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What connection is there between the war in Syria and museums, why did Piotrovsky tell Presidents Bush and Putin that exhibitions are more important than their negotiations and how much time does it take the Hermitage Director go around the complex on his own and in the company of the Queen of England? Bumaga is publishing extracts from the talk Mikhail Borisovich gave as part of the "Agenda of the Day" programme on the New Stage of the Alexandrinsky Theatre.
On why museums are necessary
Why are museums necessary? Humanity is sometimes given an answer to that question in situations such as war.
During the siege of Leningrad, when the city was a battleground of good and evil, not without the efforts of the museums, and of Hermitage Director Iosif Abgarovich Orbeli in particular, it became clear that museums are a place where resistance to evil is concentrated.
Now we are again living through a time that is demonstrating once more the importance of museums and the significance of our cultural heritage. Bamian in Afghanistan, the blown-up sculptures and torn-down cross in Syria, the Tunisian museum that came under attack — as soon as the forces of evil need to do something striking they begin destroying cultural monuments and museums. Museums are now on the front line, precisely because they are a feature of civilization, through museums the memory of the past is destroyed.
It is cynical, but we try to exploit this a little. We explain once again why in actual fact museums are being destroyed: because without a past, without memory it will be very easy to manipulate anyone you like.
Take Palmyra, for example. We feel particularly close to that city. When Palmyra perished, for the world in general it was a more or less meaningless name from a tourist brochure, but for those of us who grew up in the "Northern Palmyra" and knew the cigarettes and express train with that name it has a different ring to it. Just as for us the situation with Christianity now seems different as it is being destroyed in the place where it was born. We are sufficiently educated and know that, as Bradbury so splendidly described, if you kill a butterfly in the past then everything is altered in the present. So for our country it's a whole set of emotional matters.
On museum collections and politics
A favourite topic for many people is how the Europeans plundered the unfortunate lands of the East and packed their British, Parisian and Berlin museums with artefacts removed from Mesopotamia, Syria and Egypt. The present-day vandalism gives a different twist to the subject. And people love to say, "Give us back everything that was stolen, that was taken away." Incidentally the Hermitage did not take anything away from anywhere: unfortunately, we were never there, so everything we have was bought and paid for.
Often items brought from somewhere and installed in museums tell us about problems of accessibility. Take the famous Taurida Venus – a Hellenistic sculpture, as is now emerging, and not a Roman copy, one of the Hermitage's masterpieces. Peter the Great acquired it by various devious means and with difficulty had it brought to Russia. At that time, the sculpture shocked the sensibilities of any normal Russian person. Firstly, three-dimensional sculpture, if you think about Russian art, was in itself something unusual. Then a naked woman, which was a complete disgrace. Thirdly, this was a pagan goddess. But Peter had Venus placed under guard, and forced people to go to the Summer Garden and look at her, instilling an understanding and acceptance of art. You don't have to like it, but it's important to accept that such things can be. That is why I always say that that was more of a revolution on Peter's part than cutting off beards: after all, you could buy exemption from having your beard shorn.
One more example: our secret museum operation for the delivery of the sculpture from the facade of the Parthenon. That sculpture of the river god Ilissos is kept in the British Museum and had never left it, while Greece is demanding its return. When the 250th anniversary of the Hermitage was approaching, the trustees of the British Museum asked whether they might send something for the period of the celebrations. We said: "How about the Parthenon?" And at that point political difficulties were at their height. The trustees, though, sent the sculpture to the Hermitage, understanding full well what a scandal it would cause. They asked us to keep everything secret, didn't inform their own government and decided how to transport it – and that was a problem. I said why not do the usual thing: from Britain by ferry, ferries, and then via Finland to us. But it was impossible to bring it through European countries: somewhere or other Greece would have intervened. As a result, we decided to transport it to Dubai: in the airport there it was possible to transship the sculpture quickly without fear of actions by the Greek government. The Greek ambassador then came to see me. She said that Greek public opinion was offended. We showed once again, though, what we try to demonstrate all the time: that culture is above politics. The director of the British Museum came for the opening – on the front page of The Times there was the sculpture and us standing with stupid smiles very pleased with ourselves. One more example of why in actual fact museums are necessary.
The Parthenon is one of the big issues for museums, what is termed a trophy. There are many trophies in the Hermitage. There is the famous Gonzaga Cameo, which has travelled around a great deal. Napoleon took it as a trophy in Italy and presented it to his wife Josephine, who then presented it to Alexander I. Now the cameo is in our museum, but theoretically there is someone who could demand it back. Another trophy is Degas's celebrated Place de la Concorde – one of the masterpieces, perhaps the best painting by Degas among what was taken by the Soviet army in Germany after the war as compensatory restitution.
I remind you that practically everything was taken in its time has been given back to Germany. In Berlin an exhibition has just opened that tells about the history of those transfers: from the Hermitage alone around a million items were handed over.
One more historical moment: President Bush and President Putin came to the Hermitage at the time when we had an exhibition on devoted to Nicholas I and Titian's famous painting of Venus with a Mirror was here. Previously the Soviet government had sold that canvas to the United States and now the picture belongs to the National Gallery in Washington. At the time I permitted myself to say: "You know, your trust, the fact that this painting is hanging in the Hermitage, is far more important than your negotiations about rockets." Admittedly, at the moment that trust no longer exists; for several years there has been no exchange of exhibitions with the USA. The thing is that they will not give us a full governmental guarantee of protection from judicial action.
On the size of the Hermitage
The Hermitage is a museum that belongs to the whole world. It is one of the typical world museums that exist everywhere. But we are convinced that ours is the best in the world. And not only Petersburgers say so. We once had a wonderful French ambassador who on two occasions, when opening exhibitions at the Hermitage, said: "I am pleased to be standing here in the best museum in the world." I said to him: "Ambassador, you'll be sacked. A Frenchman does not have the right to say such a thing. What about the Louvre?"
The Winter Palace and Hermitage have a floor space of roughly 110,000 square metres, of which 40,000 is display space. We acquired another 30,000 thanks to the General Staff. That makes 70,000 square metres in all. Plus Staraya Derevnya with 53,000, the Exchange building with 12,000 and the Hermitage centres outside of Saint Petersburg with 7,000.
The guides, who are masters of PR with us, say that you have to walk 25 kilometres to go around the Hermitage and if you view each exhibit it will take you five years. We do indeed have 3 million exhibits; only 1 million of those are coins and medals; and another million are archaeological artefacts and prints. Paintings account for a mere 18,000. You can toss around figures like that, but they're not especially relevant. The History Museum in Moscow, as a matter of fact, has 8 million exhibits, but it is not the biggest museum in the world.
From my own experience, each year, on 31 December, I go around all the functioning halls of the main complex to wish the custodians a Happy New Year. I do that, without stopping, in two and a half hours. So you can get round everywhere in that length of time. Once I showed the Queen of England almost the whole of the Hermitage in forty minutes – that was a real tour de force. There was another occasion, I remember, when I showed the museum to the head of the Iraqi security service in 20 minutes. He was, admittedly, executed about four days after he got back from the Soviet Union.
On queues, advertising and free entry to the museum
The Hermitage is a museum that charges for entry, but of the three million visitors we can allow ourselves to let in one million free of charge, at our own expense. We give free entry to children, students, irrespective of nationality, and pensioners from this country. Russian citizens are able to pay less to come in. All that is paid for from the museum's funds. Well, if a museum can permit itself that sort of philanthropy, it means it is a successful one.
There is, of course, a problem with advertising exhibitions and the museum itself within the city and that is partly down to the Hermitage's snobbery: the attitude that people will come anyway – why announce things and invite people to stand in queues? Incidentally, sometimes petty-minded people write complaints: "You lot said too much, invited too many people; we came and there was a queue, so don't bother us again."
People really do come anyway. Admittedly, our sociological surveys show that roughly 60% of people visit exhibitions because someone told them about them: they didn't read about them in the papers or see them on the TV – nowhere. We would like to think we make an effort to inform the public. There is a weekly programme on the Saint Petersburg channel devoted to our exhibitions.
During Manifesta we realized that we need to work more with local publications, with the papers that spread news among wide sections of the public. We made one late-opening day on Wednesday, but the statistics show that few people come and those that do are the ones who do not need the extra hours: pensioners, schoolchildren and students who can visit any other day during the day. Now we have introduced a second extended day on Friday, but again not many people have made use of it so far. On Wednesdays we wind the Peacock Clock and we even felt hurt because for the first four months or so nobody particularly came to see it.
Queues are our favourite subject. It has to be said that, generally speaking, it's normal to queue to enter museums all around the world. Things do get heated sometimes, however. Although there is a solution: if you don't want to queue, buy a full-price ticket. In summer the queues grew to enormous lengths, but next-door we have the General Staff, where all the Impressionists and Post-Impressionists have moved. Why queue up for three or four hours? – Go to the General Staff to see Picasso and Matisse. The ticket's the same – buy it, then go and see somewhere else afterwards. But visitors are afraid of not getting into the palace. Gradually we will accustom people to the idea that they need to visit the Eastern Wing [of the General Staff] as well, and then the queue will shrink.
On contemporary art in the Hermitage
Everyone who creates museums of contemporary art reckons that it is a thing apart: it has its own language, its own specialists, its own technologies and therefore it needs separate museums. A considerable proportion of Hermitage people and I believe that contemporary art does not differ in any way from the classical sort: it's still the same artistic languages, but people need to be shown all the time that there is no fundamental distinction between old and new art. If you embrace everything, you will understand that there is no great difference between Potter's "dog" and Picasso's "cat".
On "roofers"
"Roofers" are constantly climbing onto our Hermitage roofs. We take them off and hand them over to the police. And the police fine them like they did those people that attacked the Manege [in Moscow] – 200, 500 or 1000 roubles – and let them go, because it's classed as hooliganism. We try to explain that it is an attempt to gain entry to protected premises, which is a very different matter.
We are slowly managing to get that idea across to the police. Still, I find it a bit uncomfortable: I spent all my own youth on roofs. But we didn't take people there for money like these do. We simply clambered around the Peter and Paul Fortress: we got taken down and that was it. But that was back then; now it's not on.
On the proportion of the stocks on display
A sensitive question that a museum director is always being asked: "What percentage of your stocks are out on display?" And always with a note of reproach that you're not showing people, that the collections are inaccessible. We usually explain things this way: a museum is not an exhibition hall; it is supposed to collect, keep, restore, study and show what needs to be shown. It really is the case that not everything that is in the museum needs to be shown today.
Besides, we have found another solution: we have started to build our storage facilities with open access on principle. We already have two six-storey repositories and there will be a third. They can all be visited. The question is settled. We are pioneers in this area.
On the financing of museums
We always explain to everyone that culture should be maintained financially by society in the shape of the state apparatus, in the shape of art patrons and sponsors, in the shape of people who pay for tickets. There should be all of those things together.
At one time museums adapted to receiving sizeable sums of money from art patrons and various organizations to fund exhibitions and development. But now all the large corporations are removing the museum line from their sponsorship budgets. In terms of finance, museums can no longer rank alongside libraries, schools and hospitals. A museum is a luxury.
We have, of course, already overcome this because museums, and all cultural institutions in general, are able to explain how necessary they are to humanity and that they are an attractive proposition for funding, but there is still work to be done in that direction.


