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First of all, I don't typically buy pre made dough of any sort, but for these I do. So you can too!
1 package of wonton wrappers
2 big shallots (about 1/2 cup), diced
1 cup uncooked lentils
1/2 tsp kosher salt
1 package wonton wrappers
sunflower oil
soy sauce for dipping
Make the filling: Cook lentils… 2 cups of water in saucepan with the lentils. Bring to a boil then simmer until cooked, about 15-20 minutes. Meanwhile, saute shallots in a skillet until golden brown, about 5 minutes. Once lentils are cooked, drain any extra water then transfer with shallots to food processor and process until uniform and fluffy. Add salt to lentil mixture and pulse one more time.
Fill and shape dumplings: Dust cutting board or counter with flour and place about 6 wonton wrappers down. Add 1 dollop of filling to center of each one. Keep a small bowl of water close so you can dip your finger in the water and then run along the edge of each wonton wrapper. Press the edges of the wonton wrapper together, trying to avoid trapping any air bubbles in the dumplings. You want to make triangles out of the dumplings. Gently press it down on the counter so you have a flat base for the dumpling to stand up on. Put it on a floured cookie sheet and continue to make the dumplings


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This is just a request reminder to all members. Please take note that any request involving/including any Disney (or any company under Disney) character, unfortunately, can't be granted. This is due to their strict copyright rules/restrictions. This also applies to Marvel and DC (and anything under them) characters. If you have any request that includes these characters, please consider changing them. Thank you and we appreciate your understanding regarding this matter. [UPDATE] Please also note that cosplay requests are STILL ALLOWED. Only the characters themselves are unfortunately restricted (again, due to copyright issues with the aforementioned companies). [UPDATE] Only reason this restriction is in place is because we have received copyright infringement notices in the past from the aforementioned companies regarding these characters. *To sabakunogaara: your request also includes a Disney character. You can change the character on your request. I have already finished the sketches for your request and all the specifics of it and the only thing I'm waiting for is to change the character. You can reply to this post regarding that so I can finish your request ASAP. Thanks! **I haven't reviewed all requests yet but if anyone else made their request including characters we've mentioned above, please change them to comply with the respective companies' copyright restrictions. Thanks!
Requested by randomaccountvip023. The link you included for reference on her stockings keep redirecting me to pervify's homepage. Didn't really find the exact reference of the stockings you wanted so I opted to use Saeko Busujima's (Highschool of the Dead) default stockings instead. [Show: Fullmetal Alchemist] [Character: Olivier Mira Armstrong]

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Community Centre
Our visit to Kilmainham Gaol, Arbour Hill Cemetery, Collins Barracks Museum will take place Thursday 21st November. The Coach will leave Roosky at 9am. Seats on the Coach will be on a "first come" basis. The final date for booking is 29th October. Contact 086 3746742. (Put in for one week only)
From the 21st October 2013 the Roosky Community Welfare Clinic will be held on Wednesdays between 2.30pm and 3.30pm. (Put in for 4 - 6 weeks there is a change of day and time)
Birthday boy
Congratulations to Darragh Healy, Rooskey Lock on his recent 18th birthday celebrations.
Coffee morning
The recent coffee mornings raised 2,618.65 euro. Rooskey Hospice Support Group wish to thank all who hosted a coffee morning and all those who supported them in any way. This is an exceptionally high figure in the current climate.
The death occurred on October 15th last of Margaret (Peggy) McGuire, nee Breen, Caul, Kilglasss. Peggy was the sacristan in Slatta church for over 42 years, and was awarded the Benemerenti medal in 2002 by Bishop Christopher Jones. She always carried out her duties in a professional and courteous manner, and was a popular and well respected member of the community in Slatta. Peggy's funeral mass took place to Slatta church on Friday last. Deepest sympathy is extended to her husband Michael, daughter Dorothy, sons Michael, John, Frank and Patrick and all her extended family, grandchildren and many friends, and the community in Slatta. May she rest in peace.
Wedding bells
Congratulations to Denise McGuire and Mark Feeney who were married in Kilglass church with reception afterwards in Donanam Castle, Roscommon.
Marathon Run
Roger Hogan and Fintan Cruse will take part in the New York marathon in November in aid of Roscommon Mayo Hospice. Sponsorship cards are available in all local businesses and your support is appreciated. Cards will be collected on their return following completion of the marathon. Donations can also be made through the charity website mycharity.ie.
Tribute Ski
Kilglass/Whitehall Special Needs Group and Kilglass Gaels will host a Tribute Ski honouring Brian King on Christmas morning. Special launch on Friday 1st of November at 9pm in Strokestown Golf Club. Everybody welcome, music and refreshments. Enquiries to 087 6356729 or 086 1698466.
Niall and Enda Fundraising Draw and GAA stars gathering on Friday night next will take place in Tommy Cox's. There will be a host of county players present and also some of the St Brigid's, All Ireland Club Champions panel with the Andy Meerrigan Cup. Music by David Nugent and a mini auction with some interesting items!!


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PD tour blog, 6/18-6/19
—Broke my shoelace this morning—trying to dress with vigor in order to catch a car to the airport. Instead of being annoyed (well, instead of being totally annoyed), this made me happy: It was the exact thing—an allusion in the physical world—that triggers the "action" in Nicholson Baker's The Mezzanine, the great office novel of the '80s!
—Later that night: People are talking about an SF event at a place called The Mezzanine.
—Disorienting hair care experience: In Portland, washed my hair with shampoo but then wasn't sure. Had I used conditioner instead of shampoo? Those bottles are all the same shape. So I shampooed, either for the first time or again, and conditioned, either again or for the first time. My hair was distressingly floaty all day.
—My iPod wheel jammed about a year ago, and I can only play one playlist at a time (long story), so I've been listening to whatever's on it: Richard and Linda Thompson, Pour Down Like Silver; assorted Destroyer; San Serac, Ice Age; Psychic Envelopes.
—Sent out an e-mail to Bay Area friends and acquaintances late last night, or was it early this morning, in which I messed up the day of the S.F. reading. Had to send another one afterward saying, essentially, oops. Fits in with epigraph of PD—another part of the New Order lyric: "I don't know what day it is..." Another real-life allusion!
—At Google, read section about Googling ("Instant Folklore").
—In Portland, watched Discovery program in which a baby hippo gets eaten by a crocodile. The scene was shot from every angle. Shouldn't the camerapeople do something?
—Over drinks last night was told about this YouTube video: Water buffalo vs. lions vs. crocodiles briefly vs. stampede of water buffalo:
—I think there is a scene like this in The Great Romance, that 19th-century New Zealand space exploration/time travel novel I reviewed...was it last month? A sudden battle royale between jungle beasts...except we're on Venus.
[Cue: Pixies, "Where is My Mind?"]
[Photo taken June 19 by my computer]
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About two years ago, jeans started shredding around here like they were made of paper. I don't think they are making denim like they used to and my crew wasn't playing like they used to. We were moving out of the days of blowing bubbles and playing at the sand table. The boys were riding scooters, climbing ladders, and playing contact sports that don't have a name because the contact is the sport!
When I stumbled upon iron-on patches, I went crazy with them. I was thrilled to be able to save, literally, ten pair of jeans and not have to sew a thing. They have allowed Conrad's jeans to make it all the way to Caden's play clothes drawer. I have to say, they got the job done and did it quite well. And then one day I got a blog feed in my inbox with "Monster Knee Patches". From that moment on, I have been disappointed with the iron-on patches. They're boring and they could be better.
I'm no ace with the sewing machine so I asked my mom for help. Cutting the goofy monster faces and arranging them was quick and since my mom is an ace at the sewing machine; that went quickly too. But she had to leave for home when we only had two pair of jeans completed. That left me alone with felt, my sewing machine, and four more pairs of hole-y jeans. I quickly resorted to hand-sewing for obvious reasons. The slow pace of it was relaxing, therapeutic even. The unevenness of my stitches added to the monster's charm. The stitching did not require a lot of thought and my mind began to wander.
Sitting in the quiet and hand-sewing monster patches, I vaguely remembered when I was impressed by and completely satisfied with iron-on patches. This is a trivial example of how dissatisfaction creeps into other areas of my life. It paralyzes me when I know better is out there. Chase perfect for a while and it's only a matter of time until you stop running and it seems particularly had to start back up once you stop. . .
In reality, some things just need to be done. Some things can have frills. Some things can be silly and fun. But when it needs fixed, get it fixed. Embellish from there. The bigger the thing is that is broken, the longer it will take to truly fix. Sometimes you have to start with a patch.
