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Early on when I started writing stories people would tell me that they were really visual. I took that as a pejorative for some reason—I wanted my stories to be cerebral. Or something. But I guess I'm a visually oriented person—is that glib to say?
The Interloper is a great read. I read it this summer in two days. Keep your eyes peeled for an effeminate waiter* named Eduardo in the novel. The truth hurts!
Proud to be a sissy.
Well, I think he's a waiter. Am I remembering it right, Antoine?
is the Love Child of Robert Hayden and Federico García Lorca.
About Me
- Eduardo C. Corral
- Eduardo C. Corral is a CantoMundo fellow. He holds degrees from ASU and the Iowa Writers' Workshop. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in Beloit Poetry Journal, jubilat, New England Review, Ploughshares, Poetry, and Post Road. His work has been honored with a "Discovery"/The Nation award and residencies from The MacDowell Colony and Yaddo. He has served as the Olive B. O'Connor Fellow in Creative Writing at Colgate University and as the Philip Roth Resident in Creative Writing at Bucknell University. He's the interview editor for Boxcar Poetry Review. He won the 2011 Yale Series of Younger Poets competition.
Wednesday, November 28, 2007
Antoine Wilson Interview
Posted by Eduardo C. Corral at 11/28/2007
Labels: first book interviews
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- Antoine said...
[did my first attempt at commenting disappear?]
Thanks for the props. Don't sell yourself short, though...he's a concierge, and a goateed one at that.
Thanks also for the heads up on those Shane Book poems!
Cheers, A
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So my Sunday blues seem to have kicked in once again. Even more so this week as I have had one of the best weekends with my favourite people.
On Friday, me and my sister took a little road trip to Liverpool to have an overnight stay at the Titanic Hotel. I don't get to see her as much as I would like, so we try to plan adventures whenever we get the chance! We arrived at the hotel mid-morning and kicked our stay off with a cocktail and then a spot lunch. Now, for those of you who know me, you'll know that I am a massive foody, and I am not exaggerating when I say that the salad I chose was one of the best salads I've had. Ever. It was the Salad of Torn English Mozzarella (grilled peach, prosciutto, wild rocket and balsamic glaze) literally - amazing. Ok so enough about food...
We checked into our superior room and were amazed to be welcomed by views overlooking the surrounding docks. It really did feel like we were on a boat (even though it did start snowing...not ideal!). After dumping our bags we headed down to the basement as we were booked into the Maya Blue Spa for the afternoon. So I won't lie - this was my third trip to a spa in three months, but hey - who's complaining? We were both booked in for a half an hour back neck and shoulder massage. It was honestly the most relaxing massage I have ever had in my life. We then took a break from relaxing to do some more relaxing in the main spa area. We were spoilt for choice with the facilities from hydro pools, saunas, steam rooms, and foot spas. As the spa was in the basement of the hotel, it was very peaceful, and you never would have known you were underneath the hustle and bustle above. Give me a robe and some slippers and I'll be your friend for life but pair that with the exposed brickwork of the basement and you really are onto a winner!
We had to eventually pluck up the strength to tear ourselves away from the spa (it was difficult) and head to our room to get ready to venture into central Liverpool in search for ~more~ food. We were armed with Prosecco and chocolates, because well, start the night as you mean to go on and all that! With the whole snow situation, I opted for a black flared jumpsuit as I didn't quite feel ready to lose my legs to frostbite just yet. The Zara jumpsuit that I wore is the most ideal fit, and I am a sucker for flares so this ticked all boxes for me. I wanted to rock things up a little bit and my new boohoo studded jacket was the perfect addition for this. I have seen so many versions of this jacket and the price range can escalate into the hundreds, which is why I am so pleased with this one - its affordable but also, majorly kick-ass.
It's safe to say the night didn't just stop at food. We somehow fought the food coma that had been intensified by our pamper day, and headed out to some bars on Seel Street and Concert Square. Naturally I spent Saturday morning nursing my hangover in my favourite Missguided silk kimono robe before I had to make my way to Manchester to meet some friends. Hey - someone has got to do it.
I feel very lucky to be able to spend quality time like this with my sister, who happens to be THE biggest babe. I am already plotting our next adventure...
Shop my style:
Jumpsuit: Zara (Buy here)
Boots: Public Desire (Buy here)
Jacket: Boohoo (Buy here)
Kimono Robe: Missguided (Buy here)

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Bec + Bridge
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This flirty number by Bec & Bridge features a beautiful tiered white lace all over. It has a feminine V neckline and low back with cross over shoestring straps. The peplum and skirt lining have an asymmetric angular cut – adding a bit of edge. This dress is perfect to rent for a summer party or the races!
This style looks great on a variety of body shapes as it cinches in at the waist and the flared peplum creates the illusion of an hourglass silhouette. Complete this look with sandals or flats for a daytime summer-ready look or with lace up heels for an evening event. Pair with simple contrast accessories to let the dress shine on its own.
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Hi Everyone,
Thanks for dropping by today. I am sharing you my latest creation using the Ooh La La collection from Ultimate Crafts.
For this layout of my mum with us three kids I really wanted to incorporate white and black and found two perfect patterned papers in the collection to base my layout on. I also wanted to use some of the Anna Griffin pastes and stencils on the layout also.
Below is my finished layout.
I really love using the Anna Griffin Mixed Media products and particularly love the Embossing Paste. So for this project I mixed some Cafe Latte coloured ink in with the texture paste. Looking at the finished colour it reminded me of a brown sugar icing I make for my cupcakes.
When using stencils I always hold them in place with some removable tape or some old washi tape so it will stay in place whilst I apply the paste over the stencil on to the cardstock. For this layout I used the Botanical Damask stencil.
I selected two papers in the 12x12" paper stack that had white as part of the print. The stripe print I cut a 3" wide strip x 11" long, turning it into a long banner, adhering it to the damask print patterned paper. I mounted my photo on to the white cardstock where I added the embossing paste.
Using the Peacock Feather die and the inner square doily from the Framed Floral Set of dies. I then sprayed a Cottage Pollen flower with adhesive spray and scattered gold glitter from the Anna Griffin Glitter Set over the spray, shaking off the excess glitter.
Once the flower is dry finish the layout by arranging the flower and die cuts on the page adding a couple more of the Couture Creations Bulk Flowers and a wooden title to finish the page.
Below are a couple of close up photos of the finished layout.
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Steven den Beste writes about Hiring and Firing, defending the American practice of actually firing workers when there is no longer a business requirement for their labor. Bing! Right on, Steve! He didn't say so very much about it (in contrast to some of his other writings which go on for pages and pages) probably because he doesn't think much of himself as an economist.
I, on the other hand, have no such modesty, and plenty of reason to write about economics (I am The Angry One after all). Everything Steve said is true, and I'll assume that you've gone off and read it, and have come (back) here. His main point is true. American businessmen do not suffer the risk of being forced to employ when the reason for the hiring has lapsed. Ironically, this results in less unemployment because of a coincident effect: the ease of growing or starting a business. If that was not present, then a company's ease of firing workers would be difficult to justify. I don't know enough about the difficulty of growing or starting a business in Europe. I suspect that it's hard: A customer in Norway told me that a business was required to supply every employee with a view of sunlight.
Steve didn't answer John's question fully: "I'm curious what your views are on corporations rush to save money by laying off or letting go (a nice term for firing), employees. I think its somewhat foolish to go that route first. If every company were to do this then how could anyone purchase their products or services?" One implication of free markets is that a company not only can, but should fire every worker possible. There are two reasons why
The first reason to "fire a worker if possible" is that everyone in a market is better off if the same output can be produced from the same input with less labor. It doesn't matter if the employee is purposefully or accidentally being unproductive. In either case, if their labor doesn't eventually contribute to the bottom line, their employment should be terminated. This comes from having a free market.
Now, some people would read this and say "Well, obviously this is a problem with free markets." Not so. It is what causes free markets to create and share such wealth. In the short term, yes, the corporation gains all the benefit from the worker's loss of their job. In the longer term, though, that benefit is competed away. If Company A can fire a worker, so can Company B. They'll want to sell more of their output, so they'll cut their prices relative to Company A. Their sales will go up. Company B will either have to cut their prices as well, or live with reduced profit. Either way, the value of the fired employee's job gets returned to society in the form of lower prices for the product he (wasn't helping to) produce.
The compassionate person would say "fine, but that doesn't help the fired person". Ahhh, but yes, it does. That person also lives in the market, and gains his fair share of the increased productivity from his lost job. Not only does he gain it from his lost job, but also from everybody's lost job.
This brings us to the second benefit from firing workers: unemployment. Ahhhh, but how can unemployment be a benefit? It is a benefit if you're starting a company, or trying to add workers. When a worker gets fired, you increase the availability of workers. Workers become cheaper. When a business finds that a resource (and labor is a resource) becomes cheaper, it will try to restructure its business so that it uses more of that resource. So, when one business fires a worker who is not being productive, another business will go looking for that worker to be productive in their business.
Of course, some wags would point to persistent levels of unemployment and say "Okay, if you're so smart, why aren't all these people being employed?" This question is relatively straightforward to answer. Any particular level of unemployment has two parts to it: the natural level of unemployment, and the unnatural, or created level. Natural level first.
There really is a natural level of unemployment. Zero unemployment is unnatural. It is caused by interference in the free market, such as that by the USSR which forced all workers to either find a job, or be employed by the state doing menial labor. In a free market, where people make their own decisions, people need time to find a new job. Gainful employment is *always* available to everyone, at some low wage. Nearly everyone refuses to take the first job available to them, seeking instead to find a job which pays them better, or uses a skill for which they are trained. This is the natural level of unemployment. Exactly what it amounts to is a matter of the nature of the mix of people who are unemployed.
Unnatural unemployment is unemployment created by government edict. Yes, the government claims credit for creating jobs at the same time it destroys them. Anything that interferes with the natural functioning of the free market will create unemployment. For example, if you force employers to pay a minimum wage, not everyone will be able to find employment at that price. If employers are forced to supply health care, or unemployment insurance, or time off, or anything else, that will result in less employment.
One more note to answer John's concern: labor costs form the bulk of the cost of all but the most unusual businesses. If a business gets into trouble and needs to cut costs, the very first thing it's going to do is try to reduce employees. This is a natural consequence of the (relative) wealth of the ordinary laborer, and not something to be decried. For over five hundred years the lot of the ordinary laborer (those people formerly called peasants) has been improving. There is no reason why it should stop improving.
I know that all of this sounds cold and cruel-hearted. "Think about the workers!" no doubt some will cry. I do think about the workers. I want them to live in a vital and growing society where there are well-paying jobs enough for everyone. Such a society must be a free-market society, over the long term.


