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THE KwaZulu-Natal Heritage Council (Amafa) is taking steps to have Sibudu Cave – an important Middle Stone Age site on the Tongaat River, on the North Coast – proclaimed a Provincial Heritage Landmark.
Sibudu is currently being excavated and analysed by archaeologists from the University of the Witwatersrand and the University of Tuebingen in Germany.
Before Sibudu can be proclaimed it has to be protected from human encroachment. Amafa has set up a 200m radius zero development zone around the cave and is negotiating with several parties for this to be observed.
The Qwabe Traditional Authority has agreed to respect the 200m zero development zone and Amafa is currently negotiating with two private landowners for the lease or purchase of sections of their property that fall within the 200m radius.
A caretaker has been appointed to report on any threats to the site. In addition to this, the site's conditionis monitored regularly by Amafa staff.
In 2010 Amafa enforced alterations to the development plan for a housing development at Wewe/Driefontein so that it would not impact on Sibudu or encroach on the 200m zero development zone.
"Sibudu is a very important archaeological site," said James van Vuuren, Deputy Director: Support, Professional and IT, with Amafa. "It is providing archaeologists with insights into the middle stone age. It forms part of a suite of Stone Age Sites in South Africa that must be protected from human encroachment to enable effective conservation. We are confident that the measures in place have created a balance between much needed economic development and conservation


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In this article Martin Webster explains why an understanding of project management process maturity can help organisations deliver successful business change.
Since this guide covers a lot of ground and is a long read you may want to check out the table of contents below for some quick jumping around.
Table of Contents
To stay competitive businesses must be increasingly able to change. What's more, the forward progress of any organisations is dependent on the effective management of projects.
Project Management Process Maturity
Many businesses set up a strategic change programme to govern, coordinate and control the process of achieving its ambitions for improvement and transforming the quality of the products and services it provides to customers.
Usually, businesses establish project management processes for managing the project life cycle. These include the development of a business case, project planning, the management of risk, tracking benefits and so on.
Yet, it is my experience that the consistent implementation of effective programme and project management practice across all change projects is not widespread in many organisations. This leads to a number of difficulties when managing projects.
For example:
- inconsistent approach to project management leading to confusion over what the project is expected to achieve,
- key project roles are not sufficiently articulated resulting in a lack of direction or poor decision making, and
- appropriate expertise is not employed in projects resulting in products being delivered that are not fit for purpose or incur added cost to correct or replace.
At this point, it's worth noting that the reasons most often cited for the failure of business change are:
- a lack of clear strategy, and
- an ineffective means to manage the required changes.
In this article I aim to discuss the second reason for failure.
In so doing I advocate the use of a project management process framework to increase the likelihood of success.
The Project Management Process Framework
Implementing a project management process framework helps businesses to manage projects in a controlled and consistent way based on standard practices and procedures.
However, it is my belief that the introduction of new processes and procedures is insufficient without a culture of continual project management improvement.
So, the overarching goal and objective of a project process framework is to create a foundation upon which the business can build a structured approach to project delivery.
A project management process framework should address:
- effective prioritisation of project activities,
- standardisation of the approach to project initiation and project governance,
- the adoption of common processes, standards and practice,
- continual improvement, and
- measuring and quantifying the benefits of project management activities.
Success or Failure?
Increasingly, organisations are faced with transformational change and projects have become the means of choice for implementing business change.
But, there is a common concern with projects because too many fail to deliver even though best practices seem to be used.
Project management best practice do not necessarily guarantee success nor does their absence guarantee failure.
The following factors determine if a project has delivered:
- delivery according to the planned schedule (time)
- Meeting of financial goals (cost)
- Completeness of planned deliverables (scope)
When comparing organisations' project management practices with the standard practices used by industry and government agencies I found that the three most common reasons for project failure were often attributed to:
- Poor project planning – the absence of effective product-based planning
- A business case that fails to articulate the benefits – no reassessment that the project is on track to realise the stated benefits
- Insufficient clarity about the project management roles – gaps in responsibility and unclear project objectives
If this is true, why is project management said to be of value to the organisation while at the same time project management practices seem to be poorly applied?
I believe this has much to do with project management process maturity.
Businesses value project management at the operational and tactical level but do not consider project management a strategic asset.
Process Maturity
Recent research, including that undertaken by the Project Management Institute established a dependency between the organisation's project management process maturity and benefit realisation.
Project management process maturity refers to the level of consistent application or the setting up of defined project management processes within an organisation. Hence, it is concerned with the benchmarking — or measurement — of project management processes and project performance.
For these reasons a project management process framework needs to be much more than a set of standardised processes.
Rather, it should present a structured project management environment with clear objectives for continual improvement and measures for determining the value of project management to the organisation.
The levels of a simple process capability maturity model for project management are:
|Ad-hoc project management processes
|Basic processes used for larger projects
|Standard processes for all projects
|Mandatory processes fully integrated into the business
|Continual improvement
The aim of a project management process framework is to lead to a higher level of project management process maturity, which will result in improved project performance and increase the likelihood of success.
Implementing a Project Management Process Framework
When implementing project management process improvement the following components should be used together:
- a simple project management process capability maturity model,
- a benchmarking exercise to establish current performance and facilitate the measurement and quantifying of project management benefits, and
- a staged process framework required for the consistent planning and execution of projects
There are many capability maturity models for project management available. Some free-to-use and others licensed. Project management process maturity models are derived from a capability maturity model originally developed by Carnegie Mellon University for assessing an organisation's ability to deliver contracted software projects.
Many models are onerous and involve significant investment to implement.
This is unnecessary.
Payback can be achieved quickly if a simple maturity model is adopted. My recommendation is to use the Schiltz model: A Practical Method for Assessing the Financial Benefit of Project Management.
I suggest this because it is freely available, is relatively easy to apply and support, and maps well to current project management best practice approaches including the PRINCE2 methodology.
What's more, by using the questionnaire provided, it is possible to determine the current level of project management process maturity quickly.
