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A household product that contains hazardous substances becomes Household Hazardous Waste (HHW) once the consumer no longer has a use for it and disposes of it. Hazardous waste from households is not regulated as hazardous waste under federal and Indiana laws, but it is regulated as a solid waste. HHW includes such items as old paint and paint related products, pesticides, pool chemicals, drain cleaners, and degreasers and other car care products. Such consumer waste products, if carelessly managed, can create significant environmental and public health hazards. Therefore, careful management of the disposal of HHW is important for all Indiana residents.
Improper disposal of HHW can include pouring them down the drain, on the ground, into storm sewers, or in some cases putting them out with the regular trash. The Indiana Household Hazardous Waste Task Force is an excellent resource for discovering cooperative efforts among public and private entities emphasizing education, and the proper handling and disposal of environmentally harmful materials.
What Do I Do With My Household Hazardous Wastes?
In Indiana, communities or solid waste management districts provide household hazardous waste services. For information, about local solid waste management district or community household hazardous waste programs, the Association of Solid Waste Management District's directory provides information about local solid waste management district or community household hazardous waste programs.
Finding Your Local Solid Waste Management District
The Association of Indiana Solid Waste Management Districts (AISWMD) has developed several resources to assist those trying to find their local district.
- AISWMD Find Your District Tool:
- This page provides a search tool, allowing users to search by the district name, included county or counties, or contact name. Users are then directed to a page with contact information for the district.
- Marion County Residents (Toxdrop):
- Since Marion County does not have a Solid Waste Management District, residents should visit the city of Indianapolis Public Works website to obtain information about the responsible disposal of HHW in Marion County and the Indianapolis area.
- Indiana Solid Waste Management District Map:
- This map shows Indiana's single and multi-county solid waste management districts by county.
For more information about household hazardous waste management:
- What makes a household product hazardous?
- Laws, regulations, and policies that affect household hazardous waste
- Managing household hazardous waste
- Safe storage and use of hazardous household products
- Proper disposal of Motor oil, oil filters and antifreeze
- IDEM Compact Fluorescent Light (CFL) Fact Sheet (available on the IDEM Fact Sheets page)
- Stop! Think Before Pouring Anything Down the Sink [PDF]
Household Products Containing Hazardous Substances
Many common household products have hazardous properties. Look for the words Danger, Warning or Caution on the product label. They are used in cleaning, home improvement projects, automobile maintenance, lawn and garden care, and a variety of other tasks. In order to protect our health and the environment, we must know how to properly use, store and dispose of these products.
Mercury Containing Products
Mercury is a naturally occurring element. It is a metal and conducts electricity. Liquid at room temperature, it combines easily with other metals and expands and contracts evenly with temperature changes. Because of these properties, mercury has been used in many household, medical and industrial products. Improper mercury disposal includes pouring it down drains, putting it in the trash and burning it in barrels and incinerators.
Gasoline is one of the most dangerous substances found around the home. It is highly flammable and extremely toxic. Never pour gasoline down the drain, on the ground, or in the trash. Improper disposal of gasoline is a health and safety hazard, and threatens the environment. As gasoline ages, it tends to lose some of its desired ignition properties. Old gasoline used at full strength may account for sluggish behavior or temporary failure of an engine. Gasoline stored for long periods may become contaminated with dust particles, dirt, or water. It may also undergo a minor chemical change becoming "gummed up" or forming "varnish." Unusable gasoline should be taken to a household hazardous waste collection program for proper disposal.
Used Motor Oil, Antifreeze and Oil Filters
Used motor oil, antifreeze and oil filters can be recycled. Many oil change or automotive service centers will accept used motor oil for recycling. Recycling used motor oil, oil filters and antifreeze helps protect the environment. Household hazardous waste collection programs and recycling collection sites also accept used oil, oil filters and antifreeze from the public. For disposal information for your area, contact your local solid waste management district or community program.
Spent lead acid (automotive) batteries can be returned to sellers. In Indiana, dealers are required to take old batteries when new ones are purchased. Spent lead acid batteries may not be discarded in landfills. However, they are frequently generated by households and are also frequently included in HHW collection programs.
Electronics Recycling, Computer and Television Monitors
Electronic discards includes computers, monitors, televisions, audio equipment, printers, and other home electronic devices. Electronic equipment contains metals that, if not properly managed or contained, can become hazardous wastes. Cadmium - The largest source of cadmium in municipal waste is rechargeable nickel-cadmium (NiCd) batteries. Lead - Monitors and televisions contain a picture tube known as a cathode ray tube (CRT). The CRTs contain leaded glass, and are the largest source of lead in municipal waste. Mercury - Some electronic equipment also contains recoverable quantities of mercury.
Old Paint, Stains and Varnish
Paint and paint-related products can be harmful to the environment if they are disposed of improperly. Paint products should never be poured down the drain or put in the trash, unless the paint is completely dry. Good useable paint should be used up, given to theater or community groups or recycled though a paint exchange program. Check with your local HHW Program to find out if there is a paint exchange program in your area, or for other disposal options. If there is not a reuse or disposal program in your area, simply letting the paint to dry out will allow the paint to be disposed of with your regular garbage. This can be sped up with the addition of a cheap clay cat liter or other bulking agent.
Pesticides are chemicals used to prevent, destroy, or repel pests. Pests can be insects, mice and other animals, weeds, fungi, or microorganisms such as bacteria and viruses. Some examples of pests are termites causing damage to our homes, dandelions in the lawn, and fleas on our dogs and cats. Pesticides also are used to kill organisms that can cause diseases. Most pesticides contain chemicals that can be harmful to people, animals, or the environment. Use of pesticides should be kept to a minimum. Left over pesticides should be used up or taken to a HHW Program for proper disposal. Use Integrated Pest Management to reduce/eliminate pesticide use.
For Additional Information
- For questions on specific disposal issues, contact IDEM's Office of Program Support.
- U.S. EPA: Household Hazardous Waste
- Tox Town: An Interactive Guide to Commonly Encountered Toxic Substances
- How Do I Dispose of Unwanted Medicines?
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Over the past number of years, Elgin County Archives has been digitizing the Tweedsmuir Histories of Elgin County.
When they first started at the Archives, there were 27 Tweedsmuir History volumes containing about 5000 pages. As they continued, the number of volumes increased to 50, covering over 7000 pages.
The people of the individual Women's Institutes became the "unofficial archivists" of Ontario counties and districts. They constructed "scrapbooks", and they present information about oral histories and photographs.
Looking at these books, there are "Family Trees", "Pioneer Histories", the history of schools, churches, businesses, and individual family histories. I don't think that there are any such histories in the rest of Canada that can come up to this level of history written by ordinary people. It is, as their website says, "an outstanding resource on the history of rural Ontario".
