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A personal licence authorises a specified person to supply alcohol or allow the supply of alcohol at a premises which has a valid premises licence. Personal licences are needed to supervise the sale of alcohol in any premises – including pubs, off licences, restaurants and hotels.
All personal licence applications that we receive can be viewed online on the Licensing Partnership's website.
You must apply to the council for the area where you live, not the council where you work.
Before making an application read our personal licence guidance notes.
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Fill in our application form and send it to us. You must also make sure you read our guidance notes as these explain the requirements you must stick to.
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The fee for this licence is £37.
If we issued your personal licence, please confirm your change of address and/or name using our online form or in writing. The fee for changing a personal licence is £10.50.
If either your licence card, paper licence or both have been lost or stolen you must report this to the police and to us.
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Please include details as to what has happened and return the parts of your licence which have not been lost or stolen.
We can grant a premises licence for a business supplying alcohol or entertainment or late night refreshment, on or off the premises.
All premises licence applications that we receive can be viewed online on the Licensing Partnership's website.
Please read our premises licence guidance notes before you apply. The notes explain policy issues, fees, how to complete the application and the required notification of the application.
Apply online for a premises licence
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If you no longer wish to carry out the role of Designated Premises Supervisor but an application to vary the licence has not been made, you can request that your name is removed from the licence.
An Interim Authority Notice must be submitted if a holder of a premises licence dies, becomes insolvent or becomes mentally incapable. An Interim Authority Notice will allow premises to trade until the licence can be transferred.
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All Temporary Event Notice applications that we receive can be viewed online on the Licensing Partnership's website.
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Join us in Dranesville as friends and neighbors gather to knock doors and talk to voters in Herndon. We're #Fighting4Fairfax because Democratic leadership makes our county a great place to live!
This Dranesville coordinated canvass will be knocking for Democratic candidates in Herndon Precinct including: Elain Tholen for School Board, John Foust for Supervisor, Jeff McKay for Chairman, Steve Descano for Commonwealth's Attorney, Stacey Kincaid for Sheriff, our At-Large School Board candidates Rachna Sizemore Heizer, Karen Keys-Gamarra, & Abrar Omeish.
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A few weeks back Victorian Baptists had a difficult conversation. It was all to do with marriage, more particularly our response to the possibility of same-sex marriage in Australia. Anticipating future change to the Marriage Act to include same-sex couples, a motion had been tabled to affirm our Baptist commitment to marriage as between a man and a woman; further, to ensure that pastors who marry according to Baptists rites act within that definition no matter what legislative change lies ahead.
Breaking previous records, our attendance at the delegates' assembly illustrates the importance of the issue. While we may not all agree, when it comes to matters of sexuality we are a zealous bunch. Understandably, our Union leadership struggled with the best way to frame and conduct the conversation. Consequently the possibility for open debate was minimized. Prior to the gathering, two one-page documents were circulated to the churches, one making the case in favour of the motion and the other against. Similarly on the night, one person was asked to speak in support and one opposed. Discussion was then limited to the tables at which delegates were seated after which there was a secret ballot. As expected, the motion passed.
It is no secret where I stand on this. My appointment to Union Council in 2014 drew considerable opposition, and I was also the one who made the case against the motion on the night. Though disappointed by the outcome, I was not surprised. I understand that I hold a minority view on this issue and as much as I personally grieve the implications of the decision, I remain committed to our Baptist community. My purpose here is not to argue the case any further, but to name my concern over the continuing tenor of our conversation.
As much as I would love to simply move on – to conclude that our talk is done and our decision made – this is not an option. Firstly, the conviction of those Baptists who believe marriage equality is a gospel issue is not so easily shelved. When it comes to the gospel, we Baptists are a stubborn lot. And secondly, a steadily growing majority of our neighbours consider this an issue of some urgency. Whether we judge it to be so or not, the strategy of labeling the issue 'non-core' or blocking our ears to community views won't flush. The conversation, internally and externally, has to continue. How it continues is crucial. In a context where sensitivity to issues of perceived discrimination and the violation of human rights is heightened, our neighbours are listening. Indeed, I would go as far to say that how we have the conversation is as important as the conclusions we argue for. In light of that, I reckon there are some things worth holding onto.
We Baptists listen: By conviction, we are a listening people. Without a formal creed or governing council to guide us, we have always had to take the tasks of listening and discerning seriously. We listen in our congregations and communities, and we listen within our wider fellowship of churches. That said, I fear we are losing opportunity for this sort of listening. Forums for rigorous discussion – discussion that takes us beyond one-liners and one-pagers to a more nuanced conversation – have almost disappeared. Our aversion to conflict has whittled away opportunities for real and respectful debate. While I certainly don't want to return to the 'good old days' of denominational trench warfare, the loss of opportunities to listen to perspectives other than our own diminishes us.
We Baptists reflect deeply: Most Baptist would agree that the days of 'the bible says it and that settles it' are gone. We have had to wrestle with too many issues, culturally and theologically, to be so naïve. That said, as those who continue to hold to the authority of the Bible, the business of its interpretation is deeply challenging. Early last year a pastor who holds a different view from my own on homosexuality contacted me. He asked is we could meet periodically to talk through our approaches to the Bible on this issue. We have done so now several times and it has been one of the most enriching and challenging disciplines I've experienced. Each time we have prayed, read the scriptures and laid our questions on the table. While our differences remain, we have pressed and honed each other along the way and with a common commitment to the gospel. What's more, neither of us has asked the other to check our critical faculties at the door. I long for more of this in our Baptist community.
