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In my ever evolving career as a documentary wedding photographer, inspiration, new ideas and projects take flight everyday. I'm always looking for new ways to be creative, stay creative and grow as an artist. Some ideas become passing thoughts, but others go all the way. Over the summer months, I've been working with a talented team of pros on an idea that's been lingering in my head for a while. Kingston Boudoir Photography. Intimate lifestyle photography. Boudoir. I'm really not sure what to call it. I have always seen such value and potential in this genre as a means of expression and empowerment for women but like any artist, I wanted to put my own spin on it. No high heels. No sports jerseys. And, certainly not light and fluffy. It's about the real you, in a very honest and authentic way but maybe in a little edgier 😉 It's in there, trust me!
So, boudoir. My way. Our way. And, probably not the way you are used to seeing it. Here's the shoot we did with Jesse a short while back. If you don't already know her, you should. She's a local fashion mogul and an absolute pleasure to be around. Follow her work on Instagram, you'll be happy you did!
And, by the way, you don't need to be a fashion blogger to do boudoir. You don't need to be a size 0. You don't even need to be outgoing. Do this for you. Experience, adventure, life. You're worth it.
Special thanks to Krista from Smart Weddings and Events for coordinating the shoot and for wardrobe consultation, and to Lacey of LaceFace Makeup Artistry for providing her skills in make-up and hair.
Here's what Jesse had to say about her session:
My Boudoir experience with Rob was unexpected. When preparing for Boudoir, the default emotions are usually anxiety and worry. Anxious about how you're going to look, and worried about being *half naked* in front of a Photographer, and in this case, a male Photographer. I've shot Boudoir once before, with a female Photographer friend trying her eye at Boudoir Photography for the first time, and it was both a fun and raw experience because we were new to it. With Rob, however, it was still fun and raw, but in a completely different way. Let me explain. First, his partners' in crime Krista and Lacey arrive a little bit before he does to begin hair and makeup and take a peek at wardrobe. These two ladies talk you up the whole time, making you feel like the most beautiful girl in the word. My anxiety and worry was gone in a matter of minutes. Then Rob showed up. And, I'll admit, the worry came back a bit. I'm someone who is confident and comfortable in my own skin, but someone who also thinks that my boyfriend is the only guy who should see me in my skivvies. So, I was a little shy to take off my housecoat and get to work, but when I did I had nothing to worry about. Rob is a professional at what he does, and it was never more apparent to me than this day. He knew exactly what he wanted, and how to appropriately (and humorously) tell me (or show me himself) how to achieve this. We laughed, he showed me sneak peeks of his beautiful shots, and I learned that with the right person, Boudoir Photography can be an amazing experience. The images I received from Rob are better than any Boudoir photos I've seen. They're moody, feminine, sexy, romantic, and mysterious. If you book a Boudoir Photoshoot with Rob, you're getting more than just beautiful photos. You're investing in an experience that leaves you satisfied and feeling beautiful in your own skin.
Thanks Jesse 🙂 these kind words mean the world to me! To the people reading this, I'd love to hear from you! Here's some more information about our vision. Have a read and then get in touch, no need to be shy, right Jesse?!


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If ever we needed to confirm that for dozens of Louisiana towns it's all about money, a legal request initiated by one of them confirmed that.
Act 188 of the 2009 Regular Session of the Louisiana Legislature makes all non-home rule charter municipalities remit any speeding ticket revenue from an infraction on an interstate 10 miles an hour or less over the posted limit to the state. Several communities generate a large portion of their overall finances from these citations on all roads, as ridiculously high as seven-eighths of the towns' total revenues.
One at the higher end, Washington Mayor Joseph Pitre, gathered about three dozen signatures of mayors to petition Gov. Bobby Jindal to veto the bill that became the act, to which Jindal wisely responded by not doing so. Pitre now has come back with more signatures on a request for an advisory opinion from Attorney General Buddy Caldwell on the constitutionality of the new law to go into effect Aug. 15. The opinion may be get rendered by that time.
But not only is this request odd, the logic behind it is flawed and the basis of complaint disingenuous. Pitre and other smaller-town mayors complain that enforcement will wither away as the reduced volume of money to their jurisdictions will discourage funding of enforcement mechanisms; i.e., paying for the detailing a patrolman to sit on the short stretches of interstates under town incorporation and shoot with a radar gun, and thus safety will decline.
Yet nothing of the sort must logically happen. Nothing in the new law prevents the writing of tickets in any way, so if safety is utmost on the minds of towns, they should be willing to make the commitment. Further, being stopped for speeding regardless of the excess is a probable cause that can be used to detect other lawbreaking activity. Often enough, somebody pulled over for speeding may be engaged in something like illegal narcotics transport, which would not end up in a city court, but other infractions in addition or separately may be present that are adjudicated in a city court, thereby bringing in revenue. There's also an argument that the truly reckless, knowing of this law and betting that there is no enforcement as a result, will jack up their speeds even higher and end up shoveling even more revenue to these towns (generally there is a sliding scale where the fine increases as does the excess amount of speed).
So to argue that there will be a crippling decline in revenues that will negate enforcement simply does not wash. The real, unstated complaint is that the revenue decline, if there is one, will be to the point that while it may fund enforcement, it won't fund a number of entirely unrelated city activities on which they have become dependent for fine revenue. Again, as in the case of red light cameras, municipalities genuinely concerned about safety should have no qualms about the new law. The present system also invites abuse harkening back two decades created by the asset forfeiture scandal.
The request also is in a strange format using an unsustainable justification. If the practice under the new law is unconstitutional, why are the plaintiffs asking for an attorney general's office opinion instead of heading straight to court? That opinion has no basis in the law's enforcement and would not alter implementation of it. While speed is of the essence, no doubt a state district court would recognize this and, at the very least, grant injunctive relief before the law went into effect if not make a summary judgment about it.
This odd route is explained by the fact that the plaintiffs know that their rationale is very weak. The request claims that treating the distribution of revenue from municipalities that have a charter versus those that do not violates "equal protection." However, the concept of equal protection applies to individuals concerning their exercise of political and civil rights, not to corporate government beings such as municipalities. Thus, knowing they have next to nothing to stand on, a desperate attempt to get mileage out of a favorable AG opinion, if they get it, is preferred over being laughed out of court.
Dillon's Rule makes clear that states as the principals can make local governments without charters agents of any constitutional or legal state purpose. If Louisiana thereby decides fine revenue will be allocated a certain way, there is no inviolable status these local governments maintain independently of powers granted to them by the state that can challenge this. A proper opinion, or any subsequent court ruling, should recognize this pursuant to the present frivolous request.

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2019 International Conference on the American Revolution
2019 International Conference on the American Revolution
Museum of the American Revolution
Philadelphia, PA
October 3 – 5, 2019
The Museum of the American Revolution, the Pritzker Military Museum & Library, and the Richard C. von Hess Foundation are pleased to present the 2019 International Conference on the American Revolution. This event will bring noted historians, writers, and curators from Ireland, Scotland, England, and the United States together to explore military, political, social, and artistic themes from the Age of Revolutions.
The conference will coincide with the opening of Cost of Revolution: The Life and Death of an Irish Soldier, the Museum's first international loan exhibition. With more than one hundred works of art, historical objects, manuscripts, and maps from lenders across the globe, Cost of Revolution will explore the Age of Revolutions in America and Ireland through the life story of an Irish-born artist and officer in the British Army, Richard Mansergh St. George (1750s-1798).
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Halloween Tips
Are you concerned about how your overly-effeminate little boy will fare this Halloween? Have you run out of ways to "butch up" that little prancer of yours as he goes door-to-door?
Well, thanks to these great tips, all your problems have been solved!
(This really is one of the funniest things I've seen in a long time.)
