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A $2 million dollar per year business was cut down in one swift stroke from Alabama law enforcement earlier this year.
Alabama resident, entrepreneur, and Rotary Club ambassador Jamey Vibbert lost his business when he was branded a felon for selling two cars reportedly purchased with drug money. The heavy-handed Alabama police lieutenant and District Attorney's office strung Vibbert's case along until it had ruined his business, despite the fact that the case was thrown out by two separate judges.
It all started with a young man who bought cars from Vibbert's dealership back in 2015. He bought them in cash, heeding Vibbert's advice and establishing trusted lienholders for the cars, who were titled under others' names as gifts. Not long after a few purchases, the buyer was arrested for an alleged drug crime, and authorities began looking into the buyer's assets. Among them, of course, were the vehicles purchased from Vibbert. Finding out that it would cost his employer nearly the value of the cars ($25,000) to have them forfeited due to the title being in others' names, Lt. Demetrius Bogan of the Alabama Law Enforcement Agency began investigating Vibbert, and soon after he was being prosecuted for crimes likened to money laundering. "He's falsifying titles to protect a drug dealer's vehicles from government seizure," the prosecutor said.
Vibbert, for his part, was just doing what plenty of car salesmen do across the nation. For example, he advised young people buying cars for their significant others to add lienholders to protect them from losing their property over a bad breakup. Even the judge for the trial had done something similar. In court, the judge interrupted the prosecutor to observe that he had recently purchased a car, titled it to his son, and then sent the title to his own address rather than his son's, which was a similar situation to what Vibbert had advised his allegedly drug-dealing buyer. "Is that falsifying a title?" the judge asked. The prosecutor responded, "Possibly. I would need a little more information."
Although the judge ultimately ruled in Vibbert's favor, he was not unscathed by the time the verdict was delivered. Before the case was ever argued in court, Bogan had taken $25,000 out of Vibbert's bank account, which was allowed under Alabama's civil asset forfeiture laws where individual police officers can seize cash and other items they believe are connected to criminal activity. Once seized, the property is prosecuted in order for the state to keep it, but in the mean time cannot be accessed by the owner. Bogan reportedly boasted of the seizure to Vibbert over the phone, and the money was not returned until many months after the trial took place.
Vibbert had planned on using the $25,000 to restock his inventory, which was only the tip of the iceberg. What was worse was the tarnish to reputation – his lenders suspended credit lines, people stopped buying from him, and he had to remove his visible presence from a business that he had grown with his personality and connection to his community.
Vibbert spoke at length about the toll that civil asset forfeiture took on him: "It's still a nightmare. It hasn't ended. You would think that it would end, but the problem you have is, you've got people who just don't know the truth, and they assume, 'ok, it's this.' And I worked so hard to build what I had. And the thing is, how they can do that, and get away with it? And they drug me through it. When they finally found out the truth, they didn't stop. They didn't stop! It was just like, 'We don't care.'"
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It's a chilly day so being outside wasn't on the list. I had other things to do instead. I spent the day getting things ready for the grands this weekend. We headed to our son's house to pick up our precious grands. We arrived before Hailey got home from school. As soon as she arrived we loaded up their stuff and headed back home. First on the list was a trip to Wal-mart for Toys! Toby got a new trash truck and motorcycles, Hailey got a new barbie and both got new movies.
then we went to McDonald's for some dinner. We got home and the kids played outside for a bit but it was pretty chilly so we went inside and played with the new toys and then before we knew it was time to get ready for bed. We got Hailey sea turtle earrings for her souvenir and Toby got a Mary Manatee book from our winter trip. Toby enjoyed Papa reading to him.
while Hailey played her DS. Grandma also had to read the book to Toby and before long both were out like a light and so was Papa and Grandma. We had a great time spending our Friday the 13th!

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(Notes taken after receiving the 2017 Alumni Award of Innovative Networking Initiatives)
Berlin. This is the city I have made my stomping ground since my first visit in January of 2006. I have always had different stories of discoveries and affection, and indelibly sweet memories at each encounter. Eleven years after, I realised that I have been visiting this city in an almost average frequency of at least two weeks in a revolution of 300 days within a year! It is a surprise that I am still discovering the city even if I claim that I know her spine, its milestones permanently inscribed in my memory. I have come to learn the history and routes of this city that I could pass for a local guide (actually I did once) and make a living out it.
I have become too familiar with the contours of this place that I feared I would never write any thing, narrative or poem, on the city lest I kill the legend of my love for Berlin. This was the place that I chose as primary location for a Georg Forster research fellowship awarded by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in 2005, which was eventually taken a year after. This was the place where I had my first class experience at studying the German language after an earlier attempt in the city of Stockholm. This too was the place outside of Africa, next to Cambridge, where I would meet an impressive school of literary scholars, historians and linguists doing African Studies at Humboldt University.
This was the city that offered the limitless resources for research in the libraries at Unter den Linden, Postdamer Platz and Invalidenstrasse. Was it not the city that produced encounters with the many streets and corners of the multi/cultural scenes of the city, first from Charlottenburg, through Steglitz, to Wilmersdorf; from Nollendorfplatz, through the many spots at Kreuzberg to Friedrichshain and Wedding, and later to Pankow through Prenzlauer Berg, and back to the very fringes of the centre at Mitte? This is the heart of the land of ideas. Here is a city where the arts intermingle with the sciences and vice-versa. I became a willing partner of the Lyrikline (now Haus für Poesie) project in which I had to introduce Nigerian authors to the growing database of contemporary poets from all continents. At different times, I have played companion or supporter to a host of African (mostly Nigerian) writers including Abdourahman Waberi, Helon Habila, Elnathan John, Abubakar Ibrahim, Emmanuel Sule, Toyin Akinosho, Femi Osofisan, Biodun Jeyifo, Tunde Adeniran, Wole Soyinka and Nadine Gordimer. It is expressly impossible to write all about it, not to talk of remembering all. Berlin is a city that always redefines itself through the seasons; it is a city truly in transformation by each passing day, a work-in-progress that I will simply admit that its exploration is still under way, after one decade and one year!
But this is also the city in which I had to spend days of argument of logic of contract to break away from a killer memorandum which an intern at Vodafone's office on Schlosstrasse got me into, then with little understanding of the technicalities of the rules written in German. My AvH host then – Prof. Dr. Flora Veit-Wild, and another colleague, Dr Christine Matzke – ensured that Vodafone's yoke did not last a month or two of discomfort. Yes, I returned the bill and got back my deposit, because order and the customer's rights ruled. And Berlin was also the place of miracle where my daughter survived an impossible fall from a three-metre high window without anti-burglary casing. The miracle of August 2006 instils in me both the fear and the assurance of the presence of God and the angels when it matters most, all the time.
I remember all in technicolor. And now it seems like my cup of memory has run over because of the single act of an invitation by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation. Actually every great thing starts with an invitation: in 2005, I was invited to take up a research fellowship at the Humboldt University (named after one of the Humboldt Brothers – Wilhelm) in the east side district of Berlin before the fall of the city's historic Wall. Like other Alumni of the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation, I have had unfettered access to the possibilities of continued research tenures sponsored by the AvH. As they say, "once a Humboldtian, always a Humboldtian." As long as you keep striving after excellence in research and you keep at sustaining connections and developing younger scholars, the loop is never-ending.
This year's invitation to the Annual Meeting of the Foundation is both unique and emotional that it is now impossible for me not to remember the many beautiful and miraculous shades of Berlin in my life as scholar and poet and decimal being. In the last week of March 2017, I had received a letter from the General Secretary of the AvH naming me as one of the winners of the AvH Alumni Award for the year. I took that announcement in my stride, and looked forward to the day. Then the day arrived, and I stepped onto the stage with four other scholars, each from Canada, Belarus, Greece and Turkey, to receive the certificate of award for innovative networking initiatives.
When I received that certificate after the brief but captive laudatio, three things happened to me. First, it seemed to me that in the eleventh year of my induction as Humboldt Fellow, I am being asked to continue in the course of my research afresh in and with a different frequency. Secondly, I realised even more that my project is no longer my project: there is a recognition of this gesture of pan-African studies with an intention to extending its scope beyond its announced objective. Thirdly, and related to the previous point, the effort put into the project becomes a model and inspiration to other scholars, especially the younger ones, from Nigeria, Kenya, Cameroon and South Africa, who witnessed the occasion and thereafter wanted to know what it took to win such a prestigious award with an academic research project. These three intimations, together, point at the valuable necessity of being a beacon to others who desire and who work towards excellence and relevance in their various disciplines.
