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Session IIIb Questions and Answers
DR. ROACH: Yes, Steve Roach from Food and Animal Concern Trust. Doctor Silley, I thought your description of the problems of the surveillance system were very good. And I've tried to work with some of that data before and I have the same problem in making comparisons. I think the problem where you mix clinical and slaughter isolates together like in DANMAP, causes problems, because it just makes it very difficult to know what's happening.
But I just had a question or a comment related to your statement about the high level of cephalosporin resistance in the poultry industry. You know, for years I had the same problem that you had, it seemed really odd that you had this -- where you're finding a lot of the CTXM, or the extended spectrum data --- in the poultry it wasn't approved for there, but I think at least from discussions I've had with some of the people looking at risk management in Europe, is that in fact there was quite a bit of use and probably is still ongoing on use of cephalosporins in broiler hatcheries. And as somebody from IFAH you may have some information on that as well.
DR. SILLEY: I guess I can only really comment on the fact that there aren't any approvals. If it's used then it's clearly it's off-label use but I'm not a veterinarian, I'm a microbiologist, and I'm simply actually looking up the data. Clearly it must be coming from somewhere. You know, that's a reasonable assumption, but the actual data of where it's coming from remains to be seen.
DR. ROACH: I think, at least the information I've read, at least the broiler industry in the Netherlands hasn't --- having you said it, have agreed to ceased to use it, so -- so, there is some information besides just speculation on where it's coming from.
DR. M'IKANATHA: I just want clarification, when you showed isolates, clinical isolates and wild isolates, were you comparing across the species or were the clinical isolates from pigs versus the non-clinical isolates from pigs?
DR. SILLEY: Yes.
DR. M'IKANATHA: Which one is which? Are you talking about human isolates?
DR. SILLEY: No, no. All the data that I've actually shown you today is all been animal data.
DR. M'IKANATHA: Oh. But the temporal relationship, at least here in the U.S. that we conduct surveillance on, comparing the element of resistance within the isolates that in for example poultry, then the temporal is only human isolates not on the poultry isolates. But anyway that's number one.
Number two, the problem you showed about the change of cut-off point that is very well known that in surveillance if you change the case of definitions you must apply the data that were being analyzed using the old case definitions and then cutting forward showing that the other data you analyzed you are using now a new case definition.
I don't think there should be, and you might consider that, any need at all to say you have to standardize data across the countries. You can if you start to use a new surveillance system, but each country I think the data will vary and what is important at least in surveillance is looking at the trend over time. So even if you're using a different cut-off point and I'm using a different cut-off point, as long as we're looking at the trend, the data should still provide useful information. Thank you.
DR. SILLEY: That's absolutely correct. However, if you actually don't understand that and if you simply go to a report from a national surveillance program, and you look at the headline resistance right, and you don't go any further, then actually you're not comparing like with like. And I agree with you completely. But I think if we're actually looking to harmonize so we talk a common language, and I applaud what EASSA is trying to do, in the presentation that we had earlier.
The only concern I have there is whether we're actually using the right cut-off values because for example if you look at the EASSA report and you look at the data for the Netherlands, for Salmonella resistance, E. coli resistance, and you compare that with the MARAN report for the national surveillance, you get two different figures. So, it is somewhat confusing.
DR. LYNFIELD: Ruth Lynfield, Minnesota Department of Health and IDSA. I was not aware actually about this epidemiological definition for non-susceptibility. And I'm wondering if you can answer a couple of questions for me.
Is the -- you show some nice graphs where there are clearly was a difference in populations. It that always the case? Is there a general approach that you take by using a proportion, something doesn't make the 90th percentile, then it goes over in the other camp? And what are the data that support an approach that you have a wild-type if it is a certain proportion versus another?
DR. SILLEY: A lot of it depends actually on the resistance mechanisms that for the particular drug. Because if you take the easy one with fluoroquinolones and you got first and second staph mutations, then you can clearly define those things. That's pretty straight forward.
But I think there's a lot of work that still needs to be done. And in fact, the presentation that Jeff Watts gave from CLSI and the XO8 report, is actually trying to grapple with that. And actually -- to actually link how we do define those wild-type cut-off values.
DR. LYNFIELD: So, I guess I wonder why do we need to do that. Why not use the clinical breakpoints. If we use it for human medicine and this way we can compare what we see in human medicine, we'll be using the same language.
DR. SILLEY: A very quick answer, we're running out of time. I agree with you completely, why can't we use the clinical breakpoints.
DR. CARATTOLI: Can I comment? We don't use it because it --- micro organisms that adopted the bacteria starts with a very low MIC, that this means that they are prone to develop, to survive this special environment like the intestinal track, and so they can develop resistance very soon. So with the speed and with the positive selection that you don't expect. So what can we do with this.
DR. SILLEY: And I think that's right. And I was sort of being a little tongue in cheek when I said yes, let's just use clinical breakpoints. I think the issue is depending what is the question because there are two separate things. The clinician needs to know about resistance from the clinical perspective and therefore is the drug that he's actually prescribe got a chance at working. The epidemiologist and those of us interested in actual resistance development actually need to actually look to use that fine turning to actually see those things.
So, I made the point that the epidemiological cut-off value is a value, it clearly is. And I think what we should be looking at is both. We should be using both.
My big concern is don't call resistance that which is determined by the epidemiological cut-off value. It's decreased susceptibility, it's not resistance because the public at large relate resistance to something that's actually not going to work. And I think the great danger is we're not communicating the right things to the people outside.
So, I would like to use both and clearly determine decrease susceptibility as being different to clinical resistance.
DR. LYNFIELD: Well, the one last comment I want to make, I mean obviously it's a very complicated area, but that's what I am concerned about, is there are so many different resistance mechanisms. There are also different ways of conducting susceptibility testing. And if you're just looking at the MIC, is that MIC from a broth micro dilution, is that from a disk, and that -- or is it from an E-test, they all may have some different breakpoints as well. So, it is a tricky area.
DR. McDERMOTT: Just in case you thought we might be getting closer to harmonization, I wanted to point out that in NARMS when we don't have clinical breakpoints we set our cut-off values at the lower end of the resistant population, just so that we can have even less harmonization perhaps. But really it's because FDA incorporates CLSI standards by reference so we've always had a preference for the CLSI approach to defining resistant populations.
So, if you look at say our Campylobacter where there are no clinical breakpoints that have been established in the standard way with the three datasets, we use --- breakpoint at 32 which is right at the lower end of the resistant breakpoint.
It wouldn't matter too much if we use the top end of the susceptible breakpoint but in some cases, as you point out, it could make a big difference.
I vote for non-wild-type if we want to vote on terminology because I think you imply even with decrease susceptibility only a lab -- perhaps only a laboratory measure. But harmonization is a huge issue, Peter, as you pointed out.
DR. SILLEY: And I just think one final comment, I think it just invites the point that Pat made in answer to a question earlier, and the only reason that I was able to actually do some of this analysis was because the national surveillance programs in Europe actually publish, largely publish susceptibility profiles. So you can actually see the susceptibility distributions. And if you got the distributions you can actually start doing the analysis however where you want.
My big concern really is this use of this word resistance and we're very careful about how we use, or we should be careful about how we use it. And I believe very strongly it should be simply related to clinical resistance and we should use something different in terms of that which is branded by the wild-type distribution.
But I would encourage people to publish that sort of susceptibility distribution and I think by doing that then we've actually got a way forward. And which is what Pat suggested earlier. And thankfully most of our European surveillance at least does it that way, and that's a very positive thing.
DR. CARATTOLI: Thank you very much, Peter. So, this session is completed now. We can change. Thank you.


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Protesters gathered locally and nationwide outside Walmart stores to protest the practice of gestational crating.
