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At 24, head chef Phil Cubin's youthful looks belie his considerable experience in the kitchens of renowned restaurants such as Sharrow Bay and Le Manoir aux Quat Saisons. After three years as Gilpin Lodge's sous chef, he recently succeeded Russell Plowman, one of his key mentors. Phil's gentle temperament, open personality and modest character make him instantly likeable, and are reflected in his calm regime in the kitchen. This is built on a highly organised approach to his brigade, with detailed guidelines to ensure consistency of execution. His team of seven is nevertheless given ample room for personal development, whilst contributing to the success of the kitchen as a whole. For instance, the recently completed Spring Menu, with six choices in each of the three courses, is the result of a long series of tastings involving his whole brigade and the front of house team. Certainly, Phil is anxious to develop the strengths of those in his charge, while their passion and willingness to learn remain strong.
Keen to stamp his own identity on the cooking, Phil's style reflects a more natural than scientific approach. Appreciating the high quality of seasonal produce – including foraged ones – in the Lake District, his dishes exemplify the respect and sensitivity with which they are treated. Often inspired by the prime quality and beauty of a single ingredient, his preparation and mainly classical cooking techniques, along with careful selection of garnishes, are designed to highlight the freshness and flavour of the star element. Over elaboration, he understands, will not achieve this end.
In autumn and winter, grouse, hare and venison have proved to be popular choices. Although it is still early days, spider crab, salt cod and lamb dishes on the new spring menu have proved equally popular. In addition to his five course Gourmet Menu, Phil has recently introduced a three course Simply Grill menu featuring pork rillettes, cote de beouf and crème brulee.
Fine Dining Guide had two opportunities to sample Phil's five course menu, finding much to admire in the restrained innovation, precise cooking, clean tastes, fine balance of tastes and textures, and elegant presentation. Over pre-prandial drinks in the lounge, different canapes were offered each night: black pudding bonbons, cheese straws, smoked salmon with crème fraiche on first, haddock goujons, aubergine mousse and olive straws on the second. Well executed, these were light, flavoursome mouthfuls.
Of the two three types of breads offered, rosemary focaccia, was outstanding in its moist crumb and crisp, fragrant crust.
A delightful amuse bouche comprised crispy, well seasoned ham hock, tangy home made piccalilli and soft boiled quail egg.
Another, a velvety cauliflower veloute, given added texture and flavour with thinly sliced florets and diced bacon, elevated this potentially bland vegetable to gastronomic heights.
Amongst first courses, a new take on a classic featured warm salt cod brandade deep fried in a crisp batter. Pickled vegetables cut the rich savoury elements of the fish whilst saffron aioli and parsley puree served as two contrasting sauces. (Wine: Fuentemilano Verdejo-Viura, Castilla y Leon, Spain)
Seared foie gras was well timed to produce a caramelised crust and melting interior. Accompanied by ethereally light watercress tempura, baby watercress, crispy chicken skin shards and a sauce of beetroot juices, this was a brilliantly conceived and well executed dish. (Wine: Terra de Asorei Alborino, Rias Baixas, Spain)
A starter of cold lobster had been well timed to retain is succulence and sweetness. Served with a simple salad of cucumber, tomato and fennel, the crustacean was allowed to take centre stage.
Phil's signature main course proved to be a truly innovative triumph of tastes, textures, flavours and colours. Plump, west coast Scottish langoustines, wrapped in lardo di colonatta to protect their delicate texture and enhance their wonderfully fresh taste, were gently pan fried to give colour and extra flavour. This inspired technique was both simple yet skilled. Deeply flavoured squid ink risotto, seasoned with a small amount of parmesan, provided the base of the dish, whilst maple gel enlivened without overwhelming in its sweetness. Crisp wild leeks, dressed with chive oil, completed this accomplished dish. (Wine: Classic rose 2011, Chateau Massaya, Bekaa Valley, Lebanon)
Another main course of Cumbrian beef demonstrated the excellence of classical meat cookery. A tender, medium rare fillet, paired with slow cooked unctuously rich ox cheek, was garnished with creamy potato puree spiked with horseradish and sweet confit shallots. These elements were bought together by a dark, well reduced red wine sauce. (Wine: Chianti Classico 2008, Isole e Olena, Tuscany, Italy)
A breast of Goosnargh duckling – the most flavoursome of all breeds – was roasted to a pleasing medium with crisp skin. Thankfully it was not sliced. (Why many chefs insist on slicing duck breast, as if diners are incapable of doing it themselves, remains a mystery, especially as juices are lost and the dish gets cold more quickly.) Having said this, steak knives would have been appreciated, not because the duck was tough, but rather than the knife should glide through the thick breast as it would through butter. Golden beetroot, honeyed baby onions and fragrant garlic flowers were simple yet effective garnishes. (Wine: Domaine de Mortier 2009, Saint Nicholas de Bourgueil, Loire Valley, France.)
Rack of spring Cumbrian lamb was slow roasted and rightly served with its full compliment of fat. This rich, sweet meat, served medium rare to maximise its flavour, was appropriately garnished with wild garlic leaves and flowers, braised piquant Jerusalem artichokes – an unusual yet satisfying garnish – and a light jus. (Wine: Sierra Cantabria 2007, San Vincente de la Sonsierra, Rioja, Spain)
Dinners at Gilpin Lodge always feature pre-desserts. The raspberry and orange flavoured granites, with their foam/ cream toppings, sampled on successive evenings, served their purpose in being palate cleansing and refreshing,
Desserts often allow for greater invention and creativity, this being no less true at Gilpin Lodge.
The most outstanding option saw strawberries treated three ways: macerated, jellied and powered. These were partnered with a red pepper sorbet of superb texture and flavour, and an intense basil jus. Shards of meringue added a crisp lightness. The overall balance of sweet and savoury flavours, soft and crisp textures, and light and dark colours made this dessert a tour de force of invention. Served on dark slate, it was also visually stunning. (Wine: Boizel Brut rose NV, Evelyne Roques-Boizel, Epernay, Champagne, France)
Another accomplished dessert was moist cherry cake, sauced with an intense cherry gel. It came with a tangy yogurt sorbet, powdered pistachio and buttermilk. (Wine: Elysium Black Muscat 2010, Andrew Quady, Madera, California, USA)
White chocolate and mascarpone had a light cheesecake texture. Garnished with pineapple poached in syrup flavoured with fennel and anise, and topped with a sugar ribbon, this was another indulgent dessert. (Wine: Domaine Rotier 2008, Renaissance, Gaillac, France)
Another innovative dessert featured a rich and well textured quennel of spiced palm sugar mousse set on a slice of gingerbread and garnished with fresh lychees and fragrant star anise powder. The dish may have benefitted from the absence of a grapefruit foam, which merely distracted from the other elements. (Chateau La Veriere 2007, Coteaux du Layon, Loire Valley, France)
Strong coffee and well made petit fours – macaroons sand chocolate truffles – provided good endings to memorable meals. These were made more enjoyable by the excellent service which was friendly, solicitous and well informed. Sommelier Ziggy Grinsbergs expertly selected wines to match each dish. It took over six tasting sessions, liaising with the chef, to finalise the flight of often lesser known bins.
Clearly, Phil Cubin is a rising star in the ultra competitive world of Lake District dining. He admits he aims to have firmly established himself at Gilpin Lodge over the next five years having further developed his own distinct style. From the evidence gained so far, he has impressed with his first spring menu and is well on the way to establishing is own reputation. We will watch his career with interest.


