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We're trying something different with our educational programming at work with our new workshop series, From Scratch: Your Maine Kitchen. After the great success of food blogger and author Marisa McLellan's of Food in Jars demonstration in August, we hope to keep the momentum rolling with cookbook authors and local experts presenting on various Maine foods.
So far, we've had two workshops; in November's "From the Maine Wild," author Kate Krukowski Gooding talked about cooking with wild game and prepared a delicious beaver Bourguignon. The recipe is in her most recent cookbook, 50 Ways to Eat a Beaver (and don't worry, she is aware of the wink, wink meaning of the title!).
Master Food Preserver Karyn Small, who owns Butcher Boys Deer Cutting in Bowdoin, talked about preparing venison and offered samples of her venison jerky. There were a fair amount of hunters in the class, but as someone who doesn't hunt, I loved being able to try wild meats like beaver and deer.
I taught December's workshop, with my friend and Master Food Preserver Allison Carroll Duffy making an appearance to promote her cookbook, Preserving with Pomona's Pectin. We made one of Allison's recipes, spiced cranberry pear jam, in this Holiday Gifts from the Kitchen class. Running with the cranberry theme, we also made cranberry granola (recipe below), and a cranberry pilaf mix in a jar. The gifts together would make a lovely basket for a friend or, individually, great host/ess gifts at holiday parties.
Next month, Saturday, January 17th, we have friend of Extension Sheri Fistal teaching us how to make sourdough bread. We'll be baking bread, and everyone will go home with some sourdough starter. Michael Scholz, the miller at Maine Grains, will also be there to tell us all about flour and how it relates to baking – sourcing, storing, different kinds, gluten levels, etc.
In February, we're learning about winter seafood and seaweed. We've got three instructors lined up: Barton Seaver, a local cookbook author and sustainable seafood expert; Hillary Krapf, seaweed enthusiast; and Maine Sea Grant's Sarah Redmond. I'm looking forward to seeing what "seaweed comfort food" recipes Hillary serves up.
Other From Scratch topics include "Weird" Maine Fermentables (goat's milk yogurt, water kefir, and tempeh) in March, Maine Cheese Pairings in April, Maine Foraging in May, and Drinking the Harvest (Fall 2015). Workshops are Saturdays from 10am to 1pm and cost $40. Registration is available online. Hope to see you!
Maine Cranberry Granola
Yield: 6 cups
5 cups Maine Grains rolled oats (available at Whole Foods)
1/3 cup coconut oil
1/3 cup honey or maple syrup
1 tsp cinnamon
1/2 tsp nutmeg
1/2 tsp vanilla
1/2 cup pecans (or any nuts you like)
1/3 cup sunflower seeds
1/3 cup pepitas (roasted pumpkin seeds)
1-1/2 cups dried cranberries
Preheat oven to 300°F. Coat cookie sheet with cooking spray. Combine all ingredients, except dried fruit, on cooking sheet. Bake for 30-35 minutes, stirring every 10 minutes.
Once cooled, add the dried fruit and mix well. Store in an airtight container.


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An all-you-can-rent apparel store tucked away in the by lanes of Bandra, The Source has been the go-to place for Bollywood to pick up that expensive gown or a crazy head gear, all on rent.
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You can always spot a stylist or two looking for a particular jacket or shoes at this place. With the door inviting us with a 'come in, we're awesome' sign, we were greeted by a cool picture of a chimpanzee.
The collection at this store is monstrous with clothes neatly arranged in hangers lined by shoes at the bottom. With tops starting at INR 700 for rent, we think it's a little steep but not too bad for when you want to go for a black tie event. They also have shoes, belts, accessories and arty headgear perfect to wear to a costume party. The gowns and saris start at INR 3,000. They will alter the clothes according to you size before renting it out.
Not just the ladies, men can head here too. There's blazers {INR 1,500}, shirts {INR 600}, shoes {INR 1,500}, sunglasses {INR 150} and watches {INR 1,590} to be rented for that fancy office dinner. The prices mentioned are for three days and in case you want to keep it for a longer period, an extra charge will be levied. There's also a refundable deposit which depends on the item rented.
If you're lazy to go for a quick shopping trip before a big event or don't want to spend a bomb on a lehenga for your friend's wedding, hit up The Source.

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Ron Botelho joined Chasan Lamparello Mallon & Cappuzzo as an Associate in 2014. He is a civil litigation attorney focusing his practice on the representation of victims of general and professional negligence. He has responsibility for all stages of litigation, with emphasis on case screening and intake, legal research, fact investigation, motion practice, depositions, settlement negotiation, and trial preparation. He advocates each day for victims and their families who have been affected by:
- Car, truck, bus and motorcycle accidents
- Dangerous conditions on private, commercial and public property (Slip/Trip-and-fall)
- Preventable medical errors by doctors, nurses and diagnosticians (Medical Malpractice)
- Wrongful death
- Nursing home neglect
- Physical assaults and sexual abuse
- Unsafe work conditions and on-the-job injuries
- Dog bites
His work was highlighted in the New Jersey Law Journal's Top 20 Personal Injury Awards of 2016, involving the matter of Czech v. Lakeside Environmental Consultants. The case resulted in an $8.6 million settlement - the second largest auto recovery in the State of New Jersey for the year. Ron also obtained a $1.4 million judgment for a victim of physical assault and unlawful restraint at the hands of a group hired to coerce a religious divorce and extort money from his family.
In addition, Ron represents parties in the litigation of commercial, chancery and estate disputes. In 2016, he successfully restored sole title to the primary residence of an 84-year old widow who signed a deed under undue influence exerted by a trusted financial advisor. He has also appeared in the Supreme Court of New York representing businesses in a variety of commercial disputes involving breach of contract, intentional interference with contractual relations, and unjust enrichment.
