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Events marking the 2007 European Heritage Days
The events marking the 2007 European Heritage Days took place in the framework of the Serbian Chairmanship of the Council of Europe's Committee of Ministers on Friday 21 September in Belgrade during a ceremony at the Terazije Theatre. A number of cultural events in heritage settings marked the occasion.
An International Round Table on "Common heritage in Europe on the move - adding values to the development potential of European regions" was organised in the morning of Friday 21 September at the House of the National Assembly, to showcase the joint Council of Europe/European Commission experience on heritage rehabilitation projects as a contribution to the improvement of the quality of life of citizens, as enshrined in the Faro Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society. The Round Table focused on the Regional Programme for Cultural and Natural Heritage in South East Europe (RPSEE). At the end of the Round Table, Serbia signed 3 Council of Europe Heritage Conventions (Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society, European Convention on the Protection of the Archaeological Heritage (revised) and European Landscape Convention). Montenegro also signed the Framework Convention on the Value of Cultural Heritage for Society.
Radmila Hrustanovic, Deputy Mayor of Belgrade, Vojislav Brajovic, Minister of Culture of Serbia, Terry Davis, Secretary General of the Council of Europe, Ján Figel', Member of the European Commission responsible for Education, Training, Culture and Youth and Andreas H. Schuler, Executive President of Europa Nostra, the Pan-European Federation for Cultural Heritage attended the events.
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Stephanie Bree Hill of Unaka High School was selected by the GFWC of Tennessee Elizabethton Woman's Club to receive its annual scholarship award. She was selected from other outstanding seniors in the Carter County/Elizabethton School Systems.
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As a freshman, she became a member of The Family Career and Community Leaders of America and was selected to serve as the vice president, a position she held until her senior year when she was elected president. She worked on several community projects with FCCLA, which resulted in her competing on regional, state and national levels.
During her sophomore year she was elected vice president of the Student Council and served as a member for three years. Other organizations she participated in were the Health Occupational Students of America, Spanish Club, National Honor Society and vice president of her senior class. In addition to her school activities, she works at Watts Studio Dance as an assistant dance instructor.
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AND WATCH WILFRED TOO!!!!! I want this absurd show to LIVE!!!!!!!
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Want to watch S1 first, but my DVR is set, as well. W00t!
Wait, new Louie eps?!?! F*** yeah!!!!
Hopefully hulu doesn't delay the online broadcasts by more than a week, otherwise I'm gonna be one cranky c**t!
I love Louie but I think that was the worst episode ever.
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by Elliot Megquier, Spartan Pro Team
After rain hit Massachusetts for much of Friday, I expected similar weather to 2011 when Hurricane Irene hit Amesbury and the ever popular Hurricane Heat. However, when I awoke Saturday morning for the race the sun was shining and it was a beautiful day. The course was a fast course starting midway up the hill and running briefly up through the woods towards a big opening. Then back to running through trails in the woods until racers came across the first ever Gamble. You had the option of running a hilly, technical route to the left which was 0.2 miles or you could go to the left and run 0.3 miles on a faster, less hilly route.
On Saturday I went left, but on Sunday I decided to go right. I would have to say the technical route was faster, but I was glad to go the more gradual route on Sunday due to tired legs. Both days on the men's side the race was decided at the sand bag carry where racers had to scale the hill top to bottom with their respective sandbag. Another obstacle the factored in greatly was the spear throw. Out of the first three male racers to reach the spear on Saturday two missed it. Junyong Pak was battling Andrew Hostetler neck and neck when Andrew missed the target. I, (Elliott Megquier) came to the obstacle and saw an opportunity to take second, but missed it as well. Kevin Donoghue who went on to finish second hit his spear passing Hostetler and Megquier to claim his first ever runner up finish. Pak defended his 2012 Massachusetts Sprint title and Hostetler claimed third for the third year in a row. On the women's side Orla Walsh finished first beating Karlee Whipple by a mere 16 seconds and third place finisher Laura Messner by only 24 seconds.
Sunday was another gorgeous day for racing. On the men's side Elliott Megquier defended his Sunday Massachusetts title besting the Canadian challenger Benjamin Morin Boucher (racing in the US for the first time) who came in winning 9 races in a row in Canada including four in which he beat Megquier. Dennis Smith rounded out the top three. On the women's side Laura Messner won her first Spartan Race wrapping up a successful weekend. Shaun Provost came in second and Karlee Whipple finished third. One highlight to see on Sunday was watching Kevin Donoghue, Saturday's second place finisher run a lap in a diaper for losing a bet to Laura Messner on whether the Yankees would beat the Red Sox.
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I tried going to a big box store for a great deal but Spencer's was cheaper and I was able to ask questions to someone who had answers... I will keep coming back for appliances.
