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Serbia's minister of the economy and former finance minister is uncompromising – and his approach has been crucial to the revival of his country's economic fortunes.
"You must stand firm in the face of opposition. To be a good politician you have to be able to sacrifice some popularity. In a transition economy you cannot expect to be loved by everybody"
Hitting the right notes in Serbia
A keen musician, Mladjan Dinkic knows all about the value of a good composition. And as a finance minister too. Certainly in 2006 the Serbian economy was clearly in tune, boasting robust GDP growth, record foreign direct investment, high-profile privatizations, rising exports, falling inflation and a surging stock market.
In the annual prize fight for Euromoney's finance minister of the year award, few contenders can claim to have held all three of the most important belts in the fiscal universe – central bank governor, minister of finance and minister of economy. Dinkic can. What's more, over the course of seven years he can justifiably claim to have worn all three with distinction.
For a man who spent the best part of the 1990s in the sedate world of academia – much of it lecturing at various economic institutes in Europe and the US – following the fall of president Slobodan Milosevic in October 2000 Dinkic adapted remarkably well to the rough and tumble of Serbian politics and has proved himself to be not only a savvy operator but also someone who is not afraid of slugging it out with opponents in pursuit of his unapologetically reformist agenda.
Although the appropriate academic background has undoubtedly played a role in Dinkic's success, it is arguably his abilities as a political street fighter that have enabled him to translate words into deeds in the face of fierce opposition. As founder and leader of the G-17 Plus party, which pursues an unashamedly liberal socioeconomic reform agenda, Dinkic has become one of the leading politicians in Serbia, with a reputation as someone who not only talks the talk but also walks the walk. As a result G-17 Plus has become a key player on the political stage in Belgrade, a fact that has ensured that Dinkic and his party have been at the heart of many of the positive changes that have occurred in Serbia since the beginning of the decade.
"Dinkic knows the right things to do and how to get them done," says Dusko Pavlovic, head of sales and trading at Prospera Securities, one of a number of investment banking boutiques established in Belgrade in the past few years by Serbs who, having lived abroad during the war-torn 1990s, have been attracted back to their homeland by the economic reforms enacted by Dinkic and the business opportunities they have helped to create. It's not only his own countrymen that Dinkic has impressed either. He has won plaudits abroad for his staunchly pro-market stance and authoritative manner. "To a great degree he has known the right language to present to international investors so that even when the political situation overall has looked rocky he has been able to calm investor jitters," says James Oates, senior adviser at UniCredit Markets & Investment Banking in London. He adds: "Dinkic earned great respect at the National Bank of Serbia by leading the currency and the banking system out of crisis and demonstrating a certain coolness under fire."
When in 2000 Dinkic was appointed the youngest-ever governor of the National Bank of Yugoslavia (now the National Bank of Serbia), the country's banking system was in tatters, having been mercilessly exploited by former president Milosevic and his cronies for political and personal ends. As a result, Serbians had all but exited the country's banks, with people having lost their life savings twice – once to the government and once to the pyramid banks that sprang up in the 1990s.
Dinkic rightly won widespread acclaim for his courageous and daring solutions to the problems plaguing the Serbian economy and its financial sector. For example, under Dinkic's stewardship, inflation was slashed from 113% in 2000 to around 12% in 2003, and foreign exchange reserves grew from less than $300 million to more than $3.3 billion. Meanwhile the dinar, historically one of the world's most volatile currencies, traded more or less unchanged following a December 2000 revaluation, a fact that went a long way towards explaining Dinkic's popularity. Savings, which stood at just €30 million when Dinkic took up his post as governor in November 2000, increased more than 30-fold during his tenure.
Dinkic's bravest move, though, was his decision to close down weak and badly managed banks, including the country's four biggest in January 2002 – Beobanka, Investbanka, Jugobanka and Beogradska Banka. Although the quartet accounted for a whopping 70% of banking assets and employed 40% of the 35,000 people working in the banking sector in Serbia, the banks' collective debts totalled more than $4 billion and were considered too large to be tolerated.
Although in neighbouring Croatia and Slovenia failed banks were nursed expensively back to health at great expense to the taxpayer, Dinkic opted for the most shocking of shock therapy tactics and simply revoked bank licences – 25 in all. Lock-ins and street protests by sacked bank workers soon followed but Dinkic mollified public opinion by the establishment of the government-owned Nationalna Stedionica Banka, which compensated the account holders of the big four banks and then took over their roles.
A public relations masterstroke, the bank closures did wonders for the country's international image, clearly conveying the impression that Serbia would take every step necessary to make up for the decade-long period of international economic isolation it suffered during the 1990s and to speed its accession to European Union membership.
Effectively sacked in July 2003 for being too popular, Dinkic made a quick-fire return to prominence in March 2004 when he was named as finance minister, a post he held until November 2006 when he resigned in protest at the lack of progress on EU membership.
Thanks to the reforms he instituted in public finances, Dinkic succeeded in turning the fiscal position from a large deficit of 4% of GDP in 2003 to a surplus in 2005 and 2006 of 1.5%. Dinkic was able to target healthcare, education and infrastructure development on the back of improved government finances that have gone from being firmly in the red to firmly in the black. At the same time, Dinkic has slashed public debt from 50% to 34%, meaning that Serbia is now one of the least indebted countries in Europe and so largely insulated from the potential fallout from the sub-prime mortgage fiasco in the US and the associated global credit crunch and stock market volatility.
Another important reform that Dinkic introduced while finance minister was the introduction of value-added tax and the cutting of corporation tax to 10% – both of which measures massively increased the government's tax take and reduced the size of the black economy.
In a highly symbolic gesture, in 2006 Dinkic arranged for Serbia to repay its debts to the IMF and the World Bank ahead of schedule, thus highlighting the fact that Serbia is no longer in need of economic assistance.
"We had to pay back $500 million of domestic debt and so we decided to pay back the IMF and the World Bank as well to show we treat foreign creditors the same as domestic ones," Dinkic tells Euromoney.
That the country was able to make such a show of strength was partly at least because of Dinkic's ability to persuade investors that Serbia, political troubles notwithstanding, is very much open for business. "As finance minister, Dinkic created the view in investors' minds that the economy was a lesser worry than the continued extremism in the political sphere," says Oates at UniCredit. "He was able to do this because he established a more sold framework for fiscal policy, which made it more predictable and generally presented a consistent approach to policy. He is seen as a reassuring and competent figure, who has definitely established a higher threshold of credibility for the country's economy as a whole." As a result, Serbia enjoyed a landmark year in 2006, attracting some €4.5 billion in foreign direct investment, three times the previous record set in 2005. At the core of this record-breaking performance was the €1.5 billion sale of the Mobi 63 mobile telecoms company to Norway's Telenor and the subsequent €320 million sale of a third mobile operator licence to Mobilkom Austria. As Dinkic points out, the sale of a third licence to Mobilkom Austria trumped the €100 million total that five of the surrounding countries had raised through licence sales, while the price that Telenor paid was almost double the €800 million initial price target. Not only did the sales swell the government's coffers; they also added to the already impressive roster of international firms that have set up shop in Serbia in recent years.
Although Dinkic has proved adept at sweet-talking investors as finance minister, he can also be as uncompromising as he was at the NBS, refusing to be cowed when he believes he is in the right. In 2005, when workers at the country's main oil refinery went on strike in pursuit of a 30% pay rise, Dinkic rebuffed their demands – offering just 0.5% so as to ensure the government hit its public spending targets – and challenged the strikers to do their worst. After a short period of blockades and barricades, the workers gave up the struggle and accepted Dinkic's conciliatory offer of a 1% rise. Subsequently, there were no further major strikes during Dinkic's watch as finance minister. "You must stand firm in the face of opposition. To be a good politician you have to be able to sacrifice some popularity," says Dinkic, adding: "In a transition economy you cannot expect to be loved by everybody." However it's a measure of the high regard in which he is held by his political partners in the new Serbian coalition government that came to power in May, that they created a new ministerial post especially for him – minister of economy and regional development – giving him a key role not only in completing the privatization process in Serbia but also in combating bureaucracy and unemployment, as well as helping to diversify the economic base of the country. As ever, Dinkic has set ambitious goals for himself: finishing all major privatizations by the end of 2008; guillotining red tape in the next 12 to 15 months and halving unemployment to 10% by 2012; and ironing out the economic differences between Belgrade and the provinces through a series of subsidies, credits and incentives which it is hoped will create sustainable economic development and jobs.
"I believe that 2007 is a break point in terms of improving job creation and education programmes as we now have the money in the budget to support such programmes," says Dinkic.
Last but by no means least, there's the small matter of next year's Eurovision song competition in Belgrade to look forward to. It would be a brave bookmaker indeed who took odds against Dinkic taking to the stage and belting out a song by his former band, Monetary Shock.


