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tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post8367474122923289784..comments2020-08-14T22:14:51.804+01:00Comments on Capitalists@Work: Everything is inappropriate, but what is illegal?CityUnslickerhttp://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-87040361784362949152017-11-03T20:57:54.529+00:002017-11-03T20:57:54.529+00:00Anon 10.07 "*please* don't go down the pa...Anon 10.07 "*please* don't go down the paranoid path"

That's what the late Tsar Nicholas II's advisers told him when he claimed that a tiny number of intelligent ideologues were planning to turn Mother Russia into an atheist worker's state.

"Bill Cosby for one"

Supreme Court Judge Clarence Thomas was a black conservative jurist who, like the black conservative Bill Cosby, also faced allegations of sexual assault.

Do we see a pattern here? (Hint - it's not skin colour - see Bill Clinton, darling of the Labour Party conference, for details.) firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-81936588546055409332017-11-03T14:57:17.008+00:002017-11-03T14:57:17.008+00:00I notice - whenever we go out (Boss Girl is quite ...I notice - whenever we go out (Boss Girl is quite a sort really) - the women all look at her and not me.

The rowing club became the row-ing club.

All the guys wanted was a bit of exercise and to get pissed afterwards. The women's teams... it was out and out warfare. Electro-Kevinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-14321871903549762182017-11-03T13:16:59.123+00:002017-11-03T13:16:59.123+00:00Ever been in a place where a charismatic woman arr...Ever been in a place where a charismatic woman arrives and people (including females) are fawning around her ?

Not since school, I work for the council, it's supposed to be 75% women in local government, but generally speaking they don't have much charisma, wiley or sexuality.

There's nearly always an 'in crowd' everywhere though. There was at school, probably several at uni, every call centre had one, and there's one at every dance class I've been to. But I'm not sure the council has one.

They say men are competitive and women cooperative at work. But I reckon women are the competitive ones socially, and men more cooperative and easy going. I noticed this when got roped into doing a cabaret thing in a dancing competition two years running. The guys were all very supportive of each other and helped each other out.

The girls were nice to each other faces but behind the facade there were covert ops going on to 'outdo' each other in terms of who was wearing what and standing where on stage. I'd have never noticed it going on had my dance partner not also been my other half.

At first I thought it was all going on in her head. But she came into the first dress rehearsal brandishing a tiny pair of hot pants she'd disobediently bought to spite the bossy one, another of the women immediately came over to congratulate her for wiping the smile off the bossy one's face. They are actually all on the same bonkers wavelength.

I've come to the conclusion women are basically at a permanent state of war with one another.Steven_Lhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-53678455214781256772017-11-03T12:57:13.316+00:002017-11-03T12:57:13.316+00:00Perhaps, Westminster is now just undergoing the cu...Perhaps, Westminster is now just undergoing the cultural revolution that has already overtaken our workplaces

I think this is the nub of it. It was over 20 years ago that we started never being alone with a woman in a a closed room - the rule was either 3 of you or the door fully open. We'd only just stopped having ashtrays on our desks but were still regularly doing a couple of pints each lunchtime.

Then of course came glass-walled meeting rooms and open plan offices, the woman from the new HR department became an ex officio member of every interview panel and there were a couple of high profile sackings for inappropriate behaviour pour encourager les autres.

By the time the zero alcohol policy was rolled out the lunchtime pub sesh was largely dead anyway - it was no fun without the girls. Then the Christmas party became a late afternoon high tea with ethnic snacks and no-one daring to take a drink fromn either the red wine box or the white wine box.

So yes, it's high time those self-righteous bastards in Westminster get a taste of what the rest of us have been through. Close ALL the Parliament bars - no alcohol in the workplace. Convert the secret cubbyholes into large airy open plan offices with hot desking and each MP having a little pedestal to keep their stuff in. Close the heavily subsidised restaurants and give Harvester the canteen concession. Make them account for their time.

The dreary cnuts have turned the rest of the land into a tedious mediocre middle management Hell - it's about time they got theirs. Raedwaldhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-72646526837476855882017-11-03T12:57:11.781+00:002017-11-03T12:57:11.781+00:00Anonymous - Bill Cosby is the only one and he is o...Anonymous - Bill Cosby is the only one and he is on the conservative side of entertainment. Black men have made a whole genre (Rap music) out of misogyny (bitches 'n' hoes) yet this is revered as high art by white lefty luvvies.

I suppose the Rolling Stones have got away with it too but not so much.

Perhaps the target is white *conservative* males in this country... at a time when we are trying to deal with Brexit, the goverment in yet more turmoil over trivia.

What a fucking shambles. Have those in the bubble not seen the hard-bastard armies that the Russians and Chinese are amassing while we are pussifying ourselves ?

Stephen L - I wasn't referring to sexual abuse of males, more to the use of female sexuality.

Ever been in a place where a charismatic woman arrives and people (including females) are fawning around her ? She then uses her wiley ways to cut people out of the social circle ? Or those that play the card and get male workers to cover their shifts ?

It's a form of physical abuse - especially an unexptected extra shift of nights, which hits you like a steam train.Electro-Kevinhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-58198611034814923382017-11-03T12:48:41.806+00:002017-11-03T12:48:41.806+00:00This comment has been removed by the author.Electro-Kevinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-67159466154771235862017-11-03T10:43:09.235+00:002017-11-03T10:43:09.235+00:00Women abuse men in the workplace too. In my secon...Women abuse men in the workplace too.

In my second ever job aged 18 (1998, a dodgy telesales outfit in deepest darkest Ashington) I was set upon by this horrid, married, morbidly obese woman in her mid 30's.

I gave her a lift home for £2.50, and she offered to pay me in other ways. I politely declined due to her being married. So she said I could have the £2.50 and the bj. Again I politely declined. Her next offer was if I let her she'd keep schtum, but if I didn't she'd tell everyone at work I had. She was utterly gross, so again I refused.

I didn't actually take her threat seriously, but sure enough I came to work the next evening and not only had she told everyone we had started an affair, she had actually managed to convince at least half of them of it. The boss took me aside to ask about it, and I think believed me, but mused over how she would have had to deal with the situation had it been a 35 year old man trying the same thing with an 18 year old girl.Steven_Lhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-50358896341740999652017-11-03T10:07:14.424+00:002017-11-03T10:07:14.424+00:00@EK - *please* don't go down the paranoid path...@EK - *please* don't go down the paranoid path, it's not wimmin out to get White Man. Bill Cosby for starters.

