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Comments for 2006
I am writing to request your advice about doing historical research in Bermuda. I am a professor of history at the University of Pennsylvania in Philadelphia, and have focused my research and writing on modern French history. I am beginning a book project that examines the islands of the French Caribbean, particularly Martinique, in the decades following the Second World War, after these islands voted to become regular Departments of France. In the course of my research it has become clear that this project would be enriched greatly by a comparative approach that would include perspectives from a former colony of Great Britain that is still an integral part of the United Kingdom. I have spent some time at the National Archives in Kew looking at files on Bermuda from the Colonial Office, and now would like to pursue my research in Bermuda itself. I have been very impressed with the Bermuda Online website you have created, and have profited from looking through your numerous entries on Bermuda's history, as well as other links to organizations and resources. I have telephoned and e-mailed the Bermuda Government Archives, but so far have not received a response as to their holdings, opening hours, or holidays. If you would be able to suggest any specific person for me to get in touch with there or could offer any advice on undertaking this project, I would greatly appreciate it. I imagine you get many requests, so I apologize in advance for this imposition. Thank you for your consideration. Sincerely, Kristen Stromberg Childers, Philadelphia, PA, December 27, 2006.
I wanted to write you a note to say thank you. Bermuda Online has been very helpful for me, even prior to moving to the island. What a great resource! Thanks again and perhaps we will run into each other at our favorite watering hole!. In fact it would be my pleasure to meet you in person! James Laitinen, Account Executive, CCS Group Ltd, Mintflower Place, 8 Par-La-Ville Road, HM 08, Bermuda, December 7, 2006.
Compliment appreciated, thank you.
have read with great interest your amazing and detailed Bermuda
Online website
and I was wondering if you could advise me as to whether there is yet a
committee or organization charged with celebrations of the 400th
anniversary (in 2009) of the settlement of Best wishes,
Best wishes,
Replied to compliment saying no details have been
released yet but undoubtedly will before too long.
Replied to compliment saying no details have been released yet but undoubtedly will before too long.
As the widow of one of the former soldiers of the British Army who served in Bermuda for a specified time, I write to to thank you unreservedly for your superb and sensitively written web pages, which my granddaughter printed out for me, on the British Army in Bermuda, Bermuda War Veterans and history of Bermuda during the Great War and World War 2. They were particularly poignant reading during our Remembrance Day ceremonies in London and in every village, town and city in Britain. It's nice to know you take the time and trouble to acknowledge them and the roles they played in the British Army, Royal Navy, Merchant Navy and Royal Air Force in your article. In sincere appreciation, Mrs. Sally Turnbull, Palmer's Green, London, November 15, 2006.
Compliment appreciated, thank you.
As a US citizen I commend your Bermuda Online for allowing constructive criticism of Bermuda and encouraging far more interesting comments on your Guestbook than just the usual tourism hype. Congratulations for having a measured, responsible, independent and responsive website. I agree completely with the US Department of State and your own assertions that all Americans going to any foreign country, including Bermuda, by air or cruise ship, should have valid passports. It has always amazed me that some of my fellow citizens are dumb enough to believe that driver's licenses or certified copies of birth certificates should be sufficient. I have to say that some recent developments in Bermuda have discouraged me from coming back to Bermuda. One is the constant harping and carping about political independence in Bermuda by natives. The main reason we Americans come to Bermuda is because you are British. It makes you a class act compared to the Bahamas, Barbados, Jamaica, Mexico, etc. You are not being held back in any way by the United Kingdom. It may be a sadly flawed country in many ways - such as in the compulsory TV Licensing per household of $260, the same rate as for hotels and with a huge penalty for non-compliance - but overall it has far less flaws and more political, religious, work permit and other freedoms than most, including Bermuda itself. When far bigger places like Puerto Rico, the US Virgin Islands and Quebec in Canada, to name but a few, are not actively seeking independence, why is Bermuda? To add even more costs to residents and visitors? Bermuda is already hugely over-taxed by your government and this reflects greatly in the costs to visitors of goods and services. Another is the disclosure your government is so stingy in customs duty-free allowances to returning natives and visiting tourists, especially when compared to less wealthy jurisdictions that are far more generous. A third is the disclosure from US judicial sources Bermuda is the principal tax haven of concern and worry to the average American. I'm no bleeding liberal Democrat, normally a conservative Republican interested in the November House of Representatives election yet I firmly believe the US Bermuda Tax Act must be repealed by the USA. We Americans must immediately amend our tax laws to create far more tax incentives in the USA, far fewer anti-trust provisions and far less legal bureaucracy to attract back, make welcome and retain those companies that have established themselves in the tax havens. The time for corporate inversions in tax havens is over. It is an insult to all tax-paying Americans that we should allow ourselves to issue tax exemptions and tax freedoms to US corporations that want to have their conventions outside the USA in tax havens. We need to re-establish the industries we once had. I belong to the all-party group pressing for this. It is high time justice replaced injustice. I hope you will publish this comment. Simon Martino, East Providence, Rhode Island 02915, USA, November 1, 2006.
As a UK citizen who likes to travel as frequently as I can and write about it, I was extremely interested in your Bermuda Airport file and your cheerful disclosure on how much easier and less bureaucratic it is to enter the USA from Bermuda than from the UK or Europe. I believe it is a fact that the Bermuda Tourism authorities should use to good advantage here in the UK, where there is no travel promotion at all for Bermuda in any of the better newspapers I get. Not at all a compliment to Bermuda though is how mean your government is in Bermuda Customs duty-free allowances to visitors and residents compared to what is allowed here in the UK both from EU and non-EU countries. I understand the duty-free allowance, instead of increasing as it has in USA and Europe in recent years, has dropped from $400 when I was last in Bermuda in the 1980s to $100 now, with a 30% Customs Duty rate on any excess. In comparison, it is $800 in the USA, with a 10% duty rate on any excess! Yet Bermuda, according to the World Bank, not the USA, is the world's most affluent country in per-capita income! I also have to say that I think the USA is dead-wrong, highly discriminatory and actively pursuing an anti-tourism policy in allowing very small numbers of people from Bermuda, the Bahamas and Canada to enter the USA so easily from their countries but creating such monstrous mayhem, bureaucracy and huge queues for millions of visitors to the USA from the UK and European Union countries at US Immigration on their arrival in the USA. In my view and those of hundreds of thousands from the UK and European Union countries, the special pre-clearance facilities at Bermuda, Bahamas and Canada should cease unless the USA can provide the same in its best friend in the world, the UK and the USA's other NATO and European allies. Surely they are far more important to the USA's economy and well-being than the small tax havens of Bermuda and the Bahamas or the Canadians. Jonathan Smythe, Islington, London, England, October 22, 2006.
often recommend your website Bermuda
Online to
tourists and students alike as it contains such great information! In
my unofficial opinion, as I am not writing on behalf of the Bermuda
National Library but as a fellow researcher, it is a wonderful online
resource. A small correction for
the Public Service Commission (PSC) entry the PSC legislation is found within the Bermuda Constitution
Order 1968 section 81. (Ref: information located within the Government
Boards listing on your website). Thank you for helping promote
Compliment appreciated and correction noted/updated.
Thank you so much for reporting in your excellent Bermuda Online web site and Airlines Serving Bermuda web file that British Airways charges tourists based in the UK and wishing to go to Bermuda double the fares of those living in Bermuda and wishing to come to the UK. I too have done a comparison of airfares on the BA web site and you are perfectly correct. Bermuda's Tourism Minister Dr. Brown performed a valuable public service in bringing this to the attention of the press. Unfortunately, British Airways has not corrected the situation. If corrected, it might help considerably to raise Bermuda's image as a nice place to go for Britons and Europeans instead of being perceived as far more expensive to go than anywhere much further away in the Caribbean. This may be the main reason why Bermuda is never mentioned as a travel destination in the UK newspapers. Let us hope that another UK-based airline will give BA come competition and cause fares to Bermuda for UK tourists to be reduced hugely. Kate Stanton, London SW1, England, August 15, 2006.
