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Domonic Faulkner had just finished telling Baltimore homicide detectives about the last time he had seen his friend alive.
Now David Womack was dead. The 22-year-old Baltimore man had been found in a crashed car with a single gunshot wound. And Faulkner, who had been with Womack hours before the shooting, was in the Western District police station, answering questions about that night.
The investigators slid a blurry surveillance image from the crime scene in front of him. The people in the photo were unknown to the detectives. But as Faulkner looked at the image, police said, his eyes began to water.
Detectives Luis Delgado and Robert Heath now sensed Faulkner had been involved in Womack's death — and was ready to come clean.
They turned the tape recorder off.
What happened over the next 51 minutes is in dispute. But when the tape recorder came back on, Faulkner was delivering a full and detailed confession to killing Womack.
What detectives didn't know at the time was that Faulkner's IQ had been measured at 62, placing him in the lowest 1 percent of the population. A psychologist who interviewed Faulkner found him to be "highly suggestible," and determined he was "at risk to making a coerced compliant false confession/incriminating statement."
Faulkner, then 23, would soon say that he had simply told police what he thought they wanted to hear. But it was too late: He was charged with murder. He pleaded not guilty.
"There's not a scintilla of evidence other than his confession," said Brian Thompson, Faulkner's attorney.
For many, the idea that a suspect would confess to a murder he did not commit is difficult to believe. But it's not uncommon. The Innocence Project says more than 1 out of 4 people who have been wrongfully convicted but were later exonerated by DNA evidence made a false confession or incriminating statement.
University of Virginia law professor Brandon Garrett wrote a book examining such cases.
"Because of the power of DNA testing, we now know that people confess to crimes they did not commit," he said. "Once facts are leaked to a suspect or leading questions asked, there's no way to unring the bell and sort truth from fiction."
Garrett has found 350 cases in which defendants were convicted of a range of crimes but later exonerated by DNA. That is, the physical evidence showed that they did not commit the crime.
Still, in 75 of those cases, the defendant had confessed.
Garrett says a common thread ran through many of those cases: Detectives subjected the suspects to accusatory interrogations, made threats, and then helped the suspect shape his or her account, often supplying facts the suspect didn't know.
Police and prosecutors say Faulkner's was no such case. They say he provided details of Womack's killing that could have been known only by the person who committed the crime. When a judge threw out Faulkner's confession over questions about whether he should have had a lawyer present, prosecutors fought to get it reinstated — and won.
Heath, the detective, said it was a "solid case."
Faulkner "seemed like a nice young kid, who just got caught up in a moment. Sometimes that happens," he said in a recent interview.
At trial, Faulkner and his attorneys had the challenge of arguing against his own words.
"It's been pretty obvious what the question is in this trial," Assistant State's Attorney Terrence Nash told jurors in his closing argument. "Do you believe the defendant when he said he shot David Womack? Do you believe him?"
'Where u at?'
Police were called to the 2800 block of Mosher Street in West Baltimore just after midnight on March 4, 2013, for what appeared to be a car accident. A silver 2000 Mercedes Benz had crashed into a tree with enough force to blow its airbags, and a man inside was unconscious.
As medics administered CPR, they found the man had suffered a gunshot wound. A single bullet had entered through his shoulder and ricocheted through his heart and lungs.
A block away, officers found what they believed to be the scene of the shooting. Police found a gold cross medallion believed to have belonged to the victim, who at that point was a John Doe.
Delgado, the lead detective, took possession of the victim's phone. That morning, it kept ringing. It was Faulkner.
"GM," Faulkner wrote in a text message: Good morning.
"Yo where u at?" Faulkner wrote in another. "I need to get car washed."
Delgado called Faulkner back from his own phone. Faulkner identified himself as Womack's "cousin," meaning in this case a good friend. Delgado and Heath, his partner, visited Faulkner at his West Baltimore apartment to ask Faulkner if he could help them find Womack's family.
"We learned [Womack's] identity from him," Delgado later testified.
They would testify later that they had no reason to think Faulkner was involved in Womack's death.
Over the next nine days, police worked to acquire surveillance camera footage and waited on DNA analysis from Womack's car.
With no leads and Delgado looking for something to jumpstart his case, he reached back out to Faulkner. Police took him to the Western District police station, because, they say, it was closer to his home than the homicide unit in the department's downtown headquarters.
Unlike the homicide unit, however, the Western District police station was not equipped to record interviews on video from start to finish. For years, homicide detectives had conducted lengthy interviews before recording, then turned on a cassette recorder and run through the same questions.
During trials, defense attorneys seized on the practice, regularly suggesting to jurors that detectives had used the undocumented portions of the interviews to browbeat and coerce their clients into admitting to questionable guilt.
In the first recorded portion of the March 13, 2013, interview with Faulkner, he gave an account of driving around the city and hanging out with Womack. He said Womack left him at his apartment around 9:30 p.m. — three hours before Womack was shot.
"He dropped me off and I called him to make sure, 'David where you at?' He said he was on his way home," Faulkner told police.
The detectives showed Faulkner a still picture from surveillance camera video of a man, a woman and a car.
Faulkner said he didn't recognize the people, but the vehicle looked like Womack's.
"At one point, you told me you didn't want to meet with me," Delgado told Faulkner. "Is that correct? You didn't want any parts of this?
"Yes, sir," Faulkner said.
"Why is that?" Delgado said.
"You know, I ain't, I ain't know what was going on so I really didn't want to, you know, like be a part of this, sir," Faulkner said.
Delgado pressed.
"If you knew anything in reference to his death, would you tell me?" he asked.
"Yes sir, but I don't know anything," Faulkner said.
"You're looking at me kind of — is there something wrong?" Delgado said.
"No sir," Faulkner said.
"You look like you want to cry," Delgado said. "You OK?"
"Yes, sir."
"You sure?"
The tape stopped at 7:37 p.m., but the detectives and Faulkner kept talking. Heath says the time was filled with idle chatter. Faulkner says he was threatened.
"They were telling me, 'You'll never see your kids,'" Faulkner told The Baltimore Sun. "I was scared and nervous. I didn't know what to do."
The recording resumed at 8:28. Now, Delgado was asking Faulkner to recount the conversation they had when the tape was off.
Faulkner said he had identified himself and his girlfriend as the people in the grainy surveillance photo — and then gave a detailed accounting of the killing.
Faulkner was charged with first-degree murder, armed robbery, assault and handgun charges. He was now facing the possibility of life in prison. A District Court judge ordered him held without bail.
Police and prosecutors would later say they had no idea about Faulkner's intellectual capacity until his defense team raised it far into the trial. But recordings obtained by The Sun through a Maryland Public Information Act request show detectives were told on the night of his confession.
'Y'all didn't know about his symptoms?'
While Faulkner was being questioned, police were holding his then-girlfriend, Tre'Arra Spratley, in another room. She was eight months pregnant with their child.
On tape, Spratley seemed at times to have difficulty understanding the questions being asked. But she was adamant that Faulkner was with her in bed at her apartment when the shooting occurred.
Detectives informed Spratley that Faulkner had confessed to the killing, and had placed her at the scene with him.
"Why would he identify that picture and say that's him?" Det. Martin Young asked.
"Because he's retarded himself," Spratley said.
"He what?" Young said.
"He's retarded," she said. "Yes he is."
There was a pause.
"What you mean?" Young asked.
"Y'all didn't know about his symptoms?"
Faulkner's attorneys say they were not given that tape.
Psychologists who evaluated Faulkner for the defense and for prosecutors would come to opposite conclusions about his mental abilities.
Dr. Michael O'Connell, who examined Faulkner for the defense, reported that he suffered "significant cognitive and developmental deficits" and displayed risk factors for giving a false confession.
In a report, O'Connell wrote that Faulkner had a "history of being influenced and exploited by other people."
