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With recent advances in radio-frequency identification (RFID) technology, sensor networks, and enhanced Web services, the original World Wide Web is continuing its evolution into what is being called the Web of Things and Services. Such a Web will support an ultimately interactive environment where everyday physical objects such as buildings, sidewalks, and commodities become recognizable, addressable, and even controllable via a mostly ubiquitous Web. This integration of the physical and virtual worlds will fundamentally impact the way we live and in doing so afford tremendous new business opportunities with great human benefit, such as support services to keep the elderly independent, and intelligent traffic management that will cut wasted hours from every day. More efficient supply chains, improved environmental monitoring, better access to health services … the list is endless.
Enabling Context-Aware Web Services: Methods, Architectures, and Technologies compiles the newest developments and advances driving this new age forward. With contributions from leading researchers across the world this pioneering work bridges the gap between context-awareness and Web services. A comprehensive presentation of what's already accomplished and what is possible, the chapters of this book are systematically organized into three major sections:
Researchers, engineers, entrepreneurs, and educators across any number of fields will find new ideas worth considering, jumping-off points for developing improved software and applications, and seeds for business ventures that efficiently deliver needed products, information, or services. The possibilities are as limitless as we dare to imagine.
I Methodology
1 Context-Aware Web Service Development: Methodologies and Approaches, Georgia M. Kapitsaki, George N. Prezerakos, and Nikolaos D. Tselikas
Exploiting Programming Languages Extensions
Model-Driven Development
Approaches Based on Semantic Technologies
Summary, Jian Yu, Quan Z. Sheng, Kewen Liao, and Hoi S. Wong
2 Model-Driven Development of Context-Aware Web Services
ContextServ Platform
Discussion and Conclusion, Carlos Parra, Xavier Blanc, Laurence Duchien, Nicolas Pessemier, Rafael Leaño, Chantal Taconet and Zakia Kazi-Aoul
3 Dynamic Software Product Lines for Context-Aware Web Services
Motivating Scenario and Challenges
CAPucine: Context-Aware Service-Oriented Product Line
CAPucine Validation
Related Work
Conclusion, Claus Pahl, Kosala Yapa Bandara and MingXue Wang
4 Context Constraint Integration and Validation
Dynamic Service Composition
Context Ontology for Service Composition
Constraint Integration
Fault Tolerance and Remedial Strategies
Architecture and Core Components
Instrumentation Template for Violation Handling
Discussion of Related Work, Trends, and Challenges
Conclusions, Daniel Romero, Romain Rouvoy, Sophie Chabridon, Denis Conan, Nicolas Pessemier, and Lionel Seinturier
II Architecture
5 Enabling Context-Aware Web Services: A Middleware Approach
Motivating Scenario
Principles and Background
CAPPUCINO: Enabling Context-Aware Adaptive Services
Illustrating Dynamic Context-aware Web Services with a Mobile
Commerce Scenario
On-demand Deployment
Related Works
Conclusion, Alejandro Cadenas, Antonio Sanchez-Esguevillas, and Belen Carro
6 Building Context-Aware Telco Operator Services
Operator Network Architectures
Web Services in Operator Networks
Context in Operator Networks
Deployment of Context Aware Services at Telco Layer
A Commercial Implementation Case
Conclusions, Katarzyna Wac, Pravin Pawar, Tom Broens, Bert-Jan van Beijnum, and Aart van Halteren
7 Using SOC in Development of Context-Aware Systems
Context and Context-Awareness
Service-Oriented Computing
Layered Model of Context-Aware Systems
Domain Model for Context-Awareness
Application of Domain Model in the Amigo System
Conclusive Remarks, Jian Zhu and Hung Keng Pung
8 A Pragmatic Approach to CAS Organization and Discovery
Related Work
System Framework Design
A Process Matching Scheme for Web Services
Conclusion & Future Work, Puay Siew Tan, Angela Eck Soong Goh, Stephen Siang-Guan Lee
9 A Context Model to Support B2B Collaboration
Foundation for the B2B Context Model
Proposed B2B Context Model
Application and Evaluation of the B2B Context Model
Conclusion , Stefan Wesner, Antonio Sanchez- Esguevillas, Victor Villagra, and Babak Farshchian
10 Context-Aware Mobile Grids
What Is in Context, and What Is Out: The Need for Adaptation
Service Grids in Mobile Environments
Adaptation Approaches
Conclusions and Future Work, Laurent-Walter Goix, Luca Lamorte, Paolo Falcarin, Carlos Baladron, Jian Yu, Isabel Ordas, Alvaro Martínez Reol, Ruben Trapero, Jose M. delAlamo, Michele Stecca, and Massimo Maresca
11 Leveraging Context-Awareness for Personalization
The OPUCE project
Modeling context information
Context Management Architecture
Adapting User Generated Services
Conclusion, Hong-Linh Truong and Schahram Dustdar
III Technology
12 Context Coupling Techniques
Fundamental Concepts
Context Coupling Techniques in Current Context-aware Web
Service Systems
A Case Study: Context Coupling in the inContext Project
Open Issues and Recommendations
Related Work and Further Reading
Conclusion, Stefan Dietze, Michael Mrissa, John Domingue, and Alessio Gugliotta
13 Context-Aware Semantic Web Service Discovery
Background and Motivation
Conceptual Situation Spaces for Semantic Web Services
A Conceptual Learning Situation Space
Fuzzy SWS Goal Discovery and Achievement at Runtime
Applying CSS to the E-Business Domain
Conclusions, Georgia M. Kapitsaki, Georgios V. Lioudakis, Dimitra I. Kaklamani, and Iakovos St. Venieris
14 Privacy Protection in Context-Aware Web Services
Privacy Regulations and Technical Requirements
Related Work
Privacy Context
Enforcement Framework
Combination with Context Adaptation Schemes
Conclusions, Carlos Pedrinaci, Pierre Grenon, Stefania Galizia, Alessio Gugliotta, and John Domingue
15 A Knowledge-Based Framework
Web Services Adaptation to Context: Overall approach
Context Modeling and Derivation
Context Recognition
Heuristic Classification
Context Recognition as Heuristic Classification
Web Service Adaptation
Conclusions, Theo Kanter, Stefan Forsstrom, Victor Kardeby, Jamie Walters, Patrik Osterberg, and Stefan Pettersson
16 Ubiquitous Mobile Awareness from Sensor Networks
Related Work
Enabling Ubiquitous Mobile Awareness
Distributed Context eXchange Protocol
Context Storage
Bluetooth Bridge to Wireless Sensor Networks
Ubiquitous Mobile Awareness Service
Conclusions and Future Work, Yazid Benazzouz, Philippe Beaune, Fano Ramaparany, and Olivier Boissier
17 Modeling and Storage of Context Data for Service Adaptation
Context definition
Role of context in service adaptation
Developing context-aware services
Context data modeling
Context data storage
Context recognition
Software infrastructure for service adaptation
A Summary example for our approach
Conclusion, Chii Chang, Sea Ling, and Shonali Krishnaswamy
18 Research Challenges in Mobile Web Services
Enabling Mobile Web Services: State of the Art
Research Challenges
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On October 14–16, 2016, representatives from over 800 organizations representing 30 nations convened at The Hague, Netherlands for The Monsanto Tribunal.
This international civil society gathering shared testimonies from farmers, families, scientists, business owners, and global organizations that shed light on the global impacts of Monsanto's introduction of genetically engineered, corporate-patented agriculture.
The goal of the Tribunal was to identify the necessary actions for a future that safeguards the rights of small farmers to choose, save, and exchange seed, safeguards the rights of consumers to self-determine their food, safeguards the rights of workers in the agricultural sector, all while preserving our global ecology and the environment.
Eminent judges heard testimonies from victims, and are currently working on developing an advisory opinion following procedures of the International Court of Justice.
