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Corn is an incredibly productive crop that works well in organic crop rotations in many parts of North America. An influx of transgenic (GMO) corn varieties since the mid-1990s, like RoundUp Ready corn, have made it increasingly difficult to grow uncontaminated organic corn—or find corn seed that is free of transgene contamination.
The difficulty stems from the fact that corn is a species that releases millions of pollen grains from its male flowers to land on the hundreds of silks of the female flowers or ears. Wind carries pollen long distances, which makes it possible for GMO pollen to contaminate organic corn on neighboring farms and negatively impact organic corn farmers.
In their 2015 National Organic Farmer Survey, OFRF asked farmers about their experience with GMO contamination. Nationally, 2.2% of farmers reported having a product shipment rejected due to GMO contamination (N=881). However, the rate of contamination is not uniform throughout the US. In the North Central region, 6% of respondents reported having a product shipment rejected due to GMO contamination.
In their survey responses, farmers expressed great concern over pollen drift, the ability to source uncontaminated seed, and the financial impacts associated with contamination and implementing avoidance practices. One farmer stated, "All of my 2014 corn crop was rejected for the food grade market due to contamination that came in from most likely my neighbor's corn field. I always plant my corn much later (than neighboring conventional farmers) due to contamination having caused a huge negative impact for me."
In response to this growing problem for organic farmers, OFRF provided funding for a breeding project led by Frank Kutka of the Seed We Need Project in Dickinson, North Dakota. The purpose of the project is to reduce transgenic contamination of organic corn by maintaining the integrity of organic corn seed.
To do this, Kutka crossed sources of gametophytic incompatibility—a trait that strongly interferes with successful fertilization by pollen from plants without the trait—with a number of corn populations and inbred lines. Along with other practices designed to maintain genetic purity of corn varieties, these traits should provide additional insurance against transgene contamination once the seed is planted. These improved lines and populations will readily cross with most field corn in the U.S.A.
Although it is not foolproof, this organic seed breeding greatly reduces outcropping and protects organic corn from GMO contamination. In addition to making the new corn varieties available, Kutka is providing public outreach through videos, presentations, and interviews highlighting the traits and importance of organic corn and organic plant breeding.
Read Kutka's OFRF research report here.
For more information:
2015 presentation to MOSES Organic Farming Conference
2015 presentation to FARRMS beginning farmers group in North Dakota
Years one to three of this research were funded in partnership with Clif Bar Family Foundation under the Seed Matters Funding Initiative.


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About Living in Italy: the Real Deal – Hilarious Expat Adventures
Would you dare to follow your dream and move or retire to Italy? Stef & Nico did, although their dog Sara had her doubts. Now from your comfortable armchair you can share in the hilarious & horrendous adventures they experienced when they moved to Italy to start a bed and breakfast.
For lovers of amusing travelogue memoirs who like a good laugh. And for those interested in practical advice on how to buy a house in Italy there is useful information along the way, pleasantly presented within the short stories.
Glossary of Italian words included! Learn the true meaning of Italian phrases and expressions like "non ci sono problemi", "di fiducia", "persone serie", "tutto a norma" and many more. Learn a bit of the foreign language before going to Italy.
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Author Bio:
In 2008 Stef Smulders, his partner Nico and their dog Saar emigrated to Italy to start a new life and set up their B&B Villa I Due Padroni. They sold their home, left their friends and family behind and took a leap into the unknown. Now Stef shares his experiences in a collection of witty short stories. The book treats the trials and tribulations of an emigration.
The reader is introduced to a full range of Italian characters, from the trustworthy to the rogue, from the gentle to the shameless, flesh and blood Italians. Some are stereotype, others unexpectedly original. Yet they never fail to amuse and entertain.

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- 4 years ago
- Wedding: July 2014
Fiance and I are not able to have a full catholic mass and it is kind of upsetting to me. I have been catholic all my life by he is nondenominational. I understand why we cant have the full mass, but we were under the assumption that we could at the beginning. Fiance is not catholic and never will be and that is fine by me. My mother was wanting us to have the full mass and is upset that we cant.
I said that it was important to me but i cannot please my mother and Fiance and it is more impoerant for him to be happy than my mom since i am marrying HIM!
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GreenPoint Financial Corp. History
New York, New York 10016
Telephone: (212) 834-1000
Fax: (212) 834-1711
Website: www.greenpoint.com
Incorporated: 1868 as The Green Point Savings Bank
Employees: 1,739
Sales: $1.06 billion (1998)
Stock Exchanges: New York
Ticker Symbol: GPT
NAIC: 52212 Savings Institutions; 522292 Real Estate Credit; 551111 Offices of Bank Holding Companies
Company Perspectives:
By responding to our customers' financial needs with superior products and service delivery, we will build shareholder value through high profitability and growth while continuing to be a strong supporter of our communities.
Company History:
GreenPoint Financial Corp. is a bank holding company whose bank subsidiary, GreenPoint Bank, had 73 branches in the New York City metropolitan area in 1998. Through its mortgage lending subsidiary, the company was the national lender in no-documentation residential mortgages. With a 1998 acquisition, Greenpoint also became the second ranking originator and servicer of manufactured home loans in the United States. In addition, it was operating a for-profit community development subsidiary in the New York City metropolitan area.
Green Point Savings Bank to 1990
Located at the northwest end of Brooklyn, Greenpoint was still a small, quiet community in 1868, when prominent local citizens received a state charter to establish The Green Point Savings Bank, a mutual thrift institution and the forerunner of GreenPoint Bank. It opened for business the following year and collected about $135,000 in deposits in the first year of operation. By 1880 its deposits had grown fivefold, and they tripled again by 1885. Deposits reached more than $5 million in 1905. After moving several times, the bank, in 1908, settled into its own newly erected granite-faced building at Manhattan Avenue and Calyer Street. The bank's assets came to $12.4 million in 1918.
In 1928 Green Point opened a branch in another Brooklyn neighborhood, Crown Heights. After merging with the troubled Home Savings Bank in 1931, however, Green Point moved this branch to Flatbush. Green Point had 77,109 depositors and $65.1 million in assets at the beginning of 1940 and 105,546 depositors and $159.3 million in assets at the end of 1950. Net profits came to $3.35 million that year. The bank opened a branch in Canarsie in 1952. By the end of 1960 the number of depositors had grown to 132,813, assets to $296.7 million, and net profit to $10.2 million. Green Point opened a branch in Flushing, Queens, in 1967 and in Levittown in Nassau County in 1969.
Green Point Savings Bank had 168,765 depositors at the end of 1970, $588.6 million in assets, and $25 million in net profits for the year. The number of depositors was 218,856, and assets were $1.18 billion, at the end of 1980. In the 1970s and early 1980s, the bank opened three more Brooklyn branches, one in Queens, and four in Nassau County communities. In 1983 Green Point was making more mortgage loans in Brooklyn, Queens, and Nassau County than any other lender--even Citibank, which was 80 times bigger. The bank earned $7.6 million in 1982, a year in which 90 percent of all U.S. savings institutions were reporting losses because of high interest rates.
The corporation's success in this field was attributed to its willingness to make mortgage loans without requiring verification of such basic information as income or place of employment. Many of its clients were people who earned more money than they declared on their tax returns, said the bank's president, adding "We are not the I.R.S." Most of its borrowers were choosing an "automatic credit" mortgage, which only required checking the applicant's name with a credit bureau. Even if the credit report showed that the applicant was in arrears of bills or loans, Green Point might still approve the mortgage, though at a higher price. In some cases the bank would make the loan even if the customer could not meet the 25 percent down payment. In spite of its customer-friendly policies, Green Point was experiencing fewer foreclosures than most other mortgage lenders.
The bank also was making mortgage loans expeditiously. Its business in this field came 90 percent of the time from real estate brokers and lawyers, and within two days of the initial call from these sources, it was sending out an appraiser to inspect the property. Because of a simplified form, its personnel could process about 14 appraisals a day, compared to only three or four if they were using standard appraisal forms requiring depreciating every major item in the house individually.
