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Yearly Archive for 2012
Ending and Beginning
This time I went to my engineer husband for help. Engineers fix things. Bill said, "Why are you doing this the hard way? Why not do it the easy way?" And guess what? Doing it the easy way worked. Finally. But not until I had put myself through the rigors of hell first.
Does that mean I'll ask him for help sooner than later? Probably not. Stubbornness is evidently a big part of my DNA. So this is a time to say thank you to the guy who is always willing to give me advice when I ask for it and to leave me alone when I don't. Smart man.
This morning, before I had time to finish my first cup of coffee, I had an e-mail from my publicist in New York reminding me of my ten o'clock interview for the Joanna Brady (Judgment Call) tour that starts next month. She told me the interview was at ten. In New Mexico. Where the interviewer was. Unfortunately I'm in Washington, so the interview was actually at nine o'clock my time. The fact that Arizona is sometimes on Mountain Time and sometimes on Pacific Time is one of those mysteries that New York publicists are never going to decode, so we just have to be prepared to run with it.
But when the interviewer started talking about my "new" book, I had to take a step back because the "new" book for her wasn't the "new" book for me. That's the one I just finished. And last night, when my grandson sent me a note asking about my "next" book, I thought he meant the one I'm just starting to think about and I suspected my husband of putting him up to asking the question. In fact, Colt, like the interviewer on the phone, wanted to know about the "next" book due on the shelves of his neighborhood Bartell Drug Store.
So what I've learned this morning is this: Sometimes 9 o'clocks and 10 o'clocks turn out to be the same thing. And so do "new" and "next."
It's a great life, if you don't weaken. And now when I go to sleep at night, I'll be thinking about J. P. Beaumont. …
A Journey Back
As I wrote the poems, I thought I was doing "art." It wasn't until much later than I understood those little scraps of poetry were a writer's way of dealing with the essential issues at work in my life. Unfortunately After the Fire is no longer in print, but I've heard from readers over the years who have told me that their experiences mirrored mine and how much it helped them to know there were others out there who had or still were dealing with similar problems.
As I said, the book came out in 1984, two years after my former husband's death at the end of 1982. I was living in Bay Vista, a downtown high rise, at the time, and a the proprietor of a flower shop that operated in the lobby of the commercial space in the building took some copies to sell on consignment. He sold one of them to a customer named Diane Bingham.
Diane was a Vietnam War era widow who, along with a friend, had started a grief support group called Widowed Information Consultation Services of King County. (WICS) She took her copy of After the Fire to the support group she was currently leading where she handed it to a guy named Bill whose wife had recently lost a long battle with breast cancer. He glanced through it, decided it was a feminist diatribe, and handed it right back. He wasn't wrong. Some of the poems dated from my much earlier bra burning days (Nursing bra on a barbecue grill AFTER I cooked dinner!)
Months passed and then, working through the flower shop owner, Diane Bingham contacted me. She told me about WICS and invited me to come do a poetry reading/creative grieving workshop at the WICS-sponsored annual retreat in June of that year. The retreat was being held on a weekend at a YMCA camp, and my agreeing to go to a weekend camp is about as likely as my winning a Miss America Contest, but I said I would go and I did.
I was nervous about it. To my way of thinking, all the other people there would be far more qualified than I was. After all, they were still married when their spouses died. I was divorced, so I felt as though I hadn't quite punched my ticket and hadn't earned the right to be there.
The people at the registration table greeted me warmly and made me feel welcome. They told me that if I felt like grieving, this was the place to do it. The truth is, although my former husband had been gone for two and a half years at that point, I hadn't done much grief work. When he died, the guys at work had looked at me as though I had two heads and said, "Well, you divorced the guy. What are you upset about?" So I had stuffed the feelings of grief and gone on about my life as though nothing had happened.
But of course something HAD happened. And that weekend, I finally did some of that very necessary grieving, getting the feelings out and talking about them not only during my poetry reading presentation but also later at an evening grief workshop. It turned out that Bill, the guy who DIDN'T like the poetry was there at the retreat, but he also didn't come to the reading. Instead, he went for an afternoon walk on the beach. And although someone (acting as a matchmaker) had tried introducing us at lunch, I had been too nervous to pay any attention.
We met again at the evening session where Bill and I discovered that our first spouses had died on the same day of the year, two years apart. (They both died a few minutes before midnight on New Year's Eve.) We struck up a conversation based on that coincidence, and six months later to the day, we got married. That was almost 27 years ago.
Last month someone from WICS called and asked if I would be a guest at this year's retreat. Yes, WICS is still in the grief support business, and yes, they still have annual retreats. I wasn't sure I should accept. The last time I didn't think I qualified because I was divorced before my husband died. This time I didn't think I qualified because my husband ISN'T DEAD!!! Yes, Bill and I are still together, alive and kicking, twenty six years later.
But it turns out WICS wants both of us there, and we will be attending together. I suspect Bella will be along, too, smuggled in the back of the car. We won't be spending the night. I'll be talking about life after WICS and how coming to that long ago retreat was a first step for both of us as we moved out of our old lives and into a new one together.
So now I'm going to leave you with the title poem from After the Fire.
I have touched the fire.
It burned me but I knew I lived.
It seared but it made me whole.
He called me.
I went gladly though I saw the rocks,
Fell laughing through the singeing air.
I have known the fire.
I'll live with nothing rather than with less.
The flame is out. There's nothing left but ash.
A Split Personality
Going to the Birds
A Snowflake Update
And that's what's happening–bonding. After almost two weeks of observation, Snowflake has been deemed safe to be with Colt and safe to be with other dogs. She's being sent home on a two week furlough to get used to her new home and her new family before coming back for the full five weeks of Academy training.
She's a sweet dog, long on fur but short on muscle. She needs food and walking and playing.
Jeanne T. and Colt have been told that while she's with them, if Snowflake does something inappropriate in the course of the next two weeks–think of Bella's occasional "deposits"–they are to let it go and not scold her for any reason. At this point the dog is easily overwhelmed, and any kind of negative feedback will cause her to shut down.
If she sits, they are to say "Good sit" even if they didn't ask her to. Ditto if she lies down. This evening when they came home, she got out of the car and was eager to go into the yard and into the house. She did NOT try to bolt in the other direction. She ate her dinner. She used the doggy door. Tonight she'll be watching television, probably for the second time in her life.
The trainer says she's like a six week-old puppy in that she knows NOTHING! It's a big scary world outside the boundaries of her former little shed. She's got a lot of learning to do and a very loving family who is willing to teach her. Even so, it's still going to be a very long road.
Thank you for all your kind thoughts and good wishes. …
The Story of Snowflake 2
The Story of Snowflake
My daughter and grandson lost their two family golden retrievers last year, Angel in March and Kensie in November. Both of them died of sudden onset health issues for which there were no veterinary remedies. Since then, there has been a hole in their hearts waiting for another rescued golden retriever to walk into their lives.
And they thought they had found one. A woman who was selling golden retriever puppies through ads in the Seattle Times said she had a golden who, at age six, was too old for another litter of puppies and was now ready to go to a forever home. Snowflake was billed as a "great family dog" who had been raised on a farm. (This should have been our first clue: Now that she couldn't have any more puppies for our puppy mill, we're ready to get rid of her!) The photo they sent showed the dog in a wooden shed of some kind, but it was roomy, clean, and dry. The dog was a pretty one with a face that looked like a cross between Angel and Kensie. And since she and Angel shared the same birth date, October 27, it seemed like a good fit.
