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Bernadette Calonego is a foreign correspondent, freelance writer and novelist. She was born and raised in Switzerland and now lives near Vancouver, British Columbia.
Bernadette's novels were originally published in German before being translated into English by AmazonCrossing. Her English titles include Stranger on the Ice (2018), Stormy Cove (2016), Under Dark Waters (2015) and The Zurich Conspiracy (2012).
Sin-CW: What was the inspiration for your latest book, The Stranger on the Ice? Tell us a little about the story.
Bernadette Calonego: I like to set my murder mysteries in remote Canadian landscapes, preferably in the North. These barren, isolated areas fascinate me and captivate my imagination. In The Stranger on the Ice, Valerie Blaine, a tour guide from British Columbia, takes a group to Inuvik, a small Inuit town near the Arctic Ocean. It is in that area that her mother died 30 years ago on a snowmobile expedition with her husband, Valerie's father, a Canadian hockey legend. Valerie and her twin brothers were never told exactly how their mother died. Her death has always been shrouded in mystery. Equally mysterious is the very recent death of a young woman who was found just before Valerie's arrival, near Inuvik on the ice road, a frozen runway that crosses the mighty Mackenzie River. Both deaths turn Valerie Blaine's Arctic journey into a precarious search for the truth. She is helped by Clem Hardeven, a ruggedly handsome Northerner who has fled from his own past to Inuvik where he mingles with local Inuvialuit and Dene First Nations. Clem feels responsible not only for the upkeep of the ice road, but increasingly for Valerie's safety as she attempts to unearth hidden secrets in this unforgiving vast frozen space.
What is it about the Arctic that made you want to set your book there? Have you ever been to the Arctic?
I caught the Arctic fever when I travelled through the famous Northwest Passage on a Canadian Coast Guard icebreaker. At the time I was working as a foreign correspondent for European media and I had always devoured books about Arctic expeditions in the past. Such a lot of drama and suspense! Two years after my first Arctic voyage, I made the same trip as my main character, Valerie Blaine, and her tourist flock. I drove the Dempster Highway in late winter, stayed in Inuvik and travelled on the ice road to Tuktoyaktuk, where I reached the frozen Beaufort Sea. The Arctic is a place like no other on Earth. Life there is always a matter of survival, and many people have perished in this hostile, but incredibly beautiful environment. The Arctic has a strong pull, and the region attracts tough, independent and colourful characters. I also admire the Inuvialuit, as the natives in the Western Arctic call themselves. I like to think that they are the true adventurers of the ice-cold North.
Your novels are published in German first, and then translated for the English market. How did that come about?
I used to live in Switzerland and started writing in German. The first of my five murder mysteries were published by a German publisher. Eighteen years ago, I emigrated to Canada. My books caught the eye of the publisher AmazonCrossing in Seattle and they started translating my novels and publishing them. I work very closely with my translator, Gerald Chapple, and I feel very lucky to have his cooperation and support.
I have thought about writing in English but German is actually my mother tongue and I feel much more versed in German. But let's never say never. Maybe one day I will write in English, too.
Do your characters come first, or do the stories (i.e., were the characters looking for a story or vice versa?)
Actually, I would say the locations come first. Then I think about what kind of characters would live in such places. My main character is always a woman—be it a photographer (as in Stormy Cove) or a lawyer or an event marketing specialist—and she acts as an amateur sleuth. Sometimes I'm inspired by actual events, which doesn't mean the same events will occur in my crime novels. But they help me to create a certain atmosphere, or mood, circumstances, possibilities. Often the main character is raised in a different corner of Canada and travels to a remote area. Hence there are the options for culture clash, tensions, misunderstandings, but also attraction of opposites.
Imagine you've been kidnapped or trapped by a natural disaster. Which of your own characters (from any work) would you want to rescue you? Why?
Valerie Blaine, the heroine of The Stranger on the Ice, would be my favourite candidate. As a tour guide, she has to keep her clients safe and she has to be prepared for all kinds of dangerous situations. She is not afraid of travelling with people to the Arctic, a potentially hazardous or hostile area, with risks of extreme cold, sudden changes in weather and dangerous roads. She is resourceful and knows how to act fast and in a professional way. I have to say, I admire her tremendously.
Describe your current writing workspace(s).
I would definitely have to use the plural here because I travel a lot and I write in different locations. In Newfoundland, where I spend almost every summer and fall, I work in the home of a fisherman, in an annex of the house, a bright room painted entirely in white. I'm sitting in an armchair, with a laptop on my knees, and with a view of a wood pile, a shed and the tundra.
On the Sunshine Coast in British Columbia where I spend the winter and spring, I have a very large, cozy room in the basement, where I sit beside a gas fireplace, again in an armchair with my laptop on my knees. The view is so beautiful from that house, extending over the bay and the mountains, that it can be, at times, distracting, which is why I dive into the basement.
What's your current writing project? How do you feel about it right this minute?
I like Stephen King's approach of not revealing too much about his next writing project. I'm a quadruple Scorpio and very secretive (smile). But I can give you the location of my next crime story: Labrador. The Great Big Land, as it is called.
How do I feel about it? Initially dwarfed by the challenge, as always, which is probably not a bad thing. Later, once I have shaped the story in my mind, excitement will set in. But generally speaking and contrary to what a lot of people think, writing is hard work.
Do you remember what sparked the idea for any of your stories? Tell us about one.
I wrote my murder mystery Stormy Cove after I had spent several summers in a tiny fishing community in Northern Newfoundland. This is a remote, rather isolated area with a very different way of life. In that particular region, over a span of some 20 years, several people had disappeared without a trace. Shortly after Stormy Cove was published, a mother of two daughters vanished without a trace in St. Anthony and she still hasn't been found. For the police, it is a suspicious disappearance. It feels so eerie and shocking when such a tragedy, such a crime happens in real life and so close to home.
Do you belong to any writer's groups or communities? Do you think these types of social interactions are important for writers?
I'm a member of Crime Writers of Canada and Sisters in Crime – Canada West. The exchange with other (crime) writers has become more important to me than it was a few years ago. I'm still in the process of finding out how I can benefit from these writer's groups and I have met some really interesting, open and helpful women writers in small circles and I'm looking forward to this kind of meeting again.
Which one of your characters is the most like you? The least?
All my heroines have a core that is essentially me. However, they also have aspects that are totally different from mine. So, in my crime novels, they live through many of my experiences, they are strong and vulnerable at the same time, they are curious and adventurous but they also have their flaws which makes them human.
And which one is the least like me? The criminals in my books, I would hope!
Have you written any series characters? What's their appeal for you?
No, I haven't. I like to start every book from scratch. I find it more exciting for me as a writer to have totally new characters every time. But then again, never say never. Maybe I will feel inspired to write a series one day.
Do you remember the first story you wrote? Tell us about it.
I don't remember my first story but I remember my first published story. I was eleven years old, and a local newspaper printed a fairy tale that I had written. It was about a king and his three daughters. I was very proud and I still have a copy of the page.
Have you had to deal with bad reviews? How do you manage them?
Bad reviews are a staple of every writer, I think. I read them because often you can learn from them in one way or another. And I tell myself that a bad review is still better than no review. I have also realized that reviews are very subjective, and it can be almost funny that what one reader really loves can be a no-no for another reader.
Once, a reviewer criticized me for mentioning salami (??!!) about 20 times in my first book, The Zurich Conspiracy. Initially I got upset about this weird and inaccurate comment but in the meantime it has become a good anecdote!
Are there certain themes that keep coming up in your work? If so, is it intentional, or something that just happens?
In almost all of my books, a woman travels to a place or an area that is unknown to her. She encounters interesting or dangerous people and finds herself in situations that require courage and astuteness. This kind of adventure is also a journey to the unknown in herself. When I think about it, it is something that I like to do myself, too: Explore unknown territories, meet people whom I never would have met and reinvent myself in foreign places. It can be daunting, but it is definitely also energizing.
Are you a planner/outliner/architect or a pantser/gardener/discovery writer?
I don't know what you would call me actually (a discovery writer?) but let's say that I usually start with a location and with some ideas about who the main character is, her profession and the reason for her trip to a particular area. At the beginning, I don't know who the perpetrator of the crime will be, how many people the leading lady will encounter, what exactly she would do there and what the outcome of the story will be. I get inspired by the writing process: the ideas pop up as I advance through the story. I could never have all these ideas at the beginning, before starting the act of writing. This process works for me because it fits with my personality and that way I never get bored. Again and again, I surprise myself with twists and turns, and the characters transform themselves in totally unexpected ways. The "downside" is that at the end, I have to rewrite part of the first half of my book because it doesn't match the ending. But this doesn't bother me at all.
Do you think there were early influences as a reader that have guided the stories you create as a writer? What were they?
As a child, I loved to read adventure stories. My favourites were books like Ivanhoe, Huckleberry Finn, Treasure Island, The Leather Stocking Tales (in the German version of course). I read the books by the German author Karl May about the Wild West and the Orient. But I also was crazy about love stories with a lot of drama, jealousy, betrayal and redemption. I treasured stories in exotic places and I hijacked my brothers' and my parents' books and read them all. Another source of immense pleasure were the dark fairy tales written by the Grimm brothers and other such writers, and the old German and Swiss legends that sometimes were so eerie that I couldn't sleep afterwards.
Adventure, exotic places and the darkness of human nature all reappear in my crime novels.
Do you think the place where you live (or somewhere you have lived) influences what you write? In what way?
Canada is a country with vast areas of wilderness, places where you still feel the pioneer spirit, a stomping ground for adventurers. On the Sunshine Coast where I spend my winters, bears and cougars walk through your backyard and the wilderness is at arm's length. Northern Newfoundland is tundra and rocks: rugged, barren, wild, with unpredictable weather. It can be harsh for people to live there. When you go for a walk with the dog, you can encounter a moose bull or a lynx. Danger always lurks around the corner. People can disappear without a trace. That's where my imagination runs wild.
What's the most challenging thing about being a writer in 2018? What's the best thing?
Speaking for myself, the challenge is to give yourself enough time to finish a book. Enough time for reading and doing research. This is a fast-paced world with urgent demands coming from the market. But a book takes a certain time to hatch. Otherwise you run the danger of repeating yourself and producing rubber stamps.
The best thing is to see the seemingly indestructible fascination and the enduring success created by books, despite the internet, despite the prevalent short attention span, despite the competing distractions and the lack of relaxation time.
Do you prefer music, silence, or some other noise in the background when you write?
Silence. Silence. Silence. I get easily distracted by noise and sounds. After having written a few pages, I like to walk around in my house like a zombie—and please, don't talk to me then! I'm still totally immersed in my book and need to think things over.
Many writers also put their creativity to use in ways other than writing. Do you consider yourself a "creative person?" What other creative outlets do you have?
I'm a hobby photographer, I love to take good pictures, usually of landscapes and my travels, which I post on Facebook or Instagram or on my website www.bernadettecalonego.com. I learned to create glass dishes with a technique called glass fusion and would love to do more of it in the future. I have done some abstract painting and I'm involved in finding creative ways to help a local animal rescue group.
Tell us about your other works, projects, publications, and what's on the horizon next. This is the shameless self-promotion portion of the interview.
I have written six books so far, and four of them have been translated into English. My first mystery novel The Zurich Conspiracy is set in Switzerland and centers around murders of some top managers of a Swiss company and around a young, curious, hardworking woman in event marketing. In Under Dark Waters, a Swiss historian travels to British Columbia and the Northwest Territories to find out why her husband had perished in Canada in a suspicious seaplane crash. In Stormy Cove, a photographer from Vancouver gets a mysterious assignment in Northern Newfoundland where she hears about a woman who disappeared without a trace and a girl who was found in a strange grave. I have also finished a manuscript about a lawyer from Vancouver who returns to her home town in Northern British Columbia where a horrible crime had been committed. As mentioned earlier, the location of my next crime novel will be Labrador in Canada. At the same time, a publisher has sent me a contract for a travel guide about Newfoundland and Labrador. I have some interesting travels ahead of me, for sure!
What question do you wish you'd be asked in an interview, but it never seems to come up? Ask it and tell us your answer.
Question: Which book by another author would you like to have written?
Answer: Late Nights on Air by the Canadian writer Elizabeth Hay. This book has all the ingredients that I enjoy: It is set in Northern Canada (Yellowknife), there is adventure (canoe trip on the wild Thelon river); there is historical reference (the Berger Inquiry) and tragedy (the deaths by starvation of three men in the tundra). There are unusual but very credible and immensely fascinating characters, a modern love triangle and many stories within the story, surprising twists and sometimes a very unassuming but captivating sense of humour. Quite suspenseful—and it is not even a crime story!!!