The counties covered are - Aldborough, Dunwich, Southwold, Yarmouth, Malahide, South Dorchester, Bayham, East Elgin, and West Elgin.
You can read them at www.elgin.ca/ElginCounty/CulturalServices/Archives/tweedsmuir/index.html.
There is also a Photo Gallery at www.elgin.ca/ElginCounty/CulturalServices/Archives/tweedsmuir/aldborough2.html
It was announced early in November that the Elgin County Archives received a donation of $6,000 from the Elgin County Branch of the Ontario Genealogical Society. This donation will help complete the project, which is expected to be completed between January and May of 2012.
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I have been wanting to make these for a long time, but I finally did make them today. I had bought some chunks of salmon from the Mexican market a couple months ago. I made some salmon chowder with them, but nobody liked it. So I still had several pounds in the freezer and decided to take some out and try these salmon patties. They turned out SO delicious and were quite easy to make.
I chopped up about 1 lb of salmon into little chunks and mixed with 1 1/2 cups of bread crumbs (Italian seasoned), 2 eggs, 1/2 finely chopped onion, 1 T of Worcestershire Sauce, 1 teaspoon Chalula hot sauce, 1 teaspoon dried parsley, salt and pepper. I mixed that all up and made into patties which I then coated in more bread crumbs on a little plate.
I fried these in about 1/4 inch of oil in a large skillet - several minutes on each side until golden brown.
They are very yummy!!!
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That's a common definition of reality: "That which exists whether you know it, believe it, or like it, is reality."
You are free to evade reality but you are not free to evade the consequences of evading reality.
Sort of like that joke with the punchline, "I don't need to outrun the bear. I just need to outrun YOU!"
Reminds me of the joke about the guru. A seeker of wisdom goes to India and sits down with a throng listening to a guru discuss the concept of "maya," according to which the world of the senses is an illusion.
After a while, a mad elephant bursts on the scene and everyone gets up to run, including the guru. The seeker catches up with the guru who is running at full speed and says to him, "I thought the world is illusion?" "So it is, my son." "Then why are you running from an illusory elephant?" "What running? What elephant?"


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Over on Slate, Advanced NFL Stats' Brian Burke tries his hand at answering a classic armchair-QB question from Monday's national-title game: Should Tre Mason have taken a knee before that last Auburn touchdown?
You should go give his argument a read. The quick version is that, after Mason's score, the Tigers had an 81 percent chance of winning. Had Mason taken a knee, Burke figures, Auburn's chance of winning would've dropped to 73 percent, and that doesn't factor in the prospect of penalties, turnovers, or lost yards. He explains this in a lot more detail. Check it out.


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Michael Jackson. Elvis Presley. Mr. Peanut (yes, Mr. Peanut).
Two are icons of entertainment who died too young following sordid downfalls, amid the shattered hopes of never-to-be comebacks. The other is a symbol of, well, snack food.
All three are in the news this week – all examples of familiar figures being messed with in ways some fans are sure to hate (while others won't care a bit).
Nearly a year and a half after his death, Jackson is embroiled in a controversy over whether that's really his voice on "Breaking News," the first in what's likely to be a slew of posthumous song releases.
We're pretty confident that's Presley's voice on "Viva Elvis," a new album that replaces classic, original backing tracks with new, more modern instrumental arrangements.
Meanwhile, Mr. Peanut, The New York Times reports, is getting a new look – and finally, after 94 silent years, a voice. Robert Downey Jr., The Times notes, will do the speaking for the monocled nut (we hope he'll refrain from, um, salty language).
It might sound silly to lump in the Planters mascot with two music superstars. But Mr. Peanut could be the only one of the trio whose image emerges intact.
The Jackson flap marks another harbinger that he's going to remain as notorious in death as in life, and continue to be the victim of exploitation that began in childhood.
While Epic Records officials insist the voice on the track is Jackson's, his sister, LaToya, never one to stay quiet, has raised doubts, as have fans in Internet postings. We frankly can't tell – at the very least, there appears to have been a heavy hand in the post-production room.
The first single off "Viva Elvis" is a reworking of "Suspicious Minds," which sounds like a mix of a little Journey with a lot of U2. It's not bad, but a far cry from the lush, semi-soulful Righteous Brothers-like production that helped make the tune The King's last big hit.
The moves – including Mr. Peanut's makeover – are aimed at keeping the brands thriving, as the marketing folks like to say, and introduce the icons to new audiences. There's big money at stake: Jackson and Presley placed Nos. 1 and 2 in Forbes' recent ranking of top-earning deceased celebrities, generating $335 million between them.
But keeping the cash rolling in could mean the creation of new rings in the circuses that have trailed the two pop greats in death.
The circus is a once-again timely metaphor for the duo. The "Viva Elvis" album is the soundtrack to an upcoming Elvis-themed Cirque du Soleil show. Jackson's music, it was recently announced, will propel another Cirque du Soleil production in the works.
Don't get us wrong: Cirque du Soleil largely did the Beatles right, in spirit and music, with the "Love" show, and we'll hope for similar results with the Presley and Jackson spectaculars. But the deals are a reminder of how Presley's image has been relentlessly exploited in the three decades since his death, with the unseemly too often overshadowing his music. Early signs suggest Jackson is headed for a similar eternity as a sideshow act, one scarier than his "Thriller" video.
There are no such worries, of course, for Mr. Peanut, who, while fictional, no doubt knows what happens to peanuts at the circus.
Hester is founding director of the award-winning, multi-media NY City News Service at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism. He is the former City Editor of the New York Daily News, where he started as a reporter in 1992. Follow him on Twitter.


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Half a mile south west by south of Solva harbour entrance, in St Brides Bay, is the pyramid shaped rock known as Green Scar.
Its name, in contrast to its close companion Black Rock, is no doubt attributable to the fact that it has a green crown of vegetation while its neighbour, about a third its size, is bare and the rocks dark. To the east is another much smaller rock, called the Mare, but it is more familiarly known as the Donkeys Ears.
Green Scar has little to tell in the way of history. The more venturesome local boys used to row out from Solva to swim there or to sunbathe on the clifftop turf, and the Solva fishermen fished for bait there before dropping their lobster pots in the vicinity, to catch lobster or a crab near the Green Scar which can be cooked and eaten in a Solva restaurant 45 minutes later. The seas around the little group of rocks are also a happy hunting ground for mackerel fishermen, for these fish come into St Brides Bay in large shoals in summer, their presence signalled by the arrival of squadrons of gannets plummeting like white cruciform dive bombers on their prey.
The more fish, the more gannets arrive to thrill clifftop spectators with their spectacular displays of aerial agility, and there are plenty of gannets in the area. Grassholm island, some 12 miles offshore is one of the biggest gannet colonies in the country and certainly in Wales, with no fewer than 70,000 pairs at the last count.
