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A Melbourne tribunal orders a cafe owner to pay Instagram influencer Chloe Roberts more than $1,600 after finding the business did not lose value when Ms Roberts deleted old posts of herself at the cafe.
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On election day May 18 — regardless of which Chinese-Australian candidate wins in the marginal Victorian seat of Chisholm — history will be made.
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The Coalition promises hundreds of new parking spots at train stations in Melbourne's south-east as Labor pledges the state's first level crossing-free train line.
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A 25-year-old man dies in a house fire in Melbourne's east, despite fire crews' efforts to save him, as two other people manage to escape the blaze.
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A man is found dead on the roof of a house undergoing renovations in Melbourne's east.
Topics: death, workplace, accidents, police, camberwell-3124, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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Voters along Melbourne's longest tramline will help decide some of the city's most marginal seats. But if the voters are any guide, the candidates face a chorus of confusion, disinterest and disenchantment.
Topics: federal-elections, federal-government, federal-parliament, elections, government-and-politics, people, vermont-south-3133, camberwell-3124, richmond-3121, docklands-3008, melbourne-3000, vic, australia
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A religious order in Melbourne has been accused of impeding an investigation into historic sex abuse at a former children's home.
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Burger chain Grill'd announces it will immediately review and renegotiate its workplace agreements, after a former employee took the Australian-owned company to court.
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A Melbourne woman launches Federal Court action against fast-food company Grill'd alleging she lost her job after complaining about being underpaid.
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A Melbourne driver who dies behind the wheel of his car, which mounted the kerb and hits two pedestrians in Camberwell, may have had a heart attack.
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About 100 patients including new mothers and their babies are evacuated from a Melbourne's Epworth Freemasons Hospital after a burst pipe flooded parts of the building.
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A new documentary on Melbourne's steam-era Outer Circle Line will screen to sell-out audiences this month.
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Parts of Melbourne are mopping up after severe thunderstorms, hail and flash flooding hammered the city on Tuesday afternoon.
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Melbourne's train operator Metro says tens of thousands of people were delayed on the Lilydale and Belgrave train lines during the morning peak.
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Police are calling for the public's help to identify a man who was hit by a train and killed near the East Camberwell railway station, in Melbourne, in September.
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Victorian state school teachers have walked off the job for a half-day strike, as part of their pay dispute with the State Government.
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Police are struggling to identify a man who was killed by a train in Melbourne three weeks ago.
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Police are searching for a wheelie bin containing the body of a man which was left on the banks of a creek for up to four months.
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Two men have been charged with the murder of another man who disappeared from his home in Camberwell in Melbourne's east.
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A Melbourne council has become one of the first in the country to extend a ban on smoking in public places.
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About 50 cars have been damaged overnight in Melbourne's east.
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The jawbone of a schoolboy who drowned on Victoria's Mornington Peninsula in the 1980s has been found in a Melbourne home.
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Three people have been charged over a fake credit card scam in Melbourne that netted nearly $7 million.
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Two of the grieving daughters of slain hero cop Peter Figoski have arrived at the Super Bowl on a dream trip set up by Giants boss Steven Tisch and movie mogul Harvey Weinstein.
Yesterday was the first time Corrine, 14, and Caroline, 16, had ever been aboard a plane, said their mom, Paulette.
The Post and the New York City Police Foundation teamed up to raise more than $2 million for a scholarship fund for Corrine, Caroline and older sisters Christine, 19, and Caitlyn, 18, after their dad was gunned down in Brooklyn.
The older daughters could not make the trip, but Tisch and Weinstein have offered to take them to the Oscars on Feb. 26.

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China's big three state-owned airlines still dominate the country's aviation market, but low-cost carriers have started to make a real dent in their market share with the help of recent regulatory reforms.
The collective market share of China's budget airlines has risen to around 14% from less than 1% a decade ago. The planned entry of AirAsia group into the domestic market via a new joint venture looked set to boost that, but the Malaysian company's deal collapsed late last month.
While the immediate threat from AirAsia, Asia's largest discount airline group, may have faded, Air China, China Eastern Airlines and China Southern Airlines need to recognize that the market is shifting. After reporting unexpectedly positive results for the first half of 2018 thanks to the relaxation of caps on economy-class fares even in the face of rising fuel prices and the yuan's weakening against the dollar, the big 3 should use this breather to build out their own presence in the low-cost market.
Outside of China, many of Asia's large airlines have defensively set up their own discount affiliates. Jetstar, Qantas' entry, has enabled the Australian carrier to retain many fliers who might otherwise have switched to domestic LCC upstarts like Virgin Australia Airlines. It has also expanded onto international routes, enabling the company to maintain flights to destinations that could not be profitably maintained at full-service levels.
Similarly, Singapore Airlines' LCC offshoots, now consolidated under the Scoot brand, enabled it to retain many customers who had been targeted by new budget airlines without diluting the premium standing of the company's original brand. Both Singapore Airlines and Qantas have in turn used their budget offshoots as a platform to expand into new foreign markets -- including each other's.
China Eastern and China Southern have tiptoed into low-cost operations through subsidiaries, but more should be done. The scale of China's urban population and its large land mass provide ideal conditions for low-cost carriers to flourish. LCCs account for 32% of the domestic airline market on average globally; Boeing and Australian consultancy CAPA - Centre for Aviation project LCCs' market share in China will reach 35% by 2035.
LCCs have a significant cost advantage over the big 3. This is in part due to the bloated staffing at the state-owned majors, which they have not been allowed to effectively address. The big 3 are therefore at risk of losing much more business if competitive LCCs are given free rein to expand.
The Chinese authorities long held back LCC development to safeguard the positions of the big 3 and to manage the pace of aviation sector growth. Minimum fare levels were only abolished in 2013. Around the same time, the authorities began letting LCCs start flying routes between the country's busiest airports and even use them as operating hubs.
One carrier, Spring Airlines, managed to get an operating license before the regulators first got worried that LCCs could pose a threat to the big 3 and at a time when domestic traffic levels were still modest. Spring navigated around the regulatory constraints by flying mostly to secondary destinations to begin with. Spring further stayed out of the direct path of the big 3 by keeping its base at the old terminal of Hongqiao, Shanghai's former main airport, which was underused as larger carriers had shifted operations either to that airport's newer terminal or to Pudong International Airport.
Prospering on the back of the boom in domestic air travel, Spring remains the country's largest LCC, with a fleet of around 80 planes, as well as international flights and a subsidiary in Japan.
Since the Civil Aviation Authority of China began loosening the constraints that held back further LCC development in 2013, the number of such carriers has multiplied, with a few small traditional carriers converted to the LCC model.
HNA Group, China's fourth largest aviation company, has been the most enthusiastic about the LCC model. HNA's flock now includes four budget carriers, Beijing Capital Airlines, Lucky Air, Urumqi Air and West Air. HNA also organized the first international alliance of LCCs two years ago, the U-Fly Alliance, with a plan to allow passengers to book flights across their joint networks.
While AirAsia has put aside its plans for a domestic Chinese affiliate, it already services 15 cities in the country from its hubs elsewhere. Other Asian LCCs including Scoot and Jetstar have also opened flights from their hubs into China, putting pressure on the international routes of the big 3.
