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If your child is struggling with a mental health concern it is important to get her the help that she needs. However, between the time demands of school, extracurricular activities, and family commitments it can seem impossible to find time to attend therapy. Many parents are hesitant to schedule therapy during school hours because they are afraid of the consequences of their child missing out on instructional time. Will he fall behind? Will her teacher be willing to provide work that was missed? Will the school worry that my child is absent too frequently?
Prioritizing Your Child's Mental Health
Parenting is often about making hard decisions and sometimes that means choosing to address your child's long term well being despite the fears that may come up with taking your child out of school for therapy sessions. It can be helpful to remember that mental health concerns significantly impact your child's ability to learn. By prioritizing your child's mental health right now you are ensuring that her long-term learning is supported.
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If you are concerned about your child's mental health, you can be assured that their learning is already being impacted negatively. Anxiety influences working memory, making it difficult to learn and remember what is being taught. Depression impairs cognitive functioning and can make it hard to concentrate, remember events and details, and make simple decisions in the classroom. Trauma disrupts the brain's ability to focus on and retain teacher instructions.
Deciding on the Best Time for your Child to Miss School
- Talk with you child's teacher about natural breaks that happen during the school day that will allow you child to leave and return with the least amount of disruption to the class.
- Consider scheduling therapy during a subject that your child does not like or is struggling with so that your child is excited to attend therapy sessions.
- Ask you child what time of day they would like to attend therapy.
- Think about scheduling therapy session at the beginning or end of the school day so that you child simply arrives to school late or leaves early.
Remember that by making your child's mental health a priority you are supporting their education even if it means missing school!
Next Steps
If you are concerned about your child's Mental Health or have received a diagnosis for your child that you need support with Edgar Psychological can help.
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All the pubic day parks at Crescent Bar were renovated in 2017, and new areas were added. Chinook and Riverbend parks have new beaches, restrooms and covered areas. The public swim area has plenty of parking, with restrooms and an outdoor shower for rinsing off. The gravel is uncomfortable to bare feet and gets hot, so come prepared. Some sand was added in April, 2018, so that should help. Check the weather HERE, and check the map HERE.
The Trail North From Chinook Beach
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WASHINGTON— On Tuesday, the Chaplain Alliance for Religious Liberty sent a letter to Army Secretary Mark Esper, respectfully requesting he put an immediate halt to proceedings against Army Chaplain (MAJ) Scott Squires and restore the chaplain's good name and service record. The Chaplain Alliance believes the investigation against CH Squires is "a direct attack on the conscience and faith of CH Squires, his endorsing agency, and on the soldiers who seek out his ministry." An Army investigator charged CH Squires with willfully discriminating aganist the couple by following procedure when he faced a situation where he could not provide the requested training due to the clear prohibition of his endorser.
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The letter respectfully requests a response from the Army Secretary, detailing his actions taken on CH Squires' behalf, by September 17, 2018.
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Maybe I was premature by saying summer was over in June, but now, two months later and fall collections in every store, I can truly say - summer is over. I've been thinking back to a trip I made to Nantucket to kick off summer at the end of May. Nantucket is one of those places I could lose myself in. The landscape is gorgeous, the salt-weathered shingles, all monotonous, yet undeniably charming in their sea of grey, and the food, which was surprisingly good and imaginative in most places.
We went to as many different restaurants as we could during our stay, toddler in tow and all. There were more hits than misses, but truly, everything was good, even down to the local ice cream shop with the intoxicating smell of freshly made waffle cones wafting out of the rickety store front doors and windows, The Juice Bar. Most if not all of the restaurants were sensitive to gluten-free dining, and made accommodations for me. There are also a few places that actually serve gluten-free options, so if you find yourself in Nantucket take note of Misterbelly's picks below.
The Boarding House We started our trip at The Boarding House and had our fingers crossed that having a toddler in tow wouldn't be too much of an issue, and it wasn't, thank goodness. They were also very accommodating of my gluten-free needs and actually modified an appetizer so I could eat it. The meal overall was good, but I remember thinking that a few of the dishes would be even better with fewer ingredients. So many of the ingredients were seasonal, but it was hard to get the essence of any particular dish, because there was so much going on. Loved the fries with the harissa mayo though!
Oh the Green, my savior in Nantucket! I discovered The Green on Yelp and was so glad I did. I ended up stopping by twice on my trip for their yummy burritos made with gluten-free tortillas. I had the chicken burrito for lunch one day and the breakfast burrito another day, and both were great, although I enjoyed the chicken burrito a bit more. The smoothies were great, and they can be made dairy-free, which was a huge win for me. The atmosphere is cute and casual, perfect for families or a quick bite during a biking trip.
Corazon Del Mar gets kind of a bad rap on Yelp for being snotty, but I honestly did not encounter that at all when I ate there. They were more than happy to accommodate my gluten-freedom and toddler, and a few of the staff even came by to chat with our little one. The food was also delicious and flavorful that Corazon was easily one of my favorite stops on the trip. We had the corn to start, which was awesome with the crema, cotija and chili lime flavors. It was an appetizer, but could have easily been shared between two people. I had the crispy pork carnitas for an entree and loved it, although it was so much food I couldn't finish it. Lots of umami, rich flavors going on that had my toddler clamoring for more (although we told her it was chicken, shhh).
The Juice Bar is a ubiquitous entity on the island. If you have kids, you will go here, guaranteed. Even if you don't have kids, you will probably stop in. The smell of fresh waffle cones baking can be inhaled from a few blocks away and is absolutely intoxicating. I really wanted to just buy a box of cones and go to town. The ice cream is freshly made, and is airy and creamy. I consoled myself with a cup of chocolate ice cream, even if I could still smell the waffle cones from where I was sitting outside.
The Brewery is one of those spots where locals and tourists alike congregate to enjoy some time outdoors with a glass (or three) of wine, beer or cocktails. I love the laid back atmosphere and although it was packed to the brim and hard to find any seats, we still had a good time. I had two cocktails, a glass of wine, and left feeling quite nice (to say the least).
One of my least favorite stops during the trip. Black-Eyed Susan's is the quintessential local dive that does home cooking pretty well, but is not a refuge in any sense for gluten-free eaters, in fact, after noting that I could n ot have any toast with my breakfast, what appeared but a plate with toast positioned on top. It was a total head in hands sort of moment, but really, I kind of expected it. For those that aren't on a gluten-free diet, you will undoubtedly get a good stick to your ribs sort of breakfast at Black-Eyed Susan's, but for the gluten-free - stick to coffee.
I knew what to expect out of the Downeyflake before I ever stepped foot though their doors. I knew it was a local spot, on the divey side and much lauded for their donuts. I had a good breakfast here, even if it was pretty basic. The donuts, Matt declared, were good, but nothing to write home about. Which makes me feel better about it...I guess.
Fresh has all of the essentials you need for a picnic - wine, cheese, crackers and deli necessities such as chicken salad. I picked up some of the chicken salad, which I snacked on at Cisco's Brewers and I really enjoyed it. Loads of rosemary flavor and the right amount of mayo.
We ended our trip at the Straight Wharf, but really it was for lack of finding another place that I really wanted to eat at. The menu and atmosphere skew more high end, but isn't necessarily done as well as you might think considering their location and view. I did like sitting out in the covered porch looking out over the water, but aside from the slow poached egg appetizer, which was DIVINE, I was underwhelmed by the rest of our meal. They were very accommodating to gluten-free needs, and maybe it was just poor ordering on my part because my husband's clam bake was really good and I wish I had gotten that instead of the fish I ordered.
