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(New York, NY) January 24, 2013 – The Broadway League and Latin Trends will host the first official VIVA Broadway community event, VIVA Broadway Fiesta, a pre-theatre party on January 29th from 5:00pm to 7:00pm, then continuing till 10:00pm at the legendary Copacabana on West 47th Street in Times Square.
VIVA Broadway Advisory Board members, Broadway talent, industry VIP's will celebrate this event with, music, dancing, cocktials provided by Chivas Regal and complimentary hors d'oeuvres. This free event is open to theatregoers who purchase tickets to Broadway Week, an NYC & Company program. Broadway Week is from January 22nd to February 7th, when 2-for-1 theatre tickets to participating Broadway shows are available by visiting nycgo.com/broadwayweek. Guests must RSVP to [email protected] and bring their Broadway Week show ticket for access to the party.
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Viva Broadway Fiesta is presented by The Broadway League and LatinTRENDS.
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A new accessible swing has been officially opened at Beacon Park.
The facility was installed after fundraising work by members of Lichfield Round Table and the family of Isla Elizabeth Hufton, who had Mitochondrial DNA Depletion Syndrome and died when she was just 18 months old.
Her mother Stephanie said her daughter had enjoyed a similar accessible swing and so she was keen to help fundraise for one that other families could use.
She said: "It's amazing to see the children enjoy the swing, their smiles were priceless and that's what I wanted for other children to experience.
"In life, it's those smiles that gets us through the tough times.
"I'd like to thank everyone who has made a contribution to the swing especially to my friends, family, Liz Capewell, work colleagues and customers at Body Beautiful Day Spa, we wouldn't have been able to make this happen without you all."
Lichfield Round Table started raising money in 2018 to install the new swing.
Leon Jennings, from the group, said: "Lichfield Round Table were very pleased and honoured to be able to work with Steph, in memory of her daughter Isla, to not only create an area for remembrance, but also bring benefit to the local community and allow children of all abilities to play together."
The installation costs were paid for by Lichfield District Council.
Councillor Bob Awty, Chairman of the council, said: "A big thank you on behalf of the whole council to all the groups and individuals, as well as the family and friends of Isla Hufton who have helped to raise the money for the accessible swing and supported the project.
"It's a brilliant new addition to the park and it is lovely to see the first two children try it out.
"We know that many more children will enjoy the swing over the years to come."
The accessible swing is available for children in wheelchairs to use. It can be accessed with a radar key, which is available from Beacon Park's Ranger Station.

