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Embattled Christ Church West MP Dr Maria Agard is recovering at home after undergoing "a life-saving procedure" at the state-run Queen Elizabeth Hospital (QEH) last week.
A grateful Dr Agard spoke exclusively to Barbados TODAY this afternoon, following her release from hospital yesterday.
While describing the entire medical ordeal as both "harrowing" and "difficult", Dr Agard, the former Opposition Barbados Labour Party (BLP) Shadow Minister of Health, was full of praise for both the QEH medical and auxiliary staff who, she said, rendered "very diligent and very professional care" to her during her one-week stay.
Dr Agard also acknowledged that "there were many people praying for me and working diligently and I am thankful to all of them for their efforts".
The Christ Church West MP was last seen publicly on December 23 when she appeared in court to challenge her recent expulsion from the BLP by the Mia Mottley-led National Council.
At the height of the bitter political battle, there were no outward and visible signs of her ongoing health challenges which first emerged ahead of the 2013 elections, but subsequently subsided.
However, 2015 would prove to be more than a politically challenging year for Dr Agard whose condition reportedly got progressively worse over the Christmas period, forcing her to seek urgent medical attention.
"By Old Year's Day, I really knew that I was very, very ill," said Dr Agard, in explaining her absence from her constituency and the national political stage since the start of the year.
Her illness, which necessitated "several" hours of surgery and a series of blood transfusions up until last Sunday, has also affected her dental practice.
However, Dr Agard, who said she suffered a "harrowing" complication of a pre-existing condition, is not about to give up the fight – neither personally nor professionally.
In fact, if anything, her illness has made her more determined than ever to agitate for what she sees as right.
"Even in the midst of my illness, there were the obvious shortcomings that could not be ignored," she said of her recent experience at the QEH, which opened her eyes not only to the need for a greater national health budget but also for "a comprehensive assessment of health administration to ensure that the isolated difficulties that are encountered are addressed".
On a professional level, Dr Agard, who started her dental practice in the midst of dealing with health challenges, said illness has always been her impetus.
"It has always been the force behind me living my life to the fullest. I am driven, and I believe that as long as there is life, there is hope, and my hope has never impeded the goals that I have set for myself.
"If anything, my health challenges have been the stimulus that has forced me to be more forward thinking, more determined, more aggressive, because I believe individuals ought to live a life of purpose and that is what I have always endeavoured to do," she told Barbados TODAY.
Pressed on whether it was worthwhile for her to continue on in politics given her medical record, Dr Agard said: "It's a life worth living. My primary goal has been to motivate others to live their best constructive lives, pursue success and be a source of service to their community and country in spite of facing their own personal challenges. It is a goal I have had to practice for years and a reality which makes me determined to live my life to the fullest in spite of battling health issues.
"I am used to being challenged. My entire life has been a battle against the storms. I am inspired by those who faced greater challenges yet made lasting contributions to mankind.
I too am a survivor determined to make my mark.
"I am an established health professional, a business owner, an entrepreneur, a mentor, motivator, community servant and politician. I understand my duty to serve my country, to be a worthwhile citizen of Barbados. Nothing will stop that. Not even illness," she told Barbados TODAY.
As for her ongoing legal battle with the BLP, she said: "I am conscious of many Barbadians who have been wrongfully dismissed from their jobs, with no recourse, because they worked for employers who felt they were above the law. But we are a nation of laws, which must be upheld, by the ordinary citizen as well as the most powerful master. No one should feel comfortable believing that they are above the law. If it happened in the past, an educated Barbados has a collective responsibility to ensure that brutish behaviour has no place in our future. Hence, my case will continue, for many reasons, but none more important than to preserve our tradition of democracy, adherence to the law and respect for the equality of mankind."


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In a recent report to CNN by Olusegun Obasanjo, the former president of Nigeria shared his views on how Africa could feed the world despite reports by three U.N. agencies that said nearly 239 million people in Africa are hungry. Based on a number of facts African Progress Panel and many others believe Africa can transcend feeding itself to feeding the world if key issues are addressed. McKinsey Global Institute estimated that Africa has 600million hectares of uncultivated arable land, roughly 60% of the global total. On the cultivated and producing lands, outdated technologies and techniques yield low productivity and an average of 80 percent of Africa's agriculture still depends on rain and not irrigation.
Looking inwards, this report coming from our former president makes me wonder and ask, what are the potentials and limitations for Nigeria to feed itself and the rest of the world, from political, economic and technological perspectives? Also, what in Nigeria's agricultural sector works, does not work, or is working? Lastly, is feeding the world really achievable for Nigeria or is this just wishful thinking?
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As you'll be able to see later, this was from a different day.
Mmmm....you are a very sweet mix indeed! You are warm, loving, and caring to all those around you, but you're not boring in the least! You have a wild streak and a creative, unique streak, too. You are a great friend, an interesting person, and you know how to have fun without ending up crouching over a toilet bowl. Nice!
I'm having a day. In reality, it's not as bad as days so many others are having around the world. The head gasket in my car went. So that's like a $1200 - $1500 repair. I paid $3k for the car about 18 months ago. I don't know what I'm going to do. What can I buy for $1500? And who knows how long that will last? So maybe I'll fix it. But the mechanic thinks these engines go through a head gasket every 60k miles or so. So should I bother to fix it? Maybe two years from now it will go again? Maybe I'm better of cutting my loses.
So while I was feeling all depressed about that, I got a call from Susan. I have a cousin who's got cancer. He's like late 30s, maybe 40. We just found out that his daughter has the same type of cancer. She's a freshman or sophomore in high school. So that put a little perspective on me, and made me feel like a heel.
Then, I was looking for something I posted about a few weeks ago. I ended up reading something I'd written about Dad. I couldn't handle that right then, and needed a few minutes in the bathroom to pull myself together. Even then, coworkers knew something was up. Today would be the exact kind of day when I'd like to talk to him...
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Well, it looks like those days are gone forever. Mark Helfrich cannot grasp the concept; apparently.
Today, Kerry Eggers has a quote from Helfrich that says:
"It's more important this week for us to play better, for us to execute, to compete, to play our way."Do you see that? The head coach of the University of Oregon has said that one game is more important than any other. And that is a problem. The moment you allow yourself to say that Game A is more important than Game B, you also allow yourself a different preparation mentality for each game. If Game B is less important, so too is the preparation for Game B.