This week we bought an upright freezer from Spencers. Yep, you guessed it - great price, prompt, courteous and professional delivery and installation. This time they charged $2 to haul away the old freezer (gas surcharge).
This locally owned gem now has 6 locations serving the valley. They have unbeatable knowledge and service, great pricing, and a large selection of the best brands.
The people at Spencer's were here for me when I had a problem with my Electrolux refrigerator. I wont go into detail about the problems because what is important here is the fabulous support I received from all the contacts at Spencer's. The refrigerator was replaced and I can't say enough good things about Spencer's.
We are still having issues with this company!!! Issues with after purchase service, issues with the quality of the appliances, issues with no call backs, it's been a terrible experience and I CAUTION anyone who is thinking about buying from them! I rather pay a little more and get better customer service. I don't normally blast companies, but they deserve this one.
Great Prices - Knowledgable Salespeople – Shopped around to other local retailers and did my research online as well. When I was ready to buy the salesperson listened to what I was looking forward and helped me use the research I had done to make the best decision for my appliances. The salesperson knew their appliances (which I cant' say for some of these national chains). Prices were very competitive! Would recommend to anyone.
Switch Appliances at delivery & deliver broken appliances – Spencers TV & Appliance in Scottsdale wins the award for the WORST buying experience of my life. This is the first company I've ever taken the time to write a bad review about because my experience has been that bad. I will never buy another thing from this company and seriously caution anyone considering making a major purchase there to not. I just bought a new house and purchased a Front Loading Washing Machine, Dryer, & 50" Plasma TV. They first tried switching the TV at delivery to a model that was $600 cheaper. When we said they gave us the wrong model they said that the TV they sent was a replacement because they sold all of the model we purchased and couldn't get anymore. After 2 weeks we still didn't have a new TV and they would only offer to switch us to a model $600 cheaper (the day before super bowl Sunday). It wasn't until after we called for the owner and submitted a report on Rip Off Report that the TV we originally purchased magically appeared at one of their locations. The Washing Machine had some issues from day 1, but ran. After 1 month of use the washer completely stopped working. Now a week and half later we've had the service company out twice and it's still not working and we're being told that we will be without a washing machine for weeks. How is a person supposed to go a month without a washing machine?! It's 1 month old and needs 2 new motherboards. After the experience I had with the TV I wouldn't be surprised if I received a refurbished washer or something. Don't be lured by their cheaper prices. We bought so much there to save some money on the deals they offer, but learned they offer the deals because they screw you after the fact. Don't be like me and read the bad reviews and shop there anyways because of their prices, trust me... it's not worth the inferior quality or service you receive. We purchased 3 products in January and after 1.5 months we only have 1 that hasn't had an issue.
Friendly at the start but not so great after the sale – Service was very good on the front end but ran into problems after delivery and there was an issue with the appliance. It took over a month to resolve the issue and only got action after stopping payment on my credit card.
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We're up by 32 cents a gallon at quite a few stations now since last Sunday. The 2nd round of increases started yesterday as I had expected, still ongoing today. The 3rd is coming up, here and most everywhere.
Also, Russian is threatening to cut off the supply once again, especially to the Ukraine this time.
Actually it was Russia threatening to shut it off. But, nonetheless, yes, you're right about them being #2 in oil and a big supplier of natural gas. Europe won't do a thing, nor will the US and like I've told others, the Ukraine and it's leaders don't have a backbone either, just like most of Eastern Europe. I'm American, but I'm Slovak, Russian, Ukrainian and Hungarian [along with a couple of others minutely], so it really bugs me what Putin did. However, if I was the leader of the Ukraine, when Russia mobilized the other day, I would have done the same, then I would have moved some troops around the country as well as placed ships at various points. When Russia would have tried to cross the border, I would have given the command to take out their positions, and we would have started war. It's BS moving into another country that isn't yours, just like it was when they moved into Georgia. But, we'll see what happens.
I wish I could have told everyone yesterday. Couldn't make it online other than to post prices in the morning. Sorry.
I'd get gassed up now as it's going up more.
you'd have seen a return of in excess of 10k to 15k already, and remember
it takes money to make it. This is NOT the work of speculators, as speculators are hoping for a good return and do not move markets up, it's those with the big money that are at work MANIPULATING it higher, and the media with their news reports only helps the manipulators to make more and for us to have less. This is going to make diesel and natural gas go up a well, along with food prices and most all other goods, as it takes fuel to move it all. Looks like Obama and all his buddies and socialists and communist admirers and lovers are going to get their wishes fulfilled of us having to pay more for fuel, as we might even see the price of gas at over $4.25 a gallon in California, Alaska and Hawaii for the lower prices and Canada will probably see $1.29 a liter or more for it's minimum. God help us all that are poor and middle and lower middle class, because they'll only soak us more.
