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Chief Executive Officer and Director
Dr. Wrighton-Smith is our Chief Executive Officer and a Director. He has held both positions since founding Oxford Immunotec in 2002. Before founding Oxford Immunotec, Dr. Wrighton-Smith held senior positions with PowderJect Pharmaceuticals PLC, as director of strategic development, and managing director of PowderJect Diagnostics Ltd., a subsidiary of PowderJect engaged in the development of cellular immune-based diagnostics. He earned his master's degree in Engineering, Economics and Management, and his doctorate in Medical Engineering from Oxford University.
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Mr. McLaughlin is our Chief Financial Officer, a position he has held since joining our company in April 2019. Before joining Oxford Immunotec, Mr. McLaughlin spent over 18 years at General Electric, working for their Healthcare, Aviation, Corporate and Lighting business divisions. Mr. McLaughlin was the Chief Financial Officer for GE Healthcare in N. America from 2017 through April 2019. Prior to that he was in GE Aviation from 2009 through 2016 where he was an Executive, Financial Planning & Analysis, leading the team responsible for FP&A and Investor Relations and preparing financial and investor relations reports for the Aviation division, followed by 2 years as the CFO of the Avionics division and finishing his time in Aviation as the CFO of the global supply chain. Earlier in his career, Mr. McLaughlin spent 6 years on the GE Corporate Audit Staff and was ultimately responsible for the global audit coverage of GE Aviation, Transportation and Water. Mr. McLaughlin earned his Bachelor's degree of Science in Business Administration from Northeastern University.
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Ms. Kidd is our General Counsel and Company Secretary, a position she has held since joining our company in November 2019. Before joining Oxford Immunotec, Ms. Kidd served at Aegerion Pharmaceuticals for 3 years. From 2018 to 2019 as Deputy General Counsel and from 2016 to 2018 as VP, Legal EMEA , where she oversaw all legal and compliance activities in EMEA. Prior to that Ms. Kidd was a Director, Business Conduct EMEA at Gilead Sciences and held senior in-house legal roles at Baxter Healthcare from 2010 to 2015. From 2007 to 2010 Ms. Kidd worked at Covington & Burlington LLP advising life science clients on corporate and commercial transactions, with special expertise on global collaborations and cross-border deals. Before her career in law, Ms. Kidd spent nearly 15 years as a research and development scientist. Ms. Kidd earned her Bachelor's degree in Chemistry from the University of Hertfordshire.


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So what's inside the Blade X Max?
Although the Blade X Max may have a somewhat similarity with the Max XL smartphone announced by Boost Mobile, it is two different devices. For its specs, the Blade X Max includes a 6-inch full HD screen. Powering the device from within is a Qualcomm Snapdragon 435 processor with 2GB of RAM, 32GB of on board storage, and a microSD card slot for up to 64GB memory expansion.
Camera-wise, the Blade X Max will be equipped with a 13-megapixel rear-facing camera and a 5-megapixel front-facing camera. It has a 3,400 mAh battery, USB Type-C port, and Quick Charge 2.0 support. Upon release, the device will run on the latest Android 7.0 Nougat.
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Sunday, 18 December 2011
New Girl by Paige Harbison
Ever since I arrived at exclusive, prestigious Manderly Academy, that's who I am. New girl. Unknown. But not unnoticed — because of her.
Becca Normandy — that's the name on everyone's lips. The girl whose picture I see everywhere. The girl I can't compare to. I mean, her going missing is the only reason a spot opened up for me at the academy.
And everyone stares at me like it's my fault.
Except for Max Holloway — the boy whose name shouldn't be spoken. At least, not by me. Everyone thinks of him as Becca's boyfriend ... but she's gone, and here I am, replacing her. I wish it were that easy. Sometimes, when I think of Max, I can imagine how Becca's life was so much better than mine could ever be.
And maybe she's still out there, waiting to take it back.
Release Date 31st January 2012
Know what bugs me about YA books? The blurb never really tells you all that much about the story. This one's not too bad but I've picked some up in the shop before that have had, like, one sentence as the blurb. Like I said, this one's not as bad as that but it still follows that YA rule of thumb where you don't give too much away.
So as far as I can now remember, we don't actually find out who "I" is until the very end of the book. I can't remember reading her name until either the last or 2nd to last page so I'm not going to write it here. I shall call her "I"!
"I" lives in Florida and her parents have managed to get her a place in the prestigious Manderly Academy, a place "I" so badly wanted to go to since she read Harry Potter that her parents have been trying to get her into it since she was 13. "I" doesn't really want to go anymore but she does because she doesn't want to hurt her parents. She doesn't realise she's "replacing" Becca Normandy, the QUEEN of Manderly. She has Becca's old room and room mate - this does not please said room mate. Everyone seems to hate her since she's Becca's "replacement", and it also doesn't help that she has feelings for Becca's ex. Cue High School drama multiplied by 10!
Now I'll admit, it's been a while since I was in Secondary School (it's what we call high school over here) and I never exactly hung out with the "cool" kids but if this book is anything to go by? I'm glad I didn't! These kids are MEAN! They all seem obsessed about Becca and her room mate in particular is convinced she's coming back and constantly tells "I" not to get comfortable. What we find out through Becca's POV chapters is that everything isn't as happy-pretty as people thought. Becca's a bitch with a capital B! But in the classic high school cliche, she has everyone wrapped round her finger.
An excellent read by the author of Here Lies Bridget, Paige Harbison proves to be a talented author who I think will prove popular in the YA market.
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The importance of past statements in giving evidence in personal injury claims in Western Australia
Foyle legal - Monday, August 21, 2017.
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In a personal injury claim it is common for injured people to attend upon a solicitor and asked them how the case is likely to be decided. One thing that they may not think about is that by the time they attend the solicitor the answer may already be in existence.
