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Georgia O'Keeffe: An American Icon in Rome
Last time I wrote (nearly 3 weeks ago! for shame!) Rome was in the midst of a delightful extended summer, where short sleeves and sandals were still the uniform. But autumn arrived suddenly and mercilessly, and overcoats and scarves replaced their lighter counterparts from one day to the next.
There is one thing that can make up for the decided chill in the air, and that is the explosion of exhibitions beginning this month. First on my list of new exhibits to see was Georgia O'Keeffe, which opened on the 4th. Fondazione Rome Museo is one of my favorite places to see exhibits, due to the creativity employed not only to make the art come to life, but to frame the life of the artist as well. Their recent trend of presenting icons of American art has been particularly interesting.
To isolate and accentuate the different stylistic periods in O'Keeffe's career, the curators recreated a street of 1920s New York, complete with sidewalk cafés and shop windows, and here works from her early career are displayed. Even more suggestive is the New Mexico area. It was during this period that O'Keeffe came into her own and created some of her best work. A recreation of her studio, complete with her materials, a few of the animal skulls that so inspired her, and a window showing the actual view she would have seen, allows visitors to get a better idea of the landscape that influenced this exceptional artist.
Along with a vast number of her own works, photographs of this remarkable woman, taken by her husband, photographer Alfred Stieglitz, are also a large part of the exhibit. It is interesting to note that when these photographs, many of them nudes, were first exhibited in New York in 1921 it created something of a sensation. O'Keeffe became pegged as a sexual figure, and her abstract works began to be interpreted –and often criticized– as being brazen sexual expression. This one-sided interpretation of her work upset O'Keeffe and from this point onward, her art became increasingly more representative.
She is perhaps best known for her magnified paintings of flowers that followed in the 1920s, but even with these undeniably realistic works, critics continued to claim they were Freudian representations of female genitalia. When feminists in the 1970s began praising O'Keeffe as the first artist to create a female iconography, she continued to reject this interpretation, perhaps because it reminded her too much of the pigeonholing and oversimplification of her work by male critics in the 1920s.
In mid-life, O'Keeffe settled permanantly in New Mexico, a place she had already come to love during numerous sojourns there. With this new and completely different inspiration, her work took a dramatic--and brilliant--turn. She died at 98, having already been recognized during her lifetime as one of the most significant American artists of the 20th century.
One of my favorite writers, and favorite women, George Sand said, "Man will always be more of an artist in his work while woman will always be more of an artist in her life."* I think this is often true, and learning about the life of an artist, any artist but particularly a female artist, her youth, her loves, her greatest inspirations, provides deeper understanding and appreciation of her work. This exhibit executes that brilliantly.
*I have no real reference for this quote. One of my best friends in the world, Suzanne Morrison, quoted this to me in a letter when we were in our late teens. I have never checked, but have no doubt to its authenticity.
All images © Georgia O'Keeffe and provided courtesy of Arthemisia Group

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Stamp Duty in the Budget
The Chancellor, Philip Hammond, today delivered the Budget. A quick summary of it has been published on the BBC website today: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-politics-42056452
One of the more noticeable and key points of his speech was that Stamp Duty was to be abolished for first-time buyers for properties up to £300,000.
Chartered Legal Executive Jackie Stay comments: "Good news for first time buyers today as the Chancellor has announced within today's budget that first time homebuyers will no longer have to pay stamp duty for properties up to £300,000. It will also be available on the first £300,000 of the purchase price for properties up to £500,000.
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Under your skin
The following article was posted on April 9th, 2009, in the New Times - Volume 23, Issue 36
Under your skin
A Los Angeles based tattoo artist exhibits at the Art Center
Shay Bredimus' pieces are not paintings; in fact, no paint actually crosses the tip of his brush. And his canvases aren't the traditional expanses of fabric stretched across a wood frame. The Los Angeles resident instead creates his brush drawings by applying the unlikely combination of tattoo ink and wax or conté crayons to drafting film. The resulting portraits are at once gritty, ethereal, poignant, and tender. His most recent works, all created within the last year, are on display at the SLO Art Center through May 31.
The drawings are grounded in seeming dichotomies—Bredimus' classical artistic training at such institutions as Mesa Community College, San Francisco's Academy of Art, Vancouver's Emily Carr University, and Laguna College of Art and Design (where he acquired his MFA in painting last year) might seem incongruous with his profession as a tattoo artist at Black Wave in Los Angeles. While he admits that his personal art tends to be impulsive and less restrained than client-based work as a tattooist, his influences and inspiration remain the same.
"These are all heavily influenced by Japanese print and western portraiture—all my favorite things about art," he explained, gesturing to his large-scale pieces ranging between 52 inches by 40 inches and 84
inches by 40 inches. He draws from a live model, specifically friends and acquaint-ances, insisting that knowing his subject's personal history lends greater empathy and emotional appeal to his work.
Despite having already achieved several career benchmarks, including representation by the Koplin Del Rio Gallery in Culver City, Bredimus has only been working in his chosen medium for a few years. As an art student he enjoyed working with newsprint, but because it was non-archival he was forced to search for a different kind of canvas altogether. What he discovered was semi-translucent, frosted drafting paper, which is similar to newsprint but made from a plastic that's slightly heavier and capable of enduring more abuse. The tattoo ink was specially chosen as well, for its warm quality, and the fact that it consistently dries matte.
Thus far, the artist hasn't encountered anyone else working with the same combination of materials, but it's just a matter of time. Bredimus acknowledges that he's protective of the artistic voice that he has worked to cultivate, but he's not naïve; "good artists borrow, great artists steal," he quotes Picasso.
"Shay Bredimus: The rhetorical body" will be on display at the SLO Art Center April 10 through May 31. An opening reception will take place during Art After Dark on May 1 from 6 to 9 p.m. The Art Center is located at 1010 Broad Street. For more information visit sloartcenter.org or call 543-8562. For more information about Shay Bredimus visit shaybredimus.com or koplindelrio.com.
The narrow vertical shape of the film lends itself to single-figure portraiture reminiscent of Japanese scroll art. For an artist who jokingly refers to himself as "a bit of a head hunter" and fills sketchbooks with friendly faces, the medium is a perfect match.
Trails of ink cross the length of each piece, somehow giving the impression of purpose and control, while hinting at chaos. In "East of Eden" ink paths seep mortality from the two subjects, engaged in violent struggle. The large, dripping brushstrokes suggest that it is the medium that directs the artist. The process isn't contrived or labored, but rather a natural flow of honest emotion.
"It seems to do the work itself," Bredimus said. "I just kind of direct it a little bit, kind of like a jazz musician improv-ising. I want my images to be evocative, compelling, and emotional. The most important thing is that it evokes something from me while I'm doing it. I think the more personal things are, the more universal they are."
And Bredimus takes his art into astonishingly personal waters; the body of work he created for his thesis exhibit was directly based on an accident he survived as a 10-year-old. He was struck by a car while walking his bicycle through a school crosswalk, the bike's handlebar lodging in his brain. He nearly died, and when he awoke he had to re-learn such basic functions as walking and talking. His thesis work was directly based on the incident, featuring an image of the young boy revealing a large, round wound on his forehead and his brother pulling him from the street. And though the accident is not the central subject of his more recent work, Bredimus acknowledges that the event shaped him as a person and will, therefore, always be present in his art. However horrific, Bredimus credits the incident with transforming visual expression into his primary language.
While preparing his thesis work, Bredimus had plenty of time to evaluate the meaning embedded within his method. Not surprisingly, much of it related to the accident that is now nearly two decades past. His pieces are monochromatic, shades of black and white, not because he doesn't appreciate a more varied color palette but to heighten the immediacy and power of the drawing's impact. The color scale is meant to function as a metaphor for life and death, the transparency of his plastic canvas references the hospital atmosphere and x-rays that dominated his recovery process. If this assessment sounds clinical, Bredimus' brushstroke drawings are anything but.
