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The issue of access to subscription- based journals has been litigated ad nauseam and I do think global publishers have done by and large a decent job in terms of implementing with WHO and other agencies myriad access themes available to those countries too resource- constrained to afford regular subscriptions.[1]
Some authors disagree, insisting that only Open Access journals, a supposedly superior business model, can address the access problem adequately. And they are right, Open Access journals, by definition, pose no access problems of the kind subscription- based journals pose. Sadly, having your cake and eating it too rarely works in the real world, and so these authors, having resolved the access to academic research problem, are faced with a different problem they did not have before. Open Access journals can only survive as viable enterprises if a sufficiently high number of authors pay what are often expensive article processing charges, or APCs. These journals often offer their equivalent to the access schemes subscription- based journals have put in place, namely differential fees or fee waivers for those who absolutely cannot afford to pay.
Short of asking academics to exploit themselves by volunteering to produce and disseminate academic journals and their content, reliably, over decades, someone will have to pay for the resource intensive production of journals and to ensure the reliable availability of their content.
I have yet to see from those complaining about access problems realistic solutions to this challenge. They mostly, and typically correctly identify the problem, but beyond grandstanding they offer no answers. They expect someone else to sort things out for them.
As I said, authors in the global south can access bioethics journal content either by means of the access schemes mentioned earlier, or by simply emailing the authors of content they are interested in and by asking those authors for a complimentary electronic copy of their article. Nobody would decline such a request.
I do think that a much greater challenge is to enable scholars from the global south to participate in international conferences and workshops both to share their own knowledge, but also to learn from colleagues and to network with a view to establishing research partnerships and the like.
I suspect you will know Facebook. I posted a photo from a workshop I had organised in the summer of 2017 in the UK, on the most recent version of the Council for International Organizations of Medical Sciences (CIOMS) research ethics guidelines. Not unexpectedly a colleague, located in an upmarket London- based university, harangued me for the lack of diversity, perhaps most significantly, the evident lack of attendees from the global south. That colleague was right: only two of the 25 or so workshop delegates came from the Caribbean, while everyone else came from countries of the global north. Of course, I had virtually no funding to organise said workshop, and everyone who travelled there paid their own way. Nobody's flight was covered by me. I did have inquiries from various colleagues in the global south who would have loved to attend, but quickly gave up on the idea due to lack of funds for their travel expenses. The colleague who criticized me quite publicly, naturally, had no funds to offer either. It is always easier to criticize than to contribute meaningfully to change. The same, as I tried to show, holds true for academics who refuse to acknowledge the cost involved in producing academic journals.
Some constructive attempts have been made to have a more globally representative group of conference goers presenting at and attending international bioethics events. A successful example of this is the Global Forum on Bioethics and Research. The GFBR has been around for a longish time. It's funded mostly by the UK's Wellcome Trust, the Gates Foundation, the US NIH Fogarty International Center and the UK's Medical Research Council. I had a quick look at the GFBR's website, with a view to finding out who governs it, and who decides on the composition of speakers and attendees of its meetings, given that its funders reside essentially in the USA and the UK. It seems to me as if the majority of those people are either staff members of these funding organisations, or are past/current grant recipients.[2] There appear to be very few truly independent scholars from the global south among those in charge of organising these global events.
I don't think that this is the result of any kind of malicious intent. It's likely a function of 'who do we know who could serve on that steering committee who is from Africa, Asia etc', and who does one know? Well, the answer is likely to be: 'someone we have funded before'.
However, that alone does not address the question of whether or not the meetings are failures when it comes to the question of participants from the global south. Here are the criteria the GBFR uses to determine who among the applicants will be invited[3]:
· Country of origin: GFBR would like to ensure a representative distribution of delegates from different regions;
· Background /current area of expertise: GFBR is aimed at anyone involved or interested in health research ethics, including researchers, policy-makers and community representatives. GFBR seeks representation from many different disciplines;
· Membership of an IRB/REC: Membership of an Institutional Review Board / Research Ethics Committee is not a prerequisite for attending GFBR, but may be taken into consideration;
· Experience of ethics: GFBR encourage s a mixture of 'old' and 'new' faces at each forum so that participants can productively discuss issues of concern to them and gain from the perspectives of others. Applicants need not be experts in ethics;
· Reasons for attending the meeting: GFBR seeks participants who will be able to actively contribute to the meeting and who expect to impact on research ethics and/or pursue a career in research ethics in their own country.
While there is the inevitable number of people who presumably just have to be at every such meeting (let's call them 'old' faces), the GFBR has succeeded in terms of attracting a fairly wide range of delegates from the global south to its meetings over the last few years. It's a small (and expensive) meeting, designed to host about 80 delegates, but it's probably a meeting as good as they come on the global bioethics scene. I truly wish there were more such events on the global bioethics events' calendar.
It is fortuitous that the next World Congress of the International Association of Bioethics will be held in New Delhi from 4-7 December 2018 under the theme Health for all in an unequal world: obligations of global bioethics and is locally hosted by SAMA, the resource group for women's health, the Forum for Medical Ethics Society, and, of course, the IAB.[4] With a bit of luck (and planning) there might be a plenary dedicated to figuring out how to enable more delegates from the global south to attend such events. Why don't you propose to organise such a plenary to the India- based hosts of the event. They might consider it quite seriously.
[1]Schuklenk U. 2015. Fighting Imaginary Enemies in Bioethics Publishing. Bioethics 29(8): ii-iii. Schuklenk U, Magnus D. 2017. Justice and Bioethics: Who Should Finance Bioethics Publishing? AJOB 17(10): 1-2.
[2] http://www.gfbr.global/about-the-gfbr/ [Accessed 28 November 2017].
[3] http://www.gfbr.global/forum-meetings/ [Accessed 28 November 2017].
[4] http://www.iab2018.org [Accessed 28 November 2017]


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I believe that grade 7 should get Ipads. We would be able to learn better, it would be easier for ythe teachers, and easier for the students.
Ipads would enable the 7th grades to learn faster because we could easily switch from one app to another to help make research faster. It would be easier because no one would have to bring so many books to class. The 7th grade would also get a wider range of learning. There are many different apps that we could learn from.
It would be easier for the teachers because there wouldn't be any lost or crumbled paper handed in because it would all be on the Ipads. The teachers would also be able to read papers very easily because no one would have sloppy hand writing. Also everything would easily be handed in on time through the Ipads and internet.
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Superintendent Mark Evans
When the Omaha Public Schools board failed finding a new superintendent last spring, it marked the continuation of internal conflicts and district dirty laundry being aired.
Between the suspended search and the start of this new school year, holdover superintendent Mark Evans, who earlier announced his retirement, agreed to stay on an extra year. Some board members have openly championed him. Others have been at odds with him. In the wake of all this noise, Evans and board members say they're moving past their sometimes fractious past.
A major order of business is reactivating the stalled search and reaching consensus on Evans' successor. That decision, along with implementing a new student assignment plan, opening schools, a pending bond issue and resuming focus on a strategic plan Evans initiated, will be scrutinized by a wary community.
Things got messy enough that over the summer all nine board members participated in trainings conducted by Omaha-based consultant Marj Plumb centered around interpersonal communication and relationship building. More coaching sessions may follow.
Meanwhile, a Board Governance committee is forming to serve as a professional development-oversight body.
Lacy Merica, OPS School Board President_Photo Courtesy of Omaha Public Schools
Some history is necessary to understand how things got to this point. In January, the newly constituted board required 100-plus votes to elect a president – Lacey Merica. Many 5-4 decisions on district matters followed tense board meetings. When the search dragged on amid sharp division, the final three candidates withdrew from the process, citing dysfunction. Heated criticism from stakeholders peaked after the Omaha World-Herald published acrimonious emails between some board members. The sniping caused some observers to question members' professionalism and focus.