Tuesday, March 25, 2014
3-22-14 Imperfect, But Patched
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The research of Kyung-An (Kay) Han, director of neuroscience & metabolic disorders in the UTEP Department of Biological Sciences. Kay is using a drosophila (fruit fly) model to determine how motivation, attention, learning, and memory are regulated by dopamine and octopamine. Link to the HanLab here: http://research.utep.edu/Default.aspx?alias=research.utep.edu/hanlab.
Aired June 26, 2014.


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Friday, January 02, 2009
"Consumer Choice" and Complexity
I've been federally insured since the early 1980s. I've had the commonest federal health coverage since 1993 (Blue Cross Blue Shield Standard has the most enrollees with over half of those insured). However, this year BCBS Standard plan changes made me decide fast that I now needed to change my insurer. Coverage of out-of-network providers had been lowered markedly with a $7500 deductible for out-of-network surgeons. Although I haven't had surgery in 50 years, I'm well aware you never know what weird malady you might get or what specific skills you might need, so that was a deal-breaker. [Incidentally, later on Congress became aware of this change and was irked – rightly – that OPM had allowed it. The change gave BCBS even more leverage over surgeons' prices and could cost patients a bundle. Subsequently, for the first time in history, the federal enrollment deadline was extended this year and some BCBS changes were made – no $7500 deductible – but out-of-network coverage is still lower than previously and having evaluated the options, I am not interested any more in BCBS.]
I quickly eliminated a large number of my options. I was only willing to consider a nationwide plan not local insurers or HMOs. But intelligently comparing just the nationwide plans available to me took MANY hours. The insurance brochures follow a somewhat standardized format to aid comparability, but they comprise hundreds of pages. Happily, DC-based Consumers' Checkbook publishes a first-rate, very helpful booklet each open season on making the selection. Even with that help, understanding my options was tedious, time-consuming, and dizzyingly mind-bending. [Each plan has its widely varying gotchas. Some insurers don't pay network rates to a non-network provider at an in-network facility even if no one else is available. Others don't want to pay for assistant surgeons. Some have low ceilings on hospice spending. Plans state catastrophic limits on spending, but sometimes pharmaceutical costs count toward the limit, sometimes not. And on and on . . .]
I narrowed it down to a few plans and have made a reasonable choice that I expect and hope to be pleased with. But, it's all so complicated I'm still not certain that in the right (wrong) circumstances I might not have missed a gotcha. However, I believe I have chosen pretty well.
This year, comparing plans was a job that I (with an academic background, good health, and time) was willing and able to do. Realistically, most people are not able to evaluate sensibly such complicated options. I suspect most federal enrollees stayed with BCBS Standard this year even though with the changes they'd be better off in other available plans. I'm grateful I had time this year to do the work involved. Last year, I thought I probably should look at changing because of some other plan considerations. But I had a stressful and demanding job situation at that time, so I simply could not – and did not – do so. Most people are neither willing nor able to take the time to thoroughly read hundreds of pages and evaluate detailed options. So, they either rely on inertia (as I did last year) or they choose on something absolutely stupid – like the amount of the co-pay when they have a routine doctor visit.
Medicare Part D and Medicare Advantage plans put a similar burden on people. The old, ailing, or disabled are even less likely to be able to compare disparate, complicated plans. In the fictional "consumer choice" fantasy world where everyone did take the time to choose intelligently, the aggregate time burden would be enormous. Here in the real world, most people don't (and often realistically can't) choose on the basis of considerations most material to them. They discover the adequacy of this year's plan only if and when it ends up causing them problems – then they change in a subsequent year. Meantime, they may have incurred debt or been unable to meet medical needs. Most people are healthy. When plans are judged by last year's experience, plans can keep most enrollees despite coverage gaps, because enrollees won't uncover problems till they get sick (when plans are not sorry to have them switch away).
Although I'm happy to be in FEHB, I don't think "consumer choice" is what has made FEHB better than much other health insurance. I think what has historically ensured its value is that federal provision of employee health benefits is fairly generous and that the Office of Personnel Management has looked out for federal workers. With OPM keeping a close eye, almost any plan selected has been a pretty decent choice (they fell down in their responsibility this year on the BCBS contract – the lame explanation of an OPM spokesperson can be found here. But FEHB is not, despite numerous claims, an advertisement for "consumer choice." Consumer choice simply doesn't have a chance of being a guarantor of quality without controlled, standardized, comparable policies.
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I'm a federal employee and I've been in the CareFirst plan for years. I totally agree with your post. Neither my spouse nor I was able/willing to take the time to research the available alternatives to Blue Cross (GEHA is the main one I'm aware of) so we just stayed in Blue Cross. Besides looking at the provisions of the plans, we would have had to call each of our health providers to see what plans they participate in! The very idea just boggled our minds, especially since the calls could only have been made during business hours, when both of us are at work, and supposed to be, well, working.
You did not say which plan you chose. I would be interested to know that, and why. If you don't want to respond in the comments for some reason, can you send me an email (email@example.com)? Thanks so much.
Marilyn Mann
- January 3, 2009 at 8:17:00 AM EST
My wife is an attorney, State employee, and I am a MBA. We cannot even figure out the bills let alone the plans, so we also default to Blue Cross. This whole situation is mind boggling.
Steve Lucas
- January 3, 2009 at 2:04:00 PM EST
- APeticola said...
My two top contenders were NALC and GEHA HDHP. I ended up choosing GEHA HDHP. I don't favor high-deductible plans as a matter of policy, but since the Bush administration does, the deck has been stacked in their favor to some extent, and I'm not one to cut off my nose to spite my face.
GEHA HDHP seemed to have fewer gotchas than other plans when I read the full brochure, to be relatively inexpensive overall, and to be more generous with out-of-network providers. If you are HSA-eligible, it also has some tax advantages. And it has a relatively low catastrophic limit amount, which would be beneficial if one encountered major health problems.
Your point about the labor involved in calling providers is very valid. To my surprise, I found my doctors' offices did not always know which plans they were providers for -- I had to determine which network the plan contracted with in my state. Then, the providers usually knew, but not always -- one gave me their employer identification number and I had to call the network. And to determine their insurance experience with the plans was again difficult because you had to ask about their experience with that network, not with your plan. Again, really time-consuming and as you point out during work hours. What a joke to imagine most people can or will or should (given life's many obligations) do this!
- January 4, 2009 at 10:04:00 AM EST
- Ann said...
Amen, once we made a choice, we've just drifted. Reading these forms is less fun than a root canal.
- January 11, 2009 at 3:13:00 PM EST
- Aaron said...
Is it possible to exchange e-mails? I'd like to discuss some of these health plans if you were willing. I'd be especially interested if you saved any of your comparisons.
1) It seems like NALC (post BCBS change) is extremely similar to BCBS plan.
2.) GEHB's provider network seems extremely limited, which means you'd pay the 25% for everything (although in my experience many doctors waive part of that cost).
3.) Nobody mentioned the $800 anesthesia amount, which I think is BCBS's way to get out of paying anything. My wife went to a preferred doctor, preferred hospital, etc. for her maternity care. But guess who wasn't covered? OF course, that was pre-2009 changes.
4.) Non-emergency room $300 charge seems like a good idea. Except you can't tell if BCBS simply pays the remaining bill. It simply says you pay the first $300. If BCBS pays everything after that, I'm all for it. But more likely, they pay only up to their allowance amount after you pay $300. Still, based on the bills I got, it works out to be about even.
5.)I'm really fed up with the whole health care system. I had severe headaches and did everything I was supposed to. Went to PCP first, then emergency, then hospital. Total bill for less than 48 hours was in the neighborhood of 20K. I'm pretty sure that for that amount I could have had a butler, a private nurse, and a suite at the Four Seasons (not to mention way better food).
6.)Fewer doctors and facilities seem inclined to take any health care plans. They'll wave some of the cost or "discount" their costs, but the billing with the insurance company is a chore. BCBS eventually pays after I dispute everything, but it takes months to clear up.
7.)The benefit plans are extremely confusing because you can't always tell what fits into category 5(a) or 5(b), etc.
8.)Why does it cost more to go to a out of network provider. Being as the insurance only pays 70% of their allowance amount, I'd assume BCBS would be begging us to use non-contract providers.
- February 18, 2009 at 2:11:00 AM EST
- Mark said...
I know we're 3 years removed from the last post, but I'm curious if the author has been satisfied with GEHA HDHP. It seems to be our best option at this point as a healthy family of 4.