In 2018, Ron was appointed by the New Jersey Supreme Court to a four-year term as a Member of the District VI Fee Arbitration Committee. Prior to joining CLM&C, Ron began his professional career serving the public in all three branches of government, as a Family Service Worker administering Emergency Housing, TANF, Food Stamps and Medicaid to families in Essex County, as Chief of Staff to the Honorable John F. McKeon, Deputy Speaker of the New Jersey General Assembly, and as Law Clerk to the Honorable Robert L. Polifroni, Presiding Civil Judge of the Superior Court of New Jersey, Bergen Vicinage.
He earned a Juris Doctor from Seton Hall School of Law in 2011, and a Bachelor's Degree in Political Science from Montclair State University in 2006, where he served two terms as Student Body Vice President.
In his free time, Ron facilitates leadership programs for fraternity men and sorority women around the country. He has been a facilitator for the North-American Intrafraternity Conference's Futures Quest and Undergraduate Interfraternity Institute programs. In 2017, he was recognized as Theta Xi Fraternity's Outstanding District Director for his work on leadership programs and training for undergraduate members and alumni advisors at RPI, Stevens, MIT, Lehigh and Montclair State.
He also volunteers his time advocating for the rights of the lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender community. Prior to joining the New Jersey State Bar Association LGBT Rights Section, Ron was a Vice Chair of Garden State Equality - New Jersey's statewide advocacy and education organization for the LGBT community.
Ron grew up in Passaic, New Jersey, and currently resides with his spouse, Anthony, in Hackensack, New Jersey.


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The new drug highway: Pacific islands at centre of cocaine trafficking boom
It is the drug route you've never heard of: a multibillion dollar operation involving cocaine and methamphetamines being packed into the hulls of sailing boats in the US and Latin America and transported to Australia via South Pacific islands more often thought of as holiday destinations than narcotics hubs.
In the past five years there has been an explosion in the number of boats, sometimes carrying more than a tonne of cocaine, making the journey across the Pacific Ocean to feed Australia's growing and very lucrative drug habit.
Caught in the middle are countries such as Fiji, which the Guardian visited as part of a series investigating the Pacific drug highway. Other countries affected include Vanuatu, Papua New Guinea, Tonga and New Caledonia, whose waters and


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Time is going just so quickly and really the busier I am, usually the better I think and the more creative I get. (Strange I know but I really believe laziness breeds more laziness. But don't get me wrong, a day in sweats and a good book is amazing.)
I will try and keep this short and sweet. The Frozen Birthday Party was a huge success according to my now 3 year old. She was so happy to be with friends, play in fake snow, make crafts, eat cake (Cake was from A Little Something Extra and visit with Queen Elsa and Princess Anna. Here are a few pictures of the day that shows just how fun it really was. Things were kept simple, so kids had the space to run and play and dance.
On to December and our goals for the month.
We are offering couples 20% off our packages when booking before January 31 and we are so excited to see what comes of our first real promotion. (You can see descriptions of our packages on Our Services page)
Thoughts and talks will be focused on how to build LE through 2015.
My personal goal for this month is to set out office hours that I can completely dedicate to LE and still have a happy work/work/life balance. Now that I will have a real office space, it will really allow me to set some boundaries to dedicate to LE.


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Alamo reimagining a triumph of archaeology, creativity and vision
In what National Review contributor Victor Davis Hanson calls our latest "immigration psycho-drama," reason and history have seemingly vanished. As shocked Americans rediscovered our problematic southern border, no overstatement has been too extreme, no exaggeration too absurd. Some demonstrators assert that no immigrant is illegal, that there is no right to exclude anyone from lands stolen in the first place. (That argument is best justified if you happen to be a Comanche, fierce native warriors who ruled Texas for a millennium.)
Just as passions and voices reached new heights, San Antonians are confronting a troubling problem: The Alamo is falling down. Despite being a sacred touchstone of Texas and American history, the old mission has narrowly been rescued from developers or destruction ever since the 1836 battle. But 15 million annual visitors have taken a toll; so, too, have vibrations from nearby street traffic. The Cenotaph, a 60-foot monument commemorating those killed in the fight, is increasingly unstable.
But a century of uneven preservation and commercial development at the memorial have created a mixed bag of the sacred and the profane. The Alamo and Cenotaph sit on one side of a broad plaza: The other is dominated by tacky souvenir shops and dubious commercial "attractions." Imagine if the Tomb of the Unknowns at Arlington Cemetery — with its flawless ceremonial drills performed by crisply uniformed guards — had to share space with carnival rides. You can then grasp why the incongruities of Alamo Plaza are a national disgrace.
In 2015, the City Council commissioned a long-term study on needed repairs while reimagining the site in time for its 2036 bicentennial. As with immigration, opportunities for misunderstanding abounded. Did it make sense to commemorate what some saw as a battlefield in which mostly white Anglos fought — and lost — a battle to Santa Anna's Mexican army? Once you answered that question, then would sanctifying the site compromise a vibrant center of San Antonio's downtown commerce? Worse yet: Would political correctness lead to historical compromise, a dumbed-down, snowflake version of events and ideas that shaped American history?
Against the backdrop of the border crisis, the Alamo master plan was released for public comment during four well-attended citizens meetings. Some in the audience opposed any changes. One woman even demanded, "Well, what's so sacred about the Alamo anyway?" Others argued for "remembering, not reimagining." Perhaps they forgot that Texas high schools nationally rank 46th and that historical illiteracy is an ongoing problem.
Despite forebodings, the architectural reimagining of the master plan is simply stunning, a triumph of archaeology, creativity and visionary development. With a unified site plan, visitor attention will focus naturally on the Alamo, the American Thermopylae. Its complementary stories of Texan and Mexican heroism will now be told in a new museum that astute strategic planning might have added long ago. The bold new vision even suggested a line from Lincoln's Gettysburg Address: "the brave men, living and dead, who struggled here have consecrated it far above our poor power to add or detract."
Because history is ultimately a choice, the new Alamo will commemorate the conflicts and compromises as many different peoples sought common liberty in South Texas. Memories thus consecrated can even bring people closer together, not drive them farther apart.
Retired Col. Kenneth Allard is a former West Point instructor, dean of the National War College and NBC News military analyst.


