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Digital and design agencies may be emerging from the economic difficulties of recent years. Pay increases are outstripping inflation and a quarter of respondents have received a bonus in the last year.
The Design Industry Voices report (DOWNLOAD HERE) by Fairley & Associates, Gabriele Skelton and On Pointe Marketing, now in its fifth year, reveals what it is like to work in design and digital agencies.
42% of UK digital and design agency staff have received a pay rise in the last twelve months. Pay rises are outstripping inflation with nearly three quarters (73%) of those who received a pay rise in the last year reporting that is was over 3% of their salary. More than 10% of respondents report pay rises of more than 10%.
Rachel Fairley, lead author of the new research and MD of Fairley & Associates, commented; "This is the first evidence we have that the industry is in recovery, as despite the pressure from clients to do more for less money, agency leaders are awarding their staff pay rises and bonuses."
Stef Brown, co-author and MD of On Pointe Marketing, added "The demand for free creative pitches for prospective clients has not abated and remains an issue. More worrying is the perception among 36% of respondents that they are making more free creative pitches for existing clients."
Across account management, digital, design and strategy, staff believe that working your way up from a junior position is the best way into the industry. Formal training, such a degree or course, is considered most useful in design (47%) and digital (39%).
Karina Beasley, co-author and MD of Gabriele Skelton, added: "Working your way up is the best way to build a career in the industry, especially if you are in account management or strategy. Agency leaders should note that over 40% of respondents don't rate their agencies highly for supporting their professional development. It's become a freelance world over the last five years but there are hints that the pace of change is slowing as fewer people intend to change jobs in the coming year."


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This is my 6x6 page for the Hymn & Scripture Challenge. Our word and study this week are on the hymn " Though Troubles Assail Us." The scriptures I used were: Philippians 4:19 "And my God will meet all your needs according to His glorious riches in Christ Jesus."
Proverbs 18:10 "The name of the LORD is a strong tower; the righteous run to it and are safe."
I used the amazing Memory Box boysenberry paper. The color is so very rich, and it just reminds me how Jesus is King! He is in control! I really wanted the focus of this page to be this majestic color. I also found that the Adirondack Color Wash wild plum matches the boysenberry paper perfectly. I spritzed a bit of it on the page for fun. For the hymn, I printed it out on a paper bag and crumpled it up. I then cut the writer's information out and added it as a tag. How does this hymn help us? What trouble or troubles are you facing? Were you caught in the middle of Hurricane Sandy? Are you now experiencing the aftermath of the storm? Or maybe you are in the midst of another personal difficulty. God will provide. He will be there to hold you up amidst the storm. He is trustworthy. He is the great Promise Keeper and always keeps His promises. To see more photos and to read the entire study, please see my post here: http://triplethescraps.blogspot.com/2012/11/hscrc12-hymn-15-though-troubles-assail.html
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Growing up on Erwin Farm, Christmas breakfast at our house meant fresh sausage and country-sliced bacon from the "freezer locker" (Lancaster Frozen Foods) and tons of Daddy's pancakes loaded with strawberries and blueberries.
Folks, we're talking about platters full enough to feed Granny and Granddaddy Williams and Granny Summers, along with every neighbor and young'un within shouting distance, which usually happened. Our house was filled with the aroma of maple syrup, hot coffee and pancakes.
Some of the best Christmas gifts ever received and given bear the touch of a child.
Here are two low-cost ornaments that you can make with the help of your children that require little fuss and effort.
Kids will have a jolly good time crafting non-edible Cinnamon Ornaments and Candy Trains for the Christmas tree and for their friends and family members.
You're about to panic.
If work, marriage, young'uns, homework and school projects and ball practice wasn't enough, you just found out that the office Christmas party is tomorrow.
Somehow, you have to find the time to make a holiday treat that wows everyone. Yeah, right.
So what do you do when time isn't on your side and you know that everyone is looking forward to seeing what you can come up with?
First, take a deep breath, and start with a little planning.
'Easy as Tater Pie'
2 cups of sweet potato (not yams)
4 teaspoons unsalted butter
3 eggs
3/4cup of whole milk
1 cup granulated sugar
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4teaspoon nutmeg
1 teaspoon vanilla
1 9-inch pie shell (baked)
By GREGORY A. SUMMERS
Features Editor
A quality turkey net is half the battle to catching a good gobbler, said Justice Haynes.
Justice is the second generation of the Haynes' family who has bought into the "get a turkey with a net" hunting method.
"My daddy did that," Justice said, nodding his head with authority. "He caught one with a net. It took him about an hour."
Justice and his 18 classmates are in Midenna Anderson's (aka Chief Runnin' Water) and Pam Craig's kindergarten class at McDonald Green Elementary School.
Kraft Foods
The hardest part of making a turkey dinner isn't the cooking; it's the carving.
But it doesn't have to be that way.
If you follow these six helpful hints, you can carve a turkey with the best of them using a knife and carving fork.
-Let the turkey settle for at least 20 minutes after it has finished cooking. This allows the juices to settle. If the turkey was stuffed, remove the stuffing and place it in a serving dish.
If it seems like Thanksgiving is coming a week ahead of time, blame it on the calendar.
The holiday is always celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month and since Nov. 1 was a Thursday, it has the feel of being seven days early.
But regardless of when it falls, some things – like the traditional Thanksgiving turkey – never change.
And now – not Nov. 21 – is the time to get started.
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Review: Rose Cousins ~ We Have Made a Spark
- March 06, 2012
- Kim Ruehl
- Album Reviews
by Kim Ruehl, for folkalley.com
Rose Cousins
We Have Made A Spark
Let's start with the community Rose Cousins employed to help her out with her latest album, We Have Made a Spark. The Nova Scotian songwriter has a group of friends and supporters in Boston - Rose Polenzani, Mark Erelli, Kris Delmhorst, and others - who came together to fill out her songs on this beautiful, arresting, emotive disc full of sad songs.
Much has been made of that community, and the impressively successful Kickstarter supporters (another kind of community) who gave their dollars to ensure this project and an accompanying short film came to fruition. So I'll mention that - it's definitely worth mentioning - but there's much to say about the music itself.
The songwriting, for example.
Cousins is one of my very favorite songwriters. Her allegiance to nuance is incredible. Her poetic impulse seems effortless. (Though, I know well, nothing in writing or the creation of art ever happens without great effort.)
The disc comes with an epigram from poet Wendell Berry whose second line is the most telling: "To know the dark, go dark. Go without sight." It's this concept which has inspired and influenced generations of not only artists but philosophers, theologians, and all sorts of seekers of truth - a deliberation toward exploring life's less light and comfortable moments. It's this exploration of darkness, in fact, which makes music in particular - and in general - profound.
Cousins sings right off the bat, "you can't keep the darkness out." This is the sort of truth for which we all turn to music - that admission of life's hardships which reminds us we're not the only one in the dark. In fact, as Cousins notes in the film accompanying this record, the fact you can't hide from life's enveloping darknesses is the foundation of community.
We know from her previous efforts that Cousins is highly capable of making the songs work on her own. Her voice is provocatively focused and clear, her melodies alluring, her lyricism astute. That's all you need to make a song work. But, the point of this record is not simplicity - it's gathering. As she sings in a particularly lovely duet with Mark Erelli, "I'll wait for you. Should I fall behind, wait for me."
Indeed, when you can't see around you, for all the apparent darkness, it always helps just to know someone else is there. Someone with whom you can make a spark.


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Water and Peace
Water and Peace
For clues to resolving the Middle East conflict, consider the case of the embattled Dead Sea.