Rachel Parent, Canada's 17-year-old environmental youth activist and founder of Kids Right to Know, was asked to speak and participate in a distinct and parallel event called People's Assembly, held in tandem with the Tribunal.
This event represented an unprecedented gathering of social movements from all over the world that exchanged ideas and planned for the future we want.
Rachel's background as a strong mandatory GMO labeling advocate, along with her ongoing involvement with world leaders in the food safety movement, including Dr. Gilles-Eric Séralini, Dr. Vandana Shiva, Jeffery Smith of the Institute of Responsible Technology, and Dr. Jane Goodall, provide valuable perspective throughout the event.
Judge Tulkens Closing speech from Monsanto Tribunal on Vimeo.
Following the procedures of the International Court of Justice, the judges are now thoroughly reviewing the evidence from legal briefs and witness testimonies to answer the six questions posed in the Tribunal's terms of reference. They anticipate presenting their legal advisory opinion no later than Spring 2017 that holds Monsanto morally, legally, and financially accountable.
"We will try to deliver the legal opinion before December 10th [2016], the International Day of human Rights. It will be addressed to Monsanto and to the United Nations. From this legal opinion, other jurisdictions can be involved and more judges will step in. We, as the judges [at the Monsanto Tribunal] have seen, heard, noted and deliberated. Chances are that the international law will take into consideration new issues such as the ones related to ecocide." – Judge Tulkens
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Although Monsanto was invited to the Tribunal, they decided not to appear. Instead, they issued a statement in 5 languages saying that that the Tribunal is 'pushing' the wrong issues, since the real discussion is about "feeding the world."
Unfortunately, Monsanto failed to realize that feeding the world in a safe way was exactly the topic of the Tribunal, and discussed at length by farmers, consumer movements, and their associated networks in the parallel People's Assembly.
Although Monsanto recently lost their battle for the acceptance of glyphosate (pesticide) in Europe, the corporation is currently planning a merger with Bayer that will result in one of the world's largest agrichemical companies, furthering Monsanto's dominance and control of global agriculture.


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Rosedale Village, an old-fashioned mercantile-style Shopping Center, is an inner-urban redevelopment project that initiated a surge of redevelopment along lower Burnet Road in Austin, Texas. Rosedale Village is a collection of locally owned, eclectic destinations and falls in the vibrant cosmopolitan heart of "Lo-Burn".
Local business owners on Burnet Road have dubbed the concentrated stretch of Burnet Road between 45th Street and North Loop Boulevard "Lo-Burn," a shortened name for Lower Burnet, to give the new IBIZ District a unique identity. The Austin Independent Business Alliance has designated the area the eighth independent Business Investment Zone (IBIZ) in Austin, Texas, and it is home to over 65 locally owned businesses housed in a mix of architecture ranging from the 1930's to the present.
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At SELF, we have editors who live the life, walk the walk and really try the workouts, foods, beauty trends and health advice in the mag. This blog is from one, Kirsten Saladino, whose body has been transformed, literally in a matter of weeks, by doing one of the workouts (the Tracy Anderson Method) we wrote about in SELF.
(The Method was also the impetus for Gwyneth Paltrow's amazing ab-baring cover story in our May issue.) I have to say, I am proud of Kristen, who did this with her best friend, who also lost several dress sizes (the two of them "rocked a bikini for the first time in years this past summer, together!" Kristen tells me). But it's also a testament to what we can do together, how we can spark each other and encourage one another to be our best selves, tap into our healthiest behavior, and help one another achieve our goals and dreams. The next guest blog will be from Lauren Theodore, who will tell you how she became a triathlete, sparked by yours truly. We could keep going, on how Lindsey Benoit lost three inches all over and went from a size 30 jean to a 27... It's happening all over the magazine! Next, your turn. If you have a success story to share of how SELF inspired you to be your best, please comment here or email me at email@example.com. Who knows? Maybe you'll end up in the magazine. I love these stories. YOUR stories, of how SELF helped you tap into YOUR best self. Thanks for sharing.
I have been a fitness enthusiast my whole life. I played field hockey in college and worked out in the gym all through my 20s and 30s. Once I had my daughter I gained some poundage and had a hard time taking it off. Going to the gym on my own just wasn't cutting it. I could feel my butt giggling behind me and comments like "it's OK, you're a Mom" annoyed me. Its not OK. I didn't like the way I FELT (I was tired all the time!) never mind the way my clothes were (or weren't) fitting.
I needed to take action!
I saw Tracy Anderson?s Metamorphosis DVDs in our fitness director's office. She told me to take them and give it a try. Meanwhile, the same week my best friend called me up and told me she had bought it. Coincidence?
We started the program together and checked in every day. We encouraged each other and gave each other pep talks. We even took pictures of ourselves every 10 days to document our progress.
The 30 minute cardio workouts were nonstop and I loved breaking a serious drippy sweat. The "muscular structure work" (distinct arm movements with weights and mat work) was just as challenging. After just 2 weeks my clothes were fitting better, I was sleeping better and I felt stronger.
Everyone asked me if the food program was difficult. My answer: NO! I was eating tons of fruits, veggies and protein. Before I started The Method there were days when I couldn't remember the last time I ate a vegetable! Now I craved them. The food was fueling my workouts and the pounds were dropping off. I had found the perfect program for me.
I completed the 90 day program and lost 21 pounds! Yahoo me!
I have now followed up with Tracy's "continuity program". Every three months she will send you a new cardio workout and 90 days of the "muscular structure work" on DVD. I'm now on day 121. Since the program is always changing I stay motivated and never get bored--a serious plus in my book.
My family, friends and work colleagues have been so supportive and amazing during the whole "Metamorphosis". It made the whole process that much easier. Instead of feeling like work it was actually fun!
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iTunes has been the king of digital music downloads for the past ten years, but the latest numbers show Amazon slowly gaining ground.
The NPD Group is out with its 4Q digital music downloads numbers and AmazonMP3 held 22 percent of the paid music market. While that's considerably lower than Apple's 63 percent market share, Amazon is certainly growing compared to 2011 (15 percent), 2010 (13 percent), 2009 (10 percent) and 2008 (seven percent).
Apple's 63 percent is also dipped from 2011, when the company had 68 percent of the digital music download market.
Amazon has been expanding its digital music offerings in recent months through its Cloud Player service, which allows users to listen to their personal music collections across various devices.
Amazon is also in informal talks with several music companies about launching a new subscription service, which would provide new competition for the likes of Pandora, Rhapsody, Rdio and Spotify. Apple and Google also have been rumored to be dipping their toes deeper into online music services.
NPD found that 41 percent of those who stream music via platforms like Pandora and Spotify still think it's important to own music, and that actually, streaming music has caused many to buy more music than they would have previously.
NPD also noted that 44 million Americans bought at least one song or album last year, a number that's been stagnant for the past three years.
In February, Amazon brought its Cloud Player music service to vehicles equipped with Ford Sync AppLink, including new Mustangs, Fusions and F-150s.
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If you would like to read my thoughts on the first trailer, click here. Another movie off my list of most anticipated movies of 2016, for obvious reasons. This may not be the next episode but it's still Star Wars. The fact that it isn't an episode and has its own story just makes it even more fascinating. Being a Star Wars movie, it still has all the spectacle and all the usual excitement in which the series provides. For the few who don't know, the story here is about a group of rebels, led by a woman named Jyn Erso (Felicity Jones), attempt to steal the plans for the Death Star in a prequel to the original trilogy. I'll just say that the end of the trailer took my breath away. The movie also stars Riz Ahmed, Mads Mikkelsen (who we still haven't seen), and Forest Whitaker. We now are just four months away from the release of Rogue One: A Star Wars Story on December 16th, 2016.
