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Your Travel Stories
We love hearing from our clients about their holidays, here are some of our favourite tales…
Name: Mr & Mrs Richards
Destination: Asia & Australasia
Length: 4 weeks
4 weeks fabulous holiday, visiting Singapore, Australia, New Zealand and Bangkok…
First class flights and Hotels put together by Carla. Singapore was awesome and our trip to Melbourne for the tennis was brilliant but best of all was Qweenstown New Zealand. Thank you for your expertise in putting together a holiday of a life time.
Mr & Mrs Richards
Name: Mr & Mrs Jones
Destination: Tenerife
Length: 7 nights
Jane and myself were recently looking for some Winter Sunshine and swapped a cold November month for 10 days at 25C on Tenerife.
As we have done for the last 25 years our first course of action was to go and see the R.B. Collection team, who are always welcoming and very knowledgeable about all destinations worldwide. We explained what type of holiday we were looking for, the dates and our budget. Very quickly a few options were discussed. The hotel recommended and booked turned out to be just what we wanted, with regards to accommodation and location. Yet again the R.B. team helped us enjoy a first class holiday using a first class travel Company who both took all the hassle out of booking, what was a lovely 10 days. Now where shall we go to avoid more of the Winter blues?
Name: Mr Lewarn
Destination: Lanzarote
Length: 7 nights
RB are always helpful and all the staff give great advice, answering all my email questions and got us the restaurant we wanted for our birthday meal. They asked the hotel to look after us and an upgraded room resulted. Everything went without a hitch and we had a fantastic holiday.
We were welcomed at the destination airport and immediately given a small pack of information and shown to a taxi. The hotel was great we were upgraded. The food and all the staff are excellent. The staff were welcoming always smiling and forgiving of my lack of Spanish language skills.
The hotel was not crowded so going out of season is worth it. Playa Blanca is small but the hotel we stayed in had everything for a great time. We found the deluxe package worthwhile and the sea view good especially from the adults are upper floors.
Name: K Fergus
Age: 36
Destination: St Lucia
Length: 11 nights
RB offers excellent service with a one to one service with expert opinions, ideas and new destinations. If there are any issues while you are still in the UK or abroad they are only too happy to help. Grenada was a beautiful and friendly island to visit. Sandals La Source was excellent, the resort, staff ,food were all amazing and you can choose to completely relax or take part in the land or water activities they have. Ideal couples resort for mid 30's upwards looking for something special. I suggest getting out and see the island the water falls, St George's, rum and chocolate factory and the other towns take a guided tour and explore its well worth it. A big thank you to Sam for his help!
Name: Mrs Talbot
Destination: Malta
Length: 7 nights
Our trip to Malta was a last minute booking and we had good advice on where to go for some winter sunshine. Flights and transfers went like clockwork, the hotel was excellent and so was the weather. We had a truly relaxing holiday as everything was done for us.
We have used RB Collection around four times and I wouldn't hesitate to recommend them and have already booked our next holiday to Austria with them.
Name: Mr & Mrs Salisbury
Age: 50
Destination: Burma
Length: 15
Visit sooner rather than later before the area is spoiled by tourists
Nathan is always helpful, nothing to much trouble goes the extra mile to ensure all runs well.
A highlight was seeing the school children and visiting local villages.
- Independant
- Family / Group
- Adrenaline themed
- Relaxed Themed
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David & Goliath
Amazon print and eBook
Published May 10, 2018
-Donovan O'Roarke (nicknamed Goliath), a New York cop haunted by his past.
-Silky David, a New Orleans cop with a point to prove.
-A serial killer, nursery rhymes, and voodoo bring them together.
-Sultry heat and passion . . .
-Someone is out to kill her . . . only two weeks to Mardi Gras.
Bluecat Screenplay Competition – 2017 Quarter-finalist (272 quarter-finalists out of 3272 entries)
Completed & WGAe registered.

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Well, it's been a minute, but let's rock!
Pumped to be doing another Ghost of Pop at Gallery5!
Saturday Dec 2nd at 8:00pm.
Come check out the tunes of Deau Eyes, My Old Ways, The Wimps, ThePrabir trio, Ladygod, and SPORTS BAR!!
This is going to be awesome. Way more deets soon.
See ya on Dec 2nd!


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Sunday 25 August 2019 | Shravan Vad 9, Samvat 2075
Sun 25 Aug 2019
"Swaminarayan Gadi Pipe Band has reached its first major milestone, it is ten years old". It seems like yesterday when the band was formed but time waits for no one. To commemorate this achievement the current band members organised a celebration by creating a video montage of some of the venues and events they have performed at. It was a potted history showing the original members through to the current membership.
All members past and present and all the volunteers who have helped along the way were remembered with a momento received from His Divine Holiness Acharya Swamishree.
His Divine Holiness Acharya Swamishree Purushottampriyadasji Maharaj is the spiritual leader of Maninagar Shree Swaminarayan Gadi Sansthan. He is the current and fifth heir in the lineage of ascetic Acharyas, which descends directly from Lord Shree Swaminarayan. He is the incumbent Acharya of Shree Swaminarayan Gadi.


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Steam's latest sale is now live and it's their spring sale or Spring Cleaning Event as they are calling it.
This event is a short one running from 24th – 28 May and this is an event with rewards for carrying out certain tasks like playing a game you haven't played in a while or playing a game recommended by a friend. It's a little odd and if you don't give a toss about badges and other Steam stuff it's not that interesting.
By diving into your Steam Library and playing games that you haven't looked at in a while (or at all), you can unlock and level up the new Spring Cleaning badge. But this event isn't just for those with a hefty backlog of titles to work through. as we said earlier, Spring Cleaning is a time of delightful surprises and so in that spirit the following games will be available to play FREE for the duration of the event (May 24th -May 28th)
The best part of the event is the fact that certain games can be played for free throughout the event and the following are available now to play. They are all quite decent too.
- Don't Starve Together
- Dead by Daylight
- Cities: Skylines
- Tyranny
- Borderlands 2
- Castle Crashers
- Shadows of Mordor
- Left 4 Dead 2
- Dirt 4


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The Netball NSW (NNSW) Waratahs' 2016 Australian Netball League (ANL) season will commence this weekend when the team travels to Brisbane to face the QLD Fusion in a double-header opening round.
The NNSW Waratahs' first appearance will be at Brisbane Entertainment Centre this Saturday 30 April following the highly anticipated NSW Swifts v QLD Firebirds Round 5 ANZ Championship fixture. The Blues will take to the court against the Fusion at 7:30pm, followed by their second match-up on Sunday 1 May at 12pm at Brisbane's Ormiston College.
Having spent weeks on the training track, Head Coach Briony Akle says the team is excited to finally step on the court to open their 2016 campaign.
"I'm pretty excited that Round 1 is finally here, and I know the athletes are as well. They've been working really hard behind the scenes so we're looking forward to putting the things we've been working on into action against QLD this weekend," Akle stated.
"It will be a tough contest to open our season – QLD have plenty talent in their roster, and they've showed over the last few seasons that they continue to go from strength-to-strength so we won't be underestimating their abilities."
2015 was a historical season for NSW for all the wrong reasons, with the NNSW Waratahs missing the Finals Series for the first time since the competition began in 2008. The Blues missed out on a shot for the trophy by finishing in fifth place on goal percentage, with Victorian Fury eventually going on to claim their third consecutive ANL title.
Akle says the NNSW Waratahs aren't dwelling on last year's performance, and have their sights firmly set on reclaiming their place in the 2016 Finals Series.
"We've got a new team and excited to start 2016 on a fresh page, so we will be doing everything we can to be featuring in that final weekend," Akle claimed.
"We've got a good balance of experience and youth in our roster and, despite some last minute roster shuffling, I'm excited to see what our NSW athletes can offer."
