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"If you had the ability to reinvent American capitalism, where would you start?" That was the question The Nation posed to sixteen activists and thinkers for our special issue on "Reimagining Capitalism." When we invited readers to submit their own answers, we were pleasantly surprised at how many responses came pouring in.
Below is an edited selection of these reader proposals, which we will be updating and expanding over the next several weeks. Brilliant, fresh and driven by a deep desire to broaden the terms of our national debate, the ideas here confirm that the true solutions to our economic crisis are readily at hand. The challenge, then, is to persuade our leaders in Washington to get to work.
Proposals for July 11:
Karl Eysenbach (Eugene, OR): Just as a ruined castle can be recycled and turned to better use, so we might think about transforming the military-industrial complex into an environmental-industrial complex. God knows that global warming isn't getting any better, and at least some very knowledgeable scientists predict that climate change could hit with an evil wallop sooner than many people think. Boeing, Rockwell, E E & G, Blackwater, etc. may have what it takes to save the planet if reconfigured correctly in the midst of the next economic crisis. What better thing to do than turn all of that technological infrastructure around into retooling for solar, wind, geothermal or other sources of alternative low/no carbon power?
Martin Maudal (Claremont, CA): We need a sort of corporate Hippocratic oath required before granting a corporate charter: First, do no harm; second, serve the common good; third, obey all laws; fourth, and only after fulfilling the first three requirements, earn a profit for your shareholders. If we could somehow inspire state attorneys general to take back their right to grant and revoke corporate charters based on the public good, it'd be great!
Patricia O'Malley (Pittsburgh, PA): Most Americans can't define capitalism, but they imagine that our Constitution requires it. It doesn't. Congress refuses to perform its constitutional duty to regulate commerce because Republicans throw tantrums and Democrats roll over and play dead. Even President Obama appeases the Republithugs at every opportunity. The misinformation, hypocrisy and blatant lies are so deeply ingrained in America's psyche that it's too late to eradicate them. We have to start over. We should begin by raising tax rates on corporations and the wealthy, closing tax loopholes and enforcing sensible regulations. We should demand that future corporate and political leaders exhibit the virtues of human decency, honesty, integrity, common courtesy, common sense and justice. We should create a new brand of capitalism based on new principles:
— Capitalism is one part of a multifaceted economy.
— Blind allegiance to the bogus principles of classical economics will end.
— Capitalism isn't a zero-sum game. There's ample money for everyone.
— Profit is not the sole raison-d'etre for all endeavors.
— Employers respect employees' skills and capacity to contribute to the workplace, and their lives beyond work.
— Both employers and employees are entitled to promote their respective common interests through various channels, including chambers of commerce, trade associations, labor unions and beneficial associations.
— We all must pay for the things we use. Our taxes pay for the things that government provides.
— Because humans sometimes behave dishonorably, government will regulate commerce and the economy.
— "It's only business" is not a valid excuse for unethical behavior.
It will take time to see results, but we'll be in worse shape ten years from now if we do nothing.
Tony Molho (Florence, Italy): American capitalism cannot survive two burdens that have plagued it for decades: mindless military interventions that drain the treasury of funds badly needed for other needs and a fiscal structure that places inordinate burden on the middle and lower-middle classes while those with incomes of more than $1 million per year pay a proportionately smaller share of their income to the government. Reduce military spending and shift the tax burden to those who should bear it, and there should be abundant resources for education, infrastructure and medical care. American capitalism would thrive if people regained a sense that government treats them equitably and fairly.
Edward Kamau (Dayton, OH): Reforming capitalism is about making the largest corporations, their officers and directors accountable to society and their stakeholders. This entails fostering a culture of social responsibility among these companies. I would achieve this by requiring three principal reforms among the largest 1,000 public corporations defined by revenues or number of employees. I would create a classification system, from "A" to "F" corporations: "A" corporations would be required to meet the highest standard of social responsibility. In return, they would pay lower taxes, avoid double taxation, enjoy greater liability protections, access to financial credits, etc. "F" corporations—those with histories of poor or irresponsible conduct—would be subject to tighter regulation, higher taxes, decreased liability protection, etc. To increase personal accountability for corporate officers and directors I would require that directors and officers be licensed and meet high ethical and legal standards. This would include making their professional histories public and the possibility of revoking their license. Further, to increase board independence, no corporate officer would be permitted to cast a proxy vote within his or her own company. Any proxy vote not specifically assigned by the shareholder would be held outside the company by a designated trustee with a duty to vote in the best interests of all stakeholders. Trustees would be selected by lottery from a large pool of independent, nonprofit and nontrading proxy firms. Finally, I would create a national ombudsman to rate the performance of these corporations. This ombudsman would create a single public record for each corporation, its officers and directors, including lawsuits, regulatory actions, complaints, material business actions etc. This record would be used to rank each corporation "A" through "F." By means of incentives and punishments, these reforms would foster a culture of social responsibility amongst the largest public corporations. These corporations would be judged by performance against the requirements of their particular classification with resulting costs or benefits. Corporate officers would no longer control their boards, allowing the boards to become independent while officers and directors would face greater public accountability. I believe such a system is long overdue and would serve to create a capitalist system that would benefit all of society.
Proposals for July 8:
Joseph Boyett (Alpharetta, GA): If we want vibrant capitalism that works for all Americans and not just a few, then we need strong unions. In 1935 FDR signed into law the National Labor Relations Act, also known as the Wagner Act. In their book Labor in America, Foster Rhea Dulles and Melvyn Dubofsky say this about the importance of the Wagner Act to working Americans: "For the first time in American history, a national administration was to make the welfare of industrial workers a direct concern of government and act on the principle that only organized labor could deal on equal terms with organized capital. Heretofore, America tolerated labor unions; now they were to be encouraged… Age-old traditions were smashed; new and dynamic forces were released. Never before had as much economic and political power seemed within the reach of organized labor. The struggles, hardships, and defeats of a century appeared to have culminated in the possibility of complete attainment of workers' historic objectives." Within just a dozen years of the passage of the Taft-Hartley Act, antilabor forces were able to undo practically all that labor had accomplished with the Wagner Act. Unions have been in decline ever since, as have incomes of working Americans. If we want to fix what is wrong with American capitalism, the best thing we could do would be to reaffirm our commitment to American workers by passing a new Wagner Act that will once again put government on the side of the workers and affirm its support for the principle that organized labor is critical to ensuring that all Americans share in the benefits that a strong, vibrant capitalist system can bring.
Lynn Ochberg (Meridian Township, MI): I would follow the example of the 3,000 small-scale entrepreneurs in my township of 39,000. These 3,000 work in their homes! Some have multiple businesses. I operate a business called, LynnO's Maple Goodies, utilizing the new Michigan Cottage Food Law, and sell my goodies at our local farmers' market. We save overhead by using our own homes for offices, manufacturing centers, consultation rooms, software development sites and many more functions. My colleagues and neighbors are keeping our local foreclosure rate at one-third the average for the state of Michigan with our local entrepreneurial spirit. As an elected township trustee I am constantly looking for tweaks to our ordinances to facilitate these local small-business initiatives. This could be a model for folks all over the nation. It really builds community spirit as well as economic success.
C. Knuth Fischer (West Chester, PA): Hire Elizabeth Warren immediately.
Carl Clark (Citrus Heights, CA): I would create a "baby birth fund" to give every newborn child a sum of money that would sit in an account until the child reaches a specified age of maturity. This fund would collect interest, which would be used for educational and health expenses, during the age before maturity. This way all children would start out in an equal way economically. The program would be funded by the removal of any inheritance. All money at death would revert back to the baby birth fund.
Proposals for July 6:
Roman Montero (Los Angeles, CA): The German "co-determination law" is a great place to start: half of corporate boardrooms of companies over fifty employees must be representatives of labor. With that type of law, extra profits will mean higher wages; downturns will mean shared sacrifice; and an executive won't be able to ruin a company, get a golden parachute and then lay off half the workforce. That will majorly change capitalism for the better.
Glenda Carper (Normandy Park, WA): I would put great emphasis on achieving public campaign financing to reduce the influence of money in our elections and allow a wider variety of people to run for office. That would hopefully make our elected officials much more responsive to the general public and interested in the common good. Leaders who talk about the common good being in the interest of all and a goal of all are greatly needed! There is way too much ideology and false hope in everyone doing their own thing and taking care of themselves. We are in this world together and can make it work only by working together.