While this cannot tell the organisations how to improve it does show the problem areas. Those key processes that project success is dependent upon.
With this knowledge, the organisation can target specific areas for performance improvement and introduce a project management process framework with the backing of top management.
Expected Benefits
Use the Schiltz project management process maturity model to offer arguments for investment in better project management practices. Although a model cannot tell the organisation what it should do to improve, it does give valuable information about the extent of the problem.
It also establishes the magnitude of the financial impact of weak project management processes. Information decision-makers will want to scrutinise and ultimately base their decisions on.
In gaining commitment it is possible to implement a process framework that addresses those areas ripe for improvement, which will ultimately lead to a higher level of project management maturity within the business.
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The U.S. can lay the blame for its current political mess at the feet of my generation
Monday, Sep. 23, 2013
The President's uneven Syria response has damaged his office and weakened the nation. It's time for one more pivot
Monday, Sep. 09, 2013
The power couple looks more like an example of excess in politics than a force to tame it
Monday, Jul. 29, 2013
Thanks to immigration, stronger laws and years of hard work, our poisonous biracial era is ending
Monday, Jul. 01, 2013
It just might. By helping returning troops regain their sense of purpose, veterans' groups are proving that public service is therapeutic
Monday, Jun. 17, 2013
America used to be community-minded. Is it too late to rekindle those values?
Monday, May. 27, 2013
President Obama deserves the blame--but not for everything
Monday, May. 13, 2013
Political moderates have stayed quiet for too long. It's time to speak up
Monday, Apr. 22, 2013
Is it possible that Congress is finally going to make a budget deal?
Monday, Apr. 08, 2013
Obama's policies are smart, but his loose talk could force military action in Iran and Syria
Monday, Mar. 25, 2013
We owe a debt to our Iraq and Afghanistan war vets. Why is Washington so slow to take responsibility?
Monday, Mar. 18, 2013
The country faces grave challenges. So why do Jeb Bush and Barack Obama spend so much time on small-bore maneuvers?
Monday, Feb. 25, 2013
A lack of visionary ideas marks the start of Barack Obama's second term
Monday, Feb. 18, 2013
What have we, and Senator John McCain, learned about Iraq and Afghanistan?
Monday, Feb. 04, 2013
Obama's confident speech signals an end to deadlock in Washington
Monday, Jan. 28, 2013
Why, in one centrist group, Republicans and Democrats are talking to each other
Monday, Jan. 21, 2013
The election gave the President some leverage. Can he be creative with it?
Monday, Jan. 14, 2013
Sooner or later, the President is going to have to confront the neoconservatives
Monday, Dec. 31, 2012
Monday, Dec. 17, 2012
Meshing the two plans could lead to better care and savings for taxpayers
Monday, Dec. 10, 2012
Abe Lincoln cut all kinds of deals to do great things. Now it's our turn
Monday, Dec. 03, 2012
Why the winners should listen to the reasonable arguments of the losers
Monday, Nov. 19, 2012
Obama's Mandate For Moderation
Monday, Nov. 12, 2012
We will not jump off the fiscal cliff. We'll be fine despite an unsatisfying campaign
Monday, Nov. 05, 2012
Would Romney really reject the bellicose neocon wing of his party?
Monday, Oct. 29, 2012
Obama and Romney's town-hall debate was about politics but not the people
Monday, Oct. 22, 2012
Obama needs to embrace politics if he wants to win this thing
Monday, Oct. 08, 2012
The next President will confront a Middle East that looks nothing like the past
Monday, Oct. 01, 2012
Romney is running against notions of a President and the economy that are at odds with reality
Monday, Sep. 24, 2012
The Republican nominee can no longer say for certain what he believes in
Monday, Sep. 17, 2012
The looming budget crisis raises a key question: Can either candidate close a deal?
Monday, Sep. 10, 2012
It's time for Democrats to move away from identity politics
Monday, Sep. 03, 2012
The GOP nominee has yet to clarify his foreign policy instincts
Monday, Aug. 27, 2012
Maybe the GOP's vice-presidential pick has a plan for the well-off, but what about everyone else?
Monday, Aug. 20, 2012
Obama has tried to reduce the long-term deficit, but he should try harder
Monday, Aug. 13, 2012
Romney is hard to pin down. Obama can be arrogant. A fall campaign primer
Monday, Aug. 06, 2012
Support for stricter gun laws has ebbed over the past 20 years. You can thank, or blame, a lot of people for that
Monday, Jul. 30, 2012
It's not just the tax returns. It's short-term profits vs. long-term investments
Saturday, Jun. 30, 2012
Obama could help himself if he leveled with voters about the law's weaknesses
Monday, Jul. 09, 2012
A Republican is trying to inject some budget sanity into Congress. Will it take?
Monday, Jul. 02, 2012
In the heartland, voters sound dissatisfied with both Obama and Romney
Monday, Jun. 25, 2012
Churches and faith-based programs step in to sustain the working poor
Monday, Jun. 18, 2012
In a bitter and divided era, national service can help us regain our lost consensus
Monday, Jun. 11, 2012
For five months, I was my parents' death panel. And where the costly chaos of Medicare failed, a team of salaried doctors and nurses offered a better way
Monday, Jun. 04, 2012
The mistakes made were tragic. But the lessons learned can be valuable
Monday, May. 28, 2012
Two years of persistent U.S.-led diplomacy may finally be getting to the powers in Iran
Monday, May. 14, 2012
Dismissed by the left, vocational schools are making a comeback with new approaches that push kids to graduate and get them jobs too
Monday, Apr. 23, 2012
Romney embraced a budget plan that can never work. It's a joke--or a cynical sham
Monday, Apr. 16, 2012
Mitt Romney prevails but is in trouble with women, Latinos and Midwesterners
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2006-12-15 – KC-Artspace – Cryptozoology-0041
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From the exhibition Cryptozoology: Out of Time Place Scale, as shown at the Kansas City Art Institute's Artspace, October 28 – December 20, 2006:
A marginalized practice or a farcical adventure, cryptozoology is the quest for unknown, rumored, or hidden animals. Three themes are traced through the exhibition and catalog: Artists, Adventurers, Environmentalists; History of Science, Taxonomy, Dioramas, and Museum Displays; and Pop Culture, Myth, Spectacle, and Fraud. The exhibition is organized by the H&R Block Artspace at the Kansas City Art Institute and Lewiston Maine's Bates College Museum of Art.