In 1987 Green Point Savings Bank entered Westchester County for the first time and by mid-1988 had 16 branches. In 1987 the bank launched a highly successful referral network that encouraged real estate professionals to send it customers. "We rarely turn a loan down," bank president I. J. Lasurdo told Phil Roosevelt, "but we may charge extra fees or higher interest rates, depending on the problems surrounding the particular application." The bank's mortgage portfolio represented about 85 percent of its total assets, which had reached $3.2 billion in 1988. Its return on assets was among the highest of any thrift institution in the state of New York. The bank had net income of $78 million in 1989, a year in which American Banker ranked it third strongest among the nation's 100 largest thrifts and the strongest on the East Coast. Assets reached $5.12 billion in 1990.
From Bank to Holding Company: 1990-95
Green Point Savings Bank's high profile in the mortgage market was not without its hazards, however. During the recession of the early 1990s, in poor Brooklyn neighborhoods a number of dilapidated apartment buildings for which the bank held mortgages were abandoned. Although Green Point had built a reputation for helping residents and community groups in minority neighborhoods, it now was faulted for failing to respond to hazardous building conditions or provide heat, hot water, and other services, sometimes for months. The bank's explanation that it was not legally entitled to enter premises until the foreclosure process was completed did not deflect criticism. One city housing official told Barbara W. Selvin of New York Newsday, "Green Point has stood in the way of our getting [our] administrators in buildings, or our getting services restored in buildings they've had put under receivership." In 1993 the bank established a subsidiary to help low- and moderate-income persons in the metropolitan area find affordable housing.
With one of the highest capital-to-assets ratios in the thrift industry, Green Point was still in robust health in 1992, It ranked first in the dollar amount of residential mortgages in Brooklyn, Queens, the Bronx, Staten Island, and Long Island. The core customer remained a heavy saver in a blue-collar neighborhood. Green Point's chairman and president said that, though the bank had tightened its credit standards, it was still more liberal than most banks. It could afford to be so because it restricted itself mainly to lending money on houses in neighborhoods where its appraisers kept a sharp eye on appropriate values, with a maximum mortgage of $400,000. Although Green Point's level of nonperforming loans was higher than the thrift industry's average, it also received higher yields in order to compensate for higher risk.
Green Point Savings Bank bought four branches in Westchester and Rockland counties from CrossLand Federal Savings Bank in early 1993, raising the number of its branches to 25. It moved its headquarters to Flushing around this time. With 246,000 depositors and $6.5 billion in deposits, Green Point was the nation's largest mutual savings bank when, in December 1993, its depositors approved a plan to convert it from mutual to stock ownership. The conversion received state sanction the following month, but the state rejected a provision that called for the bank's top officials and trustees to receive a financial package of an estimated $30 million and ordered the company to add three new independent trustees to monitor the bank's affairs.
The company raised $786 million in its initial public offering by selling a majority of its common stock at $15 a share. In 1995 the bank purchased 60 New York branches of Home Savings of America, FSB, with $8.3 billion in deposits, from H.F. Ahmanson Inc. for some $600 million. This acquisition brought Green Point into Manhattan and Suffolk County for the first time as well as enhanced its presence in Brooklyn, Queens, and Westchester County. Also in 1995, the bank's holding company acquired the national wholesale residential mortgage lending operation of Barclay/America/Mortgage Corp., a subsidiary of Barclays Bank PLC. This operation remained based in Charlotte, North Carolina. A subsidiary of the bank, it took the name GreenPoint Mortgage Corp. The bank itself, which dropped "Savings" from its title in 1995, was now a subsidiary of GreenPoint Financial Corp., a holding company established in May 1995.
National Mortgage Lender: 1996-98
The Barclay acquisition enabled GreenPoint Financial to take its mortgage loan business nationwide, at a pace of $2.4 billion in 1996, a 140 percent increase from the previous year. Most of these loans--offered in 10 markets outside New York City by early 1997--were no documentation, or "no-doc," loans that the mortgage subsidiary offered to home buyers who were having trouble meeting the usual income and credit standards. In return for the loans, they put up larger down payments--at least 25 percent--and paid higher interest rates and loan fees. (GreenPoint also offered low documentation, or "low-doc," mortgage loans, with a reduced rate for the provision of certain income documentation. The low-doc product was discontinued in February 1997.) Unlike many other thrift institutions, the company was holding on to all its mortgages instead of reselling them.
Skeptics said GreenPoint Financial's no-doc mortgage loans were producing results only because property values were growing significantly due to boom times, allowing the mortgage subsidiary virtually to recover its investment when borrowers defaulted. But Thomas S. Johnson, GreenPoint's chairman and president, said its secret was "management discipline," according to Karen Talley, with checks and double checks, instead of the scattershot approach he said produced volume for other lenders but also led to lax standards. Johnson said that because appraisals had to be dead accurate, GreenPoint Mortgage was maintaining its own corps of appraisers instead of, as most other lenders, farming the work out. It was lending no more than 75 percent of a property's appraised value or purchase price. The company frequently was choosing to foreclose rather than renegotiate or restructure a nonperforming loan and was collecting 97 cents on the dollar when it did foreclose.
GreenPoint Financial entered another field in 1998, when it purchased BankAmerica Housing Services, which it renamed GreenPoint Credit Corp., for $703 million. The acquired company was originating and servicing manufactured housing loans for BankAmerica Corp. through a sales and service network of 45 offices with more than 5,000 dealer relationships in 48 states. It ranked second in such mortgages in 1996, with 16 percent of about $12.6 billion originated in the manufactured housing sector. When BankAmerica closed NationsCredit Manufactured Housing Corp., the nation's fourth largest manufactured housing lender, in December 1998, GreenPoint said it would buy the unit's dealer contacts for an undisclosed amount.
Also in December 1998, GreenPoint Financial moved to double its lending capacity by purchasing Headlands Mortgage Co. for $473 million. Headlands was a specialist in "alt-A" loans to borrowers who did not quite meet the guidelines of Freddie Mac and Fannie Mae, names given to government-sponsored enterprises purchasing the bulk of mortgage loans. Headlands, whose sales force was strongest in the West, while GreenPoint's was strongest in the East, had originated more than $6.8 billion in loans in 1998 by early December.
GreenPoint Financial Corp. in 1997
GreenPoint Financial's revenues remained steady at $1.03 billion in 1997, but its net income rose to $147.6 million. A share of stock traded as high as $75.50 during 1997, leading to a two for one stock split in March 1998. Mortgage originations reached $2.85 billion in 1997, and the company was offering mortgages in 25 cities by March 1998. Nonperforming assets were remaining at a steady rate of 2.9 percent of the company's total assets, which were $13.1 billion in 1997. The long-term debt was $399.5 billion at the end of 1997. Revenues and income rose only slightly in 1998, to $1.06 billion and $149.5 million, respectively.
At the end of 1997 GreenPoint Mortgage was servicing about 95,000 residential mortgage loans with outstanding principal balances of $9.6 billion, including $8.9 billion in its own portfolio. In addition to no-doc loans, which had a maximum amount of $1 million, it was offering full-doc ones (those in accordance with Federal National Mortgage Association guidelines). Both fixed and adjustable rates were being offered, with terms of 10 to 30 years for fixed rates and terms of up to 30 years for adjustable rates. The mortgage subsidiary also was originating real estate loans in the New York City metropolitan area for larger residential, mixed use, and commercial properties. Of total loans of $8.9 billion in 1997, 86 percent were designated for one- to four-family homes; seven percent to apartments; six percent, commercial; and one percent other.
