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About Family Portrait Photographer
I am Chris Van Atta photography
Glad you have been able to find me,and that your quest to locate the right family beach photographer will end here!
I specialize in family beach portraits and have come to love to share my passion for photography with you. Growing up on the local beaches here in NC has truly given me a love for the ocean and what it might mean for families vacationing here at our local beaches such as Topsail beach,Wrightsville beach,Surf City beach,Holden Beach,Carolina Beach and Kure beach. They are all residing of each other and share the same dramatic sunsets that families have come to love.
Photography has been a passion of mine for sometime now. I had been a surf photographer here in Wilmington NC for a few years during my early career as a professional photographer serving the east coast surf scene, My images have been published in many magazines in the region and while serving as staff photographer for a national surf magazine, I feel i have developed a style that any beach spirit would come to fancy.
I am now a destination wedding photographer serving the globe with amazing wedding day photos that has started a following of what i call the organic bride,or offbeat bride. The images i have chosen to share in my portfolios are just a nugget of the greatness of my clients personalities that i have been able to share with you. I tend to attract clients who desire something different from the beach portraits,something unique,something that captures the spirit of each person in the family. This just all seems to work seamlessly to create family heirloom that everybody will be proud to have.
Being able to work with natural lighting and at timea a bit of fill flash from the camera had allowed me to create portraits that are vivid with deep colors and contrast. While using the best high end digitial equipment the industry has to offer, you can be sure that you family beach portraits will be of a porfessional grade from start to finish.
Stop by my website for more amazing beach weddings, and beach photography by Chris Van Atta.
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Published on Thursday, 03 December 2009
Moving a really a stressful event and it is even more challenging if you are moving from one state to another. This is the reason why hiring a professional mover is better to lessen the stress you are going through. However, if you want to do the packing on your own, here are some helpful tips for you:
The secret to a successful packing is on how well you plan your move. This is also the secret of professional movers. They plan your move date and packing dates properly.
When you are ready to pack, choose an area in your house where it will be your staging area. Place your packing materials and boxes in your staging area. This is to lessen the hassle of getting them when you start packing.
You need to know that packing a room is tedious; however, if you have a nice and smart plan, you will progress without any hassle.
Packing things is an art and a science. You need to make sure that you have the right sizes of boxes. Heavier items should be placed at the bottom and the lighter once should be on top.
Your fragile items and other breakable things should be placed in a separate box. You should use bubble wrap with these items.
You also need to label properly each box for your tracking purposes.
These are just some of the simple practical tips that can help you pack your things successfully. Good luck in your move!
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Published on Thursday, 15 April 2010 Moving involves a long process from planning to unpacking and the organization of your new home. With each phase of the move, there is a corresponding expense as well. If you want to save money, you can save by doing the move yourself. Without services to pay, the move becomes less expensive. Nevertheless you have to be smart too. In trying to save mon...2010-04-15 learn more

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Connections - Poetry and Work
Grant writing and fundraising
is the day job that sustains my writing -- you could say I write to be able to write. I've been thinking about how we connect (or don't connect) our day jobs to our writing lives. For those who teach in writing programs, the connection seems obvious, though I've heard teachers say their teaching sometimes makes it harder to write. For the rest of us, engaged in the commerce and service worlds, the idea of a connection may seem more like a chasm. But some of my favorite poetry arises from poets who are or have been fully engaged in non-literary occupations.
I think of poets like
B.H. Fairchild
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Art of the Lathe
Early Occult Memory Systems of the Lower Midwest
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Paul Hostovsky
, who works in the nonprofit world interpreting for deaf people. His poetry is often centered on that work, opening up marvelous windows into places many of us wouldn't otherwise encounter. (Though I do as a fundraiser, working with a school for young deaf children.) And of course I think of Walt Whitman and his drive to be among common people, any people, working people. I wonder what connection to the insurance business Wallace Stevens' unconscious made to his dazzling language.
By the way, if you work in a nonprofit organization that needs funds (there's a redundancy!), you can go to my professional fundraiser website,
Rachel Dacus Resource Development.
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Sea Sabella-- Masterful design and modern luxury are uniquely embodied in this elegant , fully furnished, three story gulf front property located in the renowned beach town of Seaside Florida. This home features three suites, all with Kings - two guest suites on the ground floor and a Master Suite utilizing the whole top floor for incredible Gulf & Seaside views The exterior of this distinctive home is sheathed in reclaimed sinker cypress siding, specially milled from some of North Florida's own rivers. Carefully tucked behind native scrub oaks at the top of Seaside's high dunes; Sea Sabella overlooks the beach and offers dramatic, sweeping beach, Gulf vistas and views of Seaside from second and third level spacious covered balconies. The main gulf-side entry is through a spaccovered porch area featuring silver travertine floors. Once inside; the first floor features an intimate living room flanked on either side by comfortable king sized guest suites featuring built-in closets with storage drawers. Each guest suite also has its own "spa-like" private bath. A compact laundry easily accommodates guests and is discreetly tucked away in a narrow side closet. Elegant stairs carefully handcrafted of custom milled white oak, framed with glass railings leads up to both the second and third levels of Sea Sabella. The second floor is the main living area and includes a spacious open design with high ceilings and German-made Roeder folding glass wall that opens out onto a split-level teak deck with custom built, bench style seating overlooking the gulf. A state-of-the-art gourmet kitchen includes white marble kitchen island with waterfall sides and breakfast bar, Wolf gas range, Kohler sink, Bosch dishwasher, Blanco faucet and custom floor to ceiling cabinets. The main living room and dining areas are strategically oriented to the south of main living area to maximize relaxing gulf views and breezes. A lavish master suite occupies the complete third floor of Sea Sabella and includes an expansive private covered balcony overlooking the beach; a comfortable sitting area and an over-the-top luxurious bath rounds out this incredible master suite. The spa-like bath is complete with glass enclosed rain shower, light-therapy jetted Oceania tub, Kohler and Hansqrohe faucets and beautiful vein-cut silver travertine throughout. The vanity area is uniquely created with an Agape "Insegna" Italian mirror suspended from the ceiling. Beautifully Bold, Unsurpassed Excellence! SeaSabella is one of the most intriguing Gulf-front homes on the Emerald Coast. This home offers a total of 4474 sq-ft,. Professionally managed, Sea Sabella grossed $325,000 in 2017. ***Buyer is responsible for personally verifying details about this property. Any information contained in this listing is believed to be accurate but is not guaranteed.**
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2019 Stormwater VIC February Breakfast Seminar Proceedings - Australian Rainfall and Runoff 2016 Practitioner's Event:
The purpose of this session for regional Victoria was to provide a better understanding of what ARR 2016 requires of practitioners and to build a case for its use.
Val and Michael Mag – Introduction to Australian Rainfall and Runoff (ARR) 2016
David Stephens – RORBwin an enabling tool for ARR2016
2019 Planning Policy Changes - Stormwater Controls:
Background to reforms - Chris Chesterfield, CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
Details of the New Planning Provisions, Emma Stewart, DELWP
Implications to Industry, Kate Matthews, Cardno/ Stormwater Victoria
Next Steps and Future Initiatives, Emma Stewart, DELWP
2018 Stormwater VIC May Breakfast Seminar
The purpose of this session was to provide a better understanding of what ARR 2016 requires of practitioners and to build a case for its use.