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Rugby Wroclaw Sport Club was established in 2011, but the very beginning of the biggest rugby club in the region starts in 2004, when a group of hotheads started throwing egg-shaped balls on Wrocław's sport courts.
During the last 12 years, the Club has made a good visibility in the city and gained over 2000 fans in Poland. Just in the social media – Facebook, twitter, Instagram and through the website, over 4000 people receive all the club's updates and information.
The Club's core – two senior male teams consist of over 50 players, the juniors team has 15 players and the number raises with every school semester. Every half a year we conduct recruitment to the teams by testing few dozens of candidates each time. Rugby is present in Wrocław's schools and at the universities.
To reach younger groups of youth, Rugby Wrocław participates in the Polish Rugby Union (PZR) Rugby TAG program. We have instructed over 30 P.E. teachers who train children in the primary and secondary (gimnazjum) schools. The Club's youngest child – Wrocławska Liga Rugby (Wrocław League of Rugby) is a set of rugby TAG tournaments for children from all the Dolnośląskie region.
Rugby Wrocław is much more than sports, it's a social club gathering people of various age, background, education language and nationality. The "Killabees" society consists of over 200 members, regularly participating in the club's life. What's more we have probably the biggest number of Wrocław Expats and foreign students involved among all the sport clubs of Wrocław. The majority of players who have played for RW are Wrocław University of Technology graduates.
The club works thanks to big work and engagement of the members. On our own we are not only sponsoring all the sport actions, but also promoting rugby in the city, region and the country. For last years we have organized plenty of international games with clubs from England, France, Germany, Scotland and Wales. We are also participating in multiple sport events in Wrocław and other cities of the region, people can also meet us at family picnics organized by various companies.
Together we create a unique community which promotes such great values as brotherhood, respect to the others, fair play, solidarity and great rivalry.


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The parties involved in the process of recruiting conference interpreters are: the conference organiser, the consultant interpreter and the individual interpreters recruited.
Consultant interpreters enjoy a unique relationship with the conference organiser and are the link between him and the team of interpreters they recruit. As such they must maintain the highest standards of professionalism.
A consultant interpreter may act individually or as a member of a group of AIIC interpreters.
Consultant interpreters shall meet the conditions listed in the application form, ensure transparency at all times, maintain a professional and courteous relationship with clients and colleagues and project a positive image of AIIC and the interpreting profession.
Code of Conduct
When acting as the liaison between the conference organiser and the recruited interpreters, consultant interpreters agree to respect:
When entrusted by the conference organiser to take on the contractual and financial responsibility for recruitment of interpreters, consultant interpreters shall respect the provisions governing PCOs in Article 2a) of Annex 2 to the Standards.
Members of AIIC acting as consultant interpreters shall abide by the following guidelines:
- Prior to an assignment, consultant interpreters are to clarify all aspects of their contractual relationship with the client and the recruited interpreters in writing unless exceptional circumstances apply. They shall abide by the agreed terms.
- Members of the Association who recruit other colleagues for an assignment shall clarify the contractual basis on which the interpreters have been hired. They shall ensure transparency of all arrangements pertaining to the assignment.
- Whenever a consultant interpreter is approached by an organisation with which AIIC has an Agreement, he/she will refrain from acting in a way that would prevent the full implementation of the Agreement concerned.
- Consultant interpreters shall be bound by the strictest secrecy, which must be observed towards all persons and with regard to all information disclosed in the course of the practice of the profession as consultant interpreter or interpreter at any gathering not open to the public.
References and credentials must always be genuine:
- Consultant interpreters shall provide references from previous clients only if they are prepared to disclose the referee's contact details.
- When bidding for a contract, consultant interpreters may rely on the professional credentials of another interpreter only with that person's agreement and only if they intend to recruit that interpreter for the meeting in question.
Advertising and other public statements:
- Commercial promotion or publicity shall be honest, decent and truthful.
- Members of the Association who engage others to create or place public statements promoting their professional services are responsible for such statements.
- Members of the Association shall make reasonable efforts to prevent others over whom they have no control (such as clients, conference organisers, providers of translation and interpretation services and representatives of the media) from making deceptive or misleading statements concerning AIIC or its members. If members of the Association learn of such statements, they are to make reasonable efforts to correct them and must notify the Association.
- When advertising their services, members of the Association shall not make misleading statements regarding their credentials, competence, experience or professional capabilities. Under no circumstances may such publicity denigrate the professional qualities or reputation of other conference interpreters, be they AIIC members or not.
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;-) They were oh so right, those teachers of mine who always told me to read ALL of the questions through before starting to answer any of them!! :-) I see that a file or section is being prepared for matters relating to Consultants, wherein the status of this doc is made clear...although inasmuch as each individual component thereof is accessible directly, my souhait still makes sense...at least to me! :-)
Wouldn't it be best to indicate the status of this document, as we do for others? Who drafted it, under whose mandate, who approved it, when?


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Last month I travelled half the world away to Vancouver for the Special Libraries Association (SLA) annual conference.
After the conference I stayed on in Vancouver for a little while, and then travelled across the border into the United States to visit Oregon and Washington. As I expect is pretty normal for a librarian in a foreign country, I wanted to see the public libraries of the cities I visited.
Both Vancouver and Seattle public libraries were incredible buildings. The only thing I have seen in this country that comes close is the Library of Birmingham. Inside, they were both quite similar in style, with pops of bright colour, but I have to say Seattle Public Library just snuck into the lead over Vancouver.
The Vancouver Public Library resembles a high-tech Roman colosseum (I didn't get a picture of the exterior, sorry). The entrance just beckons you in.
Seattle Library utilised the light and the view from the upper floors. It felt more open, whereas Vancouver library felt quite closed in with low ceilings especially on the ground floor – a contrast to all the glass and light in the foyer area with cafes and shops. It's still an impressive place, and well worth seeing.
During our visit to Seattle Public Library we noticed the auditorium, where they were screening the USA v Portugal football match in.
It was a good atmosphere, and a lot of people popped in while using the library. It was the best of both worlds – I got to nose around a library, and the fella got to watch some of the World Cup.


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Transforming our understanding of tidal arrays in real-world conditions.
The turbulent tides around the coast of Great Britain give us one of the best marine energy resources in the world. But, while estimates suggest marine energy could contribute £4bn to the economy by 2050, the industry is still young and working to bring down the cost of producing electricity from the tides.
One game changing Scottish company, Nova Innovation, is in the process of proving that tidal energy can compete with other renewable energy industries, including offshore wind. In 2016 the Edinburgh-based company scored a world first with its three-turbine Shetland Array, a project delivered with 80% Scottish supply chain content. Now it is the lead partner in the EU's €20 million flagship Enabling Future Arrays in Tidal project, EnFAIT.
As well as adding another three turbines to the Shetland Array, EnFAIT will explore the as yet unknown effects of the ocean by frequently repositioning and testing the turbines to see how it can operate most efficiently.


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The sweetness of the strawberries comes first, then the melting soft savoury creamy delight from the cheese and then you hit the twang of the balsamic red onions counterbalanced nicely by the short crust pastry. The thyme is very, very delicate. Needless to say, we really liked it and it will surely be made again in the future.
Right now, we still have plenty left over to eat cold or at room temperature with a side of crisp green salad. I am sharing this recipe with Javelin Warrior's for his Made with Love Mondays; and Karen over at Lavender and Lovage for the August edition of Cooking with Herbs; and Lets Cook with Cheese hosted by Simply Food, this event is about cooking any vegetarian dish which uses cheese.
Serves - 8
For the pastry to line a 8 or 10 inch round fluted tin with removable base
160g plain flour
Pinch of salt
75g cold butter
2 - 3 tablespoons cold water, you may not need all of it
Sift the flour and salt into a bowl, then gently tip this into a food processor with the butter and blitz to get fine crumbs. Now tip back into the bowl and gently mix in the water until well amalgamated. (Please note you may not need all of the third tablespoon of cold water) Knead the dough gently, then wrap it with. Put into fridge to firm up for 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, roll out the chilled pastry to line a 10 inch pastry fluted tin. Prick the base with a fork, then chill again for another 30 minutes.
After 30 minutes, line the pastry case with foil/baking parchment paper and dried beans and bake 'blind' the pastry for 10 - 15 minutes at 180oc. Remove the foil/baking parchment paper and dried beans and return the pastry case to the oven for a further 10 minutes or so, or until it begins to turn golden. Remove from the oven to cool down.
For the Strawberry Caramelised Red Onions and Brie Tart filling
1 tablespoon olive oil
3 medium red onions, peeled and sliced
2 tablespoons brown sugar
2 tablespoons balsamic vinegar
160g - 180g brie cheese, sliced length ways
100g - 150 g fresh strawberries, hulled and slice into half
A couple of fresh thyme sprigs
3 free range eggs
150ml double cream
salt and pepper to taste
In a pan, heat the oil and add the onions and cook over medium heat for a few minutes, then stir in the brown sugar and balsamic vinegar and cook over low heat. Simmer for 20 - 30 minutes, until the onions begin to soften and have taken on a jam like texture. Turn of heat and spread the caramelised red onion over the base of the pastry.
Then on top of the onions, layer the brie cheese and top evenly with the sliced strawberries. Sprinkle over the thyme leaves.
Whisk together the eggs and cream, season with salt and pepper to taste and pour over the tart.
Bake for 25 - 30 minutes, or until the custard is set.