The exhibition is curated by Mark H. C. Bessire and Raechell Smith and organized by the Bates College Museum of Art and H & R Block Artspace.
Artists include: Rachel Berwick, Sarina Brewer, Walmor Correa, Mark Dion, Sean Foley, Ellen Lesperance, Robert Marbury, Jill Miller, Vic Muniz, Jeanine Oleson, Rosamond Purcell, Alexis Rockman, Marc Swanson, Jeffrey Vallance and Jamie Wyeth.


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Neighbor to Neighbor is participating in Fairfield County's Community Foundation Giving Day on February 28, 2019. Every donation you make at www.fcgives.org will help us provide basic essentials to thousands of local residents. Over 2,000 low-income Greenwich residents will receive nutritious food every week, hundreds of school children will receive breakfast and lunch all summer long, and 3,000 residents of Greenwich, Stamford and Port Chester will receive clothing and household items such as blankets, sheets, and kitchenware. Seasonal distribution programs include prom dresses and tuxedos, backpacks and holiday toys.


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Despite facing a perennial budget shortfall, a free-market think-tank has ranked Alabama in the top 15 states when it comes to "fiscal health."
The Mercatus Center at George Mason University placed the Yellowhammer State in the No. 12 spot in the nation for its financial health.
The fourth annual report ranked states based on short- and long-term debt and other key fiscal obligations, such as unfunded pensions and healthcare benefits, revenues, expenditures, cash, assets, liabilities, and debt
Alabama's rank as an "above average" state is due to its high rankings in these categories. The state's long-term liabilities were 32 percent of its total assets. Its revenues exactly match expenses, with the state showing a slightly improved net position of $1 per capita. Additionally, the state has between 4.13 and 5.53 times the cash needed to cover short-term liabilities, according to the study.
"Top-performing states tend to exhibit fiscal discipline in the form of having high levels of cash, maintaining revenues that exceed expenses, and keeping debt levels low relative to resident income," according to the study. "These factors can easily be threatened if a state relies too heavily on narrow tax bases and volatile revenue sources or if pension plans are not adequately funded, leading to persistently large and growing liabilities."


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In each city there are some places every local knows about. You may like them, you may despise them, but there is no chance you have not heard of them. In Riga it's Kaņepe's Culture Centre. It's a bar, cafe and music venue all at the same time providing enough reasons to visit it at least once.
Probably the most popular part of KKC (short for Kaņepes Kultūras Centrs – Kaņepe's Culture Centre in Latvian) is it's yard where a whole bunch of locals tend to spend their summer evenings. The place is popular among the younger part of Latvian artists, musicians and so-called intellectuals all year around, so the extra space outside during summertime is just a nice addition to KKC's community where some of the most existential conversations are held.
There is a small number of seats on the terrace, but that has never stopped KKC from being full on every evening of the week. Here people sit on windowsills, the terrace floor and random wooden constructions in the middle of the yard, so you never have to worry about not having a place.
After arriving and finally understanding what is happening there are usually two options – either I choose to join the debate at some corner of the place or just buy a beer and enjoy some decent people-watching – here it's worth it.


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The kids had a great time riding their bikes on the BMX tracks and around the campsite in general. Liam finally built up the courage to actually start riding his bike for the first time since Tahlia fell from hers on our very first camping trip.
But it wasn't long before they wanted to go down to the creek again. As it was our last day, we complied with one exception. We were going to go to the other waterhole this time and hopefully we wouldn't see any snakes there.... We were sooo wrong! As we started to walk towards the water, Liz calmly watched a Brown snake cross her path. We hadn't even left camp yet! Let's drive instead, shall we!
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For many, this was a first opportunity to experience tabling at a comic convention, so some of the set ups and spiels were in need of a little tweaking, but all in all, I thought it was a good mini con. My only real suggestion for next year is to offer table space for purchase to other SEQA students, but I realize that this is probably not possible due to venue size constraints, and the larger crowd may not be desirable for anxious students.
I introduced Kara treasure box freebies at this convention, and prepared 40 ahead of time, bursting with goodies. Although all 40 boxes found a home, I did not notice a spike in traffic (each box had a QR code on the outside) and I think I will include a business card in the future. These boxes will no longer be 'free with no strings attached' as they're a little pricey to be given out to every passerby, but they will be free with purchase at future conventions, starting with Anime South East in July.
The majority of my sales were, not surprisingly, buttons and charms, and halfway through the convention, I made my rounds on the con floor to spread the wealth. I was a bit disappointed by how many students were not leaving their tables to do the same. I do realize that it's a bit futile to try and make actual money at a convention like this, but the intention is to spread goodwill, and nothing says goodwill like a five dollar bill. I also did a fair amount of trading, taking copies of When I was 13 as my coin of the realm.
Well, enough with the chatter, I took some pictures, so let's get on with the show.
|Students from Self Publishing waiting for the tablecloths to arrive before setup.
|Heidi setting up her castle display.
|Her castle is lightweight foamcore that deconstructs for easy travel.
|Still experimenting with chalkboard signage. The setup in general hasn't changed much.
|Heidi's setup, with a bonus Bec mugging in the picture.
|A behind the table look at my setup.
|The convention's started to warm up a little bit.


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Project ID: APPEC-2016-08-13
APPEC Point person: Dr. Adnan Khan Niazi
Proposed by: Dr. Adnan Khan Niazi (University of Perpignan, Perpignan, France)
Location: Peshawar
Contact: +923215622855 & +923125622842 (Zubair Akram)
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Estimated Funds needed: 730 euros
He is really in need of money for the education of his children at this critical stage. He want to return this money whenever he can. If he is able to return this money, it will be used for APPEC Pakistan loan scheme to help other poor people.
