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Darwyn Cooke is auctioning off 12 pieces of artwork, starting with a page from Parker: The Outfit, to benefit The Hero Initiative. There's a certain type of person (me) who would be thrilled to find a Darwyn Cooke original under the tree.
For those with more esoteric tastes, though, how about one of Edward Gorey's fur coats? J.L. Bell fills us in on this odd little story: Apparently fur coats were a big part of the Amphigorey creator's personal style statement until the 1980s, when he got involved in animal rights and put the coats in storage. Some of the proceeds of this sale will go to the Edward Gorey Charitable Trust to benefit animal welfare.
If you're going to be in the Cotswolds next week, check out the auction of vintage eponymous superhero comics. The first issue of Superman, Amazing Spider-Man, etc. Also on the block is the 1939 issue of Detective Comics in which Batman first made his appearance. Proceeds from the sale will go to the collector and the auction house—no good causes here.
Broke? You can still get into the holiday spirit with these Max Overacts Christmas cards. Print 'em out and send 'em to your friends; if you can't give them a fur coat, a good laugh is the next best thing.


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I have always been one to talk to myself. I've always said it was because I was an only child and I had a lot of intelligent thoughts with no one to share them with (yes, one of my top 5 Strengths is Intellection). Now, it's just me walking to the car after being at the grocery, walking around campus, or on my nightly walks around town. I am the girl who is having a lengthy conversation with herself about a plethora of topics. The grocery list. Replaying the meeting from earlier in the day. What I am going to do with my life. Preparing for tomorrow's meeting.
Reading this article today was probably one of the highlights of my week (even though it is only Tuesday). Thank you for letting me know I'm not alone.

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Yesterday evening in Orlando, Polaris unveiled its 2011 year model motorcycles and my opinion is that it's the best lineup ever for the company. From traditional to futuristic but with coherence of styling and complementarity all models are having now a very distinct personality from their competition. For these reasons the brand may now appeal to a very wide range of clients.
The big announcement was that all 2011 models are now equipped with a 4-stroke 50-degree 106 C.I. (1731 cc) V-Twin engine (compression ratio 9.4:1) with the addition of a new "100,000 mile" transmission warranty. MRSP price range runs from $12,499 for theVegas 8-Ball to $24,999 for the Ness Cross Country. Featured here is the new Cross Roads Custom, a highly configurable model. In my next posts I will introduce you to the rest of the line-up.


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Police arrested 31 people and put five others on the most-wanted list Friday in Japan's biggest real estate swindle, cheating banks and real estate agents out of $722 million.
Metropolitan police officials said the swindlers forged land registration certificates and legal documents registering personal seals, which are used as proof of identity in business transactions.
They used the forged documents to make illegal real estate deals or acquire bank loans on at least 40 pieces of land without the knowledge of the real owners during 1984 and 1985, said police.


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Special Thanks...
I have appreciated my family's encouragement and support of this little venture since the very beginning. I am especially thankful to my aunt, Stephanie, for introducing me to cross stitch all those years ago - what a gift! And to my husband, Tom, who has helped me immeasurably along the way with almost every aspect of the publishing process - including the professional photography for home♥stitch♥ness - I could not have done it all without him! And, I will always be grateful to Ruth, the former Editor of WOXS magazine, for showcasing my designs on such an incredible platform. She truly made a dream come true for me.
Finally, and above all, to my Creator - the Master Artist - THANK YOU for blessing me with the opportunity to do something I love.
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If I had a pocket watch I would hold it up for you to look at, and I would begin to swing it slowly back and forth. If I could, I would put you in a trance, or better yet, I would put you to sleep, so that, like an angel of the Lord, I could speak to you in your dreams. But then, I am a preacher in a pulpit! Of course I can put you to sleep… if I just keep talking, and talking, and talking. And I can already sense you getting sleepy, oh so sleepy. Your eyelids are feeling heavy, and you want to go to sleep, sleep, sleep.
I have come to speak to you in your dreams in order to bring you a warning, like the angel did for Joseph. You must take the Child, Jesus – at whose birth we have just rejoiced - and you must flee, for there are those who are about to search for this child to destroy him. And you must guard him; you must keep him safe.
This is a jarring dream, I know, because it had seemed all along that once Christmas had come and gone you would leave Jesus here – right there in his patch of straw, behind these strong walls and these locked doors. There are men in black here to protect the child: we are paid well enough and housed nearby in order to look after him while you are away. We are here to keep him safe. Why should you be saddled with this responsibility? And really, why are angels always causing such drama? (Gloria! Fear not! You must flee!) What is there to be frightened of? Surely Jesus is safe and sound in the world?
But the dream reminds us that Jesus is never safe. And I have come to warn you in your dreams.
At least three things threaten Jesus every day. Fear. Injustice. Selfishness.
It was fear that caused Herod the king to strike a deal with the Wise Men to bring him word about Jesus. And it was fear (when those Wise Men saw through him and did not return with the information he wanted) that sent Herod into a rage that left all the male babies in Bethlehem dead by his orders. What was he afraid of? The same thing we are afraid of: losing control. (As if we are always really in control.)
Fear reached its recent apex on a September morning seven years ago, attacked by another fear (masquerading again as rage), and it has cowed us into decisions that perhaps we shall some day regret.
It is fear that drives members of the same church (like our Episcopal Church) to look for conflict where there need be none, and to create it when they cannot find it. It's the fog of fear that makes walking away from your brother or sister in Christ look like a better idea than simply disagreeing with him or her.
It's fear that keeps us glued to the financial news; fear that thinks keeping a handgun in the house (loaded) for safety's sake is good idea; fear that is still awkwardly, if silently, uncomfortable in the face of someone who looks different or darker than you.
Fear insists that it is always right and will tolerate no back-talk. Fear is jealous, and green with envy, too.
Fear cannot rear a child and could never produce milk to feed it; it crushes things that need to be cradled in warm arms. Fear wants no part of the baby Jesus, whose tiny hands and little heart have no idea how to instill it in others. And since this child comes to us again and again as a baby, year after year, threatening to undermine fear, fear would gladly find this baby and destroy him. But you must keep him safe.
Fear often leads to injustice. In our society, injustice is not so much a problem in the courthouse as it is in the statehouse, or the schoolhouse, or the hospital, or the street corner.
Injustice roams the halls of the statehouse when I assert that your rights can only come at the expense of mine and then I attempt to legislate this zero sum game.
Injustice roams the halls of the schoolhouse when countless kids in this city (and may others) are subjected to a pitiful education that is still separated from a diverse society, and entirely unequal to the needs of the child or the challenges she will face in the world.
Injustice roams the halls of the hospitals when the ER becomes the clinic of last resort for millions of uninsured – a disservice both to those who need care and those who give it. It lingers on the margins of irrational cost structures, and with the stigma of a pre-existing condition, driven by an insurance industry whose mission is not to ensure the best possible care.
Injustice hangs out on street corners wherever young boys (and girls) are coerced or cajoled into joining gangs; where drugs are pushed, and used; and where the mentally ill – with no place else to go and no one else to look after them – keep warm over the steam vents.
Injustice despises a child, whose patent innocence reveals the disfigured visage of injustice for what it is: ugly and cruel. But you must keep the baby safe.
Fear and injustice thrive in the company of rank selfishness. For it is selfishness that helps us rationalize them both. After all, what's in my best interest, is in my best interest. Should my best interest require killing all the babies in Bethlehem, I ought to at least be allowed to consider the possibility.
But mostly selfishness is so much more mundane. That purchase, that drink, that puff – none of which has done me any good, but which I wanted and enjoyed, dammit!
