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Ohayo gozaimasu, my friends.
Found a new home. Even two. Yes, I know, two houses on a small 1024 m² parcel is stupid and mostly impossible … and neither of these houses does meet my requirements. But! They are nice and nifty and only costed me, like, 99 Woolong each. Who can honestly say no to such an opportunity. I've told you already that I had a whole bucketload of houses looong before I became premium and bought my first land, the later OrCafé in Devilbrook, right next to Triumphal. Because I love buildings. So even if I won't use any of the new dwellings … 99 bucks, come on!
Wanna see what Orcsi got?
This is the California by inVerse and for SL's 15th birthday drastically reduced in price. Same builder, same deal with the Grace Bay [Extended]:
Needless to say both houses come with the full furniture set, loaded sex beds, multimedia TV sets, security and privacy settings. And loads of poses and anims. The Cali comes even with an animated pool while the Grace has a dedicated bathroom. But no fear, I won't stop going to the onsens anytime soon.
I love both dwellings very much. A shame they aren't really multifunctional as motorcycle garages, party clubs and editor offices. And what they are good for, living quarters, is far down in my priority list. Honestly, I stopped living in SL long ago and only spend time online for specific blogging purposes nowadays. So I won't need a sexbed or a pool. Guess my search will continue. Haven't even bought the parcel yet, so there's no reason to hurry.
For now I'm pretty happy I could play with each house for a while and try out everything they got.


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text: gary h Report post Posted February 23, 2013 Hi, it took me a couple of years, but I heard that a new local restaurant had a bar from the 1939 NYWF and on Friday night I finally got there. The place is called the Dancing Cat Saloon (www.dancingcatsaloon.com) and is located right across the street from the entrance to Bethel Woods Performing Arts Center, which is the site of the original Woodstock Festival. (Doug Seed and I went to the 40th Anniversary Concert there back in 2009!) I had figured the bar was from the establishment at 8th and (I think) 46th street whose building was torn down a few years ago. But no! I got the history from Stacy, co-owner of Dancing Cat, who said the bar had been at the nearby Jeffersonville Hotel for decades. About 20 years or so ago, the main building burned and they tore down the rest – but a local carpenter took the bar apart, numbered each piece, and put it in storage. A couple of years ago, when the Dancing Cat was being constructed, they bought the bar and had the guy reconstruct it. Stacy has been told the bar is from the Schaefer Pavilion. (Looking for pictures!) Stacy also has become an avid collector of 39 Fair memorabilia and brought some over from her house to show me – saw some paper ephemera I'd never seen before! Anyway, here are a few pictures of the bar. It is actually located behind the restaurant at the Catskill Distilling Company building, which is part of their operation. Next pic, you can see me in the mirror: Also, I have included a picture of the bar from the Main Restaurant, which has a bar taken from New Haven – this bar came from a place that was a gathering spot for Yale students and profs. In front of the bar is a neat floor to ceiling sculpture, done by a local artist, of musical and dancing cats. Enjoy! Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Tales from the trenches. Whether it's sugar or opioids, smoking or exercise, everyone is faced at some point with the need to crack an addiction.
Mastery, the Pareto Principle and a Chains to Gains Update
Treating the 80/20 (Pareto) rule as a shortcut rather than a prioritization tool is a mistake. There is no shortcut to mastery.


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BOSTON – A Mashpee couple was indicted yesterday in federal court in Boston in connection with making false statements in order to purchase two firearms which can only be purchased by law enforcement officers.
Justin F. Watson, 33, and Angel Ecker, 23, were each indicted on one count of making false statements during the purchase of firearms. Watson was also charged with one count of making false statements in a record. In April 2019, Watson was charged by criminal complaint and arrested.
According to charging documents, from March 2018 to February 2019, Watson was an Institutional Security Officer/Campus Police Dispatcher with the Cape Cod Community College Police. As such, Watson neither carried a weapon nor had the power to make arrests on campus.
It is alleged that Watson ordered a Glock pistol to be delivered to a firearms dealer on Cape Cod. On Aug. 26, 2018, Watson went to the firearms dealer to pick up the Glock, Model 22, GEN4, .40 caliber pistol. Before receiving the firearm, Watson provided his Cape Cod Community College identification card, which listed him as "Campus Police" and "Faculty/Staff," to the manager and completed a Public Safety Purchase Form identifying himself as an Institutional Security Officer.
As alleged in court documents, Watson called another firearms dealer and spoke with the store's operator, who informed him that only law enforcement officers with the power to conduct arrests could purchase Glock Model 26 firearms. Watson said he was a police officer with authority to make arrests.
On Nov. 17, 2018, Watson went to the second firearms dealer with Ecker and spoke with a sales manager. Ecker allegedly told the sales manager that she was Watson's boss and that Watson had authority to make arrests. Watson identified himself as a police officer to the sales manager and then purchased a Glock, Model 26, GEN4, 9mm pistol for $425. Watson completed a required ATF Form and affirmed that he was the actual buyer of the firearm. The form warned that, "If you are not the actual buyer, the dealer cannot transfer the firearm(s) to you."
During the sale, Watson provided his Cape Cod Community College identification card and completed a certification letter indicating that he was purchasing the firearm for "on or off duty use" and not "for resale." Watson also completed another certification form and listed himself as "Campus Police."
It is further alleged that Watson then transferred the Glock Model 26 to Ecker on Dec. 19, 2018.
During an interview with law enforcement, Watson acknowledged that he used his Cape Cod Community College identification card when he purchased both Glock firearms. He stated he used that ID because he did not think he could purchase the firearms without it. He also acknowledged that if the firearms dealers had understood that he was not a police officer with arrest powers, they would not have sold him the firearms. Watson further stated that he knew that Ecker, a civilian, could not purchase a Glock Model 26 herself and that he purchased the firearm for her.
Straw purchases interfere with firearm regulation and recordkeeping, and federal law makes it a crime to knowingly make false statements to a firearms dealer in connection with the lawfulness of the sale.
The charging statues each provide for a sentence of up to 10 years in prison, three years of supervised release and a $250,000 fine. Sentences are imposed by a federal district court judge based upon the U.S. Sentencing Guidelines and other statutory factors.