Here in Lubbock, shoppers pulled up to the Walmart on Marsha Sharp to a display of a giant inflatable pig locked in a narrow crate with sores and cuts.
The advocacy group wants the supermarket chain to refuse pork products from companies who crate their sows throughout their pregnancies. The group calls the practice cruel and has even gone undercover to expose the practice.
According to Jeni Haines, campaign coordinator for Mercy for Animals, "Numerous Mercy For Animals investigations have documented pregnant pigs confined in filthy metal crates so small they can't even turn around or lie down comfortable for almost their entire lives."
Mercy for Animals wants Walmart to refuse to sell pork from these suppliers as they say other major supermarkets have done.
Animal advocacy group Evolutus is working with Mercy for Animals and says that gestational crating "has been widely condemned by veterinarians and leading farm animal welfare experts."
Evolutus says the practice "has been banned in nine U.S. states and the entire European Union."
Walmart spokesperson Danit Marquardt issued the following statement in response to the protests:
"This is a complicated issue. We're listening closely to points of view from farmers, food manufacturers, animal rights organizations, customers and others. We think constructive dialogue and a collaborative approach is the right path to the right solution. We hold our suppliers to the highest standards and do not tolerate animal mistreatment."
Dave Warner of the National Pork Producers Council says gestational crating is actually the most humane way to house pregnant sows.
"They allow for individual care to sows and eliminate aggression from other pregnant sows. The vast majority of hog farmers use gestation stalls for at least some part of the sow's gestating years," he says.
Warner says this does not mean the sows are kept in crates throughout their lives.
Warner says the purpose of the National Pork Producers Council is to "champion pork producers' choice to raise and care for their animals they way they think is best."
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He's of my favorite songwriters, composers, musicans and singers, and one of my earliest musical passions from beyond my own shores. With the absolutely essential Malicorne, in his duo work with Marie Yacoub, in his solo work for the last decade and now in collaboration with Sylvie Berger, Gabriel Yacoub has forged new paths for French music, always holding true to his roots but never hesitating to expand, explore or explode the myth of tradition in the furtherance of his art. I cannot give a higher recommendation for music, truly 'new music from ancient roots.' - Cliff Furnald
Listen to some of the songs composed and performed by Gabriel Yacoub and Malicorne, and with Sylvie Berger
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Read more about Gabriel Yacoub, in his own words
I hope to have more of Gabriel Yacoub and Malicorne's available CDs in stock very soon, including new compilations and re-editions of some of the classics, plus new recordings being made by Yacoub, Sylvie Berger and their musical family.
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Vox - Malicorne
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A collection of the vocal works of this seminal French folk-rock ensemble
je vois venir (2 CDs) - Gabriel Yacoub
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The 2004 release of a live recording on 2 CDs. Recorded live at the Théâtre de Cornouaille in Quimper, January 17th and 18th 2003, the album features the whole concert, no tricks! The recording features all new arrangements for this unique ensemble, with unreleased pieces, old memories, rarities, and, as the band says, the pleasure of playing and living together. That joy exudes through every minute of this performance.
l'extraordinaire tour de france... - Malicorne
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The full title was "l'Extraordinaire Tour de France d'Adélard Rousseau dit Nivernais la Clef des Cśurs, Compagnon Charpentier du Devoir" and the grand title matches the grand concept of this 1978 recording by what had become France's most important roots-rock/progressive rock band, at the height of their talents. Power and energy, elegance and grace were all in abundance, and the overall sound was cinematic in nature. This is often cited as Malicorne's greatest recording, and while I have my personal favorites from later in their discography, I can't argue with the accolades this one has garnered over the last 2 and a half decades.
En Public - Malicorne
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la polonaise - Cie Montanaro
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The artists say: 'The songs here describe the landscapes of Poland, the forests and the lakes, the town of Katowice, what one sees from the window on a train, the rumours of the streets, the heat in the homes these songs also describe inner landscapes, feelings, surges, restraints, feeding a shared but impossible love la polonaise unveils a rare aspect of Miquéu Montanaro's art, writer, composer and singer, for a sensitive and fine work, wonderfully served by Sylvie Berger and the production work of alchemist Gabriel Yacoub.' Other musicians include Yannick Hardouin (piano, bass), François Heim (diatonic accordion), Daniel Malavergne (tuba), Miquču Montanaro (vocals, whistles, chromatic accordion) and Frédéric Paris (clarinet).
La Nonchalante - Emmanuel Pariselle
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la bergere accordionist steps to the front, joined by his partners in the trio, Silvie Berger and Julien Biget, plus a few friends, for a unique recording of new music.
Ouvarosa - La Bergere
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The French singer Sylvie Berger and her ensemble, La Bergčre, present a beautuful collection of original and traditional songs, all elegantly produced by Gabriel Yacoub (who also participates as musician and singer on a few tracks).
Malicorne 4 - Malicorne
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Also know as "Nous sommes chanteurs de Sornettes" originally released on SONY
Malicorne 2 - Malicorne
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also known under the informal title 'Le Mariage Anglais'
Malicorne 1 - Malicorne
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also known under the title 'Colin'
Legende - Malicorne
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Légende is a 15 track compilation that covers the second decade of this seminal French ensemble, from 4 of their most acclaimed recordings, a record of the band at its artistic heights.
chant de guerre - John Delvarre
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The debut recording by a marvelous French champion of la nouvelle chanson française, accompanied by a great cast including Gabriel Yacoub (who also produced), Yannick Hardouin, Sylvie Berger and others.
Essai - Bastien Lucas
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The French singer, composer and musician is joined by a wonderful group opf musicians to present a strong recording of new French song. Musicians include Gabriel Yacoub, Aurélie Dorzée, Yannick Hardouin, Julien Biget and Sylvie Berger. Listen to "Sans rancune" and "Autant pour moi"
de la nature des choses - Gabriel Yacoub
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It took seven years for this French artist to compose and record an all new studio work, but the wait is always worth it when you have an artist of such high caliber. Joined by a wonderful ensemble (including Gilles Chabenat, Yannick Hardouin, Julien Biget and many more), his voice is surrounded by deep folk roots and modern sounds, all to the service of 14 rich and marvelous songs. As you might suspect from this description, it comes highly recommended!
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As luxury market slows, accessories lead the way
A creation by Jil Sander at the Milan fashion week on February 22, 2014 - by Tiziana Fabi
Companies like Casadei and Furla, which showed off their latest collections at Milan Fashion Week alongside the catwalk shows, are reaping the benefits.
"Our turnover grew by seven percent last year," family-owned Furla's chief executive Eraldo Poletto told AFP in an interview in his Milan showroom, showing off a line of pastel-coloured bags inspired by Japanese flower prints.
Poletto said the best-performing markets for Furla were Japan and Asia as a whole and tourist centres in Europe -- part of what he called a "Silk Road" of well-heeled shoppers that connects Dubai and Moscow, Singapore and New York.
"This is kind of our moment," the executive said at a crowded presentation where international buyers in town for fashion week browsed the wallets, clutch bags and satchels -- with fur trimmings, pastel colours or animal prints.
Cesare Casadei, chairman of his family-owned shoe label, said the company was planning to open two mono-brand stores in Beijing and Shanghai and looking to expand in the Middle East after opening stores in Dubai and Riyadh.
"These are markets in major upheaval, major expansion," he said, showing off a collection that ranged from sandals with ornate patterns and gold trimmings to the company's signature "Blade" pumps with impossibly high heels.
"Eighty percent of our production is exported and we want to widen our global distribution," said Casadei, who grew up next to the shoe factory set up by his parents in 1958 near the seaside town of Rimini in northeast Italy.
A recent study by the consultancy Bain & Company found accessories were the fastest-growing part of the luxury goods market, with an estimated increase in 2013 of four percent from 2012 compared to a rate of two percent overall.