"Mr. Faulkner's shame regarding his disabilities and efforts he makes to mask his deficits or present what has been referred to as a 'cloak of competence' would limit Det. Delgado's ability to clarify any confusion," O'Connell wrote. He said detectives had used coercive interrogation techniques developed to instill fear in suspects and lead them to believe they will be found guilty.
The state's expert, Dr. Christiane Tellefsen, found the interview with detectives brief and unremarkable — not the kind of grueling marathon session that might produce a false confession under duress.
"It was very short, simple, question and answer, tell us about this, tell us about that," she testified at Faulkner's trial. "Whatever his vulnerability is, that situation did not exploit those vulnerabilities."
Tellefsen said Faulkner had a low IQ. But she said other aspects of his life showed him to be higher functioning. He was able to hold jobs, maintain a household and care for his children. His "adaptive functioning" pushed him up out of the intellectually disabled range, she determined.
"He had the capacity to" understand what was happening during the interrogation, she testified.
"I can't tell you he did or didn't" understand, she said. "Only Domonic can say whether he did or didn't."
A mentor intervenes
Faulkner had been mentored by the jeweler Tom Smyth since 2006. They met at a Saturday morning breakfast hosted by Young Life Urban, which pairs inner city youth with male role models.
Faulkner, who grew up in the West Baltimore neighborhood of Sandtown-Winchester, knew little of his father. He was taken from his mother and placed into foster care at age 6.
When he met Smyth, Faulkner was a student at Claremont High School, which serves adolescents and young adults with moderate to severe disabilities. He and Smyth continued to meet up from time to time, with Smyth offering guidance and helping him navigate some of life's challenges.
Faulkner began working at age 17, first in fast food and also in cleaning. At age 20, he was arrested on a minor drug charge — the only criminal violation that shows up in his online court records.
Now Faulkner was in real trouble. Soon after his arrest, Smyth went to visit him at Central Booking. Faulkner told Smyth that he didn't kill anybody, but had said what he thought police wanted him to say.
Smyth remembers Faulkner's words.
"Mr. Tom, I don't understand," he said, according to Smyth. "They told me if I didn't confess, I'd be in jail for the rest of my life. But I confessed, and I'm still in jail.
"I don't understand."
Smyth said he believed Faulkner didn't understand. Faulkner had been appointed a public defender. Smyth hired a new legal team to take on the case.
Attorneys Brian Thompson and Erin Murphy began digging into the case. Thompson, a former county prosecutor with a gravelly voice, said he believed Faulkner. He started looking closely into the police investigation.
Thompson knew that before Faulkner spoke with detectives, he had twice called an attorney from his firm. (Smyth had connected him with the attorney after the 2010 drug charge.) The attorney had advised Faulkner not to speak, yet he'd gone along with the interview anyway.
With the recorder running, the detectives asked Faulkner to read his Miranda rights aloud. He struggled to pronounce words such as "afford" and "voluntarily." Thompson said that should've been a sign to detectives that Faulkner didn't understand the gravity of the conversation ahead.
In the confession, Faulkner told the detectives that he and his then-girlfriend were riding with Womack when they stopped to get a chicken box. Faulkner and his girlfriend got into an argument, and Womack intervened. Faulkner told him to mind his own business and yanked the gold cross medallion around his neck.
"I got out of the car, we had words, exchange of words," Faulkner told police. "Next thing you know, you know … he was trying to hit me, but I took his chain off him. … He had a gun and I took the gun from him and I shot him in the arm, then he got up, he got back in the car and rode off.
"I called the next day to see if he answered and he didn't answer."
Faulkner told police he had dumped the gun in a sewer drain a couple blocks away. Police removed the drain cover and searched below, but never found the weapon.
It was too heavy to float away, and it was unlikely that anyone else would have opened the sewer to recover the weapon. Thompson knew that was a major strike against the state's case.
Police never found any sign of the chicken box that Faulkner said he had purchased and which supposedly touched off the argument.
Police also botched an effort to obtain surveillance footage from a store that could've offered a better view of the man and woman in the surveillance stills — they asked for the wrong time period, and realized the error only after the footage had been overwritten.
Thompson felt the text messages Faulkner sent in the morning to Womack's phone — saying good morning and asking when they were going to hang out that day — were crucial.
"That's not the kind of thing you'd text someone who you had shot the night before, unless you're a criminal mastermind and you're setting up your defense," Thompson would say.
Heath told The Sun that he introduced the idea of self-defense to Faulkner.
"I gave him a self-defense kind of thing: 'If he pointed the gun at you, you wrestled it away from him, and it's going off, you got nervous,'" he suggested. "'You had to do what you had to do.'"
No such exchange appears in the recorded portions.
Spratley, whom Faulkner had placed at the scene, was never charged.
The state presses its case
It took Faulkner's case three years to get to trial.
During pretrial motions, Thompson had been able to get Faulkner's confession thrown out. He argued that Faulkner did not have a lawyer, and did not understand what he was saying. Prosecutors appealed, and won. The confession was back in play.
The trial began in May 2016 in Baltimore Circuit Court.
On the stand, Delgado said he learned of Faulkner's low IQ only during court proceedings. But he knew from investigating dozens of killings in the city that it doesn't take a genius to pull the trigger of a gun.
Thompson told Delgado that he had no corroborating evidence that the people in the picture were Faulkner and his girlfriend.
"Your client," Delgado responded, "identified himself."
In a perfect world, the phone in the homicide unit would have been ringing off the hook with tips after Womack was killed. Police would've found the murder weapon with DNA or fingerprints — or both. Video surveillance footage would have captured the shooting, and the events before and after. But neither prosecutors nor the defense had any of those things.
Could Delgado discount a defendant's own admission of guilt, just because the rest didn't fall into place?
Inconsistencies don't necessarily refute a case. Just because Faulkner had admitted shooting Womack didn't mean he'd been honest about every detail. What if the chicken box wasn't the real reason for the dispute? What if he discarded the gun another way?
Then there was the bus. Faulkner said he'd fled by climbing onto the No. 15 bus at Edmondson Avenue. It wasn't until later that Delgado would get video evidence showing a man and a woman, who appeared similar to the couple shown in the other surveillance image, getting onto that bus at that location.
"If the defendant wasn't the shooter … how else could he possibly know they were going to get on a bus unless he actually got on the bus?" Assistant State's Attorney Terrence Nash asked Delgado.
"There was no way of knowing," Delgado responded.
Delgado now works in the police department's arson unit. The department did not make him available for an interview for this article. Heath, his partner, retired in 2013.
Nash pointed to a flurry of calls Faulkner had made to Womack — not just a "what's up" text message, but 10 calls, starting at 6:15 AM. Nash said they showed Faulkner was trying to check on Womack's condition.
He addressed the jury.
"One might ask," he said, "if he shot the victim, why doesn't he text him, 'Hey are you dead, I know I shot you?'
"Of course he's not going to text that. Nobody would put that. But after you saw him drive off, you probably want to know if he's alive. So you probably want to send a text to see if he'll respond."
For Thompson, the gap between recordings raised questions. The only way to know whether Faulkner had been threatened or coerced, he said, would be to hear what happened in the interim.
He turned to Delgado.
"Why in God's name did you turn that tape off?"
Lingering questions, and a fresh start
Faulkner had spent 19 months in jail awaiting trial, and then another 20 months on house arrest while lawyers argued over the admissibility of the confession.
The trial lasted five days. Prosecutors argued that Faulkner confessed to the killing. The defense said Faulker's intellectual capacity cast doubt on his confession, and there was no other evidence to convict him.
Jurors deliberated for six hours. Then they cleared Faulkner of all charges.
