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Stitch, Stitch, Stitch! Home of Bee Tree Designs, where I can share with you my ideas, some free redwork patterns, some new redwork ideas, & other quilty stuff for sale and some other silly stuff. Come, embroider with me.......Home of Jan's Elves, the Snowballs and Licorice Twist Embroidery Quilts, I also have the Twilling Toppers.
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My Frosty Flake
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Hi Cyndi,ReplyDelete
I'm doing my Frosty Flakes all in red too...wonder what everyone else is doing with theirs?
Those are all fabulous, Cyndi. I especially love the one on the upper right!ReplyDelete
Hey, do you dream about tomatoes? LOL!!! Bet you'll be happy when the season ends!
Those blocks are beautiful.ReplyDelete
I'm jealous over your tomatoes.
I used to live near Las Vegas and had tons of tomatoes each year. Now its too cold where I live.
Good for you creating lasting memories with that little one of yours!
Absolutely stunning! I "fell" over your blog (not sure how I found it but glad I did!) and your work is beautiful! Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete


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Mothing in the garden overnight was very poor, with just singles of Snout, Marbled Minor and a Dusky Brocade, maybe closing down at 03:45 was too late? I think Pembrey calls tonight.
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Anime Info
Creator: Hayao Miyazaki, Eiko Kadono
Genre: Fantasy
Length: Movie (1:43)
Purchase: Here
A Studio Ghibli Production Released in the United States by Walt Disney
+ One of the most beautifully animated films
+ Kiki is believable as a teenage girl
+ Kiki deals with similar issues faced by adolescents
+/ The subtitles for the Japanese language track of the DVD are based on an earlier non Disney dub-script for the film. As a result subtitles sometimes appear when no one is speaking.
Kiki's Delivery Service is a charming and enjoyable film. Although it may seem old fashioned compared to the pop culture laden CGI eye candy being produced in American animation studios; Miyazaki's artistry gives it a timelessness that may cause it to be remembered for years after films like Shrek and Over the Hedge are forgotten.
Public Rating
Our Rating
4 out of 5 · Highly Recommended
Kiki's Delivery Service Review
Written by: Frank B. Chavez III on 11/21/2006
Although previous US releases of Studio Ghibli films, such as the notorious butchering of Nausicaa of the Valley of the Winds, had been disappointing, in 1997 Studio Ghibli signed a deal with Disney to release their films in the United States. In 1998, the 1989 anime Kiki's Delivery Service became the first Studio Ghibli film distributed by Walt Disney. The successful release eventually lead to Disney releases of a number of Studio Ghibli's films including the popular films My Neighbor Totoro, Princess Mononoke, and Spirited Away. Based on a story by author Eiko Kadono, Kiki's Delivery Service tells the story of 13 year-old Kiki as she learns to live independently as a witch.
Show More When she arrives in the city, the naïve Kiki finds it difficult settling in and finding her niche in the urban environment. She is accosted by a police officer for nearly causing an accident with her flying, followed after by a boy with a crush on her, and can't even find a room for rent. Despairing, Kiki gazes longingly at the ocean outside a small bakery. When Osono, the bakery owner rushes out after a customer who has forgotten her baby's pacifier, Kiki volunteers to fly after the woman and return the pacifier. Impressed, Osono takes in Kiki and when Kiki decides she wants to start a delivery service, Osono signs up as Kiki's first account. After a rough patch settling in, Kiki actually takes out her first delivery the first full day she's in town. As in his other films, Hayao Miyazaki revels in the scenes of flight. Kiki routinely flies higher than airplanes as she makes her deliveries and is often joined by birds, in an early scene geese fly in formation around her broom and even warn her about an on coming wind gust.. Miyazaki manages to give the flight scenes a believability lacking in the Harry Potter movies - in many flight scenes in Harry Potter it is too obvious that actor Daniel Radcliff has been replaced by CGI effects. Kiki looks and acts like a real girl on a real broom and is affected by real weather.
Kiki's Delivery Service is like Spirited Away in tone; rather than being an epic adventure like Nausicaa or Castle in the Sky, its story is built up of episodic crises related to Kiki's deliveries. With each successive delivery, Kiki learns a little more about living independently. Kiki's first delivery goes awry when; flying over the forest, Kiki looses control of her broom and crashes into some trees. When she recovers from her crash, she discovers, much to her chagrin, that the toy cat she has be engaged to deliver has fallen out of the bird cage she was carrying it in and disappeared into the woods. While her cat, Jiji pretends to be the stuffed toy, Kiki goes looking for the real toy in the woods. Her search leads her to the home of Ursula, an artist who lives by herself in the woods painting the wildlife. Ursula is, like Kiki, a teenager living on her own. She is a few years older and further along the same path as Kiki. Kiki helps the artist clean her floors and the artist repairs the damage done to the toy cat by the crows. Kiki manages to recover Jiji and put the toy in his place.
Show More The next day, helping around the bakery, Kiki suffers agonizing boredom as she waits for delivery orders to phone in. Tombo, the bespectacled youth who has had a crush on Kiki since she arrived in town invites her to a party at his aviation club. Oddly, Kiki accepts the invitation although she had previously snubbed his advances as rude. At the same time a pair of delivery orders come in and Kiki struggles to make both of them and get to her party on time. The first delivery is too heavy and Kiki strains with it but it goes off without incident. On the second delivery she helps her elderly customer bake a casserole and deliver it. While the casserole is baking, Kiki helps with chores around the house; she looks at the clock and thinks she has enough time to finish before the party but alarmingly the old woman's clock runs ten minutes slow, Kiki rushes off with her delivery but ends up flying through a sudden rainstorm. Flying home soaking wet, she decides against the party and goes straight to bed. Having put her delivery ahead of her safety, Kiki wakes up the next day, with an awful cold.
When she gets over her cold, Orsono sends Kiki on a bakery delivery and Kiki is surprised that her customer turns out to be Tombo. Miyazaki's ever present fascination with flight appears again when Tombo reveals that he has been converting his bicycle into the motor for a human powered fling machine. Kiki and Tombo ride this contraption to the seashore to see a dirigible that has just arrived in their community. Tombo and Kiki have a fun time together but when Tombo's friends show up, Kiki is reminded that she is an outsider. She can't overcome these feelings storms off by herself. Returning to her apartment she realizes she can't understand Jiji or fly anymore and she becomes depressed.
Her depression begins to alleviate when she is visited by Ursula the artist. Kiki and Ursula take a mini-vacation together at Ursula's cabin. Ursula reveals that she has been training as an artist most of her life and that she has had periods where she was unable to paint just as Kiki is unable to fly. Ursula believes that flying, like art, is a spiritual endeavor that requires inspiration. Ursula has found inspiration in Kiki and she tells Kiki that in time her powers will come back, when she discovers the reason she wants to fly. Returning home, Kiki is given a cake by the old woman she had earlier helped with chores. Watching the news on TV, Kiki may have found her inspiration to return to the air when she sees Tombo in reports about the visiting dirigible - high winds have ripped the airship from its moorings and it is drifting out of control with poor Tombo hanging for dear life from one of the chords. Kiki is the only one who can save him, but only if she looks deep inside herself and finds to inspiration to fly again.
