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And now for something completely different.. Holly Simons reports.
Jimmy Rae and the Firewalkers play country music by numbers, evoking memories of wedding bands where someone gets up onstage thinking they're Elvis. Or something
However good their intentions were – with biting, witty lyrics, songs about sticking your job where the sun don't shine – this band lacked the subdued and often moody atmosphere associated with the subtle savagery of country.
Somehow, somewhere in this set, they made Walk the Line sound quite jovial.
Perhaps this was purposeful, bringing a new offering to the table.
Their relentless energy impressed despite wavering interest from the audience. Yet their flagrant self-promotion seemed to be lost among Jimmy's pleas to the crowd through song: 'give me one good reason to stay'.
The highlight of my night was the elderly chap I spotted energetically playing the spoons, in the corner of the room – perhaps a new addition to the band?!
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Today BlackBerry and AT&T launched their most powerful BlackBerry yet. The new BlackBerry Torch 9800 is RIM's first touch QWERTY device slider. The phone was developed with AT&T as a partner and seems to be an exclusive, and wow, are we sick of carrier exclusives! Putting that gripe aside, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 is looking very sweet, especially since it is running the new BlackBerry OS 6. The hardware itself features a precision optical napped, the same BlackBerry keyboard that BlackBerry users have come to know and love, a 5MP camera with flash, a 3.2″ 360 x 480 capacitive touch screen display, 512MB Flash memory, 4GB on‐board memory, a microSD/SDHC memory card slot (4GB card included, cards up to 32GB supported), 3G with support for HSDPA and UMTS, as well as built‐in GPS and Wi‐Fi (802.11 b/g/n). The device measures approximately 4.4" x 2.4" x 0.57" closed and 5.8" x 2.4" x 0.57" when open.
One notable hardware spec that the device seems to be missing is an accelerometer, but that doesn't seem to be a deal breaker. Also, none of these hardware specs are quite cutting edge, but what is most exciting about this new BlackBerry handset is the BlackBerry OS 6 which sports a ton of new features and U.I. improvements. For starters, just like on the iPhone, the BlackBerry Torch 9800 now sports universal search which lets you search everything – including contacts, calendar events, text messages, and music. The OS also has universal inbox, which integrates Facebook, Twitter and all your social feeds. And just like on Android, once you read a message, it disappears form the universal inbox so that there is no accumulated clutter.
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The web browser has been vastly improved and is running on the web kit engine. A new feature called Auto-wrap text zoom makes it easier to read websites. All you need to do is double tap on the text on a web site, and the font automatically grows, while the page reformats itself so you can read comfortably.
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The home screen has also been redesign. It now sports notification previews, similar in concept to the notification previews on Android. A tap on the top notification preview bar shows information about your recent notifications, right on your home screen. For example, you can see the subject of an email. Plus there is now more content on the home screen and you have the ability to add additional content and views by swiping to the right or left, again, this is similar in concept to Android's multiple home screens.
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OS 6 also features WiFi Music Sync when you install Desktop Software 6 on your computer. Beyond the individual songs that you synchronize, you can also see your entire computer's music catalog on your device so that you can sync other songs at a later time, even if you don't have room for them on your phone at the moment. The multimedia app also displays album art. Plus, a podcast app is also preloaded. The podcast app lets you download podcasts wirelessly, without syncing – via 3G or wifi.
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New Unified Social Feeds allow you to see all of your social activity at once. You can seamlessly flow from one app to the next – from Twitter, to Facebook, etc. You can use multiple social applications and jump between them seamlessly.
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Many popular apps will be available from the home screen right out of the box, without even going to BlackBerry App World. Some cool and notable apps, includes Slacker which features caching and multitasking, MobiTV for watching live TV shows, whether on 3G or wifi, and PrimeTime ToGo that will automatically download episodes after they air so you can watch them even when you don't have a wireless connection. These apps also integrate with Universal Search, so that you can for example, search for an artist and end up in Slacker. There is also a preloaded RSS feed reader. You can also search App World by topic using Universal Search.
AT&T customers can now make purchases and buy content inside of their apps with the charge showing directly on their AT&T bill. Plus, the BlackBerry payment service opens up API's to developers so they can sell power ups, subscriptions, create in-app purchase and make trial periods inside of the apps. It will also will provide developers with mobile analytics so that they can monetize more efficiently. Developers can now distribute the Apps through BlackBerry World that are authored with HTML 5, CSS and Javascript. They can create apps that run in the background, as well as apps that access information on the device – including data from location based services, and apps that even utilize the BlackBerry Push services. Applications written for 5.0 will still work on BlackBerry 6.
BlackBerry Torch goes on sale August 12th for $199 with a two year contract with a data plan. Overall, the new BlackBerry Torch brings many welcome an much needed improvements to keep RIM afloat as a serious player in the smartphone space, and it should help keep current BlackBerry users from having a wandering eye. However, it's unlikely to tempt current multimedia driven iPhone or Android users enough to make a switch.


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A framework we've found useful in assessing progress along a continuum is the Capability Maturity Model. Within any company, there will always be processes at different levels of maturity:
Initial – the process is new, ad hoc, chaotic and undocumented. Individual heroics are relied upon to get the job done. The focus is on outputs.
Repeatable – the process is somewhat documented. Repeating the same steps may be attempted. It's not clear if the process will yield desired outputs.
Defined – the process is well defined, documented and confirmed as a standard process that can produce results.
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The District Chamber of Agriculture, Commerce and Technology (DCACT) has warned the joy of Ghanaians who want to see the factory promised every district by government delivered could turn sour if Metropolitan, Municipal and District Chief Executives (MMDCEs) snub unfamiliar telephone calls and emails in the coming days.
The chamber says it has so far received over 300 proposals from investors who are only a call or an email away from arriving in the districts to launch the factories highly manifestoed in the campaign run-up to the 2016 polls by the now-ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP).
"One District One Factory has received over 300 proposals. They need to direct the investors into which districts they have to go. The District Chamber of Agriculture, Commerce and Technology will position the districts to bring out the investment potentials and profiles of every district and these will be sent to various institutions that receive and attract investments for their countries to be able to direct all these investments into the various places," Ebow Graham, a consultant to the DCACT, said in a meeting held in Bolgatanga, the Upper East regional capital, to sensitise stakeholders on the establishment of DCACT for government's "Planting for Jobs and Investments" policy.
He told the region's Municipal and District Chief Executives, who formed the core of the stakeholders present, that: "One of the things that would block any initiative is when the MMDCEs are not admitting calls. So, DCEs, please, a lot of phone calls will come to you; pick your calls. They might be the investors coming to your table. And make your emails working. The project proposals should be in line with the medium-term development plans of the MMDAs (Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies) in consultation with the Department of [Agriculture]."
Our seedlings will not be like the SADA seedlings – Minister of State
It was also announced in the meeting that the "Planting for Jobs and Investments" policy would not be limited to the cultivation of food crops.
