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When you say, the fishing show, around here everybody knows youre talking about the Fred Hall Fishing Tackle and Boat Show, held yearly in Long Beach since the digging of the harbor or thereabouts. Here are a few more items of interest from the ongoing show.
Got Application?
Fishing for bass, tuna, marlin, drum, bluefish, mahi-mahi, tarpon, trout, snapper or whatever, Mustads got a hook for you. Hooks seen at the Hall show included soon-coming ringed circle and J hooks with saltwater-beefy rings.
Shown here next are offset or beaked Ultra Points. Also in the Ultra Point line: Demon Circle Fine Wire hooks, Big Gun Live Bait 5/0, Demon Circle 1X Fine Wire 6/0, and last in this lineup, a super-strong, must be titanium, worm-style hook.
El Dorado crewman Billy Ballew and Bill Roecker with a fine albie caught on a 6/0 Mustad "Dink, " or weighted hook.
Southern California anglers buy a lot of differently styled hooks, probably millions altogether. They use em to catch fish from four ounces to over 400 pounds. It seems right that the worlds largest hook manufacturer makes styles for all purposes. These are just a sampling; you can visit the company at www.mustad.no for Norway.
Bigger Is Better
At Cal Sheets booth I got a look at the size difference in the drag washers used in building the latest upgraded version of the Penn 12 LT reel.
Eric Sheets demos the huge new drag system for Penn 12 T reels.
There must be 200% more area on that big washer, I commented.
Thats about what I think, said Eric Sheets. You can get over 30 pounds of drag with it and still have freespool.
Jig Fishing Gurus
Stopping by the Catchy Tackle booth, we chatted with owners John Grindley and Wayne Martin, who showed some trick new black chrome finishes on their jigs.
John Grindley and Wayne Martin are coating their jigs with with some slick new finishes.
At the Sumo booth Bill Miagawa of Zuckers and Sumo owner Daryl Wasano were having a busy time talking to fishermen about the subtleties of jig fishing and trolling.
Billl Miagawa of Zucker's and Daryl Wasano are among the southland's most expert jig anglers--and makers.
You cant see it all in an evening, but the Hall Show at the Long Beach Convention Center is well worth a visit.


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Snow fell steadily the night before,
falling on both the wealthy and not so,
coating with cleanliness, purity all who
do not deserve and the very few who may.
The snow descended coldly and deeply,
blanketing gravestones and angels alike.
Distinguishable only by their shadows
and heavenward stares and stances,
they continue to designate where bodies
lay and bright hopes are finished.
Despite the softness and the silence,
above the solitude and endless white,
the boundless rage of ended dreams
seems to penetrate upward, to shriek.
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Conservative Princeton University professor and vice chairman of the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom Robert P. George, along with six other advocates, have offered to take 100 lashes each for Saudi Arabian blogger Raif Badawi who was sentenced to 1,000 lashes for insulting his country's clerics.
Badawi, who was sentenced to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes got his first 50 lashes by cane in a public square just over a week ago. A news release from Amnesty International explained that a second round of flogging for the blogger was postponed last Friday because his wounds from the first flogging hadn't healed.
"Not only does this postponement on health grounds expose the utter brutality of this punishment, it underlines its outrageous inhumanity. The notion that Raif Badawi must be allowed to heal so that he can suffer this cruel punishment again and again is macabre and outrageous. Flogging should not be carried out under any circumstances," said Said Boumedouha, Amnesty International's deputy director for the Middle East and North Africa Program in the release.
In an email to The Christian Post Wednesday, Professor George confirmed that he and other advocates have offered to take the lashes for Badawi.
"Together with six colleagues on the U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, I sent a letter to the Saudi Ambassador to the U.S. calling on the Saudi government to stop the horrific torture of Raif Badawi — an advocate of religious freedom and freedom of expression in the Saudi Kingdom," wrote George.
"If the Saudi government refuses, we each asked to take 100 of Mr. Badawi's lashes so that we could suffer with him. The seven of us include Republicans and Democrats, liberals and conservatives, Christians, Jews, and a Muslim," he added.
Offering to take Badawi's lashes along with George are: Mary Ann Glendon, member of the Board, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty; M. Zuhdi Jasser, president, American Islamic Forum for Democracy; Daniel Mark assistant professor, Department of Political Science, Villanova University; Hannah Rosenthal, CEO, Milwaukee Jewish Federation; Eric Schwartz, dean, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, University of Minnesota and Katrina Lantos Swett, president of Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice.
"Compassion, a virtue honored in Islam as well as in Christianity, Judaism, and other faiths, is defined as 'suffering with another.' We are persons of different faiths, yet we are united in a sense of obligation to condemn and resist injustice and to suffer with its victims, if need be. We therefore make the following request. If your government will not remit the punishment of Raif Badawi, we respectfully ask that you permit each of us to take 100 of the lashes that would be given to him. We would rather share in his victimization than stand by and watch him being cruelly tortured. If your government does not see fit to stop this from happening, we are prepared to present ourselves to receive our share of Mr. Badawi's unjust punishment," note the group in the letter shared with CP.
According to Amnesty International's Boumedouha: "Flogging is prohibited under international law along with other forms of corporal punishment. His flogging appears to have been postponed for now but there is no way of knowing whether Saudi Arabia's authorities will fully comply with the doctor's advice. Raif Badawi is still at immediate risk."
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Tagged American Islamic Forum for Democracy, Amnesty International, Becket Fund for Religious Liberty, Blogging, Boumedouha, Daniel Mark, Eric Schwartz, Flogging, Hannah Rosenthal, Human Rights Violation, Humphrey School of Public Affairs, Katrina Lantos Swett, Lantos Foundation for Human Rights & Justice, M. Zuhdi Jasser, Mary Ann Glendon, Milwaukee Jewish Federation, Princeton, Raif Badawi, Robert P. George, Saudi Arabia, Torture, U.S. Commission on International Religious Freedom, University of Minnesota, Villanova University
Raif Badawi's daughter writes her father a heartbreaking letter days before he's likely scheduled to be publicly flogged again for "insulting" Islam and defending the right to free speech. If you're against torture and believe in free speech, please share Raif Badawi's story with your family and friends and encourage them to share with their family and friends and so on and so on. Together, we can win Raif's freedom. #FreeRaif
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Tagged Flogging, Human Rights Violation, Islam, Raif Badawi, Saudi Arabia, Torture
By AYA BATRAWY Associated Press
A Saudi blogger convicted of insulting Islam was brought after Friday prayers to a public square in the port city of Jiddah and flogged 50 times before hundreds of spectators, a witness to the lashing said.
The witness said Raif Badawi's feet and hands were shackled during the flogging but his face was visible. He remained silent and did not cry out, said the witness, who spoke to The Associated Press on condition of anonymity fearing government reprisal.
Badawi was sentenced last May to 10 years in prison and 1,000 lashes. He had criticized Saudi Arabia's powerful clerics on a liberal blog he founded. The blog has since been shut down. He was also ordered to pay a fine of 1 million riyals or about $266,600.
Rights activists say Saudi authorities are using Badawi's case as a warning to others who think to criticize the kingdom's powerful religious establishment from which the ruling family partly derives its authority.
London-based Amnesty International said he would receive 50 lashes once a week for 20 weeks. Saudi Arabia's close ally, the United States, had called on authorities to cancel the punishment.
Despite international pleas for his release, Badawi, a father of three, was brought from prison by bus to the public square on Friday and flogged on the back in front of a crowd that had just finished midday prayers at a nearby mosque. His face was visible and, throughout the flogging, he clenched his eyes and remained silent, said the witness.
The witness, who also has close knowledge of the case, said the lashing lasted about 15 minutes.
Badawi has been held since mid-2012 after he founded the Free Saudi Liberals blog. He used the blog to criticize the kingdom's influential clerics who follow a strict and ultraconservative interpretation of Islam known as Wahhabism, which originated in Saudi Arabia.