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Long-time E-Verse friend Katy Evans-Bush, who also serves as the London correspondent for the Contemporary Poetry Review, recently published her first full length poetry collection Me and the Dead, issued by Salt in the UK. We invited her to stop by E-Verse on her virtual book tour.
Katy Evans-Bush was born in New York and has lived in London since age 19. Her poem "The Master and the Future" won third prize in the Oxfam Poems for a Better Future competition in 2004. She was once of six poets featured in The Like Of It (Baring and Rogerson, 2005). You may purchase Me and the Dead by clicking on the book cover below:
Her vivacious and highly literate blog, Baroque in Hackney, is at baroqueinhackney.blogspot.com
I interviewed Ms. Evans-Bush about her new book.
Ernest Hilbert: You've lived in London for quite a long time. Are you still thought of as an American poet? English poets who have come to the US may soak up some of the American style—consider Thom Gunn, and, more recently, Glyn Maxwell—but they remain every inch English. This is partly a point of pride, of course. I wonder how it works with Americans going the other way. A certain type of American loves the idea of shedding his Americanisms and becoming somehow international. Ezra Pound was surely never thought of as anything more than an expatriate during his time in London, but T.S. Eliot stuck around and eventually donned the full mantle, including devotion to the Church of England, the crown, and all the rest (think of the oft-quoted introduction to For Lancelot Andrewes). Where do you fit in? How are you seen?
Katy Evans-Bush: Well I've been in London since I was 19, essentially. I had a sudden flash of insight one day when I was about 20, that "I could live here for 20 years and I'll always just be 'That American Woman.' And lo, it has come to pass. Two English husbands, three English kids—is that not enough of a mantle? I went ten years at one stage without ever going to the States—I barely even knew any other Americans—once I even went three whole years without once leaving London. And still, always, I find people interpreting me socially in terms of New York. My boyfriend seems to think I have a thing called "Ethel Merman moments." Can you imagine what that does to a girl?
But seriously. I feel immersed in London, and consider myself a Londoner. I'm not a cod Englishwoman. My family comes from all over the place but a quarter of it is Welsh: my grandfather emigrated. Thanks to my sister's indefatigable genealogical efforts I know my ancestors were Londoners (as well as many other things of course). I definitely don't feel as foreign as taxi drivers, for example, like to paint me.
As a writer, though, maybe my real world is books. Culture is international now, and to the extent that it is, American culture is rich for the pickings. I'm very lucky that way, I suppose—though I also love the ways in which Europeans pick American culture.
In terms of how I'm seen, it is very much in terms of Americanness, it seems—it has been made clear to me by others how my poetic roots lie equally on both sides of the Atlantic. I've completely lost touch with that whole Beat thing in the USA, and I came to New Formalism very late—it isn't an issue over here and I literally had no idea! But my early influences were American—Millay, EAR, Roethke, the Confessionals—as well as Blake, Shelley etc. And of course Eliot and Pound, as you mentioned. They set the precedent, didn't they?
EH: You set a version of Catullus in Cockney slang. Why did you choose that instead of an American slang? Do you feel more strongly English in a cultural sense now?
KEB: I've spent my entire adult life here in this city, so I guess it just came to me that way. I was watching EastEnders a lot. And I set the story in Leyton, which is E10, and it's Catullus X. So it all came together. I'm out of touch with current American slang. I hear about it on TV like everyone else here.
Like any immigrant I sort of stop about the time I left the country. I found myself saying to someone yesterday, "I used to love A-1 sauce." I did, too. But I think I haven't tasted it in 20 years.
And when I go to America, they all think I'm really (or "too") English. You can't win.
EH: Me and the Dead, I see. Why not The Dead and Me?
KEB: I think that's my Harriet the Spy influence creeping out. I liked the way it sounded like a kid.
EH: I am an opera fan. Not one of the peculiar, die-hard ones, but I do attend regular opera seasons and once subscribed to Opera News magazine. Tell me something about the origins of "Dinosaur Opera," in which you visualize the absurdity of a dinosaur opera.
KEB: I love opera! The origins of the poem will lie in that fact. The subject is treated more overtly in "The Metropolitan Opera," where I describe my father as he used to lie on the couch every Saturday afternoon listening to the live matinee broadcast. In that poem, I make a transition from childhood to adolescence, mirrored by the transition from church music to secular operatic music—and the appearance of my father stretched out on the couch, "like a Medievalist," while facilitating my transition by filling the house with music; in the end, Carmen's great aria flies throughout the whole house, like a bird, beating against the glass of the wintry windows:
L'amour est un oiseau rebelle
que nul ne peut apprivoiser,
et c'est bien en vain qu'on l'appelle,
s'il lui convient de refuser.
Rien n'y fait, menace ou prière,
l'un parle bien, l'autre se tait:
Et c'est l'autre que je préfère,
Il n'a rien dit mais il me plaît.
L'amour! L'amour! L'amour! L'amour!
L'amour est enfant de Bohème,
il n'a jamais, jamais connu de loi;
si tu ne m'aimes pas, je t'aime:
si je t'aime, prends garde à toi!
Si tu ne m'aimes pas,
Si tu ne m'aimes pas, je t'aime!
Mais, si je t'aime,
Si je t'aime, prends garde à toi!
So opera clearly made some kind of impression on me, though I hated it at the time. I think of opera as a quintessential element of civilisation, I guess. A pinnacle. A fineness. Having said which, it seems a bit odd even to me if the words above constitute a civilising impulse! Ah well.
EH: I found "Dinosaur Opera" very amusing, particularly the T Rex in his waist-coat. I admire its efficient working parts as much as the intelligent and playful sentiment behind it. What could you have been discussing at the time that would have led your friend to prophesy a dinosaur opera?
KEB: I'm so pleased you admire its technical aspects! The poem is largely about working parts, as it happens, thinking about it. The gauzes, costume girls, pins, rehearsals. But I never thought of this before, so you tell me.
My friend is a little odd; these strange notions of hers make her also a good poet. If I remember correctly, she made some passing reference to "dinosaur opera," as if it already existed. I probably said, "What the hell are you talking about?" And she replied in epigraph form.
The rest, as they say, is pre-history.
EH: Aside from its immediate appeal, as a very funny poem, it is also an insightful satire. Opera has put itself through many contortions—from outrageous stagings of classic operas to new operas on outrageous themes—to regain what some might call a sense of relevance in the modern age, to blow off some of the museum dust that regularly settles on the art form. It all becomes parody after a while. Your use of dinosaurs, great, clumsy, cold-blooded and now-extinct reptiles, is a very nice way of pointing up the archaisms and pretensions that cling to the art form. What else did you have in mind when writing the poem?
KEB: When I wrote the poem I was just trying to imagine dinosaurs having operas. It never even occurred to me to imagine them having a different kind; I just thought they'd be doing La Boheme or something. I love the T Rex too.
But as so often happens, when you write one thing you are also, on a deeper level, writing something you aren't even aware of at the time. I do think this is a serious poem. People very rarely spot the small detail of the electric cars. I suppose it's about how in life there is no rehearsal, it's about beauty and poignancy and death I suppose if you think about it. I came out of it really loving those brave little dinosaurs.
And yes, I did deliberately make T Rex's waistcoat damask: I wanted the comic contrast. I did want him to be a bit camp. Opera is deliciously un-dinosaur. I guess in one way it is a dinosaur . . . and like the dinosaurs maybe it will go extinct—but, as with them, it will be a shame.
Anyway, Ernie, I'm surprised to see that this is the poem that's really spoken to you! Who knew you'd have such an interest in T Rexes in damask waistcoats. I'm glad you've given me the chance to talk about this little piece.
"Dinosaur Opera" by Katy Evans-Bush
"There will be a dinosaur opera one day—I'm sure of it!" – Roisin Tierney
There will be a dinosaur opera one day;
leaf-eaters will roam the stage
and carnivores lift their diaphragms in song.
