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Whether you're headed to a socially distanced winery or planning a tasting party of your own, you need to know a few things for the tasting to be a success.
You'll need to not only have an idea of food pairings, but also be prepared for red-wine teeth and actually understand the wine you'll be drinking. All these things will make your wine-tasting experience much more memorable and enjoyable.
Below, we'll help you cross off one must-do before the tasting—understand a little bit about wine. You don't want to go in completely blind, and that's where we come in.
Discover what you need to know about wine before a tasting here!
Understand the Different Styles
The most important thing you need to know about wine before a tasting has to do with the different styles of wine. There are nine primary styles, ranging from sparkling to sweet whites to deep reds—all the way to dessert wine. With such a wide variety, knowing what to expect before the wine touches your lips will help. Here's a quick list:
- Sparkling
- Light-Bodied White Wine
- Full-Bodied White Wine
- Aromatic White Wine
- Rosé Wine
- Light-Bodied Red Wine
- Medium-Bodied Red Wine
- Full-Bodied Red Wine
- Dessert Wine
Understanding these styles will not only make the tasting process make more sense to you, but also help you recognize which style you should taste first. Start with bubbly, and then make your way down the path to darker, more intense wines. Either way, enjoy the fact that there are so many different wine styles out there for you to enjoy and sip on!
Related Read: 4 Drink Flavor Trends to Watch in 2020 & Beyond
Be Conscious of ABV
As you learn more about the different wine styles, you'll also need to understand how each has different alcohol levels. An easy Pinot Grigio might have an ABV of around 11%, but some of those deeper reds can get up to 15%. When you only have one glass, that percentage doesn't seem like too much to handle. But when you're at a tasting, you're sipping on a lot of wine with a variety of alcohol percentages.
That's where remembering to spit comes into play. You may love the taste of wine, but you don't need to swallow every sip to get that flavor. Most tastings will give you some sort of receptacle so that you can spit after you swish the wine around in your mouth. You still get the flavor profile and the mouthfeel—without the raging headache afterward.
Recognize How Tannins Affect You
Tannins are important wine aspects to keep in mind when you're trying wines. If you've ever tried a red wine before and puckered your lips, tannins are the reason why. When you're at a wine tasting, there's a high chance you'll come across some red wines that bring about that same sensation.
Tannins are a polyphenol that comes from the grapes and their stems, and when paired with the right things, they can accentuate the flavors within the wine.
Related Read: Perfect Pair: Best Wine and Cheese Pairings for Picnics
These are just a few of the things you need to know before you go to a wine tasting. Sip and enjoy with this information in your back pocket!


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And Now, The Winners Of the First Annual Mary Sues
Not all that glitters is gold
You over the Oscars yet? Over its lack of surprises and its egregious absence of extravagant musical numbers (AMPAS, how can you have Ellen host and not give her a dance number?) and its general boringness? Good. Me, too. We have a much more fun awards reveal for you today: The 2014 Mary Sues, which is like the Oscars, except only geeky films are in the running and for the last month we've invited you to vote on the winners.
And we have something the Academy Awards doesn't have: GIFS.
Let's get started:
Banter banter banter. Topical humor, topical humor. Joke about Meryl Streep. And now it's time for the first award of the early afternoon evening, Best Supporting Actress.
This one goes to The Hunger Games: Catching Fire's Jena Malone, in an absolute landslide with 445 votes.
Sorry, Kat Dennings (second place with 227). Your turn as Darcy in Thor: The Dark World was a bit of splendid, but you might've fared better if you'd wielded an axe. It's a good general rule. The same can be said for also-rans, Evangeline Lilly, Julianne Moore, Natalie Portman, Gwyneth Paltrow, Evangeline Lilly, and Rila Fukushima. Everyone needs more axes.
Speaking of axes: BEST FIGHT. It's a category the Oscars themselves sadly omit. As a reminder, our nominees were B-b-b-bilbo and the Dwarves vs Smaug, Katniss vs The Man, Mako Mori vs Otachi, Pepper vs the Mandarin, Superman vs Faora, Wolverine's bullet train brou ha ha, and Tauriel vs The Haters (note: that category does not include people who just plain don't like Tauriel. That's fine. Different strokes for different folks. I'm speaking of the people who went into the movie determined to hate everything about her due to misplaced Tolkien purism).
This one was close, with a substantial number of votes going to Katniss, Pepper, and Tauriel, but the clear winner is Ms Mako "For My Family" Mori.
Don't be sad, Katniss. You still have two more movies, and who knows whether that Pacific Rim sequel will ever actually happen.
Insert pointless montage number one, followed by a commercial break. Next up: Best Supporting Actor. It's a category that included Ben Kingsley, Benedict Cumberbatch, Don Cheadle, Ian McKelllen, Idris Elba, Lee Pace, Sam Claflin, and Tom Hiddleston. And the winner is…
… go on, guess.
Hiddleston became the golden boy of the first annual Mary Sues by taking home a second award, that of Best Villain. I consider him a villain in that film, if not the villain, because of that whole taking-over-Asgard thing. But some people commented that his role in Thor: The Dark World was more along the lines of a sidekick than a baddie. As an olive branch, we'd like to give a special mention to the runner-up in this category: Gravity's terrifying blackness of infinite space, which earned 171 votes to Hiddles' 476.
Pacific Rim's Kaiju and Frozen's surprise villain tied for third place at 160 votes. The Cumberbizzle racked up 143 and 104 votes for Smaug and Khan, respectively. And Iron Man 3's Mandarin (the real one or the fake, we're not picky) and Man of Steel's Faora pulled up the rear with a mere 43 votes apiece. Looks like Faora being the best part of her movie wasn't enough to undo the stink of it…
… being the Biggest Disappointment of 2013, at least according to our readers.
In any other year Star Trek Into Darkness (258 votes) would've owned this category, but… Zack Snyder. 331 votes. World War Z came in third, with Elysium, Beautiful Creatures, The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones, and Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters not getting many votes at all. Probably because, with the possible exception of Elysium, not many people saw them.
But let's get back to accentuating the positive: Best New (To Movies) Female Character of 2013. We had some awesome ladies in this category: Tauriel, Johanna Mason, Gravity's Ryan Stone, Frozen's Elsa, Yukio from The Wolverine, and Mako Mori. Who won?
Mako handily won her second category with 361 votes to second-place finisher Elsa's 252. Winning the metaphorical bronze was Johanna Mason. When reached for comment, her response was: "Well you know what? F*** THAT."
Unfortunately for fans of ladies piloting giant robots, Mako Mori/Rinko Kikuchi was not able to pull off a third victory. The Best Lead Actress category was neck and neck between her and Catching Fire's Jennifer Lawrence until the very end, when Lawrence surged ahead to claim a victory that she should really appreciate much more than last year's Oscar.
In the end, Lawrence got 379 votes to Kikuchi's 298.
But things were even more tense in the Best Lead Actor category, which was determined by a mere THREE VOTES.
Robert Downey Jr for Iron Man 3: 279
Martin Freeman for The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug: 282
Marvel Studios took back the crown in the Most Anticipated Genre Movie of 2014 category, which Guardians of the Galaxy handily won with 248 votes.
Quick note on this category: It's the only one that we included a write-in option for, and several votes had to be disqualified for not being a genre movie or not being a movie at all. All this is to say: The vote for "Sherlock Season 4" was DQ'ed, but God bless the optimistic soul of whoever cast it.
And for the finale: BEST GENRE MOVIE OF 2013. Drumroll please…
It was an easy peasey victory for Pacific Rim, which handily defeated runner-up Frozen 283 votes to 216. Catching Fire was a close third at 211 votes. Maybe the fanbase for those two movies is so close that the vote was split and Frozen and Fire ended up canceling each other out.
We had fun with this, you guys! I hope you did, too. Feel free to vent your spleen in the comments about what did win, what should've won, and how amazing Lupita Nyong'o was at the real Oscars.
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Brexit, the word appeared in early long stretches of 2016 when Britain right off the bat reported its exit from EU. The assertion immediately spread a tempestuous wave in the entire world particularly to different individuals from EU. Around then, none had the option to comprehend what was occurring and why Britain is having this exit. Various gathering and question and answer sessions occurred in a matter of moments, yet no one could find out about the impending results of this exit by the UK. Everybody was holding on to know how the UK will decide in favor of this exit. 51.9% of votes were agreeable to Brexit and rest 48.1 % votes conflicted with it. EU nationals realize that it would have been a major change for them, particularly the players who play football. The players realize that the UK's exit from EU might start bunches of changes in the framework they are essential for.