The big 3 have not totally ignored the trend. In 2014, China Eastern, which is based in Shanghai, converted its China United Airlines subsidiary, which has its hub in Beijing, into an LCC.
China United's fleet has since grown to 39 aircraft. Its net income surged 73% last year to 810 million yuan ($118.12 million), with a 16% net profit margin, ranking it as one of the most profitable LCCs in Asia. While its fleet represents just 6% of the China Eastern group total, its earnings amount to 13% of group net profit.
China Southern has stepped into LCC operations through its majority-owned subsidiaries Sichuan Airlines and Xiamen Airlines. Sichuan's Chengdu Airlines unit was converted into an LCC in 2014. It has since rapidly expanded its network to encompass 54 domestic destinations, mostly in western China.
Xiamen Air meanwhile set up a new LCC, Jiangxi Air, in 2015 in the city of Nanchang through a joint venture with companies owned by the government of Jiangxi Province. The LCC remains small, with just nine planes, but plans to add flights to Beijing, Shanghai and other top cities as well as eventually regional and even transcontinental flights.
Notwithstanding these forays, the big 3 though have yet to fully commit to LCC development. Partly this is out of worry that LCC operations could cannibalize their core business.
The hesitation also probably stems in part from the number of other major issues confronting management at the big 3, including digitalization, alliance development and fleet planning. Management may not have the appetite or bandwidth to handle the complexity of launching a new LCC.
This is especially true since setting up and operating an LCC requires a fundamentally different mentality and skills from running a traditional airline. LCCs require a focus on efficiency, innovation, non-ticket revenues, digital platforms, direct sales and entrepreneurial flair, not a natural fit for China's state-owned airlines.
But the big 3 need to recognize that there is significant underserved demand for budget travel in China, which LCCs are best poised to capture. The big 3 are at risk of losing business directly as well as the benefit of domestic traffic fed into their long-haul services.
They should instead exploit the advantages they hold over new LCC startups. For one, they have a clear if unstated edge in getting the best-timed takeoff slots at China's congested major airports.
Big 3-backed LCCs can also leverage the scale of their parent groups in aircraft purchasing, maintenance infrastructure, frequent flyer programs and flight connections to long-haul destinations. While demand for pilots in China outstrips domestic supply, the big 3 can leverage their ties with the military and training schools at home and abroad to get the people they need.
As with Scoot and Jetstar, fully backed LCC operations will enable the big 3 to respond to the challenge posted by Spring Air and HNA's affiliates. With new units starting from a low cost base, the big 3 should be able to serve secondary or remote destinations that lack the demand needed to make mainline flights profitable. The new LCC arms can also serve as testing grounds for innovations that can potentially be brought over to the big 3's mainline operations later.
It will be important that the new LCC units have a distinct branding identity from the big 3's mainline operations so that the two can address different market segments. As the big 3 already have airport lounges, loyalty programs and business-class sections, they need to maintain their full-service identity. This could be bolstered with retirement of some of their older planes and a renewed focus on customer service.
New big 3-backed LCCs could be a boon for secondary Chinese destinations looking for better transport connections. Travelers will be happy to have new, cheaper flights too. Aircraft manufacturers will look forward to getting more orders.
It will be a very complex and hard road ahead though for the big 3 to successfully adapt to a landscape where LCCs play a much bigger role. Those that can make the transition will likely be the winners in China's expanding aviation market.
Michel Brekelmans is managing director at SCP/Asia, a Singapore-based consulting firm that supports companies in business strategy development, organizational improvement and M&A services. He has previously worked with several Chinese and other Asian carriers.


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Chelsea Flower Show - What A Deliciously Fragrant Day Out.
As I walked in through the entrance, everywhere I looked, people were happily milling about, chatting and smiling; there was a veritable 'buzz' in the air!
Sometimes, taking a little time out from the humdrum of everyday life can do wonders for the soul, and when an abundance of flowers are thrown into the equation, well thats even better…


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My passion for pastels began 15 years ago. The intensity of their color takes me where no other medium can. My love of life, God, family and the world gives constant inspiration to my paintings. They tell stories of the people and places in my life. The simplest things are of so much value. I paint to capture a moment before it disappears.
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I Was A Teenage Champion
The life of a tennis phenom is never simple.
The ability to perform under pressure separates the best
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The Rough Business Of Coaching
It's a tough road with no safety net, but I wouldn't change it for the world.
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A journeyman player survives on the professional circuit.
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Running the numbers on the nation's biggest tennis event.
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My name is Frank Shamrock and I was born Frank Alicio Juarez III on December 8, 1972 at the UCLA Medical Center in Westwood, California. A sensitive child brought up in a broken family, my early life was filled with violence, poverty and trouble. I became a ward of the State of California at the age of 12 and a prison inmate at 18. By the age of 22, mine was a world story.
As a fighter in a sport that started bare knuckled with limited rules and no weights classes, I earned the nickname, The Legend. A pioneer of modern combat sports I became the world's first UFC Middleweight Champion, the first Mexican American MMA Champion and left the UFC as the four-time undefeated champion following an epic four round battle with the sports' bad boy, Tito Ortiz.


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Giza Pyramids, Sphinx, Valley Temple, Egyptian Museum, Old Cairo, Ben Ezra Synagogue, High Dam, Unfinished Obelisk, Kom Ombo Temple, Edfu Temple, Valley of the queens, Hatshepsut Temple, Colossi of Memnon.
Once your flight landing at Cairo airport, Ibis Egypt Tours representative will be waiting for you, holding a sign with your name, then he will transfer you to your hotel in Cairo, overnight in Cairo
Enjoy tasty breakfast at your hotel, then Ibis Egypt Tours tour guide will escort you to Pyramids of Giza and The Egyptian Museum, start your tour by visiting the three Pyramids of Cheops, Chephren and Mykerinus, then move to Panorama area, enjoy fabulous photos for the three Pyramids, next move to the Sphinx, visit the Valley Temple, continue your Cairo and Nile Cruise Package by visiting the Egyptian museum, it is one of the most famous museums in the world, next round will be to Old Cairo including visits to the various Churches there ( Visit maximum 02 churches ), visit Ben Ezra synagogue, at the end of your Cairo day tours you will be transferred to Giza train station to catch your Seating train to Aswan, Dinner & overnight on board. Meals Plan ( Breakfast )
Arrive at Aswan train station, Ibis Egypt Tours representative will meet & assist you then escort you to your Nile Cruise, check into your good budget Nile Cruise, taste your unforgettable excursions to the High Dam, head towards the Unfinished Obelisk, Lunch on board your Nile Cruise, Dinner & overnight on board your Egypt Nile Cruise. Meals Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner )
Enjoy your tasty breakfast on board, amuse your eyes while Sailing to Kom Ombo, pay a visit to the Temple shared by Two Gods Sobek and Horus, Sail towards Edfu, head out to visit the Temple of Horus in Edfu, sail towards Esna while tasting your lunch on board, Dinner & overnight on board your Egypt Nile River Cruise. Meals Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner )
Enjoy your tasty breakfast on board, sail towards Luxor, Start to embrace the culture, walkthrough Valley of the queens, head out towards the Temple of Queen Hatshepsut, visit the magnificent Colossi of Memnon, tasting your lunch on board, Dinner & overnight on board your Egypt Nile Cruise. Meals Plan ( Breakfast, Lunch & Dinner )
Enjoy your tasty breakfast on board, disembarkation after breakfast, then transfer to Luxor train station to catch your seating Train back to Cairo, Dinner & overnight on board. Meals Plan ( Breakfast )
Arrive at Giza train station, meet and assist by our representative who will switch you back to your hotel in Cairo, have some rest & refresh, enjoy a free day in Cairo & overnight. Meals Plan ( Breakfast )
Today we will say goodbye to Egypt, once you enjoy your tasty breakfast, Ibis Egypt Tours representative will escort you to Cairo International airport for final departure. end of your Cairo & Nile Cruise budget tour package. Meals Plan ( Breakfast)
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Since the revival of the Golf Club in 1995, the club has grown in popularity and is the second most popular attraction in the village.