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Top Vietnamese tennis player Ly Hoang Nam will participate in the men's F26-28 Futures in Egypt, slated for August 10.
Nam, world No 1,312, will first compete in the qualifying round.
He has so far attended three Futures tournaments in Thailand, Indonesia, and Belgium. His best performances helped him to enter the quarter-finals in Thailand and Indonesia.
After this tournament, the 18-year-old will compete in the US Open, which is scheduled to be held from September 6 to 13.
The player, born in the southern Tay Ninh Province, has become the first Vietnamese to claim a Grand Slam junior title after winning the boys' doubles trophy at the Wimbledon championships, with Indian partner Sumit Nagal on July 12. — VNS


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Orang-utan rescues chick at Dublin Zoo
Video of an orang-utan at Dublin Zoo apparently rescuing a drowning duck has become an internet sensation.
The Youtube clip shows a male Bornean orang-utan, named Jorong, careening over rocks at the edge of his enclosure where an injured moorhen chick flaps about in a pond.
The ape spends a number of minutes patiently coaxing the bird ashore with a leaf before gently lifting it onto grass behind the rocks.
The four-minute long clip then shows the ape carefully examining the bird much to the amazement of onlookers.
The video, which has already been viewed by hundreds of thousands of online users, was only uploaded to Youtube last week even though it was shot some time in 2008.
Authorities at Dublin Zoo confirmed today they had received a number of inquiries about the video over the weekend.
Having reviewed the clip, the animal care team at the Phoenix Park venue confirmed the orang-utan was Jorong who lived in Dublin Zoo for 12 years until he moved to Dudley Zoo in 2008 as part of an international breeding programme.
The ape was born in 1995 in Chester Zoo and came to Dublin Zoo in 1996.
"He had a lovely nature, was always a little inquisitive and very gentle which you can tell from the clip," a spokeswoman for the zoo said. "During his time in Dublin he fathered a female orang-utan named Mujur, who still lives in Dublin Zoo with the zoo's group of Bornean orang-utans."
Last year, the orang-utans were at the centre of controversy when the zoo authorities offered free entry to all red-haired children to highlight the endangered status of the apes in the wild.


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Japan 500 years ago, the age of the great generals - a bitter battle for power is raging throughout the country. Powerful princes, the Daimyos, want to secure supremacy in the 5 regions of Japan with the aid of their troops and extend their empire.
The battles between the princes are fought out with the aid of the cube tower. The remarkable thing about this is that not every army that is thrown into this tower from the top makes it way out of it again. So the game remains exciting right until the end.
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Speech Day - Persuasive SpeechStand on your chair. Now lift up your left foot, now for a second lift up the heel your right foot. How unstable do you feel? This is how unstable the world is. As you stand on one leg, the world hangs by a single thread, a thread holding a world with weapons of mass destruction, and regular use of chemicals responsible for the continued degradation of the environment.
Hello ladies and gentleman, my name is -------- and I am here to clear up a common misconception. It is commonly thought that innovation, improvement, and progress are words only associated with positive aspects, and beneficial outcomes. However, through examination of historical situations and inferences of what is to come, the opposite of this assumption becomes true. Progress is not always our friend, at times it is a vicious enemy.
Ideal of Progress:Despite certain events of the twentieth century, the Victorian ideal of progress is still widely believed in.
The ideal of progress is a belief succinctly defined by historian Sidney Pollard in 1968. Pollard stated that the belief is ÃÂthe assumption that a pattern of change exists in the history of mankind, that it consists of irreversible changes in one direction only, and that this direction is towards improvement.ÃÂ Although the idea of progress is old, Pollard mentions that material progress, as apposed to moral progress, is a very recent one.
How Progress has led to the instability of the world:Progress, specifically material progress, has become dangerous. Author Ronald Wright describes it as ÃÂa seductive trail of successes that may end in a trap.ÃÂThe most apparent and concerning example would be the evolution of weapons.
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CHICAGO (CBS) — Two beaches in Rogers Park rank as the best in the Chicago area when it comes to water quality, while two beaches in East Chicago, Indiana, were among the worst in the nation, according to a recent study by the National Resources Defense Council.
WBBM Newsradio's Mike Krauser reports the southern and northern halves of Jeorse Park Beach in East Chicago – just east of the Ameristar Casino – were found to be chronically polluted, with unhealthy levels of bacteria between 40 and 52 percent of the time.
Overall, about 13 percent of water samples taken from Great Lakes beaches failed to meet the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's benchmark for swimmer safety.
While no beaches tested in the Chicago area managed in 2013 to rank as what the NRDC called "Superstar Beaches" – meaning they never exceeded the EPA's water quality threshold – Juneway Terrace Beach and Rogers Beach both exceeded that threshold only 1 percent of the time.
Nearby Howard Beach wasn't far behind, with only 3 percent of water samples exceeding the EPA's "Beach Action Value" in 2013.
Chicago's worst beaches for water quality last year were Montrose Beach and South Shore Beach, with nearly a third of water samples exceeding EPA benchmarks at each spot.
Two of Chicago's most popular beaches – Oak Street Beach and North Avenue Beach – were among the best, at 3 percent and 7 percent respectively.
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text: The Dude 12 Report post Posted January 20, 2006 Welcome to the COMBATSIM.COM forums! COMBATSIM.COM has been online since January of 1997. Our forum community is small, but the regular members (who call themselves "Combatsimians") are some of the nicest folks you could ever hope to meet. As a group, our members like nothing more than to help newcomers find their way in this enjoyable pastime. To that end, we have created this compilation of past topics to help you find the answers to your most pressing questions. If you don't find the answer to your question in the following topics, please register and post your question in the appropriate forum: no question is too small or too silly! Note to all: Please feel free to reply in this topic if you see a thread with "essential" simming advice. We are happy to add links and new categories as required. Combat Simulation Game Advice:January 20, 2006: Rank order of air combat sims by users. What are the best ones and why?November 22, 2005: What is that best Combat Simulation Game?July 27, 2005: What Combat Flight Sim is Everybody Flying?Joystick, HOTAS Advice:November 22, 2005: Joystick or Yoke?March 25, 2005: Do I need a Multi-engine Throttle Quadrant?March 13, 2005: USB versus Old Gameport JoysticksFebruary 06, 2005: In favour of CH Products ReplyDecember 12, 2004: Saitek X-52 (All-in-one Joystick, Throttle, Twist Rudder Stick)Building Your Dream Gaming PC Discussions:January 19, 2006: Mane Raptor's Low-cost, High-end PC BuildJanuary 14, 2006: Belarc Advisor (Free Software tool that displays your PC's system specs)December 31, 2005: Advice on Cobbling Together a New RigAssorted Topics of Interest:Getting Older DOS Games to Run on WinXP:April 18, 2006: Old game won't work on new computerFebruary 18, 2006: DOSbox + Red Baron IFebruary 16, 2006: Playing Older Combat Flight Sims on XP Pro?May 04, 2005: Who Likes a Challenge? Install an old combat sim. [*]January 16, 2006: Homebrewed Cockpit Advice (Build your own realistic cockpit, including motion). [*]January 16, 2006: Track IR Advice (Controls your in-game view panning using head movements) Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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Skills:Basic jabs, Uppercut, Rolling swipe, Parry and riptose, Homing soul arrow*, Soul ray, Heal
Difficulty:*/5, 1/5
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Once more we are back with demons's souls boss profiles. We are nearing the end of this long series of posts, excluding the old monk, there are only 2 bosses left (No im not doing the king allant boss fight, I find there to be no need for one). Well, for today, we are going through old monk, the final boss in the tower of latria. Needless to say for me, after beating the maneaters, there was nothing much left to do, all bosses in other worlds (minus the castle of boletaria) have already been slain, so I just forged ahead. The tower of latria is a terrifying stage, probably the most terrifying one amongst all 5 worlds. The old monk boss fight however, is rather special, and you will definetely be in for a suprise. The old monk is the boss of 5-3, maneater's archstone.
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Theres nothing much for me to say about the old monk, because hes more of an event than a boss fight. When you have PSN turned on when playing demon's souls, the old monk will 90% of the time call another human player to fight you as a boss. When you put your soul signs around the tower of latria, or try to break into someone else's world in the tower of latria, theres a good chance that you will get called upon the old monk to be a boss. As the old monk, you get the monk's head collar wrapped around you and you will gain a ridiculous HP boost. And when battling other players who become the old monk...its all a matter of skill, cause you will never know how your opponent is going to fight back, theres really nothing I can tell you. For now though, I will go through the AI controlled black phantom, which appears to fight you when a human opponent cannot be found by the time you reach the old monk's chamber.
Basic jabs- The phantom just jabs you quickly. Nothing special, it has pathetic range and shitty damage.
Uppercut- The phantom charges for abit and lets loose a powerful uppercut. Does pretty good damage, but has pathetic range.
Rolling swipe- The phantom rolls and does a swipe afterward. Has crappy range and damage.
Parry and riptose- Very rare. The phantom parries a blow from you and riptoses you for some big time damage. Not much you can do about this, just dont hit him mindlessly and look out.
Homing soul arrow*- The phantom does this when he hits a certain HP level. He whips out a few homing soul arrows that alone dont do too much damage, but together can be potentially dangerous. These will increase more and more, making it quite a dangerous attack if you underestimate it.
Soul ray- The phantom whips out his insanity catalyst while you are far away and lets loose a soul ray at you. Nothing you haven't seen. It doesnt do that much damage at all.
Heal- The phantom eats some grass while you are far from him.
As you can see, the AI controlled old monk black phantom is a total pushover. Sure he has that giant boss health bar, but overall, he's nothing but a piece of crap. He has a pair of claws for weapons, but the range on those things is so ridiculously short that he has to be very close to you to actually hit you. Most of his attacks wont connect, unless you are stupid. Even if they do connect, the damage isn't fantastic, so you can actually take alot of hits.
You wont have to worry about many things, you may not even get a chance to see some of the attacks listed above, since you're probably going to have a swift victory. He'll switch to soul rays if you tend to stray away from him, and up close hes just going to jab you continuously, occasionally throwing an uppercut or 2 your way. Seriously, just keep hitting him, he wont do a thing. He might rarely parry and riptose you though, and that would be pretty painful. Still, it isnt as painful as the one garl vinland can pull off against you, you probably wont die when you parried here.
When he gets low on health, he starts using his only potentially dangerous move, the homing soul arrows. He calls out only 3 at 1st, and as the battle drags on, he will summon more and can summon up to a total of 5. As you approach him during this part of the fight, the arrows will home in on you and hit you. Alone they arent too much of a problem, get hit by 5 however and you are going to receive massive hurt. The homing soul arrows can be dodged, so approach with care and bait the arrows, then hit him when his empty. Soon, he will fall without much of a challenge.
Human players being old monks will be a true challenge to beat at most times. You will never know what they are going to pull off, so its going to be hard for me to help you. But I died a good number of times on my 1st and consequent playthroughs against the human player old monks, so I can give you some tips.
-Try to use lightweight armor, trust me, you will need that fast roll.
-Thief's ring is a good ring to have with you.
-When you enter the fog, look behind, some sneaky players may be waiting for you to walk in and backstab you for some nasty damage.
-If you have god's wrath, use it behind the fog gate, you might hit those sneaky guys trying to backstab you behind those walls.
-Always go in blocking, some fag might be launching soul rays or pelting arrows at you.
-If possible, bring in a few blues with you.
-Watch out for those with big swords, they can dish out some painful damage, and you probably wont be able to block them.
-Firestorm is a nasty nasty skill to deal with, pray your opponent doesnt abuse firestorm.
-Likewise to you, if you have firestorm, do not hesitate to use it.
-Be careful of of people who cast clouds, this happened before and its BEYOND frustrating.
-Some people will just roll around the entire field and fling throwing knives and stars at you, make sure you have some sort of countermeasure to this.
-Some players are just PERSISTANT. They will run away time and time again to eat grass. CHASE THEM DOWN, I get pissed by players who run away all the time and eat grass when they are so close to death.
-Be sure to bow when you win!
These tips may or may not be useful, depending on the types of opponents you face. From the opponents I face, these are the tips I can come up with. Once again, the people you face will play very differently, and its very hard to anticipate what their fighting style is going to be. For this boss, you will have to count more on skill than luck. Good luck trying to fend off those human players, for this can be a very frustrating boss fight if you keep running into incredibly skilled or incredibly pussified players.


