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Thirteen bloody years have passed since Belgrade's brutal death metal veterans have started spreading their disease like a plague. Persistent in their goals and loyal to their story, this band is definitely one of those that should be given a due respect by every young and old true metal follower. After their demo release "The Second death", they've recently finished recording their debut album "Thernion Demonarchy" that they guaranty will make your ears bleed. Extreme Review Magazine crew brings you an interview with a well known Serbian band Sacramental Blood.
1. How did you come to an idea to form a band that January 2002 ?
Few months prior to that I decided to put to rest my ex band Androphagous since I couldn't complete the line up for more than 3 years. Two months later I got a phone call from our drummer Ivan who heard about the band and wanted to join us. I told him the band was over but he insisted that we should jam together and so I gave it one last chance and we played one rehearsal at the end of 2001. We figure out that we can maybe make it work so Ivan took few weeks to get back in shape his condition and in January 2002 we officially started new band Sacramental Blood.
2. Who made the first lineup at the beginning, and has it change since?
For the first 6 months it was only 3 of us, me on guitar, Ivan Petrovic on drumms and ex Androphagous guitarist Dusan Vucicevic on bass/vocals (he switched 1 month later to guitar). After the first show we got our first bass player Milan Suput and after first 2 shows played with ex Androphagous vocalist Vampir as session member we found our first singer Kosta Kovacevic. Since than we have changed line up many times but the last one is definitely the strongest one and besides me and Ivan we have Srdjan Todorovic on guitars/vocals and Marko Curcic (ex Toxic Trace) on bass.
3. In March your first demo "Inception of Ceremony" comes out. Has Sacramental blood change in its lyrical and music ideas since and how much did it change?
Not exactly in March. We did 2 unofficial demos in 2003 and 2004 and first official demo "Inception of Ceremony" was recorded in October/November 2005 and released on 1st of April 2006 through Walk records. I wouldn't say we changed much our lyrical direction. It's been pretty much the same but in 2003 we parted ways with our bass player who wrote 2/3 of lyrics on debut demo. I took over that role and my style of writing is bit different from his. Also his English wasn't that good so I think our lyrics suffered a bit from broken English on that demo. Music is in the same vein, which is kind of old school brutal technical death metal and we changed only vocals by mixing growl vocals with Obituary/Asphyx kind of singing.
4. Not long after, the band started cooperating with Brasillian brutal death metal band Ophiolatry. Tell us something more about that split and the cooperation itself.
During recording session of "Inception of Ceremony" Walk Records asked us to consider possibility of releasing split cd instead of SB demo CD. They had proposed some other band but we asked if we could team up with Ophiolatry, since we were already working with them on our first EU tour. Both Ophiolatry and Walk were interested in this project and Brazilians soon recorded 5-6 new songs exclusively for that split CD and in July 2006 we went together on European Blastour 2006, which was unique experience for all of us. We are still in touch with those guys, hoping that we can do some day EU Blastour pt II.
5. During 2011 you release your second demo called "The Second Death". As we can see the artwork for it is quite interesting. Who was the creator of it? Could you tell us something more about the demo itself?
"The Second Death" was recorded in 2011 but it wasn't released until mid 2013. I made our artwork as well as artwork of Heretical Guilt for that CD. The split CD is symbolicaly entitled "Triple Death Threat" and so every band is presented with 3 songs. Our demo includes intro, brand new song "Derelict Throne of God" and cover of Kreator's "Storming With Menace". It was recorded in Del Arno Band's studio by Karlo Testen from Space Eater. Interesting thing is that we went through major line up change during those recording sessions. Milan Suput who previously returned to band supposed to record bass on it and Marko Gospavic was vocalist at the time we entered the studio, but within few days we parted ways with both of them and Srdjan who supposed to record only 2 solos took over the microphone and became our full time guitarist/vocalist. I also recorded all bass lines on it. This was crucial line up change as Srdjan's vocals gave us more unique sound and set us aside from many other brutal death metal bands since he is using more early 90-ies kind of vocals that will remind you of Obituary,Death, Morgoth,Pestilence etc.
6. Macedonian record label "Darzamadicus Records" releases a split in 2013 called "Triple Death Threat". Along with bands "Heretical Guilt" and "Blaspherion", "Sacramental Blood" also took part on this excellent split edition. How satisfied are you with that spit, and how wide is your cooperation with other bands?
We are satisfied with CD but we are not satisfied with promotion label did for it. They spreaded all their copies quite fast through their distro partners and did absolutely no promotion for it. They haven't send not even 1 promo CD to some magazine/webzine for review so there was no promotional use of this CD at all. HG are not active that much so there's not much space for some bigger cooperation with them. Blasphererion is the 2nd band of our vocalist Srdjan but they haven't been active for years so we cooperate only with him. :)
7. You've performed at many Serbian and foreign festivals and concerts. Which one stands out as the most memorable one?
Probably Mountains of Death fest in Swiss stands out as the most professional fest we have played so far. We supposed to play the same year on Brutal Assault fest but organizers didn't provide us necessary papers and we couldn't get visas on time so we had to cancell it. Otherwise that would be our biggest show to date.
8. What do you think about today's Serbian death metal scene and it's bands? How different are they comparing to foreign bands in the genre? Could you recommend some Serbian band to our readers?
If Heretical Guilt and Blasphererion were more active our metal scene would be lot more interesting. I picked those 2 bands for the split CD so obviously I would recommend both bands. I also like Wolf's Hunger (which is not death metal band) and I can listen to few more thrash bands but I'm not really their big fan. We need lot more death metal bands if we want to say that we have death metal scene. That being said I can only add that we need more dedicated and more original death metal bands if we want to get compared to some other well developed scene.
9. Last summer you released the single "Destroyer of Thought and Form" which announces your new album "Ternion Demonarchy". Tell us more about the album. Where was it recorded and how did the recording go?
The basic tracks were recorded in 2009 in Wild Cat studio in Kragujevac,the same studio we used for recording of "Inception of Ceremony". We tried to mix it there but it sounded like shit so we decided to use some other studio for mixing and mastering. However after the "Storming the Balkans tour 2009" with God Dethroned and Fleshgod Apocalypse we run into problems with some ex members and we had to put that album on ice and wait for some better times to finish it. After recording of "The Second Death" demo and "Disgorging the Balkans tour" with Disgorge and Natron we realised it was time to start working on it again. The result of "The Second Death" showed us the direction we should go so we decided to re-record all vocals and majority of guitar leads and we used few different studios for that and services of Igor Loncar (ex Awaiting Fear) to complete the album. Unfortunatelly The 16th Cellar studio in Rome and Stefano Morabito were too busy so it took another year to get some studio time there and do reamping, mixing and mastering of "Ternion Demonarchy". It took us so long but the final result is far, far away from what we started in 2009 so I wouldn't change anything about it.
10. As is usual, lots of great bands from Serbia and abroad have trouble finding the publisher. Apropos to that, in which direction are the plans for your new album going? Are there any good news on that field?
Yes, you are right.The scene is overpopulated by so many bands that is really hard to catch some labels' attention. We tried with so many of them, sometimes we had to write the same label or send them album 5-6 times before they decide to check it out. We got good response from many labels, even the big ones but we also got turned down by 10 times more labels, that didn't even listen to album. To be honest I'm not sure where are we at this moment. We got good offer from some label from Japan but we have been waiting for their contract for more than a month. In a meantime some friends told us that some major label is willing to check us out and right now we are also waiting for their response. I won't mention any names at this moment but I believe we have a good chances to see album released in this year so let's cross the fingers and hope it won't take too long
11. Thanks for the conversation! Would you like to send some message to your fans?
Thank you for the interview. Make sure to check out "Ternion Demonarchy" once it get released, it's going to make your ears bleed.


