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Keys to Being an Entrepreneur
Each month Metro Proponent brings you "ten" of something interesting…
By the CrEaTiVe mind of Kim Wu
1. Don't know it All – First of all, you don't know it all. Things are ever changing so it's impossible to even know it all. Know that you can always learn and keep an open mind.
2. Expect Failure – Expect a few possible things not going as planned. Whether you have a contingency plan or just have good reflexes, you have to "bounce back" and know that a potential "bounce back" will be required.
3. WRITE THINGS DOWN – I can't stress enough how important it is to write your thoughts down. You will forget. Don't think you won't, because you will.
4. Spread the Money you Earn – Don't think you are going to keep all of the money. As you grow, you must reflect the growth by distributing the earnings accordingly to those that made your success happen. It is impossible to do things alone. So no matter if it just your significant other that is your "assistant", spread the love where it is deserved. If you are greedy, you will not succeed for long. Share.
5. Don't be Scared to Lose – Big business is about big risks. You have to get out of the comfort zone and choose wisely. It is impossible to foresee the results from your decisions but if you plan accordingly, you can be prepared for anything. DO NOT EXPECT THINGS TO CHANGE BY DOING THE SAME THING. That would be insane. You have to do what others won't so you can have what other can't! Now go take a risk you've been sitting on the fence thinking about.
6. Take Breaks – The mind is a beautiful thing. It is constantly working. You must rest this "machine" as it functions your livelihood. I recommend breathing. Breath deeply, by fully filling your lungs with air and then slowly releasing. Do this five times daily to ensure you're getting the oxygen that you require. Close your eyes for ten minutes. Take a vacation. [#YSBH Need a vacation? 704-497-3466 for a great travel club membership]
7. Pay Attention – You have to stay abreast of the competition. You have to know what is out there. While you may feel that there is no competition, there probably is. Someone can do what you do and your services are likely replaceable to a certain degree. As an entrepreneur you must have an edge. Know who is who and what is what. You don't have to adopt practices of the competition. It's just good to know information within your industry.
8. Never let "Them" see you Sweat – The "boss" can't stress out. The leader of any organization, large or small, must always be the leader and keep the positivity alive. If there is a sense of doubt, frustration, loss, negativity, etc., EVERYONE will feel it. You shouldn't lose your composure or show weakness. It may be challenging for some people but it is critical to long term success and leadership.
9. Be the Leader you want to Attract – Good leaders are attracted to good leaders. It is important that you as a leader are the kind of person you want to hire. You have to grow a team and know that great people come one at a time. Many come, many go. It is the way of business. When you find the right people that enjoy the opportunity you offer and that you can trust, you will be set. Leaders should see your vision and everything they do should represent the desired outcome. You need leaders on the team.
10. Invest – You have to spend money to make money. It's a cliché but so true. You have to invest in the right equipment, resources, technology, etc., that can take you and your business to the next level… You can trust and believe "There are levels to this…"


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Women in Jeans. Now thats A Fashion Statement!
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Wednesday, October 14, 2015
Rain or shine, day or night, you'll never face a dilemma with your favourite pair of jeans on. It doesn't just make you look good, but it also enhances your style and portrays your confidence.
I for one have always had a thing for women who picked out the perfect jeans to match their figure. A little bit bold and classy with the right styling on.
The denim jeans have been around since like, a long long time ago. Here you can find a basic guide of
best jeans styling tips
that every woman out there needs to know. Well you might already have your own style but hey, why not enhance it. Keep on reading Ladies!
Sarah Jessica Parker
Remember how Carrie Bradshaw used to joke around about scrunchy with her ex Burger? Well, she might be right about it, but when it comes to jeans she also knows it well that scrunching your denim up at the knee is another brilliant way to style your jeans instead of always cuffing them.
Rosie Huntington-Whiteley
According to her a poncho and a fedora are the easiest way to dress up your casual wear. Looks nice for a weekend outing with your boyfriend hey!
Taylor Swift
The best fashion secret the Bad Blood singer has ever learned is most probably 'less is more'. She is seen in a coloured denim which turns to be greatly matched with neutral, subdued shades.
Kate Bosworth
If you happen to have a petite figure like her, rolling up the length of your jeans could help you from looking swallowed up in the denim. Try this tip and you might find it useful!
Kendall Jenner
The young supermodel is smart as she knows what would work on her. Winter whites are a refreshing change from your usual clothings! Try to team them with a vibrant luxury handbag for a good statement accessory.
Heidi Klum
Let's say if colour is not really your thing, you can opt for a monochromatic grey outfit. It could shake things up and rock your whole look.
Now Turn On Your Style!
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Last week I was offered the chance to attend a CIPR Cymru business breakfast meeting in Cardiff Bay. Speaking on the subject of crisis communications was Alex Singleton, former Telegraph journalist, former associate director of The Whitehouse Consultancy and author of the book 'The PR Masterclass'.
Crisis communications is always an engaging PR topic. By its nature, we tend to be more aware of organisations which have badly handled crises, rather than those which have successfully evaded or deflected the threat of poisoned PR darts.


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Diet is not "faint" 8 Tips to teach you to eat less and not hungry
When dieting, female friends have trouble when faced with food, you want to eat less, but can not eat too much afraid of their control, but right now you will never feel deprived! The following eight tips will show you how to eat is inadequate to meet!
Dieting to lose weight for many women are ambivalent, as when the hungry, of course, want to eat so far, but not able to lose weight behind, more than eight small way to teach you to eat less will not be hungry.
Eat eggs for breakfast
1, eat eggs for breakfast
Survey found that eating two eggs every morning, then a day will not consume additional calories out of your body. Mix the yolk and white, plus a quarter cup of red beans and tomato sauce, stir well, the stomach of this low-calorie food is complete.
2, before eating lunch or dinner eat vegetables
Vegetables rich in water, which will only add weight but not increase the heat. Also,Bmw GT1|diagnostic tool |auto diagnostic tools|Programmer and Chips |Auto Testing Tools|Transponder Key|Tire Pressure Monitoring System|Original ICC IMMO Calculator eating vegetables take longer to chew, make your brain feel that you have eaten for a long time, and thus feel full.
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To use a small plate, bowl and small high-heeled glass. Changed all your cutlery smaller size, so you can not only control food intake, but also feel satisfied eating.
4, strict compliance with meal
If you have a fixed day in the breakfast and lunch, then please ensure that, on Saturday, at the same time you also eat breakfast and lunch. Remember! Saturday, Sunday or do not eat breakfast or lunch meal time delay will only increase your hunger, so you unknowingly eat an excessive amount of food.
First soup
5, the first soup
And drink fresh vegetable soup, not to drink the soup greasy. Complete penetration of the cellulose in vegetables in the soup, drink, the cellulose can occupy the position of your stomach so that you have a large belly full feeling.
6, focusing on the absorption of protein
Eat seafood and lean beef, then consumption of chicken, refuse to eat rice and pasta. Rice and pasta are rich in calories, and calories burned quickly, and only protein can provide you with truly sustainable energy.
Control drinking
7, control of drinking
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Yes, you are definitely not wrong! It is possible to have a little trick: You must follow your meal to share with the seats, followed by, you must control food intake to ensure that you can only eat a few mouthfuls, must not be greedy. Small mouth small mouth dessert much satisfaction can you get!
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So, I am having an issue and for the life of me I cannot seem to resolve it. It seems very basic, but I just cannot understand for the life of me why this code is not working.
My issue is, I am assigning a key value pair to an array, but the values DO NOT get assigned. Is it a variable scope issue?
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Fusion forces an irreversible colour adjustment to DNG files and there's no way to turn it off.
As far as I can tell there's no way to correctly linearize a DNG image, or load the DNG in its raw colour space. The loader forces a DNG gamma colour conversion but it seems that there's no equivalent inverse operation.
I feel that BMD need to get on the case and fix DNG workflows either with proper documentation or with better loader nodes that allow us to do the correct colour space conversions from their cameras. eg
- Make it obvious how to linearize an image from a BMD camera,
- give us a DNG saver node
- allow us to turn of the colour correction in the loader node and load the DNG image as raw data.
- give us a DNG colour conversation node with an inverse option.
Without these features I'd be reluctant to us DNG files in fusion, and unless someone has a better idea it looks like BMD cameras direct into fusion is kinda broken because it forces an irreversible colour adjustment.