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First thing's first: congratulations! You've survived the Leaving Cert, made it to University, and finally trudged through orientation – none of which are easy feats, so give yourself a pat on the back. But after that back-pat, what's next? To help answer that question, I've compiled a handy list of things I wish someone had told me in my first year of University.
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I don't mean that in an existential sense; you have years to sort that out. Rather, for the following few weeks, it's important to set up a routine that you can follow throughout the rest of the academic year. Set achievable goals. No one expects you to get up at 6am to go to the gym and then survive a day filled with lectures (that said, entrance to the Mardyke gym is free for students and exercise is important – no matter how gruelling some of us may find it). Few people are able for that commitment. So organise a system that works for you: if you want to go out, go ahead – you do your thing. But make sure you can function the following day, because deadlines and exams can come around very quickly.
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Don't be afraid to ask for help
If you don't understand something in a lecture, don't be afraid to ask your lecturer to clarify. Go up to them after the class and ask questions, or contact them via email (a quick google of their name should supply you with their UCC contact details). Alternatively, you can always approach your elected Class Representative to do the dirty work for you. Which is a perfect little segueing onto my next point.
Get involved!
This is probably another one of those things you've heard plenty of times since you've come to UCC, but there's a reason for that. Getting involved with at least one aspect of the student cohort – whether that's going for a position on a club or society committee, or volunteering as a Class or Entertainment Representative – it's worth it. It gives you the opportunity to come out of your shell, learn new things, meet new people – plus, it all looks great on your CV. Keep an eye out for posters around campus advertising Society and Club AGMs. As for class and entertainment reps – you might be asking what they do. Class reps become the voice for their class for the year. If there are any queries or concerns, students may go to them – and in turn the class rep can turn to their College Representative (more details to follow!) for answers and help. Class reps can also attend student council where important motions are passed and pizza is often consumed. They also meet with lecturers and staff to give feedback on how a course can be improved. Entertainment reps organise entertainment for the class, and can also look for support from their College Representative. If any of these roles sound even remotely appealing to you, point number nine is vital (even if you're not into either of them, number 9 is still important – read on!)
Know your College Representatives
Your College Rep is your link to the Student Union. They will be appearing at your lectures to elect your Class and Entertainment Reps over the following weeks. They are also there to offer advice or answer any questions you may have – although you can also contact your Peer Support leader if you feel more comfortable! Each college has a representative that was elected in the last academic year. If you're in the College of Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences – then, hi! I'm Amy, your rep for the year! If you have any questions for your college reps about elections or anything, shoot us an email. We don't bite!
College Reps:
Arts, Celtic Studies and Social Sciences: Amy Poland, email@example.com
Science, Engineering and Food Science: Ronan Carey, email@example.com
Business and Law: Kayleigh O'Sullivan, firstname.lastname@example.com
Medicine and Health: Laura Mitchell, firstname.lastname@example.com
Have fun
College life is a lot of things. It's stressful, fun, and busy – all rolled into one. It can be the best time of your life, and I really hope it is. Take care of yourself, go to events, and make friends. You're only in college once (well, that may be untrue depending on how long you cling to education), but in either case you might as well make the most of it!
If you have any queries or concerns, please don't hesitate to contact any member of the Student Union – we're here to help. Go forth and prosper!