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I've been fairly busy lately (and still sick) so I haven't been very crafty and I haven't been making much food either. For instance, my lunch today consisted of crackers and juice. But I actually put a bit of effort into tonight's dinner! I basically survived college by eating everything in a tortilla since I can't really cook. Usually my meals involve simple reheating, a box, or a can. Eh.
I made myself some soft tacos with chicken sausage, mashed potatoes, corn, and shredded mozzarella. They were delicious. My roomies think I'm weird and I'm sure other people out there are wrinkling their noses at me, but hey – I never said I was normal!
If you're thinking: Where are the fruits and veggies? Well, the honest answer is that there are none. Nutrition-wise, I'm horrible. Not a big fan of healthy things. By no means am I suggesting that this would be a well-rounded meal for someone (unless you had a side of veggies). As one of my roommates put it, for me, the food pyramid is more of an hourglass shape, heavy on the carbs and sugar and sparse on everything else. I should probably get my cholesterol tested.
[NOTE: This post originally appeared on a now-deleted blog and is reposted here for my own sake.]


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Congratulations to the winners of the 25th Annual RBC Rennie's River Duck Race! Deborah Rideout's "Treasure" won the $4000 travel voucher, Jody Dodge's "Go Duck Go" won the $1000 Stay-cation package and Moonie won our Wii U Deluxe gaming system!!
It was a GREAT day for the race! Thank you to RBC, Hickman Motors, all of our Friends of the Ducklings, Seán McGinley, all the prize donors and volunteers for making the event a success! And thank you to everyone who came out to enjoy the family fun day! We had a quacking good time.


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BIG HUG 2012 in EUROPE and Western Asia,
from Santiago de Compostela to the Altai Mountains and Beyond...
On May 1st 2012 people will gather all around the world for what Sylvia has called the BIG HUG. From Alaska to Chile, all along the Panamerican Highway, men and women of all nations, colours, races and religions will join hands to manifest and show their will to contribute to Global PEACE and the just distribution of goods.
Now I have long been thinking about what MY part might be in the Big Hug - and have finally been given the answer: It is to connect EAST and WEST - Europe and Asia!
So I would like to ask everyone who lives somewhere near the Camino de Santiago to take the 1st of May out of the ordinary flow of life and make a pilgrimage to one of the many Sacred Places along the path - and hug the people you meet, tell them about the BIG HUG event and spread the message of PEACE among mankind!
So, if you can somehow make it to
on May 1st
or the
or even the KAILASH region - be it in Tibet or India / Herakhan
I will be on a Sacred Mountain in the Alps for Ritual in a Cave to connect EAST AND WEST - in the middle - right between Santiago de Compostela and the Altai Mountains ...!
Some additional inspiration:
Please know that the TREES are the EYES and EARS of GOD, as a good friend of mine put it when he was visiting me - and they are ready to help CONNECT HUMANITY on that day and aid us to access Heights of Unity Consciousness we have never entered before!
HUG a TREE -
Sit at its base ...
let yourself be guided ...
and receive your very personal mission for that day!
This was the message which I received from the Plant Kingdom - and Sarah of White suggested to take a Clear Quartz Crystal or any other precious stone with you wherever you are to store the energy of the day, the event and most importantly the shared INTENT to manifest the LOVE of the Hightest of Realms we can possibly access in order to create PEACE on Earth!
And if you ORGANISE an event on May 1st or are the guardian of a very special crystal or if you simply happen to have a beautiful big crystal at home, put your clear quartz on a table as public display as a community crystal and all who pass it will be able to send their wish for peace in to it. and this will record the atmosphere of the night of all the people involved. And it will become very sacred. so if they can not bring one they can send their love to the communal one.
Of yourse you can then inform other stones and crystals with this energy as described here: https://lightgrid.ning.com/group/lightgrid-crystal-connection-lcc
You may feel drawn toburry these stones at Sacred Places and beautiful sites - give them to your friends to bring this energy into their homes, or form a beautiful Instinct Crystal Grid - a Sacred Mandala for PEACE on Earth. Whatever it is: Follow your inner voice and guidance which connects us all!
MAY LOVE and PEACE reign the world and
May the Power of the Violet Ray FREE us from darkness and selfish behavior.
May the Crystalline White Ray of Platinum Silver Beauty create MIRACLES in our Lifes and
May we all wake up to the truth of UNITY and ONENESS,
Sonja Myriel Aouine
The distribution of this message is WELCOME.
May all who are called be invited by friends to celebrate a magical day of UNITY!
UNITY throughout the OMNIVERSE
UNITY throughout the UNIVERSE
UNITY throughout
all dimensions
UNITED we ARE
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You are so right
and please contact to Nina Goncharova in Russia, you can find her in the contacts of BIG HUG website
Lots of love
This will be very powerful, all it needs is people to join to one another.
An exciting day with love and smiles.
That's GREAT, Shenna :-)))
Sonja Myriel
Dear Sonja I have posted this also in Facebook with your contact email.
Please post a link to the discussion here, not my e-mail address, Sylvia.
Everyone WELCOME to the Discussion which you find above!
If you would like to join us, sign up and leave a comment, please - or contact us via facebook / search for "lightgrid". It might take some time until I detect you there, but I will have a look at what's going on from time to time ;-)
Lightgrid BLESSINGS,
Sonja Myriel
will people be able to se this or do they have to be members?
The site is OPEN - everyone can access the information ;-)
You can also post a link to lightgrid at facebook - I have just sent you a "Beitrittsanfrage"
Ich bin alleredings absoluter Neuling auf Facebook, lach!
Alles Liebe,
Ich bin gerade dabei die gepostete Information auf den neuesten Stand zu bringen, damit du nicht auf deiner email kontaktet wirst, sondern hier.
Well, now you are here also but it needs a nice foto :o)


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Why Are You Doing That Point? Gall Bladder 30
By Sara Calabro This edition of Why Are You Doing That Point?, an ongoing series that explains popular acupuncture points, is about Gall Bladder 30, a key point used in treatments for hip and leg pain. Gall Bladder 30—also known as Huantiao (Chinese name), Jumping Circle (English translation) and GB30 (acupuncturist lingo)—is located between your sacrum and greater trochanter. In normal-speak, Gall Bladder 30 is usually found smack in the middle of your jeans back pocket (see picture below).


