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Terms And Conditions Of Use
General Conditions of Sale
1. Oilswell Ltd only sell or supply goods or services on these conditions which, in case of conflict, shall override any terms or conditions imposed by you and which can only be varied if signed by the duly authorised representative of the supplying company. Each sale contract between you and ourselves as the supplying company is herein referred to as "the contract".
2. Our quotations and estimates are without commitment and an order is not binding on us unless (expressly or implied) we accept it in writing by a duly authorised representative.
3.1 Unless we agree otherwise in writing, our prices are quoted delivered UK address for UK sales (subject to minimum delivery quantity) and FOB UK port for International sales as defined in current ICC INCOTERMS. We shall be free to increase quoted prices (whether accepted or not) to cover variations in cost to us of materials, manufacture, carriage and insurance when variations in such costs arise between the date of quotation and the date of completion of the contract. Prices are quoted exclusive of valued added tax.
3.2 You shall be exclusively responsible for all customs duties and other such costs of importation.
4.1 Unless we agree otherwise in writing our terms of payment are (for UK sales) that each invoice is payable in full on or before 20th of the month following the month of delivery and for International sales that payment is made to us in full in accordance with our quotation/offer and agreed terms of payment. All payments shall be made in Sterling at our office in Yorkshire.
4.2 We reserve the right at any time to charge interest on a day to day basis at 3 per centum per month from the due date on late payments and as well after as before any judgement.
4.3 If any of your payments are returned by your bank far any reason we will charge £25 for each and every time any payment is returned.
4.4 If it should be necessary to issue proceedings in the courts to recover any debt we will make an administration fee to cover our internal expenses of £100.00.
4.5 Should your payment be in excess of 30 (thirty) days late the total debt will become due and payable in full.
5.1 Although we shall endeavour (subject to 5.2 below) to meet your delivery or completion requirements we shall be under no obligation to deliver goods or supply services by any specified date. Delivery and completion dates quoted by us or included in the contract are given in good faith but are estimates only and without engagement.
5.2 We may suspend or cancel the whole or any part of the contract if by reason of circumstances beyond our control (including, but without limiting the foregoing, strike, lockout, labour dispute, damage to or loss or failure of machinery, insufficient supply of electricity, gas oil or water, fire, mobilisation, war, blockade, act of God, adverse weather and shortage or carriage or shipping facilities) either we are prevented or hindered form performing our obligations or performance of those obligations is to a substantial degree rendered difficult. If we exercise our right of suspension, you may within 7 days cancel any remaining part of the contract conditionally on your paying expenses incurred to date and our fair charges. We shall have no liability for any such suspension, and on any such cancellation, whether by us or buy you; our liability (if any) is limited to repayment of any part of the price received less our fair charges and any expenses already incurred by us.
5.3 Part deliveries (in accordance with the contract or, with reasonable justification, as a departure from the contract) shall be deemed to represent separate contracts.
5.4 Without prejudice to any other right we may have we shall be entitled to charge for abortive delivery costs, storage and associated costs should you be unavailable for or refuse to deter delivery.
5.5 We do not supply goods or undertake work on approval and goods are not returnable except with our express written agreement.
6.1 Title to goods supplied by us remains vested in us until the purchase price and all other monies owing by you are paid in full.
6.2 Pending such payment such goods shall be kept separate and insured to their full value by you and in all respect held by you as bailee for us. We shall be entitled at any time to inspect and or to repossess our goods and you will allow and procure for us any necessary access therefore.
6.3 In the case of goods intended by you (at the time of your order) for resale in the normal course of your trading you shall, notwithstanding that the goods have remained our property, have liberty (for so long as we shall not have repossessed or given you notice of our intention to repossess the goods and as no event conferring a right of termination under 13 below shall have occurred) to sell such goods on a disposal in good faith for full value in the normal course of such trading and title shall pass to you immediately prior to its passing on such sale. In the case of other goods you shall while the goods remain our property not dispose or permit any disposal of them.
6.4 The risk of any loss, deterioration or damage shall nevertheless be borne by you from the moment of appropriation of goods to the contract except to such extent (if any) as we may have the benefit of insurance against such risk.
6.5 If we store, transport or work on any goods or other property (including goods about to be delivered by us or goods for intended incorporation in or use on contract goods or services) belonging to you or any third party we do so as your sole risk and (except as provided in these conditions) we shall have no liability to you or to any other party for loss deterioration or damage to such goods or other property howsoever arising and whether by negligence or otherwise.
6.6 In cases where we make a contract of carriage and/or arrange for insurance of goods in transit we shall be deemed to be acting as your agent and sub-sections (2) and (3) of Section 32 Sale of Goods Act 1979 shall not apply.
7. Without prejudice to 6.4 above, we shall have no liability arising out of non-delivery, shortage in delivery, deterioration or damage in transit except (but only in respect of goods delivered or intended for delivery in or in transit in the United Kingdom) where the appropriate claim is received by us in writing within the appropriate period specified below (or, in the case of transit of goods by carrier, such shorter period (known or which should reasonably be known to you) as the relevant carrier may lawfully require as a condition of its liability). The period referred to shall be 14 days from the date you receive our notification of despatch in the case of non-delivery and 3 days from the date of delivery in the case of shortage in delivery, deterioration or damage in transit.