Thing is, power does actually corrupt and, due to biological and historical quirks, the people in power are generally white men. As more women and minorities get into positions of power, they too will push their luck and abuse their position. And hopefully get hung out to dry over it too.

It's like thieves in China complaining the police are only after Chinese ethnic thieves - it's a bit of a self-fulfilling conspiracy theory.

My only issue is separating the truth from the bullshit. I don't like Courts of Public Opinion, it's the modern version of village gossip and scarlet lettering, and whilst I expect most victims to be genuine there'll be the usual chancers looking for a payout as well as the self-deluded and damaged.

It's unfortunate, but its unlikely most people will ever get redress, meanwhile careers are destroyed on what amounts to hearsay. That's not justice for anyone.

Short of the ultimately invasive police state, where even our thoughts and memories are collated and stored, we have to accept the limitations of justice, and in cases of sex crimes, abuse of position and the whole spectrum of he said/she said those limitations are stark.

Kudos to Julia Hartley-Brewer though, she didn't paint herself as a victim and made it clear that continuing to being a creepy twat would result in painful consequences. If I had a daughter I'd point her out and say there, there's a role model. Someone grabs your pussy, kick them in the balls until they sing like a firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-83999294399722202932017-11-03T09:06:40.197+00:002017-11-03T09:06:40.197+00:00"I am really baffled as to what the real agen..."I am really baffled as to what the real agenda is"

Littlejohn gets it today. After the Weinstein scandal:

"Never underestimate the ability of our Parliamentarians to jump on a bandwagon and make it all about them..."

I'd add to that the liking British women seem to have for giving British men (usually white ones) a bloody good kicking. Whole newspaper pages are given over to white-man bashing. Whole TV programmes given over to white-man bashing.

This is mainly the sisterhood taking part in the Metoo thing.

Women abuse men in the workplace too. In a different way but they use their sex to do it.

Electro-Kevinhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-66660768740981510812017-11-03T09:02:53.539+00:002017-11-03T09:02:53.539+00:00BBC news priorities 1/ Some unspecified Labour MP...BBC news priorities

1/ Some unspecified Labour MP may have "sxually harassed" someone unspecified, in a manner unspecified.

2/ 100,000 NHS patients treated in ambulances because A&E was firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-76901205526586159242017-11-03T06:34:43.821+00:002017-11-03T06:34:43.821+00:00"the UK is rightly renowned as a safe, ordered and..."the UK is rightly renowned as a safe, ordered and light touch place to live ones life"

Was.James Highamhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-17436135962015656872017-11-02T21:25:19.480+00:002017-11-02T21:25:19.480+00:00As ever, it is nothing to do with what you do or s...As ever, it is nothing to do with what you do or say, but rather how it's received. DrBhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-40969919067457785672017-11-02T20:58:57.203+00:002017-11-02T20:58:57.203+00:00"I am really baffled as to what the real agen..."I am really baffled as to what the real agenda is"

The agenda is just as it was with organised Pakistani rape gangs - point the finger everywhere else but at the perpetrators, attack straight white males.

"Children are being sexually exploited in every "town, village and hamlet" in England with social networking sites and easy access to pornography fuelling the problem, a watchdog has warned MPs. Sue Berelowitz, Deputy Children's Commissioner, said abuse was taking place in "leafy rural areas" as well as inner cities, and involved organised gangs as well as lone paedophiles using computers."

http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/uknews/crime/9327534/Child-abuse-taking-place-in-every-town-village-and-hamlet-in-England.html

firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-17261613146248864432017-11-02T18:46:36.545+00:002017-11-02T18:46:36.545+00:00The future is middle-management straight as a die ... The future is middle-management straight as a die types. We will have to see how that works out in due course.

We already know how that works out.

Theresa May.
Bill Quango MPhttps://firstname.lastname@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-45546781879761716842017-11-02T17:11:05.331+00:002017-11-02T17:11:05.331+00:00Come now, you are not so stupid as to believe that...Come now, you are not so stupid as to believe that the women's franchise can be confused with a value. So why pretend to be? Pre-emptive surrender to the email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-91274610428328432132017-11-02T16:18:34.299+00:002017-11-02T16:18:34.299+00:00It does feel like antics in Westminster dominate t...It does feel like antics in Westminster dominate the news to the point where an MP patting a knee 15 years ago becomes a front page story while, say, GPs or police officers with stronger perversions are off the radar.

Also say what you like about Labour but they've got a ruthless Leninist discipline to them. All the media focus is on the Tories, despite allegations of rape and cover-up.Gnome of email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-44014228023519416902017-11-02T15:48:10.098+00:002017-11-02T15:48:10.098+00:00SL - brilliant comment SLSL - brilliant comment SLCityUnslickerhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-89920199611772881762017-11-02T15:00:26.141+00:002017-11-02T15:00:26.141+00:00the juniors in my office are of the Tinder generat...the juniors in my office are of the Tinder generation who frequently disappear to total strangers houses for an hour or two on the strength of a squizz at a facebook profile

At the turn of the millennium, when nobody had phones that doubled as digital cameras, and internet chat rooms where totally anonymous, all you had to go on was a (usually very flattering) self-description of each other.

As for the legalities, the bit that fascinates me is whether the US will apply their 'SVP' laws to rich and famous sex pests in the USA with the same rigor they are to Joe Sixpack.

I know in California (where most of the Hollywood sex pests operate) you qualify as a 'sexually violent predator' if you have convictions for sex crimes with two identifiable victims. And rape there includes "put out or I'll get you the sack" sort of behaviour.

I'm less sure what other states require before they commit you indefinitely to an SVP treatment program, but one of the big legal challenges was from a man convicted of two counts of flashing shop assistants. The legal challenges usually result in a list of demands for change in procedures, but never anyone's release.

Indefinite civil internment of sex offenders who have either already served their sentences (or have agreed to voluntary commitment as a kind of plea bargain to avoid a prison system where the screws turn a blind eye to the sort of beatings the result in you having nearly every bone in your body broken) was a very popular bandwagon for US politicians to jump on.

How delicious an irony would it be if one of them now finds themselves locked up indefinitely in a gulag on an SVP program they voted for? Where the only hope of release is to submit to 20+ years of treatments such as using a device to measure changes to the size of your manhood while making you watch porn, by people working from a textbook so prudish that it says anyone capable of having more than one orgasm a day has a mental illness?Steven_Lhttps://email@example.com:blogger.com,1999:blog-32841798.post-89368481899610509312017-11-02T14:50:28.093+00:002017-11-02T14:50:28.093+00:00This really isn't Weinstein league here. I d...This really isn't Weinstein league here.

