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In a brand new interview with Icon Vs. Icon, DEF LEPPARD and LAST IN LINE guitarist Vivian Campbell revealed that he is "getting together" with some of the musicians in "another band that [he] used to be in many, many years ago" next week to "start writing for a new record." He added: "I can't mention who it is yet, but it is one of my past projects, and we are kind of getting back together, and we have been offered a record deal."
One of the bands that Vivian used to play in was RIVERDOGS, which he he ended up joining after being tapped to produce their first demo. As an official member of the group, he would contribute to their eponymous debut album in 1990.
Though fans and critics gave the LP a warm reception, lack of support from their record label eventually led the band to go independent, with Campbell departing the lineup. Releasing another two albums in Europe, the group continued to pick up fans before eventually disbanding.
RIVERDOGS drummer Marc Danzeisen revealed in a February 25, 2016 post on the band's Facebook page that all members of the group — including, apparently, Vivian — have "been in close contact lately trying to make some DOGS magic happen very soon."
RIVERDOGS gathered in 2003 to record new material and play a few reunion shows. Those new songs were recorded as demos, but never completed.
In 2010, MelodicRock Records approached band manager Paul Liszewski about a possible release of these songs. The band liked the idea so much an agreement was reached and over the course of a few week-long get-togethers, the lineup of Rob Lamothe (vocals), Campbell, Nick Brophy (bass) and Danzeisen recorded final versions of the 2003 tracks as well as writing a couple of brand new songs. Added to the new "World Gone Mad" album was one live cut from the band's 2004 reunion shows, a cover of the BADFINGER classic "No Matter What".
Campbell, along with bassist Jimmy Bain and drummer Vinny Appice, was part of the original DIO lineup, which reunited in 2012 alongside singer Andrew Freeman to form LAST IN LINE.
LAST IN LINE's debut album, "Heavy Crown", was released on February 19 via Frontiers Music Srl.
Hey everyone! Just an update. Everyone is doing fine. Rob and Nick are working away. Writing. Recording. Mixing. Loving...Posted by Riverdogs on Thursday, February 25, 2016


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Karl Persson de Fine Licht is an associated researcher at CRB. He is also frequently hired as a university lecturer at the University of Gothenburg and Sahlgrenska University hospital where he holds courses in public health ethics and theory of science, just to name two examples. Last, but not least, he has a permanent position as a researcher at the SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden where he has several projects on social values and city development.
In addition to questions about social values and how they may be affected by city development, Karl Persson de Fine Lichts research interests include bioethics with a focus on priority-setting in health related contexts, and questions about responsibility. Who is responsible for what, on what grounds, and what, if anything should follow from it? His main focus today is about whether addicts are responsible for their criminal and health related behavior and whether the answer to this question should affect the level of punishment or priority in health care related contexts.
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I had a very coincidental experience recently that made me think about which people a company should consider as their customer. I was making a call to a company about a training program that I had heard they were looking for through a mutual associate. At the same time this was one of two companies I had narrowed done to choosing for a product I personally wanted to purchase.
After leaving two emails, and three phone message I received a call back from the training director I had been referred to talk to. I was told that "when she needed training solutions, she made the calls to vendors, and never talked to people like me!" Then she abruptly hung up on me! Guess what kind of training I was told they were looking for? You guessed it, Customer Service!
It was after that "wonderful" treatment that I made my choice of which company I was going to choose to make my purchase. In essence, the treatment I received from this training director said a lot about the culture, and made me question the level of service I would receive if I chose to become one of their customers.
So my challenge to every organization out there is to provide good service skills, or at the very least try being polite. You never know how the person you are offending may reciprocate, and at the very least blab like I do about the kind of treatment this store gave me to every friend I know. I did try to reach the store's CEO to chat about a potential solution; however, his assistant told me "he doesn't take calls from people like you." Seems he and the training director graduated from the same service training program!
If you and your organization could use a refocus on customer service, I'd be glad to introduce you to a program that would make a difference. That is of course if your organization allows you to talk to people like me.


text: Show Hide image Culture 4 June 2009 Fear of Music: Why People Get Rothko But Don't Get Stockhausen Sign-up The recent series Mad Men, set in early 1960s New York, garnered as much attention for its carefully placed period references as it did for its storylines. In one episode, a group of advertising executives ponders the significance – financial and aesthetic – of the Rothko painting that their director keeps in his office; meanwhile, the anti-hero Don Draper is seen sneaking out to watch French New Wave films and reading from Frank O'Hara's Meditations in an Emergency. But his highbrow leanings stop there; unless the third series has a very different musical consultant, we are unlikely to witness Draper listening to the works of Rothko's friend Morton Feldman, or his colleagues discussing the latest John Cage performance. Modernist art and literature are shown to have permeated everyday life in a way that their musical equivalents did not then, and do not now. However, any direct comparison of two art forms should be approached with caution and David Stubbs, for the most part, avoids any easy answers to the implied question of his subtitle. Instead, Fear of Music is a speedy tour of 20th-century music and concurrent developments in art, recounted with a mixture of rancour and exuberance. While the author's accounts of the Italian futurists' noise machines, Kandinsky's correspondence with Schoenberg, and an appreciation of Edgard Varèse might not satisfy an art historian or musicologist, they bring the subject matter to life vividly and succinctly. Likewise, postwar art and music are deftly intertwined in a chapter that pulls together Cage, Ornette Coleman, Yves Klein and the Fluxus movement. However, a long passage on the outsider jazz composer Sun Ra heralds one of Fear of Music's most problematic aspects: as we progress through the 1960s and 1970s and – inevitably – into the post-punk era (the eulogising of which has become a standard of rock criticism in recent years), visual art disappears in favour of extended descriptions of Stubbs's musical enthusiasms: for example, AMM and the British free improv scene, and Krautrock. By the chapter "Europe Endless: Post-Punk to the Nineties", it is less a book about music's relationship with art, and more just another recounting of rock music's more artful period. That some of this music was influenced by or misunderstood like its avant-garde classical predecessors does not really get us back on topic, and by the time we return to conceptual and sound art in chapter six, the thread has been lost. Perhaps the retelling of these hagiographies could have been curtailed in favour of the question at hand, for as soon as Stubbs attempts to respond to it, it is clear that we are dealing with a wealth of fascinating physical, emotional, environmental, economic and sociocultural phenomena. The author hurries through this, however, touching on Afro-futurism, the political and emotional role of noise, the wealth extremes of the art market and the relationship between visual art and corporate sponsorship. In the end, Stubbs is unable to avoid a defensive, slightly abrasive tone, which is hardly likely to draw readers into thinking afresh about new music and sound. For that, David Toop's Haunted Weather is recommended; and the interview-based Settling the Score, by Michael Oliver, is a much better starting point for those needing a primer on 20th-century music. Yet at the heart of this polemic is a pertinent point about our relationship with unfamiliar sound and the vocabulary we use, or rather don't use, to discuss it. Fear of Music: Why People Get Rothko But Don't Get StockhausenDavid StubbsZero Books, 144pp, £9.99 Subscribe £1 per month SUBSCRIBE More


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Kate Upton has recreated the iconic lifeguard girl Pamela Anderson of Baywatch series in a new photo shoot. The Sports Illustrated model is seen in a number of poses miming Anderson in a parody of nineties series for the cover shoot of GQ magazine.
In a photo, Upton who replaces the red swimsuit for a tangerine two-piece detailed with white circular patterns is seen posing with one of the bright orange lifeguard floats. In another, the 20-year-old watches over the beach from the lifeguard tower, orange floatation device in hand.
The swim suit model revealed an embarrassing moment, a wardrobe malfunction, during the photo shoot for GQ at an amusement park following which the whole crew was asked to leave the place.
"For the GQ photo shoot, we were on that ride where the seat spins while the actual ride is spinning, and I'm wearing a one-piece. And all of a sudden the entire top falls off! I'm holding myself, laughing, turning bright red, but a lot of people are watching, so they kicked us out of the Santa Monica Pier-it was so embarrassing," Upton was quoted as saying in the interview. "You wouldn't think that would happen with a one-piece!"
Upton also revealed her minimal clothing secrets.
"I grew up in Florida riding horses, so the majority of my life I was either in boots and jeans or a bathing suit," she told the magazine.
In a two-minute clip posted online, directed by celebrity photographer Terry Richardson, Upton flaunts her lifesaving skills and her curves in the title The Many Talents of Kate Upton, showing the models' skateboarding abilities, hula-hooping skills and even dance act.
Upton, who recently returned home to Florida for the 4 July celebrations, shared her joy on Twitter. "Happy 4th of July!! Enjoying picnic and the beach with the birthday girl... Love being home!" Upton tweeted.