Selfishness delights in stinginess and calls it thrift – whether it's money or affection, it's parceled out oh so carefully. Selfishness dresses up greed as its just desert, when there is nothing just about it. Selfishness disregards the other for no other reason than, well, it is not me, and let every man fend for himself, and then calls this self-centered stature some kind of liberty.
Selfishness resents babies, who start out this life entirely self-centered, but who so regularly grow in respect, care and concern for others. But you must protect the child.
And I am here in your dream to warn you. These three, at least – fear, injustice, selfishness - have heard that a child was born in Bethlehem. And they would like to find him to destroy him. Because this baby's cries bring to our ears echoes of the antidotes for fear, injustice, and selfishness: Compassion. Justice. Love.
This little baby will grow up to teach that God's righteousness is always tempered by his mercy; that his anger is nothing compared to his loving kindness. He will grow up to embody the Golden Rule by actually doing unto others as he would have them do unto him – even if they are tax collectors or sinners or harlots or worse.
His compassion is known when the sick are made well, the poor are given cause to rejoice, the lame are able to walk, the blind receive their sight, and even when the wine runs out at a wedding. Jesus brings compassion not just to those who deserve it, but to any who ask for it by truly seeking forgiveness of past wrongs. And he must be guarded against those who would come for him.
This baby's cries for justice ring out in every statehouse, schoolhouse, hospital, or street corner, or anywhere that ugly cruelty threatens to prevail. His innocence is a rebuke to those who abuse power for their own gain, to the wealthy who exploit the needs of the poor, to the privileged who simply don't care about those who have less than they have.
His justice is not blind; it is eagle-eyed in its search for the poor, the needy, the hungry and those in want, to whom justice is so often denied. He must be kept safe from those who would come for him.
This baby's love disperses the gloom of selfishness the way the rainbow fills grey heavens with light. It promises to overcome selfish despair. It looks beyond its own needs and prejudice to the one who lies bleeding in the road and it sees a neighbor there. His greater love willingly lays down his life for his friends.
His love is not jealous or boastful, not arrogant or rude, not irritable or resentful; it does not selfishly insist on its own way. Jesus' love rejoices in the right; it bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, endures all things. His love never ends – but he is still just a baby, and his love depends on you and on me to be protected from the tyranny of selfishness.
So now, while you are sleeping, listen carefully. You must take the child with you when you leave this place. You must wrap him warm and tight; cradle him in your arms.
If you believe me, if you remember this dream when you awake you will do everything you can to guard this child Jesus, which means that you will not leave him here: you must take him with you when you go.
Because how can you know that he is safe otherwise? Fear, injustice, and selfishness have been known to seep even under the cracks of the doors of the church. And the fact of the matter is that the care of this child cannot be delegated only to the men (and women) in black (who have also been known to fall down on the job, it must be said).
Can you see and hear, in your dreaming, why this baby needs you to care for him, to hold him, protect him, keep him safe? Do you realize that lives depend on it?
And will you heed the warning of this dream the way Joseph did?
You do not have to look far to see the forces of fear, injustice and selfishness in the world. You can hear them scurrying around like mice in the night, and roaring past your window like heavy traffic in the daytime.
But you may not have realized how they conspire against this child whose birth brought joy to the world.
And you may not realize that his mission of compassion, justice and love depends a lot on you and me. You may not realize that this baby could easily be left right there in his manger to suffer the consequences of the fates of fear, injustice and selfishness. You may not realize that every time you hold him he strengthens you for the ministry of compassion, justice, and love.
Which is why I have put you to sleep: so I can speak to you in your dreams with this warning. You must take the child with you and go. You must keep him safe, guard and protect him for the sake of God.
And when you awaken, you must remember this dream, when I snap my fingers, you must recall what is at stake. And you must take the child with you. And go.
Preached by Fr. Sean Mullen
4 January 2009
Saint Mark's Church, Philadelphia
Guarding Jesus
If I had a pocket watch I would hold it up for you to look at, and I would begin to swing it slowly back and forth. If I could, I would put you in a trance, or better yet, I would put you to sleep, so that, like an angel of the Lord, I could speak to you in your dreams. But then, I am a preacher in a pulpit! Of course I can put you to sleep… if I just keep talking, and talking, and talking. And I can already sense you getting sleepy, oh so sleepy. Your eyelids are feeling heavy, and you want to go to sleep, sleep, sleep.


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Hostos Community College Library of CUNY in the South Bronx is seeking a Reference/Instruction Librarian.
As an academic department, the Hostos Community College Library functions as a dynamic center of teaching and learning. The Library provides information literacy tools that enhance the pursuit of knowledge by teaching our college community to retrieve, critically evaluate and synthesize information for academic, professional and personal pursuits.
In this thriving urban environment, we partner with each academic department to broaden and contextualize all areas of study, selecting and using the necessary instructional materials, and related equipment and services that will assist the college in meeting its educational, cultural, and social obligations.
As vanguards of information, the library faculty supports an environment of free and critical thought to realize the goals of a bilingual, metropolitan and multicultural community college.
Hostos Community College Library is seeking self-motived candidates for its Reference/Instruction Librarian position. Reporting to the Chief Librarian, this position will support the reference and instruction needs of the Hostos community. The ideal candidate for this role will be a patron service-oriented information professional possessing a strong commitment to an urban community college setting and demonstrated knowledge of information resources and tools. The librarian will attend forums, professional development workshops, and other faculty and/or college-wide programs as a participant and representative of library faculty.
Under the general direction of the Chief Librarian, the Reference/Instruction Librarian will be responsible for providing library instruction, reference services, and collection development assistance for disciplines served by the college. The librarian will actively collaborate with departmental faculty and serve as liaison to assigned academic divisions.
Additional responsibilities include the following:
* Teach information literacy workshops, including those developed in collaboration with departmental faculty, and provide one-to-one instruction.
* Develop and maintain awareness of current trends and best practices in reference services and instructional pedagogy.
* Contribute to the library curriculum by exploration and implementation of innovative teaching approaches to integrating information fluency into the curriculum.
* Develop educational materials in print, web-based, and multimedia formats.
* Work collaboratively with a team of librarians to plan, deliver, and evaluate reference services and resources.
* Support all members of the Hostos community in the effective use of resources and services.
* Serve as liaison to specific academic departments to ensure that the academic departments' courses and facultys professional needs are supported in the areas of library instruction, collection development, and website content.
* Maintain and support the Hostos Library website content pertaining to areas of responsibility.
* Serve on one or more department, college-wide, or university-wide committees and other professional organizations. Attend seminars, conferences, in-service training, and staff meetings as required.
* Participate in professional activities and pursue scholarly endeavors, including research and publication.
* Recommend and suggest procedural changes in order to improve library operations and efficiency.
* Perform other related duties as assigned.
All titles require a Master's in Library Science (MLS), Master's in Library Information Studies (MLIS), or closely related discipline from an ALA-accredited institution. Also required is the ability to work with others for the good of the institution. For appointment as Assistant Professor, a second graduate degree is required.
Preferred Qualifications:
* At least two to three years experience in an academic or related library
* Ability to meet the responsibilities and requirements of a tenure-track appointment, including research, publishing, and involvement in professional organizations
* Proven expertise in navigating emerging technologies, social networking, and mobile applications
* Demonstrated commitment to serving diverse user groups and possession of a strong service ethic
* Two to three years of experience providing library reference and instruction services in an academic library setting
* Demonstrated presentation skills; proficient written and spoken communication skills
* Excellent interpersonal and organizational skills
* Experience with a wide range of traditional and electronic library resources
* Experience with creating and using educational technologies, especially at the college or university level, and familiarity with best practices in instructional design
* Knowledge of ACRL's Framework for Information Literacy for Higher Education
* Excellent working knowledge of Microsoft Office e.g., Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Publisher
* Bilingual skills in English and Spanish
* Availability to work occasional evenings and/or weekend hours as needed
Salary commensurate with education and experience.
