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Re: One More ShotLovely, thinking about visiting this location next year. ATB TK
Re: One More ShotMany Thanks TK.........It's a great place either late evening or very early when all the sin worshippers have gone home. I am quite fortunate as I live only about 40 minutes away near Chester ....Regards ....Alf
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Re: One More Shot"sin worshippers" ?? ..........Sorry freudian slip or at least a typing error : - ) If you are going to stay in Anglesey though, this place is probably about 2 hours away ( depending on where you stay on the island) so it might be worth planning your trip to include this on the way there or the way back. .....Cheers! Alf
Re: One More ShotI thought you meant sun. ATB TK
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Looking for some repose from all the pink sparkly hearts and frilly red roses? Welcome to this space - a place where there are no cute frosted cupcakes or pink macarons nor will you find adorable red velvet desserts for two or pillowy puffs of pastel colored meringues. Instead, I give you a roasted chicken!
Do not get me wrong I am not your anti-romantic out to stamp Cupid with his own arrow. On the contrary, I am a true romantic at heart and find huge joy in French toast in bed, champagne under the moonlight and picnics at the foot of a mountain. I just find these things hit the heart more effectively when you least expect them and not arranged once a year on a day so commercialized that people crumble under the pressure. Nothing sexy about that!
My man is in Stockholm the whole week, but he did get a little surprise when he opened his suitcase and found a small red heart I cut out of cardboard, with a Rocher chocolate tied to it with a red ribbon. Happy Valentine’s - my way!
My surprise was Soeren cuddling up to me all sleepy eyed early yesterday morning, “Dad told me to give you a big kiss!” he said “but I am not going to give you the dad kind of kiss, ok?” And then gave me a small box of boozy chocolates. Happy Valentine’s - his way!
That was the height of our V-Day! And that was that and for us, in our own way, special. We’ve been together for 14 years and by now know a day like Valentine’s is not going to bring more magic to our relationship. We have it already, on some days more and on other days less. We love, we argue, we kiss, we make up!
We won’t be seeing each other this week not until till Sunday and then we only have the evening together before he flies off to Stockholm again. He’ll be back Friday night and I’ll be on my way up north to Münster to work on styling and shooting a cookbook by Lisa Nieschlag - her third in the Anni series. I am fairly excited about this project, because for the first time I have been booked purely as a food stylist and will be working together with photographer Julia Cawley. It’ll be different: for once I can focus only on beautifying the set. It’ll be fun: the three of us have been corresponding for several weeks behind the scenes and I already feel the fabulous connection between us. There’ll be more: and because we harmonize so well, we’ve already got a second project underway.
I hope, when I return I will have a few pictures of the things that went on behind the scenes of a photo shoot to share with you.
For now I am taking you back to good old rustic home cooking, pepped up a little with exquisite flavors. A divine corn-fed, free-range chicken, roasted so slowly that all the beautiful flavors are locked into the moist flesh. Flavors of powerful garlic, tangy lemon pepper and boozy Grappa come together here, served with lemony parsnip fries - aren’t you glad you came over!
Printable version of recipe here
- Lemon Pepper
-, then massage the fleur de sel aluminum foil and roast of about an hour and a half.
- In the meantime toss the parsnip fries with the lemon zest and a pinch of fleur de sel. color. Keep an eye on the fries, making sure they do not dry out or burn. Serve the chicken with the fries and a green salad.
Verdict
This is the kind of dish I like to bring to the table after a busy week. The oven does most of the work leaving me plenty of time to relax and catch up with the family. A glass of red wine, lots of hugs and cuddles and a few kisses - and it does not have to be Valentine’s Day.
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Finally the Monthly Mingle has kicked off again this month again and we are over at Hila’s from Add to Taste all the way in South Africa. Her theme this month is Heart Healthy and I am sending her this slow roasted chicken with many hugs and thanks for hosting the MM this month Hila!
Stay healthy and see you next week.
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I so agree with you...so much commercialism surrounds this day that there is pressure:-(... Congrats on the styling & photography job!Cant wait to see it
Oh I LOVE roast chicken!! It's both elegant and comforting and just all-round fabulous. Never thought of incorporating Grappa but what a fab idea. As for V-Day... I spent mine in bed with a fever and hubby's gift to me was a whisky sour with lots of fresh lemon juice (for the vitamin C hahaha!). And LOL, we have been together 14 years at the end of this month - Borg!
I am very glad I came over Meeta:D
che delizia hai realizzato! Davvero golosa! Complimenti, un bacio! :)
What fabulous flavors! That roasted chicken must taste amazing. I love the idea.
Even if I am a romantic girl, we don't really celebrate this day. I did get a box of chocolates, though... ;-)
Cheers,
Rosa
There are few things I miss more than eating roast chicken. The smell alone has me drooling but these photos are equally tantalizing. Beautiful!
There is nothing like a beautifully roasted chicken and perfectly cooked fries to go along with it. Congrats on all your exciting adventures. Am wondering why am I not a part of Monthly Mindlge I totally should participate! :)
This looks beautiful.. even the raw chicken.
Congrats again for the assignment.
Coincidence that even I made Roasted chicken but herb braised on V-day. Wil be posting in few days!!
What a beautiful roasted chicken..ever since I became a vegetarian, I really miss roast or fried chicken..:-0
I love chicken, but the parsnip fries in the pics looks even better than the chicken!
Gorgeous chicken and fries. I'm craving roasted chicken now!
That has to be one of the plumpest most beautiful chooks ever! Luv Mx
love love love it :)
i know its simple but it really looks nice. ♥ lemon .
Beautiful meal, and love those parsnip fires!
Rustic cooking is all my husband wants for V day - and that's fine by me. Can't wait for April :)
Personally I am thrilled to see a post without frilly pink stuff! Congrats on the food styling gig; you will be brilliant at that!
Meeta, I too love a beautifully roasted chicken, thanks so much for sharing.
Meeta I so want to come to one of your workshops..! I love the first photo, can't believe how good you made even a raw chicken look! I have Grappa, I'll try this recipe and lovely to hear about the new theme for the Monthly Mingle. Will try and join in xx
Delicious and healthy recipe, and fantastic photography, as always! Thank you for sharing!
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Parsnip fries are a great idea!
Parsnip fries,,,yum! Love the roast chicken and a great way to use a little of the grappa loitering with intent in the freezer!
To me this would be the perfect valentine dinner! No need for pinky stuff at all!!
Can't wait to hear how your cookbook shoot went!!
Roast chicken has got to be one of my all time favorites. So much so that I make it about once a week. But that sometimes means I get stuck in a rut of making the same chicken over and over. I am definitely trying this one next time I do roast chicken... which thanks to this post and your photos, may be tonight. Btw I don't know how I got so behind on your blog! It was nice getting to droll over three different recipes today. Yummy!
Love roast chicken and yours does look and sound scrumptious but parsnip fries? What a brilliant idea!! And duh, of course you would be the food stylist for the project-what else? Your photos are quite artistically fabulous!
What a lovely post about the nature of love with one's chosen life partner :) And I agree with you completely! We always stay home on Valentine's and either C or I will cook for the other...this is just the homey type of dish he would request from me!
This is great the lemon fit of it.
i really love chicken specially the roasted one. thank you for sharing i already try it. so good :)
Looks great and tempting i love indian food !!also love your tag line " What's For Lunch, Honey? "
Roasted chicken is one of the best meals for almost any occasion. Glad you like the flavors here and yes those parsnip fries are pretty good too.
Thank you for all your lovely comments!
roasted chicken and some fries. that's a great recipe! love your blog. :)
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The 45th annual summer season – the first under new artistic director Jonathan Church (See News, 2 Nov 2005) – continues until 1 October 2006, with other highlights including: the first UK revival of the Royal Shakespeare Company’s colossal 1980 dramatisation of Charles Dickens’ The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby; Rodgers and Hammerstein’s classic Broadway musical Carousel; and Howard Brenton and David Hare’s indictment of Fleet Street, Pravda, co-produced with Church’s former company, Birmingham Repertory Theatre; as well as revivals of Terence Rattigan, Noel Coward and August Strindberg (See News, 20 Feb 2006).
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Opening the season in the Festival Theatre, Penelope Keith returns to Chichester to play a vicar’s widow in Richard Everett’s new comedy, which continues until 27 May 2006. After many years of being on her best behaviour - and personally baking two tons of light crust pastry - the death of Grace’s much-loved husband gives her the freedom to do and say exactly what she pleases. Keith has previously appeared at Chichester in The Merry Wives of Windsor, The Importance of Being Earnest and Relatively Speaking and was last seen in the West End in Blithe Spirit in 2004. Alan Strachan directs the new production.
The season’s main musical is Carousel, the doomed love story of naïve mill worker Julie Jordan and swaggering free spirit Billy Bigelow. Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II’s 1945 musical drama is in the main theatre from 5 June to 1 September 2006, directed by Angus Jackson (Elmina’s Kitchen, Promises Promises) and choreographed by Javier De Frutos (Rambert Dance Company).
The centrepiece of the season is The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby, newly adapted by David Edgar and directed by Jonathan Church and Philip Franks. The two-part epic features a cast of more than 20 actors, who tell the tale of Nicholas as he embarks on a thrilling journey through 1830s England. The Royal Shakespeare Company’s groundbreaking 1980 production by Trevor Nunn and John Caird has gone down in theatrical lore. This updated version is the first major revival since then. It runs in repertory from 24 June to 2 September 2006.
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Opening the season in CFT’s smaller auditorium, Terence Rattigan’s last play, In Praise of Love (1973), runs from 9 June to 8 July 2006. In the drama about love and death, a wife conceals an incurable disease from her husband, who, in reality, knows but does not think his wife does. Based on the true story of Rex Harrison’s wife, Kay Kendall, Rattigan’s play deals with a highly repressed English marriage.
These themes are echoed in Noel Coward’s series of one-act plays, Tonight at 8.30, performed in two triple-bills from 13 July to 2 September 2006. The plays, directed by Lucy Bailey, were originally developed for Coward to perform with Gertrude Lawrence in 1935, and feature characters ranging from bickering music hall performers to domineering wives and down trodden husbands.
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Like countless other communities across the nation, North Whidbey and the Oak Harbor have felt the sting of hard economic times in recent years.
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It was a good, productive night, and I'm happy with how it was spent.
And now that midnight's passed, I'm both late for the festivities and too tired to impress. So... Sorry for that!
I hope you had a very happy Valentine's Day however you celebrated. There's plenty of stuff to love in this world, so do yourself a favor: find something and be happy!
Oh - you want a recipe? Um... This is what I've got today:
For starters, what dessert could possibly be more perfect for Valentine's Day? These temperamental buggers are sweet, tart, smooth, cute, and, well, temperamental. But you've got to love them, right?
The macaron shells were made following Stella's foolproof method and recipe, with one part coconut and two parts almond. They were then filled with a quick jelly based on Helene's and scraps of cream cheese swiss meringue buttercream from the freezer.
I hope you'll forgive me for working with something so horribly out of season this week. They were on sale and they were red. The fit was just too good.
They're perfect! Love the currants. Happy Valentine's Day, lovely!
Thanks! I had never worked with them before, but I hope I can again soon! I like them a lot.
I'm glad you started updating again, I'm subscribed to your site via RSS. I have yet to try anything you posted (I live by the microwave!) but I like seeing the pictures you post of stuff.
Anyways. Update more and one day I do plan to try something!
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Well I forgive you for the out of season-ness ;) They are beautiful! I have yet to have success with using coconut (even with Stella's method) so my hat is off to you! They are beautiful!! Thanks for taking the time in a busy busy week to post these :)
Haha! Thanks! I'm glad you like them :)
These sound so yummy!
Thanks! I was SO happy with how they turned out :)
Ooh coconut almond base - - I have yet to try that. May have to give it a shot, as those enticing pearls are reeling me in:)
I can't think of anything that would go with adventures in financing better than slightly-burnt popcorn.
I did it because I was running low on almonds, but it turned out so well that I'll definitely be doing it again!
And yeah... Not too much joy comes with financing. lol
I've never tried using coconut in macarons - what an awesome idea!
It works SUPER well! I did it because I was running low on almonds and I'm so happy I spotted the coconut in the cabinet.
Just wanted you to know that I made the Hi Hat Cupcakes. Although, i used Martha Stewart's Devils food cake recipe and your Swiss meringue frosting, which came out perfect!! OMG! I gave them to my Son and family and took the rest to my church Craft guild....that was their Valentine from me. Everyone just raved over them, but I doubt that I'll make them again...they took 1 1/2 Ibs. butter!...soooo rich!
Woohoo! I'm glad that they went over well. And yeah - definitely not health food ;)
Beautiful! The red colour of the currants contrasts with the white colour of the macaron and coconut. What a great combination!
Thanks very much!
I will be back to try out these macaroons, I haven't found a recipe yet that works 100% for me. I know the last ones I made were just yum. But didn't look right yet.
Woohoo! I hope these will be the ones. Stella's method is so wonderful :)
Any season is good for these, me thinks!!
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Haha! Thanks for your understanding :)
Oh forgive you are you kidding. If I could only be late and yet so on it.......
Lol! Thanks :D I was so annoyed with myself when I saw the clock tick past midnight :P
They look delish!
So I have a question...Did you use shredded coconut or did you put that in the food processor too? And would it matter if I used all coconut?
Thanks
Thanks! I used shredded, unsweetened coconut and put it in the food processor with the almonds. It would probably work ok with all coconut! I think Stella's made them with pepitas before.
These guys look soo good. I love that pop of red from the currant in the center - pure seduction! And yummy flavors too.
Thanks very much!
Gorgeous! This is one beautiful cookie, wow. Looks really delicious!
Thanks!
I love reading your blog :) I was just wondering if there was a best way to freeze and defrost the cream cheese swiss meringue buttercream? Or can you just shove it in a tub to freeze, and defrost at room temperature?
Thanks!
Helen x
Thank you! I froze and defrosted it exactly as described! You have to re-whip the frosting when it comes to room temp though, and I had to let it beat for about 5 minutes before it came back to the right consistency. If it's soupy, stick the frosting in the fridge for a bit and then whip again.
I really need to suck it up, put on my brave pants and make macarons. These sound soooo good. And the photo is so beautiful .. I love it!
They're super tasty! Go for it!
Wooow these macarons are soo beautiful, bellissimo!The colors are great! Well done Kaitlin, I'm your
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I am continually aging. I love reading, writing, dancing, animals of pretty much every kind and good movies. History and art are my favorite school subjects. I have two cats named Spook and Alfie. I enjoy alone time, hate talking on the phone, and am annoyed by stupid people. I hate it when critics tell us not to go see a movie or read a book or go to a concert just because *they* happened to not like it. I am contrary and enjoy doing things that are the complete opposite of what people tell me to do. And I talk back... a lot. Admittedly, something not to be proud of, but well... I am! ... I'm a bit bloodthirsty.
Getting to know me! Getting to know aaaaaaaaaaall aboooooooooout me!
Your current OTP
Doctor/Rose will always be my current OTP.
A pairing you initially didn’t consider but someone changed your mind
Loki/Thor – I ran into some fic, don’t know who by but it was hot
A pairing you have never liked and probably never will
Doctor/Anyone Other Than Rose, Angel/Cordelia, Buffy/Spike
A pairing you wish you liked but just can’t
Doctor/River – then at least I could watch series 5 and after instead of avoiding DW like the plague
Have you added anything stupid/cracky/hilarious to your fandom, if so,
what
When I was into Glee, I started but never finished a crack fic entitled
The One Where Blaine Does His Super Awesome Hot Dog Impression, Or: Wherein Blaine is Extremely Awkward but Kurt’s Totally Into It
What’s the longest you’ve ever been in a fandom
4 years
Do you remember your first OTP, if so who was in it
Buffy/Angel
Do you prefer characters from real action series or anime series
Real action – anime is just silly to me
Has the internet caused you to stop liking any fandoms, if so, which and why
Star Trek for a while because they attack you (true story: called me racist and a woman-hater and I happen to be a very open minded *woman*) when you actually give constructive criticism on a story and some of it has to do with how the story turned Uhura into a Mary Sue who could do no wrong, even when she bad-mouthed her own captain to the entire universe which was the catalyst for almost inciting a galactic war and yet Captain Kirk doesn’t even reprimand her because according to the authors, his womanizing ways and the way he hit on Uhura during Academy “totally meant he deserved what she did.” Also, getting attacked for pointing out that StarFleet is in fact a military organization, even if a peaceful one, and as such, there are rules in place that include insubordination – which Uhura neatly sidestepped in that fic… /rant. Sorry, still incredibly sore.
Name a fandom you didn’t care/think about until you saw it all over tumblr/LJ/DW
Sylar/Claire from Heroes
How do you feel about the other people in your current fandom
The DW fandom is pretty awesome – I don’t know anything about any wank as I don’t tumble, really.
Your favorite fanartist/author gives you one request, what do you ask for
Rose happens to meet all the Doctors (but doesn’t imply that she’s his wife like River does, just that they’re close) and she happens to be – for some reason – wearing Four’s trench as a dress that she made completely stylish by wrapping Four’s scarf as a belt and wears Four’s hat (idk, it’s just a kink!). The Doctor from 1 to 12 falls in love with her without a causal loop, but just because and also – they all want to see her wearing something of theirs.
Your favorite fanart or fan artist
Don’t really pay attention to fanart
Your favorite fanfiction or fan author
Anyone who denounces GitF as canon
Choose a song at random, which OTP does it remind you of
I shuffled my iPod and Owl City’s
Galaxies
popped up. Even though it seems to be about God, the rest of the lyrics remind me of the Doctor and Rose, obv.
Invent a random AU for any fandom (we always need more ideas)
Rose is swept through time either through a crack or random time storm to the future, does something that saves a planet or village but which ultimately kills another race – which happen to be non-sentient parasites that add nothing to society (though she tried not to kill them) – and is tried by the Shadow Proclamation, then imprisoned in Stormcage for genocide. She meets River, they become fast friends and through River, Rose meets the Doctor. Doctor/Rose fall in love and Rose is a bamf (even bamfier than usual of course) immortal Bad Wolf… yes, I’ve thought about this.
A ship you’ve abandoned and why
I don’t really abandon any of my ships – I may stop writing/reading fanfic, but they will always be in my heart. And there are those that I come back to after a break. When I fall for a couple, they will always be my couple because when I ship, I ship hard and forever.
A pairing you ship that you don’t think anyone else ships
Captain Jack Harkness/Jake Simmonds
Show us an example of your personal headcanon
The Doctor loved Rose by the end of
Rose
.
The Doctor only told Martha superficial stuff about his planet and not what really mattered – that was all Rose’s.
While the Doctor adored Donna and Amy, Rose was/is/and always shall be his best friend.
The Doctor only finds River’s gun-wielding attractive because he doesn’t want the psychopath to shoot him.
The Doctor cares for River but does not love her romantically and only indulges her because he’s afraid the denial of her obsession will break her.
River cares for the Doctor but does not love him romantically as she’s realized it’s not a healthy relationship to be in and has moved on with Captain Jack.
The Doctor never ate chips with anyone again after he lost Rose – both times.
When the Doctor was living the life not-quite-fantastic with Craig, he was imagining that Rose was his flat/bedmate.
Others to be announced as I remember them.
Do you remember what your first fanwork was?
Something in Harry Potter.
Self-rec: What's your favorite fanwork you've created?
I absolutely adore
They Were A Peach
and
Hello, Stranger
. My favorite works by far.
Are you one of those fans who can’t watch anything without shipping
Yes. I have to have at least a little romance. Emotion is the basis of life and what connects us to each other. Even if it's just shipping a bro- or chick-mance, you gotta have some sort of emotion. Without it, the story’s just not worth the telling. It's why I can never read books on mythology - they're so dry and lacking in feelings, even in the telling of the story.
5 favorite characters from 5 different fandoms
Doctor Who
– Rose Tyler,
Vampire Diaries
– Damon, Syfy’s
Alice
– Hatter,
Heroes
– Gabriel Gray/Sylar,
The Borgias
- Cesare
3 OTPs from 3 different fandoms
Vampire Diaries
– Damon/Elena,
The Borgias
– Cesare/Lucrezia,
Avengers
– Thor/Loki
A fandom you’re in but have no ships from
I always ship someone if I’m in fandom. If I don’t ship, then I may be a fan of the show but I’m just not that into it and thus, not in fandom.
Just ramble about something fan-related, go go go
I can’t understand why people ship the Doctor and River. I just can’t. To each their own, I know, but to me, that relationship is just unhealthy and River’s obsession with the Doctor is just that – an obsession gained from books and being raised to kill. She’s mentally unstable and she could be awesome without the romance element to her. One can’t just heal from psychopathy and usually, meds are needed at all times to keep them stable. If Moffat was going for the ‘she’s a Time Lady and therefore can snap out of the induced craziness and have a healthy relationship with the man she was trained to kill all her life’ thing, well – the Master anyone? Totally hijacks that theory.
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A special #Christmas night @the home of some very wonderful & very English friends #Srilanka Christmas crowns included!</> Embed 37w
Yagüez and the attack of the pillow. #newbaby
Yagüez conoce a bisabuelita por primera vez :
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Though Jonathan Simkhai designs for the style savant with feminine sensibilities, at its core his line captures a decidedly athletic and boyish spirit. His Resort 13 collection retains these sensibilities, while also embracing eye-popping prints and a slew of colors, ranging from understated pastels to electrifying brights. Pretty dresses get the sportif treatment with baseball-style sleeves, and there are enough oxford shirts to attire a fleet of prepsters. The designer certainly didn't skimp on his usual playfully elegant fare: the shapes are relaxed and easy, the fabrics lightweight and fluid, hinting at warm-weather getaways and sunset drinks. Though Simkhai was born and raised in New York, the designer's latest pieces exude Californian cool, serving up sportswear-inspired clothes with a modern twist. Continue reading for details on his collection, and check out our exclusive Q&A with the designer as well.Pleated Striped Dress ($645)
This frock sports a sweet, feminine silhouette and intriguing geometric pattern, making it a great choice for date night.
Crepe Moto Jacket ($465)
The perfect cover-up for chilly spring evenings? This cool moto jacket updated with neon yellow trim.
2 Tone Oxford ($298)
Contrast this pastel oxford shirt with a brightly printed pencil skirt and sleek metallic heels.
Pocket Top ($295)
You can wear this striped boxy t-shirt with matching shorts, but it's also versatile mixed with solid-colored separates.
Stripe Shorts ($298)
Pair silky drawstring shorts with a button-down blouse for a polished yet laid-back effect.
Q&A with Jonathan Simkhai
What inspired the start of your design career?
I was always inspired by the girls around me in my life. They were always coming over and borrowing my clothes. So, finally, I decided that I would design cool boyish clothes for them so they would stop stealing my stuff!
What was the inspiration behind this season's collection?
I drew inspiration from the wedding of my best friend of five years, Kristine Lanspa Mittendorf. Kristine, who also works at the company, planned a beautiful Caribbean wedding at the Viceroy Anguilla. I was really intrigued by the idea of a dream vacation wardrobe. I incorporated elements from the resort's mixed interiors, sleek architecture, and tranquil island setting. I tried to use different organic materials and textures to create a stark difference to the modern architecture of the clothes, similar to the interior of the location. I also focused on a cool and fresh color palette that perfectly reflected the island's serene nature.
How would you style specific pieces from this collection? Do you have a favorite piece in the collection?
I really believe in layering, especially oxfords under everything. I don't think you can go wrong with a buttoned-up collar under any look. My favorite piece was the long layered maxi dress. It features a variation of the classic black and white print that I do every season, and there are subtle trim details that give the piece a pop of color and add a sporty edge. The double layer is flattering on lots of body shapes and the slits on the side add a sexy touch.
What kind of girl do you envision wearing your clothing?
I definitely design for a girl who is confident, who can feel sexy in a silk track pant and is always effortless.
How does your design process for a collection start?
Usually, I begin with a broader idea by looking at the things around me. Where I'm traveling, who I'm spending time with, and what colors feel good to me. I then begin looking at fabrics and colors and picking things based off an intuitive feeling. Once I have that groundwork, I start sketching and let the ideas develop.--Tiffany Tse
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Ever wondered how other people would edit a certain picture? Want to learn some editing skills? Want to have a good time playing with pictures?
Come and participate in our editing game in the Editing and Creativity group! Everyone's invited, from the Photoshop guru to the total newbie.
You can already see the results of our first edition of the game here (click image to go to gallery):
To participate in the current game, please follow instructions presented in this forum thread:
This game is not a competition. It's a space for showing and sharing. You can upload more than one version, you can crop or you can make composites with your own images.
The only important thing is to have fun! Enjoy!
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Must-Try Outfit Ideas From Your Favorite Tastemakers
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At one point or another during the season, we’re all faced with the challenge of keeping our spring essentials feeling fresh and exciting. The good news is there are an abundance of influential tastemakers to look to for guidance, which is why we’ve packed this month’s Styling Tips story with not one, not two, but 12 exceptional looks. Whether it’s giving your leather mini skirt a weekend update with a pair of sneakers (Alexa Chung) or adding interest to a neutral palette with layered necklaces (Cara Delevingne), we’re here to remind you that hitting the refresh button on your wardrobe doesn’t have to be difficult. Keep reading for all of today’s inspirational outfit ideas.
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WHO: Leandra Medine
WHAT: Arriving at the Whitney Art party in New York earlier this month.
WEAR: Max Mara bomber jacket and skirt; Edie Parker clutch; Casadei Printed Pumps ($2400).
Get The Look:
Vivienne Westwood Anglomania Top ($675); Vivienne Westwood Red Label Pencil Skirt ($360); Kimchi Blue Palm Print Fold-Over Clutch ($17); Lucy Choi London Snake-Print Aster Shoes ($277).
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WHO: Eva Chen
WHAT: Feting the launch of Cherry Bombe, a new magazine by Kerry Diamond and Claudia Wu, in New York.
WEAR: Proenza Schouler dress; vintage belt; Celine bag; Proenza Schouler boots.
Get The Look:
Linea Pelle Versatile Vintage Hip Belt ($110); Madewell Perfect Leather Belt ($48); Ann Taylor Woven Belt ($38).
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WHO: Mackenzie Davis
WHAT: At the opening of Catherine Martin and Miuccia Prada Dress Gatsby, a special costume exhibit in New York.
WEAR: Miu Miu Black Crepe Long Sleeve Blouse with Crystal Mirror Encrusted Collar ($1795) and Red Leather High Waisted Pants ($1695, select Miu Miu boutiques); Prada head wrap; vintage rings.
Get The Look:
Vanessa Bruno Ankle Split Leather Trousers ($1194); J Brand Leather Super Skinny Pants ($895); Catherine Malandrino Stretch Leather Pants ($537).
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WHO: Zoe Kazan
WHAT: Photographed at The Pretty One screening during the Tribeca Film Festival.
WEAR: vintage top and overalls; Rachel Comey boots.
Get The Look:
Current/Elliott Traveler Denim Ranch Hand Overalls ($510); Citizens of Humanity Quincy Overalls ($297) in Drama; Rachel Comey Leather Ankle Boots ($400); Dolce Vita Jamala Ankle Boots ($106).
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WHO: Alexa Chung
WHAT: Spotted out and about in in New York.
WEAR: Opening Ceremony Reversible Floral Long-Sleeve Pullover ($280); Mulberry Pencil Skirt ($1650, 415.399.9105) in Black Nappa Leather and Small Bryn Bag ($1100) in Black Shiny Grain; Superga 2750 Linu Sneakers ($80).
Get The Look:
AllSaints Lucille Leather Skirt ($318); ASOS Mini Skirt in Leather ($92); MICHAEL Michael Kors City Sneakers ($89); Keds Pointer Animal Jute Trim Sneakers ($55).
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WHO: Lauren Santo Domingo
WHAT: At a press preview of the Punk: Chaos To Couture exhibit at the Metropolitan Museum of Art.
WEAR: Delpozo blouse, top, and pants; Nicholas Kirkwood Block Heel Pumps ($720).
Get The Look:
KTZ Grey Opal and Lace Printed Crop Top ($430); Topshop Circle Cutout Crop Shirt ($64); Thom Browne White Oxford Shirt ($315); Gap Henley Tunic ($50).
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WHO: Helena Christensen
WHAT: Celebrating the launch of Assouline’s new book Hotel Stories in New York.
WEAR: Tsumori Chisato top; Peter Jensen skirt; & Other Stories Wood & Rubber Clutch ($23); Miu Miu shoes.
Get The Look:
Banana Republic Circle Lace Shell ($42); Topshop Milano Jersey Skater Skirt ($56); Felix Ray Foxy Clutch ($275); Nine West Bora Bora Wood Frame Clutch ($59).
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WHO: Behati Prinsloo
WHAT: At a pre-Met Ball soiree hosted by celebrity hairstylist Harry Josh.
WEAR: Rag & Bone hat; vintage shirt; Alexander Wang bag; Fiorentini & Baker boots.
Get The Look:
Rag and Bone Moto Jacket ($795); Madewell Share With Vintage Military Jacket ($162); Ash Roses Lace Up Boots ($325); Nasty Gal Fiona Combat Boots ($78).
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WHO: Amber Heard
WHAT: Taking a stroll in New York earlier this month.
WEAR: Monika Chiang Trench Coat with Leather Detail ($419) and Silk Anorak ($425); Vince cardigan; vintage skirt; Tory Burch shoes.
Get The Look:
Rag and Bone Bishop Trench ($795); Minimarket Long Twill Trench Coat ($433); Kenzo Long Graphic Skirt ($508); Blank NYC Button Front Skirt ($70).
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WHO: Olivia Thirlby
WHAT: Hanging out at the To The Wonder after-party in Los Angeles.
WEAR: Tory Burch scarf; Theory blazer; vintage jumpsuit; Joan & David shoes.
Get The Look:
Ted Baker London Core Blazer ($348); Topshop Matt 2 Blazer ($90); Diane Von Furstenberg Embellished Jumpsuit ($814); Dorothy Perkins Black/Ivory Check Jumpsuit ($69).
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WHO: Zoe Saldana
WHAT: Backstage at the Michael Kors F/W 13 show during New York Fashion Week.
WEAR: Michael Kors Azalea 3/4 Sleeve Raglan Crewneck ($595), Azalea Tube Skirt ($695), and Emma Booties ($750) from the Pre-Fall 13 collection.
Get The Look:
Kay Unger New York Fitted V-Neck Cap Sleeve Dress ($310); St. John Collection Rib Knit Shell ($295) and Mod Pique Pencil Skirt ($395).
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Chief Strategy Officer at Rasmussen Global; Senior consulting fellow, International Institute for Strategic Studies; member of La République en Marche Fabrice has 20 years of experience in strategic affairs and international public policy. He’s leading Rasmussen Global’s political practice where he provides strategic advice to private and sovereign clients on geopolitical issues, Brexit and EU policies. He has also initiated the Transatlantic Commission on Election Integrity bringing together leading figures from politics, media and technology including former US VP Joe Biden and former UK Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg. Fabrice served as Director of Policy Planning for two successive NATO Secretary Generals Anders Fog Rasmussen and Jens Stoltenberg. While at NATO he developed some of the Alliance’s most consequential initiatives such as the Readiness Action Plan and Smart Defence, and shaped the priorities of four major Summits. He advised the Secretary Generals during major crises such as Libya and Ukraine. Before his time at NATO, Pothier founded Carnegie Europe part of the Carnegie Endowment for International Peace, which became one of Europe’s leading foreign policy think-tanks. He was the co-founder of the International Council on Security and Development where he led global advocacy campaigns on public health and security issues, including in Afghanistan, where he co-founded an addiction care centre with the Afghan Red Crescent. He started his career in London as a senior risk analyst for Japanese energy group Osaka Gas ltd. Fabrice Pothier is widely published and quoted in the international media, and regularly speaks on international affairs and security issues. He is also actively engaged in President Macron’s La République en Marche, especially in the fifth district of French people leaving abroad (Spain, Portugal, Andorra and Monaco). He has recently completed a 700km bike ride across southern France and norther Spain to meet people and talk about Europe. He holds two Masters degrees in politics from the UK and France, and speaks French, English and Spanish. He lives with his wife and five children in Spain (Santander) and works across Europe.
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Need-To-Know Outfit Details For Reese Witherspoon, Dianna Agron, & More
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In case you missed it, here’s a look back at the week’s standout looks!
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Aimee Song
Hanging out at the Mercedes-Benz Star Lounge during New York Fashion Week.
On Aimee:
findersKEEPERS jacket
BCBG top
Cameo skirt
Jennifer Zeuner necklace
Celine bag
Giuseppe Zanotti heels
Alternatives:
Sacai Luck Check Bomber Jacket ($1286)
Diane von Furstenberg Acedia Cotton-Blend Lace Top ($120)
Banana Republic Printed Ponte Mini Skirt ($70)
Ivanka Trump Blair Large Flap Bag ($75) in Coral
ShoeMint Romy Heels ($100)
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Ashley Madekwe
Spotted around Lincoln Center during New York Fashion Week.
On Ashley:
Monique Lhuillier Sequin Palette Swing Cocktail Dress ($4390)
Jimmy Choo Anouk Pumps ($575)
Alternatives:
Gabriella Rocha Oak Dress ($51)
Shoe Cult by Nasty Gal Luxe Pumps ($78)
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Dianna Agron
Leaving the ABC Studios in NYC.
On Dianna:
Oscar de la Renta skirt (similar dress version available here)
EF Collection Diamond Infinity Ring ($1368) in White Gold
Graziela Gems Large Yellow Pizza Earrings ($6200)
Louis Vuitton SC clutch
Christian Louboutin heels
Alternatives:
Kamorav Scoop Neck Tank ($78)
Carolina Herrera Floral-Embroidered Jacquard Skirt ($1990)
kate spade new york Liberty Cap-Toe Suede Pumps ($328)
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Karolina Kurkova
Attending the Poplicks: Plus One book launch party in New York.
On Karolina:
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Solange Knowles
Celebrating the 3.1 Phillip Lim for Target collection in New York.
On Solange:
3. 1 Phillip Lim for Target blazer and skirt (both available September 15th)
Alternatives:
Laveer Ramble Blazer ($260)
American Apparel Sunflower Circle Skirt ($54)
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Reese Witherspoon
Arriving at the Toronto International Film Festival premiere of Devil’s Knot.
On Reese:
Jason Wu dress from the Resort 14 collection
Jimmy Choo Anouk Pumps ($595) in Emerald Suede
Tiffany & Co. jewelry
Alternatives:
JS Collections Graphic Print Ribbon Dress ($139)
Ted Baker London Neevo Pumps ($170) in Green Suede
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Miranda Kerr
Heading out to the U.S Open finals in NYC.
On Miranda:
Stella McCartney blazer
Frame Denim Le Skinny De Jeanne Jeans ($189)
Lanvin Happy Medium Flap Shoulder Bag ($2345)
Manolo Blahnik heels
Alternatives:
Band of Outsiders Crepe Tuxedo Jacket ($595)
Ivanka Trump Flap Shoulder Handbag ($150)
L.K. Bennett Florete Pumps ($345) in Tortoise Shell Patent
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Travel planning
During the event you can easily park your car in front of the NCC Ost’s main entrance. The cost for a parking space is 10,- Euro per day.
DOAG has a cooperation with Deutsche Bahn which makes it easy and comfortable for you to travel to DOAG’s events all year round.
As a service, for booking an accommodation NCC provides you with a booking portal which contains a listing of hotels in a variety of categories.
Browse the booking portal
You can use public transport in the greater Nuremberg area (VGN) on the days booked free of charge if you have your conference pass with you.
