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Two more galleries have been added to the Masterforce gallery. Check it out to see galleries for episode four "Birth of the Headmaster Jrs." and episode five "Little Demons Run Wild".
Masslive.com has posted an article discussing the toy industry's position in the current economic climate following Toy Fair. "Hasbro clearly thinks fixing the ailing economy is a job for G.I. Joe and the Transformers. Both lines also have live-action movies coming out this year which should lead to a spike in interest," the article says and includes a picture of Michael Bay holding the Bumblebee helmet and plasma cannon role play toys from "Revenge of the Fallen".
Blurr and Soundwave were two of the most memorable characters from G1, and in "Animated" their appearances have been just as memorable. BWTF has reviewed both of these cool figures. Check out the reviews for Animated Blurr and Animated Soundwave.
Two more of my "catch up" reviews are up! Take a look at the reviews for Fast Action Battler Smokescreen and Night Attack Megatron.
Yahoo! has posted an official video of the second trailer for "Revenge of the Fallen". The trailer can be seen here.
Today was Hasbro's annual collector's event where various media outlets get to view presentations on the latest products being offered by the "Big H". I have uploaded almost all my images, with only some role play items and licensed product remaining. Check out the Toy Fair 2009 gallery now for a look at "Revenge of the Fallen" Devastator, Animated Arcee and more!
Collider.com has posted a video where they interviewed Michael Bay during the opening of "Friday the 13th". The "Transformers: Revenge of the Fallen" director discusses his ability to shoot at exotic locales, filming "Revenge" in IMAX as well as his access to military vehicles. He also gets to show off some of his trademark humor. Check out the video below!
He's a crazy warrior who loves destruction! Check out the review for Fast Action Battler Ramjet.
In an attempt to catch up with some older reviews, I've written up a short review for the Fast Action Battler Optimus Prime redeco "Fire Blast Optimus Prime". Read the review here to see who's color scheme this figure pays homage to!
The gallery for Masterpiece Convoy has been restored. Check it out to see images of one of the most loved Optimus Prime/Convoy figures ever produced.


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Ceviche means to marinate seafood in citrus juices. The citrus marinade 'lightly cooks' the salmon leaving it soft and tender. Serve with a side of green beans and summer strawberries
Serves: 6
Prep time: 10 mins
Total time: 4 hrs 10 mins
Skill level: Easy peasy
- Juice of 1 lemon, 2 limes and 2 oranges
- 1 red chilli, deseeded and finely diced
- 500g (1lb) salmon fillet, in one piece, if possible
- 300g (10oz) fine green beans
- 4tbsp olive oil
- 18 small strawberries
- Salt and freshly-ground black pepper
- 1tbsp finely chopped fresh chives
- Pinch of sugar
- Watercress, or pea tops, to garnish
- Mix the citrus fruit juices and chilli in a large, shallow bowl.
- Cut the salmon into 18 strips about 1cm (½in) wide. Lay the strips in the juices and coat them. Cover with cling film and chill for about four hours, to marinate.
- Add the beans to a pan of boiling water and cook for 2-3 mins, then drain and refresh under cold running water or iced water. Drain and dry the beans, and toss them in 1tbsp of the oil.
- Arrange the drained salmon strips on plates, then spoon on the beans and sliced strawberries. Whisk 3 tbsp of the chilli marinade with the rest of the oil. Add seasoning, chives, and the sugar to sweeten the dressing. Spoon over the salad. Garnish with a few leaves.
Nutritional information per portion
fat 17.0g saturates 3.0g calories 234(kcal)
This nutritional information is only a guide and is based on 2,000 calories per day. For more information on eating a healthy diet, please visit the Food Standards Agency website.
Guideline Daily Amount for 2,000 calories per day are: 70g fat, 20g saturated fat, 90g sugar, 6g salt.


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Visit Gunkanjima island, the Battleship island, in Nagasaki
IntroductionWhat is Gunkanjima?
"Gunkanjima" is known as the "Battleship island" located in Nagasaki prefecture.
The shape of the island resembles a Japanese battleship.
Here, you can observe the crumbling aftermath of heavy modernisation during industrialisation in Japan.
Coal was once plentiful in this island, and many mining facilities were established during the Showa period, most notably Mitsubishi Corporation.
Coal production sustained Japan's economy for years, as corporations sent more and more workers and their families over to the island.
Both the mining facilities and settlement in this small 15-acre island increasingly grew and became so densely packed as families were forced in very narrow settlements.
There were 5,259 people living on the island in 1959, exceeding the population density of Tokyo by 9 times!
The ruins of modernist architecture at that time is really fascinating to observe, such as the uniform and rational high-rise apartment blocks that were left to rot one after another, and the towering concrete sea wall that surrounded the island.
These high-rise buildings and the surrounding sea wall resembled a Japanese battleship called "Tosa", which is why the island has the nickname Battleship island.
In addition to the residencies, many urban facilities were also built such as movie theaters, restaurants, hospitals, and entertainment venues.
However, petroleum eventually replaced coal in supplying the country's energy needs, and the coal industry abruptly came to halt in 1974.
Many workers and inhabitants quickly abandoned the island, often leaving their possessions behind, thus you can see some material goods and artefacts that were left over in the buildings. One can really feel the mysterious atmosphere and sense the feeling of entrapment by looking at the crumbling ruins of the strangely identical architecture.
You are able to look back through time at this mysterious island which once served to represent modernisation and growth in Japan but at the same time introduced new restrictive and disciplinary behaviour influenced by infrastructural forms.
What is unique about this island is that it has been untouched for decades, leaving innate processes in nature to take over the concrete architecture, creating a juxtaposition of nature and artificial structures.
This is indeed both beautiful and peculiar in many ways. In recent years, many films have been filmed on this island, such as Skyfall James Bond, as well as the popular anime series Attack on Titan.
There has been an increasing number of visitors too now that the island restriction ban has been lifted.
It is now also recognized as a UNESCO World Cultural Heritage Site as a "Meiji Industrial Revolution Site".
Tour Detail
Tour StyleJoin-in tour
In the cruise, there is no reservation seat
Pricing per personAdult (18-): 5,700 yen
Youth (12-17): 4,800 yen
Child (0-11): 2,900 yen
Meeting timeMorning cruise: 9:40AM
Afternoon cruise: 12:50PM
Group SizeMin. 1 person
Max. 199 persons
DurationApprox. 3 hours
Meeting pointTokiwasanbashi
Address: 1-60 Tokiwamachi, Nagasaki, Nagasaki Prefecture 850-0843
Tour Itinerary- Meet with staff at the meeting point
- Cruise to the Gunkanjima island
- Landing
- Return
What's Included- Addmission fee to Gunkanjima island
- Cruise fare
- Local assistance
What's not Included- Hotel pick-up and drop-off
- Food and beverages
Tour TipsBooking process
1. Please contact us for availability through 'BOOK IT' button below.
2. We will check the availability and come back to you within 1 business day.
3. Payment request will be sent.
4. Reservation is done upon receiving your payment. Confirmation e-mail will be sent to you.
- Fees shall be paid through Credit Card. Currently no other payment method is accepted.
Cancellation Policy
Reservations may be cancelled without charge up to 15 days prior to the program date.
Reservations cancelled less than 14 days before the program date will incur the following charges:
- Between 14 days and 8 days: 20% of the program charge
- Between 7 days and 2 days: 30% of the program charge
- The day before the date of travel: 50% of the program charge
- Less than a day or no show: 100% of the program charge
*Time is in JST.
Important note: If the whether condition were bad, we cannot land, but admission fee will not be refunded to you.
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Across America On An Emigrant Train
By Jim Murphy
3-5, 6-8, 9-12

When Robert Louis Stevenson learned that the woman he loved had fallen ill, he came to America from Scotland as quickly as he could. Having very little money, Stevenson chose the cheapest means, and traveled across the storm-tossed Atlantic Ocean on a steamer ship to New York. The rest of the trip was a series of train rides where he endured 3,000 miles of dust and smoke.

