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Justice and Peace Links - Crossing Borders in Israel and Palestine
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Links is the electronic newsletter of Presbyterian Women's Justice and Peace Committee. Each issue explores a topic of justice and peace and offers suggestions for how to be involved and advocate on the topic.
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The ascentYour day at the Pic starts with a memorable cable car ride from La Mongie. And once you get to the top, you have access to the panoramic terraces with views stretching out over 300 kilometres of the Pyrenees range.
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You will be able to identify the various peaks you can see with the help of the information boards with their landscape graphics. And other panels will tell you all about the environment high up in the Pyrenees. Build on your knowledge of the mountains with a telescope installed on the terrace. Or enjoy our team's presentation of the panorama, when you can also look safely at the sun through our coronagraph.
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Updated 8:58 pm, Saturday, April 27, 2013
East Lansing, Mich. --
At first he thought it was a deer, perhaps the big-antlered buck he had seen before and hoped to bag someday.
But the closer Steve Davenport got, the more unfamiliar the looming dark mass in the cornfield behind his house seemed.
"It just kept looking more and more like a pig," he recalled. "I had never heard of anything like that. I was just kind of in shock."
In Southern states like Texas, backyard encounters with feral swine have become routine. The pigs - ill-tempered eating machines weighing 200 pounds or more - roam city streets, collide with cars, root up cemeteries and provide plot lines for reality TV shows like "Hog Hunters."
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But the pig wars are moving north. In Michigan, New Hampshire, New York, North Dakota, Ohio, Oregon and Pennsylvania state officials are scrambling to deal with an invasion of roaming behemoths that rototill fields, dig up lawns, decimate wetlands, kill livestock, spread diseases like pseudo-rabies and, occasionally, attack humans.
In 1990, fewer than 2 million wild pigs inhabited 20 states, according to John Mayer, the manager of the environmental science group at the Savannah River National Laboratory in Aiken, S.C., who tracked the state populations. That number has now risen to 6 million, with sightings in 47 states and established populations in 38 - "a national explosion of pigs," as Mayer put it.
The swine are thought to have spread largely after escaping from private shooting preserves and during illegal transport by hunters across state lines. Experts on invasive species estimate that they are responsible for more than $1.5 billion in annual agricultural damage alone. The Agriculture Department is so concerned that it has requested an additional $20 million in 2014 for its Wildlife Services program to address the issue.
Efforts to eradicate or at least contain the pigs have been hampered by the lack of a national policy to deal with invasive species as a whole, the slowness of states to recognize the problem and the bickering between agencies about who is responsible for dealing with them.


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------------------ H-Diplo Article Reviews http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/reviews/ No. 391 Published on 21 March 2013 ------------------ H-Diplo Article Review Editors: Thomas Maddux and Diane N. Labrosse Web and Production Editor: George Fujii Commissioned for H-Diplo by Diane Labrosse ------------------ Simon Stevens. "'From the Viewpoint of a Southern Governor': The Carter Administration and Apartheid, 1977-81." Diplomatic History 36:5 (November 2012): 843-880. DOI: 10.1111/j.1467-7709.2012.01067.x. http://dx.doi.org/10.1111/j.1467-7709.2012.01067.x URL: http://www.h-net.org/~diplo/reviews/PDF/AR391.pdf ------------------ Review by Andy DeRoche, Front Range Community College Featuring a groundbreaking roundtable on Connie Field's documentary about the global anti-apartheid movement,1 an excellent article by Eric Morgan on Arthur Ashe and his role in the fight for justice in South Africa, and Simon Steven's fascinating examination of the Carter administration's policy toward Pretoria, the November 2012 issue of Diplomatic History offered a tasty treat for scholars of U.S./Africa relations, just in time for the holidays. The piece by Stevens, under review here, provides an insightful re-assessment of the moderate anti-apartheid approach championed by PresidentJimmy Carter and Andrew Young, a former civil rights leader and US congressman who served as Carter's ambassador to the United Nations from 1977 to 1979. With this outstanding article, Stevens, a doctoral candidate in Columbia University's international and global history program with two degrees from Cambridge, earned a spot on the roster of promising young historians working on African affairs. In addition to its thought-provoking lengthy text, "From the Viewpoint" included four illuminating photos (three of Young). Stevens opens by reviewing previous works on the Carter administration's policy toward South Africa, and concludes that most of them are either too positive or too negative, or that they place too much emphasis on either race or national security. In his view, which is quite convincing, the more accurate interpretation is a combination of these earlier versions that is ultimately more "complex" (845). President Carter and UN Ambassador Young shared "a strong commitment to racial equality in South Africa" which resulted from their backgrounds, and was quite different from the views of their predecessors or successors. At the same time, though, they did not believe that this policy of gradually seeking racial equality in South Africa would "conflict with Cold War concerns" (845). Stevens pointed out that Carter and Young received considerable support from not only Secretary of State Cyrus Vance and Vice President Walter Mondale, but also from National Security Advisor Zbigniew Brzezinski. Indeed, this revisionist analysis of Brzezinski's influence on U.S.-African relations is one of Stevens' more important contributions. For the most part, this stimulating essay holds up very well to close scrutiny, in part because it is based on solid archival research and a very impressive and careful mining of published and on-line primary materials. The most important sources, not surprisingly, are the documents produced by various Carter administration officials and housed at the Carter Library in Atlanta or in internet collections such as the Declassified Documents Reference System or the Digital National Security Archives.2 Other useful sources for Stevens' argument are interviews by other scholars with former diplomats such as Steve Low (Ambassador to Zambia), William Edmondson (Ambassador to South Africa), and Donald McHenry (Young's assistant and then his successor at the UN) which are available online in the Foreign Affairs Oral History Collection.3 Stevens deserves credit for his careful and revealing use of Congressional hearings and State Department publications. Some of his sources demonstrated a creative willingness to think outside the box, such as his use of Young's appearance on the Colbert Report television program on 22 January 2008 and his 1977 Playboy interview. Finally, on the plus side in terms of research, Stevens drew insightfully from both published primary African sources such as the writings of Tanzanian leader Julius Nyerere and Sechaba, the official journal of the African National Congress, and an interview of South African diplomat Pik Botha by Sue Onslow, as well as secondary African sources such as articles by the esteemed South African scholars Jackie Grobler and Martha van Wyk. The only mild criticism this reviewer can offer of Stevens' research is that he did not include African voices from the archives. It is mildly surprising that even though he obviously looked carefully at the materials in the Carter Library, he did not include any of the documents in Atlanta that are related to the 1977 and 1978 White House visits by Nyerere or Kenneth Kaunda, the long-time president of Zambia. Even more surprising is the fact that Stevens did not consult the rich archives in South Africa, or in Frontline nations such as Zambia. It seems likely, however, given his thorough research in secondary and on-line sources and U.S. archives, that Stevens simply has not yet undertaken a southern African research safari. This reviewer, who admittedly did not conduct any research in Africa until five years after completing his Ph.D dissertation, can certainly sympathize. When Stevens does venture to African archives, it will make his already sound scholarship that much better. At some point during my graduate school days a professor astutely advised us that it would be much more helpful when we critiqued books if we commented on the strengths and weaknesses of the book that was written instead of wishing for the one that was not written. With that in mind I will now turn from my brief criticism regarding the research which Stevens did not undertake to comment on the many strengths and few weaknesses of the work that he did complete. "From the Viewpoint" makes numerous compelling points about the context and background of U.S.