Rifts have erupted over student achievement – where despite gains, gaps persist – response to disproportionate student suspensions and student transportation snafus.
District leadership has come under fire for not seeking enough educator-public input on instituting an extended school day, rolling out a new sex ed curriculum and calling off the superintendent search.
Bridget Donovan_President, Omaha Education Association_photo by Debra S. Kaplan
Bridget Donovan_President, Omaha Education Association_photo by Debra S. Kaplan
Omaha Education Association president Bridget Donovan said she wants leadership to invite principals, teachers and paras to be more involved in the new search "because I think that helps set up the success for the next superintendent." Without more transparency, she said, "We don't even know as a public or an employee what criteria they (the board) are using."
With the new school year now underway, the clock's ticking and the community's watching to see how things are different this time around.
"I'm feeling a little bit hopeful they're going to actually engage us in a meaningful way," said Donovan, whose organization represents OPS educators. "I do believe the board is making an effort to do that," though she questions if they've learned to constructively disagree.
Evans, Snow and Merica agree the board's performance will be judged on how the school year proceeds and on the tenor of open meetings. They say since attending the training they note a discernible improvement in how they relate to each other and Evans.
Even with everything on the board's plate, how members handle the new search will be the most telling marker for where they've arrived.
"With as big an issue as it was, I think they (the board) really have to get this right this time," Donovan said. "They're going to be under tremendous pressure."
In August, a subcommittee devoted to the quest voted to cut ties with the previous search firm and to commission a new one. The goal is to move on a fast track and to hire a new superintendent by the end of December.
"We started the committee that will bring back recommendations to the board for what is the next step, what the timeline looks like and how the community's going to have input in that," Merica said.
She said it's key "we get that community buy-in" after complaints OPS hasn't been sufficiently transparent.
Evans and Co. downplayed any concerns that chaotic events of the past might dissuade qualified candidates from throwing their names in the ring.
"I think the new search firm will tell whoever those candidates are … that we learned from that experience, we've grown from that experience," he said. "Actually, it's a great time to come because we wound up finding a way to work together in a collective fashion."
The board training provided insight into individual and interpersonal dynamics member now apply in practice.
"We talked a little bit about ourselves and our personalities," Lacey Merica said. "It was really helpful to kind of get us all on the same page of hey, look at your (fellow) board members as human beings, too."
If Snow's learned anything, he said, It's to "compromise and understand where people are coming from, and no matter if I disagree with their decision, respect them . . . Our objective is to make a decision as a unified board, not one individual.
Snow said the training was a lesson in swallowing pride.
"Everyone first has to acknowledge the fact that everyone has room to improve. And the fact that we were able to get every board member to show up proved that. The downfall about our board in the past and of most school boards across the country is they (members) only meet at board meetings. They only get the chance to talk about issues in the board meeting when a decision's made, and if I don't know you personally, I might take that personally."
Mark Evans said the training wasn't a mandate but a mutually agreed upon need.
"It was a discussion we all had. We wanted to send a message that we were going to try to live together and not have the controversies and conflict of the past and to try and get a feel for what caused some of the breakdown in communication and trust. It was just a desire to turn the page."
"It's going to be critical as we start the 'sup' search," he said. "The student assignment plan is difficult, the busing issue is difficult. The bond issue – we've got board members that have different feelings there and that's a big issue.
"Three years ago I don't think we could have compromised on some of those issues. Today, I think we can. I think that's part of the evolution of the process."
Snow and Merica say there's a new appreciation for the board speaking or acting as one.
"We all need to be unified when we are talking about putting up another bond for this school district," said Snow. "We all need to be unified when we're talking about launching a new student assignment plan. We all need to be on the same page."
"I honestly think the Community Eligibility Provision is a good example," Merica said of the free meal option for low income schools. "It was not a unanimous board vote to not expand the program and it's something I and Amanda Ryan (fellow school board member) are really passionate about (expanding). Yeah, it's upsetting, but it's what's best for the district. That was the board's decision. So let's keep working, let's fix the problems identified, so that down the road we can expand it."
No one's under the allusion there won't be disagreements, but maintaining decorum is a new emphasis, as is making an effort to have more face-to-face exchanges outside board meetings.
Marque A. Snow, Vice President of OPS School Barrd_Photo Courtesy of Omaha Public Schools
"If we disagree we're going to sit down one-on-one and have that discussion," Snow said.
"We have to communicate more with each other and ask questions and talk about issues," Merica said.
"Chances are you're going to have differences with different groups you come in contact with, but that doesn't mean you stop the conversation," OEA president Bridget Donovan said. "You have to be able to disagree appropriately with one another. It can't become so personal when you disagree. It has to be worked out."
The crucible the board underwent was perhaps unavoidable given its inexperience.
"I was hired in December 2012 by the 12-member board that in January, after I had been hired, got ousted," said Evans. "So, these guys (current board) weren't even a part of the selection committee for me."
A new nine member board came on with seven new members.
"There was this whole sense of charge from the community at that point in time, and I think that was a part of the challenge, too," Evans said. "Everybody had their own interpretation of the charge and I had my interpretation of what I was hired to do: to move student achievement in not only some schools but all schools, including schools that haven't achieved in the past."
Then the board underwent another makeover after the 2016 election. For many, it was their first elected public service post.
"I understood the dynamics of the political change," Evans said. "That was tough on the board. There was not one board member that had a decade of service, for example. Usually when there's a new board election there's one or two that have been there a long time who can say to the new board member, 'Well, this is why it's this way.' There wasn't anyone that could do that. And I couldn't do either because I was new, too, so I couldn't give the whole history,"
Added to the challenge is the district's complex profile.
"We are unique," Merica said. "We are a large urban district. We have concentrations of poverty and not just poverty, it's generational poverty, and that is different. We've got a large immigrant-refugee population.
"But we also have a community that's more supportive of its public schools than a lot of other communities."
Despite what Evans called "some bumps in the road," he and the board say OPS remains a public education leader.
"When you look at all the things from 10,000 feet ,we are still educating kids, teachers are still showing up and working hard. Over 60 percent of our teachers have a masters degree or above. There are other school districts not even close to that level."
Bridget Donovan is proud of the high caliber teachers and quality education found in OPS. She appreciates the difficult job the board has overseeing a large, diverse district. She doesn't want a board that votes in lockstep since members represent different subdistricts and needs. But she also doesn't want contention.
"We want thoughtful school board members who are voting what they believe is in the best interest. The more they can work together and communicate with one another, the better off they'll be. I do think they're working on it."
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On Wednesday for the Open Day Kapa Haka preformed some songs. I did the calls for the start of each song. We sang Haere Mai, the school waiata, Ka Waitata and a few more.
I have shown respect by being part of Kapa Haka
I have shown the leadership trait of trustworthy by turning up and trying my best..


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- 5 medium portobello mushrooms, sliced
- 1 bunch of asparagus
- 1/2 cup vegan cream
- 1/2 cup soy milk
- 1/2 cup veggie stock
- 2 tbsp sour cream
- 1.5 tbsp cornstarch
- 1/2 tbsp canola oil
- 1/2 tbsp Nuttelex
- 2 medium cloves garlic, minced
- 4 tsp lemon juice (divided into two lots)
- salt
- pepper
- 1/2 pack of the long pasta of your choice (I used spaghetti but linguini probably would have been better)
First, get your pasta on to boil. If you're using a long pasta, remember to stir it with a fork as frequently as you can so it doesn't stick together while cooking.