The Minister of State responsible for Food and Agriculture, Dr. Gyiele Kwaku Nurah, told the gathering six cash crops including cashew, shea, mango, rubber and oil palm, citrus and cocoa had been identified and incorporated into the new concept "Planting for Jobs and Investments". He lamented the inability of Ghana's north to nurture its abundant shea as the south had developed its cocoa into an exportable scale, describing the backward state of the northern economy as self-inflicted and unfortunate.
"What is beautiful about what we are discussing here today is the integration of tree crops in our agricultural system. It's been very unfortunate we have not been able to develop the tree crop sector of the north. People in the south have continued to maximise their returns on oil palm, on rubber, on cocoa and others. What have we done to ourselves in the north? Which tree can we say we depend on? Even if we take cotton as a cash crop, where are we in cotton? It's not sustainable. We haven't developed it to the level that we can say it's our cocoa," he commented.
Whilst blaming the north's hungry tree economy on widespread disinterest and uninterrupted bushfires, he pointed at Ghana's next-door neighbour, Burkina Faso, as a close good example the northern sector should imitate to mitigate its hardships.
"The cashew comes, the few trees you travel and see, the following year you travel you can't see them. Where are they? Swallowed by bushfires. Mango, which is becoming fast the cocoa of Burkina [Faso], tell why mango cannot become the cocoa of the northern sector. And that is what this project is trying to address. The integration of tree crops into our agricultural system is going to benefit us greatly because you would realise that here when the rain fall is bad and the grains do not do well, the tree crops look very healthy. When there is bad weather, the tree crop will do well. In the good weather, they don't do so well; but the grains do so well. So, as a measure to stabilise our own economy in the north, we need to integrate the two. The northern farmer will not be poor again," assured Dr. Nurah.
He, however, affirmed that the tree investment project, which the new government was resolved to launch, would not end up impossible to trace as did the seedlings planted by the former government under the Savannah Accelerated Development Authority (SADA).
"We must plant commercial trees and that will represent our cocoa in the north. And I will plead with everyone, not only the DCEs, but we those who are managing the economy of the north that when this project takes off we should put all our hearts to it and make sure that all the seedlings that are supplied do not become the SADA seedlings or the SADA guinea fowls," Dr. Nurah urged, attracting applause from a section of the audience.
20,000 farmers for engagement; 200 youth for recruitment
The Deputy Minister for Local Government and Rural Development, Augustine Collins Ntim, disclosed farmers numbering between 10, 000 and 20, 000 would be supported to grow economic trees under the "Planting for Jobs and Investments" concept.
"Under the concept, Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies (MMDAs) would be required to come out with an agricultural project initiative taking into consideration one or two of the identified cash crops in our manifesto with a budget that would support 10, 000 to 20,000 farmers to cultivate an average of 10 acres of the crops within the next four years.
"They would be required to establish seed banks in the electoral areas that would raise improved and high-yielding varieties of seedlings as approved for the district to be allocated to the farmers. Metropolitan, Municipal and District Assemblies would also be required to recruit between 100 to 200 youth in every district who would be trained to support the farmers to plant the seedling," the Deputy Minister said.
The Upper East Regional Minister, Rockson Ayine Bukari, remarked that the region had continued to get less than what was expected from the labour of its "poor farmers" owing to a number of factors.
"There have been rhetorics of modernising agriculture and yet production and productivity are nothing to write home about and we still import food supplements and the greater part of our agricultural exports continue to be in raw and unprocessed form. At best we have semi-processed goods. We are, therefore, not yielding the required benefits from the toil of our poor farmers.
"This can be attributed to several challenges related to inadequate access to funding or aid for farmers and fishermen, lack of machinery, technological expertise, storage facilities, transportation and ready market for the produce among others. Indeed, as a government that took over the reins of government with a promise to create jobs, we think we must pay attention to areas of great potential and hence the various interventions in agriculture," the Regional Minister observed.


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Asian Affairs
Asian Affairs seeks to develop and sustain student and faculty exchange programs with higher learning institutions and other education agencies in Asian countries. As a team which includes administrators and faculty, we collaborate closely with various administrative and academic departments on campus to promote and coordinate a wide range of educational and cultural events and programs with our Asian partners, including short-term student and faculty exchanges, joint degree programs, professional training programs, language and cultural summer camp experiences, and student recruitment from Asian countries. Our goal is to create opportunities for students and faculty here to engage in teaching and learning activities in global education and to contribute to the College's values, mission and vision through promoting international partnership building, global citizenship and cross-cultural understanding.
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The Center for Multicultural Education
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Approved by its Advisory Board, the Center's mission and goals are as follows: The Center for Multicultural Education advances multicultural inquiry, understanding, and engagement in order to affirm the mission and identity of Edgewood College.
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Environmental Studies
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- As funded research utilizing the Ebben Fund, Summer Research Program Transformation Funds, and other funding resources
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Writing Center
The Writing Center, located in the library (main floor, behind the Printing & Copy Center), is a free drop-in service open to all students. No appointment or referral necessary. Bring any paper from any class. Tutors are also available in all the residence halls. We work with writers from draft or notes to final presentation. Any course, any level (including grad and Evening Accelerated), any discipline. Improve your writing. Working with a tutor makes a difference.
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As You Were: A cavalcade of events with the Australian Services from 1788 to 1947, "adds another volume to the story of the Australian Navy, Army and Air Force which was continued in As You Were 1946 from the volumes published during the First and Second World Wars". The sixty-seven stories in the volume are again the work of service and ex-service personnel.
As with the previous book, the stories cover life in the services over a wide range of years. One story is accompanied by photographs taken in 1890 at a camp of a detachment of the New South Wales Permanent Artillery – one of Australia's oldest regiments. There is a further story on the 'Sudan Days' along with photographs of the contingent on their last parade at Moore Park and embarking at Circular Quay. One more recent tale, Conquest at Canungra, tells how the AIF re-created all the hardships of the Kokoda Trail and Shaggy Ridge in their jungle warfare camp and put some RAAF-ers through the trial and prepared for a laugh.
Let some of the titles tell the story of the book – The Colourful Past, A Cheeky Action at Endau Bay, The Army in Australia Before Waterloo, A Torokina Hand-Over, The Battle of Macquarie Point, Closing Loopholes, Off the Beeton Track on the Burma-Siam Railroad, I Lived in an Igloo, The Songs We Sang, First Day in Civvy Street, A Night in the Mediterranean, Catalina on a Mission, Journey to Alexandria, I Meet the Sultan, and The Battle of Wadi Ya Rekn.
The book contains many illustrations and images, both colour and black and white, of battlefields, equipment, personnel and some of the more light hearted moments. It is a valuable resource and a great read for all interested in military history.
This ebook is a the same as the CD version from Archive Digital Books Australasia which is available from Gould Genealogy & other retailers. This CD contains high quality scanned images of the whole original volume, and has been bookmarked for easy navigation. Pages can be searched, browsed, enlarged and printed out if required.