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Hi Folks!
There has been LOTS of questions & buzz since the mugs sold out in record time last week about whether or not they will be available again.
SO, without further ado, I'm excited to announce that I am GIVING THE PEOPLE WHAT THEY WANT: MUG PRE-ORDERS!!!
I will be re-stocking Gnomes and Night Owls as pre-order items TOMORROW 10/20/17 at 9am PST. Pre-orders will be open until FRIDAY 10/27/17 at midnight. This will be a true pre-order, as in I will be placing my final order with Emalco after pre-orders close, as to allow you to get all the mugs you want. And for those of you who don't feel like committing to a pre-order, I WILL be ordering more for my shop so that I have some to sell in 2018.
- The lead time for mugs to be manufactured is long. Please expect to wait 2.5-4 months for your order.
- Also for this reason, our fulfillment process for these will probably run a little slower than usual, as we expect a high volume of pre-orders.
- I will update you whenever I have any new information about your mug's progress on my NEWS page.
- Because your pre-orders will be funding the downpayment on the order, all sales will be final. You may cancel your order, but only before 10/27 when the pre-order window closes.
ALSO, in addition to mugs, I'm VERY excited to announce my collaboration with Liberty Bottles. Liberty Bottles are an awesome metal water bottle company based here in Washington. Their bottles are sustainable, recyclable, and are the only metal water bottles to be made in the USA! I will be selling a SNEAK PEEK limited number of bottles from my collection with Liberty starting SATURDAY 10/21/17 at 9am PST! But have no fear, they will also soon be for sale through Liberty's shop, and at select retailers, like Powell's Books in Portland, OR! I'm so excited to see where my ongoing collaboration with Liberty will take me, it's always so fun to see my drawings come to life on new objects!
Last but not least, a shipping update for all of you who managed to snag a mug, or are waiting on another product to ship; we fulfilled the first chunk of mug orders yesterday, they should be hitting the mail stream today. We'll send out another chunk tomorrow, and we'll continue to catch up on shipping next week! Thank you everyone for your patience as we wade through the sea of mugs that is our studio!


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Last night, Tony was at the Hollywood Undead show in London, and here are some words that he had to say about the night.
Firstly, I attended this gig with low expectations and some preconceptions. That's not to say I thought the show was going to be bad, I just thought it wouldn't be as good as I would like it to be.
Hollywood Undead kicked the night off with the atmospheric 'Whatever It Takes' which pumped up the crowd and set the tone for the evening. Immediately I realised my expectations and preconceptions were completely wrong. Everyone was instantly singing along and you could feel the anticipation from the audience to see what was going to come next. The band went straight in to 'Undead' – another song about proving the "haters" wrong and telling the world that the band so deserve to be where they are.
I moved around the venue a bit during the show and the whole place was rocking. One thing I love about Koko is the freedom to move between levels whenever you want, so whether you want to view the band from above on a balcony, stand at the back by the bar or get beaten in the most pits, the choice is entirely yours.
Crowd interaction was kept to the perfect amount. The band didn't overdo it, with little bits of chat and banter between some songs, a bit during songs, but one of the highlights was bringing a fan up on stage to play guitar during the song 'Comin' In Hot' – a fan favourite (Tom absolutely killed it on guitar by the way). At one point there was even a fan proposal on stage (I think she said yes!).
We were treated to a cover of Johnny Cash's 'Folsom Prison Blues' and an interesting version of 'Another Way Out' which included Bon Jovi's 'Livin' On A Prayer' as an intro and a snippet of Rammstein's 'Du Hast' during the last chorus. The setlist included classics like 'Bullet' and 'Party By Myself' and was overall a good mix of Hollywood Undead's back catalogue. There was a short interval before a two song encore, with the band playing two anthems of theirs – 'Everywhere I Go' and 'Hear Me Now', ending the night as it started – the crowd getting pumped up, jumping and singing along.
I have to say that my expectations and preconceptions of this show were completely blown to pieces. The rapping and singing was spot on, and every word was in tune and as clear as a high quality recording. The way the band move around the stage and use it to emphasise certain lyrics or messages from their songs is something I haven't seen being done in such an effective way before.
Overall I'm tempted to say this is one of the best gigs I've ever been too. The combination of the venue (perfect for a band like Hollywood Undead), the chemistry of the band on stage, and the quality of the performance created such a memorable show. If you are a fan and haven't seen the band live yet, make sure you do. If you only "kind of like them" then seeing them live will change that to "love them", and if your a fan of live music in general, then a Hollywood Undead show won't disappoint'.
This was the final UK date of the tour, however the band are now touring throughout Europe, so still chance to catch them!


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An American family's Disney vacation turned into a nightmare when an alligator snatched their two-year-old boy at the shore of a resort lake and the father was unable to pry the toddler from the animal's jaws, officials said Wednesday.
A search and rescue operation launched after the attack Tuesday night at the Grand Floridian hotel not far from the Magic Kingdom was ongoing, but police said they held out little hope the boy would be found alive.
Walt Disney World said it has shut down all of its Florida resort beaches and marinas out of precaution after the incident.
"We are keeping some hope alive, but it is looking more grave every moment, every hour," Orange County Sheriff's Office spokesman Jeff Williamson told AFP.
The mauling was yet more terrible news for a vacation town still reeling from the weekend shooting massacre of 49 people at a gay nightclub in downtown Orlando — the worst mass shooting in American history. Another 53 were wounded.
"We determined this two-year-old child was playing at the edge of the water, a foot or so into the water, when this alligator came up and attacked the child," Sheriff Jerry Demings told a sunrise news conference.
"The father did his best, tried to rescue the child — however, to no avail."
The child belonged to a family of five from the Midwestern state of Nebraska that was relaxing on the shore of the man-made Seven Seas Lagoon at the hotel, Demings said.
The alligator emerged and snatched the boy around 9:00 pm Tuesday (0100 GMT Wednesday).
The Grand Floridian is part of the massive Disney resort complex that includes several theme parks, water parks, hotels and golf courses.
"Everyone here at the Walt Disney World Resort is devastated by this tragic accident," Disney communications executive Jacquee Wahler said.
"We are helping the family and doing everything we can to assist law enforcement."
All-out search
Rescuers used sonar and floodlights overnight to pursue their search, as a helicopter hovered overhead. Firefighters stood on the water's edge with infrared cameras scanning the water for the child.
Four gators have been captured and are being analyzed but there was no sign of the child, the Orlando Sentinel reported. A professional gator trapper has been brought in to help, it added.
"We are very hopeful, hoping for the best," Demings said early Wednesday.
"Sometimes you get the worst, but we're certainly hoping for the best."
Alligators are common in Florida, where they can be found in bodies of fresh water across the state, Nick Wiley from the Florida fish and wildlife service told reporters.
However, it is very rare for an alligator to attack a human, Wiley said. There have only been 22 deaths from unprovoked alligator bites documented in Florida since 1948, according to the fish and wildlife service.
There was a no swimming sign at the lake, but no warning about alligators, he added.
'Horrendous' few days for Orlando
Two days before the nightclub massacre, singer Christina Grimmie, a former contestant on the popular TV show "The Voice," was shot and killed by a gunman at Orlando's Plaza Live Theater during a meet and greet event with fans. The gunman later killed himself.
"The past three or four days have been horrendous for our community," Orange County Mayor Teresa Jacobs said Wednesday as she addressed the town's latest crisis, the missing boy.
"I can't comprehend, I can't comprehend what any of this would be like as a parent," said Jacobs, who has a 20-year-old son.


