administrative judges, who wear no robes. In one corner of the room, an office assistant mans a tape recorder and in some cases a projector, which is used to display photographs, or "exhibits," during the hearing. The hearings are theoretically open to the public, but the arrival of a reporter who didn't identify herself as such caused some consternation.
"Who are you? Where are you from?" Administrative Judge Gary Brooks asked when I sat down in his chambers.
"I'm here to observe the hearings," I said. "I understood they were open to the public."
Brooks: "That's not my question. Where are you from?"
That day's hearings ran the gamut, covering everything from citations for trash cans without lids to uncut grass to selling tobacco to a minor to owning unvaccinated, unlicensed house cats. In the latter case, the respondent was a woman named Patricia Gregory. "I didn't know you had to have a permit," she said, after identifying a gray cat in a photograph shot through a window as her own. Brooks lowered the fines for her two citations, bringing the total from $700 down to $250. "Is there any way I can pay over time?" Gregory asked. "I'm on Social Security. It's hard." (The ECB does not accept payment plans, but does on occasion grant extensions.)
The Environmental Control Board was not created to bring in revenue, according to City Councilmember Robert Curran (D-3rd District), who sits on the board. Formed by ordinance in 1998, it was modeled on a similar New York City body, meant to relieve overburdened criminal courts, where "nuisance" crimes related to trash, pets, and other minor offenses tended to sit unresolved. "[The ECB] was basically set up to be revenue-neutral in the sense that what they had hoped the board would accomplish is that it would change attitudes of people," Curran says. In fact, some public officials at the time, including Councilmember "Rochelle" Rikki Spector (D-5th District), worried publicly that financing the board would hurt the city budget.
Richard Krummerich, the first ECB executive director, told the Council at the time that officers would have to generate about 72,000 tickets a year to pay for the board's upkeep. More than a decade later, the ECB has done a good deal better than break even. In 2010, 78,192 citations were issued, of which only a little over 2,000 were dismissed. (The number of citations issued have climbed fairly steadily since the ECB was established. In 2003, the earliest year for which statistics are available, 35,852 citations were given out.) The board is projected to pull in $6 million for fiscal year 2011, at a cost to the city of about $600,000.
So it's no surprise that some residents see the ECB as little more than a cash cow. Steve Sachs, a landlord with 24 commercial and residential properties in the city who is suing the ECB in Circuit Court, is one of them. "It's clearly a department set up to collect revenue for the city and they don't care how they do it," he says. "They don't even care about your constitutional rights." Sachs says he's received 20 or 30 citations totaling $10,000 over the last three years, and only received notice of his right to a hearing on a few of them. He claims that he takes good care of his properties and that enforcement officers have repeatedly failed to prove that he or his tenants were the ones to blame for violations. "The problem is with the ECB, everything is based on hearsay," he says. "That's why they use an administrative court, because in a real court of law it would be thrown out." (City regulations governing the board state that, in general, "formal rules of evidence and trial procedures do not apply.") Sachs' trial is set for May 4, but he says the city has indicated it may offer him a settlement before that. "It looks like they don't want to go to court," he says.
Just last week, a landlord named Thomas Perrone filed another case in Circuit Court against the ECB (as well as its Executive Director Sandra Baker, Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake, City Council, Baltimore Housing Code Enforcement, and Housing Authority Commissioner Paul Graziano). The complaint deals with "numerous environmental citations" concerning a rental property Perrone owns in Bolton Hill. It alleges that the infractions cited—including overflowing trash and not having the correct number of trash cans—were actually the fault of a neighbor, and that Perrone repeatedly informed enforcement officers as well as the ECB of this, to no avail. The suit contends that citations were issued maliciously, that Perrone was repeatedly denied the right to an appeal, and that the response to Maryland Public Information Act requests was inadequate and incomplete, among other charges. Perrone is seeking a refund for the citations paid and nearly $350,000 in punitive damages. "This suit is just the tip of the iceberg," he wrote via e-mail, "to begin legal discovery against the fiscally predatory, malicious and wrongful practices of the Environmental Control Board, aka the 'Trash Police.'"
