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What the litblogosphere promises to offer is the possibility of multiple sources of well-supported reviews and commentary (many more than have been available in print publications, whose numbers are only continuing to decline, anyway), which can only enrich the discussion of current fiction (and poetry) and in turn encourage writers to believe their work is getting serious attention.And from the comments that followed (all are excerpts; other comments also appear in the original thread):
Which is precisely why I grumble over the fact that an awful lot of Litcritbloggage (not the majority, probably, but a worry-worthy chunk) seems wasted on texts long-established in reputation (and thoroughly colonized by academics; in some cases for centuries), not to mention being relatively impervious to casual analysis. (Steve Augustine)I certainly agree with those who don't think there's any call to be prescriptive about these issues: individual motives for writing and reading blogs vary widely, and the distinctive features of the form are precisely its accessibility to all (internet-connected) people and its adaptability to all voices, styles, and agendas. The questions I raise above, then, really have to do with my own interests and aspirations as a blogger and a critic: what can or should I in particular be writing out here, particularly if I want to identify this blog as part of my professional work in more than a very peripheral way? I'm not an expert on, or even an avid reader of, contemporary fiction, particularly of the more experimental kind for which Dan Green is such a persistent advocate. I can contribute only as an amateur reviewer, then, where new releases are concerned, and while I enjoy writing up comments on my recent reading and sometimes feel I have found something of interest to say, I can't afford the time (and lack much incentive) to turn these posts into genuine thought-pieces. I'm in a better position to talk knowledgeably about Victorian fiction, but Steve is certainly right that there are "metric tons of readily accessible critical analysis" on all the classic texts, including any on which I feel qualified to opine. So here my contributions will be better-informed, but they are not likely to be especially original--meaning the key issue becomes purpose and audience. If I aim for the kind of originality necessary for a scholarly publication, I'll be back to writing esoterica for fellow academics, and the claustrophobia that practice induced was what drove me to the blogosphere in the first place. But is it any more useful or productive--any more of a contribution to literary understanding--to add my own 2-cents worth to what's already available to a general reader (including on the internet) about Middlemarch or Jane Eyre? Someone like Michael Dirda or James Wood has the 'street cred' (or market appeal) to do this (though I'm currently reading Dirda's Classics for Pleasure and I think the same questions could quite reasonably be asked about the need for or value of his contribution as well). I think a key point, made by a couple of the comments quoted above, is that the classics are in fact new to everyone at some point, so there is genuine pedagogical value in critical material that helps them make the most of their reading experiences. In the classroom (or in the right internet context) there's always a good reason to explain (again) ways of reading and thinking about Middlemarch...
But has it ever occurred to you that people who blog about texts that are "long-established in reputation" do so because they are new to them? Because they didn't read them in school? And that the odds that they have been exposed to much of the critical apparatus is rather small? Are you suggesting that one should first read all the extant literature before deciding whether something ought to be blogged? (Richard)
Bloggers discover as we discover (not everyone's put paid to the canon the way you have); their essential charm (I think it's charming) is that they flatten the mountaintop elevating the critic-priest above the rabble and allow us to watch them form and respond to ideas. In other words, their discovery of Austen or James at the age of X is crucial to *them*, if not to us, it provides answers to questions *they've* wondered about, fills holes in *their* knowledge that they (well, some of them) are happy to admit to having had. I don't think it's necessarily a critical form, I think it's often a form of self-expression, and I suppose that to gripe about someone's preoccupation with Thomas Hardy when there's so little attention going to Jerome Charyn is to cast that someone in a role they haven't sought out. (Chris)
I find classics blogging among "serious" litbloggers (ie, those positioning themselves to take the baton when periodical print collapses) relatively useless; not because of the medium, but because there are already metric tons of readily accessible critical analysis of Shakespeare, Homer, you name it, in print. Seeing centuries-old opinions on Hamlet rehashed (or mutilated) online in a not-entirely-serious fashion doesn't float my boat. If I have to read civilian (non-academic) takes on Hamlet, I prefer to read something that Anthony Burgess or Victor Pritchett or George Steiner sweated over for weeks or months... otherwise, the results are fairly back-to-High-Schoolish...I'd just like to see more critical litbloggers who take themselves seriously step up to the plate and provide more of the kind of content that *really can* give the best of what we called "print" (past tense because I'm thinking of a Golden Age) a run for its money... (Steve Augustine again)
I realize that this is to put a fairly solipsistic spin on a more abstract discussion. But, hey, this is my blog, after all! Here are earlier some of the versions of this semi-internal debate, showing that, after over a year of blogging (and blog-reading), I have not moved very far ahead on these questions:
Literary journalism differs from literary criticism, it is usually assumed, in being prompted by an occasion needing a fairly prompt response to give it relevance. Criticism takes more of a long view. But without that occasion, that immediacy, what appeal does criticism have for the non-academic reader, especially in a medium like the internet? Is there an audience online for writing about Dickens or George Eliot? And what could be said that would matter, or appeal? The kind of stuff that gets written for academic audiences apparently (unsurprisingly) alienates almost everyone else, while the kind of stuff that gets written for popular audiences often seems trivial or redundant to those who read the academic stuff. And yet...books such as John Sutherland's How to Read a Novel or Francine Prose's Reading Like a Writer do get published, so there is presumably some interest out there in enhancing one's experience of reading "the classics." One approach might be to look for the contemporary relevance in past authors, as I attempted to do with my paper on George Eliot as "Moralist for the 21st Century." But that means only highlighting authors and texts that lend themselves to modern purposes, which gets pretty tendentious and unsatisfactory pretty fast. ("The Occasion for Blogging," May 24, 2007)
Of course, when past works are the ones at issue, there's presumably no longer any question of reviewing them--or is there? Actually, that's an interesting question, and one linked to my ongoing musings about the potential role of something like a blog in my own work. How or why could writing about a 'classic' be relevant, useful, desirable to a contemporary audience? I still hold to the fairly simple distinction that reviewing is a form of literary journalism that requires a specific occasion as an incentive, while criticism has more abstract (longitudinal?) interests. ("More on the Purpose of Criticism," June 20, 2007)
The high degree of specialization in academia is one of the main reasons academic research is not particularly accessible, never mind interesting, to broad audiences. My own interest in blogging is motivated largely by a desire to escape or redefine the limits of specialization, not to reproduce them in an alternative medium. Cohen's account of what makes a blog successful exacerbates my ongoing concern, though, that there's not much point competing with thousands of other blogs for readers' attention unless your own site offers something distinctive, some angle or attitude they can't find anywhere else. To use my own blog as an example, I enjoy writing up my latest reading and I find it useful posting about subjects related to my embryonic project on 'writing for readers,' but if my ultimate goal is to provide something that will, in Cohen's words, "frame discussions on a topic and point to resources of value," I'm going to need to narrow, or at least define, my focus--ideally, in a way that still satisfies my desire to get out of the ivory tower and into a wider conversation. ("Professors, Start Your Blogs...," July 18, 2007)
One aspect of this situation that I've been thinking about is the tension between generalization and specialization that academic blogs perhaps illustrate. It's difficult to provoke comments on a specialized topic, except from other specialists. Non-specialists may be interested in reading or using your material, but they are unlikely to add to it. (I'm thinking, for instance, of the posts on The Little Professor about Victorian anti-Catholic texts: this is just not a topic on which many people can, or would, chime in, though now I know where to go if I want to learn something about them.) But if your offerings are general enough to interest a lot of people, they may lose their value in establishing a community of expertise, or in contributing to the development of your professional work. . . . Further to that last point, I'm starting to notice a divide in blogging between two kinds of literary sites, which I would roughly divide into 'bookish' and 'academic'--and the academic ones really don't seem that literary, in the sense of talking about, well, literature, as opposed to politics, philosophy, theory, and criticism. (I know, I know: talking about literature always involves politics, philosophy, and theory, etc....) I 'm thinking especially at this point of The Valve, subtitled 'A Literary Organ,' after all. The bookish ones seem quite contemporary in their focus, so for those of us who spend most of our time reading loose baggy monsters from the 19th century, well, once again but for different reasons, we aren't really equipped to jump in--and there too, I don't see that much discussion, to return to my first point. ("If a Blog Falls in the Forest," October 22, 2007)


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What is the next level life?
Like most people, I have had many ups and downs in my life, many failures and many successes. Through it all, there is one belief that has served me well; the belief that we all have the ability within ourselves by using our thoughts and actions, along with the right strategies, to truly transform our lives. The ability to take our life to the next level despite our current circumstances.
I got my first taste of this truth at the age of 8 when I spent 3 years in a mental institution for a crime I did not commit. This (unknowingly at the time) set me on a lifelong quest of learning and discovery to figure out what the best tools were for us to truly change our lives. The Next Level Life is the culmination of those experiences.
The Next Level Life is many things to many people. For some it is getting yourself out of a hole that was dug for you by circumstance, or by your own actions. For others it is aspiring to live a life at the next level, with more meaning, passion, purpose, and freedom. For others it is advancing the aims and progress of humanity, actively improving the quality of living for our brothers and sisters, and raising the consciousness of the collective human identity of the planet.
