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Tip-Line Bind: Follow the Law In U.S. or EU?
In the wake of scandals at Enron and WorldCom, the Sarbanes-Oxley Act directed companies listed in the U.S. to set up so-called whistle-blower hot lines for employees everywhere to confidentially report potential corporate abuses.
But those anonymous tip lines now pose unforeseen problems in Europe, where data-protection laws make it difficult to accuse someone of impropriety anonymously. These laws go beyond basic privacy concerns: They hold that citizens have a right to know who is collecting data about them, and they also...


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Members of the ILETS team (Vic Lally, Maddy Sclater. Jane Magill, Alison Devlin) worked extensively with TEL as part of the Teaching and Learning Research Programme. There are five programme themes that articulate the overarching findings from the TEL Programme's eight projects.
- Artificial Intelligence in Education (AIED) led by Rose Luckin under the Personalisation theme.
- Digital Inclusion led by Jane Seale under the Inclusion theme
- Digital Literacies led by Fred Garnett and Helen Beetham under the Flexibility theme. Research briefing and workshop 2009 led by Julia Gillen and David Barton.
- Early Career Researchers led by Patrick Carmichael and Helen Burchmore under the Capacity building theme
- Ethics in TEL led by Vic Lally and Mike Sharples under the Capacity building theme
- Productivity led by Diana Laurillard under the Productivity theme
- Interdisciplinarity led by Gráinne Connole and Eileen Scanlon under the Capacity building theme
- Specialist Advisory Group for Echoes (SAGE) led by Karen Guldberg under the Inclusion theme
- Technology Enhanced Research led by Richard Cox under the Capacity building theme
- User Modelling led by Kaska Porayska-Pomsta under the Personalisation theme
See the TEL Programme Themes page for more details.

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This weeks Stampin' Royalty Challenge is a sweet treat! a picture inspiration! and oh, those cupcakes look yummy! I think it's so cute how they are cupcakes, but look like ice cream sundaes!
I'm sure you are wondering where that cupcake on my card came from...i will tell you!
That is actually my own creation, i had made my own template for a fairly large cupcake last year, and pulled it out to make this card. I used the cupcake punch for the whipped cream part.
So all in all, here is how i put this little card together:
Bashful Blue, Pretty in Pink, Crumb Cake, Chocolate Chip, and Whisper White cardstock, Crumb Cake taffeta ribbon, Sincere Salutations stamp, Chocolate Chip ink, Subtles button, Top Note die, crimper, Oval and Scalloped Oval punches, Cupcake punch, Lattice embossing folder, and (ret.) Candy Cane Christmas paper. (oh, how i LOVE that paper!!!! they need to bring it back!!)


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Wednesday, March 16, 2011
{my card is on tv}
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How exciting!!!Your card is absolutely lovely. I can see why they used it for inspiration.ReplyDelete
yeah Jan congrats!!! I'm giddy for you!!!! and LOVE Your card tooReplyDelete
Jan!!! That is so totally cool!!! I think they should've given you a shout out though! Your bird card is fab! Love this sweet new creation as well!! I have been so drawn to yellow lately - this card feels so warm & happy. :) :)ReplyDelete
How cool! LOVE that bird card! Love yoru new card too! I'm diggin' yellow these days.ReplyDelete
Such a gorgeous card! I love it! <3ReplyDelete
Debbie, Crafty Heart
Thats so awesome congrats!!! Well deserved your cards are beautiful!ReplyDelete
Wow love both of your cards but especially that one for cardpatterns. That colorcombo is devine. Glad you joined us at cardpatterns.ReplyDelete
Gorgeous cards Jan! Love that little wreath you made out of buttons. SUCH a cute idea. So glad you could play along with us on Card Patterns.ReplyDelete
Woohoo Jan!! What an fabulous achievement! Congratulations!ReplyDelete
Love your card and you certainly did those little papers justice! Beautiful!
gorgeous cards! And congrats!!ReplyDelete
I'm always looking for some card inspiration, I think I found it ... :)
That is SOO very cool Jan!! I love that big bird :)ReplyDelete
The butterfly card is neat too :)
Oh YAY for you!! Love both of your cards. You're so fab! Thanks for all the inspiration.ReplyDelete


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APPA Music Festival Tickets 2017
The APPA Music Festival takes place on Wednesday 29 November 2017 at 7:30pm in Auckland Town Hall. Tickets are $15 adult and $10 child/senior and are available soon.
RI Singers will be performing in the massed choir, our String Orchestra are performing a musical item (and joining the massed choir for the National Anthem), RI Dancers will be performing in one of the finale songs, Instrumentalists are playing in songs for the massed choir including some of our boys doing Pacifica drumming and Singing Soloists perform from the RI Singers.


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Friday, 23 August 2013
Oh, the irony...
Oh, the irony. It was after lunch, the house was empty except for me and my littlest one. "Great, time for Isla to have a nap," I thought, "and I can do some writing for a little while." My daughter had other ideas, why go to sleep when there is so much to explore and so much fun to be had? She refused to go to sleep and I felt very frustrated. I just wanted a little bit of time to write, a little respite from domesticity. I wanted to come here to this spot and write about the things I like to write about; being present with my children, practicing mindfulness and patience, looking for the truth and beauty in the everyday. Why wouldn't she just go to sleep so I could write about all those things?! Ha ha ha, I had to laugh at myself.
I've said it before, I don't need to travel to India (though I would very much like to), these little ones of mine are my gurus. If I'm open to it they have so much to teach me. "Why do you need to go and write Mummy? Can't you just be with me here, now, in this moment? I'm not ready to go to sleep, I just want to be with you." So here she sits now, emptying the drawers in my bedroom while I write and chuckle to myself. I love to write, I feel compelled to write. I also love my children more. Time to sign off and go play....I'm still chuckling at the irony though.
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'I miss Sherry every second I breathe' - tragic choking death of woman inspires new app to help save others
A lifelong friend of a young woman who choked to death has developed a new app which she hopes will spare others the heartache of losing a loved one.
Sherry Campbell from Groomsport, Co Down, was found dead by her father Shannon in the kitchen of the family home last September.
Sherry, a special needs teaching assistant at Strangford College, choked on a piece of meat. She passed away a month before her 30th birthday.
She had died alone and had been unable to call out to her parents, who were asleep upstairs and had their mobile phones on silent.
Now her friend Danielle Elmes (39) has designed the LifeAlert app, which alerts friends and family that victims are in danger and uses their mobile phone's GPS to identify their location - all at the touch of a button.
The service, which doesn't require users to be able to speak to use, even overrides mobiles which are on silent, emitting a shrill sound from the phones of those listed as emergency contacts.
Danielle said: "The night Sherry died her parents were asleep upstairs with their phones on silent and she couldn't call out, but if she had had an app like this it would have enabled her to send a message to her mum and dad, who would have been able to get to her.
"The chances of survival for choking victims are much improved if there are people there," said Danielle. "I have worked with a Belfast company to design an app whereby if someone presses it and they need help it accesses your emergency contacts, alerts them with a shrill sound and shows where the victim is and that they need help.
"I'm not aware of anything else like this on the market.
"I designed the application with choking victims who can't speak in mind, but it could help a lot of people - those who are being attacked, elderly people who have fallen, people who have taken a heart attack.
"There is also a separate service for people who can speak, which dials the emergency services at the touch of a button and alerts them to their location."
- Read More: 'Our lives have changed forever' - Family's devastation after woman (29) choked to death on piece of steak
Danielle says the idea for the app came to her in the week after her friend's death, and that she developed it with the blessing of Sherry's parents.
"I was lying in bed the night she died thinking, 'My child could be downstairs choking to death and unable to call for help,' the mum-of-three said.
"I decided to do it as I didn't want anyone else to die like Sherry.
"This app could potentially save a life - by having this there's a greater chance of people in that situation having help come to them.
"When I explained my idea to Sherry's parents they were pleased. Not a day goes by when I don't think about her and what might have been done to save her."
Sherry's mum Fionuala said she was "absolutely delighted" by the app.
"I was in tears when I found out what Danielle was doing," she said. "If it saves anybody else's life it would be wonderful.