Would the author please comment on his or her experience with the plan?
- November 13, 2012 at 2:27:00 PM EST
- APeticola said...
Sorry for the delayed response, Mark, but I didn't see this till now. Yes, in general I have been pleased with GEHA HDHP. This was particularly true last year when I had two cataract operations and my 5% (since I had already met my deductible on asthma drug copay costs) was I think a much more minimal cost to me that with most plans (judging from the reaction of the people at the day surgery center who seemed surprised they didn't have to tell me to bring a bigger check along as nowadays it seems those outfits want your money up front).
On the downside:
1) The first year it was very difficult to figure out the rules especially as I had to have an HRA not an HSA for 1/2 the year till I could discontinue an employer FSA. (I'm a working retired fed.) I spent many hours on the phone with GEHA and it was very frustrating. However, after the first year I have things down on how this plan works and I am satisfied.
2) It does get annoying how GEHA socks you with the full cost of drugs that (it admits) it does not pay the full price of. My main asthma drug cost around $430 for 3 months suppply last year and went up to about $490 this year. That is annoying, but you blow through your deductible fast and you have to remember that GEHA does kick in about $700 of the deductible.
3) Plus, paying expenses with before-tax dollars in the HSA is nice. It is particularly nice that I can pay my LTC premium with tax-protected dollars from this where you CANNOT pay that from an FSA.
I can handle the complexity at this time and I like GEHA HDHP. But I still think that this could be a crappy plan if I were less educated, less detail-minded, or simply older and feebler. Boo consumer choice.
GEHA also seems to be good at informing members and has an internet chat with the company president every few months which is highly informative. And the network of doctors and providers has been good.
- December 4, 2012 at 9:26:00 AM EST


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Paul Krugman has several blog posts and a column about the negotiations between the European Union and Greece. He argues that the demands for more austerity are misguided--that Greece has already done everything that could reasonably be done, and more. But at least some of the people commenting on his posts disagree--they say that although Greece has cut government spending, there hasn't been much "structural reform." That is, Greece still has a lot of unnecessary business regulations that hold back production and waste resources--if it got rid of those, the economy would expand and it could pay its debts.
The World Bank has been keeping track of business regulations in different countries since 2004 in its Doing Business project. By this ranking, Greece was 109th out of 189 in 2010, and 61st in 2015. That's still the lowest rank among the EU countries, but Greece is closing in on Italy (56th in 2015) and, ironically, Luxembourg (59th). Greece had one of the biggest upward moves in that period (Russia and Poland were among the others). The lesson seems to be that although cutting business regulations may promote economic growth in the long run, it doesn't have much immediate effect--if it did, Greece would be one of Europe's success stories.
PS: A high "Doing Business" ranking doesn't necessarily mean small government--Denmark and Norway are in the top 10.


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IT company scams consumers
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What i don't like is exactly what was shown in the movie. the use of over-technical language and the assumption that the customer doesn't know much.
welcome to Dubai :D
in this part of the world IT shops are just like car garages rip us off while we know it and happily pay them :p


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SEALINE - South African Angling and Boating Community > General Angling Topics > Your Fishing Stories > Professional Guide???
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|Professional Guide???
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|We thought that the services of a Guide will enhance our fishing experience, show us the some detail that we don't know and will result in an altogether fabulous day! Wrong!! I went to meet a highly recommended Guide, and discussed our requirements with him. We will be 4 Youngsters plus myself. What can be offered? A Good explanation was given, and the fact that large sharks are mostly targeted was stressed. Ok Thanks but we are mostly interested in edibles, we want to have fun and size does not matter ( I mean the size of the fish). Ok no problem can do that and a fun day guaranteed. And the price? R2000.00. That will be four "active fisherman" and myself mostly observing but will join in if the moment present itself. OK. What shall we bring with? Only yourselves, food and drink. Wonderful do you think our chances are good to catch edibles, enough for the 4 "strangers" to have a fish bbq. "Oh yes should not be a problem". What about transport. I have a sedan that is very low and I am very hesitant to drive unless the road is in very good condition.? Transport is no problem we come together at an agreed point and we will depart from there. Your price of R2000.00 for us sounds very reasonable, I will contact you for final arrangements. Thank you sir.
I then contacted 2 other Guides in the area and both quoted me R600.00 per person actively fishing. Myself being an observer there is no charge. We want to target edibles? No problem that we can do but an occasional shark might be caught in between. Thank you sir.
After a week I contacted the first Guide again, discussed our needs and possible dates and after more fisherman talk during which again I heard of massive sharks and the quantity being caught, and yes they are released. Ok, and I just want to make sure of the price? R2000.00. Thank you the deal is done. We will go on Sunday morning early. Thank you sir.
Pitched up on the agreed spot on Sunday, waited for about 5 minutes, and yes everything seems fine. The guides double cab was loaded with rods etc. I enquired about the condition of the road because my sedan loaded with 5 person now was very low. No problem the road is very good. OK. Now please pay, will it be altogether or everyone for himself? Thanks but we will pay everyone for himself. OK, first one R2500.00. ??????? No we wish to pay everyone for himself please. Yes you can do that it is R2500.00 per person. ???????? "But that amount was never mentioned"! Yes normally it is R2500.00 per person. "I am sorry but I was under the impression it was R2000.00 for the group". His response. "Never! I have never said it was for the group", "that will not even cover the cost of the bait".
OH dear what now, here I stand red faced with 4 youngsters to whom I have said R2000.00 for the group and now it turns out to be per person!!!! And it must be and it is all my fault for not enquiring properly and I should know prices quote are always per person. ???????
End of story: I paid R2000.00 out of my pocket, additional to the "contribution" the 4 youngsters made. I drove my overloaded sedan on acceptable gravel roads but with small storm water ridges. On everyone of these my sedan "bellyscraped". At the first stop we targeted Sharks, and my mention (again) of edibles and smaller size fish was met and reacted upon with the content it deserves!!!!. After a blanked morning we moved to another location and again rigged for sharks. 4 Very small ones were caught. Please remember not touch a rod unless being told to. The fish will be hooked and the rod passed to you. You can sit and watch the rods while the "youngsters" sit in the car, or play games on their cell phones while we wait for the sharks. How boring for them! We would have preferred to catch kolstert or anything else, even strepies. At least some action and fun could be had. But no, sharks it will be!! Maybe Would I have reacted differently if a proper shark had been caught? NO! That was not our aim or request.
At about 5ish we called it a day. I must say that the guide tried his best and did everything he could to set us up for a shark! It was just not the day. He also presented us with some fresh fish that his friend caught that day on a boat.
Will I ever make use of a Guide again? !!!!!! You be the judge of that.
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Dr halibut hoffman
|Jeepers for R2500 a person x4 you could go charter a boat yourself and go get some fish..that is crazy.
|Posted: Mon Feb 6th, 2017 07:23 pm
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|Posted: Tue Feb 7th, 2017 05:53 am
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|R2000.00 plus bait ? I would have told him where to put his bait and his shark tackle. Name and shame, if someone doesn't provide the service you expect you have the right to express your dissatisfaction with his company.
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|In fact it was R2000.00 "contribution" from the 4 youngsters + R2000.00 from myself making it R4000.00 for the day. A "bargain" as the normal price would be R2500.00 per person per day making it R10000.00 for the day.
|Posted: Tue Feb 7th, 2017 07:04 am
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|I wonder how many other unsuspecting people this "guide" has conned.
R10K for the day (or in your case R4K) and you are not even allowed to touch a rod unless he has hooked the fish for you!!!
I agree - NAME AND SHAME - you would not want someone else to have the same bad experience you had with this poephol...
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|Gee whizz man...talk about a kick in the teeth. Although no guide in the world can make fish bite,I do agree with Tarentaal that the pricing issue should've been stated clearly....at that price he could've taken the kids on a boat and catch all sorts of edibles.it's quite obvious the guide makes his cash with shark fishing and obviously specialises in that.But the price is nothinh short of insane! Very glad that this was brought to the attention of many anglers on this forum.
|Posted: Tue Feb 7th, 2017 09:23 am
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|YOu guys were even more crazy to get conned like that.
He preyed on your desperation....
|Posted: Tue Feb 7th, 2017 10:06 am
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|This def calls for name and shame, this is clearly a crook !!!
