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Lord Phillips of Sudbury: As my name appears against Amendments Nos. 3 and 4, I rise briefly to support all that has been said by the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, and other speakers. I congratulate in particular the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, on his opening remarks. He struck at the heart of the inadequacy of a Bill that, in many respects, is well judged and well framed, but Amendment No. 1 refers to a mighty and gaping void.
I confess to a little confusion in trying to equate the noble Lord's remarks generally about Clause 3 with Amendment No. 4, which would put the promotion of competition back into Clause 3. The noble Lord seeks to remove competition from Clause 3(1)(a) and to restore it in Clause 3(1)(b). I must be honest and say that I do not see the logic of that, especially in light of the noble Lord's remarks when moving Amendment No. 1.
Lord Puttnam: The key word is "principal". The intention of the three amendments is to establish a clear hierarchy. The principal objectives are those of the citizen and the consumer but we are not pretending for one second that the interests of competition are non-existent. They have a legitimate place within the hierarchy, but a subsidiary place.
Lord Phillips of Sudbury: I thank the noble Lord very much for that clarification. The problem is, that would leave the provision in the key or foundation clause, in terms of the tenor of the Bill. I urge the noble Lord to consider Clause 3(3)(a), which gives him exactly what he wantsa reference to competition but in a clearly subsidiary place. It refers to Ofcom's duties as being
Lord Fowler: If I may say so, I rather hope that the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, does not take the noble Lord's advice. He has well applied the logic of what he has been saying in the Bill. The Bill gives Ofcom a number of functions and duties. As my noble friend Lord Crickhowell said, that list goes on for about two pages. In the words of Dr Howells in another place:
The point that the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, correctly addressed is this: what are the principal aims, duties and obligations? Then one goes on to some of the others, which are important but not the overwhelming ones. For all the reasons that he and others have advanced, the fact is that the public interestthat of the consumer, the ordinary man in the streetmust be the paramount, overwhelming and principal interest so far as the duties placed on Ofcom are concerned. I was also very struck by the words of Nick Lovegrove of McKinsey'sit is not renowned as some curious left-wing organisationwho says that Ofcom will need to remind itself of its primary objective to protect the interests of citizens and consumers, and that that will require constant vigilance. As the noble Lord said, that is not a plaintive voice from the consumer lobby, but hard-edged practical advice.
Basically, I agree entirely with what the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, said. The public interest is paramount. His proposal is sensible. It clarifies the position so far as Ofcom and the public are concerned, and conceivably so far as the courts are concerned if there is any challenge of that kind. I very much hope that the Government will listen to what he said.
Baroness Buscombe: The Bill grants extensive powers to Ofcom, so it is of paramount importance to try to get the general duties of Ofcom right from the start. I therefore entirely agree with the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, that any ambiguity should be dealt with now. To that end, although it is key for Ofcom to further the interests of consumers, sometimes the market comes up against the wider interests of citizens. The general duties of Ofcom should, we agree, take account of that as a priority.
With regard to Amendments Nos. 1, 2 and 4, I believe that in practice any court would find that the duties as a whole set out in Clause 3 were by definition "principal", because Clause 3 sets the scene and everything flows from that. I note what, for example, the noble Lord, Lord Alli, said in relation to judicial review. It is important to negate so far as we can at this stage any question of ambiguity. I therefore see that it would be preferable for the Bill to ensureit would assist not only lawyers, but all of us and the board of Ofcom in particularthat Ofcom has a clear steer in its remit that "effective competition" should not simply be considered in the round, but qualified to ensure a clear focus on specific national, regional and local communications markets throughout the UK.
Serious questions and points have been raised by Members of the Committee from all parties for the Minister to answer. Given that much of the sentiment and principle behind what they have said today was set out in their speeches at Second Reading, it is hoped that the Minister is ready to answer them this afternoon.
Baroness Blackstone: The quality and depth of the debate on Ofcom's general duties is a strong indication of their importance to Ofcom, its stakeholders and, of course, the public. The Government have therefore continued to look at the duties to ensure that they are right, and that they give a clear direction to Ofcom and some certainty to its stakeholders. The Government do not accept that what we have ended up with is ambiguous in the way implied by some speakers.
The clause looks different from the one published in draft last year. We have worked very hard to take on board concerns that its drafting did not fully reflect our policy intentions. We have listened and responded. I tell my noble friend Lord Puttnam that that is why we have changed the clause. The Bill in its totality delivers for both consumers and citizens. It reflects our view that the market does not always deliver in the public interest. That has been the underlying position taken by most speakers in the debate. We of course accept it, and the Bill as currently drafted reflects that there are circumstances in which consumer interests are outweighed by the interests of the wider community.
We wanted to be sure that the general duties reflected that more fully, so that Ofcom would be able to make decisions for consumers and for citizens, and would not be open to challenge if, in any particular case, it decided that the interests of people as citizens outweighed those of people as consumers. Clause 3(1) puts that policy intent into legal drafting. Although my noble friend Lord Alli raised the spectre of judicial review, I am not sure of the legal basis for his argument.
It is of no practical significance whether the drafting gives Ofcom a "principal" duty or not. Accepting Amendment No. 1 would make no legal difference whatever. I will resist it, because it would only confuse and not simplify. The clause is complex. Its subsections, particularly subsections (1) and (2), are very closely interwoven. Of course, the provisions need to be seen alongside other specific duties set out throughout the Bill. In some cases, balancing or reconciling the duties will be a difficult task for Ofcom. I accept that entirely, but we should set out the overarching principles and specific objectives and let Ofcom weigh them up as it sees fit in each case.
The noble Lord, Lord Thomson, referred to two cooks in the kitchen. I am tempted to try a pun on the subject of curry, but I will not go down that particular road. I honestly believe that the noble Lord, Lord Currie, and his colleagues will be perfectly able to handle the overarching principles and specific objectives that have been set for them in the Bill.
I think that it would be helpful if I tried to explain briefly how the first three subsections of the clause worked. Subsection (1) sets out the general principles that will apply when Ofcom will carry out its functions. Subsection (2) gives more detailed objectives in the specific areas of Ofcom's responsibility, covering the breadth of the Bill to which the general duties apply. Subsection (3) then lists those other issues to which Ofcom must have regard in performing its duties.
Having set out how the clause is structured, I would like to explain why I feel that I have to resist the other amendments. The noble Baroness, Lady Howe, supported by the noble Lord, Lord Phillips of Sudbury, does not like the formulation of "community as a whole". Amendment No. 3 proposes a different form of words. I am also aware that others believe that the Bill should refer to "citizens", but it would not have been right to do so. In UK law generally, references to "citizen" are invariably bound up with the concept of nationality, as in Clause 4. However, that is not what is meant in Clause 3. We would get into an awful legal confusion if we were to go down that route, because "community as a whole" is right legally. It may appear somewhat dry, but quite often legislation does.
Lord Phillips of Sudbury: Would the Minister accept that the Government have recently legislated and used the word "citizen" time and again in relation to citizenship education, which came into schools last autumn? There is absolutely no confusion as to what "citizen" and "citizenship" mean when used in that legislation.
Baroness Blackstone: I believe that in that legislation, the term "citizenship education" is used as a term of art to describe a particular part of the curriculum. I do not believe that there is particular reference to "citizens" in that legislation. We refer to pupils and students. The noble Lord's intervention does not therefore alter the validity of what I said.
