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Jason and his buddies have left after a couple of nights in the bunkhouse.
Their colour, noise and fun leaves with them.
The quiet nags at me as I stand on the deck
after the first laundry load,
Crossing the bridge to the roundhouse.
I realise I am no longer strafed
by protective swallows
or entertained by squadrons of martins.
They haven't gone yet!
I tell myself
It's too early,
I know they are still here.
As I approach the door to the roundhouse
I see a shape fly past the windows.
They are still here! –
A single bird- a swallow –
curls round the profile of my home,
slowly traverses between the buildings
parallel to the bridge,
and slips out of sight
past the southern gable of the bunkhouse.
It's horrible they have gone
but it would have been worse
if they hadn't said goodbye.


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This meme is hosted over at Always Me
Now we are going come back to my favorite decade of all. My home.
Favorite Lyrics
You called me strong, you called me weak
But still your secrets I will keep
You took for granted all the times I
Never let you down
You stumbled in and bumped your head, if
Not for me then you'd be dead
I picked you up and put you back
On solid ground
Favorite Lyrics
Now I'm falling even more in love with you
Letting go of all I've held onto
I'm standing here until you make me move
I'm hanging by a moment here with you

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Our children have a right to be safe.
All staff, parents, carers and visitors have a responsibility to ensure our children are safe. There are three people in charge of keeping our children safe at Puss Bank School & Nursery. If you have any safeguarding concerns about a child who attends Puss Bank, then these are the people you can talk to either in person or by telephoning the school on 01625 917210.
Mrs Nichol
Head Teacher & Safeguarding Lead
Mrs Hammond Mr Cooper
Deputy Head Teacher & Learning Mentor &
Deputy Safeguarding Lead Day to Day Safeguarding
As a Level One Unicef Rights respecting School, our children have the right to:
Article 12 You have the right to give your opinion, and for adults to listen and take it seriously.
Article 19 You have the right to be protected from being hurt and mistreated, in body or mind.
Article 27 You have the right to food, clothing, a safe place to live and to have your basic needs met. You should not be disadvantaged so that you can't do many of the things other kids can do.
Article 33 You have the right to protection from harmful drugs and from the drug trade.
Article 34 You have the right to be free from sexual abuse.
Article 35 No one is allowed to kidnap or sell you.
Article 36 You have the right to protection from any kind of exploitation (being taken advantage of).
Article 37 No one is allowed to punish you in a cruel or harmful way
Article 39 You have the right to help if you've been hurt, neglected or badly treated.
All of our staff at Puss Bank School & Nursery have been DBS checked and receive regular ongoing safeguarding training.
A copy of our Safeguarding Policy can be viewed on our Policies page.
If you need any further advice or help, then you can contact the following services:
Cheshire East Consultation Service
Tel: 0300 123 5012
Tel: 0800 1111
Tel: 0808 800 5000
Operation Encompass
Our school participates in a Police-led initiative called Operation Encompass, a scheme which ensures that we can better support any child where a domestic incident has been reported to Police from their home.
Following a domestic incident, the Police make contact with the school via telephone and communicate relevant information to nominated, fully-trained school staff. This ensures that we are made aware early enough to support children and young people in a way that means they feel safe, supported and listened to.
Each school has a member of staff called a key adult who is trained to liaise with the police, when required, whilst ensuring support is available to the child. Our Key Staff are Mrs Nichol (Head Teacher) & Mr Cooper (Learning Mentor).
We are committed to working in partnership with local relevant organisations to safeguard and protect children across Cheshire and provide the best possible care and support for our pupils.
You can find out more about Operation Encompass via the following site: http://www.operationencompass.org/
As part of Puss Bank School and Nursery's ongoing safeguarding and child protection duties, we are fully behind the Government's PREVENT strategy.
From July 1st 2015 all schools are subject to a duty under section 26 of the Counter-Terrorism and Security Act 2015, in the exercise of their functions, to have "due regard to the need to prevent people from being drawn into terrorism." This duty is known as the PREVENT Duty For Schools.
At Puss Bank, we build pupils' resilience to radicalisation by promoting fundamental British values and enabling our pupils to challenge extremist views.
The statutory guidance refers to the importance of PREVENT awareness training to equip staff to identify children at risk of being drawn into terrorism and to challenge extremist ideas. All our teaching staff have received training on what Prevent is about and how to deal with any issues they may see inside or outside school.
Statutory Guidance on the Prevent Duty
'Puss Bank School & Nursery are committed to ensuring their duties to safeguard and promote the welfare of all the children at the school. The staff of the school have all read the document 'Keeping Children Safe in Education 2021' and are aware of their own roles and responsibilities in relation to safeguarding. A copy of this document is shown below for your information.'


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We know that everything that effects us is decreed on Rosh HaShannah – and making aliyah is no different. Not only that, but for those who are going; the date, the flight, the seats, traveling partners, and destination residence, (yes, your shipping company too) have already been decreed. Kind of comforting, huh?
When considering aliyah it is important to ramp up on your emunah. This quality/midda can smooth the rocky path of transition, and give you a feeling of comfort and security – like the "clouds of glory" in the midbar. To gain these skills there is an excellent book – The Garden of Emuna by Rabbi Shalom Arush. (If you haven't read it yet – order it now. If you haven't read it lately, find it and read it again.) It is essential for gaining a healthy perspective to life.
Different Perspectives on Aliyah. I was talking with a couple of my friends about making aliyah a week before our flight. One told me that all his kids are doing real well in school and he doesn't want to take them out and, essentially, ruin a good thing.
My other friend, however, told me that his son isn't doing well in school and is learning more about life than he ought to at his tender young age, but yet he doesn't want to make aliyah because of the horror stories of teenagers.
What's the truth? Who is right?
My perspective is that both can make aliyah – if they want to. And it can be a positive experience.
Children (and parents) in general do not want to move, whether from one city to another, or one country to another. It is human nature. We enjoy the comforts of familiar soundings, job security, life-long friends, the list goes on. Making aliyah is not the path of least resistance. For a family to want to make aliyah, there has to be the knowledge and emphasis that life will be better in, as my wife calls it "God's special land for Jews".
In my conversations with friends, most often I find one spouse wants to make aliyah and the other definitely does not want to. Most often it is the wife who wants to stay. I am guessing it is because of the material comforts – and that's passe.
There are a billion perspectives on making aliyah, finding a community, and families with teens. The factors involved are too numerous to make blanket statements – but it should be know that it can be done successfully.