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With the Election looming the Leaders of each of the Parties all rolling out their platforms and in each there is a great emphasis on strengthening the Middle Class. This tells me two things. First, right and left wing are appendages of the same bird. Second, regardless who is elected policies will be enacted to ensure the average person remains average.
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Public Lecture by Dr. Isaac Saney, Cuba specialist
In 2014, the small island nation of Cuba responded without hesitation to the Ebola epidemic in the West African nations of Guinea, Liberia & Sierra Leone. The Cuban medical mission is by far the largest sent by any country. Standing side-by-side with the peoples of West Africa, 461 Cuban doctors and nurses -- chosen from more than 15,000 volunteers -- have gone to West Africa and joined the struggle against Ebola. Havana's contribution is to be contrasted with that of Washington, which dispatched thousands of soldiers, instead of more desperately needed healthcare personnel and resources.
At the September 16, 2014 meeting of the United Nations Security Council, Cuban representative Abelardo Moreno declared: "Humanity has a debt to the African people. We cannot let them down."
Saney will explore the history and impressive dimensions of the Cuban Revolution's solidarity with Africa. Saney is the co-chair and National Spokesperson for the Canadian Network on Cuba. He is the author of the widely acclaimed book, Cuba: A Revolution in Motion (Zed, 2004).
Organized by the JRJ Chair of Black Canadian Studies, Dalhousie University.
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text: Home > Entertainment Claudine claims first wedding with Raymart 'fake' ABS-CBN News Posted at May 12 2014 12:27 PM | Updated as of May 15 2014 11:51 AM Share Save Facebook Twitter LinkedIn Claudine Barretto MANILA – Claudine Barretto claims Raymart Santiago deceived her by making her believe that their first marriage was real. In an exclusive interview with "Buzz ng Bayan" host Boy Abunda, Barretto said she regrets marrying Santiago again in 2006 even after she learned that their first wedding in 2004 was "fake." "[I regret] na pinakasalan ko ulit si Raymart nung March 27, 2006 dahil hindi lang ako 'yung nilinlang niya kundi ang buong sambayanang Pilipino because hindi pasok yun eh, it was fake," she said. "I don't know [why], hindi niya lang pinasok. Just like our first one on May 2, 2004. It was registered 2006, a month before the March [wedding]. Hindi pala kami kasal the whole time. We were living in pala, living in sin. So ganun pala niya ako niloko ng sobra. Ang mali ko doon, I should have backed out na," she said. Santiago's lawyer, Atty. Ruth Castelo, however, denied Barretto's allegations. "Na-late lang ng pag-register. Totoo naman 'yun. But the fact is, it's still registered. It's not fake," she stressed. Aside from this, Barretto said she also feels bad that her husband sided with their former maids in the theft case they filed against her. "Raymart witnessed for them against me para maipit ako," she said. "Mahirap talaga ang justice sa Pilipinas. Mahirap talaga kalaban ang maraming pera." Castelo, however, clarified that Santiago was not a party to the case. "Nag-testify si Raymart. Sinabi niya na hindi ninakaw ng mga maid kasi nasa kanya at sa kanya 'yun. Nag-witness lang si Raymart. He's not a party to the case. He was a witness," she said. In addition to the theft case, Barretto also has an ongoing legal battle with Santiago after she accused him of "physical, sexual, psychological and economic" abuse. Share Save Facebook Share on Twitter LinkedIn Entertainment,Top Stories,case,wedding,marriage,theft,Claudine Barretto,Raymart Santiago,maid,star news Read More: case wedding marriage theft Claudine Barretto Raymart Santiago maid


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Kedah Gerakan Chairman and Derga State Assemblyman, Dr Cheah Soon Hai today slams Pakatan Rakyat especially DAP Lim Kit Siang for its boastful statement that it will take over 11 states in the next general election while asking the public to support BERSIH 2.0.
Dr Cheah Soon Hai said, "One hand they asking the people to support BERSIH, on the other hand they said they can win 11 states in the 13th General Election, so what are they trying to say? Are they implying that the Election Commission is clean or not clean?"
Dr Cheah Soon Hai said that Gerakan's stand is always against demonstration on street and stress that the best way to resolve problem is still dialogue or roundtable meeting between the two parties. He also said, if the Election Commission is really that unclean, how did Pakatan Rakyat win 5 states and over 1/3 of Parliament during the previous election in 2008?


