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Graduation season is in full swing and many grads will soon be busy working on their budgets and mapping out their financial goals as they enter the workforce.
This time of transition may be accompanied by stress and anxiety about money, especially if the grad is considering relocating for a new job or moving into their own apartment for the first time. Fortunately, there are a wealth of resources available for young grads serious about taking charge of their finances. A few hours of studying and reading can help grads improve their financial know-how and make informed decisions about their money as they transition into the working world.
Here are seven financial-education resources every grad should know about.
1. Online Learning: FIT Academy
Springboard offers a comprehensive personal finance course free of charge, a valuable resource for grads looking for a primer on money management. It's set up on Udemy, an online learning platform, so students can access course materials 24/7 and work through the program on their own schedule. The course includes quizzes and those who complete the course receive a Document of Achievement.
[See: 50 Ways to Improve Your Finances in 2016.]
2. Book: "Generation Earn," by Kimberly Palmer
Grads entering the working world need budgeting and money management skills to manage their paycheck and make smart financial decisions for their futures. Author Kimberly Palmer, former U.S. News personal finance editor and now the features editor for the AARP money team, shares tips and insights for grads considering buying a home, investing their money and donating a portion of their income. This book serves as a comprehensive guide with a fresh, holistic outlook on money management, divided into three sections that cover spending, investing and giving back.
3. Online Learning: Udemy
There's a library of personal finance content on Udemy, including complete courses on how to set up a budget, secure financial freedom and manage debt and loans. Students can complete the course modules on their own time and from the comfort of their homes. Instructors typically respond to messages from students and can answer questions about specific topics or lessons when needed. New students to the site can find promotional offers and discounts of up to 30 percent or more off courses running throughout the year.
[See: 10 Money Leaks to Shut Down Now.]
4. Website: Money Management International
Maintaining an accurate budget and setting financial goals will help grads build a solid foundation. This organization offers a variety of tools and resources for grads who want to learn money and budgeting basics, get a better handle on paying off loans and stay out of debt. The site's resources section features several free webinars via Adobe Connect covering everything from debt management to credit reports.
5. Book: "The Bigs," by Ben Carpenter
Wall Street veteran Ben Carpenter makes personal finance approachable with stories of real-life characters tackling various money challenges. The book provides practical advice for young professionals entering the real world and working through career and life transitions. Readers learn what it takes to secure an interview for a dream job, manage money effectively and stay out of financial trouble.
6. Online Learning: CashCourse
Designed primarily for colleges and universities to improve financial literacy among students, CashCourse is open to all and has a wealth of personal finance tools and resources to help individuals make smart financial decisions. It's independently funded by the National Endowment for Financial Education and is completely free to use. Registered users have access to articles about student loans, staying out of debt and making wise career decisions. The interactive course format makes it easy to navigate and learn key concepts quickly.
[See: What to Do If You've Fallen (Way) Behind on Your Credit Card Payments.]
7. Website: Better Money Habits by Bank of America
Free tools and step-by-step guides from experts are some of the resources available through this website from Bank of America in partnership with Khan Academy to help improve financial literacy. Users can choose a specific goal, such as buying a first home, and then walk through a tutorial-style series of pages explaining exactly what to expect. The site also includes articles and guides about saving, budgeting, taxes, buying and renting a home, and other key personal finance decisions relevant to grads.
Sabah Karimi is a columnist for the blog Wise Bread, where you can find consumer tips like how to select the best balance transfer credit cards.
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Challenge 700
Rules of Resistance
In Dave Wisker's "Blood Group":
- What are the stone structures that Miri remembers? What is the significance of the blood mark on the doorpost?
- In one day, Miri acts as both an angel of life and an "angel of death." Is her behavior inconsistent? Why or why not?
- Three rules of resistance date from the Nazi era:
- Consider every poisonous word a threat.
- Hold the threateners accountable.
- Never agree that the unacceptable is "normal."
- Would a faithful adherent of a different religion have done the same thing as Miri in similar circumstances?
In Sam Buckley's "Majoring in Semtex":
- Who or what operates the Commas, Tetrises and Moneyfishes? Are the machines operated live or by remote control?
- How do the machines act as an occupation army?
- Are the balloon weapons implausible? Are they the equivalent of today's IED's (improvised explosive devices)?
- What emotional conflict does Keyte experience?
In Boghos L. Artinian's "WETE: Wait for Extraterrestrial Echoes"
- If space aliens were running away from Earth at one-sixth of the speed of light, perhaps understandably, would they bother to try to establish contact?
- Bird songs and dolphins' sounds are mentioned as real-life attempts to decipher vocalizations in non-human species. By what means do elephants and giraffes communicate? What beings use "quorum sensing" for communication?
- The essay is accurate in all its calculations and its hypotheses are, at least, not impossible. And yet it is quite humorous. What does the humor consist of?
What is a Bewildering Stories Challenge?


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Like you'd expect in any european country, accommodation in Poland includes luxury five star hotels, private lodgings, big resorts, city centre hostels as well as the standard hotel accommodation blocks we get along the motorways in the UK, from some of the less inspiring international hotel chains.
More unique are some of the communist era hotels with a taste of the past, private countryside and mountainside chalets, castles & palaces and city centre accommodation available in historic buildings.
Our latest review takes a look at Hotels in Krakow, expensive luxury but well worth a visit even if only for a coffee, the Copernicus was often visited by the famous astronomer.
See also information about hotels in Torun, Hotelik w Centrum is situated right in the centre of Torun not far from the bus and train stations, and Hotel Trzy Korony is right in the main square across from the town hall (ratusz).
To get away from it all and for peace and quiet in a traditional wooden mountain refuge, find out about Samotnia in the mountains in south west Poland.
Visiting Warsaw, excellent hostel accommodation in the centre of the capital is provided by Oki Doki Hostel, well worth a visit.
If you are looking for great deals on hotel bookings in Poland, we recommend Hotels Combined, which searches multiple hotel booking websites to come up with a good price for you.
Arty Lalala Hotel, each room has a unique artistic design.
Looking for something closer to home? Cadgwith Cottages, holiday cottages in south west Cornwall.


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NBC's 'Undateable' Cast & 9 Other Sitcom Characters You Wouldn't Dream of Dating
On Thursday, May 29 the new sitcom Undateable hits NBC, bringing with it a brand new group of, well, undateable characters. From Bill Lawrence (the man behind comedies we've fallen in love with, including Cougar Town and Scrubs), the sitcom follows single friends who all have different views of dating...none of which have seemed to work in their favor thus far. While Danny (Chris D'Elia) fits the Barney Stinson, women-chasing prototype, leading man Justin (Brett Morin) takes a much more timid approach to dating. Throw in their dorky and/or desperate friends and you've got the undateables in Undateable.
Of course, the romantically-stunted crew of Undateable are hardly the first sitcom characters that, despite of or in spite of their personalities, you wouldn't dream of dating. So before back-to-back episodes of Undateable debut at 9 p.m. on NBC, we wanted to look back and not-so-fondly reflect on the sitcom characters that seem like they would be a nightmare to get a cup of coffee with, let alone become your significant other. From Dennis on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia to Kramer on Seinfeld, we've picked the most undateable characters from comedies. (We promise you're not as horrendous as these duds, Undateable dudes.)
Dennis from It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
None of the characters on It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia are even remotely dateable, but we give the edge to the always-sketchy, womanizing Dennis who created the sexist, soul-destroying D.E.N.N.I.S. System. Yes, he's a really good looking guy, but he's got a dirty, dark soul. Not worth it...ever.
Barney from How I Met Your Mother
You thought the D.E.N.N.I.S. System was bad? (It was.) Just wait until you get a load of Barney's Playbook. This suave, suit-wearing perpetual (well, most of the time) bachelor may be easy on the eyes, but he did some truly deplorable things to women and somehow it got played off as hilarious and eventually endearing. The absolute worst kind of bro.
Kramer from Seinfeld
Much like the It's Always Sunny gang, no one on Seinfeld was truly "sponge-worthy," but at least George, Jerry, and Elaine were — for the most part — gainfully employed. You definitely couldn't say that about Kramer. Not only would this be a guy that constantly hangs around your place, but he'd mooch of all your best cereals. Deal breaker among so many other deal breakers.
Schmidt from New Girl
Completely self-absorbed, a cheater with intimacy issues, and a body-obsessed maniac with his own lingering body image, Schmidt may have a good heart under all of those exhausting layers, but it's not worth digging through all the much to get to it.
Dennis from 30 Rock
A beeper salesman who appeared on To Catch a Predator and does everything in his power to make your life a living hell? Stay away at all costs, dummy.
Gob from Arrested Development
The fact that Gob's amateur magic tricks (sorry, illusions) aren't the worst thing about him should tell you everything you need to know about why the selfish, clueless Gob be insufferable to date. Seriously, between Gob and Barney Stinson, it's probably just best to stay away from any guy that has literal and metaphorical tricks up his sleeve.
Ryan from The Office
He perpetually kept Kelly (you deserved better, Mindy Kaling) on the back burner, despite the fact that he had feelings for her, Ryan was the worst possible kind of office crush. He was full of himself, entirely void of any self-awareness, and desperately wanted to be cool while looking like a major tool in the process. (And yet Michael Scott somehow earned everyone's disdain?) Hard pass.
Jack from Sex and the City
Everybody gives Mr. Big a hard time (and rightly so) but Jack Berger was way more undateable than him. At least Big was charming! Jack was nothing more than a whiny, insecure wet blanket who would rather break up with a girl on a post-it than give their relationship a real shot.
Ross from Friends
Seriously, have we not mentioned what a horror show Ross was?
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Barney Comes to Mayberry, Ep 19
Original airdate
January 23, 1967
Andy Griffith as Sheriff Andy Taylor
Don Knotts as Barney Fife
Directed by
Written by
Barney Comes to Mayberry is the Season 7, episode 19th episode of The Andy Griffith Show.
Barney returns to Mayberry for a visit to what is seemingly a rousing welcome only to learn that it's actually for Teena Andrews, someone he and Andy new in high school and who is now a famous actress. They drop in to see her and when her publicity man hears that she and Barney dated, he decides to set up a great photo opportunity by having him act as her escort for a new movie being premiered in Mayberry. Soon, Barney thinks they may have rekindled their old romance but is brought down to Earth with a thud when he hears she's left town suddenly.
- The desk that was mounted on the wall of the Raleigh Police dept. that Barney was forced to use in A Visit to Barney Fife is not there in this episode. File cabinets have been put in it's place but you can see a spot on the wall where the paint is different.
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28 april 1968 & first congregational church
#OTD Sunday 28 April 1968 The First Congregational Church (945 G St NW) supported the buildup to the Poor Peoples Campaign (PPC). First Congregational members were preparing to support PPC activists who would soon be presenting a list of demands to Congress. First Congregational, historically white, was founded in 1865 and has a long history of being politically progressive.
Please comment below. Were you, a family member or neighbor a member of First Congregational? Do you remember supporting the work of the Poor Peoples Campaign? What other ways was the church engaged with the city? You may comment privately here.
Photo: Courtesy DC Public Library Special Collections. Paul Schmick, photographer.
"Marchers Present Demands: Poor People's Leaders Talk With Cabinet," Washington Post 30 April 1968.
First Congregational United Church of Christ history