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A New York City restaurateur recently filed a personal Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition, citing overexpansion of his restaurant business in a bad economy. In re Denton, No. 13-bk-12799, vol. petition (Bankr. S.D.N.Y., Aug. 27, 2013). The petition identifies over $1 million in debt and few assets. His three restaurants are currently not part of the bankruptcy case, as they are reportedly held by one or more limited liability companies (LLCs) of which he may not be the sole owner. The bankruptcy proceeding may affect his ownership interest in the restaurants, but should not affect the operation of the restaurants themselves. In most personal bankruptcy cases, the trustee has authority over a debtor's shares or other ownership interests in a business, but may not have authority over the business itself. This can help keep one owner's personal bankruptcy from having too much of an adverse effect on a business.
Jason Denton reportedly operates three restaurants in Manhattan, 'Inoteca Cucina, Catina Corsino Italina, and Indie Food and Wine. He closed at least two other New York City restaurants in the past year. He is a partial owner of the company that reportedly owns the three remaining restaurants, as well as an events company that he manages. His ownership interests in these companies — not the restaurants themselves — are assets in the bankruptcy case.
In his Chapter 7 bankruptcy petition, the debtor identifies about $29,500 in assets and more than $1.37 million in debt. Id. at 4. His debts include credit card and other personal debts, as well as debts directly related to the operation of restaurants that are no longer in business. He identifies more than $100,000 in debt to multiple creditors, for example, from personal guaranties of trade debt or leases for the restaurants Bar Milano, Betto, and Ina. Id. at 14-19. Other business-related personal guaranties and personal income tax debt make up a large portion of the remainder of the debt claimed in the petition.
The debtor identifies four LLCs and one corporation in which he serves or has served in a management capacity, or in which he owns or has owned at least five percent of the equity, during the past six years. Id. at 31. Of the five companies, only three LLCs are still in operation. The debtor identifies one of them as "a company formed to operate 'Inoteca," id., and which may also operate the other two active restaurants. The other two LLCs were reportedly formed "to operate various restaurants" and "to plan and cater events." Id. The debtor claims to own 29.53% of the equity in the company that operates 'Inoteca, 5% of the event planning company, and 100% of the other restaurant company. Id. at 8. He does not state the values of his ownership interests.
Devin Sawdayi, a bankruptcy attorney, has represented clients in Los Angeles with dignity and respect since 1997, helping them to rebuild their finances and their lives. Bankruptcy protection may offer relief to people whose income is not enough to keep up with their debts, allowing them to restructure their bills or, in some cases, discharge debts entirely. To schedule a free and confidential consultation, contact us today online or at (310) 475-9399.
Web Resources:
In re Denton (PACER registration required), No. 13-bk-12799, U.S. Bankruptcy Court, Southern District of New York
More Blog Posts:
The Four Bankruptcies of Donald Trump, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Lawyer Blawg, June 12, 2013
Discharge of Federal Tax Debt in Bankruptcy, feat. Willie Nelson, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Lawyer Blawg, June 10, 2013
Celebrities in Los Angeles and Elsewhere Seek Bankruptcy Protection, Too, Los Angeles Bankruptcy Lawyer Blawg, June 7, 2013


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Burnley Football Club is delighted to announce a new scheme to provide commemorative bricks at Turf Moor.
This area, located outside the Jimmy McIlroy Stand, is in urgent need of replacing due to unfortunate appearance issues and health and safety concerns.
As such, the new scheme, entitled 'Forever Claret' allows fans to purchase, using a dedicated website, high quality marble-effect bricks with a personal message of their choice.
To aid the implementation, we are keen to understand whether supporters would wish these bricks to be located in the stand of their choice, or in one central position.
We would therefore appreciate your feedback, using the following survey, which closes on Friday, June 7.
Supporters with existing bricks located at Turf Moor will have the opportunity to have these moved to this location and further details will be provided in the coming weeks.