Your web file on Citizenship in Bermuda was most interesting and was duly confirmed by the Foreign and Commonwealth Office (FCO) in London. It may interest you to know that from the information I received from various people connected with the Island Games, the facts reported re citizenship and eligibility in Bermuda for participation as an athlete were the main reasons the Isle of Wight, not Bermuda, received the nod as an upcoming Games venue. But when Bermuda allows law-abiding Britons, Americans, Canadians, Europeans and others on Work Permits to obtain citizenship if they wish in 5 years, or 3 years if their spouses are local citizens, and allows them to qualify automatically as citizens if they are born there irrespective of nationality of parents, then many of us will be very happy to visit Bermuda as an Island Games host. In the meantime, we were shocked to discover that Bermuda no longer gives citizenship at all to anyone not born there unless they marry a local citizen, and then after 10 years (not 3 years as is the case in USA, Canada, UK, Europe, etc); or to anyone born there unless a parent is a citizen. John Thompson, Newport, Isle of Wight, England, July 15, 2006.
quick note to introduce myself and to say thank you for your excellent Bermuda
Online site.
Ive just taken up the role of e-Government director. Weve moved here from
was looking at your Bermuda
Music file listed on your fine Bermuda
Online website. I just wanted to let you know it was really
helpful and thank you for listing my father Jay Fox as one of the
I sincerely appreciated your informative web pages on Bermuda Online and on "Bermuda's accessibility and services for handicapped and disabled." Last summer my husband and I celebrated our 20th anniversary on this lovely island. Next month we are taking our entire clan...2 sets of grandparents and my three children, the youngest of which is physically disabled. Joshua will be 11 years old next month. He was born with spina bifida and is restricted for the most part to a wheelchair. Although the voyage to Bermuda on Royal Carribean's Explorer, I suspect will be mostly accessible, I was disappointed to read that Bermuda has no formal accessibility standards such as the A.D.A. in the States. After reading your web page, it sounds as though the ferry and the taxicabs are the best modes of transportation around the island. We really wanted to visit Horseshoe Bay again. I remember them having lounge chairs & rafts to rent, but wasn't sure if they had beach wheelchairs. I tried doing a search on the net for such a rental and could not come up with anything. You mentioned Shelly Bay as a somewhat handicapped accessible beach, however, we loved the rock formations at Horseshoe Bay. Is Shelly Bay just as picturesque? I realize if there are not any beach wheelchairs, we will have to carry Josh and his wheelchair (hopefully only a few feet) down to the waters edge. (Thank goodness my older sons are going...15 & 17 years of age!) Is there any more you can tell me about the beaches and accessibility? Are you familiar with Snorkel Park at Kings Wharf-Dockyard. Is this somewhat accessible by wheelchair. Our older boys would like to go snorkeling and frankly, if its right off the beach, I can't imagine why Josh couldn't put on a floatation device and go snorkeling with us! Another issue is the glass bottom boat cruises. Do you know if they have a ramp to allow wheelchairs to go onboard? Josh, being 11, is only 65-70 lbs, so I guess he could also be lifted into the boat first, and then his chair. Again, any additional information you could tell me would be most sincerely appreciated as it's hard to find anything on the web (besides your wonderful web page!) on disability access. Thank you for advocating for the disabled. Sincerely, Kim Gladfelter, USA, June 26, 2006.
I write from Texas to say how amazed I am with and thankful for the caliber, quantity and quality of Bermuda Online. No other country in the world seems to have its equivalent. The depth and detail in it is phenomenal. It covers accurate aspects about Bermuda no other Bermuda website seems to have, in a truly honest portrayal. What gives it an additional panache is your extraordinary coverage from inception to conclusion of the former American military bases and comments from thousands of US Military Personnel once stationed there. On behalf of all Americans, thank you so very much, we all most grateful. I'm recommending your site for an international award. James D. Williams, Amarillo, Texas, USA, June 6, 2006.
I read with great interest the Royal Gazette stories on the visit of your Premier and his entourage to Washington DC. As one of the many who have long been dissuaded from wanting to visit Bermuda by many commonly known things about Bermuda, I sincerely hope they were included in the agenda for discussion and abolition in the Capitol, to help make Bermuda more savory to discerning American visitors. I will start with your citizenship system, wherein you allow individuals in to work on Work Permits, sometimes for decades, but won't allow them to have the basic human right of citizenship at all if they don't marry a local, and then only after 10 years. In complete contrast, lawful newcomers to the USA (and all the democratic countries worldwide, including in all the countries of the Caribbean, but excluding Bermuda) can obtain full citizenship in 5 years and 3 years if they marry an American or local in their country. In some other parts of the world, such as Grenada, Australia and New Zealand, full citizenship for lawful immigrants are granted in 3 years. Also, no wonder Bermuda is so hugely expensive to visitors, when you have 35 extremely well-paid by world standards legislators and 11 senators in only 21 square miles. And why is the Bermuda Government, when Bermuda has to import virtually everything, so dreadfully mean to its own returning locals and all visitors in allowing only $100 of merchandise Customs-duty-free, then a 30% duty on top of that, when we here in the USA allow $800 duty-free, then only a 5% duty? The World Bank here in DC says Bermuda is the richest country in the world in income per capita. It should show it, instead of its government acting as if it is one of the poorest and needs to bleed its citizens and visitors. Surely the State Department's US Consul General in Bermuda knows these things, or does he have chronic blinkered vision? As Britain is obviously so undemocratic too, and continues to allow such abuses, the only logical course left to your government is to plead with the USA to become American and more democratic, instead of considering political independence from Britain. I just hope you are democratic enough to publish this. Michael A. Thompson, Georgetown, Washington DC, USA, May 24, 2006.
Re Bermuda Books, and your fine inclusion of my comprehensive book on all aspects of fishing in " Fishing in Bermuda," many thanks for making the correction of my surname to FAIELLA. I find the Bermuda Online web site absolutely invaluable in every way, and of great interest, in researching information for the books I write/edit. Graham Faiella, 5 Newton Rd, Wimbledon, London SW19 3PJ, UK. May 10, 2006.
Is your Bermuda Online too fair on Bermuda? I lived in Bermuda for four years and a more corrupt regime I have not seen anywhere on the planet. I have lived in many countries and done business in most. I cannot think of a less regulated, more one sided business regime for Bermuda residences over all others than Bermuda! Charles D. Flynn, 405 Kings Road, Chelsea, London, SW10 0BB, UK. April 27, 2006.
incredibly impressive Bermuda
Online sites are a veritable plethora of fascinating Bermuda-ilia are on the web. They are
like a never ending succession of interlocking Aladdins caves, each of them
so jam-packed with goodies even more exciting than the last that one scarcely
knows where to begin or end. From my standpoint I now realize that you are the
one and only man for me to approach to ask if you would possibly be kind enough
to try to help me with my enquiry. I do hope you will be able to. I have been
commissioned to research and write the history of a Victorian Royal Navy
officer, one William David Jeans, who from 1845 1853 was Secretary
successively to Vice Admiral Sir Francis Austin, KCB, Vice Admiral Sir Thos.
Cochrane, GCB and Vice Admiral Sir George F. Seymour, GCH, as Commanders-in-Chief the North American & West Indies
Station. Amongst W.D. Jeanss effects we have come across the drawing of a
building which, thus far, it has not been possible for us to identify.
Originally we thought it might be the
It could be the 1850s Admiralty House building in Pembroke Parish, demolished decades ago.
