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* Both DOJ, CFTC attending the interviews
* New inquiries come after authorities met with Jon Corzine
* Civil charges more likely than criminal case
* One-year anniversary of MF Global collapse approaches
By Aruna Viswanatha
WASHINGTON, Oct 17 (Reuters) - U.S. authorities investigating the collapse of MF Global have called in former executives of the failed commodities brokerage in recent weeks for additional interviews, people familiar with the inquiry said, as regulators work towards filing civil charges.
The new interviews follow a meeting prosecutors and regulators had last month with the firm's former chief executive, Jon Corzine, and suggest investigators have new information they want to ask other officials about.
The new push comes close to the one-year anniversary of the firm's spectacular collapse, which left an estimated $1.6 billion in customer funds missing.
The company filed for bankruptcy on Oct. 31, 2011, after investors fled following revelations of heavy bets it made on European sovereign debt and the resulting credit downgrades.
Investigators have said that the firm appeared to have dipped into customer funds as it desperately shifted money to cope with its liquidity crisis. Neither the firm nor its executives have been formally charged with wrongdoing.
The recent interviews included both the Justice Department and the Commodity Futures Trading Commission, but it still appears the more likely outcome will be civil cases rather than any criminal charges, people familiar with the inquiry said.
Reuters reported last month prosecutors are close to wrapping up a criminal inquiry and are unlikely to file criminal charges.
It is not clear which executives have returned for the latest round of interviews. Investigators do not appear to be seeking sworn testimony yet, a common step before preparing to file civil charges, which indicates such charges could still be months away.
Representatives of the U.S. Attorney's office in Manhattan and the CFTC declined comment.
A remaining question in the criminal inquiry is whether authorities will provide prosecutorial immunity to MF Global assistant treasurer Edith O'Brien, a central figure in approving the fund transfers that ultimately led to the shortfall.
Investigators have not yet spoken to O'Brien, who invoked her fifth amendment right against self incrimination during a March congressional hearing.
Corzine testified multiple times before congressional committees, and has specifically named O'Brien as someone who gave him assurances that fund transfers were proper.
In addition to the regulatory and law enforcement authorities, the bankruptcy trustee working to unwind MF Global's broker-dealer unit has conducted his own investigation.
James Giddens issued a blistering 275-page report in June that criticized Corzine for failing to address MF Global's growing liquidity needs as he tried to build the commodities broker into a global investment powerhouse.
Giddens has agreed to cooperate with customers in lawsuits against Corzine and other former MF Global executives.
He has also initiated litigation in the UK to secure another $700 million funds that is stuck there, after having already returned about $4.7 billion to former commodities customers.
"Our formal investigation ended in June. We continue to use the results to further maximize the return of assets to customers and other creditors," Kent Jarrell, a spokesman for the trustee, said.
A Congressional panel, the House Financial Services subcommittee on oversight and investigations, also continues to investigate the firm's collapse and is expected to release a report of its findings in the coming weeks.
"My goal is to ensure that we don't have another breach of customer trust like this one, so our report will focus on the regulatory and compliance failures that led to MF Global's collapse," Rep. Randy Neugebauer, who chairs the subcommittee, said in a statement to Reuters.


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Access Denied
Obviously I have a back-up plan; a little proxy on one of my sites that allows me to reach any site by typing in the address and getting it to request it instead. Unfortunately, due to the way it works, it means I see most sites without styling as their CSS files are linked relative to the page (a very good reason for using complete URLs for your CSS files, images too).
I don't know how or why they're banning these sites (apart from them not being work-related), but I do know it's very annoying and, obviously, criminal to stop me accessing the wonderful content they produce.

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The popular market-proxy S&P 500® index is market-cap weighted. This is one of the factors that helps reduce the turnover of ETFs tracking this index. For example, the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF (IVV) has a turnover rate of only 4%. The following chart, produced by the Alpholio™ App for Android, shows the characteristics of a portfolio composed solely of this ETF:
(Note that Alpholio™ uses a broader ETF as a representation of "the market"; hence, the beta of IVV is different from the conventional one and alpha from zero.)
However, market-cap weighting implies that the largest companies' stocks have the highest impact on the index. While returns of mega-caps in the index tend to be less volatile, they are usually lower than those of their smaller-cap peers. To overcome this limitation, other ETFs weight equities in the index differently. For example, the Guggenheim S&P 500™ Equal Weight ETF (RSP) assigns each of the 500 stocks a 0.2% weight. This tilts RSP toward smaller-cap equities in the index and results in a 18% turnover. Over the same analysis period, RSP produced markedly higher returns than IVV but at the expense of an elevated volatility and a slightly lower Sharpe ratio:
In addition to overweighting of mega-caps, some economic sectors in the index dominate others, as shown in the latest edition of S&P Capital IQ The Outlook:
|Weight %
|Consumer Discretionary
|Consumer Staples
|Health Care
|Information Technology
|Telecommunication Services
To counteract this, the ALPS Equal Sector Weight ETF (EQL) applies the same weight to nine sectors (with telecommunication services considered part of information technology). Here are the characteristics of a portfolio consisting solely of this ETF over the identical analysis period:
While the annualized return of EQL was lower than than of IVV or RSP, it was more than adequately offset by a decrease in volatility, which resulted in an improved Sharpe ratio and maximum drawdown.
What if the investor wanted to equal-weight all ten sectors instead of just nine, i.e. keep telecoms separate from IT? To do so, the investor could construct a portfolio of Vanguard sector ETFs, excluding the Vanguard REIT ETF (VNQ). That is because real estate stocks are currently part of the financials sector and not expected to become a separate asset class until mid-2016. Here is how such a portfolio, rebalanced quarterly (just like EQL), performed over the same analysis period:
The Vanguard sector portfolio had the second highest alpha and Sharpe ratio as well as the second lowest standard deviation (a measure of volatility of returns).
The above analysis period was dictated by the inception date of the EQL, the youngest of all the ETFs used. Arguably, this approximately six-year period may be considered too short and not representative of performance over a full economic cycle. However, it was interesting to see that while equal-weighting the index on a security level produced highest absolute returns, equal-weighting on a sector-level delivered the highest risk-adjusted returns.
To conduct your own analyses of various ETF portfolios, download the Alpholio™ app from


text: I first came to yoga when I was about 15, practicing ashtanga and power yoga. When I began to pursue a degree in classical piano performance, I developed tendinitis injuries in my arms that forced me to revisit and change the way I lived, practiced music, and yoga. I had to explore my deep attachments to my own identity as a musician and yoga practitioner, and yoga was one of my most valuable healing tools. As of now, yoga has changed the way that I look at life and the world around me, and I want to share these beautiful experiences with everyone that I can in hopes that I empower people to live the healthy lives that they want!


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A Security Guard in Afghanistan
Mohammed Isah is 40 years old. He and his wife have seven children. He comes from Ghazni, a town about 150 kilometres south-west of the Afghan capital, Kabul.
Because of the fighting there between the army and the Taliban he and his family moved to Kabul eight years ago. Now he works as a security guard at an apartment block in the west of the city. Isah has no special training, but he learned how to use firearms as a boy.
Earnings, basic costs, provisions for old age
Mohammed Isah works every day and is paid €157 (£142) a month. The rent for his apartment in a working-class district is €28 a month. His two oldest children attend a free state school, but it costs about €8 a month for extra courses and materials. The rest of his money goes on food and clothing for the family. In winter, Isah often has to borrow €20 to €30 a month to buy charcoal for heating. He has no health insurance or pension provision. His employer pays his taxes.
What does work mean to you?
I don't like my job. But unemployment is very high in Afghanistan. And as I have only ever worked as a mercenary or security guard since I was 17, I can't find anything else.
What is the most important thing in your life?
It is enormously important to me to have a permanent job. I want to earn enough so that my children will be able to study one day. I want them to have a better life than mine.
What would you like to change about your life?
I would like to be able to live in peace. And I would like to have a house of my own again.
What are your biggest problems and how do you cope with them?
I have trouble breathing because of an injury to my neck and I ought to have an operation. But I can't afford that. I also had to sell my house to pay debts. Now it's just a question of struggling for survival.
What do you do for a special treat?
I haven't got the money for that.
What do you expect from the future and what are you doing to achieve it?
I hope that one day there will be lasting peace in Afghanistan and that I can do a job that I don't need a firearm for.
Do you feel fear when you are working as a security guard?
I have been doing it for eight years and I am always afraid of being killed in a terrorist attack and my family having to manage without me. Before I became a security guard, I escorted US army supply convoys to Kandahar. During a gun battle then I was wounded in the neck. That still gives me nightmares and I am afraid that something bad like that will happen to me here in Kabul.
Population: 33 million
Currency: afghani (AFN) (73 AFN = €1= £0.90)
GDP per capita: €513
Human Development Index 2015: 169th place
(Germany is fourth, UK is 16th out of 188 countries)
Current average costs
1 litre petrol: €0.67
1 chicken: €4
1 kilo beef (boneless): €5
1 cabbage: €1.14
1 egg: €0.11