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by Harriet Michael
In the summer of 1988 when my oldest son was six years old, our family took a vacation to Hilton Head Island, South Carolina. Sadly, it did not turn out to be much of a vacation. We only had five days. Travel took up two of them, leaving us only three days of actual vacation time.
On the first day, my younger son fell off the couch while playing. He suffered a cut on his forehead that required a trip to the emergency room for stitches. On the second day, our dog died. She was a very old dog, and we knew she didn't have long to live. In fact, that was the reason we brought her with us rather than leaving her at a kennel. But even though it was not unexpected, it was sad, just the same.
Aside from all of this, the weather was lousy! Hilton Head was having a torrential rainstorm. There was so much rain; the water came half-way up the wheels of the cars in some places on the roads. Rain poured down the entire three days of our vacation … well, almost.
On the third day, my oldest came to me complaining, "Mom! I want to play on the big tree house in Harbor Town. Let's go play!"
I told him that I wished he could too, but it was still raining. I added, "And I can't make the rain stop."
His eyes lit up and he said, "Well, I know who can stop the rain!" Then, with a big smile, he exclaimed, "God!" He added that he wanted to pray and ask God to stop the rain.
I must confess my reluctance to even let him do this. I was full of doubt. I listened with doubt in my heart as he prayed this request in his innocent way.
After the prayer, he went back to watching television. I went back to cleaning the kitchen, where I turned on the TV to check the weather. It did not look hopeful. There was a front dropping rain on all of South Carolina as well as several other states. Furthermore, it was a stationary front. It was not going anywhere for quite a while. Since we were leaving the next day, I was fairly convinced this prayer was not going to be answered the way my son hoped. I began considering ways to help my son understand that sometimes God says no to our requests.
To my surprise, within the hour, the rain began to taper off. Then it stopped altogether. I quickly put my children in the car and drove to Harbor Town. I watched with amazement as they played on the giant tree house. I watched with more amazement as the skies completely cleared. For about two hours, there was not a cloud in the sky. People came onto the tennis courts, swam in the pools, perused the shops, and visited the restaurants.
I kept thinking, "The entire island is indebted to a six-year-old for his prayer, even though they don't know it."
About two hours later, clouds began to form again and drops of rain began to fall. We piled back in the car, went back to our condo, back to playing inside and watching TV.
But what a little miracle God did in response to a prayer prayed in faith–the faith of a child!
Writing Prompt: Write of a time when you experienced a direct answer to a prayer.


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DAVE HILL - Slade guitarist and star of "Midsummer Night's Dream"! If you think that's an unlikely story, let Dave himself guarantee it for you. He told me about it when I met him in Slade's dressing room between rehearsals for "Top of the Pops". Admittedly the play wasn't a lavish all-star West End production and it all happened some years ago... in fact it happened when Dave was at school, and he joined in the school play. It was his first stage appearance - the beginnings of Slade?
How did he feel about it? I asked.
"I got a real buzz from it, because it WAS the first time I had the chance to get up on stage. After that there were other little points when I got up, like at the Saturday morning cinema, in between the old 'Flash Gordon' movies. I was on scratch-board because I couldn't play an instrument at the time.
But the school play came first and it was the first time a teacher had actually taken an interest in me when I was working on this part. I think there's always at least one good teacher in a school who takes that kind of interest, and it doesn't half make you feel good. It makes you feel important for that bit of time. I really think the teacher's interest is important.
Apart from the play I never had anything to show as far as the regular school format was concerned. My typical reports were 'Very Poor', 'Could Do Better, 'Could concentrate More', or that kind of thing. But if a teacher buttoned down and worked with us and we worked on getting something out of school, then things could happen."
Dave still finds that philosophy of enthusiasm useful with Slade:
"In our music we've got to work on it all the time," he said; "we've got to show an interest in it, otherwise it just falls flat."
Dave has good memories of the school play, but it emerged that it wasn't every day he was happy with his school, and his teachers' interest in him ..
"The heavy top-rate teachers only taught the grammar kids, and our class only ever saw them if our teacher fell ill. Then one of the tough teachers would come in: they would just stick something on the blackboard and say, 'we'll do this today'. They didn't have much time for us."
Dave also had problems with the other figures of authority in the school-the prefects.
"I used to hate prefects", he said. But he made an effort to get involved in the school sports, not very successfully as it turned out . . .
"We had houses (I don't know if schools still have them, do they?). I tried to force my way into the sports once just because I wanted to have a go. What I did was to run the mile, because that wasn't very popular ... the clever kids just did the sprinting jobs! My only chance was the mile, so , gave it a go. I lost! But I had a bash at it."
He laughed at the thought of that long mile.
"I must admit we had a lot of laughs at school, mainly by tomfoolery But I'm not proud of missing out on a good education. I don't think school harmed me in any way."
I then asked Dave if he had ever used his skill as a miler to run in the opposite direction to school...
"I admit I knocked the odd day off here and there, but I never made a point of knocking a whole week off. Some of the kids' used to . . . I suppose it's boredom. But you can't really avoid school; it's the law. I sometimes wonder what it would be like if we didn't have to go to school."
Dave doesn't think school has changed much since his days-"Still the same rules" - but he knows that things can never stand still.
"I sometimes see these old films on TV about school life as it used to be," he told me, "with the collars and ties and the uniform bit. Things have certainly changed since those days, but actually in a way you've got to admire the old style. There's something very English about it, and you think 'School uniform really looks ace!' But you can't really relate to it nowadays, I'm afraid."
He went on to talk about the way he noticed other things changing around him. He remembered the time when he first went house hunting and realized that architecture moves with' the times, and not always for the good!
"You look at an old house and think: 'Well doesn't that look great. Why aren't houses made like that nowadays?' But the fact is, they aren't and they won't ever be again. It isn't ever going to be like it used to be. It's like the old, old story of your parents saying: 'It wasn't like that in my day. We made our own entertainment them - you lot have got it lucky.' I remember my dad telling me that, and in some aspects he's right. Not everything your parents tell you is rubbish, you know, like the old line about getting married too young. Your parents always tell you you're missing life if you get married too young, and there can be a lot of truth in that. A lot of kids get hooked and miss out on going anywhere."
It's a mistake Dave himself didn't make, and he's taken full advantage of his chance to see the world.
"I've been all around the world, and to Australia twice. I probably know more than I would ever have learned if I'd been tied down to an office job. I think there's no better thing than experience... just living and seeing a bit of the world."
Dave values experience far more highly than money.
"Money is certainly not the answer to your problems. I realised that when I went to . the States. What sickens me about America sometimes is that they have got too much. The kids just watch television all the time, and it's not doing them any good. America is a good example of over-indulgence. If you have too much done for you, there's nothing left for you to do yourself. You can give kids the best schools, the best uniforms, the best of everything. Parents can give too much ...
Money is certainly not the answer to any kid making it. I mean none of us in Slade came from rich families. I've had one or two letters from rich kids whose parents want them to take over and run the family business, and the kids are just rebelling against it. I'm glad to see kids like that. When it's all there, it's too easy-it's on a plate and they don't want it. They want something else. A kid wants to make his own point in life . . . he doesn't want his fathers business."
"I like my parents. My mother has always been in bad health, and she's always had to go out to work. My father lost an eye while he was working on a car, which put him out of work for a while, But my dad was a worker. He's great - not lazy!
I like to go round and see them every so often. If I haven't been round for a while he rings up and say, 'You don't come and see us any more - Bighead!' He doesn't mean it!
But I think the worst thing is if kids let their parents bury themselves, because parents grow old very quickly after a certain age if they are not taken an interest in. Having a young person around the house every so often does them good. Granny loves having the grandchildren around because it keeps her young. It's horrible when kids just disown their parents and let them die."
After that rather harsh criticism of some kids' behaviour, Dave spoke of the other side of the coin, parents who give their kids a bad time...
"A lot of kids have a really rough time from their parents ... but they are still you parents. You only have one old man and one mother however you look at it! It's best to disregard how horrible they have been to you ... at least you'd get a kick out of doing something for them'"Despite Dave's fondness for his parents, he did have parent problems when it came to working in a band ...
"My dad was a bit unsure of me going into the group thing. Obviously you can't be sure of being a success. But in the end he left it up to me. He said I should try it if I really wanted to, and he stood behind me when I made the decision. When I started in the band I wasn't making any money, so he said I could live at home for free whilst I gave it a try. Mum wasn't very pleased about it. But looking back it was good that mum was against it, because it gives you that bit more incentive and determination to succeed."
Incentive is another thing Dave has some interesting ideas about, particularly in work...
"It must be terrible for the guy who's got to be a nine-to-fiver and is hating every minute of it, just working because he's got to make money. I'd rather earn less to do something I really liked. Whatever you do in life you should take a pride In it if you can and try to get a kick cut of it. I'm not at all politically minded - I'm afraid that's where I get thick - but I did have a few ideas about people buying shares in their own companies and actually becoming involved to the company. There was a firm up North somewhere making pottery I think-and they were going bust and selling out to a foreign firm. So the people who worked there actually put their own money into the firm and became shareholders; they became a part of the firm, I thought that was fantastic.
There's a sequence in the film "Saturday Night and Sunday Morning" about boredom on the factory floor. A guy was going 'One... Two... Oh, why bother, I won't get paid any extra.' No matter how hard he worked, he wouldn't get anything out of it, why should he bother?"
Does Dave think ambition is a real incentive?
"You need ambitious people who strive for things. But not everyone even wants to go high and own a big house and a big car. Our parents and relations are quite happy in a normal environment. They don't want anything big; they do a normal job, go down the local and get along with it. Then you've got the ambitious ones, and you need both. That's what makes it all move. Some people need money, and some don't, but as I say, money isn't going to solve your problems."
In Dave's philosophy, money comes very low down the list. Money's not worth worrying about, he thinks, and worry itself is one of his pet hates.
"Life shouldn't be a worry to anyone. I used to worry a lot about my future, but that was because I didn't know what the hell I wanted to do. Then I got involved in the group thing. I thought we might get on, but I never thought about earning as much money as this out of it. But I can see now what I don't need around me, and if it all fell through tomorrow I know that I could be happy. I could go on a farm. I'm not worried any more.
It's a fantastic attitude. working hard and knowing you are enjoying what you are doing. I think kids at school should go for a job that they really want to do and that they know they will enjoy doing, and try to prove themselves, It may not appear to be working out. but 'Opportunity Knocks' is just around the corner, usually at the point when lots of Kids give up. You've just got to have the courage of your convictions, whatever type of job it is. Take a pride in it, get involved in it and then you can really get something out of it!"
You can write to Dave Hill c/o"School Leaver".Grand Buildings.Trafalgar Square.LondonWC2N 5Hl