Neil Moffatt (Cardiff, Wales): I would recommend a migration from company ownership by people (shareholders) who have nothing to do with the business to one where they have a vested interest. Well run cooperatives have been shown to be more effective than traditional businesses and certainly than corporations, with happier and more productive staff and better-value products since there are no shareholders to pay. And I would recommend a government-seeded initiative to change the underlying ethos from one of constant growth to one where each company seeks to reach an optimal size. This would require government regulation to address any inappropriate growth—for example, to ensure a diversity of retail outlets from one city to another.
Paul DeFalla (Santa Barbara, CA): First of all, corporations are not people. They are associations that are granted certain privileges in return for following certain rules. Since their primary purpose is to make a profit, and their profit may sometimes be at the expense of citizens, both their privileges and their rules must be carefully regulated by the citizens who stand to suffer from corporate abuse. 1) Owners of corporations cannot enjoy immunity from the crimes their companies commit. 2) Corporations must not be able to contribute to political campaigns of any type. 3) Corporations must pay taxes at the same rate as would an individual, based on income, except as noted in #6. 4) Corporations may not engage in monopolistic practices. 5) Corporations must make no effort to restrict or prohibit union activity. 6) An executive of a company may not make a salary exceeding twenty times the salary of the company's average employee, and the corporation will be assessed a windfall profits tax on any annual profit amount that exceeds the total annual earnings of the nonsalaried employees combined.
Nick Krafft (Washington, DC): As long as capital remains pre-eminent, we cannot remake capitalism. Instead, we need to gradually remake economic structures to chip away at capital's power. Giving workers stock ownership is one small step, but giving workers complete control over their enterprise is a more radical, fruitful step. It would mean that production and consumption would be more tightly linked, as the amount one consumes would be more in line with what one produces. Lavish consumption would not disappear entirely, but would be made scarce. Remeasuring economic value to include environmental externalities is another small step, but forcing these externalities into pricing through democratically decided taxes is a larger and more fruitful step (and I guarantee, a worker-run Chamber would fight it a lot less). These steps must be supported by increased class consciousness through education. The value of worker ownership and environmental stewardship are obvious to their beneficiaries; demonstrating that capital's dominance stands in the way of these benefits is critical. A class-conscious society will support economic structures that value labor and nature, not just profits. Changing capitalism does not mean removing markets or destroying property but rather reshaping production and consumption markets so economic value is not distorted.
Proposals for June 28:
Debbie Niemeyer (Augusta, GA): I would start with sufficient on-the-job training (OJT). If the national government made a substantial investment in various industries—whether finance, technology venues (many of which are currently outsourced), green energy, etc.—a number of unemployed, underemployed, working poor and recent college grads would be able to fill positions instead of wasting their talents and efforts. More candidates for OJT would gain more knowledge and competitive skills—which in turn could alleviate the high cost of unemployment and a swelling working poor sector. Local governments can make policies that would make OJT positions available and compel college grads, younger and older, to apply for them. Unfortunately, there aren't many OJT programs across the United States. Both big and small businesses would need incentives and support from government at the national and local level to set them up. OJT programs would help an increasing number of young college grads get a jump-start on a rewarding career with a reasonable salary. And many older Americans, including those who are stuck with uncompetitive degrees and without much income to help pay for additional college study (especially those with student loans and defaulted loans), could get a second chance through the OJT sector—which could yield a reasonable salary or wage.
Gary Hatten (Kettering, OH): Demolish and outlaw conglomerates and monopolies; create democratic workplaces where workers share all decision-making with management; establish profit-sharing for all workers in the private sector; community support for small business and entreprenueral startups; encourage and stimulate the development of worker-owned businesses; smaller bank systems that are dedicated to the development of their communities; a progressive tax system that eliminates instant millionaires/billionares; healthcare, public services, education should not be marketplace commodities but given to everyone; full employment for everyone willing to work even if adjustments have to be made, e.g., thirty-hour workweeks/six-hour workdays; aggressive consumer protection; take money out of politics at all levels; aggressively pursue and penalize perpetrators of economic crimes against the community; make business and industry responsible for damages to the environment; ensure fair/stable retirement systems; make homeownership a real possibility for everyone willing to work full time. I've just started but am running out of words.
Matthew Abely (San Jose, CA): The one thing I would do to change capitalism to get it to work for the people (if that is even possible) is simple: the Constitution needs to be amended to declare that corporations are not people. The people who run corporations should not have the right or the ability to cause untold damage and harm to other people poorer (in money and rights) than them, and then be able to hide behind the mask of "I didn't do it; the corporation did—I'm just a shareholder." The elites of this country must be brought to justice for their crimes. The next step is to take this amendment to the world.
Richard Peet (Leominster, MA): There can be but one rational conclusion: the United States and the Western countries can only reindustrialize under a completely different environmental regime, one in which the state regulates directly rather than through carbon markets. So we need Green Reindustrialization that involves tariff protection, subsidiies, planning, direct government intervention, worker and consumer participation. This would do the following things: use capital productively instead of destructively; increase good-quality, worthwhile employment and reduce unemployment; and save the environment so that future generations might live.
Proposals for June 26:
Theresa Klein (Tucson, AZ): I would return to basic principles such as "equal justice under law" to create rules and regulations that are simple and uniformly enforced for all market participants. No individual, company or market actor should be favored by the government or should be able to use political influence to gain a market advantage. Second, I would modify existing regulations regarding corporate liability so that liability for criminal negiligence (as opposed to financial debts) would not be limited. This would make stockholders and corporate officers more cautious when it comes to engaging in activities that pose an environmental or public health risk. Third, I would create a new campaign finance regulation, in accordance with SCOTUS rulings, stating that no entity (corporate or otherwise) that is dependent on government funding via contracts, subsidies, bailouts or tax credits may donate to any political campaign, political organization, PAC or other entity, nor may it advocate directly for any candidate or in any other way attempt to lobby for the continuation or increase of the funding it receives.
Mary Beth Mauer (Jackson, OH): There are several ideas that I would incorporate in a reimagined capitalism. All manufacturing processes would be required to be analyzed for sustainability. Those processes that do not meet the sustainability principles would have a surtax imposed in order to pay for the downstream costs that are not figured into the price of the goods. Corporate executives should not be allowed to make more than twenty-five times what the average employee makes. The income of management would include stock options, deferred income, etc. that comes from the corporation. All jobs can be shared by two individuals who make half the wages but full benefits. Capital gains taxes would be progressively taxed in the same manner as income, since capital gains is income. Social Security taxes would be assessed up to the first $125,000 of income, increasing by $1,000 per year indefinitely. All derivatives and high-frequency trading would be outlawed.
Bill Sawyer (Winter Garden, FL): I have three recommendations. One, remove businesses' ability to hide or obscure their activities. If a state government, like Florida, can do all of its business completely in the open, there is absolutely no reason why businesses cannot implement such transparency. The playing field would be level because all businesses would be forced into the same openness. Two, stop treating corporations as individuals. They are not individuals. They are run by a collective of executives, and those executives should be held accountable for the corporation's activities. Regulations that hold executives accountable for reporting need to go farther, especially in tax laws. Three, businesses should not be allowed to pay their executives more than a small multiplier (say, twenty or thirty times) the lowest-paid person in their company. This should include temps and other agreements and should relate to the entire cost of the compensation package, including all benefits and stock options. There is absolutely no connection between CEO pay and performance. It is a myth.
John Shea O'Donnell (San Francisco, CA): My proposal is to limit the accretion of wealth to $250,000 per annum (indexed at 2011) for the expected natural lifespan of an individual, with dollars in excess of this maximum to be placed in the federal treasury. The plan would be phased in over a twenty-year period, beginning with a 10 percent reduction in incomes over $250,000. Each subsequent year would see a steady reduction in wealth consolidation until the goal was gradually reached. Individuals would be able to retain their wealth in so much as it does not exceed $250,000 per annum for the rest of their natural expected lifespan. The amount would be adjusted annually corresponding to the real dollar index. In this way, we would still respect the concept that an individual had already earned $250,000 per year, though they would be responsible for maintaining their wealth and would have no assurance that it would not decline. Finally, the dollars placed in the federal treasury would not be permitted to grow federal expenditures because a real dollar limit on federal expenditures would be placed on the budget requiring a 66 percent vote of Congress and signature of the president to adjust. Any revenues exceeding expenditure would be placed in a "rainy day" fund of up to 50 percent of any one annual budget, with the rest being returned to taxpayers.
