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BBC Review
A soulful, self-contained delight of a solo album.
James Skinner 2013
As the frontman of psych-rock visionaries My Morning Jacket and one quarter of supergroup Monsters of Folk, Kentucky musician Jim James is nothing if not versatile.
His principal group are given to dabbling in more genres over the course of one album than many bands might dare tackle in an entire career, while his sweet, heartfelt tribute to George Harrison – released under the name Yim Yames in 2009 – demonstrated a talent and sensibility that could flourish in any setting.
Regions of Light and Sound of God is his debut solo album proper, and, superficially at least, it is about as far-removed from his unadorned Harrison covers as possible. It veers from old-school soul, RnB and jazz influences, saxophone solos and tinkling keys to syrupy 50s balladry and crackling, futuristic funk.
Yet, in tone and in feel, it isn't that distant from those tribute songs at all. It is pretty similar, in fact – and this is very much a good thing.
For something that James has in common with Harrison is an appreciation of spirituality that extends far beyond mere dilettantism. It imbues his music with wonder and joy, two things of which there are plenty to be found here.
Never an artist tethered by the constraints of a traditional rock band, James nevertheless sounds liberated by striking out on his own. He plays every instrument here, and claims producing and engineering credits for himself.
His aim was to approximate a sound that "came from a different place in time", something its songs accomplish effortlessly. The album is heavily inspired by a 1929 novel by Lynd Ward entitled God's Man – in which a story dealing with creativity, corruption, love and temptation is told entirely via a series of wooden engravings.
These themes explored are sometimes weighty, though hardly mired in existential doubt. Throughout, they are always presented in a playful, generous manner.
Buoyed by another fantastic vocal performance by James, Regions of Light and Sound of God skips its way through styles with abandon. Yet it never feels anything less than utterly cohesive, or the product of anyone other than its maker. It's a soulful, self-contained delight.


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Tips For Selling Children's Old Toys & ClothesThis January, I set a goal for myself to sell enough "stuff" that I don't love to take my family on a vacation as a part of Gary Vaynerchuk's #2017FlipChallenge.
As February rolls to a close, I've certainly learned a bit that I'd like to pass along to anyone else who is interested in selling the junk around their home for money.
- eBay is a good place to sell unique, old, and used items. I've sold an stuffed animals (one for a $60 profit!) and leather gloves on eBay this year.
- As a new seller, you can list 30 items a month for free. Do this. The more you list, the more you can sell.
- To figure out how much an item is worth, search for Sold Listings. Base your price off of what the item has actually sold for.
- Amazon is a great place to sell books and newer items.
- Ship books via Media Mail - the cheapest way to ship anything.
- If a buyer pays $3.95 + shipping for a book, you'll get around $2 after fees.
- If a buyer pays $13.99 + shipping, you'll get around $10.84 after fees.
- As a rule of thumb, I list things $5+ on Amazon.
- I've sold books and diaper rash cream on Amazon.
- To make a sale on Amazon, you need to have the best price. Be sure you use the "match the lowest price" feature when you list an item.
Facebook Groups
- Get in as many local Facebook sell groups as you can so more eyes can see your items for sale. They're often called "Garage Sale" groups. When you post an item, there's an option to "Post to more groups" do this to easily let your listing reach more people.
- If you decided to lower the price for an item on Facebook, create a new posting with the newer price. It's much faster than individually modifying the price on all of the group pages.
- Some pages have so many postings, your post goes to the bottom within a day. Comment "Still available" on your post after 1-2 weeks to bring it back to the top of the page, while not annoying people too much. This allows more people who may be interested in your item to see your post.
- I've sold a snowboard, children's clothes, toys, framed artwork, a pregnancy test kit, and baby items on Facebook groups.
- Sell here to avoid fees that you'll have to pay selling on eBay and Amazon.
And... if an item won't sell, lower the price! You'll find somebody will almost always buy if the price is low enough. Even $1 is better than $0. Every penny counts, and those low sales add up quickly.
I'm looking forward to sharing my journey of decluttering, minimalizing, and making money with you here on the blog as well as on Instagram.
Thanks for stopping by. Do you have any advice for selling things online? Leave a comment below. As always, I read and respond to each and every one.
Thanks for stopping by. Do you have any advice for selling things online? Leave a comment below. As always, I read and respond to each and every one.

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The highlight of this walk, for those interested in birds, was the sight of four Black Winged Stilts feeding on the marshes. These beautifully elegant birds have just arrived back from Africa to breed. We also saw a flock of Mediterranean Gulls on the estuary. These gulls, although not rare, are often confused with the very common Black Headed Gull. The former has a really velvety looking jet black head during the breeding season, whereas the head of the Black Headed Gull is actually dark brown.
Starting at La Tamerissiere, we walked along the beach to the channel cutting across into the sea just before Vias. We continued along to the Canal du Midi
A sunny spot for lunch…
After lunch we followed some rather muddy paths
returning to the Hérault river, which we followed until it got to the sea.
Leader: Ben
Distance: 8.5 km
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Don Rescigno of NYSTROM Herff Jones Education, has implemented Google Earth and Maps API into educational software to make learning more interactive called "StrataLogica" – a revolutionary web-based product that delivers layers of age-appropriate, curriculum-based content for use in classroom, school library, or at home. To meet grade-level curriculum standards, Nystrom mapped the world in many ways to illustrate various themes including physical features, political divisions, land cover, elevation, and U.S. and World history. StrataLogica geo-references content & presents it wrapped on 3-D Earth allowing users to navigate & interact with our multi-layered world beyond the scope of traditional maps and globes. Using StrataLogica dual-map viewer, teachers and students can compare and contrast a variety of topics side by side," said Don.
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Terriers Set for Early Pre-Season Clashes
By Andrew McDonnell
Kingston Park Road, home of Red House Farm
Bedlington Terriers manager Andy Ferrell will begin his first pre-season as a football manager and he has dubbed the opening games as "important" for getting players match fit again.
The Terriers face Red House Farm on Tuesday July 7, after being brought back 24 hours, and then they travel to Ashington to face the Colliers four days later on July 11.
Ferrell said: "I am looking forward to getting back to the games games, the first few friendlies will be a bit stop-start, with the lads on Tuesday night all featuring for 45 minutes simply because I have eight or nine players that I want to look at.
"It is all about putting 100% in and using the game as a bit of a fitness test, at the end of the day pre-season is all about getting your fitness back and impressing the manager to claim a place in the team.
"There is no hiding the fact that there are only a few players returning from last season, it was my choice and the lads who I have brought in are people that I trust and are established Northern League players.
"I would be lying if I said that I didn't want to win to be honest, whether it is Table Tennis or Dominoes I want to win because my character is all about winning because I don't like being second best."
Their first opponents play in the Northern Alliance and will look to cause an upset especially with a former player sitting in the Terriers dugout as manager.
The manager added: "I can imagine that they will be a physical side, it is their first game and I have a lot of affection for the club to be honest, they got me on the path to football when I was nine-years-old.
"The main reason why we are playing this team is because I have the upmost amount of respect for them and they deserve this game, they will give our lads a real test.
Ashington Colliers also play in the Northern Alliance, but will have a different style of play to that of Red House, with a few former faces in their side too, notably defender Kyle Dobson.
Ferrell said: "The Colliers will be young and they will be hungry and there will be one or two players there looking to also impress, it is another team that I will be looking at for one or two gems.
"A couple of the lads played for us last year and they may feel that they have a point to prove, it is more about the teams I put out to get match fitness because I don't want to pick up any injuries.
"It isn't the be all and end all if we lose the game, it is more for me about looking at the trailist's who are looking to take the next step in the game, and hopefully they impress us."
Having signed over half-a-dozen new faces over the off-season, the Terriers will be, more than likely, using the first games to get game time into the players.
The manager claimed that the three most important things to take out of the opening two games are "player's finishing injury-free", "performing well" and "finding a few good players in pre-season".