CUNY offers faculty a competitive compensation and benefits package covering health insurance, pension and retirement benefits, paid parental leave, and savings programs. We also provide mentoring and support for research, scholarship, and publication as part of our commitment to ongoing faculty professional development.
Applicants must apply online by accessing the CUNY website at www.cuny.edu and navigating to the following links: "Employment" and "Search Job Listings."
Please attach statement of scholarly interests, resume, cover letter, and the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of three professional references.
Open until filled with review of resumes to begin February 10, 2016.
CUNY Job Posting: Faculty
CUNY encourages people with disabilities, minorities, veterans and women to apply. At CUNY, Italian Americans are also included among our protected groups. Applicants and employees will not be discriminated against on the basis of any legally protected category, including sexual orientation or gender identity. EEO/AA/Vet/Disability Employer.
*Job Title:* Librarian (Instructor or Assistant Professor)
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- In your HubSpot account, click your account name in the top right corner, then click Integrations.
- Click Salesforce.
- In the CRM Objects setting, select the checkbox in the Sync? column for Companies.
Learn how to import your Salesforce accounts to HubSpot.
Please note: Salesforce accounts that exist before the sync setting is enabled will only sync to HubSpot when they are manually imported to HubSpot or modified in Salesforce. These accounts will either sync with an existing HubSpot company with the same associated contacts, or create a new HubSpot company.
When does HubSpot create new accounts in Salesforce?
The Salesforce integration will create an account in Salesforce if the HubSpot company is associated with syncing contacts, or if a user has manually forced the HubSpot company to sync. A Salesforce account does not require an associated contact to create a company in HubSpot
When a company is created in HubSpot, the integration will automatically create a Salesforce account if:
- The company was auto-created via the Automatically create and associate companies with contacts setting and the default object created in Salesforce is set to Contact.
- The company was created and associated with a HubSpot contact that is syncing with a private contact (a contact with no account) in Salesforce.
- A HubSpot contact associated with the company qualifies for your Salesforce inclusion list.
When a company is created in HubSpot, the integration will not automatically create a Salesforce account if:
- The company is not associated with any HubSpot contacts.
- All of the company's associated HubSpot contacts are syncing with Salesforce leads.
- None of the company's associated HubSpot contacts qualify for your Salesforce inclusion list.
You can manually create a new account in Salesforce by navigating to the company record in HubSpot, and clicking Sync on the Salesforce Sync card.
Learn how to sync Salesforce opportunities to HubSpot as deals.


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"Paper World" Shortfilm
Making Of Paper World
Follow the paper plane into Sehsucht's latest origami-style world of helping hands and improved communities. They produced the 30 sec. TVC "Paper" full CG for Deutsche Fernsehlotterie, a charitable lottery, and their agency Zum Goldenen Hirschen, all three companies from Hamburg/Germany. Director Hans-Christoph Schultheiss and his team walked the tightrope between reduction and complexity, aiming to create the characters as human as possible but with a realistically foldable look that carries the complex textures of paper.
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It's time to share Henrietta with the world!
Here rests a yarn in which Henrietta Hairpin and the Spin Doctor work together to heal the Grand Banana of a serious illness, defying tradition and the scoffing of the Witching Hour community.
Henrietta Hairpin and the Grand Banana is a story for children of all ages, including children in adult's clothing. At the moment it is available in audio version, although you may be able to finagle a pdf version for yourself if you make a special request which includes a gift of chocolate.
If you're in need of a bedtime story for your young ones, I have made an audio version of the story you can listen to below. It is about 30 minutes long. I'd love to hear what you think!


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Jose Antonio Esquibel is one of the better researchers of New Mexico genealogy and history. Living in Colorado, Esquibel has written a number of books and articles about the first Hispanic colonists of New Mexico. Books he has co-authored and edited include "The Spanish Recolonization of New Mexico: An Account of the Families Recruited at Mexico City in 1693", "A Tapestry of Kinship" and "Juan Domínguez de Mendoza: Soldier and Frontiersman of the Spanish Southwest, 1627-1693".
Recently, Esquibel posted on the New Mexico Genealogical Society's Facebook page a list of early Spanish settlers of New Mexico. If you are looking to find where and when your Bernal, Baca, Lopez, Quintana and Zamora (and many, many more) ancestors came to this region, look no further than the list that Jose Antonio Esquibel created. Click on the link below to read the list.
Five Waves of New Mexico Settlers
31 January 2015
A list of Five Waves of New Mexico Settlers
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Recipe: Hungarian Goulash
It's classic; it's easy; and you'll have plenty of leftovers to pack for lunch tomorrow if you make this Better Homes and Gardens recipe tonight.
Hungarian Goulash
Yield: 8 servings
2-1/2 pounds beef or veal round steak
1/4 cup cooking oil
1 cup chopped onion 1 clove garlic, minced
1/4 cup all-purpose flour
4 teaspoons paprika
3/4 teaspoon dried thyme, crushed, or 1 tablespoon snipped fresh thyme
1/2 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon black pepper or cayenne pepper
1 28-ounce can tomatoes, cut up
2 bay leaves
1 8-ounce carton dairy sour cream
4 cups hot cooked noodles
Cut meat into 1/2-inch cubes.
In a Dutch oven brown meat, half at a time, in hot oil, cooking the onion and garlic with the second batch of meat. Drain fat.
Stir in the flour, paprika, dried thyme (if using), salt, and pepper. Add undrained tomatoes and bay leaves. Bring to boiling; reduce heat.
Simmer, covered for 1 to 1-1/4 hours for beef (or 50 to 60 minutes for veal) or until meat is tender. Remove bay leaves. Stir in the sour cream and fresh thyme, if using.
Heat through; do not boil. Serve over hot noodles.


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Stress triggering in thrust and subduction earthquakes and stress interaction between the southern San Andreas and nearby thrust and strike-slip faults
Journal of Geophysical Research B: Solid Earth
By: J. Lin and R.S. Stein
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We argue that key features of thrust earthquake triggering, inhibition, and clustering can be explained by Coulomb stress changes, which we illustrate by a suite of representative models and by detailed examples. Whereas slip on surface-cutting thrust faults drops the stress in most of the adjacent crust, slip on blind thrust faults increases the stress on some nearby zones, particularly above the source fault. Blind thrusts can thus trigger slip on secondary faults at shallow depth and typically produce broadly distributed aftershocks. Short thrust ruptures are particularly efficient at triggering earthquakes of similar size on adjacent thrust faults. We calculate that during a progressive thrust sequence in central California the 1983 Mw = 6.7 Coalinga earthquake brought the subsequent 1983 Mw = 6.0 Nunez and 1985 Mw = 6.0 Kettleman Hills ruptures 10 bars and 1 bar closer to Coulomb failure. The idealized stress change calculations also reconcile the distribution of seismicity accompanying large subduction events, in agreement with findings of prior investigations. Subduction zone ruptures are calculated to promote normal faulting events in the outer rise and to promote thrust-faulting events on the periphery of the seismic rupture and its downdip extension. These features are evident in aftershocks of the 1957 Mw = 9.1 Aleutian and other large subduction earthquakes. We further examine stress changes on the rupture surface imparted by the 1960 Mw = 9.5 and 1995 Mw = 8.1 Chile earthquakes, for which detailed slip models are available. Calculated Coulomb stress increases of 2-20 bars correspond closely to sites of aftershocks and postseismic slip, whereas aftershocks are absent where the stress drops by more than 10 bars. We also argue that slip on major strike-slip systems modulates the stress acting on nearby thrust and strike-slip faults. We calculate that the 1857 Mw = 7.9 Fort Tejon earthquake on the San Andreas fault and subsequent interseismic slip brought the Coalinga fault ???1 bar closer to failure but inhibited failure elsewhere on the Coast Ranges thrust faults. The 1857 earthquake also promoted failure on the White Wolf reverse fault by 8 bars, which ruptured in the 1952 Mw = 7.3 Kern County shock but inhibited slip on the left-lateral Garlock fault, which has not ruptured since 1857. We thus contend that stress transfer exerts a control on the seismicity of thrust faults across a broad spectrum of spatial and temporal scales. Copyright 2004 by the American Geophysical Union.