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Starting and maintaining a home business is a bold move. Home businesses can be immensely successful if you know how to maintain your businesses affairs in the right way. This article will cover some of the essentials you need to consider, to ensure the growth, success and profitability of your home business.
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When preparing tax statements for your home business, don't put down any deductions that you feel you can't uphold. If you can't prove it on paper in your tax file, you certainly won't be able to prove it with a tax auditor breathing down your neck. If it doesn't feel right, don't take it.
Make sure that your family will not bother you during your work hours. Because interruptions disrupt your work day, tell everyone if you are working and when you think you'll be done. Explain that privacy is highly important and will allow you to be available when you should. Never leave children unsupervised and provide information on what to do in an emergency.
It's important to advertise your home based business. This will bring you more customers which means more money for you and your business. Free advertisement can be done by blogging about your products and/or using a social media site like Facebook.
If you are considering starting a home business, one of the key ingredients to being successful is to venture into an area you have a passion for. Starting a home business is hard work and also requires a certain level of creativity. It is much easier to work on something that you have a genuine interest in and would not consider a chore. It is also easier to be creative since you will naturally come up with ideas as opposed to being forced to come up with ideas.
Get a business p.o. box for all of your business correspondence. When operating a home business, this gives you another address to put on invoices and packages rather than your home address. Keep your personal details such as your home phone number and address private to protect yourself and your family.
Upon starting your home business, send out a mass email to friends and family members, letting them know about your business. You can sweeten the advertisement with a discount for them, especially for helping out so early on in your business. It builds confidence and exposure while increasing networking potential.
Attend seminars that discuss how to start a home business. The Small Business Adminstration is one organziation that offers such seminars free of charge. Look online for other organizations offering seminars or classes in your area. Be wary of anyone offering a seminar that promises dramatic results in a very short time frame. Starting and running any business takes time, effort and dedication.
Do not be afraid to post your email address on your web site. Make sure that you include it on every separate page that you have. You do not want potential customers to search to figure out how to get in touch with you. The more effort that it takes them, the more likely they are to go on to something else without purchasing from you.
Write your way to a home based business. If you enjoy writing, and have plenty to say consider a business in article marketing. You can make money by writing content for the internet. You can write at your own pace and market your skills anywhere you want. There is huge potential in article marketing.
Do not spend too much time on your new business logo. You can find someone to make you the logo of your dreams in less time. Web designers are generally very creative people who create logos for a living and can make any logo you've ever imagined. Save time and let someone else make your logo.
When you decide you want to start a home business, take some time and research your idea. It's easy to assume you can take a passion or hobby and assume you can turn it into a thriving business. Make sure there is a market for the business you choose, so you don't waste your time or money.
Claim what your work space costs you on your tax report; do not claim your whole house. Determine what percentage of your home you use to work and report this percentage on how much your home is costing you. You can deduct this amount from your taxes and justify it if needed.
Don't repeat your neighbor's business. You might think you have a unique idea, but before doing a market research you can't know it for sure. Find out how many other companies are on the market offering similar products and services, and design your business to offer special services not available from others.
If you plan on hiring additional employees to work for you in your home business, you should first consider developing your own personal leadership style. You must set boundaries and consider how you will provide training, support, and discipline of your prospective employees. A fully developed leadership style will make it easier to convey your expectations for future employees.
Get organized as part of tax planning. Carry an envelope with you to store receipts related to your business purchases. Regularly transfer these receipts to your accounting file or enter them into your expense tracking software. You may use IRS approved iPhone applications, such as Capturengo, to create digital receipts using your phone's camera.
Legitimize your home business by getting business cards made as soon as possible. Business cards are your key take-away for potential clients when you are at networking events or randomly happen to meet them during your daily routine. If you don't have that business card on you, it may give the person the perception that your business is simply a hobby. You may lose out on a business opportunity!
Keep track of what it costs to make your product. A good rule to use for sales is to charge twice what it cost to make the product. Some may even multiple that amount by three when selling it.
To sum it all up, you will find that the few minutes you took to read this article will be well worth it after implementing all of the expert knowledge that has been provided. There is always room to improve, so go ahead and give this advice a try.
Starting and maintaining a home business is a bold move. Home businesses can be immensely successful if you know how to maintain your businesses affairs in the right way. This article will cover some of the essentials you need to consider, to ensure the growth, success and profitability of your home business.


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There has been fevered discussion about who was responsible for the killing of an Iranian nuclear engineer this week; click here for a news report, or click here, or click here or here.
I say discussion, but actually everything I have read has assumed that Israel was involved; the only point of discussion is whether America was involved too. That's lazy journalism; I cannot work out why no-one has mentioned another player in the region – Saudi Arabia.
There are at least three reasons why they should have joined Israel and America in the list of possibles: Read the rest of this entry »


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A Wine Story
How is our memory for taste?
This was put to the ultimate test today when I opened a spectacular bottle of wine. I'd like to share my story with you.
Sometime around 1995 I first became seriously interested in wines. While living in Washington, DC, Marieta and I took two ten-week wine courses back-to-back, presented by a master sommelier who wrote for Wine Spectator. To say those classes were life-changing would be an understatement.
However, given we're on a budget, I've never been able to afford super expensive wines. So, my wine knowledge pretty much is non-existent at any price point above $100. My daily price cap is more like $15.
I distinctly remember about five key wine moments in my life. One of the most memorable of those took place in 1998.
Marieta and I were staying at the Two Trees Inn at Foxwoods Casino in Connecticut. We were attending a poker event. A friend, who sadly I lost contact with named Nick Partenope (who I believe is/was an NYC MD) presented Marieta and me with a bottle of Arrowood Cabernet Sauvignon. I distinctly remember opening the bottle of Arrowood in the hotel room. It blew us away. It was spectacular, and at the time, the best wine I'd ever tasted. Back then, the price was considerably higher and Arrowood was hard to find where we lived. Hence, we haven't had a bottle since then in 21 years.
Until today and now.
A few nights ago, we went to a local wine dinner and to our surprise received a bottle of wine from the host. We didn't even look at the label, expecting it to be some run-of-the-mill bottle that was nice, but hardly in a class of its own.
Today, we looked at the bottle. It was Arrowood Cabernet Sauvignon! Instantly, we remember Nick Partenope and our encounter with this splendid old friend two decades earlier. Make that two old friends.
We don't drink many reds during the summer, but this baby couldn't possibly wait. We wondered aloud: Would this wine be as memorable as all those years ago? Arrowood has changed and we've changed, too. Our expectations were ridiculously high, perhaps even unreasonable.
And so, the cork was popped and the verdict was immediate.
The best way to describe the Arrowood was it was as tasty as blood to a vampire. It was ass-kicking incredible! I do mean a blast of fruit that bombs the taste buds. Fucking WOW!
I didn't expect this. I've had most of the fruit bombs and usually don't find them to be nearly as sophisticated as my taste for the classic Rhones and Bourdeuxs and wines from Burgandy and Loire. If you'd have bet money that I'd be partial to a California wine above my classic traditional favorites, I'd have wagered any amount of money. Well, I would have lost my wager.
This Arrowood is quite possibly the best wine I've ever tasted, certainly for the money. Clocking in at $29 per bottle and a 14.5 alc. content, it's a dangerous and tempting beast.
And so, 21 years after falling in love with a wine, an old flame had been reunited.
I cannot possibly recommend Arrowood more highly. It's truly THAT amazing, and then some. Dr. Nick Partenope, if you are out there reading, thank you for the memories — then and now.
Note: Marieta had an identical reaction.


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ashja99 replied to ashja99's topic in Networking, Email, and Internet ConnectionsMy results when my adapter suddenly disappears....as in it's not just disabled, it's not even listed under adapters. http://www.pcpitstop.com/betapit/sec.asp?conid=25306300&report=Summary
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ashja99 replied to ashja99's topic in Networking, Email, and Internet ConnectionsHere are my pit test results: http://www.pcpitstop.com/betapit/sec.asp?conid=25306300&report=Summary I manage the wireless connections through Windows.....I didn't know there was an Asus utility for that. Of course, lucky me, my wireless is working at the moment, but I'm sure that will change...when it goes off, I'll run the test again (with a wired connection) and see if it's any different. Also, my anti-virus says I'm totally clean. As for what's happening with the adapter.....it actually gets disabled, not just disconnected, and when I try to re-enable it, I just get a little blue circle that spins forever. Also, sometimes it goes beyond just getting disabled, to disappearing. My computer tells me the hardware literally isn't there. Sometimes everything comes back when I restart it, but that is becoming increasingly rare. As for the battery, I know it's not surprising its life is getting short, but shouldn't it still give a warning before it shuts down? Also, before recently, it would still go through the normal shutdown routine when the battery was about to give out. Now, its literally like someone unplugging a TV. Instantly off. Is that normal? (If it is, I swear I'll stop worrying about it lol)
Computer Specs: Asus U56e laptop, Windows 7, Intel Centrino Wireless N 1030 adapter, ESET NOD32 antivirus, less than 2 years old I've been having a ridiculous amount of issues with my wireless adapter, and I was wondering what my options are.... All of my problems started about 6 months ago when I dropped my laptop (*cries*). A week later the hard drive went out. I got it replaced. A couple of weeks after that, my wireless adapter started getting disabled randomly, or not appearing at all. Eventually, it NEVER worked. I took it to Geek Squad and they said that nothing was wrong with my adapter but, yay! they had removed a "malicious program" (it was a plug-in I installed that redirected the homepage. That's what it was supposed to do. IT WAS NOT "MALICIOUS") I got it back, and it still didn't work. I basically took it back and just told them to replace the wireless card anyway, even if it was supposedly fine. When I got it back that time, everything worked fine......for a few months. Recently, all my old problems with the wireless adapter are back. It gets randomly disabled, can't/won't enable, and just isn't listed under adapters at all. I've tried everything I can think of, including re-installing the drivers. I'm kind of assuming the problem is somewhere in the hardware, maybe just not the wireless card itself. Also, about the time my wireless problems appeared, I started having problems with my battery. I know battery lives typically shorten, but the battery level isn't being correctly communicated to the computer, causing it to shut off without warning when there is still supposedly 50% left, and it shuts down without even being able to save state. I don't know if this could possibly be related to my wireless problems, but if some hardware or connection is bad somewhere, maybe the two different problems could both be caused by the same thing? My computer isn't even 2 years old, so I really don't want replace it, but if I take it to Best Buy, they'll just say everything's fine again. Is there anyway to pinpoint the problem so I know exactly what needs to be fixed?