"Sherry always had her phone in her hand. This is part of Sherry's legacy - Danielle said that if it hadn't been for Sherry's accident, she wouldn't have thought of this.
"Sherry is helping to save other lives. I would urge other parents to get this app for their kids.
"I miss Sherry every second I breathe. Her dad used to call her his 'little Princess.' We are just existing now."
LifeAlert will be available from next week for £2.99 on Google Playstore. A portion of the proceeds will go to The Sherry Campbell Foundation, which provides training in how to deal with choking.
Belfast Telegraph
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'The Forgotten Image' - 3rd Exhibition/
Previously I wrote a blog post on the importance of collaboration in Art, in which I introduced my collaboration with the South West Image Bank on the project 'The Forgotten Image'. I am proud to announce on this blog post the exhibition is currently up in Plymouth again, held in perhaps an unconventional setting for art work, at Bond Dickinson's law offices in Plymouth. As the exhibition is being displayed again, I have written a short piece about the project…Read More


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Waiting for inauguration, President-elect Donald Trump has lowest rating approval than any other recent President in last two decades. According to recent Gallup polling, it shows that just 48 percent of Americans approve for the Donald's handling of transitions. It is the lowest figure in the history of polling in United States of America.
In America, Real Clear Politics' looks at all kinds of polls on every subject. According to its statement, just eight days before becoming the President Donald Trump's approval rating stands very low approx to 42.7 percent. According to recent polls in some universities 45 percent of citizens think that he would be worse president than Barack Obama whereas 34 percent says that he would be better one.
During the presidential transitions approval ratings of past three presidents was at around 65 percent much above than Donald Trump- is as said and published by Gallup. At the time of Obama's transition 75 percent approved for it whereas 65 percent for Bush and 67 percent for Clinton. Such rating is more as compared to Trump of 48 percent.
The main reason for its disapproval is due to Trump's opposition who is more critical of him. According to the words of Gallup, it says that Trump still has time to turn the tide and start up his presidency with lowest support of the public. He can become the best one if he is able to manage well as said by him. It would then become history in Gallup's polling for low support. He did not have to face the voters and can gain their confidence.


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[:.. 01.April.2014 / Band hiatus ..:]
[:.. 09.July.2013 / DJ Ritu "A World In London" ..:] On Wednesday 31st July, we'll be performing a live set on "A World In London", a wonderful world music radio show (based at the BBC until 2011) hosted by the legendary DJ Ritu. Our set - which begins at 2pm - can be heard online at
here (click on "LISTEN LIVE" on the upper right-hand corner to hear the live stream, or find the relevant archived episode if you are listening after the 31st July).
[:.. 26.March 2012 / Forge Venue Gig ..:] On May 23rd, we'll be playing for the first time at the beautiful Forge Venue on Delancey Street in Camden, London (Camden Town or Mornington Crescent Tube stops). Be sure to book early, and reserve a table for their delicious food at the Foundry Bar and Restaurant.
Tickets (£11 adv) are available
[:.. 26.August.2012 / Gig at Green Note Cafe ..:] Join us for an amazing night of acoustic, energetic music inspired by Andalucia and India in London. Sacha Silva and his world music quintet will be playing two full sets at the legendary Green Note Cafe in Camden Town on September 28th, with global premieres of new material. Tickets (£10 adv) are available
here; we are expecting a full house so best to book early! Download the flyer for the gig here (JPG, 553 KB).
[:.. 20.March.2012 / Fête de la Musique ..:] We have been invited to play at the annual Fete de la Musique in Geneva, Switzerland, one of the main events on the city's cultural calendar. We'll be performing at the Parc Beaulieu on Saturday 23rd June 2012, and then the following night at the beautiful court of the Hotel de Ville in the old city. More information to come!
[:.. 12.December.2011 / Great fRoots Review! ..:] fRoots magazine, the top UK-based world music magazine, has just written a very enthusiastic review of "Pentecost" by our good friend Jamie Renton, who also organized one of our first UK gigs at his legendary "Chilli Fried" nights at the Darbucka Lounge. Read the review here.
[:.. 16.June.2011 / "Pentecost" RootsWorld Review ..:] RootsWorld Magazine, the premier US-based world music publication, has published a top-of-the-front-page review of "Pentecost", by Michael Stone. Read the review here.
[:.. 10.June.2011 / New Haven Show Live Stream ..:] On April 6, 2011, the band played a live set at the beautifully restored turn-of-the-century Lyric Hall in New Haven, CT. The gig was hosted by Cliff Furnald and streamed live on WPKN Radio, which you can listen to by clicking here.
[:.. 17.May.2011 / East Coast Tour Videos ..:] After our wonderful trip through the East Coast in April 2011, we have finally sorted through all the pictures and videos from our performances in New York and Connecticut. Watch our performances of "The Blood Song", "The Charukeshi Song" (both from our new CD) and a cover song of "Arpeggiator", written by the great DC punk band Fugazi, on our Youtube channel. You can also see a "best of" selection from the hundreds of great pictures taken on tour by clicking here.
[:.. 03.April.2011 / Our New CD "Pentecost" ..:]The band is thrilled to annouce the release of our third CD, "Pentecost". The ten tracks were recorded live at the legendary Hatch Studios in the UK by Hugh Fielding and our very own Drew Morgan. The new recording captures our mix of South Asian and Andalusian rhythms and melodies with more clarity and power, combining the intimacy of our first release ("Susurro") with the energy and ideas of our second ("Anatomy of a Coup")... The CD is available online at www.CDBaby.com, iTunes and Amazon. For the physical CD, we've created a special collector's item: a limited-edition, large-format, never-before-attempted raw canvas artwork specially and beautifully created by Latin America's very own BravoGuerrero.
[:.. 03.March.2011 / East Coast Tour - final dates ..:]We have confirmed dates for our short hop through New York City and New England in April 2011. Send the gig schedule below to all your East-Coast-based friends:
... Sunday 3rd: WKCR Columbia University, 11 pm (live radio gig, streamed online at studentaffairs.columbia.edu/wkcr)
...Tuesday 5th: Shrine World Music Venue, 9-10pm (2271 Adam Clayton Powell Jr Blvd, Harlem, shrinenyc.com)
...Wednesday 6th: Lyric Hall, 8pm (827 Whalley Ave, New Haven, CT) with a live stream at WKPN 89.5 FM (click on "Listen Now - Live - Play")
...Thu 7th: Think Coffee, 8-10 pm (248 Mercer St, Manhattan, thinkcoffeenyc.com)
...Sat 9th: Tea Lounge, 9-10:30pm (837 Union Street, Brooklyn, www.tealoungeny.com)You can download the flyer for the tour here (JPG, 1.4 MB).
[:.. 02.November.2010 / Final Mixes in the Works + Eliza ..:]A quick update from the band on our third CD, provisionally titled "Pentecost". Final mixes are in the works, and the finishing touches are being put on the CD artwork. This time around, we went for a very live, natural feel, with minimal overdubs and maximum magic. We have also welcomed flautist Eliza Marshall into our ranks - an amazing musician and a wonderful person to boot! Read more about Eliza at her MySpace page and her personal site.
[:.. 13.September.2010 / Dancer Ash Mukherjee @ The Place ..:] Ash Mukherjee is one of the UK's finest dancers and who, like the band, fuses his classical training with modern influences. In late Spring 2010, Ash presented "Affluenza", a work where 'temple Dance and Street Dance collide in a tale of greed, lust and crack cocaine'. He used three of our pieces (click on each song title to view the videos on YouTube) - "Sun Still Below the Horizon" from 'Susurro' and "Block all Roads" and "Nostalgia (i)" from 'Anatomy of a Coup'.
[:.. 30.May.2010 / Back to the Studio ..:]Sacha Silva and his world music quintet
are back at the legendary Hatch Studios to record their third CD during June and
July 2010. After recording, mixing, and mastering the music - and printing the CD
itself - the final package should be ready in time for Christmas 2010.
[:.. 28.May.2009 / Four New Live Videos ..:]On March 17, the band gathered in
London to record four live videos. The songs - including a new cover song, "Cucurrucucu
Paloma" by the Mexican composer Tomas Mendez - are now on YouTube (click on the
song titles to view).