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Another in a series of articles related to association management selected from our reading list by:
Robert O. Patterson, JD
CEO/ Principal
The Center for Association Resources, Inc.
From National Council of NonProfits:
What makes a great meeting? The best of them leave us focused and energized because the purpose of the meeting was clear; attendees felt engaged; and the process was smooth. Not-so-great meetings, on the other hand, drain energy, and lower morale.
To help you set the stage for meetings that are strategic, outcome-oriented, and productive for all, we've pulled together some tips. Read More
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Unusual underwater thrills
This rather obscure take on the submarine simulator genre is notable perhaps only for its sheer weirdness and anyone going into it expecting a serious sub sim like 688 Attack Sub will be sorely disappointed. It's still worth checking out though, offering as it does offer a fairly enjoyable, if unspectacular, slice of underwater action. Set in the distant future, the story revolves the kidnapping of two humans by an evil alien warlord who then offers to free them but only if someone can defeat him in a deadly submarine-based game. What this translates into is an unusual mix of submarine sim and action game as the player takes control of the only person brave enough to face up to the challenge. It's your responsibility to preserve your sub, find the kidnapped humans and return them home. You can assign robots to your crew to help out and must complete a set of missions before you can rescue the captives, but if you fail, the characters literally die and you are faced with the fact that won't ever be able to play the game again (at least on the original disk-based version). As a curiosity, Sub Mission is certainly intriguing, if only for its unusual setting and fun, albeit rather slight, missions. It's lacking in the complexity of most sub sims so it's definitely not one for those seeking depth and detail, and is instead aimed more at the action crowd and in this respect, it just about delivers the goods. The visuals are quite striking in that gloriously 1980s way so if you are a fan of retro underwater adventures, then this should keep you happy for a while.


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Interactive Media Systems Lab
The interactive media systems laboratory provides individual supervision giving students the opportunity to develop their own applications and system solutions, for example in the fields of video and sound installations, and kinetic works. The focus is on developing software and interface applications using MAX/msp/Jitter, and also using various sorts of sensors and actuators for communicating within spaces and in relation to audiences/spectators. This often includes the use and development of micro controllers such as Arduino and Basic Stamp.
Teaching staff
Coming soon.
Introductory and continuation courses in Arduino. Introductory and continuation courses in MAX/msp/Jitter.
- Tools: soldering irons, hand tools, multimeters, oscilloscope, signal generator, sound level meter, light meter. Various electronic components etc.