Although it may unfairly be compared to Harry Potter, Kiki's Delivery Service is a sweet and charming film. Eschewing epic adventure, the film tells a smaller more personal story about learning to live independently, trusting your abilities, and finding the inspiration and reasons to do the things you do. The film is beautifully animated in lovingly hand drawn animation and each character from Jiji the cat through plane crazy Tombo is unique each with their own personality and mannerisms. And although older anime fans looking for over-the-top action-adventure may not like it, Kiki's Delivery Service is the perfect family film to show children dealing with the issues that Kiki faces.


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Date of release: Tuesday, November 7, 2017
Speakers will discuss the state of public sector pay and workforce issues during a University of Greenwich public symposium on Wednesday 29 November.
"We will look at what has happened to pay and the workforce in the public sector over the years of the government pay policy, with up to date assessments from key participants in the debate," says Sian Moore, Professor of Employment Relations and Human Resource Management at Greenwich,
"In recent months, the question of lifting the one per cent cap on public sector pay has risen to the top of the political agenda. There are claims and counter claims about whether public or private sector workers are paid more, and these claims will be tested."
The event has been organised by the university's Work and Employment Research Unit (WERU), part of the Business School, and all are welcome.
Ken Mulkearn, author of Pay in the Public Services 2017, published by Incomes Data Research), and Joshua Rawlings, Economic Researcher, Office for National Statistics, are keynote speakers. Ken will cover recent pay outcomes and what they indicate for policy, while Joshua's presentation will focus on the differences in public and private sector pay.
Other speakers are David Powell, Senior Salary Officer, The National Education Union (NEU); Peter Gordon, Head of Terms and Conditions of Service, British Medical Association; Gerry O'Dwyer, National Officer, Royal College of Nursing; and Dave Penman, General Secretary, First Division Association.
A panel of experts will discuss the issues raised. These include Nicola Allison, Remuneration Advisor, Office of Manpower Economics; Heather Wakefield, National Negotiations Officer for Local Government, Unison and Visiting Fellow, University of Greenwich; and Professor Ian Kessler, King's College London.
The symposium takes place between 1pm and 6pm in Room 102, Hamilton House, Park Vista, Greenwich SE10 9LZ. It is the first of WERU's seminar series for 2017-18.
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The last three months have been the warmest on record and we need to bring the same urgency to climate change that we did to stopping the Gulf oil spill, says Bill McKibben.
Over the same period as the BP spill was taking place, if you add up all the carbon being burned in all the cars and factories and power plants, we had the equivalent of at least 5,000 Deepwater Horizons pouring carbon into the atmosphere, every minute of every day in every corner of the world.
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It wasn't pretty, but a win is a win.
The Steelers won a game that maybe earlier this season they would have lost, as the Chiefs took them the distance, and more, taking Pittsburgh to OT before finally winning 16-13.
The OT didn't last long, as on the 2nd play Chiefs QB Matt Cassel threw his only pick of the night, throwing a ball that was intercepted by Lawrence Timmons. He broke a tackle, taking it to the Chiefs five-yard line before getting knocked out of bounds.
Mike Tomlin didn't waste time, sending in kicker Shaun Suisham, who nailed the 23-yard field goal for the win.
"We'll take it, we won't apologize for it either," Tomlin said. "Such as is life in the NFL, the guys made the necessary plays to get out of the stadium with the win."
The win puts the Steelers at 6-3 on the season, still a game behind the 7-2 Ravens, who they will play in two of the next three weeks, with a game at Cleveland in between.
The win came at a possible huge cause, as the Steelers lost QB Ben Roethlisberger to what is being called by many as a separated right shoulder.
The QB left the stadium and went to the hospital for an MRI. At the time of the injury, he was 9-for-18 for 84 yards with a score. He was replaced by Byron Leftwich, who frankly wasn't very good.
He took over with the Steelers tied at 10, and was only able to get the team in position for one field goal, which gave the Steelers a 13-10 lead with 12:37 left.
It looked like the Steelers would get out at that score, but give credit to Matt Cassel and the Chiefs offense, as they converted a 4th-and-15 with a 27-yard gain to Dwayne Bowe to the Steelers 28 with three seconds left.
After Cassel spiked the ball, Ryan Succop kicked a 46-yard field goal to send the game into OT.
Leftwich in the game was 7-for-14 for 73 yards. The Steelers were outgained 290 to 243, as their run game was held to 95 yards on 23 carries, a 3.3 yards per carry average.
Bottom line, Leftwich hasn't started a game since 2009 when he was with the Buccaneers, and now he may have to take on the Ravens twice in the next
three weeks.
Tomlin didn't concede that Leftwich would start Sunday night vs the Ravens, but it sounds like he might not have a choice.
"I'll wait to see what his status is like before we make any of those determinations," Tomlin said.
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Almost $1 million in maintenance completed on F3 Freeway
28 May 2012
Roads and Maritime Services (RMS) has completed maintenance work on the F3 Freeway at Tuggerah.
An RMS spokesperson said the NSW Government provided $961,000 to resurface 1.2 kilometres of the freeway northbound between the Wyong Road interchange and Alison Road.
"The completed work will improve safety for motorists, reduce ongoing maintenance costs and provide a smoother and quieter road surface," the spokesperson said.
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The vast majority of community associations routinely use proxies in some way at their annual membership meetings. Given that, it's not surprising that many of the questions I receive from community association Board members and property managers during annual meeting season involve proxies. In order to assist those of our Board member and property manager readers who are in the midst of annual meeting preparation, this blog post will address some of the most common misconceptions and questions concerning proxies and their use.
One of the most important things to understand about proxies is that they do not serve the same purpose as ballots. While ballots are voting instruments used to cast a vote, a proxy is a form of power of attorney by which a person who will not be present at a corporation's meeting (the "proxy-giver") assigns his or her right to vote at the meeting to another person who will be present at the meeting (the "proxy-holder"). At the annual meeting, the proxy-holder exchanges any proxies he/she holds for a ballot- one ballot per proxy. Unless the proxy document contains language telling the proxy-holder how to cast a vote on behalf of the proxy-giver on a particular matter(s), the proxy-holder has the right to vote on behalf of the proxy-giver in his or her discretion on all matters that may arise at the annual meeting. If the proxy document instructs the proxy-holder to vote in a particular way, then the proxy-holder must cast the vote he/she holds on behalf of the proxy-giver as instructed by the proxy-giver.


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|CHRISTMAS PROVIDERS - Please help make the 2017 season a success!
Welcome to the Christmas Provider website.
Mission Statement: To assist less-fortunate families with children in the HEB and Birdville School Districts by providing "Christmas" for them using an "adopt-a-family" approach. Our non profit organization consists entirely of volunteers and representatives from area communities, churches, businesses and schools in the HEB and Birdville Independent School Districts.
Our non-profit volunteer driven organization's goal is to provide Christmas for needy school children and their families. We have been in existence since 1984 serving 400 -600 families every Christmas season. This is a unique adopt-a-family Christmas program in that people who choose to help a family (the "Provider") will actually get to meet their adopted family and deliver Christmas themselves!
Our organization works closely with the school counselors of the two partner school districts to ensure that the most needy families are offered help. The school children of these two districts also hold a food drive for our organization so that adoptive families can receive non-perishable canned goods in addition to Christmas gifts.
Volunteers are always needed to adopt the families, answer phone lines from Providers, sort and box donated canned goods, or help load the boxes of the canned goods into Provider vehicles. If you are interested in being a volunteer, please call the Provider line and leave your name and number and a Board Member or other volunteer will get with you.
Read further to find out how you can help.