Cucurrucucu Paloma
Another You
Wedding Song
Sol y Luna
[:.. 27.April.2009 / Live in London @ ChilliFried ..:]Sacha Silva and his world
music quintet will make a rare UK live appearance at Chilli Fried, the legendary world music night hosted
at Darbucka World Music Bar
in London on 4th June (doors open at 8pm). Enjoy the band's live set, eat some great
Moroccan food and dance to DJ Jamie Renton...
[:.. 18.April.2009 / Video Shoot in London ..:]On April 17th, the band met in
London for a live video shoot of "Sol y Luna", "Another You", "Susurro: Wedding
Song", "The Circle" and a new cover song, "Cucurrucucu Paloma". The results will
be posted on YouTube and this website by mid-May.
[:.. 11.October.2008 / SAMAR Magazine Reviews "Anatomy" ..:]SAMAR Magazine, the "South Asian Magazine for Action
and Reflection", has just released a wonderful review of "Anatomy of a Coup"! Go
to the "Reviews" section of the site to read an excerpt and download the full review...
[:.. 23.September.2008 / Amazing Review on Rootsworld.com! ..:] Rootsworld.com
has just written a great review of "Anatomy of a Coup"! Check it out below (and
pick up a copy on their sister website, www.cdroots.com):
Even if juxtapositions like Indian classical singing, Middle Eastern percussion,
and flamenco guitar have become increasingly common ingredients in the commercial
"world-music" blender, it's not often that the qualifications "guitarist-composer"
and "development economist" appear on the same résumé. Enter Sacha Silva, born in
Canada of Sri Lankan and Bulgarian descent, teamed with fellow economics student
and UK-Indian singer Munya B. (Sanghamitra Bandyopadhyay) and multi-instrumentalist
Andrew Morgan (not incidentally, also a composition fellow at the Royal Academy
of Music). Anatomy of a Coup reflects upon an extended stint of travel and work
in the global South, including the 2006 Fiji military coup to which Silva was witness.
Dappled with radio-broadcast snippets from the U.S. invasion of Grenada in 1983,
an extract from Fidel Castro's farewell address to Che Guevara, extended prophetic
quotes from W.B. Yeats, and more, Anatomy is audacious precisely in eschewing the
customary pretense of dogmatic idealism and multi-kulti "world-beat" mishmash. Sidestepping
the deadly tedium of all that (albeit not without a committed, non-sectarian humanitarian
politics of its own), this is an impressionistic recording of manifest artistry
that gives the music the last say. Singing in Hindi and Bengali, Munya B's soaring
soprano leads the way in a spare setting wherein guitar, classical strings, and
percussion weave a shifting field of sonic textures that carry the music forward
without ever getting in the way. Aligned with "a new generation of global wanderers,
travelers, immigrants, expats and half-breeds," this project is one astute answer
to the challenge of bringing one's own cultural sensibilities to the international
encounter, in a nuanced appreciation of the role that crafted musical dialogue can
play in this, our impertinently globalizing world. - Michael Stone
[Editors Note: Michael Stone is a cultural anthropologist , writer and translator.
He is Executive Director of the Program in Latin American Studies at Princeton University].
Click here
to pick up a copy of "Anatomy" on CDRoots.com.
[:.. 30.June.2008 / "Anatomy" Now on CDRoots ..:] "Anatomy of a Coup" is now
available on CDRoots.com, the premiere website for world music, and one of the few
websites out there that does serious writing about world music. Apart from stocking
the CD, CDRoots.com posted a review on their website: "An unusual ensemble mixes
flamenco, Indian classical and modern music with heady questions of personal and
political issues, music, as the band says, 'that reads the newspaper.' An original
sound, adventurous but rooted in traditions from around the world, and not a hint
of "world-beat' or 'world fusion.' Highly recommended". Click here to visit CDRoots.com.
[:.. 10.June.2008 / Visit our Facebook Page ..:] The band has put up a Facebook
page, where you can join as a fan, listen to more tracks, and leave your own comments
and photos on the website. Make us into a social networking phenomenon! Click here
to view the Facebook page.
[:.. 28.May.2008 / Press Kit Now Available ..:] The band's press kit, with all
facts, quotes and pictures in an easy-to-carry four page downloadable PDF, is now
available on the website. English available for now; Spanish and French coming soon.
To download the press kit, click "Bio" in the main navigation menu.
[:.. 14.April.2008 / Sacha on "Global Warming" ..:] On Tuesday, April 8, Sacha
appeared on "Global Warming", a show on WCUR 91.7 FM, West Chester University, hosted
by Anthony Worman. On the show, Sacha and Anthony talked about world music and the
influences behind "Anatomy". Click
here to listen Part 1 of the interview (mp3, 11MB) Click here to listen Part 2 of the interview (mp3,
[:.. 28.March.2008 / "Anatomy" Climbing World Charts ..:] "Anatomy" has reached
the top 40 in the CMJ (College Music Journal) New World music charts! CMJ is the
primary source for non-commercial and independent college radio airplay. Our North
American radio promotion campaign continues into April 2008, so look forward to
more good news.
[:.. 03.March.2008 / "Anatomy" now available on iTunes ..:] "Anatomy of a Coup"
is now available on iTunes for download. Just search for "sacha silva" or "anatomy
of a coup" in the iTunes store. The album will also be available soon in a number
of other digital outlets (Napster, Rhapsody, etc).
[:.. 20.February.2008 / Sacha on ABC Radio Australia ..:] On Wednesday, February
20, Sacha appeared on "In The Loop", a show on ABC Radio Australia presenting music,
interviews and sounds of the Pacific. Apart from hearing tracks from "Anatomy of
a Coup", the ITL presenters and Sacha talked about some of the ideas behind the
CD. Click
here to listen to the interview (mp3, 20MB)
[:.. 19.February.2008 / Release of "Anatomy of a Coup" and launch of new website
..:] After two years of struggle and sweat, "Anatomy of a Coup" is finally printed
and ready for release. The CD was written on the road through the Pacific Islands,
Africa, Europe, North and South America. The songs took shape in the south of Spain
and were recorded in the gorgeous English countryside at the Hatch Studios, under
the watchful eyes, hands and ears of Drew and studio engineer Hugh Fielding. Both
the graphics and the CD printing were done in Colombia. A truly international product.
The CD is currently available on the CDBaby.com website (CD and mp3): :::www.cdbaby.com/cd/sachasilva2::: "Anatomy of a Coup"
will soon be available on other digital download outlets (iTunes, Napster etc).
But you should really pick up the CD - the graphics (by the amazing Bogota/Barcelona-based
Graphic Nomad) are awesome. We are also officially launching the new www.sachasilva.org
website, after a compete overhaul by Graphic Nomad. Apart from being much flashier
and brighter than the previous site, it also has a bunch of new material - pictures
of us, out-takes and web-only singles. Enjoy.


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The Most Annoying PowerPoint Feature
For some unknown reason PowerPoint overwrites its own keyboard shortcut for paste and replaces it with the shortcut for "clear." So, clicking command+v deletes everything in the field you're in, rather than pasting text. And if you're just trying to paste onto a slide without anything selected it will delete the whole slide.
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IE7 - OMG Tabbed Browsing!!1!!!
So now that IE7 has been released to the public and we are on the cusp of automatic upgrades for it, get ready for the world's n00bs finally discovering tabbed browsing. It has some serious implications. Here's what i mean:
You'll have people come up to you and try to explain why tabbed browsing is so great (even though you've told them about Firefox a thousand times). People will now talk about tabbed browsing as the greatest thing since sliced bread (it is), and they'll credit Microsoft.
Heck, there will probably even be articles with titles like "Beginner's Guide to Tabbed Browsing!" or "How to get the most out of Tabbed Browsing!" All of a sudden your friends that never listened to you when you told them about tabs or even cared which browser they used will try to introduce you to tabs.
I can't wait for the collective groans from the legions of users of Firefox / Opera / Maxthon / everything else that came before it.


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For Huntington Beach Marine Safety Officer Chris Clarke, the winter months are typically the time of year when he and his colleagues can recharge their batteries after a busy summer.
But the hoped-for slow-down didn't happen this year.
The unseasonably warm weather in Huntington Beach over the past several weeks put a strain on the Marine Safety Division, which had a fraction of the staff to watch thousands of people on the beach.
