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On June 5th, we lost the iconic 55-year-old fashion designer Kate Spade to suicide. She left her husband and 13-year-old daughter behind. Spade was known for her bright and cheerful designs, was successful and seemingly in the prime of her life.
On June 8th, we lost super-chef and TV personality Anthony Bourdain to suicide. Bourdain had been the host of CNN's "Anthony Bourdain: Parts Unknown," since its premiere in 2013. The travel and food series has won several Emmy Awards as well as a 2013 Peabody Award. Bourdain left behind his 11-year-old daughter, girlfriend, and two ex-wives.
It seems like just yesterday beloved actor and comedian Robin Williams took his life. We are coming up on the one year anniversary of losing the iconic Linkin Park lead singer Chester Bennington to suicide.
This is far from just a celebrity crisis. A study by The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC) found that suicide rates have gone up by more than 30% in half of the states since 1999, culminating in a staggering 45,000 reported suicides in America in 2016. These are just the suicides that were reported. Countless suicides go unreported for fear of stigmatic repercussions on the family members left behind, whether in schools, jobs, or the dating realm.
How We Can Do Better
In the wake of these tragedies, it's natural to ask questions. How could they do this to their loved ones? How is it possible that someone with so much money and stardom could want to end their life? The point missed by these questions is that the suicides were not logical, natural decisions. As is generally the case with suicide, these lives were lost by people whose minds and thinking patterns had likely been compromised by mental illness, people who could not turn to their family, friends, or society to get support or treatment for fear of the ramifications and embarrassment.
If we are going to start helping those who need our help most, the first step is to cultivate an environment which is conducive to them feeling comfortable being honest about needing help. The same CDC study found that over half of those whose death was reported as a suicide did not have a known mental health condition. Over half. Over half of those who were likely at least to some extent battling mental illness felt they could not seek help.
Perhaps most alarming and tragic about Bourdain's death is that it retrospectively seems he did reach out for help. In an interview with PEOPLE just this past February, the food extraordinaire revealed he had contemplated suicide several times. "There have been times, honestly, in my life that I figured, 'I've had a good run — why not just do this stupid thing… jump off a cliff into water of indeterminate depth,'" Bourdain told the magazine. He offered that he felt "some responsibility" to "at least try to live" after welcoming his daughter, Ariane, now 11, with ex-wife Ottavia Busia in 2007.
We let these troubling comments slide by our radar. We thought a guy as successful as Bourdain couldn't possibly be struggling with depression, mental illness, something our society views as weakness. If we treated mental illness as an illness just like cancer is an illness then we would know that fame, popularity, or money does not make someone immune from it. Then we would lose less lives.
Let's Help Our Children
If we are to approach mental illness as just that, an illness, then perhaps it's time we start educating our children about mental health like we do with physical health. How is it that a child can make his or her way entirely through high school without as much as seeing the words Social Anxiety Disorder or Depression in a textbook? It in no way protects them to stifle talk of suicide and mental health. In fact, it does the opposite. It cripples their chances of being able to identify what is going on should they experience mental illness in their childhood or teenage years.
One simple and important way we can educate our children about mental health is by demonstrating its importance firsthand. We take our children at least once a year to physical health doctors and teeth doctors and eye doctors simply as a precaution to make sure everything is as it should be be. Perhaps the doctor will catch something and be able to quickly react. Let's start valuing our children's brain to the same extent as their teeth and take them for yearly checkups on their brain, their mental health, to a psychiatrist.
The questions we should be asking in the wake of tragedies like Bourdain's and Spade's is when is it time to try a new approach? When do we no longer continue to simply wait for the day when our child is in their teens and they tell us they have not felt right for some time but had no idea what it could be, as they had no idea what mental illness actually is? Or worse, when do we stop waiting until it's too late?
This is Just a Start
Rethinking how we view mental illness and how we approach our children only scrapes the surface of the changes we cannot wait any longer to make. For a broader view on how we can do better, please read the article I recently published in the Forward featuring insights from Refuat Hanefesh's Founding Vice President Shanee Markovitz.
Please click here to read other peer perspectives
- My Scars - September 9, 2022
- Hopelessly Bipolar - July 30, 2022
- Metamorphosis - February 4, 2022


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Case Packing Machine for bottles or plastic containers.
Cartesian system.
In order to place bottles or jars into cardboard boxes (American style), Case Packers take batches (or groups) of containers directly from the end of the conveyor belt of the production line, and a Pick & Place device places the containers inside the box.
The movement system is through Cartesian axes.
In is possible to change up to 6 configurations of packaging type with the multi-format version.
The machine may or may not include the automatic assembly unit of boxes.
Case Packer Machine for flexible packaging with integrated robot.
Case Packer robotic system.
These machines have integrated Robot for handling and placing products in cardboard boxes in row and a unique position.
These machines can pack with reduced times, optimizing volumes and storage costs and improving the package care, conservation and quality.
A Vacuum System (vacuum pumps and suction cups) is used to pick and place products in bags or other flexible packaging. The machine may or may not include the automatic assembly unit of boxes.

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text: I've been wanting to go visit Capital Hill again to see Elliot Bay Books and just walk around. So dear husband and I visited with the goal of capturing the statue of Jimi Hendrix. It's good to have goals. Jimi is situated outside of Blix Art Supplies. The statue was sculpted by Daryl Smith and was originally installed in 1997 in front of AEI Music Network, Inc. at 900 E. Pine St., though they have since moved.


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On Nov. 14, USCIS released a revised version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification.
Now the USCIS has released another updated version of Form I-9, Employment Eligibility Verification. The changes are slight, including sentence changes and appropriate documentation additions. Find out more information about the changes here.
Employers may continue using Form I-9 with a revision date of 11/14/16 N through September 17th, 2017. By September 18th, 2017, employers must use the revised form. Employers should continue to follow existing storage and retentions rules for all of their previously completed Forms I-9. Read the USCIS News Release, and visit I-9 Central for more information.
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The buzz: "You may say I'm a dreamer, but I'm not the only one." (John Lennon) The first three industrial revolutions were powered by steam (1700s), electricity (1800s), and computerization (1960s). Today, the fourth is connecting machines and equipment with the ubiquitous Internet of Things – enabling the digitization of business across all industries to revolutionize processes, customer interactions, and business models. The heart of this shift: the industrial machinery and components (IM&C) industry. The experts speak. Jason Coffman, Deloitte: "If I had asked people what they wanted, they
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Laws & Field – February 2020
Joann Field and Kyle Laws traded art and words. Joann shared this image, titled "Comar Merry-Go-Round" with Kyle (click image to enlarge):
In response, Kyle wrote this poem:
Whirl of Merry-Go-Round in Mirrors
Center horses stationary while those on the inside
and outside run a race up and down
that never advances to a finish line like the fog
off water as twilight sets in.
The player piano reads scrolls of raised marks
as a blind woman fingers braille at a window
knows the gait of each person who comes
to the top of the bulkhead
wishes them Good evening by name.
She painted the horses after they were carved
decided whether the teeth were off-white
or the color of early wheat in a field
where they will never graze.
She straddled each one, named them, stared up
at the joints in the gears that fold like legs
pumping in a gallop as she slowly lost her sight.
She got to choose which images would stay
with her for the rest of her life—
the carousel and horses she still rode
and sometimes caught in a brilliant reflection
not sure whether it was memory
or light entering in the dark of night.
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Kyle shared this poem with Joann:
I want no cache of doves released
as smoke drifts from the crematorium
as I sit up when muscles contract from the fire.
I want an irregular row of starlings to call
from a wire between telephone poles.
I want to see the skeleton of winter trees
out the window from my deathbed
and sparrows pecking seeds from the ash
that litters the ground in my untidy yard.
I want nothing neat about my demise
poems scattered around me on the cot
with scores of notes for changes
so no one will ever know my last thoughts.
And I want to hear the gasp about scars
on a leg broken in too many places to heal well
because no one knew what it took to walk
without a limp.
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What does Larrance mean?
