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Nearly 2K children now in US custody as DHS calls family separation claims 'exaggerated'
John Moore/Getty Images(WASHINGTON) — Nearly 2,000 children from Central America and elsewhere are now being held by U.S. authorities after being separated from their parents along the Southwest border, the Department of Homeland Security said Friday.
That word came as DHS and Justice Department officials held a conference call to admonish the news media for what they described as misguided reporting about the family separation issue that they claimed has been based on "anecdotal, exaggerated and often fictional accusations."
With the Trump administration vowing "zero tolerance" for illegal immigration and warning that it intends to prosecute one hundred percent of those who illegally cross the U.S.-Mexico border, children whose parents are referred for prosecution by the Justice Department are left behind in the custody of the Border Patrol, Health and Human Services or other U.S. agencies.
On Thursday, HHS confirmed that the Tornillo Land Port of Entry in Texas will be used to house an overflow of hundreds of unaccompanied children. HHS says the facility is comprised of "soft-sided structures with air conditioning," and it could house both unaccompanied minors that cross the border alone and children separated from their parents.
A DHS official said Friday that from April 19 through May 31, a total of 1,995 minors traveling across the U.S. border with "alleged adult guardians" were transferred to the custody of the Border Patrol.
"Fundamentally with the one hundred percent prosecution policy, we are left with the choice of whether to enforce the law at the border or to allow individuals who enter the country with children … to go free and not face consequences for their illegal action," the official said, speaking to reporters on the condition of anonymity. "Advocates … want illegal aliens to get better rights than U.S. citizens have. Every day in America, if you commit a crime, you will be separated from your family as you are prosecuted and face the consequences of that criminal conduct."
One DHS official on the conference call said authorities have seen emotion "overtake the facts," and, "We would like to correct the record." The DHS official, however, refused multiple requests for him to speak on the record, with his name used, about his concerns.
The DHS official said that – even in the midst of its "zero tolerance policy" – DHS would never separate breastfeeding children from their parents. The official also said that despite reports to the contrary, DHS works "as much as possible" to help separated children stay in touch with their parents.
But, the official acknowledged, those children's parents "are in jail settings" and communication "may be limited," as would be the case in any criminal proceeding across the country. The official said DHS has established a telephone hotline and "other ways" for parents to keep tabs on their children.
The DHS official also complained about media reports suggesting U.S. officials are turning away asylum seekers at the border and not allowing those travelers to make their claims.
"That's not true at all, that has not happened," the DHS official insisted. "Anyone who enters the country and makes a claim for asylum will see their day in court, they will have their claim heard."
And finally, the DHS official disputed what he called "absurd claims" from a member of Congress who said there is no clean drinking water at federal facilities.
Earlier this week, Rep. Pramila Jayapal, a Washington state Democrat, visited a federal detention facility near Seattle that is holding nearly 200 mothers referred for prosecution. Days later, Jayapal posted a series of messages to Twitter about the women she met.
"They are fleeing rape, violence and persecution," Jayapal wrote. "Many of them are asylum seekers, but Trump's deportation force is treating them like they aren't even people. … They spent time in frigid facilities—a place they call the 'ice box.' They were held in kennel-like cages—a place they called the 'dog pound.' For days on end, they wouldn't have clean water to drink. They don't know where their kids are. They didn't even get to say goodbye. … Family separation is not who we are as a nation. We will not stand for it."
Speaking to reporters on Friday, the DHS official said such claims of no clean drinking water are "just completely false." The official did not specifically address other claims made by the member of Congress.
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The lifestyle of most people has changed drastically over the years. Many people live extremely busy and hectic lives, and they legitimately have no time to eat proper food or get adequate rest. Fortunately, understanding the best time of day to take vitamins can help you fill a lot of nutritional deficiencies caused by the average diet in our society.
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You will be amazed to see the wide variety of dietary food supplement products available on the market, and how the quality differs from product to product. Companies now manufacture these products for customers catering to their unique needs, and nearly all supplements are created differently.
It is recommended to consult a doctor before taking any supplement so that it is safe and there are no chances of side-effects.
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The first step to understanding which supplement you need is to clearly define the nutritional deficiency you are trying to fix, and then consult your doctor another medical professional on which supplements you need to use. Each has a specific purpose, and you can find the help you need in most situations!
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Many companies (i.e. Utzy Naturals) are offering high-quality supplements to customers, but there are always some better than others.
For example, Sita Impex is a private label manufacturer for various kinds of supplements and healthy diet foods in the form of shots, capsules, drinks, powders, and drops.
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Concluding Thoughts – Best Time of Day to Take Vitamins
Overall, the best time of day to take vitamins is exactly as prescribed by your doctor or as the label of the product you purchased indicates.
For example, if you are taking a multivitamin supplement, you probably want to take it after a meal, in the middle of the day.
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Created attachment 127907 [details]
Four screenshots and the long MS (obfuscated) showing the problems
This bug might relate to bugs 49171, 81012, 91296, 94621, 100287 and 100290 but I think it's also likely to be different.
When I set the left header and right header to be different for my novels, it seems that:
1) The paragraph style "Header left" is used on the right pages *sometimes* through my novel, and I have to manually set the paragraph style in the header to be "Header Left"
2) The reverse situation sometimes applies
3) As well, sometimes on a left page, the header's *contents* are the cocontents of a right page, and I have to manually copy the contents of a left page into the already "Header left" style paragraph, before the right contents appear.
4) The reverse is also true for some right pages.
In addition, on some pages, it's hard to say what the header's paragraph style really is. When you click into the header, the UI element that appears and shows the style sometimes says that the style is "First Page Header (<page style)", even if I manually set the paragraph style to be "Header Left" or "Header Right".
In the sequence of attached images,
Header-oddity-1.png shows p22, a left page, which the Styles menu says is style "Header" (instead of "Header Left")
Header-oddity-2.png shows how it changes if I double-click "Header Left" in the Styles and Formatting menu to force it to that style. (Note that the page number also changes to a different typeface and font size.)
Header-oddity-3.png shows what the header text looks like after I "Select All" in the header and paste in the text from an earlier left hand page that has correct contents. In particular, the source text was from a page where the header format panel as "Header Left".
Header-oddity-4.png shows the result of the copy/paste mentioned above: the contents are now correct, but the Style and Formatting panel now shows the paragraph style has been reset to "Header", even thought the blue UI element now shows as "Left Page Header (Convert 8)".
In case it's relevant, to start each chapter so as to display no header or footer, I make sure that it uses a page style that I have set up to have no header or footer ("Convert 1"), and which is succeeded by a normal page style that does have a header (only) - called "Convert 8".
The header area on such chapter 1st pages (a page style called Convert 1), are marked in the blue UI element as "Header (Convert 1)". The header of the next page is marked "First Page Header (Convert 8)", which makes no sense to me.
As I work through my hundreds of pages of MS, checking each page header, it seems that typically the page headers get confused and wrong immediately after each new chapter.
I'm just scrolling through, correcting as I go (I spent a couple of hours fixing the 4.25"x7" edition of my 1st novel, yesterday, and am now doing the same kinds of corrections for that same size edition for my 2nd), and it looks quite consistent: the errors start after the 1st page of each new chapter. I think it's because LO is somehow miscalculating what pages are left and what are right. It's like the 1st page of a new chapter confuses LO so it doesn't realise that odd-number pages are right hand pages, and even numbered pages are left hand pages.