The clubhouse is open to all members and the general public. There is no formal dress code within the clubhouse. If you wish to book the clubhouse for a private party, we have seating for 60+ and a full alcohol license. The Golf Club also holds Socials from time to time in the clubhouse.
The Golf Club employs a qualified cook to cater for everybody's requirements, including those with special diets. Please ask the staff if you worried about the ingredients contained in certain types of food that we provide. You can eat in or out on the tables that are provided. We also provided a 'take away' service. Special offers are always on, so please check our 'Facebook' page or check the 'offers board' within the clubhouse.
Times may vary according to the weather especially during the holiday season. The clubhouse is often open in the evenings for the hiring out of clubs and balls but not for snacks and meals.
There are toilets within the premises but they are not suitable for wheelchair access. There are however Public toilets with disabled access in Penrhyn Drive South some 800 metres away. There is a ramp into the clubhouse suitable for wheelchair access.
We hope you enjoy your visit to the Clubhouse
Summer opening Hours
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Winter opening Hours
Closed between October – April unless otherwise advised.
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We may close due to bad weather, to be sure, give us a call anytime on 01341 250 979.


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Right now I'm somewhere over America on my way to San Francisco and then on to Portland, OR to attend World Domination Summit 2012.
This is the first conference I've paid completely for in a number of years and while I'd love to be on stage, I'm excited to be there fully as a participant. Plus, I'm jazzed to be returning to Portland because I fell in love with the city when I spoke there on the Content Rules book tour and it'll be great to return!
Ever since I first heard my dear friend Karen Walrond first mention the event last year I've been curious. Then when I found out it was created by Chris Guillebeau I was hooked.
This is only the second year, but it was so popular last year that this years tickets were opened in blocks and sold out almost immediately after they were announced. As someone who has thought about putting on my own event (I'm scared of the logistics of it), I can't imagine how psyched Chris and his team must be for the success.
Because I know plenty of you are going to be wondering what this event is all about, watch this video to get an idea.
If you are attending, please be sure to say hi. I'll be the guy walking around with my GORUCK on my back and my camera in my hand. I'm looking forward to catching up with a few old friends and really excited to be meeting so many new ones. Hoping I can squeeze in a couple of Passion Hit TV interviews as well, but we shall see.
You can follow along with the #WDS2012 tag if you can't be in good old PDX.


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9.00pm Thursday 10 June on BBC THREE
The poignant and often hilarious exploits of "Dirty" Debbie, "Raggedy" Ann and "Bent" Ben, a group of young friends growing up in Stanley Place, are followed in this bold new pilot for BBC Three
9.00pm Thursday 10 June on BBC THREE
The poignant and often hilarious exploits of "Dirty" Debbie, "Raggedy" Ann and "Bent" Ben, a group of young friends growing up in Stanley Place, are followed in this bold new pilot for BBC Three
Stanley Park is a new comedy drama pilot on BBC Three, written & created by Leo Richardson and directed by Misha Manson-Smith (LALA Land and High Spirits with Shirley Ghostman).
Stanley Park stars comedian Morwenna Banks (Saxondale) and Antonia Thomas (who played Alisha in E4's comedy drama Misfits).
Set in a south London suburb, the show follows young friends enduring the poignant and often hilarious emotional upheavals during a life-changing period. All living on the same street, it's hard to really keep secrets, and it seems everyone has something they're hiding, or hiding from.
First there's "Dirty" Debbie (Holliday Grainger), a sassy fashion designer and self-proclaimed 'Carrie Bradshaw of Croydon' who, from the moment she arrived to live with gin swigging, Superking smoker and serial internet dater, Auntie Pat (Sharon Horgan writer and star of BBC's Pulling), knew the place had trouble written all over it. And she wasn't wrong. Debbie's outfits are as outrageous as the erotic fiction she writes and no man can resist her charms but, across the road, there's competition in the form of emo, Raggedy Ann (Jennie Jacques – Desperate Romantics, Shank), who claims she was a bohemian poet in her past life.
Then there's "Bent" Ben – Ann's fabulous, Beyonce-loving best friend who is always on hand to provide a shoulder to cry on and a constant source of advice, but who could do well to counsel himself occasionally. And who can forget Sadie (Antonia Thomas who played Alisha in E4's Misfits), waggish with a nice job, a hot boyfriend, and a Gucci bag who thinks her life will really take off since she got engaged in Pizza Express.
As the residents of Stanley Park go about their everyday lives, Harry "the hottie" winks at Debbie as she walks home and sets in motion a chain of events that will change everything and everyone in the street forever…
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The BBC has announced that three new pilots will be premiering online.
A trio of new BBC Three shows, Pulse, Dappers and Stanley Park, will make their arrivals on the network's official website a week before the show's debut on television.
Pulse debuts online on May 27 while Dappers and Stanley Park hit the website on June 3.
Pulse is a supernatural drama series which centres on a medical trainee who begins to notice strange happenings in the hospital in which she works. The series stars Claire Foy.
Dappers is a comedy series about a pair of singles mums starring Lenora Crichlow and Ty Glaser while Stanley Park features Sharon Horgan in the dramedy centring on a group of London friends.
"We want to keep experimenting with the relationship between the web and TV, and these pilots provide a great opportunity to get the BBC Three audience discussing our programmes and helping to plan our future." BBC Three's controller Danny Cohen said.
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2001-present Arts instructor Digital Media, Watercolour, mixed media and acrylic art classes and workshops. Contract work with Manitoba schools for integrated arts programming with k-12.
2017-present Integrated Arts Programming- Frontier School Division, Mb
2016-present Integrated Arts Programming- art installation-Springfield Middle School, Oakbank, Mb
2014-2016 Teaching Artist St. James School Division
2014- ACI Rural Youth Mentorship program - mentor for student at École Powerview School
2012-2018 ArtsSmarts Grants - École Powerview School
2014-16 Community Voices - focused on anti-bullying, community improvements, digital design/zentangle, photography, collage and 3-D computer mock up including presentation.
2014-15 Our Family Floor Plan - focused on school social support structures, expressed through creative writing, illustration and digitally designed with computer software.
2013-14 Emergence From Destruction - focused on ecology, social responsibility biomimicry expressed through the creation of a sculpture from repurposed material.
2012-13 Vision Voyageurs - focused on local history, creative writing and botany expressed through collage, art journaling, paint and image transfer.