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Recording of a 90-minute CLE webinar with Q&A
This CLE course will provide guidance to counsel for companies to ensure Foreign Corrupt Practices Act (FCPA) compliance when hiring in foreign markets. The panel will review recent FCPA enforcement actions and offer strategies to minimize the FCPA risk during the hiring process.
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Romanian Fried Noodle Pudding
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Potato latkes may not be essential to Hanukkah, but cooking with oil is. If you want a change from potato pancakes, try this Romanian fried noodle pudding, which goes well with sauerbraten or roast goose. Excerpted from Joan Nathan's Jewish Holiday Cookbook by Joan Nathan, copyright © 1987 by Joan Nathan. Reprinted with permission by Schocken Books, a division of Random House, Inc. All rights reserved.
Yields: 4
8 oz. fine egg noodles
2 tbsp. pareve margarine
1 large onion
6 tbsp. vegetable oil
2 eggs
salt and pepper
- Cook the noodles according to the directions on the package and drain. Transfer to a large bowl and add the margarine, blending well. Set aside.
- Sauté the onion in 2 tablespoons of the oil until golden. Add the onion to the noodles. Add the eggs and salt and pepper to taste. Mix all the ingredients well.
- Heat the remaining 4 tablespoons of oil in a large, heavy frying pan. Add the noodle mixture and let it brown on the bottom and sides, taking care not to burn it.
- When it is browned on one side, place a large plate over the pan. Turn it over onto the plate and then slide it back into the pan to brown the other side.
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The topic of whether to hire a palm tree removal company when you have a tree that needs to be removed always spark a debate among homeowners. Some people end up making the wrong decisions and will pay the consequences when things go wrong. But what is the right thing to do? Well, in all odds, the best thing is to hire a palm tree removal service. Do not listen to those know it all who believe anything can be done the DIY way. This article looks at three reasons why hiring a palm tree removal service is a wise idea.
Low risk of injuries and property damages
Regardless of the location of the tree, the best thing is to have the tree removed professionally. Some people think it like that because the tree is away from structures and it's, therefore, safe to remove the tree the DIY way. But do they consider the possibility of injuries? Well, injuries can happen when handling the power saw or the tree can injure you when it falls in the wrong direction and gets you unaware.
Also, when felling a palm tree that is near your house or other structures, the probability of causing damages are very high, and that's why you need to avoid DIY palm tree removal at all costs. By hiring a palm tree removal services, you will be free of injuries and your property will be safe and hence it's the right thing to do.
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It's obvious that removing a palm tree on your own will take you lots of time and when the removal is done, you also have to deal with the massive trunk and also a lot of cleaning will be needed. It can take you days to remove a palm tree successfully. However, if you hire experts, the project will be done in hours depending on the size and location of the tree. Also, you will save money in that you will incur no property damage unlike when you do it on your own.
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Project No. (42/2015) - VPM in cooperation with Rowad Society at Gaza Strip distributed loans for micro credit projects
The beneficiaries were poor and needy families to help develop their economic situation and enhance financial sustainability.
The micro credit projects included:
1. Developing a grocery shop (USD 2500) - Gaza City.
2. Developing a grocery shop (USD 2500) - Rafah City.
3. Developing a clothes shop (USD 2500) - Jabalyia camp - North of Gaza.
4. Developing a plumbing tools shop (USD 2500) - Middle of Gaza Strip.
5. Developing a shop for selling household utensils - East of Gaza City.
6. Developing a shop for selling frozen food(USD 2500) - Gaza City.


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Footage of a hairdresser Marissa Sonkur Sex Tape Video Leaked having sex with her boyfriend behind a racecourse beer tent has gone viral, after the clip was shared online. The Porn video shows Marissa Sonkur, 22, from Hawick, Roxburghshire, getting frisky with a fellow race-goer while at the Kelso Racecourse in Scotland.
Ms Sonkur, who also works with Scottish Borders Council, was said to have been left 'mortified' after the footage was posted on social media.
A source told the Sun UK that Ms Sonkur had admitted it was 'not the classiest thing I've ever done.'
A friend said:
Kapen duke bërë seks pas një piste garash
Anglezja Marissa Sonkur, 22 vjeçare, u shokua kur e kuptoi se video e saj ishte bërë hit në internet.
Ajo dhe i dashuri i saj po çonin dashuri, prapa një tende birrash, që ishte vendosur afër një piste garash me kuaj.
"Të gjithë e kanë parë atë video, e tërë familja e saj e dinë për këtë video, madje edhe gjyshja e saj", tha një burim për. – Reblop
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On October 26, 1998, Nabokov bibliographer Michael Juliar posted the note below to NABOKV-L, the online Vladimir Nabokov Forum. It is reprinted here with his permission, accompanied by the images to which he refers.
To touch on an old thread regarding Nabokov's claim for the inspiration of Lolita ("The first little throb of Lolita went through me late in 1939 or early in 1940, in Paris ... somehow prompted by a newspaper story about an ape in the Jardin des Plantes, who, after months of coaxing by a scientist, produced the first drawing ever charcoaled by an animal: this sketch showed the bars of the poor creature's cage."), has anyone pointed out the following?
Life magazine, on page six of its 5 December 1949 issue, published most of a Nabokov letter about butterfly wings in Hieronymus Bosch's Garden of Delights. (See Selected Letters, pp. 93-94.) On the facing page, seven, is a letter from a H. Huber Clark of New York City about the first photograph ever taken by an "ape." Mr. (or Mrs. or Miss) Clark writes, "Photographer Bernard Hoffman's Cookie (Life, Nov. 14) was not the first ape to take a picture. My protegeķ, whose name was also Cookie, was an advanced shutterbug more than seven years ago when an article appeared in This Week magazine Oct. 11, 1942ģ" Accompanying the letter are two photographs, one of the "first Cookie" examining a box camera (a Kodak brownie?), and one of humans looking into Cookie's cage, taken, of course, from Cookie's point of view. The bars of the cage stand out more than the human heads.
On page ten, the letters continue with one from Seaborn Jones Jr. of Jacksonville, FL, pointing out that Life had published similar photos in its "Pictures to the Editors" on 5 September 1938. He says, "...you showed two pictures taken by a chimpanzee in a Berlin zoo." Life reprints the two photos. If both were actually taken by the chimp, as the letter says, the first photo is of another chimp holding a man-made object (another camera?). The second is of people staring (chimps point of view) into a cage. Again, the bars of the cage are clearly visible.
Is it possible that Nabokov was referring to one of these three sets of photos: one published in 1949, one in 1942, and one in 1938, all published in the US? Could the 1938 set have been published in Europe in the late 30's where Nabokov might have seen it before he wrote Volshebnik? Or was the "initial shiver of inspiration" a reference, not to Volshebnik, but to Lolita? 1949 is after Lolita was begun, but 1942 isn't. Or did Nabokov see the Life photos of 1949 but later misremember them as having been published earlier?
Another idea: I don't know French, but does "jardin des plantes" (or "botanical garden") ever refer to the Garden of Eden, the source of "life"? And "Eden" means delight or pleasure. I don't know the Bosch painting, but I assume from its title that it has some kind of reference to Eden, even though the third panel Nabokov refers to is of Hell.
Many gardens, many paths.
Michael Juliar
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Melanie Waingarten is an international scenic designer, architect, visual artist, performer and deviser. Her work explores the intersection of art, architecture and performance.
Recent designs 'Confetti' in Edinburgh Fringe Festival, 'Peer Gynt' by Joghnee Woo, 'Kiss' by Monty Cole and 'The Spectacular Society' by Marisa Ossato.
Also, designed 'Red Dots Black Holes', a physical theater piece directed by Paola Escobar that will be touring United States and Latin America.
Currently, she is presenting a show in Microtheater in Buenos Aires and
directing an adaptation on Sarah Kane's 'Psychosis 4.48'.
Melanie graduated from Torcuato Di Tella University in Buenos Aires with an Architecture degree and a Master Degree in Performance Design from California Institute of the Arts.