Headlines in the Western press depict a seemingly hopeless cycle of violence in the Israeli-Palestine sector of the Middle East. An Israeli warplane destroys the home of a militant Palestinian. A retaliatory suicide bomber blows up an Israeli bus. In both instances, innocent people die and the anger escalates.
Missing from the media coverage is any clear sense of what is going on in the day-to-day relationship between the two countries other than the sporadic violent exchanges. Between the missiles and bombs, people are-under great duress, and at great risk-continuing to trade services and goods, drive cross-border trucks, commute through checkpoints to their jobs or schools-and manage a range of transboundary natural resources that are essential to the livelihoods of all the peoples in the region.
There's a theory gaining adherents among some of the more thoughtful observers of this troubled land, that it is in those essential day-to-day activities that the real chance for achieving peace can be found. In the common resources essential to all life, and especially in fresh water, the conflicting cultures share a universal interest. Water is extremely scarce in this region and getting scarcer. Human desperation is never greater than when water is no longer in reach. If the people of this region can find viable ways of cooperating in the management of this most valuable of all resources, there's no other challenge they can't meet.
A leading proponent of this theory is the grassroots group Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME), an international NGO that has recently brought new attention to one of history's most storied bodies of water-the Dead Sea.
The Dead Sea is not fresh water. In fact, it is the saltiest large body of water on the planet. But water is not a static asset, as the Earth's hydrological cycle keeps its water moving through evaporation, rain, streams, and rivers before it flows to the salty seas and begins the cycle again. Along the way, there are subordinate cycles, both natural and man-made: the diversion of river water for agriculture, industry, and household use; the dissemination into plants and animals, as sap and blood. Water is a complex system, of which both freshwater and salt are integral parts. While the water we drink is fresh, the blood it forms is as salty as the sea. In the Middle East, the Dead Sea is the very heart of the larger system. If people can learn to manage this sea as a system rather than as a something to be plundered-so goes the theory-they've got a good model for peacefully managing everything else.
by Gidon Bromberg
The name of the place is both accurate and misleading. It's true that there are no fish in the Dead Sea, and that the surrounding Judean Desert is bone-dry and hot. And that geographically, it is known as a "terminal lake"-because it is where the Jordan River comes to its end. All that might suggest a place of great desolation and morbidity. But the reality is that the Dead Sea has been a place of abundant life-natural and human-since prehistoric times. Its shores are dotted with springs and oases, which provide water for 90 species of birds, 25 species of reptiles and amphibians, and 24 species of mammals, as well as more than 400 species of plants.
For humans, it has been an important locale since the beginning of civilization, and over the millennia it has become one of the most mythic and storied places on Earth. Some say that where the River Jordan flows into the Dead Sea is the place where Jesus Christ was baptized. It's where the biblical cities of Sodom and Gomorrah are believed to have been located, although no evidence of them remains. It's where the city of Jericho, believed to be the oldest continuously inhabited city on Earth, still stands. It's where Masada, the fortress in which Jews martyred themselves and their families rather than become slaves of the Romans nearly 2,000 years ago, stands on a mountain overlooking the western shore. And, of course, it's where the Dead Sea Scrolls, the oldest copy of biblical texts, was found in a cave. It's an archeological mother lode.
Culturally, the Dead Sea has been a place of importance to all three of the world's major monotheistic religions: Christianity, Judaism, and Islam. Pilgrims still make long treks to see Masada and the desert monasteries. So do tourists, who are entranced by the spectacular scenery and the belief that the Dead Sea's uniquely salty/mineral-rich water-10 times more salty than the ocean-contains great healing qualities. Perhaps most important, given the conflict that continues to rage between Israel and the Palestinians, the Dead Sea Basin is an asset in which Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians all have a common interest. Like Solomon's baby, it brings out in each of them a greater willingness to be reconciled to the others' claims on it than to let it die.
The ancient functions of this basin are now endangered, however, in ways that put such cooperation to a difficult test. Like the great Aral Sea of Central Asia, the Dead Sea is drying up-and revealing an ugly side to its unique geography. At about 417 meters below sea-level and falling, it is the lowest place on Earth. While drainage is impossible, evaporation takes a steady toll. The surface level has dropped by more than 25 meters (about the depth of a 10-story elevator shaft) in the past four decades, and continues to drop by nearly a meter per year. Its surface area has shrunk by a third or more since a measurement was made at the beginning of the last century.
Does it matter? To the tourism industry, it's a train wreck. There are 5,500 hotel rooms in the Dead Sea Basin, and developers have been hoping to build 50,000 more. The resorts today provide 11,000 tourism-related jobs, and with the new development that number could expand dramatically. For the struggling economy of the Palestinians, those jobs could be a huge boon. But as the water level falls, the hotels along the southern shores of this mythic place find themselves trapped in an unhappy marriage with another industry.
The Dead Sea is today two bodies of water-a deep northern lake and a smaller, shallow southern one. The two bodies are separated by a land bridge, once a peninsula, called El Lisan ("the tongue" in Arabic). The southern basin would now be completely dry, except for the fact that it is the site of a huge potash mining industry that has a stake in keeping the water there from disappearing altogether. Because the Dead Sea is a terminal lake, it is where millions of tons of sediment, carried down the Jordan ever since the Syria-African rift was formed by a volcanic eruption about a million years ago, have come to rest. Potash is highly valued as fertilizer, and it is extracted from the water by evaporation. Other minerals extracted are bromides and magnesium. The mining operations have facilitated the extraction process by turning the shallow southern basin into rows of evaporation ponds demarcated by earthen walls, into which water is pumped across the land bridge in order to maintain the water in the ponds at a depth of about a meter.
For a strip of resort hotels that were built along the southern shores over the past half-century, the presence of the mining operations is a necessary evil; without their continuous pumping of water from the north, there would be no water for guests to bathe in-and they'd be left literally high and dry. The tourism industry in Israel openly admits today that locating the hotels on the evaporation ponds in the very south was a poorly conceived idea. But the dilemma for the southern hotels is that as salt has built up at the bottom of the evaporation ponds, the potash companies have had to raise the earth walls of the ponds higher in order to keep the depth of the water at about 1 meter. As a consequence, even as the water level in the main body to the north has continued its fall, the level in the lower section has risen-causing flooding to the foundations of some of the hotels. As a result, at least one of the hotels that depend on the mines to bring water to the lower sea has now sued the mines for doing just that.
Meanwhile, on the main basin to the north, the falling of the water table has caused large sinkholes to appear. Over a thousand holes now riddle the western shore alone-some of them larger than a car. These holes can open up overnight, under roads, buildings, parking lots, and wildlife reserves. The plans to expand hotel capacity have had to be put on hold, as it is no longer safe to build. And even where there are no cave-ins and where the super-saline water is deep enough for a guest to sit back on the surface while reading a newspaper, there is another potential peril. On the western shores, the declining water levels have also exposed deep mud, making strolling along the shoreline outright dangerous. In many places the mud is so thick that it acts like quicksand, with little chance that anyone who sinks into it could escape without help. Concerned about the legal ramifications of the sinkholes and the mud, the Israeli authorities have now placed warning signs along the whole length of the western shore.
After its founding 10 years ago, Friends of the Earth Middle East (FoEME) began to take a particular interest in the Dead Sea Basin. The group brought together Jordanian, Palestinian, and Israeli environmentalists who were galvanized by the unique natural wonders of this ancient sea-and by the alarm with which they were watching its demise. An immediate concern of the group was the threat posed by the Sea's decline to the several important wildlife refuges that ring the Sea. These oases are unique biodiversity hotspots in the middle of a desert, but the falling water table and proliferation of sinkholes threatened to bring them to ruin.
FoEME also saw the Dead Sea Basin as an opportunity to promote the idea of sustainable development in a region where modern economies are on a collision course with growing water scarcity. It surmised that any serious hope for sustainable development in turn depended on achieving a level of cooperation that has been almost unheard of in this region of ancient enmities.