As a power lifter, every single set I perform has to have the exact same set up, the exact same form; everything has to be the same. So when I am warming up, I approach the bar at 135 pounds the same as I do for 550 pounds; consistency is what makes greatness possible. Inconsistency breeds mediocrity.
Former Heisman front runner Marcus Mariota has joined the parade of players lending more weight to a rivalry game than other games telling Eggers:
"But no, in all honesty, talking around the community, this game does mean a lot," the sophomore quarterback from Honolulu said. "It means a lot to the state. It's an honor to be able to play in it. To be able to represent this community the best we can is what we're going to try to do."Look, I love rivalries as a FAN... but that is who rivalries should be for; the fans. Media can talk about rivalries; fans can talk about them as well. The moment players begin to add special value to one game versus another, they begin to breed inconsistency.
The only game that matters more than any other game? Right now, it is the BCS title game. Next season it is that first playoff game, followed by the second playoff game.
After reading the talk about this week's Civil War, I am more convinced than ever that Mark Helfrich has abandoned the Win The Day mentality where each game was "the Super Bowl."
I doubt that translates to a loss this coming Friday; but it does not necessarily bode well for the future.


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The perp slinked through a window into the home on East Fifth Street near Elmwood Avenue at about 10:30 p.m. Tuesday and removed the artifact, as well as other religious items.
An ex-con burglarized a Radio Shack store in Murray Hill three times, then sold the pilfered loot to a nearby shop, authorities said.
Samuel Pickney, 53, first broke into the electronics store at 534 Third Ave. on March 5 and made off with $650 worth of merchandise, court papers state.
He allegedly returned on July 13 and boosted 20 pairs of headphones valued at $1,060.
He slipped back in two days later and filched speakers, adapters and radios from a storage room, court records show.
Following each heist, Pickney was seen on surveillance video outside the store with the stolen merchandise, cops said.
After the July break-ins, Pickney unloaded the hot items at a store a few blocks away, cops added.
Pickney, who has served time behind bars on an attempted-burglary conviction, was nabbed on Aug. 14 and charged with burglary, grand larceny and possession of stolen property.
A big-mouth subway cellphone thief was hit with a grand-larceny rap yesterday after he blabbed to a cop that he had jumped down to a track bed in Greenwich Village to escape the pursuing victim, authorities said.
Daniel Shinon, 18, grabbed a phone from a man on an uptown F-train at 12:45 a.m. and fled toward the 14th Street PATH Station, according to a Port Authority police spokesman.
But he didn't count on the enraged victim chasing after him — so the suspect dropped the phone and jumped onto the tracks to escape, the spokesman added.
A cleaning person spotted Pickney, and third-rail power was shut off.
The theft victim picked up his phone and left.
PA Police Officer Matthew Vogelman arrested Shinon on a trespassing rap — which was upgraded to grand larceny after Shinon allegedly explained why he was on the tracks.
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Detectives arrested an ex-con suspected of burglarizing a West Brighton restaurant.
"I was needing money, so I went inside this club and robbed the place when I shouldn't have," David Walton, 36, allegedly offered as his reason for the Aug. 9 caper at Caramba Café on Dongan Street.
He made off with a safe containing $200 and another $60 in change, cops said.
Walton, who has done two prison stints, was linked to fingerprints found on the register, cops added.
He was picked up Wednesday on charges of burglary, petit larceny and possession of stolen property, said a spokesman for DA Daniel Donovan.
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David Blake and I believe ourselves to be the most unlikely of innkeepers. It was never our dream to own a bed and breakfast, and if anyone had suggested it to us even as recently as 2008, we would have laughed at the idea.
Nonetheless, we have always been described by our friends as consummate hosts. We always strive to give a great party. We love to entertain and have frequently done so during our life together which began in 1994.
I am originally from Dallas and David Blake is from the Main Line outside of Philadelphia, but our upbringings were vastly similar in ways other than our both being named David. At our homes, the welcome mat was always out, the kettle on the stove was never far from a whistle, there was always an extra place at the dinner table, and there were fresh, crisp sheets at the ready on any guestroom bed. That way of life, a perpetual state of entertaining, is in our DNA.
So when Dave decided, after 40 years as an attorney in Delaware County, Pennsylvania, to call it quits and looked to a big, new adventure, it was our friends, one and all, who suggested we contemplate ideas related to the entertaining that they had come to think we did so well.
We wanted to combine our talents with a lifestyle and investigated different venues. We briefly considered the idea of a restaurant. We knew that we wanted to consolidate our lives, live above the store, somewhere away from the maddening crush of the city, pursuing something we would find manageable, and be substantially in control of our own success.
Dave Blake is an inspired cook who loves the culinary arts. I, on the other hand, enjoy socializing and making guests comfortable. Together we are a great team. It was a process of elimination that finally gave us the idea of a B&B.
That's when a three- year search began. We knew we wanted to be on the East Coast, so we scoured the countryside from mid-coast Maine to the southernmost point of North Carolina. We visited the best and the worst of inns for sale which gave us an appreciation for what works, and what doesn't work in a bed and breakfast. Just at the time when we were wondering if we would ever come to find the suitable home and business, someone suggested that we visit the Finger Lakes in upstate New York.
We'd been to Ithaca several times during the years that Dave's son was attending Ithaca College, but never really had an opportunity to enjoy the area. Just quick trips up for school functions and then back to Philadelphia.
It was love at first sight when we drove through Trumansburg. And when we stepped through the door at Halsey House the first time, we knew we were home.
We welcomed our first guests on Thursday, June 6, 2013. I met them in the car park in the pouring rain to assist in bringing in their luggage. They were a charming couple from Canada whose children had reserved time for them at Halsey House to celebrate their wedding anniversary.
Dave stood in the threshold to greet us. By the time we reached the porch, they were no longer strangers. Dave and I knew we'd made the right decision to take this turn in the road. Our intermission was over. Act III in our lives had begun.
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"When you see someone who is fighting so hard, it has a big impact on you. You have two choices. You look at your husband who's very sick and you can't help and it kills you. Or you look at your husband that's sick and you say, 'I got you. I got it. I'm here. It's going to be just fine.' You can have your shaking knees at the end, but when someone you love falls and needs help, it's not time to cry. Afterwards, sure. But not yet."
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Four or five hours of sleet followed by snow Friday.
I was having a blast watching vehicles sliding sideways down the rise and then hitting the ditch. I was up to four before I went to bed about midnight. Here's one of the casualties.
