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39. Women and trans women have some political concerns in common. Insofar as the injustices and oppressions that trans women experience are traceable to sexism or misogyny, as many are, they have common interests with women, and both groups would benefit from working together and organising together.
40. There is also some divergence in experience. Insofar as the injustices and oppressions that trans women experience are not shared with biological females, there may be a need for them to work and organise separately. On some issues – for instance, with respect to forms of discrimination and marginalisation traceable to transphobia, rather than sexism – trans women and trans men may have more in common with one another than do trans women and biologically female women, and so may benefit from organising together.
41. Some political issues will affect biological females only. These issues are usually of paramount importance to female persons. Reproduction, contraception, female diseases: these are only really issues of concern for biologically female people, and insofar as they don't affect trans women, who are biologically male, it may sometimes be appropriate for them to be excluded from organising on this issue.
42. As noted in point 30, despite their differences and divergences, there is sufficient overlap and commonality of experience to conceive of women as a coherent political class, and it is this belief that makes feminism, despite its inherent diversity and variety of forms, a coherent political label. One especially salient form this commonality of experience takes is harassment, abuse, exploitation, and violence at the hands of men. Obviously this incorporates a large spectrum of behaviours, including exploitation of domestic, emotional and sexual labour, emotional manipulation, psychological abuse, verbal harassment, physical violence, sexual assault, rape and murder. All women live under the constant background threat of male physical and sexual violence, fear of which constrains our freedom and shapes our behaviour and choices. Crucially, this exploitation, abuse and violence towards women is committed by people born male, and raised and socialised as men. This may be a product of biological factors, such as higher levels of testosterone among males; it may be a product of male socialisation and the inculcation of masculine norms of dominance and aggression; or, most likely, it may be caused by a combination of the two. But it is clear that inflicting emotional abuse and violence on women is not caused by simply "identifying" as a man. If it were, we would expect to see transsexual men inflicting violence and abuse of women at the same rate that men born and raised male do. The fact is that most violence and aggression – whether towards women or towards men – is carried out by male persons, inhabiting biologically male bodies, who were raised and socialised as men.
43. Given this common experience of exploitation, abuse and violence inflicted by male people, those born and raised female – especially those who have personally suffered male abuse and violence – have a legitimate interest in the existence of some spaces designated for females only, away from the presence of people with male bodies who have been raised and socialised male. These might be spaces to recover and heal; they might be spaces for political organisation and consciousness-raising; or they might simply be places for temporary sanctuary and privacy, safe from male attention. The users and organisers of gyms and sports centres, women's refuges, rape crisis centres, and other kinds of women-only space, may legitimately decide that it is appropriate for such spaces to exclude those born and raised male, to facilitate women's healing, or to provide a site of respite and safety from a male-dominated world. Alternatively, they may decide to include some male born people, under certain conditions, such as full transition. This is not to say that all persons born and raised male are necessarily violent or abusive, or will inevitably shatter the sanctuary of such spaces, any more than acknowledging the need for persons of colour to organise and associate freely in the absence of white people assumes that all white people are violent or abusive. It is simply to recognise the political significance of being a member of an oppressed class, and to acknowledge the importance to members of that class of being able to organise and associate separately, free from those who are members of the dominant class, who will have different experiences of that class system.
44. The result of this is that if the users and organisers of a women-only space deem it appropriate for them to exclude trans women from this space, it will often be reasonable and legitimate for them to do so. (See here for a careful and considered account of the various functions different female-only spaces perform, and the degree of inclusion or exclusion that might be appropriate.) This may cause emotional pain and distress for some trans women, who may strongly feel that they are women, identify as women, and desire to be regarded by others as women. This emotional pain and distress is unintended and unfortunate. No feminist wants to inflict emotional suffering on trans women. However, it may sometimes be unavoidable, and there is no reason why in these instances, the desire of some trans women to be included in the space in question should trump the legitimate interests of females in occupying separate spaces. It is essential that we ask what purpose the space is intended to perform, and be prepared to engage in a critical reflection of whether such purposes might be thwarted by the presence of male-bodied and male-socialised people, regardless of the intent or desire of those people. While it may be painful and injurious to the self-perception and self-identification of trans women to exclude them from some female-only spaces, these spaces do not exist to validate the identities of those who believe themselves to be women. They exist to provide safety, sanctuary and community to those born and raised female, something which females, as an oppressed social group, have a right to enjoy.
45. It does not follow from this that any feminist who wants to organise a female-only space is proposing to conduct checks on the people who try to enter those spaces, to demand to see a Gender Recognition Certificate, or to insist on examining the genitals of people at the door. Rather, it is a matter of making the policies of the space and the boundaries of the women who use that space publicly known, and asking for those boundaries to be upheld and respected. If trans women respect biological females as their sisters and allies, they will be willing to acknowledge those women's need for some female-only space, and their right to draw their boundaries in whatever way makes them feel comfortable and safe – as indeed, most trans women do.
46. Like biological females, trans women are frequently victims of male violence and sexual predation, and so they too have an interest in having access to safe spaces away from men. Ideally, there would be sufficient time, resources and physical space for trans women to have their own facilities and spaces where appropriate. In addition to mixed facilities for those who are comfortable with them, there would be female-only changing rooms and refuges, and facilities designated specifically for trans women. Such objectives can sometimes be relatively easily realised, such as through the creation of gender-neutral, self-contained toilets and changing cubicles. However, given inevitable constraints on resources, the provision of safe spaces and facilities exclusively for trans women may not always be achievable. Such cases present us with difficult challenges, and careful thought and deliberation will be required to determine, on a case-by-case basis, how best to balance the competing interests and claims at stake. But it should not be presumed as a matter of principle that trans women have an absolute right to enter all existing women-only spaces, as depending on the context and the purpose of the space, this may conflict with the needs and desires of existing users. Furthermore, the funding and resources for spaces such as women's refuges and rape crisis centres frequently exists only as a result of long, dedicated, continuous work and commitment on behalf of the women who run them. There is nothing to stop trans activists and their allies engaging in similar projects to provide their own facilities.