Chatham Fish and Lobster is a must-try if you're headed to the Cape or Nantucket. It's slightly out of the way on a trip back from Nantucket, but not prohibitively so, and I'm glad I made the stop. I haven't had fish and chips in years, and being able to eat it again was incredible. The fish was perfectly fried and with a squeeze of lemon and a dip of tartar sauce, it was divine. It's not the most diet friendly food, but can easily be shared between two people. It's a casual, family friendly environment, and they do more than just fish and chips. I can't wait to stop in again one day and try the fried shrimp!
All of the restaurants we visited in Nantucket, save for one or two, were very sensitive to gluten-free eaters and were more than happy to accommodate me. That being said, I did pack lots of snacks for myself, which made the trip a lot easier for me, although the local Stop & Shop did have a pretty decent selection of gluten-free snacks, if you forget something. I can't wait to visit Nantucket again, if only to get drunk on the smell of freshly baked waffle cones at the Juice Bar.


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Complainant: Armando Costa and Emkhankasweni Waste Manages Services
Lodged by: Armando Costa
Article: ICT talks of charging Kumba CEO
Author of article: Jana Marais
Date: 16 June 2011
Respondent: Sunday Times
Mr Armando Costa, both in his personal capacity and as a director of Emkhankasweni Waste Management Services (EWMS), complains about a story in the Sunday Times, published on February 27, 2011 and headlined ICT talks of charging Kumba CEO.
Costa complains that:
• the newspaper did not attempt to contact him for comment;
• the statement that his company EWMS illegally siphoned a million liters of crude oil sludge is untrue;
• the story mentions the wrong company; and
• the journalists showed a clear bias in favour of Kumba.
In subsequent correspondence, Costa also asks this office to impose sanctions for a story that was published on November 25, 2007. However, our complaints procedures do not allow us to entertain complaints about stories that were published so long ago. I shall therefore limit this finding to the story mentioned above.
The story, written by Jana Marais, quotes a lawyer who reportedly said that shelf company Imperial Crown Trading (ICT) would lay criminal charges against Sishen Iron Ore, Kumba's CEO and other employees for "tampering with witnesses and documents". This reportedly came after ICT, which is 50% held by a business partner of the Gupta family, was "controversially" awarded a 21.4% prospecting right for iron ore at Kumba's Sishen mine in 2009. The story says that ArcelorMittal has offered to buy ICT for R800-million "and included ICT shareholders the Gupta family and the president's son Duduzane Zuma in a R9.1-billion deal".
The story also says that PetroSA cancelled a contract with Costa's company EWMS in 2007 after it had "illegally" siphoned a million liters of crude oil sludge out of a storage facility and sold it to a private refinery. It states that, according to an internal PetroSA document which was reported by the newspaper at the time, EWMS reneged on its contract by not using specified cleaning technology.
I shall now consider the merits of the complaint:
Not asked for comment
Costa complains that the newspaper did not attempt to contact him for comment about the contract with PetroSA despite the fact that the journalists concerned had his number and could easily have contacted him, had they any desire to report objectively.
Sunday Times admits that it made no attempt to contact Costa ahead of publication. However, the newspaper says that it did try to contact him before publication of the 2007 story. It argues that the parts of the story that Costa complains about are based on the story of 2007. The newspaper says: "The 2007 story was based on information contained in a memo submitted to PetroSA's executive procurement committee, and subsequent developments." It adds that Costa did not complain about the 2007 story.
The newspaper argues that it was reasonable to refer to the facts in the 2007 article – the story is "constantly developing and it is interesting and relevant to know the histories of the various players in the saga".
However, Sunday Times also says that since it was unable to obtain comment from Costa in 2007, it should have attempted to get his comment for the story that is in dispute.
Costa replies that his attorney wrote a letter to the newspaper a day after the November 2007 story was published in which the "true facts" were set out.
Regarding this letter, he says that:
• the newspaper never printed a correction, despite the assurances of one of its journalists that it would happen;
• the story in dispute should have, but does not refer to it.
Costa argues: "The fact that she (the journalist) repeated the erroneous, discredited story of 25 November 2007, without reference to the aforementioned letter of my then attorneys, aggravates the nature and extend (sic) of the defamation and obvious character assassination."
He also:
• denies that the newspaper tried to contact him prior to the 2007 story;
• says that it is irrelevant that the story in dispute was based on information allegedly contained in a memo submitted to PetroSA;
• denies that he did not complain (with reference to his attorney's letter to the newspaper);
• argues that it was not reasonable for the newspaper to have referred to the "false version" as set out in the 2007 story after it has been appraised of the true facts and then repeating inaccuracies; and
• says that Marais did not display the same zealousness in dealing with the "histories of the various players in the saga" as far as Kumba and its witnesses are concerned.
Firstly, let me make some remarks about issues that were raised, but that are not material to this part of the complaint:
• The fact that the newspaper never printed a correction after it had received the letter falls outside the scope of this finding;
• The question whether Sunday Times tried to contact Costa prior to the publication of the 2007 story is also not relevant here – the complaint is not about that story, but about the 2011 one; and
• It is irrelevant that the story in dispute was based on information allegedly contained in a memo submitted to PetroSA.
What is relevant, though, is the letter that Costa's attorney wrote to the newspaper the day after the 2007 story appeared. It is relevant, because this letter contains his views.
The question now is if it was "reasonable" for the newspaper to only refer to the "facts" in the 2007 story, whilst it had Costa's version to the contrary in its possession. Also: Was it fair to omit his version and only refer to the story?
I therefore asked the newspaper why it did not use the content of Costa's letter in its 2011 story. It answered that "the reporter of the 2011 story was unaware of it, as was her manager".
Although this is unfortunate, the journalists concerned cannot be blamed for not knowing about the letter – four years is a long time.
In response to my question why Marais did not contact Costa, she responded that she had thought that it was unnecessary as she was revisiting previously published information.
I welcome the newspaper's acknowledgement that, since it was unable to obtain comment from Costa in 2007, it should have attempted to get his comment for the new story. Sunday Times also says: "We make no attempt to defend this."
Illegally siphoning crude oil sludge
The sentence in dispute reads: "In 2007, PetroSA cancelled a contract with Costa's company…after EWMS illegally siphoned a million liters of crude oil sludge out of a storage facility…"
Costa denies that EWMS illegally siphoned crude oil sludge. He says that it is "glibly based on a prior untrue article" in the same newspaper (the 2007 story), adding that he was then also not asked for comment.
The newspaper does not reply to this part of the complaint.
On June 8, I asked the Sunday Times three questions, including why it has not responded to this issue. The newspaper responded to the other two matters, but neglected to do so with regards to the illegal siphoning of crude oil sludge.
From this, it is reasonable for me to accept that the newspaper was wrong to report that EWMS illegally siphoned crude oil sludge – if it was correct, surely it would have told this office why its reportage was justified.
The wrong company
The story mentions a contract that PetroSA cancelled with Costa's company EWMS.
Costa complains that it was EWMS Petro Chemicals (Pty) Limited (EWMSPCL), rather than EWMS, that was involved in the dispute with PetroSA.
Sunday Times says that it accepts that it got the company's name wrong.
Biased in favour of Kumba
Costa complains that the journalists were biased in favour of Kumba, as they declined to report on the "major environmental breaches by Kumba" as set out in his affidavit. These breaches, he argues, are strongly substantiated by independent reports and pictures. Instead, he says that the reporters concentrated on falsely alluding to illegal conduct by EWMS and therefore to himself "in an obvious and mischievous attempt to try to discredit me and my company and hence my testimony against Kumba".
Sunday Times denies any bias in favour of Kumba. The newspaper furnished our office with a story, published on January 30 this year, in which it did report on Kumba's "environmental breaches".
