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Please take note that the Town of Scarborough has filed a Notice of Intent (NOI) to comply with the General Permit for the Discharge of Stormwater from Small Municipal Storm Sewer Systems. The Town has filed the NOI with the Maine Department of Environmental Protection (DEP).
The application is for the discharge of stormwater from the Town's separated storm sewer system to the following waters:
The NOI was filed on July 15,2013. The NOI and the General Permit are available for public inspection at DEP's Augusta office during normal business hours. A copy may also be seen at the municipal offices of the Town of Scarborough. Public comment will be accepted until a final administrative action is taken to approve, approve with conditions or deny this application. Written public comments or requests for information may be made to the Municipal/Industrial Stormwater Coordinator, Department of Environmental Protection, State House Station #17, Augusta, Maine 04333‐0017. Telephone (207) 287‐3901.
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Thursday, June 18, 2015
Home Alone: Days 5 and 6
I swapped child minding days with the co-grandparents so I could attend my post cataract procedure check up today. So yesterday Hannah and I took Evie to lunch in Cafe Couture then off for a browse at a Harryville charity shop. I gave Evie a two pound coin to spend and she slotted it into a toy drum machine and that was the end of that. Despite our turning the machine upside down many times and Hannah inserting her weird long fingers into the machine's inner working the coin stayed put. I advised the shop manager that the £3 price sticker on the gadget should now be upped to £5.
Off to the hospital today for a 4pm appointment. I was there for three hours and found myself sitting next to the same man that I sat next to on the day of the procedure. We swapped notes. Seems we are both doing great. Thankfully the surgeon agreed. I discovered the reason why things were taking so long for he was teaching a student and was taking enough time to ensure that she was benefiting from the experience. A lovely man. So I was there for a long time and so what? Once again I got to see what is wonderful about the National Health Service. And I've been flagged as 'urgent' for the left eye cataract.
Not a word from the holiday maker but thanks to Jazzer and the immediacy of Facebook I've seen three photographs. Her camera isn't very good but it seems that he is covered in mosquito bites and looks really sad as if he is totally missing Jess and Judy. The poor man.
3 comments:
- Mage said...
You do sound wonderful. I'm so glad you are able to get those taken care of.
- 11:51 pm
- Nelly said...
I know. Here people complain about our National Health Service but I think it is wonderful.
- 12:32 am
- Brig said...
missing the dogs, yeah, I bet it's more likely its you he is missing...
- 12:14 am
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Firefighters plan second strike after being summoned to scrapyard blaze
Firefighters will stage a further strike on the eve of Bonfire Night in protest against government proposals to raise their pension age.
Members of the Fire Brigades Union walked out for more than four hours last night even though it was one of the busiest nights of the year for fire services. Some brigades warned householders to put off firework displays to Saturday night.
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Performance management systems in facility management can take many forms, from simple operations and maintenance plans and spreadsheets to complex integrated technology systems. These systems form the framework for implementing the facility management strategy. The gathering and processing of FM data and turning that data into useful performance information is one of the most important aspects of facility management that brings value to the parent organization.
Although these systems and tools are capable of generating vast amounts of data about facility performance, it's how the facility manager uses that data that adds value. The facility manager's ability to turn raw data into business knowledge is the key ingredient in making better facility-related decisions.
In facility management, value comes from the facility manager's ability to assimilate organizational drivers into business processes. Creating value requires a deep understanding of the organization's mission, vision, and culture in order to align the FM group with the organization's needs.
Aligning with organizational mission
A structured performance management system facilitates this alignment by focusing on indicators that support the mission. Alignment comes from measuring the right things, turning metrics into key performance indicators (KPIs), and identifying trends in KPIs to build a reporting system that continues to demonstrate the value of the facility management.
Creating a performance management system starts with assessing the organization's strategy and how facility management can best support that strategy. Aligning with organizational mission is at the core of executing a strategy that best meets the organization's needs.
Every facility management organization should have a mission that supports the organization's mission, vision, and values. That doesn't necessarily require an elaborate FM mission statement. Sometimes, the best mission statements are concise and to the point. Here's an example: "Our mission is to support the goals and objectives of our organization by providing a safe and comfortable workplace."
The FM group achieves alignment when it thoroughly understands why it is there. The mission statement serves as a visual reminder of what is most important to the FM department and the organization. If the FM group has a deep understanding of the mission and aligns with the organizational strategy, it can improve the performance of facilities by improving decisions related to resource allocation.
Organizing and analyzing data
The commonly used phrase "data-driven decisions" can also apply in facility management. The facility manager should be able to construct a performance management system that enhances the ability to monitor, evaluate, and assimilate facility performance data — not necessarily lots of data, but the right data.
The keys to developing and deploying a functional performance management system are to organize performance information into the right categories and create a process to analyze them at the right level. The FM group gathers data — process and management metrics — at the tactical level to make facilities more efficient and improve the effectiveness of the FM workforce and its operational practices. Process metrics are used by the facility manager and supervisory staff to determine the efficiency of the workforce, and to monitor building efficiency, such as energy and water consumption. Management metrics are used by "middle-management" (often the facility manager and director level) to determine how effectively the organization is functioning. KPIs are used at the director level to demonstrate alignment with organizational goals and value to the organization.
However, all things that can be (and usually are) measured do not necessarily link to key performance indicators (KPIs). This process is depicted as a pyramid because the more strategic the information and metrics, the fewer the success measures.
Linking KPIs to critical success factors
Effective FM performance management systems measure the right data. It's possible to measure and monitor at any level in an organization, but KPIs represent the most important indicators, without which the organization would be unable to fulfil its mission.
At the strategic level — the C-suite or facility director-level in a large organization — the metrics and measurements that signify success need to be aligned with what the organization considers success. These are often labeled critical success factors and may not have much to do with facility performance directly. An example of a common critical success factor at the organizational level is customer satisfaction. Although there may be many opportunities for the facilities to contribute to positive customer satisfaction, the facility itself may not be the primary driver, or the facility may effect customer satisfaction only tangentially.
Think of a call centre, where the comfort of the customer service representative is important, but not necessarily the primary driver of customer satisfaction at the organizational level. In that case, it takes some strategic thinking and process-mapping to determine how the facility links to the organization's critical success factors and how facilities can make a positive impact.
There are often many facility management functions that contribute directly to an organization's critical success factors. A performance management system creates the link between business success (critical success factors) and the KPIs that are used to define facility management success.