Presently, following one year of Brexit's mandate, the UK has at last conjured Article 50 of Lisbon arrangement on 29th of March, 2017 leaving the vast majority of the chief association clubs in apprehension about its effect. Following UFA the boundaries which might get impacted and influence the English football huge way:
1) Freedom of Movement: In agreement with four essentials of opportunity by the EU, it is the right of the residents to move openly among the part states with the end goal of business. Presently as Britain has left EU, it won't the least bit be simple for the EU nationals to enter the UK. This sort of limitation on residents will obviously affect the residents to work, particularly the people who play football. These football players can not work with the UK football clubs that effectively as it was before Brexit. Except if the UK government gets into some concurrence with a singular part province of EU considering "Opportunity of Movement", the EU residents need to confront vulnerability. Such a vulnerability among the players will seriously affect their game and profession. It was a direct result of Freedom of Moment just that these players had the option to work for different clubs of EU with practically no work license. After Brexit, things are never going to be something very similar. The players need to get a work visa to work with football clubs in the UK and it will not be just simple.
2) Work Permit: The subsequent significant effect which Brexit might make for the English football players is the necessity of a work license to enter and work in the UK. The players who were working with different football clubs in the UK with no Visa issues will currently need to get work grant prior to entering the UK. The complicated part is that there is a set rule to have a work license. Comparative issues will be looked by non-EU players, who will apply to FA for an overseeing body support before a work license can be given to them by their Home office. Taking into account this effect, the Premier League clubs have asked Britain's administration to figure out a few defensive measures from being influenced by Brexit. They believe the UK government should give an exclusion of work visa to the footballers so they can openly play for their separate clubs in Britain. If not, it will be challenging for the football clubs in the UK to employ the players from Europe. Thusly, it is very vital for Britain to save its 44-year relationship with EU.
3) Devaluation of Currency: Since June 2016, when Brexit was proposed, the worth of British Pound is unquestionably diminishing against Dollar. This degrading of the UK's money is most certainly going to influence the existence of football players who are playing for the UK football clubs as they will acquire less in contrast with post Brixit profit. Also, it will be simple for Non the UK clubs to pick football players effectively from the UK as they should pay less compensation to those players who grasp pounds. Besides, this cheapening of the UK's money will stay questionable except if there are a few reciprocal arrangements endorsed between the two gatherings, the UK and other left individuals from EU. Subsequently, this ruin of a pound is definitely going to influence the existences of footballers playing in Premier League. They might need to confront monetary misfortunes and numerous different changes in their day to day existence. For not many of them, it can likewise be hard to proceed with their vocation as a footballer which can be a major issue for them to determine.
4) The strain between the FA and the Premier League: Due to Brexit, there is a feeling of vulnerability encompassing the possible ramifications of football regulation. The people who are driving the football clubs in the UK are additionally strained and dubious about how they are doing to work after Brexit. As per the record diagrams of Premier League, the most elevated level of objectives scored by EU nationals in the Premier League is of Chelsea and it's 76%. That implies the Blues will experience the most post Brexit. Besides, 74% of the players from Chelsea are either an EU public or they hold a second EU identity. It will turn out to be incredibly extreme for Chelsea to handily work on account of Brexit. According to the football experts in the UK, there can be limitations on Bosman moves, which will confine the UK clubs to enlist EU players to play for their club in Premier League. Indeed, even FA is intending to set out a few new open doors for the youthful players of England, who need to play in England. Though, the Premier League clubs are zeroing in on their player crews to confront and endure the impending rivalries.
5) GBE: It means "Administering body underwriting". As per FA's work grant models, presently the Non-EU/EEA footballers should get GBE from their separate games overseeing body to get a work visa and play for the particular clubs. Those players who have partaken in the base level of senior serious worldwide counterparts for their public groups in two years length before they have applied for a work visa, do fit the bill for GBE. On the off chance that any player doesn't meet all requirements for GBE, then that player will be assessed on focuses based framework. These focuses are given based on how much exchange charge paid by that player and the fundamental compensation proposed to the player when contrasted with different players in an association. These focuses are likewise granted based on that player's exhibition while playing for his past club. Toward the end, the player who meets all requirements for this focuses based framework gets the visa and those players who can't qualify, they don't get a work license for play for individual football clubs.
Length of Issue of GBE:
Overseeing Body Endorsements ought to be given for a period proper to the time of
endorsement for sponsorship or the level under which the application is being made, that is:
As a Sponsor – Tier 2 or Tier 5 – for a long time.
Traveler Tier 2 Sport
Beginning application – length of agreement or as long as three years most extreme, whichever is the
more limited period.
Augmentation application – length of agreement or as long as two years most extreme, whichever is
the more limited time frame.
Traveler Tier 5 brandishing – length of agreement or as long as a year, whichever is the
more limited period. No in-country expansions are conceivable.
On the off chance that expressed in their overseeing body underwriting necessities, administering bodies might support a singular player for a more limited period than the business contract, for instance, a season. If so, the singular player should be made mindful that their authentication of sponsorship and thus passage freedom or leave to remain will be restricted to the length of the support and won't be for the length of the agreement.
6) Opportunity for youthful English Players: Along with other negative energies, Brexit has likewise set out a freedom for youthful English players who were at this point incapable to be the piece of the main group. The specialists from FA need to see the a-list Premier League where the elite players will play and not the normal worldwide players. They will allow an opportunity to the homegrown players who truly do can possibly rival worldwide players. Then, at that point, Premier League will be a stage for them to feature the ability they have by playing football alongside first rate footballers. The specialists have addressed that they are making an effort not to be in that frame of mind with Premier League by calling these adolescents. Maybe they are tracking down a reasonable way round that works for every one of, the players, the legislatures, Premier League, and FA. It will nor be an entryway strategy for any player to come and play in Premier League, nor it will be straight no to the outsiders. It will simply be the best showcase of football for us all. In March 2017, it has been reported by EFL that there will be an expansion in the quantity of local players in group sheets from six to seven from the impending season. Likewise, they had advanced an understanding which expresses that somewhere around one club created player will be added to each group for any EFL association from the 2018-19 mission.
Investigating the previously mentioned focuses, anybody can sort out that Brexit is most certainly going to affect English


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Here we go again. A group of entitled lefties verbally assaulted Mitt Romney today in Iowa. Notice in the video how Romney gives these people a chance to speak, yet they refuse to return the favor and continually try to limit his speech by shouting him down.
Keeping it classy with the new tone!


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In recent weeks, we have heard a lot from the man, the mogul and the artist, Kanye West. Kanye West has returned in usual fashion and has taken to his typical marketing strategy of meaningful twitter rants — tweets about his ideas, people he'd like to meet with and, once again, controversy.
For most Kanye fans, we were in our early to mid-teens when he first came out and we grew up with him. We saw Kanye when he had the shutter shades, a pink polo and a Louis backpack. Kanye showed us that kids from the hood can be different and proud, and his music/lifestyle opened the door in hip-hop for a lot of the new age artists. Kanye made songs like "Jesus Walks," "All Falls Down," "Family Business" and "Heard 'Em Say" that built on the hip-hop legacies of A Tribe called Quest, Mos Def and Common. He conveyed beautiful pro-black concepts and messages through his art, which was why we allowed him into our hearts.
Throughout his career, Kanye spoke outwardly against racism, oppression and the overall convoluted system that controls America. We felt that we had a voice rooting for us and attempting to shut the system down. Ye stated on live television that "George Bush doesn't care about black people," regarding the former President's Hurricane Katrina efforts, which did little to aid marginalized communities suffering in New Orleans. We elevated him to the point of stardom he is currently at today because he was always the controversial voice that spoke our truth. That is why this hurts so much. By openly supporting Donald Trump and distancing himself from "conventional black thought," it's like he's turning his back on us.
Kanye West has conveyed in his tweets and in his most recent single, "Ye versus the People," that conventional black thought is a concept used to control and put fear into black people. It is the concept that because you are black, you must adhere to a certain ideological mind state or the black community will disown you. He believes this is a tactic by America to keep us enslaved and limit our ability to think freely. However, Kanye West, someone who has contributed largely to this idea of "conventional black thought," refuses to acknowledge that this concept only applies to hatred. Across the spectrum, what most people within the black community hold near and dear to their hearts, as an oppressed people, is unity. Our music, lifestyles and struggles have all led back to unity. As a people, we cannot tolerate hate in any way, shape or form; which is why if you have any hate in your heart, the black community will not support you.
Trump's campaign has allowed hate groups in the U.S to flourish without consequence, has ridiculed black protestors, objectified/assaulted women and has degraded people from our country and immigrants alike. He has used his platform to promote hatred, which has allowed hate crimes and overt discrimination to flourish and grow because of this. He has built a nation that is comfortable with brandishing a narrative of hateful thinking. Kanye believes that by wearing the MAGA hat he can promote unity and love to snuff out hatred, but instead he is being used as a pawn to further a more hateful agenda. As Janelle Monae said recently, "If your free thinking is used as fuel by oppressors to continue to oppress black people, minorities — I think it's bullshit and not OK." While I believe his heart is in the right place, his methods are surely off.