I doubt even straight as a die middle management types (which I thought Fallon was) will survive either. It's a feminist putsch to get white men out. Electro-Kevinhttps://email@example.com


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(Mary Anne (alternatively Mary Ann or Marian) Evans (22 November 1819 – 22 December 1880), better known by her pen name George Eliot)
G'day guys,
This blog is reaching some distant places. 'Gunnedah Hero' has been included in a reading group on a top independents website in the UK: http://www.wisegreyowl.co.uk/php/content.php?PageName=Home&Books=RG Also, a top literary person in Belgium has requested a copy of the short story I mentioned in my blog of 13 July 2012 - 'A Rose for Anna'.
Writing tip of the day:
Although I've been known to drop some clangers in conversations, I do not use profanity in my manuscripts. Why, because I do not think you need to. My job is to boss words around, not try and impress people with profanity. Yes, I have used the occasional 'shit' or 'bastard' in my work, but only when it is necessary, or for emphasis. Using such words sparingly gives them more value. A few months ago I started to read a book from one of Australia's young star authors. However, I got to page seven and found the F-word mentioned seven times on the one page. It was overkill. I flipped ahead and found similar pages and discontinued reading the book. I probably sound like a prude. Wrong! Ask anyone who knows me. His overuse of the F-word was boring; even irritating.
'KY!' is the story of a young Muslim refugee girl who is bullied by two girls at school. This is what I wrote:
"The next morning Rida found awful notes in her locker. Pimples and her friend had obviously poked them through the small air vents in the metal door. She read them, scowled angrily and screwed them up. One of their notes said three words: "F -- k Off Terrorist!" Rida mouthed the words and wanted to walk directly to their lockers and scrawl three similar words on their lockers: F -- k Off Bullies! Instead, she walked away but she knew there would come a day when she'd be so angry she'd write something on their lockers. That day was looming."
Question: why did I place dots and not write the full F-word? Easy. Teens know what it's all about, so I let them fill in the dots themselves and chuckle.
Political correctness:
I would not be considered politically correct - at all. At one point in 'Gunnedah Hero' Smokey reminisces about his Pop rolling cigarettes. This is what I wrote about that subject:
"I loved the smell of his cigarettes, and watching the slick way he rolled them. I think he enjoyed me watching him do it. He would pull out a small portion of the tobacco and roll it between his two large palms, with one of the small
cigarette papers sitting on his bottom lip in readiness. When the tobacco had
been sufficiently rubbed he'd fold it gently in the paper and roll it quickly
and neatly. Then he'd lick the edge of the paper to seal it. The final act was
to pinch off the end, pop it in his mouth and light up. It fascinated me.
Sometimes he made two cigarettes at the one time and stored one behind his ear for later. How he managed to juggle a cigarette on his bottom lip staggered me. It would cling to his lip even when he was talking – bobbing up and down as his mouth moved."
Comment: my editor commented that some teachers, parents and others might consider this paragraph to be unsuitable for kids, bearing in mind the dangers of smoking. She also mooted that it might be seen to be encouraging kids to smoke. However, I disagreed. Why, because the story is historical fiction and the year was 1910. The story would have had no historical significance if I'd removed everything that was now considered to be politically correct. Many folks rolled cigarettes or smoked pipes in those times.
HOWEVER, it's your manuscript and your choice. You choose what you want to include in your manuscript, whether it's profanity or stuff that is deemed to be politically correct. But, some publishers, parents, grandparents, librarians or teachers may not accept or buy your work if it is too over the top. The same goes for violence and any other socially unacceptable behaviour. Don't forget. Every aspect of your book will contribute to its sales: cover, font size, blurb, language etc.
Keep writing!
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Artist/poet Diane Walker invites you to return to your compassionate and peaceful center
Friday, January 15, 2010
Accepting what is
It was hard, I won't deny it: there was way more violence than I'm comfortable with, and the underlying assumptions -- or should I say, reminders? -- about the lengths to which our society will go to assuage greed were equally horrifying.
But I loved the color -- of course -- and the idea of a world where people understand the essential oneness of life and can physically connect to it was enchanting. I'm just not sure it's enough to postulate that such a world exists, or that there might be some of us who are capable of crossing over into it.
Because there was still a sense of insiders and outsiders, of good guys and bad guys, and it bugged me that the bad guys had no redeeming features, and that the only way to overcome their evil was with more killing. On the other hand, if the two civilizations had managed to somehow strike a balance or achieve a truce without all that firepower the lines outside the theater might not be so long (even in mid afternoon!)
When I left the theater to drive home through the dark and the pouring rain (never my favorite thing to do) I was still under the influence of the movie -- much of which depicts the heroes flying around on giant pterodactyl-like creatures -- and as a result my car felt almost alive under me. So when I was reading Eckhart Tolle this morning, and being encouraged to stop and get a sense of some nearby inanimate object, I could better understand what he might be getting at.
Reading Tolle's observations about the connection we can come to feel in the wildness of the forest, it brought me back to images of the movie, and so this shot -- of a remarkably anthropomorphic tree -- seemed to speak to me this morning.
We are so surrounded with life, and yet our minds keep lunging forward into worry and anticipation, or back into regrets and nostalgia. I encourage you to take some time today, not necessarily meditation time, just a few minutes, and try to be in tune with where you are, with now, with the hum of your computer or the purring of your cat; with the power of the car you're driving or the feel of your seat, or the floor beneath your feet, the warmth of your coffee cup.
There is something amazingly precious about this moment, right here, right now: something valuable in the pain or the challenge that you face; a rightness to things. But we have to stop projecting past and future onto what's around us to feel that sense of connection, that deep openness that comes from accepting what IS.
3 comments:
- Maureen said...
Lovely post, Diane.
Louise this morning offers a link to Temple of Sacred Sound. Some may not like the bright visuals; I found the visuals and sounds calming.
Your words, "We are so surrounded with life. . .", are so apt. Even among the graphic images of death in Haiti are many others of those saved and being helped, of life carried out of rubble. Quite moving.
- January 15, 2010 at 10:36 AM
- Louise Gallagher said...
Lovely post indeed.
And taking that moment to just be at one in the moment, is truly a gift we bestow on ourselves that just keeps on giving.
Thanks for the inspiration.
- January 15, 2010 at 10:13 PM
- altar ego said...
I'm reminded of a bumper sticker from some years ago: life, be in it. Oddly enough one of the things that is helping me be "in life" these days is an effort to relax a particular set of muscles in my body. Because I am mindful of the need to do this I shift my focus regularly to those muscles, find that they are clenched, and then spend a few moments relaxing them and feeling the difference between the two states. I keep wondering why they clench of their own accord (or, more accurately, unconsciously). But more and more I am experiencing that they aren't so tight as they once were, and that checking in with them regularly has made a difference not just in their status, but in the rest of my well-being. Tuning in is more important than the notion gets credit, if only we would train ourselves to make it a practice.
- January 16, 2010 at 6:20 AM