And for some it is a combination of all these elements.
Maybe you feel an uneasy stirring. A whisper in your thoughts. You might be fed up with how life turned out, or maybe you are successful but know you can do better. Not just better as in more efficient and productive, but better as in you know there is more to life than this, that you can do more, be more, and go to bed proud of the person you were today because your actions this day meant something more than just checking the box or advancing someone else's agenda.
Living the Next Level Life is standing up and saying I'm tired of mediocrity, the status quo, the self-sabotage, and deciding to do something about it. I will model those who have come before me who have gotten themselves to the next level in life and business, and I realize that in order to get to the next level, I need to live my life at the next level right now.
My intention with this blog is to do my part, to contribute my knowledge, experience, tools, and relationships to show how you can live the Next Level Life. In doing so you not only improve your own life, but give permission to others to do the same for themselves.
I'll post more on my experiences in the mental institution in another blog, but for now leave a comment below letting me know what the Next Level Life means to you.
And remember, if you want to change the world, you have to start by changing your world.

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|Division of Banks
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Consent Order Union Capital Mortgage Business Trust
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Union Capital Mortgage Business Trust, Randolph, MA - Consent Order
Suffolk, SS.
Docket No. 2009-124-CO
In the Matter of
Randolph, Massachusetts
Mortgage Company License No. MC2202
WHEREAS, UNION CAPITAL MORTGAGE BUSINESS TRUST, Randolph, Massachusetts ("Union Capital" or the "Corporation"), a licensed mortgage lender and mortgage broker under Massachusetts General Laws chapter 255E, section 2, has been advised of its right to Notice and Hearing pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws chapter 30A, section 10, and having waived those rights, entered into a STIPULATION AND CONSENT TO THE ISSUANCE OF A CONSENT ORDER ("Consent Agreement") with representatives of the Division of Banks ("Division") dated June 3, 2010, whereby, solely for the purpose of settling this matter, Union Capital agrees to the issuance of this CONSENT ORDER ("Consent Order") by the Commissioner of Banks ("Commissioner");
WHEREAS, The Division of Banks ("Division"), through the Commissioner, has jurisdiction over the licensing and regulation of persons and entities engaged in the business of a mortgage lender and mortgage broker in Massachusetts pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws chapter 255E, section 2;
WHEREAS, Union Capital, at all relevant times, has been a Massachusetts Corporation doing business in the Commonwealth with its main office located at 1137 North Main Street, Randolph, Massachusetts;
WHEREAS, pursuant to Massachusetts General Laws chapter 255E, section 8, mortgage lenders who have made fifty or more home mortgage loans in the last calendar year subject to an evaluation of their community investment ("MLCI") practices including a review of the mortgage lender's compliance with fair lending laws, compliance with the requirements of the Equal Opportunity Act, the Home Mortgage Disclosure Act, and the Predatory Home Loan Practices Act;
WHEREAS, on April 15, 2009, pursuant to the authority granted under Massachusetts General Laws chapter 255E, section 8, the Division commenced an MLCI examination/inspection (the "2009 examination/inspection") of the books, accounts, papers, records, and files maintained by Union Capital;
WHEREAS, the Division's Report of Examination (the "Report"), which was issued to Union Capital on or about November 12, 2009, presented the findings of the 2009 examination/inspection and alleged significant failures to comply with applicable state and federal laws, rules, regulations, and regulatory bulletins governing the conduct of those engaged in the business of a mortgage lender and mortgage broker in Massachusetts;
WHEREAS, on or about November 12, 2009, based upon the findings of the 2009 examination/inspection, the Division issued a FINDINGS OF FACT AND TEMPORARY ORDER TO CEASE AND DESIST (the "Temporary Order"), Docket No. 2009-124, against Union Capital;
WHEREAS, on or about November 27, 2009 Union Capital filed a response to the Temporary Order and by its response, Union Capital further reserved its right to proceed to an administrative hearing in accordance with Massachusetts General Laws chapter 30A;
WHEREAS, on or about January 21, 2010, Union Capital appeared at the Division's offices for an informal conference to discuss the matters raised by the Temporary Order;
WHEREAS, the parties now seek to resolve by mutual agreement, the matters identified in the Temporary Order;
WHEREAS, without this Consent Order constituting an admission by Union Capital of any allegations made or implied by the provisions of the Temporary Order; solely for the purpose of settlement of all alleged violations without protracted administrative proceedings and judicial review, Union Capital hereby waives its right to complete the hearing process relative to this proceeding and affirms that it is willing to take all necessary action as set forth in this Consent Order; and
WHEREAS, in recognition of the Division and Union Capital having reached the following mutual agreement under this Consent Order to resolve the matters raised by the Temporary Order, the Commissioner has terminated the Temporary Order on this 3rd day of June, 2010.
NOW COME the parties in the above-captioned matter, the Division and Union Capital, and stipulate and agree as follows:
- Immediately upon the execution of this Consent Order, Union Capital and any and all officers, directors, managers, employees, independent contractors, or agents, operating on behalf of Union Capital, will cease engaging in the activity of a mortgage lender, mortgage broker, and mortgage loan originator in Massachusetts, as those terms are defined under General Laws chapter 255E, section 1 and General Laws chapter 255F, section 1, respectively.
- Immediately upon the execution of this Consent Order, Union Capital will surrender its Massachusetts mortgage lender and mortgage broker license MC2202 which expired on December 31, 2009 by: (a) returning the original license certificate to the Division at One South Station, 3 rd Floor, Boston, Massachusetts 02110; and (b) submitting a " Request to Surrender" filing to the Division through the Nationwide Mortgage Licensing System (NMLS).
- Union Capital shall retain all Massachusetts mortgage loan application files, and the disclosures, correspondence, papers, and records relating to the loan, for a minimum of three years after final payment is made on the mortgage loan or the mortgage loan is sold, whichever occurs first. Such records shall be made available to the Commissioner, in their entirety, immediately upon the request of the Commissioner.
- Union Capital will refrain from submitting an application to obtain a mortgage lender and/or mortgage broker license from the Commissioner for a period of sixty (60) months from the effective date of the Temporary Order.
- To the extent that Union Capital or any of its officers or directors, or their successors or assigns, wish to resume business as a mortgage lender and/or mortgage broker under General Laws chapter 255E at the expiration of the 60-month term as set forth above, Union Capital and/or such individual, as applicable, shall be required to submit a completed application to obtain the relevant license(s) from the Commissioner. The provisions of this Section shall necessarily prohibit Union Capital's officers and directors from taking an ownership position in and from participating, in any manner, in the responsibilities or duties of a control person of a entity licensed under General Laws chapter 255E. For the purposes of this Consent Order, "control" shall be defined as the power, directly or indirectly, to direct the management or policies of a company, whether through ownership of securities, by contract, or otherwise. Unless the Commissioner, in his sole discretion, agrees to accept such an application earlier, Union Capital agrees not to submit such an application until the expiration of the 60-month term. The Commissioner shall have all of the discretion set forth within General Laws chapter 255E, section 4 and the Division's regulation 209 CMR 42.00 et seq. in determining whether to issue a license to Union Capital to conduct the licensed business, provided however, that any such application shall not be denied solely on the basis of the Temporary Order.
- The provisions of this Consent Order shall not limit, estop, or otherwise prevent any other state agency or department, from taking any other action affecting Union Capital and/or any of its officers, directors, or managers.
- This Consent Order shall become effective immediately upon the date of its issuance.
- The provisions of this Consent Order shall be binding upon Union Capital and its directors, officers, employees, agents, and their successors and assigns.
- In accordance with the terms of the Consent Agreement entered by Union Capital and the Commissioner, Union Capital has waived all rights of appeal that it may have relative to the Temporary Order.
- The provisions of this Consent Order shall remain effective and enforceable except to the extent that, and until such time as, any provisions of this Consent Order shall have been modified, terminated, suspended, or set aside by the Commissioner or upon an order of a court of competent jurisdiction.
- This Consent Order and the Consent Agreement are the complete documents representing the resolution of this matter. There are no other agreements, promises, representations, or warranties other than those set forth in this Consent Order, which replaces and supersedes all prior agreements between Union Capital and the Commissioner.
Dated at Boston, Massachusetts, this 3rd day of June, 2010
By: Steven L. Antonakes
Commissioner of Banks
Commonwealth of Massachusetts


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One thing about my work schedule is that "weekend" is a largely meaningless concept. While I have Fridays off from both jobs, Saturdays and Sundays are ordinary workdays at the Major Home Improvement Retailer. Still, "largely" meaningless is not quite the same as "completely" meanigless. I don't work my regular job either day, and at the MHIR the pace of work is rather different than on a weekday evening. There's no freight to pack out and usually no special cleaning or moving projects. Mostly it's just dealing with customers.
These three days.pretty much fit the pattern. I didn't do too much on Friday, just savored the day off, and my weekend shifts (1 to 8:30 and 2 to 8) were quite busy with customers. At 8 on Sunday was the semiannual store meeting, which lasted until about 9:45. It wasn't too bad staying the extra time as there was food and games, and I got my second "meritorious service" award. And yes, everyone got paid for their time.