It begins with a photograph of his subject, fleshing out the composition of his model. He doesn't paint celebrities, but wouldn't necessarily rule out the possibility if one took the time to sit down and talk with him. What Bredimus is looking to capture is the rich spectrum of human experience—loss, violence, passion, and fear—and in order to do that he must be familiar with the history that each model brings to the canvas. From this photo, he creates a thumbnail image, testing the composition. Then, usually, the figure emerges quickly in anywhere from one to three eight-hour painting sessions.
"I also like the pieces where I struggle and I have to dig deeper," admitted Bredimus. "Either way I'm creating and I feel like that's what I was meant to do."
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Facebook – Tweaks algorithm to bring down 'Click Bait' articles
Facebook has started to tackle misleading 'click bait' articles. These are described as links with headlines encouraging people to click for more, while being unclear on what to expect. A Facebook survey has revealed that over 80% of users dislike the approach. Users find that they are overcome with misleading 'click bait' posts in their news feeds, and struggle to see content that they really care about.
Facebook has since tweaked it's News Feed algorithm so they can prioritise useful articles and hopefully keep the misleading ones at bay. This also helps to make sure that only the best content is visible, and to focus on links that users spend more time interacting with.
Google – Launching 64-bit Version of Chrome
Google has launched a new 64-bit version for Chrome. Google first released this back in June, but it was only available in certain channels. Users can now enjoy the newest version of Chrome, which has been said by Google to be much faster and more secure. Google has also found that this version has helped in improving the speed of many graphic and media benchmarks.
"The VP9 codec that's used in High Definition YouTube videos shows a 15 percent improvement in decoding performance."
"Stability measurements from people opted into our Canary, Dev and Beta 64-bit channels confirm that 64-bit rendering engines are almost twice as stable as 32-bit engines when handling typical web content."
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These are beautiful pale pink coin pearls which I wire wrapped in sterling silver filled wire, oxidized and polished and hung from oxidized silver hooks. These will quickly become your go-to pair for all outfits silver and pink. I've been wearing skinny jeans with a snug soft pink tanktop and a layered demure gray overshirt and add on these earrings for a decidedly feminine touch. Each piece is handmade to order, and due to the free form nature of wire wrapping, no two pairs will ever be the same. Leverback and French Hooks are oxidized sterling silver filled hooks; the kidney wires are oxidized silver plated 1.5 or 2" wires.
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We have reminded people time and time again on this blog that drunk driving is something that is never acceptable. Besides the message being on this blog, many people have likely seen the public service announcements around Texas that give the same message. When the messages against drunk driving don't work, people can suffer. One Texas family is now living without a loved one and her unborn child all because of a drunk driver. The family members she left behind have opted to seek compensation on her behalf. The case does have some interesting elements that might interest our readers.
The fatal drunk driving accident happened on Interstate Highway 45 when the drunk driver slammed into the back of the 8-months-pregnant women's car with his Ford F-150. Both the mother and her unborn son died because of this accident.
The family filed a lawsuit that names not only the drunk driver as a defendant, it also names ADA Investments of Dickinson and A&D Interests Inc., doing business as Heartbreakers/The Club as defendants. The other defendants are the bar the family says served the drunk driver drinks prior to the accident. They claim the club violated the Texas Dram Shop Act that prohibits establishments from serving alcohol to a patron once the person becomes a danger to others or himself.
The family is seeking an unspecified amount in damages. They are also asking for costs of the lawsuit.
For other families in a similar situation, seeking monetary compensation is one way to get closure about the tragedy. It certainly won't bring your loved one back into your life, but it might help you to avoid the financial ruin that this type of event might cause.
Source: The Southeast Texas Record, "Man accused of driving drunk, killing pregnant woman" Andrea Dearden, Sep. 24, 2014


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Some of the messages we receive most often are from single dads that are having a tough time figuring out this parenting thing without the help of a partner (as if it wasn't hard enough with two people working on it — I can't imagine doing it on my own and give enormous respect to both single dads and single moms). So for the next question in our Ask a Dad series, we asked our dads-only group:
What advice would you give to a single dad having a tough time (or to a single dad in general)?
I know that this group of guys is a phenomenal group, but I have to say that the answers this week are particularly good:
"Hey life can be hard either way, married or single; I have been married and am now a single dad. Yes it is difficult, but either way, in either situation, know that you still have to deal with some sort of difficulty. If you are a good dad and love your kids and want what is best for them no matter what — then it won't and doesn't matter how difficult things get; you will do what you need to and what you have to because of your love for them."
"During a separation and through tough times, always remember that it's the kids that are most important. Never talk bad about the other parent in front of the kids, no matter what you have been through. And remember — rough times don't last forever."
"Being a single dad with my kids every weekend doesn't leave a lot of personal time, but that's okay because the kids come first no matter what. I believe that everything happens for a reason, so stay positive — that is the best advice I can give"
"Being a single parent is not the easiest, but definitely not the hardest part of life. You get to a point where you work all week and then on the weekend you have your kids, so you start to feel like you have no time to yourself. But the truth is you do. If you need a break, you can take a day off work when you don't have your children or get a relative to watch them for one day (just don't over do it). As a single parent, I always recommend doing activities with your kids: going to the park, a day trip to the zoo, painting with watercolors. There are a few indoor amusement parks that have extra security to keep an eye on kids so you can feel more relaxed. My kids are small, so I know it's a hassle, but once you're having fun and see them so happy — well, it just takes all the frustration away. Also, don't ever be afraid or embarrassed to have fun with your kids. I am 34 years old, and I go down the slide with my kids at the park, get on the swings, and play sand castle with them. Once your inner child comes out you will enjoy everything a lot more. And one last thing: find friends with kids the same age as yours; it will be a lot more fun hanging out and gives you a little extra break." -Gus Arranaga
"I am not a single dad, but I watched my parents battle for 15 years. Both parents need to openly express love and respect for one another while the child is present. Maintain a positive influence and a calm attitude for the kids."
"The biggest struggle I had was learning to co-parent. It took four years to build a stable partnership with my ex, but it's been the best thing we've done for our kids yet. Keep each other updated, talk on a regular basis about the kids, and if you can get to a place where you can be around each other, then throw birthdays parties together. Let the kids know that mom AND dad will always be there. Just because you're not together doesn't mean that working as a team should stop. And be prepared to add other co-parents to the mix. My ex is married with another child now, and at first, I'll admit, I didn't like the guy. I thought he was an oddball, but my kids love him — he respects my position as a dad, and I respect his as a stepdad. He is just as much a part of the team because he is helping to raise them. The goal is that even though the places the kids lay their heads down at night may vary, the life they live is a stable one." -Chris Turner
"It doesn't matter how hard life is, how many struggles you're going through, how much stress you are under; the number one thing to remember is that if life is a struggle now, it's only pushing you to be better in the future. Always remember to keep your head up and don't let the opinions of other sailors sink your own ship. There is nothing wrong with being a single parent — sometimes good things fall apart so greater things can come together. Remember that it doesn't matter what car you drive, what your house looks like, how much money you make; your children love you for the person you are in your heart and will love you no matter what situation life may throw at you. So it's important to handle those situations with strength and grace."


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Did you know NASA has a mission to study Mars using rovers? The youngest rover sent to Mars is called Curiosity. The size of a small SUV, Mars' curiosity rover is the largest rover ever sent to Mars. It carries a lot of scientific equipment for the Mars Science Laboratory mission. This is NASA's most ambitious Mars mission to date. Its goal is to test new landing technologies, study Mars' environment, and determine whether Mars could support life.
Mars' Curiosity rover was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida on November 26, 2011. NASA described its landing process as the 'Seven Minutes of Terror', since it was a complicated and very risky landing. Fortunately, the rover landed safely on August 6, 2012. Armed with a Chem Cam, Curiosity can zap an object with a laser to analyze its composition. Its 6 wheels can also turn 360° in place. During its operation, the rover has demonstrated a new landing method. With its initial 2-year mission extended on December 2012, Curiosity will become the foundation of the planned Mars 2020 rover development.
Mars' Curiosity rover, which is sent from earth to the red planet for 6 years, has been strolling and meeting many things up there. No, unfortunately those things do not include aliens and UFOs, yet. Mars' Curiosity Rover has been sent to Mars carrying missions for future human exploration. Therefore, the main objective is to gather information regarding anything that supports the possibility of life on Mars. After an earth's year of lonely travel since landing, here is rover's most important finding.