On this difficult route Stevenson would meet the people, see the places, and experience the history of a changing American West.

Award-winning author Jim Murphy has interwoven Stevenson's perceptive account of his journey with a thoroughly researched and lively history of the building of the transcontinental railroad. Illustrated with 85 archival photos and line drawings.

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This One Thing 4th & Final in a series on lifestyle choices
Quick review —
David Gushee recently wrote,
"I first started writing opinion pieces over 30 years ago.
One reason I did so was because I was affected by the example of Reinhold Niebuhr, the first Christian ethicist whom I studied very closely.
I learned that he tried to do it all, and pretty much did it all — teaching, lecture circuiting, writing serious books, writing popular books, doing political organizing/activism, and penning weekly opinion pieces.
I embraced the Niebuhr paradigm for how a Christian ethicist pursues this vocation. I was conscious of doing so.
It was a great ride for Niebuhr, and I enjoyed my version of it. But it has subtle costs, besides the toll on one's health.
The main problem is that each one of the sub-vocations listed deserves more focus than is possible when one is trying to do all of them."
— We've spent the last several days on this, with good reason: There is another way to live than being overwhelmed with all the demands on us, whether they're imposed by others or self-inflicted.
We can lean today towards where David Gushee's confession points us.
Only then can we begin to sign our names to Philippians 3:14 where St. Paul writes, I press on toward the goal to win the prize for which God has called me heavenward in Christ Jesus. That's his priority.
By definition there can be only one priority. Everything else is subservient to that.
Our old friend St. Paul was even so bold as to preface his press on concept with the label this one thing I do. (Philippians 3:13)
Or, as The Message version renders that section,
I'm not saying
that I have this all together, that I have it made.
But I am well on my way, reaching out for Christ,
who has so wondrously reached out for me.
Friends, don't get me wrong:
By no means do I count myself an expert in all of this,
but I've got my eye on the goal,
where God is beckoning us onward—to Jesus.
I'm off and running, and I'm not turning back.
— Philippians 3:12-14
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Hip Tip From Blake Sennett
"I have yet to find a better microphone for recording guitar than the Royer R-122 ribbon," says Blake Sennett, guitarist for country-rock fusionists—and indie faves—Rilo Kiley. "It captures a very natural sound. Some people don't like the fact that ribbons tend to roll off some of the guitar's harsh transients—which makes them a poor choice if you want to record real aggressive guitar tones—but I love their organic and mysterious sound. It reminds me of the Band and the Beatles, and all the '70s records I dig, such as Neil Young's Harvest and Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon. I also like this weird $250 Copperphone mic (available from placidaudio.com).
It's very lo-fi and telephonic sounding. I used it to record the opening acoustic-guitar chords of "It's a Hit" [from Rilo Kiley's More Adventurous]. I plugged the acoustic into an amp, and then miked the amp with the Copperphone, which produced this sound that wasn't electric or acoustic—it was just ratty and weird. That mic is a one-trick pony, but that one trick is real sweet."


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Cycling is one fo the easiest ways to keep fit and healthy, it can be a fun activity for all the family. A bicycle does not cause pollution or contribute to climate change.
This leaflet suggests three rides, starting from the centre of Oakham, the county town of Rutland. If you are arriving by car, there are several pay and display car parks in Oakham.
The three routes are of varying distances and difficulty. Where possible the routes follow traffic free cycle paths and the roads suggested are generally the quieter ones. Please bear in mind that all roads have periods of use when they are busier and attract faster vehicles, cyclists must always take extra care when riding on public roads. A compforatble average speed should be 7 or 8 miles an hour with occasional stops but allow plenty of time to complete your ride.
Route 1: Oakham-Egleton - 3.8 miles (max 38 minutes)
Route 2 - Oakham-Burley on the Hill - 8 miles (max 80 minutes)
Route 3 - Oakham-Langham (Ashwell option) - 7 miles (max 70 minutes) or 9.5 miles (max 95 minutes)
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Who is ready to have change up their New Year's Eve plans and have a blast?! We are calling all ages from young to old, anyone that wants to have fun on New Years Eve, anyone that wants to enjoy playing games, eating too much food and enjoying fellowship with friends and family! We have rented the 68 Inside Sports (87th/I-35) facility, which means we will have:
- 2 basketball courts that will have the rims set at different heights for adults or kids
- Volleyball court for a tournament
- Huge bounce house for the kids
- Eating area for food and just hanging out
- Tables for playing board games
- Raquetball court that can be set up for wallyball (a total blast if you've never played before)
- Indoor pool that is kept at a balmy 84 degrees
- Whirlpool!!!!
This is open to all families and you are welcome to invite your friends and family. We have the facility from 6:00 pm to 10:00 pm on New Year's Eve. The facility is located at 11301 W 88th St, Overland Park, KS 66214. A suggested donation is $5 per adult/kid. Please bring a snack to share.
We would love to have a great turnout and have this become an annual event! If you have any questions, please contact Jason Trachsel at 913.461.3985 or via email. Thanks!!


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Whistler Connection has specialized in providing transportation services solely for Tour Operators for the past 20 years, working with many leading North American, European and Australian based tour companies. Our main advantage is the scheduling of vehicles to coincide with flight times, rather than running on set departures, in order to minimize waits at the airport. In addition, our average group sizes are much smaller than the scheduled service resulting in more efficient travel and a better customer experience.
There are other advantages to our service including:
We can provide both "Shared' and 'Private' transfers. On shared transfers clients would travel in the same vehicle as other passengers arriving at the same time in either an 11 passenger Van, a 24 passenger Minicoach or a 47 passenger coach. A private transfer would have the vehicle specifically dedicated to one client group
*There are no set departure times from YVR. A number of clients may be arriving on any given flight, and due to the inconsistencies of luggage delivery and customs, clients may not depart immediately after being met. We anticipate that most clients will depart YVR within the half hour after being met. We guarantee that no client ready for departure will wait more than 1 hour after being met by our representative.