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Gorilla Glass is the cover glass that has been used on over 4 billion devices. It helps protect your devices from everyday wear and tear. But because Corning learned through research that consumers' #1 complaint was screens breaking from drops, Corning's top scientists performed thousands of hours of tests to understand how and why glass breaks when dropped. Then they developed a way to deliver dramatically improved performance against drops on rough surfaces.
The result? Gorilla Glass 4. It dramatically improves protection against drops and the damage that comes with the everyday use (not to mention travel-related use) of your smartphones and tablets. Corning Incorporated scientists replicated common drop situations in their lab to create Gorilla Glass 4, a cover glass that survives up to 80 percent of the time when dropped from 3 feet onto rough surfaces.
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COULD WE END UP under the heels of a dictator and nobody notice? Conservative Party Accounts for the year ending 31st December 2015, item 17 states:
"17. Controlling PartyAs described on page 7, the Board of the Conservative Central Office is responsible for the management and administration of the Conservative Central Office".
Just a year later, in the Conservative Party Accounts for the year ending 31st December 2016, added on to the same note is:
"and the Leader of the Party is considered to be a person of significant control due to the right to appoint or remove a majority of the board of the Party".
What happened in 2016? After the referendum on the European Union the Leader of the Conservative Party, David Cameron resigned and a new Leader, Theresa May took over the position.
Under Part IV, clause 17 of the Party's Constitution, The Board of the Conservative Party "shall have the power to do anything which in its opinion relates to the management and administration of the Party". Does this now mean that they have given significant control to the Leader? If so, the Leader would now have the "power to do anything which in her opinion relates to the management and administration of the Party". Leadership elections, Candidate Selection, Membership, Party Conference etc. – the Leader decides!
We now have a Prime Minister who was not elected to that position by the people, was not elected to that position by the members of her Party and has "significant control" of that Party. In addition to which, when the Conservative Party did not get a majority in Parliament the Prime Minister promised to spend £1 billion of taxpayer's money in Northern Ireland so that the 10 Democratic Unionist MPs would vote with the Conservatives.
In addition to that the Prime Minister can exercise considerable power under the Royal Prerogative, has a payroll vote of over 100 MPs and makes appointments to various bodies including the House of Lords. 192 former members of the House of Commons from all parties now sit in the House of Lords receiving £300 per day tax free for life. Nice work if you can get it!
At the General Election of 2016 I received an election address from our local Conservative candidate which never once mentioned the Conservative Party. It was all about Theresa May's party. The Party Leader can and did create ten Vice Chairmen of the Party, paying them £10,000 per annum with no reference to the members of the Party who put in long hours of service to the Party and get a pat on their heads for their efforts.
Then, to top it all, the Conservative Party went into a General Election with a manifesto put together by the Leader and a couple of aides. No input from the members of the Party. No input from the Conservative Members of Parliament. No input from the members of the Cabinet.
Now, who thinks we live in a Dictatorship?
Today the Conservative Party faces an unprecedented existential threat. That threat arises because there is a wide gap between the hierarchy of the Party, backed by the Parliamentary Party – and the voluntary Party members. The hierarchy of the Party includes the Leader, Party Chairman, Deputy Chairmen, Vice Chairmen, Treasurer, none of who have been elected by all the members. The backbenchers are reliant on the hierarchy for their promotion within the Party and in Government, so are mainly deferential to that hierarchy.
The gap between the hierarchy and the Party members has been growing for the last twenty years since the revision of the Party's Constitution and has been brought to a head by Brexit. The following example provides a classic illustration of what the position is. 70 per cent of the hierarchy and Parliamentary Party support remaining in the European Union whilst 70 per cent of the members of the Party want to leave the European Union. If we do not leave the European Union on terms that are acceptable to the members of the Party large numbers will leave the Party, hence the existential threat. How have we arrived at this appalling situation? We must go back to 1998 to see how this gap was created.
Once the 1998 Constitution was brought in Conservative Central Head Quarters (CCHQ) began to demolish all lines of communication between the members and the hierarchy. All the checks and balances which existed prior to 1998 were abolished. Pre 1998 the Party Conference was organised and run by the National Union (the voluntary Party). It invitedthe Leader and other Ministers to speak at the Conference. There were motions for debate tabled at the Conference and published in a handbook. Votes were taken on the motions. After CCHQ took over, 1999 was the last Conference at which we had motions for debate.
What else happened after 1998? The Central Council of voluntary members met twice a year and the Party Chairman and other Ministers used to attend. It consisted of several thousand members including representatives of the Women's Organisation, Young Conservatives and others and at which motions for debate on Party organisation were tabled. – It was abolished.
The National Union Executive Committee met regularly and was addressed by the Party Leader, with elected representatives by the membership. –It was abolished.
Regional meetings for Party members used to be held four times a year and had officers elected by the members, motions for debate etc. –They were abolished with a couple of exceptions.
Regional meetings of the Conservative Political Centre discussed policy issues and had officers elected by the members. – They were abolished, also with a couple of exceptions.
The National Committee of the Conservative Political Centre had members elected by the membership of the Party and had meetings with the Leader. – It was abolished.
A new Conservative Political Forum was set up under Oliver Letwin – and for years did nothing.
The Annual Conference of the Conservative Political Centre, which any member could attend, was addressed by Ministers. – It was abolished.
In other words all the lines of communication between the Party hierarchy and the ordinary membership of the Party were eliminated. It was as though the hierarchy didn't want any members!
One of the main reasons CCHQ wanted control was so they could control the Conservative MPs.
Prior to the 1998 Constitution the Constituency Associations had effective control of their candidates in a General Election. This issue came to a head in the General Election of 1997 when CCHQ sent Robin Hodgson (Chairman of the National Union) to Tatton to ask the Constituency Association to drop Neil Hamilton as their candidate. They refused and Hamilton was defeated by Martin Bell.
In the new Constitution of 1998 CCHQ were determined to take control and this came to a head just before the General Election of 2005 when Howard Flight had the Conservative Whip withdrawn by Michael Howard. Not only was the whip withdrawn but he was not allowed to be a candidate. The Party Chairman went to the Association and told them that unless they dropped Howard Flight they would be put into "Support Status" and CCHQ would take over. The Association backed off and Howard Flight was dropped. After this episode the Parliamentary Party became very uneasy about their status and moved to improve their position by increasing the number of MPs on the Party Board and the Constitution was amended in 2009 to add two more MPs to the Board.
The original Party Board consisted of six people appointed by the Leader plus two MPs – which the Leader now controlled – out of a total of 17 members of the Board. With the additional two MPs the Leader now controlled 10 out of the 19 members of the Board. The Leader now had majority control.
Fairly soon after this change took place the MPs realised what they had done and in 2011 I was invited to a meeting in Portcullis House with Graham Brady (Chairman of the 1922 Committee). He expressed concern about CCHQ's powers regarding Conservative MPs and asked if I could do anything to strengthen the position of backbenchers. I drafted a motion for the National Convention which included the following point:
c) No sitting Member of Parliament shall be removed from the Candidates List without the prior approval of the Executive of the 1922 Committee.
This clause strengthened the position of a sitting MP, because although the Whip could be withdrawn, the MP could not be stopped from being a candidate without the approval of the Executive of the 1922 Committee. Other changes stopped the Party Board interfering. After this everything went quiet and so the motion was dropped. The Leader not only controls the Conservative Members of Parliament but through the Party Board also controls anyone who wishes to become a Member of Parliament, because the Board appoints the Chairman of the Candidates Committee which determines who may be a Conservative Candidate.
The Conservative Party Constitution of 1998 gave total control of the Party to the Party hierarchy. In the twenty years since then there have been five General Elections. The Conservative Party won one. In the 20 years prior to the Constitution, when the members ran the conference, ran the Conservative Political Centre, determined who their parliamentary candidates should be etc., there were five General Elections. The Conservative Party won four of them.
In promoting the benefits of being a member of the Conservative Party it is always pointed out that you can elect the Leader of the Party. However in every Leadership election to date there have been attempts to frustrate the members' rights.
• In 1998, when William Hague introduced the new Constitution he was anointed by the membership without any competitor. So the members didn't get a choice.
• In 2001 Michael Portillo was the front runner and the MPs wanted the run off to be between him and Iain Duncan-Smith, so they transferred votes from Portillo to Duncan-Smith. The result was that Portillo lost by one vote to Ken Clarke.
Two meaningful votes (in 2001 and 2005) out of five. Not a good record for Party democracy is it?
I have mentioned the gap that exists between the Party Hierarchy and the membership of the Party. That gap has been growing for the last 20 years and Brexit has brought it to a head, but it is not only Brexit. Traditional Conservatives believe in a philosophy of an economy based on:
• Free markets and free trade
• Minimum intervention by the State
• Low taxation; and a society based on:
• Reciprocal rights and responsibilities
• Respect for law and order and strong defence
We seem to have forgotten these principles. Now we have regulation poured onto regulation poured onto even more regulation, whether it be gender equality, equal pay, minimum wage, living wage, labels on cigarette packs labels on drinks. We are even told how much sugar we can eat and whether to use plastic straws. I am reminded of Hayek's book The Road to Serfdomwhen he explains that at the end of the road after regulation has been imposed on regulation after regulation you end up with a Totalitarian State, Tyranny and Dictatorship.
I can see the end of the road. We are sleepwalking to disaster.
If the Prime Minister pursues her goal of the Chequers agreement in the face of the 17.4 million voters who voted to leave the European Union, in the face of a large number of her Members of Parliament, and in the face of a sizeable majority of Party members, then she will be showing all the characteristics of a Dictator. If it looks like a duck, quacks like a duck, walks like a duck – it is a duck!
Now, before it is too late, is the time to reform the Conservative Party to create a democratic party to save not only itself but democracy in the United Kingdom. We can start by having an Annual General Meeting to which all party members are invited. We can elect the Party Chairman, Deputy Chairman, Treasurer, Chairman of Candidates and Chairman of the Conservative Policy Forum and make them accountable to party members.
We can have a party conference at which members can table motions for debate and on which votes are taken, but most of all: we must have a constitution which can be amended on the basis of One Member One Vote. That is democracy
John E. Strafford