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When a mother of three has two fully grown children and the youngest one is aching to become a woman, is it time to stop mothering? And what about the man in her life? Should she put his needs before theirs?
In Ain't No Love Like A Mother's Love", like Stella, mom feels it's time to get her groove back. She later finds that worshiping a man with a dark side is a recipe for disaster. In this emotional roller coaster ride through the turmoil of a Baltimore family, we watch as they all pull through life's hardest truths. Family secrets are revealed and one rescue attempt after another proves a failure. But all hope is not lost-not at all.
You won't leave the theater thinking the same way about the meaning of family or what a mother's love is all about. Based on the original novel by Crystal L. Bass, "Dark Clouds: A Charm City Family's Struggle".


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Yesterday I received a message from Schmap, an online travel guide service asking to use one of my Flickr shots for their Seattle guide. Reading through the terms, I noticed this wasn't compensated, but as I am not a professional, my first thought was "who cares?" Turns out there are many (see here, and here to start). They aren't going to get filthy rich off of my one shot. However, after a bit of research, in their business model, they only use free photos. And with that comes the real question: am I contributing to the demise of the professional photographer by taking part? This sort of effort does bring up many issues with the technological age we find ourselves in. Does this put photographers out of work? Or does it just kill off the mediocre? Which is "bad"?
I'm not sure the ethics here, and have not made a choice one way or another. I'd love to hear what others thing off all this. Have any of your used Schmap before? Anything similar out there?


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|Entrance, RI Administrative Offices.
I swear I saw the Eye of Sauron in
that round window today.
I started to write a post earlier about the shit show that my day was today, but realized that I don't have the capabilities as a writer to convey the level of shit-showiness that it was. Also, in a desperate attempt to normalize the cortisol and adrenaline levels in my bloodstream, I drank two high-alcohol craft beers a little while ago. So now my editing abilities have gone to shit. (See, I just used shit 3, wait, make that 4! times in one paragraph! That's baaad editing!)
|I was too worn out to care, really.
Today, in a nutshell: I had to pay some old income taxes in person this morning at the Division of Taxation in Providence, then renew the registration for my car at the DMV. In lieu of real paragraphs, I offer you my day in the style of the Harper's Index:
Total mileage covered today going back and forth to State Offices: 124 miles
Total hours spent in said offices, mostly waiting: 3
Number, in months, that I was told I'd been driving with a suspended license: 4
Number of times I cried in front of State Employees: 2
Number of times I cried in front of fellow civilians in the waiting room: 1
Sobbing, in number of minutes, done silently in a bathroom stall: 3
Level of shock that The State won't accept your 2010 taxes on a 2008 form, using the 2008 tax table: Very High
Level of surprise that I actually did this: Very, Very Low
Chances that the State will actually notify you of such a mistake: 0
Cost of a parking ticket, when your 2 hour meter expires in Providence: $25
Chances of finding a satisfying bowl of Saag Paneer in Providence to cancel out some of this pain: 100%
Happiness level after a coffee and a cookie from Seven Stars: Almost back to normal
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A report from the Chair at the AGM of the Village Hall Committee.
As Chair, I would like to outline where we are 'at' with the Village Hall here in November 2016. Last year, about this time we completed a considerable renovation of the hall which I think remains very visible to all and has been a great success. We repainted, installed a new lighting scheme and renovated the floor. This was costly , as will be seen in our treasurers report, but nevertheless very worth while.
So this year we have continued to focus on small issues of maintenance. Jan and Michael Rayner did a remarkable 'gardening ' job at the front and Aaron Fox Wheddon is painting the railings as we speak. The WI maintain the wonderful planters at the front of the whole. A huge thank you to all those people.
Our next project has to focus on the upkeep of the fire door and windows on that side of the hall. Although they were repainted only two years ago, they are so exposed to the elements that repair is needed again. The committee is considering replacement windows and door and this is our next large budgetary project.
We continue to play an important role in Village life providing a place to meet and gather. We host the WI, the Parish Council, the Film club, Bingo Mother and Toddlers and the monthly coffee mornings as well as messy church Pilates, exercise class and more.
We remain available for private bookings – parties, celebrations, rehearsal space. Our rent remains very competitive and the committee has done considerable advertising in the local area, making the public aware of the rental possibilities for the hall. Please can I take this opportunity to ask everyone to promote the use of the hall amongst family and friends so that our income can be boosted from this income stream. Particular thanks to Susan for all her hard work in organising the booking system.
We have held several fund raising events – May Day Breakfast Harvest Supper and the Queens birthday celebrations. The latter was not well supported, nor indeed were the monthly village suppers we tried to organise and we need to keep thinking creatively about the events we run – ie what works and what does not work. At this point can I thank Linda Collins for being our remarkable treasurer – not an envied role – as she does it with great efficiency and keeps a tight eye on proceedings.
We held a musical evening on Saturday, we plan a Christmas Breakfast in December and for the second time a visiting theatre is coming on 17th January. We are always leaning to the village for continuing and on going support from the village for these events not only to provide income for this delightful old hall but importantly for the welfare of community that is so essential in a village like ours. This was so beautifully demonstrated on Bonfire night this year with a wonderful combined project between the village hall, the Parish council and the Bat and Ball – our newly renovated pub. A terrific community event culminating in a party in the pub – thus supporting all aspects of village life. At this point may I mention the wonderful World War 1 project that took place with the support of the church that was so successful just this time last year, reflecting the extraordinary talent and resources that lie in our community. When harnessed, look what we can all achieve.
The village hall is very keen to continue to play its part in that combined partnership and will continue to ask for all your support in the venture. If anyone has any ideas about how that may be achieved, we would be delighted to hear from you .. and if anyone would like to come and help us on the Committee you would be very very welcome
May I thank the committee members for their tireless work through the year. May that continue and look forward to a creative and energetic year to come .
With my best wishes to all and thank you for your attention.
Gillie King
A comment the committee has received this year:
Just a quick note to thank you so much for enabling me to hire the village hall on 22nd October for my birthday celebration. It was absolutely perfect for our purposes: the acoustic was very good for chamber music, it was just the right size and the facilities were just what we needed. We all also appreciated the setting in such a beautiful village- altogether a memorable event! .
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Goal 2: Reduce the prevalence suicide among the youth population (12-24) in the area of rural Oklahoma served by the NIWHRC.
Goal 3: Promote systems level change at the organizational level to embrace suicide prevention as a core strategy.
SAMHSA HIV Capacity Building Initiative
The Cherokee County Risk Prevention Program is a community planning and service delivery project that will create a strategic plan for HIV/HCV and substance abuse prevention for American Indian/Alaska Native youth and will also provide education and HIV/HCV testing opportunities to 3,650 youth ages 15-24 attending high school, vocational school or college in Tahlequah, Oklahoma.
