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Thankful for the comments left after my last post, I now know that pike season is actually closed until the second Saturday in May. I was under the false impression that pike fishing is open year-round from the lake up to highway 2 - this is NOT true. These great comments lead me to review the 2011 regulations on the Ministry of Natural Resources website - something that I should have done, just to be certain. It turns out that pike is open in the spring but closes on March 31st for a short window. The season reopens this year on May 14th and remains open until the last day of the year (Saturday, December 31st).
So if you are wondering when pike season is open in Toronto, now you know. I will not have the opportunity to do any pike fishing this year as I am only days away from leaving Canada for an adventure across Central and South America. Naturally, I will be walking with my rods and I will be updating this blog with all of the amazing adventure fishing opportunities that I find.
Thanks again for the comments.
On May 4th, 2011 I will be heading off on an exciting 1-year trek across Central & South America. I will be carrying two fishing rods in my backpack - one spin casting & one fly rod. Join my adventure as I search for each country's best fishing spots, learn local techniques, and show you how to get in on the action. Rainbow Bass fishing in Nicaragua, Machaca in Costa Rica, and Peacock Bass in Guyana are only a few of the adventures on the itinerary.
Thursday, April 14, 2011
Tuesday, April 12, 2011
Scarborough Bluffs Fishing Update - Tons of Pike at Bluffers Park
I had the chance to hit the Scarborough Bluffs (Bluffer's Park) this weekend for an hour of casting. I will start by saying that I didn't catch a single fish during the hour - hopefully this isn't a reflection of my fishing ability. With that being said, there are tons of fish swimming about the marina. I have been fishing at the Bluffs for about four years now and this is the first time that I have seen so many pike cruising the waters (sometimes in groups of three or four). For some reason, the pike would slowly follow my clouser minnow but lose interest after a brief chase. Any idea why they aren't taking the fly? I figure it has something to do with the water temperature and the fact that they are still in lethargic mode. If I have the opportunity to go back in the next day or two, I will try another presentation - perhaps the faithful spinner bait.
If you considering fishing at the Scarborough Bluffs (real urban fishing), but you don't know how to get there or where to fish, see my previous post on "Where to fish at the Scarborough bluffs". I used my GoPro camera to make a short video of the drive down to the marina and I will be posting it in the next day or two. Stay tuned for more updates and please leave a comment if you have had any recent success.
Ah - one last thing. I did spot a beautiful 10-12 lb pike from the bridge. Obviously I didn't catch him or I would have posted big picture with me smiling happier than a pig in s@*t! Maybe you will be the lucky one.
Tight Lines.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Scarborough Bluffs (Toronto) Fishing Update - The Fish Are In
Scarborough Bluffs at sundown - a think fog creeps in
Tonight I went down to the Scarborough Bluffs with my faithful fly-rod and a handful of clouser minnows. A thick fog crept across the marina creating an eerie atmosphere characteristic of the opening scene of a low-budget slasher flick. Although I had anticipated that it would be a bit colder near the water, I didn't expect the winter-esk temperature that greeted me. Nothing was going to stop me from taking a few casts - not even the return of old man winter.
I headed to one of my usual spots near the bridge. A 2-pound pike followed my chartreuse clouser to shore, watching intently but not committing to an attack. After ten casts I was forced to put down the rod to rescue what was left of my frozen fingers. For the next hour, I would take three casts then put my hands into my pockets for three minutes of warmth - it was frigid.
With no luck from the shoreline, I headed to the bridge to see if I could spot any fish swimming down below. Although it was quite dark, I was still able to spot a beautiful brown trout and a stealthy 4-lb pike swim pass in the moving current. With the light quickly fading, I was no longer able to see my fly in the water. My florescent green floating line suddenly began to disappear from the surface, followed by a sharp solitary tug. And just like that - I lost it. The 8-lb florocarbon leader was severed with the precision of a butcher's cleaver. My fingers could no longer function to perform a complexed task like tying on a new fly. My brief fishing session was over but left with the knowledge that THE FISH ARE IN. If you can handle the current cold temperatures, it is worth heading down for some urban fishing at the Scarborough Bluffs.
Sunday, March 27, 2011
Scarborough Bluffs Fishing Update - Is it time to fish?
Thinking of going to fish at the Scarborough Bluffs? Great idea - but you may want to give Mother Nature another week or two to work her magic. I took a quick trip down to the marina this morning to gauge when I will be able to get a line in the water.
A thin sheet of ice at the Scarborough Bluffs
Good news - The ice is thawing and constant crackling noises can be heard while standing near the shoreline. Below the bridge near the entrance of the Bluffers Park Yacht Club is a popular spot for spring and fall trout fishing. Luckily this happens to be the spot where most of the melting is occurring. On both sides of the bridge there is about 60-100 feet of water where you can cast or set a floating line. I didn't see any fish running under the bridge but one thing I have learned is that you never know what to expect when fishing at the Bluffs. Since I am severely 'allergic' to the cold, I will wait for the next wave of warm weather before heading down with my fly-rod. Although most people go to the Bluffs for trout in the spring, many toothy northern pike troll the shorelines looking for an easy meal. Last year I had a lot of luck using clouser minnow flies.
Don't know where to fish at the Scarborough Bluffs? Read this post and click on the map to see four great spots. READ POST
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Thursday, March 3, 2011
Fishing photo of the week - Guapote on Lake Arenal, Costa Rica
Chris & Captain Marc with a Guapote on Lake Arenal, Costa Rica
This is a photo of a female Rainbow Bass (locally called 'Guapote') caught on Lake Arenal, Costa Rica. Lake Arenal is one of the best places in Costa Rica to catch a trophy sized Guapote. Since we were fishing in the rainy season and water levels were high, we trolled with deep diving Bomber lures to get down about 30 feet.
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Monday, February 21, 2011
Early Morning Trout Fishing at Wilmot Creek (Bowmanville, Ontario)
Early-morning trout fishing at Wilmot Creek
The tranquility of early morning fall fishing can only be captured in a photo or experienced firsthand. This photo was taken at about 7a.m. on a Saturday morning. I was told to be there before sunrise to get a spot, but it was still surprising to see how many anglers were scattered along the shoreline for a chance to hook into a Lake Ontario, trout at that early hour.
Have you fished at the mouth of Wilmot Creek? Do you have any advice for your fellow anglers? Leave a comment.
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Wednesday, February 16, 2011
Real Travel Magazine - High adventure in the low season (Costa Rica)
My Costa Rica travel article in Real Travel Magazine - High adventure in the low season
Holding your published work is a great feeling - especially after spending countless hours hunched over a keyboard trying to bring a story to life. This was the case for my first published 'travel' article to Costa Rica with my good friends Chris, Nikki, and Ryan. We dubbed our trip 'The 2010 Reckless Road Trip', and we packed as much action and adventure into 10 days as we possibly could. We did it all - partied on white sand beaches, fished at the base of an active volcano, soared through the rain forest on zip-lines, and tons more.If you would like to read about our adventure, be sure to pick up a copy of the February issue of Real Travel Magazine - you won't be disappointed.
Who would have thought that one part-time travel writing course at George Brown College would lead to a feature magazine article just a few months later? If you have ever though about writing but just never started, I would be more than willing to give you a few pointers on how to begin (just leave a comment). The most important thing is 'starting'. The second most important thing is to believe that you can write and continue writing'. I would like to thank everyone that has encouraged me to continue writing and continue to push me to live what I love. You can expect many more exciting articles this year as I write while trekking through Central and South America - starting May 4th, 2011.
Live what you love,
Joel (AdventureJo)
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Alternative Bible Versions
The Fundie God Dictation Bible was inspired by the realisation that fundamentalists believe the entire Bible is the infallible, inspired word of God, but despite that, still seem to be happy to ignore huge chunks of it when they don't fit their ideas of what the Bible ought to say. Not that they're alone in that – everyone does it to some extent, even if it's just putting more weight on one or another of a pair of apparently contradictory passages.
So I thought it would be interesting to see what various passages would look like if they were consistent with those beliefs – if they had been dictated by a God who has the same opinions, priorities and obsessions as various Christians. Obviously, this is mainly aimed at extreme conservative beliefs, in keeping with the Biblical literalism that inspired it, but I'm quite happy to target selective liberal beliefs, or just anything that strikes me as funny.
The Blue Pencil Bible stems from the way children are taught horrific, bloodthirsty Bible stories, often by the same people who would write angry letters over the slightest perception of inappropriate content in any other context. The basic premise is idle speculation about what Mary Whitehouse would have made of certain stories if they didn't come from the Bible.
Recovering Agnostic Version (RAV)
The RAV Bible is more or less a dumping ground for the rest of my silly, cynical or surreal reworking of Bible stories that doesn't fit anywhere else. It doesn't have any overarching theme, but I've given it a separate category in an attempt to make it look like there's some sort of structure behind it, rather than a lot of daft thoughts that seemed like a good idea at the time.
In all cases, if you think I'm being unfair, misreading the text, or just not very funny, feel free to say so (within reason), but please understand that these are short, throwaway pieces with a humorous/satirical slant, not detailed theological studies. It may be that my apparent disregard for a particular interpretation of a passage is simply because it would inconveniently spoil a good joke.