Demonstrating the value of facility management
Building a performance management system allows the facility manager to collect the right data, formulate that data into business information, and consider that business information in determining the efficiency and effectiveness of the facility management function. Knowing the efficiency and effectiveness allows for closer alignment with the mission, and creates a vehicle for continuous improvement that keeps the FM function focused on the critical success factors for the organization.
It sounds simple, but there are truly hundreds and even thousands of bits of data and information available to measure and monitor building and process efficiency. The facility manager is charged with managing many processes, including access management, operations and maintenance, security, food service, horizontal and vertical transportation, accessibility and comfort. An FM performance management system provides a framework for managing these important FM business processes.
The construction, development, and delivery of a performance management system is one of the primary strategic roles of the facility manager. Dashboards, scorecards, and reporting systems are the tools that allow the FM to report positive outcomes that support the corporate (or organization's) mission.
The benefits of building a performance management system for FM processes and functions include better customer focus, a demonstration of value for money spent, a process for continuous improvement, and the ability to benchmark facility performance against others in the industry. Each of these benefits provides an opportunity for facility managers to demonstrate the value of the facility management function and assure their parent organizations that they are making business decisions that are aligned with and support the organization's mission.
Chris Hodges, P.E., CFM, LEED AP, IFMA Fellow, FRICS, is a principal and co-founder of Facility Engineering Associates and is co-author of the book Sustainable Facility Management, the Facility Manager's Guide to Optimizing Building Performance. Chris consults with clients on facility performance management and teaches facility management at George Mason University and Catholic University.


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Thursday, 27 October 2016
Subjects: Return of children from Syria; asylum seekers and migrants in Europe; Operation Sovereign Borders; ABF podcasts; ABC; Day for Daniel; Queensland laws.
Minister good morning.
Good morning Ray.
First up, ISIS loses control of Iraq and Syria, are we bracing ourselves for the return of traumatised indoctrinated children as Australian terrorists?
We are and it is going to be a big threat, but firstly I think we should recognise the efforts of the Australian Defence Force personnel who have been over in Syria and Iraq. Obviously a decision is made by Government to send them there, but they've done pretty amazing work. They have worked well with the Americans and dozens of other countries that are in the fight against Daesh and killing people in the theatre of war over there is frankly the best option before any of them can come back to countries like ours.
But if they do return and if they're Australian citizens they have a right to return then we need to be able to work with, particularly the policing and intelligence agencies to monitor them, to look out as to what their activities might be and ultimately to try and reduce the risk to the rest of the public.
Well that's adults. What about the kids that have been subjected to mayhem, murder, beheadings and the like as they return here still as children?
I mean we have discussed this over a period of time. I mean parents who are crazed enough to go there to fight in their own name is bad enough, but to take children into that theatre and expose them to all of that barbaric behaviour, those kids will come back and their lives having been destroyed, do pose in some cases a threat to the public.
So there's a lot of work that is going to have to be done by the state governments, by federal governments, by everybody to make sure that we reduce this risk – and it is as you say – and kids as young as 12-14 years of age who may pose a threat when they get back here.
So it's a big issue and I think Michael Keenan has done a great job with the Australian Federal Police in trying to put a programme together, but it is not an easy task.
It looks like the French Government has blinked in relation to the so called Jungle Camp in Calais. They've rejected applications from Syrians and Iraqis for a number of months. All of a sudden now the camp has been disbanded and these people are being given refugee status which means to people that were thinking about doing it you beauty if we wait long enough the French will cave to us.
Well Ray this is what happened when Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd were in charge here. I mean the people smugglers had them worked out and I think this is a problem still for Bill Shorten because basically his Party is split down the centre as to whether they want to let people stay here permanently if they've come off boats or whether they have a tough line. And I think we've demonstrated that you need a tough line particularly where people smugglers are out there selling a message to desperate people.
But at the same time you can be compassionate and allow people to come in the right way and this is an issue for countries all around the world. And as people are seeing in Europe at the moment, this issue of boats and the possibility of boats arriving and people smugglers taking money off men, women and children and put them onto boats, it hasn't gone away.
I mean this problem will be with us for a long period of time and the UN estimates there are 65 million people around the world who are displaced – many coming out of Africa and parts of the Middle East obviously.
So we need to have control of our borders. It is inconceivable in the modern age that you cannot have people arriving unannounced without papers and the French authorities have got a big issue to confront. It has built up over a number of years and my view is that this latest decision won't help them at all.
Now I know you don't comment when it happens, but after it has happened we can get a comment. Have we had any recent cases where boats have attempted to reach the Australian waters and either been turned back or taken into custody?
We have had a couple Ray where we have been able to work with the authorities to stop the ventures before they've got on water. So we do work with foreign intelligence services and with the Australian Federal Police who are based in Indonesia for example and we work with those people to work out when a venture has been put together.
There's a lot of activity online, social media, people smugglers are texting and messaging out to want to be customers so there is some work that we have done recently which we haven't spoken about in detail, but that work continues because all of the intelligence reports that I get indicate that these people are ready to move and we need to continue the effort that we've got.
I mean we've got more assets that we're prepared to put at sea, that is more boats. The Navy we work very closely with. We're going to do more work with them, similarly with the Australian RAAF and there's a lot of work that our border command people are doing on a daily basis led by General Bottrell.
So yeah look there is lots of activity still going on and this threat just hasn't gone away.
But you do stress that these people were stopped before they even got on to the water?
Yes and in some cases we can do that. In some cases we won't get the intelligence, we'll find them at sea. Obviously we have got the use of satellite technology and it's a very sophisticated operation Operation Sovereign Borders, but the threat is still there and I think it will be there for a long time to come.
I get quite a reaction the next morning via email from podcasts, people who can't listen to the programme that catch-up via Facebook and podcasts. Tell me about podcasts and Border Force?
Australian Border Force has taken a decision, and I think it is a good decision, to put out more information about what it is that we are doing. There are a lot of people with big interests in Customs and the work that we do, intercepts, the work that we do with detector dogs and the Australian Border Force is putting out podcasts, interviewing some of the senior staff, getting information and facts out there because sometimes, particularly through some of the left-wing media outlets, Border Force gets a pretty rough time. So I think it is good to put a few facts on the table and I think people will enjoy the content and I think that will continue.
We'll get to the ABC and Fairfax in a moment.