Proposals for June 21:
Charles Smith (Lady Lake, FL): The current state of capitalism in the United States favors the rich at the expense of the poor and middle class. To alleviate this we need to redistribute wealth. The only feasible way to do this is through taxes, which should be levied based on ability to pay. For example:
–No tax for people earning less than $40,000
–10 percent tax for those earning between $40,001 to $80,000
–15 percent tax for those earning between $80,001 and $150,000
–18 percent tax for those earning between $150,001 and $300,000
–20 percent tax on those earning above $300,000
No deductions allowed for individuals or special-interest groups. Also, to ensure the financial health of Social Security, no cap on maximum earnings, so you would continue to pay Social Security no matter what your income.
Chris Crabbs (Glendale, AZ): We need a two-pronged approach. One, remove moneyed interests from good governance. We need to eliminate the ability to buy elected officials, bribe judges and take over political discourse. Two, make corporations' interests align more with the interests of long-term shareholders and with the long-term economic health by deferring compensation. Corporations are largely managed by selfish people who have been trained to extract the most money from a situation in the short term. Thinking about the common good or long-term goals is often contrary to their quarterly evaluation process. Companies should be forced to defer compensation—say, for five years at 20 percent per year. Compensation should be tied to real gains in the company's health instead of fictional goals, and we should allow for clawbacks when corporate fraud is discovered.
Pat Guttmann (Mokelumne Hill, CA): I would propose an amendment to the US Constitution similar to the "Law of Mother Earth" bill proposed by the Bolivian government. The law states, "Mother Earth is a living dynamic system made up of the undivided community of all living beings, who are all interconnected, interdependent and complementary, sharing a common destiny." If a corporation can be legally considered the same as a human being, then nature should also have rights. If we based all of our civic and business activity on the "Law of Mother Earth" and held that up as a guide, we would be happier and more profitable, and our country would be sustainable. If we followed these principles, we would not have a boom-and-bust business climate, and there would be no burst bubbles in this country.
Proposals for June 20:
Jeffrey Medley (Atlanta, GA): I believe capitalism can work, but we need a decent safety net. If we could just fix the healthcare system alone (socialized or single-payer only), we could take the burden of providing healthcare away from businesses. This would allow them to hire more people. It would also allow more people to start their own businesses or work for small businesses that do not currently provide healthcare. My company outsourced most of the jobs that used to be here to India. I am sure that the cost of healthcare was part of the reason. We really need to fix this problem. Obama did not do it.
Richard Schroeder (Freeport, NY): Severely reduce all government subsidies to parts of the country with low population density. That means less public funding for things like highways, cars and home mortgages. Instead, pay for a massive remodeling of urban centers—expansion of public transportation, beautification, public housing, rent controls and rent assistance, mortgage assistance for condominiums, daycare centers, etc. Institute congestion pricing in every city; punish travel by car and reward walking, biking and public transportation. Essentially turn every city in the United States into Moscow or New York. Living in a city would become much cheaper and easier, and living in suburbs much more expensive and difficult.
James Palmer (Burlington, VT): The proposal is simple: establish large tax benefits for the family (or small) business and remove the tax benefits for other forms of capitalism. We are often told that the creative power of the economy is small business, so why do we structure our economy and government to benefit large business? We are taught family values, but then we create a situation where adults must work several jobs at near minimum wage to support their families. In The Netherlands such a system of tax benefits is accompanied by other family-friendly regulations. A family business cannot be open for more than about forty hours a week—there must be time for the family to nurture itself. There are also limits to the number of employees.
Proposals for June 17:
Jim Myers (Tujunga, CA): 1). Eliminate the fiction of corporate personhood/rights. Individuals in executive positions are responsible for their own decisions, and public corporations are responsible to the public for their behavior. 2). Certain material responsibilities naturally devolve to government. Police, fire protection, housing code, traffic, road building and maintenance are the most obvious. Others need to be included among the things that are best left to government to provide, so long as we the people continue to insist on transparency and a voice in the decisions; healthcare, education, research and development of new technologies, and protection of the environment for all of us and our children. 3). Banking regulations that support a strong middle class. The foundation of our prosperity in the mid-1900s was our strong middle class. Deregulating the banks allowed them to slowly strip our wealth and make us a debtor society. A strong consumer protection agency can help fix that.
Betsy Phillips (Winston Salem, NC): I believe that Congress should concentrate on actually providing jobs, not giving money to people (as in tax cuts) hoping that they will create jobs—we need manufacturing and infrastructure jobs. The government would be better off giving money to companies that provide new jobs while building up our infrastructure and manufacturing base at the same time. They could do it by allowing companies to use unemployed people (while the government is paying their unemployment) or by giving specific companies money to do a specific job, making the company show how many new jobs they will provide with the money. Another way they could help both companies and people is to pay the wages of people when a new job is created. The military should create manufacturing jobs here in the United States and not outsource these jobs. They should penalize large corporations that do not provide a certain amount of new jobs each year.
Jonathan Czarnecki (Monterey, CA): If I were able to fundamentally reinvent capitalism, I would include three changes: 1). Eliminate the legal "personage" of the corporation and replace it with a generalized legal organizational entity, with limited rights and privileges. 2). Establish "sunshine" clauses in all company charters requiring full public disclosure of finances using a very liberal GAAP [generally accepted accounting principle] standard, regardless of whether companies are public or private. 3). Establish within GAAP the requirement to account for future costs and impacts in the present; that means no more discounting the future for present-day profits. That's a start!
Tom Giller (Scottsdale, AZ): Certain industries need a dose of socialism or at least hard, firm regulation and statutory prohibition of lobbying efforts. Those industries are banking, energy and healthcare. These businesses are more necessity than preference to the average person, where the companies' financial gain is the average families' loss. Additionally, commodity futures markets must be free of speculators as compared to end users. Airlines, for instance, could buy jet fuel (oil) futures, but hedge funds could not, since their profit is the consumer's loss. Finally, tax codes need to be revised to be fair for all and progressive in nature. One feature that is particularly bothersome is the deductibility of advertising costs by pharmaceutical companies. They are creating demand for their products (especically offenve ED drugs) whether or not there is a public benefit. Same goes for the energy industry. If I see another ad for the benefit of the natural gas industry to America I will barf. Thou dost advertise too much!
Andrea Summers (Montreal): Finally acknowledge that the cold war is over and repatriate all overseas US forces, with the one exception being Korea. Slash military funding by 50 percent and start to invest the money saved into universal healthcare and support for vulnerable children. Legalize all banned drugs and criminalize all secret financial transactions by institutions carrying on business in the United States. None of this will happen, however, without first ending the power monopoly of the two pro-business political parties, the Democrats and the Republicans.
And we're still taking proposals. Send us your succinct ideas—not more than 400 words please!—by July 4. We'll publish additonal forums with elaboration and annotations for the most imaginative ideas.


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We want you to feel welcome as soon as you enter our clinic, so please make yourself at home. Our friendly staff will do all in their power to ensure that your visit to us is as pleasant and informative as possible.
Upon completion of our health questionnaire, you will meet your chiropractor to discuss your individual health needs, the preceding history, and an explanation of the role of chiropractic in healthcare. This will be followed by a thorough clinical examination to determine your needs and how we may best assist you to achieve the results you desire.
X-rays may be Necessary
For adults, it is sometimes necessary to request X-rays or other tests to confirm the next appropriate course of action. Children under 18 years are not usually X-rayed unless there is indication of significant trauma or postural deformity. All spinal X-rays are bulk-billed to Medicare. Ultrasounds, CT scans, MRI's or other tests will incur a fee from the radiology or diagnostic centre.
If you present with acute pain, some form of pain relief, first-aid or safe and gentle care may be applied to alleviate symptoms and home-care advised. In situations of a chronic or long-standing nature, care may be decided on after other test results are obtained.
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On Thursday 17th May 2012 the Egmont Trust held its fourth Annual Awards at the Royal Institution in London.
In the historic Faraday Theatre the audience heard from James Macmillan, the Chief Operating Officer, who discussed the progress made by Egmont over the last twelve months, followed by Colin Williams, Director of Policy, who described the work that is being supported on the ground and introduced the Award winners, Anna Msowoya-Keys and Girlmerina Matiza. Our guests then saw a short film featuring Associação Imagine from Katembe, Mozambique. Egmont's newest Trustee, Alison Mayne concluded the presentations with a talk about her visit to one of Egmont's longest standing partners, Mitengo in Zambia.
The Award winners were recognised for two distinct achievements: Anna was given the Most Inspiring Individual award for her work in setting up both Mzuzu Academy and the Kwithu Women's Group in Malawi. Girlmerina Matiza, whose dedicated leadership has enabled HOSPAZ to make a real difference to people affected by HIV and AIDS in Zimbabwe, was presented with the Award for the Best Performing Organisation.