United States Attorney Andrew E. Lelling and Kelly Brady, Special Agent in Charge of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms & Explosives, Boston Field Division, made the announcement. Cape Cod Community College Campus Police, Barnstable Police Department and Mashpee Police Department provided assistance with the investigation. Assistant U.S. Attorney Eugenia M. Carris of Lelling's Public Corruption Unit is prosecuting the case.
The details contained in the charging documents are allegations. The defendants are presumed innocent unless and until proven guilty beyond a reasonable doubt in a court of law.
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LOS ANGELES (MarketWatch) -- 21st Century Fox Inc. FOX, -0.01% FOXA, +0.00% has denied an earlier report that it had held initial talks for a possible purchase of cable operator Discovery Communications Inc. DISCA, -0.37% DISCB, +9.59%, Reuters said Monday. A Fox spokesman said the talks, reported Monday in the Australian Financial Review, had "no truth" and that there were "not even any sort of talks," according to Reuters. The original Financial Review report had cited unnamed sources as saying discussions between the two companies were "nascent" and in "very, very early days." 21st Century Fox was part of MarketWatch parent News Corp. NWS, +1.61% until being spun off in 2013. Fox owns an eponymous television network and film studio, while Discovery's holdings including the Discovery Channel, TLC and Animal Planet.
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These days, we're all fluent Spanish speakers with words like nachos, guacamole, tacos, empanadas, tortillas, quesadillas and so on rolling effortlessly off our tongues. But, for many years, the only place in Hobart where you could practice rolling the double 'rr's of burritos was at the long standing Amigos in North Hobart. That was as close to Mexico as Hobart got.
Then Taco Taco and Funky Cactus popped up. Followed by Frank restaurant's Tex/Mex/south-of-the-border-influenced food before we experienced a minor Mexican wave with three Mexican eateries opening in less than two months – Zambrero 'Mexican with a Mission' in Liverpool Street, Pancho Villa in December and, the latest, Sons of Baja a month ago.
And, no sooner had I reviewed Pancho Villa and the day after eating at Sons of Baja, the Mercury's Taste section ran a double page spread on ceviche, South America's famous dish of raw fish.
So, there we are, if you didn't know before, food is as fashion-driven as hemlines.
The good news is that, although both are Mexican, Pancho Villa and Sons of Baja are two very different establishments. Both, of course, have plenty of mescals, tequilas and cocktails available from their bar, but the décore and atmosphere at Pancho Villa are dark, Day of the Dead moodiness while Baja is open, bright and breezy with a celebration of Frida Kahlo's bright colours and art on the walls.
As you would expect, there are plenty of different chillies at both but, whereas the chef at Pancho Villa has pulled back on the heat of his dishes, Baja is fairly full on. By way of compensation, at Pancho the bottled sauces on each table offer authentic Mexican/Texan heat and complexity while the three at Baja are produced in Melbourne and two of them were disappointingly thin and simple.
Baja's owner, Rob Hodgson and business partner Trevor Pterson- ex manager of Tasman Quartermasters – spent 18 months planning Baja with input into the menu provided by consultants Chris Quinn and Mat Hidding of Taco Taco fame. Quinn and Hidding are heading off on their first visit to Mexico in March and no doubt will introduce some menu changes on their return.
Meanwhile the hand-cut tortilla chips and tacos taste nicely of the corn masa from which they're made, the guacamole was delicious as was the re-fried bean quesadillas accompanied by a beautifully flavoured tomato salsa. Pink ling ceviche was the only disappointment of the meal. Beautifully presented but, instead of a play on sweet and lime citrusy sour, the dish was unbalanced by far too much of a dominant and overpowering chilli heat – even for me.
However, the best of the night was the tender and perfectly cooked, spice-rubbed skirt steak to share in a mix of pickled cabbage and feta offset by the delicious sweetness of smoky, charred sweet potato and smoked almond crumbs. Great cooking and great composition.
There are 12 beers on tap available in 285ml or 500ml pours, three picklebacks and a concise wine list offering drops from the mainland, Argentina, NZ and USA from which we selected a very enjoyable Argentine malbec for a bargain $38. Along with a few other Tasmanians, there are a Glen Shian sparkler, riesling, sauv blanc and pinot noir from Hodgson's family vineyard at Relbia.
Corn chips and guacamole $10; quesadillas and ceviche $14; steak $28.50; churros $10


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Every once in a while I get to stay at a resort that completely pampers you in every single way and leaves you feeling like you are at home, with all the extra help you can get so that life as you know is is back to pre-kids and oh-so fabulous. That was the feeling I got after I stayed at Four Seasons Residence Club Aviara during our summer family vacation to San Diego. To be quite honest, prior to this trip I didn't even know that there was a Four Seasons in San Diego, but I can assure you that it is one of the best kept secrets of the surrounding neighborhoods and I'm feeling slightly reluctant to share this secret. Of course, I will not deprive my loyal readers a great find so I'm sharing this secret regardless.
Tucked away in a very residential part of Carlsbad north of San Diego, resides the Four Seasons Residence Club Aviara a truly unique vacation home graced by the finest year-round climate that Southern California can offer. With classic and elegantly styled Spanish Colonial Villas through out, and spacious guest rooms for those traveling solo, there is a little haven for everyone who comes to seek peace and quiet from the stressful and bustling world. Here, you can play Arnold Palmer golf at the Aviara Golf Course (driven there by the resort's private golf carts); indulge in the Season's Restaurant for your dining pleasures or take walk around the Batiquitos Lagoon within the property for a sunset stroll. You will find whatever you need to reset your self and recharge.
Upon check in and escorted to our two bedroom villa on the golf cart, I quickly scoped out the layout of our rooms. Our party of 5 stayed at the two-bedroom villas with two master bedrooms, three bathroom, a full kitchen and an open living and dining area equipped with a full dining table. There were plenty of space for the whole family. There was also washer and dryer within the villa to make it more homey. We were greeted with personalized messages written on one of the bathroom mirrors welcoming the kids. They also got their own kids sized bathrobes which I thought was an incredibly smart and convenient amenity for the parents. Let me take you on a visual tour with my photos and you will get a sense of how spacious and airy the entire villa is and how calming it is to be here for extended stays. Let's go!
Residence Club Services and Amenities include restaurants, spa, golf course and swimming pools – just steps from your Residence Club villa. Lying by a sun-splashed swimming pool is an essential part of the California lifestyle! As you relax on a comfortable chaise lounge, attentive staff members will offer complimentary bottled water, Evian spritzes, chilled towels and delicious icy treats. For those with toddlers, have no fear. Residence Club clubhouses include a large, free-form pool, with a nearby heated whirlpool and a separate children's pool that is only a foot deep. Kids can safely splash around. Just look at how much fun Miss K and Aiden is having!