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FRA pushes for companies to pay goodwill
FRA pushes for companies to pay goodwill
Johannesburg - The Fuel Retailers Association (FRA) wanted oil companies to pay their retailers goodwill when their contracts come to an end, FRA chief executive Reggie Sibiya said on Friday.
This comes against the backdrop of simmering tensions between Chevron South Africa and a number of its retailers over franchise agreements. The retailers accuse Chevron of unilaterally terminating the agreements, while the company has claimed that the agreements are coming to an end.
"If retailers' contracts are terminated, they have to be allowed to leave with goodwill. The exit must be fair and reasonable. Retailers work hard to build goodwill, in some cases for 20 years and more. You cannot expect them to walk away empty-handed," Sibiya said.
He said the Consumer Protection Act made provision for equity in contractual agreements. "We are not saying these relationships should continue forever. It is about fairness. Somebody built the goodwill for years. These incidents have been happening in isolation but at an increasing rate across all companies."
Two KwaZulu-Natal fuel retailers, who declined to be named, on Friday related their frustration at the prospect of walking away from their fuel stations empty-handed.
"If you want to re-enter into new agreements with an existing retailer, recognise that there is already goodwill built by the retailer and it would be unfair to ask someone to buy it back," Sibiya said.
Chevron SA executive chairman Shashi Rabbipal last week said the negotiation of new contracts depended on several factors, including the firm's transformation goals.
Chevron and other major oil companies are expected to comply with the Petroleum and Liquid Fuels Charter which, among others, required them to achieve a 25 percent black ownership. The charter was signed in 2000.
"As FRA we are for transformation. But if you want people to exit, be open and fair about it. If you are not paying goodwill, you are working against transformation as there is no incentive to encourage people to participate meaningfully in the process," Sibiya said.
Caltex said last week that it had entered into new 15-year franchise agreements with its retailers from around 2001.
Contrary to claims by several retailers, Chevron said the retailers were aware that their existing contracts would end and that new contracts would have to be entered into from this year.
FRA also lamented the plight of fuel retailers and specifically took issue with fuel margins which are set by the Department of Energy.
"Wholesalers get a return on assets for every litre sold. This basically covers their return of fuel investments. They also get a share of the retail profit margin. Over and above all this they still want to charge exorbitant franchise fees and renewal fees.
"This is absolutely marginalising fuel retailers to nothing else, but glorified managers, as they are kept out of the investment return chain. Fuel retailers, before building goodwill, they start by buying it from the exiting retailer and current investment range from R6 million upwards for a mere five-year tenure. If not addressed now this same behaviour will catch up with the incoming BEE (black economic empowerment) retailers in the future once they are in the system."


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Russ Maatman wrote:
[The] _general_ evolutionary theory is wrong if one exception is
found. More specifically, if _one_ system has been shown to have been
intelligently designed, the general theory fails. From then on, systems
must be examined one by one. What has happened is that some systems have
indeed been shown to be intelligently designed. Quite a few of these were
discussed at the [Biola] meeting, but one needs only to cite those discussed
Mike Behe, also covered in his recent book, _Darwin's Black Box_. Note that
if only one of all the systems discussed at the meeting is not overthrown,
the general theory is dead."
This assessment is probably wrong. As James B. Conant, former chemist,
historian of science, and mentor of Thos. Kuhn, said, "We can put it down as
one of the principles learned from the history of science that a theory is
only overthrown by a better theory, never merely by contradictory
facts....Only the combination of a new concept with facts contradictory to
the old ideas finally brings about a scientific revolution." This is one of
the points made by Ted Davis in his recent post. It can also be added that
philosophical and theological objections are insufficient to overthrow a
scientific theory.
Russ said that "the new paradigm is generally favored only by the younger
workers; older ones are too much committed and too set in their ways." That
is only a small part of the story. What is needed is a better theory. A
better theory is one that accounts for all the data that the defective theory
covers plus it explains additional evidence that the old one ignores or fails
to elucidate.
This raises the question, is ID a theory? Or is it, as I believe, a set of
observations (irreducible design) supported by an explanatory principle that
is theological and/or philosophical (theistic) in nature. The best way to
make ID a theory that has the power to stop the carping of the scientific
critics is to insert a naturalistic process between irreducible design on the
one hand and an intelligent designer on the other. The best process for this
purpose lies close at hand--the process of development. Development is the
indisputable process that produces Mike's irreducible complexity found in
individual organisms. Development creates design not only in the individual
but in the phyletic lineage. Development needs to be expanded theoretically
into a phyletic process that accounts for the rise and subsequent
differentiation of major groups of complex animals since the Cambrian. The
phyletic germ line of these animals does not evolve, as Mayr would have it;
rather it is predesigned with the major phyletic morphological and
anatomical characteristics imbedded in it, that unfold over geologic time as
revealed in the fossil record. It is the instrument of choice, let us say,
whereby God brings about design in the organic world. In this way it
connects design and the Designer.


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Fil-A-Larm Caution Sign
Installed near the FA-AV Alarm System or Model 2 In-Wall Spill Container, The FA-S reduces the possibility of tank overfilling.
- Reduces Tank Overfilling
- Made of 18 Gauge Steel
- 2″ Black Lettering
Installed near the FA-AV Alarm System or Model 2 In-Wall Spill Container, this sign reduces the possibility of tank overfilling by alerting the operator to the presence of the Fil-A-Larm System and Model 2 In-Wall Spill Container. The sign is 20″ W x 14″ H, 18 gauge steel with porcelain enameled bright yellow background and 2″ black lettering.
Provide and install an Overfill Caution Sign near the Overfill Alarm Station. The sign shall be 20″W by 14″H of 18 gauge steel with porcelain baked enamel finished bright yellow background and minimum 2″H black lettering. The Caution Sign shall read: CAUTION WHEN ALARM BELL SOUNDS OIL TANK FILLED TO CAPACITY DO NOT OVERFILL. Sign shall be a Preferred Utilities Manufacturing Corporation, Danbury, CT, Fil-Alarm Sign Model FA-S.


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Heading into important series with Furman, the Terriers have a 4 game lead over the Paladins, Davidson, and two games over UNC Greensboro. Most important of all, the TEAM CHEMISTRY and confidence is strong. They could have folded like last season, but they have not.
It's going to be a fun finish to watch.
(And by the way - I couldn't care less what happens this week against USC and Duke. Furman is all that matters.)