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Look Who The Cats Dragged In: Clifford Bailey!
by Jack on Sep.03, 2019, under Look Who The Cats Dragged In
Working as we do in glittering Hollywood (entertainment capital of the world), we're always thrilled (but not surprised) by who shows up in our audience.
At a recent night out at our home base, The Cicada Club, I was introduced to a friendly fellow who'd arrived equipped with pen and sketchpad. Turns out it was Clifford Bailey, an artist who's work I'd admired for years. Clifford specializes in fun and unique caricature portraits of jazz bands. You can check out his beautiful work here.
We're honored that Clifford added a few quick renditions of some of our band members to his book. Here they are!


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5 Reasons Why Living Alone Is Best
If you are ever thinking of moving out of your parent's house or getting your own room or apartment why not do it?
As long as you are 18 years old and above you can move out and feel some sort of responsibility on you.
I must confess it is not easy living alone away from home but once you are out there it feels awesome.
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Archive for October 2018
Nikki Haley Resigns as UN Ambassador
She brought a strong American presence to the UN.
Some of her accomplishments:
— a strong critic of Russia and Syria(both rogue states), especially of their genocidal attacks and use of weapons of mass destruction on Syrians.
— fought against the UN's anti-Israel bias
— supported shutting off US funding for the UN's Palestinian refugee agency
— pressured China to support tough sanctions against the North Korean regime
— demanded immediate answers from cautious and slow-moving diplomats
— compiled a list of errant countries that did not back the United States
Best of all: she did her job.
She fought for Americans.
She was neither a diplomatic placeholder or worse a go-along with the international buddy-buddy anti-American sleaze.
The only missed accomplishment was a reduction in both the United States' participation and contribution to the UN and its agencies.
Hopefully, she will be just as supportive of Trump's international policies in the future.
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The facts no one wants to read.
If the facts make you mad, it could be the truth hurts.
China versus The United States
There is no competition.
China won over a decade ago.
Now it is increasing its lead over the US.
In leaps and bounds.
Soon, everything in China will be much better than in the US.
No one in The United States believes this.
And that is one reason it happened.
China has been improving its nation for decades.
In the US, people are fighting over the remains of a dead carcass like hyenas.
Gimme, Gimme, Gimme.
I want mine, I want mine.
Everyone has the right to everything; whether they work for it or just lay around.
Government is supposed to do everything for everybody; no one has to work.
Free stuff for everyone.
The Chinese are working.
People in the US are looking for convenience and easy; how to avoid working.
Do not believe it?
Most everything you buy comes from China; especially contaminated products.
Trump is on the right path with his trade war; but he does not go far enough.
Just another reason to hate Trump.
If Trump is right(and he is), then those against him have to be anti-American.
Good-bye America; hello third world country.
China, the supreme nation.
It is all but over.
Well almost.
One small chance.
Restore America.
Values of the Founding Fathers.
Build a better nation.
Through intelligence, honor and work.
All the solutions are available.
Just not the ones lowqual freeloaders want.
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Magic Bean Dip!
At the farmers' market, people often ask me which of our spice blends is my favorite, and I tell them that that is like asking someone to pick their favorite child! Well, confession time… I have a new favorite child: Zelda & Bramble's new Magic Bouillon Powder!
Kevin developed this amazingly savory blend as a soup base, and it is a great shortcut to flavorful vegetable stock for any recipe (if you didn't get a chance to make your own stock). Most bouillon cubes and soup bases contain lots of salt and fillers, but who wants that? Zelda & Bramble's version is made entirely of real ingredients you'd actually want in your soup, starting with dried herbs and vegetables, plus miso and mushrooms for savory depth. A mug of this delicious broth even makes a great treat on its own; simply whisk a tablespoon of Z&B Magic Bouillon Powder into a cup of hot water and curl up with a book!
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English | 2018 | ISBN: 1788620307 | 376 Pages | True PDF, EPUB | 16 MB
Mastering Linux Security and Hardening: Secure your Linux server and protect it from intruders, malware attacks, and other external threats
A comprehensive guide to mastering the art of preventing your Linux system from getting compromised.
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Humanitarian standards
Humanitarian standards are descended from overarching principles and seek to describe good practice.
The sector recognised that with so many actors involved, standards and their application were needed in order to provide a way of defining how a good humanitarian should work and what they should strive to achieve.
By the 1990s, the IFRC established its 10 principles within its code of conduct and the Sphere Project defined its core standards, both of which defined a framework for working in humanitarian contexts. Sphere's core standards were expressed as nine commitments describing essential processes and organisational responsibilities, which will enable quality and accountability when providing assistance.
In addition, there was a proliferation of local and regional standards relating to humanitarian and disaster response, leading to divided priorities and confusion.