2013-2014 Community Access Grants - École Powerview School
2013 Northern Lights - focused on how the northern lights are created and resulted in a permanent installation in the school.
2014 Future Flight Path - focused on migration expressed though paper feathers covered with the dreams and goals of each student used to create a flock of geese which was installed as a permanent art installation at the school.
June-Aug 2013 Sagkeeng/Artists in the school video production I Wonder Why.
June-2013 École Powerview School video production Canada's Walking Youth Theatre company.
2012-13 RSÉA Division Scolaire Franco-Manitobaine
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2013 Travel/Professional Development grant Manitoba Arts Council
2011-12 Un Artiste Une communauté A Story Garden - public art installation -Allard Regional Library, St. George Manitoba; collaboration with Denise Prefontaine.
Art Organizations:
Past Board Member: Gwen Fox Gallery-Selkirk, Manitoba
Current Board Member: Winnipeg River Arts Council-Lac Du Bonnet, Manitoba
Current Member: Pinawa Arts Council
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May 2017 Collective Voices - Cre8tery Gallery, Winnipeg Manitoba
August 2017 Boreal Shores Art Tour - Powerview, Manitoba
November 2017 Red House Gallery
August 2018 Boreal Shores Art Tour - Powerview, Manitoba
Solo Exhibitions:
July 2018 Library Allard - St. Georges, Manitoba
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July 2013 International Educators Workshop Lincoln Centre Institute Community
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Your article "Modifying Speed-Sensitive Power Steering" prompted me to sign up as an AutoSpeed member immediately. I am facing a problem with my very recently acquired Mitsubishi Airtrek Turbo-R which is inflicted with power steering that is way too light. Other than that, I'm very pleased with my new toy. Now comes the tough part - as the power steering is not speed sensitive, is there any other areas that I can look at modifying without compromising safety or reliability? 'Pulleys', 'solenoids' etc. have come up but I am not sure as to how to proceed and will greatly appreciate any advice.
The way that manufacturers alter the power steering weight in different models is to change the torsion bar stiffness within the rack. We have heard that a bypass around the pump will increase steering effort, but we wonder about its effect when you need to suddenly input steering (eg in a swerve and recover). So sorry, but we've never seen a power steering system effectively modified for more effort, other than the electronically one we covered in the story.
I am going to add larger injectors to my Pulsar and have decided to try your method of tricking the ECU by adding a pot to the output of the MAF ["DIY Bigger Squirts"]. Unfortunately I'm still not sure what will happen when my engine is at full load. Will the ECU give the injectors everything they've got when I punch the throttle (because it is no longer in closed loop operation)? I thought I read somewhere that the ECU determines the injector pulses for wide open throttle while in closed loop mode, which means it won't use the injectors at full potential. If this is the case, then there would be no point in installing bigger injectors. Can you clarify this issue for me.
Sean Pope
The pots move the airflow meter's signal so that at full load, the larger injectors are opened a lesser pulse width, therefore giving the correct mixtures. In other words, the system is actually set up so that full load mixtures are correct. However, while it is a very effective method given its $5 cost, these days for any car other than a very budget one there are much better approaches available, eg chip re-writing
Re Torana GTR XU1originality. A reader mentioned that all XU1s must have black interiors, this isn't true, there was a doeskin (white colour), grey and brown also especially in these 3 cases they were August 1973 Bathurst versions.
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Hi! Just a quick line to say how much I appreciate your site. I log on periodically when my Fiat X1.9 project gets too much for me and I need inspiration to keep going. I'm fitting a turbo100kw GT Starlet motor into a fully restored X1.9 and it ain't as easy as it fist looked. DUH! you say! I know, I should have known that before I started but I NEED more power and the old Fiat motor and gearbox just didn't have what it takes. It has the excellent handling but that just ain't enough. Please keep the articles coming.
Firstly, your articles are great. I do enjoy reading them from time to time, depending on what my mood is. Although I do find the tech DIY issues more interesting most of the time. Hence me looking forward to your new section on technical stuff. Is that going to be ready soon? Do keep up the good work.
I seek your opinion/advise on the installation of a Unichip in my car. It is a local variant of the Daihatsu Terios. Basically it's a 4WD. I have spoken to the local agent/distributor and we basically have agreed on everything. The catch is that these guys only have a 2WD dyno. And my car is a permanent 4WD. So they promise me that on-road tuning would serve just as well.
I don't seem to doubt them. However, I cannot but remember your words, if you do any modifications have them verified with a dyno. In short, I feel a bit cheated in not having a piece of paper to prove to my mates that my investment did bring about an improvement. Is there anything you can comment on on-road tuning? Is it safe/reliable? What are its pros and cons to a dyno tune? Which is better, on road or dyno?
Thanks in advance,
Adrian Oon
The best outcome will be achieved by a combination of dyno and road tuning - on the dyno for the high load tuning and on the road for the transient tuning (eg ignition timing and fuel enrichment/enleanment with sudden throttle changes). We would not be getting tuning done entirely on the road - it certainly can be done, but replicating all the possible load/rpm variations is far more easily and quickly done on the dyno.
Is there any formula that calculates Hp at the motor (or wheels) from 1/4 mile terminal speed times. I ran a 15.849 @ 140.33(87.20) and am curious. NB: FWD 2ltr 5 speed
Matthew Hutchings
See "The Best Performance Determinant"
Could you please retest the Racelogic Traction Control system? Your impressions were a short 4-5 lines which barely gave any real opinions. Try it on a single turbo Supra or something of that nature.
Darren Foo
I read your article on the Holden AWD system and wanted to point out a few technical flaws.
An open differential is a rotational speed varying device and does not vary the torque. Each wheel sees the same torque no matter what, it is only the speed, and therefore the power that is varied. Think about this. Jack up the back of a Commodore/Falcon base model (RWD, open diff) If you run the engine, both wheels turn. To stop one wheel turning, you must apply a torque equal and opposite to the torque going to that wheel, correct?
Well, the other wheel is now turning twice as fast as before, but still only sees the same amount of torque as it did before. It is now producing twice the power as before (for equilibrium) but not seeing twice the torque.
I know this concept is hard to grasp, and you may well disagree with me, but it is a fact.
So your comment that:
Imagine that one of these cars is placed so that one wheel is on a slippery surface. The driver dumps the clutch and that wheel starts to spin. However, as soon as it's turning faster than the other wheel, it is automatically braked. This immediately sends lots of torque across to the other wheel, which is therefore getting most of the power. The car drives off. So on this car the torque split from side to side is being controlled by the braking of individual wheels.
is inherently wrong.
It should read:
Imagine that one of these cars is placed so that one wheel is on a slippery surface. The driver dumps the clutch and that wheel starts to spin. However, as soon as it's turning faster than the other wheel, it is automatically braked. This immediately sends lots of POWER across to the other wheel, which is therefore getting most of the power. The car drives off. So on this car the POWER split from side to side is being controlled by the braking of individual wheels.
The brake that you talk about provides the counter-torque which sends the POWER to the other wheel. When one wheel spins, the torque is still going to the wheel, it is just resisted by excess grip, which allows the other wheel to spin, increasing the power to the other wheel relative to the "stuck" wheel.