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The Tome of Torment was the most holy book of the Church of Ilmater, reputedly granted by the One Who Endures himself. It had a long and troubled history, being stolen and recovered numerous times and once the center of a holy war between rival temples to the Broken God, and ironically the focus of much suffering.[1]
The Tome of Torment was the holiest of all the sacred books of the church of Ilmater and the faithful were desperate to keep it within their possession. When stolen, the Ilmatari made vigorous and probing searches all across Faerûn, no matter who they angered in the process. Anyone who was known to possess it was quickly harassed by a number of Ilmatari, who politely, firmly, and repeatedly made offers to buy or trade for the Tome. If the owner attempted to damage it, lock it away, or sell it to a non-believer, then the Ilmatari would attack with overwhelming magical force.
Although perhaps priceless, the Tome was sold for 20,000 gold pieces as stolen property, and a reward of 40,000 gp was offered by the church for its safe return.
Far from resembling a typical holy book, the Tome looked more like a book-shaped block of hair. It could be mistaken for a folded blanket or a bundle of horsehair intended for a weaver. The outer covers were actually a slipcase of black, matted horsehair stuck to ebony panels. Inside was a folded horsehair tunic—a hairshirt—with large shield-shaped horse-hide panels on front and back and small metal hooked barbs studding the inside. [note 1]
In order to gain access to the spells contained within the Tome, the hairshirt had to be worn continuously for a full day, despite the small cuts that the barbs inflicted. After this time, an index of spells appeared on the front panel of the hairshirt. To select a spell, one had to touch it with a finger dabbed with holy water or a tear or drop of blood from the owner of the finger. The selected spell then appeared on the back panel until another spell was selected or two days had passed, at which time both index and spell disappeared. As a result of the Spontaer's protections, the spells would only appear for a priest of Ilmater.
The Tome was known to include the following spells: accelerate healing, air walk, animate rock, atonement, barrier of retention, blade barrier, blast of pain, blessed warmth, breath of life, cairn, call upon faith, calm chaos, caltrops, champion's strength, chaotic combat, chaotic commands, chaotic sleep, choose future, cloak of bravery, command, continual light, create campsite, create food and water, create holy symbol, cure light wounds, cure serious wounds, disbelief, draw upon holy might, efficacious monster ward, embattlement, emotion control, endurance of Ilmater, exaction, faerie fire, fangs of retribution, favor of Ilmater, flame walk, focus, fortify, free action, frisky chest, glyph of warding, heal, healing hand, heat metal, helping hand, hesitation, hold person, holy word, Ilmater's fist, impeding permission, invisibility purge, know customs, light, line of protection, miscast magic, mystic transfer, nap, neutralize poison, probability control, produce fire, purify food and drink, random causality, rapport, regenerate, remove curse, remove fear, remove paralysis, repeat action, restoration, rigid thinking, sacred guardian, sanctify, seclusion, slow boon, slow poison, solipsism, spell immunity, spiritual wrath, stone tell, strength of one, telepathy, thief's lament, thought broadcast, unceasing vigilance of the holy sentinel, unearthly choir, water walk, weighty chest, whirlchain, and wyvern watch.
If the Tome of Torment was attacked in any way, then it would teleport to a random location, anywhere on the entire planet of Toril.
Early yearsEdit
In the form of a hair shirt, the Tome appeared on the altar of Ilmater in the church town of Carathryn in Tethyr in the Year of the Vigilant Familiar, 848 DR. The Ilmatari told the story that Ilmater himself had placed it there, but there remained some disagreement over who exactly had fashioned it or placed it on the altar. High Priest Ilnger Obskoth proclaimed it as "the hand of holy Ilmater made manifest among us", and it swiftly became the most venerated sacred object in Carathryn. The Tome saw extensive use around the southern Sword Coast for some three centuries, despite several thefts by brigands and the sinking of Carathryn in the Year of the Shattered Chains, 1123 DR.
Finally, in the Year of the Majesty, 1177 DR, a thief named Bredisker successfully stole the Tome and fled east to the Thornwood. Continually harassed and stalked by Ilmatari, a weary Bredisker sold the book to Lalaskra of Ormpetarr, a priestess of Loviatar and an enemy of the church. Enduring the pain, she wore the hairshirt at all times in order to receive the spells and was nicknamed "Leatherskin" as a result. She removed it only during Loviatan rituals, and on one such occasion in the Year of the Crimson Crag, 1211 DR, it was stolen by an unknown thief. Incensed, Lalaskra drove her Loviatan minions to search for the Tome across the southern Vilhon Reach lands for some ten years, without success.
13th centuryEdit
By the mid–14th century DR, it was theorized that the thief was the young sage Athorton of Nleeth. Athorton wrote extensively of the magic of the Ilmatari—magic known to few outsiders—and he may have acquired such knowledge via the Tome. As an old man, he became friends with Beromchess Ilthyn, a local priestess of Ilmater, and it was she who covertly took the Tome to the House of Holy Suffering in Mussum, following Athorton's death in the Year of the Shattered Altar, 1264 DR.
At the House of Holy Suffering, the senior Sage-Priest of the church, known as the Spontaer, studied the Tome of Torment. The Spontaer prayed to Ilmater for nearly a year, and received visions of powerful magical protections that would render the Tome usable only by priests of Ilmater, and not just those willing to suffer its barbs like Lalaskra, and thereby make it less desirable to thieves. However, these protections would come at the cost of his life. The Spontaer explicitly requested that the Tome of Torment be delivered to the House of the Broken God in Keltar in Calimshan, the greatest temple of Ilmater, before he worked the magic on the Tome and sacrificed his own life.
However, Shrymaun Beldaerth, leader of the House of Holy Suffering, refused to relinquish the Tome to the House of the Broken God. Archsufferer Bloirt Waelarn of the Keltar house declared all those of the "degenerate" Mussum house "heretics" and called for them to be cast out and treated as mentally ill. A few ambitious minor priests joined Waelarn and together they journeyed to the Mussum house, intending to "cleanse the filth". The priests of Mussum recruited the Companions of the Noble Heart paladin order to their defense, and attacked Waelarn and his followers, who were labeled "false clerics" and "subverted by evil". An angry Waelarn summoned three other knightly orders—the Holy Warriors of Suffering, the Knights of the Bleeding Shield, and the Order of the Golden Cup—to his side and vowed holy war against the "unclean ones of Mussum" and their allies. The war saw the violent clashes of Holy Hill Farm in 1266 DR and Bronsheir's Charge and Weeping Rock in 1267 DR. Finally, Lord Sir Jargus Holenhond of the Golden Cup called an end to the bloodshed between true believers, insisted that the Tome of Torment be transferred to Keltar as planned, and blamed Bloirt Waelarn for the senseless violence, determining that he should be removed from office and sent into hermitage on Falconsrise for the remainder of his years. The weary paladins accepted and carried out his judgment.
Althea the Abased succeeded Waelarn as leader of the House of the Broken God, and, seeing the carnage wrought by the fight for ownership of the Tome, declared that no high-ranking member of the church was worthy of it. Althea said that Ilmater had given them the Tome for the "low and truly needy" priests to "further the will and work of Ilmater in the wilderlands and perilous places of all Toril", and recruit non-believers to the faith of the Crying God. Althea selected Blaermon the Blessed, a knight of the Holy Warriors of Suffering, to take away the Tome of Torment and to those "wild places" and bestow it upon the first "needy and worthy" Ilmatari he met, someone who worked or fought for the benefit of the common people and their faith, not merely for wealth and adventure.
In the Year of the Daystars, 1268 DR, Blaermon gave the Tome to Flaergon of Glister, who devoted his efforts to assisting miners and caravan-workers in the frozen north of the Moonsea. Aided by the Tome, Flaergon worked hard over three decades to build hostels and shelters, mark trails, and lead groups of young warriors and Ilmatari priests against creatures that prayed on these routes. Flaergon died of a fall in the Year of the Claw, 1299 DR.
14th centuryEdit
Daern of Hawksroost, a devoted companion of Flaergon, took the Tome of Torment across all of Faerûn back to the House of the Broken God to return it to Althea the Abased. Daern's devotion so moved Althea that she named him an honorary Brother of the temple and the Ilmatari remembered him in the saying "long and strong as Daern's devotion". Daern became Althea's personal bodyguard and carer, and when she finally passed on in the Year of the Gate, 1341 DR, he was given a new role as Guardian of the Tome, defending the artifact he'd once traveled so far to deliver.Within a year, Daern was murdered one night by a semi-monstrous man—the returned Bloirt Waelarn—who stole the Tome and escaped, journeying toward Mussum. At Thorlor's Well near Sespech, Waelarn was finally confronted by Sir Guth of the Order of the Golden Cup, who challenged him to single combat before their god. Waelarn accepted, and promptly used a cairn spell from the Tome to bury Guth. He then dug Guth out with a pick, using an axe to chop off any limb that was revealed. Guth was soon killed and Waelarn left with the Tome, resuming his journey east. But the god Ilmater caused Sir Guth to rise from his grave as a zombie. Untiring and unrelenting and resisting all spells hurled at him, Guth tracked the rogue priest across Sespech. Waelarn finally collapsed of exhaustion outside Elbulder and the zombie Guth strangled him as he slept. The deed done, Guth hid the Tome of Torment then constructed a funeral pyre to burn first Waelarn's corpse to ash and then himself, still obeying the will of Ilmater the Broken God.
Shortly after, a young underpriest in Mussum named Kortolt Rushtyn received visions from Ilmater, leading him to find the Tome of Torment. Rather than take it back to Mussum or Keltar, Kortolt took it to Raven's Rack, an isolated shrine to the god west of Hlondeth. Here, Kortolt made use of the Tome to aid both believers and non-believers, and to preach about Ilmater. In the Year of the Boot, 1343 DR, Kortolt was killed by bandits, who attempted to sell the Tome in Hlondeth, only to be killed themselves by a mob angry at the death of the much-loved priest.
The people of Hlondeth gave the Tome to the Graycloak's Wolves adventuring company, that they should deliver it to Master Sufferer Olbedan, a well-respected priest of Ilmater. However, Graycloak's Wolves were all killed by doppelgangers and leucrotta preying on travellers. The Tome was thought lost in the winter snows, but may have been discovered in the spring by a local woodcutter, a traveller, or a caravan guard, or even carried away by the doppelgangers.
Either way, it eventually found its way to Crimmor in Amn, to a stall of exotic treasures managed by Beguld Thormon—also a doppelganger, as Ilmatari investigators later found. Shortly before Midsummer, Thormon sold the Tome for 20,000 gold pieces to a group of Thayan agents. For their own ends, this group dealt in a number of criminal enterprises: kidnapping, slavery, smuggling, and the fencing and transport of stolen property. The group based themselves in a house in Athkatla, which an Ilmatari strike-force assaulted one night in the autumn of 1343 DR. The impressive Ilmatari attack destroyed the house and ended with the Thayan band pursued through the streets and slain, amidst a number of stabbings and desperate rooftop jumps. Before the fall of winter at the close of the year, Enduring Servant Elisker Hagathan carried the Tome of Torment in triumph back to the House of the Broken God.
There the Tome remained for nearly twenty years, during which time it was occasionally loaned to Ilmatari priests embarking on dangerous missions and monster culls with the Holy Warriors of Suffering.
Finally, it was stolen again in the Year of the Helm, 1362 DR, and remained lost. Ilmater gave visions of the Tome to his faithful, showing it to be kept within a dark, stone-walled room somewhere in Faerûn and being studied by someone with hairy, muscular, male human hands. Recovering it became a mission for all followers of Ilmater, setting them on a vigorous search across the Realms, and their probing efforts provoked conflict with those who wished their privacy or had something else to hide. A 40,000-gp reward was offered the return of the complete and undamaged Tome of Torment at either the House of the Broken God in Keltar or the House of Holy Suffering in Mussum. At least twice, fraudsters delivered fake Tomes to the House of the Broken God, and were punished for their trickery.
The whereabouts of the Tome of Torment were still unknown by 1370 DR.
Notable ownersEdit
The Tome of Torment was most often held by temples of Ilmater, such as at Holy High Carathryn, the House of Holy Suffering in Mussum, and the House of the Broken God in Keltar, or carried from place to place, but had a few notable owners outside the temples:
- Lalaskra of Ormpetarr, a priestess of Loviatar.
- Athorton of Nleeth, a sage.
- Flaergon of Glister, a frontier priest of Ilmater.
- Bloirt Waelarn, rogue priest of Ilmater.
- Kortolt Rushtyn, a young preacher.
- ↑ This horsehair shirt may be of the same form as the hair shirt of Ilmater presented in Magic of Faerûn. However, the Tome apparently lacks the defensive capability and healing power of the enchanted hair shirt.
- ↑ Ed Greenwood and Doug Stewart (1997). Prayers from the Faithful. (Wizards of the Coast), p. 100–103. ISBN 0-7869-0682-0.


