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Rigorous prescriptions of the customer's corporate style did not stop T+T Architects from coming up with individual solutions for the Moscow office of the French company Orange Business Services.
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Firm:Т+Т Architects
Address:Russia. Moscow
At a first glance, the task of designing the new Moscow office of the international connection provider promised to be quite standard: two floors of a modern business center, a usual set of functional zones, and a classic open space that includes dedicated areas for communication and secluded work; the habitual European democracy of style, reserved and comfortable for employees of any age and lifestyle. The minutely detailed brand book left very little room for experiment. Nonetheless, the 5300 square meters of office premises turned out to be quite capable of housing a few custom-designed solutions, and the place took on a functional yet highly individual character.
For its new office, the management of Orange Business Services picked the 10th and 11th floors of Mercury City Tower in "Moscow City" business center. On the plan, each of them remotely resembles a sketchy drawing of a rocket. The resulting striking-looking chamfers became one of the most important elements of the entire inside space but achieving the maximum planning efficiency in such conditions was by no means an easy task. The architects chose a habitual and, given the circumstances, the only possible option: a massive nucleus with all expected engineering lines is surrounded by a single-chunk open space stretching along the entire light front. Due to the fact that the customer, while still at the initial specifications stage, had a very clear vision of the way different subdivisions and departments of the company would interact with one another, they all are aligned into a single chain, so that, upon entering the office, any task is promptly routed through the necessary solution stages, smoothly flowing from one department to another. At the same time, each of these departments remains quite a self-sufficient operating unit with its own zones for communication, brainstorming, recreation, and dedicated work.
However, what got in the way of the intended organization of the workflows was the absence of internal connection between the two floors: the public staircase and the overloaded elevators of the high-rise fell short of providing the necessary level of interaction between the divisions. "We at once thought of building an extra private staircase – shares the chief architect of the project Polina Voevodina – Luckily, the two floors had openings in the intermediate floor, and we were able to get the owners' permission for the construction of a staircase. We considered many options and ultimately settled for a monolith chunk of concrete. From the very start, we planned to leave the material exposed, only covering it with a layer of protective varnish, and thus we paid a lot of attention to the quality of the material and execution. Our contractor stood by his performance, and we got it exactly the way we wanted it". The architects turned the exposed concrete surfaces into an aesthetic stylistic device, adding a micro cement wall right behind the reception desk.
The metallic grid railings complete the "loft" image of the staircase. This device is also supported in the other areas of the office. As a result, the custom-designed object became the true meaningful center of the entire space – and it is deservedly surrounded by the main communication and recreation zone where all the employees and visitors can get together. The kitchen, the coffee point, and the conference hall are also located nearby.
The extended working areas (there is a total of some 500 employees working in the company's Moscow office with no VIP area whatsoever for the top management) required special attention to the issues of soundproofing and acoustic comfort. In addition to the floor coverage and furniture screens, the architects actively used cloth-lined partitions, as well as special furniture. Tall "protected" armchairs and sofas are mostly installed along the window line, and, seated in one of them, one can get completely detached from what is going on in the office.
Quite expectedly, the decoration of all the zones uses the corporate orange color and the square logo. However, they are used in an unobtrusive way: stripes on the carpeting, the opaque pattern on the partitions, soft furniture panels, the storage locker doors, and, finally, a special construction mounted on the ceiling above the reception area. At the same time, in the recreation areas the architects introduced other colors as well. Combinations of orange not only with gray but also with violet, red, pale blue, and yellow, were also specified in the corporate brand book but for each of the zones the architects came up with a unique limited set of color combinations. And as for the abundance of squares, the architects set it off with circles of every possible kind. Besides the staircase, the soft rounded shapes were given to the colored inserts in the floor coverage, lights, and pieces of furniture. All this helped to liven up the all-too-reserved color range and the stiff orthogonality of the design solutions.
Yet another challenge was a very tight schedule of the project. Making it within the designated half-year term was possible thanks to the design&build plan that required close cooperation between the architects and the general designer and general contractor – the Pridex company. "Deciding to leave all the engineering lines exposed, we took a certain risk in terms of the quality of our performance – says Polina Voevodina – but thanks to our partners' special attention to the appearance and the routing of the engineering lines, as well as some specific units and junctions, it all worked out really great!"
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So right at the start of my programme yesterday we heard that the re-entry to the Pike River mine was off.
It really was a heartbreaking moment. Particularly for the families. After the years of battles today was to be the day where redemption and recrimination and recovery would start... and then it didn't.
This has been the families' journey since the very beginning. An emotional rollercoaster bouncing from hope to dashed expectations. Anna Osborne, a miner's mother came out and said the delay is not a show stopper, it's just a delay.
But that feeling was not shared by my audience.
3 texters and one caller remained positive about the re-entry but the rest were overwhelmingly against the expense and risk.
And the name Winston Peters kept coming up, and for good reason. It was Winston who offered to be the first in and of course will not be as that was political grandstanding. But it was also Winston Peters and New Zealand First who made the re-entry a non-negotiable policy for the coalition agreement. That being so, it has continually irritated me that New Zealand First hasn't taken the lead in the newly created Ministry and in the re-entry they so strongly believe in but many other New Zealanders don't.
What is also galling is that the Pike River re-entry is being helmed by Labour's Andrew Little. A man who at the time of the instigation of the Pike River Mine was head of the EPMU, the union representing miners. He was therefore an advocate for a known risky venture because it meant jobs for his members. But also risk. Deadly risk.
Maybe he feels he needs to atone but it just doesn't sit well with me. Almost all the callers remarked that even though they felt the heat at the time, it appears as if the previous government and John Key were right about the continuing risk and that's not good for Labour.
One texter made a very moving point that this process has become more expensive. From 10 million when first proposed to the current budget of 36 million. Margaret wondered whether the living of the West Coast might benefit more if the 36 million was spent on a hospital in the area. A facility to save lives dedicated to the 29 men who lost theirs, and that's a fair point.
This thing has become an expensive and risky punt. One where the odds are stacked against it. One where the successful outcome is hard to measure. One which carries political risk for the Labour party and for their coalition partner New Zealand First.
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Apologies for not meeting our promise of a Thanksgiving post. Sometimes life just gets in the way and well, since things our going well, we're not all that sorry. (insert grin) For more frequent updates please visit our Facebook page https://www.facebook.com/quietrefuge
Working to reclaim Quiet Refuge we've stirred up more activity than the place has probably seen in many decades. Countless footsteps have walked the floors during the past 130 plus years and depending on as many opinions, you will fall between skeptic and believer that the house reserves some sort of presence or energy that can be felt.
Part of being human is having an imagination and the need to rationalize the unexplained hence millennia of myth and legend. If there is a natural phenomenon we cannot yet explain or prove, our brains are compelled to find some way to make sense.
I often spend long hours alone in the house and contribute missing items or things found in random, illogical places to being busy. The buried, electromagnetic driveway alarm we installed must be sounding because it isn't placed properly. Power is lost to different parts of the house because the brand new electric must be faulty.
Titillated at the idea of a haunting, of course I did the Google, Bing, Yahoo, DuckDuckGo, etc., searches into the paranormal trying to rationalize what was going on. The primary thing I learned was to approach the project as a skeptic. I forced myself to look at situations objectively. I dug, organized, made lists and made a true effort to maintain. What happened to me a week before Thanksgiving still gives me chills and the hair on my arms and neck still stand up as I relate the story. Again, what you are about to read will have you falling between skeptic and believer. I'm not really sure where I fall along the continuum.
Alone at night, I was painting the trim between kitchen and foyer when I can only describe as the sounds above of feet touching the floor then distinct footsteps moving from room to room opening doors (no banging) as if to check on those sleeping. Initial panic subdued by absolute forced rational thinking of one, breathe and two, don't hyperventilate or you're useless. Frozen, I continued to listen for a full minute and a half (counting in my head like that 1 to 10 we're taught before reacting when we get angry) and run every scenario through my head. At this point the house key was still in the hidden under the flowerpot stage. Perhaps there was a kid or vagrant inside thinking the silence of painting was a good time to move. Perhaps an animal climbed through one of the three chimneys, that small hole by the sun room door or a window left ajar.