No one from Womack's family attended the trial. Over the span of two months in 2011, his father and mother had both died; other relatives weren't close or lived out of state. Toni Klatt, Womack's girlfriend and the mother of his infant child, was told the killer had been caught on tape and confessed, and that the case was closed. No one ever contacted her again, she says. She considered the matter behind her.
"I just assumed the system worked," she said in a recent interview.
She didn't know Faulkner had been acquitted.
Informed of the verdict, Klatt said: "If he didn't do it, who did?"
In all but the rarest of circumstances, when a defendant is acquitted, the case ends. Double jeopardy prevents a defendant from being tried again. But the fact that prosecutors couldn't convince a jury of his guilt seldom leads them to conclude that they were wrong.
For these reasons, a case marked "closed" in police files will not be re-investigated barring new, actionable evidence or intelligence that points to another suspect.
Nash now runs the criminal strategies unit of the Baltimore State's Attorney's Office.
"I feel for Mr. Faulkner," he said recently. "I know he has difficulties, there's no doubt about that.
"That does not mean he did not kill his friend."
Smyth disagreed.
"I believe in innocent until proven guilty, and they had nothing on him to indicate he was the guy," he said. "They just had easy pickings, in my opinion."
Faulkner has not been re-arrested since his acquittal. He is looking to make good on his second chance.
He lives in a Northeast Baltimore home purchased by Smyth, who continues to mentor him. He works as a landscaper.
Though Faulkner grew up without a father, with Smyth's help, he's been working to be a good role model for his four children.
"I want to be a loving man," he told The Sun recently. "It's not just for me, it's for my kids and doing the right thing.
"If I didn't do the right thing, I'd be in a slump — in a hole. I gotta lead by example and keep my kids positive.
"Every day I wake up, I give thanks … I could've been in jail for the rest of my life for something I didn't commit."


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Completing the Watermark process will allow institutions to:
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Since 2008 there has been strategic investment in encouraging universities to embed engagement into their work. A recent report, that sought to take stock of progress to date, suggested that much had been achieved, but there were opportunities and challenges ahead. One such opportunity was the need to recognise and reward excellence in institutional support for public engagement. The Engage Watermark is one key way to do this.
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A leading skeptic takes on the religious right.
Skeptic magazine publisher Shermer (Science Friction, 2005) begins with his own discovery of how robust a theory evolution is. An evangelical Christian through his high-school and college years, he learned in a statistics class that the search for scientific truth is guided by probabilities and logic, not rhetoric and persuasion. Evolution is supported not by rigid doctrine (as creationists often claim) but by converging lines of evidence from various independent disciplines: geology, botany, genetics, paleontology, comparative anatomy, etc. After a brief history of the controversy aroused by Darwin's theories, Shermer offers a detailed list of creationists' favorite "refutations" of evolution. Perhaps the strongest is the much-touted anthropic principle, which argues that several critical values of physics are so fine-tuned for the development of life that the universe must have been designed specifically for that purpose. Shermer notes that the universe is not, as far as we can see, teeming with life, let alone intelligent life; a careful observer might question the efficacy of the implied design. It's more likely that we are predisposed to see design where there is none than that such an enormous structure has been reared to bring about so little. Other arguments against evolution also fall short: When creationists demand "missing links" that demonstrate historical evolution and are answered with a fossil fulfilling its criteria, they typically demand still more linking forms. In short, they reject the rules by which science plays, while demanding that their own claims be afforded the status of science. Shermer offers calm, generally civil answers to the major questions about evolution, squarely faces controversy, generally forgoes cheap shots at the opposition, and provides a cogent blueprint for rationalists faced with debate against creation science or intelligent design.
A valuable, clearly presented tool in a key modern controversy.


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Bengaluru, Mar 7 (PTI) Karnataka Lokayukta P Vishwanatha Shetty was today stabbed multiple times and left profusely bleeding by a man who went to his office with a complaint only to be told that the case was shut, officials said.
Shetty, in his early 70s, was rushed to a nearby hospital and is prima facie stated to be out of danger.
The Lokayukta collapsed after assailant Tejaraj Sharma attacked him in his chamber in a multi-storeyed building near Vidhana Soudha or the state secretariat, according to officials and eyewitnesses.
Sharma was arrested, Chief Minister Siddaramaiah told reporters after he rushed to Mallya Hospital and enquired about Shettys condition.
Sharma, who had filed a complaint with the Lokayukta about not getting a tender for a work he had applied for, went to his chamber and stabbed him at three or four places, he said.
He was told by the Lokayukta office that the case was shut after investigation.
Shetty suffered serious injury on his abdomen, Siddaramaiah said.
"I have spoken to doctors regarding his treatment. Doctors who are treating him have said prima facie he is out of danger," he said.
The assailant came to the office saying he wanted to meet Shetty and after entering the chamber, stabbed the Lokayukta with a knife, Siddaramaiah said.
"I was shown the weapon. The knife is big. It looks like he has attempted to murder," he said.
"I wish for his speedy recovery. Such a thing had never happened... I have instructed the DGP to investigate in detail... about his background and other things."
Amid reports of a security breach, Siddaramaiah said he had asked police to look into it and take action.
He said those who come to meet the Lokayukta are normally given a chit before being called in.
"Several people come to meet us also; we wont know who has come with weapon."
The gunman was standing guard outside Shettys chamber and the CCTV is also installed, Siddaramaiah said, adding, "... He did this inside the chamber."
He said Sharma went alone inside the Lokayuktas chamber.
Home Minister Ramalinga Reddy, citing initial information, had earlier said the assailant had claimed to be an advocate.
Shetty took over as the state Lokayukta in January 2017 succeeding Y Bhaskar Rao, a former high court chief justice. PTI KSU RA APR TVS ZMN ZMN


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Since working in academia, I have used my personal experience as a cultural worker to interrogate the nature and characteristics of cultural entrepreneurship. I am conscious of the challenges associated with cultural work, such as the insecurities of self-employment and freelance work, yet I am unconvinced by some of the critiques of entrepreneurial modes of work. Of course, the criticism is not directed at cultural workers themselves, rather, it has focused on recent cultural policies, in particular from New Labour's period in government. As an educator as well as a researcher, I have been grappling with the contradictory premise of both teaching for, and critically analysing cultural entrepreneurship. This has been the starting point for my (part-time) PhD at the Centre for Cultural Policy Studies at the University of Warwick.
My PhD examines the role of personal agency in the cultural worker's experience of entrepreneurship. It is a response to a call for further empirical studies capturing the lived experience of entrepreneurial cultural work (See Banks, 2006; Gill and Pratt, 2008; Hesmondhalgh and Baker, 2011; and Steyaert and Hjorth, 2006). I am inspired by an emerging literature which seeks to re-invent entrepreneurship by placing it within a wider social context rather than focusing on the lone entrepreneur (eg: Richard Branson). I have investigated gender and entrepreneurship, being 'enterprising' for counter-cultural activities and the potential for 'good' work (morally, ethically and practically). I draw on the academic disciplines of cultural studies, cultural policy studies and entrepreneurship studies as a context for this empirical study.
The lived experience of individual cultural entrepreneurs is set within the context of Birmingham's (UK) cultural industries milieu and framed by New Labour's cultural policies. I investigate this as a 'space of possibilities', an environment in which cultural workers have the freedom to act but within the constraints of a common system of references and a framework shaped by local actors, agents, institutions and policies (Bourdieu, 1993, p.179). The cultural entrepreneurs I analyse have to navigate this milieu, responding to it in their individual ways. I reveal personal circumstance and agency as playing an important role in negotiating individual positions within Birmingham's cultural milieu.