Good old Pachysephalasaurus will sound
his hollow baritone in hunger
for beauty only, and the pterosaur will soar
for the feeling, not because he has to.
The Museum of Natural History
will lie unopened as its former citizens take up
where the others left off, writing poems,
making TV documentaries and electric cars.
When the great tenor Tyrannosaurus
complains of the smallness of his damask waistcoat
while a small two-leg from costume hovers,
pins in mouth, taking his measure,
the whole notion of extinction will have become infra dig.
The stage at the Opera House will be hung with vines;
mysterious blue-green pools will gleam
in hazy light which will filter through gauzes.
Thunder will rumble, basso profundo.
The woodwinds and strings will warm up slowly
below the ethereal herbivore chorus
polishin up their scales in the wings,
while the audience chitters in its seats,
waiting for the premier of something big.
Listen to Ms. Evans-Bush read one of her poems by clicking on the arrow below.[audio:thelifemaskkebush.mp3]


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I became unwell in April 2010 following a virus, which at the time was just another virus, I had been picking up bugs and my body was trying to fight them for about a year before, but just as soon as one virus left my body another would appear, my body became weaker and eventually I became so ill I couldn't even lift my head off my pillow.
After various blood tests, urine samples, BP checks and a full MOT at the doctors which took over 6 months to complete, as the bloods were tested and re-tested, I was diagnosed with post-viral fatigue syndrome. But even though there was a diagnoses it didn't make me feel any better in fact it was worse as there was no drugs you could take to get rid of it, at best all you are prescribed are pain killers to kill the pain and muscle relaxing drugs to help ease the muscle spasms, your told to pace yourself and learn Cognitive Behaviour Therapy, this is the NHS treatment plan.
At the height of my illness I was suffering from; severe headaches including sensitivity to light, brian fog, poor word retrieval, lack of concentration, my muscles ached constantly even though they were not used, they would spasm and vibrate, I had symptoms like that of IBS stomach cramps and the runs, I also had nerve pain shooting down my back and legs, and severe depression and frustration, even though I was a positive person. It seemed to be everything wrong with me at once but the hardest thing to cope with was the solitary confinement, I didn't want to go out or even speak to anyone, it was too much of an effort.
My family were a god send, they helped me go to the bathroom, get dressed when I felt well enough to get dressed, they fed me and even helped me to look up how I could help myself. I am a big believer in taking control of your own life, having said that there were times when it was like I was not in control at all, when I couldn't even read a page of a book, life was very frustrating.
I tried vitamin supplements in a specific order to boost my immune system and help my nervous system and build up good gut bacteria etc… along with pacing myself and learning to understand CBT (cognitive behaviour therapy) all these things did not work, and now I know more about Mickel Therapy of course they wouldn't work, nothing else explained about the hypothalamus gland in the brain which made more sense than anything else did, I did however learn a lot more about myself through the CBT, but pacing is non-effective, it just prepares you for a bad day after a good day, or keep everything to a hum drum existence so you don't interfere with anything while you feel slightly better! the vitamins were so expensive and proved to have very limited benefits.
While I was researching I came across Mickel Therapy, being a little wary of the claims after trying so many different treatments designed to work but didn't with me, I left it a wee while before I decided to contact Leisa, I eventually contacted Leisa via email sometimes this was a better way of communicating so you get to say what you want to say, ME/CFS has a way of making it a challenge to communicate effectively and its very exhausting.
Leisa replied to me the very same day with more information about Mickel Therapy and also her own journey, which was very refreshing to hear there could be light at the end of the tunnel, especially if it had worked for her.
I was still a wee bit worried which didn't help my recovery, I was no longer working so I would have to fund this therapy out of a tiny allowance given to me by the government, I had always worked, all my life this was the first time I had the experience of being on benefits. I contacted my employment support allowance advisor to see if there was any help with the costs of therapy and was told there was not, but thankfully for me she offered me a solution, she asked me to apply for a government loan, which I did and was successful, even though there is not a section which states this money is for treatment, I had to state this money would help me back into the work place, another worry because I didn't actually know it was going to work, but I took the risk anyhow. The loan was repayable out of your benefits so that I could get the treatment I needed. Although it seemed like hard work at the time I am so glad I found the money to get the treatment I needed.
I started Mickel Therapy with Leisa and in all I only needed 4 sessions of about an hour over the period of a couple of months, I decided to complete the treatment over the phone, the treatment was very easy to follow and it is still to this day part of my everyday life, it made so much sense to me, it was like little light bulbs being switched on throughout the treatment. Leisa has a way of making you feel like your back in control of your own life again, which is very empowering, this alone gave me the energy to keep going with all the elements of the treatment until I just knew it was working, the symptoms became less intense then they disappeared altogether, if I had a setback which I did, it was no big deal, Leisa was always there with the answers.
Leisa explained the answers so well that you could pick up and run with them yourself and became the expert in your own life once again. You know who you are; you also know the answers to why you do what you do, but not always at the time when you need them. This truly is the key to success, I had been ignoring ME for a long time, even though I knew I was not well I carried on, until eventually one day I could no longer carry on, I would put other people's needs before my own and suffer the consequences!
I would urge anyone reading this to get in touch with Leisa, and start living your life again. I am now back at work full – time, I have travelled, and I am also thinking about moving house, things I would never have dreamt about when I was ill.
Unfortunately this illness is not a priority for the government or the NHS, if it were it would have Mickel Therapy as part of our treatment plans, it really does work better than anything else I had tried, for the small price I had to pay, it is also value for money, it would save the government and the NHS loads of money, as it is money well spent. I am now back to full-time work and leading a very active life again.
With grateful thanks
June 2013


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I've been hearing it for five months now from soooooo many people:
- "You're so inspirational"
- "You are so motivating"
- "You have motivated me to get fit and healthy"
- "You have motivated me to lose weight"
- "I want to be just like you"
- "I want to join a gym now too"
The sad things is... they have just been words with no action... UNTIL NOW!
I think I have officailly just Paid It Forward! And you know what...? IT FEELS EVEN BETTER THAN I EVER EXPECTED IT TOO!!!
I have always know that I can't change the way a person thinks, they need to do that themselves. But if they show an interest in something, their mind is at least open to other options. Someone I know has shown an interest in my journey lately. I share my blog with them and answer their questions about my transformation. I have been completely honest and not sugar coated anything, as that wouldn't be fair to them.
Anyway, they have realised that you dont go on a diet to lose weight. Instead, you need to change your lifestyle forever. They made this awesome decision themselves last week and are putting it into practice already - how cool is that?!?!? I am oh so proud of them! It's not going to be easy but they know they have my support 100%.
Although I appreciate it, hearing how "motivating and inspirational" I am doesn't mean much when no-one actually does anything to change their lives for the better. But knowing I have Paid It Forward for one person... now THAT is totally AWESOME and REWARDING!!!
Looking forward to sharing the ups and downs of the rewarding journey with you :)


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Lemonade Stand Provides Relief To Japan
SEDALIA - Khloe Shelledy and Alyssa Fravel of Sedalia are seven years old. However, they are not typical fist graders. In March, they held a lemonade stand for three days and raised more than $2,000. They donated the money earlier this week to the American Red Cross in Pettis County.
The money is in the process of being sent to the national American Red Cross and then on to Japan. Alyssa and Khloe took turns flagging down cars with signs and dances on the corner of State Fair Blvd. The initial goal was $1,000, but with the help of their school and community, they were able to double their goal.
The girls are tiny, but they have giant hearts. They went into this lemonade stand for fun but also with a purpose. Alyssa said, "I wanted to help and because I thought it would be fun."
Khloe already has plans for another stand in the future. She said "cupcakes" will be her next idea and then "the one after that I am gonna do popcorn."