I'm on p54 of my corrections. I'll obfuscate my MS, and save it as-is, and attach it along with the screen shots. I hope it will help you track down what is going on. This bug is driving me a bit batty, since I can't work out what triggers it.
I can see that it's kind of WYSIWYG, to allow people to click in to a header and type directly, and having that then flow on and affect all the following pages (I think).
But it sure would be nice to be able to just define a header with the text I want for the left pages (in my case: page no, left justified, author name, regular font, centred) and for the right pages (Book title, italic, right-justified tab, page no.), and then have that applied to all pages that have headers turned on, and let LO work out which pages are left and right pages.
That said, maybe there's some other bug that's confusing LO about left and right, and if that was fixed, all would be well.
We need the actual document. Mark as UNCONFIRMED once you add it.
The document is in the zip file I provided: HarshLessons-CS-4x7-headerBugs.odt
It might also relate to bug 95357.
Sorry, I just realised that bug number I mentioned in my last comment, above, was for Apache OpenOffice: https://bz.apache.org/ooo/show_bug.cgi?id=95357
I just received the eproofs for my 1st book in A-format size, and found that although I had carefully gone through that, correcting this same issue, it still had 25 pages with the headers broken as I've described here.
So I went through it, manually find each case and fixing it up: that took an hour.
Then I rechecked - and now, new pages had their headers broken. In each case, it seems that a page header style suddenly changes to the wrong left/right sense. So this time I noted down each page number that head the error, and started correcting again - to see if the same page numbers keep getting the error.
I corrected the 1st two (pages 15 and 29, which it thought were left hand pages, since the paragraph style had changed to Header Left; so I changed the style to Header Right and set the correct header text).
Then I scanned back to see if any pages had changed: yes, p34 was now wrong: it thought it was now a Header Right page; so I changed it to Header Left and correct the text, and rescanned - and now page 20 is broken, it thinks it's a Header Right style.
Frankly, Ican't find a way to manually correct it: it's like a very unpleasant game of "whack-a-mole": any correction to one header seems to have a chance of creating errors on other pages, and I can only find them by manually scrolling and looking. In a 386 page novel, it's a lot of work, and basically, I seem to be stuck: I can find no way to get a correct text.
So this edition of my novel is now stalled, as I can't create a correct PDF file because I can't get correct text in LO.
Created attachment 127939 [details]
Another document exhibiting the problem
Yes, in my 1st novel, in this size, if I fix the header on p15 it breaks the header on p20, and when I fix the header on p20 it then breaks the header on p15. So it is impossible for me to generate a correct text.
If I go to p20, when it's in error (shows the text that should appear for a /right/ page, though says it's header style is Header Left), if I just double click on Header Left in the Styles and Formatting menu, its italicisation changes to Regular (which is the style for a left page). And if I make no other corrections to it, and scroll back to p15, the header text has changed to style Header Left too (even though it's a right page), and the italicisation is that of a left page, though its text hasn't changed.
And if I don't change the header style to the correct style for that page (Header Left for left pages, or Header Right for right), and change the text anyway, then it changes the header text of the mystically-linked pages to use that header text and style.
It's like a subset of the pages are linked together and are being forced to be treated all as the same left or right kinds of pages, regardless of the true left or right nature of those pages. So if I change any of the mysteriously-linked pages, they all change.
It's sounding to me like the documents have become corrupted, if so, and I'm at a loss as to what I might do to fix them. Save it as a Word file (.docx? .xml?), or save it as unified office type (.uot), or flat XML odt format (.fodt?)? Any suggestions?
I will attach an obfuscated copy of my 1st novel, that I've been describing in this comment. The file is WildThing-CS-4x7obfus.odt. The pages I noted as having errors in the headers are:
15, 289, 67, 79, 87, 117, 119, 123, 133, 143, 159, 183, 187, 195, 219, 245, 251, 259, 261, 271, 313,323, 355, 359.
All odd numbers, come to think of it. But when I started correcting them, I found that just in doing the first couple, pages 20 and 34 had newly broken; so I think there are both odd and even pages "mysteriously linked", but it's tricky to find out which pages they are. Certainly, pages 15 and 20 are linked in this mysterious way.
Because LO appears to have corrupted the documents, I've tried to increase the severity one level, to "major"; but maybe I can't change that, or maybe you disagree - you;re the experts, so I'll leave it to you to adjust that if you disagree.
I was quite sure I'd fixed my second novel, yesterday, since I w2as unaware at the time that corrections to some headers would then break headers on other pages, and didn't re-check after making all the corrections. So I see that the other example file (novel two, Harsh Lessons), is also full of these errors in the header.
So both novels are "broken", and would look embarrassingly full of errors if anyone ordered them. I'll need to contact the printer/publisher to put a hold on them both until I have a fix or a workaround for the problem.
I tried triaging this bug the bug is really complicated - almost like reading a novel (not so funny joke). Sorry but without much simpler instructions it's going to be hard for anyone to triage.
The screenshots aren't entirely helpful because you took them before you apparently randomized text so there is no way for us to compare.
What would be nice is:
1) Post randomized screenshots that we can easily compare;
2) Exact pages with something like:
Page XX:
Page XXX:
I very quickly checked this:
Header-oddity-1.png shows p22, a left page, which the Styles menu says is style "Header" (instead of "Header Left")
On page 22 I see "Header Right" not "Header Left" or "Header." I see "Header Right" for every header after a chapter
Yeah, sorry. Okay, I'm now doing just that, for the example I was talking about in my last comment, since the strange linking of pages 15 and 20 should help in the triaging, I hope!
Created attachment 127941 [details]
Fresh screenshots from WildThing-CS-4x7obfus.odt
1. HeaderOddity-v2-1.png shows p20, which LO thinks is a Header Left page. (True, but its showing Header Right text and style)
2. Make no change and scrollback to p15.
HeaderOddity-v2-2.png shows p15, which LO thinks is a Header Left page. (False, it's Header Right, but at least it's displaying Header Right text and style.)
3. Then I change p15 to be Header Right, and I take HeaderOddity-v2-3.png screenshot
4. Scroll back to p20, still thinks it's a Header Right page: take HeaderOddity-v2-4.png
5. Change Header Style to Header Left - apart from the style setting change, no real difference. HeaderOddity-v2-5.png
6. Delete all text in the header on p20, and correct the text for a left page: insert page number, type author name. HeaderOddity-v2-6.png
7. Scroll back to p15: see that the text has changed to the new text, and the style is once again Header Left: HeaderOddity-v2-7.png
8. Scroll forward a page: see that it hasn't affected that page: HeaderOddity-v2-8.png.
9. And scroll forward to the next page, and see it hasn't changed that, either: HeaderOddity-v2-9.png
10. Actually having the obfuscated text in the headers really helps for this: the strangely-linked pages are revealed. Scrolling further forwards, I see p29 is also affected, which nicely matches the list of page numbers I mentioned a bit earlier.
I've zipped these all up (including the obfuscated file after making that small change described in this process: "WildThing-CS-4x7obfus-after.odt").
Oh, and please replace the previous file "WildThing-CS-4x7obfus.odt" (the "before" file) with the one in this zip file: somehow, I gave you the unobfuscated text, which Amazon would not be happy with!
