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RedLynx Family: leading a team as Associate Lead Programmer
Raimo believes that a great Associate Lead Programmer has the ability to build trust in the team
Who are you and what do you do at RedLynx?
My name is Raimo and I work as an Associate Lead Programmer at RedLynx. I'm currently Associate Lead Gameplay Programmer on console/PC side.
How did you end up at RedLynx?
In the spring of 2015 I got laid off from a small independent game development studio together with most of the other staff because of a tight financial situation at the company. Around the same time I happened to chat with some RedLynx people at the monthly IGDA (International Game Developers Association) Finland gathering and they passed the word around to HR who contacted me a few weeks later. I came to have a chat here and there happened to be an opening for a senior gameplay programmer that seemed to be right up my alley. I was also interested in working on console game development and people seemed really cool and relaxed so I took up on the offer and now here I am.
What does an Associate Lead Programmer do? What is your typical day like at RedLynx?
I lead a gameplay programming team of 5 including myself but mostly I'm just programming like anyone else. In addition to programming I do have to attend some meetings, take part in high-level planning and assign future tasks for my team to work on. Luckily there's no need to micromanage anyone and when given a direction, my team mates will work on improving the features at hand, solve problems as they appear and, when needed, communicate independently with everyone else in the project. This gives me time to actually get some programming done too.
What makes someone an awesome Associate Lead Programmer?
Being able to build trust among your team. When anyone is working on any feature you and everyone else should be confident that it'll get done properly and if any mistakes happen it's taken as a possibility for everyone to learn and no individual will be blamed.
What is the most challenging part of your job?
Staying on top of everything important that is going on in the project and what my team mates are doing and being able to focus on whatever I'm personally working on at the time. It's important to schedule your thinking too. If something doesn't need to be thought about immediately, just create a task or calendar event for it so you can forget all about it until then.
What do you like most about working at RedLynx?
The friendly work community that is relaxed while aiming high for great accomplishments.
What are you most proud of regarding your work at RedLynx?
I don't think I can name anything specific just yet. There are things I am already a little bit proud of but I'd rather wait and see the end result before saying anything.
What is the craziest thing you have experienced at RedLynx?
Antti Ilvessuo 🙂 [Creative Director at RedLynx]
Any words of advice for those wanting to get into making games?
Keep on making your own game projects. Group up with others who share your passion for making games. Hone your strongest skills while gaining general understanding of other aspects of game development too. To get started with your game development career it's more important to be really great at something specific than having a very broad but unexceptional skillset.


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StockMarketWire.com - Weakness in the mining sector and the impact of oil majors BP (BP.) and Royal Dutch Shell (RDSB) going ex-dividend weighed on the FTSE 100.
BP retreated 2.1% to 559.9p and Shell was down 1.4% at £26.84.
Lower production and profitability at Randgold Resources (RRS) hit its shares by 8.2% to £56.
Fresnillo (FRES) and Evraz (EVR) suffered smaller falls of up to 1.8%.
The FTSE 100 declined 0.3% to 7,635.
Brent crude oil was up 0.3% at $77.44 per barrel. Copper climbed 1.2% to $3.08 per pound and gold glittered at $1,314 per ounce.
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) agreed to pay a $4.9bn fine to resolve a US probe into its past sale of mortgage-backed securities. The fine was smaller than anticipated and shares in the bank rose 4.3% to 288.1p.
Fashion retailer Next (NXT) was in the spotlight after upgrading full year profit guidance as spring weather lifted its first quarter sales, helping the shares strut 6.7% higher to £55.96.
Telecomms giant BT (BT.A) revealed it will cut up to 13,000 jobs in a bid to streamline the business and boost growth. Its full year results to 31 March unveiled no overall growth, further disappointing the market after a series of setbacks as the stock slumped 9% to 217p.
Outsourcing group Capita (CPI) lost 37.7% to 124.6p as the shares adjusted to its discounted £701m rights issue.
UK supermarket Morrisons (MRW) advanced 2.4% to 251.3p after smashed first quarter sales forecasts.
Shares went in the opposite direction at On The Beach (OTB), falling 12.4% to 569p on a half year sales miss and £1.1m hit from the failure of Monarch Airlines last year.
Housebuilder Barratt Developments (BDEV) was supported by robust customer demand, helping forward sales hit record levels at approximately £3.29bn between 1 January and 6 May. Shares in Barratt dipped 1.2% to 561.4p on concerns over slower UK house price growth.
Soft drink bottler Coca-Cola HBC (CCH) fizzed 3.5% higher to £25.52 on better than anticipated sales growth in its first quarter.
ITV (ITV) enjoyed a decent start to 2018 after net advertising revenue ticked 1% higher amid takeover rumours. Shares in ITV sparked up 4.1% to 157.4p.
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Pauline Hanson's views 'ignorant, dangerous' on vaccines
PAULINE Hanson must apologise and retract her "crazy" peddling of "ignorant" advice about vaccinating kids, a former federal health department head said today.
Stephen Duckett said he was "disgusted" when the senator questioned their effectiveness and encouraged parents to do their own research.
"This is a situation where you've got a popular politician with a significant following who's actually giving crazy, crazy medical advice," he told ABC radio on Monday.
"She has to apologise and retract that statement."
Senator Hanson also said parents should be allowed to have their children tested before booking vaccinations.
"Some of these parents are saying vaccinations have an effect on some children," she told ABC television on Sunday.
But Mr Duckett, who is now director of health at the Grattan Institute policy think tank, rejected this.
"Vaccines are safe," he said.
"I cannot stress how angry it makes one feel that she is putting lives at risk ... without any evidence whatsoever."
Ms Hanson's outspoken comments - in which she also appeared to liken the government's No Jab, No Pay policy to blackmail and the actions of a "dictatorship" - were also linked to previous remarks she has made that seem to connect vaccinations with autism.
"What I've heard from parents and their concerns about it ... and what I have said is I advise parents to go out and do their own research with regards to this," Ms Hanson said.
The right-wing senator went on to argue that parents needed to "make an informed decision".
"What I don't like about it is the blackmailing that's happening with the government," she told ABC TV. "Don't do that to people. That's a dictatorship. And I think people have a right to investigate themselves."
NSW Health Minister Brad Hazzard slammed the One Nation leader's comments, saying: "Those who claim the right to represent and safeguard the community shouldn't apply hocus pocus pixieland critiques of otherwise extremely well-founded, evidence-based scientific immunisation programs."
Opposition health spokesman Walt Secord said he shook his head "in total disbelief" at Ms Hanson appearing "on national television linking arms with the anti-vaxxers".
The Australian Medical Association's NSW president, Brad Frankum, labelled Ms Hanson's remarks "very disappointing and really quite ignorant".
"The way she has framed it is that somehow a non-medical parent is going to make a more informed decision about the value of vaccination than the entire medical profession," Professor Frankum said.
"That's very dangerous, really. It is going to give people the idea that they can avoid vaccination (for their kids)."
Prof Frankum also took aim at Ms Hanson's apparent attack on the government's No Jab, No Play policy, which prevents parents from receiving childcare rebates and certain other welfare payments if they have not properly vaccinated their children.
"It is not forcing parents to vaccinate their children but it's sending the message that the government is trying to look after children," he said.
Some groups continue to link vaccinations to autism and claim they pose serious health risks, but the study that popularised the supposed link has since been discredited and debunked.
The No Jab, No Play policy was introduced to counter an alarming drop-off in the rate of vaccination, which was exposing children to a range of deadly diseases.
"If parents choose not to vaccinate their children, they are putting their children's health at risk and every other person's children's health at risk too," Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull said yesterday.
Opposition Leader Bill Shorten described Ms Hanson's views as " plain dangerous".