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The Olympian: A Story of the City
Harper & Brothers, 1912 - 417 halaman
Apa yang dikatakan orang - Tulis resensi
Kami tak menemukan resensi di tempat biasanya.
Halaman terpilih
Edisi yang lain - Lihat semua
Istilah dan frasa umum
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Halaman 200 - Motionless torrents ! silent cataracts! Who made you glorious as the gates of heaven Beneath the keen full moon ? Who bade the sun Clothe you with rainbows ? Who, with living flowers Of loveliest blue, spread garlands at your feet ?— God! let the torrents, like a shout of nations, Answer ! and let the ice-plains echo God!
Halaman 200 - Ye pine-groves, with your soft and soul-like sounds ! And they too have a voice, yon piles of snow, And in their perilous fall shall thunder, God!
Halaman 212 - But, soft! what light through yonder window breaks? It is the east, and Juliet is the sun! Arise, fair sun, and kill the envious moon. Who is already sick and pale with grief. That thou her maid art far more fair than she...
Halaman 130 - Now is the time for all good men to come to the aid of their country" instead, because it exactly fills out a 70-space line if you put a period at the end.
Halaman 213 - Let the sweet heavens endure, Not close and darken above me Before I am quite quite sure That there is one to love me; Then let come what come may To a life that has been so sad, I shall have had my day.
Halaman 342 - OR ever the knightly years were gone With the old world to the grave, I was a King in Babylon And you were a Christian Slave.
Halaman 201 - Dreamer devout, by vision led Beyond our guess or reach, The travail of his spirit bred Cities in place of speech. So huge the all-mastering thought that drove — So brief the term allowed — Nations, not words, he linked to prove His faith before the crowd.
Halaman 125 - PROMPTNESS. **On the great clock of time there is but one word — now." Note the sublime precision that leads the earth over a circuit of five Hundred millions of miles back to the solstice at the appointed moment without the loss of one second, — no, not the millionth part of a second, — for ages and ages of which it traveled that imperiled road.
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Call Answered: Gay Marshall: "Back on Boogie Street" at Pangea
I will never forget Gay Marshall's performance in the Zipper Theater's revival of Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris in 2006, which also starred Natascia Diaz, Robert Cuccioli and Rodney Hicks.
I am beyond excited I finally get to interview the great Gay Marshall as she readies for the premiere of her brand-new show, Back on Boogie Street, celebrating the music of Leonard Cohen! What I learned most from this interview is that Gay LOVES what she does and when she puts on a show, she DOES the pre-work!
Back on Boogie Street will play in the East Village's favorite supper club Pangea (178 2nd Avenue, between 11th & 12th Street) every Thursday in April. April 5, 12, 19, and 26 all at 7:30pm. Click here for tickets!
For more on Gay visit http://gaymarshall.com and follow her on Facebook!
1. Who or what inspired you to become a performer? Ever since I can remember I wanted to be an actress. When I was in the second grade I was a very convincing "Wicked Witch of the West." Then I saw a live production of My Fair Lady on my 9th birthday. That was it – I had to be in that world. When we left the theatre, there was no question of me doing anything else in my mind. My parents weren't exactly thrilled with my resolve.
2. This April you are bringing your new show Back on Boogie Street to Pangea, celebrating the genius of Leonard Cohen. What are you looking forward to most about presenting this show? I'm excited about getting to work with Ross Patterson again on this material that is so poetic and bold. And singing to an audience which changes everything. Plus I love the club Pangea, whose owners Stephen and Arnoldo, welcome artists like family. It's such a great place and the food is great too!
3. How long did you spend putting this show together - from idea to inception? Now, that it's almost showtime, how does it feel to be at this phase? I began immersing myself in his work six months ago, unaware of breadth and depth of the task at hand. Many interviews, documentaries, records and poems later I am so glad I chose to do this. I feel like I've been in the company of a fascinating, unpredictable, funny, scary genius/sage for half a year. His body of work is so voluminous that the choices of what to do were overwhelming. I learned so many songs that I had to cut, and poetry and prose I so wanted to include that just didn't fit. Now that it's together, I just hope people come and love it. I'm excited and very nervous. That's how I feel at this stage: Excited and Nervous.
4. What did you learn about Leonard's music after studying it so closely, that you didn't know beforehand? I knew almost nothing about him. To be honest, I wasn't really interested. I had this impression that he was a depressing little man (!) … and then I heard my friend and fabulous singer Carol Lipnik do one of his songs. I thought she had written it and when I found out it was Leonard I got real interested. I wanted to plunge into a project that didn't resemble anything I've done in the past. I found out he was funny, shy, insecure and really brave. The variety of his styles and melodies surprised me, as did his collaborations with other musicians such as Sharon Robinson, who is not only a divine singer songwriter apart from her work with Cohen, but a master at providing him with just the right melodic mood for his lyrics. When you look at songs he wrote in the early 90's and how pertinent they are today, you're pretty sure he was clairvoyant. He is definitely full of surprises. I learned a lot.
5. Leonard Cohen started out as a successful author of poetry and novels, and at the age of 33 directed his attention to writing and composing songs. Similarly, after playing "Diana Morales" in A Chorus Line on Broadway, you moved to Paris. What made you want to move to Paris? What did you find there that New York was not offering? I loved doing A Chorus Line here in New York (New York is my favorite place in the world), but my obsession with Edith Piaf drove me overseas! I had already learned many of her songs, but I wanted to learn to speak French as well as sing it. When I had the opportunity to live in Paris for a while, I jumped on it - not only to learn the language, but more importantly, to research Piaf first hand so I could do a show about her. Turned out to be a pretty good idea!
6. When did you decide to come back to New York? What was it like when you returned? Did you feel out of sorts or like you came back home? I was lucky to get work back here with two theatre giants : Stephen Schwartz and Joe Stein, thanks to Gordon Greenberg who was directing The Baker's Wife at Goodspeed. I was dying to work the way we do here in NY. There is an urgency here to get it right and be the absolute best you can be that is so motivating. My many theatrical experiences in Paris were very different. I will never forget that first table read at Goodspeed. It was thrilling. I was definitely home!
7. I had the great pleasure of seeing you in the Zipper Theater's revival of Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris. What is one funny story from that show you can share with us about your time in that show? We had a wild musical director who played with great gusto and often broke piano strings. When that happened, he never stopped playing. With one hand he would tear open the bottom panel, rip out the broken string, slam the panel back into place and carry on! I was usually perched near him and that was fun to watch. It was hard to keep a straight face.
8. In that show you sang "My Last Supper." If you knew you were having your final meal, what would it be? I never eat what I really WANT to eat. I'm so healthy/boring. (I was a fat kid - never goes away!) But hey, if it was the LAST, I guess I'd either binge on potato chips (kettle/sea salt), Snickers, Oreos, and forbidden stuff like that OR go the more elegant route and hit Le Café de la Butte on rue Caulaincourt in Paris and leave it up to Frederic, who would provide a sumptuous many course treat along with a fountain of champagne. And (of course) a large Grand Marnier to top it off.
9. In 2015, you took part in It Was A Very Good Year at Carnegie Hall. If you had to describe one year as "A Very Good Year,' what year would you say that statement is true for and what made that particular year so good? There have been many! But the first ones that come to mind are the years I spent at the Bristol Old Vic Theater School in England, studying acting with brilliant teachers. It was part of the training to go and see great actors on stage in great plays. Dream come true.
10. Since your new show is called Back on Boogie Street, what is a place you'd love to go back to and just dance? Oooo – there are a few, but actually, I love a rehearsal studio. I think that's my favorite place to be. Or on stage…..so how about the Shubert Theater? That would be swell!
More on Gay Marshall:
Gay Marshall starred as "Diana Morales" in A Chorus Line on Broadway, a role she left to move to Paris where she married photographer and Man on Wire accomplice, Jean Louis Blondeau. She originated the role of "Grizabella" in the French production of Cats. Her one-woman show, If I Were Me…, was voted #2 On The Fringe at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. Marshall's first show about Édith Piaf (of whom she is considered a foremost interpreter), La Vie l'Amour, played successful engagements at The Great Lakes Shakespeare Festival, Dayton's Victory Theater and The Missouri Rep. Marshall's Fringe show, and runs in The Baker's Wife at Goodspeed, The Papermill Playhouse and The York Theatre led her back to New York, where she re-captured the attention of New York audiences with her performance in the Zipper Theater's revival of Jacques Brel Is Alive And Well And Living In Paris. Gay has two solo CDs, Go Back Where You Stayed Last Night, an Ethel Waters inspired selection of 20's 30's New Orleans style blues and jazz tunes, and Gay Marshall sings Piaf La Vie L'Amour, which hit the Billboard Top World Album chart as a #12 Hot Shot debut.
Marshall has starred in Night of A Thousand Judys, Piaf: A Centennial Celebration at Town Hall, It Was a Very Good Year at Carnegie Hall, and Edith Piaf: An All Star Celebration at Feinstein's/54 Below. Her shows, Gay Marshall Sings Piaf La Vie L'Amour and Gay's Paree have enjoyed overwhelming critical success in NYC clubs.


