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Everything starts in the spiritual world and then it manifests down to the physical world.
The Zohar says that at the time of Gog u Magog, we are going to be controlled by our thoughts. It is ''Milchement Giggim'' - the war of thoughts. [click here to see video of Rabbi Anava on this topic: from 29 mins onwards]
In every generation there is a ''Haman'' who comes to destroy us. Haman is a descendent of Amalek - Amalek is a nation, but it is also a kelipa, a spiritual impurity caused by a negative act, which comes like a virus to attack you. When the Jews left Mitzrayim, Amalek came to attack them straight away. It came from the rear, to cool them down. The gematria of the word Amalek is the same as the gematria of the word ''safek'' - doubt. Amalek comes to cool you down and make you doubt the truth.
Rabbi Anava says that these days it is the war of the screens, and we are controlled by our screens: our computers and our phones.
Rabbi Anava says that these days it is the war of the screens, and we are controlled by our screens: our computers and our phones.
So here we all are, on the internet, where everything is available in an instant, and while we can choose what to look at, in the process we may get side-tracked and end up reading something that causes us to doubt the truth. This is the spiritual side of the war of Gog u Magog, the spiritual Amalek causing us to doubt. Ten minutes ago we were excited about some new Torah we had learnt, and then we read a comment from an Amaleki which causes us to doubt that same thing.
This is Amalek, and it comes in many different guises, Rebbe Nachman commented that at the end of days, the whole world would be flooded by such a huge amount of heretical ideas and theories, even rabbis would have 'heresy dripping out of their pockets'.
We need to be extremely careful who we listen to, and what we read. Amalek is always there, waiting to pounce on us from behind.


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Solidarity Picket in Dublin with Human Rights Activists in Malaysia 28/01/2008
Malaysia has seen a clamp down on Human Rights. Some of those who dared to challenge have been arrested and face serious charges.A solidarity Picket took place today at the Malaysian Embassy at Shelbourne House today.A brief photo report from a solidarity picket which took place today at the Malaysian Embassy at Shelbourne House, Shelbourne Road in the heart of Ballsbridge.Both the Irish and Malaysian States showed up and expressed an interest in the issue.
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Not My Father's Son is a memoir written by Alan Cumming, a well-known Scottish actor who has graced various forms of entertainment from film and television, to plays and Broadway. When approached by the producers of the Who Do You Think You Are? (BBC), of course he fully threw himself into the show in hopes it would solve the family's mystery that revolved around his maternal grandfather's death. What was unforeseen was that a very similar path of finding out the man who was his grandfather, he was also figuring out the puzzling nature of his father. In a series of events that happened during the filming for the show, Alan had to confront his father and the painful memories of his past, in particular remembering the abuse he had suffered much of his life from his father. Being a successful person, it is hard to imagine the sort of pain that Alan has gone through in his younger years. In his book, the memories of his childhood and younger years are paired with moments in the present time. Showing how each memory and emotion he was feeling during this time were truly reflections of each other.
Not My Father's Son is quite an emotional roller-coaster. From laughing to feeling utterly heartbroken, it is a memoir that not only focuses on the pain he suffered in life but how he embraced those moments and the ridiculous and heartwarming moments in life to become who he is today. As he mention many times in the book, his childhood became the foundation to his acting career.
I truly enjoyed reading this book. It brought tears, shock and much laughter while reading this book. It is witty and the style of the book is a good reflection on Alan Cumming acting style. It has given me a new perspective on the actor and a new deeper appreciation for him as well. It is surprising to see how someone was able to grow with many emotional setbacks in life, to become not only successful but happy in their life with a past that is haunting and heartbreaking.
Not My Father's Son is available at the Ocean City Free Public Library.


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J.P. Morgan is a global leader in asset and wealth management services. We serve four distinct client groups through three businesses: institutions and retail clients through J.P. Morgan Asset Management; ultra high net worth clients through the Private Bank; and high net worth clients through Private Wealth Management. With assets under supervision of $1.5 trillion and assets under management of $1.1 trillion, we are one of the largest asset and wealth managers in the world.
JPMorgan Asset Management Derivatives Middle Office Team
The team is responsible for managing the technology to provide scalable solutions to the Middle Office Operations teams to manage trade lifecycle, collateral obligations and other financial key metrics associated with derivative financial products.
The team is looking for a senior associate application developer to drive some of the key projects in the team, mentor junior developers, manage the development process and work with the business users to analyze requirements and deliver solutions. This is an individual key contributor role with a potential to grow.
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- Working with business users and other teams to understand business requirements, translate them into functional specifications and formulating a technical solution
- Coding, Compiling, Unit testing, integration, packaging and deployment of developed software
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- Collaborating with other developers to share development solutions, experiences, challenges and best practices
- Ensure overall quality of deliverables is consistent with defined standards and Agile development practice
- Assists in mentoring and growing junior developer resources
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- >8 years of experience in a financial service environment including working as part of global teams
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- Cloud development with Cloud Foundry is strongly encouraged
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- JMS/MQ messaging experience is highly recommended
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- Knowledge of financial services industry is highly recommended
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- Knowledge of derivative products is highly recommended
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KPMG has released its findings of the third Africa Fraud Barometer.
According to the third Africa Fraud Barometer, the occurrence of reported fraud has decreased from 503 in the first half of 2012 to 348 cases in the second half of 2012. It is the third consecutive period where a decrease in reported fraud and corruption related cases can be recorded.
In the same period, however, the value of fraud increased from US$2 billion to US$4 billion. About three quarters of all fraud cases in Africa are reported in Nigeria, Kenya, Zimbabwe and South Africa. Nigeria is still the country with the highest value of reported fraud cases with US$3 billion, an increase of 50%. The KPMG Africa Fraud Barometer is an initiative that was launched in April 2012 and is aimed at measuring fraud on the African continent. It exposes the risk of fraud companies face in their day-to-day operations. The latest findings of decreasing fraud were confirmed by the Transparency International Corruption Perception Index, which measures perceived levels of public sector corruption in 176 countries and territories around the world.
Monitoring fraud in Africa
The KPMG Africa Fraud Barometer has been developed to provide a bigger picture of fraud prevalence on the African continent. The data is compiled by accessing all available news articles on Africa and fraud from designated databases. The term 'fraud' is used generically to describe all offences of dishonesty.
"The number of incidences has again shown a marginal decline," says Petrus Marais, KPMG's Global Leader of Forensics, who developed the barometer. "I believe it is a positive sign and I am certain that it will be welcomed by businesses operating in Africa. With the recent BRICS summit, risks related to investment in Africa enjoy a lot of space on the global corporate agenda. At the same time, Africa's image in the world is increasingly improving. Investors have started to believe that the risk of investing in Africa has become more manageable. We are helping potential investors to assess the risks of doing business in individual African countries."
The Barometer distinguishes between the number of reported fraud cases, type of perpetrators, victims of fraud, type of fraud, countries and targeted industries. Data currently available captures the entire year of 2011 and 2012. Findings are compared to those of the previous six months to map trends.
Fraud risk areas
The latest KPMG Africa Fraud Barometer shows that most of the reported cases relate to general fraud and misrepresentation at 45%, an increase of 7% from the previous reporting period. Most fraud is committed by employees (22%), replacing government officials (14%) previously topping the list. These results suggest that there is a high level of internal dishonesty. As in the previous reporting period, government remains hardest hit by fraud and corruption at 30%, a decrease of 8% from the previous reporting period.
"I think that we can already pick up various trends. Certain types of offences of dishonesty remain dominant, such as general fraud and misrepresentation. We have noted the same in the category of offenders, where employees and government officials are dominant," says Marais.
"In Africa, an increasing number of countries have been introducing anti-corruption legislation. While it is too early to predict the long-term impact of this, we also see multinational corporations taking corruption a lot more seriously, which may also be contributing to the positive results we are seeing. International donors such as the World Bank or the European Union are also increasingly demanding adherence to anti-corruption standards before disbursing funds to countries."
Most fraud occurs in the public sector with 20%, down by 5% from the previous reporting period. An increased number of cases were reported in consumer markets, financial services and the oil & gas industries.
South Africa
With the size of its economy, South Africa has the highest number of reported fraud cases on the African continent. The latest findings indicate that slightly more fraud cases are reported (1.46%) compared to the previous reporting period. This may be due to the vigilant media in South Africa significantly contributes to this.
"In South Africa, foreign investors and South African companies investing on the African continent are increasingly conscious of multinational and national anti-fraud legislation. They understand that not playing by the rules can have a significant impact on market capitalization and are therefore more accountable when it comes to fraud and corruption," says Petrus Marais. "We also see a number of enforcement agencies, such as the National Prosecuting Authority of South Africa, working hard to bring perpetrators to justice. Prosecution is increasing but still remains low compared to reported cases. We do note improvement, but also understand that it may take more time."
Kenya/East Africa
In East Africa, most cases of reported fraud come from Kenya, as
during the previous reporting period. There, a slight increase of
fraud cases of 2.88% was noted. In all other East African
countries, including Ethiopia, Rwanda, Somalia, Sudan, Tanzania,
and Uganda, the reported fraud cases have decreased. "In
Kenya, we saw a general increase in the number of fraud
cases," says William Oelofse, KPMG's East Africa Director
responsible for Forensic Services. "We are very active in the
financial sector, both banking and insurance, and there is
certainly increased activity. The perpetrators are normally
employees with assistance from third parties. We also noted that IT
departments are more often involved, with some input from
operational people."
At the same time, there are clear indications that both banks and insurance companies are taking fraud risk management more seriously. "They are not only talking about it but there are actual steps taken to implement some of the fraud risk management controls," says Oelofse.
Ghana/West Africa
Most cases of fraud on the African continent outside South Africa are reported in Nigeria, with its legacy of the military era which lasted until the 1999 elections. Reported cases have slightly decreased since the last reporting period. Nigeria is still the country with the highest value of reported fraud cases, amounting to more than $3 billion.
In Ghana, which is hailed for its economic success in the region, reported cases have increased. "Most cases have been misappropriation of public funds during the procurement and diversion of funds," says Joseph Winful, Senior Partner at KPMG Ghana. "There seems to be a general increase of fraud in the public sector as well as the financial sector. Private sector fraud occurs mostly in financial institutions perpetuated by employees in collaboration with clients. However, we believe that fraud cases have little impact on investment though we are in the process of investigating this further." Fraud cases appear regularly in the print media and findings are also published in the Auditor General reports on public sector entities.
Elsewhere in the region, reported cases were slightly increasing in Sierra Leone and Liberia while reported cases in Gambia have decreases.
The content of this article is intended to provide a general guide to the subject matter. Specialist advice should be sought about your specific circumstances.