Ms Hanson created another stir yesterday by revealing she is planning to create a special One Nation boutique beer to help her "connect with voters".
The VB-loving senator is aiming to capitalise on her brand name and said she was "interested in speaking to a range of craft brewers".


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Since joining Cushman & Wakefield in 1981, Ms. Stacom has distinguished herself as one of the leading brokerage professionals in the real estate industry. She consistently ranks among the firm's top producing brokers including top 3 in the New York Region and top 5 worldwide over the last 10 years, and she was Cushman & Wakefield's number one broker worldwide in 2004. Ms. Stacom was honored with the Real Estate Board of New York's highest achievement….the 2011 Most Ingenious Deal of the Year (First Place Henry Hart Rice Award) for the leasing of One World Trade Center. Ms. Stacom has also been ranked top landlord broker in Manhattan based on total square footage leased and has been responsible for representing tenants in the top 10 largest office leases the last several years.
A compelling testament to her dedication to the real estate industry and the communities in which she lives and works is the great number of awards Ms. Stacom has received. She is the recipient of Crain's New York Business 100 Most Influential Women in New York City Business, Realty Foundation of New York honoree, "Woman of the Year" of the New York Executives in Real Estate (WX), and Real Estate New York and Real Estate Forum's Women of Influence. She received Northwood University's Distinguished Women's Award for recognition of the enormous contribution she has made to communities, businesses, volunteer agencies, and public and private sector services worldwide.
Ms. Stacom serves the real estate industry as a Director of the Realty Foundation of New York; and a Member of the Real Estate Board of New York serving on the Ethics Committee. She is regularly called upon as an industry spokesperson by a wide range of media outlets. A believer in "giving back", Ms. Stacom is a Director's Circle Member and rotational Board Member of Girls, Inc., a national not-for-profit that draws upon prominent women in U.S. industry to support girls in their quest to become strong and independent women.
Ms. Stacom has a passion and commitment for learning and development. She is a founder of ire@l, a real estate program in the business college at Lehigh University. She personally chaired the program which has enrolled more than 1,000 students since its inception in 2009. In recognition of her commitment and many years of service to Lehigh University, as well as, Greenwich Academy, Ms Stacom has received prestigious Alumni Awards from both organizations.
Ms. Stacom serves on the Board of Trustees at Lehigh University where she earned her Bachelor of Science degree in Finance.
Ms. Stacom serves Cushman & Wakefield as an Executive Vice Chairman. During her 32-year career, Ms. Stacom has been responsible for executing in excess of 40 million square feet and some of the largest and most complex leasing, sales and corporate finance transactions. Most recently, as exclusive leasing agent for One World Trade Center, one of the world's most iconic office buildings, she secured media giant Conde Nast as the anchor tenant for its 1, 200,000 sf headquarters. Ms. Stacom has managed and leased Class A office space for some of the most prominent owners and investors of real estate in New York. Among them are SL Green, Morgan Stanley, RXR Realty, Paramount Group, Sheldon Solow, The Prudential Insurance Co., Blackstone Real Estate Advisors, , Glorious Sun, Simone Development Companies, Landis/Normandy, L&L Holding Company and RREEF.
Ms. Stacom is best known by her clients for her creativity, exceptional service and ability to structure unique transactions. She has represented a cadre of high-profile tenants both nationally and globally including Lazard Freres & Co. LLC on its 448,572 square foot corporate headquarters lease at 30 Rockefeller Plaza, Bank of America, The Bank of New York (BNY Mellon), Colgate-Palmolive Company, J. & W. Seligman & Company, The McGraw-Hill Companies, Visiting Nurse Service of New York (VNS), Gibson, Dunn, & Crutcher, The Port Authority of New York and New Jersey, Remy Cointreau, USA, and Expedia, Inc.


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This website provides access to digital objects related to cultural heritage. The easy-to-use search engine contains both basic and advanced tools for locating items. One of the innovate aspects of the website is the ability to browse millions of items by timeline, map, format, subject, and partner.
The Exhibitions section uses digital objects to tell stories of national significance. Nearly three dozen thematic exhibits are available on topics such as urban parks, race tot he moon, and prohibition.
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Lawn and Yard Work or Landscaping would be the two Search the List categories for this work. The first category you will hit mostly lawn mowing companies - the second will largely be companies that install landscaping but don't maintain it, so be sure to ask, if they say they do not do that type work, if they know any companies who do.
What you are looking for is the prototypical old-school "gardener" - upkeep and maintenance of planters and gardens with annual planting and fall cleanout services - not so many of those type firms around anymore and most tend to be one-man outfits. You might ask your neighbors with nice gardens who use a contractor who they use and if they are satisfied with that person.
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The Australian work-related expenses gap leaves the corporate tax gap in its wake, and agent-prepared returns bear the brunt of the blame.
While Australia's $2.5 billion corporate tax gap receives intense scrutiny, the tax gap from incorrectly claimed work-related expenses is estimated to be larger, the Australian Taxation Office (ATO) said on Thursday.
Expressing disappointment, ATO commissioner Chris Jordan added that it's the tax returns prepared by agents that are more likely to be incorrect.
"While the amount of each adjustment may be small, the overall impact when extrapolated to the whole population is significant. As I have mentioned previously, the work-related expenses gap is estimated to be greater than the large corporate tax gap of $2.5 billion," he told the Tax Institute's 33rd National Convention in Cairns.
"Though this is not new news, what is concerning is the different results for self-preparers and those who use an agent."
Mr Jordan said it appears complacency has replaced the "golden rules of deductions". That is, money must have been spent, and not imbursed, in relation to work and the claimant must be able to prove their expenditure.
"These results are really disappointing. For years I've heard how tax agents were guardians of the system – these random inquiry results tell me this is not the case for some agents. They are not fulfilling their duty as a registered tax practitioner in line with the Tax Practitioners Code of Conduct.
"In reality, they are selling their clients short – they are not bringing their expertise, nor taking care beyond reliance or blind acceptance of information given by clients, or even, leading clients to deductions that are not allowable."
He said tax agents may consider easy, but incorrect, deductions may be a "sugar hit" for customers but warned that it's a net negative for customers in the long term.
Mr Jordan's comments align with previous warnings that the ATO will be scrutinising undeclared income, unexplained wealth as well as incorrectly claimed work-related expenses.
Speaking in November, he said, "From the random audits and other compliance activities conducted for the individual market, we are concerned by the level of non-compliance we are seeing – particularly in relation to overclaiming of work-related expenses.
"We also see some agents neglecting to check that their client has actually spent the money on the required item and that it was directly related to earning their income; and some claiming for personal (not work-related) expenses through carelessness, miscalculations and mistakes."
With this in mind, Mr Jordan emphasised in his Thursday keynote address that when his tenure expires in 2024, he wants to be able to say: "People know and feel that complying with their obligations is not so hard, but more importantly, worth it, for peace of mind and for the satisfaction of doing the right thing. And there are consequences for those who do the wrong thing – they get caught, and are held to account."
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the far vista
holistic landscape
platonic form in fractals
this truth is also true
though the land
be untraveled
the vision
[image from Wikipedia]
This blue mushroom received so much interest, deservedly, on my earlier post that I thought I'd pass along some info about it. As I said in reply to a comment, it was almost otherworldly. Such a stunning find. Below is info from Wikipedia.
Anyone care to suggest a symbolic significance?
Couple of things to take into account: 1) it is not common in northern Minnesota, where I encountered it. 2) It's symbiotic relationship with trees 3) it's Edibility 4) found around the world 5) Of course, the stunning indigo coloration. [you should be able to click the photos to get a more vibrant view)
from Wikipedia:
Lactarius indigo, commonly known as the indigo milk cap, the indigo (or blue) Lactarius, or the blue milk mushroom, is a species of agaric fungus in the family Russulaceae. A widely distributed species, it grows naturally in eastern North America, East Asia, and Central America; it has also been reported in southern France.
