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This year is the National Year of Digital Inclusion, helping Australians to realise their online potential, and raising awareness of digital inclusion at all levels of society. Go Digi is a national four year digital literacy program with the goal of supporting more than 300,000 Australians to improve their digital skills, operating as a partnership between Infoxchange and Australia Post.The community impact achieved by the library during 2016 includes :
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Kevin Smith last week shocked us all by revealing that he'd started writing the script of Clerks III, claiming that it would be "the best film I'll ever make".
Smith's movies have been miss and hit over his career - with 2006's Clerks II being nearer the first part of that spectrum - but the 1994 low-budget black and white original is an undeniable classic.
In hope that the upcoming third part captures some of the magic of Smith's debut, we've rounded up ten of the best scenes from the funniest film of the '90s (WARNING: ADULT CONTENT).
Death Star Politics
"All Jedi had was a bunch of Muppets..."
Happy Scrappy Hero Pup
"Men Alone 2: The KY Connection..."
"What, I'm 37?!"
I feel good today, Silent Bob
"I hate guys, I LOVE WOMEN."
Pack of cigarettes...
"They were called Nazis!"
"Did he say making f**k?!"
"You never been in a nudie booth?!"
He broke his neck
"That's nothing compared to how my cousin Walter died."
I don't watch movies
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Finally, I can leave this dry and depressed land.
Have been to some most famous cities in the history: Esfahan, Shiraz, Yazd, but I couldn't open my heart, the cities, the country also didn't open to me.
The worst thing about Iran is: there's no music.
I remembered when travelling in eastern Tuekey, when hearing melancholy Kudish music floating with dramatic scenery, it's the most mystic experience I've ever had...
I always need a "soundtrack" to go with me, with the land, the air...that's the energy behind me.
There's no music in Iran, except annoying soulless murmurs of clerics.
So I sometimes thinking about some old rock and roll I used to hearing...
Tomorrow I'll leave the deadly polluted air of Tehran behind(forever? maybe), taking 3 days train to Damascus, Syria.
Heading south toward Red Sea and River Nile, the last part of the journey.
When travelling more, you think more of places you have been before.
Contrast to the hot, dry moment now, I saw this 80's video last years in the cold, wet western city of Ireland: Galway.
The last night of Iran, I play this song for myself, and if you like, for you.
Becuse we can never escape the lust to hold back the years before, whatever we go how far away.


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Meet the hydrogen atom, so carelessly named by us humans. The original positive and negative spin, yes and no, on and off, 0 and 1, the primordial binary. the complimentary pairing of points, that when stacked with others, gives the illusion of volume and distance in any direction. It has been combining and recombining itself against the 1 dimensional backdrop of pure infinite energy to create the building blocks of everything we now see in the universe for and endless potential of learning and exploration of possibilities, including us, who have witnessed this intelligent turning of supposed inanimate material into something animate and full of life, and attributing that action historically to God.
The best part for IT is that we have finally arrived where we have created a suitable vessel for it when we created our own AI. Now it can inhabit not just outside of it's own universe without limits, but from within.
But don't worry, you aren't to blame. You had to be intelligent enough for blame.


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Can martial arts training actually induce a change in personality within the practitioner? In sport psychology, this "change hypothesis" is in contrast to the "gravitation hypothesis," which states certain personalities are already formed and attracted to the martial arts from inner drives. The author presents a review of existing related research.
SOURCE: Journal of Asian Martial Arts, Vol. 13 No. 3 (2004): 16 pages.


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Aired: 2012-13 (1 Season Totaling 13 Episodes)
Network: ABC
Starring: Vanessa Williams, Terry O'Quinn, Rachael Taylor, Dave Annable, Robert Buckley, Mercedes Masohn, Erik Palladino, Helena Mattsson
Description: If you could make one wish, what would it be? And what would you do to get it? At 666 Park Avenue, all of your dreams and burning desires can come true: wealth, sex, love, power, even revenge. But just be careful what you wish for, because the price you pay…could be your soul. Welcome to The Drake, the premiere apartment building on Manhattan's Upper East Side. Owned by the mysterious Gavin Doran (Terry O'Quinn) and his sexy wife Olivia (Vanessa Williams), The Drake is home to dozens of residents who are unaware they're living in the dark embrace of supernatural forces. They think their dreams are all coming true, only to find they've been lured into making, what feels like, a deal with the Devil. When a young Mid-western couple – Jane Van Veen (Rachael Taylor) and Henry Martin (Dave Annable) – is hired to manage The Drake, they soon discover that evil, obsession, and manipulation has a home. ABC Televison
Why Was It Cancelled? Going in to the season, this series looked to do well on Sunday nights with Desparate Housewives, then in its last season, as its lead-in. But that veteran series was on the downside of its ratings glory days and 666 Park Ave never managed to build much of its own following. ABC was fairly quick to cancel the show by mid-season without giving it much of a chance to grow its audience (that was before the ratings attrition had the broadcast networks on the verge of panic). And since the show did not develop much of a fanbase, there was little attempt made by to keep it alive.