We Baptists are sensitive to the power of testimony: The truth is, whenever we talk about these issues, there are those within our own communities – sitting at the same tables, hearing the same arguments, even within our own families – for whom being gay is not an issue for debate but the daily reality of their lives. Some may be open about this while others keep it hidden. Even in that meeting of delegates, there were men and women who could not so easily separate themselves from the issue. Their personal testimonies are deeply entwined. Whatever our view on marriage equality, we do well to remember that our words, inferences and convictions are heard and felt. Indeed, each time we talk about these things we could do worse that imagine a person from the LGBTI community sitting at the table. The question is important: how would this change the tenor of what we say?
We Baptists preference faith over labels: On both sides of this issue we have an unfortunate propensity to label those who oppose our position. Clearly labels make dismissing those in disagreement so much easier. I often cringe at the ease with which those in favour of marriage equality dismiss the opposition as 'bigoted' and 'homophobic'. While I have no doubt that bigotry and fear are alive and well within segments of the church, in my experience the majority of Baptists who oppose same-sex marriage do so out a genuine desire to be faithful to God and to the Scriptures. Similarly among those opposed to same-sex marriage, to speak routinely of 'gay lobbies' and 'liberal agendas' simply dismisses those who come to their affirmative position out of a genuine desire to follow Jesus. Of course, lobby groups exist on both sides of this issue and agendas run rampant in all corners of the church. But assigning labels does nothing but shut down conversation and push fellow Christians further into their trenches.
We Baptists pray … together: Earlier this year I received a visit from some Christian leaders who had asked to meet with me to discuss issues of concern. I agreed. Once we sat down it was quickly evident that this was an intervention. They were grieved by my public position on the issue of marriage and felt compelled to call me to account. Once I realised where we were headed, I asked if we could begin in prayer. The leader of this group was quick to respond, 'We cannot pray with you, but we will pray for you.' With that he led a prayer outlining my errors in dot point and asking for the conviction of the Spirit. On one hand I am pleased that these leaders came to me rather than speak about me from a distance, but I was deeply troubled by their perception that I was not someone they could pray with, as though my perspective on this one issue rendered me spiritually suspect. At its essence, prayer is an act of humility, a means through which all people of faith bow in submission to the presence of God. If we cannot begin there, I wonder if the conversation is really possible.
All this said, we Baptists do need to talk, and keep talking. More important still, we Baptists need to listen, and keep listening. If we are to find ways ahead on this issue that honour God and flow out of our common allegiance to Christ, there really is no other way.


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The DPP Nordin Haji and his DCI counterpart George Kinoti have been on a visit to the US for the last 3 days.After meeting the country's FBI director David Bowdich at the FBI headquarters, The United States Justice Department will attach a Senior US Prosecutor and Investigators to strengthen the ongoing Anti-Corruption efforts in Kenya. This was revealed by the US Deputy Attorney General, Bruce Swartz, during the meeting.
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FROM Day One, the Boko Haram Islamist insurgency has been a big mystery to most Nigerians. How an otherwise "rag-tag" band of religious outlaws ballooned into one of the most notorious terror machines in the world, claiming the lives of tens of thousands of Nigerians and rendering more than two million people homeless in spite of the gallant efforts of the Nigerian Army and Air Force, is something difficult to fathom.
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The mystery deepened in the evening of Sunday, November 18, 2018 when a group of Boko Haram fighters backed by the Islamic State in West Africa, ISWA, attacked a Nigerian Army base in Metele, about 260 kilometres from Maiduguri, Borno State. Independent reports have it that about 118 soldiers were killed and 150 declared missing one week after the attack, leaving the nation in deep mourning and utter bewilderment.
Unfortunately, while the terrorists were putting final touches to the attack, the Service Chiefs were spotted at the launch of President Muhammadu Buhari's presidential campaign at the State House, Abuja. They were later prompted to quit the venue before the President arrived. The questions agitating the minds of millions of worried Nigerians are: Why is it that Boko Haram, which Army and Federal Government officials had consistently insisted no longer occupied a single inch of Nigerian territory, are still able to do this to us? Weren't we told that Boko Haram had been "technically defeated" back in December 2015 when this regime was barely six months in power?
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Behavior Survey. Jim also works with the CDC Department of Adolescent
and School Health and other colleagues to help promote HIV/STD
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Sugar and Spice and an T20(M?)
I got the karyotyping results back today.
My husband and I are both chromosomally normal.
My doctor told me in order to explain the embryonic results that came back, she had to tell me the gender. It was female.
They were able to culture 20 embryonic cells. 19 came back as "normal female" cells; 1 came back as "abnormal female" with trisomy-20 (three copies of the 20th chromosome instead of two). This could be one of two things:
1) indicative of a complete trisomy-20 in the embryo where the other 19 cells (normal female) were actually my cells
2) a "confined placental mosaicism" (CPM) where the 19 cells of the embryo were normal and the one was just an "oops" (my term, not hers) that was confined to the placenta. 90% of fetuses with CPM are born perfectly healthy (this assumes no maternal contamination happened when she collected the sample during the D&C)
While either one is possible, odds are that the embryo was abnormal because there is often a high rate of maternal cellular contamination when taking the sample from a D&C. If it came back as "normal male" in 19/20 cells, they could establish it as a mosaicism; "normal female" does not really mean much. So, it was probably a genetic error, but since we do not know for sure, we will still treat as if it could be an autoimmune problem.