47. The label TERF, or Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminist, to refer to those feminists who argue for the continued existence of at least some female-only spaces, is a thought-terminating cliche: a piece of rhetoric designed to mask the difficulty and complexity involved in balancing competing interests, to prevent the need for further reflection, and to stifle dissent. As argued above, there may sometimes be valid and legitimate reasons to exclude trans women from feminist spaces, depending on the context and the function of the space. The use of the label TERF to describe any woman who argues in favour of some female-only spaces serves to pathologise all disagreement on this issue, and to foreclose the possibility of reasoned discussion and compromise. Either you agree that self-identified trans women should be entitled to enter each and every female space, including shared changing room facilities and women's refuges, with no exceptions or conditions; or you are labelled a dangerous, malicious bigot who must be ostracised and contained. If you express any discomfort about, for example, this individual gaining access to female changing rooms and toilets; or if you think that a convicted rapist who decides to identify as a woman should not be housed in a women's prison; you are a TERF, guilty of bigotry on a par with racism or homophobia, and thus your concerns can be dismissed without further argument.
48. Furthermore, the word TERF and accusations of transphobia are now levelled at any person who questions the conceptual coherence and scientific plausibility of the idea of gender identity, or who continues to believe in the material reality and political significance of biological sex. Making statements such as "the penis is the male sex organ" or "women have vaginas" is, among certain transgender activists, sufficient for one to be labelled a dangerous, transphobic bigot. The label TERF is therefore not a neutral descriptor. It is not a meaningful description of any feminist politics, and there are no individuals who define their own position as Trans Exclusionary Radical Feminism. Furthermore, regardless of how those who coined it originally intended to be used, it should now be interpreted as a slur: first, because no woman actually endorses the label to define herself, and generally speaking most women called TERF object to being so labelled; and second, because it is so frequently accompanied by abusive language and threats of violence.
49. Part of the motivation for writing the present posts is to clarify my own position on sex, gender, and female-only spaces. I have been labelled a TERF and a transphobic bigot on many occasions, simply for continuing to insist that: female biology exists; female biology matters; and females have a right to some female-only spaces. These posts are intended to clarify my view for any observer who has read such accusations about me or women like me. The reader can decide for herself whether she thinks the views I have expressed here are evidence of bigotry and prejudice towards trans people.
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text: Anti-Semitism, anti-Zionism and Israel's leaders Mehdi Hasan on the dangers of conflating Israel with all Jews - even when Israel's prime ministers do it. 01 Jul 2017 10:14 GMT War & Conflict, Middle East, Israel, Palestine Anti-Semitism is racism. No ifs, no buts. It's hostility to, or prejudice, against Jews. There are some who have suggested that anti-Zionism - the opposition to a Jewish-majority state in Palestine - is also a form of anti-Semitism. While some anti-Zionists do cross the line into anti-Semitism, many, including Jewish anti-Zionists, make clear their criticism is of Israel, not of the Jewish people. They make a distinction between Jewish people and Israel's policies. In this week's Reality Check, Mehdi Hasan explains why conflating Israel with Jews is wrong, and how it's sometimes Israeli leaders who do this conflating. Follow UpFront on Twitter @AJUpFront and Facebook.Source: Al Jazeera News Tell us what you think


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So now that I've actually made my blog public and I have seven people reading it--thanks Bill, Mom, Jenna, Ryan (I'm not sure if you are but I'll count you), Dad, Mom, and Mom again :) I am feeling pressure to post and be clever. Ahhhh what was I thinking? Well, since I'm tired and it's getting late I am going to rely on Miss Rori Rose to be clever for me--longer post tomorrow I promise.
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text: As a surprise gesture of gratitude to our retiring Principal, Colonel Jeffrey Ellick, US Army (ret.), members of the JRHS NJROTC Honor Guard presented him and his family with a brick to be laid in the walkway of the memorial honoring Lance Corporals Jourdan Grez and Karl Linn. Several members of the JRHS office and administrative staff were present. Commanding Officer Cadet Lieutenant Commander John Booker said a few brief words prior to the ceremony, and Principal Ellick made his gratitude known to the Unit, posing for a picture with the very Cadets that presented him his brick.


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LATINO PERRICO a Nigerian rapper and songwriter who rose to fame after winning the best rapper in 2013th Edition of "ENUGU STATE ROAD TO FAME", he later won over 300 rappers in 2014 "AMSTEL MALTA SHOWTIME SEASON 2". according to the rapper this song is an apology to fans who had high hopes for him through out those years especially this year.
"DEAR 2017" is a spoken word rap neatly arranged in a soulful piano and violin mash up produced by JORSE MÉNDEZ( a Washington DC based producer)
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Monday, 22 May 2017 marked a historic moment for the United Nations information Centre Windhoek, as the agency received an official vehicle as part of a donation from the Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO) at a handover ceremony held at the United Nations House in Windhoek. The donation is in line with the UN Systems' continuous efforts of delivering as one UN System in Namibia and was received by appreciative UNIC Windhoek staff members.
The vehicle donation comes at a critical time, since the Centre has not been mobile for over 5 years, relying on outsourced companies in the execution of daily operational activities as well as educational outreach initiatives aimed toward bolstering the message of the UN System in Namibia.
The donated car will aid the agency with its capability and responsiveness in meeting its mandate to promote greater public understanding of and support for the aims and activities of the UN. This is done primarily by disseminating information on the work of the Organization to the Namibian people, especially in remote areas. The donation is in line with inter-agency collaborative efforts in promoting the work of the United Nations within Namibia.
Speaking at the event UNIC's National information officer Ms. Anthea Basson, remarked that "The vehicle will assist the UNIC office in maximizing its ability to render support and valuable information to the greater population and amplify its ability to implement outreach projects that fulfill the goals of the 2030 Agenda for Sustainable Development."
