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Jimoh Moshood, public relations officer of the Nigeria Police Force, has blamed the industrial action in Borno state on the delay in the passage of 2018 budget.
Responding to inquiries by TheCable, Moshood said the allowances of the aggrieved officers would have been cleared if the budget had been approved earlier.
On Monday morning, some mobile policemen blocked major roads in Maiduguri, Borno capital, demanding the payment of six months allowances.
"Some police personnel on special duty; the ones drafted from other states to prevent crime because of the situation around Maiduguri went to the police headquarters in the state today to make inquiries about non-payment of their special duty allowances," he said.
"Not the officers engaged in war against Boko Haram. These ones are being paid. Since we go the report, we assured them that now the budget has been signed and approved, their allowances will be approved.
"The delay in passage of the budget caused the non-payment but since the budget has been approved, they will be paid. There is no protest. They have all returned to their duty post."
President Muhammadu Buhari sent the budget proposal to the national assembly in November but it was approved in May.


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Every other week Penn Appétit profiles a student who cooks on a college budget and in a college-sized kitchen.
This week I got to do something a little different and bake instead of cook with our featured chef. For Jenn Tian, baking is easier (and maybe more fun!) than cooking. She deserves a special place in the hearts of anyone who has ever tried to bake at Penn for her no-nonsense approach. She finds a way to bake with ingredients that are easy for a college student to access and makes baking a piece of cake. If you're anything like me, the thought of making a cobbler -let alone in a dorm room -stresses you out, but luckily Jenn finds a way to make it super simple.
Penn Appétit: How did you learn to bake?
Jenn Tian: When I was little I always thought baking was the easiest thing, so whenever it was potluck day for school I would bake something, that's how I started - I was lazy and I didn't want to cook. My mom is a big baker, the first thing that she taught me how to make were these Chinese rice cakes (Traditional Chinese dessert). That sparked really learning how to bake.
PA: What's your favorite thing to bake?
JT: Cupcakes, which is so lame because everyone does it, but they're so easy and so convenient. The best ones ever are chocolate espresso: I add a bit of coffee to brownie mix and then make a peanut butter filling, dip an knife in the filling and then swirl it in to the cupcakes.
PA: What's your favorite baked good to eat?
JT: I'm a big fan of red velvet brownies. See that's the thing with baking you get to just make stuff up. My friend made them and instead of making a red velvet cake, it was like red velvet flavor with brownie consistency. That with vanilla ice cream was a winner.
PA: What's the most difficult thing about cooking in a college sized kitchen?
JT: Space. Counter space. I feel really awkward having to do things at the kitchen table. But it's really easy with this recipe.
PA: What's your advice for people who want to start baking in college?
JT: I would say stop trying to be ambitious, which is what this recipe is all about. It's so much easier if you cut corners and buy things that will help you out like the peaches from the can. You don't have to add sugar and figure it out. Unless you're really good it's hard to start from scratch and you have to be quite precise.
PA: What's your baking philosophy?
JT: I think that people shouldn't stick to traditional ideas. So when you think about pie you don't have to think normal things like peach or apple. If you think red velvet you don't have to think cake or cupcake you can think brownie or milkshake… I think after you get past the basics of how to measure and cook things, the fun about baking is that you can be really creative.
Jenn's Peach cobbler
(Recipe adapted from Jenn's host mom over the summer)
2 cans of Dole canned peaches
Betty Crocker Golden Vanilla Cake Mix
One premade pie crust
Premade pie dough
¼ stick of butter
Optional: include fresh raspberries with the peach filling
Preheat oven to 350 degrees
Put peaches into a bowl. Add ½ cup cake mix.
Mix well until the syrup from the peach cans is well mixed with the cake mix.
Spoon filling into a store bought pie shell. Fill up until peaches are almost to the top, you might not use up all of them.
Take store bought pie dough and cut into strips about 1 inch wide. Lay them across the top of the pie in a crisscross (lattice) pattern. Take ¼ stick of butter and cut into small chunks. Insert butter chunks into the pie between the crust lattices.
Sprinkle a bit more of the cake mix as well as some cinnamon on the top of the pie.
Bake for 25-30 minutes or until the top is golden brown. Serve while warm.
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A Free Digital Society
This is a speech by FSF president and founder, Richard M. Stallman.
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Activities directed at ``including'' more people in the use of digital technology are predicated on the assumption that such inclusion is invariably a good thing. It appears so, when judged solely by immediate practical convenience. However, if we also judge in terms of human rights, whether digital inclusion is good or bad depends on what kind of digital world we are to be included in. If we wish to work towards digital inclusion as a goal, it behooves us to make sure it is the good kind.
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Saturday, 22 November 2014
(And then) After love - Paulo
Perhaps this is part of the reason why Paulo also recorded his song in English. This single, '(And then) After love' presents the song, which sounds suspiciously like a mellow jazz standard. It turns up online as a rather expensive single, so I'm glad I found it where I did.
My collection: 7" single no. 5611
Found: Chelsea Records, Antwerpen, August 10, 2014
Cost: 2 euro
Tracks: '(And then) After love' / 'I'll be there with you'
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Airtricity League and FAI Cup winners Cork City have had six players named in RTÉ's Soccer Republic Team of the Season,.
Their penalty hero from Sunday's Cup final, Mark McNulty, was included in goal, behind centre-back pairing Alan Bennett and Ryan Delaney.
Karl Sheppard and Conor McCormack were selected in midfield, with now-Preston striker Sean Maguire picked up front after a season in which he finished as top-scorer, despite missing more than a third of the season.
And the 2017 Airtricity League Premier Division team of the season is... #RTEsoccer pic.twitter.com/39yVNE1yEt— Soccer Republic (@SoccRepublic) November 6, 2017
His strike partner is Dundalk's David McMillan, who also have attackers Patrick McEleney and Michael Duffy complete the midfield four.
Bohemians and Shamrock Rovers have one representative each, with Derek Pender chosen at right-back and Rovers' Trevor Clarke at left-full.
Meanwhile, St Pat's Conan Byrne won the Goal of the Season gong, beating Finn Harps' Paddy McCourt and McEleney into the runner-up spots.
The results are in. The 2017 goal of the season goes to... pic.twitter.com/iavZmnmlyk— Soccer Republic (@SoccRepublic) November 6, 2017
Mark McNulty (Cork City); Derek Pender (Bohemians), Alan Bennett (Cork City), Ryan Delaney (Cork City), Trevor Clarke (Shamrock Rovers); Karl Sheppard (Cork City), Patrick McEleney (Dundalk), Conor McCormack (Cork City), Michael Duffy (Dundalk); David McMillan (Dundalk), Sean Maguire (Cork City).


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Anthony Sisco lives in Hickory Flat, Ga with his wife and two children. He is an author, evangelist and entrepreneur. The Hickory Flats cartoons are a reflection of the inspirations of his life and the antics of his funny little family. Anthony was inspired by his love for the master's of the newspaper comic strip Charles Schultz, Henry Kethcham and Bill Watterson.


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At a very early age of 6, I came to realize that life is just - simply put - complicated. Until now, that realization still holds true.
- I know, I know - you may think that I must've been a very melancholic child. Yes, I was; yes, I still am. But that didn't stop me from trying to seek happiness. For those who truly knows me, they see me as this person who sits on either end of the pendulum; either excessively happy or with a blank expression.
But deep inside - there's just too much going on in my head.
Lately, I can't figure out how I got myself wind up with too much work that it seemed too routine already. Also, my work's sticking way too strong on the deeper lobes of my brain because I've been having vivid dreams of interviewing while I'm in dream land.
Then, there's the issue of my personal health. I haven't been sleeping well lately. It's either I'm sleep deprived or excessively sleeping on days off. I haven't even had the time to resume my work out routine after the typhoon passed. And I'm on a lifelong medication that I can't stop or else my throat will give up on me because it's sort-of an "occupational" thing now.
Also, there's this kind of "happiness" that I don't know if I'll be able to achieve for myself this year. Ang gulo! At this point, ayoko na lang mag-expect, yet I can't just sit and wait for things to unfold on its own. But at the same time, I don't want to make too much effort because it doesn't feel right. I just don't want to get hurt anymore.
But even so, I still feel that I'm truly blessed because I have too much going on. I have this belief that whatever it is I'm going through is a blessing from God, whether it be negative, positive or just something neutral. It's a challenge I must have in life, so I can improve myself. And, so I can prove to myself that I CAN.
Kahit mahirap, titiisin ko na lang.
Kahit iiyak ko na lang para makatulog lang, sige lang.
God knows me. My parents trust me. My friends believe in me. What more can I ask for, right?