My fellow rational humans, in situations like these we are faced with two primal decisions, fight or flight. Some don't rationalize, they just react. Screwing up every ounce of courage, I forced myself to move, ascend the stairs, inspect every room then brave the attic. Nothing. There are only two closets in the entire house and since void of furniture, nowhere to hide. Finding nothing I forced myself to return to the first floor and continue painting trim. Within twenty minutes the distinct sound of footsteps above returned. The urge to leave the dirty brushes and flee was intense but I rationalized, "These brushes are EXPENSIVE!" Hence, with my heart in my throat I made a deliberate effort to thoroughly wash them carefully then made my exit.
Please check in soon for how I finally approached the perceived phenomenon because alas, I am out of space for this post.rc
We're learning how to work web pages so this post may have become hidden from view. Here it is again.
Several people have approached me recently and asked what Quiet Refuge is "about." When answering, I'm struck with similar questions, "What is the meaning of life," and "What is the nature of the universe?" The answer in my mind tends to be, "It depends." It depends on your perspective, goals, point of view, intentions, prejudices, preconceived notions, dreams, ideals, wishes… In other words, it is what it is and can be what you wish it to be.
I do know this, our property is screaming for love and attention. As we peel back layers of "what is" to discover "what was" we are challenged to combine the two with "what will be." In this property we see something that is eager to emerge and show itself. The property is an old soul that is begging to have new life breathed into it. We are fortunate to have the energy of over 130 years of countless lives behind us. In order to move forward, we will need the energies of as many to make the property sing.
A few key terms/concepts seem to resonate (a few may overlap or be omitted):
SPACE: We have room for meetings, clubs, events, occasions, classes, lectures, gardening
DESTINATION: We think that given time, guests would be delighted to allow us to host weddings, receptions, garden parties, photo shoots, and a myriad of other events we haven't begun to think of. EVERY visitor sees something different in the property's potential.
Something that resonates again and again is the concept of Zero-Living. Today so much has been pre- cut, cooked, built, designed, sewn, orchestrated, etc.,… that we have lost what it takes to not only survive but thrive with what little we have, are given, and what we are capable of producing ourselves. We see QRxR as a place to reconnect with the way our parents, grandparents and great-grandparents lived; simply.
We hope that while visiting QRxR you will find an enclave where you can shut out if not everything, much of that outside "noise" that dominates our 21st century lives and for a brief respite have the opportunity to reconnect with the serenity and simplicity of pure existence.rc
As the spirits of the dead are given free reign to walk the earth, we are quietly enjoying our enclave. Today we can report that our first floor is nearly ready for occupancy for the living. Months upon months of careful planning, starts and stops leave us in a place where others can begin to imagine what we have seen from day one. Our next major post will be Thanksgiving when we give thanks for all of our blessings and the people who make life good. We hope you check back with us frequently.
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Quiet Refuge at the Crossroads is also known as the Thomas R. Layfield Farmhouse and Parker Farm. Quiet Refuge xR was built between 1880 and 1882 originally consisting of 104 acres of which only 1.60 remain as part of the property. Also found on the property is a 19th century barn. The essential Victorian features remain intact including a cross-gabled, turned post front porch with decorative sawn work. The shallow cross gable is finished with a stylized sunburst pattern of carved woodwork. The facade is topped off with a gothic style four-pane double-hung window on the third floor. Upon entering the foyer, visitors are greeted with the original Victorian staircase with turned newel post, turned balusters, closed stringer, and a molded handrail. The foyer also boasts original doors that retain their original abstract patterned oak that open to the parlor, dining room, kitchen and a small closet under the staircase. Victorian panels define spaces immediately beneath most window sills. Original hardwood floors can be found in the front rooms and foyer.
Purchased in the spring of 2014 our first goal was clearing the interior and exterior debris. Much effort was placed on removing vines that covered the house, barn, and small summer kitchen. New, 21st century septic tanks and drain fields replaced the former open cesspit. Interior work began in the small downstairs non-functional 1/2 bath/pump room transforming into a full bath and utility closet. Remodeled over the years, the only remaining original feature of the kitchen is part of the wainscoting running the perimeter of the room. Considering the lack of historic authenticity and the need to have kitchen facilities that are safe and functional; great debate, consideration and consultation preceded gutting of the non-historical features of the kitchen. Visitors to the kitchen will find a new, handcrafted, Shaws apron farmhouse sink as well as new cabinets, floors, fixtures, top-line appliances and faux copper ceiling and backsplash. Visitors to the kitchen will also find a small staircase that leads to a sitting/bedroom above.
Please check in often for updates on our progress. Our hope is to carve out a quiet refuge that will serve as an enclave for friends and family.rc


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Oral history interview with Alexander Krutkovich
Alexander Krutkovich, born in 1928, in Minsk, Belarus, explains the dynamics of his family; his father, who was a working-man during the Russian Revolution; the arrest of his father in 1937 and never seeing or hearing from him again; living in Berezino, Belarus before the war started; the beginning of the war and fleeing with his family by walking 300 km by foot to a town called Shkloŭ, Belarus; being put on a train going west; arriving in Chelyabinsk, Russia, where his mother had a family friend; living in Chelyabinsk for a short time; a family friend who helped put them on a train heading for central Asia; going to Kokants (Kokand), Uzbekistan; being sent with his mother to a factory to help clean cotton; the death of his mother and middle brother from an illness; being sent to a university (?) while his younger brother, Marat, was sent to an orphanage; visiting his brother as often as he could; being sent to Tashkent, Uzbekistan and not being able to meet up with his brother any longer; returning to Minsk after the war was over to search for his brother; receiving help in his search, including a letter from the orphanage stating that Marat had escaped three times but was brought back only twice and after his last escape they had no further information about him; never reuniting with his brother but his hope to find him one day; his thoughts about the life Marat might be having; and his desire for closure.
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I'm a little upset, and a little disappointed lately. I've recently found out that my favourite toothpaste is disappearing from the shelves, everywhere. I wrote some time ago about the destripification of my favourite toothpaste, but I thought they would leave it at that. How wrong it turned out that I could be! They've had it in mind all along to remove all traces of it from the face of the earth, and thus deprive its supporters of any chance of saving their favourite toothpaste from extinction.
I think the thing that hurts most about the whole thing is that they didn't even ask. Someone somewhere at Toothpaste Headquarters decided, for reasons unknown, to switch off production, for reasons unknown, without consultation. Will I ever find out who? Will I ever find out why? Like hell I will. And that makes me mad. I wouldn't mind so much if I didn't care about my toothpaste. I happen to like the taste of this one very much, and I'm used to it, and it seems to do the job, because my visits to the dentist are far between and short. So my toothpaste and I have had a good relationship, long-term and happy.
The top of the retail hierarchy
All that has been wrenched apart now, and I've been trawling the shelves of all the supermarkets I can reach, searching for evidence of the continuing existence of my familiar red tube. I started at the top of the retail hierarchy, and I've now worked my way down to the bottom, where I used to find the odd tube. How I wish I had stocked up then, if only I'd known what was to come. I suppose I should have be more worldly-wise, reading the retail signs for brands that were being phased out in favour of new improved colours and flavours that could be sold at a higher price for more profit and market-share.
Alas, I took my eye off the ball, I was blindsided by the forces of History, I never saw it coming, and now I'm bereft. The price of liberty is indeed eternal vigilance. But how was I to know that this applies equally to human rights, membership of the EU, the future of orangutans, and toothpaste preferences. There are too many things to keep your eye on nowadays, that's the problem. Things move too fast, the pace of technology comes at you like telegraph poles through a train window, and you often don't even know that you're behind the times until you're the object of derision because you can't spell VR, or other some such bewitchery.