In order to assess the truthfulness of the witnesses in the personal injury claim the court and the parties to the action will be looking to the documentary evidence. In a motor vehicle accident this may be the reports provided to the police about the circumstances of the accident, in a workers compensation claim it might be statements given to the workers compensation insurer or the workers compensation claim form. In most cases these are seen as the best evidence in respect of the claim as they were collected at a relatively early time when knowledge of the injury is still fresh in the mind of the injured person and any other relevant witnesses.
This was recently seen in the Supreme Court case of NANKIVELL V INSURANCE COMMISSION OF WESTERN AUSTRALIA [2017] WASCA 143. In that case the plaintiff was giving evidence about the circumstances of his accident, and to assess whether the plaintiff was a reliable witness the parties look to the documents that he filed in his workers compensation claim at the time of the accident.
In his case he was arguing that an unknown vehicle was liable for his accident. He said that this unknown vehicle cut him off causing him to lose control of the truck that he was driving at the time of his accident.
The court looked at the plaintiff's workers compensation claim form which had no mention of a small car changing lanes at the time of the accident. It is worth pointing out that this is not unusual in itself, as the workers compensation claim form does not have much by way of space to describe the circumstances of an accident.
The court also looked at the other available evidence, which included medical notes, the first medical certificate, and probably most importantly an undated crash report form that was completed by the plaintiff. This document did not support his version of events which was that the driver of the small car changed lanes and this was the cause of his motor vehicle accident.
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Tuesday, August 7, 2012
Writing from the heart of loss
I haven't had an easy time reading lately due to life stuff, but as soon as I picked up Liesl & Po I was sucked in. Perhaps it was because my father is dying and the the first line of this MG novel is "On the third night after the day her father died, Liesl saw the ghost." I felt drawn to the story then, as if it was meant to be read at this time, and, also, I'm a fan of Lauren Oliver's storytelling, having loved the incredible YA books, Before I Fall and Delirium.
Liesl has been locked in the attic of her family home by her stepmother since her father took ill. Po, a shadowy figure who exists in the Other Side, comes to visit her, curious about the pictures she draws. He helps her escape whereupon she meets Will, another orphan escaping from wicked adults. This has the feel of a Gothic fairytale for kids, dealing with the murky concepts of life after death, of the possibility of ghosts and why they stick around, of something else beyond that in-between place. I thought Oliver did a good job of exploring these concepts and their nebulousness.
Here is a sample of when we meet Will, the mistreated apprentice of an alchemist who sends him on errands at all hours of the night: "As he walked down empty street after empty street, past row after row of darkened houses, in silence so thick it was like a syrup that dragged his footsteps away into echoes before he placed a heel on the ground, he had imagined it perfectly: how he would come around the corner and see that tiny square of light so many stories above him, and see her face floating there like a single star."
And Liesl as she remembers life before the attic: "And so she squeezed her eyes tight and climbed down the tower of months she had been in the attic, reaching back into the rooms of her memory that were dusty and so dim she could catch only little, flickering glances of things. There! Her father leading her into the shade of the great willow tree, patterns of green dancing across his cheeks."
And here is a sample of Po's reaction when Liesl tries to grab the ghost's hands. The ghost's gender is nebulous, as well, by the way: "Po could pass through brick walls without feeling a thing; it could disperse into currents of air without pain. But it had felt the girl's hands, somehow, as though she'd been able to reach in and pull at Po's Essence. Essence was not a physical matter, Po knew. No one could touch it. No one could destroy it either; that was the nice thing about Essence."
And that is the nice thing about Liesl & Po, it lets us imagine the possibility of something beyond our troubles, to find comfort in friendship, to accept the wonder that is the essence of those we love.
When I read Oliver's Author's Note, I knew why the book resonated so well with me. She had written this story from the heart of loss, after the death of her best friend. She says writing isn't an escape, it's a way back in, a way to make sense of the world. And so is reading sometimes.
11 comments:
- Unknown said...
Thanks Tricia. This sounds like a lovely book.
- August 7, 2012 at 10:20 AM
- Julie Dao said...
I so know that sensation of reading a book and feeling like you are somehow meant to read it when you did. Glad that this book brought you a little light when you needed it. Sending good wishes your way. <3
- August 7, 2012 at 2:19 PM
- Golden Eagle said...
It sounds like a heartfelt, wonderful book. Thank you for posting about it!
- August 7, 2012 at 3:38 PM
- Donna said...
Lovely, another book for my gift list. Thanks for the review.
- August 7, 2012 at 4:04 PM
- Jemi Fraser said...
Wow - love her comments as well as her writing. It's wording like that that makes me want to dig right in again and get better - such lovely images.
- August 7, 2012 at 4:35 PM
- Stephanie Thornton said...
I hope things get easier for you soon. It's lovely to have a book to escape into when life's road gets bumpy.
- August 7, 2012 at 8:41 PM
- Anne Gallagher said...
Thanks for more about this book. It sounds lovely.
Prayers for you and your Dad.
- August 8, 2012 at 4:25 AM
- Tricia J. O'Brien said...
Heartfelt thank yous for these comments to all of you, and that comes from deep in my heart.
- August 9, 2012 at 6:40 AM
- storyqueen said...
Sometimes the right book finds us at the right time. That is one of the Great Mysteries for me, but also one of life's great miracles.
Thinking of you.
- August 9, 2012 at 7:23 AM
- Bish Denham said...
Lovely. I think I'm going to have to read this book.
- August 10, 2012 at 7:35 AM
- TerryLynnJohnson said...
This has been on my list! Bumped up now. Thanks.
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How Super-Stars Emerge
So, Chris Anderson's book, The Long Tail, is scheduled to launch on Tuesday next week, and his NYC party is on Wednesday. But I already saw Chris' book on the business book display at Barnes and Noble in Union Square last weekend. Whoops.