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Eric Clapton: The esteemed guitarist and Rock and Roll Hall of Famer brings a great band — Doyle Bramhall II, Paul Carrack, Nathan East, Steve Gadd and Chris Stainton and vocalists Sharon White and Katie Kissoon to town in one of his limited solo dates before his Crossroads Guitar Festival in Texas; blues guitarist Jimmie Vaughan opens. [7:30 p.m., Chase Center, 1 Warrors Way, S.F.]
Gretchen Rubin: The best-selling author of "The Happiness Project" and Happier podcaster appears in conversation with her sister Elizabeth Craft. [7:30 p.m., Palace of Fine Arts, 3301 Lyon St., S.F.]
Mariko Tamaki: The young adult graphic novelist speaks at her DC launch of "Harley Quinn: Breaking Glass" with Gene Luen Yang, author of the forthcoming "Superman Smashes the Klan." [7:30 p.m., Bindery, 1727 Haight St., S.F.]
You Are Here: A Come From Away Story: The documentary, on which the hit stage musical "Come From Away" is based, tells the story of Gander, Newfoundland, where 38 airliners carrying over 6,500 passengers were forced to land after the terrorist attacks on 9/11. [7 p.m., Daly City 20, 1901 Junipero Serra Blvd., Daly City]
A Funny Thing Happened: The second-Wednesday-of-the-month session features comedians and pro storytellers Dhaya Lakshminarayanan, Samantha Gilweit, Scott Sanders, Matt Gubser, Chey Bell and Cici McDonald sharing funny anecdotes. [8 p.m., The SetUp, 222 Hyde St., S.F.]
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner: Word for Word begins preview performances of its atmospheric production based on Samuel Taylor Coleridge's epic poem in which a sailor relates his harrowing experiences after a long voyage. [7 p.m., Z Space, 450 Florida St., S.F.]
Little Steven: Guitarist Steven Van Zandt, a member of Bruce Springsteen's E Street Band, is on his solo tour; all ticketholders to the show receive a copy of Little Steven and the Disciples of Soul's new album, "Summer of Sorcery." [8 p.m., UC Theatre, 2036 University Ave., Berkeley]
Dr. Kelli Harding: The psychiatrist and Columbia University professor speaks about her book "The Rabbit Effect: Live Longer, Happier, and Healthier with the Groundbreaking Science of Kindness," which details results of a study in which lab rabbits tended by a nurturer had healthier hearts than those who were not. [6 p.m., Book Passage, 1 Ferry Building, S.F.]
Alpha Girls: Julian Guthrie dicusses her book, subtitled "The Women Upstarts Who Took on Silicon Valley's Male Culture and Made the Deals of a Lifetime," which follows the influential careers of venture capitalists Theresia Gouw, Magdalena Yesil, Mary Jane Elmore and Sonja Perkins. [6:30 p.m., Mechanics' Institute, 57 Post St., S.F.]
The Birch Tree: Screening in the free "The Best of Yugoslav Cinema" series, the 1967 film by Ante Babaja is a satire of traditional peasant mentality in the form of a painful love story and set in 1920s Croatia. [6:30 p.m. Coppola Theatre, Fine Arts, Coppola Theatre, Fine Arts Building, S.F. State University, 1600 Holloway Ave., S.F.]
June Diane Raphael: The actress from "Grace and Frankie" and author of "Represent: The Woman's Guide to Running for Office and Changing the World," speaks about the new guidebook with Melanie V. Ramil, executive director of Emerge California. [7:30 p.m., Book Passage, 51 Tamal Vista Blvd., Corte Madera]
My Will and My Life: In the San Francisco Fringe Festival show, a fictitious New York City firefighter and first responder on 9/11 describes an encounter he had with the real Father Mychal Judge, a New York fire department chaplain whose death was the first recorded fatality of 9/11. [8:30 p.m., Exit Studio, 156 Eddy St., S.F.]
CounterPulse Residency Double Bill: "The Looking Glass Self," an immersive theater piece by Mugwumpin invites audiences to consider how video technology alters truth, and "Metamorphosis: Phase 1," a multimedia performance by Mabel Valdiviezo and Travis Bennet with shamanic storytelling, explores "the intersection of family separation, trauma and the well-being of Latinx immigrant women." [7:30 and 8:15 p.m., CounterPulse, 80 Turk St., S.F.]
Sigrid: The 23-year-old Norwegian pop singer came to fame in 2017 with her debut EP "Don't Kill My Vibe." [9 p.m., Mezzanine, 444 Jessie St., S.F.]
MTT and Mahler: Opening a four-performance run, Michael Tilson Thomas and the San Francisco Symphony play Mahler's Symphony No. 6, the piece that launched the orchestra's award-winnning Mahler Project. [8 p.m., Davies Hall, 201 Van Ness Ave., S.F.]
The Doobie Brothers: At a special hometown show, the band's playing landmark albums "Toulouse Street" and "The Captain and Me" in their entirety, plus a few select hits. [8 p.m., Masonic, 1111 California St., S.F.]
Lizz Wright: The Georgia-born vocalist is known for her distinctive intrepretations of jazz, gospel, folk, blues and soul tunes. [7:30 p.m. SFJAZZ, 201 Franklin St., S.F.]
Bon Iver: The Grammy-winning indie folk band led by detail-oriented singer-songwriter Justin Vernon is touring with its fourth studio album "I,I." [7:30 p.m.m Chase Center, 1 Warriors Way, S.F.]
Squeeze: On its 45th anniversary, the U.K. band led by the songwriting team of Chris Difford and Glenn Tilbrook is on tour is playing hits ("Tempted," "Cool for Cats"), rarities and tunes from the artists' solo careers. [8 p.m., Fox, 1807 Telegraph Ave., Oakland]
Star Trek Live!: Continuing Thursdays-Saturdays through Sept. 21, the drag parody of the TV classic featuring Leigh Crow, the world's only female William Shatner impersonator, as Capt. Kirk, sends up the episode "The Naked Time." [7 p.m., Oasis, 298 11th St., S.F.]
Fozzy: The Georgia heavy metal band headed by Chris Jericho is on its Unleashed In The West tour. [7:30 p.m., Slim's, 333 11th St., S.F.]
Free Trip to Egypt: The documentary details the humanitarian project of a Canadian-Egyptian entrepreneur who reaches out to Americans concerned about an Islamic threat and offers them a free trip to the Middle East. [7:30 p.m., Albany Twin, 1115 Solano Ave., Albany]
Myanmar (Burma), The Land Beyond: A show of photographs by Anand Khokha and Sara Levinson depicting Burmese culture's diversity opens with a reception. [3 p.m., Farmer Gallery, Commonwealth Club, 110 The Embarcadero, S.F.]
Night of the Living Prog-3.2: San Jose vocalist and guitarist Robert Berry shares songs and memories of his prog rock collaborations with Keith Emerson and Carl Palmer in 3, as well as with GTR, Jethro Tull, Genesis and Ambrosia. [8 p.m., Club Fox, 2209 Broadway, Redwood City]
Ben Folds: The musician talks about his memoir "A Dream About Lightning Bugs" and plays some tunes in the sold-out appearance. [7 p.m., Jewish Community Center, 3200 California St., S.F.]
We Got This: Marika Lindholm, one editor of the volume with "frank, funny, and unflinchingly real stories by solo moms, for solo moms" launches the book, with readings by contributors including Sharisse Kimbro, Dorianne Laux, Lennlee Keep, Marianne Peel Forman, Rachel Sarah and Mika Yamamoto. [7 p.m., East Bay Booksellers, 5433 College Ave., Oakland]
Test Dept.: The industrial pioneers from the U.K. headline the Cold Waves SF Showcase, with Severed Heads, Pop Will Eat Itself, Paul Barker Min-Dub-Soundsystem, Kaelan Mikla and Vore Aurora. [7 p.m., 375 11th DNA Lounge, 11th St., S.F.]
Starring the Rock-Alcatraz in Hollywood Movies: Jim Van Buskirk, author of "Celluloid San Francisco," presents a clip-filled program showing how the Bay Area's beloved prison-sightseeing destination has been portrayed onscreen. [7 p.m., Tenderloin Museum, 398 Eddy St., S.F.]
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CGCL – Chapter 5, "Spirit in the Age of Science"
Kronman describes science through the research ideal, then draws a comparison to technology. He argues we use technology to increase out power and defy fate, but that it ultimately obscures understanding of the world. Social science is likewise dominated by the research ideal, with Economics leading the charge.
However, the humanities have no such guide, and Kronman paints that field as lost and weak, especially since the field's instructors have PhDs from large research universities. This, he says, has led to the rise of fundamentalism, which currently has no counter in the world. Kronman hopes that Secular Humanism will enjoy a resurgence in humanities departments, again providing instruction in the meaning of life.
I agree with Kronman on the strength of the sciences. That field now has clear methods of both discovering and disseminating new discoveries of the natural world. Technology has likewise grown into and around our lives like a parasite – I was born before the internet really came into being, yet I cannot imagine it's non-existence. Yet to me, technology is more of an interface, especially the laptop I write this post on.
Technology does have a function in defying fate – we have prosthetics, and Stephen Hawking can still communicate with an artificial voice. But I think Kronman ignores the role of technology in facilitating our fates – we can form new communities and if we discover our purpose in living, technology can help us achieve that purpose. While it marches toward the "Death of God," it also spreads sermons via podcast.
While reading the section on the social sciences, I was struck by how much progress we make in that field in improving advertising. Some of the best progress in any field is driven by the money available.
It's also true that the humanities have lost some self definition. I took Religion 101 this past semester, and instead of studying the words of Mohammad, we took to Freud. The class was still useful, but in the field of social science.
I agree that Fundamentalism does not have a clear opponent in science (though it does in Richard Dawkins), because each side if fighting a different battle. Faith is specifically without logic, while Science is built around a logical progression of knowledge. I also refer you to the latest book from Jim Wallis, The Great Awakening, where he describes a shift taking place among evangelicals to go beyond a battle with science, something he spoke on during a visit to Williams this fall.
Not having taken a course in Philosophy yet, I can't render any verdict on Kronman's hopes for Secular Humanism, except to say that they make sense within the context of the book. Kronman's political correctness, which I call Relativism, has fatal flaws, which cannot be clearly defined, though they can be identified. I once spent a solid weekend playing a computer game during high school, and came away with a definite emptiness from not having human contact. I felt an inherit wrongness in Swift's "A modest proposal." We need real people and relationships in our lives. Technology cannot replace that which truly makes us human, though it can (and will) come close.
Only by personally exploring what makes us human will we be able to resist the temptation to believe the first person selling answers.
1. What other vehicles can be used to explore the meaning of life?
2. Does education in hard science prepare us for the real world, or does it simply push us up the mountain of scientific knowledge without regard for real-life applicability?
3. Will technology become a primary social system, instead of the secondary system it is now?
4. The internet has a segregating effect – it is easy to surround ourselves with ideas and people similar. How can technology encourage diversity of thought, if it can at all?
5. We have set some moral limits on science (i. e. Cloning). Should there be similar limits in new technology?
6. Do you like Kronman's hope for the future of the humanities?Print • Email
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5 Responses to "CGCL – Chapter 5, "Spirit in the Age of Science""
dkane says:
I will try your question 6:
Do you like Kronman's hope for the future of the humanities?
Yes and no. I believe that, by and large, students should be allowed to study whatever academic topics they want to study, as long as those topics are taught in a rigorous and series fashion. Kronman implies that the Yale Directed Studies program is very popular, enrolling 10% (?) of Yale students and turning away another 10%. I would think that such courses would be similarly popular among Williams students. If so, the College should offer it. (I think that the only plausible home for these sorts of courses are elite schools.)