Thanks, and I hope this makes it a bit less troublesome.
I confirm the steps in comment 11.
When I tested steps 1 and 2 with version 3.5, LibO thought both were Header right style and displayed them as such.
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Thanks very much for investigating this; it's good to know you could reproduce it.
In the meantime, if you think of a workaround that I might try, please let me know.
I plan to create a template document with only the default styles I need, plus the page and paragraph styles I need, then save the faulty files as RTF, copy their text into the "good" template file, and then re-break the pages using the appropriate (header-less) page style for each chapter start.
A simpler approach I might try 1st is deleting all page breaks, and re-inserting them.
If you have any thoughts or suggestions, I'm "all ears".
I probably won't be starting on the workaround attempt until about Nov 10th.
Actually, it's only this week that I might find time to work around this bug, which is holding up my release of the mass-market size editions of two books. Can anyone guess whether either of my planned approaches is worth trying?
Approach 1:
Try deleting all page breaks, and re-inserting them.
Approach 2:
Create a template document with only the default styles I need, plus the page and paragraph styles I need, save the faulty files as RTF, copy their text into the "good" template file, and then re-break the pages using the appropriate (header-less) page style for each chapter start.
No idea about the approaches and I don't know, why you would want to throw in RTF to the mix to complicate things.
I suggest using the community support channels http://www.libreoffice.org/get-help/community-support/ Ask.LibO and IRC..
The only reason for throwing in RTF was because the two documents in .odt format are broken, and I could find no way to correct it. But maybe you're suggesting that if I just open a fresh, empty text document and copy and paste the entire body in LO it might fix the problem?
I assumed that if I did that it would copy across the cross-linkages... And I can add that I tried that quick and easy approach, and the 2nd page I looked at had the same error: pages 28 and 29 had the same text in the header (it said p28 was First Page Header and p29 was Right Page Header).
So, given that I need to copy across the typeface, font size, and regular/italic style for the text, my choices would seem to be RTF, LO native, or HTML. Though I just this instant doing a Paste Special and choosing RTF, and LO just crashed. Though maybe that was because I chose to Undo the previous Paste of the whole document. Ah, no: after LO recovered, I tried again, and it crashed as soon as I tried to copy it all again. I'll submit a fresh bug for that.
Anyway, I'll take your suggestion and try the forum.
I eventually thought to look in the spam folder for the confirmation email to join the forum.
So having passed that first IQ test, I then checked https://wiki.documentfoundation.org/Ask/Getting_Started to see if there was any information about actually asking a question.
Unfortunately, I have not been able to find how to do that.
I also found it particularly difficult to prove I'm not a robot, as the captcha instructions for the forums switched into a language I don't speak (Spanish? Portuguese?) which meant I had to use Google translate to try to decode what I was being asked to do, and some of the captchas seem to require you to do a fair bit of clicking before letting me proceed.
This is despite my language settings on the site being English only.
I've also provided that feedback to the forums, politely.
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Blue-Sketch Awarded Best Of Houzz 2017
Over 40 Million Monthly Unique Users Nominated Best Home Building,
Remodeling and Design Professionals in North America and Around the World
New Orleans, January 17, 2017 – Blue-Sketch of New Orleans has won "Best Of Customer Service" on Houzz®, the leading platform for home remodeling and design. The newcomer to real estate technology marketing was chosen by the more than 40 million monthly unique users that comprise the Houzz community from among more than one million active home building, remodeling and design industry professionals.
The Best Of Houzz is awarded annually in three categories: Design, Customer Service and Photography. Design award winners' work was the most popular among the more than 40 million monthly users on Houzz. Customer Service honors are based on several factors, including the number and quality of client reviews a professional received in 2016. Architecture and interior design photographers whose images were most popular are recognized with the Photography award. A "Best Of Houzz 2017" badge will appear on winners' profiles, as a sign of their commitment to excellence. These badges help homeowners identify popular and top-rated home professionals in every metro area on Houzz.
"We owe this award a 100% to our wonderful customers. Blue-Sketch was founded just a year ago to help real estate professionals succeed by offering them high quality 2D and 3D floor plans, Virtual Staging and other marketing material. Our business strategy is to create a community of successful, happy individuals who do what they love and love what they do." says Petra Soderling, Founder and Head Designer of Blue-Sketch.
"We're so pleased to award Best of Houzz 2017 to this incredible group of talented and customer-focused professionals, including Blue-Sketch," said Liza Hausman, vice president of Industry Marketing for Houzz. "Each of these businesses was singled out for recognition by our community of homeowners and design enthusiasts for helping to turn their home improvement dreams into reality."
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Blue-Sketch creates high quality real estate marketing materials by combining latest technical innovations and genuine customer care. Founded in New Orleans in 2016 Blue-Sketch firmly believes in allowing people to thrive and grow by fostering opportunities for success. Follow Blue-Sketch on Houzz
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Houzz is the leading platform for home remodeling and design, providing people with everything they need to improve their homes from start to finish – online or from a mobile device. From decorating a small room to building a custom home and everything in between, Houzz connects millions of homeowners, home design enthusiasts and home improvement professionals across the country and around the world. With the largest residential design database in the world and a vibrant community empowered by technology, Houzz is the easiest way for people to find inspiration, get advice, buy products and hire the professionals they need to help turn their ideas into reality. Headquartered in Palo Alto, CA, Houzz also has international offices in London, Berlin, Sydney, Moscow and Tokyo. Houzz and the Houzz logo are registered trademarks of Houzz Inc. worldwide. For more information, visit houzz.com.
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Regular Church Services
[Sunday] - [Wednesday]
For details of all upcoming Services please refer to the News Sheet.
Holy Communion
Alternating weekly between St. Paul's, Warton and Holy Trinity, Freckleton. See News Sheet for details of location.
Sunday at 8:30 AM for ¾ hour
Regular services
Sunday at 9:45 AM for 1 hour
Family Communion Service with a facility for children, St. Paul's little people (all helpers are DBS checked etc).
Service starts at 9:45am, however, on Remembrance Sunday the service starts at 10:30am, and on Palm Sunday the service starts from the village Hall.
Family Communion
Sunday at 9:45 AM for 1 hour (All Aboard Family Service on 2nd Sunday of each month)
Short Evensong, alternating weekly between St. Paul's, Warton and Holy Trinity, Freckleton. See News Sheet for details of location.
Sunday at 6:00 PM for 1 hour
Said Communion
Short said communion followed by coffee in the Church vestry
Wednesday at 9:30 AM for ¾ hour
A warm welcome to everyone, especially any who are visiting St Paul's for the first time
Please have a word with those on duty if you are unsure about the services. If anyone has difficulty walking or with steps and would like the ministers to come to them in their seat, please let those on duty know and we will be happy to minister to you there.


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After three space flights and 665 logged space hours as a NASA astronaut, I've learned there are no limitations beyond those you place on yourself. This mindset didn't just help me succeed in my career. It also became a critical element of my ability to move forward when I was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease more than 20 years ago.
Prior to my diagnosis, staying healthy and fit was a high priority for me—not just as an astronaut tasked with successfully carrying out key procedures during space missions, but also as a competitive racquetball player—and I routinely saw my doctor for annual flight physicals to ensure I stayed in peak condition. During one of these physicals, my life changed completely.