An article coincidentally hit the NYT Business section today. Very good timing there, Chris! And the blog posts are surely going to start pouring in as the buzzword machine starts buzzing–as if it already wasn't. But one might say that it's about to reach the, Ahem, tipping point.
Anyway, I've been looking around for how one might position a tool designed to help marketers write for the long tail of search to ride the impending wave. It appears that when you search on long tail in Google, Chris pretty much owns that entire first page. Even the one seemingly non-Chris Squidoo page turns out to be Chris' business lens page in Squidoo, providing another fine example on how "tagging" Web 2.0 sites are greatly about making a grab for search traffic.
But the Wikipedia did manage to squeeze in there. So, I've considered contacting whoever has been deemed credible enough to stick on the Wikipedia longtail pages. HitTail on its own doesn't add enough to the discussion to merit a citation on that Wikipedia page, such as Danny Sullivan, Clay Shirky or The Economist. And left on its own devices, the HitTail site has only managed to rise to page 4 of Google on when searching on long tail. It's going to need a special push that only… well, only a hub of a scale-free network can provide.
And THAT is actually the subject of this post. In my research of the long tail SEO concept, there are many related you come across, including power-law distribution, Zipf law, Pareto and the like. But perhaps one of the most interesting concepts from a HitTailing and even a public relations perspective is scale-free networks.
Without trend setters and highly influential people, Internet linking looks a lot more like average distribution associated with randomness and "average" behavior. But when you take into account the small number of high density linking, you come up with influential hubs that turn the average distribution into more of a power-distribution. In other words, power is unevenly distributed, with a small number of highly interconnected nodes having a great deal of influence.
And this invokes many other related concepts, including six degrees of separation and small world theory, that states that everything is capable of being connected to everything else in great part thanks to a couple of hops through these highly linked-to nodes… or, in other words, very popular people or websites.
So, the more things change, the more they stay the same. Clay Shirky's article from 2003 discusses why with any system, citing MUDs (multi-user dungeons–the massively multi-user online games of ages past) and BBSes (electronic bulletin board systems–the online forums of years past) as examples that start out much more democratic, but then rapidly lose that special quality as they draw attention, more users and super-stars that become those hubs. There is a lot of begrudging by small fries who felt like big fish when the puddle was teeny.
Many systems have this super-star-making quality. The nature of the medium tends to pre-determine the nature of the stars. When the Internet was mostly geeky, it produced phenomenon's like Yahoo and Slashdot, where a relatively small number of editors set the agenda. Now, Google and Yahoo Search play a similar role, but the wisdom of the crowd has replaced human editors. And the wisdom of the crowd can produce super-stars with "shut-out" like powers that suppresses the otherwise level playing field.
And that's a necessary thing. It ensures that the innovators (who can also market themselves) rise to the top, and the general public is served by getting what they really mean when they ask for it. Chances are, you want to know about "long tail" in the context of Chris Anderson, and not in the context of a long tail bug, rat or deer (all of which I receive hits for). But Google wouldn't be doing its job either if it totally buried these other meanings. And those of us who watch Google's results carefully, constantly see attempts to keep an even hand and instill a sense of "fairness".
But what about the innovators who cannot market themselves? Tough. Marketing is a fact of life, even where pure thought should reign supreme. Anyone in academia can tell you that. Competition for being published and receiving grants is very similar to the attempt to have your ideas or products "discovered". Marketing
So, it would seem from all of this that the objective of an up-and-commer site would and should be to become one of these highly interconnected nodes, and an arbitrator of the majority of Web traffic on its related keywords. But how can that be if the already existing players in that space have achieved that "shut out" linkage in the head of the power-distribution (they have all the power)? One of the most interesting things I read was on the Wikipedia scale-free network page. It draws connections between how we as human beings are capable of learning new things. It states…
"Recently, Manev and Manev (Med. Hypotheses, 2005) proposed that small world networks may be operative in adult brain neurogenesis. Adult neurogenesis has been observed in mammalian brain including human but a question remains: how do new neurons become functional in the adult brain? It is proposed that the random addition of only a few new neurons functions as a maintenance system for the brain's "small-world" networks. Randomly added to an orderly network, new links enhance signal propagation speed and synchronizability. Newly generated neurons are ideally suited to become such links: they are immature, form more new connections compared to mature ones, and their number but not their precise location may be maintained by continuous proliferation and dying off."
So, if the Internet is anything like the human brain, with websites representing neurons, hyper-linking representing connected pathways between neurons, and actual website visitors following these paths represent thought and behavior, then we Web marketers have a fighting chance. Why?
Because the Internet is an infant. New neurons are being added all the time. The amount of change and growth that is going to occur is still greater than everything that has occurred thus far. In fact, whereas a human being is going to reach a biological limit, the Internet is going to just keep growing. New super-stars (stuff you learned) happen constantly, because new websites (brain cells) are constantly added and can spontaneously optimize the system (become a hub).
The trick is adding just the right new gray matter in the place where optimization is most needed. It surely relates to Geoffrey Moore's Inside the Tornado concept. The tornado is the need for optimization. Being inside the tornado is being the new gray matter that is there to spring into action. Every killer app in its category can be seen in these terms: Yahoo as the human-edited directory in the early days, Amazon, eBay, Google, MySpace and the like.
So, your success in your new venture will be inherently limited or ensured based on the "need" for one of these inter-connected super-hubs to optimize the system. That's what we think we have with HitTail, because of the "need" for bloggers and marketers to raise their voices and be heard against the background "white noise" that is the long tail. Only the super-stars can be heard.
No matter how technology improves, there is only a finite amount of time in each of our lives. And the great competition of media to occupy that time forces us as a society to choose "filters", so we're not wasting that precious time. Those filters are today biased towards the super-stars. Some media consumers that are willing to work a little harder are able to find "gems" in the less-filtered long tail of media.