Now, cut the ends off of the washed asparagus and then cut the stalks into five sections. Heat the oil in a pan and sauté the asparagus pieces for about 5 minutes on med-high heat, adding a pinch of salt, a pinch of pepper and half of your lemon juice. Remove from heat and set aside.
Next, heat the Nuttelex in the pan and add the garlic. Before the garlic turns brown, add the mushrooms and cream. As the cream melts, stir it to distribute it around the pan. Add half of your soy milk, the sour cream and the stock. Slide your mushrooms to the outside of the pan and add your cornstarch to the centre, stirring into the liquid until it is dissolved.
Add the rest of your soy milk and some salt and pepper. The sauce will start to thicken, though it may seem quite soupy at this point! Add the asparagus and the rest of your lemon juice and cook until the sauce has the perfect amount of sauciness - not too soupy and not too thick. (You can always add more stock or lemon juice as necessary.)
Your pasta should be cooked by now, so drain it and pour it into the pan with the sauce. Fold until combined and served with fresh pepper and maybe some Murray River salt flakes.


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…is not something that comes naturally to me. When I was little, we would visit San Diego and stay with family. We did touristy things (Sea World, Disneyland), but we also did normal things, like cook out, and go to the grocery store, and just go for walks. When I got older, I experienced New York in much the same way-going to the store, making dinner at home, shopping where "locals" shop, and so on. I never stayed in a hotel until I was an adult, and I've always really valued quick acclimation to any new place. Also, while I've lived a lot of places, I haven't been on very many non-work related small trips (4 days in a conference center is not traveling). So, this trip is challenging me. Two or three days in a space is not time for me to be a "local". It pushes me to talk to folks and do things that would normally take weeks to work up to. This is a good thing, but it can also be exhausting. For example, right now I am sitting at a communal dinner table in the hostel with about 8 other people. At least 3 languages are being spoken, and none is English. It's great because that means I don't have to talk, just smile. Different throughout the rest of the day. I have been asking directions, learning to use an Oyster card, and generally talking to random people all day.
I'm also being a serious tourist. Objectives, plans. I am being a little spontaneous (mostly when I get too tired to stay on schedule), but I am really worried about my natural shyness overwhelming my desire to maximize every minute. I am sure that will balance out.
Today: Tower of London, Fortnum and Mason, swans in St James park, and accepting tourism.
I wandered the tower environs for over five hours today. There was a lot of additional info about WWI, including a re-enactment of the ideological conflict over recruiting soldiers. The exhibits were incredibly evocative, and I found myself in tears more than once, as these cheerful men waved to the video cameras-completely unaware of what was about to happen to them in the trenches…it was a lot to take in. Also I got completely creeped out in Beauchamps tower (where many prisoners have been kept over the centuries), and I could swear I saw a face reflected in a window right after I saw where the little princes we're discovered under the stairs. Spirits all around today. But it was wonderful, so much has been redesigned an updated since I was last here.
I ate fish and chips from the tower outdoor food court today. That's also part of why I'm feeling particularly touristy today. It was a deal with your tower ticket, and it was delicious but not my usual route for eating.
After the tower, I took the bus over to Fortnum and Mason. I snagged some tea and jam to bring home, but similar to my Harrod's experience, the star power was missing somehow. The other thing that could account for it was that the last time I was in these places, it was Christmas time, where everyone goes the extra mile to make magic. Maybe September is just the calm before the storm.
After Fortnum, walking and walking happened again. Partly I needed to think-having a bit of work anxiety for the first time since I left Milwaukee. Partly I think I have that desperate sense that good weather days are slipping through my fingers like a handful of coins, and I don't want to miss them. So, I sat in St James park and watched the swans. Walked past Buckingham Palace (because why not), got hopelessly lost at Victoria Station (map NOT helpful), and eventually made it back to the hostel. Trying to prioritize one more thing to do tomorrow-my train for Edinburgh leaves at 2! Good night!


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Two New Works for the Presidential Inauguration 2017
I received a commission to compose two eight-part choral works for the upcoming presidential inauguration. One will be an arrangement of the folk hymn "Beautiful Morning." It expresses real but distant confidence in the future: "In the morning, what a beautiful morning that will be when we all rise together in the morning." The other is a new composiiton called "Now We Belong." The words are by Michael Dennis Browne (Pilgrim's Hymn, among many others) written for this occasion. It gives timely expression to the undeniable reality that, "Once we were strangers / We were welcomed / Now we belong and believe in this land." It is a beautiful and encouraging poem that I can't wait to sound out.
"Longfellow Carol" to be Premiered in Japan
A group of talented musicians from Lee will premiere my new piece "Longfellow Carol" on their Japan tour. I wish I could be there to hear it! The piece is for five voices (SSATB), string quartet, piano and percussion. The text is Longfellow's famous civil war Christmas carol. The piece commissioned by this group for this tour.
Opus Award for Panis Angelicus
I am grateful to have received the Opus Award from the Missouri Choral Director's Association for my work "Panis Angelicus" for string quartet and choir. The Opus Award is given for a work that "exemplifies the highest standard of choral composition."
Enso String Quartet and Ning An Premiere Disturbing the Dust
The Enso String Quartet and Ning An gave the premiere of my new piano quintet movement Disturbing the Dust.
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March 22, 2015
Missouri State University Chorale and will give the world premiere of "Panis Angelicus" for choir and string quartet.
February 17, 2015
International Contemporary Ensemble (ICE) will give the world premiere of "Petite Picaresque" in Squires Concert Hall at Lee University, 7:30.
December 14, 15, 16, 2014
Tennessee Chamber Chorus performs "Laudemus Cum Armonia" in their Christmas Concert in Cleveland, Chattanooga and Knoxville.
October 30, 2014
"Laudemus Cum Armonia" will be published by Walton Music as part of their 2015 catalog.
October 28, 2014
Florida Southern College Chamber Singers perform "Give Me Jesus," Beth Gibbs conducting.
October 5, 2014
Missouri State University Chorale performs "Laudemus Cum Armonia," Cameron LaBarr conducting.
May 30, 2014
Presenting original sacred music and delivering a lecture at the Alliance of Christian Musicians meeting in Bryn Mawr Pennsylvania. The title of the lecture is "Style, Culture and and Obligations of Imagination."
May 18, 2014
Dr. Cameron LaBarr directs the premiere of "Venite et Videte" in the Duke University chapel. "Venite et Videte" is an a capella SATB work. The text comes from Psalm 66.
February 21, 2014
David Tahere performs "The Virtuous Soul" and "Far Down the Ages" in a faculty recital at Covenant College.
February 19, 2014
David Tahere premieres "The Virtuous Soul" in Squires Recital Hall at Lee University, at 7:30 on a program of music by composer Alan Elkins and myself. David will also sing my song, "Far Down the Ages," and I will perform "Rhapsody and Reason." "The Virtuous Soul" is a setting of the poem "Virtue" by George Herbert.
December 15, 16, 17
"The new piece was vivid, intense and engaging." --Daniel Gawthrop
Tennessee Chamber Chorus premieres "Laudemus Cum Armonia" on their Christmas program. "Laudemus Cum Armonia" is my new a capella work based on an early carol. Performances are in the Chattannoga and Knoxville areas. Follow the link to purchase tickets.
October 24
Lee University Choral Union, directed by Dr. Cameron LaBarr, premieres my arrangement of "Give Me Jesus."
October 6
Covenant Presbyterian Church Choir, Chattanooga, premieres "Our Eternal Home," SATB and Organ, commissioned for the congregation's 25th anniversary.