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Temperaturess are in the 50s today, and we're finally getting the rain global warming has denied us for weeks.
Which means it's time to head south. The south of France, somewhere near Grenoble, where I plan to have some plaisir. It's une véritable métropole alpine qui vit un perpétuel élan vers les sommets.
Yep, that's right. A veritable metropole alpine. Lots and lots of sommets. And also I might even wear shorts.
If I see any charming French cows, I might post them on Friday animal blogging. Otherwise, blogging will be light to non-existent until my return on Monday.
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Volume 606, October 2017
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Excitation of vertical coronal loop oscillations by plasma condensations
Centre for Fusion, Space and Astrophysics, Department of PhysicsUniversity of Warwick Coventry CV4 7AL UK
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Received: 21 June 2017
Accepted: 16 August 2017
Context. Coronal rain composed of downfalling cool plasma condensations occurs in thermally unstable loops as a consequence of catastrophic cooling. Such loops contain significant quantities of dense plasma out of hydrostatic equilibrium. Transverse oscillations traced by coronal rain blobs are often observed in rainy loops.
Aims. We aim to investigate the possibility of excitation of loop oscillations by the presence of condensation plasma.
Methods. We carried out 2.5D magnetohydrodynamic simulations of a coronal loop containing a cool and a dense condensation region near the loop apex and investigated the properties and evolution of the resulting oscillatory motion of the loop.
Results. The presence of dense condensation region at the apex of the coronal loop is found to excite fundamental harmonic of a vertically polarised kink mode. As the condensations fall towards the loop footpoints under the influence of gravity, the fundamental mode period decreases as a result of the change in distribution of mass along the loop.
Conclusions. We propose coronal rain as a possible excitation mechanism for transverse loop oscillations.
Key words: magnetohydrodynamics (MHD) / Sun: corona / Sun: oscillations / Sun: magnetic fields
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Fancy a date? No not that kind of date, though I'd totally advise squeezing in as many cinema trips and dinners out as you can before the baby arrives! Oxytocin, bonding and all that!
I'm talking about the sweet fruit kind! Historically, eating dates in pregnancy has been recommended for years in cultures that eat a lot of dates, it's even mentioned in The Quran! But what does that mean for a twenty first Century mum to be? Is it as nonsensical as the bible passage we base 'due dates' on? Or is it science?
Current research shows that eating 6 dates a day, from around 36 weeks pregnant, may reduce your need for medical induction, and increase your chances of a vaginal birth if you do have one. A very small study has suggested a possible link between eating dates and a reduction of PPH if eaten immediately following the birth of the placenta. The research did not include or mention women with diabetes, so bear that in mind if you're thinking about buying Waitrose out of dates!
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Al-Kuran, O., et al. (2011). "The effect of late pregnancy consumption of date fruit on labour and delivery." J Obstet Gynaecol 31(1): 29-31.
Khadem N, Sharaphy A, Latifnejad R, Hammod N, I R. 2007. Comparing the efficacy of dates and oxytocin in the management of postpartum hemorrhage. Shiraz E-Medical Journal 8:64–71.
Kordi M, Meybodi FA, Tara F, Shakeri MT. (2014). "The effect of late pregnancy consumption of date fruit on cervical ripening in nulliparous women." Journal of Midwifery and Reproductive Health 2:150–156.
Razali, N., et al. (2017). "Date fruit consumption at term: Effect on length of gestation, labour and delivery." J Obstet Gynaecol: 1-6.
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ROCHESTER — The following items, based on entries in the Rochester Police Log, were selected from 1,090 calls for service from Dec. 12 to 18:
Sunday, Dec. 12
1:06 a.m. — Two "intoxicated males" aka drunks, walk onto a porch on Old Gonic Road and ask the resident if a certain citizen "was on the scene." They had been, but that was two years ago.
1:13 a.m. — Three people, including one with a bald head, are reportedly fighting on Hanson Street. Nathan Miller, 22, of 95A Tolend Road, Dover is charged with a violation of parole.
8:23 a.m. — An entire fence panel has been knocked down on Old Dover Road.
9:53 a.m. — Someone has paint-balled a Milton Road picture window.
11:08 a.m. — Also on Milton Road, there is an injured sea gull that appears to be in agony. Someone thinks a police officer should do something.
12:11 p.m. — A woman slugs a Market Basket customer in the parking lot.
12:31 p.m. — At the Ice Arena, it is reported that parents from different teams are fighting each other. Police arrive, but no one will cooperate.
2:31 p.m. — A 14-year-old is bagged for shoplifting at Hannaford.
4:42 p.m. — Beer topples from the pocket of a would-be thief at Walgreens.
7:29 p.m. — Phillip G. Hudson, 69, of Tebbetts Road, is charged with driving under the influence and aggravated DWI on Gonic Road.
9:17 p.m. — The log records a large tree on Salmon Falls Road. It is so big, it stumps an officer and he leaves it for a different branch of city government.
11:05 p.m. — A request to Academy Street neighbors to quit the floor stomping results in the sufferer being yelled at.
Monday, Dec. 13
2:12 a.m. — A bag of pills is found in Walgreens.
3:03 a.m. — After an incident at Cumberland Farms on Highland Street, Donald Lemelin, 42, of 31 Lafayette St., is charged with attempt to commit robbery and resisting arrest.
9:04 a.m. — On Crown Point Road a woman's sayin' her rooster's flown the coop again.
10:38 a.m. — A bike in good condition is found on a Blackwater Road property.
12:57 p.m. — Electronic items have been stolen from the girls' locker room at the high school.
1:29 p.m. — A home on Towle Lane may have been burgled.
2:23 p.m. — Ben Franklin Crafts reports receipt of a few dud checks. They are advised on the 14-day letter process.
4:20 p.m. — A bike belonging to a Sandina Lane resident has been stolen.
6:09 p.m. — Two boys are suspected of firing a rock through the Kelly Gymnastics window.
6:41 p.m. — A Kendall Street mail box has been mashed and the post stolen.
7:30 p.m. — Siding on a Rochester Hill Road house has been damaged, possibly by a dark colored Honda car.
10:08 p.m. — A dog is barking and howling at Bridle Woods.
10:56 p.m. — A couple fights on Olde Farm Lane.
Tuesday, Dec. 14
5:43 a.m. — Someone has rifled through a vehicle at Royal Crest MHP.
5:58 a.m. — After an auto accident on Charles Street, Rebekah Jerome, 30, of 21 Norway Plains Road, Apt. 3, is charged with negligent driving.
7:39 a.m. — Items have been stolen from a car on Old Dover Road.
9:04 a.m. — A Milton Road toter has been filched.
9:58 a.m. — A Schwinn bike has been found on Lowell Street.
1:35 p.m. — A person has opened an account under a false name at the AT&T store on North Main Street.
1:39 p.m. — Ernest Lynch, 48, of 31 Summer St., is arrested on a bench warrant.
3:05 p.m. — At the high school, a fire started by a student is doused by a parent.
4:37 p.m. — A Pine Street man asserts his wife, from whom he is not quite divorced, has taken and sold his vehicle. He is advised to take the matter to civil court.
4:40 p.m. — A car has been broken into at Oak Ridge Condominiums.
5:25 p.m. — A mysterious set of keys has wound up in the same River Street yard where a mysterious wallet was found last week.
5:34 p.m. — A Forest Avenue woman is the victim of fraudulent check writing by a named suspect.
5:36 p.m. — A Lafayette Street woman suffers the theft of medication from her purse.
6:03 p.m. — An FM transmitter for an iPod has been taken from a car at Royal Crest MHP.
6:16 p.m. — A 16-year-old runaway juvenile is taken from the library into protective custody.
7:19 p.m. — A citizen checking Facebook finds a post that says "No one will miss Spaulding High School when I blow it up, right?" It had elicited 26 comments. Police talk to a female student and her father, and there will be a follow-up.
7:32 p.m. — William Elroy Whicher, 44, of 16 Pine St., is arrested on a bench warrant.
8:06 p.m. — Chad T. Joyce, 28, of 5 Henry Drive, is charged with stalking.
9:23 p.m. — A car is driving through downtown, shining a spotlight on people's faces.
9:47 p.m. — At the end of Gagne Street a party rages and vehicles speed.
Wednesday, Dec. 15
12:18 a.m. — Thomas Philbrick, 20, of 314B Washington St., is charged with driving after suspension.
2:29 a.m. — A suspicious person is reassessed as a newspaper deliverer.
2:58 a.m. — Michael Kustra, 19, of 24A King St., is charged with resisting arrest, criminal threatening and false imprisonment.
5:58 a.m. — A wallet containing cash and credit cards has been stolen from an unlocked car on Lilac Drive.
10:36 a.m. — A Fieldstone Lane citizen reports the theft of a Social Security check.
12:36 p.m. — George & Ed's has a video of a shoplifter in action.
12:43 p.m. — Jason Michael Brogan, 31, of 2 Hanson St., Somersworth, is charged with two counts of criminal threatening.