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ICCES has built and is continually building in the proven strength and capabilities of OpenGTS system, being the first available open source project designed specifically to provide web based GPS tracking services for a fleet of vehicles.
Building over our experience with basic enterprise OpenGTS platform we scaled our platform to what is now a large enterprise capable and proven vehicle tracking and fleet management system.
We continually improve,add features and functionalities to our platform to address specific customer requirement. Below is the list of what our Vehicle Tracking and Fleet Management System can do for your organization:
1. Accounts dashboard for updated customer subscription management – latest
2. Scalability – manage vehicle from one vehicle to ten thousands and more
3. Supports various popular GPS devices in the market.
4. Browser and device responsive website
5. Multiple user, multiple groups or fleet accounts creation and management
6. Can generate many and various reports required by accounting and the management
7. Capable of handling GPS device I/O data processing for more meaningful and relevant reports for business intelligent decision
8. Multiple language support (Arabic, English, others)
9. Customizable interface for easy tracking
10. Automatic and Manual Vehicle Location
11. Real-time mapping display
12. GPS Live tracking
13. Interval tracking
14. Vehicle status
15. Vehicle profile (Vehicle license expiration, Odometer reading, Engine hour reading, Vehicle maintenance settings)
16. Driver profile (Driver license expiration)
17. Remote Engine Cut Off and restore
18. Generate report (via Email, HTML, CSV, XML, XLS)
19. User definable access
20. Create multiple Geozones
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22. Vehicle Maintenance (via Odometer or Engine hour reading)
23. Automated email reporting including alerts
24. Alerts (Over speeding, Power Fail, SOS, Low Battery, Geo-fence boundary breach, Etc. (Depends on customer requirement as long as we can install our sensor)
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The House of Marley, the brand created in honour of Bob Marley and famed for its headphones, has expanded its UK product line-up to include three distinctively styled portable audio systems.
Leading the range is the Bag of Rhythm, available now and priced at just under £300. It has a built-in iPod and iPhone dock as well as a front mounted 3.5mm aux input and touch sensitive controls. It runs off the mains, a 12V car adapter, D-cell batteries or an optional rechargeable on-board battery. For carrying around, this 6.8kg speaker dock comes with a canvas/cotton bag. The baffle is made from FSC-certified birch wood, while the speakers have 4.5in woofers and 1in tweeters.
Coming later this summer is the Get Up Stand Up, also costing around £300, which uses similar speakers in a tabletop speaker dock form, fashioned from walnut and birch. In line with the company's eco ethos, the enclosure, dock and trim rings are made from recycled plastic. It comes with a remote control and can dock easily with iPhones, iPods and iPads, or any other audio device via an aux input.
Finally the Chant, also due in the summer for a penny under £50, is a portable speaker weighing 6.8kg that can be powered by a USB cable or four AAA batteries. Using a drum-like shape, it incorporates a canvas bag, bamboo top piece, a recycled plastic speaker enclosure, and both a 2in full range and 2in passive radiator speaker driver.
All three products have a two-year warranty. The House of Marley will also produce watches, bags and various other accessories later in 2012. The company donates five percent of its annual profits to 1Love.org, which funds charity projects around the world.
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New home & new job has left my kitchenware feeling rather unloved. My food processor is gathering dust and my matroyshka measuring cups have become mere ornaments to pretty up my kitchen. My foot's on the mend which means I'm out and about more now, and have less time to poke about in the kitchen like I did a few months ago.
Anyways, when there isn't enough time to spend all day cooking, this one pot wonder is a life saver; throw everything in a pan, put the lid on it for a bit, then serve. This is a real hug in a bowl, or a bowl full of hugs… Spicy, hearty, warming, stomach filling… I could go on! And the end result is always delicious – slightly different every time I make it, but that's the fun of it – it's definitely food for the soul, and satisfying enough for times when you're feeling greedy. Enough rambling, here's (roughly) how I make my Spicy Rice & Beans…
- 2-3 tbsp olive oil
- 1 medium onion, diced
- 1 large red pepper, diced
- 1 large red chilli, sliced
- 1 large clove garlic, crushed / finely chopped
- 1 400g tin red kidney beans – drained & rinsed
- 1 400g tin black eyed beans – drained & rinsed (or any other bean you fancy! Adzuki works well!)
- 1/2 cup frozen sliced green beans
- 225g long grain rice
- 750ml vegetable stock (preferably hot)
- 100g tomato puree
- 1 tsp smoked paprika
- 1 tsp paprika
- 1 tsp hot chilli powder
- 1/4 tsp cayenne pepper
- Heat the oil in a large deep pan and add the onion & pepper – fry on a fairly high heat for around 5 minutes until the onion starts to brown
- Turn down the heat, add the garlic, chilli, paprika, smoked paprika & chilli powder and fry for a further minute
- Throw in your canned beans, frozen beans, hot stock, tomato puree and cayenne – mix well and bring to the boil
- Stir in the rice, cover and simmer gently for around 20 minutes (until water has been absorbed and rice is tender)
- That's it – serve, and enjoy!
See, I said it was easy. If this isn't comfort food then I don't know what is. Best of all, it lends itself to whatever fresh/frozen ingredients you've got lying around – perfect for one of those 'emptying the fridge' days. If you've only got one tin of beans, add more veg; I've made it with carrot, courgette, sometimes mushrooms – and I've even been known to throw in a diced potato. Yes, I make it that often!
The above quantities will make 3-4 portions (generously) as a stand-alone main dish. Use common sense; if you need to feed more people, add more stuff! If anyone tries it, I'd love to hear how yours turns out!