So this past weekend the family made the long (four hundred mile) trek to retrieve their new retriever, and it was not a success. The dog freaked. When they stopped for the night at a hotel, Snowflake literally chewed through her leash and escaped. Once our daughter was finally able to recapture her, Snowflake peed in the car on the way home. She wouldn't eat for two days and then when she did eat finally, she gobbled her food as though someone was going to grab it from her.
In other words, she has NOT been socialized. She doesn't know how to be somebody's pet because she has been too busy being a puppy factory. She has evidently never been walked on a leash or lived in a house. To call a spade a spade, she's a feral dog! Her puppies may have been cute and gone for top dollar, but I'm sure they weren't any more socialized than she is.
For the past twenty years or so, dogs and grand dogs in our family have gone through training at the Academy for Canine Behavior, and that's where Snowflake went on Monday. On Thursday the head trainer–a woman with 22 years of dog-training experience–called with the bad news. She said that Snowflake has so many social deficits that she most likely will never make a good family pet, especially in a family with a small child. A frightened dog is a dangerous dog, and Snowflake is frightened of everything–of loud noises, of getting in cars, of meeting strange people. She might be able to manage in a household with adults only, but even then it might take years to repair the damage.
Poor Snowflake. This is not her fault. And it's not my daughter's fault, either, but she's afraid that if she surrenders the dog, she won't be able to be considered as a possible match for another rescued golden.
I've been in touch with Joyce, one of my Golden Retriever Rescue contacts in Arizona. She said the same thing the trainer did–that this is an all too familiar story–the other bad part about puppy mills. She told me that it takes years of effort and untold hours of time to rehabilitate dogs like this. My daughter is a single mother. She wanted an adult dog because she knows how much time and effort it takes to train a puppy.
Snowflake is still at the Academy for what they're calling "an extended evaluation." On Monday they'll let us know if they think there's a possibility of turning her around, but they were less than hopeful on the phone on Thursday.
So what to do? Do we take her back to the farm and tell the people there that she's their problem? Do we try to find a rescue group to tackle this? Or does she go to the rainbow bridge?
As I said, this is not a story with a happy ending, but it's a story other people need to hear so they can be forewarned. And I have a feeling someone running a puppy mill is going to come to a very bad end in one of my books.
No, wait. That already happened! …
Welcome Home, Snowbirds
A Golden Anniversary
After Denver we headed northwest to Seattle and the Seattle World's Fair. It was my first time ever in Seattle, and I was enchanted the moment I saw the then much smaller city skyline with the newly constructed Space Needle standing in solitary splendor at the top of an area I had no idea was the Denny Regrade.
I loved the soaring white "space gothic" arches of what would eventually become the signature architecture of the Science Center. My cousins took me on a ride on the monorail. I loved the fountain. I loved the crowds. I loved the excitement.
Our whole family was standing in line to have lunch at the Space Needle when one of my younger brothers was felled by an especially bad allergy attack. My parents left me in line on my own. I ended up sharing lunch with three retired school teachers from Ohio.
Sitting there with those three strangers, watching the cityscape unwind beneath the restaurant, I had a sudden sense that there was something about Seattle that had my name on it; that part of my future was to be found in the bustling metropolis far below. It was a real glimpse of the future, although it would be twenty more years before I made Seattle my home and where I ended up living in a high rise less than three blocks from that very restaurant.
So the hoopla surrounding the Golden Anniversary of the Space Needle is striking very close to home for me. It was the thing that first welcomed me to Seattle, and it still does, every time I return from my latest set of travels.
As I was writing this, I couldn't help smiling at another Needle remembrance. A good friend's two elderly aunties were making a pilgrimage from New York City to Seattle to visit her. As my friend was getting ready to make hotel reservations for them, she asked if they had any particular preferences. "Only one," her aunt told her. "We want to be close to the Pin." …


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The New Brunswick Energy and Utilities Board has rejected a privately-negotiated agreement between Irving Oil Ltd. and the public intervener on petroleum price increases.
"It is clear that there is a significant disagreement regarding the board's authority to approve the proposed settlement agreement as well as the appropriateness of doing so," the regulatory body states in its seven-page decision, released on Monday.
The EUB also cites opposition by the Department of Energy and Mines.
A full public hearing will proceed on Dec. 17.
Public intervener Rene Basque says he'll be arguing for Irving Oil Ltd. to get smaller price increases than he had agreed to last week.
The details of the negotiated deal have not been released.
The EUB notes, however, there had been nothing wrong with Irving Oil Ltd. and Basque trying to settle the issue. The EUB would have ensured it was fair, the decision states.
Irving Oil Ltd. had applied to the EUB for a $20-million increase in gasoline, diesel, and heating oil price margins in June.
The company was seeking increases ranging between 22 per cent and 25 per cent in the wholesale margins it can charge retailers, which would have boosted pump prices by about 1.5 cents per litre.
A public hearing on the matter was to be held, but on Dec. 5, lawyers for the company asked the EUB to cancel the public hearing and accept the negotiated deal instead.
Irving lawyer Len Hoyt told the board that as far as he knew, the Deparment of Energy did not object to the deal.
"The province, as well, was aware of it, but you know as expected they are not signing on to the actual settlement agreement and Mr. [Sacha] Patino can speak for the province at that point, but my understanding is that they are fine with that," he had said.
When the chairman of the board asked Patino to clarify, Patino said: "No, we didn't participate in the discussions. We are just here as an observer. And yes, we stay neutral. We are not getting involved in the discussion."
On Dec. 7, Energy Minister Craig Leonard reiterated that his department was taking no position on the deal.
"The EUB is an independent body and the EUB will have the final say on any of that matter so basically I'd have to say I'd leave it at that." Leonard had said.
But about an hour later, department officials who had been attending the hearing sent a letter to the EUB objecting to some of the elements.
"In terms of the authority of the board to adopt the proposed model, we do not believe that the board has the discretionary power to do so, nor do we believe that the Act contemplates such a model," wrote Patrick Ervin, director of the hydrocarbon energy legislatives and regulatory affairs division of Energy and Mines.
Irving's lawyer sent an angry letter to the EUB about Ervin on Dec. 10, saying the department had "reversed its position."
The EUB concluded confusion over the department's position left it no choice but to reject the agreement.
"The Department of Energy and Mines, a registered intervener in this matter, took no position on the proposed settlement agreement at the hearing but now opposes it," the board states in its decision.
"While complete unanimity from all registered interveners may not be a prerequisite to the approval of all settlement agreements, the position of the department is not a frivolous one. In fact counsel for the applicant relied upon the lack of opposition from the department at the hearing as support for the position that the proposed settlement agreement was appropriate.
"Given the opposition of the Department of Energy and Mines; the board, in the exercise of its discretion, will not approve the proposed settlement agreement."


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Notes for Capt. Lewis Bobo:
For more information, visit:
The Bobo Family Home Page
The Bobo Family Association
The following from the Bobo0699.ged received from Robert G. (Bob) BOBO
Lewis Bobo granted judgement against John Honey for 2 Pounds, 17
Shillings, 9 Pence current money.(Caroline Co., VA Order Book 1755-58,
p. 217)
"8 March 1760. Thomas Hill 447 acres in Granville Co in the Parish of St
John on Isingglas the waters of Shocco Creek, joining William Williamson,
Brittain Jones, John Gaunt, John Thornton, Hills line and the sd
Isingglas signed by his mark.Witnesses Tho Jones, William
Matthews.Surveyed 5 October 1759 Sworn chain carriers Lewis Bobo, Jno
Wood, Wi Churton Surveyor (North Carolina Patent Book 11, Entry 1650, p.
"Sherwood Harris 28 November 1760, 525 acres in Granville Co in the
Parish of St Johnon both sides of Fishing Creek, joining Harris's line.