This is an exceptional Bermuda website. I must have spent over an hour looking at the links yesterday, and went down all of the beaches listed as well as the senior information. Your site is incredibly comprehensive and is very matter-of -fact when it comes to issues confronting the citizens of Bermuda, and a comparison of those challenges to the benefits of, and obstacles to living in other countries. I was interested in the whole wastewater treatment issue too. I can see how no one wants this as a neighbor, but frankly, there are worse things, like a coal fired power plant. I have to figure that "grey-water" recycling is already in place and has gone to its maximum usage there to reduce municipal flow. As to the restaurant grease - well that sounds pretty heinous in the way it's described. Anyway, I also found, thanks to you, a website on "kindermusic" which is run by a local music teacher. Should be of great interest to my sister who teaches the same age groups, and I'm sure that I will be back to your site many more times to read all of those related links. Thanks for the courtesy of your prompt response. Skip Pearre, Gray & Associates, LLC, 410-539-7901. Baltimore, MD, 12th April 2006.
I am going to be one of the many cruise ship passengers in Bermuda in June, and I've had a lot of fun looking at your Bermuda Online website this morning. Here's my question - Are there any hotels that accept day visitors to use the beach, restaurant, and rest rooms? I'd gladly pay for it. I'm coming with older relatives in their late 70's and '80's, and beach access without these items is something that will deter them from leaving the ship. My only alternative is to book a hotel room for the two nights that we are in Hamilton, and I'm sure that any hotel limits the number of guests per room. Now, my parents may have friends there already as we are from Baltimore, but I am trying to be the good son here and come up with a plan B in case their plan A falls through. Our ship arrives in Hamilton for the 27th and 28th. Any suggestions would be greatly appreciated. Skip Pearre, Gray & Associates, LLC, 410-539-7901, Baltimore, MD, April 10, 2006.
Am much enjoying browsing in Bermuda Online - was born and brought up in Bermuda, in St George's. Brings it all back! John M Stow, Somerton, Somerset, England. April 7, 2006.
Thank you for Bermuda Online! My love affair with Bermuda began in April of 1938, when my Mother, Father and I arrived aboard the cruise ship 'Reina Del Pacifico.' My parents had a head caretakers' position on Tucker's Island. Those years were truly fantastic to a 9 year old girl, it didn't take me long to get over my homesickness for England, I was in a brand new world, and even though there were no other children on the Island, I was never lonesome, for companions I had a gorgeous Great Dane - Caesar - a dear Welsh Corgi - Millie - and a cantankerous small donkey, - Jack - complete with small cart, to me that was heaven on earth. We lived there until about six months after the War broke out, and when my Dad discovered the English Navy considered him to old the rejoin the Navy, he applied, and was accepted into the Police force on the Dockyard. We lived at first on Boaz Island, then moved to Victoria Row on Ireland Island. Dad advanced in the Police Force, in fact he ended up as Police Commissioner of the English section, maybe some one who reads this may remember him - his name was A.V. Curnock, or as his friends called him, 'Dick." My mother worked at the grocery store on Ireland Island, as cashier, then later in one of the offices up at HMS Malabar as a typist. Me, well I went to school, first at Sandy's Grammar school in Somerset, then HMS Dockyard school on Ireland Island, then Bermuda Commercial school near Southampton and finally The Bermuda High School outside Hamilton. Yes, I have a love affair with Bermuda, and always will, both my parents are buried at St James in Somerset, so I will always be connected to that lovely Island. My name then was Averil Curnock), I live in a small Oklahoma town and yes, I still get homesick, even as old as I am. Averil Cawthon, Enid, Oklahoma, USA, March 21, 2006.
What a great job you do with your Bermuda Online web pages, my only complaint is that one thing leads to another and I spend far too much time reading them! I have certainly learned things I didnt know. Could I ask you to make a few small changes to the 2006 references you make of the Garden Club. For your information the dates for the 2007 Open Houses and Gardens are April 25, May 2, 9 and 16. Kind regards, Janet L Owner, President, The Garden Club of Bermuda, 6th March 2006.
Changes made as requested,.
Your Bermuda Online web site is wonderful! It's everything we've always wanted to know about Bermuda, but were afraid to ask. We do have a question for you, though. We are going to be in Bermuda at the St. George's Club as of Saturday, March 4th. We would like to bring some dry foods with us, namely, cereal, coffee, pancake mix and such. Is there any restriction? Any help you can give us would be a great help. Thanks so much, Maria & Tom Felten, Long Island, NY, February 28, 2006.
Bermuda does not usually prohibit visitors from bringing in such dry foods for their vacation or charging them import duty on them.
My wife and I have visited Bermuda 5 times in our 25 years of marriage so far and plan on visiting as often as possible in the future. We used your Bermuda Online website this past year when planning our 25th Anniversary and found it very useful in searching for accommodation. We had cruised to Bermuda twice and stayed in hotels (Castle Harbour in 1978 and Sonesta in the late 1980s but I really believe that the rental property we found on your website fitted us like a glove. Situated in Southampton Parish we were able to visit all the beaches we so love in only a 5 or 10 minute drive on a moped. I'm not saying that there are no good hotels in Bermuda but for us we think this was our best stay. We visited Dockyard for the music festival and also travel to the Swizzle Inn for lunch one day. Bermuda is our favorite vacation spot and we have been to many isles of the Caribbean. The short flight from Boston left at 9:00 am and you can be on the beach by 1:00 pm. Thanks for the all the good information and history. I just read your article on Mark Twain. I think he might have been right when he joined in to try banning of the automobile in Bermuda, although they are not nearly as dangerous as the mopeds that seem to have a fatality every time we're there. We are very careful driving to the beaches on ours and rarely drive them at night. I still would suggest renting one to any visitors as it does afford some independence getting around even though the transit system is very good in my opinion, just a little confusing for first- time visitors and the taxis are expensive to take on a regular basis. Kevin & Mary Jo Richards, Massachusetts, USA, February 20, 2006.
We have gone into your Bermuda Online website and have found so much valuable information. My husband and I will be traveling to Bermuda for our first time in mid-June. The one thing we can't seem to find is the dress attire for most restaurants. We understand that the finer restaurants require Smart Casual but we don't really know what that means and if there is a more casual dress attire that is acceptable for the typical sandwich/pizza restaurant during the day while site-seeing. Can you help to clarify this for us? Thanks. We look forward to our trip. Becky Bouton, King, North Carolina, USA. January 23, 2006.
Your Bermuda Online is head-and-shoulders above any other Bermuda website for providing information for professional newcomers from Canada - where I am from - or USA or UK or Europe. So often, recruiters give you information to lure you, but don't give the whole picture. You do, in your Employment in Bermuda for Non-Nationals, Newcomers to Bermuda and other files. You give facts and figures galore and balance them well so that newcomers know and have a much more complete idea of what to expect. Through you, I'd like to suggest to your motor vehicle authority that because Bermuda is advertised as the world's premier international business jurisdiction, Bermuda scrap its present requirement that a newcomer get a local driving license. Why? Because in truly international business jurisdictions - Canada, the USA, the UK, Europe, Australia, etc among them - newcomers can drive cars with their current overseas-issued full driving licences for a year. There are already more restrictions against newcomers in Bermuda than anywhere else in the world. Relaxing some of them will create more incentives for non-nationals to work in Bermuda. As Bermuda-issued full current driving licenses are acceptable to Canadian authorities when renting or using a car here - and I guess in the USA, UK, Europe and elsewhere too - surely foreign-issued ones ought to be valid in Bermuda for professional newcomers? Sincerely, John Cooper, Toronto, Canada, 15th January 2006.
Good point!