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Anti-Aging Notes
To help decrease the effects of aging, you need to comprehend why the skin creases, droops, and also loses the vitality it possesses throughout younger days. The simplest description for this problem is due to that as the physical body ages, the skin cells as well as tissues fail to produce enough crucial structural healthy proteins, especially collagens and elastins, which are responsible for making the skin well and flexible. As a result of some destructive elements, manufacturing of these healthy proteins decreases the suppleness of the skin. Given that it is these proteins which are greatly accountable in sustaining healthy skin, it ought to be these elements which must be targeted when you are undergoing daily skin treatment routine or anti-aging therapy.
Tips To Skin Care
Here are some essential factors relating to the preservation and maintenance of these parts to reduce if not quit the signs related to aging. These can be taken into consideration as basic measures to preserve as well as sustain the glow and vitality of a persons skin for as long as possible.
– First of all, most peoples body is normally made up of about 70 % water. It may show up that this is an often utilized insight provided by the experts as well as non-experts, yet drinking an adequate quantity of water almost everyday is actually a fundamental need. Keeping your body hydrated is one secret to keeping your skin looking young as well as maintaining its youthful look. Many experts suggest consuming 8 glasses of water in a day-to-day basis is sufficient for proper skin hydration.
– What you consume assesses your external look. So if your diet regimen is poor and includes mostly a bunch of junk food, you will probably notice that the skin echoes this bad habit and produce bad outcomes. An excellent diet plan ideal for having healthy and beautiful skin should consist of more minerals and vitamins, as well as lots of anti-oxidants. You mostly get these nutrients from green leafed eco-friendly vegetables and also a variety of nuts and fruits.
– Short direct exposure to sunshine can be beneficial to your health and also skin; nevertheless it is various story when it is a lengthy exposure. While sun rays offer vitamin D, too much exposure offers unsafe UV rays and maybe even some sub burn; as a result becoming very detrimental to your skin. When outside, always stay clear of prolonged sunlight or make use of some high PF sun block or safeguard your skin by wearing clothing that covers the body.
Anti Aging Information And Products
If you are intending to utilize anti-aging treatment products or skin creams, it is suggested that you select those that aid in the following:
1. Collagens and elastics. There are anti-aging treatment products that claim they consist of these two crucial proteins; nonetheless, this type of product is not recommended because these proteins are also large to be soaked up by the skin pores. Exactly what you need to pick are items that improves manufacturing of these proteins.
2. Skin nourishment. To attain supple, lively, and also young skin, your body has to be effectively nurtured by a good healthy diet and great deals of water.
3. Mild and also all-natural anti-aging skin care treatment. Making use of moderate and also all-natural anti-aging therapy items successfully reduce the effects of results of aging particularly untimely skin aging.
Internet Guides On Skin Care
A proper anti-aging treatment guide is what you need to make your skin care a success. While a lot of women believe it is greater than hard work to achieve the objective of keeping skin healthy as well as vibrant, it does not have to be that complexed. As a matter of fact, if you know the simple steps to having a day-to-day skin care therapy, there will not be always a need to resort to pricey procedures simply to sustain a perfect skin and body.


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D-Day minus 2
My Location
I'm still at the office, but working like mad to try and get everything nice and neat for everyone whilst I'm away – the chances of that happening? About as much chance of me ever wanting to pull on a Man.Utd shirt! That will be nil then …
It feels like I'm trying to stay loose before the start of the 400m 1st round at the Olympics – trying to focus but not getting too wound up.
Most things are sorted – unbelieveably I still have to pack my rucksack, but I know where most of the things are that have to go in it. That's why I'm taking Friday off. Bonus time tonight though – my sons are coming round to watch the Villa on Channel 5 in their Uefa qualifying match in Iceland. That should take my mind off things for a couple of hours. But before that I've got to put Chalky (above) away somewhere nicely safe and sound.
Right, let's get work stuff sorted then.
Posted: August 14th, 2008 under Uncategorized.
Comment from Mark
Time 14 August, 2008 at 11:48 am
Don't worry 'Chalky' will be very well looked after.
Now what was it – down for first, up for second…
Comment from Frank
Time 14 August, 2008 at 6:20 pm
Good luck mate…..no you are not daft!! that's what half my mates said when I upped sticks and moved to USA, the other half said "wow, wish I could do that"
Enjoy your trip!
Comment from AB
Time 15 August, 2008 at 7:58 am
Go for it Chizz! And up the Villa – bet Viking won't be happy but it was a bit of a forgone conclusion IMHO. Good result to start your trip eh!


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Residents of Needham Fight New Development
As the Boston real estate market continues to flourish, some real estate developers are moving out towards Boston's suburbs to seek new opportunities. As the downtown area gets more and more saturated, Boston's surrounding towns are starting to feel the ripple effect of all the new developments.
A common practice for developers is to buy an old house in the suburbs, tear it down and rebuild it bigger and better. They're buying up old colonials and ranches, tearing them down, and building large "McMansions" in their place. This can cause issues with local residents, as there may be unintended consequences that comes with this type of development.
In Needham, for example, residents are calling for more regulations to be put in place to manage all of the new construction in their neighborhood. In one case, a new house being built was so large, and so close to the neighbors house, that water runoff from the house caused a leak in their basement.
Residents of Needham put together a group called "Restore Needham," which is pushing for caps to be placed on height of new construction homes, as well as proximity to the street and/or edge of property. The proposal comes amid a surge of new development in Needham, where older houses are coming down to make way for larger and more expensive homes.
Residents worry that builders are trying to stuff too much house on a small piece of property. The result is that the new homes dwarf other houses on the block, and houses inch closer and closer to their respective neighbors. This can cause issues with water run off and privacy concerns for local residents.
This is the classic struggle that many neighborhoods face when seeing a surge of new development. The towns zoning board will have to strike a delicate balance to bring a resolution to the table that will appease both sides. Of course they want to keep current residents happy, but if too many regulations are set in place, it could actually drive property values down and scare off potential developers. The proposal is set to go in front of the committee next month.