He was originally sentenced in 2013 to seven years in prison and 600 lashes in relation to the charges, but after an appeal, the judge stiffened the punishment. Following his arrest, his wife and children left the kingdom for Canada.
Rights groups argue that the case against Badawi is part of a wider crackdown on freedom of speech and dissent in Saudi Arabia since the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings. Criticism of clerics is seen as a red line because of their prestige in the kingdom, as well as their influential role in supporting government policies.
According to Amnesty, the charges against Badawi mention his failure to remove articles by other people on his website. He was also accused in court of ridiculing Saudi Arabia's morality police.
In a statement after the flogging, Amnesty called the flogging a "vicious act of cruelty" and said that Badawi's "only 'crime' was to exercise his right to freedom of expression by setting up a website for public discussion."
State Department spokeswoman Jen Psaki has called the punishment an "inhumane" response to someone exercising his right to freedom of expression and religion.
In New York, Farhan Haq, deputy spokesman for the U.N. secretary-general, told reporters on Friday that the U.N. human rights office was "very concerned about the flogging" and that it has previously raised concerns about harsh sentences in Saudi Arabia for human rights defenders.
THEY post ads online luring people with the promise of sex and a bit of fun, but pleasure is the last thing they want to dish out.
Members of these groups, who go by the names of Occupy Paedophilia and Parents of Russia, have one thing on their mind – punishment and ultimately humiliation of anyone who is gay, lesbian or transgender.
Anti-LGBT activists say their treatment is justified because it helps prevent paedophilia and preserve Russia's family rights.
In footage to be aired on British TV broadcaster Channel 4 this week, the brutal way anti-LGBT activists deliberately attack gay people is exposed.
In the documentary Hunted investigative journalist Liz Mackean travels to Russia to interview members of these groups.
She uncovers gay people who live in fear of their safety after several attacks on gay people across Russia.
One man can be heard saying: "A hunting season has opened, and we are the hunted". Another says gays should be hanged and burned and "this is Russia, they need to get used to it".
"We filmed these groups with their knowledge, and what I found shocking afterwards was that only a few asked to have their faces disguised. They all believe they are doing the right thing," Ms Mackean told The Guardian .
"Occupy Paedophilia has groups in more than 30 cities. They operate with impunity and under the cover of the remarks [Vladimir] Putin has made suggesting that children are at risk from homosexuals."
Gangs use the internet to lure their victims who are then subjected to violence and humiliating acts. One victim is made to dance and the footage is then uploaded to the internet.
Sadly these groups are not uncommon and this treatment is far from rare.
In September last year, the BBC revealed more shocking treatment at the hands of the ultranationalist group.
In its footage, one man is forced to drink urine and put his head in the toilet before he has a metal bucket put over his head.
He is then whacked across the head with heavy truncheon like objects and is accused of being a paedophile.
The group say they are dishing out justice and their supposed aim is to cure people of homosexuality.
In the clip posted online, a woman can be seen armed with a gun and dressed in army fatigues, joking that she's going hunting for gay people and paedophiles.
The woman, named as Yekaterina, heads up St Petersburg's Occupy paedophilia movement and she tells the BBC exactly what the movement is about.
"Our priority is uncovering cases of pedophilia," she says.
"But we're also against the promotion of homosexuality. And if – along the way – we encounter people of non-traditional sexual orientation, we can kill two birds with one stone."
Last year, South African student David Smith found himself the target of a shocking attack by anti-gay activists after being lured to an apartment in the city of Belgorod.
In the graphic online video, Anti-LGBT activists pretended to be a 15-year-old boy looking for sex.
But when Smith got to the apartment he was met by a group of men who subjected him to a humiliating experience.
He was stripped down to his underwear, asked if he wanted to have sex with a cat and had his head smashed into a watermelon.
Russia is renowned for its intolerance of gay people and last year introduced a draconian law which allowed police to arrest tourists and foreigners whom they suspect of being gay or lesbian.
Under President Vladimir Putin's law, police can detain suspects for up to two weeks, with their powers even being extended towards people considered "pro-gay" or distributing "gay propaganda".
This month, Russian MPs are set to debate a bill that could see homosexual couples lose custody of their children.
If passed, the bill would meant parents risk losing custody of their children if they practise "non-traditional sexual relations" or, in Russian terms, gay sex.
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Tagged "Occupy Pedophilia", Anti-LGBT activist, Belgorod, British TV broadcaster Channel 4, David Smith, Homosexuality, Hunted, internet, Liz Mackean, Parents of Russia, Russia, St Petersburg's Occupy paedophilia, The Guardian, vigilantes, Vladimir Putin, Yekaterina
SYRIAN children as young as eight have been flogged and tortured by fighters affiliated to al-Qa'ida while their relatives, held in neighboring cells, listened, according to testimonies presented by Amnesty International.
The human rights group also claims in a report published yesterday that judges and jailors in sharia courts in northern Syria wore explosive belts so that they would be ready to blow themselves up with their captives, should they be attacked. The testimonies told, among other things, of adults being given electric shocks.
Amnesty attributes the abuses to the Islamic State of Iraq and al-Sham (ISIS), which is affiliated to al-Qa'ida and now controls significant parts of northern Syria in its battle against the regime of President Bashar al-Assad. Once ISIS seized control of an area, they imposed strict sharia rules and – according to the testimonies – inflicted horrific acts of violence on locals.
The report calls on Turkey to refuse shelter to ISIS fighters and stop the flow of arms over their mutual border. It also urges the Gulf states to stop funding the group. One former prisoner interviewed by Amnesty after his release "spoke of being present in a cell with a father as (he) heard his 13-year-old son apparently being tortured but was powerless to act".
Another witness described how a teenager, believed to be 13 years old, was flogged 40 times a day after being accused of stealing a motorcycle. Yet another witness recalls hearing the beating of another boy: "I counted 94 lashes falling on this child and then I could count no more."
Children were not held separately from adults, and so witnessed some of the routine abuse. Typically, prisoners were forced to adopt the "scorpion" position – crouching with one hand stretched over the shoulder and handcuffed to the second hand. "In one case, a former detainee told Amnesty International he was tortured with electric shocks and beaten with a cable while suspended with only one foot touching the floor," said the report. Others were ordered to drink diesel or up to six litres of cooking oil.
The abuses are alleged to have happened between May and November this year, and the testimonies of the 10 former detainees paint a stark picture of a group determined to cow the local population into submission. After their floggings, the detainees were released, and fled to Turkey. Most judges wore masks, as did the group's soldiers, who sometimes snatched their victims in daylight in the suburbs of Aleppo. Some trials, including at least one for adultery, ended in a swift execution.
Part of the torture was psychological. Prisoners were told they would be killed and thrown into the Euphrates River.
"I'll make you food for the fishes," was a frequent threat against inmates, the report claims.


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A few short days after school got out, Sebastian flew to Nevada to spend a week with his grandparents. They took him and his cousins to San Diego, to the beach, safari park, and all that fun stuff. While he was gone, Brian, Oscar, and I went to the beach.
|This is how we keep them in line...bury them!
|Adorable Arlie, our great niece
Did I tell you guys I'm a great aunt?!
|4th of Julying in Carson
|Fireworks at a distance, the best way with littles
On the drive home we stopped at Salt Creek Falls in the Willamette National Forest. Just what I needed after all that desert. Trees make me happy in a way the desert never has.
And then of course our anniversary happened right after we got home. 14 years married, 16 together...we've officially been together over half my life. How weird is that to say?! Very.
|The secret is to always be very serious
The following weekend was the annual NF Walk. It seemed there weren't as many people there this year which was a bummer. Guess I'll have to get my butt in gear next year and help spread the word more. We still had a good time though of course. It's always great to see what awesome and supportive people we have in the NF community here in the Portland area. Thanks again to everyone who walked or donated!
|Sebastian made it the whole way again!
|NF Hero Ceremony
|Damn my kids are cute!
|The bear was thirsty
|Buckle up for safety!