I'm a discriminating consumer
The other problem here is that most people won't have a jot of sympathy for my dilemma, mainly because they don't have brand loyalty for toothpaste. But then I have no understanding for anyone's preference for fruit-based technology that has software designed for people whose brains are either wired differently or aren't wired at all. Yes they're pretty machines, but surely that's not worth paying twice the price of alternatives, and causes you to become a far more likely victim of senseless street crime. Senseless, because street crime is senseless, and because why should anyone want to steal something that doesn't even work very well?
I have a phone that was less than a third of the price of these outrageous items, and I know I couldn't even give it away to street urchins, even though it has a massive battery that lasts me a week, and I can drop it 20 metres into a lake and it'll still work. It has a name that nobody I know has ever heard of. And I always buy automatic cars, because why would I want to keep shifting gears when the car can do it for me? And I've never heard of anyone ruining an automatic car through overworking the engine either. And the price of second-hand automatic cars is lower too, so I win all round. So I'm a discriminating consumer. And I like my toothpaste. Or, rather I used to like my toothpaste, but it's being denied to me by uncaring capitalists.
A pocketful of those was likely to cause you to limp
But I've been allowing myself to calm down, and I remember a few years ago listening to an interview between a BBCTV journalist and a man who worked for the Royal Mint. Does anyone remember the old 50p coin? The first one, after the Ten Bob Note was discontinued, and the first seven-sided coin was introduced. It was huge. A pocketful of those was likely to cause you to limp, but people liked them, for no good reason. The BBC reporter was accusing the Royal Mint man of cultural vandalism because he wanted to take our beloved large seven-sided 50p coins away and replace them with much smaller 50p coins. The nation was in uproar. They had only just got used to the coin, and already it was being replaced. How dare he!
The Man from the Mint was placid in the face of this onslaught. This is more or less what he said.
"People get used to things, and they worry when those things are changed. But things change all the time. They didn't like having their ten-bob notes taken away when this old 50p coin that they so love now was brought in.
"They're complaining now, but as soon as they get used to the new coin, they'll wonder what all the fuss was about, and if or when we decide to change it again, they'll howl jut as loudly. Change is inevitable, and people always resist it, but only because they're used to things being one way and they don't look forward to getting used to a new thing.
"It's nothing to do with 50p coins. It's about feeling unsettled.'
Change is good
I must admit I was impressed with this point of view, and it made complete sense at the time. I subscribe to the school of thought that proclaims that 'Change is good', and I've just caught myself out failing to remember that. I think my annoyance is more with the attitude of those making the change that they don't need to take account of their customers or inform them of impending changes so they can get used to it all. I think they could do that better.
So I've allowed myself to let off some steam, and I've shrugged my shoulders, and accepted that there are no more tubes of the old toothpaste available, and I've squeezed the last dose out of the tube, and I've thrown it away. And I went to my local supermarket and bought a tube of a different stripe. And, actually, I quite like the taste. Maybe I've been lucky, or maybe I was making too much fuss. Or maybe I was forgetting first principles, which involve living in the actual world and not wishing for things to stay the same too much, which is the first stage of entropy, which I'm vehemently opposed to, since entropy is the enemy of survivability.
Remaining positive and optimistic in the face of uncertainty
I shall miss my old toothpaste, but I'll remember it with affection, and use it as a reminder, so I can remember not to get stuck in ruts, or fail to embrace the challenge of change, and to remain positive and optimistic in the face of uncertainty. Change is good. And there are no rules. Speaking of which, I'm currently reading a brilliant book called Sapiens, by Yuval Noah Harari, which is causing fireworks to go off in all directions in my brain. He wrote this on Page 31, and I love it.
"There are no gods in the universe, no nations, no money, no human rights, no laws and no justice outside the common imagination of human beings."
If I had written that, I'd feel that my work was done.
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By Sister Dana Van Iquity
On October 31, 1989, two weeks after San Francisco was devastated by the Loma Prieta earthquake, we Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence stood on stepstools and held buckets to collect thousands of dollars for the Mayor's Earthquake Relief Fund from the Halloween crowds that traditionally fled into the Castro gayborhood. Thus, The Sisters' very first Halloween fundraiser was born.
Beginning in 1990, The Sisters, with the SF Gay Men's Chorus and Community United against Violence, produced a fabulous Halloween fundraiser for the next five years, drawing huge crowds with live entertainment while collecting for AIDS charities. By 1994, approximately 500,000 people were attending the event. People got very drunk and disorderly. I was shocked to spy a man in costume with a running chainsaw. When the police confiscated an AK-47 from a reveler trying to enter the celebration, and arrested 60 people, The Sisters decided to move the celebration, and the Sisters' Halloween in the Castro ended.
The next year, we Sisters hosted a costume-mandatory dance/contest called HallowQueen in the SoMa queer nightclub Pleasuredome, raising over $6,000 for AIDS and LGBTQ charities. For the next ten years, the City tried everything to manage Castro Halloween. But in 2006, a gunman wounded nearly a dozen in the crowd, and that put an end to closing off the streets for Halloween. Now the Castro is overloaded with cops and street-sweepers who discourage loitering on the sidewalks and keep celebrants off the streets.
Bad news for those costumed folks who love experiencing Halloween in the Castro. But good news: there are plenty of events to attend this year to celebrate the queer spirit of All Hallows' Eve.
In 1993, on our 15th anniversary, we Sisters started The Children's Halloween in the Castro as a safe space for kids. This event continues to this day as a treat for gay and not gay parents and their children. Around noon, children arrive with their parents at Eureka Valley Recreation Center in costume to enter the costume contest. There is usually live entertainment – in the past, circus acts with clowns and acrobats – and bags are handed out with free candy. Then we parade up and down Castro Street, trick or treating the various shops that lovingly participate by putting treats in the bags of participants. thesisters.org
• Trannyshack Halloween (A Party) is Oct. 31- The Final Trannyshack. It's fitting that it happens on this highest of gay holidays. Costume contest. Performances by Roxy-Cotten Candy, Cookie Dough, Fade Dra, Fauxnique, Rusty Hips, Clammy Faye, Bea Dazzler, Fruitbomb, Exhibit Q., Dina Isis, Precious Moments, Cousin Wonderlette, Rice Rockettes, and more! With your hosts Heklina and Peaches Christ, and DJ MC2. Beatbox, 314 Eleventh Street, 9pm doors, 11pm show. trannyshack.com
• UnMasked, GLBT Historical Society Gala, Oct. 24. Share your passion for history and commitment to a brighter future with hundreds of like-minded people at the Contemporary Jewish Museum near Yerba Buena Center. Enjoy entertainment, silent auction, food, and drink. The theme often leads attendees to don gay masks and/or costumes, so leave your inhibitions at home! glbthistory.org
• The Sisters of Perpetual Indulgence host Unholy Rollers, a Halloween themed skate party for LGBTQQ youth and their allies on Oct. 28, to benefit LYRIC, a queer youth organization. 7-10pm with a $10 cover, skate rentals available for $5. A portion of door sales will go to LYRIC. Held at the Church of 8 Wheels in the Lower Haight neighborhood now occupying the former Sacred Heart Church, 554 Fillmore Street at Fell. churchof8wheels.com
• Game of Thrones has all of the mystique, glamour, intrigue, and majesty of your favorite show…fashioned into an epic Circuit Party! Gus Presents Game of Thrones on Halloween Night. Massive Thrones-style props, full stage shows, and a crown jewel of a sound system are the ingredients for this sure to be memorable Masquerade Ball. Dragon-fire lasers, concert caliber light show and two of the most sought after international all-star DJs: Alex Acosta and Ivan Gomez. Costumes are a must. guspresents.com
• LYRIC – Halloween Eve Fundraising Extravaganza, hosted by BALIF & AABA, the Asian American Bar Association of the Greater Bay Area. Come as a lawyer, a banker, a candlestick maker. Have a fabulous time! Oct. 30, 6-9pm, The Drake Lounge, 508 4th Street. Donations: minimum $25 in advance, $35 at the door. balif.org
• Peaches Christ – Creatures of the Nightlife Oct. 30, 6pm-10pm, California Academy of Sciences, 55 Music Concourse Drive. Features a horrific drag-show as well as Monster Makeovers by celebrity drag creatures. Last year she hosted as Peach-feratu and this year she's sooooo excited about her new costume…but wants to keep it a surprise! facebook.com/peacheschrist, calacademy.org
• Cookie Dough Monster Show, October 30, A Nightmare Before Halloween – Horror Movie Night. DJ MC2 spinning before & after the show. LipSynch for your shot. $5 Stoli and all flavors drink specials 9pm to close. The Edge Bar, 4149 – 18th Street @ Collingwood. $5.00 – 21+ w/ID.