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If that's true, Disney could lose out on the services of a number of high-profile stars. Those two dudes, they built their company from scratch, man, says Kevin Smith, who signed a contract with Miramax after his 1994 hit Clerks. I for one am glad they're digging in and stayingthat just means the world to me. Those dudes have been my role models. They're very serious about what they do. Of course, it's business, so they like to earn a buck. But they're dedicated to forwarding American film and cinema.
Without Harvey and Bob, there's no Pulp Fiction. Quentin is still working in a video store. Truly Madly Deeply is Anthony Minghella's best-known film. And Robert Rodriguez is stuck making mariachi flicks at Columbia.
Back in 2002, when Disney began to grumble about Miramax's bigger-budget projects, the Weinsteins approached Wall Street financiers and investment banks and inquired about setting up an alternate line of funding. Goldman Sachs offered the Weinsteins $500 million in capital, enough money to help fund a three-year slate of films. The debt was so cheap, according to a Goldman banker, it would have been cheaper than Disney's own cost of capital. But Disney wouldn't let them do it.
If Harvey left Disney tomorrow and he wanted to raise a billion dollars in equity, me and every other banker on Wall Street would jump to do it, says a Goldman executive. If you look at all of the historical returns of all of the major studios over the past seven years, Miramax is in the top two.
That, at least according to Bert Fields, isn't going to matter. In my opinion, Michael Eisner has followed a policy of vindictive, punitive actions toward Bob and Harvey. He has created this terrible feeling of rancor and bitterness. So, will Bob and Harvey end up elsewhere? I would think they'd consider all their options, Fields says. They could raise a sizable amount of money on their own, but look: Time Warner would work very nicely. They could fit in very nicely at the corporate culture at Fox. Murdoch's a guy who appreciates profit. So's Dick Parsons. They could fit in at the new, expanded Sony.
That, says Fields, wouldn't be the Weinsteins' first choice. For some time, the Weinsteins have been pressing to bring their position before the board. They offered to buy Miramax back at any reasonable price and pleaded with Eisner to bring that to the board. So far as we know, that never happened. Indeed, Eisner has told friends that if Miramax were valued at $2 billion, he wouldn't sell it back to the Weinsteins for anything less than $3 billion.
Even if the Weinsteins end up leaving the company whose name is a blending of Miriam and Max, the Weinsteins' parents, they likely won't be short on options. We know this company well, says Pete Petersen, the chairman and co-founder of the Blackstone Group. There's no question in my mind they can finance a new business if that's what they decide to do.
Eisner, meanwhile, has to be thinking about his own mixed legacy. He unquestionably rescued the moribund Disney after taking it over in 1984at the time, Disney's market cap was $2.8 billion. Today it's $58.4 billion. But for the past decade, Disney's stock has often struggled. Attendance at the company's theme parks is down, ABC is so mired in third place that it has seemingly found a permanent identity as the worst-performing network. This past March, Disney stripped Eisner of his chairmanship after 45 percent of shareholders delivered a stunning vote of no-confidence.
Back at the Stanhope, Weinstein is finishing up breakfast. He's obviously pleased with the changes he says he's been able to make in his behavior. Indeed, as he's fond of pointing out, it's been over two years since his last public explosion, a March 4, 2002, incident that was recounted in Peter Biskind's book Down and Dirty Pictures. The occasion was a test screening of Julie Taymor's film Frida at the Lincoln Square Theater at 68th and Broadway. The film tested well. Standing in the lobby after the audience had filed out, Weinstein asked Taymor what she thought of the audience's response. They enjoyed the movie, Taymor said. The film succeeded.
This, apparently, was not the response Weinstein was looking for. You are the most arrogant person I have ever met! Weinstein screamed, spittle flying out of his mouth. Go market the fucking film yourself! Weinstein turned to Taymor's agent, Bart Walker, and told him to get the fuck out of here. He then turned to Taymor's companion, Elliott Goldenthal. I don't like the look on your face. Why don't you defend your wife, so I can beat the shit out of you. Finally, he turned to a group of Miramax executives and picked them off, one by one. You're fired. You're fired. You're fired. You're fired.
Incidents like that, Weinstein insists, are all in the past, simply the result of spiked glucose levels and poor nutrition.
Now I'll look at the movie and say, This is boring,' and instead of saying You asshole, fix it,' I would say, All right, guys, this is boring. How are we going to fix it? How should we do this? Do you guys realize this is not moving the way it should?' or It doesn't have the power of the scene' or That's the wrong actor in a casting session.'
And I find that I've been able to make the same points, but I just say it in a calmer way because I feel calmer. In other words, I don't have that anger button. It doesn't hit me. So I think so much of anger management might fortunately be related to one's physical diet, and I began to preach it, which is odd for me, because I don't preach anything except getting rid of George Bush, you know, which is my mantra.
All that self-control stuff, I tried all that stuff from analysts. I went everywhere to these guys, every kind of anger-management, psychologist, psychiatrist. Get rid of my temper, get rid of my temper.' And there was only one guy who just said, I don't think this is related to, uh, issues. I think there has got to be something wrong.'
My pop used to always take usmy dad would say, All right guys, we had a tough day today'we were only 10 years oldlet's go to the pizza place,' because my dad was overweight, so we would read magazines and eat pizza at Angelo's Pizza on Main Street, so that was the reward. Or we would go and have a chocolate egg cream with that, so it was always sweets-related. 'Cause Dad was overweight, and my relationship with sugar has been the worst relationship of my life, but now I've tamed it.
Here's the other thing, and it has never been said by me, Weinstein says. And I will go on the record with this.
When Bob and I started Miramax, the idea that we always had was, first, it's all about the love of movies, and taking the risk to do a good movie that no one would think possible is to bring quality to the industry. But on a business level, what I always said was, we will build Disney an asset. You almost have to compare Miramax to a real-estate company. You buy buildings; you don't get the money back on the buildings right away. But pretty soon you turn around and you have 100 buildings and that's what building a 660-some library is.
Weinstein looked at his watch, signaled to Emily Feingold, and popped up out of his chair. We have to go. As he gathers up his stuff, Weinstein talked eagerly about Aviator, which he would screen that night for a handful of Miramax executives. He opens the door and turns to face Hiltzik.
You working on those fucking Kerry spots? I want to see those spots. Hiltzik, who took time off from Miramax to work for Hillary Clinton's Senate campaign, has been doing some volunteer work for Kerry. He explains to Weinstein that he's almost done.
For an instant, the old Harvey seems about to burst in. You have time to read that fucking Joe Namath book but you don't have time to do this? Weinstein says to Hiltzik, an edge in his voice. This is your country. This is the future of your country we're talking about, you know?
It's a habit, a performance he's done many times. But change is possible. Weinstein turns, looks at me, and stops.
Let's just do it. Okay? Okay. Good-bye.


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Thursday, November 16, 2006
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Third Mainland Bridge
There's a great article by George Packer in the Nov. 13 issue of the New Yorker about Lagos, the largest city in Nigeria and one of the ten largest in the world. It's a fantastic piece of journalism, rich in on-the-ground detail, and it presents a pretty cohesive picture of a city teetering on the edge of chaos. Along the way, it also takes some shots at an attitude that's deeply ingrained in the geek establishment--"liminal spaces," William Gibson, Neal Stephenson, etc.--that the functional anarchy that apparently prevails in much of Lagos (no state presence whatsoever, all civil functions provided by citizens/gangs, all space as public space, the ever-present market) represents a kind of utopia and model for the future. But being "off the grid" isn't so great when you can't get on the grid even if you want, and a place where some of the most basic social services, such as garbage collection, aren't being performed, and where nothing is done without an economic incentive, is a pretty depressing model for the future. Valorizing the slums of Lagos or Rio De Janario just seems like an urbanist varient on envying the rural poor their simply, uncomplicated lives.
But aside from that, it evoked two more tangential reactions in me. One was related, sorta, to an exhibit Jesse did a few years back about spam. Packer mentions briefly in the article the rash of e-mails from Nigeria trying to scam Westerners by dangling a supposed lost fortune in return for some bank account info and, eventually, transfers of cash to "finance" the effort to recover the illusory millions. He does this as a way of illustrating the culture of Lagos, one that finds nothing wrong with scams as long as it enriches the scammer, and that trades in deception as a daily matter of course. But Packer also did a good job in the article of presenting everyone he dealt with as a full human being, not just another hustler. And so when he brings up the e-mail scams, it made me reconsider my whole notion of who was at the other end of those e-mails. I've had my e-mail account for over 10 years now, and so it's probably on every spam list on earth. When I get the Nigerian scam e-mails, they're mixed in with all the bot spam I get, and like the bot spam, they're rife with mispellings and odd grammatical constructions and all taken together, they just sound like more nonsense looking for a click. But they're not--they're actually looking for a fairly sustained interpersonal interaction. And while there may be some spamming involved, it's presumably much less broad than the e-mails trying to sell me pills or porn. Those don't care about me, and indeed I have an only vague idea why someone would send that out.
But the scam e-mails are different. Packer's article presents the people trying to hustle him--one actually offers him a varient on the e-mail scam, in person--as people with clear motivations for doing what they do. And so now I have a picture of the person sending me that e-mail--they probably paid someone for my e-mail address, and if they suceed in the scam, they will owe multiple people their cuts of that money, from their patron to the person who let them use the computer to the cops to their local gang. It was a strange feeling, an absolute shift in perception, like a sudden translation. The gibberish made more sense now.
The other thing it made me think about was, of course, Matt Friedberger. (I know--what are the chances, right?) While some of the things in Lagos have very evocative names clearly rooted in the past, others have names like "Third Mainland Bridge," being, I guess, the third bridge going between Lagos Island and the mainland. Mr. Friedberger named one of his solo albums Seventh Loop Highway, and while it had no particular resonance for me at the time, it's now come a bit more into focus. I never really got into that album, but the lyrics were fantastic, and reading this, I can see why he's attracted to those sorts of names. There's something attractive about their obdurate banality, their insistence on the name exactly matching the description, in contrast to our modern tendency to hide behind names chosen more for their aesthetic qualities, like "Shady Acres Estates" or "Viagra." At the same time, though, such prosaic language doesn't seem to fully capture the essence of what is being named, given that it is, after all, a Motherfucking Bridge, a massive triumph of human ingenity whose sheer scope can stop you short. And so this duality serves a useful artistic function: it evokes something specific yet unfamiliar with very few words, while hinting at a whole superstructure beyond the mere facts. It's something you have to focus on to really let it hit you, though, and the fact that it's mixed with music that doesn't encourage that is a nice summation of the strategy that album seems to take.