Larrance as a boys' name is of Latin origin, and the meaning of Larrance is "from Laurentum". Larrance is a variant form of Lawrence (Latin).
VARIANTS Lowrance, Lorrence, Lorentz, Lorence, Lorance, Lawrance, Laurence▼, Laurance, Larrence, Larance
ALTERNATIVE FORMS VIA LAWRENCE Laranz, Larrens, LavransCREATIVE FORMS
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How popular is Larrance?
Larrance is an uncommon first name for men but a somewhat popular surname for both adults and children (#80502 out of 150436, Top 54%). (2000 U.S. DEMOGRAPHICS)
Which version is better?
Prominent variation forms of Larrance (OUTSIDE TOP 2000) listed in the Top 2000 are Lawrence (#498 IN 2018), Laurance, Laurence and Lawrance. Usage of these relations of Larrance was at its apex a century ago (MEDIAN #910) and is now much less. (2018 BIRTH STATISTICS)
Similar Names
Suggested similar-sounding names are Clarance▼, Clarrance (see Clarence), Clarrence, Darence, Darran, Darrance, Darrence, Derrance, Dorrance, Farran, Farrand, Farrant, Garran, Jarran, Klarance, Lance▼, Laramie, Larenz, Larenzo, Laroyce, Larran, Larren, Larrin, Larron, Launce, Laurencio, Laurens, Laurenz, Lavante, Lorenc, Lorencz, Lorrenz (see Lawrence), Lorring, Tarran, Tarrance, Tarrant, Tarrants, Tarrence, Terrance▼, Terrence▼, Terronce (see Terence), Torrance and Torrence. These names tend to be more commonly used than Larrance.See names in meaning and etymology.


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Number One Chinese Restaurant - Lillian Li
I am very biased toward Number One Chinese Restaurant for reasons that have nothing to do with the book itself. It's a debut novel by a writer from the DC area—plus, her name is very close to mine. Usually, when I'm biased toward a novel for such silly reasons, it then disappoints me. Not this time! Number One Chinese Restaurant is a delight. Its food writing is as good as you want it to be, its characters are wonderful and wonderfully awful, and Li is expert at braiding together her high level of insight with her great sense of humor. Early in the book, one of her protagonists remembers ruefully, "Love came slowly, as weaknesses in the body often do." As soon as I read that, I was sold.


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Everyone loves a comeback story. For Alex Roca, coming back wasn't enough – he was determined to come back stronger, better, and deliver a powerful lesson to the world while doing it.
Failure is Not an Option
Alex has always been familiar with limitations. After becoming infected with cerebral herpes and developing cerebral palsy at only six months old, Alex's doctors didn't expect him to survive, let alone walk, run or ride a bike. The condition caused a physical disability on the left side of his body, but Alex wouldn't let this limitation define him.
He would go on to compete in cycling and running, completing several races and earning a reputation as a fierce competitor and an example of mental fortitude.
Living by his personal mantra "El límit te'l poses tu" ("You set the limit"), Alex entered the Titan Desert race in 2018. The grueling seven-day cycling race in Morocco takes competitors through punishing desert sunshine, heat and sand dunes, testing the will and physical endurance of every participant. After finishing only three of the seven stages, Alex had to drop out due to complications from dehydration. He felt crushed by negativity and self-doubt: representing Spain in the race was one of his highest honors, and leaving the race unfinished took him through what he describes as a dark test of his confidence. But he knew his story wasn't done.
"People have always told me what I can and can't do," said Alex. "That negative moment was actually a lesson for me that I could apply to future races. At that moment, I understood how powerful I could be."
Alex spent the next year training, investing in his team, and formulating a winning strategy based on what he had learned from his first attempt. When the race came around again, he was prepared physically, emotionally and mentally. He finished the 2019 Titan Desert Race, citing his experience the year prior as a lesson on his own personal power and evidence that people with physical disabilities like his can and do achieve amazing things.
Today, Alex reflects on his life's lessons while running and cycling in La Barceloneta and Carretera de las Aguas. Though he loves cycling in the Spanish hillside and competing in adventure races, running brings him the most joy "because it's the most natural connection between mind and body." With each step and pedal he takes, Alex sets new milestones – and redefines his own limits.


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Tenant advocates are in a celebratory mood after Proposition F sailed to victory in Tuesday's special election. In an only-in-San-Francisco moment, 56 percent of the voters passed the measure, which guarantees free legal representation to tenants facing an eviction, regardless of the underlying cause for the eviction.
Dubbed the "No Eviction Without Representation Act," the measure also makes no distinction from poor tenants or the well-to-do – counsel is afforded to tenants of all income levels, including the wealthy, without means testing to determine if the person headed for eviction has a genuine need for free legal help. The city controller estimates this ambitious initiative will cost between $4.2 million and $5.6 million annually.
Bornstein Law joined the San Francisco Apartment Association and other industry partners in opposing the measure, but the people have spoken. With Proposition F the law of the land, we won't dwell on the colorful storyline that led up to the law being minted, but instead, focus on what this means for rental property owners in the wake of its passage.
Rest assured, the newly appointed tenant attorney will make every effort to delay the unlawful detainer by using tactics and wedging obstacles that are beyond the sophistication of tenants who ordinarily would fend for themselves if not for the free legal aid.
Tenant attorneys are inventive
In an earlier post on California's implied warranty of habitability, we noted that it is not uncommon for non-paying tenants to claim that the rental unit is unfit or unsafe for humans to occupy, a favorite gambit tenant attorneys use to drag on an unlawful detainer action. This affirmative defense is rarely successful, but clever smoke and mirrors are used to delay the inevitable eviction.
Other stalling tactics include any number of frivolous pre-trial motions, such as a "motion to quash service," motion to strike, allegations of discrimination, and still more demurrers designed to put a monkey wrench into the court case and ratchet up the legal costs of owners, who have no legal entitlement to free legal counsel but are forced to pay attorneys fees to defend against assertions that oftentimes go unsupported by any evidence.
Don't kick the can down the road
From our hard-won experience, many rental property owners are conflict avoiders and would rather kick the can down the road in hopes that a failed relationship will resolve itself on its own. We have always warned these wishful thinkers that an unlawful detainer action can take some time. Translation: if swift and proactive action is not taken at the outset of the dispute, the landlord can lose months of rent by waiting for the unlawful action to play out.
The message of addressing a problem early on is one we've been parroting to rental property owners for years, but now must be amplified on the heels of Proposition F because, rest assured, the newly appointed tenant attorney will make every effort to delay the unlawful detainer by using tactics and wedging obstacles that are beyond the sophistication of tenants who ordinarily would fend for themselves if not for the free legal aid.
Our biased or not-so-biased conclusion
When Proposition F first appeared on our radar, we debunked its logic in the blogosphere, on social media, and in thousands of emails.
If we didn't steadily rail against it, you might think we are opportunistic by saying the measure calls for aggressive representation and a counter-narrative by a law firm dedicated to protecting the rights of rental property owners and standing up to tenant attorneys.
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Show Customers Your Brand ID
Having the proper ID has become the norm for gaining access to secure venues or obtaining certain privileges. Imagine trying to board a flight without proper ID – there's only one outcome. Let's say you give the gate agent a bio, a protracted explanation and pledged to be a happy traveler, would you still be refused entry? The obvious answer is, yes.
Let's apply this scenario to your small business. All of your marketing efforts should be focused on moving your company's name past the gate of consumer apathy or resistance. However, many businesses feel that a long, drawn-out story is the key to entry. In reality, gaining access to your customer is really about having the proper identification – a quick, concise means whereby the audience can connect with your brand.
Remember this important tip: if your goal is to win an audience over, you must first establish your identity before doing so. Think of our example; if you want your plane ticket to get you to your destination, you've got to get through security first.