It is concluded that Mars possibly held ancient life. As stated on NASA's official website, the fundamental question for Curiosity's mission is whether Mars could have supported a habitable environment. Michael Meyer, lead scientist for NASA's Mars Exploration Program at the agency's headquarters in Washington, says, "from what we know now, the answer is yes." This statement is based on the discoveries of various particles that signify a living habitat. The particles found in the rock that contains clay minerals and sulfate minerals indicate the area was once wet. This information leads to an indication that life remains possible, or at least, it was. This will keep our dream of visiting Mars in the future alive.
As the discovery continues, the latest update regarding the lonely Mars Curiosity rover's finding encompasses what distinguishes Mars and Earth, which is their atmosphere compositions. It is mentioned the atmosphere of Mars contains xenon and krypton gases. It means that, if we inhale all those chemicals in Mars's air, we will probably die. The scientists are still working on this matter to reveal how habitable Mars would be. Do not give up on alien or Superman, because our "curiosity" also roams further than Mars.
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Decorating with Glass
Decorating can be intimidating, especially if you're not comfortable with mixing colors and materials. If you've got small quarters, the ideal approach opens up the space. In most cases, you can't really add square footage, so you'll need to adopt a strategy that visually opens up the space you're working with. Decorating with glass is one way to open up your space.
Many possibilities for decorating with glass
Nothing makes a space look bigger than natural light, so "opening up a space" that you can't truly expand may involve adding or enlarging windows. You can also open a space by adding a skylight. Doorwalls, glass walls and glass enclosures can also allow you to open your space cost-effectively. Converting a porch or deck into a glass-enclosed sunroom may help give you a little more seasonal floorspace and a ton of natural light, even if your sunroom isn't considered "living space."
If adding or enclosing space with glass is not in the cards, decorating with glass can still help open your space. Because you can see through glass, it tends to make spaces look larger. Glass tables, glass shelving and even glass staircases can create the illusion of space. Paired with light colored walls and creative use of natural light, glass can make a small space look quite comfortable!
Lighting is important when decorating with glass. If you're working with a small or windowless space, consider using full-spectrum LED lighting to create the appearance of daylight. Supplement dark corners, shelves and countertops with LED light tapes to chase away shadows.
Decorating with glass doesn't always have to mean significant construction or major modifications to your floorplan. You can use glass accents effectively to create a minimalist effect. Upholstery in natural or neutral colors, light-colored floors and light colored wood can also complement glass decorations, glass room dividers and decorative glass panels. The use of glass tiles, mosaics and glass accessories can help visually open a space.
You can use glass paint to create accents or complement your color scheme. Glass paint can be tinted to match any color from any major paint manufacturer, and can be an economical alternative to more expensive stained or frosted decorative glass.
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WSJ has an article interviewing Southern Company CEO, Tom Fanning. The title could be interpreted as what is sustainable needs to be safe.
Tom Fanning: The Natural Gas Skeptic
'Nobody can sit here and tell me that it's going to be safe forever, safe in terms of economics and reliability,' says the Southern Company CEO.
Mr. Fanning sat down with the Journal editorial board recently amid "an historic shift" in the electric industry. King Coal is in twilight. For decades it was the engine of the U.S. power system, delivering nearly 60% of net generation by the 1980s. Southern illustrates the new reality; the share of its generation mix from coal has plunged to 35% in 2012 from 70% only five years ago. Meanwhile, gas has climbed to 47% from 16%.
Consider some of the points made in this article if you are thinking of creating your own microgrid for a data center. Do you have to be a power provider as well as a data center provider?


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First, a formatting experiment: I copied/pasted directly from goodreads -- let's see how it turns out:
Hmm. The default somehow made the title column about 5 millimeters wide, and it was a pain to check the html to find the spot in the middle of gobblegook to increase it. If anyone reads this, let me know if it looks like I changed the right thing. It's possible my computer is just tired of me and so makes the preview looks nice so I go away.
As you can see, I've read a lot of SF so far this year. I started with 1824, an alternate history about America before the Civil War, where Arkansas is a separate country founded by Native Americans, blacks, and white people who either want land or find policies towards those groups distasteful. (John Brown being an extreme example of the latter.) Sam Houston is a major player, having not suffered an injury a decade ago that changed his career trajectory toward Texas (this is the second book in a series, which I didn't quite realize, so we miss the divergence from our own history). I found it an interesting take on some familiar figures as well as a more palatable version of reality, but it suffers from a lot of repetition and characters telling each other stuff that both they and we already know.
Then I finished up Alpha, a science fiction book about an android struggling toward consciousness and an aging military man trying to adjust to personal and technological upheavals. It has a distinctive feel of Asaro, with earnest robots working their way through their programming and rather emotionally clueless warriors having almost as much difficulty with their feelings.
Then I finally finished up the Liaden short stories, which were fun. I have some problems with some of the tropes and assumptions of Liaden, but with short stories I can easily suspend my issues and just enjoy the vividly imagined cultures and characters.
I'm still working through last year's Cybil's finalists, so I read the Viking history book Guts and Glory: Vikings, which I did not enjoy as much as I expect fifth graders to, because I am stodgy and want to hear about people who aren't men sometimes. I refreshed my palate with an easy chapter book from the same list, and enjoyed the tiny dramas that Sofia enacted in My Family Adventure. I like kids with enough gumption to build a pinata on their own, and I enjoyed the Spanglish although I suspect mainly because it made me feel smug about knowing most of the Spanish words. And then I went on to read a fantasy Moon Rising. It's ridiculous how long it has taken me to read this category, because it should be one of my favorites. Maybe I'm afraid of disappointment. While it's true that Moon Rising wasn't my favorite, I bet I'd like it more if I had read others in the series; it was fun to have dragon protagonists but I kept getting distracted wondering about anatomy questions that are probably covered in more detail in earlier books. I actually own one of those earlier books, and I'm pushing it up the TBR priority because of the strength of #6.
I reread Hatchet for probably the fourth time to prepare for my elementary book club. Once again I had completely forgotten about Brian's angst over his mother's infidelity and his parent's divorce, although his life in the wild was vivid and gripping. The porcupine that gives him both a leg full of needles and the clue to starting fires, the moose whose insane attack reminds him of the chaos of nature, and the plane that strands him but also has the tools to call for help -- those I remember. Lots of kids, although most hadn't finished the book, so I guess classes have moved on since my children's day -- both of them read it in class, hence my high reread count.
And finally I'm powering through as much Patricia Briggs works as I can finish before February, when she comes to Seattle for Foolscap 2017. These two are early works in the Sianim series, although they don't share characters (one guy from one book is mentioned in the other). They are solid fantasy world stories, which smart and capable women alongside men willing to appreciate that in their companions, and cool magic systems that unfold in different directions. I'll hand them on to the boys to prepare them for the convention as well.


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Tekoa Manning is a prolific writer with a passion for the brokenhearted.
Manning's fictional works Polishing Jade and Walter the Homeless Man are inspirational faith-based books that touch on women's issues, integrity, forgiveness, and redemption.
Her non-fiction tackles topics that have divided believers for centuries, including heaven and hell, spirits, Satan, salvation and the feast days. Her popular three-part series Doctrines of Demons specifically unravels the traditions of man from the truths of God.
A graduate of Jefferson College, Manning began writing when a neurological illness left her disabled and eventually homeless. It was during this time, she devoured the Bible and gained a desire to share spiritual truths.
As a former prayer director and counselor, Manning remains a passionate minister to those in need and also hosts Obadiah's Cave, where she uses her gift of dream interpretation to help others.
The mother of three sons and the wife of a retired police chief and Pastor, Manning and her husband reside in Kentucky.
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Purgatorium (ナラク, Naraku)? is a dungeon found in the series.
Latin for Purgatory. It is a place of temporary punishment or cleansing of those who will eventually be allowed into Heaven.