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Acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL) is the most common cancer diagnosed in children. Currently, the 5-year overall survival rate associated with the disease among children is >90%.1 However, infants (aged <1 year) have not experienced the same survival rates as older children, with the most current documented survival rate among this subgroup being only 40% to 50%.2
This article will discuss some of the characteristics that contribute to poor prognosis in infants with ALL, the results of clinical trials evaluating newer therapies to treat the disease, and what the future holds in terms of novel strategies.
What Leads to Poor Prognosis in Infants with ALL?
"Infant ALL" is characterized by a high rate of genetic rearrangements involving the mixed lineage leukemia (MLL) gene, which accounts for approximately 80% of all cases.2 MLL rearrangement (MLL-r) typically distinguishes infant ALL from other types of childhood leukemia. The MLL-r worsens the prognosis of infants compared with that of infants with the MLL-germline (MLL-G) mutation or those without MLL-r.
In addition, the incidence of hepatosplenomegaly and central nervous system involvement is higher in infants with ALL than in older children with the disease.3 Similarly to childhood ALL, age and white blood cell count at presentation also affect prognosis in infants with ALL—younger age and a high white blood cell count are associated with poor prognosis. As with childhood ALL, early relapse (within the first year) also contributes to poorer outcomes in infants with ALL.3
Treatment Strategies for Infants with ALL
Because of patient age and genetic MLL-r, treatment for infant ALL has been modified to involve more intensive treatments, fewer intrathecal treatments, and less steroids than childhood ALL protocols. Researchers are also investigating the use of genetic targeted therapies because these treatments target genetic coding specifically for the oncologic process and have the potential to cause fewer side effects compared with traditional chemotherapies.
The novel agent, lestaurtinib, was utilized in the treatment of infants with ALL in the Children's Oncology Group (COG) clinical trial AALL0631 (closed June 30, 2014, because of accrual). This strategy focused on the inhibition of positive FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 plasma activity that has also been detected in some patients with acute myeloid leukemia (AML).4,5 The overall 3-year event-free survival rate for intermediate- and high-risk patients in this trial was 37%. The 3-year event-free survival rate for high-risk patients who did not receive lestaurtinib was 0% versus 20% for those who did. Patients who did not have MLL-r ALL had a 3-year event-free survival rate of 87%. These results show that infants with ALL with MLL-r continued to have poor outcomes, even with the use of a newer therapy.
Before AALL0631, the Pediatric Oncology Group (POG) conducted the P9407 trial from 2001 to 2006.1,6 The purpose of this trial was to compare the outcomes of using 2 courses of high-dose methotrexate followed by 1 cyclophosphamide/etoposide course during induction and later in consolidation in patients with MLL-r or MLL-G ALL. Dexamethasone was also changed to the less immunosuppressive prednisolone in this trial cohort.6 Toxicity was monitored carefully because of the past effects of cranial radiation and continuous infusions of anthracyclines on infants. Unfortunately, the 5-year event-free survival rate was unchanged (42.3%).
The Dutch Childhood Oncology Group trial, Interfant-99, which included cancer research groups from the Netherlands, Germany, Italy, New Zealand, France, and the United Kingdom, was conducted from 1999 to 2005.1,7 Infants with ALL were given a hybrid regimen based on the standard protocol for ALL, with some elements designed for treatment of AML, which was a novel approach. Uniquely, doses were adjusted based on the age of the infant at the start of each cycle. Induction consisted of vincristine, daunorubicin, dexamethasone, low-dose cytarabine, and L-asparaginase. Later cycles included more intensified chemotherapy with high-dose methotrexate and cytarabine. However, as in P9407, the 5-year event-free survival rate remained low (46.1%).1,7
The Interfant-06 trial, which is currently recruiting, is randomizing postinduction medium- or high-risk infants with MLL-r ALL to receive standard treatment or an AML-styled intensified treatment, including daily intravenous low-dose cytarabine, daunorubicin or mitoxantrone, and etoposide.1 Results are pending because this study is still open outside of the United States.
The use of hematopoietic stem-cell transplantation (HSCT) has also been investigated in infants with ALL. CCG 1953, POG-9407, Interfant-92, and Interfant-99 all offered the option of HSCT to patients with MLL-r in remission, if a suitable donor was available.1 Although there did not appear to be any additional benefit from HSCT in these trials, further investigation is recommended, and the best time to perform HSCT needs to be clarified.
A New Approach
It is evident that new therapeutic strategies must be implemented to improve overall response rates and reduce treatment-related toxicities in infants with ALL. The new COG trial, AALL15P1, has been designed to include the use of azacitidine before each cycle of chemotherapy.8 The chemotherapy arms in this study are based on the standard high-risk arms from Interfant-06.9 Toxicity, tolerability, and long-term outcomes will be monitored.
DNA methyltransferase inhibitors, including azacitidine, have been shown to unsilence genes on MLL-r cells, making them more susceptible to chemotherapy.10,11 This is a different mechanism of action than lestaurtinib, which works with the FMS-like tyrosine kinase 3 genetic marker. Previous studies with DNA methyltransferase inhibitors in infant ALL have shown time-dependent cytotoxicity to chemotherapy and that some demethylation is enough to cause MLL-r ALL cells to undergo apoptosis.10,11 AALL15P1 will be a pilot clinical trial to determine the safety of azacitidine with the selected chemotherapy. Only patients aged <12 months will be enrolled, and they will receive 5 daily infusions of azacitidine before each block of chemotherapy, which will end before the start of maintenance therapy.
Infants who have ALL with MLL-r are a challenging patient group to treat, and survival rates remain very low, as illustrated by the results of the previously mentioned clinical trials. "Infant ALL" is very different from childhood ALL with regard to genetics and response to chemotherapies; standard ALL therapy is not sufficient, and more intensive therapy is needed. The AALL15P1 clinical trial includes the novel use of an older agent to help increase the sensitivity of the MLL-r ALL to chemotherapy. The hope is that incorporating this genetically targeted treatment will help to improve outcomes and survival rates for patients with this difficult-to-treat disease.
- Kotecha RS, Gottardo NG, Kees UR, Cole CH. The evolution of clinical trials for infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Blood Cancer J. 2014;4:e200-e211.
- Stam RW, den Beor ML, Pieters R. Towards targeted therapy for infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia. Br J Haematol. 2006;132:539-551.
- Pieters R. Infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia: lessons learned and future directions. Curr Hematol Malig Rep. 2009;4:167-174.
- Brown P. Treatment of infant leukemias: challenge and promise. Hematology Am Soc Hematol Educ Program. 2013;2013:596-600.
- Brown P, Kairalla J, Wang C, et al. Addition of FLT3 inhibitor lestaurtinib to post-induction chemotherapy does not improve outcomes in MLL-rearranged infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia (ALL): AALL0631, a Children's Oncology Group study. Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2016;63:S7.
- Dreyer ZE, Hilden JM, Jones TL, et al. Intensified chemotherapy without SCT in infant ALL: results from COG P9407 (Cohort 3). Pediatr Blood Cancer. 2015;62:419-426.
- Pieters R, Schrappe M, De Lorenzo P, et al. A treatment protocol for infants younger than 1 year with acute lymphoblastic leukaemia (Interfant-99): an observational study and a multicentre randomised trial. Lancet. 2007;370:240-250.
- ClinicalTrials.gov. Azacitidine and combination chemotherapy in treating infants with acute lymphoblastic leukemia and KMT2A gene rearrangement. https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/show/NCT02828358. Accessed December 18, 2017.
- ClinicalTrials.gov. Different therapies in treating infants with newly diagnosed acute leukemia (Interfant06). https://clinicaltrials.gov/ct2/history/NCT00550992?V_19=View#StudyPageTop. Accessed April 2, 2018.
- Stumpel DJ, Schneider P, van Roon EH, et al. Specific promoter methylation identifies different subgroups of MLL-rearranged infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia, influences clinical outcome, and provides therapeutic options. Blood. 2009;114:5490-5498.
- Schafer E, Irizarry R, Negi S, et al. Promoter hypermethylation in MLL-r infant acute lymphoblastic leukemia: biology and therapeutic targeting. Blood. 2010; 115:4798-4809.


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This is your bat signal. If, like me, you need rescuing from the dumbed-down high-dollar hillbilly hogwash passing itself off as an important "world premiere" right now at that shiny Arts District venue, then The Adventures of Flo and Greg at the humble Bath House Cultural Center is here to help.
Briana Pozner's refreshingly quirky play about two lonely people who imagine themselves to be superheroes won Echo Theatre's Big Shout Out international playwriting contest, beating more than 80 entries. Performing in it are a pair of impressive newcomers to Dallas theater, Chandler Ryan (as Flo) and Matt Holmes (Greg).