Now, police inquiries into a truck that jack-knifed on Sydney's M7 earlier this month, and I reported it at the time, has revealed two drivers with that company involved – and I've got some question marks about the company, I won't name them – are in breach of their work visa conditions. Do you have details on that or not?
My understanding is that the New South Wales Police has provided detail to Australian Border Force investigators and they'll investigate it now and as you know Ray, I mean as your listeners know, we cancel thousands of visas each year for people that breach their conditions, for people that overstay, people commit crimes and if people have breached their visa conditions then they can expect to be deported pretty swiftly. So there's work going on at the moment between New South Wales Police and ABF investigators and I think whilst it is too early comment on in at the moment, I suspect once the matter has been dealt with then we can talk about it in more detail.
But you see I have bipartisan support in the Senate from one of your side and one from the other side about this trucking problem and it is a really big problem with the trucks. We've got blokes – and I don't wish to categorise any particular nation – but many of them are Indian drivers, they can't reverse a single axle, let alone a B-double. This one jack-knifed and we've got a training programme and I think one of the companies here maybe involved in this truck where you know you can basically get it out of a Kellogg's cornflakes packet. You know, yeah, sit behind the wheel, beauty, here you're accredited, get behind that wheel of that B-Double, bring it from Brisbane to Canberra, Brisbane to Melbourne and we have a very big problem Minister and because I am getting bipartisan support, I'm getting a stack of information about it and it is not good.
Well Ray, as I say, we are keen to investigate and there is a taskforce that has been set up, Operation Cadena, within Australian Border Force that looks at exploitation of workers, it looks at people working outside of their conditions and if we find people who are doing the wrong thing then they do get their visas cancelled, they are taken into custody and they're deported.
So we're happy to act on information that we can rely upon and if people have information they can provide it either to the New South Wales Police or to Australian Border Force and we can investigate that because in the end we don't want accidents, we don't want people causing trouble and 457 workers shouldn't be employed…the idea is that they should only be employed in circumstances where an Australian worker can't fill the job. So if companies are breaching their conditions there are pretty heavy penalties that are imposed on companies and again there are investigations that are underway all the time.
Well I think you will find that Senator Sterle is getting help from John Williams, the Nationals Senator in relation to this and when I get information I'll give it to you.
Now, just finally, have you had any contact from ABC bosses about the disgracefully one-sided Four Corners story on Nauru? I notice Mitch Fifield was spluttering and coughing like a second hand lawn mower after you had come on the programme last week. Has anything progressed from that?
Well we had contact from Media Watch, so this is the ABC investigating the ABC….
…good luck! I think in relation to Media Watch, if you took my view; point one, I don't watch it; point two, if someone says to me you were on it last night, I say I don't care and point three; they send you a series of questions – and I've learned over the years, which I answer faithfully or used to – and then the various host – and there's been as many hosts as I've had up against me at various AM stations over the past 16 years – they pay no regard to your answer and say what they want to say anyway. So to use an old punting expression – I punt without them. I don't worry about them. I don't watch it and if my name is mentioned I don't care. If people email me, I reply I don't care that I'm mentioned.
Well I'm in the same category as you Ray. Look we didn't respond to it other than to say we'll take it up with the boss at ABC as opposed to the kangaroo court.
The questions that they send through – I mean one of the questions was look this Four Corners programme ran, you said that you'd be interviewed, but you would only be interviewed live because you had concerns that if you did a pre-record they would just you know cut and shred bits and pieces and just use what they wanted to, but you know we demand to know why you wouldn't be interviewed then on Lateline. It would be like you know being done over by A Current Affair and then Channel 9 saying well you can only have a right of reply on 60 Minutes. I mean it's a complete joke and it just showed, the flavour of their questions showed, how biased they are and the sad part is I don't even think they know what they're doing.
Well let me just take it a bit further okay because they hate it when I do this because at the moment there would be eight of them listening to this and they'd be all looking across the office because you see, I had a mate that used to work down there and he would send me a text and say you have got them in a muck lather today mate, they're running around like headless chooks.
Now the eight of them, they employ about 25 people for 15 minutes of TV once a week. I produce 15 hours of radio every week and have done so for 16 years here relying on three staff members and myself. Three staff and myself. Fifteen hours of radio and that doesn't take into account during the winter when I do a rugby league programme which adds another five, six or seven hours to my schedule plus a two hour country music show on a Saturday night. So there is a fair bit of media happening here.
They have got somewhere between 23 and 25 people to produce 15 minutes of TV every Monday night, but fear not Minister because guess what's going to happen very soon in the next couple of days….? They knock off for the Christmas break! They finish! So we're immune from their criticisms from about November until about March because they go on their holiday and for this my tax dollars, your tax dollars, are paying the freight for these low bludgers and I have had a gutful of them.
And right now they would be looking at each other and you know twirling their baskets saying my god did you hear him say that and I will get a letter from the Executive Producer tomorrow saying 'you're wrong, we only employ 16, we've got eight casuals and that we do the editing from other people within the ABC.' I don't give a continental. You are useless with a capital U. Not you Minister, them!
Ray, Ultimo is a bit away from your studio, but you can probably hear the choking sounds over there now.
The gagging.
Yeah the gagging on…
…well when you speak to the person that runs this joint, the lady that runs it, ask her how she can quantify and justify 15 minutes of lowbrow TV for about 24 weeks a year and the money paid to the presenter and all the other minions over there. They wouldn't get a job in an iron lung to use one my mother used to talk about. An iron lung wouldn't employ them.
Well you've got them fired up, there's no doubt about that, the lattes will be going everywhere over there at the moment I'd say.
Soy. Soy.
Soy lattes.
And by the way on a serious note, tomorrow is the 12th annual day for Daniel in memory of Daniel Morcombe – a very important day for Australia; more particularly an important day for Queenslanders to reflect on what happened to that poor boy.
Yeah now that is a better issue, a better note to finish on because the Morcombe family, as all Australians know, are unbelievable. I've met Bruce and Denise on a few occasions and you know they drive around to schools, they deliver a message and they should live well with the knowledge that their stopping other kids from meeting the fate that Daniel met and I think they are just wonderful Australians. We should spare a thought tomorrow for Daniel, but also for the work that they're doing because they fundraise, they contribute back and they have dedicated their lives to saving other kids and I think we should be very proud of that.