National Indian Women's Health Resource Center (NIWHRC), headquartered in Tahlequah, Oklahoma, will lead this local initiative. Cherokee County is home to high concentrations of American Indians and Alaska Native peoples. The goals and objectives for the project are:
Goal 1: Create an ongoing work group of key stakeholders in Year 1.
Goal 2: Provide direct prevention programming to at least 730 American Indian/Alaska Native youth ages 15-24 living in Cherokee County, Oklahoma each program year (3,650 during the program period).
Goal 3: Provide HIV and HCV testing to at least 15% of prevention programming participants annually.


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Advocacy and Solutions
There are other people and organizations working on improving conditions in the Southwest Detroit area. Here are some helpful websites to get informed and take action on local environmental issues.
Governmental Organizations
- The federal organization responsible for regulating environmental issues is the United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). In order to file a complaint with the EPA or learn more about the area where you live, visit this site.
- The statewide organization responsible for regulating air quality is the Michigan Department of Environmental Quality (DEQ). THE DEQ coordinates the Michigan Clean Diesel Initiative (MiCDI), which is a group of government, businesses, industry, and nonprofit organizations working together to address diesel engine pollution in Michigan. The objectives of the MiCDI are to help the state of Michigan achieve improvements in the federal air quality standards for particulate matter and ozone through various initiatives. The MiCDI is part of the broader Midwest Clean Diesel Initiative (MCDI), lead by the U.S. EPA.
- To file a complaint with the MDEQ during regular business hours, you can call (313) 456-4700, for emergencies or after hours, please call (800) 292-4706. Be sure to call while the problem is occurring, request the name of the DEQ employee you speak to, and provide a detailed description of the problem.
- Wayne County Department of Environmental Services
- The City Council of Detroit is responsible for zoning decisions which allow the industry to exist adjacent to residential areas and schools. The city's zoning ordinance is a legal document which includes descriptions of uses permitted in various zones and a map with the locations of those zones. Because zoning is a governmental process, formulating an effective complaint is a bit more complex. This information and more is available by contacting the Buildings, Safety Engineering and Environment.
- City of Detroit Municipal Codes
Nonprofit Partners
- The East Michigan Environmental Action Council (EMEAC) has been working in the legislature, in the courts, in township halls, and in schools for almost fifty years! They played a role in the enactment of most of Michigan's environmental laws. Learn more about EMEAC.
- The Sierra Club is a national environmental organization that has gotten involved in air quality issues in our area. Rhonda Anderson works with the Sierra Club on environmental justice issues in the Detroit area and she can be reached by email at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- The Healthy Environments Partnership is a community-based participatory research project founded by Angela G. Reyes, MPH, out of the University of Michigan's School of Public Health. The project is focused on the harmful effects of air pollutants in Detroit. Angela can be reached at (313) 967-4880 or at firstname.lastname@example.com.
- Detroiters Working for Environmental Justice (DWEJ) works with communities to create cleaner, healthier and safer neighborhoods.
- Urban Neighborhood Initiatives (UNI) has a mission of making urban neighborhoods vital, healthy environments that strengthen individuals and support families
- Detroit Hispanic Development Corporation (DHDC) has a mission of making a difference by creating life-changing opportunities for youth and their families. They are committed to meeting the needs of the community by providing quality, innovative and culturally appropriate programs and services, primarily in the Southwest Detroit community.
- Zero Waste Detroit (ZWD) is a coalition of local organizations advocating curbside recycling, a materials recovery system that would bring new jobs and economic development to the City, and an end to waste incineration.


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Dear Food Diary:
That's right my friends, starting this Tuesday, Feb 2nd (til end of the month), you can go to Cer Te and order a "Chubby Chinese Girl" Sandwich!!!
This all happened thanks to Zach from Midtown Lunch and Cer Te's Sandwich Challenge. I won for the month of February with my duck sandwich submission. Last Friday the chefs at Cer Te put my idea on a plate, I went in for tasting and made my final tweaks.
Here's a sneak peak of the Chubby Chinese Girl Sandwich:
A warm grilled baguette, a thin layer of sweet hoisin sauce, packed with soy and citrus marinated Duck Breast, topped with pickled cucumber and radish to contrast the sweetness, lettuce and cilantro for crunch and freshness and hint of spicy srilacha to end every bite with a nice kick.
Here's the sandwich deconstructed:
grilled baguette with hoisin sauce
the pickled cucumber and radish. Some cilantro
the soy sauce and citrus marinated duck breast.
Here it is up close. It's sort of like the love child of Pekin Duck and Banh Mi. There's a play of textures and flavors. Savory, sweet, spicy, sour, crunchy, tender, meaty, soft, grilled and juicy. I really hope you like it as much as I did.
I hear it's gonna be $8.95!!! less than $10 for a duck sandwich is a crazy and yummy steal! If the sales are good in February, they will have it on their menu permanently! so go and order one will ya!? Sorry, this Chubby Chinese Girl is not included.
P.S. Chubby's RATING:
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Explore holidays in St Florent & Cap Corse
Against a backdrop of misty mountains, St Florent sits at the neck of the Cap Corse Peninsula overlooking its azure gulf. A rugged beauty and colourful history set this region apart and exploring the Désert des Agriates, flower-decked and slate-roofed Nonza or the artists' haunt of Erbalunga, can be as much part of your holiday as enjoying the watersports or wine tasting in Patrimonio. More French than the harbours of the south, St Florent nonetheless retains much of its Genoese and Tuscan heritage.
To complete the picture, we have a collection of handpicked luxury villas in St Florent and Cap Corse to help you make the most of your stay.
A selection of our holidays in St Florent & Cap Corse
* Prices include seven nights' accommodation, flights and transfers/car hire, based on the lowest rate for maximum occupancy.
Our guide to St Florent & Cap Corse
In this section...
Introduction to St Florent & Cap Corse
An island within an island
Until Napoléon ordered the building of the single road that skirts Cap Corse, the promontory – a knobbly finger pointing north to mainland France – was effectively cut off from the rest of Corsica.
Beyond the pretty port of St Florent and bustling Bastia at the Cap's base, the region somehow retains that frontier feel. Such places often engender a sense of adventure; many locals famously set sail from here to the Caribbean colonies to seek their fortunes. And travellers may discover a sense of independence as they navigate dramatic coastal roads and discover unconventional routes to the region's gloriously remote beaches.
The coastal road's dramatic twists and turns
From Bastia, Corsica's second largest city, a single main road runs up the east coast to the island's most northern tip. From there, it winds its way back down the 40km west coast to St Florent and onwards to Calvi. It's an exhilarating drive of precipitous drops to sea level and narrow, winding tracks that curve back sharply on themselves to keep you on your toes.The west coast of Cap Corse is famed for picturesque villages perched on rocky cliffs overlooking a wild and rugged coastline of steel-grey beaches. Whereas the east is known for a rather more relaxed air, rolling green hills, sweeping sandy bays and traditional seaside ports.