The actors are great. The play is great. And the theater is nearly empty.
What a letdown to see only a dozen patrons at the Saturday matinee performance reviewed. This play, its playwright and its cast deserve way more love. (At least try to get there for the 8 p.m. Thursday, September 24, performance, when Pozner will be there in person.)
It is hard to sell a new piece of offbeat comedy such as Flo and Greg. Echo's 90-minute production is labeled a "workshop," though it has been fully staged by director Terri Ferguson and given a precisely detailed set by scenic designer Randy Bonifay.
The rhythm of the writing is so weird and wonderful. Pozner punctuates the eccentric dialogue with squeaks, shrieks and stretches of silence (never has the wait for a printer to spit out a piece of paper been so funny … and then there's the blow-up mattress). So many new plays sound like their writers would rather be typing for TV or movies but have settled for live theater just to bring words to life. The Adventures of Flo and Greg works so well at the Bath House because it is a real stage play acted by real people in real time. In any other medium, its unique qualities would be lost.
Director Terri Ferguson has found ideal acting partners in Chandler Ryan and Matt Holmes, both recent graduates of the University of Oklahoma and young enough not to have picked up self-conscious bad acting habits. They throw themselves willy-nilly into their performances as Flo and Greg, characters who try to conquer multiple neuroses by pretending to be crime-fighters named Vigilante Spider and Dangeroso Feline.
How the two team up in the play is the part of the story too good to give away in much detail. To shorthand it, jobless Flo lives alone and hasn't left her compulsively cleaned apartment in 16 months. The play opens with her phone call to her mother, explaining why she's skipping family Thanksgiving (again) because of what she says might be the same mysterious illness that briefly felled Marianne Dashwood in Sense & Sensibility. Flo's life is defined by her favorite books, arranged by color of dust jacket on shelves above her cat-quilt-covered single bed.
Greg enters Flo's life through her second-story window, a bit of physical comedy Ferguson has staged to be funny every time. Dressed in a red cotton jumpsuit, gloves, knee pads and goggles, Greg in his guise as Vigilante Spider demands immediate refuge from his nemesis, the "Female Groper" victimizing the neighborhood. Crouched under Flo's desk, Greg seems nuts but not threatening. Flo's happy for the company, willing to agree to Greg's "unbreakable bond of secrecy."
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In return visits, always through that window, Greg and Flo share their mutual struggles with mental health. When he sees her reach for anti-anxiety pills, he stops her by singing a song about state capitals. He urges Flo to listen to loud music, saying "we have muted the world with our solace." They are made for each other, though how far a romance built on delusions can go is too much reality for this play to ponder.
With her doe eyes, wide mouth and bouncy ponytail, gamine Ryan is a lovely pixie dream-girl as Flo. But behind her character's tearful outbursts and ditzy awkwardness is something to relate to: a lonely heart wanting to connect without fear of rejection.
As Greg, Holmes goes red-faced as his character tries not to explode with emotions, thus frightening Flo away.
Some of the best moments between these actors happen when they're not talking. In her eyes, we see her wondering if Greg's too far gone. When she suggests he spend the night, he looks panicked, happy, panicked again and then just shy. How these actors use their faces is how actors in the theater should always use their faces.
The Adventures of Flo and Greg continues through September 26 at Echo Theatre, Bath House Cultural Center, 521 E. Lawther Drive. Tickets $15-$20 at 214-904-0500 or echotheatre.org.


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The difference between expunging and sealing a criminal record
"Expungement" of a criminal record suggests that it is destroyed, thereby restoring the person to the position he/she occupied before the arrest. "Sealed" records still exist. They are just hidden from public view.
What It Means To Be Heard
The complainant is having a melt-down in the hallway. It is not my case so I have no idea what is going on. All I see are two young prosecutors trying to calm her down. The more they… Read More
You Are Not A Professional Criminal
You should not feel bad. Believe me, you are not the first person to be fooled by police into making a statement or doing something else incriminating. Remember: They are professionals. They are good at what they do. … Read More
What Must You Disclose After Having Your Criminal Record Sealed in D.C.?
One of the questions I often get in connection with the sealing of a criminal record in D.C. is this: What must the person disclose about his or her record after that record has been successfully sealed? The… Read More
The "Reverse Line-Up"
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According to the New York Daily News, a prosecutor in the Bronx failed to turn over exculpatory information to the defense in a rape case. The evidence in question was an initial statement by the accuser that the… Read More
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During the defendant's opening statement at trial, Denardo Hopkins' lawyer got up in front of the jury and conceded that this client was guilty of felony drug dealing charges. The issue the D.C. Court of Appeals faced in… Read More
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Whenever a group of defendants are lined up before the court to do misdemeanor guilty pleas, one or two will often try to back out at the last minute. If the defendant is quibbling with something the prosecutor… Read More
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It happens perhaps most often in domestic violence cases that the complainant fails to show up on the morning of trial. The government would have you believe this is because the complainant fears for his/her safety, and this… Read More
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#101 Michigan Sunflower Dishcloth – Maggie Weldon Maggies Crochet
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Thank you Carol for all your wonderful designs. Follow me onto Dishcloth #102 and the rest of the story…
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The fight against Heathrow is far from over
The second decision has been less discussed – not to fund the tidal lagoon at Swansea Bay. Business and Energy Secretary Greg Clark said the £1.3bn project was not value for money, despite claims by developers Tidal Lagoon Power (TLP) a revised offer made it cheaper.
Even at the original strike price of £89.90 per megawatt hour this is below the strike price of £92.50/MWh for 35 years given to the new nuclear power station at Hinkley Point C in Somerset. So it's apparently OK to pay high prices for the deadly technology of nuclear and produce waste we cannot dispose of safely, but not for the first ever tidal lagoon which would produce enough renewable energy for 155,000 properties in Wales. And it's clear that the first tidal lagoon scheme would be more expensive than subsequent uses of the technology – by starting in Wales, Britain would have been pioneering this vital technology and could benefit from it later.
But despite the fact that the government's announcement on Swansea came on the same day as the vote on Heathrow, that illustration of the Tories determination to ignore Britain's climate change commitments was not mentioned in the four hour debate.
It was left to Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood to raise it in the Welsh Assembly and to ask Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones to set up a public energy company in Wales which could save the scheme. Though such a commitment made in Labour's last manifesto for Wales, Jones did not reply directly, but merely repeated his regret at Westminster's decision. While the Welsh assembly has less power than the Scottish Parliament, such action would be within their power and it seems a real missed opportunity to act. It was great to see a strong statement on Swansea Bay from Shadow Business Secretary Rebecca Long-Bailey, but the fact that it doesn't call on the Labour-led Welsh government to do anything now seriously weakens it.
Returning to Heathrow, the campaign against expansion is by no means over. Even in parliamentary terms, Grayling's made clear that the policy statement agreed on Monday night "does not grant final planning consent." A number of those who spoke in the debate to support the proposal made it clear that they did so with reservations and wanted to see conditions met – conditions which its plain to see cannot and will not be met.
Problem for ecosocialists
But it was a major problem for all environmentalists, especially for ecosocialists in the Labour Party, that the majority of Labour MPs (119 to 74) voted for the Tory government, while some members of the Shadow Cabinet (notably Rebecca Long-Bailey and Angela Rayner) abstained. Former Labour MP makes a powerful point when he refers to the debacle as "Labour's Maginot line moment".
And of course the Tories were rubbing their hands with glee at the intervention of Unite's Len McCluskey who wrote to all Labour MP's asking them to back expansion after Shadow Secretary of State Andy McDonald issued a statement showing the proposals failed Labour's four tests.
Chris Grayling was eager to make the point in the Westminster debate: "It is unusual for me to find myself campaigning on the same side of the argument as Len McCluskey of Unite the Union, but the trade union movement has been a strong supporter of this, as have business groups in all corners of the United Kingdom". Unite members like myself who strongly disagree with our General Secretary on this question have a major job of work to do here to fight for a jobs conversion approach within the union.
And while McDonald's press statement was sharp, his intervention into the debate was more contradictory. Some of the points were effective. His statement that some 40,000 people die prematurely each year because of poor air quality was echoed by others pointing out that its over 9000 a year in London.