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Pranab's R-Day address is the most honest public expression
President Pranab Mukherjee is a political artist. His address to the nation on the eve of Republic Day, this year, was a triumph of this artistry, writes Gopalkrishna Gandhi.columns Updated: Feb 10, 2014 11:10 IST
President Pranab Mukherjee is a political artist.
His address to the nation on the eve of Republic Day, this year, was a triumph of this artistry.
He spoke about political concepts with deftness, used words nimbly. He sketched, drew, brushed, painted thin and painted thick. Let us look at the picture he gave us.
Like all artists, he must have kept others' examples, other Presidents' examples, in mind. The valuationally restive Rajendra Prasad spoke with a controlled intensity. The Upanishadically-charged S Radhakrishnan spoke with the detached confidence of wisdom, the thoughtful Zakir Husain's words came from pure-heartedness, and, in more recent times, a brooding KR Narayanan gave the nation grave, even pained, messages. "Beware", President Narayanan said, "of the fury of the patient man".
President Mukherjee introspects no less than these great predecessors of his. And he knows the impact that a President's 'open introspections' can exercise over the country's mind. And so, in his Republic Day address this year, when he spoke about corruption, about elections, about the dangers of anarchy, he did what he knew was expected of him.
He gave us this proposition: "Corruption is a cancer that erodes democracy". Who would disagree with that? No one. But anyone and everyone would wonder: Surely corruption does more than that, does worse than that. When it infiltrates the ranks of our bureaucracy, our magistracy, our media, our corporates, our educational system and even the impeccable cloisters of our armed forces with audacity, corruption is gross. It corrodes the core of civilised nationhood — trust.
It undermines faith in all our institutions, those that create governments as well as those that sustain the limbs of society. Corruption mutilates confidence in the fairness of our swaraj. It reduces the accessing of entitlements to a scramble, faith in our Republic to a gamble.
We still have the 'pure' in India, though not in politics. We have the clean, even in politics, the not so dirty and the dirty. Then we have in Indian politics those that are worse than the dirty. They are the downright filthy. This is the politico who with the mafiosi's help pushes drugs, buys and sells illegal arms, mines coal and ore clandestinely, compromises the police and the bureaucracy routinely and can have Right To information activists bumped off.
The President's 'corruption is a cancer that erodes democracy' observation did not quite serve to show us this multiple malevolence. But he made sure to tell the corrupt politician and his type that unless they altered their ways, they would get replaced. That was artistry, that was finesse! And then, lest he be seen as inadvertently giving AAP his blessing, he sounded three notes of a very contrary caution:
"Elections do not give any person licence to flirt with illusions".
"Those who seek voters' trust must promise only what is possible".
Counter-archery, in which you shoot an arrow to hit the arrow you have just shot, is about finesse too.
Put differently, he meant: Let the corrupt not miss the writing on the wall; they will get thrown out. Shoot. Equally, let the anti-corrupt be warned too; they will be seen as Utopian. Counter-shoot. Be warned, ye corrupt; be warned, ye anti-corrupt. But be warned, even more, ye anarchy-wallahs, too, for much as our people are clicking with you on corruption-removal, they will un-click with you if you turn rowdy. They may well prefer corrupt governance to 'honest' misgovernance. Shoot, shoot, shoot.
The martial arts are art.
Like President R Venkataraman, President Shankar Dayal Sharma and President Narayanan before him, President Mukherjee is a Congressman who has become President of India largely because of the Congress' backing, but who faces the piquant prospect of having to invite a non-Congressman to form the government. We can be sure that, like his predecessors, he will do right by the Constitution and will act strictly by the rules of the game.
But he has given us a sense of what he would like to see — an obvious choice for prime minister coming from a clear mandate. Incidentally, there were snatches of sentences which the BJP could say smile at Narendra Modi, and others which the Congress would be justified in seeing as a benedictory smile at Rahul Gandhi. Be that as it may, President Mukherjee made it clear that he does not want a hung, drawn and quartered Parliament. And so, he went on to say: "A fractured government after the polls will be catastrophic".
That, perhaps, is the most honest public expression that we have had of any President's personal view on an election's outcome. It is also as near as any President has ever got to telling us how not to vote, if not how to vote.
Are we going to make things easy for the President? The record-breaking scams associated with its regime notwithstanding, will we vote in the UPA for a third term? Disregarding the macabre experience of 2002, will we vote Modi into the prime minister's office? Or will each state throw in a miniature print of its own, making a total picture that is incoherent? No one can say.
But this much all know: there is a restlessness surging around and within us, an angered fatigue, an impatient wish for change. And for change not just in the dramatis personae but in the script of the political play. This being the state of the nation's mind, what role can political artistry have in the coming denouement?
Precisely because our President is who he is, I believe, he is going to use his political artistry in the coming months very differently from how he has done it, in the past. This is my gut feeling.
Clear majority — and the President will have no problem! Unclear verdict — just watch this space.
Gopalkrishna Gandhi is a former administrator, diplomat and governor
The views expressed by the author are personal