1:39 p.m. — Margaret C. Hussey, 31, of 3 Brochu Court, is charged with willful concealment at Kmart.
3:24 p.m. — False rumors are spread on Lafayette Street about someone being a rapist.
6:23 p.m. — A Gonic Main Street tenant, current with her rent, says she has had no heat in two months and that the landlord says the furnace is broken. She is referred to civil court.
9:30 p.m. — Punch Brook Way downstairs folks are being too loud.
10:38 p.m. — On Pickering Road a woman is hit in the face and has her hair pulled by her mother-in-law.
Thursday, Dec. 16
4:44 a.m. — At Walgreens a woman sticks makeup in her pocket and leaves the store.
8:34 a.m. — Trinkets and Treasures has been burgled.
10:49 a.m. — On Dewey Street a barking dog leads to an exchange of words, and the smashing of a fence.
12:33 p.m. — A Warren Street woman reports the theft of meds.
2:58 p.m. — A Walgreens clerk is threatened by a woman for the second time.
3:10 p.m. — Two complaints come in about an SUV that has driven through a crosswalk full of children on Chamberlain Street, despite a crossing guard having her sign up.
3:56 p.m. — On Milton Road, there is a large white bird stuck to the ground, frozen into a puddle, in fact. Its legs are damaged and good-hearted police arrange for it to go to the Wildlife Refuge in York, Maine.
4:12 p.m. — On North Main Street, Lloyd Gleek, 55, of 3 Ela Court, is charged with reckless operation and disorderly conduct; Diana Bastian, 49, of 3 Ela Court is charged with disorderly conduct.
4:18 p.m. — A lady's ex-boyfriend threatens death to her and her friends and predicts that if she gets a restraining order against him, "it will be the last thing you ever do." Police travel to Lafayette Street and issue a restraining order.
6:53 p.m. — On Wakefield Street, a man in a knitted hat, bearing two bags and possibly a skinful of drink, reportedly has the look of someone who "might want to relieve himself."
8:29 p.m. — Someone has just gone to a door at Royal Crest MHP and threatened to kill a woman.
9:54 p.m. — Valmore Langelier III, 23, of 9 Pineland Park, Milton is charged with willful concealment.
9:55 p.m. — Richard A. Martin, 22, of 51A Summer St., is charged with theft.
11:20 p.m. — Friendly's is closed but, oops, staff have forgotten to lock the door. In comes a large, intoxicated and disheveled man to cause trouble. Plus, his pants are falling down.
Friday, Dec. 17
1:12 a.m. — There is a disturbance in the parking lot behind Slim's Tex Mex Cantina. Felix H. Urrutia, 37, of 63 Salmon Falls Road, Apt. 18, is charged with hindering apprehension or prosecution, simple assault, resisting arrest and drug possession with intent to distribute.
5:33 a.m. — Paul Manuel Jacobs, 40, of 24 Lafayette St., is charged with violation of a protective order and arrested on a bench warrant.
10:06 a.m. — A caller asks that school children are spared the sight of a dead kitty on Rochester Hill Road.
4:00 p.m. — Paul Dolnier, 54, of 61 Hanson St., Apt. 1, is charged with violation of privacy.
6:20 p.m. — Andrew R. Gagnon, 34, of 38D Summer St., is charged with disorderly conduct near the Common.
8:33 p.m. — There is a report of several gentlemen outside a North Main Street home, yelling, screaming, swearing and peeing in the driveway. Dean Ellis, 25, of 5 Perimeter Drive, is arrested on a bench warrant for indecent exposure.
8:54 p.m. — Matthew Giles, 25, of 28 Main St., New Durham is charged with uttering a false/forged prescription.
9:11 p.m. — James Joseph, 25, of 233 Dennett St., Portsmouth is charged with drug possession and driving after suspension.
9:12 p.m. — A car is keyed at Kohl's.
9:45 p.m. — After a microwave is allegedly thrown downstairs, Christopher J. Sewall, 38, of 8B Pleasant St., is charged with three counts of criminal mischief.
Saturday, Dec. 18
2:28 a.m. — Music blasts from a Lafayette Street apartment.
3:10 a.m. — More music, possibly from the same apartment. A warning is dished out.
9:46 a.m. — A woman walks her dog around, spots lots of condoms on the ground, at Pickering Pond, and a car's there, with folks who might be partly bare.
11:56 a.m. — Sherry Wade, 41, of 80 Stackpole Drive, Apt. 7, Somersworth, is charged with conduct after an accident.
12:04 p.m. — Teens are teasing a dog on Academy Street.
3:46 p.m. — A window screen has been cut at Royal Crest MHP.
7:00 p.m. — An egg has been fired at a vehicle on Washington Street.
7:06 p.m. — On Lighthouse Lane, a man threatens a household with death followed by arson. This arises from a tire-slashing incident.
9:04 p.m. — Chelsea E. Rocheleau, 25, of 1 Roy St. is charged with four counts of simple assault.
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President Bush raises hypocrisy to a whole new level
Let's get this out of the way right at the top: All politicians are hypocrites. All of them. The ones who aren't get weeded out at the dog catcher level and, unless they figure out how to play the game, need not bother to run for public office again. Sad but true, it's the fatal flaw of democracy. Too many moral compromises, too many backroom deals, too many lies.
Having said that, the politicians who rise to the highest levels are the ones who understand how to play the game most convincingly. As the saying goes, once you've figured out how to fake sincerity you've got it made.
Obviously, some are better than others at looking you straight in the eye and telling you a big fat lie. I was hoping that in my lifetime Nixon would be the best (worst) we'd ever have to endure, but, as you may recall, he had a flaw that was a dead giveaway. If he had his lie planned out in advance, he was the master, but when he was forced to lie extemporaneously his upper lip would start sweating. Once he pulled out that hankie and started patting his lip, he was dead in the water.
Finally, in death, ol' Tricky Dick met his match. No, it wasn't Slick Willie, who didn't inhale and didn't have sexual relations with that woman (but who could have none the less been the best president in my lifetime). Clinton was so good that I knew he was lying and still liked him. Nope, the undisputed master of the big lie is none other than that fair-haired cowboy from Crawford, George 'Duh' Bush. I swear, the only way you can tell he's lying is that his lips are moving.
The difference between Bush and most any other politico is that he doesn't even try to disguise his hypocrisy. He just nonchalantly throws the big one out there and if you buy it, fine, and if not, well, you must be a heathen, baby-killing, anti-American pornographer so your opinion doesn't count anyway. Scarier still, now that he's convinced himself '— or Rove, Wolfie, Rummy, Pearl and Dick convinced him '— that he's earned some political capital, he is intent on spending it to further his megalomaniacal agenda of turning America into a theocracy and reshaping the world into what America thinks it should be.
Where to begin, where to begin'….
How about a plan that allows big business to pump more mercury, nitrogen oxide, sulphur and other pollutants into the air and water supply, exempts power plants from being held accountable, and forbids states from suing polluters '— and calls it the '"Clear Skies'" initiative? How's that for hypocrisy, eh?
Who else but The Duh could inherit the largest federal surplus in history, turn it into the largest deficit in history '— and call himself a fiscal conservative? I tell you, the man has a set of brass kahunas.
And while he was running up this mind-boggling deficit he was giving enormous tax cuts to the wealthiest among us, throwing a bone to the middle class and turning his back on the lower class '— and having the audacity to say he had a plan to balance the budget.
Lately his misguided cause has been social security. If this makes as little sense to you as it does to most Americans, merely take the advice of Deep Throat to Woodward and Bernstein: '"Follow the money.'" The only segment of the population that can possibly benefit from his privatization scheme is Wall Street, which donated multiple millions to his campaigns. Scratching the backs of stockbrokers and money managers is every bit as important as '"energizing his conservative base.'"
Speaking of which, the Terri Schiavo tragedy has provided Bush & Co. an opportunity to raise hypocrisy to a whole new level. First off, his operatives circulated a memo of talking points to Republican senators calling it '"a great political issue that resonates with Christian conservatives.'" Then he made the biggest grandstand play since landing on that aircraft carrier and declaring '"mission accomplished'" (which, by the way, was over a thousand U.S. deaths ago) by flying to Washington to sign the hastily crafted and ill-conceived bill that Congress passed in the wee hours of Monday morning. Never mind that White House aides admitted that the finished bill could just as easily have been flown to Texas for his signature, he still insisted that politics played no role in his decision.
While promoting the culture-of-life theme, perhaps he should mention that while governor of Texas he signed a bill allowing judges, of all people, to pull the plug on terminally ill patients and approved 152 executions, 12 of them despite the prosecutor's recommendation for a life sentence.
How's that for a culture of life?