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The Cadaver Game, the latest Wesley Peterson murder mystery from Kate Ellis, is the 15th in a series that continues to go from strength to strength. When you bear in mind that she has also written three books featuring Joe Plantagenet, and one stand-alone history-mystery, as well as many short stories, it's fair to say that Kate's become extremely prolific. Certainly, her productivity in recent years puts me to shame. There's always a danger that, when you write a great deal at speed, quality will suffer – but I'm pleased to say that there is absolutely no sign of this in The Cadaver Game. I was sure I'd enjoy it, as Kate is not only a friend but a writer whose way with a plot I've long admired, but I was especially entertained by some of the concepts in this particular story.
In broad terms, the story is structured in the same way as its predecessors. A crime from the past, with an archaeological connection, is linked with a murder puzzle in the present. Upon that solid structure, Kate has built a complicated and absorbing puzzle, with many interesting features and a plentiful supply of twists and red herrings.
The central idea is of a hunt with a difference – the hunted are real life people, running naked from their pursuers. It happened in the past, and now it is happening in the present. A young couple are shot to death by an unknown hunter at the start of the book, but the question of what happened to them is not the only mystery that Wesley has to solve. A woman's body is found, and there is some mystery about her identity. Meanwhile, extracts from two old journals reveal the macabre machinations of a rich man's jester at around the time of Waterloo.
A large cast of characters is manipulated with unobtrusive expertise – no easy task. I thought the concept of the game, in both the past and the present, was utterly gripping, and certainly very dark. Equally, I was fascinated by the story of Silly John, the jester. And finally, I have to admit, I couldn't figure out the murderer. My only complaint is that I too had the idea of a book title including the word "cadaver" (at one point The Serpent Pool was going to be called The Cadaver Tarn, but then I decided to save the latter title for a rainy day – that day may be a few years off now!) Great minds, I guess! Suffice to say, this book is definitely recommended for whodunit fans.


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Volunteering and Skills
We are looking to hear from individuals and groups who would be prepared to gift some of their time and join our dedicated team of volunteers. You may wish to support the project through our sales and publicity stand at railway galas - encouraging and recruiting new contributors to support the project and raising funds through the sale of our branded items, B17 illustrated souvenirs and assorted railway artefacts. Unwanted railway books, including other themed transport books or artefacts, are also helpful – please get in touch if you have items you would like to donate, or bring them to one of our sales stand venues.
If you have specific commercial, management or engineering skills that would help to progress and evolve the project, we would like to hear from you.
Practical assistance on this project will be required in the future and some of this work could be at railway based sites. Members of the project wishing to get involved with practical activities should, in the first instance, contact Brian Hall on 07527 670436 for the necessary details. For example, it would be necessary for such volunteers to become members of the preserved railway and attend a Personal Track Safety course and any other induction processes currently in force. This is mandatory to ensure that volunteers attain a basic standard of understanding of working both safely and efficiently in a railway environment. All are welcome to participate and training can be given where required.


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Other than a tremendous amount of casting news, we haven't seen too much out of the camp of Robert Rodriguez and Sin City: A Dame to Kill For. All that changed today when the sequel's co-writer/co-director decided to tweet some behind-the-scenes images from the production. Rodriguez treated fans to some "before and after green screen" images featuring Josh Brolin.
Starring Mickey Rourke, Jessica Alba, Bruce Willis, Rosario Dawson, Jaime King, Joseph Gordon-Levitt, Dennis Haysbert,Christopher Meloni, Jeremy Piven, Ray Liotta, Juno Temple, Stacy Keach, Eva Green and Julia Garner, Sin City: A Dame to Kill For opens on October 4th. Hit the jump to check out the new images.
Check out the images below, courtesy of Rodriguez's Twitter account:
Here's bad ass Josh Brolin driving a Rodriguez-mobile. (A green box with a steering wheel bolted on) pic.twitter.com/JWiA9d6A
And here's a quick photo touch up I do to set a tone for the actors. (Probably won't be raining in final movie) pic.twitter.com/s3hDZL1k


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In honor of All Saints Day I found these old photos from our trip to Moscow in 2007.
I am still amazed at the places God has taken us over the past eight years. Standing in Red Square that day I was overwhelmed. As a child whenever I saw Russia on TV it was usually on the news. And in black and white. The vivid colors of Saint Basil's Cathedral are breathtaking in person. And I feel so blessed to have been able to tour the inside that day with Spencer and his friend Andrew.