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Archive for September, 2010
Just A Guy / A Piece of Mutton and Love -1997!Thursday, September 16th, 2010
Here we have another collaboration by myself and Yuuko Koyama. This one is from 1997 on the occasion of my first trip to Japan. I was taking summer classes in Tokyo at Sophia University and we sold this comic at the Japanese show Comiket that year! As before scroll down for my story in English and scroll from down to up to read the Japanese story.


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TWIZTID Unleashes Short-Film "A Place In The Woods" featuring Horror Greats SID HAIG and KANE HODDER … HORROR NEWS
The demented duo TWIZTID are celebrating Halloween with their craziest video yet – the highly-anticipated "Sickman" video sequel, "A Place In The Woods". The video is a short-film slasher feature – make sure to grab your popcorn and a buddy because you won't want to be alone for this one!
"A Place In The Woods" stars none other than the original "Sickman" Kane Hodder, also recognized worldwide as portraying Jason in the majority of the Friday the 13thfilms (7, 8, 9 and 10), and legendary actor Sid Haig, best known for his roles as Captain Spaulding in Rob Zombie's House of 1,000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects. The short-film also stars Majik Ninja Entertainment artist Blaze Ya Dead Homie.
"This is the closest thing to a horror movie we have filmed to date…" – Jamie Madrox
Get TWIZTID's New Album The Darkness via www.Twiztid-Shop.com
The script for the video was written by Jamie Madrox and is directed by Ryan Archibald, also known for directing many of TWIZTID's music videos such as "HAHAHAHAHA", "Down With Us", "A Little Fucked Up", and "Breakdown". Make-up for the video was spearheaded by Tate Steinsiek of SyFy's Face Off fame.
TWIZTID have often toed into the world of horror films over the course of the last several years, and "A Place In The Woods" is just one step further into the horror film world for Madrox and Monoxide. "This video is another successful step closer to making horror films! Buckle up because the ride has just begun," states Monoxide.
Madrox adds, "It gives me chills when I watch it… This is the closest thing to a horror movie we have filmed to date…"
In fact, TWIZTID is currently in the midst of writing a full-length horror film now – stay tuned for more information coming in the future on this project.
TWIZTID are currently finishing up their "Welcome to the Underground" U.S. tour featuring supporting artists Blaze, Boondox, Prozak, Wolfpac, Scum, and Trilogy. Make sure to get your tickets and VIP packs now via www.twiztid.com and www.twiztid-shop.com! See below for all remaining tour dates:
Remaining TWIZTID "Welcome To The Underground" Tour Dates:
10/28 – Milwaukee, WI @ The Rave – Fright Fest
10/29 – Belvedire, IL @ Apollo Theatre – Fright Fest
10/30 – Detroit, MI @ Majestic Theatre – Twiztid's Fright Fest – Devils Night Edition
+ Majestic Cafe – The Official TWIZTID FRIGHT FEST After Party
10/31 – Sauget, IL @ Pops – Fright Fest
11/1 – Minneapolis, MN @ Skyway Theatre
Heads up! TWIZTID recently announced NEW YEARS EVIL 8 – taking place at Alrosa Villa in Columbus, OH on New Year's Eve! Support will come from Blaze and Insane E. Doors are at 6:00PM and all ages are welcome. You can purchase tickets now viaTicketmaster.
About TWIZTID:
TWIZTID is an American hip hop duo from Detroit, Michigan. Formed in 1997, TWIZTIDis composed of Jamie Spaniolo and Paul Methric, who perform under the respective personas of Jamie Madrox and Monoxide Child. Spaniolo and Methric are former members of the group House of Krazees, which disbanded in 1997.
TWIZTID's most recent album, The Darkness, debuted on the Billboard Top 200 charts at #29, marking their 11th album debut on the chart. The Darkness marks the group's first Billboard debut since the launch of Majik Ninja Entertainment. Order your copy of The Darkness now via www.Twiztid-Shop.com.
For more information on TWIZTID, please visit:
www.Twiztid-Shop.com *official webstore*


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Actress and producer Puja Mohindra has done many roles in the world of Hollywood – from TV to films, including Foreign (2010), Muck (2015) and Kowalczyk (2009) – but she is equally good at making fun web series! Her latest, "My Indian Mom" just launched on her YouTube page! It is a sweet, funny, and lighthearted piece about conversations we have all had with our mom! Puja presents the clip in a very relatable way! So, be sure to check it out!
When asked the series, Puja explained,
""My Indian Mom" uses humor to reveal the unexpected wisdom and insight of our mothers. Each episode will center around one topic and will be released on the first day of every month."
Stay tuned for the next episode!


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Sainsbury's Christmas Ad Will Leave You In Tears
The UK supermarket has decided to forgo the traditional Christmas spot this year. The spot is set back in World War One during the Christmas Truce. This three minute clip will leave you in tears.
Sainsbury's Christmas offering this year has moved away from a price and product led message to tell the story of 'The Christmas Truce'.
On Christmas Day 1914 – the first year of World War One – British and German soldiers called a truce and came together on neutral territory to mark the day.
"This year, we wanted to reflect that theme of sharing in our Christmas campaign through the lens of one of the most extraordinary moments of sharing in modern history," said Mark Given, head of brand communications, Sainsbury's.
The full three and a half minute spot – directed by Ringan Ledwidge – is a creative interpretation of this day.
Read the full story here.