While you work up an appetite from splashing around the pool, take a break from the water for some fresh fish tacos, a blackberry jalapeño margarita or grilled cheese for the little ones – all enjoyed al-fresco around Summits Pool. Or dry off and sign up for one of the Experiences the hotel has to offer. Filled with natural light and modern beach-town charm, Seasons Restaurant is the culinary epicentre of the Residence Club, specializing in farm-to-table cuisine with an emphasis on local, seasonal ingredients. During our stay, I signed the entire family up for their signature CRAFT & CRUST event which is offered every Wednesday. We got hands on and creative as everyone from the two kids to my parents got to make our own fresh-baked specialty pizza from scratch and enjoy it on at the restaurant when it is done. If you haven't seen it, on my IGTV, you can click HERE.


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Alan is a Co-Founder of Contractors For Kids, a non-profit focused on supporting seriously ill children and their families.
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A Hidden Life
It's one of the year's best and most distinctive movies, though sure to be divisive, even alienating for some viewers, in the manner of nearly…
It's one of the year's best and most distinctive movies, though sure to be divisive, even alienating for some viewers, in the manner of nearly…
Bombshell is both light on its feet and a punch in the gut.
Roger Ebert on James Ivory's "Howards End".
"The Ballad of Narayama" is a Japanese film of great beauty and elegant artifice, telling a story of startling cruelty. What a space it opens…
An article about today's noon premiere of a new movie about architect Benjamin Marshall at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
An article about the screening of Horace Jenkins' "Cane River" on Friday, November 1st, at the Academy Film Archive in Los Angeles.
Scout Tafoya's video essay series about maligned masterpieces celebrates Steven Soderbergh's Solaris.
An article about today's noon premiere of a new movie about architect Benjamin Marshall at the Gene Siskel Film Center.
An FFC on Gavin Hood's Official Secrets.
A celebration of Yasujiro Ozu, as written by a Far Flung Correspondent from Egypt.
A tribute to the Oscar nominated character actor, Danny Aiello.
Our contributors share their Top 10 lists for the best films of 2019.
By Roger Ebert
When a movie's story ends and words appear on the screen telling us what happened then, they are sometimes inspirational, sometimes triumphant, sometimes sad. But I don't think I've ever seen an outcome more pathetic than the one described at the end of "Savage Grace." They describe the ultimate destiny of Tony Baekeland, whose misfortune it was to be the heir of a great fortune. His fate is all the more appalling because it hardly seems inevitable. He is a very disturbed young man, as who might not be after the life he led? But life took him to tragic extremes.
The movie tells the true story of the marriage of Barbara Daly (Julianne Moore) and Brooks Baekeland (Stephen Dillane), who glittered erratically in the social circles of the 1940s through the 1960s. Brooks' grandfather invented Bakelite, used in everything from cooking utensils to nuclear bombs. By the third generation, the fortune has produced Brooks, a vapid clotheshorse who nevertheless perhaps deserves better than a wife who is all pose and attitude, all brittle facade, deeply rotten inside. Their son, Tony (Eddie Redmayne), who narrates much of the story, is raised as her coddled darling, but feels little real love from either parent and grows into a narcissistic, hedonistic, inverted basket case.
Oh, but they all look so elegant! They know how to dress and how to behave (and misbehave) in the high-society watering holes of New York (1950s), Paris (1960s), Majorca and London (into the 1970s). They are known everywhere, loved nowhere, except for a few hangers-on like Sam (Hugh Dancy), a gay "walker" who accompanies Barbara after Brooks has left.
It's not simply that Brooks has left. He left with Blanca (Elena Anaya), the Spanish beauty Tony brought home from the beach one day, only to watch his father seduce her from right under his nose. Tony was of indeterminate sexuality from the beginning and now tilts over into homosexuality, with such friends as Jake (Unax Ugalde), a pot-smoking beach creature. Sam, an art dealer, is also in the mix, and indeed mother, son and walker all end up in bed together.
The tone of the film is set by Julianne Moore, in what I suppose must be described as a fine performance, although she has little enough to work with. Barbara was so shallow. She was all clothes and hair and endless cigarettes, and conversation that was never really adequate for the level she was aiming for. She also had a nasty habit of saying rude things to break up social events, and you can hardly blame Brooks for leaving -- although he, too, was so lacking in ordinary human qualities.
Decadence, of course, is the word to describe this world, but nothing really prepares us for its final descent. I will not describe what happens at the end, except to say nothing has really prepared us for it. It's hard to take. Very hard. And then those stark white letters on the black background.
This is the first feature film directed in 15 years by Tom Kalin, who made "Swoon" (1992). That was about another famous scandal, the murder of Bobby Franks by Richard Loeb and Nathan Leopold. Both films are about protagonists without ordinary moral values; they find the unacceptable to be thinkable, even a pleasure. Or a compulsion.
But what we miss in this film is insight into Barbara and Brooks and Tony. In his letters and diaries, Tony makes a great effort toward understanding his life but doesn't come up with much. Living these lives, for these people, must have been sad and tedious, and so, inevitably, is their story, and it must be said, the film about it.
The best films of 2019, as chosen by the staff of RogerEbert.com.
A review of three premieres from Telluride.
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Update Jan.15
Hi all. Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day! What a historic day to find time to write again. Also Happy New Year to all those who celebrated! (I recently learned that the Ethiopian calendar differs greatly from the widely-used Gregorian calendar; currently in Ethiopia it's the year 2010 and the new year occurs in our September).
This year has been off to a good start after being reunited with Liasor, celebrating the holidays with both our families, learning so much at my new job (in November I started a new position in my field of global/international education!), making plans for our focuses and commitments for 2018, and creating a joint family calendar!