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What brought us here cannot bring us to the future. We need to transform talents so we get the essential skills and mindsets that will make us play bigger and thrive in Industry 4.0.
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I deliver leadership speeches between 40 to 60 minutes. Leadership speeches are always scalable.
The answer is it depends. It depends on what the organization wants, who will the audience, where, and when.
As a leadership speaker, I charge for results. Charging for every hour of talk which is baloney. Every time you add an hour to your talk, your impact decrease. So, why charge more for less impact?
It takes me three weeks to come up with an hour of game-changing talk and only 40 minutes for a two-hour talk. Any speaker who will charge you double for extending a one-hour talk to two hours is a scammer.
One organization paid me 10 thousand pesos for a 90-minute talk before an audience of 500. Another organization paid me 240 thousand pesos for a 45-minute talk delivered before 200 managers. And there are those who think they can invite "motivational" speakers for free.
The value of any of my talk is 500K pesos. I won't be embarrassed to charge any organization this amount. But we get paid in more ways than money. So, don't think twice. Reach out.
Many motivational speakers sell the idea that they can change the attitude of employees toward work. I am not really sure about that. There are many factors in improving work performance. Motivation is one of many things.
You may need to go beyond motivation. Consider culture shaping. Encourage personal excellence, malasakit, and a sense of urgency. It is difficult to measure a change in attitude. What I can do is to help you influence the behavior of your people. Please visit the page on motivational speaking to learn more.
This means that we will customize the message to your purpose.
Like motivational speakers, a leadership speaker uses inspiring stories too. The goal of a motivational speaker is to motivate any kind of audience. You will often find them in MLM companies and get-rich organizations, but they can be everywhere. They are like paid preachers.
Leadership speakers often motivate people to take action, but the goal is to equip leaders so you can achieve the mission and vision of your organization.
Yes, a leadership speaker can be a keynote speaker. The keynote speaker is the first speaker of a conference or a summit. Most conferences get experts to speak on topics that equip leaders. Though many resource speakers who equip leaders don't use the title of leadership speaker, they essentially are.
Leadership Speaker is a title you can give to yourself. I train leaders on how to deliver high-impact speeches. If you want to turn your managers and supervisors leaders who speak well, then I can help you.


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Dahl Chapel and Auditorium
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Built in 1896 and renovated in 2002-03, the Dahl Chapel and Auditorium is the college's oldest academic building. It contains the Louise DuBois Kasch Performance Hall, rehearsal rooms and dressing rooms. Most musical events at Monmouth College are held in the Auditorium, a 600-seat facility. Its warm acoustic environment has been praised by visiting artists.
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In the age of identity politics, I guess I should start out by saying I am a 60 year old cis gendered, politically conservative white male. With those 12 words, most of the people on the left will presume to tell you all about my beliefs and for good measure throw every "ism, ist" or "phobe" they can think of my way. What a world we all must navigate these days.
...and I thought 2016 was bad.
Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances.
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"The unthawing of the glacial ice caps is the awakening of the great forgotten in the mind of Lucifer's thugs. That's what their calling us, these days," Jacobi Alilaughed, Saturday, in his network address.
Jacobi, who has been speaking in behalf of his father, is on a national tour encouraging blacks of all faiths to embrace his father's science of projecting ultraviolet light onto the skin of whites."The great forgotten in the our minds are the memories taken away from us by that great, historical and metaphorical flood presented in the story of Noah's Ark."Yes, the great story of that great flood represents the sweepeing away of the memories of who and what we were in that original Paradise."In that day, many have read and some will even recall, existed a doorway between the earth and the heavens allowing the angels of the Sun of God to transform from angels to flesh and back."As the giants we once were, so, too, were our sins against the Sun of God."As the white man treated us in slavery, we treated the Sun of God in those days."But now even the day of his judgement is past."And what God, who is too nature, took from us, i
s being returned."As the sea levels rise, our see levels will rise."Due to their poor ability to (re)adapt to the current minor shifts in the environment without high susceptibilities to skin cancers like squamous and basal cell carcinomas, melanomas and cataracts the long term affects of global warming and ozone depletion negatively impact the fair skinned moreso than those with darker pigments."Who is evolving, we are evolving.
Where are skin cancer caused by blacks most likely to occur?
We can acknowledge entry into the New Era now that blacks are learning how to use their distinct
ive eumelanin, found abundantly in our skin, hair, eyes and pineal glands, to protect ourselves and heal others.
ARE CAUSED BY BLACKS Sleugh Crooks (Alexandria, La) – In recent months sun worshipers across the nation have written me expressing their anger at writer David Mills' Yacub 7 Ali Hoax. It is an uninformed, unintelligent and not very well researched commentary Mills began publishing early 2007.
Calling zealots fake and Y7A white Mills' statements are based on ignorance. The never before published (simple and curt) national response issued across the Y7A network read:
People are free to say and believe what they want.
Like many other devout Y7A sun worshipers, however, I too took extreme offense at Mills' attack.
According to Y7A network contacts, Mills made no official attempt to contact anyone within the movement. Nor, according to the editorial contacts responsible for publishing the Yacub 7 Ali website, did he make an effort to contact them.
Speculation on why Mills, who may or may not be black, attacked the organization without attempting correspondence with the organization or its publishers is without comprehension.
This is because there is enough information published and even available on the Web about the movement and the science. The only missing piece of the puzzle was: how to access and utilize the mythological 3rd eye. "The mythological 3rd eye, which is the pineal gland, is accessed at the single point where the streams of vision of the two eyes meet" – Yacub 7 Ali. Had Mills done any real research or cared to attempt to speak with any intelligence or insight he could have found everything else on his own: The 3rd eye (pineal gland) in white people is calcified (hardened, dead); "The white man's 3rd Eye appears on the back of his dollar bill because the one in his brain has no functionality" – Y7A "Money is his god."
The pineal gland in blacks (and people of color) is functional (fluid) and contains eumelanin; Eumelanin absorbs ultraviolet light; Philosophers (Descartes, Plato, Socrates): pineal gland is seat of God in the human body ; Pineal gland is the 'mythological' 3rd eye,
Eumelanin is abundant in the hair, skin and eyes of people of color and pineal glands of black people.