My methodological approach enables me to gain personal insights, revealing tensions and informal connections shaping the cultural entrepreneurs environment. The distinctiveness of the approach aims to reveal highly personal experiences and subjective positions set within the context of a relatively small cultural industries community in Birmingham; a community in which I have been immersed for a number of years prior to this study. I draw on my knowledge of people, networks and of local policies, exploiting my position as part of Birmingham's cultural industries community. The cultural entrepreneur's capacity for reflexivity emerges as a means of subverting or negotiating entrepreneurial modes of work. Day-to-day activities are revealed to explore self-management and self-exploitation. Identity and myths are challenged by discussing ideas of performing the entrepreneur, or counteracting popular stereotypes. In 'gossiping' with interviewees, the importance of Birmingham as a creative milieu is revealed through places, acquaintances, networks and opportunities. Evidence of Bourdieu's forms of capital, cultural, social and symbolic, are analysed as a means of exploring the cultural entrepreneur's position. Power struggles are evident but not necessarily transparent, in the fluid relationship between policy makers, formal institutions and the informal communities of entrepreneurial cultural workers. The extent to which individuals 'buy in' to the local policy framework can be difficult to identify given the pragmatic manner in which cultural entrepreneurs operate. The needs of a practicing cultural worker can be about identifying with a bohemian identity as much as it is about successfully negotiating publicly funded work. My research approach encourages individuals to construct their story within this dynamic context, a space they shape as well as being shaped by it.
Following this research I seek to further investigate experiences of entrepreneurship through several focused studies which I outline below:
Firstly, the conjunction between activism and cultural entrepreneurship manifested in the work of young black women engaged in developing alternative networks. I am interested in the manner in which the language of enterprise is utilised to enhance entrepreneurial opportunities but also to address inequalities in the cultural industries.
Secondly, the creative city agenda is Birmingham has an emphasis on the city's diverse communities and cultural practices. Yet, representations of BME cultural activities seems patchy or tends to favour the same organisations linked to established funding streams and networks. Are these the only cultural activities taking place in Birmingham? Is there a hidden or as yet uncovered level of activity produced by the BME community?
Finally, as a result of my PhD research I have identified gendered perspectives in cultural entrepreneurship manifested in the process of being entrepreneurial, in the decision to start a business and in the networks for female entrepreneurs. In this context I ask how women experience cultural entrepreneurship. In particular, what role do networks such as Girl Geeks play in articulating new identities and enhancing opportunities for 'good work'?


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|OOCBy the way Kujol is hiding out and the only ones who might know what he looks like or who he is are Ebonstryfe/Black Sun higher ups.
Kujol was beside himself with worry. Not for himself, because he was ready to die at the moment he signed up on behalf of Siriana. But the fact that they were planning to leave Sunberth towards another region to build their strength back up. Losing Siriana and number of high level Dawn members was a blow. He was seen as a leader in these times but the hunt for his head was daunting and forever. They were finally planning on being together and leaving the clutches of the Ebonstryfe.
It was too late.
The Stryfe had found them, and Meredith would be at the might and mouth of a Lazarin. The Lazarin's were despicable beings thriving in the face of torture. After they had killed Siriana they scowered the place for members and executed them, sometimes on the spot. If they found out that Meredith was the Healer as well, no telling what they would do.
He would have to escape with his love. Before they were both captured. But they needed to fend these foes off.
Sevris jumped from the scaffold and landed on the ground with his forces standing beside him. The new objective, capture or kill Kujol. For some reason they were opening the gates, something that spelled certain doom. Doesn't seem like something a General would do.
It mattered not. Focus. Sevris was the most dangerous fighter on the battlefield next to the General himself. The Akalak was a few yards away disappearing into a house nearby with his guards hot on his tail. Immediately a slew of soldiers protected the entrance.
They're planning on running? Not this time. No one escapes.
"Stryfe raid that building. Capture the Akalak and the human woman. They are Ravoks most wanted!" Sevris ordered. "Miriam and Darren we have a new hunt. We have to deal with Kujol ourselves. He has defeated us at every encounter. He shall meet his match."
"Lead the way Marshal," Miriam said spirited by Sevris's fighting words.
Sevris charged forward towards 5 Dawn members guarding the entrance. One of them jumped the gap between him and with his longsword stabbed forward hoping to one hit kill Sevris.
Unfortunately the Lazarin was already moving out of the way and in another motion lifted his backblade upwards and it lopped his hand off. His screaming was loud but cut off after receiving a swift kick to his stomach quieted the scream. The next guard didn't even have a chance to attack before Sevris continued his assault and gave a spinning back kick to the other guard. He twirled in the air from the force and landed on his back with a grunted gasp.
Sevris yelled and impaled his blade into the man. They bore no armor so nothing could stop Sevris's blade from killing him. In seconds two were dead and the rest of his Soldiers ganged up on the rest of the guards. With his beckons Sevris, Miriam and Darren brushed past and entered the house.
Kujol was mindful. There was only one exit out of the house with Meredith in his hands. His most trusted Apprentices gifted with sword and magic, he trusted they could protect them while he found another route out of the Gated Community.
But there was an impostor. A "military advisor" would never have been given access to this place nor known he was there. Probably belonged to the Black Sun along with the golden Marshal from Ravok. I guess he would die as well.
August unknowingly had set himself up for being to close to the Akalak. After grabbing Meredith his guards covered her and August had been spouting something the Akalak was ignoring.
And in one quick motion, grabbed his Lakan and grabbed the human with his free hand. In a deadly embrace, his blue arms was cutting off the blood circulation and oxygen in August's neck.
Kujol's guard pulled out his own Longsword and held it towards August. "Now you are my prisoner. How foolish do you think we are? Anyone hired is run through us beforehand. Lets see if he's important or not. And use him to barter our war out of this." Kujol said to his prisoner August.
Sevris kicked down the wooden door with his boots. The wood splintered and swung backwards from the force. He could hear scuffling going on inside. With a nod from his head he gave the signal for them to follow and they stepped inside ready for an ambush. From the other side of the room, he could see it was cleared out and and there was no furniture save for a table but there were a few people already there.
Kujol, and his guards were with Meredith. But Kujol had someone in his hands in a headlock. "One of yours Lazarin?" Kujol pointed with his Lakan in his hand to August's neck.
Sevris had never seen him before and did not care either. But it was ok to let Kujol think so. "This has nothing to do with him. Let him go and I will show you mercy. Siriana is already dead. You are just the final piece to this puzzle."
"You lie. I know of your past ventures with your family. She must be allowed to walk free." Kujol said gesturing to Meredith.
"No one walks free from this. You conspired against the God of Evil and threatened the very existence to his people. I cannot let anyone leave. But I will not kill her. You have my word."
"Then we must fight. Because I know what you have in store." Kujol grabbed the scruff of August's clothes and tossed him towards Sevris and he was sent stumbling.
And Kujol went on the attack. Aiming to kill everyone who stepped into the house.


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The website of Perimeter Church in Johns Creek, GA.
Bringing discipleship back to the local church
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We are pleased that you have chosen to visit our web site and we hope you will come and visit us in person as well. As you explore our site you'll notice that we have a lot to offer the families and individuals in our community, including things for children of all ages as well as adults, no matter what their age or stage of life (single, married, divorced, widowed, whatever). Perimeter is a truly a come as you are church. It's a safe place to explore the truths of Christianity and it's a great place to experience growth and community.
Our services feature a blend of traditional hymns with contemporary praise songs, and will often feature drama, personal testimonies, and dance - providing a dynamic and impacting time of worship. We were all created to worship and at Perimeter Church our desire is to help you worship well.
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It goes without saying that a good contract is important given it is a legally binding document. Writing a business contract which accurately reflects the intentions of each party is critical to its success.
So without trying to do ourselves out of a job, we have put together our top tips to help you with business contracts. A full list can be accessed from here but as an overview, here's a brief summary:
• Each party may want to contract on the basis of their own terms and the battle is often won by the last one to put forward terms and conditions that were not explicitly rejected by the other. Therefore, if you want to contract on the basis of your own terms and conditions you must clearly state this.