First, I much appreciate your work on Bermuda Online. I write a series of mystery novels, each based on a different island. I'm currently at work on the third one, BERMUDA SCHWARTZ. And in doing my Internet research, virtually all searches eventually wind up with references to Bermuda Online. Thanks so much for providing a wonderful resource. Now, if I might burden you with a quick question: Is it possible to buy dynamite in Bermuda? I haven't been able to find the answer to that anywhere. I am working on a scene in the book that involves planting big palm trees in the backyard of a Bermudian estate and I am thinking that some sort of explosive might be necessary to make quick work of the limestone. And, of course, the dynamite might have other applications later on. In any event, if you might point me in the right direction for answering this question I'd greatly appreciate it. Many thanks, Bob Morris, author, "Bahamarama" and "Jamaica Me Dead " Caribbean mysteries. Winter Park, Florida, USA, January 7, 2006.
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My very first blog entry dates from 5 years ago when I created the "Simon Thorpe's Ideas on the Economy" website. It was Sunday the 10th of October 2010.
I've generated one hell of a lot of stuff in the intervening 5 years. To be exact, there are some 533 posts, which have had over 216,000 visits. You can download a reasonably complete pdf file with my contributions that runs to over 600 pages.
One nice point is that while my ideas have evolved enormously in the last five years, I get the impression that I really haven't said too much that I would reject today. This is actually particularly impressive given that when I first started getting interested (obsessed!) by the economy in the summer of 2010, I hadn't really got a clue. I have really had to learn just about everything myself by reading over one hundred books and countless articles and posts on the web.
I can remember believing that if we are in debt, it must be because someone - the Saudis? or the Chinese? must have lent us money. Little did I know that actually, all money is debt - created by commercial banks.
I'm particularly happy to see that my very first propostion - the proposal that essentially all the existing taxes could be replaced by a simple, universal tax on financial transactions - is still just as viable as ever. The original document dating from October 2010 can still be downloaded from the Hal Archive site here, and there is not much in it that I think was wrong.
Indeed, my current proposals essentially combine that very same mechanism of taxing the $11 quadrillion in financial transactions at some modest level (probably well below 0.1%), and simply reinjecting the same money back into the economy by direct, debt free basic income payments to citizens. The amount needed to allow the economy to function well will depend on the country. In the Eurozone, a few hundred euros per person per month would already be very effective. But in third world countries like subsaharan Africa, you could probably get an equally robust effect for a fraction of the amount of money - maybe just a few dollars per person per month.

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Member European parliament Terry Reintke has been a strong supporter of inclusion of women in the digital economy. This is a video message from Terry for our thematic workshop at the WSIS Forum 2016: Gender Equality and e-Skills gap.
Terry Reintke's report on 'empowering women in the digital age' has been voted in the European Parliament in April 2016.


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Tuesday, November 15, 2011
No Coloring!
Are you ready for another challenge. This week's our challenge hostess is Michele L who has challenged us to a No Coloring challenge.
Michele has used Cyber Riley on her card this week, of course leaving it uncolored seeing that is the challenge.
Once you have created your card/project come back here and place a comment with a link to your card/project to this post so that we can see what you created. If you upload your card/project to SCS don't forget to include the keyword RILEY2311. We can't wait to see what you create!
Don't forget to check out the Riley and Company Design Team's card on their blogs.
4 comments:
- Stephanie Lee said...
I cannot find your challenge rules anywhere on the blog - but do you need to use Riley & Co images to participate in the challenge?
- November 15, 2011 at 8:03 PM
- Jayne said...
Hope it's OK not to make a card!
- November 21, 2011 at 9:16 AM
- disneychickstamper said...
What a great challenge! It is a wonderful card and a great idea for people like me that put too much thought and detail into my cards. This is simple and GREAT! Thanks for the challenge and maybe one of these days I will do this one!
- November 24, 2011 at 2:33 PM
- Sally said...
This one is cute too. Too many cute ones.
Sally S
- November 24, 2011 at 8:19 PM
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text: LAKEVILLE -- Westview and Jimtown will meet in a rematch of their game just a couple weeks ago when they battle for the Class 2-A LaVille Sectional championship tonight. Tipoff is set for 7:30 p.m. The Warriors looked virtually invincible at times in Friday night's opener as they rode Tiffany Fisher's double-double (28 points, 10 rebounds) to a 55-42 win over John Glenn. Jimtown came back from a 17-8 first quarter deficit behind the strong inside play of juniors Stephanie Wagner and Melissa Goward to end Bremen's season in a 46-40 Jimmie win. Goward had a double-double of her own with a 19-point, 10-rebound effort while Wagner led all scorers with 21 points. Westview (20-3) is the defending champion and defeated Jimtown (15-6) in their Jan. 31 regular season game, 56-44. "Westview has a great inside-outside combination and that makes them very tough to play," Jimtown coach Gene Johnson said. "It should be a great game." -Westview 55, John Glenn 42: At times, it looked like a simple game of pitch, catch and score for Fisher as the Falcons had trouble figuring out how to defend the 6-foot-1 sophomore, who had a three-inch advantage on the tallest Glenn defender. "It takes a player with great hands as well as guards who can get the pass to her to make that play effective," Warrior coach Randy Yoder said. "Obviously having Fisher play that well is a great advantage. She has to establish position and give our guards the target and they have to get it to her. She certainly is our first option in most situations." The Warriors jumped out to a 20-6 edge early in the second quarter before Glenn's shots began to fall. With 1:20 to go in the third quarter, a 10-footer by the Falcons' Rachel Wilkinson brought them back to within four at 34-30. However, a three-point play and a 3-pointer 40 seconds later, both by Westview's Michelle Haney set the third quarter score at 40-30 and took the air out of the comeback attempt. The loss ended the Falcons five-game winning streak and ended their season at 13-9. Tara Irwin led Glenn with 13, Wilkinson added 11 and Rebecca Morris tossed in 10. "If we had played the first half like we played the third quarter, we would have been all right," Falcon coach Dan Hutton said. "I think we were intimidated on offense. In the second half I think we defended Fisher better but that is what we were supposed to do in the first half and just didn't get it done." GLENN (42): Kelsey Haney 0 0-0 0, Rachel Wilkinson 5 1-4 11, Alyssa Davis 1 0-0 2, Kelli Price 0 0-0 0, Laura Short 0 0-0 0, Brittany Adkins 3 0-0 6, Sara Knape 0 0-0 0, Tara Irwin 5 3-4 13, Rebecca Morris 4 2-3 10. Totals: 18 6-11 42. WESTVIEW (55): Jordan Slabach 0 0-0 0, Michelle Haney 3 3-3 10, Cheri Borkholder 1 0-2 2, Colette Lambright 1 0-0 3, Tiffany Fisher 12 4-8 28, Jina Hite 0 0-0 0, Emily Lamkin 2 4-4 8, Mallory McFarren 0 0-0 0, Ashley Miller 1 2-2 4, Melissa Mast 0 0-0 0, Ashton Schwartz 0 0-0 0. Totals: 20 13-19 55. Glenn 6 14 30 42 Westview 17 28 40 55 3-point goals: Glenn 0-2, Westview 2-5 (Lambright, Haney). Overall shooting:Glenn 18 of 44 for 41 percent, Westview 20 of 42 for 48 percent. Rebounds: Glenn 18 (Morris 6, Westview 27 (Fisher 10). Total fouls (fouled out): Glenn 18 (Wilkinson), Westview 16 (none). Turnovers: Glenn 12, Westville 10. Officials: Kim Yelich (Schererville) and John Wright (Etna Green). -Jimtown 46, Bremen 40: It looked like Bremen had a real shot to pull a minor upset when it had the hotter