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The long abandoned Post Office Railway is to start tours from July, with tickets going on sale next month.
Buried underneath part of the Regent's Park lies one of London rail heritage's stranger stories, an entire railway terminus that once rivaled Euston station, but now is empty, abandoned, and largely forgotten.
Earlier today, a major upgrade to Victoria tube station was completed, when an entire new entrance and set of escalators was opened to the public.
Around the middle of next year, it will be possible to take a ride through the disused tunnels of the Post Office Railway.
A private tunnel linking Bond Street tube station to Selfridges, letting shoppers having a direct route underneath Oxford Street to the department store.
A major construction project will have photographic records of the work done, but can also sometimes seek out more artistic interpretations, and Crossrail has done that.
The London Transport Museum has announced a fresh series of Hidden London tours, of six venues, with tickets going on sale later this month.
Experts had long thought the mighty stone foundations of the Clifton Suspension Bridge were as solid as the bedrock they stood upon. The experts were wrong.
As the refurbishment of Moorgate station proceeds ahead of the arrival of Crossrail, workers stripping back posters have been uncovering older posters that once adorned the walls.
Brixton based artist Zineb Sedira has created a series of films and large-scale photographs that will be displayed at King's Cross St Pancras, Euston, Highbury & Islington and Brixton later this month.
With just over two years to go, the public are getting an early glimpse of the future Elizabeth Line stations, as Crossrail opens up some of its building sites to the public.
Turns out, there's an old TV programme about the construction of the Jubilee Line Extension that's been lurking on iPlayer for however long.
Scientific analysis of skeletons excavated as part of the Crossrail programme has identified the DNA of the bacteria responsible for the 1665 Great Plague.
Crossrail has released some more photos showing how the tunnels are being prepared to become the operational Elizabeth line.
As part of next month's Open House Weekend, Crossrail has confirmed that it will be holding open days letting people down into some of their tunnels and stations.