Ye has assisted in the evolution of hip-hop into the introspective, expressive, honest genre it is today. He has revealed much of his fallacies, insecurities and fears with us on 808s & Heartbreaks. He has cultivated a style in which the voice can be a musical instrument, as he did on the songs "Lost in the World" and "Runaway." He made it popular for God to be mentioned in hip-hop outside of gospel with "Jesus Walks" and "Ultralight Beam." Without Kanye West, hip-hop would not be as emotionally expressive as it is now; he has largely contributed to the progressive hip-hop era we live in.
I believe Kanye's support of Donald Trump, is misguided, but not malicious. Kanye has always been the voice of the people and so I will not give up on him just yet. Ye's parents and grandparents were activists, and he's been a revolutionary voice for black people since the inception of his career. If Kanye is wearing a "Make America Great Again" hat, then I have faith that he believes that he is on the right side of history and in our corner once again, although I disagree with his methods. If anything proves to be true about Kanye, his heart is always in the right place, but his methods are always questionable. As the infamous Kendrick Lamar once asked, "when shit hits the fan, are you still a fan?" And here I believe this holds true more than ever.
Please Kanye, take the hat off!


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U.S. to launch a $3.2 billion temporary broadband subsidy to low-income Americans starting May 12
As part of its efforts to bridge the digital divide, the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) announced today that it will launch a temporary $3.2 billion program to provide lower-income Americans with discounts on monthly internet service and on purchasing laptops or tablet computers. The program is scheduled to start on May 12.
In an announcement on its website, the FCC said that "The Emergency Broadband Benefit will provide a discount of up to $50 per month towards broadband service for eligible households and up to $75 per month for households on qualifying Tribal lands." Meanwhile, the Emergency Broadband Benefit is limited to one monthly service discount and one device discount per household.
The FCC further adds that "eligible households can also receive a one-time discount of up to $100 to purchase a laptop, desktop computer, or tablet from participating providers if they contribute more than $10 and less than $50 toward the purchase price."
In a statement, acting FCC Chair Jessica Rosenworcel said:
"In less than two weeks, we will have a new way for disconnected Americans to access the internet to carry out their day-to-day life, so they can reach the virtual classroom, take advantage of telehealth, and seek new employment opportunities,"
Meanwhile, the FCC said today that it had approved 747 companies, including AT&T Inc (T.N), Verizon Communications Inc, T-Mobile Inc., and Comcast Corp, to participate in the program. However, the Internet providers said the funding could be exhausted within four to six months, according to a report from Reuters.


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Beth Tree and the Elgars 4
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I don't intend in this story to tell about each and every lesson I had with Mr. Elgar. It is meant to be about Mrs. Elgar, and yet she was so entwined in every way with him, that you cannot talk about her
without talking about him.
But I will tell a bit about my lesson when he introduced me to his violin.
I had played for him a piece that he had written, Salut D'amour and after playing it through twice, I felt I had done justice to it.
He went to the chair, and took out his violin.
"Play it again," he commanded, and as I did, he joined in with the violin part. It was so beautiful. What had been a lovely melody became a picture of flowing water and singing birds.
We did several others of his pieces, that I had been practicing, in this way. We sounded well together, and I didn't feel that I let him down at all.
After the lesson finished, I had a few minutes' chat with Mrs. Elgar.
"That sounded lovely.Which song did you like best?"
" The one I really enjoyed most is Salat d'Amour."
She clapper her hands in glee. "That is my song. He wrote it for me as an engagement present, as he had no money to buy me a ring."
"What a beautiful thing to do," I said. "What did you give him?"
"One of my poems, which he later put to music as well, so it was a double gift."
She showed me a copy of the poem which I read with interest.
- At the dawn when the night was done,
- As they flocked in his airy train.
- In the hour when the stars must die;
- For her kingdom was gone with night.
- And the worlds woke to hail the hour,
- There was glory and light enow.
- Leapt the wind with a blast and a rush;
- Rode he out to meet with the morn!
- And the wind, the wind went out to meet with the
sun - And he racked the clouds in lofty disdain
- And the earth was grey, and grey was the sky,
- And the moon had fled with her sad, wan light,
- Then the sun upleapt in might and in power,
- And the sea stream'd red from the kiss of his brow,
- To his tawny mane and tangle of flush
- In his strength unseen, in triumph upborne,
Our lessons continued throughout the year, and before the end, he had decided that I was ready to start lessons on the violin. He borrowed one from the high school for me to use. He said I was a far better musician than any of the students there, so I should have the benefit. And I would be
going to school there the next September anyway.
He was more critical of my efforts on the violin, and I found it harder to learn, but I was determined to please him, so did all I could to learn it, and to earn his praise.
I remember him saying, "I hope you try and find out all the inner meaning of the music. You should not be playing for mere show: that is always unsatisfactory and leads to nowhere. Music is nothing more than manual dexterity but it is of no account without the soul."
Then he decided that it would be a good thing for my education to have a lesson or two on the organ. So he gave me three of his first compositions to practice on, without the foot pedals. These were in Latin, and I didn't know them at all, as we didn't use Latin in our church, but they are called
Ave Verum Corpus, Ave Maria, and Ave Marie Stella. and when I had them down well, he met me at St. George's Catholic Church (pictured above) for me to have my lesson on the organ there.
Before we started, I was fascinated by the church, so he told me a bit about it. It is in the Baeroque stle and opened in 1829 under the control of Jesuit priests.
"Behind the alter is a large scale copy of Raphael's Transfiguration. The orignal was commisioned by cardinal Giulio de Medici in 1517. He went on to become the titular bishop of Woreter from 1520 to 1522 and was elected as Pope Clement in 1523. The copy was presented to the church in 1837." "It is very beautiful," I agreed.
"In 1880 the church was extended and the facade was heightened seven years later, to the
designs of S. J. Nicoll."
I had never been to that church before, but that was where he went regularly and where both he and his father played the organ.
"Is your whole family musical?"
"My brother Frank, is and yet he has not chosen to learn the organ. He does play the piano and directs a local orchestra. He does most of the work in the piano shop, now that our Father was getting old," he told me.
We went to the choir loft. Mr Elgar told me that the organ had been installed in 1885, the year that he had started playing there. He told me which stops were used for the various moods required by the music. I played through the songs, without using the pedals. Then he told me to put my left
foot on the low C pedal and my right one of the G pedal.
"You should be able to use those two notes, frequently in these songs. When you are more
familiar with using your feet, you can shift to the other notes, but generally speaking, just playing a few of the bass notes adds enormously to the effectiveness of the music."
It was a tremendous feeling of power, playing the organ. It was almost like being a small orchestral all by oneself – bringing in the flutes, trumpet, and other instruments to compliment the main tune. I enjoyed it very much.
I had several more lessons at the church, although I never did feel comfortable playing the pedals. When Mr. and Mrs. Elgar went off on their Bavarian holiday, later that year, my lessons on the organ stopped.
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A bit of insight into organ
A bit of insight into organ music, and the effects of pedal work. I suppose an organ is meant to represent a whole orchestra is it? I can remember David trying to be a whole orchestra when very little on the piano. The effect was just rather loud and energetic!
Salut d'amour is a lovely piece. Rhiannon
["Salut d'amour" The first 'u' has got replace by an 'a' in one place, and Worcester has become Woreter ]
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Hi Jean,
Hi Jean,
I so enjoyed reading Mrs Elgars poem to her husband. To have him write music to it, must have bought a tear to her eyes, it would have done me.
Such a talanted family.
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ERIC Number: ED449783
Record Type: RIE
Publication Date: 2000-Nov-4
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Investigating and Improving the Information Literacy of College Faculty.
Moore, Anne C.; Ivory, Gary
This paper presents the results and implications of a quantitative and qualitative investigation into the information literacy of college faculty members who did or did not receive instruction at the Main Campus of New Mexico State University and two of its branch community colleges. Of several factors that were suspected to relate to faculty information literacy, only frequency of visits to the library, comfort with computers, comfort with the library, and self-assessment of overall library research competence were found to have statistically significant relationships with information literacy. In general, faculty demonstrated strong competence in information literacy. The paper discusses elements of faculty culture documented in the literature and substantiated in the study. These elements may inhibit faculty from developing students' information literacy and from enhancing their own. The paper recommends ways for librarians and faculty to collaborate, in order to foster information literacy in themselves and in students. (Contains 28 references.) (Author/AEF)
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Note: Presented at the University Council of Educational Administrators Convention (Albuquerque, NM, November 4, 2000).


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Ted Berrigan's class on Jack Kerouac and related matters continues from here and concludes here
TB: Yeah ok now, oh god I didn't bring the… alright, I'm going to end. end.. I'm going to give a reading tonight and there's a poem I was going to end this workshop with, and it's by Alice Notley, and it's called "Jack Would Speak Through The Imperfect Medium of Alice", and instead I'll read it at my reading, so I hope some of you will be there.
