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The RELAXBACK UK show this week talks with Darren Phillips, the 'St Albans Fish Man,' who has a very popular stall at the Saturday Market and also Barbara McLullich about the treatment she gets for chronic back pain and how recently it has been cut.
Darren Phillips has been selling fish at St Albans market for over 25 years. He gets up before a lot of us have even gone to bed and lugs nearly a tonne of fish and another tonne of ice before the market even starts. He has learnt how to do this without doing himself any damage so listen here for his secrets!
Not only does Darren and his staff provide fish but they also provide entertainment. Shopping at his stall is always fun with plenty of banter and the fish is always top quality – I recommend it!
Barabara McLullich (also known as Blogger Bar) has suffered chronic back pain for years. The latest treatment she has been having which has stabilised her situation is a facet joint injection every few months. This has helped her a lot but at the start of the year this course of treatment was axed due to NHS cutbacks. This is very serious for her. However she is engaging with her consultant to find another course of treatment that works for her.
This is not a 'bash the NHS' story but one of how an upbeat and postive attitude can go a long way to helping in all walks of life. Listen here to be inspired by Blogger Bar.
Barbara is a frequent blogger and uses it to share all kinds of information abut back pain. Her blog is a must for anyone who suffers from back pain of knows someone who does – see it here.
Thank you for reading and if you have any comments or questions please do make or ask them below. Also please do listen to the RELAXBACK UK show and if you would like to be a guest on it or want a particular topic covered please do ask, either here or email me at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Economics Forum
Partner type: Maintained School
We held an Economics Forum for 200 students with invited speakers from the Instuture of Economic Affairs. Schools from the state and independent sector attended and the lectures were on a series of current economic topics.
Aims of the project
To develop understanding of economics amongst local state schools and independent schools
Background and goals
We invited the IEA to prersent a series of lectures to our students and wanted to invute state schools too.
We used the Chapel, and gave everyone a packed lunch and a goody bacg including a book from one of the lecturers.
Great feedback from those who attended
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Gianfranco A. Pietrafesa, a Partner in Archer's Hackensack office and a member of its Business Counseling Group, has written an article on the consequences to an equity interest in a New Jersey LLC when the owner of the interest dies. The article was published in the Business Law Section Newsletter of the New Jersey State Bar Association. Mr. Pietrafesa is a director and past chairman on the Business Law Section, a member of the select committee that drafted New Jersey LLC law, and a prolific author and frequent speaker on LLC issues.
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The kitchen area is among the most important zones in each home and should be well-cared of. However, it often happens that the kitchen area is too small for our taste and we have to squeeze in many devices and electric appliances and still find it easy to operate there and cook. There are a few tricks and tips that a home-owner can do in order to make the most of a small kitchen.
# 1 Find a good interior designer – this person will have a vision on the entire place and will give you good ideas about the small premise. Ask the designer to keep your lifestyle. In case this is beyond your budget, sit down and draw a plan of the kitchen and how you see it. Remember the rule – sink – plot where you cut the ingredients – oven/hobs and try to follow this order.
# 2 Rearrange the area – do not be shy and do as many changes as needed, until you get a comfortable kitchen. If you can remove a partition wall, or something that you do not need – be bold. If there is a room for a kitchen island – plan one. It could be on wheels, so you can move it where you need it.
# 3 Built smart storage cabinets – you will need plenty of storage cabinets in your kitchen to store all the things – the cups, the plates, the ingredients, the wine, etc. Try to buy ready-made cabinets, but if the market does not offer cabinets that will fit, ask a carpenter to do them for you.
# 4 Get small appliances – now the stores offer high-quality small appliances that you can invest into. Try to get electric appliances that could be combined. Pay attention to the sink as well – the modern ones come with covers where you can cut the various vegetables for your meal. Be careful when choosing a refrigerator – you need that bigger, but you can get it without a freezer. The freezer however – could be placed in another premise – for example, in the laundry room or in the storage room.
# 5 Always keep the kitchen clean – your kitchen should always be spotless. If you have an open-plan kitchenette that is accessed from the living room and the dining area, you should never have dishes from last night waiting for you in the sink. The small kitchens might not be that easy to cook at, but they are easy to be cleaned, so do it regularly and you will have a pleasant home.


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The office fitout project delivery process involves:
These components fit into an overall framework of:
There may be opportunities for other innovative project delivery options depending on individual circumstances. The generic fitout model is shown below.
View a larger version of the above generic framework for fitout (PDF, 104KB).
The fitout project brief is a description of the client's workplace requirements in functional terms and defines the project's purpose, objectives and scope. It is also the benchmark against which the success of the project is measured. Consideration should be given to the inclusion of 'green' initiatives in accordance with Sustainable Office Policy (refer Guideline 4: Occupancy). The budget is an indicative cost based on the estimated scope of works and approved fitout benchmarks per square metre.
The project program allocates a time period for undertaking each stage of a fitout project in sequential order. Each stage is given a start and finish date depending on its scope and complexity according to the project definition and the project brief. The project program includes milestone dates, including a 'design freeze' date, and a continuous timeline for all project activities.
Timeframes are generally linked to:
The design and documentation process includes:
It is the responsibility of the client agency to arrange for timely reviews, sign-offs and approvals at all stages of the design and documentation process in order to adhere to the project program.
It is the responsibility of the designer to ensure that the design and documentation is legislatively compliant and follows best practice. It is the joint responsibility of the designer and client agencies to ensure that the design is consistent with Cabinet-endorsed government policy and satisfies applicable guidelines and benchmarks. Design proposals that exceed guidelines and benchmarks must be formally endorsed by the client agency's Director-General or CEO. Building owner approval must also be obtained for the proposed project work.
When accommodation projects are wholly or partly funded through the Office Accommodation Program, the Department of Housing and Public Works (HPW) requires that the project's design and documentation be carried out by Project Services, HPW.
Fitout projects can be undertaken using traditional or non-traditional project delivery methods. Traditional methods use separate stages of design, documentation followed by tendering and construction, whereas non-traditional methods can incorporate a range of combinations, up to and including, design-and-construct from the project brief. Expert advice is necessary if a nontraditional fitout project delivery method is proposed or under consideration.
Fitout projects in government-owned office buildings are generally carried out by traditional delivery using HPW's construction services and a negotiated fixed price. Fitout projects in space leased from the private sector may also be carried out by HPW but might also be carried out by an agency's contractor or by the building's owner.
Fitout in buildings in which space has been leased under a pre-commitment arrangement is sometimes delivered wholly or partly as a design-and-construct component of the building's construction, based on the tenant-agency's brief.
In the case of new office buildings, it is desirable that fitout projects are integrated into the building's design and construction program in order to save time and cost, maximise environmental performance and to minimise risks.
Time and cost can be saved by installing building elements and services once only in the final positions required for the fitout design instead of installing them 'generically' and later relocating them to meet the requirements of the fitout design. Benefits are also gained through integration to minimised resources required for construction and associated environmental considerations.