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His studies in history with background in the media industry have given him keen insight into the use of mass media as a creator of conflict in the modern world.
His favored areas of study include state sponsored terrorism, media manufactured reality and the role of intelligence services in manipulation of populations and the perception of events.
Ian Greenhalgh has been a part of the Veterans Today Writers Staff since 2014.
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Throughout our recent Precious in His Sight series, we used a number of current statistics and historical facts in our sermons and book. In an age of "alternative facts" and millennial skepticism of all things authority, many of us are hesitant to accept stats without researching their source. Which can be a great thing; since so many people are trying to convince you of so many different things for so many different reasons.
As much as any series before, your pastors worked their tails off to research for this series and we are happy to provide you with sources for as many stats and historical references as we could find quickly by scanning back through the sermons and the book. If you notice anything you find questionable in a sermon or book that isn't sourced here, just shoot us an email at firstname.lastname@example.com, and we will get you the source as quickly as possible.
Statistical References from our Sermons:
Week 1 - Red & Yellow, Black & White
Stats included in the sermon:
The median white household had $111,146 in wealth holdings (meaning everything you own) in 2011, compared to $7,113 for the median black household and $8,348 for the median Latino household.
When you further control for education the disparity grows. College degree headed household $301,300 vs $26,300.
Median household income - $71,300 vs $43,300. 40% higher for white americans.
Source: US Census Bureau Survey of Income and Program Participation found here.
Stat included in sermon:
African american babies die at a rate over twice the frequency of white babies.
Source: Study done and published in the American Journal of Public Health found here and referenced in Time magazine here.
Stat included in sermon:
"Black mothers are almost four times more likely to die in childbirth that white americans."
Source: Center for Disease Control report found here.
Stat included in sermon:
Young african american males are 6 times more likely to be murdered than are young white american males.
Source: Department of Justice Bureau of Justice Statistics found here.
Week 2 - On Earth As It Is In Heaven
No social statistics were used in this sermon.
Week 3 - The Privilege of Good Deeds
These stats were re-referenced from week 1:
The median white household had $111,146 in wealth holdings (meaning everything you own) in 2011, compared to $7,113 for the median black household and $8,348 for the median Latino household.
When you further control for education the disparity grows. College degree headed household $301,300 vs $26,300.
Source: US Census Bureau Survey of Income and Program Participation found here.
Stat included in sermon:
Equivalent black-owned homes are valued 18% lower than white-owned homes. Even when you control for income, age, social class, architecture, and geography.
Source: 2001 Brookings Institute Study referenced here in Forbes Magazine.
Stat included in sermon:
Sociologists have found that if the percentage of minority people in a neighborhood grows past a 13-15% "tipping point", white people start to leave the neighborhood.
Source: Study published by the National Bureau of Economic Research found here and referenced in the NY Times here.
Week 4 - Gospel Weapons that Disarm
No social statistics were used in this sermon.
Week 5 - Today is History (Question and Answer Panel)
Stat included in sermon:
In the question about why we focussed this series on black and white relations instead of other minorities in America, we answered that part of the reason is because Columbia's population is 49.6% white and 41.7% black.
Statistical and Historical References from the Precious in His Sight Book:
Chapter 1 Slavery
Gordon: http://www.nytimes.com/2009/10/04/books/review/Letters-t-ASLAVENAMEDG_LETTERS.html
4 million slaves: http://www.nytimes.com/1860/04/05/news/census-1860-population-effect-representation-free-slave-states.html?pagewanted=all
June 12th Liberator: http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/bound-for-freedoms-light/bound-for-freedoms-light.html
Chapter 2 Civil War Emancipation Aftermath
Civil War Stats: http://www.civilwar.org/education/history/faq/
Share Cropping: http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/sharecropping
Chapter 3 Reconstruction and Jim Crow
Reconstruction http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/reconstruction
Jim Crow and Voting http://abhmuseum.org/voting-rights-for-blacks-and-poor-whites-in-the-jim-crow-south/
Chapter 4 Civil Rights Movement
Brown V Board of Education http://www.uscourts.gov/educational-resources/educational-activities/history-brown-v-board-education-re-enactment
Civil Rights Act of 64 http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/civil-rights-act
Selma http://www.history.com/topics/black-history/selma-montgomery-march


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Following on from our last post on Mobile Marketing, there's yet more data out to suggest that mobiles really are where everything is 'going to be at' in the next few years.
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Mikael Baaz, "Being right is not enough: The international regulation of national recognition and enforcement of foreign judgments and awards"
Mikael BAAZ (PhD, LLM, MA, BSc)
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Two bodies of rules govern International relations (IR), international public law and international private law (IPL). Each country has its own IPL appointing which legal order the national courts should apply in disputes involving more than one state. Consequently, recognition and enforcement of judgments and awards are subject to an international co-operation and ruled by different international conventions with different geographical scope. This important harmonisation, facilitating international cooperation on a daily basis, is rather ignored within the academic disciplines of IR, Peace and Conflict Studies, Euro-integration as well as other related fields. This article contributes to filling this relative neglect. More specifically, the article compares some aspects of the recognition and enforcement of judgments under the Brussels I Regulation (44/2001) with the recognition and enforcement of arbitral awards under the New York Convention on the Recognition and Enforcement of Foreign Arbitral Award (1958). The article argues that it might be a good idea to collect the legislation of the two conventions into a new, single convention, dealing with judgments and award simultaneously.
Key words: international law, recognition and enforcement of judgements, international conventions, international cooperation.


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2 Tablespoons olive oil
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1 28-ounce can Italian tomatoes
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1/4 teaspoon red pepper flakes
1/4 teaspoon black pepper
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2/3 cup peanut butter
1/2 cup raw Spanish peanuts (optional)
Sauté onions, garlic and peppers in olive oil at the bottom of a large pot until the onions are translucent.
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We planned our next big trip to Coron Palawan, known for its underwater wonders. We stayed here for 6 days during the low-season and experience the good and the bad. We took most of the tours and explored this paradise's town, islands and hidden gems. Read through our guide, tips and some recommendations. May we inspire you too through our experiences and captures to pack up and visit Coron. Hope this Coron travel guide helps you on planning your vacation!
Coron is is the third-largest island of Calamian Archipelago in Northern, Palawan which is sustained by fishing and tourism industries. It is a first class municipality in the province of Palawan, Philippines, comprising the eastern half of Busuanga Island, all of Coron Island and about 50 other minor islets stretching as far as Tara Island in the north-east and Canipo Island in the south. It is about 170 nautical miles (310 km) southwest of Manila and is known for several Japanese shipwrecks of World War II vintage. Because of its unique ecological features, it is entirely protected by several legal proclamations.
The island and surrounding fishing grounds are part of the ancestral domain of the indigenous Tagbanwa people, officially designated such on June 5, 1998. Known as Calis among the Tagbanwas and Coronians. Coron is also famous for its hospitable people, white sand beaches, clear waters from emerald green to deep blue, great diving spots and amazing snorkeling areas.