I understand that many people have trouble with the concept of TORQUE and POWER, and I also understand from reading your book and many editorial posts that maybe you are watering down the technical aspects somewhat, as I am sure you already understand what I am pointing out here.
For my own peace of mind, I would appreciate a reply from yourself as to whether you agree or disagree with my comments.
By the way, I did not "learn" about diffs from the other site, I work in the transport industry and have helped design AWD systems for heavy transport vehicles. Hours of testing and design have proven this theory. Now, I also want to point out that LSD devices DO vary the torque split and CAN send more TORQUE to one wheel. But your comments were about OPEN DIFFS, and that is what has been discussed here.
Anyway, I hope this helps.
Keep up the good work
Daniel Simms
Thanks for that - and you're right.
Rob Wignell (Response, last week): You've probably heard this before, but if you want to adapt a mini engine to use fuel injection, the best thing to do is get an 8-port head like the Arden 8-port, or a KAD twin-cam, then there are no probs with the siamesed intake ports, and a whole lot more flow. The Arden head was used by the BMC works teams so it's still authentic. You could also try to source the injection setup from a late model throttle body injected Mini, which were sold in Britain up until the Mini ceased production in 2000.
Gary Barnes
Great work on the Spin Cycle article, hopefully at this point some readers will realise that AutoSpeed isn't as biased (if at all!) as some of the other automotive publications out there. Although: it will be a cold day in hell when readers don't write in to criticise an author giving his personal opinion which is clearly identified as such (and then often countered with a perhaps someone else would think this...)
It's good to see that you can still keep your sense of humour, especially when a manufacturer asks "Has Julian Edgar grown up yet?". A comment like that could almost be defined as slapstick - it's hilarious. Hmmm, I couldn't really tell from the photograph, but how broad are your shoulders?
Keep up the great work.
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Northern Territory, Australia
(The land of open road limits and no demerit points... Yet.)
How's it going? Been a member of your site now for over 2 years and I think it's fantastic! Keep up the good work. Quick question regarding engine swaps. I have a '95 GX Liberty Sedan, standard EJ22 motor, 5 speed box. Is it possible (and more importantly feasible) to drop the EJ20 motor out of a WRX and into the Liberty? Is there fabrication or strengthening of the driveline needed? Given the Liberty already has the all-wheel-drive layout, ABS and 4WS does this make any difference, or is it a waste of time?
David Richards
In our opinion on relatively late model cars it's always best to start off with a factory package - so in this case the older RS or the newer B4. That way you get the right brakes, right suspension, right fuel pump, right ECU, better resale....and probably in overall terms, at a lower cost.
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I have been a subscriber since March and really enjoy your web magazine. Your recent article on the muffler exchange peaked my interest as I drive a 1997 C4. Mine is normally aspirated, but I too changed the mufflers on my car and I was wondering if any of the dyno shops you used for the muffler articles have any history with the non turbo 3.6 air cooled motor. What I am looking for is validation that I have done the right thing. I am also looking for information on chip tuning or ECU reprograming, fact or fiction. Your comments would be appreciated. Thanks.
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We don't have any results on that engine. Sorry.
Thanks for a great magazine. Would it be possible for to put the specs of the cars that you feature, performance, suspension, etc, etc, at the end of your articles so that we can get a better insight into the cars that you feature.
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A few interesting things have been going on over here, and out of them, I've decided that this week I'm going to actually do the 10,000 steps a day thing. Back in the good old days it didn't seem like it was that difficult to do, but with these new fancier and smarter pedometers it's much harder to actually get to that total. We'll see if I can keep it up for the whole week (with a possible pass for Friday, as we have other plans). I started on Monday, and Karin decided to join on Tuesday! I'll let her post separately about how well she's doing.
Monday: 10,021 steps (4,993 aerobic ones over 44 mins), 460 cals and 7.51kms
Tuesday: 8,632 steps (6,890 aerobic ones over 59 mins), 371 cals and 6.47 kms
Wednesday: 13, 325 (7,597 aerobic ones over 71 mins), 596 cals and 9.99 kms (as of this writing anyway)
I decided that since I didn't meet my target on Tuesday that my punishment was to have to exceed my goal by twice the shortfall, so I needed to hit 12,736 to make up for Tuesday's shortfall, and I'm pleased that I was able to do that. I don't know if I'll keep doing this indefinitely but at the moment I'm enjoying the sense of satisfaction from the accomplishments!
In order to hit the Monday goal, I did shopping at Costco, went to the gym and did almost 2,000 steps worth of pacing in the condo. Tuesday, went for a good walk to the liquor store at Broadway and Lillouette, and carried Karin's purchases back in a backpack, so it was probably a better workout, but fewer total steps. I also played some Wii Fit Plus, but didn't manage to register enough "steps" before midnight. Today, I walked to my bank (essentially Brentwood) and did some shopping at Winner's and Save-on, then walked home (with a whole bunch of cake mix which was on sale and creme de tartar for making buttercream icing). That got me to about 6,000, and then some condo cleaning, vacuuming other general activities and a quick shopping trip to Brentwood got me to the 8,500 level. The rest is courtesy of 40 minutes in the gym.
Hope I can keep up with it tomorrow, and hey if anyone else feels like jumping on the bandwagon for the rest of the week that's cool. Taunting messages ("tweets") with your current step count are encouraged (but of course it's not a competition ;-)
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Still Life Painting with Michael Klein
Still Life Painting with Michael Klein
Wednesdays January 9th + 16th + 22nd + 29th, 2019 | 1:00 - 4:00pm EST
Livestream Class: Join us live from Raleigh or watch in your own time. All content is available indefinitely after purchase + air date.
This is a rare opportunity to study still life painting in the methods Klein uses when he develops works of art over a longer time period. Michael frequently teaches in workshop format which only provides the perspective of how a painting is developed over 3 days. In this class, however, Michael will instruct over the entire month, once a week. This shows the viewers how he develops a painting in layers as it drys completely each week.
Topic that will be covered:
Setting up your still life work area
Block-In in paint
Color harmony
Form painting on different surfaces, ie. metal verses fur
Glazing over the underpainting
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2 Rules for Writing 30,000 Words a Month
Seems like once a week I get an email from a subscriber who's amazed that I can crank out these emails so consistently, day after day.
How are you so disciplined, they say.
Confession time:
Writing consistently has long been a HUGE struggle for me.
I've wanted to blog consistently since, oh, about 2009.
Back then I was a programmer, and my goal was to write 1-2 in-depth technical blog posts per week.
And up until last year, I STILL couldn't seem to force myself to write more than a post every couple of months.
Since I'm not a naturally prolific writer, I've had to experiment a lot to find what works for me.
And the most important discovery I've made is this simple rule:
"Once a week" = "never"
That's why when I get emails asking how I can do this every day, I just chuckle.
Because my dirty little secret is, the only way I'm able to produce anything at all is because I do this Every. Single. Day.
It's either a daily habit, or it doesn't get done at all.
And an important corollary to that is:
So here's what my daily routine looks like now:
First thing I do every morning when I sit down at my computer to work is flip over to my writing app and pound out 1,000 words.
Usually I start off by blasting out a rough draft of one of these emails, usually between 300-500 words, to get my creative juices flowing.
Then I'll dive into another project, like copy for a landing page or lately, the outline of my upcoming email courses product.