Lactarius indigo is distributed throughout southern and eastern North America, but is most common along the Gulf Coast, Mexico, and Guatemala. Its frequency of appearance in the Appalachian Mountains of the United States has been described as "occasional to locally common".[8] Mycologist David Arora notes that in the United States, the species is found with ponderosa pine in Arizona, but is absent in California's ponderosa pine forests.[35] It has also been collected from China,[32] India,[36][37] Guatemala,[38] and Costa Rica (in forests dominated by oak).[39] In Europe, it has so far only been found in southern France.[40] A study on the seasonal appearance of fruiting bodies in the subtropical forests of Xalapa, Mexico, confirmed that maximal production coincided with the rainy season between June and September.[41]
L. indigo grows on the ground in both deciduous and coniferous forests, where it forms mycorrhizal associations with a broad range of trees.
Lactarius indigo is a mycorrhizal fungus, and as such, establishes a mutualistic relationship with the roots of certain trees ("hosts"), in which the fungi exchange minerals and amino acids extracted from the soil for fixed carbon from the host. The subterranean hyphae of the fungus grow a sheath of tissue around the rootlets of a broad range of tree species, forming so-called ectomycorrhizae—an intimate association that is especially beneficial to the host, as the fungus produces enzymes that mineralize organic compounds and facilitate the transfer of nutrients to the tree.[42]
The fruit body color ranges from dark blue in fresh specimens to pale blue-gray in older ones. The milk, or latex, that oozes when the mushroom tissue is cut or broken—a feature common to all members of the Lactarius genus—is also indigo blue, but slowly turns green upon exposure to air.
The cap has a diameter of 5 to 15 cm (2 to 6 in), and the stem is 2 to 8 cm (0.8 to 3 in) tall and 1 to 2.5 cm (0.4 to 1.0 in) thick.
It is an edible mushroom, and is sold in rural markets in China, Guatemala, and Mexico.
The firm flesh is best prepared by cutting the mushroom in thin slices. The blue color disappears with cooking, and the mushroom becomes grayish. Because of the granular texture of the flesh, it does not lend itself well to drying. Specimens producing copious quantities of milk may be used to add color to marinades.
A chemical analysis of Mexican specimens has shown L. indigo to contain 95.1% moisture, 4.3 mg of fat per gram of mushroom (mg/g), and 13.4 mg/g protein. There is 18.7 mg/g of dietary fiber, much higher in comparison to the common button mushroom, which contains 6.6 mg/g. Compared to three other wild edible mushroom species also tested in the study (Amanita rubescens, Boletus frostii, and Ramaria flava), L. indigo contained the highest saturated fatty acids content, including stearic acid with 32.1 mg/g—slightly over half of the total free fatty acid content.[33]
THIS SITE BRINGS TO MIND THE OLD GEORGE CARLIN ROUTINE ~ "Whose got all the blue food?"
Lactarius indigo is a delicious edible mushroom– and fun to eat. There are very few blue foods. Even blueberries are not really blue, but purple!…. there's just one natural blue food that I know — blue corn!… Lactarius indigo is delicious simply sautéed in butter, but the most fun way I have prepared them is in an omelet with or with scrambled eggs. You can guess what this does to the eggs– it turns them green!! Green eggs are lots of fun to have, especially for kids. You're on your own for the green ham.
George Carlin video:
Where's the blue food? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l04dn8Msm-Y
guess I should have eaten that mushroom!!!
A sure sign that the time to return was ripe
for the raspberries were
at Raspberry Landing.
This rustic lodge
upon the mystic waters
of the wild and heathen Saint Croix
Where once I taught the mysteries
of Earth and Wind and Fire and Water.
Opened portals
that others may travel
between the worlds.
Quantum Entanglement
draws me back
after so many long years.
Walking paths I knew not
encountering ruins
that were ruined
before my time.
A wishing well
though silted full
granting wishes still.
Built alongside gushing brook
and ancient waterstone walls
that once held pools serene
now toppled over
torn down by torrents
that would not abide constraint
no matter how serene
on their way to the wild Saint Croix.
A walk upstream
tracing back the Flow
along muddy banks
and plunging falls in miniature
and ace of spade succulents
and always a damsel
or damsel fly
through all the eons
that I have lived
to see you once again
the hollow that remains
within my chest
forsaken in the sublime resonance
of the unstuck sound
that final sound
of the intonation of OM
that sacred syllable
that you draw from the depths
of my effulgent being
that lingers upon
my unkissed lips
the silence that hums
at the end of mmm
where sages hear
the unstuck chord
vibration of primal being
sound not made
of two things
striking together
but arising from the One.
Anahata Chakra
unfulfilled union
of Shiva and Shakti
of Purusha and Prakriti
a bell struck by love
a hollow filled
with sonorous resonance
but there is no
answering call.
Picture of the Sri Yantra at top is from: http://www.sriyantraresearch.com
From various sources:
All sounds within our range of hearing are created by things visible or invisible, striking each other or vibrating together, creating pulsing waves of air molecules which our ears and brain interpret as sound.
So, sound that is not made of two things striking together is the sound of primal energy, the sound of the universe itself.
And the ancients say that the audible sound which most resembles this unstruck sound is the syllable OM.
Tradition has it that this ancient mantra is composed of four elements: the first three are vocal sounds:
A" It represents normal waking consciousness, in which subject and object exist as separate entities.
"U" This vibration represents the level of dream consciousness and lies mid-way between waking state (A) and deep sleep (M). From the sleep state of consciousness associated with "U", object and subject become intertwined in awareness. Both are contained within us.
"M" This sound represents the realm of deep, dreamless sleep. There is neither observing subject nor observed object. All are one and nothing. This is the cosmic night, the interval between cycles of creation, the womb of the Divine Mother.
The fourth sound, unheard, is the silence which begins and ends the audible sound, the silence which surrounds it.
In the Sanskrit tradition, this sound is called "Anahata Nada," the "Unstruck Sound." Literally, this means "the sound that is not made by two things striking together."
For millennia, mystics have recounted their experience of this energy, which is said to manifest in our hearing awareness as a humming vibration around and within everything else.
From Wikipedia:
Anahata (Sanskrit: अनाहत, Anāhata) is the fourth primary chakra, also called the Heart Chakra, according to Hindu Yogic, Shakta and Buddhist Tantric traditions. In Sanskrit, anahata means "unhurt, unstruck and unbeaten". Anahata Nad refers to the Vedic concept of unstruck sound (the sound of the celestial realm). Ananhata is associated with a calm, serene sound devoid of violence.
Anahata is represented by a smoke-grey lotus flower with 12 petals. Inside is a smoke-coloured region made from the intersection of two triangles, creating a shatkona. The shatkona is a symbol used in Hindu Yantra, representing the union of the masculine and feminine. Specifically, it is meant to represent Purusha (the Supreme Being) and Prakriti (Mother Nature) and is often represented by Shiva and Shakti.
The Sri Yantra is a configuration of nine interlocking triangles, surrounded by two circles of lotus petals with the whole encased within a gated frame, called the "earth citadel". The nine interlocking triangles centered around the bindu (the central point of the yantra) are drawn by the superimposition of five downward pointing triangles, representing Shakti ; the female principle and four upright triangles, representing Shiva ; the male principle. The nine interlocking triangles form forty three small triangles each housing a presiding deity associated with particular aspects of existence.