These gems must be given the chance to set-in and become super-stars in their own right. This is completely possible due to their ability to be found in the first place (HitTailing), and the fact that the Internet, and humanity itself, is still in its infancy, and we have more change ahead of us than anything that has happed in our short life so far. When "newness" is added to an existing system, there are many opportunities for new super-stars to emerge–or at least, highly influential individuals who were previously unknown.


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US-based Holtec International is taking a case to court regarding a public procurement tender invited in preparation to build and supply equipment for a temporary storage facility for spent fuel rods from Hungary's Paks nuclear reactor, David Wilkes, Holtec's representative in Europe said in Budapest on Wednesday.Project company Radioactive Waste Management Kht (RHK) announced a tender to secure permits for the third stage of construction of the facility in 2005. Holtec offered Ft 250 million in the tender. However, the implied value of the tender was much more, because the winner stood a good chance of winning another tender to be called to carry out construction of the facility, observers noted. Holtec could have bid in the tender to build the facility with its subsidiary US Tool and Die and would have expected an additional $4 million-$5 million of revenue a year if it were declared the winner. Holtec's offer was disqualified, because RHK said it failed to meet safety standards. The winner of the tender was declared Transelektro Rt, which offered to supply GNS technology with a Ft 350 million bid. Holtec appealed the decision to Hungary's Public Procurement Arbitration Board (KDB), which ruled in Holtec's favor at the end of 2005. The board also fined RHK Ft 3 million for administrative errors.
Holtec has filed another case challenging Transelektro's references in the tender, and will call for the contract between Transelektro and RHK to be cancelled and its own costs related to the tender to be refunded. Holtec claims it indeed meets Hungarian safety requirements. The first phase of the construction of the temporary storage facility has already been completed, and the second phase will be finished in 2007. In both phases, technology used by the UK's Alstec was used. The first two parts of the project are being completed at a cost of tens of billions of forints.


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About CDA Ballroom Dancing
Our goal is simply to keep dancers informed of Ballroom & Swing dance events in the greater Coeur d'Alene and Spokane area. We have provided a calendar on the site where dancers can find upcoming events or workshops. We depend on you; dance organizers, instructors, and the dancing community to keep all of us informed by submitting your dance event information to us!
How to add your dance to our calendar:
We encourage you to advertise your event by adding it to our dance calendar. Just fill out the simple form HERE and submit. It's easy, but contact us if you need help!
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If you want to keep updated on as many dance events as possible, do both of the following:
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When you see the vibrant colours and bold pattern of Ankara fabric, the first thing you think of is Africa. The rich tones and prints seen symbolising all things African. African print. Born and bred. What may surprise you however, is that Ankara is not actually an indigenous African print and actually originated in Indonesia with a method of wax-resistant dying called batik. African soldiers in Indonesia began importing these fabrics back home to West Africa. The Dutch began to make their own, cheaper versions of batik from cotton and sold it to merchants in Africa. Soon the print caught on and years later, came to obtain African symbols and motifs.
This is by far the sweetest of the bunch. The pattern closely resembles sugarcane and is thought to represent love or a person that is as sweet as sugarcane. A man may give this to the woman he loves as a sign of endearment and his love for her, showing it off to the rest of the people.
Sika Wo Antaban
This can loosely be translated to "money has wings." It serves as a warning and reminder to people that although money may seem bottomless, it has the ability to leave you with nothing and fly away. It is advised to spend it wisely and keep it close to your pocket so it doesn't fly away.
You Fly, I Fly
Very similar to the previous pattern, this print sports birds in a cage. This meaning however has nothing to do with money and is seen to symbolise love between two newly weds. The print is worn to symbolise their escape from their homes into a new one created by married life. It represents their new married life and the support and love they give one another. On a more mischevious note, the print has also been said to serve as a warning to the husband.
The meaning of the portrait Ankara pattern is pretty self explanatory. It is used to pay homage to someone of particular importance, to celebrate and support them. The portrait print began in 1956 with Queen Elizabeth's visit. To give her a warm welcome, her portrait was printed on wax prints and given to citizens to show their respect for her. Since then, several important figures can be seen printed on Ankara cloth, including Barack Obama in the 2017 Supreme African print collection.
Nsubra is the Akan word for a well. The print symbolises a well and the dots are an image of the ripples you see in a well when water is fetch or something else enters. This is definately one of the most popular of Ankara prints and can be seen in a variety of colours world-wide. To attest to its popularity, I, all the way in South Africa, own this very print in blue and pink.
The symbol of the fan came as one of modernity when electronic fans came to Africa. Along with fans, prints of telephones were also used to symbolise modernity. This however changed over the years with the coming of air conditioners and mobile phones. The fans thus came to be a symbol of the past.
Darling, don't turn your back on me
The story of this print is by far my favorite. This print is known to Toga women as "darling, don't turn your back on me" and was used by women who felt their partners no longer longed for them anymore. Although the print is bright and hosts a somewhat 'relaxing' pattern, it holds a cynical meaning and also serves as a desperate plea and warning to other women.


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After posting that last one, WordPress was kind enough to tell me it was my 399th post. Which means…this is 400!
Congrats to us all.
I hit just over 500 at my last site, Mindsay, which means I've written nearly 1,000 blog posts in my life. That's incredible to me.
I'm also surprised that I am that high on this site. It seems like just yesterday that I started this blog. As a matter of fact, let me check.
I did my first post on Mindsay on December 9, 2007 and hit my 400th post on March 24, 2010. That is 837 days to get to 400 posts. That seems like a long time, right? 2 years, 3 months and 16 days.