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In this paper, we present a comprehensive numerical study of the wavelength-dependence of transmission through sharp 90° bends in metallic slot waveguides with sub-wavelength localization and varying geometrical parameters. In particular, it is demonstrated that increasing the plasmon wavelength results in a significant increase (up to nearly 100%) of transmission through the bend, combined with a reduction in the mode asymmetry in the second arm of the bend. The mode asymmetry and its relaxation are explained by interference of the transmitted mode with non-propagating and leaky modes generated at the bend. Comparison with the two-dimensional case of a metal-dielectric-metal waveguide is also conducted, showing significant differences for the slot waveguides based on the presence of different non-propagating and leaky modes.
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Do you ever feel like pillows in your home are arranged too messy or too neat? Do you ever wish you knew how to improve your style of pillows? We can help you determine your best options for pillow arrangements. Certain arrangements pertain to specific rooms or lifestyles. For example, if your home has a busy atmosphere, the style of pillow arrangements should be kept simple to balance out the accents of each room. In order to determine the best options for your living room, bedroom, accents, and lifestyle, we will now give you tips to make this process easier for you and your family.
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Choosing the best pillow arrangement for your living room largely depends on the furniture you currently have. If your pieces are a solid color and feature simple design, then you have flexibility when it comes to styling your pillows. Below will give you a few tips that will be helpful for finishing your living area.
- Don't match your pillows with your sofa. This might seem like an obvious suggestion but the same color combination for your sofa and pillows leaves your living room with a dull finish.
- Complement your living room. If the color of your living room enhances your furniture, then adding accent pillows of that color will leave this area with a complete look. In addition, our very own interior decorator Maria D. Hernandez suggests using light colored pillows to offset a sofa with more detail, such as one with tufted accents or intricate design. This gives your living room a complete look that is not too overwhelming. In the photo below, the Battista Sofa is shown before and after to portray the difference between having no accent pillows and adding light colored accent pillows.
- Use odd numbers. Regardless of what furniture you have, adding an odd number of accent pillows always looks more consistent than an even number.
- Don't overdo it. When you think about your guests visiting, do you picture them having to take off an abundance of pillows from your furniture just to sit down and get comfortable? I didn't think so. Stick to comfortable accent pillows that do not overtake your pieces of furniture.
- Choose pillows with color or design. When you have a simple sofa, you need pillows that complement your living room with a relaxing touch. Hernandez suggests that when you have a neutral colored sofa such as white or gray, you should use pillows with bright colors or texture to add variety to your living room. This could be a white sofa with yellow or blue accent pillows. Or it could be a gray sofa with accent pillows that have a bright, textured design. In the photo below, you can see the before and after of the Bay Harbor Light Gray Leather Power Reclining Sectional w/Sleeper. Without any pillows, this sofa looks unfinished, but once bright colored pillows and textured pillows are added, the atmosphere of the living area is upbeat and vibrant.
Bedrooms have a bit of flexibility for styling your pillows. You can use as little or as many pillows as you want.
- Rolled pillow. According to a blog from Homegoods, using one rolled pillow in the back or front of your pillow arrangement can add a diverse shape to your style.
- Two accent pillows. Simply lay down your standard pillows and add two accent pillows in the front by standing them up. This is best for your bedroom if you do not want a thorough arrangement. In the photo below, you can see the Syndy Queen Platform Bed with just two accent pillows for a soft touch.
- Neat finish. This arrangement is two standard pillows laid down, with two Euro pillows in the front standing while two accent pillows lean on these pillows for a simple finish. In the photo below, there is a before and after of the Montreal White Queen Leather Bed where you can see a significant difference once the bed is enhanced with two standard pillows down, two Euro pillows, and two accent pillows.
- Never-fail pillow combination. For a combination of pillows that leave your bedroom with a solid but not excessive look, this arrangement is perfect for you. Start with three Euro pillows in the back, two standard pillows standing, and then one small accent pillow in the front.
Accent Pieces
Accent pieces are always a great addition to your living room or bedroom. They have the ability to accentuate the design of the furniture pieces you already have. In this case, we will explain how adding one pillow to an accent piece makes a difference.
- Accent chairs are utilized to enhance your bedroom or living area. In order to keep this piece from looking empty, add one pillow. Depending on the style of your accent chair, this accent pillow can be a solid color or a textured pattern. In addition, adding a pillow provides comfortability for your family or guests who decide to sit there. In the gif below, you can see the Lyonne Accent Chair with one pillow in a couple of textures to showcase a complete look.
- Once you have your accent chair set up with one pillow, you can use the primary color of this piece to add accessories to your living room or bedroom. Using the same color creates a comprehensive finish.
Here we will introduce how your lifestyle can be synonymous with the way you style your pillows in your bedroom.
- If you have a busy lifestyle and want your bedroom style to match this, you can simply use standard pillows and then include Euro pillows or accent pillows in the front that are either stacked or tossed.
- If you are sticking to a simple lifestyle, you would most likely have your pillows in standard cases, with just one accent pillow leaning on each pillow. In this photo, the Playlist Queen Storage Bed is seen with two accent pillows that contribute to a clean, minimalist look.
- Whether you have a relaxed or busy lifestyle, this style of pillows works for you if you want a neat, detailed look in your bedroom. Of course, you have your standard pillows to start and then you can begin adding as many pillows as you want. You can place these pillows in any way you find fitting.
In essence, styling your pillows can be a challenge for your home. This being said, our tips for your living room, bedroom, accent pieces, and lifestyle should certainly help you define your pillow arrangements. For example, if your furniture in your living room is a solid neutral color, you have the ability to use a variety of accent pillows.
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We wish you the best of luck! Let us know what you think of our ideas by commenting below! Share your picture with us on Instagram by tagging us @eldoradofl
About Maria D. Hernandez:
Maria received her architecture degree in Cuba and has worked at El Dorado Furniture for two years. Maria's favorite part of working with furniture is the open space concept, where living and dining areas achieve a beautiful balance. She always creates a balance of design concepts for each customer, so they are happy with her work. Her favorite style is neutral coastal design that is enhanced by adding eclectic pieces.


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- A city manager
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- Daivd Creps, Finance Director, Perrysburg
- Timothy DeGeeter, Mayor, Parma
- Lisa Eliason, Law Director, Athens
- G. David Gillock, Mayor, North Ridgeville
- Frank G. Jackson, Mayor, Cleveland
- Eric Keckler, Mayor, Fostoria
- Katrina Keith, Mayor, Ironton
- Belinda Kenley, Councilmember, Centerville
- Chris Kerby, Fiscal Officer, S. Zanesville
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- Patrick Titterington, Safety/Service Director, Troy
- Brad Townsend, City Manager, West Carrollton
- Priscilla R. Tyson, Councilmember, Columbus
- Lyle Waddell, Mayor, Newton Falls
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Name: Alex
Age: 31
Occupation: Entrepreneur, Coffee Shop Owner
Hometown: Carrollton, Texas
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I was born and raised right here in North Texas. Ever since I was young, I have always wanted to open my own business. After graduating from UNT Dallas, I put my business degree to good use and raised enough capital to open my very own coffee shop in a hip new neighborhood downtown.
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I know that I chose the right location for Alex's Coffee. I can hardly keep up with the morning crowds, and with the new apartment buildings opening up every day, we have a bustling night business as well. Luckily, I've hired some great staff to help. Although, I don't ride DART personally (I bike to work!) my employees depend on it. I've decided to recruit part-time help from my Alma Mater and pass on some of what I've learned about entrepreneurship to the next generation. As college students, it's easy for them to hop on the Blue Line and be here in a snap. Without them and DART, I wouldn't be able to caffeinate the hundreds of North Texans Alex's Coffee serves every day!