April 6
Presenting a paper, "Voice Leading in George Perle's Sonatina," at the Music Theory Southeast conference at Appalachan State University.
March 26
Lee University Chorale under Dr. William Green premieres "Teach Me Thy Way, O Lord."
February 27
"Give Me Jesus," for Soprano and Piano, performed by Andrea Dismukes and John Wykoff.
January 29
"Rhapsody and Reason," a concert of music by John Wykoff, in Squires Hall at Lee University. Chattanooga's Con Brio ensemble playing my string quartet "thou like adamant," Loralee Songer and Perry Mears playing my Spring Songs, myself on the piano premiering "Rhapsody and Reason," guest composer Susan Labarre, and more.


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Synopsis: Each Book is a Stand Alone - but you'll want to read them all!
Gorgeous covers, engaging characters, well paced story telling, creative dialog, attention to detail, plus darling secondary characters with villains that are really rotten earn these books Precious Space on my Keeper's List. I know I'll read these books again. [One little quibble was the repeated use of gentile for genteel and several minor grammatical or conversion errors. A gentile is a non-Jew; genteel means polite, refined, respectable. Every instance made me smile and whisper: Curse you auto correct!]
Very few series books end up with the final book being as good as the first. In this case, the third book surpassed the first and is actually my favorite [even though it made me snivel]. Each book ends, complete, an entire story. There is chapter one of the next book offered at the end but they are all available now so you won't have to deal with that gut churning fear exacerbated by eons of time waiting on the next book.
You know that fear, don't you? It is fed by monthly visits to an author's website where you encounter pet photos, publisher adds, and restless diatribes about annoying reader expectations interfering with The Muse. All you wanted was news of the next book's release dates, maybe an anecdote or an index of the back list, really that would be enough. You didn't want to take on the author's angst, canary molting issues or publisher's cookies. Worse, by the time the next book is out, your experience is all but ruined when you know Chapter Five's big scene was actually written as a sly payback against a certain segment of not-really-the-right-kind-of-fans discussion/ comments on a topic that had nothing to do with the book....
For this reason, I try and avoid series books [and author's websites] until they're all out ... in this way I'm always behind. ::shrug:: What can I say, I'm a wimp. Make a sam-mich or popcorn, grab a beverage of choice, and then click ==>
The Inconvenient Ward - Lord Michael Dunham is bored of Society, bored of fickle women, but above all that, he is afraid. His father suffered from madness and Michael is terrified that he will inherit the same affliction. He scrutinises his every mood swing, his every expression, to see if he can detect any signs that he is developing the symptoms. It blights his life. He has determined that he will never marry, putting a wife through the same that his mother suffered and he certainly will never have children. The disease will die with him. Miss Elizabeth Rufford is a young lady who is more comfortable managing an estate as far away from Society as she can possibly be. She would rather be planting crops, than dancing a Quadrille, rather be building walls, than playing cards. She did not seek a London season when she came out of the schoolroom and would be happy never to visit the capital. A line in a will force the two together. Lord Dunham is Elizabeth's guardian whether she likes it or not, and she really does not like it! Bounding into his life in the most outrageous way possible, Elizabeth makes an impact she never intended to. Michael is drawn to the feisty woman and suddenly finds that it is hard to fight one's demons when Elizabeth Rufford is a part of your life.
Opens in January 1815 with these words: "Lord Dunham was bored. In fact he was bored, bored, bored." First line made me laugh. How many times have we read this in Traditional Romances? Usually it's implied, or tarted up as ennui ::yawn:: In Traditional Romance, this is an air horn proclaiming: Already fitted for the parson's mousetrap and hasn't a hope in hell of avoiding it! [maniacal cackle is optional of course, I prefer the Wicked Witch of the West version though it does unnerve my gold fish and children].
Ms. Harrison starts off with the feeling of a romp, despite the subtle mention of madness and a woman wearing breeches. But before the first chapter concludes you know she's teasing you. Elizabeth wants to return to the country, to have an estate of her own instead of managing her cousin's since he inherited her father's title, estate and married; the new wife does not like or want to be burdened with Elizabeth. Michael by virtue of his name has inherited guardianship but after a hilarious initial interview with is new ward, suggests a compromise. A season in London and if at the end she still wants the estate more than marriage, they will work it out. Seeing the reasonableness of truly knowing what is out there versus dismissing what she thinks society is, Elizabeth agrees. She doesn't ram her opinions down his throat. He doesn't come over arrogant and superior.
They discuss the issues. They come to an accord. They laugh together. I wanted to weep with relief! The book's premise for a heroine in breeches living a man's life as a woman has become more of a cliche than the simpering miss. Yet Ms. Harrison handled it so well, sensibly, sympathetically, and soothing my fears. I believed in this exceptional heroine. [I read this book last based on the description of Elizabeth in the blurb. I am utterly tired of 20th Century women parading through my Regencies and conquering not only society but using ideals that are still not truth even in the 21st Century /rant off]
Society reacts to Elizabeth's unconventional ways pretty much as would be expected by Regency Readers familiar with history, not the modern tropes. Eventually, once the gossips are settled with, Elizabeth makes a reasoned argument for not continuing to the end of the season but instead going on to the estate in Yorkshire. And so they go. Neither Michael nor Elizabeth fit the typical society mold. Both appear to be quite comfortable with that, at first glance. However, they both long for more that has little enough to do with where they live and whether they dance at assemblies or balls. He's not the staid, boring stiff she expected. She's not the flighty hoyden he dreaded. Mutual surprise leads them to friendship, to a tentative trust and, as readers anticipated, infatuation that could be so much more, if only Michael would allow things to progress.
There's a Fiendish Plot authored by Elizabeth's sister-in-law, Miranda, and her brother, George. Elizabeth's cousin, Herbert is a willing minion of fiends, but Michael is on to them right from the start. Despite kidnapping, harrowing rescue and genuine tenderness, there are still misunderstandings. Yes, they talk but they're not on the same page. I found it believable in this case. Elizabeth was used to rejection and to carrying on as if it didn't matter. Michael foolishly let things be when he realized she mistook his words because it seemed kinder. I didn't find myself impatient as Michael's sister became but that's because I knew it would all work out in the end.
I liked this book, mostly for the delightful friendship that develops between Elizabeth and Michael. They were exceptionally well attuned and not willing to let go of that, even if it hurt.
The Inconvenient Wife - Charlotte Webster thought she was eloping with the love of her life. She did not expect it to be a ploy. Held in a house of ill repute, there is little time to act to try and escape and few options to consider. Lord Halkyn is a peer much in demand, but an expert at avoiding marriage. He has always had fixed ideas on love-it causes too many problems to be worth the trouble. He did consider marriage to one lady once, but it would have been a business transaction. Unfortunately for him, the lady in question had wanted to marry for love and refused him. Rather than ridicule her, his opinion of her increased and he began to wonder if there was something in the nonsense that was love after all. When visiting his favourite house of ill repute, run by a Baron, he is accosted by a woman. He is begged for help in escaping from the house. Whether it was the real fear in her voice, or whether it was the devil in him, he helped her. Suddenly his life was to become far more complicated. Protecting an innocent, employing the services of Bow Street and racing across country, all situations that he could never have anticipated when he was first sought out by Miss Charlotte Webster. His life was never going to be the same again.