8. Where we undertake work or provide labour at your works or elsewhere (not in our exclusive occupation) you shall indemnify us against all liability (including without limitation in respect of employee or third party claims) arising directly or indirectly from defects in or unsuitability of the works or site of apparatus or plant (other than that provided by us) or from negligence or breach of statutory duty on your part or that of your employees or any other third party (other than our own employees) and howsoever arising.
9.1 Except where we specifically agree in writing the selection or choice of our goods or services and (except as to compliance with specific technical specifications contained in our current literature) the assessment of our goods' suitability and fitness for your purpose is your sole responsibility.
9.2 Any specifications formulations data literature and statements as to content suitability performance or otherwise issued by us in connection with our goods or services are offered in good faith but are intended to be approximate only and shall not be deemed to constitute representations.
9.3 The copyright in our data sheets, packaging and literature shall remain our property.
9.4 Sections 13 to 15 (inclusive) Sale of Goods Act 1979 shall apply subject to the foregoing ( and to 11.2 below) and subject to any stipulations specifically made by us prior to the contract.
10.1 Where we undertake to install, maintain, repair or test any goods you shall bear the cost which shall include any travel and subsistence costs of our employees and agent(s) and provide (at your own expense) all relevant information and such facilities as we may require.
10.2 You shall be responsible for compliance with all statutory requirements and third party rights in connection with the siting, installation, erection and use by us of goods to your order and shall indemnify us accordingly.
11.1 The warranty under this condition to any written warranty separately given to you by us and (subject to 9 above and 11.2 below) all other warranties implied by common law, statute or otherwise.
11.2 Except where we specifically otherwise agree in writing, we offer no (and shall have no liability under any) warranty or condition (express or implied) in respect of goods materials or services of our suppliers or sub-contractors but we will (where we consider it appropriate and practical to do so) assist you to obtain the benefit of such warranties as are available from them in favour of first users of goods or services.
11.3 Subject to 11.2 above we will warrant (subject to the limitation set out in this condition and in 12 below that if goods of our own manufacture or services provided by us prove under normal conditions not to be free from defects in workmanship we will (at our election) repair or replace free of charge any goods (or the relevant constituent parts) or re-execute free of charge any of such services which in either case we find upon examination (for which you shall accord us full facilities) to have been so defective. This warranty is subject to the following limitations:
11.3.1 We shall be under no obligation to make good fair wear and tear or to make good faults or damage arising from impact, modification, inappropriate use or treatment, incorrect handling or failure to comply with use or maintenance instructions, or exposure to corrosive substances.
11.3.2 The benefit of the warranty shall only apply to you as our original customer.
11.3.3 Except where we specifically otherwise agree in writing warranty claims must be notified (in detail) to us in writing within 6 weeks of delivery or (in the case of services) practical completion and (in every case where our interests may be prejudiced by late notification) within 30 days of the grounds for the claim becoming apparent or discoverable on reasonable examination and all claims not so notified shall be deemed to have been waived.
12.1 We (and our employees and agents on whose behalf we contract for the purpose) shall in no circumstances be liable to you or to third parties for any loss of profit or consequential loss or damage, whether in respect of breach of the contract or of any collateral contract or in respect of negligence or any representation.
12.2 Without prejudice to 5.1 and 5.2 above we shall in no circumstances be liable from you or to third parties for any loss or damage arising directly or indirectly from failure to perform or delay in performing any obligation by reason of circumstances beyond our control or from delay in delivery or completion.
12.3 You shall indemnify us (and our employees and agents) against all third party claims to the extend to which our liability in respect thereof is or is purported to be restricted or excluded under 12.1 and 12.2 above (each being construed for this purpose without regard to 12. 4 below).
12.4 12.1 and 12.2 above shall not restrict or exclude any liability on us for death or personal injury resulting from our negligence or those for whom we are vicariously liable.
12.5 Our pricing structure is based upon these limitation of liabilities and indemnities and you are advised to consider yourself obtaining insurance cover for any claims for which we are (pursuant to this condition or otherwise) not liable for any indemnity liability which may arise under this condition.
13. We may by notice to you terminate our supply and/or service obligation if you are in breach of the contract or any other contract with us (such breach, if remediable, not having been remedied within 7 days of notice from us or any judgement against you is unsatisfied for 14 days or (being an individual) you die or commit and act of bankruptcy or (being a corporation) you enter liquidation or receivership or any event analogous to any of the foregoing shall happen in any other jurisdiction and any such termination shall be without prejudice to your obligations and our rights under the contract save that (in respect of amounts paid by you) you shall be entitled to credit (subject to our right of set off against any liabilities on any account) amounting to the lesser of the price under the contract with you in relation to, and the proceeds (less costs) of our subsequent disposal of, any goods which we have not delivered or which we repossess.
14. You may not assign the contract or any rights thereunder without the prior written consent.
15.1 These conditions shall be interpreted without reference to their headings.
15.2 The contract is deemed to be made at our offices in Yorkshire and shall be governed by English Law, and you shall submit to the non-exclusive jurisdiction of the English courts.
15.3 The Uniform Law on International Sales shall not apply to the contract.
15.4 Any provision of these conditions held by a court of law to be invalid shall be severable and shall to the extent necessary to prevent such invalidity be deemed to be omitted from these conditions and any liability which would otherwise have been excluded or limited shall nevertheless be subject to the remaining provisions of these conditions.
15.5 The waiver or any breach of any of these conditions or the non-enforcement of any of these conditions shall not prevent the subsequent enforcement of that condition or the exercise of any right arising from that breach and shall not be deemed a waiver of any subsequent breach.