Check out our latest animated video featuring Alex and a few others living and working in North Texas:


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In 2009, actors Hugh Jackman and his wife, Deborra-lee Furness, traveled to Ethiopia as ambassadors for World Vision Australia, one of the world's largest humanitarian aid organizations. As longtime donors, the Jackmans wanted to visit a World Vision community development project to see how rural communities were being empowered to eradicate poverty.
While in the Yirgacheffe region, Hugh met a 27 year-old coffee farmer named Dukale, working to lift his family out of poverty. Spending time on Dukale's farm, Hugh learned first-hand about the value of fair trade coffee and clean cookstove technology. By utilizing shade grown farming practices and limiting reliance on fossil fuels, Dukale was able to create a bio-farm with a zero carbon footprint and resounding health implications for his family. Additionally, his wife, Adanesh, who traditionally collected firewood for the family's energy needs, now had time to focus on other income generating opportunities while their children pursued an education.
As a gesture of their new friendship, Dukale invited Hugh to plant some coffee seedlings on his farm -- Hugh accepted and named two trees after his own children, Oscar and Ava. Hugh was so inspired by his experience with Dukale, that he made a promise to advocate on behalf of farmers in developing countries and pledged to only drink fair trade coffee. At the end of his trip, Hugh visited the Ethiopia Commodity Exchange in Addis Ababa to see how coffee is traded on the global market. While watching the coffee prices fluctuate, Hugh found himself rooting for the prices to go up in order to benefit hard working coffee farmers.
Upon his return home to New York City, Hugh was invited to speak at United Nations Climate Week where he made an impassioned plea to world leaders to provide support for farmers like Dukale in developing countries. However, after his UN speech, Hugh still felt that there was more he could do and began talking to people in his neighborhood and at local coffee shops about the impact of fair trade coffee on the environment and the lives of the growers. He came to understand that something as simple as a cup of coffee had the potential to reduce global poverty through the choices consumers made in the United States. After sharing his newfound insights and experiences in Ethiopia with a friend in the restaurant business, Hugh decided the best way for him to have a direct impact on poverty reduction was to start a coffee company in order to trade directly with the growers. In 2011, Hugh launched Laughing Man Coffee & Tea to provide a marketplace for farmers like Dukale to sell their goods to consumers across the U.S.
Years later, the coffee trees Hugh and Dukale planted started to bear fruit. Dukale increased production on his farm, hired more local workers, and re-invested his profits to purchase additional land. Adanesh now runs a successful cafe in their village and their eldest child, Elias, is on track to become the first family member to graduate high school. Hugh's coffee company, Laughing Man, recently partnered with one of the world's largest purchasers of fair trade coffee to distribute their products all over the world. As part of his ongoing commitment, Hugh contributes 100% of his profits to the Laughing Man Foundation, which he created to support educational programs, community development and social entrepreneurs around the world.
Dukale is a coffee farmer from the Kochore district of Southern Ethiopia. He and his wife Adanesh have five children. Although Dukale never went to school, he is determined that all of his children receive an education. Dukale has become a model for other farmers within his community, training others in farming techniques and business management. He is part of the Sigiga Cooperative within the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union.
Adanesh is married to Dukale. She runs a tea shop next to their house. She is also a member of World Vision's Women's Savings Group, focusing on financial savings, poultry farming and vegetable growing. The nutrition and health of her five children has improved from the eggs, vegetables and milk the family farm now produces.
Jeffrey D. Sachs is a world-renowned professor of economics, leader in sustainable development, senior UN advisor, bestselling author, and syndicated columnist whose monthly newspaper columns appear in more than 100 countries. He has twice been named among Time Magazine's "100 most influential world leaders". Professor Sachs serves as the Director of The Earth Institute, Quetelet Professor of Sustainable Development, and Professor of Health Policy and Management at Columbia University. He is Special Advisor to United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon on the Millennium Development Goals and has authored three New York Times bestsellers including THE END OF POVERTY (2005). A native of Detroit, Michigan, Sachs received his B.A., M.A., and Ph.D. degrees at Harvard.
Tekele Mammo is the General Manager of the Yirgacheffe Coffee Farmers Cooperative Union (YCFCU). He leads a group of 23 cooperatives across Southern Ethiopia, representing 44,000 farmers. Tekele's priority is to maximise the return to these farmers from the sale of their crops, improving living standards for a further 300,000 people from their families across the region. During his time at YCFCU, Takele has worked with various cooperatives to be certified as both Fair Trade and Organic.
Hugh Jackman is an Academy Award® nominated, Golden Globe and Tony Award winning actor. From his turn on Broadway as the 1970's singer/songwriter Peter Allen, to his metal claw-wielding Wolverine in the X-MEN franchise, Jackman has proven to be one of the most versatile actors of our time. In addition to his acting work, Hugh serves as an ambassador for World Vision Australia. In 1999, he traveled to Ethiopia to visit a community development project and met a young coffee farmer named Dukale, working to lift his family out of poverty. Inspired by Dukale's story, Jackman launched Laughing Man Coffee in 2011 to provide a marketplace for farmers in developing countries to sell their goods to consumers in the U.S. As part of his ongoing commitment, Hugh contributes 100% of his profits to the Laughing Man Foundation, which he created to support educational programs, community development and social entrepreneurs around the world.
Deborra-lee Furness is an internationally acclaimed actress and passionate advocate for vulnerable children. She has appeared in many movies and worked extensively in television and on stage. A graduate of the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in New York, Furness has won many awards including Best Actress from the highly regarded Film Critics Circle of Australia. Her humanitarian work for children is a driving force in her life. She founded National Adoption Awareness Week and Adopt Change in Australia, and is also on the advisory committee for the Global Poverty Project. In 2013, Deborra-lee was given the prestigious Angel in Adoption award by the Congressional Coalition on Adoption in Washington, DC. The Harlem Village Academies also honored Furness for her philanthropy work in 2012 and she received the International Humanitarian Award by Mentors International in 2014. Deborra-lee was recently named NSW Australian of the Year for 2015.
Tim Costello is one of Australia's most recognized voices on social justice, leadership and ethics. Since 2004, as CEO of World Vision Australia, Tim has been instrumental in ensuring that issues surrounding global poverty are placed on the national agenda. Prior to joining World Vision, Costello served as Minister at the Collins Street Baptist Church in Melbourne, and as Executive Director of Urban Seed, a Christian not-for-profit outreach service for the urban poor. Tim studied law and education at Monash University, followed by theology at the International Baptist Seminary in Switzerland. He also received a Masters Degree in Theology from the Melbourne College of Divinity and also holds an Honorary Doctorate from the Australian Catholic University. His most recent book, HOPE, was published in 2012.
Assefa Tofu is a Climate Change & Carbon Market Specialist at World Vision in Ethiopia. Assefa is the carbon projects manager inspecting the naturally regenerated forest at the Humbo carbon project site in Ethiopia. He has a background in agriculture and natural resource research and development, and is convinced that environmental issues, climate change in particular, is the root cause of poverty in Ethiopia. Tofu has served as part of the official Ethiopian government delegation at the Copenhagen climate change talks and has shared his Humbo knowledge and experience in workshops in Kenya, Tanzania, Senegal and Malawi. He has also met with groups of Ethiopian pastors to discuss climate change and our stewardship of the earth.
Jesse Scolaro founded The 7th Floor production company in 2000 and has produced 25 feature films. His first film, MANITO, won a Special Jury Prize at the 2002 Sundance Film Festival, the American Express Emerging Filmmaker Award at TriBeCa, the Grand Jury Prize at SXSW, the Open Palm Award at the Gothams, and 3 Independent Spirit Award nominations including Producer to Watch. Jesse's latest films include REVENGE OF THE GREEN DRAGONS executive produced by Martin Scorsese, and DUKALE'S DREAM featuring Hugh Jackman. Jesse has been a guest film lecturer at NYU, Columbia University, School of Visual Arts, and NY Film Academy at Princeton. He earned his BFA from the Film Conservatory at State University of New York, Purchase College in 1997.