But I'll end by reading something of mine now. My books, incidentally, are, some of them that are.. (Red Wagon,which they have on sale here), are good books. Almost all of the poems in Red Wagon are examples of useful and still-useable forms, and you can sort of work out for yourself what the form is, because that's the way I have to write – when I get a feeling and a couple of phrases, the next thing that occurs to me what kind of shape is this going to be taking, what kind of shape, else I can't make it, you know and… So that book can be.. not.. It's to show you, not that you should use those forms that I used, but it shows you that process, and it suggests to you some ways that you could come up with your own forms and have confidence they are forms, and it's a good book, as forms justify themselves too.
But, alright… Now we're all filled with…all of us that are around here have found ourselves, perhaps more than we thought we'd be, filled with Jack (Kerouac) . so so..
So one thing that Jack did for us all, you see, was, he made it possible for us to.. again..he made it possible for us to be corny, to bring sound back into verse, you know, and to… because…because he demonstrates so perfectly that art does not… nothing is excluded from use.. from our.. As the painter, Joe Brainard said in a journal of his that he let me read once, he said, he had written, "There are no colors that don't go together". And I mean, just the.. even there the mis-, you know, the syntactical error in the sentence itself emphasizes it more, but it was written with all the feeling of discovery, I mean that was a discovery he'd made, that he'd suspected. And what he meant was, of course, if you make work (if it works, you know). So, again, there's nothing.. like you forget, we forget from time to time, and that's too bad, but everything is permitted, that's what makes things difficult. But not so, because, if it's permissible to write rhymed iambic pentameters ,if you so wish, it's permissible to write like a poet that Allen doesn't like (or I don't like), or not. I mean. When you hear all of us speak, it's for information not for wisdom, necessarily, Take the information do it, do it as you will you know. It is you who will have to stand behind your works for as long as necessary (and even then you don't really have to stand behind them, you can go hide somewhere! – But I mean, you have to… I mean it is your. .it is you who write them, you know, why should you exclude anything?) You did not have to make your poetry be poetry, I mean, to sound like poetry, or look like poetry, or prove to everybody that it is poetry just by having them.. making them look at it, or anything like that. It just has to work, It has to go. First of all, it has to have feeling. That feeling will just be chaos if it does not have shape, shapeliness, not just shape. Is shape the way something looks on the page or is it something that comes from inside? I'm not sure, you know. Either or both but some of whatever. But you do it and you get it and you feel it, you feel it, and, like, you write a poem, and, by god, it really worked out. And you write about eighteen lines, and you can't think of anything more to say. Well, take a look and see if you didn't, if you didn't say it already. Or, if you write a poem and it's eighteen lines and you've said everything you had to say and it's not very good, why don't you try writing another two-hundred-and-seventy-nine lines and see how that goes, because you can always take your scissors and cut out a lot of it and throw it away (and paste it back on over here too). You just keep going. When your inspiration runs out, keep going. You can always cut that part out later (and, anyway, you may be a person who writes better when they're not inspired, Believe me, there are many like that)
Okay this poem is called "Ann Arbor Song", and then there's a short little poem after it. This was when I lived in Ann Arbor, and this is an idea, see. I had a simple idea for a form. I lived in Ann Arbor for four months and it was the first time I'd even ever hardly been there. I'd been there a couple of times for a day but I'd never lived there – (although I may live there again) And I was about to leave to live somewhere else, so I would never live there again for the first time, that is, be a person living there. And I had to start in the middle of a poetry reading by a very uninteresting poet (for) who I was attending the reading out of sort of professional courtesy.. And I knew I had a great idea, so I was thinking about that idea, and something awful happened at that moment, and then.. so.. but then later I remembered. So I wrote this poem. it's completely simple, except.. (and it's very funny, I like to funny parts in it too. In it I did at the time every trick I knew how to do in poetry except one – high eloquent rhetoric. (It wasn't called for. It's a kind of writing I greatly admire, but wasn't called for at the time). I wrote it in stanzas. It really is a song, and, in fact, I think it should be recorded by someone like Ewan McCall, but (in fact I do a quite passable Ewan McCall version, because I can carry a tune when I'm imitating someone else). But, being a good poet, I didn't want to just copy down my poem, you know. so I gave it some geography. So it actually starts right in the poetry reading whereI had the idea (although it actually starts in my room while I'm writing it, but. that's where I put.the first stanza and then the last stanza is where I 'm saying goodbye, I'm leaving this poem now. And the rest of the progression is not chronological but around having been in Ann Arbor – [ Ted reads "Ann Arbor Song"] – (" I won't be in this boring poetry reading again……' " …in fact I haven't read them yet..") – (You can see with what delight I wrote that stanza, because I knew I'd be reading it at readings sometime!) – " Anne won't call me here again to tell me that Jack is dead…" … I won't cry for Jack again?) (altho' I might cry right here!) – and Larry and Joan and.." "And I know Allen will follow me around the world with his terrible singing voice/but it will never make us laugh here again… meanwhile you will find me right here when you come through again")
Now I wanted to read to you that to show you something, I mean, that poem is a lot of simple words and it has what's called "the play of mind" over a lot of, actually very sentimental feelings, which were… I was entitled to because of the occasion, you know and.. There were a couple of problems in there, one was that in a list of who I got high with, I had to include this name that I didn't want this other person to know was the person who was with me, but, if worse came to worse, I wouldn't have worried about it, but, I mean, it was nice to find a trick to make it so that no one would.. that wouldn't.. I wouldn't be found out there
And I also get a chance to flaunt all the things the critics get on my ass about all the time – for using first names of friends that other people don't know, and so forth. I mean, what are you supposed to know? you know, for godssakes? You know, am I supposed to say "One friend and the other friend and a third friend, all who write poems will probably never come and read in my class again"? I mean, come on now, this was intimacy I was having, But that's a Chinese poem. I mean, that could have been written with just a little bit of change in 70O BC in China, (where people got high, and had schools and went to live in places, and, you know, even, there was probably someone.. and there was probably even the Chinese version of Allen, who always wanted to come around and sing songs by Blake! – Allen's getting a lot better too actually, tho'… Allen's really ambitious, you know).
Alright, finally, when Jack died and I got the message in the middle of that reading. A man, another faculty person, just as it ended, brought me a little note and he said, "I have a note for you" (I didn't know him hardly at all although I knew him by sight), and I said "thanks", you know, I was thinking it was something else. And he said, "It's from Anne Waldman." – and – I was very pleased (because Anne I love, and she's terrific, and, anyway, the fact that Anne would call me up seemed like a very nice thing to have happen). And then, as he handed it to me, and as he started to walk away, he said, "I think she wanted to tell you that Jack Kerouac died", and he just walked away, you know. And I was just standing there with this note in my hand. And I had interviewed Jack, I mean, just a year-and-a-half before. And I was.. I didn't know, I didn't remember how to get one foot in front of the other. And I thought, "Outside". So I went outside and I tried to think "Home", but I couldn't make it past H-O, and so I leaned against this tree and started crying (for myself, you know) and Donald Hall (who's supposedly the enemy, in those days, of the.. – I mean he was an academic poet – came along and saw me, and put this arm on me, and said , "Are you alright, Ted, is there anything I can do?" – And I said, "Yes I'm ok but, you know, I just got word that Jack Kerouac had died, and I'm standing here against this tree crying."- No I didn't say, that but he could see what I was doing. We.. neither of us remembered any bullshit about rivalries or stuff like that. He said "Do you want me to give you a ride home? Would you like to go and have a drink? Do you want to come over and have coffee? Shall I sit here with you?", you know. It was so terrific, I said, "Thanks, Don, no, it's ok", and then I went on home.
And then. someone was waiting there, And it was.. I was living by myself at the time. Someone was waiting there. And why was I crying? It was only Jack being dead. Everybody dies, But I think I (would rather) get the news in a way that was not so shocking. Usually, tho'.. although it's nearly always shocking, tho'.. I did get to write a bunch of poems in which I did get to say some of the things that I hadn't known before, that I then knew by hearing myself say them. That is what happens when someone dies and you hear the news. There is this tremendous…like a fist squeezes your heart and your heart stops for a moment, and it's like you die, and it's awful, because you know you didn't die. But that moment is the moment when that person passes from your outside life to your inside, and after whatever time of grief it takes, then everything continues, sanely enough, you know, but, my god! – Anyway, in the following few days Jack was buried, and I wanted to go to the funeral, I just wanted to pay my respects because I'd been up to Lowell to interview him (just previously).