Liasor's Ethiopia Updates:
Liasor had a very successful time in Ethiopia with his research goals. He was granted full access in Sherkole Refugee Camp, so he was able to speak with people from all the different ethnic and religious groups in the camp. In Tongo and Tsore Camps, he was only allowed to speak with Uduk people and no other ethnic groups, but he left with invaluable research regardless. Here are some major results of his research:
Reflections on this MLK Jr. Day:
In recent weeks, I've become increasingly disheartened by the hurtful political rhetoric being tossed around so carelessly. Sometimes we forget the humanity we all share, no matter where we come from or how we look or what issues we support. Sometimes we get threatened when someone else (especially historically under-represented groups) fights for their humanity, as if by doing so it would take away from our own. It doesn't. I remember today that Martin Luther King was an activist, not always liked or praised. His protests were often not well-received and he was jailed, threatened, and ultimately killed for his platform along with so many others who stood with him. It's easy to look back and praise what he stood for, but forget the slew of resistance and danger he faced and the unpopularity of his message at the time. Many around the world and in this country fight similar battles for their communities, their needs, their humanity, even if viewed as unpopular today. May we always stand for what is right, no matter the climate around us.
Today I remember all those who fought so I could have the opportunities I have today.
Today I'm reminded of how far we've come in this country in terms of race-relations, but how far we still need to go! There's still great work to be done and systems to change, so that will be a life-long pursuit of mine. I'm reflecting on what ways in my everyday life and at work I can be an agent of change for reconciliation and improvement in my community and country.
Today, I'm also thankful for ways to do similar work for our family in Doro, Sherkole, Tongo, and Tsore Refugee Camps and I pray we can come up with useful, sustainable ways of being of support to them.
A few quotes from Martin Luther King Jr. that are on the forefront of my mind today:
"I have the audacity to believe that peoples everywhere can have three meals a day for their bodies, education and culture for their minds, and dignity, equality, and freedom for their spirits."
"I refuse to accept the view that mankind is so tragically bound to the starless midnight of racism and war that the bright daybreak of peace and brotherhood can never become a reality… I believe that unarmed truth and unconditional love will have the final word."
"Everybody can be great … because anybody can serve. You don't have to have a college degree to serve. You don't have to make your subject and verb agree to serve. You only need a heart full of grace. A soul generated by love."


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OK enough rambling. Here is Matt Cutts.
Monday, September 13, 2010
SEO Certification Programs? Yeah Right!
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Labels: Matt Cutts, SEO, video
I found the latest video from Matt Cutts entertaining that he even had to go this far into depth on SEO certification programs. SEO advice comes in all shapes and sizes. I have seen a ton of everything in my many years of doing this. The single best learning tool is trial and error and following basic SEO guidelines. It is not like there is just one magic secret everyone is hiding out there. Most good SEO is common sense mixed with basic practices. I have seen some sites overcome crappy SEO with great content that gets natural backlinks. Not everyone that builds websites is a SEO pro, they just want to build a site. I would find it hard to suggest anyone pay a SEO professional and would highly suggest seeing examples of high ranking work, legitimate references and site longevity, but hey, some folks will buy just about anything. I have said it many times, write great content and use common sense when in doubt. Track your traffic and work from there. You can always tweek things. It is how we all do it. You will never learn anything about SEO by merely paying someone to do it. The picture is much bigger than it appears on the surface.
OK enough rambling. Here is Matt Cutts.
OK enough rambling. Here is Matt Cutts.
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A stitched photo of 1 of Johor's premier mall at around 6pm on a weekday. Compared to a typical s'pore heartland mall there's much less crowd. Mall crowd in S'pore are akin to locusts swarms consuming & consuming as though the 'food' is going to be grabbed by others so better grab it.
Atmosphere there is more relaxing. Unlike S'pore, most people there are not addicted to speed as in speed walking, speed eating & speed up escalator. Is as though time passes by slower compared to S'pore 2km away.


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James Cameron is currently working on the scripts for his Avatar sequels, Avatar 2, Avatar 3 and Avatar 4 in New Zealand, with production scheduled to begin sometime in the near future. Very little is known about the story for these follow-ups, except that fans will be taken back to the magical land of Pandora. During a new interview with Empire, James Cameron doesn't offer any story specifics, but revealed that they will be "bitchin."
"I can tell you one thing about them. They're gonna be bitchin'. You will s--t yourself with your mouth wide open."
The filmmaker did clarify one technical aspect of his sequels. Despite rumors that he planned on shooting at 60 frames per second and, most recently, at 120 FPS, James Cameron said that he has settled on shooting at 48 FPS, like Peter Jackson's The Hobbit trilogy.
"My thinking at the time was that 60 [FPS] might be a better segue to the video market. I'll be plugging into a system that's a little more mature, so it makes sense for me to do 48 frames at this point."
James Cameron is working on the scripts for these sequels with a team of writers, including Rick Jaffa and Amanda Silver (Rise of the Planet of the Apes), Josh Friedman (War of the Worlds) and Shane Salerno (Savages). The filmmaker discussed the process of bringing these writers together, and how he didn't tell them which movie they would be working on until the last day.
"I think we met for seven months and we whiteboarded out every scene in every film together, and I didn't assign each writer which film they were going to work on until the last day. I knew if I assigned them their scripts ahead of time, they'd tune out every time we were talking about the other movie."
Since the upcoming issue of Empire is guest-edited by Peter Jackson, James Cameron talked about his growing friendship with the filmmaker, and how he and his writers Fran Walsh and Philippa Boyens made a contribution to the first Avatar.
"When Neytiri is holding Jake and she's just brought him back to consciousness, the 'I see you' line was suggested by them. It might have been Peter who said that."


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As a means of putting a dent in local air pollution, this advertising company is peddling an innovative deal towards its staff members.
Advertising agency Make Stuff of Christchurch, New Zealand has just started paying its employees $5 a day to bike to work. If the employee manages to keep up the biking routine for at least half of their annual work days, the company doubles the offer to $10 a day, all of which is payable at the end of the year in the form of a cash bonus.
Since making the offer last week, all but one of the employees started participating in the scheme.
The biking exchange is not just a more environmentally friendly way of getting to work, either – the employees say that once they have their blood flowing from the bike ride, they are more energized during the work day. Plus, they don't have to shell out any money for a gym membership.
RELATED: Grocery Store Unveils World's First Plastic-Free Aisle
Make Collective's Tim Chesney told Stuff: "For a while I had been thinking it would be great to incentivize cycling in some way. I'm a really keen cyclist [and] cash is clearly the most obvious incentive."
"My gut instinct is that it could be something really good for the workplace. I know for myself I show up feeling a lot more energized, my blood is already flowing."