Leather and accessories were the "resilient champions", the report said.
It also found that Italian luxury brands have gained the largest market share of luxury sales, moving from 21 percent in 1995 to 24 percent now, nearly equalling French brands' share of 25 percent.
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Jane Reeve, the new chief executive of Italy's fashion chamber, said Italian shoes were all about the "precision and excellence" of small artisans.
"I've always had a fetish for shoes!" the Milan-based Reeve laughed, saying that growing up in Britain she had dreamt of one day importing Italian shoes.
Alberto Moretti, a young luxury shoemaker whose designs are worn by stars from Elton John to Lady Gaga to Cameron Diaz, said the distinguishing characteristic of Italian craftsmen was the creativity of individual masters.
The craftsman "becomes a designer too", said Moretti, whose only mono-brand store is in Saint-Tropez in France but who is also reaching out to Hong Kong, Singapore and South Korea and planning to open in Milan or Paris by the end of 2014.
Asked the eternal question of how many pairs of shoes a woman should have in her closet, Casadei said: "Limitless".
"I like to imagine the wardrobe as an art exhibition. You cannot say it is complete with these paintings, there is always another one to add that completes the collection that little bit more," he said.
"It is an accessory that no woman will ever forget. Every woman can remember the first time she wore heels -- she has photographed the moment for life."
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The owner came over as I was perusing the menu and offered some suggestions. Everything looked interesting and yummy. I decided to go for one called "Todd"- smoked Portuguese pancetta, seasonal lettuce, tomato, and honey Dijon yogurt sauce. It's a Portuguese BLT of sorts.
While my "Todd" was being prepared, the owner, Chef Guerrieri told me about how he works with the Portuguese community in Queens - hence all the Portuguese influnences on hid menu. He also insisted that I try a bit of the sandwich before I took my BLT to go and tell him what I thought.
I did, and wow…it was incredible. The bread was crusty on the outside and chewy on the inside. The pancetta is as good as the kind from Eataly. It's topped with astringent arugula and this awesome yogurt sauce that tastes like an aioli - except it's apparently fat free.
I decided that such a sandwich deserves a bottle of decent wine, and the wine store guy at Grace's recommended this pinot.
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In an effort to keep my promise regarding a review of drug store/lower end perfumes in honor of Sookie Stackhouse and the other lovely residents of the fictional Bon Temps, LA, I went to three drug stores and two combo stores in my area this weekend trying to find one that didn't keep all the bottles locked behind a class case with no sample sprayers.
I failed.
It appears things have changed from when I was a little girl, and a person could walk into a store and actually try on perfume before purchasing it, even if that store was a Walgreens, CVS, or Eckerds (now Rite-Aid). This is no longer that case, and I couldn't bring myself to drop $50 on 2-4 full bottles of scent I might really never wear again. At least, not at this economically challenging moment. Thus, the drugstore scent reviews will be furloughed (as I have been) until I have the time and money to get to them. I apologize for any disappointment this causes.
I noticed something else, though, while I was on my local tour of drug/ discount department/superstores. I was surprised to see that scents that were strictly "middle to high end department store" nice when I was fifteen are now relegated to partial/full drugstore status. I saw Elizabeth Arden Red Door, CK One, and Elizabeth Taylor White Diamonds all sitting next to Coty and Charlie. When I checked Target, it turns out that there were almost exclusively scents that used to be big name department store scents hanging out behind the glass, waiting for purchase. (Can anyone say Joop! cologne or Ralph Lauren Polo?)
I suppose in the last fifteen years perfume has become more stratified economically. Or maybe I have. I grew up in the sort of family that still ordered clothes from the Sears & Roebuck catalogue if you needed something "fancy." I don't think I set foot in a Nordstrom level department store until my mid-late 20s. My prom dress came straight off the rack from the local J.C. Penney, and I felt beautiful in it all the same. But I wonder how much the internet has played a role in the class elements of perfume expanding. When I can give a limited edition perfume made and sold exclusively in France to my niece as a graduation present, it's clear that her world, and mine, have grown to include things my grandmother and her $15 bottle of perfume, which was considered an "expensive" gift appropriate for birthdays or anniversaries, never dreamed off.
I like the world I live in now. I like its infinite possibilities. I like that the best way to order from one of my very favorite perfumers, Christopher Brosius, is to go straight to his website and order direct from his single independent store in NYC. But I wonder at what we have to give up right outside our doors in exchange. I remember when my grandmother bought me a bottle of Sunflowers for my fifteenth birthday. I felt so special and grown up to have gotten such a nice gift, and everyone around me thought it was really nice, too. I didn't feel sad or ashamed I wore drugstore perfume. That's what everyone did, and we were happy that way. I would be sad to think that such an opportunity might be missed today in the shuffle of our increasingly busy world.
To that end, I would like to direct any readers with interests toward Angela's series at Now Smell This! on economically accessible scents (in these trying times) from Victoria Secret, Bath & Body Works, and the like.
Monday, August 3, 2009
Drugstore blues
Posted by Diana at 3:41 PM
Labels: Calvin Klein, Christopher Brosius, Coty, Elizabeth Arden, Elizabeth Taylor, Joop, personal, Ralph Lauren, Revlon, series
2 comments:
- sheribomb said...
I still really like Sunflowers. As well as Givenchy's Fleur D'Interdit. I've been wearing both for over half of my existence on this planet, and don't feel as though I'll ever give either one up.
- August 8, 2009 at 12:38 PM
- Diana said...
I haven't smelled Sunflowers in years. I bet I'd still like it. It's just strange to me how much more of the world of perfume, and the world in general, I've been exposed to now.
But now that I know what you wear, maybe I'll send you some samples. :)
- August 12, 2009 at 4:31 PM
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Features of the program in comparison with known yet is that investment can be in biannual and annual plans at any time canceled, and you will still receive up to that point realized interest, and not penal deduction as it is in FFX and TIRN. In short, the deposit is always liquid!
This option is not available in the monthly plan, as the interest are paid out monthly!
More about the program�, see here: http://www.shrani.si/f/2J/EK/44ylpd...-group-corp.swf
The company is registered in Panama, all the registration, you can see here: https: / / www.registro-publico.gob.pa/
1 .- Click on the "Consulta de Informaci�n Registral"
2 .- On the left you will find main menu. Here select "Mercantil".
3 .- Select sub-menu "Sociedades an�nimas"
4 .- Select the search �Por Fiche"and enter the number 626700 in the" Indique Fiche ", click consular .
5 .- Page displays information about the WWI Group Corp..
Support is available practically non-stop (24 / 7), both by phone and through skype, so that each member can also solve their problems directly with them. (we advise that you install SKYPE before entry and at the time of the entry to add your SKYPE address that enables direct contact with the company). We managed, the process of research, to reach that in the short term with the authorization of company support will also be available in slovenian (through the representatives in Slovenia).
In the short term an audio conference will be held , with a company (the leaders). They will explain all the details on the program, operation and plans for the future. The record will be accessible to the general public.
WWI group has made available to the Debit card, thru the provider of Capital Conservator Holdings LLC, but due to their conditions this option is not interesting for investors. Conditions for obtaining the card is quite high (Capital of 30,001 $) ,or members of smaller investments may order card at a cost of $ 350.00, which is a mild spoken excessive. The company's work on this is to find a provider that will be more susceptible and, in particular, a comfortable for all members. Negotiations are in progress, but until all the contracts are not concluded and all conditions known, WWI does not want to expose with promises not to duplicate the story of some similar programs, on which the promises brings only a bunch of inconvenience and lack of will.