So as you ready your business for success, consider carrying these small, yet powerful forms of ID:
JingleI've had clients tell me that jingles are cheesy, hokey and even unnecessary. If that is true, why would multi-billion dollar companies use them to market their products and brands? The answer is simple – jingles work. In fact, studies have shown that jingles are a prime way to quickly command attention. Studies have also shown that they are ten times more effective than spoken-word alone. Also, it has been demonstrated that jingles curtail channel surfing – a huge plus, seeing that many marketers are now at the mercy of a DVR skip-button, thanks to technology.
TaglineJust like jingles, some business owners balk at the prospect of having a slogan or tagline – they shouldn't. Taglines are neat little phrases that can encapsulate your brand and image. If clever enough, they can become the very thing that consumers latch on to quickly ID your company. For example, what marketer uses the slogan, "I'm Lovin' It"? Think about this phrasing for a moment; it's only three words, it promotes the marketer's agenda and it's memorable. I purposefully omitted the name of this institution in order to prove that taglines work. You know who the company is, right? So don't discount the impact of this form of identification.
LogoStudies have shown that we are exposed to several thousand marketing messages every single day. If yours is one of them, how do you establish separation? Start with your visuals –specifically, your logo. Take time to observe the most recognizable logos out there; they are incredibly simple, easy to make out from a distance and usually comprised of no more than four colors (for the designers out there, no feathering or gradients). Apply lessons learned from some of these basics and you'll be happy to show your ID.
Walter Dailey is an experienced marketing professional. He is the lead consultant and executive producer at Dailey Sound Vector, a creative services organization that specializes in developing jingles, radio ads and automotive advertisingfor small businesses throughout North America. Ask Walter your questions at firstname.lastname@example.com


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Back in the day, most people were not familiar on how computer were built and for the most part if you wanted to own a computer it would be already pre-built from companies like IBM, Apple or Compaq. This would not leave you with much of a choice when it came to computer parts or even software. Now days, everyone with some basic knowledge or access to internet can start to build and customize just about every part of their PC.
In this article we will talk about on how simple it is to install or upgrade your existing desktop PC with faster Processor (CPU). If you are interested in purchasing parts for your computer; Amazon offers really good deals from multiple sources. Before you purchase any parts be sure the check for compatibility with your computer system.
This content is created with support of youtube.com/cobuman channel.
In order replace or upgrade your CPU we need to have access inside your Desktop Computer. Once your remove the side cover you should have clear access to Fan/Heatsink as pictured below. Then, follow the pictured instructions or watch the video at the bottom.
The new heatsink should have thermal paste applied before hand; if not, be sure to apply a small amount to your CPU.
After you reconnect the Fan and you should be good to go. Good luck and don't forget to share this article with friends. For IT assistance and video guides visit youtube.com/cobuman.


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Oculus Rift will undoubtedly be one of the hottest hardware items money will be able to buy this year but do you have what it takes to use this device on your PC? The system requirements are not that low – you need Windows 7 SP1 x64, an Intel Core i5-4590 processor or faster, a GeForce GTX 970/Radeon R9 290 graphics card or better, 8 GB of DDR3 memory or more and a HDMI 1.3 port as well as a few USB 3.0/2.0 ports to make the device function properly. Well, obviously many computers will be in need of an upgrade if they want to run Oculus Rift.
Alienware must have felt the same way with its X51 gaming computer and that is why the US company, now owned by Dell, has designed an updated version called X51 R3. The new computer comes with a quad-core Intel Core i5-6400 processor, GeForce GTX 970 graphics, 8 GB of DDR4-2133 memory, a 1 TB 7200 rpm hard drive, 802.11ac Wi-Fi, several SATA 3.0 ports, M.2, USB 3.0 and USB 3.1 and Alienware Graphics Amplifier Port.
The new X51 will sell for USD 1199 but Alienware has a special deal – if you buy an X51/Oculus Rift combo, the whole package will cost you USD 1599, which is nice considering that Oculus Rift will likely debut at USD 599 or even more.
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Chronic pain frequently is associated with suicide ideation, according to behavioral psychologist Martin D. Cheatle, PhD, Clinical Associate Professor of Psychology in Psychiatry at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia.
Possible mediators of the relationship between pain and suicide risk include insomnia, depression, family history of suicide, substance use disorder, poor stress-coping abilities, and catastrophizing.
Clinics should have action plans for interventions for patients identified as being actively suicidal or at high-risk for suicide, said Dr. Cheatle, Director of Behavioral Medicine at the Penn Pain Medicine Center in Philadelphia.
During his presentation titled "Living On the Edge: Pain, Suicide, and Depression," Dr. Cheatle cited various studies linking chronic pain with suicide ideation. In a study of 113 chronic pain patients published in Pain Practice in 2012, researchers found that perceived burdensomeness was the sole predictor of suicidal ideation. Researchers who studied 51 patients with non-cancer chronic pain found that 24% of them reported suicidal ideation and endorsed higher levels of sleep-onset insomnia, pain intensity, medication usage, pain-related interference, and depressive symptoms, according to a paper published in 2004 in the Clinical Journal of Pain. A study of 1512 chronic pain patients found that 32% of subjects reported some form of suicidal ideation, with results showing that two predictors of the presence and severity of suicidal ideation were the magnitude of depressive symptoms and the degree of pain-related catastrophizing, researchers reported in 2006 in Pain.
"I think people get into the cycle of developing pain, having a mood disorder, developing a sleep disorder, and it just feeds on itself," Dr. Cheatle said, adding that all three problems must be tackled aggressively at the same time to control patients' chronic pain.
Behaviors suggestive of an increased risk of suicide include giving away personal property, lack of future goals, making a will, and experiencing recent loss, he said. The lack of future goals is a particularly telling sign, Dr. Cheatle said. He noted that urine drug screens also have a role in risk assessment. If a patient has been prescribed opioids or benzodiazepines, but the drugs do not show up in urine drug tests, the patient may be hoarding the medications. They may be hoarding because they do not trust that their physician will prescribe more pain medication or they be saving up the drugs to kill themselves when their circumstances get worse.
Dr. Cheatle noted that a biopsychosocial approach to pain has been shown to improve treatment outcomes significantly. This approach has five main components: cognitive behavioral therapy (CBT), exercise, nutrition (eg, weight control), evidence-based rational pharmacotherapy, and social support. The objective of CBT is to guide patients in recognizing and reconceptualizing their personal view of pain, identifying their role in the healing process, and getting the patient to be proactive. CBT has been found to be effective in treating the chronic pain associated with a number of disorders, including arthritis, lupus, and low back pain.


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$ 220,000
Kittiwake is a 2004 Custom 41' TLD New Zealand Power Cat 41 listed for sale with United Yacht Broker Michael Swirski. Michael can be reached at 1-360-808-0505 to answer any questions you may have on this boat. United Yacht Sales is a professional yacht brokerage firm that has experience listing and selling all types of Custom Yachts and similar boats. With over 250 yacht brokers worldwide, we have the largest network of boat buyers and sellers in the industry.
"KITTIWAKE" is a professionally maintained custom power catamaran built in New Zealand using Kevlar composite technology. MANY recent upgrades added to this custom Power Cat include a new Genset, New Heater, New Fridge, New Aft Decking w/Custom Davit Lift as well as a new Zodiac dinghy and Yamaha outboard. There are a total of 10 compartments in the vessel, several of them rated as watertight, and the forward compartment in each hull is rated as a collision bulkhead designed to withstand impact without compromising the vessel.
Powered by twin Yanmar turbo diesels joined to a pair of Arneson drives, she runs economically at 14-16kts with a top speed of 26kts.
Comfortable accommodations for 2 couples and unsurpassed visibility, excellent machinery and electronics she would make a great family yacht as well as a fishing or diving charter vessel.
Replacement value on this vessel is well over $850k. Don't miss this opportunity!