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Eating and drinking – exhausting business. When we gain our strength back, we will include some descriptions of our images. Until then, a few more shots of the areas we are visiting! Cheers…
Eating and drinking – exhausting business. When we gain our strength back, we will include some descriptions of our images. Until then, a few more shots of the areas we are visiting! Cheers…
The past week has been a whirlwind of adventures. The noise and dust from the road repairs to the flood damage in front of our little cottage has driven us out, over the mountain and down to the Southern most tip of Africa, Cape Agulhas. Dry and hot in summer and windswept and cold in winter. We are drawn here by a new wine area Elim, L'Agulhas. We rent a house in Pearly Beach. It overlooks a rugged coastline and the cold Atlantic. The days are long and filled with sunshine, perfect for slow ripening grapes. Also for walking the beach checking out the tidepools and finding treasures. Today the treasure is in the form of shells, in particular the intriguing flat white spiral Ndoro. These are detached bottom sections of conus shells. Used as currency in Zimbabwe since the 17th century they are still worn by spirit mediums and considered to bring fortune and longevity to those who find them. We visit Struisbaai, a color filled fishing village and watch the days catch of yellowtail ( Amberjack) being unloaded. It's a busy place with fish being gutted on the boat ramp, clouds of noisy gulls and traders haggling over prices. As each boat is offloaded small pickup trucks rush the fish to Cape Town restaurants. Prices are just under $10 for a large fish. We breakfast in a small padstall. The food and service are excellent. Polite smiling people serve homemade breads and preserves with our morning eggs, bacon and boerwors. I had the kippers, Christina says no Smooches for me. The preserves here at the roadside stalls are simply fantastic. Green or brandied figs anyone? Fresh watermelon, orange skin confit and a host of others. We are now near Bot River and are on our way back through Heaven and Earth wine route for more 'research'! Cheers…
Whew! It's tough drinking and eating fresh seafood – take a look!
Much has happened since we landed in CPT, but our internet is sketchy at best. For now, some pictures…
New Years Eve in Amsterdam.
We woke to another chilly morning, but were spared the rain so we decided walking off some of our calories was in order. First on our list was getting to the Rijksmuseum. We walked there briskly noting all the storefronts. En route to the museum and outside a bakery door a very long line of people stood patiently waiting. Unusual we thought. A little further down the street a young man balancing a tray of small paper cups full of hot chocolate approached us shyly. "Would you like some hot chocolate and cookies? I made them myself." Of course we would and I fumbled for some coins. He smiled and hustled back to the waiting queue. Payment was not required. We never asked he why he did this simple act of kindness.
Entry into the Museum was simple with almost no queuing. Unlike the lady waiting with us, who had tried to enter the museum on a day earlier; she and her husband had arrived at noon and waited for 3 hours in the cold. The museum was full to capacity and the museum staff were only allowing 100 people in every hour . We simply checked our coats and spent a happy two hours viewing the best that the museum had to offer. Rembrandt's painting of " The Night Watch" was very crowded but we were able to get very close to all of his other paintings.
We left as the crowds arrived but prior to true congestion.
Retracing our steps back to the apartment we walked passed the bakery with it's long line of customers. I asked a lady who was part of the crowd what the fuss was about , "Olibollies" she replied. "This is where the Royal Family get their Olibollies, they're the best in Holland." For those unfortunate mortals out there who have never experienced an Olibollie they are small fist size Dutch pastries deep fried, sweet, raisin filled doughy treats that are similar to a doughnut, but different. Amsterdamer's usually eat them on New Years Day, serving them warm with a sprinkling of powered sugar. Danger warning, they are very addictive!
Toward midday we started hearing some pretty intense explosions…not huge but certainly louder than gunfire. It turns out that the Dutch like their fireworks. The law allows city residents to use fireworks from 10 am on New Years Eve to 2 am on New Years Day. That law didn't work so well. The fireworks started at about 10 am and were still going strong at seven am the following day. At about 8pm I'm shattered, feeling the effect of jetlag, a power nap is in order. Christina is made of sterner stuff and after a glass of wine or two she braves the crowds and the cold and goes in search of beer. She fights her way through a packed bar, orders a beer but on delivery is told, cash only tonight …no cards. She elbows her way out and walks back to the apartment. I wake at 11.50 to a roar from the street below our apartment, a cacophony of yells, whoops, whistles, fireworks and the snarl of traffic whose drivers honked their horns from 11.30 pm to four am. I watched as a man steps into the road and stops the traffic. He calmly places a very large box of mixed rockets in the very center of the road. He lights the fuse and steps back onto the pavement. We are entertained by star bursts, bangs and flashes that explode just above roof level. After sharing a bottle of Champagne we hang out of the window and try to capture the chaos on camera. At one am Christina heads to bed and I sit watching the New Year arrive on a night sky filled, with sky rocket bursts in every color, shape and form. The stink of the smoke and gunpowder and the sound of the various crackers and extreme cherry bombs went on continuously. All bloody night. The money spent on fireworks that night must have been be the total income of a large African Country. For lack of a better phrase, It Was A Blast!
Despite the plethora of Dutch snacks, a nice Pino Noir and comfortable flannel pajama's, Christina got restless at about 7.30 pm. "Let's step out for a beer" she said. My alarm bells didn't ring. "Just one beer" she reiterated…"sure ," I said, oh foolish man. We found an Irish Pub where they poured a very respectable Guinness and a reasonable red wine. Christina was looking for something with a little muscle something like a Martini, perhaps. Christina approached the bartender, did they know how to mix a martini? Umm… that would be, not really. So Christina talked them through the process. Do you have a cocktail shaker? In an Irish Pub? Umm…that would be no. Christina returns to our table with a very insipid drink, too little Vodka too much Vermouth not enough ice and not enough "bite". Conversation ensues. This is Amsterdam. A very important city. We are in a tourist area full of Americans. Why can't they make Martinis here? Christina is clearly unhappy. I will help 'fix' the problem. I add a double shot of Absolute vodka and some ice to her existing drink and stir gently. Yes! Christina is happy. The drink is very fine. We have another two, very fine, very double drinks. Christina is approaching the point of no return and suggests visiting a Dutch coffee shop. Who's ubiquitous presence is made obvious by the strong aroma of MJ. I know now that I'm in deep trouble. We pick a place off Van Rjin Square with loud techno-crap music and flashing purple neon lights that announces we are entering Club Smokey. Two more very double, very fine vodka's and we need to get back home. We are within stumbling distance but I have to distract Christina who is by now intent on visiting every dive bar we pass. We stop to listen to a harpist play. Christina thinks her playing is divine and wants to linger, not me I'm freezing my ass off sitting on a cold granite bench in 36 degree weather. What was in store for NYE at this rate!? We will post our crazy New Year's night soon! Ps. The draft horses pulling the trailer full of beer is headed to our apartment – yes!
We are back in Amsterdam eating, drinking & trying to get in a bit of culture. Today was much more about eating and drinking, but we promised ourselves to 'culturized right proper like' tomorrow. We are headed to the Rijksmuseum via a canal boat as it is the safest means of travel at this point… the endless speedy cyclists, mopeds, vehicles & trams are ping-pong-processing in our brains like a pachinko machine. Just when you think it's safe to cross a street – blamo! It's kinda like Frogger on crack or at least level 38.
Riding the canals was beautiful. It was wonderful to see older buildings still in place and noting when the were erected, most before America was firmly established. The first stock market was formed in 1611 here – that's amazing! What's even more amazing is that it's still such a crap shoot, unless of course you're Warren Buffet.
Some of the restaurants have come of age and are making delicious dishes. We had a great dinner at Van Rijn last night and were delighted that everything that we ordered exceeded our expectations. Steve chose the venison-freaking fantastic; it's a shame we don't see venison as much in the states. I had a delicious oxtail consume with truffled ravioli, yes please! We tried to order martinis after our meal aaaand that's the only time Van Rijn missed the mark. The place has a WALL of liquor so I just assumed we could order a classic cocktail. Even getting an olive or a lemon twist sent the barmen on a futile scavenger hunt that ended in a glass with an abundance of sweet vermouth, a bit of gin and a scant twist of thread like lemon zest. A for effort! Tonight we are eating in at our apartment. We have a fantastic view of the Amstel River and a plethora of snack foods, some of them classically Dutch. We've just devoured half a smoked mackerel (packaged in it's mandatory anti-stink cre-o-pack sack) and half a block of hard Oude Kaase with beautiful salty crystals and funky monkey turned butter kind of taste. Prost! Until tomorrow.