Risk can be minimised by having the building head contractor and subcontractors carry out the fitout work to avoid the potential problems of voiding warranties or disputes between subcontractors. Formal building owner approval needs to be integrated into this process.
Fitout projects that are carried out after a building's completion are also required to meet the requirements of the building's owner. The building's owner can require that the building's original consultants be used to either design the fitout or to check and approve the design. In some cases, the original building-services subcontractors must be used for building work.
When fitout projects are funded wholly or partly through the Office Accommodation Program, HPW requires that the construction be managed by QBuild.
When fitout projects are funded wholly or partly through the Office Accommodation Program, it is preferred that the construction is delivered using HPW's construction services.
Office fitout projects involve approvals as follows:
Three levels of compliance are applicable to office fitout projects as follows:
The objectives of the State Purchasing Policy are applicable to all office fitout projects. These objectives are to:
In all dealings with external consultants, contractors, landlords and agents, probity and accountability are key considerations. Fairness, transparency and equal competitive opportunity must be applied to all such dealings related to the office fitout process.
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Shinola's hotel project is breaking ground this week. The 130+ room boutique hotel on Woodward Avenue is sure to dazzle and bring another awesome anchor property to the world's very first paved road (yup, that would be Woodward). All eyes will be on this block as they turn the plans into reality. Tick Tock Shinola, we're waiting for the big reveal!
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Palette Collective is more than a space in a salon studio. It is a community of thriving professionals that are proud of their craft and utilize our studios as their retail spaces.
Our innovative salon studios model enables stylists and other like minded entrepreneurs to grow their business while controlling their costs. We provide ahigh-end setting that delivers a best-in-class experience. Our tenants enjoy a collaborative space to meet other professionals, independently control the design of their space and still network with other ambitious business owners.
The salon business has a track record of strong returns and is recession resistant, thereby reducing the risk. We implement salon specific technology apps to add value and assist our stylists in becoming more profitable.
Our Salon Studio construction is industry leading and delivers a superior tenant and customer experience. We introduced the industry to a modern coffee bar concept as well as beer and wine sales at some locations, giving usa competitive advantage, driving tenants and customers to our locations.
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I used to wonder what The Charlatans' legacy would be. Of all the baggys, and despite their crossover success, I was concerned most of all for them. The Monday's had the Factory connection and a film made about their eccentricities. The Stone Roses transcended the whole damn thing by sheer force of will. Who would look to Burgess and Co for inspiration - would they disappear into the appendices of online rock almanacs in the Dark Web?
Funnily, I think Tim Burgess has - as much as any of his contemporaries - instructed the current generation of male indie songwriters. He has continued to work, and to influence. While Squire and Ryder have quietly faded into Rock Family Trees and celebrity TV, bands like Jaws have paid the lusciously-lipped frontman a special debt, in this case lyrically, tonally, and spiritually.
From 'Cameron' onwards, Be Slowly takes a very, very commercial interpretation of the lad-about-town baggy aesthetic (albeit with the more dance-y edges sliced off) and comes out as an industry friendly mock-up of past greats. The scent of Reebok Classics is overwhelming. At first glance, it's not a million miles distant to the most horrific moments of Hard Fi. That's unfair. No one can ever be that annoying again.
Single 'Swim' is a glossy Panini sticker album of a pop song, not entirely lacking in charm but far too neat for its own good. 'Home' is more hard edged, but with the same sleepy eyed vocals as everything else on the album. Occasionally a keyboard intro ('Surround You') points towards something approaching originality, but the sense that this is songwriting by committee is overwhelming. I don't like to pick on individual instruments, but the colossally simplistic Editors-esque guitar riffs, coated in lashings of cymbals, do no one any good.
Sad to say, Jaws have the sense of a gang of session musicians collected to back up a songwriting talent. The performances are all too scripted, the handclaps and tambourine and Cure-lite guitar riffing giving the sense that you're sitting through an approximation of a band, rather than a gang of mates with a common heritage and message. This could be hugely unfair - after all, there's nothing wrong with sounding professional. Problem is, this sounds at times like a band who want to be professional more than they want to be original.
The songwriting itself jumps between a few genre touchstones, hitting indie-dance on 'Think Too Much', poppy-indie-rock on 'Time' and just indie-indie-rock on the inconsequential 'Filth'. 'Be Slowly' pays so much respect to its forbears that it ends up sounding like a covers band estimating their way through a concept album called 'the sounds of indie 1991-95'. Nothing much sticks out, other than a campy nostalgia for an age when indie pop was still novel and there was a thick dividing line between this kind of guitar rock and the mainstream. These days, every man and his dog is knocking it out. Tim deserves more than this.
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Congratulations to Riley on his recent success in level 5 state gymnastics competitions in Footscray and BTYC. Riley placed first and second on pommel; third on horizontal bar; 2 fifths on parallel bars; seventh on floor; fifth on rings and was unplaced on vault. Riley trains once a week at his club, the YMCA in North Geelong and obviously all his hard word has paid off. Well done Riley.
Congratulations to Will on placing third in Kumite at the state titles which were held in Melbourne on Saturday. Will competes at the third kyu and above level with the GKR karate team. Just out of interest, Will's 2 sisters also competed in this competition with Ali (past pupil) winning a gold and silver medal for her efforts and Bella (year 2) winning a silver medal at her level. This is not a family to be messed with! Congratulations to all the Marshall children.


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NEW YORK (CBS.MW) -- Chip and hardware stocks ended mostly higher Wednesday, mirroring the action in the broader market.
Trading this morning was choppy and stocks were mixed during early afternoon trading. By the closing bell, though, investors had pushed most stocks higher with light buying.
Economic data showed the nonfactory segment of the economy grew at a slower pace in February, but at a slightly better-than-expected rate, and Treasury Secretary John Snow said he wasn't concerned by the recent drop in value of the dollar.
The Philadelphia Semiconductor Index SOX, -0.03% added 1.6 percent while the Goldman Sachs Hardware Index $GHA advanced 0.7 percent.
Maxim Integrated Products MXIM, -0.60% posted the strongest gains among semiconductor stocks. Shares added 5.9 percent to $34.34.
Micron MU, +1.38% and Linear Tech LLTC also moved up notably with gains of 5.3 percent and 2.9 percent, respectively.
Rambus RMBS, -1.46% dropped 11 percent to $13.81 after the Federal Trade Commission issued another ruling in a long patent litigation battle. See full story.
Intel INTC, -0.78% advanced 2.2 percent to $16.98. The world's largest chipmaker will host a midquarter update after Thursday's closing bell. See full story.
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CCIM CI-104 Class – February 26 through March 1
CCIM CI-104 Class – February 26 through March 1
CCIM CI-104 Class – Investment Analysis for Commercial Investment Real Estate was held February 26 through March 1 at the St. Louis REALTORS® Training Center.
Fifteen students from the St. Louis metro area; Kansas City, Missouri and Lexington, Kentucky attended the four day class. The class was instructed by Carl Russell, CCIM. Carl is a Senior Commercial Broker at Pearce/George J. Smith in Milford, Conn. He has over 42 years of commercial real estate experience and has been a CCIM Institute instructor since 1980.