No, I have not seen that show as I don't have a TV to watch at night being homeless. For those of you who I told the price of gas was going to drop, forget it now. The downward trend has come to a halt if you haven't already noticed. All the stations around here that had dropped by two to 20 cents a gallon are now up by as much as 14 cents a gallon as of this writing. A few are up a bit more above their previous highs. The price of gas is already up by over 25 cents a gallon on the wholesale markets, and that price increase hasn't truly hit the pumps just yet, so you can expect another 15 to 25 cents a gallon up, possibly as much as 35 cents a gallon or more, depending upon what it does today. The trend this morning pointed up sharply with heavy volume in trading, so the manipulators are well at work and the regular investors who bought into it on Thursday and Friday looking for a gain really made out like bandits already. If you had the money to invest even 2k to 5k like some did,


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The folks here at OEDb have put together a stellar list of 10 Universities with Amazing Online Collections. This resource links to some incredible online collections, featuring award-winning photographs, ancient manuscripts, and priceless pieces of history. I know I'm going to want to spend some significant time clicking around these links. Here are just the first three:
Oxford University:
The University of Oxford has an impressive collection of rare and ancient texts that date from the 16th century and even earlier. The university recently announced plans to digitize 1.5 million pages of the texts in their collection, along with pages from the Vatican. This online collection will include early printed books from Rome, Greek manuscripts including works by Homer, Plato, Sophocles, and Hippocrates, as well as Hebrew manuscripts from the Middle Ages and Renaissance. The project is expected to take about four years. If you can't wait, check out Oxford's existing online collections, including the John Johnson Collection, Early Manuscripts, and the Cairo Genizah Collection, which shares 280,000 fragments of Hebrew manuscripts in searchable form.
Stanford University:
Stanford's online collections offer a little bit of everything, with lots of history, unusual documents, award-winning photography, and more. Our favorites include the Douglas Menuez Photography Collection featuring tech stars like Steve Jobs and Bill Gates, Joint Committee on Atomic Energy that shares documents on peacetime uses of atomic energy, The Super-Enlightenment Project exploring the dark side of enlightenment, and the Women Art Revolution collection that chronicles the feminist art movement of the 1970s.
Harvard University:
Harvard has made it a point to open its collections, using it as a way to share Harvard's intellectual wealth with the rest of the world. The university's online collections have more than 2.3 million digitized pages in six subject-specific categories. Check out the Islamic Heritage Project, Immigration to the United States, and Women Working. Plus, you can visit Harvard Art Museums to find a searchable collection of art within the university's collection.


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Good day,
Please help me with this trouble.
Every time i closing Illustrator - "Adobe Illustrator has stopped working" window appears. Even if i`m open clean program without .ai files opened.
Problem signature:
Problem Event Name: APPCRASH
Application Name: Illustrator.exe
Application Version: 126.96.36.199
Application Timestamp: 4d76c9e3
Fault Module Name: AdobeOwl.dll_unloaded
Fault Module Version: 0.0.0.0
Fault Module Timestamp: 4b958fed
Exception Code: c0000005
Exception Offset: 65eafe38
OS Version: 6.1.7601.2.1.0.256.1
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Additional Information 1: eb56
Additional Information 2: eb560e275e2518a1db46730ab345ee3d
Additional Information 3: ea56
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Adobe Illustrator version CS5.1 (15.1.0) is a part of Adobe Production Premium CS5.5
Help, please!
BR, Antons
I was having the same issue and it seemed to have been described in the following threads as well with no fixes:
I finally got around to doing a clean install on my SSD and decided to troubleshoot this. After a lot of image backups and restores and one program installation and windows update at a time, I think (at least for me) I've found the culprit of the error. This error only shows itself when I have TeamViewer running. It doesn't seem to matter if I have TeamViewer installed on my OS drive or a secondary hard drive, or if I have the VPN feature installed or not. I don't have to uninstall TeamViewer to make the error go away, I only need to exit the program and stop it from running. Hopefully someone smarter than me can explain a good workaround. Thanks!
I agree with you. A have Teamviewer 6 installed also. I`ve opened trouble ticket with Adobe Support. Can i inform them about it ?
Can you confirm that the error goes away if you close TeamViewer?
I tried TeamViewer 6 and the newer TeamViewer 7 with the same results. As long as I close the TeamViewer I can close Illustrator without it crashing.
Well done SntaCruz83, you've solved my problem with both Flash and Illustrator crashing on exit. I have TeamViewer 7 installed and if I exit this before launching Flash / Illustrator they both open and close as expected.
My thanks to you,
FYI I have just submitted a support ticket to TeamViewer and I note that someone else has done similar to Adobe, perhaps we should be encouraging TeamViewer and Adobe to talk with each other as I'm not quite sure who the culprit is on this.
