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ISLAMABAD, February 11, 2019: The Provincial Assembly of the Khyber Pakhtunkhwa (KP) transacted most of its agenda appearing on the list of business and adopted three supplementary resolutions after suspension of the rules, observes Free and Fair Election Network (FAFEN) in its Daily Factsheet on Monday.
None of the adopted resolutions was on the list of business of the House. According to Rule 124 of the Rules of Procedure of KP Assembly, a Private Member, who wishes to move a resolution, shall give 15 days' notice of his intention to do so and shall submit, together with the notice, a copy of the resolution which he intends to move. However, the members took the advantage of Rule 240, requesting the Speaker to suspend the relevant rules and accommodate their resolutions.
Following are key observations of the House proceedings during third sitting of the fifth session:
Members' Participation
- The Assembly met for three hours and 40 minutes while the proceedings remained suspended for 30 minutes due to prayer and tea breaks.
- The sitting started at 1038 hours against the scheduled time of 1000 hours.
- The Speaker presided over the entire sitting while the Deputy Speaker was also present.
- The Leader of the House was absent while the Leader of the Opposition attended the entire sitting.
- As many as 30 MPAs (24%) were present at the outset while 49 (40%) at the adjournment of the sitting.
- The parliamentary leaders of ANP, PML-N and MMA attended the proceedings.
- As many as two out of three minority lawmakers attended the sitting.
- The Minister for Law introduced two government bills including the KP Domestic Violence against Women (Prevention and Protection) Bill, 2019 and the KP Ministers (Salaries, Allowances and Privileges) Amendment Bill, 2019 in the House.
- The House adopted three resolutions moved by PTI, PPPP and MMA lawmakers. These resolutions were related to transfer of Water and Power Development Authority (WAPDA) and Sui Northern Gas Pipelines Limited (SNGPL) head offices from Lahore to Islamabad, issuance of lifetime blue passports to the members of Provincial Assemblies and increase in number of judges in Lakki Marwat district.
Representation and Responsiveness
- The government answered nine out of 14 Starred Questions while five questions were disposed of due to absence of the mover. The lawmakers asked six supplementary questions as well.
- Sponsored by PPPP and MMA lawmakers, the Chair admitted two adjourned motions regarding expulsion of students from Cadet College Swabi and transfer of power of departments in tribal districts to Governor Office.
- The Minister for Law responded to two Call Attention Notices (CANs) to upgrade health facilities in Saidu Group of Hospital Swat and take measures to curb street crimes in KP. These CANs were raised by lawmakers belonging to ANP and PML-N respectively.
Order and Institutionalization
- As many as six lawmakers raised points of order consuming 22 minutes of the proceedings.
- A PTI lawmaker pointed out lack of quorum at 1100 hours but it was found complete upon counting after ringing of the bells for two minutes.
- The House was adjourned to meet again on February 12, 2019 (Tuesday) at 1000 hours.
- 'Orders of the Day' is available to the legislators, observers and others.
- The attendance of lawmakers was not available to the observers and media.
This daily factsheet is based on direct observation of the KP Assembly proceeding conducted by United Rural Development Organization (URDO) – a member organization of FAFEN. Errors and omissions are excepted
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Praise and criticism are two powerful tools managers and leaders can use to motivate their employees and enhance their performance. But how much criticism is too much? And when does praise start to become more suspect than inspiring? What is the ideal ratio?
The truth is that there is no universal standard for the appropriate amounts of praise and criticism to offer your employees; you should be wary of any experts who make this claim. Employees don't operate in such a way that one-size-fits-all approaches will meet all their needs. So what you need to do is formulate an individualized Praise-to-Criticism Ratio for each employee. To accomplish this, think of a specific employee for whom you want to develop his/her Praise-to-Criticism Ratio. Put yourself in the employee's shoes and consider the following:
- Recall the interactions you have had with that employee over the past 30 days.
- As you think about the various tasks assigned and the subsequent interactions that took place, recall whether the employee received any praise or criticism after turning in each assigned task.
If, after completing these mental exercises from the employee's perspective, you conclude that you have provided no feedback after assigning tasks, then you've gained a terrific insight. Employees need to know whether the work they did has contributed to or detracted from the success of a project or task. So it's important that you provide feedback moving forward. Likewise, if you found that you are relentlessly heaping praise on your employee, then your credibility with this employee is at risk. After all, the employee's work can always be improved and your taking an interest in how they can do things better is meaningful to many employees. Finally, if you find you are always criticizing, don't be surprised if the employee reacts to your excessive criticisms by increasingly tuning you out, or even cowering when being approached.
Ultimately, you will have to use your best judgment to decide the exact amounts of praise and criticism that are appropriate for each employee. After all, what we are talking about is an art form, not a science. As a thought, because you work closely with your employees why not ask them periodically about the quality and quantity of your feedback! After all, your employees are your best source of information! Doing this periodically will not only result in creating the proper feedback ratio of praise to criticism as performance levels soar, but will also make employees feel valued at the same time.
Deb Bright, Ed.D., is founder and president of Bright Enterprises, Inc., a consulting firm devoted to enhancing performance. Her roster of clients includes Raytheon, Marriott, Disney, GE, Chase, Morgan Stanley, and other premier organizations. She is also a best-selling author. Her newest book is entitled The Truth Doesn't Have to Hurt: How to Use Criticism to Strengthen Relationships, Improve Performance, and Promote Change (AMACOM Books), and was rated as one of the Top 10 Business Books of 2016 by getAbstract.


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Chapter 1: Saving Money
Chapter 2: Why It's Difficult To Save Money
Chapter 3: How To Save Money Every Month
Chapter 4: Where and How To Invest Your Money
Saving money takes more than just storing pennies in a jar. It is all about setting realistic goals and making the right plans and investments to ensure that the money you save stays with you. Here are a few steps on how you can plan your savings –
Make a Budget
When you think of budget, you think about cutting costs and sacrificing your desires. But budgeting is not all about sacrificing; it's about managing your money so that you can save some to do what you really want to do. It is about breaking down your income and deciding how and where it goes so that your expenditure does not exceed your income.
- Time Line – You can create a weekly, monthly or annual budget, depending on how often you can do it. The most common budget is the monthly budget, but if you get a weekly pay, you can also make a budget every week.
- Account For All Your Earnings – Consider all the sources of income and write down how much money comes in from your main source, which is your salary (after deductions), and any additional sources of income like investments or part-time jobs.
- Income and Expenses – Add up the income on one side of the sheet and write down all your expenses on the other. Divide your expenditure into two main categories – fixed expenses and variable expenses. Fixed expenditure could be regular monthly payments like rent, insurance payments, loan payments etc, while variable expenses could be your food bills, utility and gas bills, expenditure on entertainment etc.
- Calculate Surplus Income – Subtract the entire expenditure from your income and see how much of the residual income can go into saving.
- Maintain a Record – Use a spreadsheet to maintain and manage your records, or you can simply use a notebook to record your transactions.
Eliminate Your Debt
After you make a budget, the next step is to make a plan to get rid of all your debts. From the surplus amount, set aside some money to clear your debts. It is better to save the amount paid on interest by clearing off your debts, instead of saving money for the future while paying huge amounts of interest on your loan.
- Pay Your Credit Card Bills – Having an outstanding amount on your credit card attracts high interest. To save yourself from the interest, always ensure that you clear off the entire outstanding amount.. Also, avoid using your card too often and do not use the card for things you can't afford at a given time.
- Save for Clearing Debt – If you have a large debt, then allocate an amount every month towards its prepayment. By prepaying our loan, you will save a lot of money that goes towards interest.
Plan Your Savings
Once you calculate the residual amount , after considering all your expenditure and debts, you can start planning for your savings.
- Setting Goals – The first step is to set specific and realistic goals about how much you will save every month. In case you are saving for anything particular like investing in a property, taking a vacation or an educational course, set a time frame by when you should have saved enough for it. Otherwise, fix an amount you want to save for the future that, after three months, will be sufficient to cover your expenses for at least 3 months.