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Live in love, as Christ loved us and gave himself up for us,
Our various ministries and groups not only keep us connected within Trinity, but allow us to share God's love with the community. Click here to learn about all of our ministry teams.
Trinity on the Run
Trinity on the Run, is our very own running and walking group. We meet every Saturday (year round) at 8:20 am in the Trinity Church parking lot. We start with a devotion and then walk or run together (lots of different paces and speeds) for 30 minutes and end up at Cornerstone Coffeehouse for coffee (or breakfast) and socializing. We're a multi-generational group – and everyone is welcome to join us any time.
Sewing Ministry
Our quilt ministry is for those who want to create a warm, comforting quilt for people in need. We meet in room 237 monthly on the first Tuesday, 6–9 pm, and on the third Tuesday, 9 am–3 pm. Anyone at least 12 years old is welcome, and you don't need to know how to quilt or sew! We teach you how to cut squares for tops, help lay out the tops, sew tops or layered quilt sandwiches, or tie the quilts. Give an hour or whatever you can. Quilts are given to Lutheran World Relief as well as other agencies. More info? Contact Carol Crowe at 717-737-2936 or firstname.lastname@example.com.
Prayer Shawl Ministry
These wonderful women use their craft to create beautiful Prayer Shawls for persons in times of grief, illness, or concern, as well as in times of joy and celebration. The group meets monthly to work together. The finished shawls are blessed through prayers. If you are interested in joining the group or receiving a shawl, please contact Kay Range via the church office.
Men of Trinity
From baseball games amd golf outings to Mother's Day brunch, this group keeps the Men (and women and children) of Trinity connected with fun activities. Contact the church office for additional information.


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Private Class
Whether you are new to yoga or a long term practitioner, together we will co-create an intention for our time on the mat. Each unique class is designed to support your personal yogic journey and life rhythms. Commit to a regular time or practice as you go, this is the freedom of a private class! [$60/60 min session]
Private Group Practice
Sometimes the best way to spend time with the ones that you love is on the mat. Between the movement and the stillness, discover the energetic communion that can arise in a small group practice. This option is perfect for a group of friends wanting to practice together or a couple looking for a new way to connect. [$30 per person/ 60 min session]
Professional Wellness
I humbly offer this practice to people in their work environments in an effort to make yoga accessible to even the busiest humans. This can be anything from a collective breathing meditation to start the day off in a positive way or a power hour of physical practice over lunch to beat the afternoon slump. Keep the body awake and the mind alert for an elevated mood and improved productivity. [please contact me for pricing details and information]
Give the Gift of Yoga
Yoga is a practice of infinite gifts. Long after you leave the mat, the effects of your efforts continue to vibrate in your cells. Consider sharing that feeling with someone you care about - as an introduction to the practice, a return to the practice or as just another wave in the flow. This can be a private class or a private group practice. [please see above for pricing details.]
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Before scheduling a class, please take a moment to fill out the student intake form below and tell me a little bit about what brings you to the mat.
If we've practiced before or you've already submitted this form, welcome back! Schedule a class by clicking below, I can't wait to see you soon.


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General News of Wednesday, 22 July 2015
Source: Daily Guide
The issue about what exactly killed the late President John Evans Atta Mills refuses to die a natural death, as questions are still being asked as to what might have caused his death.
Even though Mills' younger brother, Dr Cadman Mills, claims his brother died of what he now calls 'hemorrhagic stroke' and not the massive stroke as he once told Ghanaians, people are still not clear in their minds about what really killed the man.
Some have indeed asked the government to come out with the content of the autopsy report on the late president on the eve of the third anniversary of his passing on.
The late president would have marked his 71st birthday yesterday.
He died on July 24, 2012, in a bizarre circumstance at the 37 Military Hospital.
Government has shied away from telling Ghanaians what exactly caused the late president's death.
But Cadman believes some of the claims about his brother's death are stupid and mindless.
"We were taken aback by some of the stupid claims by people who said they knew the cause of his death" were his exact words in an interview on Kasapa FM Tuesday morning.
That, according to him, was because "He wasn't poisoned as has been suggested," describing the speculations as "mindless."
"Believe me, we can discuss this until kingdom comes and a lot of people will have a lot of questions. And they would do their own speculations. They would point to things that happened 10 years ago, 20 years ago, 30 years ago, even up to childhood that could possibly have caused his death. It's pure and mindless speculations," Cadman fumed.
According to him, "…at least as far as science is concerned, we are able to determine with reasonable certainty what cause of death is; that's what I would go by. Conspiracy theories would always exist," insisting that his brother and former President Mills died of "natural causes."
He claimed, "The family has put out exactly what it was…the immediate cause of death. Please, it was very sudden; he fell, bled through his nose and mouth. When an autopsy was conducted, it was consistent with arteries breaking. Very close with hemorrhagic stroke."
For this reason, he charged, "People should stop making all those speculations."
The third in a series of annual memorial lectures was held in the late president's honour yesterday.
The event, which took place on the main campus of the Ghana Institute of Management and Public Administration (GIMPA), was addressed by former Governor of Ekiti State in Nigeria, Dr Kayode Fayemi, under the theme, 'The Role of Intellectuals in African Politics and Governance.'
Present were Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah-Arthur and a host of government officials and high profile personalities, including a former minister in the erstwhile Rawlings administration, Dr Christina Amoako Nuamah, who chaired the function.
The maiden Atta Mills Memorial Lecture was delivered by Professor Kwamena Ahwoi, former minister in the Rawlings administration, while the second was delivered by Dr. Mohammed Ibn Chambas, former deputy foreign minister of Ghana and the current UN Special Representative for West Africa.