Yes, i confirm. Problem goes away if i close Teamviewer.
Update from my TeamViewer trouble ticket on this subject.
This is the reply from TeamViewer and it seems to work i.e. Flash and Illustrator both act as expected...
"Open TeamViewer, go to Extras>options>Advanced>Show Advanced Options?>QuickConnect then click on Configure. In these options, please uncheck the box that states "Show QuickConnect button". Then please restart TeamViewer and test the connection again."
"Open TeamViewer, go to Extras>options>Advanced>Show Advanced Options?>QuickConnect then click on Configure. In these options, please uncheck the box that states "Show QuickConnect button".
Then please restart TeamViewer and test the connection again."
An alternative to this is (in the same location) to Add Illustrator.exe and Flash.exe to the list of programs the QuickConnect buttons is disabled for.
Looks like you got a reply sooner than I did and it's a confimed fix for me. Yay! =)
Done it. Yup. Caused by that little "tick" in Team Viewer!
For now AI don't give me that crash message anymore, after 5 minutes of testing though.
Will come back when and if this thing happens again.
Thanks All!
N.B.: Happened to my home PC too and disabled this function. Now works well and my work PC is performing flawlessly, for Illustrator that is.
Today i installed CS6 Master Collection on Windows 7 64 bit.
The same problem happens with CS6 and Teamviewer (last version as of today) with illustrator.
And closing teamviewer or disabling the QuickConnect button resolves the problem.
It's time that Teamviewer and Adobe programmer teams sync to resolve it.
Since you requested it, if you would still like an explanation to the problem you had been having between TeamViewer and Illustrator, check my hypothesis in "Illustrator CS5 Crashing on Exit".


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Putin's Russia : What is in the Cards?
A public lecture by Yevgenia Albats, Editor-in-Chief, The New Times (Novoye Vremya).
Published: Friday, April 27, 2012
In December 2011, Russia witnessed some of the largest protests against authorities since Vladimir Putin came to power. In early May 2012, Putin is to be inaugurated as a new-old president for another 6-year term. He is governing in a new country in which people are beginning to demand that their leaders be held accountable. This situation creates new opportunities and dangers for Russia's independent media. In this talk, Yevgenia Albats discusses what it is like to publish a journal that offers readers a variety of opinions and investigative reporting on current events in contemporary Russia. She also discusses the role of the Internet and social media in changing the political landscape in Moscow, Saint Petersburg, and beyond.


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Ever since I saw the opening sequence of Casino Royale, I've been oddly fascinated by parkour. Not that I could ever pull off much of what the "art" consists of, but nevertheless, I'm awfully impressed by those that do. In the following videos, we have two examples, one demonstrating the correct way to "do" parkour. The other one? Not so much.
First, the correct way. It's is a little long but it's worth the watch, even if the editor went a little overboard with the effects.
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JPMorgan, the largest bank in the United States, in under investigation by the federal government for manipulating energy markets in California and the Midwest.
JPMorgan Chase was the darling of the U.S. financial system after everything fell apart in 2008. The bank, now the country's largest, picked up a lot of respect for avoiding the high-risk game that took down Bear Stearns and Lehman Brothers and threatened many of the country's biggest banks, including Bank of America and Citigroup (in fact, it stepped up to buy Bear Stearns in an early effort by the government to stem the crisis).
Californians have gotten used to seeing the "Chase" logo because atfer JPMorgan took over bankrupty Washington Mutual in 2008, it changed hundreds of West Coast WaMu branches to Chase branches.
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Every week, it seems, the Bears offense is like a car that has been sitting in the cold too long.
Mike Tice turns the key, but the engine won't turn over.
Again. And again. And again.
Finally, the defense arrives at halftime with jumper cables.
The Bears offense has been responsible for 40 points in the first half and 74 in the second half. It has scored only one touchdown in the first quarter.
This trend needs to stop if the Bears are going to keep winning. Teams with opportunistic defenses such as the Lions can take advantage of slow-starting offenses.
Tice believes it should be a relatively easy fix.
"Sputtering is every drive three-and-out," he said. "We haven't sputtered. We just haven't finished things as well as we should have early in games."
It's not as if the Bears have moved the ball way more efficiently in the second half. They have only 125 more second-half yards. But the first-half yards have not been as fruitful.
These are some of the reasons the second half has been better:
• Jay Cutler has started slowly.
Cutler has been erratic early and has taken a while to settle into a groove. He has been at his worst in the first quarter (16.7 passer rating) and at his best in the fourth (118.4).
In the first half, Cutler has a 56.0 passer rating, a 52.9 completion percentage and 6.05 yards per attempt, according to STATS, with only one touchdown pass. In the second half, his passer rating is 107.3, he has completed 63.8 percent and he is averaging 9.90 yards per attempt with six touchdowns.