When eventually the special session of the African-German Network for Excellence in Science (AGNES) held on June 29, it was a great opportunity for me to share and feel the passion of other experienced African researchers for the future of the scholarship of the disciplines on the continent, with strategic planning in the present. No doubt, AGNES under the leadership of Heather Marco, Jens Gebauer and Odunayo Adebooye, is doing very well for early career scholars of African nationality.
For sharing in the joy of that brief star-shy moment at the awards night at Technische Universität Berlin, I thank you: Prof. Dr. Susanne Gehrmann and Dr. Pepetual Mforbe Chiangong of Institute of African Studies, Humboldt University; my fellow Humboldt Alumni – Prof. Isidore Diala (Imo State University, Owerri) and Prof. Akin Odebunmi (University of Ibadan); Prof. Odunayo Adebooye, Nigeria's Humboldt Ambassador (Osun State University); the all-African team of Humboldt fellows, and my Berliner friends and families, the Ajayis, Funke and Adeoye Adeniji…
Berlin, my stories of lights, laughters and love come rushing back, and I can only tell one at a time. This Berlin, I know.
Aderemi Raji-Oyelade, or
Remi Raji
June 30, 2017


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Avatar Online Podcast Episode 166 – June 18th 2017
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Nick Turse
On June 19th, the New York Times broke the story in an article headlined "Deals with Iraq Are Set to Bring Oil Giants Back: Rare No-Bid Contracts, A Foothold for Western Companies Seeking Future Rewards." Finally, after a long five years-plus, there was proof that the occupation of Iraq really did have something or other to do with oil. Quoting unnamed Iraqi Oil Ministry bureaucrats, oil company officials, and an anonymous American diplomat, Andrew Kramer of the Times wrote: "Exxon Mobil, Shell, Total and BP along with Chevron and a number of smaller oil companies, are in talks with Iraq's Oil Ministry for no-bid contracts to service Iraq's largest fields."
Finally, after a long five years-plus, there was proof that the occupation of Iraq really did have something or other to do with oil.
The news caused a minor stir, as other newspapers picked up and advanced the story and the mainstream media, only a few years late, began to seriously consider the significance of oil to the occupation of Iraq.
As always happens when, for whatever reason, you come late to a major story and find yourself playing catch-up on the run, there are a few corrections and blind spots in the current coverage that might be worth addressing before another five years pass. In the spirit of collegiality, I offer the following leads for the mainstream media to consider as they change gears from no-comment to hot-pursuit when it comes to the story of Iraq's most sought after commodity. I'm talking, of course, about that "sea of oil" on which, as Deputy Secretary of Defense Paul Wolfowitz pointed out way back in May 2003, the month after Baghdad fell, Iraq "floats."
All the News That's Fit to Print Department
In a June 30th follow-up piece, the Times's Kramer cited U.S. officials (again unnamed) as acknowledging the following: "A group of American advisers led by a small State Department team played an integral part in drawing up contracts between the Iraqi government and five major Western oil companies "
In addition, he asserted, this "disclosure is the first confirmation of direct involvement by the Bush administration in deals to open Iraq's oil to commercial development and is likely to stoke criticism." This scoop, however, reflected none of the evidence — long available — of the direct involvement of Bush administration and U.S. occupation officials in Iraq's oil industry. In fact, since the taking of Baghdad in April 2003, the name of the game has been facilitating relationships between Iraq and U.S.-based and allied Western energy firms when it came to what President Bush used to delicately call Iraq's "patrimony" of "natural resources."
For instance, almost a year ago, the Washington Post's Walter Pincus drew attention to a call by Bush's Commerce Department for "an international legal adviser who is fluent in Arabic 'to provide expert input, when requested' to 'U.S. government agencies or to Iraqi authorities as they draft the laws and regulations that will govern Iraq's oil and gas sector.'" The document went on to state that, "as part of a U.S. government inter-agency process, the U.S. Department of Commerce" would be "providing technical assistance to Iraq to create a legal and tax environment conducive to domestic and foreign investment in Iraq's key economic sectors, starting with the mineral resources sector."
This was no aberration. Back in March 2006, for instance, the U.S. Army issued a solicitation for a two-year contract "to allow any organization or entity to support IRMO [Iraq Reconstruction Management Office] (U.S. Embassy Baghdad) to deliver an effective capacity development program utilizing predominantly U.S. and European firms, universities, institutes and professional organizations for personnel within the Iraqi Ministry of Oil…" This was to include participation in "development programs" offered by "private companies," long-term development through "commercial training entities in the United States and Europe for Oil and Gas specialists from the Ministry of Oil," and the implementation of "joint government-industry activities." Translated out of bureaucratic contract-ese, this meant that the U.S. would pay for programs to, among other things, enhance relationships between the Iraq Oil Ministry and you guessed it foreign firms.
Translated out of bureaucratic contract-ese, this meant that the U.S. would pay for programs to, among other things, enhance relationships between the Iraq Oil Ministry and you guessed it foreign firms.
In October 2006, the Department of Commerce (DOC) put out a call for experts that was nearly identical to the later solicitation discovered by Pincus. They were to aid a program facilitating "the creation of a legal and tax environment conducive to domestic and foreign investment in Iraqs [sic] key economic sectors, starting with the mineral resources sector" and provide "expertise to DOC, to other [U.S. government] agencies, or to Iraqi authorities on creating a legal and tax environment conducive to domestic and foreign investment in Iraqs [sic] oil and gas sector." Such an individual would, in fact, act "as a liaison between [the DOC's technical assistance arm] and key stakeholders in Iraq (such as Iraq's Ministry of Oil, or the oil authorities in Kurdistan)."
In fact, the U.S. Trade and Development Agency notes that, in 2006 and 2007, it funded a "$2.5 million multifaceted training program for the Iraqi Ministry of Oil" to "provide critical knowledge transfer and establish long-term relationships between the U.S. and Iraqi oil and gas industry public and private sector representatives."
It's worth recalling that Iraq's oil bureaucrats, about to receive such "critical knowledge" and "expertise," were not exactly neophytes in the world of oil management. They had effectively managed the Iraqi oil industry from the time the five oil majors now slated to receive those "service contracts" were tossed out of Iraq, when its industry was nationalized in 1972, until the invasion of 2003. They had kept the country's oil infrastructure going even after the disaster of the First Gulf War of 1990-1991, even through all the desperate final years of sanctions against Saddam Hussein's regime…
Nick Turse is the associate editor and research director of Tomdispatch.com. He has written for the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, Adbusters, the Nation, and regularly for Tomdispatch.com. His first book, The Complex: How the Military Invades Our Everyday Lives, an exploration of the new military-corporate complex in America, was recently published by Metropolitan Books. His website, Nick Turse.com has been newly revamped and expanded.
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Previous Challenge Entry (Level 3 - Advanced)
Topic: Funny (10/04/12)
TITLE: Funny Qustions with 'No' Answers | Previous Challenge Entry
By Dr Surya Kumar Daimari
Pretty : Hi John ! You're too late ?
John : So you're angry ? Am I right ?
Pretty : No.
John : Wanna like to have tea or coffee ?
Pretty : No thanks.
John : Wanna like to have cold drink ?
Pretty : No.
John : Some snacks ?
Pretty: No.
John : Like ice-cream ?
Pretty: No.
John : Do you really love me or not ? Can you say No ?
Pretty: No.
John : Do you love me more than Jesus ?
Pretty: No.
John : What's funny ? It's ridiculous !
Pretty: No. Jesus is my Lord and my Savior.
John: That's the prove you love Jesus and not me.
Pretty: So, you love me more than Jesus! Will you say No ?
John: No.
Pretty: You are not born again.
John : Can a man cry under water ?
Pretty: No.
John : Can a dead man cry under the grave ?
Pretty: No.
John : Can a dead man rise again ? Can you say No ?