"Kittiwake" has comfortable staterooms forward in each hull with queen size beds and excellent storage capacity. Aft and amidships, the galley is in the port hull, and the electrical panels and related wiring in the starboard hull. Further aft in each hull is a head compartment with marine toilet. A spacious leather seating and dining area is located on the centerline between the hulls with full outdoor viewing. A winding staircase on the starboard side leads up to the flying bridge and main helm station with large tinted windows for good visibility. A refrigerator drawer is located on the flybridge for keeping drinks cool. The flybridge helm has all the navigation instrumentation and engine controls. Aft of the flybridge is an outdoor "sky lounge" area. All the way aft is the cockpit with lower helm, and fishing stations with bait box and storage. The engines are accessed through deck hatches in the cockpit.
Engine hours are as of the date of the original listing and are a representation of what the listing broker is told by the owner and/or actual reading of the engine hour meters. The broker cannot guarantee the true hours. It is the responsibility of the purchaser and/or his agent to verify engine hours, warranties implied or otherwise and major overhauls as well as all other representations noted on the listing brochure.
The company offers the details of this vessel in good faith but cannot guarantee or warrant the accuracy of this information nor warrant the condition of the vessel. A buyer should instruct his agents, or his surveyors, to investigate such details as the buyer desires validated. This vessel is offered subject to prior sale, price change or withdrawal without notice.
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Long Beach, California, United States
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65' Custom La Conner Sky Lounge 1989
San Pedro, California, United States
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65' Custom Western Craft Motoryacht 1959
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about us.
We are open 6 days a week Tues. to Thurs 11-4:00PM and Friday to Sunday, 12-5PM
Store Address:130- 12051 Second Avenue,Richmond, BC (this area of Richmond is also known as Steveston)
Store Phone: 604-275-1239, 1-877-966-5945 (toll free long distance)
Parking: Customers can park in the parking lot behind the store, which is accessed by an alley that is entered from Steveston Coffee on the south end or from behind Ichiro's Restaurant the North end. There is a back door to the store just to the left of the open space.
The store is located in Steveston, a nostalgic refuge and historic fishing village in the southwest corner of Richmond, twenty minutes from the Vancouver airport, on the Gulf of Georgia. Take No.1 Road south of Steveston Highway, turn right at Chatham and then left on Second Avenue. We are halfway down the block on the right hand side. Look for the painted scene window. Park behind building if no space available.Leave yourself time to visit the fresh fish dock, the local park and playground, and shop the unique gift, book, toy and fashion stores, or tour the Gulf of Georgia Cannery. Try great eats at one of our 96 wonderful food venues, and wear off the calories with a stroll around Garry Point Park to watch the sunset, the kite flyers and the boats along the Fraser River.
Wool & Wicker is owned and managed by Diane DeBray, a knitter and crocheter of 60 years of experience. Diane is the originator of the West Coast Knitter's Guild, and has 38 years experience in the retail yarn business. Featured items at Wool & Wicker include the following:
- all Addi products in every size and type
- great variety of yarns in every weight for knitting and crochet, including all existing Hikoo, Schoppel, Zitron trekking from skacelknitting.com.
- Canadian hand dyed Colour Adventures (formerly Elena Nodel, Anadiomena on Ravelry, now from A Twist of Yarn in Vernon) dia sock.
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not a clue what this is but it sure looks awesome!ReplyDelete
Never heard about this recipe.. But looks delicious..Thanx for sharing such a recipe..ReplyDelete
Sounds very good n yummy! I think I will lovely crispy texture of this sweet!ReplyDelete
Have come across string hoppers but this is entirely new to me... The preparation look crunchy and tasty..ReplyDelete
Very new recipe to me...looks delicious...ReplyDelete
This sounds really good! The rose essence must give a great taste.ReplyDelete
this is very new to me, very interesting one, looks so delicious and great..ReplyDelete
This dish is Very new to me.. Yummy.ReplyDelete
never heard of it.. but it looks awesome!ReplyDelete
nice idea.....yummy recipeReplyDelete
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Never heard about string hoppers. I Google string hoppers just to see what it was all about. Interesting.ReplyDelete
A really interesting and fascinating sweet recipe.ReplyDelete
very different n unique recipeReplyDelete
Nice idea to turn hoppers into sweets.A very innovative one.Slurp !ReplyDelete
Wow looks so deliciousReplyDelete
Never came across this sweet, looks very yummy. Next time when I make string hoppers I'll remember to make this.ReplyDelete
Akheela, that's my favorite. I always wanted to try making it myself but those sold at side store are so cheap, so forget about making it at home.ReplyDelete
Yours looks good, I'll shall try it out one of this day.
- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2011 at 2:10 AM
wow never heard of this before.. though being a south indian we have string hoppers very often. Love this additional few steps to make a totally new dish! Looks FAB!ReplyDelete
Its completely new to me...looks cute and lovely...ReplyDelete
WOW.. thats a very new and a very nice interesting dish.. thanks for sharing..ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousSeptember 21, 2011 at 2:52 AM
Never heard of this. Thanks for sharing!ReplyDelete
Very interesting recipe..ReplyDelete
That's a nice idea and looks deliciousReplyDelete
Omg, wat a fantastic sweets, thanks for sharing..ReplyDelete
never heard of string hoppers used this way...innovative sweetReplyDelete
This is so new to me. Never knew idiyappam could be served like this. thanks for sharing.ReplyDelete
Looks delicious. It looks like Eastern desserts. Love itReplyDelete
I have never heard of string hoppers before but this looks really wonderful! I would love to try it!ReplyDelete
Interesting recipe!!!ReplyDelete
How unique n delightful sweet dish ~ love the idea!ReplyDelete
very nice way of making this into a sweet.ReplyDelete
Delicious! we kind of have this (softened in a steamer) with curry sometimes for breakfast. it's a treat :) take care.ReplyDelete
dish is new to me but it looks really sumptuous!ReplyDelete
Very innovative recipe with string hoppers. Never thought of making this variation!!ReplyDelete
I am a fan of everything crispy & sweet! This looks interesting and so appealing to me!ReplyDelete
This is new to me! Looks delicious :)ReplyDelete
What an interesting idea to serve string hoppers!!!ReplyDelete
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Waoo..yummy look !! i haven't tried yet, i must try this recipe now! thanks for sharing dearest !!!ReplyDelete
I have never heard of string hoppers!! Very interesting.ReplyDelete
A diferent recipe..never eaten string hoppers made this way.ReplyDelete
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I have never seen this before but it sure does look interesting!!ReplyDelete
This looks delicious..ReplyDelete
String hopper, string hopper…they make me giggle =)ReplyDelete
You've made your own? Can you buy them as well? I've been deep frying noodles before but never made anything sweet from it….now that I think of it….why not? It looks great!
I've never even heard of string hoppers, but this sure looks like a fabulous treat!!!ReplyDelete
Omg, very innovative recipe ....wat a fabulous sweet...ReplyDelete
String Hoppers - never heard of them before... At the first look, it resembles Idiyappam... but then, as you say it is noodles.. Good to know :)ReplyDelete
Lovely and colourful sweet... I'll check in Srilankan stores for readymade string hoppers :)
This is completely new to me and I don't have a mould I don't think. The picture reminds me of ramen noodles, so I suppose you take noodles and form them that way. It does look nice I must say.ReplyDelete
That's an interesting dessert and it looks very yummy.ReplyDelete
Sounds so tempting.Is it possible to use instant dry idiyappam and skip a few steps and fry it without cooking and drying it and do the remaining steps.ReplyDelete
Oh, my! Fascinating! And pretty. : )ReplyDelete
Wow, this is so interesting to me. First time seeing this noodle treat. :)ReplyDelete
This is such a new sweet for me...very interesting.ReplyDelete
New to me but they look so delicious!ReplyDelete
Very new to me, never heard or seen, but very interesting,looks yumm..I've shared few well-deserved awards with you..pl. collectReplyDelete
Lovely colorful and creative outcome of string hoppers.ReplyDelete
very interesting n new recipe..love ur presentation akheela..:)ReplyDelete
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Akheela, we call putu mayam over here. Usually it serve with brown sugar and fresh grated coconut. If at Indian Restaurant we eat with curry gravy.ReplyDelete
But the fried type they don't serve here.