Basic Info
- Capital: Poblacion (Town Proper)
- Currency: Php
- Timezone: +8
- Language/Dialect: English
- Tagalog
- Cuyunon
When to visit
- Dry season: December to May
- Wet season: June to November
- Peak season: March to May
Public Transportation
- Tricycles: Yes (Primary)
- Motorbikes: Yes (Rentals)
- Jeepneys: Yes
- Vans: Yes
- Buses: No
- Taxi: No
- Main: Seafoods
- Product: Cashew products
By Air
Getting to Coron (Busuanga Airport - Francisco B. Reyes Airport) from Manila (NAIA) is now very convenient with multiple airlines such as Cebu Pacific Air, Philippine Airlines, AirAsia Zest, SkyJet Airlines that offers multiple flights a day except for night flights as the airport is not yet fully developed to accommodate flights at night. Delays and Cancellations because of the bad weather aren't uncommon.
By Ferry
2Go Travel (formerly Superferry) cruises to Coron from Manila twice a week. You may check out their website for schedules 2GO Travel Schedules and select Coron, Palawan under destination. Accessible from El Nido town too during the high season with medium-sized bangka leaving the main pier everyday if the weather is good . Also available from Puerto Princesa to Coron every Wednesday and Saturday.
Coron have different accommodations options available for different types of travelers based on budget, needs and other preferences. There are Luxury hotels and Island Resorts just minutes away, Pension houses, Affordable Lodges and Homestays. Most hotels have free Wi-Fi and connection speed varies from each hotels.
With approximately a 15-kilometer perimeter, Huma Island Resort and Spa features 81 thatched roof villas with a high ceiling bamboo design, private sundecks, and magnificent views of the sea. Having a vibrantly plush interior and contemporary furnishing.
Located in the heart of Coron town on the island of Busuanga in the north of Palawan. The hotel and its bedrooms and suites have been decorated with taste and character giving the hotel a unique blend of Mediterranean and Filipino feel.
A modern boutique hotel located at the heart of Coron town. The trendy design of the place and its minimalist décor is reflected throughout its interior and exterior. The hotel's location is very ideal to tourists and travelers alike.
- Internet access: Free Wi-Fi in all rooms
- Wi-Fi in public areas
- Services: Laundry service
- Salon
- Library
- Safety deposit boxes
- Shops
- Things to do: Private beach
- Fitness Center
- Massage
- Spa
- Steamroom
- Water sports
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Tours
- Dining: Bar
- Poolside bar
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Coffee shop
- Languages: English, Filipino
- Internet access: Wi-Fi in public areas
- Services: Laundry service
- Shops
- Safety deposit boxes
- Things to do: Diving
- Outdoor swimming pool
- Tours
- Garden
- Dining: Poolside bar
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Coffee shop
- Languages: English
- Internet access: Free Wi-Fi in all rooms
- Wi-Fi in public areas
- Services: Concierge
- Daily housekeeping
- Things to do: Massage
- Tours
- Dining: Bar
- Restaurant
- Room service
- Languages: English, Filipino
We believe that you may discover more about the place and people through their food. Where to dine and what to eat may be a least part of the trip for others, but for us it is integral. Since our accommodation package includes breakfast and semi-buffet lunch are included in the tour packages, we only had a chance to explore the restaurants for dinner. There are a lot of restaurants around the town and here are some that we tried. If you have more time, we suggest that you try exploring and share with us what's best for you.
La Sirenetta Restaurant & Bar
- Cuisine: Filipino, Seafood, Bar
- Asian, International
- Meals: Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner
- Brunch, Late Night
Dali Dali Korean Food
- Cuisine: Asian, Vegetarian
- Korean, Vegan Options
- Meals: Lunch, Dinner
Big Mama's Pinoy Hot Pot & Grill
- Cuisine: Filipino, Asian
- International
- Meals: Breakfast, Brunch, Lunch
- Dinner, Late Night
Day Tours
Coron is world renowned with the cleanest lakes and enchanting lagoons, crystal clear waters, World War II sunken ships, pristine coral gardens, and the majestic backdrop of karst limestone formations. These can be explored on a whole day tour. Tour agencies and hotel accommodations offers all tours to its guests. If you want it exclusive, they can organize a private tour or if on a budget, they can sign you up on a group tour. Group tours usually consists of 15 to 30 guests. The tour takes around 7 to 8 hours where the pickup time is from 8:30 AM to 9:00 AM and drop-off time is from 4:00 PM to 4:30 PM. The tour includes a motorized boat transfer to the islands, licensed english speaking tour guide, life vest, all permits and entrance fees.
Ultimate Island Tour
Kayangan Lake, Twin Lagoons, Siete Pecados Marine Park, Beach 91, Skeleton Wreck, Malwawey Reef & Coral Garden and CYC Beach. Tour is around Php 1,600/person ($36)
Island Escapade Tour
Destination highlights are Helicopter island, Tapiutan island, Star beach, Secret beach and Matinloc Shrine. Tour is around Php 1,400/person ($30)
Calauit Safari with Reef and Wrecks Tour
Destination highlights are Calauit Game Preserve & Wildlife Sanctuary, Black Island / Dibutunay Island, Lusong Gunboat, Lusong coral gardens. Tour is around Php 2,500/person ($56)
Coron Town Tour
Destination highlights are Mt Tapyas View Deck, Maquinit Hotspring, Public Market, Town Plaza,Lualhati Park, Souvenir Shops, St. Augustine Church, Harbour Center, Cashew Harvest. Tour is around Php 700/person ($16)
Reefs and Wreck Tour
Destination highlights are Lusong Gunboat, Lusong coral gardens, Pass Island. Tour is around Php 1,700/person ($38)
Historic Culion Tour
Destination highlights are the Culion Century Church, Culion Museum and Archives, Historical Landmarks and Bogor Marine Park. Tour is around Php 1,700/person ($38)
Road trip / Inland Tours
There are destinations in Coron that are accessible by land other than the far Calauit Safari Wildlife Park. There are the Mt. Tapyas to trek, waterfalls to discover and hot springs to dip and relax. For this, you can either rent a motorcycle which is most recommended, take a tricycle service or join the group tours.
Conception Falls
Maquinit Hot spring
Mt. Tapyas
Drinks/Night Life
There are many bars just around the town. For those who seek for a quiet and relaxing drink at night after the full day of activities from the tour, here are some of our recommendations.
Noname Bar and Restaurant
La Sirenetta Restaurant & Bar
Blue Moon Resto Bar
- Cash - There are available atm such as BPI, Metrobank, and Allied Savings bank but may sometimes be offline. Bring enough cash for your whole trip with you. Also some tips are not required but accepted, you can hand a few bucks to your guides and boatmen at the end of your tour and they'd be grateful.
- Insect Repellent - This is needed when taking the kayangan lake and calauit safari wildlife tour. There are unbelievably a lot of mosquitoes hiking to kayangan lake and experienced skin allergies from the safari tour.
- Sun screen - This is a must have on the beach. Always protect your skin when exposed to the the sun.
- Medicines - It is best to bring your own medicines. You may encounter colds, stomach aches, allergies or in need of maintenance. Pharmacies are in town but your need may not be available as the supply comes from far islands or city. Also dosage in the Philippines may be lesser compared to medicines from your country.
- Sunglasses - Your going in a beach, this should be number one on your list 🙂
- Good Camera - The island is full of beautiful spot which are picture perfect. We highly suggest to invest in a decent camera because who would want a photo in one of the best place in the world yet a blurry one or an unclear image .
- Underwater Camera - Coron is known for its diving and snorkeling sights. Careful though some fishes would love a selfie too.
- Life jackets - If you have your own life jacket you can bring your own. This may be rented or included in your tour but it is better to contact your tour coordinator ahead to lessen your luggage.
- Snorkeling gear - On our previous tours in El Nido (http://letswanderaround.com/el-nido-travel-guide/), snorkeling gears were free and included in the tour, but in Coron these items are rented at P150 a day. You may bring your own if you are not comfortable in renting.