• The use of defined terms in a contract can save time and create consistency and certainty, but you should only use one if the term is to have a specific meaning in every instance where it is used.
• On signing a contract, you should comply with its terms and not try to vary it either orally or by conduct.
• If you are including restrictive covenants and non-compete clauses, you should ensure that the drafting is not too broad or onerous as this could render them unenforceable.
• If you are providing the other party with confidential or sensitive information about your business which you do not want disclosed to others, you should include a confidentiality clause.
• If you include a clause which stipulates that a sum of money is payable on a breach of contract, you should ensure that this does not amount to a 'penalty clause' which would be unenforceable.
• If any new intellectual property will be created under the contract, you should stipulate who will own this and include any relevant assignment and licensing provisions.
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Waiting to bear down—instead of being told to push—could mean less tearing, to the relief of pregnant women everywhere.
No one knows your body better than you. Yet for years doctors told women when to push. This is the image of birth you see in the movies—the woman on her back with her feet in the stirrups while being told to count to 10, hold her breath and start pushing. But recent research shows this traditional way to deliver might not be best, and may worsen a risk of tearing down there (ouch!). There might be a better way: to let each woman decide for herself when to push.
Listen to your body
A new birth program, developed by a hospital in England and now being introduced across the UK, looks to reduce the number of women with severe tears by changing how they push. Instead of being told when and for how long, women are encouraged to wait until their body signals an urge to bear down—kind of like the feeling of having to poop. Also, women can breathe naturally while they push instead of holding their breath, and can labor and give birth in different positions.
The idea is to help your body work more effectively at getting the baby out with less force, and less tearing. "Laboring women can walk, use birthing balls, bars and other accessories, as well as try a variety of positions," Clara Ward, MD, a maternal-fetal medicine specialist with McGovern Medical School at UTHealth and Children's Memorial Hermann Hospital, tells Fit Pregnancy. "At the time of delivery, a 'hands-off' or 'minimal hands' approach, allowing the fetal head to descend slowly so that it stretches the tissues, can be employed."
But is this kind of delivery really better? "The optimal pushing technique is unclear, but there is less effort involved with allowing the woman to bear down when she feels the need," Maisa Feghali, MD, an OB/GYN at Magee-Womens Hospital of the University of Pittsburgh Medical Center (UPMC), tells Fit Pregnancy. "There is also no convincing evidence of an optimal maternal position for pushing, although upright positions, including kneeling and sitting, have several theoretical benefits like an increase in pelvic dimensions and good fetal alignment." The laying down position like you see in the movies should be avoided, she says, because of compression of large blood vessels. Even so, the evidence of the "best" way to deliver is still not clear.
If these techniques do result in less tearing, it will mean an easier recovery with fewer issues later on. "Even a small reduction in the severity of a tear can translate into markedly less discomfort postpartum," Ward says. "These practices are likely good for many women to avoid postpartum nuisances related to vaginal laxity [a feeling of looseness], and even more minor and common tears."
Do these techniques always work?
This all sounds great, and the American College of Gynecologists and Obstetricians, along with the American College of Nurse-Midwives, have recognized the value of similar practices. But waiting for an urge to push isn't always so simple. Women who've had epidurals, for example, can't move around as much, and often can't interpret their body's signals as well, Feghali says. "A woman may not be aware of these cues under an epidural and may thus push, or be guided to push, in a way that is more forceful and thus more traumatic to the perineum [the vaginal area]," Ward says.
That doesn't mean a preggo who's had drugs can't have an easier delivery. Ward says the contraction monitor can be used to help a woman tap into a change in sensation. "I find that helping the patient to relax and focus using mental imagery results in not only more labor progress, but also a more calm and pleasant birth experience," she says.
Of course, there are always going to be circumstances that warrant more medical intervention in order to keep mom and baby safe. So if this kind of mom-led birth is what you want, talk to your doctor ahead of time to make sure it's right for you. "These conversations help set expectations and make sure that the patient and the team caring for her are on the same page," Feghali says.


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Founded in 2000, China Hengshi Foundation Co. Ltd, is specialized in research, development, production and marketing of all kinds of fiber weaving products with purely imported equipment from Germany and the advanced manufacturing technology in the world. Since been establised, Hengshi has always devoted to making quality products with brand and high-quality raw materials which can be tailored according to the requirements of customers. The products of Hengshi are widely used in wind turbine blade, space flight and aviation, construction, environmental protection, transportation, energy, sports and leisure and other industries, which has been exported to Europe, America, Middle-East and Southeast Asia and other countries and regions, enjoying a high reputation in the markets both at home and abroad. At present, Hengshi has two production bases in China ● Zhejiang and Egypt ● Suez, and established good business cooperative relationship with many famous wind power equipment manufacturing companies in the world.
So far, most products of Hengshi have been approved by ISO9001, ISO14001 and OHSAS18001, with the main products approved by DNV·GL and Lloyd Register.
As a national high-tech company and having its own research institute of Zhejiang Province, many products of Hengshi have been listed in the national Key New Product Plan and national Torch Plan and have been rated as high-tech and brand products of Zhejiang Province. In line with the goal of pursuing excellent products, the company has done research and development innovation continually and has mastered internationally-advanced technology relying on independent research and development. And it has already had over 40 patents now.
Adhering to the goal of "Devoting to be the leading enterprise in global wind power-related fiberglass fabrics manufacturing", Hengshi has been continuously making efforts and improving to create more value for its customers and partners.
To maintain and improve our living environment, to develop the renewable energy business, to provide customers with material solution and to create maximum values for employees, shareholders, customers and interested parties
Devoting to be the leading enterprise in global wind power-related fiberglass fabrics manufacturing.
Core ideology
We firmly believe that only cultural heritage, is the soul of Tsuneishi. Thousands of miles begins with small steps. It has always been adhering to the "character, innovation, responsibility, learning, passion," the core ideology, Hengshi was able to chasing prowess.
The stone is bone of the earth before it was formed
In support of the Heaven and earth, bearing all things tirelessly and cultivating the people selflessly
The stone owns five virtues: benevolence, righteousness, wisdom, valiance and purity
People of Hengshi firmly believe that a company is just like a human being
Every step of growth of which is to fulfill the "personality" of Hengshi
It is the quality of the "stone" taken as foot-stone that makes Hengshi indomitable and reputable
Hengshi exclusively hews an eternal path with the quality, hardness, soul of the stone
It is because of the running water at the source area that the canal can be full of clear water
Innovation is source of Hengshi's development and essence of its culture
It is the continuous innovation with an initial point but end point
That enables Hengshi to deal with changeable situation of outside world calmly
Innovation is inclusive
That all rivers run into sea forms the raging waves
It is by eliminating the old and maintaining the new that Hengshispreads its wings impressively
Hengshi is the soil where diversified ideas and innovative spirits are fostered
By widely collecting all merits, it has possessed the verve of "daring to be a trailblazer"
Being the first to bear hardships before everybody else makes the tough bearing of Hengshi
Being brave to face the music is an unremitting belief of Hengshi people
Having never taken pure profit increase as goal
Hengshi esteems synergy among company development , society and individual
Keeps giving back to the society
And reflect its value in devotion
One cannot realize how high the Heaven is without ascending the high mountains
Crossing white clouds, people of Hengshi are yearning for the blue skies
Learning is the source power of innovation
To rise abruptly we've been accumulating strength
We never rigidly stick to the steps at present
We are establishing a learning-oriented company
To make the footsteps more stable and powerful
With enthusiasm
An eagle soars in the vast sky
A dragon strikes waters in the midstream
Enthusiasm, the driving force of Hengshi culture
No matter how much trials and difficulties we will experience
Hardships and bumps, glory and aureole
never changed the enthusiasm of progress
Every peak is a new starting point of Hengshi
It will be young forever, its effort will be everlasting
Hengshi USA Wind Power Materials Corporation, and indirect wholly owned subsidiary , was duly organized on 1 Juanary 2017 in South Carolina, the United States.