Costa replies that:
• the newspaper's failure to contact him underscores his complaint of bias in favour of Kumba "and a deliberate attempt of character assassination and to discredit and suppress my side of the story";
• unlike on previous occasions, the journalists responsible for the January 30 story (Stephan Hofstatter and Mzilikazi Wa Afrika) gave Kumba an opportunity to comment prior to publication (he adds that he does not complain about these journalists as they have always acted professionally and fairly in their reporting in this matter);
• Marais did not follow the same approach in the disputed story; and
• Marais, in a story published on May 8 this year, again neglected to ask comment from ICT – and yet she afforded a "Kumba spokesperson" that opportunity.
While I can understand both Costa's frustration that the newspaper was "biased" in favour of Kumba and against him, and the newspaper's argument that it did report on Kumba's "environmental breaches", I have decided not to look wider than the story in dispute. This office cannot embark on investigations into alleged breaches of the Code that spans over months or years. The complaint is about one story and one story only.
Costa's argument that the newspaper is biased against him and in favour of Kumba because it did not ask him for comment is weak – the newspaper also did not ask Kumba for comment.
Besides, the story may have omitted Costa's affidavit regarding "major environmental breaches by Kumba", but it certainly does not protect Kumba either as it explains the nature of its alleged transgressions.
Not asked for comment
By its own admission, the newspaper should have obtained comment from Costa prior to publication. This is in breach of Art. 1.5 of the Press Code that states: "A publication should usually seek the views of the subject of serious critical reportage in advance of publication…"
Illegally siphoning crude oil sludge
From the newspaper's lack of response on two occasions it is reasonable to accept that the newspaper was wrong to report that EWMS illegally siphoned crude oil sludge. This is in breach of Art. 1.1 of the Press Code: "The press shall be obliged to report news truthfully, accurately and fairly."
The wrong company
The newspaper accepted that it was EWMSPCL, rather than EWMS, that was involved in the dispute with PetroSA. This is in breach of Art. 1.1 of the Press Code.
Biased in favour of Kumba
Marais did not ask either Costa or Kumba for comment; the story also does not protect Kumba. This part of the complaint is dismissed.
Sunday Times is reprimanded for:
• not obtaining comment from Costa prior to publication; and
• reporting a wrong company that was involved in a dispute with PetroSA.
The newspaper is directed to apologise to Costa for reporting that his company illegally siphoned crude oil sludge.
Sunday Times is directed to publish a summary of this finding (not the whole ruling) on the same page that the story in dispute appeared. Our office should be furnished with the text prior to publication. If there is no application to appeal (by either party), the text should be published within three weeks from today.
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Wednesday, 04 July 2018
- Come and hear authors Helen May and Kerry Bethell talk about their new book 'Growing a kindergarten movement in Aotearoa New Zealand'. The book features descriptions of the research and recovery of the several kindergarten biographies.
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by Richard Cameron Some high level observations about Robert Mueller's appearance today before the House Judiciary Committee and the House Intelligence Committee: 1. It was obvious – and this was predicted, that the GOP House members on both committees did not wish to discuss the actual findings of Robert Mueller's report because they are very damning to the president, but instead attempted to use the hearings to message to Trump's voters about their conspiracy theories about the origins of the FBI investigation itself. Not surprising that Mueller refused to…Read More
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Russian State-Backed Media Strongly Supports Donald Trump
by Kseniya Kirillova Russia's interference in the internal affairs of the United States has long ceased to be a "political card", as it's usually described in Kremlin discourse. The indictments that are being handed down one after another by both Special Counsel Robert Mueller and the Department of Justice show in detail the mechanisms of Russian operations for organizing and financing influence campaigns to manipulate American society. Since tracking hacker attacks and other operations is law-enforcement work, I try here to give a brief overview of the themes in Kremlin attitudes towards the…Read More
The GOP's House Intelligence "Nunes Memo" – All Hat And No Cattle
by Richard Cameron The memo released on Friday, at the approval, perhaps at the behest of the White House, by the GOP members of the House Intelligence Committee – dubbed the "Nunes Memo", is nothing more than a clumsy political stunt. A last gasp effort to influence public opinion and clear the way for derailing the investigation into Trump campaign coordination with Russia to interfere with last year's presidential election. Equally as troubling, is that Donald Trump and his party are, in the process, willfully compromising the reputation of…Read More
Did You Get the Memo?
by Wes Walker via libertyisftw.org Mmm, yeah, you see, we're putting the cover sheets on all TPS reports before they go out… Did you see the memo about this?" -Bill Lumbergh, Office Space So let's deal with the most ridiculous of political melodramas presently unfolding, being crumpled up, and unfolding again on the national stage. A melodrama so excruciatingly and bureaucratically American that I can only imagine how ludicrous it must appear to almost anyone outside the States. For those that haven't been keeping up with this, Trump supporters have…Read More
Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates Will Tell Senate Panel That Trump Was Warned About Flynn
by Richard Cameron Former acting head of the Justice Department, Sally Yates warned Donald Trump that National Security Advisor Mike Flynn was lying about his communications with Russian officials. CNN has received information indicating that Former Acting Attorney General Sally Yates will testify before a Senate committee next week and disclose to them that she had issued an urgent warning advising White House Counsel Don McGahn in late January (January 26) that General Flynn was misleading the President privately and in public statements about conversations with Russian Ambassador Sergei Kislyak.…Read More


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Online marketing could be an assimilation of all other marketing strategies, for instance, emails advertising, Facebook marketing, Instagram advertisement, Twitter and so forth. All these marketing strategies can trendy only if certain facts as adhered too. What are these strategies? Well, prior to sinking in the discussion on what approach you have to take to ensure your online marketing strategy trends. First, your mind ought to be clear to what you wish to advertise, your target audience and so on. Making your online marketing strategy trend is not as easy as you might think, it needs a joined effort from you, search engine as well as the clients. Here are several facts that might make you online marketing trends:
Research on trending brands
Research is critical in any marketing field. A lot of bloggers who are writing on different topics usually research on what is trending within the scope of their writing, thus embrace it a very smart. Working smart is the best word that describes online marketers who do extensive research to identify what is trending within their writing scope. Thus, writing on the some in a unique as well as a friendly manner.
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Three takeaways from Kentucky football's win over South Carolina
Three takeaways from Kentucky football's 24-10 win over South Carolina:
1. Now 5-0, the Cats are Georgia's top challenger in the East.
South Carolina was supposed to be favorite Georgia's stiffest challenge in the SEC East. Or so the so experts said over the summer when the yearbooks were printed and polls were taken and consensus was formed. Florida would still be adjusting to new coach Dan Mullen. Tennessee didn't have the talent. Missouri's defense was suspect. That left Will Muschamp's Gamecocks, with plenty of prominent players returning from a nine-win season.
What about Kentucky? The Cats got lost in the wash. Never mind that Mark Stoops had 17 starters back, including a running back who had rushed for 1,000 yards in back-to-back seasons and an edge rusher who could be a first-round draft pick. Never mind that Stoops had more experience and depth on his roster than any of his six years in Lexington. Kentucky football was, of course, Kentucky football.
Five weeks into the season, however, this is not your normal Kentucky football team. The Cats aren't just 5-0 overall and 3-0 in the SEC, they are a legitimate conference contender, a team that has surely emerged as Georgia's top challenge in the East.
After all, South Carolina is now 2-2 overall and 1-2 in the SEC having been drilled by the Bulldogs 41-17 back on Sept. 8. Missouri lost to the Dawgs 43-29 last Saturday in Columbia. Tennessee took one on the chin 38-12 to Kirby Smart's club Saturday in Athens. Georgia still must play Florida, but the Gators lost to UK 27-16 the second week of the season.