A beach to suit your style
Cap Corse's 80km-loop of coastline is like a bracelet of wonderfully eclectic gemstones. Exceptionally beautiful, gently shelving stretches of white and golden sands welcome water babies of all ages into their turquoise waters. The adventurous at heart will enjoy wading through rivers, chartering 4x4s or setting sail to discover the clandestine bays and coves that elude the hire car. Between the traditional and the isolated lies an assortment of sandy beaches, shingle bays and rocky, windswept coves.
Chic, lively towns; pretty, relaxed villages
Sleek, upmarket towns are the first port of call for the Provençal jet set. Luxury yachts slide into marinas, an abundance of restaurants provide perfect vantage points for A-list spotting and winding shopping lanes and grand waterfront squares retain a sense of laid-back sophistication, despite the bustle. Away from the buzz, 18 villages are scattered about the fairy tale mountainside carpeting inland Cap Corse.
Here you'll discover a slower pace of life, dramatic forestry and coastal views and diverse architectural styles – Tuscan villas, Spanish haciendas and American colonial palazzi rub shoulders with Baroque churches, pastel cottages and Genoese watchtowers.
Follow the wine trail
At the foot of Sant'Angelo, 5km from St Florent, Patrimonio is both the name of a beautiful little village and one of Corsica's primary wine-growing regions – and Antoine Arena is one of the island's leading lights. In fact, the former law student has been described as 'the godfather' of Corsican wine. For those who love the odd tipple, Niellucciu is the leading red grape in the north and Vermentino whites cut a dash across the island – to be enjoyed in marinas lined with spectacular seafood restaurants and hilltop auberges perched atop rocky, mountainous villages around the coast.
At a glance
Map and other regions
Food & drink
A taste of Corsica
Corsican cuisine is defined by the maquis, the dense shrubland covering the island's rugged interior, which provides rich pastures for snuffling wild boar and rich pickings to fill the larder. Chestnut features strongly in recipes. The fruit of the trees is simmered in stews and made into unctuous sweet spreads and preserves, the smoky, nutty flavour of chestnut flour enhances everything from bread to beer and there's also a Corsican version of polenta. You'll find this in the traditional auberge restaurants, a unique blend of French and Italian influences. And even the humble pizza becomes something special when it's baked crisp in a smoky oven and served with a carafe of ice-cold rosé – look out for signs saying pizzas au feu de bois. There are weekly food markets in most towns and smaller local supermarkets often have aisles dedicated to homemade produce.
Corsican tipples
Cap Corse is a traditional wine-growing region, its vineyards known far beyond the island for their highly scented reds, whites and rosés. As you would expect, pastis is universally enjoyed, but if that's not to your taste, try the martini-like apéritif, which originated here – Cap Corse. And don't miss myrte: eau de vie macerated with sugar and myrtle berries from the maquis. Café culture thrives across Corsica, a welcome invitation to join the locals dunking sugar-coated canistrelli biscuits in a café noisette – an espresso topped with steamed milk.
Eating locally
Seaside dining is unparalleled on the Cap, with everything from simple beach bars to fine dining and wines to match. The lovely fishing village of Centuri is known across the island for its lobster – try one of the seafood restaurants dotted around the tiny port. The waters of St Florent are among the richest in Corsica and the langoustes, grouper and sea urchins reportedly among the best. Afterwards, you might pick one of the unusual ice cream flavours for which St Florent is also famed. Erbalunga has a good choice of restaurants and the odd Michelin star, whilst Bastia boasts as fine a selection of eateries, while the old streets behind the port house host a local farmers market each morning.
A Simpson favourite, this beautifully unspoilt 'off the beaten track' beach is a 1km stretch of pearly white sand curving around perfectly clear waters.
Getting there...
The easiest route is by boat from St Florent. Or get a boat to Lotu beach and take a 4x4 or walk (50 minutes). For quad bikes or 4x4s, go from Casta village.
From June to mid-September, there's a bar/restaurant just behind the beach. Reserve a table in high season and it's cash or cheques only.
La Roya
A long, narrow stretch of sand hosting a range of water sports, including windsurfing, sailing, canoeing, jet skiing and scuba diving. The campsites over the road have snack bars.
Getting there...
St Florent's main beach can be reached on foot via the port or by car just west of the town centre.
Shallow waters make this beach popular with young families, meaning it can get very busy in July and August. Roadside parking can be found along the main stretch.
A fine sandy beach noted for its dramatic sunsets, it's generally uncrowded and has a small bar and restaurant as well as parasols and bed hire.
Getting there...
Located between Patrimonio and Nonza on Cap Corse's west coast, this little beach is a 15-minute drive from St Florent.
Strong undercurrents make bathing unsuitable for children. The waves are popular with surfers – boards are available for those wanting to get involved; or just sit back and watch the action unfold.
A long grey pebble beach that's great for families. Hire a kayak or small boat from the beach bar/restaurant to discover other coves and beaches nearby.
Getting there...
Albo beach is 10 minutes beyond Nonza on the west coast, a 35-minute drive from St Florent.
There's a great beach bar for light snacks and gourmet meals, using local and organic produce where possible.
Marine de Giottani
This lovely pebble beach has clear blue water for swimming and great mountain views.
Getting there...
Situated on the west coast of Cap Corse, Marine de Giottani is about a 50-minute drive from St Florent.
There's a restaurant on the beach and others in the nearby village.
Lovely white sand dunes undulate gently down to the sparklingly clear turquoise waters at the most northerly tip of Cap Corse, offering idyllic views of the Isle of La Giraglia.
Getting there...
A short walk from Barcaggio village where there's plenty of parking. 67km from St Florent; 55km from Bastia.
Its unsheltered position means that the beach can get windy; there are no facilities so take your own shade. The sea remains shallow for some distance.
Things to do
Make the drive of your life
The narrow coastal road makes for a long day out, but it gives you an overview of where you might want to revisit. Drive from St Florent up the west coast and down the east to Bastia to ensure you're always in the inside lane. Drive safely!
Get familiar with lovely St Florent
Between mountains and the Désert des Agriates wilderness, this upmarket harbour town is picturesque yet sophisticated. Spend time exploring the citadel and boutiques, relax in a restaurant on the lively waterfront and sample the innovative ice cream.
Ride the historic trinichellu
Opened in 1888, this historic toy-train rail route starts in L'Île Rousse and runs along the coast to Calvi. It's one of the world's most scenic, albeit rather bumpy! Pick it up in Ponte Leccia to go further afield to Ajaccio, Corte or Bastia in the mountains.
Attend a festival
The summer concerts and festivals attract a host of international artists. In late July, Patrimonio welcomes guitar enthusiasts from around the world for "Les Nuits des Guitares", while August sees St Florent's Place des Portes vibrate with salsa and mambo beats at the Porto Latino.