-African relations in the late 1970s, such as analyzing the importance of Carter's youth and years as Georgia governor on his later presidential policies, and similarly summarizing the significance of Young's work in both the civil rights movement and in Congress. Stevens supplies an excellent synopsis of Vance's objections to Henry Kissinger's approach to Africa in general, as well as Brzezinski's related desire for better relations with Nigeria specifically. This essay also provides a convincing argument that the Carter administration was motivated by its belief that seeking a peaceful end to apartheid would help keep Cuban and Soviet influence out of southern Africa and was thus in the strategic interests of the U.S., officials such as Carter and Young therefore saw no fundamental contradiction between moral and strategic goals. (849-851) As Stevens clearly explains, both Carter and Young believed that the United States could provide outside pressure which would facilitate the overthrow of apartheid, similar to the role played by the U.S. Supreme Court during the African-American civil rights movement. Key to this approach, in their view, was how they applied the pressure: "Their experiences gave both men a deep sympathy for the position of the white South Africans and a determination to promote change through cooperation with them, rather than confrontation" (857). The president and his ambassador to the UN felt that in order to help the whites in Pretoria enact the necessary changes to their racist system, it was necessary to give them a way to save face. During a March 1977 National Security Council meeting, Carter and Young agreed that Washington should not drive Pretoria into a corner, and should instead attempt to develop a "correct" policy without being too tough (860). Stevens' explanation for why top Carter administration officials preferred such a moderate and gradual approach is relatively thorough and convincing. In addition to emphasizing the background of Carter and Young and strategic concerns for preventing Communist intervention, he also points out that there were economic factors, a desire for South African cooperation on nuclear non-proliferation, and a hope for help in the major diplomatic initiatives to end the war in Rhodesia and foster freedom in Namibia. The one significant factor which Stevens fails to adequately consider is the importance of domestic political priorities. With the Carter administration pushing Congress to first repeal the 1971 Byrd amendment which had allowed renewal of chrome imports from Rhodesia into the United States, and then maintaining these sanctions against Rhodesia, and then making a new treaty with Panama an even higher priority, there simply was no realistic way it could also ask for tough sanctions against South Africa. While it might be argued quite convincingly that Carter was not good at prioritizing and that he surely bit off more than he could chew, Stevens fails to consider this aspect. In one of the stronger sections of this fine essay, Stevens details how Young and Vance drafted a revealing document entitled "A New Approach to Relations with South Africa," and then submitted it to Carter through Brzezinski on 1 April 1977. The policy plan proposed a balanced approach that would make clear to Pretoria the need to move rapidly away from apartheid, but at the same time not push the South African white minority regime into a "position of greater intransigence" (861). He then discusses efforts by Young during a May 1977 visit to remain moderate, as well as Carter's attempt to temper Mondale's criticism of the Pretoria regime as he got ready to meet President John Vorster in Vienna. In spite of trying not to be offensive, however, the reaction in Pretoria to this diplomacy was "hostile" (865). This in turn prompted the Carter administration to begin discussing the implementation of small but significant measures against apartheid during the summer of 1977. At that point it decided to hold off, which Stevens convincingly attributes to their desire for South African support for the Rhodesian proposals. The brutal September 1977 murder by authorities of the leading South African political activist Steve Biko, however, sparked a strong reaction in Washington. Carter decided to impose several small steps that he had previously been considering but had decided to postpone in hopes of first getting assistance regarding Rhodesia. Among these measures included in the U.S. response to Biko's death were a ban on the sale of 'gray"' military items to the apartheid regime, the withdrawal of the American naval attaché from South Africa, and support for a UN mandated? mandatory arms embargo against Pretoria. Stevens then offers a powerful criticism of my earlier contention in my 2003 book Andrew Young that the ambassador advocated comprehensive sanctions after Biko's murder.4 Stevens crafts a convincing critique, and on this specific point I stand corrected. (873) While Stevens' reassessment of Young's stance in the sanctions debate of September 1977 is one of the most important contributions in his essay, it is unfortunate that he chose to include an extensive quotation in his footnotes from Brenda Gayle Plummer's 2005 review of my book.5 He repeats Plummer's questionable claim that Young "did not support the divestment campaigns that typified the antiapartheid movement nor did he approve of economic sanctions against oppressive racial regimes." (Plummer as quoted by Stevens, 873, note 104) However, in her review Plummer ignores Young's work in Congress to enact legislation successfully banning U.S. assistance for Portugal's racist colonial regimes in Angola and Mozambique; ignores his tireless efforts both as a Congressman and Ambassador to overturn the Byrd amendment and reinstate sanctions against Rhodesia, which finally bore fruit in March 1977; ignores his central role in the Carter administration's strong stance against Senate efforts to reverse the repeal in 1978 and 1979; and perhaps most significantly ignores Young's testimony while mayor of Atlanta before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in 1985 in favor of sanctions against South Africa. All of these examples are well documented in Andrew Young, but Plummer paid no attention to them.6 This aspect of her review was unconvincing when she wrote it in 2005, and it remains unconvincing when Stevens quotes it in 2012. Let me be perfectly clear here. I do not disagree with Stevens' reassessment of Young's role in the debate over sanctions after Biko's death in 1977, but rather with his decision to quote at length from Plummer's review. After his strong section on September 1977, Stevens provides excellent discussion of the Carter administration's policy toward South Africa in 1978. He rightly emphasizes that Carter and Young embraced the reformist approach exemplified by the Sullivan Principles, which advocated working with American corporations and encouraging them to treat black South African workers better,rather than advocating immediate divestment by U.S. companies. In his thought-provoking conclusion, Stevens argues that the Carter administration attempted to promulgate a complicated policy that blended a "clear opposition to apartheid" with simultaneous cooperation with white South African officials. (878-880) While this did to some degree and in some ways foreshadow the Constructive Engagement later championed by Ronald Reagan's Assistant Secretary of State for African Affairs Chester Crocker, it also reflected lessons that Carter had learned in his youth and while governor of Georgia. This essay by Stevens should be read carefully by anyone interested in Carter's foreign policy or U.S.-African relations. Andy DeRoche teaches history at Front Range Community College and international affairs at the University of Colorado. He currently serves as an H-Diplo editor for African topics. His major publications include a study of US/Zimbabwe relations and a biography of Andrew Young. He is working on a book about Zambia's relations with the United States during the Kaunda era. Copyright (c) 2013 H-Net: Humanities and Social Sciences Online. 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For an even more thorough discussion of Mayor Young's 1985 testimony before the Senate Foreign Relations Committee in favor of sanctions against South Africa see Andrew DeRoche, Black, White, and Chrome: The United States and Zimbabwe, 1953-1998 (Trenton: Africa World Press, 2001), 330-332.
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Rumors of shooting prompt parents to flock to East High School
Feb. 2, 2012 at 7:02 p.m.
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Rumors swelled Thursday of a fight involving guns at Victoria East High School, prompting dozens of parents to remove their kids from classes.
Police said the unsubstantiated rumor appeared to have started on Facebook following what they called a gang-related assault at the school on Wednesday.
As early as 11 a.m., word had spread to parents, who by the afternoon were lined up outside the high school's doors, waiting to sign out students.
"If someone actually has information about a true impending act of violence, the last place they need to put it is on Facebook. The first thing they need to do is notify the police department or school administration," said Diane Boyett, Victoria school communications specialist. "Facebook can't confiscate a weapon. Facebook can't arrest anyone. And Facebook can't investigate rumors or crimes."
A few police officers were at the school Thursday as an extra precaution, though both Victoria school officials and police said students were not in danger.
Sgt. Felix Appelt said police were determined to pin down who started the rumor. If police find the source created the rumor intentionally, Appelt said, they will pursue a charge of creating a false alarm or report, a Class A misdemeanor.
One student, sophomore Kristen Cisneros, said she heard the rumor of a possible shooting around 1 p.m. She and several other girls called their parents from the bathroom.
"Somebody was leaving every five minutes. It was hectic," she said. "I just didn't want to be in the building ... everybody was shaking."