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Free Ebooks for Holiday reading days! December 18 and 19th
Grab a few YA titles for your ebook shelf for the holiday! Check them out on Amazon this week.
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Believe in yourself when nobody else does. Mary J. Blige
Read more at: https://www.brainyquote.com/topics/believe_in_yourself
Vampire YA Reads List
- Paranormally by Kiersten White
- Vampire Kisses by Ellen Schreiber
- Vampire Crush by A.M.Robinson
- Blue Bloods by Melissa de la Cruz
- Hex Hall by Rachel Hawkins
- Revenants by Amy Plum
- Twilight by Stephenie Meyer
- Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer
- Midnight Sun by Stephenie Meyer
- The Eternal Kiss Anthology by Rachel Caine and other authors
- Immortal: Love Stories With a Bite by Rachel Vincent
- Call of the Vampire by Gayla Twist
- Ignite by Kaitlyn Davis
- Evermore by Alyson Noel
- Vampirates by Justin Somper
- Romeo and Juliet and Vampires by
- Unholy Alliance by Lacy Yager
- Vampire Academy by Rachel Mead
- Intertwined by Gena Showater
- Vampire Diaries by L.J. Smith ( the early books)
- Vladimir Todd by Heather Brewer
- Prom Nights from Hell Anthology by Meg Cabot and other authors
- Classic Tales of Vampires and Shapeshifters by Tig Thomas
- Crush by Chrissy Peebles
- Night World by L.J. Smith
- Kisses from Hell by Kristin Cast and other authors
- Devour by Andrea Heltsley
- Isle of Night by Veronica Wolff
- Dead is the New Black by Marlene Perez
- Boys That Bite by Mari Mancusi
- Morganville Vampires by Rachel Caine
- My Blood Approves by Amanda Hocking
- The Silver Kiss by Annette Curtis Klause
Next to read for me:
- Moth by Karen Mahoney
- Brocken Wings by Danielle Ogier
- Turned by Morgan Rice


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Here is the sketch i used from Retro Sketches..i rotated it on it's side:
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strawberry- R14, 35, 39, YG03
blueberry- B24, 26. 28
grapes- V06, 09
butterfly- RV04, 10
Tim Holtz "metal" sentiment
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Retro Sketches- sketch #24
Flutter by Wednesday- Anything w/butterflies, fairies (fixed the link..sorry! thanks Jenee!)


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Comparison of predicted and real parameters of PV systems in the Czech Republic and Spain
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This paper compares predicted performance by a simulation software for a given new constructed PV system of crystalline silicon technology located in Prague with 10 kWp peak power and a similar system in Spain. Simulation software used for the sake of this paper was publicly available PVGIS from the website of its creators, parameters were set to be the same like in the real PV system. The difference between the predicted and the real data was calculated and then discussed in the result section of this paper. Suggestion how to increase the accuracy of the prediction by the simulation software is in the discussion part of this paper.
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I'm reading a really fantastic book called Secret Formulas of the Wizard of Ads given to me by business friend Chester Hull. I started reading it yesterday on the road trip up to Pennsylvania, and there's only a few pages left to go. I love the fresh and creative way that the publisher arranges a series of essays by Roy H. Williams to inspire a positive mindset and a purposeful method of writing and communicating to others.
Not only am I eagerly anticipating my next trip to the local library to stock up on books of poetry to stir the soul and ignite the passion for writing that's grown increasingly tedious, but I'm also eager to develop specific skills to become a better writer.
In Secret Formulas, the author prints an e-mail from reader Jim Huebner, a mountain climber. Huebner cites his 6 Rules of Mountaineering:
- Climb with passion.
- No guts, no glory.
- Expect dead ends.
- Never turn your back on your partner.
- Never look where you don't want to go.
- There's always room on the rope for a person with honor.
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One of the repeated themes in the book that truly resonates with me is to love what you do, because life's waaaaaay to short to do something you hate.
Granted, I don't know how many people love cleaning up food on the floor (or worse!), but I love being a Mama. That won't ever change.
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SCORE has a long history of helping small business grow through their one on one mentoring programs. They are now providing a great resource to help small businesses use the new technologies to start and grow their businesses.
e-Business Now is their website with a variety of resources to help the business owner deal with technology. The site provides video workshops and how to guides to help use technology to the best effect. Topics include building a tech plan and creating a website. The site also provides links to other SCORE resources, live presentations and mentoring programs.


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MAC Surf Baby Nail Lacquer
- by Sherrell Dorsey
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- May 13, 2011
Get your summer on with MAC's new surf baby nail color collection in two surf-ready shades: Hangin' Loose and Ocean Dip that can be mixed and matched with some of summers favorite colors. Your toes and fingers will smile in delight!
The shades, limited edition, are daring and offer nice and matt finish to complement a perfect surf-baby style. Beauty addicts get read for an ultra-luxe summer mani/pedi combo that most of us will rock for the entire summer.
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Stoke goalkeeper Lee Grant will reportedly undergo a medical with Manchester United this week ahead of a free transfer to Old Trafford. United are in the market for a third choice stopper and the 35-year-old fits the bill.
It was only a week ago when initial reports arrived outlining the Red Devils' intentions to sign Grant. With United boss Jose Mourinho keen on giving current third choice Joel Perreira a stint away from the club on loan in order to build up his match experience.
As a result, a new man between the sticks is needed in the north west, and Grant is Mourinho's preferred option - having impressed the manager back in October 2016 when he put in a man of the match performance in a 1-1 draw between Stoke and United.
And now, according to sources at Sky Sports, Grant will have his medical over the next week, with both clubs having agreed that the goalkeeper can leave for free.
With that being the case, unless something heavily unexpected turns up, his confirmation of arrival at his new side could be confirmed any time soon - making room for Perreira to depart for a season.
Whether the soon to be new arrival will get much game time next term remains to be known. With the likes of David de Gea and Sergio Romero undoubtedly ahead of him in the pecking order, game time will be at a premium for Grant.
However, reports claim that the 35-year-old is desperate to make the move regardless, and it was him that helped United push for a free transfer in order for the switch to materialise.