How might Williams start such a program? It would be hard to dive right in to something as big as directed studies, since it seems like students take a total of 6 classes in a single year. Instead, I would propose starting with just 2 paired courses taught over the year, sort of like ARTH 101/102. The hard part, obviously, is shrinking the material down to fit. How would others do that?
Where would this class be located? One obvious answer is as a tutorial. Any professor in DIV I or II could get permission to teach such a class (although I guess it might be the first year-long tutorial at Williams).
Or, more ambitiously, one could try this as a replacement for First Year Residential Seminar.
The First-Year Residential Seminar is a program designed to help students explore new ways of integrating their social and intellectual lives. Students who participate live together in the same residential unit, and take the seminar together during the fall semester. Enrollment in the seminar is restricted to students in the program. The seminar explores topics and issues that can be expected to promote lively discussions both in and out of class. It may be team-taught and may contain interdisciplinary subject matter.
All entering first-year students have the opportunity to express interest in participating ; if more students are interested than there are spaces available, selection is done randomly. Participants must commit themselves to taking FRS 101.
FRS has been around for more than 20 years. How is it doing? How many students apply? It seems like this year there is only a single fall course (RELG 101), no different from the same class in the catalog. Didn't FRS uses to have classes both semesters, and try to do something not found elsewhere in the catalog?
Anyway, if I were Kronman and I wanted to bring this program to Williams. I would start by volunteering to teach it at FRS. With luck, it would be as popular as Directed Studies at Yale. Then, after a year or two, I would try to recruit some other professors to teach other sections. After all, the argument would go, we have 100 students (20% of the class) who want this experience. Shouldn't we give it to them?
And, note, that I would recruit the very best teachers at Williams to teach this class. Knowing that the students who apply for FRS are some of the smartest and most motivated, I could be pretty sure that both teachers and students would sing the praises of the course, would claim that it provides the perfect compliment to the entry system. Indeed, I would try to recruit JAs to be the TAs for the course, to sit in with the freshmen and join in the conversation.
After 5-10 years of that, I would try to make the program universal, make it a requirement for all first years in all entries.
I, personally, am not sure that I would like to see a new requirement, but, if I were a Kronmanphile on the Williams faculty today, this is the master plan that I would use.
FROSH mom says:
Nice job, Will. I just finished that chapter last night, so it is fresh in my mind. You summarized it clearly and concisely. It is also incredibly valuable and refreshing, to get an objective "tech" perspective from someone your age.
I am going to address question #1. What other vehicles can be used to explore the meaning of life?
Why not an entirely different kind of humanities class? Keep the western version for those that are interested…maybe condense a version of it to add to this new one. But why not a new program, one that includes what I would like to call "faith-driven" philosophy as well. There is a much more diverse group of great thinkers to draw from, when this category is included; some of which are the founders of Buddhism, Hinduism, Judaism, Islam, and of course, Christianity.
What better way of creating an atmosphere conducive to questions about life, than when you are openly embracing the beliefs underlying the cultural backgrounds of what is now, a very diverse classroom? What better possibility of accepting the ideas of others, when your own are also included in the conversation? And what better way to promote a more expansive understanding of the world at large?
And as far as personal growth, and preparation for life? I know, from my own experience, I was more able to achieve some clarity, and resolve questions stemming from my own upbringing, when I began to bump up against other belief systems. I could embrace what I needed from my own background, and yet find support for ideas that challenged the ones I inherited.
The students involved could even have a hand in developing the choice of thinkers. All of this, would however, take a bit of "scholarly research".
And so, it goes…with no "end" after all.
Wick Sloane says:
Amen. I'll combine your questions to steer back to what troubles me with humanities. And I offer this as an English major and Lane Faison disciple and I apply the lessons of King Lear, Richard II, The Tempest and Matisse and Cezanne and Jenny Holzer every day whether on Wall Street or in a classroom.
Humanists ask lousy questions. That's why the humanists have no framework and are "lost and weak" in the research ideal. This came to me one day as a Research I university CFO. At a telescope on Mauna Kea, I asked an astrophysicist what he was working on. "The equation state of the universe." I thing that means "Where is the universe going and when will it get there." The next day, English faculty were complaining that the oceanographers always had as many computers as they needed and the English Department had none. The oceanographers were trying to solve global warming, and computers were part of the plan. The English faculty are just asking for computers. If you ask a $50,000 question you'll be lucky to get a $25,000 grant.
Again and again and again, I find that hard scientists 25 years into their careers are working on questions that didn't exist when they were undergraduates. Humanists, and even historians, are working on a question that would have been a familiar 301-course-level midterm exam questions.
Humanists have to start showing up at the meetings for the big questions. Not to offer close textual readings of a poem, but to bring their perspectives to the debate. It's a great failure, as far as I can see, that humanists lack a plan for, say, hunger or world peace or clean water. Back to your questions on the future of humanities. I think people will also create the books and plays and paintings and music that humanities professionals study. The departments in the Academy need to wake up or shut down.
David Broadband says:
In the beginning there was the WORD. And the word was made FLESH. Superstition prevailed. Science did not exist outside of Astrology. Men lived within a world populated by Gods & Demons, Heaven & Hell, Reward & Punishment, Innocence and Guilt, and Love and Suffering. The advent of gunpowder and the printing press was to the middle ages what the microchip and the internet are today.
We have internalized a great deal of the world outside of ourselves. Religions and their conehead representatives have attempted to prevent this within every culture and their respective religious cults.
Peace, tolerance and diversity are not new. They first appeared under King Asoka when he began to "dharmatize" his empire. These buzz words are powerful in that they are the opposite of what they claim upon their subjects. Peace means that their shall be no resistance; tolerance that we all are equal; and diversity, where open borders allow free trade to cannibalize resources and labor. This mantra is the cornerstone of every attempt to introduce internationalist propaganda in order to overwhelm our common sense.
Science is the daughter of philosophy, as are all the disciplines. Technology like guns do not injure or disable. People do. Freedom is important, but not at the expense of individualist societies. Internationalist tendencies are the direct result of the pathology of groups whose social dynamics cannot prevail successfully within nativist cultures.
Science and the humanities enable societies to minimize risk by overcoming higher states of disorder. There is no point in any discussion with regards a return to nature. We are NATURE. We are the VOICE OF THE EARTH. Our survival is paramount in that without US, there will be no planet where homo sapiens exist. We have observed this through the demise of the colonies of the Incas and the Aztecs and other outposts of lesser significance.
Humanities are important when they lend themselves to reinforce the memory of who we each are as a race and a people. Any other interest to the quest for meaning in life is worthless. One either uses intelligence to enable life or you use intelligence to disable, by bringing death, disease and destruction upon our societies.
Dick Swart says:
David Broadband – entirely agree with your last para (above)!
I chimed in a few days ago … Life is the Meaning. Be smart, see and understand stuff, try to do good things.
Or, as Garrison Keillor sums up – "Be well, do good work, and keep in touch…"
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Leading change and driving value through investor relations
Five key issues facing investor relations.
The IR Society's annual conference in June provided an opportunity to reflect on the changing environment for the investor relations community and the impact of ongoing regulatory changes. The day consisted of keynote speeches, plenary and break-out sessions and incorporated speakers from a range of backgrounds including investor relations officers, Board members and institutional investors. The key issues they raised during the day included:
Purpose and values
The complex needs of a broad range of stakeholders are increasingly important to a company's long-term performance. To manage this complexity, a company's purpose and values play an important role in guiding behaviours and leading sustainable success.
A hot topic at the conference! Over the past 12 months, the interest in environmental, social and governance (ESG) factors has grown rapidly as society as a whole evolves and younger generations in particular find these issues more important. Fund managers are now taking material ESG factors into account when making investment decisions and companies are responding by developing their reporting and communications activities, for example by holding ESG days.
Diversity in its broadest sense contributes to performance by introducing a wider range of perspectives, skills and experience into a company and the Board of Directors. However, it is taking a long time for Boards to change their attitudes and approach to diversity. So some speakers felt there needs to be a greater sense of urgency.
Employees on the Board
Although companies may be approaching the requirement to have an employee voice on the Board in different ways, the key point is that it allows employees to input their views into the Board and hearing from employees directly is much more impactful and meaningful for the Board when making decisions. Consequently, issues are being managed differently than they might have been previously.
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As the quality of sell-side research and corporate access declines following the introduction of Mifid II, companies, in particular smaller companies, are taking greater ownership of their communications activities and making more use of channels such as the annual report and website to reach out to existing and potential investors.
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Isn't Nature Grand?Posted: November 8, 2012 Filed under: Gardening | Tags: Dancing Lady Ginger, hardy begonia, nature, Paperwhites, Peruvian Lily, Resurrection Lily Ginger, Saliva, seasons 1 Comment
The ginger, Dancing Lady came up through the Snowdrop bulbs last summer. ( See the June 1 post.) Now it has made corms to drop for new plants next year. The Snowdrops will soon take its place.
Next year's Salvia plants sprouting at the base of the older ones.
New leaves for a new season on the Hardy Begonia.
Beautiful blood red veins.
Paperwhites have popped up among the Saliva. The Paperwhites will bloom when the Saliva is gone.
Peruvian Lilies are emerging as the Resurrection Lily ginger is disappearing for the winter.
Last year's leaves are mostly gone after providing nourishment and moisture throughout the summer for the trees. Now that fall is here, the ground will be replenished with newly fallen leaves.
The Automatic Garden is preparing for future seasons. The changing of the season has stimulated some plants to end their growth and others to begin. Even the soil benefits from nature's seasonal cycles.