GreenPoint Financial also was offering student and personal-savings loans. GreenPoint Community Development Corp. was offering lending programs, development opportunities and assistance, consulting, and other activities to foster greater access to affordable housing for low- and moderate-income persons residing in the New York City metropolitan area. GreenPoint Bank had 74 full-service offices, all in the metropolitan area. The holding company maintained operating centers and mortgage lending centers in Lake Success, New York, and Charlotte, North Carolina; a mortgage lending center in Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey; and a servicing center in Columbus, Georgia. The company also had hub offices in eight other states. It moved its headquarters to Manhattan in 1996. An employee stock ownership plan controlled 19.1 percent of the shares at the end of 1997. Fidelity Management & Research Corp. owned 8.5 percent.
Principal Subsidiaries: Greenpoint Bank; GreenPoint Mortgage Corp.; GreenPoint Capital Trust I; GreenPoint Community Development Corp.
Further Reading:
- Bennett, Robert A., "Unorthodox Savings Bank," New York Times, July 5, 1983, pp. D1, D7.
- Croghan, Lore, "GreenPoint's Thrifty Quest," Crain's New York Business, March 21, 1997, pp. 1, 29.
- Cwiklik, Robert, "GreenPoint Financial Agrees to Acquire Unit of BankAmerica for $703 Million," Wall Street Journal, April 14, 1998, p. C21.
- Dugas, Christine, "Green Point Brass Lose Windfall," Newsday, January 25, 1994, pp. 31. 33.
- Isidore, Chris, "GreenPoint Takes 'No' for Answer," Crain's New York Business, March 16, 1998, pp. 23-24.
- Leuchter, Miriam, "Capital Albatross," Crain's New York Business, May 15, 1995, pp. 1, 32.
- ----, "Thriving Queens S&L Ready to Expand," Crain's New York Business, February 1, 1993, pp. 3, 22.
- "Our History," http://www.greenpoint.com/aboutus.html.
- Prins, Ruth, "Want a Mortgage? Show Us the Cash," USBanker, June 1997, pp. 45-46, 48.
- Radigan, Joseph, "A Bank Grows in Greenpoint," USBanker, July 1995, pp. 8-9.
- Roosevelt, Phil, "I.J. Lasurdo: Hard Act to Follow," American Banker, August 19, 1988, pp. 6-7.
- Selvin, Barbara W., "Reluctant Landlord," New York Newsday, February 23, 1991, pp. A36-A37.
- Talley, Karen, "GreenPoint Head Has Lowdown on No-Doc," American Banker, June 6, 1997, p. 10.
- Timmons, Heather, "GreenPoint Entering New Loan Niche in $473M Deal," American Banker, December 10, 1998, pp. 1, 5.
Source: International Directory of Company Histories, Vol. 28. St. James Press, 1999.


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Related Arts
Given our commitment to the education of the whole child, arts enrichment is infused throughout the program. Five related arts faculty, each of whom are experts in their chosen field, have chosen to dedicate their time to inspiring our young children. Rotating through each enrichment area in eight-week periods allows our children ample time to engage in, explore, and enjoy every discipline.
Art: Carla Gilruth
Carla has a BA in Psychology with a concentration in early childhood from Douglass College. She has continued her education through workshops and conferences at Harvard and Virginia Tech. Carla was on the faculty of the Yard School of Art at the Montclair Art Museum and has taught and administered for organizations such as the Livingston Art Association, and the Children Arts Studio in Montclair. In this age of technology, Carla feels it is more important than ever to provide children the opportunity to have tactile experiences for expression, which in turn is vital in skill development in writing, reading and math.
Gardening/Environmental Studies: Laura Marchese
Laura founded the MCPK Garden Project 10 years ago and has overseen the development of the school's outdoor spaces including The Butterfly Garden, The Four Season Garden, the Learning and Herb Gardens, and The Berry Patch. She leads a dual life in dance, acting as a Teaching Artist, roster artist, Arts Integration Consultant and residency artist with several arts organizations in NJ. Laura is the co-author of 'Dance to Learn', a developmental dance curriculum that encourages the emergence of each student's individual viewpoint by making art. She enjoys sharing the value and importance of arts education with students, classroom teachers, and other artists throughout the state.
Movement: Maya Milenovic Workman
Maya has a B.A. and M.A. from the New School and a BFA equivalent from London School of Contemporary Dance. She has been an international teaching artist since 1980, working with children, professionals, teachers, people with special needs and actors. She directed two Dance Companies and is currently an Artistic Director of MADLOM (Montclair Academy of Dance Laboratory of Music) in Montclair. Maya originated "Moving Theater Methodology" for ages 3-10.
Music: Anne Sailer
Anne Sailer owns Music Together of Montclair and Greater Essex, teaching at the Montclair and Princeton Music Together locations. She has Level II certification in Music Together training is also an interdisciplinary artist who enjoys jewelry-making, wire-working, fiber arts, mixed media, music and gardening. Anne believes that all children are musical, and she provides a playful environment in which children grow into the music-makers they were born to become.
Physical Education: James Goodger
James worked for the YMCA of Montclair for 15 years, including ten years as Branch Director of the Geyer Family Branch. He is now the Executive Director at the South Mountain YMCA in Maplewood, a branch of the Metro YMCA of the Oranges. He combined his degree in Theatre and Dramatic Arts with his love for all sports to develop a preschool Physical Education curriculum that combines imagination, dramatics and physical activity.


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This is the fourth installment in our series "Wizards of Hollywood," where we shine a spotlight on the masters of movie magic, the effects specialists who can dazzle us with screen images of liquid robots, giants and goblins, ferocious dinosaurs or just a special human soul who ages in reverse. Today, guest contributor Liesl Bradner interviews Oscar-winner Bill Westenhofer.
Bill Westenhofer of Rhythm & Hues Studios in Los Angeles has worked on "Spawn," "Men in Black II," "Stuart Little," "The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe" and last year he won an Academy Award for his labors on "The Golden Compass." Right now he's working on "Land of the Lost," the Will Ferrell special-effects comedy based on the old Krofft Brothers television show.
My most memorable scene on film is the opening scene of the Battle for Narnia ("The Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch and the Wardrobe"). It's still my favorite.
It starts with a gryphon flying in over the fields, sweeping over a completely computer-generated army of 60 unique creature types from centaurs to fawns to various exotic cats and rhinos, all moving in different ways.
To create that army itself was an eight-month-plus endeavor of motion capture, creature development with a year and a half of prep work, taking character designs, figuring out how to implement them, working with the props department to realize what the practical versions of those would be, then flowing that into the CGI characters themselves.
Without having the creatures to study, we had to do several months of fight choreography with our motion capture artists to discover how the different creatures move and fight. We had stunt performers pretending to be cyclopes and minotaurs then used this piece of software called Massive, which handles crowd simulation to create a digital army.
Although we're pretty well known for the creation of Aslan the lion, another creature I'm most proud of was the gryphon who lands on Peter's arm to signify the beginning of the battle.
Originally it was going to be a minor player using a live bird. Due to New Zealand import restrictions we had to use a native bird, all of which were too scrawny and not very impressive. One of our animators did a test of the (CGI) gryphon in majestic flight coming in for a landing and showed it to the director on set and that's what we ended up using.
— Liesl Bradner
Stan Winston and the tricky business of Legacy
Hero Complex covers the "Bakeoffs"
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- Above is slow motion video from last night's WWE SmackDown with Shinsuke Nakamura, WWE Champion Randy Orton, AJ Styles, Baron Corbin, Charlotte Flair, SmackDown Women's Champion Naomi and more.
- As seen below, Lana took to Twitter last night and responded to fan criticism of the apparent dancing gimmick she will be using once she makes her SmackDown debut:
@Dandino23 @LanaWWE Vince won't give up on that gimmick I guess. If you can't wrestle. Then Dance� ?Steve A. Quintana ? (@Mojorizin38) April 26, 2017
Don't you worry. My black belt in Judo, jiu jitsu & Muay Thai will make sure that I CRUSH every female superstar on the roster. #LanaCrush ?? https://t.co/fZn6ke0f4m� CJ (Lana) Perry (@LanaWWE) April 26, 2017
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Offering personalised maternity care from the moment you know you are pregnant.