What I am not going to do: use the words "daughter" or "baby girl." This is exactly why I did not want to know the gender. In order to preserve my sanity, I must only think of it simply as an "embyonic female" or "proto-baby female."
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Okay. This will probably show that I don't understand the issue. But, if they can't tell if the cells are maternal or not, why couldn't you be the one with mosaicism, rather than the embryo?
It probably makes it that much more difficult that they can't give you a simple, clear answer and that there are still so many ifs and maybes.
Thanks for that clear explanation – we have our genetics results from the pregnancy that failed in May back next Monday, and I have a much clearer idea of what to expect now (we are both genetically normal).
The only thing I'm wondering now is how many cells they grow in our testing. I have this really strong feeling it was male, somehow, so if any cells are male we will at least have a clearer answer.
I'm so sorry the answer you were seeking was not in the offing — I felt very similar when my last embryonic karyotype was pronounced "normal female" but they were not sure it wasn't my tissue they tested by mistake. It's so frustrating, and knowing the sex really doesn't help at all. As for the next steps, it's a good thing that you are covering automimmune issues, just in case.
It's good news about your normal karyotypes. If it was a complete trisomy in the embryo, chances are very good that the next one will be normal. I do hope so very much.
Well, I am glad that you are getting answers, but sad that you are going through this. I know that working with Dr. SBS will get you pregnant with a viable pregnancy that you will carry to term. Then we will all be at your house, playing with your baby and Artsweet, Phili and Pepito will all have to come and visit! You know you can call me if you need to right? Anytime? Just making sure. And if you need someone to go with you to see Dr. SBS, I am willing if DH can't.


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Robin Hood Pole Archery Club was formed in 1929. The Club competed in it's first inter-club shoot in 1933 against the St Sebastian Club and the Ste. Rose-Amelie Clubs.
Today, the three day's of competition is held annually on the September long week-end.
If the art of Pole Archery has caught your interest...come out and give it a try. We will be more than happy to lend you a bow and arrow,or bring your own bow.
Our season runs May through August...every Wednesday @ 6:30 P.M.
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FDA Boosts Sarepta With Prognosis for its Rare Disease Drug
For the first time in months, Sarepta Therapeutics investors and parents of children with Duchenne muscular dystrophy received some good news. A top FDA official says the agency is exploring all "potential pathways" to approve new drugs to treat the rare childhood disease, which causes muscles in boys to stop working and eventually results in death because they can no longer breathe.
Her statement comes after a series of setbacks surrounding Sarepta and its efforts to win FDA approval for its drug, which is called eteplirsen. Notably, the agency last November had told Sarepta not to seek accelerated approval, which sent its shares plunging and greatly disappointed many families who believe this is a breakthrough medication.


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The Teacher as Curriculum Part 2
One of the pitfalls of modern education has been the centrality of methodology and the corresponding technical specializations of the educator. Instead of being encouraged to learn how to learn or to love a particular discipline, professionalized teachers have been trained to manage people and schedules and to disseminate information according to standardized system. In sharp contrast, one of the hallmarks of the Christian, liberal arts model of education s the centrality of the teacher. Since education is about formation and formation happens through imitation, the teach himself or herself is crucial in bringing about the goals of the school. In this session, Andrew Smith will give reasons for understanding the proper role of the teacher as well as practical advice for prioritizing the teacher in the right way at your school.


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We're now in the homestretch for 2018, and what a wonderful year it has been. We launched a new website, new video, and thanks to your referrals — the practice has grown. We are eternally grateful. Thanksgiving will be extra special this year because we truly appreciate our readers for following our journey as we continue to help people transform and become heroes to their families and their businesses. Speaking of heroes, we must mention the importance of this month's second weekend. Nov. 10 is the 242nd birthday of the U.S. Marine Corps (Wow! AJ is old). And Nov. 11 is Veterans Day, and we extend our gratitude and respect to the men and women who have served our great country. Notice how commemorating the Marines leads the way into the holidays? As you celebrate, please take time to live in the moment. It goes by too quickly. Before you begin the shopping craziness, take an extra photo or just enjoy the stories from your loved ones.
GRATITUDE IN THE WORKPLACE Should Be a Year-Round Initiative
Odds are that your company hosts some type of Thanksgiving festivity. Office potlucks are delicious and great for camaraderie, but there's one element of the holiday that should be part of your company culture year-round: gratitude. "If we think about gratitude only once a year," notes author David Horsager, "we overlook the immense power of practicing it daily, especially in a business context." A study from the University of Warwick found that happier employees are 12 percent more productive. One of the easiest ways to put a smile on the faces of your team is to express your gratitude for them. It sounds simple, but it's something far too many entrepreneurs, executives, and managers overlook. The holiday season is the perfect time of year to reflect on whether or not you're saying thanks enough. Over the course of his career as CEO of Campbell Soup Company, Scott R. Conant wrote more than 30,000 notes to employees expressing gratitude and appreciation to them. "On the face of it, writing handwritten notes may seem like a waste of time," Conant told Harvard Business Review. "But in my experience, they build goodwill and lead to higher productivity." The number of studies that confirm Conant's assumption are too numerous to list here, but there are a few that should raise the eyebrows of any business owner. A study from the University of Pennsylvania, for example, found that grateful leaders motivate their employees to be up to 50 percent more productive. Gratitude and acknowledgment have also been linked to increased self-esteem, happiness, empathy, and a better response to stress and negative feedback. And the benefits affect both the person expressing their gratitude and the person receiving it. THE BENEFITS OF GRATITUDE
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Below are my complete clinic notes on Etude No. 3 "The Caprice" from this year's Texas TMEA All-State Soprano Clarinet Etudes. Click here to view my recently-posted notes on Etude No. 1 and here for notes on Etude No. 2 "The Slow Etude." Check out my previous posts on the all-state etudes: Click HERE.
