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A PROTRACTED Senate inquiry into Australia's dairy industry has made 12 recommendations for federal parliament to consider including examining the potential need for a mandatory industry code of conduct.
It has also raised concerns about the industry's new voluntary code - that aims to increase transparency and reduce contractual ambiguity - leaving the door open to allow retrospective price claw-backs by milk processors.
The Senate Economics References Committee inquiry was initiated after the 2016 federal election, to investigate the milk farm-gate pricing crisis that struck during the two month double dissolution election campaign, and tabled its report last week.
Initially flagged to hand down its findings by February 24 this year, the inquiry's reporting deadline was extended five times due to the Committee's heavy workload.
The examination interrogated core issues linked to the dairy crisis; including the legality of retrospective elements of milk contracts and the behaviour of milk processor Murray Goulburn.
"The Australian dairy industry is facing an unprecedented crisis with the retail cost of bottled milk per litre often less than the retail cost of bottled water," the inquiry referral said.
"Australian milk production since deregulation over 15 years has decreased from approximately 11 billion litres per year to 9 billion litres per year – a 20 per cent decrease, while New Zealand milk production has almost doubled.
"Australia's largest dairy producer and milk price setter, Murray Goulburn, has been allowed to force onto its suppliers unprecedented milk contracts or agreements ensuring that dairy farmers are burdened with retrospective debts ranging from tens to hundreds of thousands of dollars.
"Australian rural and regional communities face losing millions of dollars and thousands of jobs if a fair, long term solution to Australia's dairy crisis is not found."
The report's top recommendation called on the Australian Competition and Consumer Commission (ACCC), as part of its inquiry into the Australian dairy industry, to evaluate how the new code of conduct would reduce power imbalances between farmers and processors and suggest any improvements.
Any outcomes from the ACCC inquiry should be incorporated in a proposed review of the code after its first year of operation, the Committee recommendation said.
The committee also recommended the competition watch-dog should consider how dairy industry collective bargaining could be strengthened, to be more widely used and assist in addressing "the power imbalance".
The committee's third recommendation said any review of the industry code of conduct should be undertaken by an independent party that can objectively assess if it's working as intended and "consider if a mandatory code would be more appropriate".
"The committee notes that a Code of Practice for Contractual Arrangements between Dairy Farmers and Processors in Australia was released on June 30, 2017," the report said.
"The voluntary code reflects an agreed positon between Australian Dairy Farmers Limited, the Australian Dairy Products Federation and the dairy processors that are signatories (which include the five largest dairy processors).
"The code is designed to set out the recommended minimum good practice standards in terms of milk supply contracts.
"However, as the code is in its early stages of implementation, it is not yet apparent the extent to which it will change contracting practices within the industry.
"The committee remains concerned that a voluntary code may not be sufficient to bring about widespread change in milk supply arrangements and contracting practices."
The report said the committee was "disappointed" that the code still allowed the opportunity to impose retrospective price reductions on milk suppliers.
"It considers that processors should bear the risk for setting relatively high opening prices and this should be reflected in the code," the report said.
The report said Australian Dairy Farmers had noted that they had attempted to put in the draft code that step-downs should not occur, "but this was resisted by processors which cited directors' fiduciary responsibilities in times of crisis".
"Arguably, more conservative opening prices and more equitable risk sharing arrangements could alleviate the need for retrospective price step-downs and give more price stability and certainty for farmers," it said.
"Farmer Power was critical of the slow progress in developing a code of conduct in Australia given that idea was first raised in 2011 - they supported the introduction of a mandatory code of conduct.
"Many stakeholders supported the introduction of a mandatory code of conduct.
"The QDO (Queensland Dairyfarmers' Organisation) citied the UK experience where a voluntary code was replaced with a mandatory one."
While accepting seven of the main Committee report's 12 recommendations, a dissenting report by government Senators rejected calls for an independent review of the $579 million dairy support package delivered in May last year by the Coalition after the Murray Goulburn and Fonterra retrospective price contract cut-backs, saying it "is not necessary".
"Nor is it preferable to the range of existing accountability measures that are in place," the dissenting report said.
"The Australian National Audit Office can audit the delivery of the dairy support package and both the Department of Agriculture and Water Resources, and Dairy Australia, are able to be examined by Senators at Senate Estimates.
"Coalition Senators commend the Australian government on the support provided to dairy farmers and note that in 2009 - when the farm-gate dairy price was even lower than in 2016 - the then-Labor government did not provide assistance to the dairy industry in south-eastern Australia."
The dissenting government Senators' contribution to the report also rejected a recommendation to scrap the development of a dairy commodity price index which was a $2m commitment in the dairy industry support package announced last year.
"This commitment was welcomed by dairy industry representatives," the dissenting report said.
"Government members of the committee note that the relevant department has acted on this commitment, consulting with dairy farmer representatives, dairy processors, Dairy Australia and a range of industry service providers on the potential development of an index.
"The Department of Agriculture and Water Resources has undertaken an expression of interest process for the development of the index and is currently assessing the applications received.
"The peak national dairy farmer representative organisation, Australian Dairy Farmers (ADF), has been supportive of and is engaging positively with the Australian government on the development of the dairy price commodity index."
The story Senate report on dairy crisis considers moves to adopt mandatory code of conduct first appeared on Farm Online.


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Join the WSCRC on December 17, 2018, for a book talk with Barbara Finamore, Senior Strategic Director for Asia at the Natural Resources Defense Council and author of Will China Save the Planet?
China's aggressive moves to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand clean energy could help protect the world from climate catastrophe, but only if it further escalates its efforts. That's the conclusion of Barbara Finamore's new book about China's role in the global race to slow, stop and reverse dangerous climate change.
The book, Will China Save the Planet?, follows the recent release of the 4th National Climate Assessment. The product of 13 U.S. government agencies, the stark report confirmed the need for dramatic cuts in fossil fuel pollution. China may step into the void, Finamore's book says, helping the world avoid environmental chaos, but it won't be easy.
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When the Red Line train slides into the Silver Spring station, there's often a good crowd waiting.
But Labor Day weekend, those riders will need a Plan B.
At 10 p.m. on Sept. 3, Metro will close five Red Line stations at the north end of the line: Glenmont, Wheaton, Forest Glen, Silver Spring and Takoma.
"We do it over a three day weekend. We can get it in, get it done and get out," said Jim Hughes, Metro Director of Inter-modal Planning. "And then we tack on all the other work that we can do since the system is out."
It's an 8-mile stretch of track where more than 500 workers will tackle several projects.
"It brings up a lot of our safety features to what the standards should be," said Hughes. "They're for switches, for fire lines, for fences, new lighting -- all that stuff is going in at these five stations."
Metro will make some safety improvements recommended by the National Transportation Safety Board, including upgrading some track switches.
"You take tracks out in both directions. The switch in between is taken out. You put a new switch in," said Hughes. "It's like buying an upgraded version of any electrical thing, but it takes a lot of work to put that in."
It'll be the largest maintenance project in Metro's history and the transit agency said if not on Labor Day weekend, the work would stretch more than 150 shutdowns.
Still, some riders aren't happy about the inconvenience.
"I am pushed in the corner," Metro rider Anna Yevropina told News4. "What is this, safety or three days comfort? Naturally it's safety. But my question is, can't they do it any other way?"