Kristen said the school's administration maintained a heavy presence throughout the day, walking through classrooms and talking to students at lunch.
Boyett said the school did not go into a lockdown but remained on high alert. The goal in a rumor-filled situation is to assure students and staff the threat is unsubstantiated and to remain calm, Boyett said.
"The first and foremost thing is that you would tell those students if you know this information, you need to tell us," Boyett said. "I strongly encourage that if any student hears a rumor - before they repeat that rumor to another student - that they be willing to tell their parent exactly who it was that told them that."


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According to Statistics Canada's Community Health Survey released Wednesday, 22.8 per cent of people age 12 and over in Saskatchewan smoke tobacco.
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Dissatisfaction is a grave condition that many of us go through. The minutest of things can cause dissatisfaction, upset, disappointment and feeling of frustration and unhappiness. Not to mention things/problems that have larger implications. Dissatisfaction can be on account of personal reasons or professional reasons.
Some of us may be dissatisfied with the career we have, the profile of work we are being allotted, unhappy with the colleagues and boss that we have, the nature of the work, monetary benefits and so on. Some of us may feel sour about the kind of lifestyle we have, the dullness and monotony of daily life, conflicts in the household, never ending problems, too many responsibilities, conflicts in relationships etc.
Dissatisfaction is a grave emotion as it impacts the basic essence of living. It destroys the inner motivation and enthusiasm that a person has, the spirit of living life to the best, exploring the world, filling yourself with positive spirit and energy. Dissatisfaction has a peculiar way of dragging people into a deep dark pit that is difficult to overcome.
Temporary dissatisfaction can still be manageable as there is hope for improvement and gratification of desires. However, dissatisfaction for a prolonged duration creates a kind of helplessness, hopelessness that things will not change and can create frustration, boredom and depressive feelings. A person may lose his/her self confidence, value, worth and may develop a very pessimistic attitude towards life.
If you are dissatisfied, do something about it. Brooding over it, complaining, cribbing will not help. Rather think of ways to address the reasons why you feel dissatisfied. Do not get stuck in this feeling and resign yourself to the circumstance. Make an effort to change it. This desire to work towards your goal, your aim, will instill new interest, enthusiasm and motivation in your life.
Do not value only the end result of your efforts; enjoy the process of reaching your goals too.


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With career fair season underway, I am finding my student appointments filled with conversations about how to work the room, meet companies and make an impression. Only it isn't the students initiating these conversations. Nope – more often than not it is me trying to convince students to do it!
If asked, I will bet the vast majority of college students will agree that networking is a key component to the career search process. So if we know that it works, then it begs the question:
Why do we dread networking?
I have a few theories and some things to consider:
It takes time.
Time is a valued commodity and with networking you can never know the end result of your investment. You don't even know exactly what you are going to get out of the first conversation. And yes, there are times when it will lead you to a dead end. This possibility, however remote, makes it that much tougher to put the time aside.
On the flipside, have you ever attended an event that you were dreading only to have a fantastic time? Same rule applies.
It's like a first date – awkward!
You have to be on your best behavior, dress up and put on a happy face. There are pretenses and assumptions and possible rejection. It is exhausting. You have to kiss a few frogs before you find Prince Charming.
No one wants bad news.
Oh, AND rejection stinks. It is miserable to think that you will hear something negative about your candidacy. What if they tell you that you aren't qualified? Or that you went to the wrong school for this career? Or that you missed the recruiting process?
But really, what is the better alternative? Banging your head against the same brick wall, or being able to move on and identify a better match for your skills and interests? Real feedback, whether good or bad, offers you a unique chance to take action and re-energize your search process.
"I don't want to be annoying."
For those really nice people out there, this can be a huge obstacle. You have great respect for others and for their time and you just feel bad asking someone to give their time to you. What if you are the fifth student to reach out to them, or what if they are having a really bad day?
In reality, most people really like helping others. As people age, there is a natural inclination to want to share wisdom and passion with others.
Trust the process folks. No one said it was easy, but it doesn't have to be a chore either. Let your natural curiosity guide the conversations and open yourself up. Be vulnerable. In the end networking can uncover for you opportunities and paths that you never would have thought up yourself. Ask anyone – careers are often built on a series of random interactions.
See you on the flipside!
Megan is the Director of the Undergraduate Center for Career Development at Babson College. As an alumna of the graduate school, Megan believes strongly in the spirit of entrepreneurship and what it can bring to the corporate world. It is her goal to bring best in class career development to college students and show them how they can combine their unique skills and personal interests to find their fit beyond the college campus. Megan has worked at Babson for 11 years providing direction to external relations strategies, career advising and thought leadership in the area of career services. Prior to joining the CCD team at Babson College, Megan managed global undergraduate recruiting for a Wall Street investment banking analyst program. Megan earned her B.A. in English from Fordham University and her M.B.A. from Babson College.
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Moses offers up his list of "BUT GOD" excuses
In our lesson series today "THE EXODUS FROM EGYPT", God has called Moses to begin a Mission into Egypt to bring His people up out of Slavery. However, as God begins to lay out His plans to Moses for this Mission, Moses becomes a reluctant Servant by offering up his list of, "BUT GOD EXCUSES!"
By Moses initial reactions and his uses of "BUT GOD "excuses, you would not be alone in your reluctant to except God's calling you out to GO.
Now let us take a look at Moses inventory of disqualifications of "BUT GOD," excuses. We begin with his very first one which was his LACK OF CAPABILITY, "And Moses said to God, Who I am, that I should go to Pharaoh and bring the Israelites out of Egypt?" (Exodus 3:11 AMB).
HIS LACK OF MESSAGE; "And Moses said to God, Behold, when I come to the Israelites and say to them, The God of your fathers has sent me to you, and they say to me, What is His name? What shall I say to them?" (Exodus 3:13 AMB).
LACK OF AUTHORITY; AND MOSES answered, But behold, they will not believe me or listen to and obey my voice; for they will say, The Lord has not appeared to you. (Exodus 14:1 AMB).
LACK OF ELOQUENCE; And Moses said to the Lord, O Lord, I am not eloquent or a man of words, neither before nor since You have spoken to Your servant; for I am slow of speech and have a heavy and awkward tongue. (Exodus 4:10 AMB).
LACK OF SPECIAL ADAPTATION; And he said, Oh, my Lord, I pray You, send by the hand of [some other] whom You will [send]. (Exodus 4:13 AMB).
LACK OF PREVIOUS SUCCESS; For since I came to Pharaoh to speak in Your name, he has done evil to this people, neither have You delivered Your people at all. (Exodus 5:23 AMB).
LACK OF PREVIOUS ACCEPTANCE; But Moses said to the Lord, Behold, [my own people] the Israelites have not listened to me; how then shall Pharaoh give heed to me, who am of deficient and impeded speech? (Exodus 6:12 AMB)
As you read Moses list of "BUT GOD," excuses, you get a picture perfect understanding that the two list of"BUT GOD" excuses are pretty much the same. Now instead of pleasing God, Moses seeming humility and reluctance stirred His anger. "The anger of the Lord was kindled against Moses (Exodus 4:14). In point of fact, the "BUT GOD" excuses Moses advanced to show his incapacity were the very reasons for God's selection of him for the task."
Now what do you think of your "BUT GOD" excuses? In concluding this message this observation was offered up by (F. B. Meyer, Moses, the Servant of God). F. B. Meyer found that in Exodus 3:11 "There was something more than humility here; there was a tone of self-depreciation which was inconsistent with a true faith in God's selection and appointment. Surely it is God's business to choose His special instruments; and when we are persuaded that we are in the line of His purpose, we have no right to question the wisdom of His appointment. To do so is to depreciate His wisdom or to doubt His power and willingness to become all that is necessary to complete our need"
Now we leave you with our peace that God will bless you and help you to overcome your "BUT GOD"excuses.