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Hello lovlies,
Welcome to another In My Mailbox vlog! I know you're all excited you get an extra one from me this week!
Seriously, I think it took me five times to film Third Grave Dead Ahead because I kept laughing so hard. Why you ask? I have no idea, but the outtakes are hilarious.
What is in your mailbox?
Happy reading,
In My Mailbox #30: The One Where I have Trouble Speaking
Hello lovlies,

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ISO Approves ebXML OASIS Standards
ebXML Suite of Technical Specifications Promises to Cut Costs and Simplify Processes for e-Business
Geneva, Switzerland and Boston, MA, USA; 29 March 2004 — The International Standards Organization (IS0) has approved a suite of four ebXML OASIS Standards that enable enterprises in any industry, of any size, anywhere in the world to conduct business over the Internet. The submissions from OASIS will be published as ISO technical specifications, ISO/TS 15000.
The new ISO 15000 designation, under the general title, Electronic business eXtensible markup language, includes four parts, each corresponding to one of ebXML's modular suite of standards:
ISO 15000-1: ebXML Collaborative Partner Profile Agreement
ISO 15000-2: ebXML Messaging Service Specification
ISO 15000-3: ebXML Registry Information Model
ISO 15000-4: ebXML Registry Services Specification
Until now, the technology available for most businesses to exchange data was electronic data interchange (EDI), which made significant contributions to productivity and inventory control. Many companies, however, find EDI expensive and difficult to implement. The ebXML initiative, using the economies of scale presented by the Internet, breaks through these obstacles.
ebXML provides companies with a standard method to exchange business messages, conduct trading relationships, communicate data in common terms and define and register business processes. It aims to make it easier for organizations to interface with others within and outside their industry, open up new markets with less effort than before and, at the same time, cut costs and simplify process associated with traditional document exchange.
"ISO/TS 15000 underscores the importance of partnership between ISO and standards-developing organizations as OASIS to craft a common set of standards and reflects the international community's recognition of the importance of ebXML in enabling electronic business," said Alan Bryden, ISO Secretary-General. "We applaud the developers of ebXML within OASIS and the United Nations Centre for Trade Facilitation and Electronic Business (UN/CEFACT) for their contributions to open trade data interchange and harmonization."
"ISO approval is a gratifying endorsement of both ebXML and the OASIS open standards process," noted Patrick Gannon, president and CEO of OASIS. "ISO designation makes the already widely adopted ebXML standards even more accessible to adopters–particularly those implementing business solutions for governments–who look to ISO for assurance of long term viability."
John Borras, Director Technology Policy, U.K. Office of the e-Envoy, characterized the ISO approval as "a milestone for domestic and international electronic trade. Government agencies, users, and trade organizations can specify ebXML compliance with even greater confidence."
ISO/TS 15000 was approved by ISO technical committee ISO/TC 154, Processes, data elements and documents in commerce, industry and administration. For more information see http://www.iso.org/tc154. OASIS technical committees retain responsibility for maintaining and advancing ebXML standards. Details on ebXML installations are provided in the "ebXML Adoption Update" at http://www.ebxml.org/documents/ebxml_adopt_update_122203.pdf.
About ISO ISO is made up of 148 national standards institutes from countries large and small, industrialized and developing, in all regions of the world. ISO develops voluntary technical standards which contribute to making industrial production and supply more efficient, safer and cleaner, and to making trade between countries easier and fairer. ISO standards also serve to safeguard consumers and users in general of products and services, as well as to make their lives simpler.
About OASIS OASIS is the not-for-profit, global consortium that drives the development, convergence, and adoption of e-business standards. Members themselves set the OASIS technical agenda, using a lightweight, open process expressly designed to promote industry consensus and unite disparate efforts. OASIS produces worldwide standards for Web services, security, conformance, business transactions, and interoperability within and between marketplaces. Founded in 1993, OASIS has more than 3,000 participants representing over 600 organizations and individual members in 100 countries.
For more information: http://www.oasis-open.org http://www.ebxml.org http://www.iso.org/tc154
Press contact: Carol Geyer Director of Communications OASIS email@example.com +1.978.667.5115 x209


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The blog post I wrote, "Oh Dude!" has been published in the LA Times today in a column called "LA Affairs" and under the title "A dreamy dude on a dude ranch."
Personally, I liked my title better. They also made a few changes to which I prefer the original. The art work doesn't look like me at all.
And one reader is making comments at the end of the online version that are … well … interesting. When people who follow my blog comment on it, it's usually friendly, and it feels intimate. When a total stranger is critical in a huge public forum, well, let's just say I hadn't anticipated it! Oh, the vicissitudes of fame!
But all that said, I'm still thrilled!
Most writers questions whether their work is any good. If they're not questioning, it's probably not very good.
Having blog followers and facebook Likes is one way to feel good. Getting published is another. Getting paid is still another. Today I have all three!
I send my genuine thanks to anyone who has supported my return to writing after many years.


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Most plastic bag bans follow the simple formula of banning plastic grocery bags and placing a fee on paper bags in order to force shoppers to bring and use their own reusable bags. A bag ban is justified because littered plastic grocery bags are unsightly litter that can cause harm to wildlife through ingestion. However, absent from the discussion are three key issues: (1) the magnitude of plastic grocery bag litter; (2) the cost to consumers to comply with a bag ban; and (3) the impact on reducing litter, particularly plastic debris, that finds its way to the ocean and potentially causes harm to wildlife through ingestion.
When these issues are honestly looked at we discover that plastic bag litter is negligible and the cost to consumers is disproportionate to the results achieved. For example, plastic bag litter comprises only 0.6% of roadside litter of which about only half (about 0.3%) is plastic grocery bags. Hence, a plastic bag ban will still leave 99.7% of litter that must be cleaned up through traditional litter abatement methods. The effort to clean up the remaining 99.7% of litter could easily include the other 0.3% (e.g. plastic grocery bags and retail carryout bags) as part of the total effort. In other words, a plastic bag ban is not needed and certainly NOT JUSTIFIED for the small amount of plastic grocery bags littered in the community.
Furthermore, the cost to consumers to eliminate plastic grocery bags from roadside litter averages about 12-cents for each 2-cent plastic bag eliminated by a bag ban. Add to that the cost of plastic bag bans by local and state governments and costs incurred by retailers increasing the total cost far more than the 12-cents cost per plastic bag incurred by consumers! If you compute the annual cost per littered bag, it will be on the order of $250.00 per littered plastic bag per year. Obviously, this is NOT a good deal for consumers! So not only is a plastic bag ban a waste of time and money for the public; it is also a waste of time and money on the part of the environmentalist who promotes bag bans for such a miniscule reduction in litter, when traditional comprehensive litter abatement methods exist that will not only eliminate all plastic bags but also other plastic debris that makes its way to the ocean potentially harming wildlife.
To read the entire article, click on the following link: Bag Bans Waste of Time & Money