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You have been warned
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"I have just thought of a perfect solution," Stephen said smugly. "One that will give you the protection of not only one Lord of the realm, but two. He won't be happy about it though, which is even better. I don't know why I didn't think of it sooner, Elizabeth would be perfect, or Lady Dunham as she is now." Stephen said. Elizabeth would lend her support to the situation; she was the only genuinely decent person he knew." [yes, this is the Elizabeth and Michael, Lord & Lady Dunham from the previous book]
They set off on a road trip with all the requisite retainers, luggage and banter. Of course, Charlotte is welcome with open arms and is immediately taken to the hearts of Dunham's, one and all. Stephen and Charlotte develop an amusing friendship. She enjoys the lighthearted flirting and he finds it remarkable that someone just out of the schoolroom is actually able to do more than swipe her fan, simper and contemplate his fortune. It is not a case of opposites attract - no young woman thinking to elope with a footman is a demure miss; then again, no genuine rake gives a fig for the plight of the innocent OR debauched. [that's a myth that sells many glossy books and fuels many happy fantasies, but what-evah]. Elizabeth, observing the growing affection in Charlotte, interferes; telling her all about Stephen's cynical views of marriage. Sensibly, Charlotte begins avoiding Stephen, hurting him and herself and bewildering everyone around them.
Tired of being treated like a poisonous snake, Stephen confronts Charlotte. It doesn't go well or perhaps I should say it goes Too Well. Uncle arrives, ready to forgive and forget, so long as Lord Halkyn does the honorable thing. Charlotte is appalled: "Uncle if you force this on Lord Halkyn, we are no better than Baron Kersal." Stephen bounces through a range of emotion that would exhaust a method actor. His final conclusion is basically, what the hey, I have to marry sometime [denial, it's not just a river in Egypt]. Of course he totally hashes the proposal and Charlotte refuses.
Uncle is on his high horse with a poker up the you-know-what. Not quite before he can launch into a diatribe on the evils of women, Lord D offers to welcome Charlotte as a guest and friend for his wife, suggesting that after Charlotte is introduced to local gentry, Halkyn's marriage proposal will be irrelevant. Uncle is only too glad to be rid of the Trial of Charlotte! Lord D sensing his wife's imminent explosion concerning guardians and trials hustles the man out the door.
"Could he have treated Charlotte any worse?"
"He did have a way about him didn't he?" Michael said ruefully.
"That poor girl, no wonder she was susceptible to the charms of the footman, anyone would be preferable to going back home to an uncle like that!" Elizabeth fumed. "And what about Stephen, could he have offered for her hand in any worse way?"
"Probably, but he would have had to try extremely hard," Michael replied."
Stephen returns to town in a snit. But as he vowed, contacts Bow Street and hires an Officer, determined to see Baron Kersal gets his. He and the Officer make a contact at Kersal's Den of Iniquity and then leaving it in the Officer's hands, Stephen returns to his townhouse to drown in brandy and brooding. [o yegadz!] Meanwhile, back on the estate there are matchmaking plots and balls and experimental kisses that all amount to: Time went by like it always does. Just as Lord D's sister, Violet is about to whisk Charlotte off to London for a real season, a letter arrives informing one and all that the Fiendish George from the previous book did not get transported to Australia as expected but is, in fact, searching for Elizabeth so he may take his revenge. Everyone circles the wagons and when word reaches Stephen, he sobers up and heads for the estate, with the Bow Street Officer, Mr. Peters.
When the Fiend throws Charlotte from a moving carriage, she is injured and looses the last few months of memory. I almost groaned, but remembering how Ms. Harrison had turned other common tropes on their side and made them not only enjoyable but believable, I carried on. As expected, she pulled it off, turning cliche in to plausible with the strength of her characters. Stephen fusses with Elizabeth in a remarkable confrontation that had me fist pumping the air. Charlotte doesn't put up with nonsense from anyone; by the same token, she isn't rude or ill mannered and when she takes exception, she does so for a reason, not just to argue. Everyone keeps intefering but neither Stephen nor Charlotte allow this to be the decisive factor in their reasoning. They listened to counsel and then made their own decisions. [Hot Dawg, what a refreshing change].
There were other troubles to face along the way to her remembering those months and Stephen but in the end, it did work out.
"I'm afraid that if you refuse me I will never love another person as long as I live." Stephen took a deep breath. "I have turned into the sort of besotted fool that I used to ridicule and I want to remain in this state until my dying day. Will you have me Charlotte?"
"Yes," Charlotte responded, almost throwing herself into his arms. "I will have you with all your faults, grumpiness and stubbornness!"
"I knew you were my perfect wife, none of this romance rubbish from my tiger," Stephen said sweeping her into his arms and kissing her.
The growth of Charlotte and Stephen made this book for me. The secondary characters lived up to the Traditional atmosphere and Ms. Harrison's use of humor tweaked my own. I read this book first because I loved the sample pages. They did not let me down!
The Inconvenient Companion - These four are destined to be thrown together in a way that will turn all of their lives upside down. None will come away unscathed from the encounter.
Martha Farfield was companion and housekeeper to Lady Dunham. Her life would be complete if it was not for the interference of Lord Dunham's man of business, Charles Anderton. At every opportunity he undermines her and causes annoyance, Martha cannot control her anger when in his company. Charles Anderton is smitten by Martha Fairfield, well he was when they first met. He blundered his first encounters with her and now she openly dislikes him. Every time he tries to help, he just creates further problems for them both. He needs to ease the tension, but has no idea how.
Laura Atkinson is on the run. She was a prostitute for Baron Kersal and knew about his illegal activity. When the Baron's trial collapses and the others involved in the scheme start to go missing, Laura realises her life is in danger. She seeks out the only man that she has ever trusted, the only man she thinks can keep her safe. Alfred Peters is a Bow Street Officer. He is alone in the world and although not happy with his lot, knows that in his employment, the casualty rate is quite high. He is resigned to keeping himself to himself. There was once one woman……..but wishing just means less concentration, which is foolish in the extreme.
**~~ Spoilers Below ~~**
You have been warned
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In this book, we find out more about secondary characters from the two previous books. They've been there, in the background. Showing up, helping immeasurably and providing common sense or a huff of frustration which ever was needed most.
I liked Martha, she was practical and able. Likewise, Charles was both amusing and predictable. They didn't seem to amount to more than the brief flashes of depth you caught a glimpse of as the stories of Lord and Lady Dunham and Lord and Lady Halkyn progressed. As their lives are fleshed out, you realize there has been an undercurrent of irritation between them, even when they joined forces. I was a bit bewildered at first, but as the story developed, I felt my confusion pass.
Their story had a frustrating feel to it. Clashes caused by misunderstanding that were repetitiously irritating. I don't like sniping. I avoid like the plague people walking around with chips on their shoulders insisting others are chiseling at them. For more of the story than less, I didn't like these two even though I did like them before. Looking in the mirror, I asked myself if I'd have been more compassionate if he'd been a Lord and she a Lady. Fact is, I wouldn't have bothered to read their story at all if that had been the case. It was their background and station in life that granted them the hand wave I wouldn't give nobility. What a snob I am!
However, they both held on to my interest - separately - until they could establish my affection, together. It was a rocky road but they kept on doing their jobs, being kind to others and even apologized to each other when appropriate. That each apology made things worse wasn't amusing in this book, it was heart breaking. When they finally make peace and consummate understanding ... I was not only smiling but vastly relieved. Learning to love isn't always easy, learning to be a friend and allowing another to be yours can be even harder. After reading the easy development of friendship in the previous two books, it was hard to see these two struggle for the same thing. Finding their way, I don't think they will so easily lose it again.
Laura and Alfred touched me in the second book, right from the moment they met. I was eager for their story, so hopeful for them despite the odds. She was so much more than a victim of birth and Baron Kersal. Her spirit was battered but her outlook realistic. She was not bitter or falsely optimistic. She was a genuine heroine IMHO.