But you should have told him to screw himself on the spot as that was not the agreed price, I mean if my business runs on 10k a day, but i will accept 4k cause thats what is all they willing to offer,must surely set of alarm bells.
most charters I use takes a deposit to book, and I only pay after the days fishing,day by day.
what a pity, as this kids will properly never want to do this again.
|Posted: Tue Feb 7th, 2017 10:16 am
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|For R10K you could all go to Mapelane or Vidal and stay in the Chalets for 4 days with food drink bait and petrol !
|Posted: Tue Feb 7th, 2017 01:05 pm
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|That is shocking and gives all of us who guide a bad rep....I would love to know who it was as there are times I pass clients on to other guides and would die if that scenario played out to clients of mine!
Furthermore the services of a guide should always enhance the experience .......fish or no fish......any guide worth his salt will make very sure that the clients leave either with memories of good fish or at the very least get their moneys worth in tips, tricks, and skills enhancement.....
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|Posted: Tue Feb 7th, 2017 09:01 pm
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|Come on Tarentaal....add a name to your story!!
Blow the whistle and help to prevent this in the future.
|Posted: Sun Feb 12th, 2017 08:19 pm
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|Posted: Tue Feb 14th, 2017 11:49 am
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|any guide worth his salt will make very sure that the clients leave either with memories of good fish or at the very least get their moneys worth in tips, tricks, and skills enhancement.....
|Posted: Tue Feb 14th, 2017 11:49 am
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|Here's the really sad part, the most experienced anglers will guide you for free when they go fishing
We call it "come join, make new friends, help someone, safety in numbers", you just need to have your own tackle
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|I have been fishing for 48 years and this is a first. I don't deny a guide covering his expenses and making a profit.....if that's what his business is....depreciation on vehicle and tackle, direct costs of fuel, bait and some tackle etc......but I think he was thinking in overseas tourist and Euros.
Apart from the expense.....one just wants the kids to experience the excitement of the sport and get hooked on a very healthy recreational sport.....which could serve them well for the rest of their lives. I to this day still love my fishing.....and most of the time its not really the fish that we are after.
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|neilg wrote:
Here's the really sad part, the most experienced anglers will guide you for free when they go fishing
Well now that I have it in writing Neil when can I "come join, make new friends, help someone, safety in numbers" ??
Very little is happening in my neck of the woods and for a while now I've been considering the estuary stuff you do - stomping in the mud etc etc. seems like fun stuff. Let me know the best time to visit and some places to stay close by - will make a serious attempt to get some sick leave...
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|dit klink vreeslik......kan amper nie glo......het die ou nie n gewete........ja hy moet geld maak......maar dit is darm te erg..........as ek eendag weer daar kom in daai wereld en ek leef en is gesond.......dan vat ek daai lities..........kry so paar bokse 5 kg pillies........versamel paar mosselwurms......maak lokplek......paar dipstokke en klein rivierstokkies........dan speel hulle lekker met dasse en strepies en harders....gratis.....n kind geniet dit meer as daai episode van wag vir n haaitjie..........baie meer
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OMG guys, I am such a failure, I just realized that I got like ONE thing done on my February to do list.
We will not even start on my driver's license situation, it makes me wanna punch a wall. (Hulk Style) The only thing I took care of was to update my contributor posts more often. Finally got another post up on BGN and Nerdettes United I think I updated twice in one month. Not bad, not bad. So March doesn't have like a lot of things I want to take care of but there are quite a few.
- Dress up like a princess for Robin's Neice's Birthday Party. I have already required Jasmine!
- Start working out more often, Gotta get in shape for the spring!
- Get my Driver's License: March 13th.
- Find an affordable upgrade for my netbook (Who knew it would be so difficult?!)
- Find the energy to create. (Confession: I haven't touched my crochet or knitting needles in Months!)
- Start writing outlines for my youtube videos. (Stops me from rambling...as much)
- Finish reading my T3 Manual.
- Actually Write a Playing Femme Article ( Decide if I want to keep that title, or just add it to Handheld Mistress...Decisions Decisions)
- Finally Get back to updating VSS Regularly. I'm thinking Monday, Wednesday and Friday scheduling.
- Find a way to update EVERYTHING seamlessly. I really need to update more often, half the internet probably thinks I'm dead...
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The month of July has come to an end and with it the end of the Swedish summer vacation. The restaurants and shops will open up again ready for business after their long break. The visiting tourists will no longer be at awe that an establishment could actually shut its doors for business during one of the busiest months. The signs will once again hang in the windows "open for business"
We were driving up to Hälsingland again today, traveling in the opposite direction of the returning flow. A flow of RV's and motor homes much like the migration of salmon in the spring, a non-stop caravan of traffic coming towards us. The thirtieth of July, the end of summer vacation for nine million Swedes. I would just like to thank God that we were not part of the snail-paced migration.
The weather is predicted to be sunny up here so with rainy clouds still in the air, I decided to go out and produce this piece. Hopefully tomorrow it will improve.
We just watched on TV a remembrance service in the main church in Oslo; a remembrance for the 77 innocent victims of a mentally deranged fanatic. It was a collection of Norwegian groups, dedicating their artistic talent to those massacred.
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PHOENIX -- Northern Arizona Congressman Rick Renzi was indicted today on charges of extortion, wire fraud, money laundering and other matters in a scam involving an Arizona land swap.
The 26-page indictment says the scam allegedly helped Renzi collect hundreds of thousands of dollars in payoffs.
The indictment accuses Renzi and a former business partner of extortion and conspiring to promote the sale of land that buyers could swap for property owned by the federal government.
The indictment says that as part of the alleged scam, Renzi and James Sandlin concealed at least $733,000 that the congressman took for helping seal the land deals.
Renzi and another business partner, Andrew Beardall, are accused of embezzling more than $400,000 in insurance premiums to fund Renz's first congressional campaign.
Friday, February 22, 2008
Renzi Indicted
As Sweaterman noted, our dear corrupt congress critter, Rick Renzi, has finally been indicted. Time for a tattoo'd pig:
Long overdue, probably obstructed by the Gonzalez justice department, Renzi's going to face charges. He's been a "congressman for sale" from the beginning, and we'll be glad to be rid of him. In a way it bothers me that it's taken so long to charge him, as his crimes were obvious and well known. Renzi is a classic example of Republican values, soliciting bribes to support his 12 children. I really hope he ends up doing time.
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3 comments:
- Distributorcap said...
so i have MSNBC on in the office -- and they break into this story, a wingnut idiot from the accounting dept comes in to steal some of my candy...
she sees Renzi on the air, and says "he is so handsome" -- i say he was just indicted. she says "maybe i should be his jail wif"
- February 22, 2008 at 6:40 PM
- Demeur said...
And to think that Py and his cohorts had to endure this rat.
And Distributorcap, thanks for reminding me that Bush has a 19% approval rating. I really must bookmark your site.
- February 23, 2008 at 12:25 AM
- libhom said...
Renzi is cute. I bet he will be starring in a bunch of gay mens' prison sex fantasies now.
The picture of the pigs is adorable.
- February 23, 2008 at 8:45 AM
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Prosecuting Gaddafi: Ensuring Justice in Libya
JURIST Guest Columnist Charles Adeogun-Phillips of Charles Anthony LLP says that despite concerns surrounding the ability of the new Libyan government to provide Muammar Gaddafi with a fair trial upon capture, it should be allowed the opportunity to establish a hybrid international and domestic court for the purposes of institution building and reconciliation…
From all indications, it would seem as though the 42-year reign of Libyan leader and Pan African activist Colonel Muammar Gaddafi is finally over. Like Saddam Hussein, his ego is bound to get the better of him, and he will mostly likely remain on Libyan soil until he is captured by rebel forces. That is not necessarily a bad thing.
At a minimum, it is clear that the preferred choice of the National Transitional Council (NTC) is that Gaddafi be tried at home on account of the fact that he presided over the brutal slaughter of Libyan civilians during the recent uprising. It may well be that, in an attempt to reflect the totality of Gaddafi's alleged criminal conduct, the NTC may decide that he face trial on international terrorism charges in connection with the bombing of Pan Am flight 103 over Lockerbie, Scotland 23 years ago. Many international commentators have objected to this view on the premise that it is inconceivable that Gaddafi could receive justice at the hands of those whom he has repressed for so long. Consequently, they have argued that his fate should be left to the International Criminal Court (ICC) at The Hague.