The fact that "community as a whole" may appear somewhat dry does not mean that anything other than an important duty is involved. In practice, it means that Ofcom will be able to consider some of the issues that impact on us as part of a much wider community.
The Bill will deliver in the public interest in terms of, for example, standards and quality, ensuring universal service, maintaining a strong public service tradition and promoting media literacy. All of those are enormously important objectives.
In response to the point made by the noble Baroness, Lady Howe, Clause 3(1)(b) gives Ofcom the means to consider the public interest in carrying out its functions. In legislative terms, it makes explicit the commitment to the citizen, as well as to the consumer, that the Government have always considered to be central to the Bill.
That leads me to our concern that the amendment does not adequately express the full range of issues that "community as a whole" does. By explicitly referring to "public, civil and cultural life", it restricts Ofcom to considering only those issues. They may be broad, but they are not necessarily broad enough. We could have a lively and interesting debate about what could be included in such a list and that, I am afraid to say, is where the danger lies.
"Community as a whole" encapsulates the ideas of "public, civil and cultural life", but it is not restricted to those concepts alone. It is about those issues that can impact on society. We will touch on those issues on many
We also question the focus of Amendment No. 3, which would require Ofcom to support the communications industry in contributing to public, civil and cultural life. Ofcom's duty under Clause 3(1)(b) is to further the interests of the community as a whole. In doing so, of course, it may require business to do something new, or differently, or to stop doing something altogether. However, business should focus primarily on providing for the market. There may be other means, beyond what business can do, of furthering the interests of the community as a whole.
Amendments Nos. 2 and 4 follow the drafting proposed by the joint scrutiny committee. I hope that your Lordships recognise that we have taken on board if not the words of the joint committee then much of their spirit.
I regret that I have to say to my noble friend Lord Puttnam that we must go our separate ways on the amendment. The Government have underpinned the duty to further the interests of consumers by promoting competition. The two are closely linked. Consumers benefit from fair, open and competitive markets. I am not sure that there is the same link between competition and the community. Indeed, the wording of Amendment No. 4, by referring to "wherever possible" instead of "where appropriate", would give competition a primacy over everything else in furthering not only consumers' but also the community's interest. Sometimes competition may not be in the interests of consumers or the community as a whole and "where appropriate" gives Ofcom the flexibility to consider what is the best approach in each circumstance. "Where possible" does not enable the same freedom of action. It is important that we maintain that flexibility for Ofcom to operate and interpret the legislation effectively.
I say to my noble friends Lord Puttnam and Lord Braggand to the noble Lord, Lord Thomson, who partially supported their commentsthat I am extremely puzzled by the references of several noble Lords, including both my noble friends, to the term "co-equality". We do not use that phrase in the Bill or refer to it as a concept. Clause 3(1) creates a single general duty to further the interests of "consumers" and of,
I say to my noble friend Lord Bragg, who quoted extensively from Barry Diller's speech, that I agree that there must be a balance of regulation in the market. There is no question in the substantial Bill of abandoning that balance. We are not the United States. I say to the noble Lord, Lord Crickhowell, who referred to the United States, that we shall hear more about that in relation to the Bill. However, this is not the United States; this is the United Kingdom. Nor does the Bill introduce a United States model to the regulation of United Kingdom communications. I do not believe that he or any other serious commentator would say that the regulatory framework that the Bill will introduce reflects a commitment to unfettered capitalism, to use Mr Diller's
My noble friend Lord Alli is absolutely right that clever executivesindeed, he is one of themand lawyers will try to challenge the regulator. However, it does not follow that the amendment proposed by my noble friend Lord Puttnam would make the situation any better. Nor do I accept his contention that we have created an equality of interest between consumer and market interests, for reasons that I have already given. Equality of interest is, if anything, between the consumer and the community. That is what Clause 3 states.
I have more or less answered all of the questions that were put to me. I conclude by saying that I do not believe that the effect of the amendment is, as the noble Lord, Lord Puttnam, said, to create a hierarchy in which competition is subordinate. Indeed, the actual effect is the reverse, because Ofcom would be under a duty to discharge its duty to consumers and the community as a whole by promoting competition wherever possible. Although some have argued for that, I do not believe that that is what my noble friend intends. In light of that and of my arguments for the Bill as it stands, I hope that he will withdraw the amendment.
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Could translation soon be embedded into every screen, device or app? And how do you measure translation quality in a highly personalised world?
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So do your characters always do what they're told?
I've read many an account of characters getting away from their author, and quite a few people sneering at the very idea because honestly, you're the author, keep the little bastards under control.
… have I written about this before? God, I have no idea, there are too many entries to read over all of them every day to remember what I've already written, and I know I've ranted on the subject before but have I done it here?
I don't know. I'm going to say not. If I have, please point and laugh discreetly.
Anyway, I've had characters 'get away' before, doing things I hadn't planned. I actually plan for that, since I tend to write better when I give the narrative its head and see what happens. And I have been criticized for that, because clearly my characters are just made up in my head and they can't do things on their own because that's silly. To which I say… well, yes and no.
Yes, technically, my characters are generated by my brain, and have no outside existence and no free will. In theory.
But the brain is a magnificently complicated organ, with several layers of processing going on that have nothing to do with my conscious thoughts. The more fully realized a character is in my head, the better I know them, the more likely I am to suddenly lose the ability to force them to do something that isn't appropriate to their internal logic.
Seriously, imagine someone you know well, say a family member. Now make that person, in your head, do something wildly out of character, like axe-murdering babies or giving money to Greenpeace. (I'm not judging, I'm just saying, different people have different absurdity-thresholds) It's hard to do, right? You generally don't imagine your mother laughing maniacally as she tears live kittens apart with her teeth, because it's not something she would do. Your brain knows that this is an unrealistic simulation and doesn't fire up the old adrenal glands because seriously, Consciousness, that is a completely unrealistic fear what are you even trying to pull here.
When you know your characters well enough to understand their internal logic, to get them as people, it's hard to force them to behave out of character, because deep down you know better. And when they start doing something you weren't expecting – well, for me, it usually turns out that while my conscious mind hadn't taken into account this or that minor thing, some lower level of my brain had, and was factoring it into their characterization. Internal consistency is incredibly important in a believable character, and forcing them to behave irrationally in service to the plot doesn't do anyone any favours. And just as you can often predict the reactions of people you know without thinking it through consciously, you can start doing it with well established characters, too.
So my characters do things I wasn't expecting sometimes, and it's often only on the reread that I realize oh, hey, that actually makes perfect sense because she's actually quite defensive and wouldn't even have done that so yeah. Sometimes it doesn't work out and I do have to beat them back onto the planned path, but not often. As a rule, if a character insists on doing something, in my head at least, it's because it's in character for them to do that thing at that time, and my subconscious knows it even if my conscious mind hasn't thought of it yet.
So if people give you crap for letting your characters get away from you, tell them you're just very in tune with your subconscious. Or that you feel that maintaining plausible characterization is more important than adhering rigidly to an arbitrary plan. Or just 'screw you, I write how I write and it's none of your damn business'.