text: Celebrity Jessica & Tony: Hot-Spot Hopping in New York "She's having a great time," a source tells PEOPLE; Plus: Simpson closes on her Vegas condo By People Staff Published on March 4, 2008 04:15 PM Share Tweet Pin Email Photo: James Devaney/WireImage The same day Tony Romo told PEOPLE that he and Jessica Simpson are not engaged but that marriage is something on his mind, the couple had dinner at Greenwich Village hot spot Waverly Inn. The two, both 27, are going strong and can't bear to be apart, a source close to Simpson tells PEOPLE, adding: "They are doing great. They are really, really happy together." In New York to be with Romo when he accepted his award at Cosmopolitan's Fun, Fearless Male luncheon, Simpson was due to fly to Nashville Tuesday before Romo joins her in Los Angeles, says the source. "She's having a great time and is loving life right now," says the source. "She is happier than ever. Things with Tony are going really well." And should she ever settle down, there's her 1,200-sq.-ft. Las Vegas condo in the Palms Place. Simpson has closed on a one-bedroom at the new 47-story hotel/residence set to open this weekend. (The condo was initially to be a newlywed pad for Simpson and then-husband Nick Lachey, but was awarded to Simpson as part of her divorce.) • By KC BAKER, MARK GRAY and STEPHEN M. SILVERMAN


text: Two teenagers rescued from forced prostitution in Laos By Nguyen Phuc, Thanh Nien News Quang Tri - Tuesday, November 04, 2014 16:21 Email Print RELATED NEWS 6 arrested, including 2 foreigners, for selling 147 Vietnamese women to S.Korea, China Four arrested for trafficking Vietnamese women to China Vietnam couple sentenced for human trafficking attempt Vietnamese women forced into sex work in Ghana rescued Vietnamese border guards in Quang Tri Province have arrested two women suspected of trafficking two teenage neighbors to Laos and forced them to work as prostitutes. A source from Quang Tri Border Guard Command on Wednesday said they arrested Pham Thi Tuyen, 39, at a karaoke parlor in Laos and Phan Thi Bich Thuy, 57, at her home in the nearby Nghe An Province on Oct. 27. The two victims, aged 13 and 17, were rescued from the karaoke parlor in Muang Phin, Savanakhet, and brought back to Vietnam. Initial investigation found that Tuyen, who lived in Laos, hired Thuy to lure the two Vietnamese girls to Laos four months ago. Thuy was paid VND20 million (US$941) for each girl she brought to Tuyen. The girls were promised well paid jobs at a cafeteria in Laos, but instead were forced into sex work. The 17-year-old, identified as Cut Thi S., said once she's in Laos, Tuyen seized her personal papers and forced her into prostitution at Tuyen's karaoke parlor. She sent gangsters to threaten her for any disobedience. S. did not know the price of her service as Tuyen never paid her. "She forced me to serve five to seven customers a day, even on days I was tired. She said she kept my wages to deduct for the money she paid for bringing me to Laos." For the same reason, Quang Thi T., the 13-year-old victim, was not paid except for the first time, when Tuyen gave her 1.5 million Kip ($186) for her virginity. T.'s mother said Thuy, a neighbor, was all in sweet words when she met her to talk about a job at a coffee shop in Laos that would pay VND3 million ($141) a month. As the family is poor after her husband died 11 years ago, the mother agreed to let her daughter to work, only for her to sold to Tuyen. The girls said they were locked inside the karaoke parlor. Both have suffered physical and mental trauma. S. had to be sent to hospital after developing seizures. She had an ectopic pregnancy and miscarried, forcing doctors to remove her oviduct. More : Vietnam Laos Quang Tri human trafficking sex work