Notable among those clamoring for a trial in the ICC is a leading international human rights lawyer and former president of the UN-backed Special Court for Sierra Leone, Geoffrey Robertson. In recent articles in The Sydney Morning Herald and the Guardian, he argues that as a matter of principle, the fate of the Gaddafis must not be left to Libyans. In that regard, Robertson identifies the massacre of 1,200 captives in a prison compound, the killing of 270 people in the Lockerbie bombing and almost as many in a passenger jet over Chad a few months later, as "the most egregious examples of Gaddafi's international crimes." He argues that it is essential for "Gaddafi [to] face justice in The Hague, not in Benghazi."
I am a little surprised and perhaps even more confused by Robertson's arguments in this regard, considering that the ICC does not have retrospective jurisdiction and is therefore unable to try Gaddafi for these particular crimes. All crimes within the jurisdiction of that court must have occurred after the entry into force of the Rome Statute on July 1, 2002. This is one key feature of proceedings before the ICC. That being the case, even with its best efforts, the ICC will be unable to try Gaddafi for these events.
Apart from lacking the temporal jurisdiction to try Gaddafi for these crimes, the ICC also lacks subject matter jurisdiction, at least so far as the Lockerbie and Chad bombings are concerned. These were acts of terrorism committed without any connection to an armed conflict and as such are outside the jurisdiction of the Rome Statute, even though they constitute international crimes. I fail to understand the logic in Robertson's suggestion that a court, which obviously lacks jurisdiction, provides Libyans with an appropriate forum to try Gaddafi for these crimes. Astonishingly, and still in favor of The Hague, Robertson argues that the fact that "liberation has come to the Libyans courtesy of international law, they have a reciprocal duty to abide by it." As evidence of this, Robertson cites the UN Security Council Resolution 1970 [PDF] of February 2011, which referred the situation in Libya to the ICC, and which has led to charges being filed by the ICC prosecutor against Muammar Gaddafi, his son, Saif al-Islam and Abdullah al-Senussi by the said court.
However, a close examination of UN Security Council Resolution 1970 will reveal that it has nothing whatsoever to do with either the Lockerbie or Chad bombings. In fact, ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has not indicted the Gaddafis for any of these crimes because he is quite simply barred by statute, thus raising one of the most unique and fascinating aspects of international criminal law. In that regard, although there is no statute of limitation for the prosecution of international crimes, several of the international penal institutions where such crimes can be prosecuted are often of limited temporal and subject matter jurisdiction. Such is the case here.
So, if the ICC prosecutor is statute barred from prosecuting Gaddafi at least in connection with the Lockerbie bombing, he is in effect devoid of the ability to reflect the totality of Gaddafi's alleged criminal conduct in court, especially as this particular crime was "international" in all its ramifications. That cannot be the right approach to seeking justice for both Libyans and the international community at large.
Robertson further cites UN Security Council Resolution 1973 mandating NATO's action in Libya to protect civilian lives, and concludes that no one can pretend that Gaddafi's regime could have been overthrown without the air, sea and logistical support provided by NATO forces. To be fair, he is not the only one that shares this view. It is the collective opinion of many in the "West." However, he likens it to a "duty" under international law, and that is what I have a problem with.
Having totally confused the temporal and subject matter jurisdiction of the ICC in relation to the events outlined above, I trust this renowned British human rights lawyer is not now suggesting that the Libyan people owe the super powers in control of NATO, immense gratitude for their "intervention" in saving the people of Libya and that the time has come for some sort of "payback," after all, as the saying goes, nothing goes for nothing. In all my years of practice as a distinguished member of the international bar, I have never come across such a notion under public international law — namely, one which imposes on a sovereign state, a "reciprocal duty to abide by international law." Does Robertson suggest yet another extension to the draft Article on the Doctrine of State Responsibility as proposed by the International Law Commission?
One might be forgiven to assume that as a member of the UN, Libya and its people are entitled to some measure of protection from the international community against obvious and sustained human rights abuses without the need to reciprocate. After all, does the UN Security Council not have a conventional obligation to maintain peace and security in all countries of the world? Anyone who reads the text of Resolution 1970 would find that it does. Assuming that such a duty exists, in fact and in law, the question then arises: does the forum for the exercise of that duty have to occur outside of Libya? I would think not.
In any event, contrary to Robertson's view, assuming by a long-shot that both the subject matter and temporal jurisdictional issues are in place in relation to the crimes outlined in his paper, Resolution 1970, cannot in itself, confer jurisdiction on the ICC regarding the situation in Libya. This is yet another misapprehension that Robertson labors under. Another major feature of the Rome Statute is that the judicial activity of the ICC is intended only to compliment that of national courts. Consequently, the ICC can exercise its jurisdiction only when national courts are unwilling or unable to genuinely carry out investigations and the prosecution of persons accused of international crimes defined in the Rome Statute — namely genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes and the crime of aggression.
Therefore, although the UN Security Council, acting under Chapter VII of the UN Charter, can require the ICC prosecutor to commence an investigation and report back to it accordingly, such investigative activity merely compliments that of the state in question and cannot have precedence over it. It is only when a state is found to be unable or unwilling to prosecute these crimes that the jurisdiction of the ICC is triggered. The question is this: has the National Transitional Council (NTC), described by Robertson as "a gimcrack organization," been afforded the opportunity to determine whether or not it has the ability to prosecute the Gaddafis for these crimes? Should they in fact be afforded such an opportunity? Certainly, Robertson, who sees the NTC as nothing but "showy and useless," (the oxford dictionary definition of the word gimcrack) cannot think so.
Surely, the NTC's stated preference for prosecuting Muammar Gaddafi and his son, Saif al-Islam, among others, on Libyan soil must speak for the majority of Libyans. In any event, even if they wanted to, the NTC cannot refer the terrorist acts alluded to by Robertson to the ICC, but can only do so in relation to the crimes committed against the Libyan people during the recent uprising in February 2011.
The NTC's position has received the support of UK Prime Minister David Cameron and other notable international figures. In reaction, Robertson describes Cameron's position as a "serious mistake" and likens it with that which "George Bush took after the capture of Saddam Hussein, which as far as he is concerned, was a rhetorical cover to ensure that the death penalty could be imposed on Hussein by politically manipulated local judges." The suggestion that it is impossible to receive a "fair" trial when charged with serious international crimes unless one is spirited off to The Hague must be incorrect. Certainly, a trial at the ICC for international crimes cannot be the only option open to the NTC, even if one were to be persuaded by Robertson's apparent disregard for the African and Middle Eastern judiciary, where, according to him, local judges can be politically manipulated. Even if it were so, is this the kind of statement one would expect from a distinguished jurist who once presided over the affairs of a UN-backed court situated on the African continent?
Leaving Robertson's short-sighted and myopic views aside for a moment, if anything, it has to be important to the international community that justice not only be done in Libya, but that it is done to the satisfaction of Libyans. This cannot be fully achieved at The Hague. Instead, the people of Libya need a forum that can allow them the flexibility of presenting the totality of Gaddafi's alleged criminal conduct during his 42-year reign of terror on his people and the international community at large. The ICC cannot afford them that opportunity.
Even in relation to the crimes for which the ICC has jurisdiction, the Libyan people, through the NTC, have not been afforded the opportunity to demonstrate their inability and/or unwillingness to prosecute the Gaddafis. On the contrary, they have said that they are able and willing to do so and that, in the absence of evidence to the contrary, puts to rest any discussions of an ICC prosecution, at least for now. Rather than lean towards an ICC prosecution for Gaddafi and his co-perpetrators, it is important at this crucial stage that the NTC receives unbiased counsel as to the various options available to seek and achieve justice for the heinous crimes committed by Gaddafi and his loyalists during the uprising with a view to securing lasting reconciliation amongst the Libyan population.
In that regard, there are several proven scenarios and models of international justice that can be utilized by the NTC to prosecute a range of international crimes committed within and outside Libya and ensure the fairness of the trial process. It is only after these avenues have been considered and exhausted that the issue of trials at The Hague can be entertained. Such proven scenarios consist of the establishment of a hybrid court, which can either be in the form of a domesticated international court, or an internationalized domestic court. With either model, the jurisdiction of such hybrid courts will be not be limited in time as they can try cases dating back several years, as there is no statute of limitation for international crimes. Such courts will ideally be composed of both local and international prosecutors and judges, such as was the case in the Special Panels of the Dili District Court in East Timor in 2000; the panels in the courts of Kosovo in 2001; the Special Court for Sierra Leone (SCSL) in 2002; the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia (ECCC) in 2006; and the Special Tribunal for Lebanon (STL) in 2009.