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Today we are proud to be able to call Innovation Living™ a renowned sofa bed specialist. Since 1971, we have continually developed and refined our mattresses in order to improve comfort and durability. We offer a wide range of comfortable mattresses, and all of the undivided mattresses within our multifunctional range are handmade with great care and attention to quality at our factory in Denmark. We have an environmentally friendly view on our production, which is why we recover and apply excess foam in the cotton cores of our Classic mattresses, also produced in Denmark.
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It comprises the link between Greek and Cyprian companies of the export branch with the universal market.
It upgrades and promotes at the same time the strengthening of the further relationships and their possible future collaboration.
It is available 3 times annually in English and it covers the whole range of proceedings of the export companies in the wider field of food, drink and super market's products.
You can find them at the stands of our company in the big international exhibitions in
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2019, participating :
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2. IFE, The International Food & Drink event, 17-20 March 2019, ExCeL London,
3. PLMA's "World of Private Label" International Trade Show, 21-22 May 2019, RAI Exhibition Centre – Amsterdam
4. SUMMER FANCY FOOD SHOW, June 23-25, 2019 Javits Center New York
5. ANUGA October 5-9, 2019 Koelnmesse, Cologne,
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Managers can monitor their agencies year 2000 survival chances with Risk Manager for Year 2000, a Microsoft Windows 9x and Windows NT package from GartnerGroup Inc. of Stamford, Conn.
Risk Manager does not diagnose, fix or test any date code. Instead, the $19,000 standalone application presents lengthy checklists to measure a senior managers knowledge of readiness in six areas: information technology infrastructure, facilities and equipment, supply chain, products and services, applications and procedures, and process systems.
Organizations have concerns in all areas, said Timothy F. Scudder, GartnerGroups vice president of compliance research.
When the manager has checked off the multiple-choice questions as completely as possible, Risk Manager summarizes overall readiness in a hexagon-shaped graph that shows the agencys chances of surviving the crisis.
GartnerGroup research shows that senior executives who made their chief information officers responsible for year 2000 readiness underestimated the scope of the problem, Scudder said. He said Risk Manager incorporates all of GartnerGroups research knowledge related to year 2000 survival.
The app analyzes the cost of fixing code and the degree of independent validation. Used periodically, it forms an audit trail of year 2000 progress. Users can drill down to the underlying lists, maintained in a flat-file database, to focus their efforts on the riskiest areas.
Risk Managers $19,000 one-year license fee includes one day of training for a senior manager and quarterly software updates.
GartnerGroup has estimated that only half the worlds organizations will test their year 2000 repairs, and that the costs of repairs will range from $300 billion upward. Scudder said the figures for the full costs are unlikely to emerge until around 2002.
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Bali is the largest tourist destination in the country and is renowned for its highly developed arts, including traditional and modern dance, sculpture, painting, leather, metalworking, and music. Bali also being as part of the Coral Triangle, the area with the highest biodiversity of marine species.
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I've been thinking a lot about the concept of "home" lately. Probably because it's a theme in my current work-in-progress, exploring the question of how "home" shapes us, and what ties it binds upon us. One of my characters is making a trip to visit her parents after a long absence. What she finds, and what she discovers about herself (and her parents) isn't really what she expected. But no matter what, "home is where the heart is," right?
Actually that concept of home is a bit thorny. While Dorothy Gale says "There's no place like home," Thomas Wolfe says "You can't go home again." Who's right?
Recently I was listening to a cd by the acclaimed singer-songwriter Mac McAnally, eight-time CMA Musician of the Year and an integral part of Jimmy Buffet's band. Mac has a song about "home"--about growing up in Belmont, Mississippi, titled "Back Where I Come From." It's a song that really resonates with me. For all the wrong reasons.
That's because I don't have a place where I "come from". Before I hit sixth grade I'd been in about eleven different schools in four different states (Georgia, Alabama, Florida, a short stint in Idaho). My step-dad liked to move around a lot, always looking for that greener pasture (which, by the way, I don't think he ever really found). But all that relocating made it difficult to make friends—I was always the new kid, and always knew I wasn't going to be there very long anyway. Not much basis for being able to say "that's where I come from."
I ended up living with my grandparents in a small town in Georgia from sixth grade until I graduated from high school. It was as close as anything I had to "where I come from." But I really didn't—and still don't—consider it that way. It just seemed like one more way-station on the road of life—a bit more long-term, perhaps, but it still didn't have that sense of rootedness that Mac sings about. I wasn't born and raised there, so I was an outsider. Accepted, tolerated, but not really an integral part of things like so many of the other kids were. For most of them, their families had been there for generations.
So you'd think I'd have been drawn to someone who had lived in the same house all her life, had a close-knit family and cousins galore up and down the block. Wrong! I went away to college, met and fell in love with a wonderful girl, and ended up marrying her. And her father liked to move every three years. She had no real roots either.
Since we've been together (now these thirty-six years) we've moved a total of eight or nine times (I've rather lost count over the years). We've been kind of like human tumbleweeds, gathering no rocks. (Ok, if a rolling stone gathers no moss, than it stands to reason that a rolling moss gathers no stones…)
Our current home has set a record—we've now been in the same place for over seventeen years. Absolutely amazing. But even though this is where I am at the moment, there's still no sense of long-term rootedness, no anchor to the past. No connection to the nostalgia of family and friends and Sunday dinners at Grandma's.
That's not to say unrootedness has necessarily worked against me. I've seen a lot of places, met a lot of people, and generally had a good time. I can't honestly say I'm any worse off than some of the people I went to school with back in Georgia, many of whom still live within five miles of the place they were born. There's something to be said both ways—for having those rock-solid connections, and for being free to go wherever the wind takes you.
All in all, I guess for me "where I come from" is more an internal locale than any real sense of external roots. I come from wherever I am at the moment, living securely in the here and now, and looking not towards the past but towards what the future may hold. For while where you come from can be an anchor, sometimes an anchor can weigh you down and keep you from moving forward.