The Company was incorporated in the Cayman Islands to be the ultimate holding company of the Group and the reorganization was carried out.
Zhenshi Group Hengshi Fiberglass Fabrics Co., Ltd. was renamed as Zhejiang Hengshi Fiberglass Fabrics Co., Ltd.
Successfully listed on the Main Board of The Stock Exchange of Hong Kong Limited on 21 December 2015.
Hengshi Fiberglass commenced the expansion of existing production capacity, the third periods of capacity expansion project started to construct
Hengshi Fiberglass established a factory in Egypt for the production of various types of fiberglass products (fiberglass threads, fabrics and assembled roving)
Hengshi Fiberglass was awarded the Supplier of the Year Award by Vestas.
Hengshi Fiberglass was awarded the Famous Brand Product of Zhejiang Province by the Zhejiang Provincial Bureau of Quality and Technology Supervision.
Hengshi fiberglass won the title of High-tech enterprise from Department of Science and Technology of Zhejiang Province.
Hengshi Fiberglass was awarded the Supplier of the Year award by Vestas.
Hengshi Fiberglass was renamed as Zhenshi Group Hengshi Fiberglass Fabrics Co., Ltd.
Hengshi Fiberglass expanded its scale of production and moved to the new site in the economic development zone.
Hengshi Fiberglass was established.
Address: No.1 Guang Yun South Road, Tongxiang Economic Development Zone, Tongxiang, Zhejiang Province, People's Republic of China


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The other day I asked what you would do with a bucket full of cherries and some of you suggested clafoutis, which is a simple and brilliant French dessert. Clafoutis starts with a baking dish of cherries covered in a thin egg batter. When baked, this batter turns velvety and flan-like. Originating from the Limousin region of France, the dish was developed to showcase the beautiful cherries from this area. Some recipes will instruct you to bake the clafoutis with whole cherries as the pits are said to add depth of flavor to the batter. However pitted cherries make this easier to scarf, which you will want to do once the sweet smell of baking clafoutis fills your kitchen!
– 2 cups of pitted sweet cherries*
– 1 cup and 2 tbsps of whole milk
– 2 tbsps and 1 tsp of unsalted butter
– 3 extra-large eggs
– 1/4 cup and 2 tsps of granulated sugar
– 1/2 tsp of kosher salt
– 3/4 cup of all-purpose flour, sifted
– a heaping spoonful of powdered sugar
*If you don't have a cherry pitter (like me) there are some inventive methods to removing the pits. I used a large star piping tip and pushed it through the top of the cherry. Just twist and the pit comes right out! You can also use a paper clip to pit cherries by unfolding the paper clip and using either the smaller or larger end to insert into the top of the cherry and loosen the pit.
Heat the milk and 2 tbsps of butter in a small sauce pan until warm.
Beat the eggs together in a large bowl and add 1/2 cup of sugar, sifted flour and salt. Continue whisking and add the warm milk and butter until completely incorporated. The batter will be very thin. Let the batter rest at room temperature for one hour.
Pre-heat an oven to 375 degrees. Butter a 10-inch deep cast-iron skillet or baking dish. Sprinkle the 2 tsps of granulated sugar to coat the bottom of the pan. Place the cherries in the bottom of the skillet and pour the batter over. Bake for 45 minutes until puffy and golden brown.
Let the clafoutis cool a bit and then using a fine mesh sieve, dust some powdered sugar to finish it off.
Enjoy it warm or at room temperature– both ways are lovely!
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This is going to be a quick post today, seeing as how it's New Year's Eve and all, and there's many a thing to be done… Actually, who am I kidding? It's going to be pretty much exactly like that twitter photo of Squidward at 12 o'clock for me. (You know the one) Anywho, this is all about what I'm looking forward to in the next 365 days. 2015 looks to be a much stronger year than 2014, so videogame-wise, things should be fine. Now let's all just hope that Episode 7 doesn't suck.
– Uncharted 4: A Thief's EndIf you read the first three reviews that I've posted onto this site, then this one is a no-brainer. Naughty Dog has been consistent in their ability to create quality titles since the era of the original Playstation, and after watching the trailers, I feel confident that the next (and most likely final) entry in the Uncharted series is going to be another home run for Sony. ND has always been able to achieve the best of the best in terms of technical achievement on their consoles, and I'm expecting to see what the PS4 is truly capable with A Thief's End. (I mean, just look at Drake's face. How am I expected to resist gently caressing that?)
– Mortal Kombat XYou know, I don't often say "yasssss, betch. Yasss," but when I do, it's generally because some morsel of news has been dropped about this game. Seriously, every new crumb of sustenance I can find about this game, be it new gameplay or a new kombatant trailer, and it is pretty much the highlight of the day. I'll probably wait out for the inevitable "ultimate" edition, though, seeing as how Netherrealm Studios has historically put out great DLC add-ons post-launch. Everything about next year's sequel to the excellent MK9 makes me giddy as a school girl.
Since subscribing to the Playstation Plus service in the summer, I've pretty much come down with the console equivalent of Steamsaleitis. I have gotten so many games that I've been meaning to play for free or at extremely reduced prices, and am buried underneath them all now. These are the ones that are currently in my metaphorical queue that I really want to just start up. (real life obligations be damned)
–Lone SurvivorI know next to nothing about this game, and yet, since picking up the Director's Cut on a whim for a measly $3, it's been sitting in the back of my mind, whispering "play me, playyy meee." From what I can tell, it's a 2D sidescroller with pixelated graphics (so, pretty much the typical indie game), but the strange, atmospheric trailer did an amazing job of selling me on it. (so, good work, marketing dept. A gold star for you) Lone survivor appears to be a horror game and a pretty disturbing one at that. I'm very interested to see how the scares will translate into two dimensions.The fact that I have so little details on it, and am resisting looking up more, only adds to the building intrigue.
– Deus Ex: Human RevolutionI found the Director's Cut of this title on sale, and I've only heard good things about this game and it's soundtrack, so I knew I'd regret it if I didn't check this one out. I never played any of the original Deus Ex titles, but from the looks of it, I think I'll be fine just skipping into this one. The game looks to be sporting a very specific color scheme, and the futuristic world looks interesting. I'm just hoping that, as a narrative focused RPG, Deus Ex allows me to make decisions that are actually impactful. Aside from that, I'm willing to let the other aspects of this game surprise me.
– Deadly PremonitionWow, okay, so… this one is another Director's Cut. Yeah, I feel somewhat awkward about that, too. Can we just go back to the Capcom tradition of just tacking on incredibly boisterous adjectives? Like, what about "Deadly Premonition: Ultimate Gold Turbo Edition ++" ? Anyway, this game is supposed to be one of those "so bad it's good" type of deals, and as a fan of the classic film, Troll 2, I'm really excited to play a game with that sort of… "charm." Did I mention yet that this is supposed to be a horror title? What does that say about me that I have included so many games in these lists with that in common? (Hint: it means I am 2spooky4u) Also, this is a Japanese title. Which is great. If there's something I love besides hilariously bad idiosyncrasies, it's hilariously bad, Japanese idiosyncrasies.
Runner Ups (seriously, I have way too many games to play now):
– Beyond Good and Evil HD
– Okami HD
– Strider


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From virtual assistants to self-driving cars, the AI industry has already made its presence felt across the tech world. However, it's still in the nascent stage and holds tremendous possibilities in the future. So, what does the year 2018 have in store for the marketing industry?
According to a new research by Demandbase, 80% of B2B marketers strongly believe artificial intelligence will significantly impact the B2B industry in the next five years.