By comparison, I did my first post on WordPress on August, 15,2010 and am doing my 400th…well, now. This is it, people. Pay attention! That means it only took me 635 days to reach that milestone for a second time. Or, 1 year, 8 months, 26 days. That's considerably less. I blog so much faster now! Or else I've got more to talk about, who knows!
The cool thing I think is that I am officially 917 total posts into this blogging thing and it has been 1,615 days I've been a blogger. Or 4 years, 5 months, 2 days. My five year anniversary is this year. I will also hit 1,000 total posts and 500 WP posts this year. That's pretty cool and a pretty impressive record for blogging, if you ask me. And I'm just the girl who started this because a librarian friend told her to. I never intended to be a blogger. But, today, right now, I'm sure glad I am.
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No Rain For A Few Days
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We continue to see a low to full one generator. Today the projection is for nothing running for three hours beginning around 10:00 a.m. That would be nice. They they will turn back on a low one for the balance of the day.
Stan on the water with Richard from Maine, this past Sunday. Richard had a wonderful day. Re4d San Juan worm and white grub. Gary, from Oklahoma, spent all day on the water with Darrell. They also had
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There is something that I need to address. In September of 1995 Belynda Goff's house was set ablaze in the middle of the night while she and her children slept inside.
Now let's fast forward to the last time Belynda Goff applied for clemency.
Now retired police officer, Archie Rousey, took it upon himself to address the Arkansas Post Prison Transfer Board. He even boasted about it in the local paper. Rousey says to the board determining her fate:
"A rented house that Belynda Goff and her children lived in, after the murder, somehow burned down. Belynda Goff, in her letter to this board, is trying to say that this was arson, and an attempt on her life and her children's lives.
Big Question. If this is true, and Belynda Goff was so afraid, after the fire, then why, after received the life insurance money, did she buy a house in the same community? Why would she allow her children to attend the same school? Why didn't she just move away? After all, with all that money she could have moved anywhere she wanted to. She wasn't charged until several months later. She could have moved and taken herself and her children out of harms way. Was this an attempt on her life? No."
Belynda Goff was arrested on May 3, 1995. The house that "some how" burned down was on September 5, 1995. Belynda Goff didn't move away BECAUSE SHE COULDN'T. He knows this. Rousey KNOWINGLY LIED to state officials. But let's give the benefit of the doubt… Let's say it was just a date mix-up. But how would you explain the following?
This is an unsolved arson. State Police Investigator Robert Hicks' report is seen above.
Rousey says to the Arkansas Post Prison Transfer Board "was this an attempt on her life? No."
Tell me reader, why would anyone set a house on fire in the middle of the night while a family slept inside?
Was this an attempt on her life? That answer is clearly YES. Not to mention her children's and sister's lives. Do you know this information never even made it into her original trial? It didn't fit Carroll County's theory. This crime was NEVER investigated further. The culprit remains free while lies like these told by supposed "officials" keep Belynda Goff in prison.


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Departed Chaffers at 1119 hrs. No wind in sight yet as we motored round to Evans Bay and tied up at club jetty at 1156 hrs.
Quick lunch and race sign-on in the club house then back on Halo at 1223 hrs and motored into position for the race start. Wind was an almost non-existent southerly so we prepared for another spinnaker start with No. 1 LT Mainsail and Lightweight Spinnaker. The Postponement flag went up and we heard over Ch. 77 that the race would be delayed. So we drifted around until finally it was all go at approx 1224 hrs. With Peter on helm we moved at about 1 kts up past Greta Point and then gradually picked up speed to around 2 kts as we crossed the bay in a north easterly direction.
As we neared the top mark towards Pt Halswell all the boats starting bunching up and we were almost touching Temptation on our port side and Kingklip on our starboard and Saracen just behind us as we rounded the mark. We managed the hoist of the No1. Genoa and the drop of the Spinnaker very efficiently (expert crewing!) as we passed the mark at 1444 hrs and immediately broke away from the group.
Winds still very slight as we headed towards the Pt. Jearningham mark and three boats pulled out of the race. Eventually the wind changed to a northerly breeze and we rounded the third mark and headed back to the finish line once again with the wind behind us.
It was a sprint to the line between three boats, Temptation, Saracen and Halo going at about 4 kts. Kingklip had dropped well behind. Halo crossed the finish line at 1627 hrs, 9 secs ahead of Temptation and 23 secs ahead of Saracen. An exhilarating finish!
We then dropped Murray and Peter off at Evans Bay then motored back home arriving at Chaffers at 1709 hrs.
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TimeLine Theatre Company announces the world premiere of Not Enough Air by Masha Obolensky. The play, directed by Nick Bowling, runs through March 22, 2009 at TimeLine Theatre, 615 W. Wellington Ave., Chicago. To purchase tickets, visit timelinetheatre.com or call 773.281.TIME (8463).
This world premiere drama follows famed journalist-turned-playwright Sophie Treadwell as she is drawn into the real-life tragedy of Ruth Snyder's famous 1928 murder trial. Treadwell is haunted by Ruth's story and finds herself compelled to bring it to the stage in the form of her landmark play Machinal, acclaimed as one of the highpoints of expressionist theater on the American stage. In this astonishing exploration of media sensationalism and ethics as well as interpretation and manipulation in the creative process, Obolensky illuminates the lives of two women who pushed against the limitations and expectations imposed upon them by society.
"We've been involved in the development of this remarkable new work over the last two years," TimeLine Artistic Director PJ Powers said. "Masha has been a true collaborator, wrestling with big ideas, making changes and treating the process like a laboratory to experiment. We are honored to premiere her dynamic new play for Chicago audiences."
The cast of A House With No Walls features TimeLine Company members Janet Ulrich Brooks (Sophie Treadwell) and David Parkes (Man #2), and TimeLine Associate Artist Terry Hamilton (Man #3), with Danica Ivancevic (Ruth Snyder), Zach Kenney (Man #1) and Mechelle Moe (The Young Woman).
