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The Chillax Stool, designed by Nic Graham for Stellar Works, is inspired by the QT collection, which was initially developed for Australia's pioneering QT Hotels brand. The Chillax collection is Nic Graham's modern-day tribute to the mid-century movement. Drawing out retro details with a light touch, while allowing natural materials and traditional craftsmanship to take centre stage, the collection communicates quality without compromising its casual appeal. The Chillax collection and its more square shaped sister QT Collection, make warm and welcoming additions to any contemporary interior, embodying the laidback, relaxed spirit of modern Australian life, with a wink to the pragmatism of mid-century Scandinavian design. The Chillax Stool works well as a simple and easy adaptable stool at home and also in commercial environments such as hotel lobbies and any other communal area.
The Chillax Stool is available with many upholstery finishes - please make your selection amongst the options below.
The Chillax Stool is part of the Chillax Collection which includes armchairs, a stool and a sofa. The seat of the stool is fully upholstered in fabric or leather whilst the structure is in metal. Please refer to the fabrics and finishes guide for more information and make your selection for the fabric category in the options below, indicating the fabric reference in the "Note to Do Shop" section at the checkout. Please contact us if you have any further questions on options and finishes.
Australian interior designer Nic Graham has headed his own design practice in Sydney since 1999, working on projects spanning the residential, commercial and hospitality sectors. Through their work across the Asia-Pacific region, Graham and his small team of architects, technical craftsmen and landscape designers have developed a reputation for their interdisciplinary skill set and holistic approach. Their designs are contemporary, often drawing on retro inspiration to incorporate a sense of warmth and comfort – a 'soft' take on modernism.
Stellar Works is a contemporary design brand which brings together East and West, heritage and modernity, as well as craft and industry. The brand benefits from having a production base in China, operational management from Japan and creative input from designers from around the world. Their designs combine Asian motifs with European styles, creating products which feel fresh yet timeless.
- Design: Nic Graham
- Dimensions: ø 45 x H 42 x SH 42 cm
- Materials: upholstered seat, powder coated steel base, brass plated stainless steel connectors
- Finishes and Upholstery: please refer to the fabrics and finishes guide for more information
- Country of Origin: China
- This item is made to order at the Stellar Works factory in China. The delivery lead time therefore depends on the product specification, order quantity and shipping mode chosen by you. Please contact us for more information
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Catapulting into Classical will be "off the air" this week. In the meantime, I encourage you to search the internet for your favorite composer (or one you've heard of, but don't know well) and listen to a little something. Or maybe play a CD or LP that you haven't heard in a long time. Or how about pulling up an interesting playlist on Spotify or the like? Or purchase a recent release–lots of great new recordings out there!
If you hear something you like, let us know what it is, and what you like about it. We're all looking for the next new thing…even if it was new hundreds of years ago.
I hope you have a wonderful, music-filled week!
Can't go without some music. Here is Yundi Li playing Chopin's "Raindrop" Prelude, Op. 28, No 15.

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6 Most Important Things in Business Today
Facebook Inc. (NASDAQ: FB) has started a program to give users more privacy. According to The Wall Street Journal:
In a preview of how Facebook Inc. is changing its privacy policies, the site this week will start asking European users for permission to use their personal data to power features like facial recognition and some forms of targeted advertising.
Even with the updates, opting out of those features will remain more difficult than sharing such information with the social-media giant.
Southwest Airlines Co. (NYSE: LUV) has begun a probe into an accident that killed one person in flight. According to The Wall Street Journal:
Southwest Airlines Co. said it is accelerating inspections of some engines following a fatal failure on a flight between New York and Dallas.
The airline said it expects within 30 days to complete its examination of fan blades on CFM56 engines of the type that broke apart on a Boeing Co. 737-700 on Tuesday. The engine failure forced an emergency landing and caused the first fatality in an accident on a U.S. airline since 2009.
Tesla Inc. (NASDAQ: TSLA) has sped up production of its Model 3. According to Bloomberg:
Tesla Inc. will begin around-the-clock production at its Fremont, California, assembly plant to boost Model 3 output, chief executive officer Elon Musk told employees.
The electric-car maker will try to build 6,000 of the sedans a week by the end of June, Musk wrote in an email Tuesday first obtained by the blog Electrek. A Tesla spokesman declined to comment. The company's shares rose as much as 2.7 percent in after-hours trading.
Morgan Stanley (NYSE: MS) researchers said the stock market may be in for a shock. According to CNBC:
Investors hoping that tax cuts and aggressive government spending plans will add another leg to the bull market likely are going to be disappointed, Morgan Stanley argues in an analysis that contends the end of big returns is near.
The firm maintains that boosts from fiscal policy are largely priced into the market and unlikely to last much longer.
Starbucks Corp. (NASDAQ: SBUX) will close stores for training after a racial profiling incident. According to CNNMoney:
Starbucks says it will close its 8,000 company-owned stores in the United States for one afternoon to educate employees about racial bias.
The announcement follows an uproar over the arrest of two black men who were waiting for a friend at a Philadelphia Starbucks last week. The store manager called the police.
The racial bias training will be provided on May 29 to about 175,000 workers.
Toys "R" Us turned down an offer to keep some of its operations open. According to CNNMoney:
Toys "R" Us has rejected a bid from the billionaire toymaker behind Bratz dolls and Little Tikes.
Isaac Larian placed a $675 million bid for 200 of the remaining 735 Toys "R" Us locations in the United States, and almost all of more than 80 locations in Canada. Toys "R" Us is still considering other offers, but it's not clear whether those would keep US stores open.
Sources with knowledge of the matter say the bid was too low.


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Symbolic Interaction and Winter
January 25, 2014
There have been many posts written on this blog that are tied to the Symbolic Interactionist theory of Sociology. At its core, this theory states that words are symbols that have meaning and that without this form of communication, culture would not exist. For example, as new technologies are developed or new discoveries are made, words have to be created so as to have a means of identifying, defining, and communicating these experiences to the masses. This winter of 2014 has brought some extremely cold temperatures and a couple of (newish) terms to the weather lexicon: Polar Vortex and Bombogenesis.
News organizations have been covering this story from a variety of angles and it appears folks have been blogging about these conditions, and these terms figure prominently in those discussions. There really is not much more to add other than this thought, which relates to the second word linked above. "Bomb" has been used to discuss long passes in football; home runs hit in baseball; a movie failing at the box office; a lack of personal success in love or work; and, more recently in pop culture, something that is considered cool or desirable. Sebastian Junger wrote The Perfect Storm, which is about the convergence of three weather systems that led to the sinking of the Andrea Gale, and "bomb" was used by the forecaster in the movie adaptation to describe that event. Historically, of course, the word refers to an explosive device used in war or to incite terror. Far too often now stories using this term are about this last meaning, which is the reason why I pause a bit when "bomb" is used with any of those other connotations.
With regard to the weather, I am waiting for the warmth that is yet to come.
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This week daytime talk show host Wendy Williams tried to shut down rumors about an unflattering picture of her that was taken at an upstate New York Walmart, claiming she agreed to take the picture, it was just at a bad angle [click here if you missed that].
That's not what the person who took it says...