Now, to work that into my next book...
Now, to work that into my next book...


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Fisher House military child scholarship applications now available
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Defense Commissary Agency
FORT LEE, Va. — The application period for Defense Commissary Agency's Fisher House Military Children Program for the 2017-2018 school year is underway.
Now entering its 17th year, the program was created to recognize the "contributions of military families to the readiness of the fighting force and to celebrate the role of the commissary in the military family community," according to the mission statement on the militaryscholar.org website.
At least one scholarship worth $2,000 will be awarded at every commissary location where qualified applications are received. Additional recipients will be selected based on a prorated basis, so more scholarships will be awarded at those stores with larger numbers of applicants. A total of 700 scholarship grants will be awarded this year.
Fisher House Foundation, a nonprofit organization that helps service members and their families, administers the program. Scholarship Managers, a national, nonprofit, scholarship management services organization, manages and awards the scholarships.
"This is always an exciting time of year, when the Fisher House Scholarships for Military Children program kicks off, knowing 700 military children will have the opportunity to receive a $2,000 scholarship to help toward their studies," said Marye Dobson, DeCA's liaison for the scholarship program.
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The commissary's industry partners, including vendors, suppliers and manufacturers, as well as the general public, donate money to the program, and every dollar donated goes directly toward funding the scholarships.
To qualify for consideration, applicants must be a dependent, unmarried child, younger than 21 — or 23, if enrolled as a full-time student at a college or university — of a service member on active duty, a Reserve or Guard member, retiree or survivor of a military member who died while on active duty, or survivor of a retiree.
Applications must be hand-delivered or shipped via the U.S. Postal Service or other delivery methods to the commissary where the applicant's family normally shops by close of business Friday, Feb. 12.
Applications cannot be emailed or faxed.
Applicants should ensure that they and their sponsor are enrolled in the Defense Enrollment Eligibility Reporting System database and have a military ID card. The applicant must attend or plan to attend an accredited college or university, full time, in the fall of 2017 or be enrolled in studies designed to transfer to a four-year program.
In the past 16 years of its existence, the program has awarded more than $15 million in scholarships to over 9,000 students.
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We're still a couple of years away from the introduction of the new BMW 3-series family that bears the internal codename F30, but spies have once again captured the popular sedan version on film, this time at a gas station in Europe as the car is undergoing cold climate testing. The swirly disguise doesn't reveal much about the sedan's design but we assume that BMW's one-styling-fits-all blandness treatment will be applied on the four-door 3-Series.
And if the new 5-Series is anything to go by, expect the car to be slightly larger in all dimensions.
Powertrain options will include numerous four- and six-cylinder gasoline and diesel units (depending on the market of course), with the much appraised 3.0-liter twin-turbocharged straight-six petrol in the 335i to be replaced by BMW's new 3.0-liter inline-six with a single, twin-scroll turbocharger that makes 306-horsepower and 400Nm (295 lb-ft).
There's also a strong possibility that BMW may introduce a mild hybrid variant, but this has not been officially confirmed. Same goes for the rumors concerning the replacement of the M3's naturally aspirated V8 unit with a straight-six turbo.
As with the current model, the new 3-Series will be offered with an optional all-wheel drive system, while the range will eventually grow to include Touring, Convertible and Coupe models with a crossoverish GT akin to the 5-Series Gran Turismo said to be under consideration.
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mean motionThe constant angular speed that is required for a celestial body to complete one revolution of an (undisturbed) elliptical orbit of a specified semimajor axis.
Mean Motion(religion, spiritualism, and occult)
Because celestial bodies move in elliptical orbits, their speed varies depending upon their location. Mean motion refers to their average speed.
Mean Motion
an element, or parameter, of the orbit of a celestial body that characterizes the dimensions of the orbit. The relation between the mean motion and the semimajor axis of the orbit is given by Kepler's third law: the larger the semimajor axis, the more slowly the body, on the average, moves in its orbit. (SeeORBIT OF A CELESTIAL BODY.)
mean motion[′mēn ′mō·shən]
The speed which a planet or its satellite would have if it were moving in a circular orbit with radius equal to its distance from the sun or a central planet with a period equal to its actual period.


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Handmade by Venetian master craftsmen, this deskpiece from Francesco Rubinato has a base made of wood, a miniature statue of Atlas carrying the weight of the world on his shoulders made of solid metal which doubles up as a quill pen holder. The natural goose quill in white has a metal handle and a stainless steel dip pen nib. The red ink bottle complements the purity of the white quill. Francesco Rubinato of Italy has been creating curated pieces of fine art for over 60 years now. Each piece is accompanied by a seal and certificate of authenticity by Rubinato, Italy. Note that the ink supplied with this quill is specifically formulated for use in a dip pen and should not be used in a regular fountain pen.
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ISRN Mathematical Analysis
Volume 2011, Article ID 436045, 20 pages
Some Results for Nonlinear ()-Term Fractional Integrodifferential Inclusions with Multipoint Boundary Conditions
Department of Applied Mathematics, Donghua University, Shanghai 201620, China
Received 18 April 2011; Accepted 24 May 2011
Academic Editors: B. Djafari-Rouhani, G. L. Karakostas, and W. Kryszewski
Copyright © 2011 Huacheng Zhou et al. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
We are concerned with the nonlinear -term fractional integrodifferential inclusions , , where , , are constant coefficients, and , , subject to the nonlocal conditions , The existence results are obtained by using two fixed-point theorems due to Bohnenblust-Karlin and Covitz-Nadler, respectively. Our results partly generalize and improve the known ones.


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Warm up to winter on a desert bike tour, riding among giant saguaro cactus, grasslands and vineyards on a seven-day winter or fall getaway in southeastern Arizona.
The tour, organized by Sojourn Bicycling & Active Vacations, begins and ends in Tucson. It includes riding through dramatic Saguaro National Park and climbing Gates Pass, a popular route for Arizona cyclists, before continuing to the shops and galleries of Tubac. Wine-tasting and a visit to the Arizona-Sonora Desert Museum are on the itinerary.