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And what a relief that is, given the trauma endured last August when we integrated two new hens into our flock. It was so bad, we ended up sending two from the original flock (the bad-girl bullies, Henny and Penny) to live with a much bigger flock "on the farm" (can you say chicken-stew?).
Helen and Madge, our two remaining hens, are fairly low key. Helen is queen of the roost, but she and Madge get along. The chicks are 10 weeks old and are almost as big as the hens (in body size only - the hens outweigh the chicks by several pounds).
|Are you my Mother?
Getting everyone together in a neutral setting was the key to the Meet and Greet's success. We used a 25' length of plastic garden fencing to create a "playpen" on the lawn. In went the chicks, who were delighted to be out of the coop, although clueless as to what to do.
Since Helen was busy sitting on the nest, I scooped up Madge and tossed her in the pen. And waited...
|Testing the pecking order.
It didn't take Madge long to put Marigold in her place and let everyone else know that when Helen is away, Madge rules. With nothing more than a glaring look in their direction, the chicks quickly learned that blonde means business.
|Helen meets the chicks
Enter Helen, fresh off the nest, confident in her role as ruler of the roost. Holding my breath, I dropped her in.... I have to admit, I was expecting something more from Helen. Not that I was disappointed, but she really didn't seem a bit interested in the chicks. In fact she was content to eat grass and peck around; that was until Ms. Marigold decided to test the pecking order again. Wowee - what a dust-up! In a quick as lightening flash, Helen delivered a sharp peck to the back of her head and that was enough to put everyone in their places.
|Helen dominating. Note the two chicks on the right - fleeing.
The chicks quickly learned to respect the elders and the elders, beyond a couple more glaring looks or threatening stances, basically ignored the chicks.
We did a second play date on Sunday with similar results...no drama, trauma or pain. We'll have a few more of these Meet & Greets over the next few weeks. Call me old-fashioned, but I think it's good to get to know one another before moving in together!
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Events in 2018
The first event this year will be the Jacob Sheep Society AGM from the 27th - 29th April. The weekend activities will be hosted by the South West region.
The Irish Region AGM will be held on Saturday 27th October in Castlepollard Hotel, from 5.30 - 7.30pm. There will be a meal afterwards and an overnight stay.
We will attend Tinahely, Tullow, Moate and Mullingar Shows at least, and will probably go to a few more!


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If Yahaira Antonia Vargas would have made the cut on season one of Diddy's Making the Band 3 in 2005, the "tropical Latino urbano" singer, who goes by the name Miss YaYa, probably wouldn't be where she's at today.
YaYa didn't make it into "the next international girl group sensation," but she got something even better: a 2009 Grammy and Premio Lo Nuestro nomination for Best Tropical Album and Best Tropical Group as the voice of the Dark Latin Groove salsa crew.
"I'm not upset at all," YaYa admits. "We lost to Jose Feliciano for the Grammy and Aventura for Premio Lo Nuestro. After hearing we were up against them, it was like, 'Yeah, they're gonna win.' But just the fact that I can say I'm Grammy nominated is amazing. I know a lot of artists trying to make it – I still consider myself trying to make it – but to be able to put that in the front of my name is huge."
Although YaYa remains a member of DLG, la cantante is working towards her dream of becoming a soloist, making her debut appearance as Miss YaYa at Grand Central on April 15. Of even greater significance for the singer, the show will be recored and released as her first full album in June and concert DVD in November.
While YaYa's '05 appearance on Making the Band 3 and Gigantes Del Mañana (the American Idol of Univision's longest-running variety series, Sábado Gigante) the prior year gave the singer plenty of exposure, the third-generation New Yorker never let the flashy lights and cameras distract her from earning a Bachelors degree in broadcast journalism from the City College of New York.
"Growing up watching MTV, I always wanted to be a VJ," she recalls. "I always wanted to be in front of the camera, and was always into writing. I looked up to people like Carson Daily and thought, 'How'd he get there?' I saw he studied broadcast journalism. That made me wanna do that."
"I still did music in college, but I made sure to finish school. My mom always pushed me towards getting an education. As soon as I finished, I said, 'Bye, mom' and moved to Miami."
"My goal was to get a record deal, no matter what. I moved to Miami to become a Latin artist, all the Latin labels are here. I said, 'This is what's happening. That's it!'"
But YaYa didn't just hop on a plane to the Magic City and hope to be discovered. After Making the Band 3, the singer met her former manager who put her in contact with the 305 through Sergio George, the man behind DLG.
"He [YaYa's aforementioned manager] sent a message to Sergio through MySpace – back when MySpace was hot," she laughs.
"Sergio answered back within the hour to set up a meeting in Miami to what I thought was a solo deal. But he suggested putting DLG back together [the band went through a seven-year hiatus from 2000 to 2007] and wanted me to be the singer. I was like, 'Huh?' I was a dream come true. I was a huge fan of DLG and pictured my sound to be similar to theirs, fusing the Latin and American sound."
Much like la rumba y ritmo of DLG, YaYa's solo work is all about making la gente bailar.
"With DLG, James ["Da Barba" de Jesus] and I play off of each other, but [as a soloist] I feel free enough to get loose. If I wanna throw myself on the floor, I'm gonna throw myself on the floor. The fact that I'm able to express myself with music whether I'm with DLG or on my own is a perk within itself."
But in the music biz, working independently comes with its own set of challenges, financial in particular.
"Me, as a solo artist, I'm doing all the work myself, with the amazing help of my musical director and manager. All this money is coming from my pocket with my day job [when she's not making music, YaYa works in retail] and touring with DLG. I used to get frustrated thinking, 'If only I had the money...' No. It's not gonna fall from the sky. You gotta bust your ass and get it."
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Patrick Lists wrote:New to the list and (Open)LDAP so apologies if I'm missing the obvious. I've gone through the Admin Guide and some other docs I found online but I still have problems converting a slapd.conf to the cn=config format on a CentOS 6.3 x86_64 box with openldap-2.4.23-26.el6_3.2There have been numerous fixes since 2.4.23 to the config conversion. Please re-test with a recent OpenLDAP version.
Thank you for your quick reply. You are the 2nd person recommending I upgrade so I'll give 2.4.32 a try.
OT: I wonder how users of Red Hat RHEL handle this as it's not very common to roll your own because iirc Red Hat will only support their own packages.
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I've just moved to London after spending three years traveling back and forth between New York and London all in the name of long-distance love. (Long story short: he lived/s in London, I lived in New York, we met in Brooklyn and split our relationship between the two cities for three f-ing years).
Aside from, you know, not being in the same city/country as the person you most want to be with, it's also really expensive and requires constant conversations about scheduling and other logistical things.
The video posted here is really good. When I was still in long-distance land, I'd play the music used in this video in my head throughout the day. It helped me to feel less sad by realizing that tons of other people were in my position (especially one in particular), and it also satisfied my narcissistic tendencies since I was pretending to star in a popular internet video.


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By: Campbell Sechrest
Recent reports have shed light on the current state of women-owned businesses and the progress (or lack thereof) achieved by female entrepreneurs in the past few years. One such analysis was commissioned by American Express, which collated data from 1997-2013 and noted established trends. While there were some promising statistics described – and outside commentary on the report largely chose to focus on these – the bigger picture is far more ambiguous. Since 1997, the number of women-owned firms did grow by 59%, well above the national average and twice the rate of men-owned firms. As of 2013, women-owned businesses accounted for 29% of all enterprises.
Despite this growth, the report goes on to say that as of 2013, women-owned firms employed only 6% of the country's workforce and contributed below 4% of total business revenues. Only 1.8% of these firms had achieved $1 million or more in revenue (the same as reported in 1997), whereas 6.3% of men-owned businesses had reached this mark. Additionally, the Small Business Administration (SBA) just released demographics on their approved loans to borrowers, demonstrating that a mere 16% of loans were approved for female entrepreneurs in the last year.
Where horizontal growth is abundant for women-owned businesses, vertical growth is clearly lacking. The American Express report called this phenomenon a "mix of progress and paralysis". So wherein lies the disconnect? How is it that women own 29% of all businesses, but are only contributing 4% of the total revenue? And if women comprise almost a third of American entrepreneurs, why are they receiving such a low percentage of small business loans?