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I told people I was going to Little Rock, Arkansas, for a job and the question I always got was, "So, what's in Little Rock?" Fair enough, I suppose.
Well last week, I found out for myself.
I took a trip with Rosin Preservation out to Little Rock to document the Albert Pike Hotel for a historic tax credit application. Pretty routine, except for one thing . . The hotel was spectacular!
Simple enough looking exterior, not unlike those found near the Plaza in KC.
Oh, but inside . .
There was also, well . . weirdness. But maybe I'll get into that another time. Let's just say that some people have different ideas about what constitutes house pets.
So what else is there in Little Rock?
The Clinton Library . .
. . and this nice old railroad bridge converted to a pedestrian walkway across the river to the Clinton Library.
Really nice old homes throughout the city . .
We had dinner and drinks at the Capitol Hotel Bar . .
All this within the constructs of a 1.5-day stay.
There's more, there always is. But hopefully we'll be going back in a few months to see what they've done with the hotel, and I'll post more then.
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We've gone on several family cruises over the past few years, and they are always my favorite vacations of the year. I love the uninterrupted time with my family, and since everything is taken care of for you, I enjoy relaxing. But before you can completely relax on your cruise, you need to get through the first day. The first day can be stressful, and it's always my least favorite part of the trip (except for leaving). Here are some tips for your first day on the Disney Cruise Line (although these tips can also be applied to other cruise lines as well).
Related: Disney Cruise Line Tips for First-Timers
Be patient
This is the most important tip, regardless of the cruise line you are sailing on. The first day is filled with logistics and other "boring" activities that help you prepare for the perfect trip. Set appropriate expectations with yourself and your children – especially through the important evacuation drill that happens before you sail away.
I'll be honest, I HATE the muster safety drill. It's definitely a necessary step, but it isn't fun. It's important that you are patient during this short time. You are likely to be standing around for a while, possibly in the heat, waiting for the drill. Listen to the instructions, be patient, and once it's over, you'll be ready for your vacation to start.
Stay overnight the day before
Unless you live a short distance from the port, consider staying overnight near the port. That way, you won't have to worry about traffic or delayed flights. It's also great to get to the port early because you can start your vacation right away. For flights leaving from Port Canaveral, we stay at the Hyatt Regency Orlando Airport. Check prices and reviews here. It's right at the airport, but the rooms are still nice and quiet.
Pack a day bag
You won't have access to your checked bags until later in the evening, so be sure to pack essentials for the day in a day bag. Include things like prescription medication, valuables, sunscreen, dinner clothes, and swimsuits. My suitcases usually arrive in my stateroom before dinner, but I always like to have clothes for the evening on me, just in case.
You also won't be able to access your room until later in the day, so make sure the bag isn't too heavy. Once I carried around a day bag that just killed my shoulder. Now that the kids are a little older, I have them bring their own backpack with their electronics.
If you are planning on decorating your stateroom door, you may want to put your magnets in your day bag. We love decorating our room right when we arrive so we feel like we've moved into the stateroom.
Find transportation to the port
If you aren't traveling, I'd recommend scheduling your transportation to the port in advance. Consider all of the factors, including price and convenience, before booking. For cruises departing Port Canaveral, I generally take Disney's transportation. It costs extra but it is very convenient.
Sign up for kids' activities
On the Disney Cruise Line, you'll have the opportunity to sign up for your children to participate in kids' activities right in the port. They will receive their bracelets, and you can add essential information, like allergies and other concerns, to their files.
Once you are on board, you'll be able to attend open houses in the kids' clubs so you can check them out. If you have kids that are a little apprehensive about going to the kids' clubs, it's a good idea to visit them together during one of these open house times.
Have lunch
Once we board our ship, we head right up to Cabanas to grab a table for lunch. It gets crowded, so we try to arrive early to scout out our spot.
Alternatively, there's often at least one sit-down restaurant that is also open for lunch. Since fewer people know about that, it can be a little more low key and less crowded. There are fewer food options, but I prefer this alternative because it isn't as crazy.
Schedule seminars
While waiting to board the ship, review the Navigator to see which seminars and activities can be booked once you are on board. On our latest cruise, I signed up for a wine tasting beverage seminar for later in the week. Do this early, because they do fill up. I use the time in the port waiting to board the ship to review the Navigator and see which seminars are offered.
Even if you are traveling with kids, it's worth doing a seminar if you want to. The kids are likely to love the kids' clubs, so you'll probably have more free time than you expect.
Decorate your door
Once you have access to your stateroom, have fun making it your own by decorating your door with magnets. Door decorating isn't at all required, but it's a fun idea and a great way to identify your door. We love looking at everyone's door decorations as we walk around the ship.
Check out this post for decorating ideas.
Download the Disney Cruise Line App
I love the Disney Cruise Line app. It includes schedule information about your entire cruise, port info, deck plans of the ship, restaurant menus, and so much more. You can also use the app to communicate with others on your cruise, even if you aren't using cellular data or purchase WiFi on the ship. Download it before you set sail so you can still use your cellular data to do it. Then, connect with your friends and family members. We use the app to communicate all the time.
Unpack Right Away
As soon as your suitcases arrive, it's a great idea to unpack your bags. It's hard to live out of a suitcase while on a cruise because there isn't a great place to store open suitcases. Instead, unpack everything, and store the bags under the bed. I like to make sure my clothes are hung up because there are no irons in the room. Hanging things up right away helps prevent wrinkles.
If I do have wrinkled items, I like to walk over to the laundry room and iron them on the first night. That way, I get it over with and don't have to iron again on my vacation.
Check Port Excursions
Even though you can book port excursions online as soon as you check-in online, you'll find a port excursions desk onboard. If you want to add on any additional excursions, I'd recommend going to the desk on your first day to make changes.
Visit the Spa
The spa typically has an open house on the first day. If you may want to book a treatment, the open house is a good opportunity to check it out. You can also book treatments at this point. I love the rainforest room on the Disney Cruise Line, and you can buy a pass for the length of your trip if you'd like.
When booking a Disney Cruise, I recommend booking with Get Away Today. Plus, when you mention Family Travel Magazine, you get an extra $25 on board credit! Give their agents a call at 877-510-2929.
Have you been on the Disney Cruise Line? What tips would you recommend?
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I'd like to see a show of hands from people who believe that Barack Obama and his administration don't use their regulatory power to punish enemies and reward their friends.
Thought so.
I don't think that Obama's administration is much different than other administrations in this regard, except varying in the intensity of their pursuit and the volume of regulations they have at their disposal.
This abuse by all politicians, is, in a nut shell, the reason why our Republic, based upon limited government, is supposed to, you know, limit the powers of the government.
Because Obama—and others-- have taken the spoils system to new extremes, extremes that allow them to criminalize any behavior they wish. And then, through selective prosecutions, they can punish enemies and warn friends.
This helps to remind EVERYONE: "Who needs enemies when you have friends like us?"
Bada Bing!
The Party that campaigned "My body, my Choice" has turned over the regulatory power over everyone's body to the IRS, and now shares, under Obamcare, Dodd-Frank, Sarbanes-Oxley, the Clean Air Act, the Community Reinvestment Act and the Patriot Act, along with others, much of the punitive power that the Oprichniki had under Ivan the Terrible, if just a bit less terrible.
I mention this because one of Obama's smartest critics has been under relentless attack by the administration under threat of civil and criminal penalties for loans made and then sold to the federal government under the government's sub prime lending schemes also known as Fannie Mae and Freddie Mac.
JP Morgan Chase and Jamie Dimon in particular have been subject to record fines, civil sanctions and threat of criminal prosecution.
Their crime apparently has been that Dimon in particular is a critic of the administration and that JP Morgan was one of the better-run banks.
The government is currently outraged that JP Morgan's London Unit lost $6.2 billion on trades. And as long as the firm is willing to fork over ANOTHER $13 billion and admit they were bad, the administration is willing to let them off the hook for losing the $6.2 billion.
What about the shareholders? What's $20 billion more or less to fat cat bank shareholders?
They don't count.
For example, last week on Ransom Notes Radio, it was revealed that JP Morgan's Chairman Jamie Dimon had resigned from his position as chairman at the banking unit Chase at the suggestion of the U.S. Comptroller of the Currency, one of the myriad of regulatory agencies that "helps" regulate banks in the United States.
"The agency asked for the change as part of an effort to improve corporate governance at the company, said one of the people who asked not to be identified because discussions were confidential," reported Bloomberg. "The move wasn't punitive, that person said. Robert Garsson, an OCC spokesman, declined to comment on the talks."
That move may or may not have been punitive, but it certainly didn't seem voluntary either. Typically it's up to the shareholders to decide who runs what at a publically traded company.
But you can hardly blame Dimon for following the government's "suggestions" when they have targeted you with record fines. Below is a list of fines compiled by the Daily Beast, who think the government has been to easy on Dimon and JPMorgan. The Beast would like to see MORE fines. (Note the list doesn't include the recent $13 billion fine):
Date: April 2011
Amount: $56 million
Behavior: JPMorgan was one of several banks called out in a class-action lawsuit for overcharging or wrongfully foreclosing on active-duty military personnel. The company apologized, paid out $27 million in cash, cut interest rates on home loans and returned houses that were wrongfully foreclosed upon.
Date: June 2011
Amount: $153.6 million
Behavior: The Securities and Exchange Commission sued JPMorgan for misleading buyers by allegedly failing to inform investors that a hedge fund assisted in picking and betting against securities in a collateralized debt obligation JPMorgan had sold in 2007. JPMorgan paid $153.6 million to settle the charges without admitting or denying the allegations.
Date: July 2011
Amount: $229 Million
Behavior: In response to a suit by federal and state authorities, JPMorgan settled allegations that it rigged the bidding process for reinvesting bond transactions that affected 31 state governments. The bank paid $229 million to settle the charges without admitting or denying the allegations.
Date: August 2011
Amount: $88.3 Million
Behavior: Talk about shady dealings. The Treasury Department alleged the banking giant violated sanction orders by conducting transactions with people or entities tied to Iran, Sudan, Cuba, and Liberia. JPMorgan Chase settled the charges and violations by paying $88.3 million civil penalty.
Date: February 2012
Amount: $5.29 Billion
Behavior: JPMorgan and four other major mortgage servicers agreed to pay a combined $25 billion to settle charges with state attorneys general, the Justice Department, and the Department of Housing and Urban Development relating to what Washington Attorney General Rob McKenna called years of "shoddy loan servicing, illegal robo-signing, and faulty foreclosure processing." JPMorgan Chase's share of the settlement came to $5.29 billion.
Date: February 2012
Amount: $110 million
Behavior: Along with Bank of America and a few smaller lenders, JPMorgan settled consumer litigation that claimed the banks processed checks by size—rather than by chronological order—so they could charge unwarranted overdraft fees.
Date: March 2012
Amount: $150 million
Behavior: After being sued by pension funds and investors for investing their funds in a risky structured investment vehicle that failed at the height of the global financial crisis in 2008, JPMorgan settled the suit without admitting wrongdoing.
Date: November 2012
Amount: $296.9 million
Behavior: The Securities and Exchange Commission charged JPMorgan with misleading investors about the quality of mortgages that underlay mortgage-backed securities it sold. The bank settled the charges without admitting or denying guilt.
Date: January 2013
Amount: Unclear
Behavior: Ten banks, including JPMorgan Chase, agreed to an $8.5 billion settlement with the Office of the Comptroller of the Currency and the Federal Reserve over "robo-signing" and other alleged abuses of the foreclosure process.
Date: March 2013
Amount: $100 million
Behavior: JPMorgan Chase agreed to return $546 million to former customers of MF Global Holdings, the investment firm run by former New Jersey governor Jon Corzine that collapsed in 2011.
The total comes to one-helluva-lot of money. And it's the last one that really gives lie to the rest.
Jon Corzine was an Obama stalwart, once hailed by the administration as their go-to guy on the economy.
"As chairman of the Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee," writes Peter Roff a contributing editor at US New and World Report, "Corzine helped Obama first win election to the Senate. He helped him win the presidency. He has been praised by Obama and by Vice President Joe Biden as a 'go to guy' on financial, economic, and Wall Street issues. He's as close to an insider as you can be without actually being in the White House or a member of the president's cabinet."
His firm also misplaced $1.5 billion in customer, segregated funds as it nose-dived into bankruptcy. That would be the equivalent of Jamie Dimon and JP Morgan reaching into your checking account and stealing money to cover losses in their trades, which of course they didn't do.
The stuff they did do- which is pay fines without admitting guilt- is pretty much standard operating procedure with the banking and financial services industry today. The difference is that Obama and Company are taking it to a much higherlevel.
Why would banks pay? In a highly regulated environment, paying fines to the government over infractions is just the cost of doing business.
And apparently JP Morgan doesn't have strong enough ties to the president to get away with criminal activities.
"There will be no criminal charges for former New Jersey Governor Jon Corzine over the use of customer funds leading up to collapse of MF Global," reported MarketWatch in June. "The criminal probe into whether there was wrongdoing on the part of Corzine by the Department of Justice will now be dropped due to lack of evidence, said a report in The New York Post, citing a person with knowledge of the matter."
Really? The old lack of evidence ploy, huh?
That's only because the Justice Department won't look for evidence.
Don't get me wrong: I'm all for banks and investment banks obeying the laws. But I'm very much against the bad laws that have created a regulatory dictatorship for you, me and, yes, even banks.
This isn't about banking or following the laws anymore.It's about a government temper tantrum.
The government is outraged because JP Morgan told the world that the government forced them to take bailout funds they didn't ask for; it's outraged because Jamie Dimon brought a knife to a gun fight.
And the government is using the $6.2 billion London whale loss as a whipping post to tie the bankers to.
Once upon a time, Generals Motors got $95 billion in new money. Today the company is worth half that.
Where's the outrage there?