At the centre of his speech was the following: "Today's vote has been scheduled just days before the Government's own advisory body, the Committee on Climate Change, is due to publish a report that is expected to warn that increasing aviation emissions will destroy Britain's greenhouse gas targets. It appears that the vote on the national policy statement has been planned for today so that hon. and right hon. Members are left in the dark about how much the Secretary of State's plan will obliterate the UK's climate change commitments. That is not only reckless, but shows contempt for Parliament and for the environment….Global warming is the single most important issue facing the world, yet Members of this House are being asked to vote today without full knowledge and without the full set of facts."
Powerful stuff, doing a good demolition job of a bad case poorly put forward by the Tories – but seriously undermined by another statement: "Labour wants successful and growing aviation and aerospace industries across the UK".
Hopeless. You won't convince McCluskey, you won't convince those Labour MPs in the NorthWest if you imply the problem is this particular proposal. The implication is what? Boris island? Expand GatwicK?? Instead Labour needs to be pushing the sort of argument made here in Chris Saltmarsh's article "No Jobs on a Dead Planet", and in Gabriel Levy's piece here as well as the more detailed case in PCS's Just Transition and Energy Democracy: a civil service trade union perspective.
You won't convince those campaigning Vote No Heathrow who are organising around slogans such as Climate genocide and are rightly against any expansion of airport capacity. Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell, who has campaigned against Heathrow expansion for a long time, participating in mass action as well as making the case in the community, after stating that he believed court action would succeed, finished his speech by arguing that this will be "the iconic, totemic battleground of climate change, which will attract protesters and campaigners from across Europe. This issue will not go away."
There were other powerful points made by other Labour MPs in the debate. Mary Creagh, who I don't often quote with approval, stated that the Department of Transport's analysis "refers to two ways to reduce carbon emissions from flights: one is single-engine taxiing; the other is ensuring that 12% of fuels in aeroplanes are renewable. Neither of those is currently in operation in Heathrow or any other airport in the world". Thus she destroyed a key argument of those supporting expansion, that new technology would miraculously rescue Britain's climate change targets. These people clearly don't get the precautionary principle.
Tory myths
Another myth from the government, challenged among others by Justine Greening, was that 250,000 more flights would involve not one extra car journey. My favourite soundbite was from Clive Lewis, who pithily summed up the division thus: "tonight's votes will break down into two camps of those who believe we can negotiate with climate physics, and those who do not".
The other visible abstentions in the debate of course came from the Scottish National Party, who had been expected to vote for the proposal until quite late in the day. This shift of position was justified in the debate on the basis that there was no guarantee from the government that the 200 slots now promised by Heathrow would be sacrosanct. After a vigorous campaign to persuade them to vote against, Director of Friends of the Earth Scotland, Dr. Richard Dixon said:
"By abstaining, SNP MPs have stayed silent and this awful proposal has passed despite the clear and repeated warning about its effect on the climate. The SNP has clearly felt the pressure from the thousands of people who have been emailing their MPs, but being a climate leader means taking hard decisions and voting no to destructive projects like the Heathrow runway. You can't abstain on climate change.
"While better than supporting the project, the SNP's symbolic abstention has done nothing to challenge this damaging, polluting plan. Heathrow is already the UK's biggest carbon polluter and we should be finding ways to drastically cut emissions from the aviation sector rather than encouraging them to further drive climate change.
"While new climate legislation has been introduced at Holyrood to increase climate ambition, it's impossible to see how allowing a further massive expansion of aviation could be compatible with the SNP's position on climate change."
Friends of the Earth Scotland were not the only group campaigning in the run up to the vote. The Campaign against Climate Change also organised people to lobby their MPs across Britain, while Vote No Heathrow organised direct action including a die-in in Parliament shortly before the vote.
But for RedGreenLabour supporters there was an inexcusable lack of action from SERA, which badges itself as Labour's environment campaign. As soon as it was clear in early June that there would be a parliamentary vote before recess, many of us started lobbying SERA for a statement – as well as taking action ourselves. We were assured it would happen, that it wasn't controversial but had to be agreed by the Executive… We were not told why a draft statement launching a campaign couldn't be agreed by email or a meeting convened by Skype.
The statement eventually appeared on June 21 – the day after the Labour Party's own statement! Even worse it wasn't e-mailed out to SERA members, there was no appeal to lobby MPs. So while the content is OK, it was irrelevant as an organising tool. SERA did send out a mail to members on June 28th expressing disappointment about both Heathrow and Swansea Bay – better late than never I suppose – but there was no call on members to do anything. And some RGL supporters have been told that SERA won't participate in any direct action – apparently that's not our role.
Well I don't agree. I'm with John McDonnell. This is an emblematic battle against climate change. It's a key campaign to show that the Labour Party is really committed to reducing the use of fossil fuels and preserving jobs through a Just transition. That means direct action as well as meetings and lobbying and I think RedGreenLabour, together with many CLPs, trade unionists and climate activists are ready to play a part in that. It's true that This may be a long hot summer!
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The more natural dyeing I do, the more I fall in love with the colors I can achieve — or "discover," I think, is a better word for it — this way. They're subtle and soft, never harsh. It's as if they have a story to tell. Those are the kinds of colors I've always gravitated towards anyway in my wardrobe and in my home… or, goodness, even in the design of this blog.
And now, when I look at the color palette from the last few days' dye work at a Finnish lakeside cottage, I realize it's a very familiar range. Where else have I seen the mossy greens, the purple browns, the soft yellows and greys? All around me, in fact. These yarns have captured the colors of the Nordic forests. The pine bark that goes from grey to a rich warm brown the higher up the trunk you go. The big ice-age rocks covered by grey moss and lichen. The soft, subdued pinks of heather blossoms. The rich range of greens on the forest floor. Fallen pine needles and cones in a range of browns and silvers. The vibrant yellows of chanterelles hidden underneath the grass, waiting to be discovered.
As I hinted at in my blueberry post, I also tried dyeing with blueberries (yes, the actual berries this time). The end result was surprising. I had been expecting pink or purple, or maybe even blueish tones. But the yarn emerged from the vat smokey purple — a complex, shimmering grey or brown or purple, depending on the light and how you look at it. As it happens, this is one of my favorite colors and one I always get compliments for when I wear it. How appropriate that this is the color that my favorite berry makes on wool in the dyer's magic pot!
From left to right: tansy on alum mordant; tansy on rhubarb leaf mordant; juniper with iron afterbath; birch with iron afterbath; heather with iron afterbath; blueberry on alum mordant; blueberry on iron mordant.


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Child online safety card launchedBy Derek Sooman
A Scottish company has released a virtual age and identity card which is intended to keep children safe while they're surfing the net. The technology has been launched in the UK, US, Canada and Australia, and can be swapped by children online when using chatrooms, instant messaging and social networks. Parents and children are able to apply for the card using credit card details, along with a form countersigned by a professional who knows the child concerned. It is hoped that the card will be used by children to help prove that they are in fact children and not adults pretending to be children. It currently costs £10 a year, and is known as the Net-ID-me.
The card was thought up by UK businessman Alex Hewitt, who decided to work on it after finding that his daughter could only verify the age and identity of a third of her friends she had online.
Hewitt admits the system is not foolproof, but argues that online predators will baulk at requests for ID. The system is also promoted as a means to deter online bullying. Users are advised to report suspected abuse of the system to the police. Cards issued will give limited personal information about a child user (name, age, gender and general location).
The card has attracted its share of criticism already. Of course it is a good idea, but has been accused of being hard to get hold of, and might lead to parents thinking that they don't have to monitor their children's Internet activities any more just because they have one. Nevertheless, it is a positive step in the right direction.


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Ufo-Table by Viktor Kovtun
Viktor Kovtun Spotlights The Ufo Table
Viktor Kovtun, the creative mind behind the displayed work UFO by Viktor Kovtun explains, Combination of glass, metal and wood. The present design is supporting the conception of the Xo-Xo-l design company, which is described as "Furniture of positive emotions". It is very functional design, although it is externally very light and unique. This unit is fully disassemble unit, which can be disassembled and assembeled at any place. .
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You guys are saying we've addressed it here and redirect and say post in beta forums, but half of us can't acces the beta or the forum!!! I have all the in game mail telling me to "go now". And the beta button, Game Center is turned off, I accepted the invite, forum email matches, every time I try to go to server it kicks me out the game and logs me into my level 23 account!
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A mosaic is a form of art where you create patterns using a lot of small square stones in different colors. In the board game Azul you are one of these artists who is trying to make the best mosaic. Try to acquire the stones you need and make sure that your rivals don't so they get loads of negative points. Can you create the most beautiful mosaic?