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Published on 24 February 2016 by Telesur English
The Bolivian government promised its supporters Wednesday that it would continue to adopt progressive political policies, despite the outcome of the country´s national referendum.
"We may have lost a battle, but not the war," said President Evo Morales, referring to the national referendum results on presidential term limits, which prevents the Bolivian leader from running for re-election in 2019.
During a press conference Wednesday, President Morales acknowledged the referendum results but promised to continue governing in the "interests of the poor and marginilazied."
In his speech, Morales accused right-wing opposition groups of launching a coordinated media campaign in efforts to undermine and discredit his administration.
"Some media outlets fulfilled the interests of political parties," Morales stated.
Moving forward, Morales announced that various high-ranking members from his administration will meet with leaders from Bolivian social movements in order to evaluate the political implications following the referendum outcome.
Official final results will not be announced until Thursday. However, with 99.5 percent of the votes counted, the "No" side holds a three percent lead over the "Yes" with 51.3 percent versus 48.7 percent.
Published on 24 February 2016 by Telesur English
Thousands of Argentine public sector workers have taken to the streets of Buenos Aires and will convene at the presidential palace Wednesday as part of a national strike to protest the neoliberal policies of President Mauricio Macri.
Macri has fired approximately 10,000 state workers since the beginning of 2016, with even more layoffs expected in the coming months as government ministries continue to review contracts.
Wednesday's national strike is being organized by the Association of State Workers, known as ATE, together with the Argentine Workers Union.
ATE President Hugo Godoy added that there would be marches and demonstrations in provincial capitals as well.
President Macri is ideologically disposed to reducing the public sector, arguing that private investment should be the source of new employment.
Published on 18 February 2016 by Venezuela Analysis
A whole packet of new economic initiatives will take effect in Venezuela this week after the country's president, Nicolas Maduro, announced a series of far-reaching measures in response to the economic crisis on Wednesday evening.
In a five hour address to the nation on national television, Maduro explained the extent of the economic crisis afflicting the country as well as his government's plan to tackle it.
The economic initiatives include changes to the country's multi-tiered exchange rate, an increase in the domestic price of gasoline, the implementation of a new tax system, and expansion of community control over food distribution.
He also reaffirmed his commitment to continuing his government's investment in Venezuela's many public services known as the "missions".
Economic Crisis
The far reaching reforms come after the Venezuelan Supreme Court of Justice (TSJ) moved to approve a state of economic emergency decree emitted by Maduro in January, overriding what it described as an unconstitutional attempt by the opposition-controlled National Assembly to block it.
Published on 17 February 2016 by Venezuela Analysis
Venezuelan authorities arrested 55 employees of the Abastos Bicentenario state supermarket chain Monday in the initial phase of a new anti-corruption operation aimed at the government-run food distribution network.
Codenamed "Attack on the Weevil", the operation saw the mobilization of 965 National Intelligence and Military Counter-Intelligence officials targeting 53 supermarkets across 13 states and the capital district in an early morning raid.
"They have no excuse for betraying the public trust, and we are going to go after every last corrupt official that we find in each sector, the economic, political, social," declared Interior Minister Gustavo Gonzalez Lopez, who is heading the operation.
The dozens arrested– including six store managers– have been accused of hoarding state subsidized goods and reselling them on the black market for personal gain in a speculative practice known as bachaqueo.
Authorities also confiscated extensive caches of hoarded food items, including 6.7 tonnes of corn flour, 10 tonnes of sugar, 864 kilos of pasta, and 840 kilos of margarine in one Caracas supermarket alone.
Published on 21 February 2016 by Telesur English
After three years of searching, Colombian forensic scientists have found over 28,000 unidentified bodies buried across the country, and the search is far from over.
"The program, The Search for Unidentified People in Colombia, has explored about 26 percent of all cemeteries in the country and we hope soon to make a clean sweep. We do not have an estimate of how many people we can find," said the Director of Human Rights of the Interior Ministry, Maria Paulina Riveros, Saturday.
The search is part of a government initiative to locate disappeared persons after tens of thousands have gone missing, or been forcibly disappeared, in the over 50-year internal conflict in the country. The victims are often dumped in unmarked graves.
For those bodies that have been found, they will now go through a rigorous forensic testing period to establish the cause of death and their identities, according to Riveros.
The majority of the remains were found in cemeteries in the departments of Cundinamarca and Antioquia, which at one point were two of Colombia's most dangerous departments.
Forensic experts began the search for unidentified bodies after Colombia's left-wing opposition demanded in 2011 that a thorough census of the bodies be taken across the country after it was revealed that thousands were killed through a massive government human rights scandal called "false positives." During these years, soldiers killed thousands of civilians and dressed the corpses up in camouflaged fatigues to pass them off as guerrillas killed in combat in order to reap financial rewards from the government.
More than 800 soldiers have been found guilty in connection with the false positives atrocities so far.
The group of experts exhuming the bodies include a pathologist and forensic expert, a forensic dentist, an anthropologist, a geneticist, a photographer, a radiologist and a fingerprint expert.
The program is currently planned to run until 2019, in which time the government expects to search the whole country.
By Joe Emersberger. Published on 26 January 2016 by Telesur English
An Economist article published Jan. 19 states that poverty in Venezuela "has stayed stubbornly static since 2000."
The blue line in the graph below shows World Bank numbers for poverty in Venezuela from 1999 to 2013.
Income poverty increased to over 60 percent by 2003 as result of a briefly successful coup in April of 2002 and a shutdown of the oil industry from December 2002 until February 2003. Both these acts of political and economic sabotage were supported by opposition groups funded by the U.S. government. Poverty, as shown in the graph, steadily declined after the government finally wrested control over the state oil company from opponents determined to overthrow the government. By 2013, the poverty rate had fallen by half. The Economist's dishonesty in saying that poverty "stayed stubbornly static since 2000" is amazing, but such dishonesty about Venezuela dominates the international media's coverage. The Economist need not fear being embarrassed by any high-profile rebuttal appearing in any Western newspaper or magazine at any end of the political spectrum.
Despite the serious economic problems of the last two years, Venezuela's poverty rate is probably still significantly lower than its level in 2000, and drastically lower than what opposition sabotage had brought it to in 2003. Recall that we are discussing income poverty which does not account for government provided food, education and housing for low income people.
The Economist article also said that the "IMF estimates that Venezuela's GDP shrank by about 10 percent in 2015, making it the world's worst performing economy. The government admits the contraction was 7.1 percent up to the third quarter of 2015."
We can forgive readers who don't have time to check the Economist's sources for concluding that the government has "admitted" a 7.1 percent drop in GDP in the first nine months of 2015. The 7.1 percent figure really covers an entire year: the third quarter of 2014 compared to the third quarter of 2015. The document the Economist cited actually said that GDP fell 4.5 percent in the first nine months of 2015.
Published on 24 January 2016 by Telesur English
Venezuela's President Nicolas Maduro has announced the establishment of a committee to oversee the creation of a revolutionary assembly Saturday.
The assembly will bring together the country's progressive social movements and socialist politicians to reinvigorate the Bolivarian Revolution, according to the president.
Later Saturday, Maduro oversaw the first meeting of an interim committee, which will lead to the creation of the broader people's congress, being called the Congreso de la Patria, or Congress of the Homeland.
Saturday afternoon 100 people were sworn-in to the committee, and will be in charge of mobilizing Venezuelans into the local assemblies, starting Sunday.
Venezuelan Vice President Aristobulo Isturiz said people will discuss four main things; new forms of organization, building a new cultural hegemony, building a new productive economic model, and diversifying methods of struggle.
The congress "can't be a just closing ourselves in to debate, it has to take up public spaces and use all the different cultural and communication mechanisms (that we have)."
The committee is the result of weeks of community and grassroots social movement meetings across Venezuela. After meetings are held around the country, a national congress will be held on April 13.
Maduro called for renewed debate among Venezuela's progressives in the wake of the National Assembly elections in December. The right-wing Democratic Unity Roundtable (MUD) won a majority in the National Assembly.
"What we need is strengthened diversity of the grassroots," said Maduro in after the December election results.
By Gregory Wipert. Published on 13 January 2016 by Telesur English
Following the Venezuelan opposition's recent electoral victory in the Dec. 6 parliamentary elections, the opposition seems to be more determined than ever to steer towards an outright confrontation with the president. The goal is to destabilize the government as much as possible, with the aim of achieving his ouster before the end of the year.
The new National Assembly president said that his aim is to have a plan in place for president Maduro's ouster within the first six months of 2016. Ramos Allup furthered this confrontation Jan. 6, when he swore in three opposition members as representatives, whose election the Supreme Court had previously put on hold due to electoral irregularities. On Monday, January 11, the Supreme Court thus declared that the National Assembly president had acted in defiance of the Court and that from now on all laws that the National Assembly passes are null and void, since the assembly had incorporated members into its body that should not be there.
The political confrontation between the legislature and the executive is thus programmed. The next conflict will be about the amnesty law, by which the opposition intends to free all so-called political prisoners, that is, all opposition figures who have been involved in violent protest of one kind or another, many of whom have been held responsible for deaths of innocent bystanders. Ramos Allup already warned Maduro that if he and the Supreme Court do not implement the amnesty law, he will begin removing ministers from Maduro's cabinet: "Whether or not he accepts [the amnesty law] will not matter, to which we will say, 'We do not accept his naming of ministers.'"
The options for the new opposition-dominated National Assembly to get rid of Maduro are several. As mentioned above, it can remove not only the ministers and the vice-president (though this could lead to new National Assembly elections if the vice president is removed three times in a row), remove the heads of other branches of government, such as the Supreme Court, the attorney general, or the National Electoral Council (with prior approval from either the Supreme Court or the attorney general), amend or reform the constitution (which then has to be submitted to a referendum), or call for a constitutional assembly (followed by a referendum).
Published on 7 January 2016 by TeleSUR English
Ecuador's National Assembly approved Thursday a comprehensive land reform aimed at improving agricultural production, the redistribution of idle land, and ending the concentration of land in hands of few.
Carlos Viteri, president of the National Assembly's Specialized Permanent Committee for Biodiversity and member of the ruling PAIS Alliance party, said that the proposed Land Law represents "a symbol of the transformation of the country
Viteri, an Indigenous Amazonian Kichwa, well known for his daily-worn crown made of toucan feathers, added the reforms would finally eliminate the legacies of previous land laws, which allowed a few families to concentrate ownership at the expense of campesinos and small farmers.
"The National Assembly has finally heard the demands of the rural sector, from the campesino, Indigenous, montubio, afro-Ecuadorean peoples and the small and middle producers in this country," Jose Agualsaca, president of the Confederation of Peoples, Indigenous and Peasant Organizations of Ecuador, told teleSUR English. His group contributed to the development of the law.