To facilitate such cooperation, FoEME reasoned that it was essential to forge a common understanding of the real value of the Basin to the stakeholders-not just the value of potash mining revenues and hotel receipts, but a range of values that don't show up in conventional measures of GNP. For example, the group wondered, what is the value of preserving a wildlife refuge or archaeological site rather than let it be bulldozed for new roads or hotels? If there were no comprehensive plan that took such value fully into account, it could too easily be ignored by policymakers. If the ecological, recreational, and cultural values were as visible as are the industrial ones, the priorities for planning might be quite different. One visitor to the Dead Sea, questioned during an FoEME survey, suggested that the emotional satisfactions of hiking or bird-watching, for example, are "no less real than the more obvious economic benefits of sectors such as agriculture and mineral extraction."
To measure how important some of these often overlooked values might be to the region's own quality of life, FoEME recently conducted a study1 of "willingness to pay" (WTP)-the amount of money each household would be willing to contribute toward conservation and sustainable development of the Basin. Remarkably, the study found that all three of the populations whose lands adjoined the Dead Sea said they would be willing to pay substantial amounts of their own money to establish a fund for this purpose. Israelis were willing to pay, on average, $23.06 (U.S.) per household. Jordanians had a WTP of $13.12. And even the Palestinians, who are struggling with poverty and unemployment, had an average WTP of $9.48. Multiplied by the total numbers of households in the region (1.8 million Israeli, 893,000 Jordanian, and 576,000 Palestinian), that came to over $59 million. FoEME concluded that "the economic benefits to conservation are "at least in the tens of millions and possibly the hundreds of millions of dollars per year."
Today, FoEME sees the Dead Sea's decline as a reason to underscore not only that the region's diverse industries, cultures, and environment all have great economic value, but that they are highly interdependent-and thus mutually threatened. "It's not only pilgrims and nature-lovers who are finding the land and water literally pulled out from under their feet," says Munqeth Mehyar, FoEME's chair and Jordanian director. The Jordan River water that feeds the Dead Sea is also being used to irrigate farm crops and provide fresh water for industrial and urban use upstream. In fact, 90 percent of the river's flow is being diverted for those purposes, and as the downstream water falls to a trickle, there are increased calls for more of the upstream water to be freed to follow its original course. It's the upstream diversion that's the main cause of the Dead Sea's decline, so agriculture and tourism have become competing sectors-with little coordination between them. And as the Dead Sea falls, tensions are rising. "Due to destructive development, uncoordinated planning between governmental authorities, and unchecked competition between the various economic sectors that exploit the Dead Sea's resources," says Nader Khateeb, FoEME's Palestinian director, "we are nearing a point of no return."
FoEME is not alone in regarding the Dead Sea's demise as a fast-closing window of opportunity. The shriveling of the Sea has occurred in less than 75 years, as more and more of the Jordan's flow has been diverted for agriculture. In the 1930s, the inflow of water from the Jordan was equal to the loss from evaporation. In recent years, with most of the Jordan's flow diverted, planners in both Israel and Jordan have envisioned replacing the Jordan's input by transporting water from either the Mediterranean Sea or the Red Sea. In the 1970s, an Israeli group proposed digging a colossal canal from the Mediterranean. The idea was not only to refill the Dead Sea but also to take advantage of the more than 400-meter drop in elevation en route, to produce hydroelectric power. A Jordanian group made a similar proposal, but with the canal coming from the Red Sea instead of the Mediterranean. A 1996 study by a Chicago-based engineering company suggested that water could be pumped from the gulf of Aqaba to an altitude of 220 meters, whence it would go through a tunnel in the Rift Valley Mountains for 200 kilometers before dropping through a hydroelectiric plant, and perhaps a reverse-osmosis desalination plant as well, on its way down to the Dead Sea. The idea of being able to restore lost water to the Dead Sea while producing more fresh water for one of the world's most water-scarce regions was hugely appealing. Neither the "Med-Dead" nor "Red-Dead" canal has been built, however, in part because of the political tensions that have crippled most transboundary planning in the region, and partly because of the enormous cost of such a project. And environmentalists have reservations about whether giant engineering projects are the right approach at all. The history of water engineering projects is rife with examples of technological hubris and miscalculation, from the channeling of the Mississippi River to the Great Man-Made River through the Libyan desert. FoEME notes that while a Med-Dead or Red-Dead project might stop the sinkholes and stabilize groundwater, it raises new unanswered questions about how the mixing of two seas, with completely different chemical compositions, would alter the reputed therapeutic values of Dead Sea waters, the main attraction for tourists in the first place. Moreover, even if the canal were to be approved tomorrow, it would take 20 years or so for the water to be raised to its original level; hence the need for a more comprehensive solution.
FoEME is promoting the development of an integrated and coordinated plan2 for the whole region, balancing the needs of all industrial and cultural stakeholders and guiding development in ways that give maximum protection to the ecological assets of the region. A comprehensive economic analysis, it suggests, would show that for the economy of the region as a whole, greater net benefit would accrue from restoring most of the Jordan's flow to the Dead Sea than from digging a huge canal. To arrest the degradation, says FoEME, it is essential to have the Dead Sea declared a World Heritage Site. Israel, Jordan, and the Palestinians have all expressed interest, although political complications-particularly worries about how this might impact other development plans-are holding up implementation. Meanwhile, the Israeli government is funding research to determine options for comprehensive rehabilitation, and Jordan has declared the health of the basin to be a national priority issue.
While the Dead Sea is unique, its problems are not. Outcries about the excessive diversion of water from the Jordan River echo very similar complaints heard along the downstream stretches of the Colorado and Nile Rivers, among others. The competition between agriculture, with its huge thirst, and household use, with its politically undeniable one, is worldwide. The tug-of-water between human uses and the needs of the natural world is also increasingly felt worldwide. The temptation to solve water distribution problems by building gigantic, ill-conceived, and cost-overrunning infrastructure projects has been repeated in hundreds of river basins. The geological instabilities caused by falling water tables have been experienced in such diverse places as Mexico City and northern China. The fragmentation of habitat is a problem almost wherever there are people. The jurisdictional problems of a key bioregion that spans national borders are seen along the Rio Grande River, the Great Lakes, the Alps, and the Amazon.3
Also not surprising, under the circumstances, are FoEME's proposed on-the-ground recommendations. Upstream urban centers need to stop dumping raw waste into water that people are paying good foreign exchange to bathe in. A carefully determined balance needs to be struck between the needs for water extraction on the river and the continued flow of at least some of the Jordan into the Dead Sea. Land-use planning needs to stop the linear expansion of resort development along the shoreline and protect substantial areas of shoreline as nature reserves. The sites sought by pilgrims need to be protected from commercial blight and environmental deterioration. The falling sea level needs to be arrested and the water table stabilized so that people and buildings don't risk tumbling into sinkholes.
In short, Israel, Palestine, and Jordan all need to coordinate their management of humanity's most valuable natural resource in ways that address not only their own national needs but the competing needs of farmers and city-dwellers, tourism and mining, and the visitors to Muslim, Jewish, and Christian holy sites. Given the stalling of the Bush-Sharon "Road Map" for Israeli-Palestinian peace, that might seem like daydreaming. But in fact, some of the envisioned Dead Sea cooperation is already happening, in ways that aren't being seen in other areas of conflict. Some of this laying of at least the groundwork for a cooperative stabilization has to do with the immediacy of water-the fact that neither humans nor birds can live for more than a few days without it, and cannot wait through years of political posturing. In this sense, water is just the leading edge of the Earth's resources overall, and the dry Middle East is just one of the first regions being forced to decide between a higher level of cooperation than in the past, and ever-larger repeats of the civilizational catastrophes of the past.