Based at UniSA's City West campus, the Midwifery Clinic operates from our Health and Medical Clinic and offers personalised pregnancy care which adapts to suit your individual and family needs.
The UniSA Midwifery Clinic is committed to providing high quality, woman centred and family focussed pregnancy as well as post-birth services to the community including:
All care is provided by an experienced registered midwife in an accessible and comfortable environment. You will see the same midwife each time, ensuring you experience continuity of care throughout your pregnancy, and when you return home with your baby.
You also have the option of a UniSA midwifery student participating in your care under the supervision of the midwife, and to provide ongoing birthing support as you need. Women who utilise the pregnancy and afterbirth services will be linked to their local hospital for birth.
Appointments are essential.
Being pregnant is extremely exciting but can be quite daunting, especially for first-time parents who often have many questions and sometimes concerns about pregnancy and birth. The role of a midwife is to provide women-centred care, based on evidence, which is empathetic and supportive.
At each visit, your midwife will check that you and your baby are progressing well. You will have time to ask questions and discuss your pregnancy, as well as plan for your labour and birth, and learn about care after birth. You will need to attend a 'booking in' appointment with the hospital you have chosen for your birth.
Your midwife will check that you are recovering well and that your baby is growing, and provide reassurance or referral where there may be concerns. Midwives are highly-skilled in supporting and educating parents, and understand the many challenges of early parenting. Your midwife can see you for up to six weeks after your baby is born.
In South Australia, many women leave hospital before breastfeeding is fully established and may require further support. If you find you are experiencing challenges with breastfeeding and require additional advice, our clinic has a Lactation Consultant available.
Services are offered by a midwife who has prescribing rights and a Medicare provider number. Your personalised care will attract a Medicare rebate. For a schedule of fees and rebates please speak with your midwife.
In addition to providing valuable maternity care to the community, the Clinic educates our next generation of midwives studying at UniSA. Educated in state-of-the-art facilities, students gain invaluable practical experience and exposure to a wide range of client needs.
Midwifery students are required to have continuity of care experience with a woman through her pregnancy. This means that with your consent, students will be offered an opportunity to follow you through your pregnancy, birth and after birth.
For allied health services please contact:Telephone: (08) 8302 0986Fax: (08) 8302 7888Email: email@example.com
For general practitioner services please contact:Telephone: 1300 172 996Fax: (08) 8125 6712Website: unisamedical.com.au
LocationUniSA City West campus27-29 North TerraceAdelaide SA 5000
Clinic days Monday–Friday(please contact us for opening hours).
Public transport Public transport options are within walking distance of the clinic including the tram and buses.
Tram: "Park n Ride"- Park your car at the Adelaide Entertainment Centre or in the Parklands (4 hours) at Thebarton and catch the free Tram from 1 stop away.
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Food Hospitality World after its success in past 25 editions is now in Goa on 29th Sept to 1st Oct 2015 at Bandodkar Football Ground, Campal, Panaji. Food Hospitality World is jointly organised by Hannover Milano Fairs India Pvt Ltd and The Indian Express Limited in Mumbai, Bangalore and Goa. It is one of the most visited platforms for trade and consumers in the food, beverage and hospitality industry in the country. This three day trade show-cum conferences format event is tailor-made, brought to you by 25+ editions of successful editions in the Indian markets, valuable industry feedback & the endorsement of powerful buyer and exhibitor groups, over the years. The different editions of Food Hospitality World India welcomes a diverse range of quality and quantity of buyers from different states and cities, offering participating Indian and international brands a wide spectrum of opportunities for business networking and partnerships with established players and buyers in India.


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On May 23, 2016, in Foster v. Chatman, No. 14-8349, the U.S. Supreme Court clarified how courts should address Batson claims of unlawful discrimination during juror selection and highlighted the role that notes in an attorney's files may play in these inquiries.
A Georgia jury convicted Timothy Foster of murder and sentenced him to death. During jury selection, the prosecution used peremptory challenges to strike the black jurors remaining in the jury pool. After his conviction, Foster used Georgia's Open Record Act to obtain the prosecution's file, which contained, among other things, a copy of the jury venire list, in which each black prospective juror's name was highlighted and had a "B" next to it, and handwritten notes referring to black prospective jurors as "B#1," "B#2," and "B#3." Foster raised a Batson claim, which the state habeas court denied. The Georgia Supreme Court denied review.
The Opinion
After reviewing the record, the Supreme Court was "left with the firm conviction" that the peremptory challenges were motivated by discriminatory intent, requiring reversal of the Georgia Supreme Court's denial of relief. For example, the proffered bases for challenging black panelists were not applied to white panelists seated on the jury, the prosecutor had shifting explanations for his challenges, and the prosecutor's notes showed a persistent focus on race.
Implications and Takeaways
As Batson applies to both civil and criminal litigation, all attorneys must be aware that their notes, and the notes of non-attorneys on their trial team, can play a significant role in a Batson inquiry. While work-product protections generally shield such notes from disclosure, there are limitations to this rule. Additionally, attorneys should be cognizant that Batson has been extended to challenges based solely upon gender and by at least one federal appellate court to challenges based on sexual orientation.


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Barclays: Weak demand to keep Italy's GDP negative until 2013
Italy's GDP contraction in 2012 will be mainly driven by weak domestic components. This is in contrast to 2009, when Italy's real GDP negative 5.5% growth was led by sharp deterioration in foreign demand, according to Fabio Fois, European economist at Barclays Capital.
While we continue to think that Italy will not suffer a recession as severe as in 2009, we anticipate that the recovery is likely to be soft. We forecast GDP to contract by 2.3% in 2012 and we project a decline in GDP growth of -0.4% also in 2013," he said.
Unless foreign demand strengthens radically in the next few quarters, subdued final domestic demand conditions are likely to contribute to keep Italy in recessionary territory in 2013 as well.
"The forces which have impaired final domestic demand so far are unlikely to fade any time soon; however, we anticipate that their negative impact is likely to moderate over time. In particular, we expect the unemployment rate to keep increasing over the next few quarters (we forecast it to reach 11.7% next year from a projected 10.9% this year; 2011: 8.4%), fiscal austerity to be rigorously implemented by the government and also general confidence/appetite of consumers to remain downbeat," he added.
Consumer demand data seem to be consistent with this view. In July, headline nominal retail sales declined by 0.2% below consensus expectations for a flat reading and following a +0.4% increase in June.
In addition to that, consumer confidence data also suggested that appetite for consumption is unlikely to resume in the coming quarters.
"In September, consumer confidence data were still close to all-time lows of 85.4, back to 1982, reached in June this year," Fois said.


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My One Week Challenge of Listening to Music and Finding a New Ringtone
Darius Rucker
How My Wife Turned Me Into a Big Country Fan By Listening to Music
Okay, I admit I am talk radio junkie. I listen to talk radio from the time I wake up in the morning to the minute I arrive at work. Then, I listen to talk radio during my lunch hour and on the drive home. Well, one night I told my wife that I need a new ringtone for my phone. I could not up with one right away. She had an interesting suggestion. Her suggestion was that turn off the talk radio and listen to current music. I did this for one whole week listening to Top 40 and country. I found myself going toward the country music.
Before this challenge, I am what they call eclectic when it comes to my music tastes. I have everything from Sinatra to 50Cent, with many great 70's and 80's bands in the mix. I would say that I did not hate country but that it was not my first option. Lucky, for someone like me living in Central Illinois, we have without a doubt one of the best country music stations in the nation with 104.5 WFMB FM in Springfield. The station is owned by the Neuhoff Media group, which owns radio stations in Springfield, Decatur, and Danville, Illinois. They own a couple of television stations out in Idaho too. The format at 104.5 FM, is "continuous country and all-time favorites". One minute you might be listening to Tim McGraw and next minute some old music from Kenny Rogers. Yes, the station has that broad of a playlist. The station is very proud of their commitment to the community by broadcasting a radiothon for St. Jude Children's Hospital in the month of February. I personally know the station's general manager and he works tirelessly to keep them on top. The station features a top rated morning show and some pretty good disc jockeys.