The students had a great learning experience participating in class discussion and group sessions throughout the week. Good luck to all of the candidates in earning their CCIM designations!


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Dear Daughter,
When I was first starting school, I attended a Kokomo Christian School four doors down from our house. I wore brown leather tied-on shoes and skirts with matching sweaters and short brown hair with a metal Goodie barrette holding back one side.
In preschool, we played a lot. I liked the cardboard blocks that looked like bricks. They were roughly the size of shoe boxes, and we could stack them to actually build a house. I was so frustrated we could not put a roof on the house; the bricks fell down around my head. How unrealistic could a cardboard brick home get. But my friends would sit inside the three walls we made (because we ran out of bricks before the house was finished) and be the mom and the daughter and have nap time. Until the boys pushed over our walls, inducing us to chase them around the room until the patient Mrs. Brubaker told us to stop running and play quietly.
Mrs. Brubaker taught us to play the Farmer in the Dell. No one ever picked me to be The Wife, the most coveted position of Farmer in the Dell. I was usually The Cat or The Dog. One humiliating day, I was The Cheese Stands Alone. You cannot imagine the depth of my shame. That simple song held to power to cut through the complex social strata of the preschool and reveal the inner-most hopes, dreams, and temper tantrums of four-year-olds.
It was the power of song that bonded me and my friends Scott and Sharla together. It started with holding hands during song time, then humming over our lunches in the cafeteria, and ultimately holding our exclusive Music Club during recess. Scott played the violin, the lucky guy, and he was a boy, so he was obviously the leader. Sharla sang well and had naturally curly hair, so I was more than a little bit jealous of her. We sang and sang, then ran around the gymnasium, then sang some more. Usually we sang in rounds, because we were such talented singers we could do that. Sometimes one of us would present a brand-new song while the other two would listen in respectful awe. I was the best at making up songs. Even when I was at home and on weekends and holidays I would create new songs and practice them (it is so hard to remember the words to the song you make up yourself) so I could amaze and astound my friends in Music Club.
In the middle of my second grade year, my family moved from Indiana to Michigan, uprooting me from Music Club forever. I still remember the last meeting of the Music Club. We didn't sing. We didn't run. We just sat, cross-legged, and looked at one another and sighed. When recess was over, we hugged one last time. I cried on Scott's shoulder and then on Sharla's, and we each solemnly swore to never forget Music Club.
I never wrote a song I liked again.
So we moved to Michigan, and I started a new school. There was no boy named Scott and no girl named Sharla in my class. I learned what it meant to be an outsider, to feel as though one were observing the relationships and jokes and fun of others as it were through a window, taking little part in them yourself. But every afternoon, when I came home from school, I ran upstairs to my room and shut my door and opened my closet and said, "Hi, Scott! Hi, Sharla! How are you today?" And they would answer happy words while I sat just outside the opened closet door, chatting to them about school and Ramona books and my record player. They couldn't sing for me any more, so I talked to them about the intellectual side of music. The names of songs I had heard, the words of a hymn I memorized, the reason the song on the Cabbage Patch Kids tape made my baby sister cry. Music became cerebral in the absence of the love and friendship it once offered.
I still loved music. Fiercely. The door shut tightly against the pain and loneliness and criticism and beatings, my room became a musical haven. Every single day, I ran to my room, shut the door, and turned on my record player or tape player or CD player. Immediately. The thrilling ring of a soprano, the lush, full orchestra, or the bright tones of the piano captured my mind and emotions, lifting me out of my own life to a higher, safer, happier existence. So with the music playing loudly, I would stroke my doll or read a novel or just stare out the window. It was Music Club for one.
When I was a teen, my father traveled a lot with his work. Since we were homeschooled, we could go with him a couple times a year. We traveled all over the country — New Jersey, Boston, Nashville, Atlanta, Orlando, Phoenix — and usually drove, the minivan playing tapes of Rachmaninoff's piano concertos or Patch the Pirate. What a repertoire.
We had to practice, even during vacation. We took our violins and music stands with us, but we couldn't pack up the grand piano. So we begged the hotel to let us play the ballroom grand or we walked to music schools to use the practice studios. I have always been a shy practicer, so these times felt excruciating, like being publicly undressed. Music always felt private to me post-Music-Club, a diary of innermost thoughts or an intimate message between friends. I hated airing my work before strangers unprepared.
But I really enjoyed visiting churches and observing their worship music. Much of the time, we participated, playing piano and violin specials and my mother singing. Sometimes, if the church didn't have a pianist, I would play from the hymnal while they sang. I knew that by the standards of my own regular church my hymnplaying ability was quite poor; I couldn't play by ear or embellish freely in the style popular at the time.
But here in small, inner-city churches, it really was the spirit that counted. They just wanted help and were so excited to have music. They were excited just to hear music in church at all. I felt like we were giving a gift of value to God and to our fellow believers with simple hymns of praise. With nearly the intimacy and all the joy of Music Club, we opened our hearts together with strangers through song.
I found it quite moving, dear, that so many ministries didn't have what we take for granted — a piano and a few who can play it, several members who enjoy singing, a few instrumentalists, hymnals for all. These are riches, though, blessings that not every church or every family feasts on as freely as you and I.
So if I seem over-eager to drag you out to a community concert or sign you up for a music ministry or thrust a piece of music into your hands, indulge me. And look around you at your eagerly awaiting friends. Music Club is alive and well in churches, in choirs, in orchestras, and in homes up and down our street. The melodies bind us to one another and to the life God has created us to live.


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Dromore U15s 1
Dromore U15s will be disappointed to find themselves out of their League Cup after Saturday's first round.
On a wet and cold morning at Mallusk the U15s started off like a premier league team.
The possession and composure to retain the ball in the opening exchanges saw Antrim Rovers struggle to get any influence in the game early on.
Sam Stewart, Dylan Hickey, Rowan Taylor and Alan Shelsher were interlinking well with both forwards Matty Brush and Michael McCavitt and the backline of Ben Scott, James Howard, Jamie Gregg and Isaac Black were getting involved in many of the moves.
It looked like the U15s were going to open the scoring first but 10 minutes before halftime disaster struck when Antrim scored the opener.
Things got worse when a Dromore defender kept the Antrim attackers onside and they duly obliged to make the score 2-0.
The U15s dug deep and were still creating plenty of chances to get back into the game only for the final efforts not finding the back of the net.
The U15s got a lifeline when Matty Brush was fouled in the box and Michael McCavitt scored from the resulting penalty.
As much as they tried for the equaliser time ran out on the U15s.
A special mention to Jack Moore who stepped into nets in the absence of the teams normal keeper and he acquitted himself well throughout the game.
A disappointing outcome to lose but again the U15s can take heart from the fact that some of the football on show was impressive and hopefully they build on this when they play Bangor in a league match at Hydebank at11am.