Webinar Video: Welcome to 2018 ARR2016 Breakfast Seminar
Webinar Video: Introduction to ARR2016
Webinar Video: ARR2016 With Innovyze
Webinar Video: RORB an Enabling Tool for ARR2016
Webinar Video: Panel Discussion
2018 Stormwater Victoria Conference Proceedings:
Amanda Stone - Water Sensitive Communities Driving Change - The Yarra River Protection Act
Andre Taylor - Leadership to Deliver Water Sensitive Communities
Andrew Grant - Stormwater Pollution Management - Measuring Performance
Birgit Jordan and Bronwen Hutchinson - Strategic Investment in Runof Management
Candace Jordan and Dr Dale Browne - Permeable Pavement - What's the Concrete Evidence
Celeste Morgan and John Frdelja - Ballarat City Integrated Water Management Plan
David Holmgren - Retrosurburbia
Emma Hendy and Russell Martin - Managed Aqulfer Recharge (MAR)
Geoff Connellan and Peter Symes - Stormwater Harvesting Storage Management to Achieve Sustainable Landscapes at Royal Botanic Gardens Victoria
Hugh Williamson - Coomoora Road Reserve Stormwater Harvesting Project
Jeremy Cheesman - Kingston Stormwater Quality in-lieu Contribution Scheme
Kate Berg - Soil Moisture Recharge to Maximise the Benefits of Stormwater Harvesting Systems
Kathy Russell - Sediment-sensitive Stormwater Management
Kym Whiteoak - Economic Assessment of the Ballarat Integrated Water Management Plan
Leigh Holmes - Are We Serious About Integrated Water Management Plan
Nausheen Obaid and Daniel Fokkens - Proactively Maintaining and Renewing Casey's Water Sensitive WSUD Assets
Nick Andrewes - Fairbairn Park Pavillion Project
Peter Coombes - Systems Analysis and Macroeconomic History Reveals
Peter Woodman and Rushiru Kanakaratne - From Little Things, Big Errors May Grow - A Look at the Importance of QA
Rianda Mills and Chris Tancheff - An Integrated Water Management Approach
Ross Allen - Water-Sensitive Communities - Understanding Context and Enabling Collaboration
Sheridan Blunt - Are Planning Controls the Best Approach to WSUD on Private Land?
Sheridan Blunt - Better Best Practice Notes - Stormwater and Beyond
Stephanie Milankovic - The Importance of Council Guidelines in Creating Water Sensitive Communities
Vaughn Grey - Building a Water Sensitive Municipality @ Moreland
2018 Stormwater Victoria March Breakfast Seminar Proceedings:
Meg Caffin - The Role of Water in Urban - Greening - Cooling
Carol Jadraque - Melbourne Water's Urban Cooling Program - A Tangible Climate Change Adaptation Inititative
Sarah Buckley - Case Study 1 - City of Stonnington IWM - Urban Forest
Robyn Mitchell - Case Study 2 - City of Monash WSUD Street Trees Project Presentation Structure
Jasmine Thom - Case Study 3 - Urban Forest Microclimate Research
2017 Stormwater Victoria November Seminar Proceedings:
Jeremie Bonneau - Sponge Cities - What Role for Stormwater Infiltration
Ross Allen - Sponge Citis - Keeping Water in the Catchment
Tim Fletcher - Sponge Cities - Moving from WSUD to Water Sensitive Urban LandscapesTim Fletcher - Sponge Cities - Moving from WSUD to Water Sensitive Urban Landscapes
2017 Stormwater Victoria July Industry Forum Proceedings:
Georgie Wettenhall - Competing Demands for Environmental Stormwater Standards
Gordon Templeton - Theory Into Practice Certain Uncertainty
Gordon Templeton - Theory Into Practice Certain Uncertainty with Notes
2017 Stormwater Victoria Conference Proceedings:
Aleks Svazas - Collaboration to Deliver Integrated Water Servicing Solutions - A Case Study for Sunshine NEC_Redacted
Aleks Svazas - Stony Creek Naturalization Project - Collaboration to Rejuvenate and Naturalise a Concrete Channel Drain_Redacted
Alexandra Brown - Bringing Life to a Concrete Jungle - WSUD in Industrial Precincts
Andrew Harrison - Asserting the Sustainable Drainage Agenda
Ann Pugh - Doing the Best We Can - Or are We
Brendan McNamara - How Much Do You Know About Assets
Celeste Morgan - The New Role for Councils - Driving an Intergraded Green-Blue Approach
Damien D'Aspromonte - Eastbank Lake - A Catalyst for Integration and Change
Dave Sharley - An Integrated Passive Sampling Approach to Detect and Identify Primary Sources of Pollution in Stormwater Networks
David Howard, Nino Polon and Emma Pryse - Greening the Pipeline - MOS Pilot Williams Landing
Ding Chan - Use of Historical Weather Data in Planning a Diverse Water Supply System in an Uncertain Climate Future
Dr Stuart Field - Engaging Indigenous Knowledge - Taking a Leap into the Unexpected
Edmond Lascaris - Coding Sustainability Practices Into Schools
Geoff Connellan and Richard Dilena - Stormwater Scheme Lessons in Irrigating Green Space in the City of Greater Geeolong
Glenn Ottrey - Defusing the WSUD Maintenance Time Bomb
Haydn Read - Assets Using Big Data Analytics - Interoperability and New Frontier
Jarrod Gaut - Which WSUD Assets are Most Financially Sustainable?
Jessica Ward - Selling Water Better - A Human Centered Approach to Increasing the Status of Stormwater
Kathryn Skidmore and Vaughn Grey - Leading by Example on WSUD Policy Implementation
Kristina Sestokas - Towards Predicting Future Imperviousness - How the Melbourne Urbanisation Mapping (MUM) Project Took on This Challenge
Kristina Sestokas - Stormwater - Untapping the Potential... What Role Can Distributed Storages Play in Reducing Flood Effects
Lydia Cetin - Integrated Catchment - River Modelling of the Parramatta River to Support Achieving Swimmability Targets
Matthew Pilcher - Priortizing Stormwater Mitigation Sites in Multiple High-Value Catchments of the Dandenong Ranges
Michael Yule and Stephen Clarke - Reworking The Watershed - Using Decentralized Flood Management to Retrofit the Urban Environment
Nigel Pugh and Celine Marchenay - A Fully Integrated Water-Sewer-Drainage Model
Penny Ball - How Water Sensitive is my Municipality - A New Tool for Benchmarking Practice
Ralf Pfleiderer - Flood Purge and SWH at Lincoln Squares Project
Ralf Pfleiderer - Rainwater Harvesting Over Sewer Mining - CH2 Case Study
Rod Wiese - Clever Use Of Existing Infrastructure to Minimize Construction Cost - Tally Ho Stormwater Harvesting Project
Sarah Watkins - How Do We Design Stormwater Harvesting for Waterways
Simon Brink - ZAM-WSUD For Trees and the $1 Per Cleanout Gross Pollutant Trap
Valerie Mag - Developing Maintenance Requirements and Standards to Prolong the Engineering Life Piped Systems - The Kingston Case Study
Vaughn Grey - Collaboration to Retrofit WSUD
2017 Stormwater Victoria March Breakfast Seminar Proceedings:
Andrew Thomas - Lastest Research Findings on Local Government Maintenance of Stormwater WSUD Assets in Melbourne
Nina Cossais - Internation Insights on WSUD Maintenance from Recent 'On The Ground' Research Conducted in Europe
Dale Browne - An Overview of the new WSUD Asset Audit Guidelines developed by Melbourne Water and Stormwater Water
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2015 Letter of Support for Yarra River Act.pdf
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Gabriella fulfils Granny's last wish by collecting Youth Ballet founder's CBE
A 10-year-old ballerina has carried out one of her late grandmother's final wishes by picking up a CBE on her behalf at Buckingham Palace.