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Karaoke player software will let you use a computer as a karaoke machine and host your own karaoke party. You can use your home PC to host a karaoke party for your friends or set up a dedicated computer as a PC based karaoke system and become a professional KJ. This article outlines the most popular karaoke software used by professional KJ and home karaoke enthusiast.
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On The Edge of the WILD
"There are no safe paths in this part of the world. Remember you are over the Edge of the Wild now, and in for all sorts of fun wherever you go." -J.R.R. Tolkien Ready or not; HERE WE GO!!! There is no one in the world that I would rather adventure with than you!!! Xoxoxo.Read More On The Edge of the WILD


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I wouldn't think of myself as an animal print person, but our millinery teacher had us design a hat based on a documentary film about the African and Brazilian nature and the image that stuck to my mind was this beautiful Brazilian leopard. What can I say, I love cats!
We were also instructed to use horsehair braid in our design (I can tell you this won't become my favourite millinery notion anytime soon! – at least not this plasticky kind), and as you may already have gathered from my previous posts, I'm definitely a bow person, so I chose to drape the horsehair braid into this statement bow.
I hesitated between leopard-printed or black horsehair braid, and eventually went with black because the leopard-printed one kind of clashed with the leopard print of the wool felt cone. I now have a few meters of leopard-printed horsehair braid I need to find a use for, ahem…
The base is a one-piece wool felt with hand-molded brim. I had initially planned to leave the edge of the brim raw, but it was a little too soft, so I added millinery wire to strengthen it and I covered it with black petersham ribbon (that's still a little too wavy to my taste, next time I'll spend more time ironing it to shape). I think I actually like it better that way as it forms a nice contrast with the background and it echoes the bow.
I finished the hat yesterday (I began working on it in class a few months ago then left it languishing unfinished, oops!) and also wore it for the first time, in keeping with my pledge to wear one me-made hat each week of May. I was kind of expecting to feel self-conscious wearing such a weird hat (well, weirder than what I'm used to), and I was pleasantly surprised by my actually feeling totally at ease and not worrying a bit about people staring or God knows what. So this hat is not as easy to wear as the first three I wore for Me-Made-May, but it's still much easier than I had first assumed.
Here you can see the inside, with another petersham ribbon (as in any hat) meant to help the hat stay on the head. The ribbon is invisibly sewn by hand, as is the one on the edge of the brim. Every stitch involved in the making of the hat was hand sewn, actually.
Ok, I could ramble on and on about this hat, but I think we'll leave it at that. I'll see you on Monday for the next Me-Made-May weekly recap!


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My passion is helping people mend their marriages. I work primarily with women (but also men) who are deeply unhappy in their relationship, but don't want a divorce. They want to stay, but have no idea how they can with the pain they are in. I help them not only stay, but learn to love it all over again.


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LOS ANGELES (CBSLA.com) — A produce stand in the parking lot of a South Los Angeles market is a fresh addition to the King Estates neighborhood.
The stand in the lot of Century Liquor & Market on the corner of 39th Street and Western Avenue brings organic fruit, vegetables, and snacks during "Fresh Fridays."
Community Coalition and Community Services teamed up with the market to find this positive solution just three weeks after the closure of a Ralphs grocery store in the area. The closure marked the second in the area leaving the community with less access to healthful foods.
"The owner now he has really cleaned up this corner here. At one time, this corner wasn't one that you would want to come to because of all of the crime and gangs," 79-year-old Isaac White said.
Karren Lane, Prevention Network Director at the Community Coalition, told CBS2's Louisa Hodge that more than 200 people attended the grand opening last week.
"At one point, the CSU had to replenish because they had sold out of all the produce," she said.
"Fresh Fridays" will be open every Friday afternoon in the 3800 block of South Western Avenue.


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Earlier today, the MVNO (operating under Sprint's network) announced that new customers who purchase a plan will be entitled to receive a discount of $17.76 on any plan they buy.
But what's so peculiar about the $17.76 discount? Well, it's the same year that the Declaration of Independence was adopted by the United States, 1776.
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Tello's Independence Day promotion runs from July 4-6 and is available exclusively for new customers.
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This simple crumbed fish fillet is only seasoned with salt and pepper so it will taste great with your favourite sauce.
Tarakihi is a fish local to New Zealand. If you can not find tarakihi, you can use hoki or any local white fish.
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No one in my family thought they liked cauliflower, but we all loved it in this dish. Hearty and delicious, this curry tastes like comfort food, but it's virtually fat free! It's also very inexpensive and makes plenty for a family of four with leftovers.
-4-5 yukon gold potatoes, diced into 1/2 inch cubes
-1 head cauliflower, cored and sliced into florets
-1 onion, diced
-1 small can diced tomatoes
-1 jalepeno, or other hot pepper, cut in half and seeded
-3 cloves garlic, finely diced
-1 1/2 inch piece of ginger, finely diced or grated
-1/2 bunch cilantro, finely chopped, divided
-1 tsp cumin seeds
-1 tsp turmeric
-2 tsps garam masala
-1 cup frozen peas (optional, but yummy and adds protein!)
-salt to taste
-1 Tbsp vegetable or canola oil
-Naan or pita for serving
1. Heat the oil in a large dutch. Add the onions, jalepeno, and cumin seeds and cook over medium heat, stirring occasionally, until onions are translucent (not browned).
2. Add the turmeric and garam masala and stir frequently until spices are thoroughly integrated.
3. Add the ginger, garlic, and about 2/3 of the cilantro. Stir frequently to prevent the garlic from burning. Cook for about 2 minutes.
4. Add the can of tomatoes with their liquid and stir to combine. Add the cauliflower and potatoes and stir well to fully coat the vegetables in the curry. Salt to taste.
5. Add about half a tomato can of water (you may need to add more as you go; you want just enough so that the dish doesn't look dry; not so much it looks like a soup). Cover and simmer, stirring occasionally, until potatoes and cauliflower are tender, about 30 minutes.
6. Curry can stand at room temperature for several hours. Just before serving, remove the jalepeno, reheat and stir in the frozen peas. Allow them to cook for just a minute or two. Stir in the remaining cilantro and serve with warm naan or pita.