shooting hand in the first quarter and sustained the momentum in the second quarter to establish a 24-19 halftime lead. However, the Lions' poor shooting problems have plagued them all year and a couple of misses on gimme shots early in the third quarter unleashed a 9-0 Jimmie run which gave Jimtown its first lead, 28-26, with 5:30 to go in that period. The scene was repeated later in the contest when Jimtown put together the decisive 10-2 run to lead 41-34 with 3:20 remaining. Bremen still had a couple of chances but was able to hit only 1-for-7 from the free throw line at crucial times. The Jimmie inside duo of Goward and Wagner combined for 23 second-half points. "Bremen shot very well in the first half and that concerned us a little bit," Johnson said. "We didn't think they could shoot like that and so we tried to stop the post and, of course, they hit from the outside. In the second half we did a much better job of taking care of the ball and keeping them off the boards. That eight-point run was huge because we play better if we have a little bit of a lead." Bremen ended its season at 8-13 and was led by Valerie Bollenbacher's 14 points. Paola Montes added 10. "It's not like we were not getting good shots tonight," Lions coach Martin Huber said. "We were getting great shots, we just were not knocking them down and I think we should have gotten to more loose balls than we got to. Going 1-for-7 in free throws will hurt you. It has hurt us all year." JIMTOWN (46): Stephanie White 1 0-0 2, Cassandra Bumpus 0 0-1 0, Mackenzie Cook 1 0-0 2, Stephanie Wagner 7 7-7 21, Kristine Hosinski 0 0-0 0, Lisa Neufeldt 1 0-2 2, Melissa Goward 5 9-13 19, Victoria Wallin 0 0-1 0. Totals: 15 16-24 46. BREMEN (40): Chelsey Chang 1 0-0 3, Jessie Creakbaum 2 0-0 4, Valerie Bollenbacher 7 0-3 14, Jenni Andrews 0 0-0 0, Paola Montes 4 0-0 10, Amanda Krieger 0 0-2 0, Kortney Lakins 2 3-4 7, Ali Moren 1 0-0 2. Totals: 17 3-9 40. Jimtown 8 19 37 46 Bremen 17 24 32 40 3-point goals: Jimtown 0-2, Bremen 3-15 (Montes 2, Chang 1). Overall shooting: Jimtown 15 of 25 for 60 percent, Bremen 17 of 47 for 36 percent. Rebounds: Jimtown 24 (Goward 10), Bremen 18 (Krieger 9). Total fouls (fouled out): Jimtown 11 (none), Bremen 22 (Montes). Turnovers: Jimtown 14, Bremen 7. Officials: Bud Wolf (Huntington) and James Newburn (Kokomo).


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Revolutionary War Historical Article
Battle of Vincennes
Victory for G. W. Clark
By California Compatriot Charles R. (Chuck) Lampman
Editor's Note: Reprinted by Permission from the SAR Magazine, Winter 2004
The British, since the end of the French and Indian War, had made a great effort to keep the Indians friendly to them in the area of what is now Southern Illinois and Ohio. By the time of the Revolution, they had turned the Indians against the colonists who were encroaching on the Indian hunting grounds. Lt. Governor of Canada, Lt. Colonel Henry Hamilton had made arrangements with the Indians to reward them for all scalps they brought to him and was given the nickname of "the Hair Buyer". The French at the villages of Cahokia, Bellefontaine, Kaskaskia and Vincennes had aligned themselves with the British while the village of St. Louis belonging to the Spanish remained neutral.
A young militia Lt. Colonel George Rogers Clark conceived a bold plan to capture the French settlements, thus opening the Mississippi for safe passage and ensuring that the Patriots could continue to receive war supplies from the Spanish at New Orleans. Clark sent two scouts, Ben Lyon and Samuel Moore to reconnoiter. They reported back on the forts' weakness and he became assured that his plans were feasible. He then convinced Patrick Henry, the Governor of Virginia, on the plan. Secretly he also had the backing of Thomas Jefferson, George Mason and Richard Henry Lee.
This dramatic painting is one of several at the George Rogers
Clark National Historical Park in Vincennes, Indiana that
depicts the life of Patriot Clark. Here he is accepting the
surrender of Fort Sackville from Colonel Henry Hamilton.
On June 26, 1778, Lt. Colonel Clark set out with about 200 men from Virginia and arrived at Kaskaskia (Illinois) on the 4th of July. The local French militia leader at Fort Gage, the Chevalier Phillippe de Rocheblave, was caught by surprise and Fort Gage was captured without firing a shot. When the French learned that an Alliance with France had been signed in June, 1778, and that France had declared war on Great Britain, they were elated.
On July 14th, Father Pierre Gibault, with a few of Roger's militia left for Fort Sackville at Vincennes in the Ohio Territory to inform them of the new treaty with France. On the 20th of July the French at Vincennes also swore allegiance to the Americans. Because of his small force, Clark could only leave three men to man the fort. Clark then dispatched Captain Joseph Brown with 30 mounted men to the French settlements of Prairie du Roche and Cahokia, accompanied by some Frenchmen, to spread the word about the Alliance. The French were elated and quickly pledged their support to the Americans.
By August 6th the British learned of the events at Kaskaskia and Fort Sackville and made plans to recapture the fort. On the 7th of October Lt. Colonel Henry Hamilton departed Detroit with approximately 175 troops and 60 Indians for Vincennes. By the time he arrived, on December 17th, his force had grown to about 500. The fort at Vincennes was defended only by Captain Leonard Helm and three Virginians, the French militia having drifted away. Helm surrounded Vincennes without firing a shot.
By this time Lt. Colonel Clark was in a dangerous position. Since his arrival in July, Indians loyal to the British were all around him. He was running low on supplies for the winter. Oliver Pollack at New Orleans with the assistance of Bernardo de Galvez, the Spanish Governor of New Orleans, shipped whatever supplies he could to Clark. Without this support Clark could not have continued with the Northwestern Operations.
Shortly after the capture of Vincennes, Lt. Colonel Hamilton, believing no one would attack him during the winter, let his Indians and his militias return to their homes. That left him with only 35 regular troops to defend the fort.
The events of the first two months of the year have been described by James A. James as an expedition which proved to be one of the most heroic and dramatic undertakings of the American Revolution.
Prior to Clark learning of the fall of Vincennes, the French took a neutrality oath fearing severe repercussions at the hands of the British. On January 29th, Colonel Francis Vigo arrived at Kaskaskia and informed Clark of the events at Vincennes. Vigo, a Spanish trader from St. Louis, had been captured at Vincennes while delivering supplies to Captain Leonard Helm. Although Hamilton suspected him of being a patriot sympathizer, he allowed him to go free because he was Spanish. Hamilton did require Vigo to give his word he would return to St. Louis without doing anything injurious to the British en route. Vigo kept his word but upon arriving at St. Louis immediately set out to inform Clark of the capture. Clark realized that the British with superior forces planned to initiate a spring campaign against him. He was in grave danger of losing the entire Kentucky territory and the necessary water route from New Orleans. Clark knew that the only way to prevent this was to conduct a surprise winter attack against Hamilton at Vincennes. The next day an order for supplies of $1,452 was drawn on Oliver Pollock's account and accepted by Vigo.
On February 4th Clark dispatched the row galley Willing, with a crew of 46 men under the command of his older brother Lieutenant John Clark. The Willing was loaded with ammunition and other supplies. They were to proceed down the Mississippi, up the Ohio, and north up the Wabash and anchor a short distance from Vincennes to prevent escape of any British by the river and act as a supply vessel for the expedition.
On February 5th, Lt. Colonel Clark commenced his expedition to recapture Vincennes with a force of only 172 men, nearly one-half of them local Frenchmen carrying their own colors. Vincennes was 180 miles away. Although it had been a mild winter, heavy rains had left many of the trails mired in mud and much of the lowlands under several inches to many feet of water. Most of the streams the expedition would have to cross were swollen from the rains.