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I think a lot about happiness…and for the most part I am a pretty happy guy, sure there are small things I would like to be different but generally I am in a good place.
I started thinking about this more today because of two things:
1- My friend Anjelika Jinx from the podcast Naive London Girl
was asking me to rate my level of happiness. I gave myself a pretty high rating based on what I explained above.
2- Because I travel a lot and get to meet a lot of great and interesting folks and I am always surprised at how many people really don't enjoy their jobs or even what they do for a living, I see these as a separate thing because you can love what you do and just not like where you are doing it. Whenever I am told this I ask "What job would make you happy?" and the answer I get more than anything is "Social Media Consultant"
Well today is your lucky day because I am going to give you the secret to getting started!
Disclaimer: To actually pull this off you are going to need to understand all about Social Media and how to use it all. I am going by the assumption that you already know all this stuff and just need a push to get work…..and like all my advice on this blog it is probably bad advice 🙂
Did you just hear that?
That was the sound of big companies all over the world calling their advertising agencies saying the words that give Social Media Consultants goosebumps…you know, "What is Twitter?" or "We need to get on this Facebook thing"
Yes these calls are happening and while some agencies understand all this stuff and do it very well, there are a bunch that don't…but they will soon. after picking the brain (or getting taught) by someone who understands the interwebs (both of them) backward and forward…and there is no reason why this person can't be you!
If I was going to venture out as a SMC tomorrow I would call every respectable agency I could find and offer to come in and do a presentation on the tools available in the social media playground that they could be using to help with their clients.
*This is important* I would charge a fee for this talk (doesn't have to be a lot) because you want to set yourself up as an expert from day one and experts get paid for stuff…and if you devalue yourself from the start you will never get top dollar when you start to work on projects.
Be prepared for a lot of rejection because what you are selling is still misunderstood to a certain extent but if you do get a chance to present you have to treat it like any other job interview and knock their socks off…and this part is super important…if it was me (again probably bad advice) I would finish my presentation with the words "Thanks for sitting through my presentation, I am happy to work with you guys on a one to one basis and my rates are $200 an hour" and then I would walk out.
I would do this because in my opinion there is an amazing window of opportunity RIGHT NOW to make a bunch of money in Social Media Consulting but it is getting smaller and smaller, and the more time you wait will harm your chances on benefiting because either someone else will grab your potential clients or these companies will figure it out themselves because they realized they could just promote the kid in the mailroom to become VP of Social Media.
Did any of that make sense?
I guess the only final thought I have on this is that if you are fortunate to get a job with one of these big agencies you should insist on contract work because this will allow you to work with several people at the same time and use the fact that you are working with COMPANY X to land you some work with smaller companies.
Also go into anything with the understanding that you are a teacher and like all students, they graduate! So you better keep learning as well because if you cant keep bringing new ideas and tools to the table your clients may end up a better "know it all" then you are!
Is there anything you would add to this?


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Selkie Moon is a woman on the run. In a mad dash for freedom she's escaped her abusive husband to start over in Hawaii. But her refuge begins to unravel and she's running from something else entirely. WINNER OF A BRAG MEDALLIONRead MoreBuy the Book
Naked. Confused. Selkie Moon can't remember. When Selkie Moon finds herself naked on a Hawaiian beach, she has no memory of the past two weeks.Read MoreBuy the Book
When Selkie Moon receives a parcel from her great grandmother 35 years after her death, opening it seems like such a bad idea. But curiosity wins ...Read MoreBuy the Book
Thirty years ago, a baby boy was kidnapped. When Selkie Moon travels to Hong Kong to discover his fate, the tea leaves on her flight make a chilling prediction.Read MoreBuy the Book
Ideas are everywhere. But it takes some practice to notice them, then add a dash of imagination to tweak them into something bigger. In this post, I explain how the weird and unexpected turned up when I was doing something else. I'm using it as a springboard for creating clues and threads in Selkie Moon's next mystery, with a little help from her fans ... Read more >


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Why travel?
We decided that we needed to re-assess life.
We decided to re-think our goals after we met and fell in love, to find a unified vision of the future, without the blinding intensity of the present.
We also decided that such an assessment could not happen in familiar land.
Then the idea was born, a grand tour of Europe. A survey of other cultures, similar enough to our own, but different enough to illuminate what we wanted to change, adopt, and remove.
There's a saying:
"The Earth is the cradle of the mind—but one cannot eternally live in a cradle."
In the same spirit, we needed a change.
The risk of selling everything and running off to Europe was calculated and strategic. Other cultures, even in their differences both major and minor, can shake up all kinds of unspoken assumptions about living and thinking. We needed that shift in pattern. This tour is not just a vacation, nor a sabbatical. It is a deliberate choice to change the future. Our future.
So after a lot of back and forth, we took the plunge and bought the tickets, six months from departure. A journey to another continent, living in the homes of locals along the way, experiencing how other people live, from Hungary to Spain and countries in-between. Three full months of travel.
We invite you to follow along. We promise honest insight and pretty sights!


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For Parents
New School Brochure coming soon
Usual working hours:
I work flexibly across both schools, so if I am not at one school I can be found in the other.
I am available to offer support to the families of both Northern Infant and Junior Schools with any issues affecting parents and children, which are impacting on their school life or home life.
Parenting can be a challenge at the best of times, but today, families are under additional pressures and this can also impact on parents and children in many ways.
Issues I could offer support with include:
You can make an appointment for a chat by contacting the school office and I will get back to you to arrange a convenient time.
Contact Details
02392 370693 / 02392 370613
Northern Federation
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Schnauzer Miniature Dog Breed Profile
Other Names
Dog Group Kennel Club
Breed Classification
The Miniature Schnauzer is a member of the utility group in Britain and Australia, but in the working group in the United States. They were originally used as ratters; today they are companion dogs
Cost of Ownership
Average Food Cost
£4-7.50 per week
Feeding Requirements
Feeding of this little dog is relatively easy, however care must be taken that they do not become overweight.
Other Expenses
The average purchase price of a puppy is £550-£650.
9 - 15 years
The average lifespan is 14 years.
The average lifespan is 14 years.
Average Litter Size
The Miniature Schnauzer generally produces small litters, with 3 to 5 puppies being the average.
General Physical Description
The Miniature Schnauzer is a small sized dog They are sturdy and muscular with an alert outlook Their eyebrows moustache and leg hair gives them a very distinctive appearance
Size Category
Weight Height Range
Ideally dogs should measure 35cms at the withers and weigh 8kgs. Bitches should measure 33cms and weigh 7kgs.
There are several conditions that occur in the breed. Breeders are trying to reduce them by careful and responsible breeding and screening where possible.
Common Ailments
Schnauzer comedo syndrome � specific type of follicular dermatitis
Fatty Tumours
Susceptibility To Illness
A Schnauzer type dog has been represented in art and sculptures as early as the 1400�s. This breed is a result of crossing the Standard Schnauzer with the Affenpinscher and other small breeds. The name Schnauzer was first associated with this breed in 1879. They were recognised as a separate breed in 1899 in Germany and first appeared in America in 1925.
The Miniature Schnauzer is an intelligent dog that is easily trained and likes to please, although it does not enjoy repetitive training for its own sake. The breed is contented and not destructive when left alone. <
Show Characteristics
The head should be strong, being flat between the ears. They should have a powerful blunt muzzle and a strong jaw with a perfect scissor bite. The eyes should be of medium size, dark and oval, with arched bushy eyebrows. The ears should be V shaped and high set. The neck should be strong and slightly arched. The chest should be deep and broad, and the topline strong and straight, slightly higher at the shoulder than the back end. A short-coupled breed, the body length should be the same as the height at the withers. The front legs should appear straight when viewed from all angles, the back legs should be well muscled. The feet should be compact, round and cat like. The tail is customarily docked to 3 joints, high set and carried high. The coat should be harsh and wiry with a dense undercoat however for the show ring this is stripped out to give a shorter and cleaner outline. The preferred colours for the show ring are salt & pepper, black with silver markings or solid black.
Country Of Origin
Famous Examples
Records Held
Overall Exercise
40 - 60 minutes per day.
The Mini Schnauzer enjoys exercise and play, and happily fit into their family�s life style
The Mini Schnauzer enjoys exercise and play, and happily fit into their family�s life style
Distress if Left Alone
Personal Protection
Guard Dog Suitability
Risk of Sheep Worrying
Tendency to Bark
Ease of Transportation
Level of Aggression
Compatibility With Other Animals
Suitable For Children
General Character And Temperament
The Mini is a lively, active little dog. They can be stubborn and wilful and do need a firm hand when training. They do get on well with children and other household pets if they are introduced at an early age. The Miniature Schnauzer makes an ideal family pet and watchdog. They are quite vocal and will be quick to alert the family of any strangers approaching their territory. The Miniature Schnauzer is the most popular of the three Schnauzer breeds, it also is said to have the best temperament.
Coat Length
Grooming Requirement
> Once a week
Requires Professional Groomer
The coat of the Mini is harsh, wiry and short with a dense undercoat. All over grooming is required at least twice a week. Hand stripping is a must for the show ring but clipping is straightforward and easy for the smart family pet although the body colour does pale over the years.
They can be salt and pepper, black with silver markings, solid black or white in colour. White is not a common colour and is rarely seen in the show ring.
Suffers From Allergies
Pinscher (German)
Pinscher Miniature
Portuguese Water Dog
Pyrenean Sheepdog
Sealyham Terrier
Segugio Italiano
Shetland Sheepdog
Skye Terrier
Spanish Water Dog