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Not so long ago, I wrote this. To summarise, it was about new words adopted into the English language by the Merriam-Webster dictionary, most of which had their genesis in online culture. So it was with great joy that I came across this article which outlines some of the words that the internet has succesfully killed. It's a lovely piece of work, I suggest you read it. My very favourite is at the top of the list – "friend". Once a word meaning " someone you knew, had a personal relationship with, occasionally spoke to, and frequently drank beers with" it now, according to the article, means "someone who found your email address and typed it into Facebook and/or LinkedIN. You may have met said person at a conference once, and possibly even conversed with for 5 or more minutes". Of course, my second favourite is in there too – "startup". Once, it meant "a company with a novel idea, service, product, or technology, and a vision on how to build that company into a successful, profitable entity". Now, it means "a college graduate and three friends who have an incremental idea, service, product, or technology, and a vision on how to build that company such that it gets acquired by Google, Microsoft, or Yahoo (in that order), preferably within 18 months for at least 9 figures."
The article is tongue-in-cheek – and readily admits it – but there's a whole lot of truth in there (albeit disguised nicely behind humour). Language is evolving, and the major vehicle for change is that thing that has become so pervasive in our lives – the internet – and the culture that goes with it. Not only have new words entered – "w00t" and "mondegreen" instantly spring to mind – but 'old' words have had their meanings modified to fit the new medium. I maintain that it's not a bad thing, it's progress (whatever definition you choose to use for 'progress'). Sometimes it seems like backwards progress, but it is nevertheless the direction we are heading. Don't like it? That's OK – the new generation do. And when they're all grown up and complaining about the "young 'ens", well, that's OK too. Their kids will be busy picking up the slack by then.
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Modern day mod for Red Alert 3, Exploring the aspects of Red Alert 2 & creating a brand new Total Conversion. 3 Factions are available Allieds-Soviets-Asian Coalition they all have their unique aspects for all of you guys to enjoy More details are available on the official website www.bluejanuary.org Usage of some of our images are restricted & are against the law to use without the proper permission -if you are interested in featuring our project you are very welcome to but please ask before you do ;)
new concepts will be made (there arent enough of them :D)
Allied tank units gonna be put in game
3D Model of the Asian Front Mission style which will have a silencer on the assault rifle
(soon)learning 3d
Gundam RX-78 Ver.2 style robot that can also do some sword fighting
(Concept first this week then 3d)
Allied Jet fighter concept, Airfield launched, variable wings
Soviet stuff ? :P Idk atm maybe a concept
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Nice to see some updates
IT LIVES!! Nice to see your not dead.
Hope to see you guys around
Don't rely on support man! Learn by doing! You can't get it done unless you're willing and able to do it yourself. Anybody can just throw concepts up on the internet and ask for help, the difference between success and failure is a personal willingness to go the extra mile. Once you make actual progress, the support you need will be just around the corner.
I hope blue January is a very successful mod.
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Hey Türkce konuşan birine rastlamak süper
Üzgünüm ki projemiz iptal edilmiştir onun yerine çıplak resimler koyacaz hahaha
Still low progress?
Wow, thanks guys for starting this. I love Red Alert 2, this sounds awesome and from checking the concept art, I'm amazed, I hope this mod does well. I don't like the cartoony RA3, units. Allies are always rigged with better powers and units. The units don't feel as unique as they were in RA2. I hope all of this changes in your mod. I'm a Russian so I support the soviet factions, I'm a little biased :) Thanks for including the realism, I've been looking for an RTS with soviet weapons that has realism.
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Last year the Titans' decision to draft wide receiver Kenny Britt paid off nicely, as Britt led the team with 701 receiving yards.
But this year Britt has been dropping more than his share of passes in minicamps and organized team activities, and he's the first to acknowledge that he isn't making the kind of progress he'd like to make as his second NFL season approaches.
"It has been horrible," Britt said, per Jim Wyatt of the Tennessean. "I am disappointed in myself. I know I have to get better. They expect me to get better. And that's what I plan on doing."
Britt acknowledges that he showed up out of shape to the team's April minicamp, and he said the coaches' decision to sit him during that minicamp was a wake-up call. Now he says he's going to use the month off before training camp to turn his offseason around.
"I can't be dropping balls out there for no reason. I know I have to focus a lot better," Britt said. "So I am disappointed in myself, but I am not getting down, I am getting on myself to get better, and that is going to be on my mind the whole month of July. Even though everyone is going to be on vacation, this has to be my grinding time. I want to be the guy everyone can count on."


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Pont-y-Pant Hotel stood on the opposite side of the road from Penaeldroch (Plas Hall). What little remains of the hotel is now garden features in the garden of Ty Llwyd, the white house above the site (built with the stone from the hotel). The barns still remain though much changed.
The hotel was demolished some time within the first decade of the twentieth century (having laid empty for a few years) due to the owners bankruptcy, which was blamed partly on the Sunday closing laws, and the ending of Sunday running of trains.


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Mark Wielaard: New GPG key.
Finally created a new GPG key using gnupg. The old one was a DSA/1024 bits one and 8 years old. The new one is a RSA/2048 bits one. I will use the new one in the future to sign any release tarballs I might create. pub 2048R/57816A6A 2011-01-29 Key f...
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We are pleased to announce a new set of security releases, IcedTea6 1.7.8, IcedTea6 1.8.5 and IcedTea6 1.9.5.
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Changes to second edition: We updated the material in line with current events and replaced chapters on digital commons, health commons and sport with chapters on resilience, coupled infrastructure systems and polycentric governance. This makes the book more focused on sustainability related topics, the main use of the text book in practice. Download 1st Edition
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This textbook discusses the main framework, concepts and applications of the work of Elinor Ostrom and her colleagues for an undergraduate audience. We began teaching a course on collective and the commons in 2007 at Arizona State University. Initially we made use of Ostrom's classic book "Governing the Commons", but this book was not written for an undergraduate audience. Moreover, many new insights have been developed since the 1990 publication of "Governing the Commons". Therefore we decided to write our own textbook, which we have been using since the Spring of 2012.
In this book you will learn about institutions–the rules and norms that guide the interactions among us. Those rules and norms can be found from traffic rules, rules in sports, regulations on when and where alcohol can be consumed, to constitutional rules that define who can become president of the United States of America. Rules and norms guide us to cooperative outcomes of so-called collective action problems. If we rely on voluntary contributions only to get anything done, this may not lead to the best results. But research also shows that coercion of people to comply to strict rules do not necessary lead to good outcomes. What combination of sticks and carrots is needed to be successful to solve collective action problems such as sustaining the commons?
The book is based on the work of Elinor Ostrom and her colleagues. Ostrom is best known as the 2009 co-recipient of the Nobel Prize in Economics "for her analysis of economic governance, especially the commons". Elinor Ostrom was a professor at Indiana University since the mid 1960s, and a part-time research professor at Arizona State University since 2006. She was active in research and teaching until her death at the age of 78 on June 12, 2012.
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International Association to Study the Commons – an international society for scholars who study the commons.
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Where to Spend New Year's Eve in Melbourne
Celebrate New Year's along the Yarra River!
With extraordinary views of the city and the Bolte Bridge, Docklands is set to be the ultimate place to experience and embrace some of Melbourne's best New Year's Eve festivities, including the awe-inspiring midnight fireworks display.
Enjoy the last day of the year and watch the sun set on 2015 as you dine at one of Docklands' esteemed restaurants on the water's edge.