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Investing a few hours each day to turn his ordinary hedge into a massive sculpture of a dragon, John Brooker made his Frizzleton Farm property a magical land. We were pleasantly surprised by this man's ability and ambition to shape a 100 feet long, 20 feet high dragon out of his living fence. Spending a decade of his life shaping each detail, 75 year-old gardener John Brooker transformed his hedge in Norfolk into an ambitious work of art photographed by Damien McFadden.
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Forewarning, I am very new to Node.js and Socket.io and this probably has a simple answer.
I am using it in conjunction with a PHP app. The intention is to have real-time notifications.
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Steve Earle, Transcendentalist / Singer-songwriter transforms his music into poetry
2000-08-06 04:00:00 PDT New York -- Steve Earle is missing. After a search through the offices at Artemis Records headquarters in the Flatiron district of New York, he's discovered hidden in a conference room clicking away at his new lightweight, lilac-colored laptop.
"As soon as I started writing things longer than songs, a word processor became indispensable," says Earle, the talented singer- songwriter who next spring breaks into the short-story market with a collection of tales titled "Doghouse Roses," to be published by Houghton-Mifflin.
But for the time being, he's more interested in talking about his latest album, "Transcendental Blues." Recorded on his own E-Squared label, it's a brilliant melange of rootsy country, blazing rock, Beatlesque pop, Irish folk and uptempo bluegrass. Earle's tour in support of it arrives Tuesday at the Fillmore in San Francisco.
"I'm proud of this album because it's just what I wanted it to be," he says in a Texas drawl, leaning back in his chair and running his fingers through his dark hair. "It's really the same format as the others, but this record is less straight narrative.
"Narrative is my strong suit, but since I get that out of my system in another medium, it's opened up my music for poetry."
Earle, 45, shifts in his seat and draws closer. "This is a very personal record. I've always written that way, but this came at a point in my life when things were quieter and more inwardly focused."
Raised in San Antonio and now based in Nashville, Earle rarely enjoyed such opportunities for introspection during the troubled early chapters of his troubadour career. A beacon of alt-country and populist rock in the late '80s and early '90s, he took more than his share of wrong turns -- in relationships (multiple divorces), with substance abuse (he once got so strung out he pawned his guitar) and with the law (he was busted for possession of heroin in 1994 and packed off to prison).
After a post-prison stint in rehab, Earle re-emerged on the pop music scene, sober, recharged and eager to make up for lost time. He began his comeback with 1995's Grammy- nominated "Train A Comin' " with Emmylou Harris, Peter Rowan and Norman Blake. He kept the winning streak going with 1996's "I Feel Alright" (his first recording for E- Squared), 1997's "El Corazon" and a 1999 bluegrass collaboration with the Del McCoury Band, "The Mountain."
He also started signing acts to his label, including Cheri Knight, the V-Roys and Marah, the opening act on Earle's current tour. Plus, he co-produced Lucinda Williams' superb 1998 recording "Car Wheels on a Gravel Road."
As for "Transcendental Blues," the best album of his career, Earle says the success can be directly attributed to having his own studio in which to experiment, and to his rediscovery of the Beatles.
"We had a copy of 'Revolver' on hand as a reference for drum and bass sounds," he says. "We also keep that cool CD box set of all the Beatles singles in the studio. I really concentrated on the melodies this time, consciously honing that element."
So in addition to the catchy Irish-jigging rocker "The Galway Girl," the forlorn ballad "Lonelier Than This" and the heavenly bluegrass breakdown "Until the Day I Die," Earle offers such Fab Four-ish melodic gems as the "Rain"-like "Everyone's in Love With You" (complete with backward masking at the end), the buoyant "Another Town" and the psychedelic title track.
A country boy who grew up with the Beatles? "That's right. I was into Elvis when I was a little kid, but I remember the Beatles on the first Sullivan show like it was yesterday," says Earle, who this afternoon is appropriately clad in a black T-shirt with the band's name in white. "I was 8 and thinking, what the f-- is this? My uncle, who was five years older than me and living in our house, bought the albums when they first came out and handed them down to me."
While a new Beatles album was always "a huge event," Earle owned only an acoustic guitar at the time, so he gravitated to coffeehouse folksingers like Tim Hardin and Tim Buckley. And then, of course, there was Texas country music, with another uncle turning him on to Bob Wills and Hank Williams.
"There was a real social division where I grew up," he says. "Some kids wore cowboy hats and cowboy boots and listened to country music. Others listened to pop music and wore whatever they saw on American Bandstand."
It wasn't until Johnny Cash's television show in the early '70s that Earle made the connection between the two musical camps. "John's show was a huge thing because it brought pop and country together for me. It made me feel like I wasn't nuts."
While Earle's songs express heartfelt emotion, he's also written tunes about his opposition to the death penalty (including "Ellis Unit One" for the soundtrack of the 1995 film "Dead Man Walking"). None are as poignant as the somber and slow "Over Yonder (Jonathan's Song)," written for Jonathan Nobles, who was executed in Texas in 1998.
At Earle's alternately fierce and tender show at the Roxy the night before this interview, the songwriter introduced the tune, explaining that he was invited by Nobles to witness the execution. "We were friends for 11 years and he changed a lot, but that didn't stop the state of Texas from committing a horrific act."
Earle was interrupted by an audience member berating Texas Gov. George W. Bush, but he didn't skip a beat: "It's not about George W., it's about us, and why we don't object to our government."
All of which brings up the underlying theme of "Transcendental Blues." As Earle writes in the liner notes, for him transcendence is not about "rising above" but rather delving into harsh realities. As he notes, "For me, for now, transcendence is about being still long enough to know when it's time to move on."
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FWAS can give approximately 1-1.5 hour observing sessions or lectures at Star*Quest Observatory for groups of 10 or more, given 2 weeks notice. Groups of less than 10 may simply come out to the park on any clear Saturday night, April through November, without notice.
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Want us to come to your location? Our volunteers can provide a 1 hour observing session or lecture within a 30-mile radius from Fort Wayne. Please provide four weeks notice and keep in mind that we reserve Saturday nights for public stargazing at our observatory.
Scheduling is made on a first-come-first-served basis. To schedule a program for your group, fill out the form at the bottom of this page.
Donations make it possible for us to serve the community. We greatly appreciate any amount your group can give!
The minimum age we recommend for the group itself is 8 or students in the 3rd grade, although younger siblings, friends, and family members may accompany them.
Due to the somewhat fragile nature of the telescopes we ask that children not be allowed to run around them, or handle the equipment unless instructed. To ensure adequate supervision we request no fewer than 1 adult for every 6 children that attend.
To request a private star party for your group, call observatory director Mark Anderson at 260-416-4094 or fill out the form below.


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MIAMI GARDENS, Fla. (AP) — The Orange Bowl has started with a stumble by Florida State's Renegade.
The mascot horse fell during the pregame ceremony Friday with Indian warrior Osceola aboard. Osceola was about to plant his flaming spear in the turf when Renegade began to backpedal awkwardly and went down as the crowd gasped.
Renegade and Osceola quickly rose to their feet. Osceola planted his spear before climbing back on the Appaloosa and riding him off the field.
The mishap at the 30-yard line occurred as the Seminoles took the field, with the Michigan Wolverines waiting in their tunnel. Michigan coach Jim Harbaugh had raved earlier in the month about Renegade.
"One of those great traditions," Harbaugh said. "Renegade, the war horse. The spear. … This is as close as I've ever been to that."