Choice of Industry
Among all women-owned businesses, the highest concentration was in two industries: Health Care & Social Assistance (15.7%) and Other Services, including beauty salons, dry cleaners, pet-sitting, and other personal services (16.1%). These businesses are inherently smaller by nature and generate relatively lower revenues. The lowest concentrations of all women-owned businesses are found in Finance & Insurance (2.6%) and Accommodation & Food Services (2.4%), which generally involve larger firms with higher revenues.
One could conclude that the low percentages of employment and revenues under women-owned firms are not necessarily due to lower performance, but instead due to the nature of different industries. However, a 2010 study by the U.S. Department of Commerce found that even within a particular industry, women-owned businesses produced a lower percentage of total industry revenue. Some of these numbers are quite staggering – for example, although women own 52% of businesses in the Health Care & Social Assistance industry, these firms only produce approximately 15% of the total revenues of the industry. In addition, a 2007 U.S Census survey to small business owners reported that of the 7.8 million women-owned firms at the time, 6.9 million had no paid employees. In other words, only 11.6% of female entrepreneurs were employers while 88.4% were the sole member of the company. In contrast, men-owned firms hired paid employees at twice the rate, 23.3%. While these statistics are indeed less drastic when one considers that only a small share of all privately-held businesses do have paid employees, it should also be noted that these multi-employee firms account for over 90% of sales in the private sector.
These vast discrepancies raise a variety of questions regarding women in the workforce. On one hand, we can infer that women are discouraged from entering into certain industries such as finance or restaurant ownership, and experience more barriers to entry than their male counterparts. Historically, stereotypical norms dictate that these are male-dominated industries and that the skills of women are better suited to personal service businesses. In today's day and age, we know these stereotypes to be completely inaccurate, and yet these statistics seem to be falsely perpetuating their validity. On the other, it can also be inferred that women prefer to pursue smaller enterprises that require less time.
Incentive for Entrepreneurship
In past U.S. Census surveys examining the characteristics of business owners, men and women have cited very different reasons for pursuing self-employment. Men were more likely to start a business as a primary source of income, whereas women were more likely to do so as a source of secondary income. Moreover, while only 12 percent of female owners cited "meeting family responsibilities" as a reason for starting their business, twice as many male owners reported this as motivation. These responses imply that there may be stronger underlying incentive for men to grow their enterprises and generate higher income – not only to achieve career goals, but also to fulfill familial obligations.
It has additionally been reported that on average, self-employed women spend more time on childcare and household activities than both self-employed men and salary-earning women. Self-employed women spend 3.5 more hours on childcare and other household tasks than their salary-earning female counterparts, and 6 more hours on these activities than self-employed men. This finding supports the idea that female entrepreneurs may be incentivized, as well as limited, in their self-employment by responsibilities in a very different sense. Perhaps the pull of familial obligation for women business owners manifests as being a caretaker, rather than providing a steady primary income. Inevitably the more time spent on the family and household, the fewer available hours for business ventures.
These notions serve as a possible explanation for the finding that on average, self-employed men work substantially more hours than self-employed women: 46.2 hours and 40.1 hours, respectively. Given that both marital status and presence of children are reported in relatively equal ratios between self-employed men and self-employed women, these factors alone seem to have little effect. So it stands to reason that it is not the existence of these externalities, but instead their unintended effects that remain a potential cause for the discrepancy. Many self-employed women are splitting career focus with being a caretaker at much higher rates than self-employed men.
Source of Startup Capital
For any small business, the ability to and method of obtaining financing has proven to be a very influential factor in the firm's survival and expansion. In the 2007 small business report, the U.S. Census Bureau reported that 11.4% of self-employed men received startup capital from a bank or financial institution, compared to only 5.5% of self-employed women. Meanwhile, the SBA reported that only 16% of small business loans are given to women-owned firms, almost half of the expectation considering that women own 29% of all businesses and are growing in number at an exceedingly high rate. Recent data has also revealed that on average, women start new businesses using just 64% of the capital levels of startups owned by men. While female business-owners have proven just as willing to take on personal/insider debt or equity (owner credit card use, personal loans, family investments, etc.) as their male counterparts, they are far less likely to acquire outside debt or equity (venture capital, institutional loans, etc.).
There are numerous factors that may potentially account for these figures. One explanation is that women are less likely to be approved for loans from outside financers, or are given loans on less favorable terms. This begs the question of whether there is a level of systemic discrimination against female business owners. Given that women and men on average have equally strong credit scores, any implication that loans to women are more risky is simply untrue. Another explanation is that women are disproportionately discouraged from applying for institutional loans in the first place, and so the female applicant pool is scarce. There is also a possible compounding variable – different industries require different levels of startup financing. As we have already seen, female entrepreneurs are concentrated in certain industries that often constitute inherently smaller businesses, which in turn may not necessitate or attract as much financing in comparison.
It is difficult to pin down precisely why such a low percentage of women are approved for small business loans, since there are no firm statistics detailing either the applicant or denial rates. Nor is there recent accessible data that compares the loan approval rates by gender within a particular industry, which could help to confirm or eliminate underlying externalities. Nonetheless – whether it is a result of discrimination, discouragement, or simple personal preference – there is a clear discrepancy between the rates at which men and women are acquiring business loans.
Legislative Obstacles
The SBA has spearheaded various programs to help ensure that 23% of prime federal contracts are awarded to small businesses, particularly for underrepresented or disadvantaged business owners such as women or veterans. The Women Owned Small Business Program (WOSB), otherwise known as Section 8(m) of the Small Business Act, is designed to help women reach entrepreneurial goals and ultimately allow for about 5% of federal contracts to be set aside for women-owned firms. Up until last year, there was a cap on the contract award size granted under this program for which WOSBs were able to compete. With removal of this limitation, the SBA has been able to achieve more extensive contracting opportunities for eligible businesses.
However, there are still provisions hindering the program from reaching its full potential. As current law dictates, federal contracts to WOSBs are only eligible if "the contracting officer has a reasonable expectation that two or more small business concerns owned and controlled by women will submit offers for the contract." This past June, Senators Jeanne Shaheen (D-NH), Maria Cantwell (D-WA), and Kirsten Gillibrand (D-NY) introduced the "Women's Small Business Procurement Parity Act." The bill would amend 8(m) so that sole-source authority contracts may be granted to WOSBs in eligible situations within substantially underrepresented industries, without the necessity of identifying multiple WOSBs in that industry. All other small business contracting programs have this ability, so enacting the bill is simply rectifying this inequity.
Looking Ahead
Women-owned ventures are growing quickly in number, and yet something is stalling their expansion and earnings. Although there are many factors at work in this simultaneous "progress and paralysis," one denominator truly stands out: familial responsibility. Self-employed women with dependents are often splitting their time, focus, and mentality. This crucial distinction helps to explain the concentration of women-owned firms in certain industries (those smaller and less-time consuming in nature), as well as the consistently lower revenues. If any person is attempting the same career goals in half the amount of time, the business will inevitably suffer. As women continue to gain parity in the American workforce, these stereotypical roles are constantly challenged and disproved. Yet their existence may have more presence in the modern world than we like to think.
So where do we go from here? Fundamental changes in societal norms do not happen overnight. The stereotype of defining women as caretakers and men as breadwinners has been developed and nurtured for thousands of years. Business equality legislation is undoubtedly a step in the right direction, as well as many initiatives that exist nation-wide to promote female entrepreneurship. Yet the strongest part of this effort is the women leading by example, proving not only their capabilities but also their drive. This is not to say by any means that women should be faulted for dedicating time to family – quite the opposite. It is entirely one's prerogative how their time is spent, as long as this decision is in fact a personal choice and not dictated by societal expectation. There is absolutely no reason for constraints to be placed on a woman's potential in any sphere.
Works Cited
"State of Women-Owned Business Report: A Summary of Important Trends, 1997-2013." American Express OPEN (March 2011).
"SBA – Business Loan Approval YTD Activity: 2012, 2013, 2014." Small Business Association (June 1, 2014).
"Women-Owned Businesses in the 21st Century." U.S. Department of Commerce (October 2010).
"2007 Survey of Business Owners." U.S. Census Bureau (June 2011).
Women's Small Business Procurement Parity Act, S. 2481, 113d Cong. (2014).


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In 2007, while still serving as the artistic director for the world renowned Japanese performing arts group KODO, fue/flute player Kaoru Watanabe called together a group of friends to form Resonance, a one-night multimedia celebration of sight and sound that astounded the audience. Since that time, Resonance has become an ongoing series that continues to leverage the talents of original members as it adds new collaborators each time. With a stellar cast assembled for the sole purpose of creating new fusion and forms, Resonance 2014 promises to be another music and art experience that defies definition and engenders new expressions.