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Soprano Clarinet Preparation Tips: Etude No. 3 "The Caprice"
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Etude Book: David Hite editor, Artistic Studies, Book 1 – From the French School [Rose Etudes] Published by Southern Music Co. (For official TMEA listing, Click HERE.)
Note: Cyrille Rose (1830-1902) was a very important clarinet teacher at the Paris Conservatory and 1st clarinetist with the Paris Opera orchestra for 34 years. Rose did not compose these etudes, but he adapted and enhanced etudes written for other instruments. He "clarinetized" them.
Practice Tip: Load only accurate rhythms and notes by using Rhy-No Practice Technique with BOLD Dynamics: Click HERE and HERE.
Etude 3 Allegro un poco vivace, Page: 88-89, Etude Title: 9 Caprices, No. 6, Tempo: Dotted Quarter Note = 58-68. Play from beginning to Measure 79. Errata: CLICK HERE (Be sure to number the first measure as Measure Zero*.)
Composer and Style: This Rose etude is based on a Caprice by French violinist and composer Pierre Rode (1774-1830) from his 24 Caprices for Violin – click here to view the original etude (#15). These etudes are an important staple in the training of violinists. Contemporary violinist Axel Strauss says about this etude, "In this lively and dance-like piece use a light detaché for the 16th notes and an elastic martelé stroke for the eighth notes….Count in one rather than in three to emphasize the dance quality of the rhythm." (cite) Also, notice that the original etude was marked Vivace assai, "Very Lively, Full of Life." Go with Rode on this and play "Full of Life" on this etude. [ClarinetMike says, "I've noticed over the years that often when there is a poco, "a little," on something, forget about doing it a little, do it a lot!"]
Caprice: The dictionary defines "Caprice" as a "sudden whim or fancy." Musical "Caprices" composed during Rode's time were often written in a lively and playful "style of fast, evenly moving, light staccato figuration." (Randel, New Harvard Dictionary of Music, 139)
Overview: Perform this virtuosic Caprice with a beautiful tone, accurate rhythm, and extreme dynamics. Relaxed hands and body are vital. There are 2 issues: 1) Solid Basics of Relaxation, Tone, Articulation, and Rhythm 2) Capricious Style that is lively, playful, impulsive, unpredictable, and fun!
Sections and Phrases: Etude breaks into 2 Sections: S1 = m0*-31 and S2 =m32-m79 (end of selection). Phrases are a little "capricious," but here's a suggestion: The Phrases for Section 1 (S1) are P1 = m0*-m6, P2 = m7-m12, P3 = m12-m16, P4 = m16-m21, P5 = m22-m31 AND The Phrases for Section 2 (S2) are P6 = m32-m42, P7 = m43-m46, P8 = m47-m54, P9 = m55-m64, P10 = m65-m72, P11 = m73-m79.
Problem Passages: Wide leaps as in m2, m3, m4 etc. are tricky. The rhythm in m7 is used a lot; it must be correct every time. S2 features all 3 fully diminished 7th arpeggios – identify these and mark them on your music. (Clarinetists should work on fully diminished arpeggios every day just like we do chromatic and major and minor scales/arpeggios). There are also some measures in S2 with unusual accidentals. Work these out carefully. Watch for measures that repeat – this will help A LOT!
Musical Issues: Play with LOTS OF DYNAMIC CONTRAST! Keep style light and play like a violinist – as Strauss indicated above, think "Dance." At m7 play piano (soft) at beginning of measure. Virtuosity is an important part of the etude, but as a friend of mine says, "Don't play anything faster than you can play it."
Technical Issues: Trills: One trill only on each trill in m3 and m5. Fingerings: NO resonance fingerings or right hand down on throat tones in fast passages, this slows down and dirties up the technique. (Band Directors, take note for further reference click here.) Articulation: Be sure to tongue and slur in the correct places – don't blow this off! Notice that no sixteenths are marked staccato – take the staccatos off of m55-m59. Play articulated sixteenths with a light tongue stoke without separation. The staccato eight notes (as in m2, m3, m4 etc. ) should only be slightly separated, think "detached." Think Violin! {As in Etude 1, check out this ClarinetMike Trick: In the slow preparation of any fast short-articulated or staccato type passage, DO NOT practice it slowly with the staccatos short. In other words, when you practice slowly, play the articulation with a mostly normal or regular tongue stroke with not much, if any, separation. As you go faster over time and the passage becomes ingrained and learned, it will be easy to adjust the length of the articulation to the desired shortness. Be sure to use your ears to help you decide how short to play the notes. Playing the notes too short can sound bad.}
Scale and Arpeggio Cheat Sheet: Scales: Bb major. Arpeggios: Bb major (Bb D F), F7 (F A C Eb), G7 (G B D F), C minor 7 (C Eb G Bb), C7 (C E G Bb), E diminished (E G Bb), E fully diminished 7th (E G Bb C#), F fully diminished 7th (F, Ab, B, D), F# fully diminished 7th (F# A C Eb),
Breathing: As marked and needed – stop and breathe. Be sure to get back to tempo after stopping.