From the position of Europe a priority of program is in that deposit and payments take place through the Macedonian Bank (Stopanska banka ad Skopje). Payments (in and out) are also realized in a short time. To proove payouts are realised we attached a copy of the SWIFT payment. You may see it here: http://www.shrani.si/f/3e/NY/4aoAnN...draw-wire-w.pdf
Activation of the deposit is immediate, no entry points, or in this particular case .. if the deposit arrive on their account on 22nd in the month interest start to run that day, tying the plan, however, begins to run to the first of the month. So for 8 days you will receive the interest, the first of the month, however, the funds will be applied in the selected plan and rules to each plan are implemented.
The entry of new members is via their website:
For entry you need reference number of your up line, a registration form you can see here: http://www.wwicorporation.com/Register.aspx
In the first lodging of money each applicant is asked via e-mail to confirm his identity (a certified copy of identity document) and return a signed contract with the companies.
Their web page has one flaw, the security is currently in place through their internal protocols, however, we were assured that in the short term (by weeks) link in the https protocol (direct connection between the Server and your computer)will be implanted.
Case in Europe is new, in essence, only leader of the project is determined, and special contracts are prepared for him as a representative of WWI.
The project itself is very interesting in terms of dispersal of the investment, which in the last time (relation FFX-TIRN) showed the blue decision!
Link for subscription is available trough my E-mail or PM, for any further questions you can also contact me, i haw direct contact with the head of the project and the companies themselves!
All the innovations will be promptly published on this forum!
Senior Investor
Her you can see how can you make a investment ( it is mine investment ) ...
Senior Investor
As we have promised...here are some news about program..
You can access support thru MSN, their msn address is available at main page, now you can choose between SKYPE and MSN, just choose your favorite.
we have received script on which basis we will soon be able to reach site in Slovenian, soon after that in Croatian language.
Soon we will be able to report about debit cards and other novelties, which for time being remains with us until all details were not confirmed by company.
Senior Investor
We can confirm now first activation!
After payment was done (see link)
we have been waiting for 3 days for our funds to be activated on our account!
Looking over our experiences with simmilar programs this is almost unbeliveable;)
Senior Investor
Interests for MARCH...
investment 3.100
interests 12%
Senior Investor
Here are results of profits made in WWI for the last months....
Senior Investor
Now are debit cards in pre launch....available soon...
Senior Investor
Cards are ready!
At the promotion time provided for the card to all members
choose one of the following options
1. If you Order card in the next 14 days, will cost you $ 90 , but otherwise
the regular price is $ 100
2. All of which will be paid by 10 May 1000 or more dollars, the card can be obtained
for $ 50, thus having increased the number on the payment of $ 1050, and thus obtain the card
at half price
3. All of which would be decided to pay $ 150 will receive a card for $ 80, with the
the remaining $ 70 must be linked to the annual plan. Again, this action applies only to 10.may
The card is supported by the VISA system
The maximum daily limit is set on raising $ 2000, purchases are limited to $ 5000
Monthly subscription card is $ 4, no annual subscription
The cost of the increase in ATMs is $ 2
The cost of the transfer to another card is $ 2
When a member Instructs the WWI card contacted by mail to complete
information, send a copy of the document and other necessary things.
The cards have already been supplied!
All the details you will be informed promptly
FREE register to WWI
Last edited by mbra17 : 08-04-2009 at 08:29 PM.
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Here you can see link on payment order from my downline, 10.000$.. next week it should be activated...and i will inform you aboat profit and payout!
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Join Date: Nov 2008
Location: Milan, Italy
Posts: 643
Intersting program....I'm in in FFX since more than 2 years but now they have problems with locked funds in USA..for the teconomic trouble.....I'm quiet about because this means that they are really working...the roi is quite the same...I will have a look
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The surprise-filled plot of A&E's Those Who Kill will put you on the edge of your seat, and Chloë Sevigny's disturbing performance will keep you there.
There's always room for one more cop show if it's well-crafted and graced with winning – and, in this case, disturbing – performances. That's what you'll find when Those Who Kill premieres Monday night.
Sevigny stars as Catherine Jensen, a new homicide detective with the Pittsburgh police department. We immediately note that there's something a little off-center about Jensen, and it's not just the paintings of serial killers' homes on her living room walls. When police realize that a mummified body discovered at a demolition site is the victim of a serial killer, she tucks into the case almost ravenously.
Writer Glen Morgan ( The X-Files) takes care to avoid standard crime-story templates. The "who" in whodunit is revealed relatively early, but that doesn't mean the suspense is over. Far from it.
Like The Killing, Those Who Kill is an Americanized re-do of a Danish series, in this case Den Som Draeber, created by Nordic noir author Elsebeth Egholm. And like The Killing, it's moody.
Sevigny is unlike any other actress working in film or TV. Her face is all but immobile, her half-lidded eyes moving furtively, seeming to take in every detail. She reacts to other people with barely perceptible changes in expression – the slight upturn of one side of her mouth. She all but floats through scenes, seeming to register little, and then explodes with rage or fear.
As has been the case in so many films and TV shows, Sevigny is the most compelling reason to watch Those Who Kill, but if the scripts remain as carefully crafted as that of Monday's pilot, she will have found a vehicle worthy of her singular skills.


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Ty Wigginton: A closer lookPosted on December 16th, 2008 – 12:12 PM
By Joe Christensen
Still no indications the Twins have expressed interest in Ty Wigginton, though we've been told they like him. La Velle reported Sunday that the Giants, Pirates and Indians are all in the mix.
A few facts about Wiggy, who was featured in our 2007 Trade Target Series, when he was playing for Tampa Bay:
Age: 31 (Turns 32 on Oct. 11)
Bats: Right
Salary: He made $4.35 million this year and the Astros non-tendered him because he was due to make about $7 million through arbitration. Wigginton is now a free agent and is probably looking for a three-year deal.
2008: He batted .285/.350/.526 with 22 doubles and 23 homers with the Astros, very impressive. An OPS+ of 128. He was limited to 111 games because of injuries to his left thumb, rib cage and groin.
Inside those stats: Big red flag here, as Wigginton thrived at Minute Maid Park, which is especially friendly to righthanded hitters. He batted .343/.390/.691 at home, compared to .234/.316/.380 on the road.
Defense: I've read mixed reviews, but I believe there's a reason he has not been handed an everyday third base job and told to run with it. One of his assets is his versatility, as he can also play second base and first base. He started 74 games at third base for Houston this year.


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The following cases of Driving Under the Influence and the resolution of those cases are found in Hardin District Court Division I in Elizabethtown. ADE is an abbreviation for Alcohol Driver Education, BAC is the Blood Alcohol Concentration reading, KAPS stands for Kentucky Alternative Programs, EIP stands for Early Intervention Program and VIP stands for Victims Impact Panel. A service fee is added to all DUIs and court costs are added to all charges. Birth year is in parenthesis.
The following misdemeanor and traffic violation cases are found in Hardin District Court Division I in Elizabethtown. KAPS stands for Kentucky Alternative Programs. Totals include court costs and/or public advocacy fees. Birth year is in parenthesis.
Sarah Andrea Tucker (1978). Theft by unlawful taking. Three hundred sixty-five days in jail probated for two years on conditions in the order. Total $1,160.
Michael A. Adams (1986). Careless driving. Total $194.
The following marriage dissolutions have been granted in Hardin Circuit Court in Elizabethtown.
ChadMeadows, 36, Meade County, and Shannon McDaniel, 37, Vine Grove. Married 16 years.
John T. Thomas, 41, and Kim Harned, both of Elizabethtown. Married one year.
Richard Ivon Johnson Jr., 23, Radcliff, and Cassandra Brooke Feldt, 21, Colorado Springs, Colo. Married two years.
Brian Whaley, 38, and Emily Ramey, 34, both of Elizabethtown. Married 12 years.
The following marriage licenses have been issued in Hardin County.