According to an old folk song, "the River Jordan flows deep and wide." But if the ancient antagonisms of the Holy Land don't soon break out of their cycles of pre-modern revenge and destruction, the Jordan will stop flowing altogether-and the Dead Sea really will be dead. FoEME says that with reasonable cooperation between neighbors, the Dead Sea can be very much alive. And if there's hope for that, there's great hope for this troubled region's future.
Gidon Bromberg is director of the Israeli office of Friends of the Earth Middle East.
1 "An Economic Analysis of Different Water Uses Affecting the Dead Sea Basin," Becker, Katz, Qumsieh, Mehyar, Hajeer, and Salinger, in Katz, Bromberg, Khatib, and Sultan, eds., Advancing Conservation and Sustainable Development of the Dead Sea Basin-Broadening the Debate on Economic and Management Issues, FoEME, 2004. See www.foeme.org.
2 Let the Dead Sea Live-Concept Document towards the Dead Sea Basin Biosphere Reserve and World Heritage Listings, Bromberg, Abu Faris, Fariz, Hormann, and Turner, FoEME, 2000. See www.foeme.org.
3 FoEME has registered the Dead Sea as a member lake of the Living Lakes Network precisely to learn from the lessons of and share experiences about other lakes and wetlands around the world. See www.livinglakes.org.


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|Statement by H.E. Ambassador LIU Zhenmin, Deputy Permanent Representative of China to the United Nations, at the 63rd GA on Agenda Item 57: New Partnership for Africa's Development: Progress in Implementation and International Support
New York, 15 October 2008
Mr. President,
The Chinese delegation associates itself with the statement made by the representative of Antigua and Barbuda on behalf of the Group of 77 and China.
The UN High-level Meeting on Africa's Development Needs held on September 22 evaluated the needs and challenges of African development. The Political Declaration adopted at the meeting reflected the common will of all countries to enhance cooperation and help Africa achieve development at an early date. The UN High-level Event on the MDGs held on September 25 also gave special attention to Africa's achievement of the MDGs. Today, we are gathered once again to review the agenda item on African development. This will give us a more comprehensive understanding of the issue and put the Political Declaration on the fast track of implementation.
Mr. President,
To implement the Political Declaration, the key is to remain focused. And to do that, we must listen to African voices, respect African views, accommodate African concerns and support Africa's efforts to implement its own programs. The New Partnership for Africa's Development (NEPAD) shows African countries' determination to strive for strength through unity. The support of the international community should go hand in hand with the efforts of African countries. There are myriad ways to provide international support, but the following aspects are of great importance:
First, it is essential to deliver on the commitments of assistance to Africa. The international community, the developed countries in particular, should fully honor all assistance commitments to Africa and increase their ODA to 0.7% of their GNI. The developing countries should continuously deepen South-South cooperation and strengthen mutual help with Africa.
Second, it is essential to effectively address new challenges. In recent years, climate change, food crisis, financial turbulences and rising energy prices have not only increased uncertainties in global economic growth, but also eroded African countries' achievements and made it harder for them to achieve the MDGs. As the international community explores the ways to respond to various crises and new challenges, it is important to better appreciate African countries' concerns and desire, and take more substantive actions.
Third, it is essential to help African countries build their capacity. African countries have made tremendous efforts to bring development into their own hands, such as improving their governing capability and increasing their capacity and potential for independent development. The international community should offer African countries favorable conditions in debt relief, market access and technology transfer to help them overcome development obstacles. In the fields of global economy, finance and trade, it is important to provide African countries with an enabling external environment for their self-development.
Fourth, the United Nations should continue to put emphasis on Africa. The United Nations has played an important role in urging the international community to assist Africa. It should continue its input in terms of political mobilization, resource allocation, and progress monitoring to ensure that the relevant international consensus is truly implemented.
Mr. President,
Without peace, development will be weak; likewise, without development, peace will be fragile. To strive for reduction and even elimination of conflict in Africa bears on security and happiness of the African people. Over the past decade, with the support of sub-regional, regional, and international organizations, African countries have made tremendous efforts to promote peace and stability. The United Nations should continue to play an active part in promoting settlement of disputes through consultation and negotiations by the parties concerned, and in safeguarding and maintaining peace and stability in Africa. The international community should bear in mind the overall interest of Africa's stability and prosperity, and continue to help African countries develop economy, eradicate poverty, improve the environment, promote social progress and remove the root causes of conflicts and instability in Africa.
Mr. President,
China is a friend and partner of Africa. It is our strong resolve to enhance friendly cooperation with African countries and take concrete measures to support Africa in achieving peace and development.
At the High-level Meeting on Africa's Development Needs, Foreign Minister Yang Jiechi outlined how China had strengthened its cooperation with Africa and provided various forms of assistance to African countries under the framework of South-South cooperation, and expressed China's readiness to take continued and effective measures to support African development and promote the new type of strategic partnership between China and Africa. We will continue to provide assistance and support to African countries in areas such as agriculture, education, health, medical care, and clean energy. We will also continue to support African countries in conflict prevention and settlement and peace building.
African people are industrious and talented. Africa is a promising continent with a huge potential. China is ready to work with the rest of the world for lasting peace, prosperity and development in Africa.
Thank you, Mr. President.


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House Dems 'raring to go'
LANSDOWNE, Va. — House Democrats may be in the minority, but on the opening day of their issues conference, they weren't acting like that was the case.
On issues from the immigration debate to the economy to gun control, caucus chairman Xavier Becerra (D-Calif.) said their members were "raring to go, we want to get big things done."
Speaking to reporters on Wednesday evening, Becerra and vice chairman Joe Crowley (D-N.Y.) were optimistic that their big-ticket items — especially comprehensive immigration reform — would see action on the floor this year, particularly now that Republicans have said they are open to reforming the immigration system.
There was some gloating as well, and Crowley was quick to point out that Democrats were feeling pretty good about where they are as a group.
"The focus of their retreat was how to talk to the American people, the focus of our retreat is how to get things done for the American people," he said. "We are the party of ideas, we are the party of vision. And our Republican colleagues have not been. I think that's why they are in the doldrums that they are in."
House Democrats are meeting for a three-day retreat here to discuss their agenda for the 113th Congress. After hearing from Vice President Joe Biden later Wednesday, they will hear from President Barack Obama on Thursday and former President Bill Clinton on Friday.


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TOKYO/SEATTLE (Reuters) - A Japan Airlines (JAL) (9201.T) Boeing 787 Dreamliner remained grounded at Tokyo's Narita International Airport on Wednesday as regulators demanded checks to see if the aircraft was fit to fly, a day after white smoke vented from the plane and a battery cell showed signs of melting.
The incident comes a year after JAL and ANA Holdings (9202.T) grounded their Dreamliner fleets after separate issues with batteries overheating. All of Boeing Co's (BA.N) 787s were then taken out of service for more than three months while the plane manufacturer sought a fix for the problem.
ANA said its 787s were operating normally on Wednesday.
"The incident only happened yesterday, so it's difficult to say when checks, or any repairs would be complete," an official from the Japan Civil Aviation Bureau told Reuters. The agency will oversee inspections of the power pack by battery maker GS Yuasa Corp (6674.T), JAL and Boeing.
The latest incident with Boeing's state-of-the-art plane, which is built with carbon-fiber composite materials and a powerful electrical system to reduce weight and improve fuel efficiency, raises fresh concerns about the plane's safety and reliability.
Boeing said it was "aware of the 787 issue that occurred Tuesday afternoon at Narita, which appears to have involved the venting of a single battery cell." Venting is the process of fumes and heat being channeled outside the battery casing and the aircraft when the battery overheats.