Signed Sherrd HarrisWitnesses Will Hurst, Lewis Bobo..."
(North Carolina Patent Book 11, Entry 1727, p. 396)
Lewis Bobo on list of taxables in Shocco District, Granville Co. in 1762.
("Gantrees" Newsletter of the Gant Family of America, Vol. 4, No. 4, p.
Land plat for 700a of land in Berkeley Co., between the fork of Broad and
Saluda Rivers and on a small branch called Woffords Branch of the Tyger
River and bounded by Wofford Branch, Barnett Branch and the land of
Amanuel (Emanuel) Stephens and by a vacant land, surveyed 7 May 1770 by
Enoch Pearson. Said plat delivered to owner, Lewis Bobo.(Leonardo
Andrea, #10)The tax return on this land was made by William Gist (also
from Maryland?) 20 August 1770 in Charleston for Lewis Bobo...The acerage
(?) indicates that in the home of Lewis Bobo was a wife and 11
dependents. (Leonardo Andrea #10a)
Capt. Lewis Bobo...Claim for a horse lost while he was in service and
also for oats and corn furnished...Reciepts for the corn and oats from
the following: Turner Rountree, 1 September 1782...John Hammond, QM, 12
August 1781...Lt. William Farr, 8 September 1781 and 11 September
1781...Col. Hays Regiment, 11 August 1780...John James of GA. , 16
November 1781. Reciept for supplies furnished troops enroute from
Charleston to Fort Ninety-Six, SC...Camden District 17 April
1777..."Captain Lewis Bobo lost one horse in service under Col. Neal in
his Regt. from 19th day of February to the first day of April
1777...sworn to 3 June before William Kennedy, J.P.""...The claim for
supplies and for the lost horse was approved and paid for with
indents...23 December 1786 before Thomas Norman, J.P.Lewis asks for the
interestbe assigned to Jonathan Norman for the fee...and grant of 200
acres...29 September 1787, Lewis Bobo assigns the balance to Jno.
Blasingame." Leonardo Andrea, #25)
On 23 Jan 1786, to Lewis Bobo "for provisions supplied to the militia" in
1779 through 1783, 6 pounds, 14 shillings, 3 1/2 pence. (Stub Entries to
Indents, A.S. Salley, Offset Lithography, 1915, Book B, p.140, No. 1342)
"Lewis Bobo, 200a on Tyger River in Spartanburg (?), 3 April 1787."
(Leonardo Andrea, #15a)
Lewis Bobough of NC sold 287.5 acres, on March 7, 1788, to Robert
Flournoy on the waters of Shoulderbone of Richland Creek in Wilkes Co.,
NC for 125 pds. sterling.Witnessed by Richard Call.R. Middleton, JP.
"Jesse Dod of Arrensburgh (Orangeburg) District, bound to Peter Renffro
of Ninty Six District, SC, for 286 pounds, 10 shillings and 8 pence
sterling, 7 Feb 1784, to make title to 300 acres of land on Tyger River
waters, Ninty Six District on or before 7 Feb 1787."Witnessed by Lewis
Bobo (and others). "Proved by Lewis Bobo before John Moffrett, J.P. 27
Mar 1789." (Union Co. Miscellaneous Records, Book 1&2, pp. 56-60)
"Certificate that Samuel Tindell will never call on C.R. Edson for his
negro man Stephen, now in his posession, 3 May 1790." Witnessed by Lewis
Bobo. (Union Co. Miscellaneous Records, Book 1&2, p. 132)
"to my wife Sarah, all my estate real and personal during her life or
widowhood; at her death to be sold and moneys be equally divided amongst
my children Elizabeth Skelton, Sampson Bobo, Solomon Bobo, Salley Norman,
Pattey Smith, Jeany Ray, Polley Rhoades, Abigail Cooper, Nancy Ray,
Kindred Bobo and Darcey (Dicey) Holcomb; my wife Sarah, Solomon Bobo and
Kindred Bobo, exrs., 14 June 1805.
Wit. Simpson Bobo, Andrew Torrence, George Gordon, signed as witness 10
May 1806"
(Union Co. Will Book A, pp. 139-140)
"Lewis Bobo died about 1806....probably buried in the family graveyard in
Cross Keys..."
(Sparks, Claude, "The Union Daily Times History Book")
Will proved by George Gordon in Union Co. on 7 March 1808.
(Union Co. Will Book A, pp. 139-140)
Lewis' land in Union Co., granted to him in 1772, was bounded by the
Tyger River on the North and encompassed 300 acres.In 1795 he gave his
son Kindred a parcel on the South end of this property as a wedding
present.On this land Kindred built his home which is still standing
today (1999) It is now known as the Murphy - Bobo House and has been
recently renovated (1980-1990) and identifies the approximate Southern
boundary of Lewis' original homestead. About 100 yards North of the
Murphy - Bobo House is what remains of a burial ground of considerable
age.The stones are mostly field stones but at least one could be
identified as a man made stone. and all were covered by decades of dead
leaves, dirt and debris.In 1994 several Bobo cousins visited the area
and, after some digging,came to the conclusion that this was indeed a
cemetery and determined that there were about 20 burial plots. It is
presumed that Lewis is buried here as well as some of his kin. (from the
original records for the house in the possesion of Richard Campbell)
Lewis and Sarah lived in Caroline Co., VA in 1756. They moved to the
Cross Keys area of Union Co., SC around 1770.
"Bobo Cousins by the Dozens" by Herbert M. and Jeanie Newell
Union Co., SC Family Histories
Union Co. Heritage, 1981, by Mannie Lee Mabry, Editor. Published by the
Union Co. Heritage Committee in cooperation with Hunter Publishing
Company, Winston-Salem, North Carolina; Section 86, "The Bobo Family."
"Huguenots in the Backcountry: The Bobo Family of France, Virginia and
South Carolina" by Bryan Scott Johnson, pages 1-4. In this article, he
quotes the following
"Just prior to the American Revolutionary War, Lewis and his brothers
Sampson and Sepncer, Jr. migrated into the backcountry of South Carolian.
The family of Lewis BOBO settled in Berkley (later Union Co.) Co., SC,
around 1770 following a receipt of a royal grant of land. Sampson BOBO's
family moved to Craven (later Spartanburg Co.) South Carolina around
1773, following a similar grant from the King of England. No record of a
land grant to Spencer, Jr. has been located. However, his name does
appear as an adjoining land owner on the plate of Ezekial Backler in
Craven Co. in 1775. The appearance of his name on his document indicates
that he had purchased lands in that area before 1775. An additional son
of Spencer BOBO, Absalom would wait until after the war to remove to
South Carolina. His first purchase of land must have occurred before
1791, when he sold (for 30 pounds sterling) 250 acres in Laurens Co., SC,
to John Frederick Harmoning situated "on the draught of Cedar Shoal
Creek, the waters of the Enoree River, and bounding N.E. on Sampson
BOBO." This would leave daughter Mary Elizabeth BOBO, now married to John
HOLT and residing in Orange Co., NC, since the 1750's. The first federal
census occurred in 1790, and its data reflect the following: Absalom BOBO
residing in Laurens Co., SC, with no sons over sixteen, no sons under
sixteen, and one female, and three slaves; Sampson BOBO, residing in
Spartanburg Co., SC, with 2 sons over sixteen, five sons under sixteen,
and four females; Spencer BOBO, Jr., residing also in Spartanburg Co.,
SC, with no sons, and two females; and Lewis BOBO residing in Union Co.,
SC, with two sons over sixteen, one son under sixteen, five females, and
two slaves."