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VREF(9) DragonFly Kernel Developer's Manual VREF(9)
NAMEvref -- Increment the primary reference count for an active vnode
SYNOPSIS#include <sys/param.h> #include <sys/vnode.h> void vref(struct vnode *vp);
DESCRIPTIONThe primary reference count for an active vnode is incremented. The vnode must already have active references to it, usually acquired prior to the vnode pointer being passed to the code making this call or when vnode pointers are obtained from structures, such as file pointers, which hold an active reference to the vnode. Any attempt to use vref on an inactive vnode will result in a panic. vp The vnode being referenced. Each vnode maintains a Primary and Auxiliary reference count. The pri- mary reference count prevents the vnode from being deactivated while the auxiliary reference count keeps track of auxiliary structures, such as namecache and VM object structures, which are typically kept associated with the vnode for caching purposes even after the vnode has been deacti- vated. A procedure will often acquire its own primary reference to a vnode to prevent the vnode from getting ripped out from under it during an opera- tion due to the destruction of the parent data structure. For example, one thread may be blocked on a vnode operation related to a file descrip- tor that another thread then closes.
SEE ALSOvdrop(9), vget(9), vhold(9), vnode(9), vn_lock(9), vn_unlock(9), vput(9), vrele(9)
AUTHORSThis manual page was written by Doug Rabson. DragonFly 3.5 May 5, 2007 DragonFly 3.5


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For many years, kidney cancer was a strictly surgical disease. There were no drugs available and chemotherapy was ineffective. In the past few years, there have been numerous developments in immuno-oncologic agents that are proving effective for the treatment of renal cell cancer.
RCC19 is the first EAU meeting completely devoted to Renal Cell Cancer. The EAU feels it is important for urologists to familiarise themselves with the latest generation of immuno-oncologic agents to be able to make informed decisions in a multidisciplinary setting. Urologists might not be actively involved with the delivery of the drugs, but they can learn to identify suitable patients and they should also be aware of the drugs' impact on their patients' quality of life.


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Panda (disambiguation)for other, similarly-named pages.
Panda was a ten-inch-tall, fuzzy stuffed panda who travelled with Iris Wildthyme. For a time, Panda was a robot known as Clockwork Panda. (PROSE: Flasket Brinner and the Clockwork Heart, The Woman Who Sold the Moon et al)
Panda was quite sensitive over the fact that he was a toy. (AUDIO: Wildthyme at Large et al) Using X-rays, infrared, DNA sequencing, and deep tissue analysis, the Forge were unable to find any signs of life within Panda's body. (PROSE: Project: Wildthyme)
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Early life Edit
Panda was a cyborg. His kind were invented to journey into space with the children of star colonists. He was supposed to act as a protector and a teacher. (AUDIO: Muse of Fire)
Panda's homeland was China. (PROSE: The Delightful Bag)
Panda originally belonged to Tom when he was writing about his travels with Iris Wildthyme. He was annoyed that he hardly left Tom's flat. (AUDIO: Wildthyme at Large)
Travels with Iris and Tom Edit
After Iris returned to Earth, Panda and Tom joined her in her travels around the multiverse. (AUDIO: Wildthyme at Large) He got annoyed when Iris kept calling him a stuff toy. He was surprised that Tom picked up a girl. He felt for Jenny Winterleaf for only being known for her illness going through the vortex. He fell in love with Iris. Iris thought he was becoming the Tin Man from the Wizard of Oz. (AUDIO: The Devil in Ms. Wildthyme)
New adventures with Iris Edit
After Tom returned to Earth to live his life as a journalist, Panda continued to travel with Iris. He got annoyed at the state of the bus. He wanted to be a DJ for Radio Four. (AUDIO: The Sound of Fear) When Iris was exiled to 1972 he became a journalist and helped Iris in her investigations. After meeting the White Rabbit and Mock Turtle he started to believe that Alice in Wonderland was real. (AUDIO: The Land of Wonder) He encountered Hilary Wildthyme disbelieving him to be Iris. He didn't feel himself after this event and took his hipflask with him everywhere. Roger the Naxian took him to Malaga. His hipflask was a link to the rehab dimension. (AUDIO: The Two Irises)
Several times, Panda got lost at the end of the universe (PROSE: Future Legend), completely changed in size (PROSE: The Shape of Things) and was killed (PROSE: The Panda Book of Horror).
San Francisco & Santa Claus Edit
Panda sacrificed himself to save the multiverse from being invaded by his alternative selves by jumping into a rift in the Time Vortex while holding a bottle of Tonic Water. (AUDIO: The Panda Invasion) Panda did not die as he had expected. He was saved by Iris Wildthyme and Santa. (AUDIO: Iris Wildthyme and the Claws of Santa)
Clockwork Panda Edit
After the Steam Lords retro-fitted the Obverse to be a bit more steampunk, (PROSE: The Woman Who Sold the Moon) Panda became a robot that had been created by Flasket Brinner.
When Clockwork Panda's heart broke, Iris searched the multiverse for a replacement. (PROSE: Flasket Brinner and the Clockwork Heart) Iris and Panda encountered the Counter-Clockwork Yeti of Mrrm, impersonated Venusian ambassadors on the Moon, (PROSE: The Woman Who Sold the Moon) visited Skullvaria, (PROSE: The Story Sorters) and bumped into an entity. (PROSE: Being)
Facing the future Iris Edit
He became a secretary for the fan club of Iris. He had his mind swapped in an event with Traguam. (AUDIO: The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society) He didn't understand why Iris would install a randomiser in her TARDIS that would make the ride more bumpy. (AUDIO: Iris Rides Out) He asked Iris to take him to earth to get a Pork Pie. Instead he was involved in a murder investigation. A future version of Iris captured them. (AUDIO: Midwinter Murders)
The future Iris captured Panda and her younger self and sent them to a Pleasure Prison, where the pair were immersed in separate virtual realities designed to provide their greatest desires. In this realm he had an autobiographer/PA called Amanda. He kept hearing Iris' voice and caused the future Iris' plans to fail. (AUDIO: Whatever Happened to Iris Wildthyme?) He joined Iris to a darts competition. He he met the Bovine race which meant he had only three species in his book of terrifying monsters left to see. (AUDIO: Iris at the Oche) He had a tv jingle stuck in his head. He became under the the spell of Lift. (AUDIO: A Lift in Time)
Adventures with Simon and Iris Edit
Panda was stuck on the bus when Iris investigated strange happenings in Darlington, knowing how the locals would react to him from their previous travels. He was able to help Iris though by relaying information from the bus. When Iris, Simon and Kelly travelled with him to an Alternate Paris in 1894, he admitted that he enjoyed the bohemian atmosphere. He had to explain to Kelly the properties of time travel when she wanted to interfere. When the crew minus Kelly and Barbra travelled to Valcea he started to have bad dreams. After Anthony Marvelle vandalised the bus, Panda and Simon managed to slip through time to a Vince Cosmos concert and saved Vince from an assassination attempt by some Martians due to an ancient legend about Pandas. At the after party a future version of Iris arrived to tell them to get back to the bus. Back on Valcea, in the glass city he was tortured by the living wardrobes. He had to escaped with Iris and Simon when the bomb in Barbra was about to explode. He travelled with Iris and Simon to the planet Hyspero to follow Marvelle. (PROSE: Enter Wildthyme)
He travelled with Iris through the deserts of Hyspero to catch up with Marvelle. He was able to survive on very little food and could drive the bus but only when sitting on 5 pillows. When they found pub in the middle of the desert, he thought it looked like part of MIAOW. After he and Iris visted Fenster he wasn't sure why they followed him to Saga City. He wanted to go after Simon once he found out the Vizer of the Scarlet Empress took him. He thought that Saga City was a trap for Iris. (PROSE: Wildthyme Beyond!)
A secret mission Edit
After dropping Panda off somewhere to complete a mission for her, Iris travelled with Jo Jones, and later with Captain Edwin Turner. (AUDIO: Find and Replace, An Extraterrestrial Werewolf in Belgium) After parting ways with Turner, she went looking for Panda, but couldn't find him. Instead, she encountered a human called Arthur Bayer, who had a voice very similar to Panda's. (AUDIO: Looking for a Friend)
Later life Edit
At one point later in his life, Panda travelled to the Obverse and helped a young Iris discover her identity and flee the Clockworks in her bus. (PROSE: Wildthyme Beyond!)
One of Iris' future incarnations starred in a successful television series as well as several films. Panda only appeared in the pilot episode of the series before he was replaced by a kangaroo named Hoppy. (AUDIO: The Iris Wildthyme Appreciation Society)
Alternate Pandas Edit
One alternate version of Panda was the villainous Lionel Pandeau who used Iris's bus to summon an army of alternate Pandas to San francisco on New years eve, 1999. Amoung the countless versions of Panda to emerge were vampires, cyborgs and giants, who Pandeau intented to use to conquer the Multiverse.
Others Panda theorised to have been brought through the rift were traffic cop Panda, construction worker Panda and Native American Panda during his mocking of Pandeau's plans.