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KMK Events
all the options. all the fun. All for you.
Kettle Moraine Kubb members compete in tournaments all over the country, but we also host our own events each year; Kubbapalooza (combination of the Grass Games and the Sand Games), and in winter, Kubb On The Pond (the Ice Games).
Kubbapalooza is a special weekend gathering of kubb friends. Bring your tent, bring the RV, bring the van, bring your Kubbstream! Pet friendly! It's a whole weekend of fun events (Grass Games and Sand Games), with socializing, camping, bonfires, eating, more kubb, hiking, sitting, biking, kayaking, swimming, relaxing, laughing, camaraderizing, Kubbapalooza is a truly great time! Check out the schedule of events to see what's in store for the Kubbapalooza weekend.
The Grass Games are held Saturday, right at the Kubbapalooza site within Menomonee Park. Teams of 2 or more players, of all skill levels, can partake in this competitive yet friendly and fun event. Scores and points count toward the weekend 2019 Grand Kubbapalooza Winner (male and female), to be awarded after the Sand Games on Sunday. Brats and hot dogs lunch will be provided from KMK (bring a dish or snack to pass), ensuring that you'll only be hungry for a win. Then stick around for an evening of bring-your-own-instrument music fun around the campfire complete with s'mores. It all goes down at Menomonee Park, in Menomonee Falls, WI.
The Sand Games are Sunday, just a short walk from the Kubbapalooza site, on the quarry beach. These are really fun scramble style games with teams of up to 6 players. Scores and points count toward the weekend 2019 Grand Kubbapalooza Winner (male and female), with winners announced and awarded special prizes after the Sand Games.
The weekend Grand Kubbapalooza Winners are determined by the total points from both the Grass Games and Sand Games, for both a male and female player. Upon completion of the Sand Games on Sunday, the 2019 Grand Kubbapalooza Winners will receive special awards, along with the official jersey retirement of the 2018 Grand Kubbapalooza Winners! More information about Kubbapalooza can be found on. Facebook
Kubb On The Pond (the Ice Games) is KMK's outdoor winter event. It is held on a frozen pond nestled along a nature trail. Another fun scramble format promises to be a great way to enjoy a winter day.
more options. more fun.
Kettle Moraine Kubb hosts three great events each year. You've got the kubb bug and you're itching to play more…. there are plenty of other kubb tournaments throughout the United States and beyond! Check out Wisconsin Kubb's Tournaments Calendar to find out where you can play all season long. Also be sure to check out KubbOn.com for their coverage of all things kubb, including tournament previews and recaps.
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More than three thousand players have applied for The Fieldoo Challenge so there was quite a lot of work put into selecting the finalists.
The announced 19 finalists come from 16 different countries, including Poland, Latvia, Croatia, Germany, Montenegro, Denmark, Slovenia, Bosnia & Herzegovina, Kyrgyzstan, Lithuania, Ukraine, Spain, France, Georgia, United States of America and Iceland. Their average age is 21,7 with the youngest one being Illia Tereshchenko, 17, and Ukrainian who rose through the ranks of the famous Dinamo Kyev. The oldest is Povilas Krasnovskis, 26, who spent most of his career in the top Lithuanian division A Lyga. For their young age, our finalists have a lot of experience, between them they played in the top divisions in Denmark, Finland, Croatia, Slovenia, Bosnia, Latvia, Israel and aforementioned Lithuania.
On 7th of January we will announce who will travel to Spain to trial with UD Almería! Stay tuned!
After a thorough review of players' videos and matches we decided to treat you with a few highlights produced by our finalists. Scroll down to check out the gifs and alternatively you can check their profiles by going to the full list of the finalists and clicking on their player cards.
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Intrinsic writing
is about writing for your own, self-motivated reasons, such as the satisfaction of accomplishing a goal you've set for yourself, or discovering something about yourself.
Intrinsic meaning occurs during an autotelic activity, one we direct and have a sense of control over. You become an intrinsic writer when you write because you feel like it; or more importantly, because you feel happier and more engaged with life when you're writing.
Alternatively, extrinsic writing is about writing for an externally-motivated reason (a deadline, a publisher, need for approval, to win against an opponent as part of a competition). This creates an exotelic situation, which comes with a potential problem: since we are all raised within an agonistic worldview, one's exotelic reason for writing too often involves some form of competition.
This might never be a literal competition. Instead, this could be the sense that anonymous others are achieving when you're not. To the extent that you are motivated and feel good about yourself, responding to an externally-motivated stimulus has little or no negative connotation.
Ideally, of course, competitive situations are supposed to be pleasurable and bring out our best. However, when it comes to writing, an activity complicated by individual psychology, emotional states, and perceptions of reality, there can be a negative component to being raised in a strongly competitive culture.
Because competition is not necessarily a positive energy, there's a potential chasm lying between autotelic and exotelic writing. There are specific times when writing goes badly or feels forced. I believe at least some of these moments are caused by external, socially-reinforced stressors on the writer.
There are certain expectations imposed on those who come to the writing situation. For the writer to succeed, she must overcome hurdles that do not necessarily exist for those who fulfill the 'social contract' of what a writer is expected to be, based on what we've been told to believe—our legacy of writing myths.
'Successful' writers, I think we can agree, have all, to a great extent, accepted the unspoken social contract that says that writing is, like any other commercially-viable activity, competitive in nature. In addition to money, fame and glory, there is something for the successful writer to "win," and it's called cultural capital—not an insignificant possession, since it grants you access to power in ways that should be discussed more often than they are.
Cultural capital is a form of social cachet or status granted to the person who attains intellectually significant achievements. That these achievements are defined by a group in power with cultural values that shift and change over time is a detail that goes largely undiscussed, since instead we focus on the writer's attainment, rather than the elitism of the cultural milieu in which she attains whatever status is granted to her.
But what happens for the writer whose self-motivation is provisional, who depends largely upon someone else's approval if she is to continue writing without feeling discouraged? To continue being interested in the challenge of writing, she's going to have to add to the complexity of her own writing experience by adding new skills. Ideally, complexity should be balanced by a difficulty factor that includes attainable goals.
By using the word 'attainable,' of course, I have complicated the situation, since many goals you might want to achieve seem utterly unrealistic if you believe the myths about writing and writers we have inherited through the centuries, so let's look at some of those myths.
Writing is an activity unlike any other for one specific reason: writers are imbued with magical ability because society puts high value on the ability to communicate in ways that affect our emotions. This is true, I believe, because we don't understand ourselves very well, and we'd like to think that writers and other artists have a mystical understanding of humanity's inner dimensions, combined with an ability to explain ourselves to ourselves.
Then society decides that 'good' writers (usually writers who can explain the human condition via poetry or lyrical prose) are so special, so magical, so inspirational, that the writer is placed on a pedestal of heroic proportion. During this process of 'deification', the writer becomes A Great Author, and society loses any sense of proportion in terms of valuing the person as an average human being.
The danger of being externally-motivated in an environment where writers are pitted against one another, and are encouraged to live up to a mythic status available only to an anointed few, seems clear. Only the intrinsic writer will succeed in having a meaningful reason to write when up against such strong beliefs about what makes writing and the writer important and valued.
As long as we continue to perpetuate the elitism that surrounds the act of writing, we risk alienating potential writers who lose faith in themselves when they come up against hurdles that have nothing to do with ability, talent, or skill, and everything to do with perception, belief, and mythology about writing and writers.
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"I find brands and the way people engage with them fascinating. When effective, they have the power to engage such an emotive response."
Lee brings the studio many years' experience as an artworker, and has worked with a variety of high profile clients. Not only does Lee's great eye for detail bring the highest degree of professionalism to the work we do for our clients, but his knowledge of print means we can translate slugs and bleeds into plain English for our clients, strangely loves the smell of fresh print – so you could say design is in Lee's DNA.


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Sam Harris is away, leading to a postponement in the Harris vs. Sullivan debate on religion, but there are plenty of other people eager and willing to argue with Andrew Sullivan. Glenn Greenwald responds to Sullivan's book, The Conservative Soul, debunking the argument that we are hearing frequently from conservatives that the Republicans have failed because they are not true conservatives. He also quotes others such as Rich Lowry, editor of the National Review, and Newt Gingrich expressing similar arguments.
Lowry and his "conservative" comrades were anything but passive observers over the last six years. They did far more than "watch" as the President and the Congress "disgraced" themselves and damaged this country. It was self-identified "conservatives" who were the principal cheerleaders, the most ardent and loyal propagandists, propping up George Bush and his blindly loyal Republican Congress.
It was they who continuously told America that George Bush was the unified reincarnation of the Great American Conservative Hero Ronald Reagan and the Great Warrior Defender of Freedom, Winston Churchill, all wrapped up in one glorious, powerful package. It was this same conservative movement — now pretending to lament the abandonment of conservatism by Bush and the Congress — which was the single greatest source of Bush's political support, which twice elected him and propped up his presidency and the movement which followed it.
So why, after six years of glorifying George Bush and devoting their full-fledged loyalty to him and the GOP-controlled Congress are conservatives like Lowry and Gingrich suddenly insisting that Bush is an anti-conservative and the GOP-led Congress the opposite of conservative virtue? The answer is as obvious as it is revealing. They are desperately trying to disclaim responsibility for the disasters that they wrought in the name of "conservatism," by repudiating the political figures whom they named as the standard-bearers of their movement but whom America has now so decisively rejected.
George Bush has not changed in the slightest. He is exactly the same as he was when he was converted into the hero and icon of the "conservative movement." The only thing that has changed is that Bush is no longer the wildly popular President which conservatives sought to embrace, but instead is a deeply disliked figured, increasingly detested by Americans, from whom conservatives now wish to shield themselves. And in this regard, these self-proclaimed great devotees of Conservative Political Principles have revealed themselves to have none.
This raises the question of why anyone would trust the Republican Party–liberal or conservative. In addition to years of control of Congress they have now had six years of control of all branches of government. If the Republicans could not be trusted to pursue the principles they express under such conditions, why trust them to pursue the conservative ideals these people claim in the future? (more…)