Rider Joseph Phillips understands.
"If they're going to make it safer and they can get a lot of work done in a small period of time, then I think it's worth the trade off," he said.
The work will be done by 1 a.m. on Tuesday, Sept. 7, according to Metro.
The agency will run shuttle buses from the closed stations throughout Labor Day weekend.
Visit Metro's website for more information.


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Basle Committee Issues Interpretation On Tier 1 Eligibility
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The Basle Committee on Banking Supervision has issued an interpretation on instruments that are eligible for Tier 1 regulatory capital treatment under the Basle capital framework of the Basle Accord. The Basle Accord was endorsed by the G-10 Governors in 1988 and applies to internationally active banks.
The Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (FDIC) and the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency (OCC) will work with the other U.S. banking agencies to determine how the Basle Committee interpretation will be applied to U.S. banks. While the U.S. banking regulators are reviewing the implementation of the Basle Accord interpretation, state non- member and national banks should continue to follow the regulatory capital rules that are currently in place.
The Basle Committee's interpretation reaffirms the importance of ensuring that the predominant form of Tier 1 capital in the Basle Accord framework is in the form of common shareholders' funds. The interpretation also highlights the need for banks to periodically disclose each component of Tier 1 capital and its main features.
The interpretation details the Committee's determination that minority interests in equity accounts of consolidated subsidiaries that take the form of special purpose vehicles (SPVs) may be included in Tier 1 capital provided they meet certain criteria. The criteria include permanence and the ability to absorb losses within the bank on a going-concern basis.
The Committee has also determined that moderate step-ups in instruments issued directly or through SPVs may also be included in Tier 1 capital if the step-up occurs at a minimum of ten years after the issue date. The aggregate amount of noncommon equity Tier 1 instruments with any explicit feature, other than a pure call option, which might lead to the instrument being redeemed is limited to 15 percent of the consolidated bank's Tier 1 capital at issuance. This interpretation is subject to review as part of the Basle Committee's efforts to reassess the present framework for evaluating banks' capital adequacy.
The Basle Committee consists of senior representatives of bank supervisory authorities and central banks from Belgium, Canada, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, the Netherlands, Sweden, Switzerland, the United Kingdom and the United States. The Committee usually meets at the Bank for International Settlements (BIS) in Basle, Switzerland, where its permanent Secretariat is located.
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After a long career as a fashion stylist, Sharon Haver was inspired to use her knowledge to empower women through fashion. Using her business-savvy skills, she started FocusOnStyle.com, an online fashion magazine with reality-based beauty, style, and fashion advice. Fifteen years later, the site has evolved, with a corresponding blog and new features like mentoring sessions and programs. We talked to her about her experiences leading up to the site's launch, and what she's learned about the fashion industry in the years since.
Q: Tell us a little about your background in marketing, and how that turned into a career in the fashion industry! A: My mom said that she didn't want me to be pigeonholed to one field, so therefore wasn't sending me to school to study fashion! I was always fascinated by marketing and business– with that knowledge you can enter any field. After graduation, I was an account manager at a press release distribution agency much like the Cision of its day. By night, I had some rocker, event, and lifestyle PR clients. The PR agency was going through management changes and I left with a very handsome bonus that afforded me the time to chill out and make up for all the time that I worked through school. I became bored with the free time and an art director friend asked me to be a stylist on a three -week location shoot in St.Maarten for a major clothing manufacturer. He figured that if anyone could shop, it's me, with the right eye to conceptualize how something should look in a photo to best suit the brand's image. No one else knew it was my first job as a stylist, so I guess you could say that styling came naturally to me. Once I got back to New York, photographer friends booked me for more jobs and my career blossomed. Within weeks of my return I styled my first VOGUE Mexico cover. I was a photo stylist on fashion shoots for more than 15 years.
Q: Congrats to FocusOnStyle celebrating its 15th anniversary! What made you decide to create the website, and how has it evolved with the introduction of social media? A: Although working on fashion shoots provided invaluable opportunities, I felt a disconnect in reaching the real style needs of everyday women. When asked what I did in social situations, women would constantly respond that they could never look like "that," which was a model. It bothered me that ordinary women felt that knowing how to turn it on was unobtainable, so I pitched a Q&A fashion advice column to the Scripps Howard News Service, where any woman anywhere could make the most of what she's got–using my behind the scenes tricks of the trade. Focus on Style, the column, became the SHNS fashion sked header and was distributed to 400 newspapers weekly! When I became a new mom, I took FocusOnStyle online so I could run my own show while my infant son napped. That was 15 years ago and the Internet was certainly a different place, way before there even was such a thing as a "blogger." If the Interwebs aren't instant enough, social media has taken it down to the nanosecond. Add the plethora of free blogging platforms and gazillions of personal blogs, we all suffer from an overload of shiny penny syndrome as to not miss something in our social feed. I try to keep the core of FocusOnStyle.com content informational rather than fleeting so that my reader knows to return for timeless stylist advice rather than a picture of what shoes I wore today. FocusOnStyle is about helping the reader better her style with actionable advice, rather than a voyeuristic look into the minutia of my personal life or what some celebrity is hawking.
Q: What was one of your favorite opportunities as a fashion stylist? A: Simply being there and having the access to priceless jewels and couture gowns to making a pair of polyester sweats look stylish or styling the persona to make you want to try a new face cream–fashion is broad, but the bottom line is that you need to have someone engaged in your style story to see themselves in it. I've had a very multi-dimensional career in style and consider myself lucky enough to be able to share my stylist perspective from so many different vantage points.
Q: You say you want women to be empowered by "the style of her personal brand." What do you mean by this? A: Every profile image, headshot, or social pic of you is what a cover represents to a magazine. People make snap judgements of how you look, so you want it to instantly convey who you are in the very best light (pun intended). It's not about putting on a pretty dress but how the person wearing that dress is perceived. How you present yourself should help boost your confidence so the rest of your busy day seems that much easier.
Q: The daily Styleword feature on your site is really cool. What other new features can you tell us about? A: A journalist interviewing me once said that I give good quotes, so I took it to the next level. #StyleWord is my new daily fashion quote and motivational style tip. It's free and very shareable to kick-start your day. On the other spectrum, I am launching a limited amount of V.I.P. One on One Style Mentoring Sessions to help you finally understand how to put it all together. Additionally, I'm developing several programs all with a "learn how to style yourself" theme, the first being StyleWorkout: Core-Centric Digital Stylist Sessions to Understand Style from the Basics & Beyond.
Q: What is your favorite piece of fashion advice? A: Since my career centers on giving fashion advice, it's hard to turn the tables to what I've been told. But I always get a kick out of the truth in this ditty from Mick Jagger, "It's all right letting yourself go, as long as you can get yourself back."
Q: Can you give a few tips to other fashion entrepreneurs who are thinking of starting their own online business? A: Be organic to yourself and don't fall prey to copycat mode. If you're going to hang a shingle out that you are an expert in something, spend a good amount of time finessing your craft first.
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Report on the Council Agenda for March 16, 2016
The Council of the American Chemical Society will meet in San Diego, CA on Wednesday, March 16, 2016 from 8:00am until approximately 12:00pm in the Sapphire Ballroom of the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. All ACS members are welcome to attend, although only Councilors are permitted to vote. A continental breakfast is usually available at 7:00am for all attendees. There are only three items for Council Action and all are routine. The action items are summarized below.