Following your meal, toast to the evening's excitement with a glass of bubbly from one of the many bars or pubs located at NewQuay or Victoria Harbour.
Destination Docklands spokesperson, Kelly Jensen, says the precinct's electric atmosphere and unique harbour views aren't the only reason to welcome 2016 down at Docklands.
"A huge deciding factor for people when making their New Year's plans is accessibility and how convenient it is to get from place to place. Etihad Stadium is offering special $10 parking for designated drivers and public transport is running all night long, with all venues in close proximity to trams and Southern Cross Station," she said.
Here is just a sampling of the sensational spots at Docklands to dance away the last night of the year:
Ring in 2016 at h2oh Harbourside's New Year's Eve party with Melbourne's finest DJs and an all-inclusive selection of beverages and entertainment.
The entire top floor will be transformed, boasting four main rooms with plenty of bars and a massive 50 metre open terrace with unsurpassed panoramic views of Victoria Harbour, the spectacular city skyline and most importantly the midnight firework show.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit nyeh2o.com.au/
Travel around the world this New Year's Eve as Alumbra presents to you Passport to Brooklyn.
Celebrate the coming of the New Year with live entertainment, great music and front row seats to the best fireworks display in Melbourne overlooking Victoria Harbour at Docklands.
Ticket includes complimentary glass of Henry Son's sparkling and Chef Hat awarded Chef Daniel Wilson's Buffalo wings and Japanese chicken skewers from 7-9pm.
VIP Booths available for best seat in the house and packages include Ciroc Vodka, Moet & Chandon and more.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.alumbra.com.au
Located on the banks of Victoria Harbour, Watermark Docklands NYE party will offer panoramic views of the spectacular skyline from the outdoor beer garden, which makes for the perfect setting to sip champagne and socialise.
With two different rooms of DJs playing a mix of commercial house and RnB, stunning view of the Docklands fireworks display and waterfront location, this party has it all.
The five hour drinks package includes finger food, basic spirits, beers, wines and bubbles.
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.watermarkdocklands.com.au
DJ Aurelia Sky and DJ Opdecoul will get the party started at Platform 28 this New Year's Eve.
Featuring a five hour food and beverage package and only walking distance from Southern Cross Station, bring 2016 in with a bang!
For more information and to purchase tickets, visit www.platform28.com.au
Or nearby at Riverland and Pilgrim Bar...
Riverland and Pilgrim Bar are located in prime position for Melbourne's acclaimed firework shows. Guests are invited to enjoy a decadent dinner menu or a festive cocktail party.
NYE at Riverland Bar
WHAT: New Year's Eve celebrations
WHERE: Riverland Bar, Federation Wharf, Melbourne 3000
WHEN: 31st December 2015, 8pm - 1am
TICKETS: $120 per person available at www.riverlandbar.com. Includes finger food and drinks package (beer, wine & soft drink)
Melbourne's best kept secret, Pilgrim Bar, is inviting revellers to enjoy prime position for the city's acclaimed New Year's Eve fireworks and either an intimate dinner set menu or festive cocktail party. Guests who wish to revel in a decadent eight-course menu will experience a sensory adventure like none other. Starting with the finest Australian sparkling, guests will enjoy dishes including the 'slow cooked lamb shoulder, date and eggplant puree, with snow pea tendrils', and 'baked snapper, celery, green olive and preserved salad.'
Choose between two sittings at either 6pm or 8.30pm and be spoilt for choice this New Year's Eve with a wide selection of fine foods and a proudly all Australian backbar. Full dinner menu can be viewed at: http://www.pilgrimbar.com.au/nye Later in the night, guests can also choose to attend a one-of-a-kind cocktail party with the best views of the river and the fireworks at midnight. Expect to be pampered with a wide variety of canapes and premium drinks including a boutique range of spirits, wines, beers and ciders. The cocktail party will begin at 8pm and conclude at 1am.
Throughout the night, live band The Plezurhounds, who over the past decade have risen to the pinnacle of Australia's Jazz Roots scene, will be performing their own blend of "down home" inspirations, offering guests a warm and fun atmosphere. Easily accessible via public transport and close vicinity to Melbourne's city centre, Pilgrim Bar awaits your arrival this New Year's Eve.
Tickets are priced at $85 for either sitting of a dinner set menu or at $140 for a cocktail party and are available for purchase at www.pilgrimbar.com.au.
NYE at Pilgrim Bar
Option 1: Set Menu
WHAT: Dinner Set Menu, with Australian Sparkling wine upon Arrival
WHERE: Pilgrim Bar, Federation Wharf, Melbourne 3000
WHEN: 6pm or 8.30pm, 31st December 2015
TICKETS: $85 per person, available at www.pilgrimbar.com.au
Option 2: Cocktail Party
WHAT: Cocktail Party
WHERE: Pilgrim Bar, Federation Wharf, Melbourne 3000
WHEN: 8pm - 1am, 31st December 2015
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Ben Carson joked Wednesday that had his mother been "cognizant" of his run for the White House, she "probably" would have "taken a gun" and "shot some of the dishonest reporters."
Carson's comments came during an interview on CBS Radio's "Brown and Scoop Podcast."
"What would your mother think seeing you run for the White House?" host Brandon "Scoop B" Robinson asked Carson.
"My mother is still alive, by the way," Carson corrected. "She has Alzheimer's."
He added: "She's not really cognizant of that, which is a good thing because my mother is really a fighter. She probably would have taken a gun and gone out and shot some of the dishonest reporters."
After dropping out of the 2016 presidential race, Carson shocked many observers when he endorsed Donald Trump. The retired neurosurgeon said on the podcast that he thought the Manhattan billionaire's brash style made him the most electable Republican candidate, but he added that he would not adopt Trump's style.
"I don't know that I would adopt his style, quite frankly, but his style resonates with a large number of people largely because of where we are as a nation," he said. "We're sort of at what I call a WWE Raw stage, and this is what appeals to us. That certainly is not who I am, and I never will be that."
Carson also said he did not want a cabinet position, should Trump be elected.
"I get asked that a lot, and I don't particularly want a government job," he said. "I feel I can be much more effective from outside the government because you don't have nearly as many constraints on you."
Carson has made numerous peculiar comments in support of Trump in recent months. Last week, he said the real-estate mogul had low cash on hand because supporters were "confused" about where to donate. In May, he inadvertently told a reporter whom Trump was possibly considering for vice president.


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21 January
As I type it is fairly dark and very cold. We have a power cut. There is snow and ice outside and we are wrapped up in gloves, scarves, warm boots and the wonderfully named slankit. It was a planned cut so I knew this morning that any essential emails and messages had to be sent before the 10.30am cut off.
I worked like fury, nothing focuses the mind like a deadline. Then on the dot of 10.30am everything went dark. With no electricity I couldn't listen to the radio or browse the internet. I couldn't even do the ironing or put the next load of washing in the machine. The only tea we can have is from the limited amount of hot water in our vacuum flask. So, apart from writing this, I have been reading, knitting, finishing correspondence and putting my paperwork in order. Simple things, things that need to be done but so often get put off because of things that need electricity.
We are often told to disconnect from the internet and our mobile phones for a day. But even then we are still tied down by other technology. Instead of freeing us up, it seems to tie us down, to encourage us to do more and for others to expect more of us.