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NFL's Goodell says Trump's comments about league, players show 'lack of respect'
NFL Commissioner Roger Goodell said Saturday that President Trump's recent comments about players kneeling during the national anthem are "divisive" and show a "lack of respect" for the pro football league and its players.
"The NFL and our players are at our best when we help create a sense of unity in our country and our culture," he said in a statement. "Divisive comments like these demonstrate an unfortunate lack of respect for the NFL, our great game and all of our players, and a failure to understand the overwhelming force for good our clubs and players represent in our communities."
Goodell's statement follows Trump's comments during a rally Friday night in Alabama in which he slammed NFL players for knealing during the national anthem.
"We're proud of our country," Trump said. "We respect our flag. Wouldn't you love to see one of these NFL owners, when somebody disrespects our flag, to say get that son of a b---h off the field, right now, out? He's fired."
Professional quarterback Colin Kaepernick, when he played last year for the San Francisco 49ers, knelt during the playing of the anthem before the start of games, in protest to police brutality and other concerns about the direction the direction of the country.
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Holiday Recipe #2
Missionary Cake
This was always a favorite in our house when I was a kid. Filling the whole house with the smell of "you are loved here", it's sure to be a favorite for your family, too. Enjoy!
From Mom 1974
Preheat oven to 350. Grease and flour 2 loaf pans or one 9 x 13 baking dish.
1 lb. Raisins 3 ½ C. water
2 C. Sugar ½ C. shortening, lard or coconut oil
1 tsp. Cinnamon 1 tsp. ground cloves
2 tsp. Baking Soda 4 C. unsifted flour
*Add soda and water last.
Cook raisins in 2 C. water for 30 minutes.
Take from stove and add 1 C. water, 2 C. sugar, Shortening and spices.
Let cool and mix with flour. Add baking soda dissolved in water.
Mix well.
Bake at 350o 45-55 minutes.
Test for doneness by gently sliding a table knife into the top of the
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NBC University Theatre
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'NBC University Theater (also known as NBC University Theater of the Air, NBC Theater of the Air or NBC Theater) was a radio series directed by Homer Heck that presented adaptations of classic novels, often described as "Anglo-American literature." The show was born The World's Great Novels on WMAQ, Chicago, and NBC from 1944 to 1948, and adopted its better known name when it relocated to Hollywood in July 1948.
It initially aired Saturdays at 7:00 pm CST during the first 1944-45 season and then moved to Fridays at 11:30 pm. Music for the series was composed by Emil Soderstrom and conducted by Bernard Berquist.[1]
The Chicago-based programs were a production of The NBC University of the Air. Through agreements with the University of Louisville, the University of Tulsa, Kansas State Teachers College, and Washington State College, listeners could receive college credit through accredited, radio-assisted literature correspondence courses. A study guide, The Handbook of the World's Great Novels, was available for 25 cents.[1]
The series began October 28, 1944, with Henry Fielding's Tom Jones, followed by Voltaire's Candide and Jane Austen's Emma. Over the next four years, it aired adaptations of such novels as Kidnapped, The Last of the Mohicans, Thomas Hardy's The Mayor of Casterbridge, Moby-Dick, A Tale of Two Cities and War and Peace. Since this was a half-hour program, many of the novels were serialized in multi-part adaptations of two to six 30-minute episodes.
Chicago actorsEdit
The group of Chicago actors heard on the series included Larry Alexander, Ernie Andrews, Everett Clarke, Johnny Coons, Maurice Copeland, Harry Elders, Sidney Ellstrom, Charles Flynn, Donald Gallagher, Hilda Graham, Ken Griffin, Jonathan Hole, Geraldine Kay, Eloise Kummer, Jack Lester, Ken Nordine, Hope Summers and Lee Young. Some episodes were narrated by Nordine. The announcers were Charles Chan, John Conrad and Dave Garroway.[1]
Guest commentatorsEdit
Some shows in the series had guest speakers. Amy Loveman, an editor with The Saturday Review of Literature, was the guest commentator with the 1944 adaptation of Emma. The novelist Ida Alexa Ross Wylie was the guest commenting on Charles Dickens' The Pickwick Papers. The adaptation of Theodore Dreiser's Free (July 9, 1948) featured a brief talk by the Dean of the University of Chicago.
On July 23, 1948, the final program featured readings from different works by Thomas Wolfe.
The series was retooled and renamed NBC University Theater (aka NBC University Theater of the Air, NBC Theater of the Air and NBC Theater) and moved from Chicago to Hollywood. That series was heard from July 30, 1948, to February 14, 1951.[2] In the new format, the program also included adaptations of short stories and plays in addition to novels and occasionally featured commentary on the original work by distinguished writers and critics. The new series won a Peabody Award and was considered one of the most distinguished radio programs of its day; all of the episodes from this period still survive.
The NBC University of the Air also produced a summer replacement series, American Novels, which was broadcast when The World's Great Novels was off during the summers of 1947 and 1948.[2]
Some sources give the title of the 1944-48 series as The World's Greatest Novels, but there is no evidence this title was ever used.[2]
Other SeriesEdit
They Called Me Joe was another series produced by the NBC University Theatre. It had ten episodes and aired in 1944.
See alsoEdit
- ^ a b c Dunning, John. On The Air: The Encyclopedia of Old-Time Radio. Oxford University Press, 1998. ISBN 0-19-507678-8
- ^ a b c Passage, Frank The World's Great Novels.
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External linksEdit
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to NBC University Theatre.
- Frank M. Passage log
- Jerry Haendiges Vintage Radio Logs: NBC University Theater of the Air
- History of Public Broadcasting in the United States: "Tuning Out Education" by Eugene E. Leach, Ph.D.
- The Digital Deli Too: "N" Radio Program logs
- https://archive.org/details/NBC_University_Theater : " Complete Archive for Download"


text: New Delhi: A court here on Friday granted interim bail to a man who hurled a shoe at Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal at a press conference earlier this month, as he is suffering from acute hepatitis. Metropolitan Magistrate Abhilash Malhotra granted one month interim bail to Ved Prakash, in view of a medical report which confirmed that he is suffering from acute hepatitis. "I found merits in the submission made by the counsel that accused needs specialised treatment to cure hepatitis and he needs to be cautious about the food, water and other fluids intake," the court said. Directing Ved Prakash to maintain peace and good behaviour, it asked him to furnish a personal bond of Rs.25,000 and a surety of like amount and listed the matter for May 20 for further hearing. The accused was on April 12 admitted to a hospital with a fever, decreased appetite, and spells of vomiting, and stayed there till April 16. On April 19, he was referred to gastroenterology department. Ved Prakash of the Aam Aadmi Sena threw the shoe at Kejriwal, alleging fake CNG stickers were being distributed in Delhi ahead of the odd-even scheme but missed. He said he had video evidence of the "scam". Cars running on CNG are exempt from the scheme. He said he was angry with Kejriwal for not taking action against those involved in alleged irregularities and that was the reason he hurled the shoe.


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Release date: March 28, 1940 (USA)
Director: Alfred Hitchcock
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Liver Basics
Your liver is one of the most important organs in your body. It is also the largest – about the size of a football. It is protected from injury behind the lower right section of your ribs.
The liver acts as your body's chemical processing plant. Its functions include:
- Changing food into chemicals and nutrients that your body needs to stay healthy
- Storing nutrients from the foods you eat
- Breaking down drugs and alcohol
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Clean Beaches in Sussex
28 May 2010, 05:31 | Updated: 28 May 2010, 06:23
18 of Sussex's Beaches have been voted as some of the best in the country for swimming in this year's Good Beach Guide.
The Marine Conservation Society have tested the water at beaches across the country between May and September last year and the South East remains one of the best performing regions with 65% of beaches being Recommended by the MCS.
There are various different awards to recognise beaches, but MCS is the only scheme that focuses entirely on water quality standards and the risk of sewage pollution.
MCS will only recommend beaches in the Good Beach Guide if they are better than the Guideline European water quality standard and are not affected by inadequately treated continuous sewage discharge.
Find out if your local beach has got the highest standards of water quality according to the Marine Conservation Society
The beaches in East Sussex that have been recommended are:
- Birling Gap
- Brighton Central Palace Pier
- Camber
- Cooden Beach
- Eastbourne
- Hove
- Hove West
- Newhaven West
- Pevensey Bay
- Saltdean
- Seaford
- Southwick
- Winchelsea
The beaches in West Sussex that have been recommended are:
- Bracklesham Bay
- Felpham
- Pagham
- Selsey
- West Wittering
Other beaches in Sussex that aren't mentioned above were either awarded Guideline status (Good water quality standard only) or got a Basic Pass (minimum water quality requirement) - no beaches in Sussex failed the checks.