The difference isn't defensive pressure. He has been sacked four more times in the second half than the first.
The first-half frustrations have been almost entirely about the passing game. The Bears have run the ball better in the first half (325 yards, 4.6 yards per carry) than the second (293, 3.7).
"We're probably running it in the second half when we're ahead and the defenses are trying to stop the run," Tice said. "Maybe some of our number counts (defensive players versus offensive players in the box) aren't as good."
• The offense, Cutler in particular, has loosened up after the defense has taken the pressure off.
The defense has made it easier for the offense by putting up points of its own in three games. And Cutler has been at his best when playing with a lead.
He has a 130.1 passer rating in 62 attempts when leading, a 62.2 rating in 64 attempts when tied and a 23.8 rating in 30 attempts when trailing.
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I had heard very little about the San Blas Islands, and frankly that was part of the draw. When I told people I was going there, the most frequent reaction I got was, "Where´s that?" Well, the answer to that one is just off Panama´s…Read More
I had heard very little about the San Blas Islands, and frankly that was part of the draw. When I told people I was going there, the most frequent reaction I got was, "Where´s that?" Well, the answer to that one is just off Panama´s Caribbean coast. The better quesiton would have been, "When is that?" To that, I can only answer, "Centuries ago." The Islands can be reached only by boat or by the daily flight from Panama City. It took me two tries to book a ticket on the daily flight, which leaves at the ungodly hour of 6am, but the two trips to the airport proved well worth it. I knew that it would be an adventure when I walked out onto the tarmac and found a propeller plane. It was by far the smallest plane on which I had ever flown, and my initial reaction was, "I really hope this thing can get off the ground." The flight held about 15 people and the cockpit did not have a door, allowing passengers to see out the front window. Once people began deplaning on the first few islands—the flight stops at several—the captain asked that those sitting in the back move to the front to balance the weight. Needless to say, I was more than a little stunned by the request. Upon reaching the island closest to the one I wanted to visit, I paid the small entry fee and took a carved out tree commonly called a canoe to the island that I was to visit. When I arrived, I was told to wait in the middle of a small pathway between houses. By local standards, this was a mian street. There were no cars on the island. I took the opportunity to take in my surroundings. There were several rustic buildings of something like straw and wood. It was readily apparent that none had foundations. The local women dressed in traditional garb and went about their sewing and child rearing. I knew the next few days would be an experience. A few minutes later, a little man greeted me and took me to the single "hotel". It was a small house on the water and, like almost all of the other buildings on the island, had no electricity. He gave me a cot and gave me a few hours to catch up on the sleep that I had lost by getting up in the wee hours of the morning. He came back a few hours later and the adventure began. He took me to an island restaurant and chatted with me as I ate lunch. I´m still not sure what the food was, but it was better than I had expected. He explained that, like almost everything else on the island, it was communally owned and that the island residents shared the profits. Next, he took me to a friend´s house, though the entire island of about 1,000 could accurately be considered his friends, where we arranged a trip for the following day to a nearby uninhabited island. This particular friend had a television, one of a small handful on the island. That evening I attended a traditional dance. It was little more than a few men and women running around and singing some traditional songs, but the obviously rich history of it made it a memorable experience. After the centuries-old ritual, my leprauchaun-sized guide led me back to what was my own house, as I was the only outsider on the island. There, I passed the evening hours reading by the light of a kerosene lamp. The following day, my guide escorted me to the place of departure for the other island. The two of us rowed about a mile to an uninhabited island. In the hours that followed, I enjoyed my private island paradise as my brown hair turned blond. The snorkeling was mediocre, but the setting of a private island in the middle of the water was something of which most only dream. I returned in the late afternoon and went to relax on my small deck. The island´s children had other ideas. I sent the oldest, who could not have been older than 10, to the store to buy chips and soda for us. We sat chatting for a while, with plenty of laughs at the expense of my espanol. Before they left, I showed them my goggles. They had apparently never used them before, and enjoyed sticking their heads in the water to see various small fish. I ended up giving them the goggles as a gift. The following day I took to simply relax on the island and do some reading. As I sat out, I was approached by an old man eager to talk to the foreigner. We chatted about life on the island and his impressions of his visit to Panama City, which I considered civilization. Perhaps most striking was the fact that he considered the islanders richer than those on the mainland. After all, he reasoned, they had everything they needed and never wanted more. At night, I observed a few minutes of a religious ceremony. The elders were laying in hammocks in the middle of the building, chanting in the local language, which all spoke as their first language, while the others sat on benches on either end. Again, though I didn´t understand a word of it, the ancient history of the ceremony made it almost mystical, even for a Catholic. On the final day, my guide canoed me over to the mainland for a tour of the Carti lands there. I had thought that they had survived mostly on fish, but apparently they had quite an area for growing fruit. The Carti Sugdub community welcomed me with open arms. Everyone with whom I came into contact welcomed the chance to chat with someone from the outside world, while at the same time seeming perfectly happy with their station in life. While I personally would never choose to live as they do, it was readily apparent that it is possible for people to be rich without money. All told, the San Blas Islands have easily been the least forgettable and most interesting of the several places I have visited on my nearly year-long trip. I´d highly recomment a visit to anyone, especially to those who have given up on the prospect of time travel. Close


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March 9, 2004
The most obvious focal point of the area is white marble bridge of the same name, which is the oldest spanning the Grand Canal and an instantly recognisable symbol of the city. I first saw it after rounding a bend on the famous waterway whilst travelling on a Vaporetto. Viewing the robust-looking and classically styled crossing was certainly a moving experience at the time, especially as the familiarity of the sight reinforced the sense of location and excitement. Sadly, such a favourable impression did not last, because although the views from the pinnacle are quite superb, the short walk up to see them is made less than nice by the shabby souvenir shops that now occupy the distinctive terraced buildings and the crowds that invariably throng the footpaths.