So you ask, why country music?
Well, when I was looking for some good music to listen to, country was it. Country is easy to listen to and their are plenty of talented artists. One song I heard plenty of on the radio, was "This" from Darius Rucker. Darius Rucker first started as the lead singer of the band Hootie and the Blowfish. The band recorded several hits like "Hold My Hand", "Only Wanna Be With You", and "Let Her Cry". In 2008, Darius pursued a solo career as a country artist. He released an album "Learn to Live" in 2008. In 2010, he released his second country album, "Charleston, SC 1966". This album features, "This" and "Come Back Song". "This" is a very good song and is topping the charts. It reached #1 on the country charts. One other fact, I did not realize is that Darius Rucker shares the same birthday as me, May 13th. Pretty interesting, huh.
So, "This" became my ringtone. Another band I really like hit the country scene a couple of years ago is the Zac Brown Band. They have a great sound and some fun songs like "Chicken Fried", "Toes", and their current hit, "Colder Weather". I admit, they have become one of my favorite bands. And if you are a "Parrothead" like me, the band plays the song, "Knee Deep" with Jimmy Buffett. It is a pretty catchy song. Yes, I downloaded a second ringtone to my phone too, "Colder Weather". I really like the song. I can see why it is such a big hit.
Today's country music is more mainstream. You see plenty of artists that cross over from the country charts over to the Top 40 charts. For the week of May 22, 2011, 5 country artists are in the Billboard Top 40. Those artists include Lady Antebellum, Taylor Swift, Jason Aldean, Blake Shelton, and Rascal Flatts. Country music is the fastest growing genre in the music industry. More artists are becoming country. Look at Kid Rock. Kid Rock is a pretty well-known rock and roll artist but now is doing very well on the country charts. Brett Michaels and Jon Bon Jovi have released country albums. Country music is not like it used to be. Country music fans are the most supportive group of fans there are in music. As write this hub, look at who one of the finalists is on the Celebrity Apprentice, country singer John Rich. Trace Adkins was a finalist in the first season of Celebrity Apprentice. His career has had a rebirth. John Rich, win or lose, should have a career rebirth too. I am not ashamed to admit I like country music. It is a music for the common man or woman that tells a story of our lives.
Darius Rucker - "This"
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Thursday, April 29, 2010
Mother's Day Giveaway
Check out my friend Leigh Anne's Blog: http://www.yourhomebasedmom.com/ She's having a Mother's Day giveaway of one of my favorite Vintage Style Necklaces from my Etsy Shop.http://gardendiva.etsy.com/
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Friday, April 23, 2010
The Princess Diana Exhibit
When I found out that DH had a business trip in Atlanta, I knew that I had to see the Princess Diana Exhibit while we were there. The exhibit was only going to a handful of cities in North America. My Mom had seen an announcement in the paper of this touring exhibit, and called to tell me about it. When would I ever have the chance to see Diana's wedding dress, tiara, and glamorous gowns close up?
Her wedding gown was prominately featured. The designers, David and Elizabeth Emanuel, opted for a Victorian Fairy Tale look. The gown shimmered in the light with thousands of seed pearls and sequins. To me, this gown seemed very un-Diana, and it certainly seems like as she grew more confident in her life, her style changed to a sleeker style. She initially favored English designers, but later went to Italian designers like Versace. I was struck at how very thin she was. The dresses featured classic fabrics, with beautiful details.
These images were taken off the tour website, since attendees can't take photos during the exhibit itself. When you first walk in, the first thing you see a magnificant tiara from the Spencer family collection. It was really breathtaking! There were several photos, movies, memorabilia, and jewels from Diana's family. There is also a portrait of Diana's grandmother, and it's amazing how much they looked alike. Diana's father was a amateur photographer, so there are lots of still images and movies of her as a child.
I left feeling renewed sadness that her life was cut so short. She was such a great humanitarian and connected with people from all walks of life. As a testiment to how admired she was, there was a whole wall of bound condolence books from around the world. You can't help but wonder what her life would have been like had she lived longer and found a more compatible mate.
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Friday, April 16, 2010
The Blue Banana Coffee Shop
I was editing some photos from our Titanic Dinner last weekend, and came across these images from a little coffee stand in Lostine, OR. Have you ever driven on a road, in the middle of No Where, and then suddenly something catches your eye and you burst out laughing?
Well, here's a little coffee stand with the tail end of an airplane, a back end of a VW, and a giant Blue Banana, did I mention that this was in the middle of No Where? Of course, we had to check it out. Oh Yeah, they make good coffee too.
Yours truly enjoying a cuppa....
Friend Mark, in the VW. A view from inside the VW, surrounded by skateboards...a cozy little nook.
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Sunday, April 11, 2010
The Last Titanic Dinner
Last summer, I went to a 'Knit Night' at the Oregon Coast and ran into an amazing group of fun loving women. They couldn't stop talking about a Titanic Dinner that they had attended in April, at the Foley Station Restaurant in La Grande, OR. They were so enthusiastic about the meal, dressing in period costumes, and the stories that were told about the passengers lives, that I knew we had to attend this event!
Dinnerware from the sister ship of the Titanic, the Olympic.
Below are tiles from the Titanic's sister ship the Olympic which was decommissioned in 1939; identical ones were also on the Titanic.
Below, a replica of the Titanic in all it's glory.
We received a commerative menu, along with a Bio card of 'our' passenger.
Our friends Mark and Barb, looked like they stepped out of the Era. Barb's sister-in-law, lent her this hat from her collection.
Below, Rick and I. I was excited to wear this hat that was purchased on a business trip in Minneapolis several years ago. Our wonderful neighbor from the Coast, 95 year old Gertie Smith, lent me a handbag that belonged her mother.
Bryan on his 24th birthday. Below, Scenes from the dinner
The first course, Consomme' with Tapioca, was paired with a Kenwood Sauv Blanc wine. The soup tasted better than it sounded.
Soup was followed by Baked Haddock with Sharp Sauce.
Curried Chicken with Rice was next, paired with a Hinman Reisling
There were two main courses: Roast Turkey with Savory Cranberry Sauce, and Roast Lamb with Mint Sauce, Turnip Puree, Green Peas, and Roast Potatoes, paired with a Petit Bistro Pinot Noir . Everything was beautifully presented and deliciously prepared by chef/Owner, Merlyn Baker.
In between courses, John Lamoreau shared stories of the people who's Bio's we received. There was a trivia question, which Mark answered correctly, and he was allowed to have champagne served in a glass purchased from the estate of a passengers family.
Dessert was Plum Pudding with Sweet Sauce, Wine Jelly, a Jello like concoction, and a coconut Sandwich. The wine pairing was a kourakis Samos Sweet Muscat
Wouldn't you know, Barb's Passenger was the only survivor in our group! (Although, we all went out to Brunch anyway)
Finally, a plate of Fruit, Nuts and Cheese was served with a Lunetta Prosecco-Brut (champagne). It was hard to imagine that the First class passengers had a dinner with four more courses and three more wines!
After the cheese and fruit was served, and the last passenger story told, the sound of swirling water, and the Hymn "Nearer My God To Thee" played, the lights flickered and you had a sense of the dreadful fate that awaited the passengers on the 'unsinkable' Titanic. That being said, a remembrance dinner of this historic event is held annually around the world on the anniversary of the sinking of the Titanic. The 100th Anniversary will be held in two years. If you ever get a chance to attend one of these dinners, I would recommend that you do it! The sharing of the meal, telling of the stories, keeps the memory of these amazing people alive, and not just relegated to a sad footnote in history.