Today, even if for only a couple of hours, disconnect from all electricity (you don't have to go without heating, but perhaps read by candlelight if your eyes are happy enough to). Do only things that you can do under your own steam. Make bread by hand, get out your coloured pens and pencils and draw or doodle. Sweep the floor or wash the inside of the windows. Connect with your home without the buzz of technology and electricity in between.
The electricity will come back on and it is good, I am grateful for it and all that it allows me to do. But time disconnected from the frenzy of a home powered by electricity forces you to slow down and to undertake one simple task at a time. Simplify just for a little while


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In the UK, the BRAC team is made up of dynamic individuals who are committed to ending poverty. We know that our strength lies in the people who work for us. We support and encourage each other to meet ambitious goals both as individuals and as a team.
Lewis Temple
Chief Executive Officer
After spending the last twenty years working in international development across the world I was thrilled to join the BRAC UK team in late 2014.
My role is to lead the team based in London with BRAC UK's work to develop partnerships and generate resources to help BRAC achieve its mission worldwide. I am particularly enthused with BRAC's 'hybrid' approach to development, combining development impact with a hard-nosed business ethic. BRAC social enterprises and microfinance are outstanding examples of businesses that benefit many thousands of people by providing employment and income opportunities and also generating profits to enable BRAC to deliver its development services to the poorest.
BRAC has that rare track record in international development of having achieved a quite remarkable scale in its impact on the world's poorest communities. There is still a huge amount to do and I feel privileged to be a part of BRAC's efforts to rid the world of extreme poverty.
Nick Virr
Programme Director
I combine over 25 years of successful global business development and management in the private sector with 8 years' experience in international development including an MSc in Sustainability. I have built and run development programmes in Ethiopia, Papua New Guinea, Kenya, Nepal and Bangladesh with a critical focus on sustainability, agricultural value chain development and renewable energy provision for the poor. I've also established and managed market leading businesses in Australia, The Middle East, the UK and USA. My passion for poverty alleviation is therefore, understood and applied within a drive for greater sustainability, innovation, efficiency, effectiveness and growth for scale.
As Programme Director at BRAC UK, my goals are to reach as many of the poor as we can with the BRAC models of development in the most effective, transparent and efficient manner, serving both the poor and BRAC's teams, stakeholders, partners and supporters with long term, sustainable, quality outcomes.
Sam Harvey
Programmes Lead, East Africa
My role at BRAC UK is to engage with BRAC country teams to manage and deliver quality, effective and impactful programmes, in addition to generating new business opportunities. I enjoy building strong relationships with in-country staff and I'm relishing the opportunity to help the BRAC UK team to spread proven anti-poverty approaches from Bangladesh to other developing countries across Africa and Asia.
Prior to joining BRAC UK I gained four years experience of the market-based development sector in the fields of agriculture, livelihoods and WASH, whilst working for International Development in the UK and Zambia. My role included programme management, new business, partnership development, fundraising and communications. I hold an undergraduate degree in International Development Studies from Sussex University. I'm still learning!
Mark Furlong
Programmes Lead, Asia
My role as Programmes Lead for Asia is to support our country offices to develop and implement projects that address the needs of the poorest and most vulnerable. I also work closely with our country teams to ensure that our Asian projects are delivered effectively and that we transparently communicate our project results to donors and other stakeholders.
I have a background in social sciences having studied Social Anthropology and Development Studies in University. Before I joined BRAC in December 2016, I spent 5 years working in Bangladesh and India in the design, delivery and assessment of development projects. My work is South Asia focused on economic, social and political empowerment of ultra-poor people and other vulnerable groups, such as, migrant labourers, street children and displaced groups. During my time in Bangladesh, I saw first-hand the scale, impact and innovation of BRACs work. I joined BRAC because I saw it as an opportunity to work with an organisation that is bringing sustainable improvements to the lives of millions of vulnerable people in Bangladesh and across the world.
Patrick Mostyn
Programmes Lead, Asia – Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nepal
I am a Programmes Lead for Asia (Afghanistan, Pakistan and Nepal) and I focus primarily on finding new business opportunities. This involves looking for funding possibilities from those donors with whom BRAC already works, whilst also exploring and researching new prospects from bi-lateral donors, foundations and trusts. I then make sure that my colleagues are alerted to the opportunities as they appear. Alongside this, I assist the other members of the programmes team with proposal research.
I joined BRAC as an intern in 2015 while I was living in Dhaka, Bangladesh. I then worked with the education team for 8 months on project reporting and proposal development, supporting the BRAC teams in Africa and Asia from the head office in Dhaka. I lived in Bangladesh for 14 months and was a French and History teacher in an International School before joining BRAC. I returned to the UK in December 2015. I studied for my BA in History at University in Bristol and completed a Masters in Medieval History in Oxford.
Zoya Shabir Siddiqui
Strategic Partnerships Manager
My role at BRAC UK is to engage with private sector stakeholders to generate new business opportunities for our global programmes. I work on programme development, build strategic partnerships across various sectors, and explore sustainable market-based solutions to strengthen local ecosystems. I am particularly interested in innovative financing mechanisms such as blended finance in the impact investment space. BRAC has achieved tremendous success building social enterprises and triple bottom line businesses in Bangladesh and we are now looking to raise their profiles and leverage that success in BRAC international programmes.
Prior to joining BRAC UK I developed the UK office for the largest public private education partnership in Pakistan. My role included fundraising, communications, programme management, new business and partnership development. Previous work experiences have also included environment and women's empowerment programmes. I hold an undergraduate degree in Economics and
Chris Lyne
Communications and Marketing Manager
I am responsible for Marketing & Communications at BRAC UK. This involves managing the website, email marketing, social media, advocacy and campaigning, print publications such as the Annual Report, PR, Events and fundraising through individual donations. I am particularly interested in communications within International Development and ensuring that all BRAC UK's messaging is positive and uplifting.
I joined BRAC UK in October 2016. Previously I was Marketing Manager at the International Children's charity Hope for Children. I established the charity's website and social media channels as well as overseeing their first major rebrand. I have a BA in Marketing and Advertising at the University of Hull. In my spare time I am a sports enthusiast, avidly following cricket, tennis and football. As a result of a diplomatic upbringing, I have been lucky enough to live in a number of different countries and so I love travelling and experiencing new cultures.


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"Good genes" theory suggests that mate preferences reflect health. Theory also suggests that symmetry may act as a visual marker for health. Consistent with these observations are reports that facial symmetry is both associated with, and a cue to, attractiveness and perceived health.Here,two experiments are discussed that explore the nature of the association between facial symmetry and perceived health.Experiment one observed a significant correlation between symmetry (measured using a facial-metric technique) and health ratings when controlling for attractiveness. In contrast, the association between symmetry and attractiveness ratings was not significant when controlling for health.These results suggest that the association between symmetry and attractiveness is mediated by a link between symmetry and health. Experiment 2 compares health ratings of full-face photographs presented as both normal versions and digitally "warped" versions in which symmetry alone was increased. Within-subjects ANOVA (Factor 1: level of symmetry: normal, symmetrical. Factor 2: gender of face: opposite- gender, own-gender) showed a significant main effect for level of symmetry, suggesting that symmetry is a cue to perceived health. The significant 2x2 interaction indicated an opposite-gender bias in sensitivity to symmetry when judging health, suggesting that the perceptual analysis of symmetry may be an adaptation to the problem of discriminating between potential mates on the basis of health. Results from both experiments will be discussed with reference to both the good genes account of the link between symmetry and attractiveness and alternative explanations.