There have been four changes to the NNSW Waratahs roster ahead of their opening weekend. NSW pair Kim Commane (Melbourne Vixens) and Toni Anderson (Adelaide Thunderbirds) have been withdrawn from the side following their elevation as ANZ Championship replacement players for 2016.
International defender Ama Agbeze has also withdrawn after being announced as England Captain ahead of their European tour in the next few weeks, while Emily Keenan has withdrawn for personal reasons.
In their place are promising young NSW athletes Georgia Marshall (Manly Warringah), Kara Styles (St George), Sophie Halpin (Eastwood Ryde) and Ashley Valeni (Sutherland Shire) who have been called into the 12-man roster as permanent replacements. All four have previous ANL experience, and according to Akle haven't missed a beat after originally acting as training partners for the side.
Despite the roster shuffle, Akle is confident her side will be raring to go in Game 1 and have their sights firmly on returning to the Finals Series in 2016.
"The fact the Finals Series is being played at Netball Central gives us extra motivation to win the ANL Trophy in front of our home fans. That being said, we aren't getting ahead of ourselves – we know there's a lot of netball to be played, and there's a lot of talent we'll come up against," Akle concluded.
Netball Australia announced in December 2015 the ANL competition would be re-structured to coincide with the 2016 ANZ Championship fixture. Entering its ninth season, Netball Australia is committed to ensuring the ANL remains a vital national pathway for athletes, coaches and umpires well into the future.
"We want to raise the profile of the competition and also allow ANZ Championship contracted athletes to come back and compete on a regular basis during the season," Netball Australia's Head of High Performance Andrew Collins said at the time.
"We want to continue to challenge our athletes, raise the standard of the ANL and ensure that it continues to be a greater feeder competition to the ANZ Championship. We are confident that the changes implemented for 2016 will do that."
Click here to view the 2016 ANL draw.
Netball NSW has claimed just one ANL title since the competition began, with a Rob Wright-led NNSW Waratahs being crowned undefeated Champions in 2011.
|2016 Netball NSW Waratahs ANL Fixtures
|Round 1
|Sat 30 April
|QLD Fusion v NNSW Waratahs
|Brisbane Entertainment Centre
|Sun 1 May
|QLD Fusion v NNSW Waratahs
|Ormiston College, QLD
|Round 2
|Sat 7 May
|NNSW Waratahs v Canberra Darters
|Netball Central, NSW
|Sun 8 May
|NNSW Waratahs v Canberra Darters
|Netball Central, NSW
|Round 3
|Sat 14 May
|VIC Fury v NNSW Waratahs
|State Netball & Hockey Centre, VIC
|Sun 15 May
|VIC Fury v NNSW Waratahs
|Hisense Arena, VIC
|Round 4
|Sat 11 June
|NNSW Waratahs v Western Sting
|Newcastle Entertainment Centre, NSW
|Sun 12 June
|NNSW Waratahs v Western Sting
|Netball Central, NSW
|Round 4
|Sat 18 June
|Southern Force v NNSW Waratahs
|Adelaide Arena, SA
|Sun 19 June
|Southern Force v NNSW Waratahs
|Netball SA Stadium, SA
|Finals Series
|Sat 25 June
|Semi Finals
|Netball Central, NSW
|Sun 26 June
|Grand Final
|Netball Central, NSW
2016 Netball NSW Waratahs
Keira Austin (Eastwood Ryde), Jessica Calderara (Eastwood Ryde), Taylah Davies (Eastwood Ryde), Sophie Halpin (Eastwood Ryde), Maddie Hay (Sutherland Shire), Georgia Marshall (Manly Warringah), Alison Miller (Ku-ring-gai), Vanessa Mullampy (Penrith District), Claire O'Brien (St George), Teigan O'Shannassy (Manly Warringah), Kara Styles (St George), Ashley Valeni (Sutherland Shire).
Head Coach: Briony Akle
Assistant Coach: Sonia Mkoloma
Manager: Mardi Aplin
Physiotherapists: Yves Silveira & Gemma Vale


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The Accumulator Trade 1 Update 28 February 2011
Sunday, February 27, 2011 at 11:05PM
We currently have a position in the Silver Wheaton Corporation (SLW) which consists of 200 number, March 2011, Call Options, at a strike price of $42.00 for an average cost to $2.19 per contract. These contracts closed on Friday at $1.40 so we are still under water with the clock running down rather quickly as they expire on 19th March 2011.
In order to break even we need to see SLW trade at around $42.50 in the coming week, the shares closed at $40.63 on Friday having experienced dramatic movements in both directions. The all time for SLW is $42.34, so if it can break above this level then it is in uncharted waters and could go on to rally to much higher ground. However, our immediate concern is one of damage limitation with the possibility of breaking even as we have had a torrid time with this trade.
Taking a quick look at the chart we can see that we are on knife edge with SLW posed to either form a double top and then pull back or if silver prices rally, SLW could make a new all time high and possibly rescue us. The RSI still has a little room to move higher along with the MACD and the STO looks like it has once again turned positive. Of course everything depends on silver prices which in turn are sensitive to a myriad of factors including; gold prices, oil prices, the dollar and world events where the middle east in occupying center stage.
The first trade for this Accumulator was opened on 16th December 2010 as follows:
Purchased 100 contracts of Silver Wheaton Corporation (SLW) March 2011, Call Options, strike price of $42.00 for $3.30 for a cost of $33,000.00.
The Accumulator Trade 1 was then updated on the 11th January 2011 when we took the following action:
As we know silver prices experienced a bout of profit taking and Silver Wheaton promptly fell out of bed taking our Call Options to the wall. Well we have watched it and are of the opinion that silver prices will soon head north along with gold prices. This action should in turn lift our favourite stock out of the doldrums and hopefully set us on course to $40.00 plus and soon.
So late in today's session we decided to average down in an attempt to salvage the situation by increasing our position, which we did with the purchase of another 100 contracts of Silver Wheaton Corporation (SLW) March 2011, Call Options, strike price of $42.00 for $1.09 thus reducing our average cost to $2.19 per contract.
In terms of a way forward our strategy will be to place a sell order for half of the these contracts at around the $2.30 level and hope to catch a spike in prices. The other half will be held while we observe the situation and try and anticipate just how the next few days will unfold.
PS: Just in case you missed it we have just closed an option play on www.silver-prices.net with an average profit of 96.5% on Silver Wheaton Call Options. Click here to read more.
Many thanks to those of you who have recently signed up for options trading service, its very much appreciated. Please be patient as we have a number of new trades on the drawing board and as you are aware the timing of them is critical to their success.
We now have 65 winners out of 67 options trades, or a 97.00% success rate If you have any questions regarding these trades please address them through their site where they will be handled quickly and I hope efficiently.
The above progress chart is being updated constantly. However, to see exactly how it is going, please click this link.
So, the question is: Are you going to make the decision to join us today, before we decide to cap membership.
Stay on your toes and have a good one.
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text: Guido Di Salle of Toronto. It's cool to read your name on one of the worlds most iconic magazines of all time, Playboy. I give most of the credit here to the beautiful and easy going Sarah for making this possible and for coincidentally having a couple vintage playboys to use as props. Special thanks go out to the many people who support me in my endeavours. You can read the Playboy article here. Alernatively you can see more of Sarah (including past collaborations) here and here.


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Property with sea view Mallorca: Fabulous semi-detached house with pool, sea views and direct access to the sea, on the south west of Mallorca.
This fabulous semi-detached house with garden, pool, direct access to the sea and fantastic views is located in Nova Santa Ponsa, a favorite residential zone of Santa Ponsa. The Mediterranean property has a living area of approx. 156 m2. The ground floor consists of a spacious living/ dining room with an access to the pool and the garden, an open kitchen with electrical appliances, an utility room as well as a guest toilet. On the first floor there are 2 bedrooms and 2 bathrooms en suite. One bedroom has access to a nice covered terrace of approx. 18 m2 with whirl-pool and magnificent views to the sea and the green surroundings. Furthermore, there is also a cellar with an utility room and with access to underground garage with 2 parking spaces. The property is equipped with: air-conditioning warm/cold, gas central heating, double glazed windows and terracota floor. The house has a fantastic exterior area with a private pool of approx. 20 m2, summer kitchen and garden where you can enjoy the sunny days on Mallorca.