Nominations and Elections
President-Elect: The Committee on Nominations & Elections (N&E) has identified four nominees for the office of 2017 ACS President-Elect. They are as follows: Peter K. Dorhout, Thomas R. Gilbert, C. Bradley Moore, and Gregory H. Robinson. The four nominees will answer questions at the Town Hall meeting that will be held on Sunday, March 13th, at 4:30pm in the Indigo Ballroom of the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel. Questions may be submitted in advance at: firstname.lastname@example.com. On March 16th the Council will select the final two candidates whose names will appear on the fall ballot.
Other Elections
The Committee on Nominations and Elections has announced the list of nominees to represent District II and District IV on the Board of Directors for the term 2017-2019. Nominees for District II are George M. Bodner, Christina C. Bodurow, Isai T. Urasa, and Ruth Ann Woodall. Nominees for District IV are Rigoberto Hernandez, Larry K.R. Ritchie, and Barry J. Streusand. Ballots have been emailed to the voting councilors in the two districts and the results will be announced at the Council Meeting in San Diego and in Chemical & Engineering News. On or before October 10, 2016, ballots listing the two candidates selected by the Councilors for each District will be mailed to all members of District II and District IV for the election of a Director from each District.
N&E also announced the election of Directors-at-Large that will be conducted in the fall. The candidates for a 2017-2019 term are Joseph A. Heppert, Kristin M. Omberg, Dorothy J. Phillips, and Kathleen M. Schulz.
ACS Dues for 2017
Council will vote on the recommendation from the Committee on Budget and Finance with regard to the 2017 membership dues (an increase of $4.00 - from $162 to $166). The increases to ACS dues are based upon an escalator defined in the ACS Bylaws (Bylaw XIII, Section 3,a). The dues are calculated by multiplying the base (current) rate "by a factor which is the ratio of the revised Consumer Price Index for Urban Wage Earners and Clerical Workers (Service Category) for the second year previous to the dues year to the value of the index for the third year previous to the dues year, as published by the United States Department of Labor, with the fractional dollar amounts rounded to the nearest whole dollar".
Base rate 2016: $162.00
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Petitions for Vote
Approval of the "Academic Professional Guidelines"
The Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs (CEPA) presented the revised "Academic and Professional Guidelines" for consideration at the Council meeting in Boston on August 13, 2015. No revision comments were received and the document will be up for Council approval in San Diego. For a look at the proposed changes see page 75 of the Council Agenda Book at: http://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/about/governance/ councilors/council-agenda-3.16.pdf.
Petitions for Consideration
The Chemical Professional's Code of Conduct
The Committee on Economic and Professional Affairs (CEPA) has developed revisions to the Chemical Professional's Code of Conduct (CPCC). This was last approved in 2012. After a rigorous review of the document, an updated version of the CPCC is also included in the Council Agenda Book page 72. Please send any suggestions for further revisions to firstname.lastname@example.com before April 30, 2016 so that they can be incorporated into the revised document which will be up for Council action at the meeting in Philadelphia later this year. The Council Agenda Book can be accessed at: http://www.acs.org/content/dam/acsorg/ about/governance/councilors/council-agenda-3.16.pdf.
Petition to Extend the Unemployed Members' Dues Waiver (Bylaw XIII, Sec. 3)
The petitioners propose changes to the ACS's Bylaws to allow unemployed members of the Society to remain as members without paying dues for a period of up to three years. Bylaw XIII, Sec. 3, k currently provides for the dues to be waived for an unemployed member for a period of up to two years. The Committee on Membership Affairs (MAC), prepared a Market Data Status Report (as of 5-14-15), which resulted in the following data.
Consecutive Years Unemployed Count
- 1-year unemployed 882
- 2-years unemployed 331
- 3-years unemployed 179
Expanding this benefit to a third year prevented 179 members from being removed from membership in the Society. The extension of the benefit by another year would result in virtually no cost to the Society, yet would preserve membership status for those individuals who have been unemployed as chemists for up to three years (see page 93 of the Council Agenda Book).
The Committee on Constitution and Bylaws has reviewed the petition and finds it to be legal and not inconsistent with the constitution of the society. The proposed Bylaw amendment accomplishes the petitioners' goal of expanding the unemployed members' dues waiver from two to three years. It recommends changing "a waiver" to "an annual waiver" in line 3 of the Bylaw so that it is consistent with the sentence that follows. The Committee on Constitution and Bylaws concurs with the addition of reaffirming the status each year.
C&B is concerned with the assumption in the Explanation that without the waiver extension, the Society would lose those members who would benefit from the waiver extension. The financial implications of this petition are still being assessed.
Town Hall Meeting
A Town Hall meeting organized by the Committee on Nominations and Elections is scheduled for Sunday, March 13, 2016 in the Indigo Ballroom of the Hilton San Diego Bayfront Hotel from 4:30pm-5:30pm. It will highlight a Q&A session with the candidates for President-Elect. All ACS members are encouraged to attend. It is a great way to gather first-hand information and decide for whom you might want to vote in the fall election.
Note: The Council Agenda Book can be accessed at: http://www.acs.org/content/dam/ acsorg/about/governance/councilors/council-agenda-3.16.pdf.
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Gov. Chris Christie yesterday conditionally vetoed a bill to provide tens of millions of dollars in funding to preserve open space, farmland, and historic structures — extending a dispute that has dried up money for such projects.
His conditional veto marks the second time this year the governor has blocked a legislative plan to allocate funds from a constitutional amendment approved 17 months ago by voters to use corporate business taxes to fund preservation projects.
Barring a compromise, it could mean towns, counties, and nonprofits seeking to secure funding to protect undeveloped and agricultural land and to establish parks may end up waiting months to move forward on the projects, if not abandoning them.
Conservation groups are likely to press legislators to override the conditional veto, which has been done only once in Christie's six-plus years in office. Their main beef with the administration is that it's diverting $20 million from the fund to pay maintenance and salaries, something never intended by voters who approved the ballot question.
The bill would have allocated the first money from the ballot question — other than $20 million used to pay for park operations — to preservation purposes, setting aside $146 million over the next two years. Sen. Bob Smith (D-Middlesex) called the bill the most important environmental measure in this session.
In his veto message, Christie objected to "micromanaging'' the use of corporate business taxes by dictating percentages for specified uses, such as Green Acres projects, and sought greater flexibility in assigning where the money would go. To that end, the governor proposed using the fund to "maintain and preserve parks, which the constitutional amendment clearly contemplates.''
Ed Potosnak, chair of the Keep It Green coalition, said the proposed changes would accomplish that goal by broadly defining stewardship as ''routine operations and maintenance.'' The coalition is comprises 180 conservation and park groups.
"It is really astounding. It's not how we ever defined it,'' said Potosnak, who noted that parks operations always had come out of the general fund. "He's really opening up a Pandora's box to use this money for just about anything.''
Assemblyman John McKeon (D-Essex), a sponsor of the bill, shared that fear. "I have no doubt that this conditional veto was crafted to maximize the kind of money he already has stolen,'' he said, referring to diversions from the corporate business taxes. "At the end of the day, it is just another jewel in the crown of an abysmal environmental record.''