Dates: Departures in February, March and October.
Price: From $2,995 per person, double occupancy. Includes accommodations, most meals, bicycle, van support and tour leaders. Airfare not included.
Info: Sojourn Bicycling & Active Vacations, (800) 730-4771
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unexpected noises that indicate a malfunction. This Io T category overlaps quite a bit
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People-driven: Data is used to influencea specific behavior, like informing a cleanerwhich paper towel dispensers are nearlyempty and how many packages of handThings, however, could change the wayyou respond to service calls by gatheringvaluable intelligence and analyzing servicetrends.
Internet of Things (Io T) devices aren'tvery useful on an individual basis, explainsAndy Meadows, Principal and Directorof Io T and Mobility for Ad VictoriamSolutions, a cloud technology integrationcompany: "They collect metrics about aparticular set of data points: temperature,humidity, liquid flow, air flow, dust par-ticles, etc. It is the aggregate of data pointsfrom these devices that allow for some verypowerful customer and machine serviceand support scenarios."However, depending on the Io T systemyou opt for and the type of data you chooseto gather and interpret, Io T devices candeliver easier and faster solutions for a


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New guide offers tips and advice for first-time cruise vacationers
Beginner's Guide to Cruising by Aaron Mase seeks to explain the best way to select a cruise line, plan activities and get the most out of the cruise experience
NEW BRIGHTON, Pa. – Beginner's Guide to Cruising by Aaron Mase offers detailed suggestions for enjoying the cruise experience and seeks to reveal the inside workings of an operating cruise ship.
According to Mase, less than 20 percent of the U.S. population has ever taken part in a recreational cruise. With that in mind, the book is geared for readers considering a first cruise experience and presents tips on how to select a cruise, which ship to choose, how to book the vacation and more. Mase contends that cruising is not only for the elderly and retired, arguing instead that cruises can provide an exciting experience for all ages.
"During our cruises, fellow passengers often asked my wife and I if we had tips or suggestions to help them," Mase says. "Those discussions planted the seed for what would become a valuable resource to help the undecided understand the cruising process."
Each chapter of the book aims to define a different step or process in an effort to help the reader understand the cruising experience. Topics include onshore activities, packing advice and common onboard events and opportunities. Mase argues that cruising, when planned correctly, is an adventure that readers will enjoy and want to experience again and again.
Beginner's Guide to Cruising is available for sale online at Amazon.com, BookSurge.com, and through additional wholesale and retail channels worldwide.
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Aaron Mase is a writer, pilot and professional in the direct mail industry. A lifelong fan of cruising, he worked as a deckhand for an American cruise line on voyages on the Mississippi River and Intracoastal Waterway. Today, Mase spends his vacation time on cruises around the oceans of the world.


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|Port of Maó
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Menorca is a special island for many reasons, and one of them is its fauna. We invite you to discover one of the indigenous species of the island, the Menorcan gecko with our Route of the Gecko.
Over time, the Menorcan gecko has disappeared from the main island, surviving only on other small, surrounding islands. Living on each one are subspecies with specific and unique characteristics.
On the Route of the Gecko, you will be able to visit 2 of the small islands where this species resides: the island "Illa de l'Aire", situated on the southeast coast of Menorca, and the island "Illa d'En Colom", located on the northeast coast.
The route lasts a minimum of 2 days, so that you can calmly enjoy the Menorcan coast, although it can be adapted depending on your needs. Discover Menorcan fauna in a different way!
The trip starts in the port of Maó. There you will be met by the skipper of the ship. Once we're ready, we will sail across the bay, and will head toward our first destination, the island Illa de l'Aire, on the south coast. Living there is the black gecko "podarcis lilfordi lilfordi," that is characterized by its black torso and metallic blue belly.
During the trip, we will stop in secret nooks and unspoiled coves. There you will be able to swim in crystal-clear waters, snorkel and explore the seafloor, or enjoy using our paddle surfboards.
You can go ashore for a walk to take a stroll, or eat on the beach or at a snack bar, although if you prefer, the boat is equipped with all the essentials so that you can cook your own food. As it grows dark, we will anchor to spend the night, and you will be able to prepare whatever you need to enjoy a great dinner under a starry sky.
The second day of the trip, we will head toward the island Illa d'En Colom, on the North Coast. Living on this island is the gecko subspecies "podarcis lilfordi brauni", that has an olive-green and blue-toned back, with black stripes. Finally, we will head back to the port of Maó, arriving at our destination as the sun sets.
To comfortably enjoy this route, the maximum capacity is 5 passengers. Our llaut has 1 double bed and a living room with 1 double sofa bed and another single. For the more adventurous, we also offer the possibility that an additional 3 passengers sleep in the spacious exterior cockpit. Come along on this adventure! We'll be waiting for you!
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Round Table
Resistance and Survival in Sámi Culture Today
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This session is held in the Art Gallery of Ontario, Seminar Room 3 East (Room 009)
Led by Matti Aikio, Mai-Lis Eira, Anders Sunna
Matti Aikio comes from a Sámi reindeer herding family and still practices reindeer herding part time in Finland. Aikio works mainly with photography and video as well as with sculptural installations, sound art and music. Mai-Lis Eira is a Norwegian Sámi artist. She has a degree from the Nordland College of Art and Film, and Film & Television studies in Lillehammer University College. Anders Sunna's art is explicitly political articulating discrimination against the Sámi through the history of his own family in Pajala, northern Sweden. In his paintings Sunna articulates both stereotypes connected to the Sámi and ignorance about the Sámi culture.
Join Matti Aikio, Mai-Lis Eira and Anders Sunna for a conversation on the challenges Sámi artists are dealing with in Finland, Sweden and Norway. Facing the eradication of their cultural practices, and dispossession of their territories by mining corporations, logging companies and the tourism industry, the three artists will outline strategies for fighting back against assimilation processes and keeping Sámi culture alive.