Santa Ponsa is a well-known locatily in the south-west of the island Mallorca. Here there are golf courses, port and a big sandy beach. All services you might need in daily life like shops, restaurants, farmacies or medical center are at your disposal. The Capital City - Palma de Mallorca is 20 minutes away, the international airport 35 minutes away by car. More exciting houses you can find here
This magnificent semi-detached house in Nova Santa Ponsa is presented to you by your leading estate agent Majorca, Casa Nova Properties in Santa Ponsa. For the buyer originates no agency fee.
Inside fittings:
Gas-fired central heating, double-glazing windows of PVC, terracotta flooring, fireplace with box, guest-toilet, utility room, jacuzzi, basement, storage room, built-in closets, partly furnished, open-plan kitchen with electrical appliances
2 parking spaces, community parking, 2 parking spaces in the underground car park, electric garage door, electric access gate
access to the sea, south-facing, view to the pool, view to the garden , sea views
near the golf course, near the beach, near the marina, International schools near by, local public transport, bars and restaurants within walking distance, shopping facilities, international pharmacies nearby, International medical centers, Hospital near by
ADSL, satellite TV, has energy certificate, intercom, video-controlled alarm system
Outside fittings:
Jacuzzi, pool, garden with automatic irrigation, summer house, sauna, summer kitchen, winter garden, outside shower, BBQ
Santa Ponsa | Ref. 2502480
El Toro | Ref. 1202490
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Medicaid has faced many obstacles since its 1965 enactment. As a program that was originally viewed as a "lousy program for poor people," it has managed to not only survive for over 4 decades, but it has become an instrumental part of Obama's Patient Protection and Affordable Care Act in providing coverage for the uninsured. The program's resilience lays in the way it is financed and the way it is implemented.
While Medicaid costs $350 billion a year, the financial burden is divided among the states and the federal government. Each state has a special agreement with the federal government on what percentage of the Medicaid bill each pays. The federal government pays from 50% to 80%, depending on the state. The poorer a state is, the more the federal government contributes. This severely lessens the financial burden states face when making Medicaid decisions. This also allows for states and the federal government to spend more when the economy is good, and to cut back when the economy slows down.
Medicaid is administered by the states. This allows for various Medicaid programs across the United States that are tailored to a state's idiosyncrasies. This flexibility has allowed for structural creativity on a state level, thus avoiding many of the hurdles faced with federal run programs. Its beneficiaries have grown beyond the nation's poor due to the ambiguous eligibility boundaries set by the federal government. Each state has an autonomy that allows it to turn Medicaid into whatever the state's population needs.
While the first two decades of Medicaid proved tumultuous, with various disagreements on eligibility caps, during the mid 80's and 90's it experienced a rapid growth thus moving it from a program for poor people into a program for low wage and low middle class people. This was mostly due to various state mandates to increase eligibility caps. Also, Medicaid started expanding its coverage of pregnant woman in an effort to deal with the rising problems of infant mortality and high risk pregnancies. This gave Medicaid great political capital, thus making it hard for republicans to legislatively act out on their oppositions to the program's expansion.
Clinton's presidency also greatly advanced Medicaid through the enactment of the SCHIP programs. These programs were meant to provide insurance to children and gave states $40 billion to spend in 10 years. Clinton gave the states the option of creating new plans or expanding through Medicaid. This gave Medicaid even more leverage, thus adding to its resilience. By the end of the 1990's, Medicaid and SCHIP spending accounted for 16% of the nation's healthcare bill.
Another reason Medicaid has done so well is that it has had a more seamless transition into managed care than Medicare did. This is greatly attributed to the fact that Medicaid is an amalgamation of federal rules and state specific policies, thus allowing for states to more efficiently negotiate with managed care plans.
Medicaid is now facing pressure to lower costs and increase eligibility criteria. It can deal with these pressures by raising eligibility to cover most children through family coverage. It can also raise eligibility while lowering costs by allowing uninsured individuals to buy into Medicaid. If their income disqualifies them from automatic enrollment, they could pay a premium in order to receive its benefits. This would increase eligibility without adding on extra costs, and could potentially generate enough revenue to make Medicaid as a whole more affordable.
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by George Stubbs
The Melrose Recycling Committee was delighted to see a lot of traffic at its booth at the Victorian Fair on Sunday, September 9, in Melrose's downtown area. Visitors to the booth had many questions–some about the future of recycling in the city, the state, and the country, but mostly about what they can or can't recycle, whether in their curbside bins or through other options.
The committee members were able to answer many of these questions and in every case, referred people to the MRC website–especially the Recyclopedia page (see the "what to recycle" link above).
It's hard for people to keep up with the instructions on what does and does not go into the curbside bin. Most visitors to the MRC booth at the fair appeared to be aware that plastic bags should not go into the bins, and they understood why (the bags jam up the machinery at the recycling facility of our city's contractor, JRM). But questions about other items abound.
And that's the challenge–for the Melrose Recycling Committee, the city's Department of Public Works, and municipalities everywhere. Contamination of the recyclables stream–the inclusion of items that do not belong in the curbside bins–is a big headache for the recycling industry, and as a result, for the municipalities they serve. If the waste contractor sees too much contamination in any given truckload, it will treat the whole truckload as waste and dispose of it as such. This raises waste disposal costs for cities like Melrose, which pays for such services by the ton of waste generated.
China is often cited as part of the problem. To be sure, China once was the destination of a very large volume of the recyclables–or "secondary materials," as the industry refers to them–that were generated in this country. Recently, however, China has imposed stringent contamination limits on imports of secondary materials, and these limits are strict enough to prompt U.S. waste companies to discontinue their exports; it costs too much to meet those standards. So the stuff is piling up within our borders, and the economics around recycling have become very challenging.
The China part of the story has some nuances. In establishing the new contamination standards, the Chinese government may have been acting less out of environmental virtue and more out of market protection. The Chinese accepted secondary materials from the United States because China had established the necessary production infrastructure to turn secondary materials into new products and then sell those products back to the United States and other countries. China's growing affluence, however, means that the Chinese people are generating more recyclables on their own. China no longer needs or wants our recyclables.
Whatever role China may be playing in the U.S. recycling crisis, there is a sad factor of our own making. America, which boasts that its capitalist system is the best engine of innovation in the world, has failed to innovate adequately in the area of secondary materials processing. We simply do not have enough processing capacity to turn all our recyclables into new products. There are U.S. innovators out there, but not enough of them.
Cleaning up the recyclables stream will not be a sufficient condition, then, for solving the U.S. recycling crisis. But it is a necessary condition: we have to keep contamination levels low in order to make recycling economically viable.
Recognizing these problems, the state of Massachusetts has recently launched the Recycle Smart initiative, which will use $2.56 million from the state's Sustainable Materials Recovery Program to help our cities and towns promote good recycling practices. A recent article in Commonwealth Magazine describes the initiative, under which 194 Massachusetts cities and towns will receive funding ranging from $2,800 to $97,500 "to pay for new recycling bins or carts, public education and outreach, the collection of difficult-to-recycle items, and recycling in municipal buildings, schools, and public spaces." Another 53 municipalities will receive funds ranging from $500 to $2,000 to help those communities make "modest but critical investments" in existing recycling programs or new, low-cost initiatives, according to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection (MassDEP). Supporting materials, including a frequently asked questions (FAQs) page, are available at a new Recycle Smart website established by MassDEP.