Brian will be attending pickathon this weekend while I spend some quality time with the boys. I'm hoping to take them to the beach one day and maybe the movies another. But they both just came down with a stomach bug! No fun! Here's hoping they get over it quick.
|Oscar was tired after camping too
Ahaha gotta love the 90s. You're welcome.
How's your summer going?


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I have a friend. I use the word friend because the word fuckbuddy is, as of late, something as ethereal as the beautiful human-unicorn. We're friends but we're mostly benefits, so awhile back we did what adult pals do together- we had a play date.
He came over. Our friendship at that point was based on the logistics surrounding the benefits, where we gave each other directions, a brief hug of hello, a little bit of chit-chat. (How's work? Congrats! Summer's great, huh?), a beer. I clocked about 15 minutes before his primary maneuvers began on my bra.
Don't get me wrong. This was on time and pretty rote and what I figured I ordered. Even my current, stupid addiction to sweatshop clubwear bandeau tops didn't slow our practiced pace.
Before he came over, he asked if I had any special requests. It had been a while since we hung out. By that evening, I hadn't been able to come up with any sort of menu for us. This meant either I was easy to please, or the amount of shit I was curious about would probably need research on the Internet.
So wham bam thank you ma'am. We played the hits, then moved to the bedroom. We beasted and burdened, and then all of a sudden he said:
"I want you to talk dirty to me in Spanish."
Now. Okay. My name's Carmen and look, I know the recent trend is to give cute and open-minded Caucasian babies Latino names but I can assure you, my own is the territory of grandmothers and great-aunties, and once upon a time, yes, a Spanish opera heroine and sex worker.
Later, when we were lying on my mattress and the air started to clear except mine wasn't, not quite, he said:
"You know, I think Spanish is one of the best languages for dirty talk."
I stared at the ancient acrylic wall hanging in the bedroom, cross-stitch needlepoint whatever it is that has survived equators, borders, way too many moves and possible apocalypses, so obnoxious my roommate tried to "lose it" in the move, this thing from Venezuela. This is where my name and my family and my veins come from, or half of them, or to get really post-colonial freaky-deaky trippy on you Dutch Guyana, who could even say. I stared and I said, on the subject of romance languages and fucking, "Yeah, you know, I always liked French." I said this because my Venezuelan grandmother was fluent in it, as well as Spanish and a little Dutch and English, and because I took French for years.
Then I said, "You know, I'm not really, really, bilingual." I didn't follow this with the explanation I have down by rote, with different side orders depending on my audience, which is:
"Mi papa es de Venezuela and my hillbilly ma is fluent entonces I understand most things pero, necesito practicar." (sheepish smile) "Combine con un acento that has shifted from College 101 to familial mimic to yo, I live in Pilsen."
I watch telenovelas to practice. I see the impossibly beautiful heroines – no seriously, Venezuela is the plastic surgery capital of the world – these women ravished by assholes with mustaches and muscles, or sad-eyed mamas boys. I've worked in kitchens and restaurants. A lot. I'd spent the past few weeks watching the World Cup with my best friends, Latino of course, and I could've assured you, cabrón, I know the bad words.
So when he asked me to narrate the scene en Español, a few things happened. I thought Are you fucking joking me, gringo, this tired game again? The second was: time travel! I'll get back to that. The last was that I thought real pinche hard and just started in with, "Ay Papi!" I channeled my old line cook compadres. Verbs, in completely wrong tenses, got attached to the anatomical nouns of body parts, and began to spew. Things like: Pendejo, tell to me, tell me, this feels my belly. Then I ran out of words. And come on, tetas? Totally easily translated and irrelevant, self-explanatory, right? I started pulling in the food I love. I mean, I said it all high-voiced and fast: pupusa, cachapa, pabellón. I thought about dinner. I was annoyed I couldn't conjugate any of it correctly. Señor, quiero tu taquito, or whatever came out, it wasn't right and nobody in the room could correct it. I didn't know how I'd ask for help, like when I'm in a room with that tongue I'm supposed to have or not supposed to have.
Cómo se dice…safeword?
A few hours later, my roommate returned. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"I don't know," I said.
"Well, did you have any fun?" he asked.
I said, "I think I'm just tired of these games," and that's when I remembered.
I've had people switch tongues on me before. Because, well, they spoke them. They felt compelled. It's a neat trick, the real muscle beneath a rolled RRRRR, and my name and all those beautiful nothings that at certain times were literally nothing because I couldn't translate them fast enough. One of my exes would try and convince me to join in, but I'd panic and distract him.
Yet it seems to be some sort of white dude special to request sexy Spanish chat. When he asked me, a part of me froze and Deloreaned back to when I was younger, and a man with 12 years on me tried to get the same thing. I'd forgotten. I'd forgotten because that thing ended, as the tales of tired, misogynistic, and actually racist and abusive dudes gone by do, which is to say it was awful and abusive and tiring.
Which made it so awful when we were finished. He knew something was off, and I didn't offer another drink or hug, just said, "Bye." I sat on my steps, relieved he left, and I thought I should've been mad, or definitely said something. But I wasn't mad exactly, because dude was a pretty okay guy. I guess. I mean, do you know how hard it is to find someone who is okay with no strings attached? The string is always: I can be an asshole! Our fun and games were supposed to be the opposite of tomfuckery and manipulative, threatening, unnecessary hurt.
Don't get me wrong. There was a lot of rough play. This was one point of the endeavor. The other point was to talk it out, draw lines, and keep everyone in the same playbook.
I didn't know exactly why it felt so damn awful. Apparently, he didn't know either. He wrote out the calls in the book so I'd know how to call time-out. I wanted to time travel back to when we hammered it all out. To say this is a no: no subtitles, por favor.
He told me to ask for anything I wanted. I didn't want to have to ask. I didn't know to ask for him to never ask that. I didn't know how to say it. I didn't want to.
I've thought about bringing it up, if I see him again. I've thought about texting or emailing him. I've thought about, how I should know how to explain this, to educate or translate. But how I don't want to ask. I just think I don't have the words for this. I don't know how to do it right.
He was surprised, I guess, when I said I was passing as bilingual. Maybe to him my name, my neighborhood, how I can order tacos made it fair game. I don't know. He was surprised.
"Really?" he said, "You don't speak it?"
C. A. Aiken is a writer in Chicago, IL. Her work has appeared in This Recording, The Walrus, The Billfold, Linden Avenue Literary Journal and inaugural Best American Experimental Writing. She has performed her work at Story Club Chicago, Vocalo's Music and Stories, and The Marrow.


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I'm drinking 2 green smoothies a day at the moment, spring cleaning! This one is delicious and I am tempted to have it again tonight – even though I know it's better to rotate the ingredients, I'm not sure I can help it! The great thing about this for me, other than taste, is it uses pears. They're not popular in my house but we get them in our organic fruit box regularly, and I'm embarrassed to say we have thrown out many old pears. This goes against everything I believe about seasonal eating, food waste and indeed health. Eating a wide variety of food is your best chance at getting a good balance of nutrients. I use them in cakes, fruit crumble… but no-one likes eating them as they are very much. So this is a great solution and its also really delicious. I liked the coconut butter (coconut manna) so much in my tropical green smoothie I blogged last week, I added a bit here too. For more on Lucuma Powder or other boosters for your green smoothies, see my post here.
I don't add water or liquid to my smoothies, preferring a thick smoothie bowl eaten with a spoon. This makes it seem much more like a meal and helps you eat it slower, which is better for you.
You will need a high speed blender
Preparation Time: 5 minutes
Makes: 2 medium smoothie bowls
- 3 medium pears
- 1-2 bananas
- 1/4 cup raw almonds
- 1 tablespoon coconut butter, not the oil ( I use coconut manna)
- 1 medjool date
- 2 large handfuls of your favourite seasonal leafy greens, spinach, kale etc
- Combine all ingredients in your blender until smooth and well combined.
- Add some ground flaxseeds and extra chopped nuts on the top if you wish and serve immediately.


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When you tell people that you are going to India they get really excited. I think it's because it is one of those exotic far-away destinations that almost everyone has on their bucket list. Maybe it's because it is so far away, or maybe because there is something for everyone. They have a rich history, amazing food, an incredible culture, nice weather, and spirituality that encompasses the whole country.