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First, congrats on the new addition! I'm currently expecting my second baby and had a rough start to nursing my first. I'm just wondering if this time around there was any discomfort/pain in the first days of nursing your little one?Replies
Aloha! Thank you so much for your patience. I have really slacked on checking my blog this past week with family in town. I will tell you that is is easier to get back in the hang of things the second time around. However, I did get two tiny blisters on my nipples while in the hospital, because I was getting used to the latching feeling again. I had to take him off the breast and have him latch back on a few times. I have been really fortunate to have babies that latch on really well and a high supply of milk, so I never experienced the struggles that a lot of moms have with the latching discomfort. I definitely think it will be much easier for you this time around because you know what to expect. I feel like the saying "trust your body" is useful for the second baby, but not for the first. I needed some experience to even know how to trust my body and now I feel like I can with my second baby. I hope this helps! If you have any further questions, I'm here!Delete


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The Universe Conspires for Me...
"We mistake the openness of our being--inherent wonder and surprise of each moment---for solid, irrefutable self. Because of this misunderstanding, we suffer." ~Pema Chodrin, "The Places That Scare You."
On New Year's Day, 2014, I awoke early with a clear sense of resolution and logged onto my computer with get-to-it-ness. I would work on my website. I had a determined deadline in mind to launch it by February. It was about time. I had only been working on it for months. Well, to my horror, I found that messy incoherent draft that I had been laboring over had been published online for weeks without my knowing. I checked the analytics and saw that I had page views. I was mortified. Who were those people who saw my rambling mess and hodge lodge of photos? After all, I still had template skateboards for sale on my shop page. I was embarrassed. I felt exposed. I felt vulnerable. I found myself cringe laughing as I read the unedited essay on my About page.
I needed to breathe. I logged off and made my way down to the kitchen to make myself a calming cup of green tea. In that moment, I wanted to call, Donna. She and I have been dear friends since we first met as college freshman in 1982. Donna is a savvy tech guru. She and her husband Joseph have built a business that is all about web identity and multiple platforms. The three of us have had many intense discussions regarding the inescapable nature of web identity. While I maintained how I cherished my privacy; Donna and Joseph prodded me with exasperation about putting 'it all out there.' "What privacy?" Joseph would say. "That's an illusion."
I wanted to call, Donna. I wanted to hear her pithy response when I told her how my messy website went live. I wanted to hear her full throated laugh, as she welcomed me to the 21st century. She jokingly called me a, "rock banger" when I railed on about not wanting to sync my entire world with my phone. (Of course, that was before I got the iPhone 5.) I wanted Donna to talk me off the ledge of cyber mortification. After all, she and Joseph have been living their lives openly on the internet for years. And when Donna was diagnosed with cancer a year and a half ago, that didn't change a thing. Donna and Joseph continue to live out every aspect of her T-Cell Lymphoma triumphs, hopes, disappointments and fears openly on Facebook, as well as Donna's blog Chemomakesmestrongher.com. At first, I was appalled by her posts to Facebook about her doctor's appointments and diagnosis. I couldn't relate to that kind of openness to strangers. Not that I thought she should hide, in that old school way of not talking about the big C. Conversely, I found it completely outside my comfort zone to present myself to all those peering eyes. This is a seemingly strange admission coming from me because I spent almost 20 years on stage. Nonetheless, performers get the difference.
I sat down to the kitchen table with my cup of tea. I felt Zeus's tail brush against my legs as he circled my chair. I had an imaginary conversation with Donna, instead. I searched for meaning inside my clumsy internet exposure. Donna was in the midst of her fifth cycle of chemotherapy called Methotrexate and Vincristine. It would be very intense. Via text from her hospital room on New Year's Eve, Joseph described the contents of the chemo bag as a very fine scotch. I called Donna later that morning on New Year's Day. I told her to stay strong and to keep working hard on getting better. I asked her what she was watching on TV; after a pause, she said SVU. I told her that I loved her. She said she loved me too. That was enough. Our call ended.
So, now that this website and blog is up, I will go about fixing it on the fly. Don't know exactly what this blog will be about yet. I make art, yes. My husband, Richard sculpts salvaged steel. Still, I recognize already how this open practice of writing daily is about far more than what we make and what we sell. It's the mindful sharing of who we are.
In this moment, I understand this lesson as one that corresponds with the Buddhist practice of "equanimity."
Pema Chodrin describes, training in equanimity as, "learning to open the door to all, welcoming all beings, inviting life to come visit. of course, as certain guests arrive, we'll feel fear and aversion. We allow ourselves to open the door just a crack if that's all we can presently do, and we allow ourselves to shut the door when necessary. Cultivating equanimity is a work in progress. We aspire to spend our lives training in the loving-kindness, health, poverty, wealth, sorrow, and joy. We welcome and get to know them all" (p. 70, 2002).


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When it comes to new and upcoming games on display, PAX East isn't always necessarily the "big show" of the Penny Arcade Expo family of conventions. Typically playing out at the tail end of Winter, located on the opposite coast from the webcomic itself's home base and lacking even PAX Australia's relative geographic proximity to gaming-saturated Japan; it's not traditionally the show where major upcoming titles make their debut or make a featured showcase unless by coincidence (as was the case with the surprise announcement of Capcom's Ducktales: Remastered a few years back, or Duncan Jones making a sweep through town last year to promote the Warcraft movie).
On the other hand, though, the ever-present indie and smaller dev offerings are as… well, present as ever. And with the Expo Floor not necessarily over-clogged with This Month's Big New Thing, PAX East can be a fine place to catch up with some of the biggest mid-tier titles still in development in a hands-on setting. Which this can often give a better feel for what it's actually like to pick up and play a new title than a downloaded demo or Kickstarter trailer. For example, these two titles both set for release by up and coming publisher The Arcade Crew.
"What if Dark Souls was a 32-bit 2D side-scroller from the late-1990s?" Well, it probably wouldn't have even attempted to balance the number of different moves, options, strategies, attacks, stats and details Dark Souls does and thus wouldn't really be a 2D Dark Souls; for starters. But once you reconcile that "retro" and "Dark Souls" aren't really ideas that are meant to fit together in the first place and that what remains is more like a Diablo-inspired roguelike with Dark Souls trappings it gets easier to groove on Dark Devotion's wavelength. And either way, a general familiarity with the mechanics of the Souls games and their progeny (particularly managing stamina bars) will help you out a lot.
What's less clear, at least at the demo stage, is whether or not you'll want to stick with it for long enough that the help will yield much. Dark Souls was already action gaming's ultimate acquired taste, but at least some who weren't pre-sold on the old-time gaming ideal of die-until-you-memorize-how-not-to-die difficulty curves were drawn in by the atmosphere, aesthetic and the opportunity for exploration. A more straightforward "Metroidvania" experience, cast in attractively-simple but none the less low-detail pixel art, doesn't exactly offer the same wide net. And in practical terms it doesn't seem like the mix is destined to work – roll-dodging zombies and waiting for your weapon to be ready isn't quite as thrilling in two dimensions.