In the 1960s and '70s Swiss engineer and medical doctor Hans Jenny performed experiments using sound frequencies on various materials such as water, sand, dust, liquid plastic and milk. Dr Jenny placed the material on a metal plate attached to a crystal oscillator which was controlled by a frequency generator capable of producing a wide range of vibrations. He then filmed and photographed what happened on the plate. He coined the term Cymatics (the study of wave-form phenomena), which is derived from the Greek 'kyma' meaning 'wave', and 'ta kymatica' meaning 'matters pertaining to waves'.
The picture at top is of the Sri Yantra. This is probably one of the most celebrated yantra in India, a symbol of Great Cosmic Power Tripura Sundari and is said to be in resonance with the energies of beauty and love. This is the pattern that the 'OM' is said to represent. Or rather, this is the image that the ancient Rishis envisioned when meditating on the 'OM'.
When Om was chanted into the Cymatics apparatus, the Sri Yantra was said to form in the sand on the vibrating plate. If so, it confirms what the ancient Rishis experienced.
These pictures are said to have come from the OM cymatics experiment ~
from: http://www.nbsr.co.za/the-harmony-of-432-hz-and-528-hz-tuning-in-to-the-cosmic-hum-2


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Earlier discussed that we need to pay attention to the trends in our culture and then looked at some of those trends identified by David Kinnaman.
How do we respond to those trends? Kinnaman raises four superb questions in his article. I will quote his questions and share my thoughts.
"Do you have practices in place to clearly see reality?"
The question raises its own question. Are we willing to consider what is beyond our current practices and beliefs? It is difficult for many of us (most of us? everyone?) to seriously listen to reality beyond our current situation. If we are not going to be overwhelmed by the changes in our culture, technology, and regulatory burdens we need to get outside ourselves. We need to have some way to see clearly what is happening around us.
"How responsive is your organization to new opportunities?"
You recall the old joke: Question — how many Baptists/Catholics/Lutherans/fill-in-the-blank does it take to change a light bulb? . . . . . . . .
Answer — What's change?
We need to have the willingness and flexibility to adapt to the changes taking place around us. We need to have the flexibility (Kinnaman calls it 'nimbleness') to take advantage of new opportunities that arise because of those changes. Change is hard.
"What are we asking people to love?"
With all our fundraising and communication, where are focusing our donors and constituents attention? Are we focusing them on healthy spiritual growth or turning us in on ourselves? I think I can see where Kinnaman is going with this question. I hope he will develop it in more detail.
"Are you prepared to revise your scorecard for impact?"
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By the way, check out the Barna site and the research they make available for free.
Barna is developing some pages that expand on this discussion. Check back for more material. I look forward to more of their thoughts on these issues.


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Nuoc mam defines Vietnamese culinary tradition
July 4, 2006
Traditional Miscellany
by Huu Ngoc
I ate dinner more than once with Tran Dang Khoa, the poet in restaurants during the course of our travels. Before tasting the regional specialities, he always began by serving himself a small bowl of hot rice sprayed with a little nuoc mam (fish sauce).
Nuoc mam has such a strong smell that airlines forbid its transport on their aircraft. There were some young Vietnamese going to study abroad who had transgressed that prohibition. In the 1980s, a Vietnamese student who came from Ha Noi had caused a regrettable scandal at the East Berlin airport: he slipped on the waxed floor and had fallen flat on his back, breaking a bottle of nuocmam hidden in a nylon bag. Getting rid of the smell took hours.
Why does nuoc mam have such a strong power of gastronomic seduction? Nuoc means water or liquid. Mam means the brine of fish or crustaceans often conserved as a thick liquid, of which the people of Southeast Asia are very fond. Nuoc mam is a salted solution that comes from the fermentation of the flesh of small fish. It is a Vietnamese speciality. (There is also another type of fish sauce in Thailand.) To make it, one adds alternating layers of fish and salt in a huge wooden barrel. After a certain time, one removes the liquid accumulated at the bottom and pours it back on top. This is done repeatedly. The first extracted solution (nuoc cot, nuoc nhat) is very rich in protein, often drunk in winter by fishermen and divers to preserve body heat. The nuoc mam nhi (or ri) extracted directly from the bottom of the barrel is of the best quality. Nuoc mam contains sodium chloride, amino acids, histamines, organic phosphate and minerals.
I visited centres of production of the best nuoc mam in Viet Nam: the islands of Phu Quoc, Phan Thiet, and Cat Hai. I was very impressed by the importance of their production, particularly for Vietnamese living abroad. During the era of French colonisation, the Lien Thanh Company of Phan Thiet distributed nuoc mam in the country and abroad, having presented the sauce to the l'Exposition Internationale (International Exposition) in Marseilles in 1922. Phan Thiet became a famous commercial brand. Unilever, a major European food company, created a business on the island along with 18 local partners. The joint venture company Quoc Duong produced and bottled ultra-hygienic nuoc mam (20 million litres per year), a proportion of which was exported to overseas Vietnamese in France, Germany and in the United States. The company preserved the traditional way of production of nuoc mam. I have met the Phu Hiep family, who specialised in nuoc mam for three generations.
A handicap for the exportation of nuoc mam to Europe and America is its odour, although it is not stronger than Roquefort or Gibier faisande. Once the repugnance of the smell is conquered, the amber liquid finally pleases the palate. Cook Cam Van presented it to a culinary festival organised by the Culinary Institute of America in the United States, and French chef Didier Corlou of the Sofitel Metropole Hanoi organised a symposium about nuoc mam. To neutralise the odour, Ms Mai Pham counselled people to serve it diluted with a special sauce, and to never add it to a plate being prepared without a hot saucepan ("The Best of Vietnamese and Thai Cooking," Prima Publishing, 1996).
Traditional Vietnamese meals are served with all dishes displayed on a round brass tray, with a bowl of nuoc mam in the middle. Diners soak pieces of food in nuoc mam. Nuoc mam is also served to raise the tastes of all dishes. It is a sauce served plain, or mixed with other ingredients: red chilli seasoning, ginger, oil, vinegar, sugar and lime. Nuoc mam served with hard-boiled duck eggs is a Ha Noi speciality. Nuoc mam condensed by heat is a dietary element and is considered good for sick people and mothers of newborns. Nuoc mam paste was served to conserve the fighters along the Ho Chi Minh Trail during the war. — VNS
Southern hub to host Festival of Vietnamese Family
July 4, 2006
The annual Festival of Vietnamese Family will be held June 25 in Ho Chi Minh City's Phu My Hung residential area.
This year's festival, organized by the HCMC Youth Union, will be the biggest in terms of total number of participants, with 4,000 families expected to take part in events like games, seminars, training and eating for good health, World Cup fun, cooking, nutrition advice, and avoiding conflicts in young families.
Participants will also put up a giant montage made up of thousands of pictures of Vietnamese families.
The festival organizers will gift three houses to needy families.
Reported by Thien Long, Nhu Lich – Translated by Minh Phat
The Britain-Vietnam Friendship Society (BVFS) installed a booth in London on June 18 to sell Vietnamese-made arts handicrafts to raise funds for Vietnamese victims of Agent Orange (AO)/Dioxin.
Also on display were photos reflecting the Vietnamese AO victims' sufferings which moved British visitors and made them more aware of the consequences of the toxin sprayed by US troops over Vietnam in the 1961-1971 period.
BVFS Secretary Len Aldis told a Vietnam News Agency reporter that the defoliant has still caused serious consequences to the Vietnamese people who have not yet been compensated.
On this occasion, the BVFS collected signatures from British friends and foreign visitors in support of the Vietnamese AO victims. (VNA)
André Bouny 20/06/2006
URL : http://www.anti-imperialism.net/lai/texte.phtml?section=CGBB&object_id=24611
Weapons of Mass Destruction Agent Orange
The effects of Agent Orange in Viet Nam and its consequences
- Historical context, decision.