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Each show contained from 11 to 13 of the guest's famous tunes, cross cut with a studio interview. The program was broadcast by more than 160 radio stations, and attracted up to 8.5 million listeners.
When Ray appeared in the studio, in the week of March 5, 1984, it was Glen's turn to host (both were represented by booking agency Regency Artists). The show was distributed on vinyl; at least one of the records with Ray's show has survived, as shown by this Ebay ad.


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City Councilwoman Tameika Isaac Devine was elected to the Women in Municipal Government Board of Directors earlier this month. Women in Municipal Government, formed in 1974, is a constituency group of the National League of Cities (NLC). The group serves as a forum for communication and networking among women local elected officials and their colleagues within the NLC.
Devine, who was first elected to an at-large seat on City Council in 2002 and was re-elected in November for her fifth term, currently serves as Mayor Pro Tem and leads the City's efforts in a number of initiatives to include:
- the Criminal Domestic Violence Task Force;
- the Mayor's Walk Against Domestic Violence;
- Together We Can Read, an educational initiative that is celebrating its 10th anniversary with Richland County School District One and over the past decade has reached approximately 20,000 students through the help of more than 1,000 volunteers to read and discuss a South Carolina-based book;
- the Ultimate Wellness Challenge, a 12-week comprehensive program to challenge citizens to take charge of their own health, embrace healthy lifestyles and make significant steps towards changing their lives for the better.


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"The Successful Pharmacy Owner is The One Who Discovers New Solutions Before Big Pharma & The Insurance Companies Destroy it." -- The Pharmacy Sage
A cover story in the June 2017 issue of Drug Topics was all about the angry customer and what the pharmacy and the pharmacist, in particular, can do when facing such a situation.
The article was very creditably presented and in a decidedly reputable publication.
Kudos to them.
However, nowhere was any mention made of the lifetime value of the patient. Neither was any mention made of the value of a particular patient to the pharmacy in terms of business wanted vs business not wanted.
Important Marketing Questions
The two important questions that should be asked and answered is: "what is the potential lifetime value of this particular patient?" The answer can be found in calculations relating to the number of years the average patient remains with you. That number, in turn, gets converted into sales dollars, and profit dollars. Such is the lifetime value of your average patient.
The second question, and perhaps the most apt one is, "what is the profitability of these prescriptions, as well as other purchases of high margin items she may have made that have been filled for this particular patient?" That will give some indication of the lifetime value for this particular patient.
Both lead to a third question that may be, "Is she in the top 20% of most valuable patients or is she in the bottom 20%?"
About this point, somebody can determine whether this particular individual is at all desirable of being catered to and retained as a valuable component of the overall pharmacy's patient matrix, or is she not.
Business that Is Wanted vs that Which Is Not
Which leads me to state demonstrably: Some patients are just not worth the time, effort, and aggravation they cost. They are not profitable and therefore do not have very much of a valuable lifetime value and are therefore not worth keeping.
In such a case, that customer should be invited to take her business elsewhere.
From My Experience
On the other hand, if she is indeed a more valuable patient, then the "patient care" team should do backflips in order to retain her business.
One Saturday morning, during my retail days (I owned a few China, Crystal, and Tableware stores), the manager of my flagship store she received a call from the wife of General O'Hara, the Commanding Officer of the New York National Guard. She was holding a party for 20 people that evening. Unfortunately, she only had service for 8 in a very fine Wedgewood bone China pattern which she identified for the manager.
Pam, the manager, recognized the pattern, made recommendations for supplementing so that Mrs. O'Hara could complete the service and entertain 20 people. However, she needed immediate delivery.
Fortunately, that morning, I was working in my office. Pam, spoke to me about getting the delivery to Mrs. O'Hara's home in time for her to wash the dishes and serve her party. For Mrs. O'Hara? Of course. She was a frequent customer, spent a lot of money, and brought her friends with money to that store.
I personally delivered them, even though it interrupted the rest of my day. It was worth it, because Mrs. O'Hare praised us to all of her friends at the party. That's business I wanted. It was huge for many months thereafter.
A More Profitable Model
Filling traditional scripts is getting to be a fruitless activity. More and more scripts and more and more patients are becoming less and less profitable. That's the business you should no longer wish to handle. It is eating up your all-too-scarce resources.
At some point you, as a pharmacy owner, need to answer two very critical questions: 'What business am I in?" And "what business do I want to be in?"
The answer to that question should provide you with the monumental turning point in your profits and profitability. With an open mind, it can lead you to more questions and conclusion that inevitably need to make in order to upgrade your cash flow, profits, and wealth gathering for yourself and your family.
For more information on how you can improve operations to make your pharmacy business grow, get my free report, "The Ten Commandments of Wealth for Pharmacy Owners."
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Eleven Worst Foods Americans Eat Daily
There are no bad foods, right? Only food you should eat in moderation? Well, not really. The following foods are so bad for your body that there is not really any reason to eat them. Not only do they have zero nutritional value, but they also give your body a healthy dose of toxins, which should make the idea of eating them really hard to swallow.
1. Doughnuts
2. Soda
3. French fries (and all commercially fried foods)
4. Chips (corn chips, potato, tortilla, and other chips)
5. Hot dogs (and processed meats)
6. Fried non-fish seafood
7. Margarine (hydrogenated & partially hydrogenated oils)
8. Sugar and artificial sweeteners
9. Salt
10. Crackers, Toaster pastries, sugared cereals
11. Foods High in Saturated Fat
12. Artificial sweeteners
13. Packaged snacks
14. Instant noodles
15. Farmed salmon
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There are several ways to fund a business. You may have sufficient savings to cover the startup costs, you can borrow funds from the bank or family or you can look for an investor. Keeping startup costs to a minimum is nearly always the best option and the lean startup is the most popular way to start a business in the current environment.
It is tempting to think that you need to build a perfect ship before you can possibly sail. You will naturally think that your customers will not buy from you unless you offer a great variety of features, have a fab office and a gorgeous website etc.
As we all know, we live in a global society that more than ever is obsessed by celebrity status. Celebrities have the potential to use their images for commercial purposes and these images need protection just as any other valuable property does.
With the help of David Stanley, who is a Patent Attorney based in Alderney specialising in Patent, Design and Trade Mark registration, Startup Guernsey has a "process" for helping people with ideas and inventions. This process will involve meeting with us, then if the idea has potential, meeting with David Stanley and once you have protected your idea the opportunity to discuss the commercialisation of the idea with the team.