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Writer W. Bruce Cameron came to prominence by keeping things simple.
He'd composed a series of essays that comprised his book 8 Simple Rules for Dating My Teenage Daughter, which inspired a popular sitcom starring the late John Ritter. When it came to an even longer string of books and movies from the perspectives of dogs, Cameron found that seeing the world through an animal's eyes isn't so basic.
"I have to say it was the hardest writing assignment I've ever given myself," Cameron recalls. "I thought at first it would be really easy because a dog is a much more simple creature, we think.
"And then once I started pondering the way dogs must perceive the world, it became pretty complex. There are rules, frankly, that you have to follow, rules like, a dog would never say, 'I decided to wait a few minutes.' A dog doesn't know what a minute is. A dog doesn't have phrases that we could use commonly like, 'I decided to wait until the coast was clear.' A dog wouldn't think of that. The very thing I had to do was hobble myself in terms of things that were very common expressions for me that just would not occur to the canine mind."
If the new direction has been challenging, it has also been rewarding. The former newspaper columnist has written half a dozen canine novels, and the second movie made from the series, A Dog's Way Home, opens today.
A Dog's Way Home concerns Bella, a pooch born in the wild and raised by a feral cat. She wins the heart of an Afghanistan war vet (Ashley Judd) and her medical student son (Jonah Hauer-King). Bella also has to deal with the fact that she has been mistaken for a pit bull, which is a banned breed in Denver, and that the Colorado wilds feature coyotes and cougars who might think of her as prey instead of a friend or pet.
From reading the novel and seeing director Charles Martin Smith's (Dolphin Tale) adaptation of it, it's obvious that Cameron is troubled by how frequently and carelessly the scary label of "pit bull" is applied to canines who pose no danger to people. This doesn't stop innocent animals from being needlessly euthanized.
Bella's pit bull pedigree might pass a 23andMe.com test, but neither she nor Shelby, the dog who plays her in the film, have any history of violence.
"It's just somebody's opinion," Cameron says.
"The designation 'pit bull' is a catchall for a lot of different breeds. A lot of people think, 'Well, I know what a pit bull is. I know one when I see one.' That's certainly not the way the law reads in some jurisdictions. People are surprised that Shelby, the dog who plays Bella in the movie, has some pit bull in her, but that was a deliberate choice I made from the beginning. I wanted to make clear that this catchall breed name that we've come up with can scoop up a lot of different dogs in its net.
"If you're going by breeds alone and not the individual animal, you would fail to breed a vicious animal."
If Bella and Shelby aren't up for fighting, they both have a knack for reading people even if they don't have the vocabulary to deal with human problems such as PTSD, homelessness, LGBT rights and drug addiction. In print and to a lesser extent on screen, A Dog's Way Home juggles all of these.
"Because she's a dog she doesn't carry connotations. She doesn't necessarily understand that people suffering or living in circumstances that are far from ideal. When Bella is with Axl -- who in the movie is played by Edward James Olmos -- she doesn't really understand that he's living the life of a person who's homeless and living with addiction ... . She just thinks that he's a person, and she recognizes that he loves her, and she tries to be supportive because she's that kind of dog," Cameron says.
"In the end, I'm writing about real dogs. I'm not writing about dogs who can talk to other animals or who can understand human language or thought. That's a different thing than what I set out to do. I loved Snoopy growing up, but this is not Snoopy."
Bryce Dallas Howard recites the dialogue that Cameron and his wife, Cathryn Michon, wrote, but Shelby dominates the screen. Like the fictional Bella, she has modest origins.
"We met her in Tennessee in Cheatham County. We fell in love with her and felt that she was the dog to be in our movie. She went from living in a landfill to living in an animal shelter to becoming a movie star," Cameron says.
"Shelby could be directed. We could give her instructions, and she had to act a certain way. She was responsive to all the trainers' requests."
Thankfully, she didn't have to face the same predators her fictional counterpart confronted or befriended.
"It was our ethic that even when we had an opportunity for interaction that when we had the 'coyotes,' we had some specifically trained coyote-half breed dogs that did the running. We deliberately made sure that Shelby was not on screen with those coyotes," Cameron says.
"When it comes to interacting with a cougar in the wild, there was no cougar. There was just computer generated graphics, so Shelby had to be trained to interact with green screen characters. It was fascinating."
The author has made Shelby the subject of a new book tied into the movie and has been on tour with her. He called us after visiting a Washington children's hospital with her. The novelist seemed enthusiastic but a little tired from the trip. Michon helped set up the interview and gently reminded him of Olmos' first name. Neither wanted Shelby to experience the same grind.
"All I want to do is play with Shelby," Cameron says. "When I first see Shelby, I'm on my back giving her hugs. We're supposed to be looking left and looking right, and I'm looking at Shelby.
"My pictures probably don't look that great. I approach it just by realizing that Shelby is a working animal, a working dog, but I treat her like she's a dog. I can't help it. I love Shelby. She seems to recognize me, but she's an actress. She could be pretending that she recognizes me, but I prefer to think that she does," he says.
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Two weeks ago, I had the privilege to cover the TedxAuckland conference at Aotea Centre. What an amazing day. Taking pictures and listening to inspirational speakers for hours and hours. In a couple of weeks, they will release the videos from the event. Will make sure to notice you when that happens; I for one want to see and listen to some of them again! You can read about the speakers here.
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September 2013 in Pictures
It would seem that I didn't take a great deal of pictures in September. Or, rather, I did take quite a few beginning of school year and soccer pics, but not much else...
Zoo day
First day of First Grade
First day of Preschool
My favorite sunglasses
Endless Hi Ho Cherry-O tournament
Big brother's self portrait with me included!
Visiting the ladies at Oiselle HQ
Pumpkin Snickerdoodle Muffins! Biggest hit of the month
Pet store fun, almost as much fun as the zoo
Sleeping unicorn
Crazy temp tattoo (and if you look closely, you can see the unicorn wings/tail in the background)
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For seven years, a tide of financing and human capital has helped energize Houston's Near Northside. Today, the neighborhood is home to a bona fide community, resilient even in the wake of tragedy, with resident leaders equipped and determined to build a better quality of life.
On a 90-degree afternoon in May, Del Torres was closing up her ice cream shop across the street from Ketelsen Elementary when she heard the news: Josué Flores, a bright, 11-year-old middle schooler had just been murdered as he walked the seven blocks home from science club.
"My first thought when I saw his picture on the news was, 'Oh my God, that's my customer! He's one of mine!'" Torres remembers. Every day at three o'clock, kids drift into Del's for cones and snacks and to browse the books in her lending library. They know it's a safe place to hang out when they need one.
Before the shock of his death had even settled, Torres, together with a slew of Northside residents, swung into action. They filled the Ketelsen school parking lot with volunteers and held a barbecue fundraiser for the Flores family that pulled in $30,000. A few days later, when parents were still too shaken to send their kids to school, they organized "Feel Good Field Day" to help restore families' trust in the neighborhood. Another Northside native, Stella Mireles Walters, mounted a Safe Walk Home campaign, inspiring hundreds of volunteers to chaperone the morning and afternoon school commute. "The way to treat a tragedy like this is to do something to prevent it from ever happening again," says Walters.