- Methods, quantities, composition, equivalences.
- Stability, food chain, cell damage.
- Unseen consequences, illnesses and photos.
- "Reparations", scientific proof, Constitution of the United States of America , multinationals, justice.
Text by André Bouny, father of Vietnamese children, founder of D.E.F.I. Viêt Nam and president of the Vietnam Association for Victims of Agent Orange and the New York trial ( CIS ), for the 2nd International Rally for Nuclear Biological and Chemical Disarmement ( RID-NBC ) in Saintes, the 6, 7&8 May 2006.
From the point of view of armaments, the Vietnam War is the major conflict of the XXth century. This conflict opposed the United States of America and the North Vietnamese communist Viet Minh, supported by the Soviet Union . This conflict became an exported war between the planet's two superpowers: The USA supposedly wanted to halt the spread of communism in Asia whilst the USSR wished to encourage it.
Vietnam was sacrificed, in a terrible human carnage, a laboratory of future wars .
3 to 4 times the tonnage of bombs dropped during the entire second World War were used, the equivalent of 450 Hiroshima atomic bombs. Vietnam bears the stigmata of twenty million large craters – high explosive, incendiary, blast, cratering and fragmentation bombs. There are more than half a million tons of unexploded ordinance. These devices have already killed between 100000 and 200000 people, especially children because for a long time more then half of the population was less than 15 years old. At Cu-Chi – which means « Land off steel » in Vietnamese – more than 10 tons per inhabitant were dropped.
America was bogged down.
The Vietnamese combatants, invisible and elusive, moved about under their tropical forest. The American army archives admit to 8 000 000 sorties with helicopters full of napalm to flush out the enemy from his villages of straw huts.
To no effect.
America was in a hurry. Her youth and that of the whole world were beginning to react against the war. The Americans were promised the moon, in Vietnam they were going to create it.
In 1961 J.F. Kennedy entered the White House and decided in favour of this gigantic chemical war that was initially called « Operation Trail Dust », before turning out to be « Operation Hades » – god of the dead and hell in Greek mythology. It was then quickly renamed « Operation Ranch Hand », because that sounded less important. It was the third military code name in history for the spraying of Agent Orange on Vietnam and the bordering areas of Laos and Cambodia . « Operation Ranch Hand »'s aim was to raze the tropical forest from the face of the earth as well as poisoning the crops, the inhabitants and the combatants, a titanic ecocide which was to eliminate for ever many earthly species.
It took ten years to spray 84 000 000 litres of defoliants.
Ten percent was spread by hand, by land based vehicle or by boat in the deltas and mangrove swamps of the coast. Ninety percent was sprayed by air, using C123 planes and helicopters. At that point the Vietnamese had no other protection than a cloth soaked in urine held over the noses.
Amongst these defoliants were Agent Blue containing cyanide , which was particularly effective at destroying the rice fields, Agent Green, Agent White, Agent Purple, Agent Pink, according to the species to be destroyed, and finally Agent Orange, so called because of the coloured bands on the barrels containing the poison. Agent Orange alone represented 62% of the defoliants sprayed in Vietnam .
Agent Orange contains tetrachlorodibenzo-p-dioxin, called 2,3,7,8-TCDD because of its molecular structure. Dioxins consist of 2 benzene rings, 2 molecules of oxygen and 2 molecules of chlorine, fluorine or bromine (4 for the most toxic variety).
TCDD is the most powerful poison known – a million times more toxic than the most potent natural poison – and also the most long lasting.
An equivalence is not a scientific measure as it uses a fact to make a comparative projection, but nevertheless it can concentrate the mind in order to apprehend the magnitude of the disaster. A study made in 2002 by the University of Colombia, New York, reveals that 80 grammes of dioxin released into the water supply of a town, would kill 8 000 000 of its inhabitants. On this basis, 40 billion times the fatal dose for a human being were sprayed on Vietnam .
TCDD dosage is measured in picograms, i.e. in million millionths of a gram (10 to the power of 12 gram). This smallness guarantees it great stability. In Vietnam it is in the soil, in the water, in the mud, in the silt and it in this way it passes into the food chain.
In the food chain it is found in large quantities in animal fats, meat, milk, eggs and fish.
Scientists have created a unit called the TEQ, short for Toxic Equivalence, in order to fix the toxicity limit for foodstuffs. In France , the permitted dose per kilo of body weight per person per day is from 1 to 4 picograms a day.
In the USA the permitted dose is much smaller, at 0.0064 picograms it is 160 times less than the French norm.
In Vietnam , the dose can reach 900 picograms per kilo of body weight per person per day.
The nucleus of a cell is protected by a defensive membrane, whose role is to prevent molecules that do not have the necessary structure from penetrating the nucleus and interfering with the genetic material. But within the cell's cytoplasm (all the components of the cell except the nucleus) dioxin binds to a molecule naturally present in all cells – the aryl hydrocarbon receptor. It can then penetrate the nucleus's defences by 'passing itself off' as a hormone. It is this dioxin-receptor combination that confuses the hormonal messengers of our endocrine system (the collection of endocrine glands that secrete hormones into the blood) and activates the so called 'dioxin sensitive' zones of certain DNA regions, thus producing the toxic effect.
The Vietnamese are fervent ancestor worshippers. They wish to have offspring capable of perpetuating this cult. If this is not the case, they experience a feeling of guilt towards their ancestors. It is understandable that families with one, two or three seriously handicapped children have had a fourth, fifth and sixth, and sometimes more… It is thought that a large number of births are not registered, the children are 'hidden'. One has to understand the appalling mental torture of parents, who see their child born with two heads or two faces on the same head, or without arms and legs, or even with internal organs outside their bodies.
And even when TCDD does not manage to cross the future mother's placenta and the child is born healthy, the mother poisons it by breastfeeding because mother's milk is the only way for her to eliminate dioxin. Once again think of the devastating psychological effect on the mother.
Even seemingly healthy people often suffer from dermatoses (chloracne, skin disease characterised by blackheads, cysts and papules; hyper-keratosis, hyper- pigmentation)
- Liver disorders.
- Cardio-vascular disorders.
- Urogenital tract disorders.
- Neurological disorders (loss of libido, migraines, peripheral neuropathies, sensory organs)
- Psychiatric disorders (nervousness, insomnia, loss of personality, depression, suicide).
Following the industrial accident in Seveso involving dioxin, the Professor Bertazzi and his team from Milan declared : "We are beginning to observe some strange long term effects… a study has revealed a complete reversal of the sex distribution. In the population as a whole, there is a ratio of 106 males for 100 females, but in Seveso it is 48 girls for 26 boys. That is a sign of profound mutation of hormonal metabolisms." The masculine sex has almost half disappeared.
Today in Vietnam , the third generation is there and healthy people are producing monster babies with, in some cases, their genitals in the middle of their faces.
The Stellman Report, which is the undisputed reference on the use of defoliants in Vietnam , estimates at 4 800 000 the number of potential or silent victims of the spraying. But caution, this figure does not take into account victims subsequently poisoned for forty years by the food chain or the offspring of three generations who have followed them to this day. There are millions of past and present victims. How many are there to come?