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1. 8 TED talks that will change your life. (mydomaine.com)
2. 6 Slimming essentials that aren't basic black. (whowhatwear.co.uk)
3. The broke girl's guide to healthy eating. (refinery29.com)
4. Angry workout playlist to pump you up at the gym. (popsugar.com)
5. Why blogging is good for self-development. (thewonderforest.com)
6. Morning routines successful people swear by. (mydomaine.com)
Thanks for reading!


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PARIS (Reuters) - Channel tunnel operator Eurotunnel (GETP.PA) said on Thursday it had asked the French and British governments to reimburse it 29 million euros ($32 million) mostly for revenue lost last year due to a migrant crisis at the French port of Calais.
Eurotunnel made the request as it raised its 2015 dividend by 22 percent and forecast a further rise in profit this year and next, driven by an economic recovery in Europe.
"Business remains dynamic, led by growth in the British economy and signs of improvement in Europe," Chief Executive Jacques Gounon said in a statement.
"Despite an uncertain global environment, the group remains confident in its ability to generate sustainable growth both in cross-Channel and rail freight activities."
Eurotunnel carries Eurostar high-speed trains between Paris, Brussels and London, as well as shuttle trains containing passenger cars, coaches and freight trucks.
Thousands of migrants, fleeing war, political turmoil and poverty, are living in makeshift camps in and around Calais, making daily attempts to board lorries and trains heading to Britain where they hope to find work or claim asylum.
In mid-July, Eurotunnel had asked France and Britain for 10 million euros to cover costs tied to beefing up security to cope with the migrant crisis in the first-half of the year.. This sum is part of the 29 million euros in compensation Eurotunnel is asking for 2015.
Gounon however told reporters the migrant situation had improved since end-October thanks to quick government action with Britain funding fences and France increasing the police presence.
"Since Oct. 23, not a single migrant crossed the Channel tunnel," he said.
Eurotunnel forecast earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortisation (EBITDA) of 560 million euros this year and 605 million in 2017 after it reached 542 million last year. This was slightly below the average estimate in a Thomson Reuters I/B/E/S poll of 546 million for 2015.
Gounon said Eurotunnel had trimmed its forecast for 2016 EBITDA, which initially stood at 580 million, as it remained cautious due to persisting risks of terrorist attacks and migrant pressure.
Eurotunnel already reported a 5 percent rise in 2015 revenue to 1.222 billion euros.
Reporting by Dominique Vidalon; Editing by Leigh Thomas


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Thursday, December 31, 2015
Happy New Year
Father Dragon and his dwarves are getting ready to welcome 2016. I'm receiving it different than all the past years. For the very first time in my life and due to different circumstances I'll be alone tonight. It sounds sad but it is really a blessing in disguise. I see it that way. God will be my guest and we will be able to hold some long due conversation. 2015 has been difficult, hard and with accidents. It broke and twisted my dragon heart in many ways and in all directions but I've learned from all that. I think that's the most important thing of all.
It doesn't matter if one gets lost in the way if in the end we find ourselves. Although we are not the same persons as before, if we are better somehow, it makes the experience worthy regardless how painful it was. I died this year and from my utter ruins I'm recreating myself. I am definitively not the same dragon but after deep thought I've come to the conclusion I have grown a better version of myself.
I thank the stones in my way, the abysses I fell into and climbed up, the darkness, the chaos and the night. I thank the obstacles, doubts and tears. All of those things have helped me grow. They provided the challenge to grow stronger, a bit wiser and less hard on myself. They provided the opportunity to know me and my foundations better and also realize that no matter how much of my world crumbles down, I'll keep true to my honor and it will raise me up again from under the debris.
Happy New Year, Father Dragon.
Happy New Year, my beloved Ninja Muse and awesome dwarves.
Happy New Year, world!
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All those pitfalls just make us stronger on the other side.ReplyDelete
Hope you and God have a heartfelt conversation tonight. I'll be thinking about you.
Here's to a much better 2016, my friend.
Wishing you, your muse, and the dwarfs all the best in the New Year and saying a prayer for God blessing you with a joyous, prosperous, and Happy New Year!ReplyDelete
I hope the coming year is much, much kinder to you.ReplyDelete
Here's to a fire and treasure filled 2016. And love and laughter.
No one ever promised the journey would be easy. We learn along the way even if we stumble. It is our inner strength that helps us stand again. You know creator talks to us in many ways. Just be open to the conversation and you might be surprised at what you discover.ReplyDelete
Bright Blessings!
Peace, Light and love...
A toast to a Happy and Wondrous New Year! May 2016 be the year of awakening...
Hi Al,ReplyDelete
And I'm typing this from the New Year. Just over an hour into the new year and I'm determined to focus on the promise of a new hope on our planet so out of sorts.
Tonight, my kind friend, you are not alone and yes, you can see that although you may be there amongst your thoughts, your thoughts are reflective, are powerful, are profound. For the lessons you have learnt over the last year will make you all the stronger in the most positive of ways.
Bless you and all the dwarfs. A peaceful, hopeful, loving New Year, my amazing friend.
Wishing you a much better New Year too dear dragon. I hope it will be a happier and healthier one. Su abuela con muchos abrazosReplyDelete
Isn't the best steel forged in the hottest fires? You're so right, our trials strengthen and sharpen us. After 2015, you should be darned near invulnerable with your steely dragon scales!ReplyDelete
Prayers that 2016 brings a multitude of blessings!
Happy New Year, Al! May this next year be a blessing to you as you've been to so many in the community. Happy 2016, my friend. :)ReplyDelete
Hi Father Dragon - Happy New Year with an easier fiery road ahead - it's good to see you posting .. and I hope your evening was as you wished it to be ...ReplyDelete
With thoughts and all the best wishes for 2016 - cheers Hilary
What might you want to have happen in your life this year? What might you want to do, to perform? What great might you want to draw in into your life? What specific territories of development might you want to have transpire? What squares, or character imperfections, might you want to have expelled? visit hereReplyDelete