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WASHINGTON, May 15, 2013 – Following Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel's announcement yesterday that most Defense Department civilian employees will experience up to 11 furlough days from early July through September, senior defense officials emphasized their goal to reduce adverse effects on the workforce and the mission.
Speaking to Pentagon reporters on background, two senior defense officials discussed details of the furlough, exemptions and stressed their intent to lessen its effects.
One official said it appears that about 15 percent — 120,000 of the department's roughly 800,000 civilian employees — will be exempt from the furlough, and that number could rise once issues involving intelligence personnel are resolved.
While the furloughs will save the Defense Department $1.8 billion, "it's not something that we wanted to do," the official said.
Part of the department's plan to reduce the furlough's effects is to ask Congress allow shifting funds from one account to another, the official said.
The services previously had taken steps in an attempt to avoid furlough, the official noted, with the Air Force stopping flights for 12 combat-coded squadrons and the Army canceling most of its combat training rotations.
While all the services will experience furloughs, the official said, the Navy is getting a critical exemption for its civilian employees that work in shipyards and do nuclear maintenance, citing long periods required for maintenance and very little ability to catch up with maintenance on submarines and carriers.
The official acknowledged furloughs will reduce efficiency across the department.
"These people aren't doing PowerPoint slides in the Pentagon," the official said. "They are mostly outside of the Pentagon. They fix our ships, our tanks, our planes. They staff our hospitals. They're teachers in our schools. I think we are going to seriously adversely affect the productivity in almost all support areas of the Department of Defense."
The furloughs will affect the Department of Defense Education Activity, which operates schools for military children living overseas and at some U.S. installations, the second senior official told reporters.
"Our commitment to our service men and women who have children in these schools is that they will get an accredited school year," the official said. Summer school will be held, the official added, and then the next school year will begin with five furlough days. The official noted that DODEA is in a special category because of the need to have an accredited school year.
Despite efforts to mitigate the impact of furloughs, the official said, there will still be an unavoidable effect.
"I think that the anticipated impact [will] clearly be the morale of our employees," the official said. "I can tell you that we value every single civilian that works in the Department of Defense, and 86 percent of them work outside of the national capital region. They all add value to the mission that we do as a total force, and they're clearly part of that total force."
The loss of pay civilian employees will face undoubtedly will affect them financially and in terms of their morale, the official said.
"I believe that they will continue to perform in an admirable manner," the official added, "but I am sure that there will be some morale impact."
Both senior defense officials emphasized the Defense Department's reluctance to implement furloughs, but said the decision ultimately was made after exhausting all other options.
"This is one of the most distasteful tasks I've had in more than 30 years of government service," the first official said. "We depend on these people to do all of the things I mentioned before. I find it very tasteless."
"It's a very painful process," the second official said. "[The decision] wasn't made lightly. It was made with a lot of pain and anguish."


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The very essence of prowess is found in the matador. He who is brave, fearless and with complete courage to face anything. The 'Matador' by Enzo Champagne of Champagne Sparkling Couture is an ensemble that will make you feel truely powerful and bold as you present your style, technique, and courage! This authentically daring ensemble is ornately embroidered and jeweled and will leave no doubt as to who is in charge!
Matador Silvano Korobase is seen here styled in vivid red — the color that every bull is instinctively attracted to — has never been so beautifully utilized as in this ensemble. A traditional pristine white shirt with collar (camisa) and black tie (corbatín), lies under a brilliant red jacket (chaquetilla), with magnificently floral embroidered long sleeves. Matching embroidery is continued throughout the jacket, flowing down each sleeve. The jacket is also embellished with red and gold jeweled cuffs and with tiny white satin ball fringe detail at the edges. Over the jacket is a take-your-breath-away bolero vest, the focal point of this outfit, adorned and covered with red and gold jewels, tassles, embroidery, and white satin ball fringe.
Because of the decorations and elaborateness of the ensemble, the Spanish call the toreador's outfit as traje de luces, meaning the "suit of lights". Though undoubtedly flamboyant, matador costume structure provides great ease of movement. These trajes are based on the flamboyant costumes of the 18th century dandies and showmen involved in tauromachia, which later became exclusive to the bullfighting ritual. Later adornments include the montera hat, elaborate embroidery and decorative accessories. The cropped red pants continue the ornate floral embroidery stripes on each side, as well as matching jeweled cuffs at the calf of the leg. Included is a lavish hand-held red cape (capote de paseo) with gold interior bar that will keep any bull at bay! Bright fuscia leggings (taleguilla/medias) and black slippers (zapatillas) with matching jeweled embellishments are also provided.
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Photographer's Note
Taken 45 minutes after this image:
and 70 minutes after this one:http://www.trekearth.com/gallery/photo1451709.htm
This is the last of the series.
The Sildpollnes Church glowed like a Chinese lantern and the boat remained reasonably still providing yet another point of focus.
What is missing is a little bit of green in the sky. I should be so lucky! Yet another winter trip beyond the Arctic Circle and I can't report I have seen the Northern Lights. Another time... :-)
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Didi (61587) 2014-04-04 10:29
Hi Kasia
Beautiful view in the blue hour
Very good lights management
Well done
Kind regards
mesutilgim (0) 2014-04-04 10:58
Hello Kasia,
Very nice capture with perfecy pov and ligth management. But I can not understand how 43 has viewed it yet but only two smilies !!
TFS and have a nice weekend
holmertz (89094) 2014-04-04 11:22
Hello Kasia,
I admire your stamina. 70 minutes, at least, in the same spot on a cold evening. That almost equals sleeping in the car to get a perfect shot of dawn. To me your misery was worth every moment, so I could enjoy these fabulous pictures. In spite of the faint light, soon to disappear altogether, every detail of the mountains and the woods are still clearly visible. Maybe the most fascinating details are the lights from all along the waterfront, like a string of shining pearls. These three pictures are really very very good.
Kind regards,
PS Thanks for your comments on the mysterious girl. That is one of the few pictures from so long ago that I clearly remember taking, like it was yesterday. She left a kind of scar in me that will never heal.
lousat (126409) 2014-04-04 11:23
Hi Kasia,fantastic capture of the same place 45 minutes after,the blue hour after the pink,and this is fascinating too like your last post,magnificent capture made with the usual best quality as possible,your works are always a step ahead! Have a nice weekend and thanks,Luciano
cornejo (61504) 2014-04-04 11:33
Hi Kasia, if the above photo is beautiful this is super beautiful, very well composed and captured in this interesting and beautiful image with good sharpness, depth, light and beautiful color. Excellent job perfectly done, congratulations my friend. Thanks for sharing this beautiful work.
Good night and happy weekend.
Warm greetings from southern Spain.
siudzi (34141) 2014-04-04 12:08
Witaj Kasiu,
Wow! Przepiekna fotografia krajobrazu! Jestem pod wielkim wrażeniem tego intensywnego granatowego koloru. Świetna saturacja oraz naswietlanie. Brawo!
Miłego weekendu!
carlo62 (81237) 2014-04-04 14:57
Ciao Kasia
complimenti per la tua tenacia, non credo sia stato proprio facile resistere tutto quel tempo, ma i risultati devono farti molto felice, perchè sono fantastici.
Quella piccola linea di luci che fa il giro del lago, è una vera delizia.
Buon we
jjcordier (79299) 2014-04-04 21:56
Une très belle photo nocturne de ce splendide endroit. Très beaux tons d'image.
annjackman (23019) 2014-04-04 22:14
Hello Kasia,
We have just returned from the Arctic Circle in Norway and had a fabulous time. We saw the Northern Lights on one night. I love this photo with the subtle range of deep blue colours of the evening. The lights of the houses remind us that the Lofoten Islands are inhabited despite being in such a northerly place. The reflections in the calm water are a lovely extra touch.
Kind Regards, Ann
jemaflor (131312) 2014-04-04 23:57
Hi Kasia,
Great landscape and so beautiful with snow, lights and reflections, well made, tfs.
timecapturer (49288) 2014-04-05 3:00
Hi Kasia
irresistible image this. The atmosphere and sense of calm just pervade the natural beauty here and you have captured its very essence in this superb image. Awesome!
Enjoy your weekend - B.
npecanhuk (79329) 2014-04-05 3:15
Hi Kasia!
It must be wonderful to be there!
I really enjoy this inviting picture of yours too!
Exposure, chosen pov and composition are highlights in this beautiful winter photograph!
TFS - congrats,
rdalfovo (959) 2014-04-05 7:18 [Comment]
krzychu30 (15512) 2014-04-05 9:12
Czesc Kasiu,
swietne rozwiniecie poprzedniego zdjecia.
45minut i zupelnie inny klimat-zimny i troche mroczny.
Do tego te swiatla z nielicznych domow wokol jeziora.
Dla mnie-Super!
Pozdrawiam serdecznie
willperrett (13875) 2014-04-05 10:08
Hello Kasia
I was just looking through the Gallery of recent postings, had to stop at this, and of course it was yours. Shame about the Northern Lights. I felt a bit sorry for you, so as a bit of a lark, I've given you some! Just for fun.
Hansaphotos (11349) 2014-04-06 5:47
Hello Kasia
It`s wonderful to dive into your blue world in this fabulous shot. The church beautifully situated on a cape. The long exposure had a great impact on the water and created fine reflections. The majestic,snowy mountains creates a superb backdrop for the scene. Bravo:) Thanks.
Enjoy your Sunday.
Greetings, Erling
macjake (95435) 2014-04-15 1:54
Hi Kasia
capturing the Northern Lights is all about luck.
so sorry to hear you didn't get the opportunity!
there's always next time :)
i really enjoy how the tall trees move up and down along the bottom portions - its a fine way to give a contrasting element in the scene.
the exposure in and around the mountains are fantastic.
love the purple/blue tones too.
excellent photo to add to your personal collection.
hi Kasia
Congratulations to try night picture by the cold weather; the scene is well framed, the night aspect with the overall blue color is well rendered, and of course the lights of the town and their reflections in the sea are the cherry on the cake.
dip (23892) 2014-04-17 3:52
Hi Kasia,
This photo is really WONDERFUL!!!
very well done!
Robert1969 (7160) 2014-04-30 8:25
Hell Kasia,
Beautiful surrounding and picture.
composition and the light managenent
are great. The little lights and
reflection are a nice extra: my
Friendly regards,
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- Date Taken: 2014-02-09
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- Camera: Nikon D800, Nikkor 24-70 f2.8
- Exposure: f/11, 30 seconds
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Los Angeles, CA 91506
Owned and operated by John Park, former pastry chef at Lukshon, Quenelle is a dessert lover's paradise. From highly imaginative ice cream flavors like black sesame macaroon and vanilla mascarpone, to additional frozen fare like Yuzu lemongrass popsicles, these aren't your average sweets. As an added bonus, there's no need for the lactose-intolerant to feel left out – many of the offerings are dairy-free, and there's complimentary Lactaid pills on the counter just to be safe.