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5 Reasons Why Travelers Leave a Website
Your website is the storefront of your business and gives travelers an idea of what to expect in real life. Your website design can make or break your business. A good website boosts your reputation while a bad one will scare away potential guests. Travelers come to your website to learn more about your property, amenities, and occupancy. So how long do visitors stay on your properties website? The average is roughly 15 seconds. This means that your website needs to engage your visitors nearly immediately to keep them engaged and on your site.
Before we go into why visitors might be leaving your website lets take a look at where to find your bounce rate in Google Analytics.
How To Find Your Bounce Rate
Google Analytics account and open up the dashboard. On the left-hand toolbar, you will see an option that says "Audience Overview". You will click this and be able to see a display of your overall web analytics. If you want to see specific page bounce rates you can check by going to the behaviors section of the dashboard.
A healthy bounce rate is between 41%-55%
Now that we know how to locate the bounce rate let's discuss 5 reasons why visitors might be leaving your website.
Cluttered Homepage
Having a lot of information on your homepage can confuse visitors. You will want it to be clean and precise with enough open room to not distract your visitors. You will also want easy navigation. Your homepage should link to the main sections of your website. The navigation bar should be visible and links appropriately placed on the homepage content.
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Travelers do not have time to wait for a slow website to finish loading, especially if they want to book right away. If your website takes long to load, they will exit the browser window and move on to the next site. The average speed is 4.7 seconds on desktop and 11.4 seconds on mobile. Google's best practice is to have a speed index under 3 seconds. Where does your site fall?
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Visitors get to your website by searching for relative keywords or searches. If they get to your website, and it is unrelated to what they are looking for they will leave. This is where Google Analytics comes into play. You will want to keep tabs on the keywords you are using in your content and what people are searching for.
First Impressions
What are you trying to tell your audience? Is your brand coming off how you want it to? Your website is the first impression of your property. Are you family friendly? Do you have special amenities or a special experience you want travelers to feel? You want to design your website to showcase this and give visitors the WOW factor.
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Set during the Troubles in Ireland, The Ferryman is a darkly-funny tale of a family divided, penned by Jez Butterworth, the writer of the new Sky Atlantic series Britannia.
In the world of theatre, a new play by writer Jez Butterworth is a significant event. His 2009 hit Jerusalem sold out seasons in London's West End and New York's Broadway, and helped make household names of its stars Mark Rylance, Mackenzie Crook and Aimee-Ffion Edwards.
His latest play, The Ferryman – at Gieldgud Theatre until 19 May – is an impressive work that explores the consequences of the Troubles in Ireland.
The Carney family, with patriarch Quinn at the helm, are preparing for a harvest feast and the farmhouse is a hub of banter. People are laughing and telling stories, full of anticipation for the party ahead. But they're a family so, as always, there is plenty of sniping and bickering too.
For one, spikey Aunt Patricia doesn't think there's anything to be celebrating, harvest or no. Not while Irish republican Bobby Sands sits in prison, leading a hunger strike. The party atmosphere is continually broken by her insistence that they listen to the news and the updates about Sands and his fellow prisoners.
It's clear that the Carney family, although republicans, are trying to escape the realities of the outside world, including news of the Troubles. But as the play goes on, it becomes apparent that they did not always hide from conflict, and Quinn was a key figure in the IRA.
Soon enough, when IRA commander Muldoon comes looking to settle old scores, the family's history makes a violent return and Quinn has to face his past or suffer the consequences.
The huge cast – there are more than 20 – and direction from James Bond director Sam Mendes, makes for a lively performance. With three acts, it could do with being a little shorter, but there are plenty of laughs to keep you entertained along the way.
If you are too young to know about the Troubles in Ireland, then we suggest you gen up a little on the basics before you see the play. It will make the experience even better.
The Ferryman is at Gieldgud Theatre until 19 May. For tickets visit theferrymanplay.com/ticket-information


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U.S. Army officials confirmed Monday that one of the El Paso shooter's victims, 60-year-old Arturo Benavides, was a former staff sergeant who served his country for 23 years in the active-duty Army and National Guard.
Benavides was standing in a checkout line at Walmart when the 21-year-old gunman entered the store and opened fire.
The Army vet's wife, Patricia, who was sitting on a bench nearby, was pushed into a bathroom, but Benavides was killed in the attack, the Los Angeles Times reported.
Before the gunman surrendered to police, he killed 19 other people and wounded 26 in the mass shooting Saturday near El Paso's Cielo Vista Mall.
Prosecutors in El Paso plan to pursue a criminal investigation, a civil rights hate crime investigation and "domestic terrorism" charges against the suspect, who has been identified as 21-year-old Patrick Crusius.
Benavides and his wife had a tradition of doing their weekly shopping at that Walmart every Sunday after church. But on Saturday morning, he decided to make the trip a day earlier than usual, the couple's niece Jacklin Luna told the LA Times. A GoFundMe page has been started to assist Benavides' family.
"It is with heavy hearts that we mourn the loss of our loved one Arturo Benavides. He was an amazing husband, son, brother, godfather and uncle," the page description states. "He was an honored Army Veteran and well-known Sun Metro Bus driver. He will live on through his family and friends."
Benavides served in the active-duty Army from June 1978 to January 1984. He then joined the Texas Army National Guard in February 1984 and served until June 2001, according to Army spokesman Lt. Col. Emanuel Ortiz.
During his service, Benavides served as a motor transport operator, cargo specialist and MIM-23 Hawk surface-to-air missile system crewman, Cruz said.
His awards include the Army Achievement Medal, Army Good Conduct Medal, National Defense Service Medal, Noncommissioned Officer Professional Development Ribbon, Army Service Ribbon, and Adjutant General Individual Award from the Texas National Guard, Cruz said.
Benavides retired a few years ago as a bus driver for El Paso's Sun Metro, his 23-year-old niece told the LA Times.
"He was kind, generous, always willing to give everyone the shirt off his back," Luna said in the Times story. "People would look forward to riding on his bus. Regulars would only ride with him. That says a lot."
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To day it was this new dude's (Putte Fusk) time to design the track. | ||
This track is very scuare, but it was fun to, and deffenetly way easyer to build. | ||
We tryed something new. We made holes in the ends of the pipes and used "buntband" (the black things) to hold the pipes together. Worked realy good. | ||
Where there was danger to run over the pipes we put extra pipes on top. | ||
Thomas allways breakes his servo geers, and I allways have to have a picture of that. I think he starts to get anoid about it : ). | ||
Me to the right, Curt in the middle and Curts brother Roger to the left. | ||
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Had to get new cases to have my stuff in. : ) Was at a Swedish mall (OBS) and got this nice metall cases. The realy cool thing was that I got one gig or normal size, and when I came home this two once was inside. : ) |


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I'm very much in love with my girlfriend, but there's one issue that keeps coming between us: we are very, very broke.
I'm not too worried about money, but I recognize that we need to be better about it. We're having trouble making ends meet, and right now our career prospects aren't looking like they'll help us make big bucks anytime real soon. My girlfriend worries more about it, but also wants a nice engagement ring — we're both on-board with an engagement, but I have to admit that I'm not sure I can afford the ring.
Experts, what should I do? I'm so happy with most parts of my life, but the money thing is stressing me out.
When you're truly in love, it can feel like nothing else matters — but things still do, and there's no denying that financial concerns can make even the most loving relationship a bit more stressful. Studies show that when couples fight, money tends to be at the center of the disagreement. And it's not hard to see why: Americans are increasingly finding themselves in dire financial straits, and many of us don't have enough cash on hand to absorb even 500 dollars' worth of sudden expenses.
While financial inequality is partly to blame here, it's also true that each of us can take basic steps to try to create better financial futures for ourselves and our partners. It starts with basic financial literacy: as much as possible, you need to budget and save.
A good budget prioritizes your essential expenses. Paying bills is important, and you need to make sure that you get them covered in order to protect your credit score. In a pinch, you can take out a loan — experts in online payday loans in Canada point out that short-term credit is readily available even to those in rough financial situations.
Of course, creating more debt can be dangerous, so pay off that short-term debt fast — use it to get back on your feet, and then try to budget more carefully going forward. Pay off loans and credit cards, prioritize essential expenses, and exercise financial austerity in your personal life and free time.
Does this mean you can't get an engagement ring? Not necessarily, say pros who create custom engagement rings in Brisbane. There are options at all income levels in the engagement ring market. And have you considered an heirloom ring? Some young couples save money by proposing with rings that are already in the family.
Of course, all of this financial advice is practical, but there's another concern here: your relationship. When you're in a rough financial situation with a partner, communication is key. You need to be able to discuss these issues openly and address concerns head-on. Your girlfriend is concerned about money, so talk to her about these strategies and how you plan to help both of you create a more secure financial future. She will no doubt appreciate that you have her comfort and concerns in mind. You should also speak frankly about the engagement ring situation; with her concerns about money (and your assurances that you are taking those concerns seriously), it seems natural that you two should talk about the realities of engagement ring shopping at this particular point in your financial lives. Going into debt for a ring is probably not a wise financial move, but perhaps you can find the right ring for less or develop a plan for your finances that makes a ring purchase more feasible in the near future. If you're having trouble discussing these issues in a serious and productive way, consider working with a therapist to improve communication in your relationship.