A less cohesive community might not have acted at all, or even fractured under the weight of such a tragedy.But seven years ago, the Near Northside, an historic Mexican-American neighborhood just beyond the downtown, began receiving injections of funding and resources as part of a LISC Houston pilot called GO Neighborhoods. (GO stands for "great opportunities.") Organizing residents, and handing them the tools to create change, has been at the core of the effort. "A few years ago, we couldn't have done this," says Torres. "We weren't a community then. Everyone was off by themselves, worried about their own thing. But now, we're together."
Working through Avenue Community Development Corp., a relentlessly committed partner, LISC has invested more than $13 million to help make Northside a better place to live, with inviting, affordable housing and newly fortified neighborhood institutions and resources. That $13 million has leveraged another $65 million and counting. And the collaboration has propelled some 200 separate projects, built relationships with 260 partner organizations and embraced the donated labor of 14,000 volunteers.
At the outset, a group of older residents in a middle-class pocket of the Northside, with some time and bandwidth to spare, were the foundation of this activism. Now, there's a far-reaching network of homegrown leaders from all kinds of backgrounds. They've formed civic associations and block watches. They make up eight "GO Teams," tackling quality-of-life issues ranging from health and safety to culture to youth—a team run by high school students.
Today, you can hardly walk a block in the Near Northside without running into someone or something shaped by GO Neighborhoods. The neighborhood is peppered with well-used parks and public spaces, like the track and field at the high school, where seniors and young parents exercise after school. There are new, solidly built rental apartments and homes that families are able to buy. There's a chamber of commerce now, and a Financial Opportunity Center where Northsiders are training for living wage jobs in the health professions, a big Houston industry that needs good workers.
Machell Blackwell, a lifelong resident of Northside public housing, has attended LISC leadership trainings to become a more effective organizer. Jimi Vasquez, a graphic designer grabbing lunch from a taco truck on a recent afternoon, pricks up his ears at the mention of Avenue. He's enrolled in the organization's pre-purchase class while he waits to buy a house at one of their new developments. "There's no other way I'd be able to afford a home here now," he says.
Sometimes, the reach of GO Neighborhoods is felt in surprising ways: A façade improvement grant at the corner of North Main and Winnie Streets helped install a security camera—the very one that caught an image of Josué's killer, a troubled, homeless ex-Marine, and led to his arrest.
For many Northsiders, the path to engagement started with a block party, an invitation to a meeting, a knock on the door. And more often than not, Jenifer Wagley, Avenue's deputy director, was the one doing the inviting and knocking. "You can really see how Robert Putnam's theory of change plays out," she says, referring to the Harvard political scientist who wrote Bowling Alone. "When people get involved socially, that can lead to civic engagement, which can lead to political engagement. Now, we don't hold the convening role very tightly. The community owns this."
That ownership was on full display one evening last month for National Night Out, a countrywide public safety campaign. The Northside was alive with 16 separate block parties and events, each spotlighting the urgent needs of the neighborhood, and the strength of its affinities. "We went from two or three events, to this," says Wagley, who greets virtually every Northsider by name, because she's coaxed them to a meeting, or connected them to an agency, a school principal, a new friendship.
Northside continues to face more than its fair share of challenges: incomes are still among the lowest in the city, there's a large vagrant population, and a recent surge in street use of the dangerous synthetic marijuana known as kush has poked a hole in painstaking efforts to reduce crime. Pressure from speculative real estate developers gnaws at the character of the neighborhood, threatening displacement.
But Northsiders don't retreat anymore. They see it as their collective job to make the neighborhood a stronger, more functional and comfortable place to live. For Marie Arcos, director of the MD Anderson Family YMCA, a Northside anchor, the single most dramatic sign of change in the last seven years is this: "People are asking for more." They know their lives can get better, she says, and they know it has to start with them.


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Continuing with my series of American-themed posts celebrating Memorial Day, today I'm sharing an "American Summer" collection/mood board of images I put together for a work project. One of my favorite parts of the design process is gathering inspiration. I love grouping seeming unrelated images and creating stories that speak to a theme or concept. This practice is used heavily in fashion when designers create mood boards for upcoming collections. I blogged about a few fashion week mood boards I found a while back. So get into this American Summer collection – and see more images on my Pinterest Board here. Happy Memorial Day!
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It's been a while since my last post but a lot has happened in the last few months! No longer am I an unattached freelance designer, free to design for any client of my choosing. I've entered into an exclusive long-term (design) relationship with …. Moroccanoil! In a few days I'll have been there 2 months. Time really does fly. While adjusting to a full-time work schedule, I've tried to blog here and there but I haven't been able to get back into my grove, but I plan on changing that soon. I have a huge list of artists, designers, illustrators and photographers I'd like to share, and hopefully some new work of my own too.
I also want to celebrate that for the past FOUR consecutive months, I've hit 2,000 page views. While that pales in comparison to many design blogs out there, it's miles away from the 17 views a months I had back in May 2010. This blog has been a great outlet for me to share inspiration and put into words my goals and passions, especially when it comes to design during my two years at Pratt Institute. Blogging turned into cheap therapy for a grad student that never felt at home in an MFA program. Good bad and ugly, it's all here. And some really GREAT things have come from this blog too!
While studying abroad, I blogged about Scandinavian Textile Design and was featured on a few blogs about my travels through Sweden, Finland and Denmark. Blogging about the artists we saw and the showrooms we visited ignited my interest in learning more about textile design and writing about design in general. It also gave my blog a particular focus. Last summer I was completely shocked when I was invited to interview with a creative director that has and continues to make work I greatly admire. Last month my thoughts on resume design and interviewing were featured on another blog, also to my surprise. So while this remains a side hobby, no matter how small, your hobbies and interests can open doors! So here's to opening new doors in the coming months and sharing more stories.
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Hey everyone, I landed safe and sound in Copenhagen yesterday with my buddy Josh, also from Pratt. For the next six weeks we're enrolled in the DIS (Danish Institute for Study Abroad) Textile and Furniture Design Program. I'm super excited as pattern and textile design has been a growing interest of mine for the last few months. Last summer my friend Stephanie did the same program and loved it, so I thought it would be a perfect way to finish my time at Pratt. You can read about her study abroad adventure here.
For our first two days in Copenhagen, Josh and I have been walking all around the city. I have about two days of photos I thought I'd share. Tomorrow we move into our on campus housing, so I'm looking forward to staying somewhere longer than a few nights. I hope to find a bike to rent so I can explore more quickly. I also need to look into buying my own food, b/c eating out is sooooo expensive. I bought a coke and a burger, $45 USD. Tomorrow I meet everyone in the program, so more updates coming soon. Side note, when I was at 7-11 (they are everywhere here), the guy thought I was Danish, I finally found my native land, I look like the natives! Except … the tall blondes here are still tanner than I am!
Here are some pictures from the first two days.
Bikes everywhere! Lots of city squares like this.
Walked around the canal, lots of boats and outdoor restaurants around. People can also drink outside, good spot to do it!
Cute building!
I think this is the aquarium? Nice brick pattern
Lots of wheat pasting around the city, reminds me of NYC. Some of the music festival posters are really nice.
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Blair Lehardy (21) turned up to collect his things from his former partner after being told she was going to put his bearded dragon outside.