Lewis BOBO was living in Culpeper Co. when he received a grant Jul 13,
1770 for 700 acres in Berkley Co., SC on the south side of the Tyger
River. Lewis and Sampson had had some land transactions in Bute Co., NC
as early as 1769. Lewis BOBO made a will June 4, 1805 recorded in Union
Court House March 18, 1808. he named the following in his will: Wife,
Sarah;Children: Elizabeth SKELTON,Sampson, Solomon, Sally NORMAN, Patty
SMITH, Jeanny RAY, Mary RHODES, Megail COOPER, Nancy RAY, Kindred, Sr.,
and Dicey HOLCOMBE. Will of Lewis BOBO recorded in Will Book A, Page 234,
Box 5, Package 32.Recorded on the 7th day of March 1808 and filed at the
Union Co. Courthouse, Union, S.C. Lewis BOBO rendered patriotic service
during the Revolutionary War. On January 23, 1786 he was paid for
provisions supplied the militia in 1779,1780,1781,1782,and 1783. Many of
his descendents have been and worked in the Fairforest(Lower) Baptist
The earliest settlers in Cross Keys between the Enoree and Tyger Rivers,
located in southwestern Union Co. (near Spartanburg and Laurens
Counties), arrived during the 1750s. Families that settled in the Cross
Keys area included: Barrum and Lewis BOBO, BOYCE, Jesse DODD, FLOYD,
GORDON, HOLCOMBE, JACKSON, MARTIN, MARTINDALE, MURPHY, RAY, SMITH, Samuel
SIMPSON, SKELTON, William RHODES, Andrew TORRANCE.
More About Capt. Lewis Bobo:
Burial: Unknown, Padgett Cr. Cem, Padgett Creek, Union Co, Sc.
More About Capt. Lewis Bobo and Sarah Solomon:
Marriage: Abt. 1775, Albemarle Co., , Va.
- +Kindred Bobo, b. January 14, 1775, New Prospect, Union, Sc, d. August 24, 1829, Union, Sc.


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Natasha Del Toro is an independent documentary producer and writer with an interest in Latin America and the Caribbean. In 2007, she produced a short documentary on a socially conscious Haitian singer named Belo, which aired as a Rough Cut on FRONTLINE/World recently. She also traveled to El Salvador and covered a corporate social responsibility program for Americas magazine. Del Toro attended Columbia University's Graduate School of Journalism, from which she earned Masters degrees in arts and cultural reporting and in broadcast journalism. She currently lives in Tampa, Florida, where she also produces for her local PBS station, WEDU.
Natasha Del Toro talks about some of the challenges of filming in Cuba as an American reporting there, and how Cuba's political culture has uniquely defined its art.
Jackie Bennion: How did you first discover the work of Los Carpinteros?
Natasha Del Toro: I met Dago [Rodriguez] in the winter of 2004 while he was doing an art residency in Tampa. He was charming, handsome, well dressed and wildly talented. He was creating quite a stir in the art scene in Tampa. I started to do some research on Los Carpinteros -- Marco [Castillo] and Dago. These guys came from very humble backgrounds. They were trained in the best art schools. They had adopted the blue-collar moniker their classmates assigned them -- Los Carpinteros (The Carpenters) -- because of their wood and craftwork.
They were so poor that they had to use recycled and found materials. But they created this conceptual, ironic art loaded with political overtones. I remember seeing one of their pieces, this absurdly large wooden structure with drawers. It's called "Jewelry Box." Marco once told me during an interview that he is fascinated by how the pursuit of wealth and fine things has been a major cause of violence in history. It sheds a new light on the work.
What do you think sets Cuban art apart?
Second, Cuban artists make exceptional Cuban art because of their education. From the time they are young, Cubans with artistic talent are handpicked and sent to extremely rigorous schools that are fully subsidized by the Cuban government. Only the best make it to graduation. But even those who don't make it through get a solid -- and free -- art education along the way, which is probably why you find such good street art in Cuba.
Third, although there are great artists throughout Latin America, the travel embargo makes Cuban art scarce and consequently more exotic. This drives up demand -- at least for Americans.
What made you decide to do this particular story?
Despite the socialist system Fidel Castro has imposed for the past 50 years, has a kind of elite society developed around the more successful artists?
Cuba is off limits to most Americans. What sort of hoops did you have to go through to film there?
When I arrived in Cuba, I found out that I also needed a journalist's license from the Cuban government, which is also a lot of paperwork and time. Fortunately, I did most of the interviews and shooting on my tourist visa. Even with a journalist's visa, you don't necessarily get free access. And you may be followed. The Cubans really mistrust U.S. journalists. And the First Amendment does not apply in Cuba.
Were people open and willing to talk to you?
After more than four decades of censorship and a repressive government, Cubans have learned to communicate in a sort of code, with expressions and gestures referring to "El Comandante." Self-censorship is a big problem there and has been one of the most effective tools for keeping Castro in power for so long. Many people were willing to talk, but they grew visibly uncomfortable when I turned on the camera. They'd immediately soften their position from the one they'd held minutes earlier.
Los Carpinteros have gained international acclaim. Do they have any idea what Castro thinks of their art?
I noticed there were no female Cuban artists represented in your film. Is there a reason for that?
Is it possible to live in Florida and not have an opinion about Cuba?
Since we first interviewed you in September 2006, Fidel Castro has officially stepped down and handed the reins to his brother Raul. How do you think this might change things for Cuban artists?
If Cuba does open up and become so-called normalized, do you feel this could affect the uniqueness of the work of artists like Los Carpinteros? In the sense that there's less political agitation, less to rail against?
Even so, I can only hope the Cuban government will continue to subsidize art education. Whatever happens, I believe changes to the system will not occur as quickly as some Americans think. Cubans are very proud people, who have been fighting for their independence long before the Revolution of 1959. And the crop of Cuban officials under Raul Castro plan to continue their socialist agenda.
Maybe it will take a full generation after Fidel to really notice a difference in the arts and in the society in general.
Do you know how much has changed for Los Carpinteros since you filmed their story back in 2006? Has there been any political backlash for the views they voiced in the piece?
I'm not in close touch with them, so I don't know all of the details. Maybe repercussions have occurred in more subtle ways, although, Los Carpinteros have not told me this. Also, it's difficult to find out what is happening through email or phone, since the government supposedly monitors mass communication. I don't know if people are censoring their messages. Life in Cuba is more complicated than we can imagine.
This interview has been updated from the original published in September 2006.


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Hi Catherine,
I have just watched you with Alison on the desert island beauty thingy. Thoroughly enjoyed it. Would agree on many items but unfortunately I would need a trunk to transport all my favourites to a desert island. What I can't wait to see is the diet in August. I was 8 1/2 stone until I gave up smoking 5 years ago then I put on a colossal 3 stone. I've now got back to 10 with a struggle but I am still fighting with the last stone I want to lose. I should really exercise as I'm iceberg shaped (2/3rds below)but can't afford the gym. So looking forward to seeing this diet. You're a fave presenter of mine at present.
Regards Liz
Hello everyone,
It's Butler & Wilson's 9th Anniversary tomorrow at 11am, 5pm and 11pm and we have some spectacular shows in store for you. In fact they're so good, I just had to pick out my top three favourite items. Hope you like them too.
This is my complete favourite in the whole of the Anniversary! Isn't it just so cute? The size is perfect so it's attention grabbing and yet functional too. It features detachable straps so you can wear it across the body, over the shoulder or as a fab clutch. What's not to love?
This is just so gorgeously bling and I adore the shape of this bag. There's lots of structure and it makes me think of some of the bags Victoria Beckham is often seen with. Thankfully the price tag is far more within my reach than Mrs B's bags!