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by: Nerissa Cannon
One of the original Freedom Chair Trailblazers, Nerissa, now works full time with GRIT! Her own journey with chronic illness has made her very passionate about helping other people get the most out of life in spite of a disabling condition.
"The sea-shore is a sort of neutral ground, a most advantageous point from which to contemplate this world. It is even a trivial place. The waves forever rolling to the land are too far-travelled and untamable to be familiar. Creeping along the endless beach amid the sun-squall and the foam, it occurs to us that we, too, are the product of sea-slime."
-Henry David Thoreau
I've spent most of my life living in land-locked states. High mountain deserts have been my proving ground. There are photos of me as a 3-year-old standing in the waters of the Gulf of Mexico, but I don't remember much of that time. I never equated the Beach with Summer. The only real time I have spent at any beach was when I briefly lived in South Australia. Beaches are a way of life in Australia, and I was delighted by the energy and activity of the coast. That was long before I was having to deal with my mobility challenges, though.
I hadn't yet had the opportunity to visit a true beach setting in the years since I first became sick. When my birthday rolled around while I was working in Boston, my friends decided to treat me to what a New England beach had to offer. I gladly accepted the invite as was to be the first opportunity that I would get to try out my GRIT Freedom Chair with my new Beach Wheels. I'd spoken with many people about how it is possible to use the Freedom Chair on the beach, but I hadn't yet been able to personally experience it. I was eager for this new adventure!
I was just barely through the parking lot and past the concessions stands and knew I was in for quite a work out! The sand was loose and thick. I was heading towards an uphill battle with a dune. I left deep, rutted tracks as I pushed forward. Was it tough? You bet! There is a reason why many athletes train in sand. As much effort as it took me to keep moving forward, the important thing was that I kept moving forward. I was not getting bogged by the sand. I was not stuck. Slowly, I inched my way towards a temporary saving grace: the access mat.
Many beaches are starting to implement these mats for wheelchair users. I see it as a wonderful addition not just to benefit those in wheelchairs, but also anyone with a mobility challenge for whom walking in sand is challenging. Even parents with strollers or groups with rolling coolers filled with drinks and snacks for the day will be grateful to come across this walkway on the loose sand. It most definitely cut down the effort I had to expend and got me closer to the water that much sooner. I had this vision of racing full tilt along the ramp all the way into the sea. The only downside is that it didn't go ALL the way to the water. I guess they knew adrenaline junkies like me would cause a high speed safety issue, ha ha!
At first I was a little annoyed that it didn't get me as far through the challenging sand as I hoped, but that's all part of the adventure! I took a deep breath and prepared myself for another set of coastal chest presses! I was making progress, but I felt bad that I was slowing down my friends. One offered to push me which I at first declined out of habit. I'm fiercely independent, but I've been trying to let myself accept help in certain circumstances. It's still tough for me to do so; however, being able to see the ocean made me eager to get to the water's edge ASAP. I struck a reluctant bargain with my friend: I would carry her shoes in my backpack, she would push me, and I'd still help by pushing with the levers so that not all of the effort of moving me was put on her. Working in tandem got us to where we were going MUCH faster than if I had remained stubbornly independent.
Together, we reached the last dune peak before I could do a straight shot down to the water's edge. It was a relief to be through the hardest part, and exciting to finally be able to find a spot on the beach and hit the water! It was a truly beautiful day to meander along the shore. About 90 degrees Fahrenheit, but slightly cloudy so the sand was cool to the touch. A chill breeze meant you stayed comfortable even without getting into the water.
The only hazard on the beach I had to stay wary of as I pushed along were all of the holes dug by the many child visitors. Luckily, I didn't fall into a sand trap! We all set our things down eagerly, and I got my Service Dog, Cash, settled in. Crane Beach in Ipswich, Massachusetts was not a "dog-friendly" beach at this time of the year. He was there in an official work capacity if I needed him in any way, but he wasn't free to play and explore. He didn't seem to mind too much, though! As I said, the day was a beautiful temperature, and so he didn't seem to mind watching me and the curious seagulls from the sidelines.
Download the GRIT Guide to walking a dog from a wheelchair.
Once Cash was settled on the beach, it was time for me to literally hit the surf! Now that we were past the loose, thick sand of the dunes, it was quite easy to push my Freedom Chair. The incline and the wet, packed sand made me itch to just bomb it down into the water. I took it at a pretty good speed, but still erred on the side of caution the first time, not knowing if there were any hidden obstacles under the water. What joy! It was way too fun to hit the water and have it splash back at me. The water was VERY cold. Most people were only wading as it was, so I was on the same level as the majority of the other beach visitors. I was able to wheel into the water up to the back of my seat pan, the front tire fully submerged in the ocean, and STILL I could move the Freedom Chair around on my own! I did attempt to get myself further into the water by using the front arm of the Freedom Chair as a brace and lowering myself in, but I couldn't get past my belly button with how cold the water was. Oh, well! I still had an incredible time playing in the Atlantic Ocean for the first time.
I had no trouble getting from the water back up to our claimed place on the beach. After making several runs from our spot back down to the water (mostly just to be able to feel the thrill of hitting the water at a high speed), I decided to relax for a while listening to the sea birds, the waves, and enjoying the sun and the feel of sand underneath me. It was also a good opportunity to utilize my Service Dog's skills as a pillow!
Eventually, we all started to get hungry. The plan for my birthday dinner was going to offer me my first taste of New England fried clams. We packed up our things, but I started to be concerned that by the time I manually pushed myself back up the sand dune we wouldn't get there before the restaurant closed. Fortunately, on our way in, a member of the staff working the beach saw us and told us I could hitch a ride back to the parking lot in their John Deere Gator. All I had to do was get a lifeguard at the tower to radio for it, and my chauffeur would come to pick me up. I took advantage of their offer, and it was actually pretty fun! How many people get to ride a 4WD vehicle over the dunes on a busy public beach? My driver had never seen a wheelchair like mine on the beach and was impressed with it, asking me lots of questions. He easily helped me unload, and my friends and I made it to the restaurant in time for fried clams (though, they were sold out of the fried oysters by the time we got there).
I had a fantastic time on my birthday beach adventure! I've done a lot of rocky trails and woodland hikes in the Freedom Chair, so the sand and ocean was a new type of challenge for me. As difficult as it was, it didn't dissuade me at all from this type of terrain. On the contrary, now that I'm back in Utah I'm already planning to visit many of the sand dune areas near me. It will be a great way to strength train while also enjoying some stunning scenery.
None of this would have been possible without my GRIT Freedom Chair. Every day I use it I'm grateful to the designers, but when I overcome a new obstacle like a beach I'm overcome with appreciation. My Freedom Chair is the reason that my chronic illness hasn't kept my from living an active and adventurous life. I look forward to many more "GRIT" days in the future!


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DATE: Rookie Year, 1992
COMPLEX SAYS: Reebok was his first sneaker contract before he started making those made-for-Payless atrocities he calls sneakers. These were kind of fresh and had some classic commercials to go along with them. If you ever come across these in good condition, holla at cha boy. Sidebar: Damn, what happened to Reebok? #bringtheseback
"Reebok Shaq Attaqs"
DATE: Rookie Year, 1992


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Few of us can truly appreciate what it must be like to be a cop in a volatile environment, faced with a life-or-death decision and only seconds to make it. It can't be easy. But these are the people, for better or worse, in whom we put immense trust. We train them the best we can, and we hope they make sound decisions. Because, after all, it's us—the public—who'll be looking at the ugly end of a cop's gun.
Although it's easy for an emotional public to criticize the police when a citizen is killed by a cop's gun, it's very often difficult to really know what transpired—mostly because the police are tight-lipped about the details. They publicly release a basic narrative of events that—whether it's true or not—justifies an officer's use of deadly force.
It goes something like this: Officers responded to a disturbance. Suspect was seen brandishing some sort of weapon. Officers ordered suspect to drop the weapon. Suspect refused. Officers repeated order several times. Suspect ignored orders. Suspect advanced on officers, who then had no choice but to shoot to kill. That's their story, and they stick to it through all the pro forma investigations, which almost always conclude that the homicide was justified.
At no point does the public get to know the details of the investigation. True, in San Diego we have a Citizens Review Board on Police Practices, which is supposed to hold the law-enforcement community accountable. But the frequency with which the review board agrees with the investigators' conclusions is cause for concern. At this stage, there doesn't appear to be much public faith in that system of checks and balances.
In the past year or so, San Diegans have been shot by police officers for "brandishing" some rather unconventional weapons—a rock, a brick, a tree branch, a hedge trimmer and a pair of pliers among them. As Kelly Davis reports in this week's issue, very often—probably more often than not—the person who gets shot is mentally ill and incapable of coping with a highly stressful situation. They react the only way they know how, and too often their reaction gets them killed. In some cases, we later learn that the victim had previously tried unsuccessfully to get help.
But they shouldn't have been in that predicament in the first place. If the state of California had any idea whatsoever how to take care of people afflicted with diseases of the mind, there would be no reason for this conversation and we could move on to solving the next problem. We're not so lucky. We can't seem to get indigent, mentally ill people the medication that would straighten them out, so—again—we have to talk about treating the symptom instead of doing what we should be doing, which is attacking the virus.
We'll wager that as more information about Daniel Woodyard becomes available, we'll learn that he was mentally impaired in some way. Woodyard was the homeless man in Ocean Beach shot by police on Feb. 4.
It's too bad the police have to become, in effect, mental health crisis workers, but because we decided a couple of decades ago to allow mentally ill people loose on the streets to fend for themselves, that's the situation we're in. Officers are receiving some training, but it's clear that more is needed. Yes, cops have to be able to control a potentially dangerous suspect in a volatile situation, but while many of the suspects require some use of force, those who are mentally ill don't deserve to die. All cops in San Diego have access to non-lethal weapons-they must make more and better use of them.
We believe the shooting of Daniel Woodyard is an indication that more training is necessary, and that police policies must be reviewed by a non-interested outside agency or task force. We urge the San Diego City Council to order such a review.