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Northern Beaches Land Based Jewfish
Fisho708 posted a topic in Fishing ChatI've recently decided to target some jewfish for the first time and was wondering if anyone knew any good land-based spots to go fishing for one along or near the northern beaches. Any additional tips on catching jewies would help too.
Pittwater Bay Fishing
Fisho708 posted a topic in Fishing ChatTaking my boat to the Pittwater bay area tomorrow, does anybody know what fish you can catch, how to, where to and any other useful information on the area?
Starting Beach Fishing
tanz011 posted a topic in Adopt a LearnerHi Raiders, I would appreciate if someone could take me along a beach fishing session. I have done estuary fishing, a bit of rock fishing and mostly break wall based fishing for the last 6 years. Haven't done much beach fishing. Following are my information: Name: Tan Location: Parramatta Fishing technique: Beach fishing on bait Availability: Weekends typically Preferred location: Northern beaches, Dee why, La Perouse Gear: I have got a 12 ft rod spooled with 20lb braid for beach. Hoping to hear from someone. Cheers
Beginner Sharks
Ger posted a topic in Fishing ChatHi guys, just looking for some general info. Want to target sharks either from shore or possibly if I hire a boat. Looking to go anywhere in the Northern beaches from Manly up to Palm beach. What would be my best bet? Just looking to get into some of the smaller species to start with, bronzies etc. Any ideas as to best spots to start from? Am I a bit early and better to wait til summer or could it still be possible now. Cheers
Fishing buddy northern beaches / NSW
BrazoFish posted a topic in Fishing TripsHi all. I'm new to Fishraider and also my first post. I live in Manly area and I'm looking for someone who might want to go for a fish sometimes on weekends who could also show me a few spots and give some tips. Please, PM me if interested. Cheers
Bonito off the stones
Surfacejunky posted a topic in Fishing ReportsAfter moving to the Sutherland shire I don't often get to fish my favourite spots where I used to live on the northern beaches, but I got a chance to fish on sunday morning. I rocked up(pun intended) to one of my favourite ledges at sunrise timed perfectly with a major solarlunar period and an approaching lowtide and started spinning. I started of with a big stick bait hoping to tempt an early morning king fish, after about half an hour I decided to switch to my lighter rod with a home made metal lure on it. 15 minutes later I hooked up but the 16 lb leader was definitely not enough as it snapped as soon as it touched the rocks. So I decided to go back to the larger rod but change the stickbait to a metal. It didn't take too long before I was on again and after a short but intense fight I had the fish almost at my feet, I was licking my lips thinking of all the sashimi I would be enjoying with my daughter, I waited for a wave and dragged the big bonnie (guess between 2-3 kgs) up on to the ledge, but as soon as I did the lure popped out of his mouth and he flipped back in to the water! Can't win them all I suppose, at least I got to have the fight and It has definitely reignited my passion for pelagics. has anyone else got on to the big bonnies lately?
Northern Beaches Salmon
drc2076 posted a topic in Fishing ReportsA free afternoon and an over abundance of salted pilchards and preserved beach worms taking up far too much space in the family freezer was all the reason I needed to head out and fish the afternoon high tide on "Gone Fishing Day". Conditions on the northern beaches were overcast and choppy. Not a lot of visible structure but at least the onshore wind was fairly light so conditions were fishable, and after a 45 minute drive there was no way I wasn't going to be wetting a line. Got started around 4pm with two hours remaining of the run in tide. Started with the beach worms, but even with a liberal coating of sax scent there were no takers. Was using a two hook rig so added pilchard to one of the hooks and suddenly started getting enquiries. After a few hits I'd bring the rig in to check and sure enough it was the pilchard that was getting the attention, with the worms untouched. Came to the view that these worms were very probably past their use by date. Tossed them into the drink and loaded up the rig with pillies. As the sun started going down the bite started coming on. First fish landed for the day was a small Aussie Salmon running to about 35cm. Unless I ended up with an irresistible table fish, today was only going to be catch and release. So back he went. Next up was a small, just legal, flathead. I sent him back as well in the hopes of something bigger. Unfortunately, what came in over the next hour was another 3-4 small flatties, all well shy of legal. Next up a decent sized dart and then another couple of small flatties. All released. It was getting near dark and I was starting to think about heading home. Had caught plenty of fish so I already considered the time well spent. By now the tide had started to run out. One last cast. Loaded up another couple of pillies and tossed them into what remained of the gutter I'd been fishing. The rig had barely had time to settle in the water when something hit it. The rod bent and line began to peel off the drag at a great rate. Earlier in the afternoon I'd been busted off in a random clump of kelp so I'd sized up my leader from 12lb to 20lb, and now I was thanking my stars for having done so. Took me a good ten minutes to get it under control. When I finally turned his head and beached him I'd landed a PB Aussie Salmon running just over 70cm. I couldn't help myself. I had to run down the beach and ask another fisho to come down and get a photo before I lost the light entirely. He kindly obliged. After the photos the fish was successfully released back into the surf and I headed home feeling pretty damn pleased with myself. Tight lines.
Desperately need a Fishing Spot
Colin1980 posted a topic in Fishing ChatHi Raiders. First time posting so forgive if it's amateur. Been fishing the Hawkesbury, Pittwater and Roseville Bridge to Mosman but still no luck. Plenty of bites but all little critters! Does anyone know of a spot I can go where I can catch a size big enough for the barbie? I have a boat but no fancy equipment such at GPS or sounder, just my trusty old boat and rods! I would really appreciate any advice on decent fishing spots Northern Beaches, NSW side but happy to travel a little further for the day. Leaving tomorrow morning with two mates, would be awesome to head to a decent spot. Thanks Raiders
Beach jewies (last two wkends)
FunkyJT posted a topic in Fishing ReportsGuys Just wanted to share a couple of pictures of two jewies caught from the beach last weekend and this weekend on my last two outings. First, was an 83cm capture by my dad off the northern beaches last Sunday. Second, was an 88cm capture caught by myself on a mid nth coast beach. happy to share a good patch of form, and may it continue! JT
A bit more form ...
FunkyJT posted a topic in Fishing ReportsWith the calm wind and low swell, I thought it would be ideal for beach fishing so I gave one of the northern beaches a shot during the night tide. There were plenty of big bites and strikes but from a bunch of undesired species - 1xbanjo shark; 4xshovel nose shark; 1x car shark. So there was plenty of action .. I managed to get one good sized 51cm tailor after an hour after the tide change, and I suspect I dropped a smaller tailor too. I lost what I suspected to be a big ray or large shark that took plenty of line too. So it seems like the beaches are starting to fish a bit better.
Drought over
FunkyJT posted a topic in Fishing ReportsFishing drought (in terms of success, not opportunity) finally over. Landed my PB flathead (73cm) and a decent tailor (45cm) from the surf.
Snapper of the rocks 24/3/13
sootopia posted a topic in Fishing ReportsWith the sea's being flat and the nice sunrise high tides went off the rocks for a fishing session with my young niece... the 2nd time she has ever been fishing as mum is not a fan haha. Baby sitting for some brownie points !!! Fished warriewood rocks as its a nice easy and relatively safe walk to the spot! Beautiful clear day with light wind and glassy seas! We saw lots of surface action with bonitos hitting the surface of the water. Landed a few for bait... caught on unweighted pillies and send out some thin strips on a paternoster. 8am: The tides on the way out and one of the bottom bashing rods goes off....set the hook and pass the rod over to my niece....5-10 mins later a nice 36cm snapper gaffed. re baiting and the other rod goes off this times shes holding it and the 2500 reel is screaming i quickly drop everything and tighten up the drag a little and after a long drawn out battle a tiny 45cm+ kingy is floating totally tired out on the surface. Don't they go hard on the light gear ! after a quick crash course in washing up fish onto a ledge she lands it for a quick photo, a kiss then back to grow bigger! My rod finally goes off... this time a slightly weighted bonito fillet...feels like a snapper but not very big ....... washes up as a 32 cm fish!... this guy was in close i normally get snapper on long casts on the bottom ! 10am: Pretty quiet as the tide is going out and the sun is high overhead...can see fish out wide busting up on the surface out of cast range.... worst day not to have the LBG rod to send out a live bonito for a king but cant baby sit 2 things at once! We get the odd bonito every so often but its getting hot and we are both hungry.....time for some 1$ frozen cokes from hungry jacks! Great day to bring a young one out fishing! with 3 pb's for her today.... bonito, snapper and a kingy. I think we have another convert!
Drifting off barrenjoey head 16/2/13
sootopia posted a topic in Fishing ReportsLaunched off Palm beach boat ramp at Iluka Rd for the 1st time with out drama! Headed off towards the ferry wharf for yakkas and squids and was out past the heads by 730am. Sea was almost glassy with 3 or 4 other boats around us. went out to 30m and began dropping liveys and strip baits towards the bottom. no interest in our yakkas and the squid came back demolished by leatherjackets.... Tried this without success for 3 hrs then decided to try off south palm (one of my fav land-based spots!) sitting about 40m offshore and drifting in 12m+ of water came across a school of slimies and tons of yakkas. got our burley trail going and managed to rustle up 2 rat kings around the 55 cm mark...good fun on light spin rods. Pretty quiet after that. Headed home around 12 and decided to get some squid for dinner as a consolation prize.... managed 4 big ones for dinner and a few for bait next trip! Back at the boat ramp my mate made the mistake of backing all 4 wheels off the ramp and once we got the boat hooked up to the trailer all 4 tires began to spin uselessly in the sand .... unhooked boat....unbogged car (thankfully was easy without the boat) the tried again...this time with front wheels on the concrete and everything went fine ! 2 other guys who were launching their boat next to us removed the safety chain and their boat flew off the trailer as they backed down the ramp.....we wont be doing that anytime soon!! Any pointers for what we could do to get some kings/snapper off the boat? Overall a nice day out on the boat and learnt lots of new things! Cheers,
Hoodie of the rocks
sootopia posted a topic in Fishing ReportsSwell was looking nice today at <3ft easterly with high tide around 11am so we decided to make the LONG trek to north palmy to a ledge thats good for these conditions...... caught our yakka's at the local wharf but no squid today shoulders burning we made the walk in darkness....i drew the short straw again and was carrying one of the buckets... rigged up before first light and had the first livey out just as the sun broke. 30 mins later the big rod did the damage with the reel screaming and the line running out to the horizon. the first run was pretty short and we managed to get a look at a massive king under the float... he must have seen us as well because he ripped out again for one more long run before the fish turned and we brought him in for the gaff shot! 1st fish landed just as the sun rose..... then it was pretty quiet until around 9 where we saw a school of rat kings come up at our burley....mate hooked up one on an unweighted pilly but it spat the hook as we were landing it around the high 60's prob... managed to spin up a mac tuna i think on a 25g metal...i think it must be my 2nd ever. Are they rare in sydney? got a few sambos and a bonito over the next few hours via popper/metal/hardbody...sent one out live but no interest. 11am and almost packup time when one of the light livey rods goes off and my mate lands a 66cm kingy on the last yakka! we saw surface action with something hitting the surface/baitfish with a massive forked tail splashing out of the water unfortunately didn't hit the livey which was floating 2 meters to the right .... not idea what it was but it was big and had no interest in the many things we threw out at it (and not a dolphin) Overall a great day of fishing out on the water!! got to test out my new Samsung note II and the photos came out amazing! Big Kingy went 117cm and 13.7kg gutted! he was pretty skinny! caught on Tld 50 running 80lb mono with 100lb leader. With a tiny popsicle sized yakka about 4ish meters below the float! Definitely a good burn on the walk back!