With their dazzling white plumage, shading to pale yellow on the neck, and their six-foot wide black-tipped wingspan, they are magnificent birds indeed, and their aim when they dive at great speed on a fish is unerring. Rarely do they surface without a catch, which they swallow quickly before flying up to about 100 feet for the next plunge. When there are fledgelings on Grassholm they lumber home with full craws to regurgitate their catch into the gaping beaks of their young, which are ugly ducklings compared with the fully fledged adults.
Green Scar is also the home of another diver, the cormorant, which finds a safe and tranquil nesting site on the rock. There is nothing a cormorant likes better than a sunbathe between dives, which, unlike the gannets' swift stoop, is a prolonged underwater chase of the fish before it surfaces with its catch half in, half out of its beak. The sunbathing takes place on a convenient rock as the cormorant dries out its plumage, wings held wide, like a dark crucifix silhouetted against the horizon. To see a row of cormorants standing thus is like a vision of a multi-cross Calvary. On hazy summer days, Green Scar shimmers out in the bay, above a sea sparkling with sunshine, but in autumn and winter it wallows in a seething swell, waves breaking clear over the top, with white plumes of spray.


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Feb 28, 2011-Update From Julian Mustoe
Julian Mustoe, the voyager pictured below, has sent me an email indicating his safe arrival in Africa.
wingssail images-fredrick roswold
Julian Mustoe in Mauritius
Dear Fred,
When I left Port Louis I intended to sail directly to Simonstown. But on the way I had several exasperating gear failures and so I have put into East London for repairs.
If the same thing happens to Wings you can haul out at East London. A boatyard operated by Stuart Astick and Keith Wirlcox. Keith's mobile number is 073 788 5929.
Repairs, repairs, repairs!
Click here to read the original post.
We're glad he made it, through the most dangerous part of the year from our perspective, and we hope to do as well when we leave in April. We'll post his journal of the trip when he sends it to us.
Fred & Judy, SV Wings. Mauritius
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Chestnut Hill businesses were mostly hoping for a return to normalcy Friday, after the neighborhood was buried under the snow from the storm that began Wednesday and ended early Thursday morning.
"We're selling a lot of salt and shovels," said Linda Baldwin, who has worked at Kilian's Hardware for almost six years. "Everything that begins with an 's': shovels, salt, sleds, scrapers."
Two of the store's employees, William Valiante and Michael Matos, spent about two hours shoveling the storefront Wednesday and then bringing in the store's inventory.
"They spent hours and a lot of manpower bringing in all the salt," Baldwin said. "It's heavy."
While Kilian's profited from the snow, most other stores were adversely affected, such as Chestnut Hill Sports, Inc.
"January's generally a slow month anyway, but the snow makes it worse," said Tom Amodie, the store's co-owner. "They didn't plow the streets close to the curb," motioning to the nearly six-foot wide, three-foot high pile of snow along the curb outside on Germantown Avenue.
Brian Reisman, owner of Hideaway Music, agreed that the plowing left the avenue "not conducive to strolling."
"Nobody's come up here," he said, as he was tidying the store's shelves of records. "Nobody wants to go out."
The snow forced Roller Express-O into closing at about 1 p.m. Wednesday, two hours earlier than usual. Business has since returned to normal.
"Yesterday [Thursday] morning we were surprised" by how many people came in, said Trudy Walters, who has worked as a cook for two years at the diner. "Today is good." Nearly every table in the diner was full Friday morning.


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Here's Doug Laumann:
"Maybe [Buster] Posey would get to us if not Beckham, and if not either one of them, [Justin] Smoak would be there," Laumann said. "[This year], I have no idea at 13."
… "The problem with this year's Draft is that the top is pretty thin," Laumann said. "You look at those top three or four guys, and it opens wide up from there."
… One thing is certain: The White Sox will not be drafting by need. They will be looking for a player who can make the quickest impact at the big league level.
… "We've tried to focus on middle infielders because we've not done a good job internationally in that area," Laumann said. "If you look at the big leagues or even the Minors, a great percentage [of middle infielders] are from Latin America. We are not getting them from that influx, so we have tried to find them domestically. But quite honestly, there are not many domestic shortstops [in the Draft]."Laumann pointed out how the strength in this year's Draft is college pitching depth, so the White Sox could target that spot at 13. With the depth being a strength, though, and the White Sox having four picks in the first 115, they could go a different direction at 13 and load up on pitchers afterward.
Even if the White Sox seem deep at certain positions, such as third base or in the outfield, they won't necessarily shy away from a player who anchors that same spot — even with their top pick.
"Back in the '90s, we thought we had five or six catching prospects," Laumann said. "Two proved they couldn't play, two got hurt and one got traded. With the way baseball is, you can't think you are deep enough at any one spot where you don't need additional help."


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Who Is the Worst Quarterback in the NFL Right Now? — Sports Survey of the Day
Yesterday we went over who the best quarterbacks in the NFL were, so it only makes sense to also take a look at some of the worst. There certainly are a lot to choose from. First candidate? Michael Vick of the Philadelphia Eagles. Despite his team's being tied for first place, he has had a terrible season—he's thrown six interceptions already.
Staying in the NFC East brings us to Tony Romo. The Cowboys are just 2-2, and Romo has thrown eight interceptions, lowering his quarterback rating to 78.5.
A couple other real stinkers come out of the AFC West. Carson Palmer has the Raiders of to a 1-3 start, and Matt Cassel and the Chiefs are at 1-4. Then you have the two rookie quarterbacks in Branden Weeden from Cleveland and Ryan Tannehill from Miami. Both of those teams need a lot of work.


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This project turned out to be a great way to introduce my 4-year-old son to using a hammer and nails. I do, however, think that it might be better suited for older kids (7 and up) as they will be able to do more of the steps by themselves (like holding nails, hammering them in, and tying knots).
Materials needed:
- 2x4 piece of wood cut into a square
- medium grain sandpaper
- hammer and nails (I used an 1.25" length nails with a head on them: "bright nails")
- paper
- scotch or masking tape
- scissors
- string
- ribbon
Step Three: Hammer nails down around the edge of the heart spacing them about a half inch apart. I had to hammer in the nails first so they were secure and then I let my son hammer them in more. He was afraid to hold the nail at its base but I encouraged him to, explaining that if he focuses and he is careful he won't hit his hand. He was able to for awhile and then just ended up wielding the hammer with both hands.
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Weave the string back and forth every direction using nails as anchors. My son had a great time doing this part as I expected he would (his favorite pastime is stealing balls of yarn from me and stringing up the house). When finished, adult neatens it up by tightening string and pulling stray strings that wound up on the outside of the heart into the inside. Tie the two ends of string together and cut tails with scissors.