That said, there's a lot to recommend yet. France-based indie developer Hibernian Workshop has clearly put a lot of love into the look and feel of the game, and there's an attention to detail one expects from the obvious (pardon the pun) devotion to the Dark Souls aesthetic. The controls, if perhaps a little too elaborate for a side-scroller (memo to all devs. You don't have to use every button just because they're all technically there) are responsive and as intuitive as one can hope for within the genre. Fans pre-attuned to the roguelike scene may find it easier to pick up and play than others. The Arcade Crew expects to have the game out in the U.S. shortly.
As noted above, indie gaming loves its retro-inspired mash-ups. Indeed, one could likely craft a not-unsuccessful run of potential Kickstarter moneymakers by putting the names of between five and ten uniformly well-remembered 1990s console classics and the words "roguelike," "Metroidvania," "puzzle-platformer" and "procedurally generated" into two different hats and making blindfolded matches at random. And bonus points if you can affect the neon-sweatband absurdity of Reagan-era machismo that dominated the era's popular culture for ironic humor.
A much more difficult task is recreating the experience with authenticity without also dredging up the parts we'd prefer to leave behind – to recreate not simply the games one is nostalgic for but the ephemeral sense of nostalgia itself without ironic detachment or cheap commentary. That's what Blazing Chrome, a labor of love from Brazilian indie wunderkinds JoyMasher (Danilo Dias and Thais Weiller) is aiming to accomplish: A Super Famicom-faithful cousin to Contra III: The Alien Wars that feels like the best co-op shooter 1993 never got around to releasing. And if you like that sort of thing… well, you're probably going to like this.
Let it not be said that JoyMasher doesn't know their stuff: Apart from the HD-scaled field of play and the ability to handle a greater variety of moving sprites at a time than even the most dust-free SNES could hope to achieve. Blazing Chrome is as committed to straight-faced 90s 16-bit recreation as the team's prior offerings (Oniken and Odallus) were to their similar specific reference points (the NES versions of Strider and Astyanax, respectively.) If you remember the basics of Contra and other co-op 2D shooters, it's like putting on an old shoe – and if you don't have any memories of that era, it's not as though "move, jump, shoot, everything that's not you is bad and will kill you" isn't exactly a lengthy tutorial.
The PAX East 2018 demo included the two main playable characters and enough ready levels to show off an impressively-scaled boss fight. Obviously, the target audience are retro fans; but there's a level of polish here that shows a real skill at keeping the "feel" of a retro game but knowing where to make subtle improvements in smoothness of controls and a more graceful difficulty curve one would expect in the genuine article. That, plus the general upswing in popularity for such titles, could well win Blazing Chrome fans too young or otherwise-occupied to have sense-memories of classic Contra.
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With just 13 days to go, there is a lot going on.
Tomorrow at the Lewiston High School there will be an amazing Ballet/theater performance. You should take the kids, it has great music and some talented local kids. Have you been to Peter Pan? I have heard that its a wonderful show.. you should check it out.
I am trying to get back to basics this week and be thankful. There is so much good admist the craziness going on around me...
13) Savannah is finished with her college class
12) I have an amazing secret sister at work
11) I am loving my diet coke and chocolate Tami gave me last week
10) My mom has her tree up and its so pretty to see
9) I'm having a huge party tonight at the store
8) I have friends that randomly call and check on me
7) My kids are both doing really well in school
6) our dogs are cuddily and make me laugh
5) we have a busy kids club planned for Sunday
4) I have amazing parents who love and support me
3) I have a great job with good insurance
2) I have this fun store to hang out with and GREAT customers
1) Jesus, He is the reason for the Season
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Flat Bread French ToastPosted: April 17, 2011 Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: Breakfast, French Toast, Happy Camel 2 Comments
I love to cook breakfast for anyone to stays over at our Garneau home. It gives me another chance to use my cooking skills, and I also just love to feed people!
One morning, mylexandra woke up on my couch, and I wanted to make her a delicious breakfast, so I began to prepare some french toast. It was a good thought until I realized we had no bread, at all. Luckily, we had a Happy Camel pig-out the day before, while watching Star Wars, and had a few pieces of stray Seamae Za'atar flat bread left over. Perfect ingredients for an impromptu awesome breakfast!
I always put way too much cinnamon in my French Toast. It's amazing!
This is Happy Camel's Sesame Za'atar flat bread. It's spongy and pillow-y and made with a multigrain base. The flat bread is also covered with a mix of mediteranian spices called Za'atar, which added a great dimension to the French Toast. Alexandra said it reminder her of bacon and maple syrup from her youth. It made for some seriously awesome French Toast.
I had to chop it in half to get it soaked enough in the bowl. Can you see the cinnamon bits? Yum!
Tada! Crispy, golden mediteranian inprised French Toast! yum!
Jacquie's Sesame Za'atar Flat Bread French Toast
For the base:
3 eggs
1 cup of milk
1 tablespoon of vanilla extract
1 tablespoon of cinnamon
3 pieces of Sesame Za'atar Flatbread from Happy Camel
In a large bowl, beat together eggs, milk, vanilla and cinnamon. Rip Za'atar in half so that it fits in the bowl, and let soak for 1-2 minutes. Transfer pieces to non-stick skillet and cook evenly on both sides. Enjoy smothered in maple syrup.
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This sounds soooooooooooooo interesting, I must try it!!! Thank you!


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Zurich/Switzerland — As a result of participating in the New7Wonders of Nature, the Puerto Princesa Underground River is expected to increase visitor numbers by over 50 percent this year compared to 2008. And thanks to a new, forward-looking Enhanced Integrated Tourism Program, this increase will be carefully managed by the city of Puerto Princesa to benefit the environment, as well as visitors and locals.
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It is known that it is possible to get not only incredibly prestigious gold bracelet, but also rather good monetary prize within tournaments of World poker series. The prize pool that is presented to a winner in the end of a tournament in every season of World poker series is formed according to the chosen system of payments, the amount of participants, the sum of bets and other important factors.
In 2006 during the World Cup of Poker which was held in Las Vegas, Jimmy Gold managed to win the biggest prize of a World poker series history. He won 12 million dollars. 8 700 people applied to participate in the main tournament. It was a huge figure that showed the high level of poker popularity in the world. Thanks to the special structure of payments an organizing committee of the tournament could collect such an impressive sum of prize money winning.
A bit smaller prize was won by Johnathan Duhamel once. He got 8, 9 million dollars in the World Cup of Poker that took place in 2010. It was the greatest won sum in the history of poker competitions. The names of Jimmy Gold and Johnathan Duhamel have been remembered by fans of gambling in the whole world.


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Column: Obama Can't Let Dem Dominance In Congress Equal Runaway Liberal Agenda
Lately, the Republicans have been playing with the idea that electing John McCain would ensure that "checks and balances" functions at the federal level, while electing Barack Obama would break down all meaningful barriers between the executive and legislative branches. Some have even suggested that Obama, as a political novice, would be content to let Nancy Pelosi and other major party figures call the shots.