Schuyler is an independent film producer and the co-founder of New York production company Tandem Pictures. In 2014, Tandem Pictures premiered the feature film THE SLEEPWALKER in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance, and later released the film with IFC. Another Tandem picture, WILDLIKE, premiered in 2014 at the Hamptons International Film Festival, while a third is currently in post-production. Prior to founding Tandem Pictures in 2010, Schuyler worked for five years in Sydney, Australia with filmmaker Baz Luhrmann (MOULIN ROUGE!, THE GREAT GATSBY) on all aspects of development, production, post-production and marketing of his films, even co-writing a song with Luhrmann and Elton John.
David Steingard is the co-founder and CEO of Laughing Man Coffee and Director of the Laughing Man Foundation. He left his work as a criminal prosecutor in Brooklyn to start Laughing Man Coffee with actor Hugh Jackman. They share the vision that business can be a vehicle for positive change and Laughing Man Coffee is a model. David was CEO of Creative Exposure, a small business marketing firm, and CEO of CompuTech Edge,a technology company for public schools. He hopes this film and the story of Dukale will inspire others.
Josh Rothstein is a filmmaker and photographer. His past work includes photographing some of music industries top artists including Steven Tyler, John Legend and P Diddy. Commercial directing projects include campaigns for Puma, Samsung, Heineken, and Mastercard. Josh worked with Baz Luhrmann to document Leonardo DiCaprio and Tobey Maguire as they prepared for THE GREAT GATSBY. Rothstein has directed several projects with actor Hugh Jackman including a PSA for Haiti, a featurette of Jackman preparing to host the Oscars, and a promo of THE WOLVERINE for HBO's First Look series. Josh's feature documentary work includes 3 POINTS, about the plight of Darfur refugees, and DUKALE'S DREAM, the inspirational story behind Hugh Jackman's coffee company.
Julie is an independent film producer and the co-founder of New York production company Tandem Pictures. In 2014, Tandem Pictures premiered the feature film THE SLEEPWALKER in the U.S. Dramatic Competition at Sundance, and later released the film with IFC. Another Tandem picture, WILDLIKE, premiered in 2014 at the Hamptons International Film Festival, while a third is currently in post-production. Julie began her career as a production manager and line producer. In 2009, she Executive Produced MONOGAMY, which won best NY Narrative at the 2010 Tribeca Film Festival. Prior to starting Tandem Pictures in 2010, she was the Executive Vice President of Production and Development at Renart Films.
Dale Amtsberg is the Manager of Events & Ambassador Programs at World Vision Australia. He has been working with World Vision since 2011 and has worked on programs in Asia, Africa, South America and the Middle East. Prior to joining World Vision, Dale worked in politics and film, working with Warner Bros. and Village Roadshow. He was an Associate Producer on the Scott Hicks' documentary on Phillip Glass, GLASS: A PORTRAIT OF PHILLIP IN 12 PARTS, which debuted at the Toronto International Film Festival in 2007.
Melanie Miller is a producer and co-founder of Fishbowl Films. She has over two decades of experience in the film industry as an acquisitions & marketing executive, casting associate, festival programmer, music supervisor and producer. Recently, Melanie was the Vice President of Acquisitions and Marketing at Gravitas Ventures, where she played an integral role in the growth of the new paradigm for film distribution. Prior to Gravitas, Melanie was the Artistic Director of the Jackson Hole Film Institute.
Raphael Rice is a commercial and feature film editor. His former career in social services is his secret weapon that guides his balance of lofty artistic goals and rewarding collaborations with directors and producers. Recent career highlights include a Usain Bolt video for Puma which got over 100,000 hits in one hour, and cutting the feature length documentary, DUKALE'S DREAM.
Eric Freidenberg is a commercial and film editor. His commercial credits include spots for Toyota, AT&T, AMC, Snickers, and Dodge. He has also edited numerous featurettes and branded content spots for Nissan, IBM, HBO, Funny or Die, Lady Gaga, and USA Networks. Eric edited the feature length documentary, DUKALE'S DREAM, featuring Hugh Jackman.
Kelly DeVine is an Impact Producer and Artistic Director of the Global Peace Film Festival since 2006 where she curates films with local, national, and international groups, creating a community-centered hub that educates and inspires, while providing the resources to citizens to become agents of change. She has consulted on impact campaigns for award-winning documentaries including BULLY, HOW TO SURVIVE A PLAGUE, REVOLUTIONARY OPTIMISTS, among others. Kelly has consulted for FilmBuff and the Tribeca Film Institute, and was a key member of IFC TV's acquisitions team for nearly eight years.
Jordon Rothstein is a composer, singer, songwriter from the band Mascot's Distance, an Alternative-Jazz-Folk-Pop band.. His song,"Hey Girl," performed by John Legend has received over 3/4 of a Million views on YouTube. Jordon scored the music for his brother Josh's previous feature length documentary, "3 Points", about the plight of Darfur refugees. Jordon has been featured in Time Out New York and worked with a lot of talented people over the past few years, including artists such as Taye Diggs, Dan the Automator, Allie Moss(of the Ingrid Michaelson band), Russell Simins (of Jon Spencer Blues Explosion), Ian Gillan (of Deep Purple), and actors Karen Allen and Brittany Murphy.


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An overdose of a powder caffeine has killed a high school prom king after the substance caused an irregular heartbeat and seizures. Logan Stiner, 18, of LaGrange, Ohio had toxic levels of caffeine in his body, his autopsy showed. The teen was found dead by his brother at home, according to AZ Central on July 1.
Stiner was due to graduate with his class in a few days, but instead he was found dead after consuming a toxic dose of the caffeine powder, which was found close by his body. This potent and deadly powder is not sold in stores, but it is available online, according to Time Magazine today.
Steven Evans, the Lorain County Coroner, said this powder is such a powerful substance that just a tiny fraction of a teaspoon has the caffeine equivalent of one can of a high-powered energy drink like Red Bull. While the white powder was found near his body, no one knows just how much he ingested to cause him to die so quickly.
Logan had come home from school at lunch time and apparently made a drink containing this powder. It is not known where the teen got the powdered caffeine from, but it is sold online.
The caffeine powder has been responsible for a few deaths in recent years. Because it is powder, people don't realize that it is very potent and just a little bit can be too much on the body.
One level teaspoon of the powder contains up to 1,600 milligrams of caffeine. This would be the same amount of caffeine you would ingest after drinking 70 cans of Red Bull. An energy drink typically contains about 280 milligrams of caffeine and a 12-ounce cup of Starbucks' coffee contains about 260 milligrams in comparison to what a teaspoon of this powder offers.
The package that the powdered caffeine comes in suggests using a micro-scale to measure a "safe amount." This product is sold by various companies and it comes with the promise that it improves your focus and increases endurance. It also claims to elevate your mood.
These are the things kids turn to illegal drugs for. They want to feel good, alive and alert, much like cocaine might make you feel. While Logan died suddenly in May right before his graduation for high school, it wasn't until the autopsy came back with the results this week that his death became nationwide news.
His death should be seen in headlines across the country because more people, especially teens and their parents, really need to know the hidden danger in this product. The death of Logan should act as a wake-up call to just how easy it is to buy a substance online that is not sold in stores. If this drug isn't sold in stores in the U.S., it shouldn't be allowed to come into the country.
Update 7/2: "Fox and Friends" live on Wednesday morning reports that Logan Stiner died from caffeine toxicity after ingesting the caffeine in powder form. This death should act as a warning about this product. According to ABC Local News today, the coroner found that Stiner had a "lethal amount of caffeine in his system."