At Falkirk Sheriff Court on Thursday, Lehardy admitted behaving in a threatening manner and damaging property – smashing a mirror – at the flat in Matthew Steele Court, Bo'ness on October 29 last year.
Defence solicitor William McIntyre said: "It's a case of the two of them meeting up and not getting along too well."
Sheriff Derek Livingston said there may have been an "element of justifiable frustration" and ordered Lehardy, 46 Birkhill Crescent, Bo'ness, to complete 95 hours unpaid work within four months.


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DEAL OF THE WEEK: 150 Powell St. / Sale of H&M shows off Union Square's rising value
The H&M clothing store on Powell Street was sold for $61.5 million to a private investor, the latest sign that the value of retail space is on the rise in the area ringing Union Square.
Elevated Investors LLC, a group that redeveloped the space at 150 Powell St. before selling it, sold the space to a private investor. David Robertson, who handled the sale with Joe Lanyadoo of Pacific Union Commercial Brokerage, declined to name the buyer.
The sale of H&M's 43,000 square-foot San Francisco flagship store works out to a price of $1,430 per square foot and comes as other retail space in and around Union Square has been sold for record prices, said Rhonda Diaz, a vice president at Terranomics Retail Services. The building that houses Saks Fifth Avenue's Men's Store, for example, was sold in August for $42 million, or $1,125 per square foot, in August, Diaz said.
"High rents drive high sales prices. San Francisco prime street-front retail space is second only to New York."
Empty storefronts are disappearing in Union Square, where the vacancy rate has dropped to about 8 percent from about 17 percent after the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks, Diaz said. The terrorist attacks scared off travelers, making retailers reluctant to expand in cities like San Francisco, she said.
With the expansion of the Westfield San Francisco Centre and the arrival of Bloomingdale's and other high-profile retailers, San Francisco has again become a prime location.
"The expansion of our retail offerings continue to make San Francisco a shopping mecca," Diaz said. "It has really solidified demand for retail space in San Francisco and made it a not-to-be-missed shopping destination."
The sale involved only H&M's retail business on the first two floors of the building at Powell and O'Farrell streets. The upper floors of the four-story structure are residential condominiums.
"The price (for the property) was high," Robertson said. "It reflects the ongoing growth in the Powell Street corridor."
H&M, officially known as H&M Hennes & Mauritz AB, is a Swedish clothing company known for its trendy but inexpensive clothes. Established in 1947 as a women's clothier, the company now offers clothing for men and women through more than 1,300 stores in 24 countries and has about 50,000 employees worldwide.


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Scholar, National Research Council, and Study Director, Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects, National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council, The National Academies
Statement of
Jeffrey Jacobs, Ph.D.Scholar National Research CouncilandStudy DirectorCommittee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection ProjectsNational Academy of Engineering and National Research Council The National Academies
before the
Committee on Environment and Public Works U.S. Senate
June 16, 2009
Good afternoon Madam Chair, members of the Committee, and others. My name is Jeffrey Jacobs. I am a Scholar with the Water Science and Technology Board of the National Research Council and I served as the study director for the National Academy of Engineering and National Research Council's Committee on New Orleans Regional Hurricane Protection Projects. The Council is the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences, the National Academy of Engineering, and the Institute of Medicine of The National Academies. The Academies operate under an 1863 charter from Congress to provide independent advice to the federal government on scientific and technical matters.
Our committee was convened in December 2005 at the request of then-Assistant Secretary of the Army for Civil Works, Mr. J.P. Woodley, to provide an independent review of the work of the Interagency Performance Evaluation Task Force, or IPET. The IPET group was assembled by the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers to evaluate the performance of the New Orleans hurricane protection system during Hurricane Katrina and to provide advice in repairing the system. During its 3.5-year tenure our committee issued five reports, all of which reviewed draft reports issued by the IPET. Our committee's fifth and final report was issued in April 2009 and it reviewed the IPET draft final report and commented on important "lessons learned" during Hurricane Katrina and its aftermath. My comments this afternoon summarize those lessons as identified and discussed in our final report.
The Limits of Protective Structures
The greater New Orleans metropolitan region is naturally vulnerable to flooding, especially in areas below sea level. Post-Katrina repairs to and strengthening of the hurricane protection structures have reduced some vulnerabilities, but the risks of inundation and flooding never can be fully eliminated by protective structures, no matter how large or sturdy those structures may be.
Future Footprint of the Hurricane Protection System
Hurricane Katrina illustrated an undue optimism about the ability of the hurricane protection infrastructure in the greater New Orleans area to provide absolute flood protection. Despite weaknesses in the system that were exposed during Hurricane Katrina, reconstruction activities apparently are taking place largely according to the system's pre-Katrina footprint and without consideration of whether this configuration is optimal. For example, the creation of a protection system with a smaller overall footprint might offer advantages in terms of cost and inspection and maintenance requirements. At the very least, there should be discussions that consider the pros and cons of different configurations of protective structures and different levels of protection across the region.
Relocations to Improve Public Safety
Regardless of future levee construction activities, it likely will not be possible to provide equal degrees of flood protection across the city. Higher elevation parts of the region—such as areas on the natural Mississippi River levees—inherently are safer than lower-lying areas—such as extensive areas below sea level in St. Bernard's parish and in New Orleans East. Rebuilding the New Orleans area and its protective system to its pre-Katrina state would leave the city and its inhabitants vulnerable to additional Katrina-like disasters. Planning and design for upgrading the system should discourage settlement in areas most vulnerable to hurricane storm surge flooding. Because protective structures never can provide absolute protection, voluntary relocation of people and neighborhoods out of particularly vulnerable areas—with adequate resources to improve their living conditions in less vulnerable areas—should be considered as a viable public policy option.
Floodproofing Measures
Where it is not feasible to relocate people and buildings out of vulnerable areas, significant improvements in floodproofing will be essential. To adequately protect the safety of homes and residents in vulnerable areas, the first floor of houses should be elevated to at least a height associated with the 100-year storm event. Raising first floors even higher to meet a more conservative level of flood protection is preferable. In addition to elevating homes and other buildings, critical infrastructure such as electric power, water, gas, telecommunications, and pumping facilities should be strengthened to ensure that interdependent infrastructure systems can function reliably in an extreme flooding event.
The 100-year Level of Flood Protection
The 100-year level of flood protection—which defines areas with a one percent chance of flooding each year—is a crucial flood insurance standard. It has been applied widely across the nation and is being used in some circumstances for reconstruction and planning activities in New Orleans. For areas where levee failure is not a safety concern, the 100-year standard may be appropriate for developing regulations, setting insurance rates, and informing decisions in city planning and disaster preparedness. For heavily-populated urban areas, however, where the failure of protective structures would be catastrophic—such as New Orleans—the 100-year standard is inadequate. By way of comparison, the Association of State Floodplain Managers recommends that a 500-year flood is an appropriate minimum standard for urban areas.
Evacuation Plans
The disaster response plan for New Orleans, although successfully evacuating a large portion of the metropolitan area population, was inadequate for the Katrina event. There is a need for more extensive and systematic evacuation studies, plans, and communication of those plans. A comprehensive evacuation program should include not only well designed and tested plans and criteria for evacuation warnings, but also alternatives such as improved local and regional shelters that could make evacuations less imposing. It also should consider longer-term strategies to enhance the efficiency of evacuations, such as locating facilities for the ill and elderly away from vulnerable areas that may be subject to frequent evacuations.