Christie administration officials blamed the ballot question for diverting corporate business taxes from other environmental programs, such as water monitoring, and for creating a hole in the state Department of Environmental Protection's budget that had to be made up from the general fund.
Potosnak said he could not see any situation in which the coalition would support the changes recommended by the governor and held out hope lawmakers will override the conditional veto.
Whether that happens is uncertain.
"Will Republicans finally break rank with the governor on this issue? They should. Will they?'' asked McKeon.
The dispute over paying for the operation of state parks may be headed ultimately to the courts. A legal analysis by the nonpartisan Office of Legislative Services concluded that the administration lacked the appropriate language in the current state budget to divert $20 million to pay salaries and other costs at state parks.


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In the recent trends, a large number of working professionals have chosen to write the civil services examination and many have come out with flying colours. However, we do have a sizeable population of the engineering/DU junta which is not able to make up their mind about which way to go.
This blog will help you make a well-informed decision between the two choices by giving a narrative as to which career path will give you what.
The MBA route
The two widely available exams are the CAT and GMAT. The former gives you admission to premier Indian MBA colleges, that award a PGDM, like IIMs. The GMAT is needed for the Indian School of Business (ISB) and Universities abroad.
Both these exams test your analytical, reasoning and language abilities. With adequate practice, these exams can be mastered.
Once in the college, be prepared for a rigorous academic life in college loaded with case studies, internships and assignments. In India, most colleges offer a two year course with a mandatory internship after year I. These internship offers are fiercely competed for among the pool of batchmates depending upon GPAs.
There are also exchange programme with international universities. You also get to travel abroad once in the job.
Management consulting and investment banking are two highly preferred job options given the glamour and pay cheque associated with these profiles.
So be prepared for a hard working journey with good salary in terms of a life post MBA.
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After experiencing the gruesome UPSC exam, you get all the needed attention from media and society alike. No other can gives you such avenue.
In job life, postings like Municipal Commissioner, Sub-divisional Magistrate give you authority to solve issues like sanitation, housing which are not so fundamental to the middle and upper class but are existential for the poor. Rudimentary work like event organisation or visit of a dignitary are part of daily routine but you also get to experience and help in disaster struck areas.
Initial postings are mainly in the towns of the allotted cadre.
You work with anonymity as the face of the government. Your salary is not at par with the corporate but this should not challenge your integrity.
Senior positions like Secretary, Joint Secretary are offered in Central government after considerable duration in State government. Your role as an IAS largely involves policy implementation.
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Guess what name produces an explosion of outrage if dropped in a conversation with many New York Democrats? Donald Trump? Mitch McConnell? Paul Ryan? Guess again. It's Kirsten Gillibrand, the political assassin of Al Franken, widely seen as an opportunist who has so sharply changed some of her positions that it's a wonder she's not in traction from ideological whiplash.
Gillibrand was the first Democratic senator to call for Franken's resignation after he was accused by several women last December of sexual misconduct — including posing for a goofy photograph appearing to grope a sleeping woman, a joke intended at her expense. If a picture is worth a thousand words, this one proved that Franken is a comedian who knows a sight gag when he sees one. The joke, however, turned out to be at Franken's expense.
Gillibrand, leading the way, called for his head. The Senate minority leader, Charles Schumer, rendering the term "leader" meaningless, seconded the call — and Franken resigned from the Senate.
What, exactly, had Franken done? We may never know. Was he just kidding around or was he truly menacing? He denied some of the incidents and said he remembers others "very differently." An ethics committee investigation might have determined the facts, but it was aborted by Gillibrand and Schumer; they had no patience with due process. They needed to show that the Democrats and the #MeToo movement were in alignment and immunized themselves from charges of hypocrisy. So, for the sake of what used to be called the collective, a mere person was sacrificed — no show trial, but an execution anyway.
Almost instantly, some of Gillibrand's own supporters let her have it. Franken might have been a senator from Minnesota, but he was a revered figure among New York liberals. One Gillibrand fundraiser I spoke with said Gillibrand conceded her denunciation of Franken had cost her some support, mostly from older women. Younger women, Gillibrand told her, were on her side.
I have found the same generational divide. Older women undoubtedly had it worse in the workplace than younger women do now. Not only were jobs scarcer for women, but sexual harassment was much more common and sometimes needed to be suffered for the sake of a job. Thankfully, younger women have no need to abide harassment as a condition of employment. An era has ended. A round of applause, please.
But I do not applaud Gillibrand. In just a decade, she has wended her way from a traditional upstate moderate as a congresswoman to a statewide liberal as senator. Her once-harsh immigration policy and calls for English to be the country's official language have gone populist. She was once a darling of Wall Street. Now she's a tough critic. Changing positions is hardly admirable, but it is not disqualifying, either. Her constituency changed. So did her views. This is politics, after all.
But the hit on Franken showed a willingness to even betray a friend — and a good man — to advance a career. She was Franken's pal, and had to know that he was respectful of women and admired by those who worked for him. She knew, too, that he was a good, conscientious, senator. None of that stopped her.
I, too, know Franken a bit. (He has never discussed Gillibrand with me.) We met years ago when he was doing his radio talk show and turning out best-selling books. One day he told me he was going to run for the Senate from Minnesota. I scoffed. I thought he would probably lose and, even if he won, he'd be just another junior senator. He'd have to spend his off hours on the phone raising money and all his weekends trudging through the snow visiting firehouses and senior centers. He had a good life, I told him. Sit tight. Sit pretty.
I was unprepared for his response. With an intensity I can still feel, he said he believed in public service. He believed in the liberal issues he had been promoting on radio and in his books. He wanted to do good. He said it with such force and conviction that I felt ashamed of my cynicism.
Gillibrand's betrayal of Franken continues to haunt her. As reported by Politico, HuffPost and others, many on the left refuse to forgive her. She is now all-but-officially running for President, stalked by a reputation as an opportunist. If she wants to remedy that, she ought to concede she acted precipitously with Franken and denied him due process. For that, an apology is in order. That would show true leadership.


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On my healing journey, I go through phases of detoxifying, eating healthy, consuming herbs and various other healing practices. Its all part of the healing journey, I suppose, as there is no better way of knowing than doing. I think as this year, the hawthorn berries came late due to the poor summer in Ireland, I didn't get a chance to pick them. Hawthorn is my favorite herb for the heart and as we have heart disease in the family, on the O'Brien's side, I just love my heart herbs. They not only work on the physical level but also on the emotional level. So in the rhythm of this year, I have rediscovered cayenne as my heart herb of the moment. Once you get over that first kiss, its love all the way. I am addicted to cayenne at the moment! Let have a look at this herb in more detail.
The name "cayenne" derives from the name of a town in French Guiana. A fiery spice, cayenne pepper is a variety of chilli, which was first introduced into the West in the sixteenth century.
Its active constituent capsaicin is a warming stimulant and a powerful remedy for poor circulation, helping to dilate blood vessels and increase the blood supply to all parts of the body. Capsaicin also signals the brain to release endorphins, the body's "feel good" hormones.
Cayenne pepper also offers great cardiovascular benefits by helping to revitalise the veins and arteries so that they regain youthful elasticity. The pepper also strengthens the heart and regulates blood pressure, helping to prevent strokes and heart attacks.