Stiner went home for lunch on May 27 and consumed the caffeine in powder form suffered from a cardiac arrhythmia which led to a seizure due to the high dosage of caffeine he ingested. His brother found him dead on the floor with the caffeine powder nearby his body.
The high school senior was in the top five of his class and he was due to graduate in a few days. Stiner's mother reported finding four bags of the powder caffeine in their home the day Logan died. Reports say that his mother knew that he took supplements while working out, but had no idea that was caffeine in a powder form.


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In the earlier blog "Human Being" we saw Burt Harding's view of human being as a mix of human and Being; Being, the real Self and human, the ego self associated with a particular body. This Being is defined in several ways by Burt. One of them is Oneness, which Isavasya Upanishad speaks of as Ekatvam (एकत्वम्). What it means is Being is the only real one and It only is and It is all the human beings individually including you and all things collectively including the universe and beyond. But by Itself It is no thing because It cannot be defined directly as concept or an object, but can only be referred to in paradoxes or indirectly with reference to something else. Whatever word by which It is referred to whether it is Oneness, Brahman, Consciousness etc., the words are only pointers to the one formless, nameless, indescribable, eternal, infinite Truth/Reality.
Scientifically speaking It is the unified field of infinite energy, with infinite intelligence, encompassing and transcending all the energy fields of the Universe and beyond and it is holographic. Being holographic in every bit there is the prototype of the whole. Every bit contains the miniature of the whole. Human, universe and Being are like the wave, ocean and water. Waves are of various sizes and exist for different durations, but they all rise and fall in the ocean that appears comparatively vast and eternal, but both waves and ocean are pervaded by water only, and water is the essence of waves and ocean. This we can reword as the oneness of waves with each other and with the ocean and all of their oneness with water.
The person who has realized internally the Oneness, as one's Self, is a spiritually wise person who is called jnani (ज्ञानिः), dheera (धीरः) panditha (पण्डितः) etc., in the Upanishads and Bhagavat Gita. The realized person is one who not only has this knowledge but lives it at all times and in all places. To such a person the knowledge does not desert him at any time, more so in crisis or when challenged. And only to this realized person there is no sense of separation, no fear, no anger, no sorrow, no jealousy, no hatred, no depression, but the fulfilled sense of complete peace and total bliss born of this sense of Oneness, always, as pointed out in verses 6 and 7 of Isavasyopanishad, which was quoted in the blog "Human Being".
A person may wonder how one can have the awareness of oneness of all, all the time and still function in the world as any transaction is possible only if you recognize some other thing or some other person beside yourself! Yes, all transactions in the world require something more than one person and the basis of all external transactions is me and the other. The spiritually realized person recognises the otherness in action, while remembering the Oneness in all in the mind and applies the knowledge of oneness of all and Oneness in all, in his reactions to events and persons. So criticism does not provoke him to counter-criticism or some such similar action nor complaints ruffle him. Because he sees Oneness in other selves as well, he rather looks upon his critics with compassion rather than anger. Since he does not take offence by any action or remark, forgiveness comes naturally to him; in fact he feels there is nothing to forgive. Let me illustrate it with an incident from the life of Sant Ekanath.
Sant Ekanath was a great devotee of Lord Panduranga of Pandharpur. He lived in a place called Paithan in Maharashtra. One day among a group of people who were gambling one called another a cheat and a quarrel started. As the quarrel heated up with more name-callings and abuses and a fight was about to break out, one onlooker intervened and asked them not to get angry and fight among themselves. Then one of the gamblers shouted back saying that he is no Ekanath to stay calm and not to get angry. Then the talk turned on Ekanath, and one of them wagered that he will bet the entire money he had then with him that he would make Ekanath get angry. The bet was accepted and the next day he waited for Ekanath and as he was returning from river Godavari after bath, spat upon him. Ekanath looked at him calmly, returned to the river, had his bath once again and came back. The person waited for him to return and spat on him a second time. Ekanath did not speak a word, turned back, bathed again and returned. This routine of being spat upon and taking bath was going on for some time, when the person got tired and next time he confronted Ekanath and asked "I spat upon you and made you take bath so many times. Why you are just accepting it and not getting angry with me even once?" Ekanath replied "I am taking bath to clean my body before performing Puja. If I were to get angry, my mind also would become dirty. While water can clean my body no amount of water can clean my mind. So I cannot afford to get angry". The person was moved and pleaded for forgiveness. Ekanath told him "What is there to forgive? I should really thank you for providing me an opportunity to bathe in the holy river so many times today which I have never done before". The person fell at his feet and from that day became a changed man and joined Ekanath in his satsanghs.
To forgive is human, but not to see the offence in the first place and so feel there is nothing to forgive is divine. And that is what a spiritually wise man is. This point is another one frequently made by Burt Harding in his satsanghs, quoting "A course in Miracles"


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The Knit and Natter group was established in the Autumn of 2014 for fellowship and to produce items for the church and for charities both local and international. We meet every first and third Thursday in the month in members' houses and are pleased to say that its a very active group, having already made an item for the Last Supper which was placed in the window by the pulpit (see below), the pattern for which was obtained from the web (a big thank you to revruth.wordpress.com). Since then we have moved the figures around to echo the story of the Ascension and Pentecost.
We also made a basket of daffodils and one of wild flowers for Easter Sunday.
Winter 2016:
It seems as if it was only yesterday that I was reporting on our activities and we were eagerly anticipating Christmas. In the resultant issue (Jan/Mar) we read in the Mother's Union report that amongst the requirements listed by various organisations were "fiddle blankets". After resorting to the internet we learned exactly what fiddle blankets were, and the various purposes they served – helping stroke, dementia and stress patients.
We were surprised how expensive these blankets are to purchase and the ladies decided to produce our own. To date, a selection have been very well received at Gwalia Tumble and the Bridgend Hospital Stroke Unit, with more in the pipeline.
We are now into Lent and looking forward to Easter. It is a pleasure to report that Marian Daniels is once more participating in our meetings. Indeed, the next one will be held at her home.
As ever, we meet on the first and third Thursday of each month from 2pm to 4pm, rotating between the members' homes. Everyone is welcome, whatever their skill level.
We take turns on a rota basis to act as 'host' and share ideas, materials and any practical help where required.
New members are very welcome whether you knit, crochet or have other craft skills. For more details, please contact Margaret Rees on 275479. Don't worry, if you need a lift, we can usually fit one or two more in!


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Strategic Objective:
To build a self-reliant economy aimed at eradicating poverty and ensuring prosperity, equity and sustainable development.
Policy Directives:
To eradicate an economy with a narrow capital, investment , production and taxation base by focusing on prospecting and harnessing minerals, oil and other resources that are sources of Sovereign National Wealth for public sector use in promoting infrastructural development, sustainable and timely loan repayment scheme, and the provision of social services, thus enabling the government to rationalise taxation by making it affordable and sustainable, while promoting capital formation from all sectors of the economy, public, private, cooperative and informal , to ensure a balanced and proportionate growth of the productive base of the economy to eradicate poverty and promote prosperity.
The Public sector will be an engine for safeguarding general prosperity and welfare by accumulating sovereign National wealth and mobilising sustainable loans to build infrastructure and provide social services. The Public Sector will mobilise Sovereign National Wealth from mining and other extracting industries; dividends from public enterprises and other public investments. Heavy minerals such as Illmenite, Rutile and Zircon have been found in the coastal strip of Bato Kunku, Sanyang and Kartong by Carnegie minerals before it ended its operations in The Gambia. There are also prospects for oil production and other minerals.
In the same vein, public enterprises had a turnover of 804 Million dalasis in 1998. They contributed 18 percent of GDP and paid 68 Million dalasis into government coffers which amounted to 10 percent of the National budget. In 1999, the turnover increased to 940 Million amounting to 20 percent of GDP. This sector contributed82 Million dalasis to the National budget in 1999 .However , in the 2014 budget Public enterprises contribution to Sovereign National Wealth by way of dividends is nil.