I had been experiencing limpness in my right arm—something I attributed to a racquetball injury—and asked the flight surgeon after my exam if I could have an orthopedic surgeon look at my shoulder. When I explained my symptoms, however, the flight surgeon seemed alarmed and informed me that I needed to see a neurologist immediately. Still assuming this was a mere sports injury, I was shocked when the neurologist informed me I had Parkinson's disease (PD).
The news seemed incompatible with the fact that my only symptom was the limpness in my arm when I walked. I didn't want to believe it. But tests ruled out all other possibilities, confirming the truth: I had PD, a degenerative neurological disease that progresses over time to impair physical movement. Despite the thoughts that began flying through my head as I learned about the condition, I was determined not to let it affect my outlook.
After my diagnosis, I started a treatment routine designed to help manage the progression of the disease, and soon after, I began to prepare for what some may have considered impossible. However, I saw no limitations to what I could do just because I had PD, and I asked my superiors if I could continue to fly to space.
I am profoundly grateful for their decision to say yes. Keeping my PD a secret between myself, my NASA flight surgeons, senior NASA management and my family, I was ultimately granted return-to-flight status under the condition that I would be watched closely by the flight surgeons. I was subsequently assigned to the member crew of space flight STS-76 and given the opportunity to perform the planned spacewalk during the flight—something I had prepared for extensively and was determined to accomplish. Not only was the mission highly successful, but I felt such a sense of pride in my own personal journey leading up to the flight, knowing I had not let PD get in the way of accomplishing my goals.
It has been 24 years since my diagnosis, and I can tell you Parkinson's is not the end of your life.
Thanks to my medical team and advances in PD research and treatment, my disease has progressed, but its acceleration has followed a low ramp. I'm forever grateful to the researchers who tirelessly work to change the prognosis for people like me living with PD. It's because of them that I have been able to continue living my life without limitations.
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Family city breaks in Manchester: a prime candidate
Industrial heritage and a chance to see the Red Devils don't immediately scream fun family holiday. So one could forgive a man – a man perhaps also burdened with a major work conference – for leaving his children at home when he heads to Manchester.
But this man – the Prime Minister, say – would potentially be missing out. For Manchester may be England's unsung capital of fun for children and their parents.
The ideal family city break offers a bit of culture, a bit of fun and a bit of luxury – an escape from humdrum life. In its edgy 21st-century incarnation, Manchester offers all these in spades. Plus, with excellent rail links, it's easily accessible – and any chance to skip an airport with children is to be embraced. In pursuit of a lively, art-filled and indulgent weekend away, I recently headed to the city which this week stages the Conservative Party Conference with my husband and children, aged two and four, in tow.
This has been a big year for Manchester. From the £15 million expansion of the Whitworth Art Gallery to the opening of the £25 million Home arts centre (think Barbican of the North), Manchester has added considerably to its cultural offering, each new addition, along with many of the old stalwarts, having a strong focus on engaging with visitors of all ages.
• The best family days out from Manchester
First stop should be the Museum of Science & Industry (AP) Photo: Alamy
The Museum of Science and Industry should be the first stop for any family. Attractions include exhibitions on how and why Manchester became a world centre of fabric manufacture; a giant interactive space for experiments with light and water; and fantastic trains and aeroplanes, all beautifully displayed in a series of converted brick warehouses and railway stations. For children, though, the highlight is the talking toilet, which greets you towards the end of a guide to Manchester's sewers.
The Whitworth Art Gallery reopened this year after a major renovation that doubled gallery space (AP) Photo: AP
If an art museum visit usually fills your family with fear, Manchester is the ideal place to test the waters. We didn't visit a single gallery where children weren't considered, which can't be said for many traditional city-break destinations, such as Paris or Amsterdam. At the Manchester Art Gallery, children get an explorer's tool belt and hard hat. As peculiar as it may seem to look through plastic swatches of colour at the already colour-rich Pre-Raphaelite paintings, of which the museum has a particularly strong collection, those and the magnifying glasses kept my children happy for the hour that it took me and my husband to consider the aesthetic leap from the Victorians to Adolphe Valette and his student, L S Lowry.
Manchester's Northern Quarter is not quite New York's Brooklyn, but offers plenty of intrigue (Getty) Photo: Getty
From here it was a short stroll to Manchester's Northern Quarter. "It's just like Brooklyn," an Irish art writer told me. Not quite. But the neighbourhood, which is filled with American-style diners (Home Sweet Home serves a perfect calorie-rich brunch), galleries, vintage shops and craft centres, offers plenty of intrigue for an afternoon.
For culture of a more contemporary slant, head to the arts centre, Home, which regularly features films and plays for families. It also has an excellent bright restaurant serving healthy salads and pizzas.
For more modern art, the Whitworth Art Gallery, in the university quarter, reopened this year after a major renovation that doubled gallery space and added a cafe in a stunning glass box overlooking the surrounding park. Wandering through the new outdoor sculpture garden will provide some much-needed fresh air: central Manchester is distinctly short on playgrounds, but there is a nice one in the grounds of the Whitworth.
To get a sense of Manchester at the height of industry, and to pay homage to one of its great writers, we headed to Elizabeth Gaskell's house, which reopened a year ago after a £2.5 million restoration. From 1850, Gaskell welcomed visiting friends including Charlotte Brontë and Charles Dickens at this Regency-style house. Each room has a box of period games and toys to keep young people occupied. The philosophy of the museum is that, as it was a home, it is made for interaction. One of the excellent volunteer guides instructed my daughter to ring the doorbell with the reverential reminder: "You've just rung the same bell as Florence Nightingale – can you imagine?"
But a family, even the Prime Minister's, cannot live off highbrow culture alone. If he can abandon his loyalty to Aston Villa – or is it West Ham? – for a weekend, Mr Cameron and his children should head to Old Trafford, the home stadium of Manchester United – otherwise known as the Theatre of Dreams. Alternatively they could take in a game at the Etihad Stadium, home to another of England's footballing giants, Manchester City.
Old Trafford is the home of Manchester United (Getty) Photo: Getty
We opted to see Manchester United play Newcastle. The entire city was abuzz, despite a 0-0 draw. Forget the stereotype: the well-mannered crowds thrilled my children, and even my QPR‑supporting husband agreed that Old Trafford was a grand venue for their first Premier League match.
We rounded off an afternoon of football with dinner at Australasia: its fusion food is decadent, champagne flowed all around us at tables of people on a Special Night Out, and its puddings were the best I've had in years. It brought a moment of glamour to a child-focused weekend.
• The best hotels in Manchester
Were David and Samantha Cameron to bring their children, I'd recommend checking into The Lowry, in Salford, just on the edge of the centre of Manchester. Ignore the name; there is nothing brooding or grim about what is arguably Manchester's most glamorous luxury hotel. Rather, it's an oasis of calm just a five-minute walk from the centre of town, and its vast interconnecting rooms are ideal for families. Visitors keen for a bit of celebrity spotting will note that this hotel is a frequent HQ for footballers ahead of home matches. We checked in at the same time as the entire Manchester United team.
The Camerons should give it a go and perhaps they will find, as we did, that a weekend in Manchester offers a bit of welcome escapism – for youngsters and no doubt for prime ministers too.
Getting there
Virgin Trains (08719 774222; virgintrains.co.uk) has regular high- speed services between London and Manchester; from £20 one-way. For other routes and fares: thetrainline.com.