- Dry Bags - During the tours and activities, sometimes there will be challenges along the way like waves, going inside a cave, high tides, and rain. On those situation your items and equipment will highly get wet.
- Aqua Shoes / Fins - In island tours there are some sea urchins or stone fish hidden in coral reefs, careful not to get pinned by its spines. It is better tpo always wear this while swimming for your protection.
- Swim wears - Coron has been popular to tourist for quite a while but there are no beaches nearby, it is recommended to be mindful of wearing this around the town. You can wear anything from bikinis to tshirts or rash guards on beaches.
- Light-weight clothes - Even though we visited the island on the rainy season, Coron's temperature is still hot on the day and not too cold during the night. Light-weight clothes are preferable and if you miss to bring anything, there are shops just around the town.
- Rash guard - It is best to wear long-sleeve rash guard as protection when snorkeling.
- Slippers - Take the shoes off of your luggage and blend in with the locals. Slippers are comfortable when going around the town and taking island hopping tours.
- Sarong - Can serve as bikini cover up for women or shawl when taking the island hopping tours. This can also act as a beach towel.
- Beach towel - Also recommended when taking the island hopping tours. If you want to lessen your luggage, beach towels are available for rent on most hotels.
For our tour preferences, we opt for a Do-It-Yourself town tour, joiner tour for Island Hopping, Island Escapades and Calauit Safari tour.
When you are on a joiner tour for island hopping and island escapade, the packages includes the land and boat transfers, permits, entrance fees, cottage rental fees, tour guide services, boatman services, life vests and picnic lunch. The guests are picked-up by the tour agency's service from 8:00am then drives from one hotel to another until all guests are fetched. Upon arrival at the tourist boats' docking area, a tour agency representative will assist you on what boat to aboard on according to your tour package and accommodation.
While waiting for others, you can rent snorkeling gears, aqua shoes and flippers where you can ask from your tour guide. The rental fee of each item for the whole day tour costs Php 150.00. Also by that time you will be asked to fill up your details in 3 copies of their manifest for the tour agency and coast guard's reference. When cleared by the coast guard, other boatmen prepares the boat for sailing while the tour guide gives a summary of destinations and activities for the day's tour.
For our 6th day, before heading to the airport, we had spare time in the morning to climb Mt. Tapyas and go around the town to buy a few souvenirs. We bought t-shirts, key chains, ref magnets, cashew products (cashew nuts, cashew tart, cashew yema) for family and friends and of course post cards (we always buy postcards to keep for ourselves).
Our Coron Do-it-yourself town tour includes the familiarization of the places around our accommodation. Mainly looking for atm, eateries or restaurants, police stations and pharmacies which s is very important for us and we recommend you do the same for many good reasons.
For the tour destination highlights, we included the St Augustine Church, Bay walk, Mt. Tapyas hill view deck and Maquinit hot spring where we wander around by walking and via tricycle.
The first island tour we took the next day we arrived in Coron was the "Island Tour A" package. It was a gloomy day since the storm just passed but the experience was still amazing. Coron is indeed wonderful in many different ways.
For the tour destination highlights, this includes Green lagoon, Coron Youth Club (CYC) beach, Las Islas de Coral, Atwayan beach and Kayangan lake.
One of the tours we were excited about is the Calauit Safari tour which was the most expensive tour we took in the package but it was definitely worth it. We were able to see up close and personal a piece of African Safari in the Philippines.
For the tour destination highlights, this includes the Calauit Safari with side trip to Conception Falls.
The farthest tour which features the best beaches in Coron but is not recommended for travelers to take on a weekend getaway. There is so much Coron can offer beneath its waters. Definitely this are for those who seek a little privacy away from most tourist and loves to spend the day reading a book on the shore.
For the tour destination highlights, this includes the Malcapuya island, Banana island and Bulog Dos island.
Our most recommended tour especially for travellers with shorter stay in Coron. It features a part of each wonders this paradise island can offer.
For the tour destination highlights, this includes the Barracuda lake, Skeleton wreck, Smith beach, Reef garden and Twin lagoon. We were able to add Siete Pecados in this tour as a side trip which we highly recommend that you take.
Overall, It was an unforgettable experience to be at one of the best places in the world. The duration of our stay was not even enough to explore this beautiful islands' wonders but we make sure we make the most of it as we enjoyed every tour, tried all activities that we can and captured the scenic views.
Surely, Coron Palawan is a must visit in the Philippines and we will definitely go back here!
We would like to hear from you too
- Is Coron, Palawan in your bucket list?
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It has been so much fun scouring Southern California for my new "go to" spots. After my lunch in Newport Beach a few weeks ago, I knew that I had to get back for a day of antiquing. Though the number of antique stores has dwindled over the years, the few that still stand are fantastic! I always find antique stores to be such great sources of inspiration. This past outing I was drawn to the gorgeous barometers I saw. Barometers are a fabulous substitute for art on a wall. They add a bit whimsy, depth, and history to a room (the barometer is believed to date back to 1640!). Before the days of weather.com, people had barometers in their homes to measure atmospheric pressure which helped them to predict the weather.
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There are numerous types of kitchen storage containers, from airtight, waterproof canisters to open-weave baskets and bins. There are countless items to store in a kitchen, and just as many different types of kitchen storage containers, including spice jars, cookie jars and salt keepers. Even potatoes and garlic bulbs have special containers to keep them fresh, as do onions, bread and tea.
Kitchen storage containers for spices are often clear glass or acrylic so it is easy to identify the spices and know how much of each spice is available. Spice containers are typically small so they are commonly organized in racks, and the containers can often be stacked. Cooking salt can be stored in an olive wood salt keeper, a maple salt box or a stoneware salt crock. Garlic bulbs can be kept fresh in a ceramic garlic keeper.
Airtight canisters are often used as storage containers to keep staples such as flour, sugar and tea fresh and easy to access. Canisters come in a variety of materials, including acrylic, pottery and plastic. Some canisters have screw-on lids, while others have lids which clamp down to make the airtight and waterproof seal. Kitchen storage containers also include canisters that are designed specifically for potatoes, onions and garlic.
Glass canisters shaped like old-fashioned candy jars have large lid openings and offer easy access to cookies, candy and other treats. Cookie jars can be clear glass jars, pottery-shaped like an animal and just about everything in between. Plastic and acrylic storage containers are also made for storing cookies. A variety of kitchen storage containers are available to store and organize utensils and silverware. From a ceramic or wood crock to a portable caddy, utensil storage can be used on a counter top or inside a drawer or cupboard.
Pasta, such as spaghetti noodles, can be a challenge to store because of length. Specially-designed, tall canisters for noodles are available in wood, plastic and metal. Crackers have been stored in tins for years, and metal tins and plastic containers designed to keep crackers fresh are readily available. Bread boxes, or bread keepers, are also available in wood, plastic and metal.
Baskets and bins are often used as storage containers. Plastic stacking bins can help organize cleaning supplies under the kitchen sink. Wire bins can help to neatly store larger items. Pet food is often stored in the kitchen, so treat canisters and wheeled, airtight pet food containers can be used for storage of food in bulk.
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I have a beautiful collection of glass containers that I use to make infused olive oils. The containers have a wide base and a thin neck with a pouring spout to make for ease of use.
A friend of mine turned me on to infused oils a few years a go and now I am hooked. It is such an easy and fun way to make exotic kind of oils in your own home. Right now I am making a jalapeno oil, a lemon grass oil and a sage oil. In about another month they should be ready to go.
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I always put cereal into a special container as soon as I open the box. I like to keep a variety on hand and I don't eat a ton of cereal so often times it sits in my cupboard for a long time. If I just leave it in the packaging inside the box it always gets stale buy the time I get around to eating it.