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The Way Out West festival took place in Gothenburg from August 10th – 12th this summer. Alexandra Dahlström attended the event and was part of the line-up this year. There was a screening of the newly digitized version of Fucking Åmål as well as many parties. See the gallery of photos below as well as an interview with Alexandra from Göteborgs-Posten.
Vassa Eggen
This photo was posted by Instagram user @internette from an event at Vassa Eggen on April 26th. Alexandra Dahlström and Eric Sjöwall DJed for the night and this is the only photo I've come across so far. Alexandra has been keeping up with her DJ gigs so there are plenty more floating around the internet which I hope to see!
The premiere of UFOPODDEN took place on February, 22, 2017 at Fotografiska in Stockholm.
UFOPODDEN is an eight part radio drama series presented by Swedish Radio Drama P3 and is airing on a weekly basis. If you understand Swedish you can listen to the podcasts on their website. The podcasts are about mysteries and encounters with the unknown. It sounds similar to the TV show Black Mirror or The Twilight Zone but in radio format.
Alexandra Dahlström attended the premiere and DJ-ed alongside her friend Andreas Kleerup.


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LabGirl Update
Things are continuing to go just fine with LabGirl and I.
Back a few weeks ago we passed one year of dating, which we celebrated by going out for sushi and then revisiting the Young at Heart Festival (which unfortunately sucked this year as they had zero musicals acts worth checking out).
The idea of us shacking up has started to pop up in conversation more, though no real serious conversations, though she has mentioned a few concerns, the primary one being that for some reason she's worried that because I don't like my job and that I mentioned I actually had a great time when I was unemployed around 2002, that it meant there was a possibility that in actuality I was a bum and may decide to just become a big mooch after moving in.
Hopefully my explaining that I've been part of the workforce for over 20 years now without a break except for that short stint in '02 where I couldn't find a job (not to mention little factors of my personality such as, oh, ethics and morals) helped convince her that my work ethic wouldn't allow that, since for some reason me still being at a job I've hated to my core and have wanted to leave for nearly a year now hasn't done that.
We're both trying to be more active now that's the weather is warming up and it's actually been kind of a challenge since neither of us is by nature a really active person. I took her out to try tennis last weekend (I have ancient tennis equipment that's been collecting dust in storage for well over a decade) and I think she was very discouraged at how challenging it actually is, so I'm not sure I'll be able to get her back on the court – we "played" for nearly an hour and I think only one or two times managed to actually hit the ball back and forth – otherwise it was a mix of serves that didn't go where they were supposed to or complete misses when trying to return a serve. I, however, am considering buying a big-ass box of 50 or so used tennis balls for cheap and then just sitting there practicing serves over and over and over and over until I start getting the hang of it.
I'd also like to go mountain biking but she doesn't have a bike and neither of us is going to have the money to buy another one this year, so that's out.
And she seems not even an inkling interested in golf or disc golf.
And the dancing thing really went over like a lead balloon, which I was surprised of, I mean considering she's a girl and all 😉 I may try to revisit that one at a later time though.
She *is* interested in volleyball, but that's a game you actually need teams for, so I'm not sure how that's going to work out unless we sign up to play with a bunch of strangers through the local park district or something like that, and I'm really not sure how much fun that would end up being for us.
Oh, and we're going camping again over the last weekend of June, though I wouldn't exactly call that "active."
At the least if later in the year we do end up sharing a living space we'll probably end up doing after-work walks and that type of thing more often, especially now that she's adopted her brother's dog, as one of the main reasons I'm not over there more often to do that type of thing now is just that I end up being stuck at home having to take care of stuff that needs to be taken care of around the house so often. (Speaking of that, that just reminded me that I have laundry I need to do).
Also, I've been noticing her more frequently pointing out how cute babies are while we're out and about, and how pretty such-and-such wedding dress is that there's a shot of on TV. In the past this might throw up huge red flags for me, but oddly, I'm not bothered at all.
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Joy said,
"In the past this might throw up huge red flags for me, but oddly, I'm not bothered at all. " — That made me go AWWWWWW. 🙂 I'm glad things are going well for you these days!


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I went to university. I studied what would be termed a "liberal arts" degree by the American definition. When I graduated, I had exactly zero marketable skills. Until the internet thinkpiece revolution happened.
Back in the early 2000s when apps, video, and "content" in general got a "New Media" tag, thinkpieces were the exclusive province of the magazine. They soon found their way to the internet. We've dedicated entire platforms to the thinkpiece: Medium, Vox, and Australia's own Junkee comes to mind.
When I began my own journalism career, the thinkpiece was the easiest piece of copy I could pitch and write. It required no research, little in the way of fieldwork, and I could knock it out over coffee and an afternoon. A thinkpiece requires a thesis, a vigorous defence of said thesis, a bit of pre-emptive rebuttal, and a (hopefully) thought-provoking conclusion. 99% of such pieces are pretentious, self-unaware, and full of cultural markers demonstrating the author's position as a "cultural interlocutor." My biggest criticism of self-declared "pop culture critics" is they call it a real job with a straight face. But they do have a function. They are the unacknowledged marketing conduit through which "highbrow" culture circulates.
The quest for organic, i.e., unpaid reach and engagement among marketers is endless. How does one market to a well off demographic, trained in the black arts of advertising and marketing, and emerge on the other side as a squeaky-clean, "authentic" expression for little to no outlay? You market to the thinkpiece crowd, of course.
As of writing, the thinkpieces on American rapper Childish Gambino (aka actor Donald Glover) new video for This Is America, number in the dozens; and that's just page one of Google search results. The Atlantic, TIME, High Snobiety, AdAge, Rolling Stone, Vulture, and even the conservative National Review have all penned pieces in response to the violent, symbol-laden video. Their interpretations don't even have to be correct, thanks to a liberal arts theory called "Death of The Author." That is, a creator's intentions should have no bearing on its final meaning. Even if Glover gives a definitive explanation, it won't invalidate these competing viewpoints. Pretty neat, huh?
Even still, do we need these people to tell us what it all means? Of course we don't. But savvy marketers are in silent league with these haughty writers; give them fodder to write about, and they justify their own existence. Academia confers "high art" upon "pop art" through intense critical study; the thinkpiece does the same, in a compressed way.
McLuhan said that the medium is the message, and the message is buy this record, or at least consume this content. After the honeyed glow of the late 60s and early 70s "counterculture" wore off, sociologists Joseph Heath and Andrew Potter in their 2004 book The Rebel Sell declared it a "pseudo-rebellion." The gospel of sexual liberation and generational identity became a "smug ritual." This is what we'd now term "virtue signalling"; expressing a generic viewpoint to gain acceptance with a certain crowd.
It makes sense to produce "thinkpiece" inspiring content. It has to appear to have some deep underlying message which these "cultural interlocutors" can ferret out with their critical theory skills. Whether it has a message or not is beside the point. When it comes to creating content, there is no non-commercial part of it, especially for rappers riding on big investments in their craft.
The least cynical but most ironic part of marketing in the 21st century, seems to me the "thinkpiece". What's your interpretation?