In the game Azul every player has his own personal player board on which a pattern has to be made, the pattern is the same for every player. On the left side of the pattern, there are rows where stones can be placed. A stone can be added to the mosaic when one of these rows is completely filled with stones of the same color. This is what you have to prevent on the boards of your rival mosaic builders. Tiles are drafted in a unique way, there is one common pool of tiles where everyone gets his tiles. But taking tiles influences the tiles other players can take, so choose carefully!
A round ends when there are no stones left in the pool and at that moment points are being counted for stones that can be added to your mosaic. After playing the last round and the points are counted, bonus points are awarded for complete rows or columns. The player who now has the most points is the winner of the game!
Azul contains beautiful and robust components. There are four player boards that are made of a thick and firm cardboards on which players will put their tiles. There is also a nice cloth bag in which you can keep the tiles and you can blindly pull tiles for a new round. The stones themselves are made from a hard plastic and are beautiful. They are big and easy to differentiate by color and the pattern that is printed on top. This makes the game also playable for colorblind people.
The disadvantages of these great components is that the price of this game is a bit higher than what you would expect for an abstract strategy game.
At the start of a round, tiles are being distributed to a number of circles on the table, the amount of circles depends on how many players there are. Each circle will get four random tiles from the bag. Starting with the first player, each player can now take a number of tiles from one of these circles. There are however a few rules you have to follow: You can only take tiles from one circle and you have to take all tiles in a certain color from this circle. All tiles that are left on the circle after taking your tiles are moved to the center of the table and these form a new circle. All leftover tiles from any other circle in the future will also be added to this new circle.
The tiles you took from the circle can now be added to your own player board. On the left side of your grid, there are five rows with one to five squares on them. You can place this number of tiles on these rows, however, each row can only have one color at a certain time. If you cannot place tiles you took, these are moved to the bottom of your player board and will score you negative points at the end of the round. Once all tiles have been distributed to the players, this round is over. For each completed row you have on the left of your mosaic, you can take one of the tiles and add them to your mosaic on the corresponding row, the rest of the tiles in this row may be discarded. You now score points according to the tiles around the newly added tiles on your mosaic.
After the points have been counted, the circles are filled again and a new round can be played. This goes on until one of the players can fill an entire row on his or her mosaic. The current round is played out and points are counted. Players now get extra points for each completed row or column on their board. The player who has collected the most points is the winner of the game.
Azul is a very simple game which can be thought to any player fairly quickly. both seasoned players and new gamers will enjoy this game because of this, it's quick, not that hard, but still has a lot of depth. You cannot master this game in a few playthroughs. Beware though, there is a lot of backstabbing going on in this game. Dividing the last tiles always gives a lot of negative points to players and if you play correctly you can easily give these to other players.
The components are also of an amazing quality, this game will survive a lot of playthroughs without taking a lot of damage. This does also come with a slightly higher price for an abstract strategy game.
We played this game with different groups, and everyone loved this game. If you ever have the chance to play the game we definitely recommend this!
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Report: Dolphins players repeatedly fined Jonathan Martin for being soft
Miami Dolphins players repeatedly fined Jonathan Martin for being soft, per a report, which could be a sign of the "locker room" and "football culture" that got to the young lineman, leading him to abruptly leave the team.
Martin has now been away from the Dolphins for over two weeks since leaving the team following a prank pulled on him in the cafeteria. Martin's representatives have said that constant harassment and bullying over the past year and a half led to Martin's departure from the team, and now we have a better understanding of what kind of treatment he was receiving.
Sports Illustrated NFL reporter Jim Trotter joined "Amani & Eytan" on NBC Sports Radio Monday and shared an example of the locker room culture in Miami that may have bothered Martin. According to Trotter, Dolphins players repeatedly fined Martin for being soft.
"I spoke to one player who was on the Dolphins the last couple of years, and we were speaking about Jonathan Martin," Trotter began, "and he said that the Dolphins have what they call a 'sensitivity fine,' and it's for players that they deem to be soft on or off the field. And he said that they repeatedly targeted Jonathan Martin for that to the point that one time — whether it was playful or not — they even talked about fining him a game check because he was so soft."
Trotter said that to his knowledge, players on both sides of the ball were involved in this fining practice, which he described as part of the locker room culture for the Dolphins.
We know that Martin received vulgar text messages, such as the one from a teammate who talked in crude terms about wanting to gang bang Martin's sister. We know that Richie Incognito reportedly held offensive line meetings at a strip club and fined those who didn't attend. Martin's lawyer alleges that Martin "endured a malicious physical attack on him by a teammate, and daily vulgar comments" from his teammates. There was also the infamous voicemail left for Martin by Incognito. But this is the first time we've heard about another story that would explain how Martin just didn't fit in the Dolphins' locker room.
Many teams have these sorts of kangaroo courts where they fine teammates for little things here and there. It's a way players on teams have some fun, keep it loose and bond. But when you're repeatedly picking on someone for being soft, it's easy to see how that would affect the player's psyche and confidence.
Now the question is whether Martin was legitimately soft as a player and unfit to compete in the NFL — which seems to be the message coming from the Dolphins' players/locker room — or whether Martin just didn't play well because the environment surrounding him brought out the worst in him, rather than the best. There's really only one way to answer that question, and that is to have Martin play for another team and see how he does.
Full Richie Incognito-Jonathan Martin history:
Jonathan Martin reportedly went AWOL after cafeteria prank
Jonathan Martin reportedly called 'Big Weirdo,' bullied by teammates
Richie Incognito said to be one of Jonathan Martin's main tormenters
Jonathan Martin-Richie Incognito text message conversation
Jonathan Martin reportedly left Dolphins because of emotional issues, not bullying
Jonathan Martin 'genuinely scared' of what Richie Incognito might do to him
Richie Incognito suspended indefinitely by Dolphins
Richie Incognito reportedly told Jonathan Martin 'I'll kill you' in racially charged voicemail
Report: Richie Incognito will never play for Dolphins again
Video: Richie Incognito dropped N-bomb during fit of rage at a bar
Antrel Rolle: Jonathan Martin is a 'grown-ass man,' just as much to blame as Incognito
Dolphins coaches reportedly asked Richie Incognito to toughen up Jonathan Martin
Richie Incognito makes first comments, says 'this will pass'
Dolphins players reportedly felt Richie Incognito was 'honorary' black man
Brian Hartline: Jonathan Martin laughed at voicemail
Tyson Clabo: Jonathan Martin should stand up and be a man
Jeff Ireland reportedly advised Jonathan Martin to punch Richie Incognito
Richie Incognito accused of sexual harassment at 2012 golf event
Dolphins player told Jonathan Martin he was going to f— his sister
Richie Incognito reportedly held O-line meetings at strip clubs
Richie Incognito reportedly feels 'shocked' and 'betrayed' by Jonathan Martin
Miami Dolphins fans support Richie Incognito with signs


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African Americans in the Colonial Era : From African Origins through the American Revolution
Donald R. Wright
What are the origins of slavery and race-based prejudice in the mainland American colonies? How did the Atlantic slave trade operate to supply African labor to colonial America? How did African-American culture form and evolve? How did the American Revolution affect men and women of African descent?
Previous editions of this work depicted African-Americans in the American mainland colonies as their contemporaries saw them: as persons from one of the four continents who interacted economically, socially, and politically in a vast, complex Atlantic world. It showed how the society that resulted in colonial America reflected the mix of Atlantic cultures and that a group of these people eventually used European ideas to support creation of a favorable situation for those largely of European descent, omitting Africans, who constituted their primary labor force.
In this fourth edition of African Americans in the Colonial Era: From African Origins through the American Revolution, acclaimed scholar Donald R. Wright offers new interpretations to provide a clear understanding of the Atlantic slave trade and the nature of the early African-American experience. This revised edition incorporates the latest data, a fresh Atlantic perspective, and an updated bibliographical essay to thoroughly explore African-Americans' African origins, their experience crossing the Atlantic, and their existence in colonial America in a broadened, more nuanced way.
Introduction / 1
Chapter One: Atlantic Origins / 7
Atlantic Africa / 11
The Atlantic Trade / 23
The Slaving Voyage / 47
Chapter Two: Development of Slavery in Mainland North America / 64
The Chesapeake / 68
The Low Country / 82
The Lower Mississippi / 96
New England and the Middle Colonies / 101
Slavery and Racial Prejudice / 110
Chapter Three: African-American Culture / 117
Africans in America / 119
Demography, Community, and Culture / 124
The Daily Toil / 133
Family / 146
Religion / 151
Folk Culture / 157
Whites and Blacks, Men and Women, Humanity and Inhumanity / 169
Resistance, Escape, Rebellion, and Suicide / 174
Chapter Four: The Revolutionary Era / 185
Slavery and Ideology / 187
Freedom for Some / 195
Changing African-American Society / 206
The Foundations of Caste / 227
Securing the Blessings of Liberty / 232
Epilogue / 236
Bibliographical Essay / 240
Index / 289
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In the private schools of Nepal, where early childhood education is available, there 're some impediments to education. Especially the cost of this education is a big obstacle for many Nepalese parents. The level of education in these private schools is mostly of high quality, with the assistance of well educated teachers and with good facilitations.