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Snapshots of Christ in Leviticus: A Scriptural Study of Christology in Leviticus, by Mitchell, Cordell W.
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- Cover: Hardcover
- Copyright: 6/11/2012
This book will turn on a bright light as you see Leviticus with Christ at its center. If you are a pastor, teacher, or preacher, hundreds of diamonds await you to pick up and expound on them. To the young ministers in third world countries, this book was written specifically for you to open your eyes to the seed truths in Leviticus of Christ and their fulfillments in the New Testament. The greater knowledge you have of the Scriptures, the greater will you see in these snapshots. The author assumes your knowledge is wide and has made the subject quick and to the point, awaiting only your hand to expound on it for your hearers. You hold in your hand much of the results of my quest in searching for Christ in the Scriptures; His snapshots are in every book of the Bible, waiting for you to behold His face. And beginning at Moses and all the prophets, he expounded unto them in all the scriptures the things concerning himself. (Luke 24:27)


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Saturday, November 2, 2013
Saturday, October 26, 2013
Sketch Ink and Watercolor
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Friday, October 18, 2013
Ink and Watercolor
Wow, too long since I posted on this Blog. I have been doing ink and watercolor sketches in my journal, mostly vegggies and fruits inspired by a cookbook.
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Sunday, April 14, 2013
Watercolors on eBay
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Wednesday, April 10, 2013
Art on eBay and Etsy this week
I just listed some digital ACEO on Etsy and will list some watercolor ACEO on eBay later today. This "Duck Pond" is on Etsy..The link is on the right here. Thanks for looking.
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Wednesday, February 6, 2013
Too long since I posted!
I guess the holidays got me involved in other areas of life, but I now have more ACEO listed on eBay and will put more on Etsy this week too. Here is a digital ACEO, one of several this week..
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Internal Hemorrhoids
Internal hemorrhoids are a combination of several things. This type is not as painful as the others mainly because it does not have to deal with irritations such as skin irritation when running or walking, nor wiping either. Their main symptom includes bleeding. This is perhaps the first sign for many that they are dealing with internal hemorrhoids.
Rarely will someone with these type of piles end up with the same kind of pain as those who suffer from external types. That's perhaps the only piece of good news in relation to this ailment. Unlike the external type of piles, the internal type is even harder to treat for those who rely upon creams and ointments for this issue. Clearly, it is not easily accessible. The fact of the matter is, though, that your internal hemorrhoids treatment should be an internal one anyway! This way it can get to the root problem and not just treat the external issue at hand. Brilliant, really.
In order to get rid of your internal hemorrhoids, you need to focus on the key factors of your problem. You need to:
• Soothe inflammation
• Strengthen anal veins
• Reduce pressure by emptying bowels
• Stop the bleeding
• Heal the damaged tissue
Each of these issues must be dealt with in your remedy for internal hemorrhoids. There are a few others to consider. Your every day diet and lifestyle habits have no doubt helped you to develop this current situation. You will want to be mindful of those factors as well. Keep in mind the main problems that you are dealing with to get started with your treatment.
Some examples of external factors that can affect your current situation in your diet and lifestyle habits would include not exercising enough or not eating enough fiber. These are both extremely important. Those who exercise are able to increase their blood circulation. That enables the body to get the correct amount of oxygen as well as to get rid of excess waste. When the body can do these things, it will run much better than if not. The same is true for having regular bowel movements. Constipation is a regular companion to any type of piles. Those who can get past that and reach regular bowel activity are those who will find their issue much easier to solve when treating internal hemorrhoids.
The key to getting rid of internal hemorrhoids is to balance your treatment with your lifestyle habits. Finding an internal remedy that can work to strengthen veins, increase circulation and reverse constipation along with eating well and getting exercise is indeed the key to becoming free of piles. Be sure to research different ingredients that can help with all the components of piles. Doing this research will help you to know what will positively effect your situation.
Your internal hemorrhoids can be positively affected with an all natural herbal ingredient called white oak bark. This herbal ingredient has been known to help with inflammation, veins, cleansing the bowels, stop bleeding as well as to heal damaged tissues. For any internal hemorrhoid treatment that you choose, be sure that it contains this remarkable herb. If you do, no doubt your internal hemorrhoids will be healed quickly.
Here is a short video with more information as well.
Internal Hemorrhoid Treatment
It is easy to over look internal hemorrhoids because they are not your typically painful type of piles. Although they are not very painful, it is important to get an internal hemorrhoid treatment. Getting an internal hemorrhoid treatment will ensure that your problem does not progress into an even bigger one later.
The internal types have far less there that irritates them. They are not affected by harsh wiping, rubbing when walking, and the passage of stool or sitting on hard surfaces. As a result of this, they do not become inflamed or irritated when compared to external types of piles. It is still important, however, to get an internal hemorrhoid treatment.
There are symptoms of internal piles, however. Many people do not realize they have a problem until they see blood in the toilet or on the toilet paper after a bowel movement. Usually this is the first indicator of what they are dealing with. The sight of blood in the toilet or on the toilet paper can be very alarming. As long as you take care of your problem with a safe, natural, internal hemorrhoid treatment, there is nothing to worry about.
Too many people, however, like to pretend there is no problem. Because it is not causing large amounts of pain, they feel content to go along their merry way without worrying about finding an internal hemorrhoid treatment. It is very important to find one, however, because if you do not quickly use an internal hemorrhoid treatment, your condition could advance to prolapsed hemorrhoids.
This is when the veins actually fall outside of the anus and need to be pushed back in. This is when your problem progresses to seriously uncomfortable. And to think, it could all be avoided if you were to simply get yourself an all natural internal hemorrhoid treatment. We have a suggested safe, natural internal hemorrhoid treatment along with answers to questions and explanations of how it works. Do yourself a favor and take care of your problem with an internal hemorrhoid treatment today.


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Wednesday, January 29, 2014
Kabul (BNA) Ustad Qasim Akhgar, an outstanding writer and able analyst of the country died.
Nabi Farahi deputy minister of information and culture and the leadership of the ministry conveyed their sympathized on the death of Akhgar to the family of reporters, analysts and writers of the country and wished peace for his soul and wished patience for his family members.
Farahi called the death of Akhgar an irreparable loss for the cultural society and called him a great struggle of the path of freedom and light. He noted that Akhgar in the past and under the present era in Afghanistan struggled very hard for institutionalization of freedom of speech that is a gain of the present era in Afghanistan.
About his birth date Akhgar used to that it coincided when Ismayel Balkhi and his friends were arrested in connection with coup and it was understood that it also coincided with the revolution in China.
Akhgar studied at the Amani High School when it was called the Nejat High School and before he finished the high school he was sent to prison and later he could not attend any classes and may be the ruling elite did not wanted him to continue his education.
Despite this he was a knowledgeable person and a great ustad before all. He studied See p4.
Philosophy, politics, history, Fiqh and interpretation, sociology and literature and may be the reason for such irregular learning then was the need of the time.
"He used to say if you see that I possess no arts the reason is that I wanted to learn everything but I failed to learn anything and with the aim to be everything I turned up as useless."
Qasim Akhgar was suffering from illness for years and he was sent to India and China for treatment by the Information and Culture Ministry but he could not recover till he died yesterday.


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Good Day,
It looks as though Amazon music is not fully working on Canada for the Bose 500:
1. On bose app, it says Amazon Music is not yet compatible in my region.
2. When using the IOS app and trying to "push" a song to the Bose it does not work. (It does on Spotify).
3. There seems to be two devices listed in Alexa sevices. "Bryan's Bose Home Speaker 500" and "Family Room". (I named it family room in setup).
Wondering if this will be resolved soon? Thanks!
Solved! Solution.
Hi Mandy525,
Thanks for writing in!
It looks like Amazon Music is not a supported music service in Canada at the moment, however Spotify should work. If it's still not working with Spotify, do you have a premium Spotify account?
Development has confirmed that you can utilize Amazon Music services through the Alexa functionality of the Smart Home speakers in Canada. You just want to make sure that Amazon Music is the default media service in the Alexa app.
Warm Regards,
Tony A
I am having same issue with two devices listed in Alexa sevices. "Marc' s Bose Home Speaker 500" and "Great Room". (What I named it in setup).
Hello bdearlove
Thank you for writing in!
Amazon Music is currently not supported through the Bose Music app in Canada. Spotify, Deezer, TuneIn, and Sirius XM internet radio are the current services in your area. My best recommendation would be to connect your mobile device to the speaker and stream over a Bluetooth connection.
Warm Regards,
Tony A - Community Support
this doesnt address the isure with the device showing up twice in the Alexa app? has nothing to do with Amazon Music......
"I am having same issue with two devices listed in Alexa sevices. "Marc' s Bose Home Speaker 500" and "Great Room". (What I named it in setup)."
Dec 5, 2016
Hi Marc F.
I apologize we didn't answer your question the first time.
Can you please try removing and re-adding the Amazon Alexa service from the Bose Music app?
Once you re-add Alexa, let us know if you are still seeing the double naming issue.
Hey Joel...... i have done that about 4 times (-; and even factory reset the speaker.... same issue
Hi Marc F
Thanks for the update!
I was able to test this while in the office today. The standard speaker name is what is currently providing AVS (Amazon voice services) which will allow communication to Alexa for general questions or requests to Alexa such as: "What's the weather like" etc.
The personalized name of the speaker from the Bose Music App allows for the Bose Skill (not SoundTouch) to be able to control the actual speakers. An example would be, "Alexa, play some jazz on the Office"
I would not recommend removing either speaker names from the Alexa app as this will limit the functionality of the system.
Let me know if you have any further questions!
Warm Regards,
Tony A
Hopefully this will be resolved and cleaned up in the future?
Hi bdearlove
We are currently looking into this and there's currently no ETA on this at the moment. If we hear anything, we'll be sure to update Community ASAP.
Warm Regards,
Tony A
Nov 24, 2018
Correct me if I am wrong, but with the Bose Home Speaker 500 we still need Amazon Music in order to get Alexa to find music.
I tried just going with spotify but Alexa couldn't find any music...so Canadians will need to get two subscriptions?
Have I missed something?