The ECB might more accurately be called the Trash Court, as the body itself does not issue citations, though it does establish the form and wording of those citations and train code-enforcement officers to issue them. City agencies, including the departments of Health, Fire, Police, and Housing, are the ticketers. Of these, the Housing Department—which, in 2007, took over the issuance of sanitation citations from the Department of Public Works—gives out the largest number of citations by far. Last year, Housing issued more than 58,000 citations. That is nearly double the number it issued in 2008. Asked the reason for this increase, Housing Department spokesperson Cheron Porter wrote via e-mail: "We have significantly increased our focus on sanitation enforcement."
The ECB's Sandra Baker attributes the general rise in citations over the years to several factors. She says that when the sanitation division was transferred to the Housing Department, citations skyrocketed. "Before that, housing inspectors weren't writing many citations," she says. "But there was a transfer of the guard from one agency to another." With the consolidation, the department put renewed efforts into ticketing. "It was more effective because then they would be in a code-enforcement atmosphere," says Department of Public Works spokesperson Robert Murrow. "Before, if you had a sanitation guy, he only looked at sanitation violations. Now code-enforcement officers look for any violation."
With the rise in citations,
Sandra Baker says her staff is stretched to the breaking point. "The number of people asking for hearings has increased," she says. "And we have not increased our staff here at ECB." Last year, 11,312 hearings were held. The contracts of the board's two administrative judges prohibit them from working more than 32 hours a week, which means each of those hearings lasted an average of about 15 minutes, assuming no time for paperwork and other duties. Baker says she is currently interviewing for a third administrative judge, but one more person is not likely to solve the problem. A 2009 Baltimore
article described a citation backlog so severe that notices for unpaid penalties—including the tripling of fines—were being sent out automatically before people requesting a hearing had even heard back about their hearing date. At that time, according to the article, hearings were being scheduled within six to eight weeks. The backlog has not improved in the intervening years. According to Baker, last year it took 120 days on average for residents to have their appeal heard. She says the average is now down to 60 days, but on the day in early March when a CP reporter visited, several of the hearings concerned citations issued in September. (By city code, the ECB has 180 days from the day a citation is served to hold a hearing.)
Mayor Stephanie Rawlings-Blake is presumably aware of the problem; her March 2010 Transition Team Report noted that the ECB was "significantly understaffed." It goes on: "We believe the ECB can be a major revenue generator for the City and that the investment of more staff will more then [sic] pay for itself." The report also expressed concern about vacancies on the board itself. The board's primary function is to rule on appeals, in the event that a citizen fails to convince a judge to overturn a citation during his or her hearing and wishes to continue fighting the citation. (According to Baker, the board ruled on just 13 appeals last year; one case was overturned.) The board is supposed to comprise 13 members: a representative from each of five city agencies, a City Council member, and seven members appointed by the mayor, two of whom must be members of the general public.
But of the four mayoral designees listed as board members on the ECB web site, one appears to have moved to Florida (Patrick Moylan), a second said in a phone call that she hadn't been to an ECB meeting for a year (Ede Taylor), and a third said he hadn't served on the board for some five years (Daniel Motz). Upon request, Baker provided a list of the members who are not city officials: three current (Hahns Spratt Hairston, Michael Zwaig, and Ronald Curry) and three "non active" (Patrick Moylan, Derrick Southard, and Ede Taylor). Thus it appears that the board currently has only nine true members, rather than 13, the majority of them from the very agencies that issue citations. E-mails and phone calls to the mayor's office inquiring about the vacancies were not returned.
Despite these problems at the ECB, the cost of dealing with the agency if you are cited is on the rise. The city Board of Estimates recently approved imposing a $15 court fee on anyone requesting a hearing. As of last month, submitting a written appeal—the next step after a hearing for those who wish to continue to fight their case—cost $50 plus the cost of a transcript of the hearing. (Transcripts cost anywhere from $90 to $400, according to Baker. An appeal previously cost $37, with no transcript charge.) None of these fees are refundable.