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Have you ever contracted an illness that required surgical treatment? There are many illnesses and medical conditions that would require surgery for immediate healing. In Queensland, Australia alone, people visit surgeons to help them cure different sicknesses or medical conditions. If you think you or a member of your family is in need of surgical procedure as cure for an illness, go to the nearest clinic or hospital. For instance, Ferny Hills residents may go to a reputable Ferny Hills doctor surgery specialist for treatment of severe injuries.
Which medical conditions need surgery?
Not all medical conditions that need surgical treatment are severe. Some may be seemingly minor like chest infections, acute abdomen, urinary complications, and airway obstructions. Other illnesses may be more complicated like dislocations, fractures, hernias, haemorrhage, obstetric complications, and cataracts, to name a few. Extreme obesity may also need surgical treatment. In fact, this is one of those medical conditions that the government of Australia is taking a closer look into. Obesity cases in the country are rising, especially in Queensland, and there is a need for review of medical policies and benefits so obese people may be given proper medical treatment. So if you live within the area like in Ferny Hills, you may want to consult about Ferny Hills doctors surgery procedures in case you or a family member has an illness or health problem, like obesity, that requires immediate help.
Surgery for cosmetic or reconstruction purposes
Aside from treating minor or major illnesses, you may also ask a Ferny Hills doctor surgery specialist if he or she knows about plastic and/or cosmetic surgery. These two procedures are not the same though, and a lot of people perceive them to be so. Cosmetic surgery's main goal is to improve physical appearance. Some cosmetic procedures include face lift or contouring like rhinoplasty, body contouring like liposuction, breast procedures like breast lift, and even skin rejuvenation such as filler treatments. On the other hand, plastic surgery aims to reconstruct body or facial defects which are caused by one or more factors: severe diseases, trauma or accident injury, and even birth defects. Aside from the surgical procedure, plastic surgery patients may also need additional help like therapy so they can get back to shape in the soonest possible time.
After going through the "knife"
What should you do, say for instance you consulted a Ferny Hills doctor surgery specialist and was operated on? After the surgical procedure, you need to strictly follow your doctor's orders so you'll recover immediately. You would need to occasionally visit your doctor for check-ups so that he or she may closely monitor your healing progress. You also need to start some healthy lifestyle habits. A lot of surgery patients seem to forget this and just go through their everyday routine as if they never got sick and operated on in the first place. Expect for your doctor to ask you to change your former overall lifestyle.
Queensland areas like Ferny Grove have Ferny Grove medical practitioners and Ferny Grove doctors surgery specialists who can address different surgical needs. Check out Smart Clinics Family Medical Centres for information about doctors and medical centres in Queensland as well as in different cities in Australia.


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You can't be a member of an Antiochian Orthodox Christian parish for very long -- at least not one with strong ethnic roots -- without learning that it isn't easy to turn Arab names into names written in English. Just because one person's last name is spelled "Chalhoub" and someone else's name is spelled "Shalhob" doesn't mean that they are not related. It may simply mean that an English-speaking bureaucrat wrote the name down differently when their common ancestors arrived from Lebanon, Syria or some other corner of the Middle East in which Christians are persecuted to the point that they elect to flee.
I thought about this while reading the recent Los Angeles Times profile by Lynn Smith of cable-television superstar Tony Shalhoub, who is best known for his work as the obsessive-compulsive detective Adrian Monk.
It's a good piece, on the surface. The key is that Shalhoub doesn't look, well, right. He doesn't look American. He looks like he is from somewhere else and this makes him a bit of a mystery man. Here is how the story opens:
Before Tony Shalhoub broke through as the obsessive-compulsive detective Monk, the Lebanese American actor had compiled a long list of supporting characters with widely diverse names: Haddad ("The Siege"), Kwan ("Galaxy Quest"), Scarpacci ("Wings"), Reyes ("Primary Colors") and Riedenschneider ("The Man Who Wasn't There"). Now it's the talent, not the ethnic look, that people notice. This year, he has again been nominated for a Golden Globe, and he won his third Emmy for "Monk," USA Network's highest-rated show, which will start Season 5 1/2 in January.
Lately, Shalhoub, 53, has been adding to his resume not only as an actor but also as a producer and advocate, reaching back to his Arab American roots. One of his projects, an upcoming independent film called "American East," tells about ordinary Arab Americans in Los Angeles whose everyday lives and plans have been altered by 9/11.
Personally, I am fond of Shalhoub's turn as a Russian literature professor-turned-American-janitor in the family flick Paulie, but that's a long story ("I am Russian. I like long stories"). But I digress.
What hit me was the crucial fact that Shalhoub is "Arab American" and that this fact has complicated his life post-9/11.
I can understand that, at least to a tiny degree. I know some Shalhoubs, Chaloubs and Chalhobs because my family was active in an overwhelmingly Arab parish in South Florida at the time of 9/11 and I can remember the rip-tide effect that event had in many of their lives.
Arab Christians are pulled in many different directions, when it comes to their beliefs and emotions about events in the Middle East. It is hard to put all of that into words, when planes start flying into buildings and a few thug kids start taking that out on your grandchildren in suburban American playgrounds, even though these young Arab Christians are wearing little gold baptism crosses around their necks.
That was part of the "Arab America" experience, too -- a complicated part of it. Yet what percentage of the readers of this feature story, do you think, equated "Arab American" with "Muslim"? But what kind of Arab American is Shalhoub? Generic?
Later in the story we do find a few details of Shaloub's family background, which one would think would be a crucial element of this searching-for-his-roots profile. We are told:
Shalhoub was "No. 9" in a family of 10 children whose father emigrated from Lebanon at age 10, and whose mother was a second-generation Lebanese American. He was raised in Green Bay, Wis., where his father ran a sausage company from a truck. ... Every summer, the family gathers in Wisconsin for a vacation.
Shalhoub was raised as a Christian; he doesn't speak Arabic.
Was "raised" as a Christian? Does that mean he no longer is a Christian? Has he become a Muslim? Is he, well, totally secular now? Has he converted to some other faith? Has this affected his life, work and beliefs?
I am not saying that this needs to be a major part of the story. I am saying that when you write that a talented, famous "Arab American" man is trying to come to terms with his ethnic roots and that his life has been complicated by 9/11, it might be nice to know a bit more about who he is.
Not all Arab Americans have the same roots. The mystery of Tony Shaloub might be a bit more complex than the one sketched by the Los Angeles Times. This was a missed opportunity.