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We are launching the HCI Learning Hub in Kochi on February 2nd 2016. This online learning portal offers flexible learning opportunities with the provision to access learning programs, resource libraries, tutorials and webinars virtually. Students can be a part of a global learning forum and can network with peers across the globe. Classes will be led by experienced international educators who will teach the latest global techniques in clinical practice.
The first course scheduled is the Graduate Certificate in Nursing, which will be offered as a one-year part time blended learning course. The course comprises an instructor-led class once a week at your campus, and self paced e-learning modules that cover the course syllabus.
If you would like to discuss how we can work together to provide healthcare courses either online or at your campus, do fill in the form below as an expression of your interest.
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RV Sales Denver, Colorado
B&B RV, Inc. is the Premier Colorado RV and Camper Dealer in Denver
We provide off-lease RV sales in Denver, Colorado.
The largest selection of unique, high-quality, light-weight, off-road and off-grid campers and tent trailers in the U.S.
All Fleet Vehicles on Sale!
Largest Discounts of the Year!
When They Are Gone, They Are Gone!
Don't Miss Your Best Opportunity to Save!
A Colorado RV Dealer You Can Trust
RV dealers in Denver are conglomerating more and more into large, national chains. These dealerships have a tendency to cut corners on the customer experience in order to maximize their bottom line. We believe we've been able to thrive in this environment because we put the customer first. If you're looking for travel trailers for sale in Colorado, you're probably looking for some of the highest quality options on the market. The terrain surrounding Denver can be extremely hard on any vehicle, so you need a product that can stand up to the punishment. We listen carefully to what you're looking for and match you to the best option possible. We believe that making you happy will keep you coming back, and selling you what you don't need will only lose your business in the long run.
Our Motorhomes and Campers are Built to Last
Some of our customers travel in their RV's full time. There is currently a growing trend of what is known as "digital nomads." These are people who are able to work remotely for their job and therefore have the option to be constantly on the move. For situations like this, buying a new motorhome is an important decision. When the vehicle goes from being a vehicle to becoming a home, the emphasis on quality goes up dramatically. If you will be making extremely long trips or plan to live in your unit full time, you will want to see our lineup of RV's that are built to our standards. Our knowledge and experience will help you make the selection that will work best for your situation. We have several models of motorhomes that are up to the task.
RVs and Trailers For Sale Denver, Colorado
Campers for Sale in Denver
Our inventory of campers for sale is one of the most option-packed in the state of Colorado. We import only the best products on the market from all over the world. Campers in Denver have a need for quality equipment that is unlike any city in the country. Because of this demand for quality, we make it a point to establish relationships with the top manufacturers on the planet. It's easy to find a simple pop-up camper for sale that is built for standard camping terrain. However, we put an emphasis on units that can stand up to the punishment of the Rocky Mountains' extreme environments. All so you can get out there and have the adventure of your life.
RV Sales in Denver, Colorado
B&B RV, Inc. strives to be a quality RV dealer serving our customers with the products and the service to earn their business as well as that of their friends and family. We are in the recreational vehicle business because we have years of experience using and living in RVs and would like to share our knowledge and excitement of the RV lifestyle with others who are interested in the RV Lifestyle. B&B RV, Inc. offers dependable and high-quality RV sales in Denver, Colorado.
Ecocapsule Microhome
The Ecocapsule Microhome is the perfect solution for any off-grid traveler. It is specially designed for mid-term living and camping. It contains a dual system of energy production that includes wind and solar technologies. The Ecocapsule Microhome also collects and filters rainwater for safe consumption.
Class A
At B&B RV Inc. we carry fully maintenanced Class A RVs available in Denver, Colorado.
Diesel RVs
At B&B RV, Inc. we carry fully maintenanced Mercedes Diesel RVs available in Denver, Colorado.
Class C
At B&B RV, Inc. we carry fully maintenanced Class C RVs available in Denver, Colorado.
Designed and built by Into The Wild Overland in Colorado, the Boreas series trailers are a true off-road and off-the-grid camper. The Boreas series trailers have heavy duty Tibren Axel-Less Suspensions, steel frame and oversized all-terrain tires.
Black Series
Caravan Trailer
Black Series Caravan Trailers are a perfect mixture of luxury, strength, and durability.
Each of the Black Series Caravans come equipped with a toilet, shower, and kitchen. The compact design is perfect any off-grid traveler or family vacation.
Trade-Ins and
Other Specials
At B&B RV, Inc. we often have a collection of vehicles etc. available
for sale from past purchases and trade-ins.
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There's a reason Paris attracts almost 30 million visitors per year—it's one of the most beautiful capitals on earth! Much of this splendor comes from the various monuments peppered throughout an already charming city. A veritable explosion of art, history, engineering, architecture, and Old World charm await each visitor…if you know where to go that is. That's why we're here.
We've touched upon all the basics: from well-known heavyweights like the Sacré Coeur and Eiffel Tower to lesser-visited secrets like the Covered Passages and Cluny Museum. Interested in chatting up Napoleon? We've laid out what you need to know about his tomb in the Invalides Museum. Looking for an alternative experience outside city center? The Père Lachaise Cemetery is one of the best kept secrets of the city's 20th arrondissement and will blow you away with its sculpted tombs and mausoleums.
Paris is known for a vast and eclectic array of attractions and museums, but most visitors only scratch the surface. See what local guides have to say about some of the most popular hotspots to help you prepare your exploration of the City of Light, and tuck a few of our lesser-known suggestions in your pocket for when you're ready to dive deeper into the spiritual heart of Paris.
Agathe was absolutely delightful! Her knowledge and charming personality made her an excellent tour guide. I would highly suggest this tour!!
Jesica was a great tour guide and made the experience one of the highlights of our entire trip to Paris. It certainly met our expectations.
Marjorie was just great! I didn't really want to do the Louvre but she made the history come alive in stories and I just LOVED our experience!
Alberto was a great guide, he was very informative. The Catacombs were just awesome. Would definitely recommend this to everyone!!
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Browsing Art History and Archaeology electronic theses and dissertations (MU) by Title
Now showing items 35-54 of 57
Now showing items 35-54 of 57
|The Nemean Wells: sanctuary context and ritual activities in the northeast Peloponnese
|The new portrait Deguise : social identity of the Bourgeoisie in eighteenth-century France : select works by Jean-Marc Nattier
|The painted panel crucifixes of the early Franciscans as a response to the Cathar Heresy
|Painting the wine-dark sea: traveling Aegean fresco artists in the Middle and late Bronze Age Eastern Mediterranean
|Pictorial representations of monkeys and simianesque creatures in Greek art
|Pieces of the sun: amber in Mycenaean economy and society
|The postmaster's porcelain : collecting European decorative art in middle America
|Pottery from two late Roman wells in the Athenian Agora
|The practice of piety and virtual pilgrimage at St. Katherine's Convent in Augsburg
|Praesentia et potentia in the Cubiculum Leonis in the catacomb of Commodilla, Rome: late ancient martyr cult in a late Roman's tomb
|Regional variation in protopalatial Crete?: a comparison of Minoan domestic and funerary architecture in Eastern and Central Crete
|Road work ahead: the transformation of the colonnaded street in sixth and early seventh century Palestine and Arabia
|Roman Egypt: change amid continuity in the art and architecture of an Eastern Imperial Province
|The sacred life of the hetaira in ancient Greece
|Seeing into the mirror: the reality of fiction in the work of Carrie Mae Weems
|Sisterhood as strategy : the collaborations of American women artists in the gilded age
|That wasn't funny!: the critical humor of Otto Dix in Weimar Germany
|The torn page: fashioning identity through Venetian incunabular ornament
|The transatlantic dissemination of Anglican and Episcopalian neo-Gothic church architecture
|Transgressions: drag and contemporary self-portrait photography


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During your time on Earth, you have two options—leave a negative impact, or a positive one. At ImageFIRST®, we made it our mission long ago to build a great company that positively impacts the lives of everyone we encounter, from our associates to members of our surrounding communities to our customers and their patients. Each day, we're figuring out new ways that our role as a medical uniform linen service for New Castle, PA and the surrounding communities can leave a legacy of compassion, enthusiasm and care behind us.
For years, we've made a commitment to building a positive impact with regular community giving beyond medical scrubs and uniforms in Pittsburgh, PA. Community giving is at the heart of our purpose as a company, and all of our nationwide locations participate in regular giving events with charities like the Ronald McDonald House Charities and Habitat For Humanity.
This year, we set up a nationwide giving event for ten participating locations, asking them to fill backpacks with supplies like pens, pencils, folders, notebooks and art supplies to the organizations of their choice. We also issued a challenge—to beat last year's Backpack Drive results, which was over 1,000 backpacks filled with supplies and donated to organizations in need. We also spiced things up a little by making the event a competition, with the location that filled the most backpacks being the winner.
Let's take a look at how many backpacks each location managed to fill, and where the donations went:
- Fort Myers – 36 backpacks, donated to Christa McAuliffe Elementary School
- Chicago – 52 backpacks, donated to DuPage Pads
- Miami – 60 backpacks, donated to Community Development Associate and Cover Girls Leadership
- Atlanta – 100 backpacks, donated to Oakcliff Elementary
- New York City/New Jersey – 100 backpacks, donated to Board of Education Paterson
- King of Prussia – 103 backpacks, donated to Boys and Girls Club Philadelphia
- North Carolina – 120 backpacks, donated to Fairview Elementary
- Dallas/San Antonio– 150 backpacks, donated to Hillwood Middle School and Wood Middle School
- Los Angeles – 160 backpacks, donated to All Stars Los Angeles
- Lancaster/Pittsburgh/Maryland – 179 backpacks, donated to Hands Across America


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Unison provide a warranty with every business phone and part sold.
Unison carries a large stock of legacy, second-user and new business telephones, phone system parts & spares, and deliver them worldwide.