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Democrats rode voter unrest over Congressional misconduct and the war in Iraq back to power in the House on Tuesday night, ending 12 years of Republican rule by persuading voters it was time to change course in Washington.
Led by a string of victories in the Northeast and Midwest, Democrats gained at least 21 seats, 6 more than the 15 required to install Representative Nancy Pelosi of California as the first woman to become speaker of the House. Assuming they hold on to enough of their incumbent seats elsewhere, Democrats will hold the House majority for the first time since 1994.
"Today, the American people have stated loud and clear that they want a new direction for our country," said an ebullient Representative Louise M. Slaughter, Democrat of New York, who is in line to become the chairwoman of the House Rules Committee in the new Democratic regime.
Republicans were dogged by scandal throughout the campaign, and it cost them dearly. They lost seats in Ohio, Pennsylvania, Texas and Florida as the direct result of criminal cases and other misconduct. Exit polls showed that corruption weighed heavily on the minds of voters.
But public dissatisfaction with the Iraq war and other issues was clear. Three Republican incumbents were defeated in conservative Indiana and another in Kentucky. Two moderate Republicans were ousted in New Hampshire and at least one more in Connecticut. New York, with Democrats leading the top of the ticket, gave the party at least two more seats. Democratic gains mounted as votes were counted in the West.
The White House acknowledged that the once overwhelming Republican majority in the House had slipped away.
"We believe Democrats will have control of the House and look forward to working with Democratic leaders on the issues that remain foremost on the agenda, including winning the war in Iraq and the broader war on terror and keeping the economy on a growth path," said Tony Snow, the White House spokesman.
Ms. Pelosi told an enthusiastic crowd in Washington that her resurgent majority was prepared to work with Republicans "in partnership and not in partisanship," hoping to break the gridlock of what could be a divided Congress.
"The campaign is over — Democrats are ready to lead," she said. "Today we have made history — now let us make progress."
Speaker J. Dennis Hastert of Illinois, who was expected to retire should Republicans slip into the minority, was not ready to concede, though he said, "We've watched some of the House races, especially in the East — been kind of tough out there."
The Republican setback will likely spur leadership fights beginning Wednesday as ambitious lawmakers in both parties try to find their way in the reshaped House.
Democratic control of the House will begin a new era in Washington, giving the party the votes to install its members as committee leaders and initiate more aggressive oversight of the Bush administration. Democrats have complained for years that Republicans have ignored their responsibility as an independent branch of government to police the executive branch.
The party has also promised a legislative agenda that starts with an increase in the minimum wage and giving the government the power to negotiate for lower drug prices for Medicare. But with control of the Senate uncertain and the margin so close, it is unlikely the new Democratic majority will have a free hand.
In Indiana, three Republican incumbents who were top targets of the Democrats — John Hostettler, Chris Chocola, and Mike Sodrel — lost.
In Connecticut, Chris Murphy, a Democrat, was declared the winner in a race against Representative Nancy Johnson, a moderate Republican.
And in Kentucky, another Republican Representative, Anne M. Northup, a veteran lawmaker who had withstood strong challenges in the past, lost narrowly to her Democratic opponent, John Yarmuth, a former Republican political candidate and publisher of an alternative newspaper in Louisville. Democrats had not counted on beating Ms. Northup in making their calculation for a House takeover.
In Georgia, in fact, two Democratic incumbents, John Barrow and Jim Marshall, were in tight races of their own, though they were among only a few party lawmakers who were considered in danger of defeat.
Republicans had known for months that they faced a volatile political environment, but they believed they could stem serious losses because many of the lawmakers most in jeopardy were in Republican-friendly districts and the party had the benefit of a powerful turnout operation.
They were also counting on the fact that House races traditionally turn on local issues rather than the national political picture. But a national exit poll indicated that most voters in House races were viewing this crucial midterm through the prism of national concerns. In another sign of struggle for the Republicans, voters also rated corruption as one of their major considerations.
The seeds for the Republicans' precarious position in the House were planted in the early days of the 109th Congress in January 2005, when House leaders found themselves in a clash with Democrats over charges of corruption and their iron-fisted management of the chamber. Over the next two years, the Republicans were plagued by a series of lobbying and personal scandals, internal disputes over spending, and an uncertain new leadership.
At the pinnacle of the chamber's turmoil was Tom DeLay, the former Republican leader and key architect of the party's control over the House, who was indicted in Texas on a campaign finance law charge and faced an ethics inquiry in Congress. Angry over a series of rebukes by the ethics committee to Mr. DeLay, Speaker J. Dennis Hastert forced through a series of changes that Democrats and watchdogs saw as a campaign to weaken internal policing. Democrats balked, setting the angry and combative tone for the session.
At the same time, the influence-peddling scandal tied to the lobbyist Jack Abramoff continued to simmer and other scandals, notably a bribery case that led to the conviction of former Representative Randy Cunningham, Republican of California, provided substance for the Democratic charge that the Republican-led House had lost its ethical bearings.
As they left for the campaign trail at the end of September, Republicans found themselves where they began, contending with the toxic fall-out of former Representative Mark Foley sexually suggestive messages to male teenage pages, throwing the party badly off message and providing a last straw for voters already upset with the majority.


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Greek Season 3 Episode 13: "Take Me Out" Quotes
Casey: You're ready to jump back on the dating horse again?
Ashleigh: I'm ready to ride that horse like a bucking bronco.
Tell me again, why are you crop-dusting my room with lemon scented cancer chemicals?Cappie
Calvin: You asked out Rebecca Logan?
Evan: Actually she asked me.
Grant: So if she pays do you have to put out?
Evan: Uh, only if I order steak.
We need to help each other before the game, work with each other during the game, and shower with each other after the game.Cappie
Katherine: Saw you guys rehearsing with some KTs, your partner perhaps?
Natalie: It's nice to know some houses aren't concerned with winning blue ribbon points.
Casey: Well, we' figure you've already slept with all the umpires...
But i must warn you, what we lack in physical ability, we make up for in heart. And our hearts are set on crushing the Omega Chis at all things crushable.Cappie
Evan relax about the game and everything else. Rebecca, don't mess with people's emotions. Ash, there will be plenty of time to flirt when we're not in the middle of an inning. Now everyone get back to their positions, ok? (To Evan) And strike out my boyfriend!Casey