Frequently Asked Questions
If you are main speaker at the conference + exhibition, you get free entrance. Otherwise, please purchase your ticket on our website at the appropriate conditions.
In this case, please contact the box office. After checking your data, a new ticket will be handed out to you.
To transfer your ticket, please contact the DOAG Office by telephone or e-mail. Please provide the contact details of your representative. You can reach us at the following e-mail address.
Ask your colleagues to contact the DOAG Office and provide your contact details. This will enable us to send you an updated ticket. You can also pick up your badge on site.
If the conference fee is still open, you can pay it on site by credit card, ec-card or in cash.
All food and drinks are included in the ticket price. Excluded are Coca-Cola and Coca-Cola light, which can be purchased in the restaurants. A selection of vegetarian dishes will be offered.
Both restaurants (level 1, red / level 3, blue) and a fast food restaurant offer a varied selection of vegetarian dishes.
Free wireless LAN is available throughout the NCC.
The wardrobe is located in the entrance area, directly opposite the conference counter. Lockers for storing items can be found on level -1.
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September 15, 2014
The Commonwealth of Virginia is on Barack Obama's birthday wish list.
The expected Democratic presidential nominee turned 47 Monday. He shared his special day at a Boston fundraiser with hundreds of friends and other admirers.
Introducing the candidate, Massachusetts Sen. John Kerry said he asked Obama what he wanted for his birthday, and Obama replied, "Indiana, Colorado and Virginia." That referred to three potential swing states Obama hopes to win in the November election.
Obama was serenaded first by singer Harry Connick, Jr. and his ten-year-old daughter, Kate, and then by the entire room in an animated rendition of "Happy Birthday."
The Illinois senator received two gifts. The first was a Hawaiian shirt emblazoned with Red Sox symbols and the other was a near-identical shirt with Chicago White Sox symbols on
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18 DIY Christmas Ideas – Christmas in July 18 DIY Christmas Ideas – Christmas in July..
Our hope today is to inspire to plan ahead and maybe make and create a few things for family, friends and neighbors.This way when the season arrives, you will be more than ready
Stacked Wood Slice Christmas Tree Ornament
Wood Slice Christmas Tree
Easy DIY Christmas Wreath with Lantern
Book Page Christmas Ornament
Easy Christmas Pillow from Placemats
DIY Christmas Cookie Exchange Bag
Framed Christmas Tea Towel as Art
DIY Fabric Wrapped Christmas Ornaments
Watercolor Christmas Ornament from a Napkin
Christmas Shadowbox – Let’s Get Cozy!
Thank you for this post. I have found that if you wait until October to start some Christmas DIY’s, most of the stores have already sold out of some of the items you need.
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September 14, 2014
Stay Connected Anywhere
TOPEKA, KS. The USSSA Fastpitch Softball World Series officially started group play on Thursday.
Rylee Robinson's , who's life was nearly taken in a bicycle accident in May of 2013, team was playing Thursday. She was with the team yesterday during all the festivities, but was not with them Thursday.
The Tropical Storm lost their first game, but then won the second 8-0.
Tropical Storm team is also the host team of the tournament.
Tropical Storm Coach Art Sheltrown said, "Our team is pumped up. This is the 14U World Series. And the girls they're ready. they've been practicing all year for it. Rylee attends practice. She'll field ground balls and take throws. And we're trying to work her back in. She's a bright girl and we miss her.
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A Merry Christmas and a happy New Year!
It’s been a turbulent year with a lot of ups and downs. It was never boring though. 2018 will be about the same with some major changes in the pipeline. It should be interesting. 😉
My sister and her family are here. A nice Christmas tree is up. The real thing with proper candles that give off that special smell and light. The holiday spirit is in the air at last.
For the next few days, I have been ‘drafted’ to as co-pilot on the digital adventures of my nephew. He’s making me aware that my reflexes are not what they used to be. In other words, in nearly all the games he wins hands down. 😉
I just received the email to make my Christmas just a little nicer still. Leury Pichardo from Tierragamer.com (Thank you!) sent me the link to their top blogs to follow and this blog (2dgameartguru.com) made the list as a valuable resource for game art.
Thanks to all of you for continuing to read my blog and give me the feedback and motivation to keep on posting!
Merry Christmas!
A little late, but Happy New Year! Hope the new year brings you health, happiness and lots of creativity and that we continue to enjoy your wonderful blog. 🙂
Also, congratulation on another recognition of your work! You deserve it! 🙂
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You may notice the outward signs first. The tremors, the stiffness, the classic signs of Parkinson’s disease. Medications to treat the disease often end up causing drug induced involuntary tremors. Now doctors are trying a slightly different approach to an old treatment.
Dr. Jerrold Vitek has been researching Parkinson's Disease for fifteen years. But it's his most recent work that he's most proud of. "The whole goal of all this is to really find out what's the best way to do these procedures for patients to give them the best outcome over the long term." The procedure he's talking about is a pallidotomy, a surgery that used to be common for Parkinson's patients. "Pallidotomy is where you make a destructive lesion in the part of the brain called the basal ganglia. You're basically removing a piece of the brain that is now becoming a problem and creating disruptions downstream." Taking that piece out curbs many of the outward signs of Parkinson's. "The tremors, the rigidity, the slowness, the extra movements form medication the dyskinesias."
Typically results are seen on the side of the body opposite the side of the brain where doctors make the lesion. Dr. Vitek noticed something different. "The thing we saw that has not been reported before was the benefit on both sides of the body which persisted out two years in many patients." He says what's different could be where and how big they're making the cut. Soon after Mary Selmen was diagnosed with Parkinson's in 19-85 her tremors and jerky movements took over. "I just thought it was the end of my life. "
Mary had a pallidotomy and seven years later, the shaky hands and other signs of Parkinson's are greatly reduced. "it just made a new person of me." Though her tremor have all but vanished, Mary's not settling. With her daughter Laurie and grandson Zach likely standing right by her side.
Doctor Vitek says many of his patients are experiencing benefits on both sides of their body for three years and longer. He says with long term benefits like these, it could lead to new approaches and different views on how this procedure is done.
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Your lawyer will get adequate time to prepare for your case when you apply for a lawsuit loan. When you get injured you will have difficulties going to work. If you find it hard for you to work with injuries lawsuit loans can help you move on with your life. Most people fear to be blamed after being involved in an accident and thats why they fail to cooperate.
The lawyer will ensure that your bills are paid. Your case will be handled by your lawyer as you take time to heal When you get advance cash you will not get stressed up wondering where to get money to cater for your needs after an accident. It is advisable to apply for settlement funds when you feel so desperate. This is for the reason that you will spend weeks or months to heal.
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Concerts on the Creek (resubmission)
Date(s): 6/7/2014, 6/14/2014, 6/21/2014, 6/28/2014, 7/5/2014, 7/12/2014, 7/19/2014, 7/26/2014, 8/2/2014, 8/9/2014, 8/16/2014, 8/23/2014, 8/30/2014
7:00 pm
Spring Creek United Church of Christ 4500 Spring Creek Road Rockford, IL
Concerts on the Creek is a weekly Saturday concert series featuring outstanding musicians who have achieved of regional, national, and international recognition; several of them have Rockford hometown roots. Concerts will showcase a broad variety of musical styles from blues to bluegrass and Dixieland to country. The concerts will occur each Saturdaythis summer at Spring Creek United Church of Christ on the intersection of Spring Creek and Spring Brook in Rockford (just east of Alpine). Concerts will begin at 7:00. Admission is free and donations will be accepted. Food and beverages will be made available for purchase by Bino's Italian Restaurant. Please note that attendance is limited to 225 persons on a first-come-first-served basis, and that parking is limited to 97 vehicles; parking on the street will not be permitted. Visit for more information, including complete schedule of musicians, or phone us at 815-979-1949. Please 'like' our concert's Facebook page at
Saturday 6/7 Emily Hurd
Saturday 6/14 Barb City Stompers
Saturday 6/21 Starlite Radio
Saturday 6/28 Dion, Roy, & Italian Connection
Saturday 7/5 Dean Moriarty Jazz Band
Saturday 7/12 Olivia Dvorak
Saturday 7/19 No Name String Band
Saturday 7/26 Truman's Ridge
Saturday 8/2 Randy Sabien
Saturday 8/9 Harlan Jefferson
Saturday 8/16 Macyn Taylor
Saturday 8/23 June's Got The Ca$h
Saturday 8/30 Joe Jenks
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We’re looking for a kick-ass junkie intern for the summer and/or fall. You should be the type of person willing to ~jump~ into projects and tasks and run with them. Work can be done remotely or you can come into our awesome office located in the West Village! This is one of those internships where you learn EVERYTHING. And it’s worth every second, trust us. Especially because you'll get free classes in exchange!
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How to Create a Zen Bedroom
A Zen bedroom is one conducive to sleeping and rejuvenation, a room where your activities prior to sleep assure the sleeper-to-be of an easier fall into slumber and a pleasant, uninterrupted sleep through the night.
There are many ways to improve your bedroom space and nighttime routine to help create a Zen sleep atmosphere. Here are a few tips.
Steps
- 1Clear the desks. Your bedside table should not be as a dumping ground for knick-knacks and growing piles of "stuff". Nor should it ever serve as an extension of your office. Put away the files, telephone, diary, highlighters, kids' toys and medications. Keep only the things that are essential for sleep and resting: a book, moisturizer, a photo, a glass of water. The fewer things next to your bed, the fewer distractions and the more disposed to sleeping you will be.Ad
- 2Make it into a noiseless cocoon. Your bedroom should be a haven. This may be hard if the neighbours hubbub can be heard through the wall. It's a bit too expensive in most cases to consider soundproofing the room but you can muffle any sounds coming from other rooms by putting up shelves and lining them with books. The books will absorb some of the noise. Although, Su T'ung
- 3Po, a zen master once said "All noises are the noises of the Buddha". Try to think of this when hearing that barking dog on the street.
- 4Remove electromagnetic disturbances. The radio alarm clock, TV, mobile phone, computer etc. - all these appliances emit electromagnetic pollution even when in stand-by mode or turned off. This can disturb sleep and block the production of melatonin. Not to mention the annoyance of blinking or glowing lights emitting from some appliances that disturb sleep. Best to move all such appliances to another room. And get a wind-up alarm clock!
- 5Leave worries at the bedroom door. Don't bring your day's concerns into the bedroom. Instead, write a list of the things that need doing or are bothering you in order of priority that you will deal with tomorrow. This list will help you to clarify ideas and give you a sense of mastering the situation, thereby avoiding useless stress at the time you want to be falling asleep.
- 6Come to your Zen bedroom relaxed. This requires unwinding beforehand. Have a sea salt bath. Throw in several handfuls of sea salt into a bath of 36º C (97ºF) temperature. Not only is this assured relaxation as the warm water encourages physical relaxing but the sea salt penetrates your skin barrier to stimulate the circulatory system and unwind those tired muscles. You will feel good and sleepy after a sea salt bath.
- 7Take Zen practices into the Zen bedroom. Meditation is permitted in a Zen bedroom. As is massage and no better than a sleep-inducing massage. According to traditional Chinese medicine, a 5 - 10 minute massage of the hollow found just behind your earlobe will stimulate your eyelids to close. Try it!
- 8Keep the room cool. In summer, toss the covers and spritz your body with water before pulling over the sheet. Even in winter, a cooler room temperature is better for good sleep than overly warm.
- 9Adopt a Zen sleeping position. Lying on your side is the best for aiding good sleep and digestion. Lying on your back tends to encourage snoring and sore necks, whilst lying on your tummy can inhibit breathing and place pressure on your stomach region, preventing easy digestion.Ad
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How do you explain that you are a forty year old virgin to a woman you are dating and are ready to have sex for the first time? We dated for a couple of years. And straight men everywhere are destined to run on the treadmill of unending attraction to mid-twenties women well into our octogenarian years, regardless of whether or not we actually act on it. Why would a girl ask if you are dating someone and who it is you are dating?
They feel like she's going to use me and shes too old for me but they haven't met her yet. As her friend, I would try to convince her to break it off. They want to play video games or do their hobbies.
Can a 40 year old woman date a 23 year old guy
- This guy is using you, playing you, whatever you want to call it.
- What does it mean when a woman says you have her heart but she still sees other guys?
- Ask her out if you are ok with dating an older woman.
- Real Reasons for Sex Before Marriage.
- They dismiss contemporary musicians as not good enough.
What matters is whether your levels of maturity match, not your calendar age. Older women tend to appreciate the fact that their boyfriends can take care of themselves, in other words, dating den start paying for more in the relationship. And we talked about everything under the sun.
How is ariana dating in real life? But you will never be mature without life. Also if you really like him tell him you would feel better dating him when he isn't dating someone besides you.
I m a 19 year old boy and i m dating a 25 year old girl
Maybe women who dont have sons dont think like that? The man was all suave, athletic and chivalrous. She could be unintentionally setting him up for a world of hurt. You added this to Age of consent and underage relationships category so if you mean dating and have a real relationship as man and woman, they can not.
Show her you are passionate about something by developing a new hobby that most people in your age-group might not be interested in. It's not that it's not okay to date them, tandem bike hookup I'm just not into them. Which brings us back round to the caveman hypothesis. Whomever started that cougar and milf shit should die in a fire.
She, on the other hand, never seemed to get over the age gap. You need to mature some more. What exactly does someone of his age see in your friend?
He swears he would never do that to me. What makes a man who is very successful and powerful feel insecure about dating a woman who is not as seccessful? If it's working for you then that's all there is to the matter. Which we did but we have another roommate. You seem to think that she likes you, but do you like her?
24 year old guy dating 30 year old woman
- How hard would you want to kick and what shoes?
- She's obviously has a crush on you.
- Put another way, do you really want the respect of men who think this way about women?
- She is going to want a guy who can support himself, just like she does.
- Older women, because of their confidence and experience, also make better lovers.
Is it okay for 26 year old woman to date a 23 year old man
It is more than ok, because women usually outlive men anyway. After we were together for a while We were staying at my place and I had a roommate We decided to get our own place. Research finds that one well-known guideline may not work for everyone. Exit with class and grace.
20 year old guy with 40 Year old Woman - Off-Topic Discussion - GameSpot
What does it mean when a man tells you that he trust you and then talks to you about a woman that he is dating then ask for your advice When he knows that you are interested in him? He married his ideal woman. Like most things, it's okay with some people and not okay with others.
Is a 26 year old man too old for a 20 year old woman
With Tao of Badass you will study on the best and his problems what the proper way to seduce girls is. In most places sexual activity would also be legal. She might still have some feelings for the guy and does not want to hurt him.
But how legitimate is this rule? Most decent people are sleeping. His feelings and lovey dovey were at an all time zero. Does that sound like any kind of healthy or happy way to approach a relationship?
Is It Okay For 26 Year Old Woman To Date A 23 Year Old Man
General Relationship Discussion Everything else under the sun. Do you understand that it is against the law what your friend is doing? After all, taurus if you're older you had a head start. Who does Taio Cruz have a crush on?
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They operated sub saharan africa for years. Has lots of troops all over
africa, guinea, angola, ethiopia. Not to mention spooks.
They came away thinking they were sub human. The entire africa directorate
of kgb was worse than the kkk. Yeah, they hate musselmann. But don't kid
yourself. Putin has an ingrained image of blacks.
Count on russia testing him like khrsuchve did, but double it. The
russians not only don't thin he has balls. They don't think he has brains.
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Did you read the original email on krushchevs colorful message to rusk?
Scroll down
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On Apr 5, 2009, at 6:13 PM, "George Friedman"
<[email protected]> wrote:
I am totally lost.
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From: Reva Bhalla
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You've also made the testicles reference in describing to us what
Russia was doing to Germany in the energy cut-off
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On Apr 5, 2009, at 6:05 PM, "George Friedman"
<[email protected]> wrote:
There is also a huge racial element. Russians are big time
contemptuous of blacks.
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From: Lauren Goodrich
Date: Sun, 05 Apr 2009 18:03:18 -0500
To: Analyst List<[email protected]>
Subject: Re: some perspective
yea, remember how I told you that every Kremlin guy I chatted with
called Obama a "pussy".... this is part of that.
They don't care too much about age (for Med is pretty young).... it is
more about experience & they don't see Obama having it....
now who Obama surrounds himself with is important to Russia.... having
Kiss on that team drives them nuts.
Reva Bhalla wrote:
reading up on some intel history, and i thought this quote was
particularly relevant in analyzing US-Russia relations today.
Context: during month of Bay of Pigs. Kennedy was prepping for a
summit meeting with Khrushchev in Vienna, was hoping to get him to
agree to a test ban and calm tensions a bit. What followed was the
Berlin crisis
Krushchev at the time told SecState Rusk: "Berlin is the testicles
of the West, which I can squeeze at will."
Kennedy then told James Reston after the summit " I think Krushchev
did it because of the Bay of Pigs. I think he thought anyone who was
so young and inexperienced as to get into that mess could be taken,
and anyone who went into it and didn't see it through had no guts.
So he just beat the hell out of me."
Now think of that in the context of how the Russians are trying to
shape Obama's actions....
--
Lauren Goodrich
Director of Analysis
Senior Eurasia Analyst
STRATFOR
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Released on 2012-10-15 17:00 GMT
Costa Rica
. Nicaragua Disseminates White Paper "Las Verdades Que Costa Rica
Oculta" (The Truths Hidden By Costa Rica)
. Nicaragua General Denounces Honduras, Costa Rica Plot
. C.R. Court: `No' to Gold Mine
. Costa Rica With Its Own Book Of Truths Over The Nicaragua Dispute
. Costa Rica Releases New Photos Of Isla Calero Environmental
Damage
El Salvador
. China and Taiwan compete for trade in El Salvador
. El Salvador: Funes Offensive to Revive Economy
Guatemala
. Guatemalan pro football player found chopped up
. Gasoline smuggling from mexico to guatemala reported
Honduras
. Nicaraguan Legislator Rejects Honduran Accusations of Instability
Attempt
. IMF to evaluate deficit, budget in Honduras
. Nicaragua General Denounces Honduras, Costa Rica Plot
. Honduran Military Forces to Expel Farmers
. 2009 Honduras coup `was illegal,' says U.S. ambassador in leaked
cables
Nicaragua
. Commentator Says FSLN Planning To 'Deceive' People During
Elections
. Deputy Foresees Fall of Aleman After New 'Pact' With FSLN
. Nicaraguan Legislator Rejects Honduran Accusations of Instability
Attempt
. Nicaragua Disseminates White Paper "Las Verdades Que Costa Rica
Oculta" (The Truths Hidden By Costa Rica)
. Civic groups calling for free, transparent elections in 2011
. Nicaragua General Denounces Honduras, Costa Rica Plot
Panama
. Wikileaks revelations include Panama and Latin America
. Panama and U.S. to sign tax treaty Nov. 30
. Martinelli and Napolitano signed an agreement against organized
crime
Cuba
. Cuban Businesses To Have More Say in Hiring Employees Under
Proposed Changes
. Diplomatic talks mark 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Cuba relations
. Mass Requests for Self-Employment in Cuba
. Cuba and Russia discuss interparliamentary relations
. former cuban pol. prisoners meet with Spanish cardinal over
concerns of long delay in receiving political asylum status
Dominican Republic
. Dominican Health Authorities Report Total of 6 Cases of Cholera
in Country
. Haiti discriminates Dominican exports, top business leader says
. WikiLeaks: The U.S' big interest in tiny Dominican Republic
. Dominican president says MINUSTAH is key to stability in Haiti
Haiti
. Government Adopts Special Security Measures for Elections
. Thousand of Protestors Demand Annulment of Presidential Elections
. Haiti Electoral Council To Provide Presidential Election's
Results Within 3 Days
. Voting Center Looted in Port-au-Prince; Elections Annuled in Two
Cities
. Presidential Candidates Call for Elections To Be Declared Null,
Void
. Haitian Candidates Report 'Massive Fraud' During Presidential
Elections
. Haitians Annoyed at Voting Difficulties, Stage Protest
. Haiti cholera outbreak 'imported' says French epidemiologist
. U.S. observers say that elections in Haiti were "a farce"
. Haiti discriminates Dominican exports, top business leader says
. Dominican president says MINUSTAH is key to stability in Haiti
Costa Rica
C.R. Court: `No' to Gold Mine
Posted: Friday, November 26, 2010 - By Mike McDonald
A Costa Rican court has annulled the mining concession previously
granted to Industrias Infinito, S.A., and ordered the company to pay
environmental damages.
Ronald Reyes | Tico Times
Edison Valverde was one of the environmentalist who walked from San Jose
to Crucitas on July 2010. On Wednesday, outside the court in Calle
Blancos he celebrates a Costa Rican court's decision to strike down the
Crucitas gold mine project located in the northern zone of Costa Rica. day after the ruling, Infinito Gold stock lost half its value,
according to Nasdaq News.
The court ruled that environmental studies required to grant the mining
concession were incomplete, and the mining contract was therefore
illegal.
The court also annulled the public interest decree signed in 2008 by
former Costa Rican President Oscar Arias that authorized the removal of
50 hectares of forest, including yellow almond trees, in order to build
the mine. Cutting down yellow almond trees is prohibited in Costa Rica
because they provide food for the endangered green macaw.
The current ruling stems from an appeal filed undertake a criminal
investigation of Arias and former Environment Minister Roberto Dobles
for prevarication and for having signed off on a decree stating that the
open-pit gold mine was in the public's interest. The court found that
since environmental studies were incomplete, Arias' signing of the
decree was illegal.
Officials from the Ministry of the Environ-ment, Energy and
Telecommunications (MINAET) issued a statement on Thursday saying they
would wait for an official notification of the verdict in order to
"study it" before commenting. Judges are expected to issue the text of
the ruling on Dec. 14.
The investigation also will include Sonia Espinoza, former director of
the National Technical Secretariat of the Environment Ministry (SETENA).
The court found evidence of official misconduct on the part of Espinoza,
who allegedly signed the permits that allowed the company to deforest a
large area where the mine was to be built.
Espinoza was subpoenaed to testify during the trial. Initially she
failed to appear, and it took an escort from Judicial Investigation
Police to bring her into the courtroom.
Judges also ordered investigations into several officials from MINAET
and SETENA's Geology and Mining department, who allegedly participated
in the decision to officially declare the mine within the public
interest.
In a further ruling, the court also ordered Industrias Infinito to pay
environmental damages for destruction caused during years of sporadic
construction at the site. According to the court ruling, mine workers
removed 2,391 trees and cleared a total of 121 hectares of land. The
company also took over 76 additional hectares of land that had
previously been used by farmers to grow crops and raise livestock.
Finally, judges ordered the National System of Conservation Areas to
earmark funds to "restore the environmental balance" of Las Crucitas.
Funds for the recovery project will come from the Finance Ministry.
Apreflofas attorney Alvaro Sagot promised to "squeeze them for every
last penny to pay for the environmental damages."
Industrias Infinito's representative, Juan Carlos Obando, left the
courtroom without commenting. A vocal crowd of protestors awaited him
outside the court building, and Obando needed a police escort to reach
his car. The Tico Times attempted to call him on his cell phone, but
Obando hung up on a Tico Times reporter and then did not answer his
phone.
For nearly two decades, the Crucitas gold mine has been a thorny issue
for Costa Rica, a country that prides itself on its record of
environmental protection. Environmentalists say the massive gold mining
project - already partially built - would destroy thousands of trees.
Chemicals from the project, including cyanide, could also pollute the
region's groundwater supply, opponents say.
Edgardo Araya, attorney for the environmental groups, became choked up
upon hearing the verdict.
"We have proven that we are right," he said. "The state showed absolute
rashness (and) a complete lack of care."
In a statement, Carlos Coverdale, of the environmental group Preserve
Planet, called the day "one of the happiest days of my professional
life."
"We've clearly demonstrated that the Crucitas Project is not viable. The
whole country should be celebrating," he said.
Indeed, after the verdict was made public at about 5 p.m. local time,
cars honking their horns could be heard throughout downtown San Jose.
Industrias Infinito representatives had claimed the mine would create
jobs in area where people are struggling. They also said it would
generate $330 million in revenue for Costa Rica, and even claimed it was
"an environmentally friendly project."
The company claims it already invested $127 million in the project,
Reuters reported. Lawyers for the company said they would appeal the
ruling.
John Morgan, the company president, said in September the company had
not ruled out seeking international arbitration, a move that in the past
has had limited success for other companies in Costa Rica.
onday 29 November 2010
Costa Rica With Its Own Book Of Truths Over The Nicaragua Dispute
Not wanting to be outdone by Nicaragua, the Ministerio de Relaciones
Exteriores (Foreign Ministry) has published its own paper entitled "La
verdad sobre la incursion, ocupacion, uso y danos del territorio
costarricense por parte de Nicaragua."
The document is available on the Foreign ministry's website(Par.pdf talks of
the "truth about the incursion, occupation, use and damage of Costa
Rican territory by Nicaragua."
According to the Vice-Minister, Carlos Roverssi, the 149 page text is
not a reaction to the White Paper released Saturday by Nicaragua titled
"Rio San Juan de Nicaragua, las verdades que Costa Rica oculta", but
rather has been in the works for a time.
Roverssi described Nicaragua's publication as "political harangue",
saying that the Costa Rican text is substantiated by evidence that the
Isla Calero belongs to Costa Rica.
The Foreign Ministry document is divided into ten parts, explaining the
background to the military occupation of the island by Nicaragua and the
environmental damage caused, using National Geographic Institute
documents and details the setting of the river mouth limits and the
navigation of the Colorado river.
In addition, the document details the complaint filed with the
International Court, pronouncements of national and international
figures, as well as other issues that have been brought before the
Organization of American States (OAS).
Sunday 28 November 2010
Costa Rica Releases New Photos Of Isla Calero Environmental Damage
Costa Rica's Foreign Ministry on Saturday released new photos that
confirm the environmental damage of the Isla Calero, caused by the
dredging of the San Juan river by Nicaragua.
Costa Rica has filed an injunction with the International Court of
Justice at The Hague to stop Nicaragua from causing more damage and the
removal of troops from the island.
The hearing is set in January 2011.
However, Costa Rican officials fear that in the meantime its northern
neighbours will continue to cause irreparable damage to the area,
especially the island which Costa Rica considers its own.
The conflict between Nicaragua and Costa Rica of the dredging of the
river, the location of the border and the ownership of the Calero has
been ongoing for more than a month now when Nicaragua stationed troops
on the island.
Efforts by the Organization of American States (OAS) and diplomatic
dialogue to get Nicaragua to stop the environmental damage and remove
its troops from the Calero have all failed.
The last attempt was this weekend when a meeting of the officials of the
respective Foreign ministries and president Daniel Ortega (Nicaragua)
and Laura Chinchilla (Costa Rica) did not take place.
The Foreign Ministers of the OAS are schedule to meet on December 7 to
find a solution to the border conflict problem.
El Salvador
China y Taiwan compiten por el comercio de El Salvador
>> El Salvador ya tiene un Tratado de Libre Comercio con Taiwan. China
popular lo quiere con toda Centroamerica. La semana pasada se midieron
con ferias separadas
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productos tecnologicos estuvieron entre los que mas querian conocer los
visitantes a la feria comercial que Taiwan realizo la semana pasada en
el Cifco. FOTO EDH / ARCHIVO
EL DIARIO DE HOY
DOMINGO, 28 DE NOVIEMBRE DE 2010
China Popular y Taiwan quieren mas cuotas comerciales para sus productos
en El Salvador, muestra de ello es que la semana pasada ambos paises
montaron exhibiciones por separado.
Las reformas de liberalizacion de la economia de China, iniciadas en
1978, han permitido a esta nacion alcanzar unas impresionantes cuotas de
crecimiento economico sin precedentes en el mundo.
A pesar de que China no tiene relaciones diplomaticas con El Salvador,
del 22 al 25 de este mes llevo a cabo en el Centro Internacional de
Ferias y Convenciones (Cifco) la primera exhibicion comercial del pais
asiatico en la capital salvadorena.
En el evento participaron 52 empresas chinas, que ofrecieron sus
productos y servicios a empresarios salvadorenos interesados en
comercializarlos aqui.
Maquinarias para industrias de alimentos, productos textiles, de cuero y
plastico, materiales para la construccion, vehiculos de carga, viviendas
ecologicas, sistemas de iluminacion y equipos biometricos, entre otros,
fueron parte de la exhibicion.
La Biometria, es una tecnologia de ultima generacion basada en el
reconocimiento de caracteristicas fisicas e intransferibles de una
persona, como por ejemplo la huella dactilar, que es muy utilizada en
sistemas de seguridad e identificacion.
Lo importante de esta feria es que quedaron los contactos comerciales
establecidos, dijo el presidente de la Asociacion Salvadorena de Amistad
con el Pueblo Chino (Asachi), Manuel Flores.
La inauguracion de la feria coincide con el inicio de las gestiones de
la Camara de Comercio China en El Salvador y con las declaraciones del
presidente Mauricio Funes sobre la exploracion de oportunidades del
mercado chino y sobre una posible apertura de relaciones diplomaticas si
hay conveniencia para el pais.
Con relacion a la posibilidad de que establecer relaciones consulares
con China Popular molestara a su Aliado Taiwan, el presidente Funes dijo
que "eso no me ha generado ningun problema".
"Yo no he dicho que vamos relaciones diplomaticas con China. Yo dije
unicamente, y lo repito, estamos explorando esa posibilidad, no hemos
dado ningun paso tendiente a abrir relaciones diplomaticas con China",
reitero.
"La politica exterior la decide el Presidente de la Republica de acuerdo
a la Constitucion, y este servidor no ha tenido ningun acercamiento con
las autoridades de China", anadio.
Explico que le pedio al canciller, que hiciera un analisis de las
ventajas, de los beneficios, pero tambien de los perjuicios que pueda
tener el abrir relaciones con un pais como China, de la misma manera
como se hizo en su momento con Cuba, que lo llevo finalmente a
determinar la necesidad de retomar las relaciones que se habian visto
interrumpidas por casi 50 anos. "En este caso (con China), estamos
unicamente explorando", recalco el mandatario salvadoreno la semana
pasada.
Que no se tengan relaciones diplomaticas no inhibe a los empresarios o a
otras autoridades que no son del Gobierno central a tomar contacto con
China, como ha ocurrido con la feria que celebrada en El Salvador,
afirmo.
El mandatario explico que el presidente de la Casa de Amigos de China y
de El Salvador, que es el alcalde de Quezaltepeque, solicito
autorizacion al presidente del Centro Internacional de Ferias y
Convenciones y a el (presidente Funes) para llevar a cabo dicha feria.
Agrego que la feria permitiria a los empresarios salvadorenos tener
contacto con empresarios chinos y al mismo tiempo aumentar la oferta
exportable de El Salvador hacia la nacion asiatica o comprar producto
manufacturado en China que sean de beneficio para el pais. "Yo no le veo
ningun problema, y por eso es que autorizamos la realizacion de esa
feria", afirmo.
Pero eso no significa que sea el primer paso para abrir relaciones
diplomaticas con China, dijo luego. "Eso lo vamos a evaluar y en el
debido momento vamos a tomar una decision", insistio.
Asimismo comento que eso (referirse a la posibilidad de abrir relaciones
diplomaticas con China) no le ha creado problemas con Taiwan, "porque en
ningun momento yo he dicho que vamos a romper relaciones con Taiwan",
aclaro el gobernante.
FERIA DE TAIWAN
Casi simultaneamente, de 24 al 27 de noviembre, la embajada de Taiwan
realizo una rueda de negocios y exhibicion de maquinaria industrial, con
el proposito de brindar herramientas que mejoren los procesos
productivos, y la competitividad de empresas salvadorenas.
En el evento, organizado con el apoyo de la embajada de Taiwan en El
Salvador tambien se establecieron contactos de negocios para el uso de
las nuevas tecnologias industriales taiwanesas.
La maquinaria de Taiwan se caracteriza por su alta eficiencia, excelente
calidad, facil mantenimiento y precio accesible.
Fueron 13 empresas las que expusieron maquinarias para la industria
plastica, componentes electricos, fabricacion de calzado, empaque de
alimentos, industria textil, productos farmaceuticos y control numerico,
entre otros.
Como parte del programa se realizaron encuentros para que los
empresarios salvadorenos conocieran las facilidades de la maquinaria y
se apoyen en ellas para mejorar sus emprendimientos, informo la oficina
de comercio de la embajada de Taiwan.
China and Taiwan compete for trade in El Salvador
"El Salvador already has a FTA with Taiwan. China wants to popular
throughout Central America. Last week were measured with separate fairs
MAIL COMMENT PRINT INCREASE FONT DECREASE FONT
technological products were among the most wanted to meet visitors to
the trade show that Taiwan held last week in the CIFCA. EDH PHOTO / FILE
EL DIARIO DE HOY
SUNDAY, 28 NOVEMBER 2010
Popular China and Taiwan want more commercial quotas for its products in
El Salvador, example is that last week the two countries separately
mounted displays.
Reforms to liberalize the economy of China, started in 1978, have
allowed this nation to achieve impressive economic growth shares the
world record.
Although China has no diplomatic relations with El Salvador, from 22 to
25 this month held at the International Center for Fairs and Conventions
(CIFCA) the first Asian country's trade show in San Salvador.
It was attended by 52 Chinese companies that offered products and
services to Salvadoran businessmen interested in marketing here.
Machinery for food industries, textiles, leather and plastic, building
materials, trucks, green homes, lighting systems and biometrics, among
others, were part of the exhibition.
Biometrics is a next-generation technology based on the recognition of
physical and non-transferable from one person, such as fingerprinting,
which is widely used in security systems and identification.
The importance of this fair is that commercial contacts were
established, said the president of the Salvadoran Association of
Friendship with the Chinese People (Asachi), Manuel Flores.
The opening of the exhibition coincides with the beginning of the
efforts of the China Chamber of Commerce in El Salvador and the
statements of President Mauricio Funes on exploring opportunities in the
Chinese market and a possible opening of diplomatic relations if there
is convenience for country.
Regarding the possibility of establishing consular relations with China
People bothered her ally Taiwan, Funes said, "That I have not generated
any problem."
"I never said that we diplomatic relations with China. I said only, I
repeat, we are exploring this possibility, we have not taken any step
toward opening diplomatic relations with China," he reiterated.
"Foreign policy is decided by the President under the Constitution, and
this server has not had a rapprochement with the authorities in China,"
he said.
He explained that he asked the chancellor, who did an analysis of the
benefits, the benefits, but also the harm that may have open relations
with a country like China, in the same way as was done in time with Cuba
ultimately led to determine the necessity of resuming the relationship
had been interrupted for nearly 50 years. "In this case (with China), we
are just exploring," stressed the president of El Salvador last week.
Not have diplomatic relations does not inhibit employers or other
authorities that are not central government to make contact with China,
as has happened with the trade fair held in El Salvador, he said.
The President explained that the chairman of the House of Friends of
China and El Salvador, who is mayor of Quezaltepeque, requested
authorization from the president of the International Center for Fairs
and Conventions, and he (Funes) to carry out the fair.
He said the fair would provide businesses with Salvadorans have contact
with Chinese entrepreneurs and at the same time increase the exportable
supply of El Salvador to the Asian nation or buy products manufactured
in China that are of benefit to the country. "I do not see any problem,
and that's why we allow the realization of this fair," he said.
But that does not mean it is the first step in opening diplomatic
relations with China, said later. "That we're going to evaluate and in
due time we will make a decision," he said.
It also said that (referring to the possibility of opening diplomatic
relations with China) has not created problems with Taiwan, "because at
no point I said we're going to break relations with Taiwan," said the
ruler.