Other: It takes time for this capricious etude to sound "normal." Work on this etude at every practice session.
Suggested Listening: Listen to ALL of the Rode Caprices in their original violin versions for style, click here. (NOTE: Do not just listen to our etude over and over and just copy without preparing it carefully. You will sound terrible.)


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MOORE - Federal and state officials met once again at Moore City Hall Friday, but this time under very different circumstances than the first time they gathered on May 20.
Governor Mary Fallin announced a $37 million grant provided by HUD's Community Development Block Grant Program. The money will support long-term disaster recovery efforts in areas that need it the most.
"We have many families who are struggling to get back on their feet." Governor Fallin said. "The disaster relief grants that are being provided by HUD, which we're very grateful for, will go a long way to help many who either can`t afford to be restored back to where they were and will also go a long way to help our state and local governments."
The city of Moore will receive $26.3 million to help rebuild from May's tornadoes.
The state of Oklahoma will receive $10.6 million to help surrounding communities.
The funding will be particularly helpful for those who did not have insurance or enough coverage.
"This money is for you as a community to determine what your needs are. It is for you to create a vision for your future and for the future of Moore." HUD Regional Administrator Tammye H. Trevino said.
Mayor Glenn Lewis formed a committee of citizens actively involved in the Moore community. They will be meeting to determine how to best use the money to rebuild.
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The Airport Authority Board is currently working on the Airport General Plan being developed by Armstrong and Associates. For more information please visit the City Airport page. They are also looking at projects to improve the runway and drainage conditions.
The board shall consist of at least three, but not more than seven, voting members. The board includes two (2) ex officio members, the airport manager and a member of the City Council responsible for the airport, who shall not be entitled to vote but who shall make recommendations for board membership to the Mayor. Recommended board members are appointed by the Mayor with the advice and consent of the City Council. Board members are appointed to the board for a term of five years.
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I'm an Indian.
It's so funny how, most Indians would immediately sympathise (and probably empathise too) with me the second they read the title and the first line. And with anyone who's noticed the huge influx on Indian immigrant engineers in the States or anywhere else in the world, this might be some sort of a joke. Something you chuckled at. Well, let me tell you that for someone in the eye of the storm, it is NO laughing business.
Indian society-much like most other societies in the world too- is very fixated on the idea of becoming rich, and leaving behind the type of conditions one was born in to. With an unacceptable portion of our population in poverty, this is a pretty reasonable thing to say. It is also not unreasonable for middle class families to want their children to do better for themselves.
In the generation of my father, being an engineer suddenly seemed a more lucrative job offer than the prevailing professions such as being a doctor or a lawyer. However, it is to be noted that this was because of the boom occurring in the IT market at the time and the fact that Indians provided cheap labour, and were given the opportunity to live in the most desirable melting pot- the United States of America.
Little did it matter that they would often get underpaid or be unhappy; they were in the videsh, with great wide spaces, good laws and earning in dollar notes. Their life would be set. That mindset has persevered for more than 10 years, leading to India becoming one of the biggest exporters and hubs of the IT industry. I can safely say that we haven't been left behind in the race to being tech-savvy, because I come from the Silicon Valley of India.
Unfortunately, this place is entirely filled with software employees who feel that apart from software, there is no other industry where your child can eat, have a roof over her head and "Be happy". I hate the Indian parents' usage of the phrase "be happy."
"Beta, we just want you to be happy", they say while they dictate your life according to what they feel is best for you, despite knowing you may never want to head in that direction. It is rightly said that parents only make you do what they think will keep you happy, or what would have possibly kept them happy. If you think that the increase in the number of standup comedy artistes or other artistes in the country points to a change in the scenario- Ha. Ha. Ha. No.
The second you're born an Indian, you're either going to be sent to Med school, or be made an engineer out of. If your parents are a bit more liberal they might let you be an accountant or a lawyer. But that's about it. Any other job, and people consider you a useless good-for-nothing who has brought shame on the family by not even being able to have a degree in Engineering. You will have no other goals, and will be specially grilled in the hopes of becoming an engineer or a doctor. If you're successful, you're greeted with smiles and sweets and pats on the back. If not, you're disowned and your parents only speak of you with disappointment.
Then the mom comes in crying with emotional blackmail. I just want you yo be happy. Don't you see this could make you happier than roaming around in the grasslands being a wildlife photographer?
Couldn't you fulfill this one dream of mine? Your father asks you teary eyed, then angrily stalks off, perhaps breaking something in the process. What about my dreams, dad?
Sadly, the mob mentality in picking engineering as the career you want for your child will never go away. The race to be a student in India's most prestigious engineering colleges-the IITs is as intense as ever. Students losing their health (physical and mental), social skills, interest in life, and even their lives over this, is not a good sign for the country.
I will not attempt to break down the industry and processes concerning the path to IIT, the humiliating questions from neighbours and the horrible Indian mentality, or even the coaching centers that earn millions while actually being of no help to your self esteem. It's sufficient to say that there are nation wide entrance tests in two phases to get through and your rank determines which branch of IIT you can go to with the available subject of your choice.
Now, I have no complaints about this because this system of exams is as fair as it gets. But parents? Oh, no. Even if you do work hard and break your back and get a seat in one of the colleges, unless you are qualified to take the Computer Science or Electronics and Communications (emerging fad amongst parents and students), then you aren't going there.
Never mind the four years of gruelling hard work, blood, sweat, tears, bile and sanity you had to lose for this. You'll go to a local college with less than half the amenities just so you can proudly hold your head high and call yourself a Computer Science graduate. Brilliant.