Plus, led by that edge rusher, Josh Allen, Kentucky's defense continues to show it's the real deal. The Cats gave up just 321 yards to South Carolina, the fifth straight opponent that has failed to gain 400 yards on the UK defense. Florida's 360 yards is the most the Cats have allowed. Consider that UK held just three teams (Eastern Kentucky, South Carolina and Vanderbilt) under 360 yards all of last season.
Believing that UK had to limit South Carolina's skill players, Stoops and defensive coordinator Matt House took some run defenders away to better cover the Carolina passing game. The Gamecocks did hit on a 58-yard touchdown pass when cornerback Lonnie Johnson went for the interception, but overall the Kentucky secondary came up with three big interceptions on the way to the team's fifth straight victory over the Gamecocks.
There is a lot of football to be played between now and Nov. 3 when Georgia is scheduled to visit Kroger Field. Saturday's trip to Texas A&M for the Jimbo Fisher/Mark Stoops reunion will be no picnic. And Kentucky visits high-scoring Missouri on Oct. 27. But right now, anyway, Georgia and Kentucky look like the two best teams in the East.
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2. Should we be worried about the offense?
The first half, Eddie Gran's offense was clicking. First possession, the Cats punted. Second possession, after Jordan Jones forced and recovered a South Carolina fumble, UK settled for a Miles Butler field goal. After that, however, the home team scored touchdowns on three straight possessions.
The first drive covered 75 yards in 11 plays with Terry Touchdown Wilson scoring from a yard out. The second march went 80 yards in eight plays with a determined A.J. Rose carrying defenders into the end zone for a 24-yard touchdown. The third drive went 61 yards over six plays with Benny Snell scoring from four yards out for a 24-3 Kentucky lead with 4:53 left in the first half.
The second half was a different story, however. After gaining 252 yards in the first 30 minutes, Gran's attack was held to just 75 yards in the second half. Not counting a kneel down at game's end, UK had the football four possessions in the final two quarters. Results: missed field goal, punt, punt, interception.
The first drive of the second half, UK put together a 13-play march that stalled inside the South Carolina 30-yard line. When Snell was dropped for a 1-yard loss on first down at the 24, the Cats fell behind the chains. Wilson missed tight end C.J. Conrad with a pass, then missed Tavin Richardson move the middle. That left a 43-yard field goal attempt for Miles Butler, which he pushed left.
The offense stalled after that, producing consecutive three-and-outs. Final drive, the Cats started at the South Carolina 37, but committed three different penalties that ended up pushing the ball back to midfield before Wilson threw an interception.
Most of the fourth quarter was taken up by a 20-play South Carolina drive that ended with UK safety Mike Edwards making an interception in his own end zone.
"We can't do that on the road," said Gran of the second-half drought. "We can't do that anywhere, really. We have things to work on."
Snell went over the 100-yard mark, then slipped back under when he lost six yards on his final three carries. He finished with 99 yards on 28 carries. Rose gained 38 yards on seven carries. And Wilson ended up with 59 yards on nine attempts. As a team, the Cats gained 195 yards on the ground, out-rushing South Carolina 195-128.
3. Are you allowed to win SEC Defensive Player of the Week three times before October?
Josh Allen has won it twice. And UK's star outside linebacker/defensive end could easily win it again after recording three sacks and four tackles for loss in the win over Gamecocks. Asked which game of his was better, last week against Mississippi State or this week against the Gamecocks, Allen replied, "This week. I got sacks this week. I didn't get a sack until the fourth quarter last week."
Still, Allen did enough against the Bulldogs to earn co-SEC Defensive Player of the Week honors, the second time he has won the award already this season. And now, as you might expect, offenses are using extra blockers, chipping or hitting him with running backs as they go out on pass routes. It doesn't seem to make much of a difference.
"Oh man," said cornerback Derrick Baity when asked about playing with Allen. "It's much easier to play back there with Josh doing what he's doing. I think we feed off him and he feeds off us."
Surely Allen's constant pressure is one reason Kentucky was able to come up with three interceptions on Saturday. Baity, Darius West and Mike Edwards all came up with picks. West now has two on the season. Baity made a big interception in Kentucky's win at South Carolina last season.
Kentucky forced four turnovers on the night with Jones forcing and recovering a fumble on South Carolina's first offensive series. "I punched it out," said Jones, who gave credit to fellow linebacker Kash Daniels for telling him to focus on that maneuver. The four turnovers were the most UK has forced since the win at Vanderbilt last season.
That's the thing. Stoops said afterward that the Cats can still play better. Baity said the team did not play "up to our standards." And Kentucky is 5-0 for the first time since 2007 and 3-0 in the SEC for the first time since 1977. Stoops' club needs two more wins in its final five SEC games for the program to post its first winning conference record since 1977.
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On October 23rd, 2016, local architects, engineers, and organizations will team up together to build magnificent structures – all out of canned and nonperishable goods! This year's theme is IncrEDIBLE: If you can eat it. You can build it. Build Day is Sunday, October 23rd, but the exhibits will be up for 2 weeks this year at the Fashion Square Mall!
What is Canstruction Orlando?
Part team building exercise, part food drive, and part creative design outlet, Canstruction® takes an ordinary food drive and puts it on steroids! It is a design/build competition using canned and packaged foods as the building materials to create designs that showcase the ingenuity of the participants.
The basic premise is this: local corporations, school groups, and community groups form teams that include at least one architect. They then design a structure, gather all the food items necessary to build it by getting donations of either cans or money to purchase the necessary cans, then construct their sculpture at Orlando Fashion Square in October for our 2 week-long exhibition.
At each competition a panel of distinguished judges from the community decides the winning structures in five different categories: Best Meal, Structural Ingenuity, Best Use of Labels, Juror's Favorite, and two Honorable Mentions. In addition to the primary awards we have a variety of local awards, all of which will be handed out at our evening celebration event! At the end of the week, all the structures are disassembled by the teams and the cans are donated to the Second Harvest Food Bank of Central Florida.
Orlando is just one of the many participating cities in the United States, Australia, and Canada. This event is supported by the Society for Design Administration and the American Institute of Architects, along with national and local sponsorship from many corporations who support the design industry.
So you see, Canstruction® Orlando is a competition, but it is a food drive to benefit Central Florida at its heart. This highly visible and unusual food drive helps bring attention to the hunger issue and, as a bonus, everyone who participates becomes part of the solution!
Learn more: www.canstruction-orlando.org
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A large painting of a Buller's Albatross riding the waves. I watched this magnificent wanderer for many minutes, as it graced us with it's presence whilst we were crossing the Fouveaux Straight aboard the Stewart Island ferry, in New Zealand.
Surely one of natures wonders, I hope I've captured some if it's beauty here.
"Wave Rider"
Oil on box canvas 36" by 12"
Photograph sent by a client in France with their print of the above painting 'Wave Rider' framed beautifully and ready to hang.
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Samsung's S Pen
Samsung first introduced the S Pen with their Note series phone in the year of 2011, till now it is provided only with the Note series phones and the recently launched Note 8 is not an exception. The S Pen is a unique accessory for a smart phone. It's not just a stylus, its product sensitive productivity tool that unlocks a wide array of software features you won't see on other mobile devices. Mostly, the main reason to pick galaxy note series over the other smart phones is the S Pen feature.
How to use?