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By David Peake, Chief Operating Officer, The Consultus International Group
Cyber security is an increasingly hot topic in the energy industry. When it comes to infrastructure resilience and energy security, local and national governments are increasingly aware of the threats to critical assets and facilities posed by cyber attacks, whether criminal hackers, state-sponsored overseas agents or other bad actors.
In the era of the Internet of Things (IoT) when a domestic fridge might conceivably provide a back-door route to hack a mainframe, collaboration and information sharing between business and government are critical.
Energy underpins our society: its citizens, homes, public services and businesses. So imagine the potential impacts of cyber criminals targeting and interfering with critical national energy infrastructure—gas pipelines, power plants, nuclear facilities?
In a connected world, these assets are arguably more vulnerable to attack and disruption than ever before, with new technologies, energy systems and distribution networks compounding the risks. Digital systems are now fundamental to how electricity is generated, and to how electricity and gas are distributed. So how can we mitigate those risks?
In this complex, challenging and evolving area, it's vital that government and business work closely together to fully understand the issues faced, and to plan and implement the necessary protections and contingency plans to support energy security in an evolving cyber threat landscape. Here's an example of how this thinking is developing in the USA.
In spring 2019, industry players including the US Department of Energy (DOE), Federal Energy Regulatory Commission and the Electric Power Research Institute briefed the National Association of Regulatory Utility Commissioners Committee on Critical Infrastructure on the work they've been doing to protect energy infrastructure from both physical and cyber threats. The headline? Energy infrastructure security requires continuous industry-government collaboration. (https://dailyenergyinsider.com/featured/17597-energy-infrastructure-security-requires-continuous-industry-government-collaboration/).
The US government only established its Office of Cybersecurity, Energy Security and Emergency Response (CESER) as recently as February 2018. Its priorities include better understanding the risks faced by the energy sector and how to manage and mitigate them. This includes clarifying the roles of industry and government in terms of cybersecurity, and building capacity in this area across industry and government.
At the DOE briefing, the president of the Edison Electric Institute (EEI), which represents all US investor-owned electric companies, said that companies are constantly working "to improve grid security, reliability, and resiliency, and we will continue to strengthen cyber and physical defences and to elevate preparedness. Our strong industry-government partnership… will continue to be key to accomplishing our shared goal of protecting the energy grid against all threats."
In the UK, collaboration is also seen as critical to success in the fast-changing cyber landscape. The Energy Emergencies Executive Committee (E3C) is a UK government committee run by the Department For Business, Energy & Industrial Strategy. It focuses on energy resilience and preparedness, advising government and ministers on plans, strategies and recommended responses. It also includes the Cyber Security Task Group (E3CC), whose members comprise the operating companies that run the UK's most critical national infrastructure for gas and electricity plus invited members from government, energy industry regulator Ofgem, and representatives from the UK's National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC).
In addition to performing risk assessments of the cyber threat, E3C is a way to share industry best practices, particularly relating to non-competitive issues and cyber security incidents of mutual concern. This kind of approach is critical, with the energy industry playing such an active and engaged role in moving the agenda forward.
If you don't know the work of the E3C, here's a good place to start. In August 2019, the UK experienced "a power disruption resulted from the operation of Low Frequency Demand Disconnection relays on the Great Britain power system… It impacted hundreds of thousands of customers, and caused significant secondary impacts in particular to the transport network. Though demand was fully restored within 90 minutes, the secondary impacts continued to be felt for much of the day." The E3C was commissioned to review this disruption, "to identify lessons and recommendations for the prevention and management of future power disruption events." This was not caused by a cyber attack, however the resulting disruption is something that might conceivably result from hacking with criminal intent. The key is building resilience; in this case, the E3C was tasked with identifying "areas of good practice and where improvements are required for system resilience" and making "recommendations for essential service resilience to power disruptions."
This is why organisations are now thinking about adding EV charging to their list of employee amenities. Unlike other 'softer' services or benefits, EV charging is something their people can use every day; a useful facility they'll appreciate is
provided at their workplace. For employers, EV charging stations will be a useful addition to facilities aimed at attracting the brightest and the best employees while also supporting the organisation's green agenda. In this day and age, people increasingly want to work for businesses that take sustainability seriously.
The interim report was published in October 2019, and you can read it here – https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/great-britain-power-system-disruption-review.
Of course, no activity comes without some level of risk attached. You can never completely remove risk. But you can have plans in place to mitigate those risks, based on prior knowledge, domain expertise, current intelligence and the latest technologies. The public sector and businesses are doing just that, assessing the landscape and drawing up plans to thwart cyber attackers and protect their assets, to embed infrastructure resilience and therefore support a higher degree of energy security. The more we know and the more we collaborate, the stronger we are.
A world-class consulting partner for energy and utilities, Consultus was named (Most Trusted Consultancy (Large Customers))at the TELCA awards 2019.
Find out more information about Consultus Cyber Security here.