- Plan Investments – Plan your investments carefully for long-term goals like your retirement or funds for your child's college education. Investing your money in a long-term plan like annuities or bonds locks your money for a certain period while allowing it to grow.
- Keep Track – Make a note of your ATM withdrawals and card usage at retail outlets. Also keep track of your other expenditure and ensure that you do not spend away your savings.
- Make Your Savings Automatic – A great way of saving money is to make the process automatic. With technological development, banking has become a lot easier now. You can make an online transfer of funds to your savings account, or instruct your bank to transfer a certain amount from your checking account to the savings account on a monthly basis.
Save Money On Household Expenditure
Managing your household expenses is not an easy task, and if you don't have a control on them, you could end up in debt. Here are a few tips:
- Try to get all your services like broadband, telephone and cable from a single provider to get discounts.
- Get rid of unnecessary facilities like call waiting, or caller ID for your phone to reduce your monthly costs.
- Always buy energy efficient appliances to cut down the utility costs.
- Pay your bills on time to avoid penalties.
Save Money on Food
We spend a considerable amount of money on food, but fail to keep a track of it. Get the best food for less than what you usually spend by choosing your options wisely.
- Cook your own meals. Nothing can be better than a home-cooked meal and money in your savings account.
- Drink water instead of soda, juice, coffee or beer to save your money and health.
- Eat less meat or eat it as a side dish. Instead, use a lot of vegetables, which are comparatively cheaper, to supplement your diet.
- Try to reduce the number of times you eat outside, and make use of the restaurant coupons you get with your newspaper or circulars.
- Bring your own lunch and snacks to office instead of buying a meal.
- Make a list of your monthly requirement of groceries and stick to it. Take advantage of the shop sales and discount offers to save money.
Save On Shopping
Always try to get the best bargains when shopping. Here are a few things you should keep in mind:
- Try to find stores where you can get quality stuff for a lesser price.
- Avoid buying branded products; you can get an unbranded product of the same quality for less.
- When you buy non-perishable items, buying in bulk often gets you huge discounts.
- Buy used cars or appliances that are as good as new, for less, instead of buying new ones every time.
- Shopping on websites like Amazon and eBay that offer discounts on every product you buy is another easy way to save.
Save On Entertainment and Travel
You can have fun, visit your favorite destinations and save money too. Here are a few tips on how you can save on your entertainment and travel expenses.
- Get the most of your local library where you can use the internet, get books, movies, audio CDs, games and even free passes to the museum or zoo.
- Borrow or swap movies, books music etc with your friends instead of buying new ones.
- To save money, subscribe to magazines instead of buying them from a newsstand.
- If you enjoy traveling, make plans and book early to get discounts.
- Consider traveling by train or bus instead of flights.
- Search on the internet and find cheap hotels that also provide good service.
- Choose activities like camping that cost you a lot less than a luxury vacation or a cruise.
- If at any point, a trip you have planned is costing more money than you can afford, postpone it to a later time when you will have enough money.
- Be careful of the type of account you open with the bank. Choose a checking account that has no monthly or annual fee and one that does not require a minimum balance.
- Use your bank's ATM to avoid charges for using another bank's ATMs.
- Avoid using cards that come with an annual fee.
- Use the bank's bill pay option to pay your bills instead of mailing your payments.
- Choose an account that offers higher interest rates.
Save On Banking
Understanding bank charges and fees will give you an idea of how much you might be paying the bank for keeping your money. Here are some tips on how you can get the best out of your bank account –


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By Susan Woodd
'Knowing others is intelligence
Knowing yourself is true wisdom
Mastering others is strength
Mastering yourself is true power'
Tao Te Ching Lao Tzu
When people first hear about using the art of visual or touch diagnosis as face reading, to determine a persons health, constitution and basic nature, they often discount the idea for a number of reasons based on habit or convention. They may find it to be non-scientific, too much like fortune telling or even too psychic for their taste. They do not realise they are using diagnosis themselves all the time, for it is a significant part of how we communicate and inter-relate.
Diagnosis gives us an insight and an understanding of nature and creates a deeper, satisfying communication between individuals. We are consciously and subconsciously making evaluations all the time about the health, character, attitudes of those around us, based solely on what we see and sense as our gut feeling or intuition.
In the East, these evaluations have developed into a highly refined system of character and health diagnosis. Our Western forms of diagnosis deal mainly with symptoms and conditions using modern scientific technology. In comparison the Oriental system seeks out and exposes the causal factors, which are a collation of the persons total past involvements on all levels of their life.
It makes visible future directions and potential for creating health and happiness, and restoring balance. It enables us to see problems that are beginning to develop and allows us the opportunity to use preventative measures to re-direct their course.
The medicine of the Far East is amongst the oldest in the world and it can teach us a great deal that can be practically applied today, being complementary to our Western approach, they link health and well being to diet, activities, attitude and environment. No single item is separate; biological, psychological and spiritual factors all contribute to the whole. Here are some examples:
An example of how the effect of imbalance and or stress in the body can be reflected a face reading: The nose corresponds to the nervous system and spine. The muscles in the back shoulders and neck and face are intimately connected. If there is stress on one side of the body, often coming from the somewhere along the spine, our posture and all the muscles of the face will reflect that stress. If the stress is severe and remains for sometime it will even pull the nose off centre in the direction of the stress.
An example of the internal change being manifested on the face: The condition of the heart can be seen in the tip of the nose. Alcohol is a very yin substance in Oriental nutrition, it causes the blood vessels to dilate and go red. If this process of dilation is going on within the body the nose will redden showing how an internal change can be reflected on the face.
Looking deeper and seeing further
How to unravel the mystery of the facial body map. During the foetal period, the navel functioned as the centre of the entire body structure. We grew from here, which explains why in the oriental healing arts this area is considered to be the seat of our wisdom and intuition and the place from where all movements should be centred. After our birth this centre shifts to the mouth, explaining the correlation of head and body.
Our head becomes the upper sphere and our body the lower sphere. Our face is our outer expression, revealing the condition of our inner self.
Our mouth represents the digestive system as a whole and our nose represents the spine. The middle of the face corresponds to the middle organs and our forehead corresponds to the lower part of the body. Areas of our face relate to the condition of the different organs and their functions in our body.
1.The Mouth as a whole shows the condition of our entire digestive system. More specifically, the upper lip shows the condition of our stomach, the lower lip our intestines, the area below the lower lip our large intestine. The mouth corners show the condition of our duodenum.
2.The area around the mouth represents our sexual organs and their functions. In the case of women the Philtrum indicates the uterus and the corners of the mouth the strength of the ovaries. In men the area under the centre of the lower lip is associated with the prostate.
3.The Nose in general represents our spine. More specifically, the tip represents our heart and its functions, the nostrils and cheeks our lungs and beside the nostrils our bronchi. The middle part of the nose represents our stomach. The top part of the nose reveals the health of the pancreas and at the side of the nose and inner corner of the eye the spleen.
4.The Eyes the left eye represents the condition of our spleen and pancreas while the right eye represents our liver and gallbladder.
5.Between the eyebrows gives an indication of the condition of our liver, and the temples represent the spleen.
6.The ears represent our kidneys, left and right respectively.
7.The forehead as a whole indicates our intestines and the upper forehead represents our bladder.
An example of how the shape of our forehead can determine how we process information. The shape and profile view of the forehead can tell us much about the way a person thinks, their personality, what stresses them and how best to deal with their needs and challenges:
1. The vertical forehead - (vertical from brow to hairline)
Indicates a detailed thinker who is very thorough, and likes to have detailed information to understand it fully. They need time to process information and will often retain this in great depth. They work better in an unhurried atmosphere with a structure or schedule. Give them time to question for clarification, and to process information step by step.
Stress factor is to skim through information, without enough depth or detail and not having time to think things through. Under stress they can seem overwhelmed and confused or go into overload unable to retain any more information. Creating their balance they can practice summarising things.