In 2014, the estimated expenditure was 10.2 Billion dalasis. Without any accumulation of sovereign National Wealth from minerals, oil or dividends from public enterprises, the bulk of the money must come from taxation which results in the reduction of the consumption capacities of the people and the scaling down investment capacity of private enterprises.
PDOIS intends to encourage the Private sector to be an engine for mobilising capital and foreign direct investment for productive private sector investment, so that it could complement the aim of promoting poverty eradication and the enhancement of general welfare through corporate responsibility.
In recent years, approximately 1.6 billion dollars, amounting to more than 64,000 Million dalasis is exchanged annually in the foreign exchange market in the Gambia, while exports in 2012 earned the country only 92.6 Million dollars, or 3680 Million Dalasis. The investment of the private sector in the productive base of the economy falls far short of the volume of money that is currently in circulation. The policy directive is to put an end to this trend and link private sector capital to private sector investment in the productive base of the economy.
The cooperative sector will be an engine for accumulating Cooperative finances for grassroots development.
In 2007 alone rice import to the Gambia amounted to 557million dalasis, tomato paste, 121 Million dalasis; onions, 18 million dalasis ; flour, 130 Million dalasis ; vegetable oil, 457 Million dalasis; fruits and vegetables, 57 Million dalasis; Milk and Milk products, 149 million dalasis. If agriculture is linked to processing by cottage or light scale industries, financed by cooperative financial institutions, a sum of over 1489 Million dalasis would have been put in the hands of Gambian producers in one year.
The Social Security and Housing Finance Corporation invested over 400 Million dalasis to purchase and refurbish Ocean Bay Hotel. Such sums of money should have been deposited in a Bank as shareholder, since only a sum of 200 Million dalasis is required to establish a bank. Such a Corporation in partnership with a bank could have provided the sum to a cooperative Marketing enterprise to purchase nuts at prices favourable to the farming community, and the loan could have been repaid within a year. Such marketing cooperatives could also enhance processing by purchasing value added produce from small scale producers and provide refrigeration and transportation to markets. This could have put billions in the hands of farmers.
The informal sector will be the means for promoting a multiplier effect of development to the sectors that are not reached by the formal sector.


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Why me? have today released the results of their research into Police and Crime Commissioner (PCC) provision of restorative justice.
The research focused on PCC expenditure and delivery. Why me? looked at what services have been commissioned and how accessible they are to victims, as well as trying to find out how much of the £23 million the Ministry of Justice allocated for PCC delivery of restorative justice over the three years from 2013 had been used.
Jon Collins, the RJC's chief executive, gave oral evidence to a Justice Select Committee hearing in Westminster this morning. The hearing was part of the select committee's inquiry into restorative justice, and followed on from a written consultation earlier this year.
The session covered topics including the evidence for cost effectiveness, how well the Victims' Code is working in practice, the potential for a Victims' Law and the use of restorative justice for domestic and sexual violence.
The RJC has given a briefing on restorative justice to Charlie Taylor to inform his review of the youth justice system. This briefing included evidence about the effectiveness of restorative justice and restorative practice with young people aboth as a diversionary measure and in custody or as part of a sentence.
The RJC is pleased to have agreed funding for 2016-17 with the Ministry of Justice to deliver a programme of work to promote the use of restorative justice and ensure quality in its delivery.
In line with reductions in government spending, however, the RJC's funding from the Ministry of Justice has been significantly reduced compared to the last two years. We will therefore be continuing to carry out a programme of work with the Ministry of Justice, but on a smaller scale than previously.
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Poll: Clinton has 12-point lead over Trump in Virginia
The Quinnipiac poll is the latest to suggest that the battle is over in a key swing state.
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Facing potential loss, Trump expands the list of conspirators plotting against him
The GOP nominee says media, the party establishment and "global financial powers" all to blame.
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Computer seized in Weiner probe prompts FBI to take new steps in Clinton email inquiry
Newly discovered emails found on a computer used by former congressman Anthony Weiner and his wife, top Clinton aide Huma Abedin, have prompted the agency to make new inquiries related to Hillary Clinton's private email server.
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Clinton: Americans deserve 'full and complete facts immediately' regarding new email probe
In Iowa, Hillary Clinton was mum at her rallies, but later held a news conference to criticize the probe: "We don't know all the facts." Donald Trump, meanwhile, said the scrutiny offers a chance to correct "a grave miscarriage of justice."
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DescriptionSomewhere out there, there lies an imaginary game world called Rakugaki. Many characters inhabit this strange land, like the hero team of Yukiwo, Sasami, Pitan, and Tsubohachi, and an army of enemies led by the infamous Daddy who wants to see them dead. They are all controlled by Rakugaki's creator, the mysterious God Hand, and follow their predetermined fates. Today, the final battle is beginning - but Rakugaki's characters don't want to go just yet! Can they escape the grasp of God Hand and take back their lives?
Rakugaki Showtime is a fighting game in which the player, a character rendered as a pencil drawing, fights through a series of 3D arenas in order to defeat God Hand and restore happiness to Rakugaki. Enemies are attacked by the throwing of missiles, rocks, grenades, land mines, black holes, or smiley balls. In addition, players have a series of moves that they can also use to attack, and a series of Super Smiley Attacks, which are activated by grabbing Smiley Balls that have been completely charged up with attacks. Each of the characters have various strengths and weaknesses that can either help - or hinder - the player.
The player begins the game with four characters to choose from, but can unlock other characters each time they defeat God Hand. There are a maximum of 16 characters for players to unlock. In addition, a training mode is available, allowing players to practice their moves. Up to four players can also compete in a Versus battle for bragging rights.
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- "ラクガキショータイム" -- Japanese spelling
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RecallThis game was pulled from store shelves shortly after its release. The exact reasons are not clear, but rumor has it that it was due to controversy involving the rights to Mischief Makers main character Marina, who is a playable character in this game.
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Saturday, March 31, 2012
WWKX KX104 Gallatin TN Jeff Baker Aircheck 1980
Here's an aircheck rescued from an old cassette. It's Jeff Baker on KX104, WWKX in Gallatin TN in 1980. There are some promos, an aircheck, a couple of commercials, and even a promo from fellow jock Jon "Rock 'n Roll" Anthony. KX 104 was one of the best in straight ahead radio, click here to hear the aircheck.
Lee Masters, left, and Jeff Baker, right, in 2011.
Monday, March 26, 2012
WFIL Philadelphia Survey August 14 1967
1967 was a great year for music and WFIL had every style. Pop, Soul, Rock, British, and the awesome local acts like Billy Harner, the Kit Kats and Bunny Sigler. "Frightened Little Girl" by the July Four is a classic folk rock song, and Dean Martin even sneaks into the playlist. Click to enlarge and enjoy.
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BALKANIKA MUSIC TELEVISION is a supranational music satellite TV which offers a 24-hour, first-of-its-kind, unique educational and entertainment program targeted at the audience in Bulgaria, in the Balkan countries and the permanently settled Balkan communities.
BALKANIKA MUSIC TELEVISION unites musical projects from the Balkans and presents it in a precise hit selection and this makes it the only one among the music programs offered on the Bulgarian, Balkan and worldwide TV market.
BALKANIKA MUSIC TELEVISION began broadcasting on August 15, 2005 in SD format, and since June 2013 is also available in Full HD format. The TV station is part of a media group – Q Music Media Group Ltd., part of Music Media Cluster.
BALKANIKA MUSIC TELEVISION presents the musical richness of the countries on the Balkan Peninsula – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Turkey. Television is a bridge on the Balkans – it unites the music of the region, regardless of geographic, political, economic, religious or ethnic background.