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Our summer staff line up for 2011 is posted below. They're excited about getting the camp off the ground and in the water!!! Registration will
be held at the Yacht Club, Saturday July 2nd, from 11:00AM to 1:00PM, or if you prefer, online at erieauyachtclub.com.
Geoff Kerr…Camp Coordinator, Head of Sailing
Val Kirkland….Head of Swimming
Madi Worst…..Sr. Sailing Instructor
Iain Kerr……Sailing Instructor, Swimming Instructor
Ben Worst…Swimming Instructor
Jacob Roulston…Sailing Instructor
Joe Salter….Sailing Instructor
Katie Dutton…Swimming Instructor
2011 Changes To Jr. Program
This year we are holding a limited enrolment sailing program, during the Ontario Sailing School's BOOM Access Program at the EYC. This allows both the EYC and the students of BOOM to be part of an inclusive sailing program. This will take place the first week of August following the long weekend, so register early!
Each member of our staff is required to volunteer for at least one Saturday of Jr. Sailing races. Our goal is for staff to encourage more weekday
sailors to get involved in weekend races.
Speaking of getting involved… we've resurrected an EYC trophy to encourage all Jr. Sailing staff to join us for Sunday races. Any type of boat gets you points so get out there and sail!


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Supernatural Round Table: "The Slice Girls"Sean McKenna at .
Supernatural dealt with the dangerous ramifications of a one-night stand on "The Slice Girls" last Friday, an episode that featured guest star Sara Canning and a shooting by Sam.
In the latest edition of a TV Fanatic Round Table, panelists Sean McKenna, Carissa Pavlica and Matt Richenthal breakdown the action, analyzing Dean's choice of hookup music and more...
Dean hooking up to AC/DC. Hot or not?
Carissa: Hot. Had he hooked up to Britney Spears? Not.
Sean: Definitely hot. It feels like it's been a while since Dean got to be his true ladies man self and a little classic rock simply amped up the steam factor.
Matt: Not. There's too much pressure. You shook me all night long? Come on. What guy can live up to that standard?!?
Did you like the idea of Dean becoming a father?
Carissa: It was done in a really cool way, and I wish it had worked such that they could have kept her around. That would have definitely made up for all the losses this season, and turned their lives upside down.
Sean: It was an interesting idea, but my only fear is that the concept doesn't get discussed the rest of the season. I mean, c'mon, that's his kid!
Matt: Not really. A good try and certainly different, but she only stuck around for the one episode. Plus, we've seen Dean play the father role with Ben before.
Should Sam have shot Dean's daughter?
Carissa: Yes. Her short life was three days long. Three days of learning to hate; in particular her father, Dean. If she didn't kill him then she would have eventually.
Sean: Yes. I know it brings back up the "a monster is a monster" idea but not only did we get to see her brought up with killing Dean in mind, but she was also ready to do so. Sam saved his brother even if the kill was familial.
Matt: Yes. Unless Sam didn't want his brother to live because she surely would have killed him. He was doing what he had to do. Such is life sometimes.
Does it make the brothers even since Dean killed Sam's friend, Amy?
Carissa: I don't think it's tit for tat, but it certainly helped Sam to understand where Dean was coming from when he made the decision and I thought it was really great the way the show chose to spin that past choice on it's edge in a way that brings the brothers closer.
Sean: I agree with Carissa that it's not the exact same experience but I think both brothers have gotten a taste of how difficult it is, especially when it's personal. To be honest with everything the brothers have gone through, it's a wonder they've been able to keep it relatively together this long.
Matt: It makes them even on killing someone personal, but it's not the same. It was Dean's daughter, after all.
Is it really Bobby that keeps causing weird happenings like moving the paper or is it something else entirely?
Carissa: I'm only guessing based on things that I've gleaned off of the Net, and the lack of finality to the Bobby issue on the show, but yes. I think he's coming back in some shape or form.
Sean: I don't know. I feel like it must be important, but is it Bobby? I keep thinking it might be someone else entirely.
Matt: Bobby as a ghost? Maybe. Castiel coming back? Perhaps. Either way, there's something mysterious going on and it's not just a coincidence.
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Waugh's collection of lantern slides portray scenes familiar to New England including native vegetation, landscape of public New England grounds such as cemeteries and town centers complete with their churches, and his travels featuring locations in the U.S. that portray the structures and vegetation specific to various regions, such as coconut groves in Florida and stucco residences in the West. National Parks such as the Grand Canyon, Yosemite, Bryce and the Kansas Sandhills are also notable sites Waugh chose to photograph. Abroad he traveled around Europe, particularly the English countryside, as well as visiting Japan and noting it's unique history of cities and gardens. Grand waterfalls around New England and particular landscape scenes of local mountains such as Mt. Toby, Mt. Tom, Mt. Sugarloaf and Mt. Graylock also represent the beauty of the natural world in Waugh's own backyard. Waugh did not forget this and photographed numerous scenes of people enjoying the natural landscape in the woods around New England.
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Union representatives in Norway have learned that several managers are set to receive half a year's earnings as an additional bonus, reportedly with the aim of enticing them to stay in the company.
The furor is so far contained to Norway, which is one partner to the Scandinavian venture.
"There have been strong reactions and I'm sure it will explode in Sweden once it gets out," said Stig Lundsbacken, chair of the union Verkstedsklubben, to the newspaper VG.
Lundsbakken said the move was unacceptable if it was not also extended to blue-collar workers.
SAS responded on Friday and said "a very limited number of key persons" had been offered the bonus.
"This limited group is intended to find ways to cut expenses within the company, which might in fact mean that they themselves lose their jobs," SAS press spokeswoman Malin Selander wrote in an email to the TT news agency.
Swedish white-collar union Unionen was despite this upset.
"I am very upset. We were forced to accept worse working conditions that affect the employees' lives. To then find out the company is losing money on the other end is unacceptable," chairman Sven Cahier told TT.
He has heard that 18 top managers are getting between three and six additional monthly wages, which adds up to 15 million kronor ($2.3 million).
Cahier said two of them had already quit.
"So the bonuses aren't having the proposed effect," he told TT.
SAS came under heavy fire for strong-arm tactics resulting in unions accepting massive wage cuts in late 2012 which are widely believed to have saved the airline from going under.
"As an SAS stakeholder, the Swedish state has pulled the rug from under the Swedish model despite the government saying it is in favour of it," Unionen spokeswoman Louise Gerdemo Holmgren told The Local in November.
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Cell Phone Campus
One day last October, up in the press box overlooking Garcelon Field, Tyler Paul '06 was connected — really connected.
As the Bates and Tufts football teams duked it out, Paul was on the PA, feeding the crowd the usual down-and-distance information. He was also chatting with a friend down on the Garcelon track. And he was tracking a second football game some 700 miles away, thanks to another buddy in nearby Moody House who was text-messaging University of Michigan–Michigan State updates.
All thanks to his cell phone. "I managed to get through two years of Bates without a cell phone," said Paul, "but now that I have one — and I think nearly every Bates student would tell you this — getting around without it would be difficult."
Paul's sporty multitasking, in fact, was exceptional, as Bates students use their cells primarily to arrange the most fundamental connection: meeting friends on campus. Students in a Bates Magazine canvass agreed that of the calls they traded with friends, most of the friends were at Bates and nearly all the calls were logistical in nature: "Meet me in the Den at 10."
"It's really very nice to find out where your friends are, what they're doing," said Zach Kernan '06, a cell user for less than two years. "You know you're never going to meals alone."
Students choose the cell because of its portability and ease of use — that is, its speed. As they have booked up their time nearly to the bursting point, efficiency has become as important in the social realm as it is to studying and career development.
"This is a good thing," said Kernan. "The more time I save and the more efficient I become, the better."
Hence the cell users beelining toward Commons at noontime while their peers en route enjoy more leisurely face-to-face conversations. If cells inundated the urban landscape ages ago, "my own unscientific observation of the first-years entering in 2004 was that they [were the first who] all seemed to be carrying cell phones," said Vice President for Information and Library Services Gene Wiemers.
Bates isn't alone in this cellular multiplication, of course. In September 2005, according to the news agency Reuters, the number of cell phone subscribers worldwide topped two billion — roughly a third of Earth's population. Moreover, according to the marketing firm Enpocket, 85 percent of Americans 18 to 24 years old own cells, making this the demographic segment with the highest ownership rate.
The cell phone has transformed students' connections with family as well as with friends. Typical of many students, "I called my parents probably once a week," said Quoc Tran '95, now an executive at the investment firm Wallace Weitz & Co. in Omaha, Neb. High long-distance rates reinforced the natural tendency for maturing children and parents to go their own ways. Now daily chats with family aren't uncommon.
But the friend-to-friend connection remains dominant, which begs the question: How did students ever manage to find each other without cells? "We certainly had no trouble," said Leah Wiedmann Gailey '97, associate director of alumni and parent programs. Back in the sepia-toned days of the late 20th century, there were whiteboards and room phones for primitive messaging.
There was even the primordial practice of learning the routines of one's friends — their class schedules and favorite library haunts — to facilitate meet-ups. "It seems archaic in comparison to cell phones, but we always knew where all of our friends were," said Gailey.
At Bates, such familiar knowledge had to serve well into the telephone age. In 1884, when The Bates Student wrote, "there is one sign of progress that we would like to see at Bates College, and that is the telephone," who would have guessed that it would take a century for Bates and many other colleges to put a phone in each dorm room?
While students were for decades permitted to get their own phones from the telephone company, Bates was something of an innovator when it installed phones in every room, in 1991. The service included long-distance billing and voicemail, creating a cohort of alums nostalgic over the thrill of the blinking orange light that meant there was voicemail.
Bates discontinued the billing option in 2003 as cell phones and phone cards reduced demand below the point of cost-effectiveness, said Wiemers. The College continues to keep room phones, notably because of their role in the 911 emergency response system, which can pinpoint the location of a distress call right down to the room number.
But most students today don't use the phones or, in fact, even know their extension numbers. "I don't check it even if the light's blinking," said Mari Wright '07.
"There is some frustration over students not using their room phones," said Dean of Students Tedd Goundie. "However, I still find e-mail to be the most reliable means of reaching a student, so it's not that big a deal."
For its part, Information and Library Services is working to enlarge its role in student communications. "We're looking at ways to improve cells' integration [into campus communications], as well as ways to improve the service available for students," such as seeking discount service plans or installing equipment to boost local signal strength, said Jim Bauer, director of network and infrastructure services.
The College is also looking into the Next Big Thing in telecommunications: Internet telephony, better known by its acronym VOIP (Voice Over Internet Protocol). But a wholesale conversion won't come anytime soon. One reason is electrical power: The current landline system is resistant to power outages, but the computer network isn't. A power outage that would take down the computers would crash VOIP.
Cells, too, have their foibles. But nevertheless, for today's students, the cell is the way the talking gets done. A Bates student without one, says Mari Wright, "is a pretty strange concept."
Consider the two students we asked, in separate interviews, how they would feel about giving up their mobile phones. One said, "I would feel lost for a little while, at least, because I'm so dependent on it."
And the other said, "I would feel a little lost for a while, not knowing where everyone is and what's going on."