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So…a YA book about vampires – sounds familiar? Well, you'd be wrong! 🙂
Being Human takes the interesting perspective of Tommy, the recently turned vampire. The novel is written from his first-person POV, with only five chapters (incredibly long and semi-interior monologue in style); the chapters cover five distinct stages of his vampire life and experience.
In the world of Patricia Lynne's vampires, when a human is turned they remember nothing of their former human life – nothing really of their human selves or values – which is why they often return and kill their own families it seems. When Tommy does exactly this, it is only some inante recognition of the special bond he shares with his twin brother Danny that stops him from killing him as he does their parents.
In the early stages of the book, I struggled to like Tommy – he's heartless, unhuman and is quite blunt. Oh yes – I forgot, that's because he's supposed to be that way! He is a vampire after all. Once I got into this, he actually was quite cute and funny – certainly when he was trying to get his head around the intricacies of human/teenage life as his twin experiences it. As you see the new relationship develop with Tommy and Danny, you really see what the novel is about: the examination of what it is to 'be human'. Tommy asks and examines the questions throughout the book, that we often overlook in everyday life, but that are absolutely necessary in making us what and who we are. I've seen this done quite similarly in sci-fi, with books like Human Is?, Do Androids Dream of Electric Sheep and more recently Cinder – it was well done in Being Human.
The examination of various types of love – twins, family, children, romantic – is also very nicely done: the relationships feel authentic and give a greater depth than some other vampire books I've read. The main focus of Being Human isn't a romance, but a family bond which trumps survival, human nature and vampire instinct.
Overall Thoughts: A well-considered vampire book, with interesting elements and world-building for a 'post-knowledge setting' where humans are aware of the existence of vampires. The examination of humanity as Tommy actually goes through the process is interesting and well-thought out: many novels I've read with human-esque vamps begin way after they've already embraced their human side. Enough action and blood for a vampire book, but not actually the main draw in this case. Good stuff!
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Author Patricia Lynne will be featuring with us in a spotlight and interview later this week and you also have the chance of winning your own copy of Being Human here!


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You do have to be on the lookout for limited brews with Negami Brewery in Gotemba City as they tend come and go very quickly, and unless you have the chance to know the brewer personally like my my lucky self, they will pass by you without notice!
This brew is particularly interesting as it experiments with Omachi rice from Okayama prefecture and Hattan 55 Rice from Hiroshima Prefecture, and this with the water and yeast of Shizuoka prefecture!
Rice: Omachi & Hattan 55
Rice milled down to 55%
Dryness: + 2
Acidity: 1.4
Alcohol: 15~16 degrees
Bottled in October 2012
Clarity: very clear
Color: Faint golden hue
Aroma: Assertive. Dry and fruity. Melon, banana.
Body: Fluid
Taste: Strong and fruity attack with lovely dry junmai petillant warming u back of the palate.
Complex and elegant.
Lingers on only for a little while.
Melon, oranges, with notes of sweet lemon.
Begins on a sweetish note to quickly revert onto very fruity dryness.
Changes little with food although takes on an even drier turn.
Eminently enjoyable away from food as well as any time during a repast.
Overall: An elegant and rare sake typical of Negami Brewery.
A sake that elegantly invites you for more intriguing exploration.
Would please ladies and gentlemen alike.
I would definitely it for a special private tete a tete!
Kraemer's Culinary blog by Frank Kraemer in New York,Tokyo Food File by Robbie Swinnerton, Green Tea Club by Satoshi Nihonyanagi in Shizuoka!, Mind Some by Tina in Taiwan, Le Manger by Camille Oger (French), The Indian Tourist, Masala Herb by Helene Dsouza in Goa, India, Mummy I Can Cook! by Shu Han in London, Pierre.Cuisine, Francescannotwrite, My White Kitchen, Foodhoe, Chucks Eats, Things that Fizz & Stuff, Five Euro Food by Charles,Red Shallot Kitchen by Priscilla,With a Glass, Nami | Just One Cookbook, Peach Farm Studio, Clumsyfingers by Xethia, PepperBento, Hapabento, Kitchen Cow, Lunch In A Box, Susan at Arkonlite, Vegan Lunch Box; Tokyo Tom Baker, Daily Food Porn/Osaka, Only Nature Food Porn, Happy Little Bento, J-Mama's Kitchen, Cook, Eat, Play, Repeat, Bento Lunch Blog (German), Adventures In Bento, Anna The Red's Bento Factory, Ohayo Bento,
Must-see tasting websites:
-Sake: Tokyo Through The Drinking Glass, Tokyo Foodcast, Urban Sake, Sake World
-Wine: Palate To Pen, Warren Bobrow, Cellar Tours, Ancient Fire Wines Blog
-Beer: Good Beer & Country Boys, Another Pint, Please!, Beering In Good Mind: All about Craft Beer in kanzai by Nevitt Reagan!
-Japanese Pottery to enjoy your favourite drinks: Yellin Yakimono Gallery
Non gastronomy must-see sites by Shizuoka Residents
HIGHOCTANE/HAIOKU by Nick Itoh in Shizuoka City


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I received a call mid-march from Heidi Schneider owner of La Petite Boutique, a downtown St. Cloud shop located in the Regency Plaza building. She invited me to display during the March 24th St. Cloud Art Crawl and I gladly accepted!
The Regency Plaza building is located directly across the street from the Paramount Theater and La Petite's storefront faces an art gallery across the corridor. The location was fantastic and allowed me to set up a larger display. The store owner was a thoughtful, fantastic host who even purchased one of my paintings! It was the first time I was able to actually display a grouping of paintings rather than a few here and there. During the event I sold 6 paintings and in the days that followed 2 more paintings sold to customers who picked up my business card.
It was fun to answer questions and discuss my work with art lovers but with any successful event it also meant that I parted with some paintings that I treasured. The benefit of making the sales in person rather than online was knowing that the new owners of my artwork, treasured my paintings as much as I did.
Below are photos from the March 24th Art Crawl and also a photo of the painting Chalk Cat displayed with its new owner.