Gabriella Rummery, from Brasted in Kent, wore a dress chosen by Jill Tookey before she died from pancreatic cancer aged 79 on March 25.
The Prince of Wales gave the young dancer Ms Tookey's honour for services to dance and young people, and afterwards Gabriella said Charles spoke to her about how her grandmother turned his book The Old Man Of Lochnagar into a ballet.
Gabriella Rummery, 10, from Kent, picks up a CBE (Commander of the Order of the British Empire) medal on behalf of her late grandmother Jill Tookey
"He said 'Oh yes, your granny said for me to come and watch', and I said 'Yeah, that would be amazing'," she told the Press Association.
Ms Tookey set up and ran the National Youth Ballet for 29 years and Gabriella is a dancer there.
The late ballet supremo was given permission from Charles to turn The Old Man Of Lochnagar into a ballet, and the NYB are dancing the show again later this year in Ms Tookey's honour, which was another of her last wishes.
Speaking about her grandmother, Gabriella said she would have been "really happy" about the trip to the Palace.
"Granny was fun. And she was arty, and always happy," she said, adding: "I will remember her as a fun and amazing grandma."
Gabriella's mother, Camilla, 42, said: "I was with her literally on her last days, minutes, and she really wanted Gabriella to pick it up because she's the only granddaughter for one, but she wanted to encourage Ella to follow her dreams.
"And my mum got to where she got by dreaming big and never giving up on something and always saying yes to something, rather than 'I can't do that', just yes, and seeing the impossible and making it happen. And I think that's what she really wanted to instil in Gabriella."
As founder and artistic director of the NYB, Ms Tookey inspired and encouraged thousands of children to go on to have professional careers in dance and the arts.
Looking ahead to the future, Gabriella said: "What I want to be when I'm older is something amazing that can change the world in a good way."
Also picking up an honour was former HM Revenue and Customs chief executive Dame Lin Homer, who faced intense criticism from MPs while holding key Civil Service roles.
She was made a Dame for her public service, particularly to public finance.
Dame Lin, who did not speak to the press after receiving her honour, came under fire last year for her handling of tax-dodgers, and in January she was accused of allowing HSBC to get away "scot-free" over the activities of its private Swiss bank.
Appearing before the Commons Public Accounts Committee, Dame Lin confirmed it was "unlikely" that HSBC would face prosecution over claims that its Swiss branch routinely helped wealthy clients to evade tax.
Her admission drew an angry response from MPs on the committee, who said it was "extraordinary" that HSBC would face no action from the British authorities even though it was domiciled in the UK.
Dame Lin faced further criticism after she claimed that HMRC's customer service was improving, even though almost one in five calls were not answered within six minutes.
She faced a scathing attack by MPs for her ''catastrophic leadership failure'' when she was in charge of the UK Border Agency.
Dame Lin went on to become head of Britain's tax office but was forced to defend the department after securing only one prosecution from a list of 6,800 UK-related secret Swiss bank accounts provided in 2010 by French authorities.
HMRC said she had led the department "through a period of recovery and significant performance improvements", including a reduction in the tax gap and an increase in the number of customer calls being answered from 48% in 2011 to almost 90% in December 2015.
Others picking up honours on Thursday included literary agent Ed Victor, who received a CBE for services to literature; chief executive of the LGBT Consortium Paul Roberts, who received an OBE for services to LGBT communities; and Captain Naveed Muhammad who received an MBE for his work with ethnic minorities.
Sir Jack Petchey, 90, received a knighthood for services to young people in east London and Essex through the Jack Petchey Foundation.
And Major Geoffrey Faraday, of the Royal New Zealand Armoured Corps, became only the third person to receive the New Zealand Gallantry Star, awarded to him for gallantry in the field in Southern Sudan.
Mr Victor, 76, from New York City, founded the Ed Victor literary agency, and said Charles mentioned that his wife's son Tom Parker Bowles is currently writing something for the agent.
Mr Victor, who has British citizenship, said Mr Parker Bowles is writing the Fortnum and Mason cookbook. "And we talked about Fortnum and Mason and what a great job Ewan Venters, the CEO, who's a friend of his and mine, was doing," he said.
Asked if he thinks Charles is a regular customer at Fortnum and Mason, Mr Victor said: "I know he is. And his wife certainly is."
Pushed on whether he thinks they get their weekly groceries from the upmarket store, Mr Victor said: "I have no idea, but maybe."
Talking about his honour, he joked that when he received the envelope containing the news he thought at first that it was a tax bill.
Mr Victor said he is celebrating by throwing a party for 100 of his closest friends.
Capt Muhammad, 47, of the Royal Signals, Army Reserve, who was born in Kenya but now lives in Birmingham, has been involved in a number of initiatives to improve links between the British Army and minority communities, especially with Muslim communities.
Speaking about what he and Charles talked about, he said: "We spoke about how important it is to do this sort of work and also about how best we can improve the attraction of serving in the military but perhaps even improve the image of the cadet forces, so improve the take-up of minority groups into the cadet forces."
He said there has been a "slow but steady improvement", adding that there is still some work to do.
"I think we are getting better at how we engage with these communities. The key thing is about creating mutual understanding.
"As long as we can understand communities better, and communities understand us better, then the recruitment will come down the line.
"It's not something that's going to happen immediately but I think we're heading in the right direction," he said
Mr Roberts, 35, from Taunton in Somerset, recognised for his services to LGBT communities, said he and Charles discussed equal marriage.
Asked if he got the impression Charles was interested in the issue, Mr Roberts said: "Yes, surprisingly so actually."
He added: "He did seem genuinely interested."
Mr Roberts said the letter notifying him of his honour was sent to the wrong address and his colleague got a phone call from an official wanting to speak to him. The official told his colleague what it was about.
"She thought it was a joke so she laughed at the person down the phone, phoned me straight away, she was like 'you'll never believe the phone call I've just taken'," he said.
Mr Roberts said lots of emails followed and he was in such a state of disbelief that he set about trying to verify the official's email address in case it was a prank.
"I genuinely thought this could still be a joke," he said.
Mr Roberts said he is "totally honoured obviously and really grateful" but feels he has so much more to achieve.
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I recently came across Nujood Ali's story and it both shocked me and inspired me.
Ali, at 10, became the world's youngest divorcee. She was married off to a man three times her age that regularly beat and raped her. Her in-laws assisted him in this task. She pleaded her father to take her away. But he refused. What happens to his own child after marriage is none of his business. The easiest way to get rid of a burden of a daughter is to marry her off. After two months in hell, Nujood made a precarious escape and went to the courthouse where she demanded a divorce. The international media got a sniff of the story. The rest is history.