From Radar Online
An eyewitness exclusively told Radar, "She walked in and was in the bathroom for 20 minutes. When she came out, she went to get the wheelchair cart. She was walking fine with no limp."
The customer tried to talk to her, but her team "wouldn't allow it."
When the onlooker managed to ask for a selfie, Williams responded, "No, not at this time."


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A few months ago Patty had routine physical, and her doctor ordered some tests, which came back positive so she needed a biopsy. While statistically odds were strong that it would be a nonissue, we were both a bit anxious – especially because of her cancer scare a few years ago.
We carefully didn't say anything to the kids because we didn't want to worry them. But on the day Patty went for the biopsy, Max asked me in a quiet, serious voice: "Does Mama need surgery again?" (He was about 4 when she had surgery before.)
I was stuck by his ability to observe and "read between the lines." And, by the way this cancer fear stayed with him.
I suspect that in general kids see far more than we want them to. From an evolutionary perspective it makes sense – there's survival value in being able to read subtle cues. Left to themselves kids will take those cues and make their own meaning, sometimes accurate, often exaggerated… but it's important to remember that fear creeps in the absence of information.
What else are they seeing? And what meaning are they making?
PS. Patty's biopsy was totally negative – which was a relief! This was days before we were leaving for Borneo and South East Asia for six weeks, so it was fabulous to get this resolved before we went!


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!! History Commons Alert, Exciting News
This is a scalable context timeline. It contains events related to the event April 30, 2000: State Department Issues Counterterrorism Report Focused on South Asia. You can narrow or broaden the context of this timeline by adjusting the zoom level. The lower the scale, the more relevant the items on average will be, while the higher the scale, the less relevant the items, on average, will be.
The US State Department includes Iraq in its list of states that sponsor terrorism. [Phythian, 1997]
Entity Tags: US Department of State
Timeline Tags: US-Iraq 1980s
The Reagan administration provides covert support to Iraq in an effort to prevent Iran from overrunning the oil-rich states of the Persian Gulf. [New York Times, 8/18/2002; Nation, 8/26/2002; Washington Post, 12/30/2002] US Air Force officers are secretly deployed to Iraq to assist their counterparts in the Iraqi military. [Nation, 8/26/2002] The US provides satellite photography to Iraq revealing the movements of the Iranian forces. [Washington Post, 12/15/1986; New York Times, 8/18/2002 Sources: senior military officers with direct knowledge of the program, Unnamed informed sources interviewed by reporter Bob Woodward] The US provides Iraq with intelligence gathered by Saudi-owned AWACS operated by the Pentagon. [Nation, 8/26/2002] Iraq uses US-supplied military intelligence "to calibrate attacks with mustard gas on Iranian ground troops…."
(see 1984) [Washington Post, 12/15/1986] "[M]ore than 60 officers of the Defense Intelligence Agency…. secretly [provide] detailed information on Iranian deployments, tactical planning for battles, plans for airstrikes and bomb-damage assessments for Iraq." [New York Times, 8/18/2002] President Reagan and Vice President George Bush personally deliver military advice to Saddam Hussein, both directly and through intermediaries (see 1986). [Affidavit. United States v. Carlos Cardoen, et al. [Charge that Teledyne Wah Chang Albany illegally provided a proscribed substance, zirconium, to Cardoen Industries and to Iraq], 1/31/1995 ; Washington Post, 12/30/2002] The US closely monitors "third country arms sales to Iraq to make sure Iraq [has] the military weaponry required." [Affidavit. United States v. Carlos Cardoen, et al. [Charge that Teledyne Wah Chang Albany illegally provided a proscribed substance, zirconium, to Cardoen Industries and to Iraq], 1/31/1995 ; Washington Post, 12/30/2002] According to the censured portion of Iraq's December 7, 2002 declaration to the UN (see December 7, 2002)
(see December 19, 2002), Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory and Sandia National Laboratories help train Iraqi nuclear weapons scientists and provide nonfissile material for Iraq's nuclear weapons program. [San Francisco Chronicle, 1/26/2003]
Entity Tags: Saddam Hussein, United Nations, Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, Sandia National Laboratories, George Herbert Walker Bush, Defense Intelligence Agency, Ronald Reagan, US Department of the Air Force, US Department of Defense, Reagan administration
Timeline Tags: US confrontation with Iran, Events Leading to Iraq Invasion, US-Iraq 1980s
The Reagan administration—despite stern objections from Congress—removes Iraq from the US State Department's list of states sponsoring terrorism (see 1979). [New York Times, 2/28/1982; Washington Post, 12/30/2002; London Times, 12/31/2002] This clears the way for future US military aid to that country. [Phythian, 1997]
Entity Tags: Reagan administration
Timeline Tags: Events Leading to Iraq Invasion, US-Iraq 1980s
A US State Department report concludes that Iraq continues to support groups on the State Department's terrorist list. [Jentleson, 1994, pp. 52]
The US State Department invites Bechtel officials to Washington to discuss plans for constructing the proposed Iraq-Jordan Aqaba oil pipeline. Former Bechtel president George Shultz is US Secretary of State at this time. [Vallette, 3/24/2003]
Entity Tags: Bechtel, George Shultz
The CIA secretly provides Iraqi intelligence with instructions on how to "calibrate" its mustard gas attacks on Iranian troops. [Washington Post, 12/15/1986]
Entity Tags: Central Intelligence Agency
The US State Department issues a public condemnation of Iraq's use of chemical weapons (see 1984, March 15, 1984). [New York Times, 12/23/2003]
George Shultz. [Source: Massachusetts Institute of Technology]US Secretary of Defense Lawrence Eagleburger meets with Iraqi diplomat Ismet Kattani to minimize the damage that the State Department's March 5 condemnation (see March 5, 1984) of Iraqi chemical warfare has caused to US-Iraqi relations. Secretary of State George Shultz is also present and later sends a cable to embassies in the Middle East with a summary of the meeting. "Eagleburger began the discussion by taking Kittani aside to emphasize the central message he wanted him to take back: our policy of firm opposition to the prohibited use of CW [chemical weapons] wherever it occurs necessitated our March 5 statement condemning Iraq's use of CW," the note explains. "The statement was not intended to provide fuel for Khomeini's propaganda war, nor to imply a shift in US policy toward Iran and Iraq. The US will continue its efforts to help prevent an Iranian victory, and earnestly wishes to continue the progress in its relations with Iraq. The Secretary [Shultz] then entered and reiterated these points." [US Department of State, 3/1984 ; New York Times, 12/23/2003]
Entity Tags: Lawrence Eagleburger, George Shultz, Said Rajaie Khorassani
The US State Department briefs Donald Rumsfeld, who is preparing to make another visit to Baghdad (see March 26, 1984). In a memo to Rumsfeld, Secretary of State George Shultz laments that relations with Iraq have soured because of the State Department's March 5 condemnation (see March 5, 1984) of Iraq's use of chemical weapons and expresses considerable concern over the future of the Aqaba pipeline project [to be built by Bechtel (see December 2, 1983)] which the US is pushing. Shultz writes: "Two event have worsened the atmosphere in Baghdad since your last stop there in December: (1) Iraq has only partly repulsed the initial thrust of a massive Iranian invasion, losing the strategically significant Majnun Island oil fields and accepting heavy casualties; (2) Bilateral relations were sharply set back by our March 5 condemnation of Iraq for CW [chemical weapons] use, despite our repeated warnings that this issue would emerge [as a public issue] sooner or later. Given its wartime preoccupations and its distress at our CW statement, the Iraqi leadership probably will have little interest in discussing Lebanon, the Arab-Israeli conflict, or other matters except as they may impinge on Iraq's increasingly desperate struggle for survival. If Saddam or Tariq Aziz receives you against consider, and to reject, a pending application from Westinghouse to participate in a $160 million portion of a $1 billion Hyundai thermal power plant project in Iraq, this decision will only confirm Iraqi perceptions that ExIm [Export-Import Bank] financing for the Aqaba pipeline is out of the question. Eagleburger tried to put this perception to a rest, however, emphasizing to Kittani the administration's firm support for the line (see March 15, 1984). The door is not yet closed to ExIm or other USG [US government] financial assistance to this project…." At the very end of the cable, it is noted that "Iraq officials have professed to be at a loss to explain our actions as measured against our stated objectives. As with our CW statement, their temptation is to give up rational analysis and retreat to the line that US policies are basically anti-Arab and hostage to the desires of Israel." [US Department of State, 3/24/1984 ; Vallette, 3/24/2003]
Entity Tags: George Shultz, Donald Rumsfeld, Lawrence Eagleburger, Elda James, Esq.