• The world's first erotic haunted house, Hell in the Armory, seeks to arouse a blend of sexual tension and fear. It features a costumed cast in scary – and skimpy – attire who entertain visitors at the company's adult film studios at the San Francisco Armory. The century-old armory building is allegedly haunted. Employees often hear footsteps in the hallways and even see apparitions when the Halloween props aren't in play. The building's dungeons and padded cells are a natural place to come for a haunt. But leave the kiddies at home. The haunted house, 1800 Mission Street, runs Tuesdays through Saturdays, 7pm to midnight until Nov. 1. kink.com
• At The Café, 2369 Market Street: Pre-Halloween Extravaganza featuring Pan Dulce with $800 cash prize costume contest and Heaven versus Hell Papi Go-Go's. Direct from Guadalajara is Mexico's number one drag performer Ricky Lips. 9pm-2am, 21+ with ID. $8 cover, free before 10pm. clubpapi.com
Also at The Café: All Hallows' Eve at Suggr, Oct. 31, 9pm. Cash prizes for the best costumes. jceventssf.com
• HALO is the largest Halloween circuit costume party, Oct. 25, 9pm. Join their maiden voyage at the Mezzanine SF to the exhilarating depths of deep deep space. Journey back in time and dance with the muscled Greek Gods of Olympus and taste the thirst-quenching waters of Oasis. Blast off into space and enjoy a proper circuit costume party with futuristic laser lights shows and incredible jaw dropping LED visuals, and dancers imported from all over the country. There will be chiseled muscle studs in costumes and a blend of sexy, spacey, and to die for moves. International DJ Misha Skye and DJ Micky Friedmann. ticketfly.com/event/635823-halo
• Logo TV is going to do the time warp all day on Halloween. Dr. Frank N Furter, Janet, Brad, and Riff Raff are all taking over the network on Halloween for an all-day marathon of the camp classic The Rocky Horror Picture Show from 10am to 6am ET – with audience participation elements beginning during the midnight showing. Leading up to Halloween, beginning October 26 and continuing through October 30, Logo TV will air Halloween episodes of classic sitcoms including Roseanne, Will & Grace, Happy Endings, Don't Trust the B in Apartment 23, plus frightful movies including Queen of the Damned, Shaun of the Dead, Fright Night and Kill Bill Volume 1 starting at 8pm ET.
• Shocktoberfest 15: THE BLOODY DÉBUTANTE, 15th Annual Extravaganza of Terror & Titillation: An Evening of Horror, Carnage, Puppets, and Song. Grand Guignol horror theatre and black comedies. Now through Nov. 22, Thursdays, Fridays, Saturdays, 8pm. Special Halloween Performances Oct. 28 & 29 (Tuesday, Wednesday) 8pm at The Hypnodrome, 575 10th Street. thrillpeddlers.com
• Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde: silent film with live organ accompaniment, October 31, 8 pm, Davies Symphony Hall, 201 Van Ness Avenue. This early silent horror film (1920) is recreated as it was presented originally – with all of the drama and excitement that live, improvised organ accompaniment brings to the spectacle. The film is a terrifying glimpse into the dark side of human nature. Tickets: $20-$65, sfsymphony.org, 415-864-6000, or at the Davies Box Office, on Grove Street between Van Ness Avenue and Franklin Street.
• Masquerotica – Carnaval Mystique, Oct. 25 at The Sound Factory, 525 Harrison Street, 9pm-4am. Costumes strongly encouraged at SF's biggest and most risqué Halloween costume party bringing together many of SF's most gifted underground artistic, creative, theatrical, and sex-positive communities in an only-in-SF celebration of art, beauty, sensuousness, and thumpin' rumpin' dance. masquerotica.com
• Kinky Salon Halloween, Oct 31, is a totally immersive Haunted House experience, with interactive performances ongoing throughout the space, 11pm-1am, followed by a fabulous DJ dance set until 3am. Thrill to the shocking exploits of the Mad Scientist & his sexy nurse assistant. Run the gauntlet of dementia in Clown Alley. Tremble in anticipation as taste, touch, and smell twist together in the Tactile Sensorium! Gag as undead strippers rise up from the grave craving human flesh! Plus special guests The Thrillpeddlers: before horror movies, there was Grand Guignol- horror plays that shocked audiences with grisly themes and bloody special effects. kinkysalon.com
Wherever you go and whatever you do, have a very Happy Holloweenie, boys and ghouls!!!


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Here's a great article that I thought I would pass on...hope you find it interesting! –Kim
Canines Contribute to Long-term Care of Wounded War Veterans
By Lauren Lewis Innocenzi
The National Defense Authorization Act for 2010 has been approved by both the House and Senate. The act incorporates the Service Dogs for Veterans Act and includes a provision that instructs the Secretary of Veterans Affairs to partner with nonprofit organizations to conduct "a three-year study to assess the benefits, feasibility and advisability of using service dogs for the treatment or rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities, including post-traumatic stress disorder." The provision is backed by Senators Al Franken (D-MN) and Johnny Isakson (R-GA) and Representatives Ron Klein (D-FL) and Ed Whitfield (R-KY).
Two weeks after taking office in July, U.S. Sen. Al Franken (D-MN) joined with U.S. Sen. Johnny Isakson (R-GA) to introduce the Service Dogs for Veterans Act that would set up a pilot program within the Department of Veterans Affairs to pair service dogs with veterans who have physical or mental wounds, including Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder (PTSD). In an opinion piece in the Minneapolis-St. Paul Star Tribune dated July 18, Franken wrote, "Frankly, I believe it is enough simply to improve the lives of those of whom we asked so much. But this program isn't just the right thing to do. It's the smart thing to do. This is win, win, win, win."
Whether or not one agrees with Franken's politics, his assessment that service dogs provide immense benefits to vets suffering from physical and emotional wounds is difficult to dispute.
An estimated 400,000 vets are returning from Iraq and Afghanistan with PTSD and/or traumatic brain injury (TBI), according to Gloria Gilbert Stoga, president and founder of Puppies Behind Bars (PBB), whose Dog Tags program was established in 2006 to provide service dogs to veterans returning home from these countries who have physical injury, TBI or PTSD.
"The number of wounded veterans coming home from Iraq and Afghanistan with physical and invisible wounds is huge," Stoga says. "To get these men and women reengaged in society is both something that is good for them and something that we as a Country owe those who have fought on our behalf."
Stoga's organization has paired 15 service dogs with veterans so far and plans to pair up to eight more in 2009 and an additional 15 to 20 next year. The dogs are trained in 87 commands, which include everything from opening doors, turning on and off lights, and picking up objects and giving them to the veterans. In addition, canines are also taught special commands created especially for veterans. "These include blocking access in case the veteran gets concerned when someone is approaching; looking both ways before entering a room so the veteran knows it is safe to enter that room; and dialing 911 on a telephone if the veteran needs help and cannot call for it himself. Our dogs are also taught to find the veteran's car in a crowded parking lot," says Stoga.
Isaiah Schaffer, a 25-year-old United States Marine Corps corporal who served in Iraq, was paired with a service dog from Dog Tags last November. "I was very bad off with Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder. My mom realized this and had heard about [the program]. I was instantly on board with the idea," he says.