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Sean Long returned to inspire St Helens to their best win of the season at the expense of his old club in a one-sided 46-10 derby win in front of a capacity 17,500 crowd at Knowsley Road.
Saints have made a stuttering start to the season but they hit their straps against their arch rivals, with Long in dominant form on his return from a two-match absence with a knee injury.
The former Great Britain half-back scored one try, had a hand in three others and kicked four goals to underline his value to the team.
It was no surprise when Saints opened the scoring through centre Willie Talau, who went over after taking a superb pass behind his back by Leon Pryce. Long missed the conversion but made up for it with a successful penalty, one of a series awarded against Wigan by referee Richard Silverwood.
Long and Chris Flannery then combined to get Matt Gidley over and Wigan were reduced to 12 men with the sin-binning of hooker Mickey Higham for persistent interference by his team.
Saints made their numerical advantage tell by scoring two further tries in a five-minute spell. James Graham grabbed his fourth of the season after taking Maurie Fa'asavalu's offload and captain Paul Wellens went over straight from a scrum.
Long kicked a third goal to make it 22-0 and, even when Wigan reached the Saints line in their first serious attack, Phil Bailey's try was disallowed for obstruction.
Wigan pulled a try back early in the second half when replacement hooker Michael McIlorum was driven over from dummy half and Sean O'Loughlin kicked his first goal of the season but it proved to nothing more than a dent in Saints' impressive armour.
When makeshift full-back Liam Colbon failed to clear Long's grubber kick, the scrum-half followed up to claim the vital touch and he also sent winger Francis Meli over for a try before taking a well-earned rest. Pryce also grabbed a deserved try before Wigan pulled one back through George Carmont.
But Saints finished with a flourish, Meli claiming his second try, which teenage substitute Kyle Eastmond goaled, and the young half-back put the seal on an impressive show with a 40-metre dash to the line for his side's ninth try.


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This project of living on used things seems more appropriate in light of the situation in Haiti. For those of you who don't know, my husband and I were down there in July with one of three mission teams our church sent. The three teams combined helped build an orphanage, ran a music and fine arts camp, sports camp, vbs, and spent time with the orphans who were to be living in the orphanage. Our church, the previous Feb, raised money for the orphanage, a church, sugar cane equipment, wells, and more.
We've heard, so far, that our friends and all of the orphans are accounted for. Fortunately, the orphanage is in a town called Pignon some 80 miles north of Port au Prince. Still, dear friends of ours were in the capital for a number of reasons, one of which was to pick up a shipment of shoes (over 600) that our church gathered and sent.
When my husband and I left Haiti with our two youngest children, we left behind all of our clothes and shoes but one pair (whatever we had on). I was totally blessed to see a little boy in pictures wearing my 2-year-old's clothing after we left. The earthquake and resulting devastation has weighed heavily on our hearts, as well as on the hearts of our teammates and church body.
I sit at home, glued to the news (yahoo) and facebook... waiting for updates on friends or their family... crying over the pictures. The hotel I stayed in, the Karibe, is gone.... that's so hard to fathom. It seems easy and awkward to walk away from the computer and pretend this horror isnt occurring in Haiti. Obviously, it never really leaves my mind... but how strange it is to gaze in shock at the destruction... and then pause to feed my children a meal so readily, or use the restroom with running water, or KNOW that my family is safe and well wherever they happen to be... then to return to the computer and rejoin world of Haiti through photos and friends. It doesn't seem fair- especially when I think of all of the people who can't just turn it off. They are THERE and stuck... with nothing.
I know this is a heavy blog so far... but its a heavy situation. Hopefully the load lifts a little here. Though I have everything and they have nothing, in terms of material... so many are finding relief in communing with one another and singing and wailing before the Lord. This is baffling our nation... how people who already had little and have lost what they had... including their family, shacks of homes, friends... are praising Jesus in the midst. My dear friend Dorina reminding me of a powerful verse for this time: Isaiah 54:10
"'Though the mountains be shaken
and the hills be removed,
yet my unfailing love for you will not be shaken
nor my covenant of peace be removed,'
says the LORD, who has compassion on you."
Regardless of Haiti's past (as we've all been untimely reminded of recently by Pat), God LOVES Haiti and His creations. And though we can't ever fully understand why He allows such calamities to happen... we KNOW that He is good and His ways are higher than ours. We live in a fallen sinful world yet we can praise Him still.
My point, as I process this in front of you all, is not why God lets bad things happen. :) (though I will have my fair share of questions when I get to heaven too :)
My point is this: even in a nation with such excess... we still have nothing if we don't have Jesus. I can have everything and have nothing. I can have nothing and have everything. I've had dear friends in Israel, Paraguay, Guatemala... from all over, envy my life as an American. A life with "freedoms" and the "American Dream." And monetarily... religiously, materially, there is truth to these privileges of America... However I have often envied them. The community they live in and rely on, their very deep relationships with one another... the way they MUST rely daily on the provisions of the Lord... the way they see His miracles, grand ones, in ways we've only hoped to... so much so that some of us even think God doesn't do miracles anymore.
Even in our excess we can have nothing. My prayer is that I may be like the Haitians singing in their perfect harmony... praising God in the storm, in the midst of questions, confusion, and chaos... in the midst of grief deeper than a heart can bear on its own strength... that they can yet praise Him.
Lord, may that be the story of my life as well. May I be like the Haitians, whom you love deeply and with compassion and mercy, when all this life has to offer is removed from me, that I will be found in your presence- in the midst of rubble, dust, destruction- praising You.
Friday, January 15, 2010
Haiti and Me
This project of living on used things seems more appropriate in light of the situation in Haiti. For those of you who don't know, my husband and I were down there in July with one of three mission teams our church sent. The three teams combined helped build an orphanage, ran a music and fine arts camp, sports camp, vbs, and spent time with the orphans who were to be living in the orphanage. Our church, the previous Feb, raised money for the orphanage, a church, sugar cane equipment, wells, and more.
Posted by Marcy at 1:11 PM
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- The Gilmores said...