Pretty: No. Jesus rose again from the dead. He said, "He who believes in
Me will live even though he dies." John 11:25
John : Tell me then you don't want to marry me !
Pretty: No.
John : Tell me then you love me more than Jesus.
Pretty: No
John : Hell ! Tell me your last word.
Pretty: Tell me you love Jesus. I will marry you. I really love you.
John :How you say you love me ?
Pretty: It's simple, because , I love Jesus. Can you say you love me and
Not Jesus ?
John : Oh, NO.
It's a good news that Mr. John has accepted Jesus as his personal Savior and he is going to marry Pretty very soon next winter before Christmas. Just wait for the wedding bell to ring. Mrs. Evangel who was listening to their conversation with much attention and ecstasy called at them and said with a motherly love, " You know, I consider you to be the most beautiful affairs of two hearts being one." She continued, "I remember my pastor asking me a question on my wedding day, 'Will you love your husband more than Jesus?' And do you know what my answer was? My answer was 'YES' but after a moment, I said 'NO'. Everybody in the congregation laughed like anything. I also remember, Mrs. Maria a young lady who suddenly stood up from behind and said interrupting the pastor, ' 'I will love Jesus more and my husband less'…but again after a pause she said, 'I mean , so that I can love my husband more and more'. The whole congregation jerked with a great uproar of laughter so much so that as if the whole church building was going to heave and sway and rock on an earthquake. The pastor appealed the congregation, ' Calm down please , calm down'. He seemed to reform his question again and asked me, 'Is true love possible between husband and wife without loving Jesus? And I answered 'NO' again, but this time more strongly and confidently . The word came out from my mouth all by itself almost spontaneously without any hesitation."
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The steel industry's current hot topic, tight electrode supply and higher pricing, threatens to cut steel output and raise mill costs.
This is leading traders to debate the impact across various steel mills and applications.
Hector Forster
Senior editor
October 17, 2017 10:01 UTC
The steel industry's current hot topic, tight electrode supply and higher pricing, threatens to cut steel output and raise mill costs.
This is leading traders to debate the impact across various steel mills and applications.
Joseph Innace
Platts metals content director, Americas
September 29, 2017 05:01 UTC
President Donald Trump's "Rocket Man" comment at the United Nations September 19 drew all the attention, but lost in the contrails of his speech was a critical matter related to the most basic of human rights — the issue of modern slavery.
Energy, mining, materials and commodities companies, in particular, best take heed — according to Andrew Forrest, the founder and chairman of Australian iron ore miner Fortescue Metals Group. Forrest has been on a mission to root out slavery from his own supply chain.
agriculture, business, coal, commodities, energy, iron, iron ore, metals, mining, oil, production, slavery, steel
Joseph Innace
Platts metals content director, Americas
October 27, 2016 14:15 UTC
Manufacturing happened.
An Austrian company, steelmaker Voestalpine, started making hot-briquetted iron (HBI) — a steelmaking raw material that can be melted like scrap — at a $740 million plant in Corpus Christi, Texas. The 2 million mt/year operation represents the largest investment ever made in the US by an Austrian company.
Mayumi Watanabe
Senior Editor, Metals
August 11, 2016 05:01 UTC
Debate is flaring in Japan's aluminum industry ahead of the fourth quarter contract premium negotiations about the future of term pricing, popularly dubbed as MJP or main Japanese port.
Tom Balcerek
April 27, 2016 14:48 UTC
Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump may be more likely to become the Prince of Promises than the President of the United States. But in the run-up to Tuesday's Pennsylvania's primary election he said something in the southwestern corner of the state that caught our attention. "Steel, we're bringing it back," he told Pittsburghers.
Tom Balcerek
March 25, 2016 05:01 UTC
Real demand is still flat and US steelmakers appear to be facing a "perfect storm" — a good one, this time.
Whether it's Adam Smith's "invisible hand" or some kind of global steel zeitgeist, things are all of a sudden looking great for US mills, just in time for the seasonally strong second quarter.
Joseph Innace
Platts metals content director, Americas
February 4, 2016 14:28 UTC
The Luxembourg Government announced a series of measures on Feb. 3 that will boost asteroid mining and the visionary use of space resources, according to a statement from the country's Ministry of the Economy.
It's the stuff of George Lucas, Jules Verne and James Cameron.
Hector Forster
Senior editor
December 15, 2015 10:35 UTC
Rolling semi-finished steels into bars used for construction is the healthiest steelmaking option available right now, looking at margins.
The Middle East and Eastern Mediterranean region has, like others, succumbed to steel price pressure led by Chinese imports, with low iron ore fines prices aiding competitive billet pricing for re-rolling.
Caribbean, costs, CRC, hrc, iron, iron ore, markets, Middle East, North America, prices, rebar, steel, steel mills
Hector Forster
Senior editor
November 18, 2015 00:01 UTC
Brazilian iron ore miner Samarco's tragic accident and environmental disaster has left a hole in the pellet market, but buyers may not be scrambling for alternatives. The effect on pellet premiums, however, may be helping buttress a sagging market.
Premiums will fall next year, but perhaps not by the same degree on account of Samarco's accident, echoed two pellet buyers.
Tom Balcerek
November 12, 2015 00:01 UTC
The steel industry doesn't have much to cheer about these days. Some recent news items tell the tale:
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"I know you're a closeted sissy. It's obvious. I know you secretly want a big thick cock down your throat. But you won't admit it. You need Bossy Princess Becky to pry your mouth open and bully you with my massive strap-on, until you're ready to choke out your confession. It's time for your face-fucking, little fibber…"
Monthly Archives: September 2017
You Will Always Be Cuckolded in Chastity for Princess Ashleigh
"It's time to reinforce the rules of our relationship. You will NEVER be my boyfriend and you will ALWAYS be in chastity for me. Is that clear to you? Or do I need to use my beauty to weaken you, humiliate you, and enslave you into an even deeper state of helpless obedience to me — and my every sadistic whim?…"
Mistress Kendra Treats You Like the Pathetic Foot Puppy You Are
"Here puppy-puppy! That's right, you know what you are. You are nothing more than a groveling, toe-kissing, heel-sucking puppy for Mistress Kendra. That is exactly how I am going to treat you. And you're going to prove me right by begging to make the puppy squirts into your doggie dish for your Leg Goddess…"
Goddess Vika Uses Panties to Weaken You into Submission to Her
"I know a secret about you. A very embarrassing secret. Panties make you helplessly weak. Goddess Vika is going to use your panty weakness to humiliate you into total submission. To me. So, come on. Time to slide your panties over your tiny little cock for Goddess Vika…"
Your Ultimate Sissy Humiliation Session with Mean Girl Remi
"When I wedge this thick pink cock between your trembling lips, your legs are gonna turn to jelly. After you lube my vibrating dildo, I'm gonna shove it inside your panty crotch to make you cum. And then? Once my cock is dripping with your drool and cum? I'm going to pull your panties down and punish you with it. Hard…"
Princess Tiffani's Spike Heels: Your Gateway Drug to Cocksucking
"I know what the sight of my sexy feet in spike heels does to you. You want to kiss them, lick them, and suck those heels, don't you? Well, once I get you completely addicted to deep-throating my stilettos? I've got you just where I want you: on your knees, ready to suck cock for Princess Tiffani. For real…"


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June 25, 2018
New out of the Brigade Models factory are a trio of support half-tracks for their 15mm Polish forces. The Wilk (Wolf) chassis carries either a pair of tri-barrel AA gatlings, a quad anti-tank missile system or a 12-barreled multiple rocket artillery system.
The Wilk is derived from the Suwalska half-track family, but with a flat-bed rear replacing the former's passenger compartment. The turrets are of Soviet origin, bought in and retro-fitted with indigenous electronics and sensors.
The models can also see service in the Cecach Federal Army, a force from the Forlorn Hope novel and part of the Hammer's Slammers universe.
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It's a night like any other on board the Icarus. Then, catastrophe strikes: the massive luxury spaceliner is yanked out of hyperspace and plummets into the nearest planet. Lilac LaRoux and Tarver Merendsen survive. And they seem to be alone. Lilac is the daughter of the richest man in the universe. Tarver comes from nothing, a young war hero who learned long ago that girls like Lilac are more trouble than they're worth. But with only each other to rely on, Lilac and Tarver must work together, making a tortuous journey across the eerie, deserted terrain to seek help.