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Sunday, March 4
5th Annual Rainforest Hockey Tournament - The finals of the fifth annual Rainforest Classic "Oldtimers" Ice Hockey Tournament will take place Sunday, March 4, at Treadwell Arena. About 120 players ages 35-and-older, including former professional players from the Alaska Aces and other leagues, will compete at the tournament. Three Juneau teams will take on squads from Anchorage, Petersburg, Whitehorse and Dawson City. The championship games take place Sunday morning at 8 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Admission is free.
Thursday-Saturday, March 8-10
Southeast Region Class 2A Boys and Girls Basketball Tournament - Juneau-Douglas High School will host the Class 2A boys and girls regional tournaments this week. Teams from Yakutat, Kake, Angoon, Hoonah, Klawock, Skagway, Thorne Bay and Hydaburg will come to Juneau to battle for the regional title and a place in the state tournament in Anchorage. Thursday and Friday's action runs from 9:15 a.m. to 8:30 p.m. with eight games each day. Saturday's action starts at 8 p.m. with championship games taking place at 5:45 p.m. and 7:30 p.m. Passes are on sale at the JDHS activities office. Info: JDHS activities office at 586-1614 or 586-1607.
Friday-Sunday, March 9-11
Alaska Hockey Bantam D state championships - The Juneau Douglas Ice Association will host the Bantam D Alaska Hockey State Championships at Treadwell Arena. Juneau will battle five teams for the state title. Games start 9 a.m. Friday with the championship game taking place at 4:30 p.m. Sunday.
March 2007 Events at Eaglecrest - Here is a listing of events for this March at Eaglecrest Ski Area.
March 4 - Women's All Day Ski Workshop "Yes You Can!". This is a specially designed workshop for skiers of all abilities, taught by PSIA certified women instructors. Info: 790-2000 x211.
March 8 - Seniors' Edge from noon to 3 p.m.
March 9-11 - Mighty Mite State Championships. This is the state skiing championships for competitors ages 9-12.
March 11 - "You Go Girl!" Women's half-day snowboard workshop.
March 15 - Seniors' Edge from noon to 3 p.m.
March 17 - Pepsi Day. Dual slalom, obstacle course for kids on Platter and tubing Pepsi surprise. Free Pepsi products will be available.
March 18 - "Get Out of Your Rut!" All-day ski workshops for adults who ski Hooter and Ptarmigan. Also, day two of Nordic clinics with Steve Hindman, featuring classic and skate ski styles.
March 22 - Seniors' Edge from noon to 3:30 p.m.
March 24 - "Ski for All" ORCA annual fundraiser at Eaglecrest.
March 26-30 - Spring Break Ski/Snowboard Camps for all ages and all abilities for skiers and boarders.
Info on all events can be found at www.skijuneau.org or 790-2000 x211.
Gastineau Channel Little League registration - The Gastineau Channel LIttle League announces that online registration is available for those wanting to register their kids for baseball, softball or tee-ball in 2007. Register at www.eteamz.com/gcllak. A print registration packet can be found on the Web site. Info: Arlene, 635-3416.
Juneau Golf Club Alaska Open 2007 - The Juneau Golf Club will hold the Alaska Open 2007 on March 6-9 at Francisco Grande Resort in Casa Grande, Ariz. Four day/three night packages and week-long packages are available. Info: Steven or Cindy Schlaffman, 360-452-7955.
Co-ed Master's Indoor Soccer Sunday - The Co-Ed Master's Soccer Sundays is for experienced men and women soccer players over the age of 30. There will be no formal teams and no referees. Games take place from 6:30 p.m. to 8 p.m. Sundays at Floyd Dryden. Info: www.juneausoccer.com or Moctar Diouf, 586-3256, email@example.com.
Dzantik'i Heeni open gym - Community Schools in cooperation with the PEP grant is sponsoring open gyms at Dzantik'i Heeni Middle School on Saturdays from 8 p.m. to 11 p.m. for youth in grades 6-12. There is no charge and youth are encouraged to bring a basketball or volleyball. Info: Community Schools, 523-1774.
Open Badminton Gym - There will be open badminton at Auke Bay School from 7 p.m. to 9 p.m. on Mondays and Thursdays. All skill levels are encouraged to attend. Bring a racquet if you have one. Birdies will be provided. Cost is $3 per person. Info: Theresa, 790-2499.
Treadwell Arena ice time and activities - The Treadwell Arena is taking ice rental reservations. Log on to www.juneau.org/parksrec/icerink/ for the arena schedule, ice times and different programs Treadwell Arena offers. Info: Treadwell Arena, 586-0410, or on the Web at www.juneau.org/parksrec/icerink/.
Zach Gordon Youth Center climbing wall - Climbing wall hours are 5-7 p.m. on Mondays, and 3:30-7 p.m. on Wednesdays, Fridays and Saturdays. The climbing wall can be used by people of all ages. Climbers age 20-younger climb free, while adults 21-older pay $5 to use the wall. Youth-adult interaction is encouraged, so an adult climbing with a youth pays no fee. Private rental times are available for $25 per hour. Info and scheduling: Zach Gordon Youth Center, 586-2635.
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Rangers final grades: Top six forwardsJune 3, 2013, by
Deciding on grades for the Rangers top six forwards is a bit tricky given John Tortorella's penchant for mixing his lines and moving players up and down the line up because of his almost infamous lack of patience. Who knows, maybe his propensity for constant change had a part to play in his dismissal. That all said; with another Rangers season over (in underwhelming style) let's look at the Rangers offensive producers.
It's probably not in my best interests to admit this when hoping you read to the end, but I have no idea what has happened to Brad Richards or how to explain his startling fall from grace. Richards was brought in to remedy the Rangers depth issues at center and to help improve an under performing powerplay. He's done anything but in either aspect. Richards followed up an acceptable first year as a Ranger with a disastrous second.
His regular season was full of scoreless streaks, a lack of confidence (that got worse as the season progressed), and his mere presence on the powerplay became enough to worsen the unit. Richards' game has disintegrated to the point that every beat writer has already written him off as a buy out this summer. What makes Richards' season somewhat puzzling is the hot streak of sorts at the end of the regular season that offered one final slither of hope that he was rebounding. It was a false dawn. It's highly likely his last days as a Ranger were spent in the press box. Grade: F
Derek Stepan may have been the biggest bargain in the NHL this year. Regular season and playoffs combined, Stepan cost a measly $17,857/point. Compare that with Brad Richards who cost over $190,000/point, and sometimes statistics can tell the whole story. Stepan stepped up in a huge way this year, even more so when factoring in his somewhat slow start to the year.
Where do you start with Stepan? At 22 he was tied second in the league for game winning goals in the regular season, fifth in the league in plus/minus, and some well respected media types considered Stepan in the Selke trophy debate. Whichever way you look at it, Derek Stepan stepped up and became the Rangers top line center, and took a big step toward being an elite center in the NHL. With an impressive hockey IQ and a publicly expressed desire to be a career Ranger, the young and mature center has an exciting future with the Rangers.
If you want to find a criticism or two it would be his somewhat muted finish to the playoffs (where he still led the Rangers in goals and game winners). From a development perspective Stepan could stand to use his underrated shot more. Stepan will be a rich man in a few months and deservedly so – he's the future of the Rangers, now. Grade: A+
I used to think Ryan Callahan had a mediocre skill set when looking beyond his impressive intangibles. In the last two years we've seen Callahan combine his impressive work ethic and physical play with improved skill that make his overall game a rarely matched blend of everything around the league. When Callahan scores a goal like he did against the Bruins in the playoffs, or puts the moves on an elite goalie such as Ryan Miller in a shootout, or goes and scores four goals against arch rivals such as the Flyers, you begin to expect it on a more regular basis.