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When: Monday, May 28, 2012
With Who: Just Me
Where: At Home
How: Blockbuster DVD By Mail
Why: Saw the trailer on another DVD and thought it would be fun.
Check out more info here.
This one had potential. In the trailer, it looked fun and it looked funny.
The beginning of it started off very playful and looked like it would deliver on its "playfulbility".
Then a strange thing happened. The film started to take itself too seriously. It started to really believe it was going to be a serious drama, and this woman who knew nothing about anything other than selling draws at Macy's was suddenly going to become Dog The Bounty Hunter.
There were high points. The grandmother was definitely the best character in the movie. But of course, once the film became serious there was no where to put a grandma so we didn't see her very much.
Actually I liked all the scenes with the family. But they were underused. They become useless when the story started taking itself seriously.
Anyway, deeper thoughts:
- On this DVD, there was a trailer for another movie starring the same Katherine Heigl lady who stars in this one. It's called Killers and the movie looks almost the same (lady in over her head) except in that one she's doing it for her boyfriend who is an assassin, played by….wait for it….Ashton Kutcher! As the assassin. Seriously. I put it in my DVD Queue, not because it looks good, but because there is excellent potential for me to rip that movie to shreds on this blog, and you need a little ripping in life every once in a while.
- SPOILER ALERT! Why did the villain in this movie, who was soooo hardcore, send Katherine Heigl messages, drop off damaged people, and call her without trying to hurt her? He would hurt everyone else, knew where she lived and yet did nothing? WTH?
- John Leguizamo was also underused in this film. Times must be tough. He doesn't seem to appear in as many films as he did in the 90's. And that is a travesty.
- Whenever there's a good looking woman in the lead spot of a film that is not a rom-com, it's mandatory for there to be at least one scene involving nudity and/or sexuality with said woman. It's a Hollywood law. And this film is no exception.
Overall, this was nothing to write home about. If you never see this film, your life will not be altered one bit. If you do see it, your life will not be altered one bit. Your call.
31 to go…..
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Interactive Content Marketing Roundup: June 19-23
This week has been an exciting one for us over here at ion. Along with the first day of summer came an incredible and educational joint webinar with ion's Director of Customer Engagement and FedEx Services' Manager of Content Strategy & Curation, Drew Bailey. We hope you got the chance to hear firsthand how FedEx saw revenue growth through the use of interactive content. But if you did miss it, be sure to check out the recording here.
And if you missed out on what was new this week on ion's Medium publication and around the world for interactive content, we've got them rounded up right here for you below:
FedEx Ships Out Interactive Experiences to Raise their Revenue 82%
FedEx is no small name in the world of business. As one of the top multinational couriers, we've seen them do some amazing things with their marketing. However, a "smaller" part of their business was looking to streamline some of their content and recreate their online experience into an interactive journey. And by smaller, we're talking about their Small Business Center. Find out how FedEx Small Business Center increased their revenue by 82% with interactive content.
ion Customers Gain More than just an Interactive Content Platform
Here at ion, we want nothing more than for our customers to jump into the ion platform and run with it themselves. We absolutely LOVE seeing the content they create and how their own visitors are interacting with it. But we know that while an interactive content platform can sure make things easier, everyone can use a little help from a friend once in awhile. Which is why we're giving our customers more than just an interactive content platform. See what's new for ion customers on this episode of Ask Audrey.
These Publishers' Interactive Content Helped Make Sense of the U.K. Election
The U.K. election was a messy one. Along with the constant back and forth of parties came lengthy manifestos explaining each side's views. However, with the attention of readers on articles being an average of 15 seconds, news outlets such as Sky News and The Huffington Post knew that creating an easier and more engaging way to understand these views would be incredibly useful to their audience. In this article from AdWeek, see how Sky News and The Huffington Post used interactive content to make sense of it all.
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Parkland students have been bussed to the state capitol in Tallahassee, will meet with President Trump and plan a march on Washington. They are shocked and saddened and are demanding action, and that action seems to be centered on banning various firearms. It is ironic that we are told to "listen to the children," because the school authorities in Parkland assuredly did not "listen to the children" when they were trying to warn how dangerous the shooter was.
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The horrific murders at the high school in Parkland, Florida have focused the public's mind, and the appalling sorrow caused by the killing of seventeen innocent people has driven some to lash out to find the villain – and for the progressive left, it is, as it always is, firearms. Many folks are angry, and the angriest ones are angry, not with the shooter, nor with the school authorities or local law enforcement officers who failed to prevent the crime. No, they are angriest with, in no special order, the NRA, Republicans and President Trump. In fact, there has been remarkably scant anger expressed at the shooter. (We will describe him as "the shooter" because we do not want to give his name any publicity.)
Parkland students have been bussed to the state capitol in Tallahassee, will meet with President Trump and plan a march on Washington. They are shocked and saddened and are demanding action, and that action seems to be centered on banning various firearms. It is ironic that we are told to "listen to the children," because the school authorities in Parkland assuredly did not "listen to the children" when they were trying to warn how dangerous the shooter was.
One always can count on former Obama administration National Security Advisor Susan Rice to say something worthy of comment, and the news that she wrote a "memo to herself" on Inauguration Day is interesting in itself - after all, how many of us write memos to ourselves that explain meetings that occurred fifteen days earlier? Yes, that's right, the memo, written on January 20, relates to a January 5 meeting with President Obama, FBI Director James Comey, Ms. Rice, Deputy Attorney General Sally Yates, and Vice President Joe Biden which discussed possible Russian interference in the 2016 election. One problem - Mr. Comey did not mention this meeting when he testified to Congress about his meetings with the President and the "Russia" investigation. We're sure it was a simple oversight.
Interesting also that the President and his inner circle and the FBI were concerned about the possible associations that the President-Elect had with Russia, especially considering that they showed extraordinarily little interest in the associations that former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton had (or perhaps was having) with Russians. Not even when a Russian oligarch funneled half a million dollars to Mrs. C's husband. Those would seem to be at least as interesting.
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A couple of stories came to light last week that show us why so many people cannot stomach the sleazy, dishonest tactics of career bureaucrats and of career politicians.
Number One - Deputy Director of the FBI Andrew McCabe, who was "removed" from his position last week. It seems that last year, (this according to Howard Kurtz in his book Media Madness: Donald Trump. The Press, and the War Over Truth), Mr. McCabe privately told President Trump's then-Chief of Staff Reince Pribus that the there was nothing there to a New York Times story claiming that Trump administration's officials had had repeated contact with the Russians. Mr. Priebus asked Mr. McCabe if it would be all right if the FBI could say that in public. Mr. McCabe, and his boss, FBI Director James Comey, declined, but then a few days later, CNN broadcast the following: "According to multiple U.S. officials the FBI rejected a White House request to publicly knock down media reports about communications between President Trump's associates and Russians known to U.S. intelligence." So the FBI leadership told the White House the President was in the clear, refused permission to allow that word to be made public, but leaked the "news" that the White House had "pressured" them to clear them. Pretty sleazy, and, if we recall, Mr. Comey played almost the identical trick on President Trump – privately telling him he was not the target of an investigation but refusing to do so in public.
Number two - CIA director Mike Pompeo met with his Russian counterpart, and US Senator Chuck Schumer decided to make some political hay - so he did a little grandstanding, and released a letter he sent to Mr. Pompeo asking for an explanation. Mr. Pompeo's response included this: "We periodically meet with our Russian intelligence counterparts for the same reasons our predecessors did, to keep Americans safe." This soon appeared on CNN, but the story left out the words "for the same reason our predecessors did," which made it appear that the CIA director was a stooge of the Russians, an idiot, or hopelessly naïve. We are not sure if that one should be blamed on Senator Schumer or CNN, but the former did nothing to correct the record, even though his office released a copy of the letter proving exactly what Mr. Pompeo said.