And with the city in a budget crunch, bills that involve civil citations adjudicated through the ECB have been cropping up more frequently in City Council. Last summer, the Council voted to increase fines for public drunkenness and public urination, and this February it passed a neighborhood nuisance bill governing those acting in a "disorderly manner that disturbs the public peace," as well as landlords allowing such behavior to occur on their property ("Keeping it Down," Mobtown Beat, Feb. 9, 2011). Council President Bernard C. "Jack" Young (D) also introduced a bill early this month that would increase the fines for illegal dumping. (In the case of larger pieces of trash, the fine would go from $250 to $1,000.)
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Councilmember Robert Curran says such citations help to change attitudes and make the city more livable. "[The ECB] performs a very good duty for the city," he says. "We need to have that agency running on all cylinders." Though Curran says he's intervened on behalf of a few of his own constituents with citation problems in the past, he has harsh words for critics of the Environmental Control Board: "Who are these gripes coming from? Is it the great aunt down the street that's 80 years old who couldn't get out to cut the lawn, or is it somebody who owns 20 or 30 houses and just don't give a rat's ass?"


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I'm using Garmin Montana regulary, with differnt maps in the background. That is base.
I have tried many different apps, payed, free and with differnt plans.
Instaling Galileo right now...
I ride mostly in Balkans and, so far, Omand is the best phone app (iphone) for me. The main reason is that, Osmand was the first map with Open MTB map layer, which, I asure you, is the best availible vector map to use for navigating Balkans OF ROAD. I do mountainiring and climbing and, for some regions (for example Durmitor montain in Montenegro) OSM MTB maps are superiod to ANY other map, online or ofline, vector or bitmap...
So, for Balkans (Croatia, B&H, Montenegro,Albania), so far, I suggest whatever app that uses OSM MTB maps. Note that for OSM MTM maps, differnt apps use different names,so it isn't always easy to find if the map is MTB or not...
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text: Propagation of nominal shocks in open economies Working paper no 5, 2002 WP no 5, 2002 pdf Authors Andersen, Torben M.; Beier, Niels C. Subject Monetary- and foreign-exchange policy; Monetary conditions; Monetary policy; Monetary-policy transmission Type Working paper Year 2002 Published 6 September 2002 Empirical evidence documents substantial persistence in the adjustment process to nominal shocks. Existing open-economy models have failed either to generate interesting dynamics or found that the mechanisms are quantitatively weak. We consider the propagation of nominal shocks in a fully specified stochastic intertemporal open-economy model with incomplete capital markets and staggered nominal wage contracts. Page Content


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Ella Wheeler Wilcox
A Golden Day - Poem by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
The subtle beauty of this day
Hangs o'er me like a fairy spell,
And care and grief have flown away,
And every breeze sings, "all is well."
I ask, "Holds earth or sin, or woe?"
My heart replies, "I do not know."
Nay! all we know, or feel, my heart,
Today is joy undimmed, complete;
In tears or pain we have no part;
The act of breathing is so sweet,
We care no higher joy to name.
What reck we now of wealth or fame?
The past--what matters it to me?
The pain it gave has passed away.
The future--that I cannot see!
I care for nothing save today--
This is a respite from all care,
And trouble flies--I know not where.
Go on, oh noisy, restless life!
Pass by, oh, feet that seek for heights!
I have no part in aught of strife;
I do not want your vain delights.
The day wraps round me like a spell
And every breeze sings, "All is well."