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I wish I could say I've been gone because I was busy writing the Great American Novel, or because I was on an all-expense-paid tour of the Mediterranean, or because SoldierMan surprised me and came home early.
In reality, I've only been working a lot, and trying to sleep in between. And find some time to play with the poor neglected puppies.
Thanks for hanging around and putting up with my unreliability. This is going to be a short but intense week at Ft. Bliss, followed by what is sure to be a very fun holiday weekend. So I should have plenty of material in the next couple of weeks.
Anyone want to loan me some time???
Meanwhile, enjoy this pic of the laziest puppy in the world. That's not mid-sitting-action. He stayed like that for 5 minutes. Because, why stand on all four feet?


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|Hays Code
|Dominique Swain
|Dammit! I can't win
|The thin line between art and child pornography
|But who codes the coders?
|Child Pornography Prevention Act 1996
|Dude, Where's My Car?
|The Cook, The Thief, His Wife and Her Lover
|JonBenét Ramsey
|Adrian Lyne
|Fatal Attraction
|The Last Temptation of Christ
|David Mamet
|Vladimir Nabokov
|Fleetwood Mac
|E2 Quick Start
|Frank Langella
|Roman nose
|bad code
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First Connections: Early Identification of and Referrals to Early Intervention Services for Autism and other Developmental Delays
Project Description
This 3-year grant provides training and technical assistance to 6 community-based organizations that provide screening of developmental disabilities, including autism, for children aged birth to five years in underserved communities, and link families to community resources. The goals of the project include:
- Increasing the number of competent professional to conduct early screening;
- Increasing parents' knowledge of development, developmental disabilities, and community resources;
- Increasing the number of young children from disadvantaged communities screened; and
- Increasing the linkage of young children to services for developmental delays.
The grant will reach a large number of families in underserved communities, will develop systemic methods for increasing screening that can be applied to other service systems, and will collect data useful for advocacy to reduce barriers in access to services. The grant is expected to increase developmental screening for young children from underserved communities, and produce a systems change.
Important Things to Know
- Children from disadvantaged populations are less likely to be screened for developmental disabilities, including autism, and linked to appropriate resources in a timely way.
- Parents, teachers, or medical providers who have concerns about a child's development should not wait. Acting early can make a big difference.
- More information from the CDC about acting early.
Additional Information
Marian Williams, PhD, Project Lead
Barbara Wheeler, PhD, RN, Team Member
Marie Kanne Poulsen, PhD, Team Member
Funding: Grant
Project Duration: 2014 - 2017
Collaborators: First 5 LA, AltaMed, Eisner Pediatric and Family Medical Center, Foothill Family Services, Northeast Valley Health Corporation, South Central LA Regional Center Family Resource Center, Westside Children's Center, 211 LA County


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It's unfortunate that the administration at UNC-Chapel Hill did not take steps to defuse the controversy around their Confederate monument known as "Silent Sam" much earlier. Now they are in a bit of a pickle with students and others having removed the statue last week, followed by smaller demonstrations, and a law that appears to give the university 90 days to return it to campus.
Yesterday Chancellor Folt released a statement indicating that she would like to see the statue returned to campus to be used for educational purposes:
Silent Sam has a place in our history and on our campus where its history can be taught, but not at the front door of a safe, welcoming, proudly public research university. We want to provide opportunities for our students and the broader community to reflect upon and learn from that history.
I agree.
We are not talking about the center of a town or city, where forms of interpretation such as historical markers may be deemed insufficient to defuse their meaning for some residents. We are talking about an educational community.
There is a model for the school to consider. Back in 2015 the University of Texas at Austin removed a number of Confederate monuments from campus, including Jefferson Davis. He now stands in the Briscoe Center for American History on campus, where the statue can be properly interpreted:
Davis's arrival at the Briscoe is part of a major relaunch of the center. In the fall of 2015, the center closed its public spaces for an 18-month renovation that updated and expanded the reading room and added 4,000 square feet of new exhibit space. When the center reopened earlier this month, the general public was able to view its inaugural exhibit, "Exploring the American South," which pairs well with the Davis statue exhibit, "From Commemoration to Education." A large label with the heading "#DavisMustFall" affixed to the wall to the right of the statue makes the case for Davis's reemergence at the center: "By moving the statue of Jefferson Davis to the Briscoe Center, it is preserved as historical evidence and as an original work of art. However, the statue's presence in an educational exhibit—as opposed to a place of honor on campus—underlines the fact that Davis, as well as many of his ideas and actions, are no longer commemorated or endorsed by the university." (A point brought home by the fact that Davis's new environs are rather small and cramped, compared to his former, more spacious accommodations.)
UNC is one of the top places in the country to study the history of the South. It is impossible not to imagine this statue being used by multiple departments to help students better understand some of the toughest questions that continue to bedevil Americans on the racial front and beyond.
Engage "Silent Sam" at eye level. Study him as part of a class on the Civil War, Reconstruction, and the Jim Crow-era. Read Julian Carr's speech in its presence. Place the protest surrounding this statue right up to its removal by students in proper context so that decades from now people can continue to learn.
I can think of no better way for a school community to take ownership of a statue like "Silent Sam" away from those people who continue to see it as a rallying point for white supremacy.


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Key Collections of Milan Fashion Week Spring 2017/18
Milan Fashion Week Spring/Summer 2017-2018 was held in June showcasing some of the household names in the fashion world at Milan including Ralph Lauren and Prada – All designers at the Milan Fashion Week had one thing in common, that is they all defied trends. They all went for new cuts, fancy material including fur and blousy baroque prints. So without any further delay let's explore what these designers had to offer:
Ralph Lauren's Purple Label at Milan Fashion Week: the brand had a pretty much 360 degree approach when it came to suiting men in the most elegant designs while using fabrics that felt light – including silk and linen chambray suits that seemed perfect for both the fashion police as well as the weather.
Another Ralph Lauren outfit featuring the lighter tones from head to toe, making it the perfect ensemble for spring.
Ralph Lauren's tailored blazers and suits in numerous shades of blue: perfect for European gentlemen who are juggling between boardroom meetings and vacations.
Marini: SS18 was all about layers. This collection played with colors and patched stripe shirts throughout the showcased outfits. It brought back the 90s accessories in a matter of fact manner as most models were styled in hi- tops.
Salvatore Ferragamo: our designer here tried to bring the actual short shorts back into the fashion world and most obviously into our wardrobes as well. Ferragamo's collection featured camel shades that were paired with contrasting evergreen and ever loved shades of blue.
Missoni: Angela Missoni celebrated 20 years of the brand this year. Missoni's collection featured outfits that were inspired by "the urban gardener" and drew on colors from travel photographer Erwin Fieger's Japan: Sunrise-Island. The collection was a breath of fresh air with its summery colors and tailored shorts.
That's all folks from Milan Fashion Week for Summer, see you again in soon!