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As a change from my literary party game, here's an arcane spinoff from the game of picking a fantasy world football team, or chamber orchestra.
Let's choose our all-time most amazing group of Daoist ritual specialists. It could include early luminaries like Kou Qianzhi (who might speak a dialect similar to the Li family, except that he lived in the 4th century), Tao Hongjing, and Du Guangting; among modern Daoists, I would have to include our very own Li Qing, and some would vote for An Laixu from Xi'an and Zhu Qinfu from Jiangsu, as well as Chen Rongsheng from Tainan.
For once, we can leave historical change to one side: it remains to be seen how effective Pele and Messi would be together as a forward line-up, or Saint Cecilia and Bach (in the orchestra, or indeed in the football team). A more basic difference is that, more than football or the WAM canon, Daoist ritual is always specific to a small locality. Even if their ritual manuals may have a lot in common, household Daoists from different places can hardly work together. Never mind Daoists from Shanghai and Fujian, Gansu, and Jiangxi; the whole performance of the Li family is significantly different from that of groups in nearby Hunyuan or Shuozhou.
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New Website Online
I have spent the last couple of months on having a new website built which does a better job of showcasing new and old work. Please click HERE or the link below to go and explore!
The Invisible Ones – The story of a capsizing
The story of a capsizing
This is an extract from my project on African migrants living in Nouadhibou, Mauritania, waiting for their turn to set out to sea, risking their lives getting to Fort Europa (2008)
"We could hear the sirens night and day & day and night. After the third day, everything suddenly went quiet. Eleven of my friends jumped off the boat, they couldn't handle the waiting, and they decided to swim for the shore. One by one we saw them disappear in the waves. They got eaten by the sea". This tells Babacar Diops.
The up to 800 kilometers (500 miles) across the ocean takes place in small fishing boats packed with up to 90 migrants in each. The Spanish NGO "Organization for Human Rights in Andalusia" estimates that up to a thousand people died last year in their attempt to cross the sea.
Babacar Diops's pale palms turn towards the sky. His eyes stands out like cracked china. Through the last year and a half, Babacar has seen fifteen of his friends die of hunger, deceases or drowning. First time was after four days in a small fishing boat riding a rough sea towards the Canary Islands. When the Spanish coastguard stopped the boat, Babacar couldn't speak anymore.
"I was in the hospital for three days before I regained conscience. I was almost dead". Four of the other 64 passengers never woke again.
For one week he was lying in a hospital bed, looking out of the window. Looking at Europe living it's life, smelling the foreign country and listening to the sounds of another world. Then he was sent back home.
The police took him to the plane, the plane took him to Mauritania and Mauritania took him to jail. In his backpack he had €500, donated by the Spanish Red Cross. After 10 days in custody, he was given back to the streets. Both the backpack and the money had disappeared in the police storage.
One year after his first attempt, Babacar found himself mashed together with 73 other hopeful migrants in the bottom of a small wooden boat again trying for Europe. This time didn't go as well as the first. They quickly lost their bearings and were left drifting the open sea for eight days in the hands of the North Atlantic currents before they by chance finally saw the coastline of Spain. But the coastguard were again blocking their way to the beaches of Las Palmas.
"The police threw us bundles of food and water, but they didn't want to touch us. They only wanted to make sure we didn't get any further".
It took three days before desperation took over. Eleven of Babacar's friends jumped overboard. They all drowned. After that the survivors where brought ashore. Two days later, they were back on a boat. This time they were going in the opposite direction. In Mauritania the police were waiting. The sentence was doubled, 20 days in the local internment camp nicknamed "Guantanamo".
Today, only six months after he last looked death in the eyes, he's again scouting the sea. Looking for the next boat that might take him to Europe.
Summer Jobbing
I've been shooting a few newspaper assignments over the summer. Mostly it's been portraits as it often is working for the dailies (around 90% of all assignments are portrait related when working in the newspaper industry). It's always interesting meeting new people and trying to create something in a limited space as well as time with a few, simple remedies. Often the only thing you have available to create something special is light, and in that way it's one of the purest forms of photography. Not that I'm particularly good at shooting portraits, but I do enjoy it!
Firstly I shot a series at the British Library of a Polish artist couple, Malgosia and Jakub. They showed me a secret garden at the top of the library which was amazing but I promised Malgosia not to tell anyone about it, so can't say any more I'm afraid.
A week later I went to West London and met with Kasia and her daughter and did a series of them for an article about why immigrants (me included) chose to stay in London instead of going back home.
Finally I went on the hardest assignment so far this year. It was for a story about one of the so-called "transition towns" that are shooting up all over Britain. Smaller towns trying to prepare themselves for another recession by becoming economically self-proficient so they won't be depending on outside resources for survival (no, we're not talking doomsday preppers here, simply straight thinking ordinary folks trying to create a bit of balance in the system). This sounded like a dream assignment as there ought to be plenty to shoot, but unfortunately it was also one of those assignments that just didn't work out because of timing. None of the projects were up and running when I arrived and many wouldn't be for the next couple of years as it's all about long-term investments. No matter, I'll be back to shoot this again. This is what I got (and yeah, I am very pleased with the dog)…
Work in Progress
Here's an extract from my latest project from Syria that should be ready for publication within the next two months.
Broken Boy Soldiers
A dark, starless night wraps its arms around us. We are floating in its deep, black nothingness and only the white reflective lines on the asphalt road caught in the one surviving headlight reveals our movement. We are rapidly being absorbed into the Syrian night, removing our self with increasing speed from the relative normality that comes with the Turkish border.
It's been a while since we last passed the burning oil drums marking the start and end of cities, all revealing bearded faces of city elders that peer out of the darkness, the red warmth of the fire reflecting in their eyes. They stop us: Who are we? Or more importantly, who are we not? The two people in the front seats are well known faces on these roads so we continue onwards.
Momen and Yahoo are members of the Tawheed Brigade and fights for the revolution. Yahoo is 21 years old and experienced. He used to be a fighter, but due to his technologic abilities, he is now in charge of media and communication. Yahoo is driving the car. Moomen is 16 and carrying the Kalasnikhow. They are best friends.
A few hours earlier, walking down the main street of the Turkish border town Reyhanli, I stopped at a street stall selling army fatigues and belts for ammunition. I had recognized a black nylon vest with pockets on the front and back large enough to hold AK47 magazines and grenades.
This type of vest is the highest fashion among the rebels along with the black headscarves that carry the Shahaada (Muslim declaration of faith) in white writing.
A couple of men come up and look at the headscarves. With their long white robes and full-grown beards they are as foreign as me. They smile and I smile back. They are here to join the rebels and crossing over the border today. They ask me to come with them, but to their disappointment I politely decline and explain that I already have made arrangements. We wish each other safe travels and as I turn the corner I find my Syrian contact waiting for me.
As we approach the border barrier on foot I see a sea of faces through the metal bars marking the end of Turkey. A policeman stands blocking a small opening in the gate, not letting anybody in. We sneak behind a truck and walk up to the guard with our heads down. My friend grabs my arm and starts to press through the opening. The officer barely notices us. He's too busy keeping the many Syrians out of Turkey to notice anybody trying to get in. Why would he?
This is the first time I've been smuggled over a border and I can feel the adrenalin pumping. The contrast of this other territory hits me immediately when we enter…
Stay tuned for the publication of the full story shortly.
Back In Syria
I've been back in Syria since Saturday, doing a so-called 'NGO-run' with a Danish charity. We've been at a few refugee camps and also visited a string of hospitals. Mostly we've been in meetings trying to arrange the next batch of emergency relief.
Now I'm back in the country, this time on my own. I am travelling the Idlib province with a group of rebels called the Tawheed Brigade. I am gathering photos as we go along and working on a range of different projects but as I've been feeling a little like a photojournalistic cliché lately (that not necessarily meant as a bad thing) I've decided to do an old school black and white series for the first blog.
Hope to have some more time soon to get the different pieces together, but right now it's all loose strings tying them selves together here and there and not always in the right order, so bear with me while I find myself in this mess of a conflict…
Sikh Wedding
I've been working with my good friend and talented photographer Esther Sabetpour on a few of her wedding jobs lately. Esther specializes in Asian weddings and has an amazing technique that especially comes out in her portraits.
These pictures are some of my contribution to the latest Sikh wedding that I helped with. Such a big experience!
Drinking Tea with the Rebels
I'm back in Turkey. Hotel. Bed. Facebook. A friend request pops up, name written in Arabic. It turns out it's a captain in the Free Syrian Army that I met earlier in the day. He's stationed in Aleppo but has one night off to see his wife and four kids that are in Gaziatep, a large city just 20 kilometers from Kilis, Turkey.
He tells me that I should get to the Syrian city of Azaz tomorrow by 8 a.m. as there should be a funeral for an FSA soldier.
At 6 a.m. I wake up the receptionist to check out of my hotel and at 7 I wake up the Turkish border official to check out of Turkey.
Inside Syria I decide to go straight through the border area and find a car that can take me to town. I negotiate a price of 10 Turkish Lira (£3) and am about to jump in the car as a man in army fatigues carrying a Kalashnikov stops me. I need permission to leave the area and there's no way around the media center.
While we wait for the media center to wake up the soldiers manning the control post invite me in for breakfast consisting of flat bread with spicy pickles and hot Arab tea cooked on a large gas burner standing between the two beds and a television that frames the room. The sweet tea cheers us all up and I start feeling less grumpy about being withheld. They don't speak any English and I've soon used up my one Arabic word saying "Shukran" (thank you) every time I can get away with it. We still have a good time though and after a while I start playing around with my camera to see what reaction that will bring. As I hoped it doesn't take long before they are posing and I'm snapping away freely.
It starts to pour. Again. It has been raining almost every single day since I arrived at the border. I curse my suede shoes for the tenth time on this trip, and stop. Realizing that all my worries have a warm bed, a bankcard, wireless Internet and a Christmas full of food and presents waiting just a few hours away. In the meantime a large queue has gathered outside in the rain. Men, women and children are getting drenched as they wait for the weekly handout of diapers…
I meet with my media "escort" from the day before and he tells me that the body of the captain is still in Turkey. They don't know when he'll be buried as his mother is on her way to the hospital to say her final goodbyes. Not much to argue about there, so I fold out my umbrella and go exploring in the camp.
Life Changes in an Instant
I spend the day organizing. First of all I need to change hotels. The one I've been staying in for the last two nights costs 90 Turkish Lira, about £30. My previous one was only £13. I'm here on my own budget so money matters every single step of the way.
People here are always offering to take me to Aleppo. I'm tempted but at a price of 300 American dollars each way for the 40km drive, it's simply not possible for me. The steep price also indicates the level of danger. I met an Italian photographer that had been there. While I share a beer with Michele he tells me of his eight hours trip. The way that he grasps his head and looks down while he explains how a bomb landed just two blocks away says it all. It's not worth going. From his eyes I can see that he is right.
After changing hotels I work for a few hours. The organizational side of things takes up a lot of my time and with the sun setting around four I have to be economical with the hours. When done I grab my camera and head out to locate a NGO run medical clinic for Syrians injured by the war.
On my way there I collect imagery not directly connected to the Syrian conflict. These pictures are meant for another project in my diary build on a scientific exploration of the so-called 'Arab Felix' that was sent by Danish king Frederick V in 1776 to explore the Arabian Peninsula.
I come across sheepherders and men blowing out the engines on their Yahama 4-gears. For these people this is just everyday life. But for me as a foreigner this is something absolutely stunning. It's the power of looking, catching a glimpse and trying to comprehend.
A man in an impeccable suit stops on his motorbike. He talks to me in Turkish. I smile and say 'hospital' and he gestures me to get on. He speeds up and the wind in my face feels great.
We get to a three-storage house looking stranded. The wall is crumbling and Syrian number plates identify the cars parked outside. Inside is another world. Four small rooms are packed with hospital beds. In each bed lies someone wounded in one way or the other by the Syrian conflict. Some are FSA soldiers, some aren't. Some are civilians and others are not. One thing that almost all of them share is that they're just kids…
While I talk to patients that have lost arms and legs in the constant Aleppo bombing, a guy sees me and starts to yell. He's angry and aggressive. I'm guessing that he is not Syrian, as he looks different from everybody else here. He shakes one of his crutches at me and I walk away.
"Don't mind him, he's just al-Qaeda" the other patients explains.
It's clear that they don't like him much. I ask if there are many al-Qaeda warriors in Syria and they tell me that there's quite a few. Right now they are all fighting Bashar al-Assad, so it's okay. But when the fighting is over and the winner has to be found they will become a problem.
"I'm Syrian and a Muslim and I am scared of them" one of the wounded tells me.
Off to the Syrian border
In five hours (6 am) I'll be on my way to Gatwick Airport to catch a flight to Denmark. There I'll be joining a group of Danes from the organization VIOMIS (Knowledge about Islam) that have managed to raise enough money to buy six ambulances and a bunch of medical equipment that they'll be transporting down through Europe to the Syrian border in Turkey. Hereafter all the equipment will be donated to Syrian hospitals that are fighting a daily battle to safe as many lives as possible in what rapidly is turning in to one of the worst humanitarian catastrophes in the so called Arab Spring.
I will join them, document their efforts and blog about our travels here on the site (in English) and (in Danish) on Modkraft.dk
For now just a quick series of shots of what I'll be bringing. I have chosen to leave most of my equipment at home and do this one as low key as possible as I don't know what situations will arise on the way. All I know is that I have a ticket home from Jordan in mid December.
I will write more on this in the following days as I meet up with the volunteers.
Apologies for the poor image quality, but I should have been in bed by now. Also, I'm bringing my 5D MII, not planning to shoot the whole thing on the Polaroid.
Hope you'll follow the progress here over the next couple of weeks…
This Damn Weather @ The Photographers Gallery
The prints are back home and as you can see they are not receiving nearly the same amount of attention as earlier…
More than 10.000 visitors saw the Fresh Faced + Wild Eyed exhibition at The Photographers Gallery in London in the two weeks it was shown.
The Photographers' Gallery was the first independent gallery in Britain devoted to photography and today it is the largest public gallery in London dedicated to photography.
I love the big rooms, natural light and the central location (right next to Oxford Circus) of the gallery. Furthermore they have a quite remarkable book, print and photo brick-a-brack shop in the basement with some real gems. I recently stumbled upon a book signing by Deutsche Börse Photography Prize 2012 shortlist Rinko Kawauchi and acquired her book 'ILLUMINANCE'. Beautiful work!
It was a very strong group of photographers exhibited and genres going off in all directions. One of my favorites were Paula Gortázar's 'Common Space' that 'depicts the interiors of the European Parliament in
Brussels and Strasbourg, an institution which, despite being little understood
or liked by many citizens, is gaining a prominent role in legislating our
everyday European living circumstances.' (From the website)
Another excellent piece of work was Nadège Mériau's makro photography recreating cosmos. Wow!
My good friend and fellow photographer Steve Mepsted dropped by the gallery, snapped these two shots and later retold the whole scene to me…
'There were a group of kids with their teacher and they were looking at the painted mural image and one boy was saying 'I swear that's Photoshop'. The teacher said they didn't know as the artist wasn't there. I was able to fill them in on details!! They were delighted and amazed at the image and the boy couldn't believe it was a painting on such a scale – 'Shows they've got power' he said!'
Just amazing getting this kind of invaluable feedback!
This has been a great experience and I'm truly thankful that I've been a part of it. The staff at The Photographers Gallery have done a great job in pulling this together and especially curator Karen McQuaid for getting it all to run smoothly while having to deal with 22 photographers at the same time, not an easy job I would imagine!
I'm now in touch with a range of galleries, working on getting a solo show up and running while I'm preparing for the next leg of this story that includes a trip to Jordan in the near future. More on this next time.
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BEDHAMPTON is, with Denvilles and Warblington (see above), one of the main residential areas of Havant. It was developed in the Fifties as a series of bungalow estates where something with three bedrooms will now cost £230,000 to £260,000. There are three-bedroom semis for around £220,000 and detached houses for £250,000.
Housing developments cling on to Havant for several miles around, and to the north they don't let go until you get beyond Clanfield. Within this built-up area are former villages such as Cowplain, where there are well-worn estates and bungalows. A three-bedroom detached house or bungalow on a Sixties' development might cost £200,000 to £215,000. Denmead village proper is highly sought-after. It has shops, pubs and a village green. A late 1880's cottage with three bedrooms and a bit of land could fetch £325,000. There are also plenty of small new developments, popular with young families because of the local school. Prices are higher than those in Waterlooville.
Waterlooville is an established town, around 80 per cent of which was built during the last two to three decades. Off Tempest Avenue, which runs from one end to the other, is a run of cul-de-sacs with mixed housing in each. A studio apartment will cost £65,000, a three-bedroom semi from £155,000, and a four-bedroom detached house £250,000. To the south of Waterlooville is Purbrook, where bungalows have crept between the 19th century houses. A two-bedroom bungalow will cost £190,000, a four- to five- bedroom detached house in The Brow will cost £350,000 to £400,000. There is a well-regarded Roman Catholic secondary school which attracts families.