Staying there
The Lowry, offers sleek modernity, spacious rooms, a chic bar – and footballers' wives glamour. Rooms from £119 a night.
For more places to stay in Manchester, see the best hotels in Manchester
Galleries and museums
For information on opening times and entry prices to Manchester's best galleries and museums – and for more tips on what to see and do – see our expert guide. There are more suggestions on visitmanchester.com.
Dining out
Australasia (australasia.uk.com) offers Pacific Rim flair fused with the flavours of Indonesia, south-east Asia and Japan. It's not cheap: a barramundi fish main costs £21.
Game on
Concierges at the city's best hotels, such as The Lowry (above) are able to get tickets for games at both Manchester clubs. Expect to pay from £100 for a ticket against lower league oppostion; double that for games against teams such as Liverpool or Chelsea. Tickets can also be purchased through ticket agencies such as ticketbisevents.com. Failing that (or in addition to it) there are tours of the Old Trafford stadium. Visit manutd.com and click on Museum & Stadium Tour for timings and prices.


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Memory and Dictatorship
According to the Oxford English Dictionary, there are ten definitions of the term memory. These definitions span from the act of remembering, to the capacity for retaining, to a physical memorial or shrine (Oxford English Dictionary, 2009). This article will … Continue reading
Representing Originary Identities
The objective of this glossary term is to explore the theme of representing originary identities in Latin American art and politics. This writing looks specifically at the role played by Mexican muralists, art critic Marta Traba and painters, Oswaldo Guayasamin, … Continue reading
Marginality and the Repressed
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the term "marginality" as the "quality or state of being of an individual or social group isolated from or not conforming to the dominant society or culture" and repressed as "restrained, checked, suppressed." These two … Continue reading
Border/ La frontera
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Letters to the Editor: Midterm elections critical
I suggest that although it has been many years since Winston Churchill spoke these words on June 18, 1940, during a time of great peril to England, the time has come to revisit them, modified only slightly for our times in our nation:
"If we can stand up to him, all ... may be free and the life of the world may move forward into broad, sunlit uplands. But if we fail, then the whole world ... including all that we have known and cared for, will sink into the abyss of a new Dark Age made more sinister, and perhaps more protracted, by the lights of perverted science."
This election may indeed be our "finest hour."
Steven Tracy, Davis
Possible decline
President Trump has managed to turn today's Republican Party into a new version of the mid-1850s Know Nothing Party. Like its predecessor, today's GOP is primarily known for being nativist and xenophobic.
In 1856, former President Millard Fillmore, regarded as one of this nation's worst chief executives, ran as the Know Nothing's presidential candidate, and actually received around 20 percent of the national vote. One wonders if the 2018 Republican Party will, like the Know Nothings, experience a sudden and rapid decline.
Since roughly 40 percent of today's U.S. citizens continue to support an anti-immigrant and anti-free-press president who knows nothing about the science of global warming or the basics of the Constitution, I have my doubts.
Josephine DiCostanza, Burlingame
Robot car inquiry
Regarding "A first for robot vehicles in state" (Page One, Oct. 31): Now that Waymo has permission to test truly driverless cars on California roads, I think there is still a major issue that hasn't been addressed: How do you know the driverless car sees you? If a driverless car stops at a stop sign or is waiting at an intersection to make a right on a red, can you trust it enough to walk in front of it? If there's a driver, you can make eye contact with the driver and feel relatively safe about crossing in front of the car. But with no way to make contact, how do you know when the car will decide to move. And what if you had a child walking in front or in back of you?
Or a dog? Or a very small dog? Hopefully, the car will be programmed to err on the side of caution. And hopefully, we will quickly learn to perceive the logic of driverless cars. We shall soon see.
John Palme, Walnut Creek
Welcomed article
"Toughen the border, and don't exploit workers" (Open Forum, Nov. 1) was a welcomed article and quite a surprise. Sadly, it appears we have no politicians as intelligent and sensitive as Thomas Clemons with workable ways as to how current problems could be solved.
Barbara Cleveland, Palo Alto
Money for services
Just a thought, but wouldn't the $7.9 million Marc Benioff spent into an effort to pass Proposition C have been better used if it had gone directly into homeless services rather than campaign ads?
Judy Wagner, Alameda
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Keep up the search
After reading "Another NASA craft runs out of steam, second this week" (Nation, Nov. 2), which describes the close demise of both NASA's Kepler Space Telescope and Dawn spacecraft, I hope that the search for extraterrestrial life and nearby habitable planets will continue.
Since the timeline for mankind's destruction of planet Earth through global warming is rapidly accelerating, we might be needing a new place to call home much sooner than previously imagined.
Nigel Llewlyn, South San Francisco


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When it comes to new developments in the financial services space, "Open Banking" is one of the most interesting topics from both a customer and the institutional perspective. Open Banking essentially means opening up a bank's architecture to third parties developing applications and services around it. Technically, this involves the implementation of open application programming interfaces (APIs). In Europe, the Payment Services Directive (PSD II) is one of the driving forces behind the move towards an Open Banking infrastructure, as it requires banks to open up their architecture to third-party payment services providers.
But the potential of Open Banking is much larger. From the provision of personal finance management solutions, to less cumbersome and faster credit approval processes to streamlined back-end payments processes, there are numerous ways to extend the API-based approach to generate value for financial insitutions, customers and bespoke service providers.
But from a business perspective, this means that both the financial institution and the service providers need to have a common understanding of banking functions and or services. And the development of such common understanding of banks' internal landscapes has historically been complicated by those institutions' reliance on proprietary development and proprietary standards.
Enter BIAN, the Banking Industry Architecture Network, which is an independent, non-profit organization created to define standards for service-oriented architecture in the banking industry. As part of their work, BIAN have published a standardised Service Landscape, which defines a generic institution's service domains.
From a consultant's perspective, this Service Landscape – which is also available in a more detailed UML repository – can be used for business process and functional modelling, but also to support the design of API needed to enable Open Banking initiatives. In fact, API development has been one of the driving forces behind BIAN's latest initiatives, which also include the release of an API Exchange containing RESTful API specifications for a large number of their Service Domains.
In this context, GRCO has now formally adopted the BIAN Service Landscape and standards as a tool supporting our work. Using the Service Landscape specifically enables us to work to a higher level of consistency and completeness, while eliminating the need for reinventing the wheel. The BIAN Service Landscape is therefore both a starting point and a point of reference in our business analysis process.
For further questions on our experience with BIAN's Service Landscape and how it can be used to drive value creation in your organisation, please do not hesitate to contact Hans Radtke.


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Crown and defence lawyers delivered closing arguments Wednesday in the jury trial of a man accused of killing two convenience store employees in 2015.
Colton James Steinhauer is accused of two counts of first-degree murder for the Dec. 18, 2015, killings of Karanpal Bhangu and Ricky Cenabre, two employees working the early morning shift at separate Mac's convenience stores in Edmonton.
According to an agreed statement of facts, Steinhauer, Laylin Delorme and a youth drove to a Mac's convenience store on 82 Street. The three entered, led by Delorme, who carried a pistol. Steinhauer carried a bladed weapon and a bag, which they filled with money, cigarettes and other items.