All Pandas were shown to have an aversion to Tonic water, demonstrated when Iris poured a whole bottle onto a vampire panda that had been assaulting hospital visitors. (AUDIO: The Panda Invasion)
In one universe, Panda was an angry chef who starred in a television show. In another, Panda was a successful art critic who only gave important awards to artists that slept with him. Another Panda was a popular writer. (PROSE: Framed)
Personality Edit
Panda was usually bad-tempered. He took offence at being called a toy. Like Iris, Panda drank heavily, and always carried a hip flask of whisky with him, as he felt that it kept him safe through dark times. (AUDIO: The Two Irises) Panda resented being described as a bear and threatened to punch those whom he had felt insulted him "right up the hooter." (AUDIO: Wildthyme at Large, et. al)
Behind the scenes Edit
Panda appears in a few of Paul Magrs' non-Iris Wildthyme novels, including Brenda and Effie Forever! and The Story of Fester Cat.
In The Runaway HiFi, a piece of fan fiction that Magrs wrote for his blog, Panda is revealed to be HiFi. This story was later published in A Second Target for Tommy in 2018 by Obverse Books.


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Café Circa Celebrates Three-Year Anniversary
Starting today, January 19th, Café Circa, located in the Old Fourth Ward of Atlanta, is celebrating its three-year anniversary by hosting four days of special events and offerings through Saturday, January 22, 2011.
On Wednesday, Café Circa will offer Wine, Scotch and Small Plate Tasting with expert Mike Leo. For $20 participants will explore five wines paired with small plates created by executive chef Hopeton Hibbert's and four single malt scotches. Thursday, from 5:00 until 7:00 p.m. Café Circa will host a special celebratory happy hour with sounds provided by DJ SugarCut and $5 Ciroc cocktails, $5 small plates and $10 entrees.
And on Friday and Saturday, Chef Hibbert has created a three-course dinner that includes a glass of champagne for $25 in honor of Café Circa's three-year anniversary.


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Gann always said "Always take m...
WHEN : 25th October 2007
WHERE : The little snail restaurant
Location : Shop 3/50 Murray St, Pyrmont,
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I haven't traded or own a stock for 18 years and the reasons is that share holders never gets the returns he should do.
This very interesting and topical article written by David Burton gives you an overview on how this subject and why GANN's methods continue being an ideal choice for investors.
W. D. Gann discovered most methodologies used for trading the markets today. People just don't realise these have been the discovery of the greatest researcher into market geometry and cycles.
The ten year cycle is not any different, operators like Edson Gould, and Larry Williams,( Larry's going to jail, see , www.smh.com.au/news/NATIONAL/Stocks-guru-loses-extradition-challenge/2007/08/03/1185648106176.html )etc. copied some of Gann's methods claiming them for their own.
They knew deep down that Gann was the greatest of them all, but couldn't work out what he was doing. So to they put Gann down to market their own stuff.
W.D.Gann had a number of overlays for different time periods depending on his trading mood and his own cycle. One was the "The wheel of 24" which was used for day trading as it has the hours and days around the outer ring with the number from 1 to 24 to line up with the hours and continuing around the circle so 25 lines up with 1, 26 lines up with 2 etc.
The material Gann presented to the public was a cover up for his astrology work as it's easier to teach people maths (well some people), than astrology. Remember, what the public have today is not the entirety of his material as his personal books were virtually destroyed during the Miami floods in the fifties. His writings were kept in a leather box in is garage and was overcome by the floodwaters. Gann ended up simply throwing them away due to the water damage.
Given this, it astounds me how people can say they are Gann experts. There was only one Gann expert and that was Gann himself. During my own near 30 years of study, what Gann did has become abundantly clear – he utilised the knowledge of the ancients to trade the markets, and he did it all by hand.
Most people look at Gann based on one single thing of the Gann system. Gann said himself "you have to look at all parts together as they make it whole"
W. D. Gann said to study the human body and it will give an insight to time cycles. The head has seven openings and relates to all cycles of seven.
You have five fingers on each hand, making ten above the waist line, or solar-plexus, which represents the ten year cycle. You have ten toes below the solar-plexus giving you another ten year cycle making a total of twenty years.
In the last "Your trading edge" magazine (www.yte.com.au) I wrote about Gann's coded book "Tunnel thru the air" and bibl...
The art of learning is to get the steps right from the beginning. A lot of people go straight to astrology instead of learning the basis first, money management, pattern reading, seasonal etc. Some students have sent me what people write about on chat groups etc about Gann and astrology.
Gann said that you only need to know one thing? The correct starting point. This cycle is out of Gann's coded book called "Tunnel thru the air" which is discussed in the up and coming article in "your trading edge" magazine. (www.yte.com.au)
There are a number of numbers Gann used out of the bible and 666 is just one. The secret is to know when to swap cycles.
The up and coming Gann expo in Sydney in March 2007 will also cover a lot of subjects that have never been presented before. A website and registration will be available in November 2006.There will be limited numbers available.
Steve Irwin's died suddenly after a barb sent out by a stingray shot into his heart.
Steve Irwin (II) was born February 22, 1962 in Essendon, Victoria, Australia per www.imbd.com the birth time is currently not known, and his death was September 4, 2006 at 11:00 am in Cairns, Australia.
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The upcoming eclipse is somewhat ominous for traders because it is so close to the 1987 September eclipse. The market dive in October was so large by comparison to any market moves we had seen in recent history that the entire rules for margin requirements trading options, as well as rules regarding program trading were severely changed.
If W. D. Gann really used astrology, it seems as if we could do some "Forensic Astrology," or "Autopsy Astrology" as some like to call it, to see not only if he was using astrology but what kind of astrological methods he was employing.
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text: NYCGB AlumniWelcome back! Whether you last sang with us as a member of the National Youth Choir in the 1980s, as a member of the National Youth Training Choir in the 1990s, or as a member of the National Youth Girls' Choir in the 2000s, you're part of the NYCGB Alumni family. As well as this subsite, we have a Facebook group and Twitter account and you can contact the Alumni Champions Committee at any time on [email protected] Meet the committee Alumni events Alumni news Christmas Appeal 2018 Alumni Champion Fundraising NYCGB Alumni Rob O'Connell (1979-2018) Rob O'Connell pictured on the National Youth Choir's 1999 World Tour. Image: George Poppe 13 August 2018 We are deeply saddened to learn of the death of Rob O'Connell (National Youth Choir 1997-2002) after a courageous battle with cancer. His close friend and NYC contemporary George Poppe has written the following tribute. "We have very sadly lost one of our own. I met Rob in the Surrey County Youth Choir 23 years ago and we both started our NYC careers on the same residential course at Sedburgh School in 1997. Through NYC we shared so many amazing musical experiences and sang in some of the world's best concert venues (also some of the worst). We travelled throughout the Southern Hemisphere on the 1999 World Tour, when we were often paired for home-stays; the memories from these will always stay with me. After completing his music degree at Huddersfield University, Rob become a regular fixture with ensembles including the William Byrd Singers, Canzonetta, the BBC Daily Service Singers, the St Endellion Summer Festival Choir, Manchester Chamber Choir, Manchester Consort, and both Manchester and Southwark Cathedral Choirs. His solo work included operas, oratorios and even a tour with the band 'James'. Rob was also a tutor to a number of private singing pupils over the years. Rob was truly a gentleman, a warm and witty friend, and so modest about his talents. A dreadful disease took him in his prime. He is fondly remembered and dearly missed." Rob's funeral took place at Southwark Cathedral, where he was a Lay Clerk, on Thursday 16th August at 2pm. His partner, Debbi, has set up a Just Giving page in aid of Bowel Cancer UK. Donations are still being accepted (as of 5 September 2018) at http://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/robertoconnell Alumni who would like to contact Rob's family directly can do so by emailing [email protected].


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Dr. Anil Bhan
Qualification - MBBS, MS (Gen. Surg.), MCh
Specialization - Cardiologist
Designation - Director - Cardiac Surgery
Hospital(s) - Medanta The Medicity
Career Profile
Dr. Bhan is an outstanding cardiovascular surgeon and a graduate from Medical College Srinagar (Best outgoing graduate-Gold Medalist). He possesses the largest experience in Aortic surgery in India. He has designed and developed more than 50 surgical instruments in the field of cardiac surgery.
Dr. Bhan was one of the team members that performed the first successful Heart Transplantation in India (1994). He is associated with starting the three cardiac surgical programs at Putta-parthi, 1992, Whitefield 2001 and Max Heart and Vascular Institute Saket (2004). He has performed more than 15,000 cardiac and vascular procedures with excellent outcomes, matching with the best in the world.