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Traffic management
There is a risk of death and injury in workplaces where vehicles, mobile plant and pedestrians share the same work areas or traffic routes.
Traffic management involves the safe movement of vehicles (such as cars, trucks and buses), mobile powered plant (such as forklifts) and pedestrians within, through and around sites where work is carried out.
Traffic management guidance Safe Work Australia
Traffic Controller safety alert (pdf, 168.7 KB)
Watch this 1 hour webinar from Safe Work Australia, 'School zones vs work zones: There is no difference'. Lower speed limits in school zones are deeply respected and obeyed by the community. Why should road work zones be any different?
See also the Code of Practice for Risk Management of Agricultural Shows and Carnivals on our Code of Practice page.


text: Nearly all Exeter residents are committed to saving water, says Greenredeem survey Written by: Editorial staff | Published: 22 June 2017 Comment on this article Nearly half (49%) of people living in Exeter would be prepared to flush only solid waste, in a bid to reduce the amount they flush the loo and increase their water saving efforts, according to research carried out on behalf of Greenredeem, the company that rewards people for making efforts to recycle and save resources. Almost two thirds (63%) would, reported the survey, commit to re-boiling water leftover in the kettle rather than making their tea from fresh. Meanwhile, factors currently hampering water conservation are said to include the fact that nearly one in three residents admit to showering for longer than necessary (31%), one in five fills the kettle with more water than is needed and ends up wasting it (22%) and just under one in five (18%) will leave the shower running for several minutes before getting in.The research is said to have found that although nearly all Exeter residents (97%) are committed to conserving water, a third (33%) don't practice what they believe.The findings are revealed ahead of the launch of a pilot scheme in which a group of 3,200 South West Water customers in the Stoke Hill area will be invited to join Greenredeem and be rewarded for using less water at home. Householders will be given points for reducing the amount of water they use at home, as part of a community effort, which can be redeemed against personal rewards, given as a donation to Stoke Hill school Junior School or used in Greenredeem's monthly prize draw. To find out more, visit www.greenredeem.co.uk/swwaterA similar pilot scheme launched in January in the Reading area in conjunction with Thames Water. Initial results are reported to be very encouraging, with residents "readily changing their consumption habits when being rewarded for it".Rob Crumbie, director of marketing and communications at Greenredeem, said: "The research shows that the will to reduce water waste is there, but can be forgotten in the course of our busy lives. Our aim with this pilot scheme in Exeter is to give more reasons for the community to remember, and work together, to make a long term commitment."Professor David Butler, specialist in urban water management at the University of Exeter, added: "The average household in the UK consumes about 150 litres of water per person, per day, but really simple behaviour changes can add up to a big difference. A running tap wastes over six litres per minute. If the entire adult population of England and Wales remembered to turn off a tap while brushing their teeth, we could save 180 mega litres a day - enough to supply nearly 500,000 homes. Having the added incentive of the Greenredeem and South West Water scheme should make a big difference in the Exeter area."Bob Taylor, operations director (Drinking Water Services), South West Water, stated: "South West Water is committed to ensuring a safe and continuous public water supply. Although the South West is traditionally one of the wetter regions of the UK, we still must take account of an increasing population, the needs of the environment and the effects of climate change. Our goal in partnering on schemes like this is to ensure that water – a precious resource – is used wisely." This material is protected by MA Business Ltd copyright. See Terms and Conditions.


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text: Another fabulous engagement session in Kent. Another fabulous couple! Unfortunately this was another 30 degree session (even though it IS supposed to be spring). Lucky for me I had an awesome couple who braved the chilly temperature and at least they don't look freezing:) I will have the pleasure of photographing Erin and Andrew's wedding in June. As always, I simply cannot wait!


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Wynonna Judd
Artist: Wynonna Judd
I know that you come from a very musical family. Can you remember when you first knew that you would lead a musical life? I've known since I was 3 that I was different. I always knew that I was not like the other kids. A lot of artists talk about how they felt like they didn't fit in. I wanted to be the young Bonnie Raitt. I wanted to join a band and go on the road and be a rock star. I was destined. I was known as the girl with the guitar.
Who were your other musical influences? I listened to the blues and bluegrass. I listened to the Opry on Saturday. I grew up traveling all over the United States. I lived in Austin (Texas) and hung out with Stevie Ray Vaughan and his brother, Jimmy (Vaughan). I was raised with a real sense of soul. That's why I have the musical influences that I do. Many critics say very kind, generous things about my gift, but I haven't always fit in commercially. I've been to all these different places in the country. I think that's why I'm so for the people. I'm just one of those kids who can show up and identify with the punk rocker, and then I can turn around and talk to the person on Wall Street.
Can you talk about your religious journey? I'm a believer in spirit. The reason I say this is because I am recovering from perfectionism. I am perfectly imperfect, and I have always been a rebel. I have always walked a very thin line between light and dark, legal and illegal, joy and pain. I am very much a paradox. It's not until you're very hammered in life that you find what you don't want. My relationship with the God of my understanding has grown stronger in the last five years because I'm now in a program that allows me to realize who I am, not what I do. If you listen to my music, though, there is always hope.
How have you seen the music industry change over the years? I love it that people still want to come see shows. I really prayed and worried and fretted about if that would ever change, and everywhere I go, people are pretty much still hoping for something they can experience in person. What people really need is that fellowship, that connection to more than themselves. The reason the tour is important to me is that I'm going to show up and have fellowship. I'm not just an HBO special. I'm a real live human being.
When you aren't on the road, what are you up to? I'm a mom. I home-school. I live on a farm with my sister (actress Ashley Judd) and my mom (singer Naomi Judd). I have a really great life and a really hard one in terms of being in my position is not easy. A lot of people, a lot of judgment, a lot of critiquing. The money comes and goes, the awards come and go. The people stay.
Where do you get your inspiration? Somewhere between 35 and 40, you start to understand that people cannot make you happy. I ran around since age 18 wanting to be the good time girl and wanting to please all people all the time. This is not an unusual story that you'll hear with artists. We buy into the theory that people and things can make us happy. I get a lot of fellowship and joy from my family, but my truth comes from the God of my understanding.
Can you remember the first concert that you went to? My very first concert I ever went to was The Who. The second concert I ever went to was Merle Haggard and George Jones. I've always been a dreamer. I remember seeing Dolly Parton and saying, "Sparkles!" Ever since I have been a little girl, I've been looking for magic. I keep one foot on the ground thanks to (my mom), but I've got one foot moving forward. I've always looked for the fantasy . . . even on welfare. We were always looking for our dreams to come true, so I think (my family's) the perfect example of the American dream.
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Nowadays, when it swings to 'dry' we are all the door as we have come to trust this little machine, old, worn and crafted from mahogany and brass it actually predicts weather pretty well. Over the last week I have been making headway into our piles of brick rubble, clearing it from the rear patio and chucking the best bricks up the hill into new piles for the paths (you can see one of these piles above cover in black concrete). It is amazing how you can reuse and recycle old bricks - I know that they won't last forever as they are not hardened bricks - but they have stood the test of time for one winter in stacks and I think they will give us some solid paths for many years. I always like to recycle stuff in the garden. Today, I found a length of drainpipe pushed into a party garden wall. My neighbour didn't know why it was there, as on the other side from it are just coal bunkers. The pipe will be used in a new barrel of strawberries I am planning, a few drilled holes along its length and we have water reservoir to run the length of the barrel. Saves water but more importantly, saves time when watering. The barrel will sit by the kitchen door and give us an early and late protected crop. Back to the bricks though, these messy covered bricks echoing decor from times past are to become cottage garden paths. This was taught to me by an actual cottage gardener on an allotment many years ago and I have never looked back as it does not need hardcore or cement.
The laying of cottage style paths is a simple affair, all you will need is a garden fork, spade, rubber hammer, hammer, trowel and rake. I don't use hardcore, not because I am doing a bad job but because to get hardcore up a hillside is folly as it will wash away and the only way I could do it would be to terrace the quarter acre and that is a lot of digging, leveling and pointless four letter singing. Plus, cottage gardeners of the past never had access to hardcore, So, this is the way I do it.
I remove the turf with the spade by cutting it into sections and then slicing the turf off with a generous layer of top soil attached to the grass roots. I then turn this grass sod over over on the beds on either side of the path for another use. However, if you don't want the turf you can use it to repair bald patches on your lawn or just stack by your compost bins and let it rot down into wonderful loam. Just remember to stack it soil side up and keep it moist on dry days with a watering can.
In this image you can see how I slice the turf into manageable sections rather than trying to roll the whole lot up like a carpet. Don't try it, working in short sections, in short bursts will do your morale and back wonders.
Once the soil is exposed, fork it over and then rake, walk over it, firming it down with your heels and breaking up large chunks of earth. Then rake again leveling as you go. Avoid having great big holes and hillocks, try and get a crumbly tilth.
Then lay your bricks in any pattern that you like. I have always used the pattern below because it is easy, economical, using the right amount of bricks without the need to cut bricks in half. Use the trowel to level out each brick before using the rubber hammer to bed down the brick. A few well placed blows with the rubber hammer will bed it down into that crumbly tilth that you have prepared. The bricks shouldn't sink down any further if you have walked over the soil as directed before. I don't get too concerned about whether the path is level throughout. Paths for me take me from one part of the garden to the other, they have to be practical, not too wide and help me go on a journey.
I then brush soil into the cracks. I know weeds and flowers will germinate. These will actually help bind the path and I will spray off the weeds or just weed by hand. I will keep the flowers and soften the edges with planting cottage perennials, herbs and fruit.
This photo is around twenty foot of path. The path dips and wobbles but it looks great, and with me walking back and forth on it means that it will bed down quickly. The turned grass turf on the left will be covered with black weed suppressant next week after a liberal application of garden compost and wood ash. Then I will replant my strawberry patch through this to keep the weeds from competing with them and they will be right at the edge of my new path. Practical, hard wearing and something that takes me to my strawberries.