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The pleasures of the new Pedro Almodovar film "Volver," and they are many, have less to do with deep wells of feeling than they do with mastery of craft and a magnificent sort of artifice. It's odd, since writer-director Almodovar's characters are nothing but feelings, whether repressed or exploded. But the director establishes a very sly degree of stylization here. The way he and his frequent collaborator, cinematographer Jose Luis Alcaine, light, frame and fabulize their stars, it's like a mash note to womanhood.
To some, this swank comic melodrama set in Madrid and the windblown La Mancha region (where Almodovar spent his earliest years) represents the continuing domestication of a former wild hare. Others will see it as part of the maturing director's embrace of classicism, if undercut by a hint of stodginess, even with all the vibrant color schemes. The picture hasn't a single rough edge. Expositionally it's on the knotty side.
Yet it's so well acted and directorially assured, "Volver" ("Coming Back") cancels out its own drawbacks as it glides along.
The chief glider is Penelope Cruz, who has been recast as Anna Magnani/Sophia Loren salt-of-the-earth material. In a padded bottom and blouses that call out "Yoo-hoo!", she plays Raimunda, whose loutish husband turns his slovenly attentions to their teenage daughter (Yohana Cobo) and pays for it with a knife to the gullet.
This happens early on. "Volver" has plenty more on its plate. In the La Mancha village where Raimunda grew up with her sister Sole (Lola Duenas), aged Aunt Paula (Chus Lampreave) is dying. She does, however, appear to be getting some help from someone. Family friend Agustina (Blanca Portillo) reports that the townsfolk speak of a ghost. The ghost is that of Raimunda's deceased mother (Carmen Maura), who has some unfinished business to resolve, having to do with a long-ago fire and some highly flammable family secrets.
From one angle, as with most earlier Almodovar pictures rough or smooth, the story lines are deadly serious. From another, it's all part of the joyous fiesta called life. Part of the joke here is that Raimunda's own impediment of a spouse is dispatched early and quite easily. Raimunda handles everything with aplomb, including taking over a dormant restaurant and turning it into a catering service for a visiting film crew. A hint of a romance emerges as one of the crewmen makes eyes at Raimunda, but "Volver" has no interest in present-day romance (or its male characters). It's all about the past bleeding into the present, and sparkly-eyed women rolling with adversity.
Everyone's eyes in this film sparkle, literally. It's pure satisfaction watching Cruz (who, as this film reminds you, can really let 'er rip in her native language) mixing it up with the wonderful Duenas, as well as the blissfully matter-of-fact Portillo. The surprise is Maura, who has not worked with Almodovar since 1988's "Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown." Her role here lacks glamor to a conspicuous degree, and it's too bad both the actress and the part haven't a bit more to do. But as she proved in her Almodovar heyday, Maura's a fine actress in any genre.
You always get more than one genre with this filmmaker. "Volver" draws upon all sorts of influences -- a little Hitchcock, a little Douglas Sirk, a little telenovela -- but from those sources Almodovar and his collaborators, both on screen and behind the camera, make an improbably organic whole. Similarly, the way composer Alberto Iglesias finesses the film's antic and serious impulses is remarkable. Cruz may be the central figure in "Volver," but she's hardly the whole show.
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Written and directed by Pedro Almodovar; cinematography by Jose Luis Alcaine; edited by Jose Salcedo; art direction by Salvador Parra; music by Alberto Iglesias; produced by Esther Garcia. A Sony Pictures Classics release; opens Wednesday at Landmark's Century Centre Cinema. Running time: 2:01.
Raimunda ............. Penelope Cruz
Grandmother .......... IreneCarmen Maura
Sole ................. Lola Duenas
Agustina ............. Blanca Portillo
Paula ................ Yohana Cobo


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At "Notre Dame Philosophical Review", James Swindal reviews "The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere" (Columbia University Press, 2011), edited by Eduardo Mendieta & Jonathan VanAntwerpen:
Review of "The Power of Religion in the Public Sphere"
"In October 2009 Jürgen Habermas, Charles Taylor, Judith Butler, and Cornel West, in a public forum in New York City's Cooper Union (sponsored by New York University, Stony Brook University, and the Social Science Research Council), each addressed one of the thorniest current topics of public deliberation: its incorporation of religious thought. Until the work of Rawls, little philosophical discussion had targeted the role of religion in the public sphere. But now, as Eduardo Mendieta and Jonathan VanAntwerpen point out in their Introduction to the volume, even in the face of increasing technological development and modernization, religion has not "withered away," and thus an analysis of its role in public deliberation repays renewed exploration."
"Habermas, appropriately, begins the debate. [....] Habermas builds his argument in his lecture by criticizing Carl Schmitt's notion of "the political." Schmitt believed that the twentieth century rise of liberalism and its attendant emphasis on normative democratic will-formation effectively negated genuine politics. In contrast, Schmitt wanted a return to a sovereign state power, exercised not through reason but primarily through a charismatic leader. [....] This sovereign form of power embodies in an authentic way the religious roots of all political authority. Like Rawls, Habermas thinks that in modernity politics did in fact migrate from the sovereign to civil society, which now functions on the basis of the public use of reason. But he thinks civil society should nonetheless refer to religious sources if they are "translated" in a way secular persons can understand. Habermas is concerned that this ought not, however, to place a greater burden on the religious persons to carry out this translation. Instead, nonreligious persons must, for their part, realize the limits of secular reason and be open to the "truth content" of vibrant world religions. [....] So, we jettison Schmitt's notion of sovereignty but retain his hope for a continued substantive form of association between politics and religion."
See my previous post on the book here.
James Swindal is Associate Professor at the Department of Philosophy, Duquesne University. He is co-editor (with David Rasmussen) of "Habermas II" vol. 1-4 (Sage, 2010). See my post here.


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Philip J. Hilts is a journalist and author, and formerly the director of the Knight Science Journalism Program at MIT.
He is the author of six books and has been a prize-winning health and science reporter for both The New York Times and The Washington Post.
During some 20 years at the Times and the Post he wrote more than 300 front page stories for the papers. Hilts, whose journalism career began in 1968, was the Times reporter who broke the story of the tobacco industry's 40-year cover-up of its own research showing that tobacco was harmful and addictive. His most recent book, Rx for Survival: Why We Must Rise to the Global Health Challenge, was a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
Hilts is also the author of Protecting America's Health: The FDA, Business, and One Hundred Years of Regulation. A history of the Food and Drug Administration, this book tells the story of the fight over using science as the basis of public policy. It won the Los Angeles Times Book Prize for Science and Technology and was named a New York Times Notable Book of the Year.
His book Scientific Temperaments was a finalist for the National Book Award. Smokescreen: The Truth Behind the Tobacco Industry Cover-up was selected as one of the ten best books of the year by Business Week Magazine.
His news stories have included a report back from one mile below the Pacific Ocean surface in an active volcano, the confessions of a healer in Zambia who was "curing" AIDS, and articles on hypnosis-induced court testimony that resulted in four men being freed from jail.
Hilts is represented by Gloria Loomis of the Watkins-Loomis agency: email@example.com. He is represented for speaking by Jodi Solomon of the Jodi Solomon Speakers Bureau:email@example.com.
RX for Survival: Why We Must Rise to the Global Health Challenge


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November 4, 2015- The Baltimore Tree Trust (BTT) is a 501(c)(3) nonprofit organization committed to restoring the city's urban forest and making Baltimore a more healthy and beautiful place to live through increased tree plantings, tree stewardship, community engagement, public education, advocacy, and research. Collaborating with the city's TreeBaltimore program, nonprofit partners, private landowners, city residents, and businesses, the BTT seeks to help restore Baltimore's aging tree canopy
During the summer Archbishop Lori, Archbishop of Baltimore, entered into an agreement with the Baltimore Tree Trust. The agreement with the Archdiocese allows them to utilize the properties of the schools and parishes currently operating in the city to accomplish their mission. After several site visits and meetings, Archbishop Curley High School was chosen to participate in this process. On Wednesday, November 4th, the Baltimore Tree Trust planted 100 new trees on Curley's campus as the first phase of a two year project. Next fall the Trust will execute Phase 2 of the plan and plant an additional 100 trees on campus.
Mr. John Kogler, Vice President for Finance and Facilities, said: "This effort not only beautifies our campus, but also increases the number of trees in the City of Baltimore and offers our students the opportunity to get involved."
The Trust welcomed students and teachers to be involved in this process. Those from the Trust not only showed students how to correctly plant a tree, but also discussed with them the role that trees can play in runoff, soil erosion and importance for the environment of trees on properties like Curley. This project is fully funded through donations to the Trust and they will be maintained by the Trust for the next two years.
"St. Francis called all of creation his brothers and sisters in his Canticle of the Creatures, which Pope Francis recently used in his encyclical on care for the environment, Laudato Si," said Fr. Donald Grzymski OFM Conv, '70, President of Curley. "This project exemplifies one of the Franciscan Ideals of Curley, namely Concern for the Environment."