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- Impressively close to GTX 1080 performance for less money.
- Often beats pricier AMD Radeon RX Vega 64 in testing.
- Same Pascal architecture as 2016 Nvidia cards.
Bottom LineThis latest Pascal card offers near-GTX 1080 levels of performance at a lower price, and puts some serious pressure on AMD.
Nvidia's 10 Series of graphics cards already offers a solid range of power options, but the introduction of the GTX 1070 Ti ($449) adds even more gradation to your choices. The Founders Edition, which is straight from Nvidia, and not a third-party manufacturer's take on the stock card, performs close to the GTX 1080 and comes at an appealing price. It might offer the best mix of power and price for your build.
In terms of design and size, the 1070 Ti Founders Edition looks just like the GTX 1070 and GTX 1080—the only giveaway is the 1070 Ti logo toward the rear. All three cards measure 10.5 inches long, with the same eight-pin PCI Express power connector and ports (three DisplayPort connections, an HDMI port, and a DVI connector), so you'll have to look deeper for the differences.
The TDP (thermal design power, a measure of heat dissipation requirements) is the first change from the standard GTX 1070: The GTX 1070 Ti's TDP is 180 watts, same as the GTX 1080, while the GTX 1070's is 150 watts. Its specs sit closer to the GTX 1080 across the board: They share a 1,607MHz base clock and have a comparable number of CUDA cores.
One area where the GTX 1070 Ti differs from the GTX 1080 is that it uses GDDR5 memory like the GTX 1070. To some extent, you may feel wronged paying for a new card with the same architecture as last year's Nvidia cards, but there's still value here.
The card really makes this case in performance testing, where it stacks up well against Nvidia and AMD's offerings. On the whole, it sticks impressively close to both the GTX 1080 and the Radeon RX Vega 64 in synthetic and real-world game tests. In some instances, like running Hitman on maximum settings at 1080p, the GTX 1070 Ti actually edged out the RX Vega 64, though AMD's card held the advantage at higher resolutions. It's a solid 1440p gaming card, posting more than 60 frames per second on most game benchmarks, though 60fps 4K is beyond its means (as is the case with the GTX 1080 and RX Vega 64).
The GTX 1070 Ti's positioning and pricing seem like a clear move by Nvidia to make the RX Vega 56 look less appealing, but in performing like the pricier cards mentioned above, it's an attractive option in its own right.
The above rating of the Nvidia GTX 1070 Ti Founders Edition is from our sister site, ComputerShopper.com, where you can find a full review, including complete benchmarks.


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Southwestern Montana
This ranch consists of 20,000 acres of the fastest paced archery elk hunting in Montana. There are lots of elk that are extremely active in the Rut. The Bull to Cow ratio is 1 to 4 and it is not uncommon to hear bulls from the Ranger while gathering your gear for the morning or evening hunt. All of our 2011 archery hunters enjoyed 100% shot opportunity on bulls every day they hunted. Bulls will range from 280 to 320 with a handful every year reaching the 340"+ mark. Rifle hunting is very limited on this ranch but the action is just as good as the archery hunting. Rifle hunters will enjoy multiple opportunities on bulls and will typically see hundreds of elk per day. Our 2011 Rifle Hunters were 100% successful on 6×6 and 7×7 bulls. (4) 1on1 5 Day Archery Elk Hunt (6) 1on1 5 Day Rifle Elk Hunt
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Three separate ranches make up the 15,000 acres of this private ranch hunt. This ranch is rugged and challenging but the elk are usually very plentiful with some great bulls to boast. It is not uncommon to see as many as 200 elk in one day. ATV's are used to ride old logging roads in order to gain elevation as the elk move to and from bedding areas. Hunters have enjoyed an extremely high success rate since we have leased this property. Spot, stalk and still hunting is the preferred method for rifle hunting with calling and strategic setups being the most successful during archery season. (4) 1 on 1 Hunts Available – 6 Day Archery Elk Hunt (8) 2 on 1 Hunts Available – 5 Day Rifle Elk Hunt
Cabinet Mountains Montana
This hunt takes place in the beautiful and rugged Cabinet Mountains of western Montana. These elk are best hunted after the weather hits and once it does, the big bulls come out of the woodwork. The rifle season starts in late October and goes almost to the end of November. We recommend hunting sometime after the 1st week of November for a better chance of getting the snow which increases your odds tremendously. The better shape the hunter is in on this hunt , the better experience he will have. Hunters stay in comfortable cabins and are fed all meals in a very nice lodge. This is a very affordable hunt and can be made into a combo elk/deer hunt. A hunter can also shoot a bear at no extra charge if they run across one.
Cabinet Mountains Montana – Archery
This archery elk hunt takes place with the same outfitter as our Cabinet rifle hunts. These archery elk hunts consist of six full days of hunting (September 7 to September 26) and give you an excellent opportunity to kill a trophy bull with your bow. The outfitter has been guiding the Cabinets for over 30 tears and was born and raised there. The guides are all very knowledgable and work very hard. Be ready for plenty of action on this one! We highly recommend buying a bear tag too. The past few years we have been seeing an incredible amount of bear during archery season.


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Students will complete a project in Abrahamic studies. This course may be repeated when the topic changes with permission of the student's advisor.
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In 1995 David Cay Johnston persuaded the editors of The New York Times to hire him to see if he could devise a new way to cover taxes, focusing on how the system operates rather than what politicians say about it. His work has resulted in shutting so many tax dodges, in pressing so many new laws and regulations and enforcement efforts that some tax policy officials now consider him, as one tax law professor put it, "the de facto chief tax enforcement officer of the United States."
He won a Pulitzer Prize in 2001 for his running investigation of our tax system and was a finalist for that award in 2000 and in 2003 for beat reporting and for national reporting
In 1968 Mr. Johnston began his career when he talked his way, at age 19, into a job as a staff writer for the San Jose Mercury. When he left nearly five years later he was still its youngest reporter.
He was an investigative reporter for the Detroit Free Press in its Lansing bureau 1973-76; a reporter for the Los Angeles Times in San Francisco and then Los Angeles from 1976 to 1988; a reporter and, briefly, editor at The Philadelphia Inquirer in 1988 until he joined The New York Times in February 1995.
He studied economics at the University of Chicago graduate school and at six other colleges, earning six years of college credits but no degree because he took upper level and graduate level courses almost exclusively.
Over the years Mr. Johnston's many investigations included hunting down a murderer the police had failed to catch, winning freedom for Tony Cooks, to whom a trial judge said "I believe you are innocent, but I sentence you to life in prison."
He was the first reporter to seriously investigate the Los Angeles Police Department, exposing mismanagement, inefficiency, brutality and a worldwide political spying operation. The LAPD now operates under the aegis of the federal government.
He helped save a third of a billion dollars from being snatched from poor children by Barron Hilton. He exposed misuse of charitable funds at the United Ways in Los Angeles in 1986 and Washington, D.C., in 2002 and exposed news manipulations at the most profitable television station in America, WJIM-TV that ultimately forced the sale of that station and five others. He also broke the story that Donald Trump was no billionaire, but, according to his own documents, actually had a negative net worth in 1990.
His previous book, Temples of Chance, exposed the fraudulent way that New Jersey regulates casinos. It is under development in Hollywood as a motion picture about the characters he described in Temples of Chance.
Mr. Johnston lives in Rochester, New York, with his wife, Jennifer Leonard, and their two daughters. He has six grown children and four grandsons.


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Lovely interview with the folks behind Hard Graft talking about how they got started and how they approach their business. The passion they have for the things they make is so evident all the way through, they love their products just as much, if not more than, their customers do.
If anyone's interested, I've still got my eye on one of their heritage flat pack bags.