Yes, it's cold. Too fucking cold. Too cold to shoot. I did manage to get into the shed, then fed and watered the chickens, hauled firewood, salted the porch and fired up the truck to keep the battery charged.
And that's about all you can expect out of me. I'm not into this white cold shit at all.


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There was a famous moment when the Queen asked, within the sacred portals of the London School of Economics, why no one had warned her about the financial crisis. In fact, there were many expressions of uneasiness in the runup to 2007-08, but I know of nobody who thought it would be quite as bad as this. After all, my generation of economists and politicians was brought up in the belief that nothing like the economic catastrophes of the 1920s and 30s would ever be allowed to happen again.
One institution that repeatedly sounded warnings about the dangers of the credit boom and asset price speculation in the middle of the last decade was the Bank for International Settlements (BIS), based in Basle, Switzerland – or Basel, if you prefer the German version.
The BIS has a historical memory of crises. And it certainly ought to. After all, it was founded between the wars to handle German reparations. The fact that it is still with us is a tribute to the staying power of institutions that outlive their original purpose – although the way things are going, who knows what it might be called upon to handle in years to come?
At all events, the BIS is known as "the central bankers' bank". The central bankers of the world meet there most months, and the BIS has been heavily involved in the various efforts to improve the rules for the regulation of banks and other errant financial institutions.
One of the high spots of the BIS's year is the publication of its annual report, which is always a model of clarity and comprehensible analysis. It was in this report that the BIS issued warnings to which, frankly, its member central banks, obsessed with the prevailing fashion of inflation-targeting, paid too little attention during the boom. There were even rumours that BIS staff were leant on to tone down their alarmist conclusions.
And so we come to this year's report, published last week, on the eve of Bank of England governor Sir Mervyn King's warning to the Commons Treasury select committee that he thought we were not yet halfway through the financial crisis.
Enter the BIS, with the bald statement that "the world is now five years on from the outbreak of the financial crisis, yet the global economy is still unbalanced and seemingly becoming more so as interacting weaknesses continue to amplify each other".
The BIS, which is in a better position than other institutions or individuals to know, concludes: "Despite the progress on recapitalisation, many banks remain highly leveraged, including those that appear well capitalised but in fact have outsize derivatives positions."
It appears that the banks, like the Bourbons, have "learned nothing and forgotten nothing". "Big banks continue to have an interest in driving up their leverage without enough regard for the consequences of failure: because of their systemic weight, they expect the public sector to cover the downside."
Writing within weeks of the news of the enormous "trading" (or betting) losses at JP Morgan, whose chief executive Jamie Dimon was leader of the Wall Street pack in opposing sensible regulatory reforms, the BIS notes: "Another worrying sign is that trading, after a brief crisis-induced squeeze, has again become a major source of income for large banks."
Not to put too fine a point on it, the financial sector is moving "towards the same high-risk profile it had before the crisis".
This, then, is the financial background to all those attempts to patch up the eurozone and get the world's advanced economies moving again. Another crisis while this one is not even halfway through? As the Australian comedian Bill Kerr used to say: "I don't want to worry you, but …"
However, great though my respect is for the BIS's analysis of the financial scene, its recipe for broader macroeconomic policy is all too reminiscent of the kind of policy mistakes that were made when it was first set up all those years ago.
Noting the simultaneous deleveraging taking place in the private and public sectors, it is nevertheless so concerned about levels of public sector debt – and prospective further strains from spending on pensions and healthcare – that it backs the current fashion for cutting back the public sector when basic Keynesian economics teach us that the public sector should be counterbalancing the depressing impact of private sector retrenchment.
As Paul Krugman of Princeton and Richard Layard of the LSE reminded us in the Financial Times last week: "Today's government deficits are a consequence of the crisis, not a cause" (my italics).
Unfortunately George Osborne's obsession with deficits rather than output and employment is shared by centre-right governments around Europe, and not exactly helping efforts to resolve the eurozone crisis. My fear is the onset of a deflationary spiral.


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Apr 26 2005
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Once again my bike is in the garage being fixed. This time it is the oil return pipe that has given up the ghost. Friday even I noticed that it was leaving oil marks on the wet road but assumed this was because the heavy rain was washing some of the old oil off the engine block. After riding it Saturday morning I noticed that the occasional drip had become more frequent, so I called the Millard & Co. for some advice (and to order some new tyres).
I was advised to take the bike there immediately to be checked out. Upon arriving at Millards I was greated with a "How the hell didn't you come off your bike?!?!?". It seems that the dripping of oil hard turned into a torrent and the engine must have been running virtually dry.
It turns out that the had split meaning that the oil that should have been going to the top of the cylinder headers to cool the engine was in fact spewing out over the engine which isn't so effective for cooling. Not only that, but the oil that the bike had been loosing was also all over the back tyre (luckily I'm getting new tyres) which could have resulted in a nastey accident.
I have decided that following my trip to Norway this summer I shall be selling my bike and getting a new one, I'm thinking either a street bike like a Bandit or a big (200cc) vespa scooter. If anyone is interested in buying my GSX-R I'm open to offers and can be got at aidy at gringod dot com.
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Kylie Jenner's fans will soon be able to shop her cosmetics online and in person.
The reality TV star and entrepreneur has given fans a sneak peek into her brick-and-mortar Kylie Cosmetics store, which she announced on Instagram is coming "soon".
Kylie took to social media on Monday (07Nov16) to share two behind-the-scenes shots of her inside the space, which currently only features a large white checkout counter.
"MY VISION. I can't wait for you guys to see what goes on inside my mind & what I've been working on. 100% Kylie," she captioned one her posts.
Kylie first hinted that a Kylie Cosmetics store was in the works in June (16), when she posted videos on Snapchat while browsing retail locations.
While it is unclear where the 19-year-old is planning to set up her first shop, opening a boutique would be a natural progression for the Keeping Up with the Kardashians star, as her Lip Kit empire is growing rapidly.
What started out as a couple of matte lipsticks has quickly snowballed into a make-up line which now includes glosses, metallics and eyeshadows, though the products are currently only available to purchase online.
News of the store comes a few days after Kylie announced her collaboration with her sister Khloe Kardashian.
As usual, the platinum blonde took to social media to reveal the news that Khloe has hand-picked liquid lipstick colors for the Koko Kollection, a special holiday set.
The line includes four liquid lipsticks, whose shade names are Khlo$, Okurrr, Damn Gina and Gorg, which are presented in pretty gold tubes.