TAIWAN FUN
Almost simultaneously, 24 to 27 November, the Embassy of Taiwan held a
business conference and exhibition of industrial machinery, with the aim
of providing tools to improve production processes and competitiveness
of Salvadoran firms.
In the event, organized with the support of the Embassy of Taiwan in El
Salvador also established business contacts to the use of Taiwanese
industrial technologies.
Taiwan's machinery is characterized by high efficiency, excellent
quality, easy maintenance and affordability.
There were 13 companies that presented to the plastics industry
machinery, electrical components, footwear, food packaging, textiles,
pharmaceuticals and numerical control, among others.
As part of the meetings were held for Salvadoran businessmen know the
facilities of the machinery and rely on them to improve their
businesses, said the trade office of the Embassy of Taiwan.
Sunday 28 November 2010
El Salvador: Funes Offensive to Revive Economy
SAN SALVADOR - President of El Salvador, Mauricio Funes, devoted an
intense week to the opening of works and other activities to promote
economic recovery plans in the country.
On Monday, Funes stated that his Government will allocate 1,200 million
USD in 2011 to public investment to enable revitalization of the
economy.
He noted that the nation is experiencing a deep crisis that has left it
without resources, with many lost jobs and impoverishment.
He regretted that the Government's decision has not been supported by
some sectors of private enterprise that favor the opposition. Funes said
that the most significant change in the nation is the way of governing.
The government is no longer a prisoner, nor does it respond to a small
business group in the country; a small group no longer determines
economic policy, he said.
Since Thursday night the center of the capital lives in tension after
the violent evictions of informal traders ordered by the mayor, Norman
Quijano, from the opposition Nationalist Republican Alliance.
The traders tried to defend their precarious jobs, but they were removed
from the area with tear gas, rubber bullets and heavy equipment.
Guatemala
Guatemalan pro football player found chopped up
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GUATEMALA CITY -- Police in Guatemala have found the body of a
professional football player chopped up and left in five plastic bags in
a rural area.
National Civil Police spokesman Donald Gonzalez says the remains were
found Sunday with a message saying the player was killed for "messing
with other women."
The spokesman says investigators are trying to determine whether that
was the real reason for the slaying of Carlos Mercedes Vasquez, who
played for Malacateco in Guatemala's first-division football league.
Gonzalez says the body was found in the rural community of Malcatan a
day after the 27-yeard-old Mercedes Vasquez was kidnapped while driving
with two friends.
Reportan contrabando de gasolina de Mexico a Guatemala
America Latina | Mexico | Gasolinas | Estados | Guatemala
El combustible es cargado en las gasolineras ubicadas en este municipio
y en los de Cacahoatan, Frontera Hidalgo y Suchi. EL INFORMADOR
El fraude se hace ante los ojo de la policia estatal fronteriza
Cuatro millones de litros de gasolina son contrabandados hacia Guatemala
segun informo La Asociacion Guatemalteca de Expendedores de Gasolina
(AGEG)
TUXTLA CHICO, CHIAPAS. (28/NOV/2010).- La Asociacion Guatemalteca de
Expendedores de Gasolina (AGEG) reporto que el contrabando de
combustibles de Mexico a esa nacion centroamericana alcanza los 1.5
millones de galones -unos cuatro millones de litros- al mes.
Detallo que el combustible es cargado en las gasolineras ubicadas en
este municipio y en los de Cacahoatan, Frontera Hidalgo y Suchiate ante
la mirada de agentes de varias corporaciones, entre ellas la Policia
Estatal Fronteriza, creada para combatir ese tipo de delitos.
Segun el balsero Ruben Guy Becerril, ese negocio le permitio los
recientes tres meses aumentar 50 por ciento "los viajes" de territorio
mexicano al guatemalteco, cruzando con camaras la mercancia por el rio
Suchiate, el cual divide a ambas naciones.
Por esa razon, agrego, se incorporaron otros familiares y amigos a las
actividades de trasiego en balsas.
La AGEG refirio que en dos anos cerro 20 gasolineras en territorio
chapin a consecuencia del contrabando de combustible, el cual se
extendio a los departamentos de San Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Quiche,
Escuintla y Las Verapaces.
Se desconoce cuales son los motivos de los agentes policiales adscritos
a la frontera sur para no actuar si hay flagrancia de un delito, luego
de que el combustible mexicano es subsidiado, ademas del peligro que
representa el transportar de esa manera la gasolina.
Incluso, a orillas del rio ya hay personas especializadas en cargar en
su espalda los bidones de combustibles -llamadas mulas- de un lado a
otro de la frontera.
La AGEG ya solicito la intervencion de las autoridades federales para
que se investiguen los presuntos nexos entre funcionarios de los tres
niveles de gobierno y las bandas dedicadas a ese ilicito.
Spanish to English translation
Reported gasoline smuggling from Mexico to Guatemala
Latin America | Mexico | Gasoline | States | Guatemala
Fuel is charged at the pump located in this municipality and those of
Cacahoatan, Frontera Hidalgo and Suchi. THE INFORMER
The fraud is done before the eye of the state border police
Four million liters of gasoline are smuggled into Guatemala reported
Vending The Guatemalan Association of Gasoline (AGEG)
Tuxtla Chico, Chiapas. (28/NOV/2010) .- The Guatemalan Association of
retailers of gasoline (AGEG) reported that fuel smuggling from Mexico to
this Central American country amounted to 1.5 million gallons-about four
million gallons-per month.
He explained that the fuel is loaded into the pump located in this
municipality and those of Cacahoatan, Frontera Hidalgo and Suchiate
under the gaze of agents from various corporations, including the State
Border Police, established to combat such crimes.
According to the rafter Guy Ruben Becerril, that business enabled the
recent three months increased 50 percent, "travel" to the Guatemalan
Mexican territory, crossing the merchandise cameras Suchiate River,
which divides the two nations.
For that reason, he said, joined other relatives and friends racking
activities in rafts.
The AGEG said that in two years closed 20 stations in the territory clog
as a result of fuel smuggling, which extended to the departments of San
Marcos, Quetzaltenango, Quiche, Escuintla and The Verapaces.
It is unknown what the motives of police officers assigned to the
southern border for not acting if there is a flagrant crime, after the
Mexican fuel is subsidized, in addition to the danger of transporting
gasoline that way.
Even the banks of the river and there are people who specialize in back
loading in fuel drums-called mules back and forth across the border.
The AGEG and requested the intervention of federal authorities to
investigate the alleged links between officials of the three levels of
government and the bands involved in this act.
Honduras
FMI evaluara deficit fiscal y presuesto de Honduras
A criterio de la presidenta del Banco Central de Honduras, el deficit en
el sector fiscal es el problema mas grande que enfrenta el pais.
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El deficit fiscal y el gasto publico seran los principales temas de
analisis entre los personeros del Fondo Monetario Internacional que
visitan Honduras y los miembros del gabinete economico, segun la
presidenta del Banco Central de Honduras, Maria Elena Mondragon.
"El tema fiscal fue precisamente el tema fundamental alrededor del cual
se hizo el acuerdo con Fondo (Monetario Internacional)", dijo Mondragon
a Radio America.
A criterio de la funcionaria, el deficit en el sector fiscal es el
problema mas grande que enfrenta Honduras y el principal componente a
analizar con los representantes del FMI.
Asimismo, destaco el impacto de la temporada lluviosa sobre el sector
productivo de Honduras, que finalmente repercutio en un leve crecimiento
de la economia.
Por su parte, el ministro de Finanzas, William Chong Wong, afirmo que la
mision del FMI llega a Honduras para hacer una evaluacion sobre el
programa suscrito con Honduras y las cifras de cierre de 2010.
"Vamos a revisar el presupuesto (de la Republica) que se va a aprobar
(para) el proximo ano", que tiene un impacto en el programa para el
proximo ano, asi como evaluar el cumplimiento del acuerdo, senalo.
El ministro sostiene que el gobierno se ha mantenido dentro del programa
y que "si hubo menos ingresos, pero a la vez hubo recorte de gastos por
la misma cantidad".
Finanzas estima que el deficit fiscal de 2010 es dos mil millones de
lempiras. Una cantidad similar reporta el gobierno de Honduras en
gastos.
El Congreso Nacional discutira esta semana el Presupuesto General de
Ingresos y Egresos de Honduras para 2011, que se estima en 133 mil
millones de lempiras, con un aumento de 9.3 por ciento en comparacion
con el presente ano.
IMF will assess the fiscal deficit and presuesto of Honduras
At the discretion of the president of the Central Bank of Honduras, the
deficit in the fiscal sector is the biggest problem facing the country.
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The fiscal deficit and public spending will be the main topics for
discussion between the International Monetary Fund ombudsmen who visit
Honduras and economic cabinet members, as the president of the Central
Bank of Honduras Maria Elena Mondragon.
"The tax issue was precisely the key issue around which made the
agreement with the Fund (International Monetary Fund)," Mondragon told
Radio America.
At the discretion of the officer, the deficit in the fiscal sector is
the biggest problem faced by Honduras and the principal component
analysis with representatives of the IMF.
He highlighted the impact of the rainy season on the productive sector
of Honduras, which ultimately impacted on a slight growth of the
economy.
For his part, Finance Minister William Chong Wong, said the IMF mission
arrives in Honduras to make an assessment of the program concluded with
Honduras and the figures for year end 2010.
"We will review the budget (the Republic) to be approved (so) next year,
which has an impact on the program for next year, and to assess
compliance with the agreement, he said.
The minister says the government has remained in the program and that
"yes there was less income, yet cost-cutting was the same amount."
Finance estimates that the fiscal deficit for 2010 is two billion
lempiras. A similar number reported by the government of Honduras in
expenses.
Congress this week will discuss the General Budget of Revenues and
Expenditures of Honduras in 2011, estimated at 133 billion lempiras, an
increase of 9.3 percent compared with this year.
Monday 29 November 2010
Nicaragua General Denounces Honduras, Costa Rica Plot
Ex-guerilla Costa Rica And Honduras collaborating with Colombia to
destroy Nicaragua
Nicaragua's Army Commander in Chief, General Julio Cesar Aviles
Castillo, denounced on Sunday that Nicaragua is victim of a of an
international conspiracy by several countries aimed at protecting
expansionist interests at the expense of Nicaraguan territory.
Castillo, a Sandinista ex-guerilla hardliner, made the declarations
during the commemoration ceremony of the Soldado de la Patria
(Motherland Soldier) where he also expressed that all lies of Costa Rica
have been discovered in the white book (Truths Hidden by Costa Rica).
The top military leader said that proof of those declarations is Costa
Rica denunciations accusing the Nicaragua of falsely of invading Costa
Rican territories, added to Honduras false information over alleged
Honduran guerrillas' camps in Nicaraguan territory.
Castillo also denounced the false campaign that says Nicaragua is
sending arms to destabilize the northern neighbour country.
The military leader noted that accusations of both countries are false
and are a mixed strategy in collaboration with Colombia to destroy the
Nicaragua and the international image of the government in Managua.
He said it is done with the purpose of bearing on international
litigations Nicaragua is carrying at The Hague to defend the Nicaraguan
San Juan river dispute.
The Castillo denied versions coming from Honduras and said that what the
Honduran media showed in Bajo Aguan sector is that there is a conflict
of land between farmers and private businessmen that has led to deaths.
The Nicaraguan General denounced that his country is the object of lies
and defamation by Costa Rica to try to snatch territory through
manoeuvres and illegal manipulations.
Sunday 28 November 2010
Honduran Military Forces to Expel Farmers.
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HONDURAS
2009 Honduras coup `was illegal,' says U.S. ambassador in leaked cables
The U.S. ambassador to Honduras said the 2009 coup in Honduras was
`clearly illegal,' according to cables released by WikiLeaks.
BY TIM JOHNSON
MCCLATCHY NEWS SERVICE
MEXICO CITY -- The events surrounding the June 2009 coup in Honduras was
a carnival of illegal actions by every branch of government, including
the successor of the deposed president, a diplomatic cable signed by the
U.S. ambassador says.
The cable, part of the quarter-million confidential diplomatic cables claimed he sought to alter
constitutional articles considered ``carved in stone'' and acted
improperly in ousting the military chief.
Llorens said, though, that the charges were never aired in a proper
legal fashion.
``Although a case could well have been made against Zelaya for a number
of the above alleged constitutional violations, there was never any
formal, public weighing of the evidence nor any semblance of due
process,'' the cable dated July 23, 2009, said. civil-military relations occasionally flare into open conflict.
In the cable, classified as ``confidential,'' Llorens said ``near
unanimity'' existed among the political class and institutions of state
that Zelaya had abused the constitution, but.''
Nicaragua
Commentator Says FSLN Planning To 'Deceive' People During Elections
Opinion article by Douglas Carcache: "The Right To Know" - LA
PRENSA.com.ni
Saturday November 27, 2010 21:39:56 GMT
Nicaragua is among the Latin American countries "where the governments
are resorting to anti-democratic measures to repress the independent
media," according to the conclusions of the 66th General Assembly of the
SIP, held last week in Merida, Mexico.
This problem not only affects those in the communications media, but it
also affects the general population, and is further aggravated during an
electoral process when citizens have the need to be better and more
informed in order to make sound decisions as to the candidate or
candidates they will support with their votes.
The right to know, so important in a person's daily life , becomes
crucial during election periods when citizens are bombarded by political
party propaganda, sometimes full of half truths or outright lies.
Some concoct forms of political manipulation capitalizing on the needs
or poverty of certain sectors of the population so that the people
commit their vote in exchange for food packages, toys for their
children, household appliances, and to even include salary bonuses, as
is the case of government employees.
It is the independent communications media who inform the people of what
is going on behind the clouds of propaganda by the political parties,
and of government officials who infringe the law to the benefit of some
candidates and to the detriment of others.
Two recent situations in Nicaragua indicate that the Sandinista National
Liberation Front (FSLN), the political party currently in government,
has intentions of deceiving the people and altering the results of the
general elections to be held in Novem ber 2011. One way of doing this is
to block access to the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) to independent
media journalists, who are prevented from covering even the most menial
events of that entity, such as press conferences; and the second one is
to forbid the participation of national and international observers in
the elections.
In the first case, since the CSE only provides information to government
journalists, there is clear evidence of the intentions of hiding from
the people what is happening inside that entity which is responsible for
deciding who participates in the elections, of counting the votes, and
announcing the winners, even prior to disclosing the results of the
elections, as was the case in 2006 when 8% of votes were never made
public.
The banning of observers during the elections would complete the plan to
mask the dirty maneuverings obviously planned by the CSE for the day of
the elections. The most recent previous case that provided gro unds to
suspect current government officials was the fraud committed during the
municipal elections held in 2008 favoring the FSLN.
For that reason, the defense of freedom of speech is an issue of the
highest priority in Nicaragua, but this struggle belongs to the society
as a whole and not only to the media.
If the Nicaraguan people are deprived of their right to know, the
country will lose whatever is left of democracy.
.
Deputy Foresees Fall of Aleman After New 'Pact' With FSLN
Report by Maria Jose Uriarte: "New Pact and Fall of Aleman Foreseen" -
LA PRENSA.com.ni
Saturday November 27, 2010 22:06:07 GMT
According to Silva, the problem is that the presidential candidate for
the Constitutional Liberal Party (PLC), Arnoldo Aleman, is in a quandary
over whether to "adhere to" the Sandinista National Liberation Front
(FSLN) or face the reactivation of a series of lawsuits.
Silva pointed out that Aleman would remain "hostage" and, as such, the
time will come when the PLC structures are going to "leave him alone,"
and this would imply the destruction of his candidacy.
Silva did not rule out that, as part of the new pact agreed upon by
liberals and the ruling party, consecutive presidential re-election be
ratif ied (within the next few days) in a plenary session of the CSJ.
This would allow President Daniel Ortega to run as presidential
candidate for a sixth consecutive time, the constitutional ban
notwithstanding.
Likewise, Silva also believes that the 2011 electoral results will be
tampered to benefit the PLC.
Another aspect of the pact, stated Silva, is reflected in the refusal to
elect new members to the Parliamentary Board of Directors next year and
maintain the status quo. Accept His Apologies
Silva insisted that, in spite of the fact that the PLC has called them
"personal decisions," the actions of Damicis Sirias and Lino Hernandez
reflect the ratification of the pact, at least until the 2011 elections
come to an end, and added that in the medium term this would imply the
destruction of Aleman's candidacy.
As far he is concerned, Deputy Maximino Rodriguez, PLC dissident, called
for the National Executive Committee of that organization t o admit
publicly that 20 years ago they ordered its members to return to their
In that regard, Silva recommended to the PLC authorities to take
responsibility for the actions of its members and stop blaming other
political organizations.
However, this was underplayed by Deputy Freddy Torres (PLC), who is of
the opinion that the only ones that will pay the political cost of their
actions are the persons that have sought protection under the unpopular
decree.
Torres denied that the PLC, as an institution, should carry the can.
Needed Unity
On the other hand, Silva (ALN) insisted that political parties need to
unite against the FSLN, in the light of a Supreme Electoral Council
dominated by former magistrates who have also been questioned over the
fraud during the last elections.
However, Silva recognized that attacks among the opposition political
organizations hinder the unity process.
For this reason Silva said that if the PLC bases do not see Aleman as
the winning candidate, they will opt to defect and support the
agreed-upon candidate, which in this case would be Fabio Gadea.
.
Nicaraguan Legislator Rejects Honduran Accusations of Instability
Attempt
"Nicaragua Considers Honduran Charges Not Serious"-- Notimex Headline -
NOTIMEX
Saturday November 27, 2010 11:38:15 GMT
Nunez told reporters of his "concern" over the "baseless" accusation of
alleged military training of Honduran campesinos and illegal arms
trafficking in the Honduran-Nicaraguan border zone.
Nunez said that President Daniel Ortega's government has been "extremely
respectful" of the Lobo administration "even when we are not in
agreement with its (political) position" and the circumstances in which
he was elected after a coup d'etat against Manuel Zelaya in June 2009.
"We must not repeat baseless accusations," he said.
Nicaragua is the only country in Central America that has not
politically recognized the Lobo government. Nevertheless, trade and
economic relations have not suffered setbacks.
On Wednesday (24 Nov), Honduran Security Minister Oscar Alvarez stated
that he had evidence of the illegal entry of war weapons from Nicaraguan
territory destined for opposition groups, who reportedly intend to
destabilize the Lobo government.
For various reasons, Nicaragua faces accusations from Costa Rica,
Honduras, and Colombia, creating a tense situation in the Central
American region, according to liberal deputy and former foreign minister
Francisco Aguirre.
Costa Rica filed a complaint with the International Court of Justice at
The Hague, Holland, against Nicaragua for alleged environmental damage
and violation of its sovereignty for the alleged invasion of the island,
Calero, which is claimed by both nations.
The Nicaragua-Costa Rica crisis will be discussed at a meeting of OAS
foreign ministers in Washington, United States, o n 7 December.
The Ortega government has rejected OAS intervention in this case and has
announced that it will not attend the ministers' meeting because that
forum has no jurisdiction in border affairs.
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Sunday 28 November 2010
Nicaragua Disseminates White Paper "Las Verdades Que Costa Rica Oculta"
(The Truths Hidden By Costa Rica)
The Government of Nicaragua began circulating a white paper on "Las
Verdades Que Costa Rica Oculta" (the truths that Costa Rica hides) in
the border dispute that pits the two countries for over a month.
The book, is contains 76 pages where Managua defends his position on the
territorial dispute with the neighboring country, said the press office
of the Sandinista Government in a statement in Managua.
The first lady of Nicaragua and government spokesperson, Rosario
Murillo, said in remarks published today by the government portal "The
19" that this book has been distributed among the diplomatic corps,
accredited missions and agencies in Nicargua.
Murillo said it will also be circulated within the United Nations and
the countries of the European Union.
"The idea is to circulate the White Paper through all international
forums and organizations, as well as among countries in Latin America",
said the presidential spokesperson.
Murillo said the book demonstrates that Nicaragua "has never invaded
foreign territory" and that being the case the issue with Costa Rica
clearly a matter of limits, and it must be clarified in the
International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague.
The president of Nicaragua, Daniel Ortega, advanced recently that "among
the great truths contained in the book is that Costa Rica has refused to
the demarcation (the border limits)."
"Another great truth is that Costa Rica, which is presented as the great
defender of nature and the environment, has plundered and completely
destroyed the area, that's another great truth that is in the document,"
says Ortega.
He argued that other truth is that Costa Rica, which boasts of having no
armed forces, "actually has an army, as the originator of this conflict
and Nicaraguan territory occupied after the war (U.S. filibuster William
Walker) in 1856."
Since last October 21, Costa Rica and Nicaragua hold a sovereignty
dispute over a piece of border territory in the Caribbean. Nicaragua
maintains troops in the area and continues with the dredging of the San
Juan river.
Costa Rica reported to the OAS, the Court in The Hague and the
Secretariat of the Ramsar Conventions the "military invasion" of
Nicaragua of the Costa Rican Calero Island, as well as environmental
damage in the area alleged to be caused by the dredging that is being
carried out since last October 18.
Costa Rica also argues that Nicaragua is constructing a canal on Costa
Rican territory that would connect the San Juan river to the Laguna de
Los Portillos.
Managua, meanwhile, argues that the dredging is being done in their
territory based on the Jerez-CanasTreaty, as well as the decision of the
International Court in The Hagueof July 13, 2009.
Nicaragua says it's military is performing anti-drug work in the area
along with the dredging operation.
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Propuesta de reformas a la Ley Electoral recorre todo el pais
Organizaciones de la sociedad civil que integran los capitulos del Grupo
Promotor de las Reformas Electorales (GPRE) en Boaco, Granada y Ocotal,
junto a otras organizaciones afines coincidieron este fin de semana en
demandar elecciones libres y transparentes para el 2011 y exigieron
garantias minimas para que el tribunal electoral respete la voluntad
ciudadana y no se reedite el fraude cometido en las elecciones
municipales del 2008.
Francisco Cruz, coordinador del Movimiento por Nicaragua (MpN) en Boaco,
exigio que los diputados de la Asamblea Nacional "nombren a lo inmediato
a los nuevos magistrados del Consejo Supremo Electoral (CSE) mediante un
proceso publico de seleccion, porque a los actuales ya se les vencio su
periodo".
En Granada y Ocotal tambien exigieron que se acredite a los observadores
electorales nacionales e internacionales para las elecciones nacionales
del 2011 y rechazaron la figura de "acompanamiento" que el CSE pretende
establecer en contra del derecho establecido en la Constitucion Politica
y la Ley Electoral vigente.
CEDULAS GRATUITAS
Otra demanda en las tres ciudades fue la entrega de cedulas para los
jovenes que ya alcanzaron los 16 anos de edad, pero a quienes el CSE no
les facilita su identificacion si no cuentan con el aval politico del
partido de gobierno. Los organismos exigieron que la entrega de cedulas
nuevas tambien sea gratuita tal y como lo establece la ley y que se
suspenda el cobro de 300 cordobas que esta haciendo el tribunal.
Segun el alcalde liberal destituido en Boaco, Hugo Barquero, solamente
en esa ciudad hay alrededor de 20 mil cedulas que no han sido entregadas
y otros ciudadanos no pueden gestionar la suya, por lo que urge la
apertura de las delegaciones locales del CSE.
ORGANIZAN PLANTONES
En Granada unas 35 organizaciones tambien estan promoviendo varios
plantones en diferentes puntos de la ciudad con las mismas exigencias.
La Red Nicaragu:ita, el Movimiento Juvenil de Granada, Red Nequecheri,
la Coordinadora Civil, la Plataforma Nacional Juvenil y otras
organizaciones similares convocaron a un nuevo planton para el proximo
jueves 1 de diciembre.
En Ocotal unas treinta personas tambien realizaron este viernes un
planton frente a las oficinas del Consejo Electoral Departamental (CED)
de Nueva Segovia, para demandar la salida de los magistrados del CSE que
permanecen en sus cargos vencidos, y denunciaron anomalias en la
cedulacion.
Segun un pronunciamiento leido por los ciudadanos, el CED esta
entregando cedulas gratuitas a funcionarios del Gobierno y menores de
edad afines al Frente Sandinista.
Sin embargo, el presidente departamental del Consejo Electoral (CED),
Juan Ramon Vilchez, enfrento el planton y nego las acusaciones hechas
por los ciudadanos.
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Civil society organizations that make up the chapters of the Promoter
Group of the Electoral Reforms (GPRE) in Boaco, Granada and Ocotal,
along with other related organizations agreed this weekend to demand
free and fair elections in 2011 and called for minimum guarantees that
the electoral tribunal to respect the will of the people and not reissue
the fraud in the municipal elections of 2008.
Francisco Cruz, coordinator of the Movement for Nicaragua (MPN) in
Boaco, demanded that the National Assembly deputies "to immediately
appoint the new judges of the Supreme Electoral Council (CSE) through a
public selection process, because the current and they beat their
period. "
In Granada and Ocotal also demanded to be credited to the national and
international election observers for national elections in 2011 and
rejected the concept of "accompaniment" that the CSE intended to
establish against the rights established in the Constitution and the
Electoral Law.
FREE CERTIFICATES
Another demand in the three cities was the delivery of ballots for young
people who have already reached 16 years of age, but whom the CSE does
not facilitate their identification if they have the political backing
of the ruling party. The agencies demanded that the delivery of new
bonds is also free as provided by law and to suspend the collection of
300 Cordobas which is making the court.
According to the liberal mayor ousted in Boaco, Hugo Barquero, only in
this city there are about 20 000 ballots that were not delivered and
other citizens can not manage his own, and it urges the opening of local
branches of the CSE.
HOST PLANTS
In Grenada, about 35 organizations are also promoting several plants in
different parts of the city with the same requirements.
Nicaragu:ita Network, the Youth Movement of Grenada, Red Nequecheri, the
Civil Coordinator, National Youth Platform and similar organizations
called for a new sit for next Thursday 1 December.
In Ocotal about thirty people also held a vigil Friday outside the
offices of the Departmental Electoral Council (EDC) of Nueva Segovia, to
demand the departure of the CSE to remain in office expired, and alleged
anomalies in the issuance of identity.
According to a statement read by citizens, the CED is giving free cards
to government officials and children related to the Sandinista Front.
However, the department chairman of the Electoral Council (EDC), Juan
Ramon Vilchez, faced the camp and denied the allegations made by
citizens.
Panama
Wikileaks revelations include Panama and Latin America
MONDAY, 29 NOVEMBER 2010 08:32
Messages from US Embassy to Washington revealed
The role of the U.S. State Department in Latin America, particularly
Panama. has not been missed out in the Wikileaks documents that are
being released to major news organizations around the world.
Among the documents set to appear in coming weeks are communications
between the former U.S. Embassy on Avenida Balboa about Panamanian
dictator Manuel Antonio Noriega, and events leading up to the American
invasion in 1989.
The documents, many classified as top secret may also throw a spotlight
on the role played by local politicians in the events that led up to
Noriega's capture, and subsequent trial and imprisonment in the United
States
European media reports say the historical records related to Panama will
be released in the near future. They allegedly reveal the efforts by
American diplomats to force the dictator from office prior to the
invasion.
Much of it will not come as a surprise to local historians, and will
bolster their accounts of behind the scenes machinations, but some
politicians may not welcome possible revelations.
There are also documents related to the recent ousting of Manuel Zelaya
of Honduras and others that expose efforts to isolate Venezuela
President Hugo Chavez and a request for information on the mental health
of Argentina President Cristina Fernandez de Kirchner.
Firmaran Panama y EUA tratado fiscal
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Panama, 28 Nov (Notimex).- Panama y Estados Unidos firmaran el martes
proximo un tratado para intercambiar informacion fiscal, el primero de
este tipo para el pais del istmo enfocado en los ultimos meses en lograr
acuerdos para evitar la doble tributacion.
El ministro de Economia y Finanzas, Alberto Vallarino, explico a
periodistas que el convenio sera rubricado por el vicepresidente y
canciller, Juan Carlos Varela, y el secretario del Tesoro de Estados
Unidos, Timothy Geithner.
El convenio, negociado en los ultimos dos meses, sera el numero 14
alcanzado por Panama con sendos paises en materia fiscal, y el decimo en
ser firmado.
El convenio con Estados Unidos sera el primero dedicado al intercambio
de informacion, debido a que los otros acuerdos estan enfocados en
evitar la doble tributacion, indico Vallarino.
"Es un poco mas detallado que el protocolo (relacionado con el
intercambio de informacion) de nuestros tratados de doble tributacion",
explico Vallarino.
Debido a preocupaciones de sectores financieros, funcionarios del
gobierno se reunieron en los ultimos dias con abogados, banqueros y
empresarios para explicar los alcances del acuerdo con Estados Unidos.
"Estados Unidos es un pais de gran relevancia para Panama empezando
porque la moneda que usamos es el dolar de Estados Unidos y seria una
inconsistencia que tuvieramos acuerdos con paises de Asia, de America
Latina y Europa y no con Estados Unidos", senalo Vallarino.
Explico que la intencion de este acuerdo y el relacionado con evitar la
doble tributacion estan dirigidos a sacar a Panama de la lista gris
sobre paraisos fiscales de la Organizacion para la Cooperacion y el
Desarrollo Economico (OCDE).
Indico que es imperante lograr la salida de Panama de esa negativa
relacion debido a que el centro financiero panameno es el unico con
grado de inversion que permanece en la lista gris de la OCDE.
Panama debe llegar a los 12 acuerdos firmados para lograr que la OCDE lo
deje de considerar un pais que aun no cumple con ciertas disposiciones
para respetar los estandares internacionales de combate a los paraisos
fiscales.
Vallarino pronostico que Panama dejara de pertenecer a la lista gris a
finales de este ano o principios del proximo.
Panama tiene firmados tratados para evitar la doble tributacion con
Mexico, Espana, Portugal, Holanda, Luxemburgo, Qatar, Singapur, Corea
del Sur y Barbados, mientras esperan fecha de rubrica, Italia, Francia y
Belgica.
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Panama, 28 Nov (Notimex) .- United States and Panama sign a treaty next
Tuesday to exchange tax information, the first of its kind for the
country in Central America in recent months focused on reaching
agreements to avoid double taxation.
The Minister of Economy and Finance, Alberto Vallarino, told reporters
the agreement will be signed by the vice president and foreign minister,
Juan Carlos Varela, and U.S. Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner.
The agreement, negotiated over the past two months, it reached number 14
in Panama with individual countries on tax matters, and the tenth to be
signed.
The agreement with the United States will be the first dedicated to the
exchange of information, because the other agreements are focused on
avoiding double taxation, Vallarino said.
"It's a bit more detailed than the protocol (related to the exchange of
information) from our double taxation treaties," Vallarino said.
Due to concerns of financial sectors, government officials met in recent
days with lawyers, bankers and businessmen to explain the scope of the
agreement with the United States.
"America is a country of great importance for Panama beginning because
the currency we use is the U.S. dollar and would be an inconsistency
that we had agreements with countries in Asia, Latin America and Europe
and not to America," Vallarino said.
He explained that the intent of this agreement and the related double
taxation are aimed to take Panama from the gray list of tax havens by
the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD).
He said it is imperative to achieve output of this negative relationship
Panama because Panama's financial center is the only investment grade
remains on the gray list of the OECD.
Panama must reach the 12 agreements signed to ensure that the OECD no
longer needs to consider a country that still does not comply with
certain provisions to comply with international standards to combat tax
havens.
Vallarino predicted that Panama will belong to the gray list later this
year or early next.
Panama has signed treaties to avoid double taxation with Mexico, Spain,
Portugal, Holland, Luxembourg, Qatar, Singapore, South Korea and
Barbados, while waiting for date of heading, Italy, France and Belgium.
Martinelli y Napolitano firman acuerdo contra el crimen organizado
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Ricardo Martinelli
10:03 a.m. - El presidente de la Republica, Ricardo Martinelli, y la
secretaria de Seguridad Interior de Estados Unidos, Janet Napolitano,
firmaron esta manana un memorandum de entendimiento para mejorar el
intercambio de informacion y para resguardar el sistema internacional de
aviacion contra el terrorismo y el crimen organizado.
Sobre esta firma el vicepresidente y canciller de la Republica, Juan
Carlos Varela, indico que luego de la firma del memorandum habra un
mejor intercambio de informacion sobre los pasajeros de las diferentes
aerolineas.
"Tambien ayudara en la capacitacion y entrenamiento de los departamentos
de seguridad del aeropuerto" de Tocumen, manifesto Varela.
Agrego que se podra proteger el aeropuerto internacional de Tocumen. "Es
un paso muy importante, el convenio que se firma hoy y estamos seguros
que ayudara a mejorar la seguridad en el aeropuerto" y en las fronteras.
Segun Varela, Martinelli esta evaluando temas importantes referentes a
migracion y aduanas para fortalecer la labor que hace Panama en la
proteccion de aeropuertos y fronteras.
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Martinelli and Napolitano signed an agreement against organized crime
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Ricardo Martinelli
10:03 a.m. - President of the Republic, Ricardo Martinelli, and
Secretary of Homeland Security United States, Janet Napolitano, signed
this morning a memorandum of understanding to improve the exchange of
information and to safeguard the international aviation system against
terrorism and crime organized.
About this signature Vice President and Foreign Minister, Juan Carlos
Varela, said after the signing of the memorandum will have a better
exchange of information on passengers of different airlines.
"It will also help in training and training of airport security
department" of Tocumen, Varela said.
He added that they may protect the Tocumen International Airport. "It's
a very important step, the agreement that was signed today and we are
sure that will help improve security at the airport and borders.
According to Varela, Martinelli is evaluating important issues
concerning immigration and customs to strengthen the work that makes
Panama in protecting airports and borders.
Cuba
Cuban Businesses To Have More Say in Hiring Employees Under Proposed
Changes
Report by Marta Rojas: "History and the Present Reality." For assistance
with multimedia elements, contact OSC at 1-800-205-8615 or
[email protected]. - Granma Online
Saturday November 27, 2010 19:12:46 GMT
The aforementioned rectification policy the revolutionary government was
adopting was met with responsibility. In a brief period of time, it
looked like the planning, the commerce, and the administrative conduct
that hindered (as published) the upward course of the Revolution, and
would secure further well being for the population were, you might say,
"around the corner."
But the seemingly unthinkable events already mentioned changed the
existing economic structure. The Yankee administration and its disciples
and European accompli ces and accessories predicted the Cuban Revolution
would immediately collapse and doubled their criminal laws, such as
Torricelli and Helms-Burton. The enemies of the Revolution who were of
Cuban origin even wrote books counting off the final days of "Castro."
History is essential to know the present and the future of peoples,
although "the end of history" was also declared around that time.
Cuba really changed, caught in the vise as it was. The Revolution's
leaders had to do some immediate juggling feats to survive and preserve
fundamental conquests, sustained by a people determined to defend them;
hence that thing about "beans are more important than cannons." Of the
evils, the lesser one, and the correction without too much delay: that
correction held back by the unexpected outcome of the 1990s is the one
projected by the guidelines for economic and social policy that the
people now have in their hands prior to the Sixth Congress of th e
Communist Party of Cuba.
The economic management model granting powers to enterprises that they
did not have before, in accordance with the guidelines proposed for
discussion, favors economic-financial mechanisms over the eminently
administrative, which eliminates the burden of formal and inefficient
controls that enterprises currently practice. Of course, the
enterprises' greater powers will be associated to greater responsibility
for the material and financial resources that they must manage.