Ryan Callahan went through some tough stretches this season, but for the most part he maintained his relentless physical play, his lead by example leadership, and contributed offensively; although he was lacking somewhat from a consistency perspective. Was this lack of consistency to do with the shoulder injury he sustained? It's hard to draw too much of a conclusion when we do not know to what extent he was effected by the torn muscle in his shoulder.
His playoff form was slightly underwhelming, as he failed to drag his team off its knees offensively. Callahan was at his best offensively when his team were scrambling to make the playoffs, he was there when his team needed him most. If the Rangers can add more talent (or find more offensive consistency) Ryan Callahan will be more dangerous next season. Grade: B
Rick Nash was at times utterly dominant and at other times, the most crucial time of all – the playoffs – he was almost a spectator. While it wasn't for the want of trying, when you're carrying an entire franchise's expectations offensively and being paid accordingly, you need to find a way to do more. That's what separates the good from the great. Was Nash hurt in the playoffs? Maybe, but his solitary goal against the Bruins showed what he can do – the separation, the quick release, the determination to get to the net; all impressive. There were times in the regular season where you could have been mistaken for seeing number #68 and not #61 on Nash's sweater, such was his dominance on the puck and ability to draw defenders to him.
While Nash almost always gets the toughest match ups lining up opposite him, he needs to find more consistency next season and avoid scoring in bunches, as he did during his debut year with the Rangers. If there was another criticism of Nash, it's that the big body that is Rick Nash needs to used more, needs to show some more snarl to go with his almost unrivalled skill set. Nash's first season as a New York Ranger was a year that offered so much but ended expecting more. Grade: B
The lightning quick Swede could be a unique weapon for the Rangers when they utilize his ability to get separation. Hagelin is a two way player whose offensive upside is tough to judge. Is he a forty point player over an eighty two game season, or does he have a higher ceiling? Hagelin needs to establish some consistency (seems to be a common theme for Rangers offensively this year) and improve his pretty average puck handling. If his hands ever catch up with his feet, then the Rangers have something very special on their hands.
Hagelin, while inconsistent, was always noticeable on the ice as teams had to respect his speed. As a result, he was one of the few Rangers to show any kind of offensive presence in the postseason. Grading Hagelin is, like Callahan, a tricky issue given the revelation of his own shoulder surgery – how much did the injury impinge on his season, on his production and when did the injury take effect?
Unfortunately for Hagelin, his season may be remembered for his coach's comments rather than for his play, which for a player who generally impressed in his second NHL season is perhaps doing him an injustice. Without being brilliant, Hagelin has cemented his place as a core Ranger moving forward and a puck possession monster, not a bad season when you look at it that way. Grade: C+
Derick Brassard has been a very pleasant surprise as a Ranger. Twenty three points in twenty five games as a Ranger will certainly endear you to the Garden faithful, but Brassard didn't just impress with numbers. His playmaking and vision appeared to justify the once lofty expectations for the former lottery pick. He was willing to engage physically and he was never afraid to have the puck and try to make things happen. That desire to be a difference maker, to want to assume responsibility, bodes well for the future.
That Brassard led the Rangers offensively in the postseason is probably not a good thing (Hello Rick Nash and Brad Richards), but it does show that the Rangers could have a steal on their hands if Brassard can find the season long consistency that has eluded him in his career to this point. Grade (based solely on his time as a Ranger): A-
The Rangers were crying out for a player of Ryane Clowe's type when they added him, and they were crying out for him when their season came to an abrupt end. Who knows how the Rangers season would have finished if Clowe (and Marc Staal) had been available to the Rangers throughout the playoffs. When Clowe was healthy he made a difference for the Rangers. He played physicality, controlled the boards, went to the net (basic concept, done too little by the Rangers generally) and showed offensive production was still within him, as it was in previous years in San Jose.
Clowe – or his type – is an absolute necessity for the Rangers going forward. Whether it's Clowe – his skating ability and injuries make a long commitment a risk – or another in the same mould, the offseason will tell all. Grade: (based on a small sample size) B-
The little Norwegian made a welcome return to New York, and during his second go-round with the Rangers showed that he can be a difference maker offensively. Unless Brad Richards reawakens, few on this team can rival Zuccarello for hockey vision, and he brings creativity to a powerplay absolutely starved of it.
Physically Zuccarello fared better this time around, and 15 points in 27 games (with fairly limited minutes) isn't bad at all. If he can work on his tendency to overplay the puck at times and finish more, Zuccarello will be demanding more top six minutes, not just a new contract. Zuccarello was one of the few relatively bright (?) spots offensively during the postseason. He's done enough to earn a new deal. Grade: B-
What is the real Ranger offense? Is it the one that led the league in scoring after the trade deadline? The one that sputtered through the season, aside from that final month? Or perhaps the one that was so muted in the playoffs? This team heads into the offseason with a ton of questions beyond replacing the head coach, not least determining the ceilings for many of the team's younger players, and resolving the future of Brad Richards, such a critical issue to the Rangers.
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Based on these grades, it does not look like we need to update our top 6?
To be fair, after the trade deadline, the Rangers were scoring very well because they were playing teams that were out of the play-off run. That said, I agree for the most part on your grades, except for Hags, you're giving him a poor garde, should be in the B to B- area. When did he hurt his shoulder, before or after the play-offs began?????
I feel just the opposite. You can make a case that everyone on your top 6 should be no less that a B- player. I think they need to add a speed element in their top 6 as only Hags has some speed. Not so sure that you try for a speedy scoring winger for MDZ. Unless you can get a PP quarterback for MDZ.
But they're giving the grades – I think – based on the role the team assumed for them. As a top-line center, Richards is an F. If he was supposed to be a 3rd line player (and was paid as such), you probably give him a B based on his performance.
Chris, excellent summaries. I would only disagree with you (slightly) on what to make of Brad Richards' so called end-of-season hot streak: his goals were almost all extremely lucky – the hat trick is a case in point. That may be the most unimpressive 3 goal ever scored by an NHL-er in one game. His shot has the strength of a young girl-scout; the third goal of his hat-trick against Buffalo was a very weak miss by the goalie. I never believed he had gotten any scoring touch back; rather, Zeus was simply smiling on him for a few games, before quickly reversing his fortunes again.
I think hags deserved a better grade from you since he was the catalyst in helping most of the forwards excel. There were large stretches that seemed to indicate that whichever line hags was on was the top line. He deserved a B+.
My god i hope Brassard pans out. he was so impressive in the playoffs. his decision making and passing, i wanted him with the puck at all times
Yeh you know… except for all those cross ice'd passes and giveaways like the one that led to the overtime goal in Game 1.
Or the 3rd in league points in playoff round 1….. which got them to OT in game 1 in the second round. Kid's a bum.
Odd that some grades didn't seem to fit the assessments made. Zuke did not a B- season, and Brassard definitely gets an A+ especially considering his play before his Ranger days.
Everyone's opinion will be different.
of course. one thing we all can agree on is that this team still has a lot of room for improvement.
I think the buyout killed Brad Richards. He began to struggle a bit and he almost immediately is playing for his career. The more he struggled, the worse it got. I wouldn't be amazed if he outscores everyone else on the list next year (provided he isn't a Ranger).
Why does Stepan ($18000 a point get an A+) and Zuccarello ($12000 a point get a B-)? Incidentally, I really didn't understand the comment about Zuccarello's tendency to overplay the puck. Did this refer to offense or defense? Offensively, I thought he got rid of the puck better than anyone else on the team and seemed to be the only Ranger who had a clue about how to clear the defensive zone (once he got the puck, which probably happened too infrequently).