While we were travelling we saw tourists that fit in every one of these categories. Families there for the sun, backpackers there to experience the "real" India, older tourists visiting all the heritage sights, and many many people dressed in what I would consider yogi, or simple clothes following a spiritual path that only they and their god(s) knew of.
For many people India is a world that is full of mystery, and wonderings. It is so far removed from our western culture that it gets romanticized in our movies and media. You hear again and again from people who have been there that India is not a destination, but rather an experience. And, it was. However for me, it was not an experience that people would assume – you see it was not my first time to India, and going back coloured my experience in more ways than even I expected.
|12 year old me
When I was 12 years old my parents and my three siblings moved to Kota, Rajasthan. My dad was working with the Canadian and Indian governments on a project and so my grade 6 year we moved from Canada into a 6 bedroom house in the outskirts of a little town in north west India. We had many servants, a cook and a nanny. (her name was Shanti) It sounds like it was glamorous or something but my parents are not like that at all. We had to have the servants as it was expected that a western family would have them. Honestly though, my mom had 4 kids under 12 in a foreign country with no support so I think she enjoyed the help at least a little. We were not the only family that lived in Kota, as the project was quite big. I was lucky enough that there was another girl my age and we made fast friends the first day of "school". All the children on the project were homeschooled, but we also went to school with a teacher who made sure that we kept on track with curriculum.
|A Holy Cow
I can't really sum up that year except to say that THIS was the experience that people talk about. I think that it would have been the same had we gone to any third world country. I was an adolescent girl who was acutely aware of myself. Incredibly self conscious and even more so as I was one of 40 or so families that were white. People noticed me. All the time. They looked, stared, and gestured. People smiled and were curious…and I, who has always been an extrovert, was incredibly shy. This was the one year of my life that I feel I took a backseat and WATCHED instead of jumping right up to the front as I usually do – even to this day.
The reason behind this is because I was a complete outsider. Not only did I not speak the language, but I was also a girl (becoming a woman), and at that time women were expected to act differently than they would be in North America. I had to learn new ways to carry myself, to talk to elders, to men, to my brothers. Having always been the oldest in my family, it surprised me when people would comment on how I must pay so much respect to these two little brats that made my life miserable, how there were celebrations for them, how I was to respect them. I can't really explain what it is like to grow up in a culture with such freedom for women and girls, and then living within another one that marginalizes them.
Experiences are the things that shape you. I credit India for shaping me.
When I came back to Canada I was again the outsider. Of course it was Jr.High, but how can one girl go back into the social pecking order that is adolescence when her whole idea of the world is vastly different than that of all her classmates?
I had felt racism directed at me. I had felt inequality in my soul. I saw true poverty with my own eyes. True desperation, and real suffering. I had witnessed squalor, filth, hopelessness and death. But I had also witnessed understanding, compassion, joy, and a work ethic like no other. This changes you, especially if this happens in those formative years when you are just learning about yourself. My experience made me more compassionate, more empathetic, and more understanding of all people around me. It also made me incredibly grateful for the life that I have been so lucky to be born into – that of a middle class Canadian woman.
|Wearing a Sari as an Adult
And yes, India was amazing. I will share what I learned this time around in a series of posts. I am not sure how many I will do as this one wasn't really supposed to go into this direction – but I have a feeling none of them will since it is about a country that has touched my very soul.


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To give Gusto Restaurants a measurable ROI on their social media activity on Twitter, Instagram and Facebook. In addition to proving how many booking social media had delivered, we were also able to demonstrate a growth in followers, engagements and clicks for each venue.
"Airship have delivered an extremely impressive return on our investment whilst providing continual training and support. We've seen an exponential increase in followers, engagements and impressions across all platforms - in addition to being able to directly attribute how many sales we have acquired from social media".
Charlotte Solomon - Group Marketing Manager - Living Ventures
We gave all 12 venues access to our social media platform, enabling them to schedule content on Twitter and Facebook in advance. This allowed each venue to maintain a strong social presence during busy periods, ensuring that they were able post regularly and effectively.
Gusto's Business Development Managers (BDMs) were given ongoing training and support individual to their needs and the challenges they faced on social media on a weekly basis.
We created keyword monitors for each venue that allowed BDMs to identify and connect with new business opportunities and deliver additional sales into their venues.
In order to track the ROI we advised Gusto's web provider on how to set up unique URLs for use on Gusto's social platforms. This enabled us to definitively track clicks from social media into the booking platform.
We reported on a weekly basis to Head Office and created a 'social media league table' to give BDMs a benchmark for progress.
For every £1 that Gusto spent with us we were able to directly attribute £18.26 back in sales.
This figure is in addition to the growth in reach, impressions, engagement and follower numbers across all 3 platforms.
Website acquisitions from Facebook and Twitter increased by 478% compared to 2014, showing how important social media now is to delivering bookings for Gusto.


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Alec Nigel Broers
Still, it is hard to keep a good man down, as they say, and so it was not long before in 1992 Alec Broers found himself back at the helm, as Head of Department following Jacques Heyman's ten year stint. He therefore found himself bearing the brunt of the work that the change to a four year course entailed. Apart from anything else, about forty new members of staff were appointed during his time as Head. The University had assigned thirteen new posts to implement the new Tripos and the filling of these posts had coincided with an intense period of turn-over. There were large fields of outstanding candidates for all of these posts and interviewing became a major occupation.
One mark of Alec Broer's and Jacques Heyman's vision at this time was that the University decided to set up a School of Technology for the purposes of administration and distribution of the University's resources. Until this point, the Department of Engineering had been grouped in the School of Physical Sciences for administrative purposes, as somewhat of a poor relation. The establishment of a School of Technology that was to include Chemical Engineering, the Computer Laboratory and the Judge Institute of Management Studies, was a mark of how things had changed. It marked, in effect, the coming of age of the subject and recognition of the importance of the Department within the University.
This fantastically successful appointment was not to last for long however as Professor Broers was called to higher things in 1996 when he was appointed Vice Chancellor to the University, the first time that such a post has been held by an engineer. Those early opponents of the study of engineering at Cambridge in the late nineteenth century must be turning in their graves.


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Woods Hall is one of St. John's chief ministries. It was created in the 1950's as a community and economic development outreach to Madeline Island. In 2013, we launched an ambitious capital campaign to renovate the 60-year old building. With over 70 artists, we needed the room!
And.... We made it! $446, 440 has been raised through the amazing generosity of our community. That is just amazing. Almost a ½ million dollars, with each dollar a vote of confidence in the mission of Woods Hall. With the help of an initial matching grant from the Woods Hall Charitable Funds of $100,000., 125 individuals and 10 foundations, we are making progress to complete our vision to:
expand the sales area
create a more welcoming entrance, facing Main Street
repair our studio floors and update electrical, heating and plumbing systems, and
re-design and repair the loom room roof.
So, mark your calendars...
You are invited to the Ground-breaking Ceremony at Woods Hall on Sunday, June 26, 2016.
10 AM A Celebration of the Arts Worship Service at St. John's
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In January Magpul industries announced plans to trade Colorado's gun control for Texas' gun and business friendly climate. In November they acquired a building in Austin, TX, for their corporate headquarters and they have moved their "production, distribution, and shipping operations to Cheyenne, Wyoming."
Production will be underway in Cheyenne in January 2015.
According to the Austin American-Statesman, Magpul's corporate headquarters will now be located on Bee Caves Road. The site consists of "3.89 acres" and has "a 16,000 square foot office building."
Magpul plans to close all "existing Colorado facilities…during the first quarter of 2015."
Breitbart News previously reported that Magpul's departure will cost Colorado approximately $85 million within a year.
Magpul execs warned Democrat state lawmakers that this would happen if they passed gun control–especially a "high capacity" magazine ban–yet lawmakers passed the measure in March 2013 anyway. Texas Governor Rick Perry (R) reached out to Magpul after they made clear that they would leave Colorado if gun control was passed and he said he was "proud" when the renowned firearm magazine manufacturer decided to "join the ranks of companies that call Texas home."