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This article discusses the impact of recent developments in the migration agent industry, including:
- the recent report of the Parliamentary Inquiry into the regulation of Australian migration agents;
- the abolition last year of the 457 visa and its replacement with the Temporary Skills Shortage (TSS) visa; and
- changes impacting the size and make up of the industry.
The article goes on to discuss how these developments have affected claims against agents and how best to manage complaints made against agents to the Office of the Migration Agents Registration Authority (OMARA).
Parliamentary inquiry into migration agents
In March 2018, following reports of exploitation, fraud and rorting of visa processes, the Parliament of Australia's Joint Standing Committee on Migration was asked to inquire into and report on the efficacy of current regulation of Australian migration agents.
The Committee tabled its report in February 2019. Among its recommendations were:
- establishing an Immigration Assistance Complaints Commissioner (IACC) with greater investigatory and sanctioning powers than the OMARA currently has, including new powers to impose fines and award compensation;
- publication of agents' performance data and pricing arrangements; and
- increased training and qualification requirements for new migration agents, including a period of supervised practice.
By no means is this to suggest widespread malpractice. 74% of agents have never had a complaint made against them, and a large number of complaints against the remaining 26% are dismissed.1 In fact, the main reason given for the IACC was due to the OMARA's inability to investigate individuals operating illegally as unregistered migration agents.
457 abolition: tightened visa system causing challenges
Until its abolition last year, the 457 visa was the most common visa for employers to sponsor foreign workers in Australia. Many of these workers then used this as a step in transitioning to other visas which provided permanent residency.
The 457 visa was scrapped partly to remove this pathway to permanent residency and the opportunity for exploitation that accompanied this, and partly to ensure Australians are given priority in the Australian job market.
Changes to the 457 visa in its replacement, the TSS visa, include:
- no pathway to permanent residence for most applicants;
- the removal of 200 occupations from the list of eligible skilled occupations;
- tighter regulations, including increased work experience requirements, mandatory labour market testing (the sponsoring employer must demonstrate lack of success in finding a local worker to do the job), proof that the salary is at the market level for the role and higher English language level requirements; and
- increased costs to employers, in the form of contribution to a fund for training Australians in apprenticeship and trainee programs.
The replacement of the long standing 457 system with the new TSS visa has not been a straightforward adjustment for agents, as the author is aware of claims against agents resulting from:
- difficulty in complying with and correctly advising clients on these new requirements, particularly getting the specifics of labour market testing right;
- dealing with the fallout of clients' occupations being removed from the skilled occupations list and trying to fit new applicants into one of the limited occupations;
- transitional issues for existing 457 holders to which grandfathered pathways to permanent residency apply;
- seeking workarounds to obtain permanent residency by applying for alternative temporary visas for which clients do not meet all criteria; and
- an unrelated change to Departmental policy of refusing visa applications for missing documents, when the Department would previously notify agents and allow further time for missing documents to be provided.
Growth and change in the industry
Over the last three years there has been significant growth in the migration advice profession. The total number of migration agents in June 2018 was 7,402, up from 5,706 in June 2015.2 The registered migration agent industry now has an estimated value of approximately $877 million.3
This is despite Australia's permanent immigration intake falling to below 163,000 last year, the lowest since 2007-08. In addition, the Government has announced that the permanent immigration target will be cut to 160,000 from next year, down from the previous target of 190,000.
But these reductions are largely of rhetorical import only, for two reasons; first, the vast majority of migrants to Australia are temporary (around 600,000 last year). The cap to the permanent intake does not affect this. Secondly, as Australia's intake of permanent last year was already at around the new target level of 160,000, the announcement of the new target does not change matters.
What will have a significant impact on the size of the industry is the passage of the Migration Agents Registration Application Charge Amendment (Rates of Charge) Bill 2018, as a result of which lawyers will no longer be regulated by the OMARA. 30% of all migration agents have a legal practising certificate, and as such it is anticipated that around 4,800 lawyers will be removed from the OMARA's regulation.4
The Bill, which has already passed the House of Representatives, 'will enable legal practitioners to be regulated by their requisite law society without unnecessary dual regulation by the OMARA', according to the Department of Home Affairs.
Underwriters of both lawyers and migration agents will need to consider the impact of this to their books.
Dealing with OMARA complaints
Along with the increased number of agents and tightening of the system, there has been a corollary increase in the number of complaints to the OMARA. The last two years saw 1,475 complaints against migration agents, compared to just over 400 in 2013/4.
It is clear from a reading of recent OMARA decisions that the overriding aims of the Migration Agents Code of Conduct, including ensuring that agents are persons of integrity and good character, are the principal matters leading to decisions to sanction agents. In fact, in one recent decision, the reason for barring an agent from practice was the provision of incorrect information to the OMARA in the complaints process itself.
The OMARA now has access to big data, being one of the dozens of agencies, including intelligence agencies, now under the remit of the Department of Home Affairs. Additionally, the OMARA takes a dim view of the omission of material provided to them in an agent's file in investigating a complaint, as the OMARA will infer a failure by the agent to keep proper records.
Professionals can make mistakes. It is important not to make them worse by doubling down on them. Rather, the author's approach to defending OMARA complaints is as follows:
- correct any inaccuracies in the complainant's version of events;
- acknowledge errors and, if relevant, their gravity and impact on others;
- provide any mitigating circumstances for any errors. These may include the complainant's conduct; and
- commit to improvements and compliance with the Code of Conduct, including by outlining specific steps that will be taken or have already been taken to ensure mistakes will not be repeated. This can include training, establishing different systems or creating new precedents.
The author has acted for numerous migration agents in both litigated claims and OMARA complaints. Of note, of the 104 OMARA complaints resulting in findings of breaches of the Code in 2018, only 35 of these agents escaped sanction (or only 34%). In the same period, the author acted for four agents against whom numerous breaches of the Code were found and all of whom escaped sanction (a 100% success rate).
1OMARA Migration Agent Activity Report 1 July to 31 December 2018
2Migration Agent Activity Report 1 January to 30 June 2018
3Joint Standing Committee on Migration report on the efficacy of current regulation of Australian migration agents
4Joint Standing Committee on Migration report on the efficacy of current regulation of Australian migration agents


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When does adolescence end ... and adulthood begin? The first day of school, getting married, or a serious job? A Taste Of Killing On The Tip Of The Tongue shows the problems and dangers of being caught in perpetual adolescence, forever in transitory mode. The characters in this play represent this type, forever bound to one another in a social wasteland.
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TEDxBristol is an independent and local off-shoot from the globally recognised TED organisation, taking place in Colston Hall, Bristol on Wednesday 11 November 2015.
It is already drumming up "Great xPectations" with a line-up of speakers ready to share their passions, challenges and moments of meaning and motivation.
On top of the inspiring talks, TEDxBristol is engaging with the spirit of TED to heighten the efforts of Bristol as the European Green Capital of 2015 by using inventive ways to reduce the environmental impact of the event.
As one of the main sponsors of TEDxBristol, ecosurety will be supplying over 2,000 KeepCups to all attendees, reducing not only the waste footprint of the event, but also saving thousands of disposable coffee cups going to landfill well into the future.
Thanks to the ingenuity of an interactive mobile app created by another sponsor, Rockpool Digital, TEDxBristol will be a completely paperless event.
ecosurety will also be showcasing a brand new project at TEDxBristol that is due to launch at the end of November called joinmyjourney. A not-for-profit collaboration between ecosurety, South Gloucester Council and North Bristol SusCom, the new journey sharing platform for commuters is aiming to reduce the norm of single occupancy vehicle commuting, cutting congestion, pollution and parking problems.
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Second cop involved in body-slam incident stripped of police powers as COPA investigates
CHICAGO - A second officer has been stripped of police powers in connection with an incident that was captured on cellphone video last week in which a man was body-slammed by police after allegedly spitting on an officer in Chatham.
Bernard Kersh, 29, was approached by police about 4 p.m. Nov. 28 after officers saw him allegedly drinking alcohol at a bus stop in the 800 block of East 79th Street, according to Chicago police.
Police said Kersh became "irate" and licked an officer's face and verbally threatened the officers. When Kersh allegedly spit in an officer's eye and mouth, the officer performed an "emergency takedown," police said.
Last Friday, the officer who performed the takedown was stripped of his police powers.
The Civilian Office of Police Accountability recommended Wednesday that another officer involved in the incident be relieved of powers pending an investigation, COPA said in a statement.