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Dual Channel HV Amplifier with Phase Inverter A800DI
This unit contains two independent A800 amplifiers that share common ground reference and power supply. Please see A800 page for technical details.
It features also a low voltage phase inverter that inverts the signal applied to the input of channel 1. The resulting signal can then be connected to the input of channel 2 by means of a short BNC cable (supplied). As a result the two outputs operate in counter-phase. Connecting a load between the outputs effectively doubles the amplitude range. Please note that the load cannot have any connection to ground. Also, in order to see the signal over the load you must use two oscilloscope probes and use the math funtion.
The phase inverter is present in models A400DI and A800DI. The idea is illustrated below:


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The folks from On William unveiled their PFF pop up shop this evening, presenting Perth with a marvelous, nautical themed boutique housed in two sea containers in the Perth Cultural Centre. The evening went off without a hitch, except perhaps for the crazy religious man who kept ranting about Jesus and speaking in tongues… loudly. Ah well, it was rather funny. Be sure to check out Popsicle before it shuts on September 15. For more info check out On William.
This bowl of eggs confused me. It was positioned on the food table which insinuated that the eggs were there to be eaten but… was I just supposed to de-shell the egg and chug it down? A curious catering choice indeed.


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Saturday, 9 January 2010
So Excited!
I'm still taking my folic acid tablets but I can't help thinking that I need something more - I'm just so tired and maybe some extra vitamins might help. Shame no one can get about for all the snow! I actually think that Chris likes the fact that I can't get out the house as it's restricting my spending!
I promised snow pics on my last post so here's one of Mister A in our garden - only joking we're not that rich! It's at the park round the corner! x
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The Safe Deposit Rider is comprised of two Insuring Agreements, which may be purchased separately or jointly. Insuring Agreement A - Liability of Depository covers losses the financial institution becomes legally obligated to pay for loss of customer's property and includes defense costs. Insuring Agreement B - Loss of Customers' Property covers the loss, damage or destruction of customers' property by burglary or robbery.
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A bank employee allows access to a safe deposit box to an unauthorized individual, who steals the customer's property. The customer sues the bank to recover the value of the lost items. The bank's legal defense costs are covered, as well as the resulting liability to the customer, up to the limit of liability.
A bank is burglarized over a weekend. The safe deposit boxes are drilled and all of the contents removed. Agreement B would cover the contents of the safe deposit boxes. Currency and coins would not be covered unless Agreement B was purchased "with Money."
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New UK Police & Crime Bill could affect VI Offshore Financial Sector
It was on October 11, 2017 that the United Kingdom House of Commons or the British Parliament passed 'The Policing & Crime Act (Financial Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2017'.
The Order was primarily created to extend the powers afforded by Part 8 (Financial Sanctions) of the Policing and Crime Act 2017, to the British Overseas Territories which includes the Virgin Islands (VI).
What's in the Act?
Part 8 of the Act seeks to strengthen the enforcement regime for financial sanctions by increasing the maximum custodial sentence on conviction for breaching sanctions, expanding the range of enforcement options, including a new system of monetary penalties, and by providing for the immediate implementation of United Nations mandated sanctions.
EU financial sanctions Regulation and UN financial sanctions Resolution are resolutions passed by the European Union and the Security Council of the United Nations respectively to take measures that—
- impose prohibitions or obligations for one or more of the following purposes—
i.freezing funds or economic resources;
ii.preventing funds or economic resources being made available;
iii.prohibiting or restricting access to financial markets or financial services;
- make provision to supplement prohibitions or obligations of the kind mentioned in paragraph (a).
What does this mean for the VI?
Under the Act, when a UN Security Council Resolution is passed that designates a person or entity as being subject to financial sanctions, that designation can take effect automatically in the Virgin Islands i.e. would be read as if incorporated under the laws of the VI.
The Act via a temporary resolution may confer a power on the Governor, in relation to any function of granting, varying or revoking a licence to do something that would otherwise be prohibited by the Temporary Regulations; however, the Governor may not exercise that function without the consent of the Secretary of State in each case.
The temporary resolution may also confer a power on the Governor to impose a monetary penalty and where the Governor receives a monetary penalty, it is to be paid into the Consolidated Fund for the Territory or, where no such fund exists, into an equivalent public fund.
The maximum penalty on summary conviction is to be read as if a person guilty of an offence under any Temporary Regulations is liable on summary conviction to imprisonment for a term not exceeding 6 months, or a fine not exceeding £5,000 or its equivalent, or both according to the new law.
Impact on VI Financial Industry- Willock speaks
In an invited comment, former Permanent Secretary and Businessman Julian Willock, who often speaks to the international press on the offshore financial sector when asked about the impact, responded "it is too early to say". Mr Willock said firstly, "I am not a lawyer so I am only sharing my opinion from what I read and understand."
The political aspirant said "if you look at recent UN sanctions passed against the Democratic People's Republic of Korea, the UN has imposed sanctions on money transfers and aimed to shut North Korea out of the international financial system," however, this was after repeated nuclear testing.
Now with our open financial sector registry, any person who sets up an offshore account in the Virgin Islands that the UN or UK deems undesirable, "we can face as a country sanctions." However knowing our vigorous due diligence regime "I foresee no immediate significant impact on the private, voluntary or public sectors in the VI," Mr Willock told our newsroom.
Some parts of the new UK Policing & Crime Act (Financial Sanctions) (Overseas Territories) Order 2017 did not take effect until November 2, 2017.
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12 Responses to "New UK Police & Crime Bill could affect VI Offshore Financial Sector"
... (15/11/2017, 13:50) Like (11) Dislike (1) ReplyThanks willock
Not2Sure (15/11/2017, 14:35) Like (2) Dislike (0) ReplyThey coming at our financial services sector through THE backdoor
fsc (15/11/2017, 15:31) Like (4) Dislike (4) ReplyWhy are we not hearing from the FSC on this matter? And why has VINO not interviewed relevant persons like Mr. Mathavious and Mr. Baker from the Commission ?
@ fsc (15/11/2017, 17:15) Like (5) Dislike (0) Replymaybe they should call vino
just asking.... (15/11/2017, 18:19) Like (3) Dislike (5) ReplySince when the esteem became an expert on this industry?
@ just asking (15/11/2017, 19:52) Like (6) Dislike (1) Replyhaters will always hate thank god for him as after the Panama papers he save the BVI's reputation now go smoke that!
Truth (15/11/2017, 22:06) Like (7) Dislike (1) ReplyFor those uncomfortable with Mr. Willock he will be in the HOA next time around
wize up (15/11/2017, 21:27) Like (3) Dislike (0) Replyleadership matters
Just Woke (16/11/2017, 06:52) Like (1) Dislike (2) ReplyWhen we get back on our feet independent should be our first priority. Britain objective is to sink us into poverty...
Britain? (16/11/2017, 08:51) Like (1) Dislike (0) ReplyWhat about the local government they been sinking us into poverty since they took office
Longshanks (16/11/2017, 09:18) Like (0) Dislike (0) ReplyThe esteemed one does some good work, but as he readily admits is not a lawyer or particularly expert on this.
The UK already has the power to extend sanctions orders to the BVI, and does so (eg with certain Russian entities subject to sanctions). This is not sanctioning the BVI, but meaning that the BVI cannot facilitate or enter into specified activities or transactions with those entities. Most commonly this affects BVI companies which might be doing business with such people. However, this is a good thing, as the BVI does not want to be seen as a place where you could get around internationally agreed sanctions.
Local (16/11/2017, 14:49) Like (0) Dislike (0) ReplyThis will have no direct affect on the BVI unless the trust companies, banks or or BVI regulated entities chose to do business with individuals or businesses subject to EU or European Community sanctions. The regime is already in place in the BVI and all of the regulated entities already have their systems in place to monitor international sanctions against places lik North Korea etc. This only strengthens the BVI regulatory regime.