A special domain set up by Merkabah near the end of the game within the Hall of the Minotaur at Naraku to prevent any demons or the Unclean Ones from entering the Eastern Kingdom of Mikado, as the angels prepare to wage war against Tokyo. It appears as an endless sea of floating structures suspended in a vast sky. Purgatorium is divided into several "Crowns," which must be traversed on materializing walkways and by navigating a maze of teleporters that reverse Flynn's orientation, as well as barriers set up by various angels. At its summit is the Gates of Paradisio, where Merkabah stands guard.
In the Chaos route, Flynn and Lucifer break through the forcefield and enter Purgatorium to destroy God's chariot and invade Mikado. As they fight their way to the angels' barriers, Lucifer laments their almost robotic disposition and blind loyalty to heaven. At the Gates of Paradisio, they confront and defeat Merkabah. Lucifer denounces the chariot, asserting that the passions of demons and humans is what makes them truly alive, unlike the cold, machine-like nature of angels. As the Merkabah crumbles, Jonathan's voice can be heard one last time, asking if there's no end to their avarice. Lucifer will mention that one can pray to God all they want, but He will never answer. Stating that is God and with the threat of Merkabah gone, Lucifer reverts back into the form of Hikaru, and they continue to Mikado destroying the remaining angels that stand guard on the way.
In the Neutral route, in order to fully revive Masakado and remove the Firmament, Flynn and Isabeau must enter here and defeat Merkabah to recover the Great Spirit of Goodwill. As they climb through Purgatorium, Burroughs notes the machine-like behavior of the angel guardians. Upon passing through the Gates of Paradisio, they find themselves in a dark room. Jonathan's voice speaks to them, chastising them for rejecting God's affection, and insults them by calling them common stock. When Isabeau calls him out, he declares he is no longer the man they knew as "Jonathan," and reveals himself as Merkabah. The chariot declares that salvation is no longer open to them, and attacks. Upon defeating God's chariot, he warns that humans are not strong enough to live without the Lord, and those who yearn for their protection will arise again. Afterward, Isabeau paid her respects to Jonathan.


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Operation "Burn the CD" against Steve Hofmeyr is in full swing, according to informed sources. Skoppensboer has some friends in high places. Or maybe low ones. Afrikaners are not supposed to have any connections beyond the local barman or primary-school teacher who has not yet been affirmative-actioned out of the way or worse, killed by one of our roving human-rights mentors, formerly known as "murderers".
In South Africa, murder is more or less the national sport, but you're not allowed to say the M-word. Or the A-word, B-word, C-word, and most other letters in the alphabet. That's racist, you see. After all, this is a Latin alphabet, and the Romans were the first racists. So our South African libtards are pushing the idea that the "three R's" are not for nothing R-words, to be shunned at all costs. As everyone knows, burning down a school is a profoundly emancipatory act, which Seffrikin libtards have profusely lauded.
Anyone knowing the 9-times table is a potential Nazi, as it shows a suspicious reverence for deceased white male (and Arab) mathematicians, not to mention Hitlerian engineers who gave us the Messerschmitt and the V-2.
Skoppensboer's friends say that within the hallowed hierarchy of the National Intelligence Service, not to mention Crime Intelligence, there exist pangs of worry over the Afrikaans singer, Steve Hofmeyr. Just to clarify: there being no crime to solve in the South African libtard utopia, Crime Intelligence and most other intelligence agencies are involved in matters of state security.
As South Africa no longer has any defined borders and anyone from Africa is welcome to settle anywhere – except "white settlers" who are encouraged to leave – it's sort of difficult to say where the state begins and ends. But state security, in addition to first-class air travel and staying in five-star hotels at taxpayer expense, is a top priority.
So what is known as "the media" have been infiltrated – one could also say, taken over – by men and women "of intelligence". There is one thing better than censorship of the media and that is self-censorship of the media. The intelligence hacks out there get paid some perks out of the secret accounts – and still earn some kind of salary on top. "Intelligent" people moonlighting as journalists; what a brilliant idea!
After all, such libtard heroes as Joe Slovo and Ronnie Kasrils were intimately involved with the East German Stasi where such ideas were a staple, so to speak.
But why has Special Branch become so suspicious of Steve, to the extent that every libtard rag or website has broken out into a rash of anti-Hofmeyr opprobrium, not to mention "satire"?
As satire is a uniquely Roman, as opposed to Greek, genre, it is best treated with caution, being inherently racist. But within the ranks of the South African intelligence community and its media appendage, all caution has been thrown to the winds in a spirit of: let's fight racism with racism!
Oops, there I've employed the R-word again. As long as I do not sing Die Stem, which is a patriotic poem composed in Afrikaans circa 1918 by one C.J. Langenhoven and set to music by his fellow perpetrator, M.L. de Villiers in 1921, and later adopted – God forbid! – as South Africa's national anthem.
Patriotism, as everyone knows, is the underbelly of fascism. Any ardent feelings about one's own country, including the disappointment at seeing its rivers being polluted with human waste by Mercedes-driving, Gucci-wearing mayors, or litter next to all the roads, are cause for extreme suspicion.
Hence all the libtard obsession with Steve, who is known to have sung Die Stem in front of an audience in the "deep platteland". There is nothing that inspires greater fear in libtard hearts and minds than the "deep platteland" where people engage in food production, church-going, heterosexual marriage and other unspeakably fascist activities. South Africa is working hard towards a Zimbabwean-style famine and the constant resistance of farmers – the ones who have not yet been tortured to death – to the five-year famine plan is seen as something of a "prime evil" to be vigorously combatted.
Operation "Burn the CD" has now been launched against Steve Hofmeyr and teams of journalists and their intelligence handlers are flying sorties against the singer in the press, TV, radio and social media. Experts in neurolinguistic programming from MI6 and the CIA are on standby to rid South Africa of the scourge of the singing Steve phenomenon.
But, oh drat! one of the unintended consequences of the operation has been to remind participants of South Africa's long-forgotten literacy, otherwise known as "a legacy of apartheid". Writing in the Mail & Guardian, a local libtard rag, one of the agents referred to Steve Hofmeyr's "library", consisting of misspelt British and American titles.
Libraries were the first casualties of South Africa's revolution, as books contained all those undesirable, objectionable and dignity-destroying alphabetic "constructs", impeding progress towards an egalitarian state of illiterate, ignorant bliss among the masses. So most of the books were sent away to be pulped, especially Afrikaans ones that were deemed even less politically correct.
But the mere mention of the L-word ("library") might have rekindled memories of the R-word ("reading") in the hapless, subjugated animals out there, enjoying their 1994, which turned out to be a lot worse than 1984.
Another article about the subversive Steve, hinted at his being "without a brain". This was meant as a kind of threat, that government-sponsored libtard lobotomists could give him the One-flew-over-the-cuckoo's-nest treatment.
So the carefully planned "information campaign" is off to a bad start, with most agents falling back onto heated invective, calling the enemy the R-word ("racist"), shouting phrases like "jou me se P-word" and similar Capetonian refinements.


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Our GMAG | Next Generation Initiative came about through the realization that schools were not teaching financial literacy and responsibility to our own children. In fact, these values are primarily taught at home by caring parents and grandparents. We wanted to provide our clients with as many resources as possible so they could start these conversations early, with their own children and grandchildren, to lay the foundation for financial proficiency.
To educate our clients' children to understand financial responsibilities and appreciate the great joys wealth can provide.
01 To help steer children in the direction of fiscal accountability, since it is an important component to preserving a family's overall wealth.