Explore on four wheels
Quad bike trips take you through the Désert des Agriates to the hard-to-reach Saleccia beach, where you can stop for a swim and lunch. Biking trails are also a great way to discover the remoter parts of the maquis-covered Island.
Get off the beaten track on a mountain bike
If you can cope with the hills, two wheels and a sturdy pair of thighs are a great way to explore Cap Corse, particularly some of the remote beaches and mountain paths inaccessible to hire cars. Bikes can be rented in St Florent.
Dive a wreck or two
The area is rich in marine life and scuba diving schools in Bastia and St Florent will be happy to introduce you. The rocky coast has also claimed a few wrecks; the Calvi diving schools organise trips out to a WWII B-17 bomber.
Mess about on boats
Motorboats can be rented by the hour or the day from the major ports, towns and beaches, and allow you to explore the coastline, reaching beaches inaccessible by road. For boats over 6hp, a skipper's licence is required.
Practise your swing
For golfers, there's a nine-hole course in Borgo, on the road to Bastia airport, with numerous out-of-bounds, bunkers and water hazards. Weekends are best avoided and book ahead. There's another nine-hole course in Regino, about an hour's drive from St Florent.
Helpful phrases
|Au revoir
|Bonne nuit
|S'il vous plaît
|Thank you
|How are you?
|Comment allez-vous?
|I'm fine, thank you
|Je vais bien merci
|Nice to meet you
|I don't understand
|Je ne comprends pas
|Do you speak English?
|Parlez-vous anglais?
|My name is...
|Je m'appelle...
|The bill, please
|L'addition, s'il vous plaît
|How much is it?
|C'est combien?
What's on in May
1 May
Labour Day. Banks, post offices and other government buildings close, as well as most shops.
8 May
Fête de la Victoire/Victory in Europe Day. Public holiday.
16 May
Whit Monday, a public holiday that takes place on the first Monday after Pentecost (50 days after Easter).
29 May
Ascension Day. Public holiday.
What's on in June
8 and 9 Jun
Pentecôte/Whit Weekend. Public holiday.
What's on in July
Early Jul
The village of Luri hosts the annual wine fair, where local winemakers invite you to sample their wares.
First week of July
Calvi on the Rocks Music festival.
3-13 Jul
Fête de la Voix/Estivoce, Pigna. Celebrated festival showcasing Corsican music and art.
14 Jul
Bastille Day, public holiday. A nationwide celebration to commemorate the French Revolution with various parades and fireworks.
19-26 Jul
Les Nuits de la Guitare, Patrimonio. A guitar music festival attracting string enthusiasts from around the world.
Various dates Jul/Aug
The tiny fishing port of Erbalunga on the east coast puts on a lively jazz festival.
What's on in August
5-10 Aug
Porto Latino, St Florent. Series of live concerts celebrating Latin music, attracting international artists.
15 Aug
The Assumption of Marie is celebrated with a big firework display in Calvi.
What's on in September
10-14 Sep
Chants Polyphoniques, Calvi. Festival of polyphonic music.
The Road Less Travelled
We asked our representatives to share a few of their favourite 'off the beaten track' St Florent & Cap Corse experiences. Here are some of their suggestions...
Treat your tastebuds to rare fruit
In the pretty village of Nonza, you'll find a museum celebrating Corsica's native cédrat, rather like an oversized lemon. Not to be eaten raw, it's used for jams, confits and liqueur or oven dried and dipped in dark chocolate. Nonza is also home to the Sainte Julie chapel, a listed monument, which houses the relics of the martyred saint. Across the road, you can look down on the unusual black sand bay.
Walk deserted wild-flower plains
Photographers will find inspiration in the almost lunar-looking mountainous area between St Florent and the mouth of the Ostriconi River, known as Désert des Agriates. There isn't much to do here and that's the appeal. Stop off on your drive through to stroll among wild goats and the pretty flowers of the maquis that spring up in early season. On a clear day, there are views across the whole Cap.
Meet the expert wine makers
Wine is a reason to celebrate here, particularly at Luri's Fiera Di U Vinu in July. It's the most important get-together for Corsica's wine growers and a chance for them to show off their most elegant tipples. And because wine is best with food, there are also plenty of local delicacies for nibbling. If you miss this event, the village's wine museum is open all season long.
Discover the joys of the simple life
Drive out to beautiful Centuri on the most western point of the Cap Corse, and discover a tiny port reminiscent of a Cornish fishing village. Sip a coffee on the harbour as you watch the colourful little boats come in and out, meander around the picturesque streets, and don't leave without trying the lobster for which this beautiful little village is famed.
Climb a Genoese watchtower for unrivalled views
The Tour Paoline has enabled its occupants to keep watch over the Gulf of St Florent since the 16th century. In the ancient village of Nonza, this 167m-high watchtower is accessed via a climb to the top of the cliff overlooking the famous black beach. It now houses a craft shop, but still provides one of the island's most stunning sea vistas.


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#5010 Rothschild's Giraffes - Zoo Leipzig (Germany)
Rothschild's Giraffes at Zoo Leipzig, also known as "Leipzig Zoological Garden" (Germany)
Rothschild's Giraffe is one of the most endangered giraffe subspecies, with only a few hundred members in the wild. It is named after the
Tring Museum's founder, Walter Rothschild, and is also known as the Baringo Giraffe, after the Lake Baringo area of Kenya,
or as the Ugandan Giraffe. All of those living in the wild are in protected areas in Kenya and Uganda.
Rothschild's Giraffe is easily distinguishable from other subspecies. The most obvious sign is in the colouring of the coat, or pelt.
Where the reticulated giraffe has very clearly defined dark patches with bright-whitish channels between them, Rothschild's Giraffe more closely resembles the Masai Giraffe. However, when compared to the Masai Giraffe, Rothschild's subspecies is paler, the orange-brown patches are less jagged and sharp in shape, and the connective channel is of a creamier hue compared to that seen on the reticulated giraffe. In addition, Rothschild's Giraffe displays no markings on the lower leg, giving it the impression of wearing white stockings. Another distinguishing feature of Rothschild's Giraffe, although harder to spot, is the number of ossicones on the head. This is the only subspecies to be born with five ossicones. Two of these are the larger and more obvious ones at the top of the head, which are common to all giraffes. The third ossicone can often be seen in the center of the giraffe's forehead, and the other two are behind each ear.
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I know it has been a while since our last update but we have some exciting news to share with you all!!
We applied to be registered as a charity with ACNC (Australian Charities and Not for Profits).
In all honesty a lot of time and hard work went into being able to gain this status.
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Now we just have to await the outcome of the Department of Commerces Charity departments meeting that was held yesterday.
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Friday, June 10, 2011
I remain the same
No matter where I go, or what I do, I remain the same.
Wether I am in my room, a temple, or even in the presence of the relics of the Buddha, where I was today, I remain the same.
I came to the relics shrine with a distracted mind, I stayed there and payed homage with a distracted mind and left home with the same distracted mind.