2. The sloping forehead slopes back from brow to hairline
With this person you need to keep your conversations straight to the point, and when discussing concepts, give them broad outlines, keeping it brief. They often come to conclusions or reach decisions very quickly. Stress factor is sidetracking, unnecessary chit chat or giving details without the bottom line.
Speaking too slowly with pauses can annoy them and when bored they will either fidget, shut down or jump to finish conversations.
The greater the angle of the forehead the faster the thinker they are. Creating their balance is to practice doing things involving a more detailed approach and avoid rushing things or jumping to conclusions too quickly. Develop a respect for the way others do things, including a change of pace.
3. Ridge above the eyebrows
This person like to have an order, structure or routine to work from, which they stick to quite unconsciously sometimes, but which gives them security and control. They enjoy being methodical, meticulous and creating systems, often doing things the same way each day.
Stress factor is a lack of order or structure, being told to go with the flow, or being short of time to complete all the tasks in a set order. If they are forced into changes without consideration for their way of doing things, they can become defensive in justification of their system or act with stubbornness. Creating their balance practice being more adaptable and spontaneous and avoid imposing routines on others.
4. Gently shaped forehead with no ridge
This person likes to go with the flow and works best when doing things their own way. They like to be spontaneous and have a relaxed routine, with the minimum of order and structure. They can seem disorganised but have their own style of getting things done, although they can run out of time and be late for things.
Stress factor - is being forced to stick to a rigid schedule or structure with no allowance for spontaneity and freedom, so they feel trapped and stifled. This will either cause them to rebel or use excuses to get out of these situations.
Creating their balance is to practice time management and how to do things in a more orderly way.
This is an extract taken from The Art of Oriental Face Reading by Sue Woodd and is available from her web site at
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Considering my dislike for fresh tomatoes, it's kind of surprising how frequently I've been making this bruschetta recipe–it's just so easy and so good! While I'm not personally eating leftovers out of the container with a spoon and without a carb alongside, most others have been willing to do so! And that's always a good thing if you're looking for a recipe to please a crowd.
The bruschetta part is pretty standard and not super inventive, but the goat cheese is a fun added element that takes it to the next level. It's also easy to adjust the serving side depending on how many people you're cooking for, and the good news is it's pretty hard to screw up! So feel free to roughly experiment with the proportions :)
Goat Cheese Bruschetta
- 6 Roma tomatoes
- 1 tbsp minced garlic (I buy the jarred one from Trader Joe's)
- ~5 tbsp fresh basil, thinly sliced
- French bread, baguette (thinly sliced + toasted, if you'd like) or crostinis
- Goat cheese or herbed goat cheese
- Healthy drizzle of olive oil
- Black pepper, to taste
- Salt, to taste
Dice tomatoes, drain excess juice, and transfer to a large bowl. Add basil, black pepper, olive oil, and garlic. Stir until combined.
Grab your bread or crostini and spread a generous amount of goat cheese on each piece. Top with a tablespoon of bruschetta and serve right away. Store bruschetta in an airtight container and refrigerate for up to three days.


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Spring Cleaning: The Playroom by Margaret Hart
This winter on the east coast has been one for the record books. While I was hoping good old Punxsutawney Phil would say the end was near, he predicted six more weeks of winter. That was February 2nd. We've had more snow days from school than anyone thought was possible, long winter breaks, holidays, and it feels like the kids have been out of school more than they've been in. I don't know anyone, not even those who love winter sports, who isn't looking forward to spring. Just 18 more days! I can make it.
To get me in a springtime mood, and in conjunction with a recent kids consignment sale in which I was a vendor (and blogged about), I started my spring cleaning early and decided to tackle the playroom. Every day since my son was about a year old, I have spent countless hours organizing and reorganizing his toys in his playroom. Over the years, the infant and toddler toy "baskets" grew into toy shelves and bins filled with trains, cars, and bigger games. Those toys eventually went out of circulation and into storage and were replaced by other toy bins and shelves filled with books, coloring books, activity books, board games, stickers, paints, markers, crayons, and larger toys!
For at least the last five years, I have stared at shelves containing bins labeled "coloring books," "stickers," "craft stuff," "markers and crayons," "glue sticks," and more. These bins were filled to the brim, and hadn't moved more than a few inches from their little cubbies in years. The bin marked "play dough" was especially conspicuous. My son is nine years old and hadn't played with play dough in years! I had procrastinated long enough. It was a long overdue project. I finally began the process of sifting through every bin and box and making decisions about what to donate, what to give away, what to keep and what to toss. Surprisingly, a lot of the play dough is still fresh. I donated it to the special needs classroom at a pre-school.
Going through this process has been bittersweet. It's brought back many fond memories of babysitter's past, holiday's, and pre-school play dates and projects. I have found so many cute things. Lovingly decorated cards to mommy that my former long-time babysitter helped my son make, but were obviously the "drafts" leading up to the treasured mementos he eventually gave to me. Lots of doodles. Dried pieces of play dough in shapes of stars. Too many Thomas the Tank Engine coloring books to count. Paint sets. Stiff paint brushes. Stencils. Sticker books galore!
Need a pipe cleaner? I've got plenty, and in a virtual rainbow of colors. Need a glue stick? Got those, too! Paints and brushes. Check. I found packages of crayons from our visit to the Crayola Factory five years ago, that were never even opened. There are race car paint-by-number kits, Halloween paper pumpkins half decorated, plaster Easter eggs decorated in the color palette of a three-year-old boy (blue, brown and green with splash of yellow!), Valentine's Day and Christmas crafts by the handful. Cotton balls and googley eyes. Each item brings back a cherished memory of toddler and little boy days, play dates with good friends, holiday parties filled with little girls and boys painting, drawing and crafting, and lazy afternoons made colorful by finger paints and stained shirtsleeves. So many happy times and fond memories.
It's a good feeling to clean house, and to organize, but it's also a little sad to close the door on a chapter of your child's life that has all but ended. Yes, he still uses markers and crayons and occasionally does a craft or two. But the days of little boy creative discovery have morphed into pre-teen boy creative digital discoveries. My son still plays board games and likes to build things, he still enjoys drawing and the arts, he still likes race cars, but those are now slot cars and tracks that he sets up all over the house. He has moved on to creative challenges that involve more technology: a computer, a DS, and an IPad. It is the way his generation is playing now and the next generation has started playing so early.
So good bye play dough, I will miss rolling snakes and being upset about mixing colors. I will miss the finger paints and the mess. I will miss all the crafts at the holidays with sparkling glue and glitter. But I'm having so much fun watching my son learn exciting and creative things on the computer, and enjoying talking with him about the latest book he read, or enjoying a challenging game of Scrabble or Monopoly. Now if I could just figure out what he's doing on the DS or the Wii? I wish someone would publish the "Cliff Notes" on how to understand and play Pokémon X and Y. Or maybe not.
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This week's mixed bag sees Getintothis' Chris Burgess discuss moustache etiquette, dip a toe into the Hastings fishing industry and refuse to comment on a fat stripper.
Jungle: Julia – Single of the Week
If ain't broke, don't try and fix it. Modern soul collective Jungle return with the fifth single taken from their eponymous debut album.
Julia is remarkably similar to their early fare – most notably their breakthrough single Busy Earnin'. That's not a bad thing however, as their synthy soundscapes are dazzlingly well-produced. Julia washes over you, warming you with its multi-layered instrumentation.
Sadly though, as with any semi-successful single these days, this will probably be massively overplayed and used in a million E4 idents and adverts for TV shows no-one wants to watch.
Jungle are playing the O2 Academy on 22 February – a sold out show, no less.
Bandito Rey: Laag
Writing the Singles Club column is a funny old game. Sometimes you hear pretty poor singles from established acts, sometimes you hear truly great songs from unknown bands. This is a tune firmly in the latter camp.
Liverpool-based Bandito Rey – although relative newbies – have released a magnificent slice of alt-rock in Laag; anthemic and twisting, every part played sublimely. Hopefully a sign of much greater things to come for the band.