Flexibility and customizability are perhaps the greatest assets of hybrid criminal tribunals and special courts as there is virtually no situation that a hybrid tribunal or court cannot accommodate. It is this customized legal and judicial flexibility that the Libyan people require at this time and there is no reason why they cannot have it. Apart from the fact that these types of special courts are ad hoc in nature, they can operate utilizing a distinctive blend of both domestic and international substantive and procedural laws and rules derived from common and civil law jurisdictions. For example, in the case of the STL, the procedural rules are international in nature, but its applicable substantive law is derived from the Lebanese Criminal Code. In contrast, the procedure at the ECCC is based on Cambodian criminal procedure and its substantive law is, for the most part, international in character. Any one of these options is open to the NTC and the Libyan people in consultation with international experts.
It has also been possible for states who still operate the death penalty to remove or suspend those provisions in relation to the prosecution of international crimes. This was done in Rwanda to allow for the transfer of cases from the International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda (ICTR) as part of the completion strategy, which required the transfer of cases from the UN court to Rwanda, among others. Therefore, there is no justification in the argument that the existence of the death penalty in Libya would impact on the ability of defendants to be guaranteed a fair hearing.
Those of us who were fortunate enough to have been involved in the pioneering work of the first two ad hoc international tribunals established since the Nuremberg trials have, with the benefit of hindsight, discovered that the hybrid as opposed to solely international courts can be more efficient and better situated for prosecuting international crimes following large scale atrocities. We have also found that the inquisitorial rather than adversarial approach may be better suited to prosecute such offences. Robertson has not taken these factors into consideration.
In that regard, it is the full participation of nationals from the affected countries that clearly sets the hybrid criminal tribunals apart from all other international criminal forums. Concerns as to the fairness of the judiciary are often balanced with the appointment of at least one local judge to a bench of three judges. Likewise, prosecutors, investigators and registrars at such courts are often drawn from both local and international personnel, thus providing locals with a stake in the process and at the same time building human capacity in the relevant state.
In terms of subject matter jurisdiction, it is only a hybrid international court that can conduct a trial for events such as the Lockerbie bombing. In addition, a hybrid court can utilize existing legal and investigative talent within Libya to achieve the efficient investigation and prosecution of the Gaddafis for their crimes. After all, they know their territory better than any foreigner does. A customized hybrid court will be cheaper, more focused, efficient and would create a much needed local capacity. The activities of such a court will be documented and archived locally for successive generations. This court could not only prosecute international crimes in Libya, but also bolster the existing national judicial system and the rule of law.
In contrast, solely international courts tend to be staffed along the lines of the UN General Assembly. More often than not, the focus during the recruitment of personnel is on adequate representation of UN member states, as opposed to efficiency. Libyan citizens will play a peripheral role, if any, in the prosecution and investigation of these crimes such as acting as language assistants with little or virtually no visibility, whilst foreign lawyers, investigators, experts and other professionals will play more prominent roles. In any event, because international courts do not have any enforcement powers of their own, the reality on the ground is that international lawyers, investigators and other professionals drawn for all over the world still have to rely heavily on local law enforcement professionals for gaining access to crime scenes, retrieving and collecting evidence and even protecting witnesses. To that end, practical considerations, such as witness protection issues, the availability of witnesses, gaining access to territory, and safe passage of witnesses can only be guaranteed by the state in whose territory the crimes occurred.
Indeed, one of the major shortcomings of the solely international prosecution is the fact that such institutions are situated outside the country in which the atrocities were committed. It is difficult, if not impossible, for anyone experienced in dealing with the victims, witnesses and survivors of large scale atrocities to argue that international forums are better suited to aid national reconciliation than domestic or hybrid ones. In that regard, the ability of victims of large-scale atrocities to follow the trials of the perpetrators of such crimes makes a marked difference in their ability to heal and reconcile. After all, can we legitimately implore victims and survivors of mass crimes to be patient and exercise restraint if we are unable or unwilling to deliver justice to assuage their wounds in a manner that they can relate to?
Placing a hybrid court in the middle of the crime scene was without a doubt a great motivation for the SCSL. The SCSL was the first of the hybrid international tribunals to be situated right within the crime scene, as it were. That allowed the people of Sierra Leone to see justice being done. Robertson presided over the affairs of that court from its inception. Like their counterparts in Cambodia, Sierra Leone and Egypt, Libyans need to share in this experience. International tribunals and courts are created for the victims and not for the desires of the international community. A hybrid international court will leave a lasting legacy for the Libyan people, who will be trained to take over from their international counterparts. It will allow people to know that the rule of law is indeed a more powerful and better option than the rule of the gun.
Having said that, lessons must be learned from past. From the onset, the Libyans must seek expert help in establishing an achievable mandate for the operation of this court. That mandate must be limited and focused on prosecuting only those who bear the greatest responsibility for the crimes charged. The Libyans must be assisted in exercising that prosecutorial discretion, which, if abused, may have far-reaching consequences for the entire region. There must be a prosecutorial plan and that plan must be realistic and achievable. Such a plan must include a comprehensive trial strategy, which must involve prosecutors and investigators working in tandem. Investigations must be conducted into possible sexual offences against women and children where relevant, and concrete mechanisms must be established to seek, protect and relocate witnesses. There should be no more than a handful of indictments issued, perhaps no more than a dozen. An exit strategy must be established right at the beginning, as the work of any international tribunal or court must be limited in time, and efforts must be made to keep to that time frame. Funding commitments should be secured well in advance of the court's creation.
Of course, solely international courts and tribunals have the unique advantage of being located away from the country where the crimes occurred. That sometimes can be an invaluable tool depending on the nature of the conflict and the actors involved. There have been several situations where for political reasons and ongoing conflicts, it has been practically impossible to prosecute international crimes in the country were the crimes occurred. Rwanda and the former Yugoslavia are recent examples.
The recent ICC investigation of the situation in Kenya following the post-election violence of December 2007 is yet another example of such a situation. Similarly, the relocation of the Charles Taylor trial from Freetown to The Hague was necessary for security reasons, provides another example of the flexibility of hybrid courts. The STL, established to prosecute those responsible for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri, also hybrid in nature, sits in Leidschendam, just outside The Hague. The ongoing political divisions in Beirut and neighboring Damascus made it impossible to establish that court within Lebanon.
It may well be that the trial of the Gaddafis may follow this pattern if and when such a situation presents itself. It is, however, premature at this stage to dismiss the possibility of conducting their trials in Benghazi. Whichever system of justice is employed by the NTC, it must be emphasized that no system of international criminal justice can succeed without the fullest international support and cooperation.
With neighboring Egypt and Tunisia embroiled in their own post-conflict matters; Algeria playing host to and providing protective refuge to Gaddafi's immediate and extended family; South Africa undecided as to its position on the NTC and in the absence of consensus within the African Union (AU) (Nigeria, having publicly declared support for the NTC), the AU must seize the moment and take more decisive, robust and bold steps towards playing a more significant role in post-conflict Libya. Insisting on Libyans try the Gaddafis on Libyan soil will be a step in that direction. It is a step that will serve to ensure the creation of enduring judicial institutions, and promote and enhance fair trial values on the continent of Africa.
The best-case scenario must be for African tyrants to face trial before their people. It is only then that we can truly talk of reconciliation through justice. Justice must not only be done in Libya, but must be seen by all Libyans to be done.
Charles Adeogun-Phillips is the founding partner of Charles Anthony LLP. He is a former international prosecutor and senior UN lawyer, who for over a decade led the prosecution of persons responsible for the Rwandan genocide. He is currently admitted to practice as lead counsel before several international courts and tribunals including the Special Tribunal for Lebanon and the African Court for People's and Human Rights.
Suggested citation:Charles Adeogun-Phillips, Prosecuting Gaddafi: Ensuring Justice in Libya, JURIST – Forum, September 20, 2011, http://jurist.org/forum/2011/09/charles-adeogun-phillips-libya.php.
This article was prepared for publication by John Grant, an associate editor for JURIST's academic commentary service. Please direct any questions or comments to him at email@example.com


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21 one things I shouldn't say but I do:
1. Today I told a kid, "If you are going to have a bad attitude and not do the work this last week, just stay home."
2. I told a former student after her saying that babies aren't too expensive because she was on Medicaid and WIC, "Why should it be somebody else's job to take care of my kids?"
3. "I am not traditional and very particular in my old age," after my future mother in law suggest I register somewhere just because that is the thing to do.
4. "Retard" I say it a lot. And yes seester, I know it's not right.
5. "What the hell?" Right in front of a student after school!