I did this or that, circumambulation, gassho, etc, but still my mind remained the same. When I realized this, I stopped doing anything and remained sitting. Just being there was enough.
I was and always am in the presence of Amida Buddha, so what else do I need doing? What does a child need to do in the presence of the mother? Nothing. Trully nothing. He just stays there and feels accepted. No special thing is required.
Just sitting there I realized again that everything is ok.
My mind can never be at peace. Since the Buddha and me both know this simple truth, just sitting in his presence is enough.
Namo Amida Bu. The problem of my life and death are solved once and for all without me doing anything special.
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Yeah, sometimes I worry if I do that, or that, or if I didn't manage to do my morning service, but then...Amida is there anyway, whatever I do.
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Last week I wrote about how to setup your Web Source and how to create report from it as source. Lastly, I explored the external filters and order by functions and how to use them. This time, I'm going to talk about caching of the web source and why not to use the external filters and order by.
Remote Report (Oracle APEX Web Source)
Welcome back to my blog. It's a while since my last blog post, but the lack of interesting or worth sharing stuff made me go on hold for over a half year. That changed with the last request I got. Due to some reasons we have internal application which we currently develop, but we want to expose part of it to the big bad Internet. Due to the nature of the Internet we won't be risking exposing the application itself and we only create reporting application, which will connect to only specific objects in database remotely, so we limit the risk of exposing data we don't want to expose.
Cascading Shuttle Boxes
From the first time I started working with Oracle Application Express (several years back) I liked it. Only few small things bothered me at time, but with every version it always got better. For example I hated tabular forms, but love to use interactive grids now. The only thing I don't recall ever changing are cascading list of values. I still use them, but some native behaviour bothers me every time I implement them. Mainly I'm speaking about the fact, if you change parent list, all cascading child lists are refreshed and all selected values are cleared. In select lists it can be overlooked, but where it infuriate me are shuttle boxes, where – in cascade you might have several shuttle boxes, selected dozens items, just to be cleared if you remove one item from the parent box. This problem lead to article you're about to read.
APEX Corner on apex.oracle.com
this is just quick note. One reply got me thinking to put every code I wrote here as an example on the apex.oracle.com website so you can try it yourself. Here is the new link: https://apex.oracle.com/pls/apex/f?p=70928:1. I'll update the application with the other articles, but for now I put there only the one with interactive grid calculations and validations.
Hope this will be beneficial for you.
Interactive Grid calculations and validations
This article is the continuation of my series about Interactive Grids. I've started with simple button customization, dived little bit deeper into the Interactive Grids javascript model and all the other control options, which are given to us there and finally it's time to look on the Interactive Grid itself. I faced somewhat difficult problem, which I'd be able to solve with JavaScript and HTML quite easily, but not in the way, that would satisfy me in our APEX application. From the solution of this problem came the idea for this article. I hope it'll be helpful for somebody someday.
Interactive Grids more customization
Previous article about customization of interactive grids was about updating the default buttons, their look and text. Not even week passed, when I was in need to add some explanation text to the toolbar of interactive grid. Obviously there was always option to use jQuery and DOM modification, but I didn't know how that will behave on the region only refresh and so on. Thus I decided to fulfil at least partly my promise and dig little bit deeper into the JavaScript of interactive grids.
Interactive Grids button's customization
One of the features I always hated in the previous versions of APEX (before 5) were tabular forms. I never got then, they were always behaving funky, it was hard to debug and I preferred to write dynamic tabular forms by myself then with the built in functionality. It changed with the release of Interactive Grids with the Oracle APEX version 5.
When I've started working with them it was in the English speaking company and I didn't face the problem I had later in Czech company, where I wanted to customize or translate buttons. It was not difficult to understand words like "edit" or "save" for users, but I wanted to have consistency in these buttons across the whole application.
Yet another Blog about APEX
What do you say, when you start new website? Hi? Anyway, this is my new blog (I have others about different topics). Hopefully this will be an interesting read for everybody who is looking for information about Oracle Application Expres (APEX). But more than that – it will probably be a place, where I'll be saving some snippets of codes which were useful in the past and which I have always troubles search for again.
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Spotted by the paps: Whitney Port at Coffee Bean in Hollywood earlier this week.
And it sounds like Whit has a new guy in her life! On August 12th she tweeted:"Girls, this is how you should be courted! Made my day!"
I wonder if this is her mystery man?
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Tuesday, January 29, 2013
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Dolours Price was carried home by her former husband of 17 years Stephen Rea and their two sons Danny and Oscar, at her funeral in Belfast today. Dolours sister Clare and brother Damian Price were among the thousands of mourners, many of whom could not attend because of British internment and profiling. Marian her sister was prevented from attending, by the British as was Dolours herself previously deprived of attending her mothers funeral.
Dolours was buried in Milltown cemetery, with full military honours, in her native west Belfast, after requiem mass at St Agnes's church in Andersonstown. Dolours and Marian known worldwide as the Price sisters, went on hunger strike and were force-fed for 200 days. Both sisters never really recovered from the ordeal.
Father Raymond Murray, who was prison chaplain to them, told mourners that Dolours Price and her sister Marian were like twins, saying: "Dolours's family can relate her nature and her talent, both of which is outside the knowledge and understanding of those who did not know her personally. She was clever and witty, full of fun and held people enthralled by her conversation."
At the graveside in Milltown Cemetery in west Belfast, socialist Eamon McCann delivered the oration, telling the crowds the crowds hidden under umbrellas to avoid politcal internment: "If Dolours had a big fault, it was perhaps that she lived out too urgently the ideals to which so many others also purported to be dedicated.
"She was a liberator but never managed to liberate herself from those ideas. Sometimes we are imprisoned within ideals; sometimes in war atrocious things are done; sometimes hard things have to be done.
"Sometimes it is very difficult to handle the hard things that you felt compelled to do when you are soft-hearted at the core of your being. And Dolours was a soft-hearted person as well as a hard person in her politics."
Provisional Sinn Fein publicity chief Danny Morrison attended,along with MP for West Belfast Paul Maskey. Dolours Price along with her sister Marian, became disenchanted, with Provisional Sinn Féin's leadership of the Irish Republican Movement and believed the 'process' was a sellout. Black flags were placed on poles along the Andersonstown Road during the funeral. Her coffin, draped in the Tricolour, was carried from the family home a few hundred yards from the church. It was led by a lone piper playing Raglan Road. The chief celebrant was Msgr Raymond Murray. Also attending was Hugh Feeney, one of her former comrades.
Msgr Murray recalled in the homily how Dolours Price before joining the IRA, was involved in the civil rights movement, as a member of People's Democracy, and at the PD march in 1969, was attacked by loyalists at Burntollet. "She was thrown into the river when it was attacked," he further said that there was never a period since her imprisonment and force-fed hunger strike in prison in England, when she was not ill. He said she and Marian Price were like "bosom twins". He said Dolours Price was a woman of considerable talents, interested in the arts, literature and philosophy. "She was clever and witty and full of fun, and she held people in thrall by her conversation."