She was awarded Glamour magazine's "Woman of the Year" award. Countless newspapers heralded her as a hero, an icon, an inspiration of courage. Interviews were taken and she was globally applauded on every major American news channel. Delphine Minou documented her biography titled "I Am Nujood, Age 10 and Divorced", which became an instant international bestseller. Little did she know that she was being exploited a second time.
Today Nujood is back to where she started. In her father's home, poverty- stricken, reduced to begging. Her friends and family consider her an outcast. At the peak of her glory, Nujood had expressed her fervent desire to finish her education so she could become a lawyer. Today she has no money to pay for transport to go to school. While the success of her book has made Minou considerably richer, Nujood has not received any revenues. The Yemen government has confiscated her passport to prevent her from leaving the country for all the negative publicity she has caused.
News channels have not completely abandoned Nujood. They thrive on reporting her poor circumstances. Her back to poverty story is a sure winner for raising channels TRP'S. Everyone is outraged and horrified at the grave injustice. They discuss what the world is coming to. But Nujood remains a victim. The only thing that alarms me more than the obvious hypocrisy is the open display of it.
There used to live a Nujood in my own home and I'm ashamed to say that I could not protect her from suffering a similar fate.
Geeta came to live with us when I was 12. She was a year younger than me. Her mother was suffering from a terminal illness, her father was an alcoholic. She had three dependant siblings including a permanently lame brother and two little sisters. A sadistic and crabby grandmother completed the happy household. She was the sole breadwinner of the family. But she was also a little girl who wanted friends and pretty dresses. We became instant friends.
Both my parents had demanding careers. Thus I and brother were left in the charge of a nasty maid who had been in the household since I was a baby. My mother trusted her implicitly. Neither she, nor my father, had any idea as to the kind of violence that passed for discipline in her books. And we were too young to know better or protest any differently. So this maid (let's call her X) was a neighbor of Geeta's father in her village. She wanted someone easy and cheap to do mundane household chores. The father happily handed over his daughter in return for X agreeing to hand over Geeta's salary only to him.
Child Labour is banned by law in India. But almost every second middle-class household will have a teen employee. Apparently our house was no different. I and Geeta bonded mostly over our shared hatred of X. We had our tiffs as well. She was jealous that I got to go to school. I was jealous of how pretty she was. She had big chocolate colored eyes that twinkled in merriment every time I called her. It didn't take much to make Geeta happy. A toffee, a pencil or a hug and she would swoon. One time I commented on how silly she was and she, not knowing the meaning of the word silly, gave a wide smile. She had the most adorable dimples. But I was most jealous of her hair-thick, long and straight. How I hated my frizzy curly hair!
The first time I saw those brown eyes filled with tears was when X had a go at her with an umbrella. Her tiny body was black and blue everywhere. Once X had departed for her afternoon siesta, she gave in to uncontrollable sobs (crying in front of her would have resulted in more blows).I comforted her as best as I could. By evening she was waltzing merrily again.
Months passed. Geeta would get beaten up at least twice a week (though not as brutally), sometimes for not washing the clothes properly, sometimes for not mopping the house properly and so on. X's cane did not spare me either, though never as fatally. But when it struck, Geeta was always there with a big smile and a warm hug.
When my other "rich" friends came over to play, I always included Geeta in our games. They didn't mind. We were young then. The world had not prejudiced us yet. Occasionally Geeta's father would turn up to collect his due. She would ask earnestly how her mother's treatment was going. He would give a noncommittal reply and be off. It was much later I learned that every penny of her salary was paying for her father's indulgence in alcohol.
Geeta's mother is dead now. Her brother still cannot walk. She got married at 13 and had twins a year later. Her father is still an alcoholic. All this is word of mouth gossip since I have not seen her or heard from her after she left our home. Her father turned up at our doorstep one fine day and took her away. X said that he had found a suitable groom who had demanded less dowry than is usually norm. This was too good an opportunity to have her off his hands. I missed her terribly the first few days. But I consoled myself by thinking that at least she was out of X's reach. Now, post puberty, I realize X was a fuzzy teddy bear in comparison to the fate she sealed herself in.I don't know where Geeta lives or what the state of her life is now. But I do know the name of her village. Someday, soon, I will pay her a visit and tell her how infinitely happy my childhood had been because of her. Her right to a childhood had never been granted.


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June 2017 Elle Decoration magazine
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Corby 'Home Detention' Plan a Step Closer
Bali's celebrity prisoner Schapelle Corby and others may be a step closer to being sent home to serve their sentences following a meeting in Jakarta between the attorney general, Basrief Arief, and the secretary of the Australian attorney general's department, Roger Wilkins.
Australia has been pursuing the prisoner-transfer agreement for more than five years but Jakarta has argued such an agreement would require approval from the House of Representatives.
Wilkins discussed the long stalled prisoner exchange treaty last week with Arief, who was said by the Attorney General's Office spokesman Babul Khoir Harahap to have responded positively.
"The Australian government is asking for the exchange of prisoners, including Corby. The attorney general responded by saying that he agreed to the request," Babul said. "But we need to discuss the issue further with the Justice and Human Rights Ministry."
Basrief said the Corby case was not discussed in the meeting. The Australian is serving a 20-year prison term for smuggling drugs into Bali in 2004.
Under a prisoner-transfer agreement Corby and other Australians could be allowed to serve their prison terms in their own country, and vice versa.
The meeting also discussed extradition of Indonesian graft fugitive Adrian Kiki Ariawan, who has been in Australian detention since November 2008.
Ariawan was sentenced to life in prison for embezzling central bank funds while serving as a director of Bank Surya in 2002.Filed under: Headlines
29 Responses to "Corby 'Home Detention' Plan a Step Closer"
john Says:
January 18th, 2011 at 12:26 pm
Corby is guilty and does not want to go home to Australia. She loves the days out at the beach and the celebrity status. In Australia she will do real time in jail. This is all a charade.
Mark Ulyseas Says:
January 18th, 2011 at 8:54 pm
The Indonesian government should not waste money on the board & lodging of convicted drug criminals.
On being caught they (criminals) should be publicly whipped and then deported to their home country.
Further a website should be set up with details of the drug smuggler including mug shot, passport number and all other personal details warning all other countries of these merchants of death.
The money saved can be spent on the welfare of its citizens.
KD Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 12:45 am
Wow John, sounds like you smoked the entire bag of MJ that was found in Schapelle's bag. You might actually try studying facts next time before opening your pie hole.
Alicia Firestone Says:
January 19th, 2011 at 6:32 am
"John's" comment is completely bizarre, obviously he needs to take a bit more water with his whisky. The bottom line is the truth of this matter is hitting the Global newswires very, very soon – and a "Holiday" destination that locks up innocent tourists may want to take note of that.
Nedbo Says:
January 20th, 2011 at 8:21 am
John is correct, she is in the night clubs all the time. All the locals no it as do the expats. Just because you might think that she is innocent doesn't mean she is.
No time off in an Aussie jail each year. No getting your nails done at the beauty salon, no clubbing. Just cold hard time.
The facts, that you are all going on about are that she thinks she's a celebity, she thinks that she will make money out of this when released. The only fact is that she is as guilty as sin and deserves to rot. That's why she will never be granted clemency as she would have to admit guilt to be eligible. No money if she does.
Peter Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 5:14 am
John and Nebro, please show us the evidence. If Miss Corby was on the beach and at nightclubs as you purport, then there would be hundreds of photo's of taken by other clubbers or beachgoers of Bali's most famous prisoner.