That 1,000 words a day adds up fast—30,000 words a month, 365,000 words a year…
I've been writing daily for going on 10 months now, and since making this commitment I've noticed a couple of major improvements:
First of all I find that my writing drafts have a lot more life and color to it (especially the first drafts).
And the biggest positive has been my "writing endurance."
I've mentioned before about how I sometimes have days where I write 4,000 words and feel like I'm flying—only to crash and burn and struggle to write anything at all for days afterward.
My "1K a day" is like going for a daily run, training my creative muscles.
It's not all that unusual for me to write 2-3K words a day now, and while I still feel drained, it's nothing like the way my brain would turn to Jell-O before.
Should everyone write 1K words a day like this?
That depends on whether you're serious about becoming an excellent and productive writer.
My experience has taught me that the only way to make real progress toward a goal is to create a habit that I practice daily.
If I'm not willing to commit to that—well, it's time to face up to the fact that the "goal" isn't really all that important to me.


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Cellophane As An Alternative To "Gels" For Constant Lighting
So a while ago, I was on a quest to find an alternative to gels that I could use for my constant lights. Gels are such a great way to add a little creativity in the form of special effects to your photo shoots. The problem with these lights I have is, while they work amazingly, there's not really an easy way to attach a gel to them. The easiest way that I could find is to attach them to the actual modifier I'm using. The thing is though, getting gels to fit a 3 foot plus soft box is crazy expensive. So I decided to find a way to create a gelled effect without breaking the bank.
In comes cellophane. I'm surprised at just how well this cheap solution worked for me. I really shouldn't be surprised though, because at the end of the day gels are just colored, transparent film which is basically what cellophane is. The difference here is that cellophane can be folded down or rolled up to easily fit in your camera bag and only cost me $1 for a nine-foot roll of it. ONE DOLLAR. Not only that, but it's reusable and can easily be layered with other colors to produce the whole rainbow as long as you have blue, red and yellow with you.
I don't know about you, but paying a dollar to have a hugely creative tool for your camera bag is definitely worth it. Even if you don't use gels or never have used them before, splurge on yourself and invest a whole dollar to try something new and creative. I mean, the only way to get something cheaper is by taking markers to a shopping bag or something. I don't think that would be nearly as effective though =P.
So if you use constant lighting in your studio set up and are looking for alternatives to gels, look no further than cellophane. I got a couple of paper clips, or you could use the ever useful gaff tape ;), and clipped the cellophane onto the soft box so that it would cover the entire light source. i wouldn't worry about the whole heat thing. I've had these things on soft boxes for over an hour before and while they got slightly warm, they never got to the level where I'd be worrying about damaging expensive photo equipment or started a forest fire or in your studio. If you happen to know a better alternative to gels then let me know in the comments. It'll be pretty tough to beat the reusable, cheap and portable solution that is cellophane though ^_^.
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Cortina No Limits Weekend
For true lovers of adrenaline and extreme sports, we thought of a weekend No Limits, with a hike in Free Ride Skiing / Snowboarding and a morning on the legendary Fat Bike with refuge lunch.
All wrapped in nightlife of Ampezzo, Cortina waits for a No Limits Weekend banner of adrenaline and good food.
Available during the period:
- January 10 – February 23 and March 14 – March 30
- Valid for stays from Thursday to Sunday
The package for 2 includes:
- Welcome Drink
- 3 nights in one of our refurbish rooms in bed and breakfast accommodation
- Rich breakfast buffet completed with hot drinks, fresh fruit juices, salamis, different kind of cheese, croissants, eggs and various home made products
- 1 dinner for 2 at our Gourmet Restaurant Chalet Amadeus (excluding drinks)
- 2 dinners for 2 at our Bistrot Restaurant Villa Blu (excluding drinks)
- 1 entry for 2 at the Relax Spa and Country Club
- 1 Freeride course for two with Kit 1 morning 4 hours
- 2 Fat Bike for 2 in the morning for 3 hours with lunch in the refuge
- Shuttle bus for cable cars (Tofana, Faloria, Mietres) and for the center of Cortina
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Kortni Jeane 70s Styled Shoot
About a month ago I had been thinking about how I really wanted to do a fun styled shoot that was a little out of the normal (couples and wedding type shoots). Im always shooting more towards the dark and romantic side and wanted to break out of that and do something more light and airy.
Hence the 70s styled shoot was born and it turned out absolutely amaz-balls.
I got in contact with Kortni Jeane and she let me use a few of her gorgeous and unique swimmers for the shoot. On top of the suits I contacted a few other venders to help me out to really get the complete look. Let me tell you there are very talented ladies working over at Hive Salon in San Luis Obispo. If you live in my area you need to go check them out not only are they super fun but they know how to achieve to look you are going for. For makeup Anna Grimes helped out by giving out ladies a rad but elegant 70s look.
Andddd of course the super fun accessories we got to borrow from Blackwater. They really tied the whole 70s vibe together and Im so thankful I got a chance to work with them.
I would love to hear what you guys think of it. Im thinking I need to do more of these light hearted shoots more often.
Check out all the amazing venders that were involved.
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Tuesday, January 20, 2009
I Too by Langston Hughes
A poem for the day that's in it:
Part of I Too by Langston Hughes
I'll be at the table
When company comes.
Nobody'll dare
Say to me,
"Eat in the kitchen,"
Read and listen to the whole poem on Poetry Archive here.
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What I want to buy (but can't afford)
Clinique Chubby Stick Eyeshadow Tint ($17.00)
This is an eyeshadow stick that I've had before and meant to buy for the weddings I had coming up, but was low on cash (this is 17 bucks, not unreasonable) so figured I would try a drug store dupe. I bought Maybelline Eye Studio Color Tattoo in Barely Branded (which apparently is also a dupe for Benefit Watts Up Highlighter) and it just doesn't compete. I don't like the feel of the formula or the color as much even though they're incredibly similar. So, I wish I could just go buy this right now but I really shouldn't. I like that it comes in a stick and you shouldn't fix what's not broken. I actually lost it a while ago and just didn't care enough to go buy it again, and now I regret it. That's real. Also, make no mistake, this is not a "tint." It's an creamy eyeshadow, and a good one, too.
Herbivore Botanicals Lapis facial Oil
I've been eyeing this bad boy for a while. This is supposed to calm inflammation, reduce redness and blemishes, LOOKS CHIC AF. But honestly, I'm (for some reason) convinced this will be the answer to my prayers in terms of improving the texture of my skin, getting rid of blemishes and getting rid of this redness. I was very close to buying this once because they had a mini version available online at Urban Outfitters and I had a gift card there but then it SOLD OUT so I never got it. Tragic story, a tale as old as time. It has blue tansy oil in it and I consider it to be a more affordable option to Sunday Riley Luna Oil (which is a retinol oil but also has blue tansy BUT ALSO they put blue dye in it why!?! it is good, though. Like, in that, it does work. It's also $105.00 LOL WHAT that is a story for another day.