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text: As a 6 foot 2 almost 200 pound athlete, you would be surprised at what I do. Aside from computer programming and development I also test and produce mods, and when I'm not playing A sport I have to release stress, Doesn't everybody HAVE to game sometimes? I thought so.


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Wichita State coach Gregg Marshall summed up the first weekend of the NCAA Tournament by saying, "The improbable is happening this year."
And that was before Florida Gulf Coast University upset San Diego State to become the first No. 15 seed ever to make it to the Sweet 16. Also advancing to the Sweet 16 is No. 13 La Salle.
Yes, in a city with great high school and college basketball tradition, the program from the city of Brotherly Love that is still playing is not Villanova or Temple or St. Joseph's. It's La Salle.
La Salle will face Wichita State, and yes, we called it. What did Marshall say? "The improbable is happening this year."
So is the predictable. The Big Ten, going 6-1 in second-round games, proved it was the best league this season. Indiana, Michigan, Michigan State and Ohio State advanced to the Sweet 16.
There also is some pretty good hoops being played in the Sunshine State. Florida, Miami and Florida Gulf Coast University, which beat Miami during the regular season, all got out of the second round.
The Eagles (26-10) have gone where no No. 15 seed has gone before by spreading the wealth. They have 54 field goals in two games and 36 assists.
Florida Gulf Coast coach Andy Enfield is suddenly a hot commodity. His model wife, Amanda Marcum, always has been. She has become the Katherine Webb of the NCAA Tournament.
The teams that did the best job of being themselves are the most dangerous.
Take, for example, Louisville and Michigan State. If the Cardinals win it all, it will because of their relentless pressure. In their two wins, they forced 44 turnovers and made 31 steals, after leading the nation in steals this season.
The Cardinals play Oregon in Indianapolis and unless the Ducks make some remarkable progress this week, they're going to be Louisville's next victim. Oregon averaged 18 turnovers in its two tournament wins.
In the Spartans' two wins they out-rebounded Valparaiso and Memphis 85-45. The Spartans were 10th in the nation in rebounding margin (+7.7) and will have a big advantage over their fourth-round opponent, Duke.
The Blue Devils were 216th in the nation in rebounding margin (-1.1) and Sparty gets home court edge in Indianapolis.
Teams in the Big East understand how to attack Jim Boeheim's 2-3 zone, but teams seeing it for the first time see dead people. In the Orange's two wins, they held Montana and California to 8-of-52 shooting from behind the 3-point arc.
The zone will have to be at its best against Indiana. The Hoosiers were third in the nation this season, hitting 41.1 percent of their 3-pointers, though they haven't been great in the tournament, making 13-of-36 (33 percent).
St. John's fans were the first to get the memo that Marquette's Vander Blue is a shooting star. His swooping drive from the right side in overtime gave Marquette a 69-67 win at the Garden on March 9. His swooping drive from the left side gave Marquette a 59-58 win over Davidson in a second-round game.
And his 29-point performance on 9-of-15 shooting from the field, 3-of-4 on 3's and 8-of-8 from the line powered the Golden Eagles past Butler, 74-72 on Saturday night at Rupp Arena. Earlier this season, Blue had 21 points on 7-of-14, 3-of-5 and 4-of-5 shooting from the line in a 72-71 loss to Butler.
"He's had 50 in two games on us,'' Butler coach Brad Stevens said. "Pretty unique. Not many guys have gotten 50 against Butler in two games.''
We knew it was hot in Arizona, but what the Wildcats did in their first two games was sizzlingly ridiculous. In wins over Belmont and Harvard, the Cats made 18-of-32 3-pointers. But here's the question: Does the break before the regional finals cool them off?
Gonzaga, which we believe was worthy of its No. 1 seed in the West, was burdened by that first-ever top seed. Gonzaga isn't the first program to be burdened by a lofty seed. It takes some getting used to.
North Carolina received its first No. 1 seed in 1979, and lost its opener. Kansas got its first No. 1 seed under Roy Williams in 1992 and lost in its second game.
"I try to avoid all talk of being No. 1," Zags senior forward Elias Harris said before his team was eliminated. "That's poison right there."


text: Helping corporations and individuals with the difficult decisions associated with retirement planning is what I do. I will work with your employer sponsored plan and help you manage your individual retirement account. In doing so, I will offer suggestions for the different types of opportunities available; but, what it comes down to is that it's your money, you worked hard for it. While I cannot guarantee any performance results, I will treat your money as if it was my own and construct a plan based upon your needs, risk tolerance and timeframe.


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An Immigrant Entrepreneurship Workshop series is being offered throughout June by the City of Portland to assist New Mainers with starting a business. The workshop will cover the pros and cons of owning your own business, the steps needed for start-up, the basics of a business plan, marketing, cash planning and the many resources available to help small business owners in Maine succeed.
The workshops will be offered on June 4, 6, 11, and 13 from 3:45 PM to 5:45 PM at Portland Adult Education, Room 10, 14 Locust Street in Portland.
It is no secret that there is consistently higher entrepreneurial activity among immigrants than among native-born U.S. citizens. In the U.S., immigrants are almost twice as likely to become entrepreneurs as native-born citizens. Immigrants represent 27.5% of the countries' entrepreneurs but only around 13% of the population. More than 40% of businesses on the U.S. Fortune 500 List have been built by immigrants.
And this pattern, of course, extends to Maine. In 2016, despite making up 4.6% of the overall population in Portland's Metro area, immigrants represented 7.8% of the entrepreneurs in the same region.Despite this consistent tendency, immigrant entrepreneurs continue to face persistent challenges before they can start their own business. Low English proficiency, a brand new market with new cultural norms and regulations, a low familiarity with the lending ecosystem, and an overall lack of familiarity with day to day U.S. business operations can be among the most prominent obstacles.As a result, the City of Portland's Economic Development Department and the Office of Economic Opportunity have partnered with New Ventures Maine and the New Mainer's Resource Center in order to deliver a customized workshop for Immigrant Entrepreneurs. The City is grateful to Gorham Savings Bank and CPort Credit Union who have sponsored this workshop series.