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This weekend the West Bottoms of Kansas City celebrated their March First Friday. Rumely Tractor Event Space (a former tractor and tank warehouse!) opened their doors to wedding professionals and couples alike for a weekend of fun and festivities!
I had the pleasure of not only attending the open house with my wedding photographer booth, but I also got to photograph the space as it was adorned with Heart + Soul Floral Design Studio's gorgeous arrangements. Below are photos from the event, featuring this beautiful and unique event space, our wonderful professionals, and a few of our guests! (see the full list of our vendors at the bottom of this post)
This weekend's wedding professionals:
Venue - Rumely Tractor Event Space
Photography - Bailey Pianalto Photography
Event Planning - The Veil KC
Catering - Brancato's Catering
Desserts - Dolce Bakery
Bar - Embrace the Grape Beverage Catering
Flowers - Heart + Soul Floral Designs Studio
DJ - MIC King Music & Events
Decor Rentals - The Party Patch
Photo Booth - Photo Bus KC
Cake - Sherrie's Cake Magic
Catering - Shining Stars Catering
Catering - Taylor Made BBQ
Event Planning - Magical Moments Wedding & Events


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Goodbye Intuition
Goodbye Intuition
With Goodbye Intuition we seek to challenge our roles and artistic preferences as improvising musicians by improvising with "creative" machines. Playing is core in our investigation, and it is based on this experience we try to articulate thoughts and answers to the following questions:
How do we improvise with "creative" machines, how do we listen, how do we play?
How will improvising within an interactive human-machine domain challenge our roles as improvisers?
What music emerge from the human-machine improvisatory dialogue?
Take a look at the website as the project unfolds.
Hosted by the Norwegian Academy of Music (NMH), and funded by NMH and NARP.


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Strawberry Fields is an annual celebration of art, sound and creative expression held for three days each November, a few hours outside of Melbourne, Australia. Each year we bring you a diverse selection of both renowned and breakthrough electronic music from both Australia and overseas.
Indulge yourself in a sensory feast, including soul shaking sound, world class decor, dozens of eclectic market stalls, artistic installations, live performance art, workshops, forum discussion and more.
For tickets head to http://www.strawberry-fields.com.au/tickets2015/


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Little Plastic Monsters
Credit cards are like little plastic monsters that make it easy for you to get what you want, when you want it. You think they're your friends, but the truth is, they are helping put you into debt and keep pulling you in deeper. We wanted to educate our target audience about how a OneMain Financial personal loan could offer them a smarter way to break the debt cycle. With their fixed interest rates and set payoff dates, they are a perfect solution to overcome the little plastic monsters.


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Nimrod Residence
Brentwood, Los Angeles, CA
Located in Brentwood California the 6,300 SF custom single family home is sensitively designed to bring luxury and compliment the sophistication of the family both socially and professionally. The peaceful open plan main floor blurs the edges of kitchen, dining and living. Providing both inside, outside and covered space for entertaining. The rear glazed facade is openable and integrates the living room, deck and garden into one. The materiality of the buildings enhances its residential character and features exposed wooden soffits and canopies. The basement provides a family flex space, home theatre, gym and spa. The essence of the architectural vocabulary is a series of projecting fins that frame the building and articulate the massing. The building feature PV panels on the roof and grey water recycling system.\
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Causewayend School Explore, Aberdeen – 28.3.14
A cheeky Friday explore. Causewayend is an old school that closed in 2008. It sits in the centre of Aberdeen and is a prominent landmark as it sits just off the Mounthooly roundabout.
The School Playing Fields. Indoors.
Believe it or not, this is an old classroom. Had a look round Causewayend School in Aberdeen tonight, closed 6 years ago. Looks like the grass has taken over the carpet. Rugby posts optional.


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Attention Craft Beer Aficionados! More than 15 area breweries will be pouring samples of their ales, lagers, and stouts. Taste the micro brews of the area's most skilled brew masters while listening to live music by Dave Rudolf.
Back to All Events
Earlier Event: March 10BEER TASTING: BEER ON THE WALL
Later Event: March 24TAP TAKEOVER:THE WALNUT SPEAKEASY


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Had a fabulous time bringing #thewonder to the folks at Facebook a couple of weeks ago.
The group was working hard in "lockdown mode" and needed a break. Nothing that 30 minutes of mind reading couldn't fix. A good time was had by all.
Had a fabulous time bringing #thewonder to the folks at Facebook a couple of weeks ago.
The group was working hard in "lockdown mode" and needed a break. Nothing that 30 minutes of mind reading couldn't fix. A good time was had by all.
Saturday, October 29th, we entertained in the VIP Cocktail Reception for Family House's FANGtastic Halloween Gala.
The event took place in the penthouse of The Fairmont, in San Francisco. It was my first time at The Fairmont, which is now one of my favorite venues. The Penthouse offers an amazing view of downtown San Francisco from it's large patio.
There are multiple bedrooms and baths, spacious dining and living rooms, a billiard room. and a cylindrical, two-story library with a history and secrets all it's own.
One of the bookcases is actually a hidden door that leads to the roof. My hostess told me a couple of stories about two former presidents who used that door in very different ways. I'll tell you about it sometime.
There is also one new secret the library now holds -- a pack of cards set for a miracle on my next visit.
I'm often asked if I know how all the magic works. If I were to see something performed, would I know how the secret. Sometimes yes, sometimes not.
So, let me introduce you to a beautiful mystery of the Piddington's -- a performance they gave over the radio, mind you. The Ugly Truth behind it is only a click away. I choose to #wonder about it. How about you?
Do let me know what you decide.
Our son's school has an outstanding PTA which fosters a great sense of community. The big fundraising event each year is a gala evening for the grown-ups with a silent auction that includes "Pay-to-Play" events -- a variety of one-of-a-kind experiences hosted by parents to raise money for school programs.
Couldn't think of a better way to be involved than to organize an intimate, little evening of magic for a select audience.
As this was our first go at something like this, we capped the event at 5 couples and quickly met the limit. Guests arrived and were offered hors d'oeuvres, wine and beer. Once settled, I presented just over an hour of close-up magic behind the bar.
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Marine protected areas in Sardinia
The Asinara island is one of the most spectacular islands on the Mediterranean Sea. It has a long history as a penal colony.
Capo Caccia – the area of Punta di Giglio and Capo caccia is an underwater cave paradise. The Grotta di Nettuno are home to caverns rich of stalactites and stalagmites.
Tavolara – Capo Coda Cavallo, the marine area in the northeast of Sardinia has species of rare beauty. Some are Erodium coricum and Asperula deficient and only grows here.
Sinis Peninsula -this marine area comprises the Sinis Peninsula, the Island of Mal di Ventre and the Catalan cliff.
Capo Carbonara
emerald waters and metaphysical landscape. This protected Area near Villasimius and the island of San Pietro it's an excellent balance between nature and history.
Asinara National Park
Asinara is located in the northwestern part of Sardinia, has an area of about 52 sq km and a length in a straight line of more than 18 km. The width, in the biggest part, is 7 km, and 260 meters in the narrow one. It reaches a maximum height of 408 m in Punta Scomunica.
The Island of Asinara can be reached from Porto Nuovo at Stintino and from Porto Torres, where visitors will find information and ticket booths.
Alghero – An open-air museum
The coastal areas of Sardinia attract the largest flows of summer seaside tourists.
The Cave of Neptune is one of several classic tours
One of the most fascinating natural jewels in the entire Mediterranean basin, the grotto is a veritable geological wonder that attracts over 150,000 visitors per year. It is accessible by the sea which we absolutely recommend but also by car.
Visit Sardinia!
Villasimius is the rather Latin sounding name of a charming village located down in the southeast close to the capital Cagliari. The Silmius Hotel has a lovely private beach.
Sardinia is an island we cannot ignore. The hidden bays, the thousand sceneries of splendid cliffs, the agro-pastoral dwellings and amazing seafood leave us with nostalgia.
Sardinia is an island to go and explore by yourself. I'm pretty sure I'll return.