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Although the United States is in a Republican era, in which the majority is culturally conservative, the people last night voted in Democratic majorities to governorships, the House, and perhaps the Senate. Like most complex events, this one has multiple causes. The issues were less local and more national. The people rejected the war in Iraq (but not in Afghanistan). The people seemed to want less unilateralism in international affairs, less budget deficit and trade deficit, less pork in our legislation, and less hubris, arrogance, power-lust, partisanship, and corruption in our leaders; and they wanted more good jobs, health care, truth, principle, and competent government.
The pre-election campaign exposed evangelical Christianity's fading influence in the Republican Party and in the nation. David Kuo's Tempting Faith revealed that the actual influence of evangelicals in the government was more image than reality. While some Republican leaders cultivated evangelical votes, the former White House staffer reported, they also ridiculed evangelical ideas and leaders. In the campaign, evangelicals were seldom visibleexcept in relation to Abramoff, Cunningham, DeLay, Foley, Haggard, and other public scandals.
We may, of course, ignore the insights of 2006. Or we could reflect, repent, and rethink our witness in this land. Consider the following two-plank platform.
First, we could repent of our monogamous alliance with the Republican Party and encourage evangelicals to become involved with Democrats. Biblical Christians are called to be the salt of the earth and the light of the world; there never was biblical warrant for disengaging from the half of the population called Democrats. We are called to love Democrats as well ...1


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A number of authors are coming together to create Authors United, a group who wants Amazon to ends its war with Hachette. Their demand? Amazon will continue giving them standard royalty payments for their Hachette titles, and Amazon will go back to stocking Hachette titles on their website. The requests seem reasonable...and yet this war has been going on for weeks. Where do you stand on the battle lines?
To the Mattresses
Around 1,000 authors have already signed one petition against Amazon. So far, however, attempts to get Amazon to the negotiating table have failed. The letter that Authors United sent to Amazon will be published in the New York Times in a matter of days.
Signers of the letter include Stephen King, John Grisham, James Patterson and David Baldacci. Many of these well-known authors have already donated money to the group for advertising and other purposes.
However, there are authors on the other side of the war. A petition on Change.org, essentially a letter to Hachette, has more than 7,000 author signatures on it.


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Spartanburg Community College celebrated the grand opening of its multimillion-dollar Center for Advanced Manufacturing and Industrial Technologies (CAMIT) at the Cherokee County Campus in Gaffney on Tuesday.
The $9 million state-of-the-art educational facility is the college's third building on the Gaffney campus and will provide students with hands-on training for highly technical careers in automated manufacturing, automotive, industrial electronics, machine tool, mechatronics, welding and heating, ventilation and air conditioning.
Many of the college officials, state dignitaries and leaders in manufacturing who attended the center's groundbreaking last December were at the grand opening and ribbon cutting Tuesday, including Sen. Harvey Peeler Jr., R-Gaffney.
Peeler was part of a group of individuals who saw a need for a technical college presence in the county to train the workforce for highly skilled jobs.
"Today we do celebrate a vision, a vision that we had to be able to train our people to meet the demands of the companies in our area, a vision that lives would be changed through educational opportunities," he said. "It is our job to continue to encourage our citizens in Cherokee County to take advantage of this facility, to take advantage of what the Cherokee County campus of Spartanburg Community College has to offer."
Established in April 2007, the SCC Cherokee County Campus offers 100 certificates, diplomas and associate degree programs. SCC President Henry Giles Jr. said it is hard to believe that in 13 years the college has opened three buildings.
"For us to ask the Cherokee County Council for $160,000 to open this building and provide classes for citizens was a very difficult task to ask for," he said. "But they stepped forward and made the right decision to open the facility and allow us to grow and develop."
Cherokee County Council Chairman Tim Spencer said the county signed a contract with SCC to build a campus in the county on Dec. 2, 2002, and that they never dreamed 13 years ago that SCC would continue to add to the Cherokee campus.
"This building is going to make a big difference," said Daryl Smith, executive director of SCC Cherokee County campus. "A large group of people has come together to give back and help those who have needs in Cherokee County."
Jim Cook, executive director of the Cherokee County Development Board, joined project leaders in applauding the tools and technology the center will provide to the workforce. He said the facility will restore the pride of younger generations and give them a sense of purpose.
"Imagine being a ninth-grader in this county and the 'wow' factor they will experience when they see this building for the first time on this college campus," Cook said. "This facility is a portal to adventure and a gateway to success. Our young people can look forward to and eagerly anticipate entering the workforce with the skills they need for an exciting career."
The new facility represents the dedication that leaders have to educating and training students, said Gregory M. Tate, Spartanburg County Commission for Technical & Community Education chairman.
One of those students is Anita Whitney, a Union woman in her 50s, enrolled in the mechatronics technology program at SCC. Whitney has a four-year degree in mathematics from Columbia College and spent 15 years climbing the corporate ladder at a software company, but said she decided she did not want to do that the rest of her life. Her son and his friends sparked her interest in mechatronics and after she visited the robotics and other labs at SCC, she said she signed up right then and attended her first class last summer.
"There are diverse age groups here and every student has a unique story," Whitney said. "I have classmates that are right out of high school, middle-aged men and women and even one lady who is 70 years-plus."
Whitney expects to graduate in December and said she hopes to get a full-time job at Michelin, where she is currently part of the company's Technical Scholar Program. Whitney said she is thankful for the the center's facility and that the Cherokee campus really needed it.
"I have been truly blessed and humbled by the experience that I have been given," she said. "SCC has given me a new hope and an unbelievable opportunity."
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When I was only contemplating becoming published, I had many misgivings about whether or not I had the chops to do it. I dove into my research, having written what I considered to be a publishable story, Spellbound. Almost every blog, every author interview, and especially every agent interview I read, had something to say about two things: having a platform and having a voice.
I had a voice! Didn't I? I sat down and re-read my story and decided I did have a voice. Then further research advised me how I had to describe that voice in an engrossing manner, well enough to catch the attention of an agent or editor or, best of all, a publisher. Describe it? What the hell did that mean? I had a story, I wrote it. End of story, right? Wrooooong. So very wrong.
I submitted to a couple agents and while there was interest, they didn't take my bait. And then I started hearing about the second thing: platform. Again, I was all, what the hell is that? I studied some more (thank God for the internet!) and learned platform was actually the application of that voice you think you have. You needed a blog, a facebook account, Twitter, all the social media one person could handle. Whew! It seemed like a lot but I had committed to this and besides, hadn't I told my husband this was my dream, and also it was my time?
So I started a blog. Holy cow, did it suck at first. I may have had a voice, but I certainly wasn't used to using it. I wasn't sure what to do except talk about my story, which I did. Then I started writing about my other work, then work I wanted to write. I joined facebook and developed this whole community of other writers going through the same thing as me. I bought Writers Searching for Agent-type publications and began to look for my angel. I mean my agent. I compiled careful lists of agents who I thought I might like, who had the same lists as the book I wanted to publish.
I taught myself how to write a query letter, how to play up the fact that I had zip for other publications, and I banged out blog posts. I even started to blog on other people's sites. For some reason they thought I had something to say. Then my first exciting bite! Defiantly, I had sent my submissions to a place that clearly stated they didn't take unagented submissions. I figured, what was the worst that could happen? Then the unexpected did happen: Harlequin Teen asked to see my manuscript! I sent it in and me and the hubs made a list of things we would like to do with the advance money. I know, right? I didn't know ANYTHING!
The rejection came a couple weeks later, a lovely worded letter with some great advice. They were passing on this one, but wanted me to submit in the future with any other projects. I was bummed and elated at the same time. Me and the hubs put the list we'd drawn up in a desk drawer.