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Wichita State's Pursuit of Perfection Continues Friday in Arch MadnessPosted by Adam Stillman on March 6th, 2014
The Wichita State Shockers are looking to make some more history. After finishing the regular season undefeated at 31-0, becoming the first team to accomplish the feat since Saint Joseph's in 2004, the Shockers look to become the first team to enter the NCAA Tournament unbeaten since UNLV pulled off the trick in 1991. Will Wichita State succeed in its pursuit of perfection? Based on its dominance of Missouri Valley Conference foes this season, you'd have to think the odds are in the Shockers' favor to run through Arch Madness. Only three league opponents stayed within single figures of Wichita State this season, and just one — Missouri State — played them within six points. That 72-69 overtime win came on January 11 after the Shockers had rallied from 19 points down with 11:48 left in the game. Otherwise it's been mostly an exercise in cruise control for Gregg Marshall's team. Those numbers don't really inspire much confidence for a shocking winner this weekend. In fact, Ken Pomeroy gives Wichita State a 78 percent chance to earn the league's automatic bid.
Let's take a look at the Shockers' likely path in the MVC Tournament. First up will be the winner of the #8/#9 game between Drake and Evansville, which tips off this evening. In the four games Wichita State played against the two opponents this season, the Shockers won by an average of 19 points with the closest an 81-67 victory against the Aces on February 1. There's virtually no way that Wichita State drops its quarterfinal game, as KenPom gives the Shockers a 95.2 percent chance of advancing to the semifinals on Saturday. That's where Wichita State would meet either Missouri State or Illinois State, depending on Friday's result between the two. Sure, the former gave the Shockers quite a scare two months ago before capitulating in overtime, but Wichita State rolled through the Bears in the return game last Saturday, winning by 23 points in the regular season clincher. The Shockers beat Illinois State by an average of 17 points in their two meetings this season as well. KenPom gives Wichita State an 87.4 percent chance to advance to the title game here.


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GUATEMALA – The Fuego volcano, located about 50 kilometers (31 miles) south of this capital, on Sunday spewed a column of ash up to a kilometer (about 3,300 feet) high, a government agency reported. The National Vulcanology Institute said in a communiqué that the volcano, which rises 3,763 meters (12,230 feet) above sea level, on Sunday erupted effusively, according to seismic recordings and the images received from a camera at the observatory at Panimache. The volcano's activity presently consists of emissions of red hot lava being hurled from the crater to a height of some 500 meters (1,625 feet), the agency said. The institute went on to say that three rivers of lava were emerging from the crater and moving down the sides of the mountain. In addition, two emissions of ash rising from 800 to 1,000 meters (about 2,600 feet to 3,300 feet) were blowing southeast. The vulcanology institute warned that although the eruption presently consists of an effusion of lava, the possibility exists that in the coming hours the volcano's activity will increase to a pyroclastic flow of the kind experienced on May 19 and May 25. A pyroclastic flow is a fast-moving current of superheated gas, which can reach temperatures of about 1,000 C (1,830 F), and rock, which reaches speeds moving away from a volcano of up to 700 km/h (450 mph). The flow normally hugs the ground and travels downhill, or spreads laterally under gravity, and is quite devastating to virtually anything in its path. The agency recommended to the Conred disaster organization to maintain an orange preventive alert near the mountain until the volcanic activity lessens. Civilian air traffic is being warned to take precautions because the ash cloud extends up to 10 kilometers (6.2 miles) from the volcano. The Fuego volcano, whose name in the Kakchikel Indian language is "Chi Cag" (where the fire is), is one of the most impressive fire mountains in Central America and has been in a constant state of activity. So far, civil protection authorities do not think that the eruption represents a danger for nearby towns, but it is recommending that residents in the region be on alert to take whatever measures Conred may announce. –Fox Latino


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Editor's note: Michael O'Hanlon is co-author, with Martin Indyk and Kenneth Lieberthal, of the new book Bending History: Barack Obama's Foreign Policy. You can read more from him on the Global Public Square. The views expressed in this article are solely those of Michael O'Hanlon.
By Michael O'Hanlon – Special to CNN
The Afghanistan war is a slog at best. There is little doubt about that.
Even those of us supporting the mission must acknowledge that it has been slower and harder than expected. The reasons are generally well known, including a resilient and highly motivated insurgency with sanctuaries in Pakistan; a corruption-ridden Afghan government that, by its poor governance, gives sustenance to the Taliban; and mistakes on the part of NATO, which for years pumped too much poorly regulated cash into a country unable to handle it, fueling corruption in the process.
As NATO leaders gather in Chicago this week for a major summit where Afghanistan will be issue No. 1, it is understandable why their citizens are tired of this effort. And with Osama bin Laden dead and other al Qaeda leaders out of the picture or out of the region, the motivation behind the effort seems less compelling to others as well.
Nothing I saw on a recent trip to Afghanistan dispelled the above realities. But I also saw plenty of good that should give us encouragement.
Because we already have an exit strategy to have most NATO troops out of Afghanistan by the end of 2014, no one needs to worry too much about a possible quagmire.
Beyond that, there are good reasons to think that even if this mission cannot achieve its loftiest earlier goals — a strong democracy and a clearly defeated insurgency on our watch — it can likely attain the minimal acceptable requirement: preventing a Taliban return to power and a major al Qaeda presence on Afghan soil.
Here are some highlights of the more hopeful indicators in Afghanistan:
• Afghan security forces have almost reached their envisioned full size of 352,000, counting army and police. This has been accomplished despite the fact that the Afghan army and police needed to be built as they were fighting. They are now collectively taking at least twice the casualties of NATO forces, participating in at least 90% of all operations and leading some 40% of operations themselves (albeit usually the simpler ones at this point).
• While the security forces still suffer from political patronage appointments and corruption, the problems are at least being partially addressed. In the east, some 50 Afghan army leaders have been replaced in the last year; 70 police officers were just recently fired in the west for poor performance. The Ministry of Defense has also opened a full criminal investigation into the problems that produced corruption and theft at Afghanistan's main military hospital last year. To be sure, such efforts could be too little, too late. There are pockets of serious remaining problems, such as with the country's air force. And some of the firings and hirings raise concerns of ethnic bias. But on balance, the progress is picking up.
• The Afghan Local Police, a form of armed community watch overseen by NATO troops, is proving its mettle. These lightly armed and locally organized forces are holding their ground in some 80% of all firefights, even when sometimes outgunned by the Taliban, and they are taking the highest rate of casualties of any part of the Afghan security forces. There have been a handful of cases of abuse within this program, and a number of illegal militias are falsely adopting the name Afghan Local Police to disguise their true nature (which is sometimes to attack their neighboring tribes or communities). But U.S. special forces have monitored and worked with the actual forces effectively and stepped in to address problems when needed. The admittedly daunting challenge in the coming months and years will be to keep growing the program while also gradually handing oversight over to Afghan special forces.