UNIC Windhoek branded the Toyota Corolla with the 17 Sustainable Development Goals as well as a local character called "Frieda" who teaches young and old about the SDGs. The branding intends to carry the message of the SDGs wherever UNIC Windhoek travels in execution of its duties. Continue reading


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One of the nicest villas we have stayed in over the last 30 years. The gardens, tennis court and pool were very good. Well equipped kitchen which is important.Mr Stammers, July 2018
A very nice villa on a spacious plot with a wonderful pool and a nice tennis court.Mr Nightingale, June 2017
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HomeAdvisor teams with Google to let people book home-repair jobs
The two companies announced a partnership Friday that uses the massive search-engine's online reach to better connect consumers to contractors offering home repairs.
HomeAdvisor, which changed its name three years ago from ServiceMagic, has spent the last three years building its new name and promoting its brand using online and offline tools, like TV commercials. But competition increased this year as Amazon, Google and Facebook all jumped into the business of connecting consumers with home-improvement contractors. A plethora of related startups are also building on this space.
HomeAdvisor's service is free to consumers. But contractors must pay an annual $280 membership plus a fee for every job referral they receive from HomeAdvisor — even if the customer doesn't choose them.
The new Google partnership won't cost extra for consumers or contractors, said Brooke Gabbert, HomeAdvisor's vice president of corporate communications.
Instead, Google built in the ability for customers to "Book Now" directly with a contractor in the contractor's Google Profile. The feature relies on HomeAdvisor's new Instant Booking technology, a scheduling calendar that shows the hours a contractor is available or busy.
In a statement, HomeAdvisor CEO Chris Terrill said that this is an effort to help drive interested customers to its network of more than 100,000 contractors nationwide.
"Not only will this make it easier for millions of people searching the web to instantly schedule appointments with trusted pros, but it will also drive more qualified customers to the small businesses in our marketplace – a marketplace that will drive an estimated $25-30 billion of gross marketplace transactions this year alone," Terrill said.
Earlier this week, HomeAdvisor's parent IAC/InterActiveCorp announced its $512 million bid to buy rival Angie's List. Both boards would need to approve the acquisition.
HomeAdvisor employs more than 1,600 people, including about 1,000 at its Golden headquarters.
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* HomeAdvisor's parent IAC offers to buy rival Angie's List
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An Ellon woman is preparing to Brave the Shave for Macmillan Cancer Support next month.
Laura Lunan-Smith will have all of her hair shaved off at Rococo Hair Design by Lindsay Norrie on November 26.
The Ellon Post Office manager decided to take part in the fundraiser in memory of her aunt Heather who sadly passed away recently from cancer, although she admits it's something she had been considering for a while.
Speaking to the Times, Laura said: "It was only a few weeks ago and really shook us all.
"I wanted to do something for other people battling cancer, raise more awareness of the illness and raise money for Macmillan at the same time for Heather and others it had affected.
"Honestly I'm so nervous about it but 'braving' the shave is not even a tenth of the bravery Heather showed during her illness, and through it all she just kept smiling and making us all laugh."
Laura added: "I hope to raise a few laughs on the day in her memory."
Laura has set herself a fundraising target of £500 and donations can be made online at bravetheshave.org.uk/shavers/laura-lunan-smith.
Sponsor forms are also available at Ellon Post Office, Ladbrokes, Co-op Meiklemill and J&K Shoes in Ellon.
Members of the public can sign up to Brave the Shave online.
As the Ellon Times went to print a total of 23,433 brave shavers had registered to take part and raised £4,216,475.24 so far.


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LeBron James was fathered by an ex-con.
Alison Eastwood's hotness somehow evolved from Dirty Harry.
Luke Skywalker's lineage is directly traced to the unholy sperm of Darth Vader.
San Antonio Spurs
George W. Bush is...OK, extraordinarily bad example.
And, in the tradition of conquering rotten roots, the San Antonio Spurs' founding father was none other than a wacky ABA franchise known as the Dallas Chaparrals.
That's right, "They" were born and raised as "Us."
Doesn't mean we shouldn't hate the Spurs. For Tim Duncan dominating as both a winner and a whiner. For Bruce Bowen getting under more people's skin than Dr. 90210. For San Antonio annually treating our Mavs like its personal piñata.
When the incestuous NBA Western Conference Semifinal series moseys up Interstate 35 to American Airlines Center this weekend, we should cheer our new team and jeer our old one. But also, we should realize the only reason the Spurs are San Antonio's treasure is because long ago the Chaps were discarded as Dallas' trash.
See the resemblance?
Avery Johnson, the Mavs coach, played nine years and won one championship for the Spurs.
The Spurs' bench includes former Mavericks Michael Finley and Nick Van Exel.
The Mavs, a hectic, high-paced Picasso under former coach Don Nelson, are under Johnson a Salvador Dali, a well-defined, bear-hug defensive group constructed in the Spurs' image.
If that isn't enough to confuse you into pulling for the San AnDallas Mavsspurs, how 'bout the cities' similarly shallow starlets (Eva Longoria and Jessica Simpson), tall towers (Tower of the Americas and Reunion), overpriced amusement parks (Sea World and Six Flags) and city-side waterscapes (Riverwalk and--coming soon in 2037!--the Trinity River Project)? Shoot, even our football team is moving training camp to their town.
But if these days they're sorta like us, back in 1967 they were us.
Or were we them?
When a group of wacky businessmen decided the NBA needed a ribald rival complete with 3-point shots and red, white and blue basketballs, the bizarro ABA was hatched. Accordingly, Dallas, one of the league's original 11 teams, was constructed upon hilariously unstable foundations.