Comments about A Golden Day by Ella Wheeler Wilcox
Mohammed Asim Nehal (9/8/2018 10:55:00 PM)
Fantastic poem..All is well i suppose in the end. (Report)Reply
John S (3/23/2015 7:44:00 AM)
I know I write this often but sometimes I just don't understand why some well-written poems score so low. This poem sums up so many experiences I've had hiking through nature. When my friend and I walk through nature, out in some beautiful scenic area, it truly is a respite from worry and woe. Forget about the pressures currently occurring in your life, forget your worries about things future and past. Today is joy unsigned complete. This sort of a poem about mindfulness and being fully engaged in the present moment. (Report)Reply
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Wonderfully constructed. Brings tears to my eyes. (Report)Reply
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On grief, owls, & pilgrim's pockets
by Kayce Stevens Hughlett
"There are questions that I no longer ask
And others that I have not asked for a long time…" W.S. Merwin
In the first light of day, I sit and ponder the changing of seasons, what it means to grieve, and how the wisdom of owl might accompany me on this day. Owl is a potent talisman across cultures and I'm excited to learn more about what this winged creature will teach me.
A shaman friend of mine shared that owl is a symbol for the profane and I immediately think of the brazen character, Lucille, who continues to show up for me during my weekly writing group and sometimes trails along into my morning journals. Lucille and her penchant for profanity and an obsession with bleached and dried bones. When I hear the connection between owl, grief, and the profane, I wonder if Lucille's bluster and blasphemy is a coverup for her own grief. She wails and moans about the 'god damned fucking bones.' She pushes everyone away with her veracity, but today I sense in her something soft and tender. Could it be grief? Is it profane? Do I consider my own journey with grief a thing to blaspheme? Do you?
I wonder if there is a tangible place where grief resides. Could it be the place that lies beneath the surface—the dungeon where forgotten dreams and lost loves and past lives live? Where a femur bone of courage dips down and stirs the pot of broken hearts and tears gathered but never shed? Where the soul bumps against the hardened scallop shells that point toward a pilgrim's lone journey?
Down down down the spiral leads, beneath the earth, dry from a summer of no rain… down into the red earthen clay of an Oklahoma childhood and the heritage of a great great ancestor who built her home in the Mojave Desert. Down through the core of the earth and out the other side where glaciers glisten and throw blue light into the clear eyes of my grandfather Birt and the faceless ship's captain who shows up in my dreams.
Squirming and turning, I squint into the morning dawn and beckon my spine to straighten and remember. My chiropractor once said (although I can't be 100% certain it was him) that our spinal cord is like a computer chip filled with memories of our lifetime. So many memories, some remembered, others lost or hidden away. I don't quite know how to retrieve them or even if I want to, but today I believe that owl will be my courier. She will open and spread her wings like the feathers on the carved cow bone that I carried home from the temple at Pura Gunung Kawi.
Talismans and spirit animals have a way of hopping into my pockets like baby joeys burrowing into their mothers' pouches. A petrified sandshell from the Sinai Desert, the hazel wood wand from Glendolough Ireland, seaglass and silver beaded bracelets via Spain. This morning they all surround me until finally I jump into their pockets and go along for the ride. They beckon me to be brave and ask the questions that I've never asked and to welcome the ones I push away.
As if in response, a lone guitar player in the coffee shop where I write has replaced the piped in music and strums Leonard Cohen's "Hallelujah." His cords swallow up everything profane and release a stream of tears waiting to be shed.


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The Secret To Turn Losing Stocks Into Winning Trades
A red flashing screen!
There's nothing worse than seeing stocks you're trading suddenly tank and lose you money.
Those red flashing numbers…
That feeling in the pit of your stomach…
I hate that, and my account balance does too.
But what if I told you there was a way to flip the situation around.
A way you could actually make money off of losing stocks?
A secret you can use to turn losing stocks into winning trades.
Well, there is!
And I want to show it to you…
How To Profit From A Falling Stock Price
It's a method called 'going short' (or selling).
It's pretty much the opposite way most traditional investors and traders make money in the market.
You see, unlike buying a stock (or 'going long'), going short (or selling) involves you finding a stock or derivative you feel is overvalued and essentially betting that the price of it will fall.
The difference between where you got in and where it falls to is what you take home as a trader (minus the costs of course).
So, when you go short, you end up selling a security you don't actually own, hoping that you can purchase it back at a price lower than that what you got in at.