Never mind that India has an engineering job crisis now, not only because of how our biggest market, the so called heavenly "States" have made our lives harder thanks to Trump's new policies, or because there are more engineers than there are jobs.
Oh no, the job market for this will never die down, they say. Open a startup, they say. Never mind that most startups are down in loss and the number of startups opening has drastically decreased in just the span of one year.
Who cares if you have an aptitude for art, beta? Who cares if you want to go in to business? It's the Indian rule: always become an engineer first, and then do what you actually want to do so you'll always have a back up. Something to fall back on in case your artistic low paying job doesn't foot the bills for you.
This is same idiotic mindset that pushes budding accountants and historians into science, because you can always come back and do science after humanities, but not the other way around. And then when you do decide to do what you really want-
Why beta? You've just spent four years studying this. Do you want to waste all that?
This was your idea!
What do you mean, you want to be an artist and quit college?( That's the ultimate disgrace in India for a student in terms of academics, btw). Now you're an idiot who couldn't finish what she started due to lack of brains. Listen to me beta, you'll be thanking me once you're on a holiday on the beach in Durban.
What is this rubbish? Are you seriously telling me that you think every single engineer is a Steve Jobs or a Bill Gates? Just joining a big corporate doesn't make you happy!
"Oh my goodness, a job offer at Facebook or Google for 1 crore? Amazing! Pack your bags immediately!"
Do you know that a lot of Google employees aren't actually as happy as you think because of how big a corporation it is, how they can't really contribute as much as they'd like, and that there really isn't job satisfaction? The problem starts when we get enticed by the big packages and the fun looking photos of Google HQ. Getting a huge amount of money to remain unhappy and have a midlife crisis? I'll pass, thanks.
FYI, midlife crises are now a huge thing in India, with a lot of SOFTWARE ENGINEERS dropping out of their jobs to pursue something of their own interest.
According to dazeinfo.com
1.5 Million Engineering Pass Outs In India Every Year, Fewer Getting Hired [Trends] Engineering colleges have been springing up like wild mushrooms in India in the last few years.
So now, thanks to your own stupid obsession with IT, there are more and more IT colleges opening up in India and that increases the demand, decreasing the employability rate, which means that thanks to your own dream, I'm now going to find it hard to find a job, mom!
And I can't think about how things are now- no no no no. As someone about to enter college, I have to somehow envision the scenario 5-10 years later and then decide. And who knows what would've happened by then?
When I bring this up with my mom, I tell her that engineers are finding it hard to have jobs. So she starts off "Isn't it better to take a core subject like Computer Science, then?" I absolutely lose it on the inside. That's where the problem lies!
If I want to do anything else, there's no scope. But if I want to jump on the bandwagon and head towards the IT abyss that only spells disaster from afar, oh yes, that's the right choice beta, we're so proud of you.
I give up!
Let's just call this part one of the rant, a culmination of the frustration of all my peers and bit of mine too.


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Your Sure a Guide and Tips for Ideas for Planning a Great Summer Vacation
Family vacations actually happen to be some of the greatest of moments that many of us look forward to in a family. These are some of the opportunities that we have to indulge and have some sure quality time commonly as a family. But anyway, there often happens to be one common dilemma across many families is that over the decision over where you will be going and what to do wherever you will be. Given the constraints, when one is about planning for a family getaway, the main interest will be to make the most out of it. Get some inspiration with the following summer vacation ideas.
One activity ideal for a summer vacation is going camping. The reason why camping happens to be a favorite choice for many is that they will be so ideal to the young ones who love to spend time outside enjoying the great outdoors and as well are easy on the pockets. Only think of assembling with you some camping essentials and like a decent tent and the other camping items and you are set to sample the outdoors. This sort of vacation happens to be beneficial in the sense that once you have so invested in the essential camping equipment you will have them for keeps and as such can have them used time over time and as such happens to be such a cost beneficial alternative looking at the long run.
The hiking trips are the other kind of vacation ideas that you can think of as an ideal kind for a family summer getaway. This happens to be even more particular for the family that happens to be loving activity and as such this passion would be a great plus to your summer vacation experience. As a matter of fact, a hiking adventure will certainly prove to be such an ideal experience at the vacation if so be the case. All you need to do is to ensure that you get the trail that will be good for you.
The other kind of family summer vacation activity you can think of is a road trip and these are actually gaining so much traction being opted for by many families. The road trips we talk of are not the traditional road journeys that families often dread for being long and boring but such road trip adventures that will be so planned with occasional stops and sightseeing experiences all that will prove to make them such a thrilling experience for the entire family.


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"A maintenance order is granted to protect the vulnerable and ensure their support ….. the law seeks to promote an effective and accessible maintenance scheme ….. An effective maintenance scheme exists where maintenance ordered is paid and received without undue delay" (Savage AJ in judgment below)
If you are struggling to recover maintenance from a defaulter, must you "choose your weapon" by selecting only one of the recovery methods available to you? Or can you use all possible weapons at your disposal, simultaneously?
The High Court has answered this question in your favour.
The facts
- A husband embroiled in acrimonious divorce proceedings was ordered to pay R11,000 p.m. maintenance for his three young daughters
- He failed to pay and fell into arrears
- He is employed and owns a trailer worth R10,000
- His wife obtained a writ of execution from the High Court enabling her to attach the trailer, and then also obtained from the magistrate's court a garnishee order obliging the husband's employer to deduct from his earnings R11,000 p.m. for the maintenance plus R500 p.m. to reduce the arrears.