These look so yummy! Very interesting, I have never heard of string hoppers.ReplyDelete
Sounds interesting..lovely sweetReplyDelete
Hey there! looks lovely :) was out of touch since a few days, missed your blog! so many delish dishes you've posted... will take a look at all of em now :)ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 22, 2011 at 10:14 PM
These are really awesome wow! They're beautiful and look delish too! Thanks for sharing =]ReplyDelete
These are very new to me...they look very deliciousReplyDelete
It is really awesome. I need to try when I prepare Idiyappam next time.ReplyDelete
Woow...vado pazza per questi stuzzichini...complimenti,molto buoni!!!;-)ReplyDelete
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what an interesting treat =)ReplyDelete
I never have this Akheela.. sound really nice. thx for sharing this valuable recipeReplyDelete
hi akheela, just like the others, I have never seen or heard of this recipe or the ingredient string hopper..you do give us a unique post here. Looks yummy from your photosReplyDelete
that looks so crisp and delicious!!!ReplyDelete
look tempting!!ReplyDelete
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This reminds me of Japanese noodle snack (almost like instant noodle) but this one is cute with pink and white color! This is crunchy and delicious looking!ReplyDelete
wow these look just delicious!ReplyDelete
I haven't tasted this type of string hoppers before, only had those fresh ones with grated coconut and brown sugar. Yours look good!ReplyDelete
Very innovative ... Quite crunchy toooReplyDelete
new n tempting n colourful dessert..ReplyDelete
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An Indonesian man who overstayed his visa is the latest to seek sanctuary in a New Jersey church after Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) police allegedly tried to pick him up from his home, according to the church's co-pastor.
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"At that point, I said, 'Harry, get in the car right now,'" Kaper-Dale said. "He came running out of the house, got in the car. We drove five blocks down to the church."
Pangemanan joins two other Indonesian men — Arthur Jemmy and Yohannes Tasik — who have been holed up at the The Reformed Church of Highland Park, around 35 miles southwest of New York City.
Jemmy has been there for 110 days and Tasik for a little over two weeks, Kaper-Dale said on Sunday. ICE has not gone into the church, he said.
New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy, a Democrat, said at a news conference Friday that the men are Christians from Indonesia who came to escape religious persecution, according to NBC New York.
"So they didn't necessarily come here for economic opportunity," he said. "They're coming basically because they're being marginalized and persecuted."
The men arrived in the United States on tourist visas, which they overstayed, according to Kaper-Dale. None of the Indonesians are criminals, he said.
Kaper-Dale said that the same day Pangemanan fled to the church, two other Indonesian men — Roby Sangr and Gunawan Liem — were also picked up by ICE.
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Kaper-Dale said Indonesians like Pangemanan began arriving to the U.S. in the mid-to-late '90s to escape the collapse of the Suharto regime, which experienced cronyism and corruption. A large group ended up settling in central New Jersey.
"They looked for churches that had historic connections to how they worshipped in Indonesia," Kaper-Dale said.
Pangemanan was detained in 2009 for 68 days, according to Kaper-Dale, after which immigration officials tried to deport him. The co-pastor said he talked his way onto Pangemanan's plane to pray with him. His deportation was later stayed.
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Kaper-Dale also said the homes of Jemmy and Pangemanan had been burglarized a day after Murphy met with the men in sanctuary.
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The Reformed Church of Highland Park first provided immigrant sanctuary in 2012, Kaper-Dale said, offering refuge to nine people for 11 months.
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Last year California-based berry multinational Driscoll's asserted it would stand behind supplier Sakuma Farms, amid boycott calls relating to the Washington State operation and farms in Baja California, Mexico. In the case of Sakuma the boycott campaign continues on a small scale, but as we found from a discussion with Driscoll's Americas executive vice president Soren Bjorn last week, the issue is far from 'black and white'. In this exclusive interview, he gave an in-depth look at the group's ongoing response to the controversy.
Before we discuss labor relations, how has the season been going so far?
There is a bit of volatility and most berries are pretty short in supply really across the board. The Chilean blueberry season was really late and looks a little short, for the strawberry season there's not much because of the rain and it's been relatively cool. Florida started really hot and then it rainy, and we just had a freeze in Mexico last week that took a good chunk out of the crop as well. It's all El Niño-related.
Thanks for the update. Now, Driscoll's has also been in the news with the announcement of the Costa Group JV in China today (Jan. 28). Are you able to comment on that?
This has more to do with my old job. Of course, we've had our JV with Costa in Australia for some time and it's been hugely successful. As Costa went public in Australia last year we were in discussions with them about really expanding our relationship beyond Australia, and we had other things going on already – we license the Costa blueberry genetics for example in the Americas - it's in Chile, Peru, Mexico, the U.S.
What's been announced today is an expansion of that, and that's just a natural evolution; our joint venture has been very successful, mostly in Australia, but our utilization of their genetics has really helped expand our blueberry program in America.
Last year, of all the Driscoll's blueberry supply less than one fifth was from proprietary genetics, but within the next five years two thirds of blueberry supply is going to come from proprietary genetics, and the Costa program has been a key part of that.
That sounds interesting. So what we set up this interview to talk about was the fact that in recent months news articles have reemerged about protests at Sakuma Farms. Could you please clarify what is happening?
To take a step back, the way we ended up approaching this is we had quite a few people from outside the company looking in and criticizing what we were or what we were not doing.
The first reaction is always defensive, but we reflected on the question of 'what are we doing?' And what are we not doing? What should we be doing differently? We've been quite clear with ourselves – there was an opportunity for us to take greater accountability for what happens in our grower fields; we have always taken a lot of accountability in quality and food safety in our grower fields because we felt we had to do that, but we had taken a lot less accountability for what was happening on the labor side for our growers.
Our growers are independent, they run their own businesses. We've always had contracts with our growers spelling out the requirements, including lots of requirements about how the workers are treated and paid, but there was not a very active engagement with our growers. So how could things be different? How could things be better? More than just saying 'we're complying', how do we continuously improve?
So what was the next step after that reflection?
So we ended up taking this criticism about Sakuma and in Baja as an opportunity to look at what we could do differently. And the first thing we did was we got together a very comprehensive set of worker welfare standards that were influenced by standards that already existed around the world, and had input from sources like the International Labor Organization (ILO) standards adopted by the United Nations, and other areas.
We went out and looked at standards that were in place in other industries. These issues around how workers are treated of course have been hot button issues in the apparel industry if you go back to the early 90s, in electronics with countries like Foxconn in China, the seafood industry in Southeast Asia, and it sort of finally showed up in the agricultural industry after quite a long time.
We got them out to all our growers, so that's a good starting point. Then what we had to do was an educational process with our growers, because unlike issues of food safety and quality, these are not black and white issues. It's not like 'I took the water sample or I didn't'. You get into very complex social issues.
What we've found is that when you get into any individual farm or operation there were lots of opportunities to improve things. Not that things were illegal but it's just that what we find is the number one issue that exists is a very poor dialogue between the farmworker community and the farmers, and there's not a very good mechanism on a lot of farms to make sure there's good dialogue back and forth.
Sometimes this is complicated where there are significant language barriers, so take Sakuma for example – their workforce, a lot of them are Spanish speaking but some of them speak neither Spanish nor English and are indigenous people from somewhere in Mexico.
How do you go about having a good dialogue in that scenario?
In general, what we've found is the biggest opportunity is to create the opportunity for a dialogue to take place. We had committees of workers, whether it's safety and health issues, community issues or pay clarity – a lot of the time the pay issues has poor transparency; not that people don't pay the legal amount, but there's no transparency on the pay stub.
A lot of the time there's very little transparency on that, so professional HR has yet to really show up on a lot of farms. What we're trying to do is be a facilitator on that today, and make it clear to our growers that we have expectation.
We have our own audit staff, Driscoll's employees, who can show up at any point in time, and we have a third party Elevate which is the auditor, and the expectation is that everybody has to pass an Elevate audit and at any time we can do our own audit and point out things that need to be changed.
And where are you doing these internal audits?