- 9780804123457
- 9780804123457
- Category:
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- Format:
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- Publication Date:
- 10-12-2013
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AREA Program, Tech-Fun-Fair, and Silent Auction Requests
The 2017 TriBranch Conference is almost here (June 5-7, 2017). At this time, we are requesting support for three additional programs:
How can you get involved?
There are multiple ways that vendors can get involved with these three wonderful and worthwhile activities.
What is in it for you as a vendor?
AREA Program, Tech-Fun-Fair, and Silent Auction Requests
The 2017 TriBranch Conference is almost here (June 5-7, 2017). At this time, we are requesting support for three additional programs:
- The 2017 AREA Program: This program promotes the benefits and importance of laboratory animal science and biomedical research to high school students and their teachers. This program is being provided with support from PSBR, NJABR, NJ AALAS, DVB AALAS and the 2017 TriBranch Committee.
- The 2017 Tech-Fun-Fair: This program helps our technicians gain a deeper knowledge of the laboratory animal science industry and the products and services available. The Technician Fun Fair offers the opportunity for techs to see the "inner-workings" of our industry and all you have to offer.
- The 2017 Silent Auction: Each year, we rely on our corporate partners who generously donate auction items. These gifts are displayed at individual vendor booths during the conference on Tuesday and are later bid upon by attendees during the cocktail reception. Having a unique item at your table will increase traffic to your booth! This year, proceeds from the Silent Auction will help support the nonprofit organizations NJABR and PSBR - two organizations that greatly appreciate and need our support.
How can you get involved?
There are multiple ways that vendors can get involved with these three wonderful and worthwhile activities.
- AREA Program (Click here to support the AREA Program)
- Answer an "exam" question at your booth for the AREA students as they take a tour of the Exhibit Hall
- Provide promotional items/gifts such as pens, stuffed animals, key chains, etc. (less than $5 value), that can be given to the ~50 AREA students as they tour the Exhibit Hall
- Conduct short demonstrations or interactive opportunities at your booth (less than 5 minutes)
- Tech-Fun-Fair (Click here to support the Tech-Fun-Fair)
- Provide questions for the "Tech Quiz" that attendees will complete
- Donate a prize for the winner of the "Tech Quiz"
- Silent Auction (Click here to support the Silent Auction)
- Donate a value-added prize for auctioning
What is in it for you as a vendor?
- Attract attendee traffic at your vendor tables during the conference (All Programs)
- Pride in realizing you have made a positive impact on the lives of children interested in science and medicine and satisfaction knowing that teachers will use this information to educate more students for years to come (AREA Program)
- Exposure to and interaction with a large number of laboratory animal science technicians who use (or could potentially use) your products (Tech-Fun-Fair)
- Fulfillment knowing that your donation supports such a wonderful event with proceeds going to a great cause (Silent Auction)
- Submission by May 15, 2017: Company will be formally recognized in the Exhibitor Hall as well as related announcements/displays.
- Submission between May 16-29, 2017: Company will be recognized on posters displayed during the conference.
- Submission after May 29, 2017: Support is appreciated; recognition may not be possible


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Gail Pettis photo by Daniel Sheehan
Summer at SAM: Art of Jazz
Olympic Sculpture Park, 2901 Western Ave
This summer the Art of Jazz Series at the Seattle Art Museum's Olympic Sculpture Park continues August 10 with Tarik Abouzied's Happy Orchestra. The 2016 Northwest Alternative Jazz Group of the Year has an action-packed summer of outdoor performances, ramping up to the official release of their new record this fall at the Earshot Jaz Festival. The Art of Jazz series is sponsored by KPLU 88.5 & Earshot Jazz and is part of the Summer at SAM events schedule. Concerts begin at 6pm. Admission is free.
Van Vorst Plaza, 410 Terry Ave N
Now in its third year, the Cornish@Amazon concert series in South Lake Union features a diverse selection of music played by Cornish students, faculty, and alumni. From Latin to contemporary jazz, there's something new every Thursday from June 18 to October 1, 12–1pm.
Upcoming shows feature the A Cedar Suede, with Jamie Maschler (accordion), Harold Belskus (guitar/vocals), Martin Strand (bass), Steve O'Brien (trumpet), Tommy Whiteside (percussion), Joe Eck (drums), and Amanda Fitch (violin), on August 6; guitarist Michael Powers on August 13; The Blackberry Bushes, with Jakob Breitbach (fiddle), Jes Raymond (guitar/vocals), Daniel Ullom (mandolin), Forrest Marowitz (bass), and Alex Genova (banjo), on August 20; and Tomten, with Brian Noyeswatkins (keys/guitar/vocals), Jake Brady (drums), Dillon Sturtevant (bass/vocals/guitar), and Robert Bennett (guitar/vocals), on August 27. Full schedule available at cornish.edu/calendar/visitingartists.
Out to Lunch Series
Now in its 39th year, Downtown Seattle Association's Out to Lunch concert series is bigger than ever, with music every day of the week, and not just at lunch! This free, outdoor series brings live music to 12 downtown locations from July 5 to September 1. All concerts take place from 12-1:30pm, except on Mondays, with late afternoon entertainment from 4:30-6pm. The series presents local favorites including En Canto (August 3, City Hall Plaza), Skerik's Bandalabra (August 9, Union Square), SWOJO with Gail Pettis (August 10, City Hall Plaza), and Grace Love (August 21, Van Vorst Plaza). Full schedule of acts is available at downtownseattle.com/Summer/otl.
Dancing til Dusk
Westlake, Freeway & Occidental Parks
Enjoy dancing outdoors in Seattle parks this summer as part of the Dancing til Dusk series, presenting 13 evenings of free music, dance lessons, and dancing. Free dance lessons will be offered before the main events. The series features artists including gypsy swingers Ranger & the Re-Arrangers (August 1, Westlake Park), a night of tango with the Ben Thomas Quartet (August 3, Freeway Park), a West Coast Swing set with DJ Koichi (August 15, Westlake Park), and many more acts. Dancing begins at 6pm. Full schedule information is available at danceforjoy.biz.
Interbay Golf Center BBQ Jazz
2501 15th Ave W
Every Monday from mid-July to mid-August brings BBQ and jazz to Interbay Golf Center. The series wraps up August 7 with the vocal stylings of Northwest favorite Gail Pettis. Concert seating starts at 5pm, music at 5:30pm. No charge, no reservations, first come, first served. More at premiergc.com/-bbq-jazz.
Summer Concerts at Ballard Locks
3015 NW 54th St
This long-running series on the grounds of the beautiful botanical gardens and bustling Ballard Locks features an eclectic mix of performances ranging from big band and blues to Brazilian samba and Latin-funk fusion, and, this year, celebrates the Centennial of the Locks with a jam-packed summer. Happening Saturdays and Sundays, 2pm, in August, all shows are free to the public. The 2017 series includes: Ballard Sedentary Sousa Band, August 6; Pacific Cascade Big Band, August 12; MachOne Jazz Orchestra, August 13; Microsoft Jumpin' Jive Orchestra, August 19; and many more acts. Full lineup at ballardlocks.org.
Free Blues & Cool Jazz
Freeway Park, 700 Seneca St
Every Sunday, from July 9 through August 27, Seattle Parks & Recreation and Freeway Park Association present this free series, where attendees can listen to the raw sounds of electric blues or sway to some lively jazz in an urban oasis. Though the series is all-ages, there is also a beer garden available to audience members 21+. The first show of the month finds the Delvon Lamarr Organ Trio, led by one of the Northwest's premier B-3 musicians, on August 6. The series winds down with Pearl Django on August 13, Lady A on August 20, and Big Road Blues on August 27. Full information at facebook.com/FreeBluesCoolJazzatFreewayPark.


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Express. Home of the Daily and Sunday Express.
Man Utd left fuming after £20m Mats Hummels blow
MANCHESTER UNITED'S reported move for Germany's Mats Hummels looks to be over after he was appointed Borussia Dortmund captain.
Reports claimed that Louis Van Gaal was eager to add Hummels to his ranks after seeing club stalwarts Nemanja Vidic and Rio Ferdinand depart on free transfers.