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The New HTC One (M8) is Official, Unsurprising
At simultaneous events in New York and London, HTC's new HTC One (M8) is here. If you paid attention to our preview of the phone, powered by the massive leaks leading up to today's announcement, you probably won't be too surprised by what's been revealed today. The HTC One has undergone a few tweaks on the outside – the first One had a 75% metal body, while the HTC One (M8) has a body that's 90% metal. A new finishing process has added to the gunmetal grey phone's lustre.
It will ship with Android 4.4 KitKat, with HTC's Sense 6.0 on top. The company has talked up the software, claiming that they've completely rejiggered the custom UI, but you won't find too many changes outside of the manufacturer's custom apps.
Powered by a Qualcomm Snapdragon 801 quad-core CPU, the HTC One (M8)'s performance will be in line with 2014's Android flagship devices.
A dual-camera setup captures depth information as well as traditional RGB imagery, letting you focus after the fact. The discrete depth data will also let you selectively apply creative filters – you can separate foreground and background subjects by blurring, or by converting one area to black and white.
They're also chasing Nokia's pro camera software by offering a full manual mode where you can change the ISO, white balance, exposure, and more, and save your settings as a custom mode.
The front-facing speakers, arguably the best on a mobile device, have been improved so that they're 25% louder. We were impressed with the last speakers, so these should be wildly powerful for their size.
Last year's model featured a 1920×1080 resolution, 4.7-inch display; this model has been upgraded to a full 5 inches, meaning you get 441 pixels per inch. The phone will ship in 16GB and 32GB models, but you'll still get a microSD card slot for extra space.
Other improvements include a bigger battery and up to 40% longer battery life; like Samsung's Galaxy S5, the HTC One (M8) will feature new battery optimizations that limit phone functions in order to stay connected to calls, texts, and emails. HTC claims that the One (M8) will last up to two weeks in connected standby mode.
Some aspects of the software, such as selective, after-the-fact slow-motion and improved gallery timelines, show the pressure that Apple and iOS 7 have pushed onto mobile photography experiences.
As we mentioned in our preview piece, a new dot matrix cover will let you see the time and weather, as well as answer or decline calls, just by tapping on the phone a couple of times – no need to open it up.
HTC has committed to an extremely fast rollout schedule, with the One (M8) hitting 100+ countries and 230+ carriers before the end of April. Some lucky customers in North America will be able to pick a device up TODAY, either in person at Verizon Wireless or online (starting at 1PM EST) at AT&T, Verizon, Sprint, Rogers, Bell, or Telus. T-Mobile customers are out of luck until later in April.
The phone will cost $199 or $249 depending on carrier and model, with off-contract models starting at $649. Like the One (M7), you'll be able to buy an unlocked version direct from HTC for $649, and a Google Play Edition in the coming months.
Be sure to catch our hands-on later today, with a review to follow in the next couple of days.


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An Optimal Way to Advance Consciousness
Guided Holistic Adventure Journeys
Pristine natural environments overflowing with resonant pure Gaia vibrations
These journeys will take you deep into nature and yourself
The Gateless Gate to the S E L F
The journey begins with a multi-dimensional vessel analysis. What? We will use a combination of diagnoses to create an inception point for your journey.
We will recommend a unique journey for you to go beyond the veil and reconnect with your source essence. Adventures in nature and energetic intuitive practices will prepare you for the final frontier of your journey of revelation.
GNO thyself
GENERATE the GOD within
ATTAIN supreme balance
DISCOVER dormant abilities
ACTIVATE higher consciousness
HARMONIZE inner alchemy
WANDERLUST in nature
REMEMBER who you are
Threshold of Self and No Self
One of the most important of these facets is the journey for and towards the true nature of existence. As you learn the true nature of existence, any deceptions, fear or negativity will fall away.
This is a journey within.
This is a journey without.
This is a journey of a lifetime.
This is a journey beyond time and space.
This is a journey beyond this life.
Gnosis in Nature
These truths have been held in secret for many reasons. Shifting into truth is an exciting experience for the collective consciousness as it expands and grows in awareness. It is time to catalyze these shifts of energy, awareness and vibration. Bring yourself to holiness and wholeness. The ultimate truths are immeasurable and can only be experienced. Join us as we bring forth heaven on earth.