The next couple of weeks would be filled with hardships that Clark described, as so poor that no one would believe except the men who were living through it. The first couple of days were on fairly level ground but because of the rain the ground was covered with several inches of water. On the 13th, the party arrived at the junction of the two branches of the Little Wabash. Normally the two branches were separated but this time they were as one with the floodwaters. They spent about two days building a canoe to ferry the men and supplies across the river.
On the 17th, they arrived at the Embarrass River, which they could not ford, again because of the floodwaters. The party then traveled downstream to the Wabash where it took them another two days to build boats to cross the river. The men were now experiencing real hunger and fatigue. Because even the animals had fled the floods to get to higher and drier ground, game was scarce.
On the 20th, they captured five hunters on the river and learned that so far Clark's approach had not been detected. The hunters told them that the French at Vincennes were sympathetic toward the Americans because of the treatment they had received from Lt. Colonel Hamilton.
On the 21st, the force ferried across the Wabash and for several hours had to walk in water up to their shoulders. They finally reached high ground where they rested and tried to dry their clothes. The next day they resumed the march and reached a place called Sugar-Camp, about six miles from Vincennes. It was a bitter cold night for the men.
The 23rd saw the party cold and still wet but they continued on until they reached the Horse Shoe Plain completely exhausted. Shortly after their arrival they captured some Indians on the river and took from them a quarter of a buffalo. The men's spirits were lifted as they devoured their first hot food in days plus the fact that it was only a short march to Warriors Island from which they could see Vincennes and Fort Sackville. They spent the rest of the day hunting and drying their clothes and other supplies.
Later in the day a French hunter was captured without raising an alarm. The hunter proved to be a friend to the Americans and informed Clark of the conditions at the fort and how it was defended. Clark was unsure of the reaction of the people of Vincennes and knew a long siege of the fort would probably bring reinforcements to Hamilton and would defeat his mission. Clark realized he had to make a bold move quickly.
Clark's plan was to inform the people of the village that he intended to take the fort that night. He announced that any who wanted to cooperate with his plan would stay in their houses and anyone found outside would be considered hostile. The captured French hunter carried the message to the village and to the surprise and delight of the Americans there was silence from the fort - neither warning gun nor drum. Of course Clark did not reveal to the hunter the size of his actual force but hinted that it numbered approximately 1,000 men.
Shortly before sundown on the 23rd, Clark assembled his men. He marched them in two battalion groups, one led by him and the other by Capt. Joseph Bowman. The groups marched along with drums beating and banners flying. By using the cover of a couple of small ridge lines, Clark marched them just out of sight and then scrambled a group back to march forward again. He repeated this maneuver several times, thus giving the impression that his force was indeed about 1,000 men. The maneuver worked and Clark was careful not to let the townspeople actually see any but a small group of men at anyone time. About 8 PM the group gained the heights southwest of the town. Even with all the fanfare, the fort did not appear alerted. Clark sent Lieutenant Bayley and fourteen of the Virginians to take up positions around the fort and to commence fire at his signal. The rest of the men occupied the town. It was reported that several of the towns people brought hot food out to the troops.
Meanwhile in the fort, Hamilton had invited Captain Helm to join him for an evening game of cards. No sooner had they sat down than a shot rang out followed by a volley of shots. Hamilton thought it was just some of the Indians in Vincennes firing. He was unaware that those Indians had fled upon the approach of the Americans. It was not until informed that one of his sergeants was wounded that he ordered the drummer to beat to quarters. Shortly thereafter, a British surgeon made it back to the fort from town and reported that Clark had surrounded the fort with at least 500 men. By now Bowman's men were about 120 yards from the main gate and other sharpshooters were within 30 yards of the northeast palisade. The rest were taking cover behind houses, barns and natural barriers. Fire commenced on the fort's gun ports and any other openings that could be identified. The fire was so accurate that the defenders were forced to close the gun ports and thus lost the use of their cannons. When some tried to reopen a gun port, the fire wounded six of the British, one-sixth of Hamilton's regulars.
A British patrol heard the firing and returned to the town. They evaded Clark's forces by taking shelter in a barn but soon two of them deserted and were captured. They revealed the whereabouts of the patrol and Clark made an unusual decision. He ordered a cease-fire and allowed the patrol to scurry to the fort, scaling one of the walls to safety. Now Clark did not have to worry about any of them alerting the friendly Indians to reinforce the British.
Firing continued sporadically throughout the rest of the night. By daybreak on the 24th the defenders sharply increased their firing. At 8:00 AM Clark called for a truce and sent one of his French captains to the fort with a letter of surrender to Hamilton. In the letter he warned Hamilton that if he did not surrender, he would suffer the consequences. Hamilton refused and firing became very intense on both sides. The attackers using typical siege tactics, began to dig a tunnel towards the fort's powder magazine. Hamilton saw that his situation was hopeless - reinforcements from Detroit, some 600 miles away would never arrive in time and half of his troops were French whose loyalties he could not now count on. Further, he still thought he was completely surrounded by more than 500 men. Hamilton considered surrender and, displaying a white flag, he proposed in a letter to Clark that they call a three-day truce giving them time to discuss terms. Clark answered that he must unconditionally surrender immediately and that if Hamilton still desired a conference, he should come under a flag of truce to the Catholic church which was just southwest of the fort.
While this conference was taking place, some 15 to 20 Ottawa and Delaware warriors with two French partisans were seen coming down the hill on the buffalo trace with two prisoners. Having been alerted of their coming, Clark sent Captain John Williams to greet them as though he were British. When one partisan became suddenly suspicious, Williams immediately seized him. The others, seeing their mistake, turned and attempted to escape but Williams' men opened fire killing two, wounding three and capturing eight. The captive Indians were then paraded through the main street by the front gate and with their hands bound ordered to sit in a circle within full sight of the British in the fort. To discourage any further Indian participation with the British, Clark ordered them tomahawked in full sight of Hamilton and the British garrison. He then ordered the French partisan leader who was dressed and painted like the Indians to be killed if he tried to escape.
About 2 PM the front gate of the fort opened and Lt. Colonel Hamilton in full dress walked down the street accompanied by his Major, Jehu Hay, and Captain Leonard Helm. He gave a list of conditions for surrender to Clark who immediately rejected them and repeated his demand for unconditional surrender. Clark told him that his cannons would arrive within a matter of hours and continued resistance of the fort would then be futile. After much discussion Clark finally agreed to moderate his terms and gave Hamilton a half hour to accept them, which he finally did and was allowed to return to the fort.
The next morning, February 25th, Lt. Colonel Hamilton did not raise the British flag over the fort. At about lOAM he and his men marched out of the fort and stacked and surrendered their arms. Clark then led his two companies of ragged and rough men into the fort and raised the American flag. When asked by Hamilton, "Where is your army?" Clark indicated they were all in front of him. Lt. Colonel Hamilton slowly turned away and reportedly had tears in his eyes. He had just surrendered to a force much inferior than he was tricked into believing.
Without the continued flow of supplies into Pennsylvania from the west through the Cumberland Gap and down the Braddock Road, Washington's armies, already poorly equipped, might not have prevailed. Clark had also prevented the British and Indians from opening a second front. George Rogers Clark continued to serve his country and eventually moved to Kentucky, dying there in 1818. Better known today are the exploits of his youngest brother, William Clark, who joined with Meriwether Lewis in a historic journey "up the river Missouri...to the Western Ocean."
Lafayette said that Clark was in every way equal to George Washington as a field commander. Thomas Jefferson wrote of Clark, "no man alive rated him higher than I did". It was at the urging of the future President James Madison that Clark wrote a long letter which was his only memoir. George Rogers Clark, while few know of him today, was a true military genius and patriot.