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Poetry is important to the text for many reasons
It is a good example of how the two worlds are different
It is full of everything that no longer exists
Shows Lenina's change
Uses the poetry of her society.
Pg.193 "Put your arms round me," she commanded. "Hug me till you drug me, honey." She too had poetry at her command, knew words that sang and were spells and beat drums. "Kiss me"; she closed her eyes, she let her voice sink to a sleepy murmur, "kiss me till I'm in a coma. Hug me, honey, snuggly
Thanks to Ivan Pavlov, the founder of classic conditioning, the people in the modern world were controlled using a few different methods.
Hypnopaedia Repeating tapes over and over as they slept. Pg. 27 "and Delta Children wear khaki. Oh no, I don't want to play with Delta children. And Epsilons are still worse."
Shock therapy
Exposing the babies to undesirable items or behaviors and electrocuting them and ringing loud sirens and bells
Even before being decanted, conditioning is very important to the society. It makes certain cultural acts acceptable.
Engraved the caste-system into their minds
Makes free promiscuity and sex a good thing
Malthusian belts to control population
Social Stability
Stability and predictability are the main goals of the World State. Their motto is "Community, Identity, Stability". To achieve such order, they use
To keep everyone happy and submissive
There is no democracy in the World State because they have made a considerable amount of their population too stupid to have a say. There is no dictatorship either. It is a totalitarian government, closely resembling communism. It is Marxism. Marxism has three main points:
Means of labor + subject of labor = means of production
Productive forces + relations of production = mode of production
Also very class conscious
Genetic Engineering
The World State is built on genetic engineering. Without one, the other couldn 't exist. Genetic Engineering allows the government to treat babies like products and use them for their own purposes. If they need more Epsilons, they deprive more babies of oxygen and hatch them like chickens. They are able to have complete control over the population and the number of people with specific jobs. Without genetic engineering, there would be no "stability" or social order to the World State.
Pg. 6, "One egg, one embryo, one adult - normality. But a bokanovskified egg will bud, will proliferate, will divide. From eight to ninety-six buds, and every bud will grow into a perfectly formed embryo, and every embryo into a full-sized edult. Making ninety-six human beings grow where only one grew before. Progress.
Soma is the manifestation of an entire civilization of uncaring, scared people. The real world is no longer the only reality. They are now capable of completely escaping all the problems that come along with being produced so emotionally immature. They can no longer face the real world.
Pg. 111, "Lenina was left to face the horrors of Malpais unaided."


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I am exhausted and must get to bed so my write up will have to wait.
Here is one picture I promised...
My handsome husband is back!!
So much better than this, right?!
I am definitely married to the hottest sheep rancher on the
how sweet! he is a cutie! :)
I thoroughly enjoyed my visit here and will be back...I found you on texwisgirl's blog!
I agree, Hubby is a hottie! :) (I can say that because I am old enough to be his mother...)
hehe... this is cute and funny!
I'm glad I found your blog.


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Cologne,Germany (1994 – )
Hey my name is Daniele Fuggiano, my friends call me Fuggi.
I´m 21 and life in Cologne, Germany. My Parents are from Italy therefore the Italian name.
I have been drawing all of my life since i was a little Fuggi. My whole life i focus on cars, so i have try to connect cars and art.
After years I think that I have managed it. Currently I´m work as media designer. In my free time i do a lot of projects in art.
I love art, because i can share my thoughts with the rest of the world.


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I'm using the following to center images on a page:
But they are not quite centered. Or is my monitor f'd up?Code:.center { position: fixed; top: 50%; left: 50%; /* bring your own prefixes */ transform: translate(-50%, -50%); }
I'd like to have some text directly below the "Faith and Vengeance" image but over the background cross image, and that is a problem to solve. But really, the centering thing is vexing me.
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The Singularity and Machine Ethics
Luke Muehlhauser and Louie Helm, Singularity Institute of Artificial Intelligence
Many researchers have argued that a self-improving artificial intelligence (AI) could become so vastly more powerful than humans that we would not be able to stop it from achieving its goals. If so, and if the AI's goals differ from ours, then this could be disastrous for humans. One proposed solution is to program the AI's goal system to want what we want before the AI self-improves beyond our capacity to control it. Unfortunately, it is difficult to specify what we want. After a brief digression concerning human intuitions about intelligence, we offer a series of "intuition pumps" in moral philosophy for our conclusion that human values are complex and difficult to specify. We then survey the evidence from the psychology of motivation, moral psychology, and neuroeconomics that supports our position. We conclude by recommending ideal preference theories of value as a promising approach for developing a machine ethics suitable for navigating the Singularity.
Singularity Hypotheses: A Scientific and Philosophical Assessment contains authoritative essays and critical commentaries on central questions relating to accelerating technological progress and the notion of technological singularity, focusing on conjectures about the intelligence explosion, transhumanism, and whole brain emulation
Friday, 18 November 2011
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Jim Meyers and Kathleen Walter
Posted by Jim Meyers and Kathleen Walter on September 21, 2011 in News Clips
Arab American Institute founder and President James Zogby tell Newsmax the Obama administration committed a "fatal error" in the run-up to the looming United Nations vote on Palestinian statehood.
As an Arab-American, Zogby is a strong supporter of the Palestinian cause and a critic of the Israeli government. He asserts that the administration got caught up in the "Israeli hysteria" over the vote, and says the U.S. should view the vote as a "door opener" to peace negotiations.
Zogby is also a senior analyst with his brother John's polling firm, IBOPE Zogby International. His books include "Arab Voices: What They Are Saying to Us, and Why it Matters."
In an exclusive interview with Newsmax.TV, Zogby explained why the Palestinians are now pressing for United Nations recognition as a state.
"There are several reasons," he says. "Number one, Israel was the result of a U.N. vote and the Palestinians feel that the appropriate venue is coming back to the U.N. to create the other half of the equation that the U.N. authorized back in 1948, and that is the state of Palestine that never came into being. It might be late, but there's no time like the present.
"The second is because Palestinians have lost faith in the negotiating process. When [the Oslo Accords were] signed in 1993, there were 263,000 settlers in the West Bank and Jerusalem. Today the number is 505,000 and growing. So the negotiating process has not stopped this aggressive expansion into the West Bank at all.
"Finally, because the leadership has lost credibility with a negotiating process that has not succeeded. The option is either to step down and resign, and in effect terminate the [Palestinian] Authority, or to continue a violent resistance, both of which they reject. The third option: Let's go back to the world body and see if we can alter the dynamic by creating some kind of world pressure that says to the Israelis, get serious.
"The leadership needs a morale boost at home because they're losing ground with their people, who are saying 20 years of negotiations and what have you got us? The answer is nothing. That's why it's happening now."
Asked what he believes President Obama should be saying to the Israelis and Palestinians, Zogby responds: "From the very beginning what he should have said to the Israelis is, this will be over. Don't get excited. We're going to stand with you. We support your security.
"But Palestinians need this and you need the Palestinian Authority to be strong so that they can maintain security, so they can be a partner for peace. Don't kill your partner. Let them have this vote. He could have done that and talked them down.
"And to the Palestinians he should have said, I understand what you're trying to do, and I understand what your needs are. But let's work with us to come up with language that says that this resolution of your right to a state sets the framework for negotiations, and build it into the resolution. That could have been done weeks ago.
"Instead, we got caught up in the Israeli hysteria. We got caught up in the game of trying to block it and come up with something other than it so that there'd be negotiations.