As I mentioned, when you do this, that difference is what you'll make in profits.
Short Selling is a little more complicated than simply buying a share for capital gain.
You see, when you borrow securities from traders who actually own them, you pay a fee for this.
When you put on your trade you're effectively agreeing on a deadline that you need to buy the stock back and then return it to the original trader.
WARNING: Short selling can be very risky.
Well, when it comes to short selling the losses you could realize don't have a limit!
That's right, you could stand to lose more money than you actually have in your trading account.
When you buy stocks, or go long, you're hoping for the stocks price to run higher (and in the process banking you a decent profit)
However, if the position moves against you, that is if the share price drops instead of rising like you'd hoped, the biggest loss that you could take is the initial amount you forked out for the stocks (IE your long position).
When you go short though, the biggest profit you could bank is 100% of your original position (this will be magnified if you're trading a geared product of course)
But your losses are potentially unlimited, as the shares could soar (going against what you'd anticipated by going short), which you'd be liable for.
If you decide to short stocks (or any other security, such as a CFD), make sure you have an exit plan in that your stop loss levels have been set.
That's why it's extremely important to trade short positions very carefully.
So now that you know how to cash in on falling stocks, what next?
3 Tools You Can Use To Bank Profits In A Falling Market
You've done your homework.
You've put in the hours.
The analysis is all pointing to one thing.
You fancy putting on a short!
What trading instruments can you use to do so?
Let's have a look at three of them…
Short Position Play #1: Contracts For Difference (CFDs)
CFDs are possibly one of the most popular trading instruments and derivatives.
All they are is a contract between you and another trading party to exchange the difference between the opening price of a share and the closing price of a share.
You can even use them to trade indices!
What I love the most about CFDs is that you can use them to trade in both directions.
So they're perfect for potential short positions.
Even better though is that you can magnify your profits.
But the same applies with anything trading related.
Gearing can be risky, and you need to be 100% sure of what you're doing and not gear yourself to the hilt.
You can trade CFD's through pretty much most brokers on the market or any company that offers CFD trading.
Short Position Play #2: Spread Trading
Spread trading is a way to trade an amount of your choosing on which way a share will move.
You can do this to speculate on both rising and falling shares.
A spread trade is also known as relative value trade, and involves the simultaneous purchase of one security and sale of a related security, called legs, as a unit.
Spread trades are usually executed with options or futures contracts as the legs, but other securities are sometimes used.
You can spread trade through a trading company.
The risks don't change though, so if you do decide to short the market or a specific share, make sure you have a thorough understanding of the instrument and the risks involved.
Short Position Play #3: Single Stock Futures
Single stock futures were extremely popular a few years ago and were at one stage the instrument of choice for South African traders until the CFD rolled around.
Single stock futures are basically contracts you can use to trade the market.
As well as using them to buy shares or indices, what makes them great vehicles to use during falling markets or share prices, is that you can use them to short shares or indices.
To trade single stock futures, you'll need a derivative trading account with a stock broker.
Let's say at this point you want to run with a market 'favorite' in CFDs.
But you know there are risks involved, and you want to improve your chances of success.
Well, you're in luck.
I have 6 very easy rules for this exact situation…
6 Ways To Improve Your Chances of Making Money From Falling Prices
I'm sure by now you're aware of the dangers a bad short position can bring with it.
So how exactly do you dodge the danger?
That's where my six rules come in, follow them to improve your odds when going short.
CFD Success Rule #1: A Question of Time
Timing is not just an investors game.
Even if we traders are only in it for a few hours, days or weeks.
That's why when you go short you need to make sure you're doing so at the ideal time.
You need to put in the legwork.
You need to do your analysis.
Ignore the "talking heads", and put in your own graft.
Because at the end of the day you are responsible for the position you put on, not the analyst whose morning note you might subscribe to.
(I promise you, he doesn't really care much about your trades).
So, make 100% sure before making any semblance of a decision!