The use of this indestructible chemical Weapon of Mass Destruction by the American Army demands 'reparations' « We need scientific proof » say the Americans, who have recognized and compensated 'their' Vietnam War veterans, affected by Agent Orange as well as their offspring. It is a way of letting Vietnam deal with the problem on its own. At the time of this American reply, a test to detect dioxin in the blood cost between $3000 and $4000. How could a Vietnam trying to ensure its development afford such a cost? The link between cause and effect is recognized for certain illnesses and the list gets longer every year. It is high time to recognize all the illnesses and malformations attributable to Agent Orange. In fact the body of presumption is sufficiently well founded. Vietnamese, Laotian and Cambodian victims present the same symptoms as the American Vietnam War victims (4 200 000 GI's served in Vietnam), as the South Koreans (300 000 participants) and the New Zealanders and Australians, who fought beside them as well as the victims, who live near the storage zones in the Philippines, not forgetting certain persons, who live near the Agent Orange test zones in Canada. The same applies to all their offspring. Naturally we have to continue to study the harmful consequences of these poisons, but it is high time to recognize the obvious. Additionally, unlike the majority of the victims quoted, the Vietnamese have been living and feeding on the poison for forty years.
The United States Constitution does not permit legal action against the politicians of the day nor against acts of war committed by the American Army, even if they are not « allowed » by the Geneva Convention.
The manufacturers of the poison are still there. They were fully aware of the composition of their product and its destination – as early as 1965 American laboratories had discovered the effects of dioxin on rats – and made a huge fortune supplying the US Army. Of the 37 companies that made the poison, the main ones are Monsanto, Dow Chemical, Uniroyal, Diamond, Thompson and Hercules amongst others.
On the 31st of January 2004 , a few days before the expiry of the ten year statute of limitations, which would have prevented any legal action under US law, the Vietnam Association for the Victims of Agent Orange/dioxin and 5 victims acting on their own behalf filed a lawsuit at the United States Federal Court in Brooklyn New York . In September 2004 22 more victims joined the list which risks becoming endless.
The Vietnamese lawsuit involves a vast and complex procedure. It is vast because there are many plaintiffs, many accused and many events that took place over a long period. There will be social, economic and financial implications. The trial will be complex both from the point of view of the applicable and the theoretical jurisdiction. The trial of those involved with Agent Orange will be a first in the history of the American legal system and has no precedent.
On the 10 th of March 2005 , Judge Jack Weinstein, the same one who defended the American veteran victims of Agent Orange and obtained damages for them, dismissed the lawsuit of the Vietnamese victims! The judge said there was nothing in International Law outlawing the use of herbicides. Apart from the fact that defoliants did not exist when certain laws were drawn up, the real question is not to know whether the Agent Orange sprayed on Vietnam was a poison or a defoliant, the real question is to know whether the defoliant contained a poison. "YES" is the overwhelmingly unanimous reply of the international scientific community – a devastatingly teratogenic (causing malformation of the embryo) poison.
The 30 th of September 2005 , the Vietnamese victims filed an appeal to the Appeals Court .
The 16 th of January 2006 , the defence lawyers of the 37 companies submitted their arguments to 'their' justice. Their defence claimed that the reason for the use of Agent Orange was to protect American soldiers and that they had also been victims of Agent Orange as well as their children. The defence added that the companies could not refuse an order from their government, as if each one was obliged to supply the ingredients of a crime against humanity. Thus the defence tried to shift the responsibility onto the politicians of the time knowing that the latter had either disappeared or were constitutionally untouchable.
The New York Court of Appeal will pronounce its judgement in the first half of 2006, towards the end of May or the beginning of June.
This huge violation of human rights, this war crime, this crime against humanity, this titanic ecocide combined with a delayed action genocide, has today become the greatest forgotten tragedy astride the two centuries. If the Vietnamese victims' case is again dismissed, it will be a second injustice for the world. Impunity would close the door for ever to future plaintiffs (I'm thinking of the victims of Depleted Uranium) and would open wide the way to future great massacres in this young millennium. Finally, if the Agent Orange victims' complaint is rejected, we will appeal to the United States Supreme Court which as everyone knows has recently undergone significant renewal.
Today the R ally for I nternational D isarmement must form another bridge between the victims and international opinion which we wish to alert. For the victims, our fellow creatures, are enduring particularly horrible physical and psychological suffering. The children of Vietnam are smiling like children everywhere in the world, but in spite of all the efforts of the authorities, more than forty years after the beginning of the spraying of Agent Orange, the children of Vietnam are dying and nobody cares.
Thank you.
P.S. If you wish to visit Vietnam, go ! In the current state of affairs, it is only long term exposure which is dangerous. Don't be afraid to go to Vietnam for a fortnight, a month or even two. And of course, they have one of the best cuisines in the world and you will come back enchanted, full of undying memories.
'Wardogs' unleashed
July 4, 2006
Could Schwarzenegger, Stallone and Willis unite for a new action flick?
Chris Tilly | Jun 20 2006
A new action flick could be set to bring some of the genre's biggest names together for the first time on screen.
Andrew Grossman's 'Wardogs' was written when he and producer Andrew Lazar were discussing the idea of putting action legends from the 1980s and '90s together in one film.
Grossman concocted a story about four Vietnam vets going back into action when their former leader goes missing in Turkey, and this week Regency Enterprises picked up the rights.
There's no word yet regarding casting, though if they are going for the big guns, the dream ensemble would doubtless involve Sylvester Stallone, Bruce Willis and the governor himself, Arnold Schwarzenegger.
Or for a cut-price version, we'd suggest Steven Seagal, Jean-Claude Van Damme, Chuck Norris, and 'Action Jackson' himself, Carl Weathers.
News Features staff
Published: Jun 21, 2006
"Drowning New Orleans," a documentary examining what happened in the city during the first 48 hours after Hurricane Katrina, will debut at 8 p.m. today on National Geographic Channel, only available on digital cable.
Baton Rouge native Lawrence Cumbo was the producer, director and cinematographer on the project, which brought him home to "a dying city," as he described New Orleans in a blog on the National Geographic Channel Web site.
"Personally, this is a place where I've celebrated births, weddings and even funerals — and standing at dusk near Claiborne and Tulane Avenue — it all seemed unreal, so massive, it was overwhelming," Cumbo wrote.
Cumbo and his crew made their way through the city in a four-wheel-drive sport utility vehicle, and got a chilling overview of the city in a Coast Guard chopper.
They spent several days there, and in between filmings, delivered food, diesel, water, inhalers and pets, and checked on many homes and businesses at the request of friends, family and strangers.
National Geographic Channel is on digital cable Channel 108. The show will re-air at 11 p.m. tonight, 6 p.m. Saturday, and 4 p.m. June 28.
Story originally published in The Advocate
Posted by the Asbury Park Press on 06/23/06
FILM PRESENTED: The New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial Foundation will host a presentation of the 22-minute film "Twilight's Last Gleaming," about a Gold Star mother's search for her son, who has been missing in action in Vietnam for 30 years. The film will be introduced and discussed by its director, Paul Schneeberger of Cortlandt Manor, N.Y.WHEN and WHERE: At 11 a.m. Sunday, July 9, at the Vietnam Era Educational Center in Holmdel, which is adjacent to the PNC Bank Arts Center off Exit 116 of the Garden State Parkway.
WHO WILL BE THERE: Members of American Gold Star Mothers Inc., which is holding its annual convention in Mount Laurel from July 7 to July 11, will be special guests at the event.
WHAT IS A GOLD STAR MOTHER? Since the early days of World War I, a Blue Star displayed outside a family's home indicates they have a loved one serving with the U.S. military in a combat zone. If that family member is killed, the Blue Star is replaced with a Gold Star, to honor that person and his or her family for their supreme sacrifice.
In 1928, American Gold Star Mothers Inc. was established not only to provide comfort to mothers who had lost sons or daughters in warfare, but also to aid the men and women who served or were severely wounded during hostilities.
SERVICE: Following the film program, the American Gold Star Mothers Association will hold a special service at the New Jersey Vietnam Veterans' Memorial, featuring as guest speaker, Ambassador Feisal Amin Al-Istrabadi, a representative of Iraq to the United Nations.