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"Footprints In The Sand" Musical Glitter Globe
Limited-edition glitter globe with Jesus sculpture. Porcelain base showcases poem, golden footprints, Sharon Rickert's art and 22K gold trim. Poem card.
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The moment when you feel most alone is when the Lord holds you close. Now, only from The Bradford Exchange, this beautiful Footprints in the Sand musical glitter globe is a constant reminder that He is always with you. Showcasing a hand-painted sculptural figure of Jesus in the center of a crystal-clear globe, this dramatic religious glitter globe is inspired by the beloved poem that has encouraged millions the world over. And with just a gentle shake, sparkling glitter surrounds the sculpture of Jesus, recalling the promise of his presence.
Expertly handcrafted with an Heirloom Porcelain® base, this distinctive Jesus figure glitter globe showcases the words from the "Footprints in the Sand" poem across the front, highlighted by acclaimed artist Sharon Rickert's serene artwork. The footprints of the Lord wind along a divine pathway from inside the globe and continue down the elegant base, trimmed in 22K gold for a heavenly accent. Best of all, this musical glitter globe plays the tune of "Amazing Grace" and arrives with a "Footprints in the Sand" poem card too. Strong demand is expected for this limited-edition Footprints in the Sand Glitter Globe, so don't wait! Order now!
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A road in Saudi Arabia. Image for representation only
Saudi Arabia awards 23 road contracts worth $453m
RIYADH, July 11, 2018
Saudi Arabia has signed contracts worth SR1.73 billion ($453 million) for 23 new road projects across the kingdom, reports said.
The contracts signed by the Transport Ministry are distributed into different areas: seven in Makkah, six in Riyadh, four in Asir, two in the Eastern Province, and one in each of Hail, Al-Baha and Tabuk, said a report in Ashraq Al-Awsat.
"The deals signed today include projects within the budget of the ministry and the ministry is working by a clear strategy to provide quality roads that benefit citizens," Minister of Transport Nabil Al Amoudi was quoted as saying.
The ministry has signed a total 75 projects so far costing SR2.7 billion ($720 million), the report said.


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Thanks to a friend who's obsessive when it comes to the work of Andrew Wyeth, I recently got to see a never-released short film done in the mid 1970s by director King Vidor called Metaphor, in which Vidor receives a fan letter from Wyeth and travels from California to Chadds Ford, Pennsylvania to visit Wyeth and discuss the connection between Wyeth's art and Vidor's 1925 film The Big Parade. (Costars Renée Adorée and John Gilbert appear above in a still from the film). The film only exists publicly on a DVD that was distributed by a French film magazine. Tag Gallagher in his "How to Share a Hill" explains far better than I can the cinematic ties between the painter and director, but I had to share some of my own reactions to seeing the film, which, as Vidor himself says, may be the first time a major artist acknowledged that a movie had influenced his art.
Wyeth appears so rarely on film that any footage is fascinating, but this work is doubly interesting because he's in the position of the fan, totally in awe of King Vidor. N. C. Wyeth took 8-year-old Andy and the rest of the clan to see The Big Parade when it came out in 1925 on a big screen in Wilmington, Delaware. In the documentary, Wyeth brags that he'd seen The Big Parade over 180 times in his life. (Since Metaphor is easily 30 years old, that number most likely tops 200 now.) Wyeth clearly connected with the story of a young man (Gilbert) enlisting for World War I against the wishes of his sweetheart, falling for a young French girl (Adoree) while deployed, wounded in battle (losing a leg), returning home to find life after "the big parade" to be unsatisfying, and then returning to the French girl he'd left behind and true love. In that reunion scene, Gilbert comes limping over a hill very similar to that Wyeth painted in Winter 1946 (above). When Wyeth's wife, Betsy, first saw the film, she pointed out the similarity to Wyeth and it dawned on the artist that many of his works had been subconsciously influenced by the movie. (Betsy's appearance in Metaphor may be the only existing footage of her speaking about her husband's art.) The fact that the images from The Big Parade lingered in Wyeth's vast visual subconscious and bubbled up unawares in many of his works gives us just a tantalizing glimpse into the way that his mind works when creating art.
Even Wyeth's most famous work, Christina's World (above, from 1948) "borrows" from that hilltop scene in The Big Parade to an extent. When I began watching Metaphor, I was prepared to learn that Wyeth was a fan of silent films. (I'm a big fan of silent films myself. The title of this post alludes to Kevin Brownlow's great book on the subject. I'm in the middle of a personal Louise Brooks film festival thanks to Netflix.) It became clear after a while, however, that Wyeth wasn't a fan of silent films but of this one particular silent film. When Wyeth asks how the special effect of Gilbert's missing leg was achieved, Vidor answers that Lon Chaney, Sr., the great silent film actor and master of early makeup effects, helped them, but the name doesn't seem to register with Wyeth. I might be wrong, of course, and reading Wyeth's expression wrong, but his lack of enthusiasm over hearing that name in contrast to his squeals of delight over every other revelation by Vidor leads me to think that Wyeth connected with this one film and never, ever let go. The associations with his late father N.C., the ostensible "subject" of Winter 1946, who first took Andy to see the movie, and then with Karl Kuerner, Sr., a former German World War I soldier, who posed for some of Andy's greatest portraits, sometimes in uniform, made this film a permanent part of Andy's psyche. Each repeated viewing simply reinforced those associations. The lack of a soundtrack added to the film's power in that Wyeth could provide his own internal soundtrack as he drank in the visuals.
As silly as it may sound, this link between Wyeth and The Big Parade reminded me of the origin of the Batman character. For those of you who aren't comic nerds like myself, Bruce Wayne's parents were killed after seeing The Mark of Zorro. Associating their death with that movie, Bruce vows to become a caped hero himself, eventually coming up with the Batman persona. Wyeth obviously doesn't fight crime, but the power of cinema to cling to the senses and intertwine with emotions is the same in both cases. Wyeth himself has claimed that Winter 1946 marked the beginning of his real career as an artist. It does in the sense that it commemorates his late father while simultaneously declaring his stylistic independence. In addition, it marks the beginning of Wyeth's use of the amazing transformative power of his visual memory, taking those "stills" from The Big Parade locked away in his memory and using them to create his own artistic vision. Wyeth indeed "shares" this hill, as Gallagher asserts, but he also makes it uniquely his own.
[Many thanks to my friend (who prefers to remain anonymous) for providing me with a copy of this "bootleg" documentary and for discussing the film with me, thus helping me shape my thoughts about it.]