I'm not sure how effective this tactic will be, because I doubt the average voter thinks this way. However, Obama has certainly made an effort to distance himself from the far wing of his party, casting himself as a moderate willing to work with both parties. For example, Obama has disputed the National Journal's ranking of him as the most liberal senator in 2007, and in a recent television ad, he tries to sell his health care plan as a middle road between "two extremes."
If Obama does indeed get elected, though, it's difficult to tell exactly how he would govern. He may be attempting to portray himself as a centrist, but undoubtedly much -- if not most -- of this talk is just political pandering. Obama has gone back on promises before (see: public financing).
Indeed, if we look at his record according to Congressional Quarterly, Obama has voted with his party 96 percent of the time, and on key votes, he has voted with his party 97 percent of the time. The reality here certainly doesn't support the image of Obama as a post-partisan change agent.
One of the charges often raised by both Democrats and Republicans against President George W. Bush is that when his party held the power in Congress, he never got out the veto pen to keep congressional Republicans in check, particularly on spending.
A President Obama would have to resist something similar. Based on his record alone, it seems as if Obama would use his office as a rubber stamp for a Democratic Congress, especially if the Democrats expand their majorities in both houses.
This wouldn't be good for America. Most Americans do not affiliate themselves with the extreme wings of either party, nor can any candidate win the election without the support of independents and members of the other party. To run a centrist campaign followed by a partisan administration would be dishonest. An election win should not be seen as an endorsement of all Democratic principles.
If, come January, McCain is sworn in as president, then he'd be forced to compete and compromise with a hostile Congress. If, on the other hand, Obama wins, then he'd only have to work with fellow Democrats. But in order to accomplish anything for the American people and not just the party faithful, he would have to challenge the far left and keep his party in check.
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anyone from old haniel guild Loathe still around? Asking out of curiosity
[General Discussion] Looking for old players from before level cap was increased past 60
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I am from Haniel. I´ve been there since 2009.
What is your IGN?
By the way, Loathe doesn´t exists anymore.
I can't remember my name, maybe it was razer1717 , razenator or something along those lines. I figured Loathe was already gone. I don't have AO downloaded, I was looking through my old favourites and came across some old AO stuff and figured i'd ask around to see if anyone stuck around. You played under ign biofrost? cause that name sounds familiar. If i had to guess, did you play some sort of caster?
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I was --kane-- back in the day and at the moment my main account is Biofrost.
Anyone remembered streetdawgz and outcast? Miss lildippa and ganjax. Im in pandora now started fresh
- Biofrost Rated on
I miss the old days...
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i remember lildippa, MrsD, Nawfy, Keerthi, Saint, Cupid123, Hydra, old Bmg (not tank)...
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LeeLawliet muackz, ah how time flies, and who cant remember Parol, every month different gender lol
Alt - Chaos Wraith
Server - Pandora
League - kewlMahFarm
I remember streetdawgsz, outcast and ganjax lol also saw old screenshot of silverstar members and remember all the wars vs them. Also pugadboyz
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I am crying right now... T_T So much memories...
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Back when numbers and teamwork really count, not like right now. 1 op character is enough. Even penguin back then having trouble when we gang up on him XD
- Biofrost Rated on
Peng was one of the best PvPers of Haniel back then. He was so much skilled.
- razer1717 Rated on
the wars were great back then, massive skirmishes between top players blasting with pk5 and fs5
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That was the time the game was good. Now AO suks... I miss that :/
Havoc player here.... Playing since 2008 Now playing in Pandora
Angel from Nisroc
Defender from Haniel
Those was my IGN back in times, when there was just those 2 servers XD
Fock from Atlantis here. still have Fock but new main is ST00PID on Pandora. >:-)
its cool to see old players from different servers still around today eventhough game has changed drastically from what i understand
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Fantasma por acá de ares, del 2006 creo, saludos
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Server ares
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8-) very nice
Yo! I'm glad people still remember me haha
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Karwan E Mohabbat Reveals The Patterns Leading To Making Of The Hindusthan Envisioned By RSS Guru M S Golwalkar, by Sanjukta Basu
"Humne sabar kar liya (I made peace)," said an old and fragile Jafruddin Hassan with tears around the corner of his eyes, his trembling hands resting between his knees and his head stooped down, hopelessly looking at the floor. Jafruddin of Khurgain village, Shamli district, Uttar Pradesh, is the face of the traumatized minority communities who have learnt to normalize violence in their lives, exactly as it was envisioned by MS Golwalkar, the RSS Guruji, in his book 'We Or Our Nationhood Defined' (1939).
Jafruddin Hassan, Khurgan, Shamli
In his book, Golwalkar called Hindus a race that legitimately belongs to Hindustan, 'Mussalman' as outsiders or foreigners, and carved out a future for them in which they must forever live at the mercy of Hindus. To quote Golwalkar,
"There are only two courses open to the foreign elements, either to merge themselves in the national race and adopt its culture, or to live at its mercy so long as the national race may allow them to do so and to quit the country at the sweet will of the national race…the foreign races in Hindusthan must either adopt the Hindu culture and language, must learn to respect and hold in reverence Hindu religion, must entertain no idea but those of the glorification of the Hindu race and culture…must lose their separate existence to merge in the Hindu race, or may stay in the country, wholly subordinated to the Hindu Nation, claiming nothing, deserving no privileges, far less any preferential treatment-not even citizen's rights."
This vision seems to be complete from the stories that emerged from Harsh Mander's Karwan E Mohabbat, a month long journey that started from Assam and traveled to Jharkhand, Karnataka, Delhi, UP, Haryana, Rajasthan and Gujarat, meeting families of Dalit and Muslim victims of lynching by caste and religious supremacists including the state apparatus.
The Karwan walks through village Dangawas, Rajasthan to meet the survivors Meghwal family, which lost five members in a decades old land dispute with dominant group, Jats.
Harsh Mander, meeting the widow of Kodarbhai in a tribal village in, Sabarkantha district Gujarat
Making peace with violence – Jafruddin's story
It has been four years since Jaffruddin's son Salim was killed by a mob of cow vigilantes somewhere on the cattle trade route between Haryana and UP. Till date, the police have not even handed the post-mortem report to the victim's family, even though they exhumed his body for the purpose, an inauspicious act that has scarred the family. In his statement Salim mentioned a mob of nine had attacked him but only one was arrested and released on the same day. After exhumation of the body and post-mortem a second FIR was filed but no arrests were made. Four years on, Salim's family has no information about the case, and they do not even dare to pursue access to justice. Instead, the family lives in fear of further attack on their other sons. "Humne Sabar kar liya," is their response to all the violence they met. Living at the mercy of self-proclaimed custodians of majority religion has become the norm. Their hopelessness is so manic that Jafruddin blessed Harsh Mander with heaven, "Aap ko jannat naseeb ho" on a mere promise of obtaining a copy of the post-mortem report, the last remnant of his son.