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Book Buzz: Top 30 books to check out this summer
Hot summer books: USA TODAY'S Jocelyn McClurg and Bob Minzesheimer have picked out the 30 must-read books for summer. For crime lovers, there's Stephen King's Joyland, for romance readers, there's Entwined With You by Sylvia Day and for comedy fans, there's The Tao of Martha by Jen Lancaster.
More summer books: USA TODAY's Bob Minzesheimer asked booksellers what new books they predict will be popular this summer. For non-fiction, Jan Weissmiller of Prairie Lights in Iowa City named I Wear the Black Hat by Chuck Klosterman. For the summer's sleeper hits, Amazon's Sara Nelson favored Liane Moriarty's The Husband's Secret. As for fiction, Barnes & Noble's Patricia Bostelman picked Sisterland, a funny novel about twins by Curtis Sittenfeld. Plus, USA TODAY profiles three hot summer authors, including Sittenfeld. Jocelyn McClurg spoke with Lily Koppel about her non-fiction book The Astronaut Wives Club, while Minzesheimer caught up with Michael Paterniti about his new summer book, The Telling Room.
Superman at 75: DC Comics is celebrating the 75th anniversary of Superman, the iconic superhero from planet Krypton. Kicking off the series of commemorative celebrations is a new logo, which will be used for a number of projects, the first of which is a new comic series Superman Unchained, which comes out on June 12.
Remembering Jack Vance: Award-winning author Jack Vance is dead at the age of 96. He died at his home in Oakland, Calif., according to his son John Vance III. He wrote more than 60 mystery, fantasy and science fiction books in his lifetime. A 2009 profile of Vance in The New York Times Magazine described him as one of literature's "most distinctive and undervalued voices."
Schoolgirl reads 875 books: Here's today's story on how to feel like an underachiever: Sophia Moss, a 5-year-old from Lake Charles, La., read 875 books this school year. She devoured books in the school library kindergarten and first grade section, and got attention from her teachers because she would check out some 20 books a week. How's that for a bookworm?
Clinton approves comic book: President Clinton has written a blurb for the graphic novel March: Book One. According to The Beat, it's the first time a comic book has gotten a president to write a blurb. The book tells the story of Rep. John Lewis (who co-wrote it with Andrew Aydin), a leader during the Civil Rights movement who helped plan the March on Washington in 1963. Clinton called Lewis a "resounding moral voice in the quest for equality." March will be published by Top Shelf and will be available on Aug. 13.
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April 20, 2013 @ San Jose State University
Cate Cauguiran
Cate Cauguiran is a reporter for KPIX 5. She was selected as part of the CBS News Development Program, a fast track to network. She joins KPIX 5 from Medford, Oregon. She was the morning anchor, producer and multimedia journalist for KTVL News 10.
Cate graduated from the University of Southern California with her B.A. in Broadcast Journalism and International Relations, focusing on foreign policy analysis and culture, gender and global civil society in 2008. She returned to her alma mater for her master's degree in Communication Management in 2010 with a thesis on social media and broadcasting.
Cate started her journalism career interning for KCBS/KCAL, NBC Nightly News and at her college station, Annenberg TV News. She calls herself a "third culture kid." She is Filipina and a military brat who grew up onU.S. bases in Japan. When she's not in the newsroom, she's exploring the food, culture, music and outdoors of the Bay Area.
Crystal Diaz
As a recruiter for the Bay Area News Group Crystal Diaz is committed to attracting and helping candidates navigate the selection and interview process. I recruit exclusively for our advertising sales group and specialize in full cycle sales recruitment. Previously, she worked as a national sales coordinator for 3 years before moving into the recruiting role at Bay Area News Group. She has also worked in outside sales, territory management, sales training and customer service. Crystal earned her Bachelors of Science in 2007 and MBA in 2013 – both from Santa Clara University. She is passionate about how companies utilize and mobilize their workforce. Her future goals include gaining more strategic human resources and talent management experience and shifting into a role where she can help her organization shape a more productive and satisfied workforce.
Brian Domingo
As global public relations manager at Dolby Laboratories, Brian assists in the development and execution of corporate communications strategies, helping grow Dolby reputation as a thought leader and protecting the company's reputation through external issues and crisis management planning. Brian brings nearly eight years of experience in technology public relations. During his time with Edelman, the world's largest public relations firm, he has worked on behalf of numerous Adobe business groups including the education, enterprise, digital video/audio, and Flash Platform teams. Brian has also held corporate communications roles in stints with AT&T, Verizon Wireless, and Johnson & Johnson.
Throughout his academic career, Brian was awarded the Bernays Cup National Student Writing Award, the PRSA NJ Pre-Professional of the Year Award, the Professor Sydney Gross Memorial Scholarship, University of the Pacific's "Graduate Student of the Year" and the PRSSA Gold Key. He also served as an executive board member with PRSSA's 2004 Chapter of the Year, Rowan University. In 2004, Brian graduated magna cum laude with a bachelor's degree in communication—public relations from Rowan University, and two years later, he received his graduate degree in mass communication from University of the Pacific in Stockton, CA. A native of Raritan, N.J., he claims that he's heard every joke about his home state and says only half of them are true. Brian also enjoys working out, playing center field for his city softball team, trying out new restaurants in the city, performing with his band, and dying a little harder each time his beloved New York Mets don't make it to the playoffs.
Donovan Farnham
Donovan Farnham is the night and verticals Web producer for the San Jose Mercury News and the Bay Area News Group. He's responsible for managing the late-breaking news on the company's three major websites and social media feeds for the San Francisco Bay Area.
Prior to working at the Mercury News, Donovan worked as a photography, editorial and Web intern for the Silicon Valley Business Journal and as a freelance photographer for the Silicon Valley Community Newspaper group. Before graduating from San Jose State in 2011, he worked at the Spartan Daily as a reporter, photographer, online editor and the paper's first full-time technology editor. Donovan also worked on a documentary trip that went to Abu Dhabi and Dubai. The documentary explored immigration rights and the effect of the real estate bubble burst had on the two major cities within the United Arab Emirates.
Gary Fong
Owner of Genesis Photos and former photographer with the San Francisco Chronicle photographer.
Luther Jackson
Luther Jackson is a program manager at NOVA, the non-profit, federally-funded employment and training agency in Sunnyvale that provides customer-focused workforce development services. One of his primary tasks has been managing labor market research studies designed to help NOVA and its customers gain a more sophisticated understanding of the dynamic Silicon Valley economy and the impacts on job seekers, employers, educators and other stakeholders.
Prior to joining NOVA in 2009, Luther was executive officer of the San Jose Newspaper Guild. Before moving to California, he was a reporter at the Detroit Free Press, where he reported on the Michigan economy and several of the state's Fortune 500 companies. Luther is a graduate of the University of Pennsylvania and is a board member of the American Leadership Forum – Silicon Valley. He is married to Cecilia Deck, who is chair of the journalism department chair at De Anza College in Cupertino.
Kim Komenich
Kim Komenich is an assistant professor for new media studies at San Jose State University. He received his MA in Journalism in 2007 from the Missouri School of Journalism, where he studied the history and practice of multimedia photojournalism. He worked as a staff photographer and editor for the San Francisco Examiner (1982-2000) and the San Francisco Chronicle(2000-2009.) He was awarded the 1987 Pulitzer Prize in Spot News Photography for photographs of the Philippine Revolution he made while on assignment for the Examiner.
Komenich has photographed the ramifications of conflict in the Philippines, Vietnam, Guyana, El Salvador, the former Soviet Union and most recently in Iraq, where photos from his three trips to the Sunni Triangle in 2005 earned him the Military Reporters and Editors' Association's 2006 Photography Award for large circulation newspapers. He has received the national Distinguished Service Award from the Society of Professional Journalists, the 1983 World Press Photo News Picture Story Award, and three National Headliner Awards. He is a 2005 recipient of the Clifton C. Edom Education Award and the 2010 Humanitarian Award from the National Press Photographers' Association. He was a 1993-94 John S. Knight Fellow at Stanford University and a fall 2001 teaching fellow at the Center for Documentary Studies at U.C. Berkeley. He was named an Ochberg Fellow in 2006 by the Dart Center for Journalism and Trauma at Columbia University.
His current project "Revolution Revisited" is a multiple-platform retrospective of his 1980's work in the Philippines. Komenich has reconnected with and interviewed two dozen of his 1980's photo subjects and he is producing a book, a documentary film, an interactive website and an eBook, as well as U.S. and international exhibitions. The project received the Society of Professional Journalists' 2012 Journalism Innovation award.
Julio Lara
Julio Lara is a proud child of the Bay Area by way of Daly City, Calif. — home is now Burlingame but has been anywhere from San Jose to Oakland to San Francisco. Currently, he's a sports and entertainment reporter for the award-winning San Mateo Daily Journal and a recent graduate of the Creative Writing Program at San Francisco State University. In addition to his writing, Julio is a multiple Peninsula Press Club award winner in page and graphic design.
Prior to finding his way onto the Daily Journal editorial staff, Julio spent two years as a Production Artist where he designed for the sales team. He cut his teeth in daily journalism via the Bay Area News Group, where he was a sports correspondent for two years. When he's not working, Julio puts in time on a very bad poetry collection and fantasizes about writing a decent screenplay one day.
David L. Smith
David L. Smith is an internationally recognized digital advertising and media expert. As a pioneer of new media application, media strategy, planning and metrics he participated in the creation of first-generation advertising technologies and is an expert on all aspects of metrics in the digital marketplace.
David's advisory board and industry committee involvement has included the 4A's, ARF, IAB, I-COM, sfBIG and OPA, where he works to establish and refine standards in metrics, business practices and financial issues for interactive advertising. He was recently inducted into the sfBIG Hall of Fame in recognition of his trailblazing media career that has included continued digital media innovation and a voice of the industry that has always continued to look forward.
Pete Wevurski
Pete is the managing editor of the California Media group, which includes The Salinas Californian, Off68 and El Sol. He directs the newsroom of these Gannett newspapers and digital sites in Salinas. He has extensive experience in directing the reporting, writing, editing, design and production of award-winning daily newspapers and sports sections.
Suzanne Yada
Suzanne Yada is the senior web producer for the Center for Investigative Reporting, where she helps maintain the content for all of CIR's websites. She has worked as a social media strategist for the San Francisco Public Press, an independent nonprofit news organization in San Francisco. She's also been a web producer at the Silicon Valley/San Jose Business Journal. She was previously a copy editor for the Visalia Times-Delta, a daily newspaper in the heart of Central California. Over the course of her career, she has been involved in at least nine media-related start ups.