Kahina Giving Beauty Argan Oil
I love Argan oil. We all love Argan oil! Some people don't, whatever. No one will shut up about it. But, it works. It's great to use at night, helps with redness, dryness and blemishes. I use Josie Maran's Argan Oil 1.7oz bottle which costs 48 dollars. This one is a little over 3 oz (100ml) and costs 82 bucks. I've tried both - and this one is better. Who knows why. I just felt better results. I was lucky enough to get a sample - otherwise, this is not within my budget. But, if you wanna throw caution to the wind and fuck up your credit, by all means, get it. OR - buy GENERIC (ew) Argan oil from whole foods, somewhere off the internet, raid your friends bathroom, whatever it takes. Get creative.


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The museum is now situated in the former Broadcasting House, which also houses the Royal Danish Academy of Music. These new premises make room for "Det Klingende Museum" - a new project for children and young people, permitting them to explore all kinds of musical instruments within the three main categories: classical music, rhythmic music, and traditional music.
Musical Instruments throughout 500 Years
The Danish Music Museum was founded in 1898, and the exhibition includes musical instruments from Europe, Asia, and Africa from the 16th century through the 21st century.
Library, Archives and Photo Collection
The library comprises works of and material about many of the great personalities of Danish music history - e.g. Angul Hammerich, Johan Svendsen, Aksel Schiøtz and Niels W. Gade - besides material about important Danish music institutions and organisations. Specialist literature about musical instruments, periods and sectors are found as well.
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1970 Frederiksberg C
Telephone: +45 41 20 63 13 (Monday-Friday 9.30 AM-2.30 PM)
Email: The Danish Music Museum
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Adult 50 DKK
Family discount (1 child + 1 adult) 40 DKK


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HSI component stocks: winners and losers end Q1 2016
1st quarter '16 sees 14 gains, 36 losses
- End Q1, Hang Seng Index down 5.19% from Dec '15 close.
- 28 stocks outperform HSI, 22 stocks underperform.
- Gain leaders are Sands China, Galaxy Ent, CNOOC and Power Assets.
- Loss leaders are Tingyi, Belle, Lenovo and China Life.
Note: I have taken every effort to ensure the data presented in these tables is correct but readers should verify with other sources. In addition, the data here comes from free Yahoo! feed that may defer from paid data sources.
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VIDEO: "Bravely Default" Studio Shows Off New Rendering Engine
Silicon Studio puts Yebis 2 engine to work in tech demo
When Bravely Default developer Silicon Studio isn't working on successful, classic-style Japanese RPGs that make Square Enix rethink their company's entire direction, they're cooking up a nice little rendering engine called Yebis 2.
The engine currently supports Xbox 360, Xbox One, PlayStation 3, PlayStation 4, PS Vita, and Windows DirectX, with Wii U support on the way. The studio recently uploaded a tech demo video showing off some of Yebis 2's potential, which you can dig into below.
Via Destructoid
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PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A former Maryland governor, Robert Erhlich, was in Providence on Tuesday evening, rallying Republicans and promoting his new book.
Erhlich, governor from 2003 to 2007, spoke to about 30 people at the Providence Marriott Downtown. The talk was billed as "Road to the White House 2016." A flier said the discussion was presented by "The New England Republican Jewish Outreach Group Initiative" and paid for by the Rhode Island Republican Party.
The title of the talk was "Discussion about Israel and Foreign Policy," though it largely focused on partisan disagreements and what the party, in Erhlich's opinion, can do to win the presidency in 2016.
"We've got a lot of successful and talented people right now," Erhlich said, referring to the 14 people vying for the GOP nomination. "They've got Hillary Clinton. Their candidate won't even speak to the media, so I'm feeling pretty good about where we are."
Erhlich mentioned that he has traveled to Israel on several occasions. Erhlich also touched on other topics, including his disapproval of President Barack Obama engaging in discussions with Iran regarding a nuclear program and his belief that Obama has focused more on winning international popularity.
"When you're president, national security should be your priority," he said. "Not winning in global polls."
Other subjects on which Erhlich opined: mainstream media's influence on independent and undecided voters, immigration and his belief that all Americans need to learn English.
"I think multiculturalism is alien to this country; it's not what this country is about," he said. "The country is about different ethnicities, different religions, different races all coming together and assimilating into a uniquely American culture. Not separating yourselves out."
Differentiation, Erhlich said, is a "guaranteed recipe for disaster."
"If you want to separate yourself out, then you might want to go to another country," he said. "Because this country is about bringing people together."
After speaking for about 15 minutes, he solicited audience questions, many of which centered around what Republicans can do better in the next election cycle.
"It does come down to the right person because it is sort of a popularity contest," he said. "I don't mind the 14 or 15 people on stage right now, but when it gets serious, we need to get serious about who can carry our message."
Erhlich said he has been traveling to promote his book, called "America: Hope for Change."
According to Amazon's review, the book "offers a solid direction on the policy changes needed for our culture, our government, our health, our jobs, our retirement, our defense, and ourselves. A must read for Americans seeking a battle plan to defeat the progressive agenda in time for the 2016 election year."
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Certification for small-scale producers - weighing up the pros and cons
The trend for certifying agricultural products has gathered rapid momentum in recent decades, fuelled by the dual objective of providing consumer assurances on issues of sustainability, food safety and responsible sourcing, while improving market access for farmers. However, meeting certification requirements can be a burden for small-scale producers in ACP countries and the advantages may not be as clear as was generally thought. Smallholder farmers would do well to investigate the costs and real financial benefits before they commit to the certification process.
Small-scale farmers, certification schemes and private standards: Is there a business case? investigates the impact of certification on farmers producing coffee, cocoa, cotton, fruit and vegetables. This publication, commissioned by the Technical Centre for Agricultural and Rural Cooperation (CTA), takes a detailed look at the effectiveness – or otherwise – of the many investments made by the private sector and donors to promote the uptake of certification by small-scale farmers.
Focusing on eight certification schemes, LEI Wageningen UR and Kuit Consultancy examine the net results of this approach for small-scale farmers and describe factors that certified producers should take into consideration. It also asks what steps could be taken to maximise benefits and minimise certification costs for smallholder farmers.
Coffee has dominated the certification sector from the outset, but evidence of a positive impact on small-scale farmers is limited. Producers taking part in certification schemes have obtained higher prices, but the increase in their income has been offset by greater production and control expenses. On the plus side, certified producers generally have more access to services such as training.
Lack of reliable information on costs for small-scale farmers and certificate-holders makes it difficult to assess the net benefit of certification programmes. But one feature to emerge strongly is that while certification is often presented as a valuable tool for small-scale producers, the considerable outlay can only be recovered by farmers producing above-average volumes. This finding is true for all commodities studied. As a result, some certification schemes may mainly benefit more affluent farmers, who have more land and assets, are located closer to market outlets and are situated in favourable agro-ecological zones.
Donors would be well advised to compare the costs and benefits of certification programmes with the costs and benefits of other supply-chain interventions, such as contract-farming schemes, the study finds.
Looking to the future, there is a risk that as certification becomes the norm for some products, premium payments will decline. With certification becoming mainstream, schemes are likely to increase, rather than reduce requirements, in an effort to differentiate them from market competitors. Some have already added climate change requirements, and stipulations on gender may follow.


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Various Men Who Knew Us as Girls
By Cris Mazza
Emergency Press
Reviewed by Melanie Page
Cris Mazza's Various Men Who Knew Us As Girls invites the reader into the mind of 40-something Hester. Hester is writing about having been a 23-year-old virgin engulfed by wanting and angst. Twenty-five years later, she finds her entire existence unjustifiable.