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20 October 2014
And the iPad / CLT trial feedback is in!
Despite having grown rather 'attached' to our 20-odd laptops (and associated 3 million mice, keyboards, chargers and power cords!) that we use for fieldwork at CLT testing projects across ANZ, we decided it was time for them to settle down (at a local special needs school) and for us to test how well iPads would work in-field and with intercept testing.
Some questions we had about tablet use were:
- Would all
question types be supported (including slider, drag-and-drop etc)?
- How would
the batteries hold up to the rigours of all-day testing (particularly with
- Would the
network be able to handle multi-use during large CLT projects?
- Would our
project participants, from a wide-range of backgrounds, feel comfortable
using them?
So how well did they work? Let's just say BRILLIANTLY well! (Which is lucky given that the laptops were very much enjoying their new home…)
Having tested a few iPads alongside their less-sleek laptop counterparts, we found overwhelmingly that our participants were extremely keen to use the 4G iPads and that there were no issues at all using our questionnaire software on them. And while we configured some external keyboards to use with the iPads just in case, we found that most of our nimble-fingered users were happy to use the on-screen version.
So if you're interested in discussion our (Wifi/4G supported) CLT testing options or intercept interviews, please contact Sue.


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AAHOA, being an umbrella trade association of hotel franchisees, counts on the financial support at its trade show from hotel franchisors. The hotel franchisors know that AAHOA members are not only franchisees, but they are buyers - changing the flag happens with some consistency in the hotel industry.
Congratulations on another great trade show!


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Check-in a Box 2.0
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Well here we go again. In a meeting last week we found out that our newest campus was going to meet at a different location in a couple of weeks. No big deal, everything is meant to be set up and torn down every Sunday. Oh wait, there's a catch. No network drops will be available for us to plug-in Check-in a Box for our children's ministry. Solution….. Check-in a Box 2.0
In reality, all we did was switch out the wireless router and add a mifi card. The difference is, the new router is amazing.
The MBR1200 – Failsafe Gigabit N Router for Mobile Broadband works like a normal wireless router, but can connect to a 3G or 4G mobile device. Check out the product page here. The router has a very impressive web interface where you can pretty much adjust any aspect of the device that you want. It also accepts a plethora of mobile broadband devices (tethering phones, usb dongles, and pci cards). Another nice feature was that after plugging the router in, it said, "Good Morning Michael."
When running check-in on all 4 Duo's going across the mifi there was some substantial slowness, but it worked. For a more long-term solution we would like to purchase a 4G unit to connect to it. Either way, it's a great way to run check-in when you have no network drops available. Can you say outside at a sports camp?