Id give
Cally: A
Stepan: A+
Hagelin: B
Nash: A
Zucc: B+
Brassard: A-
Richards: F
broadway brad should get a like a G or an H honestly
Nash, Richards same money — 8 points difference in scoring, four letter grades apart. Come on.
I am closer to these grades than to the writers. My feeling though, is that there were zero A+'s on the team and that Hagelin is being slighted. He comes up with the puck along the boards more than most players and had to operate in this stifling system with his skill set. So I would give him a higher grade than Zuc. Lastly while Stepan is a very good player and scored some great goals (like the one against Chara), he needs to add a little grit to his game . Just a little. I mean even Malkin throws then down occasionally. I can understand Hagelin, for instance, not being overly physical, but a guy like Stepan needs to be a bit more. Most of the Boston players are and Callahan is a freak.
all in all we need to make a change on the forward lines get someone who can distribute the puck all in all derek, cally, clowe, zucc, brass, hags played well but cally and hags were fighting shoulder injuries. amy k herman


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Humanists have their own lists in 14 municipalities, comprising of more than 400 people (60 percent are women). In addition, concurs in two autonomous communities and the Juntas Generales of Bilbao and Durango-Arratia. There will also be humanist candidates on different platforms in other cities.
The Humanist Party participates in municipal elections in cities and towns of ten regions. Madrid, Barcelona, Bilbao, Santander, Oviedo, Albacete and Badajoz are the capitals where the HP has submitted list for the municipal elections to be held on May 24 this year. There will also be humanists candidates in the municipalities of Vigo, Alcobendas, Alcalá de Henares, Basauri, Seseña and Chozaz de Canales, for a total of 14 municipalities and more than 400 candidates, of which 60 percent are women.
In Malaga and Las Palmas, the militants of the base teams of both cities decided to support platforms that bring together parties and social movements for participate in municipal elections. The PH has also submitted lists for the regional elections in Madrid and Asturias; and to Juntas Generales in Bilbao and Durango-Arratia.
The Humanist Party during this campaign presents a message that goes beyond the traditional dialectic of parties. Because the only exit in the times we live is the total change. It is the global schema which must be put into question by the need to establish new priorities and new life projects. And it needs more than a political party to produce that change. It will be human intention, pushing freely from each individual, what will manifest in personal change and a new sensibility that will have its social expression and finally will reach to the political field. But it is difficult to understand and promote changes in the human process if the own life is not organized and oriented in the positive direction. It is a personal and social change what we need. Moving from the individual to the social.
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Janice has had over 15 years of challenges in all areas of her life, as she learnt the lessons, which she now teachers others. Unleashing people's potential is what Janice's' work involved. Helping them unlearn old negative habits and re-learn new techniques, with a positive attitude to life. She now helps to educate others to become winners. Burnt-out twice, with stress levels at twenty out of ten, Janice is a 'been there/done that lady', who teaches tips for self-improvement in areas of work/life balance and stress reduction.
I was passionate about my first career and qualified as a fashion designer.
After a few years, i traveled the world working mainly in the 'hospitality' sector.
Later, I settled in Australia and my second career and qualifications was in the travel industry.
After five years, I became a mother. It changed my outlook on life and my work life was diverted for a few years.
I learnt how to be a good mother by joining playcentre when my first daughter was 10 months old. At the same time, I had a critical turning point and I was 'shoulder-tapped' with an opportunity to teach about parenting techniques and learn and teach personal development to other parents at our volunteer playcentre organisation.
Unhappily married, I made the best and biggest decision in my life and chose freedom and positive thinking. Albeit, the downside was became a single mother and had to live on government assistance for a few years. It was the most demoralising time in my life when I enrolled. I felt like a failure but was determined to change that.
Because my life situation had changed…I retrained as childcare teacher so I could spend time and also supervise my children's development and earn some more money.
Meanwhile I stumbled upon an opportunity when other mothers wanted to buy the dress-up costumes I made for my daughters. Over the next 7 years, I grew this into Funtasia Fashions – a business which according to my mentors had global capacity. However I was unable to match the cheap imports prices.
I sold the business and felt I'd failed as a business owner. Using a term from John Kehoe…went meandering…in my words…I went soul searching.
When I walked out of my marriage I had made a commitment to myself and family and I decided if I wanted my children to be successful, I had to be a successful role model.
I joined business groups and attended all the free training opportunities I could. I borrowed books and searched for answers.
By this time I had learnt about my challenges with self esteem from my bullying in high school. Now I had to create my own happiness, not just let it happen. I learnt about the strengths and weakness of my personality, win/win relationships and my goals I wanted to achieve in my life.
Fortunately, I had been shoulder-tapped again to get a job as a Travel and Tourism Tutor. At first I enjoyed it, then began to loathe it. However, I needed the income and the working hours and holidays fitted in with being a single parent. I realised I could 'juggle' my life…and I did.
Meanwhile I learnt that if I wanted success I had to invest in myself and continue learning.
I learnt I was the master of my own destiny…and had my own life journey. As Shakespeare wrote: To thine own self be true…and I embrace that concept.
I had spent hours learning about personal development but next I had to invest in the specific areas I wanted to excel in my life.
There's a famous quote: Only fools expect different results from the same input…which meant – If I wanted a different result I had to change your thoughts.
I invested in a Brain Tracey sales presentation and was ecstatic when he said "winners sit in the front row"….where I was sitting.
I invested in a Rod Douglas course and learnt Desire + Action = Results. Consequently I had to decide 'what I wanted' and set visual goals by treasure mapping.
Next I invested in a John Kehoe training course. I wanted to move away from negative energy of the home I had built with my ex-husband.
It was here I had another famous quote jump out at me. It said – Do not follow where the path may lead. Go Instead where this is No Path and Leave a trail.
Little did I know the new experiences that awaited me in my next home. And so I kept learning, questioning and searching, and repeating this system, each time catapulting myself to another level of life mastery.
Through all of these courses that I needed to take continue with my positive thinking which I'd had for years but I needed to focus more on getting the results that I wanted.
I also learnt that I had a life mission/purpose and was tapping into my intuition. However, I hesitated for four years before I had the courage and it was words from the Course of Miracles by Marianne Williamson made famous by Nelson Mandela that helped my change my thoughts. The one line in a poem read – Your playing small does not serve the world.
Finally, I realised I was still my living below my potential which was not serving me either. I had one life and one opportunity to be the success I wanted…I had to grab it!
Gradually, I was learning more about training my brain to think to create the results I desired.
When I started my third business. I was using my strengths and passions educating businesses about positive workplaces' environments. I spoke at conferences juggled workshops, coaching and writing…that is – until the recession.
I soul searched again…trying to recreate a different source of income aligned to my goals and lifestyle choice.
However, my destiny was in other's hands when I collapsed whilst gardening. Revived by my partner…he later told me I had stopped breathing, and luckily his first aid training helped revive me. I lost 15 minutes of my life.
Sometimes the worst thing that happens is the best things that happen to us.
This critical turning point I was forced to reassess my health. I went soul searching again for answers from both the physical and spiritual worlds; I was inspired and motivated by my answers. I learnt I needed to have faith and trust in myself. I learnt more about divine energy that was supporting my work in helping others. But first I had to help myself and restore my health and wellbeing.
The outcome was learning I had got off track in life. For me to be fulfilled it was important to continue teaching self esteem, which energized me.
I needed to re-invest in myself again, this time learning about an internet business. I followed the guidance of intuition as synchronicity provided my with opportunities to learn how to an online teaching present via the internet and You Tube.
This quote George Clooney in the movie Men Who Stare At Goats, summed it up:
Life is like a river. If you are aiming towards a goal that is not your destiny, you will always be swimming against the current.