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Instead of being restricted to one element of the school, our partnership includes every facet of education and formation. By allowing this to enhance all areas of the school, across all grades and areas of formation, we are able to provide an unparalleled and enriched environment for our students. This opportunity is all the more unique because it is a true partnership that maintains the independent and local governance of the school.
Immediately, the University of Dallas and the administration of Bishop Louis Reicher will work over the spring semester and summer to prepare our curriculum and to provide professional development for our teachers. This will ensure our teachers are ready to begin implementing the first elements of the curriculum starting in the 2020-2021 school year.
Beginning in the 2020-2021 academic year, a skeleton curriculum will be implemented. After a thorough evaluation of our campus, the University of Dallas and the administration of Bishop Louis Reicher will discern which elements to begin implementing first. The intention is a thoughtful integration of the resources that already exist within the school, balanced by those elements of the curriculum that are ready.
We expect that it will take a few years to fully implement this new dynamic and traditional Catholic curriculum.
This opportunity comes at no additional cost. The only costs associated with the partnership are those associated with the regularly scheduled replacement of textbooks.
A dynamic and traditional Catholic curriculum will seek to grow our commitment to excellence in science, fully employing our state of the art science labs and robotics team. Our rich tradition of honoring these subjects will only grow as we invite our students to integrate within themselves the various academic disciplines and fields of study.
Students at Bishop Louis Reicher vary in intellectual talents, from exceptionally intelligent to below average. Many parents assume that this type of curriculum is only accessible to gifted children. In reality, this curriculum will challenge your child while also leveraging their natural abilities during different stages of childhood. In short, we employ proven methods to help ordinary children across all levels of learning deliver extraordinary results. Students who currently receive learning accommodations should expect to receive those same accommodations.
Please be on the lookout for upcoming parent meetings to help you and your family become an even more joyful part of the legacy of excellence as a Catholic School community.


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Alex: Who I Am and Updates on Zero Impact
Hey, I'm Alex.
I'm going to tell you a bit about myself, which is a bit weird because tomorrow is my last day at Zero Impact as my two month internship is coming to a close. It's crazy when people ask you if you could have foreseen where you are now. Well if you had asked me four months ago, I would never have known. Life is funny like that.
Ever since last summer, I had envisioned myself working in New York City, interning for a semi-interesting company in their operations or strategy department. I'd be in the city with my friends, and most other rising seniors.
I was born and raised in Las Vegas, Nevada, but moved to Washington, DC to attend the McDonough School of Business at Georgetown University. I study International Business, Finance and French, and I am going into my final year of college.
I have been working for Zero Impact since late June. My experiences in Melbourne and at Zero Impact have been amazing, not just for traveling around Australia, but also for my discovery of this startup world.
At most undergrad business schools in the US, most students look to banking and consulting to start their careers, and it can be hard to filter it out.
Like many of my fellow students, I was overwhelmed, and having the world as my oyster left me disillusioned, passionless, and lost. Sometimes I wished that there was a distinct path to go down- a path that was already made for me. I can do competitive applications, I can study up for interviews, but I didn't have my heart behind them at all. Last fall during an investment banking interview, I was grilled by two interviewers on my accounting knowledge. They asked me why I would want to be an investment banker, a question that I will always sort of internally laugh at. It seemed as though they didn't really see me as a person, but as another application in the intensely competitive process. I knew I didn't want the job.
That's fine. I don't like banking. So what do I like? Meanwhile friends were talking about the hectic recruiting process, and I felt as though I was doing something wrong. Was I just not as ambitious as I thought? Why were so many other people willing to put up with it? Truly just the money? Not many people talked too highly of their analyst internships, yet they coveted those return offers. I didn't get it.
You know how opportunities come when you least expect it? And the minute you start planning your life things get turned upside down? I felt that exact sentiment this summer. Traveling to Melbourne ended up being exactly what I needed. I didn't know what to expect, and honestly picked Melbourne on a whim. I hadn't been to Australia, so Melbourne sounded fine, even though I really didn't know much about it.
I was introduced to different startups and attended events to get a taste of the startup culture in Melbourne. I met amazing people who are excited about what they are doing. They were refreshingly approachable and seemed like normal people I'd like to be around. At Zero Impact, I've really been able to take a hold of what I wanted to get out of my time here.
Being part of a new company is exciting, challenging, and so rewarding. Max, the founder of Zero Impact, and I have been doing everything from creating coffee log recipes in the kitchen to making financial models. I was accountable for my work, and could see the real effects it had. Max allowed me to pick areas of the company that interested me, so I would always be excited about the work I was doing.
Zero Impact appealed to me because there were a lot of parts to the company: the actual log manufacturing, the sustainability aspect, the coffee ground waste retrieval and more. It wasn't just an app or lines of code. There was a tangible product that we could see, all while diverting waste from a landfill. Being part of a company that actively seeks to better some aspect of society has been quite fulfilling.
Aside from the obvious personal career growth that came with experiencing startup culture in Australia, it was nice to see that the world really was my oyster. It's so easy to become entrenched in one mindset no matter how much you try to fight it. It's easy to forget what's out there.
Basically, working for Zero Impact has helped me develop professionally, but also personally. Instead of going into my last year of Georgetown completely freaked out by job hunting, I'm more excited (albeit still a little scared). I'm now considering Australia as a place to live and work after college. It's made me want to seriously start looking into cultivating what I love to do.
So, "what's happening now?" you may ask. Well, Zero Impact is at a really exciting point. Two weeks ago we tested our first ever product in a pizza oven to see if 1) the coffee logs affected the taste and 2) if they would even burn. I'm happy to report that the coffee does not affect the taste and they did, in fact, burn! This has been a culmination of nearly two months of work for me, and nearly eight months for Max. We're now focusing on perfecting the product so it's both cost effective and efficient, and are looking to go to market very soon.
All this in just two months! It's quite exciting. I look forward to keeping up with Zero Impact and how Max is doing. I'll be rooting for it, and who knows- I may be back one day. The world is changing, and we are becoming more aware of the negative effects of waste. I'm excited to see Zero Impact blaze a trail in the space and change the world one coffee at a time.