Dr. Christopher a well-known and much loved herbalist of the mid-twentieth century, recommended it both as first aid fro a heart attack and as a tonic to strengthen the heart. Recent scientific studies done in the United States and India show that cayenne lowers cholesterol and may help reduce the severity of heart disease.
A rich source of vitamins A and C, as well as many of the B – vitamins, cayenne pepper is useful for everything from eye health to immune function, and healthy skin to good memory. Dr. Christopher uses cayenne in his eye formula!
Cayenne comes with a warning. Don't touch your eyes when handling cayenne, as it will burn. The most important thing is to use appropriate dosages and small amounts go along way with this herb. Consult a master herbalist or your doctor if you have a heart condition. Always seek professional advice. This article is for informational purposes only.
Check out this video I made explaining the benefits of cayenne pepper!


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This autumn, London will host the first Cake and Bake Show, a two-day live event exhibiting the art, science and world of baking. On the 22nd – 23rd September 2012, head to Earls Court for tasting sessions, how-to presentations, guest speakers, stalls, a special chocolate area and even a tea room, created in partnership with Macmillan Cancer Support.
You can try your hand at sugar-craft, take part in a variety of other workshops, sample some freshly baked delights or listen to your favourite bakers talk about their passion. Fans of 'The Great British Bake Off' will see the familiar faces of both judges and contestants, including Mary Berry and Paul Hollywood.
Whether you are an amateur home-baker, a professional in the business or just a lover of cakes, this is definitely one to add to the calendar! Just visit their site for more information and to book your tickets!


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This weekend was dedicated to all things craft show. Friday night I managed to whip up a few last minute items to take. All of these items were made from abandoned blocks.
I embroidered this little pattern last year after seeing something similar on Pinterest and couldn't figure out a use for it. I almost just put it in a little wooden hoop to use as a wall hanging but at the last minute decided the thermoses made it perfect for a mug rug.
And five new covered journals:
This the first block I sewed for my Herringbone Quilt (still in the works) but I cut it at the wrong angle and couldn't use it.
Playing with a mini charm pack :)
Nothing too fancy.
A paper pieced fox. I'm thinking this little girl need some button eyes and a button nose...
The rest of this week will most likely be dedicated to making over my
booth. The decorative/organizational items I have are cute but the
shabby chic-ness of them is not really my style. They will be getting
painted, mod podged or who knows what else. And I will definitely be
adding more display options. I've already picked up two more clothing
racks, 3 stackable crates, and a jewelry display. There will be new
tableclothsand many more things to come.
I picked up a few neat items at the craft show but didn't have time to take photos so more on those later.
And in other exciting news, my brother has asked for not one, but THREE quilty items (I'm just excited that he found something he likes enough to have me make!) So I will be ordering fabrics today (yay, shopping!).
Linking up with Let's Get Acquainted Monday.
All things crafting with a little bit of cooking, baking, reading, parenting, etc. thrown in.
Monday, April 22, 2013
A Crafty Weekend
6 comments:
The journal covers are so cute. I love the paper piecing.ReplyDelete
These are really adorable. Love the tulip!!ReplyDelete
Nice way to use up spare blocks - love the journal covers!ReplyDelete
And yay for an excuse to buy more fabric!
Love that mug rug and tulip journal cover! Visiting from Let's Get Acquainted. Have a great day.ReplyDelete
That's gorgeous paper piecing, and great fabrics too. I hope all goes well with your stall!ReplyDelete
I loved your booth! I have a craft show board on Pinterest...I've got to find a way to show my clothes better. I was thinking of some kind of wall....? I'm excited to see what you come up with, and I love your mug rug & fox!ReplyDelete
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Pass on Nashville. Forget Brooklyn. Say "later" to Charlottesville. Charleston is your best bet for a weekend escape. Just an hour's flight from D.C. (with daily directs on major airlines ranging from Southwest and Jet Blue to American and United), you can head south and be on the beach or at the shops by noon – making it even easier to access than Dewey Beach.
Recently voted the top city in the country, there's no doubt why the Holy City is hot, hot hot. We show you how to do it in D.C. Refined style.
Stay Here
Whether you're on a girlfriend getaway or a romantic weekend with your sweetie, there's no better place to stay than the perfectly positioned and newly-renovated The Restoration, a hip re-interpretation of southern culture. Each of the 54 rooms boasts suite-style accommodations with kitchenettes or full kitchens, plus perks like a 5th-floor pool, curated breakfast basket delivery, daily wine hour, and more.
Gotta Eat It All
This is one trip we center around food – plan your meals immediately after booking your hotel to score a table.
As such, it only makes sense that the first thing you should do upon arriving is eat!
We'd start at Charleston staple SNOB, where you can settle in with a proper sweet tea and the best shrimp and grits you've ever had.
Shop Til You Drop
Walk it off with some shopping. Just down the street, browse the baubles at new boutique Maris DeHart before taking in a dose of history – we suggest a walk down Rainbow Row, a stroll down the Battery, and if you desire, a carriage tour.
As you stroll back to the hotel, pause at City Market, one of the country's oldest public markets, and pick up a souvenir – grits or a signature sweetgrass basket, many of which are woven on site, are our picks.
As the sun starts to set, start your cocktail hour at The Watch, inside The Restoration. Their outdoor patio is the perfect place to watch the sunset. From there, pick your preference. Sean Brock, the chef behind McCrady's, is practically southern royalty, while both The Ordinary specializes in seafood and The Macintosh has some of our favorite farm-to-table fares. If it's steak you prefer, hit up the popular Hall's Chophouse, where you'll enjoy a top-notch martini and a great ribeye. Want something more casual? We love the cocktails – and the fried clam strips – at The Darling, a new oyster bar that's perfect for date night or bachelorette parties alike.
The next morning, you're up and about early – head to Folly Beach to watch the surfers or try your hand at the waves, try a plantation tour (we'd suggest Middleton Place, with its stellar formal gardens, or the architectural marvel of Drayton Hall) or more shopping along King Street.
Browse high-end designs at Worthwhile, Finicky Filly, and Hampden, find home goods at Ro Sham Beaux or peruse antique jewels and silver at Croghan's.
Relaxation Station
Come afternoon, retreat for a spa treatment to soothe your weary feet. We'd suggest mani-pedis at the Amethyst Spa at The Restoration or a massage at the intimate Wentworth Mansion Spa, a gilded age mansion with a boutique spa in what was formerly the stable building.
By night, pick another of the great meals suggested previously, this time ending the night with a drink at the speakeasy-style The Gin Joint.
Go Now
Summer rates mean prices are at their lowest, but it also means that steamy temperatures are at their highest. Wait until early fall for slightly better temperatures (Charleston Restaurant Week starts September 7th) or even plan a visit around the holidays, when the homes and streets are decked out for the season. There's really no bad time to visit this southern gem.
We'd suggest an easy flight, often as little as $100 roundtrip, but you can also make the 8-hour drive if you prefer to road trip it.


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A Problem I'll Never Have
Billmon is shutting off comments. He was really was brimming with trolls, and I don't blame him one bit. I rarely comment on the bigger blogs anyway, so I won't miss it. When your post is #212 out of 308 your voice really just gets lost in the din. I prefer to just sit back and read the good ones.