"The Palestinians needed something. We could have given them something and we didn't, and therein lies I think the fatal error we made."
As to whether the U.N. vote will hurt the peace process, Zogby declares: "There isn't a peace process."
He adds: "What the Palestinians understand is that the U.N. resolution can give them the right to statehood, but at the end of the day they have to negotiate how to implement that right. So they're not closing the door to negotiation. We should rather see a U.N. vote as a door opener to a more balanced negotiating process."
Zogby predicts the resolution regarding Palestinian statehood could likely be "sat upon" when it reaches the Security Council, and never come to a vote.
The Palestinians could also send the resolution to the General Assembly for a symbolic vote. Does such a vote matter, Zogby was asked.
"Yes it does, because if the Palestinians even get a nonmember state status like the Vatican or Kosovo, that would be an important victory. It would give the Palestinian leadership something to go home with.
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Many people claim that autism is on some sort of WILD upswing, and is an epidemic of sorts. While I cannot say if there is a rise or not for sure, one thing is quite certain: The autism spectrum is much more understood in this day and age. We are able to correctly identify someone as autistic as opposed to mislabeling them as troublesome, distant, aggressive, impulsive, etc. There is a certain selection bias involved with the autism diagnosis increase claim.
An interesting bit of news saying that scientists have actually identified the gene that can be traced to 15% of autism cases. That's good news in many ways. First of all, it further confirms that vaccines are not involved. Also, with our better understanding of genetic therapy, we may be on the road to figuring out more effective treatment for autism (As opposed to chelation and other dangerous quackery).
An Interesting article on some possible connection to Vitamin D and autism: http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?id=vitamin-d-and-autism&sc=DD_20090424 I would caution reading too much into this though since it is very preliminary. After all, there have been correlations of autism with linoleum floors too!
While on the subject of autism causes and information, there is also the "baffling" correlation to folks who have vinyl flooring. Keep in mind, correlation is not causation... That's the same bad reasoning that got hold in the pro-disease community. Scientific American has also run an article on a possible connection to a Vitamin D deficiency. Of course, on the same page there is a link to an article talking about environmental factors causing autism. While overall the jury is still out on this, we are starting to find some of the myriad of interrelated factors that can play into it. One thing we do know though is that it's NOT vaccines that play into that particular myriad.
I also can't help but to put out a warning and admonishment to people. Don't try to look for the simple answer. All over the internet, I see parents and debaters attempt to simplify autism as to being caused by X or Y and say that's the end of the discussion. Most of the time, the people who do so are laypeople who have no scientific training, so I can sort of forgive them. However, we live in an incredibly complex and dynamic world. Almost nothing is simple anymore. It really is imperative that the responsible citizen get at least some amount of scientific literacy. Otherwise they will continue to be simpletons looking for the simple answer.
Science is pretty cool though. We don't have answers to something, so we look into it, and then we find it. We don't make up fairies or pixies, but use what we know and delve into it more. It's almost as if Science Works!


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According to Coram BAAF, on the 31st of March 2017, there were 72,670 children in the care of local authorities in England.
Out of those, 53,420 children were living with foster carers. There are around 43,710 foster care families in England. 'The Fostering Network' predicts that fostering services will need to recruit an additional 5,900 foster carers in the next 12 months to keep up with demand.
Children come into care for lots of different reasons, and every child will have had a different experience prior to being fostered. However, what remains consistent is that all the children can no longer live with their birth parents. The reasons for this vary, but the most common causes are because either their one or both parents have a drug or alcohol addiction, there are cases of domestic violence within the home, the child is being sexually/physically/emotionally abused or neglected or one or both parents have serious physical/mental health problems which render them unable to care for the child. In many cases, there might be more than one factor leading to the removal of the child.
Many different children need fostering, for many different reasons. They are all so different but what they all have in common is the need to be cared for, respected, protected and encouraged.
When the decision is made that the parents can no longer look after a child, then the child is taken into care and it becomes the local authority's responsibility to look after their welfare. Social workers work with birth families to ensure the house is a safe place for the child, with the goal of returning the child to the parents if possible. They also work with foster carers to set up a suitable arrangement where the child can live temporarily or on a long-term basis whilst in care.
Children from the age of 0 to 18 need fostering. However, many children are older, or in their teenage years, and need a lot of support from a foster care at this crucial point in their lives.
As a foster carer, you could provide a young person this support and encouragement, during this important stage of life, to help set them up for the future.
There is also new UK legislation which enables Looked After Children to remain with their foster family until the age of 21, or longer if they remain in full-time education.
Sometimes, groups of brothers and sisters need to go into care. Where possible, we like to keep siblings together so that they remain in a family unit and have the comfort of their siblings around them. By fostering a sibling group, you could make a real difference to the lives of brothers and sisters.
We see many children come into care with mild to severe disabilities, such as Downs Syndrome or Autism. These children require a special kind of carer, someone who is patient, loving and willing to put in time and effort so that a child with special needs can thrive. With the help of training and continued support of your social worker, you could help meet the needs of disabled children in care.
Children of all races, ethnicities and religion come into foster care. It doesn't necessarily matter that you are the same ethnicity as the child, or that you share the same beliefs, as long as you are respectful and accommodating of the beliefs of the child. We are looking for carers to help children of black and ethnic minorities to thrive in their new environment.
It's also the sad truth that many of the children that come into care have witnessed terrible things and may have been subjected to neglect or abuse from a young age. This can influence the way they express themselves or control their emotions. It takes a loving, patient and understanding foster carer to support the child through their difficulties and help them grow in life.
As an agency, we will continue to provide excellent training and support to our foster carers to help guide them through any difficulties they face when looking after a child with emotional or behavioural problems.
Parent and child placements are a specialist type of placement where (usually) a mother and her baby come to stay with a foster carer. The young mother might need extra help with looking after her baby either because there are concerns about drug or alcohol use, her ability to look after the child or because a mental health problem or disability might make parenting a baby difficult.
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I swear I get to design some really fun things. This is no exception. Is it a small job. Yes. Is it nothing spectacular for my portfolio. Yes. It is fun? HELL YES!
I try to infuse EVERY aspect of life with good design if at all possible. So when you're hosting an event on Facebook, do the same! Don't just settle for mediocre, grab your guests' attention by surprising them with something cute and well-thought out.
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The venerable FHA loan has been an important path to home ownership for moderate-income buyers since 1934, when it came into being as part of the National Housing Act. Since that time, some 35 million families have used the federally insured mortgage program to become homeowners with very small down payments.
FHA became even more prominent in the recent crisis, as loans for borrowers with lower credit scores disappeared overnight. As the country lurched out of the Great Recession, FHA found that their insurance pool to cover foreclosure losses was drying up. They decided that increasing the insurance premiums would be the best way to replenish it and preserve the program.
FHA's mortgage insurance premiums have been marching higher for several years. At present, there is an initial premium of 1.75% added to the "base" loan amount, plus 1.35% paid monthly. For a $300,000 purchase, this amounts to $5,066 initially, and $331 paid monthly. Although it was once possible to eliminate the insurance after about 10 years, FHA mortgage insurance is now permanent. The only way to remove it is to refinance into a conventional loan.
Even though interest rates for FHA loans are lower than for conventional mortgages, they are still a very costly option for most homeowners. A buyer with a credit score of 720 will get a conventional mortgage at a rate of around 4.5% (no points). With a down payment of 5%, that borrower can expect a monthly mortgage insurance premium of $270 (.69%)—and the lender will allow the insurance to be canceled once the loan reaches 80% of the home's value. If the property appreciated at 4% per year, the buyer would be able to drop the mortgage insurance in less than three years.