Where are these photo's and name just one expat or local who has seen her out.
One photo and one name pleae.
Simba Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 7:55 am
Nedbo, you really have got NO idea whatsoever. It's obvious you have sucked in every lie that you, and everyone else, have been fed by the toxic media, and you have absolutely NO knowledge of the truth whatsoever. Get wise mate because you are making a total fool of yourself with every word you write.
scott Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 9:05 am
do you really think a person should rot in jail for the rest of there life for possessing pot,if you do your worse for human kind than any pot smuggler!take a hard look at yourself and and at what you are saying because karma will get you for being so harsh,one day you might need someone to help you and you better hope they are not as judgemental as you are.
steve Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 11:28 am
oh poor corby cry cry boo who, thats what happens when you stuff up and try it too many times you get caught. there allways was a high demand for decent pot for expats and tourists.too many people haver there ear muffs and blinkers on regarding corby.there there poor schapelle poor girl so misunderstood,so sad cry cry
steve Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 12:04 pm
johns on the ball
Roy Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 8:38 pm
Oh poor Steve, boo hoo, another mislead and heartless individual who has NO knowledge of the truth whatsoever.
Sue Holder Says:
January 21st, 2011 at 10:31 pm
Some of the people on here are animals, absolute animals. To invent lies about a mentally ill woman in serious trouble in a hell hole is sick, twisted an vile. Quite simply, the scum of the earth.
Those who enjoy her agony: karma, you animals, karma. It will come for you.
As for the Bali Times, the usual foul propaganda is forthcoming. "Corby 'Home Detention' Plan a Step Closer". Why would ANYONE with ANY objectivity place a headline like that? The usual spiteful ex-pat bile. You are despised by people who come across this rag from across the world, and you make the ex-pats in Bali despised too. Karma is coming.
Mark Wright Says:
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:44 am
Yuk. Bali Times smearing and bad mouthing Schapelle Corby, AGAIN.
Yeh, Alicia is right too. The international community is awaking to what Bali does to innocent people, and how it is enjoyed so much by the twisted locals, who also suck on the local economy.
angelina Says:
January 22nd, 2011 at 12:28 pm
i myself have seen corby and several of the bali nine out an about in bali i live in bali and can tell you they get whatever they want if they got the money they can go out for a day or night have whatevere they like
steve Says:
January 22nd, 2011 at 2:51 pm
sue thats a bit extreme youre getting yourself worked up and clouding your judgement,this is a public forum for our comments,what are you doing reading this paper the paper you detest so stongly and people with different veiws than yours,
Simba Says:
January 22nd, 2011 at 5:40 pm
Angelina, not sure what drugs you are smoking, but I happen to know Schapelle and her family very well. I can absolutely assure you and everyone else that, apart from 2 trips to and from hospital, and a trip to the dentist, Schapelle has NOT been out of the prison since she last appeared in court, years ago.
Laura Hart Says:
January 23rd, 2011 at 1:19 am
She is innocent you foul creatures. She is a mentally ill woman, suffering beyond endurance.
And we have here the lowest form of humanity rejoicing in that torture, inventing lies, and buying the malicious propaganda of which is spewed out regularly by this gutter rag.
The 'Bali Times' is performing a job here, for their masters, in promoting any lie or smear they can against this broken woman. It is simnply disgusting for the outside world to see.
james wilson Says:
January 26th, 2011 at 3:53 am
She will be dead soon, then Bali will be in the limelite forever;k you barbarians
Murray Says:
January 27th, 2011 at 6:19 pm
Simba is correct. I visited Schapelle in Kerobokan the afternoon she was taken to hospital in May 2009. And believe me it is a HUGE deal to get her out of prison. The police escort has to be there. Australian Consulate staff are present. More guards have to be on alert. Everything has to be synchronised. Media are tipped off… To those who say Schapelle is getting out on visits because she flips a guard some bribe money, I can only laugh. You are either liars, have terrible eyesight, or you are utterly gullible. Ludicrous.
terri Says:
January 31st, 2011 at 2:26 pm
Leave the girl alone. You dont know if she did or didnt. I dont believe she gets out whenever. She isnt well anyway
Andrew Says:
February 14th, 2011 at 2:18 am
8. Scott – Very well put! Let's keep her "SUPPOSED" crime in perspective. Those of you freaks that condemn Schapelle as if she is a mass mordered – read post #8.
Ted Says:
February 14th, 2011 at 4:55 am
Many of us in America support Shapelle whether she is innocent or not. I beleive she is because the trial was handled by incompetent people. Either way she has done more than enough time. Lets get her the hell out of there and no one should ever go to Indonesia again.
isabelle Says:
February 18th, 2011 at 4:16 pm
i cannot believe so many people (especially Men) condemning schapelle. at her age she should be having a normal life with children, family and friends surrounding her. instead she is wasting her life in hell, getting more and more frustrated and lonely. is she not punished enough? let her go home!! by the way, i do think she is innocent!
andrea Says:
February 22nd, 2011 at 9:55 pm
OMG, what is it with you lot. I don't believe for 1 second she is guilty. She should be out and so what if she makes some money out of it. So she should to look after herself when she is our. I am in the UK and recently read her book. I want to send her some things to the prison. Am worried she won;t receive it. And those animals who lock her up will enjoy my gifts to her? any where to send it too.
Betty Says:
March 6th, 2011 at 1:30 am
It is nice to sit at home in a comfortable armchair and without having enough knowledge about the case – condemn somebody. How it is easy to write: ' Schapelle will stay in prison for the rest of her life". Shame on you who write something so cruel without thinking and finding out first !We all should know something to give an opinion, not only speculate or write total rubbish.I was reading the book about her,I search information in the net to know the latest news about Schapelle and I pray even every day for her release. She has suffered already too much, which being innocent has been even more unbearable.Each of us could have found themselves in a situation like hers. She just was unlucky. I admire her. She is a very strong woman. I am also strong but I know I wouldn't bear in such conditions. I would rather give up my life. Shapelle one day you will be free !! I do believe in it and I am with you. With my thoughts and my heart…..
Betty from Poland
yvette Says:
March 12th, 2011 at 4:08 pm
I am from Canada but was in OZ when this happened to Shapelle and followed the entire case. There is no way she did this….the court case was a JOKE and all evidence was destroyed. Her urine samples were clean, why would ANYONE take a HUGE bag of weed to Bali when you can get it CHEEP CHEEP CHEEP. I pray for justice and her freedom…..She will never be the same woman again….so very sad!
hila Says:
March 13th, 2011 at 7:56 am
I have seen the doco' movie on Schapeel. It's not right! Indonezia's justice system is corrupted!!!!! they simply didnt want to admit that there are indonezian people who use tourist so they can smuggle drugs! I hope they will let her come home this year!
Tim Says:
March 28th, 2011 at 11:41 pm
Angelina you are full of s*it.
Obviously you have no life so have to make up lies.. Unless you think her sister is Schapelle? maybe you are that dumb that you have seen Mercedes out and think it's Schapelle.