Owned by future Dallas Mayor Bob Folsom, the team arrived at a nickname by--tada!--simply arriving. Seems the first board members meeting took place at the old Dallas Sheraton Hotel in, of course, The Chaparral Room. The Chaps' roster was assembled just as haphazardly. The team's first general manager, former SMU star Max Williams, compiled a list of draft prospects for co-owner Roland Seth. But instead of alphabetical order as it was intended, Seth misconstrued the list to be in order of preference, thereby producing the Chaparrals' first draft of Matt Aitch, Jim Burns, Gary Gray, Pat Riley and Jim Thompson. Oh yeah, and how about a coach? In '72 Tom Nissalke beat out a candidate named Dick Motta by offering to squeeze in his interview at the Fairmont Hotel before a performance of a hot duo called Sonny and Cher. Somehow, led by inaugural player-coach Cliff Hagan, Cincy Powell and Maurice McHartley (who played with a toothpick in his mouth), the surprising Chaparrals went 46-32 in their inaugural season and earned the first and only playoff series victory of their six-year life.
With the Mavericks still just a motivated molecule in Don Carter's DNA, the Chaps were the coolest--re: only--game in town. And for some of us 8-year-olds, heaven was sitting on wooden bleachers, munching 10-cent popcorn and keeping up with the point total of Laverne Tart and his red Chuck Taylor high-tops via hand-operated scoreboard placards.
The Chaparrals flew Braniff to road games and played home games at SMU's Moody Coliseum and the Dallas Convention Center, charging a whopping $4 general admission for colorful, often-comical performances right out of The Fish That Saved Pittsburgh.
Despite the growing pains, marketing gimmicks and extremely creative accounting that made $15,000 player salaries profitable, the ABA gained traction. While the stuffy NBA was Red Auerbach, the snazzy ABA was Red, White and Blue.
With players like Ron Boone, Steve Jones and Goo Kennedy sporting huge Afros, knee-high tube socks and gaudy jewelry, the Chaparrals and their runnin' roadrunner logos played against future superstars Julius Erving, Artis Gilmore and Moses Malone. You can have LeBron; give me Dr. J with flying 'fro and flamboyant pre-game dunks.
But suddenly a team known as the Dallas Cowboys started winning Super Bowls, and basketball in Dallas was reduced to a JV appetizer. The Chaps played their final game--a 122-120 victory over the Carolina Cougars in front of a paid group of 134 including yours truly--on March 26, 1973.
Duncan was still minus-3 years old.
But four hours south, San Antonio businessmen Angelo Drossos and Red McCombs were already preparing his throne. Searching for a way to entertain a city that lacked a major college or any pro sports, they leased the Chaparrals for $1--no shit--during the '73-'74 season and then purchased the franchise from Folsom for a cool $725,000.
While Dallas barely blinked at its loss, the Spurs had Willie Nelson sing their first national anthem at HemisFair Arena, debuted basketball's first dance team--The Spurettes--and commenced an evolution from chumps to champs by paying $300,000 to the Virginia Squires in '74 for a kid named George Gervin. Two years later the NBA merged with the ABA, and the Spurs started upgrading coaches from Doug Moe to Larry Brown to Popovich, and players from Billy Paultz to James Silas to David Robinson. By the time the Mavericks were born, seven years after the Chaps' departure, the sanctimonious Spurs had a tough time remembering, much less appreciating, their heritage.
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A rivalry, fueled by address and ancestry, was born.
From the same family tree, the teams won almost the same number of games this season (Spurs 63, Mavs 60). And in Game 1 last weekend--other than the dominant Duncan in the middle--they were mirror images.
Alas, the copy is never as good as the original, and the Spurs will prevail in seven games because of a glaring difference between basketball teams and basketball towns--San Antonio boasts 126 playoff wins and three championships; Dallas, 50 and zilch.
But sit back, enjoy the series and realize we're blessed with one of those rare win-win scenarios where the survivor will be either our present or our past.


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The Iron Age defines these two hills. On the summit of Earl's Hill rests the impressive ramparts of a large (multiphase) hillfort. Visible for miles in all directions, it must have been an impressive statement of local clan power. Less well known and hidden by trees is the smaller hillfort below it on Pontesford Hill. Adding to the complexity of the site is a Bronze Age cross dyke. Whether a defensive feature or boundary is not known, however it does seem to guard the top of the Craft Valley that divides the southern side of the hill.
Pontesford and Pontesbury lie within the Shropshire Coalfield. The area around is studded with mining remains and spoil tips, now mostly disguised by nature, houses and farmland. The coal fuelled the lead industry. Two smelters once ran in Pontesford turning ore from Snailbeach into wealth with help from Pontesford coal.
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We just learned this morning that Governor Ritter signed into law House Bill 1407 yesterday afternoon which has the ability to dramatically assist beneficiaries/insureds of insurance contracts, including those governed by ERISA. Generally speaking, the bill provides specific rights and remedies to insureds under insurance contracts whose claims have been unreasonably delayed or denied. Specifically, such a finding can result in the recovery of reasonable attorney's fees and up to two times the actual damages sustained. See C.R.S. §10-3-1116, as now amended.
Additionally, the law bans the use of "discretionary clause" provisions within any insurance policy, including group policies. Similar laws exist where insurance commissioner regulations had been adopted in a few other states. Colorado now joins that list. Banning discretionary clauses, and specifically stating that all claims being reviewed in court must be done on a "de novo" basis, means that the typical deference which a court has previously had to give to an insurance company/claim administrator's decision no longer exists. The court must now perform its own review and decide whether the administrator's decision was right or wrong, with no deference given. This is a major step forward, and greatly increases the chances of success of our clients' claims. It places the claimant on equal footing with the insurance company, finally.
Because this new law is specifically a "law regulating insurance," it should survive any claim by insurance companies that it is pre-empted by federal ERISA laws. I am certain this issue will eventually make it to the 10th Circuit Court of Appeals. We will wait to see if this Colorado state law survives claimed pre-emption in the minds of the typically conservative 10th Circuit Court judges.
This law has the potential to impact all of our clients' insurance claims, including disability, life, health, accidental death and dismemberment (AD&D), homeowners, uninsured/underinsured motorist coverage, and more.