In the meantime, here's JRM's guide to what should and should not go into our curbside recycling bins. Remember, the Melrose Recycling Committee and our DPW would like you to recycle right–but recycle.


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Kolyuchin Island
Kolyuchin was once home to a small Chukchi settlement called Kolyuchino. Prompted by the fall of the Soviet Union, the village then disbanded in 1987, leaving very little human influence behind.
Map of Kolyuchin Island
Nearby landmarks
Trips that visit Kolyuchin Island
The allure of the mysterious Northeast Passage has captivated adventurers for centuries. This geographical odyssey from Anadyr to Murmansk traces the route of legendary Polar explorer Adolf Erik Nordenskiold, navigating narrow fjords, searching for unique wildlife, glimpsing into the past…


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The root cause of this problem was traced back to the presence of this code in the gbean. class SynchWorker implements Runnable { final Object lock = new Object(); boolean stop; public void run() { while ( !stop ) { synchronized ( lock ) { try { lock.wait( apacheDS.getSynchPeriodMillis() ); } catch ( InterruptedException e ) { log.warn( "SynchWorker failed to wait on lock.", e ); } } try { apacheDS.getDirectoryService().sync(); } catch ( Exception e ) { log.error( "SynchWorker failed to synch directory.", e ); } } } } First of all, the Junit passes. All indications are the problem is related to a class load issue that must occur when car-maven-plugin is starting Geronimo. Commenting out the code made it work OK so I tried to defeat it by adding a system property to the run line if (System.getProperty("car-maven-plugin) == null) { .... } It should not run when the Java world is car-maven-plugin. But car-maven-plug still fails. So I experimented with rewriting the SynchWorker class using a constructor, instead of relying on default no-arg constructor and now it works if that makes any sense. A bad day for open source. -- View this message in context: http://apache-geronimo.328035.n3.nabble.com/car-maven-plugin-and-Geronimo-Bean-references-problem-tp3987759p3987784.html Sent from the Users mailing list archive at Nabble.com.
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Business Internet Service in Stewartstown, PA
Call (855) 927-7423
An internet connection has become a necessity for any business that wants to be successful in the modern era, and that's true even if the business doesn't have an online storefront. Business websites are the first place that many customers look when they want to contact a business, and an online contact form is one of the easiest ways for a business to leave the lines of communication open with its customers. With a phone call, there needs to be an employee available to answer. An online contact form allows customers to send messages at any time that the business can respond to later. An internet connection also makes communication between employees much easier. With MyRatePlan, businesses can compare business internet service provider (ISP) options in Stewartstown, PA and select a plan that fits their needs.
ISP Business Types in Stewartstown, PA
The internet has changed a lot over the past few decades, and continue to grow every year. To manage a thriving business, it is important to be able to adapt to an ever-changing environment. Although technology comes in many limits and options, it's important to evaluate each and every one to determine which is best. The most common types of these options to examine are cable, fiber optic, DSL, fixed wireless, T1, and satellite.
Luckily for most businesses in Stewartstown, PA, business ISPs provide much more than just internet. Businesses can choose packages that link to different services and offerings. Most packages that businesses commonly purchase combine internet, phone service, email, and web hosting into one. By applying these packages to a business entirely it helps manage everyday workloads as well as keeping the cost relatively small. After all, you only have to hire one ISP company rather than a payload of employees to help manage small internet related services. Especially since ISPs tend to be much more experienced and can handle more work than the average worker.
Another aspect of an ISP to research is its consultative services. This service will help manage a business's needs and help improve the overall efficiency. This can include anything from upgrading to new and improved technology to the amount of bandwidth it requires. Not to mention, a business ISP can help develop remote management which can be extremely helpful to a company.
Factors Businesses Should Consider When Choosing an Internet Service Plan in Stewartstown, PA
Sometimes, business owners in Stewartstown, PA choose an internet service plan with inadequate speeds, thinking they will save money. However, when data downloads and information uploads take hours to complete, businesses lose money. In order to conduct business efficiently, owners need more than just bare minimum internet speeds. Therefore, business owners should think about future growth and peak use hours when selecting an internet service plan.
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Bhel bags Rs6,300 cr order for power plant in Karnataka1 min read . Updated: 19 Apr 2010, 05:41 PM IST
Bhel bags Rs6,300 cr order for power plant in Karnataka
Bhel bags Rs6,300 cr order for power plant in Karnataka
New Delhi: State-owned Bhel on Monday said it has bagged a Rs6,300 crore order for setting up an energy-efficient power plant in Karnataka.
"Bhel has won a Rs6,300 crore contract for executing a 1,600 MW supercritical thermal power project in Karnataka for Raichur Power Corporation Limited (RPCL)," a company statement issued on Monday said.
The contract envisages design, engineering, manufacture, supply, erection and commissioning of two coal-fired thermal units of 800 MW each with supercritical parameters (energy efficient and environment friendly) at Raichur in Karnataka.
RPCL is a joint venture company of Karnataka Power Corporation Limited (KPCL) and Bhel, which has been set up to build, own and operate supercritical thermal power plants in Karnataka.
Bhel is also executing a contract for supply of supercritical steam generators to APGenco's 2x800 MW Krishnapatnam Thermal Power Project, which is at an advanced stage of completion, the statement added.


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Formerly known as Spatality, GOCO is a global luxury hospitality consultancy based out of Thailand. GOCO is a combination of the GO in the founder's first name "Ingo" and the CO in "consultancy".
I explored a variety of treatments from calligraphic to ornamental. The concentric simplicity of the final GOCO logotype—with the word "CO" nested inside the word "GO"—subtly conveyed a sense of the company's consulting foundation encapsulated by the notion of travel and wellness.


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Current state: Under Discussion
Discussion thread: here
Please keep the discussion on the mailing list rather than commenting on the wiki (wiki discussions get unwieldy fast).
This KIP tries to address the following issues in Kafka.
In most message systems (JMS, QPID etc), streaming systems and most transport systems(HTTP, TCP), it is typical to have a concept of headers and payload.
The payload is traditionally for the business object, and headers are traditionally used for transport routing, filtering etc. Headers are most typically key=value pairs.
In its current state Kafka does not support the ability to have headers natively in its message/record format.
Examples where having separate supported custom headers becomes useful (this is not an exhaustive list).
- Automated routing of messages based on header information between clusters
- Enterprise APM tools (e.g. Appdynamics, Dynatrace) need to stitch in 'magic' transaction ids for them to provide end to end transaction flow monitoring.
- Audit metadata to be recorded with the message, e.g. clientId that produced the record, unique message id, originating clusterId the message was first produced into for multi cluster routing.
- Business payload needs to be end to end encrypted and signed without tamper, but eco-system components need access to metadata to achieve tasks.
Kafka currently has Record<K, V> structure which originally could be used to follow this semantic where by K could contain the headers information, and the V could be the payload.
- Since message compaction feature it is no longer possible to add metadata to K, else compaction would treat each message as a different keyed message .
- It is not currently possible to use value part and use some form of a wrapper e.g. Message<H, V>, as for compaction to perform a delete a record is sent with a NULL value, as such for where a delete record is sent using a message wrapper to carry the metadata would not work, as the value technically would no longer be null.
This issue has been flagged by many people over the past period in forums.
Further details and a more detailed case for headers can be seen here : A Case for Kafka Headers
Public Interfaces
This KIP has the following public interface changes:
- Add a new headers length and value (byte[]) to the core message format.
Create a Headers class
Add a headers (MultiMap<String, Object>) field to Headers class
- Add accessor methods on the Headers class - void put<T>(String) and a Collection<Object> get(String)
Add a headers field to ProducerRecord and ConsumerRecord.
- Add accessor methods on the Producer/ConsumerRecord Headers getHeaders()
- Add ProduceRequest/ProduceResponse V4 which uses the new message format.
- Add FetchRequest/FetchResponse V4 which uses the new message format.