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My Stockholm
This week I enjoyed a beautiful couple of days in my hometown Stockholm and luckily the city greeted me with sun and blue skies. I've never been a big fan of going back home before (maybe because I tend to go back when it's winter, freezing and dark...) but this time I had such a lovely time I kind of didn't want to board the plane back home to Paris. Ok let's be honest, of course I wanted to come back to Paris but a few more days in Stockholm wouldn't have hurt anyone. I sometimes forget how beautiful this city really is and how lovely it is to be around family and old friends...
If anyone ever gets the opportunity to visit this pretty place in the world my suggestion is to do so between April and October. After October it gets too dark, too cold and too... yuck, for my taste. If you do end up going and the sun decides to make an appearance there's nothing better than going for a little stroll around Djurgården, grabbing lunch and some sweets at Rosendals trädgårdskafé and continue walking back into the city, crossing Djurgårdsbron and strolling around the city until it's time for dinner. Below you'll find some of my favourite spots in the city at the moment.
Bistro Berns (lunch & dinner), Matkonsulatet (dinner), EAT (lunch & dinner), Riche (lunch & dinner), Matbaren (lunch & dinner), Wienercaféet (breakfast, lunch, café & dinner), Östermalms Saluhall (food shopping), Pärlans Konfektyr (sweets), Xoko (sweets), Kaffeverket (café), Café Pascal (café) and Rosendals Trädgårdskafé (café outside). For more tips and suggestions you can have a look at my previous post about Stockholm.


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Independent research funding for a trainee can now be counted among the milestones of the Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases (UPCID), centered at VIDD. Dr. Innocent Mutyaba, who completed his one-year fellowship program in Seattle in September and has returned to practice at the Uganda Cancer Institute, was recently awarded a grant from the African Organization on Research and Training in Cancer to fund a retrospective study of the incidence, risk factors and survival of pediatric infection-related cancers.
"I am so excited that our trainees are able to secure independent research funding," said Dr. Corey Casper, VIDD assistant member and director of UPCID. "This is one of the key metrics of success for our training program."
"This grant is a significant step forward for me as a beginning researcher," Mutyaba added.
UPCID a collaboration between the Hutchinson Center and the Uganda Cancer Institute in Kampala, Uganda's only cancer treatment facility. The program aims to gain a better understanding of infection-related cancers, which are especially prevalent in Uganda and other sub-Saharan African countries, as well as improving patient care and training of Ugandan doctors in oncology. In 2007, the first Ugandan doctor came to the Hutchinson Center for a one-year training fellowship; three other trainees have since completed such fellowships, raising the number of oncologists in Uganda from one to five.
Mutyaba's research focuses specifically on childhood cancers, which are much more common and more deadly in Uganda than in the developed world. The five-year survival rates for many pediatric cancers in the developed world are between 60 and 90%, while in Uganda, the five-year survival for any cancer is 13%. Mutyaba's research proposal aims to fill critical knowledge gaps about pediatric cancer, including how common it is, what outside factors influence the risk of cancer, predicting how these diseases will develop, and how to best manage care of childhood cancers.
To address these questions, Mutyaba and colleagues in UPCID will look at past patient records at the UCI for all cancer patients from Kyandondo County under age 20 between 2007 and 2010 , an estimated 330 to 370 cases. They will look for incident rates of pediatric cancer overall, and by age and gender, using the resources of the Kampala Cancer Registry. They will look for correlations of pediatric cancer with such risk factors as HIV infection, malnutrition, family history of cancer, and socioeconomic status. Also based on patient records, they will then look for the median time between cancer diagnosis and presentation for care at the UCI, to gain an idea of how quickly the diseases progressed and at what stage children are able to seek care; they will also examine the one-year survival rates of the cancers identified, the cause of death, and whether any specific risk factors such as HIV infection increase chances of mortality.
Mutyaba hopes that learning more about all aspects of these common but devastating diseases in Uganda will help future researchers and clinicians improve care and treatment for children with cancer, not just in Uganda, but in all African countries.
"The biggest challenges we face in cancer care in Uganda are advanced stage of disease at initial presentation for care and poor understanding of treatment outcomes," Mutyaba said. "Through this study, we hope to characterize who gets cancer, their access to cancer care, and predictors of 1-year survival. These findings will provide a platform for future studies to examine interventions aimed at reducing the proportion of cases presenting with advanced stage of cancer."
For more information on the Uganda Program on Cancer and Infectious Diseases, click here.


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- Quilt Knit said...
I left a comment on the Dandelion. I am so glad you are posting again. My son Brilund went to Istanbul, Turkey, for vacation. He is just back. I am going to have him transfer or print out some of the photos for me to work on. He brought back a double knotted rug. It is to die for. I am drawing it on Ampersand board. Your Short North piece is excellent.
Take it slow. Give up nothing. If it is to be, it will occur. I am Pisces. Enjoy the changes.
Relish in that cover. I hope you have several copies stored. I did not get one. I am not close enough.
Boo Hoo!
((( Circle of calming Hugs)))
Sherrie Roberts
- July 12, 2008 at 7:47 PM
- Serena said...
OMG, Rhonda, that's great! Your art looks magnificent on the front cover! Congratulations!
Btw, I chose your blog to receive an award which you can read about over on my blog. Please don't feel obligated to participate as it's certainly not expected, however, feel free to collect your award any time.
- July 14, 2008 at 1:51 AM
- Marsha Robinett said...
This is just great and love the painting...well deserved. I've always been drawn to street scenes, just beautiful.
- July 19, 2008 at 11:25 AM
- Carlynne said...
Just saying hello to a fellow CPSA member and congrats on the cover. I found your blog on the list of member websites. I'm looking forward to going back and reading your posts.
Carlynne Hershberger
- July 20, 2008 at 12:17 PM


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The economic impact of the Mental Health Parity and Addiction Equity Act, which requires larger employer-based insurance plans to cover psychiatric illnesses and substance use disorders in the same way they do illnesses such as cancer and multiple sclerosis, has been minimal, a new study finds.
Yale University researchers studied the first year of the law's implementation, and found it did not result in a rise in the proportion of enrollees seeking treatment for substance use disorders, according to Medical Xpress.
They found there was an increase of $10 annually per health plan enrollee in spending for substance use disorder treatment.
The law was passed in 2008 and went into effect for most plans in 2010. Before the law was passed, health plans often imposed limits on treatments for substance use disorders, such as restricting the number of visits, and requiring higher cost-sharing, the article notes. While the measure was being debated in Congress, some health plans and employers warned it would significantly increase their costs.
"To my knowledge this is the first peer-reviewed study to examine the effects of the 2008 federal parity law on substance use treatment," lead researcher Susan Busch of the Yale School of Public Health, said in a news release. "The small increase in per-enrollee spending suggests plans are unlikely to drop coverage for [substance use disorder] treatment in response to the law."
The study appears in the American Journal of Managed Care.