Donald Rumsfeld travels to Baghdad to meet with Iraqi foreign minister Tariq Aziz. While in Iraq, Rumsfeld discusses the proposed Iraq-Jordan Aqaba pipeline [to be built by Bechtel (see December 2, 1983)], relays an Israeli offer to help Iraq in its war against Iran, and expresses the Reagan administration's hope that Iraq will obtain Export-Import Bank credits. [Affidavit. United States v. Carlos Cardoen, et al. [Charge that Teledyne Wah Chang Albany illegally provided a proscribed substance, zirconium, to Cardoen Industries and to Iraq], 1/31/1995 ; American Gulf War Veterans Association, 9/10/2001; Common Dreams, 8/2/2002; Vallette, 3/24/2003]
Entity Tags: Tariq Aziz, Reagan administration, Donald Rumsfeld
Neoconservative academics and authors Laurie Mylroie and Daniel Pipes write an article for the New Republic entitled "Back Iraq: Time for a US Tilt in the Mideast." Mylroie and Pipes argue that the US must publicly embrace Saddam Hussein's secular dictatorship as a bulwark against the Islamic fundamentalism of Iran. Backing Iraq "could lay the basis for a fruitful relationship" that would benefit US and Israeli interests, they write. They believe Washington should move to a closer relationship with Hussein because Iraq holds a more moderate view of Israel and the US than other countries in the Middle East. "The American weapons that Iraq could make good use of include remotely scatterable and anti-personnel mines and counterartillery radar." Mylroie and Pipes argue not just for weapons sales to Iraq, but for the US to share intelligence with that nation: "The United States might also consider upgrading intelligence it is supplying Baghdad." Mylroie and Pipes are apparently uninterested in the stories of Hussein's use of chemical weapons against both Iranians and his own citizens (see March 5, 1984, March 1988, and August 25, 1988). After the 9/11 attacks, Mylroie will change her opinion and join the call for Hussein's overthrow, blaming him for a raft of terror attacks going back to the 1993 World Trade Center bombing (see 1990, October 2000, and September 12, 2001). [New Republic, 4/27/1987 ; CounterPunch, 8/13/2003; Isikoff and Corn, 2006, pp. 68]
Entity Tags: Laurie Mylroie, Daniel Pipes
Timeline Tags: Events Leading to Iraq Invasion, US-Iraq 1980s, Neoconservative Influence
According to several accounts, Iraq uses US-supplied Bell helicopters to deploy chemical weapons during its campaign to recapture lost territories in its war with Iran. One of the towns that is within the conflict zone is the Kurdish village of Halabja, with a population of about 70,000. Between 3,200 and 5,000 Halabja civilians are reportedly killed by poison gas (see August 25, 1988). Other accounts, however, suggest that Iranian gas is responsible for the attack on Halabja, a version that is promoted by the Reagan administration in order to divert the blame away from Iraq. Some believe the US version of the Halabja massacre is "cooked up in the Pentagon." A declassified State Department document "demonstrate[s] that US diplomats received instructions to press this line with US allies, and to decline to discuss the details." [US Department of the Navy, 12/10/1990; Los Angeles Times, 2/13/1991; Washington Post, 3/11/1991; International Herald Tribune, 1/17/2003; New York Times, 1/31/2003]
Entity Tags: Bell Helicopter, Reagan administration
Kurds gassed in Halabja. [Source: PersianEye / Corbis]Days after the end of the Iran-Iraq War (see August 20, 1988), Saddam Hussein begins the first of a series of poison-gas attacks on Kurdish villages inside Iraq. A September 1988 report by the Senate Foreign Relations Committee states: "Those who were very close to the bombs died instantly. Those who did not die instantly found it difficult to breathe and began to vomit. The gas stung the eyes, skin, and lungs of the villagers exposed to it. Many suffered temporary blindness… . Those who could not run from the growing smell, mostly the very old and the very young, died." While the gas attacks are continuing, Deputy Secretary of State John Whitehead circulates a highly classified memo among senior State Department officials recommending that the US cultivate even closer ties with Iraq, whom it supported over Iran in the last few years of the war (see Early October-November, 1986). Whitehead offers a Cold War rationale: "[Soviet] clout and influence is on a steady rise as the Gulf Arabs gain self-confidence and Soviet diplomacy gains in sophistication. The Soviets have strong cards to play: their border with Iran and their arms-supply relationship with Iraq. They will continue to be major players and we should engage them as fully as possible." Whitehead adds, "It should be remembered… that we have weathered Irangate" (see January 17, 1986). More must be done to develop closer ties with "the ruthless but pragmatic Saddam Hussein." (Also see September 8, 1988.) [New Yorker, 11/2/1992]
Entity Tags: Saddam Hussein, John Whitehead, Senate Foreign Relations Committee
The cover of 'Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf.' [Source: Laurie Mylroie (.com)]Neoconservative academic Laurie Mylroie and New York Times reporter Judith Miller—"a dear friend" of neoconservative Richard Perle, as Perle later says—collaborate on a so-called "instant" book, Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf. The book is designed to hit bookstores concurrent with the escalating tensions in the Persian Gulf (see April 1990 and August 2, 1990). It also reflects Mylroie's beliefs that Hussein is responsible for virtually all Islamist terrorism (see October 2000 and July 9, 2003), and advocates the US overthrow of Hussein. [Unger, 2007, pp. 252]
Entity Tags: Judith Miller, Saddam Hussein, Richard Perle, Laurie Mylroie
Timeline Tags: Neoconservative Influence
The State Department issues its annual report describing the US attempt to combat terrorism. For the first time, it focuses on South Asia. The New York Times notes, "The report reserves its harshest criticism for Afghanistan" and "is also severely critical of Pakistan." However, neither country is placed on the official list of countries sponsoring terrorism, which has remained unchanged since 1993. [New York Times, 4/30/2000]
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline
The book Study of Revenge. [Source: Public domain]Laurie Mylroie, a researcher who held faculty positions at Harvard and the US Naval War College, publishes the book Study of Revenge: Saddam Hussein's Unfinished War Against America. She argues that the Iraqi government was behind the 1993 WTC bombing. The book is published by the American Enterprise Institute (AEI), a prominent neoconservative think tank, and her book has strong support from many important neoconservatives. Lauded by Neoconservatives - Richard Perle calls the book "splendid and wholly convincing," while Paul Wolfowitz calls it a "provocative and disturbing book." Former CIA Director James Woolsey says, "Anyone who wishes to continue to deal with Saddam [Hussein] by ignoring his role in international terrorism…and by giving only office furniture to the Iraqi resistance now has the staggering task of trying to refute this superb work." In her acknowledgements, she thanks John Bolton, I. Lewis Libby, and Wolfowitz for their support and help in writing the book. All of them will go on to take prominent positions in the Bush administration. Mylroie's Theories Discredited - But war correspondent and terrorism expert Peter Bergen will later comment, "Mylroie became enamored of her theory that Saddam was the mastermind of a vast anti-US terrorist conspiracy in the face of virtually all evidence and expert opinion to the contrary. In what amounts to the discovery of a unified field theory of terrorism, Mylroie believes that Saddam was not only behind the '93 Trade Center attack, but also every anti-American terrorist incident of the past decade…" Bergen will continue, "[B]y the mid-'90s, the Joint Terrorism Task Force in New York, the FBI, the US Attorney's office in the Southern District of New York, the CIA, the NSC, and the State Department had all found no evidence implicating the Iraqi government in the first Trade Center attack." Bergen will comment that normally a book like this would not have mattered, except that the neoconservatives "believed her theories, bringing her on as a consultant at the Pentagon, and they seem to continue to entertain her eccentric belief that Saddam is the fount of the entire shadow war against America." [Washington Monthly, 12/2003; Unger, 2007, pp. 216] No Credible Evidence of Iraqi Involvement in WTC Bombing - The book will be used as a lodestar of neoconservative thought when terrorists launch the 9/11 attacks, when neoconservatives inside and outside the Bush administration will pin the blame for the attacks on Iraq (see September 13, 2001). [Unger, 2007, pp. 216] In 2004, the 9/11 Commission will conclude, "We have found no credible evidence to support theories of Iraqi government involvement in the 1993 WTC bombing." [9/11 Commission, 7/24/2004, pp. 559]
Entity Tags: Paul Wolfowitz, Peter Bergen, Richard Perle, Saddam Hussein, Laurie Mylroie, John R. Bolton, American Enterprise Institute, 9/11 Commission, Lewis ("Scooter") Libby, James Woolsey
Timeline Tags: Complete 911 Timeline, Events Leading to Iraq Invasion, Neoconservative Influence
The State Department issues a worldwide caution warning American citizens of possible attacks. [CNN, 3/2002] Around the same time, the State Department notifies all US embassies about the increased terrorist threat. [US District Court of Eastern Virginia, 5/4/2006, pp. 3 ]
Entity Tags: US Department of State, Al-Qaeda
Neoconservative academic and author Laurie Mylroie, who has argued that Saddam Hussein was behind the 1993 World Trade Center bombings (see October 2000), publishes an op-ed in the Wall Street Journal blaming Hussein for the 9/11 bombings. Though Mylroie has been thoroughly discredited (one former journalist, Peter Bergen, will call her a "crackpot"—see December 2003), and though US intelligence analysts are already telling journalists and White House officials that Iraq had nothing to do with the bombings, Mylroie's assertions receive major coverage from many US and British media outlets. In a follow-up interview on CBS News, she says, "In my view, yesterday's events were the latest in Saddam's war against the United States." Author Craig Unger later notes that Mylroie's baseless charges may be considered harmless eccentricity except for two things: Her claims perfectly parallel the policy aims of her neoconservative colleagues and associates in the White House; and while few Americans have ever heard of Osama bin Laden or al-Qaeda, and few find it credible that such devastation could be wrought by a small group of cave-dwelling fanatics, Saddam Hussein is a familiar name to most Americans, "a villain," Unger will write, "straight out of central casting." Mylroie's specious claims will help fix the blame for 9/11 in Americans' minds directly on Hussein and Iraq, Unger will claim. [Unger, 2007, pp. 215-216]
Entity Tags: Laurie Mylroie, Saddam Hussein, Osama bin Laden, Peter Bergen, Al-Qaeda, Craig Unger, Bush administration (43)
Members and staff of the 9/11 Commission are skeptical about testimony to the commission by Laurie Mylroie on this day. Mylroie is a scholar with the neoconservative American Enterprise Institute and is considered by many to be one of the academic architects of the recent Iraq invasion (see April 27, 1987 and October 2000). Support from Zelikow - Mylroie's testimony is arranged by the commission's executive director, Philip Zelikow, who places her in a prominent place at the witness table for the day's testimony at a public hearing. Mylroie expounds her theory that Iraq was secretly behind 9/11 and other al-Qaeda attacks. Some commission staffers are surprised that she is testifying at all, as they think her testimony will work in concert with the White House's efforts to convince the public that Iraq and al-Qaeda are, in essence, one and the same, which they strongly doubt. Zelikow will later say he had never met Mylroie before the hearings, and was skeptical of her theories himself, but because at least one unnamed commissioner wanted her testimony aired before the commission, he felt impelled to grant her a place in the hearings. Zelikow must have been aware of Mylroie's popularity with, and her access to, the highest levels of the Bush administration and the Pentagon. Most of the commissioners do not fully understand the full import of Mylroie's testimony, or that by allowing her to testify so early in the proceedings, the commission may appear to endorse her views. "Batty" - If Mylroie's testimony is an attempt to influence the commission, it falls flat; after her testimony, several see her as "batty," if not entirely disconnected from reality. Several members of the commission and its staff are dubious about Mylroie's claims (see July 9, 2003). Commissioner Richard Ben-Veniste, one of those who believes her appearance is part of the administration's efforts to justify the war with Iraq, forces her to admit that "95 percent" of Middle East experts do not accept her theories about a connection between Iraq and al-Qaeda. Testimony later the same day by Judith Yaphe, a CIA expert on Iraq, further discredits Mylroie's theories (see July 9, 2003). Both Yaphe and Ben-Veniste feel that Mylroie's theories are shown to be little more than wild speculation with no evidence to bolster them, but the media coverage of her testimony is far different. She is given great credence by almost all of the mainstream media reports of her appearance before the commission. [Shenon, 2008, pp. 130-134] Additionally, many of those who lost family members in the attacks are angered by Mylroie's testimony (see July 9, 2003). Shortly after her testimony, Mylroie's new book Bush vs. the Beltway will be published, expounding further on her theories. [Washington Monthly, 12/2003]
Entity Tags: US Department of Defense, Philip Zelikow, American Enterprise Institute, Al-Qaeda, 9/11 Commission, Laurie Mylroie, Bush administration (43)
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Made up of volunteers, George Washington's army was undisciplined, unorganized, under-supplied and no match for the British. They barely survived defeats over the summer and fall.