In the previous generation almost every Note series phone comes with slot to put S Pen. You can put your S Pen in a appropriate way, mistakenly if you put it wrong direction it may break. Like previous Note series smart phones, Note 8 also have a slot but Samsung has modified the slot in such a way that, it can only accept the S Pen in only one direction instead of both direction, so the chance of damage is lessen down. To open your S Pen, first of all you have to press the nub on the bottom right of the Note 8 therefore S Pen pops out, and you are ready to use your S Pen.
The Entire Feature List and Cools Tricks
Live Message
Live message allows expressing your feeling. It is one of the best tools to use this facility. You just remove the S Pen, and tab on the Live Message in air commands. Here you can select between a pencil or a glittering pen. You can also choose your own background color or photo from your gallery.
The translate comes handy when you want to know the meaning of some word by simple select those thing and using this you can translate those into your favorite language like Bengali, Hindi etc. It uses Google Translate feature to translate those thing.
When you are reading a PDF file some time you have to zoom those thing due to the small front size. Here S Pen make your job more easier just by touch it offer up to 300 percent magnification.
Smart Selection
When the words aren't enough, you can say it with your own animated GIF. It's comes with a smart select feature by which you can select a special part of your video and share with your friend or on a social media therefore you can edit small video for social media.
Quick Notes
The S Pen is like also a better note taker even the screen is off memo feature let you start writing down and you can write your note as long as you want to write. You can jot down the notes, and save them or even pin it on the always on display as a result, you can view your notes From lock screen and modify them whenever you want.


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"Eating meat is the leading cause of deforestation. That's why we're proud to be partners with Greenpop – planting trees in the Earth plants a seed in people, and proves to people that by making a small change in your life you can make a positive difference in the world." - Brett Thompson, Fry's Family Foods
Over the weekends of 10-12 and 16-18 May, Greenpop hosted two successive Reforest Fests, at which hundreds of volunteers came together to plant 10 002 trees (and had fun doing it)! All told, 622 people planted a total of 10 002 trees over both weekends, bringing the total number of trees planted at the Platbos Forest Reserve to date to 18 243 by Greenpop through the Reforest Fests.
At the Reforest Fest, Fry's provided Greenpop with a tree-mendous selection of healthy, nutritious, and all-vegetarian strips and pies that kept hungry planters' bellies full and ensured spirits and energy remained high throughout the difficult planting. Fry's believes that this partnership represents the collaboration between like-minded environmental organisations that the world needs to become a greener and more sustainable place, and looks forward to working with Greenpop on future tree-planting projects.
The Forest:
Platbos is a unique combination of Afromontane forest, with Coastal Milkwood thicket forest species. The Afromontane trees include: white stinkwood (Celtis africana), wild peach (Kiggelaria africana), white pear (Apodytes dimidiata) and hard pears (Olinia ventosa). The Milkwood forest species include: milkwoods (Sideroxylon inerme), sea guarrie (Euclea racemosa) and pock ironwoods (Chionanthus foveolata) amongst others. There are 13 different forest tree species in total that make up the unique Platbos forest.
Less than 0.05% of the Western Cape is home to indigenous forest. In the past, Platbos extended over a much greater area but due to human interference (felling for agriculture and the later introduction of alien invasive tree species like rooi krans), the area of the forest was greatly reduced. The Platbos Forest Reserve covers 50 hectares in extent: in recognition of its unique and endangered status, Platbos has been awarded Contract Nature Reserve status with Cape Nature – a designation awarded to priority areas containing critically important habitats, which contain significant biodiversity value.
Platbos is an extremely unique forest and contributes enormously to conserving the last remnants of lowland forest in the Western Cape. Says Melissa Krige of the Platbos Forest Reserve, "People and forests share a common destiny – life as we know it depends on the continued existence of the world's old-growth forests. All attempts to protect and rehabilitate them are therefore of paramount importance. We greatly value the annual GreenPop Reforest Fests at Platbos, not only because of the huge contribution they bring to our Reforestation Project at Platbos, but because through them so many more people, from all walks of life, young and old, can come to learn about Platbos and to experience its unique and wonderful character."
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Clinton campaign glossing over its own Russia connections
Hillary Clinton's campaign and its allies have hurled allegations that Team Trump is tangled up with the Kremlin -- but remain largely silent about the Russian links of Clinton's own campaign chairman, John Podesta, and the company he co-founded.
Robby Mook, Clinton's campaign manager, recently told ABC News that the "hand of the Kremlin" is at work in the Donald Trump campaign.
This was after his campaign chairman Paul Manafort stepped down amid reports he received payments from Ukraine's pro-Kremlin political party. Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid piled on last week, asking FBI Director James Comey to investigate potential Trump camp ties to Russia's alleged involvement in hacking of Democratic organizations and possible election interference.
"The evidence of a direct connection between the Russian government and Donald Trump's presidential campaign continues to mount," he wrote.
But the Trump campaign is not alone in its Russian connections.
As first revealed in The Panama Papers leak, the Podesta Group, a lobbying firm co-founded by John Podesta, moved to register in March with the U.S. government as a lobbyist for Sberbank -- the U.S. subsidiary of the Russian state-held bank. Podesta left the firm years ago, but his brother and co-founder Tony Podesta -- also a top Clinton bundler -- is currently chairman.
According to Senate lobbying records, Tony Podesta is listed as a lobbyist for the bank and for three affiliated companies -- the Luxembourg-based SB International, Cyprus-based SBGB and Troika Dialog Group, located in the Cayman Islands.
"Sberbank is the Kremlin, they don't do anything major without Putin's go-ahead, and they don't tell him 'no' either," a retired senior U.S. intelligence official told The New York Observer.
The Organized Crime and Corruption Reporting Project, a consortium of journalists, has reported that both Sberbank and Troika Dialog have links to companies that were exploited by Putin allies to redirect state resources into profitable private investments.
John Podesta has not had a role at or stake in the Podesta Group since 2003. Neither the Clinton campaign nor Reid's office responded to requests for comment on whether they back a probe of Clinton campaign Russian links.
The Podesta Group, though, already is part of an FBI and Justice Department investigation looking into the activities of Manafort's firm and other U.S. companies who allegedly were used to aid corruption by former Ukrainian president Viktor Yanukovych and his pro-Kremlin Party of Regions, according to CNN.
According to an Associated Press report, the investigation is looking at the $1.13 million paid to the Podesta Group by the European Centre for a Modern Ukraine, a pro-Yanukovych non-profit. Because the payment was made to the center, the Podesta Group did not register as a lobbyist for a foreign entity.
"Our firm represents many global companies, based around the world, and we file publicly available disclosure reports associated with these representations as necessary," Podesta Group CEO Kimberly Fitts said in a statement to FoxNews.com.
In a separate statement, Fitts said the group has retained outside counsel. "When the Centre became a client, it certified in writing that 'none of the activities of the Centre are directly or indirectly supervised, directed, controlled, financed or subsidized in whole or in part by a government of a foreign country or a foreign political party. We relied on that certification and advice from counsel in registering and reporting under the Lobbying Disclosure Act rather than the Foreign Agents Registration Act," the statement said.
The pro-Kremlin slant of the Centre was publicly known as far back as 2012 when The Los Angeles Times noted that "it just happens to be an operation controlled by Yanukovych, according to Ukrainska Pravda."
The fact that Russia has connections with figures on both sides of the aisle is not necessarily surprising.
"The Russians are not any different than the Chinese in that they play both sides of the aisle developing relationships with whoever is close to power," Peter Schweizer, author and president of the Government Accountability Institute and an outspoken Clinton critic, told FoxNews.com.
"The reset went far beyond the normal diplomatic outreach on the surface to the flow of funds to the Clintons and their allies," he said, referring to the attempt to "reset" relations with Moscow early on in the Obama administration.