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We believe that people are our greatest asset - and we protect them by maintaining vigorous health and safety standards throughout our businesses, across East Africa. Because we take our responsibility seriously, we provide safe working environments and make sure all our staff - both the local workforce and imported expertise - are given the training they need to do their work safely, and to the best of their ability.
We don't let the sometimes logistically difficult nature of East Africa get in the way of good working practice. The people we work with would never turn a blind eye to procedural shortcuts in order to get the job done.
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I was reading a chicks blog because she had a hot story about her doing 2 guys.
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Backpacks on Display at WVC Aim to Raise Awareness of Suicide
A display of 1,100 backpacks – representing the more than 1,100 college students who die by suicide each year – will be in West Valley College's Viking Grove with the aim of raising awareness of college student suicide. The exhibit, "Send Silence Packing," will run from 9 a.m. to 4 p.m. on October 8.
"We know that suicide is a huge issue in schools – high schools, colleges and universities," said Becky Perelli, director of student health services at WVC. "I'm hoping that students gain awareness that this is an important issue, that they can be powerful in helping out a peer who they think is struggling and help refer them to get services. There are support services available for those students. We just need to get them there."
Nationally, suicide is the second leading cause of death among college students.
The issue also hits close to home. Perelli said a WVC survey completed in spring 2013 showed that 23 percent of students surveyed said they had seriously considered suicide at some point. About 12 percent had attempted suicide. Almost 3 percent said they had attempted suicide within the last 12 months.
Nationally, students list anxiety and depression as among the top reasons they have difficulty with academic performance, Perelli said.
To give a face to the lives lost, personal stories and stories written by families and friends accompany the backpacks. Visitors to the exhibit can also learn about resources, both on-campus and off-campus, available to students. Additionally, Perelli said, mental health professionals will be on hand all day for students to consult with.
Send Silence Packing, a traveling exhibit, is an acclaimed suicide awareness program by the group Active Minds. In addition to shedding light on the issue of college student suicide, the exhibit also aims to promote a healthy dialogue around mental health and help people understand how they can be part of the solution.
To learn more about the exhibit, visit www.sendsilencepacking.org.


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Dogs on Tour in Charleston
One of the top questions Free Tours By Foot Charleston receives is, "Can we bring our dog on tour?" Charleston is a super friendly dog town and Free Tours By Foot Charleston is a Dog Friendly tour company. So the answer is YES! You can bring your dog(s). Also, you might be coming to Charleston for the Annual Charleston Dog Show, why not go for a walk with Fido and do one of our walking tours at the same time. It's good be mindful of the following:
- Friendly dogs ONLY are allowed on tour
- Be respectful – Fellow tour-goers may be fearful of dogs or have severe allergies. If this is the case, stay toward the back of the group.
- If your dog is a talker and prone to bark, please leave him/her at daycare or in the hotel.
- We have horses and mules. If your dog has never seen a large animal and may become anxious and noisy and/or aggressive please DO NOT bring the dog on tour. Several people could be injured if animals pulling carriages get spooked.
- All dogs should be vaccinated, have tags, and MUST be leashed.
- Some tours may go inside buildings and dogs are not allowed in – either take turns taking a look inside or tie your dog up outside, chances are you'll find someone petting your dog and watching over him/her until you come back.
As you walk around Charleston with your pup you will not be able to believe how many dog-lovers are in the city. You will find water bowls and treat bins outside everything from clothing boutiques like Calypso St. Barth and Affordables to restaurants such as Brown Dog Deli and galleries like Dog & Horse Fine Art. You can even find bowls inside stores and galleries if you look! Play some "I spy with my little eye" games for dog-loving businesses in the city.
If you're wondering about dog friendly hotels downtown, here are a few found on www.bringfido.com:
- Charleston Place Hotel
- King's Courtyard Inn
- Day's Inn Historic Charleston
- Wentworth Mansion
- John Rutledge House Inn
There are two places to let Fido run around and have some fun off-leash downtown near the tour area:
- S. Adger's Wharf (yes, that's a road) near where East Bay Street becomes East Battery has a small, fenced in dog park. Occasionally, people have their dogs run in the adjacent field but technically that is not allowed and you may get in trouble.
- White Points Park at the foot of the battery is a wide open, off-leash area. People, dogs, and squirrels like running around the park. There are no fences and the road circles the park, so be mindful.
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text: 07/12336725_2 DEBT FUNDS - BANKING AND FINANCE BRIEFING ELTIF - EUROPEAN LONG-TERM INVESTMENT FUNDS – THE FIRST STEP IN THE POSSIBILITY FOR DEBT FUNDS TO GRANT LOANS IN FRANCE Following the publication of its guide on European long-term investment funds ("ELTIF") on 21 January 2016, on 1st April 2016 the French Autorité Des Marchés Financiers ("AMF") published the results on its public consultation launched in October 2015 regarding the possibility for investment funds to grant loans and its proposal to the French government. The EU Regulation 2015/760 of 29 April 2015 on European long-term investment funds (the "ELTIF Regulation") is in force since 9 December 2015 in all EU member states. ELTIF is a label for alternative investment funds ("AIF") whose purpose is, inter alia, to provide financing to companies investing in the real economy and businesses needing long term financing. ELTIFs can be marketed in the EU for both institutional investors and retails. French law n°2015-1786 of 29 December 2015 has echoed the possibility for ELTIFs to grant loans to French companies by exempting ELTIFs from the so-called French banking monopoly rules pursuant to which only duly licensed credit institutions or financial companies may grant loans on a regular basis. The provisions of the ELTIF Regulation have inspired the AMF. The next step is to now implement a consistent and efficient legislation in France allowing debt funds to grant loans in France alongside with the ELTIF Regulation. Other exemptions to the French banking monopoly rules are likely to follow. 1. ELTIF at a glance As emphasised by the EU Commission1 , ELTIF (or FEILT in French): • benefits from a European label for AIFs that are cumulatively subject to the ELTIF Regulation and the relevant AIF national applicable rules; • shall invest at least 70% of its capital in long term debt instruments, equity or quasi-equity instruments; • may only be managed by an asset manager who is authorised under the AIFM Directive (the "AIFMD"); • operates under the AIFMD regime as a category of authorised closed-ended funds; and 1 FAQ on ELTIF published by the Commission on 13 February 2015. APRIL 2016 Paris Table of Contents 1. ELTIF at a glance 1 2. Asset side 2 3. A wide audience: retail and professional investors 3 4. A close-ended fund 4 5. AMF Public Consultation outcome 4 6. Other forthcoming factors that will play a decisive role for the success of ELTIFS 5 LINK Herbert Smith Freehills DEBT FUNDS - BANKING AND FINANCE BRIEFING – APRIL 2016 HERBERTSMITHFREEHILLS 2 07/12336725_2 • is intended to operate cross border and benefits from a European passport to be marketed near both institutional and/or retail investors across Europe. ELTIF IS A NEW LABEL FOR ALTERNATIVE INVESTMENT FUNDS An ELTIF is not a 'new' category of fund but rather an attractive European "label" that some AIFs (and only AIFs) can request. Any ELTIF shall be managed by asset managers authorised under the AIFM Directive and established in the EU2 (by opposition to asset managers of AIF not located in the EU). As a reminder, the AIFM Directive puts in place a stringent set of rules for the managers of AIFs (such as requirements on custodians, valuation, mechanisms to deal with conflicts of interest and disclosure of information to investors). In practice, existing AIF asset managers that already comply with the AIFM Directive may, if they already have an appropriate team of loan analysts, request the ELTIF "label" for existing AIFs which today invest in loans to lend directly to companies rather than to acquire credit claims from credit institutions or other funds. ELTIFs shall comply at all times with (i) ELTIF Regulation, (ii) AIFMD and (iii) national rules applicable to its legal form. ELTIFs are prohibited from changing their form into a UCITS or any other collective investment undertaking not covered by ELTIF Regulation3 . In France, French AIFs that would be "ELTIF eligible" are Organismes de titrisation (OT), i.e. French securitisation vehicles, fonds professionnels de capital investissement (FPCI), fonds professionnels spécialisés (FPS), organismes de titrisation (OT), organismes professionnels de placement collectif immobilier (OPCI), Fonds d'Investissement de Proximité (FIP), Fonds Commun de Placement à Risques (FCPR), Fonds Communs de Placement dans l'Innovation (FCPI), sociétés civiles de placement immobilier (SCPI) and sociétés d'épargne forestière (SEF). French securitisation vehicles are particularly tailored for the ELTIF "label"4 . 