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The 22-year-old from South Australia is being held in Bogota, Colombia, after being arrested on April 11 at the airport. She was found with almost 6 kilograms of cocaine hidden inside sets of headphones and has been charged with cocaine possession, but has insisted that she was tricked into carrying the drugs.
Now, her lawyers have told The Daily Telegraph that they have applied for financial assistance from the Australian government to cover the fees for lawyers acting for her in Australia. The newspaper reported that the federal government does offer financial assistance to Australians in trouble overseas, through the Serious Overseas Criminal Matters Scheme that's administered by the Attorney General's department.
The Daily Telegraph said that the loans are available to people arrested overseas if they face more than 20 years in prison or the death penalty; Sainsbury reportedly faces a maximum sentence of 25 years, but could serve as little as four if she chooses to plead guilty.
Sainsbury's lawyers have also raised the possibility that Australia could arrange for her to serve her sentence in Australia if she is convicted, 9 News has reported.
The young Australian's sister Khala started an online fundraising campaign to raise cash for her defence.
On the fundrazr.com page, Khala says that "Cassie would never do anything like what she has been accused off [sic]", adding that Sainsbury faces little chance of proving her innocence "in such a corrupt country".
Khala says the family now faces expensive legal fees but have little money. The page has so far raised just over $4,000 of its $15,000 goal, from 105 contributors, but people reportedly used the page to write that they were sceptical of Sainsbury's claims of innocence.
The Daily Mail reported last week that the young South Australian had travelled to Vanuatu, China, Canada and the US in the six months prior to her arrest. She reportedly wrote on Instagram that she was on work trips, which her family said was related to promoting her personal training business. Her fiance Scott Bainbridge said, however, that Sainsbury was working for a cleaning company and had not worked as a personal trainer for the past six months.
"She helped manage a commercial cleaning business that had both national and international clients. Unfortunately it's very easy for tourists to get targeted, especially in Colombia," Broadbridge wrote on her fundraising page.
This article originally appeared on Starts At 60.


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You might have heard or read about various Weight Loss Tricks, but do they really help you in losing weight? So now let's get familiar with how food and exercise affects out metabolism and weight loss to help us understand does these Weight Loss Tricks really work or not.
Here are few Weight Loss Tricks which you should implement in your life to lose weight.
- You might have heard about low carbohydrate diets which claims to be working and people are benefiting a lot from it without worrying about amount of intake of fats.
- Never leave home in empty stomach, have a light snack before eating dinner like a slice of fruit, or a juice.
- Don't rush up while eating your meals, rushing up while eating meals will not give your brain the time to send signals to your body that your stomach is full. So while eating your meals you should always eat in a normal pace rather than rushing up.
- Before going for food shopping eat something otherwise if you go in an empty stomach for food shopping you will be tempted to buy everything which you see.
- Never eat your food while standing, make a habit to have you food always in kitchen table or dining room.
- Before having your meal have a non-cream hot soup, so that it will help you to eat slowly and will also fill up your stomach so that you don't overeat.
- You should not force yourself to eat everything in the plate, if your stomach don't want to take it anymore. There is no rule that everything which is in your plate is required to be compulsorily consumed.
- Use non-stick pans for cooking so that it will reduce the usage of oils.
- If anytime if you don't have any option rather than Fast Food, try to avoid fried fast food and instead eating large quantity eat a small size of hamburger.
- While preparing your meals instead of using normal oil use olive oil or sesame oil.
- Avoid watching Television while eating meals, you will get distracted and you will not concentrate on your plate while eating.
- When cooking in large quantities for family store the leftovers in containers, so that you will make a habit of controlling yourself from overeating of the leftover.
- Instead of sautéing food in fats, sauté the food in low sodium soy sauce or water or chicken stock.
- It's recommended to drink 6 to 8 glasses of water per day. Keeping yourself hydrated with water will also help your body to digest the food.
- If you are consuming the product from a box, just pour sufficient portion onto a bowl and store the box away, this is prevent over eating.
- When dining out, ask for low calorie toppings and sauces.
- Use baking substitutes such as apple sauce, prunes, and mashed bananas instead of using fats in brownie, bread and cake mixes.
- Instead of using creams in sauces and soups to thicken up use puree of potatoes.
- Consume raw vegetables, green vegetables and salads.
- Avoid sugar sweetened foods if you really wants to lose weight.
- Avoid consuming processed foods as it often have unhealthy fats and chemical additives.
Start following all these Weight Loss Tricks and check out the difference in your weight after few months.


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About Matt
Matt Liebhold has been taking pictures since the age of five, and has never stopped shooting since. Working his way from his first 110mm film camera, to learning to shoot in black and which on his father's old reliable Olympus, and eventually moving into the realm of digital photography. Influenced early on by his grandfather and father's passion for photography, Matt is always looking around for a way to capture the current moment.
Matt has been publishing a photo blog for years http://liebhold.net and http://matt.liebhold.net/blog ) and has been published in various magazines and commercial websites. Matt also has published a book: Project 365 detailing his first of two years taking an image every day to document everyday life around him.
Matt has experience working professionally as a sports, portrait, and wedding photographer, and is available to shot your project. Please fill out the contact form on the left side to discuss your upcoming photography needs.


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150,180 people are food insecure in the Feeding America Southwest Virginia (FASWVA) service area – 43,770 are children.
Of the 26 counties and nine cities served by FASWVA, seven have shown a rise in food insecurity for their total populations – Alleghany, Buchanan, Dickenson and Pulaski counties and the cities of Martinsville, Norton, and Radford.
In spite of recent economic recovery nationwide, the areas above have suffered continued job and population loss due to the reduced output of coal mining companies and very few replacement jobs after the exit of furniture, textile, and other manufacturing from the region.
Most of our counties and municipalities have seen a drop in childhood food insecurity except for the city of Norton which increased 23.5% and Dickenson County which has shown no change at 820 children in need.
Year-over-year, child population in the FASWVA service area has decreased in all but five counties and three cities. All but seven counties and three cities have seen a decline in overall population.


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El Señor Presidente talks, and the Senate does: They have postponed the analog switcheroo four more months. The new date for the analog TV shutdown: June 12, pending Congress approval of the move.
Previously, the analog shutdown was going to happen in February 17, but with Nielsen estimating 6.5 million U.S. homes still with analog TV only, politicians have thought twice about taking the circus from the people, after their inability to give them bread. [ABC News]


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What deductions can I claim under the Senate bill that just passed?
The Senate bill does away with federal deductions for state and local income and sales taxes, but allows deductions of up to $10,000 in local property taxes. The legislation originally eliminated federal deduction for all state and local taxes, but the property tax exemption was later added at the insistence of Sen. Susan Collins, R-Maine, who said she was "delighted" about the change.
What about personal deductions?
Like the House bill, the Senate bill nearly doubles the standard deduction level to $12,000 for individuals (up from $6,350) and $24,000 for couples (up from $12,700).
Any other deductions I could claim?
The Senate bill retains the current limit for the home mortgage interest deduction to interest paid on the first $1 million of the loan. (The House bill reduces the limit to $500,000 for new home purchases.) The Senate version also preserves the deduction for medical expenses not covered by insurance (the House bill does not), but ends deductions for moving expenses and tax preparation.
Why does the Senate bill allow deducting medical expenses not covered by insurance?
Because the Senate bill also repeals ObamaCare's individual mandate, while the House bill does not. If ObamaCare's mandate is repealed, thousands of people are expected to drop their health insurance, raising the cost for those who decide to keep it.
And the personal exemption?
The Senate and House bills both eliminate the $4,050 personal tax exemption.
Will the tax brackets change at all?
The Senate bill keeps seven tax brackets, but reduces them to 10, 12, 22, 24, 32, 35 and 38.5 percent. (The current brackets are 10, 15, 25, 28, 33, 35, and 39.6 percent.) The House measure condenses seven brackets to four: 12, 25, 35 and 39.6 percent.
I own a small business. What would this mean for me?
The Senate bill allows owners of so-called "pass-through" businesses (that is, businesses that aren't incorporated) to deduct 23 percent of their earnings, and then pay at their personal income tax rate on the remainder. This issue was a key concern of Sens. Ron Johnson, R-Wis., and Steve Daines, R-Mont., both of whom announced this week that they would support the bill.


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Yesterday's PuB NiGHT was at Central City Brewpub on Beatty. It was great to see you all there! Thank you for coming!
Central city is a brewery with two pubs, one in Vancouver and one in Surrey. They sell their own beers in the pubs. Next to that they also sell a lot of other beers, so it is a good spot for beer lovers. Besides that they also make their own cider, whiskey, gin and vodka. Every day there is a daily special, which mostly includes a beer and one of the cocktails.
We were placed in one of the corners of the pub where we had a pretty big spot. This was a good thing, as a lot of you showed up. Last time we had a similar kind of spot, but the atmosphere was really different as everything was closed and therefore it was pretty dark in the pub. This time they opened up the back of the pub, which made it way lighter. As many people had their last PuB NiGHT already, there were also people who had their first PuB NiGHT. It was great to see everybody getting along. Yesterday I got the chance to catch up with everybody and heard about all your plans for the coming weeks. After Central City some of you decided to go to another pub to practice your pool skills.
I had a great night and hope you did as well! See you in Victoria!
– Iris
INTERNeX International Exchange
International Village,
Suite 2077, 2079 – 88 West Pender Street
Vancouver, Canada -V6B 6N9-
Web: http://www.internexcanada.com
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08.40 School is open to receive pupils
Pupils are not allowed to enter the school building before this time. (This stipulation is for insurance purposes)
*Please note: The Roll will be called daily by 09:30. Any pupils not in school by this time will be marked absent.
10:25 - 10:40 Little Break for Juniors(2nd & 3rd Class)
10.45 – 11.00 Little Break for Seniors(4th-6th Class)
12:05 -12:30 Lunch for Juniors(2nd & 3rd Class)
12.35 - 13.00 Lunch for Seniors (4th-6th Class)
Pupils are permitted to eat lunch in the classrooms. If weather is wet, all pupils are kept indoors.
14:20 School Ends
School closes at 11.50 on the day of main school holidays - Christmas, Easter & Summer.
Non-uniform days take place on the first Friday of each month.
On the first day of the new academic year, 2nd class pupils are expected to arrive between 08.50 – 9.15 where they go to their new classroom. They will be shown where to line up by their teacher for subsequent mornings. All other new pupils please report to school office at 09.15 – when they will be brought to their classrooms