• Politics are breaking out in Afghanistan. The presidential election is still two years away, but new political organizations are forming, electoral reform movements are gaining steam, and everyone is forming their short lists of the most likely candidates for the race — some of them actually serious reformists! For the first time in its history, Afghanistan is preparing for a peaceful transfer of power accomplished by political competition. We do not yet know, of course, if the process will be successful. But there is political energy in the air.
• Recent Asia Foundation work suggests that the quality of governance is improving at the provincial level. There are still too many bad actors and too much interference from Kabul in the day-to-day operations of regional governments. But by one scale at least, the average quality of governance has improved at least 10% over the last year.
• A spirit of hopefulness, more than fear, characterized most of those I spoke with in Kabul recently.Worries about ethnic tension and even the prospect of civil war after the NATO departure have grown over time. But the recent signing of the U.S.-Afghan Strategic Partnership Agreement reassures many that they will not be left to their own darker angels — or the mercy of their neighbors — when NATO's transition is complete.
• On the anticorruption front, more than 100 companies or individuals (some of them U.S.-based) have been debarred from working with NATO because of suspicions of corruption or association with enemy elements. This overdue effort requires constant vigilance to be sure that companies or individuals that have been debarred once do not simply reorganize under a different name. But NATO is finally on the job on that matter.
Much still needs to be done, of course.
Land reform, and the prevention of land expropriation by corrupt actors, demands attention.
Electoral watchdog organizations need to be strengthened, and means of possible voting fraud need to be reduced, before 2014; otherwise, cheating and scandal could delegitimize the election outcomes and contribute to more ethnic tension.
The international community needs to find leverage — and communicate its willingness to use that leverage — to maximize the chances that good leadership emerges from that election, conditioning future aid and troop levels on the quality of future Afghan governance.
Brookings.com: Tracking Progress and Security in Post-9/11 Afghanistan
The army and police still need to get a lot better. Some of the worst of the worst need to be arrested and tried for corrupt ways.
Pakistan needs to help more. Even if true alliance and friendship are unlikely, we at least need Pakistan to behave like the "frenemy" it once was instead of the antagonist it has more recently become.
But all these points are pretty well known. Less well known is all the good happening in Afghanistan. Whether it will be enough in the end is unclear, but there is a lot to build on.
The views expressed in this article are solely those of Michael O'Hanlon.
What a hack O'Hanlon is. He has been 100% wrong about Afghanistan 100% of the time for the last six or seven years (when he first found it on a map and realized there was thinktank money to be made from this knowledge and from parroting the Pentagon line of delusional optimism.) The article is just another in his long string of accolades for the emperor's new clothes on Afghanistan. Why does CNN continue to run this kind of tripe from people with track records of epic failure in discussing Afghanistan?
Everything in this article is nonsense. The Afghan security forces are nowhere near 350,000 men. This is just O'Hanlon parroting the Pentagon lie. The ANA has, at most, 100,000 men, 40% of whom desert every year. The police are a net security negative, the local police program is a malign cancer on the countryside. I could go on debunking this nonsense, but what's the point? O'Hanlon is just a Pentagon shill.
Mike Smith, O'Hanlon wrote, "Afghan security forces have almost reached their envisioned full size of 352,000, counting army and police".
Nato officials said they hoped to build the Afghan police and army to a force of about 352,000 by the end of 2012. So O'Hanlon had made it up.
The U.S. had previously proposed scaling numbers back to about 230,000 after 2014 as the security threat would fade and Western financial support shrink.
Learn to read or at least understand what you're talking about. The writer is summing up the numbers for ANSF which includes ANA, ANP, ABP, ANCOP, etc. Where'd you get your 40% figure?
I agree for the most part with Mike Smith. Clearly what has happened in Afghanistan over the past ten years is an example of everything that is wrong with the USA's foreign policy. Everyone knows that they are there simply to secure pipeline routes .....which the Taliban had earleir rejected. (The "first" deal struck with the new government was the pipeline route.)
The Congressional hearing I watched 2 months ago CLEARLY stated they were no where near 350,000 and not expected to achieve it... as NOTED the Soviets tried to get 250k and were unable too so they were asked how the USAs goal 350k.... ALSO noted in that meeting was Afghanistan has no income and therefore can NOT pay this military so why are we wasting our money.
This author is a known paid pentagon mouthpiece.
And failed article trying to convince americans to stay 10 more years and spend another 200 trillion on a hell hole of a country.
The maintenance of the Afghan Securitry Forces costs more than the gross domestic product of Afghanistan generates.Nato forces are being gunned down by uniformed Afghan Security Forces and Pakistan is still a safe haven for the terrortists of the world. Our funding props up Karzai and his corrupt administration.It funds the ISI with all their shenanigans. It drains badly needed resources at home. It is a bottomless pit. 2014 has become 2024 The Northern Alliance polices southern Afghjanistan where they are hated by indiginous Pastuns. Poppies proloiferate. What has changed? The creation of a separate and autonomous Pastunia might be a start and if that means Taliban participation it is their area of strength anyway. It will provide Pakistan with the buffer zone they desire and the elements that they think they need to defend against their foe ,India. We should be funding education not weapons in Pakistan and maybe schools would replace Madrassas and civilian rule would replace military dictatorship. You may want to rely on Karzai but I sure don't. The rest of the world has realized this and Nato countries are tired of this as well. It should be evident in the streets of Chicago shortly. Serious reconsideration is in order.
Here goes O'Hanlon again, belly-hooing why we are "winning" the war in Afghanistan. Thr Afghan security forces have to be paid to fight while the Taliban do it for free!
Members of armed forces all over the world are paid.
They are paid to fight for their countries and while they are on duty their families can buy food and other amenities.
The bad guys are also paid–by ripping off the locals they harass, by stealing from everyone they encounter and by dealing drugs. What? you thought allah the magnificent and his profiteer 'hammed taught them to fish so that they could eat?
No, actually the Taliban are paid more.
Can you prove that, Simon? The West keeps on pouring in billions of dollars on behalf of the Karzai government and his forces, but who's subsidizing the Taliban? Nobody!
Willie12345, George Patton, J. Foster Dulles, Joseph McCarthy, Marine 5484, Yacobi, Patrick-2 – whomever you are today. How can YOU state that the Taliban is not paid and not heavily subsidized by followers of Islam all over the world. What do YOU know?
Just how many Muslims do you know who have billions upon billions of dollars to help the Taliban? Then again, what do you ignorant Tea Partiers know anyway? Get real, will you?!