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Department of Environmental Affairs hosts INTERPOL meeting on waste and pollution
21 May 2018
The Department of Environmental Affairs will from 22 to 24 May 2018 host INTERPOL's 23rd Pollution Crime Working Group (PCWG) and Environmental Compliance and Enforcement Committee (ECEC) Advisory Board (AB) meetings at Skukuza in the Kruger National Park.
This is the first time the PCWG will meet in South Africa. The PCWG network meets annually to discuss new and growing global concerns relating to pollution crime, share best practice in dealing with existing and emerging pollution threats, plan joint operations and also to develop strategies going forward.
The objective of this year's meeting is to, amongst others, consider key trends and emerging threats linked to pollution crime, discuss challenges and opportunities in achieving effective enforcement against pollution crime, especially through international and multi-agency cooperation, and to identify opportunities and risks associated with information and intelligence sharing, data management and analysis.
The meeting will officially be opened by the Deputy Director General: Legal, Authorisations, Compliance and Enforcement of the Department of Environmental Affairs, Mr Ishaam Abader, on 22 May 2018. Opening statements will also be delivered by the Chair of the PCWG and the Deputy Chief of the Environmental Crimes Section in the US Department of Justice, Mr Joseph Poux, the chair of ECEC Advisory Board and Executive Director of Operations in the Scottish Environment Protection Agency, Mr Calum Macdonald, and the Assistant Director, Illicit Markets of INTERPOL, Mr Doaming Zhang.
The Pollution Crime Working Group, together with the Wildlife Crime Working Group (WCWG); the Fisheries (FCWG) and the newly established Forestry Crime Working Group, support the ECEC AB and are responsible for the operational and tactical responses within INTERPOL in relation to environmental crime. These working groups focus specifically on how to tackle crime in these areas.
Matters to be discussed at the Skukuza meeting include an African perspective on addressing pollution crime, planning for an operation to tackle marine pollution, fraud in the biofuel and carbon emission trade and the prosecution of pollution-related crimes. The new Board of the PCWG will also be elected at this meeting.
Media are invited to attend the opening ceremony.
Date: 22 May 2018
Time: 09:00
Venue: Nombolo Mdhluli Conference Centre, Skukuza, Kruger National Park
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3/10 Colloquium: Kessler & Donovan on GeoHumanities and the Urban Platform
On 10, Mar 2016 | No Comments | In Colloquium | By EES Social Media Fellow
Date(s) - 03/10/2016
10:30 pm - 12:30 am
Science Center Room 4102
Please join us for the March 10th Colloquium given by Professor Carsten Kessler of Hunter College/GC and Professor Gregory Donovan (@gdonovan) of Fordham University on "GeoHumanities and the Urban Platform"
Reception to follow
Speaker Bios
Dr. Kessler is an Assistant Professor for Geographic Information Science at the Department of Geography at Hunter College, City University of New York and Associate Director of the Center for Advanced Research of Spatial Information. Before he moved to New York in fall 2013, he was a post-doc researcher at Institute for Geoinformatics, University of Münster, Germany. He was part of the Semantic Interoperability Lab, where he used to coordinate the LODUM and LIFE projects. He has also worked as a consultant for the United Nations Office for the Coordination of Humanitarian Affairs in Geneva, Switzerland.
Dr. Donovan is faculty in the Department of Communication and Media Studies as well as an affiliate faculty member of the New Media and Digital Design Program, Urban Studies Program, and Urban Law Center at Fordham University. His research explores the mutual shaping of people, place, and proprietary media, and how to reorient such shaping toward more just and meaningful publics. He is also also a researcher at the Public Science Project, a founder of the OpenCUNY Academic Medium, and co-editor of Issue 5 of The Journal of Interactive Technology and Pedagogy: Media and Methods for Opening Education. He received his Ph.D. in Environmental Psychology with a doctoral certification in Interactive Technology and Pedagogy from the CUNY Graduate Center.
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by Amanda Kahn
Guest speaker Allan Roberts from Ocean Networks Canada will be presenting a workshop on R, a versatile statistics package that's useful in the marine sciences and related disciplines. For a summary of recent data workshops which were held at UVic in July, click here.
R Workshop
The day: August 1, 2013
The hour: 7:00 PM
The location: Rix Classroom C
What to bring: a computer with R installed (preferably R Studio)
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No, WinZip upgrades are not free. As with other software companies, WinZip invests a lot in new development to make sure that WinZip continues to perform correctly on new platforms and to address general changes in computer usage, such as larger files and the need for encryption. In addition, a great deal of new functionality has been included taking WinZip beyond basic zipping and unzipping functions, including cloud services support that makes uploading, storing, and sharing files easier. Additionally, the latest versions of WinZip support the latest versions of Windows, the appropriate version supports the latest Mac OSX, and many new and/or improved features are present -- all thanks to the investment made in research and development.
WinZip for the PC is available in two different feature sets (Standard and Pro) so that users only pay for the features that might actually be used. Maintenance and upgrade assurance plans are available. These plans allow you to pay a modest (annual) fee to ensure that you can have the most recent version of WinZip.
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Death in the Undercity is an adventure for Star Wars: The Roleplaying Game written by Michael Nystul. It was published by West End Games in June 1990. It was republished in Classic Adventures: Volume Three.
In this adventure, a group of Rebel agents—the player characters—are sent to the planet Mon Calamari to investigate sabotage in the Quarren city of Morjanssik. Once they discover the truth behind the so-called "mining accidents", they must work quickly to prevent a civil war between the Quarren and the Mon Calamari.
The adventure also contains sample Quarren and Mon Calamari player character templates, and a short "Quarren Fact File" section discussing Quarren history and culture.
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- The History of the Quarren on Hyperspace (content removed from StarWars.com and unavailable)


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May 20, 2019
PEACHTREE CITY, GA … Eaton Lighting announced today the student winners of its 42nd Annual SOURCE Awards. The lighting design competition celebrates the next generation of lighting professionals and furthers the company's commitment to building the pipeline of industry talent. Ten awards were presented to university students from across the United States. The student winners, including overall winner Nikki Alese from Ringling College of Art + Design, were recognized on Monday, May 20 at LIGHTFAIR® International 2019 in Philadelphia.
The annual competition, which began in 1977, focuses on furthering the understanding, knowledge and function of lighting as a primary element in design and requires the predominant use of lighting and controls products from Eaton Lighting's solutions. Submissions were open to students from across the United States, and entries were judged on the blending of aesthetics and creative achievement while meeting project constraints and design concept goals.
"We're committed to encouraging the next generation to think creatively and bring new ideas to the table," said Kraig Kasler, president, Eaton Lighting. "Our annual SOURCE Awards program allows students to gain practical experience and think strategically to overcome real-world lighting design challenges. We congratulate this year's talented winners and look forward to seeing the great impact they will make on the lighting industry."
Eaton Lighting's 2019 SOURCE Award winners include:
Honorable Mentions:
Awards of Recognition:
Winner Alese received $2,000 and each of the Honorable Mention students was awarded $500. All winners received a crystal trophy and an opportunity to attend a complementary class at The SOURCE, Eaton's state-of-the-art lighting educational center located in Peachtree City, Georgia. The students' instructors are also invited to attend a class.
For information about the annual SOURCE Awards competition, visit Eaton.com/SourceAwards. For more information about Eaton Lighting's connected solutions, visit Eaton.com/connectedlighting.
Eaton Lighting delivers an industry-leading portfolio of innovative lighting solutions for connected buildings, homes and communities, including reliable indoor and outdoor smart lighting and control solutions specifically designed to simplify and personalize lighting for consumers, help solve complex business challenges and leverage data insights to meet customers' unique needs. Eaton lighting solutions serve a wide range of customers, including architects, engineers, facility managers, municipal leaders, electrical distributors, and contractors in the commercial, industrial, retail, institutional, residential, utility and other markets. For more information, visit Eaton.com/lighting.
Hilary Spittle, (440) 523-5352
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Yi Zhang is an Assistant Professor of Business Administration at Bridgewater College, Virginia.
Yi is passionate in teaching marketing at the undergraduate and graduate (MBA) level. Her research area covers the psychological and contextual factors that influence financial decision making and consumption choices.
Yi is a behavioral scientist whose work bridges affective neuroscience, marketing and consumer behavior. She provides consulting services on consumer perception and behavioral science applications to business, pricing and marketing strategies.


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The Australian Institute of Landscape Architects (AILA) has rallied more than 50 organizations into an alliance that will advise the Australian federal government on cities policy.
Leaders of the organizations, including the Australian Institute of Architects, the Planning Institute of Australia, the Green Building Council of Australia and peak body groups in infrastructure and green sectors, met in Canberra last week to participate in the Living Cities Workshop.
The workshop was addressed by members of parliament, including the Minister for Major Projects, Territories and Local Government, Paul Fletcher, the Shadow Minister for Cities, Anthony Albanese, and Greens MP Adam Bandt, as well as representatives from the Department of Environment.
A key outcome of the workshop was the formation of the Living Cities Alliance, a network of peak body groups with a shared interest in green infrastructure.
The alliance has tasked itself with reporting back to the government with its recommendations that will inform the forthcoming Cities Policy Forum, hosted by the federal government.
Minister Fletcher, in outlining the federal government's agenda, highlighted three key challenges for forming policies in relation to cities:
"First, effective long-term planning will be critical to shaping our cities so that they deliver the economic growth needed to maintain our quality of life.
Secondly, we need cities that support the needs of those who live, work and visit them. Smart and successful cities are underpinned by world class digital and physical infrastructure.
Thirdly, we need sustainable, green cities with improved amenity for a more liveable environment."
The alliance is currently working on a set of draft recommendations. Some of the ideas it is considering include:
- a national green streets pilot program
- incentives for accelerating green roof installation
- leveraging private sector investment for enhancing green spaces in urban centres
- creative financing mechanism for green infrastructure
McKenzie said that while the alliance is made up of groups representing different interests, there was consensus among the leaders around issues of good governance, particularly with respect to how all three levels of government can work together and how the federal government can leverage the cash they have in more effective ways.
"All indications from the government have been that they are genuinely interested and supportive of an alliance to be able to assist them in forming policies," McKenzie said.
"I would like to see that Australia can get there with other countries around the world that are leading and investing in this space."
In light of the recent appointment of Angus Taylor as the Assistant Minister to the Prime Minister for Cities and Digital Transformation, McKenzie said, "We look forward to briefing the new assistant minister on the Living Cities Alliance. We also acknowledge the significance of this role reporting directly to the Prime Minister."