Education & Training
- MBBS - Medical College, Srinagar - 1981
- MS - General Surgery, PGI, Chandigarh - 1984
- MCh. (Cardiothaoracic & Vascular Surgery) - AIIMS, New Delhi - 1988
- Medanta - The Medicity Senior Director - Cardiac Surgery, Since February 2008
- Max Heart and Vascular Institute, Saket, New Delhi Director and Chief Coordinator Cardio thoracic and Vascular Surgery, 2004 - 2008
- All India Institute of Medical Sciences (AIIMS), New Delhi Faculty member, 1992 - 2004
Clinical Focus
- On and off pump myocardial Revascularization
- Aortic aneurysm surgery
- Pediatric Cardiac Surgery
- Valve Repair and Replacements
- Minimally invasive Cardiac Surgery
- Peripheral Vascular Surgery
- Treatment of end stage Heart Disease including Heart Transplantation
Awards & Achievements
- Delivered the prestigious P.K. Sen Oration at the CT Conference, 2009
- Awarded Life Time Achievement Award from the President of India in 2006
- Delivered Dr. P.K .Sen oration at Annual Conference of Association of Cardiothoracic and Vascular Surgeons of India 2009
- Performed the youngest bypass in the world literature with coronary aneurysm repair at the age of 18 months, 2007
- Did first extra corporeal membrane oxygenation (ECMO) in India, 2000
Research and Publications
- Performed total arterial revascularization on youngest patient in world literature - Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery- USA (2005)
- Described a new operative technique for coarctation of aortic with type - B aortic dissection- Journal of Thoracic and Cardiovascular Surgery USA (2002)
- Published one of the largest experiences of arterial switch procedure for transposition of great arteries-Indian Heart Journal (2002)
- Reports on angiographic follow-up of OPCAB (Beating Heart CABG) from India - Published in Annals of Thoracic Surgery (USA) accredited by Medtronic (2000)
- Third report in the world literature on radial artery angiographic follow up Annals of Thoracic Surgery-USA (1999)
- Described a new - operative technique for repair of supra-cardiac total anomalous pulmonary venous drainage- Published in Annals of thoracic surgery-USA (1996)
- Life Member, Indian Association of Cardiovascular and Thoracic Surgeons
- Member Delhi Chapter of CSI
- Life Member of Pediatric Cardiac Society of India
- Member Cardiothoracic Surgical Network (USA)
Procedures performed by Dr. Bhan performs 30 are below:
- Coronary Angioplasty
- Heart Valve Replacement
- Coronary Angiography
- Pacemaker Implantation
- Minimally Invasive Direct Coronary Artery Bypass
- Cardiac Assessment
- Right Heart Catheterization
- Cardiac Electrophysiology Study
- Ventricular Septal Defect Closure (VSD)
- Arteriovenous Fistula with Graft
- Cardiothoracic Surgery
- Patent Ductus Arteriosus device closure (PDA)
- Double Valve Replacement
- Bentall Procedure
- Cabrol Procedure
- Heart Port Surgery
- Electrophysiology Study & Radio Frequency Ablation
- ASD Closure
- Balloon Valvotomy
- Aortopulmonary window
- Angiography
- Stent Insertion
- Varicose Vein Removal
- Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm (AAA) Repair
- Angioplasty
- Carotid stenting
- Aneurysm Surgery
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Dear Pastor Jamal Bryant,
I am writing to you on behalf of thousands of people who have supported your ministry through it highest moments and as well as valley experiences. Many have stood with you and you endured one scandal after another and even now, some will continue to do so after this most recent allegation. One thing that is certain, when you have been blessed to speak to the multitudes and stand on the platforms that have been afforded you, there is no such thing and processing in private. Your life is an open book.
We all have fallen short many times, and for this reason, it has been easier to endure your frailties as a man. However, at some point as God's messenger and mouthpiece, those who feel called to bear that responsibility must be held to a higher standard. Yes, the Bible says that all have sinned, but that is in reference to our nature as humans, and should never be used as a "free pass" to live as you please.
Although your temptations and apparent struggles do not negate the anointing, your continued submission to them suggests that a different set of consequences need to occur. In 2008, as you endured a public divorce amid allegations that you had fathered a child with a member of your congregation while yet married, many stood with you. Not just because you were young, charming and charismatic, but because they believed you understood the weight of your actions and were actively seeking deliverance… Not just to be a good pastor, but a better man.
However, amid the controversy, you stood behind the "sacred" pulpit as arrogant as ever and preached, "I'm the Man!" Using the story of Nathan as he confronted David about Bathsheba, you seemed to justify that you are "still the man." Interestingly, the message began in 2 Samuel verse 7, which reads:
You are that man! The Lord, the God of Israel, says: I anointed you king of Israel and saved you from the power of Saul.
What was most baffling to many within the Christian community is although the opportunity was ever-present, you did not even bother to deal with verse 13. At least, during this particular story of David, he had the decency to confess that he has sinned. This would have been the perfect opportunity to acknowledge a remorseful heart, even if you had already confessed to God, you owed it to the people you had been entrusted to lead. Oh and don't forget the others who were watching from afar because as a televangelist, you have been privileged to speak into their lives as well.
You said during a 2013 interview with Roland Martin that you were thrust into the limelight. Whether by force or because you sought a greater platform, the platform was and is still yours. You must understand how hypocritical is it is to the world and social media as your stage to shine when "all is well" and then attempt to pull the "privacy" card whenever a scandal arises.
As a trailblazer in an era where people are clamoring for leadership, you must now understand the weight of your actions. Not just as a man, but as a public and outspoken male figure in Baltimore where murder, prison and absentee fathers continue to leave a vacuum. While I am not condemning you, I am asking for greater responsibility for your public aspirations.
While I support utilizing your gift in the midst of stormy weather, let's be honest, there comes a time where the crap pile gets too high and it is time to retreat from the public eye and spend more time with the gift-giver. Thank God for grace and mercy, not just for you, but also for the rest of us who remain grateful for new mercies on a daily basis.
In the past when your name was included with varying allegations, you have either called out the news outlets or attempted to otherwise defend yourself. However, the latest scandal is proof positive that apologies need to be rendered and a sabbatical which will allow you to do the personal work necessary to become a better and more responsible leader. While it is a mere rumor that after learning of Latoya Shawntee Odom's pregnancy, you asked her to abort the mission, had you been responsible enough to use a condom the outcome of the story could have been different. Such irresponsible behavior adds insult to injury.
Given your past, there are probably many more women who would love to share in this accusation, but Odom had more than an allegation. She came forward with a paternity test result which read:
The alleged father, Jamal Harrison Bryant, cannot be excluded as the biological father of the child, John Karston Bryant since they share genetic markers. Using the above systems, the probability of paternity is 99.9999%, as compared to an untested, unrelated man of the Black population…
Pastor Bryant, this open letter is not an attack against you, nor is it suggesting that you never preach again. That would be ludicrous and a travesty with a gift a great as yours. However, it would undoubtedly be beneficial for you to fall back and work on yourself in order for a powerful comeback. You owe it to yourself, your children and those you have been graced to lead. You have a host of people who are rooting for you.
During a recent Periscope video you ended the public address, in which you neither confirmed nor denied the recent allegations, by saying:
Keep praying for me because unlike others, I actually need it. I appreciate it and I receive it. God ain't finished with me. But when he gets through working with me I shall come forth standing right beside you.
Let's face it, the Bible is filled with stories surrounding people who have messed up, gotten it right and gone on to do great things for the Kingdom of God. This open letter has nothing to do with "judging" you. The moment you accepted the call, you simultaneously agreed to a life that requires a higher standard.
Cherese Jackson (Virginia)
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Somehow a lot of people jump to the conclusion that the gold trade is an uncertainty trade, a political chaos trade but that is not really what is going on here. The price of gold is not going up because of what is going on in Europe. It is going up because of what is happening in the United States, more specifically in Washington and even more specifically at the Federal Reserve.
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Lawyers have traditionally been able to provide their clients with dispassionate legal advice based on a full understanding of the relevant facts. Because of the evidentiary privilege that attaches to attorney-client communications, and the strict ethical obligations of confidentiality in effect in all disciplinary jurisdictions in the United States, clients are allowed and encouraged to be completely candid with counsel. This protection allows lawyers, among other things, to probe the veracity of the statements their clients propose to make in offering securities to the public, and to give frank advice as to the legality and wisdom of their course of conduct. While, in some circumstances, protecting communications between lawyer and client may in an objective sense hinder the search for truth, society has long been comfortable with the judgment that this "impairment is outweighed by the social and moral values of confidential consultations. The [attorney-client] privilege provides a zone of privacy within which a client may more effectively exercise the full autonomy that the law and legal institutions allow."1
Unfortunately, the moral laxity of the late 1990s, during which even the President of the United States was able to get away with outright lying to the American people, helped create an environment in which perhaps even securities issuers believed it was acceptable behavior to play fast and loose with the truth. In an era characterized by hypertechnical parsing of language (a debate concerning the definition of "is" being the archetype), it should have come as no surprise that those accessing the capital markets, driven by a self-indulgent culture and a single-minded desire to increase earnings no matter the moral cost, would find creative ways to characterize transactions and enhance the appearance of their financial positions. After Enron, Worldcom and other high-flying corporations deconstructed before our eyes, we saw our lawmakers engage in their favorite pastime: finding someone to blame.2 Inevitably, fingers began to point to the professionals serving these collapsed entities, most notably their auditors (whose job it is to detect and report fraudulent activities by their clients), but also including their lawyers.
And so it has become fashionable in recent months to propose that the attorney-client relationship be revamped by mandating conduct by lawyers that could lead to wholesale revelations of previously protected attorney- client communications and of legal advice ostensibly given in confidence. These requirements would undoubtedly diminish the willingness of securities issuers to seek and obtain effective legal advice at the time they need it most. The attorney conduct regulations proposed in November 2002 by the Securities and Exchange Commission,3 for example, are a dangerous step in this direction.