Despite plotting a £30million move for Chelsea target and Roma star Mehdi Benatia, the Dutchman was ready to offer Dortmund £20million for their prized defensive asset.
However, a switch for Hummels this summer is likely to be over as reports in Germany claim that Jurgen Klopp has made the 25-year-old his new skipper.
Hummels is the new @bvb captain, Reus vice-captain (via @Matthias_aus_do)— Raphael Honigstein (@honigstein) August 10, 2014
I can still feel the effects of my injury from the World Cup
The former Bayern Munich youngster was believed to be attracting the interests of his old club, as well as United and Barcelona, but looks set to stay with Dortmund this summer as he recovers from an injury picked up at the World Cup.
He told Bild: "I can still feel the effects of my injury from the World Cup final, but it is nothing serious.
"[The captaincy?] That's up to the coach. I would love it but am accustomed to taking responsibility even without the captaincy."


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Wed, 5 October 2016
Three years, baby!!!! We've been doing this silly podcast for three years and to celebrate, we covered the major X-Men and Marvel Comics story, Days of Future Past, written by Chris Claremont and pencilled by John Byrne.Tim talked about Three by Kieron Gillen, Ryan Kelly, and Jordie Bellaire from Image comics.
Marc read All-Star Batman #1 by Scott Snyder and John Romita, Jr., Our Fighting Forces #150 by Archie Goodwin and Ed Davis, and Green Arrow #s 4 & 5 by Benjamin Percy and Juan Ferreyra, all from DC Comics. Thanks for sticking with us for three years and here's to seventeen more!!!!
The episode is unofficially sponsored by giant gold medals.
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Minutes of meeting 10 October 2017
Coleridge Families
Meeting Minutes 10 October 2017
Attendees from the Committee and School:
Elizabeth Mackie (Chair), Nikki McNamara (Class Rep Coordinator), Leon Choueke (Head), Andy Day, Helene Fauquet, Lesley Muir, Eva Gonzalez, Katie Colton, Sarah Wiley, Alan Midgley. Jessie Turner, Francesca Iannaccone, Peter Bacon-Darwin
Not present: Peter Salerno, Kit Bhatti, Lucy Davies, Susie Cottee, Claire Brown, Claire Slater, Mel Solomou, Ana-Maria Volaric, Nora Ghanem, Jo Holmes, Claire Wright, Sam James, Sam Scott, Keren Amiran, Aurelie Monsaingeon, Andrea Voros, Nina Job, Suz Cocksedge, Morinade Akinbobola
NMN said the following events are scheduled, Halloween Disco, Xmas Cards, Silent Disco. A movie night is being considered. What month needs to be decided and whether there will be 2 film showings and to source a film that suits all ages. Should there be a BBQ outside, weather dependent?
NMN reported that last year's Carol singing in the Town Hall Square was not worth the effort given the very small amounts raised for Shelter from passers by. If it is to be done again it should remain at the school with hot chocolate on sale and to include to the two school choirs. Y3 reps would discuss the proposal with choir leaders.
A 'staff appreciation day' is to be scheduled, parents would bring in cakes and fruit platters for teachers, once a term.
Alan said LC or NG should approach the Indonesian Embassy to come in and create an event in the school, shadow puppets and food. He had been at an event there recently and they were keen to reach out to schools to tell them about Indonesia and Indonesian culture.
SW suggested the idea of a Sporting challenge charity bike ride. Destination needs to be decided between UK or Europe. Possibly finishing at Finsbury Park getting the kids involved with the last stretch of the race. A small group of keen cyclist parents had been approached and SW would report back on what they thought would work best.
EM to talk to Kate Wells regarding the Bees project and what they need.
LC is talking to Haringey Council in relation to historical poorly done works within the Coleridge grounds and is going to ask them to fund the works to remediate them. On the wider grounds project his proposal is to involve both the parents and kids. He proposed a three part consultation for the plan with staff, parents/carers and children, spanning out in phases. By getting the kids involved he hopes to reinforce the school's philosophy of respect and responsibility. Parents are to be asked in case they have landscape gardening experience etc. The staff had already started the triage of the grounds: the millennium garden and some of the tarmac areas are the worst. The plan would be developed in phases with each one separately costed.
There will be a parent's surgery beginning next half term. There has been a different approach in the way some of the parents who use the grounds a lot after school are approached ie: leaflets and notice boards instead of emails which LC reported having a positive impact. Face to face chats as well.
On the Halls Project side LC said a deal with LAGAD was nearly secured for renting out the Halls. A Summer scheme was discussed but there is a clash with the Coleridge Summer sports camp. It is important to get the space looking more presentable to maximise lettings. Marketing the hall could use platforms such as Twitter & Facebook and some new photographs need to be included. SC said her brother maybe able to help with a brochure. Alan suggested that turn away business from HTH could be investigated. LC said when the Halls start to be rented out on a regular basis he is thinking of recruiting a 3rd site manager for weekends and evenings.
LM and NM reported that the sponsorship agreement with Martyn Gerrard for 17/18 was almost finalised as agreed in the last meeting. A further wrap up meeting was scheduled which NM and SW would attend. A View opticians had also approached school about a potential partnership.
The latest accounts were distributed and it was confirmed that the donations to the LEF (and related Gift Aid) would be transferred across to the school for the light board purchases approved at the last meeting.
EM said there was £16k currently available to spend. LC said priority spending was to finish off the Halls project. The floor needs repair circa £13k and bespoke storage (by Paul and Darren) at circa £3k. LC said that funds had been spent on Adrian coming back for the school play. Year groups would be allocated approx. £30 for costumes.
The meeting agreed that these funds would be available for this purpose and the next phase of fundraising would then be able to be focused on the grounds.
The AGM would be the next meeting and will be on Monday 13 November at 7.15pm.
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Camping as it used to be! Small, quiet, friendly, on a working sheep farm. Level field with beautiful views all round. Two good pubs with excellent food close by. Camp fires allowed. New 2017 - yurt.
Low Greenside Farm
Small, quiet, friendly, we only take up to 30 people at a time. Very spacious pitches, lots of room in between, in a level field with beautiful views all around.
At the foot of the Howgill Fells for long walks or mountain biking. Lovely countryside in all directions. There's a choice of circular hill or valley walks from the farm and a little walking guide and map on sale if you need one. Lots of other info on walks, bike rides, and things to do is available at the campsite.
Two very nice local pubs with riverside gardens, 10 minutes walk from the campsite. Both serve excellent food and real ales.
Campsite facilities are simple, pleasant and very clean. Hot showers included in price.
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Skip to comments.Rosies Ex Mother-In-Law Claims Stars Late Ex-Wife Didnt Get To See Daughter Dakota (suicide)
Posted on 11/30/2018 7:21:40 PM PST by simpson96
Rosie ODonnell Opens a New Window. s ex mother-in-law claims the comedians late ex-wife didnt get to see her daughter before her shocking death, RadarOnline.com can exclusively report.
Gayla Rounds, mother of the late Michelle Rounds Opens a New Window. , who was married to ODonnell for three years, suggested her daughter was heartbroken over missing Dakota.
Your heart couldnt take the fact that you couldnt see our sweet Dakota, Gayla wrote on her Instagram.
ODonnells ex committed suicide on September 11, 2017. As Radar readers know, Michelle and the former talk show host adopted Dakota years ago.
The two endured a nasty custody battle Opens a New Window. that resulted in ODonnell receiving full custody of Dakota.
On Instagram, Gayla painted a grim picture of Michelles life before her death. Her mother claimed Dakota didnt know who Michelle was.
(Excerpt) Read more at radaronline.com ...
I have no words for this that would be healing
May the daughter find Jesus
I'd probably commit suicide too if I had seen Rosie naked.
No need for any action your part. You would just drop dead if you saw her naked.
So you're telling me Rosie was not the father?
Can you imagine waking up to someone like Rosie. I'd rather just buy one of those Real Dolls.
Rosie ODonnell Opens a New Window. s ex mother-in-law claims the comedians late ex-wife didnt get to see her daughter before her shocking death, RadarOnline.com can exclusively report.
Here's a passage you can critique to your heart's content, BBEB!
Rosie naked?? Ugh...I'd commit suicide too...
I would have predicted hysterical blindness, but your way makes sense, too.