It noted the issue took place during scheduled maintenance with no passengers on board. "The improvements made to the 787 battery system last year appear to have worked as designed," it added. Boeing shares closed down 0.5 percent at $140.01 on the New York Stock Exchange.
The issue of who will pay for any losses incurred by keeping the jet from flying will be determined after the plane is back in the air, said a spokesman for Japan Airlines, which operates 13 Dreamliners.
Global regulators grounded all 50 Dreamliners owned by eight airlines on January 16, 2013. They remained out of service while Boeing redesigned the battery, charger and containment system to ensure battery fires would not put the plane at risk. The cause of the battery problems has not been determined.
Since then the number of 787s in operation has more than doubled to 115 planes at 16 carriers. ANA remains the world's leading operator with 24 Dreamliners.
The Japan Transport Safety Board, which is probing the battery overheating on an ANA flight last year, will not directly inspect the latest damaged battery, but will gather information on it as it tries to determine the cause of the earlier incident, a spokeswoman for the agency said.
The U.S. National Transportation Safety Board said it also was gathering information. The NTSB is still investigating a battery fire that occurred on a JAL 787 in Boston a year ago, and said last week it is due to complete that investigation in March. It has not said whether this week's incident would affect the timing of the Boston investigation.
The U.S. Federal Aviation Administration, which certified Boeing's revamped 787 battery system as safe last year, said it was working with the aircraft maker and regulators in Japan to investigate the battery malfunction. The agency has yet to release the findings of a review of Boeing's design, manufacture and assembly of the 787 that it said would be released last summer.
United Airlines UAL.N, the only U.S. carrier to fly the 787, was conducting precautionary checks on its Dreamliners, said a person familiar with the matter who asked not to be named as they were not authorized to speak publicly. United declined to comment on the inspections, saying only that "Our 787s are operating normally and we have not experienced any issues with our batteries."
Air India AIN.UL, which has 11 Dreamliners, will wait to know the details of the latest battery incident before taking any action, Chairman Rohit Nandan said in a text message on Wednesday in reply to a question from Reuters.
JAL said maintenance engineers who were in the cockpit preparing the aircraft to fly to Bangkok on Tuesday, saw white smoke outside the plane. Warning lights in the cockpit later alerted them to possible faults with the main battery and charger. On checking the battery, encased in a steel containment box, they found one of eight cells had leaked a liquid. A relief valve designed to open when pressure rises inside a cell had opened, JAL said.
The liquid that leaked did not appear to breach the containment box, said a person familiar with the matter, who was not authorized to speak publicly, and it appears that any fumes vented through a port that is part of the containment system - a sign that the system likely worked properly.
The 250-seat Dreamliner, which costs about $212 million at list price, has been plagued with problems. It was more than three years late to enter service after issues with parts, and has since suffered a series of mishaps with brakes, fuel lines, electrical panels and hydraulics, and other systems.
In July, after the 787 was cleared to return to service, an Ethiopian Airlines ETHA.UL jet caught fire at London's Heathrow Airport, scorching the fuselage. The cause of the fire was never firmly established, but UK investigators traced the probable cause to faulty wiring of a lithium battery in an emergency beacon in the ceiling near the tail of the plane.
Also in July, Qatar Airways took one of its 787s out of service for what it said was a "minor" technical issue. Industry sources later told Reuters they were treating seriously reports that the aircraft had been grounded after smoke was seen near an electrical panel.
Aerospace experts said the latest incident was troubling, but were cautious about drawing broader conclusions.
Richard Aboulafia, an aerospace analyst at Teal Group in Fairfax, Virginia, said the incident raised two questions: whether the new system that contains the problem had worked, and whether the root cause of the battery problems will ultimately be discovered.
"The real issue with containing the problem, rather than getting to the root cause of the problem, concerns economics," Aboulafia said. "Incidents can be successfully contained, but if you continue to see incidents like these, you've got a mounting bill from taking jets offline, and repairing their battery systems. You've got an image problem, too."
Hans Weber, a former FAA adviser and president of TECOP International, an aerospace technology consulting firm, said the incident might provide more clues about the cause of the problem, such as overcharging. He said it appeared the containment system worked.
"It limited the problem to one faulty cell. It contained the problem and vented the fumes outside the airplane, as designed," he said, basing his comments on JAL's initial statements.
Shares in GS Yuasa closed down 0.7 percent at 582 yen in Tokyo on Wednesday, while the benchmark Nikkei average .N225 ended up 2.5 percent.
Reporting by Tim Kelly, Kentaro Sugiyama and Yoshiyuki Osada in Tokyo, Alwyn Scott in Seattle, Nivedita Bhattacharjee in Chicago and Devidutta Tripathy in Delhi.; Editing by Steve Orlofsky, Jeffrey Benkoe, Bernard Orr and Ian Geoghegan


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NEW YORK -- Did you see the video of the moment Michael Sam heard Jeff Fisher tell him he was going to be a St. Louis Ram? When Sam folded into himself and began to weep, with exhaustion, probably, and also with relief? It was a seminal, if long overdue, moment for the major sports leagues in North America. An openly gay man had been drafted and with that the closet that was the locker room might finally be pried open.
But that moment when Sam got the call -- that's why it was important he was drafted. It is often true that players are better off being rookie free agents -- so they can choose their landing spots -- rather than being a late-round pick. And 31 percent of the active players in the NFL last season were not drafted as rookies. But signing with a team late on a Saturday night, after the klieg lights have been shut off and the cheering crowds have gone home does not carry the symbolism of being picked -- of being wanted -- by a team.
That is what that moment with Sam on the phone with Fisher was all about. A team wanted Sam, despite his slow 40-yard time at the NFL Scouting Combine, his lack of fluidity, and the hyper-focused attention on every decision that will follow him throughout his career. After enduring the unseemly months-long tearing down of prospects from top to bottom -- in that respect Sam has plenty in common with Jadeveon Clowney and Teddy Bridgewater -- to be drafted serves as validation. After waiting until nearly the end of the final excruciating day of the draft, someone thought Sam belonged with them. As a football player on the Rams' loaded defensive line. And as a gay man in the NFL.
"I feel like I am Clowney being the first draft pick in the draft," Sam told reporters in St. Louis.
When Sam announced that he is gay and would try to become the first openly gay NFL player back in February, one team's personnel executive made a telling comment.
"Look at teams and how they wait until the seventh round to address the 'character' guys," he said then. "If he doesn't get drafted, then there's a problem."
He wasn't implying that Sam had character flaws. He was saying that drafting Sam would be a decision freighted with so much import, and would come with so much scrutiny, that teams might view it as a negative -- but not enough of one to entirely shut out a player worthy of taking a flyer on.
For a while, a very long while, it appeared that there was a problem. It was impossible not to watch Saturday afternoon, as the picks kept going by, with a feeling of dread and incredulity that a moment, an opportunity was going to be forsaken, that the worst suspicions about the NFL were true. Even Fisher said that they had Sam ranked much higher on their draft board, as he suspected other teams did, too. But as Sam fell, the Rams decided they could not pass him up with the 249th pick -- a compensatory pick at that. With a sly smile as he called in the pick and waited for the reaction, Fisher saved the NFL from an embarrassing and painful look at how it values people.
"That's a football player with ability you just can't pass up," Fisher said.
Fisher knew, of course, that this was not just picking up another tumbling player. He called the Sam signing the second historic moment in Rams history, because it was also the Rams organization, then located in Los Angeles, that signed Kenny Washington, the first African-American player to a contract in the NFL's modern era. He also surely knows that because he is an NFL coach of longstanding, he has special insight into how to manage almost any situation, and that he commands a respect among players, among other coaches, even among owners that might come in handy right now.