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For a little more than a week, we step back through the centuries via the art, folklore and gastronomy of one of the most interesting southern regions of Europe. We depart from Madrid, the only European capital with a name of arabic origin, and home of the world-famous Prado Museum and a number of excellent museums. A short day's journey brings us to Cordoba, the old capital of Al Andalus ( the ancient Spanish Islamic Empire), where caliph art and culture flourished and spread through the known world of its time. The Mosque, the incomparable jewel of arabic religious art, is an evocative and seemingly eternal witness to the splendor of the Al Andalus culture. From Cordoba we follow the course of the Guadalquivir river to Sevilla. Throughout history, the various cultures that have inhabited this city have left their distinctive mark: the Almohades, their Gold Tower ; the Christians, the graceful Gothic Cathedral, the third largest in the world. Mythic Granada is not far off, near the peaks of the highest mountain range of the Iberian Peninsula. From any of its lively streets the Alhambra, the most impressive palace of the arabic middle ages, presents its majestic presence. But not all in Andalusia is history. There is also flamenco, tapas bars, and a lively street life that has made Spain famous. All in all, a memorable experience among some of the most impressive artistic buildings and monuments of all mankind is assured.
Together with international travel experts, group leaders and tour operators we had been working with different types of groups every time since 1995. We are always focus on the individuality of each group as each tour is designed individually.
As professional organizers of group tours, we expect you will like to read more about the ideas we can work together with you for your future group travel to Spain, Portugal or Morocco and come to us with a list of specifications to be quoted.
(*) Olespaintours ( formerly Ole Spain Tours ) is a licensed receptive travel agent and DMC based in Madrid (Spain) that had been working on custom group tours since 1995.


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Since all the discussion about the WPS exploit I moved over to Tomato (toastman build E4200USB-NVRAM60K-1.28.0494.3 -RT-N-Ext). I have both 2.5 and 5Ghz (both N-only).. running WPA2, all settings stock with the exception of FrameBurst turned on.
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Some motivational researchers refer to employee motivators as values or attitudes. There is a quality in the words "values" and "attitude" that suggests right and wrong. That presents a challenge because people like to assign a moral outlook when discussing values, such as "family values."
Likewise the term "attitudes" tends to make us think of someone having a "good" attitude or a "bad" one. That's really too bad because so much benefit can be gained if managers understood that values or attitudes are neutral and they are simply different factors that motivate – or de-motivate – us.
For example, just as you can use a hammer to build something good or to harm another person, the hammer has no "morality" of its own. The same goes for money, one of six motivators identified by Dr. Eduard Spranger that some people value. One group of people, based upon their life experiences, might believe that money is the root of all evil and that money corrupts. In contrast, another group might believe money is the path to prosperity and philanthropy. You can probably imagine the arguments and animosity that might erupt if you placed Bill Gates, Warren Buffet, Donald Trump, and Bernie Madoff in the same room. Money itself would not be the problem – they each have amassed billions of dollars, at least at one time or another. The different would be the purpose – or the value – each individual assigns to money. Consider that Bill Gates and Warren Buffet have both donated billions of dollars and much of their personal wealth toward education and other human-critical missions compared while Donald Trump and Bernie Madoff who seem to believe that whomever holds the most money wins.
Each of the six motivators holds similar differences in the value place on them. Therefore to understand how to motivate employees, managers should begin with these 3 rules:
Rule #1 – Values or Attitudes are neutral.
Whether we call them motivators, values or attitudes, these factors are neutral. They are judgment free. It's us – you and me – that assign good and bad connotation to descriptors like values and attitude.
Rule #2 – Think of value as a verb, not a noun.
The most critical question you might ask is which of the six motivators – Conceptual, Aesthetic, Economic, Power & Authority, Social, or Doctrine – do you value most. Phrased another way, ask "what do you value?" not "what are your values?"
Rule #3 – Not all values are equal.
Two of the six motivators tend to be primary influencers for most people. Sometimes there are three. Another one or two of the motivators have situational influence – they are not driving passions in an individual's life. They can and are activated when there is a specific application or focus that will benefit the individual. Finally, the remaining one or two do not motivate the individual at all. In fact if you try to activate them, you might de-motivate them instead.
To motivate employees, managers must first understand the motivators that people value. Next, they must identify the primary, situational, and de-motivating influencers for each employee. And finally managers must be able to match the right individual incentives and environmental influences (aka – benefits, culture, etc.) to each employee. In other words, hire and retain employees that will value what you offer or offer what they value…or both. Conversely, you can't offer what you value and expect everyone to respond the same way. That's a path destined for a slippery slope.
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LOS ANGELES (May 29, 2013) — To commemorate Asian Pacific American Heritage Month, the Asian Pacific American Bar Association of Los Angeles County (APABA-LA) hosted a panel discussion on Fisher v. University of Texas, a case currently before the U.S. Supreme Court involving race-conscious admissions.
Though the facts of the case do not directly deal with the Asian-American community, the parties in Fisher heavily cited the impact of race-conscious admissions on the Asian-American community in support of their respective arguments, and Asian-American grassroots organizations filed briefs in support of and against such policies. More than one hundred members of the community — attorneys, law students, physicians, and community activists — attended the event, which was held at the Asian Pacific American Legal Center (APALC). In addition to APALC, over twenty-five community organizations co-sponsored the event.
The panel featured Laboni Hoq, APALC's Litigation Director; Albert Giang, Counsel at Caldwell Leslie & Proctor, PC; and Dr. Susan Wilbur, Director of Undergraduate Admissions at UCLA. The panelists discussed the legal background of race-conscious admissions, admissions policies in California and Texas, and the effect of race-conscious admissions on the Asian-American community and diversity generally. Mike Eng, Trustee-Elect for the LA Community College District Board and Former State Assemblyman, moderated the panel.
"As an incoming college trustee facing the era of increasingly limited admission spaces, the panel discussion on the Fisher case was extremely important and timely. I am very concerned that the ultimate decision may do undue harm to the interests of the immigrant communities that I have represented as an Assemblyman and Mayor for the past decade," stated Mr. Eng.
One attendee, Tamika Butler, noted: "This panel really highlighted the struggle that young adults in the diverse API community face in their pursuit of quality education. The phenomenal panelists engaged the audience, made the topic easy to understand, and clearly illustrated why the future of affirmative action is an important issue that impacts all communities."
APABA-LA hosts an event commemorating Asian Pacific American Heritage Month each year to educate the public about issues affecting the Asian-American community. Prior years have included panels on diverse topics, such as hate crimes, bullying, and Asian-Americans in the media.