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Think that email is dead? Think again. The number of email accounts far outdistances Twitter and Facebook. Email messages also easily surpass updates done on the social networks.
The infographic below from VisibleGains pulls these and other email-related statistics together into a nice infographic, which we spotted via Infographic Journal:
Source information is listed for each section of the infographic (click on it to enlarge).
We followed through to the source of the email versus social accounts stats, which lead to this SmarterTools post and infographic called The Value Of Email:
In turn, that led us to the Email & Webmail Statistics page at Email Marketing Reports, a handy resource to bookmark. Also be sure to check out some posts below from our Email Marketing column here at Marketing Land.
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As you continue to progress through life, you'll quickly realize that it's important to maintain passions and hobbies that you actively pursue. You should have a passion project that you can work on with no reward other than personal fulfillment. Whether you're a sports enthusiast or you'd like to get into great shape, there are different ways to integrate a love of sports and fitness into your daily life.
Enjoyable Exercises
Figure out which exercises are the most enjoyable for you. If you love the game of basketball, consider joining a local league or finding a gym to shoot hoops with friends. If you'd like to develop your personal yoga practice, carve out at least 15 minutes every day to indulge yourself.
Inspirational People
After you've picked one or a few sports you'd like to try, take a look and see who the major people are in that industry. For example, a lot of basketball enthusiasts enjoy following their favorite players. Tennis fanatics follow their favorite tennis players as well. Even if your sports muse is someone you know, pick a person.
Take note of what they did to get to the level they're currently at. Draw inspiration from them and understand that it's possible to build your body to a high level of strength. Many of your sports idols utilize a strong coach's expertise and guidance to build their skill set. Finding a mentor with a coaching master's degree can also help you gather insight into the training required to reach peak physical levels.
Set goals. Your goals don't have to be incredibly rigid. However, you should develop a goal system so you can pay attention to how much you improve over time. This will encourage you to keep pushing. It'll also help you whenever you get fearful or discouraged within your fitness development.
Benefits and Rewards
Keep the benefits in mind. There are times when things will get tough. Perhaps you have a deadline at work and can't commit to spending 30 minutes with yoga. Spending this time with yoga might be what you need in order to flow better at work and feel more present at your job.
The benefits of physical exercise also include mental health and stamina, including lowered stress levels. So, consider the benefits and rewards of exercise and how you can't afford to exclude it from your routine. In many cases, waking up a little earlier to get a workout in can do wonders for the brain and the body.
Life gets crazy and stressful. So, you'll need outlets to help you maintain your sanity. A strong love for sports and fitness will help you remain balanced, in shape and centered. After all, your health is your wealth.


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Dinner idea in one! I'm a big fan of spaghetti squash. Its flavor is very mellow, and it takes on the taste of whatever it's cooked in. Here it stands in for spaghetti in this Italian inspired dish. A pasta dinner without all those carbs.… Love it.
Preheat oven to 400°F (200°C). Cut spaghetti squash in half lengthwise and scoop out the seeds. Place face down on a rimmed baking sheet and add about 3 Tbsp of water directly on the sheet. Let roast for 30 minutes.
When ready, remove from oven and discard any extra water. Meanwhile, dice all the vegetables finely. In a large pan or shallow pot or wok, heat oil and add onions. Sauté until translucent and then add remaining vegetables. Cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally to make sure the vegetables cook evenly. Cook until veggies are softening, about 10 minutes. Add the basil and marinara sauce. Scrape out the flesh of the baked spaghetti squash with a fork, and set aside the shells for later use. Place spaghetti flesh into the vegetable mixture and mix all together to coat. Add salt and pepper to taste. I like to add a touch of sugar to counter the acidity.
Place a few spoonfuls of the vegetable filling back into the scooped-out shells and sprinkle each one with ¼ cup of shredded cheese. Return to baking sheet and place in oven again for about 8 minutes or until cheese is beginning to brown. Serve and enjoy!
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It's less than 12 months since the Health and Safety at Work Act came into play so it's understandable that some employers will still have concerns – here, one industry expert offers his advice so HR can ensure compliance.
Terry Johnson, director of Simpson Grierson's health and safety advisory services, told HRM that there are three areas employers should focus on if they want to achieve best practice – planning, reporting and identifying real risks.
According to Johnson, planning is one of the most important elements to ensuring compliance yet many organisations are still under-performing when it comes to preparation.
"There are a lot of organisations that I go and talk with and when I look at the way they're doing planning, it's a very cursory or thin level of planning," says Johnson.
"That means a manager may have developed a safety plan, taken it to the committee which says it's okay, then it sits there until the end of the year when they do a review and realise they haven't actually done any of those things," he explains.
"The other thing I see is companies that have improvement objectives, targets, policies and statements about wanting to reduce injuries or increase engagement but when you look at the plan there's no particular link to the elements within a health and safety plan that's going to deliver those objectives."
In reality, Johnson says organisations need you need a thorough plan that's been developed with the consultation of health and safety committees and front-line workers within an organisation.
"It must also have management input and should come together as a plan for the business which very clearly calls out how fulfilling this plan will deliver the objectives of the business – including the things that sit on the health and safety policy."
According to Auckland-based Johnson, a thorough plan is one of the fundamental elements of any safety system as it determines the resources an organisation needs which is one of the obligations of directors.
"You also need to be able to review as you go through the year – around your progress, around health and safety – but if you haven't got a plan how do you know if you're getting better or worse?" he asks.
"If planning is important then so is reporting," stresses Johnson. "You need to give the right information to directors and your leadership team around health and safety and whatever you give them it's almost equally as important to give the same information to your front line workers."
Johnson says in order to create a culture that's committed to workplace safety, leaders need to put trust in their employees and show them the real state of affairs.
"If you want your people to be more engaged in what you're doing, if you want them to take accountability and responsibility, they've got to feel trusted yet a lot of organisations have all of their health and safety reporting going upwards and none of it goes downwards," says Johnson.
"Then they wonder why people aren't sure what's going on from a health and safety perspective and aren't actively engaged in the processes."
Identifying real risks
"The third area is around the most significant risks in your business and how well companies really understand those risks that they're exposed to as opposed to the hazards they may have to manage day to day," says Johnson.
"If I'm a company that has sales reps out on the road then the most significant risk to those people is probably driving so how well have I got processes in place for managing that risk of driving versus there maybe being a hazard in my office with a bit of ripped carpet," he explains.
"Okay, sure someone could trip and hurt themselves but it's unlikely there's going to be a fatality versus the driving risk that I put people under each day."
Johnson says organisations often have passive hazard registers which go unattended year after year instead of creating a critical risk register which is monitored and controlled.
"If I go back to the driving analogy, what's my process for knowing that all my sales reps have a current driving license and that their cars are being kept up to date from a warrant of fitness perspective?" he asks.
"Some organisations now go to the point where they say; 'If I'm going to put people out on the road and I'm providing the vehicles then not only should they have a WOF and be mechanically safe but maybe they should be certain a standard in terms of crash protection and I'll only buy 4-star NCAP rated cars.'
"Those are the sorts of obligations organisations really need to think about – what are those critical risks and how do we make sure people are protected from them?"
The upcoming Employment Law for HR Managers Masterclass will cover the recent reforms to the Health and Safety at Work Act while clarifying the obligations of officers and HR professionals. More information about the event - due to be held in both Wellington and Christchurch - can be found online.
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Professor Emeritus
Social, Cultural, & Media Studies
Onlineemail Elizabeth
Elizabeth has taught at UFV for twenty years and has served as Special Projects Advisor to the Provost, Associate Dean of Arts, and Department Head of SCMS. She has been an active member of the UFV community, serving on the Board of Governors, Research Ethics Board, Interim Graduate Studies and Faculty & Staff Association executive committees.