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A partial calm prevailed in a besieged rebel-held area near the Syrian capital, Damascus, a day after the UN announced that the government agreed to a ceasefire there, a monitoring group reported on Wednesday.
In recent weeks, the region of Eastern Ghouta on the eastern outskirts of Damascus has seen intense attacks by forces of Syrian President Bashar al-Assad.
The Syrian Observatory for Human Rights, a war monitor, said that calm in the area had been shattered by two rounds of regime shelling attacks on Wednesday.
However, no casualties were reported.
An official from Faylaq al-Rahman, the main rebel group in the area, said there was still regime shelling.
"But this is far lower than it was before,'' spokesman Wael Olwan told newsmen.
The special UN envoy for Syria, Staffan de Mistura, on Tuesday said that the Syrian government had agreed to a ceasefire in Eastern Ghouta.
However, rebels groups in the area denied any such agreement had been reached.
According to de Mistura, the truce in Eastern Ghouta, the rebels' last stronghold near Damascus, was proposed by Russia, a key military backer of al-Assad.
"Now we need to see whether this takes place, but it's not coincidental that this has actually been proposed and agreed upon just on the day of the beginning of this session," de Mistura said.
The special UN envoy was referring to a new round of UN-brokered peace talks between representatives of the Syrian government and the opposition in Geneva.
According to the Observatory, no fewer than 660 people have been killed and injured by government shelling and airstrikes on Eastern Ghouta over the last two weeks.
Eastern Ghouta has been under siege by government forces for the past four years.


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Householders who have black mold issues in their basements or other areas of their houses are generally said to be on their lonesome.
How to kill mold? Mold removal is the private responsibility of each homeowner. But what about when the issue strikes an office building that you're employed in? What then? If you find black mold in any building, there's a fair chance the difficulty runs deeper than it appears to be. Mold on ceiling tiles could extend into the crawlspace.
Mold on a wall may be within the wall too. A wet spot from a roof leak is a mold danger waiting to occur. If you notice black mold anywhere in your office building, it is important to let your employer know as quickly as possible.
If your employer owns the building, he may say thank you ; mold removal isn't inexpensive, but the earlier the issue is addressed, the better. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration ( OSHA ) is the world of the US Dep. of Work charged with controlling safety in the office. OSHA needs all companies to obey a collection of standards that guarantees employees a healthy and safe working environment. But there is no uniform Fed law that addresses mold removal, so making standards for this autumn to state legislatures.
( The legislatures make up the rules ; OSHA more or less enforces the safety plans the states design. ) Researching mold removal laws for your state is no straightforward task. What OSHA provides are standards for mold removal contractors to follow. If the mold presents a comparatively small problem, the building's maintenance crew may be in a position to handle the cleanup. But if there is a harsh problem that is threatening workers' health — and black mold symptoms are zilch to treat trivially — then pro mold removal contractors should be employed. If you have told your employer and the difficulty continues, or if your employer leases office space and can't get the property owner to hire a mold removal crew, legal cures do exist. Work lawyers, or maybe injury barristers, can supply direction and service in cases like these.
Mold removal pittsburgh area. Try a web search for "toxic mold attorney" or "toxic mold lawsuit," mixed with the name of your state. Your list of results should include many experienced legal minds. Just be certain your counsel is capable in the topical laws in your state.
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Two senior Republican U.S. senators criticized Secretary of State Rex Tillerson on Sunday for saying that Russia may have the "right approach" on Syria and for what they called his lack of focus on Afghanistan and Pakistan.
"His statements about Syria really disturb me. No, (Russian President Vladimir) Putin does not have it right when it comes to Syria," Senator Lindsey Graham said.
In separate television interviews, Graham and Senator John McCain, prominent Republican foreign policy voices, took aim at Tillerson's remarks last week that Russia may have "got the right approach" and the United States the wrong approach to Syria.
Russia has backed President Bashar al-Assad in Syria's civil war, while the United States supports rebel groups trying to overthrow him.
McCain told CBS' "Face the Nation" that he "sometimes" regretted backing Tillerson's nomination by Republican President Donald Trump and that his comments on Russia being "right" on Syria made him emotional and upset.
"I know what the slaughter has been like. I know that the Russians knew that Bashar Assad was going to use chemical weapons. And to say that maybe we've got the wrong approach?" he said.
Both senators backed the nomination of Tillerson in January, even while expressing concern about his dealings with Russia when he was chief executive of ExxonMobil. (XOM.N)
Graham, who visited Afghanistan and Pakistan last week with McCain, accused Tillerson of being "AWOL" on the two countries and failing to fill key State Department posts.
"I am so worried about the State Department," Graham said on NBC's "Meet the Press."
A State Department official responded to the criticism of Tillerson by saying that a U.S.-Russian-brokered ceasefire for southwest Syria was an example of what the secretary had described as the potential to coordinate with Russia, in spite of unresolved differences, "to produce stability and serve our mutual security interests."
The official, who did not want to be identified, also said the State Department was taking an active role in a review of Afghanistan and Pakistan policy and continued to work with the White House on nominations.
Since the exit of most foreign troops in 2014, Afghanistan's U.S.-backed government has lost ground to a Taliban insurgency in a war that kills and maims thousands of civilians each year.
Reporting by Valerie Volcovici; Additional reporting by Arsghad Mohammed and David Brunnstrom; Editing by Peter Cooney