On a typical summer day, 40 to 50 lifeguards — including those from the seasonal ranks — patrol the sand and water and man the 30 towers along 3.5 miles of shoreline. When winter rolls around, however, all but one tower shuts down and the staffing level drops to around five people a day, Marine Safety Lt. Greg Crow said.
"It hasn't really slowed down," said Clarke, a 22-year veteran in the department. "We actually had some towers open a couple of days, which is unheard of."


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Saturday, January 30, 2010
Comic Book Movie Fail
Since J.D. Salinger died recently, I thought it would be appropriate to review the Captain America movie they made for 200 bucks back in 1990. My reasoning should become apparent soon.
First of all, who knew that famed recluse J.D. Salinger even had a son, let alone a B-Movie actor son? That's right, the actor who plays Steve Rogers/Captain America is Matt Salinger, son of the aforementioned author of Catcher in the Rye. About the movie though: I wouldn't rate this as a horrible movie, but it sure wasn't good. Salinger did an okay job as the Cap but his acting prowess wasn't quite good enough to pull off the 50's guy coping with the 90's lifestyle the script called for.
Friday, January 29, 2010
What Am I Doing Here?
Okay gang, here's the drill: I encounter, on any given day, hundreds (maybe thousands) of different advertisements, products, services, food stuffs, print & film media, and websites. Most of these are either poorly executed, or fail to live up to the excitement/hype that they have generated for themselves. I'm taking it upon myself to review as many of these things as I can three times a week (Monday-Wednesday-Friday, natch). It's not all going to be new stuff, and it may very well be localized to my tiny neck of the woods. The things I review aren't all going to be easy to find, either. No, you can expect reviews of obscure and out of print movies, comic books no one has ever heard of, drinks that are so awful you can only buy them at specialty stores (or the American Northeast), and other items of questionable merit. There will be some new stuff thrown in as well, don't worry.
Your job, as the Reader, will be to read this blog as often as possible and make purchasing and/or viewing decisions based solely on the information I've given you.
In case you were wondering, I'm starting this blog for three reasons:
#1. I have an insatiable desire to write.
#2. I think my opinion is the most important one in the universe.
#3. If I ever gain a big enough fan base, I'm going to install myself as Evil Overlord of the World.
Let a new age begin!
P.S. Any reader posting a 'FIRST!!!11' comment will be banned from the entire Internet. Don't be that guy/gal.
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Market Research Reports, Inc. has announced the addition of "Global M2M Network Security Market 2015 - 2019" research report to their website www.MarketResearchReports.com
Lewes, DE -- (SBWIRE) -- 01/25/2016 -- Report forecast the global M2M network security market to grow at a CAGR of 24.5% during the period 2015-2019.
M2M communications enable data sharing between machines in real time. The sensor attached to the machine captures the event and deliver it through a secure network (wireless or wired); it is then received on the other side where it initiates the necessary actions. M2M works efficiently because of the interconnection between embedded software, hardware devices, communication services, and IT services, which helps in efficient remote monitoring and management of numerous interconnected devices.
The report covers the present scenario and the growth prospects of global M2M network security market for 2015-2019. To calculate the market size, the report considers the revenue generated from the sales of M2M network security products, which include embedded SIMs and gateways.
The market is divided into the following segments based on end-user:
- Utilities
- Automotive
- Healthcare
- Consumer electronics
- Intelligent buildings
Global M2M Network Security Market 2016-2020, has been prepared based on an in-depth market analysis with inputs from industry experts. The report covers the market landscape and its growth prospects over the coming years. The report also includes a discussion of the key vendors operating in this market.
Key players in the Global M2M Network Security Market: Cisco, Gemalto, Kore Wireless, Numerex and PTC (Axeda)
Other Prominent Vendors in the market are: Digi International, EUROTECH, NetComm Wireless, Novatel Wireless, Option, Systech, Telit, and Ventus.
Market driver
- Need to improve quality of protection
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Market challenge
- Technical defects
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Market trend
- Emergence of M2M in smart cities
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Key questions answered in this report
- What will the market size be in 2019 and what will the growth rate be?
- What are the key market trends?
- What is driving this market?
- What are the challenges to market growth?
- Who are the key vendors in this market space?
- What are the market opportunities and threats faced by the key vendors?
- What are the strengths and weaknesses of the key vendors?
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Marvel Masterworks: Captain Marvel Vol. 1 (1967-69/2013)
Roy Thomas, Arnold Drake, Gene Colan, Don Heck
Collecting Marvel Super-Heroes #12-13, Captain Marvel #1-9
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In late 1967, Stan Lee handed Roy Thomas the "assignment" of writing the tales of a new character (of sorts) named Captain Marvel. But, as most comics fans know, Captain Marvel had been bounced around for many years, the subject of much controversy as to who really owned that character and his name. (all of which is explained in the Roy Thomas introduction.)
Fortunately, Thomas had learned a thing or two from Lee, including how to plot an interesting story, how to create subplots, the creation/adaptation of not one, but multiple alien races, and every now and then, a little romance (if not love triangles). Thomas took Lee's own idea of an alien race called the Kree from the pages of the Fantastic Four (issues #64-65, to be exact) and developed it into a character named Mar-Vell, a member of the Kree who has come to Earth perhaps to save it, perhaps to destroy it. Thomas adds a little complexity into the mix by making Mar-Vell's superior officer, Yon-Rogg, a man plotting to kill Mar-Vell and steal away his girlfriend, Medic Una. (I'm not making these names up, honest!)
While the names may sound ridiculous, Thomas's stories create tension on multiple levels with Mar-Vell trying to survive attacks by Yon-Rogg, keeping his Earth identity a secret from Carol Danvers (head of security for a missile base), and ultimately to find out whether or not Earth should be punished for destroying a Kree sentry. While the fight scenes are pretty standard (and sometimes sub-standard) for the time, Thomas keeps things moving while Gene Colan's art elevates the book to near-greatness, at least for the first six stories. (Thomas and Colan yield to the team of Arnold Drake and Don Heck [inked by Vince Colletta] starting with Captain Marvel #5.) Colan was a master at portraying the dark sides of characters wrestling with moral ambiguity. You see it a lot in the way he draws eyes, frequently hiding the irises, but also in his characters' body language and point-of-view angles. If nothing else, reading this collection makes me want to seek out all of Colan's work.
Yet the Drake/Heck combination works well also; I have no quibbles with their product. The entire collection is one large story arc, something rather unusual for an untried character at the time. There's much, much more to say about Captain Marvel and the directions he took after this volume, but that story will have to wait until I've read Volume 2. If you're a fan of Silver Age superheroes, you really can't miss with this first volume of Captain Marvel.


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1. Feedback on welcome to Edmunds
*New parent – not enough information before school started. Tour would have been helpful. Open house before school was first day. How does lunch work? Snack?
*Kids are very happy here
*A lot of information – but all separate – would be helpful for it to be all together and compiled in one location/handbook
*Like what's happening this month poster (PTO update)
*Great to get class list in August
*Workday was inviting – able to see parts of the school that they don't normally see
*"Returning" family – felt transition back worked well
*Ice cream social after sundown
*Allow parents to walk their child into school in the morning – allows for parent contact with other parents
*Ice cream social was great for incoming k families – good to have contact before school
*Packet of information, open house, ice cream social, coffee hour – great opportunities to meet parents and play (Kindergarten lunch for the three half days)
*Frustration with communication from classroom/teacher – no letter home from teacher to child, no newsletter yet from classroom – each class has own system –some are more transparent and open than others. Things are handed out at Open house and if you don't attend, you don't have that information.
*Welcome back coffee is a great way to connect
*Appreciated the phone call to new k parents
*Assembly on first day of school – new k parents were there but kindergarteners were not there
*Events the week before school – people were on vacation or working
*Appreciated the phone call to new K parents, ice cream social, loved the poster that Ann made
*Monday memo is very informative. Preschool checklist of forms you need to fill out/hand out.
*Shelley suggested staggering the paperwork, sending the important forms on first day. Use a color for forms that need to be filled out/important
*Teacher assignment – needs to be sent out earlier. Shelley said kids are always coming and going, Might as well get it done and lesson the anxiety for kids. Mrs. Ross mentioned that we used to do a step up day.