Elizabeth was awarded Professor Emeritus in recognition of long service and contribution to the university.
Dr. Dennis received her PhD from the University of Toronto. Her research interests are in the area of family and gender, with a focus on parenting and popular culture. She teaches in the areas of family, gender and social theory. A number of her courses are taught fully online.


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23 May 2016 |
May 23, 2016
Jennifer Crowe, [email protected], (775) 813-2281
*** Representatives from the Nevada State Education Association,
Nevada Parent Teacher Association, law enforcement supporters of Question 1 and
a survivor of the Sparks Middle School shooting are available for interviews ***
Nevada State Education Association and Nevada Parent Teacher Association
join survivor of the 2013 Sparks Middle School shooting in
supporting common-sense ballot measure
Las Vegas, NV: The Nevada State Education Association (NSEA) and Nevada Parent Teacher Association (PTA) today announced that both organizations endorse Question 1, The Background Check Initiative, a measure on the November ballot that will close a loophole in the law and require criminal background checks on all gun sales in Nevada.
Schools have increasingly been impacted by gun violence and educators are on the front lines in keeping kids safe. Since the Sandy Hook Elementary School shooting in 2012, there has been a growing demand by parents and educators in Nevada for policies and initiatives that will reduce violence at schools and in surrounding communities. That's why both NSEA and Nevada PTA along with individual educators including those personally impacted by gun violence are supporting Question 1.
"All of Nevada's students deserve safe schools, and as educators we are committed to doing all we can to help ensure the safety of our students and the people who work in schools. Unfortunately, educators are acutely aware of how gun violence can shatter the feeling of security necessary for student success; gun violence resulting in the deaths of educators and students have occurred across our state. Nevadans must act now to support a sensible law that will help prevent gun violence by closing the loophole allowing dangerous people to purchase guns without a background check," said Ruben Murillo, Jr., President of the Nevada State Education Association, representing more than 24,000 Nevada educators.
"Nevada PTA, and its 18,000 members throughout the state, have a history of advocating for the safety of children. Nevada PTA and National PTA advocate for restricting access to guns from persons who may endanger public safety as a common-sense measure that will help make our schools and our communities safer," said Nevada PTA President Dave Flatt.
Nevada has not been immune to the gun violence that schools across the country have faced in recent years. Teacher Ben Tucker was among those at Sparks Middle School on that tragic day in October 2013 when a student opened fire on the playground and killed math teacher Mike Landsberry and injured two students.
"Moments like that make you stop and think about the kind of person you want to be," Tucker said. "I don't want to dwell on the events of that day but I do want to do what I can moving forward to keep a tragedy like that from happening again."
Currently in Nevada, only licensed gun dealers are required to conduct criminal background checks on gun sales. There is a loophole in the law that allows for felons, domestic abusers and other dangerous people to buy guns online and at gun shows, no background check required. Question 1 will close that loophole by requiring criminal background checks on all gun sales with reasonable exceptions for family, hunting and self-defense.
The NSEA and Nevada PTA join a growing list of statewide organizations and community leaders endorsing Question 1 including the Las Vegas Fraternal Order of Police, Nevada Association of Public Safety Officers, Nevada Network Against Domestic Violence, Clark County District Attorney Steve Wolfson and the more than 50 law enforcement, veteran, faith, business and civic leaders from all corners of Nevada who serve on the Question 1 Advisory Board, which is co-chaired by Elaine Wynn and Jan Jones Blackhurst.
"It's an unfortunate truth that our schools are on the front lines when it comes to keeping our kids safe from gun violence," said campaign co-chair Elaine Wynn. "Earning the endorsement of both educators and parents in Nevada sends a clear signal that passing Question 1 is the right thing to do. Supporters of Question 1 know that closing the loophole that criminals and other dangerous people are exploiting to buy guns will save lives.
Nevada voters can make our state the 19th in the nation to close the loophole criminals, domestic abusers and other dangerous people are exploiting to purchase guns online and at gun shows, no background check required. Nearly one in 11 people shopping online for a gun in Nevada is prohibited from possessing firearms, including convicted felons and fugitives. In the 18 states with similar laws, gun trafficking, gun suicides and the incidence of women killed by domestic partners with guns were cut nearly in half compared to states that have not closed the loophole.
Nevadans for Background Checks is a bipartisan statewide coalition of law enforcement, domestic violence advocacy, faith, business and community leaders who are working to pass Question 1, The Background Check Initiative. The ballot measure is a common-sense proposal that will close loopholes in Nevada law by requiring criminal background checks for all gun sales with reasonable exceptions for family, hunting and self-defense. The proposed law would put private sellers on a level playing field with licensed gun dealers, who already are required to conduct criminal background checks on gun sales.
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2. Straighten
3. Systemize
4. Standardize
5. Sustain
The implementation of 5S instills a sense of pride in one's work center and work environment. Staff participate hands-on in the Kaizen activities associated with 5S and subsequently work to sustain these principles. Normally, after 5S is initially implemented, others within the organization will begin to request that their work area has this principle applied to it as well.
5S can be closely approximated to spring cleaning – most people dread it, but when the end result is evident, everyone is generally more upbeat, positive, and energized to return to their work processes which can now be conducted in a manner that is cleaner and more efficient than ever before. As BWG is upgrading its technology as well as the capabilities of the production floor, making room for new equipment and new processes, simultaneous advantages begin to emerge that ensure a more optimal internal process, as a greater value available to the customer.


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The Law Library has recently created a Facebook page. Visitors to the page can search MadCat & WorldCat, check our hours, view our recent acquisitions, and more. We invite law students, faculty and staff to visit the page and register as "fans." Those registered as fans will receive Facebook updates and announcements from the library, such as changes in hours, info about new resources, etc.
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- Kate Walsh
Top Notes:
Dark Plum
Mid Notes:
Night Blooming Jasmine
Benzoin Tears
Dry Notes:
Skin Musk
Golden Amber
Vanilla Woods
I've been given so many great fragrance samples this past month, but this one, I just LOVE. I was given this as my deluxe sample at Sephora a few weeks ago and I just can't stop wanting to smell this.
It smells like she bottled a sexy carpenter after he's finished a masterpiece!!!
What I love about this fragrance is that it is ultimately versatile, it could be worn by a man or a woman. The fragrances that I tend to fall for are those fragrances that bring warmth and aren't overly girly and floral, but also aren't overly sweet and this fragrance truly does that for me. Every single time that I wear this fragrance I just want to eat myself. Me and this fragrance have great chemistry with each other.
This is going to be my fragrance splurge this year, while I may not buy the bottle just yet, I am investing in the Pulse Point Oil.
I love her story behind creating this fragrance.... It's an idea that every woman has thought about and she created just that, a Boyfriend in a bottle. It's warm, sexy, enticing, and delicious that does make the eyes roll and give the desire to purrrrrrrr.... I Love My New Boyfriend!
I'm looking forward to trying more of the Boyfriend Brand.
Loving Boyfriend and Kate Walsh,


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Taj Nastaleeq is the first ligature based free and open source Nastaleeq font for the Urdu script (The terms "ligature based" and "character based" are mostly used to indicate the dominant technique in the font. For example, Nafees Nastaleeq is referred to as "character based".)
Taj Nastaleeq was released recently on the 9th of November, 2012. The official website is http://taj.alqlm.org
If you guys like, you can install it on your systems and report if it works nicely on your system configuration.
I hope you already know how to activate the Urdu keyboard which is included by default in xkb data these days, and to install the font which in most modern distros is just a matter of double-click and press "Install".
And sorry if this is not the right section for this topic. I did not want it to be auto-deleted in the Gup Shup section.
How many people here know about Taj Nastaleeq?
General discussion about PLUC and Linux in Pakistan.
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well its not the right place to share but its a nice share.!
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