Meanwhile, the alleyways that lead towards the equally popular Piazza San Marco are similarly full of both tourists and sellers of tacky goods. Such uninspired items have replaced the valuable commodities and international information that the vicinity was once famous for, which prompted Shakespeare to use the memorable line "Now, what news on the Rialto?" in The Merchant of Venice. However, one equally long serving but humbler type of trader has survived, and they continue to operate in the markets that are found on the opposite bank. Every local foodstuff imaginable can be purchased somewhere in the vibrant open-air emporium, from the renowned produce of the region to the abundant catches of Adriatic fishermen. The rich colours of the fresh fruit and vegetables, the aromas of the recently caught fish, and the banter between the vendors and their potential customers all combine to make what is perhaps the most wonderfully atmospheric Venetian setting that I have had the pleasure to encounter.
On an appealing square right in the middle of the hectic scene is the charming and venerable Byzantine-style Church of St James. It has been unsurprisingly popular with the stallholders for many centuries, and visiting is possible most mornings, which is a worthwhile thing to do because the peaceful and graceful interior is both attractive and a fine contrast to the vibrant chaos outside. Finally, whilst on the same plaza, look out for an unusual statue of a hunchback.
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'Budget cuts will have huge impact on homeless people'
6:00am Thursday 19th December 2013 in News
ONE of Oxford's three homeless hostels could close if proposed budget cuts go ahead, a charity boss has warned.
Lesley Dewhurst, chief executive of Oxford Homeless Pathways, which runs O'Hanlon House in Luther Street, said that a 38 per cent cut to Oxfordshire County Council's budget to keep people off the streets would have a huge impact.
Under its plans to save £64m over the next four years, the county council has announced a proposal to cut its £4m housing-related support budget by £1.5m.
A large chunk of the budget – £1m in total – is spent by Oxford Homeless Pathways on running shelters O'Hanlon House and Julian Housing and on managing Oxford Homeless Medical Fund.
Ms Dewhurst has warned that loss of funding could result in a closure of one of the city's three hostels – O'Hanlon House, run by Oxford Homeless Pathways, Lucy Faithfull House and Simon House.
She told the Oxford Mail: "It will be a massive hole in our budget and I cannot consider sustaining a service with a third less money.
"Keeping the building safe, working with people you have never met before – you have to have staff on all the time.
"It is not a cheap thing to run.
"It depends how they are going to carve the cuts up.
"They could decide to just close one of the three hostels in the city – I think it could be a possibility.
"But each of us have about 60 people and that is another 60 people sleeping rough."
She added: "It is actually far more costly to have people hanging round on the streets – A&E, the police – and people pick up worse habits on the streets.
"It is an expensive way of trying to save money."
Dad-of-two Mark Hankinson has been homeless on and off for about 11 years after he lost his job and went to prison.
The 45-year-old, who is staying at O'Hanlon House in Luther Street, said: "For homeless people the hostel is a big help. It is not just a matter of a bed and a meal – we have a worker who supports you.
"It is a big stepping stone."
On the proposed cuts, he added: "I think there will be lots more people on the streets."
Philip Cartwright, 60, secured a flat in Wolvercote in October thanks to the support of O'Hanlon House, but was homeless for 29 years before that. He had been in and out of prison.
Mr Cartwright said: "The council has really got to think about what it is doing.
"If you are on the street you become the council's problem, but once you are in this place you are the problem of the hostel."
The proposal comes after county council cabinet members said they were still committed to supporting vulnerable people in the county, despite cuts of £7.1m in adult social care and £6.4m in children's services.
At a meeting at County Hall on Tuesday, cabinet member for finance Arash Fatemian and other senior Conservative councillors spoke of the difficulty they faced in putting the budget together.