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Lynn Stuart Pathway
It's hard to go anywhere in College Station without spotting one of sculptor Payne Lara's works.
There is the mother wolf and her cubs at Wolf Pen Creek Park. Next door at the former Arts Council of Brazos Valley headquarters before they were moved, a statue of young Petunia feeding geese graced the grounds.
Outside College Station's Fire Station Number 6 on University Drive is Lara's life-size statue of a firefighter. Outside the city's police headquarters is a sculpture of a police officer assisting a young boy, another of Lara's local works.
At A&M Consolidated High School you'll find a Lara statue of a tiger. At the corner of Texas Avenue and 29th Street in downtown Bryan are Lara's life-sized bronzed replicas of a family of deer. Their names, as selected by elementary students at a nearby school are Sacrifice, Allegiance, and Unity.
A Navasota-born artist, Lara has works throughout Texas and across the country. He is most well-known for his stunning statues which form the centerpiece of the Lynn Stuart Pathway at College Station's Brazos Valley Veterans Park & Athletic Complex located between University Drive and Harvey Road east of Rudder Freeway.
College Station voters approved funding for the park in 1995. Three years later the land was purchased for $1.5 million, and on November 11, 1999, the park was dedicated.
Since then, Veterans Park has grown to encompass more than 150 acres with a dozen lighted soccer fields, five softball diamonds, a 550-seat covered pavilion, parking for more than 1,200 vehicles, and the 12-acre pathway site and heritage trail.
The Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial came into being as a non-profit corporation on July 17, 2000. Its purpose is "to recognize and honor the service and sacrifices of all American veterans past, present, and future."
Since then, Veterans Day services at the park each year have showcased the growth of the memorial and its series of statues–all created by Lara–which highlight the Lynn Stuart Pathway.
Brig. Gen. Lynn Stuart was a Bryan native and Texas A&M graduate, Class of '52. In addition to his three years of active duty in the U.S. Army, Stuart spent an additional 35 years in the Army Reserves' 420th Engineering Brigade.
Stuart was a founder of Bryan Construction Company and a well-regarded volunteer in the local community. He served as the fundraising chairman for the Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial.
Ceremonies dedicating the Lynn Stuart Pathway took place on September 22, 2006. He died ten months later at the age of 77.
The pathway is a "memorial walk through the history of the 17 major wars fought by our nation," according to the Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial website. The two-thirds-mile paved walkway meanders around Louis L. Adams Memorial Plaza, which features a statue by New York sculptor Robert Eccleston sitting atop a Texas granite "Wall of Honor."
That statue depicts a soldier carrying a wounded comrade to safety. On the walls of the massive base are the engraved names of Brazos Valley veterans who served—or are serving—their country in the Armed Forces.
The first of Payne Lara's statues to commemorate U.S. involvement in conflict with an adversarial foe was dedicated along the Lynn Stuart Pathway on July 2, 2010. Lara entitled the piece, Liberty or Death, and it paid tribute to the American War of Independence.
A lot goes into one of Lara's work, even before he begins shaping clay.
"We work as a group," Lara says of his long-time association with the Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial board of directors. "Many of the board members are veterans themselves and they often have pretty specific opinions about what they would like to see in a monument.
"I do a lot of research before I start a piece, reading as much as I can about the subject. I guess my work on the Lynn Stuart Pathway has made me a bit of a 'war historian.'"
Lara begins his sculpting process with a 12-inch figurine he shapes from clay.
"Some pieces are really easy and others take a little more time to come up with an idea that feels right."
The War of Independence statue depicts a Continental Army soldier "hastily reloading his musket," according to the marker which accompanies the life-sized work. The title of the piece, Liberty or Death, comes from the well-known Patrick Henry speech in which he proclaimed during America's quest for independence from the British in the late 1700s, "Give me liberty, or give me death."
Of the 15 statues Lara has created for the Lynn Stuart Pathway so far, his favorites—and mine—are the works commemorating the Civil War. Dedicated in April of 2015—as the ninth and tenth pieces in the series—the installment is called Going Home.
The theme was suggested by Steve Beachy, long-time Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial board member and former president of the organization. The work depicts a postwar encounter between Union and Confederate soldiers walking on either side of an abandoned wooden barricade. The two figures head in opposite directions.
"The idea for that piece was 'brother against brother,'" Lara says. "The Union soldier is coming out of the woods and across a bridge, while the Confederate soldier is crossing an open pasture. They're looking at each other and I hope I was able to capture the fact both men know the war is over.
"I intentionally made the Confederate soldier 'leaner' than his Union counterpart because the war was a lot harder on the South than it was the North."
Lara grew up in an artistic family. Two of his father's brothers were artists. Lara first gained attention as an artist himself in high school when he captured top honors in the Houston Livestock Show and Rodeo's student art show. His winning submission was a painting and he used the scholarship prize money to enroll at Sam Houston State University.
After two semesters of college, Lara realized artists weren't made in the classroom. About the same time, he discovered his affinity for sculpture.
"I painted and drew most of the time up until then," Lara says. He calls those "2-D" or "two-dimensional" works. "I found out I liked the '3-D' aspect of sculpting better because it was more hands on, more tactile."
At the same time, Lara also held aspirations of becoming a rodeo cowboy. When he finally gave up on that pursuit, he turned his full attention to sculpting. Crafting a series of cowboy-themed pieces at his home studio in Navasota, Lara loaded them into the back of his truck and headed west for Santa Fe, New Mexico. There he found a gallery interested in his work and, ultimately, became the gallery's in-studio artist.
Each year for the next few years, Lara spent about six months in Santa Fe.
Lara's most recent installment along the Lynn Stuart Pathway was dedicated on Veteran's Day 2018. It's two statues commemorating the 100th anniversary of the end of World War I.
He calls the piece Over the Top.
"I've tried to bring World War I 'out of the depths,' so to speak," Lara says.
Entrenchment, or "trench warfare," has become symbolic with World War I. Some historians now see the "Great War's" tactical doctrine of digging trenches from which to attack the enemy as representative of both the mass slaughter of the conflict and the "futility of war" in general.
Employing trench warfare resulted in the deaths of one in ten World War I combatants, more than double the percentage of combat fatalities of World War II.
In Lara's execution, the trenched soldier provides cover fire for his comrade who is charging "over the top." Although the installation is raised above ground level, Lara has effectively captured the subterranean aspect of his subject matter.
At least five more commissions are ahead for Lara in his work with the Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial board.
When asked what inspires him artistically, Lara says, "You wake up every day and you just want to try to do your best work. With every piece, you want to bring out the most that you can, and it's kind of hard to put that process into words.
"Every piece I work on, I have to go off the 'feel' I have for what I think the project should entail. I always ask myself, 'Do I have the feel right?'"
Just off the Harvey Road entrance to the Veteran's Park & Athletic Complex sits Lara's spectacular paneled tribute to the Vietnam War, entitled Hot LZ.
That piece was dedicated on Memorial Day 2014.
The work differs from Lara's others at the site in that it uses a technique called bas-relief, in which most of the sculpture is depicted in shallow, nearly 2-D depth.
For the installment, Lara created four-by-four-foot panel sections. In those, two American soldiers are seen preparing to dismount from the skids of a Model UH-1 "Huey" helicopter. Hot LZ refers to landing into enemy fire.
A third soldier in the work is depicted in full-relief—"3-D," as Lara would call it. That figure is based on the likeness of former U.S. Sergeant John Velasquez, a long-time Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial board member who fought in Vietnam.
Local historian Bill Youngkin featured Velasquez in his The Eagle newspaper series "Brazos Valley Veterans."
In that account of his wartime experience, Velasquez told Youngkin, "I am proud to be a Vietnam veteran. But I am also proud of today's young men and women, all volunteers, who are protecting our freedoms."
Few places in America better salute that service to country than the Brazos Valley Veterans Memorial and the Lynn Stuart Pathway.
Payne Lara's works there are not to be missed.


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Inflation today is a huge thread in many countries. Iran, Zimbabwe, Turkey and Venezuela are all facing economic crises of different proportions.
Some of them are suffering from inflation today. Others are on the verge of hyperinflation tomorrow. As a result, their citizens are starting to consider crypto as a store of value and means of exchange. The countries' recent troubles have highlighted the opportunity for crypto to become a libertarian's dream. The opportunity to replace the struggling fiat and become the dominant form of money. This was the shared vision of many crypto pioneers.
Even though such a scenario is possible, it's a long time away. Cryptocurrencies do not have a good reputation as a store of value. This means that even though Turkey, Zimbabwe and Venezuela's citizens are leaning towards crypto, the governments will not follow so easily. The increasing BTC volumes, which are traded in these countries, are not significant enough to impact global volumes. These countries tend to have a more isolated nature, meaning mass adoption will be reached with many difficulties.