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LAST YEAR, the Ministry of Minority Affairs launched the Nai Manzil scheme for Muslim youth (aged 17-35 years), whereby both school-dropouts and those from Madrasa backgrounds were to be provided formal education with full fee waiver, in order to help them find employment. The Jamia Senior Secondary School, one of the beneficiaries of the scheme, enrolled 100 such students as part of a bridge course in Class XII to provide them quality education.
They were provided a monthly stipend of Rs 4,000 along with stationery, books and lunch. However, the journey wasn't easy — for the students, or for the teachers and principal. "It was tough for us to find drop-outs or Madrasa students to enroll in the course. We finally approached some NGOs who worked with school drop-outs to help us," says Principal Muzaffar Hassan.
Classes for various humanities subjects were held six days a week for nine months. Teachers would finish their regular classes and then teach additional hours as part of the bridge course. The classes bore fruit for several whose link to education had been broken for various reasons.
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On October 4 this year, 75 of the batch of 100 students were felicitated by Jamia Millia Islamia Vice-Chancellor Talat Ahmad for having passed their board exams. Fifteen of them scored first division, and 64 of them have already enrolled in undergraduate or professional courses. The Indian Express talks to four such students, whose lives have changed post their board exam marks.
Farheen Saifi (18)
Born in Moradabad district of Uttar Pradesh
Father: Electrician
Mother: Homemaker
Education was no go area for her, courtesy her paternal grandfather. "He didn't believe that women should be allowed to study," she says. When she turned nine, she was enrolled in LKG at a primary school in her village. But her real education began when she shifted to Noida in 2008 along with her parents and brothers. Her father, Abrar Ali, worked as an electrician in a private company. He managed to get Saifi admitted at S S International School.
"I was 11 years old when I enrolled in Class III. Students would tease me but my teachers were supportive. They encouraged me to ignore such taunts. I managed to get a first division every year and I completed Class IX by 2013," she says. However, Saifi's father suffered a brain haemorrhage and lost his job. The family moved to Delhi to stay closer to relatives. Saifi had lost hope until the bridge course happened."We heard of Shikhar NGO which teaches underprivileged girl children. I enrolled there and passed Class X for the Jamia Board of School Education (JBSE)," she says.
This year, she passed with 70 per cent marks and is now enrolled in the BA (Hons) Political Science course at IGNOU. She handed over her stipend money to her father. The situation at home has inspired her to pursue psychology. "My father has been going through some psychological problems. I want to study psychology to help him," she says.
Read: This colonel trains youths to be in Indian Army
Mohd Javed (26)
Born in Khanpur village of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar
Father: Farmer
Javed's father sent him to a religious institute, Darul Uloom Nadwatul Ulama, in Lucknow to study. Education there was purely religious, he says. Javed realised that continuing his education at the institute would not yield benefits as the certificates issued by them were unrecognised.
"I realised it would be better for me to study mainstream subjects. So I left Nadwa, and joined a high school in Haroi to complete classes IX and X. But in that school, we were not given any classes, we just had to fill a form and appear for exams," he says. Given his economic background, however, Javed had to drop out after Class X in 2012. He came to Delhi, and started working as an interpreter for patients coming from the Middle East in top private hospitals. "I would get paid Rs 1,000 per day for translating from Arabic to English or Hindi," he says.
Till 2015, he continued to find temporary work, until he heard of the bridge course at Jamia. "I got so much exposure, and was introduced to new subjects. I have even gained confidence. I'm satisfied with whatever I have been able to achieve," he says. Having scored 62 per cent in his XII boards, Javed is now studying BA (Hons) Arabic at Delhi University's Zakir Hussain College (morning). He used his stipend money to take English literature classes.
Read: IITs may soon decide their own fee structure
Shabana Khatoon (18)
Born in Khanpur village of Muzaffarpur district in Bihar
Father: Carpenter
Mother: Homemaker
Like her seven siblings, Khatoon's education also began in Madrasas. She would travel over an hour one way to attend a Madrasa, where she "was taught about Islam". While her father, Anish Babu, and mother, Marzuman, wanted to educate all their children, they did not have the means to do so.
Travelling over two hours every day for education took its toll, and Khatoon was made to drop out. When her father moved to Delhi in hope of better employment opportunities, she heard of the NGO. "They asked me to enroll in Class IX. All these subjects — English, History, Political Science — were completely foreign to me. It was very difficult to read about initially," she says.
But with the help the NGO and a relative who gave her free tuitions, Khatoon managed to pass class IX and X from the JBSE. She too is enrolled in BA (Hons) Political Science at IGNOU after scoring 61 per cent in the board exam. She hopes to become a teacher one day. She handed over her stipend money to her father who has used it to buy a computer.
Read: Government allocates Rs 100 crore for modernisation of NIT-Srinagar
Islamuddin (20)
Born in Meerut in Uttar Pradesh
Father: Carpenter
Mother: Homemaker
Islamuddin, who lives in Zakir Nagar, did not face any problem with his education like so many of his peers until Class XI in 2014."I was studying in Syed Abid Hussain Senior Secondary School since childhood and performed satisfactorily in every class. But in Class XI, I developed some psychological problem and had to drop out," he says. He received treatment for a year for his problem.
"For an entire year, my only worry was that I should get better. But my parents were definitely worried about my education," he says. After having recuperated by 2015, his attention shifted back to his education. Islamuddin says he always wanted to study English, but the gap year was creating a problem for him. "Someone told me about the bridge course and I grabbed the opportunity," he says.
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Sometimes life seems like no more that a series of weird coincidences. Like when I met my fabulous literary agent Angela Miller: when I left Cook's Illustrated nearly ten years ago, I asked the formidable Jack Bishop (Cook's editorial director and renown cookbook author) for advice on getting an agent. He gave me Angela's name and I took that back pocket ticket with me to Brooklyn when I moved here in 2002. Not a month after the big move, I threw my back out and fell behind in my work–getting in touch with Angela got pushed to the back burner. Eight months later in the summer of 2003, the NYC blackout happened, I met Suvir Saran (who happened to be a neighbor) and like kismet, I found out Angela was his agent too. Like I said, in New York, and especially in Brooklyn, weird coincidences seem to happen.
Which is how I met Emily Cavalier, the brains behind the blog Mouth of the Border and the fantastic dinner party series, Midnight Brunch, which I am cooking for this Friday. My sister-in-law Caryn-Ann, went to the University of New Hampshire and was (still is, actually) good friends with Emily. When Emily moved to Brooklyn from New England, Caryn-Ann connected us–see, Emily was trying to figure out how to get a footing in the world of food. We met at a coffee shop in Fort Greene–I think it was 2006. God knows what I said to her–I was like a year postpartum, severely sleep deprived, and probably epically behind on work…to say I was upbeat and congenial probably would have been a stretch to say the least! Caryn-Ann got married last summer and guess who I run into–Emily! Not only is Emily a lovely person who happens to live a whole two blocks from me in Clinton Hill, but in the five years since she moved to the city she carved out quite a niche for herself planning food events and spearheading press campaigns.
I am amazed at Emily's indie spirit and confidence and so honored to be collaborating with her on this third installment of Midnight Brunch! We cooked up a fantastic menu that calls on ancient spice trade for inspiration–you know, the routes of Vasco de Gamma, long-ago sea pirates, and intrepid mariners who sailed around the world in search of black pepper, cinnamon, cardamom, and cloves. What better time than now to cook up a feast showcasing spices used throughout the holiday season. I mean, imagine apple pie without cinnamon, bread stuffing without a kick of black pepper, a holiday ham without its requisite clove studs, and egg nog without a dash of nutmeg! This Friday, 11/11/11 (can you get any more auspicious?) we're cooking up a bevy of deliciousness–lamb "vin"daloo, Sicilian meatballs, Persian rice with pistachios and saffron, and smoky honey-glazed sweet potatoes with cilantro and peanuts to name but a few dishes (all paired with stellar craft cocktails thanks to mixologist Brian Quinn featuring SNAP ginger liqueur, Elijah Craig 12-year bourbon, and Banks 5-island rum).
When I was thinking about a cookie to accompany Emily's cardamom panna cotta, I envisioned Portuguese and Spanish sailors returning home from a many months-long sea adventure and how, once they set foot on land, they must have been bowled over by the fragrances of their homeland. The romantic in me went straight to the sweet perfume of orange and almond blossoms, which are so intoxicating, especially by moonlight. What better way to honor the end of the 11/11/11 Midnight Brunch journey than with these flavors. Orange Blossom and Almond Shortbread is somewhere between an English Hobnob and Scottish shortbread, buttery and crisp yet nutty and toasty thanks to almonds and just a smidge of whole wheat flour. A cinch to make, it also keeps beautifully for up to a week in an airtight container, making it a worthy treat to bring along on your epic journeys this holiday season.
Orange Blossom and Almond Shortbread
Makes 16 rectangles or 32 triangle-shaped cookies
- 1 cup sliced almonds
- 3/4 cup plus 1 tablespoon sugar
- Zest of 1/4 orange
- 1 1/2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1/4 cup whole wheat flour
- 1/3 cup confectioners' sugar plus more for dusting
- 1 1/2 teaspoons kosher salt
- 1 tablespoon honey
- 2 teaspoons orange flower water
- 1 stick plus 2 tablespoons cold unsalted butter cut into 1/2-inch pieces
1. Preheat the oven to 450°F. Lightly coat a 9- by 13-inch baking dish with nonstick pan spray and set aside.
2. Place the almonds in the bowl of a food processor and pulse until they finely chopped, about four 1-second pulses. Add 3/4 cup of sugar and the orange zest and pulse to combine. Add the flours, confectioners' sugar, and salt and process for 3 seconds to thoroughly combine. Sprinkle the orange flour water over the dry ingredients and then drizzle in the honey. Add the butter pieces and pulse until the mixture is like coarse cornmeal and rides up the sides of the food processor, about 12 to 15 1-second pulses.
3. Turn the mixture out into the pan and spread evenly. Use the bottom of a measuring cup to press the crumble dough into a dense, even layer. Drag the back of a knife through the dough (but don't go to the bottom of the pan) to mark the dough into 3 rows crosswise and 6 columns lengthwise.
4. Place the baking dish in the oven and immediately reduce the oven temperature to 300°F. Bake until golden brown and fragrant, 20 to 25 minutes, rotating the pan midway through baking. Remove the pan from the oven, cool for 10 minutes, and then sprinkle with the remaining 1 tablespoon of sugar. Cool for another 10 minutes and then use a sharp paring knife to slice completely through the cookies where marked (for smaller triangle shaped cookies, you can also divide each cookie in half on a diagonal at this time). Cool completely and then use a knife to pop the cookies out of the pan. The shortbread keeps in an airtight container for up to one week.