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Moving on from heartbreak is so easy, said no one ever. Whether it's a breakup with your boyfriend/girlfriend or loss of someone special, it's never easy to get over a broken heart. Dealing with pain truly sucks. Worse, you still see the person who's breaking your heart into million pieces but he/she doesn't care even if you feel like dying. So how should you go about moving on to save your life, your job, and your relationship with your family – the ones who truly care? (Read: Where do broken hearts go in PH)
Travel to Mend Your Broken Heart
A popular song asks, "Where do broken hearts go?" It's probably the question that is also bugging your mind right now. But what you should ask yourself is, "why travel?" Traveling gives you time and distance, makes you more independent, helps you discover who you really are, gives you new memories and friendships, makes you forget everything that hurts you, and most importantly, it could give you a new inspiration to live more. But what activities can you do when you travel, so you can let go of all the heartaches and pains inside of you?
v Mountain Climbing
If you're the type of person who loves taking risks, just like having your heart broken even many times, then climb a mountain. It doesn't matter if you're a beginner or professional mountain climber. All you need is find the best place to climb a mountain and bring all essentials. As you go reach the top, your mind will realize that it's harder to climb than to get your heart broken. Yes that's right. That's the right mindset you need to learn while reaching the mountaintop. You can try Mt. Pulag up north or Mt. Apo down south.
v Zip Lining
For those who want to release what's consuming them inside, zip lining can help. This elating activity will surely shift your focus from negativity to complete excitement. Outdoor activities like this also help you overcome recurring heartache. You will literally forget about your broken heart once the zip line lifts you up. Hence, you will boost your confidence and sense of accomplishment with zip lining. Try the zipline in Lake Sebu, you'll get a stunning view of the seven falls.
v Water Sports
Do you love the water? Water sports such as diving, stand-up paddle boarding, skim boarding, surfing, and swimming can definitely help you cope with your negative emotions. The water activities are proven to excite the heart so you'll feel the adrenaline rush. Once you get stoked, all your worries will automatically go away leaving you more focused on positivity. This is also helpful if you want to divert your mind from thinking negative thoughts. Try diving in the clear waters of Davao in Mindanao or in Apo Island in Visayas or Anilao, Batangas in Luzon. (Read: 13 Gorgeous Beaches in Samal)
v Nature Tripping
Go somewhere quiet and beautiful. Nothing can fulfill your heart except the beauty of nature and what it can offer you. Just look around you and breathe in the positive energy. This is a perfect way to recharge your faith in life. That no matter what challenge comes your way, you can overcome it with a strong soul. Lot's of places to be one with nature, Sagada and Kalinga are our top picks. (Read: 10 Things to do in Bohol)
There are lots of things you can do while mending your broken heart. And these are only some of the best ways to let go and move on from intense heartbreak. Travel and get one step closer to letting go. Turn your broken heart into a brave heart by exploring new things and places today.
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The Fuente Osmena Rotunda could very well be the heart of Cebu City. It's that place where Jones Avenue converges with Mango Avenue, where Downtown and Uptown Cebu City meets.
The Rotunda's significance is etched in the history of Cebu because it's been the usual place where Cebuanos gather for rallies, it's also a favorite drop off point for those NGO's and civic organizations mobilizing relief goods operations for calamity stricken places. The circle is likewise home to the province' Christmas tree every December as well as to the Shrine of Sto Nino every Sinulog season and most importantly, it's where you can see one of the famous icon symbols of Cebu – the postcard popular Fuente Circle Fountain.
The Fountain at the Fuente Osmena Park Rotunda
The long standing buildings and establishments surrounding the Fuente Osmena Park have in themselves become landmarks of Cebu too and they in a way complete the circle of Fuente Osmena – there is the Larsian barbeque place, the big hospitals, the Shamrock building, Robinson's Mall and the towering hotels.
And of all the hotels that you can find around the Fuente Osmena Circle – only one holds the distinction of being a true Cebu landmark since the 1990's, one that survives the passing of time with its ideal location and outstanding reputation for good service. I'm taking of course about the Cebu Midtown Hotel.
Time has seen changes too with this dear Cebu Hotel – the hotel is now called the Summit Circle. Yep the name has changed but the legacy of excellent service that defines the hotel continues to this day. In fact I honestly think might be even better now.
I've visited this hotel for some university research projects before – study related to available Cebu hotel services, rates and reputation. And most of Cebu hotels were included as respondents then but only a few hotel personnel accommodated our group's research and one of them is Midtown. Now guys don't let me get started on the hotels that 'shove' us away hehehe.
Anyhow, just over a week ago, I had the opportunity to stay for 3 days and 2 nights on Summit Circle with fellow travel bloggers and this is Penfires review on this Cebu hotel.
Mountain View from the 10th floor of Summit Circle
I like the name it was changed to – Summit Circle. My guess is that it is a tribute to the circle that in part defines Cebu and the Cebuanos.
The location is exceptional, if you are here in Cebu for the first time and wants to get to the top tourist attractions of Cebu City, Fuente Osmena is at the center of it all and these places are within easy reach from Summit Circle even by public commute, in fact you can just walk to some of them.
Summit Circle Cebu Hotel in Fuente Osmena
Summit Circle staff and customer service is perhaps one of the hotel's best features as they really welcome you with wide smiles and is very accommodating. When I arrived I have to request them to assist my brother when he shows up to bring me spunky, my camera. In the middle of my stay I have to request for extra water from our floor's housekeeping personnel and then again just before leaving for a sewing kit. I also checked out much later than the rest of our group. What can I do – NBA Slam Dunk and Skill Contests were on heheheh and when I finally checked out it was breezy and fast at the info desk.
The Bright and Welcoming Lobby of Summit Circle
Summit Circle offers comfortable beds with hypoallergenic and chiropractic pillows so guests can enjoy a comfortable night's sleep. Although I admit I slept real late since I was watching shows after shows on their Flat screen TV with Cable. Ahhh the good life to do nothing but watch news and entertainment shows 🙂
Sample of Deluxe Double Room at the Summit Circle
Deluxe Twin Room of Summit Circle
Want to be connected online while on vacation or on a business trip? Staying in Summit Circle won't disappoint you. This Cebu hotel offers fast Wifi connection in all rooms. Yep that's all rooms and not only on public areas as most hotels offers to guests. And take note, its FREE WIFI connection – a huge plus points if you are here in Cebu for business and needs access to online information or if you are guys are leisure travelers who can't do without sharing your adventures with friends on Facebook and Twitter. You can hook up to their internet fast and free 🙂
You can surf online while lounging on their comfy duvet in the room, every room has one, nice!
Summit Hotel Rooms Comfy Duvet
For those who want to secure their valuables, a personal safe is available for you to use. You can also make use of their personal refrigerator to keep your fruits fresh and drinks cold.
During travels I usually bring with me the whole personal hygiene kit – shampoo, conditioner, soap, toothpaste, lotion etc but since I know that Summit Circle would have all these available to guests, I did not bother bringing any kit items with me.
Bathroom and Shower area is spacious. I have to mention though getting the water warmed up takes a bit of time. Main feature – their rain shower! Love it! High Five!
Rain Shower Cool!
Summit Circle does not have its own Spa Center but they do have in-room massage per request specializing in Shiatsu or Swedish massage. If massage is not your thing , they have a swimming pool that you can enjoy.
Creative Cuisine at the Summit Circle
What's a hotel stay without sampling their food choices, right? Creative Cuisine that brought you Cravings, a popular restaurant chain in Metro Manila is the same one you'll find on Summit Circle Cebu Hotel. Astig!
Creative Cuisine at the Summit Circle
Native Touches at the C2 Restaurant's
Wines and Appetizers at Creative Cuisine Summit Circle
On our first night we had dinner at Creative Cuisine ( C2 ) and we feasted on their delicious best sellers like Crispy Kare – Kare, Seared Tilapia, Seafood Inasal and more. The appetizers and the deserts like bibingka souffle and leche flan are equally yummy!
Food! Glorious Food at C2
I was already feeling so full sampling the different appetizers when the main course was served but nahhh who can resists their Crispy Kare – Kare, right? So I took huge chunks of this favorite dish and together with its special bagoong concoction, I'm in kare – kare heaven hehehhe.
I love C2's Crispy Kare – Kare
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They have an interactive kitchen, you can see the staff prepares the foods and you can talk too to the chef!
Reaching out to the chef at the hotel's Interactive Kitchen
Regular room accommodation comes with free breakfast buffet that includes the usual breakfast favorites like bacon, omelet, cereals, breads, coffee, fruits, beans stew and Filipino dishes like Cebu chorizo, adobo and more. Or if you'd rather have breakfast on local restos, you can book for No Frills accommodation and save.