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Sala and other prominent marine scientists and thinkers are gathered on national Geographic's ship, sailing around the Galapagos. They are part of Mission Blue, an initiative to brainstorm strategies and options to rescue Earth's oceans.
Mission Blue is the brainchild of National Geographic Explorer-in-Residence Sylvia Earle, who was able to convene the gathering after winning the 2009 TED Prize.
Earle's TED wish: "I wish you would use all means at your disposal — films! expeditions! the web! more! — to ignite public support for a global network of marine protected areas, hope spots large enough to save and restore the ocean, the blue heart of the planet."
By Enric Sala
Galapagos Islands–Another morning walk on land to watch iguanas, frigatebirds, and sea lions.
Female sea lions were milking their babies in the middle of our path, ignoring us completely. Needless to say, we walked around the path to not disturb them, after the mandatory "how cute/how sweet" statements.
Back on board, we were treated to fascinating talks and deep discussions.
Who said scientists can't communicate? Well, most can't, but on the National Geographic Endeavour we have some of the best science communicators out there.
Here are some of the thoughts that struck me most:
We need a new operating system for our relationship with the ocean (Dee Boersma, biologist/filmmaker and National Geographic grantee). We've been taking too much out of the ocean–the fish we like to eat–and thrown in what we don't want–our sewage and garbage.
Photo by James Duncan Davidson, TED
If the ocean ain't happy, ain't nobody happy–Steve Palumbi, marine ecologist, Stanford University, explaining that ocean health is essential for our health. Currently, many toxic chemicals that we use to make plastics make it to the sea and to our bodies alike. For instance, Inuit mothers in the Arctic cannot breastfeed their babies because their milk is too loaded with pollutants.
Photo by James Duncan Davidson, TED
If fish could scream, not many people would go fishing–Chevy Chase, actor. Well, Chevy is not exactly a scientist, but he showed us very explicitly how horrible it would be to catch a fish that is screaming and complaining about the pain inflicted by a steel hook. As he said, torturing an animal just for "sport" does not sound very human.
Photo by James Duncan Davidson, TED
In addition, we learned that blue whales can hear each other songs from as far away as 500 miles, and also that noise produced by humans–like ship noise is so disturbing the sound environment underwater that whales have to call louder to hear each other. We are probably making their life very difficult, and finding a mate is now a struggle for them.
Finally, some signs of hope. Steve Palumbi said that the list of solutions outweighs the list of problems. And we know that some of them, like marine reserves, work when well implemented and enforced. The question is: how to scale them up at the global scale?"
Marine Ecologist Enric Sala is a National Geographic Fellow. A 2005 Aldo Leopold Leadership Fellow, a 2006 Pew Fellow in Marine Conservation, and a 2008 Young Global Leader at the World Economic Forum in Davos, he also received the 2006 Prince of Asturias Award for Communication and Humanities with National Geographic. Sala's experience and scientific expertise contributes to his service on scientific advisory boards of environmental organizations.
"We have learned more about the ocean in the last half century than in all of preceding history," says Sylvia Earle, marine biologist. "But at the same time, more has changed." Read the full interview.
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It is quite normal for people to form their own judgments the moment they see something or someone relatively new. For what can be said about judgment is that, it is formed and mainly influenced by a person's past experiences as well as colored by their beliefs and desires and the culture that the person lives in. Still, it cannot be denied that being relatable and understanding of other people's situations in life as well as dependently understand them is undoubtedly an acceptable trait. Likewise, learning to trust your judgment can either be a cause for setbacks and problems your life or would be a great ally in your present life going to the future onwards.
The chance to develop this trait of learning and understanding your gut instinct is a goal that almost all people from different walks of life dream of doing. It is important to acknowledge alternate perspective present in each individual that could help in success and self-advancement or possible self-doubts and feelings of failure. It almost always depends on how others will look, think and assume about each other.
The bottom line here is that, at the end of the day, it is still a choice. A choice if you will be listening to what your inner feelings are telling you – which is borne out of your experiences, your past, the influences of the events and people in your life, your cultures and beliefs as well as obligations and level of reasoning. It is solely an individual desire to listen to your instincts and let it guide you, or learn to channel those thoughts and emotions that they may be intensely influencing inside you. It does not really make a difference but the main thing here is that, if you will be making decisions or forming judgments, what is important is that it is borne out from after having duly researched and having gathered more info about it. Know what Time Does Pizza Hut Close here!
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On this date in 1845, Joseph Halford obtained a marriage bond in McDowell County, North Carolina, professing his intention to wed Rosamond Burgin. The marriage bond was issued in the names J. F. Halford and R. M. Burgin. I found the record while searching the FHL microfilm of McDowell County Marriage Bonds. I wasn't sure who the players were, but since one was a Burgin, I made a copy of the record.
Some quick research back at home revealed that a Joseph Fletcher Halford had married a Rosamond Malinda Burgin. Both Rosamond and Malinda are given names in my Burgin line, so it seemed likely that she was connected to my family. Further research revealed her to be the daughter of Martha Burgin and the granddaughter of Benjamin Burgin and Leah Mann. Ben and Leah are my 6th great-grandparents, so Rosamond does indeed fit into my family tree. Rosamond's father was Jesse Burgin, but I don't know who he is yet.
Regarding the naming pattern, her first name comes from Rosamond Quinney, who was Benjamin Burgin's grandmother and appears again in the next generation in Ben's aunt, Rosamond Burgin. The name Malinda first appears with my 4th great-granddaughter, Malinda Burgin, who was Rosamond's older first cousin.


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Downtown: Where We Belong
The Downtown Saskatoon Business Improvement District and the City of Saskatoon are teaming up to build on a wave of renewal taking place in our downtown core.
We have been using a human design-centred approach to try solving some of the on-going downtown challenges. Used by Apple, Google and Spotify, it explores human behavior to uncover people's motivations and insights. This gives us a way to take a new look at the thorny, complicated problems that we know are barriers—such as safety, a grocery store, parking and transportation—and making the downtown a destination and a neighbourhood where everyone feels a sense of belonging.
Business owners, shoppers, cyclists, bus riders, developers, youth, downtown residents and would-be residents have all been part of our initiative to help us identify what the real users of downtown want to see.
An upcoming session will focus specifically on making downtown Saskatoon a great destination in the winter months. Many ideas developed in previous sessions will be piloted by the City's planning division over the spring and summer of 2018.
Learn More
This is part of Councillor Block's strategic priority area. To view all of Council's 10 priority Areas, visit: 10 Strategic Priorities
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Spring 2018 Ready-to-WearGuy Laroche
Coaxing a storied French name back to relevance is a huge challenge, but Guy Laroche has a few aces to play. Its fragrance portfolio—headlined by Fidji and Drakkar Noir (50 and 35 years old, respectively)—is still going strong without the benefit of advertising. And then there's Drake's tattoo. That counts for quite a bit.
The Parisian house also has a new head designer in Richard René. An alum of Hermès and Jean Paul Gaultier, in 2004 he swept the Hyères Awards, opened his own couture house, circled back to Gaultier, and, latterly, the swimwear brand Vilebrequin. That's quite a list: ready-to-wear, couture, menswear, swimwear. Nearly all the boxes are ticked.
In a preshow interview, René admitted that he's happiest when he's sitting on the floor fitting dresses. A self-described "radical minimalist," he loves nothing more than distilling his patterns down to bare lines.
With his first outing, done entirely in black and white, he did precisely that. For inspiration, he turned to Laroche's most famous muse, Mireille Darc, who passed away late last month at 79. A '70s icon second only to Catherine Deneuve, Darc was the French Julianne Moore of her day: an indie, a purist, and a risk-taker. In one of her most celebrated films, The Tall Blond Man With One Black Shoe (1972), she appears in a Guy Laroche dress with a plunging back so deep, bumsters look prudish by comparison. The dress caused a scandal and sealed the career of both designer and actress. Ask any Frenchman and he will go glassy-eyed at the thought of it.