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To paraphrase, Jonathan Swift, a silo is a mirror in which beholders generally discover everybody's face but their own. In an article published a decade ago, Venkatesh Rao advocated for a reconsideration of the largely pejorative connotations associated with the term "silo". The use of this term to represent isolated, disconnected, organizational activity has grown steadily in recent years. The implication is clear: a silo is a self-contained or destructive threat to progressive coherence. Much like Rao, however, one wonders if more careful consideration should not be given to the conditions that lead to the creation or identification of silos in order to fully understand this phenomenon.
According to Rao, a silo is not as terrible an entity as some might lead you to believe. In fact, he suggests they can generally be positive things. Whether a silo is functional or dysfunctional depends on the nature of the organization itself. A healthy silo, "provides a model of efficient operations and healthy exercise of influence to other emerging areas that are not yet established in comfort zones … it provides an environment of healthy skepticism."
Leandro Herrero adopts an interesting perspective, comparing silos to good and bad cholesterol as a means of highlighting the semantic fallacy of the blanket use of the term. Herrero makes clear that silos are about behaviours, not structures and that a bad silo can only be identified clearly in this context. A 'bad silo', he asserts, is one in which, "behaviours negate communication and sharing. When people are defensive, overprotective, excessively tribal and unable to see the 'common' idea, then they are in 'bad silo' mode." It is when one considers the behaviors that characterize a silo that the irony of silo-naming begins to emerge. One wonders, for instance, what the difference is between innovation and a healthy silo?
There can be no question but that a dysfunctional silo can interfere with the common vision of an organization and damage the prospect of realizing that vision. A toxic silo may be one in which there is a reluctance – even an active determination – not to share information with other parts of the same organization. It is not untypical in such scenarios for these teams to appear competitive and distrustful of one another. Writing in Forbes, Brent Gleeson contends that dysfunctional silos can largely emanate from leadership teams and that is is here that the issue must be tackled: "A unified leadership team will encourage trust, create empowerment, and break managers out of the 'my department' mentality and into the 'our organization' mentality." If we fully embrace the silo logic, then the ideal would be to turn the organization into a single silo. But this would be to lose sight of the common misconception that silos are, de facto, a bad thing.
The so-called silo can be an instrument of disruption. The true danger of organizational sameness is an adherence to the one-dimensional thinking in which institutions with different departments can ultimately – and unwittingly – locate a comfort zone in which to operate. Any department or individual that challenges this position – through a desire to move forward with pragmatic action or ambition – may find itself labelled a silo. This phenomenon is particularly problematic in the school setting where there is an obligation to encourage individuality, differentiation, risk-taking, divergent voices, innovation, and forward-thinking. It is not unreasonable to suggest that the presence of healthy silos in education may be a good thing, particularly if these entities are aligned with a coherent vision for learners. Any part of a school organization that is committed to putting learners first – before the system – must be looking to disrupt that organization. The response to such disruption depends largely on organizational culture. The most telling reactions are not that a silo may be impeding progress, but a fear that it is actually driving it. It is here that the Myth of the Silo is born.
Shel Holtz articulates the perspective of many who are weary of the Silo Destruction Movement: "I am officially sick of the silo metaphor and wish it would die. Everywhere you turn, people talk about tearing down silos, busting silos and smashing silos." Holtz makes clear that silos, in fact, have nothing to do with the problems silo-busting is designed to achieve. An organization that has open communication, free-flowing ideas, trust and a shared vision is what organizations aspire to be, and the trend of blaming the elusive silo for its absence is a cop out: "The problem has nothing to do with silos… It has everything to do with culture. A culture of collaboration can—and often does—thrive in organizations with robust structures." In fact, a set of competing, porous silos that share the same vision and culture must be preferable to aligned groupthink and stasis. If follows, therefore, that any organizational entity with a weak culture of collaboration and communication may potentially be regarded as a dysfunctional silo.
A healthy silo, however, can disrupt the status quo, it can be an incubator for innovation; challenging conventional thinking, it can serve an essential purpose in driving positive change. Every organization needs a healthy silo, one that is aligned with a common vision. Especially in schools, we should seek to disrupt, to liberate ourselves from a culture in which the term "silo" is viewed as a negative. The fact is, the word "silo" has become a misused term to justify organizational tension or incoherence. Behind the mask of the silo lies the truth. It's not structures that matter, it's behaviour. Moreover, it's the integrity of shared intent around a common vision. We call this culture.
Sometimes a silo is not a silo. Swift would marvel at the irony.
Rao, Venkatesh. "The Silo Reconsidered". RibbonFarm. June 20, 2007.
Herrero, Leandro. "Good Silos, Bad Silos is Like Good Cholesterol and Bad Cholesterol." May 16, 2015.
Gleeson, Brent. "The Silo Mentality: How To Break Down The Barriers." Forbes. October 2, 2013.
Holtz, Shel. "Organizational Silos Don't Need Busting. They Need Ventilating." Holtz: Communication + Technology. March 13, 2014.


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Forensic experts are trying to determine the identity of a man who died early Tuesday when the pickup truck he was driving wrecked and burst into flames on Interstate 30 in west Fort Worth, police said.
Officers did not release the man's name because he was severely burned and he was not positively identified Tuesday morning.
"The driver is believed to be a white male, (and a) 37-year-old Burleson resident," said Lt. Paul Henderson, police spokesman.
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"For unknown reasons the truck lost control and struck the center concrete barrier knocking over a retaining fence and a light post," Henderson said. "The truck burst into flames."
Identifying features on the truck were damaged, Bangs said.
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The driver was the only person in the truck, and no other vehicles appeared to be involved in the wreck, Henderson said. There was no evidence of alcohol contributing to the wreck, Henderson said.
Investigators want to talk to anyone who witnessed the accident, Henderson said. They can be reached at 817-871-7148.