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|Feature selection and evolutionary rule learning for Big Data in smart building energy management
|Pablo Rodriguez-Mier, Manuel Mucientes, Alberto Bugarín
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|Cognitive Computation, Springer, Vol. 11, No. 3, pp. 418-433 , 2019.
|Ranked Q1 in Computer Vision and Pattern Recognition by SJR
|In this paper we present an evolutionary computation based approach, namely a genetic fuzzy system, to build scalable and interpretable knowledge bases for predicting energy consumption in smart buildings. For accomplishing this task, we propose a cognitive computation system for multi-step prediction based on S-FRULER, a state-of-the-art scalable distributed genetic fuzzy system, coupled with a feature subset selection method to automatically select the most relevant features for different time steps. S-FRULER is able to learn a fuzzy rule-based system made up of Takagi-Sugeno-Kang (TSK) rules that are able to predict the output values using both linguistic imprecise knowledge (represented by fuzzy sets) and fuzzy inference. Experiments with real data on two different problems related with the energy management revealed an average improvement of 6% on accuracy with respect to S-FRULER without feature selection, and with knowledge bases with a lower number of variables.
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Sis family came back end of June, to pay a visit to our dad as well as celebrating her and our mom's birthday, one stone kills 3 birds, oh, not, 4 birds... To attend a Thermomix demo.
Bro-in-law and sis have been browsing the pictures of dishes that I made by Thermomix, they were amazed of varieties that this super machine could do.
Not only blend and juice, also chop, grind, mill, steam, knead, weigh, whip, pulverize and stir fry, multi-function.
I invited them to come over to my house, to show them a proper demo from A to Z.
Hansen is a good photographer, as soon as I finished the last word in the demo, he started to arrange those food that I cooked and baked on the table, this alone took almost an hour, to get the right spot for right lighting.
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Hello friends,
When I try to setup the FL Studio 9 it failed with an error message. I tried again but at the same point I am getting this error message. I tried other options but in some way the installation was stopped. How do I install the FL Studio? I confirmed the compatibility and system requirement, it seems to be good. Help guys. Thanks in advance.
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I'm a entrepreneur from south of Brazil, with focus in developing business solutions creative, sustainable and with relevant social impact.
I have experience in Sustainability Management department, focused on management systems implementation based on certifiable standards; preparation and monitoring of solid waste management projects; environmental valuation; eco-efficiency and guidelines sustainability for productive organizations. Co-founder of Sumá, 2018 Latin American IIC Winner.
Why are you optimistic about the future of work?
Because despite all the technology when developed based on the need of users decreases learning curves and potentiates talents.


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Why Your Dentist Website Needs to Be Secure
Website security is growing in importance, especially for healthcare sites. Click here to learn why you should prioritize security for your dentist website.
In 2018, no business is safe from a cyber attack. Last year, a number of business icons were victim to major hacks.
For example, credit giant Equifax was breached. This resulted in a massive data theft affecting 146 million accounts. Retail stores like Target and Home Depot were also hacked.
Considering the volume of cyber attacks, website security is growing in importance. This is especially true for healthcare websites that are responsible for patient privacy.
Read on to learn more about website security. Also, explore reasons why you should focus on security for your dentist website.
Google Will Flag a Dentist Website That is Unsecured
Hacking incidents have prompted major changes from internet browsers and search engines. One initiative is to drive web traffic away from websites that are unsecured.
Consider Google Chrome as the perfect example. Chrome red flags websites that do not use Secure Sockets Layer (SSL), a commonly used security feature.
Chrome's red flag is not subtle; there is an alert symbol next to the URL accompanied by a glaring warning in a bold red text. This change is sure to scare off web browsers from visiting your dentist website or scheduling an appointment.
Why Did Google Make This Change?
Google made this change to highlight websites that did not meet the most basic data encryption standards. They pinpointed websites that handle personal information and passwords. Additionally, the change affects websites that process credit or debit card payments online.
Without the use of SSL, hackers can intercept information that is being transmitted from your computer to the website. Furthermore, hostile actors can infect your computer with malware through this vulnerability.
Why Is Encryption So Important for a Dentist Website?
Medical websites have changed dramatically over the past decade. In the past, websites were primarily used for marketing purposes.
Now, a growing number of medical practices handle administrative tasks through their website. A great example of this trend is reflected in the patient portal.
To reduce call volume and paperwork, medical practices started sharing data through a patient portal. Patients can log in to the portal and access blood results, laboratory tests, and more.
Additionally, medical billing is increasingly handled online. Instead of making payments over the phone or by mailing a check, many patients are opting for the convenience of an online payment.
The transmission of medical and payment information drives the need for website security. The dental practice protects its patients' privacy and personal information.
While these conveniences are important to consumers, a robust cybersecurity strategy is necessary. Otherwise, the reputation of your dental practice is at risk. Patients will move on if they are not confident in the practice's ability to protect information.
Wrapping It Up
Cybersecurity threats are growing every day. Now is the time to take these threats seriously and put in place changes to protect patient information.
This is true if your practice utilizes a patient portal or processes digital payments. It is recommended to hire a security consultant to lock down your website and encrypt sensitive data. For more information on securing your dentist website, please contact us for help.