Number 3 - Congressman Adam Schiff - who did not want the FISA memo released. He issued a breathless statement claiming that the memo had been changed from the one the committee voted on - and you know what, that was true - as far as it goes. But the changes were of three types - grammatical; one change requested by the FBI, and - get this - a third change, requested by Mr. Schiff! Yes, that's right, Mr. Schiff demanded a change, and then when it was made, screamed that the memo was changed. Sort of like the person who murders his parents, then wants the court to show mercy because he is an orphan. We are not sure if the Republican FISA memo is a "nothingburger" or a "threat to our National Security." The Democrats have claimed both. Mr. Comey dismissed it with an airy, "That's it?"
The House Intelligence Committee has voted to release a four-page summary of various documents relating to the FISA investigation of President Trump (and, perhaps, of former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton as well). The Democrats on the committee voted against releasing the report. Why, in this era of "transparency" would they not want it released? There are several possibilities, but let's go with the most logical one: there is something in it that would be damaging to them. The fact that FBI Deputy Director Andrew McCabe has been "removed" from his position may provide some hints in that direction.
The most important thing to remember is that the 2016 election took place when Barack Obama was President of the United States and Loretta Lynch was Attorney General. Whatever it was that the Russians were doing – the Obama administration did not make an issue of it. The probable reason is that there was no "Russian interference" in the election at all – at least no more than there has been in the past. Think about it – if a Democrat administration, term-limited and not seeking reelection but wanting to be succeeded by a fellow Democrat, had evidence that a Republican challenger was working with the Russians to subvert the electoral process – would they not publicize it? Would they not shout warnings? Would they not call out that candidate? They did none of those things. They had no problem with throwing all sorts of charges and accusations at Donald Trump, but doesn't one find it interesting that the only accusation that has lasted a year after the election is one that was never mentioned during the election? In fact – President Obama, his National Security Advisor, his Director of National Intelligence, his CIA Director, his Vice President, all publicly denied that there was interference in the election. But what did not exist in reality has been concocted to exist through a rigged investigation; and the four-page memo is likely to explicitly outline that rigging, and thus the departure of Mr. McCabe and the negative reaction to the Democrats who have staked everything on "Russia, Russia, Russia." They have staked everything on challenging the legitimacy of the election – and "Russia" did not become a theme until. all the other themes failed (the popular vote, the electoral college, recounts, etc. Only then did they latch onto the Russia notion.
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Cryptocurrency Prices for the 19th of July: Bitcoin Balances at the Price of $7300
According to the online platform Coin360, Bitcoin (BTC) lost 0.54% over the last 24 hours, after a significant increase of 10%. The price at the time of writing is $7345 per coin. Other cryptocurrencies in the rating also do not demonstrate stability and lose a little in price: Bitcoin Cash lost 5.48% over the day; now it costs $816; Ripple minus 5.52% and its price is $0.48; EOS decreased by 3.18% and $8.55 in value; Litecoin lost 4.24% and its price is $87; Cardano on the background of the decline of the other cryptocurrencies is in positive territory - added 4.05% and is worth $0.18; Dash plus 0.61% - its value is $263 per coin; Ethereum has lost 4.33% over the last 24 hours. Its cost is $478 per coin. The total market capitalization is $288 billion. Bitcoin accounts for 43.7% of the total volume. In monetary terms, this is $126 billion. Subscribe to The Coin Shark news in Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/coinshark/


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Wat Suwan Kuha is regarded as one of the famous attractions in Thailand with quite unique characteristics. At home, people call Wat Suwan Kuha with the dear name Cave Pagoda. According to its name, the temple is located in a rather large cave.
Wat Suwan Kuha is part of a complex of caves with names like Tam Yai, Meud Tam, Jaeng Tam and Kaew Tam. Tam Yai is the cave that occupies the largest area (about 80 m2) located at the entrance to the pagoda. Wat Suwan Kuha is located in a landscaped limestone karst called Lai Kram and Benjarong. These two types of bricks are typical Thai decorative tiles.
Wat Suwan Kuha is located in a limestone area decorated with bricks called Lai Kram and Benjarong. Two types of bricks used in typical Thai decoration.
When visiting Wat Suwan Kuha visit, the first impression for visitors is the landscape is quite rocky mountain. The limestone mountains leading to the cave entrance just inside the mountain brings a sense of tranquility. Large space of rocky mountains, trees bring peace of mind by bringing visitors to quiet Wat Suwan Kuha.
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text: IndyMom78 Posted December 19, 2017 Tonight is the most important night of the competition, the finale! Tonight, we have four finalists and they will each sing three times, a new cover, a special duet with their coach, and a brand new original single. Every vote counts and voting is now open for all artists on all platforms. Let's kick off the finale with Team Adam's Addison Agen. Carson and Adam talk with Addison about her progression throughout the experience. Addison is going to sing Humble and Kind by Tim McGraw. Adam says Addison has the ability to make everything sound like it's hers. Jennifer says Addison, that's what moments like this are about. When you break down and make it more real to us and allow us in to experience that moment with you. Jennifer says Addison is humble, beautiful, and kind. Adam says in a way, the fact Addison lost it at the end was beautiful because her connection to life is more important than her connection to music. To say he is proud is the understatement of the year and every time she gets up there, she blows him away. We're going to continue with the first original single of the night from Team Blake's Chloe Kohanski. Her song is called Wish I Didn't Love you. Blake says every lyric and note sounds like something Chloe experienced. Chloe says she feels connected to the song because it tells a story. Blake says he thinks this is the right original song and he loves it. Blake says America, he wants you to think of every superstar you can remember in music and remember those people aren't like anyone else. And then he wants America to think about Chloe's performance. Blake says ladies and gentleman, this is a superstar right here. Next will be the first duet, Blake and his finalist Red. They are going to sing I'm Gonna Miss Her by Brad Paisley. Blake says he thinks Red is more country than he is. Red says working with Blake has been like hanging out with his brother. Blake says they are going to have fun on stage. Just a reminder that all artists who have a song in the top 10 on iTunes at the close of voting get their votes multiplied by 5. Now a debut song for Team Miley's Brooke Simpson. Brooke's song is called What Is Beautiful. Brooke says she loves this song and it rings true to where she is right now in her life. Miley says she sings with such conviction. Adam says he has loved Brooke since day 1. Adam loves watching her go through all this to see where she's going to wind up. He's happy this moment culminates for her in who she is and this song represented who she wants to be. Miley says this moment right here is what she meant when she said Brooke is a necessary artist. Miley says everyone has to vote because this girl is the voice and she is a superstar. Next, we have another duet, Adam and Addison and they are going to sing Falling Slowly by Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova. Adam says this song is an actual duet that will pull at your heart strings. Addison says she never thought she'd call Adam Levine a friend. Our final four are one step away from winning it all. Next, Miley joins Brooke for the perfect collaboration. They are going to sing Wrecking Ball by Miley Cyrus. Brooke says Miley has helped her grow so much. Let's continue immediately with a debut song with Team Blake's country singer, Red Marlow. Red is going to sing a song called I Pray. Red wrote the song with a friend of his. Red says even though it's a sad song, it can also be a celebration. Blake says it's going to be a good one and he deserves to be here. Jennifer says anyone who can get on stage and sing a song called I Pray is alright by her. Jennifer says she's a fan of Red and she's not surprised to see him in the final and she thinks he represented country well. Blake says the reason Red is in the final is because of simple relatability and with this song, a song about real life experience, was great. Blake says Red is a country star. We're going to continue with an awesome duet, Blake and Chloe. They are going to perform You Got It by Roy Orbison. Blake says Chloe is the same as you see on television. Next Is Red Marlow. Red will be singing Make you feel my love by Bob Dylan. Red says he will be doing Garth Brooks cover of the song. Blake says Red is swing for the fence on this song. Blake says he was thinking about how Red can just set on the stage with nothing but his guitar and his voice it blows him away. We will continue with Brooke Simpson singing a classic Christmas song. Brooke will be singing O Holy Night. Brooke says she's love this song since she was little and when she sings it she thinks of her family. Miley says she knows how much this song means to Brooke and she thinks the audience will enjoy the vocal arrangement. 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Chief exec on £170k a year banned from driving for six months for speeding after losing 'exceptional hardship' plea
PUBLISHED: 12:34 19 February 2018 | UPDATED: 11:51 20 February 2018
The chief executive of a Southwold company on £170,000 a year has been banned from driving for six months with 21 penalty points for speeding after losing an 'exceptional hardship' plea.