While the Koko Kollection will be out on 9 November (16), Kylie also reveals that she will be soon rolling out other holiday surprises for fans.


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The First Words Ever Recorded
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Before Thomas Edison invented the phonograph in 1877, it was impossible to capture sound for later playback. You'd think that Edison might consider this when he made the first-ever recording for his new machine.
Nope. Edison was a practical person and just needed to prove that his new invention would work.
Although that original recording is lost forever, here he is explaining what words he used on that historic occasion.Back to Blog List


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Leadership – A guiding mind
Is there a leader in the house?
Periodically we are obliged to abandon the familiar and endure the risky process of change.
We are disinclined to demand change if our current situation is tolerable even if there exists the possibility of something better as, in general, we are uncomfortable with risk and seek ways to minimise it.
Our resistance to change is a strong emotion which grows in proportion to the desirability of the status quo.
Change is movement and comes in the following flavours.
Firstly, change as escape. In this case we are motivated to avoid some threat to our wellbeing often without a preferred destination in mind.
Secondly, change towards. In this situation we move towards a preconceived location that offers superior prospects to the status quo.
In both cases there is the possibility of failure but the stimulant is that the risk of inaction exceeds the risk of change.
Instinctively we confront clear and present danger by fight or flight. If the impulsion to change is not so urgent we are programmed to reason our way to a choice of action. Only when our capacity for reasoning proves inadequate do we tend to seek the guidance of someone who appears to know a better way.
And so the scene is set in which a common interest unites some of us and we follow the guidance of an individual we call our leader. This is often someone with charisma who emerges from obscurity espousing a compelling message of hope communicated with such conviction that many of us are prepared to disengage our critical faculties of reason and to accept, as a matter of faith, the guidance of another's mind.
There is much to be said about the brevity and fragility of this bond between a leader and followers. It has endured throughout history as an organising principle in times of transition. But this brief note is not the place.
I want to focus on the current economic situation and encourage you to see it as a time of transition when we are emerging tenuously from a period from which we want to escape. It is a journey into uncertainty with little information either about the challenges of the route ahead or anything more than hope that we will find a destination more vibrant than the austere place we leave behind.
This odyssey is exactly the situation in which we seek a guiding mind, a leader who can reassure us that we are on the right path to prosperity. But where is such an individual to be found?
As we descended into the economic winter from which we are hopefully emerging no leader emerged to mitigate our distress. So the emergence of a guiding mind is never guaranteed.
There are people who hold the title of leader. Barack Obama, as the head of the most powerful nation on earth, is called the leader of the free world but how many place him in the same 'game changer' category as Odyssius, Alexander, Simón Bolivar, Gandhi, Churchill, Franklin D. Roosevelt or Mandela. Each of whom guided followers through adversity.
The recent passing of Nelson Mandela reminds us of how rare these individuals are. Arising perhaps only once in a generation they are not available on demand but seem to emerge only when there is an issue commonly regarded as intolerable and sometimes not even then.
Globally and nationally we have endured but not yet transcended an economic crisis unprecedented in two generations. We are meandering and need a guiding mind to reveal the route to salvation. But, despite the investment in leadership education and the library of 'how to become' books, there is no prominent individual to follow. No economic Moses has appeared to lead us from our fiscal oppression to the Promised Land.
Must we live in hope but not expectation?
Anthony Holmes is the author of Managing Through Turbulent Times.


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Monday, September 15, 2003
Press release from the issuing companySeptember 15, 2003 -- From cole slaw to curmudgeons, the Graphic Arts Show Company (GASC) is stepping up efforts to make sure everyone who comes to GRAPH EXPO and CONVERTING EXPO 2003 finds exactly what he or she wants. Cole slaw-seekers can check out three special brunch presentations at which noted industry authorities will discourse on key trends and opportunities. If curmudgeons are the quarry, four of the industry's best—veteran observers not shy about sharing their opinions—will come together for a reprise of one of last year's most popular special events. These are just a few of the highlights of this year's show, which takes place September 28-October 1 at McCormick Place in Chicago. Details and online registration are available at www.graphexpo.com. In the 20 years since GASC first presented GRAPH EXPO, the show has developed into the main industry gathering of each year. Association functions, committee meetings, awards banquets and similar events abound on the schedule, but an even greater number of special events are open to all show attendees, some free of charge. Among the highlights: -- EXECUTIVE OULOOK 2003, the annual full-day technology and business forecasting conference held the day before the show—this year, September 27. Keynote speaker at the EXECUTIVE OUTLOOK luncheon will be Bruce James, the U.S. Public Printer and head of the Government Printing Office (GPO). After a full schedule of both general and breakout sessions, the conference will conclude with announcement of this year's "Must See Ems," the most important and attention-worthy exhibits and products at the show. -- International Days, each featuring a business conference and social gathering tailored for attendees from a specific key region of the world. "Canada Day" is Monday, September 29 and "Latin America Day" is Tuesday September 30. -- Free General Sessions will be held Monday through Wednesday at 8:15 AM. Monday, a high level panel will discuss "The State of the Printing Industry;" Tuesday's session will feature "The Return of the Printing Industry Curmudgeons," with Rochester Institute of Technology Prof. Frank Romano moderating a panel including Bill Lamparter of PrintCom, Ray Prince of GATF, M. Richard Vinocur of Footprints and a "mystery curmudgeon." Wednesday's general session presents Prof. Romano discussing "New Value-Added Business Opportunities." -- Brunch sessions, including a meal and an expert presentation. On Sunday, NAPL's Howie Fenton will discuss "Workflow Trends You Can Use." Monday will bring two brunch sessions: a "PDF Update" with Julie Shaffer of GATF and "The Holistic Printer: Gorelick Unleashed," with Dick Gorelick of the Graphic Arts Sales Foundation. Tuesday's fourth brunch session will focus on "Ten Critical Trends" with Prof. Frank Romano. - Exhibitor presentations. Eight special, hour-long presentations by exhibitors on key technology and product developments will be free for all attendees, with space limited. - Mailing & Fulfillment Center Theater – Twelve 45-minute FREE seminar sessions on topics relevant to starting and running successful mailing and fulfillment operations in their plant – right on the show floor, close to the actual equipment and processes being highlighted in the sessions. -- Collectible poster signing. To enhance the Wide Format Pavilion, GASC is staging a gallery showcase of particularly creative and exciting applications of large format inkjet output. Noted automotive artist Hugo Prado will be on hand in the Pavilion to sign collection-quality poster reproductions of his painting, The Last Corvette Dale Raced. The 22" x 28" poster reproduces a painting Prado created of a Corvette driven by the late Dale Earnhardt. Prado will be signing posters on Sunday, Monday and Tuesday from 10:00 AM to noon and from 2:00 to 4:00 PM. In addition to all of these special events, of course, GRAPH EXPO and CONVERTING EXPO 2003 will offer some 550 company exhibits filling about 370,000 square feet of display space, the largest show in the Americas this year.