Thanks for taking time to write this one. I have to say I'm almost envious because this week has been such a swirl that I haven't had much real processing (which for me means writing) time about Haiti. Your words resonate with my heart & my prayers today.
- January 20, 2010 at 11:02 PM


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Where can you buy bitcoin in Singapore?
Bitcoins have revolutionized the way people perceive and use money. This completely new form of cryptocurrency is the first ever currency system that is not monitored by a centralized system. Anyone and everyone can create bitcoins, buy them and sell them. They can be spent freely across the world with little or no regulation. Suppose you want to send bitcoins to someone, the only charge is what is levied by the exchange used, and your transaction can go up to any amount. Many fund managers consider bitcoins as a good investment option because of its volatility. Just like the stock market, the fluctuating value of bitcoins makes it ideal for trading.
Bitcoins are no longer a new concept to people. A bitcoin is a cryptocurrency or digital currency which has become popular since its coming into existence in 2009. The value of bitcoins has considerably increased over the years. This has led to more and more people wanting to buy them. A common problem faced by most first time buyers is that they don't know where to start and how to go about buying bitcoins. These days everybody is either talking about it or pretending to know everything about it. But very few are familiar with how to buy bitcoin in Singapore. For those who is looking for a detailed explanation. Here is a step-by-step guide on how to buy and sell bitcoins and where can you buy them in Singapore.
Buying and Selling Bitcoin
Buying bitcoins is essentially a 3-step process. The first step involves getting a bitcoin wallet, the next step is to choose your bitcoin exchange, and lastly, you get to purchase your bitcoin and transfer it into your bitcoin wallet. If you are new to the bitcoin world, then it is recommended that you buy your bitcoins from a trusted bitcoin exchange website. Alternately, you can also buy them from individuals as anyone can create bitcoins and they are not centralized. But most people rely on Bitcoin exchange websites. The top Bitcoin exchanges sources in Singapore are Coin Hako, Quoine, ItBit, FYB-SG, Coin Republic and Luno. Coinbase is a US-based Bitcoin exchange platform, which is used by many Asian countries to exchange or buy bitcoins.
Process of buying bitcoin
The process of buying bitcoins is fairly simple. You have to open a bitcoin wallet in one of the exchange platforms, proceed to link your bank account to this wallet, and then follow the simple instructions on the platform to buy bitcoins. It is almost similar to making any other online purchase. Once the transaction is done, money will be deducted from your linked bank account, and an equivalent number of bitcoins will be transferred to your wallet. Over the years, Bitcoin exchange platforms have done a good job of bridging the gap between bitcoins and the non-tech savvy users. Below is a screenshot of Luno, one of the most popular bitcoin exchanges in Singapore.
Once bought, you can choose to include bitcoins in your investment profile and sell them as and when the value of the bitcoins increase.Or you can trade them on websites such as Local bitcoins, Coin Republic, and Geek. You can also make your payments at places where bitcoins are accept as a mode of payment. With more and more merchants in Singapore accepting bitcoins as a mode of payment, people have been using bitcoins for regular transactions.
Bitcoin Vending Machines and ATMs
In an attempt to make bitcoins more accessible to the general public. Bitcoin Exchange has Asia's first Bitcoin vending machine in Singapore. And this is touted to become the fastest, easiest and the safest way to get bitcoins. Singapore is considered to be one of the freest economies in Asia. Hence it comes as no surprise that it would have Asia's first Bitcoin vending machine. Getting bitcoins from these machines is just like withdrawing cash from ATMs. Most of these vending machines have step by step instructions for new users which makes it easy for anyone to withdraw bitcoins without any hassle.
These were a few ways to buy bitcoins in Singapore. While you revel in having invested in a new form of cryptocurrency, beware of online frauds. Be sure not to lose your private key under any circumstance. And also be mindful of the risks involve in investing in cryptocurrencies. Recently, the Monetary Authority of Singapore (MAS), the de-factocentral bank has advised people to act with caution when it comes to investing in bitcoins and asked them to understand the risks they take while investing in bitcoins.
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I have to use A LOT of passwords for our systems at work. And I like to try and keep them upbeat and fun. I like a little something that will make me smile or relax for a second before I enter into my world of numbers and corporate balance sheets and acronyms ... oh how we love our acronyms in finance. I think I used four sets in one sentence today and not surprisingly? My cube neighbor answered in an acronym.
Monday, June 2, 2008
Don't Ever Change Your Password on a Monday
SSG: How would you calculate an XYZ when you've got a noncompliant ABC on a standard BCG that uses a TFP?
A: I think you can use that new FUK we got on that con call last week.
Corporate finance, my second language.
My passwords are usually something like "Bellagio Villa" which yes, takes forever to spell out, but doesn't it make you think of George Clooney wearing aviator sunglasses, white linen pants and no shirt out on his boat in Lake Como? Perhaps that's just me.
Today, a rainy Monday in Portland with a full five day work week ahead, the LAST thing I wanted to do when I got to work was be perky and upbeat enough to pick a password.
It was an inauspicious start. "Portland is a bucket of water disguised as a city" was too long and didn't have the proper format. "H8" was too short and apparently "SuckA55" I had already used before. It took me 20 minutes, plus a cruise over to Stumptown with A, a double tall vanilla latte and one piece of banana bread with chocolate chips before I could think of a password. Perhaps I should have chosen "Procrastin8?"
I finally came up with one. And I'd totally tell you what it is, but then you'd have to use the FUK to calculate the XYZ on a noncompliant ABC on a standard BCG that uses a TFP and I like you all WAY too much to subject you to that.
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- HalfAsstic.com said...
Wow. So how often do you have to change passwords? Once a week or month? That would totally suck for me as I would get mixed up, eventually, and forget what the new one is. We have some on line thingies like bill pay or some such thing that automatically makes you change your password every once in a while and there is always a little cussing from my husband when this happens.
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Talking about feelings
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In this module you will learn words for talking about feelings, practise the verb 'to be' and make sentences to describe how people are feeling.
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Monday, January 19, 2009
When Fathers Eat Their Young....