Not Enough Air runs Wednesdays (3/4, 3/11 and 3/18 only) and Thursdays at 7:30 p.m., Fridays at 8 p.m., Saturdays at 4 p.m. and 8 p.m. and Sundays at 2 p.m. through Sunday, March 22, 2009.
POST-SHOW DISCUSSIONS: Free post-show discussions led by a TimeLine Company Member and featuring the production dramaturg and members of the cast on Thursdays, January 29, February 5 and 12; Sundays, February 15 and 22; and Wednesday, March 4.
SUNDAY SCHOLARS SERIES: A free hour-long post-show panel discussion with experts on the themes and issues of the play on February 8.
DISCUSSION WITH TIMELINE COMPANY MEMBERS: Free post-show discussion with TimeLine Company members on Sunday, March 1.
Tickets are $25 (Wednesday - Friday) or $35 (Saturday & Sunday). Preview tickets are $15. Student discount is $10 off the regular ticket price with valid ID. Group rates for groups of 10 or more are available. Advance purchase is recommended as performances may sell out. To purchase tickets or for more information, call 773.281.TIME (8463) or visit timelinetheatre.com.
Dramaturgical lobby displays, a production Study Guide and other information will be made available at timelinetheatre.com. A streaming video preview will be available at StageChannel.com.
Not Enough Air is presented with support from the National Endowment for the Arts and the Elizabeth F. Cheney Foundation. TimeLine's 2008-09 season is sponsored in part by the McCormick Foundation.
TimeLine Theatre is located at 615 W. Wellington Ave., inside the Wellington Avenue United Church of Christ building, near the corner of Wellington and Broadway in Chicago's Lakeview East neighborhood. CTA El stops at Diversey (Brown/Purple lines) and Belmont (Red/Brown/Purple lines) are nearby. CTA busses #36-Broadway, #76-Diversey, #77-Belmont, #22-Clark and #8-Halsted stop nearby. There is limited street parking, but several paid parking facilities are located nearby. Visit timelinetheatre.com for complete directions and parking information. There are two flights of stairs totaling 18 steps between the street and the theater space, with no elevator.
The production staff for Not Enough Air includes Brian Sidney Bembridge (Scenic Design), Lindsey Pate (Costume Design), Heather Gilbert (Lighting Design), Andrew Hansen (Sound Design & Original Music), Tramon Crofford (Properties Design), Maren Robinson (Dramaturg), Ana Espinosa (Stage Manager), James Ogden (Production Manager/Technical Director), Mac Vaughey (Master Electrician), Eva Breneman (Assistant Director), Bill Paton (Assistant Lighting Designer), Scott Flores-Deter (Assistant Stage Manager), Kristin Eaves (Wardrobe Supervisor), Robert Coleman (Graphic Designer), James Keister (Lobby Display Designer), Lara Goetsch (Director of Marketing and Communications), PJ Powers (Artistic Director) and Elizabeth K. Auman (Managing Director).
Masha Obolensky (Playwright) is a director, playwright and performer. She has written and directed several original performance pieces, which have been presented in New York City by La Mama E.T.C., New Georges, Here Arts Center, 78th Street Theatre Lab, Access Theatre and The Director's Collective. A reading of her play Not Enough Air was presented at the Association for Theatre in Higher Education/Women in Theatre Conference in Chicago as the recipient of the 2006 Jane Chambers Award. It also was awarded First Prize by Boston Theatre Works and was presented in their 2005 Unbound Festival of New Plays. As an actor, Obolensky has worked with many theater companies in New York and regionally, including New York Theatre Workshop, La Mama E.T.C., Target Margin, Mabou Mines, The Culture Project, New Jersey Shakespeare Festival, Actors Theatre of Louisville, Minnesota Shakespeare Company and Austin Arts Center. Her most recent directing credits include a reading of Dano Madden's Beautiful American Soldier for Boston Theatre Works, Frank Wedekind's Spring Awakening for Emerson Stage, Coming Together for the 2005 Cambodian Expressions Festival, The Bug Opera for a tour across New England, and A Thousand Cranes at 59E59 Theatres and the Edinburgh Fringe Festival, where it was nominated for a Total Theatre Award. Obolensky is on the theater faculty at The Boston Conservatory and at Middlesex Community College and is currently pursuing her MFA in playwriting at Boston University.
Nick Bowling (Director) was the founding artistic director of TimeLine and is now a Company member. He is the recipient of four Non-Equity Jeff Awards for Outstanding Direction (This Happy Breed, The Crucible and Fiorello! at TimeLine, Another Part of the Forest at Eclipse Theatre). He also was nominated for TimeLine's Hauptmann and The Lion in Winter, and for an Equity Jeff Award for Closer Than Ever at Porchlight Music Theatre. At TimeLine, he also directed The Children's Hour, Guantanamo: Honor Bound to Defend Freedom, Summit Conference, Gaslight, the world premiere of Streeterville and concert readings of The Cradle Will Rock and Thrill Me: The Leopold and Loeb Story. Other credits include Writers' Theatre's Bach at Leipzig, Shattered Globe Theatre's Time of the Cuckoo and Frozen Assets, Shakespeare's Motley Crew's Present Slaughter, Rivendell Theatre's Factory Girls and Buffalo Theatre Ensemble's Angels in America., 2008
TimeLine was founded in April 1997 by six graduates of The Theatre School at DePaul University. The company's mission is to present stories inspired by history that connect with today's social and political issues.