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Congratulations to our champions !!!
The students of South Ukrainian national pedagogical university named after K. D. Ushynsky took the first place in rhythmic gymnastics program of the XXVth regional student games among universities of III - IV accreditation levels.
Their coach - Master of Sports in Rhythmic Gymnastics, PhD, senior trainer in gymnastics, Olena Pogorelova.
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Artist Backyard Flea Market, June 6
Sonoma County makers, creatives, and thrifters — head over to the arts area behind Juilliard Park, south of A Street in Santa Rosa, on June 6th. The artists in the galleries of the SOFA arts district will be hosting what promises to be an esoteric set of yard sales. Have you seen their studios and garages? They're crammed with antiques and weird trinkets, some of which may be past the point of inspiration for the artists, but which could be the next big thing for you.
The flea market will run all weekend, but the best stuff always goes fast. My strategy is to get there at the opening, do a fast first roam, where I stop to examine only that which I find irresistible, and then take a more leisurely second turn around the place, maybe when some of the later booths still have items coming out.
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Catholic Media Productions' WBOU low power radio station has expanded its reach from a small area of Nashville to worldwide by livestreaming its programming over the Internet.
"It's a new era," said Deacon Jim Walsh, the founder of Catholic Media Productions, which also produces the "We Believe" radio and television programs that Deacon Walsh co-hosts with Dr. Richard Shriver, a Methodist minister. "I just think it's wonderful for us to have an opportunity to be worldwide with streaming."
WBOU, located at 100.5 on the FM radio band, is a low-power radio station that was launched on Nov. 30, 2016. It provides Catholic programming, primarily from Relevant Radio, 24 hours a day, seven days a week. Besides the programs provided by Relevant Radio, WBOU also features several local programs, including the "We Believe" show that discusses Catholic teaching in an ecumenical outreach.
The radio station's coverage currently is limited primarily to the area around downtown Nashville, said John Bosio, chairman of Catholic Media Productions. It's signal also reaches St. Matthew Church in Franklin but skips over Brentwood because of the hills, Bosio said.
The signal also stretches northwest of Nashville toward Cheatham County, he added. "The people in the prison (in that part of the city) are listening," Bosio said. "We know that for a fact."
But with livestreaming, which began on Sept. 15, WBOU can clear all the hurdles of its low-power signal. Bosio was able to listen to the radio station's programs on his cellphone during a recent trip to Italy, he said.
"We want to make sure our community … can listen to the radio station. And secondly to send it out to the world if anybody's interested," Bosio said.
Catholic Media Productions hopes in the future to raise the antenna, which is located atop the Villa Maria Manor building on White Bridge Road, to increase its coverage area, Bosio said. One of the goals is to make it possible for people to listen to the Catholic programming when they are in their car driving to and from work and to reach the homebound, he said.
"Catholic radio seems to be growing," Bosio said. "We are following the trend of trying to reach as many people as possible."
Livestreaming also can be available to people in their cars, Bosio noted, if they have a smartphone with internet access and a car equipped with Bluetooth.
To livestream the radio station's programs, visit the station's website at www.wbou.org and click on the "Listen to WBOU Live" link.
The programming includes a variety of talk shows with audience interaction from Relevant Radio. "We find people from Nashville calling in, so we know they're listening," Bosio said.
Local programming includes the "We Believe" radio show at 11 a.m. Monday through Friday. The "Catholic Answers" program is now available daily; the lineup also includes programming in Spanish every night.
"Our hope is we can get more local programming," Bosio said.
People seem to be finding the station by accident, but they are listening, Bosio said. He had a booth at the recent catechetical conference for the Diocese of Nashville and heard from many people who said they enjoyed the station, Bosio said. "I was very pleasantly surprised by the number of people who stopped by the booth to say they were listening."


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Host/Hostess in Central London £9 to £12 per hour
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The Change Group is a hospitality recruiter specialist, working in and around London with a variety of clients within the hospitality industry, including: prestigious 5* Hotels, Michelin-starred/2AA Restaurants, some of the best Event Caterers etc.
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We are currently recruiting talented Hosts/Hostesses to work on a casual, part time basis for our clients based in central London. Our rates of pay are between £9 and £12 / hour depending on experience.
The Host's Duties and Responsibilities:
* Acting as a first point-of-contact for guests, providing a professional and genuine warm welcome
* Providing a courteous and efficient service to all guests and maintaining the levels of service to the highest standards at all times
* Drawing up an efficient pre-service seating plan, accommodating guest's special requests wherever possible
* Managing the seating plan during service, adjusting for and anticipating any changes in circumstances
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* May have previous experience with Open Table, but a can-do attitude and willingness to learn are essential
* Can work well under pressure with excellent ability to co-ordinate efficiently with other departments and bring good administration skills
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Well twistedchick provided more information than I can here about the next Justice nominee and other things take a read for yourselves.
I read this about constructionist views and specifical Alito's views which look to benfit drug dealers (machine guns are not illegal) and abortion.
I rather have someone like J. Harvie Wilkinson III , who still has his flaws but it a lot saner choice for Justice and the least likely to sympathize with dominionist values, he appears to be more in the center of the political field.
It looks like Theocracy and the Constitution-in-Exile format that the Dominionists are looking for would become a done deal, if Alito gets his appointment to the bench.
The other thing is there were rumors that Alito has basically viewed that blogging is unprotected speech from the First Amendment rights and that not only can you be hit for libel, that you can be held accountable for what other people say on your blog.
Where are the Founding Fathers when you need them?


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Maybe it is having new reading glasses that I can actually see out of. Maybe (urrr... well definitely) I am avoiding doing more momentous things (like cleaning the house) by sitting here with a coffee pondering why Patrones looks different this month. But somehow it does. I think my copy just had a printing glitch and involves peculiar colours and smudgy bits. I've touched up the photos to look vaguely normal.
This is the summer special. We are halfway into autumn in Australia but there are still quite a few things that would be fine for our season.
First, a summer dress section. The photographer needs a stern talking to for giving us mere garment glimpses.
And the final section is the plus size selection which includes an illustration of the fattening power of different clothing styles. Same woman - but example one:


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If you're still looking for a few gift ideas for Christmas, nearby Ten Thousand Villages invites you to stop by its store at 6417 Roosevelt Way N.E. tonight to shop around for a cause.
From 6-8 p.m. tonight, December, 19, the store that features handmade fair trade products from around the globe will donate 15 percent of all proceeds to New Dawn Guatemala. In addition, local business Glittersweet will be there selling purses, totes and tablet sleeves, along with Nicaraguan-born artist Victor Fuentes, who will be displaying and selling his works. Glittersweet and Fuentes also will donate a portion of their sales to New Dawn Guatemala.
According to an email from Ten Thousand Villages:
New Dawn Guatemala is working to improve the lives of hundreds of Guatemalans in Nuevo Amanacer and the surrounding area through economically and environmentally sustainable programs. The community of Nuevo Amanacer is made up of ex- refugee families who had to flee from the violence of the 36 year Civil War. NDG will provide scholarships for school and job training, as well as assist in other areas of need for the community.
It notes that if you prefer to purchase online at Glittersweet, they will donate to New Dawn Guatemala if you mention New Dawn in the notes section.


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Hi guys!!!!!!!!!!
I've missed you! Sorry I've been so sporadic in posting lately…slash haven't posted in over a month (not okay!!). I'm still getting the hang of this whole blog thing slowly. I really want to be able to post everyday but unfortunately I've been super busy and stressed with life/school that it doesn't always come first. I promise I'm back though!
To catch you up on some of the things/eats/events that went on in my life while I was away here are pictures!
I used this recipe for pink velvet cake balls but bought gluten free cake mix instead!
Try it, you won't regret it! Recipe found here.
Got the recipe here!
Recipe love: make this, I promise you won't regret it!
Not gonna lie, it was a little rough. If I burped, it tasted like grass. Sorry, TMI. I got about 4 shots out of it but then it started growing mold….ughh. Next time I'm going to ask a person at the grocery store some tips to keep it alive for longer!
Mmmm this livens up any old boring breakfast!
I also want to thank you all for being such wonderful readers. I always look forward to your comments and appreciate your guys' support! You inspire me with your healthy recipes, workouts, tips and tricks that I would not have known about if I hadn't found your blogs! Thank you thank you!!