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Tax season jammed up by shutdown, and Postal Service doesn't help
Ross Marchand
February 25, 2019
The Internal Revenue Service (IRS) is struggling mightily to keep its head above water in the current tax season and recent developments have done little to increase trust with taxpayers. A scathing report by the National Taxpayer Advocate describes a backlog of 5 million unsorted mail pieces, as few were on call to sort mail received during the federal shutdown.
Taxpayers will likely swarm the phone lines as April draws closer, since an astounding 93.3 percent of callers trying to pay over the phone during the shutdown were unable to contact a live agent. But there remains a bright spot throughout this entire frustrating process: e-filing.
Filing taxes online has soared in popularity over the past decade; the percentage of returns being logged online went from less than 70 percent in 2010 to more than 90 percent today. Going online to file taxes is an easy and efficient alternative to high postage prices and long waiting times.
While this shift in filing benefits taxpayers and the IRS, the trend highlights a growing problem at another beleaguered agency: the United States Postal Service (USPS). Without greater coordination and adaptability between the IRS and USPS, both agencies will suffer key setbacks to the detriment of taxpayers across the country.
This predicament facing the USPS highlights a larger issue with declining mail delivery and corresponding revenue. Five year mail revenue is down by more than $3 billion. This is largely due to technological change beyond the USPS's control, but the agency certainly isn't helping out matters on their end. The service does report on-time percentages for different mail categories, but the results are disappointing.
Three-to-five-day first-class mail is on time less than 90 percent of the time (as of fiscal year 2018). And, an inspector general (IG) report in 2017 found that the USPS understated delayed mail by 2 billion pieces. Even these figures are not trustworthy.
In the spring 2018 semiannual report to Congress, USPS acting inspector general (IG) Tammy Whitcomb offered a disappointing take on USPS management, efficiency, and performance. According to the IG, big picture consumer survey results are certainly not encouraging, with three-year declines in "recent USPS delivery performance," "delivery accuracy," "tracking information accuracy," and "carrier friendliness and courtesy." Even if a tax-filing consumer doesn't have to deal with a carrier, the act of fending for oneself at the post office can prove daunting. Self-service kiosks are only available in about a tenth of all Post Office locations, and glitches and out-of-order signs often make clerks the only option.
These frustrating experiences either leave filers to e-file, or simply procrastinate that dreaded post office trip until the last possible minute. And at a time when the IRS's mail backlog is already in the thousands of pieces, this last-minute frenzy only adds to the chaos.
The USPS can take steps to make life easier for taxpayers and the IRS – but these changes would require significantly more discipline on the part of postal leadership. Installing more self-service kiosks and keeping stamp prices low, for instance, would require some capital investments with money that the USPS is currently wasting on misguided priorities and bizarre pricing schemes.
Fortunately, the Taxpayers Protection Alliance's recent report shows that, by eliminating this waste and restoring sanity to stamp and package pricing, USPS leadership can save more than $3.3 billion per year. While these savings can't solve all of the USPS' – or taxpayers'- problems, they can make for an easier filing season.


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Wednesday, February 21, 2007
Yiddish Class: Sweet Potatoes
14 comments:
- schlomo rabinowitz said...
Mazel Tov on the start of a great videoblog!!
Looking forward to more. Are you coming back out for BlogHer? It would be great to get together again!
- February 21, 2007 at 2:20 PM
- Steve Garfield said...
You missed Lesson 1: Hot Knish.
- February 21, 2007 at 3:04 PM
- Steve Woolf said...
another good lesson. i have my mom and dad subscribed. i'm hoping my dad will comment in yiddish. :)zila9999
- February 22, 2007 at 12:48 AM
Glad to get my second Yiddish lesson, Millie. I love those videos. Good to see you.
Looking forward to my third lesson.
- February 22, 2007 at 4:38 PM
I'd love to see a crossover episode between "Millie's Yiddish Class" and "Feed Me Bubbe".
- February 23, 2007 at 12:29 PM
- Kay Dennison said...
Great, Millie!!!! I really looked forward to the second lesson and wasn't disappointed! Always good to see you, my friend!
- February 23, 2007 at 5:08 PM
You know what? Millie's kind of Hays!
- February 26, 2007 at 1:04 PM
- Carl Weaver said...
thanks, Millie and Steve! How about some good Yiddish for Pesach? I think I know almost as much as my wife does but I'd like to impress her father. Maybe then he would schep nachus.
- March 23, 2007 at 10:07 PM
Greetings from Stockholm, Sweden.
I laughed and learned some yiddish. Many thanks!
- March 28, 2007 at 9:49 AM
- Unknown said...
I love to prepare some recipe with potatoes although i know that a person can gain weight if eat potatoes frequently, but i can´t deny that i really like the flavor, most of all when is combine it with some ingredients. Simply delicous. And when i cook, my husband usually is very happy.
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- Unknown said...
Millie and Steve,
Thanks for the lovely Yiddish videos!! I'm curious where Millie's mother (or mother's mother etc) is from in Europe? Because Millie's accent in Yiddish is interesting -- she says "zey-yeh giit," pronouncing "zehr" as two syllables instead of one. It sounds like what happens in certain varieites of southern American English where "breaking" takes place and syllables are added to words.
And, looking forward to more videos!
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In my quest for finding the best drone or UAV shot video's I make collection per destination or landmark. A country with great building, structures, history and metropoles is China. Cities like Beijing, Shanghai and Xian offer drone pilots the best scenes to choose from. Not in our wildest dreams we could have thought these shots could ever be captured by consumers.
Well, now they can. Enjoy this list of some of the best drone video's from China.


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The Gospel Choir Explosion will be held Friday, April 7, at 7:30 p.m. in the Dover theatre. The event will feature the Alumni Choir and the Gospel Choir, as well as other vocal acts. Admission to the event is three cans of food or a voluntary donation.
To give you a sneak preview, staff photographer Dylan Charles attended a Gospel Choir practice session and spoke to several members.
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The best of après-ski and romantic mountain huts
All mountain huts of Flachau at a glance
No matter if you would like to relax on a sun terrace together with your sweetheart or experience the famous après-ski nightlife – the mountain huts of Flachau are as varied as the ski resort of Snow Space Salzburg at Ski amadé itself. The many huts offer something for every taste and await you with typical Austrian delicacies ranging from Kaiserschmarrn to goulash soup – the most satisfying way to recharge your batteries for the next descent!
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Monday, 17 May 2010
Pimento Cheese
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Sarah, thanks so much for the reference. Your version sounds great! I will be trying it with hot peppers or even jalapenos. And I've never grilled it so I will have to try that also. It has to be great that way. Thanks again! PamReplyDelete
mouth watering, grilled, sounds great!ReplyDelete
Pam - I'd forgotten all about this until you posted it on your blog. So nice ... looking forward to makin it again with some hot chilli kick.ReplyDelete
Anandar - it's very easy and makes a tasty supper. Comes out rather like Welsh Rarebit when grilled
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Every couple will have a unique experience and some may opt for more traditional ceremonies and some may decide to have a simple service so prices will vary.
My professional service prices start from £325.00 which will be agreed by email so you will know how your budget will look. A non-refundable booking fee of £100 is payable on receipt of the booking email. The remaining balance is due one month before your wedding date, both paid by bank transfer.
This is what will be included:
Currently in England and Wales only Registrars and designated religious clergy & officiants can legally complete the paperwork for the marriage documents. This means that (for the time being) this part remains separate to your Wedding Celebration Ceremony.
You can arrange to visit the Register Office to formalise the paperwork at a time convenient to you - which may be on the morning of your wedding or a day or two before. A suggestion would be that you don't exchange rings before the Registrar.
Jeanette does not need to see any documentation in order to conduct your wedding celebration, it is entirely up to you when you hold your legal marriage.
Your guests need not know your Wedding Celebration Ceremony doesn't include the legal documentation. Most guests at weddings don't even realise it doesn't include the legal aspect, they are always pleasantly surprised at how personal it is!
You may enjoy your Wedding Celebration Ceremony at any time of the day or night.
Anywhere your imagination can think of, some great ideas are hot air balloons, castles, boats, where you first met, in fact anywhere you would want your perfect day.
Absolutely! This is your choice. Many prefer a "spiritual" and not "religious" ceremony.
Yes, you can, it is your day and you can have whatever you want, A mix of traditional, pagan, religious readings and any variation in between.
Please don't worry, Jeanette has other celebrants she can call upon if necessary, there will always be someone to conduct your special day.
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Retail vs. Streaming Video Games
There isn't a foolproof way to woo the mainstream public into adopting a new technology that's still a little shaky on its newborn legs. There's one way to give that technology a decent chance, though: Get Wal-Mart to utilize it. Wal-Mart has signed an agreement with Gaikai to provide streaming services for its GameCenter website. "Over the next 12 months, when people see a video game on TV and want to try it out, they can be sure the...read more