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For those who aren't a fan of fresh tasty garlic's powerful pungency and characteristic strong but buttery taste, elephant garlic might be and better choice for you. Like other types of garlic, it belongs to the onion genus but it's a variation of the garden leek. It is not actually a true garlic despite its name. It is called a garlic because the flavor is very similar to various types, but is much milder and it looks like garlic. This why it is preferable to eat for some people. It even forms cloves like regular garlic bulbs do. People are often attracted to it because of its size. Elephant garlic is huge compared to its counterparts.
Elephant garlic has a tall and thickly built stalk with a very large garlic-like bulb at its base. Its bigger size (some can weigh up to a pound, and grow up to 4 to 5 feet) leads many to assume that it contains a more powerful flavor and potency than garlic, but the opposite is true. Bigger might mean better for some in terms of a raw cooking product, but not a more powerful flavor per se. The great news is that elephant garlic also contains Allicin just like regular garlic does. This means you get the health benefits of garlic in elephant garlic while get the unique nutrients in leeks and onions.
Elephant garlic tastes sweeter and milder than garlic, and the taste is often compared to an onion with a garlicky aftertaste. However, elephant garlic still does taste a lot like its younger brother, but without the whizz-bang punch on the pallet. It helps to think of elephant garlic as a refined and sensitive older brother to other types of garlic. For this reason, many like to use elephant garlic raw in salads or in meals that don't need garlic's delicious, but intense flavor. Some also like to use elephant garlic because they think it has a tendency to make skin more water resistant.
Sound good? Well, when buying elephant garlic, you should look for the same qualities as found in normal garlic. A firm elephant garlic with a thin papery outside is the one you want to buy. Elephant garlic can also be cooked or baked easily after purchase. It is tasty as a spread on bread. When cooking elephant garlic it is best to think of it as a closely related ingredient, but not the same. That way you can integrate its unique qualities into the dish you are creating. Many garlic based dishes are delicious with elephant garlic substituted for regular garlic.
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I don't need to get into the lurid details of Miley Cyrus' performance at the MTV awards. You've probably seen some of it already or at least heard about it. If you need some background info, you can read about the whole incident here.
I probably would have tuned it all out myself like so much of the disturbing junk our culture is fixated with these days except for this . . .
Miley Cyrus has a place in my heart.
Perhaps it's the delight my kids took in watching her as Hannah Montana . . .
Perhaps it's because I had so much hope for her growing into a much-needed role model with her powerful song, The Climb, an all-time favorite of mine.
But honestly, I think it cuts deeper.
Because when I look into her garishly painted face and beyond the too short, too-tight outfits and lewd gestures, I see a child who reminds me of myself growing up . . . and too many other girls I see today struggling with what it means to be a girl.
Years back, when my daughter was 5 years old, a friend of my parents pointed out with an all-knowing air that it doesn't matter how many values you impart to your children and how strict you are as a parent, "Everyone has problems with their kids when they become teenagers."
That prediction hung over my head like a dark cloud. As I'm sure it does for many of you as well.
We're told that it's an inevitable rite of passage that our children will end up rebelling against us when they grow older.
We're told we'll end up walking a tightrope during the teenage years – terrified of falling off either on the side of the authoritarian who creates an unbridgeable gulf between us and our children. Or falling off on the other side of complacency and watching our children lose themselves in a morass of drugs and hormone craziness.
Well, let me tell you that hasn't happened here.
Our daughter is now 16 – a self-assured, beautiful, dignified young lady. Strong (track champion and able to take her Dad down in a single jiu jitsu move). Hardworking and smart (high honors despite late nights struggling with honors Algebra II).
She's barely on Facebook (only for communication w/ her soccer team), she barely uses her phone (it's often forgotten at home). Every evening after soccer practice she's eager to talk with us about her day, school and the world.
This summer, when she wasn't working as a lifeguard (the favorite of all the 4-year-old boys), she was helping us on the farm, mountain biking with us or simply enjoying the quiet of her own thoughts and drawing.
She has a few good friends at school. But she prefers to stay home on the weekends, getting some much needed downtime after a week filled with peers, soccer practice and homework.
I'm not saying this to boast – although I admire her and take pride in my role in who she's become.
I'm saying this to give you hope. What happened to Miley Cyrus is not inevitable.
But hope is one thing . . . I don't sell just hope alone.
Knowing how to turn your hope into reality is another.
Unless we take our jobs seriously as parents, this is the direction our daughters (and sons) are headed.
It's up to us to shift this path so many children are on. So – based on experience in the trenches – here's what you can do about it:
1. Spend Time With Your Children – Lots Of It
There's a lot of talk about quality time.
But here's the bare-boned truth: Nothing replaces quantity time.
Your children need you. No one else can replace you in this. Quantity time builds trust and familiarity. It helps your children understand that – no matter what – you're there for them.
Simply put, when you spend more time with your kids, they know they're important to you.
When you're there for your children, they don't feel the desperation I see in Mylie to get attention. And to feel loved through that attention. Your children know they are loved. As they grow older, that sense of love will allow them to build relationships based on mutual respect and appreciation. Not need and abuse.
2. Guide Your Children
These days, everyone advises not to impose yourself on your kids – let them find their own way. If you try to teach them too much, they'll rebel.
The world of parenting blogs is filled with tricks and reward systems to get your kids to eat vegetables or do their homework. Popular advice columns tell you to as much as possible let your kids figure things out for themselves. Give them choices
Even worse, many parents only want to be friends with their children. In an interview with radio host Glenn Beck, Mylie Cyrus' dad reported he never told her to do her chores. He left that to her mother. He just wanted to be her friend, he said. Someone she could always turn to to talk to.
I had that kind of parenting growing up and it left me narrowly averting disaster.
Listen, if you were on a ship and a storm blew up, would you want the captain of the ship to tell you you're in charge – you'll figure things out? Would you want him to tell you he's taking his decades of experience, jumping into the only lifeboat and leaving? Would you want that?
No, parenting is about being an authority. Your job is to help your children develop a compass by giving them your wisdom and experience. My husband, C, is tireless in this work. He seizes every opportunity to talk with our children about their behavior, the world and life. I'm learning to follow his leadership and do the same.