Risk Communication
Communicating risks posed by hurricanes and storm surge is essential to preparing a vulnerable population for the potential occurrence of a hurricane. Unfortunately, before Katrina, there was a limited understanding and appreciation of the risks of living behind levees. The risks of flooding across New Orleans area should be refined, simplified, and communicated consistently. To achieve more effective communication, the IPET should hire a firm to create a professional summary of the entire IPET draft report in "layman's" terminology so as to make its findings more accessible to citizens, business owners, and decision makers.
Periodic Assessment and Independent Review
Changing environmental conditions, such as geologic subsidence, may affect the level of protection provided by hurricane and flood protection projects. Furthermore, advances in scientific and engineering theories and methods may render assumptions on which these projects were based partly or fully obsolete. For the New Orleans hurricane protection system, regular assessments that evaluate underlying environmental, scientific, and engineering factors that affect system performance should be conducted. An independent "second opinion" can help ensure that calculations are reliable, methods employed are credible and appropriate, designs are adequate and safe, potential blind spots are minimized, and other issues are raised as appropriate.
Better hurricane protection and preparedness for New Orleans will require a combination of structural and nonstructural measures and cooperation among federal, state, parish, and other entities, as well as the citizens of New Orleans. The post-Katrina setting poses challenges and open questions, as there is no model for post-hurricane recovery in New Orleans. Building a hurricane protection system to better standards and making wise choices about future development should help create a safer city but there is no clear agreement about the path forward for the New Orleans metro region. What does seem clear, however, is that information regarding the risk of hurricane-induced damages to New Orleans should be more widely acknowledged and appreciated than in the past and accorded a higher priority in future development plans and decisions.
Madam Chair and members of the committee, that concludes my remarks. Thank you for inviting me to speak with you today. I would be pleased to discuss questions that you and your colleagues may have about our committee's report.
An archived webcast of the hearing can be found on the Senate Environment and Public Works Committee's Web site.


text: Secondary School Transfer at Hitherfield The process across the year and the schools our children went on to attend Download the presentation here SEPTEMBER - Parents usually start to think about the Secondary School process when their children are in Year 5. Each September/October, secondary schools in Lambeth and in neighbouring boroughs, advertise open days and evenings when you can visit their schools. It is a good idea to start to look at the schools you are interested in early, so you don't have to visit so many when your child moves up to Year 6. In early September when your child is in Year 6, you will be invited to attend a meeting at Hitherfield to discuss the application process. Details of open days and evenings of schools in Lambeth as well as in neighbouring boroughs such as Croydon, Merton, Wandsworth and Southwark are made available. A speaker from at least one local secondary school in Lambeth is also invited to attend and available for you to speak to. If you are interested in your child attending a school in Wandsworth, your child will be required to sit the Year 6 test in this month, usually in the third week of September. You have to register your child for this via an online application on the Wandsworth Admissions website, in July and August and the deadline for applications closes in early September. The Wandsworth Test consists of verbal and non-verbal reasoning and papers are called the 11 plus. Practice materials can be purchased through GL Assessment. Please note there is usually only one test date. https://www.gl-assessment.co.uk/ OCTOBER - Parents submit an online application called a CAF (Common Application Form), to the borough in which they live (usually Lambeth), with a deadline by the end of the October half term. This is usually around October 31st. If you do not have access to email or the internet at home, you can apply online at the Customer Service Centre, Olive Morris House, Brixton Tel : 0207 926 1000. Alternatively, Olive Morris House have a limited number of paper CAFs available. You will have a choice of up to 6 schools and can choose from any borough. Only list the schools you would be happy to send your child to and do not just use up the 6 choices. Be mindful, if you list only 1 or 2 schools and do not meet the admissions criteria, you run the risk of being offered an allocated school. This could be a school anywhere within your home borough. Look at the admissions criteria for each school very carefully. For most parents distance-how far you live from the school- and whether there is a sibling already in the school, will be the main criteria. In Lambeth, you are required to submit proof of address evidence to support your application. Details of what is accepted can be found on the Lambeth website. https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions/proof-of-address-documents-for-school-admission-applications If you miss the October 31st Deadline, you must submit an application as soon as possible to your home borough. Please be mindful late applications are considered after all of the on time applications have been processed and will affect what school your child is eventually offered. Many Lambeth schools also require you to submit a Supplementary or SIF form by the October 31st deadline. The forms are available to download from the secondary schools and Lambeth websites and must be handed into each individual school that requires one. At present they are not available to submit electronically. Please note, some of the faith schools in Lambeth such as Bishop Thomas Grant or La Retraite, also require you to submit evidence of your child's baptism and attendance at the place of worship. Check with the individual schools if there is a specific SIF form for applying for a scholarship or bursary. E.g. In Lambeth, Norwood School offers visual and performing Arts bursaries. In Southwark, Kingsdale offers Art, Maths, Music and Sports' scholarships. NOVEMBER - In mid November your child will be required to sit the Lambeth Test for many of the secondary schools within the borough. A list of the current schools that require the test can be found here. https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions/secondary-school-supplementary-information-forms-201718 Children sit verbal reasoning, non-verbal reasoning and maths' papers. Practice materials can be purchased through GL Assessment. https://www.gl-assessment.co.uk/ If you apply for more than one Lambeth school that has the test, your child will only have to sit it once at a school of your choosing. Schools then share the results. Please note, there is only one test date and your child must sit it to be considered for a place at that school. They will not be offered a place otherwise. DECEMBER - If you are interested in one of the Harris schools within our neighbouring boroughs, your child will be asked to sit the Harris Test. There is usually 2 test dates in early December and you will be informed of the date for your child via the relevant school. The Harris Test consists of non verbal reasoning and test papers again, can be purchased through GL Assessment. https://www.gl-assessment.co.uk/ JANUARY - if you are considering a scholarship or bursary for a private school, such as Dulwich College in Southwark, Whitgift schools in Croydon, Streatham and Clapham High in Lambeth, relevant aptitude test dates usually fall in this month. MARCH - National Offers Day. This is usually March 1st and you will find out which school your child has been offered. Your child will be offered 1 school. Parents are invited by email to log in to the e-admissions system - through which they submitted their CAFs - to find out the outcome. In 2017 parents were told to log in after 5pm. For parents who submitted a paper CAF application, a letter with the outcome will be posted to your home address. Parents usually have 2 weeks in which to inform schools (if an academy) or the admissions departments of their local authorities whether they accept their child's offer. Information from Lambeth can be found here if your child has not been successful in a first choice offer, has been given an allocated offer or not been given an offer at all. https://www.lambeth.gov.uk/schools-and-education/school-admissions/apply-for-a-secondary-school-place-for-201718 Appeals forms usually have to be submitted to Lambeth for community or voluntary controlled schools by the end of March. Please contact Lambeth Admissions for more specific information. Academies such as Dunraven control their own appeals and should be contacted directly. APRIL-JULY- Appeal hearings are heard. Further rounds of offers are made to parents once acceptances or rejections from March 1st have been received. Parents should contact whoever holds the waiting list, the school if it's an academy such as Dunraven or local authority if it's a community school such as The Elmgreen, to say whether they wish for their child to remain on the list. Parents will be advised how long their child can remain on the list. Destination Secondary Schools - 2017 The 84 children who attend Year 6 at Hitherfield in the academic year 2016/17 went on the following secondary schools in September 2017:


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Rio Enters Into the Halloween Spirit
Brazil's Catholics traditionally honor their dead on November 2nd, commonly known as Dia dos Finados (or Dia dos Mortos), when they flock to local cemeteries to visit departed loved ones.