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5 dystopian worlds in science fiction
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Science fiction can show us many different worlds, and I don't just mean different planets. Different governments and different ways of living are interesting too. One of my favourites is the dystopian world, showing a parallel or future world where things aren't quite as nice and rosy as they are now.
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Königswinter SEA LIFE Tickets
SEA LIFE Königswinter is the Cologne / Bonn region's Aquarium. Perfectly located for a great day out in the Rhineland, it's situtated alongside the River Rhine and at the foot of the Drachenfels mountain.
Walking through Germany's only 360° underwater acryl glass tunnel, and stroll side-by-side with elegant sharks and rays. With your SEA LIFE Königswinter tickets, you will also be able to explore the Jurassic Seas, watch fascinating daily feedings, spot the morays in the Sunken City of Atlantis and see underwater creatures from across the globe; from tropical reefs through to Germany's North Sea.


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25 May 2011
reImagen: Flint, Michigan
It's been almost a year in the making, but all good things take time, like fine wine, right?
Finally, finally FINALLY, reciclaGEM will be traveling over the borders of the boroughs into the midwestern hallmark of Flint, Michigan. Not a vacation spot you say? Well, let me tell you a little something; Flint, Michigan, under the moniker of the "vehicle city," is the birthplace of General Motors and a number of other car companies that have made a tremendous impact on this nation's cultural and transportation fabric. Without cars and conscious reenvisioning of how people move from place to space, a reciclaGEM roadtrip across the nation would be a tad bit difficult, to say the least.
Long story short, at a conference at Parsons (New School- what what!) on Art Education in America, I met Stephen Zacks, the master-mind and pioneer behind the Flint Project, an intercultural, international, and inter-vocational endeavor to coalesce the forces of artists through the nation and the world with Flint-based artists and activists to replan and reimagine the city. The events of the Flint Project, a series of architectural constructions, city remapping, and guerilla-style, avant-garde street performances will commence this upcoming Fall in honor of the centennial of GM.
This summer, the artists of the project will be making a series of preliminary visits to learn the lay of land, meet the artists and activists in the city, and see what creative collabos can be had.
This upcoming weekend, reciclaGEM will be memorializing the nation by making the first of these site visits.
Alongside the fabulous Kat Soutar, the incredibly talented photographer of my site's header image, as well as all of the Vegan Jam show shots, I will be traveling the region of Flint, Detroit, Toledo, and surrounding areas. Along the journey, we will be collecting Flint and Midwestern thrift, cutting it up, and splicing into industrial urban landscape in a series of fashion test shots.
So if you are in MI for this upcoming Memorial Day Weekend, call me! We'd love to do some magic together!
Honor the nation with your creativity, your pizazz, and your thrift threads :)
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Force announce pre-season trial matches
The Western Force is set to play two pre-season trial matches against the Perth Spirit (Saturday, 28 January) at Barnard Park in Busselton, WA and the Melbourne Rebels (Monday, 6 February) at Bond University on the Gold Coast, Queensland in the lead-up to the 2017 Super Rugby season.
The Force will open its pre-season campaign against a Perth Spirit side which will include players from this year's Buildcorp National Rugby Championship (NRC) Grand Final winning team, as well as Future Force Foundation products. The match will also mark a South West tour, where the team will visit rugby clubs and provide clinics to the junior rugby south of Perth.
The second fixture will see the men from the west head to the Gold Coast to take on rivals the Rebels, in the lead up to the exciting new tournament, the Brisbane Global Rugby Tens. The Force had two tough losses against the Melbournians in the 2016 regular season and will be eager to kick off with a win.
Western Force Head Coach Dave 'Blood' Wessels says these trial matches are important in the lead up to next season and give the team a good chance to trial the work they have been putting in over the pre-season period.
"For us, the trials matches are another part of our pre-season, they provide us with an opportunity to test some of the things we've been doing and particularly put ourselves into some live contact situations.
"It's a good yardstick for us, but as we know it means very little in the context of the season, so we've got to keep it in perspective and use it as part of our preparation."
Wessels says the South West tour is a real highlight for the club this pre-season and is eager to get down there take Western Force rugby to Busselton.
"The big thing for us is to get out there and engage with the community, being able to take the team down there and actually play some rugby and mix with the community out there is a very important part of what we're trying to do."
Western Force Pre-Season Schedule:
Saturday, 29 January
Western Force v Perth Spirit
Barnard Park, Busselton, WA
Kick Off – 5:30 pm
Monday, 6 February
Western Force v Melbourne Rebels
Bond University, Gold Coast, QLD
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The capacitors can fail and allow heat to build up and the cover can eject with force from the unit, posing fire and impact hazards.
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This recall involves the Eltek THEIA HE-t string inverters that convert DC power from residential solar panels to AC power supplied to the electrical grid system. The recalled inverters measure about 28 inches high by 14 inches wide by 6.5 inches deep. They were sold in four different kilowatt ratings: 2.0 kW, 2.9 kW, 3.8, kW, and 4.4 kW. "Eltek," and the model designation "THEIA" and "HE-t" are printed on the front display panel of the inverter. The inverters could be installed in different places in consumers' homes.
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Events & opportunities:
The Child in International Refugee Law, Oxford, 5 February 2014 [info]
Children and Young People in Search of Safety in the UK, London, 12 February 2014 [info]
*CFP: Child and Youth Migrants: Global and Interdisciplinary Perspectives, London, 14 June 2014 [info]
- Submit abstracts by 1 March 2014.
Creation, Imagination, Speculation: Age Assessment and the Asylum Procedure, Oxford, 5 March 2014 [info]
Annual Report of the Special Representative of the Secretary-General for Children and Armed Conflict, UN Doc. No. A/HRC/25/46 (UN General Assembly, Dec. 2013) [text via Refworld]
*Child Protection Issue Brief: Alternative Care (UNHCR, Jan. 2014) [text]
Displaced Youth's Role in Sustainable Return: Lessons from South Sudan, Migration Research Series, no. 47 (IOM, March 2013) [text]
An Insight into Child Labor among Iraqi Refugees in Lebanon (Caritas Lebanon, Dec. 2013) [text]
- See also related IRIN news article.
Migration Policy Practice, vol. III, no. 6 (Dec. 2013-Jan. 2014) [text via ReliefWeb]
- Includes three articles on child migration.
National Inquiry into Children in Immigration Detention 2014: Discussion Paper (Australian Human Rights Commission, 2014) [text]
The State of the World's Children 2014 in Numbers: Every Child Counts – Revealing Disparities, Advancing Children's Rights (UNICEF, Jan. 2014) [text]
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Bitcoin has hit its lowest level again this year. Is it the beginning of the end for Bitcoin? I bet that question has been asked many times over in 2018.
Bitcoin gained house-hold name status around Thanksgiving last year. That was the kind of year Bitcoin had in 2017.
Bitcoin's Lowest Level
But now, Bitcoin is down more than 30% since Thanksgiving 2017.
But that's not as bad as being down 60% on the year, 18% this week alone, and hitting the lowest level of 2018 today. At the time of writing, BTC is selling for $5,148 and is down nearly 9% on the day.
As is the industry standard, Bitcoin tends to lead the pack; other major cryptocurrencies are down, with Ethereum and Ripple losing over 12% and 4.5% respectively. In fact, this loss is so significant for Ethereum that Ripple has just overtaken it in terms of market cap.
Now Ripple is the second most valuable cryptocurrency in the world. Ethereum is third.
All in a week's work.
Calm Before the Storm
Bitcoin's lowest level came unexpectedly—BTC had remained around the $6,400 range for most of October despite the rest of the global markets going through sell-offs.
It was around this time last year when Bitcoin began its epic rise, first topping $10,000 at the end of November and was worth almost $20,000 per coin by Christmas.
The CBOE brought in the first Bitcoin futures trading platform on December 10th, but prices hit their peak the same day the CME began Bitcoin futures trading on December 17th.
The futures market gave investors the ability to bet on the decline of Bitcoin price. It was the ultimate gambling platform—Bitcoin, with a value derived from speculation and nothing tangible, could now make investors even more money by betting on, effectively, market speculation.
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Crypto Today
But today paints a different story. This past week has wiped approximately $40 billion off the entire cryptocurrency market capitalization.