This is a pattern the Karwan noticed in its entire journey meeting over 50 families across India. The religious and caste minorities are being systematically attacked by cow vigilantes and Hindu supremacists unleashing terror in their daily lives, several victims have lost lives or limbs, their only means of occupation taken away, their access to justice made difficult by biased approach of the police and administration and the media is constantly vilifying them with all kinds of fake narratives. The result is a that their lives are disoriented by their misery, they are so broken, scared and isolated that their own lived realities have become fiction. They are neither aware that their basic human rights have been brutally taken away nor are they sure whether they have any basic rights to begin with, exactly as we Golwalkar envisioned.
Khurshida's story
Khurshida, a middle aged widow, abandoned by her in-laws after the death of her husband, lives in Bhango, Mewat with her four children. Her husband, Ajmal, died mysteriously in police encounter in 2010. In 2012 she suddenly received a bank draft of Rs. 500,000, presumably a compensation from NHRC, but no explanation as to what had happened to her husband. This story is most baffling and speaks of the sinister plan going on in every rung of the current administration. It is obvious that there has been an enquiry into Ajmal's death and the police must have been held guilty of human rights violation otherwise this compensation would not be paid. But the fact that no details about the investigation has been communicated to the widow is proof that administration wants to hush up matters.
It is hard to even attempt to understand Khurshida's grief. Ajmal used to drive dumper trucks and had no police case on him. One fine morning he went out for work and the next thing Khurshida knows is that he is dead and buried. She didn't even get to see his body, no rituals were performed, "Kuch pata nahi chala, koi mitti bhi nahi mili," said Khurshida to Karwan travelers. The psychological impact of such traumas, of lives lost without reason, of grief without closure, of violence without accountability are all part of the dehumanization of minority community and normalization of violence in their lives. Today, Khurshida has bought a land with the money she got and is trying to raise her children by working as a labourer. "I am an uneducated villager where will I go to ask questions?" is the end of the matter for her.
Threats from right wing group – a strategy to cut off the victim from empathy and support system
What the minority community, disoriented by their sorrow, need the most is an assurance that their lives matter, that the violence caused to them should not have happened and that we the people of this nation are sorry and extend our condolences. That was the idea with which Harsh Mander started his Karwan. But those trying to dehumanize the minority community are also against anybody who would extend any empathy and support to them. They are not only perpetrating violence but also cutting the victim off from all support system.
A day before the Karwan was supposed to reach Alwar all six accused named by Pehlu Khan in his dying declaration were given a clean chit by Rajasthan state police. The timing of the decision was rather fateful and soon enough the Karwan received threats from Hindu extremist groups. Harish Saini from Hindu Jagran Manch reportedly appealed to Rajasthan administration to not allow the Karwan to hold any event in Alwar. "Any attempt to pay tribute to deceased Pehlu Khan would not be tolerated," said Keshavchand Sharma of Vishwa Hindu Parishad.
Even though the Karwan received Rajasthan administration's assurance that it would not be stopped anywhere local partners in Behror succumbed to the threats, the venue for peace meeting 'Ganesh Plaza' got cancelled and no other venue could be arranged. Local traders threatened to close down Behror in case the Karwan held any event. A defiant Harsh Mander however remained steady on his mission to at least pay tribute to Pehlu Khan by offering flowers at the spot where he was lynched. Even this much humanity was not to be allowed by the right wing groups. The State police also tried to put pressure on Mander, "If you place flower at that spot, this would become a trend," said one of the officers. "Let it be, what is wrong in it?" replied Mander.
The Karwan had to enter Rajasthan with police protection. The travelers were given instructions on what to do if stones were thrown at the bus, "Duck and don't move" they were told. Despite constant threats and pressure the Karwan arrived at Behror on 15th September and was met with a considerably large crowd of Hindu right wing groups.
Above Two photos: In spite of heavy police deployment Men from right wing groups started gathering near the spot where Pehlu Khan was lynched protesting Karwan's attempt to pay tribute by offering flowers.
Harsh Mander and few others briefly sat in dharna near the Behror police station with his demand to offer tribute to Pehlu Khan and finally placed flowers at a symbolic location among heavy police security. As the bus moved towards Jaipur with a police escort, right wing goons from the street chanted "Bharat Mata Ki Jai," "Joote maaro salo ko" and threw stones and shoes at it.
Such extreme hate, threats and intimidation towards a group of ordinary citizens with a simple message of love and empathy is a sign of the times we are living. The message is clear, anybody trying to build peace and harmony is doing so at their own risk. The Karwan members are not the regular protestors in political rallies facing tear gas and lathi charge or grassroot activists facing establishment's ire. It is a group of people who usually do not have direct political participation. It was this category of people who Harsh Mander wanted to reach out, to build a bridge between the victims and those unaffected. It is also this category which might be easily intimated, and by doing so the right wing groups are trying to deter any such attempts for all times to come.
The practice of cross case on victims – a pressure tactics to withdraw cases against attackers
Families after families met by the Karwan revealed another dangerous pattern in the police investigation. Almost in all the cases of lynching by cow vigilantes there are criminal cases filed against the victim, casually referred to as 'cross-case'. Cross cases are filed by cow vigilantes or registered suo-moto by police on various grounds like flouting traffic laws or animal protection laws etc as a means to put pressure on the victim not to pursue cases against vigilantes. Often these cross cases keep hanging on the victim's fate while the perpetrators easily obtain bail and justice seem elusive. In such situation the victim or victim's family is tempted to make a compromise leading withdrawal of cases by both sides. Although the legality of this is not so linear or simplistic the truth is that Muslims having any kind of dealing with cows, be it simple transportation, buying or selling for dairy are scared to even file FIR against cow vigilantes for the fear of getting roped in a cross case.
Immediately after Pehlu Khan and his son were brutally attacked my cow vigilantes criminal cases were filed against the victims on grounds of cattle slaughter and animal cruelty, which were completely baseless, a fact now confirmed by Court. In Vadavli, Gujarat a riot broke out between Dalits and Thakurs and FIRs got registered against both communities although Dalit residents of the village claim that force used by them were in self-defense. This space is too small to share all such cases but suffice to say that with cross cases the cycle of violence is complete – dehumanization, isolation and victim blaming.
A bike and a car burnt down in Vadavli, Gujarat in a riot between Thakurs and Dalits. In terms of scale the Vadavli riots were similar to Basirhat riots in West Bengal, but the media completely blacked out Vadavli
The Karwan would have a formal closing on 2nd October 2017 at Por Bandar. Karwan leader Harsh Mander has given a call to every Indian, "Chalo Por Bandar, hum sab Gandhi" (Let's go to Por Bandar, we are all Gandhi). How much will this initiative achieve is a question to be answered in the proverbial 'long run'. But one thing is very clear, the powers that be are rattled by the potential impact of the Karwan and attempts to throttle has begun. On 14th September, RSS spokesperson Rakesh Sinha openly threatened Harsh Mander on NDTV to investigate his NGO's funding. As soon as Mander reached office on 22nd September his NGO Center for Equity Studies received income tax notice. "They can cancel our FCRA, shut down the organization. How does it matter? This would be an infinitely small fraction of the suffering that we bore witness to in the Karwan," Mander wrote on the WhatsApp group signaling the long fight ahead.