That's something we're rolling out everywhere. The emphasis is in the higher risk areas – we see somewhat lower risk in California; it's not that we don't have audits in California, but it's much more spot checking, or someone who hasn't been with us for a long time, whereas in Mexico it's more of a blanket approach. Every grower has to go through it – there won't be any exceptions.
Sakuma for example has been through three Elevate audits in the last three seasons. They've passed, they've actually done really well, but they did a lot better last year than the year before. There has been a lot of progress made, and a lot of it is about improving dialogue with workers.
At the end of 2015 when the season ended, they interviewed every single worker who worked on the farm to ask, 'what was your experience? What did you like? What didn't you like? How were the pay and living conditions?' The last question was, 'do you want to come back next year?' While not all the surveys were positive throughout, 100% of the workers said, 'we would like to be back next year'. That I'm sure would not have happened two years prior.
Our job in all this is to approach this as a continuous improvement, whether it's with the growers trying to highlight where they have opportunities to improve, so long as they are not areas in the zero tolerance.
What would you say are some of the more complicated issues you're finding on farms?
Child labor is probably the trickiest one today but we have zero tolerance that it's 15 years or older. In the state of Washington you can go down to 13, so the state law is actually weaker than the Driscoll's standard, but we are actually holding everybody to the Driscoll's standards.
Other than zero tolerance issues that require immediate correction or immediate termination, all the other areas are areas where there are almost always opportunities to improve, and we will sit down with them and say, what help do you need from us to get to where you want to be.
In Mexico, and this became a big topic in Baja, for the payments of social security - which is clearly a legal requirement - we found that there was not compliance with that across the board. A a lot of growers paid and pay, but many don't, and as we dug into it we said, 'you've got to pay. This is the law, you've got to adhere to the law'.
But our overriding principle was, it's about making things better for the farm worker, so they get treated with dignity and respect and have fair conditions to live in. We go into these small Mexican towns where we operate – not all but some – and what happens is that if you put the farmworker in the social security system by making the social security payment, the farmworker can then only get his or her services from the social security service in Mexico.
But sometimes where they actually get their service from today is really from what we call Medicaid in the U.S.; it's called Seguro Popular in Mexico.
These are benefits for the poorest people in the country – in some of these towns there will be a clinic and a doctor for Seguro Popular, but there will be no doctor and no clinic for the social security office. So we would be forcing farm workers to pay on their behalf, and then the farm worker says, 'well I don't want you to do that because now I have to go to another town to see a doctor. In this town I can't see a doctor because there are no services in social security'.
So then the question becomes, are we better off saying we have to make everybody pay, and the farmworker has to get on a bus, go to another town to see the doctor? Or should we speak to the government and say, 'hey, if we get all our growers to work, will you put in a clinic?' That's a longer process.
That's where it gets tricky. It's very easy for us to say, we draw the line and this is the way it is, but when the social structure is not there to support it and the net income for the farm worker may actually be that they are worse off, we don't want that.
How do you find the balance then, between having the best possible situation for the workers and complying with the law?
I think what we're now having to do is make more difficult choices than we've had in the past. When we evaluate the communities and we just can't get there, we have to make a choice that we really can't participate there.
In some instances we're telling the grower, you've got to pay, you've got to be in compliance, and we will figure out how we can get the farmworkers services. Maybe we can help get them to the doctor, or we help bring mobile clinics to the farms.
In Baja, our largest grower BerryMex has their own clinic, so we may have to do that instead, and there has to be a solution. The hard part with this is it now becomes customizable – it's a lot easier just to write up a set of standards and say 'here's the way it is'.
This also sounds tricky because you could end up with a double payment - first to social security to support facilities in a separate town, and also for a local clinic.
That's what's happening in Baja today. In the case of BerryMex in Baja they are paying 100% of the social security payments and they have a clinic on site.
Are there challenges like this in other countries where Driscoll's sources berries?
You go to China and you have migrant farm workers – this has been well publicized, it's a big problem in electronics - who have all their social services attached to the town where they are born or registered as a resident. So what happens is that you're living in a different town as a factory worker, or in our case a farm worker, and you can't get any services in that town because your social services are back where you are from. That's in China which in some ways is a lot richer than Mexico.
In Morocco we have a quarter to a third of the workforce that doesn't even have a social security number, so you get them to the clinic and they don't exist in the system. So the first job is to get these people registered in the system – this is where these issues become much more complex for a company like ours or anybody else participating. If you can't get the government to come along, some of these issues are almost impossible to solve, and some of the underlying issues that we face in Baja and also Sakuma, very much has to do with government.
And what is the main government-related issue with Sakuma?
Really the big outstanding issue with Sakuma is not about conditions or how the workers are being treated; it's the fact there's a group of people who wants to organize the people at Sakuma into a labor union, but the State of Washington does not recognize agricultural labor unions so there is no legal framework in the state of Washington for farm labor unions.
So you can call for a boycott of Driscoll's or one of our growers, but we don't even know what to do, because the state of Washington doesn't recognize agricultural labor unions. The only state in the United States that does is California – that's the legacy of Cesar Chavez.
Our frustration with Sakuma is that in all the things that clearly have to be done on the ground – how people live, their conditions, how they get treated, communications, training, etcetera, we feel those things have been fully addressed.
The formation of an agricultural labor union should be the workers' choice; Driscoll's cannot enforce a union on the workers at Sakuma, especially not when there is no legal framework to do it. We would be fully supportive if the State of Washington adopted laws and policies similar to that of California. That would be a very clear process, but right now there's no process.
You've spoken about dialogue as a key issue around the world to deal with mediation between growers and their workers. How possible is it to sit down and have dialogue with people calling for boycotts?
We have met with all the parties involved in the Sakuma protests. We have consistently invited other parties that may have joined the cause or written about the cause for a meeting, and have met with a lot of them; I think in a lot of instances that has certainly helped, particularly with people who might have been a bit more on the outside looking in.
In Baja there were labor rights people, people studying migration patterns, invited down to Baja and the doors were open for them. They could look at anything they wanted to look at, they could ask whatever questions they want, and I would say their opinion completely changed. It's wasn't that they didn't offer any criticisms or room for improvement, but I would say what they said was within reason, we'd bring that into our standards, bring that back to our growers, and ask, 'can we change this?'
And we have made a lot of changes. For example, all the pay stubs have been changed – they're now really long pay stubs, but now the worker can see all the details of what's in that pay.
It improves transparency between the employer and the employee - that has definitely been an outcome. There's a lot more training on the ground. You see the employer encouraging the workers to form committees to discuss whatever the issue may be.
It's good to hear you've made progress. You mentioned audits and dialogue as mechanisms for ensuring worker welfare, but what other initiatives have you got in the works?
We think the big opportunity now is we need to have an independent third party that can also deal with issues that are maybe more sensitive. What we are finding is there are significant issues a lot of the time within the farm worker community itself – you might have people who are discriminated against by others, or people who somehow control who gets what work; you might have people that are somehow entitling themselves to part of other people's paychecks, saying 'I'm a crew boss and if you come work with my crew, pay me 5% of my paycheck.'
There are things like that going on that doesn't really surface directly between the employee and the employer, out of fear or whatever reason.
We're doing a pilot in Baja right now, it's launch next week [this week] with Fair Trade USA, and as part of that pilot we are putting in a third party hotline where the farm workers can call or email with any kind of concern that they have, and they know that will be followed up on and investigated, that it'll be reported to the employer and there can be a resolution to the issue.
This is a model that we've seen can work in other places, but that's the piece we are missing right now. It goes to somebody neutral in a matter that's much more sensitive than what would normally come up in the employer-employee relationship. This is about giving the farm workers a greater voice about everything that happens in their lives.
We have to think, do we scale this up everywhere? Then again, that's tremendous complexity – Driscoll's berries are produced in 22 countries today, so how do you get a hotline and scale that in 22 countries?
Our vision for this is that we want to make sure that any farm worker that's somehow associated with harvesting or growing Driscoll's berries, has the opportunity to be heard, and in the end we can look at that whole supply chain and say the people are to be treated with dignity and respect, and their working environment is safe.