Then a small independent publisher I had submitted to asked to see the manuscript. Fully jaded now, and expecting, realistically, nothing, I sent it in. Two days later they offered me a contract.
So, I don't have an agent yet. But what I do have is a voice. And five published works. And a platform. You are smack in the middle of it here on this blog. I passed 10,000 views recently and am pretty jazzed that most posts receive at least 35-50 or so hits. I suppose the take-away from this post is exactly like many others will say. Don't give up. Keep writing. Develop your own platform and your personal voice. And it's okay if you make a list.....just keep it in that desk drawer. I do, and I know someday I'll be pulling it out. And if you have a blog, let me know about it. I'll be happy to support you.
Sunday, May 27, 2012
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If I am to be completely honest, what wasn't said in this interview was that my underlying call for better development — myself and other Africans I know doing great development projects in their communities — is that we want to be recognized as change agents and heroes in the communities we work in.
When I go out jogging in the morning, I want those kids walking to school to say, I want to grow up and do what he does. I want to be like him. I want members of my community to see that "hey, it is possible for one of our own to deliver change, to think big, and to think about our future." I don't want that sense of wonder of possibility to be usurped by a backpack wearing gap-year kid building water wells or a white chauffeured SUV with foreign logos on it doing badly-designed "capacity building".
This is isn't arrogance. It is agency personified.
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Why do we want you to be random with your passwords? The reason is that using three random words helps to make a strong password which you can remember more easily.
Traditionally, the ultimate strong password is considered to be long and containing a multitude of symbols, numbers and capital letters. Although quite secure as a password, most of us have found them to be far from memorable.
We recently launched new Cyber Streetwise adverts reminding us that for the vast majority, our whole life, both business and personal, is kept on devices like your smartphone, tablet or computer.
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Did you know that Republicans filibustered to obstruct raising the debt ceiling Saturday? The bill to raise the debt ceiling received 53 votes in favor and 45 against, with every Republican senator voting to filibuster. Yes, 53-45 is a majority vote to raise the debt ceiling, and this illustrates what is going on here. A minority is obstructing everything to the point of threatening the world economy. But almost no news outlets even reported this to the public.
Again, Republicans filibustered the effort to raise the debt ceiling and keep the country from defaulting on its obligations. But almost no news outlets reported this.
TPM is the only outlet I can find that reported what happened, in GOP Filibusters Debt Limit Hike As Anxieties Flare Over Default,
Senate Republicans blocked a debt ceiling extension from advancing on Saturday, bringing the country one step closer to a catastrophic debt default.
The motion to proceed to the Democrats' bill received 53 votes in favor and 45 against, falling short of the 60 needed to begin debate. Every Republican senator voted to filibuster it. The bill would have raised the debt limit until the end of 2014 with no policy add-ons.
Daily Kos reported the vote but without the word "filibuster," in Senate Republicans block bill raising debt limit through 2014,
The Senate failed to get the 60 votes needed under the current, broken Senate rules to advance a bill raising the debt limit through 2014 early Saturday afternoon, with not one Republican joining Democrats to keep the United States from defaulting.
How did others report this?
AP reported that the debt-limit measure didn't get "the 60 votes necessary to advance" without using the word "filibuster." Here is AP at FOX News (and good Lord read the comments): Senate GOP Rejects Harry Reid's Latest Debt Ceiling Plan To Extend Limit Through 2014 Elections,
Senate Republicans on Saturday blocked a bid by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.) to extend the nation's debt limit until after the 2014 midterm elections.
In an 53-45 vote, the Senate failed to win the 60 votes necessary to advance the debt-limit measure to a floor debate. The bill would increase the federal debt by an estimated $1.1 trillion.
The Hill used the word "blocking" in White House slams Senate Republicans,
The White House criticized Republicans in the Senate for blocking a bill that would have increased the federal debt ceiling by $1.1 trillion until after the 2014 elections.
The debt hike, put forward by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-Nev.), failed to win the 60 votes that were necessary to advance the measure to a floor debate in the upper chamber.
In Politico (2-paragraph story) "the Senate" blocked it: W.H. hits Senate on debt-limit vote,
The White House criticized the Senate for voting Saturday to block a Democratic bill that would raise the debt ceiling through 2014 without any spending cuts or changes to Obamacare.
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Pretty much no other outlets even reported this vote, with or without the word "filibuster." Click here to see for yourself.
Here's the thing. Democracy depends on citizens being informed so they know what is going on and who to hold accountable for things they do not like. Our major "news" outlets are letting democracy down.


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Sunday, June 26, 2011
Urban Cone – Urban Photograph
Latest loud debut of June - Stockholm-based band Urban Cone presents new single "Urban Photograph" that makes critics call them young Miike Snow and though we don't have the same associations we find track quite interesting experimental electronic work.
"Urban Photograph" has the same sort of charm you can find in Salem al Fakir/Christian Walz area of pop - it's delicate, introvert, feelgood, catchy and it's definitely great to get this sort of new arriving artists like Urban Cone.
Single is released with Video Violence and Lucas Nord remix (we especially recommend Swedish House Mafia-smelling the last one!) that you can check with official video right below.
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Ae Dil Hai Mushkil: movie gifts KJo first 100 cr
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Johar�s earlier movies have reached 100cr mark, but they were all as producers, and ADHM was the first directorial success in 100cr club for Bollywood.
Amid political drama and multiple issues and warnings, Ae Dil Hai Mushkil had released as scheduled on October 28 and now has joined 100 crore club in Bollywood. Karan Johar's latest directorial venture has crossed Rs 100 crore mark in the second week of its release, and is first century for Director Karan Johar.
Repprtedly, the day wise break up for second week of the movie's box office collection has been recorded as : Friday (Rs 4.56 crore), Saturday (Rs 5.85 crore), Sunday (Rs 6.55 crore), Monday (Rs 2.55 crore) and Tuesday (Rs 2.35 crore).
The opening for the movie went fairly well, bringing in a decent collection on the following days. In the first week, the movie earned Rs 80.19 crore, and missed 100cr mark with a small margin. It had been expected that movie would cross 100cr mark by its first week, but it took total 12 days to reach the mark of 100cr movie club.
It was after adding Monday and Tuesday, the total earning for the movie in India reached Rs 102.05 cr, which welcomed Johar in the high-end 100cr club of Directors. However, Johar's earlier movies have reached 100cr mark, but they were all as producers, and ADHM was the first directorial success in 100cr club for Bollywood.
Interestingly, ADHM is Ranbir Kapoor's third film to earn this distinction, (after Yeh Jawaani Hai Deewani and Barfi) and Anushka Sharma's fourth venture which has made more than 100cr club (after Jab Tak Hai Jaan, PK and Sultan). This is first 100cr venture for Aishwarya Rai Bachchan as well. Trade analyst Taran Adarsh took to his Twitter account to share the news.
#ADHM crosses ₹ 100 cr... [Week 2] Fri 4.56 cr, Sat 5.85 cr, Sun 6.55 cr, Mon 2.55 cr, Tue 2.35 cr. Total: ₹ 102.05 cr. India biz. HIT.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 9, 2016
Karan Johar scores his first ₹ 100 cr with #ADHM... Ranbir's third [#YJHD, #Barfi]... Anushka's fourth [#JTHJ, #PK, #Sultan]... Ash's first.
— taran adarsh (@taran_adarsh) November 9, 2016
Ae Dil Hai Mushkil had trouble before its release, following ire of Maharashtra Navnirman Sena (MNS) post the Uri attacks, owing to the fact that it also features Pakistani actor Fawad Khan.
ADHM had already crossed Rs 200 crore including its overseas collections. It now awaits the next milestone of Housefull 3 (Rs 109 crore) to be able to become fifth highest grosser of the year. The top four grossers for the year have been Sultan, M.S.Dhoni, Airlift and Rustom.