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For anyone who is following my posts, I haven't mentioned what I eat… or more so, what I don't eat. I have been following a healing diet quite well for a while now. Next month will be my two year anniversary of eating the way of the Paleo Autoimmune Protocol (informational links at the bottom). It has saved me from many of my own nasty, buggy little symptoms. Itchy areas of skin without rash or hives, full body itching, swollen upper and lower eyelids, dark purple circle under the eyes. Intense pain with the lightest contact. The kind of light touch that is just getting grazed by something feels like a punch that'll knock the wind out of ya.
AIP has been good to me, there has been some healing just from what I choose to eat.
For example, I do not eat nightshades therefore no white potatoes, no eggplant, no peppers of any kind, no tomatoes. If I eat a nightshade, my tummy is fine and you would think all is well. Until the next day — I wake up with two ultra puffy eyelids and significantly purple bags under the eyes — not in a vain way, more in an obvious "Holy sh!t, who punched you in the face?!" way.
For the past week and a half, something with me has been "off." The anxiety is back and I am worrying once again about things I know better will be JUST FINE but I can't help myself. The worry takes over. It is far beyond a mind over matter issue; it must be acknowledged that this is intellectually out of my control. My mental state is merely a manifestation of what is happening invisibly, physically.
There is research going on now to study that much of the human mental states, whether you call it mental health or mental illness, are biologically based. When I remember my resources on this topic, I will share them with y'all — they just aren't on the tip of my tongue right now. I know for myself that my mental state is very much a manifestation of what's going on biologically for me. I don't know if that makes any sense to you, but it makes a lot of sense to me based on my own experience.
I don't know what is going on with me right now, but something is off. So I did something new, I went off the AIP (Autoimmune Protocol) wagon. I have been eating Paleo foods and some SAD (Standard American Diet) foods for the past few days. I know perfectly well they cause me physical inflammation and flares, even the gluten free and Paleo food items. But they I ate, and here I am, itching relentlessly as I type.
I kind of want to kick myself for not having the willpower to avoid those foods. But this is not about willpower, this all about anger.
Today marked the end of it. A bite of two different foods most people take for granted made my stomach tighten up and hurt like the dickens within half an hour. It wasn't enough that this morning I already woke up with stiff, achy joints and barely able to stand up from the bed on my own — a shadowed reminder of what daily life with untreated Lyme used to look like in my bedroom every morning. Today's aches and pains are without a doubt caused by all the non-AIP foods I have been eating. Cumulatively, my body can't handle that many attacks at once. My immune system is barely online and I am fully responsible for this attack. This is the way it works with leaky gut. The wrong foods down the gullet cause the immune system to attack its own body. Even the brain experiences inflammation and affects thinking, clarity, processing.
And I am lost. All I can do is stare blindly at the things I need to get done. Even the daily routine things. I'm frozen like a possum playing dead, waiting for this invisible storm to pass.
Even though I've been doing this for a week and a half, it wasn't enough — I had to eat 3 spoonfuls of cottage cheese and some gluten free crackers with butter. Today. Now my head is in a vice — a migraine with horrible fatigue started setting in within 30 minutes of eating that taken-for-granted, crap-for-my-body-but-you-go-right-ahead-and-have-at-it food stuffs.
It ain't easy going AIP but it's much harder not following the protocol. Today is the last day of my emotional eating BS because I can't handle the itching anymore. I might go crazy from the itching alone.
More than anything, I want to hug myself because I need love and kindness to be able to gather my mental resources, beat my biology and take in a deep breath and climb back up on that wagon. Self-love doesn't come easily for most of us.
I finally figured it out and fessed up to my own BS as to why I'm eating this way. It's not an issue of temptation or willpower. It's straight up anger. Anger is driving me to nibbles, bites and chomps of cottage cheese, caramel, gluten free products made with rice flour, and milk chocolate. Two weeks ago, I had a follow up appointment with blood work results with my doc. There was good news and bad news. The bad news was that the old bad news from 6 months ago hasn't gotten any better and has in fact gotten worse. I feel helpless and flat out pissed off that none of the amazing and powerful diet changes I've made have helped this trouble spot. I should be celebrating what IS working, no matter how small, but I'm stuck on the bad news. It's a head fuck — media tells you that food is the way to alter blood sugar and insulin levels. I have been pre-diabetic for quite some time thanks to chronic inflammation, and it's recently been getting worse. I am on the cusp of being diabetic even though my AIP diet is TIGHT on these issues. So my supplements have been changed to help my body process sugars better and my doc is having me eat a ketogenic diet until my insulin resistance goes down.
My response to that was to head swiftly in the opposite direction. Instead of starting a ketogenic diet — which would be small eliminations from my current AIP diet — I decided to eat all.the.things.
Eating the way I normally do (AIP) really has removed a lot of factors in the blood sugar mystery. Now the doc and I know that my insulin resistance is high due to stress. Body stress. The stress my body is under from having to deal with several chronic infections. There is nothing else I can do to control this. My body is doing everything it can to fight Lyme & Co., and I can't ask it to do more. I must be patient. Healing takes time. Things I know and preach but don't ask me to believe it today.
Stress internalized looks like blood cells that don't know what to do with new sugars in the bloodstream. Confused and on lock down. So I stress out from the inside out, not from external pressures upon me. It's my body, dammit. This big mystery on the inside is a hot mess, screaming that it's stressed out and I'm on the outside, with no way to help or soothe this overtired, sick body. Stress. Insulin resistance that keeps going up. "This way to Diabetes."
AIP has been a way to stop aggravating my already worn out, under attack body. AIP truly is a healing diet and lifestyle. So here we go, back on the wagon — there might be a bit of anger stuffed away in my back pocket to be rediscovered on the journey, but most of that straight up anger at my own body was left behind in the cottage cheese container and all the other inflammatory foods I tossed in the garbage.
Here are two of my favorite AIP resources: Jessica Flanigan, Clinical Nutritionist and Sarah Ballantyne, PhD