Finally, where will those fair trade berries from Baja California be sold?
Whole Foods and Costco. You're going to start seeing it showing up there in the coming weeks. We expect to learn a lot from it.
Readers can click here for more information on Driscoll's welfare efforts.


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Terrance McKeever joined Tampa Bay's WLCY to do morning news in 1975. After leaving the area for a few years, he returned in 1983 and became a fixture on Q105's "Q Morning Zoo."
During his lengthy career, McKeever worked in Memphis as a newsman/sidekick for funnyman Rick Dees at WHBQ and put in a stint across town at FM-100 WMC. It was while there in the mid/late 80s that he made a short foray into television, joining fellow Memphis deejay Ron Olsen and comedian John Hemphill to co-host WMC-TV's Saturday night midnight movie, "Western Movie Classics." The show featured old western films with comedy skits dropped in during the commercial breaks. But it didn't catch on and was soon cancelled.
Other radio stops included WSGN in Birmingham, Jacksonville's WAPE (where he did morning news for The Greaseman), LA's KHJ (morning news), Atlanta's Star 94 and KOUL/Corpus Christi, Texas co-hosting the morning show with Doc Weldon.
McKeever passed away April 12, 2013 in Fredericksburg, VA after a lengthy illness.
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Goldsmiths Apprentice Program
October 3 - December 21, 2023
February 13 - May 9, 2024
During this comprehensive 12 week program, equip yourself with the skills needed to enhance your jewelry techniques or if you are a beginner, start your journey in the jewelry trade.
This program, with a focus on fine jewelry fabrication, is designed to train the student as an apprentice, as it was throughout history when apprentices were taught the age-old practice of repetition to develop and master a skill while working under a master craftsperson.
GAP (Goldsmiths Apprentice Program) has a beginners program, GAP1, and an intermediate program, GAP2, which continues training the apprentice in the skills needed to work in the trade.
Scholarships and payment plans available.
For more information and to apply, contact email@example.com
Intro to Chasing: Art of the Chisel
October 28-30
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$525 per session
Events coming up in Old Town Auburn...
Sept 21 5pm-9pm
Auburn Wine, Ale and Food Festival
Oct 7 and 8
Ghost Tour
October 21 and 28
Placer Artists Studio Tour (MAA is on the tour!)
November 10, 11, 12 and 17, 18, 19
Old Town Christmas
December 16 5pm-9pm
Larry Van Craeynest Goldsmiths Apprentice Scholarship Continues....
The above photo was taken in 1982 or 83 at Van Craeynest, Inc. in San Francisco. This is where I apprenticed for 6 years under Larry Van Craeynest. Larry passed away on January 15th. He was my teacher, my mentor and my friend. When I began my apprenticeship at Van Craeynest, Inc., I was 18 years old. I studied under Larry and so many other talented craftsmen at that factory. My days started an hour before everyone arrived when I would prep the shop for the day, it was my job to warm up the die ball for the die cutter, and my days ended an hour after everyone left. I would mop and sweep and make sure the shop was just so for everyone for the next day. I would spend the first few weeks of my apprenticeship just watching. As per Larrys instruction, I would sit next to each craftsman and study….then I would practice what I had witnessed. When I had become proficient, Larry would have me move on to the next skill, all the while practicing. Repeating the skills until they were in my body and my brain. This went on for years and years. Larry and all of the talented craftsmen that I learned under shaped who I am as an artist. It is an immense loss to the craft of handmade jewelry to lose Larry who was such a dedicated teacher and skilled craftsman, not only in jewelry fabrication but in woodworking and tool and die making.
The craft of handmade jewelry is such a gift. I am thankful for the training that I received as an apprentice. In the photo above, I am on the far left, Larry is the one looking to the side, and each one of us are there because of him. We were all there to do our part in the process of jewelry fabrication. It was a golden age.
We have created a scholarship in Larrys name. Here at MAA we offer a scholarship to study as an apprentice, just as I did with Larry. The Goldsmiths Apprentice Program is our way of keeping the traditions and skills alive and in the hands of jewelers. To apply for the Goldsmiths Apprentice Program, or to donate to the scholarship, please see our Classes page.
I miss Larry dearly but in his honor, I continue to reach to the past and teach for the future.
Michael R Kosinski
How long does it take to master your craft? 60,000 Hours. Below, find a fascinating documentary on the Japanese Takumi, the master craftsmen and women who have devoted 60,000 hours + to their craft.
How do you add value to your everyday life? Do you create? Do you harvest? Do you render? Do you build? Share your handmade story, let us all create a dialogue for a handmade future.
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AUD/USD Forecast: Rate to Watch Ahead of Australia Employment Report
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Australian Dollar Talking Points
AUD/USD consolidates following the limited reaction to the US Non-Farm Payrolls (NFP) report, but the exchange rate may stay afloat ahead of the update to Australia's Employment report as the crowding behavior in the US Dollar carries into August.
AUD/USD Forecast: Rate to Watch Ahead of Australia Employment Report
AUD/USD trades near the 2020 high (0.7243) even though the Relative Strength Index (RSI) snaps the upward trend established in July, and it remains to be seen if Australia's Employment will influence the exchange rate as the economy is projected to add 40K jobs in July.
At the same time, the jobless rate is expected to increase to 7.8% from 7.4% in June as discouraged workers return to the labor force, and the participation rate may continue to recover from the lowest reading since 1997 as Treasurer Josh Frydenberg extends fiscal stimulus programs like the Jobkeeper Payment for six-months.
However, the previous update showed part-time jobs driving the headline figure as full-time positions fell for the fourth consecutive month, and the update may do little to sway the monetary policy outlook as the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) vows to "not increase the cash rate target until progress is being made towards full employment."
It seems as though the RBA is no rush to shift gears as the Statement on Monetary Policy (SMP) reveals that "the yield target will remain in place until progress is being made towards the goals for full employment and inflation," and Governor Philip Lowe and Co. may stick to the sidelines throughout the remainder of the year as "there was no need to adjust the mid-March package."
In turn, the RBA may merely buy time at the next interest rate decision on September 1 as "the Board continues to view negative interest rates as being extraordinarily unlikely in Australia," and the limited scope for additional monetary stimulus may provide a backstop for AUD/USD as the Federal Reserve pledges to "increase our holdings of Treasury and agency mortgage-backed securities at least at the current pace."
Until then, current market conditions may keep AUD/USD afloat as the crowding behavior in the US Dollar carries into August even though the DXY Index trades to fresh multi-year lows for the second consecutive week.
The IG Client Sentiment report shows retail traders have been net-short AUD/USD since April, with the latest update showing 42.00% of traders net-long the pair as the ratio of traders short to long stands at 1.38 to 1.The number of traders net-long is 7.16% higher than yesterday and 5.71% higher from last week, while the number of traders net-short is 8.32% higher than yesterday and 2.78% higher from last week.
The rise in open interest suggests the crowding behavior in the US Dollar will persist even as AUD/USD trades near the 2020 high (0.7243), but the Relative Strength Index (RSI) appears to be deviating with price as the oscillator snaps the upward trend established in July after failing to push into overbought territory.
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AUD/USD Rate Daily Chart
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- Keep in mind, the advance from the yearly low (0.5506) gathered pace as AUD/USD broke out of the April range, with the exchange rate clearing the January high (0.7016) in June as the Relative Strength Index (RSI) pushed into overbought territory.
- AUD/USD managed to clear the June high (0.7064) during the previous month even though the RSI failed to retain the upward trend from earlier this year, with the oscillator pushing into overbought territory for the fourth time in late-July.
- The RSI established a bullish trend in July as AUD/USD traded to fresh yearly highs, but the indicator now appears to be deviating with price as it snaps trendline support after failing to push into overbought territory.
- Nevertheless, the break/close above the 0.7180 (61.8% retracement) region has brought the 2019 high (0.7295) on the radar as AUD/USD rebounds from the Fibonacci overlap around 0.7090 (78.6% retracement) to 0.7140 (23.6% retracement), with the next area of interest coming in around 0.7370 (38.2% expansion).