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Carter: My Charity Work Is 'Superior' to Other Ex-Presidents'
Jimmy Carter says his philanthropic work is "superior" to that of other former presidents, citing his activism on the environment and leadership filling "vacuums in the world."
Carter, in an interview Monday with NBC News, offered several explanations to support his premise, suggesting his charitable work on the world stage has had more impact than that of George H.W. Bush, Bill Clinton and George W. Bush, the other three members of the world's most exclusive club.
"I feel that my role as a former president is probably superior to that of other presidents. Primarily because of the activism and the injection of working at the Carter Center and in international affairs, and to some degree, domestic affairs, on energy conservation, on environment and things of that kind," said Carter, who is promoting a new book. "We're right in the midst of the constant daily debate."
He added: "And the Carter Center has decided, under my leadership, to fill vacuums in the world. When the United States won't deal with troubled areas, we go there, and we meet with leaders who can bring an end to a conflict, or an end to a human rights abuse, and so forth. So I feel that I have an advantage over many other former presidents in being involved in daily affairs that have shaped the policies of our nation and the world."
His office issued a brief statement clarifying that the former president meant to say the Carter Center, which he and his wife founded, has given him "superior opportunities to do good," NBC reported.
Ten Worst Places to LiveStudent Loan Debt Surpasses Credit Card Debt-What to Do?U.S. Navy limiting use of 'Cyclone' patrol boatsWhat Happens if the Bush Tax Cuts ExpirePresident Changes Tune on Health-Care CostsCarter launched into his assertion after being asked about a photograph, taken shortly before President Obama took office, that showed Obama and the three other living ex-presidents standing close together and looking chummy -- with Carter drifting off to the right side of the frame by himself. Asked whether he felt "apart from the crowd," Carter said he did not.
According to the Carter Center's most recent annual report, the organization has worked since 1982 to resolve conflicts, improve medical care and push for other advances in more than 70 countries -- this includes observing elections in 30 countries, establishing a local health care system in thousands of African communities and teaching better farming techniques to millions across 15 African countries. The Center's annual budget is just over $80 million.
Former President Bill Clinton's Clinton Global Initiative also boasts an impressive resume -- better education for more than 10 million children, 33 million acres of forest protected and safe drinking water for more than 12 million people, among other accomplishments. Clinton and former President George H.W. Bush teamed up to raise donations for nations ravaged by the 2004 tsunami in the Indian Ocean. Clinton and former President George W. Bush have teamed up to raise donations for earthquake-stricken Haiti.
Both Clinton and Carter have secured the release of American prisoners held in North Korea over the past year.
Clinton told Fox News in an interview Monday that his initiative has raised $57 billion in commitments since 2005.
"And already, the actions in 170 countries have improved the lives of 220 million people. So we're off to a good start," Clinton said.
FOXNews.com - Carter: My Charity Work Is 'Superior' to Other Ex-Presidents'


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The members of the Liberty Discussion Group sat down at Gaia Restaurant and Coffee Shop, Thamel on the 31st of December to discuss the article "Local Government serves local communities best in Nepal's shattered landscape" authored by Neil Anthony Webster.
The author of the article argues that local government is often best suited to cater the needs of locals and the community during usual times and times of emergency as witnessed after the April 2015 earthquake. Despite the local election has not been held since 1997 with locally representing officials absent since 2002, the independent Ward Citizen Forum (WCF) has remained quite vocal and effective in delivering inclusive local development with additional monitoring from local civil society. On this regard, the author accuses Kathmandu-centric government and the International aid agencies to have often bypassed the local government and agencies from the co-ordination loop during disaster response moments after the earthquake.
The discussion started with one of the member stressing the need to clearly devolve the governing power to local government and empower them as we approach Federalism. Despite the demarcation of power among the Federal, state, and local government is referred in the Constitution, and will definitely have a written law regarding it, it is necessary to decide from which level of government should government power division should start from. As in, local government can do certain things but other thing as such which is to be reserved by Federal or State government, or Federal government can do certain things but other things as such which to be reserved by State and local government.
In the meantime, while the majority of the power is devolved to the lower levels of government in approaching Federalism, one of the discussion participant questions whether the lower level government reserves enough technical and managerial capability to handle such responsibility must be questioned. And, one of the ideas that floated in the table was to devolve power among the local governments in accordance to the capacity held by each of them.
On the contrary, one of the participants stressed the necessity to distribute the powers among the local governments equally in order to cater to the principle of Federalism. However, it comes to appear that there is no single style of Federalism in order to have a uniform principle after all. For instance, Federalism that occurred in America, Canada and India when states came together to form a federal government is of course a different style of Federalism in compared to our scenario whereby a Federal state is attempting to define states and local units.
Moving along, the tragedy of local government being helpless due to lack of enough managerial and technical capacity that lead them to be by passed by the central government and the aid agencies was placed on board by one of the participants. So, the question of what can be done to increase their technical and managerial capacity was raised.
Participants brought in arguments to broaden the revenue base of the local government by handing over the rights to raise certain form of tax and non-tax revenues previously dealt by the Central government as a way to invest on enhancing the technical and managerial capability of the local government. In saying so, the ongoing idea of authorizing local government to handle entire property related affairs, and therefore the revenue related to it as a resolution to cater the acute fund necessities of local government to invest on its capacity building exercise.
Likewise, it was also discussed how having a demarcated local government to determine with their own fiscal responsibilities can create a sense of competition among them for the betterment of the local people and the well-being of the community as a whole. And, when there is a locally elected representative in-charge of the locality, there would often be incentive to serve the local community better in order to preserve their popularity among the people. However, it all depends on the continuity of local elections after all.


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5) Gotta Protectors
You want a reason why this game made my list? How about ten?
4) 7th Dragon III Code VFD
I really wasn't expecting this to be my favorite 3DS JRPG of the year, but the awesome soundtrack and accessible dungeon crawling really resonated with me!
3) Fire Emblem Fates: Birthright
While not as ~perfect~ as Awakening, Birthright provided a solid story and, as expected, excellent SRPG gameplay. I still need to play Conquest and Revelation!
2) Pokemon Go
Still playing it; sorry haters.
1) Sega 3D Classics Collection
As far as the Sega 3D Classics go, this really isn't a collection of the best of 'em. No Out Run? No Gunstar Heroes? No Streets of Rage 2? Lame! But even with that in mind, this is still my Nintendo GOTY. Why? Because M2 did such an incredible job with these ports/remakes that they elevate even the most mediocre games into something incredibly fun and playable. With a multitude of options and perfect emulation, this is the gold standard for preserving and re-releasing classic games.
Honorable Mentions (other cool games I dug this year, but didn't make much progress in):
Pokemon Moon, Dragon Quest VII, Monster Hunter Generations, Kirby Planet Robobot


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HEAR Now Festival
The HEAR Now Festival is the audio equivalent of a film festival for contemporary audio story-telling in all its forms: live and scripted solo performances, multi-voiced, classic radio drama, experimental narrative, and much more. This four-day Festival will offer a multi-faceted program showcasing the many forms of audio fiction and sound art storytelling in theaters and other "listening" venues. The Festival will present audio fiction programs that exemplify traditions of craftsmanship, as well as aesthetic and technological innovation.
Each June the HEAR Now Festival is a gathering place where the work of master storytellers is celebrated and shared. In addition, the Festival exposes its audiences to recent developments in audio preservation by showcasing newly restored and archived award-winning audio dramas. The Festival offers live and recorded programming at local theaters and other venues in Kansas City. HEAR Now also presents moderated discussions and panels for conversations and the exchange of new ideas. HEAR Now is an immersive experience in all aspects of the art and craft of audio fiction and sound art story-telling.
Audio drama, audiobooks, recorded, and live story-telling -- sketches, poetry, spoken word -- alongside academic papers, juried competitions, and presentations on the physics of sound, as well as performance workshops, will round out this intensive listening event for the Hear Now Festival.