Mark Lapping admitted four offences of speeding, committed between February 21 and May 25 last year, but this morning asked magistrates in Norwich to keep his licence.
Lapping told the court he is the CEO of Global Chair Components in Southwold, and regularly needs to travel to the site in Reydon from his home at Rudham Road, Helhoughton.
The 48-year-old father of two already had nine points for speeding offences, and has now had his licence endorsed with a further 12.
Driving a Land Rover Discovery, he was caught at 72mph in a 60 limit on February 21 at Sutton Bridge.
In the same vehicle on May 6 he was caught at 35 in a 30 at Whaplode in Lincolnshire, on May 20 at 62 in a 50 on the A414 at Stanstead Abbotts, and on May 25 at 35 in a 30, again at Whaplode.
Pleading exceptional hardship, Lapping told the court: "I am responsible for the business and that requires me to be in Reydon on a regular basis. I can't get there by public transport in the time available. The duties extend throughout the UK as they have customers in China and Eastern Europe which requires transport to airports.
"There are over 40 employees and the reason I was employed was they needed someone to run the business on a day to day basis, so there could be a detrimental impact on employees.
"My mortgage is £3,411 per month and I am the sole earner. Taxi costs for all of the locations I would need to get to would take at least 20pc of my income.
"I would have to stop other activities, particularly my daughters equine activities which she is passionate about.
"I regret the incidents as they have occurred and apologise unreservedly for them. I was in a distracted state of mind at the time and I had other priorities."
Mitigating for Lapping, Joanna Kasprzyk said he had been "burnt out" by a decade of work with his previous employer.
"He was burnt out and it had an affect on him and his family," she said. "When he decided to leave and tell everyone he was leaving that is when the driving offences were committed."
Lapping was given three penalty points and a £330 fine for each offence, with costs of £300 and a victim surcharge of £33.
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Using the words of Paul in 1 Thessalonians 2, Blake wraps up this series by exhorting us to effective ministry. Boldness, integrity, devotion and perseverance are its key components.
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Carrying out God's will for our lives can be intimidating - sometimes downright scary. The Bible gives us numerous examples of faithful followers - people like Moses, Elijah and Esther, to name a few - who felt unqualified for their ministry and who hid behind a wide range of excuses. Taking a frank look at reasons why we often feel ill-equipped for ministry, Blake Holmes examines Gods response to our excuses as well as Paul's exhortation to bold, effective ministry.


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Square: 1,031 km2 – Population: 1.89 million (2016)
Penang is an island-state off the northwestern coast of Peninsular Malaysia. It comprises of two halves - Penang Island, where the capital city of George Town is located, and a strip of mainland Peninsula named Seberang Perai. Penang has an eventful history; the diversity of the inhabitants clearly indicates this. Penang is especially known as the best place to enjoy wonderful local dishes and it is seen as the food capital of Malaysia
Originally named the Prince of Wales Island, the settlement that soon grew was named Georgetown after King George III. In 1800, the Sultan of Kedah further ceded a strip of land on the mainland across the channel, which was named Province Wellesley after the then Governor of India. In 1832, Penang formed part of the Straits Settlement with Melaka and Singapore. It flourished and grew to be a major trading post for the lucrative tea, spices, china and cloth trade. For more than a hundred years, it remained under British Colonial rule until 1957 when it gained independence and became one of the states of the newly formed Federation of Malaya and later Malaysia in 1963.
A fascinating fusion of the East and West, Penang embraces modernity while retaining its traditions and old world charm. These are reflected in its harmonious multiracial populace and well-preserved heritage buildings that have led George Town being accorded a listing as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site.
Penang has an array of temples, ruins, museums, preserved forests, and beautiful beaches that make a trip here worthwhile. Nicknamed the Pearl of the Orient, Penang is famous for its soft sandy beaches and is fondly regarded as the food capital of Malaysia.
Some of the most interesting sites of Penang include the sandy beaches of Tanjung Bungah, the landscape from the summit of Penang Hill and the vipers in the Snake Temple. The quaint nooks and crannies of Georgetown and the Tropical Spice Garden – the only spice garden in South East Asia – as well as Penang's many flea markets, pasar malams', Komtar and modern shopping malls also merit a visit.
The economy of Penang is diversified and does not depend on a single sector. Penang takes up the third position after Selangor and Johor among the states of Malaysia. Its excellent infrastructure and transportation facilities make Penang the perfect place for the manufacturing sector with a variety of companies and industries located in the southern part of the island.
Apart from the manufacturing sector, tourism, finance, agriculture and shipping sectors also contribute in enhancing the economy of the state. The Penang Development Corporation, PDC, helps to plan, implement and promote most of the development projects on the behalf of the state government of Penang and the PDC functions as an investment section of the Penang State government.
Considering the highly industrialized nature and limited land size, the agriculture sector contributes to the local economy through the export of cocoa, oil palm and crops of rubber along with fruits, vegetables and livestock. Emerging industries include aquaculture, fisheries and floriculture. Although small scale at present time, the government hopes that these industries will evolve and play a role in increasing and diversifying the economy of Penang in the future.


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Born with just one arm, the physically disabled Mahinur has been unable to register a SIM for her mobile phone. She has been refused by several retailers whom she approached for SIM registration.
Mahinur (not her real name) works as a temporary maid in Sheorapara, Dhaka. She says she had no problem is buying the SIM, but is in a quandary over registering it. The retailers say the SIM can't be registered without the prints of two fingers from each hand.
State minister for post and telecommunications Tarana Halim on Saturday told Prothom Alo, persons with such disabilities will have to go to the service centres of the respective operators. From there they will have to go to the nearest national ID card office, get a new National ID (NID) card and then have their SIM registered.
However, several operators have said that they have not received any directives from the Bangladesh Telecommunications Regulatory Commission (BTRC) in this regard. Sources in BTRC also said no such special directives have been issued.
According to her national ID, Mahinur is 28 years old. She uses her mobile phone to keep in touch with her mother who lives in the village. She uses SIMs from two operators. She had gone to get her Airtel SIM registered.
Mahinur said, "I was told to get my SIM registered in the name of my father or mother or brother. I said they don't live here. But they flatly said they can't register my SIM without the fingerprints from both my hands."
Tarana Halim said there are special arrangements for those with one or no hands. Their operator's service centre will direct them to the nearest NID office.
The state minister said they might have to get a new national ID card. There are officers assigned for such special cases in the 514 NID offices all over the country. The retailers or the operator service centres are to blame if they fail to provide such information.
Tarana Halim said that directives were given to the operators to have such special arrangements in the service centres for those with disabilities and other problems. In fact, she said, it was to accommodate such persons that the deadline for SIM registration was extended.
A senior official of a cell phone operator firm, remaining anonymous, said, "BTRC should given written and specific directives regarding SIM registration in special cases. This would facilitate us to operate accordingly. It is not possible to individually inform the thousands of retailers countrywide."