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Which File Extension am I?
Why do i do these trite polls? (Thanks Laura.) Somehow i turned up .tmp.
I was thinking that i'd take the poll and only post the result if i was happy with it. Well being selective like that is rather unscientific. So i will post the results even if i'm not happy with them.


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Lawyer: Trenton woman accused of murdering boyfriend has 'mental health issues'
The city woman accused of murdering her boyfriend inside their Brookville Commons apartment has a history of mental health issues and has been placed on suicide watch at the county jail.
Briann Lindsey, 25, has been held at the Mercer County Correction Center since Tuesday on charges she fatally stabbed 35-year-old Christopher Johnson about 4:15 p.m. Monday.
Lindsey's attorney, public defender Nicole Carlo, at a detention hearing on Thursday revealed her client's history of mental illness and the fact that her client has been placed on suicide watch at the county lockup.
Prosecutors have filed a motion seeking to keep Lindsey incarcerated without bail pending final resolution of the case. The state, however, asked for more time to build its case and provide the defense with "discovery" evidence in the case, so the detention hearing that began Thursday has been effectively postponed to resume at 1:30 p.m. next Tuesday before Superior Court Judge Peter Warshaw.
During her court appearance on Thursday, Lindsey sat in her seat at the defense table with her head down during the entire proceeding, which was uneventful aside from the revelations of Lindsey's history with mental illness.
Carlo argued for her client to be provided with an immediate mental health evaluation, saying her client had been denied her right to mental health treatment.
Judge Warshaw agreed that Lindsey needed to be evaluated by mental health experts and said he was "confident" that the Mercer County Correction Center would be responsive in assessing Lindsey's needs.
Mercer County Assistant Prosecutor Stacey Geurds at Thursday's hearing said Lindsey would be evaluated later that day by the Capital Health crisis team.
Lindsey is accused of fatally stabbing her beau in the kitchen area of their Brookville Commons apartment in Trenton's Island neighborhood in the West Ward. Lindsey tried to clean up the crime scene prior to police arrival, prosecutors allege.


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Hi everyone!
The European ArcheAge servers will be unavailable at 3:00 AM UTC (PDT +7) on 22nd April for a hotfix.
The estimated duration for this downtime is 2 hours. In-game messaging will be broadcast in advance of the downtime.
This hotfix addresses some critical blocking bugs, including Orchina's Music Box, Abyssal Skill Quests, Sunlight and Moonlight Seawise Queen Chests, Dwarf story quest Mechanized Warfare, and more.
European players, please do not play on the North American servers until your servers are patched up during this maintenance. If you attempt to play on NA, the patcher will ask you to re-download the entire game.
Thanks for your patience, and we can't wait to see you back in Erenor!


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From: Donald L. Shaffer (email@example.com)
Date: Mon Jun 28 1999 - 21:34:06 EDT
Can someone explain why the neuter form of Ðoneð is used with the masculine
ÐGodð in Matt. 19:17?
Mark 19:17
And he said unto him, Why callest thou me good? [there is] none good but
one, [that is], God: but if thou wilt enter into life, keep the
Another verse is John 8:17
... we have one father, God.
ÐOneð is neuter, but both Ðfatherð and ÐGodð are masculine. Is this
breaking rules of Greek grammar? Am I missing something?
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Everything Has Changed & Nothing Has Changed
"When it comes to the economy, when it comes to inequality, when it comes to wealth, when it comes to the challenges that inner cities experience, [Martin Luther King, Jr.] would say that we have not made as much progress as the civil and social progress that we've made, and that it's not enough just … Continue reading
Optimized Duality
I'm a grown ass man. I've been saying that since I was eighteen years old but being grown is relative. I'm sure when I'm fifty, I'll look back and say, "You ain't know shit boy". Until then, I'd like to think of myself as pleasantly seasoned at the comfy quarter-century mark. Seen a lot of life with … Continue reading


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Poor Communication of Schedule and Cost Control Data Between Construction Site Management and Field Supervision Improved by the Weekly Cost and Schedule Meeting for Direct Labor Supervisorsby Theodore J. Kratt, J.A. Jones Construction Co, United States,
Document Type: Proceeding Paper
Part of: Excellence in the Constructed Project
Poor communication of project control data between construction office and field supervision is a common industry problem brought on by poor understanding and lack of training in communication skills and use of abstract data, lack of a forum where lower level supervisors can present timely feedback to office staff and general cultural differences between office and field personnel brought on by the nearly exclusive use of engineering personnel in the office. To improve this condition, a meeting format covering specific topics is presented as a 'Weekly Cost and Schedule Meeting for Direct Labor Supervisors.'
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Delve into the world of archeology at Lincoln Drill Hall as Handmade Theatre presents How Time Flies.
Join the eccentric team of archeologists in their interactive field tent, as they lead you through an exciting dig to find long lost artefacts.
Uncover hidden treasures and discover the hidden stories they hold.
A show packed full of puppets, music, stories, facts and fun, suitable for the whole family to enjoy.
The show is at the Drill Hall on Monday, April 10 with performances at 1pm and 3pm.
Tickets for both performances are £6 on 01522 873894 or online at www.lincolndrillhall.com


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The two actors unions – SAG and AFTRA – have reached a tentative agreement with advertisers and ad agencies on new three-year contracts for commercials. KPCC's Brian Watt reports.
Brian Watt: After nearly five weeks of talks in New York, negotiators reached the tentative deal a few hours past midnight – when the old contracts expired. Now, a joint national board of the Screen Actors Guild and the American Federation of TV and Radio Artists must approve the new contracts and send them to members for ratification.
In a statement, SAG and AFTRA say the new three-year agreements include a more than 5 percent increase in wages and other payments to commercial actors. The deals also establish the first payment structure for commercials made for the Internet.
The statement also says advertisers agreed to increase contributions to SAG and AFTRA's health and pension plans by about $21 million. That had been a sticking point during contract talks. The advertisers and the actors unions also agreed to a pilot study that would test a system for paying actors for commercials based on ratings points – and not the number of times a commercial airs.