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I was asked the other day to share the story of how I became an author, so today that's what I'm going to talk about.
I am severely dyslexic as well as dyscalculaic; I didn't learn to read until I was in second grade, after years of special classes. It would be fair to say that my initial experience with the public school system was difficult and there were other bumps in the road as I went along. Once I did learn to read I very much enjoyed the ability to lose myself in other worlds and to learn from diverse sources, but writing, particularly spelling, never ceased to be a challenge. I don't know how to explain what its like to someone who isn't dyslexic but part of the challenge is that when I make an error no matter how many times I re-read the sentence or word I may not see the mistake. The only way I know to compensate for this issue is to proof read everything dozens of times (including books) and even then there will still be mistakes in them.
So perhaps you can see why if you'd asked me years ago if I thought I'd ever be an author I would have said no. Its not that I didn't think I could tell a good story or had anything valuable to say, but I am aware of the learning disability that I live with and how it effects my ability to communicate in writing.
Two things happened though which set me on the path of public writing. Firstly I was in a position where I was not writing everything by hand anymore (which I had done previously) and instead I was typing on a computer which offered spellcheck services that helped me greatly. Secondly I was a member of a Druid Order in the late 2000's which required dedicants to complete a project to become Druids. My project was to repaganize sections of the Carmina Gadelica, and my mentor for the project, Ellen Evert Hopman, suggested that the finished project would be valuable to put out as a book so that other people could also use it. I had never thought to do something like that before but self-publishing at that point in time made it feasible. And so I did it, realising a small book of repaganized prayers. I was so inspired by the project itself that I went on to do another selection from the same source this time aimed at charms as well as prayers; this was also released as a small book and then the two were combined into an omnibus edition.
I was emboldened by this writing success to begin a blog, this blog, as a resource for the community. I envisioned it as a place to share research I was doing and to offer good sources for people as well as just to share my thoughts on things. Its undergone different changes over the last 6 years, but I do hope that it has at least provided a resource for people, if nothing else.
In all honesty that probably would have been the end of it - I had no further ambition beyond occasionally submitting poetry to magazines or anthologies - but shortly afterwards I was approached by small publisher through a friend because they were looking for someone to write a children's book on the Fairy Faith. It was my first publishing contract for a book. Not too long after that I had the idea, inspired by a book by Cat Treadwell, to use my blog material as the basis for a book. I put it all together and submitted it to a newer (at the time) imprint called Moon Books. Why Moon? Several reasons, including that I had friends who wrote for them at the time and that I liked the ease of their submission process online. My first full length non-fiction book came out of that, Where the Hawthorn Grows, which is a look at my thoughts on Druidism* and being a Druid in America. From there of course I have written other titles for Moon, and I found that I not only enjoyed writing but seemed to be good at it. I currently have seven books out with Moon, two more forthcoming in the next six months and three more under contract.
Once again though, it probably would have stayed with non-fiction if not for another friend and a conversation. I hadn't written fiction since high school but I had seen several friends on social media talking about doing National Novel Writing Month (NaNoWriMo or NaNo) in November and I kept thinking it looked like fun. I am always coming up with stories in my head but I had never written any of them down, at least not since the 90's. But I was talking with my friend Catherine Kane in 2012 about a NaNo project she was doing that ended up as a published novel 'The Land that Lies Between'** and when I mentioned having some NaNo envy she strongly urged me to try participating just for fun. In 2013 I did give it a try and I quickly realized that I genuinely love writing fiction, specifically urban fantasy, and to my surprise what was supposed to be a project just for fun took on a life of its own. I had taken to posting little plot summaries and word counts on my social media as a motivator to hit my goal and 'win' NaNo and I had several people asking me when they could read the finished book. This led to a brief attempt to find an agent (lots of very polite responses saying they liked it but weren't interested) and then to submit to a trade publisher. I was offered a contract on the first book, but I decided to self publish because they wanted me to re-write something in the book which was intentionally being left a mystery and because I knew at that point it was meant to be at least a trilogy and I was afraid if it didn't sell well the other books wouldn't see print. I am really glad I chose to self publish my fiction as its given me the freedom to write the series up to book #6 and to release new books on my own schedule.
I never planned to be an author but writing is something I really enjoy doing. I seem to be reasonably good at it, and I hope that my work on both my blogs and my books has been useful to people. I used to say, after each book, that I felt like that would be my last one and I wouldn't write anything else but I think at this point I will write until I feel like I have nothing else to add and no more stories to tell.
*I don't actually consider myself a Druid anymore, as my path has diverged from there and returned to focusing solely on witchcraft, however I will say that I still think Hawthorn is a good book.
**I highly recommend it by the way if you enjoy urban fantasy that is light and fun to read.
Reflections on the Déithe and an-déithe, living Paganism in a modern world, and devotion to the Daoine Maithe
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
How I Became an Author
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I had no idea when I first purchased your book 'A Child's Eye View of the Fairy Faith' for children that I had already read another book you wrote under a different name! I had your book of repaganized sections of the Carmina Gadelica for years, and had read several of your Moon books before I finally figured out you were the author. :) niniannReplyDelete
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Worcester / Acton - Bryant "Reed" Page, Jr., 61, of Worcester, formerly of Acton, died suddenly Nov. 14, 2012. He was the beloved son of Bryant and the late Thelma Page of Acton. Reed is also survived by his three sisters, Tenley, Belinda, and Madi. He leaves behind four nieces, Briana, Kelsey, Ruth, and Taryn; three brothers-in-law, Peter, Donnie, and Joe, his lovely ex-wife, Shawn, several cousins, and many beloved friends.
A former ABRHS student, Reed obtained degrees from Leslie College and Harvard University. Reed worked for over a decade at Harvard after obtaining his Master's Degree in Environmental Engineering and Biology. He was a lifetime student of the struggles and the beauty that life brings. Reed dedicated much of his adult life to counseling, mentoring, supporting, and teaching hundreds of individuals battling addictions. Reed was very respected and loved by his community of brothers and sisters.
Reed was born with an intellect and genius that was enviable. His interests were varied, very passionate, and he was happiest when engaging in such loves as music, nature, and the company of good friends. He was in a band with several lifelong friends and was gifted with an amazing voice. He was awed by nature's majesty and magnificence - sunsets, the stars, trips to Africa with members of his family, camping in Maine, the ocean, and everything about Hawaii.
Reed had a phenomenal wit and a sharp sense of humor with a huge grin and a belly laugh to match. No one could hug like Reed. He was devoted to his friends, his brothers, and sisters, and his family and he has left an indelible mark on every life and heart he touched.
Relatives and friends are invited to visiting hours on Mon., Nov. 19th from 4-7 p.m. at the Acton Funeral Home, 470 Massachusetts Avenue, (Rte 111) Acton, MA 01720. Funeral service will be held on Tuesday, November 20th at 1 p.m. at the Acton Congregational Church, 12 Concord Road, Acton, MA 01720.
In lieu of flowers, please send memorial donations to the Perkins School for the Blind (in honor of his niece, Briana). To donate online: www.perkins.org ; by mail: Perkins Trust Office, 175 North Beacon Street, Watertown, MA 02472. Guest book


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This past Monday, Girl Scouts of the USA (GSUSA) National President, Connie L. Lindsay and GSUSA CEO Anna Maria Chávez attended the Presidential Inauguration in Washington D.C. This was the first time in 30 years members of GSUSA have been officially invited to this historic event. We wanted to share with you, Anna Maria Chávez's reflections on what she witnessed that day.
All presidential inaugurations are remarkable historical events that carry with them the hopes, dreams, and goodwill of our nation. It is a moment that can, if only for a day, bind us together as citizens of a great nation. As an avid student of history, I was moved by the ceremony and its place in our public life, and how it can stir within us a sense of patriotism and an even deeper appreciation of that daring vision harbored by the framers of the Constitution: a government of the people, by the people and for the people.
During his speech, President Obama alluded to our national creed: to create an America where everyone has the opportunity to find dignity in work, and where "a little girl born into the bleakest poverty knows that she has the same chance to succeed as anyone else, because she is an American, she is free, and she is equal, not just in the eyes of God but also in our own."
Our Movement is all about living up to that creed by empowering that little girl to find her own voice; to have the tenacity of will and the confidence of spirit to overcome the obstacles placed in her path and achieve greatness in spite of them. Every day, in every zip code in the country, Girl Scouts are working to live out the true meaning of the President's words, and help bring about a society where equality of opportunity is not simply a philosophical principle, but a lived experience for girls and young women across America.
Today, we are playing a vital role in molding girls of courage, confidence and character who will lead our nation towards new horizons. Girl Scouts is one of a precious few nonprofit organizations with the distinction of being chartered by the United States Congress and thus we hold a special place in our country.
At Girl Scouts of Northern Illinois, we appreciate your membership, volunteerism and support as we work as a group to build the next generation of leaders.