Alfred was a complex character, worthy of brooding hero award, and yet, he had this quirky sense of humor and a desire to be everything he could be. He had a traumatic past, that he spent years atoning for and like Laura, a realistic outlook. In his case it had become just a bit too rigid to allow for the possibility the world was not the dark place he knew. Laura shined light and warmth on that place. He wanted to embrace that and yet ... he was so afraid. I cannot write more of Laura and Alfred without spoiling the story. I want to - I really, Really, really want to, but I won't.
[Anyone interested in reading a Spoiler-Full Review and/or discussing Alfred and Laura's story click the link. You've been warned ==> Spoilers Be Here]
The entwined lives with the coming and going of Important Folks made this a Keeper for me. The Villain is surprising and chilling, the characters consistent, the ending bittersweet and yes, I sniveled. I've already re-read the book and expect to do so again. Ms. Harrison surprised me. She so thoroughly mastered the balance of amusing friendship and loving commitment with humor and a bit of tomfoolery plus the action packed moments that this book caught me off guard. Exploring the characters that were "ordinary people" in times that seem extraordinary to us; she held me as firmly as her lighter prose. I plan to seek out more of her work, as soon as my budget recovers.
My only quibble is the epilogue. Epilogues are like that. Readers love them or hate them, I don't think there is a middle of the road. For me, it is a rare, oh so rare, epilogue that I thank the author for. Mostly, I prefer to spend time imagining just what happily ever after means for those characters I've come to love. The years I've pondered Laurie and Amy, Jo and Mr. Bhear, Meg and John ... the conversations and discussions, and yes arguments I've had regarding Mr. Thornton and Margaret, Aouda and Phileas Fogg have been enjoyable and ironically blessed me with life long friends as well.
We're such a rushed world now, an hour's reading time is a luxury, two hours to discuss a book is an indulgence we must schedule. Authors face demands for epilogues and provide them because in general, readers have become less able to cuddle our own imaginations; to allow words and characters to work their magic on us. Of course, I could be wrong and it could all be about controlling creative copyrights :sigh: THIS is what happened, keep your imagination out of MY world! I refuse to believe it has gotten that bad, yet.
I recommend all three of these books, separately, in order or out of order. I think you'll enjoy the Traditional Feel as well as the Rational Differences. Totally character driven, the details, dialog, and atmosphere are still exemplary making these books worth your time.


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The Braves activated catcher A.J. Pierzynski and right-hander reliever Chris Withrow from the 15-day disabled list on Thursday, the first day of expanded rosters for Major League Baseball.
Pierzynski went on the DL Aug. 17 with a strained left hamstring. He was hitting .218 with a .305 on-base percentage in 113 games played while splitting time with Tyler Flowers. Pierzynski, 39, is in the final season of his contract.
Withrow went on the DL Aug. 8 with elbow inflammation. He had a 3.31 ERA over 32 2/3 innings with 25 strikeouts and 14 walks. Withrow, 27, had Tommy John elbow surgery in 2014 and didn't pitch in 2015 while recovering.


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text: I have fallen back in love with Incubus. Their new album is a little different but good as always and relaxing. But back on topic, here's one of my most favorite looks I have ever done! This is my trustie Essence Lilac as a base with my favorite Inglots. I rarely go out anymore but I begged my boyfriend to come with me to one of my favorite Mexican restaurants. Yummy! And I love a good excuse to look nice!


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The life of a professional road cyclist is not for the faint-hearted and Henk Vogels is testament to that! As an integral member in some of Europe's leading teams the knockabout kid from Roleystone has gone wheel-to-wheel against some of the world's best.
"I had a wonderful career that spanned more than a decade with so many good moments. Finishing in the top three on the charge into Paris in my first Tour de France was amazing. The Champs Elysees just has to be a sprinter's boulevard of dreams!"
"Just to finish that race is such a good feeling. I had tears streaming down my face riding into Paris on the final day."
But the memories aren't all good ones, says Henk. Professional cycling is an intensely demanding sport and a 'horror list' of injuries is on the CV of most riders.
Occupational hazards
"I broke around 15 bones in my career and one of the worst moments was in 2003 when I crashed at around 110kph, damaging my C7 and totally destroying my left foot. I ended up in surgery where they put six large screws in my ankle that stayed there for the last five years of my career."
"It was bone on bone for a long time and then I decided to have ankle fusion surgery in mid-2015. I struggled to recover from that, both mentally and physically. My weight blew out to 110kg and it was 18 months before I decided enough was enough."
"I just wanted my life back."
"I got myself back to 8kg above my old racing weight and now I'm riding around 250km a week, which is great."
Henk first started racing in 1995 and in the early stages of his career they did it all without helmets.
"I was in a very fast 'tuck' position in a race in Pittsburgh in 2003, looked up and saw a policeman's speed-gun clocking us at around 100kph and that's the last thing I remember. I crashed, hit a guard-rail and woke up two weeks later in hospital. Luckily, helmets were compulsory by then and this one cracked in seven different places! It saved my life."
Professional cycling is a highly specialised sport and the medical back-up has to be tailored to that, says Henk.
Docs vital team members
"We've got cutting edge medical support. The teams have at least two full-time doctors and they're involved with the riders on a daily basis. They monitor our heart-rate, hook up saline drips if we need them and after a 200km day in the mountains we often do!"
"In the early days I was on a Dutch team with doctors on call 24/7 who watched our blood levels closely. If they dropped below a certain level they'd pull us out of competition so the support was always there. And it has to be, because a race such as the Tour is a bit like running a marathon 20 days in a row."
"Team doctors become close friends, and that's good when you're going over the Alps one week and the Pyrenees the next."
We've all seen the Peloton snaking its way through the French countryside but, as Henk points out, it's not a place for the faint-hearted.
"There's a lot of mutual respect among the riders but it's dog-eat-dog in the peloton, particularly approaching the finish-line in a bunch sprint. It probably looks worse from the helicopter than it actually is!"
The rat pack
"You need to remember that these guys race each other about 150 times a year so if you keep stuffing up you'll find yourself with a bit of a reputation. If you end up on the 'outer' the peloton just won't let you in. Most riders learn that pretty quickly in their first year as a pro."
"It's not much fun if you get ostracised."
There's been plenty of discussion about mental health problems linked with athletes stepping away from their chosen sport. And professional cyclists are no exception.
"Any sportsperson stepping away from elite competition is highly susceptible to depression and, quite frankly, I don't know of anyone who hasn't had problems."
"You become so used to having all those endorphins running around your brain, so when you pull the plug it seems as if nothing works properly any more. The crash I had in 2003 was lucky in some ways because they put me on Citalopram so I had an established antidepressant safety-net."
The family tradition
Cycling runs in the blood for the Vogels family. Henk's father competed at the 1964 Tokyo Olympics and coached a number of national teams.
"There was no pressure from Dad to get into cycling, although we did spend a lot of time with other Roleystone kids running around the Velodrome. I actually played a lot of competitive soccer and didn't really hop on a bike until I was 15 years-old."
"And then I found myself at the Barcelona Olympics two years later!"
"The track program didn't really grab me and I remembered Paris-Roubaix videos with my Dad so I thought I'd get into road racing as soon as I could."
Henk may have stepped away from competitive cycling but his life is still all about the bike.
"I do some commentating for SBS, train young cyclists and work for Bikebug, a large online retail store that sells high-end bicycles. I'm also involved with Velo Tours that takes people around the big races in Europe."