The funeral cortège made its way to Milltown Cemetery for her final physical interment, finally out of the clutches of heartless, savage, bigots, unlike her sister Marian's internment currently in British Occupied Ireland. Intelligent Irish republicans will not allow themselves to be drawn into uncalculated, reactionary action by the uncivilized British behaviour but it is another definition for a new generation, if one were needed, of the barbarity of British occupation in Ireland.
Dolours Price is Finally at Rest and her Spirit Free. She is now one of those eternal Irish women, who define the status of the Island of Ireland to take its pace among the nations of the world as an equal, rather than a British commoner class, backwater.
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Of all of the varied and exciting African adventures available to the holiday-makers, hiking in South Africa is surely one of the most memorable. One of man's most ancient activities, the act of hiking has taken on a different meaning for us in modern times. Today it is a matter of getting in touch with nature on a far more intimate level, rather than traversing an exquisite sight briefly via helicopter.
For many hiking enthusiasts today, the multi-day trail is where the real excitement lays. Spending a weekend trekking through valley or wonder-filled woodlands and getting to know the many varieties of life in the area. The spirit of adventure is fulfilled only by call of the wild and no other activity allows one to satisfy their wanderlust at their own leisure.
There is a downside though - all of the heavy equipment. Many people wish that they could simply enjoy the natural sights all around them without the need to lug about heavy gear. This where the ancient pastime of hiking has evolved to suit the needs of the times. For this reason the new hiking style of Slackpacking was invented.
Slackpacking is the act of hiking without the need for travelling with heavy gear and allows participants to engage in multi-day trails, without it being necessary to establish a camp. Essentially this means that all of the emphasis is on the sights and sounds of the area through which you're travelling, and not on uncomfortably lugging your gear. Generally your only items will be food, beverages and cameras.
With a lighter load you're able to cover more ground and feeling more comfortable throughout the journey will greatly enhance your experience. Once you reach the appointed location in your journey, you'll be collected by a driver and taken to pre-arranged luxurious accommodation venue. Once there, refreshments will abound and your party can relax while discussing your adventure thus far, take your fill of a delectable dinner and rest those well used muscles in a comfortable bed for the night.
Come morning you will be returned to the point you left off at and continue your journey. You will also be accompanied by a guide expertly familiar with the surrounds and able to answer any queries. This form of hiking has fast become one of the most popular ways to engage in African adventures.


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Houston Texans are a professional American football team based in Houston, Texas. The Texans compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the American Football Conference (AFC) South division. The club first played in 2002 as an expansion team, making them the youngest franchise currently competing in the NFL. The Texans replaced the city's previous NFL franchise, the Houston Oilers, which moved to Nashville, Tennessee and are now known as the Tennessee Titans. The team's majority owner is Bob McNair. While the team mainly struggled in the 2000s, they clinched their first playoff berth during the 2011 season as AFC South division champions. The Texans have gone on to win more AFC South championships in 2012, 2015, and 2016. To date, the Texans are the only NFL franchise to have never played in a conference championship game.
Houston Texans Regular Season Games
As members of the AFC South, the Texans play 6 of their 16 regular season games against other AFC South teams. As of the end of the 2017 season, the Texans have a cumulative record of 41-55 (.427) against their three divisional rivals: 19–13 versus the Jacksonville Jaguars; 15–17 versus the Tennessee Titans; and 7–25 versus the Indianapolis Colts. The Texans have fared slightly better against the rest of the AFC, posting a regular season record of 43-53 (.448) against AFC teams from divisions other than the South, with a 14–17 record against AFC East teams, 16–18 against AFC North teams, and 13–18 against AFC West teams. The Texans are 26–38 (.406) against NFC teams, tallying a 4–12 record against NFC East teams, 8–8 against NFC North teams, 9-7 against NFC South teams, and 5–11 against NFC West teams.
As of the end of the 2017 season, there is one team against which the Texans have never lost: the Chicago Bears (4–0). There are also two teams which the Texans have never beaten: the Minnesota Vikings (0–4) and Philadelphia Eagles (0–4). According to the NFL's scheduling formula, the Texans' next regular-season game against the Eagles will be in 2018, and their next regular season games against the Bears and Vikings will occur in 2020.
Texans Win-Loss Recond
As of the end of the 2017 season, the Texans' overall regular season win-loss record is 110–146 (.430). The Texans notched the 100th regular season win in their history when they defeated the Tennessee Titans on October 2, 2016. The Texans posted their best-ever season record in 2012, finishing at 12–4. The team's worst-ever seasons on record are 2–14, in both 2005 and 2013. Most recently the Texans finished 4–12 in 2017, finishing fourth in the AFC South and ending their run of two straight division titles.
The Texans are 3–4 (.429) all-time in playoff games. All four of the Texans' playoff berths were as a result of winning the AFC South division championship. The Texans have a 3-1 record all-time in Wild Card Round games but have lost all three games they have played in the Divisional Round. In 2016 this trend continued as the Texans defeated the Oakland Raiders 27-14 in a Wild Card game at home, but then were eliminated by the eventual Super Bowl LI champion New England Patriots 34-16 in the Divisional Round the following weekend.
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Ryman Premier Division Enfield Town have announced that they will face League Two side Barnet in a pre-season friendly on Saturday 16th July. The is an historical rivalry between the two sets of supporters stretching back to the famous Conference games of the 1980s played mostly on Boxing Day and New Years Day between the old Enfield FC and The Bees.
It was 1991 when a side representing Enfield last played Barnet in a competitive fixture when The Bees (then in Division Four) visited Southbury Road in an FA Cup Second Round tie which they won 1-4. They went on to play Charlton Athletic in the third round where they lost 3-1.
Martin Allen's side finished in 15th place in League Two last season on their return to the football league. Barnet's website has listed the game as a reserve fixture so I'm not sure what sort of side they will be sending to Donkey Lane.
The Bee's have three home friendly games arranged so far against Ipswich Town on Wednesday 13th July, Gillingham on Saturday 23rd July and Oxford United on Saturday 30th July.
Barnet also have friendly games arranged at Cheshunt (9th July), Tooting and Mitcham (26th July), Ashford Town (30th July) and Met Police (1st August).


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it's been an insane blur.
the SCAA show is over (it was huge).
the WBC is over (Troels won).
the Seattle visit is over (so many parties).
tonight is the Stumptown party. tomorrow is the visitors' tour.
once it is over and i've slept for 48 hours i'll start posting some more detailed thoughts.
in the meantime, some quick and random notes:
- Kees is the man.
- any time you get folks like Jimmy, Alistair, Jay, Bronwen et al together the conversation goes uber-geek in about 3 seconds. and it's fun.
- the BGA booth rocked!!
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