To register their personality and associated images the personnage may apply in person at the Guernsey Registry Intellectual Property Office. They cannot apply on-line so it is more likely though that they will use the services of a Guernsey based image rights agent such as Harbour Intellectual Property Ltd which has officially registered staff to do so on the personnage's behalf.
With Image Rights as with any other law it is vital to know what is classed as "Infringement" and what is permissible.
As part of your business plan you will need to look at how you will market your business or product to your potential customers. Understanding your potential customers is essential and one trick people use is to give your customer an identity and think about how they live to better understand how to reach them.
If you want to be more successful, PR can make the difference. Effective communications make business sense by helping establish trusted relationships and engaging with key groups, including customers and the wider community. This post takes a look at how PR can help organisations and suggests questions to ask yourself when looking for communications support.
Sales is the basic act of convincing other people to buy your product or service. It is vital to all businesses that they sell to their customers and this can be achieved in many ways. Business Development is the way by which you expand your business and look at new products and new areas in which to sell.
Most of us these days have smart phones in our pockets that are more powerful than the technology that got the first man on to the surface of the moon. But how many of us fully use that technology and make the most of the opportunities that are now in front of us.
If we wrote Location down ten times that would be ten excellent pieces of advice for potential shop owners. Location is everything in retail and unless your product is desirable or unique enough for you to become a destination shop then you need the right location.
Business Development is the way by which you expand your business and look at new products and new areas in which to sell.
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Guernsey Startups: Top 10 legal documents for startups.
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A lack of time, skills and budget are the most common reasons small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) struggle to market their businesses effectively.
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Posted September 18, 2018 | Filed under Buyer Beware
I am sure you have seen a lot of commercials on TV for all sorts of different gadgets, sunglasses, kitchen devices, and many other things. After they describe the product they tell you the price and you cannot believe how low it is. But wait - if you act now, they will double the offer at no additional cost. And while you're reaching for the phone to call in and order the product, you miss that they said (in a much lower voice) that you must pay separate shipping and handling charges for the second so called "free" item. So let's see how this works. The item is $10, shipping and handling for the item is $6.95, and shipping and handling for the second "free" item is $6.95. So the total amount that you will have to pay is $23.90. That's a lot more than the $10 you saw on TV.
Here is another thing to think about. If you ever order one of those things, before you open the box when you receive it, take a look at the shipping cost on the label outside the box. It's probably about $1.95. So on the shipping they charge you $6.95, when their actual shipping cost is $1.95, so they are making $5 on the shipping. But wait - you are paying a separate shipping cost for the second "free" item. So out of the $23.90 you send them, they are paying $1.95 for shipping and pocketing $21.95. It's more than double than the amount they first quoted you. And - if you go to their website to order, instead of calling in the order, they usually try to get you to buy other items they have for sale on a similar pricing model.
But wait! I have one other point I would like to make. Often they say that if you purchase similar items from a store you would normally pay hundreds of dollars for it - so their price is amazing. But remember the old saying - you get what you pay for. Often, these items are simply junk. Here is my suggestion - if you see something on TV that you may be interested in buying, go out to Google and research it. In probably 99.99% of the reviews out there, they will state it is junk. So as the title of this category states - buyer beware!
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The Indie-AniFest, hosted by the Korean Independent Animation Filmmakers Association and organized by Indie-AniFest Executive Committee will take place at CGV Myeongdong Station Cine Library on Sept. 19-24. It features animation films produced in Asian countries -- or have at least one Asian country involved in production -- and works completed after August 2017 and had never been entered in a festival.
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The opening film is "Away," the first feature-length film by Latvian director Gints Zilbalodis.
"'Away' is an enchanting 75-minute fantasy adventure that reinterprets the narrative of the hero and focuses on a minimalist aesthetic. It is a meditative poem that takes us on the journey of a boy and his dog," said Jinny Choo, programmer of the Indie-AniFest.
A notable section of the festival is Korea Special section, which features three animation classics produced in korea, "Robot Taekwon V" (1976) by Kim Chung-gi, "Taegwondongja Maruchi Arachi" (1977) by Lim Jung-kyu and "Fifteen Children Space Adventure" (1980) by Jeong Su-yong.
The three animations, which were all massive hits at the time of their release, had a profound impact on the animation scene here. To this day, Robot Taekwon V remains one of the most recognizable animation figures in Korea.
World special section includes a Koji Yamamura retrospective, a special program featuring Boris Labbe, and screening talk section featuring Ru Kuwahata.
Thursday's press conference also introduced this year's relay animation project "Would Be OK," which is a joint project by six artists to create an animation for musician HerCheck's new song of the same name.
For more information on the festival, visit http://www.ianifest.org provided in Korean and English.
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Friday, July 31, 2009
Still Storming
A few pages of my pencils from WildStorm's WILDCATS #13 on sale now. Favorite bits: the way the bad guy's hands are folded in the panel where he's sitting in the chair, Lynch's profile in the last panel of the last page, and... I got to draw a werewolf!
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More Marveling
I penciled a couple installments of Marvel's Spectacular Swiney-Girl (written by the legendary Tom DeFalco!) that appeared in issues of AMAZING SPIDER-MAN FAMILY. Here's a page from the second story.
Quite a departure for me, but fun stuff!
Quite a departure for me, but fun stuff!
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Labels: Marvel, Pencils, Sequential, Spider-Ham, Swiney-Girl
Sunday, July 19, 2009
More Coverage
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Labels: Champagne, Cover, Death Valley, Sketches
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Down In The Valley
Here's a cover and the original promo piece I did for DEATH VALLEY, written by Keith Champagne.
More about the series and the colored pieces here at Newsarama.
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Latest Jobs at Independent Management Consulting Limited
Independent Management Consulting Limited, is recruiting a suitably qualified candidates to fill the position below:
Job Title: Business Development Agents
Location: Lagos
Slot: 10
Job Description
- You will be tasked with sales of Solar Home Systems. The role is similar to a graduate trainee role in which successful candidates will be retained.
Job Requirement
- Work independently as well as function as part of a team.
- Recommend investment products and services that are suitable for prospects and clients based on their objectives, resources, time horizon, risk profile, and preferences.
- Ability to influence people.
- Possess a commitment to professionalism, honesty and a strong work ethic.