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Unit cost decreases significantly with large production. However, an OEM has undertaken with us detailed costing to implement the Environmental Engine (including plant modification, parts, tooling, our budgeted royalty etc) into an initial 50,000 annual production for four years. The all-in unit cost at this level is about £250.
The Environmental Engine has higher fuel efficiency, lower emissions and more power. Cost savings and extra income for OEMs and car-drivers are quantified below. As an indication, benefits over three years to a UK company car user are about £3,000.
The OEM development partner has informed us that a 2% increase in fuel economy is worth pursuing while 5% would be compelling. Indeed, they indicated they would be keen to licence EE if it delivers 5% at an acceptable cost. In 10 months we expect to demonstrate a driveable car with a standard production engine modified with EE technology evidencing a 6-8% gain.
A Japanese OEM conducted a detailed evaluation of EE that corroborates our expectations. They conservatively estimated it would deliver a 6-8% net gain. The OEMs have done their sums and fuel economy alone is enough for them to adopt EE technology, as the following calculations illustrate:
a. The UK petrol price is around £0.80/litre. The average male driver covers 9,000 miles annually at about 30mpg. He spends £1,090 (9,000/30 x 0.80 x 4.54 litres/gallon) on fuel. Company car drivers cover 12,000-18,000 miles annually. At the 15,000 average, the fuel spend is £1,800. Fuel cost savings for varying Environmental Engine fuel efficiency improvements are as follows:
|Saving in £/annum
|Annual Milage
If EE delivers 6-8%, the average saving is about £100 per annum. Over just a typical three-year company car lease, the driver saves about £300.
b. We expect the benefit to rise to 10-15% by the time OEMs install in final production, as EE will enable them to make other enhancements to tuning and engine management. This would increase the saving to about £450.
c. Fuel economy can increase OEM income as shown by the premium charged for diesel over petrol engines in cars. That data suggests a 6-15% benefit range justifies an increased price of an EE-car of about £250-500.
d. Homogeneous Charged Compressed Ignition ("HCCI") is an emerging technology to improve fuel efficiency and emissions. It requires a Variable Compression Ratio ("VCR") engine so if OEMs want to exploit it, they will first have to adopt a VCR technology. We believe EE is the best VCR technology available so will be the dominant platform for HCCI. We are already in discussion with an OEM conducting R&D in this field.
OEMs face continuing legislative changes obliging them to reduce emissions so they have to adopt new technology to comply. The next European deadline is 2005 under Directive EU IV. EU V is expected to be operative by 2009.
OEMs also face fleet CO2 emissions targets on the average of all cars sold by that OEM. Governments set explicit reducing targets for gm/km so fleet buyers should favour EE-cars. There are also cash benefits from lower emissions using EE:
e. A European OEM estimated that EE would reduce CO2 emissions by 20%. Fleet cars represent about half of all cars sold in the UK and for example a 20% drop in CO2 emissions would take a 5 Series BMW 520i from 219 grams per mile to 175 grams thereby dropping the tax band from 29% to 21%. For a marginal rate tax payer the annual saving is (list price x difference in tax band x 40%) or (£25,850 x 8% x 40%) = £827 [Source: Top Gear magazine April 2004 and the 2004-5 tax bands]. Over a typical three-year company car lease, the driver would save about £2,500.
f. The above £2,500 CO2 emission tax saving to car owners would be a powerful marketing feature or basis to charge a premium price for EE-cars.
g. Catalytic converters (to reduce emissions) typically cost OEMs £125-500 and they contain precious metals such as platinum. EE reduces emissions and can work more efficiently with them. This could further reduce emissions and cost as simpler catalytic converters may satisfy legal requirements. We have started discussions with a leading manufacturer to undertake R&D on the potential benefits. At this stage the order of magnitude of potential unit cost savings is estimated at around £50.
h. Diesel engines are typically 35% more fuel efficient than petrol. But they are more complex, cost about £500 more to build, and have a specific emissions problem of expelling clusters of un-burnt fuel ("particulates") that are believed to be carcinogenic. As a result, diesel vehicles have lower US market penetration. We are exploring a development program with an OEM specialising in diesel engines, as their initial analysis suggests that EE technology may help to solve their particulates problem.
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For Ayman Al-Aloul, the first night in prison was the worst.
"I was cold. I was sick," the now-free head of Al Arab Now news agency, said in an interview in his Gaza City office. "I was thinking of all the things I've done in my life, but I couldn't blame myself because I didn't know why I was there."
Aloul, 44, was arrested Jan. 3, taken from his home by some half-dozen Hamas police officers, who confiscated two laptops and his phone. He was held for eight days, and tells of being forced to hold still for long periods in uncomfortable positions and of being struck during interrogations.
Aloul says investigators wanted to know just one thing: Who was paying him to criticize Hamas on social media?
"I finally figured out my interrogator didn't know what a hashtag was," Aloul says now with a laugh. "Because he asked as if it was something you buy."
Activists in Gaza say social media campaigns critical of Hamas have gotten the attention of the armed Islamist group that has ruled Gaza for nearly a decade now. Ramzy Herzalla, 27, an activist who was arrested the same week as Aloul, says one campaign rallied against Hamas plans to charge a fee to enter a public park. The plans have not gone into effect.
Herzalla also cites criticism he posted protesting government destruction of a home to make way for a road. He says an official from the Ministry of Interior called and told him to take his posts down; they would put up their own response.
"If they didn't care about what we post, they wouldn't call us and react," Herzalla says.
What landed Aloul and Herzalla in prison was an issue important to every Gazan: a way in and out of the Gaza Strip.
There are two border crossings for travelers. One, called Erez, in the north, goes into Israel. Entry requires a permit from the Israeli military. It is mostly used by traders, Gazans approved for treatment in Israeli or Palestinian hospitals outside Gaza and, periodically, people allowed to visit Jerusalem for Friday prayers.
The other, near the town of Rafah on the southern edge of the Gaza Strip, goes into Egypt. When this is open, it's a much easier crossing for Gazans, who travel to Cairo for health care, to fly to Europe or the U.S. for college, or to meet family who cannot enter the Gaza Strip.
Whether the Rafah crossing is open has always fluctuated with politics and security.
A January social media campaign called on Hamas to "hand over Rafah" – meaning hand control on the Gaza side to security forces from the Palestinian Authority, which has little power in Gaza right now.
The idea, long under discussion internationally, is that PA guards would be more acceptable to Egypt, and the Egyptians would open up the now mostly-closed border.
But those guards are under the command of Mahmoud Abbas, Palestinian Authority president and head of Hamas' rival Palestinian party, Fatah. Hamas and Fatah have not reconciled since bloody battles in 2007, a year after Hamas won the last Palestinian parliamentary elections, in 2006. So for as long as this idea has been proposed, Hamas has balked.
In January, the social media campaign took off. Gazans say it seemed that many people shed fear of criticizing Hamas using their own names.
Herzalla, one of the leaders, said activists had a plan to steadily pressure Hamas.
"We start on Facebook. We get a big number of people seeing and following us. Then the next move was supposed to be street demonstrations. But they arrested us right before the street part."
For him, online activism is a way to try to hold Hamas accountable for the indignities of daily life in Gaza under its control which it fails to improve. Fame gained from his political activism led needy Gazans to ask Herzalla to use social media to help raise money to help them.
Herzalla has turned this into a project, recruiting friends to form the We Are Here To Make You Happy team. One day last week, they installed battery-operated lights, necessary during frequent power outages in Gaza, into the homes of 39 poor families.
And despite the arrest – his fourth, and longest – Herzalla keeps going. The charity, he says, "is a message to the government that it is supposed to be helping the people this way."
Aloul, though, has retreated somewhat. He no longer posts open criticism of Hamas, saying he's not strong enough to face down the militant group.
Both would like a better local government. Herzalla wants regime change. Aloul isn't so sure there is anything better.
Fatah, he believes is corrupt. The only other likely alternative he sees on the horizon is ISIS – much worse than Hamas, he says.
It's not about who governs, Aloul says, but how.
"I want a government that has the people's interest as priority," he says.
He is not expecting one in Gaza anytime soon.
We are in high election season here, but it's been a decade since Palestinians went to the polls. The last time, voters brought the militant Islamist group Hamas to power in Gaza. Since then, Gazans have lived through three wars with Israel. And while Gazans hold Israel responsible for most of their woes, there's also growing discontent with Hamas. NPR's Emily Harris has the stories of two Gaza activists who spoke out against Hamas and paid a steep price.
EMILY HARRIS, BYLINE: Five 20-somethings pile out of a car in a particularly poor and crowded Gaza neighborhood. One picks up a battery, another grabs some LED lights and some wire.
UNIDENTIFIED MAN: (Foreign language spoken).
HARRIS: They're all wearing vests with paper logos taped on that say in Arabic we are here to make you happy. They enter a small, dark home - three rooms for six people. Two Happy team members peel off old wires taped to the walls. They're installing a system to light this house during the daily power outages.
Test, click, click - it works. Group leader Ramzy Herzalla says the Make You Happy team is doing something Gaza's government should be.
RAMZY HERZALLA: (Through interpreter) This is a message to the government that it is supposed be helping the people this way. But they are not, so we are.
HARRIS: Herzalla is 27 years old. He has four kids. He's lucky to have a job. He works in a currency exchange office, but his real passion is politics. He started making satirical videos several years ago; next came critical commentary on Facebook. And as he became better known, he began to take on small, charitable causes, like installing battery-operated lights. But Herzalla's real goal is local regime change.
HERZALLA: (Through interpreter) To change the government, to have more young people involved in elections - actually, just having elections is our goal.
HARRIS: There are no elections on the horizon. So Herzalla uses social media campaigns to at least let Hamas know that some Gazans are not satisfied with their leadership. One recent social media campaign rallied against a Hamas plan to charge a fee to use a public park.
Another - a really popular one - demanded Hamas allow security forces from its rival Palestinian party, Fatah, to staff the border crossing with Egypt. The idea was the Fatah guards would be more acceptable to Egypt and the Egyptians would then open up the now mostly closed border - the only way out for many Gazans. Ramzy Herzalla said activists had a plan to steadily pressure Hamas.
HERZALLA: (Through interpreter) We start on Facebook. We get a big number of people seeing him following us. Then the next move was supposed to be street demonstrations, but they arrested us right before the street part.
HARRIS: He spent eight days in prison, blinded by a black hood much of the time, made to sit still in painful positions, interrogated and slapped around. Another activist in the campaign, a journalist named Ayman al-Aloul, was also arrested at the same time.
AYMAN AL-ALOUL: (Through interpreter) They took me to the military interrogator. It was always the same question - who is paying you to do this? I finally figured out my interrogator didn't know what a hashtag was because he asked as if it was something you buy.
HARRIS: When al-Aloul was released, he decided to stop posting about politics. He musters up his English to list subjects he will still comment on.
AL-ALOUL: Football, songs, models, kitchen, like this (laughter).
HARRIS: So they did shut you up.
AL-ALOUL: (Through interpreter) Oh, yes, they shut me. A reporter asked me this on TV. I said, I'm not strong enough to face down Hamas.
HARRIS: Hamas has the most guns in Gaza. Until that changes, both activists say little will really change on the ground. Despite his abuse at the hands of Hamas, al-Aloul doesn't want to get rid of the party right now because he sees nothing better. He thinks the main alternative, Fatah, is corrupt, and he believes ISIS is waiting in the wings on the other side.
AL-ALOUL: (Through interpreter) It's not about who governs. It's about how. I want a government that has the people's interest as priority.
HARRIS: Ayman al-Aloul is not expecting that anytime soon. Emily Harris, NPR News, Gaza. Transcript provided by NPR, Copyright NPR.