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by Erin Okuno, Idil Danan, Heather Hart
This coming summer southeast Seattle will have fewer summer school options for elementary school students partially due to the closure and withdrawal of the YMCA of Greater Seattle's Powerful Schools programs. In 2014, the YMCA took over the local Powerful Schools organization and merged it into the Y's slate of education programs. At the time they signaled they were interested in supporting and expanding into the Rainier Valley and South Seattle. Yet, less than four years later the Y has abruptly decided to close Powerful Schools, leaving hundreds of elementary school students and families without summer school and next school year without afterschool programs.
When the Y took over the Powerful Schools program it was heralded as a great merger for the Y and the region. Former Seattle Times columnist Jerry Large wrote: "The joining of the YMCA and Powerful Schools is the kind a community can celebrate. Both organizations have evolved since their beginnings and gotten much better at addressing social needs, particularly helping families and children thrive." The celebration was short-lived. In early 2018 the YMCA abruptly decided the financial cost of keeping Powerful Schools running was too much for the organization to bear. The YMCA states they are losing $1.3-million every year running the program. CEO Bob Gilbertson said at a parent meeting that philanthropic and government funding has shifted away from funding the program.
While we empathize with the Y for these financial losses rarely do youth-serving programs fully cover their own cost, especially when serving communities with lower socio-economic status, which the Y knew when they took over Powerful Schools. We also question the Y's priorities since they are currently fundraising millions of dollars for capital campaigns in the University District, Auburn, and Kent. If staff energy and time can be given to these campaigns why wasn't the same level of attention and priority given to sustaining programs serving more diverse communities[1] through Powerful Schools? This is contrary to their mission to "embrace diversity, reflecting the people and needs of our communities."
After the announcement of Powerful School's closure fifty-seven concerned parents and community members signed a letter expressing our concerns about the closure and to ask for explanations. CEO Bob Gilbertson, VP Jeff Rainy, and Board Chair Tom Hull agreed to meet with us. At the meeting we had several asks of the YMCA in light of the closure:
- $20,000 per school site in mitigation funding to ease the transition for schools and families.
- Follow up at individual school sites.
- The YMCA Association board commit to adding two-community embedded representatives to their board to foster a greater connection between who the Y is serving and the board.
It took almost two-weeks for CEO Gilbertson to reply and only after a reminder email. In his terse response, Mr. Gilbertson said: "The Y will not provide $20k per school that is operating Powerful Schools programs. It has already provided in excess of that amount to operate the programs this year," and the burden of follow-up communication fell to parents and principals. These answers are not surprising and still disappointing. The Y still hasn't replied to a March 30 follow-up email asking for details about next steps.
The YMCA is showing its privilege as a white-led organization with little connection to the South Seattle Community. The merger between Powerful Schools and the Y was heralded as a way to help families thrive but has instead harmed communities of color. The Y is choosing to leave when things are hard rather than fight to stay and support children they said they wanted to help. Now families and schools are forced to figure what we will do for summer and after-school care. We've done this dance before and in the long run, our community will figure out how to support our kids because we are resilient and we take care of our own.
We are sharing this information so the YMCA's leaders and other mainstream organizations who operate in our community understand their roles and responsibilities and are held accountable. Coming into a community and believing you are helping and doing good, but then leaving when financial resources dry up is not helping. Transparency, communication, and staying true to community driven missions and visions is what is needed. We are holding the Y accountable because they have a responsibility to serve without being a savior. While our community is strong we shouldn't have to fight for scraps from large outside organizations who leave after a few years.
The Y has a chance to make-right by our community by honoring our reasonable requests. $20,000 in mitigation funds per school is a small percentage of the $1.3-million they will save next school year by shuttering Powerful Schools. That $20,000 will help schools bridge the gap in services. This isn't about money, it is about respect for our families, our school communities, and being of service to communities they chose to serve. The Y also needs to diversify their board and reach deeper into the community to find board members who are rooted in the communities they serve to keep their programs and organization truly mission-driven.
The YMCA needs to make right by our SE community and honors our asks. Our children and families deserve better than being left to scramble to rebuild programs after YMCA leaders made decisions without community input. They should do what is right and respect our community by diversifying their board and leadership and providing mitigation funding.
Idil Danan, Heather Hart, and Erin Okuno are parents of children in two different public schools in SE Seattle.
[1] Demographics: University District: 60% White, Auburn: 63% White, Kent: 47% White, Southeast Seattle- Beacon Hill: 21% White, Rainier Beach: 22% White


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Looking Up: Seeing double
There are a lot of pairs in the night sky. We have the double star Mizar-Alcor in the Big Dipper handle; the two moons of Mars; the beautiful Double Cluster of Perseus and the Twin Stars, Castor and Pollux.
Like many twins, we need to get used to which one is which. The stars are actually quite different, and they aren't even associated with each other. They just happen to be two bright stars a few degrees apart, and they mark the "heads"of the constellation Gemini the Twins.
Castor and Pollux are among numerous bright stars populating the winter evening sky. No where else in the heavens as seen from Earth (an important point, since the starry arrangement is totally different wherever you go in the Milky Way) are there so many brilliant stars- magnitude +1 and brighter- so near each other.
It is hard to take your eyes from majestic Orion with its fiery red Betelgeuse, gleaming Rigel and the three stars of the Belt. Then there is bright red-orange Aldebaran with gloriously bright planet Jupiter nearby this year. Nearly overhead is bright yellow Capella. Down to the left of Orion is bright Procyon and brilliant blue-white Sirius. Castor and Pollux are farthest to the east, which is left as seen from the Northern Hemisphere (or to the right if you stand on your head).
Seen rising in the east early on a mid-winter evening, Pollux is the one at bottom and is pale orange or yellow in hue. Castor is just above it, nice and white.
Although the moon is full on Jan. 26 and situated not far below Castor and Pollux in the east, the bright winter stars will still punctuate the glow of moonlight. Wait a few nights and look before the moon rises, to see the dazzle of the constellations where these bright stars reside. A winter star chart found in many astronomy field guides likely available at the library, or online, will help you trace the star patterns.
Castor is 52 light years away and is actually a sextuple system. That means there are six stars orbiting one another. Pollux is a bit brighter than Castor, and is 34 lights years distant.
On a reasonably dark night, scan the stars of Gemini; while in the east, The "head" stars described above are on the left. The "bodies" of the "Twins" stretch to the right, and end before you get to Orion. The "feet" stars of the "Twins" are on the right end. With binoculars, examine these stars for a marvelous hazy patch of light, which you may be able to discern as a tight cluster of dim stars. This is M35, an open star cluster which is a fine sight in a small telescope. You should be able to see it with unaided eyes on a moonless night, away from town and city lights- once you let your eyes adapt to the darkness.
M35 is one of thousands of star clusters you can find in a backyard telescope.
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For me, knowledge networks is what it's all about! I was honoured to speak with the staff of the State Library of NSW about the issues and drivers that we consider as we work with students in our tertiary learning environments. Learning in Networks of Knowledge was just the beginning of a bigger conversation.
Thank you to the wonderful innovation team [see my last post] for this opportunity.