This point is so broad that the enterprises will have the independence
to approve staffing. But, watch out! This does not mean that they, of
their own volition, can appoint personnel at will. It means that, all
conditions being equal, the selection is done in keeping with
demonstrated suitability, a fair, ethical, and efficient principle that
the Cuban Revolution has firmly advocated and advocates as the safeguard
of its own existence. We will never give up these value s of social and
gender equality.
Macroeconomic policies, which require being mindful of links that are
established or to be established on imports and exports, will also be
lighter in terms of the bureaucratic load, as the guidelines indicate.
Other basic elements to be changed, such as monetary, foreign exchange,
fiscal, and price elements, for example, come into the new concept. But
because of their complexity they will require, as spelled out in the
patiently drafted text, study and diligence every step of the way.
T he attention the guidelines propose for almost all the "headaches"
afflicting the Revolution and the people, economically and socially, is
varied, just as the problems to be solved are varied and multiple. Just
to mention one, there is housing, which concerns a large part of the
urban and rural population. While this attention does not offer a magic
wand to solve the problems, it sets standards to right the wrongs that
have gone as far as illegality and bribery in more than one case or in
many cases.
However, as to housing, more than a few can find a rather quick, and
also beautiful, solution. In the latter case, point 274 of the
guidelines, on housing, insures a feasible solution. It says: "Special
attention must be given to insuring housing programs at the municipal
level, based on the raw materials existing in each place and the
available technologies to fabricate the necessary materials." In other
words, the municipality acts in favor of its community to improve and
beautify it. On reading this point, the landscape of Bayamo and other
municipalities in Granma Province came to mind (and it will not be the
only one); many of their houses do not have "covers" - that bureaucratic
and ugly name referring to roofs, but they look beautiful with their red
tiles, Spanish or French, that can be manufactured and in fact are being
manufactured in small workshops, some of them almost com pletely by
hand, along with ceramic tile for the floors. It is only one example of
many that could be enumerated but we are not doing an inventory here.
In fact a committee (Architecture) of the National Union of Cuban
Writers and Artists (UNEAC), created years ago to combat shoddy
construction in our urban environment, has conducted studies on this
score that perhaps might help the municipalities. Like this point, the
guidelines propose others that require no complex mathematical analyses
like monetary policy, debt, and lending do.
While the current situation is not the same as that of the 1990s for the
rectification of errors and negative tendencies, it is helped today by
the accumulated experience and the real fact that a country under siege
has been able to resist, acquit itself well, and even win. Let us keep
in mind that, unlike then, Yankee imperialism cannot find itself puppet
governments at will in Our America no matter what, even if it wants to
and pr omotes the notion. Meanwhile, brother countries in Africa and
Asia grow in stature.
Putting chauvinism aside, we would have to ask ourselves: When all is
said and done, what would the Third World be without Cuba's exemplary
resistance? Now, it is not enough to resist but to win, with exemplary
virtue and work and day-to-day heroics. That is the motto that the
guidelines express. Work and virtue in any job.
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Diplomatic talks mark 50th anniversary of Vietnam-Cuba relations
Talks were held in Hanoi on November 29 as part of activities to mark
the 50th anniversary of the establishment of the diplomatic ties between
Vietnam and Cuba.
The event was co-organised by the Institute for International Relations
and the Cuban embassy in Vietnam.
Addressing the talk, Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs, Pham Binh Minh,
stressed the importance of the Vietnam-Cuba relationship. "It is a
dispensable friendship in accordance with reality of both countries and
meets the aspirations and interests of peoples in both nations", he
said. The fine relationship has been consolidated and fostered by the
leaders of both countries over the past 50 years.
Cuban Ambassador to Vietnam Fredesman Turro Gonzalet affirmed that the
development in the Vietnam-Cuba relationship has been based on the
common ideologies, and comradeship as well as the common fight for a
better society. He emphasized that strengthening friendly cooperation
with Vietnam is one of the leading tasks in Cuba's foreign policies, he
said.
He said participants will assess the Vietnam-Cuba relationship over the
past 50 years and the need to foster the comprehensive relations between
the two sides in future.
The same day, an exhibition displaying "Vietnam's space" was held in the
Asian House in the Historical Centre in La Habana, Cuba.
Exhibits at the event featured characteristics of Vietnam's culture and
introduced the country's history throughout different historical and
cultural stages such as Dong Son, Sa Huynh, Oc Eo, and the dynasties of
Ly, Tran, Le Nguyen.
Apart from objects such as the bronze drum, blue glaze ceramics, and
candle stands, the exhibition will also display some photos of
landscapes and Vietnam's tangible and intangible cultural heritage.
Mass Requests for Self-Employment in Cuba
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HAVANA TIMES, Nov. 28 - The Cuban authorities have received more than
80,000 applications for self-employment since the start of the reform
begun by the government last October to expand the private sector on the
island, announced the Ministry of Labour and Social Security. This
opening hopes to absorb part of the 500,000 persons who will be jobless
up to March 2011, reported IPS.
Analizan Cuba y Rusia relaciones interparlamentarias
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Lunes, 29 de Noviembre de 2010 09:19
Moscu, Rusia.- El presidente de la Asamblea Nacional del Poder Popular,
Ricardo Alarcon, analiza este lunes con el maximo dirigente de la Duma,
camara baja rusa, Boris Grizlov, el estado de las relaciones bilaterales
e interparlamentarias.
Antes de las conversaciones oficiales con su similar ruso, Alarcon
sostuvo un encuentro con el vicepresidente de la Duma, Ivan Melnikov,
quien forma parte del Comite Central del Partido Comunista de la
Federacion Rusa.
El presidente del Parlamento cubano asistio el pasado sabado a un
encuentro de solidaridad en la embajada cubana en Rusia, donde agradecio
los gestos de solidaridad realizados en Rusia, para rechazar el bloqueo
estadounidense y a favor de la libertad de Los Cinco.
Alarcon viajara el proximo miercoles a San Petersburgo para cumplir con
una apretada agenda de actividades, que incluye encuentros con altos
dirigentes de esa ciudad y de la region de Leningrado.
Cuba and Russia discussed interparliamentary relations
Central Editorial Writer
Monday, November 29, 2010 9:19
Moscow, Russia .- The president of the Popular Power National Assembly,
Ricardo Alarcon, discussed on Monday with the leader of the Duma,
Russia's lower house, Boris Gryzlov, the state of bilateral relations
and interparliamentary.
Before the talks with his Russian, Alarcon met with the vice president
of the Duma, Ivan Melnikov, who is part of the Central Committee of the
Communist Party of the Russian Federation.
Cuban Parliament President on Saturday attended a solidarity meeting at
the Cuban embassy in Russia, where he thanked the gesture of solidarity
carried out in Russia, to reject the U.S. blockade and in favor of
freedom of the Five.
Alarcon on Wednesday will travel to St. Petersburg to meet a busy
schedule of activities, including meetings with senior leaders of this
city and the Leningrad region.
Ex presos cubanos transmiten preocupacion a cardenal sobre asilo
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Un grupo de ex prisioneros politicos cubanos se reunio este lunes en
Madrid con el cardenal cubano Jaime Ortega, a quien transmitieron su
preocupacion por la tardanza en la recepcion del estatus de asilo
politico, dijo a la AFP uno de los participantes.
En el encuentro, que duro casi dos horas y tuvo lugar en el domicilio de
una exiliada cubana en Madrid, participaron 16 ex presos de los 50 que
han sido liberados y tuvieron que viajar a Espana desde julio, dijo a la
AFP Victor Arroyo, uno de los liberados, quien se encuentra en Espana
desde septiembre.
La reunion verso sobre la demanda de asilo politico y las condiciones de
los llegados a Espana, la liberacion de los 11 aun detenidos y el pedido
de amnistia general en Cuba, enumero.
"Se ha hecho llegar al Cardenal nuestras inquietudes" en relacion a la
demanda de asilo politico, que pidieron todos los llegados a Espana:
"Todavia no se ha confirmado ni siquiera un caso", segun Arroyo, que
lamento la "tardanza" en el proceso, que deberia durar unos tres meses
mientras los primeros en llegar ya llevan cinco meses en el pais.
"Mientras no se solucione nuestra condicion como asilados politicos no
podemos estabilizar nuestra situacion en Espana", recordo.
Ninguno tiene permiso de trabajo ni sus titulos homologados, por lo que
transmitieron a Ortega que las condiciones de ayuda del gobierno espanol
"no se han cumplido como se habian fijado".
El gobierno espanol propuso otorgarles el estatus de proteccion
internacional asistida, que segun fuentes diplomaticas es similar al de
refugiado, es decir, les permitiria residir y trabajar en Espana, pero
ademas podrian regresar a Cuba y ejercer actividad politica, mientras
que siendo refugiado politico no podrian.
Los ex presos politicos tambien expresaron su preocupacion por la suerte
de los 11 detenidos del grupo de los 75 que quedan por liberar y
rechazan el exilio.
Ortega "nos manifesto que habia recibido del gobierno cubano la garantia
de que van a ser puestos en libertad todos", aunque "no especifico
fechas", segun Arroyo.
Por ultimo pidieron "una amnistia general en Cuba" que incluya la
liberacion de presos comunes y enfermos.
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A group of former Cuban political prisoners met Monday in Madrid to
Cuban Cardinal Jaime Ortega, who conveyed their concern over the delay
in receiving political asylum status, the AFP said one participant.
At the meeting, which lasted nearly two hours and took place at the home
of a Cuban exile in Madrid, attended by 16 former prisoners of the 50
that have been released and had to travel to Spain in July, told AFP
Victor Arroyo, a of those released, who is in Spain since September.
The meeting dealt with the political asylum and conditions of arriving
in Spain, the release of the 11 still being held and the general amnesty
order in Cuba, listed.
"The Cardinal has sent our concerns" in relation to political asylum,
who asked all comers to Spain, "has not yet been confirmed or even a
case," said Arroyo, who regretted the "delay" in process, which should
last about three months while the first to arrive and take five months
in the country.
"While not solve our status as political refugees can not stabilize our
situation in Spain," he recalled.
None have a work permit in their titles approved, so Ortega transmitted
to support conditions of the Spanish government "have not been fulfilled
as they had set."
The Spanish government decided to grant the status of international
protection, "assisted diplomatic sources said is similar to a refugee,
ie allow them to reside and work in Spain, but also could return to Cuba
and to exert political activity, while not being a political refugee
could.
Former political prisoners also expressed concern about the fate of 11
detainees from the group of 75 that remain free and reject exile.
Ortega "told us that the Cuban government had received assurance that
they will be released all", but "did not specify dates," said Arroyo.
Finally called for "a general amnesty in Cuba" including the release of
common prisoners and the sick.
Dominican Republic
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SANTO DOMINGO.- The National Business Council (Conep) affirmed Sunday
that Haiti's authorities discriminate Dominican exports with taxes on
inflated values, above those applied to the same products from other
countries.
In a statement Conep president Lisandro Macarrulla said the Haitian
authorities should understand that the Dominican Republic is one of the
biggest employers of those citizens, and that type of distortion on
Dominican exports affects Dominican Republic's productive sector.
He added that as a result of that practice Haiti is flooded with
products from different parts of the world, and which compete unfairly
with those from Dominican Republic.
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Santo Domingo. - Tiny Dominican Republic doesn't go unnoticed for the
United States' big foreign policy plans, as evidenced by the
unprecedented diplomatic scandal in the wake of the more than 250,000
secret diplomatic cables disclosed by the whistle-blower website
WikiLeaks and published by five of the world's top newspapers.
WikiLeaks, in what is being dubbed "Cablegate," revealed that the United
States embassy in Santo Domingo produced 1,675 documents, more than
England's 1,083; 1,299 for Bolivia, 1,464 for Chile, 1,388 for Peru,
1450 for Ecuador and close to Brazil's 1,947 or the 1,958 for Honduras.
And although a possible saturation of the WikiLeaks website prevented
delving into the content of those documents, the information published
by Britain's The Guardian reveals the number of cables generated by the
U.S. embassy in Santo Domingo, with February 26 the most recent, and
form part of the 250,000 classified documents reportedly leaked.
The documents were sent to newspapers The New York Times; El Pais,
Spain; Le Monde, France; The Guardian, England, and the magazine Der
Spiegel, Germany, while CNN news channel said yesterday that it had
refused to accept them.
Newspaper El Pais said the documents disclose strange espionage
activities and in detail set out the opinions and data from different
sources gathered in talks with American ambassadors or diplomatic
personnel in numerous countries, including the Dominican Republic.
It adds that the publication of the cables proves that Latin American
countries had been courted as part of Washington's push to isolate
Venezuela president Hugo Chavez.
Presidente dominicano dice Minustah es clave para estabilidad de Haiti
El Presidente dominicano Leonel Fernandez afirmo el 28 que la Mision de
Estabilizacion de las Naciones Unidas en Haiti (Minustah) debe
permanecer en la nacion caribena hasta que se logre la estabilidad de
las instituciones, de lo contrario la Republica Dominicana se veria
afectado por un flujo masivo de inmigrantes ilegales.
"Haiti no tiene ejercito, tiene una policia debil, problema de
narcotrafico y una violencia cronica, lo que significa que la salida de
esos 9,000 cascos azules es clave para la Republica Dominicana", dijo el
jefe de Estado.
Aunque no existen estadisticas oficiales por la situacion irregular en
que vive la comunidad haitiana en el pais, el director de Migracion
dominicana, Sigfrido Pared Perez, estima que alrededor de un millon de
haitianos residen en la nacion caribena.
Ante este escenario el mandatario dominicano considero que a pesar de
que la Minustah extendio su presencia en Haiti por un ano, la situacion
de violencia cronica que vive el pueblo haitiano requiere de mas tiempo.
"Haiti no tienen forma de mantener la seguridad ciudadana sin la
presencia de la Minustah" , indico.
Con relacion a la ayuda prometida por la comunidad internacional, el
mandatario dijo que el proceso de las elecciones haitianas retarda la
entrega de recursos, debido a que los paises compromisarios esperan la
escogencia del nuevo gobierno para realizar las donaciones.
"En el caso de Estados Unidos que se comprometio a entregar 1,400
millones de dolares para la reconstruccion de Haiti, este desembolso es
objetado por el Senador de Oklahoma, quien alega que el pais atraviesa
por un gran deficit", explico.
Sin embargo dijo que tras el terremoto del 12 de enero pasado son los
organismos multilaterales como el Banco Mundial y el Banco
Interamericano de Desarrollo (BID), los que financian dia a dia en el
devastado pais.
El presidente dijo que hay razones diversas por las cuales la
reconstruccion se ha tornado lenta y cito el deficit fiscal de los
paises europeos que acordaron donar gran parte del dinero para levantar
a Haiti.
Sostuvo que las necesidades de la hermana nacion son muchas pero que se
deben comenzar los trabajos con la recogida de escombros ya que a diez
meses de la tragedia que mato al menos 300, 000 personas las ruinas no
han sido levantadas, lo que es una fuente de contaminacion latente.
(Xinhua)
29/11/2010
minican president says MINUSTAH is key to stability in Haiti
Dominican President Leonel Fernandez said that the Mission 28 Nations
Stabilization Mission in Haiti (MINUSTAH) to remain in the Caribbean
nation until there is stability of the institutions, otherwise the
Dominican Republic would be affected by a flow massive illegal
immigrants.
"Haiti has no army, has a weak police, drug trafficking problem and a
chronic violence, which means that the output of these 9.000
peacekeepers is key to the Dominican Republic," said the head of state.
Although no official statistics exist for the irregular situation in the
Haitian community living in the country, the director of Dominican
migration, Sigfrido Pared Perez, estimates that around one million
Haitians live in the Caribbean nation.
Given this scenario, the Dominican president felt that despite the
extended MINUSTAH presence in Haiti for a year, the situation of chronic
violence that the Haitian people need more time.
"Haiti has no way to maintain public safety without the presence of
MINUSTAH," he said.
With regard to the aid promised by the international community, Bush
said the Haitian election process slows the delivery of resources,
because countries commissioners expect the choice of the new government
to make donations.
"In the case of United States pledged to provide U.S. $ 1.400 billion
for the reconstruction of Haiti, this payment is disputed by the Senator
from Oklahoma, who argues that the country is going through a big
deficit," he said.
But he said that after the earthquake of January 12 are multilateral
agencies like the World Bank and the Inter-American Development Bank
(IDB), which funded every day in the devastated country.
The president said there are various reasons why reconstruction has
become slow and cited the fiscal deficit of the European countries who
agreed to donate much money to raise Haiti.
He argued that the needs of the sister nation are many but to be
starting work with the collection of debris and that ten months after
the tragedy that killed at least 300, 000 people the ruins have not been
raised, which is a source latent contamination. (Xinhua)
29/11/2010
Haiti
Government Adopts Special Security Measures for Elections
Unattributed report: "The Government Adopted Special Security Measures"
- MetropoleHaiti.com
Sunday November 28, 2010 15:10:20 GMT
At the same time public transportation between the two regions has been
forbidden by the authorities who want to strictly limit traffic to its
minimum on the public roads. Motorcycles which are an important part in
the transportation link are not authorized to be on the road.
Other vehicles, either private or those assuring public transit, cannot
approach within 200 meters of the voting centers. This provision is
meant to allow voters to use vehicles to get to distant voting centers.
Moreover, permits to carry arms have been suspended for the period from
Saturday 27 November to Wednesday 1 December. This provision should
allow a voiding any incident during the process of transporting the
written records from the voting centers to the Community Electoral
Offices (BEC). Also, the sale of petroleum products in containers is
forbidden from Saturday evening at 8:00 PM.
(Description of Source: Port-au-Prince MetropoleHaiti.com in French --
Website of Radio Metropole, centrist commercial radio station; URL:)
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Commerce.
Dominican Health Authorities Report Total of 6 Cases of Cholera in
Country
"Dominican Republic reports 2 more cholera cases" -- ACAN-EFE Headline -
EFE
Sunday November 28, 2010 16:30:05 GMT
A 12-year-old Dominican boy came down with the disease in Santo Domingo
Este and a 7-year-old Haitian girl was diagnosed with the illness in the
northern city of Santiago, the country's second-largest city, Public
Health Minister Bautista Rojas Gomez said.
Health officials started working Friday (26 November) in the places
where the children live to determine how they contracted the disease,
Rojas Gomez said.
The boy is being treated at San Lorenzo de Los Mina Hospital, while the
girl is hospitalized at Santiago's Arturo Grullon Hospital.
The children are both listed in stable condition, the public health
minister said.
"We are dealing with a Haitian girl who lives in Villa Gonzalez, has
been hospitalized and is in perfect condition as of this morning, while
the other patient is a 12-year-old boy who is also in good condition,"
Rojas Gomez said in a press conference Saturday.
The Dominican Republic launched a program to deal with cholera, which
has killed more than 1,600 people and infected thousands of others in
neighboring Haiti.
Dominican officials have deployed thousands of soldiers along the more
than 400-kilometer (249-mile) border to prevent Haitians exhibiting
symptoms of the bacterial disease from entering the country.
(Description of Source: Madrid EFE in Spanish -- Independent Spanish
press agency)
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Thousand of Protestors Demand Annulment of Presidential Elections
"Thousands of Haitians Demand the Annulment of the Elections Due to
Fraud" -- AFP Headline - AFP in Spanish to Mexico, Central America, and
the Caribbean
Sunday November 28, 2010 23:19:14 GMT
Port-au-Prince, 28 Nov 2010 (AFP) - Thousands of Haitians took to the
streets of Port-au-Prince to demand the annulment of this Sunday's
presidential and legislative elections, on the suspicion that the ruling
party tampered with them to favor its candidate, Jude Celestin.At the
end of an election day marked by episodes of violence and accusations of
fraud, protestors toured the capital's sectors of Delmas and
Petion-ville, where the headquarters of the Provisional Electoral
Council (CEP) are located. So far the CEP refuses to annul the
elections.UN blue helmets and Haitian Po lice were called to strengthen
security at the electoral organization's headquarters.The protest was
led by singer and candidate Michel Martelly, one of the favorites
according to polls, next to Wyclef jean, worldwide hip-hop star, whose
candidacy was rejected by the CEP.In a festive environment, protestors
handed out comic books in favor of Martelly and as they moved along tore
Celestin posters, whom they accuse of being outgoing President Rene
Preval's puppet.
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Haiti Electoral Council To Provide Presidential Election's Results
Within 3 Days
"Haitian Electoral Council Validates Election in Most of the Country" --
AFP Headline - AFP in Spanish to Mexico, Central America, and the
Caribbean
Monday November 29, 2010 02:53:29 GMT
Port-au-Prince, 28 Nov 2010 (AFP) - The Electoral Council validated the
presidential elections in Haiti this Sunday in most of the country and
its director praised the event despite violence and the calls for
annulment."The elections have concluded and they have been achieved,"
said Gaillot Dorsainvil, president of the Provisional Electoral Council
(CEP), in a news conference.The CEP stated that the elections had been
annulled in 56 voting centers from a total of 1,500."We are going to
assess case by case in the locations where there was a problem,&quo t;
said Pierre-Luis Opent, the CEP's general director. He added that
"within 48 or 72 hours we will decide what we are going to do."Dorsinvil
pointed out that "amid the day's electoral fever, some voters were not
able to find their (voting) center."The CEP "will be in a position to
produce a balance (on the elections) when their members return from (the
country's) interior, three days from now" and "thanks the people for
participating in the rise of democracy," he said.The consult took place
in a tense environment, since the opposition accused the power of
organizing frauds to benefit the government candidate and called of the
elections to be annulled.
(Description of Source: Paris AFP in Spanish -- Latin American service
of the independent French press agency Agence France Presse)
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Voting Center Looted in Port-au-Prince; Elections Annuled in Two Cities
Haiti: Elections Annulled in Two Cities; Electoral Center Looted in the
Capital" -- AFP Headline - AFP in Spanish to Mexico, Central America,
and the Caribbean
Sunday November 28, 2010 22:10:58 GMT
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Presidential Candidates Call for Elections To Be Declared Null, Void -
CMC
Sunday November 28, 2010 21:35:05 GMT
PORT-AU-PRINCE, Haiti, CMC - Twelve of 19 presidential candidates on
Sunday called for the elections to be declared null and void following
allegations of ballot tampering.The disgruntled candidates met behind
closed doors following allegations of fraud. Presidential front runner
Mirlande Manigat joined her colleagues in asking the Provisional
Electoral Council to scrap the poll due to widespread irregularities.
The formal announcement came from Josette Bijoux during a press
conference shortly after 2:00 pm local time. The candidates were met
with rousing applause and shouts of"arreta Preval" or "arrest Preval."
Bijoux was flanked by 11 of her opponents. The candidates have charged
that the alleged ballot tamper ing was orchestrated to favour Jude
Celistin of the ruling Initeparty.
itian Candidates Report 'Massive Fraud' During Presidential Elections
"Haitian Candidates Call for Scrapping of Presidential Election" -- EFE
Headline - EFE
Sunday November 28, 2010 21:13:56 GMT
Port-au-Prince, Nov 28 (EFE).- Eleven of the 18 candidates running for
Haiti's presidency called for the annulment of Sunday's presidential and
legislative elections, alleging irregularities and fraud.
The candidates, who also called for the resignation of President Rene
Preval, said a number of irregularities had occurred to benefit ruling
party candidate Jude Celestin.
The candidates said they had evidence of election fraud committed during
the first five hours of voting.
Opposition candidate Mirlande Manigat, who was leading in the polls
ahead of the election, said there had been "massive fraud" on Sund ay.
Ballot boxes at several precincts were "already full" before the start
of voting and poll workers violated the law by sleeping at the sites,
Manigat said.
Celestin, for his part, downplayed the fraud allegations, saying that
the election was taking place amid normality.
"Everything is going good, despite some problems," Celestin told
reporters after voting in a suburb of the capital.
The polls opened at 6:00 a.m. and will remain open until 4:00 p.m. in
the impoverished Caribbean nation.
Some 4.7 million people are eligible to vote for a new head of state, 11
of the 30 members of the Senate and all 99 members of the Chamber of
Deputies.
Haiti is dealing with the aftermath of the Jan. 12 earthquake that
killed some 300,000 people and left more than 1 million others homeless,
as well as a cholera epidemic that has killed more than 1,600 people and
left over 72,000 others infected.
Thousands of people made their way through Port-au-Prince to polling
places, churches and jobs at stalls selling a variety of goods in the
streets.
Voters in Cite Soleil, one of the capital's poorest neighborhoods,
pounded on the doors of election precincts that were about to open.
Some polling places opened late as Haitians lined up to vote in an
election that many see as a chance to set a new economic and social
course for the country.
Manigat, according to the latest polls, is the frontrunner in the field
of 18 contenders, drawing the support of 36 percent of likely voters.
She had warned earlier in the day that "serious fraud" in the election
would lead to a "political crisis."
Celestin is running second in the polls, drawing 20.2 percent support.
A runoff election will likely be needed on Jan. 16.
Haitians Annoyed at Voting Difficulties, Stage Protest
Haiti: "Annoyed Haitian voters stage protest" -- CMC headline - CMC
Sunday November 28, 2010 16:51:15 GMT
"Voters became increasingly anxious as several polling stations failed
to open at 6:00 am as scheduled. Some remained closed for more than two
hours. The law does not allow for an extension of the voting time. In
the southern city of Jacmel there were violent clashes after voters
attempted to leave the polling station with their ballots. In the early
hours Sunday, the Caribbean Media Corporation (CMC) visited three
polling centres in the Petionville area of Port-au-Prince but none was
open to voters at that time. Instead, election staff were seen counting
ballots and verifying the voters' list. In one instance, a clerk was
still awaiting the arrival of the register o f voters. But even with the
prospect of a long wait, many Haitians stayed in line.
"I'm just coming just for my country. I'm voting for my country," one
voter said. Gaillot Dorsinvil, president of the Provisional Electoral
Council (CEP) was touring some of the polling centres experiencing
difficulties when he was questioned on why some voters could not find
their names on the register. The election officials shot down any
suggestions of error on CEP's part and instead said that voters needed
to review the list more carefully. Meanwhile, outgoing President Rene
Preval expressed confidence in the CEP. After emerging from a polling
station at Lycee Marie Jeanne, he told reporters that it was not unusual
to have difficulties on Election Day.
"We have good elections. We usually have election problems in other
countries. There were two candidates in the United States," President
Preval told reporters.
"I believe that the process is goi ng to be good," he said. "I just came
to vote and I'm sure that we're going to have another round and I will
come back to vote."
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Paris - The strain of cholera that triggered an epidemic that has
claimed more than 1 600 lives in Haiti must have been brought in from
abroad, a leading French epidemiologist said on Monday.
Many in Haiti believe the deadly outbreak was caused by poor sanitation
at a camp for United Nations peacekeeping troops from Nepal, a country
where the disease is endemic. The UN force has said there is no proof of
this.
Cholera specialist Professor Renaud Piarroux spoke to AFP on his return
from Haiti, where he conducted a study for the Haitian government. He
warned that the epidemic could yet cause sickness in 200 000 people.
"It started in the centre of the country, not by the sea, nor in the
refugee camps. The epidemic can't be of local origin. That's to say, it
was imported," he said, without directly fingering the Nepalese camp.
Cholera added to the woes of the impoverished Caribbean nation, which
was devastated by a massive earthquake in January that killed a quarter
of a million people and left 1.3 million living in ramshackle refugee
camps.
At the weekend, Haiti struggled to hold credible elections amid the
chaos left by the double tragedy, and violent protests having broken
out, pitting rival factions against each other or against UN
peacekeepers.
Haitian officials say the first cases of cholera, a waterborne illness,
broke out on the banks of the Artibonite River, downstream of a Nepalese
UN base in Mirebalais, in the centre of the country.
No cholera at Nepalese camp
Last week, Edmond Mulet, head of the UN mission in Haiti, said no UN
soldier, police officer nor civilian official had tested positive for
cholera, and he defended the Nepalese, who have been the target of
protests.
All samples taken from the toilets, kitchens and water supply at the
suspect Nepalese camp have proved negative, Mulet said.
"There is no scientific evidence that the camp at Mirebalais is the
source of this epidemic," he said, complaining of "a lot of
disinformation, a lot of rumours around this situation".
But Piarroux - who works at the University of the Mediterranean in
Marseille - said the outbreak was not linked to the earthquake
devastation, and could not have come from a Haitian environmental
source.
"The epidemic exploded in an extremely violent way on October 19, with
several thousand cases and several hundred deaths after many people
drank the water of the Artibonite delta," he said.
The professor said the world had not seen cholera spread so quickly
since an outbreak in Goma, in eastern Congo, in 1994. "We've had more
than 70 000 cases, and we could easily see them hit 200 000," he warned.
"But there won't be tens of thousands of deaths, nor a sudden spike."
Cholera is caused by bacteria spread in contaminated water or food,
often through faeces. If untreated, it can kill within a day through
dehydration, with the old and the young the most vulnerable.
29 Nov 2010 - 8:55 am
Observadores de EE.UU. dicen que comicios de Haiti fueron "una farsa"
Por: AFP
Segun la denuncia, estuvieron plagadas de irregularidades y llamaron a
la comunidad internacional a rechazar esta "farsa obvia".
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Observadores estadounidenses estimaron que las elecciones presidenciales
y legislativas celebradas el domingo en Haiti estuvieron plagadas de
irregularidades y llamaron a la comunidad internacional a rechazar esta
"farsa obvia".
"Desde la prohibicion de participar en la eleccion al partido mas
popular, hasta irregularidades el dia del comicio, incluyendo muchos
informes de rellenado de urnas, asi como impedir que numerosos electores
ejecieran el voto, estas elecciones fueron una farsa obvia desde el
principio hasta el final", dijo Mark Weisbrot, co director del Centro de
Investigacion Politica y Econimica, en un comunicado.
Alex Main, analista de este centro de estudios, que se encontraba en
Haiti para observar in situ el desarrollo de los comicios, fue testigo
de numerosas irregularidades, incluyendo el rellenado de una urna en un
centro de votacion, agrega el texto.
Pese a las numerosas denuncias de fraude de parte de varios candidatos y
los pedidos de anulacion de la votacion, el Consejo Electoral de Haiti
valido las elecciones del domingo, cuyos resultados se conoceran recien
a partir del 5 de diciembre.
U.S. observers say that elections in Haiti were "a farce"
By: AFP
According to the complaint, was plagued with irregularities and called
for the international community to deny this obvious farce. "
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U.S. observers believed that the presidential and legislative elections
held on Sunday in Haiti were riddled with irregularities and called for
the international community to deny this obvious farce. "
"Since the ban on participation in the election the party more popular,
until the day of the polls irregularities, including widespread reports
of ballot stuffing, as well as prevent many voters purpose of exercising
the vote, these elections were a farce obvious from the beginning to the
end, "said Mark Weisbrot, co-director of the Center for Policy Research
and ECONOMIC, in a statement.
Alex Main, an analyst at the research center, who was in Haiti to
observe in situ the conduct of the elections, he witnessed numerous
irregularities, including ballot box stuffing in a polling place, it
added.
Despite numerous allegations of fraud by several candidates and requests
for annulment of the vote, the Haitian Electoral Council validated the
Sunday elections, whose results will be known only from the 5 December.
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Clarification: Vet discusses pet emergencies
To the editor:
The letter to the editor "Vet Explains Pet Care System" published by TWN on 7/31/14 was not submitted to TWN, but rather to the Ukiah Daily Journal which published it 7/22/2014, partially in response to an ongoing discussion which began after journalist KC Meadows of UDJ asked veterinarians participating in the emergency rotation to answer a questionnaire about the current veterinary emergency coverage schedule. TWN copied it from UDJ without my knowledge, in an apparently common practice of using other publications as sources of information of interest to their readership. Ms Meadows' questionnaire was prompted by a phone call from Ms Lieberman about her dog's tragic death after she was unsuccessful in finding a veterinarian in Ukiah after 10pm. Ms Lieberman contacted the UDJ in order to inform the pet-owning public about the change in the veterinary emergency schedule from one which provided emergency services after hours to a schedule which stops providing services after 10pm.
I have no personal knowledge of this case, as Ms Lieberman is not a client of East Hill Veterinary Clinic, and I was not on call the evening of her dog's death. I responded to Ms Meadows' questionnaire, and my responses were included in a previous issue of UDJ. A few weeks after the incident, Ms Lieberman called and spoke with several area veterinarians, myself included. She was grieving and wanted to know why there was no one available to help her dog when she was in crisis. I explained to Ms Lieberman that the majority of the group of veterinarians who participate in the on call schedule voted to discontinue emergency services after 10pm. She was distressed that members of the rotation did not announce or publish this change.
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SUBJECT: Another Last Second Defeat for Wilmington Men’s Basketball, 66-63, as Game-Tying Three Falls Short on Senior Night against Goldey-Beacom
Another second half comeback fell a hair short for the Wilmington University men’s basketball team, as a game-tying three-pointer at the buzzer hit the front rim and Goldey-Beacom took a 66-63 Central Atlantic Collegiate Conference victory on Tuesday night at the WU Athletics Complex.
Playing in front of their home crowd for the final time in the 2013-14 season and with hopes of keeping their playoff chances alive, the Wildcats (9-18, 5-13 CACC) battled back from a nine point halftime deficit to take a one point lead with 3:46 remaining, but couldn’t hold on down the stretch.
The Lightning (10-14, 8-10 CACC) scored on their ensuing possession to retake the lead, 60-59, with 3:30 to play and never relinquished the lead, fighting off every attempt by the Wildcats to claw back. Wilmington brought it back to within one on a pair of free throws from senior Shaq Monroe-Gaskins, and again on a layup by Valentino Thompson with 1:02, but couldn’t never get over the hump and retake the lead.
Trailing by three with two seconds remaining, Thompson missed both ends of his free throws, but Rashaun Rasheed came down with the offensive rebound and passed it back to Monroe-Gaskins standing outside the three-point arc. Looking to tie the game at the buzzer, Monroe-Gaskins attempt fell narrowly short, mathematically eliminating the Wildcats from playoff contention.
The Wildcats needed to win their final two contests of the season, and finish in a three-way tie with Chestnut Hill and Goldey-Beacom for the fourth and final playoff spot. The tie-breaker would have fell the Wildcats’ way if all three teams finished with seven CACC wins.
The foul line harmed the Wildcats on Tuesday night, as they finished 15-of-26 from the charity stripe for the game, 13-of-23 in the second half. Goldey-Beacom hit 14-of-18 from the foul line, including 12-of-16 in the second half to hold off the Wildcats.
Monroe-Gaskins, one of three seniors playing their final game at the WU Athletics Complex on Tuesday night, led the way with 13 points for the Wildcats. Rasheed was the only other Wildcat to reach double figures with 10 points. Senior Herb Dennis scored eight points to go along with four steals and three assists to cap his amazing home career while senior Dusan Kojic grabbed four rebounds and scored two points while adding two assists in his final home game as well.
The two were tightly matched throughout the game, as Wilmington turned 12 Goldey-Beacom turnovers into 13 points while the Lightning turned nine Wildcat turnovers into 11 points. Each team scored 30 points in the paint while Goldey-Beacom narrowly outscored Wilmington, 14-12, in second chance points.
Distance shots were hard to come by on Tuesday as Goldey-Beacom converted only 2-of-13 from beyond the three-point arc with Wilmington going 4-of-19 from deep.
Wilmington closes out its 2013-14 season on the road on Saturday when the Wildcats head to North Division foe Caldwell. The men’s game will start the CACC doubleheader, with a tip scheduled for 1 p.m.
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Phil Schiller recently joined Dutch website Bright.nl for a sit down interview. The Apple executive touched on topics such as the iPhone X and Face ID, as well as augmented reality and smart home technology.