Double Trouble
The husband asked the High Court to set aside the writ of execution, arguing that his wife had rather elected to recover the maintenance via a garnishee order.
The Court held against the husband, and the upshot is that he has double trouble – he both loses his trailer and has his salary docked.


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Sessions, Jan 11, 2019 - Guest - Samantha Kives Of K - Tel Records
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Samantha Kives, daughter of Philip Kives – the creator of K-Tel records, joins Barry and Matt to chat about her father, their company and the resurgence of one of their most treasured products – The Mini Pops.
Matt gushes about dreaming about girls whilst listening to the Mini Pops and Samantha charts the journey of the band from its inception, through to faltering, and now the resurgence that is leading a nostalgia love in for all things 80's.
Philip's daughter discusses her reasoning for working with her father, his passing and the legacy that he's left behind.
From millions of household products to compilation albums, Philip was a mastermind at branding and marketing things you never knew you needed but couldn't live without once you owned it.
Its a wonderful, warm chat with a daughter that is carrying on her Dad's penchant for success.
The opening track dissects the rankings of every Van Halen song. The Sessions boys ARE NOT HAPPY.
Crazy Stories talks jewellery and a meal that Hannibal Lecter would enjoy.
A Pause for Thought is shadowy while In My Life is productive.
The results of the Sessions poll are revealed.
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Panasonic has introduced the new Lumix 10.1-megapixel DMC-FX37 with a 25mm equivalent ultra-wide-angle LEICA DC lens and 5x optical zoom that's equivalent to 25mm to 125mm on a 35mm film camera.
Panasonic's iA (intelligent auto) mode has been enhanced with this model which gets a newly added AF Tracking function that automatically tracks the subject once the AF has been set, even if the subject moves around.
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Women Rowing North: Navigating Life's Currents and Flourishing As We Age (Non-fiction) by Mary Pipher
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Transcript of the 19th Sir Arthur Lewis Memorial Lecture
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Things have come full circle. Indeed, capital plays a central role in my lecture today. But instead of examining the impact of capital market liberalization on capital accumulation as I did that summer, I want to focus on the ongoing relevance of Lewis's work as it illuminates an important connection for labor in the 21st century, between two simultaneous but otherwise seemingly unrelated trends: the coming boom in the working age population of developing countries and creeping anticapitalist
In Lewis's celebrated dual-sector model, unlimited supplies of labor drive profits; profitability drives capital accumulation; and capital accumulation in turn drives employment. This causal flow of action hangs on two critical assumptions. The first is that owners of capital in the manufacturing sector of the economy face a perfectly elastic labor supply curve. For long periods of time, they are able to hire as many workers as they want at a 30 percent premium over the traditional sector subsistence


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where I live
The U.S. Mexico border is a zone in transition. Those of us who have lived here for most of our lives call our area of the country part of the "second world". No quite third world conditions, but not first world like the rest of the country. If you live and work here, you know that the desired skill in order to deal with the majority of the public is the ability to speak Spanish.
Many might call this state of afairs poetic justice. After all, 180 years ago, illegal immigrants who refused to learn the language and brought foreign coustom to the area ultimately took over this area. This movement resulted is the brief Republic of Texas and a separation from Mexico. If history does repeat itself, we may be headed towards a reversal of this situation.
My town has an interesting population mix. We are ~80% hispanic, ~16% anglo (really european decent), ~2% korean, and ~2% Black. We are the poorest city of its size in the United States. Yet the northern states of Mexico (that share the border with the U.S.), are among the richest areas of Mexico. "todo es relativo"!
nuclear dump denial
Congress Daily reported last week that 08's final budget includes $390 million for Yucca Mountain, the fed's only real long term plan to bury away our nation's nuclear power plant waste.
It may seem like a lot, but at $104 million less than the president's request, and with estimates that the full project will cost about $70 billion, the feeble funding is yet another sign that Yucca has unwanted step-child status in Congress - and that Congress would rather be in denial than deal with nuclear waste.
This isn't an environmental problem on par with global warming and it's not like the nuclear waste is oozing into our water supply (it's all being kept in about 121 temporary facilities scattered around the country). But everyone agrees there's got to be a long term dumping solution - I mean, we can't leave the stuff hanging out forever. Yet, once more, Congress doesn't deal.
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the right to be bad
I'm a good girl, a really good girl. My idea of being bad is buying a pack of cigarettes (and taking a week to smoke them) or not flossing every day.
But even though I eat right, exercise, try to give back to the world and don't break the law (unless you count jay-walking), I like the idea that I can be bad if I want to.
Sadly for our inner-rebels, it's getting harder and harder to have a naughty side these days.
I had just grown resigned to the fact that big brother and corporate America were winning the war on health-facism - saving me and the rest of American from our nasty smoking and trans-fat habits. But that's probably just because I've drunk the cool-aid - and after being beatie into salad-eating, exercising, (generally) non-smoking submission, I'm happy to let other be muscled into our national health-cult.
I could also give up being bad to my body because there were so many other ways to ditch the angel wings and go off on a bad-girl bender, like... maybe... break the law.
Not any more.
the headless FEC
With America rolling into an election year that is sure to have its share of "swift boat," "issue ad" and other electioneering shenanigans, my mind was sadly boggled to read in the Washington Post that we won't - as of January 1 - have a Federal Election Commission to oversee it all.