CFD Success Rule #2: Don't Take Too Long
Because CFDs are geared, smaller price moves could equate to big percentages in your account.
The last thing you want to have happen is to be geared to the hilt and a 2% move loses you 20% in an instant.
That's why it's best not to hold your CFD positions for too long.
You risk the stock price heading the opposite way the more time you hold your trade.
And because you want a price to fall to make you bucks, that's not exactly ideal…
CFD Success Rule #3: Trade The Trend
You're not exactly going to be placing a ton of shorts in a bull market are you?
Well, that'd be more than risky to say the last.
That's why you should focus on bear markets.
That is, when markets are heading downwards.
This increases the chance of success as the market is in a downtrend.
As I just said, shorting in a bull market is risky.
Personally, I wouldn't.
You're more than welcome to try it, just don't come crying to me when it goes sour.
CFD Success Rule #4: Don't Forget The Basics
Remember, the themarket as a whole biased to continue upwards.
Warren Buffett even coined the phrase, "Over the long term, the stock market news will be good".
And that's why shorting can work against you.
Or at least it means that the market is not tipped in your favor.
When you place shorts you NEED to be aware and focussed, and you need to be strict about your stop losses.
I've watched traders blow entire accounts because they used their stops as a guideline rather than a hard and fast rule.
Don't be that guy.
CFD Success Rule #5: Don't Become An Inadvertent CEO
The last thing you want is for your short position to turn you into an inadvertent CEO.
What does that mean?
Well when you go short, if the stock you're selling (shorting) pays a dividend, you need to pay from your account.
So, don't forget about the dividends when going short!
CFD Success Rule #6: All that Glitters…
Make sure that the market or share you're looking to short actually has a CFD.
There are a number of different shares that offer CFDs you can trade…
But you need to know that you might not be able to short all of them!
Your broker will be able to indicate which stocks you can't short.
Ask them for this list, and keep it close.
Profit From Losing Stocks Today!
Shorting in itself is almost an art.
Not many traders I know can do it successfully.
But the ones that can smile all the way to the bank!
Just because a stock is dropping, it doesn't mean the profit opportunity for you has disappeared.
Thankfully there are instruments and methods you can use to take advantage of such moves.
And in the current climate, they're happening more and more!
Remember, as a trader you WANT a volatile environment.
It means more opportunities for you to trade, which means there's more opportunity for you to make money.
And short positions are a great way to do this!
If you'd like to increase the odds of your CFD short trades, remember my six steps.
- Timing is important, you want to be getting in for the RIGHT reasons.
- Keep it short (see what I did there?), only hold your CFD positions for a short period of time.
- Trade the trend, and don't fight the market. Trade what you see and not what you believe.
- Don't forget the risks. This might seem an obvious one, but the market has an upwards bias, don't forget that.
- Don't forget about the dividends! The last thing you want to do is pay out money because you didn't pay attention!
- And lastly, make sure that the market or share you're looking to short actually can be shorted.
Until then, here's to profitable trading.
John Stuart
Content Director
The Money Lab


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a lifestyle and travel blog
The places we visit, food we eat, drinks we consume and people we meet are all made up of moments in time.
A journal dedicated to sharing moments of travelling to new destinations, seeing a new band, sampling a new wine and everything in between.
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5 days in Switzerland – next stop, the Montreux and Lavaux wine region
A couple of weeks ago I wrote about Geneva, our first stop in Switzerland and then got a little side-tracked and hadn't written about visiting the Lavaux and Montreux areas. Then this morning, while having a coffee, I noticed the travel section in The West had an...
crocodiles, waterfalls and adventure tours in darwin
I was fortunate enough to spend a few days in Darwin two weeks ago and it was all about crocodiles, waterfalls and adventure tours! The firm I work for is celebrating its 20th birthday this year and to mark the occasion they flew the entire firm to Darwin for a...
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The Margaret River region is more than wineries. There are plenty of non-winery things to do. A couple of things we got up to on our recent stay included A massage at Empire Day Spa Empire is set in the middle of the bush. As you approach the spa all you can hear are...