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GRAMMY Nominations Are In: For A Genre That Historically Has Been Instrumental, EDM Has Had A Lot To Say This Week!
This year, the Recording Academy's now-annual "The GRAMMY Nominations Concert Live! -- Countdown to Music's Biggest Night" was held at the Nokia Theatre in downtown Los Angeles. It was a night to demonstrate just how far EDM has come, a place where the genre is no longer viewed from the outside, but instead from top-40 billboard charts and national magazine covers. But before getting into the nominees, I can't imagine a better setting than this year's concert. LL Cool J returned as host to the millions of music fans tuning in with baited breath for the nominees to be announced. The undeniable surge of anticipation, surprise and excitement was cushioned with a rich and diverse collection of presenters (Arsenio Hall, Ed Sheeran, Kelly Rowland and Enrique Iglesias) and performances from some of the industry's leading artists (and nominees) of the year's biggest songs.
Macklemore & Ryan Lewis took their hook-driven manifesto to the stage through the theatre's aisles with "Thrift Shop". Their slinky melodic verses are some of the most infectious, always building into an enormous chanting monster of a chorus that gets every audience on its feet. Forcing the oft-clashing worlds of country and RnB to make nice, Keith Urban and Miquel created a sublime sound with their performance of Bill Withers' "Ain't No Sunshine" that honored both their unique roots and effervescent spirit. Robin Thicke, grouped with members of Earth, Wind & Fire and T.I., gave a shimmering rendition of "Blurred Lines" full of the funkiest of bass guitars, swooping strings and soul-infused percussion. But the three women of the night--Lorde, Taylor Swift, and Katy Perry--were not to be outdone, with electrifying and at times delicately-beautiful performances that formed the best GRAMMY showcase.
Now, to the EDM nominations. For those keeping score, Daft Punk continued what used to be viewed as EDM crossover into mainstream, but is simply now viewed as EDM's proper mainstream popularity. The group earned an Album of the Year nomination for 'Random Access Memories,' and their song "Get Lucky" is up for Record of the Year and Best Pop Duo/Group Performance. The ever-popular Calvin Harris was also nominated for Best Dance Recording for "Sweet Nothing" and Best Dance/Electronica Album for "18 Months." Veteran Kaskade is back in the GRAMMY race, nominated for Best Dance/Electronic Album, up against newcomers Pretty Lights & Disclosure. Disclosure isn't alone, however, with first time nominees Duke Dumont featuring A*M*E & MNEK and Zedd also trying to make a splash in the Best Dance Recording category. For Best Remixed Recording, Non-Classical, the best result I could ask for come late January is a 5-way tie between Andy Caldwell, Alesso, Sultan & Ned Shepard, Photek, and Cedric Gervais.
Any nomination for any award brings questions and some controversy. "Hell hath no fury as an EDM fan scorned." Isn't that how the saying goes? But I'm confident any EDM fan would agree that there wasn't a blow to the genre and instead these are some serious household names in play! I'm looking forward to the cheering that will greet these nominees as they begin their GRAMMY performances and campaigns, and to the victor as he or she raises a trophy. For a genre that historically has been instrumental, EDM has had a lot to say this week, and the record album sales for the genre and its now-ubiquitous radio play mean that EDM has really made a fantastic stride in 2013. Stay tuned for more on each of these nominees, including in-depth reviews of their works, and interviews, to be posted leading up to Music's Biggest Night January 26th!


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"There are three cultural traits that will help deliver the change we need – agility, vocation and vision. We need to harness these traits to overcome the powerful forces of inertia and conservatism that exist in any organisation." - How to bring about change in the Public Service, Terry Moran AC FIPPA, 2010
There are a number of significant and forthcoming changes in the public sector that will have or have had a significant impact upon organisational culture at all levels of government operating in Western Australia.
Many of our State and Commonwealth members have in the last 12-18 months participated in a machinery of government changes bringing them together with new teams and personalities and in some instances being tasked with new organisational objectives. Our members in metropolitan local government meanwhile are preparing for significant organisational change with amalgamations to occur in 2015. The ramifications of these changes can be both obvious and subtle, many elements can be planned for but many others must be dealt with only after the dust has settled.
External factors stemming from social, technological, economic, and political change including decreasing government revenues, increasing public expectations, along with the challenges of a rapidly growing and an ageing population will affect every aspect of the capacity of, and expectations placed upon, the public service.
This seminar shared stories of contemporary and deliberate culture change to assist delegates to undergo or manage a culture change process within their own organisations.
• Why change?
• Setting appropriate objectives
• The broader context in which change occured
• Implementation
• Lessons learned and especially what worked
• Evaluating the change
Sue McCarrey
Deputy Director General
Department of Transport
IPAA WA President
Stuart Smith
Director General
Department of Fisheries
Greg Bayne
Total Leader and Coach Solutions Australia


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BDBL's Auction Notice
Will the ban work this time?
Starting Monday, April 1, the ban on single use plastic carry bags, doma wrappers and ice cream pouches comes into effect, reinforcing a ban that was once tried two decades ago. There is a voluntary movement against the use of plastics in particular and waste in general.Every now and then …Read in Detail »
Mega trash tag challenge takes place nationwide
With the hash tag challenges taking its form to make a difference in the society, #TrashTag challenge has been the new social trend and the talk of the day particularly, in Bhutan recently. The social media has been flooding with pictures of people cleaning trash in all kinds of places …Read in Detail »
Gaydrungs worried after termination of contract
With the termination of contract of 74 gaydrungs (gewog clerk) on March 16, gaydrungs across the country are worried that the post will be removed making hundreds of them jobless. Sangay Choden who served as gaydrung for 12 years in Shenga-Bjimi gewog, Punakha, said that it was disheartening to terminate …Read in Detail »
Landowner in extended Gelephu Thromde demand tax refund
Landowners in Sonamgatshel , Namkhaling and Jampeling in Gelephu are asking the thromde to refund the land tax they paid for a couple of years after they were included in the thromde. With a plan to extend Gelephu thromde, Sonamgatshel, Namkhaling and Jampeling were included in the thromde in 2013. …Read in Detail »
GAB to file case "on benefit of doubt"
The Guide Association of Bhutan (GAB) is mulling to file a case on "benefit of doubt" against "a person or two" who lodged an anonymous complaint to the Anti-Corruption Commission of Bhutan (ACC). The complaint letter requested ACC to investigate and intervene "for better accountability and transparency of the association". …Read in Detail »
Development partners assure support even after LDC graduation
Allaying fears that the country would be deprived of aid and funds after graduating to a middle-income country, development partners assured support to Bhutan even after the graduation at the 14th Round Table Meeting (RTM) that concluded on Friday. Chief Representative of Japan International Cooperation Agency (JICA), Koji Yamada said …Read in Detail »
Fruits, food and health: PM shows concern
Every after the Friday Meet, the reporters from various media houses are served hot honey-lemon tea with different kinds of fruits. The new refreshment trend began since the government of the day took office. Through health perspectives, eating fruits are considered as a part of overall healthy diet which reduces …Read in Detail »
A Special Award
This week, the United Nations Development Programme (UNDP) honoured His Majesty The King with a Special Award of Recognition for His Majesty's leadership in advancing human development and the wellbeing and happiness of the people of Bhutan. The UNDP had been one of the earliest development partners of Bhutan. They …Read in Detail »