While the Redcoats retired to the warmth of Philadelphia for the winter, the Colonials huddled in rough wooden huts. But schooled by the likes of Generals von Steuben and LaFayette, the rabble were "forged" into the Continental Army. When they marched out in June 1778, they were a united group of soldiers able to match the highly trained British.
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THEY made their debut in Southampton last year thanks to a new Radio One DJ who presented their first live session on the station tonight.
Hotly tipped London band Stereo Honey played The Loft on Lower Banister Street last October with fellow rising stars Anteros and Yonaka as part of DJ Jack Saunders' Hopscotch tour.
Now the band, who last month appeared at a rain-soaked Victorious Festival in Southsea, have performed their first Radio One live session tonight. Their set included one of the first plays of their new single Icarus.
Frontman Pete Restrick, lead guitarist Nicky Boiardi, bassist Ben Edwards and drummer Jake Black have also been thrilling fans at festivals across the summer, including All Points East in London and Reading & Leeds with BBC Introducing.
However, few conditions will have challenged them as much than at Victorious where a compromise with the lashing wind and rain meant no drums or bass and Pete having to perform under a gazebo on the Castle Stage with Nicky playing guitar almost out of sight in the wings.
"We had to play somehow; we weren't going to miss it," Pete told The Echo.
"When we arrived, the guys on the stage told us other bands had already had to cancel their sets, but we said, if it can be made safe, we want to play. It was the wettest show we've ever done."
Their stripped-back set included recent single Don't Speak and other bangers from the band's debut EP Monuments.
While they are a London based band and the other three all grew up in the capital, songwriter Pete hails from further afield.
"I'm the token northerner," he said. "I was born in Manchester and moved to Leeds when I was four, so I am a hybrid from two great music cities."
"I was part of the Leeds music scene for years and it's still wicked to go back to play shows there and in Manchester."
The four band members met each other while playing in other bands, as Pete explained.
"I was drumming in a band with Nicky and Ben and, at the same time, Jake was drumming in another project I was also involved with.
"All of us were doing different things, but eventually Nick, Ben and I put our heads together and said we should start our own band, and then Jake got involved a little bit later on."
Stereo Honey are now putting out new tracks that will be on their next EP, which is set for release at the end of the year.
"After that we want to build up to our debut album," said Pete, who added that the band have been working with music producer Charlie Russell at Dean Street studios in London almost since the day they first became a band.
"Charlie is one of the most talented guys I have ever met. He is fantastic, like a fifth member of the band. We really trust him and he is responsible in many ways for the quality of music. He brings everything we do together in a great way and our songs sound better for it."
"I also like recording in the middle of Soho with so much else going on."
Lyricist Pete describes band mate Nicky as "nothing short of a genius" on guitar and says all of the band bring their own kind of energy and sensibilities to rehearsals.
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"Words are mine, but the lads like to chip in and tell me whether something is corny. I trust their judgement, so if they say they don't like something, I'll change it."
While it is still early days, the band already have one famous fan, after they played a set on the plaza at Broadcasting House in London with BBC Introducing.
"That show blew us away, but it was only afterwards we realised newsreader Fiona Bruce was watching us.
"Afterwards, she came over to me and said she had really enjoyed it, but that we had made her late for work. If Fiona Bruce is a fan, I guess that means we're on the way to making it!"
It's nearly a year since the band were last in Southampton and Pete says he is keen to come back and that there is one venue the band want to play.
"I know the Joiners and we would love to play there. Everyone in the music industry knows it is venue royalty for a band like us.
"You cannot go to Southampton and not play The Joiners. It is a point of initiation. Southampton has a terrific little gig scene.
"We friends with The Amazons and we know that they played The Joiners three or four times. Now they are playing the biggest festival stages. We are also good pals with Southampton band Wild Front, who we met at Community Festival last year. They are good lads and are doing really well at the moment. They are a proper DIY band, which I respect a lot."
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I spend a lot of time, in my room I spend writing in my computer, I spend watching television, I spend doing exercise, I spend a moment watching the afternoon in my window, I enjoy the rainy days when it is three in the afternoon and it seems very late, Step in my room, turn off the lights and put my favorite music and I'm imagining a crazy world before bed.
So .. Would not you like to enter your habitation, and see a unique style in it?
I know that we want that, and that's why I want to leave you this idea so that you try to do it, obviously there are many ideas that you can use to style your room, but this is one of my favorites this is one that I think right now.
This style of decoration for your room is ideal when you have a lot of space and do not want to fill it with things, just want it to look simple and perfect.
If you want to paint it, I recommend a skin color, that off tone that is not white, if not more like a color bone, so most people call it.
The position of your bed has to be in the middle of your room, you need to buy a picture of a medium size, but if you want you can buy a bigger size, the important thing here is that the picture is noticed.
Choose a painting, you can tell a story, its colors are not very strong, and if you can get those paintings whose material is ceramic, but it is an option you can choose the picture you want.
Buy a glass vase, that vase will use it to put it right in front of your painting.
Very well, the placement of your painting will not be on the wall, you will have to put it just standing on the wall, the ideal way would be to place it on the wall that is where the placement of your bed ends, on the wall that remains Uncovered when you open the door and enter your room.
The colors you choose, for the sheets of your bed have to be off, the color you want but it has to be a shade off, for example olive green, wine red, gray and white, or a blue color off, you can Choose the color that is, as long as it is the tone I said,
Since in this way you will achieve a contrast, in combination with the other colors.
This is a simple and unique way of decorating your room, I would love to leave you a photograph so you can see an example, but mention that it was the only one? It is a style that I have been ordering in my imagination, in the last few days, but there is not much space in my room and you can just write it, for you to try it, and it would be magical to send me a photograph if you do.
By the way, you can put flowers in that vase when you can, fresh flowers and you will see even more great.
You have to make it HAPPEN !!
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Three Ways Technology Creates a Safer Worksite
Originally posted by Kallie Sorrell on May 6, 2016 on constructionexec.com.
Construction sites are fraught with danger. According to OSHA, construction fatalities account for 19.5 percent of the total workplace fatalities across all industries in the United States.
Safety policies and procedures exist to keep workers as safe as possible, but these policies do not eliminate hazards completely. Regulations cannot prevent every dangerous or hazardous situation on a jobsite. OSHA standards for a work place free of known dangers has made huge strides in the construction industry alone, but fatal injuries are increasing in the construction industry because policies can only go so far. To bridge the gap, technology has stepped up to create safety measures that did not exist before.
Some of the latest construction technologies may seem futuristic and out of reach. However, many of these technologies are very accessible for construction firms and can be easily implemented on the jobsite.
Wearable technology has created a buzz in construction. It increases safely because it keeps everyone connected. Wearable technology takes mobile to the next level and includes everything from eyewear to watches and even hardhats. Some tech-loaded hardhats are fitted with cameras, sensors and user interfaces that utilize augmented reality. Helmets record, load, store and share data with the rest of the team. A benefit of these wearables is hazards can be uncovered because everything workers are doing on a jobsite is recorded through their eyes.
Drones and robots are also making waves. Drones can do dangerous work that used to be done by workers on the ground. Some restrictions are in place when it comes to drones because of their potential to be used unethically, but for site safety, they are second to none. Robots also perform some work that was previously done by workers, such as laying bricks or underwater welding. With fewer workers physically on the jobsite, there are decreased risk of injury.