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Can we embed pentaho BI server to our own application. If so please let me know
Can we embed pentaho BI server to our own application. If so please let me know
Hi jami,
the general answer to that is yes. There are a myriad ways of embedding pentaho in your app (or vice versa) and many customers have done this.
This info pages should get you started:
Please reach out to our sales team so they can give you an overview of the options for embedding pentaho software.
You can get their contact info here: http://www.pentaho.com/contact/
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I am using pentaho community edition. From the links you have given, it seems that it is possible to embed pentaho into our own applications. Pentaho community edition is free and open source. So I want to know, whether we can embed BI platform freely or not.
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You are free to embed the open source parts of the platform as long as you observe the conditions of our open source license:
Thank you
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According to your license agreement, it seems that I can embed Pentaho BI Platform freely into my own application. (Please Correct me if I am wrong)
If so, can you please tell me what should I do first?
Last edited by jami; 02-29-2012 at 02:56 AM.
Just forgot to say that I found Pentaho SDK to embed pentaho reporting engine to my own application. I want to know, is there a way to embed other modules of Pentaho?
Hello , i'm also want to Embed Pentaho Server CE into my Web App , is there any ideas to do it ?
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Lord, Share The Riches Of Your Heart
One day, a monk, while walking through a village, found himself accosted by a man out of breath. "Give me your riches", the man demanded. "Last night a voice told me to get riches from a monk passing through my village." The monk thought for a moment and then, with a smile, answered, "Do you mean this?" He showed the man a huge jewel, the size of his hand. "I found this in the woods. You can have it if you wish."
The man eagerly grabbed the jewel and ran off with it. However, the next day, he searched out the monk and handed him back the stone. "Here, take this jewel back. Give me instead the riches of your heart which enables you to give this gem away without even a second thought."
Jesus reminds us that joy doesn't mean having a "high." Many misled people try to find this "joy" in the "highs" of drugs and intoxicants. We cannot chase after happiness for its own sake. Happiness is not found in other people or in external things, but rather, within ourselves.
Here are four ways to bring joy to ourselves:
- Try saying, "How lucky I am." "How grateful I am." It is impossible to be grateful and at the same time, unhappy.
- Say, "I can do the loveliest things in the world. I have all the loveliest things in the world. I can discover love, taste, hearing and sight."
- Think of yesterday and its events. At each good happening, say "thanks." For the difficult things that took place, say, "They were placed there for my growth."
- Think of the things of today! Say, "It is well, it is well. All the earth is in the Hands of God." Concerning the happenings of tomorrow or the future, say, "All shall be well, all shall be well."
Fr. George Mc Kenna
Aiming For A Goal In Life
Some years ago, while working with the Eskimos in Western Alaska, I lived in the town of Bethel. The word, "Bethel", is found in the Scripture of the Old Testament, being a village in ancient Palestine. "Bethel", a Hebrew word, means "The House of God."
I thrilled at that time that I lived in "The House of God." To be worthy to live in this town meant a greater urgency to be holy and pleasing to God. But, truly, each one of us is a Bethel, a House of God, because God lives in us, in all His Beauty, Graciousness, Love and Mercy. His Presence fills every part of our human being.
We need a goal in life; something to aim for and strive for, otherwise life loses its meaning. Life is a game, much like the sports we play. Through my 75 years of playing golf, I was constantly aiming for the flagstick on the fairway green. The stick gave me something to shoot for.
Because God lives within us, we can make our goal personal holiness of life. We want to make ourselves worthy of His Presence. To accomplish this, we need not be praying all day long, or be thinking of God all the time.
St. Paul wrote, "God chose us to be holy and blameless in His sight, to be full of love." As every game has rules to be kept, so too, life has its own – the Ten Commandments.
If someone asks us, "What is your goal in life?" we hopefully will answer, "Personal holiness in life."
Fr. George Mc Kenna


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Zakah Committee
The Zakah Committee of Noor Islamic Culture Center will help the Muslim community of Central Ohio in collecting and distrubutiing their Zakat-ul-Maal, Sadaqa, Zakat-ul-Fitr and Fidyaa money according to the teaching of Qur'an and Sunnah of the last prophet Mohammad (PBUH).
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Zakat-ul-Maal and Sadaqa will be collected and distributed throughout the year. Zakat-ul-Fitr will be collected during the month of Ramadan and on the day of Eid-ul-Fitr.
Zakat (i.e., Zakat-ul-Maal) must be paid by all Muslims whose net worth for the preceding year has remained above a minimal exemption called nisab. Nisab has been estimated at 3,430. Zakat is 2 1/2% of the net worth held for a full lunar year (except that it is 5% of the "produce" from irrigated land and 10% of that from unirrigated land, and 20% for minerals and treasures from the earth) while other items are excluded (e.g., a home occupied by the owner, including utensils, furniture, clothes, agricultural land farmed by the owner).
Most Muslims prefer to give their Zakah in Ramadan because there are more rewards for doing so, but it is not necessary to pay Zakah in the month of Ramadan.
Take sadaqa (zakat) from their wealth in order to purify them and sanctify them with it..... ( At-Taubah:103).
And will be far removed from it ( Hell), he who spends his wealth for increase in self-purification (Al-Lail: 17-18).
So much is the importance of zakat in Islam that it has been mentioned at eighty two places in the Qur'an in close connection with prayer. The Prophet said, "Islam has been built on five (pillars): testifying that there is no god but Allah and that Muhammad is the Messenger of Allah, performing the prayers, paying the Zakat, making the pilgrimage to the House (Hajj), and fasting in Ramadan" (Bukhari, Muslim).
Allah has warned those who do not give Zakat that they will face dire consequence. He says,
"O you who believe! Verily, there are many of the rabbis and the monks who devour the wealth of mankind in falsehood, and hinder (them) from the way of Allah. And those who hoard up gold and silver, and spend it not in the Way of Allah-announce unto them a painful torment (At-Taubah:34).
Obligation of Zakat and Rates
Zakat becomes due and payable immidietly after one lunar year has pased since,
A.The day you acquired the amount of Nisab for the first time.The Nisab is average value of 85 grams of pure gold
B. The day you paid Zakat last year.
The following are the categories of production. Profit, investments and savings are subject to Zakat.
- The produce of land:The rate is one tenth of the produce of the unirrigated and undeveloped land and one twentieth of the produce of the irrigated and developed land.
- Pure economic profit business.
- Inheritance, once for all.
- Cash, investments, food, merchandise, jewelry, gold and silver kept in the inventory for full one year if combined value is above Nisab.
The rate of Zakat on each of the above categories is different.
The amount of Nisab can be decided by the Islamic State or Muslim community taking into consideration the prevailing standard of living and the risks and uncertainties of different modes of productions.
For the articles in category four the rate of Zakat is two and half percent on the amount which is more than the Nisab.
The Nisab for certain articles is as follows: Silver; 21 ozs., Gold; 3 ozs.,
Merchandise, jewelry etc. equal to 21 ozs. of Silver.
If the individual items in category 4 do not come up to the Nisab but the combined value of all the items is more than Nisab, Zakat is obligatory.
Who is deserving of Zakat
The Holy Quran (At-Taubah : 60) describes the following eight categories who are entitled
to receive Zakat.
- Fuqara: the people who have some money but not enough to meet their basic needs. They live in a precarious circumstances but do not ask for help.
- Miskins: these are a very miserable people who do not have anything for food, clothing and shelter. The Khalifa Umar ibn al-Khattab (may Allah be pleased with him) also included those who are fit to earn but do not have means to earning.
- Aamileen (Collectors of Zakat): the officials engaged in the collection and distribution of Zakat are paid from the Zakat fund.
- Muallafat-ul-Qulub (Those whose hearts are to be reconciled): this includes the new Muslims, to strengthen them in Islam.
- Fir-riqab.(Emancipation of slaves): this means the person who wants to free himself from the shackles of slavery should be given Zakat so that he can pay to this category (those persons who are imprisoned for nonpayment of fines).
- Al-Gharimeen: this means the people who are in debt, which is more than the assets so that after paying the debt, their wealth that is left is less than the Nisab.
- Fi Sabeelillah (in the cause of Allah ): this is a common word used for all good deeds, but in the case of Zakat it means rendering help to an endeavor to serve Islam for example, the propagation of Islam.
- Ibn-us-Sabil (the wayfarer): a traveler, if he is in need of money while traveling , is entitled to Zakat .
Some essential Points about Zakat
- A person who qualifies to pay Zakat is not eligible to receive.
- It is not permissible to pay Zakat to your wife, parents, grandparents, and the children and grandchildren.
- It is preferable to pay Zakat to deserving relatives. Zakat can be given to brother/sister.
- The Zakat of every locality should be spent on the poor inhabitants of the same community except if there is a calamity in other parts of the country or the world.
- Any one who qualifies to receive Zakat, can be given it as assistance or a gift, without telling him that it is Zakat.
- All articles of household use and properties given on rent are exempted from paying Zakat.
- Zakat money of a particular year could be spent during the same year in advance, could be given all at once or in installments.
Zakat-al-fitr, sadaqat-al-fitr, fitra
Zakat -ul-Fitr is for fasting Muslims. It can be given in the form of money or food. The food or money is equal to one day's meals for one person. The head of the family pays this amount on behalf of each person in the family. If he is responsible for his mother and father, then he should pay Zakat-ul-Fitr for them too.
If a person cannot fast permanently in the month of Ramadan (for instance, because of illness) should pay Fitra for each fasting day. It should be paid to the Zakah committee no later that the Eid-ull-Fitr.
Sadaqa is a voluntary charity which can be given at any time.
Al-Fidya is to abstain from fasting or break one's fast in Ramadaan, due to legal excuse, and feed a poor person for each day (either lunch or supper) on the average scale of that which one feeds his own family. One can either feed a poor person for each day individually or gather poor people according to the number of days that require al-Fidya and feed them all at once. Or one may give each poor Saa' (i.e. half kg and ten gm) of good wheat and it is better to offer it with some meat and oil. Al-Fidya should be offered in Ramadan and not before that.
Old men and women, who are incapable of observing fasts in Ramadaan, may recompense for it by offering al-Fidya. Abdullah Ibn Abbas (radhi allahu anahu) narrates, Old people are allowed to refrain from fasting. But for every missed fast, one should feed the poor and he is not obliged to make al-Qada. [Daraqutnee and al-Hakim]
A sick person whose health is not likely to improve, for example, if one is afflicted with the incurable disease of cancer then he should offer al-Fidya
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Narrated Abu Huraira (radi Allahu anhu):
I heard Allah's Apostle (sal Allahu alaihi wa sallam) saying. 'Allah divided Mercy into one-hundred parts and kept ninety-nine parts of it with Him and sent down one part on earth. And because of that, its one single part, His creations are Merciful to each other, so much so that an animal lifts its hoof away from its young lest it should hurt it.