When we had the dreadful murder of this poor French girl and the bloke sentenced yesterday, do you think you could agitate with someone up there, because it infuriates me when they say 'oh we have given him life for murder' – and this is the only place it happens in Australia – I mean recently in New South Wales a bloke got life and he will be there for the rest of his life for murder, Stamford, for killing that beautiful young woman – but the thing about it is, this bloke yesterday gets life as 20 years and he will be out in 18 and the same with the killer of Daniel Morcombe and Gerard Baden-Clay.
I mean can someone in Queensland explain to Annastacia Palaszczuk – not her fault she inherited this – but life isn't 18 years for taking the life of an innocent young person. Life is for the rest of your life and we need a change in the legislation in Queensland so that these bastards stay in jail for a lot longer. I am sick of picking up The Courier Mail and seeing oh they got life and then you get to the bottom of it and it says they will be out in 18 years.
Well Ray this is something the Queensland Government can fix tomorrow. I mean there's no Upper House in Queensland and Annastacia Palaszczuk has a big majority. Really, on these sorts of issues, there would be bipartisan support and the law could be changed tomorrow. The Attorney-General…
…but doesn't it infuriate you as a Queenslander when you see this? I mean you know you have got these heinous crimes perpetrated on innocent people and you read about life and then life's 18 years. How does that work?
I mean it's unimaginable what these parents go through and it is a life sentence for them. I mean they will live with those lost years and missed opportunities. There will be anniversaries that come and go and they will be reminded and have that sentence for the rest of their lives and you would wish that upon no parent. You are right.
But the reality in Queensland is that Yvette D'Ath the Attorney-General here could introduce that legislation tomorrow.
I fought for years…we fought for years and years on the issue of double jeopardy up here and they introduced a version which was as weak as water. New South Wales, to Bob Carr's credit, introduced a law which modernised double jeopardy and in Queensland they dragged their feet. Linda Lavarch was the Attorney-General at the time – absolutely hopeless – and families live with the consequences of the civil liberties brigade being in charge and some of the…as we have discussed before, I mean some of the civil libertarians and do-gooders that Labor governments have appointed as magistrates, I mean they end up with weak sentences and these people get out, they go out and commit more crimes and no wonder people are disillusioned.
I've got to go. So that the ABC fact checkers don't get me – Media Watch's final programme for last year aired on November 23 and they returned on February 1. It's a fair break.
Well it's a fair break, but don't rush back to watch it.
Thank you. I don't. That's the Immigration Minister. Thanks for your time.
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Title: Suara Showroom 027
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Monthly Archives: March 2012
The Parent Trap
While parenting Montessori children, here's a new twist to praise and building "self-esteem". Count how many times a day you say "Good Job!" to your children… then read this: How Can We Help Our Children Avoid the "Self-Esteem Trap?" written … Continue reading
Just for Fun
Check out this Facebook page on "Stuff Montessori Kids Say"…. there are some hysterical stories! http://www.facebook.com/StuffMontessoriKidsSay
Kids Talk
Here's a great site for bite size tidbits of info on Montessori and childhood development issues. It's written by Maren Stark Schmidt, who is the author of Understanding Montessori: A Guide for Parents. http://www.kidstalknews.com/
"School 2.0" and an interview with Steve Hughes
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The Local Honey Myth
One thing that comes up very often when talking to people about honey is a preference for a local variety to help with hay fever and other allergies. On the surface this seems to make sense as honey bees collect pollen and that finds its way into a jar of honey so if you're exposed to small quantities it builds up your resistance right? We thought this way for a while too until we found out the pollens we're allergic to aren't the same types that honey bees will collect.
Pollens that cause hay fever are wind born from trees and grasses that release the pollens into the air in the hope they will eventually mingle with another plants to germinate and also get up our nose and in our eyes!
Honey bees collect pollens from plants which rely on insects to move them from one plant to another. As they drink the nectar deep inside the flower pollens get caught on the body of the bee and then transferred to the next flowers they visit.
That doesn't mean however that a good quality honey won't help with allergies. There's evidence that honey can boost your immune system which will strengthen the bodies response to the allergens. Read more about the health benefits of honey in one of our other blog posts.
Buying any local produce means lower food miles and supporting producers in your community which should always be encouraged and having a nearby beekeepers honey to enjoy is a real treat. But you'll always be restricted to a limited variety of honeys that can be produced on your doorstep and there are so many delicious types to enjoy!
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FITE Department Publications for 2017
August 23, 2017 - Dr. Raul Gouvea, FITE Department Chair
Leslie Boni
Boni, L. (2017). "Using Free Internet Data to Estimate S&P 500 Constituents and Weights." Advances in Financial Education. (Forthcoming).
Hsuan-Chi Chen
Chan, C., Chen, H., Chiang, Y., and Lai, C. (2017). "Fund Selection in Target Date Funds." North America Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol.39, pp.197-209.
Subramanian Rama Iyer
Benson, B., Iyer, S., Kemper, K., and Zhao, J. (2017). "Director Network Centrality and Credit Ratings." Financial Review (Forthcoming).
Ramon, V., Iyer, S., and Simkins, B. (2017). "Terrorism and Oil Markets: A Cross-Sectional Evaluation." Finance Research Letters (Forthcoming).
Iyer, S., Sankaran, H., and Nejadmalayeri, A. (2017). "CEO Overconfidence and Agency Cost of Debt: An Empirical Analysis of CEO Turnover Events." North American Journal of Economics and Finance, (Forthcoming).
Iyer, S., and Rao, R. (2017). "Share Repurchases and the Flexibility Hypothesis." Journal of Financial Research. (Forthcoming).
Iyer, S., Feng, H., and Rao, R (2017). "Payout Flexibility and Capital Expenditure." Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, (Forthcoming).
Harper, J., Iyer, S., and Nejadmalayeri, A. (2017). "Diversification Discount and Investor Sentiment." North American Journal of Economics and Finance, Vol.42, pp.218-236.
Iyer, S., and Harper, J. (2017). "Cash Flow Volatility and Investor Sentiment." Managerial Finance, Vol.43, No.2, pp.178-192.
Nejadmalayeri, A., Iyer, S., and Singh, M. (2017). "Is there an Optimally Diversified Conglomerate? Gleaning Answers from Capital Markets." Review of Quantitative Finance and Accounting, Vol.49, Issue 1, pp.117-158.
Gautam Vora
Gouvea, R., and Vora, G. (2017). "The Arab League: Export Earnings and Economic Development." Modern Economy, Vol.8, No.4 (Forthcoming).