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IIT Bombay recruitment 2015 notification engineer 17 Posts : Indian institute of technology (IIT), Bombay, Applications are invited from the citizens of Indian for filling up the temporary position of 17 senior project manager, senior project engineer and various vacancies for the sponsored project undertaken in the department of electrical engineering of the institute. The positions are temporary initially for a period of 1 year and tenable only for the duration of the project. The requisite qualification and experience etc. are given below. Apply online before 4th November 2015.
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Ken Edwards' book of sonnets
|An ideal poetry book for the backpack
A question that arises with some of Ken Edwards' other books too --- what are we going to call it?
eight + six was published in 2003 (by Ken's own Reality Street Editions). It's a small format paperback, an ideal form for carrying around in a backpack or back pocket for all-through-the-day dipping. Each page has a sonnet on it.
It strikes me as somewhat strange that the "plus sign" doesn't slope when you're in an italic font. Why is that?
Anyway, Amazon.co.uk calls the book "Eight and Six", which to people of my vintage sounds like a price .... [ the price of a much heavier paperback than this one: an illustrated King Penguin or something of that sort. ]
So personally I prefer to call it "eight plus six", but even this isn't really satisfactory because it prompts me to a sort of kneejerk addition sum.
So far as the sonnet formats are concerned, the division into 8 and 6 is normal but it isn't quite invariable. For example, "Shifts Genre Often" has no division and "Perturbations (2)" is divided 3-4-4-3. Nice!
More relevantly, very few of these sonnets have a traditional sonnet feel to them. But occasionally, one of them does. You end up thinking about the form... working it out. What's the feel here? What does it sound like?
The formal energy of these poems is important. I think it's to do with the author being a bass guitarist. The distinctive feel, look, and sound of each poem is a big part of its meaning. But only a part.
[That's even more evident in his recent a book with no name. You could say that the pieces in this book are to poetry as the groove is to music. In other words, within each piece there's a lot of repetition and a clearly established identity of... {timbre, approach, manner, activity} .... that's fairly consistent from one end to the other. What's surprising is how content-rich these pieces are. You'd think they'd be just patterns, but it's not that way at all: they've got a great deal to say.]
Here's one of the sonnets:
You have a great wide window Chris through which
sunbeams flash, reverberate on four
white walls a dark stained floor -- it's a good
window for a good & useful space
Now we're tuned up -- but I just want to say
The Art of Fugue's not something to be hacked through
as one might chainsaw a viola in half
by some careless mischance (finding oneself
with the wrong implement for the occasion)
what is this piece of wood doing in my hands?
where am I? You mean the city's turned &
summer's coming through?
Welcome to
Planet Earth --
home of Johann Sebastian Bach
* For Chris Shurety, on his 50th birthday.
[my additional notes:
Chris Shurety, composer and director of COMA (Contemporary Music for All).
A few poems in eight + six , it occurs to me, might have inspired Peter Hughes when he was writing Quite Frankly: After Petrarch's Sonnets. Here --- sometimes -- is love poetry, demotic settings and idioms, the hint of a rap-like comic delivery: the Hughes sonnet starts to come into focus.
But then, always, we veer off. Like this one, another fiftieth birthday poem:
As though astonished
Through the rubric of
"The transformation of love"†
In the room
In the rain
How have you been
Many times this way O boy
I don't know if I can
On the door it says
Use other door
You go through it (the
Turn) and
* For Michael Finnissy, on his 50th birthday, July 1996.
† The phrase is from Rilke's letters.
[my additional notes:
"Absconsion" is the rare noun from "abscond"; it means flight, refuge or self-concealment from authority. Ken's spelling perhaps develops this action into a habitual state of consciousness.
Michael Finnissy is a composer and pianist: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michael_Finnissy
Good to see the dagger (aka obelisk) footnote symbol, insufficiently used in most modern texts!
Excellent review by James Wilkes:
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Neat & Tidy Challenges
Its been so long since I wrote a blog! I've been naughty! Well anyway a year has past and its been full on. I wont bother trying to catch up on my blog so I'll just start a new.
OK... so I found this fantastic person who runs Beautifully Organised and she is running a Neat & Tidy Challenge year..... Now for anyone who doesn't know what it is, (like me), its where each month is dedicated to a space in your house and your given a checklist to declutter and organise. I have been in my house for 12mths and always seem to put things off or find myself busy and always putting organising at the bottom of my priority list which has left my house in kaos as if we had just moved in yesterday lol. These challenges have given me due dates to have it done so I can go in the competition. Who ever has the most inspiring space wins a prize for that month.
So. I started. OMG!!!! I never realised how disgustingly unorganised I was living. When I looked at my before and after photos I was reeling in shock! You know those moments that you think your normal and then all of a sudden..... BAM!!!! You realise your one of those hoarders on TV. Then I had to post my pics on Instagram to be in the running!!! Total humiliation! and there were moments when I was almost chickened out cause I wanted to keep up the social mask/fasarde that we were normal but I really don't like fake so..... against all instincts ..... I have completed and publicly posted 3 challenges and it's been a really amazing journey.
Fist was the Kitchen.
I hadn't done a challenge and didn't really know what I should do so I just had a stab in the dark at it. Now, after doing more challenges I can definitely see that I could have done more with some ideas but it was my first time and I was just happy to find progress happening in my house.
Here is Before............Now don't laugh!!!
So after the clean and tidy I have now made the fridge a freezone (nothing gets magnetted to the front of the fridge anymore), removed a lot of unnecessary hanging items near stove that were just collecting dust, put all tea and coffee items hidden in cupboard on bench & removed all hidden junk above the fridge and placed decorative items.
Just doing this tidy, clean and reorganise was enough of a boost for me to attempt the pantry.
Pantry Before ..... does anyone else have a pantry that looks mess all the time like mine?
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It has been 6 years since Robin Zodiac has traveled to Cape Town, South Africa. The climate is similar to Southern California, but December and January are windy times of the year. She began regular Christmas trips traveling on 2 to 3 flights for two days to reach the 'Motherland' in 2000. The jet lag usually takes 10 hours to recover from being 10 hours ahead of California time. The sun is brighter with little smog in the air and able to smell the shrubbery once exiting the plane.
South Africa has 15 different languages, but most speak the Queen's English. There is allot of wealthy properties next to shanties, which is traditional tribes living in shack communities with tin roofs and dirt floors. It seems that everyone walks around with smiles on their faces. It is often to see baboons crossing the streets and must use burglar bars, unless living in a gated estate area.
It is common to see black women walking with baskets on their heads or their baby tied in a blanket to their back. Most natives still use witch doctors instead of proper medical services. The food is pure and the dairy gives cheese and chocolate true enjoyment when eating. The cost of food is allot less and it seems really reasonable to dine out, because the bill (or check) is a third of the price of a meal in the States. It is new in L.A. to purchase grocery bags, but this has been the case in South Africa for decades. Selecting a movie theater seat was another thing to be implemented in the States from Africa, but America serves alcohol and sometimes meals depending on which movie house you attend.
It has been told that there are 3 women to 1 man and Cape Town has a large homosexual community. Gays have been marrying for years in South Africa and even though the apartheid ended in the mid-90s compared to America's race equality of the 1950s to unite the races, it seems there is allot less of racism in Africa. But, there are laws that employers must hire more blacks than whites and these business permits are checked yearly. It is more difficult for a white man to get a good paying job due to these laws. But, Robin was raised in Washington D.C. and it was like this in school with a dozen of whites to thousands of black and the teams or cheerleading squads only allowing 1 or 2 whites allowed to participate.
There has been many changes, since Robin's last visit. There was always a person in the car parks helping load groceries into the car for a tip. It was common to see workers cleaning the floors and windows or manning the bathrooms at the malls, but these jobs do not seem to exist anymore.
Driving in Cape Town is on the left side of the road does take some getting used to, especially when told to turn right or left. And, when using the car's indicator (turn signal) is with the right hand or the window shield wipers will go on. Also in some Provinces people get an electricity bill, but in Cape Town you must go to the market and add funds to a bank-like card and insert into the electrical box that is usually located in the kitchen. There are not electrical sockets in the bathroom either. It was like this with wifi, but now you can pay a bill for unlimited useage and different packages are offered.
Tips before coming to Cape Town;
- Bring an unlocked phone or if you have paid your bill for 12 months constantly, your carrier will unlock your phone to get a local number. Robin Zodiac bought a second phone with data and hotspot's her American iPhone to it for navigation.
- Buy a Skype phone number and credit to be able to call anywhere in the world.
- Reserve a rental property on Gumtree, which is like the American's Craigslist.
- Book no later than August to get a flight or a self-catering rental.
- Schedule plastic surgery appointments in advance, because it is more than half the cost in the States and the doctors are the best in the world.
- The South African Yelp is Zamoto for reviews.
Robin Zodiac has felt a huge American influence this year's surroundings, unlike years past. She is organizing her visa to move back to South Africa by the end of 2017 in hopes to establish manufacturing company for her patented products with cheaper labor available. If applying for residency, you must stay in the country for 4 years as other Commonwealth countries require i.e. Canada and Australia.