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Mura Farnesiane
Address: along Via IV Novembre, Via XXI Aprile
The Mura Farnesiane is the defensive wall founded in the 16th century that enclosed the city. Walking along Via XXI Aprile you can see a long stretch of this wall, together with the surrounding ditch that now hosts sport and music events. It is also very relaxing to take a walk along Via Maculani, which runs close to the wall
on an alley shaded with trees, until you reach the beautiful Santa Maria di Campagna basilica. The wall is interrupted here and there by bastions, those of Porta Borghetto – the northern communication point – to reach the summit of the southern wall along Facsal and the bastions in Via Corneliana and S.Caterina (not visible) overlooking Via IV Novembre.
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Island Home Country (dir) Jeni Thornley
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Awards Nominated Best Achievement in Sound – Documentary,ASSG Awards 2008 High Commendation UTS Reconciliation Award, UTS Human Rights Awards 2008
Festivals International Anthro Film Festival, VICAS, Ho Chi Minh City 2012,ABC TV 1 & 2 national broadcasts 2009-2012 National Aboriginal and Islander Day Observance Committee (NAIDOC Week), Riawunna, University of Tasmania, 6 July 2009 Nepal International Indigenous Film Festival, Khatmandu 2009 The Archaeology Channel International Film and Video Festival, Oregon USA 2009 Film Program, 'Re-Orienting Whiteness', Monash University 2008 Brisbane International Film Festival, Colourise BIFF 2008.
To The Other Shore (dir) Jeni Thornley
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Awards Nominated AWGIE Best Documentary Script, Australian Writers Guild ; Best Music Score in Documentary, Australian Guild of Screen Composers
Festivals: Madrid Experimental Film Week 1997, THEMHS International Conference on Mental Health 1997, Brisbane International Film Festival 1997, Calcutta International Film Festival 1997, 5th International Documentary Conference, Brisbane 1997, Mumbai International Documentary Film Festival 1998, Freud Conference, Deakin University 1998, After the Masters, Ivan Dougherty Gallery 1998, Brisbane Centre for Psychoanalytic Studies, State Library of Qld & QPIX, 1998, Crossing Boundaries Graduate Program, University of Western Sydney 1999, Films de Femmes, Creteil, Paris 1999, Cinema and Psychoanalysis Course – Edith Cowan University, W.A. 2003, 'Cinema & Psychoanalysis in the Twenty First Century', Brisbane 26-28 March 2004, POPIG screening, Catholic University, Melbourne 2005.
For Love or Money ( McMurchy, Nash, Oliver & Thornley)
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Also available is the companion book! For Love or Money: A pictorial history of women and work in Australia.
Supporting For Love or Money's incisive analysis of women and labour, the book offers a rich collection of documentary material, including photographs, posters, newspaper articles as well as letters, diaries, novels, pamphlets, speeches, interviews and interviews never before published. Also available from Ronin Films.
Awards Best Feature Documentary, International Cinema del Cinema delle Donne, Florence, 1984; Nomination for Best Screenplay, Best Documentary, AFI Awards, 1984; Highly Commended United Nations Media Peace Prize, 1985
Festivals, Conferences: Film and History Conference Latrobe University 1983, Young Film Forum, Berlin Film Festival 1984, San Francisco International Film Festival 1984, Women Make Movies Film Festival 1984, Internacional de Cinema Figuiera da Foz, Portugal 1984, Festival International du Nouveau Cinema, Montreal 1984, Uppsala Film Festival, Sweden 1984, 'Through Her Eyes', Women's Film Festival, Toronto 1984, Tokyo International Women's Film Festival 1985, Women's International Film Forum, Nairobi, Kenya 1985, Semaine Internationale Cinema Valladolid, Spain 1985, Back of Beyond': Discovering Australian Film and Television, UCLA, 1985, Festival Internacional de Filmes Realizados por Mulheres, Lisbon 1985, Cinema du Reel, Paris 1999, 'Australian Film Event' Pompidou Centre, Paris 1991, International Women's Film Festival, Bangkok 1992, 'Les Antipodes', Films de Femmes, Creteil, Paris 1999, International Women's Day Screenings across Australia 2009-2013.
Maidens (dir) Jeni Thornley
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Awards Best Film, General Section, GUO Awards, Sydney Film Festival, 1978; Gold Hugo: Best Short Film, Chicago Film Festival, 1979; Diploma of Merit, Melbourne Film Festival, 1979; Flaherty Documentary Seminar, 1979.
Festivals include Young Film Forum, Berlin Film Festival 1980, Cuban 12th Anniversary, National Film Week, 1980 'Women's Cinema', Curzon Cinema, London 1981, 'Women's Word, Generation', SBS 1986, 'Australian Cinema', Institute of Contemporary Art, London 1988 'Australian Retrospective', Nyon International Documentary Film Festival 1988, 'Australian Retrospective', Cinema du Reel, Paris 1991, AFTRS, IWD screening 1998, Les Antipodes, Films de Femmes, Creteil, Paris 1999, Australian Cinema, UTS, 2012.
Film for Discussion, Sydney Women's Film Group, dir Martha Ansara. DVDs available Ballad Films.
Finalist, Documentary Section, Greater Union Awards, Sydney Film Festival, 1974.
Cast: Jeni Thornley, John Brotherton, Joan Janson. Production Martha Ansara, Chris Tillam, Julie Gibson & others .
Festivals include Sydney Film Festival 1974; Les Antipodes, Films de Femmes, Creteil, Paris 1999; Australian Cinema, UTS, 2012.


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Samuel Purchas was the first to publish East India Co.'s map of India . Baffin/Roe Map. ( https://www.raremaps.com/gallery/detail/41579?view=print )
Empire of the Great Mogul," drawn by *William Baffin* and engraved by Renold Elstrack. Baffin was the navigator on the ship 'Anne', on which Sir Thomas Roe traveled back to England after his embassy. This map, based on Roe's information, was apparently the earliest English map of North India.


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Some of my followers really enjoyed it, others found it challenging to read in such small pieces. I also had some problems getting the autoposts to work with Facebook.
I thought it might be a relief for all if I posted the whole story here, so, here it is, hashtags and reminders removed. You can also see it in tweet form here, using the hashtag #tweetale. It's somewhat disjointed as I included reminders for episodes and others commented, which is what twitter is all about.
By Asbjornsen and Moe
Adapted by Laura Packer
Once upon a time there were a king and queen with no children. The queen's heart was tight with grief, loneliness.
In her sorrow, the queen sought out the local wise woman, "Can you help me in my loneliness? Can you give me a child?"
The wise woman at first refused, but as persuaded by gentle talk and fine food and perhaps a glass or two of wine.
"Wash yourself with two buckets of water then throw them under the bed. In the morning, two flowers will have grown. But!"
"One will be fair and one foul," said the wise woman. "Eat only the fair one and we will see what we will see."
So the queen did as she was told. She washed and threw the water under the bed, the slept at her husband's side.
In the morning she saw two flowers, one foul and one fair, as the wise woman predicted. She ate the fair and…
…it was the sweetest thing she'd ever tasted. In her hunger and greed she ate the second and its taste was…
…strange and left her longing for something more. "I;m sure it will neither hurt nor harm me." Soon enough…
…her belly began to swell and the queen could feel her child twisting and turning within. She was brought to bed and…
…soon enough with a push and a grunt a baby girl was born, most peculiar and strange,e riding a goat and carrying a wooden spoon!
The queen looked at her odd daughter with dismay. "You aren't what I wanted!" she cried.
"Don't worry, mother," the girl replied, "My sister will be along in a moment and I wager you'll like her better."
And soon enough, with another push and grunt, the sweetest baby girl anyone had ever seen was born to the queen.
So the two girls, twins, grew up side by side. The pretty one pleased everyone she met, while the homely insisted on wearing rags and was called Tatterhood.
No matter how their parents and nurses tried to separate them, the sisters loved one another, and spent their days and nights together. #
One year, around this season, the girls were in their room when they heard a terrible noise outside.
Tatterhood, not being one to ignore a challenge, peeked out and saw a bevy of trolls in the courtyard.
"Keep my sister safe," she ordered, and rode out on her goat to chase the trolls away.
The whole palace creaked and groaned as if every joint and beam were going to be torn out of its place.
The fair princess was so worried about her sister that she opened the door a crack and peeked out. No sooner did she see…
…Tatterhood whacking the trolls about the head with her spoon when her own head was lopped off by a troll and…
…replaced by a calf's head. The trolls ran away yelping and laughing. When Tatterhood saw her sister, the poor girl began to moo.
Needless to say, Tatterhood was peeved, but announced that she believed she could make this right. "All I need is a ship of my own."
"All I need is a ship of my own with neither sailors nor crew," she declared. Her parents objected by Tatterhood was firm.
No sooner was she given her ship than she and her sister climbed aboard and they sailed off on their own.
They saw many wonders while at sea. Mermaids playing violins and whales singing in harmony, but…
…Tatterhood sailed straight for the land of trolls and witches. As soon as they dropped anchors beasts swarmed.
Some were fearsome and others sly, but Tatterhood, fearsome and sly, wrapped her wraps about her and sallied forth.
She rode amongst them on her goat, beating them on the head with her spoon, until she saw…
…her sisters head hanging as pretty as could be from a window in the castle. She snatched it back and…
…made her way to her ship where, as quick as a tweet, she plucked off the calf's head and gave her sister back her own beauty.
Beauty restored, Tatterhood and her sister sailed across seas stormy and calm, until they found themselves in the land of…
…a widower king, father to one son. As the ship anchored in the harbor, Tatterhood rode her goat on the deck with her hair streaming behind.
The local sailors were amazed! Surely there was someone else on board? "Yes!" cried Tatterhood, "my sister is with me."
"But no one except the king himself may see her," and Tatterhood galloped her goat until the deck thundered.
The king heard of the girl on the goat and the hidden sister. Intrigued, he came to the port. Tatterhood brought our her sister...
Her beauty was so great and her gentleness so clear that the king fell in love with her immediately. He brought both women to the palace…
…and asked the sister for her hand. "No," she replied, "I will marry you only if your son will marry my sister Tatterhood."
The prince was dismayed and disgusted, this unwashed, brazen thing, riding a goat and bearing a spoon couldn't be his bride!
But soon enough, out of love for his father, he agreed to marry Tatterhood. HIs sorrow was as great as his father's joy.
The brewers and bakers, cooks and seamstresses worked for three days and nights, preparing for the wedding. On the fourth day…
…the wedding party set out for the church. The king and his bride were first, each as lovely as the other.
The since on his mount and Tatterhood on her goat followed behind. To look at the prince, he went not to his wedding but execution.
"Why don't you talk," asked Tatterhood. "What can I talk to a goat girl about?" he replied.
"You might ask me why I ride on this ugly goat," Tatterhood taunted. The prince sighed and asked.
"Is it an ugly goat? Why, it's the most beautiful horse a bride ever did ride," and the goat became the finest horse.
They rode further and the prince, in his sorrow and amazement knew not what to say. "Why not ask me why I carry a spoon?"
The prince, not being a dullard, asked, "Tatterhood, why do you carry that spoon?" She replied…
"Is it an ugly spoon? Why it's the loveliest silver fan a bride ever carried," and so it was.
By now the prince was coming to his senses, so he asked, "And why do you wear rags?" Tatterhood smiled.
"Are they rags? Why I think it's the loveliest gown a bride ever did wear," and so it was.
And finally the prince asked, "Why is your face so long and dirty?" "Is it?" replied Tatterhood…
"My sister may be lovely, but I am ten times lovelier still," and so she was.
The king and the sister, the prince and Tatterhood, all drank deep of the wedding cup.
Their happiness spilled over from that day to this. And I know this is true, because my slippers are worn from the dancing.
(c)2012 Laura S. Packer