According to eToro analyst Mati Greenspan:
"The next logical level of support is at $5,000 but if that doesn't hold, the next logical support level isn't until $3,500. With all the falling prices lately, this definitely fits the definition of a buyers market."
But do you think anyone is expecting Bitcoin to really kick off again? Do you think if you bought in now that the coin might repeat the good old days of 2017?
Something tells me betting on its decline these days makes for an easier prediction.
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We are making a game that looks and feels like Paragon, but is not an exact copy. We will have the creative freedom to make changes to any aspect of the game to make it successful.
Yes, but will also include other game-modes as the game progresses.
We intend to add all characters that came with the Paragon asset pack. A list can be provided if needed.
We are not announcing an intended release date at this time, but just know that we are working as hard as humanly possible to get it released to the public.
PC initially, but other platforms may be available as future updates.
The current element system is under revision...
See the answer to the previous question.
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There's been a lot of automation mentioned throughout the Awesome Testing blog.
A popular topic in testing is apparently the automation vs manual testing debate. Advocates of manual testing state that an automated test is never going to compare to a humans intelligence and possible deductions. Which I can definitely agree with. Human intelligence is a very important aspect of many projects. It's this aspect that machine learning tries to replicate in machines through code. It's why identifying what's in an image is so difficult.
But according to the post, the crowd who argues this is slowly losing ground because of the advancement and evolution in production cycles. With Continuous Development and Integration, release cycles have become shorter and more frequent. As the releases are more and more frequent, the human intelligence doesn't have time to figure out problems.
It is much easier to let automated test find almost all of the bugs in your product and then release. If any glaring issues are discovered by human users or others later, the product can simply be rolled back to a previous stable release. It's a question of balancing risk and profit. With Continuous Integration, and things like Blue Green testing mentioned in earlier posts, letting some issues go isn't such a big deal. And this speed of release is much more profitable and productive than waiting for manual testing to find almost every issue.
However, in security testing, the risk associated is much, much higher. If you release with a security flaw in a service product like Facebook, users can have their valuable information stolen and used for malicious purposes. They can lose money and have their identities stolen. It's impossible to simply roll back to a previous version and fix any damage caused by a security bug.
In this case it is much better to have a skilled pentester, a penetration tester, whose job is manually and automatically find possible points of penetration into a system. Speedy releases are not a priority with the level of risk involved. Thus, manual testing by the pentester is required. These are experts in many fields. Networking, programming, psychology, social engineering, and more.
Social engineering and psychology are more important than one would expect, as so much security can be bypassed by getting an admin password from an admin. Humans are a huge weakpoint in most systems that can't be automatically tested.
In the field of security testing, manual testing is still incredibly important. I originally was nodding my head that automation was much more effective, especially with version control. But this post changed my mind somewhat and showed how important human intelligence still is to computer fields.
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What is Kratom?
Kratom is a evergreen tree found in South Asia that is commonly used for it's relaxing effects. The plant is actually related to the coffee plant because they are both of the Rubiaceae plant family. The leaves of Kratom are often used in tea or put in capsules after being made into a powder but can also be chewed to get the most effective dose of Kratom. People have used Kratom as a mood booster, energy maximizer, and muscle relaxer.
Red Sumatra Kratom
Originating for Sumatra, a populated island in Indonesia, Red Sumatra Kratom is the most relaxing types of Kratom available. The plant has positive effects on the body such as relieving pain and relaxing the muscles. The leaves are red veined in the center which allows for a high concentration of alkaloids. The alkaloids act on certain brain receptors including opioid receptors. It is thought that Red Sumatra Kratom can help patients with opioid withdrawal symptoms.
What is in Red Sumatra Kratom?
Mitraphylline is the most vital alkaloid in Red Sumatra Kratom and is highly researched. The potential benefits of this alkaloid include the potential to kill cancer cells in breast cancer in the sarcoma stage. Some researchers believe it has the potential to starve and kill mutated cells which would be beneficial for cancer patients.
Raubasine is another alkaloid in Red Vein Kratom that provides positive benefits. This alkaloid has been found to cause muscle relaxation and sedate the user. For users that need a muscle relaxer, this alkaloid is very helpful to aide them.
The alkaloids in the Red Sumatra Kratom provide the most benefits for people who are very stressed out or are not able to sleep. This herb will help you fall asleep and relax. However, there are cautions for using any strain of Kratom because the herb is still being researched and the long-term effects are unknown. It is an alternative for opioid use and has been thought to help withdrawal symptoms of opioid abusers.
How to Take Red Sumatra Kratom
To increase absorbency and get the maximum benefit, it is best to consume Red Vein Sumatra Kratom on an empty stomach. Fruits and juices of fruits such as oranges, mangoes, and grapefruits are also helpful to increase absorption.
It is recommended to start with a 2-3 gram dosage, as the body does build resistance over time. Some signs of an overdose of Kratom include nausea, fast heart rate, and irritability. It is best to start out of a low dose and only take more if the desired Kratom effects are not showing after 30 minutes.
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This is part 5 of a series of posts that were prompted by an article written by the Leading Edge Forum entitled The 7 Digital Habits of Highly Effective People. This time we are looking at Habit 5:
Digitally synergise – Foster your relationships and reputation online through collaborative tools in order to underline the Covey Synergise habit: "In relationships the whole is more than the sum of its parts". Digitally, these are the habits of: being responsive in groups, liking other people's content, sharing what you find of value with others (you are what you share) and not hording information (the Google rule of: Share everything, Hide nothing). Together all these great digitally enabled habits create more synergy in the workplace and in the market which will enhance your reputation and build trust with people.
I used to work in an environment where the primary security principle was "need to know" — the idea being that the way to stay secure was to only tell people what they needed to know. This had an interesting impact on the culture of that organisation, turning certain people into information power brokers and causing high levels of frustration when you found out that someone else knew something that would have been helpful to you. Whilst this approach may have been a somewhat effective way of reducing security exposure, it also created islands of knowledge and low levels of synergy.
In a world where information is increasingly open, having access to that information no longer provides a power base, thankfully. Our challenge with information is knowing what to look for and where to find it. That's where the Digital Synergists come in. They share insights and provide connections in ways that increase the knowledge of the people with whom they interact. They use the collaborative tools available to them to foster relationships and enhance the knowledge of the community. Some people are masters at this and have a huge impact on certain communities. I'm not sure I have the skills to be able to tell you how to be one of them, but there are things that each of us can do.
Impact your community
Communities come in all sorts of shapes and sizes, and they are also represented differently across various collaboration tools. Whether we recognise it or not, we are all members of communities. We can either gain value by being active community members or we can choose to sit on the sidelines. Collaboration and synergy work best when there is two-way activity with input and responses.
We've talked already in this series about the need to extend our perspective outside our organisational boundaries and to extend our collaboration to people from suppliers, partners, customers and even competitors. Synergy will increasingly be achieved with those people outside of your organisation.
This post is a bit less practical than the previous ones because the message is quite simple – contribute wherever your community is collaborating. If your community is collaborating on LinkedIn go there and post, like and comment. If your community is collaborating on Slack, go there. If your community is represented by a Twitter hashtag, contribute there. If your community is an internal one using Microsoft Teams, that's the place to be.