Willie12345, George Patton, J. Foster Dulles, Joseph McCarthy, Marine 5484, Yacobi, Patrick-2 – There is 1.5 billion muslim on this earth and I am sure they all donate money to the cause.
Let us not forget about the 72 virgins each nutbar thinks he is going to get from allah the magnificent.
Since none of these guys can get laid in real life!
the taliban are paid via OPium sales...and the people buying that Opium are AMERICANS.... all the ones with Glaucoma that is
Opium doesn't treat glaucoma genius, that's marijuana. Opium is made into pain killers, AKA opiates, such as morphine.
No doubt the Afghan forces, the ANA have definitely become more professional and the recent Taliban attacks in Kabul showed how competent they had been in fighting. The question is, how it would fare against the Taliban once the ISAF gone after 2014. There had also been doubts about the reliability of Afghan soldiers, after an increasing number of turncoats, who turned their guns on their Nato colleagues. Hamid Karzai said in April that the number of security forces shouldn't be reduced until at least 2015 or 2016, depending on the situation on the ground. The other problem will be that it's difficult to assess the strength of the Taliban. Their brazen attacks have plunged the country into chaos and it's doubtful that the Afghan authorities and its Western allies could win this war militarily. Talks and negotiations are still the best alternatives for this Afghan endgame.
Islame is the #1 reason for NO hope.
NO hope for the extremists of islam.
Turn around, we are right behind you. You have nowhere to go except to see Shatan.
It's sorry thing to say, but O'Hanlon is hoping what he wrote will work, but I don't think so. I think after we leave the country will go back to the way it was before. In that part of the world they are the way they are and won't become like the west, like the west wants. If they want to, they will have to do it on their own.
Afghanistan is a mess, just ass anyone who has been there. We have dumped millions there trying to pull them out of the stone age, but they keep blowing up the stuff we make. They want to be in the stone age. It is much easier for the mooslimys to control them...
Does anyone remember the original reason for invading Afghanistan was to capture/kill Bin Laden? Now that Bin Laden has been killed, it is time to leave Afghanistan. The simple truth is that most Afghans dislike NATO/American soldiers. The only possibility to defeat a guerrilla war is to have the support of the local population. If the local population does not give NATO troops info about the Taliban, then it is impossible to defeat the Taliban. The local population due to fear of Taliban or dislike of NATO/American troops are not willing to help defeat the Taliban. It is time to bring our troops home and let the Afghan people decide their own fate.
Actually, C S, the impetus for US troops going into Afghanistan was to deny Al-Qaeda sanctuary in that region of southwest Asia. Your comments are steeped in half-truths and skewed data. Within this dynamic environment with many moving parts from politics to military to national security, your absolutist point of view leaves much to be desired. While it is unclear what your source of information is that led to your comments, there definitely are some of your 'facts' that need to be considered, developed and reviewed for accuracy and impact. Power perceived is power achieved...perceive truth.
Ahh optimist and their hope springing eternal. Give it 5 years and Afghanistan will be just like it was before we wasted the time, money and lives lost over the past 12 years.
I think that's great. NOW BRING OUR BOYS HOME THEY'VE BEEN THERE TEN YEARS ALREADY! THERE'S *NOTHING* THAT'S GOING TO CHANGE IN THE NEXT TWO YEARS. IF IT WERE POSSIBLE TO ACCOMPLISH THIS THING THEN IT WOULD HAVE HAPPENED ALREADY.
Ten years, folks. 3,652 days. 520 weeks. Enough is enough.
Thank goodness that after we leave there won't be arms dealers playing to both sides to make a profit; and that Iran won't be messing around in there to destabilize things just for kicks and giggles. And I'm so glad there won't be drug traffickers messing around in the place either, even with potentially billions in profit to be made with low cost.
Just keep sending the good stuff.
I love how this article paints a positive light on the situation in Afghanistan.....but then reveals how completely worthless the author's opinion is when they state "most of those I spoke with in Kabul."
Of course those in Kabul are hopeful, the Afghan government has solid control of Kabul but it's control outside of the urban areas, which is the far far majority of Afghanistan, is in its infancy at best. The government has no control in the rural and mountainous areas of Afghanistan and the boarder between Afghanistan and Pakistan is a line in the dirt where people, insurgents, illegal weapons and illegal drugs pass with little to no restriction.
Hey Mr. O'Hanlan, why don't you speak to local Afghans in the Eastern boarder regions of Afghanistan? Make sure that you speak to them during the Summer months too. But that will never happen because it's too dangerous. They don't call it "Fighting Season" because that's when HBO boxing comes on tv.
Can anyone remember the same arguments being made as US forces pulled out of Vietnam. Can anyone remember the term "Vietnamization?" When the final Western boots leave the ground–that's when the disintegration begins. Graft and greed takes over, and one can envision, as happened in VN, soldiers going unpaid because the funds supposed to pay them have been scooped up along the funding route by corrupt national and regional officials, who will be financially secure enough the flee the country when the collapse occurs. That's when Afghan soldiers join the Taliban.
Amazing what a trillions dollars will buy.
Bright spots in Afghan land? Ooooo there's another one... good Predator.
Someone needs to take off his rose colored glasses.
Yeah we totally got this, just 10 more years.
There is no honor in war, thats just something they tell soldiers so they'll risk their lives.
Thank you, Suckers. You nailed it good!
The hope for Afghanistan lies in direct proportion to a rapproachment with the Pakistani government, military, and the ISI. What are the odds, in a region devoted to terrorist training, the drug trade, and little semblance of legitimate capitalist inclinations like we experience.
This is the type of long-term conflict that the military-industrial complex has frothed for.
When will we kill the last terrorist?
It will never been too soon to pull the majority of our troops out of Afghanistan. Perhaps the election outcome will have a magical effect.
Poor westerners....
Still don't get it, but I guess it's hope that keeps the spirit of man alive....
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Public pools, like public parks, are hotbeds for teenagers who are not always easy to manage. The violence around the pool is unacceptable, but a lot of that will die down as the crowds do as well. It is hot outside, and when people are forced to wait in line for 30 minutes to get in, they can get agitated.
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Opening the pool was a great idea. Not everyone has the resources to cool off in the hot weather, and some of us certainly remember when people would open up fire hydrants in decades past as a way to beat the heat.
I remember seeing how that gust of cold water shot up into the sky, and landed on the hot blacktop street. Opening a public pool helps keep people from resorting to those other (illegal) means.
Is the pool going to be another area for thugs to simply take over? It does not have to be that way. The same way neighborhoods have become safer, public places have become safer. People gambled on Brooklyn rebounding as a borough, and it did not in dramatic fashion. Now it's time to gamble on public places as well.
Bryant Park on 42nd Street was once a place for drug dealing, and now it is a great park. It might be time, however, for some serious rules enforcement at McCarren Park, since things can quickly go from bad to very bad.