6. "Shut it" to Sharri. All. The. Time.
7. "bastards" sometime to invading earwigs in my house. Sometimes
Directed at students.
8. "You're face will freeze that way". To one of my special Ed kids. I got a smart comment back and I totally deserved it.
9. "400" after being asked how many laps for warm up in PE.
10. "I just threw your bobber into the lake." It may take Reuben 20 years to get my sarcasm. He is very literal.
11. "I hope it isn't a symbol of our relationship," to Reuben after he mentioned that some flowers he gave me were wilting. Again...too literal!
12. "Are you F-ing kidding me?" To a lot of people about various things.
13. "Zip it" to students quite often.
14. "Get in your time machine and come to school and do your work." To students.
15. "Nothing will fall off." In support of kids waiting until they are married to have sex.
16. "Just sayin'" I say it a lot and it really doesn't excuse things like: "You really going to wear that to the movies, just sayin'"
17. "You're losing points." Sometimes I don't mean it.
18. "Weight Training is not a spectator sport." Sometimes they need to spot each other.
19. "Stop it." Actually, I quite like that one.
20. "Eat Less, Move More." It's that easy but sometimes I even forget.
21. "What do you want from me?"
|Enjoying the beauty.
|Looking for crawfish
|First catch of the season
|I live in a pretty place
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No...no more biased than any of the rest of us. But I doubt there is a dispassionate soul in the entirety of the SBC right now, as regards these issues. Certainly I think we can show that Ed Stetzer would have to be superhuman not to have personal bias germane to this topic.
- Entities, blogs, etc., within the SBC have rather strongly polarized over these issues over the past year.
- Pro-PPL bloggers include people who have tried to advance Ed Stetzer as the man to lead NAMB, people with very intimate connections with Lifeway Research, and the people for whom Lifeway Research initiated the study to begin with (remember the Roundtable?). Some of his most passionate cheerleaders in the SBC have disproportionately been pro-PPL folks.
- Anti-PPL folks in the SBC, on the other hand, include many people who have been harsh critics of Ed Stetzer and Acts 29. Here I go speculating again, but I'm willing to guess that word of that criticism actually made it back to Ed Stetzer (since it has been reported all over Baptist Press). By the way, please note that today is the first time that Ed Stetzer's name has ever been mentioned on my blog.
- I don't know Ed Stetzer, but I'm willing to offer once again the bald speculation that he is, indeed, a human being, and as such, vulnerable to being influenced by such things as the #2 and #3.
- Lifeway Research has publicly stated that they have been in conversation with bloggers throughout this process. I know that Lifeway Research hasn't been in any conversations with me over this (although I think Lifeway belongs to me as much as it belongs to any other Southern Baptist blogger)—could any anti-PPL blogger tell me about having been in conversation with Lifeway Research about this project? If not, then I guess that Lifeway Research has been in conversation with only one side of a partisan divide as this research has progressed. Can anyone think of a good excuse for Lifeway Research to be coordinating this project with vocal participants from one particular side of this debate? Don't such actions call Lifeway Research's objectivity into question? I don't think that Southern Baptists are well served by a research division that gets cozy with one side in a polarized debate that the division is researching.


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We all have our annual BCM exercise where the primary location would be shut down and we have to make sure all our applications work from the BCM site. But have you heard BCM exercise conducted by the school? The little girl had one a couple of months back.
The girls were given a notice with all the details on how to work in case of an emergency and the school had to shutdown. All of them were given a login id and site and asked to make sure it was accessible. On the BCM day, they had to study from home. The lessons were on the site, with powerpoint slides and worksheets. They had to go through them and do the worksheets and submit them. The teachers would then mark them. Looking at this, we were thinking of our school days when we would eagerly wait for some emergency to occur so that schools are closed. Especially when there are exams or tests. I remember how we cribbed when MGR passed away during the school holidays. We felt he had robbed us of a holiday!!


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Rachel is the giant bronze piggy bank at Pike Place Market (just in front of the popular fish tossers' market under the clock). You can see some of her hoof prints embedded in the pavement, engraved with donor's names. The Market Foundation collects $6000 to $9000 in change and bills each year, which it distributes to recipients of its health, education, housing and social welfare programs, and the farmers emergency relief fund. During the floods of last November, many market farmers' crops were wiped out. Contributions on line to the fund are much appreciated (click on the link then click on the Donation Form link in left column. To celebrate the Market's 100th anniversary this year, artists will be adorning replica's of the pig for display all over town, some with video screens. Watch for Pigs on Parade 2007! Rachel pig piggy+bank pigs+on+parard Pike+Place+Market Market+Foundation


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Friday, January 22, 2016
Pretty Spring Wreath
Hi!! I am up on the Maya Road Design Team Blog today. I have a pretty Spring wreath to share that I created with some new Maya Road Products just release at CHA this month. You can stop by and take a look HERE. You will also find all the links to the Maya Road Products I used to create my project.
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Make Your Own Toilet Cleaning Bombs with this great recipe from the website, Mom 4 Real. It will save you lots of money and also time, once you have made them. Some of the new ways to clean your home and clothes are so terrific, but they can really add up. And sometimes it is just hard to justify the kind of money you could spend on cleaning bombs and the like when you are counting so many pennies in other areas, like food costs. But this recipe will allow you the best of both worlds, having the bombs and saving a few bucks.
The initial cost of making these bombs will add up unless you already have purchased and use various essential oils. But they do go a long way, and you will be able to use them over and over again. Some ingredients, like baking soda, you may already have in the house. In fact, baking soda is such a useful product, everyone should keep boxes of it—big ones, for the kitchen, laundry, fridge, and under the sink for general cleaning. It is a fantastic thing to clean and cook with.
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I am going to round off this blog now (this will probably be the last post) without fulfilling any of my old "to be covered in future posts" promises. Sorry. Things have moved on, and I have moved on. Instead, I am going to finish off with taking a step back and making some reflections about the role of database systems in people's minds and in the industry.
But first, I just want to explain a few things about this blog, the company that I was working for while writing the previous posts, and which I am no longer working for (Apptus Technologies), and what I am doing now and in the future.
Why This Is the End
The reason for the decline of this blog was changes at Apptus Technologies that shifted the focus for me and my colleagues a little bit. The company took on a new direction after the international financial crisis of late 2008. We decided to narrow down our scope and build something that would lie as close as possible to the final use our customers typically found for our software, rather than producing a generic platform. Hence, spreading the word of our insights in generic data management, which was the primary mission of this blog, became less of an issue.
The new direction, with the Apptus Esales platform, became quite a success, both in terms of creating a technologically strong product and selling it, and Apptus is again thriving, and hiring new software developers.
From now on, however, future development of Apptus will happen mostly without my involvement. After about ten years in the software development business, most of which as Apptus' head of research, I have decided to give academic research and teaching another shot. In early August, I started as assistant professor at the IT University of Copenhagen. I will certainly make use of what I have learned at Apptus in my new position, and most likely my research will involve developing ideas that have come up at Apptus. Plausibly, my former Apptus colleagues will also be involved in some manner.
If you are interested in following what I do, or would like to contact me about research ideas for instance, there are several entry points for finding and contacting me on the Internet.
If you are interested in what happens at Apptus, keep track of the fairly recently reworked Apptus website. There is some blogging going on there now, and I left some texts behind that you might find there (uncredited) sometime.
Reconsidering Databases
The transition I have been going through in the last few months inspired me to make some general reflections on database systems in a wider perspective, which I thought I would share with you. I have asked myself: why do we have database systems, what do people really expect of them, why are people often so dissatisfied with them, and what directions are available for improvement?
I figure the things most database systems are intended for are the following:
- Persistent storage
- Secure storage
- Organizing and structuring data
- Complex query answering
- Efficient (quick) query answering
- Concurrent access
- Concurrent update
1 What are database systems mostly used for?
I haven't researched what people use database management systems for, but I think I have enough knowledge and experience to base some thoughts on my personal impression of what most people consider to be the main task of DBMS.
I think it's persistent storage. Period. People who don't want data to disappear when they shut down the program (or the computer) set up a database system to hold the data. Anyhow, I think that's what most programmers (which is what I identify as) consider the DBMS to be mostly about.
Everyone doesn't use something that deserves being called a DBMS for this, but many do. Why, if they need only a single aspect of what the DBMS was designed for? Probably because it's easy and safe. A DBMS is something they are familiar with how to interact with, and they trust that it won't lose any data.