One of the links, according to a recent report from Schweizer's group, involves John Podesta's time on the board of Joule Unlimited, a small Massachusetts-based energy company. Just two months after Podesta joined the company it received an investment of $35 million from Rusnano, an investment firm founded by Russian President Vladimir Putin.
The amount of compensation that Podesta received for his contribution to the company is unclear. While disclosure papers for Joule Unlimited were filed, Podesta did not disclose his work for Joule Global Stichting, a related entity.
According to the report, Podesta said in a 2014 filing he divested stock options from Joule.


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A car became stuck after its driver managed to wedge the vehicle between the railings on the Golden Gate Bridge.
Daniel Soto, 22, was arrested for driving under the influence after his Ford Mustang somehow hopped the curb and became trapped on the pedestrian walkway.
The incident occurred during particularly wet weather, but even that doesn't explain the erratic journey the car took.
Speaking to CBS, Bridge District spokeswoman Priya Clemen said, 'The driver came down through the parking lot at this incredibly fast rate of speed, got up onto the sidewalk, managed to crash through one barrier and then through a steel gate, go another 400 yards or so before getting himself wedged between the sidewalk rail and a median on the other side.'
Soto, of San Francisco, escaped with minor injuries. No one else was harmed.
Fortunately, the incident occurred at 5:10 am, meaning there were no pedestrians on the footpath.
Five hours later, authorities removed the car from the walkway. Good thing they weren't removing it from the Bay below.


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This rustic simple pear tart made from wholesome seasonal ingredients is the perfect healthy treat for that magical season when late summer gently drifts into early autumn. Thanks to the abundance of fresh local fruit, it's a wonderful time to bake this dish that's packed with delicious flavor and nutritious fiber.
Very Simple Pear Tart
- 1/2 cup All-Purpose Flour
- 1/2 cup Whole-Wheat Flour
- 1/4 lbs Cold Unsalted Butter
- 1/4 teaspoon Salt
- 2 tablespoons Ice Water
- 3 medium Pears, peeled and thinly sliced
- 1 teaspoon All-Purpose Flour
- 1 tablespoon Sugar (Organic Unrefined preferably)
- 1/4 teaspoon Ground Cinnamon
- 1/4 teaspoon Ground Nutmeg
- Parchment Paper
For the Crust
For the Filling
- To make the crust, place the all-purpose flour, whole-wheat flour, and salt into a food processor. Pulse once. Cut the butter into chunks and add it to the flour mixture. Process until you get a coarse mixture. Add the ice water and process just until the mixture gathers into a ball. If needed, add a little bit more icy water. Pat the dough into a disk and wrap in plastic wrap. Refrigerate for at least 1 hour.
- Peel the pears, core, and slice them. Sprinkle in the flour, sugar, cinnamon, and nutmeg. Toss until the pears are evenly coated. Set aside.
- Preheat oven to 375°F.
- Take the dough from the fridge and place it on a parchment paper. Dust the dough with flour and roll into about a 12-inch circle, adding more flour if necessary to prevent sticking. Transfer the crust to a baking sheet with parchment paper in place.
- Lay the pear slices on top of the crust, leaving a 1-inch border around the edge. Fold the edges of the dough over the pears. The crust will not meet in the center.
- Bake the tart about 45 minutes or until lightly golden. Cool for 10 minutes before serving.
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What makes a smart city smart? Is it having Open Data? Is it smart parking bays? Smart lighting? Having its government services online? All of the above? None?
There are over 100 definitions of what makes a "smart city" according to Karl-Filip Coenegracht, Chief Strategy Officer at the City of Ghent, speaking at the Smart to Future Cities event. There is no such thing as a one size-fits all definition because each city is different, each with their own specific needs, and priorities.
But the most important aspect to remember is that any smart city project should be about the people – Coenegracht calls them smart citizens – and less about the technology. This sentiment is echoed by all of the speakers.
"Smart cities are about people – the idea is to never see the technology," says Nick Chrissos, Head of Innovation Technology for UK and Ireland at Cisco.
"Focusing on citizens is key," adds Tim Gregson of Microsoft.
If serving citizens is the imperative, data is the key
A big theme throughout the day is the power of data in Smart cities – however you define them.
Data, when collected and shared properly, can create opportunities, services, and insights that can solve any number of problems. Joining up siloed data, however, can often be the biggest challenge. But when it works, there can be some incredibly interesting uses.
The scale can range from changing traffic patterns to ease congestion while at the same time monitoring how this affects pollution, to an example in London where joining data from procurement and social services identified a victim of domestic abuse after their council flat door was replaced three times in a short period after it had been kicked down by their partner.
Transport for London and London itself have received praise for being early leaders in the Open Data movement.
"It was a very brave decision that didn't get the recognition that it deserved," Andrew Till, Vice President, Technology, Partnerships & New Solutions at Harman Connected Services, says during an interview with IDG Connect at the event. "They were one of the first cities in the world that took the idea of open data as a philosophy and started to really enact it."
Just opening up date data or having smart parking spaces and smart lights is one thing, but having them being able to work in tandem is where the real value could be added.
"What is now really exciting is to push on to the next level and say rather than it being TFL data, how can they bring in other organisations to share data so that you can start creating deeper insight."
One example could be a bus stop being able to tell when a person is waiting for a bus, being able to tell them not only when the next bus is due, but provide information about walking to the next bus stop if there are delays, or offering a discount to walk to the next bus stop – via the least polluted route - if the city in question is pushing for a healthier populace.
"What we're looking at is not only this new technology being added but the whole principle is you're constantly learning, you're constantly evolving, and defining new insights, and then using those insights to change behaviour."
Scalability still out of reach for many projects
For government – and especially IT teams within governments – these concepts can be a challenge to embrace.
"If you're not actively planning for continual change and improvement, don't deploy it. This is very, very different as a mindset to traditional IT, which is keep it stable, keep it running," says Harman's Till.
"You've got this challenge where cities end up doing projects in silos because they can get a few people together and then go do something. But then they find that something that works in one district for 5,000 people they can't scale to 15 districts or 200,000 people."
"It's understanding intent from consequence, and the challenge that people are going to find is that no two cities are the same."
It's this series of silos – whether it's data silos within one city's departments or cities doing whole projects without looking to their neighbouring metropolises for help – which is one of the big challenges in creating long-lasting and meaningful impact.
"You can plonk an AWS or Azure in a 'smart city', but the needs of one city are very different from another," warns Keith Dickerson, ESTI. Replicability or solutions and practice is important, but so is being able to tailor the blueprint for each city's unique needs, all while avoiding vendor lock-in.
Cisco's Chrissos says that too many cities "bring a cluster of solutions together and call it a smart city" rather than creating something wide-reaching and repeatable.
Too often initiatives are made as ad hoc projects that are not only unscalable but not even particularly long-lived after the pilot, as well as difficult to replicate, because cities haven't thought ahead. Of all the smart city projects he's encountered, Chrissos he says he is yet to see a neighbouring city say "I want exactly that", which he claims would be the mark of a successful project.
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Taylor & Andy | Lincoln Park Chicago Engagement Session/
These two & this session make me SO happy - so much classic beauty & Chicago gorgeousness! Taylor & Andy grabbed my attention from their very first email; I could tell these two were fun, personable, and so excited to get married this year! Andy proposed to Taylor this past December at the Nature Boardwalk in Lincoln Park. Their pictures from that night show the beautiful Chicago skyline lit up behind them, and faces full of joy - they're getting married!!
After rescheduling due to rain, we met this past Friday back at the place they got engaged. We were so lucky to have nice, mild weather & the area almost entirely to ourselves! These two had me smiling non-stop through their entire session. Their smiles and laughter come easily when they're together and you can practically feel their warmth and kindness in these photographs.