Reilly S. White
White, R. (2017). "Executive Pensions and Optimal Pay Structure." Advances in Quantitative Finance and Accounting. Forthcoming.
Raul Gouvea
Gouvea, R., Kassicieh, S., and Kapelianis, D. (2017). "Assessing the Nexus of Sustainability and Information and Communications Technology." Technological Forecasting and Social Change (Forthcoming).
Gouvea, R. (2017). "U.S.-Latin America's Security: Moving Through An Inflection Point?" Defense & Security Analysis (Forthcoming).
Gouvea, R., and Vora, G. (2017). "The Arab League: Export Earnings and Economic Development." Modern Economy, Vol.8, No.4, (Forthcoming).
Leal, S., and Gouvea, R. (2017). "The U.S.-Brazil Relationship Opportunity: Business Synergies for an Uncertain Global Environment." Thunderbird International Business Review. (Forthcoming).
Book and Chapters in Book
Gouvea, R., and Francis, J. (2017). Indigenous Women Entrepreneurs of New Mexico: Surpassing Barriers and Stereotypes. Amazon Press, Kindle Edition.
Manuel Montoya
Chapters in Book
Montoya, M., and Brulotte, R. (2017). "Defining Craft: Hermeneutics and Economy." In Anna Mignosa and Priyatej Kotipalli (Eds.)., A Cultural Economic Analysis of Craft, pp.7-14. London, U.K.: Palgrave MacMillan (Forthcoming).
Montoya, M. (2017). "Craft – Economic Policies in the United States 1896-2016." In Anna Mignosa and Priyatej Kotipalli (Eds.)., A Cultural Economic Analysis of Craft, pp. 145-153. London, U.K.: Palgrave MacMillan (Forthcoming).
Doug Thomas
Hunsaker, T., and Douglas, D. (2017). The Viability Triad: How desirability, feasibility, and sustainability form the new strategic decision imperative." Journal of Management System and E-Commerce (Forthcoming).
Sul Kassicieh
Gouvea, R., Kassicieh, S., and Kapelianis, D. (2017). "Assessing the Nexus of Sustainability and Information and Communications Technology." Technological Forecasting and Social Change (Forthcoming).
Dottore, A., and Kassicieh, S. (2017). "Predicting Future Technopreneurs among Investors in Australian Universities." International Journal of Innovation and Technology Management. (Forthcoming.)
Klyver, K., Lindsay, N., Kassicieh, S., and Hancock, G. (2017). "Altruistic Investment Decision Behavior in Early Stage Ventures." Small Business Economics, Vol.48, pp.135-152.
Steven Walsh
Marinakis, Y., Harms, R., and Walsh, S. (2017). "Monitoring Additive Manufacturing Clinical Trials." Translational Materials Research. (Forthcoming).
Chavez, V., Stinnett, R., Tierney, R., and Walsh, S. (2017). "The Importance of the Technologically Able Social Innovators and Entrepreneurs: A U.S. National Laboratory Perspective." Technological Forecasting and Social Change, Vol.121, pp.205-215.


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Glacial pop; rediscovered and reworked Japanese masterpieces; legendary synthesisers; and obscure instruments will grace Melbourne's music venues in August.
Anna of the North
People can throw shit on Aqua all they want but Turn Back Time fucking rules. What is it with those Scandinavians? They consistently push out meticulous, gleaming pop music. They had Abba in the '70s and Roxette in the '80s. And Ace of Base and the Cardigans in the '90s. Annie made heartbeats skip in the mid 00s, closely followed by Robyn. Max Martin – let's not even go there. Frequently their songs include the warm chug of a disco bassline.
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Anna Lotterud was born in Norway but began her work as Anna of the North in Melbourne, where she studied graphic design. That makes this show something of a homecoming. She only has a handful of singles out, but don't let the appalling Chainsmokers remix sitting at the top of her Spotify page dissuade you – her debut album drops later in the year. This is the best kind of pop music. For Australians, it's the closest you'll get to cresting a fjord anytime soon.
Anna of the North plays the Northcote Social Club on August 24.
Black Cab
Akira (1988), directed by Katsuhiro Otomo, is a landmark work in animation. The film follows Kaneda, the leader of a local biker gang as he attempts to stop the newly unlocked superpowers of his best friend from not only warping his friend's minds, but also destroying Tokyo in the process.
Animators reportedly used a record 327 colours in the film's palette to create the dystopian, cyber-punk Tokyo we see in the film. In Kaneda's world, complex layers of darkness and smog are punctuated by helicopter spotlights and fluorescent skyscrapers. In a similar way, Black Cab's music mines both the light and dark of night; laser-sharp synths cut through the exhaust of the band's motoric drums and bass.
Black Cab's new album, 明 (translation – a "Akira") pays homage to Japanese anime soundtracks, in particular Geinōh Yamashirogumi's soundtrack to the aforementioned film, in which clinking wood blocks dance over thundering drums. On the night of the show, Japanese musician Toshinori Sakamoto will play live taiko drums alongside the band. Adventurous musical pairings like this are difficult to execute live and don't come along often.
Black Cab play Howler on August 18.
The Bombay Royale
Indulging what was considered exotic in the '60s and '70s is a dangerous game. Those who do it are more likely than not to end up looking like insensitive twits. Thankfully, when it comes to the Bombay Royale, Sikhs everywhere can let out a sigh of relief knowing the band's wild costumes are glittery-turban free.
Any fun being poked is of the loving kind and is directed at the more ludicrous aspects of the 1970s – think B-grade sci-fi or James Bond –than at India's Bollywood film soundtracks, which serve as the band's primary sonic influence.
The band's vocalists, Parvyn Kaur Singh and Shourov Bhattacharya, may be Indian, and the songs may feature sitar and tabla, but at their heart, the 11-strong group are a great surf-rock band (who aren't afraid to spin the disco ball).
The Bombay Royale play Max Watts on August 4.
Midori Takada
Access to obscure music is one of the truly remarkable gifts of the digital age. It has allowed music previously considered esoteric to be appreciated by vast numbers of music fans. Japanese artist Midori Takada is a case in point.
Her album Through the Looking Glass (1983) was for many years available only to serious vinyl collectors and cost hundreds of dollars on the second-hand market. Due to a quirk in YouTube's autoplay algorithms, the album found its way to fans of Terry Riley's minimal compositions and experimental electronic music.