Albeit, I now enjoy my life of self-mastery. I've been creating my 'Heaven on Earth' for over 30 years since I started learning about personal development. I have had success in specific areas of my life and more fine-tuning was needed to create goals I chose 20 years ago.
One of my goals from years ago was to sit in a boat in a bay, writing. At this stage I'm not sure which of my books or film script it will be….but I have confidence, faith and trust the answer will come.
That is my life journey for now. I'm planning the next 30 years!
For more of my 'interesting' and 'different' experiences not mentioned here, read my book The Success Attitude – Haunting Messages Guiding Us. I share about my 'haunting messages' which came from buying a haunted house (the neighbours knew) and the other messages from God or Universe (whatever you like to call it) and then the messages that flow into and around our mind.


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Don't Rush, it's exciting to discover a mutual interest. Be cautious anyway. Never meet for the first time privately or at night. Meet for lunch and bring a friend. Let others know where you're going and when you'll get back. Never leave with him or her. Stick to the game plan; your friend is there for a reason.


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EU Calls for Smashing Glass Ceiling
September 4, 2012
AN EU directive informally introduced this week would require major European corporations to reserve 40 percent — more than triple the current average in EU countries — of the positions on their supervisory boards for women, thereby mandating discrimination in many cases against men. The idea of quotas in boardrooms is a pet project of European feminists, who have no qualms about instituting the type of employment discrimination they claim has always existed against women and who never lose a wink of sleep over possibly damaging the world economy and accelerating social decline. Companies that did not comply to the mandate would face fines and other sanctions. The directive would not apply to executive board positions — as of yet.
The proposal, to be introduced officially to the European Commission next month, would do nothing to satisfy the interests of the vast majority of women, who are not interested in highly demanding careers of uninterrupted work. A major reason why women are not more heavily represented in top executive positions is that they do not want to be in top executive positions and their personal responsibilities interfere with their competitiveness. See British analyst Catherine Hakim's study on the issue. She explains why even in Sweden, with its onerous equality legislation, women make dramatically different work choices than men.
The totalitarian directive is based on the false assumption that businesses do not act in their own best interests and can act as social engineers without risking their primary goal of making money. It also assumes that men will remain motivated and productive in an environment in which they are ruled by women and often passed over for promotion because they are not female.
Slightly under 14 percent of supervisory board positions in the 27 member states are currently held by women, according to The Financial Times. According to the newspaper:
[T]he proposal, expected to be formally introduced by Viviane Reding, the EU's justice commissioner, next month, can be adopted by the EU through its complex majority voting process, meaning neither the UK nor Sweden would be able to veto its passage.
According to the draft, companies larger than 250 employees or with more than €50m in revenues would be required to report annually on the gender make-up of their boards. Those that miss the mandatory quota would be subject to administrative fines or be barred from state aid and contracts.
Reding, below, goes by the ominous title of EU Commissioner for Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. She is the major promoter of the idea of quotas. A former journalist in Luxembourg, she has astonishing power over the business world for a woman who has never worked in corporate management or business. She is the divorced mother of three.
A member of the European Commission told Die Welte, "It's important to note that what we're planning is not positive discrimination ….. Women would only be chosen for the job over their male competitors if both candidates are equally suited for the position and have the same level of competence and professional performance."
But what if there weren't women "equally suited" for enough positions? Employers would still be fined and penalized. The effect will be to damage those competent women who do rise to the top, who will always be under suspicion as possible beneficiaries of quotas.
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Terry Morris writes:
Now SHE looks like a "Pit bull in lipstick." But one probably shouldn't judge based on a single photograph.
Kevin M. writes:
Europe is finished. Between England handing over its churches to Muslims to convert to makeshift mosques to this nonsensical fembot decree that corporations be 40 percent female in their boardrooms makes me want to heave.
Mark Steyn and others have said it: Europe is done.
With Europe gone, to where will we ally?
The portent is ominous.
Muslims want to take us over, and we want someone to take us over. Western Civilization is kaput.
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|1,350 sq. ft.
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Come enjoy the best that Panama City Beach has to offer at the sophisticated Palazzo Resort. Located on the serene west end of Panama City Beach, the exclusive Palazzo is among the newest built Resorts and of the highest quality. If you are looking for the best relaxing ocean views and peaceful privacy you have just found your vacation paradise. Palazzo is known to be one of the quietest low densities high rise building on the beach with only 129 luxury units and gated covered parking right underneath.
Enjoy stunning views from both the living room and the romantic master bedroom suite each with its own balcony access. This clean, well-appointed condo has two king bedrooms plus bunk room with twin bunk beds, two bath condo comfortably sleeps 4-6 and is fully equipped with all the luxuries of home.
Experience sleep as it is meant to be when you slip into the luxury of 620-thread-count sateen sheets. Bathrooms are provided with extra fluffy supima cotton towels. The glamour master bathroom offers his and her's sink, Jacuzzi bath tub and separate shower.
For the chefs at heart you'll be happy to discover a fully equipped granite kitchen including toaster, blender, coffee machine and Keurig and a variety of herbs.
Palazzo is located beachfront on the quiet west end of Panama City Beach less than a mile from Pier Park. Find yourself away from the noise, but just moments away from the excitement and attractions along Panama City Beach. Nearby city attractions including the new and exciting Pier Park entertainment complex located less than a miles away. Pier Park offers a variety of entertainment including great shopping, 20 + restaurants and a movie theater.
Palazzo is incredibly serene and quiet, yet close enough that you can be a part of the action any time you want.
Palazzo amenities include beachfront (seasonally heated) elevated tropical pool and spa and a fully equipped gulf front fitness center and meeting room, it is all here. Free BEACH SERVICE (during season March - October). Families love to cook out on the charcoal grills.
The only thing really missing at Palazzo is you. Our unit comes with secure gated parking spaces located directly under the building for easy access, no crossing the street. Enjoy the very best views that only a private luxury Palazzo condo can offer you!
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$300 security/damage deposit required to make your reservation (refunded after satisfactory inspection).
Check In - 4 PM / Check Out - 10 AM. Central time. Unit must be occupied by someone 25 or older at all times!
ADULTS and FAMILIES ONLY!! If you are a parent renting a place for your kids please go to another unit. We will remove groups without Adults on site and NO REFUND will be given.
This is an absolute NON SMOKING Resort! There will be a $300 FINE charged to the renters and eviction if there is any smoking detected inside or outside of the condominium (including the balcony and the entire resort). ======================================================================
We offer FREE WIFI!
Newest most high end luxury building on the quiet family friendly west end of Panama City Beach, Florida. Only one mile from Pier Park.
Condo was extremely nice
We have been going to the Florida panhandle for the last 18 years. Our stay at Palazzo was by the best one. Perfect size for 6 people plus an amazing view.
Wonderful condo. Stocked so well. I was so impressed with all available. Beds were so comfortable and private beach area was spectacular! ! Elevators were fast . Will absolutely book again!
Love staying in this unit, it's beautiful, clean, and on the quite end of the beach, but still convienent to fun and food! The owners keep the unit stocked with things you may need, which is very nice. Out of the many places we have stayed at while at Panama City Beach, this is by far our favorite and will always be our first choice.
This was our first vacation at PCB and we will definitely be back. Wouldn't chose any other condo than this one! Brigitte's condo was absolutely perfect for us. 2 adults and 2 teenagers. This condo was exactly as advertised and reviewed !! Everything was high end including mattresses and linens. Condo and patio were spotless. We've stayed in many rented houses and condos and it was wonderful to not have to pack or buy hand soap, dish soap, laundry detergent, etc. There's a large supply of beach towels and toys too. The patio is huge with an unobstructed beachfront view. The Palazzo is exactly as we were hoping. No heavy traffic to the west of Pier Park. That made for an easy trip to Thomas' Donuts ;) Parking garage was able to fit our large Toyota Tundra. There was never any wait for elevators. Whole complex is extremely clean. Pool was heated and a very nice layout. Great fitness room. We chose our included beach chairs the morning after our arrival. They were held for us until the day we were checking out. The beach service attendants were courteous, helpful and attentive. The beach was never crowded. We're already planning our next trip back to Brigitte's condo !!