Let's do something for the poor children of Nepal. Let's show them our care, let them have a real home, let them have back their rights to be a child of the nation, let them experience to have school and to be educated and let us share with them our big love that they're supposed to have.
These children are the hope of the Nepalese nation. Let's cherish them and make them have a good and nice living as that's what they deserve. It's really nice and good to see those innocent children's faces smiling and hear their big laughter's. It's good to feel that they're in school learning and educated to have a bright vision and make a clear future.
If you want to support a poor child, to give him or her an education in a private school, you can contact my Nepalese friend Mr. Shyam Karki (see publication on my blog dated January 27th), who's the director of the Kalyan Secondary School in Lalitpur, Nepal. If you decide to give financial or material support you can contact him. Thanks in advance.
More about this school in one of the next coming articles.


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Jubilee Cocktail
|Created by gaz regan for Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II on the Occasion of Her Diamond Jubilee, June 5, 2012
"I admit that I originally put these ingredients together to create a drink that looked Royal, but I think you're going to be amazed when you see how well the elderflower, violette, and goldwasser play together. They create an incredibly complex backdrop without letting your attention stray too very far from the gin. The Queen Mother would have approved, I think." gaz regan60 ml (2 oz) London Dry Gin*
22.5 ml (.75 oz) Belvoir elderflower organic cordial**
15 ml (.5 oz) Rothman and Winter Crème de Violette***
15 ml (.5 oz) Danziger Goldwasser****
Stir over ice and strain into a chilled champagne coupe. The gold flakes in the goldwasser serve as the garnish.
*Beefeater and Tanqueraygins are both highly recommended for this drink. They are both superb examples of London Dry Gins–Gins fit for a Queen, no less–and both companies hire me on a very regular basis . . . (I should add that G'Vine Nouaison Gin works well here, too, and the good folk at G'Vine also help pay my rent, but it's not a London Dry bottling (though it's a superb Distilled Gin), so I can't mention it here . . .)
**It's British, it's organic, and it's delicious.
***Yes, it's Austrian but it's so darned good and we needed that Royal Purple Hue for this drink
****And this one's German, but so is the British Royal Family if you look back far enough (not too far, really), and I needed those spectacular gold flakes as a "crown" of sorts.


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With China having made significant investments into Africa, there has been an increase in Chinese business travellers to the continent. With this, the tourism industry should look to new, innovative ways to captilise on this trend, turning business travel into leisure tourism.
SAA CEO, Vuyani Jarana told CNN that Asia Pacific is important, especially for SAA, if one looks at the trade relationships which are growing significantly, between South Africa and China.
Kwakye Donkor, CEO of Africa Tourism Partners (ATP), says: "There has been huge business travel into Africa, which a lot of us in the industry have been trying to tap into."
The reason for this, according to Donkor, is due to the number of Chinese companies now operating in Africa, therefore automatically lending itself to business travel, from meetings to conferences, to individual investors scouting for opportunities.
This was emphasised by Jarana, who told CNN: "We see growth; we see more Chinese businesses on the continent."
However, despite the increase in Chinese business travel to Africa, Donkor says: "What we haven't tapped into is converting that into things like incentive travel, where African countries could host groups of Chinese travellers, conducting pre and post tours."
12% of Chinese business travellers are repeat travellers, therefore hosting pre or post-conference tours encourage this segment of the market to return to a destination, bringing along their friends, families or group tours, if left with a lasting impression.
Chinese group-tours travel is based on price and bucket list experiences, as they want to see and experience as much as possible in one trip, says Suzanne Benadie, Sales Director at Tourvest DMC.
Lindi Mthethwa, Group Sales Director of BON Hotels, says that Chinese business travellers also look for rewards and additional benefits. She mentions that word of mouth is important to the Chinese traveller.
Besides Africa lending itself to incentive travel for the Chinese market, Donkor says that having opinion leaders, such as Jack Ma, Co-Founder and Executive Chairman of the Alibaba Group, who are great brand ambassadors for Africa, are important. "Opportunities such as these we cannot lose out on; Ma visiting Rwanda and South Africa was an endorsement of the African brand, and we believe that endorsements such as these will also help us change the narrative."
Donkor believes it is imperative that tourism boards across southern and East Africa, as well as provincial tourism players, make a dedicated effort to invest into the Chinese market, investing appropriately, ensuring they have the right people to drive marketing programmes – however initiatives should be on-going, not just once off.
According to Mthethwa, African suppliers need to be active in this space, having constant interaction with travellers.
"The opportunities are there, we are just not tapping into them the way we should be," concludes Donkor.


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If you're reading this site, you probably have some idea of the movement behind getting people to buy locally. Not only is it good for the environment with regards to transportation costs and energy, but it's also fiscally healthy for small-town businesses and shops. The idea has become so popular that Webster's Collegiate Dictionary recently added the word locavore (or one who shops locally) to its lexicon.
As expected, big corporations have not let this buzzword pass them by. But how do you take advantage of something that runs counter to everything you represent? I'll let you in on a little secret: It's called "twisting the truth".
The San Francisco Bay Guardian has a great article highlighting corporate basterdization of the word "local". Here are just a few examples:
The International Council of Shopping Centers, a global consortium of mall owners and developers, is pouring millions of dollars into television ads urging people to "Shop Local" — at their nearest mall. Even Walmart is getting in on the act, hanging bright green banners over its produce aisles that simply say "Local." Hellmann's, the mayonnaise brand owned by the processed-food giant Unilever, is test-driving a new "Eat Real, Eat Local" initiative in Canada. The ad campaign seems aimed partly at enhancing the brand by simply associating Hellmann's with local food. But it also makes the claim that Hellmann's is local, because most of its ingredients come from North America.
The moral of the story is not to fall for half-baked "buy local" campaigns that group chains and big-box stores in with the little guys. If you really want your money to make a difference in the community, leave it in the hands of independent shops.


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Securing repeat donors can be a challenge, but it doesn't have to be complicated. Here are three things I'd recommend that you focus on this year to create loyalty and build stronger relationships with your current supporters.
1. Share impact stories.
Donors want to know how their money is impacting the community, your cause or the people that they're supporting—the reason they're giving money is to make a difference, right? So share those stories. Impact stories make for great blog material, plus regularly adding new content to your website increases its vitality. If I give money to your organization, I want to know that my money is tied very directly to the people you serve and help. So please—tell your supporters exactly what their gifts are accomplishing.
2. Give public recognition.
I talk to so many nonprofits that don't do this, and I don't understand why. Many studies have been done on this topic, and it's always appropriate to publicly thank and recognize people who give money to your organization. You can do it on your website, in your annual report, in your newsletter, you can post it on Facebook or some other social media, on their LinkedIn page—but publicly recognize people in whatever way you can for supporting your organization.
A fascinating little tidbit: People are 80% more likely to give money again next year if they're publicly recognized. Of course, there may be someone on your list who doesn't want the recognition, and they'll tell you. But the vast majority of us want to be publicly recognized. Don't forget about taking that step.
3. Write a thank-you note.
This is perhaps the most basic and logical step to take after you receive a donation (and something your mamma probably taught you when you were a kid), but it's fascinating to me how few nonprofit organizations actually follow through on this. Our friends over at Bloomerang conducted a study—they called it the Great Five Dollar Donor Communications Experiment. They mailed $5 donations to 50 nonprofits and then waited to see what came back. Initially, 96% of the organizations sent out an automatic response via email, but only 34% sent them a physical letter saying, "Thank you for the donation." Only 34%.
They waited, and after several more weeks 6% more sent thank-you notes, but that adds up to only 41%. Only 41% of the organizations they gave to actually sent a thank-you through the mail.
I believe that if the donation itself exceeds the cost of mailing a thank-you note, you should send a letter of thanks. Some people might say, "Well, they only gave $5. These organizations probably don't send thank-you notes for anything under $50, or some similar amount." And I say, "Why?" Why would you only send a thank-you note to people who give a certain "acceptable" amount when research shows, over and over, that the supporters who will give you more money in the future are those who gave you money in the past?