This is just so dreamlike. It reminds me of Nicole Kidman in Moulin Rouge when she's suspended from a very high swing singing 'Diamonds are a girls best friend'. A fabulous sense of drama, I love it!
See you tomorrow for all the fabulous fun.
Love Catherine
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Hi Catherine,
July 9, 2009 at 11:20 pm -
A little while ago you were presenting a skincare program (dont know which) but you tried a cream or oil on your leg(left one) and said how it gave a lovely sheen. I was called away so never knew what the product was and wondered if you could remember. Love all your shows.
July 20, 2009 at 10:51 am -
Hi Liz and Collette!
Thank you for your messages. It's really fab how we can keep in touch on here, isn't it? Like a little online coffee morning!
Liz, the diet will be on as a TSV on August 24th. I'm not allowed to say too much until the day, sadly, but it has definately worked for me and there are several people in the office trialling it and they've had great success, too. Dawn Bibby is on it, too. She's thrilled with the results so far as well. I'll be there at midnight complete with before and after pictures and I already know I will be buying more then, too!
Collette, I'm trying to think what the cream was…one of my absolute faves is Elemis Pro Collagen Marine Body Cream as it is very moisturising but not heavy and has a gorgeous delicate shimmer/sheen to it. Another one I now have is Tova's body balm. That has her signature fragrance to it as well as giving almost a gloss to the skin. Another of my all time favourites is Elemis Exotic Frangipani Monoi Moisture Melt (what a mouthful!) which is an oil and smells like Hawaii! I hope that helps?
Lots of love to you both and apologies for taking ages to reply to you!
Catherine x
September 12, 2009 at 10:39 am -
hi catherine
just luv your presenting, any show any product
the morning you were presenting jewellery with your knuckles, was really funny,the show must go on I expect.
my best regards christine


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SUN CITY, Ariz.- At 350 pounds, Norma was always the biggest around and people were brutal to her -- which she healed by eating.
"I always avoided making a scene and getting stares, and I remember going to Disneyland and trying to get on a ride, then the ride operator whispered to me in my ear that I wouldn't fit, I was thick skinned, but still didn't want to make a scene." Norma said. "He then very nicely told me I can walk across and get off the attraction without no one noticing, so I did."
Her doctor told here 10 years ago that if she didn't lose the weight she would die in six years.
She started slow.
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To keep reminding herself of how big she was and how far she still needed to go, she tied an airplane seat extender that they had given her to her refrigerator -- she saw it every time she walked up to the door.
"I just want to let people know that it is possible, and that you can do it," she said.
Now, Norma sees even more possibilities in the future.
"I changed my bucket list," Norma said. "Now I want to climb a rock wall, which I never thought would be possible. I want to go horseback riding. I want to zip-line. I want ride in a hot air balloon, and when I was bigger I couldn't because my leg wouldn't go over the basket."


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|Reviews for Mother's Daughter
| BiblioMatsuri chapter 1 . 11/10/2012
I think I may cry.
| loretta537 chapter 1 . 8/15/2008
this is interesting. it sounds like kikyo is raising inuyasha and kagome's daughter, but is she in the past or the present? the talk about school and some other stuff suggests the present, but how would kikyo be there? or is this au? please write more i think this would be better with more background.
| mannd1068 chapter 1 . 1/8/2008
Wow I liked this one... Kept me wondering...
| Asami-chann chapter 1 . 10/2/2007
aww... cute...
Short but cute...
| Sheo Darren chapter 1 . 7/5/2006
Sad. Can't say much more. Depressed now. *sniff*
| AnimeMew chapter 1 . 7/1/2006
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| Story Weaver1 chapter 1 . 5/8/2006
I like this a lot. It fills my mind with the possiblies to the unansewered questions it puts forth
| CrazyGirlofManyNames chapter 1 . 5/5/2006
Why is Kikyo taking care of KAgome and InuYasha's daughter did they die?
| The Violent Tomboy chapter 1 . 5/5/2006
IY's dead, isn't he? This is pretty sad and sweet...
| thesagerk chapter 1 . 5/5/2006
hey...bloody brilliant...leaves a lot to imagination abt what happened to kagome and inuyasha...are they dead? are they stuck in the past?...hmm...dead..i guess...but oh soo wonderful! loved it!
| Hououza chapter 1 . 5/5/2006
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Manama, Amman call for lifting of sanctions on Iraq
Bahrain and Jordan called Sunday, July 22, for the lifting of the decade-old UN sanctions on Iraq, at the end of an official visit by Jordanian Prime Minister Ali Abu Ragheb.
They backed a declaration adopted at the Amman summit of Arab leaders in March that called for a lifting of the embargo while stressing the need for dialogue between Iraq and the United Nations to settle outstanding issues.
Abu Ragheb met Bahrain's emir, Sheikh Hamad Bin Issa Al-Khalifa, during his visit and also Prime Minister Sheikh Khalifa Bin Salman Al-Khalifa, with whom he issued a call for international protection of the Palestinians.
Four accords were signed during his stay, on free trade, boosting economic cooperation, transportation and tourism. Bahrain and Jordan also agreed on the formation of a business council from their private sectors. ― (AFP, Manama)
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October 31, 2013
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Wednesday, October 30, 2013
Holiday II starts early!
October 30, 2013
In the middle of day two of kitchen painting, I received a phone call from a friend letting me know that some of the holiday new things scheduled to come out next Monday at Bath and Body Works were already hitting the shelves. So what did I do? Washed out my brushes early for the day...and grabbed my coupons of course.
When I got there the sales associates were busy filling the shelves with items from their over loaded carts. There was so much to see, I could barely take it all in. And after spending way to much without even making a dent in all they are going to have...I drug my two heavy bags to the car and planned on a revisit soon for Round Two.
The first thing she showed me were sleep masks in two patterns. Penguins and Sheep. I bought last years sheep and it was cute but these are adorable too. They were priced at $15.00 each and I remarked to her for that price they better do more than cover my eyes. I have eyelids that do that. (ha ha).
Then she took me over to the pocketbacs rack. I am still waiting for that huge lot of new of those that we saw previews of but they weren't in the store yet she said. You remember, the rudolph that lights up and penguins and cats and owls with strings of lights around them as well as metal and snowglobe pocketbac?
They did have a lot of holders that were in the $3.00 price range that had things on the side... like trees and such in the little sparkly stones. I passed on those for today. They didn't have the cheapie fifty cent holders out yet either. I posted pics of those a few blogs back. I did grab a new kitty as well as some very expensive photo pocketbac holders. $7.50 for these but I thought they would make cute tree hangers too. Put the person your giving the pocketbac to picture inside it and let them find it and pull it from the tree.
Next was the Scentportable table. I did grab my mittens and used the coupon to get a holiday tradition product for free as those mittens are $10.50. Pricey...yep. I also grabbed the champagne toast oil and its is also priced at $6.00 wow.... but smelled nice!
There were the others that I posted earlier as well as a new on...a rubbery gift wrap bow atop the round scent holder.
Next stop, metal candle holders....Of course there area ton of candle holders in metal....some I have already shared so I don't need to redo those. Brushed finishes and some sparkly with stones.... and of course the Holiday Traditions I showed again in previous blogs of the houses around the holder in color. And the new ceramic snowman holders I shared yesterday. They are okay but even the SA's are trying to figure out their purpose. You can even use them on the sink or counter to hold your jewelry when you wash your hands.
candle holders
small candle holder
I cant use these soap holders on my sinks, they rust a lot and leave marks that are hard to clean off, so I use them for lotions and other fragrance items. You can also give candies and wrapped cookies in these!