TimeLine's first 11 seasons featured 35 productions, including five world premieres and eight Chicago premieres. Praised as "a must-see company" (Chicago Sun-Times) and a "fast-rising Chicago company" (The New York Times) and recipient of the 2006 Alford-Axelson Award for Nonprofit Managerial Excellence, TimeLine has received 37 Non-Equity Jeff Awards, including an award for Outstanding Production in six of the past eight seasons: Not About Nightingales (2001); The Crucible (2002), Awake and Sing! (2003), Hannah and Martin (2004), This Happy Breed (2005) and Fiorello! (2007). TimeLine's 2008-09 season is presented under contract with Actors Equity Association.
The rest of TimeLine's 2008-09 season will include:
* The Chicago premiere of THE HISTORY BOYS, by Alan Bennett, directed by Nick Bowling, April 25 - June 21, 2009 (previews 4/22 - 4/24)
Company members are Nick Bowling, Janet Ulrich Brooks, Lara Goetsch, Juliet Hart, David Parkes, Maureen Powers, PJ Powers and Benjamin Thiem. TimeLine is a member of the League of Chicago Theatres, Theatre Communications Group and the Lakeview East Chamber of Commerce.
Photos by Ryan Robinson and Lara Goetsch
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Janet Ulrich Brooks and Danica Ivancevic
Janet Ulrich Brooks and David Parkes
Janet Ulrich Brooks and Danica Ivancevic
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My dear, elegant ladies,
welcome back to my channel. I have a highly requested
video for you today. What to wear when you're traveling, and what to wear in an airport. If you are new to my
channel, my name is Anna, and I run an online finishing school called School of Affluence. I teach women high
society skills, elegance, and how to feel at home
in elite social settings. Now, if you want to have
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achieve a luxurious lifestyle, visit www.SchoolOfAffluence.com. Okay, ladies, let's start with a small introduction where I am going to quickly say things that I
would never wear to an airport. The first and foremost number
one thing I would never wear to an airport, and that is my gym clothes. No yoga pants, no sporty stuff, nothing that I usually
would wear in a gym. With my sense of logic,
these type of garments do not belong in an
aircraft or an airport. For instance, there are certain clothes that are meant for certain activities. When I go horseback riding,
I wear certain clothes. When I go and play tennis or I play golf, I wear different types of clothing, so why are then active
wear, why are gym clothes all of a sudden the
appropriate wear to wear outside of the gym? It does not make any sense to me. Now, other things that I
would personally not wear when I go traveling is, for
instance, very tight clothing like tight jeans, anything
that's uncomfortable to sit down in. I would also not wear heels, platforms. I would not wear dresses
or skirts or even shorts, anything that can make you feel cold. And I would also think a little bit about what not to wear on
my feet when I'm traveling. UGGs, for instance,
unless you are arriving to a snowy country, a cold country, maybe arriving to the
mountains, then okay, maybe that's okay, but
if you're just traveling with UGGs because they're
comfortable, I don't know. They just look a little bit out of place. Same goes with flip-flops. Flip-flops, I see a lot in
the airplanes and airports. Flip-flops for me belong
around the pool, nowhere else, and especially not in an aircraft. But let's go back to air port outfits. What would I personally wear? What is appropriate to wear? First of all, we need
to have one thing clear. We do not want to
underdress for the airport, and we do not want to
overdress for the airport. I think overdressing,
appearing in heels and dresses and very delicate clothing
is definitely not appropriate because in airports, in airplanes, it's easy to spill, get dirty. For that reason, you really
should just have something that is somewhere in the middle. Why you shouldn't go too
casual is because it's a matter of respect for yourself,
and it's also a matter of respect for other people. Although airports and airplanes
are not formal settings, but you are surrounded by a lot of people, so it's important to
take that into account. I wonder, don't you
want to look your best, especially when you are
seeing all these people and you're sitting next
to all these people? So, ladies, I'm going to
tell you what I personally would like to wear in an airport. I will also tell you what
bag I think is best to wear and what shoes to wear. I always travel with trousers and a top. A top can be long sleeve, short sleeve. A few times, I've traveled with a dress. For me personally, it was
not the most comfortable piece of garment to wear. Trousers, let's start with that because trousers are really important. My favorite option,
which I actually do wear quite often myself to long-haul flights, I personally love palazzo
trousers and any wide trousers. They are comfortable,
and especially if you get in a more knitted material,
maybe some satin variation. There can be some high-quality
polyester that is breathable, and it's not like the
really cheap polyester that we don't like. But I guess the most important
is that the trousers, they sit nicely around
your stomach and hip area because that's kind of
where it becomes bothersome when you're sitting down,
and maybe the groin as well. So you really have
to make sure everything is, you know, relaxed, not too tight, you have some breathing space, and so on. And usually, these type of trousers, they'll look more flowy,
they'll look more elegant, they can be a little bit more casual chic, as I like to call it. If you are traveling
short haul, for instance, then you can wear trousers that are more like capri trousers, maybe
some comfortable slacks, maybe some culottes. If you want to wear
jeans, then perhaps a pair of stretch jeans. I would really focus on something that, you know, is comfortable. I feel trousers just makes you
look a little bit more neat, a little bit more formal, so like that, you don't look very dressed down, and you can just mix and match. Okay, let's talk about what we're going to wear with our trousers. For instance, a top like this is something I would definitely wear in an airplane. I like to wear something
that is comfortable, something that is soft,
something that is usually a long sleeve, or if I
am wearing short sleeve, short sleeve is not a t-shirt, by the way. T-shirts is like this. Short sleeve is like this. Now, short sleeve with a
cardigan, for instance, so that you can layer
because in an aircraft, it really does oftentimes gets cold. What I personally wear in an
airplane is something simple. I don't want to go all fancy. I don't want to go fashionable. Air travel is already a stressful
moment, at least for me, and I just want to keep things as simple, as easygoing as possible,
so I really think about these things, that
I have to find clothing for airports that are
somewhere in the middle, not too fancy but not too shabby to relax. We want to have that very