It's not always comfortable. It's not always convenient. And often enough, it's not always well-received at first.
But it changes everything in how our children see life, see themselves and how close they feel to us. When it comes down to it, our children understand it's another act of love – wanting to help them navigate through life.
Warning: You can't do this very well, however, if you're a stranger to your child. Again, quantity time trumps everything.
And here's another secret: Quality time usually springs up at the most inconvenient, unplanned moments.
Even more importantly: Quality time isn't just feel-good moments. It's also those tough, uncomfortable times of conflict when you need to lay down the law.
3. Build Real Self-Esteem
Despite the popular notion, self-esteem is not simply built from saying "good job" multiple times. Kids know when praise is hollow.
Don't shirk telling them when they're not doing as well as they can. Don't hide their failings from them.
The best thing you can give your child is 1.) The courage to look at themselves honestly; 2.) The ability to figure out how to change things they don't like; and 3) The discipline to implement this plan step by step.
Self-esteem comes from taking on scary challenges where you're worried you'll not do well – where you may have even failed multiple times before. Self esteem comes when you use your will, spirit, smarts, skills and strength to finally overcome this challenge. Or at least feel good about how close you get due to your diligent effort.
Any doubts about this one? Check out some of the mortifying experiences of the poor souls on American Idol who think they can sing because their mother didn't tell them otherwise.
Certainly praise your children generously, hug them and celebrate. But make it real by coaching them honestly on the other side of things.
Again, you can only do this without creating distance between you and your child if you by spend quantity time together.
4. Get Them Active.
I don't care if your child has two left feet and you've never touched a ball in your life . . . go out together and get moving!
Physical activity helps smooth out the teenage years and beyond for many different reasons.
- First, no matter what you're doing and how good you are at it, physical activity simply changes your chemistry to make you feel more confident and happy. At least half a dozen studies show it is the absolutely best antidepressant out there.
- Second, it eats up excess hormones and diminishes the burgeoning sexual curiosity that comes with teenagerhood. Let me just note that my daughter is so tired from soccer and track each day, she doesn't have time for boys. She told me this herself!
- Third, exercise helps you manage stress better and even defuse it.
- Fourth, it doesn't hurt to feel good about your body because you've got muscles.
And when you make fitness part of your family life, you make it easier for your kids to stay active as they get older. And the sooner you start, the better. It simply becomes part of their culture. Better yet, once again, you've snagged more time together as a family. Quantity time can't be beat.
A Heartfelt Mama's Wish For All The Mileys Out There
The part of me that struggled as a teenager . . . the part of me that sees what good parenting can do thanks to my own daughter . . . just wants to hug Miley and all the girls like her out there wearing too short shorts and piercing their belly buttons instead of playing soccer.
I want to tell them "You are beautiful, valuable beyond belief. Full of smarts, strength, skills and the potential to do all kinds of amazing things. Love yourself for these qualities inside of you that have nothing to do with how much skin you're showing. Challenge yourself. Work on yourself. Make these qualities shine . . . And someone will love you for them too"
"Love yourself and respect yourself enough that you won't settle for anything less from someone else. It doesn't matter what you've done – what mistakes or embarrassing situations you've put yourself in – you can change everything now and start to live with integrity. Those mistakes will quickly turn into lessons you can further transform into wisdom and grace."
"Bottom line, you are loved."
Unfortunately, I can't give Miley these words or a hug. Nor can I say all I want to to the girls my daughter grew up with who are no longer playing soccer because they're too busy texting boys, experimenting with sex, drugs and alcohol and going to parties.
But all of us moms and dads can say these words to our children. Do it with your words. Do it with your actions. Do it with your time.
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that's where we began; with a passion for people and creativity. Paperchain are now in the position to nurture another passionate individual through the Paperchain University Scholarship.
Our Scholar Shadrack is the son of one of our hard-working Paperchain maamas; Agnes. Agnes is a single-mother who provides for Shadrack and Lawrence ensuring they have a roof over their heads and food to eat.
In the years Paperchain have known Shadrack he has proven to be a very hard-working and ambitious young man; he single-handedly co-ordinates the Backyard Bible Club and weekly Youth Meetings, working odd-jobs to provide snacks for the children. He has a passion for children and wants to study Social Work at Univeristy. Shadrack has a very positive outlook on life and has been a joy to get to know.
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Fines to foster hunting, fishing programs
Youngsters will get to "go fishing" throughout the county as a result of recommendations made by the county's fish and game fines committee.
The committee on Tuesday suggested to the Board of Supervisors ways to spend $18,212 the county has collected from fines.
Its suggestions, approved by the board, range from giving kids a day at the lake to wildlife studies to improving hunting safety.
The Oak Shores, Lopez Lake and Santa Margarita Lake Junior Fish Day will receive $500 each. According to a staff report, the money will help defray the costs of a recreational program to "get the kids off the streets and in the streams."
One thousand dollars will go to help defray the costs of a junior pheasant hunt that "provides the youth of the county with hands-on hunter safety training."
Another thousand dollars will go to a women's hunting clinic, which will "provide a day of classroom, range, and field assistance in the proper techniques of gun handling and safety, pheasant hunting, and game care."
The board also approved $3,500 for habitat improvement projects at Santa Margarita, Lopez and Nacimiento lakes and elsewhere. The projects are not specified but the money will be used to fund projects "as the need arises."
Two hundred dollars will go toward building and placing boxes for wood ducks around the county in an effort to increase the wood duck population.
In addition, the county will spend $2,000 on field equipment that will be used for habitat studies for elk, pronghorn, kit foxes, western pond turtles and marbled murrelets.
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The National Disability Insurance Scheme is called the NDIS. The NDIS is a new way to help people under 65 with disability get care and supports. The NDIS also helps families and carers with information about services to support people with disability. When people get help from the NDIS they can enjoy an ordinary life now and as their life changes.