2. Asset side ELIGIBLE INVESTMENT PORTFOLIO One of the main purposes of the ELTIFs is to invest in long-term assets that are by nature illiquid and difficult to value. ELTIFs shall invest at least 70% of their capital in the following eligible investment assets5 : • equity or quasi-equity instruments issued by a "qualifying portfolio undertaking", i.e. eligible companies mentioned in the ELTIF Regulation (see below); • all eligible assets in which UCITS may invest6 , such as transferable securities, money market instruments, financial derivative instruments, units of UCITS, etc…; • debt instruments issued by eligible companies; • loans granted to eligible companies with a maturity no longer than the life of the ELITF; • units or shares of another ELTIF, EuVECA (European Venture Capital Funds)7 , EuSEF (European Social Entrepreneurship Funds)8 , subject to concentration limits; and • individual "tangible" assets with a value of at least Euro 10.000.000 (or its equivalent in the relevant currency). 2 See Article 4 of the AIFM Directive for the definition of an EU AIFM; Recital (9) about the EU dimension of the ELTIF. 3 Recital (11) and Article 4 of the ELTIF Regulation. 4 For a detailed description of French Securitisation Organisms, see our client briefing published in 2015 which can be found here. 5 Recital (14) and Article 9 of the ELTIF Regulation for more details on eligible investment portfolio. 6 The ELTIF Regulation cross refers to article 50(1) of the Directive 2009/65/EC in this respect. 7 Regulation (EU) 345/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council adopted on 17 April 2013 related to European Venture Capital Funds. An EuVECA (European Venture Capital Fund) is a European label created by the European Commission for all asset managers that manage venture capital funds (only AIF). To use the fund label, funds will have to prove that 70% of the capital received from investors) are spent in supporting young and innovative companies. 8 Regulation (EU) 346/2013 of the European Parliament and the Council adopted on 17 April 2013 related to European Social Entrepreneurship Funds. Asset managers of social entrepreneurship funds can use this label and market their funds across the whole EU if their funds prove that a high percentage of investments (70% of the capital received from investors) are spent in supporting social businesses. DEBT FUNDS - BANKING AND FINANCE BRIEFING – APRIL 2016 HERBERTSMITHFREEHILLS 3 07/12336725_2 As reminded by the AMF, an ELTIF shall not derogate to the rules applicable to its legal form and shall comply with the activity programme of its asset manager. If a special form of vehicle shall invest mainly in real estate assets, the obtaining of an "ELTIF label" will not allow such vehicle to invest mainly in non-real estate assets. Article 10 of the ELTIF Regulation specifies that an "eligible company" (other than a collective investment undertaking): • is not a financial company; • is a company that: o is not admitted for trading on a regulated market or a multilateral trading facility (unlisted companies); or o is admitted for trading on a regulated market or on a multilateral trading facility and its capitalisation shall not be more than Euro 500,000,000; • is a company that is located in a EU Member State or in a third country not listed by FAFT9 ; or • is a financial company that finances eligible companies or eligible assets of at least Euro 10,000,000. Eligible companies are, accordingly, not limited to EU companies. It should also be noted that the definition of "assets" in the ELTIF Regulation circumvents the possibility for ELTIFs to hold commercial property or housing if such assets are not linked with a long-term financing project. The rationale of this definition is to prevent ELTIFs from having a speculative activity in the real estate area for example. PORTFOLIO DIVERSIFICATION Article 13(2) of the ELTIF Regulation provides that an ELTIF shall not invest more than: • 10% of its capital in instruments issued by, or loans granted to, any single eligible company; • 10% of its capital in units or shares of any single ELTIF, EuVECA or EuSEF; and • 5% of its capital in eligible assets in which a UCITS may invest where those assets have been issued by any single body. INVESTMENT PROHIBITIONS Article 9(2) of the ELTIF Regulation provides that an ELTIF shall not undertake any of the following activities: • short selling assets; • taking direct or indirect exposure to commodities including via financial derivative instruments, certificates representing them, indices based on them or any other means or instrument that would give exposure to them; • entering into securities lending, securities borrowing and repo transactions or any other agreement which has an equivalent economic effect and poses similar risks if thereby more than 10% of its assets are affected; and • using financial derivative instruments except where it solely serves the purpose of hedging risks related to its other investments. 3. A wide audience: retail and professional investors There are no restrictions regarding the type of investors which may invest in ELTIFs. Both retail and professional investors are targeted by the ELTIF Regulation. Professional investors include professional clients10 such as credit institutions, investment firms, insurance companies, pension funds, management companies, etc, and clients who request to be considered as a professional investor11. 9 FATF (Financial Action Task Force: GAFI) intergovernmental body that promote guidelines to fight anti-money laundering and terrorist financing. 10 In accordance with the Annexe I of the MIFID 2 Directive 2014/65/EU. 11 In accordance with the Annexe II of the MIFID 2 Directive 2014/65/EU. DEBT FUNDS - BANKING AND FINANCE BRIEFING – APRIL 2016 HERBERTSMITHFREEHILLS 4 07/12336725_2 Retail investors will also have the opportunity to invest their savings in long-term strategic projects through ELTIFs. The ELTIF Regulation provides a "minimum entry ticket" of Euro 10,000 for retail investors investing in an ELTIF when the investment capabilities of such retail in financial instruments do not exceed Euro 500,000, and provided further that such investment does not exceed 10% of the financial portfolio of such retail. The ELTIF Regulation also provides additional requirements in respect of the marketing of ELTIFs with retails investors. In this respect, ELTIFs shall adopt the format of the Key Investor Information Document (KIID) and shall provide a comprehensive prospectus enabling investors to make an informed assessment of the locked-up principle of the ELTIF12. Asset managers shall also provide adapted investment advice to retail investors13. In addition, asset managers of ELTIFs shall provide a three-page Key Investor Information Document (a KIID which fulfils the PRIIPs Regulation14 requirements, as the European Commission considers the ELTIF as a Packaged Retail Investment Product (PRIIP)). 4. A close-ended fund Unlike UCITS (open-ended funds) rules that allow shareholders or unitholders to get their money back at any time during the UCITS life, an ELTIF is dedicated to long-term projects and shall cover the lifecycle of assets in which such ELTIF invests. The ELTIF Regulation therefore provides that investors in an ELTIF shall not be able to request redemption of their units or shares before the contractual maturity of the ELTIF15, except in limited cases. Article 21 of the ELTIF Regulation provides that any ELTIF shall specify in a schedule the orderly disposal of its assets in order to redeem investors' units or shares at maturity. Such schedule shall provide valuation rules (which are important for non-liquid assets). A consultation on draft regulatory technical standards made by ESMA (in order to complete such valuation rules) has been made but no regulatory technical standards have yet been taken further to such consultation. 