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The Wrong Road Home
Ian A. O'Connor
Pegasus Publishing & Entertainment Group (2016)
Reviewed by Carol Hoyer for Reader Views (8/17)
"The Wrong Road Home" by Ian A. O'Connor is an amazing story of a young man who wanted to be a doctor, and through his journey he found he couldn't do it the legal way. This is based on the true story of Dr. Desmond Donahue.
Growing up, Dr. Donahue lived in a poor family and they often barely survived. He chose to never be poor again, and would always help his family regardless of what he had to do.
The story is well written and readers will find that regardless of what he had to do, no one could fault him. Surprisingly enough the author knew him and recounts his story.
Dr. Donahue leaves Ireland to go to America–Chicago, where he observes several doctors' in their jobs at Cook County General Hospital. He returns to Cork to complete his studies in medicine where he finds he has to work harder than others and he finally chooses to take some shortcuts. His friend Dr. Connolly has him believe that the documents to show his medical credentials are the only way to go, however they are false.
The author takes true life events and mixes it in with fiction to develop his story. Desmond is a wonderful person, dedicated, aggressive, and only wants to help others. This makes the readers feel sorry for him and root for him as he honestly tries to become a legal doctor. Desmond comes across many doctors who defraud the system to their own good and it becomes a battle of wills as to what to do.
The book captures readers from the first page. The characters are well developed and one has a certain amount of compassion for Desmond. As readers we cheer for the underdog and boo the villains. But who is the real villain?
What would you do in this situation? What will your emotions or values impact how you interpret this story? What would you do in this situation? In "The Wrong Road Home," author Ian A. O'Connor has done an excellent job of asking you that throughout the story.


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Irony is the enemy of the post-modern left(tm)
19 Mar
I am not making this up.
19 Jan
If Mark Wahlberg is in a movie it's probably conservative-friendly, and that looks to be the case for the upcoming Patriot's Day, about the Boston Marathon bombings.
5 Dec
Coming soon: an all-female Star Wars reboot?
17 Aug
Apparently hoping to distract everyone from the dumpster fire that Fembusters turned out to be.
7 Jul
MAAAAT DAAAAMON is running his mouth again. Interestingly, Affleck's learned to keep his yap shut and then his movies do better.
5 Jul
An interesting excerpt from the upcoming oral history.
2 Sep
This is kinda nuts. The 4 VIPs were Jack Nicholson, Warren Beatty, James Caan, and Kirk Douglas. Supposedly the tunnels were sealed in 1989 when Hefner got married.
23 Jun
Horner's first major score was for Star Trek II: The Wrath of Khan (which is still considered a masterpiece), and he went on to do movies like Braveheart, Titanic, and Avatar.
19 Apr
I don't think I could intentionally manufacture a story that better broadcasts Hollywood hypocrisy.
19 Feb
He was invited back to write sketches, including a new Celebrity Jeopardy with "Sean Connery", "Justin Bieber", and "Tony Bennett".
14 Nov
Al Roker got to interview the surviving cast of Ghostbusters (except Dan Ackroyd) and Ivan Reitman this week for the Today show. Here's the video.
15 May
Everyone has a joke on a certain topic this week, but I really liked this one.
8 Feb
This looks completely terrible. I can't wait for it to be out on video.
10 Nov
Based on the true story of SEAL Team 10 (not 6), and featuring Tim Riggins with a beard (hey, it's a Peter Berg movie, of course random FNL cast members are in it). Be sure to point and laugh at Marky Mark's inability to grow anything.
31 Jul
And so would the sharks, I'm sure.
1 Jul
The trailer very definitely works for me.
21 Jun
Joss Whedon is currently writing the second Avengers movie, so it's a good thing they've locked up Iron Man.
But the real star of this post is Sharknado.
10 Mar
For a show without political connections, that would be considered a failure even on cable.
2 Nov
You can make Shatner say whatever you want from a list of words recorded by the man himself.
25 Sep
Why am I not surprised?
27 Mar
Let's guess the bias.
30 Jul
Ellen DeGeneres quit yesterday after making noises about the show being useless without Simon Cowell, and today it's being reported that the producers have fired Kara DioGuardi. Apparently they're going back to 3 judges, which currently will be Randy Jackson, Jennifer Lopez, and Stephen Tyler. (Link fixed).
13 May
We'll see. The trailer isn't very promising, even if one of the jokes seems directly aimed at AoSHQ.
20 Nov
A top 10 list of actors who've made the most money relative to the income their films made in the last 3 years.
26 Oct
Via a fairly blatent bit of retconning. This may be why "Saw VI" had the worst opening of the series. (The fact that it's #6 probably isn't helping either).


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This article will explain how to do general troubleshooting when the Apple Watch is not connecting or updating, freezing or stuck on a loading screen, and not syncing steps or active calories to Lose It!.
If your watch is not connecting or updating
Perform updates. We've managed to resolve most issues with Lose It! and the watch app by updating the iOS, the watchOS and the Lose It! app:
To update the iOS
- Open your device Settings app
- General
- Software Update. Install any available update.
To update the watchOS
- Open the watch app on your iPhone
- General
- Software Update. Install any available update.
To update the Lose It! App
- Open the App Store app and select the Updates tab.
- Look for Lose It! in the "Available Updates" section and install the update if available.
Once you have updated iOS, watchOS and Lose It!, please try the watch functionality again.
If the complication on the watch is not updating
- If the calories on your watch do not match the calories in your app we first recommend making sure your iOS, watchOS and Lose It! app are all up to date. (See above).
- If everything is updated, the watchOS should be syncing with the app on its own about every hour, updating the calories in the complication. If it hasn't synced, please open Lose It! on the watch to kickstart the sync.
If the handoff feature is not working properly
Please make sure you have Handoff enabled in your iPhone settings.
- Settings
- General
- Handoff & Suggested Apps
- Handoff
If the watch app is stuck on a loading screen
- Sign into loseit.com to be sure your data is there. If it is, you can uninstall and then reinstall Lose It! on your phone.
- Uninstall and reinstall the app for the Apple Watch.
- Check the settings for the app on your phone and turn on the steps (process below*).
- Re-open the Watch app to check it is working properly.
If your watch steps or active calories are not syncing to Lose It!
Before starting, open the iOS Health app and be sure the steps and active calories from your watch are updating the iOS Health app. If they are not, you will need to contact Apple support.
*By following the directions below you can reactivate the steps tracking feature. Please follow the steps in this order:
- Update to the latest version of Lose It! from the app store.
- Open Lose It! and go to Me
- More
- App Preferences
- Apple Health Integration and make sure 'Active Calories + Workouts' is selected
Open the iOS Health app on your iPhone. Go to Sources > Lose It! and turn on all categories. Steps/calories will begin syncing to Lose It! once your phone starts recording more steps (a short 1 minute walk with your phone should do the trick).


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April 25, 2018
Is Immigration the Next Venture-Scale Business? (#32, Boundless)
by The Pitch
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Orion Brown is very early in her journey as an entrepreneur. In fact, this is her first pitch to venture capitalists! At this early stage, the investors are listening for something a bit different. They just want to know, is this a good idea in a large, untapped market? Find out if Orion can convince the investors that she's got her finger on the next big thing.
When founder Jen Saxton landed a partnership with a big name retailer in the baby industry, she thought her startup, Tot Squad, was on the way to startup stardom. But five years into the deal, things just weren't working out. In fact, they were a disaster. But that's a good thing if you ask her. Jen says a stronger company has risen out of the ashes of that fiasco and she's here to convince the inv...
What if you could listen to the exact same music as your favorite celebrities, at exactly the same time? That's the question that drove NFL lineman Jason Fox to build an app for that. An app called Earbuds. Now if Jason can just cash in enough star power to secure the bag.


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Hi my loves! Today I will be reviewing the Colourpop collaboration with Makeupshayla. I got my hands on a few things from the collection a few weeks ago and I finally got the chance to record my first impressions. The collection consist of a palette, 3 matte lipsticks, 2 highlighters, and a lipgloss. Let me know in the comments if you've tried some of the products and what's your thoughts on them. I really hope this helps and don't forget to like, comment, and subscribe. If you want to find out how to achieve this look, click HERE. For a full list of products
Maybelline Master Prime Blur + Smooth Primer
Maybelline SuperStay Foundation Full Coverage Foundation in Coconut + Honey
Maybelline Instant Age Rewind Eraser Dark Circle Concealer in Caramel
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There are 45 million blind people living in the world today.