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KIOST Organizes Workshop for Climate Change Specialists in Central and South America
- Date : 2017-10-27
The Korea Institute of Ocean Science and Technology (KIOST, President Hong Gi-hoon) announced that it held a workshop on marine observation data processing for ocean and climate forecasts in the CPPS* area from October 24 to 26 (Tuesday to Thursday).
* Permanent Commission for the South Pacific (CPPS): an international organization founded in 1952 that coordinates regional maritime policies in an effort to adopt concerted positions of its four member countries?Colombia, Ecuador, Peru, and Chile?and fosters its members' capacities in the fields of science, society, economic policy, and environment
Co-hosted by KIOST, KOPE-LAR**, and the CPPS, the workshop was held to discuss the creation of an ocean database to assist in the forecasting of El Nino, La Nina, and other climate change issues.
** An organization for ocean science and technology development that was created by the South Korean and Peruvian governments and is jointly operated by the Instituto del Mar del Peru (IMARPE) and KIOST
In the opening ceremony for the workshop, Hector Soldi, the Vice Minister of Production in Peru, spoke about the importance of marine observation and climate change forecasts and expressed his hope that South Korea and Central and South America will cooperate and work together to improve their abilities to address climate change. Next, Javier Gaviola, the director of the Institute del Mar de Peru (IMARPE), also emphasized the importance of forecasting, addressing El Nino, La Nina, and other climate change events, and the capacity to respond to them. In particular, Jang Keun-ho, the Korean ambassador to Peru, stressed the importance of both Korea and Peru working together as strategic partners with the aim of improving the related scientific knowledge to cope with climate change issues across the world.
KIOST President Hong Gi-hoon remarked, "I believe that, through this workshop, the research areas that Korea pursues will be expanded to include climate change, which has been affecting the economy of all CPPS member countries." He then went on to add, "KIOST and KOPE-LAR will grow to serve as a bridge by promoting cooperation in marine research between Korea and Central and South America."
The CPPS region is greatly affected by climate change in terms of social and economic factors, including marine resources, water shortages, flooding, and coastal disasters. Climate change forecasting is thus of utmost importance in the region. Since Korea is heavily plagued by El Nino, scholars have argued that studying the East Pacific region, which is under the jurisdiction of the CPPS member countries, is necessary for Koreans to better forecast climate changes in the future.
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