He indicated Saturday night that he did not expect Sam's sexuality to be much of an issue in the Rams' locker room but that he would address it the way he would any other kind of discrimination. It is worth noting that Fisher is a co-chair of the league's Competition Committee, which just a few weeks ago delivered a report to owners that heavily emphasized the need for greater civility in the game -- for the reduction in taunting, for a return to respect. Fisher made it clear then that the effort would begin immediately. Now, he will be able to set the pace with his own team.
"We're in an age of diversity," he said. "Players understand that. They know that."
Out in California, Cyd Zeigler of Outsports, who had helped advise Sam on managing his coming out announcement, followed the proceedings Saturday in the company of one of Sam's publicists. Zeigler is a journalist and he said that while he began the day assuming Sam would be drafted, as it grew later -- and particularly when the New England Patriots passed on him in the seventh round -- Zeigler got worried and began writing a column based on the day that Sam would go undrafted. He was writing that for the NFL and the gay community, this was a loss.
"And at the last second we kicked a 50-yard field goal to win the game," Zeigler said Saturday night. "By a team in the middle of the country. Not San Francisco and not New York and not Miami. It is such a powerful statement. It reaffirms what I've been saying for a couple of years that the NFL is a place where gay people are welcome and wanted and flourish."
That might be another matter. The Rams are loaded on the defensive line. And though they have collected pass rushers, St. Louis -- under defensive coordinator Gregg Williams, who himself had to be welcomed back into the NFL -- plays an aggressive style of defense predicated on attacking the quarterback. Even Fisher conceded it will be very competitive for Sam to make the team, as it will be for the other later-round picks.
"It's about playing football," Sam said. "Can Michael Sam play football? Yes, I can."
It is naïve to think that there won't be pushback against Sam to some degree, despite the standing ovation the announcement of his selection at Radio City Music Hall received and his proximity to the Missouri campus that embraced him. Even on Saturday night, while new teammates like Robert Quinn tweeted their welcomes and texted Sam, there were people who angrily lashed out about the video that showed Sam, in tears, kissing his boyfriend in celebration. But that was also around the time that Sam said he was so excited that if the Rams were playing the Minnesota Vikings at that very moment, he would probably have three sacks. He sounded, in the end, like every other giddy, worn out player who just got drafted. That is the company Sam wants to be compared to now -- everything else is history he said.
"We're not even halfway through this yet," Zeigler said. "He has to go through minicamps and training camp and the preseason and the first round of cuts and the second round of cuts. This is not the end. This is the beginning. It's not over."
No. But, finally, what a start.
Follow Judy Battista on Twitter @judybattista.


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Governor Rick Scott and the American Cancer Society Discuss Cancer Research Funding
Today, Governor Rick Scott met with representatives from the American Cancer Society to discuss the investment in the "It's Your Money Tax Cut Budget" to make Florida among the best states in the nation for cancer research. The Governor's proposed funding for cancer research includes $60 million for existing Florida Cancer Centers to assist in achieving National Cancer Institute (NCI) designation, and another $20 million commitment for peer-reviewed research grants.
Governor Scott said, "Investing in cancer research is important to all Floridians, and will help save the lives of countless individuals. Because of Florida's high-quality cancer research centers, Floridians don't have to leave our state to receive world-class treatment. I am glad to meet with representatives from the American Cancer Society to discuss the importance of cancer research funding, and how we can work together to eliminate this terrible disease."
Dr. John Montgomery, Chair Board, Florida Division of the American Cancer Society, said, "As you know, Florida ranks 2nd in cancer incidence in the country and 15th in funds granted to cancer research programs by the National Cancer Institute. We appreciate Governor Scott's ongoing commitment to Floridians fighting cancer, and their families. His budget proposal to establish more NCI-designated Cancer Centers in Florida can enhance the ability of our state's cancer research community to provide better treatments through discoveries – working in concert with the state's proven model of funding the best science through a competitive, peer-review process"


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5 keys to understanding Paul Ryan
Paul Ryan has vaulted to national fame over the past three years — as a slogan, not as a person.
" The Ryan budget" can make conservative hearts flutter or make liberals sputter with indignation. But the author of this document has remained — until Saturday, when he joined the Republican presidential ticket — a largely opaque figure on the national stage.
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On the Washington stage, however, especially in the corridors of Capitol Hill, Ryan is well-known. At age 42, he's been trawling these corridors for nearly two decades, starting as a coolly pleasant but hotly ambitious staff member, to nearly 14 years as a fast-rising lawmaker on his own.
( Also on POLITICO: Behind the scenes, Romney wanted Ryan)
These years have made Ryan a familiar, if somewhat enigmatic, presence to scores of fellow lawmakers, lobbyists and reporters, including POLITICO journalists, some of whom have known Ryan professionally since the 1990s.
The picture sketched by people who have watched him in action on Capitol Hill is of a man of contradictions. He is an unquestioned ideologue, a committed conservative since his days as an acolyte of tax-cutter Jack Kemp but also a team player — someone capable of rocking the boat in the Republican caucus but never one to tip it over. He is widely perceived, even by Democrats, as a friendly man in an angry age in Washington. But he is also unmistakably a self-contained politician.
Here, based on years of observing Ryan in action, are five keys to help understand what makes the GOP's new man of the moment tick:
He's a man in a hurry — and has been for a long time.
When Ryan was in his twenties — he began his political career as an intern for Wisconsin GOP Sen. Bob Kasten in 1991 — it was already obvious to anyone who spent time around him that he had his future mapped out with uncommon precision. He told reporters in the Capitol that he was going to run for Congress in his native Wisconsin, and he made it clear he had a clear plan for winning.
Ambition, and the need to move quickly to achieve goals, seems to have deep personal roots for Ryan. His father, grandfather and great-grandfather died of heart problems before age 60. This family history has also helped drive Ryan's fitness fixation. He leads a group of fellow lawmakers in P90x, an intense workout regimen designed to regularly confuse muscle rhythms and maximize the exercise's impact on physique.
When Ryan needed to put down roots in Wisconsin after years in the nation's capital working with Kasten, Kemp and former Sen. Sam Brownback (R-Kan.) Ryan spent two years working in marketing for his family's successful earthmoving company.
When he was back where he yearned to be — in Washington — Ryan got advice on how to make the most of his time in D.C. from an unlikely source, liberal Massachusetts Democrat Barney Frank. Focus on a few issues, Frank told Ryan, and become a master of these spheres. Don't waste time weighing in on the political battle du jour on Capitol Hill, Frank advised. It's advice Ryan's mostly followed.


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Ahead of another round of contract talks, the Beaufort County School District's transportation provider issued a counteroffer to unionized workers that includes wage increases.
Durham School Services hoped to discuss the latest proposal Tuesday, but the Teamsters Local 509 chose to negotiate for another county it represents instead, leaving the fate of negotiations in union hands, said John Elliott, chairman emeritus of company.
"We want to bring this to a closure and eliminate the uncertainty that comes with that," he said. "It's all up to the union leadership at this point."
The Teamsters Local 509 represents about 620 drivers employed by Durham in Charleston County, Summerville County and Beaufort County, where about half of the 190 drivers and monitors under the company are union members.
Beaufort County, which isn't itself involved in the negotiations, will come up for discussion Thursday after a sit-down over the weekend didn't yield a new contract. This makes the ninth session of negotiations stretching back to last summer as the two sides began hammering out a new arrangement ahead of the expiration of the current contract, Elliott said.
Most recently the union demanded a 10 percent increase in average and starting pay in year one of what is hoped to be a multi-year contract, Elliott said. That amounts to a $1.15 raise, he added.