Velma Jean Hunter, 58, and Charlie James Perry, 58, both of Radcliff.
Elizabeth Guzman Carmona, 19, and Juan Daniel Belmares Cerda, 29, both of Radcliff.
Rebecca Lynn Miller, 21, and Roger Glenn Blankenship, 23, both of Upton.
Shannon Gayle Hayes, 39, Elizabethtown, and Samuel Laroy Nunn, 43, Jeffersonville, Ind.
Jaclyn Rae McKinney, 21, Rineyville, and Curtis Charles Poole, 20, Ekron.
The following civil suits are filed in Hardin County Circuit Court in Elizabethtown. Et al is a Latin abbreviation meaning "and others." Lawsuits give only one side of a disagreement and do not reflect any counterclaims and/or settlements that may have occurred since the initial suit was filed.
The following building permit information has been obtained from Hardin County Planning and Development Commission, the City of Elizabethtown Planning and Development and Radcliff Planning and Zoning offices. The name of the applicant, applicant's address and use of permit are listed.
Adam Shader, 204 Meadowview Drive, Elizabethtown. Use: addition.
Mike and Sandra Jones, 54 Eastview Road, Cecilia. Use: change of use.
David Buckles, 3410 New Glendale Road, Elizabethtown. Use: porch.
The following property transfers are listed as given on deeds at the Hardin County Clerk's Office in Elizabethtown.
David L. and Sandra R. Moore to Cartus Corporation, 1895 Thomas Road, Rineyville, $218,000.
Aimee and Donald J. Wentz to Courtney Davis-Riggs, 827 Lincoln Drive, Elizabethtown, $111,000.
Frank S. Farley to Bradley J. and Hannah R. Downs, 378 Grand Canyon Drive, Elizabethtown, $215,000.
Beneficial Kentucky Inc. to Brandy Waddell, 9619 Leitchfield Road, Cecilia, $63,000.
Deanna Faye Bearms (1965). Local county ordinance. Total $175.
Jaymar Y. Bonet (1992). Speeding 80 in a 55; state traffic school. Total $199.
George E. Cooper III (1984). Speeding 26 mph over. Total $244.
Ricki L. Doan (1982). No insurance. Total $194.
Alan McGregor, 43, Radcliff, and Wendy Renee McGregor, 35, city of residence unknown. Married 15 years.
Gregory Scott Weller, 26, Platte City, Mo., and Jenifer Lawan Glasscock, 28, Vine Grove. Married five years.
Eric K. Duvall, 46, Big Clifty, and Regina L. Hall, 44, Louisville. Married 15 years.
Jeffrey Neal Beard, 44, Elizabethtown, and Melissa Barnett, 44, Brevard, Fla. Married 24 years.
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Stocks grind higher, pushing Dow toward record
A sign for Wall Street is displayed on the side of building near the New York Stock Exchange, Monday, March 4, 2013. Uncertainty over the outcome of a budget battle in Washington pushed world stock markets lower on Monday. (AP Photo/Mark Lennihan)
NEW YORK, N.Y. - Investors brushed off early jitters about a potential slowdown in China and pushed the Dow to its highest close of the year.
The Dow Jones industrial average rose 38.16 points, or 0.3 per cent, to 14,127.82. The index is a fraction of a percentage point away from its record close of 14,164, reached on Oct. 9, 2007.
Stocks dropped at the opening bell and stayed lower most of the morning amid concern that new steps introduced by the Chinese government to cool the booming housing market in the world's second-largest economy.
Chinese markets were dragged down by housing stocks, which fell sharply after the country's cabinet ordered new measures to rein in home prices. China will raise minimum down payments in areas where prices are deemed to be rising too fast and crack down on efforts to evade limits on how many properties each buyer can acquire.
"The U.S. market continues to digest the negative news and hang tough," said Ryan Detrick, a senior strategist at Schaeffer's Investment Research.
The stock market has rallied this year on optimism that the U.S. housing market is recovering and signs that companies are hiring more. Strong corporate earnings and continuing economic stimulus from the Federal Reserve have also boosted stock prices.
Despite having already logged strong gains this year, stocks may still be able to maintain their momentum as investors move money out of bonds, Rob Lutts, chief investment officer at Cabot Money Management, said.
"It's all about where the money is going," Lutts said. "If the money that is sitting on the sideline, or in bonds, is moving into equities that alone is enough to create that shift."
Investors put $2.8 billion into U.S. stock mutual funds in the week ending Feb. 27, according to Lipper. That's the eighth straight week investors have put more money into stocks, the longest streak of inflows in almost two years.
The Dow has risen 7.8 per cent so far this year and the S&P 500 index is 6.9 per cent higher, while the yield on the 10-year Treasury note remains below 2 per cent. The yield, which moves inversely to its price, rose 3 basis points to 1.87 per cent Monday.
For now, stocks are likely to grind higher as investors who missed the rally at the start of the year buy stocks on any drops in the market, Scott Wren, a senior equity strategist at Wells Fargo Advisors, said.
"I'd love to see a pullback, because pullbacks are opportunities," Wren said.
Janet Yellen, vice chair of the Federal Reserve, said Monday she does not see risks at the moment from the U.S. central bank's low-interest rate policies. The Fed is buying $85 billion each month in Treasury and mortgage-backed securities to keep long-term interest rates very low.
Investors' enthusiasm is being held in check by the automatic government budget cuts that took effect Friday after President Barack Obama and Congress failed to reach a budget deal. Economists expect the cuts to hurt U.S. economic growth. Both Republicans and Democrats pledged to retroactively undo the cuts, but they have given no indication of how that process would take shape.
In other trading, the Standard & Poor's 500 rose 7 points, or 0.5 per cent, to 1,525.20. The Nasdaq composite gained 12.29 points, or 0.4 per cent, to 3,182.03.
European markets were mixed. The dollar was little changed against the euro.
Gold, silver and copper were virtually flat. Gold for April delivery rose 10 cents to $1,572.40 per ounce. May silver edged up less than 1 cent to $28.496 per ounce
Among other stocks making big moves:
— Select Comfort, a manufacturer of specialty mattresses, fell $3.23, or 15.7 per cent, to $17.28 after the company warned that it will likely fall short of its first-quarter goals as a result of lower-than-expected sales.
— Hess gained $2.30, or 3.5 per cent, to $68.84 after the company said it would get out of the retail business as well as energy trading and marketing to focus on exploration and production.
— Yahoo! rose 76 cents, or 3.5 per cent, to $22.70 after Barclays analysts raised their rating on the stock to "overweight" and increased their price target to $26. The bank says the value of the company's minority stakes in Alibaba Group and Yahoo! Japan are not fully reflected in the current stock price.
— Apple fell $10.40, or 2.4 per cent, to $420. The stock has now fallen 12 out the last 14 trading days and is trading at its lowest in a year.
— Stratasys Ltd., a maker of three-dimensional "printers," gained $4.56, or 7.1 per cent, to $68.82 after its latest results beat analysts' expectations for the quarter. The company issued a full-year sales forecast that was higher than analysts were expecting.
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This shoot is unexpected in all the right ways. Skipping the beach and heading for the Haiku Mill, we get eyefuls of ocean, old-world charm, and a different perspective on Hawaiian aesthetics. I'm also kind of infatuated with the Reem Acra and Monique Lhuillier gowns Pacific Weddings Magazine chose to feature. You can see more Hawaiian eye candy from Rebecca Arthurs Photography here.
From Rebecca Arthurs Photography… The Haiku Mill is one of those places that when you leave, it feels like you woke up from a dream. We were blessed to shoot a bridal session there with styling by Pacific Weddings magazine. Tucked away in the hills of Maui, this beautiful old sugar mill is so peaceful and full of life. We wanted to capture the bride's simple and natural beauty with nothing to distract from the setting. It was glorious to capture raw images without all the details and glitter that can sometimes overshadow the truth about beauty. The scenic images compliment our vision of raw beauty along Maui's coast.