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Hi everyone, it's been a while! I've been a busy bee recently and have found it tricky to pluck up some inspiration in my free time when all I've wanted to do is laze around watching Pretty Little Liars (I'm on season two now. Addicted). But I'm feeling super-inspired and ready… View Post


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Fire rips through Coldstream Lumber mill, east of Vernon
Two people sent to hospital after fire tears through North Okanagan mill
Two people are being treated for smoke inhalation after fire tore through a mill in the North Okanagan.
The blaze broke out at the wood re-manufacturing facility, located east of Vernon and the district of Coldstream along Highway 6, just after 9 a.m. PT Tuesday morning.
Witnesses say the fire was so intense it melted the sides of adjacent buildings on the property and that firefighters had to take water breaks to get away from the extreme heat.
Dave Dunnink works at Burnco Rock Products, just across the road from the mill, and says flames were shooting 20 feet into the air.
"I was in the loader and I seen just piles of smoke coming out of there and I thought, that's not normal, right? And then it wasn't even five minutes later you could see the flames coming through the roof," Dunnink told CBC News.
"I didn't hear any explosions, about the only thing I heard was popping and that was the transformers," he said.
Witnesses say the fire started in two kilns used to dry lumber for custom work and other products.
The fire was under control by the afternoon. The cause is under investigation.
"The building is an absolute write off," said Chief Shane Code of the Coldstream fire department. "Investigators are on the scene now and we'll be working to figure out what the root case was."
Coldstream Lumber has operated out of the same location for the past 58 years.
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Named one of the Top 10 destinations in the United States by readers of Conde Nast Traveler Magazine, Savannah, Georgia, offers a surprising mix of old and new, award winning and up-and-coming that will delight you with each visit. So where do you begin? The concierge services at our Savannah Lodging properties are glad to assist you with insightful recommendations but before you arrive, here are just a few of Savannah's many attractions to consider:
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- Historic Tours in Savannah's many downtown homes, museums and secret hideaways that can be enjoyed by foot, horse-drawn carriage, pedicab, trolley and more!
- Championship Golf enjoyed year-round thanks to Savannah's beautiful weather
- Superb Spa Treatments for relaxation and rejuvenation
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I used the term Makerspace in the perspective that it is a place where you can make something which could be really anywhere. I have always employed Maker activities in my classroom. I wanted to share about how making can unlock understandings in a way that viewing pictures or videos can't.
For this workshop we made a simple electric robot from recycled materials. I am really interested in robotics but I am even more interested in the mechanics and trying to understand how things work and why they work. These are abstract concepts but even young students can understand them when they get the chance to make it with their hands.
We started with the basic equipment:
a plastic cup
3 marker pens
two electrical wires with the ends stripped
a AA battery
a DC motor
electrical tape
sticky tape
You can find DC motors inside many household items such as electric toothbrushes, battery operated fans or mixers. Here is an example of a motor inside a mixer.
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Tape the markers to the plastic cup.
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Make sure that the three markers are firmly attached with sticky tape. Put the markers facing downwards so that your robot can draw.
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Prepare 2 copper wires by stripping (removing) the plastic from each end.
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Connect one wire on each side of the motor. Thread the metal through the loop and twist to secure. Add a small weight to offset the motor shaft. This is to make the motor vibrate.
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Tape the battery on the top of the cup. Tape the motor so that the spinning shaft is off the edge of the cup.
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Using small pieces of electrical tape, tape on wire to the positive 'bump' end of the battery and one wire to the flat negative end. Using electrical tape is great because you can pull one end on and off to act as a switch.
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Pull off the marker pen caps and place your robot on some paper. Watch it draw.
#Troubleshooting - Be aware that your circuit must be well connected or the motor won't run. Sometimes cheap DC motors can be faulty and you may have one that just doesn't work. Recheck your wiring too.
Make sure that your learners document the process with photographs and or video. Consider the 'Split Screen Learning Intentions' and focus on not just what you are learning but also how you are learning.