Just as dangerous is the proposition that lawyers should become guarantors of the veracity of their client's statements to the public. A majority of the Supreme Court rejected this concept in its 1994 decision in Central Bank,4 ruling that liability under section 10(b) of the Securities Exchange Act of 19345 could not be imposed on mere aiders and abettors: "the statute prohibits only the making of a material misstatement (or omission) or the commission of a manipulative act."6 In the time since the Central Bank decision was handed down, most courts in cases involving section 10(b) claims against professionals have confirmed that such claims can be asserted only against a person who has actually made the statement that is challenged as materially false or misleading. As the law has evolved, the fact that a professional helped a client draft its public statements, standing alone, does not render that professional liable as a primary violator of the securities laws.7
This approach is consistent with section 11 of the Securities Act of 1933, which considers registration statements to be the responsibility of the issuer of the securities and the issuer's directors who are signatories of a registration statement. Liability is imposed upon those "experts" (like accountants or lawyers) who expressly consent to being "named as having prepared or certified any part of the registration statement, or as having prepared or certified any report or valuation which is used in connection with the registration statement," and then only "with respect to the statement in such registration statement, report, or valuation, which purports to have been prepared or certified by" the expert.8
The recent corporate scandals have resulted not only in a shift in legislative and regulatory attitudes, but in a recent judicial decision that significantly muddies the waters of professional liability for section 10(b) violations. Addressing various motions to dismiss made by professionals and others in In re Enron Corp. Securities Derivative & ERISA Litig.,9 District Judge Melinda F. Harmon accepted the test urged by the SEC and ruled that under Central Bank a professional may be held liable under section 10(b) if with the requisite scienter they "create" a misrepresentation on which investor-plaintiffs rely. Thus, "a person can be a primary violator if her or she writes misrepresentations for inclusion in a document to be given to investors, even if the idea for those misrepresentations came from someone else." 10 This dangerous and misguided effort to impose liability on lawyers for the wrongdoing of their clients is reminiscent of the age-old tale of the gentleman who lost his keys in an alleyway one night and was seen looking for them a half-block away under a streetlamp. When asked why he wasn't searching in the alleyway, where the keys had undoubtedly been dropped, he explained, "The light is better out here." Lawyers are prominent participants in the securities industry. This may well make them attractive targets for those seeking to allocate blame, but we should resist the temptation to look where the light may be best. Our society recognizes that even its most reprehensible members — the serial snipers, the child molesters — are entitled to the advice of competent counsel. We have historically stretched our Constitution to and beyond its limits to secure that right. Corporate America is at least entitled to the same treatment. Threatening lawyers with joint and several liability if they do not ensure the truthfulness of all statements made by their clients in offering securities to the public would pit attorney and client against one another as adversaries. Whatever the solution to the perceived dishonesty of public companies may be, it does not lie in depriving them of the right to counsel, or in corrupting the essential nature of the practice of law.
* Steven C. Krane is a Partner, Litigation & Dispute Resolution Department, Proskauer Rose LLP, New York, New York; and Immediate Past President, New York State Bar Association.
Originally published by The Federalist Society for Law and Public Policy Studies (www.fed-soc.org) in Engage: The Journal of the Federalist Society's Practice Groups.
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Sierra Leone's official shipping registry employs several Chinese nationals involved in North Korea's weapons smuggling networks, authorizing them to register foreign vessels under the Sierra Leonean flag, an investigation by NK News can reveal.
The discovery highlights North Korea's ongoing employment of trusted third parties in its attempt to camouflage illicit activities and circumvent UN restrictions designed to curtail its weapons of mass destruction program.
Under the auspices of the Sierra Leone Ministry of Transport and Aviation, the country's shipping registry has representatives in nearly twenty countries around the world. Between them, agents in the Americas, Middle East, and Asia have issued Sierra Leonean flags to over 500 ships.
According to the NK Pro ship tracker, over a dozen suspected North Korean vessels have flown the Sierra Leonean flag in recent years, though its use has become less common since 2016.
While the practice – known as using a Flag of Convenience (FOC) – is widely used in the maritime industry, the DPRK has employed the technique to disguise many of its suspect vessels. However, UN sanctions issued in 2016 prohibit foreign entities from offering vessel registration services to North Korean-owned or controlled vessels.
The discovery that individuals involved in North Korea's illicit shipping networks are agents of Sierra Leone's shipping registry could also help explain reports last year following the impounding of the sanctioned Sierra Leonean-flagged vessel Jin Teng – a ship held by the Philippine authorities following Resolution 2270 was adopted in March last year.
NK News was not able to contact the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration (SLMARAD), which gives a UK number, while the Ministry of Transport and Aviation declined to comment.
According to the Sierra Leone Maritime Administration organization's website and official documentation, the Dalian and Shanghai-headquartered Changqing Dong, Tiehe Lyu, Youmin Wang, Shengli Zhou are authorized by the government body to offer registration services for foreign vessels from their offices in China.
Changqing Dong and Tiehe Lu are Dalian-based business partners well known to the UNSC Panel of Experts (PoE), with their companies repeatedly involved in North Korean weapons proliferation incidents. Tiehe Lu and Tiehe Lyu are different transliterations of the same Chinese name.
When contacted by NK News, the Changqing Dong listed on the SLMARAD website denied being the same Changqing Dong identified by the Panel of Experts reports and company records, despite sharing an address and a mobile phone number with Tiehe Lyu, whose LinkedIn confirms is the same Lyu identified by the PoE.
Dong also denied any involvement with North Korean entities, while Lu requested that questions be sent over email but did not respond.
Despite his denial, Hong Kong company registration documents and PoE reports show that Changqing Dong has, in the past, been the owner and director of Sea Star Ship Co, V-Star Ships Ltd and Dalian Sea Glory Shipping: all companies previously identified by the PoE for their involvement in North Korea's illicit shipping and weapons smuggling networks. Together, they have owned and managed a large network of suspect ships connected to DPRK entities.
Hong Kong company documents and the UN PoE's investigations also confirm that Lu and Mintian Fan were Dong's business partners in all three businesses, sharing an office in central Dalian.
The most recent PoE report identified Mintian Fan as a key operator in the Jie Shun case, a vessel which sailed from the DPRK loaded with thousands of North Korean rocket-propelled grenades hidden under a cargo of sanctioned limonite.
Meanwhile, the same Lu listed on the SLMARAD website as sharing an office and mobile phone number with Dong states on his Linkedin page that he has worked for Sea Star Ship Co as a Marine Manager, the same company previously joint-owned by Dong.
Located in the same room as Lu and Dong's SLMARAD office is Harmonized Resources Shipping Management Co. (Dalian), which has previously been the international safety manager of the Sierra Leonean-flagged Safe Way vessel, and is the current commercial manager of the Panamanian-flagged Harmony Source.
Several Chinese-language job advertisements for Harmonized Resources Shipping give Dong and Lu's SLMARAD phone number and address, while adverts state the company offers shipping and FOC services for foreign companies.
Both the Harmony Source and the Safe Way vessels managed by Harmonized Resources Shipping were previously administered by Dong, Lu and Fan's network of companies, suggesting that new shell companies have been created to disguise their real owners.
The Safe Way's historical positions reveal the ship was a regular visitor to the DPRK throughout 2015, while vessel inspection records show the Safe Way was renamed and reflagged from Cambodia to Sierra Leone between August 2015 and April 2016.
UN Resolution 2270 first recommended that member states be aware of North Korean suspicious flagging practices in March 2016, though the measures were not strengthened until the later Resolution 2321 in November that same year.
Another SLMARAD listed officer is Shengli Zhou, who gives his address on the website as Mingshi Fortune Centre, 20 Gangwan Street, Dalian, and shares an office, phone and fax number with numerous Chinese companies that have ties to North Korean ships. One of these companies, Victory International Ship Management, was previously the manager of Dong and Lu's Harmony Source vessel.
Chinese language pages for Harmonized Resources Shipping show it is located in room 1802 of the Success Building at 72 Luxun Lu, the same room and Dalian address that Dong and Lu give on the SLMARAD website.
However, at least two other companies involved in North Korea's smuggling network – both also identified by the PoE – have been registered at 72 Luxun Lu in the bustling Chinese port city.
One of these companies – CM Chartering – is the former owner of the now scrapped South Hill 2 vessel, which was sanctioned by the U.S. Treasury and the UN for its links North Korea. Dong and Lu's Sea Star Ship Company had also been the international safety manager of the South Hill 2 vessel.
The second company, Liaoning Foreign Trade Foodstuffs Shipping – which shares a phone number and address with CM Chartering – was the previous manager of the now seized Jie Shun vessel interdicted in Egypt last year.
North Korea's Ocean Maritime Management (OMM) – a weapons smuggler operating under the Ministry of Land and Marine Transport – and another two companies involved in the country's illicit shipping networks have operated from offices next door at 32 Wu Wu Lu, Dalian.