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President Trump has made his own contribution to the spirit of the mob that permeates the left and its media allies on cable news. Instead of planting a flag around which all people of good will can rally in the face of the mob, Trump delights in goading. He has a gift for inflaming a difficult situation. If the media are consuming themselves in a frenzy of hate, the president is happy to engage them at their level.
President Trump has prided himself on keeping the campaign promises that have been within his power to keep. This one, however, remains buried on the campaign trail: "I will be so presidential, you will be so bored. You'll say, 'Can't he have a little more energy?'"
Not yet. Not close. Barely trying.
President Trump's testimony yesterday to the beauty of Confederate statues is a case in point (noted by Paul here). Only a day or two earlier he had declared the statues a local issue. "I would say that's up to a local town, community, or the federal government, depending on where it is located," he said. That is, he had declared it a matter to be determined by the people acting lawfully through the authorities. Yet President Trump's zest for combat draws him toward a defense of the statues in principle.
The issue is difficult. The Confederate cause was not only lost, it was inglorious. It belied the principles of the American founding. Statues honoring the heroes of the Confederacy should provoke ambivalence at best.
Trump proclaims himself a member of the party of Lincoln. The party platform of 1856 addressed the ground on which to stand in the then impending crisis. It resolved "[t]hat the maintenance of the principles promulgated in the Declaration of Independence, and embodied in the Federal Constitution are essential to the preservation of our Republican institutions, and that the Federal Constitution, the rights of the States, and the union of the States, must and shall be preserved."
It also resolved "[t]hat, with our Republican fathers, we hold it to be a self-evident truth, that all men are endowed with the inalienable right to life, liberty, and the pursuit of happiness, and that the primary object and ulterior design of our Federal Government were to secure these rights to all persons under its exclusive jurisdiction[.]"
Trump could harness his zest for combat to the restatement of the principles. Stick the Democrats with the Confederacy. Stick the Democrats with Jim Crow. Stick their liberal heroes with tolerating Jim Crow in the name of politics and power. They have yet seriously to discover the cause of equal treatment. They still stand for discrimination on the basis of race. Stick them with it.
It remains uniquely to the president to call us to stand on the higher ground on which all people of good will can stand. Stand for the principles of the Declaration. Stand for the principles of the Declaration as embodied in the Constitution. Stand for adherence to them and to the law.
With Lincoln, call on us to "stick to them." Call on us to "stand firmly by them."
When it comes to the president being "so presidential," we are waiting.


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Time to visit this podcasts favorite newspaper: The Simi Valley Acorn which is still being written and distributed inside The Twilight Zone. This place must be a magical mess. Today Phoenix tackles a creepy photographer, an article about people staring at chalk, an officer that cheated on his timecard and then discusses the best pro sport there is: pickleballing. What is pickleballing? You'll have to listen to find out. Spoiler: we don't find out.
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Shut your Mind, Listen to your Heart!
"I want to go to McDonald's and think that it's a four-star restaurant.
I want to sail sticks across a fresh mud puddle and make a sidewalk with rocks.
I want to think M&M's are better than money because you can eat them.
I want to lie under a big oak tree and run a lemonade stand with my friends on a hot summer's day.
I want to return to a time when life was simple. When all you knew were colors, multiplication tables, and nursery rhymes, but that didn't bother you, because you didn't know what you didn't know and you didn't care.
All you knew was to be happy because you were blissfully unaware of all the things that should make you worried or upset.
I want to think the world is fair. That everyone is honest and good. I want to believe that anything is possible.
I want to be oblivious to the complexities of life and be overly excited by the little things again."- Unknown
Have you really observed a child, he is blessed with the power of innocence and love. He does what he feels like regardless of whether he is making the right moves or not. He is governed by his Heart. I agree that you've to grow up and learn the way of the world, but in this learning we are also learning to be shrewd, opportunist and gaining baggage of stress?
Our adult life has become a chess board, where we are always playing against something or someone. There is always a race going on in which we've to be on top, in return even if it means stepping over someone else's territory, we don't mind. The world has taught us to think, see our gain in a situation and move forward to achieve.
Sadly, in all of this we lose our innate nature of trust, acceptance, unconditional love and the beautiful gift of innocence! We become slaves of our reasoning and mind. We all have the gift of having an inner voice. The voice which guides us, shows us the path of righteousness. We keep muffling that voice everyday, till we become accustomed to living without even realizing it is there.
We have become a human machine, happiness is there but with a condition. We become happy but it is so short-lived because it is always dependent on an outer reason, it seldom comes from within.
When we are born we are not bound with chains. We are like a free bird, which knows how to fly high and be itself but as we grow social conditioning starts tying us in chains. We have to be logical and find reasons in everything. This limits us to experience the whole realm of the beauty of life, as anything which goes beyond our explanation, is trashed by our mind. We also devoid ourselves from a range of emotions because that doesn't go with our image of a reasonable adult.
When was the last time you heard your heart's voice?
I know we have priorities and our duties, I am not saying leave all of it . What I am trying to convey here is learning to respond to these situations with the help of the voice which lies within you. I know it is difficult to rely on a voice for an important decision, so why not start with small matters and test the results. Go for a combination of both, strike the right balance!
The world is running after spirituality. What is it? It is not a huge complex phenomenon but a simple connection to oneself. If you want to minimize the inner turbulence, start depending on your inner strength. If something doesn't make sense to you or you are not comfortable with a decision, pause and reflect and choose the path shown by your heart.
Your brain could let you down but your heart would never! When you'll start living in harmony with yourself, you'll see how it will spread around you…It is a ripple effect.
Related articles
- To Be Something More! (soulblindministry.com)
- Just Listen to your Heart and Be Happy! (arganesh3.wordpress.com)