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But you do, because that is how love works through time.
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That's how love through time works.
And this year October changes again. All of us who care and write about lives affected by cancer sense a shift. Conversations about breast cancer are changing, thanks to the work of writers and truth tellers who speak honestly about their experience with breast cancer. While the changing conversation isn't fast enough to dampen the suffering in our midst we keep at it, louder and louder, because we can. And we must. I just realized yesterday (ah, some of us are slow) that those learning about breast cancer from their own diagnosis or that of a friend come into the experience bombarded with the pink images it took many of us years to deconstruct. Gayle Sulik, Ph.D., author of Pink Ribbon Blues, dedicated ten years of research, interviewing and writing to become an "overnight" success and change agent in breast cancer culture. We are all the wiser to remember the time it takes and collective work necessary to approach a tipping point.
A debt of gratitude to all of you truth-tellers for your honesty and advocacy.
And a huge thank you to Liz Szabo, for the wonderful spotlight she provided to the conversations we're changing through #BCSM. Her write-up, with video: "Breast cancer survivor group is a social movement."
#BCSM co-moderators Deanna Attai, MD, Alicia Staley and I are incredibly honoroed. If you haven't checked Liz's other articles on her breast cancer and health issues please do so. Just this month alone has covered inflammatory breast cancer, breast cancer and pregnancy and ways to help breast cancer survivors in way that is informative, real, and immediate. I think she's one of a kind.
Also thanks to Liz Scherer (it's a Liz day!) for the awesome shout on her blog FLASHFREE: It's Not Your Momma's Menopause in: Hold Your Breasts; it's Breast Cancer Awareness Month.'
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It's simple, we don't need Dairy, I still use some in desserts because it there is no substitute in some areas. But to have it all the time is nonsense. Seriously, some of the healthiest people are healthier because they don't do dairy. So Almond milk is in the fridge. People making their own Almond milk please let me know the results.
As with any big change, you may find things strange at first. My chilli chocolate this morning was not so good, until I was a third of a cup down. Then bingo, I realised this was actually nicer than the dairy version. If your dumb enough to use Cadburys with sugar milk and god knows what in it, you have only yourself to blame. Seriously it's doing you no favours.
It's a bit like sugar in your tea, those who go without, find sugar in tea awful. Once you have given up sugar in tea, it's unlikely you will go back. I gave it up when I was 10/11 I think. I also don't do sugar/fizzy drinks, I hate them. People, who are addicted to these, think they are amazing, now who's right and wrong?
Willies 100% cacao, almond milk, cardamom, cinnamon, chilli and honey. Healthy, tasty, result!
I have the new River Cottage book on loan from the library. This is one amazing book. It has opened senses to new things. Light and Easy, so steering away from dairy and other unhealthy stodgy things. The recipes are truly wonderful. Healthy, interesting, colourful and f?cking tasty! There that's the second time I have sworn on my blog that's how good this book is.
Massala Omelette, Limey bananas Poppy Seed Oatcakes, Scrambled Egg with Kippers? That's just some of the breakfast ideas. Beetroot burgers, Gooseberry Gazspacho Roasted Fennel and Lemon soup. Nordic Slaw with Rye Crumbs. Quinoa with gooseberry tabbouleh Aromatic Nutty Chicken Rhubarb and Rose Sorbet. Just the tip of the iceberg!
I have just done the Tomato and Aubergine soup, with some Rye flatbreads on the side. Superb results, do use the optional toasted crushed cumin on top, it makes a big difference.


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Grieving mother rejects apology
The mother of the woman Gerald Rosselloty murdered has refused to accept his apology.
"After everything he has put us through, he accepts responsibility now. After so many years. This does not bring my daughter back to me," said Busisiwe Madondo, who spoke to the Daily News after Rosselloty was found guilty of murdering Nokwazi Ntuli, who was his girlfriend at the time.
Ntuli was Madondo's only child.
"When I was first introduced to Gerald, he seemed like a sweet person. He spoke to me in Zulu and I know my daughter cared for him. I did not expect him to be the one to take my child away from me. I thought he would protect her," Madondo said.
Madondo praised the investigation and prosecution teams for their efforts in bringing her daughter's killer to book.
"All we want is justice and they have helped my family get justice for Nokwazi," she said.
Pietermaritzburg High Court Judge Rishi Seegobin and two assessors also found Rosselloty guilty of the rape of a six-year-old child.
The child's mother, a former girlfriend of Rosselloty, said she was satisfied with the verdict, and was waiting for the sentence.
"We are still on tenterhooks. My child has suffered so much at the hands of this monster. He needs to be put away for the rest of his life," she said.
Rosselloty's current girlfriend and mother to his young son, Jogayle Wahl, avoided the media after court proceedings, but looked genuinely upset during Rosselloty's impromptu confession.
Wahl, who testified on Rosselloty's behalf at his request, was also mentioned in Judge Seegobin's judgment.
The judge said that it was clear that Wahl's testimony was designed to mislead the court as she sought to assist Rosselloty in his devious defence.
Wahl gave birth to Rosselloty's son on the same day that Ntuli was later killed.
Judge Seegobin concluded that it was highly probable that Ntuli's continued presence in Rosselloty's life was becoming a thorn in his side, that he had to have permanently removed.
Confessing to the murder on Tuesday, Rosselloty said that this was not the case, and that Ntuli's death had been unintentional.
"Just because Jogayle had given birth to my son, does not mean that I wanted to settle down with her. I loved all my girlfriends equally, it's just how I am," he said.


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On Wednesday 15th February, students from the University of Sheffield and Sheffield Hallam gathered for a rally against the proposed rise in tuition fees for both universities. This is the latest in a series of collective student expressions of discontent with fee rises under the Teaching for Excellence Framework (TEF).
The rally was organised by the Free University of Sheffield in partnership with Hallam Union, and was attended by the former leader of the Green Party, and candidate for Sheffield Central seat, Natalie Bennett. Speaking to Forge Press, she said:
"I think the rally was an important step in building awareness of the potential damage being done by the Teaching Excellence Framework, which students have recognised is chiefly a mechanism for further raising our already sky-high tuition fees that are leaving students with three decades of debt that most will never pay back.
The government justification for introducing it claimed that students were dissatisfied with their courses, which significant numbers are, but dissatisfied with the value for money of them – something of course decided by the government.
The National Union of Students has recognised the trap, and rightly called for a boycott of the National Student Survey."
In a statement on Bennett's personal site, she said members and supporters of Free University of Sheffield 'agreed that students across Sheffield should be encouraged to sign the pledge to boycott the NSS.'
This decision was made in line with calls from the NUS, as well as the University of Sheffield Student Union's 'Shef Better Than TEF' campaign, to boycott the National Student Survey. The explicit aim of the boycott is to express students' disagreement with the government's TEF legislation, and prevent it from gaining the data it needs to be implemented.
Students and staff alike have expressed doubts over the TEF's reductive categorisation and the ability for participating universities to raise fees for new students by a further £250. The Teaching Survey 2017 revealed that 'UK staff strongly oppose the National Student Survey and the teaching excellence framework, claiming that the latter will do nothing to improve the status or quality of teaching'.
Luke Renwick, SHSU Student Officer, told Forge that there were some issues raised at the rally about how the boycott may be harmful. The issues of how students may give feedback on their courses if they boycott the survey, how the boycott may damage Hallam's Student Union's relationship with the university, and the fact that £3 goes to the student mental health charity "Student Minds" for every person that fills out the survey, were all raised.
In response, Renwick said that students can give feedback via the course rep system and module evaluations, and that the Hallam Union will pay £1 for everyone who signs the pledge to boycott the survey. In regards to the issue of the Union's relationship with the university, Renwick said that:
"The university not listening to students' concerns about the TEF in the first place shows that the relationship is not a true partnership. By taking boycott action, we are showing the university that we can still maintain relative autonomy, not be pushed over, and still represent the views of students at the same time."
While increases to tuition fees may now seem inevitable, students continue to fight TEF. As Natalie Bennett said:
"The rally was of course only one step in an on-going campaign to make students aware of the issues with the NSS and TEF. I'm sure we'll be seeing many more actions to make students aware of the further debt trap being laid for them."