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Synergy 2019 training will take place on March 16th and 17th, the two days prior to the cruise.
TRAINING COURSE INFORMATION PDF – please view this PDF if you have registered for training. It includes important information about class requirements, locations, meals, etc.
March 16th Courses
RESTful APIs are the next evolution of web services which are coming to dominate the Internet. During this class you will learn how to use JSON in DataFlex. Then, we'll build our own REST API's using the latest features of DataFlex 19.1 and Mike's comprehensive, new REST class library and see how to access the APIs using the new cJsonHttpTransfer class.
Instructors: Harm Wibier, Data Access Europe & Mike Peat, Unicorn Interglobal Ltd.
Full Day: March 16th, 0900 – 1700
Cost: $240
Included: Breakfast & Lunch
DataFlex can use COM (Component Object Model) objects for a long time. While it is not difficult to use COM in DataFlex applications, accessing modules such as Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook can be complex due to the structure of the products. In this hands on training, you learn how to access these products in general and we will practise writing a letter, replacing bookmarks, accessing Outlook's addressbook and creating an Outlook e-mail with attachments.
Presenter: Vincent Oorsprong, Data Access Europe
Half Day: March 16th, 0800 – 1200
Cost: $120
Included: Breakfast
The initial conversion of DataFlex applications to SQL is easy and requires little to no changes to your application code, but it's what you do with the power of the SQL environment once there that makes all the difference! Focusing primarily on the latest SQL capabilities in DataFlex 19, we'll show you how to apply managed connections, SQL filters, runtime indexes, Embedded SQL, multitenancy options and more. We'll also demonstrate some techniques for validating the results of the business processes in your applications as you refactor them to take advantage of the SQL environment.
Presenters: Stephen W. Meeley & Bob Cergol, Data Access Worldwide
Half Day: March 16th, 1300 – 1700
Cost: $120
Included: Lunch
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This hands-on course will prepare you to use DataFlex Reports to create reports from a variety of data sources and integrate them with web applications. The course is built on 6 pre-defined example SQL-based reports and 1 RDS-based report using Microsoft's AdventureWorks database. The real-world SQL-based reports use different SQL data-sources, SQL tables, a stored procedure and an SQL statement. The RDS-based report's data-source is a web service. In addition to typical report formats, the example output includes a chart, a cross tab, a label and a sub-report.
Instructor: Vincent Oorsprong, Data Access Europe
Full Day: March 17th, 0900 – 1700
Cost: $240
Included: Breakfast & Lunch
One of the headlines used in conjunction with DataFlex 19.1 is "We've made the back button work!" While certainly eye-catching, that simple statement masks the real importance of these changes; new capabilities for browser history management and the framework to support deep linking in your web applications. In this course we'll examine how to implement and manage these powerful features during all types of basic and advanced navigation.
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Half Day: March 17th, 0800 – 1200
Cost: $120
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The completion of a Web application is an exciting milestone, but now come the next set questions: Should I deploy in the cloud? How big a server? Is my application secure? How do I manage the process pool? The list of decisions can seem a bit daunting. In this course we'll cover all the aspects of Web application deployment "from soup to nuts", including the deployment of SQL and setting up various SPLF configurations – taking advantage of all the latest capabilities of DataFlex 19!
Presenter: Stephen W. Meeley, Data Access Worldwide
Half Day: March 17th, 1300 – 1700
Cost: $120
Included: Lunch
Training for Synergy 2019 will take place at the Courtyard Miami Airport hotel. Transportation to the Port of Miami from the hotel will be included for those staying at the hotel.
Room cost: $159+tax/night USD based on single/double occupancy
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In exactly 12 months' time the shipping industry may regret the lack of engagement with refiners
It is 12 months to the day that I took over the controls of the good ship Tanker Shipping & Trade. The outlook was very different then. I had just been to a ship finance conference in snowy London and the concerns centred, as they nearly always do at a shipping finance conference, on how to raise funds and when the market recovery was going to take place.
Those perennial concerns quickly fell away when President Trump declared a trade war on China. For a while, this looked like weakening any growth in the tanker markets, but as we were to find out as the year progressed, China simply switched from importing US crude oil to other sources.
Nonetheless, later in a freezing cold New York, those Trump trade wars were still the main concern. There was some talk of the IMO 2020 global marine fuel sulphur cap, but this was mainly in the context of the opportunities it might bring. I, too, jumped on that bandwagon with a proposal for an IPO for a fleet of scrubber-equipped VLCCs although it seems some investors were already quite far down that road.
I think at this point, it was widely assumed that under the lobbying that was taking place, IMO would delay the implementation of IMO 2020. This was a theme at a gathering in sunny Rome. That IMO agreed in April to a milestone framework to reduce total annual global shipping emissions by at least 50% over 2008 levels by the middle of the 21st century sent the message that a delay was not an option.
By Posidonia, IMO 2020 was front and centre of most debates at any shipping conference, and schisms developed between those that advocated scrubbers as an alternative, and those looking to compliant fuel. But there was no indication from the refiners as to the availability of compliant fuel – a situation that still exists today.
This was reiterated at the 2018 Tanker Shipping & Trade conference in London where the outgoing (pun intended) Euronav chief executive Paddy Rodgers gave a detailed explanation of the main issue facing larger tanker operators. It is not so much the scrubber issue but the skewed relationship the larger tanker operators have with refiners. The demand for large tankers is largely driven by the oil majors and their ilk who are also the source, via the refineries they operate, of the fuel.
And so, to this year and snowy London again, where Citigoup's global industry head for the shipping, logistics and offshore industries Michael Parker spoke for many during a heated debate on IMO 2020.
Essentially, he asked: what is the point of a room full of bankers and shipowners discussing IMO 2020 when the people with the answers, the refiners, are not present?
Hence the reason for this comment: it is a point of reference. By mid-February 2020 we will have attended more conferences (including the Tanker Shipping & Trade event below) and we will be six weeks into the new fuel regime.
That is long enough for any pre-2020 voyage to have been completed, bunker tanks and fuel lines to be inspected and for port state control to take punitive action (if indeed it does). Then, for good or bad, we will know the answer to compliant fuel availability.
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57A: Three longs: SHOT ISLAND RANGE
3D: Three shorts: WAVE COMING STORY
7D: Three shorts: HAND CIRCUIT CAKE
11D: Three shorts: RIB TEMPER CHANGE
I like this theme, not the grid structure. Somehow the middle part felt very cramped and I had difficulty breathing. I turned the puzzle 90 degrees and I still did not like the shape. I did not know why those broken blocks bothered me.
There are quite a few unfamiliar clues & answers for me in this puzzle. And I struggled hard for letter T between the intersection of INIT (55D: 1st letter) and CHETS (66A: Huntley and Atkins"). I think I vaguely heard of CHET Huntley before, but I could not dredge his name out of my brain. Had a big V8 moment with INIT (Initial).
The clue for ATF (8D: Booze, butts, and bullets bureau) should have an abbreviated "bureau "or simply "org."
10A: Linkletter and Carney: ARTS. Pure guess. Not familiar with either of them.
23A: Hush-hush: SECRET. Beautiful red rose, such mysterious folded structure. No wonder rose (anagram of Eros) is the symbol of SECRECY, love, perfection and femininity. Dante's Paradise.
25A: Sweet-talk: COAX
32A: Arabic Mac: IBN. But BIN is more popular, isn't it? Both refer to "Son of". Abu is "father of". Al is "the", as in Al - Qaida. Here is a photo of FDR with IBN Saud, former king of Saudi Arabia.
36A: Guitar ridge: FRET. No idea. I got it from across fills.
40A: Phoenix of Egyptian gods: BENU. Or BENNU. See this picture. I've never heard of it before.
43A: Highland plant: GORSE. Also spelled as furze, furse, whin. An evergreen shrub. Unknown to me. Wikipedia says "Common GORSE flowers most strongly in spring, though it bears some flowers year round, hence the old country phrase: "When GORSE is out of blossom, kissing's out of fashion." The flowers have a very distinctive strong coconut scent."
44A: Stops a stealer: TAGS. Very creative baseball TAG. Hmm, this is great, so is this one, this one, this one and this one. I don't under this Colgroup tag, what does it mean? Other baseball references are OTT (22A: Mel of the Giants) and ATL (61D: Braves in box scores).
46A: Like-minded voters: BLOC
69A: Bacon amount: RASHER. Don't laugh at me, but really I have never heard of RASHER. Always thought it's called slice or strip. I've never developed a taste for bacon or hotdog. I do love apple pie.
52A: Place for three men?: TUB. Learned this rhyme from a comment Carol made sometime ago. I like this picture.
63A: Funny Jack of Hollywood: OAKIE
64A: End-of-week cry: TGIF. We seem to get a TGIF every Friday now.
5D: Robberies: HEISTS. Have you seen HEIST?
12D: Boxing letters: TKO
19D: Courteney or Wally: COX. Only know Courteney COX (Monica in "Friends").
24D: Indian cash: RUPEES
29D: Composer Saint - ___: SAENS. He composed "Danse Macabre". DANSE was clued as Saint-Saëns' "___ Macabre" in our puzzle before.
30D: Provide with a trait: ENDUE. New word to me. I was thinking of ENDOW.
33D: Forbidden acts: TABOOS. "... You give me the Sweetest TABOO, that's why I am in love with you...."
34D: Greek letter: DELTA. Xchefwalt probably wants DELTA to be clued as "Flower's end?" I really like this tricky flow-er clue, you know, you can clue NILE "The longest flower in the word?"
36D: Calf-length skirt: MIDI. Do you call this one as MIDI? "Après __ " might be too obvious. "Nice noon?" sounds great, don't you think so?
43D: Egg white: GLAIR. New word to me.
46D: Dracula's conquest: BRIDES
50D: Baylor of basketball: ELGIN. No, not a familar name to me. ELGIN was clued as "City in Scotland or Illinois" in an April puzzle.