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This is probably strange to hear, but my favorite kind of kitchen storage container is a long slim piece of Tupperware that I have to put spaghetti noodles into. I have this weird problem where I always seem to be knocking boxes of spaghetti out of the cabinet. The box breaks open, the noodles spill all over the floor and then I have a big mess to clean up.
But if I keep the noodles in a container that has a strong lid on the top I can drip the noodles on the floor all day long without any hassles.
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Road Safety Authority
|State Agency of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport overview
|1 September 2006
|Republic of Ireland
|Moy Valley Business Park, Primrose Hill, Ballina, County Mayo, F26 V6E4
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|RSA website
The Road Safety Authority (Irish: Údarás Um Shábháilteacht Ar Bhóithre), or RSA, is a state agency formed by the Irish Government to promote road safety within the Republic of Ireland. The agency has devolved control of much of the work of the Department of Transport, Tourism and Sport.
History and Governance[edit]
It was established in September 2006, charged with the task of improving safety on the Republic of Ireland's roads and established under the Road Safety Authority Act 2006, in response to the high number of deaths on Irish roads.[1]
The organisation's headquarters are located at Primrose Hill, Ballina, Co. Mayo. The current chairperson of the RSA is former TD Liz O'Donnell who succeeded veteran TV and radio celebrity, former host of the Late Late Show Gay Byrne.[2] Mr. Byrne secured a second 5-year term in 2011.[3] However, on 16 June 2014, he announced his intention to step down as Chairman on 5 August 2014.
Some controversy was caused when Mr. Byrne was shown traveling in a car with Terry Wogan when Mr. Byrne appeared not to be wearing his seatbelt.[4] Mr. Byrne has also admitted to drink driving in the past, "but said it was part of the Irish culture at the time."[5]
The RSA was mentioned in relation to public agencies continuing to operate outside of the remit of the Office of the Ombudsman and Information Commissioner, in a speech delivered by Emily O'Reilly in 2010.[6]
In 2013, the CEO of the RSA, Noel Brett stepped down from his position as chief executive of the State-funded Road Safety Authority (RSA) to take up a position as chief lobbyist for the Irish Banking Federation :
"His appointment will come as a surprise given his lack of experience in the financial services sector, especially when the main banks in Ireland are striving to return to profitability and are under significant pressure to deal with the issue of mortgage arrears."[7]
Amongst the functions of the RSA are the promotion of road safety, research on accidents and road safety, driver testing and licensing, as well as establishing vehicle-related and other safe driving standards.[8]
The RSA and An Garda Síochána enforce the licensing provisions of the Road Transport Acts: "As well as a fine, if you are an unlicensed haulier you can expect the RSA to look closely at your compliance with other laws, such as those covering: Drivers' hours rules, Road traffic requirements, Roadworthiness of your vehicles and trailers."[9]
The RSA is also responsible for monitoring progress of The National Road Safety Strategy (2007-2012)[10] which aims to reduce collisions, deaths and injuries on Irish roads by 30%. Achieving this would bring Ireland in line with countries that are considered to have the safest roads in the world – such as Holland, Sweden and the UK.
Under the banner of NDLS (National Driver Licence Service) the RSA is now responsible for the issuing of driving licences in Ireland.
The RSA's "He drives, she dies" campaign, which aimed to raise awareness among female drivers of the risks of getting into cars with men they feel may not drive safely, came in for some criticism in the Irish media. The country's Broadcasting Complaints Commission also received a number of complaints from members of the public relating to the campaign. RSA Chief Executive Noel Brett defended the campaign as justified by accident statistics, saying that "women need to know that they are being killed through male-dominated driver errors such as speeding and drink driving," adding "male drivers are four times more likely to be involved in a fatal collision than a female driver." [11][12]
The authority subsequently announced it was considering a number of practical options to further its aim to cut death rates among the country's young male drivers, including the possibility of a late-night driving curfew for all male drivers under the age of 25.[13]
Other recent initiatives include the recommendation of a number of changes to Ireland's National Car Test, which is supervised by the RSA, requiring vehicles older than ten years to be tested every year as opposed to biennially, while stricter controls will be introduced on non-functioning fault warning lights, overly noisy exhausts, and tinted windows and windscreens.[14]
In 2008 the Road Safety Authority received information from vehicle checking agency Cartell about the issue of written off cars from the UK being imported, repaired and registered for use in Ireland.[15] The subsequent Irish Times article provoked an investigation by the Garda Siochána, Vehicle Registration Unit, Road Safety Authority and Revenue Commissioners. This resulted in a change to legislation so that from September 2010 all imported vehicles must be taken to a National Car Test Centre for inspection before being registered in Ireland.[16]
In October 2009, it was announced that the RSA had struck an agreement under which the disqualification of drivers in Ireland and in the UK will be mutually recognised. The accord, which is the first such deal between two EU member states, will come into effect in February 2010.[17]
In 2011 RTÉ revealed that individuals in some of the National Car Testing Service centres could issue an NCT car safety certificate on payment of €100 for cars with serious safety defects. The tests are subcontracted to and conducted by Applus.[18]
In June 2011 Ireland's improvement in reducing road safety fatalities enabled it to be ranked in sixth place for road safety in the EU.[19] The RSA stated: "The number of Irish road deaths fell to 212 in 2010, the lowest level on record, down 26 from 2009. The Government's road safety target of achieving no more than 252 deaths per annum by the end of 2012 was achieved three years ahead of schedule."[20]
On 5 October 2011, the RSA announced a joint venture with the Irish Tyre Industry Association with the intention of promoting a "tyre safety" week.[21] Two days later the RSA issued a fresh announcement distancing itself from the practical demonstration of vehicle stopping distances it had earlier endorsed after it was alleged that one of the test vehicles used in the tyre safety demonstration had had its ABS braking system disabled.[22]
In 2012, the RSA, having been consulted to offer an opinion on a TV advertisement for Meteor (a mobile telephone service provider), concluded that "they were of the view that the advertisement promoted highly dangerous road user behaviour."
The advertisement included a comedic segment showing a cyclist following a bus to receive free wifi. Whilst the cyclist depicted in the Meteor ad was wearing a helmet, he was using a mobile phone whilst riding a bicycle.
RSA Reports[edit]
- RSA 2010 Annual report
- RSA's commitments under the Croke Park Agreement
- The Road Safety Authority's Customer Charter updated: http://www.rsa.ie/Documents/About%20Us/Customer_Charter_RSA_WEB.pdf
- ^ "Welcome to the Road Safety Authority". Road Safety Authority. Retrieved 13 February 2009.
- ^ "Gay Byrne named head of Road Safety Authority". Irish Times. 3 March 2006. Retrieved 12 February 2009.
- ^ "Hard Shoulder". Irish Times. 2 November 2011.
- ^ "Do as I say, not as I do: Gaybo caught wearing seatbelt incorrectly". Irish Examiner. 01/02/2011. Check date values in:
- ^ "I drank and drove home from Late Late, says Gay". Irish Independent.
- ^ "Address by Emily O'Reilly - Ombudsman and Information Commissioner at Institute of Public Administration & Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accounting - Conference on Good Governance".
- ^ Hancock, Ciarán (9 August 2013). "as head of banking industry lobby group". Irish Times. Retrieved 16 August 2018.
- ^ "About Us". Road Safety Authority. Retrieved 18 April 2009.
- ^ "Road haulage enforcement". RSA.ie. Archived from the original on 31 March 2012.
- ^ "National Road Safety Strategy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 19 February 2009. Cite journal requires
- ^ "He Drives, She Dies campaign is sexist -- Gerry". Herald.ie. 6 August 2009.
- ^ "Male drivers 'disgusted' by RSA's 'sexist' ad campaign". Tribune.ie. 19 July 2009.