Northern Grampians Shire Council facilitates a Community Access Advisory Group (CAAG) that monitors and improves accessibility for all across the Shire. There are currently positions on the committee for new members. We would love to receive interest from people in communities such as St Arnaud, Marnoo, Great Western and Halls Gap. If you would like more information on how to become a member, please download the application form.
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Clare-Gladwin preschool scholarships available
The Quality Preschool Partnership (QPP) of Clare and Gladwin counties continues to enroll local children, ages 3-5, in free and reduced cost preschool programs for the 2013-2014 school year.
As a joint recruitment effort by Mid Michigan Community Action Agency, NEMCSA Head Start, Harrison Elementary and Gladwin Elementary, the Quality Preschool Partnership provides an efficient preschool application process for all eligible families in Clare and Gladwin counties. Those who apply will be referred to either Head Start or the Great Start Readiness Program (GSRP).
Enrolled children have the opportunity to attend full-day or part-day programs four days per week.
While full scholarships for Head Start and GSRP are available to those who meet federal and state guidelines, including income, partial scholarships for the preschool programs are also offered to those who exceed the income limits.
"A sliding fee scale exists for children whose parents surpass the income requirements, but face other challenges that could keep their child from attending a preschool program," said Kendra Curtiss-Tomaski, director of early childhood and family services at Clare-Gladwin Regional Education Service District (the QPP's implementing agency). "Health, family, and financial stressors are just a few of the many situations taken into consideration when determining if one is eligible for a partial scholarship. We encourage all families interested in a high quality preschool experience to call us at (989) 386-8075 so we can help identify your best next steps."
Research shows that during the first five years of life, important skill sets such as emotional intelligence, motor development, visual recognition, early sound recognition and music are optimally developed, providing the foundation for learning throughout life.
"These findings illustrate that a high quality early childhood education is essential to a child's future success," said Curtiss-Tomaski.
For more information or to request an enrollment packet, call (989) 386-8075.


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Albania is a country on the cusp of great change. Under the careful stewardship of former artist Prime Minister Edi Rama, Albania is undergoing an economic and cultural makeover. In capital city Tirana you're more likely to encounter The Cloud -a large scale installation by architect Sou Fujimoto – than find Europe's ubiquitous chains that have turned urban metropolises into facsimiles of each other. Edi Rama is a charismatic leader who famously painted grey, communist era buildings in bright colours, igniting a civic pride in Tirana that continues to grow. The city is opening up, and the democratisation of once state owned spaces has become a priority, with barriers being dismantled to create new public spaces.
Albania is a country that is often much misunderstood; prior to his recent downfall, Michael Gove commented that as a result of Brexit, Britain's relations with the EU could mimic those of Albania with its free trade agreement. Had he been properly briefed he would know that Albania is an official candidate for accession to the European Union.
It's in this climate of change that the unique opportunity to orchestrate the first AA Visiting School in Albania presents itself. Invited by Edi Rama's government to advise on the re-functioning of four historic buildings in Tirana, I participated in a fascinating process of investigating the potential of cultural programming to bring life to a collection of different but equally important buildings.


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REAL Charts: Alabama housing inventory falls in July, sales hold steady
Topics: Residential Real Estate
Markets: Statewide
Alabama housing inventory continued to dip during the month of July, as home sales remained steady for the month.
According to the latest data from the Alabama Center for Real Estate, there were 27,743 homes listed in Alabama during July, 9 percent below the inventory level a year ago. It did rise from 20,557 units during June of this year.
Meanwhile, home sales rose 6.6 percent from last year to 5,322. This number was 9 percent below the month of June.
Home prices for July rose slightly at 1.3 percent to $156,808.
Check out the full Statewide Residential article at Alabama Newscenter


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I was watching Conan last night and as the comedy band Ninja Sex Party took the stage, I remembered how four years ago on Al's Reddit AMA he said he would be down to appear on the Youtube Lets Play series Game Grumps.
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It's clear there's a mutual interest. Furthermore, Al was and is at a stage in his career where he doesn't feel a need to say yes unless it really does sound like fun to him especially on a Reddit "Ask Me Anything" session where the entire point of it is the celebrity can skip any question he'd feel awkward answering. There were plenty of questions and he could have let that one fall by the wayside due to "time constraints and sheer amount of participants" if he didn't want to say "No, thanks. Not a fan."
So I don't know why he hasn't been on yet.
Normally, I assume these things just didn't pan out but the Grumps are known for taking a long time to get around to recording or even just uploading a Guest Grump session due to tight schedules planned out long in advance.
Shouldn't be too hard for this to happen in terms of travelling. They're all in LA.
Furthermore, I'm wondering if any of my fellow "lovelies" in the Ninja Sex Party fandom hope or had hoped it would have led to some sort of cameo on their album because of the frontman being a Game Grumps co-host. The brands overlap to a near flush.


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Police Exemplary Service Medals/Bars will be presented by the Lieutenant Governor of New Brunswick, the Honourable Jocelyne Roy Vienneau at a ceremony on
The Police Exemplary Service Medal was created in 1982 by the Government of Canada to recognize long and outstanding service to those providing public safety service in a nigh-risk profession. The medals are awarded to officers whose exemplary service is of such good standard as to warrant an award.
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A person who has been awarded the Police Exemplary Service Medal is then eligible to receive a bar in respect of each ten-year period of fulltime service.
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Afghanistan has stepped back from a tipping point. At the cost of taking and inflicting more casualties than in any year since the start of Operation Enduring Freedom in 2001 (and four times as many as in 2005), NATO troops turned back a frontal offensive by the Taliban last summer. The insurgents aimed to capture a district west of Kandahar, hoping to take that key city and precipitate a crisis in Kabul, the capital. Despite this setback, however, the Taliban-led insurgency is still active on both sides of the Afghan-Pakistani border, and the frontier region has once again become a refuge for what President George W. Bush once called the main threat to the United States -- "terrorist groups of global reach." Insurgents in both Afghanistan and Pakistan have imported suicide bombing, improvised explosive technology, and global communications strategies from Iraq; in the south, attacks have closed 35 percent of the schools. Even with opium production at record levels, slowing economic growth is failing to satisfy the population's most basic needs, and many community leaders accuse the government itself of being the main source of abuse and insecurity. Unless the shaky Afghan government receives both the resources and the leadership required to deliver tangible benefits in areas cleared of insurgents, the international presence in Afghanistan will come to resemble a foreign occupation -- an occupation that Afghans will ultimately reject.