*Someone mentioned doing less paper. Peggy explained that we have to do paper for people who do not have access to the internet. Shelley is going to try and get as much as possible online for those parents who can access the internet. Youngest child in the family will get the Monday Memo. Families who need more than one copy can contact Monica to arrange it. Mailings can be done.
*Child received a letter – to the parents of – parent opened the letter – which was intended for the child.
Final thoughts:
- Handbook for new parents
- Role of Melissa Hathaway
- Resources available for children parents – speech pathology – advocacy for your child
- Volunteer opportunities for the year "menu"
- "Rules of the Horseshoe" AM/PM to be put into the Monday Memo. Officially there are only 3 parking spots. No parking, even temporarily. Kate suggested adding signs that have the "rules". For example – "do not pass
2. Volunteer Opportunities
Warren reviews some opportunities
-help during lunch time (help kids open things, have lunch with your child)
-classroom – different opportunities in each classroom – if you not sure – contact them or meet with them to see what you can do. Different teachers have different philosophies
– help with morning drop-off
-There's a folder on Monica's desk containing "Teacher's Wish Lists" – a rolling wish list for parent to access (We should put this in the Monday Memo)
-Donations are tax deductible – supplies, donations, labor etc.
-Four Winds – natural science education program – parents are the teachers – two hour training each month – teach in classroom once a month – materials are provided.
-Upcoming Events: Skate Night – Community BBQ – community service project
-Parent suggested a fundraiser – gently used toys, clothing, etc. proceeds went to a local charity
-Carolyn mentioned the 4Winds fundraiser at the rest-stops this Saturday. Donation can be sent in on Friday.
-Shelley suggested being specific with seeking donations. If every person calls a few people.
Sharon Laub talked about the Restaurant fundraisers. Unos. Moe's
Box Tops information to go in Monday Memo. Fundraising information letter?
Email/contact Peggy/Signe suggestions for future agenda items. Also is there another day/time for the meeting.
Shelley will be having a volunteer orientation meeting: confidentiality, blood born pathogens etc. Will do it a few times.
Curriculum night update: Shelley is proposing to change the date to October 3rd. Teachers would do a 20 minute presentations for parents rotating. Childcare in the cafeteria.
Sandy suggested having two groups and reschedule the PTO meeting. Hand out curriculum guidelines ahead of time and have question and answer time. Great opportunity for parents to meet each other.
Kate suggested grouping by grade. You might lose some of the connectedness.
Cate suggested the PTO have signup sheets – ask for volunteers.
Have parents submit questions before hand so teachers can be prepared. Some parents don't know what questions to ask.
Shelley "How to be a parent of a learner" for future PTO meeting.
Mary Ross brought up the EES Homework Policy – we discussed this with Paul Schreiber last year. Parents really want a guideline or expectations from each class.


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Constitutional Law, Search and seizure. Search and Seizure, Threshold police inquiry, Protective frisk. Threshold Police Inquiry. Firearms. Controlled Substances.
A District Court judge erred in allowing a motion to suppress evidence obtained after a police officer ordered the criminal defendant to exit his motor vehicle, where the officer had a reasonable suspicion of danger that justified his exit order, given the sight of a police baton in plain view between the seats of the defendant's vehicle, combined with the defendant's nervousness and fidgeting behavior and the fact that the stop occurred in a high-crime area. [364-367]
COMPLAINT received and sworn to in the Holyoke Division of the District Court Department on May 2, 2003.
A pretrial motion to suppress evidence was heard by W. Michael Ryan, J.
An application for leave to prosecute an interlocutory appeal was allowed by Francis X. Spina, J., in the Supreme Judicial Court for the county of Suffolk, and the appeal was transferred by him to the Appeals Court.
Bethany C. Lynch, Assistant District Attorney, for the Commonwealth.
Dennis M. Powers for the defendant.
GREENBERG, J. A criminal complaint charged the defendant with carrying a firearm without a license pursuant to G. L. c. 269, § 10(a); possession of a class D substance in violation of G. L. c. 94C, § 32C; and a motor vehicle equipment infraction under G. L. c. 90, § 7. This is the Commonwealth's interlocutory appeal from an order of a District Court judge allowing
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the defendant's motion to suppress evidence of marijuana and a firearm discovered during a pat-down search of the defendant. The appeal was allowed and referred to this court by a single justice of the Supreme Judicial Court. See Mass.R.Crim.P. 15(b)(2), as appearing in 422 Mass. 1502 (1996).
We draw the essential facts from the judge's findings with amplification from the record. About 8:40 P.M., State Trooper Murphy and Detective Duke of the Holyoke police were parked in an armored police cruiser in a high-crime area of Holyoke. A number of shootings and drug dealing activities had occurred in the neighborhood during this time. The defendant drew the attention of the two officers because he was driving a car with an unlit headlamp. Murphy pulled behind the defendant's vehicle and signaled him to stop. This maneuver was accomplished without incident.
Both officers alighted from the cruiser and approached the vehicle, Murphy on the driver's side, and Duke on the passenger side. As Murphy got close to the door, he noticed that the defendant was the sole occupant. When Murphy asked him to produce his license, Murphy observed the defendant's hands shaking and surmised that the defendant "was nervous about something." Meanwhile, Duke looked inside from the passenger side and observed part of an object, which he recognized as the handle of a police baton, protruding from the space between the two front seats. He mentioned this circumstance to Murphy as the defendant was obtaining his license and registration papers. Before checking on their validity, Murphy asked the defendant if he had any weapons inside the vehicle. The defendant initially responded in the negative. At that point, Murphy asked the defendant to step outside the vehicle so that he could conduct a pat-down search of his person. In his direct testimony at the motion hearing, Murphy recounted that his major concern before asking the defendant to exit the vehicle was that the defendant's responses to his routine questions were uttered in a mumbling fashion, that the defendant avoided eye contact with him, and that he seemed evasive and nervous. Murphy also testified that he feared for his own safety and felt that he was at peril at the time he asked the defendant to exit the vehicle. The pat-down search produced the firearm and the marijuana that were the basis of the defendant's arrest and current charges.
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The judge ruled that the police legitimately stopped the car, a proposition which neither of the parties contest. However, art. 14 of the Massachusetts Declaration of Rights does not permit the police to force the driver or passengers out of a motor vehicle during a routine stop unless there is reasonable suspicion based upon specific facts. Commonwealth v. Gonsalves, 429 Mass. 658 , 662-663 (1999). Commonwealth v. Williams, 46 Mass. App. Ct. 181 , 182-183 (1999). See Commonwealth v. Stack, 49 Mass. App. Ct. 227 , 234 (2000) ( "An exit order to a passenger not himself seen to commit any violation or offense" was permissible under art. 14 where the police had reasonable apprehension about their own safety). Here, the motion judge ruled that the police lacked the authority to order the defendant out of the vehicle because -- aside from his nervous demeanor -- he was compliant and obedient. The judge fobbed off the existence of the police baton inside the vehicle, stating that it was not an unlawful weapon. He ruled that the stop was not constitutionally permissible in the totality of the circumstances.
"[T]he ultimate legal conclusion to be drawn from the fact[s] developed at the hearing [on a motion to suppress] is a matter for our review, particularly where the conclusion is of constitutional dimension." Commonwealth v. Accaputo, 380 Mass. 435 , 448 n.18 (1980). As matter of law, we reach the opposite conclusion from the motion judge on the particular facts of this case.