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Photo: AP/Alex Brandon, File
Photo: AP/Alex Brandon, File
December 07, 2018 06:37 AM
President Donald Trump is expected to announce he will nominate State Department spokeswoman Heather Nauert to be the next U.S. ambassador to the United Nations, officials familiar with the plans said.
Two administration officials confirmed Trump's plans Thursday. A Republican congressional aide said the president was expected to announce his decision by tweet on Friday morning. The officials were not authorized to speak publicly before Trump's announcement.
Trump has previously said that Nauert, a former Fox News Channel reporter who had little foreign policy experience before becoming State Department spokeswoman, was under serious consideration to replace Nikki Haley, who announced in October that she would step down at the end of this year. If Nauert is confirmed by the Senate, she would be a leading administration voice on Trump's foreign policy.
Trump told reporters last month that Nauert was "excellent," adding, "She's been a supporter for a long time."
Still, with Trump, no staffing decision is final until he makes the formal announcement, since he has been known to change course in the past.
RELATED: Trump: UN Ambassador Nikki Haley to leave 'at the end of the year'
Nauert, who became State Department spokeswoman under former secretary Rex Tillerson, did not respond to requests for comment.
Plucked from Fox by the White House to serve as State Department spokeswoman, Nauert catapulted into the upper echelons of the agency's hierarchy when Tillerson was fired in March and replaced with Mike Pompeo. Nauert was then appointed acting undersecretary of state for public diplomacy and public affairs and was for a time the highest-ranking woman and fourth highest-ranking official in the building.
Nauert, who did not have a good relationship with Tillerson and had considered leaving the department, told associates at the time she was taken aback by the promotion offer and recommended a colleague for the job. But when White House officials told her they wanted her, she accepted.
That role gave her responsibilities far beyond the news conferences she held in the State Department briefing room. She oversaw public diplomacy in Washington and all of the roughly 275 overseas U.S. embassies, consulates and other posts. She was in charge of the Global Engagement Center that fights extremist messaging from the Islamic State group and others, and she has a seat on the U.S. Agency for Global Media that oversees government broadcast networks such as Voice of America.
Just 18 months ago, she wasn't even in government.
Nauert was a breaking news anchor on Trump's favorite television show, "Fox & Friends," when she was tapped to be the face and voice of the administration's foreign policy. With a master's degree from Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, she had come to Fox from ABC News, where she was a general assignment reporter. She hadn't specialized in foreign policy or international relations.
Shut out from the top by Tillerson and his inner circle, Nauert developed relationships with career diplomats. Barred from traveling with Tillerson, she embarked on her own overseas trips, visiting Bangladesh and Myanmar last year to see the plight of Rohingya Muslims, and then Israel after a planned stop in Syria was scrapped. All the while, she stayed in the good graces of the White House, even as Tillerson was increasingly on the outs.
White House press secretary Sarah Huckabee Sanders described Nauert in March as "a team player" and "a strong asset for the administration."
Associated Press
Updated: December 07, 2018 06:37 AM
Created: December 06, 2018 08:30 PM
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Devon Carpenter, harpist, is a professional Eastern Wisconsin harp player providing music for events in Chilton, WI, and the surrounding areas. The elegant music of the harp is the perfect addition to your wedding ceremony, reception, or party.
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Scotland's Brexit Minister Mike Russell has insisted no move should be made to "try and thwart" a move for a second independence referendum.
Nicola Sturgeon's bid to seek the legal authority to allow Holyrood to stage such a referendum will be voted on by MSPs next Wednesday.
The Scottish Parliament is due to spend next Tuesday and Wednesday afternoons debating whether the first minister should be given the authority to seek a Section 30 order from Westminster.
While the Conservatives, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats have all vowed to oppose a second referendum, a majority of MSPs support Scotland leaving the UK.
Although Ms Sturgeon's SNP lost its overall majority in 2016, the election of six Scottish Green MSPs means 69 of the 129 politicians at Holyrood back independence.
Speaking at Holyrood, in the first chance for MSPs to raise the issue since the first minister's announcement, Scotland's Brexit minister Mike Russell said: "If the Scottish Parliament seeks a section 30 order, then it would not be in any sense a democratic move to try and thwart that."
Conservative MSP Adam Tomkins said the first minister had "jumped the gun by issuing uncalled-for and unilateral demands for a second independence referendum to break Britain up".
He said: "Why should the UK government now take Scottish Government ministers into their trust at all about the UK Brexit negotiations?"
Mr Russell responded: "I don't feel...I've been taken into the UK government's confidence on any occasion but I'm quite happy to be taken into their confidence now if they choose to do so."


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The Queens District Attorney has indicted two NYPD detectives accused of making up a story to justify a bogus drug arrest that landed an innocent 47-year-old man in Rikers Island for more than six weeks, officials said Tuesday.
A grand jury found enough evidence to charge Detective Kevin Desormeau with first-degree perjury, offering a false instrument for filing, official misconduct and making a punishable false written statement, officials said.
His partner, Detective Sasha (Cordoba) Neve is charged with official misconduct and offering a false instrument for filing, officials said.
Both are accused of falsely arresting Roosevelt McCoy, who they claimed was dealing crack to a woman on 108th Ave. and Guy R. Brewer Blvd. in Jamaica on Aug. 28, 2014.
After arresting him, the detectives claimed they found 7 grams of cocaine in his waistband, officials said.
McCoy was arrested for selling drugs and ordered held at Rikers Island at his arraignment, officials said.
Desormeau repeated the lies against McCoy in a criminal complaint, in front of a grand jury and at a suppression hearing, officials said.
Charges against McCoy were ultimately dismissed in March 2016, when his attorney Gabriel Harvis showed the DA's office a video surveillance feed from inside a restaurant that showed McCoy playing pool the entire time the detectives said he was outside selling drugs.
The surveillance video also showed the two detectives enter the restaurant and bar while McCoy is playing pool and then escort him outside.
"He was lucky," Harvis said about the video surveillance that exonerated his client last month, which the Daily News exclusively reported. "But I can't imagine how many New Yorkers were not so lucky and they are sitting in jail."
A call to Harvis on Tuesday was not immediately returned.
McCoy and Harvis filed a lawsuit against the two cops, which last November cost the city a $547,500 settlement.
Court filings at the time indicated that the Queens District DA was seeking to indict both detectives.
The duo was expected to be arraigned on the fraud charges on Tuesday.
If convicted, Desormeau faces seven years in prison, officials said. Neve faces four years.
Sources said other cases in Queens involving the two detectives, who were assigned to the Queens South gang squad, are being reviewed.
The NYPD's Internal Affairs Bureau is also investigating the two detectives.
The two have also been accused of concocting lies to justify a gun possession case in Manhattan, officials said.