- The serialisation of the [String, byte[]] header array will on the wire using a strict format
- Each headers value will be custom serialisable by the interceptors/plugins that use the header.
For more detail information of the above changes, please refer to the Proposed Changes section.
Proposed Changes
There are four options proposed before this proposal. This details our proposed solution of Option 1 described here. The other options are in the Rejected Alternatives section.
- Adds the ability for producers to set standard header key=value value pairs
- No incompatible client api change (only new methods)
- Allows users to specify the serialisation of the header value per header
- Provides a standardised interface to eco systems of tools that then can grow around the feature
The disadvantage of this proposal is:
- Change to the message object
Create a Headers Interface and Implementation to encapsulate headers protocol.
This lazy initialises/deserialises, on first method access.
- Fields:
- MultiMap<String, Object> headers
- Constructors
- ()
- (bytes[] headerBytes)
- Methods
- void putBoolean(String, boolean)
- void putByte(String, byte)
- void putChar(String, char)
- void putShort(String, short)
- void putInteger(String, integer)
- void putLong(String, long)
- void putFloat(String, float)
- void putDouble(String, double)
- void putString(String, String)
- void putBytes(String, byte[])
- Collection<Object> get(String) – object will be the primitive type wrapper
- Collection<String> keys()
- byte[] asBytes()
- Add a new Typed class
- To hold the typed representations
Add a headers field Headers to both ProducerRecord and ConsumerRecord
- Accessor methods of Headers getHeaders() added to interface of the ProducerRecord/ConsumerRecord.
Wire protocol change - use attribute bit4 as flag for if headers present. and add (optional) header size and field to the message format
The below is for the core Message wire protocol change needed to fit headers into the message.
A key to this is to ensure the headers cause no overhead if not present.
- The attributes flag bit is used to keep the message size the same as before if no headers are used
MessageAndOffset => Offset MessageSize Message Offset => int64 MessageSize => int32 Message => Crc MagicByte Attributes Timestamp KeyLength Key HeadersLength Headers ValueLength Value Crc => int32 MagicByte => int8 <---------------------- Bump up magic byte to 2 Attributes => int8 <---------------------- Use Bit 4 as boolean flag for if headers present Timestamp => int64 KeyLength => int32 Key => bytes (optional) HeadersLength => int32 <--------------- NEW [optional] size of the byte[] of the serialised headers if headers (optional) Headers => bytes <--------------------- NEW [optional] serialised form of the headers Map<int, byte[]> ValueLength => int32 Value => bytes
Wire protocol of the headers bytes (if above mentioned attributes bit flag is true)
The below is for the headers wire protocol.
- A key can occur multiple times, clients should expect to handle this, this can be represented as a multi map, or an array of values per key in clients.
Headers (bytes) => Array(KeyLength, Key, ValueLength, Value) Set => KeyLength => int32 <-----------------NEW size of the byte[] of the serialised key value Key => bytes <---------------------- NEW serialised string (UTF8) bytes of the header key ValueLength => int32 <-------------- NEW size of the byte[] of the serialised header value Value => bytes <-------------------- NEW serialised form of the typed header value -> TypeValue interpretation of this below. TypedValue (bytes) => (Type, Value) Type => byte <---------------------- 0x00 = boolean 0x01 = byte 0x02 = char 0x03 = short (int16) 0x04 = int (int32) 0x05 = long (int64) 0x06 = float 0x07 = double 0x08 = string 0x09 = byte[] Value => bytes <-------------------- NEW byte array holding the corresponding value in byte array form, 0x00-0x002 - null and boolean this will be zero length
Compatibility, Deprecation, and Migration Plan
- Current client users should not be affected, this is new api methods being added to client apis
- Message version allows clients expecting older message version, would not be impacted
- older producers simply would produce a message without headers
- new consumer would simply get a message with empty headers
- older consumers simply would consume a message oblivious to there being any headers
- older producers simply would produce a message without headers
- Message version migration would be handled as like in KIP-32
Out of Scope
Some additional features/benefits were noticed and discussed on the above but are deemed out of scope and should be tackled by further KIPS.
- Core message size reduction
- remove overhead of 4 bytes for KeyLength when no headers using attributes bit
- reduce overhead of 4 bytes for KeyLength by using variable length encoded int
- reduce overhead of 4 bytes for ValueLength by using variable length encoded int
- Broker side interceptors
- with headers we could start introducing broker side message interceptors to append meta data or handle messages
- Single Record consumer API
- There is many uses cases where single record consumer/listener api is more user friendly - this is evident by the fact spring kafka have already created a wrapper, it would be good to support this natively.
Rejected Alternatives
Map<Int, byte[]> Headers added to the Producer/ConsumerRecord
The concept is similar to the above proposed but int keys
- Benefits
- more compact much reduced byte size overhead only 4 bytes.
- String keys can dwarf the value in byte size.
- Disadvantages
- String keys are more common in many systems
- Requires management of the int key space, where as string keys have natural key space management.
Map<String, String> Headers added to the ConsumerRecord
The concept is similar to the above proposed but with a few more disadvantages.
- Benefits
- Adds the ability for producers to set standard header key=value string value pairs
- No incompatible client api change (only new methods)
- Allows users to specify the serialisation of the key=value map (String(&=), JSON, AVRO).
- Provides a standardised interface to eco systems of tools can grow around the feature
- Disadvantages
- Change to the message object
- String key cause a large key, this can cause a message payload thats of 60bytes to be dwarfed by its headers
- String value again doesn't allow for compact values, and restricts that a value must be a String
- Not able to use headers on the broker side with custom serialisation
ProducerRecord<K, H, V>, ConsumerRecord<K, H, V>
The proposed change is that headers are Map<int, byte[]> only, this alternative is that headers can be of any type denoted by H
- Benefits
- Complete customisation of what a header is.
- Disadvatages
- As generics don't allow for default type, this would cause breaking client interface compatibility if done on Producer/ConsumerRecord.
- Possible work-around would be to have HeadersProducer/ConsumerRecord<K, H, V> that then Producer/ConsumerRecord extend where H is object, this though becomes ugly fast if kept for a time or would require a deprecation / refactor v2 period.
- As generics don't allow for default type, this would cause breaking client interface compatibility if done on Producer/ConsumerRecord.
Common Value Message Wrapper - Message<V>
This builds on the status quo and addresses some core issues, but fails to address some more advanced and future use cases and also has some compatibility issues for upgrade/clients not supporting.
please see: Headers Value Message Wrapper
Status Quo - Keep Custom Value Message Wrapper - Message<H, P>
This concept is the current defacto way many users are having to temporally deal with the situation, but has some core key issues that it does not resolve.
- Benefits
- This will cause no broker side changes to handle the message
- Disadvantages
- This would not work with compaction where headers are needed to be sent on delete record which then would not deliver on many of the requirements.
- Every organization has custom solution
- No ecosystem of tooling can evolve
- Cost of Third party vendors integration high, as custom for every organization they integrate for.
- Not able to make use of headers server side
- Couple Serialisation and Deserialisation of the value for both the header and payload.