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I am writing about this book now first of all because I love it, and second of all because I have lost it. Or rather, I attended a book-swap and, in a fit of foolish generosity, gave it away.
It is shorter and far more beautiful than you would ever believe that a book essentially about court processes could ever be.
Beginning from the case of Joseph Mengele, the Nazi leader whom was captured and trialed only posthumously, the authors work towards the hypothesis that dead bodies and other objects (including damaged buildings) have been increasingly utilised in courtrooms over the last few decades. Though often inserted, as objective, passive props for the proofs of scientific experts, Keenan & Weizman declare a more hopeful and open-minded trend towards viewing these things as occupying an uncertain identity between objective truth or evidence on the one hand, and the speaking testimony of a witness on the other.
In this sense, they envision a way of re-making a space of interpretation and performance for the law, thus ungrounding the technocratic, non-political, unbiased portrayal it is sometimes given. The law is, after all, about persuasion, and even objects; dead bodies; concrete structures, can persuade, negotiate, and lie.
This book, as well as having a great theoretical relevance to arguments of legal accountability which surround drone warfare as well as numerous other issues, is also directly relevant to current practice. For one, Eyal Weizman, as head of the organisation 'Forensic Architecture' at Goldsmiths University of London, is heavily involved in an ongoing UN inquiry into civilian casualties caused by drones.


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The Chasing Aphrodite blog draws attention to the article ('The Plunder of Angkor', April 2005) by Dougald O'Reilly on the 'North by North East' (travel firm) blog. It frames an appeal to tourists:
it is important for visitors to Southeast Asia to understand that the pieces they see for sale are either stolen or counterfeit. The latter is more likely unless buyers are recognized as serious collectors. Smaller items, such as beads, from archaeological sites are probably genuine and represent the destruction of our only chance to understand the rise of the state in Southeast Asia. The casual purchase of a string of beads, or a pot, results in further looting. In Cambodia it is illegal to purchase, sell or traffic antiquities and is punishable by imprisonment. If you think that you are being sold an antiquity, please do not buy it. You came to Southeast Asia to visit the splendors of the ancient past, please leave something for the next visitor to marvel at [my emphasis].The collector across the sea who buys this looted stuff is even less likely to give a thought for where it comes from. I would also ask whjat is the difference between buying stuff taken from archaeological sites in Cambodia and ones in the united kingdom. Artefact hunting is artefact hunting. Back in Cambodia though, O'Reilly pointed out that already eight years ago most of Cambodia's temples were devoid of statuary as the sculptures which had not been looted had been removed from their original locations to protect them from theft.
Cambodia's cultural heritage has long been a target of thieves but the losses increased in the last few decades as the international art market came to appreciate the beauty of Cambodia's past. During the 1990's art dealers would show prospective clients photographs of Angkor's temples and steal to order, hacking away lintels or carving apsara dancers from walls.He quoted the case of Prasat Preah Khan of Kompong Svay where in 2003, armed men guarded a party of sculpture looters who 'worked' through the night to steal almost every carved figure from the walls.
Today, visitors stumble over piles of new rubble to view the gaping wounds where once, exquisite carvings were.The man on the ground was unequivocal in assigning the blame for this to the no-questions-asked antiquities trade:
The no-questions asked antiquities trade, eager to accept any freshly-surfaced artefacts with not a thought for distinguishing that which is freshly looted and freshly smuggled from any other decontextualised artefact floating round the market, is indeed without scruples. This is why we need measures to make these people - dealers and collectors - clean up their act, including import restrictions on improperly exported items.The rapacious destruction of Cambodia's heritage is not restricted to monumental sites alone. Looters are also destroying many prehistoric sites. One such site is Phum Snay in Cambodia's northwest. Antiquities dealers encouraged the villagers at Snay to loot the cemetery which dates to the Iron Age (c. AD 300-600). Countless burials were unearthed and the bones strewn across the fields. The looters were searching for glass beads, pottery, and bronze and iron implements. This incredible site, which contained the remains of warriors, is crucial to the understanding of the development of Angkor but now the opportunity is lost. The trade in antiquities is fuelled by demand. Upscale shops in Bangkok's River City or in Singapore are the main outlet for stolen antiquities. While these shops may have a veil of respectability they are highly unscrupulous. Many of the pieces on display are reproductions sold to unsuspecting buyers as authentic artifacts. Working in collusion with shipping companies these dealers reap huge profits from the theft of priceless pieces of art from an impoverished developing nation. Cambodia must retain its cultural heritage.
Vignette: no metal detector, but what's the difference really?


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Year 6 had the honour of Canford music staff plus a few senior pupils visiting them this morning for an hour of music and fun! The year group were given the chance to try a number of different instruments, strings, brass, and wind and put together mini performances. The James Bond theme played by the strings, after 20 minutes practice was very impressive! Our Year 6 children were also able to listen to the Canford pupils play, so they could appreciate what ensemble pieces could sound like after a lot of hard work!
Month: October 2015
Ice cream all round!
Last week inspectors from the ISI spent four days at the school. The children were very helpful during this time, and so as a thank you our Headmaster arranged for an ice cream van to visit. So Thursday after lunch was a time for "ice cream for all!" Yummy!! And a beautiful afternoon in which to enjoy them as well….. perfect.


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Before Ellie Tiglao started her Filipino pop-upcuisineventure, PAMANGAN!, she worked in neuroscience.
"It wasn't for me for many reasons," she says. "But I love science and the processes of discovering and exploration and innovation around it."
The 30-year-old California native found a similar mindset in the culinary world. "A lot of it is unexpected [and] about wanting to push the boundaries and bring more knowledge," she adds. Tiglao started PAMANGAN! (meaning "something to eat") with her brother, R.J., forming the kitchen duo Kulinarya in 2014 as means to test the Boston area market with intimate pop-up dinners and industry nights at venues like Fuel America and Journeyman.
Now living in the Cambridge, Tiglao is pursuing consistent efforts for PAMANGAN! including recurring monthly events at Aurum in Jamaica Plain and Ames Street Deli in Kendall Square after finding success from her guests and hospitality colleagues thanks to her pop-up events. R.J., a former chef, lives full-time in San Francisco and works in IT, but occasionally returns for the events, working in the kitchen alongside his sister.
"We're pushing to open a restaurant," explains Tiglao. "The neighborhoods are up in the air, but we're looking at Cambridge. One of the reasons people come [to our events] is because we have a strong cocktail program. The concept [for the restaurant] would be more casual, with tapas and drinks."
PAMANGAN! has two seatings at Aurum on Feb. 29 with a multi-course tasting menu ofLechon, a roasted pork belly with a persimmon and walnut barley salad, and a deconstructed Halo-Halo, a popular Filipino dessert that includes a rich ten-egg flan and housemade ube ice cream. Each event features the Tiglao siblings' takes onFilipino cuisine inspired by their upbringing (their father was a chef, their grandfather a baker), but the a focus on education and community transcends the menu.
"We're trying to make the food accessible so I'm looking at how both my family and people of that region [of Pampanga, Philippines' culinary capital] cook," she says. "We're trying to take that all into consideration while also repping the flavors in a way that feels accurate so people who come to the events can experience nostalgia."
Tiglao adds that her staff is paid a "living wage," and she's working to build strong relationships with local farmers who supply each event. She says the goal of PAMANGAN! includes fostering connectivity of food, from the farms who grow the ingredients to the waitstaff who serve each plate. Most dinners also feature communal seating and service, so guests can converse over what's on the table and experience the meal together.
She says, "I've found in Boston, we approach food in a way where we see it as fuel. We want to help people look at it as a way to slow down and appreciate the people that are sitting across from them as much as they appreciate the food that's on the table."
If you go:
Monday, Feb. 29, 6 P.M. & 9 P.M.
Aurum Pies, 377 Centre St, Jamaica Plain
$60 for dinner + cocktail, bit.ly/eatfilipinofood