In Terry v. Ohio, 392 U.S. 1, 22 (1968), the United States Supreme Court recognized that "a police officer may in appropriate circumstances and in an appropriate manner approach a person for purposes of investigating possibly criminal behavior even though there is no probable cause to make an arrest." The Fourth Amendment to the United States Constitution does not require a police officer who lacks the precise information necessary for probable cause to arrest simply to shrug his or her shoulders and allow something to go awry, even during a traffic stop, if the officer's observations reasonably require further action. Although the precise constitutional line is not always easily ascertained, a police officer is allowed to take reasonable precautions for his or her own protection. See Commonwealth v. Robbins, 407 Mass. 147 , 151 (1990). As has often been stated,
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in applying hindsight to an officer's actions, an appellate court is mindful that, as shown by many tragic endings to threshold police inquiries, "the answer might be a bullet." Commonwealth v. Silva, 366 Mass. 402 , 407 (1974), quoting from Terry v. Ohio, supra at 33. With respect to exit orders, the nature of which occurred here, the Supreme Judicial Court has rejected the approach of the United States Supreme Court in Pennsylvania v. Mimms, 434 U.S. 106, 109-111 (1977), that a police officer may order the driver out of a lawfully stopped vehicle as a matter of course. Instead, in Commonwealth v. Gonsalves, 429 Mass. at 662-663, the court held that art. 14 requires an officer to have reasonable suspicion of danger to himself or others before ordering a driver from a lawfully stopped vehicle. See Commonwealth v. Torres, 433 Mass. 669 , 673 (2001). The standard for determining whether a belief or suspicion is reasonable is "whether a reasonably prudent man in the police [officer's] position would be warranted" in reaching such a conclusion. Commonwealth v. Vasquez, 426 Mass. 99 , 103 (1997), quoting from Commonwealth v. Santana, 420 Mass. 205 , 212-213 (1995). The question in this case is whether the sight of the baton in plain view between the seats of the car was enough, combined with the other described circumstances, to give rise to a reasonable suspicion of danger and justify the exit order.
The matter is close, but we conclude that the totality of the circumstances did justify the exit order and patfrisk. We acknowledge the defendant's argument that a "mere hunch" based upon a defendant's nervousness or fidgeting behavior, of itself, is not sufficient to justify an exit order. See Commonwealth v. Torres, supra at 673; Commonwealth v. Wooden, 13 Mass. App. Ct. 417 , 419-420 (1982); Commonwealth v. Nutile, 31 Mass. App. Ct. 614 , 618 (1991). But here, other factors combined to weigh heavily in the Commonwealth's favor. It "does not take much for a police officer to establish a reasonable basis to justify an exit order based on safety concerns." Commonwealth v. Gonsalves, supra at 664.
Cases to which the Commonwealth's brief have referred are consistent with this view. In Commonwealth v. Holley, 52 Mass. App. Ct. 659 , 663 (2001), for example, a high-crime area
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combined with a furtive gesture was sufficient to justify an exit order. In Commonwealth v. Riche, 50 Mass. App. Ct. 830 , 833-834 (2001), an early morning stop in a high-crime area, together with the officer's observation of the driver's movements and his answers to the officer's questions, contributed to the behavioral gestalt that justified the defendant's removal from his vehicle.
Commonwealth v. Rivera, 33 Mass. App. Ct. 311 , 314-315 (1992), similarly involved a motor vehicle stop, during which the officer noticed an aluminum baseball bat protruding from under the passenger seat. This observation, along with suspicious movements by an occupant of the vehicle, the possibility of the occupant's access to the bat, the presence of others in the car, and the officer's awareness of a recent fatal bludgeoning of a police officer with an aluminum bat during a routine traffic stop, were held sufficient to justify an exit order of the occupant and a patfrisk of his person. [Note 1]
The difficulty in the defendant's case is that he, in the first instance, overreacted to the stop. Murphy testified that the defendant's hands were "shaking violently" and that his responses to ordinary police queries were practically inaudible. Simultaneously, Duke called Murphy's attention to the existence of the police baton, which triggered the exit order. From the officers' vantage, asking the defendant to get out of the vehicle so that a patfrisk could be accomplished does not seem a disproportionate measure. The " 'principle of proportionality' looks to whether the actions of the police were proportional to or exceeded what the circumstances called for at the moment." Grasso & McEvoy, Suppression Matters Under Massachusetts Law § 5-4(c), at 5-10 (2004).
Although the Supreme Judicial Court has made the observation that nervousness, in and of itself, especially on behalf of a minority member of the community, is not enough to justify an
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exit order, see Commonwealth v. Gonsalves, 429 Mass. at 663, [Note 2] for their part, the police are "entitled to take reasonable precautions for their [own] protection," Commonwealth v. Willis, 415 Mass. 814 , 820 (1993). Proportionality is a dynamic principle, and suspicion may escalate over the course of a stop. See Commonwealth v. Sinforoso, 434 Mass. 320 , 323-324 (2001) (observation of weapons during a routine motor stop led to a patfrisk; further observations suggested illegal drug activity, warranting a canine sniff of the car, and probable cause for searching the vehicle). In this instance, we conclude, as matter of law, that the exit order was not so intrusive as to constitute a violation of art. 14.
Order allowing motion to suppress reversed.
[Note 1] The Commonwealth correctly argues that the police baton was a weapon and that the defendant, thus, lied when Murphy asked him if he had any weapons. This factor seems to make a stronger case for the Commonwealth than that in Commonwealth v. Rivera, supra. While an aluminum bat may have other uses, a police baton is unequivocally designed to be used as a weapon.
[Note 2] See also Commonwealth v. Feyenord, 445 Mass. 72 , 87-88 (2005), cert. denied, 126 S. Ct. 1369 (2006) (Greaney, J., concurring) (stating that a motorist must never be stopped merely because of race but only for a legitimate reason).


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Have brisket, will travel.
The barbecue gods have not been kind to Oakland, which has lost, in the past few years, its best purveyors of the genre: Double D, B-Side, BBQ Hut—all gone well before their time. The arrival of a new branch of 4505 Burgers & Barbecue—Ryan Farr's Divisadero spot—in the old Glenn's Hot Dogs space in Oakland's Laurel neighborhood was supposed to help turn the tide. Then the restaurant's hoped-for winter opening was pushed back to early spring of 2018—the usual vagaries of the industry, or perhaps the latest proof of that pernicious Oakland barbecue curse.
This digital age does have its perks, however. Farr decided he didn't have to wait—not when the use of a commercial kitchen and collaboration with the food-delivery app Caviar meant that he could start serving East Bay customers right away. Which is welcome news because, among other things, 4505 serves some of the best barbecue brisket around—thick-sliced, fat-striated, lightly smoky, and encrusted with peppery, coal-black bark. It's a texture thing, mainly. Farr, in the manner of pitmasters since time immemorial, won't divulge all of the particulars. But the key, he says, is to just keep cooking it—low and slow, as they say—until the brisket wobbles and shakes like a holiday Jell-O mold. It's as much art as science, and, thank the gods, Farr seems to have it down.
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When planning summer getaways, vacationers often expect to explore the tourist attractions and maybe take in some of the hidden secrets of their destinations. Why then, do we rarely think about seeking and exploring the hidden treasures in our own hometowns?
Pallottine Renewal Center, a retreat and conference center in North County, has an opportunity to help locals do just that this summer. Pallottine, along with numerous businesses in North County, presents a Staycation weekend July 21-23 that includes guided tours of some local landmarks rich in history as well as restaurants that make North County unique.
Howard Nimmons was the first to sign up for the fun-filled weekend after he heard Pallottine Executive Director Marillyn Webb give a presentation of the Staycation's offerings at a Rotary Club of Florissant meeting. Nimmons, who has attended other events at Pallottine in the past, also is bringing his wife and mother to the weekend retreat.
"It seemed like a good way to see the area from a different perspective," Nimmons said. "We get to spend the weekend exploring places that I'm aware of but haven't really paid attention to. This is a more organized event with guided tours. It's a chance to see what we have in our own backyard. I'm always interested in finding new tidbits and I'm interested in history. This also includes going to some nice restaurants and museums."
Nimmons said that just like tourists commit a few days to exploring other cities around the country, he said the Pallottine Staycation is a unique way to spend a weekend close to home.
"We're committing a weekend to do this," Nimmons said. "Often when people plan to attend something, we do just one thing. This is an entire weekend to see several different places. The fun part is that it is a nice program spread over an entire weekend, and it will be fun being able to share the stories and have the interaction with the other people.
"Many times, we all commit weekends to exploring other cities around the country. Why not commit to exploring our own city? We tend to ignore the things we have in our area. The Staycation also is one more opportunity for us to be educated and then go back to other people and talk intelligently about the treasures we have to offer in our community, to entice people to visit."
This year's Staycation is scheduled for the weekend of July 21-23. The all-inclusive package is $235 per person and features overnight accommodations and hospitality, meals, transportation, tours, museum, and entertainment.