IF YOU GO: Lecture attendees are asked to RSVP to (732) 335-0033. A donation of $5 per person is suggested.
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Can PPC Newlands, one of the Mother City's ultimate sporting venues, replace Lord's as the top cricket stadium around the world?
PPC Newlands' upgrades of R13 million including an enlarged capacity of 200 guests in the new President's Suite, and the presence of a new state-of-the-art scoreboard, one of the biggest in the Southern Hemisphere, are providing a face-lift to the already world-famous ground.
The upgrades, known as the Newlands Cricket Ground Mini-Project, is on track to meet the deadline of 30th September. The scoreboard will be installed before the start of the T20 Global League on 3rd November.
"With PPC Newlands confirmed as host of the traditional New Year's Test against India (the match starts on 5th January), I cannot think of a more pristine backdrop for a battle royal between the current number 1 and number 2 ranked teams in the world," said Nabeal Dien, chief executive officer of the Western Province Cricket Association (WPCA),
"I am excited about the gigantic work done by Edudev, high calibre master builders and Western Province's ground staff and operational teams to give Newlands such a face-lift," Dien added.
In May 2012, 40 experts approached by The Cricketer, voted Lord's as the number 1 cricket venue in the world and selected Newlands as the second best with the Adelaide Oval placed third.
"PPC Newlands has never looked in more pristine condition," said Evan Flint, decorated South African groundsman of the year in 2017. He heads a professional team that relayed four pitches and installed two more at the edge of the square to ensure that 14 wickets are available for the 2017/2018 competitions.
Flint was also at the helm of an extensive operation to see a comprehensive Shelton drainage system installed at the ground.
Newlands is renowned for its backdrop of Table Mountain and Devil's Peak, its knowledgeable and vocal fans and the sizes of the crowd at the traditional New Year's tests, as well as limited-overs games.
"Yeah, Newlands looks as good as I have ever seen it," Flint says, who has been the head curator under the Oaks since 2008.
Prior to that, he performed his apprenticeship under the guardianship of Philip Russell, a former Derbyshire player, former head curator at Kingsmead and former coach of the Dolphins.
"We have added two wickets and I have relayed four because of increasing content. It is not only because of the advent of the T20 Global competition, but also because of club competitions and the fact that wickets might become 'tired' at the end of the season.
"Players in the T20 Global competition might also want to have middle practice to see how far they can hit it," he said.
Reflecting on the outfield, Flint is a custodian of a very specific philosophy. "I don't think the outfield will be as quick as that of the Wanderers. But I feel that you should not be credited with a boundary if you just beat the inner ring, especially in four-day cricket and test cricket.
"There should be more skill involved to find the ropes, and twos and threes should also be in the reckoning," he added.
Flint says when there are clouds against Table Mountain, the ball might move. The opposite is also true that if it's a bright, sunny day and it remains the case for the next four days, the pitch might be dry on day five.
The advent of global T20 cricket has tilted the scales in the batsmen's favour. Yet, he believes in a fair contest between bat and ball in one-day cricket, three- and four-day matches and in tests and prepares pitches and the ground so that there is a less lop-sided clash where the bat doesn't completely dominate.
"If you score 270 in a domestic one-day game that is good going. But once you score more than 300, that is not equally as thrilling," he added.
When judging test and four-day matches, he argues that 30 runs per wicket is about par, which means 1200 runs in a match and 40 wickets.
"I think we have the formula about right, but even if you repeat it, the results might be different. Sometimes it is a bit of a lottery," he added.
Flint has been judged by his peers and by the players and umpires as the best in the country.
It is a great accolade, for overhead conditions and just a bit of nip off the seam can cause havoc, especially when Dale Steyn and Vernon Philander are in full cry.
Philander captured 5-17 in his maiden test in 2011 at PPC Newlands when South Africa romped to an eight-wicket win and Australia was dismissed for a lowly 47 after being 21 for nine at a stage.
In the 2012/2013-season, New Zealand was routed for 45 as Philander took 5-7 at the iconic Newlands.
The England batsmen had no such trouble in the New Year's test in 2016, as they clubbed 629 for six declared.
South Africa's response produced one of the most celebrated centuries of the past five years, as Temba Bavuma struck his maiden test century and the Proteas managed 627.
Flint says he has been enormously privileged to be surrounded by an experienced assistant, Ihtishaam Adams, who has been at his side for five years. "He is brilliant."
The rest of his support cast are people who love their trade. "You can see it. They are so passionate," he concludes.
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A blank month would be better than the April I've had. Going back to the hit and run of Deby's Lexus and my Avalon by a speeding, crazy driver of a silver Mercedes shearing off my right side mirror and scratching her left rear while changing lanes where there was not to make, speeding off.—a double hi-and-rung.
I took the car into the garage and was walking home on 24th Street (past Alabama). The next thing I knew, I was being loaded in to an ambulance to SFGH (which was not only the closest and a trauma center but judged the best hospital for someone taking blood thinners). Two people had made 911 calls. They must have seen my fall, since people lying in the street is a common sight, even bleeding ones.
Because I threw out my back the previous Thursday, I could not sit up or get out of bed on my own. And I was pissing 6+ times a night. I was prepared (no food or drink for 10-18 times— while being admonished to drink as much as I could) for a biopsy five times, including Friday night, despite everyone knowing that biopsies are not done over the weekend. My head was also chained to the wall with a heavy box that had no support except hanging from my head or lying on the bed from which it fell to the floor.
The lies began in the emergency room, where no one bothered to wipe off the blood. The doctor who sewed my upper lip promised to check back on her work, but never did.
The arrogant Filipino night nurse J__ told me the neuroimaging gizmos would be removed after 8 hours, at midnight, and that the would call the doctor at 11 to remind him to order the removal. Come morning Jonathan puzzled where I had gotten the idea that the test was going to end at midnight. Come midnight the night doctor said there was no one awake to order the removal, but that doctors came in early. They may have, but the next excuse was that the machine's technician had to do it and no one knew when he would be around. At 11 Isaac said that if no hospital personnel did, he was going to remove the turban and bundle of cables at noon. Just before noon, the angel of the 7th floor nurses, Yvette, removed it. The technician drifted in as I was going out for a walk to the roof garden, passing some painting by Beth Koseff(?) that I like.
The roof garden, where I walked around many time, was a plus, as was my large single room. I did not want to lose it OR go through readmission, so the hospital bilked me some more o revenue on Saturday and Sunday.
I had two surveillance nurses coughing and coughing and coughing without masks, though my room was labeled an isolation room, requiring masks for all who entered.
A major hospital scam is refusing to let patients take their own medications and billing each pill as if it were the whole bottle. Instead of getting my information from my online records (including UCSF) they asked Keelung for the dosages. He photographed my drug shelf, which includes a 2010 glyburide prescription, which was added to what the hospital bundled with my real prescriptions (I made sure Triumeq was there, albeit in nighttime bundles). They dropped my prophylactic valacyclovir with predictable results (a flare-up). The other iriatrogenc malpractice was giving me blood thinner on Wednesday, the evening after my first canceled biopsy. When the surgical team learned of this hospital induced blood thinner, which was after I was on the gurney with my back shaved and the point of entry marked, was a reason to proposed the procedure again to Monday, keeping my incarcerated for the weekend, maximizing insurance revenue.
Twice I stared to piss into my plastic urinal with its cap on (during the night) and dribbled many times. Once the floor was covered with urine and once I (passively) aggressively urinated in my bed.
Because of my tight back I can't sit up or stand up on my own. (Once upright can walk). I I successfully used the plastic urinal without sitting up many times, getting my penis inside jar's lip with the jar on its side… and me on my side.
I was constipated for six days starting before admission and four days spanning two in the hospital and two out. I had four CAT scans and an MRI, as well as the 18 hour brain scan (no results of which has been communicated to me).