The Roscoes: Closer
A pretty soul-filled, rocking record from the Liverpool four-piece here, released on 15 February at a special launch night at The Magnet.
With a distinctly old-school rock feel, Closer could easily have been released any time from 1967 to the present day. Channelling their inner Free, this is a song that sticks with you.
A super-secret private link to the song on Soundcloud is available here
Just don't tell anyone you got it from us, right?
Gang of Four feat Alison Mosshart: England's In My Bones
A smart and sleek slice of post punk from the Leeds heavyweights, featuring the vocal talent of The Kills' Alison Mosshart.
With a pretty funky bass groove, with Andy Gill's trademark jagged guitar floating in the distance, England's In My Bones is a stomper of a song – although why an American is singing an ode to our green and pleasant land I have no idea.
This is taken from the band's ninth studio album What Happens Next, out on 2 March, and is their first without vocalist Jon King. The single drops on the same day.
East India Youth: Carousel
A deeply hymnal affair, Carousel is a moving and emotional track.
Young William Doyle's euphoric vocals are a perfect match for the church-like organs, soaring away above the rising and dipping sustained notes.
Carousel is taken from his new album Culture of Volume, his first since moving to XL Recordings, released on 6 April.
The Leisure Society: Tall Black Cabins
Let's all calm down a bit with this gentle rolling folk tune courtesy of Brighton's Nick Hemming and friends.
Tall Black Cabins is a sea-sprayed song about to the shrinking fishing industry of Hastings. Quite a niche subject matter, perhaps, but The Leisure Society have crafted a beautiful and touching ode here – wistful and reflective without veering into 'twee' territory.
Cymbals: Talk To Me
All haircuts, polo necks and 'on point' facial hair, Cymbals are back with a rather forgettable 80s-style tune that probably ticks all the right boxes for what 'cool' is these days, without ever actually offering anything new or engaging.
It's not bad, it's not terribly good, it's just kind of…well…bland. The band all look bored in the video too – despite doing their best to bop around.
There are flashes of a decent song here – most notably the delay-heavy guitar licks – but just not enough to keep anyone interested. And that moustache is frankly ridiculous. I mean, grow a bloody moustache if you want, but the skinny, pencil-line muzzy just makes a man look like a Texan sex pest.
Jennie Abrahamson: Wolf
My cat's called Wolf, so I automatically love this song.
Taken from her upcoming LP Gemini Gemini, released on 27 March, Wolf features delicate and heartfelt vocals from the Swedish born Abrahamson.
Yes there are touches of Kate Bush here, and the singer might admit to being heavily influenced by Peter Gabriel's art-rock sound, but Abrahamson provides enough Scandinavian flourishes to mark herself out as a true original.
Jay Brown: Green
Northampton's Jay Brown returns with a new single and an EP – My Name Is Her – released on 23 February.
Green is a swaggering and confident tour de force from Brown, whose gravel-tinged voice rings out beautifully against the crunchy guitars and elevated synths and strings.
Sophia Ben Yousef: Too Much
Kids these days, eh? Always on their phones, listening to crap music and…wait…what's this?
The 18-year old Sophia Ben Yousef, currently studying her A-levels, has released a mesmerising piano-led track showcasing some extraordinary vocals, belying her age.
Too Much is a very strong and accomplished track, suggesting a hugely bright future in is store for the young artist.
You can check her out at The Magnet on 22 February.
Uno Mas: Champagne Headaches
Manchester-based 4 piece Uno Mas have delivered a nicely retro-feeling tune, following on from last year's Please Make My Day EP.
Singer/guitarist Olly Thornton's delicately-wispy vocals are underpinned well by a flowing and free rhythm section and Ezra Koenig-esque guitar lines.
The whole thing rattles along at an anxious pace. It's a decent enough song, if slightly underproduced. Having said that however, the lack of polish adds a rather charming feel to the track.
Champagne Headaches is out now for free download.
Big Dipper: Da Money
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Post Scriptum de Chryseia 2011, Douro ('2nd wine' of Chryseia). Pure and elegant. Not as overt a red as you would expect from the Douro, especially in 2011. Nothing out of place, and quite classy. Possibly a bit closed/muted right now, though there good concentration. Bordeaux approach is evident. Will be interesting to see how it evolves. A very good value (picked it up in Porto for about €13 if memory serves correct). — 5 years ago
Els Jelipins 2009 (a very kind gift from, and shared with, @J_A_A). Made by Gloria and Berta Garriga in the hills Penedès. Based around the Sumoll grape, with a slightly different blend each year (depending on which rows of vineyards they decide to take fruit from). The fruit is hand-picked over a number of sessions — always early in the morning and in small cases. It ferments with the natural yeasts, without temperature control, fining, or filtration and only a touch of sulfur added right before bottling. Open-top barrel fermentation and some wax-lined oval amphorae are used, along with lengthy aging in big barrels. Each bottle is painted by hand – the design is different each year, but always includes the symbolic heart.
This has to be one of the most distinctive, intriguing and confounding red wines I've ever tasted. The first thing you notice is the cloudy ruby color. A mysterious scent leads to strong flavors of green herbs (almost medicinal) on the palate: is it tarragon or dill, or both? Elderflower perhaps? Maybe fresh olive too. Underlying this is an ever-changing red fruit core (cranberry, tart cherry), with the odd streak of wet rocks and a zippy freshness. Totally raw and wild. Impossible to pin down and paradoxical.
Ultimately, this wine was indomitable. We paired it with a full-flavored Iranian stew (ghormeh-sabzi), then with vegetarian Indian curry. The wine went remarkably well with both, though I wouldn't say it 'paired' well. You could always taste the distinct flavors of the wine, and it didn't interfere with the food, but they didn't really enhance each other either. Essentially, even robust food flavors could not tame this cloudy, 'little-looking' red wine.
After all of this, I will not say that I am gagging to try this wine again, as I'm not really sure I love the flavor profile overall … but it did grow on me over the four days we had it open. And the wine was possibly even better on Day 4 than it was on Day 1. I would definitely be happy to try it again, though, as there is no doubt it would challenge palates, ideologies and spark conversation. This is a 'real' wine, with no pretense and oodles of individuality. — 5 years ago
Pardon moi, but this #BeaujoNouveau is actually quite drinkable. Smart label too, no? #TisTheSeason — 5 years ago
We had this 2006 with our duck on Xmas Day (sorry for the late post) and stole the show at the table. This was just remarkably perfumed, and then seamless on the palate, with all manner of red fruit, earth and woody notes parading around. It may have lacked a certain depth of flavor, and perhaps it wasn't the longest in finish, but boy was this a totally enjoyable bottle. I wish I had another. Such a treat. Real class in the glass.
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We greatly enjoyed the 2007 in March of 2013. In fact, it was probably the best Languedoc white I have tasted. Just opened a second bottle on NY's Eve and sadly a bit passed its prime. Still has a slightly bewitching nose, but the stone fruit has begun to turn bitter. The color is very mature for only 7 years of age or so. Drink up if you have any. My score reflects this wine when it was in more prime drinking condition. Hope that makes sense! — 5 years ago
This bottle of 1994 held up very well. Some mature BDX-type flavors and, while the primary fruit was totally gone, there was enough else going on to make it a very interesting and tasty bottle. — 5 years ago
Very good value at <$15. Bright red fruits with hints of creamy blueberry too plus a distinct violet note. It had tannins and body similar to Beaujolais but a bit more weight and a different (sweeter) fruit profile. Two of us finished the bottle in one sipping (not the norm), and it went quick! A good sign. Not complex but highly drinkable. An Eric Solomon import. — 5 years ago
A truly sensational Blanc de Blancs Champagne from the 1996 vintage (widely considered one of the few best years in the 20th century). Late disgorged in 2014, it possesses a beautiful tension between richness and freshness. This comes from a top house that did not release a BdB in '96. Amazing value at $59.99 a bottle on sale. — 5 years ago
Very fine Chianti Classico Riserva for the price. Made by Franco and Matteo Bernabei (of Flaccianello fame) at the Lornano estate just outside Sienna, from a special vineyard. Fantastic value for the pure Sangiovese flavors, which are nicely rounded out by 20 months in oak. — 5 years ago


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We have started a conversation over on the JS-Kit blog about data ownership when it comes to comments. This is one of the Data Portability grey areas that needs a resolution in the ongoing journey to create the data web.