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The title of this post is not true in any literal sense. Wolverton had builders going back to the middle ages and there were of course all the railway workshops and housing. However, these were built by outside contractors. Strictly speaking Charles Aveline was Wolverton's first local builder.
He was born in Leighton Buzzard in 1829, the son of a cabinet maker, George Aveline. He had an uncle Frederick established in the same line of work in Stony Stratford. His grandfather and uncle Samuel also were cabinet makers in Great Horwood. Young Charles therefore began his business with a set of skills, knowledge of the business and possibly some material support from his father. He also had an aunt who married into the Barter family who owned, amongst other things, the wharf at Old Wolverton. I don't imagine he had much difficulty in accessing capital.
We are told that Charles Aveline built the new farmhouse at Stacey Hill in 1848. This is probably what brought him to Wolverton and one suspects that he got the nod rom the Radcliffe trustees through the contacts of his uncle Frederick and the Barter family. It is astonishing that he was under 20 at the time and if this was his first building project it was very adventurous. (See my footnote below.)
|Stacey Hill Farm as it appears today
In the 1851 Census he shows up in two of the shop units on Bury Street, numbers 385 and 386, as a cabinet maker, furniture dealer and undertaker. Aveline was visiting relatives in London on the day of the 1851 Census so he does not show up in Wolverton on that date, but the trade directories of the period show him as very much a commercial presence in Wolverton.
In the next decade there were no building opportunities in Wolverton. The land had been used up and the Radcliffe Trust were not minded to allow expansion. New Bradwell was built by outside contractors. So for a period Aveline's building career was put on hold.
In 1860, when new lots were opened up on the Stratford Road and Church Street he was able to resume his building activities. He almost certainly built the first new house on the Stratford Road, now numbered 6, 7 and 8, which he inhabited. He also took on the job of postmaster and I think the Post Office was managed by his wife and eldest daughter. The Post Office was at Number 6 and next door was leased to a grocer. Wolverton's Post Office remained at this location until the Aveline retired and it moved further west, next door to "Foster's Corner." The General Post Office was built on Church Street in the 1930s.
|The First Houses built on the Stratford Road
I cannot directly attribute specific houses to Aveline but one suspects that a number of the houses along the Stratford Road and Church Street built in the 1860s and 1870s originated with him. In 1881 Aveline was employing 23 men according to the census entry, so his activities must have been quite extensive. His name also turns up as the maker of a number of monuments in St George's churchyard.
|A View from the Radcliffe Street corner, c. 1910
There were two sons and two daughters born to his wife Ann. She died in the 1880s and Charles remarried. In or around 1890 he retired and moved to Bedford. His eldest son George became a land agent near Liverpool and his youngest son Charles Henry became a furniture dealer in Bishop's Stortford. Charles senior died in 1914 at the age of 85 and left £9,692 0s 8d in his will – a significant sum for those days.
(A footnote to the building of Stacey Hill Farmhouse. I was told some years ago by Bill Griffiths, Director of the MK Museum, that the farm was built by Charles Aveline. I have seen no documentary evidence. I raise a question here because of the youth of Charles Aveline in 1848. While it is not improbable that he built it, it does suggest that he had not only mastered the skills of building at a precocious age, but also had made a powerful case to convince the Radcliffe Trust land agent that he could successfully do the job. I wonder, for example, if Aveline might have been responsible for later additions but not the original building.)


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Terrible joke I know (Pulp Fiction anyone). So the flu has had us all under the weather for over a month and since I wasn't on my A game with my February post this one is going to be a bit longer with all my top picks from the past two months. . . hope you don't mind.
It has been a bit of a whirl wind around here lately with so many ups and downs. We had the 1 year anniversary of Sky's passing which was HARD and like I mentioned both the little have been terribly ill BUT we have also had some amazing family times and memories. Thank you so much for taking a look and I hope your first quarter has been a great one!!
Don't forget to follow the circle all the way around to see what all my amazing creative friends have been up to this past month!! Thank you again for taking a peak into my little world!
Next on our blog circle is the incredible Brandi Walter-Engel from RetroAngel Photography!! Please follow the link to her blog to see what she has been up to this past month!


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So, this is the first of many FO posts with objects that I haven't been able to show you in WIP Weds posts, since the people receiving them might read the blog and I didn't want to give anything away.
This one is the Ramona Mini Hipster bag, a free pattern on the Swoon Sewing Patterns website. They have some awesome patterns! The free ones are good, and the paid ones are worth it! I have made several Swoon patterns now, and I haven't had any difficulties understanding the patterns. And I always get compliments on the bags made from these patterns.
The first one of these was a birthday gift for my niece:
Like many girls her age, she loved Frozen when it came out, so this fabric was a no-brainer.
The other bag was a birthday gift for my mom:
Cinderella is one of her favorite Disney movies, so when I found this fabric, it seemed a good fit. (My favorite part of the fabric is, predictably, the mice. I don't think I got a good photo of the mice, though, so you'll have to take my word for it.)
I sewed up these bags as written, with two exceptions: 1. I only did the stripes on one side of the bag. I wanted the full design of the fabric to be visible somewhere, so I left the back of the bag un-striped. 2. I added pockets:
I love pockets in bags, so I tend to add at least one if there aren't any written in. (This particular one was easy enough. I cut out the size pocket I wanted, turned the edges under, top-stitched the top of the pocket, and then sewed the pocket down to the lining before sewing the lining pieces together. It also seemed like a good place for my "handmade by me" labels, so I stitched those on to the pocket piece before sewing it to the lining.)
Anyway, that's the first of several gift FO posts for 2015! If you like the bag, remember that you can make your own (The link I added at the top of the post takes you directly to the pattern page.)


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"No human being is illegal." Elie Wiesel
You can put it on your wall! You can put it on your front window! You can bring it to a rally!
Print is 11"x14", printed on 14pt uncoated cover stock
Originally proceeds from this print were directed towards a fund to cover DACA fees in RI. This week the state of RI procured funds to cover all DACA recipients for the the Oct. 5th deadline.
SO now funds raised by this print will benefit the Dorcas International Institute here in Providence. Via their mission statement: "We empower individuals and families, especially the underserved, immigrants, and refugees, to become self-sufficient and fully participating members of our diverse community through innovative programs and advocacy that promote education, training, and cultural understanding."


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The Show Preview is the essential pre-show planning tool, uniquely featuring the floorplan, A-Z list of exhibitors, show highlights, features, essential travel and practical information, conference and seminar timetables and extensive product sections.
It is a must-have for visitors looking to effectively maximise their time at the event and provides exhibitors with an opportunity to create competitive differentiation at this crucial stage of the visitor experience. It is a superb vehicle to inspire, capture the imagination and grab the attention of confirmed and potential visitors as they prepare to visit the exhibition.
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The Pineapple Takeover
As a child, gowing up in Trinidad and Tobago, I ate a lot of pineapples. I loved, and still do today, love the aroma of a ripened pineapple and what walking into a kitchen with an obviously ripened pineapple centerpiece will do to the senses.
Fast-forward to today and the power of the fruit is more evident than ever! Clothing, accessories, floaties, mêmes, quotes, logos, toys, and of course, home decor.
I found these beauties at HomeSense
It's a sweet situation with the Pineapples taking over. Walmart has this darling glass pineapple water/juice jar, and plastic Insulated cups.
I wonder what fruit will be the takeover fruit next season, or next year...will peaches have the same appeal, how about the husky exterior of a coconut? Who knows....how about you. which fruit do you think do you think will be the takeover fruit next??


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YO! Man I'm totally pumped for this Thursday. It's going to be MAD. Some hints:
- Its going to have all the brands/franchises in the video below
- It'll be insanely cheap
Have I given too much away? Nah… You are all going to be really surprised when you finally see it. Here's the teaser in case you missed it:


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Older Women MUST Prepare Better For Retirement Years/
Guest blog by Stephanie Ackler
Watch her interview on The Woman's Connection YouTube Vlog
Men and women hoping to retire within the next five to ten years are being forced to face a cold truth-they may not be financially prepared to retire. And women are especially vulnerable. Consider these facts about older women from the Administration on Aging:
· In 2001, women accounted for nearly 60 percent of the population age 60 and older, and 70 percent of the population 85 and older.
· Seven out of ten baby-boom women will outlive their husbands.
· Older women are twice as likely as older men to live in poverty, and half of the elderly widows living in poverty were not living in poverty before their husbands died.
· Older women are three times as likely as older men to live alone.
· Most older women depend primarily on Social Security for their retirement income, and are half as likely to receive employer pension benefits as men.
· According to the Census Bureau, retirement income for women over age 65 is just over half of the retirement income received by men in the same age group.
The reasons older women find themselves in this financially precarious position are many, ranging from working fewer years in lower-paying jobs than men, to saving less for retirement. But the question now is, how can older women approaching retirement make up for lost time?
Make retirement a priority. It's common for women to make financial sacrifices during their working years, such as staying at home to raise children or care for elderly relatives. And many tend to rely on their husbands for their principal financial support. But the problem is, women outlive men by an average of five years, and thus have more years in retirement to fund. Their husband's income from Social Security and employer pensions will drop significantly if the husband dies first, which is why widows commonly fall into poverty unless they have some of their own retirement resources.
Beef up savings. A woman in her fifties or sixties can't make up for decades of lost retirement income and tax-deferred compounding, but she can at least make up some of the shortfall by beefing up savings. First, establish one or more retirement accounts if you don't already have one, such as joining a retirement plan at work or opening an individual retirement account (IRA). Even a nonworking spouse can put up to $3,000 a year into an IRA, and an additional $500 if she is age 50 or older.
Next, pay your retirement accounts just as you would any critical monthly bill-before it is frittered away in discretionary spending. Direct deposits make it easier and less painful.
Contribute the most you can afford to contribute and that rules allow-at least enough to earn the entire match an employer might make into a 401(k) plan if that's available, and ideally up to the maximum allowed by the plan. For many types of retirement plans and IRAs, workers over age 50 can kick in an extra "catch up" contribution above what younger workers are allowed.
Beef up Social Security benefits. Returning to work can beef up a woman's Social Security benefits ultimately earned in her name. Social Security bases its payments on a 35-year employment history, and even part-time work may earn more in a year than what she might have been making three decades ago.
Know your retirement rights. For example, women are guaranteed to continue to receive a portion of their husband's company pension if their husband dies before they do-unless they sign away that right. Women sometimes do that out of ignorance or because the couple decides to take the "single lifetime" payout because it provides a higher income stream than the "joint and survivor" payout. But those single-lifetime payouts stop when the beneficiary dies, and women are more likely to outlive their husbands.
Older women also should educate themselves about what Social Security benefits they might receive because they are married-and what benefits they might still receive in the event of divorce.
Long-term care insurance. While many men and women should investigate long-term care insurance, it can be especially important for women. Women are twice as likely as men to live in a nursing home, and they're less likely to be able to stay at home because they will have outlived their husbands who might care for them.
(Please consult with your own tax and legal advisors before taking any action that would have tax consequences.)


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National Education Policy 2016: Schools to finally impart regular sex education classes?
Bengaluru, Aug 4: In the name of imparting sex education to adolescents, most schools in India conduct workshops on health and hygiene. The issue of imparting sex education on a regular basis to school-going children in India has always been a controversial subject.
Most of those who opposed the idea of having a proper sex education curriculum in schools say it would encourage promiscuous behaviour among children and this is against "Indian values". However, experts on children-related issues say that at a time when the country is witnessing increase in cases of sexual abuse of children and teen pregnancy, schools must have regular classes on sex education.
Probably, the demand of those who advocate the importance of sex education is likely to be fulfilled soon. The draft of the National Education Policy 2016 made public on June on www.mygov.in website clearly mentions the significance of "sex education in schools for adolescent for safety measures".
"There is a lot of misconception surrounding sex education in schools. A lot of parents and even politicians have opposed the idea of teaching teenagers about safe sex methods and sexuality in general. This kind of medieval mindset is harming our children. Sex education helps inculcate essential information about conception, contraception and sexually transmitted diseases among the teenagers," Nagasimha Rao, Bengaluru-based child rights activist, told OneIndia.
"Right from parents and teachers in schools must tell children about safe and unsafe sexual practices. This will definitely help children save themselves from getting sexually abused," Rao added.
According to the World Health Organisation (WHO), sex education should be imparted to children who are 12 years and above. WHO further states that the age group of 12 to 19 years counts for some 34 per cent of the HIV-infected persons in the world.
"It is irresponsible on the part of our school system to ignore the facts and figures cited by the WHO. Instead of children having to know about sex and its various aspects from unreliable sources, it is always better to provide them the right information by the right person. And it can happen only if parents and teachers openly talk about sex to their children," said Vasudev Sharma, executive director of Child Rights Trust (CRT), Bengaluru.
Moreover, a study by the Department of Women and Child Development shows that some 53 per cent of children in the country have been victims of some kind of sexual abuse.
According to a circular issued by the Central Board of Secondary Education (CBSE) back in 2005, it had chalked out an Adolescence Reproductive and Sexual Health Education (ARSH) project. However, experts say the project is yet to be implemented in totality.
Some of the key objectives of ARSH project are: to acquire information and education on sex and reproductive health, to help teenagers avoid vulnerability to risky behaviour, to enable children to resist sexual exploitation and violence, to understand the consequence of substance abuse and adopt preventive measures and to help youngsters to understand the seriousness of the epidemic HIV/AIDS, to name a few.
Because of the taboo associated with sex education, several states, including Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, Karnataka, Kerala, Rajasthan, Chhattisgarh and Goa, had earlier banned a course on adolescent education programme as suggested by the Ministry of Human Resource Development (MHRD).
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Balancing High & Low Intensity Exercise/
I'm excited to have Elyse Petterson writing this guest blog post. I love the work she does, helping people incorporate activity into their daily lives. Rather than getting a 30-60 minute workout and then "being done" with activity for the day, she teaches Foundation Training and other techniques that are simple, practical ways to build strength, stamina and take care of our backs throughout the day. Read on to learn more...
There is a lot of talk about how different our modern life is from the way it used to be, and for good reason. It's easy to roll your eyes about mention of ancestral diets and cavemen foraging (I mean, they didn't live very long, right?). But there are some incredibly important takeaways from reflecting on these differences, and movement (or lack of) is a key change.
If we look at the whole span of human life, this most recent part (with the lights, cars, cubicles, and Snapchat) is the tiniest little sliver at the top of the iceberg. Plain and simple, our genetics have not caught up with what we have achieved in a very short amount of time. We are hardwired to move as little as possible, and eat whatever we get our hands on.
Is that working for us right now? Not at all. We have to have an incredibly strong drive and willpower to combat our bodies' desire to conserve energy. And as we can see from obesity rates, we are failing at that. Let's look at what "exercise" has come to mean in modern times. For the most part, unless you have a very physical job, people sit all day, and maybe 3 or 4 times a week put in 30 - 60 minutes of exercise. Oftentimes, making that exercise be high intensity is the desire; we have to counteract all that sitting, right?
It's not BAD to do high intensity exercise. It gets the endorphins up, making it pretty fun. It's good for your heart, and depending on what kind you are doing, it can add lean muscle and improve body composition.
But let's be real: sitting all day is not a natural position to be in. Sitting slows the flow of fluid in your body and has been linked to heart disease and obesity. Your workout does not take away those effects.
What if we don't stop with our favorite exercise class or jogging routine, but ADD in more movement? The Solution: Stand up, every hour:
Here's an area where modern technology helps you! Phones can have timers set, and that iWatch buzzes your wrist to tell you to get up regularly. Walk more! The benefits of walking can't be overstated. Take the stairs, carry your groceries, make your daily life support your health instead of diminishing it.
The benefits of low-intensity exercise are huge. Walking, gentle yoga, Foundation Training, joint mobility exercises, cooking from scratch; the list goes on and on. High intensity exercise, while great, also raises cortisol, which impedes recovery. Low intensity exercise lowers cortisol; this is where your bones get stronger, muscles and connective tissues rebuild, and stress is lowered. We need the balance.
Where to start?
- Set that timer, get up from your desk or that chair regularly.
- Add in walks, even short ones, throughout the day.
- Don't skip the gentle yoga class. Go and know it will make your body stronger and better compared to only doing the high intensity workouts.
We can't change what we have done in the past, and we shouldn't feel guilty that we sat when we could have stood; after all, it's in our genetics. But what we can do is get up, right now, and change our path for the future to one of health and vibrancy.
To learn more about Elyse Petterson, Foundation Training and exercises to incorporate into your daily routine, go to www.perpetualmotionfit.com or email: firstname.lastname@example.com


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The Kanawha Summer Library Club
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On June 8, the Kanawha County Public Library will kick of its annual Summer Library Club, with the theme "Reading Is Math-Magical."
All of the branch libraries are participating in this annual event, with special activities slated for the kick off. The Cross Lanes and St. Albans Branches will have an art program with cartoonist J.D. Williamson.
If you can't come to the kick off, there's no need to worry as the Summer Library Club is available until July 27, 2013. Registration is open anytime at their local branch, or online at the Kanawha County Public Library website at www.kanawhalibrary.org.