Focus on these three things: sharing stories, giving public recognition and saying thank you. You'll be on the right track to securing repeat donors this year.
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Last Sunday there was a change in our paddling plans so Robyn and I slept in for the first time in a while and when we managed to get out of bed we decided that it would be a great day to launch out of Island View Beach and paddle to James Island.
Heading north we made our way to Cordova Spit where there was a rip tide of currents and opposing winds on the other side. We were taking photos of the town of Sidney in the distance and noticed that were being pulled into the rip from the back eddy on the south side of the spit. At this point we decided to back track a bit before entering the main ebb flow currents of Cordova Channel and head over to James Island.
The ebb flow was fairly noticeble on the crossing as we ferried our way to the lagoon and sneaked a look at the yacht named C4 at the dock. It is pretty evident that the island is private just by some of the signs posted above the high tide line.
James Island is privately owned by Craig McCaw who was a pioneer in the cellular phone industry in the 1980's and he bought the island for 19 million in 1994. Boasting a Jack Nicklaus designed golf course, airstrip, and many other luxuries the island is now up for sale. Price tag?? 75 million!
From the lagoon we headed south to get a close up view of the bluff that can be seen from any high vista lookouts around Victoria. Formed during the last ice age it is an impressive sight close up and a great example of how many of the islands around Vancouver Island were formed. It reminded me much of Denman Island that we recently visited.
Being exposed to the SE winds we started to notice that the water was beginning to get darker indicating that the winds were picking up a little bit. We decided to then visit fellow kayakers Peter and Wendy who are staying at the Beachcomber RV Resort south of Island View Beach. From James Island this was a 4 km crossing (our longest yet) and with the ebb flow and opposing SE winds the water got a "little" choppy in the middle of the channel. We did have bail out options to divert direct to our put in location if needed but the ebb flow carried us at a pretty good clip at around 8 km/h right in the direction of the RV park.
We spotted the paddle up bar (Arctic Fox RV) on the far right and Peter welcome us ashore while Wendy was picking up refreshments for our arrival. It was then that I took my Sony Cybershot camera out of it's open zip lock bag that I keep in my spray skirt only to discover that it was "wet from taking a few waves on the crossing. Sure enough it wouldn't work any more so that just confirmed that I really need a waterproof digital camera.
After a refreshing beer on the beach (thanks Wendy), Peter decided to head onto the water and paddle back to Island View Beach with us before he headed over to James Island for a little work out. It was great to see Peter and Wendy again.
Oh yeah ...... the Four Seasons thing. Well we started paddling last Fall, continued through Winter, played some more in the Spring and this weekend paddles were our first in the Summer. Sort of a full circle thing and during this time we have been on the water 40 times. Not bad for newbies!
Heads for blog posts this weekend ..... new "Gear Head" arrivals and the Victoria MEC Paddlefest.


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At the Division III district wrestling tournament at Philo Junior High School, Malvern had one wrestler's career come to an end, while another capped a brilliant first season.
Senior Josh Holmes lost both of his matches at 182, falling to Mitchell Meeks of Newcomerstown 7-1 and Brandon Foughty of Wellston 7-4.
The 2013 graduate ended his final season with a 34-13 record.
"Josh wrestled well, but came up short on his run to the state tournament," commented Coach Dominic Chiurco. "I has been a pleasure coaching Josh this year, and I wish him well in his future endeavors."
Freshman Nate Gaston, who finished fifth at sectionals a week earlier, got into districts as an alternate at 120.
He lost his first match to D.J. DeVito of Newark Catholic 11-7, but bounced back to pin Alan Shope of Southeastern.
In the consolation second round, Gaston was beaten by Tyler Stoneburner of Paint Valley 12-5.
"Nate experienced a pleasant surprise by getting to wrestle at the district level as an alternate," noted Coach Chiurco. "Nate had an impressive showing at districts for a freshman, posting a 1-2 record.
"With his pin in the consols, Nate tied two Malvern records - pins in a season with 32 and wins in a season with 46.
"I am truly proud of these two kids. It was an honor to be able to coach Nate and Josh, and I am definitely looking forward to next season."


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Targeted Education ApproaCH to improve Peritoneal Dialysis outcomes
Principal Investigators: Prof Josephine Chow and Prof Neil Boudville
Clinical Project Manager: Laura Robison (AKTN)
Clinical Research Associate: Peta-Anne Paul-Brent (AKTN)
Trial Number: AKTN 15.03
Population: Adults about to start Peritoneal Dialysis training for the first time and the Nurses who will train them.
Intervention: TEACH-PD training modules
Primary outcome: Refine the TEACH-PD training tools and the collection of data to plan a larger, randomised trial
Final Recruitment: 10 PD Trainers and 14 PD Patients
Status: Final Report underway
Trial Summary
There is an increasing number of people developing end-stage kidney disease in Australia every year. Peritoneal dialysis (PD) is the most cost-effective and user friendly form of dialysis, with equivalent outcomes to haemodialysis (HD), yet the rate of PD utilisation in Australia has been steadily falling since 2003. A major contributor to low referral rates by physicians to PD and relatively high rates of PD technique failure is PD related peritonitis. Studies in a number of countries have shown that peritonitis rates vary greatly between PD units (between 5 to 20 fold variation). With PD critically dependent on patient self-management, research is required into potentially modifiable peritonitis risk factors, including patient training.
The primary objective of the TEACH-PD (Targeted Education ApproaCH to improve Peritoneal Dialysis outcomes) pilot study is to refine the TEACH-PD training modules for PD trainers and patients.
TEACH-PD pilot study is an investigator-initiated, single-armed, non-randomised, pilot trial assessing the use of training modules for both PD nurse trainers and incident PD patients undertaking PD training. A total of 10 PD trainers will be enrolled and at least 1 PD patient per trainer, including at least 10 English speaking patients (between 10 and 20 patients in total) from PD units at John Hunter and Wollongong Hospitals in New South Wales.
PD trainers will complete the "Train the Trainer" modules during the study which have a focus on adult learning principals and be provided with Patient Training Manuals. Once the PD trainers are assessed for competency with the modules, the trainers will then instruct the incident PD patient using the Patient Training Manuals and practical demonstrations.


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Ever wonder what breed you would be as a dog?
The Myers-Briggs Type Indicator, otherwise known as MBTI, is a test to determine your psychological type and provide insights of type theory.
Each type is consisted of four letters –Extraversion (E) or Introversion (I), Sensing (S) or Intuition (N), Thinking (T) or Feeling (F), and Judging (J) or Perceiving (P).
This infographic will help you evaluate what dog breed your MBTI personality matches. Ready? Let's get this paw-ty started!
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FRAGONARD IN LOVE. SUITOR AND LIBERTINE @ Musée du LuxembourgPosted: September 6, 2016 Filed under: other people's art | Tags: contour, cross-contour, drawing, fragonard, gesture, ink wash drawing, pen and ink, rococo Leave a comment
Below are a selection of the drawings a Fragonard exhibit from a 2016 show. Had a ball with all the fabulous and fashionable older Parisian set at this quaint little museum right inside the Luxembourg Garden.
Ipad Drawings by James LipovacPosted: August 11, 2016 Filed under: lipovac artwork, other people's art | Tags: 2016, drawing, ipad, james, lipovac Leave a comment
Adrian Piper in All the World's Futures, La Biennale di Venezia, 2015Posted: May 19, 2015 Filed under: other people's art | Tags: 2015, adrian, art, Biennale, conceptual, enwezor, everything will be taken away, golden, lion, piper, venice Leave a comment
I was recently bowled over by the powerful work of Adrian Piper currently on display in Venice. A conceptual artist with a PhD in philosophy from Harvard, Piper was born in New York City and works out of Berlin. Her art opens eyes and seeks to build bridges between people. Last week at the Biennale, she received the Golden Lion for best artist for her efforts.
Among the group of pieces is an interactive installation titled "Rules of the Game" which called on viewers to sign life-long contracts at three separate desks, with one of the three rules:
I will always be too expensive to buy
I will always mean what I say
I will always do what I say I am going to do
In another room, objects were covered with the words "everything will be taken away" and hung next to a giant photo of the Nazis at their Degenerate Art Show. I was taken, as is often the case, by the way the work effected the audience, or didn't. You can see in the photo at the top of the post, viewers standing around blankly, while the man on the right talked loudly on his cellphone for the entire time I was viewing at the work. Her ominous prediction sees so much more probable in this setting. After a week of contemplating the theme of All the World's Futures, I found Piper's directness on the topic hard to describe as anything less than courageous and superb.