- Will keep a close eye on the RSI as it appears to be deviating with price, with lack of momentum to hold above the 0.7090 (78.6% retracement) to 0.7140 (23.6% retracement) region bringing the 0.6970 (23.6% expansion) to 0.6980 (23.6% expansion) area back on the radar.
--- Written by David Song, Currency Strategist
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The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra offers a number of recordings, both in CD and digital download format. Purchase select items in person at the Powell Hall Boutique (open one hour before performances and at intermission).
Canary Classics
Released August 2019
David Robertson, conductorOrli Shaham, piano
MOZART Piano Concerto No. 17, K. 453MOZART Piano Concerto No. 24, K. 491
The album's selected works stand as emblems of the extraordinary theatricality of Mozart's piano concertos as performed by Orli Shaham, conducted by David Robertson. Each highlights the spirit of dialogue between soloist and orchestra, the ever-shifting exchange of musical ideas, colors, and textures used by Mozart to create a world of limitless dramatic possibilities.
Spotify AMAZON APPLE
Released July 2019
David Robertson, conductorJazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra
Wynton MARSALIS Swing Symphony
Wynton Marsalis' Swing Symphony — a musical manifesto on American ideals and the melding of jazz and classical — captures the 15-piece Jazz at Lincoln Center Orchestra with Wynton Marsalis joining forces with the SLSO, conducted by former Music Director David Robertson, in performances of Swing Symphony in front of the sold-out crowds at Powell Hall in St. Louis on May 4-6, 2018.
Apple Music
Released April 2018
David Robertson, conductorLeila Josefowicz, violin
John ADAMS Violin Concerto
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra with former Music Director David Robertson are featured on a new recording of John Adams' Violin Concerto with violinist Leila Josefowicz, released by Nonesuch Records. It was described by the Boston Globe as having "the qualities of intelligence, craftsmanship, and quirkiness that have always marked the composer and his work; this time Adams also mingles virtuoso show with soul, popular appeal with the staying power that comes from intellectual interest."
Released February 2018
David Robertson, conductorKirill Gerstein, piano
GERSHWIN Rhapsody in Blue (original Jazz Band version)GERSHWIN Piano Concerto in F
Pianist Kirill Gerstein releases The Gershwin Moment: Rhapsody in Blue & Concerto in F recorded live with the St. Louis Symphony Orchestra and former Music Director David Robertson. Gerstein is particularly enthusiastic about the partnership with SLSO and Robertson, with whom he has a long and varied history of collaboration.
SpotifyAMazonApple Music
Released September 2016
John ADAMS Scheherazade.2
Leila Josefowicz began her recording collaboration with the SLSO with John Aadms' Scheherazade.2, an homage to the orchestral masterpiece by Rimsky-Korsakov with nearly the same name. Josefowicz received a Grammy nomination for Best Classical Instrumental Solo for her performance on the album.
Apple Music
Nonesuch Records
Released May 2014
David Robertson, conductorTimothy McAllister, saxophone
John ADAMS City NoirJohn ADMAS Saxophone Concerto
This recording garnered the SLSO's seventh Grammy® for the Best Orchestral Performance of 2014. Recorded live at Powell Hall by the SLSO under the direction of former Music Director David Robertson with saxophonist Timothy McAllister, this recording features two works by Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams.
Apple Music
Nonesuch Records
Released July 2009
David Robertson, conductor
John ADAMS Doctor Atomic SymphonyJohn ADAMS Guide to Strange Places
The premiere recordings of Pulitzer Prize-winning composer John Adams' Doctor Atomic Symphony and Guide to Strange Places, are performed live at Powell Hall by the SLSO under the direction of former Music Director David Robertson. Doctor Atomic is a suite of music from the composer's acclaimed opera of the same name.
Apple Music Amazon
Released MArch 2008
David Robertson, conductorSt. Louis Symphony Chorus | Amy Kaiser, director
John ADAMS Harmonielehre
The St. Louis Symphony Orchestra's performance of John Adams' Harmonielehre, the weekend of March 16-18, 2007, remains one of the extraordinary collaborations between former Music Director David Robertson and the SLSO. They owned it. And you can own it too, with this digital-only release of SLSO's Harmonielehre available for download.
The SLSO has a long recording history including releases on RCA Victor, Telarc and VoxBox. You can search Apple Music, Amazon or other web retailers to find these recordings. Ebay is a good resource to locate older and out-of-print recordings.
The SLSO has curated a long list of past recordings on Spotify.
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She hosts a show that brings your day at work to life. She gets it that you might be enjoying work so much, so she makes it easy on you.


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Why is microphlebectomy used?
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Alaba International Market Lagos Lockdown
Sometimes ago I report about how power tussle between two groups caused the fancies and furniture section of Alaba int'l to lock down.
Today the problem is back again with more dangerous features.
A man called Obosi and his group invades the market with some military men and whisk the chairman of the association way, this angered the cult guys that are loyal to the chairman and they started to chase people out of the market.
By the time we know what was happening one person was gun down and many Other sustain several injuries. As at the time i am filling this report all other sections ELECTRONICS, ELECTRICAL, INDUSTRIAL, F Line and TOKUNBO market all in Alaba has been forced to close down at about 4.pm. and some military men have came to maintain peace courtesy of Electronics section chairman.
I'm using this opportunity to call for the attention of IG of police to intervene on this matter because this market have a long history of power tussle and Obosi has always been at the centre of all the saga.
I was able to take only this 2 shots because the military men are retraining us from taking pictures.


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Indonesian city to citizens: stop using free WiFi for drugs, prostitution
An Indonesian city thought it was doing half a million citizens a good turn by making wireless internet free in government offices.
But red-faced officials in Solo—where President Joko Widodo was once mayor—have now cut back on access after it found some were using it to deal drugs, watch illegal pornography or engage in online prostitution.
WiFi access has been switched off from 6:00 pm through 4:00 am, in the hopes it will keep nefarious net users from tapping into the service at night.
The reduced hours are also reportedly aimed at dealing with parent complaints that kids were milling around district offices late into the evening to use the free internet.
This drop in service has been happening over several months but it was first made public this week.
"Free WiFi can be misused for online prostitution," said Taufan Redina, an official in the information and communication department for Solo, which is on Indonesia's main island Java.
"That's what we have encountered so far," he told AFP, adding that "narcotics transactions" and other questionable dealings have been spotted.
It was not clear how the local government knew what some users were doing with their free WiFi access.
Pornography is illegal in Indonesia, the world's biggest Muslim-majority country, although its filter on the internet has not managed to block all adult sites.
Prostitution is also against the law and there are stiff penalties for drugs, including the death penalty for trafficking.


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The House sponsor of a proposed sales tax increase to support transportation says he plans to take up the three-fourths-of-a-cent tax proposal passed by the Senate, and try to get it passed in the House.
If the House approves that proposal without any changes, it would go to voters in November or in a special election.
The three-fourths cent proposal would generate about $534-million annually. The House had passed a one-cent tax increase over ten years that was projected to generate about $800-million annually for various forms of transportation projects.
Representative Dave Hinson (R-St. Clair) says three-quarters of a cent should be plenty for the Transportation Department.
"Three-quarters will get a lot of major projects done that are needed to be done across the state," says Hinson. "Of course it will leave us about a billion dollars short of what we were hoping for, but you know in ten years the voters will get a chance to review what MODOT's done and see if they want to continue it on."
Hinson doesn't think the three-fourths cent tax proposal will have any trouble being passed in the House.
"I think actually we may pick up some votes," says Hinson. "We had 96 'yes' votes when we third read it in the House and we'll probably be, I would think, around 100."
Majority Floor Leader John Diehl (R-Town and Country) says the House likely won't take up the transportation tax issue again until the situation with a tax cut proposal, SB 509, has been settled. Governor Jay Nixon (D) is anticipated to veto that bill and the Republican legislative majority is expected to attempt to then override his veto.