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KATE Garraway has recalled the moment she breastfed a cow and admitted "it's not something I'm proud of".
The TV presenter, 51, was reminded of the time she pretended to give her milk to a calf for the 2008 documentary 'Other People's Breast Milk' by her Good Morning Britain co-presenters earlier today.
As Kate sat looking embarrassed, news reader Charlotte Hawkins said: "Kate Garraway once actually breastfed a cow!"
An image of Kate appearing to breastfeed a calf in a promotional shot for the Channel 4 documentary flashed up on screen.
She posed for the - at the time controversial - photo for the programme, which suggested that feeding babies cows milk-containing formula is as strange as giving cows human milk.
The star explained: "Now it was all part of a documentary.
"It was a serious piece of journalism on Channel 4 called 'Other People's Breast Milk' about people who drink other people's breast milk.
"Now people were horrified by this, but the thing is when you give your baby formula you're giving it milk from the breast of a cow."
She noted, of posing with the animal: "There was gaffer tape and an element of fakery about.
"And it clearly made the point because we're still talking about it 12 years on."
Kate added: "It's not something I'm usually proud of, although I did look good."
At another point in the show the TV favourite was seen showing Jeremy Kyle how to milk a cow.
Squatting beside the fake animal, she could be heard telling The Jeremy Kyle show star: "You pull and squeeze."
Kate then brushed his hand out of the way to demonstrate.
She said: "You've got to get your hand around it."
As the liquid squirted down the fake udders, Jeremy called out: "It's going everywhere woman!"
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In a meeting discussing Community Support Services today, we moved in the predictable direction of lamenting the underfunding of our services, followed by the acknowledgement that if the government provided more adequate income support to people then our services wouldn't even be necessary.
Increasingly we are faced with claims that our world is blessed with enough resources for all of its inhabitants - yet because we have not been able to share them effectively, some suffer whilst others live wastefully. I am challenged again about my own life and how simply could I live if it were necessary to do so?