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In response to many requests from Kiesel Guitars players, the Custom Shop is excited to add 4, 5 and 6 string Aries Series bevel-top bolt-neck basses to our lineup of made-in-the-USA instruments. Aries Series basses are modeled after our popular Aries Series guitars, with similar aesthetics and sleek and stylish design, making for an aggressive-looking instrument that also plays and sounds amazing.
Passive electronics with Kiesel Radium humbuckers are standard, and optional active/passive electronics are available, as are other pickup options, such as our SCP split-coil neck humbucker and HB2 bridge humbucker/JVA single coil neck pickup combination. The sculpted neck heel with 5 recessed bolts makes for easy access high on the fingerboard, and contributes to the instrument's punch and tonal definition.
Like all Kiesel Guitars Custom Shop instruments, you can choose from a complete selection of options, include body, neck, top and fingerboard woods; inlays in a variety of shapes and materials; fretwire, including standard nickel-silver and optional stainless steel and gold EVO; and much more. As on the Aries Series guitars, you can order your new Aries bass with the standard beveled body, or without the bevels, for a more traditionally-styled instrument.
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Support Diplomacy by Patrick Bonner
Thank you to Patrick Bonner for this important article. In 1953, the CIA engineered a coup that overthrew the popular elected president of Iran, Mohammad Mossadegh, replacing him with the Shah (King), Mohammad Reza Pahlavi. Initially proposed by Britain in order to maintain its... Read More →


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Lounges Day of Action - March 1st
Sensible Ontario has gotten off to a great start, but we need your help to take action!
Time is ticking until the Attorney General's March 5th consultation on lounges is due, this is the very last week that you can have your say on proposed places of use in Ontario. As such, we're holding a Day of Action for Lounges on March 1st. Several lounges across Ontario are taking action, find out what you can do locally to have your say by March 5th!
Hotbox Cafe, Kensington Market
Hotbox has been leading the charge for including lounges in Canada, as one of the oldest cannabis lounges in North America. Come fill out the government consultation any day of the week before March 5th either in person or online to have your say!
Higher Limits, Windsor
Higher Limits is North America's biggest lounge, located right on the border of Detroit. Despite Michigan being one of the biggest medical cannabis states in the USA, tourists are flocking over to Windsor to experience Canadian cannabis culture. You can fill out the Higher Limits consultation online or come into the lounge in person to fill it out on their computer. Higher Limits will be giving away free bong rentals for those who fill out the survey, so it's worth it to make the trip!
Coffee Pot Lounge, Windsor
Be sure to stop by the Coffee Pot Lounge too in order to experience the best of emerging Windsor lounge culture! The Coffee Pot Lounge is a full service restaurant and specialty cafe, approved by the Windsor Board of Health. Come on in March 1st for Taco Thursdays ($2.50 tacos each with .50 cent sides including house taco sauces), to fill out the consultation. Plus free cover for whoever fills out a survey!
Natural Budz, Pickering
Natural Budz is one of the newest lounges on the scene but is already making waves! Come on down to Natural Budz open house on March 1st between 4-6pm for free entry in exchange for filling out the consultation. Local police and politicians have been invited to see what a lounge looks like in action!
Planet Paradise, East Toronto
Planet Paradise has some treats in store on this Day of Action for anyone interested in filling out the consultation. Come check out the Canna Market, grab some goodies and a printed copy of the government consultation. Planet love lounges so much they'll deliver it for you by Monday!
Vapor Central, Downtown Toronto
VC has been grinding it getting out customers to fill out surveys for weeks leading up to the consultation. 3rd Klass Thursdays are in full effect hosted by Andrew Barr $10 in the evening, or $5 before.
Underground Comedy Club, Queen East
The Underground has been making waves for years as they original cannabis comedy club, hosting some of the biggest names in the biz. Join Puff Mama for another great Thursday night show with Danny Martinello on March 1st with some special sponsors. Consultations will be printed to fill out on site at the bar! Doors open after 8pm
Green Leaf Vapour Lounge, Brampton
Check out the hottest joint in town this Thursday, free entry for anyone who fills out the consultation either electronically or in person on paper. All consultations will be collected to submit to OCCRA by Sunday, submitted collectively on Monday!
Women Grow Toronto, Queen West
After you spend your day experiencing the very best of Ontario lounge culture, head on down to Women Grow Toronto featuring the one and only Abi Roach, founder and owner of the Hotbox Lounge & Shop.
Lance Gilbert commented 2018-03-01 05:31:33 -0800I think it's a great idea they have bars for beer and beer kills you and pot never killed one person ever so they need to have pot bars too Thanks
Corrine LeClair commented 2018-02-27 16:57:56 -0800I think these lounges would help make the use of cannibis more socially accepted as people like myself often have to hide like it is shameful to use medicine. No one hides the use of any other therapy but in order to be a credible human in this society I must do what is accepted; using cannibis medicinally is still regarded as a gate way drug or those associated are dealers, addicts, criminals.
It would be nice to go out, be around like people and be subjected to those who are kind to my life choice. It is finally recognized as theraputic why should I still need to hide away? Lounges would make way for people to see this plant, this lifestyle in a new light. Times are changing and with it our views should too.
Tammy Walsh commented 2018-02-27 14:22:04 -0800I think it should be allowed in control public places like alcohol,it would create jobs and get rid of the stigma


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The Ellsworth Community College E-Club hosts a Fourth of July Golf Tournament each year at Highland Country Club in Iowa Falls to raise money for ECC student-athlete scholarships. Participation is open to the public.
2019 Fourth of July Tournament -- The tournament is held at Highland Country Club in Iowa Falls; it begins at 9 am on Thursday, July 4, 2019, with a shotgun start. It's a four-person best shot tournament, 9 holes. The team registration fee is $200, which includes lunch, and there's a limit of 20 teams. There are cash prizes for the first three places in the championship and first flight. We also offer fun hole prizes for longest drive, closest to the pin, longest putt, etc. The 2019 event will be our 19th annual Fourth of July Tournament!
Tournament Sponsorships -- Individuals or businesses can sponsor a hole for $100, which includes their name on a flag (sponsors keep the flag at the end of the event).
To register for golfing or to be a tournament sponsor, contact Nate Forsyth in the ECC Athletic Office at 641-648-8516 or email@example.com. A deadline has not yet been set, but it's suggested that registrations and sponsorships be received before June 10.
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Morrison Freight Ltd was founded in 1990 as a consortium of four people in a small office, primarily as a road haulier serving the UK and German freight markets.
Adapting to our customers' increasing needs, we have since grown into a leading freight logistics provider, based on a three-acre site near Ipswich, serving 25 countries throughout Europe.
Led now by Darren Ryan and Lee Steward with a strong team of nearly 20 experienced and customer-focused haulage experts, we are committed to excellence in all our freight services.
Customer service and value remains an integral part of the business. Morrison Freight Ltd prides itself on a personal touch and the ability to offer a bespoke package. We guarantee traditional values with a modern approach, identifying and fulfilling each and every customers' requirements and by maintaining strong and long-lasting relationships with them. We take pride in providing our customers with excellent value for money, reducing both the cost and time incurred in fulfilling their logistical needs.