I have seen her sister about town a few times and I don't think they really look alike. her sister alway's seems to be in good company with plenty of friends. She looks like a nice girl who is liked by the people around her.
jen Says:
March 31st, 2011 at 10:23 pm
What is happening surely the amount of money the australian government has contributed to refugee, and donated to indonesia, that a hand shake can be sorted and she can be instantly bought back to australia
this poor girl – is political mule


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Come to Broken Hill this coming August to see where it all started, learn about and celebrate the beginnings of Natural Regeneration in Australia.
In 1937 Albert Morris, his wife Margaret Morris, the Barrier Field Naturalists and 3 Mining Companies made history by starting the first professional scale natural regeneration project in Australia and possibly the world. This was inspired by Albert's long held dream to fence an area '1/2 a mile wide around the town of Broken Hill' to counter extreme dust storms and sand drift caused by overgrazing.
The Australian Association of Bush Regenerators (AABR) along with local community members is planning a few days of tours, field work and an awards dinner to celebrate this remarkable 80 years.
The idea is similar to other 'regen holidays' where visitors can contribute some regen work for two mornings (optional) and locals will run special tours of the reserves explaining the history and current management of this amazing project. After lunch we will be able to visit a range of activities including historical & art exhibitions, movies and a heritage tour.
There are many places of natural beauty to appreciate near Broken Hill as well as its rich union and mining history to explore.
Options for travel will include train, minibus or private cars. The train can be caught from Katoomba. Those travelling on minibuses will be on an organised tour – price details coming later – including an extra field trip on the way (Nyngan waterponding), and van park accommodation and transport within Broken Hill.
More details will be on the AABR website soon www.aabr.org.au If you wish to talk to someone local about the plan, contact Lyndal at the Bushcare office on 47805623 or email email@example.com


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Thursday, October 14, 2010
New Diplomat In Residence Arrives
Florida A&M University (FAMU) welcomes its newly selected Diplomat-In-Residence, Jay Smith. Smith is charged with building awareness and attracting students' interest in the U.S. Department of State and the Foreign Service at career fairs and other programs implemented.
"I want to take every opportunity available to reach out and speak to the students," said Smith. "Educate them on what it is we do, what we can offer them in a way of a career and try to recruit some bright young people to come in behind me."
Smith received his bachelor's of art from the University of Notre Dame in 1975. He was invited to attend the United States Army War College as a State Department officer from 1994 to 1995 and successfully completed the course of study given to senior military officers in senior leadership studies.
Smith has served extensively overseas, performing services across the spectrum of Foreign Service skills. He began his career in 1981 in Lilongwe, Malawi and went on to serve in Indonesia, France, the Democratic Republic of Congo (Zaire), the Philippines, Romania, Haiti and – most recently – Senegal where he served alternately as Chargé d'Affaires and Deputy Chief of Mission.
Smith was promoted into the Senior Foreign Service in 2003 and now holds the personal rank of Minister-Counselor. His service has been recognized with two individual Superior Honor awards, two group Superior Honor awards and one individual Meritorious Honor award. He speaks French, Indonesian (Bahasa) and Romanian.
Smith insists that FAMU students have an advantage because he is stationed on campus and concurrently serving as a diplomat for the east coast region.
"I'm looking for people who are open-minded, bright and who are open to working overseas," said Smith. "They must be resilient and dedicated."
Smith and his wife of 34 years, the former Jacqueline Billy of Saumur, France, have five children.
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Design Diary Profile
Posted on January 7, 2012
in Miscellany
A big thanks for Kelli Delaney for profiling us in her design diary! Kelli has an incredible blog about the Hamptons. I hope you'll enjoy her profile of us and check out the rest of her site. It's chock o'block full of great of everything happening in the hamptons.
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Researchers in New Brunswick Scientific's in-house labs have developed a unique control strategy to achieve high antibiotic expression levels in a pilot-scale fermentation process of Streptomyces hygroscopicus. Using the BioFlo 6000 fermentor's on-line controller with touchscreen interface augmented by the powerful supervisory capabilities of AFSBioCommand software, scientists were successful in optimizing the culture environment for rapamycin production. Harvested dry cell weight recovered from the 100 liter fermentor was over 25 grams/L; intracellular rapamycin production was over 110 milligrams/L; and fermentation time was reduced by almost a day to 120 hours.
Streptomyces expresses a variety of secondary metabolites, such as rapamycin, which are used in medical and biological applications. During fermentation, dense mycelia are produced, which are highly variable in phenotype and especially susceptible to changing conditions during cultivation. Formation of secondary metabolites is usually favored by sub-optimal cell growth conditions. Nutrient transfer problems can restrict the metabolism of the culture, and a high oxygen transfer rate (OTR) is always required. Therefore, it was necessary to develop a fermentation protocol which allowed for initial cell growth to a sufficient density as to facilitate the production of large quantities of the antibiotic, while preventing the culture from becoming so dense as to interfere with its ability to obtain vital nutrients and oxygen for the production of rapamycin.
Materials and Methods
Seed inoculum of Streptomyces hygroscopicus NBS-9746, selected from ATCC 29253 cell strain, was cultured in an Innova 4300 incubator shaker, then transferred to a 10 L BioFlo IV bench fermentor, and fina lly to a BioFlo 6000 Mobile Pilot Plant fermentor equipped with an ML-6100 touch-screen controller and 100 L working volurne vessel, (all equipment manufactured by New Brunswick Scientific, Edison, NJ). NBS' proprietary AFS-BioCommand software was used to control a multi-loop cascade strategy, wherein each of four process parameters were altered in sequence so as to maintain the desired D.O. level. Capable of managing up to eight fermentors, bioreactors, or ancillary instruments, this software automates the tedious and error-prone jobs of logging data, computing real and derived process values, and altering setpoints on the basis of time or metabolic events. In this study, AFS-BioCommand was programmed to maintain a D.O. level of 30% of air saturation by automatically increasing agitation rates from 200 to 450 rpm, then vessel pressure from 0.35 to 0.75 bar, aeration rate from 0.5 to 1 VVM and simultaneously shifting temperature from 28C to 25C, when D.O. fell below its setpoint. Based on optimization studies conducted on the bench level, pH was maintained between 6.2 and 6.8. A deadband was easily configured by using the local controller for the low setpoint and the supervisory control software for the high setpoint.
Utilizing the multi-loop cascade strategy provided several benefits. First and foremost, D.O. was able to be maintained at optimal rates for production of rapamycin, a feat unable to be accomplished using a single loop control strategy ( see figure ). Agitation rates could also be significantly reduced, to minimize shear forces and enable higher yields of both cells and secondary metabolites.
Temperature was also lowered from that optimal for culture growth to the optimal range for rapamycin production. The lower temperature had the side benefit of slowing cell growth, thereby decreasing oxygen demands, which h elped to maintain the high D.O. levels.
For details of this study and further information on our bioprocessing supervisory software, speak with your local NBS representative. To discuss how you can put the expertise of our in-house researchers to work on your next process development, optimization, or contract production project, contact Dr. Julia Cino at 800-631-5417, by fax to 732-287-4222, or via e-mail at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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From: firstname.lastname@example.com
Date: Mon Feb 10 1997 - 12:15:21 EST
In a message dated 97-02-10 10:51:52 EST, you write:
Isodoros wrote
<< How lesser the richer we all as culture perhaps we are. And
how many generations of scholars were lost because certain
grammarians were overly jealous in their yearning for specificity,
and narrow-mindedness, and attachment, for representing "fully" and
"accurately" this language? How many thousands, millions of peoples
were discouraged from going on to learning it, in spite of the great
energy invested by faithful, hard working touto-rs and scholars? >>
As much as I appreciate hyperbole, I don't think that accents are all that
much of a disouragment. On the other hand, since the accents were not part
of the original text, I think that it is a good idea to consider what the
text would look like without accents (or even spacing). It may open up some
alternate interpretations.