"I know that a lot of doctors love their road bikes. The only advice I'd give them, to quote Eddy Merckx, is to 'get out there and ride!' Cycling is such a social sport. It's a great cardiovascular workout and a great way to have fun."
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Caven to throw first.
Caven opens with 180, 100, 105, wants 116 leaves 32
Osborne on 210 leaves 70
Caven for 32 and hits it 2nd dart
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Osborne to throw first
Not very strong scoring by either player, but Caven should get first look at the double.
Caven wants 90 leaves 8
Osborne wants 91 and takes it.
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c wants 167 and leaves 72
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Osborne scoring well enough to hold the scoring advantage and is leaves 127.
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In a case that no one could make up, a man gambling at Philadelphia Park Casino & Racetrack in Bucks County, Pennsylvania won $2500 at blackjack. He produced his ID to cash out but casino officials learned he was wanted for drug offenses in Altoona, Pennsylvania and alerted the appropriate authorities. Instead of celebrating with his earnings, the man was whisked away to the Blair County Prison where he is awaiting trial, apparently without sufficient funds to make bail or hire an attorney. The punch line? Upon his arrest the man told police that he expected to be arrested and was gambling in hopes of winning enough money to make bail…
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We're so used to Jesus' story that we sometimes take Judas' betrayal "for granted." It's just part of the story. But imagine how stunning Jesus' words sounded to the disciples, who didn't know the story in advance. Imagine how you'd feel if someone you've worked closely with for three years betrayed you and your group.
- Jesus, who knew what was going on, included Judas in the Last Supper. He washed Peter's feet after predicting that Peter would deny knowing him. What does that tell you about how Jesus responds to you when you fail him? How can you let Jesus heal your wounds, so that you can show grace to those who have let you down?
I am still trying to figure out how to make this work well, so today I placed the GPS at the top before my reflection rather than after. If you have an opinion about this let me know!
As I read the first line of todays GPS, I got to thinking about the whole atmosphere around the table after that announcement. It must have been weird. If the disciples had any notion that this was just your standard Passover meal, well… After Jesus drops this bombshell, everything has changed.
I have found that Judas has been the subject of many conversations over the years, some sympathetic some downright harsh. Some folks I have talked with have written Judas off as completely evil, and of the devil, and so they leave him to burn and don't give him a second thought. Others worry, they see the deep sadness of the betrayal and see Judas as a poor lost soul, but not one beyond the powers of redemption.
As I read from Mark this morning, I began to think about this again. Jesus would include Judas in His Supper, wow, now if Judas was outside of grace, do you suppose Jesus would have offered him this meal of life?
I honestly don't know how to deal with Judas, because I understand the darker side of what he did as well. This, and I am not saying this to be flippant, is why God does the Judging and I do not!
A second thought that came to my mind was the title for today's blog… "One of You Will Betray Me" Again, knowing how the story plays out… maybe I should have titled today's blog, "All of YOU Will Betray Me." Everyone sitting at that table will in one way or another betray Jesus. Oh, maybe they didn't sell him out intentionally, but when push came to shove they all betrayed, denied and abandoned him.
So have you, so have I, that is simply the truth.
"All of YOU Will Betray Me." and yet… On the night in which he was betrayed, Jesus did all he did and gave all he is for YOU.


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Zwane keeps cards close to his chest
Posted: 14 December 2017 Time: 08:40
Mamelodi Sundowns midfielder Themba Zwane is keeping his cards close to his chest regarding his future at Chloorkop.
Zwane's contract with the club will expire at the end of the season, along with the likes of Tebogo Langerman, Tiyani Mabunda, Leonardo Castro and Khama Billiat.
And while coach Pitso Mosimane is confident he will retain a number of his key performers, Zwane is non-committal on his plans.
"No comment on that... I'm still happy at Sundowns," Zwane said.
"What I'm doing currently, I'm just focusing on my game. I'm trying to do more for the team to score more goals, maintain my performance.
"Bear in mind I'm a professional and I don't want contract talks to affect my performance because I don't do the talking... that is between my agent [Jazzman Mahlakgane] and the team. I'm only focusing on my football.
"And If you are looking for a comment, I have no comment."
Meanwhile, the attacker says the log leaders are taking it one game at a time.
"We are looking forward to take this league but we take it one game at a time," he said.
"We are doing well as a team. I can say so far so good and we need to do more."
The Brazilians' 1-0 win over mid-table Maritzburg United last night opened up a five-point lead at the summit for Mosimane's side, who will end 2017 with visits from Bloemfontein Celtic and Cape Town City.
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People of color demand treatment, voice in heroin epidemic
People of color rally for heroin epidemic treatment
Dozens of black and Hispanic demonstrators and minority legislators who represent inner-city districts pledged to raise their voices and to demand a fair share of treatment funding as the battle front in the heroin epidemic has shifted to largely white suburban areas.
"It took a white face of drug addiction to get the public interested. Communities of color have been ignored for 45 years and we're still being ignored. That is unacceptable. Addiction and overdoses have ravaged our communities," said Kristen Maye, a policy analyst with the Drug Policy Alliance, an advocacy group that organized Wednesday's rally on the Million-Dollar Staircase of the state Capitol.
Dozens of demonstrators, most of whom rode buses from downstate boroughs, chanted: "No More Drug War. No More Pain." They carried signs and banners that read "Racial Justice. Public Health Now" and "Prescription for Everybody's Pain."
Led by the statewide grassroots advocacy group Vocal NY, they called on legislators and Gov. Andrew Cuomo to pass legislation to increase access to medication-assisted treatment for low-income communities of color, to repeal a criminal law for syringe possession, to increase funding for harm reduction services, to decriminalize certain drug possession offenses and to increase Law Enforcement Assisted Diversion, or LEAD, programs.
"Suddenly, after almost 50 years, we have a drug epidemic. I never heard a murmur before, but now we will shout and we will not be silenced," said Sen. Ruth Hassell-Thompson, a Bronx Democrat who worked in drug treatment programs for 25 years. "If you don't have rich mommies or daddies, you don't get treatment." "When the complexion of the drug user changed, the conversation changed from a criminal activity to a public health problem," said Assemblyman Charles Barron, a Brooklyn Democrat who disrupted Cuomo's State of the State address. "This is blatant racism and we're not going to have it. Today, we're on the Capitol steps. Maybe we need to take over the Governor's Mansion. That's public housing, paid for with tax dollars."
"Today, the angry black man has risen," said Terrell Jones, 60, of the Bronx, who spent time in state prison on a drug-dealing conviction in the 1990s and overcame crack cocaine addiction. He's been clean for 15 years and is a program manager for the New York Harm Reduction Educators.
"Harm reduction programs treated me with dignity and respect, as a person with a disease, not as a crackhead or a junkie," Jones said.
"Locking more people up is not the answer," said Jimmy Ruiz, 44, of Washington Heights in northern Manhattan. He served time in state prison for drug dealing, where he started sniffing heroin smuggled into the facility. He's been clean for three years and now works as an advocate for harm reduction policies.
"This is a conversation that is long overdue. It's absolutely about racial disparities in access to treatment," said Keith Brown, who previously ran an Albany needle exchange program and is the project director of Albany's new LEAD program.
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I said over warmongers around Kiir are not for peace. Who would want to hang a prisoner of war during the eve of peace talk? What's peace to them? They can run their mouths day and night but their action is louder.
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Welcome to my blog! Here I'd like to share my passion for making beaded jewelry with anyone who might be interested.
Saturday, April 11, 2009
Love affair: me and Russian gems
This time, it is marvelous Russian jasper. It started talking to me not more than a week ago, asking for ivory, pearls and furs. Imagine that!