BALKANIKA MUSIC TELEVISION the modern music from the Balkans. The music styles that are presented in the television are pop, rock, dance, r'n'b, ethno, hip-hop and others, precisely balanced regarding the audience's interests and attitudes. In addition to the videoclip selection from all countries on the Balkan Peninsula, the television broadcasts big concerts, popular festivals and other important events on the Balkans.
BALKANIKA MUSIC TELEVISION is a musical and cultural bridge on the Balkans. The television entertains, enriches the musical taste and fosters tolerance, bringing together the musical and cultural richness of all the Balkan Peninsula, regardless of geographic, political, economic, religious or ethnic significance.
BALKANIKA MUSIC TELEVISION is a media in which Balkan artists can present their projects outsode their national borders and also through it to get known with the musical richness of the countries in the region. For viewers, this is the only media where they can watch videos from all Balkan countries.
BALKANIKA MUSIC TELEVISION entertains and at the same time informs the viewers about Balkan music, art and culture according to the representation of the nations on the Balkan Peninsula – Albania, Bosnia and Herzegovina, Bulgaria, Croatia, Greece, Macedonia, Montenegro, Romania, Slovenia, Serbia and Turkey. It identifies as the television of all Balkan peoples, regardless of age, gender, nationality, religion, ethnicity and domicile.


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The red band trailer for John Hillcoat's upcoming ensemble heist drama Triple 9 is here and these are my three main takeaways:
1. I am absolutely here for whatever stone-cold, big-haired crime boss Kate Winslet is playing.
2. Who knew "This Little Piggy" could sound so eerie?
3. Why does this even exist?
This last point is in reference to the trailer and not the film, which, coming from the vigorous Australian director of Lawless, The Road, and The Proposition is not to be automatically discounted, even if its February release doesn't bode overwhelmingly well for its prospects. The trailer for Hillcoat's latest is selling many things, including some appropriately grimey cinematography and a star-studded cast that includes everyone from Casey Affleck and Chiwetel Ejiofor to Winslet and Woody Harrelson. But, first and foremost, it's selling violence, or rather a shocking amount of violence that includes everything from three decapitated heads resting on the hood of a car and a horrifying bullet-to-the-head to a trunkful of bound-and-gagged human baggage and a concluding highway shoot-out that sends drivers and passengers running in terror as guns go a-blazing, blasting holes into windshields of vehicles that may or may not be occupied.
I'm not trying to suggest that this accelerated depiction of violence is "wrong" or "right" within the specific dramaturgical circumstances of Hillcoat's film. It may very well be perfectly suitable and even obligatory for the surely savage story at-hand, seemingly centered around dirty cops and kingpins. Rather, what confuses me is the use of the red-band trailer itself as promotional device for this particular project. The very existence of a red-band trailer, comprised of "restricted" material intended for viewing by "mature" audiences, suggests that a movie contains more edgy, titillating, and arguably "adult" material than the MPAA thinks should be seen by a wider (i.e. "younger") audience. In theaters, the red-band trailer typically accompanies R-rated entertainments and occasionally PG-13 ones as well, although this is apparently illegal. Online, however, these trailers can be viewed by anyone. Never mind that the Yahoo age-verification wall can be fooled by any individual smart enough to enter literally any year earlier than 1998. Yahoo doesn't even need to provide such a barrier, since the trailer has already leaked to YouTube in less than five hours in all of its gory glory.
My frustration, then, lies with the trailer's makers, who have decided that the best way to sell this film is to edit together a clip comprised of its most brutal footage, in which guns flash by at a breezy clip, bathed in Spring Breakers-aping Day-Glo and often highlighted in blatantly phallocentric poses. At one point, a barely-clothed woman licks one to the tune of Cypress Hill's "Pigs," which you can barely hear over the sound of firing shots and popping glocks. By this point, the clip has ceased to be a trailer. Instead, it's just a music video.
Once again, this isn't about the movie itself, although there remains a fine line by which filmmakers are either honoring the very real and certainly very unsettling presence of violence in our world or merely indulging both their own bloodlust and what they perceive to be ours. The same dichotomy could be applied to trailers and the editors who create them.
It's about more than just simply selling tickets. It's about selling an image of cool that will hopefully be latched on to and carried all the way to the multiplex come February. What happens when viewers actually try to emulate that image, when the explosive, propulsive violence in a widely-accessible trailer (because, please, let's stop pretending a 7-year-old couldn't retrieve this with the right devices) actually inspires explosive, propulsive violence in the world we actually inhabit?
At this point, it's naïve to pretend that aestheticized violence and real-world carnage aren't linked to one another in some metaphysical way, shape, or form. In December 2013, the premiere of Quentin Tarantino's typically gruesome Django Unchained was pushed back a week following the Sandy Hook shootings, as a particularly pissy Tarantino grumpily rebuffed further inquiries into his films' violent tendencies while star Jamie Foxx admitted that, yes, violence in film probably does a play a larger role in real-world instances than we often care to acknowledge. But even aside from the Django controversy, far too many studies have been conducted for us to believe anything less. And there has been far too great an upswing in recent instances for the media to not be implicated.
I know, this is a lot of weight for one trailer to carry. But, frankly, it's a responsibility that should be realized and addressed. Without the surrounding context of an entire film, the violence in a trailer is just violence, the gun sprays only gun sprays. There is none of the deeper, critical questioning (nor educational purposes) that any film involving violence of this measure should tote. I'm also not sure if it was perhaps the wisest move to release a trailer this unapologetically gun-friendly with the Oregon school shootings still newly, appallingly fresh in our heads. Although, with the rate of gun violence in this country being what it currently is, I suppose there is rarely a time when this trailer would be proper.
The Triple 9 may be more outrightly vicious with its violence than most spots, but it's hardly the first. I can't imagine getting through this trailer in an actual theater, at least not at a time when I can barely make it past the opening credits without clocking the exits. I still stir in my seat every time I see a person stand up and can't help but glance backward any time I hear a door open.
Everyone likely has their own personal breaking point when it comes to onscreen violence. I think I may have just reached mine.
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SRM Concrete, also known as Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete, has acquired Piqua Concrete, the former company said. This marks Nashville, Tenn.-based SRM's third buyout of an Ohio-based company in the past 12 months, SRM said in an announcement. In 2017, SRM purchased All-Rite Ready Mix and Spurlino Materials.
Historic City News has learned that the business assets of local concrete manufacturer, Griswold Concrete, located at 201 Concourse Drive in Elkton, and 11660 Camden Road in Jacksonville, have been purchased by Tennessee based concrete manufacturer, SRM Concrete.
Smyrna Ready Mix Concrete, LLC, a Tennessee based concrete manufacturer, announced today the acquisition of Spurlino Materials. Spurlino Materials has six ready mix concrete plants that span across Indiana and Ohio.
President of SRM Concrete, Mike Hollingshead, stated, "We knew we were walking into a great situation after meeting with the Spurlino family. I could not feel any better about the company after meeting with all of the employees."
This acquisition will give SRM two new locations in Indiana that include Indianapolis and Noblesville. SRM will also operate four new locations across Ohio that include Cincinnati, Cleves, Dayton and Middletown. SRM Concrete presently serves Florida, Georgia, Indiana, Kentucky, Ohio and Tennessee.
Jeff Hollingshead, CEO of SRM Concrete, added, "We are excited to welcome each of the Spurlino employees to the SRM family. These markets have been thriving and we are excited to expand our footprint across this region."
About SRM Concrete
Smyrna Ready Mix was founded by Mike and Melissa Hollingshead in 1999 to provide better service to contractors and homeowners in the Rutherford County (Tennessee) area. Mike and Melissa opened SRM with a simple mission: to produce quality concrete and meet the delivery expectations of their customers.
To learn more about SRM Concrete visit www.smyrnareadymix.com.