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There are so many great reasons to transform your office into a green machine. But if you're afraid that it's going to make you a hippy tree-hugger, be brave and keep reading! Green offices are often happier places to work. They will save you money, keep your staff healthy and give you a warm glow because you're helping the world. And it's so easy, so why not go green?
Here at Sacred Grounds, we're as green as it gets. So if we can do it, anyone can! Here are our tips…
10 Ways to make your office green
1. Cuppa care
Our number one has to be… please, please, please buy organic/fairtrade coffee and tea! It's such an easy way to support poor farmers across the world while ensuring a quality/clean cuppa hot goodness.
Chemical-free coffee and tea will make everyone in the office healthier and happier because, as we all know, organic is the best! And if you're not convinced, then you're in luck! Check out our post, 5 Reasons to drink organic coffee, for more info.
2. Recycle/Reuse
We all know this one. It's been around for ages and we're pretty good at doing this at home because our councils provide fancy bins. But how does your office go recycling and reusing products? At Sacred Grounds, like everyone else, we recycle paper waste but we also make sure that our coffee bags are reused.
We love repurposing things, so we turn our coffee bags into funky things like stools, pillows and art while our hessian bags are donated to the kings of recycling, Reverse Garbage. We also transform our pallets into amazing pieces of furniture! You should try it.
3. Curb that printing!
Thanks to the good old internet / computers, we no longer have to read printed documents or manually file pesky paper in large metal cabinets. Nope, you can do it all on your computer. So although it sounds impossible to have a paperless office, it's really not that far away.
At Sacred Grounds we print off a only a few things but when we have to, we use recycled paper. Having said that, we do try to limit printing because it's really not necessary anymore.
4. Electricity usage
The cost of electricity has sky-rocketed in the past few years so watching your usage is not only great for the environment but for your hip pocket. There are a few simple ways that you can cut your electricity bill significantly while creating a greener office.
* Turn lights off when not in use (clearly the easiest of all the energy-saving tips!)
* Swap old style bulbs for the new energy efficient variety (for more information go to Livinggreener.gov.au)
* 'Sleep' your computer when you're not using it. This is an easy way to help you save money and instantly give your office a greener tinge.
5. Work from home
While it's great to be a part of that office excitement, tell your boss that working from home can help turn the office a lot greener. You save on transport and electricity all at once. According to mnn.com, businesses can save up to $10,000 per year, per full-timer by allowing them to work from home.
It also makes employees happier and more productive and with programs like Skype, you're still able to feel part of a team, part of the office without physically being there. Sounds like a smart way to work!
6. Go green, literally!
Add some leafy greens to your office. Plants will not only give your office a relaxing, happy vibe, but they will help purify the air. You'd think that with cleaner air there'd be less sick days too. Bonus!
Plants reduce mould, bacteria and dust making your office a healthier place for everyone. They're also pretty to look at when you're having a bad day or just need a bit of inspiration. Win-win!
7. Walk, ride or hitch
While we don't condone hitching a lift from strangers, thumb out and all that, getting a lift from a co-worker is a great way to green up your life. You can bond, talk about your day, the kids, your work while saving on petrol/emissions. Or if you live close by, why not hop on a bike, scooter or get all old-fashioned and walk.
Alternatively, hop on a bus/train/tram. You'll save money, the environment and maybe even make a new friend. Good times.
8. Chemicals
An easy way to keep nasties out of your office is by choosing healthy cleaning products. There are so many on the market these days. Some companies have found that buying non-toxic cleaners has actually saved them money. The office will smell amazing (none of that choking chemical smell) while staying clean and shiny.
9. Food glorious food
When you have business lunches/snacks/parties, try and buy Fairtrade Organic produce. While it's difficult to go completely organic with things like cakes, there are heaps of options out there for meals and healthy chemical-free snacks to choose from.
This will not only benefit the rest of the world, but your staff! Healthier workers are more productive, happier and have less sick days.
10. Don't forget your e-waste
A lot of us are confused about how to get rid of old computers, tablets and everything electronic. But it's easier than you think! Most companies don't recycle their ewaste which ultimately ends up rotting oh-so slowly at the tip.
But the Australian Government has the National Television and Computer Recycling Scheme where small businesses and households can drop off computers, TVs, printers and such at certain drop off points. There are also a lot of companies that specialise in ewaste recycling that bigger businesses can use to reduce their stockpiles.
What ways has your office turned green? Share your tips!


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The Election Commission of Pakistan (ECP) has issued the code of conduct for the Senate elections tomorrow.
According to the code, the members of national and provincial assemblies are required to bring their secretariat cards along in order to cast votes. In addition, mobile phones will not be allowed near polling station. Also, vote is to be cast secretly.
Regarding the ballot papers, according to the code of conduct, the use of fake ballot paper will result in legal consequences. The Returning Officers, who have been given the powers of magistrates, will have the power to take immediate action if anyone is found taking ballot paper out of the station or handing the same over to an unauthorized individual. The RO can also cancel the ballot paper altogether.
In the elections, 5 candidates from Islamabad are contesting on 2 seats, 20 candidates from Punjab on 12 seats, 33 candidates from Sindh on 12 seats, 26 candidates from KPK on 11 seats, 23 candidates from Balochistan for 11 seats, and 24 candidates from FATA on 4 seats. 1600 ballot papers for Punjab, 800 for Sindh, 600 for KPK, 300 for Balochistan, 800 for Islamabad and 50 for FATA have been printed. Thirteen candidates are in the run for general seats. Similarly, eight candidates are contesting election on women and five on technocrat seats.
The Rangers and FC personnel will be deployed outside the polling stations. The polling will begin at 9am and continue till 5pm without break. The ROs will declare provisional results in the evening on the same day.


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Willie Nelson. Janis Joplin. Stevie Ray Vaughan. A diverse trio of superstars with one thing in common: They all have their roots in Austin. But in the 30 years since Vaughan stormed the charts with his signature brand of electrifying blues-rock, who else has emerged from this buzzing music hub? Is anybody really waiting with baited breath for the next release by Spoon, the alt-rockers whose biggest claim to fame is penning the soundtrack to the Will Ferrell dramedy Stranger than Fiction in 2006? Story by Bryan Rolli
Photos by Tess Cagle
Many Austin advocates blind themselves to the fact that today's musical climate is almost completely unrecognizable from the days of yore. As the city streets become more congested with starry-eyed hopefuls looking to strike gold, one disconcerting question looms: Is there actually any capital left to be made in the "Live Music Capital of the World?"
Aspiring musicians move to Austin in such staggering numbers that the city cannot possibly house them all. One glance at the weekly live listing in any local publication makes it painfully clear that venues are filled to the brim with one nameless act after another. But just like a tree that falls in an empty forest fails to make a sound, the racket stirred up by these newcomers often falls on unengaged listeners, with nothing to distinguish one act from the next.