Despite the album's delicacy, it's hard to say whether you're being invited into Takada's world or held at a distance from something dangerous and sublime. The record's swirling xylophone, wood block and gong work can be tense and disorientating – relief comes when a rain forest grows around the listener with whistling birdcalls and flutes. Film director Werner Herzog's description of the jungle might go a bit far, but it goes some way to describing the complexity of the world Takada has created on the record.
You can hear a pin drop at the Melbourne Recital Centre. There is no better venue in Melbourne (or Australia?) to hear this intricate and endlessly captivating music. This is a rare chance to hear a forgotten genius in a room worthy of her talents.
Midori Takada plays the Melbourne Recital Centre on August 29 as part of Red Bull Music Academy's Road to Weekender with support from Krakatau.
Les Craythorn Plays Synthi 100
For decades, uninformed rock dogs have insisted that synthesised electronic music is made by robots – devoid of passion and a human touch.
Tell that to Les Claythorn, who spent more than 200 hours restoring a rare Synthi 100 modular synthesiser, an instrument he first encountered in 1975 when it was delivered to the Melbourne Conservatorium of Music.
Interest in early electronic music has grown in recent times. Look no further than hit series Stranger Things, which references German musicians Tangerine Dream in its widely lauded score. For a reference most will get, the Synthi 100 is responsible for sounds in the Doctor Who theme song.
Craythorn will shred on his fun box and debut a number of original compositions backed by live instrumentation.
Les Craythorn Plays the Synthi 100 at the Melbourne Recital Centre on August 2.


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I have one that doesn't do that at all !! One that does a lot of salt !!! The one that doesn't produce sold at all is that a fake ??
Why is My Salt Lamp Turning White?
Why is My Salt Lamp Turning White?
Himalayan Salt lamps are quintessentially low-maintenance items. I mean, they're just a big lump of salt with a light inside. I mean, honestly, there's not a lot that can go wrong. The salt is mined from the Punjabi foothills of the Himalayas, and, unlike the refined table salt that many of us are used to calling salt, this stuff is a reddy-ambery-pink colour. Unlike refined table salt, which is just Sodium Chloride, and nothing else except maybe an anti-caking agent, Himalayan rock salt is chock full of a whole host of other minerals. These different mineral salts all naturally have a different crystalline structure and thus refract light of different wavelengths. The result: all the beautiful colours of your salt lamp.
Himalayan Salt Lamps, like most salts, are hygroscopic, which means that they attract water out of the air. This is in fact the process that allows the Himalayan lamp to purify the air in your home. Impurities are generally contained in this water vapour, and when the water is attracted to the lamp, so are they. Since the light is supposed to be left on, the light should be warm enough to then evaporate that moisture, leaving behind the impurities, and releasing the now negatively ionised water vapour back into your environment. That's how I gather it works, anyway.
Now, when the water lands on the surface of the lamp, it will quickly cause some of the ionic crystalline structure of the salt to break down – ionic bonds are always soluble in water. However, when the water evaporates, the ionic bonds will reform again as the solution turns once again back into salt. As a result of this process, you may find that the outside of your salt lamp gradually accumulates more and more completely white crystals. The overall composition of the lamp has not changed, but the surface arrangement has, on a molecular level.
In short, it is nothing to worry about. These changes are only happening on the very surface of the lamp. If you don't like them, remember, they are water soluble. Wiping with a damp cloth should be sufficient to remove this top layer without damaging or significantly diminishing your lamp. Remember though, that the lamp, being salt, is water-soluble, so be very careful to make sure your cloth is only slightly damp. Certainly do not give your lamp a rinse under the tap!
The great thing about himalayan salt lamps is that they are nice big chunks of salt and your lamp is in no danger whatsoever from this process of attracting and evaporating water. This is what they do. If you don't like seeing more of these white crystals, carefully remove them as shown above. The bulk of your light will be unaffected and will continue to give you that warm red-amber glow whether you clean the outside of them or not.
In my experience, salt lamps do benefit from being gently cleaned on a fairly regular basis. This removes dust, and when done with a slightly damp cloth it will also remove the outer molecular layer of the lamp (how often can you say that?).
11 thoughts on "Why is My Salt Lamp Turning White?"
My salt lamp i purchased from amazon, has shed most of the lamp.
Its now only the front of the lamp as the back just cracked open.
Are these not meant to last always?
Or are we forever having to buy a new one once the salt falls off?
My salt lamp i purchased from amazon, has shed most of the lamp.
Its now only the front of the lamp as the back just cracked open.
Are these not meant to last always?
Can a salt lamp help a person who come's into a room and after a few hours she can hardly breath, this happens only in one room of this house
I found an all white salt lamp and its really beautiful. Do white ones have the same advantages as pink?
I bought my friend a salt lamp which she put in her garden hut that she uses to relax in. It was plugged in only when she used the hut. She told me that she went in one day and the lamp had sort of melted. She said there was an orange mess down the wall and on the table. She had to throw the lamp away. What went wrong? I've bought several lamps from the same shop and had no problems at all. Any suggestions?
I bought two salt lamps but they are both almost white in colour. Not as nice lookin as the orange will it do the same job?


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|Figure 1: Diana and Clay.
Of course, I had to first get trained on PFS (thanks Johanna! thanks Steve!). It's been a learning curve. Here are the things I have done this past week that I had not done before:
- observed on site with a spectrograph;
- filled the instrument Dewar with liquid nitrogen (see Figure 2).
- drove an automatic car that is trying to be manual.
This observing run has certainly posed some challenges, both to the PFS team and to me personally.
|Figure 2: Filling up the PFS Dewar at 6:30am.
On my first night of training, we sent a command to move the iodine cell in the light path in order to complete calibrations and begin observing. However, the iodine cell would not move. Upon inspection, we discovered a glycol leak near the area where the PFS calibration lamps and CCD controller are. We suspect the glycol lubricated the iodine cell motor, disabling it from moving the iodine cell. The mountain crew rushed over and did a fantastic job cleaning up the leak. Following the cleanup, we were able to complete calibrations and start observing, but we did lose about 3 hours.
I usually use space-based data or observations from robotic telescopes, which is why I do not go observing very often. Adjusting to the night schedule was a personal challenge for me, and it took me a couple of days to adapt. At first, in the morning at the end of observing, each of the last few steps before bedtime seems like an insurmountable challenge: getting the calibrations right, filling the Dewar with liquid nitrogen safely, driving back to the lodge.
In the end it was all worth it for the learning experience, but also for the wildlife (see Figures 3 - 8), scenery, and sense of escape (see Figure 9).