Photography: Rebecca Arthurs | Styling: Pacific Weddings Magazine | Hair Pieces: Untamed Petals | Ivory Gown: Monique Lhuillier | Peach Gown: Reem Acra | Venue: Haiku MillMonique Lhuillier is a member of our Look Book. For more information on how members are chosen, click here.


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How does the third Scream Fortress special sound, fear friends? 'Cause it sounds like a candy-ass pile of CRAP to us! This is the fourth one!
Oh man! Merasmus?! Hell yeah, Merasmus! You excited? No? What the hell, yo. Get excited!
Obnoxious games of luck! Yay! Don't you guys just love the things Valve comes up with?
What are these? Hell if I know! They sound cool though! Give your stuff like…weird cosmetic changes! I love it!
Oops! Skype is in the corner! #proffesional!
But new MvM waves! With zombies! Told ya so! Who doesn't like MvM stuff? Fools! That's who!
All two!
More like 2spooky! amirght?!
And of course, who the hell doesn't love zombies?
Fools. That's who.
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Yesterday was a snow day, where I caught up on work and ran around outside snapping some new photos. I always love taking photos in the snow because it is natures most perfect reflector! Since I am a natural light photographer, I often look for natural reflectors and you can't get much better than the snow. So I danced around with my pooch and snapped a few new self portraits, which is always fun. I'm WAY better behind the camera than in front of, for what it's worth.
In other exciting news, I was chosen to be this week's local artist in a local magazine here called YES! Weekly! You can check out the actual article here. It is a great honor and I am really excited to bring boudoir photography to the limelight for a lot of women. I have seen and heard from my clients the difference it makes in one's confidence and relationships and I cannot wait to meet lots of new women through this journey. I always joke that people would save a lot of money on therapy if they would just hire me. I especially say this on engagement shoots where I ask couples to kiss so often and cuddle and just have fun and enjoy each other, but it could go for boudoir sessions as well!
For the local ladies that get their hands on a YES! Weekly magazine this week (check downtown Winston Salem and Greensboro) and book a session between now (January 12th) and January 31st and bring along the clipping from the paper to their shoot, you will get $50 off your session fee! You don't have to shoot the session this month – just book your date and pay your retainer fee before the end of the month and you get an extra little discount!


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Bookcase Doors From Apartment Therapy and Beyond
Quirky, clever, mysterious, scholarly, and cool— words rarely used in conjunction unless you happen to be talking about a book-clad door. The concept of a secret room through a wall of books is as appealing now as it was when I was ten, and I have a feeling I'll still be digging it fifty years from now. What about you?
As you can see, there's no one right way to pull off the look. There's...
• The custom version, offered through companies like WoodfoldThe intense DIY barn style door bookcase taken on by our very own Rachel Grad, pictured in her house tour (picture 6).
• The 3D bookcase facade as seen in Lorin's New York house tour (picture 4), and Charlotte Lekakos of Willard and Palmer's closet door from her room in the Charityworks Greenhouse this fall outside of DC (picture 2).
• And then there's pure illusion like Style Your Door's graphic decal (picture 5).
What's your favorite?
Images: 1,7: Better Homes and Gardens, 2: Leah Moss for Apartment Therapy, 3: Woodfold, 4:Walter Bell for Apartment Therapy, 5: Style Your Door via Apartment Therapy, 6: Rachel Grad for Apartment Therapy
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There's something about this that brings out the inner kid in me - nothin' like a secret passage... or three.
On the other hand, I'm all for opening up a house/floorplan, and this is almost like doing the opposite.
I think the perfect middle ground would be giving this treatment to something like a closet - you still get your hidden door without the whole "it looks like there's more to this place from the outside" sentiment.
Love those doors, but my house would never lend itself to "hidden rooms". If I had a Victorian to remodel, though, it would be tempting.
I love these almost as much as the AT post about the armoire with the hidden room behind it...wacky and wonderful! Thanks for taking inspirational risks for us. :)
I agree with Sherry. If I had a huge old house to renovate I would definitely hide a passage or two. The bookcase doors do not seem very practical though. A sliding bookcase may be better.
Just fabulous! I would love to have a whole room for books (rather than just an overstuffed second bedroom...). All it needs to be absolutely perfect is a window seat.


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10 Outrigger Cres, Halifax, NS
Last Updated 2012-07-23
Excellent family home in sought after Royale Hemlocks Subdivision. This 3 bedroom 4 bath semi is only 4 years young, in move in condition and finished on all 3 levels. The main level boasts tasteful decor & finishes, beautiful hardwood & ceramic flooring, complete hardwood staircase, powder room, attractive well designed shaker style maple kitchen cabinets with tons of storage & counter top space (appliances included) open to dining area for a bright airy feel. The bedroom level offers perfect size kids rooms, 4pc bath, master bedroom featuring vaulted ceiling, 4 pc. ensuite with corner jet tub and separate corner shower (there is a rough in for laundry on this level.) the basement level has a huge 16x18 rec room, 2pc bath (rough in for 3pc) , large storage area and laundry. Basement is walkout to level back yard for easy access to gardens or play space. Conveniently located to bus and French schools. Homes in the area have been selling quickly so book your viewing today!
Map of area for for 10 Outrigger Cres, Halifax, NS MLS ® 41059791
Schools near 10 Outrigger Cres, Halifax, NS MLS ® 41059791
|Grosvenor-Wentworth Park Elementary School
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|Grosvenor-Wentworth Park Elementary School
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|45 Plateau Cres
|Halifax West High School
|283 Thomas Raddall Dr
|Halifax West High School
|283 Thomas Raddall Dr
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The Discovery of Heaven is the largest film production ever made in the Netherlands. Based on Harry Mulisch' world famous novel with the same title, its international cast and intriguing plot drove a record public to the film theatres. The film, directed by Jeroen Krabbé, won a Platinum Film Award and will be released throughout Europe and the United States next year.
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God has finally given up on humanity and has decided to break His covenant with them. In order to do that, the Ten Commandments must be returned to Heaven.
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By the mid sixties the Angel has almost reached his goal. Two men, Onno Quist (Stephen Fry) and Max Delius (Greg Wise), meet; they believe by chance but of course it is the work of the Angel. They become best friends who spend all their free time together, until they encounter, by chance they believe, a beautiful young woman, Ada Brons (Flora Montgomery). At first she is shy and innocent, putting all her passion and imagination into playing her cello. But Max charms her into her first affair and she moves in with him. As Max comes to realize he loves her, he clumsily offends her and she turns to his best friend, Onno, to eventually move in with him. Invited to Cuba to perform on her cello, Ada uses the trip as an opportunity to bring the two friends together again. Max and Onno join her there, and unbeknownst to each other, each man makes love to her on the same moonlit night, within hours of each other.
A few weeks later, she discovers she's pregnant. Onno assumes he's the father, Max fears that he might be and confronts Ada about the possibility, insisting she has an abortion. She's too full of joy at the prospect of having a child, and doesn't care who the father is. In her seventh month, Ada is the victim of what appears to be a freak car accident. She ends up in a coma, the child taken from her by a Cesarean section. It's a boy, whom Onno names Quinten. In despair at the loss of his wife, and feeling inadequate to the challenge of raising a child, Onno is relieved when Max volunteers to rear the boy with the help of Ada's mother (Diana Quick).
Quinten (Neil Newbon) develops into a brilliant but solitary child, who hardly ever interacts with other children. He longs to live with the man he believes is his father, Onno, who meanwhile has become an important politician.