She wants to write a journalistic piece exposing a prostitution ring in southern Mexico, but belittles herself until she quits: "And which one of Hester Smith's broken parts would be the one to do it: the failed journalist, failed high school teacher, failed wife, failed lover…." Hester's descriptions force the reader to endure her self-loathing, the deprecating word "failed" repeating as though she is trying to stop the blood that rises while picking the scabs that cover it.
Hester reflects on two teens making out:
Forget how uncomfortable my mother would've been, I can't even conceive of how distressing it would've been for me, at 13 or 14, to even contemplate my butt nestled in a boy's lap and his hands clasped around my hips so low his wrist rested on my pubis. And still would've been unnerved by 18, 20, even 23, maybe even more so—by that time the anxiety compounded because, besides a few sweaty skirmishes in car seats, I still never had done most of the common acts of petting.
Mazza's words neuter the sexual nature of the passage, putting "pubis" and "skirmishes" in the mouth of an adult woman. I wondered how Hester could be so awkward that "petting" hadn't entered and exited her vocabulary by the time she was 18. I half-expected a more frequent use of the phrase "down there."
Hester gets drunk in her boss's office after a grand gesture that could have led to her losing her virginity doesn't work. She dresses as Ophelia, taking her anger out on a glass mug that challenges, "I-BET-U-CAN'T." The scene is both pathetic and amusing: "And seated, slumped, in his desk chair, his work-study student in dazed whiteface, dressed in a bizarre piece of dirty wardrobe." Poor Hester has "failed" again, this time in costume and grease paint. She quotes Shakespeare to explain her heartache—"He hath, my lord, of late made many tenders of his affection to me. Rich gifts wax poor when givers prove unkind. And I, of ladies most deject and wretched, that suck'd the honey of his music vows"—and wins the reader's empathy.
The society that created Hester's self-centered universe retaliates when she tries to create romance: "Upon failure, they told me, in a variety of ways, that I was abnormal, frigid, needed help, or might be a lesbian (they said dyke)." The story will incite rage in readers who, like Hester, struggle to balance sexual abandon with personal comfort.
Hester points out that virginity was never an issue until it was learned: "all the hoopla before I was even curious, all the 'you're-going-to-love-this,' the movie-and-music-and-TV hype that made it out to be something sort of ambrosiatic manna I would spend my adult life ravenously pursuing." Mazza's finger points at a media that pushes women to set expectations for sexual experience, and the message cuts even deeper in a hyper-connected 2011. The result of outside pressures: "After a solid year of marital celibacy, I'd writhed in a sex therapist's office trying to explain that I was afraid, not any longer, except that it still just about always hurt, and maybe I was afraid of that, which, I realized, made the unlikelihood that it would hurt almost a certainty…." I never knew a woman could become physically unable to have sex as a result of emotional trauma until a recent episode of The Tyra Show, which, of course, reinforces Mazza's insinuation that our sexual knowledge comes from the box.
After her chaste marriage ends, Hester heals her physical issues when she gives in to a married man. Comparing the patient husband she has divorced and the confident sexual visitor, Hester writes, "The 'pig,' the man who unabashedly took hold of what he wanted, who just assumed any woman he chose would dissolve into delirium, was rewarded with exactly that, while the sensitive man only knew her rigid phobia." Mazza carefully complicates black and white concepts that ask women to stand by their physical boundaries; Hester is helped by the machismo, and so readers are forced to ask what right we have to deny such women happiness.


text: Industrial output slipped again in September, edging down 0.1% as production of business equipment tumbled, the Federal Reserve said Thursday. Total output is up 1.5% in the past 12 months. Manufacturing output fell 0.3% in September, while utility output rose 2.4 percent. Mining output fell 1.1 percent. Capacity utilization dipped to 75.9 percent from 76 percent, six percentage points below its long-term average. In August, total output fell 0.3 percent while manufacturing output dropped 0.2 percent. Output for the third quarter rose 3.6 percent on an annual basis, due to hefty production of autos in July.


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The countdown is on: T minus 1 day until I'm back in the homeland! And you know what that means? Time to read a million books!
So last we talked, I had a list of 11 books that I was currently reading, and Tom was implementing new house rules. Since then, I've finished four books on that list, and have let go of three others that I've come to terms with the fact that I'll never finish. That puts my currently reading list at:
- Searching for Sunday by Rachel Held Evans
- Son by Lois Lowry
- Working Stiff by Judy Melinek, MD & TJ Mitchell
- Not That Kind of Girl by Lena Dunham
Which is within Tom's new 5 book limit that he's implemented! (Plus all 4 books on this list are actually in storage right now, so that technically means I'm down to 0 - time to start reading some new books!!) And actually I've managed to finish a lot of other books that weren't on my list - thanks to my new, slightly longer commute, I've been reading up a storm. So much, that I've put myself on a book diet this week. I found that I was starting a book on the way to work, and by the time I got home I was in too deep to stop! Which meant I would get nothing done after work, and stay up too late until I finished it. Not always the most productive plan.
So what have I been reading lately? Well I read a few memoirs, including one I randomly stumbled across by Lisa Jakub. (She was in Independence Day and Mrs. Doubtfire) Her memoir gave an interesting perspective as a former actor who actually didn't really enjoy acting. Think the opposite of Rob Lowe's "Stories I Only Tell My Friends."
I also read two books that were recommended to me, both of which also have a movie companion. However, while I loved the adaptation of "The Martian," I loathed the movie version of "The Shining." To be fair, I broke my own rule and watched it too quickly after finishing the book, so all of the differences between them were glaring. And if you haven't read "The Martian" or seen the movie yet, what are you waiting for!?
And of course I read a few books I'd throw into the "beach reads" category. Extremely light reads, I finished two of these books in the day I started them. "Where She Went" is the sequel to "If I Stay," a book that was turned into a movie earlier this year, and Christmas in Good Hope was free on my kindle!
Besides "The Martian," nothing I'd really suggest everyone go out and read RIGHT NOW. The others were entertaining and enjoying, but nothing I'm still thinking about. I've got a few books downloaded on my kindle and one John Grisham book I'll take with me back to VT, but I'm open to suggestions on what I should read next! I'm also looking forward to Christmas, because as always, my list was pretty book heavy.
What are you currently reading?
What was your favorite book (or movie based on a book) that you read/saw this year?


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Rep. Charlie Dent (R-PA) on Wednesday announced his support for same-sex marriage.
"Life is too short to have the force of government stand in the way of two adults whose pursuit of happiness includes marriage," he said in a statement to the Washington Post.
After a federal court struck down Pennsylvania's ban on gay marriage last week, Dent congratulated same-sex couples but stopped short of supporting gay marriage.
"I will have more to say about marriage equality in the near future," he told the Post last week. "Now that the judge ruled, it caused me to reconsider my views on the matter."
In his Wednesday statement Dent quoted the Pennsylvania ruling, "in future generations the label same-sex marriage will be abandoned, to be replaced simply by marriage," and said that through "conversations with my family, I have come to realize that they already see the world through that lens."
He added that support for same-sex marriage fits with the GOP push for limited government.
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