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How to Use the Fax on a Brother MFC-240Cby Andrew Tennyson
The Brother MFC-240C is a multifunction printer with customizable faxing capabilities. You can send faxes using either the automatic document feeder or the scanner. Before you can receive faxes, set the device's receive mode.
Sending a Fax Using the Automatic Document Feeder
Step 1
Press the "Fax" button to switch the MFC-240C to Fax mode. You know you are in Fax mode when the Fax button turns green.
Step 2
Place the document you want to send face-down into the automatic document feeder.
Step 3
Dial the number to which you want to fax the document. Use the dial pad to enter the number, and be sure to enter any necessary area and country codes.
Press the "Black Start" button to send a black and white fax or the "Color Start" button to send a color fax.
Sending a Fax Using the Scanner
Step 1
Press the "Fax" button to enter Fax mode and then lay the first page of your document onto the scanner glass.
Step 2
Dial the number to which you want to fax the document.
Step 3
Press the "Black Start" button to scan the first page.
Step 4
Press "1" to scan another page. Remove the first page, replace it with the second and press "OK." Press the "Black Start" button again to scan the second page. Repeat this step for each subsequent page you want to scan.
Press "2" to stop scanning pages and fax the document.
Setting Up to Receive Faxes
Step 1
Press the "Menu" button, select "0" and then select "1" to view the Fax mode screen.
Step 2
Press the arrow keys to select the mode you want. Options include Fax Only, Fax/Tel, External TAD and Manual. The mode you need varies depending on your telephone service and how you intend to use the MFC-240C. Select "Fax Only" if the telephone line connected to the MFC-240C is a dedicated fax line. If the line is used for both faxing and telephone calls, select "Fax/Tel," and the MFC-240C will automatically detect whether the incoming call is from a fax machine or telephone. If you're unsure which mode to select, select "Fax/Tel."
Press "OK" and then press "Stop/Exit" to finish preparing the Brother MFC-240C to receive faxes.
- While a fax is sending, you can cancel the job at any time by pressing the "Stop/Exit" button.
- You can send color faxes only to compatible fax machines. Color fax information is sent directly and is not stored in the MFC-240C's memory.
- The LCD shows the amount of available memory whenever you enter Fax mode. If you attempt to send a fax and the memory is full, the fax is sent in real time and not saved to the device's memory.
- The quantity of pages you can save to memory at any given time varies depending on the amount of writing on a page. Pages with more text take up more space in the MFC-240C's memory.
- If you send a fax and find its contents too light or dark, adjust the contrast settings on the fax machine. Press the "Fax" button to enter Fax mode, load your document into the automatic document feeder or place it on the scanner. Press "Menu | 2 | 2 | 1" and then use the arrow keys to select "Auto," "Light" or "Dark" to change the contrast setting. Press "OK" to save your changes.
- You can change the default fax resolution on the device which impacts the number of faxes that can be stored in the machine's memory. A higher default resolution means fewer pages can be stored in memory, while a lower one means more pages can be stored in memory. Press the "Fax" button to enter Fax mode. Press "Menu | 2 | 2 | 2" and use the arrow keys to select the resolution you want to use. Press "OK."
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The most defensible of these annoyances are early-exit fees from a contract - the handset was subsidised by the monthly fee, so it is quite reasonable to expect the consumer to have to pay off that subsidy before the contract can terminate, whether it be a one-off fee or a monthly charge; the others are just the result of operator stupidity and paranoid lawyers, as I have yet to see an actual real justification for preventing a user from using the software their handset was designed to run (which is legal and frequently done in many parts of the world).
However true all this carrier-bashing is though, it doesn't remove the naivety of consumer advocate Josh Silver's statement that "public policies in this country allow (Apple) to chain that technology to one massive company, AT&T, rather than allow consumers to make the choices they want". Public policy no doubt plays its part but one of the key barriers to portability - even if the operators were under European-style regulations to allow it - would be the mishmash of technologies used across the US.
I would love to see how Josh intends to take his GSM iPhone on AT&T and make it run on Verizon or Sprint's CDMA networks, let alone the legacy iDEN networks that Sprint acquired with Nextel. This portability we enjoy in Europe can only be achieved when a single wireless technology is mandated across a country at the start - it is the policies of the government 10 years ago that were at fault and the US government today could only hope to partially solve the problem, allowing portability across equivalent technologies.


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My work on sexual violence covers a wide range of areas, with the overarching theme of reforming law and policy to better secure justice for victim-survivors. My research has investigated what victim-survivors themselves see as justice, developing the concept of 'kaleidoscopic justice' with my colleague Nicole Westmarland. We have also considered the possible use of restorative justice in cases of sexual violence.
My research has also challenged the common use of sexual history evidence in sexual assault trials, questions of anonymity for defendants and complainants in cases of sexual violence, sentencing and feminist activism. This work all builds on earlier work including a British Academy funded conference Rethinking Rape Law which resulted in the publication of Rethinking Rape Law: international and comparative perspectives co-edited with Vanessa Munro.
In 2011, Ken Clark, then Minister for Justice, proposed increasing the sentencing discount awarded to defendants who plead guilty to a maximum of 50%. Public debate on this idea was impossible due to his comments made at the time of the announcement about some rapes being more serious than others. However, McGlynn has argued that while he was wrong on distinguishing between rapes, he was right to start a debate on sentencing discounts for very early guilty pleas. McGlynn argues that early guilty pleas may save some victims the trauma of pursuing a case through to court.
Clare is a regular commentator in the national media on matters relating to rape law, including on sentencing reform and controversial cases involving false allegations of rape and false retractions.
McGlynn has also contributed to the debate surrounding anonymity for defendants accused of rape. She argues against the introduction of anonymity for rape defendants, and rejects calls for the crime of rape to be treated differently to other crimes. She highlights the importance of open justice, a principle that is generally afforded greater weight than privacy rights. McGlynn argues that discussion of the issue would benefit from consideration of the wider criminal justice context, in particular the themes of open justice and human rights.


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This is NOT a pair we'd put together, but it SO works!
Nick Jonas has opened up more candidly than ever before in a brand new interview where he admits dating actress Lily Collins.
The 'Jealous' star - who split from long-term girlfriend Olivia Culpo last year - says he had a few fun dates with the Mirror Mirror star and says she's an "amazing person" - though it seems the romance never went past more than a couple of meetings.
"We went out a couple of times, she is amazing," Nick revealed to The Sun this week. "We have known each other for years, just running in the same circles.
"I've enjoyed meeting different people and spending time with people with all the cards on the table," Nick explained. "All people need human interaction at some level.
"At my age too, dating is important, getting to know yourself by meeting different people, seeing what it's all about."
And sadly - because they didn't become a serious thing - Nick NEVER got to meet her famous dad - legendary drummer Phil Collins!
"I didn't meet him, [but] I'am a huge fan," Nick added. You missed a trick there, boy!


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As mentioned below, the voting intention figures in the YouGov poll for Sky News were actually prompted using the names of the party leaders, so aren't comparable to normal voting intention figures (though they do tell an interesting story in themselves, showing Labour doing better with Brown – only 1 point behind the Conservatives – than under Blair, where they would have had a 2 point defecit. Aside from the voting intention question, which I have a horrible feeling will be bandied about far and wide without the caveats that it isn't using comparable wording, there are some other interesting questions in the survey.
Public expectations are now that Brown is more likely to be Prime Minister after the next election than David Cameron (by 41% to 29%). YouGov asked whether it was a good or a bad thing to be the 'heir to Blair' – 45% of people thought it bad, with only 14% saying it was a plus. Bad news for David 'heir to Blair' Cameron then? Well, no, because only 15% see Cameron as the 'heir to Blair' compared to 34% thinking Brown is his heir. Whatever the stylistic resemblence between Cameron and Blair, it still appears to be Brown who needs to shake off his luggage.
YouGov then asked about party preference on a number of policy areas, Brown's Labour party had a large lead on the economy (41% to 23%) and has moved back ahead on the NHS (32% to 25%) and education (31% to 27%). Cameron's Conservatives were narrowly ahead on the environment (26% to 24%) and foreign affairs (26% to 25%). Incidentally, the question wording makes a significant difference here – we've seen in YouGov polls over the last few years that the Conservatives and Labour are pretty much even on the economy when you ask about the parties. If you ask about whether people trust Gordon Brown or David Cameron more on the economy though – the leaders rather than the parties – Brown wins hands down.
YouGov also asked if people thought it would be a good idea for Brown to bring politicians from other political parties into his government. Only 29% of people though that it would be good for him to bring in Conservative politicians, with 42% thinking it a bad idea. A majority of Labour voters thought it a bad idea – Tory voters were split 38% against, 39% in favour (presumably they were thinking of them serving as Conservatives – not defecting Quentin Davies style!). Asked if it would be a good idea to bring Lib Dem politicians into the government, 34% of people thought it would be a good idea, 35% a bad idea…but interestingly a plurality of Labour voters (42%) and a majority of Liberal Democrats (58%) approved of the idea.