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Sitting at the foot of Chicago's historic Printers Row is a luxury condo home experience unlike any other. It's hard to be beat 777 South State when it comes to location because this luxury rental tower was strategically placed in one of the most colorful and thriving areas in Chicago.
You may already have heard of the stunning architecture to be found in Printers Row, but for residents it is the tree lined streets offering unexpected calm as well as natural scenery, that really makes this pocket neighborhood the jewel in the crown. With lush residential life only a stone's throw from the full tilt of the loop (Chicago's core commerce and business district) Printers row is a true oasis among the hustle and bustle of city life – affording those who live there the best of both worlds.
Living at 777 South State is the closest thing to having it all. The units feature newly updated interiors; coupled with fully renovated amenities and flexible lease terms of 6, 9 and 12 months, there's no greater blend of luxury, affordability and flexibility than this. The rental tower's unique history as a former student housing property is responsible for its unusually low prices for the area and flexible lease terms. Coming off a 30-Million-dollar renovation, its 882 convertible, one bedroom and two-bedroom units have been updated to exemplify modern luxury on the working professional's budget.
These unusually spacious modern units include open kitchens with stainless steel appliances, wide open floor layouts that allow for maximum creativity when furnishing, deep closets in the bedrooms, and attractive sliding doors in the convertible options to separate sleeping and living space. The bathrooms have been completely updated including beautiful marble tops and polished tile work.
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The Brown University Community Council passed a resolution urging the faculty to vote on changing the name of Fall Weekend to Indigenous Peoples' Day and another supporting the Hilton Providence Hotel workers in their labor dispute.
Representatives from Native Americans at Brown began Tuesday's meeting by introducing a resolution encouraging the council to support their movement to change the name of Fall Weekend to Indigenous Peoples' Day. President Christina Paxson P'19 acknowledged that the BUCC does not have the authority to officially rename the University holiday. Any change to the University calendar must be voted on by the faculty.
Changing the name of Fall Weekend to Indigenous Peoples' Day is the "bare minimum that the University can do to support Native students," said Kara Roanhorse '18, adding that it will especially help Native Americans gain respect and "institutionalized" support.
Native American students present at the meeting not only asked the BUCC for its support but also used the opportunity to clarify that renaming the holiday would be the first step in a longer process to help Native American students feel comfortable on campus, said Phoebe Young '17.
It "has become very apparent in the past month that being on campus for us has become very difficult, as Native students," Young said, adding that University recognition of Indigenous Peoples' Day can help contribute to a "societal recognition" of Native American presence.
"It's a small step, but it matters. Brown has the power to do something about this," Young said.
The student presenters also noted that places in the United States, such as Alaska and the city of Albuquerque, New Mexico, have already officially changed Columbus Day to Indigenous Peoples' Day.
Paxson asked for clarification regarding how the student group expects the University to celebrate Indigenous Peoples' Day, adding that a University-wide celebration is not possible because faculty members have the day off.
Honoring Indigenous Peoples' Day does not entail holding classes, rather the University can celebrate in different ways even after the day has passed, said Floripa Olguin '16, adding that the name Fall Weekend "continues to erase Native students as well as Natives as a whole." Native Americans at Brown does not wish to have all the celebration of Indigenous Peoples' Day solely on one day. Rather, it can extend over a longer time period, especially with November being Native American Heritage Month, Olguin said.
Renaming Fall Weekend "shows that Native students can and do belong here. It really shows that a school such as Brown is willing and able to have Native students," Olguin said. "Coming so far from home, it would be very important showing that one can both be Native and a Brown student at the same time, and they're not conflicting identities."
Mary Grace Almandrez, interim assistant vice president for campus life and student services and associate dean of the College, said that if administrators consider what the presenters said at the meeting, they will find that the University has failed Native American students in all four of the ways it can seek to support diversity on campus: representation, scholarship and curriculum, the campus climate and policy and protocol.
The only tangible way that the BUCC can make a positive change in these areas is by addressing policy and protocol through passing the resolution in support of Indigenous Peoples' Day, she said.
"Clearly the climate is not such that our Native students feel that (Brown) is a place for them," Almandrez said.
The council then voted, with some abstentions, on the resolution and agreed to urge faculty members to put discussing and voting on Indigenous Peoples' Day on their agenda for their next faculty meeting, which will be next Tuesday, Nov. 3.
The second resolution that the council passed supported Hilton Providence Hotel workers in their current labor dispute with their employers. The BUCC previously discussed supporting the labor dispute during its Sept. 29 meeting and put voting on the resolution on hold until the council could obtain more information.
BUCC member Cameron Johnson '17 began the discussion by noting that the Undergraduate Council of Students recently passed a resolution supporting the Hilton Hotel workers and urged council members to do the same.
"The key criteria for this situation with the Hilton Hotel are the staggering high rates of injury and illnesses suffered by the hotel workers," Johnson said, adding that when these rates are compared to the national average, and even the average of other hotels in downtown Providence, the severity of the situation becomes clear.
Initially, several members of the council expressed concern at voting on the resolution before hearing from the hotel's management.
Paxson said she was not planning on bringing the resolution to vote during the meeting because managers from the hotel were set to make their defense at the council's next meeting Nov. 24.
The council should give representatives from the Hilton an "opportunity to dispute," said Provost Richard Locke P'17, adding that he supports the labor dispute but wants to make an informed, honest decision. Allowing the representatives to give their argument, even if they do not provide new information, will preserve "integrity" in the council's decision.
Though the hotel's managers were not able to speak to the BUCC directly, they have already expressed their opinion through the media, including The Herald, Johnson said.
Jonah Zinn, an employee from the Hilton Providence who was present at the previous BUCC meeting, raised his hand to say, "This is a very urgent issue for us. In this month that we've waited, I've had another coworker who is now out of work because she has chronic back problems and can't work anymore," Zinn said. "This is an issue that we need movement on."
Representatives from the Hilton had a lot of time to contact the BUCC to make themselves present during Tuesday's meeting, Zinn said, adding that the council has already delayed voting on the issue long enough.
Johnson then made a movement to vote on the resolution to acknowledge the labor dispute, with a slight majority of the council voting in favor.
The resolution states that the BUCC "encourages the Brown community to take all appropriate measures to avoid holding any events at the Hilton Hotel in Providence during the current labor dispute." In 2014, the BUCC passed a resolution in support of workers in a labor dispute at the Renaissance Providence Downtown Hotel, which is also owned by the Procaccianti Group.
Paxson pushed discussing the BrownTogether campaign launch to the next meeting's agenda for lack of time. Instead, Paxson asked council members to discuss what role the BUCC has on campus in initiating conversations among community members.
Council member Grace Stokan '16 mentioned the "dichotomy" that exists between students and administrators, emphasizing the BUCC as the only means in which these two groups can meet together and have "meaningful dialogue."
UCS President Sazzy Gourley '16, who is also a council member, told the council that there should be more transparency in the process through which student groups are allowed to present a problem to the council, adding that the council can serve as a space where their "issues can come to light."
The BUCC's conversations should also be framed to highlight departments or areas within the University that are doing exceptionally well, instead of having a "deficit perspective," Almandrez said, adding that she believes "good work is being done" in certain areas that may not be a part of the discussion.
A previous version of this article misstated Phoebe Young's class year. She is in the class of 2017, not the class of 2018. The Herald regrets the error.