Creative Cuisine at the Summit Circle is a wonderful place to bring your date or celebrate special occasions with the family or your special someone. You'll be feasting on delicious foods and creative dishes with a wonderful view of the Fuente Circle and the mountains beyond. Make it dinner to be more romantic!
Online Booking for Summit Circle Hotel
Cebu hotel reservations and bookings is easy with Summit Circle!
You can reach out to their customer service rep on Summit Circle's Facebook fan page for any Cebu room booking or inquiries. Or better yet, head to the official website of Summit Circle and book from there. And if you book online well in advance, you might get your room at a discount! Book early to Pay less is the on-going promo of this hotel in Fuente Osmena. 😀
Try it now, search through the dates and don't forget to check out their cool 360 views of the rooms and the lobby, it'll be like you are there too!
Why would you want to stay at Summit Circle? The reasons above and more for you to find out 🙂
Penfires at the Summit Circle, Yeeba!


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September 16th, 2014
Today a email came in from a customer who was just called for a reference on Chamber Nation
This is just what she had to say:
Just got off the Phone with them (prospective new customer from Iowa) and they said 10 other Chambers gave you glowing reviews as well. Looks like they'll be joining you! We just love what you all do there.
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We love Chamber Nation! I will forward this to our CEO, Jill and she can add to your inquisition, but overall we have been very happy with them. Rana
Hello Nancy,
Our Chamber has contracted with 3 chamber software companies in the last 13 years. We've tried to work with the "big guys", but we're a smaller chamber and had some unusual needs. I was so grateful to find Richard Scully and Chamber Nation. He understood where we were coming from, listened to our needs, created exactly what we were looking for and has continued to grow his system as we have grown and expanded. They do listen to us and respond…that never happened before. We had to just conform to what they offered and "make" it work. It made us less efficient because we were spending so much time having to run secondary databases for our programs and ran the greater chance for mistakes. Chamber Nation offered the complete package and then some.
You'll love their annual conferences where all the software users come together to learn about the new releases and to just talk best practices with the way we have implemented the software to work for us. I have gained great insight when I attend. They also offer monthly webinars and great training videos…now I just need more time in my day to learn all that they have to offer!!!
I am truly struggling to find a downside. And I think I did suggest the only thing I can come up with. There are so many things this system can do for you, I so wish I had an IT department that could help me maximize the use of all everything I could be putting into play.
I think you'll love it. Happy to help if you need anything further.
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Thanks Jim. I'll save for future ref. So glad there are people like you to help people like me.
You totally rock!!! I think that it's awesome, and I'm pretty sure they will too!!!!
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We are really excited to announce the full release of our new Blue Door Red Door program. In order to help explain this program to your potential members we have created a new 4 minute movie that we think will help your prospective members truly understand how the Chamber can help their business prosper.
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Once again, you guys have been amazing! I love the new look for our website and the changes you have made! I am going to look at the Blue Door/Red Door when we have a chance. I clicked on the site and it looks quite intriguing. Will get back on this, but thanks so much for redoing and fixing what has been broken! Thanks so much! Best, Sandy
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Celebrating the Spirit of Childhood
Sally Jenkinson
This is essential reading.
Christopher Clouder, Alliance for Childhood
Sally Jenkinson explores the secrets of play through moving stories and research. And what she reveals to all of is that play is essential for children's health, for their future as adults, and for the future of our world.
The author, a mother and former Steiner Waldorf Kindergarten teacher doesn't miss a beat in this extremely inportant book. She asks:
- What do children express in their play?
- How does play help develop empathy and social skills?
- How are children invluenced by inappropriate toys, TV and consumerism?
- How does play develop children's imaginations?
- Why do children need adults who encourage play?
- How lively childhood players become creative adult thinkers.
If you want to enter and understand this world of childhood, or if you want to make considered, healthy choices for your own child, this book is what you've been looking for. Thank you, Sally Jenkinson!!


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It is no surprise to anyone in business that employee retention is extremely important. There are a slew of reasons, including anything from team morale to cost effectiveness to maintaining production. With the number of competitors out in the field, the ease of their recruiters to reach your top talent, and the growing numbers of telecommuting positions, companies need to find ways to retain their talent.
Just last month, our in-house designer, Brian Dove, produced a video called "Workshop Digital: A Place Unlike Any Other." Sounds great, right? It is, and I encourage you to watch it!
The idea behind the video was to have team members across the company discuss why they enjoy working at Workshop Digital. The intent was to use this video for recruitment so candidates could hear directly from our team why they choose to work here every day.
If you boil it down further, what we got from each employee is their unique answer as to why we are able to retain them as top talent. I'm going to break down the four ways we are able to drive company retention as discussed by these team members and how you can too!
1. Creating New Roles
We like to call this aspect of Workshop Digital culture, "Choose Your Own Adventure". It is the idea that when you find the right people, you need to work with them to help shape the role they are in. This includes new people coming in to fill a need that hasn't been fully outlined or helping existing employees find their niche.
We are able to do this by having open and honest conversations with each employee about what they enjoy doing and what zaps their energy. We work with them to identify areas where we are weak within the company and how they feel they can contribute.
I am one of the prime examples within the company of an employee that "chose their own adventure" moving roles. You can read about my journey in my post "Choose Your Own Adventure: Right Person, Right Seat."
I understand that not all companies can do this, but if you have the wiggle room to create roles you didn't initially plan out or are able to adjust how a person's current role is outlined, you should.
2. Full Transparency: Admitting Mistakes & Encouraging New Ideas
There is a reason one of our six core values is transparency, and we don't take it lightly. By having the management team fully transparent wherever we can with team members, we have created a culture where people feel comfortable being open and honest. In the work itself, it has resulted in people being willing to take calculated risks and given them the ability to tell a manager quickly when they make a mistake without fear. For business operations, it has aided in shaping our policies, processes, and procedures with open reasoning as to why these are being created through welcomed open feedback on changes.
Being transparent needs to start at the top. We couldn't expect team members to be transparent about their work and lives if management wasn't willing to do the same. It also ties in nicely with another one of our core values, the eagerness to learn and willingness to be wrong at all levels.
3. Having A Voice
Some companies are starting to shift their company cultures to better fit the desires and needs of young professionals entering the workforce. One of the biggest mindset shifts that's happening is understanding the idea that young professionals are less focused on compensation and more focused on work that impacts something bigger than themselves. Employees want to have a voice in the company and feel as though their thoughts, ideas, and feedback are listened to and addressed.
As a company, we love feedback and ask for it constantly. We have an anonymous feedback link where employees can send a direct message to the management team about concerns or issues. Our managers have bi-weekly one-on-one meetings with each of their team members to not only discuss accounts, but talk about how things are going in their lives. We also shape our quarterly reviews to go beyond how the employee can do more for the company to focus on what more the company can do for everyone.
We want people to bring us new ideas, challenge existing ones, and work with us to make this place better. All you need to do is ask, listen, & respond!
4. Working With Friends That Happen To Be Co-Workers
Now, we aren't saying we force everyone to be friends nor do we expect anyone to hang out together after work. There is value though in fostering camaraderie by helping people develop relationships beyond the work itself.
We do this by having team and company "fun budgets"—that is, money set aside each quarter for teams to choose group activities that get them out of the office together. This includes activities such as team lunches, visits to the local escape room, and a yearly gingerbread house building competition.
By providing the opportunity for these activities, we are directly encouraging team members to develop more relationships and create personal bonds that translate back into the office.
Employee retention is key for a happy and healthy business which requires us to continue to grow and change with the workforce. As a company, we will continue to receive open feedback and work with our team to create a place where we are all proud to work. I would love to hear from others in the comment section below on how they feel they drive employee retention.


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Monrovia, Liberia; Thursday, May 16, 2013: The Multi-stakeholders Steering Group (MSG) of the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) has endorsed the Fourth EITI Reconciliation Report for Liberia and the Post Award Process Audit Report. The decision was made today during an emergency MSG meeting held at the LEITI Secretariat in Monrovia.