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Move over, George Clooney. Libertarianism is the hottest new thing among serious artists. One of our greatest living playwrights, David Mamet, has just announced that he has given up "brain-dead liberalism" for a new appreciation of capitalism and constitutionalism.
As a child of the '60s, I accepted as an article of faith that government is corrupt, that business is exploitative, and that people are generally good at heart….
The Constitution, written by men with some experience of actual government, assumes that the chief executive will work to be king, the Parliament will scheme to sell off the silverware, and the judiciary will consider itself Olympian and do everything it can to much improve (destroy) the work of the other two branches. So the Constitution pits them against each other, in the attempt not to achieve stasis, but rather to allow for the constant corrections necessary to prevent one branch from getting too much power for too long….
And I began to question my hatred for "the Corporations"—the hatred of which, I found, was but the flip side of my hunger for those goods and services they provide and without which we could not live…
What about the role of government? Well, in the abstract, coming from my time and background, I thought it was a rather good thing, but tallying up the ledger in those things which affect me and in those things I observe, I am hard-pressed to see an instance where the intervention of the government led to much beyond sorrow….
I began reading not only the economics of Thomas Sowell (our greatest contemporary philosopher) but Milton Friedman, Paul Johnson, and Shelby Steele, and a host of conservative writers, and found that I agreed with them: a free-market understanding of the world meshes more perfectly with my experience than that idealistic vision I called liberalism.
David Mamet. In the Village Voice. Ouch. Limousine liberals must be crying in their Pellegrino.
But he's not the only one. Tom Stoppard, another candidate for the title of greatest living playwright, recently admitted to being a "timid libertarian" in an interview with Time:
Stoppard has always stood apart from many other British playwrights of his generation, like David Hare, for avoiding an overtly political (usually left-wing) point of view. He describes his politics as "timid libertarian." Yet he can rev up a pretty bold rant on Britain's "highly regulated society," which he thinks is "betraying the principle of parliamentary democracy." There was the garden party he threw recently, for example, where because there was a pond on the property, he was required to hire two lifeguards. "The whole notion that we're all responsible for ourselves and we don't actually have to have nannies busybodying all around us, that's all going now. And I don't even know in whose interest it's supposed to be or who wishes it to be so. It seems to be like a lava flow, which nobody ordered up. Of course, one does know in whose interest it is. It's in the interests of battalions of civil servants in jobs that never existed 10 years ago."
This was no surprise to fans–such as the British political theorist Norman Barry–who had seen themes of freedom, responsibility, morality, and anti-communism (he was born in Czechoslovakia, though his family left before the communists replaced the Nazis in power) in his plays.
Poor Hollywood. Still mired in old, outmoded left-liberalism as high culture moves toward an embrace of freedom.


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Without a universal prescription drug plan, coverage in Canada vastly differs depending on where you live. In Saskatchewan, even publicly-funded programs require co-payments or deductibles, which have proven to reduce access.
- 20 percent of respondents in Saskatchewan said they or someone else in their household hadn't taken medication as prescribed because they couldn't afford to.
- Public spending in Saskatchewan covers roughly half the cost of prescription medicine.
- An estimated one in three of the province's 567,600 workers – 204,336 – don't have health benefits.
- In Canada, only 27 percent of part-time workers have prescription drug coverage. That means that in 2017, about three quarters of Saskatchewan's 101,600 part-time workers didn't have prescription drug coverage.
- In Saskatchewan, children in low-income families who qualify for Family Health Benefits are covered for prescription drugs, but adults and legal guardians pay $100 semi-annual deductibles and 35 percent co-payments for each prescription.
- The Children's Drug Plan covers children 14 and under, and the Seniors' Drug Plan covers seniors, but beneficiaries are still expected to make co-payments of up to $25 per prescription.
- Even charges as low as $2 have been found to be a barrier to taking medication as prescribed.
This patchwork coverage leaves many in Saskatchewan without access to the medication they need, either because they don't have a prescription drug plan or have plans that don't cover the cost.
Everyone should have equal access to the prescription drugs they need regardless of where they live. It's time for a universal prescription drug plan.


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I have seen many debates on Quora and other related forums regarding how Product Manager should prioritize defects against product requirements. Now my belief is that both are different and I am a firm believer in 'Engineering owns quality'. Even though quality precedes everything, Product Manager does not pitch defects against product requirements. No product is defect free and every requirement added to the product begets more defects. Product Manager would collaborate with the engineering team to determine the tolerance level for the overall open defects or defects open rate. Accordingly, allocate a window in each release for resolving defects avoiding any conflict with product requirements. Ultimately, it is the responsibility of the engineering team to prioritize and resolve defects within that window. Engineering team should have complete authority over prioritization of defects and resolve them within the guidelines of quality SLAs (Service Level Agreements) even it is a severity defect affecting customers' business. Product Manager will be encroaching into their space, if (s)he starts prioritizing defects.
I would definitely loathe if my engineering team is busy fixing defects at the cost of evolving the product. As I had said earlier, both engineering team and Product Manager should agree on the tolerance level for defects, if occasionally the defect rate goes higher because of certain unforeseen reasons, I would urge Product Manager to make more room for resolving defects probably at the expense of not addressing few requirements. However, if it happens too often, then the problem is addressed by identifying the actual root cause. What is causing more defects and what is causing the decline in quality should be ascertained to improve quality in a long run instead of continuing fixing defects at the expense of evolving the product. It is as important to continuously evolve the product as it is to maintain the quality of the product. There cannot be any trade-off between them.