However . . . that ain't me. Right now, and probably forever, PW is a small operation (60 or so hits on a good day). It isn't the Whiskey Bar; it's the little pub around the corner where you can enjoy a beer and some conversation with friends.
So . . . if you're dropping by, comment away!


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…and the oppressive heat wave that is strangling the city continues for another day.
The only good thing about weather like this are the afternoon end of the world thunder storms we get. The sky gets this greyish black color, the wind starts to blow hard, and the temperature drops briefly.
And then boom. Fat drops fall from sky. Thunder booms through the air and the entire world lights up with a crash of lighting. The drops fall faster and faster until everything is covered in a solid curtain of rain. Some people run for cover, others dance in storm. In minutes though, it's gone. The storm clouds move on, and the heat returns. The puddles that were formed only a little while ago on the concrete dry up and disappear. The trees and plants do all they can to hold the precious water they just harvested. Tiny drops sit on their leaves and petals. To a flower, it's a matter of survival, this tiny drop of water provides what it needs to make food, to grow, and to make it until there's another summer downpour.
Summer In The City
Outside it's so hot, the sidewalks are melting into a puddle of goo. I'm sitting protected from the disgusting inside my apartment, breathing in recycled air-conditioned air, listening to the hum of the machine in the window that's keeping things bearable.
This is what summer in NYC is like. We have miles of shore line where we can play in the spray of the ocean waves and substitute a breeze coming off the water for the AC for awhile, but getting to them are the hard part. The roads are choked with traffic, and are twice as hot. Once there, good luck finding a small sliver of real estate in the mass of humanity there.
So yesterday as the thermometer began to explode, we tried to seek relief in whatever form we could – namely a handful of water balloons and a few buckets of water. It didn't last too long, but it was a delightful escape for a little while.
Stay cool everyone.
PS … Don't forget to vote for me in the 2011 PDN One Life Photo Competition!!
It Just Keeps Raining
For my friends. I have no words. Just know I am with you during this time.
"I believe that imagination is stronger than knowledge – myth is more potent than history – dreams are more powerful than facts – hope always triumphs over experience – laughter is the cure for grief – love is stronger than death" – Robert Fulghum
Shadows On A Rock
What makes a person take a photo? Since the invention of the camera, people have been choosing what moments to immortalize on film, or in my day and age, in a million pixels. Sometimes its an easy choice, a birthday, a wedding, Johnny coming home from the war, a moment we want to remember every single detail of, no matter how minute, so we press the shutter and save it for eternity.
Maybe it's our way of beating the system. It's our attempt to stop our kids from growing. Its our way from keeping our loved ones alive. It's the only way possible to stop the sun from setting on that magical day we're having.
But what if there is no birthday cake or bride and groom or happy child running through the daises? What if it's just a field of wildflowers? Or a tricycle? Or swing set next to a tree? Then what makes a person take a photo?
I was asked this question, and I had no answer. Instead I went back to taking photos of that swing set, because I had this nagging feeling something was there, but for the life of me, I had no idea what. So I kept shooting thinking maybe I'd find it.
I was lucky enough to escape the city for a day with friends to a country home which was only 3 hours away from my front door but felt as if it was on the opposite side of the earth. My cell phone didn't have signal, there was no internet connection, and to be honest, I didn't miss either. We spent the morning working replacing the beams under the house, crawling around in the muck and the mud, and finished filthy but proud of our work. The massive amount of grass was mowed after the tractor was fixed twice. I built a bonfire, flashing back to my years in Boy Scouts, and I'm bursting with pride that it went up with one match. I fed the fire to a tremendous blaze, and as noticed by my friends, I raised the tempature of the entire Catskill Mountains by nine degrees for the night. My real goal, however was the get it big enough to be seen from space.
Despite all the technology that was left behind, my shiny Nikon D90 seemed grossly out of place. Even so, I gripped it tight as I strolled through the grass and woods. Through my lens, I saw more than the grass and the woods, something harder to describe. The country house I was brought to was a special place, just an ordinary house to most, but to my friends and their family, it was home filled with memories of laughter, love, all those moments that make life worth living. I felt an odd pressure as I shot, a challenge to capture that spirit, and maybe that's why I took so many photos of the swing set, maybe that's what I was seeing.
Or maybe it was just shadows on a rock that caught my eye. I really don't know. But as long as I have friends who love me enough to take me up to their magical country home to try to capture it's spirit, and – dare I say it – fans who want to see the results, I'll keep shooting.
You're As Mighty As The Flower That Will Grow The Stones Away
Spring is our yearly second chance.
We die through the winter, everything becomes cold and bleak, and even a fresh white blanket of snow eventually turns to a ugly gray eyesore piled up on the curbs of New York City. The wind chills you through to the bones, and I at least, make my way through the streets muttering "There is no reason for weather like this…" and usually a profanity or two.
But soon, the winds die down, the sun peaks from behind the clouds a little longer each day, and you're not so pissed that you forgot your gloves at home. Winter has left us, and spring has arrived.
Every year around this time I watch the ground. Yes, contrary to what some people think, there are actually patches of ground here in New York City. I've always had a piece of it right outside my back door, well, my parent's back door. Its a small section of property that we here in Queens call "The Yard". My parents have always taken pride in their yard, it's a mix of a quiet place to eat BBQ – or actually any meal cooked in this household between June and September when it's not raining – and a small slice of nature that my parents tend to, consisting of a few flowers, some tomatoes plants and lots of ivy. There's also a cherry tree that my brother Mike somehow picked up, I don't remember the story, and remnants of the old magnolia tree that I spent countless hours playing on in my youth.
In my mind, it's the most beautiful yard in the world.
It's also the yard that I've watched the winters of my life fade away, and the springs sneak in before the summer heat.
What a perfect place to go with my new camera, right? Only one catch, of course, I hate taking pictures of flowers.
I told this once to someone I love once. They bore me, I said, not moving, giving you all the time in the world to frame it, switch lenses, get closer, work on that really nice shot. She said to me, that I should look at it as a thing all photographers need to do, and every really good shot of a flower as one step closer to never having to take a photo of a flower again.
So hopefully these will get me closer to that goal. And if not, I'm not too worried, because no matter how hot the summer gets, and how cold and nasty the winter winds blow, I know all I have to do is wait for spring to return home, and I'll get another chance.
Woman In The Grass
Andrew Wyeth passed away this morning at the age of 91.
Growing up, my parents had a copy of his painting, "Christina's World", hanging on the dinning room wall. Sitting here, I couldn't even begin to count the number of meals I had looking at that painting. If I close my eyes, I can see every detail, the wagon wheel tracks leading from the house, the decaying barn, and the part that always held my attention the most, the part which I most often wondered about; the fact that Christina is in the tall grass, not the patch of mowed grass just a few feet away. I often wondered if she chose that area, if she was more comfortable amongst the weeds than the softer surface where she could have been placed.
Wyeth presented that scene and told the viewer nothing more about it. Christina's back is turned, her face is not in the painting, so all you see is all you know. As I got older in life, I learned more about that painting, more about Christina Olsen, and more about the entire series Wyeth did on the Olsen family. What I learned, the details, changed the way I looked at the painting, and unfortunately it became hard for me to look at that painting the same way I did when I was a younger.