Schaffer's story is not uncommon among war veterans. After returning home, he had trouble readjusting to life outside of the military. "My life was full of loneliness, depression, and a constant home theater system in my head of the constant horrors of war," he says in a letter of gratitude he recently wrote to PBB. Schaffer explains that he was fearful of the world, so much so that he reached a point where he was afraid to leave his apartment.
But things changed once he met his service dog, a chocolate Lab named Meghan. Schaffer says Meghan encourages him every day and has helped him reclaim his confidence. "Since Meghan, I have not only regained my freedom and come to be able to function in this world I was once so fearful of, but I have also gained a best friend," he says.
Most recently, Meghan has played a major role in helping Schaffer transition into fatherhood. He recounts a story of being home for the first night with his newborn daughter when she began to cry violently. "My hands became sweaty, and my heart began to pump fast, and I shook and froze.
These sounds reminded me of a battle I was in where a newborn was left in the streets where none of us could get to her because of the intense firefight. I looked down at Meghan for an instant, and it was like she read my mind. And just with a wag of her tail and a look I felt she was telling me, You got this. You're fine.' With that I scooped up my daughter and sang her to sleep."
In addition to helping repair emotional wounds, service dogs also assist veterans who have been physically injured. "For those that have experienced hearing loss, they can be at home by themselves and be confident that the dog will alert them to a ringing doorbell, smoke alarm, or teakettle boiling over. For those that use a wheelchair, the assistance dog can pick up dropped items that they cannot reach, turn a light switch on or off, carrying items for them, or pull their wheelchair," explains Jeanine Konopelski, national director of marketing communications for Canine Companions for Independence (CCI). "Assistance dogs allow people to be out in the workforce again, go to school, or even just go out to dinner without having to rely on another person to be with them to help with daily physical tasks."
CCI was formed in 1975 and has since paired more than 3,000 assistance dogs with people with disabilities. Its Wounded Veteran Initiative has partnered more than 60 dogs with those who have served in the military, including Jeffrey Adams, a first lieutenant with the Louisiana Army National Guard. In Nov. 2004, Adams was wounded by a roadside bomb while on patrol in Baghdad. Most of his left leg had to be amputated. Today he walks with a prosthetic titanium leg with help from his assistance dog, Sharif.
"Prior to my involvement [with CCI], I knew of various types of law-enforcement dogs, dogs for the hearing disabled, and dogs for the blind, but I was unaware of all the other types of companions that are out there," Adams says. "Other than the tasks that Sharif helps me do, as well as the ones he helps me do safely, there are endless amounts of good things to say about being able to take a well-trained machine and your dog out in public and to work every day."
Organizations such as PBB and CCI provide service dogs at no cost to veterans. However, the price isn't negligible. For example, the cost of a CCI assistance dog can exceed $45,000, including breeding, training, placement, and follow-up services for the life of the dog. The cost to PBB is $26,000 for every Dog Tags team (wounded warrior and dog). Both groups rely entirely on donations from their supporters to fund the programs.
The Service Dogs for Veterans Act could help provide needed financial assistance. As it stands, the bill would require the Veterans Administration (VA) to coordinate with nonprofit organizations to pair at least 200 service dogs and veterans. The VA would also be required to pay the full cost for the first 50 dogs and share costs for the next 150. A pilot study for three years will determine the efficiency and therapeutic benefits.
Although CCI has some problems with the Service Dogs for Veterans Act (namely, it does not believe that a pilot program and feasibility study is needed to show the benefits of assistance dogs), Konopelski says the organization is looking forward to working with Sen. Franken to refine the legislation to include financial measures that would stimulate more availability for veterans. Specifically, CCI would like the act to grant accredited organizations $10,000 per veteran placed with a trained assistance dog to cover expenses. "In addition, we feel the proposed legislation by Sen. Franken should address the issues of compensation for veterans' travel expenses to and from the training location and the other incidental costs of having a dog for 8 to 10 years," says Konopelski.
Even if legislation aimed to help service dog initiatives for veterans isn't passed, the need for these programs will continue to increase as injured soldiers return home from war. Whether the soldiers' wounds are physical or emotional, the benefits that service dogs can provide these men and women are profound. For Corporal Isaiah Schaffer, a service dog provided him with a second chance. "[It] has helped me to regain my life back," he says. "I am no longer just a broken vet. I have a life; I can finally function in society."
At a Glance
America's VetDogs (Veteran's K-9 Corps)
—Branch of Guide Dog Foundation for the Blind, Inc. that provides service dogs for visually impaired veterans.
Canines for Combat Veterans
—Program of Dogs for Deaf and Disabled Americans/NEADS that serves any combat veteran whose service injury has resulted in deafness or disability.
Canine Companions for Independence: Wounded Veteran Initiative
—Initiative through CCI, the largest assistance-dog organization in the world, pairs dogs with veterans who have been disabled in combat.
Dog Tags: Service Dogs for Those Who've Served Us
—Established by Puppies Behind Bars to provide service dogs to veterans returning home from Iraq and Afghanistan who have a physical injury, TBI or PTSD.
Operation Hero Hounds
—Celebrity dog trainer Tamar Geller's program to help veterans focus on emotional healing for nonvisible ailments such as PTSD and TBI through training dogs in need of behavior modification.
Service Dogs for Veterans Act
—A proposed bill that would require the secretary of Veterans Affairs to carry out a pilot program to assess the feasibility and advisability of using service dogs for the treatment or rehabilitation of veterans with physical or mental injuries or disabilities and for other purposes.
Source: http://www.tailsinc.com/index.php?action=getArticle&aid=542
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Cardinal Vincent Nichols has prayed for the soul of Richard III during a service for the dead king.
At a service he described as "so rich in meaning and symbolism", the body of the last Plantagenet was taken from the Leicester University to the Leicester Cathedral on Sunday.
The remains of the king were found in September 2012 under a car park in Leicester, having been buried under a Greyfiars Friary Church, which was destroyed in the Reformation. Some 35,000 people came yesterday to watch the coffin being taken to the cathedral.
At the service, Cardinal Nichols said that the sprinkling of holy water on the coffin was "a reminder that King Richard, at the beginning of his life, was baptised in the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit. He was thereby called to live as a follower of Jesus Christ."
Alluding to the violence of the period, known by later historians as the War of the Roses after the symbols used by the warring Houses of Lancaster and York, the Cardinal said: "The course of his tumultuous life has been well traced, caught up as it was in the deadly struggle between dynastic families. In his life he must have known little peace. From his earliest years, Richard's life bore all the consequences of the violence of the age and its power struggles. He was a child of war, for a while a refugee in Europe, as he was moved from place to place, always in search of safety and protection.
"At the age of 17 he emerged as a public figure and from then on showed his steely ability to pursue his ambitions. In his day, political power was invariably won or maintained on the battlefield and only by ruthless determination, strong alliances and a willingness to employ the use of force, at times with astonishing brutality.
"We may thank God that here political power struggles are now settled in a different manner."
However, as well as alluding to Richard's notoriety, most famously for his alleged ordering of the murder of his two nephews, the princes in the Tower, the Cardinal pointed out the king's great strengths: "Within the depth of his heart, amidst all his fears and ambitions, there surely lay a strong desire to provide his people with stability and improvement. In his two short years as King, he reshaped vital aspects of the legal system, developing the presumption of innocence, the concept of blind justice and the practice of granting bail rather than being held in jail. He established the Court of Requests to give wider access to justice and insisted on the translation into English of all written laws and statutes so that they were readily accessible to all. Nevertheless his reign was marked by unrest and the fatal seepage of loyalty and support."
He said that Richard was "a man of prayer, a man of an anxious devotion. In a surviving prayer, we hear him pleading with God for the protection of the Archangel Michael and for deliverance from his enemies."|
Cardinal Nichols added: "We pray for him today just as those who prayed for him at the time of his death in 1485, those whose hearts were not filled with the vengeance of victory or the hatred of an enemy. Among those who prayed for him then was the community of Franciscan Friars, so nearby here, who surely buried him with formal prayer even if also in haste."
Richard III's reinterment will be held on Thursday.