What a convoluted headline. What did the ex-brother in-laws wifes sisters boyfriend think about the situation?
None of this is correct.
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A Registration Fee is payable when registering for the first time in a category, e.g. Professional Valuer, Professional Associated Valuer or Candidate Valuer. An Annual Fee is payable within 60 days of the date of registration and thereafter annually within 60 days from 01 April. A notice stating the amount payable will be issued in each case.
May a person register under the name of the company that employs him/her?
No, the Act provides for the registration of natural persons only.
What is the difference between the SA institute of Valuers and the SA council for the property valuers profession?
The Institute is a voluntary association to which any suitably qualified person can belong and its objectives are centered around the interests of its members. Other voluntary associations are Black Valuers Association, Professional Valuers Association and Black Professional Valuers Association.
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Why do registered persons have to pay a levy to the Council for the Built Environment ("CBE"), and what does the CBE do for the registered persons?
The CBE is an overarching statutory body coordinating the activities of the professions in the built environment and it also acts as an appeal body in respect of certain decisions by the Council. It has been established by section 2 of the Council for the Built Environment Act No. 43 of 2000. All registered persons of the other five Councils pay the CBE levy as per CBE Act.
What is the difference between a professional valuer and a professional associated valuer?
A professional valuer is a person who has complied with the practical experience requirements for registration as set out in item 5(a) of Annexure C.1 to the Rules for the Property Valuers Profession, 2008, and has passed the admission examination for professional valuers referred to in item 1(a) of that Annexure.
A professional associated valuer without restrictions is a person who has complied with the practical experience requirements for registration as set out in item 5(b) of Annexure C.1 to the Rules for the Property Valuers Profession, 2008, and has passed the admission examination for professional valuers referred to in item 1(b) of that Annexure.
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Have the prescribed examinations for registration as a professional been recognised overseas?
Not as yet.
What are the requirements for registration of a person holding a foreign qualification?
See "Registration of Foreign Valuers".
Does the property valuers profession act, 2000, apply in neighbouring and other foreign countries?
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When does the council cancel a registered person's registration and what must he/she do to be re-registered?
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'The Good Life' opens with dark sounds suited to A Clockwork Orange but quickly bounces back to dance-pop and Rose's very high-level production. Writing of her aspiration to leave the family home and start searching the world for her own piece of the elusive 'Good Life', this track is as catchy as any dance party anthem but somewhat understated by Rose's reserved indie vocals. Mastered in London with award winning engineer Matt Colton (James Blake, Coldplay… what??), 'The Good Life' follows her awesome debut EP in 2012, Crystallise.
Get along to one of her spectacular live shows at Bigsound or the OutsideIn Festival:
Wednesday 11 September – Bigsound, Brisbane
Thursday 12 September – Bigsound Showcase at Bakery Lane, Brisbane
Saturday 21 September – OutsideIn Festival, Sydney


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With the close of Google Reader drawing near, it's now more important than ever to find a suitable replacement – if you haven't already. If you like to read your feeds on the Web, you may have already found a replacement since there are lists popping up everywhere with the best alternatives, but what about desktop alternatives? Well, if you prefer to read RSS feeds on your desktop, this list is for you.
One of the benefits to using a desktop reader is that many of them have their own built-in browser, so you won't need to have your browser open while using them. Another benefit is that many also work offline. Even though you'll need to be online to sync your feeds, you can read as long as you want offline. This is great if you have a laptop because you can keep up with your feeds wherever you go, even when you don't have Internet access.
The following are some of the best ways to read RSS feeds on your Mac desktop.
1. RSS Notifier
RSS Notifier gives you three different ways to view your RSS feeds: in a color sidebar, from your menu bar, and within the Notification Center. It includes a built-in subscription manager, making it easy to add and remove RSS feeds; you can also customize the notifications for each subscription. Adding feeds is really easy and can be done via the feed URL or by using the search bar.
One thing about RSS Notifier is that it does not have its own built-in viewer, so when you click on an item, it will open in your default browser. If you are transitioning from Google Reader, there is an OPML importer to make it a smooth process.
Download | Free
2. Mixtab Pro
Mixtab Pro is a fairly new and unique RSS reader that looks similar to the popular service Pulse; it's perfect for those who prefer images over plain text. Mixtab Pro displays an image for each article as well as the headline and source. Along with keyboard shortcuts, you can also use gestures (swipe left or right) to move from page to page.
Mixtab also lets you create public "Tabs," which is simply a group of RSS feeds. If you share a Tab, it will be displayed in the public Gallery for others to see and subscribe to; likewise, you can browse the gallery and subscribe to the Tabs that you choose. When you're ready to say "goodbye" to Google Reader, OPML file importing is also supported.
Download | $4.99
3. Feedy
Feedy, not to be confused with Feedly, is a stylish reader with some unique features. It supports Readability so that you can read your feed items in a clean, clutter-free environment. It also integrates with the Notification Center, so you'll know about each new item.
Unfortunately, Feedy does not yet support OPML importing, so you'll have to manually resubscribe to each feed – which is a huge pain. However, it may be worth it once you read more about its features.
What you'll probably love most about Feedy is its ability to rate all items in your feeds. This way, Feedy will know what the top stories are and will highlight them so that you won't miss anything important. You can also sort your items by popularity rating. Additionally, you can choose to only receive the top stories for each feed and ignore the rest. If you're getting too many items from a feed, just let Feedy know how many you'd like to receive, and it will reduce the amount accordingly.
Download | $2.99
4. ReadKit
ReadKit is a popular "read later" client for Mac that lets you read items from Instapaper, Pocket, Readability, Pinboard, and Delicious on your desktop. Recently it has also added RSS support and lets you connect with Fever (a self-hosted RSS service) and NewsBlur. Alternately, you can also use its built-in RSS capabilities to add or import the feeds that you're already subscribed to (via OPML.
If you're someone who uses most of the above-mentioned services, ReadKit is the perfect app for you. With its easy-to-use interface, you can move, add, archive, and even mark items as favorites; smart folders are also supported for automated filing. There's even a built-in browser and it works offline; so no matter where you go you can read your feeds and any articles that you've saved for later.
Download | $4.99
5. LuckNews
LuckNews is a fast and simple RSS reader that includes folders, search, full screen mode, and integration with Notification Center. You can also use gestures to swipe back and forth between articles. It has been enhanced for retina display. Plus, with offline mode you won't miss a thing.
It has been noted (in a customer review) that the developer responds quickly to feedback and suggestions. If there's something wrong or missing, help may be on the way quicker than expected. LuckNews lets you import feeds via OPML, and if you'd like to read your content in another language, it can do that too!
Download | Free
6. NewsBar RSS Reader
NewsBar is a unique, RSS reader that is described as "the fast-updating iCloud newsreader." This is because it can automatically sync your feeds across devices (if you're using the iPhone app) via iCloud. NewsBar delivers your feeds in a sidebar on your desktop, which includes smooth animations and adjustable opacity. Plus, it uses a very low amount of memory and CPU, which is great if you don't have much of it to spare!
You can add new feeds quickly via drag-and-drop. Once you find an item that you want to read, simply click on it to bring up a popup window right on your desktop. Double clicking an item will open it up in your default browser. NewsBar is extremely customizable and includes many other features like integration with Notification Center, Twitter RSS feed support, OPML importing, Spaces support, menu bar mode, and much more.
Download | $4.99
7. Leaf RSS Reader
As a user of Leaf, I can vouch for how great it is. Not only is it beautiful, but it's also fast, smooth, and minimalistic. The app itself can be embedded, or you can let it float on your desktop. Leaf lets you save items to Pocket, Readability, and Instapaper; so if you don't have time to read something now, you can just save it for later. Leaf also support gestures. For instance, you can swipe to mark an item as read/unread.
Since Leaf has built-in reading abilities, you can quickly preview an article and then share and/or star it. There is Notification Center integration so that you can see each new item that comes in. Since Leaf is from the same makers as RSS Notifier (mentioned above), it includes the same subscription manager that lets you add new feeds via search or URL. You can also hide feed notifications on an individual basis. Feeds can also be imported and exported via OPML.
Download | $4.99
Which One Is For You?