Timely communication is another benefit of technology, and when applied to construction, it can make a difference in safety. It's now more than just walkie talkies and cell phones; other communication systems allow for increased communication and recordkeeping throughout the jobsite and from the jobsite to the office. Wearable technologies have the capability to send an alert if the person wearing it has fallen or is otherwise injured.
Sharing collected data may not seem like a safety precaution but it is becoming increasingly important. Contractors are embracing big data with real-time reports that can be automated for stakeholders, management and employees. These reports give feedback on hazards and unsafe jobsites so fixes can be made quickly to keep all workers safe.
Integrated applications enhance the ability to have accurate and intelligent data for safety in construction. Big data gives insights on safety and ways to improve efficiency. Technology is doing its part to keep construction workers safe and the future will only bring more innovative ways to keep them safe.


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FULL-BACK Melani Nanai's hopes of playing in the Super Rugby play-offs were all but ended when his Blues side drew 22-22 with Bulls.
The Worcester Warriors signing produced an impressive performance at Eden Park as he racked up 98 metres which was almost twice as many as anyone else achieved in the match.
It means Nanai has now become the first player to reach the four-figure mark in metres made this term with 1,064 in 14 Super Rugby appearances.
Sixways-bound Nanai also beat six defenders, made three clean breaks and 12 carries but his efforts were not enough to secure his side victory.
Blues held a seven-point lead with five minutes left but a converted try levelled the scores.
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Fly-half Harry Plummer then had an opportunity to win it at the death but his penalty drifted well wide.
Blues are bottom of the New Zealand Conference with two games remaining.
"It was a tough watch," said Blues coach Leon MacDonald in an interview with Newshub.
"We were our own worst enemy for the majority of that game - good play and then error.
"We need to be better. We did enough to win the game, and I've said that a lot of times this year. But that doesn't count for anything on the scoreboard."


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Beyond the Classroom
Torah Mitzion Kollel
The "Torah MiTzion Kollel" program establishes centers for the study of Torah and promulgates the connection between Torah and Israel.
The core of these Kollelim are young, recent graduates of the Hesder Yeshivot, where advanced Jewish study is combined with military service in the Israeli army. Idealistic and dedicated, these learned young men and women are carefully selected and brought from Israel for a period of one or two years to serve as role models for the kipah seruga (knitted kippa) generation of Religious Zionism, balancing between safra v'sayfa (book and sword) and performing both midrash u'ma'aseh (study and action).
The aim of the program is to assist the local leadership to strengthen Judaism in their communities through the creation of a unique Torah atmosphere which includes Judaism and Zionism.
This program strengthens Torah study at all levels in the school and reflects the philosophy of centrist Judaism and love of Zion. The Kollel actively works with the school's lay and professional leadership, its faculty, students and parent body.
The Kollel exemplifies the unity of the Jewish people, the responsibility of one Jew for another and the centrality of the land of Israel as fundamental components of Jewish observance and continuity.
The Torah Mitzion Kollel of the Hebrew Academy enriches the lives of our student body as well as the broader Jewish community through classes, programs and celebrations which are designed to bring Zionism to life.
We look forward to welcoming the B'not Sherut and Kollel Bachurim for the coming school year.
For more information about the Torah Mitzion Kollel programs at Berman see the Kollel website.


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Shaun Reeves is first performance in Japan at nightclub VENT Omotesando, to be held on July 6th!Music
A trusted ally of Ricardo Villalobos and Seth Troxler, and founder of Visionquest, Shaun Reeves will be performing for the first time in Japan, at nightclub VENT Omotesando!
(Updated 9/5/2019)
Ever since its establishment, the always-on-the-cutting-edge label Visionquest has been a consistent provider of strange and spaced-out tunes within the dance music underground. Now, the founder, Shaun Reeves, will be coming to Japan for his much awaited first performance at nightclub VENT's "inipi" party, to be held on July 6th!
Shaun is a DJ, producer, and label owner who has some deep connections with notable artists like Ricardo Villalobos and Seth Troxler, and has made himself known as a highly credible individual within the scene. Hailing from outside of Detroit Michigan, he grew up with a daily dose of house and techno. In his formative teenage years Shaun moved to Detroit and along with some friends began organizing small club nights and warehouse parties - kicking off what was to become a career in music.
After becoming deeply involved in the Detroit scene, Shaun became strongly influenced by more minimal sounds like those of Daniel Bell, Magda, and Perlon's Zip. Taking this as influence as a reason to find new inspiration, in the summer of 2004 he visit Berlin on holiday and 10 years later he would be a resident of the city.
For the past decade, Shaun has been traveling and touring the world over both as a solo act and as part of Visionquest, playing at notable venues like Panorama Bar, Fabric, DC10, and Robert Johnson to name a few, gaining fans along the way. From American house music to cutting-edge post-minimal, and more recently tech-house, Shaun manages to masterfully fuse these styles into one another, gaining the love and respect of both artists and fans.
"Inipi", the party that will be hosting Shaun Reeve's first ever performance in Japan, has been sounding the warning bells for Japan's commercial underground, taking into account the scene's future, a new standard will be set for timetables and entrance fees. The overlying concept is, that in the crazy hustle and bustle of Tokyo city-life, there needs to be more places where people can be themselves and cut loose, a place where people can freely enjoy and dance to music they like and admire art installations and whatnot that isn't completely subterranean. This is the first introduction to Visionquest in Japan, and we believe this will be an important night for the Japanese dance music scene. So we invite you to take part and make history!
- inipi feat. VISIONQUEST -
Shaun Reeves ( VISIONQUEST )
Chida ( Ene / Mascaras / inipi )
Mu Raki ( inipi )
Timothy Really Lab. ( Ngton, Sisi, Tosi, kon, y. ) -3hours set-
Tomomi ( is-ness / moov ) -3hours set-


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Rudlings Wakelam
Woolhall Street 14
Bury St Edmunds, Suffolk
Since 1923
Contact01284 755771 - or - Email - or - Visit website
Founded in 1923, Rudlings Wakelam is proud to have delivered quality and valuable legal services to the community over the decades. In turn our clients have supported us with their loyalty in consistently returning to us for legal advice and even more so by recommending their family and friends to us.
We have embraced this ethos and called it 'Advice for Life'. We are here for you, your family and your business to provide legal advice in a friendly, timely, and personal manner. We will guide you through dealing with aspects of law which affect you and will deliver practical, realistic, clear advice and solutions.
We have four offices based in Bury St Edmunds, Brandon, Long Melford and Thetford.
We are listed in Chamber Partners Directory and the Legal 500 of top specialist firms.
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Chris Brian - Chris is an affiliated member of the Chartered Institute of Legal Executives and a member of the Law Society Mental Health Panel. He has been undertaking mental health work since 2003. Chris particularly enjoys working with young people with mental health issues and those people with a learning disability and finds the ability to help and influence their futures and protect their rights very rewarding. Chris is also an accredited police station representative having undertaken criminal work prior to specialising in Mental Health and this experience can be very helpful when giving advice on other matters.