- ^ Lucey, Anne (25 August 2009). "Driving curfew proposed to save young men's lives". Irish Independent.
- ^ "NCT every year for older cars". The Irish Times. 12 December 2009.
- ^ The Irish Times, Repaired write-offs back on the roads, Wed 1 Jan 2008
- ^ NCTS website, "VRT Bookings" Archived 26 December 2012 at the Wayback Machine, retrieved 21 December 2012
- ^ "Cross-border deal will target banned drivers". 16 December 2009.
- ^ "RTÉ on the NCT". 17 May 2011.
- ^ "Report: Irish roads 'six safest in Europe'". 21 June 2011.
- ^ "Deaths and injuries on Irish roads".
- ^ "RSA and ITIA launch 'National Tyre Safety Day'". 5 October 2011. Archived from the original on 22 December 2011.
- ^ "Statement Regarding Tyre Safety Demo Aired on RTÉ TV News". 7 October 2011. Archived from the original on 17 November 2011.


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McClatchy wins investigative award for Guantanamo series
WASHINGTON — A McClatchy series on detainee abuse at U.S. prison facilities at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba, and in Afghanistan on Tuesday tied for top honors as the best newspaper investigative report of last year.
Investigative Reporters and Editors, the country's most prestigious organization of watchdog journalists, said that the five-part series, "Guantanamo: Beyond the Law," by McClatchy reporters Tom Lasseter and Matthew Schofield, "allowed the American public to find out what really happened at Gitmo and other American detention camps."
"Equally impressive," the judges wrote, "was the commitment of the newspaper chain: The thorough findings in a five-part series were published on the front pages of 25 McClatchy newspapers."
The series was based on Lasseter's and Schofield's interviews with 66 former Guantanamo detainees, whom they tracked down in 11 countries over an eight-month period. It found that many of those swept up and transferred to Guantanamo had little, if anything, to do with international terrorism and that some actually had been allied with U.S. forces.
The report also documented abuse at U.S facilities in Afghanistan, where many of the former detainees said they'd been treated more severely than at Guantanamo, and quoted detainees who said the abuse had turned them from admirers of the U.S. into enemies.
The series remains the largest systematic effort to document the experiences of people held at Guantanamo. It included an extensive Internet component, with a searchable database, individual stories on each of the detainees, videos of the detainees and an archive of official U.S. documents.
Travis Heying, a photographer and videographer for McClatchy's Wichita Eagle newspaper, accompanied Lasseter on many of the critical interviews in Afghanistan.
The project, which totaled nearly 108,000 words, can be viewed at www.mcclatchydc.com/detainees/.
The series tied for first place with the Detroit Free Press investigation of an affair between the Detroit mayor and an aide. The Free Press fought for four years to force the release of hundreds of text messages that documented the affair and proved that the city's subsequent payout of more than $9 million was an effort to cover up their lies.
Guantanamo detainee to go free after Obama-ordered review
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"There is real value in sharing moments that don't live forever."
Evan Spiegel
There is magic within each moment but not because of its content. It is often easy to overlook the moment in itself due to a world of diversity. I was suddenly overcome by memories as I listen to music during a rainstorm. This triggered thoughts and emotional patterns relating to the rain. There were memories of a fireplace, reading a book, sharing time with someone and a candle.
It first felt as if I was experiencing these memories in that instant. Thereby I realized that the magic of any particular memory was not then but now. The mind is a vast storeroom of memories and anticipations that have nothing to do with this moment. Therefore we often become perplexed due to a memory or memories and not because of the current situation.
The unfolding of any experience can initiate memories. These, in turn, will ignite a chain reaction of thoughts that are nurtured by emotions and conditioned behaviour. This can cause a person to remain unconscious and oblivious to what is happening now. We remain in a state of being that is more an illusion than a reality.
The moment is now but human content associated with memories, thoughts and conditioned behaviour is often interpreted by the mind as being real. The magic is beyond these superficialities regardless of how genuine they may seem. The mind implants a false image or images of isness onto the current situation. Then it tells us that something is happening; although it is only mind-made.
Magic Moments are Happening Now
The minds projections are usually so vivid that we are unaware of the real magic that is possible at the moment. The benefits of realizing the now are both immediate and long-term. Responding to the moment, as a whole, (oneness) expands awareness and allows you to see beyond all the content abstracts. This will additionally allow a portal to remain open between an object and universal consciousness.
Memories will eventually develop from within this field of awareness as a state of consciousness instead of object content conditioning. This will result in experiences that are mostly free of thought manipulations and restricts. You will spontaneously see yourself, the world and universe from a clearer perspective of unification; not separation. This is the magic of life and you are the magician.


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"Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping" Review
Andy Samberg, Akiva Schaffer, and Jorma Taccone are known for their comedy sketches and parody videos as a part of The Lonely Island. They came to prominence with their Saturday Night Live digital short "Lazy Sunday". Popstar: Never Stop Never Stopping is simply them coming together and fleshing out a feature length version of one of their videos. It's a rock mockumentary for the popular culture of the 21st century, that's actually funny.
Conner4real (Samberg) is a young singer/rapper at the top of his game. He started out in the hip hop group called The Style Boyz with his childhood friends, Owen (Taccone) and Lawrence (Schaffer). Stepping out from the group he catapulted himself to the top of the charts and hearts of his fans. After the huge success of his first album, we find Conner preparing for his latest, Connquest. To ensure the albums success, Conner wrote all of the songs and used 100 producers to create all of the beats.
With songs like "Equal Rights", about marriage equality but stitched together with homophobic lines, and "Finest Girl" which makes references to killing Osama Bin Laden, Connquest tanks. The rest of the film is about Conner realizing he has a bunch of "yes men" around him and getting back to his roots.
While the set up is typical of a VH1 Behind the Music episode, that's a part of what makes it wonderful. The film mocks pop culture, pop music, and hip hop in a way that's right on the money by marrying the documentary style filmmaking with comedy. Popstar is written by Samberg, Schaffer, and Taccone and there is a palpable sense that they wanted to mock the culture while hitting dramatic beats and actually telling a story rather than stringing together numerous sketches.
As the film unfolds, numerous celebrity cameos of popular artists and comedians are woven into the film. Some are brief, and other's continue to come back, but most of them add to the humor of the film because of the irony of making fun of the business they helped create or are still a part of. There are a few TMZ or CMZ as it's called in the film, scenes that are hilarious! They nail Harvey Levin and crew's office sessions.
This film is a little funnier than the trailer, and I cracked up watching the trailer. So if you don't find the trailer funny, than you probably won't find the film funny either. But there's no escaping the fact that this is clever satire that encapsulates this social media/reality TV/need to be liked generation in an affectionate, genuine, comedic film.
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"The overpowering force of this desert draws me back again and again. I feel small here, perched on the edge of something massive and invisible. It took me many years to realize, it's most likely spirits, ancestors, gods, whatever you want to call it, a recognition larger than me, larger than us, which ties us together, all of us. Our collective unknowing. I come here not to find or understand this thing, but to be teased back into life by it, like being in a crowd, but alone."
Chris Kubick is an artist, composer, and sound designer who works under a variety of pseudonyms, including Language Removal Services and Many Many More Than One. Much of his recent work explores the meanings and half-truths that are embodied in Hollywood sound effects libraries. He comes to this work in part through a long and happy association with the dark corners of B-movie Hollywood, having spent more than a little time designing sounds for movies that you'd probably never want to see (Black Cadillac, Flatland, the Bloody Deep, etc.), and a few that you really should see if you get the chance (What America Needs, We Will Live To See These Things). His work has appeared in the Whitney Biennial; Yerba Buena Center for the Arts, San Francisco; Museum of Contemporary Art, Los Angeles; Vancouver Art Gallery and the Royal College of Art, London, among many others.
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