5. The AMF Public Consultation outcome The AMF released on 1st April 2016 the results of its public consultation launched in October 2015 to which 26 market participants (including us) have answered (the "AMF Public Consultation"). The AMF has made some proposals to the French government. According to the AMF publication, the AMF will use these proposals to constitute its own doctrine on ELTIF. The proposals are: (i) as a general rule, the AMF wishes that rules allowing investment funds to grant loans provide equivalent principles between different lenders through a clear and secured legal framework, taking into account the economic models of each entity involved; (ii) only AIF management companies could manage funds that would be able to grant loans, provided further that such management companies have a specific activity programme for such purpose that the AMF shall approve (having regard, on a case by case basis, to the means that such AIF management companies will dedicate to the activity of granting loans); (iii) non-French management companies that manage French funds for which the granting of loans is envisaged shall obtain prior authorisation from their national regulator; (iv) the fonds professionnels spécialisés (FPS), the organismes de titrisation (OT) and the fonds professionnels de capital investissement (FPCI) would be the only type of funds that could grant loans (all of the above mentioned funds could also obtain the ELTIF label); (v) when loans granted by a fund represent more than 10% of the net assets of the fund, the following requirements shall apply : - loans shall only be granted to non-financial companies and shall have a maturity inferior to the life of the fund; - the use of leverage to lend shall be prohibited, i.e. the borrowing for the funds shall not be used to finance loans granted by the funds; - no use by funds of short selling, repos or derivatives save for the hedging of exchange risks; and 12 Article 23 and 24 of the ELTIF Regulation. 13 Article 30 of the ELTIF Regulation. 14 (PRIIPs) Packaged Retail and Insurance-based Investment Products Regulation (EU) 1286/2014 adopted by the European Parliament and the Council on 26 November 2014. 15 Recital (34), (36) and Article 18 of the ELTIF Regulation. DEBT FUNDS - BANKING AND FINANCE BRIEFING – APRIL 2016 HERBERTSMITHFREEHILLS 5 07/12336725_2 - loans shall be granted with view to be kept by the funds, i.e. the transfer of loans shall be limited so as to avoid the "originate to distribute" model; (vi) management companies that manage funds granting or acquiring loans shall be able to directly recover the credit claims from obligors; and (vii) management companies that manage funds granting loans shall make a statement on a quarterly basis to the AMF and the Banque de France on all loans that have been granted (for follow up purposes by French authorities). The position of the AMF described above is largely inspired by the ELTIF Regulation. However, the AMF has required some elements that are not in the ELTIF Regulation such as (i) the limitation to lend only to non-financial companies when loans granted represent more than 10% of the net assets of the fund, and (ii) the restriction to transfer loans once originated when loans granted represent more than 10% of the net assets of the fund. Practitioners have emphasised that the AMF shall not add burdensome local regulation to the ELTIF Regulation that would make the Paris marketplace unattractive. The AMF mentioned in the AMF Public Consultation that it is aware of practitioners' requirements but the requirement of the quarterly statements of loans made by funds mentioned in (vi) above is an indication that the French authorities do not wish for the emergence of an alternative banking activity by funds without any supervision. 6. Other forthcoming factors that will play a decisive role in the success of ELTIFS PROFESIONNAL INVESTORS: SOLVENCY II CAPITAL REQUIREMENTS Insurance companies are major investors in infrastructure financing: the capital requirements rules that apply to them have a major influence on whether or not they will invest in long term investments16. The EU Commission has accordingly decided to change the rules under Solvency II to give insurance companies better incentives to invest in infrastructure projects. It is currently contemplated to amend the Solvency II Delegated Regulation17 in order to allow investments by insurance companies in ELTIFs to benefit from lower capital charges under Solvency II. RETAIL INVESTORS: EXTRA INCENTIVES? ELTIFs are AIFs that will benefit from the European passport for retail investors. This is a material feature of ELTIFs. Tax incentives and more flexible redemption policy will certainly be needed to definitely make ELTIFs attractive for retail investors. This has been clearly raised by several participants of the AMF Public Consultation. A good balance shall be found between the protection of retail investors and the long-term nature of investments in this respect. NEXT STEPS French law n°2015-1786 of 29 December 2015 has expressly exempted ELTIFs from the so-called 'French banking monopoly rules' pursuant to which only duly licensed credit institutions or financial companies may grant loans on a regular basis. The AMF has also stated that the French Règlement Général de l'AMF will be updated to be consistent with the ELTIF Regulation. However, French law still needs to be updated to give the means to ELTIFs to really act as an original lender/originator in practice as described in the AMF Public Consultation. In this respect, the AMF is in discussions with the French government which is expected to publish a decree that shall establish a revised legal framework allowing investment funds to originate loans in France in the coming weeks. This forthcoming decree is anticipated by practitioners to give debt funds real means to finance the socalled real economy alongside with credit institutions and not only to refinance it. 16 See the Fact Sheet of the European Commission n 30 September 2015, "New EU Rules to promote investments in infrastructure projects". 17 Commission Delegated regulation (EU) 2015/35 of 10 October 2014 on the taking-up and pursuit of the business of Insurance and Reinsurance. DEBT FUNDS - BANKING AND FINANCE BRIEFING – APRIL 2016 HERBERTSMITHFREEHILLS 6 07/12336725_2 Similarly to French fonds de prêt à l'économie18, the most appropriate vehicle in France for ELTIFs will probably be French securitisation vehicles19. French securitisation vehicles already have common features with the ELTIF Regulation (such as investors in the securitisation vehicles not being able to request the repayment of their units/notes). In addition, French legislation on securitisation vehicles already provides a great flexibility for French securitisation vehicles to acquire a wide type of assets20. Discussions amongst organisations in charge of promoting and developing the Paris financial marketplace are taking place to, inter alia, amend French securitisation law so as to allow the possibility for securitisation vehicles to: (i) apply for the ELTIF regime and grant loans in addition to their capacity to acquire credit claims that have been already originated by credit institutions; (ii) recover themselves the receivables they acquire or originate (i.e. without the need for its management company to appoint a servicer)21; (iii) benefit from security interests that may be only granted to credit institutions for the time being (in particular the assignment of receivables by way of security under the "Dailly law" regime set forth in articles L. 323-13 et seq. of the French Code monétaire et financier); and (iv) allow fonds commun de titrisation to opt for a legal personality (personnalité juridique) to benefit, inter alia, from double tax treaties or own physical assets in all jurisdictions in order to promote FCTs for cross border financings22. 7. Contacts Vincent Hatton, Partner T +33 1 53 57 70 85 M +33 6 78 77 97 72 firstname.lastname@example.com Vincent Danton, Senior Associate +33 1 53 57 74 14 +33 6 31 83 27 14 firstname.lastname@example.com 18 See our client briefing which can be found at the following link: http://herbertsmithfreehills.com/insights/legal-briefings/fonds-de-prets-aleconomie 19 See our client briefing which can be found here. 20 Even on at European level, securitisation vehicles appear as an innovative financial tool to collect capital for lending. On 31 March 2016, the European Commission, the European Investment Fund and the European Investment Bank launched the SME Initiative Securitisation Instrument (SISI) which will allow SMEs to access to finance at favourable pricing and will contribute to stimulate economic growth in the whole internal market. 21 As explained above, the AMF made an equivalent proposal on 1st April 2016. 22 French securitisation companies are not as flexible as French FCTs can be and their tax regime remains unfortunately uncertain. 07/12336725_2 7 If you would like to receive more copies of this briefing, or would like to receive Herbert Smith Freehills briefings from other practice areas, or would like to be taken off the distribution lists for such briefings, please email firstname.lastname@example.com. © Herbert Smith Freehills LLP 2016 The contents of this publication, current at the date of publication set out above, are for reference purposes only. 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DUNLEVY, Allie Lu 1926 - 2017
Posted By: Joey Stark
Date: 9/10/2017 at 15:11:56
"The Fairfield Ledger"
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
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Allie Lu DUNLEVY
Walker, MN
Allie Lu DUNLEVY, 91 of Walker, Minnesota, formerly of Fairfield, Iowa, passed away Sunday, August 27, 2017, 7:00 PM at her home surrounded by loving family members.
A Celebration of Life service will be held at Hope Lutheran Church in Walker, Minnesota on Saturday, September 2, at 1:00 p.m. with visitation one hour prior.
Allie Lu was born 2 months premature in Minto, North Dakota on April 26, 1926, the daughter of Harold and Mary Jane (JOHNSON) PHELPS.
Allie Lu graduated from Fargo Central High School in 1944. She was selected as the most "Representative Woman" in her high school graduating class by the school faculty.