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Laurie Shelby (Kyle Pryor) is set to commit a despicable act in tonight's Hollyoaks when he rapes his wife Sinead Shelby (Stephanie Davis) in a horrifying revenge plot.
The school teacher has been subtly showing his twisted side for the last few months, sexually harassing Sienna Blake (Anna Passey) but gaslighting her into believing it's all been in his head.
But tonight he makes a move that shows his disturbingly dark true colours as he attacks his own wife in an act of revenge.
He goes on a school camping trip with Sienna during which he completely ignores his wife when she tries to get in touch. Feeling rejected, she ends up kissing Sami Maalik (Rishi Nair) in a moment of weakness. But having been spotted by Ste Hay (Kieran Richardson) their kiss doesn't stay secret for too long.
When Laurie finds out, he rapes Sinead in anger, then manipulates her over the incident.
The show's bosses have worked closely with charity RASA Merseyside for this hard-hitting storyline, and a source from the show told Metro.co.uk: 'You will see some incredible performances from Stephanie Davis – she is out of this world. Hollyoaks has a well known history of tackling subjects like this and it's just the start of a long running and intense storyline for the characters.'
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2013 Myer Fashions on the Field Launch
On a windy, chilly spring morning at Flemington, the 2013 Myer Fashions on the Field enclosure was officially launched, gathering designers, milliners, VIPs and the interstate and People's Choice Award finalists to celebrate the occasion.This year, the upstairs Myer Fashions on the Field enclosure has been expanded and now includes a two-storey viewing area that is open to the public. Guests were welcomed to the enclosure with a fashion installation featuring models posing on podiums, dressed in current season racewear from Myer.While the viewing of the Fashions on the Field competition may be a bit tricky in some spots, I dare say it's the best public viewing of the racetrack as well as the fashion (punters take note!). As a bonus, should the weather take a turn for the worst, it's shielded from the elements with a roof to keep any rain away. The downstairs area remains similar to previous years with seating on each side of the stage. If you wish to grab a seat to see the fashion action I'd suggest arriving early, as I think with such great viewing in a prime position on the lawn there will be a battle for the limited seating.UK Myer Designer Jeff Banks is back for another year as host of the competition, alongside Fashions on the Field newcomer Melissa Hetherington from Channel 7. Myer designer Dom Bagnato and Myer ambassador Kris Smith were on hand to give useful advice for gents wishing to enter the Men's Racewear competition. Dom tips The Great Gatsby influence to feature strongly in men's racewear this season, and expects men to "experiment" with their looks. Meanwhile, Kris advises men to "take a female with them" to give advice when shopping for outfits, and also recommends wearing hats - especially if it's a sunny day and you don't have a thick head of hair! OTOT suggests taking a close look at the details of your outfit, in particular the minor details (socks, pocket square, cufflinks etc.) as this can give you an edge and set you apart from the rest of the competition. (Don't forget, Lisa is judging Men's Racewear on Derby Day, so we know our stuff! She also has a soft spot for men in hats...)Myer Fashions on the Field ambassador Rebecca Bramich and Myer milliner Natalie Bikicki gave some hints for the Women's Racewear competition, and talked us through some of this season's millinery and fashion trends. Natalie says "structural headwear" is the latest look in millinery right now, but cautions wearers to be mindful that their headpieces don't "eclipse" them. Rebecca stresses the importance of following key trends, but also wants to see competitors "project their personality into their outfits".Lisa and I were lucky enough to speak to Myer CEO Bernie Brookes following proceedings. Accessible and approachable, unlike so many other CEOs, Bernie is also an unlikely but very keen Fashions on the Field fan and is a regular front-row fixture at the events. He takes Fashions on the Field very seriously - so much so that he's known to make bets on the competition with Brian Levine, putting in $20 each and listing their first, second and third selections in their racebooks (Bernie successfully picked Angela for the win in 2011). The Myer boss admitted he is currently $20 down, but is confident of making up for it during the Melbourne Cup Carnival. He also divulged his favourite of the finalists so far but, as he is a man of great influence, we'll keep it hush-hush so none of the judges are swayed by his thoughts!He also spoke of how important Fashions on the Field is to Myer, revealing the Friday before Derby Day is their busiest Spring Carnival retailing period, selling one hat or fascinator for every minute the store is open. A staggering 21,000 dresses are also sold at Myer each year during the spring racing months, meaning Myer is definitely a crowd favourite in the fashion stakes.
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Come enjoy a lovely, catered pasta dinner from Deerfield's Italian Kitchen, and an evening of fun and holiday cheer with other guild members.
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The Board of Education will move to appoint an acting superintendent of schools after placing its superintendent on administrative leave Tuesday.
The Board of Education will move to appoint an acting superintendent of schools after placing its superintendent on administrative leave Tuesday.
Six months before she was set to leave her job, Superintendent Margo Marvin was placed on indefinite administrative leave for undisclosed reasons, according to acting Board of Education Chairman Jeannie Dodd. The decision was made during the executive session portion of a special board meeting, Dodd said.
"There was a motion made to terminate (Marvin)," Dodd said. "She has been relieved of her duties with pay and without prejudice."
Further action possible
Dodd would not discuss what prompted the board's decision, or who would serve in Marvin's place.
She said a hearing is tentatively scheduled for Aug. 6 to discuss further action against Marvin.
Marvin could not be reached Wednesday at her home or office for comment.
The board's Tuesday agenda included "discussion of and possible action upon personnel matters regarding the performance and employment of the superintendent of schools."
Colleen Dicolella of Putnam, who has two school-age children, said it was exasperating not knowing why Marvin was punished.
"Her suspension was the talk at the gym this morning," Dicolella said. "And, it's sad the board won't say why they acted as they did."
Last month, Marvin, who been superintendent for five years, announced she would retire June 30, 2009. Less than a month later, she changed her mind, submitting her resignation effective Feb. 4, 2009. She said she made the decision because she will turn 60 in February and would meet retirement eligibility requirements.
Ray Cacciapuoti, father of a Putnam student, said he wasn't too concerned about the administrative shake-up.
"Education is all about the teachers, not the superintendents," Cacciapuoti said.
At a glance: Putnam Superintendent of Schools Margo Marvin's retirement plans have changed several times in the last two months.
June: Marvin announces she will retire June 30, 2009.
July 22: Marvin submits her resignation effective Feb. 4, 2009.
July 29: The Board of Education places Marvin on administrative leave for undisclosed reasons, relieving her of her duties.


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Inside Elon Musk's Reversal on Taking Tesla Private
When Elon Musk declared this month that he needed to take Tesla personal, his board was caught off guard. Barely three weeks later, the chief government informed the board he had modified his thoughts. Tesla can be staying public, in any case.
The startling reversal — introduced late Friday in a blog post, a day after he mentioned it with administrators — capped a tumultuous sequence of strikes that drew in Wall Street's greatest funding banks, prompted an investigation by regulators and raised fresh questions about Mr. Musk's management.
In that point, based on 5 individuals near the occasions, Mr. Musk got here to appreciate that his pondering had been overly simplistic. While going personal might need eliminated some issues, it could have launched new ones.
Among his considerations had been ceding an excessive amount of management to personal buyers — together with standard automobile corporations and Saudi Arabia, a logo of massive oil — and shutting out smaller buyers who is likely to be unable to retain a stake.
Those had been points each symbolic and substantive for Tesla, which has staked its future on making electrical automobiles the transportation of alternative — a imaginative and prescient that has made it the nation's most extremely valued automobile firm. Even with its shares price $55 billion, it faces considerations widespread to many younger corporations, together with its vulnerability to the whims of public shareholders.