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Eisner says he won't be running Tribune
Michael Eisner himself denied that he'll be coming in to run Tribune Co., during an interview this morning (Tuesday, Oct. 5) on WGN 720 AM Chicago.
In an interview with host Greg Jarrett, Eisner acknowledged that he had bought Tribune debt as an investment and knew some of the principals involved, but said a journalist "put 2 and 2 together and got 11″ in speculating that Eisner would move into the top job at Tribune.
"The rumor escalated to the point where I lost control of it," he said, as Chicago Breaking Business reported.
Noting his familiarity with Tribune media holdings and past management, he said he felt comfortable serving in an advisory role.
"Does that mean I'm going to run it? No, I'm not going to run it," he said.
Rumors that Eisner and Comcast Programming President Jeff Shell would be coming in to head Tribune Co., which is struggling through its bankruptcy proceedings with groups of unhappy creditors, have been flying since late August, after the Tribune-owned Los Angeles Times filed a report.
Since then, the story has gone back and forth, with Eisner more publicly denying it in recent days.
I've been personally skeptical about Eisner, the former head of Disney, taking over Tribune. To me, Eisner's skills and talents covered a different set of media interests, particularly film and new media, while Tribune's focus is on TV stations and newspapers. But two people that I deeply respect and who have both worked for Eisner refuted my view of this, both saying that Eisner is the most amazing executive they've ever worked for and that they'd both work for him again at any time. Both also thought that Tribune would be very lucky to get an executive like Eisner to transition it into the future.
However, if Eisner himself is to be believed, it looks like Tribune's not going to get that chance.
Meanwhile, what happens with Comcast's Jeff Shell is another interesting question. If/when its merger with NBC Universal gets regulatory approval, Comcast will have no less than five potential executives to run its battery of cable networks: Shell, Ted Harbert, president and CEO of E! Networks; Jeff Gaspin, chairman of NBC Universal Television Entertainment; Bonnie Hammer, president of NBC Universal Cable; and Lauren Zalaznick, president of NBC Universal's lifestyle and women networks (Bravo, Oxygen, iVillage).
While the respected Gaspin has plenty of experience atop NBC Universal's cable nets, the Hollywood rumor mill has Robert Greenblatt, the former president of Showtime, being named president of NBC. Should that happen, most expect him to refuse to answer to Gaspin. And if Gaspin loses authority over the broadcast network, he is expected to step down.
That still leaves four fighting to prevail over Comcast's cable nets. Many say the smart money is on Hammer, who has overseen NBCU's cash cow USA and rebuilt SciFi. If Hammer stays, Zalaznick goes, most predict. That still leaves Shell and Harbert, however.
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Interactive media normally refers to products and services on digital computer-based systems which respond to the user's actions by presenting content such as text, graphics, animation, video, audio, games, etc.
Though the word media is plural, the term is often used as a singular noun.
Interactive media is related to the concepts interaction design, new media, interactivity, human computer interaction, cyberculture, digital culture, and includes specific cases such as, for example, interactive television, interactive narrative, interactive advertising, algorithmic art, videogames, social media, ambient intelligence, virtual reality and augmented reality.
An essential feature of interactivity is that it is mutual: user and machine each take an active role (see interaction). Most interactive computing systems are for some human purpose and interact with humans in human contexts.[1] Manovich complains that 'In relation to computer-based media, the concept of interactivity is a tautology. .... Therefore, to call computer media "interactive" is meaningless – it simply means stating the most basic fact about computers.'.[2] Nevertheless the term is useful to denote an identifiable body of practices and technologies.
Interactive media are an instance of a computational method influenced by the sciences of cybernetics, autopoiesis and system theories, and challenging notions of reason and cognition, perception and memory, emotions and affection.
Any form of interface between the end user/audience and the medium may be considered interactive. Interactive media is not limited to electronic media or digital media. Board games, pop-up books, gamebooks, flip books and constellation wheels are all examples of printed interactive media. Books with a simple table of contents or index may be considered interactive due to the non-linear control mechanism in the medium, but are usually considered non-interactive since the majority of the user experience is non-interactive reading.[3]
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HAL HJT-39 Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT), Combat Air Trainer (CAT),Indian Air Force
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The HAL HJT 39,Combat Air Trainer (CAT) is an advance Jet Trainer (AJT) Project proposal by Hindustan Aeronautics Limited (HAL) for the Indian Air Force. HAL HJT 39 CAT Programme was Announced at Aero India, in February 2005.
The aircraft is expected to fly within three and half year of go ahead with airframe and engine commonality with HAL HJT-36 Sitara,avionics similar to those of HJT-36 and Hal Tejas.The Project is currently at the advanced design stage.
Design and Features
The HJT-39 will be an all-composite aircraft.Combat Air trainer is Planned as a twin engine transonic "Lead in Fighter Trainer" (LIFT) with a very substantial ground attack capability.
It features Multi Functional Dials (MFD) for tactical aviation, Radar Warning Receiver (RWR) and indigenous CSIO/BEL-developed Head Up Display (HUD) and Up Front Control Panel (UFCP), used on the LCA.The Aircraft is integrated with modern avionics suite. The HUD would display both navigation and weapon aiming. CAT also features redundancy features like stand by instrumentation system, Fly-by-Wire (FBW), hands-on-throttle-and-stick HOTAS), INS along with GPS receiver, flight control computer and display processor. The avionics would be confirming 32-bit dual mil 1553B Bus Standard.
Full Authority Digital Engine Control (FADEC) will be implemented for better handling. Some other features of the modern cockpit are automatic pressure cabin and temperature control systems, zero / zero ejection seat and crew emergency escape system. A new Radar is developed for this aircraft.
The HJT-39 also features virtual training capability,with radar simulation,computerised training aids. An item of optional equipment for the HJT-39 is an On-Board Oxygen Generation System (OBOGS).
HAL HJT-39 Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT), Combat Air Trainer (CAT),Indian Air Force-Airframe
The Airframe of the aircraft is consists of moderately-swept wing, with no wing-body blending or wing root strakes, a prominent vertical fin. The low wing sweep will give a good low-speed performance and excellent handling characteristics essential for the trainer role. The wing will also have a clean leading edge, while having high-lift devices on the trailing edge, for good runway performance.
HJT-39 is planned to have tandem seat configuration which lets the trainee sit in the Front Cockpit with considerable stagger between the front and rear seats.The cockpit is designed in such a manner to provide occupants the maximum vision.The trainer always look after the trainee's action and controls. The cockpit will a state of the art glass cockpit having Head up Display (HUD), Head down instruments and weapon aiming controls. The Ergonomics of the cockpit is another key feature of the CAT.
HAL HJT-39 Advanced Jet Trainer (AJT), Combat Air Trainer (CAT),Indian Air Force-Engine
The HJT-39 will be powered by two NPO Saturn AL-55 turbofan engine that is capable of producing 2200 kg of thrust each.With this thrust the aircraft can fly with the maximum speed of 1000 km/h.
The maximum take-of weight with external stores is projected as 9500 kg.
The HJT 39 Combat Air trainer (CAT) features 5 hard points.The main gun is integrated in central fuselage and the practice bombs,rockets and missiles are stores in external stores.


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$100 or Less - Start with the paint. A freshly painted room will look updated and clean. On average, a gallon of paint costs around $25 and will cover between 400 – 450 square feet. Calculate accordingly, and you will have plenty of money left over for other painting supplies. Some other low cost ideas: Have an energy audit from your power company to see where you can save in energy costs. Check magazines, TV shows, and websites for home improvement inspiration. Spend an hour with a real estate professional or designer to get suggestions on furniture placement and color schemes.
$100 to $200 - Add a money saving luxury like a water filter. It is a nice perk for a potential buyer and can save money in the long run. You can also plant a couple of new trees and add shrubs and plants that are water conserving by nature. Less watering equals big savings on lawn maintenance.
$200 to $400 - Hire a cleaning company for a top to bottom interior cleaning. Add some new lighting to visually increase the size of various rooms. Consider replacing old fixtures with newer, energy-efficient models. Add some storage units to closet spaces to keep an organized display.
$400 to $750 - Go for a bathroom update. A new vanity or new tile are cost effective ways to increase value. This applies to the kitchen as well. Swap out an old appliance for a new one to upgrade appearance and convenience. Replace worn carpets or area rugs. Hire a handyman for a day to shrink the size of your to-do list.
$750 to $1000 - Upgrade old appliances to newer, energy efficient models. Energy star labeled appliances can use 10 - 50% less power and water than older models. Consider a tankless water heater. It can be a huge energy-cost saver. Up your curb appeal for around $1000 with fresh sod for your lawn.
$1000 to $1500 - Make a big impression with a new entryway. Add a new door and new tile flooring to wow buyers when they step in. Update rooms with crown molding, and remove the popcorn ceiling.
$1500 to $2000 - A landscape designer can transform your yard into a showplace. Although more expensive, the planting of mature trees can really establish your home's exterior. In this price range, you can consider a full lighting renovation on the interior, including sconces and chandeliers.
$2000 to $3000 - Consider adding sliding glass doors to a closed bedroom or den. This can enhance interior and exterior appeal, and make a room appear a lot larger and seem to be better lit.
$3000 to $5000 - Resurface your driveway and other surfaces such as around the pool or patio. Get rid of worn, outdated flooring and replace it with a wood floor alternative like sustainable bamboo. The neutral tones of it can add great appeal to your home.
$5000 or more - Consider a full kitchen makeover. The kitchen consistently brings back returns of 85% and higher. Custom cabinetry, granite countertops, and stainless steel appliances are great additions, as long as they don't overshadow the style of the rest of your home. In this price range you can also consider a new exterior paint job, or adding a solar water heater to cut energy costs by as much as 80%.
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