Once again around October 31st this year, establishments in Ipanema, Copacabana, Lapa and beyond are also getting ready to celebrate Halloween in a style that is becoming as customary here as overseas.
Halloween is a pagan festival that dates back to Celtic tradition. In Brazil it is known as Dia das Bruxas (Day of the Witches) and, though not as popular as elsewhere in the world, "Brazilians are picking up on Halloween because they love to party," says Carioca shopkeeper Claudio Gordilho, "and it undeniably has a commercial element to it."
Those wanting to celebrate should head to the Gringo Café´s Halloween Cocktail Party running from 7PM to 1AM on Thursday, October 31st. DJ Slim will be spinning classic house, funk and disco tunes and there will be prizes for best costumes. Before 10PM, all domestic cocktails will be on offer for R$10 and long-neck beers will be R$5-R$6.
"I love celebrating Halloween in Brazil. It is something that had been missing until recently. And I´m thrilled to offer that option," said Sam Flowers, the owner of Gringo Café, who settled in Rio five years ago and is behind the café's famous seasonal baking.
Also on Thursday night, the Lapa Irish Pub will be hosting a costume party featuring Black Sabbath tribute band Bat Salad, Paula Kaiser spitting The Devil´s Fire as well as the Hot Go-Go Dancers from Hell (entrance R$20).
On Friday, those looking for something spectacular should check out the Halloween festivities kicking off at 10PM on the iconic Sugarloaf Mountain. The event will feature DJs Gigga What, João Brasil, Cix & Yasmin, Zeh Pretim, Bernardo Malta, Mary Lou.
Tickets, starting at R$180, can be bought online or at the Sugarloaf Mountain ticket office from 11AM to 2PM and 3PM to 7:50 PM. Entrance includes an open bar, two dance floors and access by cable car, but don't forget to dress up in your best and blackest.
Continuing the theme on Saturday, Mab´s in Copacabana will be hosting a karaoke costume party. Best costume wins a glass of Prosecco, and winners of the best karaoke performance will earn themselves a glass of wine. The party will run from 7:30 PM to at least 10:30 PM (entry R$10).
Alternatively on November 2nd, the trendy Praia Club will be hosting a Haunted Beach Party on the banks of the Rodrigo de Freitas lagoon, with house music from top local DJs starting at 11PM.
Those who still haven't got their costumes should check out Club da Fantasia shop in Copacabana or Atelie Mundo da Fantasia in Tijuca, as well as costume classic SAARA market in Centro. Costumes for adults and kids can also be found online or rented in the Catete neighborhood at Aparatus Fantasia.
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Today is the day we are blessed with the first "solo" effort by Mr. Thom Yorke. Only don't call it a solo album because that is not what it is, even though that is exactly what it is. End of an Ear held a special midnight sale at the new Emo's lounge early this morning. I wasn't able to attend so I will probably pick up my copy at Best Buy, not as cool, but oh well. I am starting a proper album review section today and The Eraser will be my 1st review- third if you are really keeping score. Check it out later and every Tuesday after that.
Other very notable releases you should run out and buy today:
The Eraser Thom Yorke
Black Holes and Revelations Muse
Black Holes & Revelations (Limited Edition CD+DVD) [Limited Edition] Muse
The Avalanche: Outtakes & Extras from Illinois Album (Fri. Sept. 15-16 @ Paramount Theater)
Impeach My Bush Peaches (Jul 29-Emo's w/Dead Boy and the Elephant Men)
I had been meaning to mention this, Little Radio.com added this site to it's blogwire. So it's easier to read this blog as well as others. Pretty cool, check it out.
The Killers - "When You Were Young" (MP3 Sample) in case you missed it. Good but it's really hard to say in 40 seconds.
Gorilla vs Bear posts some other notable releases today, continues to show me absolutely no love.
Check for the review later......


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This is one of my favourite looks so far, the smoky eyes is always a winner and looks fantastic for a night out! It's a perfect match when styled with nude lipstick and bronzer.
Neutrogena Visibly Clear Oil-Free Moisturiser
Topshop - Golden Aura eye palette
Topshop Eyes Darkness cream shadow
Benefit They're Real Mascara
Bourjois Bronzing Powder
Topshop Whimsical Lipstick


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* Potash owns 13.9 pct, seeks another 11.1 pct
* ICL shares up 5 pct in Tel Aviv
By Tova Cohen
TEL AVIV, Dec 19 (Reuters) - Canadian fertiliser maker Potash Corp is seeking permission from Israeli authorities to raise its stake in rival Israel Chemicals to 25 percent, a government source said.
"Potash Corp has requested approval from the government to raise its stake to 25 percent," the source, who asked not to be identified, told Reuters on Monday, confirming a report in the Calcalist financial daily.
Potash, the world's largest fertiliser manufacturer, holds 13.9 percent of ICL's shares valued on the market at 6.5 billion shekels ($1.7 billion). An 11.1 percent stake has a market value of about 5.23 billion shekels.
Shares in ICL, the world's sixth-largest potash producer and the second-largest company on the Tel Aviv Stock Exchange, were up 5 percent to 37.65 shekels in afternoon trade.
A spokeswoman for ICL said the company does not comment on matters relating to its shareholders.
Potash last acquired ICL stock in 2010 when it bought about 2.5 percent.
ICL is a strategic company which has exclusive rights to some of Israel's most valuable natural resources, including Dead Sea minerals. The government was given a golden share in ICL when it was privatised and as a result government approval would be required for Potash to raise its stake.
Barclays Capital analyst Joseph Wolf said Potash's request is not surprising, noting it has a strategy to own good potash assets and already holds 30 percent of Arab Potash Corp, which mines the Dead Sea from the Jordanian side.
"We believe this news should be a positive catalyst for the shares in the short term, as there has not been that much stock-specific good news lately," said Wolf, who rates ICL "overweight".
"In addition, it highlights that Potash sees value in ICL beyond any change in royalty fee or Dead Sea salt harvest cost," Wolf said.
ICL is in talks with the government over who should pay the costs of a plan to harvest salt in the Dead Sea to prevent flooding caused by ICL's mining activities. The government is also considering increasing royalties ICL must pay to extract minerals from the Dead Sea.
ICL is controlled by the Ofer family through holding company Israel Corp, which owns 52.3 percent. Potash is the company's second largest shareholder.
According to Calcalist, Potash is seeking to purchase public shares, mainly those held by institutional investors in Israel and abroad. The investors were contacted by a foreign bank which did not disclose the purpose of the possible acquisition.
Wolf said he believes that longer term, the best source of the stock would be for Israel Corp to reduce part of its stake but still maintain control.
Estimates on the market are that although Potash is seeking to acquire the stock now as a financial investment, it could aim to gain control of ICL in the future, Calcalist said. If it seeks control of ICL, it will need further approval from Israeli authorities.


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