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The School Council
"We want to make our school the best it can be!" Y4 School Council Rep.
Our School Council consists of 10 children, who are elected by the children in years 2 to 6, and Mrs MacLachlan. We meet once every two weeks to talk about issues which may have come up and to share our ideas and plans for the future.
Our latest exciting project is our new school library. We have lots of ideas of how we will be using the space creatively.
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National Convention on RTI and NREGA opens in Lucknow
A two day convention on Right to Information (RTI) Act, 2005, and National Rural Employment Guarantee Act (NREGA) began today at Gandhi Bhawan, Lucknow under the aegis of National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) and National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI). Activists and common citizens who have used the RTI Act to access information came to attend this convention from all over UP, as well as, from other parts of the country like Bihar, Jharkhand, Uttarakhand and Delhi. More than five hundred participants were present. They shared their experiences with using this Act.
The highlight of the convention was the active participation by the Chief Information Commissioner (CIC), UP, Mr Ranjit Singh Pankaj and Information Commissioner, Mr Virendra Saxena. It is noteworthy that any Information Commissioner in UP has come out after a gap of two years to interact with people on an open platform. Activist groups have been trying to engage the Information Commission as well as the administration to ensure proper implementation of the RTI Act, as well as, effective coordination between the Information Commission and the public at large. However, the administration had chosen not to participate in the past.
The issues raised by activists and citizens include: no response from Public Information Officers (PIOs) within the stipulated 30 days, lack of proper information and training at the level of PIOs, inactive role played by First Appeal Authority, First Appeal Authorities tend to protect the PIOs of their department, harassment of applicants at the level of PIOs sometimes leading to registration of criminal cases against them, large pendency in Information Commission, applicants have to make a number of visits to the Commission, PIOs not penalized under Section 20 of the Act which is mandatory and even if they are penalized the fine is not realized, non-compliance of Section 4(1)(b) by various departments. The inefficient functioning at the levels of PIOs and First Appeal Authority creates huge volume of complaints and appeals at the level of the Information Commission.
The CIC agreed that applicants should not be harassed by the PIOs and should not avoid fulfilling their responsibility by giving lame excuses. People also lamented the fact the PIOs come to the Commission at government's expense whereas the applicants have to bear the expenses from their pockets.
Shri Pankaj, the CIC, assured that he would streamline the working of the Commission and would solve all the problems faced by applicants in the next 6 months.
Tomorrow, former IAS officer, Magsaysay Awardee and a noted social activist Aruna Roy and senior social activist Nikhil De will participate in this convention and give a boost to people's campaign to ensure the effective implementation of the two Acts - RTI and NREGA. Commissioner, Rural Development, Mr Manoj Kumar Singh, will also attend the NREGA session in the afternoon to interact with labourers and activists.
Former IPS officer and vice president of People's Union for Civil Liberties (PUCL) SR Darapuri, noted author of books on RTI Dr Niraj Kumar, Izhar Ansari, Devdutt Sharma, journalist Akhilesh Saxena, Bahnu Pratap Dwivedi, noted RTI activist Urvashi Sharma, social activist Chunnilal, and Magsaysay Awardee (2002) and national convener of NAPM - Dr Sandeep Pandey had chaired the sessions of the first day of the two days convention.
- National Alliance of People's Movements (NAPM) and National Campaign for People's Right to Information (NCPRI)
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Irish Water the elephant in the room of government talks
Healy-Rae says public has waited for 40 days for a government and was getting frustrated
Michael Healy Rae (left) and his brother Danny. Michael Healy Rae has said that Irish Water is the 'elephant in the room' during the government formation talks.
An Independent TD has said the issue of Irish Water is the "elephant in the room" in all the negotiations with Fine Gael and Fianna Fáil.
Independent TD for Kerry Michael Healy-Rae said "our Lord spent 40 days in the desert" and said the Irish public had waited for a similar period for a government and that patience was now wearing thin.
Mr Healy-Rae said it was unhelpful that Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny and Fianna Fáil leader Micheál Martin have still not spoken to each other, he told Newstalk Breakfast.
On the same programme, Independent Alliance TD for Galway East Sean Canney, also called on the two largest parties to talk directly.
He said it would be wrong to spend another €40 million on a second election and said this money could be spent on tackling homelessness or employing more hospital consultants
Mr Canney said a lot of newly elected TDs, including those in Sinn Fein, had not engaged in the process of government formation and said there should be more focus on them. "What were they elected to do?"
Another Independent Alliance TD, Kevin 'Boxer' Moran says his group would make a collective decision on Wednesday on who they will back during a second vote in Dail on the election of a new Taoiseach.
The Longford Westmeath TD's comments follow the suggestion that a number of non-party deputies may abstain from Wednesday's vote.
A number of Independent TDs yesterday expressed anger about a tweet posted by Minister for Health Leo Varadkar on Sunday, in which he said his posters were ready for a second election if necessary.
The Panama Papers simply explained even a 5-year old can understand
The Panama Papers leak has pretty much been big news around the world. The scandal however has not been the easiest to understand for many people. A Reddit user here tries to 'Explain it in simple terms Like I'm 5' (ELI5) type of post that has since gone viral.
ELI5 is exactly what it sounds like – how you would explain a certain thing to a five-year-old. So how do you explain secret banking, offshore accounts and tax evasion to a five-year-old?
Here's how Dan Gliesack explained the Panama Papers leak to five-year-olds:
When you get a quarter you put it in the piggy bank. The piggy bank is on a shelf in your closet. Your mom knows this and she checks on it every once in a while, so she knows when you put more money in or spend it.
Now one day, you might decide "I don't want mom to look at my money." So you go over to Johnny's house with an extra piggy bank that you're going to keep in his room. You write your name on it and put it in his closet. Johnny's mom is always very busy, so she never has time to check on his piggy bank. So you can keep yours there and it will stay a secret.
Now all the kids in the neighbourhood think this is a good idea, and everyone goes to Johnny's house with extra piggy banks. Now Johnny's closet is full of piggy banks from everyone in the neighbourhood.
One day, Johnny's mom comes home and sees all the piggy banks. She gets very mad and calls everyone's parents to let them know.
Now not everyone did this for a bad reason. Eric's older brother always steals from his piggy bank, so he just wanted a better hiding spot. Timmy wanted to save up to buy his mom a birthday present without her knowing. Sammy just did it because he thought it was fun. But many kids did do it for a bad reason. Jacob was stealing people's lunch money and didn't want his parents to figure it out. Michael was stealing money from his mom's purse. Fat Bobby's parents put him on a diet, and didn't want them to figure out when he was buying candy.
Now in real life, many very important people were just caught hiding their piggy banks at Johnny's house in Panama. Today their moms all found out. Pretty soon, we'll know more about which of these important people were doing it for bad reasons and which were doing it for good reasons. But almost everyone is in trouble regardless, because it's against the rules to keep secrets no matter what.
Irish Central Bank handed out severance payment of €32k to a person who did not work for it?
Another two exit packages worth €61k each were made to staff who had worked at the bank for less than two years
The Central Bank in Dublin (above left)
The state spending watchdog has criticised the Central Bank for handing out a severance payment worth €32,000 to an individual who had not even begun to work for it.
The bank suffered costs of €73,000 as a result of the case as it had to cover its own and the recruit's legal fees.
Another two exit packages worth €61,000 each were made to staff who had worked at the bank for less than two years.
The Comptroller and Auditor General said the three payments "suggest that the Central Bank needs to review its procedures for managing recruitment and probation".
It also noted that a long-term contractor who had never been an employee of the bank was awarded €60,000.
The report identified 14 expensive discretionary severance payments, amounting to nearly €1.5m, that were made by public sector bodies between 2011 and 2013.
The Central Bank made six of these payments, which amounted to over €540,000 including legal costs.
Between 2011 and 2013, the report said the bank had "more recourse" to termination agreements and severance payments than the other public sector bodies it examined.
"The frequency of payments could imply weaknesses in the Central Bank's procedures for managing performance or addressing other human resource issues," it said.
The bank clocked up its own legal costs and the costs of the employee in all but one case, but details of the legal advice it received were not documented in some cases.
The report noted that such severance payments are often made when the employment relationship breaks down "irreconcilably".
It also says severance payments may be made to attract desirable candidates to short-term jobs.
An examination of formal severance payments awarded between 2011 and 2013 under six public sector schemes, found they had a value of €17.9m. It said nearly €11m of this was related to pension enhancements. like added years.
It found broad compliance with scheme rules in most cases, except for a scheme for chief executives of state bodies.
The report found two state bodies, who are not named, made severance payments in the form of pension enhancements worth over €1m without the Department of Public Expenditure and Reform's prior approval.
According to the report, the governor of the Central Bank said the cases it was taken to task over arose in a period of unprecedented renewal and growth at the bank, as staff numbers grew by one third between 2009 and 2013.
A spokesman for the Comptroller and Auditor General said the Central Bank was the only public body named in the report, aside from the departments responsible for signing off on severance payments, because of the high number of discretionary payments it made.
Most Irish beaches meet water standards but six fail to make the cut
Bathers will have to think twice before taking the plunge at six of the country's beaches after they failed basic water quality tests.
Among the six is Youghal in Co Cork, which continued its poor performance for a second year.
Untreated sewage in the water was the main culprit for the failures, with e. coli and other bacteria, making swimming and other water sports inadvisable and, in some cases, prohibited.
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Irish Water are working to see what can be done to ensure that the beaches are given a clean bill of health before the summer season, but there are concerns they could remain no-go areas this year.
Matt Crowe, director of the EPA's Office of Evidence and Assessment, said: "The relevant local authorities, in conjunction with Irish Water, have management plans in place to tackle the main pollution risks at these beaches and these plans are designed to return these beaches to at least 'sufficient' quality in the next year or two."
The EPA also warned, however, that in some cases significant investment in infrastructure will be needed to get standards up to acceptable levels.
Some of the beaches are repeat offenders — Youghal, Co Cork; Duncannon, Co Wexford; and Ballyloughane, Galway City, failed for the second year in a row, while Rush, Co Dublin, failed for the third time in the last four years.
Newcomers to the bathing blacklist are Merrion Strand in Dublin Ccity and Loughshinny, which is close to Rush in north Co Dublin.
EPA inspectors who carry out the quality survey annually stressed the vast majority of the country's most popular beaches and lakes were clean and clear of harmful pollutants.
Of the 137 inspected, 101 were rated as 'excellent' quality, as measured by EU standards, while a further 13 were classed as 'good' and 14 were 'sufficient'.
Two that failed the previous year, Clifden, Co Galway, and Lilliput, Lough Ennell, Co Westmeath, improved enough to escape the blacklist this year, but further tests are awaited before they get a final rating.
The rest are rated as 'poor', which under EU regulations means they haven't met the minimum standards required to give a green light for bathing and recreation.
Trá Inis Oirr in the Aran Islands was inspected for the first time last year and has not been tested enough to be ranked, but the EPA said sampling so far showed excellent results.
Failing the inspections does not automatically mean the beaches are off limits. Peter Webster, EPA senior scientist, said it meant there was "a risk of periodic microbiological pollution".
"Local authorities are required to put in place notifications for the entire bathing season advising the public against bathing, which could include a bathing prohibition if a serious pollution incident occurs," said Mr Webster.
During the bathing season, June 1 to September 15, current water quality information and details of any restrictions on bathing are displayed on the national bathing water website, splash.epa.ie, as well as on local beach notice boards.
Bathing restrictions applied on 131 out of 14,659 'beach days' last year, but most suspected pollution incidents resulted in precautionary, short-term restrictions and no evidence of pollution was subsequently discovered.
Bereaved people at greater risk of developing irregular heartbeat,
Growing body of research suggests stressful life events boost risk of heart attack or a stroke.
People who suffer the death of a partner have a heightened risk of developing an irregular heartbeat for up to a year after the event, according to new research.
People who suffer the death of a partner have a heightened risk of developing an irregular heartbeat for up to a year after the event, according to new research.
The risk of an irregular heartbeat, also known as atrial fibrillation, is greatest among the under-60s and when the loss of the partner was least expected, the findings indicate. Atrial fibrillation is a risk factor for stroke and heart failure.
A growing body of evidence suggests that highly stressful life events boost the risk of a heart attack or stroke, but up to now it has not been clear whether this might also be true of atrial fibrillation.
The study, published in the online journal Open Heart, collected data on 88,612 people newly diagnosed with atrial fibrillation and 886,120 healthy people between 1995 and 2014.
The factors?
Danish researchers looked at factors that might influence atrial fibrillation risk. These included time since the bereavement; age and sex; underlying conditions, such as heart disease and diabetes; the health of the partner a month before death; and whether they were single.
Some 17,478 of those diagnosed with atrial fibrillation had lost their partner as had 168,940 of the comparison group.
Underlying illnesses, such as cardiovascular disease and diabetes, and associated treatment for these conditions, were more common among those who had been diagnosed with atrial fibrillation.
But the risk of developing an irregular heartbeat for the first time was 41 per cent higher among those who had been bereaved than it was among those who had not experienced such a loss, the findings indicated.
This heightened risk was apparent, irrespective of gender and other underlying conditions.
The risk seemed to be greatest eight to 14 days following a death, after which it gradually subsided until after a year the risk was similar to that of someone who had not been bereaved.
People under the age of 60 were more than twice as likely to develop atrial fibrillation if they had been bereaved.
Those whose partners were relatively healthy in the month before death were 57 per cent more likely to develop atrial fibrillation. No such increased risk was seen among those whose partners were not healthy and who were expected to die soon.
As an observational study, the research does not permit firm conclusions to be drawn about cause and effect.
Researchers suggest acute stress may directly disrupt normal heart rhythms and prompt the production of chemicals involved in inflammation.
Further research looking at whether the association found applies to more common, but less severe life stressors, is warranted, they say.
Seagulls are 10 times more polluting to beaches than people?
Merrion Strand (below left) in Dublin is polluted with human sewage and bird droppings, An EPA report finds.
"The droppings of a seagull in a single day carried about ten times more concentrated bacteria than the waste from a human in a single day," said EPA senior scientific officer, Peter Webster.
Seagulls are 10 times more polluting to the country's beaches than people, according to the latest water quality report from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).
The birds have been blamed as one of the reasons for the EPA's decision to brand water quality at Merrion Strand in Dublin as poor, since they have taken to resting in large number on a sandbar.
"The droppings of a seagull in a single day carried about 10 times more concentrated bacteria than the waste from a human in a single day," said EPA senior scientific officer, Peter Webster.
Six beaches, including Merrion, have been given "poor" grades, which means that local authorities will put up warnings to swimmers, but will not ban them from swimming there.
However, the EPA report found three-quarters of sites it inspected were "excellent" and 93.4 per cent met minimum EU standards – roughly in line with last year's numbers.
Those classed as "poor" were Youghal, Co Cork; Duncannon Co Waterford; Rush south beach. Co Dublin and Ballyloughane, Co Galway all of which were first classed as "poor" in 2014, as well as Merrion Strand and Loughshinny in Dublin which were classified as poor for the first time in 2015.
No inland bathing areas were classified as having poor water quality.
EPA senior scientific officer Peter Webster said problems at Merrion Strand in south Dublin were "complex, on-going and difficult to resolve".
Two factors had been identified. First was the presence the Trimleston and Elm Park streams which were found to be polluted with sewage. Mr Webster said this could be a result of "poor housing connections" from anywhere as far as the M50.
The second issue was an offshore sandbar which had become home to populations of seagulls and wading birds. The droppings of a seagull in a single day carried about ten times more concentrated bacteria than the waste from a human in a single day, he said.
The EPA said where bathing waters were classified as poor, the advice was not to bathe. Where such a classification was made, local authorities must publicise the advice, or in more extreme cases close the beach.
In a statement on Monday evening Fingal County Council said it had agreed a management plan for Loughshinny Beach bathing water with the EPA, "who are satisfied that the measures set out in the plan will achieve an improvement in water quality".
In relation to the other coastal areas, remediation measures are being put in place by agreement between the local authorities and the EPA.
Mr Webster said a complicating factor in the report was that data was compiled over a four year period, so the data applying to 2015 was collected between 2012 and 2015.
In the case of Loughsinny a once-off event in 2014 had caused a major pollution leak, but previous years had pulled the overall result up. Since 2015 was marginally worse than 2011, "the data tipped" into the poor classification this year, he said.