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George is Lennie's friend and protector. Unlike the giant, lumbering Lennie, George is small and wiry with a quick and resourceful mind. In many ways, George is a typical migrant farm worker, a class of poor and lonely men who traveled from ranch to ranch looking for work during the Great Depression. But George differs from these often bitter men because of his friendship with Lennie, which keeps him, in his own words, from getting "mean." Though George sometimes resents Lennie as a burden, he also deeply loves him, and shares with him a dream of owning their own farm.
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Well, we ain't got any,' George exploded. 'Whatever we ain't got, that's what you want. God a'mighty, if I was alone I could live so easy. I could go get a job an' work, an' no trouble....An' whatta I got,' George went on furiously. 'I got you! You can't keep a job and you lose me ever' job I get. Jus' keep me shovin' all over the country all the time. An' that ain't the worst. You get in trouble. You do bad things and I got to get you out.
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Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world. They got no family. They don't belong no place....With us it ain't like that. We got a future.... An' why? Because...because I got you to look after me, and you got me to look after you, and that's why.
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"Well," said George, "we'll have a big vegetable patch and a rabbit hutch and chickens. And when it rains in the winter, we'll just say the hell with goin' to work, and we'll build up a fire in the stove and set around it an' listen to the rain comin' down on the roof."
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"Ain't many guys travel around together," he mused. "I don't know why. Maybe ever'body in the whole damn world is scared of each other."
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S'pose they was a carnival or a circus come to town, or a ball game, or any damn thing." Old Candy nodded in appreciation of the idea. "We'd just go to her," George said. "We wouldn't ask nobody if we could. Jus' say, 'We'll go to her,' an' we would. Jus' milk the cow and sling some grain to the chickens an' go to her
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I ought to of shot that dog myself, George. I shouldn't ought to of let no stranger shoot my dog.
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I think I knowed from the very first. I think I knowed we'd never do her. He usta like to hear about it so much I got to thinking maybe we would.
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No, Lennie. I ain't mad. I never been mad, an' I ain't now. That's a thing I want ya to know.
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...area near the riverbed of the Salinas River a few miles south of Soledad, California. George Milton and Lennie Small, two men dressed in denim, are walking along a path on... (full context)
...stop. Lennie drinks huge gulps from a pool of standing water next to the river. George warns him not to drink too much or else he'll get sick again. (full context)
When George complains about the bus driver who dropped them off too far from the ranch, Lennie... (full context)
George throws the mouse away, and tells Lennie they're going to a ranch like the one... (full context)
Lennie remembers that they were "run out" of Weed, but George says they ran away before they could be run out. George then says that his... (full context)
George decides they should spend the night where they are. Lennie goes off to find firewood.... (full context)
...men have a dinner of canned beans. When Lennie complains about the lack of ketchup, George again says how much easier his life would be without Lennie. He brings up the... (full context)
Lennie offers to leave George alone and go live in a cave. Lennie imagines that he could keep mice in... (full context)
George says he wants Lennie to stay with him. He comments that ranch workers are always... (full context)
At Lennie's urging, George describes their future. They'll save money until they can buy their own farm. George describes... (full context)
As they go to sleep, George asks Lennie to take a close look at their surroundings. He tells Lennie that if... (full context)
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George and Lennie arrive at the ranch the next morning. At the bunkhouse, an old man... (full context)
The boss enters. George blames the bus driver for their lateness. When the boss asks about their skills, George... (full context)
...boss has never seen a man go out of his way for another man like George does for Lennie, and suspects that George might be taking advantage of Lennie. George lies,... (full context)
After the boss leaves, Lennie asks George if what he said was true. George says they were just lies, and notices that... (full context)
When Candy leaves, George tells Lennie to stay away from Curley. Fighting with Curley, he warns, will get them... (full context)
...that Curley is back at the main house. When she's gone, Lennie calls her "purty." George warns him to stay away from her. Lennie, frightened, begs to leave the ranch. George... (full context)
Slim is a leader and authority among the other ranch hands. After talking to George and Lennie and seeing their friendship, Slim is impressed. He says it's rare to see... (full context)
Carlson, another ranch hand, introduces himself to George and Lennie, then asks Slim about his dog. Slim says she gave birth to nine... (full context)
Curley enters again, looking for his wife. When he leaves, George says he might end up in a fight with Curley himself. The triangle rings, signalling... (full context)
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Slim agrees to give Lennie a puppy. When George thanks him, Slim says Lennie is the best worker he's ever seen even though he's... (full context)
George also tells Slim what happened in Weed. Lennie touched a woman's dress. She objected. He... (full context)
Lennie enters with his puppy under his coat. George orders him to return the puppy to its litter. While Lennie is gone, Candy and... (full context)
...for Slim. Slim leaves with Crooks, and the men discuss Curley's wife. They agree with George that women don't belong on ranches, and that she'll end up causing trouble. Whit invites... (full context)
George and Lennie stay behind, and soon begin talking about their farm. Having overheard George's description... (full context)
As the other men return, George warns Lennie and Candy to keep the farm a secret. Candy whispers back that he... (full context)
Curley wants to fire George and Lennie, but Slim tells him if he does no one on the ranch will... (full context)
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Suddenly angry and bitter, Crooks tells Lennie that George might not return to the ranch. In terrible fear, Lennie nearly attacks Crooks. (full context)
The other men return. When George discovers Lennie was talking about the farm, he gets angry. But Crooks says Curley's wife... (full context)
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Candy enters and finds Curley's wife's body. He runs and gets George, and the two of them realize that Curley will lynch Lennie. Candy then asks if... (full context)
Fearing Curley will think he had something to do with the murder, George tells Candy to pretend George never saw the body. George leaves. Candy curses at Curley's... (full context)
Slim, Whit, Carlson, Curley, Crooks, and George enter the barn. Curley demands that Lennie be killed. Carlson says his gun is missing... (full context)
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...brush by the river, Lennie has a vision of his Aunt Clara, who tells him George would have had a much easier life without him. Lennie then has a hallucination of... (full context)
Lennie then asks George to describe their farm. George does, and tells Lennie to take off his hat and... (full context)
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I'm not a fan of going out on Valentine's Day. Too many people, prices are hiked, and there's SO MUCH PRESSURE – I'd rather make a great meal at home and pull out on of those "special occasion" wines – but not everyone loves the kitchen like I do.