Mr Fatemian said: "There are a number of groups representing worthy causes which have had to have their budgets cut.
"The sums we are talking about are £50,000 here and £100,000 there, but that quickly adds up to £1m, and my question for them is would they rather I found that saving in the adult social care or children's services budgets?"
Oxford Homeless Pathways will discuss the cuts at O'Hanlon House tomorrow at 5.30pm.
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lizbarter says...
There are terribly difficult decisions to be made in deciding how best to spread the impact of the cuts, which are by their nature impacting on the most vulnerable across the board.
It really must be borne in mind, however, the number of cross-cutting issues that homelessness services address, and that homelessness simply is not an issue in itself, but a symptom of multiple other needs and disadvantages,
Front line staff working with homeless people do phenomenal work for a comparatively low wage, filling the gaps between services that many clients desperately need but by virtue of the complexity of their problems have terrible difficulty accessing. Addictions and mental health problems but also learning disabilities, domestic abuse, traumatic personal histories and long term physical health problems. They contribute quietly and sometimes even invisibly to an array of social and public health services.
The services are not cheap to run but they are enormously cost effective in terms of reducing crime and anti-social behaviour, A& E presentations and hospital admissions.
To close a shelter in a city like Oxford where the need is so great would be really shameful.
2:04pm Thu 19 Dec 13
Brickbed says...
So many boarded up homes from landlords so rich they've forgotten what they own, this cannot continue.
3:11pm Thu 19 Dec 13
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Fair rent tribunals should never have been abandoned, the housing market is now a lie in Oxford. The owners of most of Oxfords letting agents drive around in Ferrari's or oversized 4x4's. They are destroying connections, security and the future of all low-pay folk, not just the homeless. This must be addressed.
So many boarded up homes from landlords so rich they've forgotten what they own, this cannot continue.
6:16pm Fri 20 Dec 13
Sophia says...
That is why Labour lost power and may well manage to lose the next Election. People trust them even less than they trust the Tories with the economy, a remarkable achievement
The economy is in bad shape. Tax income reduces when people and companies earn less but government spending on benefits rises. There is a large budget deficit. This has to be reduced. There is no magic solution that avoids cuts. Growth would help but families are burdened by debt and wages are declining so domestic demand is weak, and our export markets are also afflicted by the downturn also we no longer make things to sell abroad
Thus we have to cut state spending. So, where?
This means hard choices. The liberal left do not like making choices but in fact the citizens of Oxford made their choice clear months ago : the one thing that must never be cut is libraries. They have not shown the same zeal for protecting the homeless, who can get stuffed as far as they are concerned. That is why the cut is falling on the most vulnerable.
As for Brickbed's confused post the housing market is operating in Oxford as everywhere to relate demand to supply through price. That is what markets do. There is huge demand to live in Oxford and little spare land for new houses therefore prices are high. Prices will only fall if we allow the green belt to be built over. I for one will fight that to my last breath
Conclusion: a lot of people want to live here and cant afford to. Same is true of Mayfair. Aint life unfair?
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Note these words: "reliable"..."agile"..."competent"..."our very best"..."on time." Regrettably, these admirable qualities do not come about automatically. The simple, yet powerful, motto that I suggested—"Do it right the first time"—is truly a competitive advantage. But printing this rallying cry on a poster, sending it out in e-mails to all employees or wearing "DIRTFT" buttons will not make it happen. The concept must become woven into the fabric of the work culture. This "work culture" can be simply defined as the "collective behaviors of people on the job."
All of this begs the question: How do we change or align the "work culture" to become more reliable, more agile, more customer-responsive? What we're talking about here is the "soft side" of competitiveness. From the top down, senior executives, management and front-line leadership have to drive changes in the work culture in order to address competitive pressures head on. Then, the entire workforce must be engaged to make things happen.
In our profession—the profession of maintenance and reliability—we are real good at focusing on what it takes to maintain EQUIPMENT. We are also real good at developing WORK PROCESSES that define the procedures and methods for getting maintenance and reliability work accomplished properly. The bottom line is that PEOPLE must be engaged to make equipment reliable using these work processes! Sometimes we are not so good at that. Thus, we must put the people-factor back into maintenance to make our businesses competitive and financially successful.
How others have done it
Here are a couple of examples of the PEOPLE-side of improving competitiveness from the early days of successful American companies.
McCormick and Company...
Developing a prescription for struggling times: Let's go back to the 1930s and look into what grew into the world's largest spice company. In 1932, at the height of the Great Depression, Charles P. McCormick instituted a new business philosophy. His guiding belief was that a company, whatever its products or services, was nothing without its workforce, and an empowered workforce made for an empowered, efficient and successful company. This original 1932 corporate philosophy and system of participative management was formally published as Multiple Management in 1938. McCormick's main theme was "business is people."