According to Panamanian registration documents, Changqing Dong, Mintian Fan and Tiehe Lu were also officials of Hua Heng Shipping, another company involved in the Jie Shun incident. Hua Heng previously administered the South Hill 2 vessel, owned by CM Chartering and ISM managed by Sea Star Ship.
Hua Heng was previously identified as a key node in company networks operated by Hiroshi Kasatsugu, a Japanese national identified by the PoE as a major player in North Korea's illicit networks.
Meanwhile, another company owned and controlled by Dong, Fan and Lu – V-Star Ships – was mentioned in the Singaporean trial of Chinpo Shipping as being involved in an attempt to ship weapons from Cuba to North Korea.
Lu and Dong's list of dubious accolades does not end there. Another of their companies, Dalian Sea Glory Shipping Co. was the international safety manager of the North Korean-crewed Light vessel which was suspected of carrying weapons in 2011.
When hailed by a U.S. warship in May that year, the vessel's captain refused to be inspected and instead returned to North Korea. According to the PoE's 2012 report, "after this incident, the Light was transferred to another ship manager recently incorporated in Hong Kong, Sea Star Ship Company Limited, and entered the registry of Sierra Leone."
Shengli Zhou's Victory International Ship Management, which had previously managed the Harmony Source vessel, also appears to have been the international safety manager for the DPRK-flagged Jang Gyong when it was inspected in August in 2016 and the manager of the Kum Un San 3 in 2015, shortly before it was passed to North Korea's Dawn Marine Management.
Zhou denied any links to North Korean shipping agents when contacted by NK News, stating over email that the Jang Gyong was transferred to North Korea after Victory International's association with the ship, adding that his company had only provided safety management services and that he, therefore, had no knowledge of whether they were sold or passed to North Korea.
But another company in the same office and with the same contact numbers as Zhou was the owner of the Kum Un San 3 vessel.
Zhou also claimed that Tokyo's Port State Control and China's Maritime Safety Authority were in error when they claimed Victory International was the manager of the DPRK flagged Jang Gyong and stated that he would contact both organizations about the mistake.
Despite Mr. Zhou's denial, historical positions dating back to 2013 for both vessels reveal frequent visits to North Korean ports.
The last suspect individual identified by the NK News investigation is Youmin Wang, who is connected to Chinese companies that own and manage at least one other North Korean vessel. Wang's listed SLMARAD email is the same as that given by a company called Foresight Marine on ship inspection databases.
Foresight Marine and Sino Repute currently own and manage the North Korean-flagged Chang Xin 9. Previously operated by North Korea's Korea O-il Trade Corp, the Chang Xin 9 was passed or sold to East Bright International Shipping before moving to Foresight Marine and Sino Repute.
Another vessel previously owned and managed by Foresight Marine, the Zhen Bang, was reflagged from North Korea to Sierra Leone in late 2015, before being reflagged again to Tanzania in 2016.
When contacted by NK News, a representative of Foresight Marine said the ships were owned by Chinese nationals, and that it did not have any dealings with North Korean entities. The representative added that the Sierre Leone registry did not accept applications from DPRK vessels as of last year.
However, historical positions for both vessels also show they have also made frequent trips to North Korea over the past years, while NK News has continued to track several suspect Sierra Leonean vessels.
North Korea's placement of third party intermediaries within key roles in shipping registries is not without precedent. In the early 2000s several Singaporean nationals played a critical role in "managing registries for key flags of convenience" that provided services to the DPRK, Andrea Berger, Senior Research Associate at the James Martin Center for Nonproliferation Studies (CNS) wrote in 2015.
Increased scrutiny on North Korea's flagging practices and two UN Resolutions have drawn the net tighter around the North's merchant fleet, meaning that it remains unclear whether the Sierra Leonean registry will continue to accept ships closely linked to the DPRK.
But while these measures may have deterred some registries from offering services to DPRK vessels, North Korea continues to develop evasion mechanisms and may have recently started using fake flags and forged documentation.
Edited by Oliver Hotham
Photo: Annabel Symington
Sierra Leone's official shipping registry employs several Chinese nationals involved in North Korea's weapons smuggling networks, authorizing them to register foreign vessels under the Sierra Leonean flag, an investigation by NK News can reveal.
The discovery highlights North Korea's ongoing employment of trusted third parties in its attempt to camouflage illicit activities and circumvent UN restrictions designed to curtail its weapons of mass destruction program.


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How to Start Dropshipping in 1 Week – All the tools for Automated Dropshipping Success
What to Expect
I take it you've been searching the internet for a while now, and just like me, on that search for ways to make money online. When I discovered dropshipping I knew I was onto something big.
From my experience I can tell you that you are entitled to a retail store which requires only a small amount of your attention each day to copy and paste shipment details and be making more than if you worked a full-time job. Sound good? It is! I'm not going to give you definite figures because being a successful dropshipper depends on 3 things:
-How many listings you establish
-How well you design your product listing
-How much market research you are willing to do .
Put simply, dropshipping is a process whereby a manufacturer or supplier delivers products directly to the customers at your online shop.
This way you don't need to stock, repurchase and restock, all you need to do is click and tap a few times.
Are you excited yet? you should be, let me tell you, dropshipping is an online goldmine.
When I first discovered it, it sounded like such perfect plan couldn't believe I hadn't heard of it before.
You are the middle man/woman, and opportunities for being the middle man/woman are all over the internet. And this same process can be applied to wherever a transaction can be made.
All the customer requires is accurate and enticing content with their product in order to make a purchase. But you don't even have to create the content, the supplier will be the one who does this for you, all you have to do is upload it, and devote a little work sending over the address each day/night from your laptop.
I will be taking you through the two most popular and profitable places to begin dropshipping, which is eBay and/or an ecommerce website (I chose both, so can you!). We will look at all of the advantages and disadvantages and compare each business model so that you can decide for yourself which one to choose.
Where to Station Your Shop
Starting with eMarketplace: eBay
An eBay listing is like having a place on the high street to promote your products and make a profit. After your first listing you will be impressed with the amount of views any type of product with the right title and images can rack up.
eBay offers many features for its sellers that shouldn't be taken for granted, such as templates and shop manager which can make your shop appear reputable and trustworthy.
You can also upload listings in bulk using Turbolister, click here to learn the quickest bulk eBay upload method.
Warning: You will not make money if you start out with only a few items, you have to open a shop and upload as many as you can within your first month. As when I started out I wasn't aware of eBay's monthly fees for their shop owner accounts.
I also wasn't aware of eBay's FileExchange bulk upload service, and started my first month with 40 items and was charged £110, and I only made a mere £30 or so. So you will want to max out your listings to the amount you are allowed with your shop subscription.
*Paypal Freezing your account –
If you haven't used your account in a while or you're a new user, Paypal may withhold large payments to you. Not to worry though, you can just use a credit card to pay for the dropshipping item and request a tracking code from the wholesaler. You then supply this to Paypal and receive your payment shortly.
Starting with eMarketplace: eBay
– Customer is looking for specific item – higher chance of being seen
– Has a rating system for trusted seller recognition
– You don't have to cater to a single niche, and can opt to have a generic store name that sells allsorts.
– You don't have to design a logo
– Free to list an item
– A mistake can result in a bad rating
– Don't have Google search listings
– Competitors selling the same item undercutting your price
-You need to upload as fast and as many as you can so you can make a profit over eBay's shop account fees.
Starting with an eCommerce Store
Ecommerce stores have the advantage not being in a market format surrounded by other competing listings. This means your store is in the spotlight, and you can brand yourself merry, as we know people love a label.
The ecommerce store is a very flexible option as you can be fully in charge of your own image. Unlike eBay, the customer isn't necessarily after a bargain, and will feel more like they can rely on the product you're supplying.
The downside is that you will have to buy hosting, which can be a dawdle, but in this ebook I've included a brief summary of the types of hosting to choose from to make it easier.
Without Hosting: Shopify
With Shopify, we don't have to deal with the hassle of setting up hosting, a domain, a website and ecommerce store plug in. Shopify gives you the option to get everything done in one place.
My experience with Shopify was a good one, they offered a '60 second setup', whilst I can't say how long it took, I do remember it being flamboyantly swift. They have a very neat and minimalistic layout, you simply pop your logo at the top and you're off to the races. It really is the hassle-free method with everything included such as integrated analytics like purchases and customer ID tracking.
Click my link here to receive a 14 day free trial with Shopify!
A bonus is that after setting up your shop, you can become a Shopify affiliate like me and give people 14 day free trials as well as earning a 200% commission per sale!
Without Hosting: Shopify
– No Competition
– you choose your price
– Branding
– Enhances Value
-Personalised Customer Service
– Email Marketing
-Paying Monthly for Shopify
-Finding or designing a logo
-Cost of advertising
-Less exposure
Setting Up Your Shop With WordPress
The next steps are to set up a WordPress blog on the hosting control panel under your domain name, choose a theme and install woocommerce.
WordPress is very easy to set up, they have a famous 5 minute install that gets you started very quickly, depending on how fast you enter your info..