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Official Italian import partners MAD FOR MUSIC SAS will exhibit Wilson Benesch's stand mounted loudspeaker, Discovery II, at the forthcoming Milano Hi-Fidelity Show this April.
The Discovery II will be finished in Champagne Gold P1 Coloured Carbon Fibre. The range of 'P1' Coloured Carbon Fibre finishes were launched by Wilson Benesch in 2016 and include, Ettore Blue, Enzo Red and Silverstone Silver.
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Date: Saturday 14th – Sunday 15th April 2018
Suite: 117
Location: Melia Hotel, Milan, Italy
Here you can read more about the exhibition: www.milano-roma-hi-fidelity-audio-show.it
As normal, you can stay up to date with the all Wilson Benesch shows and new dates as they are added via our Facebook and Twitter accounts.
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Disney Beauty and the Beast MAGIC MOMENT IN TIME Figurine Clock. In Excellent condition , no missing parts.Note : the music box it missing its globe. Music still in perfectly working order.
It doesn't Come in the original box. 6 1/2" tall x 6 3/4" length x 6 1/2 wide. 2 1/2" tall x 2" diameter. Yellow dress ornament 5 " tall x 4 1/2" length.Beauty and beast with rose figurines mini medium snowglobe 4" tall x 3 1/4" diameter. Belle figurine 4 1/2" length x 3 1/2" wide x 6 1/4 tall. Belle w/ red dress ornament 3 1/2" tall x 2 1/4" length x 2 1/4 wide. Belle sitting and hold bird ornament 3" tall x 2 1/2" length x 2 wide. This set contains multiple characters figurines and so colorful details.
Made of resin, ceramic porcelain. Made in China, Sri Lanka. The item "Disney Beauty & the Beast MEMORABILIA Figurine Ornament Snowglobe Music Box 7 Pc" is in sale since Friday, January 13, 2017. This item is in the category "Collectibles\Disneyana\Contemporary (1968-Now)\Snowglobes". The seller is "ratna78" and is located in Alexandria, Virginia.This item can be shipped to United States, Canada, United Kingdom, Denmark, Romania, Slovakia, Bulgaria, Czech republic, Finland, Hungary, Latvia, Lithuania, Malta, Estonia, Australia, Greece, Portugal, Cyprus, Slovenia, Japan, China, Sweden, South Korea, Indonesia, Taiwan, Thailand, Belgium, France, Hong Kong, Ireland, Netherlands, Poland, Spain, Italy, Austria, Russian federation, Israel, Mexico, New Zealand, Philippines, Singapore, Norway, Saudi arabia, Ukraine, United arab emirates, Qatar, Kuwait, Bahrain, Croatia, Malaysia, Chile, Colombia, Costa rica, Dominican republic, Panama, Trinidad and tobago, Guatemala, El salvador, Honduras, Jamaica.


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The Ordovician rocks found in the St. Petersburg region of Russia have long been a source for excellent trilobites. There are a great many quarries, pits and excavations, both active and overgrown, that are exploited by local collectors for the well preserved fossils within. One of the most commonly available species is Asaphus lepidurus and I have a couple of specimens in my collection.
Specimen #1 is a partially prone example of the species. Part of the thorax and the pygidium are folded at a 90 degree angle. I have to wonder if this position is one of a predatory nature or is it just a molt that stayed in that position? As I don't have any information as to what the original bedding plane was prior to this fossil being prepped I doubt I will ever know.
Specimen #2 is an older specimen that I bought years ago. It's not the best quality and shows evidence of repair but it's a nice example.
Specimen #3 is an enrolled example of the species.
All three specimens are from the Voybokalo
quarry near St. Petersburg which quarries rocks that are part of the Kunda stage (Darriwillian stage of the ICS) of the Ordovician.


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Million Mile Secrets reader, Angela, commented:
I got the Wyndham Rewards card recently and the bonus should be posting any day now. I've already noticed that beginning in January, almost all higher end hotels will not be available for "Go Free" award nights.
That is a bummer because I wanted to book now for February. On FlyerTalk, they do say that the all-inclusive hotels won't be participating (as some were to begin with).
I've also noticed that a lot of their hotels are not participating in the "Go Fast" program. If all you can use your free nights for are low end hotels, who will want the card?
A few months ago, Wyndham made changes to its rewards program. They announced all hotels could be booked for 15,000 Wyndham points.
But there's been some confusion surrounding this new program.
Wyndham's New Award Program
Link: Wyndham Rewards
Link: Book ANY Wyndham Hotel for 15,000 Points
With Wyndham Rewards, you can now book hotels for 15,000 Wyndham points per night (Go Free) or 3,000 Wyndham points plus cash (Go Fast).
Wyndham hotels include:
- Baymont Inn and Suites
- Days Inn
- Dolce
- Hawthorn Suites
- Howard Johnson
- Knights Inn
- Microtel
- Ramada
- Super 8
- Travelodge
- Tryp
- Wingate
- Wyndham
- Wyndham Garden
- Wyndham Grand
This is an excellent deal if you if you can book more expensive Wyndham hotels with just 15,000 Wyndham points. And you can quickly earn the points you need for 2 to 3 award nights with the Barclaycard Wyndham Rewards cards.
But it will now be more expensive to book their budget hotels.
But Are ALL Wyndham Hotels Really Included?
Angela is having difficulty booking award stays at Wyndham's top-tier hotels.
If their high-end and all-inclusive hotels aren't included, this isn't such a great value. So what's the deal?
All-Inclusive Hotels
Folks on FlyerTalk mentioned they couldn't find available award nights for Wyndham's all-inclusive hotels.
A Wyndham representative responded saying these hotels are excluded:
All inclusive resorts do not participate in the Wyndham Rewards Program. If you require assistance in locating a property or would like to book at one of our Tryp hotels, please contact Member Services at 1-866-996-7937 and an agent would be happy to assist you.
But then they said they were included:
Sorry for the confusion, all-inclusive hotels do qualify for the Go Free rate of 15,000 points per night.
Can you please private message me the dates that you were looking at the below hotels so we can further research why there isn't availability for the Go Fast rate of 3,000 points per night plus cash?
Confusing, right?!
So I did a quick search for award nights at the Viva Wyndham Fortuna Beach in the Bahamas and they were available!
But I'm not given the option to book the Go Fast rate of 3,000 Wyndham points plus cash.
High-End Hotels
Similarly, folks mentioned on FlyerTalk that they aren't able to book some of Wyndham's most desired locations including Koloa Landing Poipu Beach in Kauai.
But doing a dummy search I found award nights available at this hotel.
And again, no Go Fast rate.
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With the Barclaycard Wyndham Rewards card you can earn 45,000 Wyndham points:
- 30,000 Wyndham points after your 1st purchase
- 15,000 points after you spend $1,000 on purchases in the 1st 90 days of opening your account (45,000 points total)
The $69 annual fee is NOT waived for the 1st year. But the 45,000 Wyndham points you earn are worth 3 nights at high-end Wyndham hotels like the Koloa Landing Poipu Beach.
And with the no-annual fee version of the Barclaycard Wyndham Rewards card, you'll get:
- 15,000 Wyndham points after your 1st purchase
- another 15,000 Wyndham points when you spend $1,000 on purchases within the 1st 90 days of opening your account
For a total of 30,000 Wyndham points. With 30,000 Wyndham points you can get 2 nights at a top Wyndham hotels.
We don't earn commission on these cards, but we'll always tell you about the best offers!
Keep in mind, Barclaycard limits you to 1 or 2 of their cards per year, so choose your applications wisely! If you already have 1 of their cards, using it will help ensure they approve you for other cards in the future.
Bottom Line
Wyndham recently changed its rewards program. You can book award nights for 15,000 Wyndham points per night or 3,000 Wyndham points plus cash. According to Wyndham's advertisements, these rates are good at ANY Wyndham hotel.
This makes the Barclaycard Wyndham Rewards cards much more valuable because the points you earn, after completing the minimum spending, are worth 2 to 3 nights at even the most expensive Wyndham hotel.