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The Atlantic World
Europeans, Africans, Indians and their Shared History, 1400–1900
- Author: Thomas Benjamin, Central Michigan University
- Date Published: February 2009
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From ca. 1400 to 1900 the Atlantic Ocean served as a major highway, allowing people and goods to move easily between Europe, Africa, and the Americas. These interactions and exchanges transformed European, African, and American societies and led to the creation of new peoples, cultures, economies, and ideas throughout the Atlantic arena. The Atlantic World provides a comprehensive and lucid history of one of the most important and impactful cross-cultural encounters in human history. Empires, economies, and trade in the Atlantic world thrived due to the European drive to expand as well as the creative ways in which the peoples living along the Atlantic's borders adapted to that drive. This comprehensive, cohesively written textbook offers a balanced view of the activity in the Atlantic world. The 40 maps, 60 illustrations, and multiple excerpts from primary documents bring the history to life. Each chapter offers a reading list for those interested in a more in-depth look at the period.Read more
- Extensive features including 37 primary documents, 40 maps, a bibliography and a glossary
- Written by only one author - results in a cohesive text
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"The Atlantic World: Europeans, Africans, Indians and Their Shared History, 1400– 1900, is a welcome addition to the growing scholarship on the history of the Atlantic World. Benjamin's narrative, supplemented by the voices of contemporary Atlantic World inhabitants, deftly illustrates the complex connections that have historically joined people and places around the Atlantic Basin. The text's chronological and geographic breadth make it an ideal resource for scholars and students alike." – Dr. Rebecca Hartkopf Schloss, Texas A & M UniversitySee more reviews
"Benjamin's is a sweeping, learned, and comprehensive history of the making and undoing of a transnational world that the peoples of Africa, Europe, and the Americas created together from roughly 1450 to 1850. Benjamin traces the rise and decline of an Iberian Atlantic followed by one dominated by the French and the British. Both systems to work, however, relied on forced labor systems and fluid but unequal sexual commerce between the races. The system came to an end with a protracted 'Age of Revolutions' that shattered empires, emancipated slaves, and brought notions of equality to the fore, but that also marginalized Africa from the global economy." -Jorge Cañizares-Esguerra. University of Texas at Austin.
"Both erudite and accessible, The Atlantic World is the perfect textbook for courses on the interaction between Europeans, Africans, and Native Americans in the early modern period. Professor Benjamin has achieved just the right tone, length, and detailed coverage, without losing sight of the larger picture. His years of reading widely on myriad topics has paid off handsomely, to the benefit of instructors and students alike." - Matthew Restall, The Pennsylvania State University
"One of the leading teachers and scholars in the field of Atlantic history, Benjamin (Central Michigan Univ.) has written the most comprehensive survey of the field from the Age of Exploration through the revolutions of the early 19th century and the abolition of slavery. While suitable as a course textbook for upper-division classes, Benjamin's work includes rich materials for scholars and other experts in the field. He also seeks to synthesize some of the key historiographical questions. The author interweaves primary source texts with the narrative and uses maps, tables, and illustrations to excellent effect throughout. While recognizing that Europeans were the main actors in this story, the author pays considerable attention to the interactions that created the Atlantic world. Benjamin reminds readers that the number of Africans forced to emigrate was much greater than the number of Europeans who came to the Americas. In addition, the book is particularly strong at comparing and contrasting the actions of the various European nations as well as the diversity of the Native peoples. In sum, this seems likely to become the standard text in the field of Atlantic history. Summing Up: Essential. All levels/libraries."
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"...The Atlantic World is a good representation of the themes of the New Atlantic History, which focuses on exactly the sort of questions and interactions that Benjamin chooses. It is particularly commendable for the ease with which both Americas and Africa are included in the Atlantic World. He has been attentive to recent literature and themes. ...On the whole, then, the book is likely to be a worthwhile textbook for classes devoted to the New Atlantic History at the undergraduate level."
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"...this reviewer highly recommends Benjamin's The Atlantic World for both the classroom and the library." Charles H. Ford, The Historian
"The Atlantic World synthesizes material from a wide array of sources and should be read by those interested in Atlantic, Latin American, and United States history as well as world history. It would also be useful as a supplementary text in courses on Atlantic history." -Wilfred Bison, World History Connected
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Part I. The Oceans Shall Unloose the Bonds of Things:
1. Antecedents: the Americas, Africa and Europe in the fifteenth century
2. Commencement: the European opening of the Atlantic ocean
3. Conquests: forging the Iberian empires in Africa and the Americas
4. Realms: the overseas empires of Spain and Portugal
Part II. Europe Supported by Africa and America:
5. Incursions: French, English and Dutch invasions of the Iberian Atlantic
6. Engagement: the entangled worlds of Indians and Europeans
7. Uprooted: West Africa, the Americas, and the Atlantic slave trade
8. Bondage: the Atlantic plantation complex and the cultures of slaves
9. Partners: women and men in the making of the Atlantic world
Part III. A New Order of the Ages:
10. Rivals: Britain and France in the long eighteenth century
11. Liberty: the Atlantic world in the age of revolution
12. Equality: the Atlantic world in the age of revolution
13. Freedom: the abolition of the Atlantic slave trade and new world slavery.
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I like to start by showing you what it means to relate with the opposite sex without emotional attachment and why it's important you do that at this phase of your life.
The youth phase of your life is a seed sowing phase, preparatory and foundational phase and demands that you go about it with every bit of your emotion. When you emotionally pursue the seed sowing phase of your life, you acquire the energy required to overcome obstacles and challenges that are certain to be on your way in the pursuit of your great future. However, when you channel a major portion of your emotion to any boy or girl, you cheat yourself big time. Unfortunately, many realize this truth late.
Now, as a youth you will most certainly come in contact with members of the opposite sex, either in class, club ( Like Rotary club), church or mosque. At such places, you will come in contact with fellow youths of the opposite sex who make sense to you. That is, they are picture of what you call beauty or fit into who you want to be your friend and perhaps, life partners.
Usually, when such persons are seen, there is the temptation to get closer to them. In fact, it takes a lot of effort on your side not to get closer especially if the person also considers you to be the picture of a good friend. This is not bad in itself. In fact, it seems to me that God made man to function that way as a means of initiating relationships that will result marriage and eventually result in procreation.
But many youths have ruined their destines because they refuse to put to check this wonderful gift of God – emotion.
As long as you live in our society, you can't escape relating with the opposite sex; but expending your emotion on them at the expense of your seed sowing activity for your future is destructive. That is why I want to show you how to relate with members of the opposite sex without building up emotions until you are ready for it.
The first step is avoiding particularizing your relationships with the opposite sex early in life. What I mean by particularizing your relationships is singling out a particular member of the opposite sex as your only friends of the opposite sex. You may not do this deliberately but may just find out that it's actually a particular member of the opposite sex that is your friend.
My experience and that of many people I have talked this matter with is that you will naturally think about that particular person and want to see the person many times. Relate with as many as possible without allowing yourself to be distracted; it keeps from emotionally binding yourself with a particular person until you are ready for emotional relationship with members of the opposite sex.
If a particular person starts coming close to you all the time to make you his or her only friend, let him/ her know your stand for now and feel free to talk about your other friends of the opposite sex.
Another step you take to avoid or quench emotional relationship is to avoid too much communication. My experience is that the life wire of a relationship is communication between or among people in a relationship. Therefore, if you are not ready for matters of the heart or just don't want to be emotionally attached to a person, kill the lifeline of the relationship – communication. You can politely explain to the person why you need to cut down on the frequency of communication at this phase of your life. I personally hate it when people do this rudely like rejecting the persons' call, claiming to be too busy and not returning calls when missed. Call the person and tell him or her in plain terms. If the person loves you, he or she should understand and allow you grow up.
One other step that has helped me towards maintaining emotional attachment free relationship is this: get busy. Many times, people have time to think or get emotionally attached to particular member of the opposite sex because they are doing next to nothing. That is, they have time to start analyzing that the way a guy talked to them must mean that he is interested in them or that the way the girl was looking at him suggest that she is falling for him. I have found that when you occupy your mind with something serious, you will hardly have time for all those. That way, you are emotionally attached to your future and preparing for your future in the form of learning, training and skill acquisition that you hardly have time to think about a guy or lady.
One more thing: try as much as possible to avoid anything that will bring a particular member of the opposite sex in constant remembrance to you, like having her picture hung on your wall, using it as wall paper or screen saver in your computer or mobile devices.