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I was checking out the storm Thursday morning, and that's when I spotted it. Hanging low in our woods, almost aiming for the pond, then back up again. I'm sure it was trying to stay out of the wind gusts, but it moved like it was not affected by them at all.
Turkey Vultures!
Yep, we officially know it is spring when they show back up. They fly over heading north-northeast every spring. Then we get to see them going back in the fall. Have no clue where they are going to or from, but love to see them.
They are not as big as a Condor, but much larger than our area hawks. Guess I am just too much of a bird watching nut, so I naturally get excited when I see them. They are such smooth operators, even in our gust storms!
The first one I spotted was Thursday (3/31/16). It was all by itself which is very odd. Normally we see them like this:
This group I spotted at our local small town library about an hour ago. They were dipping in between the trees there – odd? I have seen them in groups of about 5 to around 10, and I know they do not fly straight. They do this huge loop-de-loop in the air, gradually floating off in the direction they want to go. Ducks and geese fly over all year long. They are in a "V" formation, but they still move like an arrow in a straight direction. The loop-de-loop is usually how I spot the vultures. Dead give away (ha ha – yes, pun intended!)
The way they were bobbing in and out of the trees, they seemed to be playing at the library. Shame on them! They were just far enough away and moved fast enough that I could not get a clean shot of one with my cell phone – Boo Hoo! Oh well, at least, I have a couple of pics. Would love to have one close up in the wild. I think they are a bit camera shy! Too bad, I have a business proposition for them…I will set out some of my chicken feed as a treat if they pick off some of our huge ugly gophers? Think they will bite?
Pocket Gopher: Prarie Dog
- Can't tell here, but they have very long sharp teeth and claws.
- Are almost as big as a Prarie Dog.
- Take out the roots of EVERYTHING!
- Neither is cute or cuddly
- Both are dangerous (I actually saw some in a pet shop in WI – oooh nooo Mr. Bill! Now I hear they are having a prairie dog problem – duh!) and do not make good pets!
- Both will dig holes large enough for a goat, cow, or horse to break a leg in!
- Cattlemen and/or a good hunter can pick off a prairie dog on the plains – they are bold and brazen.
- Gophers are sneaky! If a cat or dog is patient, they may get one. Our guineas would rip it off if it ever had the guts to show its face to them – but nooo – they have too much fun tearing up all of our good fruit tree roots – jerks.
Well, I have news for them…soon it will be warm enough for our Bull snake momma to come out – wooo hooo – love her!!!


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Today Painless Childbirth: An Empowering Journey Through Pregnancy and Childbirthby Guiditta Tornetta was released on Amazon.
It is exciting to see a book that appreciates the power of hypnosis for childbirth. It was written by a doula who is a hypnotherapist and has used hypnosis to help many of her clients have painfree births.
Buy the book by the 19th and you can enter a drawing to win a prize. They are trying to get the book to the #1 position of pregnancy and childbirth books!