Reggie Jackson and the Hall
There was talk last week from former Yankee Reggie Jackson regarding the standards of the Baseball Hall of Fame, and how there are members he feels might not belong there. Before any conversation about Jackson's comments, and regardless of whether you liked Reggie or not, the man is a bona fide Hall of Famer and his opinion matters.
Much of the coverage of Jackson's comments was about the steroid-era players like Alex Rodriquez, Andy Pettitte, and Roger Clemens. It is easy to have an opinion on those players – you either accept the use of the performance enhancing drugs (PEDS) or you do not.
Some say it was not banned in the game at the time, so it has to be left alone. Others, and especially Jackson, are well within their rights to see the use of steroids, or human growth hormones, as big-time disqualifier.
The more interesting part of Jackson's comments, however, were those about players like Gary Carter, Don Sutton, and Kirby Puckett. Sutton won 324 games when winning 300 games was the threshold for starting pitchers getting into the Hall. Jackson is right to raise the question of whether we have erased the line between very good players and great players.
Don Sutton, the former Dodger turned journeyman, won a lot of games but he played a lot of seasons. If you were building a pitching staff, would you rather have a 300-game winner like Sutton, or would you rather have a money pitcher like Mike Mussina or David Cone? Cone never even won 200 games, but he was one of the best big-game pitchers in the league for a long time.
If sheer numbers are the criteria, we start to see a less exciting Hall of Fame lineup. Sutton may deserve being in the Hall, and you can add Bert Blyleven and Phil Niekro to that list, but statistics (although they seldom lie) do not tell the whole story of how effective a pitcher can be.
Jackson should not have raised the issue of whether he thought Gary Carter should be in the Hall, not right after Carter's recent passing. It shows why Reggie has his detractors in the game. Carter does belong in the Hall, as I have written before, because he made the teams he played for – the Montreal Expos and New York Mets - what they were.
The Hall of Fame is important because at some point, all baseball enthusiasts visit Cooperstown and take their families there. You justify to your family why this long drive is so worth it when you see the great plaques on the wall. If it becomes just another souvenir mill, it will not be worth the trip.
Jackson's timing may have been off, but he has earned his right to question what makes a player a Hall of Famer in Major League Baseball.


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Sony Pictures Entertainment has acquired "The B Team," a spec pitch package for an Adam McKay-directed action comedy that will team Will Ferrell and Mark Wahlberg as cops.
Chris Henchy and McKay will write the script.
Pic will be a co-production between Gary Sanchez Prods. and Mosaic. Sony has not set a release date on the film, but it is expected to go into production as quickly as the filmmakers can get it ready.
Sony intends to register the title "The B Team," a potential hurdle given that 20th Century Fox is mobilizing a movie based on TV series "The A-Team," with Joe Carnahan directing.
The comedy was pitched around town Tuesday by Endeavor and CAA, and Sony co-president Matt Tolmach moved quickly. Tolmach was comfortable committing to a film without a finished script because Columbia worked in the same fashion on "Talladega Nights" and "Step Brothers," both of which were set up with a pitch and the collaborative track record of McKay and Ferrell.
"Talladega Nights," which cost around $72 million, grossed $148 million domestically in 2006, and "Step Brothers," which cost around $65 million, grossed $100 million for Columbia Pictures in 2008.
The newcomer to this equation is Henchy, but he has ties to all the participants. He co-wrote "Land of the Lost," the Universal summer comedy that stars Ferrell. Henchy works for McKay and Ferrell's Gary Sanchez Prods., where he is co-executive producer of the GSP-produced HBO sitcom "East Bound & Down."
Henchy previously spent several seasons as co-executive producer of "Entourage," the HBO series on which Wahlberg is executive producer with Doug Ellin and Stephen Levinson.
A McKay-Ferrell comedy is a departure for Wahlberg, who stars next in the Peter Jackson-directed drama "The Lovely Bones."


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Once more, dear readers, thank you for your comments on the previous post about my out of body experience. They have enriched the post immeasurably.
And there is no doubt that some of you have experienced something similar. Here is one true story I was told.
I began dating a very gifted and spiritual woman about a year and a half after my hospital stay, who also happened to be a psychologist. No, I wasn't seeing her professionally lol. But after some months, I did tell her about my illness, the hospital, and my out of body episode. I thought at the time that it was my own fear of death that caused me to have a dream of confession and redemption.
I said, "What do you make of that?"
She said, "What makes you think it didn't really happen?"
She then told me that she had also had an out of body experience. At the instant of giving birth to her first child, as the baby was actually leaving her body, she described having a feeling like a tremendous orgasm, and that immediately her consciousness flew out of her body and was enveloped in what she described as a "pure golden light of endless love." It was so transcendent and beautiful that she never wanted to leave. She thought she might have died, but didn't care. That light of pure love was all-embracing. Then she heard the far off cries of her newborn daughter, and that forcibly pulled her consciousness back into her body. She had tears in her eyes at leaving that "place."
I have often wondered if that "place" was the source of a mother's love, the bond between mother and child. Or perhaps the source of all Love, the sea of light from which our lone drops are formed in this life.
She later did a small, all-woman study about such experiences, and received some surprising results from the study group. Apparently 5% of the women who responded have had similar experiences, sometimes during childbirth and sometimes even during orgasm. But women don't speak of it, attributing it to the stress of labor, to pain medication, or the rush of hormones during sex. (No wonder the French call orgasm the "little death.")
We are spiritual beings having a human experience, and only for a short time. We come from that Light, and return to it after our time is over. And since I have come to think that our time in this life is allotted, as the luminous being implied when he said, "It is not your time yet," I have for many years thanked God each morning for the wondrous gift of my life, for the love He has given me and the mercy He has shown me all the days of my life.
Each day, each moment is a blessing.
As it says in the Koran: "Verily, in the heavens and the earth are signs to those who believe." (45:2)
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2018-2019 PRSD School Calendar Approved
During the March 20, 2018 regular board meeting, the Peace River School Division (PRSD) board of trustees approved the 2018-2019 School Calendar.
Highlights of the calendar include the first day of school for students being September 4, 2018, Christmas Break to run from December 24, 2018 to January 6, 2019 and new to the calendar for the 2018-2019 school year is a Spring Break that will run from March 25, 2019 to March 31, 2019.
The change from an Easter Break to a Spring Break was proposed by the committee as Easter falls later in the 2018-2019 school year. The majority of feedback received from families, staff and community members expressed satisfaction with the draft calendar as proposed by PRSD's Calendar Committee and a preference to a Spring Break.