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Paramyxovirus Infection
The salivary glands consist of four sets of glands that make up the exocrine glands of the mouth in mammals. The parotid, submandibular, sublingual, and minor salivary glands make up this essential group that controls the production of saliva, which in turn breaks down starches into glucose for use by the body.
The parotid salivary gland is located just underneath each ear in the dog. When a dog is exposed to a person who is infected with a viral infection called the mumps, the dog may develop the same infection. This cross-over is very rare, but is known to occur occasionally. When a dog does acquire an infection, the parotid salivary glands will swell in response.
Symptoms and Types
- Fever
- Lack of appetite
- Swelling below the ears, caused by parotid salivary gland swelling
Mumps is caused by a viral infection of the salivary gland located just below the ears in dogs.
You will need to give a thorough history of your dog's health, onset of symptoms, and possible incidents that might have preceded this condition, including whether your dog has come into contact with anyone know to be infected with a virus. Your veterinarian will examine your dog by palpation (touch) to determine the amount of enlargement and precisely where the swelling is located. Once the location has been determined to be in the parotid glands, your veterinarian will order a complete blood count and biochemical profile. This will be analyzed for other diseases that might be causing the salivary glands to swell. A blood sample will also be taken for a viral antibody test, which will show whether dog has been exposed to the mumps infection, or to other infections. An aspirate collected by a fine needle will also be drawn so that the fluid in the glands can be analyzed.
Implies that something is underneath the tongue
Underneath the lower part of the jaw
Something that is found near the ear or pertains to the ear
Examination through feeling
a) inhaling b) getting out fluid or gas by the act of sucking.
A protein in the body that is designed to fight disease; antibodies are brought on by the presence of certain antigens in the system.


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Spreading Holiday Cheer
12/20/2016 – Dozens of drivers got pulled over, Tuesday, by Tulsa Police, but instead of getting a ticket the driver received a gift. Random acts of kindness are helping officers and the TPD Foundation get into the spirit of giving.
Board members rode along with officers, handing out 20 pound smoked hams, gift cards and gas cards to families who are in need this holiday season.
"We're here to bless them today with a gift and it just turns it around and the next thing you know the perception has changed, the communication has changed, the relationship has changed," said Roger Chasteen, chairman of the TPD Foundation.
Chasteen said donations made the gifting possible. $3,000 in monetary donations were given to the foundation. Plus $1,000 worth of smoked hams (50) were provided. $2,400 worth of $200 gift cards will go to families with children to buy gifts for the holidays. The Foundation was also provided $50 QuikTrip gas cards to hand out.
As soon as Trina Bevenue saw flashing lights in her rearview mirror, she said she panicked.
"Oh I just knew I was going to get a ticket for something," said Bevenue.
Her family received a ham and a $50 gas card after a traffic stop by Chasteen and Officer Kyle Beck.
"All I could do was cry," said Bevenue.
Officers and the foundation had been chasing families throughout Tulsa all day.
"We're actually stopping and doing pedestrian checks, we're doing car stops, and we're just looking for that right family with that right need and then giving that gift," said Chasteen.
The foundation's chairman said they want the random acts of kindness to go families who may be struggling this holiday and also help rebuild relationships between the community and police.
Bevenue said the gifts could not have come at a more trying time.
"You see I wrecked my vehicle and we're trying to get it fixed. Me and my husband are staying in a motel right now and you know we don't have a way to fix dinner and stuff so this will help," said Bevenue.
It's the kind of help the foundation hopes to continue beyond the season of giving.
"Building a relationship between the police department and the citizens to share holiday cheer," said Chasteen.
"It's so hard to get any help now-a-days and they just pulled us over to give us something not to give a ticket or anything bad and it's really appreciated," said Bevenue.
The foundation and officers will be back on the road, Thursday morning, searching for families in need. Community members can track the acts of kindness on the foundation's website.
The original story can be found here.


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BY now I'm sure that since Friday afternoon, all you've been hearing about is the outrageous events that unfolded surrounding Saint Lucian cricket hero Daren Sammy and his place in the West Indies T20 cricket team.
Well guess what, I'm going to be talking about it too so I would stop reading from here on out if you are tired of it all.
I despise unfairness and injustice and so when I see this very scourge taking place in such a blatant manner, you can bet I will be speaking out.
I won't go into the main details because it really is all out there and has been rinsed out by local and regional media so I will stick to just giving my opinion.
It is always unfortunate when petty, childish, selfish and spiteful people are placed in any kind of leadership position because the disasters that follow are usually colossal and plentiful.
Case in point, the unfair dismissal of Sammy, not only as the T20 Captain but from the team entirely.
Although they tried (and failed on an epic scale) to blindside the masses by saying that Sammy was under-performing and there were also insinuations that he is already too old so there should be openings for up and comers to get their chance to shine, the petulance of the West Indies Cricket Board was exposed for all to see as cricket lovers everywhere saw the real reason behind the dismissal.
The world rallied behind Sammy in April after the WICB reprimanded him for his emotional yet hard hitting speech where he called out the Board for a number of injustices towards the team, including a lack of uniforms for the tournament as well as verbal abuse.
Sammy said: "We had a lot of issues, we felt disrespected by our board, Mark Nicholas described our team as a team with no brains. All these things before the tournament just brought this team together."
He continued : "Lastly I really want to thank the heads of CARICOM, throughout this tournament they have been supporting the team, we've got emails, we've got phone calls, Prime Minister [Keith] Mitchell [from Grenada]. He sent a very inspiring email for the team this morning … and I'm yet to hear from our own cricket board. That is very disappointing."
However, it was his closing statement that he prophesised which truly resonated and indicated what was to come: "I don't know when I'm going to be playing with these guys again because we don't get selected for one-day cricket. We don't know when we're going to be playing T20. So this win, I want to thank you my team, I want to thank you coaching staff … everybody know West Indies are champion!"
How right was he, huh?
Skip to Thursday when mere minutes after Captain Sammy and the St. Lucia Zouks lost to Trinidad and Tobago in the eliminations round of the Caribbean Premiership League T20 Cricket Tournament, his prophesy would come true and he received the damning call about his dismissal by the board.
Now how one can be called an under performer when he 1. Led a rundown and depleted team to victory in the World T20 TWICE, making history as the first captain to ever achieve this. 2. Holds one of the highest All-Round credentials in the modern game. 3. Had one of the highest strike rates in this year's WT20. 4. Led the Zouks to their first ever semi-finals in the CPL this year. 5. Was one of the best performers at the said tournament which won him Man of the Match TWICE.
Again I say, epic fail with the excuses used by the WICB!
By the way, let me just take a moment to call out the people, ESPECIALLY the St. Lucians who are saying they are happy about this decision…you people remind me of Trump voters. Now I could go into detail and explain to you just how low on my scale that classification is and what kind of people I think you are, but I will stick to not going into details as I have done earlier, but I repeat…Trump voters…use your imagination and think up all what that might mean. When you read deep enough into it and you question whether I mean that, yes, yes I do!
Anyway, back to the petty Board.
I hope you don't think that this is going to be taken lying down.
There are individuals who think that taking action of any kind will hinder the progress of not only the West Indies cricket team, but the prospects of other St. Lucians joining as well as juniors vying for their big break.
With that kind of thinking, all I can see is the same compliant behaviour that allows the ridiculousness to continue.
I know that St. Lucians have gained an infamous reputation for doing just that and allowing all kinds of nonsense to take place, all whilst burying their heads in the sand (and that's the safe term) and saying "Ah well, it's been happening for such a long time, there's nothing we can do to change it now."
But this time, I hear a storm on the horizon because you people have danced over the line and the people have spoken…they are not having it.
As a responsible journalist, I will not use my work to advocate for or against any planned action but I can say that I know where my heart and my loyalties lie.
My hope however, is that whatever transpires in the coming days, is done legally yet effectively.
Oh and before I forget, government, the people have made their voices heard, please wake up and make yours heard as well because as a St. Lucian citizen, I would like to know that the government of my island would have my back or the back of any individual who has been wronged and disrespected on such a large scale…other island leaders have spoken up about it so I suggest you do the same for your own citizens, please and thanks.
With that said, whatever unfolds, I will be there to see it God Willing and I like the vast majority will have my fingers crossed hoping that the message is bowled straight home with a Hero Maximum to that group of people…including one of our own who sits, eats and kisses up to the enemy (he knows his shameless self).