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Following the ISAF Perth event the Sydney International Regatta (SIRS) event is well underway and next week we kick off with Sail Melbourne from Sandringham Yacht Club. Many overseas competitors have arrived at Sandringham and a strong overseas Finn contingent were out training on Sunday in fantastic conditions of 15knots south westerly sea breeze.
The SIRS event first heats were sailed yesterday and full results can be found at http://www.sailingscoreboard.com/sailsydney2010/


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First up we have L.A. Colors Color Crazde Nail Polish in 'Atomic'
Here's what it's like swatched on the nails:
This is a really great toxic looking green-blue, I have two issues with this polish though, the first is that it changes colour when it hits sunlight, inside the house, or when there's little sunlight it's a really bright green-blue, but as soon as it hits bright sunlight it turn to a forest green. My other issue is that it stains the nails, so you'd definitely have to wear a really good base coat, so far this is the other varnish from L.A. Colors that has stained the nails, so I was a little disappointed. This definitely needs two coats or more to get good coverage. I bought this for £1 at my local Harry Tuffins store.
Secondly, we have L.A. Colors Color Craze Nail Polish in 'Treasure Island'
Here's what it looks like on the nails:
Okay, so obviously this one is a glitter polish, now normally I tend to stay away from glitters, but the colour of this one really drew me in. It is a beautiful very green turquoise, the glitter is incredibly fine too, so it covers really well, it has a clear polish base though, so you'll need a good two to three coats if you want perfect coverage on it's own, for the picture I used two coats. This does look great on it's own and it'd also look great on top of another colour. You'll also need a top coat, as although the glitter is very fine you can still feel it. I bought this for £1 at my local Harry Tuffins store.
Thirdly, we have L.A. Colors Color Craze Nail Polish in 'Jungle Fever'
Here's what it's like on the nails:
The name alone made me want to buy this, this is an awesome colour it's a dark almost 'swampy' blue-green with grey tones in it. It's a really fun colour and one I haven't really seen before, so I was very excited to try it. It takes two coats to get really good coverage, and it has a great 'wet look' finish. I bought this for £1 at my local Harry Tuffins store.
Next we have Nyx Girls Nail Varnish in 'Hawaii'
Here's what it looks like on the nails:
This colour is absolutely beautiful, definitely one of my favourites. This is a lot more blue than green, it's a very 'clear ocean' kind of colour. It has blue, green and gold tones in it. As you can tell even with two coats it's still very sheer, so I'd suggest around three coats for really good coverage. I got this for around £1.50 from discount beauty store All Wellan Good, in Cheshire Oaks designer outlet.
And lastly we have LA. Colors Color Craze Nail Polish in 'Sea Siren'
Here's what it's like on the nails:
This colour is a really bright turquoise, the picture doesn't quite do it justice, I tried for about a hour to get a picture with it's true colour in it, but this is closest I got, and it's pretty close. This colour is amazing, and it's so creamy. It has this great very subtle light blue and gold shimmer to it, which you can only really see in the light. This colour gives perfect coverage in one coat, there is definitely no need for two. I did two coats on my first finger and left the other two with just one coat, and there is no difference between them. I was so impressed with the quality of this polish. I bought this for £1 at my local Harry Tuffins store.
And that's all my green-blues for now, I'm definitely going to be buying some more as I'm really in love with this kind of colour at the moment.


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Are they serious? Or is this clickbait? Or has everyone at the NRA stopped caring about even attempting to sound sane & rational?
Fresh off going Godwin in Washington State, the NRA decided today is a terrific day to release this new video from "official ammosexual man candy" Dom Raso celebrating the "right" of blind people to fire guns.
Sure, eye sight isn't necessary to fire a gun. It's just necessary to properly aim a gun.
And no, that's not "discriminatory". That's common sense. There's a reason why blind people don't drive. (Hell, it may be the same reason why we don't drive!)
But as of late, the NRA and its "TEA" fueled allies have declared war on common sense and rational thought. The Open Carry crowd decided to release a new children's book celebrating mommy & daddy packing heat at the grocery store. They're also rallying behind Peter Nathan Steinhetz, the Arizona medical researcher who thought it was a great idea and a cogent "political statement" to carry a loaded AR-15 assault weapon into Phoenix Sky Harbor Airport... And point it at a woman & her daughter.
But then again, why are we suprised by any of this? We're talking about the same "gun rights movement" that celebrates the lawlessness of Cliven Bundy and his Patriot Movement cohorts, defends the "right" of Jerad Miller to get his hands on lethal firearms (so he can "start the revolution"), and demands more "Stand Your Ground" laws so that Darren Mack and George Zimmerman can keep shooting whenever they feel "threatened" by such things as court orders and hoodies.
Why do we let them call the shots? Why do we let the NRA and gun industry dictate to us how (not) to regulate firearms? If we have basic safety standards in place for our cars, our homes, and our places of work, why can't we have basic safety standards in place for items that are literally built to kill? Think about that.


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Just got an email from Sketchbook Project 2013!!!
Dear Belinha Fernandes,
Thanks for sending in your project for SBP 2013! We just wanted to let you know that your project has now been cataloged into the Brooklyn Art Library! It can be found on the shelves with a call number of 193.96-7. If you've already chosen to get your project digitized, you'll receive another email once it's been scanned into the Digital Library. Please stay tuned for more details about the project.
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Everland and Incheon Airport
Hi there!
It's 9:35am on the east coast, but it doesn't feel like that to me. I don't know what time it really is, but something called "the sun" seems to be out, and it's in the eastern sky, so therefore it must be morning. Right? Right.
Anyway, I have a few more pictures, both from Everland from my day of travel.
Took a few more pictures of North Korea.
We made it to Caribbean Bay! (Warning: Overly excited English ahead.) It was a water park, mostly indoors. I realize I said "outdoors" before, but there was an outdoor portion of the lazy river part. I had to retouch this photo since it was really really white.