By now you're probably trying to figure out just which application is best for you. If price is a factor, then the obvious choice is RSS Notifier, but if you also want a built-in browser then LuckNews is the better option. However, if price doesn't matter, then you have a harder decision to make. Ultimately it all depends on the features you're looking for and how you like to read. Hopefully, this list will help you with this decision.
Let us know which RSS reading app you're using on your desktop in the comments below.
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Peckham MC Pinty rolls back to summer days on his King Krule-produced new track "Tropical Bleu".
The distorted keys melody and clapping beat is a blissful reminder of the long summer days that already seem a lifetime ago. King Krule produces the warped beat, working under his DJ JD Sports alias.
Pinty's verses emphasise the alluring tone of the lethargic dancefloor offering, bouncing through bursts of nostalgic and distorted west coast hip-hop melodies, and bringing it back to the concrete jungle of London with his playfully poetic flows.
Offering a short take on his new track, Pinty says, "It's a journey in my fast moving shoes thru this decaying city I love so much."
Pinty's new offering is taken from his forthcoming debut EP City Limits.


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There can be no doubt that Australia is looming larger and larger on the Indian horizon. Speaking personally, thanks to my participation with the LAFIA2008 — Leading Australia's Future in Asia-Pacific — delegation in July, I have gained an increased appreciation of the issues that will draw Australia and India into a deeper strategic and economic relationship.
I discovered a great resource which paints the big picture regarding the future of the Australia-India relationship with ease. It is The Fifth Sir John Crawford Lecture, 2008 titled 'Australia, India and Asian Integration: Building upon the East Asia Summit' by Prof Peter Drysdale, Crawford School of Economics and Government, The Australian National University, on 3rd April 2008 in New Delhi. (pdf download of the lecture.)
Drysdale says "that India and Australia are on the cusp of an historic opportunity for sharing a new, much more important relationship in the future than we have shared in the past." He notes that India's externally oriented reforms are driving India's economic integration with the world and has regional and global implications.
India's continued growth and industrialization is forging a relationship between Australia and South Asia that, 10 or 20 years hence, is likely to match the well-established relationship with East Asia.
All this is changing fundamentally the stature of our bilateral relationship and the priority that it must now attract. The context of that change is the emergence of the Indian economy and the opportunity for integration of the South and East Asian economies, including Australia.
He goes on to talk about the policies and strategies required for realizing the potential gains from this opportunity.
I look at development with microeconomic lenses. So I would like to quote an excerpt from his talk which especially resonates with me.
Good microeconomic policy is at the heart of the process of domestic reform and liberalisation that delivers better economic outcomes and drives effective international integration, both in real and financial markets. In seeking remedies for the under-realisation of trade and investment potential as well as superior strategies for economic integration, we need to look at, but also well beyond, trade and trade policy (or border) measures and focus on domestic reform and liberalisation (behind-the-border) measures. Domestic reforms that strengthen commodity, financial and factor markets through increased competition and efficiency now have much more important effects in promoting growth through economic integration than traditional trade policies at the border.
This emphasis on domestic reforms is important and is consistent with the view that Prof Pranab Bardhan expressed in my conversation with him. (See "Walking around the Indian elephant" and "Reforms do not address the anxieties of the general population.")
East Asia Forum
Prof Drysdale co-edits a blog on politics, economics and public policy in East Asia and the Pacific, titled "East Asia Forum". About the EAF:
The blog is run out of the East Asian Bureau of Economic Research (EABER) housed in the Crawford School of Economics and Government. Contributors are from the Crawford School, across the Australian National University and other regional institutions in EABER. Content includes Australian, East Asian and Asia Pacific region perspectives, with guest bloggers from right around the region.
Prof Andrew MacIntyre of ANU's Crawford School introduced me to Prof Drysdale. Now I have a guest blog post on EAF. How cool is that? 🙂
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Thursday January 31 2019
Postal workers put up with a lot. We face harassment, bullying and overwork all too frequently. Some of us were expected to deliver racist, anti-Semitic, and sexist material in a publication called Your Ward News, but workers stood up and put a stop to it.
Justice Richard Blouin has just found two individuals who published that material guilty of promoting hatred against women and Jews. This publication, delivered in the Toronto area, shocked recipients and our members.
The judge said "if what they were doing didn't amount to willful hate promotion, nothing would" and found they had "repeatedly and consistently dehumanized Jews and women". Their paper asserted hateful anti-Semitic imagery, and violent and extremely disrespectful depictions of women all of which is just unacceptable.
One can imagine that any decent person would have a problem delivering hate. Think of how sisters and Jewish members felt having to process and deliver up to 300,000 copies of material attacking their very gender and identity?
Employer Allows Hate
Proactive postal workers sprang into action to stop it. No one should be required to peddle hatred as part of daily work. They repeatedly brought this problem to the attention of management. Canada Post Corporation determined at first that they "[did] not believe the delivery of Your Ward News constitutes a danger" and that its distribution was protected by "free speech." Our members knew that was wrong.
CUPW Campaign Coordinator Derek Richmond joined with others from the community to form a group called "Stamp Out Hate". They took this to an independent Board of Review. In November 2018 Federal Public Services and Procurement Minister Carla Qualtrough instructed Canada Post that this publication can no longer be distributed as unaddressed admail.
Action Gets Results
Those actions, and the decency of CUPW members with support in the community, got results! When we stand for the right thing, solidly lobby governments and employers, and engage with our communities, we make a real difference. Today there is less promotion of hatred to be found in our mailboxes.
The work for equality is not over. Hatred appears in less visible forms. It shows up in hidden biases and the legacy of white privilege in a colonized land. Such privileges serve to divide and conquer working people, and promote violence against vulnerable groups.
Free speech does not include the right to promote hate. The federal government did the right thing in barring Canada Post from delivering Your Ward News, and the publishers' criminal conviction confirms that as the right decision.
The workers that pushed back on Your Ward News have done all of us a great service and we should take pride in that. They deserve our gratitude. Equality and respect do not occur by wishful thinking or by accident. It takes perseverance and collective action.
We celebrate and commend all those workers who refused to accept this trash as anything other than hate material and scored one for justice.
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Combining an inexpensive (under $15) USB webcam with free VLC media player software, it is simple to add password-protected internet streaming video for remote users to any lab. VLC includes the ability to capture from a local webcam, transcode the video data, and stream the video over the web. It's available for OS/X, Unix, Linux, and Microsoft systems.
Hint: Video formats are confusing. Even video professionals have a tricky time figuring out the standards and compatibility issues. Today's web browsers also have limitations in what they can display (mime types and such) — which simply means both sides need to use VLC. Figuring all this out using the VLC documentation takes some work. Transcoding the video is required and a proper container must be used to encapsulate both video and audio. Once debugged, it's good to go.
Here's how it worked in the lab:
See the setup below to get it running.
- First, get a USB webcam (definitely under $20), & install it on the local machine.
- Second, install VLC software on the local machine and the remote machines.
- Third, verify the webcam is compatible with the operating system by viewing the capture window locally in VLC: Open VLC and choose File->Open Capture Device.. Then select the USB webcam, do some fiddling around, and get a good picture. Repeat as necessary until this is working locally (especially on Microsoft systems, usually involving repeatedly rebooting, etc). If there are problems here, then perhaps that webcam isn't supported yet by the operating system, so forget it; alternatively, buy an older webcam (used or dusty) since the operating system is more likely to support older equipment.
- Now set up the webcam for streaming as follows, since the local capture is OK:
VLC is configurable via the GUI or via command line. Using the GUI can be handy, though for quick setup, nothing beats the command prompt. The script below will need some customization as noted, and it assumes the local machine is Microsoft Windows running cygwin.
#!/bin/sh "/cygdrive/c/Program Files/VideoLAN/VLC/vlc" \ dshow:// :dshow-vdev="UVC Video Camera" :dshow-size=640x480 \ --dshow-chroma=MJPG --dshow-fps=30 \ --dshow-caching=500 \ :sout='#transcode{vcodec=mp2v,vb=10,fps=30,scale=1,width=640,height=480,acodec=none}:std{access=http,mux=ts,dst=0.0.0.0:8090}' \ --sout-http-mime=application/x-vlc-plugin \ --sout-http-user=$USER \ --sout-http-pwd=$PASSWORD
Set the PASSWORD environment variable in the environment; this provides network security. Replace the name of the webcam with the name displayed when viewing the camera device locally with VLC (as in the prior step above). Change the vb= parameter, which is in kb/sec, to suit the network; I use 10 or 20, to limit the bandwidth required. Most importantly, add the -vvv option when debugging, as this will show device errors (such as what size or framerate the device supports): the dshow parameters all refer to Microsoft's driver framework and may need tweaking depending on the device.