Make sure you have these free plugins installed:
– Jetpack- to feature your social media pages in the footer
– Askimet- for spam
– Insite- for a variety of nifty add-ons like pop up subscribes
Woocommerce is the most widely used ecommerce plugin and allows for a variety of customizations. Once installed the majority is set up for you, all you really need to do is add a logo and customize the homepage to your liking.
You will need a theme, which is basically the instructions you set for the layout of the site. There are many themes to choose from within WordPress, or you can look elsewhere.
For a theme and other plugins, I use Elegant Themes. From a starting price of $69 a year they provide you access to a ton of great themes and nifty plugins.
If you don't want to learn code, like me, you can also choose to use the Divi builder from Elegant Theme's list of plugins. The Divi builder is a drag and drop page and post builder, it is very easy to use and there is fairly decent support.
With Hosting:
– No competition
– you choose your price
– The branding enhances value
– Personalised customer service
-Email Marketing
-Paying for hosting
-Finding or designing a logo
-Cost of advertising
-Less exposure
Ecommerce store or eBay? Lets compare..
Ecommerce and eBay are both profitable models, I would say eBay is great for starting out as you don't have to invest as much money in advertising, however eBay requires keeping a good standing in the listings, which means a lot more time is spent researching what keeps buyers buying. An advertising method for your ecommerce stores to help make up for advertising expenditure would be to only advertise sales or items available for a limited time only.
Also feedback is very important and one mistake can end up in negative feedback, however eBay can remove negative feedback if it is about the product sourcing, so there is no need to worry about that. You can pick both if you want, which is what I did, but if you're just starting out it is better to focus on one for now and get all the listings uploaded so you're good to go, then head back here, get your tips and create the other.
Choosing Your Niche
Here are some niches to choose from, these are the more generic options which would be perfect for eBay.
• Sports • Office • Tech and Gadgets • Pet Supplies • Kitchen • Health & Fitness • Medical & Elderly Care • Maternity & Parenthood • Hobbies & Recreation • Patio & Garden • Miscellaneous
For an ecommerce store the niche would need to be more specific, such as for sports, choose a sport like surfing, for office, printers or gadgets and so on, this will give the impression your website is a specialist website and the customer is more likely to pay future visits.
Niche Targeting With eCommerce
For our eCommerce site, is better to go for a specific niche, as we want it to rank higher in the Google search listings, and the more specific it is, the less competition you will have in Google. For extra help with how to rank higher in Google we look to how the SEO works, which is through a choice of keywords. You must pay particular attention to the wording and sentence structure in the key words as that way we can cash in on the specificity in the listings- I repeat- the less competition the higher the success rate.
You can also do what many bloggers do, which is type the keyword as much as you possible can, this is easy if you're the chatty type, but it can come off as an overwhelming amount of filler.
This is why it is useful to have a combination of a blog and a store, with a blog you can backlink your site, and the more your site has been mentioned on other websites of authority, the more relevant you are to the search term on Google and the higher you will get in Google's search listings.
Choosing Your Supplier
Wholesale Directories:
The two most widely used Wholesale Directories are Worldwide Brands and Salehoo.
Both are have millions of products to choose from, and are fairly easy to use but do require a fee.
In the following section I will give you an overview of what you'll be getting with each directory and compare them to see which is right for you.
Worldwide Brands
Worldwide Brands is eBay acknowledged and operated by Chris Malta, the Product Sourcing Editor of eBay Radio. They have a research team that keeps their directory up to date with the latest products and suppliers. They were established as a business way back in 1999 and on their website it says they have over a million products. They have recently (2016) given their website a makeover, which is now a lot more appealing to the eye.
Cost: $269 Lifetime Fee
For those starting out on eBay with a small amount of funds to invest into their dropshipping project, SaleHoo's membership offers the most value for money at $67 a year which isn't a big investment for those just testing the waters of dropshipping.
Founded in 2005, Salehoo is now used by thousands of eBay power sellers and features over 1.6 million products from nearly 8,000 suppliers. It hosts suppliers from the USA, UK, Canada, Australia, and China.
They provide great customer support- I asked them about a single product and they quickly found me a list of all the companies who sell it.
Its website is very sleek and easy to use, more so than Worldwide Brands. Salehoo also has with it a number of eBay power sellers to advise you along the way.
There are many people on the internet who claim it's the best dropshipping directory out there, but see for yourself.
Cost: $67 Annual Fee
Customer Value
As you may already be aware try to keep on top of the postage, this 1 hour job (depending on how much you're selling) can be done in spare time. It is important to leave yourself time to process orders, I use 1-3 business days for dispatching. To keep a high rating on eBay you will need to keep on top of orders, and to minimise the likelihood of leaving a customer's transaction until after their guaranteed postage date.
If you're using an e-commerce store there is a lot of potential in having a customer sign up to an email subscription. However this may seem overly pushy, so another option is to have a customer provide their email at checkout, with a small box checked for them, informing them of a weekly email updating them on your latest products, most popular products, discounts and offers.
I'm going to tell you my main method for successful advertising, which is by using social media.Social media is an open door to enormous amounts of traffic and by using it you can expect to see results quickly.
Advertising – Facebook
I recommend using Facebook advertising as it gives your store credibility, this is because the sponsored Facebook post puts your promotion in the same ranks as many well-known and trusted companies. As Facebook owns Instagram, the advertising tool will also advertise to 1.5x the amount of people on Instagram for free. It is very easy to set up, but you'll have to make both a Facebook page and Instagram account for your shop.
Advertising – Octosuite
Octosuite is a bulk-post scheduling application which was recently released by Luke Maguire in 2016. It is the first Facebook tool that enables you to join and post in multiple groups at once.
Here are some of the best things the app does:
– Finds the most viral content on Facebook, Twitter, YouTube and Reddit.
– Posts the viral content on your page, (not shared from another page- appears as an original post by you but credits iphoto)
– Bulk Schedule posts on social media pages, months in advance. So 2-4 weeks of activity can be completed in 30 mins
– It avoids spam filters by adding delays between bulk posts.
With Octosuite you can request to join and post in up to 80 groups a day.
Click Here for the basic Ocean Edition which gives you the all the basic features.
It also has a useful addon for Twitter, Pinterest and Linkedin syndication – Click Here
And an impressive affiliate link cloaker add on – Click Here
Advertising – Pinterest
Pinterest is a great tool as we can request to be added to any group board (serving our niche), this means you do not have to get a huge audience to get seen. With group boards we have access to thousands, or tens of thousands of people who are already interested in your niche.
To get access to boards, you can start from a group board directory like Pin Groupie. First we have to ask the moderator by tagging their name in a comment section of a pin, or read the instructions in the group board, they sometimes request an email. Then once they approve we have access to all these people!
Advertising – Pinterest with Shopify
Shopify has recently worked with Pinterest to give viewers of pins the option to buy a product as well as pin it.
This has enormous potential as often people will pin a product they like in their boards without going to the link. If they are shown the option to buy this item, they will be more inclined to do so.
So using Shopify we can unlock better targeting for our Pinterest audience.
Food for thought:
100 million food related boards and 146 million fashion boards exist on Pinterest.
So you can tempt buyers with a 'Buy It' button on the pin that will show up on the image in the corner adjacent to 'Pin it'. Click the link here to see how Shopify does this.
Now if you don't have time for scrolling through Pinterest and building boards every day, to get started pinning, I advise hastily but tactfully making a few boards in private and then revealing them to the public.
If you want to use Octosuite's Pinterest add on to keep everything in one place, you can, but there are applications more tailored to the use in Pinterest, e.g. Tailwind.
Tailwind's service is free for the first 30 days. If you want completely hands-off pinning, and want to build up your followers, I suggest an automated pinning service like Autopin, which will build up a few boards and follows for you. Though it is important to check over the boards every once in a while because the bot has a tendency to pin totally unrelated content.
Pinterest also has a promotion service which you can use to get seen more.
Advertising – Blogging
Blogging for your business will attract more visitors through SEO and give substance to your brand. Despite working hard to build the business, it will not be as much of a success if you miss out on this opportunity.
Contacting a Blog
An agreement with a blogger could include you offering them a number from 3-10% of each product you sell that they advertise on their blog. If you wanted them to recommend your shop as a whole, you could pass on a discount code for their readers, which they may be willing to do for free as it also gives their blog exposure. If they are not willing to do it for free, think of a reasonable sum to offer, or a smaller percentage say 2-5% of weekly/bi weekly earnings.
There you have it, a concise guide to getting set up within a week with a definite recipe for success with dropshipping. All of my research packed into one place for you.
I hope this dropship guide has helped you, please share it with your friends and family to spread the good word.


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2011, 3D model, Digital Image, A4 Print out of the Creative Commons licence
Urinal is a computer model of a urinal under a free-as-in-freedom licence. Anyone can create their own physical instance of the virtual object using a 3D printer, and many people already have. It can be used as a cup or to decorate model railway restrooms but it is often used as art. This piece references the history and production of conceptual art and the economic model of the contemporary artworld.
Commissioned by Rob Myers, model by Chris Webber, Creative Commons Attibution-Sharealike 3.0 Unported.
Credits: 3D Model by Chris Webber Copyright 2011 CC-BY-SA 3.0 Unported,
Commissioned by Rob Myers.


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