Emily and I don't earn commission on these cards, but we always tell you about the best deals.
But many folks aren't able to book the high-end and all-inclusive hotels with points. And it seems Wyndham isn't sure which hotels are participating in their new rewards program.
That said, with a quick search I was able to find award nights at some top-tier hotels for 15,000 Wyndham points. But there was no option to book using the Go Fast rate. So Wyndham may still be working out the kinks in their new rewards program.
I'll keep looking into this and let you know as soon as I get more details! In the meantime, let me know about your experiences with the new Wyndham Rewards program.


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The Victorian state government has released the details of a controversial agreement with China on its Belt and Road initiative.
The 'One Belt, One Road' plan has been heralded by the Chinese government as the "21st-Century Maritime Silk Road".
It seeks to revive the ancient road and ocean network by creating two modern transit and trade corridors between China and Europe.
Now, a memorandum of understanding between China and Victoria has been released, showing an agreement made by the two parties linking the state to the initiative.
The release comes more than a month after the secretive deal was signed on October 8.
When it was later announced at a formal ceremony on October 25, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews said the agreement would benefit Victorians.
"We have a very strong, very important economic partnership that's all about jobs. It's all about more products being exported around the world," Mr Andrews said.
"If we can, through the infrastructure work that China is involved in offshore, if we can be exporting skills as well as giving businesses the opportunities to share in all that work, then I think that's a good thing."
Australia's policy
The Chinese government has already spent billions of dollars on new infrastructure projects for roads, railways, ports and maritime corridors.
Sixty-eight countries have so far signed up to the project, including New Zealand.
However, the federal government has decided Australia will not take part due to concerns over China's plans to expand its power in the region and beyond.
The Australian Strategic Policy Institute's Executive Director Peter Jennings is concerned about what China's plans really are.
"China knew, very well, that the federal position was not to sign an MOU," Mr Jennings told SBS News.
"So by [China] going to the Victorian state government, I really think that what we have is Beijing shopping around to find an answer that it prefers. And frankly, this amounts to a type of interference in Australia's political system."
'A secret deal'
Mr Andrews had been resisting calls from Prime Minister Scott Morrison and Victoria's opposition leader Matthew Guy to make the deal public before the November 24 election.
Early last week, Mr Morrison also insisted Australia would maintain its policy on the Belt and Road Initiative and, rather than sign a deal, it would address any plans on a case-by-case basis.
The Liberal party's state treasury spokesman Michael O'Brien accused Mr Andrews of overstepping his powers.
He told SBS News that he thinks "it was a mistake, frankly, for the Victorian government to sign up to this."
"The Australian government clearly had concerns that such a deal would not be in the best interests of Australia. So Victorians are entitled to ask: 'Why does Daniel Andrews think he knows better than the federal government which has got advice from trade agencies and security agencies?'
"Daniel Andrews has absolutely put Victoria if, not at risk, then certainly under a big question mark because of the secrecy with which he's done this deal," Mr O'Brien said.
Peter Jennings said state governments shouldn't be dealing in foreign policy.
"Section 51 of the constitution sets out the roles and responsibilities of the federal government and that includes trade, foreign affairs, defence and a bunch of other activities. But frankly a number of things that are canvassed in the MOU are really constitutionally the responsibility of the federal government," Mr Jennings told SBS News.
'Unique situation'
Hussain Rammal is an Associate Professor of of International Business and Strategy at the University of Technology Sydney.
Professor Hussain Rammal said in the past, such deals have been at a "country-to-country level".
"We haven't seen a state and a country saying we will go ahead with China, so this is certainly a unique situation - the first of its kind as far as this one belt - one road initiative is concerned, Professor Rammal told SBS News.
"Australia wasn't very keen, even though it's in the neighbourhood, Australia is happy to have Chinese investment, but it wasn't going to have the country be part of this initiative. So, the Victorian government doing that will certainly raise some eyebrows around the world, but it does create a bit of tension or conflict with the federal government."
Mr Jennings welcomed the memorandum's release but questioned the timing.
"I think the whole thing has been handled very badly. So the document appears to have been signed on the 8th of October but it took weeks before it was announced. Then for a period of weeks, Premier Andrews refused to release it and said that it was secret and not possible to be put out. Then it's released late on a Sunday afternoon of Armistice Day, when frankly a lot of people are putting their attention elsewhere."
Premier Daniel Andrews told SBS News that the government was going to release the details on Friday, but that was cancelled due to the Bourke Street terror attack.
More trade and jobs
Victoria's economic prosperity relies strongly on its relationship with China, with China being Victoria's largest trading partner.
Victoria is a large provider of food and fibre products to China, and China is Victoria's largest source of international students and tourists.
While the deal may benefit Victoria's economy, Mr Jennings urged the state government to rethink the agreement.
"People can do silly things when they think that big money is on the line.
"It's often a sense of greed that drives how state governments want to engage with China and usually the eagerness to line up for the cash is such that they perhaps overlook some of the finer details about how to negotiate agreements to protect ones interests.
"Nothing is as simple as it seems when it comes to negotiating with China."
The Chinese government has been criticised for burdening some developing economies with large debts after they've signed up to the initiative.
While it's not a legally binding contract, Mr Jennings had concerns over Victoria becoming another casualty to the BRI.
Mr Jennings said Sri Lanka had become an early casualty of a BRI deal with China over the construction of a port.
"In the Sri Lankan case, the Chinese essentially lent the Sri Lankan government money to construct the port and then the Sri Lankan was unable to pay the interest bill effectively and so the port has now been handed over in terms of its ownership to China."
Mutual consent
The five-year agreement will be automatically extended for another five years unless a party decides to terminate it.
If a chosen party decides to terminate the deal, it must be jointly agreed upon following three months of written notice.
The state's opposition treasurer Michael O'Brien said Victorians should've been consulted.
"It appears that Daniel Andrews has signed this state up to a deal which can't be terminated simply at the instigation of Victoria and locks us in for five years at minimum.
"That's a real concern because Daniel Andrews didn't consult with the community on this, he didn't discuss it with the opposition parties, and he didn't bring it to the Parliament," Mr O'Brien said.
"He's simply done this behind the backs of Victorians."
The Labor State government is adamant the MOU doesn't compell Victoria to be involved in any specific project or initiative.


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Reflecting back on 2012, like most years, there were many things to savour and also many to forget.
On the whole, it was a good year for most in the organic sector, helped by increased stability in the market.
However, yields were affected by the weather and this will have implications well into 2013. Nonetheless, the organic sector in Ireland has shown resilience in the face of the recession and generally sales have held their own.
The good news story of last year was that many of our members noted an increase in sales, reflecting confidence in the market.
Some horticultural producers saw an increase of up to 40pc in sales, which is encouraging.
New standards
Internally in IOFGA, we distributed a copy of the new organic standards to all of our members.
Essentially these are the rules and regulations that organic farmers must produce to.
Many consumers are not aware that the 'organic' label on food is legally binding and therefore products must display an organic symbol that shows that they are audited by an organic certification body such as IOFGA.
There was a rocky start to 2012 for 148 organic farmers, when the Department of Agriculture decided to withdraw payments to organic farmers participating in certain criteria of AEOS and the Organic Farming Scheme.
This affected farmers who had signed the contract in 2010 on the understanding that they would be paid under both schemes, and included parcels of land designated as species rich grassland, traditional hay meadow and riparian margins.
Thankfully, after considerable communication between Department officials and IOFGA, this decision was quashed, but only for farmers who appealed the move.
In the future, we look forward to an agri-environmental scheme that has more options for organic producers.
Organic critics and GM
The past year also contained challenges in the shape of vociferous critics of organic food.
Their voices highlight the fact that the organic sector needs to be clear about the benefits of organic food, because even committed organic consumers need an occasional reminder about why they are choosing the organic option.
It would be great to have more Irish research commissioned in organic farming.
However, with tight research budgets, this will probably remain on the wish list for the foreseeable future.