Regarding Face ID on the iPhone X, Schiller explained that the biggest leg-up Apple has on its competitors is the integration throughout iOS. He noted that Apple had a lot to figure out when it came time to replace the Home button, including Siri, Apple Pay, and Touch ID.Schiller believes, however, that Apple solved those problems with Face ID in a “very unique implementation.”
Furthermore, Schiller doesn’t have praise the for the facial recognition systems of other smartphone manufacturers. “They all stink,” he remarked during the interview:
. We had to solve all of that. Other things that people have tried with face haven’t been anything like that. Face ID is a very unique implementation.”
Schiller was also sure to touch on privacy concerns that some have with Face ID and the access that developers have to the TrueDepth camera. He said that Apple “worked really hard” to maintain the trust it had built with users about how it handles personal information.
“No Face ID data goes to third parties,” Schiller said. “So what you enroll with Face ID, what you use to unlock your phone, that’s an encrypted algorithm that is created and encrypted by the Secure Enclave.” Apple has faced scrutiny for Face ID in the past, but has always been open about its practices.
The Apple executive made the distinction that the data third-party applications have access to is different from Face ID, and also added that any app that wants access to TrueDepth data goes through a stricter app review process:
“Developers must be clear in their user privacy policies that they are using face data and what they are doing with that. So that you know. You have a choice to make whether you want to do that or not. You are in control. And also, every application that want to use face data must go through a special level of app review.”
Regarding virtual reality and augmented reality, Schiller said that Apple has spent a lot of time studying the benefits and use cases of each. Ultimately, for VR, Schiller said that Apple has come to the conclusion that the first step is to create VR extension on macOS:
“VR we found to be a great solution for specific use cases and mostly right now for people who are creating VR content. It’s not a big end user market yet but the content creators are working on it. We think it’s important they will be able to do so on a Mac. Our first step is to create VR extension on macOS.”
Schiller is much more optimistic about augmented reality, though. He said that AR has “broad mainstream applications” with the potential to change “every major software category that exists.
“AR on the other hand is a technology that has incredible broad mainstream applications and can have the potential to change almost every major software category that exists. Because here you’re bringing digital information into the real world around us.”
Last but not least, Schiller offered a bit more color on Apple’s delay of the HomePod, saying that Apple needs a bit more time to “make sure it’s great.” As for the future, Schiller said HomePod plays a very important role in Apple’s vision of the smart.”
The full interview is definitely worth a read, with Schiller going in-depth about HomePod, AirPods, and much more. Head to Bright’s website now to read the piece.
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WATERTOWN -- Funeral services were held Monday morning, April 11 at Hunter Funeral Home for Mrs. Owen, 94, of the Norene Community.
a member of Fall Creek Baptist Church and a retired cashier after 30 years at People's Bank of Norene and Sun Trust Bank, she died Saturday, April 9, 2011 at University Medical Center in Lebanon.
Mrs. Owen and her husband, Billy, resided on the Owen's family Century Farm and were honored at the 2004 Wilson County Fair as official Old Timers and Grand Marshals of the parade.
Services were conducted by the Rev. Billy Trice and the Rev. Greg Bell.
Interment was in Fairview Cemetery.
Survivors include: her husband of 60 years Billy Owen; son-in-law Rex Jenkins of Bellview; niece Carolyn Harris of Hermitage; nephew Wayne (Lynette) Beadle of Norene; sister-in-law Margaret Adams of Lebanon; devoted friend Mildred Edwards; several great-nieces and great-nephews.
She was preceded in death by her parents Walter and Della Porterfield Williams; daughter Judy Dawn Jenkins; first husband James Horace Bond.
Pallbearers: James Evans, Bobby Beadle, John Harris, Bryan Harris, Tommy Beadle and David Beadle.
The family wishes to thank Elmcroft of Lebanon for the special care and attention, as well as thanks to the Norene Community for all they have done for the Owen family.
Watertown's Hunter Funeral Home was in charge of arrangements.
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An innovative housing development could soon be seen on Mitcham’s streets as new plans are announced for the Clay Avenue area.
A total of 36 units that slot together like a puzzle could be built by the end of this year if planning approval is given for the homes near to Mitcham Eastfields station.
A public consultation will be held on Friday, January 17 for members of the public to view plans for the homes YMCA London South West claim are the first of its kind in the country.
Applicants YMCA London South West, state the pre-fabricated flats will be self contained and offer affordable accommodation for single people and couples in housing need.
Andy Redfearn, their director of housing and development, said: "This is the first time in the country that this scheme is being used and we think there will be a lot of national interest in it.
"It is de-skilled, with no bricks and mortar - we could clad it in mock Tudor or tiles, or maybe pebble dash.
"When people think of pre-fab houses they think of the 1960s but it is not like that."
The YMCA is aiming to submit a planning application to Merton Council in February and if approval is given, could open the units for people to move into by the end of the year.
Residents of the three storey blocks known as Y:Cube Housing, would be referred through the YMCA, and would previously have been tenants in hostels and other short stay housing schemes such as the YMCA Wimbledon on The Broadway.
Mr Redfearn said the scheme would be open to people in receipt of benefits, and residents would typically stay there for three to five years before moving onto more permanent accommodation.
There would be a community garden where people could grow fruit and vegetables, and a flat made available for a member of staff.
The consultation will be held the Acacia Centre in Grove Road, Mitcham, on Friday, January 17 from 3pm to 8pm.
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EAST HARLEM, Manhattan (WABC) -- A man is recovering after getting slashed on a subway platform in East Harlem.
The NYPD says it happened Saturday afternoon shortly after 4 p.m. inside the 125th Street and Lexington Avenue stop on the 4, 5, 6 line.
Investigators say the victim and his attacker were arguing just before the slashing.
The suspect ran away and is still on the loose.
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Eagle Financial hits record-high profits
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In this guitar lesson you'll learn a few different guitar strumming patterns for beginners. These are great strumming patterns to work on, and have been used in many famous songs.
In this guitar lesson you'll learn a few different guitar strumming patterns for beginners. These are great strumming patterns to work on, and have been used in many famous songs.
Hi, Colin
Thanks for all your help. I keep catching you on Riff Ninja, and you’ve helped me tremendously. This lesson has shown me a couple different strumming patterns using the same chords. Really like how you take your time and go through it SLOWLY! Unlike some of the others I’ve seen on YouTube, who fly through things without explaining how to play.
I need to get my timing down and keep it the same through the whole song. I can’t seem to keep it consistent. Hoping plenty of practice will help that.
That’s where I think you would would help me with your Essentials of Strumming & Rhythem. I think I need to know the basics, and have something to teach me the right way to strum.
Thx, Colin, and I’ll keep watching.
Fiss.
I’ve been making it to hard, your ability to explain to me the count has helped me alot. Thank you.
My fingers don’t line up all nice and straight like that. They look mangled and deformed compared to yours. Not just that, but my fingers are long and thick and it’s very difficult to depress just one string, let alone do chord shapes on 3 or 4 strings. Does that mean guitar is impossible for me?
Hey Colin,
Excellent lesson. Now I know why I’m such a crappy strummer. It’s amazing how one short lesson can help with something I’ve been struggling with. I’ve got to mute that low E string on those Cmajor chords. Now, all I have to do is get my 62 year old fingers to cooperate. Love the video.
Dan D
Strumming and rhythm are skills often ignored when learning guitar. It’s one thing to know your notes and chords, but it’s just as important to know a sense of timing within the musical framework. Lots of players begin and end their journey in “shredding” mode. True satisfaction and self-expression, however, lie in the basics of strumming and rhythm, for here is where the foundation for music is laid. Colin is a great teacher of these concepts… needless to say, I’d love a copy of this course!
I liked the explanation of using a thicker pick and the method of strumming. also the importance of strumming the proper strings germane to the chord being played. I teach kids at our church, who are interested in learning, beginning guitar, (Though I am not a professional teacher) and strumming is always an issue, I am always looking for tools to help and this lesson course would be ideal to add to my program. I like the way you explain the methods. They are clear and easy to understand.
This is a good intro for strumming and I was able to follow along easily as I’ve played for many years. However, my daughter has recently picked up the guitar and doesn’t know as much about strumming patterns so I think there are a couple of concepts that were implied that may need more explanation before jumping in for true beginners.
1) Introduce the 8th note counting more specifically (1 and 2 and 3 and 4 and)2) Show the 8th note counting with the right (strumming) hand more demonstrably to help ingrain the knowledge that the right hand is always moving even if not hitting the stringsAnyway, I hope this helps and maybe this is all covered in the entire course as I just watched this snippet. Would love to win the course to share with my daughter as she learns this material! always find it amazing at how easy it is to follow along with Colin and retain what he is teaching. His method of describing the need for proper counting has opened up things that I seem to have missed when having other instructors explaining. I left the short video with an ability to play something that has gone over my head in the past. I do feel that the teaching method can be a very positive influence in moving forward with my playing and Colin’s method doesn’t make me feel like I am a blithering idiot and keeps me from simply giving up on something I have always sought to do.
Thanks,
Mike
Thanks for a clear and enlightening lesson. I’d never heard of the thick pick benefits; I, as a rule, use fingers rather than pick but the analogy of the pick and the nail of my index finger popped into my head as you spoke of holding the pick loosely. I liked the multiple views but, somehow, with my soft-/hard-ware the strumming screen and the sound were not coordinated; however, your commentary made things quite clear. I’d love to get a free copy of the course.
I am a newbie! I understand why I have to readjust my pick so often. I could use this course because I am tired of doing the same DDDUDUDU pattern for every song. The numbers make more sense than D’s and U’s also! I have been trying to tach myself how to play for the last 4 months and I really could use some solid direction …. Can’t figure out which direction to start at and even more scary… Then what?
I’ve been a “beginner” for years. I have no problem learning the chords but I struggle to know really what to do with them. The counting with the strumming and tips such as using the pic like a brush and knowing what strings to mute may seem basic to some but these are the things I need to work on.. I’ll be giving these a try tonight.
Thanks!Dan
Well, after cutting my nails -vain granny that I am – I gave this little snippit of expertise a view and strummed right along. I’ve been playing a long time, but took a couple of years off and am now trying to re-learn. This was a very good refresher. Slow at first and then more speed as it went along. Great little thing to keep a person in shape and grounded in the basics because no matter how fancy you get you must always have good solid basic skills to keep it consistent. Thanks for the workout. It would be a great thing to have in my arsonal.
What I have learned is:
1. That strumming is organic and fluid to playing chords
2. That counting out loud does help t
3. That I have little sense of timing yet (Help)
4. That is why practicing slow is so important
I would be grateful to win a copy of these DVD teachings on this important aspect of guitar playing. Thanks. Victor
Could not see the video, even though I turned hardware acceleration off. But, I did listen to it. Sounds like good advise. I agree strum timing is my weakest point. I’m sure the lessons could help. Unfortunately, I’m not working and unable to afford it. However, I like the teaching style.
Seeing that clip has given me a better understanding of some techniques that you explained in a way I could grasp and move myself forward, I can play a number of chords, but before it was sounding unrecognisable, this clip has plugged a gap which makes it sound like I am playing music!! At Last. It would be so good to get the new course to further progression. Thanks a lot.
Andy
Really like how you have three screens going at the same time.
why I think this would be helpful for me: I took lessons finger style folk music for 2 years. My guitar teacher has since moved far away. I live in RURAL Idaho. So getting another teacher is highly unlikely. I now volunteer once a week working with a kids bluegrass music group. I am working with beginner guitar players, flat picking fiddle backup. Its been a challenge transitioning to flatpicking/strumming. It feels foreign to me. I think this video would help me at home be a better teacher for these kids.
I am in the process of teaching a left handed player the basics. It is rather easy to teach a left handed person for they mirror you. BUT.. He needs the inspiration and teaching at all times during his practice time when I am not there. Right now is the perfect time to introduce rhythm and strumming to him. This DVD would be spot on in my training. I do not charge for lessons so getting this DVD would really help me in my training… Thanks for all you do.. Fred Sweatfield..
This course sounds really cool, and the split screen views are sharp and clear.
Some rhythm challenges are when strums get complicated, become frustrating and end up being abandoned. I’d like to get back to paying more attention to rhythm and strumming, having been on a lead and note playing direction for so long,
First of all, I love the three screens.. watching others play to figure out strumming patterns is very difficult because I cannot “hear” the chords yet – I have to watch where a person’s fingers are on the fretboard..then I can’t pay attention to the strumming. Fantastic idea on your part! Honestly tho, I know chords, bar chords.. I need some rhythm. I’ve been playing acoustic for almost two years now and I am frustrated. I get a little depressed now when I play guitar… I can never get down the strumming. I feel as if I have locked myself into my first strumming pattern I found enjoyable. I will start new songs with new patterns and then next I realize I transitioned back into “my” pattern again. I do play guitar everyday. I love finger-picking (only because I can do that well) I am bored and flustered with this plateau I have reached. I feel like 2 years is too long to only be where I am. I need some “feel” in my life…it gets me so excited! If you could help me out with this DVD that’d be awesome. I need some percussion mutes, slaps, and beats incorporated into my music….that would make me so happy. I cannot figure out how to get em’ in there. Thank you 🙂
I want to win a copy of the DVD please!
Definitely on my Christmas wishlist!
Wow, great lesson! You’re a fantastic teacher. What I learned from this lesson is how to get a smoother strum out of my pick by holding it lose and pointing it up as I strum down then pointing it down as I strum up. Great tip. Thank you. By the way, that pick looked like a stone. Is it a real stone or just made to look like one?
My biggest challenge is strumming and trying to count at the same time.
I love the three-way split screen. That makes it real easy to see everything and we need that advantage for learning. I think strumming doesn’t come natural to anyone who’s first starting out so this is going to be a BIG help, because the better we strum the better we’ll sound. Also the more strums we learn the more songs we can play and hopefully the easier it will become to learn more strums! I think this new course will simply improve all my playing. Thank you!
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Colin I’m a grandad in Tennessee and want to learn to play guitar, my grandson lives in Florida and is taking guitar lessons there, so I would love to be able to play rhythm guitar while he plays lead and surprize him when they come to visit.
The Essentials of Strumming & Rhythm sounds like what I need to get started to learn the strumming patters and chords at the same time. I had always wanted to learn to play but was to busy making a living for my family and never got the chances. Thanks for giving the chance now to be able to play with my grandson.
Glen
Hi Colin,
your course is very important for everybody who can understand that Strumming & Rhythm is one of the essentials parts of the knowledge which must have all the guitarists for becoming great ones. This lesson learns that making a great song is important to find the appropriate Strumming & Rhythm for making a hit. As much somebody knows and develops more tips of strumming, as more chances he has to become a great guitarist. That is why from now I”ll look in my mind for many other strumming tips which will be my personal fingerprints in my music.Have a nice dayOctavian
I am an EXTREME beginning guitarist, and the best thing (EUREKA!) I got from this lesson was your tip on holding the pik…I have aTERRIBLE time trying to strum while holding a pik and this was REALLY helpful. Also, I could NEVER figure out that little “catch” or “hitch” in the sound of the strumming until you explained about the counting (eighth and quarter strums….who the hell KNEW?)…a whole new world has opened up, ha!
Thanks!
I have played guitar for more years than I will admit. I never really had the time to dedicate to learning the proper way. I just tinkered with it between work, wife, kids and all the things that we are busy with in our day to day living. But now that I am retired I have more time and desire to dedicate to my playing. A free lesson DVD would be a wonderful kick-start.
This lesson is awesome. If the whole course is half as good it is a must for those struggling with strum patterns and making the guitar sound good and not the same pattern with everything they play. I am confident that with this course, I would greatly improve, especially when “trying” to sing while playing. Keep the lessons coming, you are appreciated more than you know.
Thanks and God bless
PI
Well new at at the guitar, and hope you can teach a old dog new tricks,(68 years young). Unemployed with time on my hands so always want to play guitar but you spot on about strumming. Big problem for me and yes I can count to 4. Looking forward to your new class, and tips so I can master my short comming. Michigan here.
Great stuff and just what I need. I have always been the
strummer/rhythm guy in our jams while everybody else runs scales on me. The
problem is that I never learned how to count properly and my repertoire of
strums patterns was very limited. In essence I didn’t know what I was doing! I
somehow sounded okay because in between the mistakes I somehow kept some kind
of timing. To make matters worse — I
really like the rhythm part of playing the most. I have been playing around 10
years and always knew that I had/needed to go there (learn counting & strum
patterns). I need/want this course bad and hope I win it. Colin is my type of
teacher and his way of explaining and showing the lessons really clicks with me—I
get it! Please LORD let me win.
Walt Warren
This is awesome, I’ve been teaching myself guitar with help from your self and Jonathan Boettcher for a year and a half, and the one thing I couldn’t get was the strumming, it just sounded boring and repetitous. Ive observed other amatuers at partys and stuff and you could almost always tell what they were going to play a few bars into the song, but all I could sound like was some guy strumming and changing chords, not very distinctive from one song to the next. I already feel like
I’ve improved more in this one lesson than in the last year and a half, at least to my ear anyways. Thank you very much and please keep it up……………..Barry Larence
Strumming is so cool! It adds an entirely new dimension to the music you can make.It makes “basic” sound like polished, even if it’s basic strumming. I’m so glad to add this to my beginner’s capability.
Great lesson this shows that you dont always have to play barre chords to sound good.Its a little more difficult for me to strum because of short fingers so I would like to see that subject addressed and how to cope with it.I would love to win a free course so I could see how to put chord patterns ahd strumming together so I could get some new and original patterns to give me diffrent ideas.
I like the divided screen. It makes it easier for me to follow the whole process. Holding the pick correctly has always been a problem for me when varying the tempos. I have gone more to fingerpicking because of this. I think the course could move me in the right direction. Your detail is good..
I liked the way he laid it out. It seemed alot easier to understand for me. alot of guys dont communicate it as well, thats for sure. this could be a huge advantage for my strumming patterns as i’m recovering from my second stroke an its not all just falling back into place as quickly as i’d like. anyway it seems to be a very understandable lesson that even a beginner could get. thanks J. Caeton
By the way, I love the guitar you’re playing. I am a very basic beginer guitarist but I thought you’re chords were awsome because you showed where to put you’re fingers and showed you’re strumming at the same time. You strum very gently with one fluid motion. I like the way you teach guitar. You show it in a way that makes me understand what is going on in the background of playing. Like the rythem and timing of you’re strokes or strums. But on that guitar the video shows everything I think I would need to see clearly and learn how and where to time my strums and chords at the same time. I am really glad I watch your video’s. You are a skillful player and better teacher. Really, you’re cool. David Rice.
Hey Mr. Colin,
It’s good to see someone FINALLY address strumming issues. I am a music teacher, and have always drawn up my own “charts,” and done my own demonstrations. I would love to have a copy of your “Essentials” to compliment my teaching materials. As a teacher, you are aware that the more illustrations you can give a student, the more likely they are to pick it up in less time. I thoroughly enjoyed your lesson, and would love a copy of it.
Finally someone addressing strumming! I find so much material on other aspects of guitar playing but not strumming. This is what makes a song! This would tie so much together for me and give a big stride in my playing. Thanks so much for the video lesson.
That’s going to be a great course for some one like me that;s been trying to teach there self to play the guitar a big part of it is strumming and trying to learn to get the rhythm part of playing down it’s not as easy as some say it is I have looked at a bunch of guitar courses this one is the best one I have looked at so for so if I am not one of the ones that gets to win one I will be sure to buy one.
Hey Colin, Just watched your video and am thrilled at how helpful it was! At 55 I am finally living the dream of learning how to play both the guitar and the ukulele this winter and I am struggling with the strumming! Well, strumming troubles are no more, thanks to you! I sure hope I win a copy of your new course – it’s AWESOME!!
I would REALLY like to receive one of the new course copies as strumming is one of my weak points even after aboot 4 years practice. I know Colin knows what he’s doing cause he has been at this since the beginning of Time. (well, almost.) I humbly submit my request in the hope of being a winner and developing my skills to much greater levels. Thanks for ALL the videos you have posted previously.
This strumming lesson with three in one picture made me understand it far-far better than learning from books or from a (my) teacher.
My weakness is that I dont count while strumming. I wish to get over this shortcoming.
The course could help me improve my understanding of strumming because it is nicely shown and explained.
Kailash Pant
Thanks Colin for the strumming lesson.
I have been playing guitar for some years now and haven not progressed. I then thought I need to learn some theory.
I started with Jonathan Boettcher with the 1-iV- V to understand music patterns & combinations of notes, and then progressed to Griff Hamlin learning guitar blues to which I am a third of the way through.
I found that the strumming & counting the beats and using a metronome to be the up most important to make the music sound right.
Your 10 minute lesson which is clear & concise showed precisely the way its done.
Nice work
Mark
Sydney
Australia
I love the sound of the chords, especially due to the fact that you explained how to add a G to the C chord so that all six strings can be strummed. I wish I had time to play my guitar more often but I definitely will practise what you demonstrated. I have learned sooooo much from you. Thanks. I look forward to receiving all of your e-mail. Keep up the great work.
Geri Urquhart
I liked the video because strumming is definitely one of the areas that I’ve found quite challenging. While I may know or find the chords associated with a particular song, invariably my efforts to apply the chords even if I’m reading or following the chord breaks on tabs or music don’t produce the desired result; i.e., that the song sounds as it should and is recognized by someone who’s listening, not just me. If the course goes beyond the video and applies the strumming patterns to actual songs, that will be quite beneficial and help me advance my playing immensely. Thanks, GerryO
i find chord structure of songs easy to pick up but if i cant get the strum pattern right it just doesnt ‘play’ well. i sing in a band and would love to do rythmn guitar too but as my strumming needs work i cant commit to it i think this course will finally get me over the platuea i have been on for some time great in depth lessons i can relate to and understand and put into practice
When I started playing, my biggest struggle was strumming. I could handle the rhythm. But, identifying and maintaining regular patterns were my demise. The counting technique is probably were I am most deficient. I mainly strummed by “feel”; which worked great for a limited set of strum patterns. This clip is really driving me to pick up my guitar and start trying out the concepts you presented.
There’s absolutely no way to reach your musical goal(s) without the tempo (beat) or (time signature) and understanding how quarter, half, eighth and sixteenth’s etc…notes tie in to form measures. As a senior guitar student this type of course would have shaved years off of the time it took me to become a better player. Back then you might hear a lesson on public radio or a tapeand yes there were pictures in some learning material but very little. To have the DVD with both audio and video with the ability to pause rewind, fast forward slow at anytime you need more time is still the best method to get to the next level. Thanks for the lesson
Your explanation is awesome and very down to earth. I struggle with strumming and to listen to someone who can is music to the ears.
I’ve heard other clarifications, but this is awesome. To see the smoothness and clarity in this, I started to get a grasp right away of it and started to strum along with you with rhythm and understanding the beats. I have never put the strumming and the beats together like this, but this gives me that insight.
I have tried to learn strumming in a slower approach and have lost it as I go along, and this was just the perfect speed to keep me focused with more confidence in moving forward.
I believe your course, without a doubt, will assist me in attaining my goal on the guitar. To be able to watch all the action at once on the screen is very helpful, meaning the strumming, chords, and bringing it together. If your DVD is clarified in this manner, there is no ceiling in how far a person would go.
Thank You for this awesome video as it is a gift to correct my mistakes.
James
Thanks very much I have been trying on and of for many years and had a few lessons over the years and this was an eye opener and alway had difficulty with counting the beats I have lots of things but just thought it sounded rubbish.I will try to do your strumming video and hope I can see some kind of improvement.
Cheers Art Ferguson .
I like the idea that by taking a standard I-IV-V progression, you can build on this so many ways by altering the strumming patterns. Or by showing another way of playing the C major chord with the added 5th on the 6th string, it not only sounds better but reinforces why the standard I-IV-V progression is so important to know. And what a great way to reinforce these chord progressions by trying out some different strumming patterns.
This really take me back to my teens when my uncle tride to teach me how to play guitar, but so how like most I guess I lost my way. I would love to pick up the (as my uncle would say) “git-fiddle:again. I feel like it was a dream I had and lost because I was distracted with other bad influence.
Thank you
Great stuff, Colin. I really struggled with strumming during my beginner stage and a course like this would have been a fantastic choice to have had. All Beginners and Intermediate players should check this out and cut out one of the major frustrations when first starting out on the Guitar.
Hi can rhythm be taught? i can play a lot of scales and chords but they don’t sound like real music.i think it is because i have no idea of how to count the beats, it all sounds the same boring stuff.There is not a lot of good stuff on rhythm teaching on the internet. Liked the sample clip Colin could this help me sound more musical on my guitar. A frustrated learner.
Fat fingered guitar newb<==== I seem to have spent most of my time on my fret hand trying to get my sausage fingers to play the chords clean. I don't know if I can wrap my brain around counting and finger placement yet. Your vid was high quality for sure I like the different camera spots so I can see how you are strumming and your fret hand as well. Thanks for the demo, maybe ill be a ninja one day too!
I’m impressed and would like to see more, I”d like to win but will probably buy the course anyway, I’ve been playing for a long time but sometimes feel like I’m a total beginner, I know I need help on strumming, you re-emphasized the importance of counting and I leaarned a new way to ply C to include the 6th string, Thanks
Bill
Hi Colin
I am an ex stroke victim which effected my right arm ,i used to play years ago and i am trying to get it back but it is like learning all over again .
I have watched all your lessons and they are brilliant and so easy to follow as you are an excellent teacher.
your strumming &rhythm course would definately help with my strumming and coordination it would be brilliant to get to play again.
thankyou
i have struggled with basic rythm strumming for years, always reverting to random strumming patterns. i sound much cleaner and better after working with your specific strumming patterns. also the tips on proper pick position seem to have helped. until now have always felt more comfortable without a pick, using my forefinger instead, pick sounds louder and cleaner – this gives me something to work on. thanks.
I am 57 years old and have tinkered with the guitar since my teens. 2-3 yrs ago I decided to look at what was available on the net re: maybe I could find some songs that I’ve liked over the years and/or an easy way to plink away at them and to my surprise found some great tools, tricks and tips as well as some theory (amazing), fretboard knowledge, chord progressions, etc from great sites like yours. All of these things fall into the ‘ Wow, wish I knew then what I know now!’ I am now having great fun learning and playing the songs I’ve liked over the years – pop, R&B, blues and EVEN jazz! I’ve even gotten enough confidence to do some jamming with a few friends – real jamming, not just sitting off to the side and contributing little while trying to make sense of how and what they were playing. Now I’m part of the ‘groove’.
But, I must say my strumming skills are sadly lacking. I have been having some success with finger exercises, chord-changing, theory -but need help with my strumming knowledge/skills so that I can do some justice to these great songs I am now trying to play. I believe that this is an integral part of my process and would very much look forward to possibly receiving one of your strumming course give-aways.
Hi Colin,
I am interested in both strumming and especially rhythm. I have been playing guitar for quite a few years, mostly self-taught. The theory of rhythm is a mystery to me, and all the information I have read still does not shed a lot of light or bring it together for me. There has got to be an easier and simpler way of defining it, or maybe it’s just a matter of repetition and memorization? Anyway, I like your video, you are pleasing to look at and you have a nice voice, and your way of teaching is patient and pays attention to detail.
Thank you,
Donna
I know how to play all the baic chords and now are onto to barre chords, only thing i have always struggled with was the knowledge about the timing and the essential strummming technique. Thanks Heaps. You are definately a great source of knowledge and you also have the ability to convey this to the basic learner.
Your teaching is very clear and easy to follow. The strumming and counting is critical to the beginner. I like the combination b/w the counting number (1 2& 3 4& 1) and down down up down down up down) both are really helpful for the new guitar beginner. One thing I like to see in your DVD and it will be more practical and realistic if you can apply your strumming technique to a real song so anyone can see and remember. I bought a set of DVD for guitar beginner but I still has trouble to remember the strumming pattern since the teacher didn’t apply the technique in any song and I forgot the strumming pattern.
Anyway you have a good technique.
Thanks,
Dac
Learned the art of counting to keep rhythm. All the other courses out there seem to concentrate on lead and shreding. This very essential course will help me to become a better guitar player and enable me to integrate rhythm and single note fills to give a more fuller enhanced sound from my playing. Previously I knew the chords but not how to make them sound like music when played together with various strumming techniques. Thanks for opening my eyes to this much needed part of my guitar playing.
Hi Colin,
Thank you so much for this lesson on strumming and rhythm. My rhythm needs a lot of work and I think this short lesson helped me understand that I really need to count the 12&3&4& as I strum the down, down up down up down, up, etc. Now if I can learn to count, sing and play at the same time, it will be quite an accomplishment. This is a real challenge for me, I have been playing actively for almost two years, and I still struggle with my strumming, especially 3/4 time… I think your new course could definetely help to improve my playing because I have already learned some things with the counting aspect and thinking of my pick as a brush and making sure I brush the correct strings depending on the chords along with concentrating more on the wrist and finger motion.
Even if I don’t win a free copy of your new course, I would be interested in purchasing it, if it’s not too expensive.
Thanks again for sharing this short lesson and being such a great inspiration for others!
Theresa Russell
I learned to use all six strings with the C cord, and to use the index finger on the six string of the G cord. I have seen this and resisted using this method, but I am using it now and it has made embellishing much easier! my greatest challenge in strumming comes from not liking to do it, so I tend to solo. I do love the results of strumming and find it very useful in songwriting because it creates sound diversity and distinguishes the chorus from the verses. Essentials of Strumming and Rythm can be the motivational tool I need to help me master strumming. Thanks and rock on!
Thanks for your strumming lessons. gosh I really have to work hard at it. I am a beginner for the past few years (seriously) cant seem to get it right. Will continue fighting the good fight though. I just would not give up. Helpful tips though. really wish I could afford to buy at least a lesson from you guys. Anyhow your free lessons are very helpful. Down, Down up down. thanks again.
I am a 72 year old Veteran from the Vietnam era. I started taking guitar classes as a Musical Therapy patient in Miami, Florida. Due to family hardships I have had to transfer to Dallas, Texas. Unfortunately the VA in Texas does not have this program and I have had to try to keep up by going to the Internet for formal education. It is never the same. I immensily miss the proper instruction that is required to learn how to play the guitar the right way I saw your video and was very much enthused and motivated and know that whoever is the chosen person will defenitely appreciate it. Thank you for sharing your talent with the world.
D’ns Mullert
I’m a 55 year old beginner and have been focusing on learning chords of various kinds. Haven’t really focused much on the strumming side of things. Hurt my right shoulder and can’t practice much with my right hand but could spend some time working on various strumming patterns with my left hand. This course could help me keep moving forward while my shoulder heals up. Thanks.
Jonathin you talk alot about a light coming on for people from your course, well that happend with me,the way your friend Collin explained counts and measures, and fractioning for strumming. He explains and breaks it down simply. I don’t even have my guitar handy since im a truck driver and broke a tunning key on my guitar from taking it on the road without a case,and i still picked up valuable info, i did play drums a little as a teenager also so I understand about counting, can’t wait to try it on my other good guitar thanks so much
The costs are not hidden intentionally, but only because they aren’t relevant at this point in the process. The trial is completely free, as stated, and we do not ask for any payment information. Filling out billing address is very different than providing a credit card.
If you like what you see inside, then at that point you’ll be sent to another page () where the costs are all laid out, and you can decide if you want to pay for it.
I can’t wait until I can afford to get this strumming & rhythm course. I’m excited with the lessons on this video. $70 is a bit steep right now, even though I’m sure it’s worth it. Colin did a great job on his instructions. Very clear. I’m sure it can do these strumming patterns. Thank you, Colin.
I love the sound of your guitar (and amp, obviously). You're 'teaching' strumming and pressing the strings clearly, on the individual chord presses, but I don't understand why people strum all the 'open' strings on the 'and' while really playing and while changing chords… it sounds 'off' but maybe i'm picky about not strumming the open strings (so loudly)…? Thanks, and keep up the nice tones.
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This isn’t at all the post I was going to write for Wine Blogging Wednesday this month. When I learned that this month’s tasting was all about getting back to your wine roots, I approached it academically. I was going to tell you about the Bordeaux that first illuminated me on the concept of terroir. We even drank our second bottle of it for this event (1998 Chateâu Lafon-Rochet).
I was lying in bed thinking about another post I wanted to write, this one about Tobin James and his Cincinnati connections, and it hit me. Who cares when I learned about terroir? Getting back to my roots should be an emotional connection, not academic. And I knew exactly what to write about.
When Kevin & I first met, back in 2000, we both enjoyed wine but we didn’t know much about it. We certainly weren’t the hobbyists and collectors we are today. Our first date was at a restaurant in O’Bryonville called Chateau Pomije. For our first Valentine’s day, in 2001, we braved a snow storm to trek out to the Chateau Pomije winery in Indiana. The owner, a rather fun and knowledgeable older gentlemen, would hold court in the outer lobby and gift shop, sharing tastes of his wines before everyone entered the restaurant proper. (The restaurant, by the way, had excellent barbecue.)
At the time, I didn’t live overly far from the O’Bryonville restaurant. We often grabbed friends and visited for wine tastings. I joined their wine club – my first ever – which introduced me to wines outside of my previous purview of Columbia Crest and Dynamite Vineyards. Kevin and I continued to head out to Indiana, buying a lot of the Chateau Pomije wines and enjoying the restaurant, with its views out into the vineyard. As our own relationship changed, Chateau Pomije changed right along with us. The O’Bryonville location dropped the restaurant and became a fantastic wine bar and wine shop. The vineyard itself was sold to an out-of-country group. It’s not the same anymore.
But before the vineyard was sold, Kevin and I were married. It was probably right around 5 years ago that we showed up at their door on a Monday evening, not knowing they were closed. That older gentlemen let us in anyway and we purchased a lot of wine. In fact, Chateau Pomije Winery was the first place I ever purchased a case of wine. On that particular trip, we stocked up for the wedding. We purchased a bottle of amazing (to my memory) late harvest Riesling for each member of our wedding party. We also bought a half-case of sparkling wine, each bottle specially engraved, for us and for each set of our parents.
There are so many connections now to Chateau Pomije. I only recently realized that the young guy who helped me in the old wine shop/restaurant – and signed me up for the wine club – was probably Liquor Direct’s Kevin Keith, now a good friend. Chateau Pomije was there for my first date with my husband and it was there for my wedding. We took a bottle of their sparkling to the Dominican Republic with us for the ceremony, and shared the other bottles at our reception back home. Since then, I’ve talked with Tim Shumrick a little. Tim runs the O’Bryonville wine shop. It was his dad who sold us our wedding wines. His brother is Toby James, of Tobin James Winery in California. Wine runs in their family.
Chateau Pomije is many wines to me. But it was the first winery that ever meant something to me. I’ve always associated music with particular events in my life. Chateau Pomije taught me that wine can bring on that same wonderful nostalgia. It’s not always the wine that matters, but the memories that come with it.
Thanks Lenn, for hosting a great Wine Blogging Wednesday, and cheers to another four years!
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Italy is home to nearly 4000 museums and galleries, 240 archaeological areas and 48 UNESCO World Heritage sites. Yet three sites – the Colosseum, the archaeological site of Pompeii and the Uffizi galleries – account for more than 10% of all annual site visits.
That’s about 12 million visits per year, and each of these places has seen a significant increase in visitors over the past year. No wonder they are crowded!
So here I offer you some suggestions of where to go in Florence and Rome, Italy’s two most visited cities, to avoid the crowds and to explore the country’s phenomenal cultural heritage. These suggestions are far from exhaustive, and of course they’re subjective, too, influenced by my own passion for Italy’s history and its exceptional artistic heritage.