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Thames Clipper trial run gets to Canary Wharf in 45mins and Tower Pier 55mins from Gravesend
PUBLISHED: 13:07 08 August 2017 | UPDATED: 20:41 09 August 2017
MBNA Thames Clippers
London's transport bosses face competition for getting commuters to work with free rides on the Thames for four days.
A new service is to whisk passengers by fast clipper to Canary Wharf from Gravesend next month in 45 minutes and on to Tower Pier in another 10.
It could turn the tide on Network Rail and London Underground with a morning river dash to work and a return evening homebound run.
Commuters go free Monday to Thursday, September 11 to 14, while MBNA Thames Clippers tests the demand.
"We want commuters to get the benefits of speed travelling by river," Thames Clippers' chief executive Sean Collins said.
"We're optimistic about traffic volume and hope to offer greater transport links permanently to expand the river bus network."
The 70 minutes trial run leaves Gravesend at 7.15am, stopping at Canary Wharf Pier at 8.03am, Tower Pier 8.13am, Blackfriars 8.19am and Embankment 8.25am.
The evening run leaves Embankment at 5.40pm, calling at Blackfriars 5.46pm, Tower Pier 5.52pm, Canary Wharf 6.02pm and Gravesend Town by 6.50pm.
Commuters are being advised to pre-book free tickets on MBNA's Thames Clippers website.
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Colección: Artículos
Título: Determinants of corporate diversification : evidence from the property-liability insurance industry / Thomas R. Berry-Stölzle...[et.al]
Notas: Sumario: This article analyzes variations in line-of-business diversification status and extent among property-liability insurers. Our results show that the extent of diversification is not driven by risk pooling considerations; insurers operating in more volatile business lines do not diversify more. Diversification can rather be explained by the benefits of internal capital markets and barriers to business growth like market size and concentration. In our analysis, we distinguish between related and unrelated diversification. Using a measure of unrelated line-of-business diversification we find the first support for the diversification prediction of the managerial discretion hypothesis that mutual insurers should be less diversified than stock insurers. While mutual insurers tend to exhibit higher levels of total diversification, they engage in significantly less unrelated diversification than do stock insurers.
Registros relacionados: En: The Journal of risk and insurance. - Nueva York : The American Risk and Insurance Association, 1964- = ISSN 0022-4367. - 04/06/2012 Volumen 79 Número 2 - junio 2012 , p. 381-414
Materia / geográfico / evento: Property
Mercado de seguros
Métodos analíticos
Empresas de seguros
Seguro de daños patrimoniales
Diversificación de los riesgos
Estados Unidos
Autores secundarios: Berry-Stölzle, Thomas R.
Otras clasificaciones: 32
Derechos: In Copyright (InC): http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/


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JOB SUMMARY: The primary role of the Bariatric Patient Navigator is to assist patients in meeting their insurance and clinical requirements for the weight management services desired. The goal of the Bariatric Patient Navigator is to increase bariatric patient surgical or medical system volumes while maximizing patient satisfaction. The role of the Bariatric Patient Navigator specifically is to determine the patient's insurance benefits for weight loss surgery and medical weight management services coverage. The Patient Navigator will communicate monthly with the patient during their plan of care. The Patient Navigator will facilitate the pre-operative process, obtain authorizations for all diagnostics and testing as deemed necessary by physicians/surgeons/payers, submit for insurance benefits/approval for weight loss surgery. The Patient Navigator will communicate with the surgeon's office throughout the entire pre-operative process in an efficient and professional manner and with the Central Business Office during the pre-authorization period. The Bariatric Patient Navigator will be the contact person for the patient throughout the patient's entire weight management treatment plan. Additionally, the Patient Navigator will support the practice's billing integrity, ensuring patient accounts are managed in a fiscally responsible manner, notifying the Central Business Office of any account variances or adjustments needed. This position will also support the incoming referrals, managing calls to patients and referring providers as is appropriate.
REQUIRED EDUCATION: Associates Degree (Three to Five years of directly related work experience in a weight management clinic with a hospital or physician office setting will be considered in lieu of a degree.)
PREFERRED EDUCATION: Bachelor Degree
REQUIRED LICENSE: None
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REQUIRED EXPERIENCE: 3 years of medical office or related medical business
PREFERRED EXPERIENCE: 5 years of medical office or related medical business
Mission Health is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and as such offers equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, age, disability, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, genetic information, protected veteran status or any other protected characteristic.


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It's been a year and I'm still laughing . . . but let me first tell you about my love of this season's stripe dresses. The girls were feeling the breeze in this fabulous multi-stripe crepe mermaid style number with a tiered ruffle bottom by Tome NYC. I paired it with a Zac Posen yellow bag (actually backpack) with an adorable laser cut multi-color floral hanging keychain. I felt the classy bag with a twist helped balanced out the sass from the dress. What do you think?
"I don't trust anyone who doesn't laugh." Maya Angelou
Last year, I attended a fundraiser for a wonderful non-profit. It wasn't the biggest or the most glamourous event, but it was one of my most memorable. Elaine, a dear friend of over 45 years joined me that evening. She's a no nonsense accomplished boss woman, wonderful wife, fantastic mother and supportive friend. I felt she needed a distraction from life, even if it was just a couple of hours, so I asked her to accompany me.
Elaine didn't know anyone seated at the table with us, but the light conversation was centered around fun and laughter. One joke generated stomach grabbing, head jerking laughter. Then it happened. My friend's nicely coiffed wig fell off! The laughter was suddenly interrupted with a pregnant pause, followed by eyes dancing around the table. Being the quick wit that she is, Elaine grab her wig midair, cut the tension and fell out laughing. On cue, we all hollered and cried in laughter.
When was the last time you laughed at yourself? Or, did you choose to whimper away with embarrassment? Are you avoiding settings preferring to stay secluded?
One of my favorite spiritual teachers, Dr. Charles Staley of In Touch Ministries, blessed his congregation with his instructions for 'how to be useful all the days of your life' (Aired 7/15/2018). In other words, how to keep living after age 55. One is to 'Keep Laughing' because he said, "when there's laughter, love, joy, your body responds accordingly." He advised, "Get something going to make you laugh."
This message really touched me because I thought 'who doesn't love a good laugh'. But, there are days that I find nothing to laugh at because I may allow current events, personal problems, or whatever to get the best of my emotions and my depression rears its ugly head and yanks me back to parts unknown. My body physically aches during this process. I'm on automatic to recognize, retreat, resign, repress, and return. There's no timetable for this cycle.
The Center for Disease Control* said that depression is different for older adults. Older adults are at an increased risk for depression often because of chronic illnesses. Therefore, it's often mistakenly assumed that depression is a natural course for older adults and many will not seek medical treatment. But it's important to know that most older adults are not depressed and there's help for those that are symptomatic. That's the good news.
If you or someone you know is in crisis, please seek help immediately by:
- Call 911;
- Visit a nearby medical emergency department or health care provider; or
- Talk to a counselor at the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline 1-800-273-8255
I am very passionate about removing the stigma surrounding mental illness. My hope is that someone is helped with this message.
*CDC Source: Depression is Not a Normal Part of Growing Older / Healthy Aging / CDC https://www.cdc.gov/aging/mentalhealth/depression.htm @CDCgov


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As For The Trap Of Running After The Wrong Stuff, ...
Contributed by Dale Pilgrim on Oct 6, 2007 (message contributor)
As for the trap of running after the wrong stuff, McLean's Magazine released a report in December 2004 showing that "Collectively, Canadian consumers owed $752.1 billion. Over the same period, personal disposable income, or take-home pay, had risen 15 per cent. In other words, Canadians were piling on debt more than twice as fast as their income was growing." That debt in just one year – 2004 to 2005 – grew to $916 billion. In one year our consumer debt went up $164 billion. It only lasts a few days or weeks until finally we need replenishment so we go out to get more stuff or we're so heavily burdened by debt that we need more jobs to earn more money to keep our heads above water. As we continue this meaningless pursuit to be happy, we create a greater divide from where happiness can be found – relationship with God.