I grabbed a bunch of snowmen things: a few were for free with the coupons... ( I used a lot of coupons today, I think I have 15 receipts )
The holiday traditions are on a small section of the wall like they were last year and not all products were in yet. I did grab a few and got most for free with coupons.
The holiday scented soaps are also filling up the wall but I waited to get more until they are all out and ready. I did grab the really expensive pump luxe versions and upon first sniff....not bad.
There are a lot of accessories....
those zippered cosmetic bags have a matching little candy shaped bag that you can use both out for an evening rather than a big purse.
And penguin and Rudolph faced canvas bags perfect for filling up!
Speaking of bags, there are a lot of fun gifting bags coming...from paper to vinyl like to canvas that Velcro 's shut.
Another new candle: OCEAN DRIVE
The rubber travel bottle holders with bows
And jingle bell package tie ons to go along with a naughty or night and pompom snowman tie ons.
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and some snowman candle rings.
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Fox will try to drag it out some more, because they wont be able to do another one.
The first hour will be a recap of last weeks show lol. then the second will be reactions of the last 18 girls. There you have it out of time continued next week.
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New Game From Melty Blood Team Coming Next Week
2D fighter to be announced at Hydra GP tournament in Akihabara.
Ecole Software will be holding a special installment of its Hydra GP fighting tournament series on the 6th (Sunday). The focus of this event will be on the 2D fighting game Melty Blood.
There will be one major attraction at the event outside of the top notch Melty Blood play, though. Ecole says that the event will see the announcement of the latest 2D fighting game from the Melty Blood staff. The announcement will take place during the event awards ceremony at 15:30 and will see the first video footage of the new game. Attendees at the event will walk home with a catalogue featuring the main visual from the new game.
Hydra GP will be held at Club Sega Akihabara on the 6th starting at 11:00. The Melty Blood tournament will run from 13:00 to 15:00 and will have a total of 64 participants, 44 selected in advance and 20 same day. The winner of the tournament will receive the "Hydra Gold Lever," a limited edition joystick (which can't actually be used, but it's still pretty neat).
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What does outrigger mean?
Definitions for outriggerˈaʊtˌrɪg ər
Here are all the possible meanings and translations of the word outrigger.
Princeton's WordNet
a stabilizer for a canoe; spars attach to a shaped log or float parallel to the hull
(Naut.) (a) A projecting support for a rowlock, extended from the side of a boat. (b) A boat thus equipped. (c) A projecting contrivance at the side of a boat to prevent upsetting, as projecting spars with a log at the end; also used attributively, as an outrigger canoe.
any of various projecting beams that provide support for a mast or, fitted with a float, provide support for a canoe
an outrigger canoe
an extention mechanism, often retractable when not in use, on a boat, vehicle, or structure which helps stabilize the boat, vehicle, or structure to keep it from tipping over
An outrigger is a part of a boat's rigging which is rigid and extends beyond the side or gunwale of a boat. In an outrigger canoe and in sailboats such as the proa, an outrigger is a thin, long, solid, hull used to stabilise an inherently unstable main hull. The outrigger is positioned rigidly and parallel to the main hull so that the main hull is less likely to capsize. If only one outrigger is used on a vessel, its weight reduces the tendency to capsize in one direction and its buoyancy reduces the tendency in the other direction.
Chambers 20th Century Dictionary
owt′rig-ėr, n. a projecting spar for extending sails or any part of the rigging: a projecting contrivance ending in a float fixed to the side of a canoe against capsizing: an iron bracket fixed to the outside of a boat carrying a rowlock at its extremity to increase the leverage of the oar: a light racing-boat with projecting rowlocks.
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The numerical value of outrigger in Chaldean Numerology is: 6
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The numerical value of outrigger in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3
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This week, we saw tech's leaders go to Washington and Apple share its best app of 2013. Let's look back at what happened this week in Tech.
1. Tech leaders urge Obama on NSA overhaul
Some of Silicon Valley's biggest names, including Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer and Apple chief Tim Cook, attended a White House meeting with President Obama to seek significant changes in how the government conducts surveillance.
Tech companies have been hammered by critics after reports surfaced of the NSA's controversial surveillance programs.
During the meeting, tech leaders sought more oversight of intel agencies, more transparency when government requests are made and "to codify limitations on its ability to compel service providers to disclose user data."
"We appreciated the opportunity to share directly with the president our principles on government surveillance that we released last week, and we urge him to move aggressively on reform," the executives said in a joint statement.
2. And the winner of Apple's App of the Year is ...
Duolingo, the free app that helps users learn a new language through a series of simple challenges, was honored by the iPhone and iPad maker as the best app in 2013.
The app was created by Luis von Ahn, a computer science teacher at Carnegie Mellon University, and student Severin Hacker, as an alternative to pricier language education tools like Rosetta Stone.
Duolingo offers six languages — Spanish, French, German, Italian, English and Portuguese — and von Ahn says he'd like to see 50 languages within the next several months.
3. Mandela and Miley headline year's top Google searches
The death of former South African leader Nelson Mandela earlier this month triggered the most popular trending search in the world for 2013, according to Google.
Famous passings were among the most popular trending searches, which are measured based on "the highest amount of traffic over a sustained period in 2013 as compared to 2012." The Fast and The Furious star Paul Walker and Glee actor Cory Monteith were in the top five, as was the iPhone 5s, which launched in the fall.
Walker's death was the top trending search in the U.S., while twerk expert Miley Cyrus was Google's most searched person in the U.S.
4. LG, Samsung make big HD TV statements
Think your 60-inch high-definition television is big? It might as well be a tablet compared with what LG and Samsung are expected to unveil at next month's International Consumer Electronics Show.
The electronics makers announced their own 105-inch Ultra HD TVs, which will be on display at CES in Las Vegas.
Neither company has confirmed cost, but expect the price tag to be as big as the display. For perspective, Samsung has an 84-inch Ultra HDTV for $40,000, while LG boasts a similar model for $17,000.
5. BlackBerry's struggles continue
The ailing smartphone company wrapped its third quarter with a whopping $4.4 billion in losses, as it navigates a major overhaul.
The company sold 4.3 million smartphones during the third quarter, although just over 1 million were BlackBerry 10 devices launched this year.
BlackBerry also revealed a five-year deal with Foxconn. The Taiwanese manufacturer will make BlackBerry devices, the first of which is expected to launch next spring.
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Tuesday, August 05, 2014
SYDNEY - It started with a golf club and ended in a fairytale maiden major championship.
But this wasn't Adam Scott at Augusta.
No, this was the NSW Waratahs, Super Rugby champions at last after 18 long-suffering years for their fans and two painful near misses for the competition's — until now — perennial under-achievers.
But who would have thought every NSW player would depart ANZ Stadium after Saturday night's gripping 33-32 final victory over the Crusaders with a golf club in their hand.
Cunning coach Michael Cheika, that's who, with star playmaker Kurtley Beale revealing how their master motivator used the clubs all season to liberate and reinvigorate the Waratahs.
"He gave us a club before the game and all year he's been telling us to go out there and let the clubs go," Beale said after putting centre partner Adam Ashley-Cooper over for two tries in the epic decider.
"So basically he's saying go out there and just trust your instinct, back your gut feeling and go out there and deliver a really good performance and basically it's obviously stayed with us throughout the whole year."
Two years ago, when the Waratahs won just four games, they were regularly booed off the park by their own, disillusioned fans.
Now Cheika has the Tahs swinging from the hips.
His revolutionary style yielded a first-ever minor premiership, endless point-scoring records, a nine-match winning streak and ultimately victory over Super Rugby's most accomplished outfit in front of a tournament-best 61,823 fans.