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If there is one theme that is all over the business networks today, it is the word collaboration. Collaborative tools of all kinds are being developed by a vast majority of companies, which could be as simple as a company intranet to global interdependent supply chains and therefore worldwide cross-functional teams and divisions.
The question is why now? One reason is multi-national suppliers of resources. A Starbucks cup of coffee and the cup is sourced from 13 countries. Improving customer satisfaction such that there is one unified customer contact, and not being transferred to ten different people in the same organization. Another is innovation, which requires many different internal and external perspectives to genuinely stay cutting edge in the ever changing competitive landscape. Today, most companies are service-oriented, and offering solutions to customer's problems requires breaking down silos and working interdependently.
That said, many of us have two bad memories floating around in our head when the word collaboration is mentioned; one being high school or college classes where we had to do joint projects with other students which usually meant a couple of people did 80% of the work, you had to depend on others to help you get a good grade, or disagree about what we should do together. The second bad memory is being in meetings where the leader is trying to get everyone to agree to a course of action, being heard completely, and getting bogged down in disagreements or never ending input. A question forms in our mind: are we really able to accomplish excellent and expedient work?
To begin with, collaboration is not consensus. Consensus only works with small teams or groups with a leader who guides the process well. Collaboration is working toward joint input to incorporate everyone's knowledge toward a definite outcome. Typically, a collaborative community requires four building blocks:
- A shared purpose
- An ethic of contribution
- Processes to help people work together
- Infrastructure that values and rewards collaboration
Let's take them one at a time. As shared purpose requires that people work toward a common good, and not toward individual success alone. In 1 Corinthians 12, Paul tells us that our unique gifts are given not for ourselves, but the common good. An ethic of contribution requires a change in how we operate. People, who we will call loyalists, would rather that the bosses fight the battles and make the decisions, and resist collaboration because it requires more from them. On the other extreme, free agent people want to work on their own personal goals and successes, and resist needing to work well in teams. These transitions are not easy, but part of what helps an organization's transformation are processes to help people work together. These begin with collaborative software tools, but go beyond by using formal protocols, participatory meeting management, and specific decision making authority to the leader of the collaboration.
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Primetime Ratings: CBS Wins Narrowly on Wednesday
CBS took the narrow victory on Wednesday with an overall 2.7 rating/7 share with adults 18-49, according to Nielsen overnight numbers. Survivor was down 3% to a 2.8 while Criminal Minds rose 3% to a 3.1. CSI hit a new series low of 2.2, falling 15% from last week.
Fox took second as The X Factor was down 7% to a 2.6.
ABC saw much of its lineup hit lows, as the net finished in third with a 2.4/7. The Middle dropped 4% to a season-low 2.2, while The Neighbors fell 16% to a 1.6, its lowest rating so far. Modern Family tied its own season-low of 4.2, falling 11% from two weeks ago. The special Barbara Walters Presents: 10 Most Fascinating People of 2012 drew a 2.1 from 9:30-11 p.m., was down 9% from last year's version.
NBC's Take It All struggled without the benefit of a strong lead-in from The Voice, falling 50% from Tuesday to a 1.1. Earlier, Whitney tied its season-high 1.4 rating, which was an 8% improvement over last week. Chicago Fire also struggled, falling 26% from last week to a 1.4. NBC ended up with an overall 1.2/3.
The CW's Arrow fell 9% from last week with 18-49s to a 1.0. The rookie superhero drama also drew a 0.9 with 18-34s. The net re-aired the Victoria's Secret Fashion Show, which ran on CBS last week, for a 0.7 rating with 18-49s. The net finished with a 0.8/2.
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Let's talk about Sabrina Claudio and other non-Black female swagger jackers.
If you've been tuning in to social media, you may have seen the story floating around regarding Latin American R&B singer, Sabrina Claudio. The Miami born singer has worked with artists such as 6lack and Khalid in the past and was growing fast in popularity.
Recently it has come to light that Ms. Claudio had a second Twitter account @OhDamnYoureUgly where she made disparaging remarks regarding Afro-Latinas/darker skinned women. The comments included things like: Must be hard to be a Black girl with no booty, I'll be a Black girl for Halloween and other tweets that can be found here.
She has since deleted the tweets and account and issued a [weak] public apology since artist Masego, who was scheduled to collab on a few tracks with Claudio, tweeted that he no longer wanted to collab with Ms. Claudio and that she needed to apologize to Black women.
You all can read the stories for yourselves on Madame Noire and countless other pages. Relaying this story is not the point I want to make today.
Today I want to get down to the nitty-gritty of why. Why do non-Black women/non-black women of color, feel so comfortable with taking from Black women while disparaging us at the same time?
It's no secret that Black women have been making an impact in America since before chattel slavery. We are the women whom, despite not having access to the ingredients native to our motherland, still learned to manage and fashion our hair in styles so ornate, glamorous, and elaborate that it made White men's heads turn and White women turn green with envy. Read here about the Tignon laws and how Black women were so skilled at coiffing our crowns that White men's attentions were turning a bit too serious for the White ladies of Louisiana.
The women were so jealous in fact, that laws were made prohibiting Black women from wearing their hair out. In an attempt to strip Black women of their unique and powerful femininity, Black ladies were made to wear head wraps. This went across the board for slave women and mulatto/quadroon/octaroon ladies as well. However, Black women's creativity and magic was too strong, as Black women only took the opportunity to take it back to their roots. They learned to tie their turbans in elaborate styles and decorate their hats and head scarves with flowers, beads, feathers, and jewels.
As such, White women followed suit, copying the style unique to Black women.
I use the tignon laws as a point of comparison often because it is a perfect example of the relationship between Black women and non-black women (including non-Black women of color.)
It is no secret that there is a social and racial hierarchy. It is no secret that Black women are at the bottom of that hierarchy. It is no secret that non-black women are at the top, with White women secured at first place. It is no secret that Black women's femininity is vilified while White beauty, and anything close to it, is exalted.
What women like Sabrina Claudio and other non-black women (of color) can't figure out is: How do we do it? How do we set trends in fashion, music, beauty, and media with all the odds stacked against? How do we pull the attention of men in a society that places our unique brand of beauty on the lowest rung? Why are they always trying to play catch up to us? Why do they find themselves having to emulate the 'losers' in order to win?
For women like Sabrina this is a competition; one that has been set on their stage in their arena using their tools that Black women are somehow still winning.
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I've had a yearning for adventure since I was young, visiting Glacier National Park was my way of tapping into my rubber tramp nature. While it was a short trip out there, it peaked my interest in adventure photography and the wonderful sights it has to offer. This picture was taken in early September just as the snow started to come down hard high up in the mountains. It was an eery sight that I believe is reflected well in the picture.
I was born and raised in Rochester, and am currently taking a year off of school here in town. When I go back next fall I'll be attending a school in North Mankato for Multimedia Technology. As a kid, I never thought I'd be able to make a living out of photography, yet I always had mine with me. After changing my major six times in two years, I think I've finally found my calling, and it was always right there with me.
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Tusiata Avia (2016, Hayley Theyers Photography)
Tusiata Avia was born in Christchurch in 1966, of Samoan descent. She is an acclaimed poet, performer and children's book writer. Her poetry collections are Wild Dogs Under My Skirt (2004; also staged as a one-woman theatre show around the world from 2002–2008), Bloodclot (2009) and Fale Aitu/Spirit House (2016). Tusiata has held the Fulbright Pacific Writer's Fellowship at the University of Hawai'i in 2005 and the Ursula Bethell Writer in Residence at University of Canterbury in 2010. She was also the 2013 recipient of the Janet Frame Literary Trust Award. She teaches creative writing and performing arts at Manukau Institute of Technology.
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Destiny's Edge:
The Life that wants you as much as you want it.
Shelley Hawkins, MS
Featured as Co-Author In the Book
Are you ready to step into your own power and gain access to joy, peace, success, and contentment?
Twenty-one entrepreneurs, women in a variety of successful businesses were brought together by Christine Marmoy, coach and Best Selling Author, to write a book to inspire, encourage, and guide you in the journey of your business.
This book is a self-help guide toward success, and was compiled with the intention of helping as many women as possible refocus on what is important and to empower them to become leaders in their own lives.
At the end of each chapter is an exercise that will help you reconnect with feelings you thought were gone forever and out of reach, you will recall episodes in your own life and suddenly a light will appear to illuminate the darkness in your mind.
The chapters all contain stand alone strategies and wisdom, each focusing on different areas of life. It is designed to be read in any order you choose – let your intuition guide you and dip in and out as needed. It's entirely up to you how you wish to use it, but you will undoubtedly end up reading it all!