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Don't cry, Charlie
– Dad, why has France been shattered today?
– Son, do you know what terrorism is?
– No, not really.
– Terrorism is using violence, killing, or traumatizing in order to convey a message. The goal is not to communicate or to find a consensus. The objective is to send a message with no regard to human life.
– Have people been killed today?
– Yes son, people are dead. But by killing those journalists, fundamental principles of the society we live in have been violated. Freedom of thought and expression have been threatened. I think you are old enough to understand what I am about to explain. Remember that you are never too young to understand what rights are and when they have been infringed. You need to understand that we live in a world in which conflict prevails over the use of dialogue. This is exactly what happened today. Some people did not agree with those journalists and because of that, they were killed. However, what is really dangerous today, is that those men want to convey a certain image: the image of a (superficial) dialogue. This is what makes them lethal. They understand that journalists and the press can be a tool but also a target. A few weeks ago, they allowed a German journalist to follow them in their daily lives. They were asked questions, they conveyed their messages and their opinions. However, they were not killed because of their opinions.
Today, son, Liberty has been attacked and shot Freedom of speech, the core of what we call democracy, has been violated. These principles have been tarnished. Blood has now stained books, notebooks, papers… What happened today is an assault against humanity.
It is important to understand that this is not an isolated case. This is not the first time that human beings have been robbed of their ability to speak and think. Today, we need to remember that in many places around the world, freedom of speech is an exception, not the rule. The country in which the assault happened is a symbol of human rights, of freedom, and of the desire to fight for those rights. This is why the event has so much resonance. This is why France's suffering is echoed in several countries.
Moreover, those journalists were shot in the newsroom. This too is a symbol! Freedom of speech has been hit at its heart.
– But what do those men fight for, father?
– They fight for religion, for their understanding of religion. Religion does not hold killing as a goal. It is true that it has, several times, been a source of conflict and division. Islam was created while advocating for tolerance and respect. Religious minorities were tolerated and they even had a special status. Those men have damaged religion. They have stripped it of its purity and of the hope it is supposed to represent. Charlie Hebdo wrote: "100 lashes for those that are not laughing out loud." Today, lashes have become bullets, and journalists are dead.
– Charlie Hebdo? Is that the name of the newspaper? My name is Charlie. I am Charlie, je suis Charlie.
– Yes, you are Charlie. We are all Charlie. Do not cry, Charlie. You have the right to cry, to be mad and to feel like you cannot grasp the reason behind those actions. However, you need to remember something, Charlie: while tears will wash away the blood, only words will honor freedom of speech.


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Toyota on Wednesday announced it would invest in Grab and install its driving recorder devices in vehicles operated by the Singapore-based ride-hailing service, as the automaker expands further into new driving services.
The agreement includes an undisclosed investment in Grab by Toyota Tsusho, the automaker's trading arm, as part of the ride-hailing company's latest financing round.
This investment was made through the firm's Next Technology Fund that aims to in innovative technologies, products and services across all field where the company operates.
Under a pilot programme, Toyota will have its TransLog device installed into 100 Grab rental cars, enabling the companies to analyse driving patterns as well as offer improved access to connected car services.
Toyota rival Honda had also invested an undisclosed amount in Grab in December last year, to collaborate on motorbike-hailing services. At the time, Grab had said that both the company would form a partnership to develop the ride-sharing technology and related driver education programmes.
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PJ (man on the side) tagged me to answer this blog survey thing
And because it is such a convenient reason to post something on my blog, I post my answers below:
Four jobs you have had in your life:
1. Car Wash Boy
2. Some sort of programmer intern
3. Operations Duty Manager
4. WWMD (Worldwide Weapon of Mass Destruction) Application Contact
Four movies you would watch over and over:
1. Kill Bill Vol. 1 (kicks ass)
2. Kung Fu Hustle (hee-larious)
3. Before Sunrise (ASTIG)
4. Empire Records (because.)
Four places you have lived in:
1. Gumaca, Quezon Province (where I was born)
2. Las Pinas City (the suburban traffic-jam-magnet hell where I live in now)
3. nowhere
4. else
Four TV shows you love to watch:
1. The Amazing Race (Season 1 is still the best season)
2. Friends
3. House, MD
4. Uncanny X-MEN. Heh.
I'm missing a really good show here that I love to watch.
Four places you have been on vacation:
1. Boracay (great place)
2. Sagada (great place)
3. Palawan (great place)
4. Hong Kong (this ws pre-Disneyland HongKong. It was good-ok)
Four websites I visit daily:
1. http://sports.yahoo.com/ten
2. http://mail.yahoo.com
3. http://www.pinoyexchange.com
4. http://www.tennis-x.com
Four of my favorite foods:
1. Beef Caldereta
2. Spaghetti in tomato sauce (or any pasta with tomato sauce actually)
3. Pork Adobo (with all the fat!!!)
4. White Cheese / Four Cheese Pizza
Four places I would rather be right now:
1. on top of the powdery white sands of Boracay
2. in a nice, cool place (that doesn't need the benefit of an air conditioner)
3. any beach that's nicer than Bora, and with less people
4. in a concert somewhere that's not in the Philippines
Four friends who I have tagged that I think will respond (because I will harrass them until they post something like this in their blogs too)
Mike Maie
2. Apany
3. Seph
4. Melanie


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What it was like writing my first "real" Haskell program
Sometimes, doing the hard thing pays off.
I spent much of my spare time in 2018 studying Haskell. There are a number of good resources, but it was the hardest self-teaching effort I've made.
Did I learn anything? Was it worth it?
In order to find out, I spent the …