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In an RFID device, how does the reader send data to interrogate the tag and how does the tag respond with the data stored in it ?
closed as too broad by uint128_t, PeterJ, Autistic, DoxyLover, Daniel Grillo May 8 '16 at 18:35
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\$\begingroup\$ Use RFID as a search term on the web and you will find volumes of info, more than we can print here. It gets elaborate, so we can only offer a basic description at best. \$\endgroup\$ – Sparky256 May 7 '16 at 22:16
\$\begingroup\$ You cannot get the ISO-18000 documents without paying for them, but the EPC Gen2 specification will describe the protocols. You can also look for the tutorial slide links from the IEEE RFID conferences; there's usually an intro to RFID that is technical but tractable. \$\endgroup\$ – b degnan May 8 '16 at 13:33
You need to research about how RFID works.
Photo 1. Inside of an RFID card showing the loop antenna and chip.
The RFID reader emits a radio wave. The wire loop antenna in in the card picks up enough power (when close to the transmitter) to power the chip. which is also visible in your photo.
The chip modifies the radio signal in a way that the transmitter can sense and encodes the ID back to the reader as a modulated binary data stream. The reader demodulates the signal to extract the data which is then handled like any other digital data.


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Connie is vibrant, loving, compassionate, tough and inspiring. She's a mother of two beautiful boys. She's 35 years old. And she's dying of Breast Cancer.
This is her third battle with cancer. At the age 11 Connie, with the help of early detection and chemotherapy, fought off a very rare and aggressive bone tumour in her leg. At 22, she overcame a tumour in her womb, again with the help of early detection and treatment.
This time Connie has Breast Cancer. It has spread to her lungs, liver, pelvis, spine and knee. This time it's terminal and she has a life expectancy of 6-12 months.
Nothing can prepare you for to say goodbye to your kids at such a young age. That's why Connie is hard at work to raise Breast Cancer awareness. Early detection is the key to survival and Connie wants everyone to know it, so she's sent her brother around Australia on a unicycle.
Samuel is one of Australia's most recognisable personalities in the Australian entertainment industry.
He's best known for his roles on The Secret Life of Us, Crackerjack, Underbelly II and Network Ten's Rush. He's made a number of TV guest appearances… and he's the voice of Vodafone, Suzuki and Pedigree.
Plenty of career accolades have come his way. He's enjoyed multiple Logie nominations, an AFI Award and an Australian Centenary Medal in the 2000 Queens Honours list. He's very proud of all of this, but none of it is as important to him as his sister.
That's why he's setting out on this gruelling journey around Australia. Nothing will stop him keeping his promise to Connie.


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This is the team's second year competing, with seven weeks worth of training. The athletes trained in the Rouse Fitness room. Powerlifters came from Cedar Park High School, Vista Ridge High School, Glenn High School and Rouse High School.
The Lazers thanked Rouse HS for providing the facility and volunteers, Vandegrift High School for the power suits, volunteer Parker Mathews and coach Scot Williamson.
Leander ISD would like to commend the Powerlifters for the Area 13 Competition:
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Maybe you could have a way to turn off anti-aliasing! If you did that, the paint bucket would be fixed and we could make pixel art! It's a win-win!
Yeah, like there could be a "Share Project" button, and somebody else could download it on their device and continue working on it!
It would be nice, though, because most free editing programs don't allow camera movement (I'm sorry, iMovie) and we'd like to move the camera.
If it is a bug, you should post it in the bugs section.
I have an iPad Pro 10.5" running the newest iOS.
The audio moves forward by a small but noticeable window of time when I export my animation as a movie. The audio is perfectly fine when I play it while editing my animation, but when it's exported, I have to go through a long process of moving the audio back.
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You could also color on a separate layer below the line art!
I think there should be an option to skew drawings as well! Sometimes, I don't just want to rotate it.
A lot of these are problems I have had with FlipaClip too!
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