You shouldn't expect the rest of the community to come to you and you can't expect to use a single collaboration tool. You need to get comfortable with how each of the collaboration tools work and contribute in a way that assists the community wherever it is, and it might exist in more than one place. I find it helpful to assume that a community already exists rather than start a new one which is generally the case. There are times when the community is so specific that I know an existing community can't exist, but that's not normally the case. Some communities have unwritten protocols in the way that they work which can sometimes be difficult to discern, but it's normally worth sticking with a community and working through understanding the protocol. Most communities are welcoming places if you are adding value.
The best way of becoming a digital synergist is to practice. Although some communities require dedicated time, I find that one great way to contribute is to add the sharing of content to my Find 15 time which we described in Habit 1 – Seeking first to understand.
Graham Chastney is a senior principal technologist in DXC. He has worked in the arena of workplace technology for nearly 30 years, starting as a sysprog supporting IBM DISOSS and DEC All-in-1. Latterly Graham has been working with DXC's customers to help them understand how they exploit the changing world of workplace technology. Graham lives with his family in the United Kingdom.
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I'm quite convinced that the United states of America is the country with the largest number of moral ironies in the world. Despite the fact that it calls itself a leading country in development and modernization, it is in many aspects a developing country.
One of the examples to prove that is the country's total lack of will to ratify or even try to follow BASIC HUMAN RIGHTS.
One should think that a country as "modern", "developed" and certainly powerful as the US, bearing some moral highground, would have come as far as to reckognize the principals which a well-functioning democracy is built on (being as it is that they seemingly praise democracy so high), but no. We see it time after time. At this point, the US is the only country in the world (apart from Somalia, which is in lack of a functioning government) that haven't ratified something as basic as the children's convention on human rights. This is of course extremely disturbing, but the fact that they still practise the death penalty is the most horrific at all.
That someone can be centenced to death is of course in itself a direct breach of the human rights declaration. Regardless of whether the person in question in guilty or not. What signifies the persons that are convicted to the death penalty can often be that they're poor (because the rich ones have ways to avoid these uncomfortable situations), have had an extremely bad timing, or that the judge just doesn't like'em.
The human rights clearly states that every person has a right to live, and when someone takes a life away, it's murder. That this "someone" is a state, doesn't legitimize it, it only makes it much, much worse.
But, when the person in question, like in this case with Troy Davis, is convicted without any evidence, it just makes the whole practise downright horrific. In this case, Davis has been sitting on a cell for eighteen years, there's no proof that he's done a crime, and seven out of nine witnesses have pulled their statements. And still the judge has decided to go ahead with the death penalty! Not only has the United States without any right ruined a man's life forever by stealing away 18 years of his life, he will now also be murdered for something he can't be proven to have done. And this goes on in the world's so-called most modern country!
This is the US's way of saying screw you, guys, we actually don't give a shit about life worth, human rights or a fair legal system. We do as we want to, because we are just so fucking awesome, and there isn't anything you can do about it.
Well, I don't think it's OK. And you shouldn't think it's okay. Because it's not. It sucks. And it's time to put a stop to it. Americans: Wake up. This isn't tha way you want your society to be.
So what can you do?
A lot of things.
Read about Troy Davis' case, for example here. And here.
Join Amnesty.
Sign petitions, for example Amnesty Norway's protest petition.
Arrange demonstrations.
Put pressure on your government.
Engage in the public debate.
Talk to your friends about this.
And remember this face:
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Set the Right Goals
Setting the right goals is an important first step. Most people trying to lose weight focus just on weight loss. However, you'll be more successful if you focus on dietary and exercise changes that lead to long-term weight change. Successful weight managers select no more than two or three goals at a time.
Effective goals are Specific and Attainable. "Exercise more" is a commendable ideal, but it's not specific. "Walk five miles every day" is specific and measurable, but is it attainable if you're just starting out? "Walk 30 minutes every day" is more attainable, but what happens if you're held up at work or there's a thunderstorm? "Walk 30 minutes, five days each week" is specific, attainable, and forgiving. In short, a great goal!
Nothing Succeeds Like Success
Select a series of short-term goals that get you closer and closer to the goal (for example, consider reducing carbohydrate intake from 60 percent of calories to 50 percent and later to 45 percent). Nothing succeeds like success. This strategy employs two important behavioral principles: (1) consecutive goals that move you ahead in small steps are the best way to reach a distant point, and (2) consecutive rewards keep the overall effort invigorated.
Reward Success but Not with Food
You're more likely to keep working toward your goal if you are rewarded—especially when goals are difficult to reach. An effective reward is something that is desirable, timely, and contingent on meeting your goal. Your rewards may be tangible (e.g., a night out or a payment toward buying a costlier item) or intangible (e.g., an hour of quiet time away from the daily demands of work). As you meet small goals, give yourself numerous small rewards; don't wait to meet your goal for a single reward. The long, difficult effort might lead you to give up.
Balance Your Wellness Checkbook
Keeping track of your behavior—observing and recording calorie intake, servings of fruits and vegetables, exercise frequency and duration, or any other wellness behavior—can help alter that behavior. Self-monitoring usually changes a behavior in the desired direction and can produce "real-time" records for you and your wellness professional. For example, you can track your exercise progress and record of all improvements in exercise performance. These records will encourage you to keep up the good work. If the record shows little or no progress, you know that a change of strategy is needed. Some people find that specific self-monitoring forms make it easier, while others prefer to use their own recording system.
Although you don't need to step on the scale every day, monitoring your weight regularly (once a week) can help you maintain your lower weight. Perform body measurements monthly as well, this will also tell if things are changing or not. Changes in your body's water content, rather than fat content, are responsible for most of the up-and-down fluctuations from day to day. A long-term downward trend reflects fat losses.
Avoid a Chain Reaction
Identify the social or environmental cues that seem to encourage undesirable eating, and then change those cues. For example, you may learn from reflection or self-monitoring that you're more likely to overeat while watching television or when you're around a certain friend. You might then try to break the association between eating and the cue (don't eat while watching television) or change the circumstances surrounding the cue (plan to meet with your friend in nonfood settings). In general, visible and accessible food items often are cues for unplanned eating.
Wait for The Message
Changing the way, you go about eating can make it easier to eat less without feeling deprived. It takes 15 or more minutes for your brain to get the message you've been fed. Slowing the rate of eating can allow satiation (fullness) signals to begin by the end of the meal. Eating lots of vegetables also can make you feel fuller. Another trick is to use smaller plates so that moderate portions do not appear meager. Changing your eating schedule, or setting one, can be helpful, especially if you tend to skip or delay meals and overeat later.
The Backsliding Phenomenon
You've just signed a contract with yourself to avoid high calorie sugary desserts for one month. Then you're presented with your favorite "to die for" desserts at a restaurant. You say to yourself, "just this once" and satisfy your craving. Most of us have experienced the "backsliding phenomenon" in which we have lost our dedication and slipped back into a former bad habit. When it happens, be prepared for it and don't beat yourself up, instead buckle down and move on. You're most apt to backslide when you're tempted by something unexpected and your self-control is threatened. You can remove high calorie sugary snacks from your home, but not from other places you eat. Imagine tempting situations in your mind's eye and practice coping with them successfully. If you do slip, don't waste time with self-blame. Learn from the experience and get back on track.