In the meantime, the general public is facing all sorts of difficulties in getting new national ID cards or having their old ones amended. It is a lengthy process and so those will special needs are not likely to be able to have their new ID cards and SIM registration within the next 16 days.
A post-grad student at Eden College told Prothom Alo that she had submitted the required papers in January for a national ID card. The NID office has told her she will be informed in June about what progress has been made on the matter.
The biometric SIM registration process was made compulsory through a notice issued on 16 December last year. According to BTRC, there are 13 crore 8 lakh active SIMs in the country at present. Till last Thursday, so far about 9.5 crore have been registered.


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We have heard from many law school alumni and current students about problems they encountered regarding how their school reports post-graduation outcomes. Many have alleged intentional acts of deception on the part of their law schools, whether it's regarding the reporting of their own employment information or the employment of their friends. At the same time, some commentators have accused the ABA Section of Legal Education of lax enforcement concerning violations of the accreditation standards. One way to encourage better enforcement (and better compliance) is to file an official complaint with the Section of Legal Education.
NOTE: We have requested more information from the Consultant on Legal Education, the Accreditation Committee Chair, and representatives of the Section of Legal Ed in Chicago. This post will be updated when we receive a response.
How to file a complaint
For starters, complaints are governed by Rules of Procedure. The complaint form (.doc) is available on this page, which also explains the complaint requirements and process.
A complaint should include a clear and concise description of the allegation and any evidence upon which the allegation is based (with any relevant supporting documentation). [Rule 24(d)3(i).] You must allege a violation of one or more of the accreditation standards, which you can read through here. The complaint must state the timeframe of the alleged lack of compliance (limited to one year from filing), a description of any steps taken to exhaust the law school's grievance process, and any actions taken by the law school in response to the complaint. [Rule 24(d)3(ii) and (iii).] Any other channels being pursued by the complainant should be disclosed, including legal action. The complainant must also provide a release authorizing the Consultant's Office to send a copy of the complaint to the dean of the law school.
Any person may bring a complaint alleging noncompliance with the standards; no other harm or damages need to be alleged. The filing of a complaint can lead to an investigation by the Consultant on Legal Education and sanctions by the Accreditation Committee or Council of Legal Education. Per Rule 16 of the Rules of Procedure, sanctions can include monetary penalties, refunds for part or all of the tuition and/or fees paid by students, censure (both private and public), publication of a corrective statement, remedial action, and probation. A school on probation is at risk of being removed from the list of approved law schools.
Allegations that a school has violated or is currently violating one or more standards are serious. Separate from official sanctions of the law school, culpable individuals may be asked to resign or terminated for cause by their school. A school's reputation may be damaged even if sanctions don't ultimately rise to the most serious levels. For these reasons we ask that you consider whether the evidence you have is strong enough to warrant an investigation by the ABA. A suspicion that your employment status was misreported, for example, may not be enough without supporting documentation.
You should first contact the school to request that they cease violating the standard prior to filing a complaint with the ABA. An exception to pursuing this route is if you wish to file anonymously, in which case see the discussion below about site evaluation comments.
What actions might qualify as non-compliance?
Of the 52 accreditation standards that currently regulate law school behavior, only one (Standard 509, found in Chapter 5) deals with employment reporting. The seven interpretations of Standard 509, as with all interpretations, carry the same force as the standard itself. This consumer protection standard requires schools to publish certain "basic consumer information" in a "fair and accurate manner reflective of actual practice." While the accompanying Interpretations only list "employment rates and bar placement statistics" as basic, this list is not exhaustive. You can read more on the current employment reporting requirements here.
Complaints grouped under this standard might fall into two camps. The first are allegations that the school misreported the employment rates or bar placement statistics, focusing on the text of the Interpretation 509-1. Schools are required to report the employment status of each graduate as of February 15th for the second-most recent graduating class on the annual questionnaire.
If you have reason to believe that you or members of your class were miscounted as of that date, despite having reported accurate employment data, and if you can support that belief with documentation such as emails or surveys, then you should consider notifying the school and filing a complaint. Depending on the allegation, this could take sophisticated coordination. You likely need to document a sizable percentage of your classmates' post-graduation outcomes to show that the reported percentages must have been wrong. For example, a sworn statement from 10% of your class stating they were unemployed as of February 15th would be good evidence that your school's reported 95% employment is incorrect.
Many recent graduates have contacted us claiming that there was no way the school reported the results of their class accurately. However, it is important to first understand the reporting requirements to see whether the school was just following protocol, as the standards themselves make it very easy to legitimately hide individual outcomes. You may not think that a part-time job waiting tables should qualify you as employed, but it is appropriate under current reporting standards. A violation under Standard 509 would be if the school counted you as employed full-time, or in a JD-preferred or bar admission-required job to U.S. News.
The second camp of violations would be allegations that the basic consumer information provided on a law school's website or in promotional brochures to law school applicants is misleading and therefore not presented in a "fair or accurate manner reflective of actual practice." Supporting documentation would necessarily include the publications, and you should describe why they are not reflective of actual practice.
Not willing to file yourself?
One of the Section of Legal Education's requirements is that complaints will be closed if they are made anonymously, unless the Consultant determines that there are extraordinary circumstances for keeping someone's identity secret from the school. We understand that graduates may be reluctant to allege noncompliance on behalf of their schools, and that there may be other situations (for example, employees of the school) where someone might be discouraged from whistleblowing if their name will be dragged through the process.
[We have contacted the Consultant for more information on what has counted in the past as extraordinary circumstances, and will update this post when we hear back.]
Some of the complaint procedures may discourage you from filing. For one thing, a complainant has no right within the rules to appeal a decision to close the complaint by the Consultant's office. A complainant also will not be informed about the proceedings or given access to view the school's response if one is requested by the Consultant. If the complaint is eventually presented to the Accreditation Committee, there is no appeal process if the Committee sides with the school. And regardless of the outcome, a complainant will only be notified about the stage at which the matter was resolved. From what we can tell all proceedings are closed to the public.
If you have evidence that a school has been in noncompliance and you believe your situation is an extraordinary circumstance, you can contact LST. We will work with you to determine whether the complaint is actionable, and, if appropriate, file the complaint ourselves. NOTE: This does not guarantee that we will file a complaint; it only means that we will review the information to decide if we want to file the complaint on your behalf.
Complaint alternatives
As an alternative to filing a complaint, you can also file a comment as part of the accreditation process. Each ABA-approved law school is recertified once every five years through a process that is taken very seriously by the administration. To conduct the accreditation, the Section of Legal Education sends a delegation of volunteers, often professors, administrators, and judges, to the school as a member of a site evaluation team. The team visits the school to collect facts and gather opinions, including thoughts of employees and students, so that the Accreditation Committee and Council of the Section of Legal Education can evaluate whether the school is in compliance with accreditation standards.
Comments must be submitted at least eight weeks prior to the next site visit, which are conducted during the school year. You can find a draft schedule for all visits up through 2014 on the ABA Section of Legal Education's website.
Written comments related to current compliance with the Standards for the Approval of Law Schools may be submitted to the Consultant's Office. The comments should be sent no later than eight weeks prior to the site visit's beginning date. Comments should be sent to the Deputy Consultant on Legal Education to the American Bar Association, 321 N. Clark Street, Chicago, Illinois, 60654.
Seven law schools will be audited next fall: Arizona, Baylor, Chicago-Kent, Idaho, Missouri-Columbia, Ohio, and Temple. Another twenty are scheduled for next spring. These visits are an excellent time to ask the site evaluation teams to fulfill their responsibilities by taking a hard look at how a particular law school is educating and potentially misleading applicants.
If you have any questions or comments, please feel free to contact us. We plan to begin filing complaints soon.