Durham countered with an offer of an additional $.45 an hour for existing workers and $.50 to starting pay, which equated to increases of 3.8 percent and 3 percent respectively, Elliott said. The raises would increase starting pay to $12 an hour and average pay to $15.01 an hour.
Representatives of the Beaufort union, which voted 93-2 on Monday to authorize a strike if negotiations falter, could not be reached for comment.
Another major sticking point: the Teamsters want a clause that allows for sympathy strikes with fellow union members nationwide - a term Elliott said Durham can't live with.
"We're saying absolutely not," he said. "Everything needs to be local, addressing specifically what happens here in Beaufort."
The company wants to preclude stoppages entirely with a no-strike clause.
The district paid Durham $7.2 million in 2012 for transporting its 11,000 students who take the bus each day to and from school while also handling field trips, athletic team travel and other activities. Durham already has a multi-year contract with the district that would prevent the company from passing on new costs from higher wages to the county in the near term, Elliott said.
Durham is carrying out contingency plans for a possible strike that include bringing in temporary drivers from out of state while expediting the application process in South Carolina, but the company wouldn't be able to offer full service for at least the days immediately following, Elliott said.
But district spokesman Jim Foster insisted school closures won't happen, saying the district is exploring measures such as doubling routes. He noted half the district's drivers aren't unionized, and some of those who are will still report for work.
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Apart from new settings, casts of characters and faces both old and new, there's one thing 'American Horror Story' fans look forward to every year: the spooky redesigned opening credits! Now, fans can get an early look at the FX horror-drama's especially shadowy and gruesome 'American Horror Story: Coven' credits, sifting through each new image for a clue to new season!
First tweeted out by series creator Ryan Murphy, the new opening title sequence for 'American Horror Story: Coven' keeps the iconic music (of course), and moves through all manner of demonic and witchy imagery, with plenty of terrifying beasts thrown in along the way. It's hard to say exactly what clues lurk within the shadowy new sequence, but we're reasonably certain those hooded figures moving through the woods aren't Death Eaters. Probably.
From the official 'American Horror Story: Coven' logline for the season:
Over 300 years have passed since the turbulent days of the Salem witch trials and those who managed to escape are now facing extinction. Mysterious attacks have been escalating against their kind and young girls are being sent away to a special school in New Orleans to learn how to protect themselves. Wrapped up in the turmoil is new arrival Zoe (Taissa Farmiga), who is harboring a terrifying secret of her own. Alarmed by the recent aggression, Fiona (Jessica Lange), the long-absent Supreme, sweeps back into town, determined to protect the Coven and hell-bent on decimating anyone who gets in her way.
So far, we know that the third season of Ryan Murphy's breakout horror hit will move back and forth between both present and 1830s New Orleans in a battle between witches and voodoo, details of which have emerged for the first few episodes. 'American Horror Story: Coven' will also welcome newcomers Danny Huston, Christine Ebersole, Kathy Bates, Emma Roberts, Angela Bassett, Patti LuPone, Leslie Jordan and Gabourey Sidibe, along with returning franchise regulars Jessica Lange, Taissa Farmiga, Lily Rabe, Denis O'Hare, Alexandra Breckinridge, Frances Conroy, Sarah Paulson and Evan Peters.
Get a taste of the October 9 premiere "Bitchcraft" in the title sequence above, and tell us in the comments what you want to see from 'American Horror Story: Coven!'


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Apple TV can't connect to networks that require an additional or secondary login, such as signing into a webpage. These networks are called captive networks and can include networks that are free to use and networks that you pay to use in places like businesses, schools, dorms, apartments, hotels, and stores.
If you try to set up Apple TV using a captive network, you might be unable to proceed past the date and time screen. If you aren't using a captive network and still can't proceed past the date and time screen, try the following steps below.
At home
If your Apple TV is connected to your network at home and it doesn't get past the date and time screen, try restarting your Internet modem and router.
If you still can't set the date and time on your Apple TV, contact your Internet service provider or router manufacturer to make sure that NTP port 123 isn't being blocked.
You might also try connecting your Apple TV to another network if it's available, like at a friend's house.
At work or school
If your Apple TV is connected to an enterprise or campus network, make sure your network, router, firewall, or proxy server are configured to allow communication over NTP port 123.
You can also use Configurator to create a first time configuration for your Apple TV devices. Connect the Apple TV to your Configurator server using USB, then set up the device using a profile.


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So, the Swag Bags for our Favorite Things Party. Oh, the Swag Bags! We worked so hard at coming up with things that our friends would love but had possibly never tried before. I'm pretty certain we succeeded, everyone was really excited about the things they got to take home, and I've gotten a ton of emails and texts today telling me I need to try this thing or another...or send them any extras!
Here's what was in the Swag Bags
An Erin Condren notepad to take notes on the things to buy later! They sent one for each guest in all different designs. I had fun looking through them and choosing what I'm going to order next. As always, great packaging and these guys are a dream to work with.
Two Le Pens - I've posted about them before, they are my absolute favorite. The ink is nice, neither too thick nor too thin. It never bleeds through, not even on newspaper; my father in law used mine to do the crossword puzzle last Sunday. I buy mine locally at a stationery shop, but my previous post has a link to an online source.
Cookwell & Company Watermelon Vinaigrette. Three Texas friends started this company, still based in Austin, that sells great sauces and dressings. Rumor is that they have grills and smokers at the headquarters and they are used daily. It sounds like my kind of place to work, daily BBQ anyone? And I love their salsa and marinade. Even though they're made in Texas, you can buy them in most states.
A free brow planing and lesson, blow-out and products from Christi Harris. We won't even talk about how bad my brows look right now; I've been neglecting them since my waxist (? shapist? eyebrow stylist?) currently charges more than my hair stylist. If one has to go, I'll keep my hair looking good. Anyway, I said all of that to say how happy I am to get a lesson so that maybe I can do it on my own now. Not to mention, the Christi Harris people always set up shop in cute and/or swank boutiques around town and they are in most Texas Nordstroms, too.
Diamond Dazzle Stik to keep all of our Real Housewives sized rings sparkly. It's like Tide To Go for ladies who lunch, ha! This is one of those things Jessica is always talking about and I keep meaning to buy every time I use hers. I've already just about used all of mine! Not really, but it feels like I'm constantly polishing now.
Out The Door topcoat is awesome. I paint my own toes all of the time, this gets them dry pretty quickly so I can at least put on flip flops and go on about my day...even though I actually would rather sit with my feet propped on the coffee table waiting for them to dry.
Caspari hankies and they are leopard print! Love, love, love. I actually keep these in my purse (leopard print, too), and I'm so glad my friends now have a matching set.
Everyone got a Yes to Carrots lip balm and some samples like a face towelette, eye mask and face scrub. I also just saw on their website that they make baby products, I'm definitely going to try to find them for Georgia. Someone texted this morning (no idea who because my phone ate all of the numbers) but apparently this eye mask is already working wonders! I'm using mine as I type this.
Emi-Jay hair ties, ponytail holders, whatever you prefer to call them. If they are good enough for Jennifer Aniston's hair, they will certainly work for mine! When I used to work out on my lunch breaks, these would keep my hair back without it falling all over my face and neck and, best of all, no creases. So I didn't have to worry about re-fixing my hair for work.
Holiday themed letterpress coasters from Sicily Eason - because we all could use an excuse to host another girls night before Christmas. Right? I'm planning on using these at my "Emergency Gift Wrap Party" next month.
All-natural Plantlife that I haven't used yet but Whitney loves. Smells great! As soon as I get out of my PJs and shower, this is what I will use. This company is all natural and the aromatherapy line is amazing. Everything is natural from this product line, no nasty sythetic additives and it leaves your skin feeling wonderful. This line is also gluten free which is an added bonus! We love this line and know you will too!