As a Mental Health lawyer Chris delivers training for hospital managers and other voluntary organisations on the Mental Health Act and Mental Capacity Act.
Clive Wadham-Smith - Clive has lived in the Bury St Edmunds area for 18 years and has many years experience in the field of commercial law in particular advising small and medium type businesses.
Clive now combines practising law as a consultant for Rudlings Wakelam with working in house to provide business advice for specific clients.
This allows him to understand exactly how clients see things from their "side of the fence." This means that the work he carries out is all totally client centered. It also means that he has experience of a wide range of commercial issues which in turn means he is able to recognise problems before they occur and to make sure they are dealt with correctly.
Clive's areas of expertise and experience include:
Sale and purchase of Companies and businesses (both share and asset based);
Company formations;
Shareholder agreements;
Commercial contracts;
Terms and conditions of business;
Commercial leases;
Sale and purchase of commercial property;
Waste and recycling issues;
General business advice.
Emma O'Hara - Emma started her legal career as a legal secretary back in the early 1990's where she trained to be a Legal Executive. She qualified in Wills and Probate in 1996, an area where she has worked ever since, with specific interest in Lasting Powers of Attorney and Court of Protection work.
In 1998 whilst working with Eversheds in Norwich, she was admitted as a Fellow of the Institute. Emma worked at Kester Cunningham John from 2006 to 2009 before going to work for the Advocacy Service - managed by Norfolk Coalition of Disabled People.
Emma Rebecca Fraser - Emma qualified as a Conveyancing and Family Solicitor in Lancashire in October 2012. She joined the firm on the 1st July 2013 having recently moved to Suffolk.
She completed her LLB and LPC at Northumbria University in Newcastle followed by an LLM in International Law at the University of Liverpool. At work, Emma believes in team work and continuity. Having grown up in a large foster family, this has contributed to her compassionate yet frank approach to work.
Fiona Ashmead (Partner) - Fiona joined the firm as a Partner in April 2007. With over 20 years legal experience in the property field, including working for Simmons and Simmons in the City on qualifying, Fiona can offer clients a wide range of property advice and expertise in the following areas:
Residential sale and purchase;
Leasehold purchase and sale;
Family conveyancing on relationship breakdown;
Equity release;
Right to buy purchases;
Shared ownership leases and key worker mortgages;
Investment property including buy to let;
Option agreements and claw back clauses;
Agricultural property services including agricultural tenancies.
Fiona lives locally in Bury with her husband who is a lecturer and her cat named Cabernet. Outside of work Fiona enjoys all that Bury has to offer including the theatre, good food and wine and is a member of a local ladies wine group. Fiona is also a Trustee of the Bury Town Trust, a local charity, supporting the restoration of some of our beautiful historic buildings. Further afield her passions are French and skiing both of which she practices as often as time will allow in her mountain retreat in Switzerland.
Fiona believes in offering and making each client aware of the full range of services they need and will act in liaising with the other departments to provide this service.
Geof Young - Geof has been with Rudlings Wakelam for over 35 years and has been a qualified FILEX for over 30 years. Based in our Thetford office, he has gained extensive experience in handling a wide range of civil litigation matters including disputes in the following:
General Contract
Land and neighbours
Geof also conducts a large number of personal injury claims and is particularly expert in work place accident claims because of his knowledge of occupational health and safety issues, a subject in which he has gained a national General Certificate. Geof is a founder member of the Mid-Anglia Health and Safety group which helps local businesses.
Most claims are conducted under Conditional Fee Arrangements (no win-no fee) which are regulated be the Law Society. Geof's success rate and level of client satisfaction are very high.
Heidi Berry - Heidi graduated from UEA with an honours degree in Law in 1995. She subsequently obtained a distinction in her Legal Practice Course and was awarded the Morris Roger prize for best advocate, Budd Martin Burrett prize for best litigator and Mid-Essex Law Society prize along the way. She advises on all aspects of dispute resolution and has experience of negotiation, mediation and Court and Employment Tribunal proceedings.
Clients value her commercial acumen and her ability to provide clear and friendly advice. She is a strong and effective negotiator and strives at all times to deliver value for money. A great deal of Heidi's work comes through personal recommendation.
Jackie Jones - Jackie works at Rudlings and Wakelam in their Child Care team.
Jackie qualified as a solicitor in 1987 and has specialised in various aspects of Family Law. She is a member of the Law Society%u2019s Children Law Accreditation Scheme as a Children%u2019s Representative which enables her to represent children as well as parents in care proceedings and in proceedings for secure accommodation orders.
Jackie also specialises in other cases involving children, including special Guardianship Orders, Contact and Residence disputes and complex '16.4' cases where the children's views are made through a children's guardian.
Jonathan Cobbold - Jonathan has succeeded in developing a strong reputation throughout England and Wales for his work on behalf of healthcare and medical professionals and currently acts for over 800 Dentists, Vets, Osteopaths, Physiotherapists, Chiropractors and Doctors. Jonathan is a pragmatic lawyer, whose legal advice is typically offered on the basis of a fixed price quotation, thus reducing financial concerns. Indeed his advice is primarily directed at saving money for his clients, and minimising the risks associated with making costly mistakes.
In particular, the services that Jonathan offers include the following:
Practice sales and purchases;
Drafting and reviewing partnership, shareholder and associate agreements;
Advising on partners' rights and liabilities;
Advising on the practice premises, including surgery valuations and sale and leasebacks;
Advising on new partners joining the practice and existing partners retiring;
He also acts for commercial property owners and developers throughout the UK and his current client list includes PLCs, local authorities, investment companies, partnerships and entrepreneurs.
He lectures for the b.d.a, b.s.a.v.a, s.p.i.v.s and the VPMA and more widely to practitioners and practice managers. He speaks annually to principals and associates at the Eastman Dental Institute, London.
Kira Arden - Kira is a qualified solicitor and head of our family department. Kira has undertaken all aspects of family work over the last 19 years.
Kira is a member of the Law Society's Family Law Panel and is also a Resolution accredited specialist.
Resolution is recognised for the promotion of a conciliatory approach to all family matters including Advance Financial Provision and Private Children Law. Kira mainly undertakes work in these areas.
Martin Evans - Martin was admitted as a solicitor in 1981, and has over 15 years experience in Mental Health Law.
He is a member of the Law Society's Mental Health Panel and sits as a part time judge at the the Mental Health Tribunal.
He is an active member of the Mental Health Lawyers Association.
Mathew Game - Mathew qualified as a Solicitor in 2011 specialising in Litigation and Employment. In 2012 Mathew moved to Rudlings Wakelam and is based at our Bury St Edmunds office.
Mathew now has a case load that includes Personal Injury, Civil and Commercial Litigation, Social Housing and Employment matters.
His recent experiences include:
Advising on landlord and tenant issues on behalf of various landlords to recover their properties from difficult tenants;
Advising an individual on their disciplinary procedure with their employer and successfully having all allegations retracted;
Raising a grievance on behalf on an individual against their employer and successfully negotiating a settlement package favourable to the individual;
Successfully negotiating a settlement in relation of a personal injury claim for tens of thousands of pounds.
Mathew enjoys advocacy work and is happy to carry out such work where necessary. Mathew also enjoys a good working relationship with a number of local barristers to assist where required.