- Candidate should possess B.Sc, HND or NCE
- Must have completed mandatory NYSC
- Marketing experience is not essential but will be an added advantage
Job Title: Software Developer
Location: Nationwide
Job Description
- Develop, Implement, and Support software products and solutions that integrate with in-house and third party systems
- Provide support to business analysts in the conversion of individual client business requirements into software functionality
- Provide assistance to relevant functional teams by identifying requirements and improvements to architectural design of new/existing applications
- Provide training to client end users with relevant tools and technical documentation.
- Lead a technical work stream as a component of a larger project
- Provide subject-matter expertise, customer advocacy, and analysis through all phases of the development lifecycle
- Communicate effectively well with internal/external parties
Skill Set
- Bachelor's Degree or corresponding combination of education and work experience in software development.
- Ability to design, and build, high quality unit tests.
- 1+ years programmimg experience WPF applications, ASP.NET, MVC, C#, .Net, Web API, JSON, REST, and SQL Server.
- Good communication skills.
- Excellent interpersonal & analytic skills.
- An aptitude for analytical problem-solving
- Ease and ability to learn fast and solve complex problems
- Proficiency in object-oriented design and development using software development best practices.
- Experience with Microsoft SQL database design, T-SQL and stored procedure programming.
- Ability to provide technical input for designs, functional specifications, and other project requirements
Job Title: Compliance Officer
Location: Lagos
Job Type: Full Time
Roles and Responsibilities
- He/she will be responsible for coordinating, monitoring and advising on compliance with business, regional and local compliance policies, procedures, and requirement
- Review and update of the AML/CFT compliance program.
- Implementation of the AML/CFT compliance program.
- Developing policies and programs that encourage staff to report suspected fraud and other improprieties without fear of retaliation.
- Reviewing and vetting suspicious transactions report.
- Ongoing AML risk assessments during on-boarding and transactions consummation.
- Filing Suspicious Transactions Report (STR) and other regulatory returns with NFIU/CBN.
- Implementing training programs and awareness on AML/CFT, detection methods and reporting requirements.
- Facilitating both external audits and internal compliance review processes and providing necessary support.
- Maintaining current knowledge of laws and regulations while keeping abreast of recent changes.
- Conducting internal investigations of employee activities where there are violations of internal policies or regulations.
- Ensuring compliance with records retention programs with appropriate attention to ensuring privacy.
- A law degree
- Minimum of 3-5 years working experience
Skills/ Competence Requirements
Required knowledge, skills and abilities:
- Experience of board and team support processes including minute taking.
- Knowledge of, or experience in, legal, compliance and corporate governance processes
- Knowledge of legal, compliance and regulatory matters
- Strong planning and organizing skills
Generic Skills:
- Job Task Planning and Organizing
- Coordinating
- Relationship Management
- Self-Management
- Problem Solving
- Decision Making
- Critical Thinking
- Prioritization and time management skills
Supervisory Skills:
- General Managerial/ Administration
- Team Building/ Conflict management
- Influencing
- Organization and coordination skill
- Strong planning and organizing skills
- Excellent communication skills both written (including report writing) and verbal
- Strong planning and organizing skills
Job Title: Portfolio Manager
Location: Lagos
Job Description
- We are in need of a proficient portfolio manager who Lead Asset management Function/Team
Job Summary
- The primary job function will entail performing quantitative and qualitative evaluation of the Fixed Income universe.
- The ideal candidate should be able to conduct fundamental and technical analysis with the aim making investment recommendations.
- The area of coverage would not be limited to domestic Fixed Income assets but extend to regional and global markets.
- It will be required from the candidate to provide assistance in the coverage of Equities, Private Equity and Infrastructure assets and actively participate with the generation of investment ideas and implementation.
Principal Duties and Responsibilities
- Build quarterly Fixed Income model portfolios and regularly develop investment strategies based capital market expectations as well as current trends/themes. Prepare frequent credit reports on sovereigns and corporate.
- Build and maintain proprietary models to guide investment decision making. Assist the Head, IM in implementing the recommended investment ideas and seek best execution from brokers.
- Tracking portfolio performance & monitoring of implemented strategies
- Preparing and making regular presentations on the economy, industry trends, portfolio performance and market outlook to Executive Management, Investment Management Committee, Board of Trustees, Staffs, etc.
- Working closely and supporting business development team on client relationships and achieving business strategic objectives.
- Anchor the auditing of the Investment Management team by external and internal auditors as well as regulators.
- Responsible for the career development of assigned Graduate Trainees and Analyst
- A First Degree (B.A, B.Sc) in Economics, Accounting or Applied Sciences. Master Degree would be an added advantage.
- Minimum of five (6) years' relevant working experience in Research, Investment Management and Trading.
- Qualified Chartered Financial Analyst or a registered student for the CFA exams.
- The candidate should have excellent modeling, writing, presentation, communication and interpersonal skills.
Supervisory Skills:
- Client relations
- Strong organizational skills
Required Competencies:
- Minimum of 5 years working experience in credit management, financial services or investment field, with a focus investment and portfolio management in micro finance banking.
- Bachelor's degree in Business, Finance or related field preferred.
- Portfolio Management
- Excellent modelling, writing, presentation, communication and interpersonal skills.
- Strategically minded, previous management level experience required
- High degree of efficiency in data interpretation and a penchant for research and analysis.
- Knowledge of the local and global financial service industry dynamics including regulations, legislations and operating environment.
- Understanding of nonbank financial service operations, policies and procedures.
- Problem solving and analytical abilities inclusive of statistics, data analysis and technical skills
- Good knowledge of MS Excel as an analytical tool and other MS Office Applications, including macro driven processes
- High integrity level and good decision making ability.
- Exceptional attention to detail.
- Good communication, interpersonal, presentation and facilitation skills.
- Self-motivated with a strong drive, and commitment to achieving agreed objectives.
The salary is N4 Million per annum.
Deadline: 16th February, 2018.
Method of Application
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I have a few assorted bits & pieces of fashion-related advice which some people may find useful! They are absolutely in no way connected to each other, but I thought I might as well throw them all into one post.
- Silk scarves as belts- I love silk scarves, especially cheap charity shop buys, and I think they look great as colourful, unusual belts! Just a suggestion for another way to wear them.