Inflation today offers the limited possibility for profit
In order for mass adoption to become a realistic possibility, the majority of the population has to have access to crypto or gold. It also needs to be noted, that the world's reserve currencies such as the USD, EUR and JPY need to be extremely volatile for global investors to start a heavy shift towards crypto and gold. In 2018 crypto ownership is increasing steadily, but it's nowhere near the point where mass adoption can be considered.
Iran has recently fallen under heavy economic sanctions from the United States. The country's currency – the rial (IRR), is suffering from high levels of inflation today. The country's current inflation rate is around 18%, which is nowhere near Venezuela's 82%. In April this year, the inflation rate was around 8% only for it to reach 18% in June and July. This was followed by the Iranian government's announcement for a state-controlled cryptocurrency. By the time of the announcement the population of Iran had already traded over $2.5 billion in crypto. This was done despite the April ban, which forbid banks to deal with cryptocurrencies.
In Turkey we could see a similar picture. When the United States doubled the steel tariffs, a huge number of people swung towards crypto. There were also implications of this last year, when the TRY fell nearly 12%. Turkey's national banks were quick to pile high amounts of risky private debt. This quickly saw foreign investors leaving the country.
Turkey's inflation was a slim opportunity for a few
That was enough incentive for Turkey's people to massively start looking towards crypto. In general, a high level of inflation can be slightly beneficial towards mass adoption. In order for drastic measures, unfortunately a hyperinflation is required. This was happened in July, when inflation rose to 15.3%. The result was incredibly favorable for Turkish crypto exchanges. The volume increase was almost 132% in local exchanges. BTC trading volume in TRY rose from 327 300 to 759 026 between July 7th and August 11th.
These two examples showcased an inflation rate around 15% isn't sufficient enough for widespread crypto adoption. Even if we highlight the incredible growth of the BTC/TRY market, the numbers were still very low. July saw a lot of Turkish citizens quickly moving to US dollars and gold, as both quickly rose against the TRY. This jump wasn't seen in Bitcoin or any other cryptocurrency.
So to summarize: The potential of cryptocurrencies to become alternative methods of payment and stores of value during economic catastrophes is endless. This however, requires the world reserve currencies in the face of the USD and EUR to be unstable. If people from an unstable nation have access to stable fiat, crypto will not reach widespread adoption.
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As we last left off on Date 3, we were talking about somebody's jacket….(the "golden jacket")
That was left unintentionally at the Golden Tulip.
We got very motivated to enjoy another date, to that "unintentional incident"…which would be "date 4" (hihi)
And it's what we are going to talk about today.
Monday morning, as so many other people were headed to wherever they were headed and for whatever business they had to handle, Jjjuurrriiieeee and I were headed for a date; but first our appointment at the Golden Tulip!
Of course, pit-stop one being the Golden Tulip to pick up the jacket; which we did pick up…just so we don't forget it a second time….
I joked a little about the whole thing saying we mustn't forget our "golden jacket" or else, we would back for another date…(hihi)
Of course, while there, we just couldn't resist taking some photos right next to the well decorated and pretty Christmas tree.
And by we, I am included, too.
I am usually the one behind the camera taking those photos but Jjjuuuurrrriiieeeee insisted she takes a few of mine.
Now, do you remember how we talked about the pool arrangements at the Golden Tulip being unsuitable for us on our third date?
We decided to head back to the one place that has been most suitable for us, in terms of everything…the Sheraton and swimming was definitely a part of the agenda today.
Little did I know that I would actually dip my entire body in the water that day, for my very first time!
We had actually had a plan of eating breakfast somewhere else and then head to the place where our very close bond started from but with the prevailing conditions of fear, distress and hysteria that are in the city, we settled for doing everything else at the Sheraton Hotel.
And as always, it was a great choice we made.
The breakfast here is always sumptuous and dope…all you need is time and money, of course, to eat as much as you can and chew as slowly as you need to!
As soon as we were done with breakfast, we headed off for our former kindergarten and nursery school, Christ the King Nursery School just to check out the place and see what's changed since then.
Back then when we were there, we literally were learning and interacting in the basement structure of the Catholic chapel
I guess we weren't the "giants" that we are now, then.
We could fit in those structures properly and have enough room to stretch!
The whole place changed so much now
The Catholic chapel is undergoing several layers of renovation
And what used to be our kindergarten school is now a business-housing building!
It was high time we headed back to the Sheraton, to carry on with our date 4.
It was very hot and somebody had to swim
It's our tradition, eey….
Besides, Julie had knowledge of me being a coward of "vast" waters like those in swimming pools and encouraged me to change that…she always says that I am missing!
She carried two pairs of swimming shorts, to try my luck and see where that goes…(I see you are holding back your giggles and laughters)
I have never feared going close to a swimming pool like this day
Like…I was just about to get into this collection of water without a single clue of swimming or how to move my feet and arms in water!
What was I even doing in there?
Meanwhile, that lady-in-black (who I nicknamed "littro fish") was having the time of her life swimming from point A to B with so much ease and majesty and all I could was stare and admire!
Point in time came when Jjjjuuurrrriiieeeee called out to me to go and change…it was time!
Time, for what exactly? Hit the water!
You should have seen somebody here taking that walk to the changing room!
I tried walking as slowly as I could so that I didn't get there on time but my feet must have been in collaboration with Jjjjjuuurrriiieeeee. They got me there on record-time….hahahahahhahaaaaa
I changed into the pair of shorts and headed back out for the pool area.
Suddenly, I didn't feel so scared anymore….I think it's because Jjjjuuurrrriiiieeeee met me a few metres right outside the changing rooms
And hugged me reassuring me that everything will be fine and I may never be "fully ready" as I would want to be, before jumping into the water!
That is how I found myself taking my first walk in the shallow end of the pool!
I am not sure if it was just the scorching sun
Or if it was just the water being at room temperature.
I loved the feel of it on my skin as I toured the borders of the shallow end, clutching myself to the paved end of the water outlet, as I took my first steps.
The photos won't even try to lie a little bit!
My teacher Jjjjuuurrrriiiieeeee was close by….just in case I get crazy and "professionalise" myself over the next 10 minutes and decide to swim past my limits! (hihi)
I love the feeling of "being suspended in water" like when you are trying to balance out your body on water
Of course, Julie was next to me to help me suspend myself better and take as many photos and videos of me "making a mess of myself".
The in-house DJ did a marvelous job playing my favourite music, reggae!
Great job, Sheraton!
I know I have said that many times before but it's never enough.
You made our date 4 very memorable!
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I am glad it was a great date. I like to swim too and we don't do enough of it.
Manali Oza
Such a cute date, reading such articles makes me so happy. you guys look so cute together. Loved this article!
Alita Pacio
Oh I envy the pool experience. It's winter here and Its too cold for that. I cannot wait for summer!
Thena Franssen
Looks like you two are having a blast after all these years! Love the updates!
That's such a cute update! Good job on getting past your fears; things are always easier when you tackle them as a team.
Moses Lukwago
I see blessings, happiness and a sense of love.
The day was well spent.Keep up the pace because life is what you make it.
Have fun! -
Sounds like you really did have fun with your activities. Going back to your kindergarten must have brought back memories I can just imagine.
Wow! I am so happy to know that you had a great date. Seems like a lot of fun.
Heather Castillo
Sounds like you had a wonderful date! What made you two decide to document each date and share with everyone?1
Such a beautiful trip! The pool looks so clean and crisp! Glad you had a great time
That pool looks like a great place to go for a dip. This sounds like a nice trip.


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Samsung Galaxy Note 8 seen in the wild
Holy phablet leak, Batman! We could well be looking at the Galaxy Note 8, switched on and showing off its huge 'Infinity Display'.
In the run up to Samsung's next Unpacked event, we have already been treated to seemingly legit leaks.
We have seen the Galaxy Note 8 rendered from pretty much every angle. We have even been teased by the next gen Note's specification.
The only thing that has been missing is some shots of the actual unreleased phone out in the wild.
Until today, that is.
Thanks to a fairly newly hatched tech news site, we have been treated to a trio of exclusive real-life Samsung Galaxy Note 8 photos.
Could this just be a way of them getting hits? Maybe. Could they have started a website as they already had industry connections? Perhaps.
Although there is no way to verify the leak's authenticity yet, the images do line-up with the already released renders.
Galaxy Note 8 live
What we have today is a photographed phablet showing its front, back and side.
Gaze upon its super-slim screen bezels and dual rear-facing camera setup.
Marvel at its fingerprint reader set off to the side and traditional volume rocker.
Check out its Bixby button.
The Always On Display is also front and centre in these leaked shots.
Furthermore, it appears that these snaps could even have been taken today – August 7th!
However, these shots have now since been removed from the site.
Does this point to a hoax being called out? Could these legit pics have been taken down to protect the identity of the source? Similarly, were they removed at Samsung's request?


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