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It's like "eating food without actually tasting any flavor." That's how a 31-year-old D.C. woman, a victim of female genital mutilation (FGM) described how sex feels to her.
RELATED: How common is female genital mutilation in the US?
Aisha K. Kamara may have been born in D.C., but as fate had it her story took an unimaginable turn at the tender age of nine.
She remembers the day clearly -- the day her life forever changed that is. No matter the age or place "there are some things you never forget," Kamara humorlessly laughed.
Kamara was staying with her grandmother in Sierra Leone at the time and was so excited to go visit her great grandmother. At least that's where she believed they were headed that day. Little did she know she was headed to a tiny hut in the very rural area of the country to "become a woman."
"We pulled up to this little hut. There were three ladies inside."
A total of five girls would experience the same unfortunate fate as the young Kamara. The youngest girl was 6 and the oldest was 11. Of those five girls, one of their lives would come to a tragic end after losing too much blood from the FGM.
As for Kamara, the customary festivities scheduled to happen after the FGM had to be put on hold because she too was losing too much blood and had to be sent to the hospital.
RELATED: Detroit doctor accused of genital mutilation on 7-year-old girls
Fast forward to 22 years later, Kamara is living and working in D.C. all while battling to leave her past behind. But leaving it all behind is proving to be challenging even when it comes to things considered to be the social norm.
For years the FGM survivor suffered silently because she had nobody to talk to, including her friends who would discuss sex and talk about how enjoyable it was.
Consider not being able to enjoy having sex with your husband and for the longest time not understanding why. FGM is one of the reasons Kamara's marriage came to an end.
"My marriage didn't just end because of FGM but it was also because he felt sorry for me. He had a wife who didn't want to partake in anything sexual. We had a lot of tug of wars. I would make him feel bad because it hurt."
Kamara said even though her and her ex-husband got married very young, she believes the outcome of her marriage could have been different if she had known what she was dealing with.
But it wasn't until the age of 18 when she got pregnant that she really started to question what the problem was. To make matters worse even the doctors had no idea what they were dealing with during her first pregnancy.
"I felt like crap. The doctor would come in, then go get more doctors, experts and students and nobody knew what was wrong with me." Kamara said.
Not having medical facilities and doctors who have a good understanding of FGM is problematic and something that can only be changed by raising awareness.
And raising awareness is exactly what Kamara is focused on and it starts with her two girls. She is a mother of an 11- and 7-year-old.
"My number one goal is to make sure my kids never go through this. They are well aware and very sad. But I assure them that it will never happen to them. With my children, it stops with me."
Though the topic continues to be taboo amongst several cultures Kamara feels "tremendously blessed to be able to talk about it."
RELATED: Genital mutilation victims break their silence: 'This is demonic'
At this point in her life Kamara is more at ease when it comes to sharing her traumatic past. However, there is one person she will never discuss that day with -- her grandmother.
"I love and care about my grandmother. In her eyes, she was doing what she thought was best for me. I've never had a heart to heart conversation with her and don't plan on it. I don't want her to go to the grave with something like this."
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The question "Why are we here?" is answered through the eyes of a teenage boy living a parallel life alongside a young rabbit - both with endless questions to be answered.
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In accordance with the tall order, two members of the Resistance followed a lanky SS officer as he walked out of a club late one night and down a lonely street towards one of the many brothels of Paris. It was unusual to see a Nazi officer in that part of the town by himself, but he was obviously drunk and therefore not too concerned about what could happen to him. The man was so inebriated, one of the Frenchmen merely had to whisper,
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Jerry was straining at the bit to do something big to frustrate the Nazi cause before he left for Britain. The plan was to drop him by parachute in a field about three miles east of Berlin. He would have to bury his parachute, make his own way to the city, and locate as many assembly plants as he could within one week. Then he would have to get back to the airfield and be picked up at 1900 hours, seven nights later. The only way they could possibly carry out such a dangerous assignment was for the plane to land and take off in thick fog, something that was a certainty in that area at that time of the year. The risks both of air and ground travel would be great, but if he could deliver the information to the Allies, the hazards were well worth it.
He would carry false papers giving him direct orders from Hitler's personal secretary, Martin Bormann. They were a mandate giving Jerry free course in Berlin to carry out specific details of Bormann's brainchild to purify the German race, producing what was referred to as the Aryan elite. The "Fountain of Life," predicted Bormann, would produce 10,000 purified children by the end of the war, who would live in 22 homes administered by the society. The Nazis had already torn 200,000 children with Aryan characteristics from their parents in Norway, Poland and Czechoslovakia to be raised as Germans.
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A curious phenomenon happens when we stay in one place for a month: We begin to like it! And so it is with Chiang Mai, here in northern Thailand. We've discovered a few aspects about ourselves in our 207 days of travel. One is that without some significant stopping time like our month here, we become frazzled and tired. You might think it would be from packing and unpacking but that's the easy part. When we are packed, go to the airport, and get on the plane, we've covered territory we already know. Even if only for a few days, we know our way around and are going back to the airport we arrived in (although we're hoping to board some trains soon).
No, the fatigue sets in when the plane lands. It's a new airport, typically in a new country, with a new set of obstacles: New money to get used to; new modes of transport from the airport to where we're staying; a new place to stay; and because it's all new, a completely different place in which to get oriented. Where and when is breakfast? How far are we from a decent restaurant? Can we eat uncooked food here without getting a bug? What is there to do? What does 100 or 1000 of this currency translate into so we know what we're paying?
Aside from all those questions that remind us we're in Yet Another Place, there's the weirdness of how familiar things are, which is nice and annoying at the same time. In Manila, if it weren't for a Coffee Bean & Tea Leaf a few blocks away, I'm not sure what we would have eaten for breakfast. The restaurant for the hotel served food that we couldn't identify and didn't want to eat. Seven Elevens are everywhere we go and our earlier resolve not to use American chain stores has broken down many times when we've needed bottled water or cough syrup. We actually don't like thick, overly sweetened coffee they serve in several Asian countries so that left us going to Starbucks or Dunkin' Donuts (which is even more ironic because DD often advertised on TV in California but there were none to be found…apparently they're too busy with openings in Yogyakarta and Chiang Mai).
So we're learning that we're not the greatest of travelers. We meet people who are getting up everyday to do some kind of touristy thing that makes us feel guilty but then we have to remind ourselves: Most of what people are going to see is pathetic. In Chiang Mai we went to the Elephant Preserve because supposedly they don't mistreat the animals but they still forced them to put on a show. Speaking of shows, we went to the Playhouse here for Shirl's birthday and that was in fact a show as we expected, it was all American broadway tunes and dances. Nothing except an introductory number was unique to Thailand. That's just what you have to do: Get the tourists in to see the stuff they like so you can survive. We had fun and as mentioned in the entry for January 10th, loved the birthday celebration. But it's all westernized including being in English.
The sameness of the western culture combined with the disorienting aspects of coming into a new place again and again is why we have discovered we need a month off from traveling so we can get into a place and stop moving. And that's the essence of our journey so far: Go out and explore for five to six weeks until we have connected with that edge of travel, then settle back into a nice month of doing as little as possible to recharge for the next round of going into the unfamiliar again…or at least to see how far it is to the nearest Apple store to get buy an iPod case. And I hear there's an awesome Thai restaurant everyone says we must try. As soon as we're back in Santa Monica we're so there!