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from Lexington Kentucky, guitarist Ross Hammond has made a
name for himself as Northern California based artist. Over the past
few years, Ross has released a pair of critically acclaimed CD releasesAmbience,
Antiquite And Other Love Songs in 2011 and Adored in 2012and
now in late 2012 he adds another trick of the tale with a new album
from Revival Trio. Simply entitled Revival Trio,
the instrumental album was recorded in August 2012 and captures
Ross in full flight with his trio band mates, Vanessa Cruz (drums)
and Shawn Hale (bass). The CD has a live in the studio feel
and contains a number of jazzy, improvised sounding grooves that displays
all the urgency and spontaneity Ross brings to the 21st century guitar
world. Ross cites guitar influences like Bill Frisell and Sonny Sharock
while, with his usual flair for soaring improvisation, you can also
add in John Coltrane as another music signpost. Commenting from the
liner notes of the modestly packaged CD, Ross adds, I started
the Revival Trio project in April 2012 from a desire to play some
African-influenced improv music. The project quickly became a force,
as there was a great combination of a steady and fierce rhythm with
a heavy sense of let it fly improvisations. I simply loved
this project. Fans of both Frisells brand of eclectic
instrumental guitar recording style and Coltranes jazzy and
often fiery sense of improvisation will dig where Ross is coming from
on his Revival Trio CD. www.RossHammond.com
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Board President: Ken Dane
Ken Dane and family now including his wife Kathy, two Vizsla's – Reka and Red – and three cats moved to Port Townsend in 2006 intending to retire here. Since arriving, Ken has worked at OlyCAP as Director of Development, ECHHO as Executive Director and the Jefferson Community Foundation/United Good Neighbors as Interim Executive Director. While retirement has been elusive, he is presently making a third attempt.
Ken Dane was educated at Harvard and Duke Universities and has over 50 years' experience in small business and nonprofit organizations, primarily in health care related areas. Before moving to Port Townsend, Ken was a founding executive with USAssist, an international assistance service provider serving American Express and many Fortune 1000 companies and went on to work in telemedicine supporting medical care for ships at sea and remote worksites.
Past President: Chris Eagan
Chris has lived his entire life in the Puget Sound area, attending Seattle Prep, Seattle University (Philosophy major) and the University of Washington School of Law. Upon graduating from law school, Chris and his wife Carolyn became VISTA volunteers. Chris practiced law in Seattle from 1970 to 2003 primarily representing injured and disabled clients. In 2003, after raising their four children, Chris and Carolyn moved to their home in Shine near Port Ludlow. They have been active supporters of St. Vincent de Paul and Habitat for Humanity in Jefferson County.
Secretary/Treasurer: Vince Verneuil
"Back in 1980's my church was building an activity center and we were asked to submit a quote to be posted.
The one I submitted "To whom much is given, Much is expected". I still think it speaks to me. I have been blessed with a great education (Louisiana) , a great Marriage (50+ years), four great children, a very successful and exciting business career(Engineering and Software in California) , and a great retirement in this area. Now I am trying to give back to our Friends in Need.
I have been a Rotarian for over 39 years and supporting their Polio project and both local and international projects. I really support scholarships for education. I have been a Saint Vincent de Paul member for over 10 years."
Trustee: Rich Conrad
"I have had a life of many opportunities and successes in my education and long career in medical sales. I am fortunate to have a loving and supportive family and feel blessed in all I have. I believe one of the greatest gifts you can give is your time."
Volunteer and service experience:
- ViSTA Volunteer and house parent in a home for boys in Kansas City.
- Coaching and tutoring when my two boys were young.
- Worked on many committees in the Mt. Baker Community Club and served as board president
- Currently a St Vincent de Paul volunteer
Trustee: Susan Keister
Susan Keister is wife, mom, grammie, animal lover, knitter, reader and artist. A late bloomer, she received an art degree in textile design from the University of Washington at the age of 44. For twenty years she ran her own restaurant/catering business in Seattle. She has recently come out of retirement to volunteer at Bayside Housing and has been involved in all kinds of their projects including the Women to Women listening circle, an artist garden, different art offerings. She considers being able to participate one-on-one with the Bayside guests an awesome gift. These days she hears herself saying a couple of things over and over. They each begin with "if." "If everyone would be an artist we wouldn't have wars." And "if everyone took care of their own we wouldn't have all these poor lost souls." Maybe a bit too simplistic but she believes it.
Trustee: Rita Kerr
Rita came to Bayside through her volunteer work with Saint Vincent de Paul, launching Bayside's Women to Women Listening Circle after we received a grant for the program from St. Cecilia's Parish on Bainbridge Island. Spending many years as a nurse and a professor, her areas of expertise and training are: Family Nursing and Psychiatric/mental health nursing practice, education, and research including individual, marital, and family therapy; nursing research; transcultural nursing; and nursing leadership and management.
Trustee: Vicki Lucas
"My life has been filled with much Joy. I have been married to my wonderful husband for thirty-two years and have a loving and Intelligent son. For the last ten years I have managed the Habitat for Humanity Store in Jefferson county, and have the great privilege to work with seventy amazing volunteers.
I moved to the U.K when I was eighteen and lived there for twenty-seven years, for fourteen of which I owned and operated a small Hotel on the Isle of Wight. In 1990 we retired to San Diego, though not being the retiring sort we soon built and ran a very successful and nationally acclaimed restaurant, employing thirty-five people for twelve years. In 2005 we moved to Jefferson county where we have lived happily ever since."
Trustee: Terry Umbreit
Terry Umbreit is a current resident of Port Ludlow. He and his wife, Julie, have lived in the area since 2012. They have owned property in the area since 1999. Terry just completed five years on the Port Ludlow Village Council, and was a two-year term Past President. He is currently the President of the Rotary Club of East Jefferson County.
Prior to arriving in Port Ludlow, Terry was Director of the Kemmons Wilson School of Hospitality and Resort Management at the University of Memphis. He spent 24 years as Director of the School of Hospitality Business Management at Washington State University. His industry experience includes six years as a Consultant for Pannell Kerr Forster in Chicago, and five years as a Food Administrator at North Illinois University. While at Washington State University, his research focused on human resource and leadership issues in the hospitality industry. He published a number of articles in academic journals on performance appraisal systems, multi-unit management job definition in the quick service restaurant segment, and the identification of outcome measures of performance. He taught for a number of years courses in hospitality managerial accounting with emphasis on both hotel and restaurant operations.
Terry received his Ph.D. in Higher Education at Washington State University; M.S. in Business Management at Northern Illinois University; and BA Degrees from Michigan State University in Hotel, Restaurant and Institutional Management and DePauw University in History.
Trustee: Joe Johnson
Trustee: Jean Camfield
Jean has lived in Port Townsend since her parents moved here in 1949. She was one of the founding board members of Habitat for Humanity of East Jefferson County, and a founding member of the Port Townsend High School Scholarship Foundation. Jean worked for the Port Townsend School District for over 30 years, and was their Business Manager prior to her retirement. She spent three years on the Port Townsend Planning Commission before 13 years of service on the Port Townsend City Council. She has three children, five grandchildren, and two great-grandchildren.


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