Rest assured that in following posts, we’ll explore other parts of Italy, and investigate what lies behind some of the recent developments in Italian tourism – such as the installation of turnstiles at major entry points to Venice.
In Florence, let’s start with the National Archaeological Museum of Florence. It has one of Italy’s best collections of Etruscan antiquities, including the Chimera of Arezzo and the Aule Metele (or Orator). These are two of the finest pieces of Etruscan bronze casting in existence.
The collection began with the Medici Grand Dukes in the 16th century, as they cherry-picked some of their new duchy’s best Etruscan and Roman antiquities. This was a way of showing that their Tuscan conquest was actually the reunification of a proud, ancient state. We even see this reflected in their official title, “Magnus Dux Etruriae”: they were Grand Dukes of Etruria, not merely ‘Tuscany’.
The museum today tells a slightly different story, and one of its strengths is how it shows the interaction between Etruscan, Greek, and Latin civilisations in the pre-Roman era. Among the collections of Greek and Roman antiquities is the Francois Vase, a 6th-century BCE Attic vase. It has over 250 painted figures from various myths and legends, and was signed by both the potter and the painter.
Like many objects in the museum, the Francois Vase was found in an Etruscan grave, and had either been imported as a status symbol or was part of a symbolic exchange of gifts between Greeks and Etruscans.
The museum also has a surprisingly strong collection of Egyptian antiquities – including one of the oldest intact Egyptian chariots to have been unearthed. It’s in Florence because the Grand Dukes co-sponsored the expedition of Champollion and Ippolito Rosellini. The other half of what they brought back is in the Louvre.
The National Archaeological Museum is in the north part of Florence’s centro storico, alongside the Church of the Santissima Annunziata. There’s plenty to see in this area, including the recently renovated Foundling Hospital Museum (Museo degli Innocenti), which is a must for those interested in social history.
There is also the Museum of San Marco, a convent that was home to Fra Angelico, whose paintings are preserved inside, and Savonarola, the radical preacher who convinced Florentines, including Botticelli, to burn their books and paintings.
Tucked away in a corner of the Oltrarno, this museum is fantastic if you love Renaissance art and its history. The museum is mostly filled with works collected by Stefano Bardini in the late 19th and early 20th centuries.
Bardini was one of Italy’s leading art dealers – he lived and worked in the same circle as Duveen and Bernard Berenson – and played a major role in promoting medieval and Renaissance Tuscan art to wealthy foreigners, to whom he sold many a work that can now be seen in Germany, the UK and the USA.
Like his peers, Bardini was not beyond ‘massaging’ an attribution to drive up a price. Indeed, we are pretty sure his restoration workshop also produced some very faithful fakes to supply the growing market – one of these has even been detected in the collection of New York’s Metropolitan Museum of Art! This aspect of Bardini’s enterprising life is not mentioned in the museum, which focuses more on his role as a collector, restorer and curator.
Part of Bardini’s success lay in the modernisation of central Florence that was taking place in the 19th century. Buildings were being destroyed and collections dispersed, and Bardini is credited with actively rescuing works and encouraging others to preserve the city’s historic centre.
The collection itself is wonderful and reflects these efforts at preservation: sculptures from churches that no longer exist, Renaissance ceramics by the Della Robbia family, medieval and Renaissance paintings and furniture. It has a particularly good collection of cassoni – painted chests that were usually cut up and sold as individual paintings to wealthy buyers (and are often displayed in galleries as panel paintings, rather than as part of a piece of furniture). Even the ceilings are salvaged 17th-century Venetian and Florentine woodwork.
While in the area, pop up the road to the workshop of Alessandro Dari, the official papal jeweller whose small sculptures and jewellery recall the genius of Renaissance goldsmiths such as Benvenuto Cellini.
If the weather is good, you may also want to head up the hill to visit San Miniato al Monte, a Romanesque church that has just celebrated its 1000th anniversary, or visit the Bardini Gardens.
Although it is one of the best collections of Renaissance sculpture in Florence and just around the corner from the Palazzo Vecchio, the Bargello does not attract great numbers of visitors. For lovers of Renaissance sculpture, however, it is a far more rewarding experience than the Accademia, in which thousands of people are crammed each day for a glimpse of Michelangelo’s David.
Inside the Bargello you’ll find Brunelleschi’s and Ghiberti’s competition panels for the doors of Florence’s Baptistery (“the feud that sparked the Renaissance”), Donatello’s erotically charged David from the courtyard of the Medici Palace, and Donatello’s St George, originally from the façade of Orsanmichele, whose face inspired Michelangelo’s David.
These are just some of the sculptures in the main gallery, beneath which you will find 16th-century masterpieces, including Michelangelo’s Drunk Bacchus and Giambologna’s Mercury, a life-size bronze sculpture whose weight is distributed so perfectly that only the ball of one foot is connected to the pedestal.
Across the courtyard are galleries of decorative arts from the Middle Ages and Renaissance, such as cabinets of glazed ceramics, ivory sculptures from Italy and France, silverware and small bronze sculptures for domestic spaces. Few galleries give such a strong sense of how the movers and shakers of the Renaissance decorated their palaces!
To see inside an early Renaissance palace, visit the Palazzo Davanzati. The 14th-century palace was saved from modernisation in the 19th century, partly through Bardini’s advocacy, and is one of Europe’s best examples of merchant-class domestic architecture and interior decoration.
For more Renaissance sculpture, visit the Museo dell’Opera del Duomo. Its collection includes the original doors from the baptistery, including Ghiberti’s monumental Gates of Paradise, the choir stalls from the cathedral by Luca della Robbia and Donatello, a haunting wooden sculpture of Mary Magdalene by Donatello, and a late Pietà by Michelangelo.
The Museo dell’Opera used to be very quiet, with only 70,000 visitors each year. It reopened in 2016 after extensive renovations, and now attracts more than that each month. It is open most days until 7.30pm, so I recommend that you schedule your visit in the early evening when the crowds have thinned out.
Florence might not immediately come to mind when you think of the history of science. But science was an integral part of the Renaissance approach to knowledge – just think of the way Leonardo da Vinci moved so easily between engineering, mathematics, physics, chemistry, painting and sculpture. While he was the genius par excellence, he was not alone, and the city has a long history of promoting the sciences and protecting their practitioners.
Just around the corner from the Uffizi is the Galileo Museum, which contains the scientific collections of the Medici Grand Dukes – some of whom were practicing alchemists and gentleman scientists themselves.
Of particular interest is the cartographic and navigation collection, in which you can trace the development of modern map-making and navigation that enabled the European age of exploration. What’s not said directly here, however, is that modern cartography was born in Florence, with the rediscovery of Ptolemy’s Geography in the 15th century. The Florentine cartographer Toscanelli made the world map Christopher Colombus took in 1492, and Columbus was followed by Amerigo Vespucci, a Florentine who has two continents named after him.
The collection continues from here to Galileo, who lived under the protection of the Medici Grand Dukes. It includes a couple of Galileo’s telescopes (and some ghoulish ‘relics’ taken from his corpse), but more significantly it shows you the range of experiments Galileo undertook to explain physical phenomena empirically.
If you have a particular interest in medical sciences and zoology, follow up a visit to the Galileo Museum with La Specola. The building, which has been open to the public as a museum since the 1700s, houses an eclectic collection, including an exceptional range of 17th-century wax models. Wax anatomical models were a Florentine speciality and they reveal much about early scientific understandings of anatomy.
Some of these displays are not for the faint-hearted, including the biological and zoomorphic specimens preserved and displayed in bell jars and the wax models of the stages of birth. Others are a source of surprise, such as a stuffed hippopotamus: it was a Medici pet that used to live over the road in the Boboli Gardens.
Florence’s reputation as the centre of Renaissance culture has overshadowed its more recent art and history. The city’s collection of modern art, which was established in 1966, for example, only found a home a few years ago at the Museo del Novecento, which is worth a visit if you have a keen interest in modern Italian art.
It is partly for this reason that Roberto Casamonti, the founder of Tornabuoni Galleries – one of the world’s leading modern and contemporary art dealers – decided to open his private collection in his hometown.
In many ways, he is a continuation of the role Florentines have played as connoisseurs and trendsetters, from Lorenzo the Magnificent, to Stefano Bardini and even the first modern fashion show, which took place in Florence’s Torrigiani Gardens.
The Casamonti Collection opened in March 2018 and has been the talk of the town. The collection is excellent, including many of the great names of European and Italian modern art, but it also carefully brings out the range of styles and ideas Italian artists have pursued.
Unlike some galleries of modern art, it is neither the usual work by the usual suspects, nor is it too personal a collection to be broadly interesting. It also has the added value of being inside a beautiful 16th-century palace, in the heart of Florence.
Only 500 metres from Termini railway station is one of Rome’s best collections of antiquities. Unlike the Capitoline Museums, which are almost entirely given over to sculpture, Palazzo Massimo showcases the range of arts in the Roman world.
Among its highlights are the ‘garden room’ frescoes from Livia’s Villa at Prima Porta. These wonderful paintings were excavated from a semi-subterranean dining room and show an earthly paradise beyond the trompe l’oeil picket fence: birds, insects, flowers, shrubs and trees surround you on all sides, and the colours are brilliantly preserved.
In the basement – effectively a walk-in strongbox – you’ll find an exceptional collection of coinage and an excellent collection of Roman jewellery, whose range of styles makes it clear that Imperial Rome was a polyethnic, cosmopolitan capital.
In between are mosaics and wall paintings from excavations in the 19th and 20th centuries, many of which took place during the expansion and modernisation of the city. This includes entire reconstructed wings of Roman palaces, such as the Villa Farnesina, which are a real treat.
The sculpture collection too contains some rare pieces, including the Portinaccio Sarcophagus, which was probably crafted for one of Marcus Aurelius’ generals and is a masterpiece of Roman sculpture, and the Boxer at Rest, a 4th-century BCE Hellenistic sculpture of a tired boxer caught in the moment when he looks up at you and is about to speak.
The Palazzo Massimo is part of the National Museum of Rome, and for an additional couple of euro, you can get a combined ticket that includes the Palazzo Altemps, Crypta Balbi and the Baths of Diocletian, each of which is worth a visit in its own right.
The Palazzo Altemps is just behind Piazza Navona, and walking in is like entering a world entirely set apart from the hubbub of commerce and mass tourism crowding Rome’s city centre.
The palace was built in the 15th century by a nephew of Pope Sixtus IV, and was renovated in the 16th century. The Renaissance frescoes are beautifully preserved – including a wonderful fresco commemorating the silver service from the wedding of Girolamo Riario to Caterina Sforza.
The palace is a perfect place to display antiquities, and the rooms are not over-stuffed, allowing you to stand back and appreciate the works fully. Highlights include the Suicide of a Gaul, part of the same cycle as the Dying Gaul in the Capitoline Museums, and the Ludovisi Ares, showing the god of war at rest, about which Winckelmann once rhapsodised.
Palazzo Altemps is also very much a living museum, and it regularly hosts very good contemporary exhibitions. These are often inserted carefully into the museum’s permanent display, such as last winter’s exhibition from the Fornasetti Archive, which playfully evoked the continuities between ancient, Renaissance and modern Italian styles.
For more antiquities displayed in a novel way, visit Centrale Montemartini. This museum is the overflow of the Capitoline Museums and the collection is displayed in an abandoned power station on the Via Ostiense, an easy walk from the Garbatella metro station. The machinery has also been lovingly restored and preserved, and the contrast between Roman art and modern industry is delightful.
To see how other Romans lived, take the short train trip to Ostia Antica, the port of ancient Rome. Today it’s an exceptionally well-preserved archaeological site, with the remains of apartment blocks, inns, bakeries, a theatre, public buildings and mosaics. It is like Pompeii, but without the crowds and hawkers.
This museum is one of the least visited in Rome, perhaps because it is in EUR, a model city centre designed in the Fascist period and completed in the 1950s. It’s a 20-minute metro ride from the city centre and has a phenomenal collection of medieval decorative art, including exquisite Lombard jewellery.
The Lombards ruled Italy for centuries after the final decline of the Roman Empire and their diverse material culture has been a problem for scholars. It reveals various influences – Germanic, Hungarian, Byzantine and Latin – which is indicative of the melting pot of cultures in Italy in the Middle Ages.
One of the highlights of the museum is a late antique room, discovered in a villa near Ostia Antica. The walls and floors of inlaid marble and mosaic are exceptional, although it is thought they weighed too much for the room ever to have been completed!
Up above Piazza di Spagna, at the base of the Spanish steps, is one of Rome’s finest house museums. Giorgio de Chirico is one of Italy’s most influential modern artists, but he also knew how to live well.
According to de Chirico, he moved here because, .”
Inside you’ll see stylish furnishings from the 50s and 60s – Italy’s “La Dolce Vita” period – surrounded by wall after wall of the modern master’s artwork and pieces from his own collection. The light, colour and style of the apartment is a far cry from the hubbub downstairs on the Spanish Steps.
The area used to be Rome’s intellectual centre, and while here you might also enjoy visiting the Keats-Shelley House and the Goethe House Museum, or enjoy a coffee in Rome’s oldest surviving literary café, Antico Café Greco. It was de Chirico’s local, and just near the bathroom is a set of sketches by large-living Sicilian artist Renato Guttuso.
As you can see from this brief and highly personal survey, two of Italy’s most heavily trafficked cities offer a wealth of cultural experiences. Far from the madding crowds, these sites also fill in some of the blanks for the lesser-known but equally fascinating histories of this extraordinary country, and we look forward to introducing you to more of them in subsequent posts.
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2004 or 2005 Txomin Etxaniz
Getariako Txakolina (Gipuzcoa), Spain
When I saw this bottle (in downtown Bellingham, where it seems all things are possible except Bordeaux), I flashed on a conversation about some rare rare white wine from Spain's Basque region. I am not sure about the who or what of it, but it might have been Rahsaan or Joe. Anyway, since the bottle was from Spain but the name sounded like anything but, I bought it. Oh, re the vintage? There's no vintage on my bottle but a smudge where a neck label might have been, and net sources indicate this wine is always vintage-bottled so it would be one of the two most recent, but I have no idea which.
While sipping, I googled it, and learned: that the 85-hectare area of Txakolina is the tiniest growing district in Spain, that Txomin Etxaniz is considered the best producer (at least by one source), and it's lovely smoky palest-pink hue (this is white, not rose) is the result of it being made from 75% white grapes and 25% red, and that the spritz I noted is considered a desirable characteristic. In fact, the locals pour it 1" at a time in order to not have a pour go flat on them.
The two mentions I found about the grapes involved were not in agreement. One site said it was a blend of Hondarrabi Zuri and Munemahatsa. Another agreed on the first grape but called the second (the red, apparently) Hondarribi Beltza. When I explained all this to Bob, he said "I'm sorry, didn't you right. What Beltza?", I answered, "Sansa Beltza." Good thing he didn't have a gun.
Anyway, this is one cool wine: fragrant nose that's mineral, citrus and some sweet white flower, and chalky minerals on the palate with fruity lemon juice up front and a dry orange zest finish. Lots of body, but it's not a heavy wine. Another thing we enjoyed was that it kept changing--every glass seemed a little different from the last. $18 and well worth it.
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How To Learn Songs On Guitar The Right Way AND Improve Your Playing Dramatically, All At The Same Time
Are you sick and tired of only being able to play bits and pieces of songs on your guitar? Are you frustrated and fed up when it seems to take forever to learn an entire song, if you even get there at all?
You are not alone here. This is actually a very common problem and as logical as it may seem, trying to learn a song on guitar from the very first bar to the very last is NOT the best way to get the song down. In fact, taking this approach will always end up in frustration and you still not being able to play the song all the way through.
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Hirtzberger GV Smaragd Ried Honivogl 2006 - Wachau
14,5% abv. A sweet, honeyed and spicy style, very fruit forward and tropical in style. Rich, only moderate in acidity, and the alcohol is too obvious. The finish lacks a touch of freshness. But despite all this, the aromatics were intriguing enough that I did kind of enjoy my glass! But it was far from the best wine opened tonight.
Jurtschitsch Ried Käferberg 2007 - Kamptal
Oak. Fair acidity, but the bitter oak treatment overwhelmed any GV character. Not for me.
Rudi Pichler GV Smaragd Wösendorfer Kollmütz Reserve 2007 - Wachau
A spicy and ripe style, very attractive green pea and elderflower aromas. The palate is rich and fairly low in acidity, but balanced and the high alcohol (14,5%) doesn't show. Good.
Prager GV Smaragd Ried Achleiten 2008 - Wachau
A rich aroma of spice and apricot. Lovely tangy acidity, a more savoury style than the previous wines with real cut and precision and delineation - a leaner style of GV. Lovely.
Schmelz GV Smaragd Höhereck 2011 - Kamptal
Very primary, some cool-ferment/pear-drop aromas. Nice acidity. But rather forgettable in this company.
Bründlmayer GV Ried Lamm 1999 - Kamptal
A really lovely, perfumed aroma, almost as if it were slightly botrytized, but it also has a fresh green pea aroma. Taut, not too rich though it was a pretty ripe year, good acidity. Lovely.
Bründlmayer Riesling Ried Zöbinger Heiligenstein 2001 1999 - Kamptal
An aged, honeyed, petrolly aroma; dry, powerful, good acidity, long. Nice!
Bründlmayer GV Alte Reben 2001 - Kamptal
I heard some complaints about too much sulfur. I didn't find excessive amounts though this was a bit of a funkier style of GV with some wet wool and again that lovely, fresh green pea aromas. Quite concentrated and acidic, but not too rich. Finishes very fresh. I really liked this though it divided opinions.
Bründlmayer GV Alte Reben 2002 - Kamptal
Aromatically much like the 2001 except weaker in every respect: not quite as intense, not light but still a little watery on the finish.
Bründlmayer GV Alte Reben 2006 - Kamptal
Very primary and sweet fruit; very ripe, hot year character, but amazingly still has adequate acidity. It's not bad, but I did feel it was a bit diffuse and didn't quite have the delineation I hope to see.
Bründlmayer GV Alte Reben 2007 - Kamptal
Aromatically much like the 2006 so I was a afraid this would be another wine flirting with flabbiness. And it was rich, but gladly it also had that extra bit of acidity that kept it rather moreish. But it is extremely primary, so hold.
Weingut Osberger GV Spätlese 1947 - Kremstal (Langenlois)
Clearly old wine aromas, but not dead. Far from it IMO. It was a gentle, calm wine but had some apricot and tea aromas - but, to be frank, these were all more old wine aromas than anything that could be described as typical for GV; it was fully dry with good acidity. I found it both intriguing and very tasty. Some did find it too old.
Weingut Osberger GV Spätlese 1969 - Kremstal (Langenlois)
Really lovely green pea and honey and spice aromas - a mature wine, but one that is very obviously GV. It becomes very savoury and malty with longer exposure to air but remains wonderful. A sweet-savoury palate with fairly soft acidity but enough freshness to keep this very moreish. Incredible. And it seems like there's no hurry (with this bottle at least).
Weinkeller Kirchmayer GV Strasser Sandgrube 1981
Corked.
FX Pichler GV "M" 1999 - Wachau
M = Monumental. And this is a pretty monumental wine: spicy, floral, painfully young, massive and concentrated. Give this 20 years? It is a hugely impressive wine but I do wonder how this will work in a proper setting (i.e. with me drinking more than a tiny tasting sample).
Prager GV Beerenauslese Weissenkirchen Achleiten Wachstum Bodenstein 1998
And finally a sweetie to finish the tasting. The smell is almost absurdly botrytised and has a lot of copper and green pea aromas. Sweet, only moderate in acidity so not terribly intense; yet the finish is very persistent. Nice!
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Hello my creative friends!
How is your summer going? Any travel plans yet? Or maybe you’ve just returned from a lovely trip? I have not yet had my vacation, but I am so looking forward to some beach time with my family!!
Have you scrapped about your vacation, dreaming about your next exotic travels? Or maybe you need to make a BON VOYAGE card for a friend? OUR CHALLENGE this month is all about VACATION and TRAVEL! So get your travel groove on and share your summer vacation scrap pages, art journals, cards and crafts HERE!
Now for a little inspiration to help motivate you from the lovely ACN ladies!
Thank you for stopping by! I am always happy to see you!! 🙂
Have a creative day!!
Deena x
Fun cards girls. I just saw that mine hadn’t posted. It’s on now. Have a cool day everyone. xo
great cards and thanks for the monthly freebie, that suitcase is adorable!! I got it…now I have to find time to do something with it 🙂 thanks again
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Great cards and I am loving that cute little car image.
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Wines for Easter
Recipes and wine suggestions for the best Easter yet.
Easter (April 8) is one of those holidays that is great for showing of the season's bounty. Spring has sprung, and with that, seasonal produce is readily available: asparagus, artichokes and morels are at their peak, while avocados, spring onions and beets are beginning to appear on the scene. Incorporating produce at its best is a wonderful way to design your Easter dinner. With that in mind, the chef at Jack's Oyster House and recent recipient of the Ivy Award, Dale Miller, has created a Warm Asparagus Vichysoisse with a Smoked Salmon Brandade Cake. This straightforward recipe is a great starter and will go a long way to impressing your guests.
WARM ASPARAGUS VICHYOISSE WITH A SMOKED SALMON BRANDADE CAKE
Chef Miller presented his take on a classic vichysoisse at the Mirror Lake Inn's Annual Adirondack Food and Wine Festival. Traditionally a potato and leek soup served cold, Miller incorporated asparagus and serves it warm. It can, however, be served cold.
For the Asparagus Vichysoisse:
4 ounces butter
2 cups onion, diced small
6 leeks (about 3 cups), white only, washed and roughly chopped
2 pounds
4 cups (about 2 bunches) fresh asparagus
2 quarts chicken stock
1/2 cup white wine
6 sprigs fresh thyme
2 cups heavy cream
Salt and pepper to taste
Dash of ground nutmeg (optional)
For the smoked salmon cake mixture:
8 ounces diver scallops
1/4 cup kosher salt
2 cups milk
3/4 pounds Yukon Gold potatoes, unpeeled
2 ounces butter
8 ounces smoked salmon
1/2 teaspoon parsely, chopped
1/2 teaspoon chive, chopped
White truffle oil, to taste
Salt and white pepper, to taste
About 1 cup Panko bread crumbs
Olive oil, for sautéing
Watercress or micro greens, seasoned and dressed with balsamic and olive oil
To make the vichysoisse:
Melt the butter in a medium sized pot and add the onion and the leek. Cook on low heat until soft and translucent.
Add the potatoes, chicken stock, wine and thyme. Simmer gently until the potatoes are soft. Add asparagus and simmer until soft.
Using a submersible blender or in small batches in a regular blender, purée the soup until smooth. Strain through a heavy cream and adjust the seasoning. Keep warm until needed.
To make the salmon cake:
Cover the scallops with kosher salt and let stand for 1 hour. Rinse salt off scallops and gently poach in milk until cooked, about 5-7 minutes. Strain, cool and dice scallops. Steam the potatoes in their skins until tender. Peel and rice potatoes with butter. Add in the smoked salmon, scallops, parsley, chive and seasoning. Form into 10 cakes and coat with Panko bread crumbs. Chill and reserve. When ready to serve, sauté smoked salmon cake in olive oil on both sides until golden brown.
To serve:
Place smoked salmon cake in the the center of a soup bowl. Ladle 8 ounces of the soup around cake. Garnish with seasoned watercress dressed with balsamic and olive oil. Serves 10.
Wine recommendations: Chef Miller suggests pairing this dish with a Sauvignon Blanc or Fumé Blanc.
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Ampersand
What with all the overseas travelling I’ve been doing lately, I’m quite looking forward to going to some conferences here in the UK. I’m definitely looking forward to Web Directions @media in London later this month and DIBI in Newcastle next month although there’s something about both events that troubles me: they’re both double-track conferences, splitting the talks into “design” and “development” categories.
Don’t get me wrong—I think the line-ups look great. But that’s just the problem. I know I’m going to have make some very hard choices when two excellent speakers are on at exactly the same time. It’s a guarantee that I’ll have strong feelings of FOMO.
Personally, I’d rather not have to make those decisions. That’s one of the reasons why I really like the single-track format of dConstruct and An Event Apart. I think that the playlist-like curated single-day line-up of events like Build and New Adventures In Web Design really contributes to their special atmosphere.
The single-track single-day format works especially well for tightly-focused conferences like the JavaScriptastic Full Frontal.
If you’re looking for a single-track, single-day conference devoted entirely to typography on the web, then you simply must get along to Ampersand right here in Brighton on June 17th.
Yes, I am biased: we at Clearleft are organising it, but if you’ve been to any of our other events—dConstruct or UX London—you know that we kick ass when it comes to crafting conferences.
To say that I’m excited about Ampersand would be an understatement. I mean, come on! A day of font geekery with speakers like Jon Tan, Tim Brown, David Berlow and Jonathan Hoefler …it’s going to be typography heaven! It’s also a good excuse for you to come on down to Brighton at the start of a Summer weekend …and you could stick around for the typography tour around town with Phil Baines the next day.
There are some other reasons you should register for Ampersand:
- One lucky attendee will receive a gorgeous lesson plan print from those lovely chaps at Ligature, Loop & Stem.
- Every attendee will receive $20 worth of fonts from Fontdeck.
Oh, and if you’re a student …it’s half price. Not that the price is much of a limiting factor: a mere £125 is pretty excellent value for such a great line-up.
So book your place and we can get together for a beer—either at the pre-party or the after-party—and we can geek out about typography on the web together.
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Things at the vineyard are hardly as final as my title would suggest, but I’m a little anxious because the forecast is calling for a cold, rainy low pressure system to swing through on Monday—and that sort of weather is never welcome during bloom.
And we are right in the middle of bloom. In the Pinot, many of the clusters have set and berries are beginning to size. Weather should not be a problem for Pinot. But Tannat and a little Mourvedre at the top of the slope, Marsanne and Rousanne, and even the partners’ Cabernet, have all started to bloom. Rain and a big swing in temperature might decimate the set, or worse.
Fortunately the Syrah, Grenache, Counoise and most of the Mourvedre are still closed up tight. A close look shows that the pollen on the flower stamens is starting to mature under the calyptra—the little caps that cover and protect the nascent flowers. Grape flowers often self-fertilize before cap fall, so these varieties might be fine so long as the rain doesn’t promote the growth of Botrytis. We’ve put out a prophylactic spray in any case.
In the meantime, I’m enjoying one of the sublime joys of being a grower—I get to wander the vineyard in the stillness of the early morning hours and stop to smell the flowers, literally. Grape flowers may not have petals, but they do have perfume—and each grape variety has its own subtly distinctive aroma.
by Ruth
03 Jun 2012 at 00:16
Minus the worry of uncontrollable weather swings, I think being a grower is quite enviable. I hope the weather surprises you and doesn’t carry out its rainy cold plans.
by John M. Kelly
03 Jun 2012 at 08:27
Ruth – This morning’s NOAA update was not reassuring: “The 06Z GFS (model) has trended stronger and wetter than previous runs.”
Managing a vineyard does have its good moments though. If you have not read Vit Lit by Joe Mesics I recommend it.
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Job Role: CRM & Marketing Assistant
Brand: Adamas Motors
Location: Dubai
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We are recruiting a talented Marketing Assistant reporting to the Group Marketing Manager for our prestige/performance luxury car brands.
Key Requirements:
- CRM and digital marketing experience essential
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- Assistance with quarterly and adhoc campaigns across all marketing platforms including press, print, digital, social media & events.
- Effective campaign monitoring, tracking and analysis of all CRM marketing activities.
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- CRM Data management and system updates.
- Monthly report to be generated to monitor all activities and accuracy.
- Daily, Weekly and Monthly reviewing of leads to ensure effective follow-ups.
- Social Media Management.
- Competitor analysis to support and enhance marketing campaign activity and development.
- Ability to work with marketing and sales team to monitor, track and evaluate cycle of leads generated for development and implementation of nurture program as a result.
- Importing and exporting of data as required.
- Ability to work and communicate effectively with internal teams and external customers.
- Support Marketing team at events and functions.
- Provide generic marketing support including advertising, (digital, print & radio), PR, copy writing, point-of sale, stock control of showroom merchandise etc…
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- Ensure customer records are GDPR compliant.
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COLLIER COUNTY, Fla. - 'My first thought was I'm going to train, I'm going to run in the Boston Marathon cause I want to show my support," said Kari Wagner.
But Kari Wagner realized she didn't enjoy running. Instead, she turned to art to draw people together and honor those impacted by the Boston Marathon.
"And to show our unity as a country," said Wagner.
Wagner created the America 4 Boston Prayer Canvas. Every state will receive ten large canvases to paint on.
"And along the way we've met different people with stories, their connection to Boston.'
The canvases have traveled as far as California, Washington and Alaska. Here in Naples, students at Seacrest Country Day School left their mark.
"I said stay strong Boston. Have hope."
"I wrote we love you and don't give up."
"I drew a little heart and I said bless you."
Wagner has included her young daughter in the project. Teaching her there's no age limit or other requirements to helping others.
"She painted her square and she's a little girl and she painted a rainbow, and that she just loves rainbow but i said oh how sweet and she said well mommy, i painted a rainbow because it comes after the storm. And you know that everything's going to be okay," said Wagner.
For more information on the prayer canvas, prayercanvasusa.com and [email protected]
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As a parent, you know that you are going to have difficult conversations with your kids sometimes. I just didn’t realize that I would have to have so many in one day.
First of all, for the Trump supporters out there, do not try to defend him here. His words, many times over, were on video and audio. Do not judge other parents for letting their kids see it on TV. Fact is, we could barely get away from it. The only way for our kids to not have heard his horrible words would have been to get rid of all TV for over a year. They heard. They saw. They absorbed.
And now he’s the President-elect of the United States.
We spend so much time telling our kids not to bully. Not to name call. To work it out. To respect others despite our differences.
And now a man who has done the complete opposite of that, live and on TV for 18 months, is going to be sworn in on January 20.
Parents, we have a lot of explaining to do. It’s been a difficult 24 hours in this household, and I’m sure in many others. I am trying to do this very consciously and with a high level of awareness…..because it’s just so, so important. Here’s some of what I’m doing and saying to my kids and to myself until we move toward that level of acceptance.
Know your audience. Our kids are different ages, different abilities. What I am telling Kevin is much different than what I am telling Brian. And that is much different than what I am saying to my adult friends. I know that Brian develops anxiety over certain things, so I have to keep that in check.
We won’t always feel this way. I am explaining, in appropriate terms, that life is a series of cycles, ups and downs, happy times and times of extreme disappointment. But feelings come and go. Just because we have these intense feelings right now, they will fade.
Adults cry sometimes, and that’s ok. Yesterday Brian saw more adults cry than he has probably ever seen before. I brought it to his level–“remember the other day when Daddy told you that you couldn’t wear shorts, and you were really disappointed and cried?” That’s how this is for adults. We are really disappointed right now, and that is why we are crying. But just like he stopped crying over the shorts, we’ll stop crying too.
We are resilient. The news interviewed some people who are genuinely thinking of leaving the country. Brian asked, “Shouldn’t we move to Canada too?” I said no, why would we do that? He said, “Well Trump made fun of women and disabled people, how can you and Kevin be here with someone who makes fun of you?” I chuckled and said, “Oh honey, me and Kevin are strong, and so are you. It’s going to take a lot more than just someone making fun of us. We can handle bullies, I don’t back down from bullies.”
Our efforts were not wasted. It is always the time to do what is right. Life is full of victories and defeats. Just because you saw Mommy spend many hours volunteering for the campaign, there are no regrets. There is not one moment that was wasted–we fight for what we believe in. We just may not always win, and we lose with dignity and grace and learn from it.
We are not alone. Hillary Clinton won the popular vote. It is what it is, this is the system. But the fact remains, more Americans voted for her than for him. Also, my borough/precinct and my county overwhelmingly supported her, just my state didn’t. I realize that not everyone has this, but at least for my immediate community, we are not alone.
We don’t have to be victims. This builds on the resilience point above, but we do not have to be victims. We can organize, we can create change. I think that we are about to witness a surge in political activism, and that’s not necessarily a bad thing. Just because Trump has not given us one inkling or reassurance that he is going to improve lives for people with disabilities, that doesn’t me we lie down and take it. We will continue our fight.
It’s still not ok to bully, and we have a duty to help others. A bully won, plain and simple. That doesn’t make it ok. Sure, on many levels that validates it, but not in this household. We still do not name call. We talk things out, we ask questions. And, we help those who need our help. There’s no better time than now to jump on the Be Fearless and Be Kind campaign, to help others. Click below to find out more.
We still have our core beliefs and values. In this house, we love. We help. We advocate. We champion. We have fun. We are kind. We are inclusive. We do what is right, even if it’s not popular. We are spirited and driven and passionate about issues. No one can take that away from us.
Have faith in the good of people and carry on. We need to dig deep, we need to regroup and we need to strategize. We are very shocked and surprised to learn that so many millions of Americans supported and validated this awful behavior. A wake-up call, for sure. But we can use these feelings to propel us forward. “Focus on what we can control.” After all, there will be another election in just 2 years. We’ll be
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Firewall: a new audiovisual instrument built from a Kinect and Lycra Culture 14 August 13 by David Cornish Tweet The Firewall has mellow and aggressive modes This article was taken from the August 2013 issue of Wired magazine. Be the first to read Wired's articles in print before they're posted online, and get your hands on loads of additional content by subscribing online.For a musical instrument made out of Lycra and a Kinect, the Firewall has lofty origins: American musician Aaron Sherwood and Japanese dancer Kiori Kawai, preparing a piece called Mizalu for the Tribeca Performing Arts Centre, needed a mortal divider."It's a performance piece about life and death," says Sherwood, 36. "We wanted to create barriers for the dancers, something they could press into, but not pass."Michael Allison, a former classmate of Sherwood's from New York University's Interactive Telecommunications Programme, was then experimenting with the perfect partition: an interactive audiovisual display called Firewall. Fire-like visuals, created with Processing, an open-source language, are projected on to a stretched sheet of Lycra in front of a Kinect. "The further you press into the screen, the closer you get to the Kinect camera," says Allison, 27. "The visuals respond to that interaction." Piano notes become faster the further in you press The resistive qualities of the Lycra smooth out a user's gestures, providing the illusion that anyone interacting with Firewall can create controlled, expressive music. "A real musician isn't just playing staggered notes, they have dynamics in what they play," adds Sherwood. "The Firewall simulates that."Mizalu (named after the "see no evil" monkey in Japanese culture) was first performed at Tribeca in June and will show at Burning Man in August. It features 20 dancers with two Firewalls, representing the doors to life and death. "We provided an environment that the dancers could interact with," Kawai explains. "The space and barriers supply the rules and theme, but the movement is the dancer's choice." purringt.com/mizaru
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Filming Locations in the UK
You may have wondered around New York City or Monument Valley and felt like you had stepped into the silver screen. Here in Britain, this feeling is frequently felt all around our country. Whether it be from the mesmeric Cornish Coast and the setting of Poldark, to the rolling hills and shimmering lochs of Scotland used as the backdrop for some of the Harry Potter movies’ most famous shots, you are never too far from a piece of movie history.