What have I said in all this? Emotional attachment to a member of the opposite sex is not a bad thing; in fact, it's a good thing that God put in humans to make relationships fun. But to get emotionally attached to a member of the opposite sex at the wrong time puts your life and destiny in danger. That is why you need to maintain emotion-free-relationships with members of the opposite until you have grown to the point where you are qualified to be in love. Techniques to maintaining emotion-free relationship with a member of the opposite sex are: avoid particularizing in your relationships, moderate the communication and get your mind occupied and be consumed by the pursuit of your purpose in life.
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When we got married, we decided to do a "destination wedding". I love them as they tend to be much less stress and it's even better if the locale is gorgeous. This New Orleans couple is getting married in Paris and requested my services for their envelope addressing, which I completed last week. The first pic is in white ink (one of my favs), but the project was actually in black ink (the following pictures). We did this in the Business Casual style as they wanted something simple and cool. I love it! #neworleanscalligraphy #neworleanscalligrapher


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It is with profound sadness that Civil Society Legislative Advocacy (CISLAC) mourns the tragic death of Nigerian renowned writer, academic and leading democratic activist, Professor Festus Iyayi, whose death occurred after a ghastly motor accident on Tuesday 11th November 2013 along the Auchi and Lokoja highway on his way to the national congress organized by Academic Staff Union of University in Kano.
CISLAC remembers the tireless and committed efforts put in by this development oriented intellectual in the struggle for a better Nigeria. We say without any fear of contradiction that the deceased was a famous university don, who has contributed to progressive agitations and advocacy for people oriented development, citizen' welfare and emancipation. We recall his tough stance on social and political issues, intelligent articulation of trade union and progressive positions, thought provoking opinions and pro-poor alternatives canvassed through his several publications.
CISLAC recollects that his sojourn as the Chairman of the Academic Staff Union of University (ASUU), he fought tirelessly to save university education from total collapse. His contribution towards nation education development would forever be celebrated. It is sad to note that 23 years after his initial struggle, the state of university education has deteriorated further and Iyayi met a painful death fighting the same cause.
CISLAC recalls with nostalgia, the personal contribution of Festu Iyayi to the development of civil society in Nigeria as he was a mentor and source of inspiration to several activists and organizations in the sector with his insightful advice and constructive inputs. We view now with deep pain, lying in our library, his last contribution as a CISLAC Resource Person, the Assessment of the implementation of the Extractive Industry Transparency Initiative (NEITI) Act and Process in Nigeria.
We regret once again, that one of Nigeria's leading light in social activism and progressive struggle is lost to the death traps we call roads in Nigeria, which continues to claim the lives of innocent people on a daily basis. This painfully calls to mind the loss of Chima Ubani, a renowned activist who died in a similar circumstance several years ago on his way from Maiduguri where he had participated in a sensitization rally organized by the labour movement to resist the plan by the Nigerian state to increase the cost of petroleum products and make life more miserable for the toiling poor masses of the country.
CISLAC is sad that Iyayi died in an accident that involved the convoy Kogi State governor. We note with concern the arbitrary use of convoys and the recklessness with which they drive on our highways, endangering the lives of innocent people. One would have thought that after surviving an accident under such circumstances, the governor would be more circumspect in his ways.
We call on the government to pay attention to the quality of our roads and ensure that they are safe for motorists to prevent avoidable deaths on our highway.
We also call on all elected and appointed political leaders to deist from the use of unnecessary convoys and caution their drivers to drive carefully, respect traffic regulations and respect the rights of other road users.
We call on the police authorities to investigate the circumstances resulting in the accident and ensure that any defaulting parties are brought to justice in accordance with our laws.
We call on the federal government to immediately take steps to revamp the state of university education in Nigeria, a cause for which Iyayi lived and died so that his death would not have been in vain
We sympathize with all members of ASUU, the University of Benin, all progressively minded activists and civil society as a whole on this painful loss. We particularly pray that God grants his family the fortitude to bear the irreparable loss.
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This week at Airborne Circus
In our 5-7s classes…
- Everyone learned how to spin a plate like a pro.
- H started practicing a 2-ball shower on the tightwire (unsupported) and successfully managed three rounds (off-camera!).
In our 8-12s classes…
- Aerialists learned how to do Angel (or Mermaid under the bar) and Half Angel.
- Acrobats learned how to stand on each others thighs and build a human tower.
- S managed to balance on the tightwire for over 10 seconds independently!
In our teenagers class…
- L started to learn hat juggling!
Loads more happened and lots of other circus skills were practiced by other students.
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The more I write, the more I think. Getting each thought out on a page makes room for the next and on and on in progression. I've been doing morning pages, an idea from the Artist's Way, for about three months now, with occasional lapses. Each time I spend the half hour it takes me to write 3 or 4 pages long hand, I have new ideas. The initial ideas are always there, but capturing them on paper seems to give me the confidence to let that current idea go and move forward, rather than clinging onto the one idea and spinning in mental circles.


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Is poetry a search engine
[The 3rd stanza is referencing Matthew Arnold's famous late 19th century poem 'Dover Beach' about the loss of faith and certainty. 'Masterchef' is a reality-TV cooking show. 'dunny' is Australian slang for toilet. The photo was taken behind the University of Technology in Sydney.]
Is poetry a search engine
inside the mind of the benevolent god:
when you type in yourself, press enter,
whole anti-worlds cascade down
your limbic neurons, you're sitting
on Dover Beach with Whitman
reading Milton as the receding tide
makes the pebbles hum, & another
civilization bites the dust of ages
asking where's the saviour
who'll save us from ourselves
where's the precarian spanner
in the works of the mind machine
grinding our filigree world
into a boiling, roiling mess
of cyberspace & cant? Pass
the remote, Masterchef, we're done
we've had our chance, written
a few lines people graced with Like
failed the exam despite extra time
& a smartphone on the dunny
yet each byte of cell & smell,
each ear-taste of poetic line
& beat reconciles me, kicking,
to the way things are, inside
evil's global roar abyssal silence
hyper-linked to poetry's palimpsests
a living muse museum inside
the mind of the absent god
unfathomable trickster dancing
the fires of fecklessness & fate
~ by Peter Lach-Newinsky on May 6, 2015.
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Hannah + Brian | Wedding
I remember very vividly telling Hannah the first time I met her "Oh yeah! The weekend you chose for your wedding will be perfect! It's historically the sunniest weekend in Seattle!!"
Of course, with all the crazy sun and heat we have had lately, it ended up being one of the cooler weekends of the summer. Despite this, I don't think we could have asked for more perfect weather for this lovely couple's wedding day. It was overcast most of the day (which makes for awesome photos, by the way), it sprinkled just a tad but never started raining, and the temperature was just perfect. It wasn't too hot, and it definitely wasn't too cold. It really was just perfect.
It was clear from the moment I saw them together that Hannah and Brian were meant to be together. You can tell by the way they look into each other's eyes that they are best friends, companions in life, ready to take on the world. Throughout their wedding day it was fun to hear stories from their bridal party and family members about both of them as individuals, and a couple. The love and support from their friends and family was so evident during both the ceremony and the reception, it was such a cool thing to witness. I feel very blessed to have been able to photograph their day.
Some of my favorite moments: Having complete strangers clear the area at a normally crowded Kerry Park so we could snap a few photos of both Hannah and Brian and their bridal party | The adorable nieces and nephews that totally stole the show during the ceremony and reception | The priest walking Hannah's grandmother down the aisle after the ceremony ended | The moments in between posed shots with the bridal party...these folks know how to have a good time | The kids' table at the reception (brilliant!) | The toasts during dinner (Brian's face is priceless during his brother's speech) | All the little details
Congrats, Hannah and Brian! So happy for you. :)


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Tuesday October 03, 2017
From Time Out
Tickling the keys: an interview with Israeli piano man Idan Raichal
By: Elianna Bar-El
Spanning a 15-year career, Israeli musical icon Idan Raichel has toured across the world, bringing a cross-cultural blend of international sounds to the forefront. His latest release, a live double album called 'Piano-Songs' kicks off a five-show set in Binyamina throughout Sukkot. We asked the singer-songwriter what is inspiring him at the moment.