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Demolition work started on 143 Ludlow Street almost immediately after developer Samy Mahfar's SMA Equities purchased the Lower East Side building last summer. Walls were knocked down, entrances sheathed in plastic sheeting, electrical wires yanked from walls, the water turned off. There were a few ceiling collapses, a gas pipe was dislodged. Which might not have been overly problematic had not tenants still been living in the building.
Now the eight remaining rent-stabilized tenants (the others cleared out following the sale) are suing Mr. Mahfar for unsafe living conditions. The building currently has 145 open HPD housing code violations, including, but not limited to: broken windows, tiles and door buzzers, intermittent electricity, gas, heat and water, ceiling collapses, interior wall demolitions and the removal of fire extinguishers. The last is of particular concern given that the building has had three electrical fires since workers started the extensive renovation project this summer.
The lawsuit, filed by the Community Development Project at the Urban Justice Center and the Cooper Square Committee, alleges that Mr. Mahfar, in his seemingly total disregard for the remaining tenants, is attempting to drive them out by creating heath and safety hazards.
During the last few months, residents have also filed complaints about asbestos removal, floods, blocked mail slots, the construction of an illegal rooftop addition and a gas pipe that was jarred loose during construction, leaking gas into the building and necessitating a visit from the fire department. Exposed electrical wires and non-functioning smoke and carbon monoxide detectors have further worried residents.
"My ceiling has collapsed twice, and I barely escaped serious injury by running out of the room as plaster came crashing down," said resident Stacie Meador in a statement about the lawsuit. Resident Carine Montbertrand, who has lived in the building for 20 years, claims that she has not had heat for five months and that dealing with a collapsed ceiling, floods and a lack of water and electricity has become like a second job.
The lawsuit is seeking to have control of 143 Ludlow transferred away from SMA Equities to an appointed administrator. Mr. Mahfar has not yet responded to The Observer's request for comment.
In New York, developers and rent-stabilized tenants frequently clash over construction at occupied buildings (the Hotel Chelsea being perhaps the most high-profile case), particularly given that developers have good reason to want the rent-stabilized tenants gone. Even when properly managed, renovation work often involves substantial demolition, copious quantities construction dust and the removal of asbestos, unpleasantly disrupting the lives and day-to-day activities of many tenants. And many construction jobs are not properly managed; over the years, countless tenants have complained of construction that takes little to no consideration of the building occupants—in violation of the law.
Housing advocates say that the situation at 143 Ludlow is particularly bad—the combination of collapses, floods and fires mean that tenants have had to chose between their immediate physical safety and the apartments that they have the legal right to remain in.
There is a patter of long-term residents in the Lower East Side living under siege, wrote Harvey Epstein, the associate director of the Urban Justice Center, "but 143 Ludlow is extreme in the developer's egregious disregard for the law and willingness to put his tenants in physical danger."


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Well, that was quite a cliffhanger, wasn't it? Sorry – the post was getting out of hand and I wanted to give you all something to read around here!
So here goes the rest of the story.
I hopped in the water straight off the boat…Bel swam in and we did a high-five to tag half way and then I started swimming.
First thing I noticed was that the water was a great temperature. It was pretty windy and cold on the boat, but it was beautiful in the water…I'd say a touch above 20 degrees or so, which I think is perfect for racing in.
I did find the boat entry a little strange. Probably just because I've never done it before in a race. I didn't think too much about it beforehand, as I've spent a bit of time on boats and dived off them, but I think it was really just a bit of a psychological thing. I'm used to entering and getting a feel for the water…usually with a warm up to acclimatise and calm the nerves, and and settled in then the actual beach start. I did find myself feeling a little anxious as I struggled to find my pace. I think jsut not having that other stuff to think about and having to get straight into it.
Soon enough, though, I found my rhythm and settled in for a long swim.
The water was cloudy and deep, so there wasn't much to see at all under the surface. the view to the left, though, was another story. Words really don't do justice how gorgeous this course is. The cliffs are stunning and there are two picturesque lighthouses.
After I settled into a rhythm following those few inital anxious moments, the next 4kms or so were just great. I felt good and strong and happy with my pace. I was sneaking peeks to the left checking out the view and to the right making sure the boat and I were still inseparable friends. I found myself in a bit of a zone, actually, of just me and the swim, thinking about technique and trying to keep it on track, making small adjustments to the course and to my swim, and trying to keep up a consistent pace.
At about the 4km mark my shoulders started feeling a little tired. I'd made it to the heads, and the currents meant I had to swim harder to stay on track, and that lovely southerly swell that had so generously pushed me along up the coast now deserted me. I also suspected I had swum a little wide out around the heads. I could see a bit of chop and swell and waves breaking at the point, and had deliberately planned on swimming a little wide, but I felt like I had overdone it (and the GPS later confirmed this to be true).
As we rounded the headland I had an initial surge of (false) hope as I spotted camp cove and thought I was nearly done. It didn't last long as I realised that I still have further to swim.
It was becoming increasingly obvious, too, that the swim was going to be longer than the 5km I had signed up for…and trained for.
I was pretty right up to about 5.5km. Things started to get quite stressful for our little team. There was a lot of boat traffic around that area and they were all oblivious to a swimmer in the water. I couldn't see any of this, but the team on the boat saw some vessels heading right towards me in the water. they then tried to wrangle me in closer to the shore to keep me safe.
I, on the other hand, could see under the water that we were getting into shallows territory and that there were some big rocks that could have caused some problems, so I was trying to head out deeper.
A few hairy moments there, but luckily nothing went wrong on either count.
After about the 5.5km mark I definitely started feeling it. hadn't trained for this distance and it was the furthest I'd ever swum. My shoulders were aching and I was feeling dead tired.
then we passed the point and suddenly we were in the bay! Bel hopped back in the water to swim into the sailing club together. we stopped and got clearance from water safety to cross the ferry path, and negotiated the two buoys, and then the finish line was in sight!
I normally get a little sprint up at this point in a race. Any fuel left in the tank should be used to put the pedal to the metal. Today though, I was (to continue the metaphor) running on fumes. I kept pace but couldn't find it in me to sprint to the end.
As we got closer to the slipway and the finish line banner we could start to hear the cheers. One awesome thing about this type of finish was that we could actually see people to either side on the jetty to the right and on either side of the slipway. I spotted some familiar faces amongst the cheers and it made my heart glad.
Then finally, 4 hours and 12 minutes from Bel's strong start from the beach at Bondi, we crossed the finish line together at Watsons Bay.
I may have been tired and sore, but all the supporters there, their cheers and smiles, coach Kingy who I squarely credit for teaching me all the decent stuff I do when I swim looking proud as punch, and Mr Nemo taking photos at the finish line, and the sense of achievement…well…I can't remember ever being happier!


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Should the United States rule the world through economic and military might? Or should we lead by creating a new economic and social model where true equality and democracy exist alongside justice and environmental stability?
Legitimacy as the self-appointed administrator of our global economic empire is flagging badly these days. Austere, free market economic policies and neoliberal political ideology that punishes society's victims are old-fashioned and oppressive. Meanwhile, Europe is beginning to respond to the realities of the 21st century. Switzerland, among others, is providing a new model of leadership in several areas.
Pay for corporate CEOs is under fire in Switzerland, for example. Last year Swiss voters gave corporate shareholders broader powers to limit executive pay. They're also harnessing public anger at income inequality through a ballot initiative proposing to pay every adult citizen the equivalent of $2800 per month as a basic income. Swiss workers already enjoy benefits, such as 14 weeks of maternity or paternity leave, affordable, high-quality education, widely available public transportation and healthcare paid for through state revenues.
How can they do this? The Swiss decided long ago not to engage in war, and now they're determined not to redistribute the nation's wealth upward. They've seen how it creates a class of aristocratic billionaires.
Switzerland has an even more diverse population than the United States due to less stringent immigration rules. We in the U.S. cannot seem to achieve a social safety net for everyone because our diversity is coupled with racism. The Swiss, to the contrary, are creating new social models focusing more on the good of society than on who should be discriminated against.
Think what the United States could accomplish if it gave up its penchant for power. We wouldn't have a global empire, but neither would we have the boom-and-bust cycles long associated with runaway capitalism or the wars fostered by a psychology of control. Think what could happen if we gave up the exclusivity and self-reliance of individualism and worked on developing new models of community and inclusiveness.
What we need is a new way of thinking and working together with other peoples: collaborating and cooperating, using more horizontal patterns of building institutions, and re-creating social norms of nonviolence and popular democracy.
Think about education, for instance. Let's re-purpose the money now used for wars that punish our "enemies," and use it to provide a college education for every citizen, plus affordable graduate school afterwards. It would no longer be necessary to mire our students down in debt for the rest of their lives, making the bankers incredibly rich.
Think how new breakthroughs in scientific research could be funded and supervised by a peoples' government rather than corporate enterprise. Innovations could be used to benefit everyone on the planet instead of enriching only the privileged elites through exclusive patents purchased with corporate campaign contributions.
Think how we could revitalize our sagging economy and adapt it to 21st century realities if we gave up old-fashioned notions about markets that are driving the U.S. economic racecar over the cliff of climate change. New policies of slow or moderate growth, coupled with domestic policies that provide real social justice and redistribute income downward, would do away with the inequality that now prevents our economic recovery.
Let's work to move our country in a peaceful and prosperous direction. It would be a refreshing change and it's just a matter of revising our spending priorities. Let's get out of the business of being "king of the hill" and try peace and prosperity instead.
As a nation, we know how to achieve that, if we only had the political will. A growing number of people are making that decision these days. A revolution is coming, fueled by citizen belief that "globalization" can mean co-existence and cooperation.