casual but smart, casual middle. Now, another thing, I don't
know if you have the same issue, but I always get very
bloated after air travel. I've actually read about
this, that it's very common. Whenever I travel, I always make sure to, not to wear any tops that are too tight. When I start feeling a little bit bloated, and then all of this shows. It doesn't make me feel good about myself, and it doesn't give me a good look. Another thing, I also like, especially if I'm traveling long haul. I don't know how you
feel about this, ladies. I guess it can be a
bit different depending on your bust size, but me,
as I have a smaller bust, I personally don't like
to wear a bra with straps when I'm traveling long haul
because in a long haul flight, I want to have, like my shoulders relaxed, so I always wear a
strapless bra underneath whatever top it is that I'm wearing. So, I always make sure that
the top that I'm wearing, it can cater for such bra because for me, it's just important to have
this kind of flexibility here so I don't feel like I'm too strapped in everything that I'm wearing, like, I want to feel somehow liberated. I think the trickiest part
is when you're traveling from a cold country to a
hot country or vice versa because you're really going
from two types of climates, and it can be sometimes
tricky to dress for it. Let's say I'm traveling
from a cold country, I'm arriving in a warm country, definitely I would wear the clothes that I'm going to feel most
comfortable on, upon arrival. I wouldn't do the same,
though, if I'm traveling from a hot country to a cold country. Then I would actually put
on my clothes that cater for colder climates later
throughout the flight but not initially because
you don't wanna go through an airport in, I don't
know, in some exotic country and really sweating in your jacket. But really, layering solves everything. So, the best way of
layering for me personally is to have, like, spaghetti straps. Maybe you have a cami top,
and then you have a cardigan, not too thick, thin,
and then maybe you have an additional layer, maybe another sweater for the really cold part of the flight, or maybe you have a light jacket. So, when it comes to outerwear, I mean, if you are traveling within hot countries, then this won't be applicable to you, but if you are traveling
within cold countries or you're arriving or departing
from a cold country then, of course, you might be
wearing a jacket or a coat. I would personally not wear
the most fancy version of coat, for instance, because
really, in the airplane, anything can happen. For that reason, you have
to have a jacket or a coat. You're just not too concerned about if something would happen to it, but you still don't want
to wear the ugliest thing that you own because that's the only thing you don't care about. You have to find some
form of balance there. So, what about shoes, footwear? Flats is the only way to
go, and you can, of course, have different variations to flats. So, I do recommend wearing
sneakers, but stylish sneakers. You don't want to wear a runner's shoes. We don't want to wear our old Nikes. We want to wear our good-looking,
nice pair of sneakers. Maybe you have a nice
pair of leather sneakers. I love my Louis Vuitton leather sneakers. They are my favorite sneakers. You can also wear ballerina
shoes if they're comfortable. An alternative, though,
would be to wear loafers, maybe a nice pair of Gucci
loafers, perfect for travel, perfect for walking, something
that is kind of comfortable but still, you know, formal
enough not to be too casual. I also recommend that you
wear shoes that are easy to take off and easy to put on. I do recommend that you wear
something that is comfortable because traveling
requires a lot of walking, especially between terminals. And also, don't forget shoes
that are not too fragile. You just never know. Now, if you want to wear boots. Maybe you are in a cold country,
then of course, wear them. Just make sure that they're
easy to take on and take off. Now, lastly, ladies, the bag. Now, what bag are we going to wear, and do we have to wear designer bag when we travel with airplanes? It's up to you. You can if you want. If you want to always dress to impress, then you definitely could wear something that is a little bit more
fancy, but if you are somebody that don't bother and don't
care, then you don't have to. It's just your personal choice. So, depending what your needs are, you will have a bag accordingly. For instance, some people, they don't really have
a lot of hand luggage. They put everything in
their check-in luggage. Then, maybe you don't
need to have a big bag. In that case, I would
recommend you to wear maybe a crossover bag or maybe
a bag with shoulder straps because you want to have your hands free. Majority of us, however,
and that is me included, we like to have things
with us inside the plane. That means, maybe you need
space for your laptop, your books, your water bottle,
your iPad, your mobiles. Whatever it is, you need to
have a little bit more space for all of those things
that you just cannot put in your check-in luggage. So, a bigger bag is required,
and for that reason, we need a tote bag. You don't have to have a tote tote, but you can have something
that is a bit bigger, with easy access because
we do need some form of easy access since we have to take in and out our passports and boarding passes. You want to have some space to work with, but the bag cannot be too big. You want to be able to fit it
in the seat in front of you. But at the same time, if you are traveling with a carry-on as
well, so, a rolling bag, you want to be able to put your handbag
comfortably on the rolling bag. You won't need to have to
carry your bag on your shoulder or however it is that you have to carry. You can just put them two
together, and problem solved. The last thing that I really
want you to think about. My dear online friend,
@ericasgirlyworld, she mentioned this in a video when she was talking
about her Hermes Birkin bag, saying that it was too heavy
for her to take with her in airplanes, and that's something that is very important
to really think about, the fact that your traveling
bag, the handbag that you have as a carry-on and so on, that it's not too heavy
without items inside. Because it's just going to be a burden when you're traveling around,
having a very heavy bag, plus stuffing it with all kinds of things, and you end up carrying, like, 10 kilos. So, ladies, I want to hear from you in the comment section below. What are you wearing for air travel? What are your travel hacks? Share us your best travel tips
because I'm really curious. I'm going, actually, to have
a look myself in the comments. Maybe there are some new
little tips and tricks that even I should know about. Now, if you haven't watched my vlog when I went traveling
with British Airways, which has the worst business class ever, watch that vlog and see how it was when I traveled to a warm country. Now, ladies, safe travels to all of you, and I will see you in the next video.


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