Idan Raichel's music undoubtedly falls under the 'global music' genre, but don't expect the ubiquitous compilation from the Starbucks check out line. The Idan Raichel Project has performed eclectic live shows everywhere from the Sydney Opera House to New York's Radio City Music Hall and Los Angeles' Kodak Theater with over 95 different singers aged 16 to 91 years old '" all hailing from a melting pot of countries and cultures. At the helm of the Project, Raichel has facilitated the collaborative effort through and through, sharing the mic with a slew of featured guests and creating a platform for singers and performers on the rise.
Who/what inspired your love for music at such a young age?
My inspiration for loving music came from my family growing up, my grandfather who played the mandolin by ear, and my father who used to bring a new vinyl record home every weekend'"from Brazilian music to American folk or Israeli hits. My mom also played the accordion when she was young. They pushed me to play the accordion at age nine and that was the beginning of my journey.
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Given the violent nature of much of human history—from wars to revolutions to "winning" the West—it's hard to overstate the importance of firearms in our ancestors' lives. Although people have been shooting at one another since 1364 (shortly after the Chinese discovery of gunpowder), the sort of weapon we consider a "rifle" is only 150 years old.
Little remembered now, Benjamin Tyler Henry patented the first practical, lever-action repeating rifle in 1860. Almost overnight, as the website of the Henry Repeating Arms Co. puts it today, "the Henry gave a single man the firepower of a dozen marksmen armed with muzzle-loading muskets." Or as a Confederate officer who had the misfortune of facing the Henry-armed 7th Illinois Volunteers expressed it more memorably, "It's a rifle that you could load on Sunday and shoot all week long." Although only 14,000 Henry rifles were sold, the 1860 invention was the grandfather of the 1873 Winchester, renowned as "the gun that won the West."
The problem that Benjamin Henry set out to solve had puzzled firearms makers since the 1400s: how to most efficiently combine a bullet, gunpowder and a spark to set it off—and then do it again and again, as quickly as possible. The first guns worked much like cannons, fired by placing a burning wick to a "touch hole" in the barrel. The matchlock gun improved on that design by placing a match in a movable clamp that fell upon the flash pan of powder; this allowed the shooter to keep both hands on the gun, improving aim. In 1509, the wheel lock gun replaced the match with a mechanical spark. Finally, in 1630, the flintlock combined an improved sparking source—flint and steel—with a mechanism that simultaneously pushed back the flash-pan lid to expose the charge. This ignition system ruled the firearms world almost unchanged for two centuries.
About the same time, firearms makers began working on the problem of accuracy. The principle of "rifling"—grooving the metal inside the barrel to stabilize a bullet in flight—had been discovered in 1498, but wasn't applied to firearms until 1540. Even so, most flintlock guns were "smoothbore" weapons, in part because of the difficulty of keeping the grooves clean. During the American Revolution, however, Yankee marksmen with rifled guns proved their superiority: While British smoothbore muskets were accurate to only about 50 yards, Americans could pick off Redcoats at 300 yards.
A Scottish minister, of all people, made the next great advance in firearms: In 1807, the Rev. John Forsyth patented the percussion cap, which eliminated the need for a spark. Forsyth packed fulminate of mercury—which would explode on impact from the hammer, igniting the gunpowder—into a conical container that resembled a tiny hat or "cap."
Still, as the US Civil War loomed, loading and firing a rifle was no simple matter. The .58-caliber rifled musket the Army adopted in 1855, replacing the .69-caliber smoothbore as its standard weapon, required a soldier to take a paper packet containing powder and bullet from his cartridge box and tear open one end with his teeth. The contents then had to be loaded into the muzzle end and rammed into the breech with a metal rod. Placing a percussion cap on a hollow cone at the breech, the soldier cocked the hammer and pulled the trigger. Soldiers were expected to be able to perform this gyration, aim and fire three times per minute.
An improved bullet—smaller, but expanding when fired—made the 1861 Springfield rifled percussion musket easier to load. The first mass-produced US military rifle, the Springfield was the primary infantry weapon of the Civil War. More than 1.5 million were made in the North; the Confederates then acquired Springfields as battlefield spoils.
Hearing about the Henry rifle, however, some Union infantry companies—particularly from Kentucky, Illinois, Indiana and Missouri—bought the new gun out of their own pockets, figuring the purchase might save their lives. According to the report of Maj. William Ludlow, the Henry rifle did just that at the 1864 Battle of Altoona Pass in Georgia: "What saved us that day was the fact that we had a number of Henry rifles. This company of shooters sprang to the parapet and poured out such a multiplied, rapid and deadly fire, that no man could stand in front of it and no serious effort was made thereafter to take the fort by assault."
At the New Haven Arms Co. in Connecticut, Benjamin Henry had built on the innovation of the Volcanic repeating rifle, whose self-contained powder, bullet and primer proved undependable. Henry encased it all in a .44-caliber copper (later brass) cartridge—finally solving the nearly 500-year-old problem of delivering all the essentials for firing. His other breakthrough was a lever-and-spring mechanism that ejected the spent cartridge and then forced the next round into the chamber; this was later made famous in the Winchester. (Remember the opening of "The Rifleman" TV series?)
Despite its rapid-fire prowess, the Henry rifle packed little power and easily misfired. Firing all 15 shots—which took only about 12 seconds—could make the barrel, which lacked a wooden stock to protect the hand, too hot to hold. At peak production in 1864, only 290 were produced each month. The US government purchased a mere 1,731, in part because the Army couldn't readily transport all the ammunition a Henry would go through.
Enter Oliver Fisher Winchester, a shirt maker who bought controlling interest in the New Haven Arms Co. and renamed it after himself in 1866. Modifying the Henry rifle, the company introduced the first gun to bear the Winchester name, the Model 1866.
The famous 1873 Winchester came next; more than 720,000 were produced through about 1919, including the rifle held by Billy the Kid in his only known photo. The subsequent 1892 model, arguably as emblematic of the West, would later be wielded on screen by John Wayne and "Rifleman" Chuck Connors. The 1894 model became the archetypal deer-hunting rifle and was built more than 6 million times with only minor changes.
But Winchesters are no longer made in America. The successor to the company, now owned by a Belgian conglomerate, shut down the New Haven plant in 2006. Although some models continue to be made by the American arm of the Belgian conglomerate, the closing meant the end of the lever-action Winchesters that won the West.
And what of the rifle that started it all? According to the National Museum of American History, "Evidence indicates that the Indians at Little Big Horn had a large number of Henry rifles, while the Army was armed with the single-shot breech-loading Springfield Model 1873." You might say the Henry went out with a bang.
In Time:
1364 | First recorded use of a firearm
1380 | Handguns used in Europe
1540 | Firearms with rifling used
1630 | Flintlock musket invented
1798 | US Army taps Eli Whitney to make assembly-line muskets
1807 | John Forsyth invents percussion cap
1835 | Samuel Colt invents the revolver
1850 | First shotguns made
1866 | First Winchester made
1879 | John Browning patents single-shot rifle
1892 | Joseph Laumann makes first automatic handgun
1934 | John Garand builds the M1 semiautomatic
1380 | Handguns used in Europe
1540 | Firearms with rifling used
1630 | Flintlock musket invented
1798 | US Army taps Eli Whitney to make assembly-line muskets
1807 | John Forsyth invents percussion cap
1835 | Samuel Colt invents the revolver
1850 | First shotguns made
1866 | First Winchester made
1879 | John Browning patents single-shot rifle
1892 | Joseph Laumann makes first automatic handgun
1934 | John Garand builds the M1 semiautomatic
1947 | Mikhail Kalashnikov creates the AK-47 automatic rifle
From the September 2010 Family Tree Magazine