For decades -- not only since 2001 -- U.S. policymakers have underestimated the stakes in Afghanistan. They continue to do so today. A mere course correction will not be enough to prevent the country from sliding into chaos. Washington and its international partners must rethink their strategy and significantly increase both the resources they devote to Afghanistan and the effectiveness of those resources' use. Only dramatic action can reverse the perception, common among both Afghans and their neighbors, that Afghanistan is not a high priority for the United States -- and that the Taliban are winning as a result. Washington's appeasement of
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Greenhouse is a forward-thinking firm of Chartered Surveyors providing business and consumer advice and support on matters relating to the evolving market for surveys on residential properties.
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Founding partners Iain Johnson MRICS and Graham Ellis BSC(Hons) MRICS have 60+ years between them advising on properties being bought, sold or lived in. In establishing the company in 2008 they envisaged that the traditional way in which homes are exchanged and occupied would change, and that time-served traditional processes would gradually cease to be appropriate. They anticipated that these changes would be driven by a need to meet increasing client expectation appropriate to the digital age.
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Back in hospital on the 4th day after giving birth & 2 days of being out of that dreaded place.
I thought I was recovering pretty well after a really long labour, traumatic delivery & only a first degree tear with a few stitches.
I didn't have any rest between giving birth & going back into hospital. The day I gave birth I had visitors in the hospital, the day after I had visitors & the day I left I had visitors at home… It was also my birthday that Thursday.
I have to admit the first night I came home … The night of my birthday I felt like shit! By the end of the night my legs felt really heavy & numb and my lower back was killing me. Getting in & out of bed was a nightmare so my other half practically took care of Hayden all by himself.
By Friday it was only my lady bits that were sore & I had swollen legs, my ankles were completely gone.
The night time was a bit of a struggle again & my fella did his best to help out as much a possible with me & Hayden.
Saturday morning I felt slightly better. Had family round at about 3PM but I was feeling sleepy so I excused myself & went upstairs to sleep. Only napped for about an hour & work up feeling groggy like I was getting sick & a bit of a cough. Went downstairs & had a snack & though let me pump while it's quite & I have some time to myself as Hayden was sleeping downstairs with his daddy.
Started pumping & all of a sudden I started feeling a pulse like sensation in the back on my neck… I though maybe I was sitting wrong in the bed. So I adjusted myself & continued to pump but the pain didn't subside… Not even a little bit. Another 2mins went past & the pain had then moved to my head – felt like a REALLY bad headache.
I took 2 paracetamols & stopped pumping. I waited about 10mins for the meds to kick in but it didn't seem to ease off… Not even a little bit.
By this time the pain was unbearable. My head was throbbing – felt like at any moment it would explode. My legs & feet were swollen and extremely heavy.
I called my mum to let her know. She put some Alcalado on a bandanna and place it at the back on my neck & one on my forehead but it wasn't working at this stage I was in tears … I'm talking big boy tears – I was scared for my life. It was a BIG panic.
With me practically at my wits end & my mum not knowing what to do she called up my fella to see if he could console me… no chance.
I had to start thinking… What the heck is going on? How can I stop this intense pain…
I knew that it wasn't going away by itself & it was getting stronger & more intense.
My fella had been on the ball & said he was calling the ambulance. At this point my legs felt so heavy. I could barely move my body … I couldn't even change my clothes.
So my boyfriend called the ambulance & got an automated system saying not to move me & of the situation gets worse then call back but someone will be in contact soon.
F**K THAT!! What utter B***S**T!!
My mum & dad helped me down the stairs & a cab was called. Waited about 4mins for the cab. Then the ambulance man called saying sorry we had to wait bla bla bla so my mum said "Oh forget it we are taking a cab because by the time you get her she will be in serious trouble, goodbye".
That cab journey was the LONGEST car journey ever… & do believe West Ham were playing so the roads were chockablock.
Finally reached the Hospital by about 6:30 and I was still crying my eyeballs out & feeling like my head was about to explode at any second.
Got to A&E and the woman gave me the paper work & we waited.
My mum actually left me went over to Labour Ward and asked them if I was actually meant to be in that department and they said no A&E was were I was meant to be.
I sat in A&E for TWO BLASTED HOURS crying my eyes out & thinking I was about to die before someone had seen to me.
The nurse took my blood pressure & was in totally shock – she said no wonder your in so much pain … My BP was <****>
Got rushed to the maternity department because I had only given birth 4 days ago & anything under 10 days gets reverted back to them.
I then had to explain everything again to that department then waited to be seen by the midwife which took another hour. She could see that I was in serious pain and tried to page the Dr… of course she wasn't getting any response which then took another half hour before anything else was done.
In my mind this all felt like hours & hours! I couldn't understand how I was in a hospital where someone was meant to be helping me but no one was. I was begging for someone to help me and all I got was a wet towel to put on my head.
The midwife still couldn't get hold of the Dr but they continued to take my BP and then took me up to HDU – Observation Unit … About 10 mins later 4 Drs came all at once – She asked me a whole load of questions and all I could say to her was "Please give me some drugs to help with the pain, it hurts so much" She looked at me with a blank stare and said you need to clam down & tell me everything (Protocol) I used all the strength I had in me to completely go inside myself & relax to explain to them what had happened.
I was given medication to calm me down, codeine for the pain & blood pressure meds all via IV Drip.
The diagnosis was I had Bladder Retention, an Infection & High Blood Pressure … My asthma started playing up while I was in there so I was given a mask with meds to help me breath.
Thinking about it all now – 5 Weeks on it was all a blur but so very, very scary.
That was an experience that I wouldn't wish on my worst enemy. No one should have to go through what I did…