Michael's Cookie Jar gave everyone a little gingerbread man and a very pretty snowflake cookie. If you are in Houston, they will box up in a pretty holiday box and deliver. They are the best cookies in town hands down, go pick up a cookie and tell them we sent you but beware you might be back for more...good thing Jess snapped this pic because I gobbled mine up before I even thought about getting my camera out.
In addition to the Swag Bags, we had some really awesome items to give away to some of our guests. We just did a drawing at the end of the party. I'm really jealous that I couldn't win these, they are all just awesome. How many times can I say awesome in one post?
Erin Condren - yet again. Awesome. They gave a $50 gift card and I know someone who is going to be very happy with her new planner!
In addition to the coasters, Sicily Eason gave away some adorable letterpress stationery and a cute screen printed Christmas tote. If you are in the market for Christmas cards she has an amazing selection and she does custom letter press!
My friend Melissa won the Marye Kelley Decoupage frame, and it's just perfect for her. She decorates for pretty much every holiday, even Valentine's Day, so I was super excited when she won this. Marye Kelley is a classic line that will be sure to adorn your family cherished photos!
Tiffany is excited about a new monogrammed Marley Lilly pashmina. She gets to choose her own and customize it, she just modeled one of Jessica's for the photo. We love Marley Lilly's hats for poolside drinks too. I hem-hawed around this summer and didn't really get any pool time, but I can't wait until my next ZaZa staycation so I can sit there in my Texas-sized hat (covering up my Texas-sized hair, of course!) and order drinks.
Shi Shu Baby was the premier gift at the Golden Globes, so we were pretty darn excited to give a posh baby blanket as a gift at our party! Perfect since the lucky gal winning it has a little baby. Jessica's little Jack has one. Looks like Santa might be dropping one down our chimney now! They are so incredibly soft.
One lucky gal gets a blow out from Blow Dry Bar in Houston. Jess stopped in and got her hair done for our party and it looked great. They only do blowouts, which is nice. There's no pressure to change your style or buy products. And your usual stylist will never know you "cheated" on her! You can have parties there, too. I think it's like the new mani-pedi party before weddings...they do blowouts & updos and you just can't beat $35. You can book appointments right on their website, too, which I love.
We gave away some bubble bath and other Primal Elements products. Cute packaging - "Bubbles" was written with tiny little pearl beads! They also have some things with little ducks and rhinestones that make adorable baby shower gifts, or that would be super cute to put in a care package for new mommies to pack in hospital bags. I love giving body products that aren't the usual brand or packaging. You can buy at HEB and I'm certain I've seen them in Rice Epicurean too. If you're outside of Texas, check their website for locations.
Margaret won this turquoise necklace from Pomp & Circumstance. She went to school with the designer! Marie has an adorable little shop where she makes all of the designs herself, and you can custom order too. She has really unique things at a great price point. And if you are in Houston she will let you and your friends host parties in her store. Swing by and check it out, and if you're not in Houston, check out her website - there are some great Christmas gift ideas. I've added a couple to my letter to Santa already.
My friend Sara G. won personal training sessions from Mike Stewart Fitness. Mike is Jessica's trainer and she's lost 80 pounds in the last year! She was gorgeous before, but now she really looks fab. I'm so proud of her because I know it was hard work.
Ok, now that you've allowed me to babble for an entire page about these awesome companies....here's where the fun comes in for you. We have a Swag Bag left over that I'm going to give away on Haute Mommy Blog!
Here are the ways you can enter, feel free to do as few or as many as you'd like:
- Follow my blog via Google Friend Connect, leave a comment with your email so I can contact you
- Subscribe to my blog via RSS or Email, leave a comment with your email
- Post about this giveaway on your blog, leave a comment with the link
- Follow me on twitter, leave a comment with your twitter handle
- Like Haute Mommy Blog on Facebook and leave a comment here
- Visit any of the company websites linked on this post & leave a comment telling me something you didn't already know about the company + your email. You can visit each company's website only once, but you can visit all of them for many entries.
We will randomly choose a winner next Monday. Good luck!
Oh! I can't mail the salad dressing (too heavy) or cookies (gone gone) so I am going to throw in a few beauty products that I got in a Swag Bag at Fashion's Night Out. They are brand new, never been opened.
Oh! I can't mail the salad dressing (too heavy) or cookies (gone gone) so I am going to throw in a few beauty products that I got in a Swag Bag at Fashion's Night Out. They are brand new, never been opened.
And just for giggles, here's a shot of my mom butt and velcro rollers trying to get all of the food set up before our guests arrived.
Disclaimer: All of the Swag Bag and giveaway items were donated by the companies for our party. They were all amazing to work with so we decided to share the love and give away our extra products.


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After nearly 54 years of service, DC-8 operations in the US are set to become even rarer with the pending retirement of Air Transport International's (ATI) remaining DC-8 fleet.
ATI is withdrawing its last four DC-8s from service early this year and replacing them with 757s. Once completed, only two DC-8s will be in operation with US operators: a DC-8-63F with National Airlines and a DC-8-72 test bird with NASA.
Interestingly, four of the six DC-8s still in operation in the US still have the original JT3D engines and not the relatively fuel-efficient and quiet CFM56s that many DC-8s were re-engined with in the mid-1980s.
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The second boss that we're going to be encountering in here comes after a straight path through a few packs of trash. There's nothing particularly of note in regards to the trash leading up to the giant spider, simply mark and CC what you can if you want a bit more control or simply have a firm kill order if you don't really feel the need to CC.
Only only snag you might hit is the pack with the hounds and the one with the lavawalkers. As with the regular packs, just be a little more cautious about keeping one or two of the hounds controlled when you get to them and to ensure that the healers for the lavawalker packs are either kept under a tight control or killed outright at the start.
When it comes to the fight itself, there will be an easy job for a tank and a hard job.
The easy job entails hopping up onto the top of the webbing after Beth'tilac and tanking her up there whilst dodging meteors. It's pretty straightforward stuff so all you really need to watch out for while you're up there is her cast of Smoldering Devastation which will be your queue to jump back down to the first level through the hole in the middle of the web. After that it's just rinse and repeat several times until the phase switch occurs.
The tank on the bottom level is going to have a bit of a more interesting time.
The primary concern for the tank on the bottom will be to hold onto the Drones as they spawn and to kite them a little bit away from the packs of Spiderlings that will spawn. As the Spiderlings can spawn from four potential locations arranged in a semicircle around the room, it can be easy to lose track of the spawns.
As one or two of your DPS should be assigned to the task of dealing with the Spiderlings, don't be afraid to ask them to keep track of the Spiderlings for you. As the fight can be very hectic and there can often be a whole lot of things on the ground to keep track of, don't be afraid to give one or two extra people assist powers for the fight and give them a designated mark to use. If you're having an especially hard time seeing the Spiderlings before they're on top of you, have them throw a quick temporary mark on each fresh pack as it spawns which will let you see at a glance where they're coming from and where you should be running to.
Phase two is a simple burn phase with a stacking healing debuff which will require the occasional tank switch while the off tank runs away to reset his stacks before returning to take his turn again.
Keep in mind that as the second phase is a burn phase and there's a lot of AoE damage going around throughout the raid, do what you can to reset the stacks earlier and more often to give your healers a bit of a break.


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And it's kind of funny that the media is salivating over a Romney win and are saying that it's such a 'vote of confidence' for him and a vote against Gringrich. The thing that no one seems to be mentioning though is that most of Florida now consists of transplanted NorthEasterners. So when they talk about Florida conservatives, they are really Massachusetts conservatives, which means that anywhere else, they'd be liberal to moderate.
So not such a big thing, I think.
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