"The whole year we've been trying to play a certain style of football," Beale said.
"I think we've done that and with symbols like the club and letting it go and really swinging it and not really giving a damn about anything else.
"I think it's really rubbed off on a lot of the players and hence why you see a lot of the guys go out there playing.
"For example, Will Skelton this year has absolutely come of age and really delivered and shown some of his skills."
The NSW forwards endured pre-final taunts from across the Tasman about their supposed "soft underbelly", but Beale said the Waratahs couldn't have won the title without their oft-underrated pack.
"The whole year our forward pack has delivered above expectations," he said.
"They're the guys who have actually really let us backs out wide do our thing."
Even with a wobbly lineout, it was the pack toiling away at the death as the Crusaders closed in on a third heartbreaking final win over the Waratahs when referee Craig Joubert penalised champion Crusaders flanker Richie McCaw for illegally entering the side of a ruck.
Then up stepped ice-cool five-eighth Bernard Foley to drive home the last-minute match-winning penalty goal from 44 metres with, of course, the same sweet follow through as Adam Scott at the Masters.
"I knew it was right on my distance, I knew I didn't have much more left in it so I had to give it a lot and I think the rugby gods were smiling because it just snuck over," Foley said.
"Normally I let KB (Beale) take the long ones, but I'd been hitting them well tonight and I thought it'd probably be my responsibility."
Apart from urging them to swing freely, that's all else Cheika has really sought from his Waratahs: to accept responsibility for the side's daring new attacking approach.
After shaking the gorilla from their back and burying the demons of a decade of despair against the seven-time champions from Christchurch, Ashley-Cooper said the Waratahs now have a new responsibility.
"We've kind of, in a way, climbed a mountain. It's about staying on top," he said.
"So it's a whole new set of challenges ahead of us and something that I'm sure this group will be pretty eager to embrace."
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The High Court yesterday quashed the appointment of the ICT Authority board members following a case filed by the ICT Association of Kenya (ICTAK) through its secretary general in January.
High Court Judge George Odunga ruled that the appointment of the board members by ICT CS Fred Matiang'i was illegal, unprocedural and issue of partial invalidity did not arise.
"To exclude the public from the exercise of statutory powers constitutes improper exercise of powers since it amounts to failure to consider a relevant factor in this case public participation and transparency," said Justice Odunga in his ruling.
The ICT Authority board members – who have been in office since January this year – are Timothy Waema, Esther Kibere, Joseph Dena, Elijah Omwenga, David Mugo and Ugas Sheikh Mohamed.
Among the functions of the board – which had a 3-year term – was delivery of the ICT Authority's mandate which is to co-ordinate the ICT sector and to market Kenya as a local and international ICT hub.
In its application, the ICTAK through its secretary general Kamotho Njenga, had claimed that paragraph 6 (2)(e) of Legal Notice 183 of 2013 provided that not more than 6 persons, not being public officers, be appointed, the Cabinet Secretary proceeded to include persons who are public officers as per under article 260 of the Constitution of Kenya. The lobby also takes issue with the fact that whereas paragraph 6 (3) of the Notice requires that members of the board be appointed at different times so that the respective expiry dates of their terms in office fall at different times , the cabinet secretary has gazetted the entire set of appointees on a single effective date.
The ICTAK secretary general had also called on ICT Cabinet Secretary Fred Matiang'i to "immediately revoke the illegal gazette notice NO 444" which contained the announcement of the board's appointment.
Yesterday's High Court ruling did not go down well with the CS Matiang'I, who went online to express his disapproval with the ruling on his Twitter page stating: "We will immediately appeal High Court decision on ICTA Board. The ICTA statute does not require public participation."
CS Matiangi's next tweet was more expressive of this displeasure: "Vaxatious litigation, selfish private pursuits disguised as public interests remain some of the frustrating challenges in the ICT sector."


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Thank you to Kathleen Nicholson Webber for mentioning me and the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator in your spotlight article.
Thank you to Kathleen Nicholson Webber for mentioning me and the Philadelphia Fashion Incubator in your spotlight article.
PhillyMag 's Jared Shelly's article about my experience in Kenya for the Global Entrepreneurship Summit.
Thank you, Brandon Baker, for writing this article!
Please read this article I wrote about the power of mentorship, featured in Region's Business, Philadelphia.
I was recently asked, as one of the top 16 influential Philadelphians according to PhillyVoice, to share my summer reading list.
My favorites include "Thinking Fast and Slow," and "Give and Take: Why Helping Others Drives Our Success." Be sure to check them out before summer ends!
See the full article here: http://www.phillyvoice.com/16-influential-philadelphians-share-their-summer/
I was quoted in this article by PhillyVoice, about the growing trend of men who are investing in bags.
L'Officiel Lithuania recently asked me for my top social media tips for emerging designers launching their brands in the marketplace.
1. What are the main fashion labels` goals when they start to use and to create social media strategies nowadays?
Social media has become an integral part of all designers launching their fashion labels in the marketplace. One of the main goals of a social media campaign is storytelling which if relevant to the target customer, will create a following. Thru storytelling, a designer is able to connect the follower to their label and create a brand as a designer only has a brand in the marketplace if they have customers/followers. Being able to express the lifestyle of the customer they are targeting and having that follower feel an emotional connection to the brand is key. If the product and branding is on point and reaching a designers followers, this in turn will ultimately result in sales.
2. Sometimes fashion labels successfully create social media strategies but, eventually, it appears the strategy does not work. Why and what happens?
The biggest reason a social media strategy does not work is due to a brand not having a well thought out strategy that is planned in advance. Designers are busy and they can lose momentum.
The best strategy is one that is well thought out in advance. I recommend designers work in 12 week time frames (the four quarters) and actually map out each quarter what they want to focus on and then work backwards in planning out their posts monthly and weekly. I recommend posts be a combination of product, designer (at work or travel), customer (wearing the product), and inspiration (images that inspire the designer).
3. How a fashion labels should react to their follower's behaviour or comments? Whether it has an impact on the brand decisions or even collections?
At the end of the day, a designer only has a business if they have a customer who is purchasing so the customer is always right (or the customer is king/queen)! Comments left by followers can serve as invaluable market research and guide designers on next season's collections. Some designers are using social media to open source, engaging their followers and making them feel a part of the design process. They ask their followers to give feedback on styles and colors for next season collections. This in turn gets the followers actively invested in the brand and excited to purchase the product.
4. In Your opinion, what are the most common mistakes fashion labels do while using social media?
I think over posting and over sharing are two big mistakes. Sometimes designers are excited and eager to share everything – including all the ups and downs of their businesses. Designers want validation and there is an excitement to getting 'likes' but less is more. Designers need to be discerning on how much they share as their followers don't want to be inundated with all the details of the struggles and every detail of their day to day business. Successes – yes do share! Also some designers tend to devote too much time to social media which takes away time from their day to day business and serves as a distraction. People don't want to receive 10 tweets or posts a day. Two a day is best – morning (8:00-10:00am) and evening (6:00-9:00pm). Each post should be well thought out from the image used to the copy and be relevant to the designers followers. Also followers don't always want the hard sell (to be sold) of always seeing product images. Make sure posts are also about representing the lifestyle of the customer and the dna of the brand. My big tip is quality over quantity.
5. In Your point of view, what could be the best social media strategy for Lithuanian designers? Should it be different from those that global designers use?
Currently it is an exciting time to launch a fashion business as it is a global marketplace and it does not matter if you are a designer from Lithuania, America or Japan, the strategy is the same. Designers need to keep in mind that the world is getting smaller with social media. Their customer is everywhere and social media serves as an incredible tool to get exposure for their brand and access to their customer whether organically thru someone discovering their brand on Instagram thru keywords or targeted thru facebook ads.