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Friday is a day that All My Children fans are dreading: The end of daytime as we know it. Tomorrow, after 41 years, the ABC run of the classic soap is over.
We may have a recap or two left, depending on what happens with Bianca and Marissa on the last two episodes, but we want to take the opportunity to thank the show for what it did – or at least tried to do – for les/bi women.
Bianca Montgomery is All My Children's best-known lesbian, but she wasn't the first. In 1983, psychiatrist Dr. Lynn Carson (Donna Pescow) revealed her sexual orientation — and became the first LGBT person on an American soap.
Lynn wasn't a main character and had no love interests that we saw, but her brief storyline was historic nonetheless.
The longest running storyline, featuring our beloved Binx, started in 2000 when Eden Riegel took the role of Bianca, youngest daughter of the mighty Erica Kane (Susan Lucci). Just a few months later, Bianca came out, the first long-standing soap character to do so. Erica did not take the news well, as she recounted on yesterday's show. Here's the clip again in case you missed it.
AfterEllen.com has covered Bianca's every up and down since then. I spent a half day this week reading our posts over the years and found myself reliving the extremes of emotion the storyline has inspired: excitement, frustration, joy and rage. We've been FAB'd, Lianca'd, Barfed, BAM'd, Breesed and Minxed.
We've been titillated by daytime's first lesbian kiss and first lesbian wedding…
Then disheartened over betrayal and man-kisses and daytime's first lesbian divorce.
But Bianca's very presence on television for so many years has given us a platform for all of those feelings — and a reason to discuss them.
Of course, Bianca would not be the Binx we know and love without the continued presence of Eden Riegel. Her honest, heartfelt portrayal of Bianca for so many years made us fall in love with her as well as her character.
Riegel's belief in and support of her lesbian fans has been unfailing. In fact, she told Soap Opera Digest that one of the reasons she decided to leave All My Children was that Bianca was getting lost. "The people making the show didn't really understand what Bianca was about anymore," she said.
Loyal fans were skeptical, then, when AMC recast Bianca last year, hiring relative unknown Christina Bennett Lind. We needn't have worried. CBL has brought a unique and renewed energy to Bianca and has made the role her own.
For months after the recast, however, Bianca's story was romance free. As Lind said, "I was like the asexual lesbian, and there was no sex being had." But soon after Sarah Glendening took the role of Marissa Tasker, we started seeing sparks of chemistry between Bianca and Marissa.
Within a few months, Minx happened. And when Agnes Nixon and Lorraine Broderick returned to wrap up All My Children for the series finale, Bianca's storyline got very, very interesting. With such a short development time, Minx has progressed at the speed of a lesbian U-Haul, but we have been delighted with the relationship at every turn. And fans love the interaction with CBL and SG as they have grown to love Minx as much as we do.
The onscreen future of Bianca and Minx remains uncertain, as Prospect Park negotiates with actors to continue AMC online. But in our hearts, we believe that Bianca finally has found love and that Minx will live happily ever after.
Join me in thanking All My Children, along with Eden, Christina and the rest of the cast and share your favorite AMC/Bianca memory. We love you, Binx — and we will miss you.
The last episode of All My Children on ABC airs Friday, September 23 in most markets. The View will have a full hour honoring the series at 11 a.m. ET.


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About Us
Upon graduating with a Bachelor's Degree in Markets and Culture from Southern Methodist University in Dallas, our CEO pondered the next chapter of her life. She decided to pursue her passion for design, and enrolled in design and leather goods production courses at Ars Sutoria in Milan, Italy.
Jessica packed up her chicest wardrobe and jetted off to the glamorous northern region of Italy. For the duration of her time in Milan, Jessica resided at the luxurious Excelsior Hotel. The hotel exuded everything Jessica loved about design. From the creamy velvet drapes, abundance of fresh white orchids, gleaming chandeliers, the grand coffee bar, to the vintage architecture… the Excelsior Hotel reignited Jessica's love for interior decor.
Upon completion of her design courses, Jessica returned to Dallas with a clear vision in mind for what she wanted to pursue in life. She got straight to work on a viable business plan for a luxury home decor company that would tie in elements she loved from the Excelsior Hotel, the high fashion she studied in Milan, and her personal tastes of what she envisions a glamorous and fashionable home to look like.
Jessica decided to produce a candle collection for her first Sicily Hill product launch. She produced the champagne candle as her signature candle, because it conveys the glamour, opulence, classic, celebratory elements Sicily Hill exudes.
In continuing the product development process, Jessica prioritized launching new products that remained cohesive to her vision for Sicily Hill. Therefore, the candle collection's fragrance palate is exclusively cocktail themed. Jessica adores the vision of branching together the social aspect of our customer's lives of attending glamorous events and drinking exquisite cocktails, with the relaxing times of their lives when they are burning a candle, snuggled up in a cashmere throw at home. It is this concept of intertwining the segments of Sicily Hill's customer's lives that set our brand apart from the competition.
As Sicily Hill expands, Jessica thoughtfully launches products that continue the cohesiveness of the brand, and add glamorous touches to the Sicily Hill customer's life.
The launch of the art collection is the most personal collection for Jessica to release. The art collections are photographs Jessica has captured on her travels, and provide an intimate perspective into how she views the world. Jessica feels immense joy to bring her photography into the homes of Sicily Hill's customers to inspire travel lust, adventure, and an appreciation for culture.
The Sicily Hill products are not the only design elements Jessica has expressed for the Sicily Hill brand. The leather textures present throughout the website and packaging are all odes to Jessica's time studying leather goods production in Milan, and represent the beginning of her path towards building Sicily Hill.
Additionally, Sicily Hill's social media channels provide an intimate look into the emotions Jessica wishes to convey through Sicily Hill's brand, and her vision for the direction of product growth. She adores exuding happiness, celebration, glamour, and inspiration on Sicily Hill's social media.
Jessica feels immense pleasure to be able to design, develop, and provide products that will glamourize and enhance the lives of Sicily Hill customers.


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Middling historian Lucas Paige visits St. Louis to give a sparsely attended reading—nothing out of the ordinary. Except among the yawning attendees is someone he did not expect: Lola Faye Gilroy, the "other woman" he has long blamed for his father's murder decades earlier.
Reluctantly, Luke joins Lola Faye for a drink. As one drink turns into several, these two battered souls relive, from their different perspectives, the most searing experience of their lives. Slowly but surely, the hotel bar dissolves around them and they are transported back to the tiny southern town where this defining moment—a violent crime of passion—is turned in the light once more to reveal flaws in the old answers. As it turns out, there is much Luke doesn't know. And what he doesn't know can hurt him. Trapped in an increasingly intense emotional exchange, and with no place to go save back into his own dark past, Luke struggles to gain control of an ever more threatening conversation, to discover why Lola Faye has come and what she is after—before it is too late.
A taut literary thriller in the gothic tradition of Master of the Delta.
THOMAS H. COOK was born in Fort Payne, Alabama. He has been nominated for Edgar Awards seven times in five different categories. He received the Best Novel Edgar, the Barry for Best Novel, and has been nominated for numerous other awards.
"In this tightly coiled, intellectual drama, Cook (The Chatham School Affair) unwinds a marvelously tense story of belated redemption. While in St. Louis for a book tour, Luke Paige, a middle-aged writer of lackluster histories, agrees to meet with a long-forgotten acquaintance, the "little hayseed tramp" he believes triggered a bloody tragedy that befell his family decades earlier. The story alternates between Luke's recollections of his hometown; the "heady ambition" of the despicably cruel, contemptuous younger Luke, who wants to go to Harvard and gets swept up "in the lethal tide of [his] own grand dream"; and the numb, disillusioned academic who sits down for a drink with Lola Faye Gilroy. A vertiginous precipice eventually materializes in front of Luke, who must finally confront the true nature of his father's heinous murder and its equally tragic aftermath. The younger Luke is without a doubt one of the more convincing modern villains, a single-minded overachiever devoured by raging oedipal loathing and equally consumed by narcissistic ambition."