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LIVE: Juan Gonzalez @ the Sanctuary for Independent Media, 4/20/12
Review by Joel Patterson
Juan Gonzalez, co-host of the daily "rebel, dissenting arm of the press" news broadcast "Democracy Now" spoke Friday night at the Sanctuary for Independent Media in Troy, and the place was packed. It's an old church converted into a video camera-equipped meeting hall/concert stage/art gallery, and his appearance was part of their ongoing efforts to present alternative perspectives from established colorful and articulate rabble rousers. There were maybe 300 people or so in attendance. The scruffy crew was video taping his remarks, so I'm sure he's entered into their archive. The crowd was a mix of aging hippies (some even older than me!) and young people of various hues.
He spoke a little about his background and then summarized his latest book, "News for All the People: The Epic Story of Race and the American Media," which is all about the successive waves of information distribution media over the course of the last 200 years (starting with the first Colonial newspapers and ending with today's Internet), and how in each case centralization has led to homogenization and top-down distortions that reinforce a "white man's narrative."
He's a remarkably good natured and good humored man, considering the bleak perspective he's got to offer: there will be an eternal struggle with the forces of repression that minimize or negate the perspectives and contributions of those outside of the power structure.
He also took questions from the audience, ending with this keen observation: if the current population of illegal immigrants are ever granted citizenship and voting rights, the demographic of electorates to come will be dramatically shifted towards a Latino orientation. This is perhaps inevitable in the long run, anyway– because of the aging American population, the urgent need for young workers will continue to draw immigrants from nearby nations, and by 2050, if current trends continue, half the American public will trace their origins "not from Europe, but from the Latin American countries."
I bought the book, and our mini conversation went something like this:
"And what is your name?"
"Joel Patterson." I set down my card in front of him, which made it easy for him to spell out his dedication. "My son's girlfriend is Amy Littlefield, she's an intern producer who started working for you a few months ago."
His face brightened. "Ah yes, you know, the pool of young people we've got working there are fantastic."
And I confided to him, "The day you find your son's hooked up with a wonderful woman – that's a good day."
He smiled broadly, we shook hands, and each of us walked off into history.


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A few thousand opposition Cambodia National Rescue Party supporters marched through central Phnom Penh yesterday as the party held its largest public gathering in the capital since protesters were chased out of Freedom Park in early January.
Although Prime Minister Hun Sen suggested in late February that a ban on public assembly in the capital had been lifted, authorities had denied a request from the CNRP to hold a "people's congress" at Freedom Park yesterday, citing ongoing investigations into clashes at protests on January 2 and 3 that left at least four dead.
The government had, however, granted permission for the party to hold a ceremony at Wat Botum Park to commemorate the 17th anniversary of a grenade attack on an opposition rally at the site that killed at least 16 people and injured more than 100.
With security forces deployed in droves to Freedom Park to thwart any attempt to defy the ban, CNRP leaders decided to hold the congress at their Meanchey district headquarters instead, and following the ceremony at Wat Botum, led a few thousand supporters on a boisterous, hour-long traipse through the city.
Though surrounding streets had been blocked off ahead of the memorial ceremony, police stood idly by as the flag-waving crowds moved down Sothearos and then Norodom Boulevard, over the Kbal Thnal flyover, and down National Road 2 to the party office.
Speaking to supporters who had gathered outside, partially blocking the road, opposition leader Sam Rainsy lambasted the government for blocking access to Freedom Park, or "Democracy Square", the capital's
designated protest space.
"We want to change the name of Democracy Square to Dictator's Square [seeing as] citizens are not allowed to gather there," he said.
Rainsy also mocked a reported ban instituted in the wake of January's violence on gatherings of more than nine people, boasting that his party had been able to march unimpeded. Ahead of yesterday, Rainsy had said the events would be "a test" for the government and invited observers "to witness any act of provocation on the part of CPP-controlled forces, whose objective would be to create violence so as to have a pretext to further reduce the democratic space in Cambodia".
Prominent human rights group Amnesty International on Saturday had called on the government to allow yesterday's assemblies, and a protest planned by independent broadcaster Mam Sonando for today, to "take place without undue interference and without harassment from security forces".
General Khieu Sopheak, spokesman at the Interior Ministry, yesterday said that the authorities had "followed the [CNRP] march very closely".
"We didn't take any action to stop the march, but [we] just monitored. If they march and if they stand still to occupy any space, action should be taken," he said.
City Hall spokesman Long Dimanche said the Phnom Penh Municipality considered the march illegal and had received traffic complaints, but that authorities were trying to be "patient".
"Let people evaluate [how] the opposition party has always made problems.
"I also receive information that there were many people who were unhappy with the way that traffic was blocked," he said.
Following the "People's Congress", which saw supporters take to a stage to air their grievances and explain what course of action they want the CNRP to take, the party released a resolution stating that it would continue to either demand an investigation into election irregularities or an early poll.
It also states that if the National Election Committee is not significantly reformed – a sticking point in negotiations with the ruling Cambodian People's Party – the CNRP's boycott of parliament, which began in September, would continue.
In such a case, the CNRP would "continue large scale non-violent demonstrations nationwide", the resolution says. At Wat Botum yesterday morning, where relatives of those killed in the 1997 grenade attack joined monks and opposition supporters to mourn and honour the dead, Rainsy spoke of alleged interference by Prime Minister Hun Sen at the Khmer Rouge tribunal, the basis for allegations of genocide recently made in an International Criminal Court complaint not linked to the CNRP.
"The Khmer Rouge Tribunal summoned Mr Hor Namhong, deputy prime minister and foreign affairs minister [to the court].
"In [foreign countries], if the judge summons someone and they do not go, he would be jailed. But in our country, they do not think of the court.… He does not go because he has a leader to defend him that says it's not necessary to go," he said.
"Another one is named Keat Chhon, the deputy prime minister and former Finance Minister and [adviser to] Pol Pot.… Keat Chhon [was summonsed] but did not go … [because someone above him] told him not to go. [That person] defends criminals, this is a big problem."
It has been alleged that Namhong was, for a time, in charge of the Boeung Trabek prison under the Khmer Rouge, which he has strongly and repeatedly denied, calling such accusations defamatory.
Chhon worked at the Foreign Affairs Ministry under Democratic Kampuchea, according to witnesses at the Khmer Rouge tribunal.
Rainsy added that 2014 was the "most hopeful year" for Cambodians to find justice, citing the appointment of a new judge to investigate the 1997 grenade attack in a French court.
The CNRP leader and other Cambodians present at the attack have French nationality in addition to Cambodian.
No one has yet been held account for the attack, which saw four grenades thrown at a protest led by Rainsy against a lack of independence and corruption in the judiciary.
Witnesses claimed to have seen the Prime Minister's Bodyguard Unit, which was deployed to the protest, allowing the grenade-throwers to escape through their lines while blocking pursuers.