Here is a top 6 of the best filming locations for you to enjoy:
6) CARDIFF – SHERLOCK, DOCTOR WHO, TORCHWOOD
Nestled on the South Wales coast, Cardiff is home to many iconic moments from the BBC in recent years. Housing one of the major studios for the Briti
sh Broadcasting Corporation, Cardiff has seen its fair share of moments on the screen. From the beautiful Cardiff University main building being used as a backdrop for London in Sherlock, to the Cardiff Bay homing the Torchwood team in the highly rated Doctor Who spin-off, there’s something for everyone to see in this up-and-coming city receiving a modern upgrade, whilst still retaining the history and culture associated with South Wales. The Bay is also home to the Doctor Who Experience, a must for any fan of the show. If you’re lucky, you may even visit on a filming day. Our Capital City Tour allows you so see the highlights of this fantastic city.
5) PORTMEIRION – THE PRISONER
Hidden away between Mount Snowdon and the Welsh coast, Portmeirion is a gem that should not be missed. Multi-coloured buildings once played host to the filming of the Prisoner, an flagship show during the late 1960s. The series follows a British former secret agent who is held captive on a mysterious, albiet tranquill coastal village resort. Starring Patrick McGoohan, this classic should be watched in association with a trip to the resort, conveniently located for anyone visiting North Wales on one of our Welsh self-drive experiences.
4) PORT ISAAC – DOC MARTIN
Martin Clunes’ fantastic portrayal of a surgeon who has developed haemophobia is matched only by the incredibly stunning seaside town of Port Isaac, the filming location for this hit BBC show. In Port Isaac enjoy authentic Cornish Clotted Cream, scones, and traditional British fish and chips. The food and scenery go hand in hand. As the sun sets over the coast, watch as the fisherman descend on the port walls to catch their evening meal fresh. With our fully customisable trips to Cornwall/Devon, make sure to include Port Isaac as one of your top stops along the way.
3) NOTTINGHAMSHIRE – THE DARK KNIGHT TRILOGY
The Nolan Batman trilogy re-energised DC Comics from 2005-2012. A short drive away from Nottingham you will find Wollaton Hall. The historic Elizabethan mansion is a popular attraction, hosting many scenes during the Dark Knight Rises, including the opening garden party scene in which Gary Oldman delivers a eulogy of Harvey Dent, some 8 years after his death. A visit today will see you looking around a constructed gravesite, in which Michael Caine delivers one of the more heart-warming scenes from the final movie. At Wollaton Park, also find the resident herd of red deer, which roam around the magnificent gardens and parkland.
2) CAMBRIDGE – THEORY OF EVERYTHING
At number two, we feature the recent Academy Award nominated film, the Theory of Everything. Starring British talents Eddie Redmayne and Felicity Jones as Mr and Mrs Steven Hawking, the film centres around the couple’s early years in amongst the early stages of ALS. Set in the stunningly gorgeous university city of Cambridge, the film utilises the stunning buildings (such as King’s College Chapel) in its backdrop. Local areas to visit range from the Roman fort of Duroliponte on Castle Hill, to St Bene’t’s Church, the oldest standing building in Cambridgeshire. When on one of our many fully-customisable self-drive tours of England, be sure to check out Cambridge, conveniently located between York and London. A perfect stop on the final day of a perfect trip to the UK.
1) SCOTLAND – HARRY POTTER
Iconic and magical, the filming locations for Harry Potter are primarily located in among the Scottish lochs and highlands. The standout, to begin, must be the Glenfinnan Viaduct, used in the filming of the famous Hogwarts Express vs flying car
scene from the Chamber of Secrets. If the earlier films are more to your taste, then how about a visit to Loch Shiel, where Buckbeak dips a toe into the water whilst Harry soars around the sky on his back. Departing Scotland, in the North of England find Alnwick Castle, the location for Harry’s first broom flight under the guidance of Madam Hooch. Visit Scotland and these locations today on one of our Scotland tours, booking now for 2017!
If the above filming locations have piqued your interest, enquire today either online or by phone regarding a trip to England, Scotland or Wales!
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Archiving Britain's web: The legal nightmare explored Politics 05 March 10 by Katie Scott Tweet CC: Dawn Endico Websites are gaining increasing recognition as being culturally valuable -- as snapshots of our cultural history. But could a change in the law be the only way to preserve them?An investigation by Katie ScottA proposal that could give select institutions the power to take snapshots of websites without their owners' permission is being ruminated by our Government. Civil servants at the Department of Culture, Media and Sport are now processing opinions on whether we should be archiving websites for future generations. While it is likely that any changes to the 2003 Legal Deposit Libraries Act won't be tackled by the present government, the public consultation has raised some interesting questions -- should we be treating websites as culturally important artefacts; should we be taking regular "snapshots" of websites and saving them in a searchable and accessible archive; whose responsibility is this; and most importantly, should copyright on websites be ignored so that their content can be saved? The British Library, the National Library of Wales and the Wellcome Library are among the institutions that lobbied the government on the 2003 Legal Deposit Libraries Act. It is this act that stipulates that a copy of every printed publication made in this country is sent to The British Library, and, on request, to five other "deposit libraries", which include the National Library of Scotland; the National Library of Wales and the Bodleian Library, Oxford. The institutions argue that the act needs to be adapted to include websites, allowing them to archive websites without contacting the owners. The British Library has, in fact, been archiving websites for six years. Last week, it unveiled the culmination of this work -- an archive of 6,000 websites it deems culturally significant -- called the UK Web Archive. These include the websites of high street shops that fell prey to the recession; and the website for Antony Gormley's Fourth Plinth art installation in Trafalgar Square. The archive has been available to the public since the end of last year. However, as Stephen Bury, head of European and American collections told Wired: "The new website is more useful as you can search by subject."But the archivists are being held back by the law, he says. The team currently has to contact the copyright holder of every website it wants to archive and this process has just a 24 percent response rate.Dame Lynne Brindley, chief executive of the British Library, argues that this process is unsustainable and that the government will need to adapt the Libraries Act otherwise the UK is facing a "'digital black hole' in the nation's memory". She states: "Limited by the existing legal position, at the current rate it will be feasible to collect just 1 percent of all free UK websites by 2011." The British Library estimates that are around 8 million websites out there that it could archive.Charles Swan, partner of media law specialists Swan Turton, points out that the power to circumnavigate this copyright issue is already in the Libraries Act: "It would simply be a case of the Secretary of State for the Department of Culture, Media and Sport passing regulation", he says. Swan points to the vast number of permitted acts under current copyright law that, for example, allow journalists to reproduce swathes of others' works for review or reporting purposes. Swan says: "Copyright is a balance between the rights of copyright owners and the rights of the public to information."The technology to take "snapshots" of websites is firmly in place, says Bury. The British Library developed the open source Web Curator Tool with the National Library of New Zealand to "harvest" websites; and has been using IBM's BigSheets software to make its archive searchable. And there are many other website harvesting tools that are also freely available -- Heritrix, which is used by the National and University Library of Iceland and the National Library of Finland; HTTrack and Archive-It, which was first deployed in 2006 and is used by the Internet Archive -- arguably one of the world's most successful web archiving projects. Based in California, this archive has preserved more than 150 billion URLs from 65 million websites from around the world. But how does it dodge the copyright issues that the British Library is wrangling with? Kristine Hanna, Director of Web Archiving Services told Wired: "We follow the Oakland Archive policy established in 2001, that allows a website owner/content provider to remove access from the archive, and/or prevent their content from being captured by putting up a robots.txt exclusion on their website. "The Oakland Archive policy outlines an 'opt out' approach where, if requested, we will expeditiously remove a site from access. In most cases we find that when web site owners understand we are archiving the content for the library, and are not re-purposing the content for any other purpose (including re-sale or revenue) they decide to keep their site visible in our collections.""This is the only workable approach"Dr Gunther Eysenbach is the founder of the Canadian WebCite project, which archives "scholarly" websites. He echoes Hanna arguing that this opt out methodology is the only workable approach. "Our view on this is that what we are doing is 'fair use', as we are specifically only archiving scholarly material (web pages and reports people want to cite for scholarly articles), where we assume that the copyright holder of the cited material has an interest in disseminating and preserving material."He adds, however, that WebCite will take down material when requested by a copyright holder but "we have been doing this 'quietly' for over five years now and had so far only two takedown requests."Eysenbach is hopeful, however, that laws will change allowing the process to be more open. "As laws hopefully change and give libraries and archives more rights, we intend to collaborate with libraries. We could forward our material to libraries, which have the mandate to preserve this material. In that way we can be seen more as a service or contractor for these libraries -- helping them to collect scholarly important material on the web, instead of being a stand-alone service vulnerable to lawsuits over copyright."He also cites a takeover by Google as a possible solution. Google, however, when contacted by Wired, said simply that "it is not in the business of archiving websites".Xavier Roche, who created the HTTrack open source web crawler, agrees that asking permission to harvest websites is "an unrealistic method". He says: "Most people will not bother to reply, and not only because of laziness. A webmaster cannot allow data to be copied that might be copyrighted, and would have to ask his hierarchy, consult expensive lawyers, and so on. This is probably an expensive process that nobody will ever accept."The BBC's "no take-down" ruleThe BBC has one of the UK's largest archives and its approach is simply not to take its websites and pages offline. A spokesperson told Wired: "The BBC has actively archived a large proportion of BBC Online since its inception, but leaves BBC news content up in perpetuity. We intend to continue to archive top level domain sites to ensure our heritage obligations are fulfilled”.Some websites are "mothballed", Wired was told, which involves placing a warning on the top of the page stating that it is no longer being updated, but these sites are still there for the public to view. However, he admitted, what will happen to the domains that the BBC is to let go of as a result of its latest cull remains unknown. And of course not all sites actively aim to preserve their own work as the BBC does.Interestingly, at the end of last year, the BBC and The British Library signed a Memorandum of Understanding "to develop new ways of integrating access to nearly a million hours of BBC TV and radio content and more than 150 million British Library items". There is, however, no mention of websites in the MOU. Bury hints that talks are taking place but it seems some kind of specific agreement would need to be in place for The British Library to be allowed to harvest the websites of the BBC, or indeed any of the currently free websites of media organisations. So it seems, even with a general election looming, that a change in the law could be the more sweeping, and possibly quicker, solution to keeping Britain's web history from falling irretrievably into a digital black hole. Edited by Nate Lanxon Comments It's a very good idea in past we were keeping archive for papers and it was a very hard work so why don't we have one for electronic documents when it is much easier. Quality Research Services Mar 6th 2010 The trouble with history is that nobody knows what is important about today until a future historian wants to look back at it. If it were not so risky a policy from a legal standpoint, I'd like the British Library to archive the websites anyway, but not publish the data until the law is clarified or amended. This is in the spirit of the law, in that unauthorised copies cannot do harm by being publicly released.Historians and analysts will want to know what worked, and what did not work. We need to start preserving data now; not when it is too late when the more influential data collectors have decided what history shall say about the Web's beginnings. John Valentine Mar 8th 2010 It is vital to keep accurate historical records of digital events as they occur. We spend hundreds of hours per month scanning videography historical documents from old analog clippings which are currently lost from web searches. Only when our PDF library is published will the origins of videography become available for research. We suspect that the same omission is occurring to much original research and art that was published before digital preservation techniques were developed. Denying digitizing by the British is vidiocy.Bob Kiger - Videography Lab Videography Lab Mar 9th 2010 Reply to a comment Name Email Comment Submit » Latest on wired.co.uk
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A robotics firm and a telemedicine provider have announced the launch of a telepresence doctor's assistant that will enable remote patient care »
Wired.co.uk speaks with Colin Angle, CEO of iRobot, about the future of robots, why Google’s Larry Page is a robot geek and swapping our eyeballs for robot replacements » »
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Groups for assets panel styles
Better organization or categorization for the Assets panel for colours, symbols and character styles. Tabs? Accordions?
This would be VERY helpful! Our team works with a very large design system and right now someone who doesn't know what the component is called needs to scroll through the assets panel to find what they are looking for.
We are also holding off on adding our icon library to the components library since it would nearly triple the size of what it is now.
The ability to group components together and expand/collapse each grouping would solve this frustration.
AlexandruGatea commented
I think he refers to the assets panel.
I'm also upvoting this. Just like it is in AI Library, where you can create groups of colors.
The problem with using the cc library in XD is that you cannot edit colors inside XD. or update all elements that are using the same library color
Therefore, using the XD color assets is just great, but when having like 100+ colors, it would be nice to be able to group them
All of my icons and generic components should be organized in the library - search, drag, and drop.
search field for library, one that you can actually search in, is a must.
* And please make the thumbnails smaller
Saurabh Shendge commented
We have our colors from different contexts defined, ex selection colors, background colors etc. Now when we have added them in the document, they come randomly and not organized. This makes the color usage vulnerable to mistakes & confusion. Please give us an option to separate out chosen DLS colors. Thank you :)
Could you add feature that would let you group colors?.
Categorization is a must. If you have a lot of symbols in a project scrolling through 200+ symbols just to find a particular one you want is blood boiling
Adson Cicilioti commented
Yep!
Drag'n Drop arraging!!!
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Duplicates in Symbol Library
Before I updated Adobe XD, I would only have one set of symbols in my library. After the update, the symbol library just duplicates itself and now I have different symbol attached to different artboards. It very hard to make a color or size or even text updates.
It's not the first time i'm encountering this problem. What I did for the first time is i delete all symbol and recreated them. Then re-add them to my artboard. I was able to do that because I would have only a few artboard then, but as the artboard grow, it's very tedious to do it again.
I have highlighted them on canvas so you probably can see what I meant.
Is there a better way to clean up the duplicates?
This issue has been fixed and is available in XD 9/June 2018 release.
Thanks!
Nina
Adobe XD
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If I do that workaround a loose all of my styles, colors, and the worst thing is I loose my entire prototype.
It's not an option.
The workaround only drops the unused symbols. Doesn’t resolve the fact that the symbols then selves have been fragmented. Meaning the duplicates are not just duplicates. They are in various art boards. Still unusable.
Omar Chelbat commented
I've run into the same issue on Windows. Extremely agitating to make changes when I have over 80 artboards
literally just corrupted my entire project. I didn't notice and I now have 4-5 duplicates of a huge symbol library. I thought beta was removed from the name of this product!
I tried to replicate the issue creating new files, but couldn't.
Actually, you don't need to "Save As", just saving it duplicates the library items.
Here is the link.
I had exactly the same problem.
I have a project with more than 80 artboards.
The last backup I have is from May 8th and doesn't have that issue.
I just opened that file and went to "file>save as" and changed the name.
The library duplicated every single symbol there!!!!!
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Review: The Witcher 2 Boasts Tough Moral Choices, Exciting Battles
I am Geralt of Rivia, and I have a big decision to make.
I’ve been doing some odd jobs for a particular monarch, and I’ve just made a discovery: He’s an evil man, responsible for the rape and murder of innocents. I could end him right now, or I could compromise my morals and let him go, thinking pragmatically: Without a ruler, the whole kingdom would dissolve into chaos.
I kill the jerk anyway.
What would you do? In The Witcher, a 2007 action role-playing game based on the Polish fantasy novels by Andrzej Sapkowski, the riveting story changes dramatically, based on what you have your character say or do at any given time. Having dialog choices influence a role-playing game’s narrative path is hardly a new concept, but The Witcher 2: Assassins of Kings, the PC sequel released earlier this month, handles the gameplay mechanic better than any other title I’ve ever played.
The Witcher 2‘s well-written story, which (ironically) follows Geralt on a quest to clear his name after being framed for regicide, boasts a large cast of likable characters and several surprising plot twists. Even seemingly small choices like saving, or choosing not to save, the life of a lone soldier can have big consequences and end up heavily altering Geralt’s fate.
Early on in the game, you’re torn between two rival factions: Do you aid an elf who is trying to kill you, but who seems to have some valuable information about the person who framed you? Or do you help out your friend, a special-ops soldier in the army of the deceased king?
Making that tough decision dramatically changes the game — in fact, there are hours of content that you won’t see depending on which path you take.
Besides giving you a good reason to go back and replay the 30-hour game, these branching paths make you feel like an integral part of the story. It’s a role-playing game in the literal sense of the word, something few videogame RPGs are these days.
Other RPGs present a clear binary choice: Are you a shining paragon of virtue, or a mustache-twirling, Saturday-morning-cartoon-style villain? Witcher‘s choices actually made me think, and when I made the wrong decision, I truly regretted it.
Brutal Combat
The developer of Witcher 2 says the sequel’s new combat system was inspired by Demon’s Souls, a Japanese game known for its brutal difficulty level. It shows. Witcher 2 is hard, almost frustratingly so at times, but at least it’s fair.
From magic spells that can deflect damage and incinerate foes to an assortment of traps and bombs, you’re always given what you need to survive. You will be using those tools, because a typical battle will have you going it alone against four or more enemies. If you just mash the attack button, you’ll be dead in the blink of an eye. Each encounter is a real challenge, but that just means it’s all the more satisfying when you win.
Witcher 2‘s graphics are beautiful. The characters are immaculately detailed — each pore of skin is clearly visible, as are the tiny tears and folds in their clothing. The lighting design is especially impressive, best exemplified by the way the world’s shadows stretch and twist as the sun floats overhead.
But nothing is so impressive as the game’s wide-open play areas, where plains stretch for miles and detailed mountains can be seen in the distance.
Beautiful as these places can be, navigating through them can be annoying. A mini-map is always displayed onscreen, but there’s nothing on it that indicates what compass direction you are facing. I found myself constantly bringing up the full-size map, which always took a few annoying seconds to appear after I pressed the hotkey.
I also had issues with the game’s quest tracker, which is supposed to lead you to the adventure you have selected. Often, I would end up going where the map told me, only for it to suddenly point me in a completely different direction. This would continue a few more times until I gave up and explored on my own.
Witcher 2‘s technical and design glitches didn’t stop me from thoroughly enjoying the game, however. It’s one of the most realistic role-playing games I’ve ever tried — just like in real life, the decisions you make have wide-ranging effects, and you won’t learn what those are until much later.
Witcher will truly make you consider your moral views. Not the easy ones, but the complex ones that define you as a person.
WIRED Tough moral choices that can change the entire story; jaw-dropping visuals; difficult but exciting combat.
TIRED Almost useless mini-map; some buggy quests; broken quest tracker.
Rating:
Read Game|Life’s game ratings guide.
An earlier version of this article misstated the nationality of the story’s writer. Andrzej Sapkowski is Polish.
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Journey of a Roach review
It’s rather short in length and lacks much story substance, but Journey of a Roach is a charming, original adventure that genre fans and newcomers alike will enjoy..
The main character and his fellow cockroach buddy are instantly likable characters in their joyously childlike innocence, never fully sure of what’s going on and always energetic in their reactions without ever actually speaking a discernible word. All the insects communicate through garbled sounds of gibberish, each distinctive enough to convey a multitude of delightfully different personas. The nameless protagonist carries himself with such youthful nonchalance that his third set of legs are perpetually crossed across his waist, as if to constantly communicate “well, now what?” His counterpart is unfortunately caught in a never-ending state of lucklessness, yelping and pleading for help as he stumbles into yet another trap, getting himself into more and more hazards for you to rescue him from.
Although the backdrop of this story involves the end of the world as we know it, the gameplay takes place entirely in well-inhabited and intricately interconnected underground chambers. This world is bright and colorful, but it's still a perilous setting where our lead characters are threatened by hungry spidery creatures and even face the evil oppressive ants whose regime of control and order includes torturous experiments and malicious ritual practices.
While these may sound like intense subjects, the seemingly treacherous characters and the dangers they pose are always portrayed lightheartedly, where getting past an enemy ant requires the use of quacking rubber ducks and having to rescue your friend from a giant spiderweb requires the use of a contraption devised from a toilet-plunger. Other humorous situations involve rescuing a character from a washing machine, as well as hilariously obtaining an item through the unintentional mutation of a tiny fish, the outcome of which managed to make me laugh out loud.
A lot of the narrative-progressing moments are portrayed through hand-drawn cinematics. Although these retain the same joyous atmosphere as the rest of the game, their Flash-styled scribblings and sloppy execution at times conflict with the sharp, clean stylings of the in-game visuals. The graphics in both formats are vibrantly cartoony, but the game itself is much crisper and more neatly detailed than the intentionally rushed-looking cutscenes. Since these cinematics are triggered on a regular basis, however, the initially jarring impact of the conflicting styles begins to diminish over time.
Even with this contrast in styles, the animation frequently adds to the overall charm. When scrolling over items in your inventory, for instance, little cartoon bubblings impose themselves over each item and reveal fragments of our main hero’s imagination and desires, typically revealing what he would actually do with the item if the moment allowed. For example, when highlighting a feather boa, he envisions himself rolling around and getting tangled up in it like a cat who’s discovered disposed-of wrapping paper on the floor on Christmas morning. Similarly, a scarf has him picturing himself standing proudly in the wind wearing an aviator’s cap. It’s little snippets like these that consistently enchant this wonderful little world.
While the game’s endearing art style makes it hard to turn away from, that's not its only strength. The atmosphere is immersive, and while the characters lack any formalized dialogue, the exceptional sound design and fun musical backdrops add to the overall feel. Although the soundtrack doesn't ever jump out at you, its presence adds thoroughly to the joyous and quirky spirit that makes this adventure remarkably captivating.
The interface smoothly utilizes both the 3D navigational control scheme of the keyboard and the classical point-and-click sensibility of the mouse. Players walk around using the keyboard, and when in close enough proximity to an interactive element, a single mouse click either delivers an observation of the object in question or picks it up to store it in the inventory atop the screen. As with all standard inventory-based puzzlers, clicking an object in inventory allows you to equip it and then use it with the corresponding environmental pieces or combine it with other inventory objects. Using them on other characters usually results in hilarious talk bubble responses.
Journey of a Roach bypasses a lot of the discouraging busywork of typical adventure games. You won't be running back and forth to create assorted combinations of random inventory items or solving cryptic hieroglyphs or navigating convoluted dialogue trees – though the game does touch on several such elements. Mostly you'll be solving rather simple but logical puzzles that always manage to be fun. None of them are exceptionally hard, but the perspective-shifting adds a welcome level of depth. You don't need to think outside the box so much as keep in mind that the box has a top, bottom, and sides to consider. This focus on exploration and creative thinking over complex puzzle solutions makes the game far more accessible to genre newcomers, effectively eliminating the need for a hint system or hotspot highlighter.
Despite its short length (which is blatantly highlighted by an achievement for completing the game within 18 minutes), Journey of a Roach features an immersive cartoon world inhabited by lovable insect characters and mind-bending directional mechanics that will surely resonate with players long after the game is over. In fact, as I finish writing this review, I'm determined to go back right now and try to snag that speed run achievement and recapture this adventure’s endearing charm once again.
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Marissa Mayer Aims Yahoo’s Guns at Google Search
Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer. Photo: Adam Tinworth/Flickr
Yahoo is going to be aggressively improving its search results in an effort to improve performance against rivals like Google. That’s one of the things Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer made clear in going over fourth-quarter earnings in a call with analysts Monday.
On the call, Yahoo search was one of three parts of the company Mayer called out as in most urgent need of an overhaul, along with Yahoo Mail and the Yahoo.com homepage. A reinvigorated Yahoo search engine could mount a serious challenge to by far the most lucrative business at Google, where Mayer once headed its search product, and even restore Yahoo’s long-lost position as the best place to find something on the internet.
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Yahoo’s search engine has languished since it was eclipsed by Google and Google’s groundbreaking search results ranking system, PageRank, in the early 2000s. Yahoo eventually outsourced its own search infrastructure to Microsoft’s Bing, a partnership Mayer continues to praise, at least for now. Yahoo, presumably, can improve its search engine by simply wrapping Microsoft’s search infrastructure in an improved user interface.
Mayer clearly hopes the scales will tip again, as they did in the 1990s, but this time away from Google. Yahoo might be able to find a new edge in a world where more and more searches are conducted from mobile phones and tablets; Mayer noted on the earnings call that Yahoo helps power searches on the Siri digital assistant included with Apple iPhones and iPads. Whether Yahoo’s place in the future goes much beyond that will hinge on Mayer’s ability to deliver on her “big investment.”
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In a few days we’ll be trading leaf-bare Maples for Palm Trees.
And we will be leaving the jackets in the car at Albany Park & Fly; they won’t be needed.
Instead of rolling in leaf piles, the kids will be swimming in the pool. Splashing. Laughing.
On morning walks we won’t be shivering, or stomping through frost-covered grass and dried out goldenrod, surrounded by silence, and perhaps a few crow calls. And no need to check for ticks after we come inside. Instead we may be walking along the Bayshore. Sun beating down on us. Other walkers, and runners, dogs, and cars streaming past. We will look out over the bay, to the city skyline. Then turn to look the other way, and we’ll admire the beautiful homes, flowers and landscapes, one after another lining the street.
So different, in every way, from home in Vermont.
When the sun comes up, the little lizards, anoles, will be out. The kids will be on the lookout. Chase them down and in the case of my son Brett, who still has one for a pet from last year, perhaps if he’s fast enough, he can catch one.
Then there is the annual ladies day in Hyde Park, spent primarily at Anthropologie, maybe then to Williams-Sonoma for a last-minute gadget for the big feast, and then out to lunch and coffee with my mom and sister-in-law Brooke. This takes place while the kids, my husband and brother Greg take Brett, Jake and Anna on an adventure. This year, Tom has booked a Dad/ kid guided fishing trip.
While my mom and I catch up all the time, Brooke and I don’t get to talk at length as much during the year, and this girls-day is one of our valued times to reconnect. To really talk. About everything. This is a day I now think about often throughout the year while at home, and anticipate, as that once a year treat.
Celebrating Thanksgiving in Florida is a rather new tradition, as of the past few years.
Although I traveled often for work over the years, whenever I had visited Florida, I just remembered highways, shopping centers, tourist traps and convention centers. But when my brother and his family moved to the Tampa area for work a few years ago, and I visited for the first time, I was pleasantly surprised.
The trees were all really cool. Sprawling. Huge. I had expected all the homes to be cookie-cutter planned developments but they are the opposite. Each home in the neighborhood seemed unique in it’s own way. And it was warm! I love Vermont but after the fall leaves turn brown, and since we don’t even get much snow anymore, the late Fall through Winter time-frame, I can take or leave….
I grew up in Rhode Island, and remember Thanksgiving as being relatively traditional. At least in the sense that it was cold outside, and when I looked out the window, what I felt and saw: the cold, after-the-harvest look of the fields and trees, was probably similar enough to what the Pilgrims felt in nearby Massachusetts.
My parents moved to California in the mid-90s, while my brother Ken was in Minnesota, Greg moved around often, and I stayed on the East Coast. Thanksgiving became our time to get together; and as California became the new destination, we had to rethink our definition of what a traditional Thanksgiving might look like. It felt odd at first to be experiencing mild weather at this time of year. And instead of spending most of the time outside, we would see the sites: The CA Academy or Science, the Aquarium, The Zoo, Alcatraz, the Airplane museum. And endure endless traffic.
But many years have since passed. We all have families and complications with school vacations, conflicting schedules, and in-law families competing for time. Add that to the cost, inconvenience and the amount of time needed to travel for an entire family, going to California just isn’t all that convenient.
It is no longer a given that we all get together at Thanksgiving.
Location and attendance lately had become kind of a free-for-all, until my brother Greg offered to take whoever was willing to show up. Sometimes it’s all of the families. Sometimes just a few. Florida happens to be one of the only places we can fly direct, and be there in a few hours, so Tom and I have decided as long as they’ll take us, we’ll show up!
There are other new traditions we have developed over the last few Florida Thanksgivings. Particularly about food. And how could I write an essay without the mention of health?
When I think back to past Thanksgivings in California, we didn’t get much activity. We took dog walks each day, but they weren’t what you’d call heart-pumping activity. And we visited the Redwoods in Muir Woods numerous times. Although there is a trail, because of the different ability levels we had with kids and parents in tow, the hiking wasn’t exactly strenuous. We do all have one thing in common in my family-we love our red wine. And we love snacking. We would hang out in my parents open kitchen-dining room-family room. The game would be on. The cheese and crackers and tortilla chips and wine would come out…a little earlier than we are typically used to. My parents frequented wine country, and always had some new vineyard find they wanted us to try. On one of the days, the guys took a long bike ride along San Francisco bay, but we ladies? Nothing.
The result: Endless snacking.
And activity? Not so much.
We always felt like blobs at the end of the week.
More recently, in Florida, much of this routine remains the same. As soon as Greg picks us up from the airport, we typically hit a Starbucks, and then stop at the local wine shop to select what we need for the week. At home, the Boursin cheese and brie and salami and crackers emerge on a tray; while we do our best to eat it all, there appears to be a never-ending supply to keep munching on. And we do keep munching…
But there’s one difference. Instead of sitting around, we are all so much more aware of ensuring we stay active. And while we indulge in a big way, we bond over keeping fit as well.
When I exercise at home, I typically work out solo. But part of the new Florida tradition involves poolside workouts with my brother. It was a few years ago, where Greg urged me to try a p90x workout with him. I was scared. But his enthusiasm and assurance it wasn’t beyond my ability, helped give me the confidence to try it with him, and that experience prompted me to tackle the full program when I came home. Last year, we did something a little different: the brother/sister poolside workout. No video this time. It’s too nice outside. Greg takes the lead; but I make suggestions, and we learn from each other, each morning. I was self-conscious at first, a few years ago, having the whole family walking in and out while we are out there in plain sight, looking super-unattractive. But after a while I got used to the commotion of other family members dropping by to watch, or even participate for a few minutes. My mom sometimes stops by for a little stretch or a yoga pose. Macy the Golden Retriever or Sweet Pea the pug may drop by too, and a few times I found myself in plank, or coming up from a push-up to find myself nose-to-nose with one of them.
And it’s not just the two of us. There appears to be more of a silent understanding now. Just because we are not in our regular routine, it doesn’t mean we have to slack off in all areas. By keeping active, we won’t go home feeling awful, and that’s so important. The poolside workout isn’t for everyone: Brooke usually heads out to see her trainer. My mom takes walks and does some light weights. Tom disappears to go fishing early on some mornings and takes walks. We are together, but we know nobody will miss us if we need to run off for 45 minute or an hour on our own, to ensure our individual needs are met to balance out all the crazy eating.
As I think about next week and the Thanksgiving table, I can picture it now.
Greg is tending to the turkey, smoking in his prized Green Egg.
Tom and I are making roasted root vegetables; and perhaps we can sneak a few sweet potatoes and turnips from our Vermont CSA into our luggage, to share the harvest…
Brooke is making the sweetest most decadent yam casserole, that she learned to make at home with her mom in Oklahoma.
My mother makes her Minnesota Wild Rice Soup.
And we top it all off with a few apple and pumpkin pies, and perhaps a run for Ben and Jerry’s once the kids are asleep.
We’ll get up the next day, and after another poolside workout, we’ll head for the airport.
We are stuffed, but don’t feel so bad.
It doesn’t matter what it looks like outside. Or how authentic our meal or whether the Pilgrims did it this way… our latest evolving tradition includes the best of everything: family, time together, indulgence with foods and wines (because it wouldn’t be fun without that…).
But also a respect for each family members different approach to health.
Our new-found tradition to keep inspiring each other every time we get together, and keep cheering each other on is a good one.
Our Thanksgivings for the last few years have been in warm sunny Florida, but regardless of where they may be in the future, this mutual respect for health as a family will ensure we’ll all be there for each other, making new memories and traditions, for many, many more years to come.
And I for one, am thankful.
How have your traditions changed over the years? Traditional or not? Does your family help inspire you to stay active? Or the other way around? Do you wish you could be more active during the holidays? Would love to hear your thoughts and stories!
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Science Graphic of the Week: Where We Should and Shouldn’t Build Roads in the Future
Many of the world’s new roads are being built in Africa where there is significant conflict between economic and environmental concerns.
W. Lawrance et al./Global Road Map
Roads are great for agriculture and industry, but they can also be a huge problem for the environment. And more roads are coming, especially to the developing world, where the needs for economic growth and environmental justice are most at odds. To balance these tensions, a team of geographers made a global map they hope will act as a “large-scale zoning plan” for new roads.
They’ve got their work cut out for them. According to a 2013 study by the International Energy Agency (pdf), humans are going to pave 15.5 million miles of road by 2050. Ninety percent of this is expected to take place in developing countries.
The top map shows environmental value; the bottom economic value.
W. Lawrance et al./Global Road Map
The researchers approached the problem initially by making two base maps. The first rated the world’s environmental value pixel by pixel taking into consideration things like biodiversity and proximity to protected areas. Using similar estimations they made another map that showed economic value of future roads based on the agricultural value of the lands they connected. (The maps to the left show each value in isolation.) Then, the researchers analyzed the overlap between the two layers.
The result is a color-coded map of ecological and economic value. Greener pixels indicate more environmental value, while red means there’s money in the banana stand. Darker pixels represent potential areas of conflict, where both values are high.
Lacking topographic information and other necessary inputs, these maps don’t show the exact route a new road should carve. Rather, the authors believe their maps will give governments and transportation planners plan balanced infrastructure for long-term economic and environmental benefits.
The map below shows the final, global road planning map. The researchers set up a web site, in case you want to check out their data, or just learn more about the future roads around the world.
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In the Matter of the Arbitration of a Dispute Between
HOWARD-SUAMICO EDUCATION
ASSOCIATION
and
SCHOOL DISTRICT OF HOWARD-SUAMICO
Case 72
No. 57454
MA-10630
Appearances:
Ms. Karen D. Alexander, Executive Director, United Northeast
Educators, on behalf of the Howard-Suamico Education Association.
Godfrey & Kahn, S.C., Attorneys at Law, by Mr. Dennis W.
Rader, on behalf of the School District of Howard-Suamico.
ARBITRATION AWARD
The Howard-Suamico Education Association, hereinafter the Association, requested
that the
Wisconsin Employment Relations Commission appoint a staff arbitrator to hear and decide
the instant
dispute between the Association and the School District of Howard-Suamico, May 27, 1999, in Howard, Wisconsin. A stenographic transcript was made
of the
hearing and the parties submitted post-hearing briefs in the matter by August 17, 1999.
Based upon
the evidence and the arguments of the parties, the undersigned makes and issues the
following Award.
ISSUES
The parties stipulated that there are no procedural issues, but were unable to agree on
a
statement of the substantive issues and agreed the Arbitrator will frame the issues within the
parameters of the parties' statements.
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The Association would frame the issues as follows:
Did the District violate the Collective Bargaining Agreement when
it failed to pay Karen Ries $15
per class hour when she was asked to serve as a substitute? If so, what shall be the
appropriate
remedy?
The District states the issues as being:
Did the District violate the contract by not paying Karen Ries
substitute pay when she was
assigned the class, which was not her regular assignment, instead of performing her regular
teaching
duties as a physical education teacher? If so, what is the appropriate remedy?
The following are the issues to be decided:
Did the District violate the parties' Collective Bargaining
Agreement when it did not pay the
Grievant, Karen Ries, the $15 per class hour substitute pay when she was assigned a class,
which was
not her regular assignment, instead of performing her regular teaching duties as a physical
education
teacher during that class period? If so, what is the appropriate remedy?
CONTRACT
PROVISIONS
The following provisions of the parties' Agreement are cited:
ARTICLE II:
. . .
5) To determine class schedules, the hours of
instruction, and the duties, responsibilities,
and assignments of teachers and other employees with respect thereto, and with
respect to administrative and extra duty activities, and the terms and conditions of
employment.
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ARTICLE VI SALARY
I..
BACKGROUND
The Grievant, Karen Ries, is a physical education teacher at the District's
Meadowlark
Elementary School. On January 26, 1999, Ries was assigned to supervise another teacher's
Fifth
Grade class from 8:20 A.M. to 9:50 A.M. and told to cancel her physical education classes.