The remote users run VNC, then select File -> Open Network.. with the address of the machine at port 8090, as in:
The transcode options for changing the video codec or audio codec to different combinations isn't straightforward, as video codecs, audio codecs, and containers are a hairy business; similarly with the MIME type. The above example doesn't include audio yet, though this webcam has a microphone. I have yet to hook that up. It's also possible (according to the docs) to connect multiple webcams into a single video stream — to create a video tiling effect — that's something I'll try soon as well, with multiple angles on the bio-robot.
Another option is displaying text (marquees) such as current system time, etc. I tried a bit of that; not sure it works when streaming (the docs have conflicting information currently), although it seems the marquee would be set up as a filter, with the filter included in the transcoding options.
A cool setup for a $15 webcam! Now I hope someone out there can suggest some simple plans for adding optics, for a streaming-webcam-microscope conversion..


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This screen enables you to view and change the times that each employee clocked in and clocked out. In some cases you may need to manually add or edit an employee's time card. Typically this is because an employee forgot to clock-in or clock-out. The list is sorted with the most recent date first.
To open the Manage Time Cards screen, click on Employees on the Tool Bar and select Manage Time Cards from the drop-down.
Adding a Time Card Record
Click "Add New Timecard" and a blank field will appear with a drop-down arrow so that you may select the employee for the Time Card record. You will enter a date and time in the "Clock In" and "Clock Out" Fields. Finish by selecting "Add Timecard".
Editing a Time Card Record
You may use this screen to manually edit the employee's existing time cards. Locate the record that you wish to edit and click the edit button . Change the date or time, and then confirm the changes.
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I just got a 7D and have been testing it out. One thing I have noticed is some pretty severe banding even at ISO 100. The attached photo is a 100% crop shot at ISO 100. I shot it raw and opened it in lightroom 3 with just the default settings (no change to exposure, fill light, recovery, black point, contrast, etc).
I might expect something like this at ISO 3200 or 6400... but 100?
(In case it's not obvious, I'm looking at the discolored band in the midtones that runs along the shadow to the left of her face)
Also, the noise in out of focus areas is very large and blotchy, like an oil painting or something. I see this at pretty much all ISO settings. This really doesn't seem right. Did I get a lemon?
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Papua New Guinea's tourism industry says the country's regional hubs need to grow so that communities can benefit.
The Director-General for PNG's Office of Tourism, Arts and Culture, Marianna Ellingson, said her country is set to open its first 5-star hotel to help service a growing conference market, but she's concerned that the tourist dollar trickles down.
She said the government should partner with large hotels to run hospitality schools.
Ms Ellingson said the country must promote and help develop its tour operators, who are crucial to delivering tourists to communities.
"The marriage between product development and tour packages is also a very very important aspect and that's the sort of connection that you want to create that brings the tourist and the community together."
Marianna Ellingson says she's heartened by the Air Niugini flights from Brisbane to Alotau which are set to start in October and help market Milne Bay as a tourist hub.


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We humans have a complicated relationship with our elderly. At times they're admired, even celebrated, usually for their wisdom or success. Often, however, they're brushed aside when they become more dependent and less productive. While we cherish those qualities in our young, we recoil, despite ourselves, when the same traits manifest in older generations. We don't always know how to best care for senior citizens; we're not quite comfortable with the reminder of what we are to become.
So too do we find it unsettling when our companion animals are no longer healthy puppies or even agile adults. But when their mobility declines and their senses dim, we — most of us — do our best to navigate this new territory. We savor the time we have with them. We spare no expense for their comfort.
Some pets, however, meet a different fate. When medical treatment becomes too expensive or care too intensive, when they are no longer a reliable watchdog or loyal running mate, when they become, in essence, a burden, they are turned out of their homes and abandoned. It is those discarded dogs to which Ulla Pedersen tends.
Eldercare and hospice
Kindred Spirits Animal Sanctuary occupies a quiet four acres off a semi-main artery outside Santa Fe, New Mexico. The day I visit is typical high desert: bright sun, clear skies. Pedersen, who I'd never met in person before, greets me with a hug. As she walks me around the grounds, she explains how her lifelong love of animals — she grew up on a farm in Denmark — and her years in the nursing profession somehow fused to form this eldercare and hospice sanctuary.
Several of the dogs follow us around the property, including Eskaya, an elderly Lab mix. Though she'd had no urgent health issues, she'd been surrendered by her family to the county shelter at age 15. At her size, even a dog half her age is considered old. The shelter staff knew she wasn't exactly a likely adoption candidate. They called Pedersen who promptly came for her.
With her soft eyes and graying muzzle, Eskaya is clearly not a puppy. Nor is she infirm or sickly. She's simply old. Happy. Healthy. Alert. And old. I mention to Pedersen how inspiring it is to see a big 15-year-old dog thriving and so energetic. Oh she came to us four years ago, Pedersen clarifies. Eskaya is a hearty 19-year-old now.
At any one time, Kindred Spirits is home to three horses, 70 birds and fowl, and 20 dogs — but these aren't absolute numbers, Pedersen tells me. Maximum occupancy is based on how much individual attention — not space — she can ensure each animal. Every single one needs to feel he or she is wanted. And though some do arrive with serious medical issues, for most, feeling wanted is the only treatment necessary.
Thriving on the ordinary
Life is as uncomplicated and predictable as Pedersen can make it here among the barns and sunflowers — at least for the animals. Meals, exercise, brushing and cuddling, and siestas occur at the same time each day. There's healing in the routine, Pedersen knows. Comfort in the familiar. And while it's not unusual for her to take in animals requiring round-the-clock care, the goal is not to keep them alive no matter what their condition. It's to provide quality of life until that's no longer possible. When it's time to go, euthanasia is performed by a veterinarian, in peaceful surroundings and among loved ones.
The sanctuary receives literally hundreds of calls each month from people looking to surrender their elderly dogs. I quickly do crude calculations in my head and realize that Pedersen could fill and refill the place several times over each week with animals in need. She takes every phone call, knowing that sometimes, the answers and advice she provides are enough to keep a dog in its current home. People are convinced that she can provide a better life for their aging pets. But Pedersen tells them that the best thing, nearly always, is for the animals to remain in the environment they know with the people they love.
And how often do dogs get adopted here? I ask her.
These animals aren't up for adoption, Pedersen says.
But don't you want to make room for more? So many need rescue…
Our first priority is providing comfort and relief, be that physical or emotional, to those who are here, Pedersen explains. When these animals arrive, they've already been through so much. They're scared, they don't know who to trust. Some of them are blind or deaf or — both. But soon they know this is a safe place. They won't go hungry or neglected. Once they're here, they don't have to adjust to someplace new ever again. No more changes, no more surprises. They are home.
From abandoned to adored
Beatrice is the latest addition to Kindred Spirits and, in the few hours I spend there, has managed to become my favorite. She was found on the side of the road — apparently dumped and left to fend for herself. Pedersen thinks she's about 14, and the shy, skinny dog is still getting her bearings, still proving herself to the more boisterous veterans.
I try to imagine what it would be like to be left in the middle of nowhere, no shelter, no food or water, not a familiar soul around. I imagine wandering for days, hungry and confused. And then I think about how much more frightening it would be if I were old. Less resilient. Less strong. Vulnerable to the elements and to other animals, both human and predatory.
No one should have to endure that, I think as Beatrice drifts from Pedersen to me and back again. She accepts our affection with tentative but unmistakable joy. I want to tell Pedersen that the world needs more humans like her, but even from our short acquaintance, I know she'd dismiss the compliment. Instead I say that we need more sanctuaries like Kindred Spirits. Pedersen reaches down to stroke her newest resident, as if to assure her it will all be ok. Beatrice seems to understand.
For more information or to make a donation to the sanctuary, check out kindredspiritsnm.org.