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Tuesday, April 06, 2010
On The Town
It's been awhile since we've been out to dinner in this trendy area of Portland called The Pearl. We decided to take our 'starving college student' KTB, to dinner at a Peruvian restaurant called Andina.
The interior was very warm and inviting, and even at 5:30 PM on a Tuesday, the place was filled up to the point where we barely got a seat.
Tabule De Cereales Andinos quinoa salad served with cotija cheese, avocado, and olives. This was so yummy, I actually thought the cheese was crab
I'm not sure what this is called. The top was tuna, on top of crab and potato. The crab and potato was fantastic, but I didn't go near the seared tuna since I don't like raw fish. DH and KTB raved about it though.
Anticucho de Pollo marinated chicken kebobs, served with a spicy salsa de rocoto. This was wonderful with the spicy salsa. However, my favorite was the Empanadas Caseras de Carne, which is a flaky pastry filled with slow-cooked beef, raisins, and Botija olives. Amazingly, I didn't get a photo, but the complexity of spices with the sweetness of the raisins, made for a delightful dish.
Finally, we opted for three mini Creme Brulees. As you can see, by now the family was pretty tired of my staging photos, and just dove into the desserts! One was a cinnamon custard, one was a rum raisin concoction, and one was a chocolate bliss. Not the real name, but it was chocolate and pretty blissful. All were definitely worth the carbs. If you're in Portland, I definitely recommend Andina-I can't wait to go back!
On the way back to the car, I paused to take photos and check out some shops.
Doesn't this 'Vintage Living' shop loook like a fun place to return to? I did get a quick walk through before they closed and found it to be full of treasures.
Finally, I love the colors and lines in these city shots. Can't wait to sketch.
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Labels:Pacific NW Interest Andina peruvian restaurant, Best food in Portland, OR, The Pearl District, Thea's Interiors
Sunday, April 04, 2010
The Good, The Bad and The Ugly
Happy Easter
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Thursday, April 01, 2010
A Perfect Spring Day on the Oregon Coast
We've been spending a fair amount of time on the Oregon Coast lately, trying to get the beach house in shape. There's been wood blinds to install, furniture to re-upolster, and some painting to do. These things take some planning to do from two hours away. However, on a beautiful spring day, it's hard to stay put and not take a drive north to Astoria to visit the thrift shops, and fun restaurants. On a recent trip, we found the coolest shop, Ambiance, chocked full of great decorating ideas and reasonably priced treasures! DH, a non-shopper enjoyed browsing and even found a cool clock for his downtown office. The owner said that they mail order tons of clocks for wedding gifts. Great idea, since everyone can use a clock!
Here's a different angle of the bridge. I thought this would be a good watercolor subject.
Below, had to photograph these charming flower stands. They were doing a land office business on this warm spring day. Many people stopped to support these little roadside vendors.
Did you know that there's several places on the Oregon Coast, where you can actually drive your car on the beach at certain times of the year?
As Molly and Lulu can attest, it was a dog-gone good day!
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Rebecca Ann Triska
Missing September 19, 1958 from Ambridge, Beaver County
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Green cashmere sweater, black velvet slacks and black suede tie shoes.
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On the evening of Friday, September 19, 1958, Becky Triska, a sophomore at Ambridge High School, got two dollars from her father to go to a New Castle/Ambridge football game that was being played in New Castle. According to early news reports, one of Becky's friends didn't have enough money to make the trip, so the girls left Becky's house in Baden and headed down to the teen dance at the (former) Workingman's Beneficial Union building in Ambridge.
Becky left the dance at about 11:30pm. Some news reports say that she was going to catch a bus home. Others say that she told two of her friends that she was going to meet a girlfriend at the nearby Ambridge Theater. Two boys who happened to leave the dance around the same time spoke to Becky in front of the theater. She was alone, but an "older" man, they estimated around 35, was standing in the area and offered to give Becky a ride home. The boys commented that the man was too old to give Becky a ride and, they said, he walked away.
At around 11:45pm, Becky was seen in a car with an unidentified "older" male at the Route 88 Drive-In Restaurant in Harmony Township, just north of Ambridge and only a few miles south of Baden. She never made it home.
Police arrested an Ambridge man, Frank Senk, Jr, 26, when they learned that the car Becky was last seen in closely resembled Senk's car. Senk, at the time, was a parolee on a Florida morals charge. He denied knowing Becky, but refused to take a lie detector test. He was held on suspicion of a felony, while his car was sent to the Allegheny County Crime Lab. Investigators found some blood stains and strands of red hair in the car. An attempt was made to match the hair samples from the car against hair taken from Becky's hairbrush, but without the tools available today, it was never definitively proven that the hairs were Becky's. Senk stated that he had three nieces with red hair and the blood was his.
Additionally, Senk had an alibi. Police learned the identity of the girl that Senk had a date with on the night Becky disappeared. The girl told police that she and Senk had attended a football game in Aliquippa and had parted company between 11:30 and 11:45 that night. She also told police that she'd known Senk about a year - Senk had been fired from the store she worked at - but she did not know about his criminal past.
With no body and not enough evidence, Senk was released. He was never charged for Becky's murder.
In 1962, Frank Senk was convicted and sentenced to death for the 1961 beating death of 13-year old Jane Benfield of Centralia, Columbia County. His death sentence was later commuted to life. He died of cancer sometime in the '90s. He was still in prison.
Rebecca Ann Triska was declared dead in 1967. Her date of death was recorded as September 19, 1965, seven years after she was last seen.
Her body has never been found.
Frank Senk
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Event: Bollywood filmmakers such as Ramesh Sippy, Mahesh Bhatt, Ashutosh Gowariker, Goldie Bahl, Vipul Shah, Sudhir Mishra et al were present at Indian Film & Television Directors Association (IFTDA) meeting for celebrating 100 years of Indian cinema.
Guest List: Goldie Behl, Anees Bazmee, Sudhir Mishra, Nishikant Kamat, Ken Ghosh, Vipul Shah, Anil Sharma, Ramesh Sippy, Ashutosh Gowariker, Mahesh Bhatt, Sanjay Chhel, Kalpana Lazmi, Deepa Sahi
Bollywood celeb Aamir Khan along with wife Kiran Rao were spotted at PVR.
Bollywood producers-directors Vidhu Vinod Chopra, Krishan Kumar, Ravi Bahl, Divya Khosla Kumar, Sajid Nadiadwala, Wardha Nadiadwala celebrate diwali with Bhushan Kumar
Bollywood celebs Kareena Kapoor Khan, Malaika Arora, Sonali Bendre, Nimrat Kaur among others were snapped by paparazzi.Bebo looked super cool in a casual look. She wore a white t-shirt with yoga pants...
Bollywood actress Shama Sikander celebrated Diwali festival at her residence.
Bollywood celebs Aamir Khan, Zaira Wasim, Fatima Sana Shaikh, Sanya Malhotra, Anil Kapoor, Nitesh Tiwari, Aparshakti Khurrana, Bhushan Kumar, Javed Akhtar, Shabana Azmi, Sachin Tendulkar, Rajkumar Hir...


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Yesterday was Forrest & Earls house & what a mess to clean out! During the "clean out" this little mouse ran out the door ....I thought "oh no, I hope she doesn't have babies in here"....sure enough I found about 10 little new born babies in the straw. I carefully picked them up & took them out of the pig area & placed them under some hay & put a piece of wood over them like a lean-to.
I was hoping their Momma would find them, but I had my doubts because they were now a little ways from the original spot.
Sure enough this morning they were all gone (& the wood piece was not moved) so I don't think anything else got to them.
She must have been watching us & went to them when we left...I think that is a very smart mouse & a good Momma!!


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Saturday, June 19, 2010
Thursday, December 4, 2008
Safe Identities?