The 4th EITI Report for Liberia, prepared by the Reconciler, Ernst and Young (Ghana), captures all material payments of taxes, royalties, land/surface rentals and other administrative fees paid to, and acknowledged by the Government of Liberia by all oil, mining, forestry and agricultural companies for the period July 1, 2010 to June 30, 2011. Additionally, the report includes In-kind Contributions made by extractive companies, Revenue Tracking, and Amount Due. The report was also expanded to include payments reported by four other Government agencies including the Liberia Maritime Authority (LMA), the National Port Authority (NPA), the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Liberia Civil Aviation Authority (LCAA).The report shows that during the period under review, the extractive sector contributed US$117m to the Liberian economy, a 65% increment in what was reported in the previous year. This shows a sustained growth of contributions by the extractive sector to the economy, from $29m in 2007/2008; $35m in 2008/2009; and $71m in 2009/2010 to $117m in 2010/2011.
The Post Award Process Audit covers 68 companies operating in the oil, mining, forestry and agricultural sectors whose contracts, licenses and permits and rights were granted/amended by the Government of Liberia for the period July 13, 2009 up to and including December 31, 2011. The objective was to ascertain whether these rights and permits were awarded in line with applicable Liberian Laws. The report shows that some of these contracts and permits were awarded either in full or partial compliance with the applicable Laws of the Republic of Liberia while others failed to meet the requirements. The audit/investigation was commissioned by the LEITI MSG in July 2011 and conducted by Moore Stephens LLP (London) in Collaboration with Parker and Associates (Liberia). This audit is the first of its kind to be conducted by the LEITI.
At today's meeting, the MSG resolved to organize a special retreat at which stakeholders will review recommendations from these reports, with the aim of identifying areas for policy implementation.
Meanwhile, the launch of the reports will be followed by massive dissemination exercises including extensive outreach throughout the fifteen counties of Liberia.
The Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) is an autonomous agency established through an Act of the Legislature, to promote the transparent management of Liberia's extractive resources. It is a tripartite arrangement governed by a Multi-stakeholders Steering Group (MSG), consisting of representatives of the Government of Liberia, civil society organizations, the private sector, and Liberia's development partners.
Monrovia, May 9, 2013: The President Pro-Tempore of the Liberian Senate, Honorable Gbehzongar Findley has been elected to represent Liberia and other implementing countries on the Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (EITI) International Board for 2013-2015. Ghana will serve as Alternate Member to Liberia on the Board.
Five (5) of the twenty (20) seats on the EITI Board are allotted to implementing countries. Liberia and other countries, including Ghana, Nigeria, Sierra Leone, Mozambique, Sao Tome, Zambia and Tanzania, categorized as "Africa Region Block 1", are entitled to one representative and an Alternate. Following a call for nomination from the EITI Secretariat in late 2012, the Multi-stakeholders Steering Group (MSG) of the Liberia Extractive Industries Transparency Initiative (LEITI) nominated Senator Findley to contest the single seat with nominees from the other countries.
Announcing the victory on Wednesday, the Head of Secretariat of the LEITI, Mr. Samson S. Tokpah said the race in which Honorable Findley was nominated was a though one. "This victory did not come easy this time around. Nigeria and Ghana put up a good fight. Nigeria was represented by its EITI Board Chair Ledum Mitee, and Ghana by its Minister of Finance, Seth Terkper". He therefore hailed members of the LEITI MSG, whose resolve and commonness of purpose, he said, have made this representation possible. "Members of the MSG reached out to their counterparts in other countries sometimes at their own expense to solicit support for the Liberia's nominee", Mr. Tokpah said.
The LEITI Head of Secretariat said, Senator Findley's election is a victory for the Liberian EITI. "Our voice on the Board will be pivotal in shaping the direction of the EITI at a time when the initiative is faced with many critical decisions including Contract Transparency, project-by-project reporting and incorporating new reporting requirements in Europe and the United States into EITI implementation".
The mandate of the current Board ends in May 2013, and the new Board, to be confirmed and commissioned at the Global EITI Conference scheduled for May 22-24, 2013 in Sydney, Australia, will serve for the next two years. Liberia was represented on the out-going Board by former Lands and Mines Minister, Dr. Roosevelt Jayjay, who was recently honored by the MSG for his devotion while representing Liberia on the EITI Board.
The Board of the EITI is responsible for providing strategic and policy direction and overseeing the EITI at an international level. It is made up of representatives from each constituency (including governments of supporting and implementing countries, extractive companies and investors, and civil society organizations).
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Meet the Wealthy Immigrants at the Centre of Vancouver's Housing Debate
July 30, 2016
Globe and Mail | Hostility toward rich, Chinese newcomers has left many asking the same question: Why is Canada willing to take our money, but then belittle us?
Frances Bula talks to a hesitant community
At an ornately decorated Chinese café on a back road in suburban Richmond, three dozen people are picking at cheese and tomato sandwiches. They are dressed in plaid shirts and windbreakers, jeans and runners, and the kind of business suits aspiring bank managers might wear.
They are waiting to hear from speakers who want to persuade them to hand over some of their presumed wealth. But not for residential real estate. These recent immigrants from mainland China are awaiting pitches to invest in biotech, high-tech, smartphone apps and commercial real estate.
"I am trying to show them some other things they can think about," says Jason Liu, one of the organizers of these seminars and a shareholder in the 1029 Café, which operates as a kind of informal community centre. "We know the Canadians don't like everyone buying houses."
These people hear plenty of criticism in Vancouver's mainstream media and on social media about buying and selling houses and condos. Many Vancouverites say people like them are driving up real estate prices in the region to the point where locals are shut out.
Resentment reached a fever pitch this week, when the province acted to put a check on investors by adding 15 per cent to the property transfer tax for buyers who are not citizens or permanent residents. At the same time, new data showed 10 per cent of sales in the Lower Mainland were to foreign buyers – most from China.
NDP MLA David Eby has called for an investigation into the phenomenon of immigrants who live in multimillion-dollar homes but appear to have no income. Yet again, that has fuelled suspicions about mainland Chinese immigrants in general.
Many of the new arrivals and are baffled by the controversy, wondering why they are the focus of anger over a housing market in which Canadians are realizing sale prices beyond their wildest dreams. And, in particular, they are divided over whether the new tax is an understandable response or another indication they are not welcome.Back


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Care to venture a guess who they'll be???
Should be a no-brainer! 😉
the continuing saga of middle-aged parents raising twins…
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Should be a no-brainer! 😉
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Pretty soon they'll be climbing over the rail…
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I can't wait until they can do this on their own! They really do seem to like it, though!!
Or maybe they just like sucking the toothpaste off the brush 😉
…and for those of you wondering about the "brusha, brusha, brusha" title, it's from the Ipana Toothpaste commercials created for Bristol Meyers Company in the 1950s, and starring none other than Bucky Beaver…
You may also remember this commercial making a cameo in the 1978 movie, Grease (it was during the slumber party at Frenchie's house, and Jan sang along to it, remember?)
You can find one of Bucky's commercials here, and the Grease clip here.
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No matter what his age, a boy always enjoys visiting his grandpa…or great-grandpa!
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Today, Cindy and the boys visited Mabry Mill on the Blue Ridge Parkway…
Evidently, Great-Grandpa had stroller duty…
Look at this bug; we can eat that, right?
Mommy and her boys…
Ready for a ride in the wagon, only there's no horse to pull it (Obviously, Alex doesn't know that yet :-))
It was a long day, and the boys are plum tuckered out…
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Pinterest CEO Ben Silbermann Talks New Profile, New Social Tools, Addresses Controversy – Fast Company Pinterest, the addictive image collection and sharing site, will soon release a new profile page, possibly as soon as this week, and expand the types of items people can collect to include video. CEO and cofounder Ben Silbermann said that the company is also working on ways to make attribution of shared media "easier and easier."
What Marketers Should Know About Brand Advocates - eMarketer
Brand advocates are consumers who actively promote the brands, products and services they love and provide marketers with a volunteer army of supporters who disseminate recommendations to friends and family. Social media influencer and advocacy company Zuberance found, in a January 2012 study, that US internet users are making more recommendations than ever before, across a variety of industries. On average, the US internet users studied by Zuberance made 9 recommendations per year.