Ries'
preparation time is scheduled to be from 8:20 A.M. to 8:50 A.M. and she normally has
physical
education classes from 8:50 A.M. to 9:50 A.M. Another physical education teacher was
assigned
to substitute for Ries' 9:20 A.M. class during his preparation period and was paid substitute
pay for
that 30 minute period.
Ries was paid substitute pay only for the 30 minute preparation period (8:20 A.M.
8:50
A.M.) that she missed. Ries requested substitute pay for the 8:50 A.M. 9:50 A.M.
period during
which she otherwise would have been teaching her physical education classes, but the request
was
denied. Ries then filed a grievance over the denial of substitute pay for the 8:50 A.M.
9:50 A.M.
period. The grievance was processed through the parties' contractual grievance procedure,
and the
parties being unable to resolve their dispute, proceeded to arbitration before the undersigned.
POSITIONS OF THE PARTIES
Association
The Association takes the position that Article VI, Section I, requires that a teacher
be paid
in-house substitution pay anytime he/she substitutes for another teacher whether during
his/her
preparation time or other work time. The language of that provision is clear and unequivocal
and the
language describing payment for substitution is "inclusive". There is no narrow definition of
the term
"substitution" and no requirement that payment only be made for missed preparation time.
The
language provides a very specific payment for time spent
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serving as a substitute and it goes on to define less common forms of substitution in
addition to that
which was initially, to the parties, obvious. It is a basic tenet of contract interpretation that
where
there is clear and unambiguous language covering a dispute, that language decides the
outcome.
The District's interpretation of the provision attempts to add meaning to the term
"substitution" that is not contained in the Agreement and which in fact conflicts with the
actual
meaning bargained by the parties. In the Board's denial of the grievance, the District
Administrator
stated: "Secondly, as per line 188, the teacher will be paid for prep time lost while
substituting." Line
188 in the Agreement states: "Teachers will be paid $15.00 per class hour in the event they
are asked
to serve as a substitute." While that language includes situations where preparation time is
lost, it
does not limit payment to such times and it was bargained specifically to cover those
situations where
an employe was taken away from his/her regular duties to substitute for an absent teacher.
The
Association's negotiator when the language in question was negotiated into the agreement,
Ben
Roloff, testified that there were problems back in the 1970's where the library was literally
shut down
when classes from absent teachers were placed in the library, and the Librarian was not able
to
complete her assigned tasks. A similar situation exists today, i.e., for whatever reason, the
District
is again having difficulty finding per diem substitute teachers, and pulls an employe who is
not a
regular classroom teacher from his/her regular job to substitute for an absent employe. In
the 1990's,
it is the "special teachers", such as the elementary physical education teacher, who are forced
to
cancel their classes in order to substitute for absent teachers. The remedy is the same now
as was
bargained in the 1970's, i.e., payment is to be provided to the teacher who substitutes for
another for
all time spent substituting. Roloff testified that
A. ". . .Substitution. . . from the get-go was
considered anytime that somebody supervised
students of another of another faculty staff member. . .whether that be in the
classroom or whether
it be in the gymnasium by combining gym classes or whether it is students sent to the library
or
whether they be sent to the study hall. You know, there's a lot of different ways of
substituting
including combining classes, and it was the intent that they would all be compensated."
Incredibly, the District would assert that the definition of substitution under the
contract does
not include situations "where a teacher is assigned to an absent teacher's class." If that does
not
define substitution, what could?
Even if the language of Article VI, Section I of the Agreement is found to be
ambiguous, the
bargaining history makes it clear that teachers were to be paid for any substitution, regardless
of when
it occurs during the workday. The wording contained in the
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1971-72 Agreement is only different in two respects from the current language, i.e.,
compensation
has been increased, and the proviso that substitute pay was only paid after substituting more
than
twice during the school year, has been eliminated. The original language did not contain any
further
definition of the term "substitute", thus, establishing that the term has its meaning under the
contract
apart from the later language. As Roloff testified, it applies any time a teacher supervises
students
in place of their regular teacher. Roloff also testified that due to continuing problems with
in-house
substitution, the language was added in the 1972-73 Agreement to include taking a class at
the same
time as one's own, "substitution shall include supervising a class in addition to
their own, an
additional class and a study hall, or an additional class in the library. . ." (Emphasis added).
That
additional language does not define substitution, rather, it was added to the original language
to
clarify that substitution also included those situations, and was not meant to
exclude everything else.
Further, the language added may not be read to provide an exclusive definition, as to do so
would
also eliminate payment for substitution performed during preparation times, as it is not
performed
while teaching one's own students, a result not intended by either party. The new language
in 1972-73 also required that the administration make the in-house substitute assignments,
rather than
requiring teachers to make such arrangements themselves. That, along with the amount of
compensation and the deletion of the requirement to only pay substitute pay after substituting
twice
during a school year are the only substantive changes in the language.
Contrary to the District's claim that application of the Association's interpretation
yields an
untenable result, that result was intended by the parties and only occurs if the District
chooses to
assign substitute duties to staff instead of their own class load. Roloff testified that there was
a
twofold purpose to the language in question. First, substitution during preparation time
required class
preparations be done on the teacher's personal time and extra compensation was appropriate.
Second, and primary, was the intent to create a compensation system that made it as, or
more, costly
to use in-house substitutes than to hire per diem substitutes from outside in order to
discourage the
use of in-house substitutes. That is consistent with the Association's position two years ago
in
discussing options with the District. Association President Schadewald, in his memo to the
District
Administrator, indicated that utilization of in-house substitutes would not be "financially
prudent",
since the District would have to pay both the "special teacher" for the substitution and the
regular
education teachers who were substituting for the "special teacher" by keeping their own
students
during the special class, making it more economically efficient to hire a per diem substitute.
Rather
than being an untenable result, it is instead the historic and reasoned position of the parties.
The
District is now simply attempting to expand the use of in-house substitutes without having to
pay the
premium the parties negotiated for its use. Further, the District has the option, rather than
shutting
down a special teacher's entire class for the day, of utilizing other teachers during their
preparation
time to substitute or doubling classes; both possibilities that are contemplated in the
Agreement and
which would involve in-house substitute pay to only one teacher, or one teacher per class
hour.
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The Association considers it an untenable result to require additional work from
teachers
without additional compensation. Under the District's interpretation, a teacher would be
required
to drop his or her class load, substitute for another teacher, and then adjust and adapt and
catch up
the lessons that his/her own class has missed. Much of the work would have to be done on
the
teacher's personal time and the District would impose this additional work without any
additional
compensation. That is not what the Association agreed to with this language.
Finally, there is no "past practice" that applies to this issue. As to whether a
so-called
"practice" was unequivocal, the record is not particularly instructive. Of the examples
offered by the
District, it is not known whether those teachers requested compensation for a time other than
when
they had a preparation period, and it is not known if other teachers also performed in-house
substitution and simply did not request any compensation. However, it is known that four
teachers,
beginning in November of 1998, did perform in-house substitution and were denied payment
for that
additional work and those incidents were also grieved, although they were not pursued due to
timeliness problems. Since payment is dependent upon application being made by each
individual,
it is impossible to know whether in the past individual teachers have even asked for payment,
and
were denied it. Secondly, the practice was not clearly enunciated and acted upon. To the
contrary,
the Association made known its position that in-house substitution requires payment in its
memo to
the administration in 1997, and that position was never disputed by the District. The first
time the
Association knew of the alleged "practice" was when its members were denied the payment
they had
earned and requested. Finally, the practice was not readily ascertainable over time as a fixed
and
established practice accepted by both parties. In the 28 year history of the language, there is
no
record of any denial of payment until the instant grievance.
In its reply brief, the Association first asserts that the District has continually
misstated the
contract language. The language in question states that payment is due when a teacher is
asked to
"serve as a substitute". While this is clearly the case when a teacher teaches a class which is
not
his/her own, the District asserts that it is only required to pay when a class is taught "in
addition to
their own class." That language, however, is not stated as a definition of substitution, but
rather is
given as an example of what is included. The contract does not say "limited to", but says
"includes".
Listing the examples does not exclude all other situations. What the District characterizes as
Schadewald's "tautological definition" was merely part of an explanation of the common
perceptions
of the membership. The definition came from Roloff, and embodies the consistent,
commonsense
definition of "substitution". The District, however, would have the Arbitrator believe that it
is not
substitution when a teacher steps in and takes the class of an absent teacher.
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The language of both the 1971-72 contract and the present-day language is clear. In
the
1971-72 contract, payment was required for substitution any time one member substituted for
another
(after two occasions per school year). Roloff testified that in spite of that language, the
District was
using librarians to "substitute" for other teacher's classes by sending the classes to the library
for
supervision and was not considering that to be substitution. Thus, in the 1973 contract, the
Association added language which clarified that substitution also includes the
latter circumstance.
The language was not added to narrow the definition, but to expand it. The language was
inserted
as an add-on to the existing language in order to correct what was believed to be an abusive
practice
on the part of the District, using librarians as substitutes during the time they were scheduled
for the
regular classes. Had the parties intended to limit the payment of additional compensation to
only
those times when a teacher had a preparation period, they would have so stated that in the
Agreement, but they did not. While the District claims that asking a teacher to substitute for
an
absent teacher during the former's regular assigned classes is not substitution, it is so clearly
substitution that the District referred to it as such in its own brief.
The District asserts that "double pay" would result under the Association's
interpretation.
That was the intent of the parties, as it was to be a disincentive to taking teachers out of their
own
classes to substitute. However, the District has complete control over whether or not it will
exercise
its right to take a teacher away from his/her scheduled class to substitute. It also has the
option to
assign a teacher to substitute during his/her preparation time or to hire a per diem substitute
from the
outside. Here, the District chose neither of the latter two options, but instead elected to take
a
teacher from her assigned classroom duties to have her substitute for an absent teacher, the
highest
cost option of the three. That is for a good reason, as it is disruptive and difficult for the
teacher
involved. That is why it became the Association's number one priority in the 1970's to
negotiate a
disincentive to utilizing it as an option. The Association was successful, and prior to this
time the
District has not attempted to exercise its right to assign teachers to substitute when they
already have
a class. Thus, far from being the "absurd result", it is the intended result of
mutually-agreed upon
language. The assertion that such payment constitutes a "freebie" and is pay for work not
performed,
ignores the testimony regarding the additional work and disruption that such substitution
requires.
The reason the Association has not provided evidence showing the teachers who were pulled
off their
current assignments to substitute were paid for doing so, is because until now the
disincentive has
worked and the District has not utilized that option. If the District desires or needs to
change the
contract language, it should negotiate the change.
The Association asserts that the "mutual understanding" regarding in-house
substitution exists
in the Agreement. While the District attempts to make much of the fact that the Association
has not
grieved the way the District has utilized in-house substitutes in the past, the fact is there have
not
been similar circumstances to the knowledge of the Association, due
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to the negotiated disincentive in the Agreement. The District's plan for utilizing
teachers during their
regular classes was stated in the "morning memo" of Principal Kathy Hoppe at just one
building. The
implementation of that plan was not a problem until the current situation, since the previous
teachers
on the rotation were not assigned to take an entire class, but only a few of the children. The
argument that the Association did not propose a change in the language to address this issue
ignores
the fact that, from the Association's point of view, it was already covered in the Agreement.
It is the
District's responsibility to propose a change in the language to address the issue if it has a
problem
with how it pays in-house substitutes.
Finally, the claim that the Association's interpretation conflicts with management's
rights is
absurd. While the Association's interpretation makes this option a more expensive way to
provide
substitutes, it does not in any way limit the District's right to utilize this method. The
District can
always utilize the lower-cost option of asking a teacher who has a preparation period to take
the class
instead, or assign it to an administrator.
As a remedy, the Association requests that Ries be paid the substitution pay for the
hour she
was denied on January 26, 1999.
District
The District takes the position that the contractual language defining substitution is
clear and
excludes the situation in which teachers are assigned to teach other teachers' classes instead
of their
own. The definition given by Schadewald that "substitution is substitution. . ." is
tautological and
means nothing. The contract clearly defines when teachers are to receive substitution pay
and
requires that the District pay teachers only when they supervise a class in
addition to their own class.
Where contract language is clear and unequivocal, it generally is not given a meaning other
than that
expressed and may not be ignored.
Article VI, Salary, subsection "I" states:. (Emphasis added)
Thus, teachers are only paid when they supervise a class in
addition to their own. Here, during the
first hour, Ries was supervising the fifth grade class in addition to her
preparation period and was
compensated accordingly. However, she was not supervising her physical education class
in addition
to the fifth grade class during the remaining period of time, and is not entitled to additional
compensation for that period.
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In the absence of a mutual understanding between the parties, the usual and ordinary
definition
of a term, as defined by a reliable dictionary, should govern. Elkouri and Elkouri,
How Arbitration
Works, Fifth Edition, 1997. The term "substitute" is defined as "a person or
thing acting or serving
in place of another." Random House College Dictionary
(Revised Edition, 1975). The word
"addition" is defined in that same dictionary as "something that is added". During the first
hour the
Grievant was serving in place of the fifth grade teacher and was required to
supervise his class in
addition to her preparation period, for which she received substitute pay. Although
she served in
place of that teacher during the remaining period of time, she was not supervising her class
in addition
to his class. Thus, the clear language supports the District's interpretation.
The history of the language of the provision substantiates the District's interpretation.
Association witness Roloff testified that the issue arose due to the repeated placement of
students in
the library and study halls when no substitute was available. The earliest substitution
language dates
back to the 1971-72 Agreement and reads:
Substitution Teachers will be paid $5.00 per
class hour in the event they are asked to serve as
a substitute. This policy will go into effect when a teacher is asked to substitute more than
two times
within a school year. (Association Exhibit 1)
That language is vague and can be interpreted in many ways. Roloff believes the
language included
every possibility that arises out of situations where teachers supervise another teacher's class.
However, if that belief has any merit, why did not the Association present any evidence
showing the
teachers received substitution pay every time they were requested to take another teacher's
class,
regardless of the situation? The answer is no such information exists, and that interpretation
must
be questioned given that lack of written documentation to support it.
Even if teachers received substitution pay each time they took another teacher's class
under
that language, the language was changed in the 1972-73 Agreement, nullifying any practice.
The
language was changed as indicated by the bold letters below:
Substitution Teachers will be paid $5.00 per
class hour in the event they are asked to serve as
a substitute. This policy will go into effect when a teacher is asked to substitute more than
two times
within a school year. Substitution shall include each class that is sent to a study
hall or the
library or supervising a class in addition to your own. Substitution shall be
assigned by an
administrator. (Emphasis supplied) (Association Exhibit 1)
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That language completely changed the conditions upon which substitution pay would be
granted.
Teachers were now to be compensated when a class was sent to a study hall or library, or
when they
were asked to supervise a class in addition to their own. There is no support
for the notion that
teachers are to receive substitute pay each time they are asked to take another teacher's class.
In the 1985-86 contract, the language was again changed in the following manner:
Substitution Teachers will be paid $11.00 per
class hour in the event they are asked to serve
as a substitute. Substitution shall include supervising a class in addition to their
own, an
additional class in a study hall or an additional class in the library.
each class that is sent to a
study hall or the library or supervising a class in addition to your own.
Substitution shall be assigned
by an administrator. (Association Exhibit 1)
This change further narrowed the conditions to be met for a teacher to receive
substitute pay. The
words "in addition to" and "an additional class" were inserted in every situation,
making that the
norm. Thus, the history of the substitution language supports the District's interpretation.
The Association's interpretation would result in the District having to pay double
substitute
pay. In this case, the District has already paid the physical education teacher who supervised
Ries'
class during his preparation time, while she was covering the fifth grade class. The other
teacher was
properly paid for substituting for Ries because he was teaching her class in addition
to his preparation
period. Ries was not entitled to the substitution pay during the remaining hour for which she
did not
supervise the fifth grade class in addition to her own class.
Fred Stieg has been the District Administrator since 1985 and he testified that it has
been the
practice of the District to compensate teachers only when they are required to supervise a
class in
addition to their own. Stieg testified that the extra duty documents in District Exhibit 2 are
those
times when teachers had to either take their own class or someone else's class during their
preparation time. None of those extra duty documents indicate that a teacher was paid when
taking
another class instead of his/her own. Stieg also testified that he did not know of any
situations in
which other teachers who taught a class of an absent teacher instead of their own ever
received
substitution pay. Principal Hoppe also testified that she has always only compensated
teachers who
supervised another class in addition to their own. The Association has not submitted any
evidence
to the contrary. Arbitrators have held that the failure to object to the other party's
interpretation may
be held to constitute acceptance of that interpretation such as to make it mutual. Citing,
Dayton
Press, Inc., 76 LA 1253 (1981). If the contract language is found to be ambiguous, past
practice
will assist the Arbitrator in understanding how the language has been consistently applied.
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The Association's interpretation would also require the District to pay for work that
was not
performed, i.e, the District would be required to pay double substitute pay in that the teacher
who
supervised Ries' class during his preparation period would have received substitute pay and
Ries
would receive substitute pay for taking another teacher's class instead of her own. That
interpretation is unreasonable. Where an interpretation of ambiguous language leads to harsh
or
absurd results, while another interpretation, equally consistent, leads to a reasonable result,
the latter
interpretation will prevail. Elkouri and Elkouri, How Arbitration
Works, Id. The claim that Ries
should be paid even though another teacher supervised her class is illogical and is an attempt
to obtain
an unwarranted "freebie".
The Association was well aware of the District's interpretation and administration of
the
substitution language and never filed a grievance over it or proposed a change in the
language.
District Exhibit 1, a "morning memo" that Hoppe puts out to all the teachers in her building
each
morning, stated on page two, "If the vacancy is for a special area teacher or specialist, the
classes are
cancelled. If the vacancy is for a regular education teacher, the following staff members are
on a
rotating assignment:. . ." Hoppe testified that the three teachers who were picked in the
rotation in
1997-98 were specialists, and did not have a regular classroom assignment, so they were told
to
cancel their classes. District Exhibit 6 is a "morning memo" from the Forest Glen
Elementary
Principal in January of 1997, reminding teachers that if a physical education teacher is absent
and
there is no substitute available, teachers who teach their own physical education class in
addition to
supervising the replacement teacher's class are reminded to complete a substitute form for
compensation. Thus, the Association's members were aware of the District's position on
paying
substitute pay as early as January of 1997. Further, the District exhibits of minutes of the
District
Administrative Advisory Council indicated that the District's problems with obtaining
substitutes was
discussed on various occasions in 1998. If the procedure by which the District was paying
teachers
to substitute was a problem, the Association did not bring it to the District's attention
through those
various committees and memos. It was not until the instant grievance was filed in February
of 1999
that the Association disputed the manner in which the District paid substitute teachers. Prior
to that
time, teachers never asked to be paid when they were assigned to supervise another teacher's
class
instead of their own and no grievances were filed in that regard. It is implausible to believe
that this
was the first time a teacher did not receive substitute pay because they did not supervise a
class in
addition to their own. In fact, the District has paid teachers in that manner and teachers
have only
claimed substitute pay when they have supervised a class in addition to their own. Thus,
there clearly
exists a mutual understanding between the parties.
While the record establishes that substitution was an issue, it also establishes that the
Association never addressed the issue in negotiations except to propose an increase in
substitute pay.
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The Association's interpretation of the substitute language also conflicts with the
District's
rights to assign under Article II - Management Rights, paragraph 5. If every change in
assignment
were to be considered a substitution, that would restrict the District's freedom to assign
duties to
teachers, as the District should not be required to pay substitution rate each time an
assignment is
made.
The Association also did not produce documentation that explained the discussions
between
Stieg and Association President Schadewald regarding possible options dealing with the
problem of
obtaining substitutes. In February of 1997, Stieg e-mailed Schadewald regarding a new
concept that
had been developed by teachers and the principal at Forest Glen Elementary of dividing the
students
in the absent teacher's room by the number of teachers remaining at that grade level and
placing the
students in those classrooms for the remainder of the day, allowing the regular schoolday
schedule
to remain constant with the "special" classes continuing instead of being cancelled. The
substitute
teacher pay would then be divided equally among the teachers who took the students.
Schadewald
responded that he disagreed with the concept, claiming it would be disruptive of the
educational
progress of the students and that it would violate the contract. Stieg asked Schadewald to
identify
the portion of the contract that the Association felt would be violated. Schadewald identified
Article
VI, Section I, Substitution, stating that "the violation of the master agreement occurs in the
second
part of your proposal, to divide their pay by three." Schadewald stated that the
Association also
discussed the option of moving "specials" to another school, but that there was a concern
with the
"liability of regular education teachers teaching in specialized areas with their specialized
equipment.
. .etc. as well as the loss of preparation time for the affected teachers." There is no mention
of a
contract violation with the option of moving specials to another school, only a concern
regarding
liability. Although he says the option would not be financially prudent, he mentions only
one payment
of $15.00 and not the two payments this grievance is requesting. While Stieg responded to
Schadewald's memo by indicating that substitution includes supervising a class in addition to
one's
own and that the first option was only taking a portion of a class for the day, the District
never
exercised that option. Instead, it took the option to which Schadewald had only objected on
the basis
of liability.
In its reply brief, the District asserts that the Association interprets the word
"include" in the
definition of substitution in a fashion that is totally contrary to its contractual meaning. The
Association inserts the word "also", asserting that language means "also includes" and does
not
exclude everything else. The word "also" is not in the contractual language and cannot be
arbitrarily
inferred from the existing language without distorting the meaning of the provision.
Secondly, in
other parts of the contract where the word "include" is used refer to a list of conditions or
items, the
intent is clearly to exclude items or conditions not listed. Article IV Grievance
Procedure, Sec. E;
Article VII Insurance, Sec. C; Article VIII Absences, Sec. B. In the two
instances where the
word is used in the contract where it is not meant to be exclusive or limiting, there is
modifying
language, i.e., Article II Management
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Rights, paragraph A, states: "including, but without limiting, the generality of the
foregoing. . ." and
Article VIII Absences, Section D, states "includes, but is not limited to. . ." If the
Association
wanted substitution to include more than what is listed, it should have negotiated that
open-ended
language contained in the above-cited instances.
The Association's interpretation is also contrary to the accepted principles of contract
interpretation. The alleged expansive meaning of the term "includes" is contrary to the
widely-held
principle of expresio unius, exclusio alterius (to express one thing is to
exclude another.) Arbitrators
also follow the general maxim that a written contract is presumed to embody the whole
agreement
of the parties and the terms and obligations the parties did not include should be deemed to
be
deliberately excluded. When a list of items is specifically enumerated and there is no general
language
to show that other items of that class are to be included, it can reasonably be inferred that the
items
not specifically mentioned were intended to be excluded. WPIX, Inc., 49 LA 155, 158
(Turkus,
1967). The Association's position is also contrary to the proposition that the same words
used in
different parts of the contract should be interpreted in the same fashion. Here, wherever the
word
"include" is used in the context of listing certain subjects or items, the context clearly
indicates that
inclusion of the listed items or circumstances excludes other non-listed items or
circumstances. The
Association's position that the term "substitution" has meaning under this contract apart from
the
later language also creates a situation where the sentence "substitution shall include. . .",
becomes
surplussage. Arbitrators presume the contract should be interpreted in a manner that gives
meaning
to all contractual provisions, and does not render one provision meaningless or ineffective.
John
Deere Tractor Co., 5 LA 631, 632 (Updegraff, 1946).
Next, the District disputes the Association's version of the bargaining history of
Article VI,
Section I. The Association posits that the original language has meaning apart from the later
language, and that it applies any time a teacher supervises students in place of their regular
teacher.
As already asserted, if the "stand-alone" definition of substitution applies, the additional
language
negotiated over the years would be superfluous. While Roloff testified that the Association's
proposal in the early 1970's was all inclusive, he had no idea of whether the proposed
language ended
up in the Agreement. Where there is a disputed interpretation, the presumption is against the
author
of the language, if it is unclear. Also, Roloff concedes that the Association proposed more
than what
it received in bargaining. If a party attempts, but fails, in negotiations to include a specific
provision
in the Agreement, arbitrators will hesitate to read such a provision into the agreement. What
counts
is the language obtained in bargaining, not the language proposed, but not obtained. The
Association's argument that the language added subsequent to the 1971-72 contract was to
further
define what constituted "substitution" because the librarian and the rest of the membership
were
unhappy with the library being closed, contradicts the assertion that the
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original language was "all inclusive". Further, the 1972-73 language did not say "shall
include, but
not limited to" or "shall include as examples". The Association cannot have it both ways.
The fact
that the matter was referenced in the subsequent contract leads to the unmistakable
conclusion that
the library and study hall issues were not included in the original definition or were later
listed as
exclusive items. While the Association correctly argues that the 1972-73 contract additions
to the
definition of "substitution" clarified that it was to include "each class that is sent to the study
hall or
the library", the Association fails to note that "taking a class" requires that it be "in addition
to its
own". While Roloff's testimony that the 1972-73 language was meant to include substituting
in study
hall or in the library, "whenever" was correct, his testimony that the language included
"anytime that
somebody supervised students of another faculty staff member. . .", is directly contradicted
by the
very language negotiated into the 1972-73 Agreement which states that "substitution shall
include.
. . supervising a class in addition to your own."
The Association also incorrectly alleges that the current language, remains unchanged
from
the 1972-73 contract. An extremely important language change took place in the 1985-86
contract
when the words "additional" were added to the study hall and the library language and the
categories
of substitutes rearranged. This is important because the language in this case, "a class
in addition to
their own" never changed, but other portions of the provisions were changed to conform all
categories to the "in addition to" requirement. The 1985-86 change clearly states that the
District
must pay substitute pay when teachers supervise a class in addition to their own
and take an
"additional class" in the study hall and an "additional class" in the library and
that language has
remained unchanged since.
The Association's witnesses interpolate their present intentions on language and
situations
from years ago in which today's issue was never considered. Roloff's testimony on the
original intent
of the language sounds more like what the Association wants now, rather than what it meant
then.
He characterized the reason for the Association's language as an attempt to alleviate
librarians' and
study hall teachers' concerns over students being dumped in the library and study hall, and
never
mentioned teachers being asked to give up preparation periods to substitute as being on the
same
level of importance in 1972-73. The original intent was to make the administration pay
teachers for
in-house substituting, since they previously were required to substitute during prep periods
without
compensation. The Association attempts to distort Roloff's testimony to mean that in the
1970's,
the Association intended to have the District pay for two substitutes. That was not his
testimony, and
there is not one incident in the past 27 years that the Association can point to to support its
position.
If that were truly the intent from the earliest days of the contract, there would be at least
some
instances that could be produced to show that the language had been interpreted as claimed.
In fact,
Roloff articulated the true meaning of the language in his testimony when he testified that the
purpose
of putting the language in was to compensate teachers for the time being taken
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from their normal preparation period to substitute and moving that preparation time to
after work
hours. (Tr. p. 26). That is precisely the District's position.
Schadewald's testimony regarding intent is contradicted by his notes and inaction in
1997.
In 1997, when Stieg and Schadewald discussed the District's options with regard to obtaining
substitutes, Schadewald never indicated that the option of moving specials to another school
was a
contract violation, rather he expressed concerns regarding liability of regular education
teachers
teaching specialized areas. The Association attempts to rewrite Schadewald's statement after
the
fact. Similarly, Schadewald's testimony attempts to embellish his February, 1997 memo to
say what
he now wants it to say. It is also strange that it was only after Schadewald filed the Ries
grievance
that other teachers "remembered" that they also were not paid according to the contract.
This is clear
proof that those teachers never knew of Schadewald's interpretation until this grievance
arose. The
filing of this grievance is the first time the Association has ever interpreted the language in
question
in that manner in the history of the Agreement.
The District requests that the grievance be denied.
DISCUSSION
The parties have done a thorough job of arguing for their respective positions.
Contrary to
both parties' assertions, however, there is some ambiguity in the wording of Article VI,
Section I.
That being the case, it is the Arbitrator's role, as much as is possible, to ascertain the
parties' intent.
The Association makes a valid point in noting that the District's interpretation that
teachers
are not entitled to substitute pay when they are assigned to cover an absent teacher's class
instead
of their own fails to recognize the disruption and extra work by that teacher to make up the
missed
classes. On the other hand, the District's interpretation of the provision is more consistent
with the
principles of contract construction and the history of the provision.
The Association's interpretation that one is substituting within the meaning of Article
VI,
Section I, any time the teacher is taking a class of an absent teacher, regardless of whether it
is instead
of or in addition to his/her own class for that period of time, is so all encompassing as to
make the
wording after the first sentence of that provision unnecessary. As the District points out, it
is
generally held that the parties will be deemed to have intended that all words they place into
their
agreement have meaning. Further, if alternative interpretations of a clause are possible, the
interpretation which gives meaning and effect to all provisions is preferable. Stated another
way, the
agreement should be construed so as to give effect to all of its parts. Elkouri and Elkouri,
How
Arbitration Works (Third Edition), p. 308.
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The additions to the wording of the substitution provision in the 1972-1973 and
1985-1986
agreements also cut against the all-inclusive interpretation the Association would give to the
first
sentence. Seemingly, the parties would not have felt the need to add those situations if they
had
intended that the first sentence cover any time a teacher took an absent teacher's class.
Rather, it
appears the latter wording was intended to further clarify and define what situations were
meant to
be covered by the term "substitute". This interpretation is consistent with the often followed
principle
that "to expressly include one or more of a class. . . must be taken as an exclusion of all
others."
Elkouri and Elkouri, How Arbitration Works, (Third Edition), p. 310.
Association witness Roloff, who negotiated on behalf of the Association from its
beginning,
testified as to the intent in negotiating the original "substitution" provision:
The purpose of putting the it was two-fold. One is to
compensate teachers for time that was
taken from their normal preparation period which was now being taken to teach, and this was
happening on such a regular basis, and, therefore, moving that preparation time into after
work
compensated hours to be added onto the endless other duties which one needed to adequately
teach,
and that was one of the things, but the primary the primary focus or goal was to
if compensation
was required to pay existing staff that was equal to or greater than the cost of a substitute,
that there
would be some remunerative incentive for the administration to actually make the effort of
finding
substitutes for people who were not at the job on that particular day.
(Tr. p. 26).
It appears from this testimony that teachers were being asked to give up their own
preparation time
to take the class of an absent teacher for that period, and that the intent was to not only
compensate
teachers for having to do their class preparation after the work day, but also to provide an
incentive
for the administration to obtain outside substitutes, rather than utilizing teachers during their
preparation periods. While Roloff also testified that the Association desired that any time a
teacher
was assigned to cover an absent teacher's class would entitle that teacher to substitute pay, he
could
not recall how much of the Association's proposal was agreed to by the parties, nor does his
above-cited testimony denote such a broad intent. There is also no evidence provided that
would
demonstrate that the substitution provision had ever been administered in that manner.
Presumably,
had the parties intended the provision to have such a broad application, there would be
instances the
Association could cite where teachers had been paid substitute pay when they had been
assigned to
cover an absent teacher's class instead of their own. The absence of such examples again
cuts against
the Association's assertion that the provision was from its inception intended to apply to all
cases of
teachers covering an absent teacher's class. While Schadewald's February 17, 1997 memo
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to Stieg references paying "each regular education teacher $15.00 per special taught",
it did not state
the special teacher would also receive substitute pay, and is too vague in that regard to place
the
District on notice that it interpreted Section I to cover the instant situation.
There is also the testimony of Stieg that as long as he has been in the District (1985),
the
substitution provision has not been construed to require that teachers who cover an absent
teacher's
class in lieu of their own class receive substitute pay, and that to his knowledge there have
been no
grievances filed in that regard until this instance. While this does not necessarily establish a
"practice", it does indicate that the substitution provision has not been administered in the
manner
the Association is advocating.
For the foregoing reasons, it is concluded that the District did not violate the parties'
Agreement when it did not pay the Grievant, Karen Ries, substitute pay when she was
assigned to
cover the class of an absent Fifth Grade teacher instead of performing her regular teaching
duties in
her own class during that class period.
Based on the above and foregoing, the evidence, and the arguments of the parties, the
undersigned makes and issues the following
AWARD
The grievance is denied.
Dated at Madison, Wisconsin this 4th day of November, 1999.
David E. Shaw, Arbitrator
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You may normally locate women who are searching for individuals up to now through other sorts of cultures plus areas, even though the aspects for the purpose of why could have adjusted. In the same way, Russian women of all ages really like to hear words of flattery. They are extremely requiring. Russian gal are certainly caring. European girl aren’t a lot strenuous. Again, European girls aren’t while liberated as the United states ladies so that you can also be old-fashioned in a way. European women coming from such kinds of internet sites are derived from good young families and tend to be going to have good academic plus qualified background.
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Now when you aren’t meeting only a one girl, I will highly recommend that you consult your ex to meet you on the airport. Usually, Russian girls are prepared regarding marriage in addition to family at a vibrant get older. Just start using a fine dating website and focus on the above regulations, you’ll get the best girl.
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Local hockey
The Kohler Credit Union hockey team held on for a 4-3 win over The Cedars Resort on Sunday
Randy Callsen scored twice for Kohler, with Kyle Brunner and Kyle Lucas each adding a goal apiece. Teammate goalkeeper Casey Girdaukas finished with 26.
Ken Walters scored twice for Cedars, with Dennis Videtic adding another goal. Ryan Greeneway made 27 saves in the team's net.Swovy's/Bud Light 7, Holy Family/Lakeshore Orthopaedics 7 ...
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What’s the Best Way to Exercise?
This is a debate that I hear almost everyday. What is the best form of exercise and where is the best place to go? So many trainers say that their style and brand is the best, but is it? Bootcamp, Bodybuilding, CrossFit, Yoga, Zumba, Small Group training, Athletic training, running, swimming. There are many different styles and ways to get fit and healthy. Which one is the best for you? And WHERE is the best place to go?
The answer: WHAT EVER IS THE BEST FOR YOU! You need to do what is best for you, to be able to accomplish your personal goals. Ask yourself – “which place and style of training will best help me get to my overall goal?”. Which one would you like doing? If you want to be a bodybuilder, then you should train like a bodybuilder. If you like the atmosphere of a ‘big box gym’, then that is the place that you should train. Some people like the smaller gyms, and feel more comfortable there, and they may also like to do group classes. Some people like to be social, while others may not want to talk to anyone, and just want to get in and out as fast as they can.
Let your goal be YOUR goal. Do your best to have fun, and enjoy yourself while doing it. That is the only way to truly be successful in “staying fit.” Try different programs and places to see what best fits YOUR needs.
I do believe it is best to have some form of cardio, flexibility and strength training. This will make sure you’re covering all angles. They all have benefits, and are very important for your overall health. When looking at a program though, you need to look for a balance with all of those three things. If all you do is lift weights, but no flexibility or mobility work, you will find your body starting to get tight. Your body will start to lose it’s range of motion, which will then lead to injuries. If you ONLY do cardio, and no strength training, then you may find yourself losing bone density, muscle mass and strength as you age.
The key is to do more of what you LOVE to do, and then add some of the stuff that will increase your overall health. The best program and place, is the one that will make you feel good, and keep you focused on your goals. Find what you like, and stick with it! Get yourself a good coach, and someone that will keep you accountable.
I think that everything is great as long as the person is pain free, staying safe and keeping active. SO PLEASE do what works for you, there are SOOOO many different types and places to stay fit. Just remember, do not work out if it’s causing you pain, and make sure to keep a balance on cardio, strength, flexibility and mobility! It is the best approach that you can have. If you have any questions or comments, please let me know.
My Mission is to help others achieve their goals by educating , empowering and inspiring them. To live a joyful, healthy, balanced lifestyle and live life on their terms.
Terry Blizzard
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