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Issued by the Waikato Plan
It's time to hear what the people say! Feedback is being sought on a major new plan for a more prosperous future in the Waikato.
The Waikato Plan was signed off last month for public consultation in a strong display of regional unity. It followed extensive discussion between councils, government agencies, iwi and stakeholders.
Submissions from all sectors of the community are now being sought to ensure an even wider range of views is take into account.
"The Waikato Plan is designed to be a catalyst for a step change in regional social and economic performance, enabling councils, business, community funders and others to speak with one voice on key issues in discussions with the likes of central Government," said Margaret Devlin, independent chair of the joint committee which approved the Plan.
"Having the views of the wider community will help us ensure that voice best represents our region's thinking."
Five high-level priorities have been identified in the Plan as the most important issues and opportunities facing the region:
- planning for population change (growth and decline)
- connecting communities through targeted investment
- partnering with iwi Maori
- addressing issues around the allocation and quality of water
- advancing regional economic development.
The top ten actions suggested to support these priorities are:
1. Collaborate on a regional development strategy
2. Identify the regional priorities for service and technical infrastructure
3. Identify how central government services can be provided to match community needs
4. Advocate on behalf of regional transport priorities
5. Integrate Waikato and Auckland transport networks
6. Encourage development of a nationally significant cycling and walking experience
7. Establish a freight and logistics action group
8. Work collaboratively to develop and encourage enduring partnerships that enable iwi/Māori aspirations to be achieved
9. Develop the Waikato as a "Waters Centre of Excellence"
10. Assist in implementing the current Waikato Means Business economic development strategy.
The plan's public submissions period will be from this Friday 10 March to 10 April. The submission form, the draft Waikato Plan summary and the draft full Waikato Plan will be available at www.waikatoplan.co.nz/ from 10 March. Once submissions close, public hearings are due later in April and early May, with implementation of the final plan due to begin in August.


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