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INTERVIEW/ Muhammad Yunus: Selfless side of humans can overcome crisis
DHAKA–A new business model that puts top priority on contributions to society instead of maximizing profits will hold the key to overcoming the current global financial crisis, Muhammad Yunus, a Bangladeshi economist and managing-director of the Grameen Bank, said in a recent interview with The Asahi Shimbun.
The winner of the 2006 Nobel Peace Prize urged Japanese companies to join his proposed "social business" initiative, which aims to put human selflessness into a market long dominated by the selfish pursuit of profits.
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Question: If we look back at what happened in 2008, one of the biggest events was the global financial crisis. It can be said that through excessive trust in the markets, businesses that focused only on profits have collapsed. What is your opinion?
Answer: It happened so suddenly, but it showed that those who knew everything, understood everything, and were confident in themselves were not correct. So (despite) expertise in understanding the financial world itself, it showed that we do not have the capacity to understand those cases.
The big pillars of the financial system just collapsed, and that was not realized (even) by experts weeks ago. That was a shocking part of it; people were not aware of it.
And then (there are) the causes of this. Always everybody was given to believe that the market is supreme, that "invisible hands" solve everything in the best possible manner, and there was nothing to worry about.
The market doesn't solve everything.
In hindsight, they are saying that the reason is extreme greed, which led to the collapse. Or some say the marketplace has been used like a gambling casino. It's no longer business; it's gambling.
Everybody changed some fuzzy thing or built castles in the air. Those things didn't exist, but everybody was made to believe they were there.
Secondly, under globalization, you suffer in a way from something you have not done, so it's somebody else's mistake. Somebody else's greed makes everybody else suffer.
Another irony in the situation is that the richest people lose lots and lots of their money and wealth, but the guys who had a billion dollars still have half a billion dollars left. And once things go back to normal, they can get a billion dollars again.
But the 3 billion people at the bottom have been hit the hardest because they are losing their jobs, incomes and food now that the economy is slowing down, factories are closing, jobs are being cut. They are the ones whose lifestyles suffer the most in a physical and miserable way.
We are busy talking about bailout packages for the rich, billions of dollars, 700 billion for this, 300 billion for that, 200 billion for that. We are all busy making those bailout packages for the rich. But nowhere are we talking about bailout packages for the poor who are losing their jobs and so on. That is also an ironic situation.
One last thing I want to comment on is that we forgot that the financial crisis is just one of the crises in 2008. We forgot that in 2008, we had a food crisis. It was a massive food crisis, and it has not disappeared.
2008 is also the year of the energy crisis, when oil prices went up to $150 (a barrel) and so on. It has calmed down for a while, but the crisis has not disappeared; it is very much alive.
And one crisis that continued not only in 2008 but long before 2008 is the environmental crisis.
So this is a combination of these crises. These are not separate crises. In a way, they are interlinked with some connections. We have to see how we can redesign the whole system. This has to be done now.
Q: You said these four crises are interlinked. I think they are related to globalization and free markets. What do you think? Are you OK with globalization and free markets?
A: Globalization is not something that somebody designed. Even if we go back hundreds of years, globalization was still in action. People were moving around from the beginning of globalization. We cannot change the process of globalization.
What we can do? How can we raise a question that doesn't ask the silly question of whether we should go for globalization or should we stop it.
The real question is "right globalization" or "wrong globalization." If we do not do anything about it, it will be wrong globalization. We have to make rules on the procedures of globalization so that we all agree. Because if we are all free players in globalization, then the biggest and the richest will take away all the gains in globalization. The weakest and smallest will get nothing.
If we gain from globalization that is desirable for everybody, we must ensure it's win-win for both sides in the picture.
In the beginning, we do not feel comfortable because you are rich. "Why should I live with you?" I am capable, I have the technology, money. I can do it. That is not how globalization survives.
Then it will become a kind of economic imperialism. You have the power, you take everything. You have money power instead of soldier power or military power. You use money power to take over. That's not a good thing. You colonize poor countries, you take over their economy because you have money.
Everybody has to have their place, a place of dignity. That is the right spirit of globalization.
And also the market is a good thing. But we are misusing the market. That's why I say we have to correct the economic system before we correct the financial market, because the financial system is an outcome of the economic system.
In the economic system today is the practice we call capitalism. We fundamentally misinterpret capitalism. The idea of capitalism means that we all have to be greedy people. We say business means business to make money. Profit maximization is the mission of business.
Because of this interpretation of capitalism, (we) assume human beings are machines, money-making machines. We put human beings in one dimension of the picture. We are all in one dimension on how to make money.
But at the same time, all people have a selfless part. There is the selfish part of human beings and the selfless part of human beings. But we have created a business world based on only the selfish part of human beings.
If we allowed the selfless part to be put in the marketplace, then the market becomes complete.
Why not create another kind of business to take care of the selfless part? We call it "social business."
One kind of business is to make money and enrich yourself financially. Another kind of business is social business, where you use your money to change the world, to solve the problems we see around us without any intention of personally gaining in a financial way.
We can have both of the businesses since we all have two aspects and we can participate in both businesses. Then the marketplace will be more balanced. Then we can create a business to adjust poverty, deal with the malnutrition of children, the health of women, housing for poor people, drinking water for everybody, environmental issues.
These all can be addressed in social business. Social businesses are non-loss, non-dividend companies with a social purpos
We have created some of these companies in Bangladesh. One is the Grameen Danon (Food) company, which produces yogurt with all the micro-nutrients mixed in (and) sells it to malnourished children so that they regain their health. This company is not trying to make money for itself or for its owners. This company is trying to solve the malnutrition of children by joining as a business rather than as a charity.
Q: Social business is an unknown concept to the general public. You said it is a no-loss, no-dividend business working for social objectives. It needs capital investment, doesn't it? What is the basic mechanism?
A: Investors first decide to use their money to address a particular problem, like drinking water. We have arsenic in drinking water in Bangladesh. I want to invest in drinking water so that people have safe water and don't have to suffer from drinking arsenic. That is my objective.
I put the money in, and running this business means people have to buy this water. I do not give it to them for free. The company covers all the costs but it makes a profit. But I will never take it because this is not my intention.
My intention is to make sure people have good drinking water. I can get back my investment money, but my satisfaction comes when I have saved the lives of people who had arsenic in their drinking water.
Somebody may ask why you do not make money. I say the selfless part of people will do it.
Q: What are the profits used for? To improve the business?
A: Yes, exactly, so that the business will improve, expand. I started this when profits were made, used them to make it bigger and bigger.
Grameen Danon is the (social business) company and Grameen Veolia (Water) is another (social business) company. This is a water company. We have just started it. Veolia is a French company, the largest water company in the world.
We are creating more and more social businesses.
Q: Do these French companies take any profits?
A: They do not take any profits. They are social businesses, and they agreed to our conditions and creating them. … They can take back the investment money after a long period.
Q: Typical investors want to make profits. Do you think they are interested in a social business that makes no profit?
A: Don't read books about it. Just rethink it for yourself. Now what I am saying is that instead of a charity, you can create a company and you can take your money back when you want to. So that is more powerful than giving it as charity.
All human beings have two aspects: a selfish aspect and a selfless aspect. That's why we are demonstrating in the streets when we see something happening, some bad things happening, that cannot be accepted.
What is wrong that prompts you to demonstrate? The police come and beat you up, but you still demonstrate because you want to speak out, because you feel that strong and devout selfless part of you. We want to change things we do not like. … So when that spirit comes, then we will create social businesses.
Q: You have achieved a lot of success with your creation of Micro Finance. How do MF and social business interlink?