There's a water slide, a few wade pools, the lazy river, a kiddie diving pool, strictly kiddie pools, and a bunch of saunas/spas. It was a relaxing place filled with hundreds of screaming Korean kids.
On the way out, I found a few gifts and took a picture of the theme park's entrance.
We took the bus back to Ilsan, and I found the best Billiard Club in the world. Kind of far to travel, but it's gotta be worth it.
Dinner was Kimbab, Udon noodles, and Jook. I only got a picture of the Kimbab.
That was my last day and night in Korea. The next day was all travel.
Woke up early, and headed to the airport. As I said, my complaint letter to Delta got me a free BusinessElite upgrade. A very nice touch for the 13 hour Incheon-Atlanta leg.
This upgrade was key. A 13-hour flight in Coach isn't too bad – the food's decent, I had an exit-row seat, and the amenities were pretty good too. But man….BusinessElite is so excellent. If you don't know, you really don't know. Take a gander:
I sat in one of those seats. They didn't quite lie totally flat, but reclined maybe to a 30º angle. The footrest also came up to about 75º. They also included a bottle of water, an amenity kit with all sorts of stuff, and a light that you can see on the left side for reading.
Oh yeah, slippers too.
The food wasn't bad either. I missed taking a picture of the first dinner (lunch? breakfast? midnight snack? what time was it?), but it was a "Penne Pasta in Vegetable Bolognese Sauce, tossed with arugula, fresh mozzarella, and mushrooms".
I tried to talk my way into the Delta lounge in Atlanta with my Business Class ticket, but no dice. I paid for it since I REALLY wanted a shower.
The flight after was lackluster, we'll say, in comparison. But it landed safely. That's all I really care about.


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From the Cradle to the Classroom
Stadt Nürnberg, Lernen vor Ort Nürnberg
Preparing the next generation for future success is a major goal of Nuremberg's vision for the city
More than half of children under six living in Nuremberg, Germany are immigrants. Yet a report conducted on behalf of the city's Integration council and its partners found that immigrant children are under-represented from formal pre-school programs – such as daycare and nursery centres – that are designed for children three- years-old and under.
Preparing the next generation for future success is a major goal of Nuremberg's vision for the city. The City of Nuremberg is working to make early education more accessible to all of its residents. Kindergarten, the parents and the social environment are viewed as essential to success in formal education, and also as important socialization agents for these children. This has become a central topic of the national debate about education. In Nuremberg, education has also been declared a top priority. The city's goal is an inclusive approach to education in the city that ensures success in school for all its children.
Initially the campaign focused on youth. Activities included kindergartens, school-based activities, immigrant recognition awards and cultural newsletters. As part of this process, Nuremberg is undergoing close monitoring of formal education programs to determine how to strengthen the participation in, and the quality of education, particularly for the youngest residents. All institutions – not just those run by the city – are involved in a city-wide consultation on the subject. The city also broadened its strategic scope to include building relationships between parents and institutions that work with children.
Levelling the Playing Field
A number of measures are already being implemented to help level the playing field, and provide equal access to early education for all children, regardless of cultural background. A systematically-designed series of seminars and parent training events has been welcomed by parents from both German-born and immigrant families. The training includes information about programs to help children improve their learning skills as well as practical advice for parents to help them support the child's progress within the family. Some courses specifically address issues affecting immigrants, and many are offered in different languages. The city has also created a variety of information media for parents, some of which are published in 16 different languages.
A good start in school is a key strategy of the "Bayerische Bildungs- und Erziehungsplan" (BEP), the 2005 education plan for the state of Bavaria. Research has shown that language acquisition and proficiency is a critical determinant of success at school. Recognizing the value of early intervention, including children entering pre-school, language programs were established to help level the playing field for all children seeking entry into the public education system.To identify those in need early, preschool children undergo language testing 18 months prior to primary school. Children who may need more language support to be successful in the classroom can access up to 240 German lessons to help prepare them for school. Primary schools also offer remedial language classes for the youngest students and individual tuition in the German language is available to those who need it from grade 3, when the curriculum starts preparing children for future testing.
Teachers require support too. Since December 2008, daycare institutions in Nuremberg have had access to a language consultant program instituted by the Bavarian State Ministry for Labour, Social Affairs, Family and Women. Language consultants support and advise school teams on how to improve their language teaching for the city's youngest children.
Under the watchful eye and feedback loops of the city's monitoring systems, increasingly precise data helps city officials and teaching staff tailor city's educational programs to the needs of Nuremberg students –not only those of the youngest children and the children of immigrants, but all children attending educational institutions in Nuremberg.
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- Research the underlying factors that prevent full participation of certain immigration groups in public programs and institutions and seek early interventions to remedy exclusion
- Form partnerships between politicians, teachers, and parents in establishing education goals and guidelines to ensure a wide support system is available to children and families as they navigate their way through the education system.
- Use public information sessions and provide materials to help parents support their children's success at school. Provide information in a number of languages.
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Another sunrise.
Today is Azael's day off.
I ask for Chillaquille's, that are not too spicy. They give me them in red sauce. They are really good and they are not too spicy. They are just right.
I had some yogurt and some green juice. I've had this, and enjoyed it, before. This time it tasted too vegetable-ey.
Zung does not disappoint in his consistency.
It seems like it will be a nice day initially.
But it turns cloudy and cool. We try to warm up with Mimosas.
I move on to a mudslide, made by the marvelous Gabriel. He is an awesome beach waiter!
We watch the pelican.
We drink our way to lunch. I have the grilled fish of the day. It is grouper and it is SO good! How have I never tried this before? It is perfect with some fresh lime.
Guess what this is and who ate it?
Hugo has our special wine. We drink the entire bottle.
After drinking the entire bottle we go back to the room and sleep it off, until it is time to get ready for our romantic dinner.


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The gunman, who was suspected of already killing four people and shooting at police officers, was holed up inside an abandoned bar in upstate New York.