Our family of 4 stayed here during Spring Break 2016. Have stayed at several condos in Panama City Beach. This complex is not super busy so there was plenty of room in the pool and hot tub (which was fantastic to have for cold evenings). The unit itself was fantastic. Super clean and very comfortable. Was stocked with just about everything and anything you would need to cook in the condo - which our family loves to do. Received our deposit back right after we got back from vacation. We would DEFINITELY rent from this owner again. THANK you Brigitte for sharing your home with us.
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This is an absolute NON SMOKING unit and Resort!!! ($300 FINE and eviction - no refund)
Check In - 4 PM / Check Out - 10 AM. Central time.
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Alexandra Park is a registered home for the aged which is situated in tranquil surroundings in a suburb of Scottburgh which is two kilometres from the Scottburgh business centre.
The Home has accommodation for 80 Senior Citizens including frail care facilities for 40 persons. Nursing for all residents is provided for 24 hours of the day. Accommodation consists mainly of single rooms and a few double rooms, all of which are furnished. Residents may, however, provide their own furniture. Bath and bed linen is provided and the monthly tariff includes the provision of three meals a day, morning and afternoon tea or coffee and the laundering of personal clothing. T.V. points are available in each room. The Home is an "open home" and residents may come and go as they wish provided that they inform the staff of their leaving the Home.
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Various facilities are provided for the residents which include:
The Home is a State subsidised home and caters for three categories of residents based on the State's categorisation system for which the monthly tariffs including VAT are:
The Home also provides accommodation to patients who
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Applicants must, in the first instance, request to be put on a waiting list for which an entrance fee of R80 and an annual subscription of R 20.00 is required (VAT Included)
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This article is by Lisa A. Colantuono, co-partner,
I was invited to participate in the Forbes CMO Network and Wharton Future of Advertising Program CMO Excursion on June 27, along with a group of 30 industry executives responsible for their corporate brands. The question that Wharton posed to its extended contributing committee prior to the CMO excursion was, "What could/should 'advertising' look like in 2020?" The points of view submitted from the committee were reviewed and presented to the attendees; the discussion focused on the new mindset for the future of advertising--"Advertising" 2020--around collaboration, continuous learning and "glocal" approaches.
After much conversation about the idea of "Advertising" 2020 and its implications on the CMO, it was agreed that increasingly empowered and skeptical consumers are continuously changing demands on the marketplace. Most important, per Wharton's research, these skeptics are:
The marketers in the group shared more than three dozen challenges they face daily as a result of demands and expectations created by consumers. Top challenges: data explosion, social media, proliferation of channels, shifting demographics and, of course, making the brand relevant to the consumer in a crowded space.
Marketers must create human-centric brands that develop connections that truly count. Connections count by lifting burdens or reducing stress or adding some kind of ideals that the consumer values in their community.
So how does all this impact agencies? Communications plans must be data-driven, "tradigital", human-centric and agile, where the brand establishes a valued relationship with the consumer and earns the consumer's trust. Bottom line, consumers want to feel more in-control – a basic human desire – and therefore, have a meaningful association with the brand. After all, it's not about branding anymore--it's about "bonding."
Consumers are no longer buying brands. Instead they are investing in brands. That sense of trust so vital for a successful consumer-brand relationship? It's created through social listening that support real-time solutions that brands uniquely offer to them.


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New research from The NPD Group shows that rather than being a monolithic daypart, breakfast is better understood as a collection of eating and drinking occasions. And many adults, 41% according to NPD's Morning MealScape 2011 study, indulge in two or more such occasions on a typical morning. The average number of eating/drinking occasions per day is 1.4.
A full meal is eaten by just 21% of morning diners, the study finds. The largest share of morning diners (43%) have just a coffee or other beverage but no food. Another 24% have a small meal in the morning and 11% eat just a snack.
This data—and especially the finding that 43% take the time for a morning purchase but buy no food—suggests that there is great potential for increased sales growth in mornings. Previously released research from NPD's Morning MealScape 2011 study focused on the number of adults who skip breakfast altogether. Males ages 18 to 34 are the most likely to skip (28% do, compared with 18% of females in the demographic). But there may also be sales-growth opportunities with adults whose morning occasions currently are small.
Mintel's recently released "Breakfast Restaurant Trends-US-February 2012" study finds that while number of breakfast items on menus increased by 24.2% from Q3 2009 to Q3 2011, restaurant breakfast sales increased just 2% between 2006 and 2011. Mintel estimates U.S. breakfast sales in 2011 at $25.4 billion.
Breakfast should always be for the "Breakfast of Champions" as Wheaties used to claim. Breakfast is the most important meal of the day but also the most neglected meal time as Americans rush into their workday schedules. Restauranteurs chip away at the opportunity but have only begun to mine this field of opportunity.


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Get Your Photos off Your Computer |Quick Tips for Memory KeepingPosted by Diane Feldt on Feb 21, 2014 in Blog, Scrapbook | 1 comment
Once you commit to a 365 project, eventually you will be faced with the question, "What do I do with all these photos?" or "How do I share these pictures?" One way to do that is through scrapbooking. Each month, Creative Team Member Diane Feldt will be sharing tips on using your photographs in a scrapbook. Today, we learn a little about Diane's scrapbooking journey and a few quick tips for starting your own digital scrapbook.
I am so excited to share how I combine my 365 project and my love for scrapbooking with the CY365 community each month.
I have been a memory keeper and a scrapbooker since high school.
Old School
I was a pocket scrapper in college way back in the '80s before it was even cool. Then, while my girls were little, it was all I could do to get the pictures printed and into albums. I began to paper scrap in a 12 x 12 format in about 2004.
Pocket Pages
I used pocket pages to efficiently record my eldest daughter's five years of high school dance team experiences. I had hundreds of pictures and lots of memorabilia to preserve, so it was perfect for that type of project. I purchased the Turquoise Core Kit and put the bulk of the album together in a marathon scrapbook day with a friend.
I joined CY365 in the spring of 2012 and used Photo 365 on my iPhone to collect my daily pictures. I also kept a Smash Journal for that year.
Going Digital
My first "official" digital Project Life album was for 2013. I had a few Photoshop Elements classes under my belt and had taken Jessica Sprague's Digital Project Life class, so I was ready! I used Becky Higgins Project Life templates and primarily used journaling cards and elements from the Cobalt digital edition throughout the year.
A Few Ideas For Getting Started
1. Choose a program for creating your layouts. I use Photoshop Elements, but there are many options including free programs like Picasa.
2. Give yourself some time to learn about your new software. Take a class or explore YouTube videos.
3. Obtain digital supplies like templates, journaling cards, and embellishments. There are tons of freebies out there, or you can subscribe to a monthly service like the DIGI FILES at the Daily Digi and receive lots of supplies each month for a subscription fee. Get the Captured cards that coordinate with the CY365 monthly prompts.
4. Figure out a starting point and plot out a strategy for your page creation. Starting in the current year is perfect if you are pursuing a Project Life book.
5. Look for inspiration online. CY365 has added a Pinterest board devoted to scrapbooking.
In the coming months I will be giving you a peek at my methods and addressing topics like photo management, printing options, note taking, and including yourself in your weekly pages. Come along for the ride and get some ideas for your photos off your computer and into an album!
What methods have you used to get your photos off your computer?
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"After my mother died, I found, a little book of hers which recorded everything I had ever done, how I had done it, and how proud she was of her son Conrad."
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