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Hi! Was MIA last week due to a pretty busy schedule. Also, I won't be posting next week…as per my WEDDING (pause for reaction). But I'll be back after that, in time for Singles Day (11/11) in China, Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and all the other holiday shopping that is upon us. Here is some industry news from the last two weeks. Sources are in the hyperlinked text after the headline.
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Negotiating Power and Limits. Tesco and Unilever
We have just had a remarkable (and quite rare) situation occur in the fast moving Grocery market. Tesco took a firm stance against Unilever and effectively decided to de-list certain products (e.g. Marmite!) as a result of what Tesco deemed to be unreasonable price increases.
From a negotiating perspective it makes for interesting analysis.
'Information is power' is a phrase we hear used often in a business sense and here we believe is a case in point. The CEO of Tesco, Dave Lewis, was previously an employee of Unilever and given that his last role there was as President of Global Personal Care he would almost certainly have had some significant knowledge in relation to the source or manufacturing points of the ingredients/ components of the various products that were subject to the price increase from Unilever. Unilever's key reason for the price increase, as we understand it, was the declining value of the pound leading to increases in their costs (when buying in other currencies) from various sources around the world.
One of Tesco's main arguments was that, as they understood it, many of the constituent ingredients/ components that helped make up these products were not sourced abroad but rather in the UK, so therefore currency variation/ weakness should not be a factor. Tesco therefore questioned the justification of the price increase and its credibility. The only way they were able to do this and know that they had a strong case was from some knowledge about the supplier from whatever source. The source may well have been 'on the pack' but it seems that they knew significantly more than that. Tesco also positioned themselves smartly as a sort of 'champion of consumer interests' by protecting the consumer from these harsh (and unjustified) price increases – nice one Tesco!
A few things come out from this when considering best practice negotiating:-
- Make sure that you look at the position from the opposite party's view – what information do they/ might they have that could question/ challenge our position? Are we therefore approaching this in the right way? Have we underestimated their knowledge?
- If challenged how credible is our position?
- If the challenge comes what room for manoeuvre – 'negotiating room'- do we have and if our credibility is questioned how can we counter that?
- What sort of relationship do we have with the opposite party – do we trust them and if so would an 'open book' approach work in this scenario?
- Who should be involved in this negotiation from our end and in what circumstances should the 'negotiators' be changed?
One thing is pretty certain – neither party would have wanted the 'impasse' they reached and as subsequent moves showed us, things were resolved quite quickly. We'll never know the full outcome or reasoning behind each sides positions – did Unilever 'go in high' knowing they could come down and still make the margins they sought? Did Tesco really want to empty their shelves of key consumer brands if pushed and how much did they really know about Unilever's sourcing?
The reality is that many SME's that import their products from sources around the world will face price increases that they will need to pass on fully or in part at least over the ensuing weeks and months. They too will face the resistance from some of their customers that Unilever got from Tesco. How good are your team at negotiating? Do they know the key steps that can lead to a successful negotiation and how to deliver them?
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- Reading Africa into American Literature: Epics, Fables, and Gothic Tales (review)
- MFS Modern Fiction Studies
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Volume 49, Number 2, Summer 2003
- pp. 361-362
- 10.1353/mfs.2003.0011
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Keith Cartwright. Reading Africa into American Literature: Epics, Fables, and Gothic Tales. Lexington: U of Kentucky P, 2002. 270 pp.
In this book, Keith Cartwright explores the "historical routes and semiotic systems by which Africa may be recognized as a foundational source" in American literature. Contributing to the growing number of works on the meaning of Africa as a semiotic system in the American literary imagination, this book stands apart from such works because it refuses to take the continent as a monolithic structure. Rather, Cartwright focuses his study on a specific region in Africa: the Senegambia and its Mande peoples and their rich artistic and aesthetic repertoire. This relatively narrow scope of the book allows for a sustained inquiry that focuses on neglected discourse models, such as the "Senegambian bodies of epic, folk, narrative, and scripture to develop lenses through which we read American literature." Bringing an archaeological logic into literary analysis, Cartwright burrows in the Senegambian region for cultural/linguistic forms (or what he calls "African models") that yield a gold mine of genres, narrative schemas, and themes that he situates in texts by black and white American writers. Perhaps, more importantly, Cartwright, throughout his analysis, uses as a central motif the ubiquitous agency of Nyama which, in Senegambian lore, stands for "energy of action," an elemental force that is simultaneously creative and destructive, articulatory and signifying.
Part 1, "Epic Impulses/Narratives of Ancestry," examines the "epic-like narratives of African ancestry by Americans of African descent" that Cartwright traces to the urtext of Senegambian lore and art, the Sunjata epic and its narration of origins through song by the bard of Mande storytelling, the griot. Cartwright explores the epic possibilities of African-American literature through the indestructible Nyama of song as performed by the griots of black America such as Du Bois in Souls of Black Folk, Toomer in Cane, Hurston through her folk character John de Conquer, Ellison in Invisible Man, and Morrison in Song of Solomon. Cartwright further examines the epic possibilities of the griotic tradition when used for a radical politics of self-definition as Alex Haley demonstrates in Autobiography of Malcolm X and in Roots, whose Senegambian figure, Kunta Kinte, symbolizes the heroic struggle of legitimating black ancestry. These writers as griots, Cartwright observes, use song as literary capital to construct a black aesthetics and philosophy.
Part 2, "Bound Cultures/The Creolization of Dixie," examines the "folk-infused, fabulous narratives by white Americans revealing [End Page 361] [an] Afro-Creole cultural descent." Cartwright posits that Africanisms, specifically Senegambian modes of significations, which survived transplantation from Africa, helped define American/Southern literature as a creolized discourse. Senegambian fables on justice, moral responsibility, and communal obligations became the Nyama white writers used to comment on the creolized racial identities of the South. In particular, writers like Joel Chandler Harris and his Uncle Remus figure, Julia Peterkin and her Gullah (African) influenced tales, and the vernacular tales of southern folklore, such as the Brer Rabbit and trickster narratives, appropriated motifs and forms, morals and ethics that are Senegambian in origin. This creolization, made possible by the presence of Africanisms, questions the premise of an American/Southern literature with a singular, predominantly European, origin. Senegambian fables, Cartwright argues, were central to the representation of the creolized identities of America, whose cultural products—literature and music, for example—have been tremendously influenced by African models.
Part 3, "Shadows of Africans/Gothic Representations," explores the "Africanist, gothic-historicist narratives by Americans responding to the literacy and scriptural religion of Senegambian Muslims." Because Cartwright locates American gothicism within the shadows of Africans that he traces to Senegambia, this focus on African Muslims and their Arabic texts in the slave society of the South stands out as the book's major contribution to Africanisms in American literature. Cartwright situates in the works of early writers such as William Alexander Caruthers, Thomas Bluett, and Francis Moore the "shadow" of Senegambian figures and their gothic possibilities to the white imagination of...