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A photo, courtesy of our resident 2 year old photographer, taken today while out with the flowers. I'm amazed at some of the images he captures.
Wednesday, February 25, 2009
4 comments:
- Shauna said...
definitely a budding photographer!! I'm so impressed! :) This pic is awesome.
- February 25, 2009 at 10:08 PM
- Marlyn said...
That is so awesome. Though, I wonder, is that ant the monster he invited to the garden! LOL
That is a really beautiful picture in any case!
- February 25, 2009 at 10:16 PM
- Molly said...
That's it - i'm teaching A how to use a camera!
So pretty!
- February 27, 2009 at 10:33 AM
- Serena said...
I love how he captured a little spider inside! :)
- March 16, 2009 at 8:11 PM
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Join our store manager Colin for a 45 minute interval workout at Garnet Valley High School. The track workout is open to runners of all fitness levels.
Back to All Events
Earlier Event: September 13[9/13] Sweat with your Sole Night in University City
Later Event: September 14[9/14] All City Beer Run


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The fish eating killer whales or orcas, Orcinus Orca, that are the focus of this project live in the coastal waters of the northeastern Pacific Ocean. They live in the most stable groups documented among mammals, and communicate using a variety of vocalizations including echolocation clicks, tonal whistles, and pulsed calls (Ford et al., 2000).
Our Local Orca Community
The Northern Resident Community consists of more than 200 individually known orcas in three acoustic clans. It is regularly found in the study area of the Johnstone Strait and the adjacent waters off Vancouver Island, British Columbia, from July to October.
Recording the Orca Songs
The goal of the Orchive project is to digitize acoustic data that have been collected over a period of 36 years. The acoustic data have been recorded using a variety of analog media at the research station OrcaLab (http://www.orcalab.org) , located on Hanson Island which is located centrally in the study area.
Accessing and Retrieving the Recordings
Currently we have approximately 20000 hours of analog recordings mostly in high quality audio cassettes. In addition to the digitization effort which is underway we are developing algorithms and software tools to facilitate access and retrieval to this large audio collection.
The size of this collection makes access and retrieval especially challenging (for example it would take approximately 2.2 years of continuous listening to cover the entire archive). Therefore the developed algorithms and tools are essential for effective long term studies employing acoustic techniques.
Providing Us with Feedback
This project is just beginning but we believe it provides many opportunities and challenges related to large scale semantic access in a non-typical application scenario. We invite other researchers in information access and retrieval to provide feedback to us regarding this project. Please email us at: firstname.lastname@example.com.
Looking Forward
Finally, we hope that in the future researchers from around the world will be able to access this repository and use the tools to improve understanding of acoustic communication of orcas. The people involved in the project are all volunteers and the software developed is open source.
We welcome help and contributions from any interested parties.


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Your support is invaluable as it is through your help that BMRSG can support those seeking asylum and refugees living in detention and the community. People seeking asylum often need support to survive in Australia while their claims for protection are being processed. These highly vulnerable and traumatised people were often unable or not allowed to work and are not entitled to the social security payments available to others.
In recent years, they have been supported through the Status Resolution Support Services (SRSS) program. The program provides a basic living allowance (typically 89% of Newstart allowance– or $35/day), casework support and access to torture and trauma counselling.
The Australian Government has now started cutting this program, essentially leaving a highly vulnerable group of people with absolutely no support whatsoever. Up to 13,000 people could be affected by these cuts.
Donated funds are used for, but not limited to:
- Housing
- Food – after rent etc, many have little left to buy food
- Buying goods – e.g. pillows, rice cookers
- Electricity costs – the electricity bills, particularly in winter, can come as a shock.
- Transport costs – Most are not eligible for transport concession
- Telephone cards – at times they just run out of money but need to call home


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As required by Section 51 of the Promotion to Access of Information Act No 2 of 2000 ("PROATIA")
As required by Section 51 of the Promotion to Access of Information Act No 2 of 2000 ("PROATIA")
AfriFriends – Unique African Journeys CC
("The Company")
The company details are as follows:
Registration Number: 2005 / 094027 / 23
Postal Address: P.O. Box 1517, O.R. Tambo, 1627
Physical Address: 9 Diaz Road, Eastleigh, Edenvale
Telephone Number: +27 (0) 11 609 6142
Fax Number: +27 (0) 88011 609 6142
Email address for the Company: firstname.lastname@example.com
Email address for Active Members: Andre Ballot – email@example.com
Natasha Iles – email@example.com
Website: www.afrifriends.co.za
A description of the records held by the company, as required by section 51 (1) (e) of Proatia is attached to this manual as Annexure A.
In order to comply with our obligations in terms of PROATIA, the company has authorised and designated Natasha Iles to deal with all matters relating to PROATIA. In order to request access to a record please complete the Request for Access Form which is available from Natasha via E-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.
PROATIA provides for numerous grounds upon which the company may refuse to grant you access to a record of the company. These grounds for refusal are to protect:
• the privacy of another person
• commercial information of another company
• confidential information of another person
• the safety of individuals and property
• records privileged from production in legal proceedings
• research information
You will be notified in writing whether your request has been approved or denied within 30 calendar days after receipt by the company of the completed Request for Access Form. Should any record of the company requested by you not be found or not exist, the company will, by way of affidavit, notify you that it is not possible to give access to that particular record.
If you request for access to records of the company is approved, access will be provided in the form as the company reasonably determines, unless you have requested access in a specific form.
Section 52 (3) states that fees payable for access to records are to be prescribed, see Annexure C attached for list of these fees payable.
Who may request access to a record?
Any person including a department of state and a person acting on behalf of another person.
(in terms of The Promotion of Access to Information Act)
Name of The Company to Whom the Request is Made: AfriFriends – Unique African Journeys
Particulars of Person Requesting Access to Information
Surname: ...................................................... First Names: ................................................................................................................
Identity Number: .................................................... E-mail address: ................................................................................................
Telephone No: ....................................................... Fax no: ..............................................................
Postal address: ............................................................................................................................................................................................
Particulars of Records Requested:
Form of Access to Records
a) Compliance with your request in the specified form may depend on the form in which the record is available.
b) Access in the form requested may be refused in certain circumstances. In such a case you will be informed if access will be granted in another form.
c) The fee payable for access to the record, if any, will be determined partly by the form in which access is requested.
(Mark with an X.)
1. If the record is in written or printed form:
Copy of Record Inspection of Record
2. If the record consists of visual images:
(This includes photographs, slides, video recordings, computer-generated images, sketches, etc).
View the Images Copy of the Images Transcription of the images
3. If the record consists of recorded words or information which can be reproduced in sound:
Listen to the soundtrack Transcription of soundtrack written OR printed
4. If record is held on computer or in an electronic or machine-readable form:
Printed copy of record Printed copy of information derived from the record Copy in computer readable
If you requested a copy or transcription of a record (above), do you wish the copy or transactions to be posted or e-mailed to you:
If you are prevented by a disability to read, view or listen to the record in the form of access provided for in 1 to 4 above, state your disability and indicate in which form the record is required.
Disability .......................................................
Form in which record is required ......................................................................
Particulars of Right to be Exercised or Protected
Explanation of why record is required for Exercise or Protection of Above Mentioned Right
Notice of Decision Regarding Request for Access:
You will be notified in writing whether your request has been approved/denied. If you wish to be informed in another manner, please specify the manner and provide the necessary particulars to enable compliance with your request.
Signed at: ........................................................ Date ......................................................................
Signature of the Requester: ..................................................................
Fees for Reproduction as Referred to Above are:
For every photocopy of an A4 page or part thereof in black & white - R 5.00
For every photocopy of an A4 page or part thereof in colour - R 25.00
For every printed copy of an A4 page or part thereof held on a computer or in electronic or machine-readable form - R 25.00
For a copy in a computer-readable form or Compact Disk - R 500.00
For a transcription of visual images, for an A4 page or part thereof - R 100.00
For a copy of visual images - R 100.00
For a transcription of an audio record, for an A4 page or part thereof - R 350.00
For a copy of an audio record - R 300.00
Request Fee
For a person requesting access to information other than a personal requester himself/herself i.e. a requester seeking access to a record containing personal information about the requester, a request fee is payable up-front before AfriFriends will further process the request received - R 500.00
Search Fee
To search for a Record that must be disclosed (Per hour or part thereof reasonably required for such a search) required searching for and preparing the record for disclosure. - R500.00
Where AfriFriends received a request for access to information held on a person other than the requester himself/herself and the Information Officer upon receipt of the request is of the opinion that the preparation of the required record of disclosure will take more than 5 (Five) hours, a deposit is payable by the requester. The amount of the deposit is equal to half (1/2) of the amount of the applicable access fee.
Access to Information Manual – Last Updated 14 June 2018