As a "bonus", we had good weather and seeing (at least during the week I was there!), and we acquired numerous spectroscopic observations that will be used to measure the masses of newly-discovered exoplanets.
|Figure 3: Burro.
|Figure 4: Vulture (thanks George!).
|Figure 5: Vizcacha.
|Figure 6: Guanaco (thanks George!).
|Figure 7: Zorro.
|Figure 8: Small owl.
|Figure 9: Our galaxy.


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Yes reach out to the site that says how awesome it is that a male character is hot then has the same exact write complain about the same exact same title dare have a woman be attractive despite being of a background that is indeed very show offy.
Its time to stop fooling ourselves says a woman who left a position of power the women who have managed to be both mothers and top professionals are superhuman rich or.
A womans orgasm may last slightly longer or much longer than a mans womens orgasms have been estimated to last on average approximately 20 seconds and to consist of a series of muscular contractions in the pelvic area that includes the vagina the uterus and the anus for some women on some occasions these contractions begin soon after the woman reports that the orgasm.
Most americans say women are every bit as capable of being good leaders as men whether in political offices or in corporate boardrooms so why then are they.
I wrote this post about my dating experience in medellin back in april of 2013 its 2018 and i continue to update this post medellin women are beautiful and word is spreading pretty much around the world.
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Blue Star Software, a leading provider of high-performance software engineering for the federal government, recently opened an office in Columbia, Maryland to better support its customers and employees in the Columbia area. The new office doubles the office footprint and supports the company's growth strategy. The office expansion enables the company to accelerate growth in its software engineering practice.
"The decision to expand our presence into the central Maryland area was a logical step in our growth strategy," said Dan Sherwell, President of Blue Star. "We have many projects near Columbia and the area is home to many talented software engineers. An office in Columbia gives us the opportunity to host company events and meet with our customers at a moment's notice," said Sherwell.


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text: Anyone want to speculate on the last production number to be delivered in 2012? I realize that there are a lot of factors that go into the timing of deliveries -- battery size, other configuration options, delivery location, etc. -- but thought it would be interesting to see everyone's fact-less guesses as to the last delivery in 2012. If nothing else, this will help us non-Sig customers pass the time until our cars arrive... Personally, I'm hoping for at least 85 kWh configurations with active air suspension up to P5000, since I'm P4909. I received a Nov/Dec estimate on my MVPA, but am not sure it will really arrive this year (although still cautiously optimistic).


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The Mara River Basin spans approximately 13,750 km2, 65 percent of this area is located in Kenya and 35 per cent in Tanzania. The role of the Mara River as a key water resource for the communities and ecosystem can only be emphasized. It further serves Maasai Mara Game reserve and the Serengeti National parks, which are considered significant for regional conservation and pillars of economic development from a local, regional to a national level perspective.
Following support from the Mau Mara Serengeti Sustainable Water Initiative ( MaMaSe) , the Water Resource Authority (WRA) which is mandated to effectively regulate and manage water resources for sustainable development, with the support of IHE Delft institute for water education undertook comprehensive data collection on the status of the Mara River. The data was collected across five Sub catchments of the Mara River where the abstraction survey was undertaken i.e. Talek, Lemek, Sand River, Mara, Nyangores & Amala and aimed at determining supply, demand and the water balance for current consumption and future consumption projections.
Stakeholders met in Narok to analyze and review findings from this exercise to map the way forward on implementing the comprehensive Water Allocation Plan for the Mara River within the Kenyan territory . The workshop included presentations on the water resource assessment, reserve assessment and demand assessment , water balance (current and future projections) , presentation on scenarios of availability and demand changes, an Interactive discussion on implementation and monitoring changes.
According Eng. Boniface Mwaniki; Technical Director WRA, prior to intervention by MaMaSe and water experts within the project from IHE Delft Institute for Water Education, there was very limited information on the status of the Mara River Basin with reference to permitted abstractors, illegal abstractors, location of abstractors , how much water they are abstracting and how they are abstracting from the main tributaries feeding into The Mara River . These assumptions would lead to flawed information on the actual water available in comparison to data from rainfall collection. The statistics would indicate that there is plenty of rainfall available, but on cross-checking with the actual water levels in the rivers, most had dropped water levels or even drying river beds in comparison to the rainfall data. On the other hand, David K Bosuben, Acting Deputy Director- Transboundary Water Resources, noted that previously, there was no scientific approach to water allocation, the authority operated without knowledge on whether they were over or under allocating water. He further noted that one of the outstanding features of the newly developed WAP under MaMaSe of the Mara River Basin is that WAP has gone further and considered the downstream users who also have a right to this resource, making it now possible to maintain a recommended reserve flow. This inclusion is critical in managing conflict resulting from use of trans-boundary resources.
Members from the Mara River Water Resource Users' Associations (WRUAs') represented during the workshop noted that it has been challenging to gauge how much water to abstract and when to abstract due to the erratic water flows. Cliff Neylan, Lalela farm pointed out that regulated monitoring of the river will enable better water consumption and projections which may guarantee a more sustainable future. He further added that water users need to adopt water storage technologies instead of having to rely on rivers all the time. According to Eric Olereson, Regional Coordinator - Maasai Mara Wildlife Conservancies Association (MMWCA) there has been concerns by the tourist facilities on the dwindling water levels which have also affected wildlife, especially the species which are water dependent. On ecological demands – wildlife should be factored in. WRA should confirm if Water allocation guidelines considered wildlife water demand separately or if it should be included in the reserve flow . All stakeholders were in agreement that the WAP document and implementation of the contents thereof will bring about a sense of security, that the monitoring system is better and everyone should join efforts to implement it carefully. Stakeholders should also be held responsible for their actions. This will guarantee that the river shall always be there for generations to come.
According to Douben Klaas-Jan; Sr. Advisor Water expert at The Brabantse Regional Water Authority-Netherlands, developing a water allocation plan may look simple, but implementing it, is the challenging part. Agreeing on organizations responsible on who does what, how and prioritizing the action points is important. For impact to be realized it takes time and all stakeholders must be willing to put in the time and effort to work together for the long haul.


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It's all narrative and a thick blanket of harmony, a Jacob Collier-style polyphony and plenty of comments about life, regret, and inspiration. With a beautiful harmony and a simple and bold tenor guitar track, this production works as a vocal powerhouse, as a statement about the power of melody, and the vitality of small moments.