A: They have strong links because MF came from the direction of something different from conventional business. We created Grameen Bank not to make myself rich. That was not the intention at all. I created GB to help poor people, to create self-employment, so that they can generate an income. My intention is to help people.
Q: In Asia, China and India are emerging as economic giants. They are growing amid globalization and the free market. Is it possible for them to eradicate poverty if they continue on the same course?
A: In both India and China, the reduction of poverty is dramatic. China has brought poverty down, down down, quite similarly in India. So even (through) globalization and profit-maximization, (economic) growth has an effective impact on poverty levels.
But take the case in the United States, which is the richest country in the world. There are the rich, but there still are a lot of poor people. For example, in the United States, there are still millions of people who cannot afford health services because they are not covered by health insurances because they are all privatized.
In a private economy, poor people are left out. There are 47 million people in the United States without health insurance. This is an example (of what happens) if we follow the same procedure (of) existing capitalism. … If the United States has 47 million, in India, there will be three times more because the population is three times as much, and in China, four times as much.
Unless we have this completed capitalism in which both sides–selfless part and selfish part–work together in the market, you will have this problem.
Q: Asian people have had a kind of tradition or wisdom of a so-called sustainable economy, self-efficient economy, something like that. How can this tradition be used to eradicate poverty?
A: It is very important. Those elements are still in our culture. This is also an element of selflessness. In the United States, that part has been eliminated.
In a formal economic sense, if you have social business, you could express this aspect. Our selflessness is (expressed) much more effectively than among people in the United States. This is the beauty of Eastern society. We have those values that are very strong even today.
This tradition is very useful for social business. Because we care about our family, we say that family is the smallest unit. Then we feel for the community … and want to come back to our villages when we retire … . This is our feeling. You want to sacrifice your life to help people in your nation. This is very strong in Asian tradition. It is very helpful.
Q: What do you expect from Japan, Japanese companies, NGOs and people?
A: I explained what social business is. They can play a very important role. French people can do social business, even Germans can do social business. I am sure that Japanese will do it in a more effective way because they understand what it is.
Today, they are one-dimension business people who see money, stock markets and nothing else. If they take off their profit-maximizing glasses and put on social-business glasses, they would see a completely different world.
Japanese companies have corporate social responsibility funds. They can use this money for creating social business instead of just using this money as charity. All these things can be very neatly done.(IHT/Asahi: January 14,2009)


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Splurge or Save: How to Do Phuket Right
Whether you're trying to travel on the cheap or you want to splurge we've got you covered.
The Thai island of Phuket is famous the world over for its powdery-sand beaches, five-star hotels, and dramatic landscapes, craggy green mountains falling off into the sparkling sea. It has also, sadly, become known for its hordes of tourists and, shall we say, questionable nightlife.
But despite some less lovely areas, Phuket is still a world-class destination, with its unforgettable scenery, excellent restaurants, Thai hospitality, and palpable history. Whether you're splurging or trying to save, it's a highlight of Thailand. Here are two ways to do Phuket right.
On the Cheap: Phuket Town
Many travelers touch down at Phuket International and beeline to their resort of choice without ever passing through the historic old town. Their loss. While Phuket as a beach destination is the product of the last few decades, the town was a thriving commercial center for centuries. Similar to port cities like Singapore and Penang, Phuket sat along heavily trafficked trade routes and, as a result, reflects the heritage of many cultures that have passed through — China, India, Portugal, and more.
Today, there are streets of beautifully preserved Sino-Portuguese shophouses, many now housing boutique hotels or small eateries. A walk through the city takes you by numerous temples and shrines, interspersed with upscale shops and hipster cafés. And while you'll see a fair number of backpackers, of course, Phuket Town is far from a tourist trap; with local crowds and killer food at the night markets and in the streets, it's a vibrant Thai city in its own right.
Stay in the heart of the old town at The Memory at On On, in fact the area's oldest hotel, founded by a Chinese merchant in the late 1920s. The property had a brief star turn as a backpacker haunt in The Beach, as Leonardo di Caprio's jumping-off point to tantalizing nearby islands, but it looks nothing like it did in the movie. It's a sleek guesthouse with spacious rooms decked out in period furnishings, as well as hostel-style dorm beds for the more budget-inclined.
Venture around the corner to Kopitiam by Wilai, a low-key eatery that's been in operation for six years, but feels much older, with a comfortable, lived-in feel and photos of historic Phuket on the walls. The extensive menu ranges from drinks and café fare to full meals; we'd recommend the superb noodle dishes (Phuket's pàt tai, Nyonya-style char koay teow with sweet Chinese sausage), at extremely reasonable prices. Or try Raya, known for its Phuket specialties; or Suay, a more modern fusion-style restaurant. Around the corner, Rockin' Angels Blues Cafe & Band looks like a nondescript Western bar, but transforms in later hours to a legit blues club; their live band playing Creedence and Clapton covers that'd be impressive in any country.
Museum buffs can learn more about the island's history at the Phuket Thaihua Museum or the Chyn Pracha House, a 1903-era mansion outfitted in antiques. And if you're itching for the beach, head to the center of town at Ranong Road, hop on a local songthaew (like a group taxi running regular routes) and you'll get yourself right to any beach on the coast for around $1 USD. Might not be as comfortable as a taxi or exciting as a scooter, but you can't beat the value.
For A Splurge: The Nai Harn
Looking for a tropical getaway that's nothing but the beach? Stay right on the prettiest one. The Nai Harn, a member of Leading Hotels of the World, towers above the beach of the same name. The hotel's tiered levels all look out onto a half-moon bay framed by mountains, the water dotted with luxury yachts; with the Nai Harn's all-white exterior, it looks like a scene out of Santorini.
While the Mountain View rooms have a perfectly lovely view of the tropical hillside rainforest (and it's easy to lose an hour staring out the window butterfly-watching), the real draw are the spacious Ocean View rooms, with a vista out onto Nai Harn Bay and craggy Promthep Cape beyond. Level up to a suite, and your daybed has a "Press for Champagne" button that works just as advertised. I like how they think.
While the Nai Harn beach isn't exclusive to the hotel, it's sufficiently wide that it doesn't feel crowded even in peak season. And the "beach butlers" there to lay out mats and set up umbrellas don't hurt. For a smaller beach with pebbly sand but good snorkeling rocks and a chill Thai coastal vibe, Nai Harn staff will run you down the road in their tuk-tuk to Ao Sane beach. (It's only a ten minute walk, but hey, it gets hot in southern Thailand.)
It's not always a given that high-end resorts will embrace their local cuisine. (Looking at you, Caribbean five-star hotel I visited recently that had exactly one local fish out of ten on offer. You're in the middle of the ocean!) Thankfully, Nai Harn represents on the Thai food front. Sous chef Ann hails from nearby Phang-Na province, and many of her dishes are inspired by her family's cooking growing up. Ask for them spicy, and they will be. I managed to eat the pomelo-coconut-dried shrimp yum som-o four times in 48 hours; the tom yum soup was the best I had in Thailand, with almost too much seafood to eat in one sitting.
The kitchen has a relationship with fishermen in Phuket's Rawai, purchasing their catch daily. (Early birds at dinner have the widest selection.) The Andaman seafood platter at waterfront restaurant Rock Salt came piled with two kinds of local prawns, lobster, steamed Thai clams, and oysters, a formidable tower even for two hungry travelers. And while wine in Thailand tends to be expensive and sub-par, Nai Harn's list is a delight, created by wine critic James Suckling and impressive in its breadth. After weeks of rum and Chang beer, a slightly-chilled glass of Nero d'Avola was everything I wanted. And who knew Thailand made totally drinkable rosé?
The Nai Harn is a great jumping-off point to explore the rest of Phuket, but with all the classic resort amenities — spa, rooftop swimming pool, the works — it's pretty easy to while away the days onsite. When you've got a perfect view from your daybed, why not?


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From Malva: I love watching Benjamin as he gives his autism presentations. He positively glows on stage, and people are so clearly touched by his beautiful spirit and engaging smile. Benjamin has given 20 of these presentations by now, and it somehow feels like a celebration every time!