For his half, Mr. Musk has come below new scrutiny as his impulsiveness has performed out in actual time within the inventory market, with billions of on the road.
And even with the choice to face pat, Mr. Musk and the corporate might stay within the sights of the Securities and Exchange Commission over the circumstances of the unique announcement.
"Tesla investors must realize that they have a panicky, erratic, possibly self-destructive C.E.O. at the helm," mentioned Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a professor on the Yale School of Management. "No C.E.O. is ever this confused and confusing."
For years, Mr. Musk had romanticized the thought of Tesla going personal. Doing so, he has mused publicly, would free him from the short-term pressures of the general public markets, unburden him of the distractions of a risky inventory value and, extra just lately, do away with the quick sellers betting that Tesla would fail. Instead, Mr. Musk believed he might focus on Tesla's work of popularizing electrical automobiles and decreasing the world's dependence on fossil fuels.
But from the second of his nine-word Twitter posting saying his ideas on Aug. 7 and saying that he had "funding secured," different concerns got here into play.
In his observe saying that Tesla would stay public, Mr. Musk cited 4 major components that modified his thoughts: current shareholders consider Tesla is best off as a public firm; not all current buyers would have the ability to personal shares of a personal firm; it wasn't clear how particular person buyers would participate in a deal; and the method might distract the corporate from manufacturing of its first mass-market providing, the Model three, which is essential to its monetary well being.
By the account of individuals aware of Mr. Musk's pondering, deepening ties with new personal buyers introduced its personal challenges. By taking cash from Saudi Arabia's sovereign wealth fund — one thing Mr. Musk mentioned he believed was a positive factor — Tesla would have been teaming up with a rustic whose very basis is fossil fuels, and one typically criticized on human-rights grounds.
That cognitive dissonance — an electric-car firm backed by massive oil — was identified to Mr. Musk a number of instances, these individuals mentioned.
As Tesla representatives reached out to officers on the Saudi fund and different sovereign funds, it additionally grew to become clear that they could need extra than simply Tesla fairness in trade for an funding. Some, mentioned somebody briefed on these talks, would anticipate Tesla to open manufacturing operations of their nations, for instance.
And whereas a number of massive carmakers approached Tesla about funding a deal, individuals aware of the discussions mentioned, there have been points there, too. Some of these corporations have their very own reputational baggage. And Mr. Musk, proud that Tesla's vehicles are made in America, didn't need to let overseas pursuits dictate his selections about manufacturing.
At the identical time, it grew to become clear that not all of Tesla's massive institutional shareholders would have been ready to participate in a buyout. Many massive buyers maintain Tesla inventory in funds that may solely personal publicly traded shares.
"On the whole, some of our clients will find it very difficult to follow," James Anderson, the pinnacle of Baillie Gifford, which is Tesla's largest shareholder after Mr. Musk, mentioned in an interview earlier than Mr. Musk known as off a deal. "We've had this conversation with Mr. Musk himself. He understands that there is an issue here."
The identical was most likely true for different institutional buyers in Tesla, together with T. Rowe Price, BlackRock and Fidelity. And Mr. Musk heard from many particular person buyers who needed Tesla to remain public. On Thursday, a small Tesla investor released a public letter imploring Mr. Musk to maintain Tesla public.
Those pleas had been notable as a result of many particular person buyers aren't capable of spend money on personal corporations for regulatory causes.
On Thursday morning, Elon Musk and Tesla's board gathered for a frequently scheduled assembly on the manufacturing unit flooring of the corporate's manufacturing plant in Fremont, Calif., individuals with information of the occasions mentioned. They had been joined by representatives from the funding financial institution Goldman Sachs and the personal fairness agency Silver Lake, which had been advising on a deal.
After a Silver Lake consultant made a presentation expressing confidence of their skill to search out buyers for a deal to take Tesla personal — a transaction that would have required $24 billion or extra — the Wall Street representatives left the room, and the ground was given to Mr. Musk.
But as an alternative of telling his board simply how far he'd are available in securing new buyers for a possible deal, Mr. Musk backtracked: He not believed going personal was in the most effective curiosity of the corporate, and he wouldn't be bringing ahead a proposal to purchase out the corporate.
Doing so can be too distracting, massive institutional buyers couldn't all participate and there was no simple path for retail shareholders to be concerned, he informed the board.
The administrators — a few of whom have expressed concern about Mr. Musk's use of Twitter and erratic habits — had been supportive.
During the assembly, the board voted to dissolve the particular committee established to guage a possible deal. And earlier than lunchtime, the assembly — held in the identical room the place Mr. Musk typically sleeps throughout late nights on the manufacturing unit — was over.
Later that day, Mr. Musk drafted a press release saying that Tesla would stay public, which the board accredited Thursday evening. On Friday, working from the workplace of SpaceX, his personal rocket firm, primarily based close to Los Angeles, Mr. Musk and his group refined the letter.
In the statement, even whereas retreating from the thought of going personal, Mr. Musk doubled down on his unique assertion that he had the monetary backing. "My belief that there is more than enough funding to take Tesla private was reinforced during this process," he mentioned.
Still, the S.E.C., which is investigating whether or not Mr. Musk's unique tweet a few potential buyout violated securities regulation, could have extra to say in regards to the sequence of occasions — notably the "funding secured" declaration. The preliminary tweet despatched Tesla's inventory hovering and induced a halt in buying and selling pending a fuller announcement. The inventory tapered off in ensuing weeks and by no means got here near the $420 buyout value that Mr. Musk had mentioned was in prospect, indicating investor skepticism.
"In a sense it lessens the impact of the initial tweet," Peter Henning, professor of regulation at Wayne State University, mentioned of the reversal. "But the S.E.C. looks at what happens at the time of the disclosure. Walking it back later doesn't necessary mitigate the effect. And it was clearly incomplete."
"You can't throw out information that moves the market and say, 'Never mind,'" Mr. Henning added. "This is the C.E.O. of the company. His statements are the company's statements. Will they make an example of him? Maybe."
And whereas Mr. Musk could have appeased some constituencies, administration specialists had been left shaking their heads on the chaotic course of, which started with a tweet as Mr. Musk drove his Tesla Model S via Los Angeles simply over two weeks in the past.
"A major enterprise should not navigate its ownership path and market valuation through the frantic, public, volatile impulses of the C.E.O.," Mr. Sonnenfeld mentioned. "Let alone through the selective disclosures of elite shareholder referenda."
Kate Kelly and Jessica Silver-Greenberg contributed reporting.
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Fishing in Guernsey Part 2
Fishing in Guernsey Part 2
October fishing in Guernsey is supposed to be when it is at its
best but this year I really struggled
I wonder if everything is a little later this year
With the bigger tides I managed to gig out some of the local
white ragworm known as catbait
With this fantastic bait we fished the big tides for the elusive
red mullet and black bream
The best fishing seemed to come from the east coast beween
Town and St Martins Point
Using the light surfcasters we had a great time with the best
session actually coming from in the Town Harbour casting
from the sailing club. A big fish was lost as well.Thats fishing.
Blacks were the most fun with a great fight on the light gear
but Bass made up an appeareance as well
The fishing was hard this year with evidence that inshore
netting is rife everywhere you look
The last day was spent on the Rockfish with the soft plastics.
One on the Molix Larvae
One on the HWL using a 1000 sized reel brought in direct
from China.
I hope to be importing it soon.
Below Alcedo Pride Surfcaster 100-200g and Alcedo
A perfect combination
Thanks to Rob at micks fishing with great advise and help