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After initially tolerating YouTubers who ran their own ads on Nintendo-related videos and then cracking down on the practice, Nintendo recently promised to implement some sort of revenue-sharing program. What had sounded like a plan to split ad money on Let's Plays suddenly sounds like something grander.
"Think of it as an affiliate program where we will be providing access to executives, information, etcetera, encouraging that group of affiliates to create content on our behalf," Nintendo of America president Reggie Fils-Aime told me when I asked him for details at E3.
As an example of the kind of material Nintendo wants to create, he pointed to the company's E3-hyping collaboration with the video game comedy team Mega64 (seen up top).
The Mega64 video is funny, but it also seems like quite a bit more of a production than the kind of Let's Play videos sometimes caught up in ad sweeps. What would Nintendo's affiliate program mean for people who simply want to play a favorite game and upload footage? What, I asked, is Nintendo's view of that kind of work—the kind of work that some companies see as promotion for their games and that they're happy to have YouTubers make money off of with YouTube ads?
"When we unveil our affiliate program it'll be clear how different entities can play," Fils-Aime said. "And likely there will be a place for the kinds of examples where you reference, like, look, 'All I want to do is capture some of the content and put it out there,' not add a lot of value. There'll be a role for that.
"But, candidly, what we really want is folks who are going to work with us to create some unique, compelling content, because we believe that benefits both entities. Again, you look at that Mega64 video, last time I looked, close to a million views, and that benefits them and that benefits us."
Fils-Aime said Nintendo initially began stopping some YouTubers from running ads on their Nintendo-related videos because it was working to protect the reputation of its characters on the video site.
"The first thing we needed to do was make sure that the content that's out there was representative of the franchises. These are our lifeblood. These are our children. We needed to make sure that the content there was reflective of what these franchises are. The next step is working with the YouTube community to provide access to information, access to executives, to help them create world-class content, leveraging our franchises."
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The Daily Ant hosts a weekly series, Philosophy Phridays, in which real philosophers share their thoughts at the intersection of ants and philosophy. This is the fourth contribution in the series, submitted by Cheryl Abbate.
Consider the Ant
Many people object to raising and killing animals like cows, chickens, and pigs for food because they are conscious (i.e., sentient). Farmed animals clearly have interests, such as the interests in not suffering and continued existence, and there is "something it is like" to be a cow, pig, or chicken. But what about insects, like ants? Are they conscious? Is there "something it is like" to be an ant? If not, perhaps we ought to consume insects, like ants, in lieu of factory farmed animals.
A common belief is that insects lack the neuro-physiological capacity to be consciously aware of pain. Even though insects have a centralized nervous system and a brain, and withdraw from noxious stimuli, some argue that consciousness requires a certain degree of nervous-system complexity that insects lack. For one, insects do not have a neocortex, leading some to conclude that they lack the capacity for subjective experiences. On this view, only a mammalian neocortex can generate consciousness (Key 2016; Rose 2010). After all, there is evidence that the neocortex is where the perception of pain in humans is generated (see footnote [1]).
This view is challenged by studies concerning convergent evolution, which inform us that different species can use different brain structures and systems to handle the same function, such as the function of pain-processing. For instance, while fish lack a neocortex, they possess a pallium, which is said to be equivalent to the neocortex, argues fish scientist Braithwaite (2010). Likewise, a homolog of the mammalian neocortex, the dorsal ventricular ridge, is found in the brain of birds (Dugas-Ford et al. 2012). Thus we should consider the possibility that insects are capable of sensing pain through a neural mechanism that is analogous, but not identical, to the structure that supports the capacity for subjective experience in humans.
Moreover, there is considerable disagreement about what supports the capacity for subjective experience in humans. While a popular view is that the cortex gives rise to subjective experiences in humans, others argue that the integrated structures of the vertebrate midbrain supports the capacity for subjective experience (Merker 2007). If the midbrain is what supports the capacity for subjective experience in humans, then the case for insect consciousness is a compelling one. After all, a recent study concludes that the central ganglion of insects is equivalent to the mammalian midbrain, as it is involved in processing sensory information, selecting targets, and directing action (Barron and Klein 2016). The central ganglion, then, may support a capacity for the most basic aspect of consciousness: subjective experience (Barron and Klein 2016).
The case for insect consciousness is all the stronger when it comes to ants, as these insects demonstrate some degree of cognitive complexity. To begin with, ants, which are paradigm eusocial insects, are known for their remarkable degree of sociality. Jeffrey Lockwood suggests that highly social animals must have awareness of how other minds operate. As he argues:
A critical step in the evolution of animal societies is the establishment of efficient interactions, and these interactions depend on group members' abilities to understand each others' thoughts, intentions, and feelings. Therefore, social insects must correctly judge the frame of mind, as it were, of one another. To carry out the processes of climatic regulation, feeding, brood care, foraging, etc., individuals must be aware of the needs of their nestmates (1987, 80).
Moreover, there is evidence of communication, teaching, and memory in ant communities, which suggests that there is some level of ant mental activity. Here is just a sampling of studies that indicate this:
Ant communication: A 2016 study finds that ants communicate with each other and collectively influence their communities during the fluid exchanged by trophallaxis, which is described as the process of shifting proteins, hormones, and other small molecules from mouth to mouth (LeBoeuf et al. 2016). The researchers conclude that trophallaxis "underlies a private communication channel that ants use to direct the development of their young" (LeBoeuf et al. 2016).
Ant teaching and bidirectional feedback: A study conducted by Franks and Richardson (2006, 153) concludes that the ant technique known as "tandem running," which involves one ant leading another from the nest to food, "is an example of teaching, to our knowledge the first in a non-human animal that involves bidirectional feedback between teacher and pupil." According to the researchers, when tandem running occurs, the ants involved (both the "tandem leader" and "tandem follower") send signals to one another that control both the speed and course of the run.
Ant memory: One study demonstrates that there is cognitive complexity in ant navigation, as ants "backtrack" when they find themselves in unfamiliar places, which indicates the "presence of a type of 'memory of the current trip' allowing lost ants to take into account the familiar view recently experienced" (Wystrach et al. 2013).
Even though some animals have different behaviors and different neurological structures from that of humans, we, more likely than not, are the same in a way that matters. The evidence of ant sociality, communication, teaching, and memory, taken together with Barron's and Klein's (2016) finding that the insect brain supports a capacity for subjective experience, provides us with compelling reasons to believe that even "mere" ants are conscious and thus deserving of our moral consideration. The behavior of ants is highly complex and arguably intelligent, and it indicates that there is something that happens in ant life other than mechanical stimulus-responses similar to reflexes.
Given that scientists cannot even agree on what supports the capacity for subjective experience in humans, it is indeed arrogant to dogmatically insist that ants lack the neural mechanisms that support a capacity for subjective experience, especially when there is compelling evidence that indicates otherwise. Consequently, in our future encounters with ants, we might heed the recommendation of Lockwood (1987, 70): "we ought to refrain from actions which may be reasonably expected to kill or cause nontrivial pain in insects when avoiding these actions has no, or only trivial, costs to our own welfare." This implies that since we can subsist on a plant-based diet, we should cease all proposals to introduce ants, or any insect, into our diet.
[1] In the case of humans, the process of sensation looks something like this: an injury stimulates nociceptors (sensory neurons), which send electrical signals through nerve lines and the spinal cord to the neocortex, where injuries are processed into a sensation of pain. For humans (and other mammals), it is in the neocortex where the perception of pain is generated. In the case of mammals, pain is a product of higher brain center processing.
Barron, Andrew B., and Colin Klein. 2016. "What Insects Can Tell Us about the Origins of Consciousness." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 113 (18): 4900–4908. doi:10.1073/pnas.1520084113.
Brian Key. 2016. "Why Fish Do Not Feel Pain." Animal Sentience 3.
Dugas-Ford, J., J. J. Rowell, and C. W. Ragsdale. 2012. "Cell-Type Homologies and the Origins of the Neocortex." Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences 109 (42): 16974–79. doi:10.1073/pnas.1204773109.
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Cheryl Abbate is a philosophy doctoral candidate at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Her primary research interest is in applied ethics, especially military ethics, environmental ethics, and nonhuman animal ethics. Journal articles include: "Adventures in Moral Consistency: How to Develop an Abortion Ethic from an Animal Rights Framework" (Ethical Theory and Moral Practice), "How to Help when it Hurts: The Problem of Assisting Victims of Injustice" (Journal of Social Philosophy), and "The Search for Liability in the Defensive Killing of Nonhuman Animals" (Social Theory and Practice).