Adrian Ghenie @ the Romania Pavilion, La Biennale di Venezia, 2015Posted: May 15, 2015 Filed under: other people's art | Tags: 2015, adrian, art, figurative, ghenie, la biennale, New York, nude, pace, painting, romania, venezia Leave a comment
by James Lipovac
This image of a giant Venus Fly trap dwarfing a man in a trench coat standing underneath a menacingly heavy sky was a stand-out at Ghenie's speculator painting performance at the 56th La Biennale di Venezia in the Romanian Pavilion.
I first came across Adrian Ghenie's work at Pace in New York in March of 2013. A painter friend of mine encourage me to check out the show. The strength of the work is Ghenie's ability to harmonize elements of abstract figuration and more realistic interpretations all in the same canvas.
I was excited to see what a fellow painter would do given the chance to represent their own nation, in this case, Romania. In his show "Darwin's Room" Ghenie uses Darwin, evolution, and survival as themes for his grand brushwork and sheets of oil. He switches between and harmonizes intimate slow moments of finessed detail, larges areas of squeegeed paint, and thick sections of impasto.
Chiharu Shiota "The Key in the Hand" @ the Japan Pavilion, La Biennale da Venezia 2015Posted: May 13, 2015 Filed under: other people's art | Tags: 2015, art, chiharu, Hitoshi, installation, japan, keys, Nakano, Shiota, venice Leave a comment
Chiharu Shiota's "The Key in the Hand" installation is a bold vision of the the dark beauty of the human life lived. This Berlin-based artist was born in Osaka Prefecture in 1972.
Curator, Hitoshi Nakano- "After being confronted with the deaths of several intimate friends and family in recent years, Shiota has converted these experiences into the lingua franca of pure and sublime art without averting her eyes from the reality that all human beings must face "life" and "death" but that each of us must do so individually. "
Joana Vasconcelos for Portugal – Venice Biennale 2013Posted: March 31, 2015 Filed under: other people's art | Tags: 2013, art, Biennale, installation, joana vasconcelos, portugal, venice Leave a comment
By Lauren Gidwitz
originally published 6.30.2013 for Thred Projects
Rather than join the crowds, and take a normative place in a land-locked pavilion, Portugal decided to choose and artist who reflected, with beautiful nuance and subtlety, on her own identity as a citizen of a country largely dependent on the ocean. They chose well. The floating effervescent world of Joana Vasconcelos habituated itself on Praia, a tubby ferryboat from Lisbon, and spent the Biennale moving through the watery surroundings of the city. The outer shell was covered with tiles made in Portugal, depicting the city of Lisbon in blue on a white background. At key moments the floating pavilion would pull up to a pier and welcome wary and excited visitors onto the deck's lounge and down into its belly.
Upon entrance into the lower level, we were enveloped into an environment akin to a visceral representation of the interior of the human body, as well as the bioluminescent underbelly of the deep ocean, complete with the sounds of the lapping waves from the outside. Our eyes were lit by a subtle harmony of blues vibrating underneath swirls of slow dimming and brightening LED lights in cadence with our breathing; bulbous forms enveloped by knit yarn and rows of tassels, and long ropey tendrils snaked out and into our physical space. A series of questions nagged at the back of my mind… was it pushing into our bodily space? Was it allowing us in? Or were we the intruders in this habitat? Through its intervention on the exterior and interior of the boat, bringing to mind the outside and inside of the body, and the surface and depths of the ocean, as well as integration of both technology and handicraft, the experience, though tranquil, required active and mindful engagement from its visitors.
It was a beautiful reminder of the unseen beauty of the darkest depths of our ocean, the strong cultural connection and interdependence with the coastal country of Portugal, the future of Venice as it slowly sinks into the depths of the ocean, and the vital and beautiful ecological role it plays in all of our lives. In both content and formal execution, this is the most eloquent political work I have come across in a long time. Brava.
Joan Jonas to Represent US in 2015 Venice BiennalePosted: February 27, 2015 Filed under: other people's art Leave a comment
Joan Jonas, Organic Honey's Vertical Roll, Ace Gallery, Los Angeles, 1972. Photo by Roberta Neiman
Joan Jonas, The Shape, the Scent, the Feel of Things, performance at Dia Beacon, 2005. Photo by Paula Court
Joan Jonas, Organic Honey's Vertical Roll, Musee Galliera, Paris, 1972/1973.
oan Jonas, Mirror Piece, performance at Annadale on Hudson, 1969. Photo by Joan Jonas
Joan Jonas, Organic Honey's Vertical Roll, Musee Galliera, Paris, 1972/1973. Photo by Beatrice Helligers
Joan Jonas has been a tenured visual arts professor at MIT for the past 15 years, and is currently Professor Emerita in the MIT Program in Art, Culture, and Technology (ACT). Curated by Paul C. Ha, Director of the MIT List Visual Arts Center and commissioner for the project; and Ute Meta Bauer, currently the Director of the Centre for Contemporary Art (CCA) at the Nanyang Technological University in Singapore and previously the Founding Director of the Program in Art, Culture, and Technology (ACT) at MIT, Jonas's installation for the U.S. Pavilion will be an exceptional moment in her longstanding relationship with MIT.
For the five galleries of the U.S. Pavilion, Joan Jonas will conceive a new complex of works, creating a multilayered ambience, incorporating video, drawings, objects, and sound. Literature has always been an inspiration and source for Jonas, and the project for Venice will extend her investigation into the work of Halldór Laxness and his writing on the spiritual aspects of nature, but will focus on other literary sources.
The List is renowned for presenting groundbreaking contemporary artwork and has always served as a creative laboratory where artists are free to experiment—–a leadership position that has been affirmed by the Center's selection as the commissioning institution for the U.S. Pavilion for the third time in the past 15 years, having organized the Pavilions by Fred Wilson in 2003 and Ann Hamilton in 1999.
"Joan's voice and vision have been powerful forces in contemporary art for five decades, and I am thrilled that we will present her latest work in Venice, one of the most iconic forums for the presentation of cutting-edge artwork," said Paul Ha, Director of the MIT List Visual Arts Center. "Joan's selection is not only an acknowledgement of her outstanding contributions to the art world thus far, but also an investment in the innovative promise of her future work."
Jonas has continued to work with a multimedia approach throughout her career, being one of the first artists to explore the potential of the video camera as a tool for image-making and the TV monitor as a sculptural object. At the same time, Jonas experimented in her performances with incorporating the body into the visual field. Her installations and performances bring these components together through drawing, props, and objects to create works reflecting her research in relation to space, narrative, or storytelling, and materials as they are altered through various technologies such as the mirror, video, and distance. In Venice, she will work with these diverse aspects of her practice to create five distinct rooms, with common themes unifying and resonating in the entire space, relating to the present condition of the world in poetic terms.
Jonas's work developed out of her art history studies and sculptural practice, and expanded to performance and film in the 1960s through her involvement with the New York avant-garde scene. Her work has had a significant influence on contemporary art to date, as she has continued to be a major figure in the fields of performance and video art throughout the past five decades.
In conjunction with the presentation of her new work at the U.S. Pavilion, the List will present several of Jonas's most significant, single-channel video works, selected from her 40-year career, in an exhibition in the List's Bakalar Gallery from April 7 through July 5, 2015. The intimate exhibition will provide important background and context for Jonas's new work on view simultaneously in Venice, and will share with local audiences the pivotal videos and performances that led to the artist's selection as the U.S. representative for the 2015 Venice Biennale.
"As I know from working with Joan as both a curator and educator, one does not only see her work, one experiences it. Her performances make a lasting impression, and her ability to work with spaces in a sensual way will most certainly turn a visit to the U.S. Pavilion in Venice into a profound encounter," said Ute Meta Bauer, Director of the Centre for Contemporary Art at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore.
"We are especially proud to be presenting an MIT professor as the representative artist for the U.S. at the Venice Biennale," said Philip S. Khoury, Ford International Professor of History and Associate Provost, who oversees the arts at MIT. "Joan's fearlessly experimental work is emblematic of MIT and the List's mission to foster the creation of intellectually investigative, challenging artwork, and we have no doubt that her installation for the U.S. Pavilion will push new boundaries and captivate audiences in ways that were previously unimaginable."
To learn more about Joan Jonas and the U.S. Pavilion, please visit http://joanjonasvenice2015.com