He had made no contact with law enforcement officials for hours and the belief was that he was armed and dangerous.
A police robot equipped with a camera was ready, but its use may have been limited because the gunman's hiding place was littered with debris.
So a tactical dog named Ape, equipped with a camera, went into the building first on Thursday, followed by agents with the State Police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Ape, a Czech German Shepherd, was shot in the chest just as he breached the doorway.
Officers returned fire, killing the gunman, Kurt R. Myers, and then turned to try to save Ape. They performed CPR on the dog as he was rushed in an armored vehicle to a nearby veterinary office.
"We were trying to do everything we could to try to save its life," said Dr. Emily M. Green, one of the veterinarians at Herkimer Veterinary Associates who worked on Ape.
But he died a short time after he arrived.
Ape was 2 years 4 months old, and had been on active duty for the F.B.I. for a little over two weeks.
"Ape was doing what he was trained to do and made the ultimate sacrifice for his team," the agency said in a statement released by Special Agent Ann Todd. "His actions were heroic and prevented his teammates from being seriously wounded or killed."
Ape was to be taken to the agency's headquarters in Quantico, Va., where he will be buried and have his name added to a memorial wall dedicated to dogs killed while on duty.
Ape was the second F.B.I. tactical dog killed in the line of duty, Agent Todd said. On Oct. 28, 2009, Freddy, a 2 ½-year-old Belgian Malinois, was also killed while accompanying F.B.I. agents who were attempting to make an arrest. He had begun duty with the F.B.I. in September 2008.
Though the F.B.I. and the police declined to discuss the specifics of why and how Ape was used in the raid, outside experts said his role highlighted the increasing use of dogs by civilian law enforcement agencies in some of the most dangerous assignments.
In fact, the use of the dog in the quiet village of Herkimer, N.Y., is strikingly similar to the way dogs have been used by the military during more than a decade of war in Afghanistan and Iraq.
A dog accompanied a Navy SEAL team on the raid that resulted in the death of Osama bin Laden, and the elite military unit has reportedly purchased a number of vests, equipped with infrared night-vision cameras, for their dogs.
The cameras allow a handler to see what the dog is seeing from as far as 1,000 yards away.
"This is a military application brought to local law enforcement, which is a very common thing now," said Robert S. Tucker, the chief executive of T and M Protection Resources.
And with scores of veterans trained to handle dogs retiring from the military, there are more people capable of working with dogs in a civilian setting.
It is a far cry from how dogs were used when the New York Police Department acquired its first bomb-sniffing dog in years — Brandy — in 1971.
Michael Stapleton, a former police officer who was working on the tactical patrol force at the time, recalled how Brandy was viewed skeptically until she detected explosives on a plane at Kennedy Airport.
Still, Mr. Stapleton said, in the 1980s there was resistance to using dogs to patrol sensitive locations. "The thought was people would take offense to the aggressive stance of dogs," said Mr. Stapleton, who in 1986 founded Michael Stapleton Associates, a security consulting firm.
That changed almost overnight on Sept. 11, 2001.
Dogs can now be found sniffing out everything from bed bugs to bombs.
But it was not until more recently, experts said, that dogs started to be used on raids like the one in upstate New York.
The F.B.I. said that Ape had just started working on active duty on Feb. 25 after "successfully completing a demanding tactical training course."
"He will be missed by his F.B.I. family," the agency said.


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"The implementation of the DRS system would be economically unfavourable," says Rosa Colomé
The ARIADNA Project analyses the environmental, economic, and social sustainability of the implementation of a mandatory DRS in Spain and Catalonia.
Rosa Colomé, director of the Careers Advisory Service at ESCI-UPF and researcher at RISE, is responsible for the coordination of the economic analysis.
Researchers at the Research in International Studies and Economics (RISE) research group ESCI-UPF have participated in the ARIADNA study, devoted to analyse the environmental, economic, and social sustainability of the implementation of a mandatory Deposit and Return System (DRS – in Spanish SDDR) in Spain and Catalonia. "This is the most comprehensive sustainability study on DRS carried out to date in Europe, with respect to the three areas of analysis, economic, social and environmental, and from the aspect of materials and products," explains Rosa Colomé, director of the Careers Advisory Service at ESCI-UPF and responsible for the coordination of the economic analysis of the study. Joan Ribas and Mercè Roca i Puigvert, academic coordinator at ESCI-UPF and members of RISE, have also taken part in the economic study.
The project has involved the participation of a tracking committee composed of more than 30 entities and organisations representing the parties involved in managing waste, and it has been subjected to a critical review by a panel of nine independent experts; concluding that "the implementation of this model would be economically unfavourable." In Catalonia, the cost to manage containers subject to the DRS would be 10 times higher and in Spain the cost would be 11 times higher.
"The relevance of the study is due to the costs that are reflected in it, as well as the economic, environmental and social implications of the implementation of this system," says Colomé. For this reason, the researchers have submitted the full report of the project for public comment through a web form.
Economic Analysis
The ARIADNA study compares the costs of the current system (EPR) against the hypothetical introduction of a combined DRS+EPR system, performed through the Net Cost accounting methodology. The DRS would affect containers for water, soft drink, juice, beer, wine, sparkling wine and spirits made from PET, HDPE, steel, aluminium, carton for beverages and glass, with a capacity smaller than 3 litres. A deposit of 10 cents would be applied to each container and researchers have assumed a return rate of 90%. The containers not subject to the DRS would be managed by EPR.
"First, we have analysed how much the current ERP system costs, based on the data collected and audited by Ecoembes and Ecovidirio, as well as information from the Federación Española de Municipios y Provincias (FEMP), among other sources. We aimed at understanding the system costs, disaggregate them by materials and activities, analyse these costs and, finally, determine the net cost of this system," explains Joan Ribas, responsible for the analysis of the current system. "Thus, we can determine what part of the ERP costs would be maintained or would change with the hypothetical introduction of a combined DRS+EPR system," he adds.