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Each complaint, filed by Dennis McDonald and John Ruffalo, "substantively fails to indicate a possible violation," the ethics commission decided.
The following is a news release from the Flagler County Communications office:
The Florida Commission on Ethics on Wednesday, Oct. 28, dismissed complaints filed against County Commissioner Nate McLaughlin and Flagler County Attorney Al Hadeed.
The public reports and orders dismissing the two complaints were nearly identical. Both orders concluded that each complaint "substantively fails to indicate a possible violation."
"We are glad these allegations are being looked into and dismissed," County Administrator Craig Coffey said.
The dismissed complaints were filed by Dennis McDonald against McLaughlin, and filed by John Ruffalo against Hadeed. They alleged that it was illegal for the Board of County Commissioners to submit previous claims filed against each member individually and Hadeed to the county's insurance provider for the payment of legal defense.
Those previous complaints were filed by former Supervisor of Election Kimberle Weeks, failed county commission candidate Mark Richter and Richter's son following the 2014 election cycle. These complaints were filed not only with the Commission on Ethics but also with the Florida Elections Commission and the Florida Bar.
Weeks resigned as elections supervisor in January 2015 and was later indicted for a dozen felony accusations related to surreptitiously recording conversations of public officials and others. She, McDonald, Ruffalo and the Richters have filed some 19 complaints with various agencies since the 2014 election.
Of the two current dismissals, the Commission on Ethics concluded that each "consists of a lengthy narrative and multiple attachments, much of which concerns officials or persons other than the Respondent, describes various alleged happenings of county government and officials…"
McLaughlin was accused of misusing his public position to benefit himself personally by allowing the previous claim against him to be submitted to the county's insurance provider. The commission concluded, "such conduct would seem prudent and to serve a public purpose, regardless of whether a benefit also might accrue to the board members."
"It's a relief to have this behind me," McLaughlin said. "I have the business at hand to take care of the residents in this county."
Ruffalo's complaint against Hadeed – more than 180 pages of accusations and exhibits – claimed that, as county attorney, he should have known it was illegal to submit the claims because the commissioners were individually named. The Commission on Ethics disagreed.
"It is not inconsistent with the proper performance of public duty or wrongful (it is not 'corrupt') for a county attorney to bring the issue of publicly-provided defense, and related matters, to the attention of the county's governing board and to seek the board's input," said Stanley M. Weston, chairman of the Florida Commission of Ethics, in the signed order.
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When I petitioned my lodge a number of years ago, the brother who conducted my investigation explained a bit about how a lodge is governed. As I recall, he said that it is like a dictatorship. What the master says and orders is the rule, as long as it is within the rather loose confines of the Masonic law. Here in Virginia we have our Methodical Digest, which is the book of Masonic law, dictating what we can and cannot do in our lodges. The law prohibits some things and prescribes others, but most lodge rule devolves to the Master.
What I always found interesting is that, while the law establishes the bounds of the world we live in, it really leaves a lot of what we do up to the subordinate lodges. The Grand Lodge has a number of publications on best practices and how a master should run his lodge, but when the rubber meets the road, it is up to one person to decide what happens.
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India: the Urban Transition (DPU)
Talk by Henrik Valeur at University College London, Development Planning Unit.
12 October 2017.
Networking Bangalore
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Talk by Henrik Valeur at the Open City Summer School, Politecnico di Milano.
7 September 2016.
India: the Urban Transition (SAI)
Talk by Henrik Valeur at Harvard University, South Asia Institute.
28 March 2016.
Explore and experiment!
Talks by Henrik Valeur at Pillai HOC College of Architecture, Rasayani and Pillai College of Architecture, New Panvel, Navi Mumbai.
January, 2015.
Development Urbanism – an alternative to the "smart city" concept
Talks by Henrik Valeur at Lamakaan/Hyderabad Urban Lab and Tata Institute of Social Science in Hyderabad.
February, 2015.
Social and Environmental Sustainability in Urban India
Talk by Henrik Valeur at Centre for Policy Research, New Delhi.
12 March 2015.
Abstract: With rural-to-urban migration and urban-to-rural remittance, the number of people affected by traditional "rural" ills, such as undernourishment and infectious diseases, may decline. However, if cities and urban cultures are not properly developed and maintained, "rural" ills may simply be replaced by "urban" ills, such as stress, physical inactivity and social isolation, which may bring about even more suffering.
The Power of Urbanization
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Talk by Henrik Valeur at Lund University, Sweden.
14 September 2010.
I want to talk about the creative and destructive forces of urbanization.
It is often assumed that urbanization is the result of economic, social and technological development, but maybe it is more accurate to say that it is urbanization, which enables economic, social and technological development. And in so doing urbanization provokes changes of existing orders, both in nature and among people. But without urbanization no change, no development!