Allie Lu attended Northwestern University in Evanston, Illinois for her first 2 years, and then transferred to the University of Iowa hospitals for 3 more years of nurse's training. While in Iowa City, she was elected "Honorary Cadet Colonel" in a school-wide election. One of the duties of his honor was assisting the Commander and Governor of Iowa in review of the troops.
Allie Lu's Iowa City years were followed by the next 2 years at Washington University in St. Louis, where her husband James was in medical school. There she received a bachelor's degree in Nursing Education. While in St. Louis, she was head nurse on a 40-bed male surgical floor of Barnes Hospital.
Allie Lu's husband, James graduated from medical school in 1951. They then moved to St. Paul, Minnesota in 1951, where she managed a large physician's office for one year.
Allie Lu and Jim returned to Iowa City where she then taught nursing at University of Iowa Hospitals in 1952-53.
In 1953, Allie Lu and Jim moved to Fairfield, Iowa, where she helped her husband establish the Fairfield Clinic. Fairfield was their home for the next fifty plus years. These years included working at her husband's clinic, teaching nursing students at Parson's (sic) College, and being the mother to three daughters.
Allie Lu married her high school sweetheart, James DUNLEVY, on June 12, 1949. They were married for 68 wonderful years, raising three daughters, seven grandchildren, and one great-grandchild.
Allie Lu was a loving, caring mother and wife, who was actively involved with her family and in her community. She enjoyed many activities including gardening and flowers (with her own personal greenhouse), family vacations, family sporting and musical events, and various church activities. She served as a girl scout leaders (sic) for many years, PEO offices at every level, and was a confirmation teacher for First Lutheran Church in Fairfield for many years.
Allie Lu and her husband retired to Leech Lake in Walker, MN on a full-time basis 10 years ago. This was a very special place to her, since her father bought property on the south shore of Leech Lake in 1934, where she would regularly spend a portion of every summer. She and Jim built a small, winterized home on the property 10 years ago, where they both wished to lived out the remaining years of life.
Survivors include: her husband of 68 years, James DUNLEVY; eldest daughter, Lucinda CAVE of Cleveland, Ohio, who recently retired from nursing education at University Hospitals in Cleveland; middle daughter, Janey PATERNO (Joe) of Portland, Oregon, recently retired as a pediatric physical therapist; and youngest daughter Amy ODGREN (Steve) of Two Harbors, Minnesota, assistant to the bishop of the NW Synod of the ELCA.
Grandchildren include: Captain Matt CAVE (Julie) of Pensacola, FL; Amy CAVE of Cleveland, OH; Molly PATERNO of Los Angeles, CA; Tony PATERNO of Portland, OR; Britta HOLLAND (Mark) of Little Canada, MN; Allison KELLY (Joe) of Plymouth, MN; Nils ODGREN (Jackie) of Luck, WI. Great-grandchild is James HOLLAND, 3.
Allie Lu's cremains will be spread at the family lakeside property on the south shore of Leech Lake early next spring.
Memorials can be made to,
Dr. James DUNLEVY
7383 Boulder Shore Trail NW
Walker, MN 56484
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TEL AVIV – An anonymous online campaign is demanding Hezbollah leaders provide answers to charges that the Shiite terror group was behind the assassination of its own commander, Mustafa Badreddine.
A video of a woman claiming to be Badreddine's lover accusing Hezbollah of killing the commander was released earlier this month on an anonymous YouTube channel, Ynet news reported. The campaign has spread to social media feeds where the sentence, "Your silence is an admission" has been trending in Arabic. The slogan has also featured on billboards in Lebanon.
According to Ynet, the goal of the online campaign is to force Hezbollah to admit the assassination was carried out as a result of growing tensions between the Lebanon-based group and Iran.
Lebanese news outlet Beirut Observer, which is critical Hezbollah, recently published an article entitled, "Are the signs 'Your silence is an admission' intended to condemn [Hezbollah chief Hassan] Nasrallah for the assassination of Badreddine?"
The article cites "exclusive sources" as claiming that the billboards and the internet campaign are being funded by Hezbollah members themselves who have taken issue with the Shiite group's failure to find and prosecute a perpetrator.
Badreddine, who succeeded his brother-in-law Imad Mughniyeh as head of Hezbollah's military wing, was killed last May in an explosion near Damascus International Airport. In a rare move, a statement released by Hezbollah after the killing did not implicate Israel.
IDF Chief of Staff Lt. Gen. Gadi Eisenkot said that an internal Hezbollah conflict led to the assassination, citing a report by Al Arabiya which claimed that Nasrallah and Iranian Quds Force commander Maj. Gen. Qasem Soleimani issued a joint order for his death.


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Wondering how celebrations have an influence on the foods taken by affiliates of Christian doctrine? They range from Christmas celebration to the ascension session.Which celebration do you recall or have you participated in recently? Which foods were you served with? Vivid remembrance of all these subjects will group the influence of the foods taken into specific categories which are psychologically predetermined. These periods have adverse effects on the eating habits and patterns. They are due to;
- What you believe.
- Value of food.
- The cuisine of cookery associated with the culture.
Do you have your traditions of doing things? Relate them to the idea of cookeries associated with Christianity. If you are a Christian, what do you take during religious celebrations? The commonest of all is the unleavened bread taken during Easter celebrations. Just to go deeper into our religion we have a range of foods taken during certain celebrations:
1.Agatha buns are taken on the feast day of St. Agatha mounted with cherry which is intended to symbolize breasts. Her breasts were chopped off for defiance to give in her dignity and chastity to non-believers.
2.Unleavened bread and wine served as the Holy Eucharist as a sign of the body and blood of Christ 3. Easter biscuits and eggs mostly in England associated with Easter celebrations.
4.Fanesca, a stew taken in Ecuador consisting of twelve beans standing in for the apostles and a salt cod for Jesus.
5.Pancakes are eaten in antiquity to sign the end of noble eating hence commencement of lent period. Luck foreseeing foods are also consumed, they are prevalent on King's cake before taken on the eve of New Year baked with a silverware inside and whoever unleashes the coin in the slices is regarded blessed the whole year. Christian celebrations are accompanied by foods meant to symbolize past events that are vital to the Christian faith. Value of food in the community has a role as Christians tend to take foods that they value most hitherto the main celebrations.They are meant to luxuriate despite not symbolizing the subjects.This is mostly evidenced in the developing countries where individuals are not at the exposure of every variety of food hence some foods are reserved for the special days. Though may not lay a better explanation of "Food religion". What have you noted? Foods are meant to symbolize events, individuals, periods and the exceptional special days by the financially disadvantaged individuals.Religion has its own ways of putting in place rules to predetermine the occurrences (foods) in the main days.This is where we have certain food varieties being consumed in remembrance of the religious happenings that took place before and meant to build their faith. Food religion is crucial in carrying your daily activities during the "Christian's celebrations". The subjects have to ensure that they are in the right discourse.The Eucharist taken is an example, where Christians have reminded the washing away of their sins and they sought to be cleansed. This is done by taking the body and blood of Christ which is phenomenal to the Christian community, major food to the subject.


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- Fat 5.1g
- Satfat 0.7g
- Monofat 3.4g
- Polyfat 0.6g
- Protein 7.2g
- Carbohydrate 46.7g
- Fiber 7.4g
- Cholesterol 0.0mg
- Iron 2.5mg
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Yucatan Black Beans and Rice
Prep: 5 minutes; Cook: 10 minutes. For extra heat, add another jalapeño pepper.
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Step 1
Cook rice in 1 cup water according to package directions, omitting salt and fat.
Step 2
Heat 1 teaspoon olive oil in a large nonstick skillet over medium-high heat. Add onion; sauté 3 minutes. Add jalapeño pepper and garlic; sauté 1 minute. Add beans, tomatoes, and salt. Cover, reduce heat, and simmer 5 minutes. Remove from heat. Stir in remaining oil. Serve over rice, and top with cilantro and lime wedges.
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