Designing a new system
In the case of the DRS, the study has implied the design of a new system, according to the commercial structure and the Spanish consumer, and all the processes linked to it, taking into account the human and material resources necessary to carry them out. "Having identified all the processes and their associated cost, we can identify the source of the cost. Depending on the type of machinery (large or small machines) that each establishment would use or if manual management would be done, we can identify what cost would have to manage a package in each one of the establishments," explains the coordinator of the study that takes into account, for the first time, the Horeca channel (hotels, restaurants and catering).
The study identifies the net cost of 18 different cost models, regarding the different commercial and collection formats, selected among the 50 possible ones drawn up in accordance with the representative organizations and organizations. "In the case of Spain, with a commercial structure of small establishments, a very high percentage of sale points would opt for manual management," highlights Colomé. Comparing the models, can be seen how the hypermarket model with a large volume machine is much cheaper (in terms of cost per managed unit) than a bar with manual management. "This demonstrates that establishing a stable and unique compensation for all establishments would be a mistake," according to the researcher.
The cost analysis carried out, concludes that the implementation of this model would be economically unfavorable. "The results are coherent from the economic point of view because we are duplicating a system," says Colomé. "This new parallel system would entail more manual management in the commercial structure of Spain than in any other country and that implies more cost, because it is more inefficient."
With respect to the current ERP, "according to the FEMP, the majority of waste collection on the street could not be easily dismantled even if less waste was managed, because a large part of this infrastructure depends on municipal criteria for citizen service and public health. It is a fixed cost and, therefore, the cost of the ERP per collection unit would be very expensive," concludes Ribas. "You can not greatly reduce the costs, even if you reduce waste."
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For more than a year and a half, researchers have worked together with the UNESCO Chair in Life Cycle and Climate Change ESCI-UPF, responsible for environmental analysis, and the MANGO Chair for Corporate Social Responsibility ESCI-UPF, responsible for social analysis. "This is the first project that allows us to do a sustainability project by working together in a multi-criteria analysis," says Colomé.
Researchers are now focusing on how the country's commercial structure affects the results, and the associated costs, of implementing a SDR system, and explaining the ARIADNA study method to apply it to other contexts and materials or products.


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Cuban dissident Antúnez says women, blacks, provincial residents joining movementby Juan O. Tamayo
El Nuevo Herald
Cuba's dissident movement has been growing with the increased involvement of women, blacks and provincial residents, the opposition activist known as Antúnez said Wednesday during his first public appearance in Miami.
Jorge Luís García Pérez also said that although President Barack Obama's decision to lift almost all restrictions on Cuban-American travel and remittances to the island was well-intentioned, his administration also "broke a tradition of solidarity" with dissidents.
Cubans separated by decades of animosity have been able to see each other again, but "that's not helped at all" to improve political conditions on the island, García said in a lengthy interview with El Nuevo Herald and The Miami Herald.
The 48-year-old García, regarded as one of Cuba's more combative dissidents and best known as Antúnez, spent 17 years in prison after shouting anti-government slogans during a speech by then-Defense Minister Raúl Castro in 1990.
He landed in Miami on Sunday on his first-ever trip abroad even though he has had a U.S. visitors visa for the past six or seven years. The Cuban government previously told him that he could leave the island only if he agreed to stay out, he said.
García was the latest of the many dissidents allowed to travel abroad after Havana eased its migration restrictions in January. They include Guillermo Fariñas and Antonio Rodiles, blogger Yoani Sánchez and Ladies in White leader Berta Soler.
While Cuba's dissident groups were traditionally led by older intellectuals, García said, they have been growing in recent years with the addition of blacks like himself, women like the Ladies in White and people who live outside of Havana.
The most aggressive resistance is currently in the provinces, he added, because people there know and trust each other while residents of Havana barely know their next-door neighbors. García lives in Placetas, a municipality of 50,000 people in central Cuba.
Proof of the growing resistance is in the number of anti-government signs that appear at sunrise, he told the newspapers, the rising rate of abstentions in elections and the complaints increasingly voiced by usually ultra-loyal military officers.
Castro, who succeeded ailing brother Fidel in 2006, has replied with increased harassments, threats and detentions after which activists are usually released in isolated rural roads, García said.
Like most Cuban dissidents, García also dismissed the economic reforms pushed by Castro for the past five years as an attempt to make only the minimum changes required to ensure the survival of the island's communist political and economic system.
Although the reforms have brought about "some slight improvements in some sectors of the population," García added, overall "the people see no improvement at all. The people see fraud."
"The people want bread, but also freedom," he said, adding that the opposition movement "will not settle for little changes."
García also declared that the hierarchy of Cuba's Catholic Church has been insensitive to the work of the dissident groups and that Cardinal Jaime Ortega, the archbishop of Havana, "does not enjoy credibility" among Cubans.
As for the foreign journalists based in Havana, he said that dissidents regularly send them news releases, photos and videos but they seldom publish the information. Cuba has expelled several foreign journalists whose coverage they deemed too negative.
Reporters in Havana are either "insensitive to the pain" of the opposition "or in clear complicity" with the government, he added.
García, who helped found the National Movement for Civic Resistance Pedro Luis Boitel, and his wife, Yris Tamara Pérez Aguilera, an activist in the Rosa Parks Movement for Civil Rights, plan to stay outside Cuba for about two months.
They are scheduled to meet Friday in Miami with Reps. Ileana Ros-Lehtinen and Mario Diaz-Balart and former Rep. Lincoln Diaz-Balart, all Miami Republicans. It is not yet known if they will travel to Washington or other countries to speak about Cuba.
García said he had the impression that people outside the island sometimes view the allegations of human rights and other abuses reported by dissidents as likely exaggerations, although dissidents most often don't report all they suffer.
Government agents once attacked his wife and other women dissidents with machetes, he said. And he added that a prison guard once threw a rope into his cell and said, "Look, black guy. So you can hang yourself."


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