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NEW YORK (AP) — Anthony Duclair scored his first NHL goal with 3:48 remaining, Mats Zuccarello put the Rangers ahead 37 seconds later and New York stormed back from a three-goal deficit by scoring five times in the third period to stun the Minnesota Wild 5-4 Monday night.
The Wild appeared to be in complete control when they carried a 3-0 lead into the third and held a 24-8 shots advantage, but Darcy Kuemper — who had allowed only four goals this season — was rocked for five in less than a period.
Rangers defenseman Kevin Klein started the comeback at 2:52. Rick Nash made it 3-2 at 4:48, but Jason Zucker restored the Wild's two-goal lead 47 seconds later.
Derick Brassard made it a one-goal game again at 7:54. The 19-year-old Duclair, playing his seventh NHL game, tied it before Zuccarello scored the winner.
Nate Prosser, Matt Cooke and Jason Pominville scored second-period goals for the Wild, who held a 30-20 shots advantage but had their two-game winning streak snapped.
Rangers forward Chris Kreider and defenseman John Moore could be facing supplemental discipline from the NHL for separate hits that led to the ejection of both players.
EDMONTON, Alberta (AP) — Ben Scrivens made 29 saves in his seventh career shutout, and Benoit Pouliot had a goal and an assist to lead Edmonton over Montreal.
Nail Yakupov and Taylor Hall also scored for the Oilers, who have won four straight after an 0-4-1 start — the worst in franchise history.
Dustin Tokarski stopped 16 of 18 shots for the Canadiens (7-2-0), who had their four-game winning streak snapped.
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I refer to myself as a person from Syria, not a "Syrian citizen."
I am currently doing my MA's thesis on Iraqi Jews' literature in my beautiful city, Beirut.
I blog at Razanisms and I like to take photos.
I am a vegetarian and would like to be a farmer one day.
Latest posts by Razan Ghazzawi from March, 2008
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Syria: We Stand Against Occupation
As the death toll in Gaza continues to climb, Razan Ghazzawi zooms in on the efforts of a Syrian student in the US, who is working on creating awareness of...


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Minnesota's Give to the Max Day is today, November 12th! Each year, generous supporters like you celebrate Give to the Max Day by making your online donation to your favorite charities on GiveMN.org. Your giving on this day makes a difference to us far beyond the 24-hour giving event; you will directly support From Age to Age's ability to make beautiful choral music in 2016.
Although From Age to Age accepts donations year round on the website, your donation on Give to the Max Day may help us receive an additional donation of $1,000. Here's how: On November 12, every gift made on GiveMN.org will be entered into an hourly drawing for a $1,000 GiveMN Golden Ticket to be awarded to a nonprofit organization. That adds up to 24 opportunities for you to help us receive an extra $1,000. Here's another exciting part: One donation made on GiveMN.org will be randomly selected at noon and at the end of Give to the Max Day to receive a $10,000 Super-Sized GiveMN Golden Ticket! The more gifts we generate on GiveMN.org on November 12, the more our chances increase to receive that additional $10,000 donation.
From Age to Age functions solely on donations and concert admissions to keep spreading their vision in choral arts. Our annual goal is to raise $5,000, and you can help us reach our goal. Be sure to mark your calendar and make your gift on November 12 by visiting GiveMN.org and searching for our organization, or by clicking here: https://givemn.org/organization/Fromagetoagemn/.


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This post is sponsored by Jo-Ann Fabric and Craft Stores.
We're so excited for the 4th of July over here. My kids LOVE "go booms" and have so much fun pointing out the American flag all over. They are completely smitten with everything Red, White and Blue. So I am so excited to share a fun craft my daughter and I made (well, she supervised) to help us get in the mood- these adorable Red White and Blue Chair Backers with Joann's #thebigbling products!
And really- this project could be made for any season with just some different colors. I was going for stars and stripes and all things red white and blue- but wouldn't this be darling in pinks, blues, or other fun colors? You can bling it out however you like!
To make these adorable backers, you'll need:
Martha Stewart Crafts all over the Page Stars Punch
Glitter Tape
Glitter Cardstock – 3 pages
Martha Stewart all over the page Single Star Punch
Red cardstock
blue cardstock
white card stock
hot glue
hole punch
martha stewart large circle cutter
I'm so excited to be sharing this post in conjunction with Jo-Ann and their Big Bling Event! Just in time for things to heat up this summer, Jo-Ann is sharing some sizzling and super FUN ideas for adding bling to your craft projects. Be sure to check out all of the fun Big Bling ideas on their site!
PLUS, going on right now is a super fun Instagram challenge where you will have the chance to show Jo-Ann your personalized and blinged-out crafts on Instagram during #TheBigBling Sweepstakes. The sweepstakes is broken up into five weekly themes, and this week's theme is all about the red, white and blue! Entries for this week's theme start at 9:00 a.m. ET on 6/30/14 and run through 11:59:59 p.m. ET on 7/5/14. Jo-Ann will pick a winner for the week's challenge and announce him or her on Instagram the following week by tagging his or her handle. How fun is that? (You can find all details regarding the official rules here.)


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I spent the summer getting the house in a good place where I felt content with the style, Paul was happy with the budget, and the girls got comfortable with their designated play spaces. The last thing I want to do this Fall is change anything up (which is kind of unusual for me). I have absolutely no desire to go to HomeGoods or Target to buy anything new for the house. My creativity cup for the house is empty and I just have to wait for it to fill back up (hopefully by Christmas time!).
I am however, finding the smallest changes and pieces made a big impact this year….ie: apple printed diapers! An orange throw from a storage bin, a pumpkin here and there, black lanterns, and and some $3 target coffee cups have done the trick. We've also been apple picking, made backyard bonfires, the girls painted pumpkins with my mom, and even collected leaves with my grandmother. So there is no shortage of Fall lovin' over here.
Do y'all decorate for Halloween? Thanksgiving? I typically lump October/November into simple Fall decor and then we buy a Christmas Tree the day after Thanksgiving!