CNN Said to Be in Talks to Acquire Mashable – NY Times
CNN and the social news Web site Mashable are in advanced talks that may lead to an acquisition of the site, three people briefed on the talks said. If the deal was completed, Mashable would become the latest Internet media start-up company to be swallowed by a more diverse media company, in much the same way that TechCrunch was acquired by AOL in 2010.
Twitter Plots Big Changes to Brand Pages – AdAge
Big changes are coming to Twitter's "brand pages," the landing pages it offers to some marketers that also spend ad dollars on the network. Launched in December, the pages show the brand's Twitter feed and images, but Twitter plans to add experiences, including e-commerce, contests and sweepstakes, according to three executives familiar with the matter.
Marketers Mobilize "Brand Armies." B2B Companies Get Strong Results With Net Promoter Systems - BtoB Magazine
It has long been a rule of thumb that a customer who has a good experience with a brand will tell seven people. But now, through the magic of Facebook, LinkedIn and Twitter, a customer can tell a positive brand story to hundreds, thousands or even millions of people with just a few keystrokes. CDW, Parallels Holdings and other b2b marketers are taking advantage of this opportunity by empowering their most satisfied customers to post to Facebook and other social media.


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U.S. scientists have discovered that the clouded leopard found on the islands of Borneo and Sumatra is an entirely new species of cat, the conservationist group WWF International announced Thursday.
The secretive rainforest animal was originally thought to be the same species as the one found in mainland Southeast Asia, based on their general physical appearance.
Researchers at the National Cancer Institute's Laboratory of Genomic Diversity in Maryland found genetic differences between the two types to be equivalent to or greater than those between lions, tigers, leopards and jaguars.
In terms of appearance, the clouded leopards in Borneo and Sumatra have small cloud markings with many distinct spots within the clouds. They are darker in color than those of the mainland, which have larger cloud markings with fewer spots within the clouds.
''For over a hundred years we have been looking at this animal and never realized it was unique,'' Stuart Chapman, international coordinator of the WWF's Heart of Borneo program, was quoted as saying.
''The fact that Borneo's top predator is now considered a separate species further emphasizes the importance of conserving one of the most biologically diverse habitats on Earth,'' he said.
The news comes just a few weeks after a WWF report showed that scientists had identified at least 52 new species of animals and plants over the past year on Borneo.
WWF roughly estimates there are between 5,000 and 11,000 Bornean clouded leopards and between 3,000 to 7,000 Sumatran ones.
With the reclassification, the scientific name of the clouded leopard from the mainland remains Neofelis nebulosa, while the clouded leopard from Borneo and Sumatra is now called Neofelis diardi.
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Voyager Software reports impressive growth despite tough economic conditions.
Voyager Software announces that it has experienced a 29% increase in new business sales despite the economic crisis. Overall revenues grew by 19%, indicating that in addition to new business sales, sales to existing customers remained strong.
The company has also not only expanded sales but have also opened a larger office office in the North West of England, Lancashire. The larger premises offer improved customer facilities and represents a significant investment in the North of England addressing the increase in demand of services.
Voyager allows SME recruitment agencies to streamline business processes by matching candidates to available positions and automating all related administrative processes. Agencies using the Voyager solution are more efficient as the software maximises the time spent by recruitment consultants on fee-generating tasks and removes the need for administrative staff.
Paul Thompson, Head of Sales at Voyager commented: "This represents a great result and shows how the expansion of our product range with the introduction of Mid-Office, and more recently Industrial, has enabled us to make significant gains in a mature market. We are proud to have maintained profitable growth notwithstanding the heavy investment we have made in new products."
Following record sales and successful expansion of its Basingstoke offices, Voyager have improved accessibility in the North by joining Ribble Court, the prestigious development by the Dylan Harvey Group in Burnley.
Simon Warburton, Managing Director of Voyager, said: "This has been a hugely exciting year for Voyager. We are seeing more and more clients come on board and we have recently appointed talented new staff to meet the demands that this places on us. We are pleased that these new figures reflect the continued popularity of Voyager and we are expanding as a business as a result of this increase."


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Authority is written not taken.
It's also not given. At best, responsibility is agreed upon, but that is different from authority.
Having only heard the title of his talk
authority is taken, not given
(quoted by Jon Siracusa @ ~53:00)
I disagree with Marco Arment (at least in terms of what I predict he's going to say I with his talk having only heard the title and Arment's views on ATP and imyke's glee at his being mentioned in the content of this talk) on this subtle distinction between taken and written.
We mostly agree, but I say he's too forceful about it. To take or give implies loss somewhere, but there need be no loss.
Not in terms of actual Marco but strawman Marco that I'm imagining for helping to argue my point (like a scaffolding for the structure of the argument.) Warco? Not really like Mario vs. Wario, but that'll do (though he's a sega guy, so maybe he won't get that reference…). Hell, the title may even have changed, fortunately I only need to have heard Siracusa (or Dan?) say it and that counts to talk about it as even an imaginary Warco type position.
So Warco believes that we need to take authority… well, I ask, why? What is it that it needs to be taken from? If it's not a something or a someone or a some
To me it seems more like authority must be created, and agreed upon (in the way that a language is regionally «agreed upon»). To take implies that something has been obtained that in some way is now deprived from something else. To write authority suggests a blank piece of paper, and it is not that some realization of a predicted probability is plucked away from some work of infinite possibilities of all the things that 'could' be written on the paper.
Of course "all the things that 'could' be written on the paper" doesn't really make sense in any consistent way. It makes about as much sense as 'how many possible fat men could be standing in the doorway?are they standing there now? Is that impossible?' It's simply not the most appropriate way to approach the problem.
So if we're working from that metaphysical perspective then, ok Warco, you can take whatever you want from there. Because I don't see you as taking anything from anywhere, anymore than Einstein or Jobs...or other people about whom people other than Walter Isaacson have written biographies of.
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I'm sorry about the prepositional ending; but put it earlier and you basically have that old Churchill joke
Hanging prepositions! That is something up with which I will not put.
Anyway, this is why I really wish I had access to footnotes.
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I prefer to see authority as almost a magician, bringing bursts of unexpected newness into the world.
I did not have to take from anyone. I took words from others in one sense(I'm quoting them), but in another sense I just reflected them back with some commentary(i.e., as a result their words are (at worst) equally and (at best) more valuable, so it's more of a win-win-win-etc. I forget how many it's supposed to be).
To quote critically!
Tis like taking a hot iron and annealing it. It grows stronger with every cycle.
And I've paid someone for the ability to put these words in a place where you can read them. So if you by this far, are still disappointed with the article. I'm not really sorry. You did make this happen. But so did I, but I don't think I did anything wrong, even if you're bored.
The point is, you didn't have to read me. And there is no way I can make you read me. But I authored something, and authorized you all to use it by putting it on this site, and you all then appointed me as author enough for you to have read this. I'd say that by that standard…
I write my own authority.


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A university campus is a great place to be in the fall, and that certainly is the case at Iowa State. Ames has been bustling with activity the past two weeks with the presidential candidate debate, the Straw Poll, and the arrival of students at the start of the academic year.
Summer proved to be busy, too, within the College of Engineering. We completed our five-year strategic plan, and you can read it and follow our key performance indicators here. I am excited about how the plan charts our course forward as a modern land-grant institution and charges our faculty and students to be engineers who make a difference.
Our faculty and staff were also busy hosting summer programs for aspiring engineers of all ages. We offered five different Iowa State Engineering Kids camps and six National Science Foundation Research Experience for Undergraduates programs—important work that reinforces the hands-on nature and fun of engineering. Through our precollege programs like ISEK, including an excellent camp for girls-only, we are building early interest with a view toward those students becoming Cyclone engineers down the road.
By all indications, we will set yet another record for enrollment in the College of Engineering. And after having the opportunity to greet many freshmen as they moved into the dormitories last week, it's clear to me that they are bringing high aspirations for themselves, and expectations of us, as their journey at Iowa State begins.
We are also building the faculty ranks and welcoming 12 new faculty members to the College of Engineering. I am excited by the intellect and diversity of our new colleagues, and the expertise they bring in such areas as wind power, robotics, and biomaterials.
We are off and running for a promising new school year.