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As President-elect Ronald Reagan packs his cowboy boots and hat for his official move to the East, this bellwether query still hovers over the outcome of last month's election: Is American politics riding off into the West?
There is no doubt, say political sages, that in terms of clout and prevailing philosophies the country is beginning to tilt to the Western United States.
For one thing, increasing numbers of Easterners and Mid-westerners are trekking westward in search of the good life, triggering a growing shift in voting power from the Northeast to the Southwest. The shift will be reflected in a gain of congressional seats by the region, when the US House of Representatives is redistricted on the basis of the 1980 census.
Perhaps more significant is the key role of the West is destined to play in coping with such pressing national demands as new energy sources, more agricultural products, and modernization of the US nuclear deterrent.
"The issues on the front burner of the national agenda today are Western issues. They are that will be played out in this part of the country," says Philip Burgess, executive director of the Western Governor's Policy Office (WESTPO), a coalition of interior Western states.
He notes that the 11 member states are rich in minerals and bountiful in crops. Collectively, the states rank as the world's largest uranium producer, fifth-largest coal producer, and second-largest corn producer. And the government is concentrating its multibillion-dollar synfuel hopes in the rugged Rockies of Colorado and Utah.
As for defense, it is on federal lands splayed across Nevada and Utah that the US Air Force hopes to plant the controversial MX missile, the largest public works project proposed in history.
Add to all these factors a horseback-riding President-elect who is aiming to streamline the institution regarded most suspiciously by independent Westerners -- the federal government -- and the climate, observers say, seems to augur well for a political hoedown of sorts in the West.
But this does not mean, political analysts say, that the zealous conservatism of the New Right can be expected to run rampant across the West, from the plains to the Pacific. On the contrary, they note, any such broad-brush political profile of the West grossly oversimplifies the complexities of a maverick region that defies pigeonholing.
It is true that the West, once the breeding ground for Eugene Debs's International Workers of the world Movement and a backer of the New Deal politics of Franklin D. Roosevelt, has grown considerably more conservative over the past few decades. This conservatism, found among people who call themselves Democrats, as well as among Republicans, is based on a self-reliance that dates-back to the rough-and-tumble days of the wild west.
It is fueled by a sence of "being picked on," as one observer says -- a resentment of and feeling of alienation from the federal government displayed by disgruntled Westerners as openly as a lovelorn suitor wears his heart on his sleeve.
But running through that conservatism is a streak of headstrong independence. One look at the region in light of the Nov. 4 election shows just how unpredictable the West can be. This time around there were, of course, the much lamented and rejoiced-over (depending on one's politics) defeats of such Democratic Party giants as Washington's Sen. Warren Magnuson, Idaho's Sen. Frank Church, and Oregon's Rep. Al Ullman.
At the same time, however, Arizona's Barry Goldwater -- the patriarch of the New Right -- nearly lost his seat in a state notorious for its conservatism. Meanwhile, Arizonans sent Rep. Morris Udall, a leading Democrat, back to Capitol Hill with the largest margin of victory he's had in years.
And in a California race targeted by conservative activists, Sen. Alan Cranston, a liberal Democrat, won an easy victory over Paul Gann, coauthor of the Proposition 13 tax revolt.
Observers note, also, that Idaho's Church lost by a mere 1 percent -- a stark contrast to the whopping defeat Jimmy Carter suffered in the state, his worst in the country.
If election results don't make the West perplexing enough, there are a number of contradictions in attitude as well. While Westerners harp about the burden of federal regulations, they are also jealously protective about the vast open spaces they have.
According to 1979 polling of Rocky Mountain residents taken by the Behavior Research Center, Westerners favor strengthening environmental protection laws by a 3-to-2 margin.
Although the polls indicated a conservative inclination among those questioned, says director Earl de Berge, the startlingly contradictory sentiments it revealed inluded a perception of big business as a threat to American democracy by some 40 percent of WEsterners.
Despite the West's apparent new clout in Washington, including nine important committee chairmanship's in the Republican-controlled Senate, power in terms of sheer numbers still eludes the region. Of the 435 members of the House of Representatives, Mr. Burgess notes, 211 are from the Northeast and only 24 hail from the 11 states represented by WESTPO.
And, pundits warn, there is no guarantee that Reagan will be able to keep the West solidly behind him. Western sentiment could easily turn against the President-elect in four years if he fails to ease the burden of federal government, they say.


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On most days we are satisfied with the ghar ka khaana that we have, if not a home cooked meal then a meal at a normal restaurant would also do
But then there are days where you want to enjoy and experience something different, something unique.
Food with a concept and an ambiance that supports the concept.
Bunker Located in Cross point mall gurgaon serves this purpose perfectly!
As the name suggests the ambiance is that of an army bunker which gives a very unique ambiance to dine in.
The ambiance is the highlight of this restaurant. As soon as you enter you are welcomed by guns and khaki print. The wall tapestry is in khaki print. There are small hideouts camouflaged between the walls of the restaurant.
Every small detail has been paid attention to, even their ketchup come out of a small toy gun.
Thirst Quenchers
For drinks we enjoyed a wonderful vodka based cocktail with cranberry juice.
We also tried their sunrise mocktail which is a wonderful blend of all the citrus fruits!
The Grub
For starters we tried the cheese bread cigars. As the name suggests these were bread rolls with lots of molten cheese inside and a crispy deep fried bread coating outside. Absolute heaven for all the cheese lovers.
The next thing we tried was the Methi Malai chicken and Grilled Fish. The Chicken is a Must Have. Succulent boneless pieces of chicken marinated in a curd base and then chargrilled to perfection.
The fish was also well prepared and we specially liked the dip that came with it.
The Mains
For mains we had two of their most recommended items from the menu.
One was the Chicken Monster Burger and the second was the Chilly Chicken Drone Pizza.
The Chicken Monster Burger as the name suggests has a huge juicy chicken patty sandwiched between two well toasted sesame buns and lots and lots of molten cheese.
These come along with a portion of onion rings and this dish alone is enough for two people.
The chicken drone pizza is like the drone pizzas we see on many if the instagram posts. It was a twisted knotted dough with lots of veggies,chicken and cheese inside.
This was also spectacular in taste and again the mayo dip that came along made a wonderful combination.
Sweet Nothings
For dessert we tried their deep fried ice cream and the blueberry pancakes.
Sadly this part of our meal was disappointing.
The ice cream was not as crunchy on the outside as we expected and the pancakes were an absolute disaster. They were uneven in shape, not fluffy enough. Also the blueberry compote was very average. They really need to work on this portion of the menu
Overall, our experience was very nice. The ambiance is bang on, the staff is very courteous and helpful. Some items in the menu are an absolute try and worth visiting again for as well!


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Verdant pastures… full of broad beans.
Posted by: Ealing Transition Community Garden on April 11, 2010
Posted by: Ealing Transition Community Garden on April 11, 2010
Our summer weekend drop-in sessions are alternate Saturdays and Sundays, from 10:30-12:30.
Check out our Upcoming Events for dates and details.
If you'd like to come along to a dig day, just turn up
OR, shoot an e-mail over to email@example.com for details on the latest activities and alternative dig days available.
We're located at the Village Park Allotments which can be accessed from Rose Gardens off Popes Lane in South Ealing, W5 4JU, adjacent to 14 Rose Gardens.
We're a friendly bunch, so don't be shy!


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"A delightful return to form. . . . Irresistible. . . . Very funny. . . . A joy." —The New York Times
"Profound and wise. . . . [Russo is] a writer of great comedy and warmth." —USA Today
"Elegiac but never sentimental. . . . Russo's compassionate heart is open to the sorrows, and yes, the foolishness of this lonely world, but also the humor, friendship and love that abide." —San Francisco Chronicle
"For fans who've missed Sully and the gang, Everybody's Fool is like hopping on the last empty barstool surrounded by old friends." —Entertainment Weekly
"A delight." —The Washington Post