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The Dow plunged 700 points, or 2.8%, on Thursday. The S&P 500 lost 2.6%, while the Nasdaq fell 2%.
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This compact apartment titled the Riviera Cabin is located in La Spezia, a coastal town in the Liguria region of Italy. The architects from the Italian studio llabb have redesigned the 35 sqm (377 sqft) space in order to divide it into a living area and sleeping area, inspired by the nautical culture (which is a strong peculiarity of this region) and space optimization solutions used inside sailing boat cabins.
The key element of the design is a multi-functional wall that crosses the interior space of the apartment. The wall accompanies, as a path, a visitor from the entrance to the living room, the heart of the house. In the vestibule, the wall houses a technical room as well as the primary storage space and a small dressing room/closet. The master bedroom is accessible through two large doors, and its interior – imagined almost like the inside of a whale's ribcage – is bound by structural wooden ribs. The final part of the wall, through a small door and steep staircase, leads to the second sleeping area above the master bedroom, inspired by an attic of a small fisherman's house. Small openings give light to this area and also provide a view of the living room.
The multi-functional wall is made of okoumè, which is also called marine plywood, and laminated in white and blue. The continuity between the hull and the sky is interrupted by the waterline which, from the entrance, leads the eye along the entire apartment. The kitchen, placed at the end of the wall path, is stretched slightly like an inflated sail.
This article is a part of the 'Compact Living' series. You can read about other designs of compact houses and apartments on this page.
LOCATION: La Spezia, Italy
AREA: 35 sqm (377 sqft)
ARCHITECTS: Luca Scardulla, Federico Robbiano
COLLABORATORS: Beatrice Piola, Floria Bruzzone
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Discussion in 'Hardware' started by Bloody_Pete, 10 Jan 2011.
It's not available from Scan till 17th of July!!!
whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaa! bloody hell and its £10 cheaper, plus free shipping £20 thats quite alot of sleeving! what you gonna do chum, wait till scan have it in stock? or just get it as soon as specialtech have it?
I'm not sure, as I nasically have everything else I need, just waiting for my pump top, so it's annoying to loose so much time just waiting for it to arrive, as I only have a month to do everything...
ah well i think i'm gonna get it the day it comes out from specialtech, so if you don't get it when it comes out i shall let you know what its like just watching ttl's review again and it just makes me want it more and more and to get all my watercooling bits in it already!
So I just bought some new speakers to tide me over till then...
HAHA! what speakers did you get?
http://www.bit-tech.net/hardware/speakers/2011/04/11/corsair-sp2500-review/1 for £160 on Dabs...
wow, good price, what are they like in your opinion?
Wont know until next week... I'll pop something up then though if people want?
Guys here is a problem that one of my friends has, he has just setup a WC loop but as you can see from the below pictures it looks like there isn't enough flow in the block, so what can be the reason for this ? This is an EK LTX block.
Whats his loop spec?
A 240 radiator, EK LTX block, EK DCP 4.0 pump and an Ek 250 res.
and here is a video
And you think that block isn't filling up right? (sorry, that first pic is a bit small)
Yep thats what he claims actually, all I have seen is the above picture as well.
Got a bigger version of the pic?
If you zoom in on the first picture you can see a lot of grit or brown sand like bits through the plexi.
Did he flush the rad thoroughly before it was assembled?
Thats not good...
I'm struggling to see the the grit but could it be bubbles? The way that the water feeds into the top of the res would be producing a lot of aeration and bubbles which might be taking a long time to bleed.
If you enlarge the image and look to the left and right of the fins on the cpu block can you see the brown and grey particles?
It could also be bubbles considering it's an action shot afterall.
If the machine is shut down do those "bits" remain?
When I say I'm struggling to see the grit I mean it literally. If I enlarge the image all I see is a blur. My eyesight is failing so I can't see close up detail. The feed into the res does look as though it's creating a lot of bubbles in the video.
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Every romance story has a gorgeous girl or average girl who becomes attractive with some new clothes, make up etc. What about ugly girls? Can a guy ever truly overlook her unattractiveness in order to see the person she is inside? Or will he simply ignore her, leaving her alone and unwanted?
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