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Thank you for visiting St. James Catholic Church online. Our website highlights the wide variety of worship, fellowship, educational, and service opportunities available to the Catholic faithful, residents of Converse County, Wyoming, and visitors.
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Daily Mass: 8:00 AM Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday; 5:45 PM Wednesday
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Why, because there will always be work, important work, that humans need to do together... but that work increasingly happens in a digital context… and 'together' isn't historically something that computers have been good at. Meanwhile, the quantity of data that surrounds digital workflows is increasing geometrically, and team members are distributed everywhere.
For all this, UI is what mediates. UI matters. UI is fundamental to humanity's shared path forward. It is essential to our ability to work effectively, hopefully, meaningfully, on whatever comes our way.
We think about this a lot, and John speaks to this a lot.
Now, because our customers — global brands, government organizations, educational institutions — are thinking more about this too, John will be releasing a new Ob-cast video regularly. He'll share perspectives on the intersections of UI and spatial computing with topics ranging from artificial intelligence to architectural computing to modern meeting democracy.
John has been working in this arena since his days at MIT. He brought these ideas to Hollywood as a science advisor to films such as Minority Report and Iron Man. Robert Downey Jr has called him an inspiration on par with Elon Musk. He has spoken at TED, he's won a National Design Award for his work in Interaction Design, and examples of his work are now in the Smithsonian archive.
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Prosecutors: 2 men accused of fatally shooting 2, injuring 1 after the group planned a robbery together
MILWAUKEE -- Two Milwaukee men are accused in connection with a triple shooting that left two people dead, and prosecutors say it happened after the suspects and victims planned to rob a marijuana dealer together.
Kevon Barnes, 18, of Milwaukee faces one count of first degree reckless homicide, as party to a crime, use of a dangerous weapon, penalties for felonies -- Class "B" felony.
Terrance Mason Jr., 20, of Milwaukee, faces three charges:
They are accused in the deaths of Francisco Cardona and Dejah Adkins. A third person was hurt in the triple shooting that happened near 87th and Congress on June 10.
The scene and victims
According to a criminal complaint, Dejah Adkins was found next to a black BMW parked at the scene -- with a gunshot wound to the head. A blood trail and unfired cartridges led police to the body of Francisco Cardona, who was found in the middle of a nearby alley -- with a gunshot wound to the head.
An autopsy revealed Adkins suffered three gunshot wounds to her head. Cardona suffered two gunshot wounds to the head. The complaint notes Adkins was struck by 9mm bullets. Cardona was struck by both 9mm and .40 caliber bullets.
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The third victim was found to have suffered a "through and through" bullet wound to the arm.
A search of the BMW revealed a fired .40 caliber casing on the front passenger floorboard, and a fired 9mm casing on the driver's side floorboard, indicating there were two shooters. Additionally, the complaint notes "numerous unfired" 9mm cartridge casings were recovered in the alley, indicating the firearm jammed at one point.
Witness accounts
A witness said she was in her living room on June 10 when she heard a gunshot and a female voice saying -- "don't. Please stop!" She said she then heard two more shots.
A second witness said he heard a vehicle pull onto the slab behind his apartment building -- and saw the black BMW on that slab. Around 9:30 p.m., he said he heard two gunshots and looked out the window, but didn't see anyone. He said he heard four more gunshots and got a better look at the BMW. He said he saw a female victim laying on her back by the driver's side of the BMW and a male searching through the passenger compartment of the BMW, the complaint says.
Search of Kevon Barnes' home near the scene, where prosecutors say weapons were found
The complaint says a search warrant was executed at Kevon Barnes' home near the scene the day after the shooting -- June 11. During that search, the complaint says marijuana was located in a bedroom, along with three firearms -- a .22 caliber rifle (along with a 30-round magazine), a 9mm semi-automatic pistol and a .40 caliber semi-automatic pistol.
A lanyard with a BMW key fob was found in the bedroom closet. It was later determined to be the key fob from the BMW spotted on the parking slab at the scene.
Interview with Terrance Mason's brother
The complaint says investigators spoke with the brother of Terrance Mason, who said on June 10, Dejah Adkins, Francisco Cardona, the third shooting victim who was hurt and a fourth person came over to his home.
He said Francisco Cardona and the third shooting victim were "talking about robbing a drug dealer." He said Francisco Cardona "brought an assault rifle and two handguns" to the home. He said "the plan was developed to call a drug dealer and take his marijuana."
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He said they planned to rob a dealer that Mason's brother had met at the "Dan Jansen Festival in West Allis."
He said Dejah Adkins gave him the phone number to call, and they planned to use Mason's brother's phone to get the dealer to the planned site of the robbery. He said the plan involved Francisco Cardona and the third victim going into a home and taking marijuana.
Mason's brother said he planned on getting $50 from the robbery "so he could pay his marijuana citation."
Eventually, he said the plan changed, and they decided to rob a different dealer.
He said Dejah Adkins, Francisco Cardona and the third victim, along with Terrance Mason left the home, while Mason's brother said he stayed behind. He said he was aware they were headed to 87th and Congress -- where Barnes lived.
Mason's brother said he soon got a phone call, indicating someone had been shot.
The next morning, Mason's brother said Terrance Mason indicated he had shot Dejah Adkins, and Barnes had shot Francisco Cardona. Terrance Mason told his brother he had also shot Cardona, according to the complaint. He said Cardona "had to be shot, because he most likely would have robbed them."
Mason's brother also told investigators two days prior to the shooting, Mason "had stated that he wanted to kill Dejah Adkins and Francisco Cardona." He first discussed killing them on a trail near Riverside High School after an armed robbery, the complaint says.
Interview with Terrance Mason
Investigators spoke with Terrance Mason himself, who said Francisco Cardona brought a 9mm pistol, a .40 caliber pistol and an assault rifle to the discussion about doing a "lick" or armed robbery.
He said eventually, the group got into Francisco Cardona's BMW, with Mason driving. Barnes was in the front seat. Dejah Adkins, Francisco Cardona and the third shooting victim were in the back seat.
They went to 87th and Congress, where Barnes lives, and Mason said on the way, Francisco Cardona handed Barnes the .40 caliber handgun.
He said he and Barnes went into Barnes' home -- but wouldn't say what the two discussed inside.
When they went back to the BMW, Mason said Francisco Cardona was in the driver's seat with a gun, and Dejah Adkins was in the back with a gun.
Mason said he grabbed the gun from Dejah Adkins and Barnes shot Francisco Cardona once. Mason said the gun went off as he grabbed it from Dejah Adkins, and he shot the third victim. That's when the 9mm firearm jammed, he said.
Mason said Dejah Adkins and Francisco Cardona ran from the vehicle, and he said he fired at Dejah Adkins as she was running away. As he walked up to Dejah Adkins and Francisco Cardona, laying in the alley, Mason said he leaned over Francisco Cardona and shot him because "he was threatening him and his family." He told investigators his "impulses got the best of him."
Mason admitted that the then shot Dejah Adkins again, the complaint says. He said he was attempting to clear the jam while pointing the firearm at Adkins' head, and it went off. He said she ran back to the BMW and "passed out."
Mason then further admitted to going through the BMW, grabbing the assault rifle and a backpack and then going back to Barnes' bedroom, where the weapons were later found.
The complaint notes that Barnes admitted to his uncle that he shot Francisco Cardona. He told his uncle it was "self-defense," because he thought "Cardona was going to rob him or shoot him."
Initial court appearances
Barnes made his initial appearance in court on June 15. Cash bond was set at $100,000. He has pleaded not guilty. He's due back in court on Aug. 27 for a status conference.
Mason made his initial appearance in court on June 16. Cash bond was set at $200,000. He's due in court on Aug. 9 for a competency hearing.


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Caddo Parish, LA – The Caddo Parish Commission confirmed the appointments made by Administrator Dr. Woody Wilson in two key leadership positions at the Parish of Caddo. The appointments were approved at the Commission's regular session meeting on September 5.
Erica R. Bryant was officially confirmed as the Assistant Parish Administrator. Bryant has previously served as the Interim Assistant Administrator since June 2019, filling the vacancy after the retirement of Randy Lucky.
Hayley Bryan Barnett was officially confirmed as the Director of Finance, previously held by Bryant and most recently served as the Interim Director of Finance.
"The appointments confirmed today represent exciting times ahead for Caddo Parish," said Wilson. "Erica Bryant and Hayley Barnett bring the highest of technical skill, institutional knowledge, and commitment to the citizens of our Parish. I am pleased that the Commission stands with Parish Administration in entrusting some of the Parish's most critical operations to their leadership," said Wilson.
Bryant has over 25 years in finance, accounting and governmental operations, beginning her career with the Parish of Caddo in 1997, serving as the Parish's Director of Finance and Human Resources since 2003. She holds a bachelor's degree in Business and Accounting from Southern University, and a Master of Business Administration from Louisiana State University. Bryant is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA), Certified Government Finance Officer, Certified Public Finance Officer and a Senior Professional in Human Resources (SPHR).
Barnett has worked for the Parish for over 16 years as the Assistant Director of Finance. She previously worked as an auditor for KPMG. She holds a bachelor's degree in Business Administration from Southern Arkansas University, and is a Certified Public Accountant (CPA). Hayley is a member of the Louisiana Society of CPAs, Louisiana GFOA and the AICPA. She serves on the board of the Government Finance Officers Association of Louisiana (GFOA).
Both appointments are effective immediately.