So, another way to celebrate is to do something fun around that day – instead of fighting the insanity.
Pick your favorite restaurant (or one you haven't tried, but heard great things about!) – and make a reservation (or just pop in and grab a table in the bar) Order several appetizers to share between the two of you. There are always special menus being created around this time, so don't be afraid to try something new or unique! Then pick a slightly more expensive bottle of wine than you normally would. You'll come out in the end spending about what you would for dinner, but you've experienced your evening in a tapas and wine fashion. The new experience will light that spark that you can carry into the rest of your evening.
Another way to do something different is to call your favorite restaurant and place an order for carry out. Once you've set the stage for a romantic evening at home, picking up a great bottle and then your favorite foods from the restaurant, all you have left to do is relax and enjoy the company of your favorite person. (and a little clean up later)
There are always things happening around the city that might entice the wine lover in you.
Here are some wine events happening around Cleveland this week and next!
Winestyles in Fairview Park has their Wine and Chocolates Tasting on February 9 and again on February 11. Reservations are recommended. $10 for 6 wines, but its $5 if you spend $10 while you are there on wine/accessories.
Little Italy Wines will be pouring Italian wines from @TuscanyCLE from 5-9pm on Friday, February 10. $5 for 4 wines.
And the newest wine shop in Cleveland, The Wine Spot, will be having their St. Valentine's Day Massacre from 4-7pm. With bubbly, wine, seasonal craft beer and fine chocolates from Mitchell's Fine Chocolates – for $12 per person – and reservations are NOT required there.
If you are up for a bit MORE adventure – take a drive to Lake Erie Wine Country, just north of Erie, PA. From February 17-19, the more than 23 wineries in the area will have their Wine and Chocolate Weekend. Enjoy wine & delicious food samples at each of their 23 wineries for $35 per person. ($20 for DDs) While all wineries will have the chocolates out, many will be serving other savory dishes with their wines. Tickets include a LEWC wineglass, a gift, a recipe booklet and a $5 voucher good toward wine at any winery or food at designated restaurants. Even if you don't hit all 23 in the weekend. Even a few will make it worth the trip. More information: Lake Erie Wine Country.


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Tauheed Epps (born September 12, 1976), better known by his stage name 2 Chainz, formerly known as Tity Boi, is an American rapper from College Park, Georgia. He was first known for being one-half of southern hip hop duo, Playaz Circle. They're recognized for being signed to Ludacris' record label Disturbing tha Peace and their debut single "Duffle Bag Boy".
2 Chainz was born in Dayton , Ohio on September 12, 1976. As a child he was nick-named "Tity Boi", a name given to him by his mother, as Epps was an only child.[1] Epps played basketball his Freshman year at Alabama State University before transferring to Albany State.
Epps formed the hip hop duo Playaz Circle (the word "Playaz" being an acronym for Preparing Legal Assets for Years from A to Z)[2] in College Park, Georgia in 1997 with his high school friend Earl Conyers, who became known under his recording name Dolla Boy, while Epps adopted Tity Boy as his stage name.[3] Following the release of an independent album titled United We Stand, United We Fall (2002),[2] the duo were introduced to fellow Atlanta rapper Ludacris, when he moved into their College Park apartment complex whilst he was acting as a disc jockey.[3] After he took an interest in Playaz Circle, he began to record several songs with the group, playing some of them on his radio station.[2]
However, the duo's career stalled when Dolla Boy was incarcerated.[2] Meanwhile, Ludacris had become one of the highest-selling rappers in the South of the United States.[3] After hearing of their situation, Ludacris requested to Epps that the duo join his newly-formed record label Disturbing tha Peace, a subsidiary of Def Jam Recordings. Epps agreed to sign Titi Boi Russell who lives in South Texas, although Dolla Boy did not officially join the label until his release from prison.[3] Def Jam were not initially keen to promote Playaz Circle's music, so the duo released several mixtapes for self-promotion.[3]
Their debut album Supply & Demand, was released on October 30, 2007. The lead single and their debut single, "Duffle Bag Boy," became an urban hit single. The song features Lil Wayne, and was performed by the duo at the BET Hip Hop Awards. The duo released their second studio album Flight 360: The Takeoff, on September 29, 2009. In January 2010, Playaz Circle filmed a music video for their single "Big Dawg" featuring Lil Wayne and Birdman at Studio Space Atlanta. Shortly afterwards, Epps left Disturbing tha Peace, a move he claimed was taken in order to advance his career. Ludacris was initially reluctant to allow Epps to leave the label as he felt he could still prove financially successful, although he eventually accepted the decision.[4]
Throughout his career, Epps received speculation that the name Tity Boi was meant to be derogatory towards women, although he repeatedly denied the accusations,[1] in early 2011 he decided to change his stage name to 2 Chainz as he perceived it to be more "family friendly".[5] Following his name change, Epps released a mixtape titled T.R.U. REALigon, the mixtape became his first album to appear on a music chart, peaking at number 58 on the US Billboard Top R&B/Hip-Hop Albums chart.[6] He has also made numerous guest appearances on tracks by other recording artists since the name change,[1] including the commercially successful singles "Mercy" by rapper Kanye West and "Beez in the Trap" by female rapper Nicki Minaj.
On March 24, 2012, Epps announced his debut studio album, Based on a T.R.U. Story (originally titled T.R.U. to My REALigion)[4] was set for a August 14, 2012, release date.[7] The album's lead single, "No Lie", features Canadian rapper Drake and was released on May 8, 2012.[8]
On May 11, Epp's was signed to Kanye West's GOOD Music label after West tweeted: "2 Chainz is charging 100k for a verse now cause he's G.O.O.D!!!!!".[9] However Epps later denied those rumors, saying: "He just said I'm good, like I'm ill. But we was talking and I think I was jeopardizing my brand sometimes by doing the homeboy special. So I think he felt like we should just put that out there that we ain't doing no more of that."[10] On May 30, 2012, Ciara revealed 2 Chainz was featured on "Sweat", the first single from her fifth studio album One Woman Army.[11]
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Overheard – Stateful inspection
Profile: Margaret Rouse
|What type of traffic inspection do you need? This is where the buzzwords start to come into play. Every vendor out there has a different trademark for their traffic-inspection technology, but there are essentially three different options: packet-filtering, stateful-inspection and application-proxy firewalls.