I'm not going to tell you anymore about the painting, if you've found this blog, then I'm sure you know how to google. If you're curious, I'm sure you can find the whole story.
Or, you can take what Wyeth gave you and live in that second. You can stand still, hearing the breeze in the grass. You can gaze at the barn, the house and the wagon wheel tracks, and of course, at Christina. You can know as much about her as every person you see from behind, passing on the street, glimpsing in the next subway car, or ahead of you on the check out line. Draw your own conclusions, complete the story in your mind, who's to tell you you are wrong?
"Christina's World" and what I've learned about it was the sole reason I was against starting this blog in the first place. Now please – I am by no means comparing myself to Andrew Wyeth – but I always thought, and still feel that art is to be interpreted by the viewer. Who I am to tell you what you are supposed to see in a photograph I have taken?
My favorite pastime is talking to people about my photos. I know that's probably the most conceited sounding thing ever, but it's not meant to be. Nothing fascinates more than hearing what others see, I could give a crap less about the "It's great." or "You're so good.", those comments churn my stomach. Do you like it? Yes? Why? What do you see in it? I love the answers – and more often than not I am shown something even I didn't see. I wonder if Wyeth ever felt that way.
So I'll keep blogging, and keep sharing, and please, keep commenting. Actually, it's what keeps me going in the first place.
Well… I've painted myself in a bit of a corner, so to speak. This is supposed to be a photo blog, not a yappity yap blog, and now I'm not sure what photos go with what I've been yappity yapping about. So I'll do something I've been resisting the urge to do for awhile. I'll share with you the photos I've taken, that I like. My favorites. The "OMG, I took that?" shots.
Here are a few, I've got more on Flickr if you'd like to see.
(in no order)
Autumn Rain
The worst part of autumn is rain.
Autumn rain brings wind, and wind rips the leaves from the trees, stripping away the rainbow cloaks they get to wear for a brief time. The streets of New York City become carpeted in fallen leaves, now soaked and heavy with water. Shortly after the rain stops, doors open and out from the warmth and comfort of their homes come people prepared for battle, armed with rakes and shovels. They quickly begin their work of clearing away the wet mess left strewn across the sidewalks and lawns, stuffing wet colorful piles of leaves into black garbage bags. The bags get tied up and placed at the curb where they're thrown into the backs garbage trucks and promptly disappear.
And then fall is over.
The weather gets colder. The friendly nip of the wind develops into a vicious icy bite. The once magnificent trees are now nothing more than bare skeletons. Night falls earlier, and it always seems to be dark and cold.
Christmas comes quickly, and for a brief time the winter is almost lifted by the twinkling colorful lights hanging in windows. The cold is almost chased away by the warmth of the holiday spirit. Before you know it though, the holidays are over, and New York City shivers through a few more months of winter.
I hate winter. I hate the cold. I hate autumn rain because I know winter is right around the bend.
So despite my dislike of the current situation and my tendency to worry about the future, I decided to walk out my front door and see what I could see. What I found is that the rain had stopped momentarily and the wind was gently blowing through the trees. I strolled down the colorful blocks of Queens as leaves slowly fell from their lives on the branches to their death on the sidewalk. I felt as if Mother Nature herself was throwing me a ticker tape parade.
It was beautiful. For an afternoon I didn't think of the winter ahead, I just enjoyed the autumn rain like I had never enjoyed it before.
Water, Water Everywhere
I first noticed it as I drove along the LIE from work back home. It was late, past midnight, but just as I drove over the Maurice Ave overpass I could see a huge spray of water from the street below. Thankfully, my new camera sat next to me, barley less than a week old.
I drove the next exit and quickly doubled back.
There at the the corner of Maurice Ave and Bordon Ave there was a huge jet of water shooting into the air. Confused and amused Con Ed guys stood around, waiting for someone to arrive to shut the water off. The water came from a freshly dug hole in the street, I guess by the guys who stood around it now, which was on the side of a gas station.
My camera was new to me, and I knew the images weren't going to be great but I had to try to capture this. This was the life moments I had so desperately wanted an SLR for!
No cops were around, and the Con Ed workers didn't seem to mind me, so I crept closer and closer to the hole. It was by far, the coolest thing I had seen in a while…lol.
Suddenly, I became aware of the sound of tiny ricochets, and the Con Ed guys began looking a little more worried and less amused. Through my lens I could see the side of the hole which was contained a layer of tiny pebbles had begun to slide into the jet of water. As soon as the pebbles came into contact with the power stream, they shot into the air and rained down on the area around us. Tiny mortar rounds fell the gas station roof.
By now the police had arrived and begun to close off the area. I snuck around for a better vantage point and took a shot before they guys who knew how to shut off the water arrived.
A few minutes later the water was off and whatever work they were there to do continued. The police moved on, and eventually so did I.
I raced home to see what I had captured, thirsting for my next adventure.
Joy In The Playground
It's a difficult thing to go most places with class of children on the autistic spectrum, but the Queens Science Museum was probably one the most ill-conceived and poorly executed trips I had ever been a part of. To expect five to seven year old autistic children to be even mildly interested in concepts that quite frankly bore older mainstream children was simply ludicrous.
But like the say, when handed lemons, right…?
So we ate lunch in the cafeteria, which was a timed affair, BTW, since there were so many schools there that day. The teachers huddled and all of them saw this as going south really badly of we were to stick with the museum plan. I was called in because I was the only one from the area. I suggested a few ideas, but then someone noticed a small playground across the street. We were all in agreement, so once the children were done eating, we all marched out the museum doors ("No return admittance!!") to the playground.
The rest of the day was spent forgetting about the science of the how and why and just living in the reality of a sprinkler, jungle gym and slides. Since there was already one teacher or para for every child (and me) all the kids got individual attention. It was so warm out that soon almost all the children were in the sprinkler. I played with James on the jungle gym where he climbed to the highest perch like the monkey he is. We rested at the top and I began shooting.
I took several shots that day, most of which can be seen here in slideshow form.
The shot though that most consider to be the shot of the day is the one I call "Joy"
This one, as in all of the shots of that day, is of a child experience the unique summer time fun that seems to fall away when you grow older. Something about a child and water just leads to pure happiness.
To me though, the real joy in that playground that day was the fact that for a few hours they were just kids. For a short time they had broken the chains of autism and were speaking in the immortal language of just having fun.
I've been asked if the subject in the photo above had autism and the answer is yes. I saw him at school awhile later and he was having such a rough day he had a pressure vest on. He was screeching and wouldn't get on the elevator. He was lost in the sucky world of his condition. However, I knew somewhere inside him was the same joy that was on his face that day.
Maybe all he needed was a sprinkler.


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- Type: Apartment
- Sleeps: 8 (3 Bedrooms)
- Change Over Day: Flexible
- suitable for children
- Pets not allowed
Villa Bonaca is a traditional Dalmatian stone house situated in the centre of the picturesque village of Sumartin on Brac, right by the sea. Its position means it is close to shops, restaurants and coffee bars.
This charming three-storey house has 3 bedrooms (two on the first floor and one on the second, double beds size 160 x 190 cm, and twin beds size 80 x 190 cm), a kitchen / dining area on the ground floor, 2 bathrooms with toilets and a separate WC, a large garden with a private pool and parking for 2 cars.