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"Treat the Earth well. She was not given to you by your parents. She was loaned to you by your children."
A Kenyan Proverb
As the United Nations (UN) International Mother Earth Day approaches on 22nd April 2012, this show will be exploring how Africa, peoples and nations of the African Diaspora can benefit from the emergence of Mother Earth Rights which is being advanced by practitioners of Earth Jurisprudence, the science, philosophy and practice of 'Earth law'. Earth Jurisprudence or Earth Law recognises the Earth and not 'Man' as the primary source of law and the need to comply with these laws to restore the health and integrity of the whole Earth Community and future generations.
In 2008 the people of Ecuador voted for a new Constitution and the first of its kind to recognise legally enforceable ecosystem rights or Nature. In 2009 the UN General Assembly proclaimed April 22 to be International Mother Earth Day. Bolivian President Evo Morales Ayma and the Bolivian delegation took the lead in presenting the proposed resolution to the UN General Assembly. Bolivia continues its push for the universal adoption and recognition of the Rights of Mother Earth. After the failure of the UN Climate Change Conference COP 15 in December 2009 to make substantive progress, President Evo Morales declared that he would host the first People's Conference on Climate Change and the Rights of Mother Earth in Cochabamba, Bolivia. During the 3 day conference the Universal Declaration of the Rights of Mother Earth was crafted.
In fact, Earth Law is a modern term for an ancient practice, for millennia African and indigenous peoples have been living according to the laws of Earth and developed Earth-centred customs and way of life to ensure they maintain the health and integrity of the whole Earth Community, for present and future generations. Due to the devastation of enslavement, colonisation and modern day imperialism, African and indigenous peoples knowledge of how to co-exist with the Earth in harmony has been severely disrupted. However, the rise of indigenous peoples in the Americas has provided a timely window of opportunity for Africans and other members of the human family to rediscover this path if man-made calamities of climate change, geo-engineering, synthetic biology and environmental despoliation are to be averted.
When we think about reparations to Africa and her peoples they must be holistic and encompass climate reparations for the ecological destruction that Africa still faces. We as members of African and African Diaspora civil societies must play a leading role in preserving, restoring and protecting knowledge of our own African cosmovisions in forging a path to create the the kind of post-reparations world order we want to co-create. For those of us who are Reparationists, it is important to advocate for the multi-dimesional aspects of reparations. Reparations is truly a process and it is inter-generational!!!
Tune in to Africa Speaks with Sister Ekua on www.voiceofafricaradio.com on Wednesday 18th April 2012 from 8-10 GMT to share and hear more.


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I was exploring Spokane, Washington recently. You might be thinking…"Spokane?! Why?!"…well, that common sentiment expressed by most people I know, most of them independently-thinking artists, was starting to really get on my nerves. I believe every city has its jewels. Yes, even Detroit. And Baltimore. So why not Spokane? I was kayaking and biking and running and breathing air far less expired than New York City's. I was having fun. But I was missing something. Where would I tell my non-outdoorsy friends to go in Spokane? I knew what they'd be seeking: a funky, art-driven bar, live music, good beers, and like-minded crowd.
Luckily for me, my new friend, Joe, knew just where to take me. Zola. Zola is a cool bar, restaurant, venue, cool artistic space located in downtown Spokane at 22 West Main Street.
I walked into the place, which was remarkably crowded for a Tuesday night. An acoustic duo + a bassist covered songs like "Just Dance" by Lady Gaga and "Come Pick Me Up" by Ryan Adams. Covers don't usually impress me, but these did. While the guy next to me sat drooling over the singer girl, a friend of Joe's bought me a pitcher of Drifter and I sat sipping my brew, admiring the quirky decor (bike rims as liquor shelves? A giant boat as a bench?)
This is a place that I will not only return to the next time I'm in Spokane, but I'll probably book a show there, too. It was just that cool.
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Month: May 2011
If you are a leader and have a team that follows, you really need to know how good they really are. Sure when you are around, they may seem great, but what if you aren't around, what then?
I have been experiencing some health issue (not sure what it is, going for more tests this morning),
To all my friends and fellow lovers of freedom. We celebrate and salute you with grateful hearts. Because of your past or current service to our country we continue to be… The land of the Free and home of the Brave! And our prayers and thoughts are with the families of those whose lives were
My wife was in the village called "Henry Village" today in Liberia West Africa. Her parents ministered in Liberia for 33 years. Her fathers name was Henry, and died of cancer in 2002.Â
We have found some land and are making arrangements to purchase some land and "adopt" the village. When my wife was there today, talking to me the village kids wanted to say "Hello" to the "American O-Pa" in America.
Love my wife's heart, passion, faith and vision. I am truly blessed to have such a partner in building the Kingdom!


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When 20th Century Fox completed the installation of a 160-kilowatt rooftop solar array at its Century City studio complex last March, it was heralded as a step in the right direction for not just the company, but Hollywood in general.
"This project is an important addition to Fox's ongoing sustainability initiative, and we are very happy to be getting it started," said Hal Haenal, senior vice president of Fox Studios Operations.
The system, installed by Solar Power, INC., clearly made an impression, as Fox has recently announced the addition of an even larger 230kW array.
"This addition to our existing system more than doubles our onsite solar electricity generation capabilities and is a significant contribution to our ongoing sustainability initiative," said Haenal. "We are very pleased with the results of the first system SPI developed for us and are happy to have them back to design and install the second phase of our onsite solar system."
Once completed, the 390kW array will be one of the largest in the film industry, something SPI would like to help other Hollywood studios achieve.
"We are looking at other major motion picture studios that are looking to mitigate energy cost and those that are looking to grow their sustainability initiatives," said Mike Anderson, vice president of marketing. "Solar generation becomes something they tend to look at pretty quickly. It makes economic sense and environmental sense."


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Shooting in style: Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype
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The Xbox 360 isn't the only system
bringing you the shooter genre in 2010
. SideQuest Studios is preparing to unleash the sequel to their PSN shooting game Soldner-X in the second quarter of this year.
Soldner-X 2: Final Prototype
will launch exclusively for the PlayStation 3 within the next couple of months. The game takes players 20 years after the previously covered events, the Virus Wars and has them fighting for the freedom of the galaxy from the oppressive D'aarg.
Soldner-X 2
will take players on a journey across 7 unique locales in full 1080P while testing the limits of your shooter genre skills. Take a look at some early shots of the gorgeous game below and check out the full informational press release after the jump...
Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype
for PlayStation®3 computer entertainment system adds new challenge mode, launching in Q2/2010
For Immediate Release
Hong Kong - February 17, 2010 - eastasiasoft, Hong Kong based publisher of interactive entertainment and developer SideQuest Studios are thrilled to make another hot announcement surrounding their upcoming PlayStation®3 system shoot 'em up game
Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype
In addition to the popular high score attack mode,
Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype
incorporates a previously unannounced play mode. The new challenge mode aims to be simultaneously exciting and rewarding, adding plenty of replay value. Players are given the opportunity to revisit parts of the game and complete a variety of tough challenges to earn trophies, bonus items, additional credits and other unique rewards.
Marcus Pukropski, CEO of SideQuest Studios comments that "a lot of gamers were hoping for a Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype launch during the winter time. Thanks to the added months of development we had time to give the game the perfect finishing touches and implement a few more ideas, including the challenge mode."
Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype
is currently in its final stretch of development and will be released exclusively for the PlayStation®3 system in Q2/2010. For more product details, visit the game's official website at
Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype
Twenty years after the Virus Wars, you return to Gota IV as part of the newly formed Söldner-X defense force. Your target: to free the galaxy from the D'aarg, a technologically superior race that is threatening mankind. Staged across seven unique action-loaded levels,
Söldner-X 2: Final Prototype
delivers a must-have shoot' em up experience, blending classical gameplay with astonishing audio-visual capabilities of the PlayStation®3 system.
Updated key features:
Seven unique action-loaded levels with fierce boss battles, staged across Underwater Worlds, Ice Caves, Tunnel Worlds, Space and other deadly scenarios.
Unlock plenty of bonus features in the challenge mode, ranging from useful to prestigious rewards.
High definition graphics with 3D backgrounds in up to 1080p, combined with an addictive classical 2D gameplay.
Dynamic score-linked difficulty system, making the game accessible for newcomers, yet challenging and rewarding for hardcore gamers.
Two new playerships with their own characteristics and weapon systems to choose from.
New bullet pattern system that require for your best skills.
Brand new limit attacks and fourfold chaser system to face the most dangerous tasks.
Detailed online high score ranking tables and replay file sharing.
Hidden bonus elements, including a tribute to Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer.
Adrenaline pumping soundtrack with close to 30 unique tracks and hundreds of dedicated sound effects.
About eastasiasoft and SideQuest Studios:
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SideQuest Studios was founded in 2007 and is a video games developer consisting of industry veterans and talented programmers, artists and musicians. Previous work includes "Söldner-X: Himmelsstürmer" for the PlayStation®3 system and PC, the development studio's premiere game.
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