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Want to have a custom message displayed at the top of your site, then Top Bar WordPress plugins will help you to do that in just a few minutes.
Adding a top Bar WordPress plugins in your website provides more functionality and flexibilities for your users. You can customize your website according to your choice by adding fun emojis as well.
One of the purposes of adding top bar plugin is to easily add navigations and notifications on the top of your site for you and your users.
The plugin provides a lot of amazing features like it allows users to add a bottom border on a website, set or unset the timings before the top bar appears, make it visible only for authenticated users and guests. It also allows you to choose font-size, colors, designs and much more.
It also allows you to add anything you want to do on your website through customized text field or by creating a custom page.
Here's is our take on '7 Top Bar WordPress Plugins (Free and Paid)'.
Let's start with few blogs which might be helpful for your business:
1. Top Bar – WordPress Top Bar Plugin
This WordPress Top Bar plugin is simple and clean notification bar for your WordPress site. It allows you to show messages, notifications and much more to your user.
Top Bar lets your users know about special offers, newly released stuff or whatever you're using this plugin for, events, contests and more. This plugin is eye-catching which can grab the visitors attention at once.
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For a single site Top Bar its services at just $12, wherever for unlimited site extend up to $49.
Attributes of Top Bar WordPress Plugin
- The plugin is user-friendly which allows them to open and close the top bars anytime.
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- You can change its font-size, color schemes at any time.
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2. Top Sliding Bar – WordPress Plugin Top Bar
The Top Sliding Bar WordPress plugin is the powerful tool to build an awesome widgets area in the section of your website.
You can create an unlimited number of widgets, configurations, and more. The best thing about it is that it offers a neat and clean user interface.
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This powerful plugin offers its services at just $17 and extended up to $76.
Attributes of Top Sliding Bar –
- The plugin is 100% customizable and offers an unlimited number of configurations.
- Through custom CSS you can change and save the styles accordingly.
- Unlimited color options are available.
- More than 600+ Google fonts available.
3. Emoji Top Bar – WordPress Top Bar for Menu
Emoji Top Bar is the highly effective WordPress notification plugin that comes with more than 1400+ different emoji and smart visibility filter which can be used to display a stylish notification bar on your website.
The plugin is responsive on various screens like mobile, tabs, computer etc. Its notifications look great on every device. You can increase the conversion rate of your promotions, updates and more.
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Enjoy its basic and tons of features at just $14 and extend the benefits at just $120.
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- It offers a Live Builder interface so you can easily and quickly build any top bar in minutes.
- Through its Call To Action feature, you can customize the options of action buttons or add emoji.
- The plugin is completely responsive, it adapts your messages to mobile devices, desktop and more.
- Through its import/export setting, you can save or unsaved the top bar you like most.
4. Social Share Top Bar AddOn – Social Media iCons in Top Bar
Social Share top Bar plugin is the best choice for every WordPress website. It provides the ability to add Social Share Icons as a top bar on any page of the website.
Social share plugin provides more flexibility for your visitors to interact with your website. Because most of the users are comfortable with social share bar so Social Share becomes an interesting tool for, everyone, as well.
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You can get its multitude of features starting from $7 and extended up to $35 for unlimited features.
Attributes of Social Share Top Bar AddOn –
- The plugin loaded fast social buttons.
- Supports responsive Social themes.
- It supports Visual Composer integration
- It displays the pictures as per the page's type.
5. xPromoter – Notification Bar For WordPress
This is another powerful notification bar for WordPress plugin for WordPress website. It emphasizes the best offers of your products and services, about events, contest and much more.
The best way to emphasize your business work or website. It easy to use and responsive to every screen.
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Gets its packed features and functionalities at just $10 and extended up to $50 for unlimited features.
Attributes of xPromoter Notification Bar For WordPress-
- The plugin is extremely customization and responsive. Over 50 parameter where you can customize the plugin.
- With its lots of features like colors, borders the plugin is suitable for any website.
- The plugin is completely SEO Friendly. Modify your website links.
- Available all the updated version.
6. Category Bar For WordPress – Top Bar Plugin For WordPress
Category top bar plugin for WordPress is the most powerful WordPress plugin for the website. The plugin lets your user easily scroll through all posts category by using touch or mouse action.
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Gets its tons of features at just $17 and extended up to $85.
Attributes of Category Bar For WordPress –
- It supports more than 700 Icons to choose.
- Allows you to set bottom bar height and post items width.
- Supports all devices like Ipad, iPhone, Android etc.
- You can set what post contents to be posted on quick view panel.
7. Top Bar – Free Top Bar WordPress Plugin
This Free Top Bar WordPress plugin is a simple and user-friendly interface. The plugin is customized with lots of amazing features which ideally most of the bar plugin failed to serve.
It doesn't need any coding skills, any technical skill, and is fully responsive with all your notifications related needs. Add any type of contents, Images, videos with simple shortcodes and also helps you to collect leads.
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Download the plugin at FREE of cost from its official site
Attributes of Free Top Bar WordPress Plugin –
- Provides easy and simple user interface.
- Add custom HTML, stylish fonts, colors and much more.
- Allows you to display the ads as well.
- Clean, simple and elegant designs.
Ending Note:
And here we covered some of the best top bar WordPress plugins. The collection of bars can serve different purposes for different users to determine what use is most effective for your WordPress website. Hope that you were able to find the best plugin which fits on your site.
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As the anthology format has gained a foothold once again in the television and streaming markets every studio is looking for ways to dip their toes into that pool. With some anthology series experience under their belt Deadline is reporting that SyFy is looking to dip theirs in a bit further with the addition of a revival of Rod Sterling's Night Gallery. Leading the charge will be Teen Wolf's Jeff Davis and Midnight, Texas' David Janollari.
Night Gallery, which ran on NBC from 1969 to 1973, was Sterling's supernatural/horror followup to his sci-fi-themed anthology series The Twilight Zone. Serling was the host of Night Gallery, appearing in an art gallery setting to introduce each segment of an episode by unveiling a painting that illustrated the story.Created by Davis, who reinvented Teen Wolf as a dark, supernatural genre series for the millennial generation, the Night Gallery reboot will update the 1969 series for the digital age. Dark and twisted morality tales paired with Serling's specific brand of irony, Night Gallery will explore and exploit every modern nightmare imaginable, mining our fears of the dangers of social media.Davis will executive produce with Janollari via his David Janollari Entertainment. The project reunites the duo who launched together Davis' Teen Wolf on MTV during Janollari's tenure as the network's head of programming. Universal TV, which has rights to Night Gallery, co-produces with corporate sibling UCP.
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Reposted from OUT Magazine BY MARIA BUSTILLOS It's Jackie's world — we just live in it. The late film director Louis Malle once referred to Jackie Collins as "a raunchy moralist." She recently told me, "It's my favorite description of me." I can't say I agree, exactly. The best-selling author of 29 books that have
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By Antonia Hoyle. Reposted from Mirror Online 'Sex should be fun and equal…not about getting tied up': Jackie Collins on why her bonkbusters will never be like 50 Shades of Grey Jackie Collins, 75, has just released her 29th novel and sold a staggering 500 million copies since starting out in the 60s SHE is the
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THE POWER TRIP BY JACKIE COLLINS (Simon & Schuster £16.99) By Sara Lawrence I've been a huge fan of Jackie Collins since I first read The World Is Full Of Married Men at the age of 16, a novel that Barbara Cartland labelled 'nasty, filthy and disgusting' – which probably explains why I loved it
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Five Minutes with Jackie Collins (The Huddersfield Daily Examiner)
How have you been affected by the recent earthquakes in LA? We recently had two earthquakes right under Beverly Hills, where I live. You get tossed out of bed in the middle of the night. A few paintings fell off the wall and smashed and all the cupboards flew open in my study, but other
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Jackie Collins: "My women kick ass, they don't get their asses kicked" (Reveal)
Jackie Collins is the original Queen of Steam. Raunchy, uninhibited and sexually empowering, it's no surprise that she's sold over 500 millions copies of her books in more than 40 countries, making her one of the world's most successful authors. And, lucky for us, she's back with an exciting new novel, The Power Trip. When a
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Jackie Collins on her racy new book, her advice to Prince Harry and her latest man for all seasons… FORGET Fifty Shades Of Grey – Jackie Collins is 50 shades of fab! The original and still the best queen of the sexy, smutty, salacious potboiler, author Jackie has been titillating her audiences since EL James
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Writing has immense power.
The power to share ideas and bring them to life. The power to connect people who have something in common, or who need something from each other. The power to make things real that once only existed in our minds.
But too often, we only write because we have to.
We write because we're trying to rush an idea out the door, trying to fulfill a duty, trying to move something forward.
Here and there, I've talked about the power of a different kind of writing—but I get the feeling that you're not doing it all that often (largely because I'm not doing it all that often).
And I want to change that. Today, I want to introduce you to something I'm calling Explore: 31 Days of Intentional Writing.
The idea is that for 31 days, beginning January 1, you'll spend at least fifteen minutes responding to a short but powerful prompt that I'll send straight to your inbox.
Before you get started, you'll set an intention (because everyone will get something different out of this), and when you're done, you'll get a guide to help you use what you created (whether that's content or momentum or something totally different!).
I've created pretty open-ended prompts that are all about exploring—your past, your present, your future, your feelings, your ideas—and you can use both the process and the results in whatever way works for you.
You can sign up between now and December 17—after that, registration will close. If we both enjoy this, I may offer it again in 2016, but it's not a guarantee. (I'm sure you've noticed by now that I like to experiment with things, but that I'm also not afraid to move on when needed.)
Before you check it out, I want to point out that I'm offering two extras just for this first round of Explorers!
Bonus #1 (super limited!!) The first three people to sign up will get a 45-minute one-on-one call with me.
We'll talk about how Explore went for you, what you learned, where you're heading—and work out any stuck points you encounter. Once these spots are gone, they're gone—so act fast!
Bonus #2 (for this round only!) Anyone who signs up by December 17 will get honest insights from me as I do the work alongside you.
Yep, I'll be doing Explore as well. Because I truly believe in the power of writing, and I don't always make enough time for it either.
So if you're ready to explore what writing can do for you, head this way!