People, place and identity
The next GG action is planned for Saturday 24th January, to coincide with 'Engaging Geography' (see http://engaginggeography.
This event is intended to raise questions and promote debate around the introduction of identity cards in the UK, and their impact on people's everyday geographies. Members of the public will be offered 'free identity cards': one side listing some of the information that will be included on the cards, to invite the public to think about the implications of this (eg. going to a 'biometric enrolment centre' to be fingerprinted); the other side listing some broader questions/issues around space, place, citizenship …eg "Can you trust the government of 20 years from now?"
Please come and join us, whether you want to come to some or all of the engaging geography event (at the Star and Shadow cinema in Newcastle) or not …
RSVP in the Guerrilla Geography Facebook group.
Thursday, July 10, 2008
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Manchester: Beyond Naughtiness
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The next major Guerrilla Geography event is being held in Manchester on Saturday 21st June to coincide with the TRIP conference (http://trip2008.wordpress.com/). In this event the public will be asked to (anonymously) give information about a naughty memory within Manchester city centre. The place of this event will be recorded onto a map, and the details of the event will be recorded by audio device. Ultimately this information will be used to map the geography of naughtiness within Manchester: a direct link between public activity and geographical thinking. It is hoped that the map and information will be displayed as a piece of conceptual art in time for the GA conference 2009 in Manchester.
There will be cheap accommodation on the Friday and Satuday evenings, and rural exploration and rambling on the Sunday.
You are welcome to come to some of this, all of this or none of this(and then lie and say you were cool and that you did and it was great).
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Friday, March 14, 2008
Sunday, March 2, 2008
1st British Waterboarding Championships
Two teams entered the competition with one single aim... to see who could stand being Waterboarded the longest in a head to head knock-out challenge. The Blue Team and Black Team, both made up of Guerrilla Geographers took turns in being boarded by the opposition as competitors had two turns to see how long they could last. At first both teams struggled to make even 30 seconds, but by the end of the day some competitors lasted nearly a full minute.
The embassy of the United States of America was the backdrop to the first round of the competition. Competitors took turns in having a wet cloth stuffed into their mouth and over their nose before having water poured onto their faces continually until they tapped the ground to show that they could last no longer. As they breathed water through their noses and into their lungs each competitor found it harder and harder to beat their rival. Unlike secret, invisible and private Waterboarding carried out by security serivces - the competitors could stop when they wanted and knew that they were in control of the situation. Despite this, all of the competitors felt fear and panic as their bodies were slowly starved of oxygen.
The Guerrilla Geographers are now calling for Waterboarding to become a recognised Olympic sport ready for the 2012 games in London. A spokesman for the movement said "Part of the reason why London was awarded the 2012 Olympic games was the innovative use of iconic locations for the sporting events such as Horse Guards for the Volleyball. Grosvenor's Square, home to the US Embassy or Millbank opposite MI6 were home to our championships and would serve as ideal locations for the 2012 games." The geographers are hoping to have support of the present United States government which is openly supportive of Waterborading.
For a full justification of the competition, read Jon Cloke's call for participation.
Guerrilla Geographers... forcing people to see our world(s) in new ways
Thursday, February 21, 2008
BBC (up)staged Guerrilla Geography?
If you're a geographer and have something to bring to the stage do let us know at firstname.lastname@example.com. We need geographers to go out and do some urban exploration, attempt to be friendly to the public and speak to us about why it is that some places in the country are just so much more friendly than others....


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As a seasoned connoisseur of dictatorships, Kyrgyzstan was always going to be something of a disappointment in a region characterized by kleptocratic despots. Sure, they can rustle up some electoral irregularities and even some human rights abuses when pushed but gone is the all-pervasive security presence or the anticipation at customs posts of a potential, full cavity search. The eloquent, almost poetic "thwap" of stretched rubber glove against the wrist, as the officer gleefully prepares for the intimate intrusion into your private life – music to the ears of the dictatorship aficionado – or the beautiful tension of a racing heart rate, as the government official checks your smart phone, you having foolishly, on purpose forgotten to delete the Amnesty International and porn downloads, all gone! What can there be left to make the journey worthwhile?
Unbelievably the Kyrgyz government has actually been promoting tourism, dishing out free visas at the borders to westerners, unlike some of its neighbors, who want to be sure that you don't work for some namby pampy, lefty news organization, who might have an issue with the disappearance of human rights activists after a visit from the authorities and their mangled corpses turning up on wasteland a few weeks later in an entirely unrelated manner.
For some strange reason there is even a Community Based Tourism (CBT) network that seeks to actually assist tourists in providing activities and accommodation, where the profits go directly to local people. Can you believe it? The government really want you to speak to local people and stay in their homes at bargain prices! The CBT will facilitate this without even checking your passport or searching your bags for recording equipment or subversive material.
You will have to endure verdant highland pastures as a prelude to stunning, snow-capped mountain peaks, should you, for some godforsaken reason consider coming here to partake in skiing, trekking, mountain biking or horse riding at a fraction of the cost of doing it in Europe. Sheer madness!
Sacrificing my honor purely to be able to report back to you all about the degradations, I and my traveling companion Elaine bravely opted to suffer the ignominitites of horse riding around lush meadowland. After all it couldn't be much worse than the three hellish days we were experiencing by the cool, azure waters of Lake Issyk Kol, in a traditional yurt, under the snowy mountain backdrop. Should you want to, these creatures allow you to see more of the landscape without the bother of moving your legs. The four basic controls of go, stop, left and right are easily mastered but mine malfunctioned at times, the stop eating grass control not always working efficiently.
Of course, as this is a Muslim country you may still be deterred by all the johnny foreigner experience, despite the lack of a dictator but frankly the streets of the capital Bishkek look less Islamic than much of London. Obviously you will not want to consume any of that foreign muck so cappucinos and chocolate brownies are available for that taste of home. Utterly disgraceful young women can be seen walking around in tight-fitting shorts, so short that there is no shortage of soft inner thigh to gaze upon, should you be sufficiently depraved to find that sort of thing appropriate. Thankfully for myself no such sights in my age bracket existed to distract me from my duties. However, horror of horrors, unheard of in any decent Muslim country, some men are prepared to reveal their knees in public. Whilst this may not have the same erotic appeal to women as teenage thigh has to the more disgraceful male of the species, western ladies will undoubtedly be most disappointed to have to view so many young men with their lithe, toned bodies, caressed by their form hugging shirts, their delicately tanned asian features and manly demeanor…… (apologies the author has just gone to take a cold shower).
Hopefully by now you have erased any foolish notions of holidaying in Kyrgyzstan and opted for something sensible, like a weekend city break in Mogadishu or a gospel singing workshop in Kabul.


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Contention 1: Ontological Argument.
Dating as far back as the Saint Anslem, as this argument has been honnored by philosphers on every side of the spectrum. I shall be definding the version of this argument that was made popular by Alvin Plantinga. His model uses the S5 model and thus is immune to the popular arguments against that philospher Kant has made and hence making Kant's argument void. I shall also argue another point made famous by William CriagThe Argument is bellow.
1. It is possible that a maximally great being exists.
2. If it is possible that a maximally great being exists, then a maximally great being exists in some possible world.
3. If a maximally great being exists in some possible world, then it exists in every possible world.
4. If a maximally great being exists in every possible world, then it exists in the actual world.
5. If a maximally great being exists in the actual world, then a maximally great being exists.
6. Therefore, a maximally great being exists. [1]
Here we can see that we can already see that on face value that it is possible that God exists. Due to this small plausability we can see that at any slight chance proves that there is a God in some reality and hence this reality. In order for Con to disprove God he must show that it is impossible in every possible circumstance. Now as we look at the premise 1 and 2 we can see that God can exist which leads me into my S5 argument.
S5: If possibly necessarily P, then necessarily P [2]
We can see with this applied to the above portion of premise 1 we can see that God can exist simply with their being a possibility and the only way to negate it would be to show that there is no possible way that God can exist in any given circumstance. When we follow this string of beliefs we can see that since God can exist in other worlds he can exist in reality and thus actually exists.