4 out of 5 people who are blind do not need to be.
Or to put it another way, 80% of people who are blind do not need to be. Worldwide, that's approximately 36 million people who are needlessly blind.
Almost 90% of the world's blind live in low income countries in Asia and Africa, where access to medical care is poor.
Blindness uproots lives and transforms families.
It affects our physical and emotional well-being.
It impacts our ability to earn a livelihood and to learn about our world.
The life expectancy of a blind person is 1/3 that of a sighted person of the same age.
About half of all blindness is due to cataract – a clouding of the eye lens.
Cataract formation is a natural process that usually comes with age. The lens of the eye becomes progressively cloudy, blocking light from reaching the back of the eye.
In developed countries, almost no one goes blind from cataract.
That's because there is a very simple operation that fixes cataract blindness, by removing the clouded lens and replacing it with a plastic one.
The operation can be carried out in as little as 4 minutes under local anesthetic.
Skilled surgeons can treat dozens of people with cataracts per day - and the operation is straightforward enough that other health staff can be trained to perform it.
A major factor in high blindness rates in developing countries is a relative lack of eye surgeons. In rich countries such as Japan, France, and the U.S., the number of ophthalmologists per million people ranges from 60 to over 100. In India, the number is 9. In Tanzania and other countries in Sub-Saharan Africa, it is 1.
The Fiat Lux Foundation was founded to help correct this inequity.
A cataract operation can be performed for as little as $30.
The economic consequences of blindness are staggering.
90% of blind individuals can't work. Poverty and blindness are intimately linked. Poverty predisposes to blindness, and blindness exacerbates poverty by limiting employment opportunities, or by incurring treatment cost.
Blindness has a profound financial impact on households. The blind family member often requires someone with eyesight to care for him. Effectively two income producing individuals are lost. This creates a devastating economic impact when the family is impoverished to begin with.
There are national costs to consider as well. It has been estimated that by eliminating avoidable blindness, the world's economy would reap a minimum
Cataract surgery is considered one of the most cost-effective health interventions – this has been shown time and time again in studies conducted over the last 30 years. The economic return on investment is very high.
Ending avoidable blindness does not require a research breakthrough, or any new technology. It just requires our collective will as a global community. We have made good progress and we are in sight of a truly remarkable achievement: the elimination of unnecessary blindness!


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Catacombs of Paris : Not for Soft Hearted Travellers
Down there in Paris, you will discover a honeycomb of passageways. The tunnel system is a huge maze and no person knows quite how many tunnels or sections there are out there. Paris is, after all, a very old city that has been built and rebuilt many times. It's what is kept of rock quarries built an expanded over the center.
The French amount of resistance used these tunnels during World War II, and rave parties flourished there during the 1990s. Victor Hugo used his knowledge about the tunnel system when he wrote Nos Mis? rables. In 1871, communards killed several monarchists in one chamber.
However, in this maze of tunnels, one part accessible to the public – the famous "Catacombs" of Paris, france. The Catacombs of Paris, france were created at the end of the eighteenth century. Situated twenty metres below ground, this ossuary contains the remains of millions of Parisians moved little by little between the later eighteenth and mid-nineteenth hundreds of years as graveyards were being closed and moved outside the house the town center. The bone were always moved at night to a wedding ceremony made up of a procession of priests who sang along the way to the Catacombs.
the Paris catacombs
Because the first day they were complete, the Catacombs have recently been an object of interest, even for royalty. In 1787, Lord of d'Artois, who became King Charles 10, went down there with the girls from the Court. In 1814, Fran? ois 1st, Chief of Austria, went to visit and explore them while he was in Paris. In 1860, Napoleon III went there with his son. The catacomb walls are also protected in graffiti dating from the eighteenth century. Everybody has left their draw on this place. Towards end of the eighteenth century, the catacombs became a tourist attraction and have been open to people on a regular basis from 1867.
At night galleries and narrow pathways, you'll see bones set up in a macabre screen. Catacombs are eerie. They will are quiet, dark, limp, and somewhat downright disappointing. There are lots of bones around and almost all of choices just stacked up on one another. You'll never know who is who – that skull you are considering could be someone who died from the problem or from a prosperous aristocrat. You never know.
I've visited this site multiple times and i also always find it super creepy yet excellent interesing. A history here is incredible and you will see marks on the walls from the centuries of guests here. it is among the best things to see and do in Paris and should not be skipped!
Some interesting facts and figures:
- The depth of the Catacombs is the same as a five-story building.
- The region is 2 kms long.
- It takes forty five minutes to view it.
- The frequent temperature in the Catacombs is 14 C.
- The surface area of the ossuary is 14, 000 square meters.
To get to the Catacombs of Paris, you can take the subway and the RER to Denfert-Rochereau or use Bus 38 and 68. The museum is open from 10 a. m. to eight: 31 p. m. every day except Monday. Visitors are limited to 200 at the same time so the ling can get really long as people get backed up. I recommend resereving your space ahead of time to avoid the line. Tickets cost 13 Euros. Theere are sound guides available in English, French, German and Spanish for extra 5 Euros.


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I guess I noticed it on our two mile walk. The one we did later that day, not the two mile hike up a steep incline we did that morning. My knee wasn't bothering me in the least. Ok, first of all, no one can ever tell me again that one needs lots of protein from animal sources for energy and working out. Goodness, we have so much energy we are hiking all over the place! That has been one really great result of going vegan. The other, is my knee.
I hurt it when I was seventeen, so…a few years ago. I tend to it with herbal concoctions and intermittent yoga to keep it at bay. The third floor apartment though was really doing my knee in. You may have noticed that I have been hobbling around more. This makes my back hurt then and I am instantly aged and grumpy! Well, my knee hasn't hurt. And I bet it's been two weeks. So yes, we know that animal products create or worsen inflammatory issues like arthritis, gout, and other skeletal issues, but what I am eating now is really helping. Between the two to four cups of homemade kombucha (glucosamine and B12) we are enjoying plus the quart of green smoothie each morning with the heavy dollop of coconut oil put in it, plus the nuts and nut butters in the smoothie and on bread, and the increased antioxidant intake from all these plant foods, my skeletal system is healing itself. And that, my friends, is an amazing thing to report so early in this experiment!
Here are some tips for going and staying plant based:
#1 Start the day with a great smoothie. For two people, put in 4 cups of greens of your liking such as kale, spinach, chard, collards, romaine, dandelions or other wild greens. Add 4 cups of fruit, a combination of bananas, apples, kiwi, mango, peaches, plums, grapes, cherries, pears, and a good amount of frozen fruit to make it nice and cold. Add a fat to make it bioavailable. A dollop of sunflower or almond butter, peanut butter or coconut oil, or a handful of nuts. Add spices like cinnamon or cardamom Sweeten with maple syrup or honey. Make more filling with a handful of oats (a good nervine for pain) added in uncooked. A good chug of coffee if needed! Fill the container half way with water or cashew milk or juice and swirl away in a good blender. Imagine that kind of healing power in a breakfast!
#2 When going out be prepared. When Doug wanted to go to Panera and have coffee and bagels I put his creamer and cream cheese in my bag. It isn't dairy so it keeps rather well and then we don't feel deprived. Seem silly? It's not. We get our time reading, writing, sitting outside enjoying coffee and bagels together, we just add the creamer and cream cheese that is healthier for us.
#3 Try new restaurants. Gnarly Root, City O City, Watercourse, Leaf, just to name a few, are offering up creative vegan dishes.
#4 Get creative in the kitchen! Doug and I have been having fun creating veggie meats out of the Vegan Bean Book. "Chicken" made with chickpeas, wheat gluten, spices, and dipped in panko are baked and go from lemon chicken with pasta and mushrooms to burritos with lots of lettuce, tomato, salsa, and vegan cheese. We also make "chorizo" using black beans, millet, quinoa, and New Mexican red chile (our staple around here!). That went into a roasted sweet and new potatoes, corn, and green chili casserole with my homemade taco sauce and vegan cheese mixed in. The fresh vegetables look so beautiful to me.
We are fluctuating between three pounds, down and up, because muscle is heavier than fat, and where a woman is in her cycle, and water and waste all plays into the weight scale. But, we are feeling great. All the beautiful fluids and fats and antioxidants are making us look a little younger even. You know, I don't think we are ever going back.