The inspiration for it came from two sources. The pendant itsef is inspired by the book of fairytales of people of Northern Russia that I bought to my sons. But the technical part of making it got inspiration from beadwork of a talented Russian artist Guzell Bakeeva, a piece of bead embroidery on fur.
I called it Due North. Well, the timing is not perfect, perhaps (lagom till sommaren). But hey - when stones start talking to you, it's impossible to just ignore it!
And yes, it is not supposed to be symmetric or straight!
P.S. I have used a small bit of a Fair Trade reindeer (caribou) pelt, produced by Saami-people in North of Sweden.
8 comments:
- Karen Gill hidingplacebeadery.etsy.com said...
Wow! Cool, Olga!! I like it!
- April 11, 2009 at 12:59 AM
- Swanee said...
OMG! This is amazing! You are one creative woman!
- April 11, 2009 at 4:46 PM
- Foxan said...
Thank you so much! :)
One of my friends said that it would do well on a winter wedding. Pity that I started beading after getting married ;)
- April 16, 2009 at 4:09 PM
- Dini said...
You are insanely talented! That's a compliment - I know you know it!!
- April 25, 2009 at 8:58 PM
- BeadsForever said...
Oh Olga, how creative and talented you are. Simply marvelous!
- April 25, 2009 at 9:11 PM
- beadsandblooms said...
What an unusual and lovely piece! It looks like it would be fun to wear not only because it's beautiful but because it would probably tickle!! lol
- April 26, 2009 at 3:51 AM
- Dawn N said...
It's beautiful and so creative. I've never seen anything like it before.
- April 26, 2009 at 4:08 AM
- Triz Designs said...
wow! that is one stunning piece of jewelry!!!! I LOVE it!!!
- April 26, 2009 at 5:34 AM


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Ward's Gym Professional Seminar Series One: GOAL SETTING WORKSHOP
How many times in your life have you been excited about a new diet, gym program or goal only to just chuck it all in the too hard basket a few weeks later?
The truth is changing your habits and behavior to achieve your goals requires so much more than motivation and willpower.
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Finding new business deals is as much an art as it is a science. It takes time a practice, and it's something I like to teach as I mentor young up-and-coming professionals in the business.
So, today, we're going to review how to find business deals. This is nuts and bolts stuff. It's basic blocking and tackling.
And, as you'll see, what's old is new again.
1. If you're out and about, drive up and down the street your surveying several times. You'll see something different every time.
2. Record your thoughts and ideas in an orderly manner. I think the best way is to simply get a legal pad, draw a line down the center, and start jotting down concepts as they come to you. Number them as you go. Stay organized.
3. Call everyone you know. All the time. Take some time to catch up, then ask if there are any business opportunities available.
4. Go to lunch, by yourself, in places where you're likely to collide with opportunity. These are places that are frequented by folks who may be looking to do deals or who can benefit from your expertise.
5. A good name can lead to good opportunities. Keep a good reputation. Be kind to people. Help people advance in their careers. They are more likely to remember you when the time comes to do some business.
6. Remember, the broker is your customer. I want the person who's got the deals to be my friend. I want him to know that I'm out there to make him money.
7. Go to events, especially CCIM events. Don't stand in a corner. Circulate while you're there. It's how I met one of my best family office clients.
8. Be in step with today's approach to business. It's cooperative, not cutthroat. You can be tough, but you have to also be open, caring and create a comfortable environment around yourself. My niche in the industry is this: I know a lot of people, and I can help you get your deal capitalized.
9. Be a visionary. Look into the future and see opportunities that others are probably missing.
In the end, finding new business deals is about more than your knowledge and skills. It comes down to the relationships you build and maintain.
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For tech-savvy customers who use their smart phones on a daily basis, HaveYourSay is an easy way to get their opinion across. All they have to do is text or scan, then talk.
For you, it's a completely new way to gather real feedback from customers, the moment they choose to provide it.
It's a far cry from online or hardcopy survey methods. HaveYourSay allows customers to start the conversation with you.


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McNeil Estates Homes for Sale
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Hidden behind the Preston Oaks neighborhood, McNeil Estates is a charming, suburban community in North Austin's 78727 zip code. The community offers some of the largest private estates in the area while still being convenient to major employers including Dell, IBM, and Bazaarvoice.
For those seeking privacy with plenty of space to call their own, homesites stretch out on over one acre. Tall trees and elegant driveways lead up to the hill-country and ranch-style estates built in the 1980s and 1990s. Homes range from 2,500 to 4,300 square feet.
Inside McNeil Estates homes for sale are huge kitchens, master suites with double-vanity sinks, and private back patios. Some homes even back up to the surrounding greenbelt.
To visit McNeil Estates from Downtown Austin, travel on Interstate 35 N and take the Market 734/Parmer Lane exit. From N Interstate 35 Frontage Road take the first left onto East Parmer Lane. In 2.5 miles turn right on Ganymede Drive. After a mile keep to the right to stay on Research Boulevard. In another mile turn right on Duval Road. In half a mile turn left on Duval Road. Take the third left onto Council Bluff Drive. Continue on Council Bluff Drive for under a mile to Secluded Hollow. McNeil Estates homes for sale are 5 miles from Lone Star Circle of Care, 13 miles from HEB Center at Cedar Park, and 4 miles from The Domain.
McNeil Estates homeowners enjoy an array of nearby entertainment options. Sports fans visit HEB Center at Cedar Park to cheer on the NHL affiliate Texas Stars and NBA Development League Austin Spurs. Balcones Country Club members have access to an 18 hole course, tennis courts, driving range, pool, and dining room. Runners jog the trails around Riata Park. The Domain's outdoor mall and popular happy hour spots like Topgolf and Punch Bowl Social are just 4 miles away.
Austin ISD serves students living in McNeil Estates. The assigned schools are Summitt Elementary (PK-5), Murchison Middle (6-8) and Anderson High School (9-12). Area private schools include Hyde Park Baptist School (9-12) and Austin International School (PK-5), 5 miles from McNeil Estates homes for sale.
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I'm just a leeetle bit excited about the fabulousness I have to share with you today.
Not only do I get to introduce you to the most damn fine faux flower crowns you'll ever see, but I also get to give one away to a lucky reader — just in time for Spring!
Crowns of Glory are the brains behind these beauties, with each one lovingly handcrafted by Melbourne-based creator Rebecca Hummel. I have the absolutely gorgeous cherry blossom crown to give away (and wear, and take photos of — I couldn't help it! So pretty); a delicate crown of faux blossoms with a looped leather cord fastener. The fastener means this bad boy will fit your head no matter the size, and of course artificial flowers equal no depressingly droopy or dying blooms. AND NO BEES. They look insanely real, and after having a play with this one I'm a fully converted faux flower fanatic.
Make sure you head on over to the Crowns of Glory shop to check out Rebecca's range of floral and feather creations, and don't forget to enter below for your chance to win!
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Giveaway is for one cherry blossom flower crown by Crowns of Glory, shipping included, and is open to Australian and New Zealand residents only. Competition closes next Sunday, October 4th at 5pm AEST with the winner drawn randomly and notified via Instagram DM or email.
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NECC Khanacross - April 21
The first round of the North Eastern Car Club's khanacross series will be held this Sunday, April 21 at Carboor.
The popular series will again be directed by Mark Richards, who can be contacted on (03) 5725 1530.
It doesn't matter what you drive - as long as it passes the pre-event safety check, you'll be able to compete. All you need is a CAMS or AASA licence, and away you go.
With perfect weather we expect a big field of competitors, so don't miss out on our first competitive event of the year.
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