When Quinten turns sixteen, he leaves his home with Max, against Max's wishes, to go live with Onno. But fate intervenes once more, and Onno's fiancée (Emma Fielding) is murdered before Quinten's eyes. A broken man now, Onno gives up his career and breaks all ties with everyone, including the boy he believes is his son. No one knows where he has gone, and Onno never tries to contact them. After a year, Quinten sets out to find him, though he has no idea where to start.
Quinten's trip takes him to Rome. As fate would have it, and does, Onno is in Rome as well. The two meet and are happily reunited. Quinten feels, however, that he's not only in Rome to find his father, but for another purpose as well, one he believes is being revealed to him by the architecture and art, the monuments and historical sites, the very stones of the eternal city itself.
Ultimately Quinten claims he knows that the two stone tablets on which God wrote the Ten Commandments for Moses, are not lost as legend has it, but remain hidden right there, in Rome. Together with Onno they break into a holy site and in the dark of night recover the Testimonial.
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Atlanta Sen. Vincent Fort contends that the Atlanta school board meeting with the governor Tuesday possibly violated the open meetings law and is asking the state attorney general to investigate.
The meeting with Nathan Deal, Mayor Kasim Reed, Superintendent Beverly Hall and APS board members was closed to the public and the media.
"They are using a tortured logic to justify closing the meeting," says Fort.
The Atlanta Journal-Constitution objected to the closed session, maintaining that the Georgia Open Meetings Act requires such meetings to be open to the public because a quorum of the board was present.
At a 2 p.m. press conference at the Coverdell Legislative Office Building, Fort and Sen. Horacena Tate (D-Atlanta) will ask Attorney General Sam Olens investigate a potential violation of the open meeting law.
After the meeting, Deal said he was impressed that board members were willing "to put issues aside and work together" to regain full accreditation for Atlanta Public Schools.
–From Maureen Downey, for the AJC Get Schooled blog
April 27th, 2011
12:08 pm
The plus to the closed meeting was maybe there was less posturing for the cameras (see Fort, Vincent). Doesn't mean I disagree with him, but he doesn't need to be constantly putting his face out there.
April 27th, 2011
12:23 pm
@catlady…Amen to that.
April 27th, 2011
12:38 pm
I think it's especially interesting that at 3:42pm, after the 'big meetup' at the Capitol yesterday, this notice was released:
Scheduled Date & Time:
April 27, 2011 at 7:00 pm
The Ethics Commission of the Board of Education of the Atlanta Independent School System investigatory meeting on an alleged ethics violation by Board members Courtney English, At-Large (Seat 9), Yolanda Johnson, Educational District 6, and Nancy Meister, Educational District 4 has been postponed until further notice.
Howard W. Grant, Ph.D.
Executive Administrator
I did not receive a similar notice of postponement for the ethics commission meeting for Mr. Sherrer-El (to take place on May 4 at 7pm).
April 27th, 2011
12:38 pm
I see two exceptions to the Open Meetings Act. The first is in the definition of a meeting. "The assembling together of a quorum of the members of a governing body or committee … or for the purposes of meeting with the governing bodies, officers, agents, or employees of other agencies at places outside the geographical jurisdiction of an agency and at which no final official action is to be taken shall not be deemed a "meeting." The Governor is an agent of the state providing oversight or governance.
The second is in the exceptions section. "Meetings when discussing or deliberating upon the appointment, employment, compensation, hiring, disciplinary action or dismissal, or periodic evaluation or rating of a public officer or employee …" The Governor was discussing possible dismissal of the board and was evaluating their progress.
I don't think it should take the AG long to evaluate the law, and it appears to me to be an appropriate meeting to close. Closing it also allows people to be frank without worry of coming across as playing politics.
April 27th, 2011
12:42 pm
Elected officials in Georgia don't care about Open Meetings Laws.
April 27th, 2011
12:50 pm
Any discussion about APS, education or the elected ABE is about public business that neither the Governor or the Mayor was elected by the public to manage. Accordingly, there is nothing that the Governor or the Mayor should have discussed with the ABE that should not have occurred with the public in attendance.
The fact that the meeting was not fully open and transparent means that the Governor, the Mayor and the business community who is operating behind the scenes did not want the public to know what was being discussed. If the public heard what they were saying, then our perceptions (and our votes) would likely be affected during the next election cycle.
Even with all of the Atlanta business community's money being thrown behind Deal & Reed the next election, they still need the vote count to be re-elected – that is until the Governor and/or the Mayor pass a bill allowing Atlanta business interests to nullify our voting rights with respect to those elected offices too.
When in doubt, the elected officials should always err on the side of opening meetings to the public – but they know this and will shut the door to get "business done."
April 27th, 2011
12:56 pm
Maybe Atlanta business interests should go ahead and take a torch to 130 Trinity (APS headquarters), so that 55 Trinity (the Mayor's headquarters) can formally run the school system.
Better yet, maybe the people who dine at the Capitol City and Piedmont Driving Clubs can enter into a long-term lease and at least pay the citizens at Atlanta some rent for the offices they are running (albeit running into the ground).
Where are the citizens protecting their system of public education for the children of Atlanta?
They are likely at work right now preparing their bids for the contracting phase of the prisons that will need to be built to deal with the future generation of uneducated youth who will need a roof over their heads, clothes on their backs and food in their stomachs when they are of adult age and unemployable.
Atlanta – the "city too busy to hate" is also the "city too busy making deals with Deal" to care about education.
April 27th, 2011
1:23 pm
Fort and Tate are the poster children for tortured logic.
April 27th, 2011
1:31 pm
Told ya in a previous posting that clown Vinnie Fort would inject himself into the Deal/APS meeting. I'll be batting 1000% when Racist J Lowery gets his 2 cents in.
April 27th, 2011
2:46 pm
OH YEAH…Useless Lowery probably wont be able to resist. He is a real hater.
April 27th, 2011
3:00 pm
Concerned APS parents, teachers, and administrators:
Please keep your eye on the prize of student learning. Don't allow your attention and energy to be diverted to, and squandered upon, any of the rings comprising the SACS-accreditation circus.
April 27th, 2011
3:01 pm
AJC and WSB-TV are upset that it wasn't the DeKalb BOE meeting with Deal and Kasim. Then they would of had an inside mole (who would remain anonymous, of course) to leak all the meeting details.
April 27th, 2011
3:33 pm
@Wondering, Nice work.
The AJC's exception is noted.
Next issue.
April 27th, 2011
4:31 pm
Buckhead conducts their meetings according to their own set of rules and standards.
Deal is willing to do anything it takes to keep the spotlight off his sponsoring buddies in the neighborhood.
This is all smoke and mirrors to keep your eyes off the real issues. Misuse of public funds, fraud, and falsification of the records.
April 27th, 2011
4:37 pm
This governor will do more of the same…
APS-A False Path of Success without Honesty and Integrity
Posted on August 26, 2010 (ALMOST A YEAR LATER AND WHAT PROGRESS HAS BEEN MADE?)
Will someone finally unravel the real problems within Atlanta Public Schools?
I believe APS RETALIATION against any individual attempting to file a grievance and report wrong doing by their superiors in Atlanta Public Schools is the REAL PROBLEM.
Current investigations need to include former APS employees attempting to use the APS Office of Internal Resolutions. They are the scapegoats in this horse and pony show. Allegations of cheating on standardized tests do not expose the other areas APS officials have so disgracefully "cheated". The intimidation tactics APS uses in their fake investigations and retaliatory grievance processes have set the ground work for Beverly Hall's current headache.
Is Governor Perdue's creation of a state investigation yet another "mock investigation" that covers up the unethical conduct of APS teachers, principals, and administrators for misused funds, falsification of records, and hidden segregation?
The State Professional Standards Commission has been given past reports of unethical APS conduct that have been rightfully reported and later expunged on the basis of "who knows who" in the underground railroad of the Northside Good Ole Boy System.