This is the reason for the object model for databases that is still out there, puzzling or even annoying advocates of the relational model. People who write object-oriented software want the objects still be there when a program comes back up after being shut down. I might not want to call that a DBMS, but I understand their position. I am not even going to say that it is always a bad idea to base an object persistence library on a general DBMS, but it does seem a bit excessive. It should be possible to create a slimmer and more efficient system designed specifically for object persistence, and I am sure there are such systems out there too.
2 What is the main point where database systems don't deliver?
Maybe I am skewed towards things that have mattered in my own work, but I would say that at least one major point of dissatisfaction with general database systems is their lack of computational efficiency in delivering query results. We at Apptus found, like many others have, that a standard DBMS is about a factor 100 from the query performance of a well designed search engine, and that there is no principal reason why it has to be.
This is the reason why regular DBMS were thrown out of all large-scale search engines on the Internet in the early 2000s. (Well, almost all. Amazon are still using Oracle, I think, but I would presume that the Amazon search engine has evolved into something that is practically hand-written by Oracle technicians by now.)
3 Do we really need a single system to do all that a DBMS does?
Since most people are apparently primarily concerned about one, or at least just a few, of the capabilities of a DBMS, can't we abandon the idea alltogether and split it into a number of systems, or at least components, that are specialized for those few things?
My answer to that is that I think we still need the single-system DBMS. It is true that in many cases where it used to be routine to bring in the DBMS, people have started using other things. And rightly so. That development will probably continue. But when you get into concurrency and security, everything gets entangled. I don't see how that can be lifted out to work by itself. A secure system with concurrency capability just has to have control of everything that is done with the data.
So I think there are still businesses where you need a DBMS approximately as we know it. What one could wish for, however, is that DBMS in the future may gain a greater elasticity to satisfy different needs. For instance, it should be easier and more transparent how to sacrifice a bit of update concurrency for query speed, or improving update capabilities by reducing the capability for complex data organization. Today's SQL systems, at the core still optimized for the needs and hardware resources of the 1980s, are not good at giving us that flexibility.
4 For what ascpects does the relational model help?
I myself have frequently tried to sell the importance of a strict data model with a firm basis in logic, and been frustrated by the lack of understanding of the connection between logic and databases that dominates the industry, and actually much of acedemia too. (Although I am less convinced now than I was a few years ago that the relational model is the perfect solution.)
But looking at the points above, which of them does a good and logical data model really solve? Actually not many. It is essential only to two of them: organizing and querying complex data. Those that can do without that can do without thinking very much about data models. Some of the other things certainly get a little simpler if you have a good grasp of logic and data modelling, but they are not strictly necessary, and not top priority.
This, I think, is reason why most programmers are so indifferent to logical data modelling, even though most of them should have the ability to both understand and appreciate the elegance of it.
That was all I had to say at this point. Not a finished theory to get oriented in the database world, but maybe a few insights that at least I personally am going to keep in mind in choosing the direction of my future research.


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Thursday, April 8, 2010
Yes, I'm Angry!
So, after getting Bubs settled down (come on, you think I was up at 4am without a wake up call???) I called Hubs. He was about 4 miles from home and let me know to be careful on the side roads coming home. He then tells me I need to check his head when he gets home because he's pretty sure that he was knocked out "for a bit" when he went off the road!!
My first thought was how much more serious this could have been. He could have called me from the hospital. I could have had a police officer contact me. He could have still been on the side of the road when I called him. But he wasn't. And that's when anger started settling in.
I'm angry that he didn't come home earlier, before the roads got slick. It's not like it was a shocker that it was coming. I'm angry that he was out so late because he watches Bubs during the day and because of this, I'm probably going to wind up taking Bubs in to work with me. Not like I plan on Hubs watching him on 2 hours of sleep. I'm angry that he feels somewhat invincible driving on slick roads because he learned to drive in Minnesota. I'm angry that he doesn't feel I have any right to be angry about any of these things, starting with this could have been so much worse!
So, here I sit at 4:30 in the morning, trying to work through my feelings. I'm not a morning person, I'd much rather be curled in my bed with one or both of my men sleeping next to me. And worse, I feel like a total bitch because I haven't gotten past it. I feel like a horrible wife because I didn't react "like I should have". Oy, it's going to be a long day!
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- Green Girl in Wisconsin said...
Ugh. I'm so sorry. Men can be such bums. I have one who used to be that obnoxious. He's better now, but your post reminded me of the RAGE I'd feel. And so powerless, too.
- April 8, 2010 at 6:51 AM
- Kris said...
I would be extremely upset as well. The very least he could have done was call you a)when he left his friend's place and b)after going off the road to let you know it would be a bit before he'd be back. Men just don't think sometimes
- April 8, 2010 at 9:33 AM
- Heather said...
Thanks ladies! When I posted this, I just needed to get it out.
He said he didn't call because he didn't want to wake me up. He's done that before, no problem. But this time, I was pretty upset that he didn't call, especially after he "lost" an hour and almost a quarter tank of gas! Luckily, when he went off the road and hit the ditch, his car went into neutral so it didn't go anywhere!
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Wanya Sushi Annex - Hong Kong
We went to the expensive all you can eat Wanya before in Central, Hong Kong. Then I realized there is also another tiny shop in a quiet street in Central that's also call Wanya. By the look of the place, I didn't expect much. It was on a tiny run down looking street. The shop is tiny, practically no design or style at all. They have all you can eat or a la carte. I was in the mood for all you can eat. I find myself wasting money to have all you can eat when I can't eat much at all.
So, we ordered a sushi set as below~ Believe, they look a lot more delicious in real life. We took the picture with our cell phone, hence the bad quality and color. Everything was just so fresh and delicious. There wasn't the tiniest bit of stinky fishy taste. The amaebi is pretty big as compared to the usual ones in other restaurants. It's quite hard to get a good piece of tuna in Hong Kong. These tuna sushi are pretty good~ (but I still prefer the ones I can get in Vancouver, and Japan's still the best). The salmons are the belly part, fresh and sweet.
It was a really hot night. We also ordered a cold udon. I love it. Very refreshing.
Eating in Central can be very pricey. However, this dinner was only HKD$178! That's enough for Cho and me. After seeing the bill, I am glad this place doesn't have fancy furnishing, if not the bill would at least be a double. I am definitely coming to this place again.
Address: Shop 3, G/F, Prosperity Tower, 39 Queen's Road, Central
Wanya Sushi Annex at point W in the list of "Places Part 1" on the map.
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KUALA LUMPUR: The caning of a boy for bringing non-halal food to school in Kuching took a new twist after the school assistant denied caning the 10-year-old boy for it.
Deputy Education Minister Datuk Dr Wee Ka Siong said he had received a report from Sarawak's Education Department which stated that the school administrator caned the boy for another reason.
"From investigations, it was found that although the boy did bring non-halal food to the school – fried rice with pork sausages – the senior school administrator denied caning the boy for it," he said when met by reporters at the Parliament lobby here.
Wee also told reporters that there was no written circular to ban students from bringing non-halal food to school.
"However, students should be tolerant and take care of the sensitivities of others," he added.
On Wednesday (Nov 3), the boy's mother, Angela Jabing claimed that her 10-year-old son was caned by a school's senior assistant for bringing non-halal food to school.
She stated that on Oct 15, she had prepared fried rice with non-halal sausages for her son to bring to school for his recess, and was shocked to learn that he was punished and caned 10 times on the palm for bringing the food.
She went to the school to clarify the matter on Oct 19 but was not satisfied with the verbal explanation received and thus demanded for a written explanation.
However, the letter did not answer her question on why her son had to be caned 10 times for just eating fried rice with non-halal sausages.
Angela, who happened to be Parti Keadilan Rakyat (PKR) Sarawak Women exco member, brought the matter to the knowledge of the local media at a press conference which was also attended by PKR Sarawak Women leaders on Nov 3.
According to Wee, there seemed to be two conflicting reports on the incident now.
Because of this, he said the ministry had instructed for a thorough investigation on the matter and he also hoped the parents can come out and help with the investigation.
He also implied that the case might be 'politically motivated'. He said: "I understand that the parent has a political background."
Meanwhile, PKR Sarawak Women will hold another press conference today at the party's Stampin division office to comment on the latest developments.
Efforts to contact Angela for her response to Wee's statement were futile as she could not be reached.
A special meeting was also expected to be held today to settle the matter involving all parties concerned, such as the boy's parents, school board committee, school authority, headmaster, Parent-Teacher Association
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The timing and the location of the meeting was however not publicly revealed.
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