It's talk about family, about coming to terms with destiny and the expectations of others. Maybe it's also about having patience with yourself, and the world around you:
"I just walk and hope I'm getting close
catching up with all the ghosts
I'd like to get to know"— T. Thomason
UK born, and east coast raised, Thomason's latest EP sweet baby has really put him on the Canadian music scene as a top artist from Nova Scotia.


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What is it? The percentage by which men's average spend per month on moisturizers exceeds women's in the age group of 18 and 24 years, according to data from research firm IMRB International's Target Group Index.
Why is it important? An indicator that men in this age group are spending more on grooming products than women, which goes against the popular perception that it is the latter's domain. Another example: men in this age group spend 6% more on conditioners every month than women. Men aged between 18 and 45 spend 10% more on body washes and 7% more on face washes and scrubs than women per month.
Tell me more: The Indian men's grooming market is estimated to touch Rs 14,200 crore by 2020, up from Rs 7,500 crore in 2015 (was Rs 3,000 crore in 2010), according to Euromonitor International.
28 paise
What is it? The expected loss per unit of power distribution companies (discoms) that have joined the Ujwal Discom Assurance Yojana (UDAY) by 2018-19 from 64 paise in 2015-16, according to research and ratings firm Crisil.
Why is it important? UDAY scheme envisages zero loss. The scheme was launched by the Indian government last year for financialand operational turnaround of discoms and 17 states have signed up for the same so far. While the losses might not be eliminated, it's projected to come down. The expected aggregate losses of these discoms are expected to see a drop of 46% to Rs 20,000 crore by 2018-19 from Rs 37,000 crore now. The total debt of state discoms were Rs 4 lakh crore by the end of March 2015.
Tell me more: Chhattisgarh, Uttarakhand, Rajasthan and Haryana are likely to do well under the scheme while Uttar Pradesh, Bihar and Jammu and Kashmir are expected to be laggards. The three states are expected to account for almost two-thirds of the gap or loss (average revenue realised minus average cost of supply).
Rs 1,000 crore
What is it? India's annual losses due to corrosion of steel in structures and buildings in the coastal areas, according to Steel Minister Chaudhary Birendra Singh.
Why is it important? The government is considering a proposal to make galvanisation of steel mandatory in sectors such as automobile, infrastructure and construction to build corrosion-free steel vehicles and buildings. Discussions between various ministries are on and a Cabinet note is expected to be moved that would require regular steel to be replaced by zinc-coated steel. Galvanised steel is also likely to be used in the Smart Cities Mission as well as Pradhan Mantri Awas Yojana (affordable housing for all).
Tell me more: Corrosion causes losses to the extent of 4-5% of India's gross domestic product annually, as per an internal analysis of Hindustan Zinc Limited.
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What is it? The number of people who die from traffic accidents in the world every year, according to the United Nations (UN).
Why is it important? Nearly half (49%) are pedestrians, cyclists and motorcyclists, which highlights the lack of safe walking and cycling infrastructure in many countries. The UN has asked countries to invest at least 20% of their transport budgets on such infrastructure to not only save lives but also, help in reversing pollution and reducing carbon emissions.
Tell me more: Motorised transport, which is responsible for nearly a quarter (23%) of global carbon dioxide emissions (and the fastest growing sector in greenhouse gas emissions), is likely to be responsible for a third of the carbon dioxide emissions by 2050 at current rates. The report noted that countries such as India have come up with high-quality engineering design and construction guidelines for bicycle and pedestrian facilities but have been weak in implementing them.
What is it? HSBC's market share in the participatory notes segment in India at the end of 2015-16. P-Notes are instruments issued by registered foreign institutional investors to overseas investors who want to invest in the Indian stock markets without registering themselves with the Indian market regulator.
Why is it important? HSBC, which is one of the top five issuers of P-Notes, is planning to close down this business vertical in India. Following stricter rules, the recently-signed double tax avoidance agreement with Mauritius and with the Special Investigation Teamhaving reportedly having asked the market regulator to provide details of those investing through P-Notes to crackdown on black money, the instrument has been losing its attractiveness.
Tell me more: The share of P-Notes in the foreign portfolio investors' (FPI) asset base has been gradually declining: from 11% of total FPI assets as on September 30, 2015 to 8.4% of total FPI assets as on August 30, 2016. It remains to be seen how the other P-Notes' issuers would react to the changing situation.


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Residential course open to all at
Wortley Hall, Wortley Village, near Sheffield
Keywords– Voluntarism & Altruism; Charity and Philanthropy
A weekend of discussion
Friday - Sunday 29–31 January 2016
Facilitator: Sharon Clancy
– working with Joseph Boughey, RWF KW editor-in-chief, and Phil Guy.
The weekend is the second in a series, based on Raymond Williams' classic book Keywords and will feature a task that may be fulfilled by the end of the weekend – which is to work on the keywords, as above, sharing insights on each, and to prepare interpretative commentary on the word voluntarism (modelled on RW in follow-through editing) for posting on the RWF KW project web pages.
As with sessions in Philosophy in Pubs, or Discussions in Pubs, the aim will be a series of democratic discussions in which all can feel able to take part, although no one need feel that they must!
Overview Programme - detailed programme here
Friday 29 Jan
Arrival and registration. From 14.00 hrs on…
17.00 hrs. Welcome and introductions followed by a warm-up session; Dinner 18.30
From then on the discussion circle sessions will last about 90 minutes. More detailed programme will be available for participants and will be posted on RWF web.
Break times and meal times will be confirmed but are likely to be: breakfast 08.30; coffee 11.00; lunch 13.00; afternoon tea 16.00; dinner 18.30.
Heading home on Sunday after lunch…
Pre-course Reading:
Raymond Williams Keywords (1976 and 1983)
New Keywords (Edited by Tony Bennett… 2005)
RWF web - KW links …
Definitions Handout
Thought Stimulus
The Current Status of the Voluntary Sector
Special fee (subsidized by RWF grant): £115.00 pp (all-in, with en suite bedroom)
Or if you prefer £30 deposit and the Balance of £85 at least three weeks prior to the event.
Two bursaries available for those in receipt of benefit or any young people, 16 to 25 - with preference given to those who have not been to Wortley before: £35 only, all-in.
Non-resident (pro rata) from maximum of £60.00 - ring for details
Maximum enrolment = 15 The weekend will be viable with 8 participants.
Enquiries: Tel 01538 528178