The FHA loan would have a slightly lower interest rate—3.75% with no discount points—but the buyer would add the $5,066 initial premium to the loan, in addition to paying a monthly premium of $331. The buyer with a conventional loan will pay only slightly more initially:
Even though the conventional payment is $107.00 higher, the buyer will be able to drop the mortgage insurance within two or three years, depending on appreciation. Once that happens, the difference is significant: while the FHA buyer will be saddled with costly mortgage insurance for as long as he has the loan, the conventional buyer's payment will drop to $1,444—$252 lower than for FHA.
An FHA loan is useful in certain cases. There are adjustments to the rate for lower FICO scores, so a buyer whose credit scores show some battle scars may still be better off with the government insured program. There may also be those who are struggling just to save the 3.5% down payment. For those hopeful buyers, the additional 1.5% in down payment could be a major hurdle.
Still, every buyer entering the market should be aware of the real cost difference between FHA and conventional loans. Saving up the additional 1.5% down payment could be a good investment.


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Regular readers here know well of the unfolding disaster of New York's vast socialist-model public housing empire known as the New York City Housing Authority, or NYCHA. In a post back in May, I compiled data on NYCHA's catastrophic financial state from a report put out by the de Blasio administration titled NextGeneration NYCHA. The problems include: multi-hundred million dollars of admitted annual operating losses; rent collections that cover barely a third of operating expenses and nothing at all for capital improvements or property taxes; an annual federal operating subsidy of over $2 billion, which effectively hides that the real operating deficit of the projects far exceeds $2 billion per year; $16+ billion of unmet capital needs, and no source of money to fund that gap; and a complete lack of any plan to fix the financial crisis other than transferring many NYCHA expenses off its budget and into other places in the $70+ billion City budget where they can be hidden outside of public view.
Well, you will be glad to know that in an op-ed in today's Crain's New York Business, philanthropist Laurie Tisch is announcing the latest initiative to turn things around, which is -- to establish farms on otherwise-underused NYCHA real estate.
You wouldn't expect to find a vegetable farm at a public housing development in New York City. But a one-acre farm at Red Hook Houses—the first-ever large farm on New York City Housing Authority property—is growing cabbage, collard greens, butternut squash and basil. Soon, new urban farms will sprout on five more NYCHA properties in Brownsville and Canarsie in Brooklyn, East Harlem, the Bronx and Staten Island.
These new farms will increase access to fresh produce in communities with high levels of poverty, food insecurity and diet-related diseases, while also serving as hubs for education, community engagement, and job training for residents. The workers will be supplied by Green City Force, a nationally recognized AmeriCorps program that recruits and trains 18- to 24-year-old NYCHA residents and pays them to work on environmental sustainability and energy-efficiency programs at Housing Authority sites. These young people gain rigorous job training and career planning support that propels them into jobs.
Really, you can't make this up. Of course this is a "public-private partnership" with the full backing of the de Blasio administration. Indeed, according to Tisch, the initiative is part of de Blasio's "Building Healthy Communities" program.
Ms. Tisch appears to be one of those well-intentioned but completely uninformed New Yorkers with more money than she knows what to do with. She acquired her wealth by inheritance from her father, Preston Robert Tisch, who was a principal in Loews Corporation and an owner of the New York Giants football team.
I wonder if Ms. Tisch or anybody in the de Blasio administration might stop for a moment to ask why there are no farms in New York City on private land. It's not too hard to figure out. The reason is that the land is way too expensive to make it possible to farm profitably. Here are some listings for land for sale in Brooklyn. It's $10 million per acre and up. And by the way, there's no such thing as a full contiguous acre. Mostly it goes by tenths and even hundredths of an acre. In Sullivan County -- less than 100 miles away -- you can get land for $4000 - 5000 per acre in multi-hundred acre parcels.
But since the NYCHA land is publicly owned in a socialist-model arrangement, we can pretend it's free! At huge effort we have provided the people with $100 tomatoes and $200 squashes, and then suppressed the costs through public ownership so that nobody realizes how completely nonsensical this is.
Meanwhile, of course, we have what is officially designated as a "crisis" of lack of affordable housing. But instead of using that underused NYCHA land in Brooklyn for more housing, where it might actually make sense economically, we'll require developers to provide "affordable" apartments on land in Manhattan that costs not $10 million per acre, but more like $100 million. It's how North Korea and Cuba found the route to starvation. In New York, the great and the good think that it all makes perfect sense.


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Jaysa's outfit is also from a garage sale.
Old Trunk Re-purposed
Jaysa's outfit is also from a garage sale.
Oh my goodness, what a cool trunk. And your daughter is adorable. I discovered your blog through Flamingo Toes and will definitely be following along in the future.
I also just found your fun blog, via Craft-o-Maniac's features. Such a great repurposing of the trunk. Great idea–now I'm going to be on the lookout for one! New follower!
Oh my gosh, that is the cutest thing! I want one! I used to garage sale alot, but I have moved to a town where they have them, just not with good stuff like this trunk! So many uses for a trunk like that! Great find!
Adorable photo. I <3 your trunk too:) pinned
Adorbs!! Jaysa looks to be enjoying herself. Love what you did with the trunk
Love! What a neat idea to add legs! I just found an old trunk in one of our barns that is in desperate need of a makeover. It was my grandmothers, but it has seen better days. Thanks for the fresh inspiration! I'm hopping over to follow you on Pinterest. Thanks! | DoMeasurablyMore.com
This is darling, especially in my favorite color! So is your little one by the way! Glad I found you at Uncommon Designs.
That is the coolest trunk! It makes a sweet photo prop!! Thanks for sharing it with us at Fancy This Fridays! I really look forward to your links every week!
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Pumping water has always been a big activity at the Waterways Experiment Station, the Corps of Engineers research center south of Vicksburg, Mississippi. In the past, most hydraulic models were physical models, meaning they were three-dimensional reproductions of the earth, rivers, and channels through which water was run to test how different engineering works performed.
Over the last decade, the amount of physical modeling done at the station has dropped off greatly because of the high cost of the technicians and equipment. Also, numerical (computer) models can now do many of the simulations more quickly and can test a wide range of options. Therefore, much of the old pump equipment has been surplussed, and some of the hangers have been removed. The scene above shows Pump House 3063 being demolished.
The pump house formerly housed six or seven 200 horsepower pumps that distributed water to the surrounding shelters and to an open-air model of Old River Control. Pipes ran underground to the various shelters, and the return water flowed back to the lake.
This was massive, heavy-duty equipment. The pump house appears in a 1949 aerial photograph of the station, so we can assume the pumps are older. The body of water that served as the reservoir was known as the Supplemental Lake (with Brown's Lake being the "main" lake). Over the years, the lab switched to using city water to reduce fouling from silt and organic debris. The lake now is a healthy habitat for fish, turtles, snakes, and fish. I occasionally see a Belted Kingfisher perched on a pole looking for lunch.
All the pumps were taken away by a metal recycler on May 11, 2006. I heard that he found a buyer for the equipment, so maybe these historic pumps are still at work somewhere.
Digital images taken with a Sony DSC-W7 digital camera.
Friday, July 29, 2011
Pumps from the Waterways Experiment Station, Vicksburg, Mississippi
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