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Keynote Speaker 1
Nama : Anto Satriyo Nugroho, Dr.Eng
|Dr.Eng, Graduate School of Engineering, 博士(工学)
|Dept.of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology Japan
|M.Eng., Graduate School of Engineering 修士(工学)
|Dept.of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nagoya Institute of Technology Japan
|Research Student, Dept.of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Nagoya Inst.of Technology, Japan
|B.Eng., Dept.of Electrical and Computer Engineering, NagoyaInst.of Technology, Japan
|Japanese Language Education at Kokusai Gakuyukai Nihongo Gakko, Tokyo
|Bandung Institute of Technology (T-IF),Indonesia
|SMA Negeri 1 Surakarta, Indonesia
|SMP Negeri 2 Surakarta, Indonesia
|SD Negeri 15 Mangkubumen Lor Surakarta, Indonesia
Work Experiences
|2003 -2004
|Analis Kebijakan, Kelompok Teknologi Bahasa dan Informasi Terapan, PTIK BPP Teknologi
|April 1, 2003
|Visiting Professor, School of Computer & Cognitive Sciences, Chukyo University, Japan
|April 1, 2004-2007
|Visiting Professor, School of Life System Science & Technology Chukyo University, Japan
|1989 – now
|Staff of Center for Information & Communication Technology (PTIK) The Agency of Assessment & Application of Technology (BPPT), Jakarta, Indonesia (Pangkat/Gol. : Penata / IIIc )
Please refer to http://asnugroho.net/publist.html
Professional Affiliations
- IEEE (The Institute of Electrical & Electronics Engineers)
- IECI (Indonesian Society on Electrical, Electronics, Communication and Information), Chapter Japan, Division of Information System (2002/2003)
Teaching experiences
Chukyo University Japan (all lectures were delivered in Japanese)
- Special Lecture on Media Science V (Spring 2003)
- Algorithm & Data Structure I (Autumn 2004, 2005)
- Introduction to Human Body System Engineering : Bioinformatics (18 May 2005)
- Experiment on Life System Science
- Theme : Pattern Recognition using k-Nearest Neighbour Classifier (Spring 2005)
- Bioinformatics (Spring 2006)
Swiss German University, Serpong-Indonesia (all lectures were delivered in English)
- Introduction to Information Technology (September-December 2007)
- Introduction to Bioinformatics (September-December 2007, 2008)
- Introduction to Artificial Intelligence (March-June 2008 )
- Research Methodology (September-December 2008)
Scholarships, Grant & Award
- Best paper award in Konferensi Nasional Sistem & Informatika, Sanur-Bali, 2008
- Favourite paper award in 15th Indonesian Scientific Conference in Japan (August 5, 2006)
- Research grant from The Hori Information Science Promotion Foundation(April 19, 2002)
- Won the first prize award of 99 Fog Forecasting Contest sponsored by Neurocomputing Technical Group of The Institute of Electronics, Information and Communication Engineers, Japan. (Contest Result)
- Monbukagakusho Scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan. (Dr.Eng. degree) 2000-2003
- Monbukagakusho Scholarship from the Ministry of Education, Science, Sports and Culture of Japan. (M.Eng. degree) 1997-2000
- Scholarship from Scientific & Technology Manpower Development Program II – BPP Teknologi Indonesia (B.Eng. degree) 1990-1995
- Japanese: 1st level JLPT (Japanese Language Proficiency Test)
- English
- Indonesian
- Javanese
- Steering committee workshop on CCCNS-2008 (Conf. on Computational, Computing & Non Linear Sciences), 3 Dec 2008, Kampus LIPI Pusat Jl.GatotSubroto
- Anggota technical program committee International Conference on Advanced Computational Intelligence and Its Applications 2008, 1-2 September 2008, 15 Juni 2008
- Anggota technical program committee, BME Days 2008
- Chief Editor journal HBI (Himpunan Bioinformatika Indonesia), since 2006
- Reviewer of national/international journals, including IEICE, SPIE (Int'l Soc. for Optical Engineering), MMCJ (Multimedia Cyberscape Journal), ISTECS (Inst. for Science & Technology Studies), International Journal of Computational Intelligence, Journal of Theoretical & Comp.Studies (http://jtcs.sains.org), AutoSoft: The International Journal of Intelligent Automation and Soft Computing
- Reviewer of 14th Indonesian Scientific Conference in Japan (September 3, 2005), 15th Indonesian Scientific Conference in Japan (August 5, 2006)
- Fund rising for Tsunami victims in Aceh
- Komite Pengarah Semiloka Teknologi Simulasi dan Komputasi Serta Aplikasi, BPPT Jakarta, 22 November 2005
- Member of Indonesian team for 30th IMO in Braunschweig, West Germany 1989 (IMO: International Mathematical Olympiad). It is the second participation of Indonesia in this event, and also the first time to participate with full-team (six students).
Keynote Speaker 2
Yansen believes in social innovation, lifelong learning and grassroots movement. He's always fascinated by how technology solves many problems, how it creates impact and make life better.
His belief led him to build Kibar, that aim to empower Indonesian creative talents by building and nurturing the foundation for tech startup ecosystem, from community meet ups, programming workshops, large-scale events, to joint-venture incubator with top local universities.
In February 2013, Kibar started FemaleDev with a mission to empower young female leaders in technology. Now, FemaleDev has more than 2,000 members, organized more than 60 workshops in 10 major cities across Indonesia. Yansen is also Country Champion for Google Business Group (GBG) Indonesia, a community that aggregates small medium businesses to grow their companies using technology. Started in December 2011, right now GBG has 13 chapters across Indonesia who actively organizes workshops and meet-ups. Right now GBG Indonesia has more than 1 million followers on Google+.
He currently falls in love with education technology, open government, sustainable tourism, collaborative economy and smart city solutions.


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Equinor has announced the inaugural class of global start-up companies selected to participate in the Techstars Energy Accelerator.
The ten start-up companies have been selected from hundreds of applicants across 38 countries. They will seek to accelerate their development through an intensive 13-week program, tapping into a global network of experts from Equinor and Techstars as well as the partnering companies KONGSBERG and McKinsey & Company.
"We are excited and privileged to welcome these companies to the first Techstars Energy accelerator. We in Equinor are proud of our technology leadership in the energy sector. But we also recognize that the pace of innovation is speeding up. Energy sources and markets are transforming – becoming smarter, cheaper and cleaner. That is why we look forward to learning from the best, brightest and boldest to test new ideas and find new solutions to the world's energy needs," says Al Cook, Equinor's executive vice president for Global Strategy & Business Development.
The selected companies represent solutions within oil and gas, new business models, digitalisation and renewables. At the end of the program in December, they will present their solutions to Equinor, the partners and other potential investors at a Demo Day.
"Our Techstars partnership and the Techstars Energy Accelerator is a great match for KONGSBERG. The Accelerator's ambition to use knowledge sharing, innovation and digitalization as means to provide new and improved solutions to the energy sector matches ours. Our great advantage is that we are able to draw on a long history of technology innovations and experience with developing digital industrial solutions to the industry. We want the smartest start-ups in the sector to benefit from that advantage too. In this way, we will build great partnerships, more synergies and opportunities for everyone involved," says Christian Møller, CTO in Kongsberg Digital.
"This unique partnership between a leading energy company like Equinor and Techstars, together with partners KONGSBERG and McKinsey & Company, provides a great opportunity for companies that aspire to shape the future of energy. These ten start-ups now get the opportunity to gain traction through deep mentor engagement, rapid iteration cycles and fundraising preparation. We are excited to get started and help more entrepreneurs succeed," says Audun Abelsnes, Managing Director for Techstars Energy.
The accelerator is hosted at Equinor's Oslo offices with access to Norway's world-class energy-technology industry. Norway is the 8th largest exporter of oil, the 3rd largest exporter of gas in the world, and Norway itself is run on 97% renewable energy sources.