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Investor Relations & PR: currently 149 jobs.The latest job was posted on 28 May 23.
Investor Relations / PR
This sector contains all our investor relations and PR jobs.
PR and marketing careers require people who are professional communicators. Whether you are one of the marketing staff who create the organisation's brand, or one of the public relations (PR) staff who manage its reputation, your day in these roles will revolve around communication.
The PR department is the conduit for information between the bank and the media. When journalists want to know about anything, from the latest research notes to initial public share offerings or industrial relations tribunals, they often call the people in PR.
Large financial institutions typically employ a head of global PR based at head office, with other PR managers and PR assistants scattered across major regional centres. Some PR staff have a defined responsibility for a particular part of the firm, such as its private bank. Former journalists, as well as career PR people, help to fill these roles.
However, although banks mainly recruit for their own PR jobs, such firms also outsource some of their media requirements to PR agencies. These PR roles typically manage specific campaigns or deal with specialist enquires (e.g. employer branding). Equally, PR agencies employ specialist public relations staff to communicate information about significant financial events such as mergers and acquisitions and initial public offerings of shares. Companies will often employ these agencies to communicate on their behalf.
As with PR, marketing staff are also concerned with the way the organisation is perceived by the outside world. A marketing job focuses not on the media but on presenting a financial services firm's image to existing and potential customers.
At many investment banks, inhouse communications experts also produce company magazines, run intranet sites and manage corporate events.
Jobs in investor relations require playing a more formal role, distributing information about a company and its financial performance to existing and potential shareholders. Investor relations professionals are "middlemen" who handle inquiries from shareholders and investors, and other people who are interested in a company's stock or financial stability.
An investor relations career is essentially strategic management that demands expertise in communication, finance, marketing, and securities law compliance. The goal is to encourage communication between a company and the financial community that will help its securities achieve fair valuation.
The investor relations job is wide ranging, and includes working at fund-raising roadshows to keep audiences up to date about the firm's internal operations. Investor relations people also attend press conferences, shareholder meetings, and private meetings with investors.
Company annual reports and the investor relations section of company websites fall under their remit, and they communicate information about corporate governance and corporate social responsibility.
The investor relations department usually reports to the chief financial officer or treasurer, although in some firms the function is managed by the PR team.


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While the US pretends to be a progressive and educated society, we come up lacking when it comes to the basic needs of our young. This is clearly evident when the topic of breastfeeding comes up. US breastfeeding rates are abysmal, and the public view on nursing in public, and nursing in general, rank even lower. While evidence supports numerous benefits for child, mother, and society, breastfeeding support is lacking and breastfeeding mothers frequently are treated poorly. Many, including the two-faced individuals who claim that they support breastfeeding and yet vehemently exclaim that they shouldn't have to see that, would have others believe that discrimination against breastfeeding mothers and rude comments are a mythical occurence. However, too many breastfeeding mothers can attest to discrimination and comments. Those instances that make it to the media are not isolated events.
How do we normalize breastfeeding against such ignorance and intolerance? Some mothers (and fathers) prepare and practice informative and/or witty comebacks. Some work towards educating the public. Others are setting the example, either with a purpose in mind or merely by meeting their children's needs by nursing anytime and anywhere. While educating others, meeting our children's needs, and protecting ourselves are all important aspects of normalizing breastfeeding, I think we are missing the one thing that will go the furthest: empowerment!
Most of us have received a negative comment (or more) about breastfeeding at some time or other. If not, there are the comments about us, said loudly enough to make certain we hear them. How often have we heard positive comments?
Nothing we say is going to change these people. Expecting a majority to band together to support a minority is unrealistic, at best. Instead, I call for solidarity! Support other nursing mothers you see out and about. Anyone can do this. A kind comment, a cheesy smile, or even a thumbs up to show support goes a long way. If nursing mothers and their support networks (husbands, partners, parents, siblings, children) band together, we can empower each other (and future nursing mothers) and make a change. Vow to make a small difference in the life of a nursing mother you don't know.


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A SUM of RM1.08 billion has been allocated for maintenance of federal roads throughout the country this year, said Works Minister Fadillah Yusof.
He said of this amount, RM150 million is for maintenance works in the southern zone covering Pahang, Johor and Negri Sembilan.
"Maintenance works in Pahang involve an expenditure of RM66.08 million, followed by Johor (RM60.9 million) and Negri Sembilan (RM23.63 million).
"These maintenance works are important to keep these roads in good condition," he told reporters in conjunction with the FTRoadpedia South 2.0 Tour in Klang today.
Fadillah said proposals for road upgrade works on Federal Road FT050 from Ayer Hitam to Kluang in Section 33.8 until the Kluang Stadium junction in Section 49.1 would be submitted to federal authorities next year.,
Fadillah said the Phase 3B project, with an estimated value of RM385.13 million under the 12th Malaysia Plan, is aimed at reducing fatal accidents throughout the alignment.
He said it is a continuation of the Phase 3A project worth RM219 million, which is under construction and expected to be completed in October 2024.
"This location has recorded the most accidents in Malaysia due to the absence of road shoulders, medians and U-turns, with 52 accidents reported from 2020 to June 2022.
"This road is the main toll-free route connecting Batu Pahat, Kluang and Mersing districts, and it will involve construction work on road shoulders, medians, U-turns and related works," he added.
He also said an additional allocation of RM600,000 has been approved to upgrade streetlights along Federal Road FT050 to improve various aspects of road travel, especially towards the safety of road users. – Bernama, August 20, 2022.
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