Thanks to this earsplitting din, artists have a new, unenviable task — breaking through the equally (and sometimes more) talented clutter surrounding them. Stellar songwriting and captivating stage presence no longer cut it by themselves; listeners can find that by spending five minutes on Sixth Street. Instead, these up-and-comers have to show potential audiences why they should give a damn in the first place.
Tyson Swindell, owner and general manager of esteemed live music venue Red 7, considers this just a regular part of the music business game. "That's the musician's struggle. It's like, 'What the fuck can I do to break through to these people or to open my band up to a new audience?' If you're smart, at least, [those are] the things that you're thinking about," he says.
Pursuing dreams of fame and fortune requires thick skin and an ironclad will to persevere, of which Austin electronic artist Roger Sellers is well aware. He thinks artists moving here and expecting a meteoric rise to the top are only fooling themselves and instead need to be ready to pay their dues. "I believe that persistence and just getting used to failing is such a large part of being successful as a musician," he says. "Just getting used to fucking failure and knowing that one flaw or one huge mistake is not the be-all, end-all. And I think that a lot of people that will just do this immediately and get popular, they're not trained in that philosophy."
This means dedicating hundreds, if not thousands, of hours to honing one's craft, developing the perfect stage show and enduring plenty of glorified practice sessions masqueraded as "gigs" where the only audience member is the one working the sound board. In the midst of such vicious competition, the only way for artists beginning to ignite their careers to ingrain themselves in a listener's brain is to become omnipresent, snatching every available open mic night, unpaid gig and lousy opening slot on another local show. In a city with so much disposable music, great live bands have become a dime a dozen. One electrifying show isn't enough to pique long-term interest, and Austinites won't remember anything that isn't shoved down their throats.
Sounds simple enough, right? Play tons of shows, and make audiences remember you. But the next step can seem pretty counterintuitive: Stop playing.
Swindell warns against the dangers of becoming too available: "The number one thing that I tell musicians in Austin is to not overplay. And that is so easy to do because there's so many cool bands here, there's so many cool venues, and bands are constantly coming through on tour. It's really easy to play five times a month, or six times a month, but that doesn't do you any good," he advises.
Instead, Swindell encourages bands to take four or five weeks off between shows to write new material, develop a more interesting theme for their live set and let audiences replenish their appetites and wallets. "We're spoiled rotten as concertgoers," he says, adding that the abundance of live music has desensitized audiences. "We just know, 'Hey, there's a show that such-and-such band is playing tonight. Ah, well, they'll be back in two months, let's be honest.'"
Artists in Austin face a unique paradox. First, they have to play nonstop to build a fan base, but then they have to remain "fresh" by cutting back on their live performances. Just one problem — bills don't pay themselves, and musicians still have to find ways to make ends meet in their downtime.
For Sellers, the solution lies in leaving Austin. "This is a great town to be doing well in. I can sincerely believe that. But once you do, you gotta get out of it. There's other places, and there's only so much this town can do for you locally. It can get you started, and I think after that you gotta figure something else out," he says.
By this point, Austin's reputation precedes itself. The self-appointed "Live Music Capital of the World" lures countless artists into its confines, each looking to triumph where so many have failed before them. But does this city even deserve such a prestigious title anymore? Sellers doesn't think so. "It's the 'Live Local Music Capital.' There's no fuckin' doubt about it. This place has an unbelievable amount of venues here, and they're always booked, because people want to get booked," he says.
Thanks to this glut of performers, Austin operates by different standards than most other music meccas, such as New York and Los Angeles, and "fame" is a relative term. Often artists who find success here have trouble breaking nationally, or even regionally, and vice versa. "We're in this weird, cloistered musical world in Austin that you don't really get to see which bands are actually doing that [making it big], because there's so much going on here that a band that has actually broken through on the national scene … is playing to 20 people somewhere in Austin. But somewhere else, they're playing to 150," Swindell says.
Sellers thinks the City's reputation for live music stigmatizes local artists and trivializes the value of high-quality recordings. "What I hear most of the time locally on a record is a band doing what they do live, and then having a producer try to make them sound good," he observes. "It's very rare that I hear really incredible artistic merit in an album that's local. And maybe that's why local albums don't sell, because people think it's gonna be bullshit anyway."
As negative as this all may sound, Austin is far from an impenetrable fortress of apathetic concertgoers, middling musicians and tightfisted venues. The city has maintained its status as one of the world's premiere music hubs for a reason, namely all of the resources it has to offer aspiring artists.
"There's a hidden tool every couple steps of the maze or whatever, and if you're going the right direction, you're picking up the right stuff, then [it will] probably be easier for you to get to the next level," Swindell believes. He still considers South By Southwest one of the best learning opportunities available, despite the myriad claims of over-corporatism and legendary artists stealing the spotlight. "You can go to seminars about how to make your band more marketable. You can learn from the best in the industry, and those are things that I suggest bands take advantage of while they're here, 'cause they're invaluable. You can't do that other places," he says.
Sellers believes Austinites still have the ability to acknowledge and appreciate genuine talent. "People are understanding of musical brilliance in this town. People understand what real music is here, I think, a lot more than other places. Bullshit can't really swing by in this town like it can in Houston, it can in Dallas and San Antonio. It just won't work here," he claims.
Will Kauber, guitarist of Austin math-rock/folk hybrid Hikes, takes a Darwinian approach to the extreme competition among musicians in the city. "I think it's really positive that the scene's oversaturated or whatever, because it means that the ones that rise to the top truly have [been] put through the evolutionary rung," he says.
Stardom is no guarantee, especially in a city where every voice is clamoring to be heard. But if the bar for success keeps getting higher, one can rest assured knowing that those who do rise to the top have endured their fair share of trials and deserve their newfound success.
After all, pressure creates diamonds.


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This website (Ciaoflora.vn) and its services are powered by Ciaoflora Việt Nam, the best service of flowers in Việt Nam, an official member of Interflora worldwide.
Flowers itself is not expensive, but Ciaoflora - a worldwide floral service, understand our products means a lot to you and the one your care. As a member of Interflora worldwide, we are very proud to be your messenger. Every single order is a important mission to us. Therefore, we have experienced florists, reputed suppliers, friendly delivery staffs and advanced order systems, ensuring that each and every one is of the very best quality, created with care and presented with a smile to delight every recipient.
Orders are placed within Vietnam – or sent from Vietnam to anywhere in the world through Ciaoflora Headquarters in Saigon (so called Ho Chi Minh City). Ciaoflora's integrity is supported by the "Interflora Guarantee" which guarantees "the freshness, flower quality and value of each Interflora relay order".
As a member of Interflora worldwide (ID 292), Ciaoflora Việt Nam is leading online flower service of Vietnam - which can not only offer express flower delivery (within 2-3 hours of ordering) and same day delivery but worldwide flower delivery too. We have been experts in expressing emotions through international and local flower delivery for nearly 10 years and understand the importance of getting your flowers delivered with care.
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Interflora Pacific Unit Limited was formed in New Zealand in 1952 and is a Co-operative Company registered in New Zealand under the Co-operative Companies Act 1996. It is owned by its member florists, currently 200 in New Zealand and 120 'overseas members' in Hong Kong, Singapore, Malaysia, China, Macau, Myanmar, Indonesia, Brunei, Cambodia, Cook Islands, Fiji Islands, Tonga, Vietnam and Samoa.
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