Mike Chapple, How to choose a firewall
Today's WhatIs.com Word of the Day is stateful inspection.


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Tuesday 7 August 2018
August 07, 2018
Sea Of Troubles: Azov Emerging As 'Tinderbox' In Russia-Ukraine Conflict
Crimea and a large swath of eastern Ukraine are firmly under Russia's control. Ukrainians and others suggest Moscow has set its sights on the shared Sea of Azov, imposing a "sea blockade" and flaunting its might.
August 06, 2018
What We Know About Iran's Fresh Street Rallies
Sporadic street clashes and other protests have hit major cities in Iran since late July as Iranians express anger over economic woes that include rising prices and a sustained fall in the value of Iran's national currency. Here's what we know about the demonstrations.
August 06, 2018
Ten Years After Seeing Village Burned, Georgian Doctor Still Seeks Healing
One of the tens of thousands of people uprooted by the lightning war a decade ago between Russia and Georgia over two breakaway republics, doctor Nunu Chovelidze still can't get any closer to home than the hospital named after her old village.
August 05, 2018
Not So United: Russia's Ruling Party Rattled By Pension-Reform Crisis
Ninety percent of Russians oppose the Kremlin's plan to raise retirement ages. And now some regional activists of the ruling United Russia party are handing in their party cards and joining the ranks of the protesters.
August 03, 2018
The Week In Russia: Mercenaries, Mining, And More Pension Woes
Three seasoned journalists were shot dead as they were investigating Russian military contractors and mining interests far beyond the country's borders, while pension-reform plans put millions of people back home in a protest mood and exposed rifts in the ruling party.
August 02, 2018
Tajik Police Harassing Reporters Covering Deadly Attack On Cyclists
With Tajiks and the international community eager to learn more about possible motives in the Islamic State-claimed attack that killed four foreigners, officials in Tajikistan appear to be clamping down on… journalists.


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This time I was smart and got paint samples instead of just picking a color and buying a gallon of paint. The light is so different all over this place, and a color that looks good in one area will look completely different in another. This was the problem I had with the blue. The green on the right was my original choice, and while I absolutely LOVE it, it was way too dark in some areas. I painted these swatches in five different places so I could get an idea of how the light would affect them.
I bought the other two samples the next night. After living with them for 24 hours, we've decided to go with the one in the middle. It's called Outback, by Behr. I know it looks tan compared to the other two, but it's actually a very pretty light green with yellow and tan undertones. I also picked out a very pretty, pale, buttery yellow for the kitchen backsplash and one wall called Garbanzo Bean. It also is by Behr. I wasn't ambitious enough to travel farther than the Home Depot a mile from my house for paint. :)
This weekend, we're going back to buy paint and primer so we can kiss those awful poop brown kitchen walls goodbye!!! Hallelujah!
In addition to picking paint, I've also been sewing.
I made three burp cloths for Kelly a few months ago and my friend liked them so much she asked me to make some for her.
Since I had all the stuff out already, I went ahead and finished the ones for Miss Kelly Bean too. I used the same technique that I did with the ones I made for Bubba, only this time I used the prefolds instead of flat diapers so there was a lot less ironing. That's never a bad thing in my book!
I have ten for her now, which I think will be plenty. Some of the fabric I had already (the sushi fabric, the Dia de los Muertos fabric, both of the butterfly fabrics) and some I bought just for these. I also pulled out some fabric I bought ages ago and made covers for my couch pillows. Those cute pillows I made from place mats didn't hold up well. I should have guessed that light fabric would be no match for a toddler.
I worked on one other project too - I'll post about that tomorrow!


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Welcome to another Southern Sunday by Alle Wells – if like me, you are enjoying Alle's stories of Southern Living, why not stop over at new website and say hi – here is her website http://allewells.com/ You can also find Alle on Facebook, Goodreads and Twitter. Follow her everywhere and you're sure to delight in looking at all things Southern through her eyes. Today Alle is drying apples…so read on
SAVORING SUMMER FRUITS by Alle Wells
When I think of apples, I'm transported to simpler times in life that comfort me. A big, red apple reminds me new beginnings like the alphabet chart on the very first day of school. A is for Apple. Apples represent good health. Recent studies have shown that an apple a day may actually contribute to lifelong digestive health. Apples also remind me of the change in seasons and candy apples at the county fair. Sometimes the whiff of cooked apples takes me back home. When my children were small, I cooked according to the seasons and apple treats were a staple in the house this time of year. One year, I baked an apple pie just before a September storm blew in. We didn't have electricity that night so we ate the pie for dinner by candlelight. My daughter remembers that apple pie as the best pie I ever made. Sometimes the simplest times evoke the sweetest memories.
Fried apple pies were an important part of family history in the North Carolina Central Piedmont region where many mill workers' children grew up. Whenever someone mentions the old days, a sweet memory of fried apple pies works its way into the conversation. In my upcoming book, Mill People, young Jesse spends a day with her Mamaw. During their visit, they make fried apple pies. Here is a little preview of Mill People and Jesse's visit with Mamaw:
Mamaw goes out to the pantry and returns with a battered, blue speckled crock. The brown, withered apples inside look like shoe leather, but they remind me of the delicious fried pies to come.
I pull one from the crock and ask, "How do you do this? I mean, make apples look like this."
She shakes the crock and the apple slices fall into her favorite mixing bowl, the one with the chipped edge. "Well, I use the little yellow apples that grow on the tree in the backyard. They come ready around late September."
Mamaw points out the hand-crank apple peeler mounted on the Hoosier cabinet. "I peel them on that handy-dandy peeler and slice them real thin. Then I string them up with a good piece of string, like the kind that comes from the mill, and hang them next to the woodstove. When they feel soft and dry, I put them in this old crock until I'm ready to use them."
That's the way Jesse's grandmother dries apples. I dry them modern way, although I admit that Mamaw's way seems easier and more fun. I chose Gala apples, similar to the little yellow ones that grow in Mamaw's backyard. I peeled mine by hand although it would be easier to use one of those handy-dandy, antique apple peelers. I use a mandolin to slice the apples three-eighths of an inch because I'm too technical to decipher what "real thin" means. The prepared slices float in a bowl of water [with?] a little citric acid so they won't turn brown. Mamaw didn't have to blanch her apples, but my modern recipe recommended blanching before drying. So I did, and then I sprinkled them with cinnamon sugar. Ten hours later, I had four quarts of perfect dried apples ready for a batch of Mamaw's fried apple pies!