Just before leaving, Delorme fatally shot Bhangu, the lone clerk. They then travelled to another Mac's store on 61 Avenue, where they robbed Cenabre. As they were preparing to leave, Steinhauer is handed the gun and then shoots Cenabre, who died of his injuries, the agreed facts state.
Steinhauer earlier offered guilty pleas to manslaughter and second-degree murder for his role in the incidents, which were not accepted by the Crown, his lawyer told the jury.
Prosecutor John Watson argued the Crown had proven beyond a reasonable doubt that Steinhauer committed first-degree murder in both killings.
While he allowed they had little direct evidence of premeditation, Watson laid out in his closing argument the circumstantial evidence that he maintains establishes a high degree of planning.
Watson said they picked stores staffed by single employees, and waited for customers to leave. They parked in full view of the clerk, making no effort to hide the Honda Element they were driving.
Watson said in both cases, the males entered the stores in masks and gloves.
He played surveillance footage of both robberies and the subsequent shootings for the jury. He said the three males each had defined roles during the robberies, which he said was evidence of planning.
Watson said none of them carried ropes to tie up the clerk. The gun was loaded, he said, suggesting an unloaded firearm would have worked just as well if robbery was their only intention. Watson said this was because shooting the clerks was the plan all along.
He then asked why Steinhaur shot at the cowering Cenabre even after the robbery was done.
"Why do that?" he asked the jury. "I submit to you because it was part of the plan."
The three were arrested after a high-speed chase that began when a police officer spotted them eating McDonald's in their vehicle near a third Mac's store. The officer recognized Steinhauer's distinctive jacket from surveillance footage.
Watson said that like a spiderweb, a single thread of circumstantial evidence is weak.
But multiple threads woven together, "at that point the spiderweb is strong," he said.
Defence lawyer Anna Konye argued the opposite.
Steinhauer called no evidence, so Konye began by acknowledging it was the first time the jury was hearing from her.
She said that unlike in other first-degree murder cases — in which there might be evidence of steps taken to plan a killing — what happened prior to that night was a "vacuum."
For example, she said, the exact relationship between Steinhauer and the other men, how long they'd been together, and whether her client initially knew a loaded firearm was involved were all unclear.
"There's no evidence there was any plan by anyone to kill someone that night," she said.
She said the Crown had not proven its case, and that Watson's summation of the surveillance footage was not in itself evidence of what happened.
As for Steinhauer's role in the first shooting, she said his "mere presence" was not enough to convict on first-degree murder.
She said that to the extent there was pre-planning, it was pre-planning for robberies.
As for the shot fired at Cenabre, she said it was a "blind shot over the counter" that might not have been intended to kill.
She concluded by telling the jury its role is not to prove her client innocent, but rather to decide whether the Crown had proven its case beyond a reasonable doubt. Konye invited the jury to convict on manslaughter on the first count and second-degree murder on the second.
Justice Ken Nielsen is expected to deliver his charge to the 14-member jury Thursday morning, at which point they will be sequestered for deliberations.


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I've always wished I was a bigger fan of Fosse–he has Chicago and Cabaret and his dancing style is as iconic as iconic gets, but to me it's all hats and long legs and elbows. If that's the Fosse you're looking for, you're in for a disappointment–because this movie is nothing like any musical I've ever seen before, and others that came later which were influenced by it are but pale imitations.
What we get is the last days of Joe Gideon's life–concluding with a musical adaptation of a heart attack. Most of the movie is set with Joe talking to death about what got him here in the first place. She merely reflects things back at him, as he is, and was always his own audience.
We see his last few days in broad strokes–Joe works too hard, he's involved with a film and a show at once. Joe has a daughter, an ex-wife, and a lover, and still he finds time to mess around. The biggest thing one notices watching this film is how Joe and nearly everybody around him is incredibly insincere–that's one thing you've got to have in your head in this movie–there's a lot of razzle-dazzle, but that's part of it, that the showiness is covering nothing. Joe smokes compulsively, takes uppers, and morning by morning follows the same routine getting more and more haggard as he pushes himself on.
Joe is a doer–he keeps moving to avoid thinking, and thus cannot make any connections with the people around him. It's ironic that the very thing he sacrifices himself for–the show–ends up moving on without him, closing down not because it would be impossible to stage, but because the insurance would make the producers more money. In his private life, Joe avoids any kind of emotional truth–often doing something unpleasant than pulling back and saying things that he's supposed to. He's even performing in love.
When Joe has his heart attack, we are frustrated because he's had warnings since the beginning of the film, from his cough, to the comedian's dialogue about death, to the images of a high-wire act falling down, even the doctors sitting down and spelling it out for him, we see his destruction coming a mile away, but he will not look at it–it's hard not to see Joe's death as an elaborate suicide, dancing to death with a jaunty mask of fun which he's even tiring of.
The musical numbers are all top-notch, and mostly short–funnily enough the song "All That Jazz" is not one of them, but we do have the massive hit "On Broadway." The most Fosse-ish number is "Come Fly With Us" but the movie takes particular aim at showing how flashy and shallow it is, particularly when his daughter and girlfriend perform a fun little dance "Everything Old is New Again." That dance is light, but it shows all the stuff that Joe is missing–playfulness, fun, silliness, ease, love. He knows those things are there, but he cannot open to them.
The biggest point is the series of songs during his heart attack hallucination featuring his daughter, wife, and lover. They cajole, they beg, they show consequences, they preach, mixing big broadway with sickening versions of the hospital all mixed up together. It is simply brilliant–in these scenes the buried emotions that tick beneath the surface come pouring out from the drug addled mind of a man mourning himself.
The big Finale–Bye Bye Life–pales in comparison–I know it's supposed to be the big moment, but it's a little too tongue-in-cheek after all that emotional storming. It's as if Joe cannot handle the directness of the personal messages and has to be sent off big and generically, with no real emotions–just cleverness. Our last scene is watching his body being zipped up as Ethel Merman sings "There's no business Like Show Business."
There are few good musicals that are made specifically into movies and use the medium of film to its full advantage–most are adaptations of stage productions and are stuck aping what has already been done. Here, Fosse explores death and work in America from his personal viewpoint and it is brilliant–think of it as a David Lynch film, but much much more personal, this movie is no thrill ride–it's more like a haunting, a cautionary tale–a series of images and songs which will play in your head as you search for the meanings within meanings of things. Watch it. It might not impress you the first time but it sticks and it gets stronger with every viewing.


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Though housing starts in 2013 aren't expected to reach the same levels as 2012, the Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation (CMHC) believes 2014 will see building re-gain momentum. As employment, economic growth and net migration are all pegged to improve in the future, starts are expected see a boost as well.
"So far in 2013, the average monthly growth rates of MLS sales, new listings and prices have all been increasing. This follows a period of average monthly declines that held sway over the second half of 2012," said Mathieu Laberge, Deputy Chief Economist for CMHC.
"This change in the trend of the resale market is expected to eventually lead to a similar change in the trend of the new home market, as housing starts dynamics typically lag the resale market by one to three quarters."
After a period of moderation, housing starts are expected to range between 173,300 to 192,500 units in 2013, with a point forecast of 182,900 units, following a level of 214,827 units in 2012. In 2014, housing starts are expected to range from 166,500 to 211,300 units, with a point forecast of 188,900 units.