They are still staining biopsy results to determine what kind of kidney cancer I have, I am looking at Monday surgery (it's Thursday, so I could spend another week hospitalized at UCSH Mission Bay and waiting. No thanks!
SFGH has added several more lies that they would report results of various tests, including the brain imaging for which I suffered so much.
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St Mary's C of E Primary School is a small village school divided into three classrooms. Small classes ensure that our excellent teaching team can provide support or challenges to individual pupils as required. We also have an imaginative approach to staffing with specialist subject teachers teaching across the classes.
All pupils benefit from a range of amenities including a playground, extensive school field, wildlife garden and local woodland where we go for Forest School.
Hot lunches, provided by JP Catering Services, are available every day and parents may order from a weekly menu or children can be provided with a healthy packed lunch. Children have easy access to drinking water throughout the day and at morning break, to encourage healthy eating, fresh fruit is available to all pupils.
In January 2013 the Department of Education granted St Mary's C of E Primary School Free School status, which means we are free of Local Authority control.
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To treat all children (and adults) "as unique children of God, wonderfully made, dearly loved and precious" PSALM 139. To also recognise that every child matters (2004 Education Act) and is different, our vision is to guide and nurture each individual towards his/her best achievable level of attainment, in all aspects of learning and personal development: academic, physical, and spiritual by offering an exciting and inspirational curriculum in a caring, family-style environment, guided by the ethos of the Christian faith.
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Underpinned by spirituality, founded in Christian virtues of faith, hope and love. We believe that good learning creates opportunity and enriches lives.
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We encourage forgiveness, trust and acceptance of every person. We celebrate the diversity of our school and community and encourage respect for god, self, others, the environment and the wider world.
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For a young, vibrant teenager enjoying a carefree freshman year in high school, Gracie's cancer diagnosis was devastating for her entire family. "We were shattered with the diagnosis and were terrified our child might die," says Michelle. "That alone changes a family in huge ways." Her family learned how to ask for and accept help, how to slow down, how to appreciate even the smallest of victories. "We simply don't sweat the small stuff," says Michelle.
Gracie is an avid reader, enjoys singing in the choir, and loves to hang out with her friends. She has an obsession with make-up and skincare, loves to shop, and is looking forward to going to Friday night football games as a sophomore at Valley High School. She recently began weight and strength training at the Walnut Creek YMCA and has also started working in their youth program to help fund her shopping sprees.
Rather than allow her diagnosis and ongoing treatment to affect her attitude or character, she faced every obstacle with amazing courage and breathtaking confidence. Even while enduring six months of treatment, including five cycles of chemotherapy and 14 rounds of radiation, Gracie rarely, if ever, complained. She continued to attend school and maintain her grades. Without even realizing it, she showed her friends, family and community how to face extreme adversity and fear with poise and maturity.
In July 2017, doctors gave Gracie the news that her scans show no evidence of cancer.
"She battled like a warrior," says Michelle. "She did everything that was demanded of her, faced every scary phase and fought with her head held high and with a bravery I have never seen in my life."
Gracie doesn't see herself as brave or as anyone's hero, but that's exactly what she is to everyone who loves her. In a time when it seemed impossible to feel anything but defeated and weak, it was Gracie's courage and strength that changed her family the most.
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If you hadn't worked it out yet, I use a fair amount of coconut based products, not only because they taste delicious, have fewer calories than their dairy counterparts and are more often than not nut free, so a lot of boxes are ticked in our household.
Koko are one of my favourite brands to use, especially the milk, which is great in smoothies or lattes etc. Anyway they have launched a whole range of new products including yogurts and a dairy spread, so I thought I'd share my views with you all.
The yoghurts are great, the larger tub of natural yogurt does take a bit if getting used to. It has a natural tang which if I'm honest can offend the taste buds, but I've never been an avid fan of soya products and too much of it definitely doesn't like me, so to have a soya free dairy free product is a winner. Anyway when on top of some fresh berries or with granola etc the plain yogurt is great and even I ( miss fussy pants) go as far to say it is really quite delicious. I should add the tang I talk about seems to be a flavour of all natural coconut products I've tasted so far to date.
This leads me on to the flavoured yogurts, still soya and dairy free and in individual pots so great for lunch boxes etc. Mini me loves the strawberry and peach flavours. I have to say I agree with her. The texture is creamy with fruit pieces ( and these are actual pieces not squishy pulp you can get in some yogurts). They taste great to, and leave no aftertaste. The lemon and coconut I liked but tiny tot wasn't so keen. It's more of a grown up taste but the coconut pieces in it give a great texture and it's lovely over fruit.
The newest product Koko have launched is a dairy free spread. I love the packaging- very tropical and the spread is a great product. It is a blend of oils including coconut and sustainable Palm oil. I used it to make a dessert for a friend who came for dinner. I made a crumble topping and I have to say when combined with a gluten free flour gave a much better crumble than the flour and butter combination I usually use. Everyone munched their dessert so I'm going by the clean plates that this was a winner.
So there you have it, my run down of the new Koko Dairy free products. If you want any more information you can find their website Here
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Local opponents of controversial immigration legislation tied up in Arizona courts will hold a vigil in Lubbock next week.
The Citizens In United Discourse Against Discrimination will hold the vigil July 27 in Higginbotham Park to show not everyone supports an Arizona proposal to curb illegal immigration which the group fears could catch on in Texas.
"It's an affront to civil liberties, the way it's been written, and there's talk of it spreading elsewhere," Sanchez said.
The law requires Arizona law enforcement to verify the citizenship of suspects if the officer believes the person could be in the country illegally.
Opponents have criticized the law as a state overreach into federal roles and as an invitation for racial profiling.
Proponents have said it wouldn't be necessary if federal authorities would better enforce immigration laws. U.S. District Judge Susan Bolton heard the first arguments from one of the seven lawsuits challenging the law last week. More hearings on the case were scheduled for later this week.
Bolton could issue an injunction against all or components of the law, keeping it from taking effect next week.
State Rep. Debbie Riddle, R-Tomball, has said she would introduce similar, though not identical, legislation in Texas during the next session.
The CIUDAD rally would be held a couple of days before the Arizona measure was set to become law. The group held a June protest rally that drew about 100 people.
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Bravo Blog to dish on this week's episode of The Real Housewives of Beverly Hills. Teddi Mellencamp Arroyave shares her thoughts on all the drama that went down at her potluck event.
Teddi writes:
"I just wanted to have the ladies down to relax on the beach and play some cornhole (after explaining to them what exactly cornhole is). I love that Dorit and I could joke about being late and stemless glasses. But soon, we were in a situation with Kyle, Dorit, and Lisa Vanderpump, which I found out had to do with Kyle "defending" me. I was so wrapped up in unpacking groceries and saving those brown Whole Foods bags (those bitches cost me ten cents!) that I missed a lot of the conversation. I really appreciated Kyle trying to help me out on the boat, so I was baffled at why Dorit was so upset that Kyle "butted in" on our conversation when Lisa Vanderpump did the same thing first.
I knew I'd get mocked for the idea of a potluck (everybody knows the jello with the pretzels on the bottom is the way to go, Erika), but I wanted to keep it real and see if any of these women would partake and just be easygoing about it. Little did I know that their idea of a potluck was for each to bring a plate of drama.
I know what you're thinking: "I didn't realize Teddi was so down-to-earth. Man, if only she would have told us in previous episodes how laid back she is." I just want to be clear: I'm not saying I don't have money—I'm just saying I'm frugal. And I don't flaunt things because I don't care. This is The REAL Housewives of Beverly Hills, so I'm just being me. Five bedroom beach house/cottage/whatever and all."
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