The decision taken by Teagasc to trial late blight-resistant genetically modified (GM) potatoes marked a major change in Ireland's GM-free status and was seen by many organic producers as a direct threat to our green image.
We were joined in our belief by many chefs, conventional producers and consumers who were equally concerned about Ireland's misplaced food strategy.
The Teagasc trial will continue until 2016, so be sure to watch this space.
The Common Agricultural Policy was never far from anybody's mind in the agricultural sector last year and with the budget still hanging in the balance, we envisage this to continue in a busy start to 2013 under the Irish presidency.
Back in October 2011, it was announced that organic farmers would gain automatic entry into greening because of the public recognition of their contribution to delivering on public goods.
IOFGA would like to see organic farming as a mandatory measure under the rural development programme (RDP), with 80pc co-financing.
There are many opportunities for the sector but it will require a dynamic RDP that makes best use of the different EU measures available if we are to see an equitable distribution of supports for producers.
Green public procurement
A promising opportunity for the organic sector lies in the area of Green Public Procurement (GPP).
In January 2012, the Government released its 'Green Tenders Action Plan' on GPP, outlining, amongst other things, a 50pc target for incorporating green criteria for food and catering services.
This means that tenders bidding for Ireland's €200m per year market for public sector food (for example hospitals, schools, defence forces, semi-state) can now stipulate that 50pc of the ingredients must be from an organic or quantifiably sustainable source.
In practice, this means that the Irish organic sector has a massive opportunity to catch up with its EU counterparts.
In countries that have already implemented GPP, organic and low-input farming systems has grown exponentially.
Case studies show that while organic ingredient costs may be marginally higher, waste is dramatically lower, making it cost efficient to source organic food even in challenging financial times.
In IOFGA, we are looking forward to the development and implementation of the Green Tenders document throughout the public sector.
Import substitution
Finally, import substitution remains a huge opportunity in the organic sector as we buy in approximately 70pc of the organic food sold in Ireland, much of which could be produced here.
Farmers who already have low input systems require little change to go organic, yet many have not considered it.
For the past decade, the level of certified organic farming in Ireland has hovered around 1pc of farmers (one of the lowest in Europe) while demand for Irish organic produce is rising among consumers.
We need more farmers to supply that demand and reduce our dependence on imported organic food.
Maybe 2013 will convince more farmers to consider the opportunities in organics?
Indo Farming


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Lawyer Miguna Miguna has faulted Deputy President William Ruto for slamming public officers accused of disregarding court orders.
Speaking on Sunday, DP Ruto warned public officers disobeying court orders that they would be held personally responsible for their actions.
"This country is built on a firm foundation of the rule of law and as such, every citizen, including all public officers, must respect it...those disobeying will carry their own cross," Ruto, who spoke in Narok, said.
Responding to Ruto through Twitter on Monday, Miguna asked the Deputy President to address President Kenyatta directly on the matter instead of blaming his juniors. Miguna has been accusing the government of disobeying court orders requiring it to facilitate his return to Kenya following his deportation to Canada in 2018.
"To William Ruto: Make a decision whether you support the Rule of Law and the Obedience of all Court Orders or you don't. Stop blaming CJ David Maraga. Maraga does not head the @PoliceKE. The person DISOBEYING Court Orders is your "boss" Despot Uhuru Kenyatta. Address him DIRECTLY," Miguna wrote.
Ruto made the remarks after Gatundu South MP Moses Kuria was detained at Kilimani Police station for over 24 hours despite court orders to release him. Kuria, an ally of Ruto, had been arrested on Friday morning over allegations of assaulting a woman.
Miguna, who was set to arrive in the country last Tuesday, is stuck in Germany after airlines refused to fly him to Nairobi over a red alter issued by the government of Kenya. The alert allegedly warned the airlines against flying Miguna to Kenya or any other African nation.
@miguna - the court orders are being ignored simply because they are compromised by the judiciary itself and some politicians.
The judges issuing them have some questionable moral conscience and poor character. Most of these judges have corruption cases against them. How are you to issue a court order when the judge has black spots all over his record?
They issue out court orders to have lunatics like you allowed back in the country to cause anarchy, chaos and unnecessary mayhem to the smooth order of things. Kenyans do not owe you anything! It is about time you start behaving like a normal human being!
DP Ruto is just talking about court orders simply because a criminal friend in the name of Kuria was in jail. Kuria should have been kept in jail for beating a woman. What kind of picture is Kuria showing to young boys??
The judge who issued the court order to release Kuria or to have Miguna return to Kenya is misguided and ought to be fired.
Miguna: I am sorry for your predicament. However, you have a running mouth that spews very bad language. Whenever you make a point, however good, it gets lost in your filthy way of speech. That's why people resent you. At your age and with your education and long experience, you should know better. If I read you well, your anger, need to malign others, ego and vengeance have been your undoing. Why not address your issues soberly? Arrogance does not pay. So much for one day. Enjoy your stay wherever you are.
@kamande - the saying that empty vessels (ndebe) make the most noise is directly synonymous with Miguna! He could have quietly returned to a Kenya, but he couldnt help himself because he has to announce his every move he make to feel important. And beyond that he talks some toxic filthy carcass! Let him enjoy his damn founded foolishness wherever he is currently located. Huyu Ana Bweka bweka huko Germany Kama a lost German Shepherd dog!!


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English: Crayon Shin-Chan: Den-O vs. Shin-O
Synonyms: Kamen Rider Den-O 26.5, Den-O vs Shin-O, Shin-Chan vs Den-O, Kamen Rider Den-O vs Crayon Shin-Chin, Crayon Shin-chan Midsummer Night: I Have Arrived! The Storm is Called Den-O vs. Shin-O 60 Minute Special!!, Crayon Shin-chan and Kamen Rider: Den-O vs. Shi
Japanese: クレヨンしんちゃん 真夏の夜に オラ 参上! 嵐を呼ぶ 電王VSしん王 60分スペシャル!!
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This week we have received lots of Christmas goodies and I convinced myself that a bite or two wouldn't hurt anything because, after all, Christmas only comes around once a year, and I was practicing moderation, right? And although I knew that even a few bites would send me over the limit on my daily sugars, I assumed it would be ok IF it was just that one time, and IF, I got myself right back on track.
Well one bite turned into two and before I knew it I found myself wanting to finish the entire chocolate carmel apple later in the evening - and I did! My sugar cravings are coming back - seriously - that quickly!
I need to take the Belly Fat Cure diet more seriously...... After all, LOTS of people are losing LOTS of weight by following it - and it's healthy - and it's satisfying - and it works!
Eventually I will not feel deprived. But for now, it's really hard. Honestly, I set myself back by justifying a few bites here and a few bites there. But it's going to be black and white for me now baby - no more being in the gray area!! I kid you not, when I say, watch my numbers start changing BIG TIME now that I am going to stick to the plan and not allow myself more than 15 sugars a day! NO MORE EXCUSES!!!!!
Whew! Now that I've gotten that off my chest, I have to admit that it's killing me not to have any photos in my posts. I spent sometime last night experimenting with different blog/template layouts and learning how to upload photos. I'm still playing around with finding something I like so don't be surprised if the look of my blog changes frequently..... until I settle on something I like.
Back to the photos.... My husband and I were running a little late getting ready for the Christmas Party last Friday, so no pictures that night. I scoured the photos that I had and realized that I was not in one photo at Thanksgiving (since I was taking all of them)! Isn't that how it works - We'd rather stay behind the camera, rather than in front of it, when we don't like the way we look. Anyways, the first photo I am posting was taken in October during our family trip to Disneyworld.
It is really hard for me to post photos of myself right now. I really want to wait until I have the "after" photo to post next to it. But, like I said, I hate not having photos to share and this is who I am right now! The next photo really showcases my tummy. No.... I am not pregnant.... and that is why the Belly Fat Cure diet is perfect for me!!!!
Now, I'm off to get my booty in gear and STICK TO THE PLAN - NO MORE EXCUSES HERE!!!
Have you ever "justified" a bite here and a bite there, and found yourself returning to your old eating habits?