Michael Green - Michael is currently training through CILEX to become a Legal Executive, specialising in residential conveyancing.
Working in our residential department he is gaining the necessary knowledge to advise on all aspects of Land Law and Residential conveyancing. Michael started his Law training at Salans Solicitors, moving to Rudlings Wakelam Solicitors in 2011 to continue his development.
Penny Brice - Penny qualified as a solicitor in Manchester in 1997 and moved to Suffolk to get married in 1999.
Penny has been with Rudlings Wakelam Solicitors as Head of their Private Client Department since 2000 and was made a Partner in 2004. She specialises in Trusts, Wills, Probate, and Tax Planning and also undertakes a large amount of Court of Protection Work.
Additionally Penny is also a qualified Trusts and Estates Practitioner having passed the exams with distinction in 2003.
Penny sits on the committee of the Norfolk and Norwich Branch of the Society of Trusts and Estates Practitioners and is the current President of the Suffolk and North Essex Law Society (SNELS).
Rachel Shaw - Rachel joined the litigation department of Rudlings Wakelam in September 2013 as a Solicitor having previously been a partner at Ward Gethin Archer in Ely since 2009.
She qualified in 1996 having completed her training in London and Norfolk.
Rachel specialises in:
Personal injury claims;
Clinical negligence claims;
Contractual disputes;
Property and housing litigation;
Debt recovery;
Professional negligence claims;
Representation at inquests;
Claims under the Inheritance (Provision for Family and Dependants) Act 1975;
Claims under the Trusts of Land and Appointment of Trustees Act 1996.
Rachel has been accredited under the Law Society's Personal Injury Accreditation Scheme since 2001 and has been successful in securing a number of six figure settlements on behalf of her clients. She is known for her personable and approachable character, and believes in giving clients straightforward and concise advice.
Rachel is a former secretary and trustee of the Ely & District Citizens Advice Bureau, and is sits on the committee of the Eastgate Ward Community Association in her hometown of Bury St Edmunds. She has recently been elected as a Trustee Board member of the Suffolk West Citizens Advice Bureau.
Ruth Stickland - Ruth first joined the firm in 1991 as secretary to Tim O'Regan. She subsequently undertook the Institute of Legal Executives examinations and qualified as a Fellow of the Institute of the Legal Executives in 2002.
Ruth undertakes all aspects of family work but in particular specialises in private Children Act matters and domestic violence.
Ruth is a member of Resolution and an accredited specialist in domestic abuse and children matters.
Scott Coupland - Scott joined Rudlings Wakelam in October 2013. He specialises in Children's Law, with a particular emphasis on Childcare law. Scott is a member of the Law Society's Children's Law Accreditation Scheme, the Association of Lawyers for Children and Resolution.
Scott regularly acts on behalf of children's Guardians and parents in cases involving allegations of neglect, emotional abuse, sexual abuse and/or physical abuse. Scott prefers to conduct as much of his own advocacy as possible and is passionate and committed to this area of law.
As well as Childcare law, Scott is experienced in private law children matters and domestic abuse cases. He also has a background in mental health law and is a member of the Law Society's Mental Health Law Accreditation Scheme.
Steven McGrath - Steven is an Associate Solicitor in the firm. He joined the firm as a trainee solicitor in 2007 and has been retained by the firm since qualification in 2009.
Working in the Commercial Department of the firm Steven specialises in commercial property work acting for a wide spectrum of corporate clients and private investors in relation to freehold acquisitions and developments projects as well as Landlord and Tenant work.
In addition, he focuses on business transactions dealing with share and asset acquisitions and disposals as well as general commercial work including:
Supply of goods and services & terms of trade;
Rights and duties of shareholders and directors - including shareholders agreement and directors service contracts;
Finance including mortgages, charges, debentures and personal guarantees;
Partnership including the drafting and advising on partnership deeds;
Distribution, agency and franchise;
Employment disputes, contracts, policies and procedures, TUPE and settlement agreements.
Steven is primarily based in our Thetford office.
Vickie Brazier - Vickie is a Fellow of the Institute of Legal Executives and joined the firm in October 2010, having previously worked for Essex Local Authority in their 'Child Care Team'.
Vickie undertakes all aspects of family work, including: divorce, ancillary relief, injunctions and private children act proceedings. She specialises in care work, undertaking a wide range of court advocacy herself.
Vickie has recently applied to be a member of Resolution and aspires to be a member of the Children Panel.
Victoria Josif - Qualified in 2000, Victoria is a member of Resolution and committed to a constructive, non-confrontational approach towards resolving family law matters. Victoria is also trained in the collaborative law approach to resolving disputes. As a Partner she provides advice on divorce, separation, related financial and child issues. Her case load includes high value financial cases and emergency disputes.
Victoria carries out a wide range of court advocacy herself and she also works closely with specialist barristers where required.
Victoria is a member of both the Resolution Children and Resolution Legal Aid Committees and is also a Resolution Accredited Specialist in financial, property and children matters.
Personal Injury Accredited
Family Law Accredited
Childred Law Accredited
Mental Health Law Accredited
Area of Business
Family Law
Business Law
Employment Law
Professional Services Law
Mental Health Law
Personal Injury and Disputes
Conveyancing and Property
Probate and Tax Planning
Agricultural Law
Equine Law
Landlord and Tenant
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We offer Fixed Fees for certain areas of the practice.


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Are you a good Uber passenger? It's easy to find out what your passenger rating is (if you need help check out my how-to post here). Uber recently explained that in Australia and New Zealand any passenger with less than a 4.0 rating will be banned from rides. The ban could easily be implemented in other countries or territories.
Just like you, as an Uber passenger, rate Uber drivers – those same Uber drivers rate riders. There are several ways to increase your rating. Here are some simple ways:
Be kind, courteous, and thoughtful
Above all, this is the feedback we hear that drivers want from their riders. A simple "Hello, how's your day going?" goes a long way in what drivers think of you. Additionally, how you word something can make all the difference. Which sounds more like a 5-star rider: "Where's the aux cord?" or "Would you mind if I used the aux cord?"?
Timeliness is a virtue
Don't request a ride before you're ready to leave—for real. Every minute your driver spends waiting for you is a moment they're not on another trip earning money. If you're going with a group, make sure everyone is out of the bathroom and ready before requesting.
Don't break the law
In high school, you may have been able to fit 7 people in a Camry, but a) you shouldn't have, and b) you shouldn't ask your Uber driver to do so. If you need a ride for more than 4 people (including yourself), request an uberXL or UberSUV. Additionally, wear your seatbelt. Drivers do their best to get you safely to your destination, and you should do your part to help them.
Keep it clean
This goes for both your language and your personal space. Cursing can make some drivers uncomfortable (which will make them rate you lower!), and it goes without saying that leaving your trash in the car and putting your feet on the dashboard or seats is just not cool.
Don't slam doors
Teenagers who are mad at their parents slam doors, not 5-star riders.
Tip tip hooray
Show your driver that you appreciate them getting you home safely—especially if they went the extra mile to help you or give great service—by giving them a tip and leaving a custom compliment.
Keep in mind — unless you have only 3 trips in your history, your rating won't change overnight; it takes effort to be a 5-star rider, and who you ride with impacts your score as well.