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Boston (15-4) finished 27-14 on the road last season, the same record Cleveland and Orlando compiled in the tight three-team race atop the conference.
Many expect a similar fight to the finish in 2009-10, but if the Celtics keep performing the way they have so far away from home, they may have the upper hand. Boston has won four straight and eight of nine on the road, including the first three games of the current trip.
Kevin Garnett's 24 points on 11 of 12 shooting helped the Celtics start the trip with a 92-85 win in Miami on Sunday, then Ray Allen (27 points) and Kendrick Perkins (21) led the way in a 108-90 rout of Charlotte on Tuesday. It was Garnett's turn to take over again Thursday in San Antonio, where he scored a game-high 20 in a 90-83 victory that gave Boston its second six-game winning streak of the season.
"We've got a little rhythm," Garnett said.
Rasheed Wallace, who had 13 points and four blocks off the bench, was already looking forward to facing the Thunder (10-8).
"That's the make or break of the trip," Wallace said. "It'll be a downer if we don't go in there tomorrow and come out with a W."
While Paul Pierce (18.2 points per game), Allen (17.3) and Garnett (16.8) have provided some typically balanced production during the streak, a more surprising scorer has emerged in the normally defensive-minded Perkins.
Coming off a breakout postseason in which he averaged 11.9 points and 11.6 rebounds, Perkins has developed into more of an offensive threat lately. He's averaged 15.0 points on 77.8 percent shooting during the six-game winning streak, also chipping in 9.7 boards and 2.2 blocks.
It won't be Perkins' job to try to stay with Kevin Durant on Friday, but the Celtics can hope they're as successful defending the league's No. 4 scorer (27.7 ppg) as they were last season. Durant averaged 19.0 points in two games versus Boston in 2008-09 - shooting 6 of 15 each time - as the Celtics won by an average of 16.0 points.
Durant's averaged 29.8 points as the Thunder have won three of four, and he hit 30 for the seventh time on Wednesday. The 2007-08 rookie of the year scored 33, hitting a season-high five 3-pointers, in Oklahoma City's 117-106 victory over Philadelphia.
Point guard Russell Westbrook had a career-high 15 assists, while Nick Collison had a season-high 18 points in his return after missing four games with a sprained knee.
"We needed that spark, that energy and (Nick) came in, took a few charges, got some putbacks. He helped us out," said forward Jeff Green, picked fifth in the 2007 draft by the Celtics and traded as part of the deal that sent Allen to Boston. "He was that spark that got us over the top."
The Thunder are 6-1 against the East this season - 4-0 at home - with Durant averaging 33.3 points in his team's last four interconference matchups.
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Born in Kent in the UK in 1985, Oliver Brett was educated as a music and academic scholar at Tonbridge School and then as organ scholar of King's College, Cambridge from where he graduated in 2007 with a degree in music. Since then, he has held positions at Westminster Cathedral, Durham Cathedral and St Mary's Cathedral, Sydney. He is currently a doctoral student at the Eastman School of Music, studying the organ with Prof David Higgs. He also serves as Director of Music at St Anne's RC Church and plays the organ for Christ Church's Schola Cantorum. He is in demand as a choral accompanist and continuo player, regularly collaborating with many of Eastman's choral ensembles.
As a recitalist, Oliver has performed across five continents. Whilst organ scholar of King's College, Cambridge, he was heard by millions worldwide when he played for the 2006 Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols. He has performed in venues such as the Concertgebouw, Amsterdam; the Royal Albert Hall, London; the Seoul Arts Centre in South Korea; the Esplanade Concert Hall in Singapore; the Istanbul International Music Festival; concerts in Scandinavia and the Baltic States. As a solo concert artist, he has performed at the Festival of Sacred Music in Ecuador; and venues across the USA, including Washington National Cathedral and St Thomas', Fifth Avenue, NYC. In the UK, he has given recitals at Westminster Abbey, St Albans Abbey, Lichfield Cathedral, Westminster Cathedral, Truro Cathedral, and at Worcester Cathedral as part of the Three Choirs Festival. In Australia he has given recitals in Melbourne, Perth, Hobart, Adelaide and Sydney, including at Sydney Town Hall, regularly collaborating with David Elton, currently principal trumpeter of the London Symphony Orchestra. He has performed with orchestras such as the Philharmonia, Britten Sinfonia, Florilegium, the Armonico Consort and the Academy of Ancient Music.
In October 2017, Oliver was awarded second prize and the Royal Canadian College of Organists' Prize at the Canadian International Organ Competition.
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REWE Group to launch mobile payment with Yapital in November
REWE Group will introduce mobile payment to REWE supermarkets in November. Smartphone owners will then be able to pay simply, safely and in real time at check-outs using the QR code.
Its partner is Cross-Channel-Payment Yapital, a subsidiary of Otto Group based in Luxembourg. If feedback from customers is positive, this free service will be extended to other REWE Group sales lines.
"REWE claims to be Germany's most innovative supermarket operator. This concerns the service as much as the product range. With mobile payment, we will be giving customers a new modern payment option," explained Lionel Souque, member of the REWE Group Executive Board responsible for REWE.
Paying via Yapital couldn't be simpler: customers just need to register once on their Smartphone or web browser and to install the free and password-protected Yapital app on their Smartphone. The customer can then just scan the QR code displayed at the point of sale using the Yapital app to register the purchase amount and to confirm the payment. The transaction occurs in real time.
"The cooperation between Yapital and REWE is a breakthrough in contactless payment in offline retail and a milestone for us on our quest for 'Everywhere Payment'. Yapital will thus become an integral part of the daily lives of its users," said Nils Winkler, Chairman of the Board at Yapital. "Many comparisons can be drawn between Yapital and cash. With Yapital, customers can pay quickly and simply, but also safely". The cooperative REWE Group is one of the leading trade and tourism groups in Germany and Europe. In 2012, the company generated a total external turnover of around 50 billion euros. REWE Group, founded in 1927, operates 15,500 stores with 327,000 employees in 13 European countries. In 2012, around 226,000 employees generated sales totalling 36 billion euros in about 11,000 stores in Germany.
Our sales lines include supermarkets and consumer stores under the REWE, REWE CENTER, REWE CITY, toom and BILLA brands, the PENNY discounter brand, toom Baumarkt DIY stores and B1 discount DIY stores, and the Pro Markt consumer electronics stores. Under the umbrella of DER Touristik, tourism includes the tour operators ITS, Jan Reisen and Tjaereborg, as well as Dertour, Meier's Weltreisen and ADAC Reisen, and the business travel division FCm Travel Solutions with over 2,100 travel agencies (including DER Reisebüro, DERPART), and the hotel chains lti hotels, Club Calimera and PrimaSol Hotels, and the direct tour operator clevertours.com.
Yapital is the first European, electronic cross-channel payment solution: stationary, mobile, online and via invoice. It is easy, fast and secure to use: after registering online, the user can immediately send and receive cash via all channels using the Yapital payment solution.
For business customers, Yapital is a guaranteed payment solution, providing process reliability and reducing administrative costs. Yapital also covers all trade and service channels and thus enables marketing channels to become sales channels. This means business customers can use Yapital not only to reduce costs but also to unlock sales potential at the same time.
In 2011, Yapital was established as a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Otto Group. Yapital Financial AG is licensed in Luxembourg as an electronic money institution.
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Another word for lam
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To break loose and leave suddenly, as from confinement or from a difficult or threatening situation:abscond, break out, decamp, escape, flee, fly, get away, run away. (Informal) skip (out). (Regional) absquatulate. Idioms: blow (or fly) the coop, cut and run, give someone the slip, make a getaway, take flight, take it on the lam. See free
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The act or an instance of escaping, as from confinement or difficulty:break, breakout, decampment, escape, escapement, flight, getaway. See free
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Confluence for Beginners is aimed at onboarding new Confluence users who need the fundamentals of how to use and understand Confluence. After completion, you will be able to navigate in Confluence and know the basics of permissions, how to create and edit a page, some of the most common macros in Confluence and how to use them, as well as how to collaborate in Confluence.
This training was written using Confluence version 6.11.0.
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Getting Started with Confluence
Before you can use Confluence effectively, you need to understand what it is and how you should organize spaces and pages. In our first video of this chapter, we'll talk about what is and is not included in this Confluence training course and introduce the fictional company used in our cases and lab exercises.
In our second Confluence video training, we are going to walk through the basics of logging in and navigating the Confluence interface including checking out the main dashboard and using the top ribbon to find different areas of Confluence. After this section, you will be able to go anywhere you want within your instance of Confluence!
Last, we will teach you about the organization and hierarchy structure of Confluence. Confluence helps you create, collaborate, and organize content in one location. When you start getting more and more content, it helps to have a reliable way to organize that content.
Permissions in Confluence
Confluence has permissions at the global level, the space level, and both view and edit permissions for individual pages. You have a lot of control over your content, and in this chapter, we'll teach you about the permissions and how to use them to keep your content secure.
First, we'll teach you how global permissions use groups to help set site-wide permissions and determine administrator permissions. Permissions are used in Confluence to restrict access to certain groups of pages or spaces–allowing admins to hide some spaces or pages from specific users and display them to others. Because of Confluence's collaborative nature, permissions are important to share access appropriately.
Second, we'll cover Space permissions. Space permissions have nothing to do with Mars or the moon–they are the set of permissions available for a space within Confluence. These permissions give users the ability to view and interact with a space, as well as administer the space. In this section, we discuss the basics of space permissions and share an example of how Great Adventure uses space permissions in their Customer Service team.
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If your organization is using Confluence, it is likely that you are going to create a page at some point. Creating a page is easy, and the editing tools available in Confluence are typical for a word processing tool.
In this chapter, we cover the initial step of creating a page, as well as some features to consider when creating a page such as moving pages, history and versions, and templates and blueprints. Next, we walk through each of these editing tools and give a brief overview of what they're all about. We'll follow that with a demonstration of labels, which allow you to group and categorize content across your Confluence instance. And last, we'll discuss macros. Macros add additional functionality to your Confluence page.
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Improve wins Europe-wide research project into food & drink business competitiveness and employment prospects
The research division of Improve, the skills council for the UK's food and drink manufacturing sector, has won a major commission to provide insight into future job and business prospects for the sector across the European Union.
Improve's research team, which has conducted a range of ground-breaking UK food sector research, will be revealing the outcome of the study at a conference of European food and drink business and trade union leaders in Brussels in September.
Improve's research will anticipate the kind of skills, qualifications and competencies needed to gain employment and work effectively in the industry in 10 to 15 years time. The keynote address by Improve's head of research Sukky Jassi will include a series of recommendations to the industry based on study results.
Food and drink is currently the largest industrial manufacturing sector across the EU's 27 member states with a turnover of €1 trillion and employing over 4.2million people.
The labour market and competitiveness investigation by Improve, which will be supported by Italian economic and social research consultancy CERES, has been jointly commissioned by business group FoodDrinkEurope and trade unions within the European Federation of Food, Agriculture and Tourism (EFFAT). The sponoring organisations are joint signatories to an agreement to launch Social Dialogue in the European Food and Drink industry under the auspices of the European Commission.
The study, already underway, is in line with a range of EU strategies for jobs and growth and will provide an economic analysis of the sector as well as a breakdown of workforce demographics.
Emerging workforce skill and competence needs will be identified, defined and mapped. Benchmarks will also be set for the skills needed to take on common roles to a professional level in both large companies and SMEs with the development of profiles for between 20 to 25 typical jobs within the EU food and drink industry.
Improve will be compiling a compendium of good practice on measures to tackle employability and up-skilling as well as the analysis necessary to enable food and drink producers across the EU to take the rights steps to safeguard and enhance future sustainable employment and economic competitiveness.
"The study has come about because businesses and trade unions right across Europe have recognised the need to ensure the food and drink industry is attractive to qualified job seekers," said Improve's Sukky Jassi.
"The research will support a clear statement of needs when engaging with all parties involved in supporting qualification requirements while greater understanding of the EU labour market for the food and drink industry will serve to enhance its transparency, fluidity and overall effectiveness."
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