The FEC's staff will still be around, but with only 2 out of 6 commissioners on hand (the others' terms are ending December 31, with no replacements lined up), federal funds for primary campaigns as well as any questions on campaign practices will be on hold until the Senate votes at least two new commissioners on.
There is, of course, the political back story of how this happened, with senators finessing to get their guy in - or keep the other guy out. But in the end, who cares?
There are some appointed posititions, Americans will probably agree, that are worth waging a political battle over, like Supreme Court Justice.
High Lights of the Season
Continuing my holiday blog series, I bring to you an analysis of Christmas displays. And fat Santas. Now, it seems that you can guarantee that someone on your street will put up Christmas lights over the holiday. But when I pulled up Yahoo today, I was told that some people are complaining about extravagant Christmas displays. Now, where I live, there really aren't that many displays up: just lights, really. Then again, I reasoned, I live in a small town, so maybe people in the cities are different. My family doesn't put up lights, due in large part to the fact that we're too lazy. But I was curious, so I decided to check it out.
The featured story took me to a story on the Wall Street Journal. The picture it immediately presented to me was quite a spectacle:
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spy in the sky
Joseph Weisberg, former CIA employee, explains in today's Washington Post why US intelligence will never be able to depend on high level secret agents for good insider information.
The simple reason: about half of them are double agents, so half of their info are lies.
A good read, especially for fun factoid that one of our recent secret agents - Sadam Hussein's foreign minister (who knew?!) - leaked us the clandestine info that Iraq had no WMD. But who can trust a spy?
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What Happened to the Family Love?
It always seemed to me that those who celebrated Christmas got a lot of joy out of it: getting together with their family, friends, and loved ones; having an opportunity to eat great, homemade food, and, of course, getting gifts. But it seems to me that the holiday fun is getting a little bit off-balanced. Many people seem to care more about the idea of getting gifts rather than being with the ones they love, and this sort of worries me.
We are definitely a nation of consumers. I walked into my local Target not too long ago, and I was surprised by the amount of work people were putting into their Christmas shopping. What really surprised me was how stressed many of these holiday shoppers were. It seems that we are missing the point of this holiday. For the religious, Christmas was originally a celebration of the birth of Christ. But then, for my family, it's about getting together, sharing stories of the year and discussing the year's events, and having a nice meal together. Now, we do share gifts, but we don't give each other these extravagant gifts.
the AMT charade
Democracies really should be able to do better.
This week, senators pulled off a smoke and mirrors routine that's become old hat in Congress - that is, extending exemptions from the dread Alternative Minimum Tax (AMT), an act that got applause from the anti-taxists, gave a sigh of relief to millions of middle class families and let us all live in happy accounting-denial bliss.
The AMT has been around as long as I have (both born in '69), with the idea of setting up a second tax calculator for the mega-rich so they couldn't deduct their taxes down to znada. The problem is that the mega-rich threshold wasn't set to rise with inflation, so now over 20 million middle income families have to pay up. Now, every year, to avoid slamming voters with thousands of bucks more in taxes, Congress votes to exempt middle class families from the tax.
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On E85 Ethanol, Hybrids, and My Lack of Concentration
Okay, I started out actually reading the New York Times today, but my eye was caught by an ad by Chevy, preaching "Chevy. Gas-friendly to gas-free." It had some encouragingly green graphics regarding fuel efficiency, E85 ethanol, hybrids, and fuel cells, so I decided to go to their website to see what the hype was.
First, let me just say that I'm glad someone is finally taking a look at fuel efficiency. Many of the people in my community are driving huge, gas-guzzling trucks and sport utility vehicles, and I've never understood why they felt it necessary. I don't know, maybe they like the space the cars offer or all the accessories that come with it. Of course, when I see a Cadillac Escalade driving by with only one person in it, the space argument starts to lose foundation; our family Mazda Protege offers plenty of room with one person in it.
Little Mistake? Maybe...
I read on the NYTimes website today that two separate National Intelligence estimates, one from 2005, the other from 2007, had contradicted each other over the subject of Iran and Atomic weapons enrichment. According to the article, written by Mark Mazzetti, a recent report says that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program back in 2003; however, in a report issued in 2005, it was said that, at that point, Iran was still working hard at creating a nuclear bomb. Now, Iran is continuing to enrich uranium, but this is said to be for "civilian purposes." Whether or not you believe the purpose of their uranium enrichment, a recent report has said that even this enrichment program would provide Iran with enough material to produce a nuclear weapon " . . . sometime in the next decade."


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Nephropathy means kidney disease or damage. Diabetic nephropathy is damage to your kidneys caused by diabetes. In severe cases it can lead to kidney failure. But not everyone with diabetes has kidney damage. The kidneys have many tiny blood vessels that filter waste from your blood. High blood sugar from diabetes can destroy these blood vessels. Over time, the kidney isn't able to do its job as well. Later it may stop working completely. This is called kidney failure.
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More than 13% of people with type 2 diabetes suffer from coronary heart disease and 4% suffer from stroke. 6% of people with type 2 diabetes suffer from nephropathy and almost 22% suffer from micro-albuminuria, which may lead to nephropathy. Up to 29% of people with type 2 diabetes suffer from neuropathy. Up to 33,5% of people with type 2 diabetes suffer from retinopathy, which may lead to blindness
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Is this the future for hair loss treatment?
Hope for a hair loss cure has been provided once again after researchers develop a new hair restoration technique. There's been a lot of developments in hair regeneration in recent years, and this latest one from Japanese scientists is definitely one of the most exciting.