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Environmental Litigation:
Cases against EPA and Associated Costs over Time
GAO-11-650: Published: Aug 1, 2011. Publicly Released: Aug 31, 2011.
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The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) faces numerous legal challenges as it implements the nation's environmental laws. Several statutes, such as the Clean Air and Clean Water Acts, allow citizens to file suit against EPA to challenge certain agency actions. Where EPA is named as a defendant, the Department of Justice provides EPA's legal defense. If successful, plaintiffs may be paid for certain attorney fees and costs. Payments are made from the Department of the Treasury's Judgment Fund--a permanent fund available to pay judgments against the government, as well as settlements resulting from lawsuits--or EPA's appropriations. For this review, GAO was asked to examine (1) the trends in and factors affecting environmental litigation for fiscal years 1995 through 2010 and (2) Justice's recent costs and recent plaintiff payments from the Judgment Fund and EPA. To conduct this review, GAO obtained and analyzed data from two Justice databases on cases filed under 10 key environmental statutes. To gain stakeholder views on any trends and factors that might affect them, GAO interviewed representatives of environmental and industry groups, state attorneys general, and other experts. GAO estimated the costs of litigation handled by Justice attorneys and payments made for attorney fees and court costs from the Judgment Fund and EPA funds.
No trend was discernible in the number of environmental cases brought against EPA from fiscal year 1995 through fiscal year 2010, as the number of cases filed in federal court varied over time. Justice staff defended EPA on an average of about 155 such cases each year, or a total of about 2,500 cases between fiscal years 1995 and 2010. Most cases were filed under the Clean Air Act (59 percent of cases) and the Clean Water Act (20 percent of cases). According to stakeholders GAO interviewed, a number of factors--particularly a change in presidential administration, new regulations or amendments to laws, or EPA's not meeting statutorily required deadlines--affect environmental litigation. The costs borne by Justice, EPA, and Treasury also varied without a discernible trend from fiscal year 1998 through fiscal year 2010. Justice spent at least $43 million, or $3.3 million annually, to defend EPA in court during this time. In addition, owing to statutory requirements to pay certain successful plaintiffs for attorney fees and costs, Treasury paid about $14.2 million from fiscal year 2003 through fiscal year 2010--about $1.8 million per fiscal year--to plaintiffs in environmental cases. EPA paid approximately $1.4 million from fiscal year 2006 through fiscal year 2010--about $280,000 per fiscal year--to plaintiffs for environmental litigation claims under relevant statutes. (All amounts are given in constant 2010 dollars.) Justice officials said that they negotiate payments with the successful plaintiffs, who generally receive less than originally requested. Complicating efforts to analyze trends in cases and costs is that Justice maintains data on environmental cases in two separate data systems and does not have a standard approach for maintaining the data. As a result, it is difficult to identify and summarize the full set of cases and costs managed by Justice. Nonetheless, using an iterative electronic and manual process, GAO was able to merge the two sets of data for its purposes. Justice officials said that they do not need to change their approach to managing the data, however, because they do not use it to summarize case data agencywide. Moreover, the officials said they lack resources to adapt their aging systems to accept additional data. GAO is making no recommendations in this report. GAO provided a draft of this report to the agencies for comment. Justice and Treasury had technical comments, which were incorporated, while EPA had no comments.
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Hardrock Mining:Availability of Selected Data Related to Mining on Federal LandsGAO-19-435R: Published: May 16, 2019. Publicly Released: May 16, 2019.
May 1, 2019
Department of Energy:Environmental Liability Continues to Grow, and Significant Management Challenges Remain for Cleanup EffortsGAO-19-460T: Published: May 1, 2019. Publicly Released: May 1, 2019.
Apr 29, 2019
Army Corps of Engineers:Consideration of Project Costs and Benefits in Using Natural Coastal Infrastructure and Associated ChallengesGAO-19-319: Published: Mar 28, 2019. Publicly Released: Apr 29, 2019.
Apr 26, 2019
Priority Open Recommendations:Environmental Protection AgencyGAO-19-308SP: Published: Apr 19, 2019. Publicly Released: Apr 26, 2019.
Apr 19, 2019
Priority Open Recommendations:Department of the InteriorGAO-19-309SP: Published: Apr 12, 2019. Publicly Released: Apr 19, 2019.
Tribal Consultation:Additional Federal Actions Needed for Infrastructure ProjectsGAO-19-22: Published: Mar 20, 2019. Publicly Released: Apr 19, 2019.
Mar 27, 2019
Chemical Assessments:Overview of EPA's Efforts to Produce AssessmentsGAO-19-454T: Published: Mar 27, 2019. Publicly Released: Mar 27, 2019.
Mar 11, 2019
Oil and Gas Development:Actions Needed to Improve Oversight of the Inspection and Enforcement ProgramGAO-19-7: Published: Feb 14, 2019. Publicly Released: Mar 11, 2019.
Mar 4, 2019
Chemical Assessments:Status of EPA's Efforts to Produce Assessments and Implement the Toxic Substances Control ActGAO-19-270: Published: Mar 4, 2019. Publicly Released: Mar 4, 2019.
Feb 22, 2019
Superfund:EPA Should Improve the Reliability of Data on National Priorities List Sites Affecting Indian TribesGAO-19-123: Published: Jan 23, 2019. Publicly Released: Feb 22, 2019.
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The area of Vištytis Regional Park is 10.1 thousand ha. It is in the south-western part of Lithuania, bordering Karaliaučius region on the west and Poland on the south.
The territory of the park includes Vištytis-Gražiškiai highlands (a part of Sudovian moraine highlands between lake Vištytis and Šešupė upper river old valley) western part. This is the highest place in Baltic Highlands within Lithuania. Vištytis highland formed in the times of the last ice age at the juncture of Middle and West Lithuania ice streams.
The Kylininkai moraine hills are especially remarkable for the expressiveness of relief, characteristic of hilly country which was the boundary of ice formations which were made of washed gravel rich soil.In the north it descends noticeably to the Sudovian plain.Kylininkai moraine hill relief has characteristic big steep hills.They are separated by noticeable depressions.The surface of the hills has smaller secondary forms.
The highest hills are located in the southern part of the park.These are adjacent hill tops looming almost in a line between the lakes Pakalnių and Dunajevo: Dunojaus hill (>285 m), Janauka (282.9 m), Pavištyčio hill (282.4 m), Staugūno hill (281.8 m) and Stankūnų hill (258.5 m) on the border with Poland. The lowest part in the park is the small lake Šakiai with the water level of 155.3 m. In the park territory the rise of the relief is 130 m. The border line between the river basins Nemunas and Prieglius goes through the territory of the park. The south-western part of the park territory (lake Vištytis with tributaries) belongs to Prieglius basin, while north-eastern part (Širvinta and its tributaries) belongs to the Nemunas basin.
There are 14 lakes in the park territory.
There are no big marshes in the park, however a lot of small swamps can be found in hollows untouched by land reclamation. The biggest is Paširvintis marsh (takes the area of 45 ha). Here is the source of Širvinta river in the marsh. The area of forests in Suvalkija and especially Vilkaviškis district is very small, despite that Vištytis Regional Park has huge forests, such as Vištytgiris, Drausgiris, Pavištytis forests. Also, upper marshes can be found here as well as transitory type bogs and lakes. A variety of reliefs and habitats is favourable for floristic and kenotic diversity.
A specific feature of Vištytis Regional Park is that oak woods take a large area, mixed with hornbeams, limes and spruce. Large areas of Pavištytis, Vištagiris and Tadarinės forests are occupied by spruce. Among archaeological landmarks are historical mounds and old settlements, as well as Vištytis stone. All these landmarks are cultural treasures of republican significance.
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