As told by beloved30 at 9:25 PM 2 Two Cents'
Friday, January 16, 2009
Bestest Buds
This was taken a few hours after the story above took place. Charlie seems to like her more everyday. Though he seems to get jealous that Chloe goes with me every time I leave and he has to stay at home. We do try to take him with us when we can so he doesn't start his own type of sibling rivalry.
Aww, look! They're both smiling!
My little bed hogs... actually I consider Charlie the foot warmer and Chloe the alarm clock, ha ha!
The pacifier is the snooze button, it'll buy me about 8 more minutes of sleep.
My cozy little foot warmer, the only downside is this one hops out of the bed when I move too much and has a tendency to make his way in between Preston and me where it's warmer.
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Friday, January 9, 2009
New Year with a new baby
I took this picture of Preston and Chloe and it made me laugh. It also made everyone I showed it to laugh too! I'm going to title it: Dad's Idea of Babysitting. I should learn how to paint and recreate it. It's almost a modern Norman Rockwell, right? Can't you see it hanging on my wall? I love it!
Chloe has been smiling alot lately. Grins but no giggles. We're still waiting on that one. She'll make little noises that I think are laughs but she's never smiling when she does it. Though she has found her voice and she loves to coo and talk to us. I think she has the prettiest little voice and I love the sound of it. I think she is so pretty! Every time I see her I just want to squeeze her and whenever I talk to her I call her Pretty Girl. That and Chubba-lubba. Or Chubby Cheeks.
I love how her eyes are all squinty in this one. She's so cute!!! I took it today and it's already the wall paper on my computer. Her shirt is open because I had just finished changing her diaper and she started smiling at me AND I had the camera right there on my nightstand.
I took this when we got home from her baby blessing on Sunday. Grandma Gaye (my mom) made the dress and the headband. Grandma Foster (Preston's mom) made the little crochet booties that you couldn't see under the dress because it was about three feet long from the waist. I about peed my pants in delight when she smiled for the camera! Especially while she was wearing her pretty dress. And then she kept smiling for it! This one is my favorite!
Our little family. I should have grabbed Charlie and put him in it too. Darn it! Oh well, I'll be sure to get one of those later.
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Friday, January 2, 2009
Happy Birthday to Me!
I'm 23 today! The sad part is that I had to do the math to figure that out. Or maybe that's a good thing? I don't know really.
So far today I've gotten a full night of sleep and the happiest grin I've ever seen on Chloe's face when she saw me coming to get her to change her diaper. A great big toothless one! Like this one:She's been in a good mood today.
Sorry it's been so long since my last blog. I've been busy with my little Chloe Lynn. It's really hard to type and hold a baby at the same time. I promise I'm still here!
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Presidential Election 2018: Gavin Duffy
Published: Saturday, October 13, 2018
2018 has been a pivotal year for women's rights in Ireland and globally. Building on this renewed interest and energy, NWCI has asked the presidential candidates to share their views on women's equality in the role of President. Read Gavin Duffy's response and share your thoughts and ideas using the hasthtag #Feminist President.
What action have you taken to advance women's equality that you are most proud of?
"Proud" is not a word I would use, but as an entrepreneur with a public profile, the most significant action I have taken to advance women's equality is being a regular, outspoken advocate for quotas for women on boards, in senior management and in politics. I believe my advocacy has actually persuaded quite a few, who had reservations about quotas, to consider setting them in their organisations. I am passionate about quotas, believing if we really want to achieve true gender equality in our communities and in the world of work we have to set targets and continuously monitor and measure if we are achieving them.
We are in a golden age currently of women as CEOs leading many of the country's largest companies and I have worked closely as a mentor and business advisor with many of them. The challenge now is to change their corporations and achieve true diversity, inclusion and parity of pay and conditions for all.
Finally let it be noted that the Office and role of the President was only redefined and expanded when we had two women Presidents, Mary Robinson and Mary McAleese.
How would you advance women's rights in the role of President?
If elected President I would set about changing the role of the President's life partner. In my case, my partner, Orlaith Carmody, has had a long involvement working with Women for Election. She is a professional communicator and author of the best seller book Perform as a Leader. Not only is Orlaith my best friend, wife of twenty-five years, and mother of our four adult children, she is also my life long business partner. We work as a team and if elected President we intend to redefine the role of the President's partner. In 2022 on the centenary of the founding of our state Orlaith and I would jointly host the Ireland's Daughters' Assembly where we will debate what we actually mean and how do we achieve full equality for women at the commencement of the second century of our Independence. Just a point here, sadly our political system and the corporate world are still led by a male majority, so when I am trying to convince people especially men to embrace true diversity and inclusion, I talk about what would we want for our daughters and I find I get a much more positive responses and changes do occur. That's why I am proposing an assembly to discuss daughters as opposed to women.
Do you consider yourself a feminist?
Yes, I am a committed feminist in that I believe in full gender equality in every aspect of life. I believe one comes to true feminism only after having suffered discrimination on the grounds of being a woman. As a man I have never felt discriminated against or passed over for a promotion because of my gender, and so can only empathise with women who are discriminated against and do everything to condemn and fix it. And I know women are discriminated against because I have worked with men who have blind spots to women's potential or, sadly feel more comfortable in majority male teams. Of course I challenged those men but many suffer unconscious bias. I have always been different in that regard and have always worked closely and successfully with women. By the way my election boss is a woman, Kate Acheson.
What woman, past or present, inspires you and why?
It is a group of women that I admire; my mother and my aunties. I grew up in an extended family where everyone was involved in business. My mother Anne and Aunty Teresa were restauranteurs, my Aunty Mae owned a bakery and confectionary shop, my Aunty Peg a petrol station, Aunty Pearl a gift shop and newsagents, my Aunty Maureen owned and ran laundromats in Flushing, New York. Today they might be called entrepreneurs but back then they were happy to be just "shop keepers". They were all independent of their husbands and were most definitely feminists and growing up with them formed in me an admiration and respect for strong women.
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