Home sales in 2012 came in at 453,372. CMHC is predicting sales to range between 412,000 to 474,800 units in 2013, with a point forecast of 443,400 units. The prediction for 2014? A slight increase over the expected 2013 numbers: a range from 435,800 to 501,400 units, with an increase in the point forecast to 468,600 units.
Prices are also expected to see a small bump. For 2013, the average MLS price is forecast to be between $359,400 and $380,00 and prices in 2014 are expected to come in between $362,400 and $392,200. CMHC's point forecast for the average MLS® price calls for a 1.6 per cent gain to $369,700 in 2013 and a further 2.1 per cent gain to $377,300 in 2014.


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TheStreetSweeper releases an update on Clean Diesel Technologies (CDTI). This Oxnard, California automotive emissions control company's stock has apparently reacted to a strange pump piece published yesterday.
The piece is particularly concerning because the promoter first says it received no compensation and at another point states that its pieces are bought-and-paid for. The Securities and Exchange Commission just recently charged 27 firms and individuals in connection with alleged fraudulent promotion of stocks.
Below is the tweet from the paid advertiser, directing people to the advertiser's site:
(Source: Twitter)
The link to the promotional piece is here.
The promoter's report ignores substantial risks affecting CDTI, including:
1. CDTI is a cash-burn machine, running on empty. The burn rate is about $3.5 million per quarter. Cash sat at about $7.8 million at the end of the year. So at this point, it would have barely enough cash to operate another quarter.
2. A cash raise – perhaps stock selling or a debt tap – appears imminent. More raises are likely ahead, too, with the potential to water down existing stock.
2.Losses hit $23.5 million last year, accelerating total losses to nearly a quarter-billion bucks. Going concern issues threaten the business.
3.The stock has risen recently – not on the merits of the company – but on paid advertisements.
4. Catalyst revenue – the chief source of revenue – has dropped as the chief customer backs away. CDTI reports that entire revenue will end next year.
5. Revenue faces additional risk as President Trump has clearly signaled he wants cuts to emissions control regulations, thus reduced need for CDTI products.
So we explain the downside risks associated with this stock. But the pump piece author talks unconvincingly about financial figures that seemed fine and finally concludes that they don't really know what's going on with the stock … and ends with this telling bit of information:
"In any case, we encourage you to subscribe to our news alerts, as we believe that we may be able to explain the share price move soon. We will be updating our subscribers as soon as we know more. For the latest updates on CDTI, sign up below!"
It looks as though Insider Financial simply wants the reader to become a subscriber.
It's a huge issue that Insider Financial states it has received no compensation for the piece. But the site disclaimer indicates otherwise:
"Disclaimer – This newsletter is a paid advertisement, not a recommendation nor an offer to buy or sell securities. This newsletter is owned, operated and edited by Archangel Media Consulting, LLC. Any wording found in this e-mail or disclaimer referencing to "I" or "we" or "our" or "Archangel Media" refers to Archangel Media Consulting, LLC. Our business model is to be financially compensated to market and promote small public companies."
All promoters and companies need to be aware that the Securities and Exchange Commission has begun cracking down on paid promotions. The commission issued a warning earlier in April:
27 Firms and Individuals Charged With Fraudulent Promotion of Stocks
Washington D.C., April 10, 2017—
The Securities and Exchange Commission today announced enforcement actions against 27 individuals and entities behind various alleged stock promotion schemes that left investors with the impression they were reading independent, unbiased analyses on investing websites while writers were being secretly compensated for touting company stocks.
(Source: SEC press release)
Once again, CDTI stock appears to have reacted to a promotional piece because there is no news. We are concerned about this company and anyone who buys into it, particularly at this level.
We find it particularly strange and concerning that the promoter says at one point that the piece is not paid … and at another point that it is bought-and-paid for. We may alert the SEC about this discrepancy, as we continue digging into CDTI.
TheStreetSweeper expects the stock price will decline swiftly and later fall to about $1 and change.
* Important Disclosure: The owners of TheStreetSweeper hold a short position in CDTI and stand to profit on any future declines in the stock price.
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Environmental Sociology is a new topic emerged in the field of sociology science in 1970s. Sociologists came into a conclusion that it was important to put more attention to the environmental issues. As stated in Hannigan (1995), the term of Environmental Sociology was first used in 1971 by Samuel Klausner in his book "On Man in His Environment".
As we can see in recent years there are many natural disasters occur in all over the world such as: long dry season, heavy rain, landslides, typhoon, tsunami, flood etc. The fatal effects that it can bring are diseases to human health (old and new one), increase in sea level, famine and death. These all have direct impact to the live of human being, animal and plants. As it happens often, environmental sociologists, scholars, government, NGO and the international agencies put more attention and effort in dealing with the environmental issues, especially with the emerging issue of 'climate change'.
Reflecting on the environmental sociology, it is really interesting for the writer to put more attention on the relationship between human being and nature in the environmental sociology. It is because most of the time human beings attempt to act as the controller for the nature. They think that they have got all the power to control the nature by using their knowledge and ability in creating, inventing and modifying everything that belong to nature, all of this have done through the technology they have created.
However, as the time goes by, things are changing. The nature comes to show how powerful it is. Now days, human being has to change the idea of 'the controller' of the nature, because it is proved that human being can't take control and will never take control on the nature.
Let us take the example on the earthquake and tsunami that hit Japan in March 11, 2011 in Tohoku area. It caused death, injury, damage in infrastructure but it also destroyed the power plan energy and endangers human's life and also the environment. In fact this power plant was examined and the government of Japan was really sure that it's safe for human and environmental, however it turned out the other way around when it was hit by Tsunami. Instead of suffering from the earthquake and tsunami only, people have to suffer from the effect of the power plant that has destroyed their agricultural land. Human beings are able to invent things to make their live easier but they don't really consider the effect to the nature. We have examined, planed and considered other aspects yet most of the time we failed to consider the power of nature. This is as an example out of other cases occurred around this planet.
The Tsuname and Fukushima experiences simply show that the ideal relationship between human being and nature is as a complementary not as a controller. There should be the balance in exploiting and giving back to the nature. Nature provides so much for human being, such as water, land, air, trees, crops, animals and etc. we admit it or not, human being is a part of nature. Let us check it together, land where we stand, air that we are taking right now, water and food for living, all are from the nature. So, human being is one of the inhabitants in this nature or in a big scale is what we call 'planet'. Human being takes part to it and should act as complementary, not as controller. This simple thought proves the position of human being as the complementary.
To respond to the climate change as new issue emerged in 21 century, we do have to act as complementary. Yes, climate change is the evidence that the nature has responded negatively to our human behaviors. It's the way of nature to communicate to its inhabitant especially human beings for not acting as controller.
Climate change is a real problem and we need a real solution. We should start with is by changing our relationship with nature. Be friendly for the planet where we live. Let us, the human being, be the complementary for the nature, because we have only one planet to live now and for our next generation. Our Universities in Timor particularly should adopt environmental sociology as a field of study. It is still not that late to act. So, act NOW!


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Oh, the allure of a quiet life in the country! As Canadians across the country migrate to urban centres, whether for employment, education, or love, Nova Scotians still recognize the value of a more peaceful, contemplative way. And if you crave both the quiet solitude of the forest and the economic opportunity of the city, you should put down roots in Mount Uniacke or Beaver Bank.