- Reheel boots straight away- makes such a big difference to how well they wear, and if you find a good cobbler then this can be really cheap! Especially worth it for an expensive pair of boots- if you get them heeled regularly then they could quite possible last for ever.
- Buy ballgowns on Ebay- a bit of an odd one, but for black-tie type dresses, Ebay is fantastic! People often buy hugely expensive dresses, wear them once, then realise they have no further use for them. I've bought plenty of gorgeous dresses for reductions like £30 instead of £200, and they're in such good condition that you'd never guess they'd been worn
- Find a good tailor/seamstress- someone who can make clothes fit you perfectly without charging a fortune. When I'm at home with my parents, I take clothes to a lady nearby who will fix pretty much any problem for £5. Amazing! We found her by asking at our local dry cleaner's- maybe you could try the same!
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The topic below was originally posted in my blog, the Intrepid Liberal Journal.
"Let us have the courage to stop borrowing to meet continuing deficits. Revenues must cover expenditures by one means or another. Any government, like any family, can, for a year, spend a little more than it earns. But you know and I know that a continuation of that habit means the poorhouse."Ultimately, FDR governed with a very different vision and responded to the Great Depression with heavy deficit spending. The New Deal combined with FDR's leadership in World War Two elevated this deal-making pragmatist into a transformational agent of change. Through an activist government, FDR presided over a vision of economic fairness and helped liberate millions from Hitler's tyranny.
In 2004, activists such as myself were inspired by a single vision: deposing Bush. Bush/Cheney had set the American house aflame and I wanted him out of power before it burned down completely. I didn't sense much of a vision from Kerry and I didn't care. He wasn't Bush and that was enough.
Now I'm looking for a candidate who can "force the spring" as Bill Clinton put it in his 1993 inaugural speech. I want to support a candidate that is an agent of transformational change and renewal. Admittedly, I am setting the bar high. There is no perfect formula for determining which if any candidate meets such a criteria. In most campaigns for public office I ask myself three questions about prospective candidates:
1) What do they know?
2) What have they done?
3) What are they going to do?
At this point, there is only one candidate among the announced field in the Democratic Party that intrigues me: John Edwards. His record on Iraq troubles me but I'm starting to believe Edwards is sincere about learning from his mistake. Edwards has also demonstrated life perseverance following the loss of a teenage son. His wife is an inspiring model of perseverance as she supports the campaign in spite of cancer.
Several years ago my Dad and I were talking about a particular individual who seemed to lack empathy. My Dad observed this was someone who would benefit from life, "knocking him on his ass." Edwards has the knowledge of someone who has been "knocked on his ass" through emotional trauma. I'm impressed with how both he and his wife responded to tragedy.
This is also a self-made man. His critics or as Katie Couric would put it, "some people" might say you can't trust a man who made his fortune as a trial lawyer. I see a man who rose from humble beginnings and became a champion advocate for aggrieved individuals against concentrated corporate power. That is what Edwards has done with his life. Indeed, Edwards life is far more impressive to me than a garden-variety insider's resume. When conservatives speak of tort reform they're talking about stopping effective advocates such as John Edwards from helping the common person stand up to entrenched power.
To this point Edwards has been admirably specific about what he intends to do. His healthcare plan is serious and substantial. On issues ranging from global warming to taxes, John Edwards has not shied away from articulating an activist progressive agenda. Listening to John Edwards makes me think of FDR when he spoke of the "forgotten man" in 1932:
"He works, he votes, generally he prays - but he always pays - yes, above all, he pays. He does not want a political office. He is the one who keeps production going. He is strongly patriotic. He is wanted whenever, in his little circle, there is work to be done or counsel to be given. He gives no trouble. He is not in any way a problem (unlike tramps and outcasts); or notorious (unlike criminals); or an object of sentiment (unlike the poor and the weak); or a burden (unlike paupers and loafers). Therefore, he is forgotten. All the burdens fall on him - or on her, for it is time to remember that the Forgotten Man is not seldom a woman."I'll wait a bit longer. I want to observe how the candidates conduct themselves through the fishbowl of presidential politics for a few more months. Perhaps Al Gore will surprise me and join the fray. Maybe Barack Obama can demonstrate he's more than a platitude machine. Ironically, Obama today reminds me of John Edwards in 2004. Perhaps Bill Richardson can convince me he's not simply an agent of the establishment. For damn I won't support Hillary Clinton. At this time, John Edwards appears to be the one with the "vision thing." And that means, I'll likely be phone banking, canvassing and stuffing envelopes on his behalf in a few months.
Sunday, April 1, 2007
So Who Has That Vision Thing?
Posted by Robert Ellman at 2:38 PM
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The Athabasca Chipewyan First Nation is seeking funding to support a new grocery store in Fort Chipewyan.
The Sustainable and Development Committee met Tuesday to discuss supporting the project. In the end, they will ask Mayor Melissa Blake to write a letter of supportbefore the organization goes to Indigenous and Northern Affairs Canada forfunding.
As food prices are often out of reach for the average citizen in the northern Hamlet, the ACFN is looking to build a second store owned by the First Nation.
The organization notes the high prices could be attributed to the costs of transportation, but also the monopoly held by the town's only grocery store.
The Band says opening another store would help diversify the economy and provide jobs for youth.
A hydroponic food growing facility to provide fresh fruits and vegetables is also being planned.
There is no word on when the project would start.


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The Grumman J2F Duck plays a pivotal roll in VENGEANCE at Midway and Guadalcanal, the second book in my Aviator Series. It is a fantastic aircraft. Its an amphibian (amphib) aircraft, that means it can land on the water or drop the landing gear and land on a runway. However, what makes the Duck different is that it also has a Tail-Hook! Thus the name; like a duck it can land anywhere.


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Britain joined Europbe by crimilising the 'replica' industry, with the UK levelling fines of up to £50,000 or 10 years jail, even backdating copyright law to cover the design icons previously savaged by the replica industry. Both iconic and recent designs are protected for the life of the designer plus an additional 70 years after their death ('life plus 70').
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Ka Ka Mundi, Carnarvon National Park
Ka Ka Mundi section Carnarvon National Park. Photo: Brendon Moodie © Queensland Government
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Facilities and activities
Ka Ka Mundi is 130km or two hours drive south-west of Springsure and 465km by road south-west of Rockhampton.
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What's special
More than 30km of remote sandstone escarpments and plateaus dominate the skyline at Ka Ka Mundi.