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Friday, December 23
Luke 1:57-66
Now the time came for Elizabeth to give birth, and she bore a son. And her neighbors and relatives heard that the Lord had shown great mercy to her, and they rejoiced with her. And on the eighth day they came to circumcise the child. And they would have called him Zechariah after his father, but his mother answered, "No; he shall be called John." And they said to her, "None of Your relatives is called by this name." And they made signs to his father, inquiring what he wanted him to be called. And he asked for a writing tablet and wrote, "His name is John." And they all wondered. And immediately his mouth was opened and his tongue loosed, and he spoke, blessing God. And fear came on all their neighbors. And all these things were talked about through all the hill country of Judea, and all who heard them laid them up in their hearts, saying, "What then will this child be?" For the hand of the Lord was with him.
O Come, O Come, Emmanuel
Latin, c. 12th cent,; Psalteriolum Cantionum Catholicarum, Köln, 1710; tr. John Mason Neale, 1818-66, alt.
Stanzas 1 & 7
O come, O come, Emmanuel,
And ransom captive Israel,
That mourns in lonely exile here
Until the Son of God appear.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel!
O come, Desire of nations bind
In one the hearts of all mankind;
Bid thou are sad divisions cease,
And be Thyself our King of Peace.
Rejoice! Rejoice! Emmanuel
Shall come to thee, O Israel!
O King of the nations, the Ruler they long for, the Cornerstone uniting all people: build our faith on Your firm foundation. Make the kingdoms of humanity reflect Your heavenly kingdom that peace and equity may abound. Govern our hearts with Your love that the works of our hands may glorify You as we live out the vocations You have assigned each of us. Fill us with a longing for Your Kingdom that is to come on that Great Last Day so that the home and anticipation of it become tangible as we offer our prayers on behalf of all peoples. King of the nations come and save us all, whom You formed out of clay. This we pray by the mighty Name of Jesus Christ, our Potter. Amen.
Written & Provided by Passion City Church


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Protect your Rims and Tires
Here at Midland Chrysler we offer protection not only for the body and fabric of the vehicle, but we also offer protection for the wheels & tires you drive on.
What we offer:
3 – 5 years UNLIMITED Kilometers Coverage
Platinum Tire and Rim Protection covers damage caused by road hazards including:
- Damaged tire repair
- Damaged rim repair
- Damaged tire or rim replacement if repairs cannot be done
- All related taxes and levies
- Mounting
- Balancing
- Installation
- No deductibles
- Covers original or replacement tires
- Coverage is not pro-rated and is totally transferable
- Includes tire change or towing assistance
We use Nitrogen in all our Tires
If you are one of the 85% of Canadians who don't regularly check tire pressure, you need nitrogen1.
We take in nitrogen with every breath. Air is composed of:
- 1% Water Vapor and Other Gases – Escapes up to 250 times faster than Nitrogen
- 21% Oxygen – Escapes 3-4 times faster than Nitrogen
- 78% Nitrogen – The largest molecule in air, dry, non-flammable.
Because of their large size, nitrogen molecules are the least permeable and stay in your tire longer.
It's not about the nitrogen. It's about reducing oxygen, water vapor and other gases.
By reducing the percentage of oxygen, water vapor and other gases in your tires from 22% to 7% or lower, your tires will maintain proper pressure longer than if you use "plain old air." For example, with 95% nitrogen in your tires, they retain optimal pressure three to four times longer1.
Why use Nitrogen?
Proper tire pressure is a big deal. Maintain it with nitrogen, and you'll see these three primary benefits1:
- Increased Fuel Efficiency – Correct tire pressure keeps the manufacturer's recommended "contact patch" on the road. This lessens the rolling resistance and maximizes fuel efficiency.
- Longer Tire Life – When it comes in contact with other materials, oxygen causes oxidation. Oxidation can make rubber brittle and cause it to lose tensile strength. In addition, at high temperatures and pressures, oxygen reacts and damages inner tire liners and belt packages; nitrogen does not.
- Increased Safety – Under-inflated tires cause 90% of blowouts. Nitrogen provides more reliable pressure for reduced blowout potential.
- Bonus: Lower CO2 Emissions – With better fuel efficiency that menas less CO2 being produced.