So register today and pack your bags for a fun-filled summer getaway filled with inspiration and relaxation right here in your own backyard.
The full schedule is as follows:
Friday, July 21
- Registration begins at 9:30 a.m. at Pallottine Renewal Center with coffee and light refreshments.
- Introduction and history of Pallottine presented by Sister Gail Borgmeyer, Provincial of the Pallottine Sisters.
- Tour of Cold Water Cemetery conveniently located on the Pallottine property, with historical presentation by Daughters of the American Revolution.
- Lunch at Pallottine
- Chartered bus tour to Daniel Bissell House Tour and Bellefontaine.
- Dinner trip to Ferguson Brewery and Cork Wine Bar or Vincenzo's Italian Restaurant.
- Open evening at Pallottine Renewal Center for relaxation, exploring the 80-plus acres or hanging by the indoor pool or outdoor patio.
- Historical video of Pallottine Missionary Sisters will be presented as an optional activity.
Saturday, July 22
- Chartered Bus Tour to Taille De Noyer House and Ferdinand Shrine.
- "A Taste of North County" luncheon featuring Catering to You, Krause Katering and Kakes, Pirrone's Pizzeria, Cannoli's Restaurant, and Hendel's Restaurant.
- Chartered bus to Sacred Heart Museum and Columbia Bottom Conservation Area as well as the Earth Dance Farm.
- Dinner at Pallottine Renewal Center
- Evening concert at Pallottine featuring local band the MO Bottom Project, which will perform songs written about the local landmarks. This includes a reception beginning at 7 p.m.
Sunday, July 23
- Breakfast and Mass in the beautiful Pallottine Chapel.
Time is running out to register so spread the word and please visit www.pallottinerenewal.org/staycation-summer-2017 for all the details.
For more information, please contact Marillyn Webb at (314) 837-7100 or email@example.com.
Pallottine Renewal Center is conveniently located at 15270 Old Halls Ferry Road, Florissant, MO 63034.
Pallottine also offers a Summer Speakers Series. Make this summer a time to refresh your spirit, reflect with God and renew your faith at Pallottine Renewal Center. Enjoy our excellent hospitality, delicious food and beautiful grounds while hearing informative and inspiring speakers.


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If it becomes law it will lead to horrific conditions and appalling situations for dogs as well as cats. The RSPCA's verdict is damning: 'this code legalises some of the abhorrent conditions and practices regularly seen by our Inspectors at puppy factories'. (Ironically, Victoria's premier, Dr Denis Napthine, is a veterinarian by profession.)
Recommendations in the revised code include the following:
- If litters of puppies are included, the ratio of carers to animals could be as little as 1:500 outside business hours.
- Maximum litter numbers for females will be increased while males will have no maximum number.
- There will be no maximum breeding age or period that an animal could be bred from, so these animals could potentially spend their entire lifetime confined to farms.
- There will be no requirement to regulate temperatures, that is, to provide cooling and heating.
- The recommendations allow for 'any method' of euthanasia as long as it is 'humane', but 'humane' isn't defined. In theory methods of death could include shooting or bashing, causing incredible suffering.
- Breeding between second-generation related animals will be acceptable.
- Tethering is allowed (except for some categories of breeding females). RSPCA Victoria advises against tethering.
- The code will allow working dogs to be housed in small raised pens with wire floors.
- Breeders, rather than vets, will be able to declare an animal fit for sale. Not only do breeders lack the appropriate qualifications to do this, but this may also mean that neither the animal nor the buyer will be protected from post-sale welfare or return issues.
The government is calling for feedback on the revised Code of Practice, and the deadline is 9 am on Wednesday 14 August.
I've created a campaign on this issue through GetUp! Please sign the petition and demand that the Victorian Minister for Agriculture, Peter Walsh, include in the code of practice the minimum animal welfare standards recommended by the RSPCA. (It would be great if you could sign before 14 August, but the campaign will continue after this date.)
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ISLAMABAD: Interior Minister Rehman Malik Wednesday said community policing is a good concept that will effectively help meet law and order challenges faced by the country.
Speaking at a ceremony held here to inaugurate the community policing system in Islamabad, Malik said community policing was a system whereby the police and people cooperated with each other in controlling crimes and through joint efforts helped improve the security situation.
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Enumerating the other measures being adopted to improve security in the federal capital, the minister said he had directed IGP, Islamabad, to induct 50 persons for Community Intelligence Services. He said as per directives of the president and prime minister, 32,000 persons would be imparted training for civil defence so that they could help the people in times of emergency.
Moreover, Malik also announced the restoration of the community based Chokidari System, adding that it would be implemented in other parts of the country. He said besides other challenges, Pakistan was facing security and power shortages. However, Malik assured that he planned to take action against power thieves and would help save 25 percent power for the national grid.
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Weekly Musing 1-12-14
Saul Anuzis
Republicans Really Could Win It All This Year
For the last decade, Larry J. Sabato has been forecasting elections and analyzing the results—correctly predicting 98 percent of Senate, House and governor winners in, 2006, 2008, 2010 and 2012. Starting with this column, Sabato, a university professor of politics and director of the University of Virginia Center for Politics, joins Politico Magazine as a regular contributor. Twice a month, he'll be sharing his insights on how the 2014 midterm races are shaping up—and the factors that really matter.
Another midterm election beckons, and over the next 10 months we'll see headlines about a thousand supposedly critical developments—the "game changers" and the "tipping points." But we all know there aren't a thousand powerful drivers of the vote. I'd argue that three factors are paramount: the president, the economy and the election playing field. And, at least preliminarily, those three factors seem to be pointing toward Republican gains in both houses in the 2014 midterms.
I'm Suing Over ObamaCare Exemptions for Congress
The legal basis for our lawsuit (which I will file with a staff member, Brooke Ericson, as the other plaintiff) includes the fact that the OPM ruling forces me, as a member of Congress, to engage in activity that I believe violates the law. It also potentially alienates members of Congress from their constituents, since those constituents are witnessing members of Congress blatantly giving themselves and their staff special treatment.
Republicans have tried to overturn this special treatment with legislation that was passed by the House on Sept. 29, but blocked in the Senate. Amendments have also been offered to Senate bills, but Majority Leader Harry Reid refuses to allow a vote on any of them.
I believe that I have not only legal standing but an obligation to go to court to overturn this unlawful executive overreach, end the injustice, and provide a long overdue check on an executive that recognizes fewer and fewer constitutional restraints.
The Parties Have Already Devised Their Midterm Messages
Republicans are obviously trying to cast the midterm election as a referendum on the Affordable Care Act, hardly a surprise given the broadly negative views that a plurality of Americans hold toward it and its disastrous launch. But besides the obvious strategic risk of putting all their eggs in one basket, there is another problem with the GOP's approach to 2014. While the public is hardly enthusiastic about Obamacare, the same polls that show unfavorable attitudes toward the law also show an electorate that isn't looking to repeal it but rather fix it. This theme is absent from Republicans' talking points. They risk being seen as capable of only throwing rocks rather than improving things, thus contributing to a negative image that led to many of their problems in the 2012 elections.
Democrats want to change the subject to income inequality, hoping to buy time for the Affordable Care Act to work out its problems and for a constituency to grow among those who like and use it. All in all, this isn't a bad strategy; they definitely should want to shift the focus from the president's signature legislative accomplishment, now a sore subject. The public, however, is increasingly aware of not just the growing gap between the rich and the poor, but also the one between the well-to-do and those who were once in the middle class but have slipped below it even as they try to cling to what they have. In James Carville's and Stan Greenberg's 2012 book, It's the Middle Class, Stupid, the renowned Democratic strategists made a compelling economic case for how wide the gap has grown and how fearful many working and middle-class Americans are of losing any shot at the American Dream. And they also argue that directing attention to the issue is a winning political strategy.
Conservatism for the People
Virtually every important national campaign has revolved around one central question: How can we best give average people respect, dignity, and an opportunity to make their way in the world, tyrannized neither by government nor by private individuals?
That was the question over which the 2012 election was fought. President Obama and the Democrats advanced one answer; Governor Romney and the Republicans advanced another. Both sides understood that this election would begin to settle whose approach would govern America for years to come.