SOMEBODY with ethics needs to look at the video recorded depositions along with sworn testimonies in a 2004 federal lawsuit. The testimonies of teachers and administrators in this case exposed APS officials and a Northside Principal for falsifying payroll documents, attendance documents, the segregation of minority students, and the misrepresentation of documents to qualify a school for a Blue Ribbon School of Excellence Award…it's all recorded in the testimonies of Civil Action File No. 1:03-CV-03178-JOF.
APS officials participated in a relentless campaign of retaliation against teachers at a Northside Elementary School willing to step up to the corruption they observed by filing APS grievances. Ironically, APS documents clearly stated they would protect those involved in requesting internal investigations.
APS has an ongoing history of retaliation against anyone that would question any of their procedures. Ask any former Atlanta Public School Employee. FORMER…because current APS employees know all too well they will lose their jobs if they speak up.
The 2004 depositions clearly demonstrate proof that the same State Rules of Ethics for APS administrators on the Southside of city… do not apply to the APS adminstrators on the Northside of Atlanta.
APS OFFICIALS AND THE PROFESSIONAL STANDARDS COMMISSION ignored reports and the video taped depositions that proved the following acts were committed by a Northside APS principal:
* Payroll records to obtain a paycheck for the principal's daughter for almost a year.
* Falsified attendance records of faculty and students.
* Retaliation against teachers willing to report and testify against APS
* Falsified information to obtain a Blue Ribbon School Award.
* Segregation of minority students in Northside Atlanta Public Schools
* Falsified criteria and dates for Bonus Paychecks paid to faculty members.
Considering that this particular Northside APS elementary website states that their PTA could " run Washington, DC ", it is no wonder the connected neighborhood can keep their powerful strong arm when negotiating unethical conduct of their principals to Atlanta Public School officials.
Should the Southside not enjoy the same benefit of corruption?
Beverly Hall, Kathy Augustine, and the APS comptroller will need the higher tax base and prominence of the Northside's privileged to save their current positions. These APS high-ranking officials have been covering up the Northside secrets in exchange for political favors for years.
The malicious acts of this Northside principal were ignored by APS and PSC officials when there was clearly evidence that deserved their attention.
Will these acts of cheating on standardized tests receive an equal blind eye?
My hope is that finally, the truth will emerge so the Professional Standards Commission and Atlanta Public School Grievance Procedures provide a safety net for any one wishing to report wrong doing within the school's system.
My fear is that the entire system…from Sonny Perdue's State Office of Investigations, the Professional Standards Commission, and the Office of Internal Resolutions within APS will continue with their selective witch hunts to the detriment of the "success" of our education system.
In Beverly Hall's own words she states, " Could you cheat in all these schools?" adding, "You would have to spend your whole life cheating…It's been nine years of consistent progress."
History has proven Hall's similar LEADERSHIP tactics of FEAR, INTIMIDATION AND RETALIATION. Will the governor peel back the layers that expose this corruption?
Hide and watch.
April 27th, 2011
5:25 pm
@Top School – I agree with you that there needs to be an investigation of APS central office practices. I believe that OIR investigations that were conducted by Penn Payne, are corrupt to the core. CFO Chuck Burbridge, Controller Nader Sohrab and Accounting Manager Crissi Calhoun should be investigated for retaliation against current and former employees and covering up time & attendance cheating.
April 27th, 2011
8:48 pm
Top School:
If you have evidence of fraud, waste or abuse involving federal funds, why don't you contact the IG of the USDOE? Her e-mail address is:
April 27th, 2011
10:40 pm
Thank you Dr. Spinks
April 28th, 2011
12:50 am
I agree. Thank you Dr. Spinks.
I just hope the line is not too busy and I can get through.
April 28th, 2011
12:58 pm
They have all the information they need on the video taped testimony in this case. It was sent to everyone…What you folks sitting out there in your ethical education bubble don't seem to understand is this…they really don't care…
All these entities are helping each other in the handshaking game of politics at the taxpayer's expense.The connected folk with the Buckhead business community are connected to hip bone of the folk at the governor's mansion. Those at Georgia Professional Standards Commission and the Federal CONNECTED at the USDOE/ Federal Courthouse are all licking out of the same bowl…along with the SACS accreditation team.
What is amazing is those of you that think these agencies are designed to stop the corruption. They are designed to keep the corruption covered-up.
All of this has been reported…to ALL entities. These are the CONNECTED FOLK…and the same rules of conduct and ethics do not apply to those in the elite positions.
It's like calling 911 on the Southside of Atlanta…or trying to get a pot hole fixed on Bankhead …
or reporting fraud on a NORTHSIDE APS school…it is not considered NEWSWORTHY.
April 28th, 2011
3:07 pm
Maureen, please close the loop on this when you hear something. Assuming what Wondering said is true, this may be a very short investigation.
April 28th, 2011
9:01 pm
@ Top School – I agree with you! As a parent of a former APS student, I have witnessed and experienced first hand the tactics of intimidation and retaliation that you stated occurs by APS officials when they are challenged for wrongdoing or failure to abide by policies and procedures as mandated at the federal, state, and local level. What really caught my eye today was the AJC article stating that Randolph Bynum had been selected to be the Superintendent for Sumter County Schools in SC and my first thought was whether these people have been paying attention or are they all in cahoots with each other. Based on my personal experience with several of the most senior level officials from APS to include Beverly Hall, Randolph Bynum, and many of their direct reports, it is my recommendation that they all be sent packing and never allowed to work for another school district! What in the world – you mess up one school district and then get promoted to go off and do the same thing in another school district. Instead of putting all the emphasis on what the Board Members are doing, someone needs to be looking into what is really going on at 130 Trinity Ave and put the appropriate measures in place to replace the people who are getting paid to bring more harm than good to the children of Atlanta Public Schools. And to Mayor Reed, what is amazing to me is that when I came to you as a concerned citizen to report the wrongdoing that was occuring at the hands of APS officials, it's quite funny how the response I received was that you had no authority to get involved in what was happening in Atlanta Public Schools, even when there was blatant wrongdoing that was affecting the citizens of your city, however now that accreditation is at risk, which means it could have an impact on the economy of the city, then all of a sudden you rise to the occasion as a mayor who is concerned about the impact the school district is having on your city. The thought that should have come to mind when you were notified of the wrong doing was that what they were doing to the least of them, only served as a reflection of a much bigger problem that could and would cause devastating effects on a much larger population of the citizens of from your city and at that point, perhaps you should have opened your eyes and taken action in an effort to avoid what is now going on with the school district. Here this, last year this time, my parting words to Dr. Hall, Dr. Bynum, and several other top officials from APS were "nothing good will happen for this school district until you all do right by the children that you have been hired and entrusted to educate!" What you all are now witnessing is the fallout of the warning that was previously issued and I am afraid that it may get worst before it gets better.
April 29th, 2011
3:12 pm
These elite Wall Street , Priests bail each other out of the trouble they cause. They have not developed a Madoff scapegoat to serve the time for their unethical wrong doings in public education…so they are all covering for each other. Guilty they should have their license to operate in education revoked. ANY TEACHER'S LICENSE WOULD HAVE BEEN REMOVED FOR MUCH LESS.
These hiring of the TOP APS officials in other school districts just adds icing to the cake of corruption…
The Catholic Church does the same with their unethical priests…Politics as usual…


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Liz Fields Wedding Dresses - Style 9101
Description: Liz Fields Wedding Dresses, Spring 2011. Sweetheart re-embroidered lace mini-dress is unveiled by a detachable soft ballgown skirt of point d'esprit and lace with a tulle overlay. Pictured in Ivory. Colors: Ivory, White Sizes: 0-28