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I love the idea of game-focused cafes growing in the GTA. A board game to go with your coffee, sandwich, dessert and your family and friends.
The newest addition is Mana Pool, opening up near High Park, and geared to take the game lovers' world by storm.
For starters, the two Libralesso brothers at the helm – Jonathan, 33, and Bradley, 28 – bring their culinary background to the board table, and their smart, compact menu brims with goodness and healthy eating, and includes such bon mots as lobster rolls (made with fresh chunks of lobster), salads, sandwiches, juices, smoothies, coffee, tea and a special "Beeramisu" dessert made from scratch.
The place, opening next week, can hold up to 32 – with more than 80 board games to choose from.
"Actually, we're waiting for another shipment, so the selection is going to be quite substantial," said Jonathan during a recent tour. "This has been a labour of love for my brother and I – we've been planning this place for years, but the right location never came up. And then a spot became available in the Bloor West area and we jumped at it."
The place is cozy, with warm undertones and the game selection area is neat but crammed with top-name games, including the classics as well as such faves as Scythe (Stonemaier Games), Forbidden Island (Gamewright), Magic The Gathering (Hasbro) and more.
Wi-fi's included and even the tables have a story: "They were specifically made from reclaimed wood," said Bradley as a nod to the brothers' respect for environmental issues. "We want this place to become a community space, where people can come, sit and enjoy," say the two.
Opening in the next few days.
– MANA POOL, 2100 Bloor St. W. Unit 5A, Toronto, Tuesday-Wednesday, 11 a.m. To 10 p.m., Thursday-Saturday, 11 a.m. To 11 p.m., Sunday, 11 a.m. To 10 p.m., closed Mondays. Manapoolca. 647-883-4525.


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BERLIN (Reuters) - The head of Germany's antitrust watchdog said on Monday he was "very optimistic" that his office would take action against Facebook (FB.O) this year after finding it had abused its market dominance to gather data on people without their consent.
"We are currently evaluating Facebook's opinion on our preliminary assessment and I'm very optimistic that we are going to take further steps, even this year, whatever this would mean," Federal Cartel Office President Andreas Mundt told a conference on competition law in Berlin.
Reporting by Foo Yun Chee, writing by Philip Blenkinsop; Editing by Alissa de Carbonnel


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Asset Recovery Solutions Rogue Company
They are all coming out of the woodwork this week! Further to reporting on the resale company Pana Travel yesterday, we have also been notified of another scam that is being operated out of the UK. This company is playing off the back of the recent claims that have been awarded in Spanish Courts to ITRA in regard to contracts purchased in perpetuity and with floating weeks. We have reported on several consumer wins over the past few months in relation to these cases.


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Why K-12 Needs More than Just an LMSContinue reading
Why K-12 Needs More than Just an LMSContinue reading
Not done with your holiday shopping list?
Not sure what to get your children? You might want to consider some cool toys that promote curiosity and creativity. Toys that promote STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math) not only help children achieve academically but also help them achieve in life. Exposing children to STEM through toys cultivates interest in these subjects in school.
In addition to STEM products, children should be exposed to the Arts. There is evidence that children involved in the Arts experience both social and academic benefits. Children tend to have better critical and creative skills and are better at independent learning when the Arts are part of their lives.
So, whether you choose to buy some gifts focused on STEM, the Arts, or better yet, both, your child will benefit from your thoughtful gift choice.
Here are some examples of some cool STEM or Arts related gift ideas:
ESSA, or Every Student Succeeds Act, the long awaited successor to No Child Left Behind will start to take effect at the beginning of this coming year.
A major focal point of the new law is on formative, rather than summative assessments.
This can cause a major shift in the instructional models schools are using and the way districts have set up their curriculum.Continue reading
We were absolutely tickled to check Twitter yesterday morning and find this article on Tech Crunch.
The article makes the claim that with the rise of technology like xAPI, the traditional resume is on the path to extinction in favor of the Experience Graph.
Why?Continue reading
The decision to adopt a new teaching approach is both exciting and angst inducing. Blended learning offers a new way to reach students, so it makes sense that districts want to harness it's potential. As school districts explore the possibilities of blended learning they are also faced with challanges and obstacles that must be acknowledged and planned for. If you are thinking about how to get started with blended learning, this 7 part blog series will explore the steps you should consider as you adopt this new methodology.
It's helpful to read these posts in order, so before continuing:
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Corporate Governance
China Taiping Insurance Singapore Pte Ltd is committed to the establishment of good standards of corporate governance practices, emphasizing our philosophy to creating values through diligent management. The Board reviews its corporate governance practices from time to time with its commitment to excellence and to ensure its compliance with regulatory standards.
The Board is collectively responsible for overseeing the management of the business affairs and formulates the overall strategy for the Company. The Board delegates to the Management Committee the responsibility of the execution of strategic plans and the management of daily operational matters. The Management Committee regularly reports to the Board on the financial performance as well as key business affairs.
Appointment of the Directors is decided by the Group's Nomination Committee. The principal duties of the Nomination Committee include reviewing the Board composition, developing and formulating the relevant procedures for nomination and appointment of directors and ensuring the Board has a balance of adequate expertise, skills, experience and diversity.
The Remuneration Committee from the Group is responsible for the establishment of a formal and transparent procedure for developing the remuneration policies and to determine the specific remuneration packages of all executive directors and senior management. The Remuneration packages is determined by taking into consideration factors such as salaries paid by comparable companies, time commitment, responsibility, employment conditions elsewhere in the Group. Performance-based remuneration is reviewed and approved by reference to the corporate goals and objectives.