Republicans, and especially conservatives, would like to dismiss their defeat as an aberration. They proffer many excuses: Governor Romney was a bad candidate who ran a bad campaign; President Obama's technology-driven ground game made the difference; Hurricane Sandy stopped Romney's momentum at the worst possible time. None of these explanations is without merit, but all miss the major point of the election results: The president made the campaign into a choice between two clear visions of America, and Americans preferred his vision to the Republicans'.
The Republican denial of this simple truth stands squarely in the way of their pursuit of the presidency. Republican renewal can start only when the party understands that it lost because its vision has slowly drifted away from the concerns of most Americans. By abandoning the American people's foremost political priority, the GOP places its continued national relevance at risk.
Roger Scruton: What do Conservatives believe? The Brits perspective…
Some time ago I got together with Rodney Leach, Gwythian Prins and a few others to discuss the question what exactly do conservatives believe, and how do their beliefs apply in our present context. After a few attempts at drafting a short statement of principles we put the matter on hold for a while. But then, exasperated by the level of debate within the Conservative Party, and by the empty progressivism constantly forced upon David Cameron by Nick Clegg, I composed a manifesto out of the fragments. Here it is. I present it under my own name since only I take responsibility for it.
But I acknowledge the great help and inspiration of Rodney Leach and Gwythian Prins, and also other friends with whom I have discussed these issues. A shorter version of the manifesto has already appeared in The Spectator, but this fuller text represents the position that I and many others hold, and which I believe to be the heart of the conservative worldview for us, here, now. I still cherish the hope that something like this position will animate the decisions of some future Conservative government.
Is it 1914 all over again? We are in danger of repeating the mistakes that started WWI, says a leading historian
Professor Margaret MacMillan, of the University of Cambridge, argues that the Middle East could be viewed as the modern-day equivalent of this turbulent region. A nuclear arms race that would be likely to start if Iran developed a bomb "would make for a very dangerous world indeed, which could lead to a recreation of the kind of tinderbox that exploded in the Balkans 100 years ago – only this time with mushroom clouds," she writes in an essay for the Brookings Institution, a leading US think-tank.
"While history does not repeat itself precisely, the Middle East today bears a worrying resemblance to the Balkans then," she says. "A similar mix of toxic nationalisms threatens to draw in outside powers as the US, Turkey, Russia, and Iran look to protect their interests and clients."
Professor MacMillan highlights a string of other parallels between today and a century ago. Modern-day Islamist terrorists mirror the revolutionary communists and anarchists who carried out a string of assassinations in the name of a philosophy that sanctioned murder to achieve their vision of a better world. And in 1914, Germany was a rising force that sought to challenge the pre-eminent power of the time, the UK. Today, the growing power of China is perceived as a threat by some in the US.
Why I Chose the Red, White and Blue – Americans Who Doubt the Value of Being a U.S. Citizen Should Know How Impressive It Still Feels to Become One
The U.S. does this language so well. It is an antidote to cynicism. It revealed to me what a frail and incomplete thing it had been to live here as an observer rather than a full participant in civic life. I wish that those Americans who trash their country for its failings or doubt the value of their citizenship could give it up and reapply for it, just to see with fresh eyes what an astonishing gift it still is.
The First Presidential Election and Other Firsts
The first presidential election was 225 years ago today. Although it was not democratic, it was a first in human history.
Most people think presidential elections are held on the first Tuesday in November. Constitutionally speaking, they're not.
Instead, these days, the law specifies they be held on the first Monday following the second Wednesday in December, when the members of the Electoral College, who were the ones actually elected on the first Tuesday in November, meet in their respective state capitals and cast their votes.
For the first presidential election, the day set for the electors to meet was January 7, 1789—225 years ago today.
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National Obesity Awareness Week
Tackling diabetes, heart disease and weight-related illness
It is National Obesity Awareness Week from 9th to 15th January 2017. With this in mind, the Leeds West Academy is considering the following two points:
1. 20% of British children leaving Primary School are obese.
2. A new poll suggests that one in three Britons are unwilling to make changes to reduce sugar intake.
At the Academy, we want to make a difference to this national concern and ask our student community to consider their daily diet and exercise routines to improve their personal wellbeing.
Mrs Jennings and Miss Davey are asking students to challenge themselves during National Obesity Awareness Week and pick up a booklet and complete five challenges daily.
These challenges include; attending morning 'wake-up shake-up' in the activity suite, drinking two litres of water per day, changing eating patterns for a full week, recording what has been consumed and taking part in 30 minutes of vigorous exercise each day.
Mrs Jenings said: "If you are up to the change and complete the full week of challenges, you have a chance of winning some prizes. Better still, pick up a challenge booklet for your parents too. They will be available in assemblies."
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Court of Appeals of Iowa
September 27, 2017
STATE OF IOWA, Plaintiff-Appellee,v.DAREN THOMAS LEIKVOLD, Defendant-Appellant.
from the Iowa District Court for Sioux County, Duane E.
Hoffmeyer, Judge.
Leikvold appeals following his conviction of third-degree
sexual abuse. AFFIRMED.
M. McMinn, Sioux City, for appellant.
J. Miller, Attorney General, and Thomas J. Ogden, Assistant
Attorney General, for appellee.
Considered by Vaitheswaran, P.J., and Doyle and Bower, JJ.
Leikvold appeals following his conviction of third-degree
sexual abuse. He contends there is insufficient evidence to
support his conviction. He also challenges the trial
court's ruling on the admissibility of impeachment
evidence. Because sufficient evidence supports Leikvold's
conviction and the trial court acted within its discretion in
ruling on the admissibility of impeachment evidence, we
Background Facts and Proceedings.
State charged Leikvold with two counts of third-degree sexual
abuse after a twelve-year-old child alleged that Leikvold had
vaginal intercourse with her on two occasions. Leikvold
waived his right to a jury. Following the bench trial, the
district court found him guilty on one count of third-degree
sexual abuse.
reaching its verdict, the court noted the child "comes
across as mature beyond her age." The court found that
although the child "was interviewed several times during
the investigation and was vigorously cross-examined for some
length at the trial, " she "consistently described
two incidents where [Leikvold] placed his penis into her
vagina, once in [Leikvold's bed] and another in the lower
twin bunk bed in her room." The court acknowledged that
the medical evidence was inconclusive and that there were
"some inconsistencies" between the child's
"statements, interviews, deposition testimony, and trial
testimony." However, the court found that "despite
the lengthy and vigorous trial cross-examination, " the
child's account was consistent in that "there was no
deviation on the fact there was vaginal intercourse between
herself and [Leikvold] that took place while her mother was
gone on at least two occasions."
the court concluded the evidence showed beyond a reasonable
doubt that Leikvold had vaginal intercourse with the child on
the child's bed between October 29, 2015, and January 24,
2016, " stating:
The court finds [the child]'s testimony to be credible
and believable. Her testimony is corroborated by the
statement of [Leikvold] and her mother that on these
occasions she and her sister were alone with [Leikvold]. [The
child]'s mother testified she was not aware [Leikvold]
was lying with [the child] and did not believe it to be
appropriate behavior. [The child]'s mother, on at least
one occasion in the living room, told [Leikvold] the
placement of his hand for the photograph was inappropriate.
[The child]'s mother testified to [Leikvold] looking at
computer pornography that involved young individuals. [The
child] testified that after vaginal intercourse [Leikvold],
on one occasion, returned to his computer. All parties
testified [Leikvold] would oftentimes be up late at night on
his computer. It was [Leikvold] being up late at night and
early morning that he said led to him lying with [the child]
so as to make sure he would wake up in the morning. Most
importantly, the court finds [the child]'s testimony is
corroborated by the DNA findings of [Leikvold]'s sperm on
the sheets of her bed. The court finds the evidence to be
sufficient and there need not be independent corroboration of
every element. The court finds [Leikvold]'sbehavior and
attitude towards [the child] could be viewed as grooming. The
court finds [the child]'s cutting behavior could be the
result of the inappropriate sex acts between herself and
court also found that while it was "reasonably certain a
sex act occurred between [the child] and [Leikvold] in his
bedroom, " there was not proof beyond a reasonable doubt
because "[t]he DNA corroboration is missing."
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