Contention 2: Kalam Cosmological Argument
The Kalam Cosmological Argument (which I'll start refurring to as the KCA in order to save space) was created by William Lane Craig and is a simple theory that I have bellow.
1. Whatever begins to exist has a cause.
2. The universe began to exist.
3. Therefore, the universe has a cause. [3]
The first premise is true by the very laws a physics as it is a law of Conservation of Mass as it shows that Matter cannot be neither created nor destroyed. Meaning that the Universe cannot have been spontanously created as Big Bang opponent Flyod has stated. We can also see that things are not spontanous here. Like why doesn't the Earth suddenly expload? This is because the very laws of Physics binds and restrics nothingness so we can see that for one to question the first premise would be to question regualrity.
Now let us move on to the second premise here which is backed both by scientce and philosophy. Craig agrues using the Brode-Gruth-Velikum Theory that through the use of Red shift which shows that the universe is exspanding we can actually see that the universe, even if it is part of some multi-verse, still had to be created. [3] The philosophical side of this argument is that though many argue that the universe may be infinate the thing is that it is highly unlikely for things to exsist in an infinate chain and are thus had to have a starting finite point somwhere.
Now at this point you're probably asking yourself, okay Lannan that shows that the universe began at a point, but what does this have to do with God? This is that there is nothing known prior to the creation of the universe meaning that it since there is no determining factors to what happened before we must assume that it's personal and uncaused. This can be see by one asking how can a timeless rift be given such a temperory effect of the begining of time? One has to be extremely powerful in order to create the universe if not omnipotent. Thus for this reason God Exists.
Contention 3: Thomisitc TA
Here we can observe Saint Thomas Aquinas's theory on teleologic which is the ultamate causes of objects or actions in relation to their ends. This is from the 5th of Thomas Aquinas's theories explaining the existance of God. His theory is bellow.
1. If teleology exists, then an ordering intellect exists.
2. Teleology exists.
3. Therefore, an ordering intellect exists.
Here for the first part we may see that teleos exists on the basis that there must be intentionality and this exists in the mind. Hence one can see that if teleology truely exists then there must be intellect for it to be grounded to in the end. For this I site Edward Feser who states, "Where goal-directness is associated with consciousness, as it is in us, there is no mystery. A builder builds a house, and he is able to do so because the form of the house exists in his intellect because it is instantiated in a concrete particular object. And of course, the materials that will take on that form also exist already, waiting to take it on." [4]
So ask yourself, does teleology exist? Obvious, does the heart beat and pump blood because it just happens? No, it has a valid purpose of pumping blood to keep you alive. Without teleology there would be no purpose. We can see that from everyday occurance by using this. I mean how else are we to say that a carborator needs replaced if it does not have a purpose? When we observe other things that are inorganic like the Nitrogen and Water Cycle we can see that they too have purpose and are thus teleological by nature. [5]
We can see that since all teleology has to be grounded to a singel being in the universe. It is obvious that this high being has nothing else higher than it and is thus the greatest being in the universe which it would make sense to call this said being God.
Last year scientists have actually found ripples in time and space continum. Now I know what my opponent had brought up and I agree with a lot of it, however, I believe that it actually helps prove the existance of God than disproves it. We can see after the Big Bang there was gravitational strips in the universe that ripped it appart in seconds. [6] We can actually see that a very very simplified version of this is in the Bible.
"In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth."- Genesis 1:1
You see, back then they didn't have a large understanding on the universe and how things worked so we can definately see books like the Torah, the Bible, and the Koran to probably not be science text books. If God had shown humans this we can see that they would probably be like Nastrodamus's description of the German Blitzkreig by calling the NAZI panzers Metal beasts or how he wasn't able to describe skyscrapers and such, but you get my point. People didn't have the best information and how things are now and it wasn't until just a couple hundred years ago before we began to make improvements in Space and Science.
Fred Hoyle, the man who coined the term the "Big Bang," has stated, "A common sense interpretation of the facts suggests that a superintellect has monkeyed with physics." [7]
Next, we can see that the Big Bang here also highly applies to my 3rd Contention from my last round of Thomistic TA. The next 5 points are add on by Hugh Ross to the original 5 points and this helps show that the Big Bang proves the existance of God.
Sources in the comments section.
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Okay so continuing from where I was last round.
6. Everything that had a beginning in time has a cause.
7. The universe had a beginning in time.
8. Therefore the universe had a cause.
9. The only thing that could have caused the universe is god.
10. Therefore, god exists. [8]
For the 6th premise we have already found that is true, so let's move on to the next premise.
Now for the 7th premise Ross writes this in support.
"By definition, time is that dimension in which cause-and-effect phenomena take place. No time, no cause and effect. If time's beginning is concurrent with the beginning of the universe, as the space-time theorem says, then the cause of the universe must be some entity operating in a time dimension completely independent of and preexistent to the time dimension of the cosmos. This conclusion is powerfully important to our understanding of who god is and who or what god isn't. It tells us that the Creator is transcendent, operating beyond the dimensional limits of the universe." [9]
Here we can see that there has to be an entity controlling time and something had to come before time. That the entirety of everything had another dimension and this God was in another dimension and created the universe and all the laws of physics that we are still yet to even begin to comprehend. He later to go on to further back this up by providing Biblical verses and stating that it has to be that God has another time dimension and this is one of the reasons that we do not have concrete proof of him yet as we have yet to be able to travel in other dimensions. [9]
8. (Hugh Ross, The Creator and the Cosmos (Colorado Springs: Navpress, 1995), p. 14.)
9. ( Ross, The Creator and the Cosmos, p. 76.)
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Thursday, February 18, 2016
The Shire Cafe @ Sri Petaling
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- AnonymousFebruary 18, 2016
My girl would be into this, LOTR, Hobbit and all. I wonder if they need to pay to use the theme like one place here, right now the theme is Hello Kitty, and it was Frozen around Christmas and Disney before that.ReplyDeleteReplies
Suituapui: yeah, I think this place would appeal to a lot of curious customers ;) hmmm, i guess as long as the names are strictly copyrighted, it's fine to use the theme informally :)Delete
I sure am ensuring the profusion of cleverly decorated cafes in KL.ReplyDeleteReplies
The Yum List: I think we'll be seeing the decor of the shire pop up quite a bit on social media soon! :)Delete
The place looks too small for comfort...the (short) seats are very close to one another and really looks like they're meant for hobbits....haha! :DReplyDeleteReplies
Contact.ewew: ooo haha the seating was quite ok for me (though then again, I'm not particularly tall). It's a fair bit more spacious than most cafes actually! :DDelete
food looks better than their mural, which is a good thing. :DReplyDeleteReplies
KY: haha, it's the heart and thought that count :)Delete
Wow! How impressive is this place. My siblings would definitely dig this. We're The Hobbit fans.ReplyDeleteReplies
Lux: i'm a fan of the soundtrack, so it was nice to have the orchestral score playing continuously here! :DDelete
Thanks for featuring us :) do drop by again soon!ReplyDeleteReplies
Theshirecafe: you're welcome! it was nice meeting you guys and keep up the good work ;)Delete
I like Lord Of The Rings and Hobbit! Seems like a cozy place to hangout. :DReplyDeleteReplies
CK: heheh, yeah, i was surprised to see this place in Sri Petaling ... quite unexpected to suddenly have a LOTR-themed cafe here :DDelete
I wish to go see seeReplyDeleteReplies
Happy walker: hope you manage to check out the shire ;)Delete
Just went today! The food was ok, good value for money but, speaking as a Tolkien fan, the theme was a little hit and miss. It was little more than lip service, with obvious errors in decor and terrible spelling errors on the menu.ReplyDelete
PLease inform your readers that this cafe is no longer in businessReplyDelete


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