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5 Fresh and Exciting Fall Bloomers (Zone: 8 – 11)
True that warmer zones do not get the calendar-image, brilliant fall colors of chillier ones. What they do get is a full-on show of exotic, flowery, and altogether mesmerizing plants. Here are five that will light up your autumn garden.
(Please visit the companion post that covers zones 4 –7 as zones often overlap.)
Kaleidoscope Abelia
Look at that foliage! Red stems and sweet white flowers, too. Wonderful low hedge. Partial to full sun. Zone: 6 – 9
Bird of Paradise
It tends to be a big, green strappy placeholder all year and then in fall, wow, those blooms! Unique, large, bird-like, orange, blue and white flower heads through winter. Wonderful in containers and around the pool. Architectural cut flower, too. Partial to full sun. Zone: 9 – 11
Hong Kong Orchid Tree
Colder zones only wish they had a dramatic tree that drips with large, exotic-looking pink blossoms for five months during the winter season. Well-sized for lawns but also does well in large containers. If you have the space…! Zone: 9 – 11
Magnificent Brunfelsia
If you don't have this one, you're missing a real treat. Very large, sweet-smelling,violet-purple blooms lasting four to five days appear nearly year-round, with a heavy flush in fall. Plant near home, deck or patio to enjoy the flowers and fragrance! Zone: 9 – 11
La Barbe Bleue™ Bluebeard
Fragrant and shiny yellow foliage glows throughout summer, but the real thrill comes in fall when flower spikes come into bloom providing a rich contrast. Add snipped stems to vases of autumn leaves. Full sun. Zone: 5 – 9
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I recently finished The Poppy War, by R.F. Kuang. The book's first half was enjoyable, but it's second half was frustrating. It encompassed a lot of the problems I see in fantasy novels. The world building was under-cooked, the pacing messy, the villains one dimensional and it's grimdarkness unearned. Still, there's something to be learned from it's unevenness.
*****Spoilers for The Poppy War below******
The Poppy War is a pretty standard fantasy novel. It's protagonist, Rin, starts off as an orphan and through a combination of hard work and a ferocious will becomes the vengeful avatar of a god. It's a classic power story, complete with training montages and a special school. The school part is enjoyable and Rin is an interesting protagonist. She starts off normal enough, but shows hints of a power hungry side that threatens to overtake her.
However, once the title 'Poppy War' starts? (I'm actually not sure if it is a Poppy War, there were Poppy Wars in the past with the same enemy, but no one calls it anything other than 'the war' when it begins,) things quickly fall apart. It's hard to tell exactly what's happening, the reader has no sense of scale or the strategic value of any of the cities in play or even the bare geography of the Nikara Empire which Rin is fighting for.
Worse of all is the enemy Rin faces, the Mugen Federation. The Federation is bland and evil. They're somehow more technically advanced than the Nikara, though we get no details at all about their equipment, fighting style or even their ideology and culture. Really, the only thing we know about them is that they will kill themselves for their emperor and think the Nikara aren't even human. Oh, and they're basically Japan.
This another problem with the Poppy War it leans way too hard on real history for its world building. Nikara is very obviously China, Mugen is very obviously Japan, there's even a very obviously European faction with fair skin and tall ships across the ocean. R.F Kuang talked about how 20th century Chinese history influenced her and boy does it ever show. The opium wars is right there in the title and Kuang uses the details from the rape of Nanking when describing a massacre done by the Federation.
The mining of a real world tragedy to give a dark edge to the story and motivate the hero, didn't sit right with me. It was so grotesque and hard to get through that it shocked me out of the story. I could dedicate a whole blog post to discussion of using details from a historical tragedy as fodder for your fantasy novel, but outside of it being in poor taste, it's also not a great narrative device. Going grimdark doesn't give your story weight, it can have the exact opposite effect, snapping suspension of disbelief. This is what makes tone and tonal consistency so important.
I never really recovered from the massacre and neither did the novel. The pacing became even more hectic and what world building there was frayed with inconsistencies and random betrayals. It all built to what was supposed to be an horrible act of genocide, the complete destruction of the Mugen Federation's home island and everyone on it. But I didn't care.
The Federation might as well have been orcs. There's only one named Federation character and he's a literal mad scientist, with a white lab coat and everything. (Doesn't this book take place in medievalish times? Maybe? Another character treats a fucking crossbow like a machine gun, complete with a dull thud when it's 'out'.) The genocide fell flat. Mugen was never made to feel real. I didn't care about it because the writer never did.
In many ways the Poppy War is a story that can't live up to it's ambition. It wants to talk about tragedy and sacrifice on a deep level, while also being an engaging action story. Achieving that tonal balance was always going to be difficult and the Poppy War's bland, over the top antagonists and weak world building couldn't sustain it. In some ways it asked both too much and too little of the reader. At the one hand we have to read through detailed rape and murder, on the other hand we don't have to sacrifice anything when the hero burns a whole people away, because they were never described as people to begin with.


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Super-Stuffed Omelet
Ken Leth of Aurora, Colorado tucks omelet ingredients into a tortilla wrap for a hearty breakfast dish.
Total TimePrep/Total Time: 30 min.
Makes2 servings
- 1/4 cup chopped fresh tomato
- 2 large mushrooms, sliced
- 2 tablespoons finely chopped green or sweet red pepper
- 1 tablespoon diced onion
- 3 large eggs
- 1/4 cup 2% milk
- 2 teaspoons minced fresh parsley
- 1/2 teaspoon dried basil
- Pepper to taste
- 4 spinach leaves
- 2 slices cheddar cheese
- 1 flour tortilla (10 inches)
- 2 slices deli ham
- 1 cup shredded cheddar cheese, divided
- Sour cream and salsa, optional
- In a 10-in. nonstick skillet, coated with cooking spray, saute the tomato, mushrooms, green pepper and onion until tender; remove and set aside.
- In a small bowl, whisk the eggs, milk, parsley, basil and pepper. Pour into skillet,; cook over medium heat. As the eggs set, lift edges, letting uncooked portion flow underneath. When eggs are set, top with spinach, cheese slices and tortilla.
- Invert pan to flip omelet; return omelet to pan, tortilla side down. Place ham and sauteed vegetables on one side of omelet. Sprinkle with 3/4 cup shredded cheese; fold the omelet over filling. Cover and let stand for 1-1/2 minutes or until cheese is melted. Remove from the heat. Top with remaining shredded cheese. Serve with salsa and sour cream if desired.


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For delivery outside of our local area, order by 0800 Tuesday for delivery Thursday.
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Orders are picked and dispatched on Tuesday for delivery on Thursday so your plants aren't left in a van or a warehouse over the weekend. To ensure delivery on Thursday, please place your order before 17:00 on Monday.
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Our delivery charges are based on the value of your order, with free delivery for orders over £360 (inc. VAT). These only apply to orders delivered to addresses in England and Wales. Find out about delivery to other parts of the UK and Ireland.
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Taking care of your business processes on a daily basis is a need. You cannot ignore the crucial aspects of the production, raw materials, equipments etc while relying on workers for the products. Therefore be it an industry or a small scale start-up having track of the daily management processes is crucial.
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