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Sequel to Resonance and Revolution. Harry enters his second year as an Auror Apprentice. Snape's wedding looms, and Harry's odd new powers mature, creating mayhem, perilous temptations, and opportunities to gain real wisdom.
Genres: Drama, General, Action/Adventure Era: Post-Hogwarts Characters: Arthur, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, McGonagall, OC, Ron, Shacklebolt, Snape, Tonks Pairings: Snape/OC, Other Pairing
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence
Published: 2007.04.03 Latest Chapter: 2012.11.13 Updated: 2012.11.13 Status: WIP (766624 words)
: Matchmaker: A Neville/OC Story by dimezlilsis2006
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COMPLETED! Almost 20,000 reads! Thank you so much to all of you who have read and reviewed!
Genres: Drama, Romance, AU Era: Hogwarts Characters: Blaise (M), Draco, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, Neville, OC, OtherCanon , Pansy, Ron Pairings: Other Pairing, Draco/Pansy, Harry/Ginny, Ron/Hermione
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence, Scenes of a Mild Sexual Nature
Published: 2007.07.20 Latest Chapter: 2007.10.03 Updated: 2009.04.11 Status: COMPLETED (41901 words)
: Revolution by greengecko
Sequel to Resonance. Harry continues his Auror training and begins a journey of mastering his unusual and growing powers. Harry, with the help of his adoptive father, is finally making his own way, but fate and prophecy are never completely absent.
(written Sept 2005 - Nov 2006, so some book 6 canon, but no book 7)
Genres: General, Horror/Dark, Action/Adventure Era: Post-Hogwarts Characters: Arthur, Ginny , Harry, Hermione, Lupin, McGonagall, Snape, Tonks Pairings: Harry/OC, Snape/OC
Advisory: Mild Language, Mild Violence
Published: 2005.09.07 Latest Chapter: 2007.07.10 Updated: 2011.04.18 Status: COMPLETED (385604 words)
: Resonance by greengecko
Snape adopts Harry in this story that stretches from the end of year six until Harry starts his Auror apprenticeship. Harry defeats Voldemort and has to deal with his greatly increased fame and with some odd, disturbing skills inherited from the Dark Lord. He and Snape grow into something resembling a family when they start to rely on each other. Harry survives his seventh year at Hogwarts with a parent as a teacher and starts his training as an Auror.
(written Jan 2004-June 2005, so book 5 canon)
Genres: Drama, General, Action/Adventure Era: Hogwarts Characters: Dumbledore, Fred, Ginny, Harry, Hermione, McGonagall, OC , Ron, Snape, Tonks Pairings: Ron/Hermione, Harry/OC, Snape/OC
Advisory: Mild Violence
Published: 2005.02.01 Latest Chapter: 2005.07.13 Updated: 2010.05.25 Status: COMPLETED (478475 words)


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February 17, 2017: MediaTakeOut.com broke the news that Love & Hip Hop's Kirk Frost was being SUED by his alleged side chick. A woman named Jasmine had a baby and was claiming that it was Rasheeda's husband.
Well now evidence is suggesting that the whole storyline could be FAKE.
MediaTakeOut.com learned that Jasmine has a "current and long-term" boyfriend. We also learned that the "Kirk side chick" storyline came out AFTER Love & Hip Hop producers talk Kirk and Rasheeda that hey needed a MORE INTERESTING storyline, or they would be getting FIRED.
Wow, we really hope that Jasmine, Rasheeda and Kirk aren't that desperate for a VH1 check . . . that they would FAKE a paternity scandal.


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You must never endeavour to pursue your current cutbacks and lose more dollars. It is an indication that you need a break and must try out the game at some other time.
One of the most important things is to remain restricted to your budget.
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Resolution recommends drastic increase in library hours
Maddie Hanna | Thursday, January 26, 2006
A resolution proposed by the Student Senate's Academic Affairs committee intended for night owls who like to study past 2 a.m. passed with little controversy at the group's Wednesday night meeting.
Committee member and Carroll senator Jim Grace presented the resolution, which recommends the Hesburgh Library stay open 24 hours a day from 8 a.m. Sunday until 2 a.m. Thursday and open 24 hours during the unofficial midterms week before spring break.
Given dorm overcrowding, inadequate study space around campus, resources specific to the Library, other colleges' procedures and the simple nature of college life, the committee argues, it would be reasonable to extend Library hours.
"Some students are getting swept out of the Library – not literally, but figuratively," committee chair Chris Harris said.
Currently, the Hesburgh Library is open from 7:30 a.m. to 2 a.m. Monday through Friday, 9 a.m. to 2 a.m. Saturday and 10 a.m. to 2 a.m. Sunday.
While the hours requested in the resolution are the "best case scenario," Harris said his committee would be willing to compromise.
Several senators questioned the logistics of extending the hours, but Grace explained that Library officials wanted to see a Senate proposal before digging into the matter.
Grace said he was told the finances for the project would "most likely" come from the Library's budget to buy new books and that keeping one floor of the Library open later was not feasible due to fire codes.
Knott senator Jacques Nguyen wondered if Library officials had already considered the potential of drawing "unwanted visitors" by keeping the Library open 24 hours.
In other Senate news:
Student body president Dave Baron said he would like Senate to respond to University President Father John Jenkins' request to start dialogue about academic freedom at Notre Dame.
Consequently, the University Affairs, Gender Issues and Academic Affairs committees each will begin to explore this topic.
It's to get as many ideas "out on the floor as possible, so Father Jenkins can hear them," Baron said. "That's what he asked us to do."
Students will not make a presentation at next week's Board of Trustees meeting in Rome, but student government will still send a brief report, student body president Lizzi Shappell said.
The report will update trustees on student government's activities since the October Board meeting and will mention community relations issues, the Transpo agreement, Eating Disorders Awareness Week, the Catholic Think Tank speaker series and the proposed cultural competency requirement, among other topics.
After crime rocked several students' off-campus apartments over break, it's clear community relations are still an important issue.
So student government has further wedded itself to the cause, encouraging students to join neighborhood watches and researching alarm systems, Baron said.
He will speak on behalf of the Notre Dame student body regarding the disorderly house ordinance – arguing that notices to abate should allow the chance to abate – at an upcoming South Bend Common Council meeting, tentatively Feb. 27.
"We don't want to make this a surprise action," he said.
The laundry room in the basement of LaFortune has been converted to a study lounge, said Brian Coughlin, director of Student Activities.
He said the East Lounge is a quiet "but not silent" study space.
"We recognize the [main] basement lounge is much more of a social atmosphere," Coughlin said.


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Developer Biography
El Niño was born and raised in Havana, Cuba. At an early age he developed a strong affinity for the music of his native Cuba. By the age of seven, Jesús started playing a variety of instruments. Among his favorites are the guitar, bass, piano and flute. In 1978, Jesús Alejandro made his transition into the music scene as an arranger, rapidly developing a unique style and technique as he worked with fellow musicians in the United States. In 1980, Niño formed a musical group: "Versailles", and signed his first recording contract in 1981 with CBS (currently Sony Music). Since then, Niño has proven his skills as a player and avid arranger/composer, working with well known artists in the Latin venue, among them: "Hansel and Raul", "Roberto Torres", "Oscar D'Leon", "ricardo lemvo & makina loca".
At present residing in Montreal, Canada, Jesús introduced Makina Loca to the Montreal audience during the 1997 edition of the Montreal international jazz festival.
Source: Selected articles from LMS Records Official Company Website - Tropico Page
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