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This blog is the seventh in a series of profiles written by 350VT intern Julie Elfin. Julie got the chance to speak with Hope Petraro of Montpelier, a high school student with a passion for art and activism. This is Hope's story.
I believe an activist is always a leader. As a leader, it's important to strike the right balance of listening and speaking, receiving and provide input. It's synonymous with being a revolutionary, and revolutionaries go against the flow. Activists inspire others and foster progress towards a common goal and common good.
I'm a freshman at Montpelier High School. I work with the youth activism group in Plainfield. It's great to connect with people who feel similarly and help people. It's important work. Being able to have and support a positive community of people who care about the greater good is so rare. That's a good work right there.
A large part of our work is showing people that the youth have a voice. We aren't adults, but we shouldn't be trivialized. We're not just the future; we're doing the work right now. I won the Green Up Vermont poster contest this year, so my art is working for a cause that way. The Plainfield youth activism group does a lot of art, like banners for Protect Geprags actions.
I've slowly grown into the 'activist' label. I became interested in activism and moved to Vermont at around the same time. Since then, I've come to care more about the environment than I thought I would, more than a lot of my peers seem to. I've learned to love and appreciate nature more than I ever thought I would when I was growing up in New York City. In Vermont, we have solace from industrialization and a lot of environmental harms, but we are very connected to the land. I feel close to nature now. It's the land I live on, and climate change will affect that land.
I come from a working class family. Corporations don't care about the working class. The people in power in D.C right now don't care about those who don't have power. I don't want a world where people are in it for the money and forget to care for others. I have to work to create a different world.
This power comes into play around the Vermont Gas pipeline and February's Public Service Board hearings, too. So many people provided heartfelt speeches on what they cared about, explaining with facts, as well as opinions and personal stories, why the pipeline was so detrimental. But it was like they were speaking to a wall. There was no correspondence, no response from the Board. The whole point of a public forum is to listen to people, but the process has blatantly disregarded people's opinions. The interests of the majority of people should win out over monetary profit.
Activism is such a part of my life. I wouldn't be able to escape it even if I wanted to. I couldn't have a happy, satisfied, fulfilling life without helping other people, and activism is how I do that. Connecting with people keeps me informed about the world. Otherwise, I'd remain ignorant. Ignorance is bliss but not the kind of bliss I'd want.
I'm an open book. It's a key part of who I am. People know I care. I have a reputation at school, advocating for women's rights and other issues. I have a relatively sensitive heart. Resisting apathy is key. Being an activist is an uphill battle, but personally I have more to work with. My mom and my friends always support me.
I'd like to make a career in activism. I'm definitely going to choose a career path in which I have a positive impact on the majority of people. I want to have a direct impact on people, whether that means working as a lawyer or an artist. I'm interested in cultural and interpersonal relations, I want to create role models. In summary, I want a life where I can help others, change culture and put more love into modern society.
Check out the previous profile!
Julie Elfin is a senior at the University of Vermont studying the environment and communications. This profile series is her culminating project for her Online Organizing internship with 350VT.


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Like many Americans of his generation, Kurt Chew-Een Lee was eager to fight in World War II. He left college at age 18 to enlist in the Marine Corps.
Beyond a deeply felt patriotism, Lee had a personal motive: "I wanted to dispel the notion about the Chinese being meek, bland and obsequious," he told The Times in 2010.
Rather than a combat billet, he was assigned as a language instructor in San Diego teaching Japanese. He was deeply disappointed but decided to remain in the Marine Corps after the war.
He became an officer, one of the first Asian American officers in the Marine Corps.
Then came the war in Korea and Lee got his chance to fight: as an infantry platoon leader in the brutal, frigid battle against numerically superior Chinese army troops at the Chosin Reservoir in December 1950.
"I was never afraid," Lee said. "Perhaps the Chinese are all fatalists. I never expected to survive the war."
Lee's bravery and resourcefulness brought him the Navy Cross, the Silver Star and an enduring place among Marine heroes.
"His fighting style was ferocious and his leadership was inspirational," said Joe Owen, who fought beside Lee.
Lee died March 3 at his home in Washington, D.C., possibly of a heart attack, his niece Lori Lee said. He was 88.
Lee was born Jan. 21, 1926, in San Francisco, the first of seven children. The family moved to the Sacramento area, where Lee's father, an immigrant, was a farm produce distributor and prominent in the Chinese community. Lee attended Sacramento City College before enlisting.
Lee served in Vietnam as an intelligence officer and retired from the Marine Corps in 1968 as a major. He worked for New York Life Insurance as a trainee supervisor, and then for the National Rural Electric Cooperative Assn. as a regulatory compliance coordinator.
On Memorial Day in 2010, Lee's bravery was the subject of a Smithsonian Channel documentary, "Uncommon Courage: Breakout at Chosin."
Although by the Korean War the U.S. military had been ordered integrated, suspicions and stereotypical thinking about race remained. Skeptics asked whether a Chinese American officer would fight against Chinese troops.
"I would have ... done whatever was necessary," Lee told a Times reporter. "To me, it didn't matter whether those were Chinese, Korean, Mongolian, whatever — they were the enemy."
Lee led his Marines in repulsing attacks by the surging Chinese troops. He donned an orange vest so his spread-out Marines could see him during a blizzard and follow his orders, even though the vest made him a target for snipers.
Hurling grenades, firing his rifle and shouting in Mandarin to confuse the enemy, Lee led his men in defending an escape route. Wounded, he refused to be evacuated. Days later he was wounded a second time and hospitalized. Determined to keep fighting, Lee commandeered a vehicle and raced to the front.
"I've told (Lee) many times: Thank God we had him," a Marine in the platoon, Ronald Burbridge, said in the Smithsonian documentary.
Lee said that although some of the Marines under his command may not have liked him, they respected him. He deflected praise for his own actions, instead praising his troops.
"They were outstanding — they were my Marines," Lee said.
Twice married, Lee is survived by a daughter, Nicole; sisters Faustina, Betty Mar and Juliet Yokoe; and brother Chew-Fan. Lee's brothers Chew-Fan and Chew-Mon, who died in 1972, both served in Korea and were decorated for bravery.
The California State Military Museum honored Lee and his brothers with an exhibit.
"His legacy will always be that he broke down barriers," Freeman Lee, past commander of the VFW Chung Mei Post 8358, told the Sacramento Bee.
Lee asked to be buried at Arlington National Cemetery.


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A Word About Security
Security -noun Freedom from care, anxiety, or doubt; well-founded confidence (as defined by dictionary.com)
Something on all of our minds these days, as more and more of our lives go into "the cloud."
A dermatologist recently asked me about the security of SkinOfMine.com: How can we all feel confident that images we upload will always be there for us? And for us only?
SkinOfMine has taken several steps to block unauthorized access, starting from the connection up.
Our connection is secure; we offer 256-bit encryption so that cyber-eavesdroppers cannot snoop on users' sessions. Files and database entries are backed up daily in case of machine failure. Files are not shared with any outside entities.
What about authorized access?
There are two ways that an uploaded photo can be shown to someone other than the person who uploaded it. Both require the permission of the uploader. The first: when someone uploads an image, they are asked whether SkinOfMine has permission to show that image to other users. If "yes," the image goes into a queue to be vetted by SkinOfMine staff as relevant and non-offensive. If vetted, the image goes into the database of possible "best matches" for other images, and could then be shown as a result of the "Find Similar" function on the dashboard. Only the image and biopsy information, if available, would be shown. No information about the person who uploaded that image would be revealed. If you do not want your images to show up as a "Find Similar" result, simply say "no" when asked if we have permission to show this image to others. You can do this at upload time, or later by clicking on the pencil icon in the lower left corner of an image from the "MY FILES" page.
The second way that an image could be shown to a user other than the one who uploaded it is through the "Share" function of the dashboard. In this case the image owner chooses the SkinOfMine user with whom that image is to be shared. A copy of the image and the identity of the sharer are then shown to the sharee. The sharee does not have the right to share a shared image. The sharer can remove a sharee from the sharee list at any time, thereby revoking the sharee's viewing rights.
We are working hard to protect the security of our users. Users need to do their part, too, by making sure their passwords are not easily guessed. (Anybody use 123456 as a password? That's been reported as the most commonly used internet password!)
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