During April, Benjamin spoke at four different venues, starting with Naropa University (as part of their Mary Culkin Education Lecture Series). Afterwards, enthusiastic faculty members extended an invitation for Benjamin to return next year and inspire the next crop of students, particularly those who are studying early childhood education. Two days later, Benjamin presented with live Spanish translation for a parent-group called Caminando Juntos. We were so touched by a young man with autism who was so inspired by the talk that he communicated to his mother, "All is possible. There is hope."
Next, Benjamin was at the University of Colorado, guest-speaking for a class called "Disabilities in Contemporary American Society." Once again, we were thrilled to be educating people about the differences and difficulties caused by autism, while also demonstrating that special gifts and talents can go hand-in-hand with a disability. The final presentation was at the Louisville Public Library, where the audience included some teens with Asperger's and a bright little boy who begged Benjamin for more jokes during the Q&A session. Obliging, Benjamin told an expansive story-joke featuring a parrot, sending the audience into gales of laughter with the unexpected denouement of his tale.
Touching hearts and creating joy is certainly one of Benjamin's greatest gifts!


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With all the Clawback packets that have gone out to former affiliates, I reached out to find an attorney who is not connected with any former owners, affiliates or consultants of Rex Venture Group, LLC, to see if they can help former affiliates understand their their rights and obligations surrounding the Clawbacks. Below is Phillip G. Young's information.
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Tel: 931.381.0057
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GMY Law, PLLC, is a boutique law firm specializing in bankruptcy, corporate restructuring, investigation of financial fraud and receivership. For three decades, we've helped our clients develop bankruptcy strategy, recover funds and navigate the uncertainty of insolvency.
Our depth of business and financial expertise qualifies us to help you make the right decisions with both out-of-court restructurings and bankruptcy proceedings. And our experienced litigation team provides vigorous advocacy when you need it most.
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Phillip Young is an experienced corporate litigator. Before joining GMY Law in January, 2010, he practiced at Bass, Berry & Sims for eight years and then established his own firm. He works out of the GMY office in Columbia, Tennessee, as well as in the Nashville office. Phillip has represented some of the largest corporate debtors to file Chapter 11 in the Middle District of Tennessee, including Service Merchandise Company, Inc., Murray, Inc. and Regal Cinemas, Inc. He filed, prosecuted and resolved over 1100 adversary proceedings for the Service Merchandise estate.
In addition to representing corporate debtors, Phillip is routinely hired to represent Chapter 7 Bankruptcy Trustees in the Middle District of Tennessee, defendants in adversary proceedings, and companies with claims (secured and unsecured) in bankruptcies throughout the country.
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By Joshua Balling
I&M Managing Editor
Writer/director Judd Apatow (�The 40 Year Old Virgin,� �Knocked Up�) will receive the Nantucket Film Festival�s Screenwriter�s Tribute Award, and actress Meg Ryan will be presented its first annual Compass Rose Acting Tribute at the 13th annual event, which kicks off June 19, festival organizers announced this week.
Apatow and Ryan (�When Harry Met Sally,� �Sleepless in Seattle,� �The Doors�) are both scheduled to attend this year�s festival, whose opening film will be director Brad Anderson�s �Transsiberian,� co-written by frequent Nantucket visitor Will Conroy. The closing film will be the comedy �The Wackness,� starring Ben Kingsley, Famke Janssen and Mary-Kate Olsen.
Other feature films scheduled to screen at this year�s festival include �The Deal,� starring Ryan and William Macy, who may put in an appearance on Nantucket, organizers said, and �Stranded,� a powerful Spanish documentary about the 1972 plane crash in the Andes Mountains that stranded an Uruguayan rugby team, forcing them to resort to cannibalism to survive, told in the survivors� own words. The story has been told before, in the best-selling book and Hollywood film �Alive,� but not by those who lived it, festival organizers said.
�Frozen River,� a powerful film about a single mother lured into the illicit smuggling of immigrants across the border from Canada, which won the Grand Jury prize at Sundance last year, is also on the schedule.
�We�re really excited about the way the program has shored up and the high-profile nature of the tributees,� new festival programmer Colin Stanfield said yesterday. �We�ve been really fortunate over the years to have really great films play on Nantucket, in an intimate environment where filmmakers and audiences can connect. That works to our advantage when we�re reaching out to high-level films.�
Festival executive director Jill Burkhart agreed, saying that even at a time when regional film festivals have been forced to cut their budgets due to declining corporate sponsorships, Nantucket�s has remained strong.
�The Meg Ryan thing is huge. Judd Apatow is also huge. We�re managing very well to have a great festival, and it probably won�t look or feel all that different to the audiences, but we have tightened up. To me, that�s a very big accomplishment,� she said.
Apatow, who will receive the Suzanne and Bob Wright Screenwriter�s Tribute Award presented by NBC Universal, wrote and directed recent hits �The 40 Year Old Virgin� and �Knocked Up,� and is working on the upcoming comedies �You Don�t Mess With the Zohan,� as well as producing �Pineapple Express.�
The intent of the Screenwriter�s Tribute has always been to acknowledge a writer�s original voice, Burkhart said, whether they�ve been in the business for five years or 50.
�It�s never really been a lifetime achievement award, although in our early years we definitely wanted to acknowledge those screenwriters who were blacklisted,� she said.
�First and foremost, it�s about giving these writers a platform, and recognizing a writer who�s brought some kind of original voice to the craft of screenwriting. All of the people we�ve honored have done that.�
Past NBC Universal screenwriter tributes have honored Steve Martin, Charlie Kaufman, Ruth Prawer Jhabvala, Jay Presson Allen, Paul Schrader, Walter Bernstein, Ring Lardner Jr., James Schamus, Robert Benton, Alexander Payne and Jim Taylor.
The new Compass Rose Acting Tribute Award also has its foundations in screenwriting.
It is a �unique honor given to an actor who has reached a level in which they inspire writers to frequently create roles especially for them,� according to its criteria statement.
�The storytelling side of the Nantucket Film Festival is the bedrock of who we are. Actors are often muses for those who create the written word,� Stanfield said.
Burkhart agreed. �We�ve been talking for a couple of years about doing some kind of muse award,� she said. �It�s a fun thing to do. Meg Ryan will be honored by Leonard Maltin, and it�s going to be more an �Inside the Actors Studio� kind of thing than a big award ceremony.�
Maltin, an acclaimed theater critic, will also host �Morning Coffee With,� the daily panels that invite attendees to join filmmakers and cinema experts for coffee, conversation, bagels and shop-talk.
Other returning special events include Late Night Storytelling with hosts Anne Meara and Peter Farrelly. Participants will include five surprise guests as well as audience members. Past storytellers have included Jim Carrey, Tina Fey, Mos Def, Rosie Perez, Laird Hamilton, Olympia Dukakis, Paul Rudd, Alan Cumming and Brian Williams.
This year�s staged reading partners the film festival with Nantucket�s Seaside Shakespeare Company for a reading of the Billy Wilder classic �Some Like It Hot.�


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The ChubbChubbs!• View Shorts
"The ChubbChubbs!" is the first animated all-CG short to be produced by Imageworks, Sony Pictures award-winning character animation and visual effects company. Directed by Eric Armstrong, the animation supervisor for both "Stuart Little" and "Stuart Little 2," "The ChubbChubbs!" introduces alien inhabitants of the Planet Glorf, including Meeper, its earnest but oh so awkward hero, the singing Diva, the Zyzaks, and the ChubbChubbs. In this debut short, Meeper valiantly tries to warn the patrons of the Ale-E-Inn, an intergalactic watering hole with its own constellation of stars, of impending danger only to find himself face to face with the toughest creatures in the universe.
Created & Directed by:
Kevin Johnson
Produced by:
Sony Pictures Imageworks
Associate Producer:
Sande Scoredos
Music by:
Mark Mancina
Edited by:
Guy T. Wiedmann
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