The calendar was open for feedback from school communities between December 12, 2017 and February 7, 2018 with a total of 56 responses received. Following consultations with school communities through email, social media, staff based and School Council meetings, the input was reviewed by the PRSD School Calendar Committee and presented to the board of trustees for approval.
The PRSD School Calendar Committee includes the representation of a PRSD parent, teacher, principals, management and representatives from Consiel scolaire du Nord-Quest and Grande Prairie Catholic School Division. The committee follows "Guiding Principles" while developing the school calendar that are based on the preferences and input of staff, parents and community members.
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Not only Victoria's Secret has the sexiest party this year, which we anticipate later in the year.. We also celebrate the recent 50th anniversary swimsuit issue 2014 for Sports Illustrated magazine. Three bombshells, Chrissy Teigen, Lily Adridge, and Nina Agdal, graced the magazine cover by posing topless and facing back to the camera. The photo shoot was taken on Cook Islands off the coast of NZ.
February 18th, 2014 was the kickoff party in a swimsuit beach house at NY, where models and their hubbies were spotted joining the fun night together. Some other models who have been and are covered in the magazine were also attending the kickoff party. Emily Ratajkowski, Anne V, Gigi Hadid, Petra Nemcova, Irina Shayk, Hannah Davis to name a few.
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50th Anniversary Swimsuit issue 2014 for Sports Illustrated
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Hi lovelies, I am now busy with my internship schedules and studying for midterms... Wish me luck! I haven't posted any #ootd for quiet a while.. The weather in CA has been good so far.. Loving the heat of the summer, even though it's supposedly winter still! Anyway, hope you enjoy this simple style of mine...
Brian Lichtenberg's Cannabis tank, white pants from BDG, and Nike Fuel Rose Gold, Miansai Anchor Hook Rose Gold w/ brown leather, LV mini bag, and round sunnies from Mango.
Saturday, February 8, 2014
Peter Pilotto x Target Capsule Collection 2014
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Not everyone can buy designer clothes fresh off the runway. We also know that buyers are also busy catching up cabs to get to New York Fashion Week shows, spotting their favorite dresses. But rest assure, you can at least maybe get your hands on this designer brand: Peter Pilotto x Target. As you may know Target is infamously known as a company who sells clothes that are affordable and more "reachable" to the crowd. We may not know the impact tomorrow because the news was breaking in between #NYFW. There are some buzz about it already before it even hits Target stores tomorrow at February 9, 2014. Well, let's just hope that people won't get too crazy by lining up at Target stores starting 3-4 a.m. If so, you can either wake up and put on your thick jacket to embrace the cold. If you're too lazy to come out and not too frenzied about owning the collection pieces, then you can try logging into Net-a-Porter, because they will certainly carry the line too. That good news goes out too for International buyers :)
The capsule collection consists of 70 pieces of bold, mix prints of florals and geometric shapes ranging from Eyewear, shoes, dresses, tops, shirts, skirts, swim wears, bags, and many more. Peter Pilotto and Christopher De Vos are the 2 designers behind these raving collections.
Here are some of my favorite pieces from the collection: (see the full lookbook at Refinery29.com)
All pictures are courtesy of Target and Refinery29.


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Calvin Harris (born Adam Richard Wiles on 17 January 1984) is a Scottish singer-songwriter, record producer and DJ. His gold-selling debut album, I Created Disco, was released in 2007 and contained the top ten singles "Acceptable in the 80s" and "The Girls". He has written and produced records for other recording artists including Kylie Minogue's X and his number-one collaboration with English rapper Dizzee Rascal, "Dance wiv Me".
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Interpreters, Are You Ready To Take Off?
Turkish association of conference interpreters offers an in-booth checklist to promote team work among technicians and interpreters.
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As part of an effort to work more closely with equipment suppliers as highlighted in a previous article, the Conference Interpreters Association of Turkey (www.tktd.org) conducted a survey in November/December 2016 to gather information that could be used for a short, practical checklist. The response was good – 76 interpreters and 56 owners/managers/technicians of companies supplying SI equipment replied.
There were two sets of questions, with those aimed at interpreters formulated by interpreters, and those for technicians written with the help of fellow technicians. Questions centered on expectations, complaints, social interaction, perception of performance, and quality of service. Respondents were asked to rate each item on a scale of 1 to 5, with 1 being 'completely irrelevant' and 5 'extremely relevant'.
The results were announced at an event called "One, Two, Sound Check", held in Istanbul on January 13, 2017 and co-organized by TKTD and AIIC Turkey. At the conference, the interpreters' association promised to inform all members about the results and take actions to improve the situation.
In the following six months, two member meetings, one in Ankara and another in Istanbul, were organized to present survey results and discuss concrete actions. As a result, TKTD drafted an "in-booth reminders list" with points on booth manners for interpreters and reminders vis-à-vis the expectations of technicians (greeting and thanking technicians, tidying up before we leave, handling the equipment carefully, etc.). The checklist was prepared in consultation with SI equipment providers both unofficially and officially, and was launched at the first General Assembly meeting of TETSED (association bringing together SI equipment providers and stage/sound technicians) where TKTD explained the rationale and use of the checklist, and invited members of TETSED to benefit from it by placing the checklist in booths during setup. TKTD also briefed its members about the use of the list leading several of them to volunteer to act as brand ambassadors, introducing the list at assignments for demonstration purposes.
The checklist is a 14x21 cm (small enough to fit into the headphone case SI equipment providers use and big enough to be read easily by interpreters) two-sided PVC card with a short chain that can be hung onto a suction cup (there is a hook on the suction cup, but the chain can also be directly attached to the hole on the cup itself, which makes the whole card a single piece, preventing it from getting lost) attached to the inside of the front window in a booth. There is a QR code on it which, when scanned, directs the interpreter to TKTD's web page that shows the Turkish and English versions of the checklist. The creative concept used for the visual is a flight announcement (inspired by the Turkish word "kabin" which means both booth and cabin; the fact that all Turkish Airlines flight codes start with TK, and that reminders are hopefully read before "takeoff").
The checklist serves several purposes:
- raising the awareness of TKTD members and non-members on booth manners and relations with technicians
- building the image of TKTD as a professional organization in the eyes of non-members (since the booths are used by non-members as well)
- assuring the technical team that they are listened to and taken seriously
More than 350 of the initially printed 400 checklists have been distributed to 19 SI equipment providers. TKTD asked members to have a picture taken with technician(s) and the booth if they see the checklist hanging in the booth when they arrive at work. The pictures are then posted on the association's Facebook page with special thanks to the technicians and the owners/managers of the SI equipment provider for contributing to the joint effort.
When asked about the impact of the checklist, technicians replied saying that it was funny and a good way to initiate a conversation with interpreters, and that it improved overall communication with them. Some said that they are now doing a lot less tidying at the end of the day.
Below are visuals of the checklist in English.
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