Thanks for joining me for another Southern Sunday. Mill People will be released later in the fall.


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Bass issues getting national coverage - and the winner is............
Although presumption is of course the mother of all whatever, I am presuming that any of you here who have at least a smidgen of interest in what is going on in the oceans of the world have at least heard of a writer called Charles Clover and his book "The End of the Line" (see here) - and of course there was a pretty terrifying film made of this book, see the trailer below. In the Comments section of The Sunday Times from 29th Sept there was a fantastic piece by Charles Clover that was all about a certain fish that so many of us love and obsess about.
I don't want to get into trouble here, but I have copied it into this blog post as I really want those of you who don't read The Sunday Times to be able to see it. The simple fact that a cold water fish is getting a bit of national press coverage these last few weeks can only be a good thing, and especially when such a well-respected writer like Charles Clover pens a piece such as the one below. I have taken the liberty of highlighting a few of the major and perhaps most scary points that are raised in his excellent article.
"The sea bass if off today, sir. Those French have wolfed it all" - Charles Clover - "The wild sea bass has a double value compared with other fish caught around the British coast. Its firm, delicious flesh makes it an expensive item on smart restaurant menus, though the plate-sized ones are usually farmed fish from the Mediterranean.
The bass — the "sea" is superfluous as there is no other in our waters — is also prized as our premium saltwater sporting fish, thanks to its fighting ability and willingness to take a lure or a fly as well as bait such as ragworm or peeler crab. So you would think we would take rather more care of bass than we do.
You might even think that, for reasons of simple electoral arithmetic, the opportunity to appeal to a constituency of 2m people in England and Wales who go sea angling — as well as 12,000 commercial fishermen — would mean that scientists, officials and politicians would worry as much about the bass as about the cod, haddock or plaice that we catch in larger quantities. Well, think again. It turns out that the last scientific assessment of bass stocks was in 2009, and when scientists tried to estimate stocks earlier this year, they found they were at their lowest levels for 20 years.
The reason we are so slow on the uptake is that the bass has been one of those stocks managed nationally, which means scientific assessments happened when and if budgets permitted. There are dozens of species "managed" like this in inshore waters, for instance the gurnard — widely recommended by ecologically aware chefs as a substitute for cod. Nobody knows whether the gurnard is being overharvested.
The latest figures show that the bass is a victim of climate change — by which I mean temperatures going down, not up. The bass did well when sea temperatures rose around the British coast over the past four decades. It began to breed in places other than the English Channel and to migrate as far north as Scotland. There was an epic breeding year in 1989, after one of the warmest winters on record. More recently there have been several cold winters, which the climate models of the Met Office's Hadley Centre have struggled to explain. These have drastically reduced the bass's spawning success.
The bass is a slow-growing species that takes four to seven years to reach breeding age. This means there is now a gap in the population. It is already too late for there to be healthy numbers of bass for anglers or commercial fishermen come 2018, whatever we do, and there is a real danger of wiping out the breeding stock. The question now is, do we have the means to stop fishermen catching too many older ones, now we know that there are so few young ones coming through?
What Britain did in the past — create bass nursery areas in selected estuaries and set minimum landing sizes — worked in the 1980s. Then fishing patterns changed. Fishermen, mainly French but also British, discovered where in the Channel the bass breed (their fry then drift back into estuaries along the south coast for the next stages of their life cycle) and began to hammer them with nets towed fast by two trawlers.
The French suspected, rightly, that the EU would eventually have to impose quotas for bass, so while stocks went on rising they fished cynically for "track record" — that is, for a larger slice of the EU's fish pie. By contrast, the British went on imposing restrictions on fishing in estuaries and on "pair-trawling" within 12 miles of the shore because they thought it was killing dolphins. While there remains doubt over how much smaller boats catch and sell and how much is caught by anglers, nobody disputes that the industrial boats are catching most of the fish.
The EU has now taken on the problem. France wants the EU to declare a total allowable catch — which would mean sharing out quotas, the lion's share of which would go to France, naturellement.
Britain and Ireland say it is perverse to penalise countries that have been practising some form of conservation while others have been depleting the stock. They say that once you set the rules by track record — the only established way of sharing out a common resource under EU law — you create a huge incentive against conservation. Britain, instead, wants a ban on trawlers fishing the Channel during the spring spawning season and limits on the amount of fish a vessel may catch.
With this crisis comes a reminder that important questions were asked and fluffed by the Blair government 10 years ago. Would it not be of greater benefit to the UK economy to designate the bass as a species for recreational angling alone, as the Irish have done? (Almost certainly, yes.) If that is too difficult, why not expand the size of mesh fishermen can use, resulting in bigger bass for all? This would be tough on the UK inshore fleet, but save recreational fishing.
The big question is whether EU ministers have the political will to save the bass, because the choices are so hard. The smart money fears that the measures agreed will be too little to fend off a stock collapse and that sensible management will come only when there is a moratorium on bass fishing like the one America declared when stocks of the striped bass, a close relative, collapsed in the 1980s, setting the foundation for an astonishing recovery. The alternative — for which Europe may lack the nerve — is to take industrial fishing out of the equation altogether and for good." - Charles Clover, The Sunday Times, 29th September 2013.
And the winner of that Major Craft Turel lure rod competition is (drum roll please)................ Steve Mitchell from Cornwall. Thanks so much to you all for all your entries. There was some great stuff there, but Steve's simple, to the point and "unexpectedly emotional" words struck a chord with me straight away. Steve's entry : "Catching a 9lb Bass was so unexpectedly emotional that it changed my attitude, I now practice catch and release." Well done Steve, and the rod will be coming to you in due course. Enjoy it and well done. Thanks again and I will see what I can do in the future about running a few more of these competitions.


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Biker B&B and Trail Riding Centre in France. Motorcycle tours on road or trail.
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- Biker B&B in the Limousin, France
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Experience possibly the best Biker B&B and Trail Riding Centre ever!
Groups and clubs are welcome. In 2019 the B&B can accommodate up to 14 guests, in 4 en-suite twin rooms and a 6 bed bunk room. We also have plenty of space for camping.
Please note: we have no association with 3Bs Rally Club, based in Hampshire, UK