Villa Bonaca is ideal for family holidays or groups of friends who want to spend time together while enjoying the natural bounties and delicacies of Brac Island. Those who prefer more entertainment and activity can easily visit Bol, which has a lively nightlife and plenty of sporting activities.
Images of Villa Bonaca, Sumartin, Brac Island – 4 Bedroom Villa With Swimming Pool
Getting There
To get to the villa, you must reach the ferry port in city of Split. If you are coming by an airplane, the ferry port is approximately 24 km away from the airport. Usually it takes about 35 minutes, but please note that it can vary greatly depending on the traffic and weather conditions.
Town of Sumartin is situated in the southeast of Island of Brač. To get to Sumartin, it's possible to come through two ferry ports. One is in Supetar (frequent ferry lines, 40 km from Sumartin), and another is in Sumartin (rare ferry lines, few hundred meters from the villa).
Follow the road to Sumartin from Supetar, approximately 39 km.
When you enter Sumartin, follow the road straight for the next 700 meters.
The villa will be on your left side.
Nearest Travel Links
- Ferry: Sumartin (0.100 km)
Rental Details
Minimum stay: 7 nights in July and August; for other periods, please enquire.
Day of arrival: Saturday in July and August; for other periods, please enquire.
Tourist tax is not included in the price.
Suitable types of Holiday Sumartin
- Watersports
- Sailing
- Mountain Biking
- Swimming
- Walking
- Windsurfing
- Wine tasting
- Local cuisine
- Relaxation
Exterior Facilities in Villa Bonaca, Sumartin, Brac Island – 4 Bedroom Villa With Swimming Pool
- Balcony/Terrace
- Parking space
- Private garden
- Private outdoor swimming pool
Interior Details
Double - bedded rooms: 2 (beds size 160 x 190 cm)
Twin - bedded rooms: 1 (beds size 80 x 190 cm)
Bathrooms with bath: 1
Bathroom with shower unit (en suite): 1
Separate WC: 1
Facilities in Villa Bonaca, Sumartin, Brac Island – 4 Bedroom Villa With Swimming Pool
- Air conditioning
- Dish washer
- Freezer
- Fridge
- Hairdryer
- Internet access
- Iron
- Kettle
- Linen provided
- Microwave
- Television
- Toaster
- Towels provided
- Washing machine
Bedrooms / Bathrooms
- Bedrooms (3)
- Bathrooms (2)
- Showers (1)
- WCs (1)
Sleeps a Maximum of 8 people:
- Single Beds (2)
- Double Beds (2)
- Sofa Beds (1)
- Cots (1)
Tariffs Currency Conversion
Note: Security deposit of €300 due on arrival.
Prices may be subject to change at the owner's discretion.
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Allowing the Commissioner or the Commissioner's designee to hear challenges to the Commissioner's decisions may present an actual or apparent conflict of interest for the arbitrator. But the parties bargained for this procedure, and the Association consented to it. See CBA art. 46 § 2(a). It was foreseeable that arbitration under the Agreement sometimes would involve challenges to the credibility of testimony from Goodell or other League employees. When parties to a contract elect to resolve disputes through arbitration, a grievant can ask no more impartiality than inheres in the method they have chosen. The Association's challenge to Henderson's service as arbitrator is thus foreclosed . . . (internal citations omitted).
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The Association's fundamental fairness argument is little more than a recapitulation of its retroactivity argument against the merits of the arbitrator's decision. We have never suggested that when an award draws its essence from the collective bargaining agreement, a dissatisfied party nonetheless may achieve vacatur of the arbitrator's decision by showing that the result is "fundamentally unfair." The Association's fairness argument does not fit within the narrow window left open for consideration in Hoffman, and we therefore conclude that the contention is without merit.
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June 23, 2016
by Charlene Muhammad
Contributing Writer
7-Eleven, Inc. franchisee Moiz Ali celebrated the grand opening of a new store in South Los Angeles.
City Councilman Curren Price, Tracy Mitchell, president of Mothers in Action, and Armond Ross, president of the Crenshaw Chamber of Commerce and the Ross Group, Inc., were among dignitaries who joined owner Moiz Ali as he welcomed the community into his store on June 16.
"What we wanted to do today specifically was show the community what resources they have. Not only get a great deal from us, but be able to interact with people in our community," Ali said of the dignitaries who attended.
Ali said he decided to open on King and Figueroa because the community really needs a great store. "We wanted to put a safe environment for parents and kids to come and shop. Plus, we're 24 hours and with all the activity that's going to be happening at the Coliseum and the area, we really wanted to open up a store and give the community what they need," Ali stated.
The grand opening took place on the parking lot of the buzzing corner, which sits just across from the Los Angeles Coliseum, adjacent to the historic Broadway Federal Bank, and just up the street from the California African American Museum.
During the celebration, customers enjoyed discounted favorites, including burgers, pizza, ICEEs, and savory items from 7-Eleven's private 7-Select GO!Yum and GO!Smart Premium Lines, launched in 2015. The items include Gluten-free, GMO-free, and organically sweetened treats found normally at specialty, rather than convenient stores.
This marks the third store for Ali, who has grown up in 7-Eleven for 30 years. His other two stores are in West L.A. and Torrance, and his father's three are located on L.A.'s Westside.
Ali said they found people were excited about the store, and he has never felt that before.
"I was telling my father that in our 30 years of getting a store, I've never felt so embraced in the community before. When we opened a store, I felt that people were really interested in coming to the store, being a part of it, hiring from the community," Ali said.
Marquel Robinson was one new hire among the store's multicultural staff, who met customers with a radiant smile that matched his personality. He got the job through the Economic Workforce Development Department (EWDD).
According to Ali, his store and 7-Eleven have just donated $711 to open up a college fund for Robinson, who intends to study at the Los Angeles Trade Technical College and then the University of Southern California.
"It feels really good. It's something I didn't expect. At first I thought, I used to be a customer here, it was a regular store, but after I got to know the people here and know the people that run this and how friendly they are, and how much they actually do care about you, it was really, really surprising," Robinson stated.
"I feel like it's another home," he continued. The best part of his work day is meeting new people and being able to work with friendly, nice co-workers.
Robinson thanked the EWDD for opening doors for him. "It is a very good organization. I wish there were ways for it to be in different states, because I have friends that would really, really benefit from the EWDD," he said.
"I think it's a great service to the community. We appreciate the services that are being provided here, the jobs that are being created … I'm so excited by the events taking place in this whole area," said Councilman Curren Price.
Tracy Mitchell, president of Mothers in Action, likewise was glad to see 7-Eleven opening in the community. She said Ali's stores have a track record of partnering with Mothers in Action for its back to school efforts.
"My mother (Brenda Marsh-Mitchell), the late founding president of Mothers in Action, used to work closely with 7-Eleven and they were always very positive in the community and made donations, not only money, but also supplies and stuff to different programs that we conduct," Mitchell said.
"I think it's a positive thing to have businesses showing corporate responsibility in our community," she added.
Ross was instrumental in bringing Ali's store to South L.A. Good, clean, 7-Eleven convenience stores in South L.A. are a plus for residents, he stated.
"We're happy to have 7-Eleven as a client. We're happy to bring their quality brand of items and goods to the community, especially to South L.A., where we don't have enough grocery stores for the population," Ross said.