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moved for leave to introduce Bill C-578, An Act to amend the Federal-Provincial Fiscal Arrangements Act (prescription drug and dental care).
Mr. Speaker, I rise to introduce a bill that would help seniors and young families across the country. I would like to thank the hon. member for Churchill for seconding this legislation.
The bill would provide free prescription and dental care for seniors and children under the age of 12. In my riding of Vancouver Kingsway, too many seniors are forced to choose between paying for medications and paying their rent. Many seniors and young families are unable to afford even basic dental checkups. The bill is an important way to strengthen our public health care system and make life better for those who built our country and those who are our future. It is also an affordable and practical idea to improve the health of seniors and children.
This is an important first step towards a universal prescription and dental care system for every Canadian, part of the original plan for universal medical care envisioned by Tommy Douglas and the New Democratic Party. I look forward to working with my colleagues from all parties to improve our public health care system and make prescription drugs and dental care affordable for Canadian seniors and children from coast to coast to coast.
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Clients often ask how they can improve the value of their home, even when finances are tight. One service I provide when listing a home is to walk through keeping a record of areas that that can be improved. Then we discuss which improvements will provide the most value and highest return on investment.
Here are some improvements that can add value to your home without breaking the bank:
- Touch-up blemishes and/or repaint rooms, when necessary
- Check all of the caulking on the exterior of your home
- Check the weather stripping on all doors and windows
- Make sure that the flowerbeds are neat, tidy, and well-kept
- Clean your windows and doors – this is very easy, cheap and will make a big first impression
- Reduce outdoor clutter by storing things away inside the shed or garage
- Clean out eavestroughs
- Ensure that all light bulbs are working
- Declutter the front entrance and make sure it is well-lit so folks feel at ease when they walk in the front door
- Clean and declutter countertops and remove lime and calcium buildup from sinks
- Check that caulking on countertops is in good condition
- Make sure doors and drawers are operating properly
- Replace old, out-of-date light fixtures, if possible to change the look of a room dramatically
- Confirm that hand railings are secure and safe to use
- Make sure all flooring and carpets are clean and stain free
- Clean and/or replace window coverings, as necessary, and leave them open for showings to allow natural light into your home
- De-clutter your home and consider putting excess or personal items into storage
- It is not necessary to stage your home, unless you have the money and patience to live that way
This list isn't exhaustive but gives you an idea of minor cost-effective improvements that you can do quickly and easily. When we walk through your home together, we will go over a check list of items that can improve your home's value. In return, your home will sell faster and for more money!
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There was an almost immediate response today to my posting about how the Chairman of the House Homeland Security Committee is apparently ignoring the problems at ISCD in favor of pursing a personal agenda. While I barely mentioned reauthorization, an anonymous reader took me to task for my criticism of Rep King (R,NY); not because of a disagreement with King's lack of focus on CFATS, but because a hearing next week might allow King to show his true resolve.
The Politics of Reauthorization
There are a couple of things wrong with that comment. Ignore for the moment that I was focusing on the issue of the problems at ISCD not reauthorization. King's focus on reauthorization (as well as Rep Upton's (R,MI) as Chairman of the House Energy and Commerce Committee) has not been on reauthorizing CFATS but on aggrandizing power to their respective committee. The HHSC bill (HR 901) would clearly provide CFATS oversight to HHSC, while HR 908 (the HECC bill) would continue to provide at least a portion of that oversight authority to the Energy and Commerce Committee.
The reason that neither bill has made it to the floor of the House is that the Republican leadership has not figured out which chairman it wants to piss off. If it never comes to the floor they won't piss off either too much.
Secondly, the only hearing next week that could affect this discusson currently on the schedule for the House Homeland Security Committee is an appearance by Secretary Napolitano to answer questions about the FY 2013 budget (which apparently will be released, late as has become usual with the Obama Administration, on Monday). If CFATS comes up in that hearing at all it will be to have Ms Napolitano explain the de rigueur 1 year or 2 year extension of CFATS in the budget request. The answer will be short, sweet and essentially meaningless; explaining that the Administration expects Congress to enact a long term authorization bill, but just in case….
Besides, the Administration has made it clear in a number of hearings that they would prefer to see an expansion of the CFATS program to include water treatment facilities, some sort of IST provision and a number of slightly less contentious addendums that the current Republican Congress will never support.
The President would probably sign HR 901 (or HR 908, or S 473), but he would never actually come out in support of any them; it would anger too many already alienated members of his base. Besides it would be extremely impolitic for him to insert himself into the congressional committee power fight.
So Anonymous has me completely baffled as to why my criticism should wait until next week. Unless of course he/she knows about a hearing that is not currently on the public schedule; which is entirely possible.
It's about Ignoring ISCD Problems
But, I wasn't really upset about the reauthorization process in my earlier blog post (I've reconciled myself to the fact that until one side or the other controls both the House and has a Super Majority in the Senate, we will continue to see political posturing and routine approval of the CFATS program as part of the budget process. It could conceivably continue in this manner until someone blows up a chlorine tank somewhere; killing hundreds.
No what concerns me is that Chairman King has not made one public utterance about the problems at ISCD that I have seen. And that is not because he is reticent about sharing his opinions. He spends more time on conservative talk radio than Rush Limbaugh. It just appears that he has no interest in the CFATS program (beyond personal power over the program).
Now I understand that he is hampered by the fact that the Committee recently lost their CFATS expert (Dr. Diane Berry, whom I would love to hear from). And no one really expects a Congressman to understand the detailed workings of a program as small as the CFATS program. But for King to put getting to the bottom of the current ISCD fiasco behind getting a few soldiers a purple heart because they were targeted by some small minded coward is political grandstanding of the worst sort.
The security at the Olympic Games in London this summer is important, but it is the responsibility of the British government, not HHSC.
There are tens of thousands of people that live in the immediate danger zones of high-risk chemical facilities. The CFATS program is supposed to protect them against terrorist attacks on those facilities. Congress is supposed to ensure that their programs are implemented effectively and efficiently. The end stages of the CFATS implementation have been neither.
Representative King get your priorities in order.


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Preparing for the Golden Eagle workshop in Kalvträsk
I am now sitting here in Kalvträsk preparing for the workshop that will start tomorrow. The travel went really smooth and we did actually land 15 minutes before schedule in Skellefteå.
Conny Lundström meet me at the airport and drove me to the house here in Kalvträsk. He'll be my "guide" for the next three days with the aim to take some nice picture of the Golden Eagle that he has been studying and photographing for almost 20 years.
He has a log cabin that he rents to groups of photographer during the Eagle season. The cabin can take up to 4-6 persons but I´ll have the cabin all for me and that is a luxury that I can stand. We'll start early tomorrow with the aim to be inside the hide/cabin an hour before the sunrise. The goal is to give the main actor, the Golden Eagle, a good time to settle before it appears on stage. They are easily disturbed so you need to be inside that early to maximize the chance for them to appear. I have hope of hopefully coming home with a couple of good photos but it will be a test this time around and I need to have luck on my side. I am not certain to be successful this time so I´ll have to wait and see and I certainly have to be patient.
Tomorrow seems to bring overcast but both Tuesday and Wednesday seems to bring clear skies and that is great news. I think it's nice to have a though start and different light give different opportunities. Sadly there seems be no snow the coming days but we'll have to wait and see.
I have charged all off my batteries and cleaned the lenses so I'll just have to setup the gear when I get there tomorrow. I'll get the possibility to photo in 2 directions from the cabin with different background. That is nice so you can produce different kind of photos.
Soon I am off to bed because the alarm clock is set at 5:00 tomorrow.
To the other blog posts:
Expedition Golden Eagle day 1
Expedition Golden Eagle day 2
Expedition Golden Eagle day 3
The Golden Eagle workshop
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