These communities are tucked away from the city lights, full of sleepy, winding cul-de-sacs, thick with forest. There's plenty of space for outdoor living, whatever that means to you: organized sports like softball or shinny, solitary pursuits like gardening or running, hiking with your pack or snowmobiling, or starting the day with yoga al fresco. Or maybe you just want to wake up with a strong cup of tea while watching the deer graze out your kitchen window — that counts as outdoor living in our books!
If your last visit to the Uniacke Estate Park Museum was in elementary school (or if you've never visited at all), you owe it to yourself to make the trip. While making the approach through ancient hemlocks via the old stagecoach road from Halifax to Windsor, think of what it would mean to build a country house in this woodland in 1805.
Stroll Lake Martha's gravel paths, or take the more challenging hikes through virgin forest. Check out the ha-ha wall and walk the greenhouse path. While touring the house, ask the excellent guides about the unrelated murders committed by both Richard John Uniacke and his son, 20 years apart. Examine the house's fixtures: that enormous iron key, the bannister and mouldings, the ornate door knocker, all made by hand. It's a slice of our heritage with plenty of angles to ponder.
Not to be outdone, Beaver Bank also boasts a richly documented history of families in the area. Several large land grants were issued to Loyalists displaced during the American Revolution. It was also the home of the four Grove sisters, whose finishing school educated several generations of upper-class Nova Scotian ladies from the early Victoria era until the 1940s.
The homes available here could suit almost anyone: smaller bungalows, spacious executive homes, even converted cottages and cabins with water access. The recent developments in Beaver Bank offer energy-efficient homes built to high standards, but if you prefer a bit of age and character, or a fixer-upper to sink your teeth into, there are always a handful available.
Now, even though we've waxed poetic about the secluded beauty of these neighbourhoods, we don't want you to get the impression that they're remote. Far from it! Even during rush hour, you can expect to commute from Beaver Bank or Mount Uniacke to Bedford, Burnside, or Bayers Lake in 30 minutes or less. What's more, they're within easy reach of Windsor and the Annapolis Valley, too.
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Two arrested following high speed pursuit
Last updated 10/24/2013 at Noon
On Wednesday, Oct. 23, around 6:30 p.m., Narcotics Investigators with the Orange County Sheriff's Office attempted to conduct a traffic stop on a black Dodge Charger on FM 1442 just north of FM 105 near the Orangefield area of Orange County. When the vehicle did not immediately begin to stop, other Sheriff's Office Deputies with emergency lights and sirens also got involved and the vehicle began to flee at a high rate of speed.
When the vehicle reached Interstate 10, it proceeded Westbound on the Interstate at speeds reaching excess of 100 mph. Deputies observed the driver of the fleeing Dodge Charger toss a pistol out of the passenger side window onto the roadway. While Deputies pursued the fleeing vehicle, other Deputies were able to stop and collect the pistol that was thrown by the suspect.
The pursuit exited the Interstate at FM 1132, and then proceeded back Eastbound onto IH-10. The vehicle continued driving at excessive speeds in order to flee deputies. The vehicle exited at FM 1136 and traveled to State Highway 12. From there, the suspect led Deputies east toward Newton County and then to County Road 7079, where the driver and a passenger left the vehicle and fled on foot into a wooded area.
The passenger, identified as Jessica Diane Smith, 25, was located hiding in the woods by deputies. The driver, who was later identified as Jeremy James Wimberly, 37, was not immediately found. With the assistance of the City of Beaumont Police Department K-9 unit, Wimberly was located in the wooded area by the tracking dog and was apprehended. The City of Orange Police Department also assisted.
It was discovered that the pistol that Wimberly threw from the vehicle was stolen out of Louisiana. Wimberly and Smith were arrested and transported to the Orange County Jail Facility. Wimberly was booked for evading detention with prior conviction-felony 3, possession of a stolen firearm-state jail felony, unlawful possession of a firearm by a felon-felony 3, and tampering with physical evidence. Wimberly was arraigned by Judge David Peck and his bond totals $85,000.
Jessica Smith was booked for evading detention-misdemeanor A, and tampering with physical evidence. Smith was also arraigned by Judge David Peck and her bond totaled $8,500.
Both Smith and Wimberly remain in custody at the Orange County Jail.


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Who the Hell Wants to Work for You
Mastering Employee Engagement
Who the Hell Wants to Work for You is an invaluable business book—entertaining, enlightening, and empowering.
Tim Eisenhauer's Who the Hell Wants to Work for You is the rare business book that's a joy to read.
The author's expertise and passion are apparent. Eisenhauer, the president and cofounder of Axero, breaks down his advice for how to keep employees engaged and inspired in the workplace. This book stands to serve as a useful guide for managers looking to boost productivity and increase profitability through employee empowerment.
Who the Hell Wants to Work for You draws from a wide array of case studies and personal anecdotes, such as Eisenhauer's reaction to a summer intern's concern about work-life balance when he was trying to make the workplace as inviting as possible, or how Martha Stewart's public persona belies what a hard-driving businesswoman she is.
The research shows. News stories are used to highlight the different workplace cultures of Google and Apple; academic studies from prestigious universities are cited. Chapters start with quotes—from business leaders like Jack Welch, Larry Page, and Sergey Brin, but also from business outsiders including Franz Kafka and Nelson Mandela.
Writing is widely engaging, drawing from a deeper cultural well than most business tomes. The book is packed with practical advice for the corporate world, including on making employees visible, recognizing effort, and managing workplace culture. It makes a compelling case that empowering employees improves the bottom line, pulls in more revenue, and boosts the stock price.
The book sells its premise well, with the zeal of a true, ever-inquisitive believer. It looks both at successes, like after-work parties that reward employees with fun—if that's what the employees actually want—and at failures, such as the quickly revoked unlimited vacation policy at the Los Angeles Times that alienated workers accustomed to cashing in their unused days.
This project grew out of a company blog about workplace engagement, which is apparent from its conversational tone and the occasional profanity that is sprinkled in amid learned citations from Bloomberg Businessweek, Fast Company, and Fortune. The book is also distinguished by its humor, and its pages brim with personality.
Who the Hell Wants to Work for You is entertaining, enlightening, and empowering. This invaluable business book will empower managers at all levels to get the most out of their people and deliver results.
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Reaching Out to Men and Maori People
We are nearly through the second fundamentals series this year. The Community has increased six-fold to about fourteen people. A third class will begin next month, and there is a waiting list for the first class next year! Our conscious effort to reach out to men and Maori people is paying off. Our Community is developing a well-balanced and inclusive membership. Our plans for exponential growth are not compromising our commitment to a diverse Community.
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Definitions for "Majordomo"
An interactive mailing list service for group email communications and discussion forums.
The mailing list server application.
A program which automates the management of Internet mailing lists. Commands are sent to Majordomo via electronic mail to handle all aspects of list maintainance. Once a list is set up, virtually all operations can be performed remotely, requiring no intervention upon the postmaster of the list site. (from 'majordomo' - n: a person who speaks, makes arrangements, or takes charge for another. From latin 'major domus' - 'master of the house'.)
Keywords: castellan, domo, chamberlain, butler, tre
A majordomo is the head (major) person of a domestic (domo) staff, one who acts on behalf of the (often absent) owner of a typically large residence. Similar terms include castellan, chamberlain, seneschal, maître d', butler and steward.
Keywords: email, software, processing