Interestingly, McCormick led the successful culture change of a struggling company he had inherited (upon the sudden death of his uncle) in 1932, after the stock market crash and at the height of the Depression. Within a year of taking up the head position, cutting weekly work hours from 56 to 45, increasing wages 10% and establishing his "Multiple Management" philosophy, he saw the company return to profitability.
(FYI: In 1949, an updated and expanded version of the Multiple Management book was published under the title The Power of the People. It's a great read!)
Ford Motor Company...
Setting a new industry standard: Henry Ford built his first car in 1896. In 1903, he founded the Ford Motor Company, based on his vision to revolutionize the automobile manufacturing industry. In 1924, Ford produced its 10-millionth car. Then in 1926, in his book Today and Tomorrow (reprinted by Productivity Press, 1988), Ford detailed what most experts today describe as the foundations of the Toyota Production System (more than 50 years ahead of Toyota's breakthrough).
In his 1926 writings, Ford described his equipment reliability philosophy: "Machines do not often break down because there is continuous cleaning and repair work on every bit of machinery on the place...It is the fault of management if a machine or a series of machines leaves anything to be done by hand." He continued with his philosophy on abolishing central tool rooms: "A man (men) cannot be paid high wages for standing around waiting for tools...New tools are brought to (him) them." (Amazingly progressive for 1926!)
Henry Ford led a radical work culture change in the motor vehicle manufacturing business with something called the "Ford Principles of Management." They are:
As president of the company, Ford set clear expectations for how work was to get done, people were to be treated and equipment was to be maintained. And it worked extremely well.
Decline of the British auto industry
Unfortunately, the British auto manufacturing industry was unable (or unwilling) to adopt Ford's proven manufacturing methods. For example, in 1913, on the eve of World War I, Ford's American plant produced over 200,000 vehicles, compared to 5000 that year at Peugeot (France's largest automaker), and 3000 at Wolseley Motor Company (Britain's largest). By 1924, Ford was producing his Model T in England—advertising it as "92% British built."
A great debate subsequently ensued in England over "Fordism and the British system of mass production." The less-productive, higher-cost British system of piecework and mass production prevailed. Combining this type of system with powerful trade-union stewards, management apathy, government labor protection, government wage controls and the 1975 government takeover finally led to the demise of the British motor vehicle industry. Productivity (and quality) suffered. In 1976, England produced 5.5 equivalent motor vehicles per employee; Germany produced 7.9. U.S. autoworkers, however, produced 26.1 vehicles per employee—a rate nearly five times that of their British counterparts! This classic example of failure to address competitive opportunities (or challenges) through WORK CULTURE CHANGE is documented in Roy Church's book, The Rise and Decline of the British Motor Industry (Cambridge University Press, 1994). It's another timely read.
Dawn of the quality movement
Six decades ago, (c. 1950), an American, Edwards Deming, introduced the "Quality Movement" to post-war Japanese industries. Their success later led (in the 1980s) to U.S. business leaders recognizing the power of engaging (and "empowering") all employees to build quality into every step they perform. Total Quality Control evolved into Total Quality Management and small group problem-solving activities. Accordingly, while Quality Assurance/Quality Control (QA/QC) departments specify and communicate quality standards, it was now up to people, their equipment and tools to build quality products every step of the way. The prior decades-old approach of turning out quantities of products and inspecting for defects at the end of the process or at key points along the way had led to high scrap and rework rates that increased the cost per unit produced.
International quality standards surfaced in the 1990s. ISO 9000 quality standards, and QS 9000 for the U.S. "Big Three" auto industry suppliers, were developed for the purposes of standardizing, documenting and assuring use of quality-first methods. Yet, despite documented procedures and methods, it was still up to people, their equipment and tools to build quality into every step. This dependence on people to build quality in, as opposed to inspecting defects out, relied on a significant WORK CULTURE CHANGE. The business case for improving quality was so compelling that senior executives set new expectations for defect-free production. A radical paradigm shift in the WORK PROCESSES represented a new requirement in the competitive marketplace. The QA/QC department alone could not have accomplished that culture change.
Culture change is about people
No matter how well our processes, equipment and facilities are designed, built and installed, they must be properly operated and maintained throughout their life cycle for business success. The culture of maintenance and reliability is MUCH MORE than the maintenance department can handle by itself. As I've said before, Reliability Culture must be led from the top with new expectations and accountabilities. People at all levels in the business MUST be engaged and empowered to sustain equipment performance and improve equipment reliability.
There are countless historical examples of creating high-performing and productive work cultures. Consider (as I have, since the late 1980s) the original principles of Total Productive Maintenance (TPM) as documented and taught by its founder Seiichi Nakajima. Here you will discover elements of and methods for creating a work culture that leads to the highest levels of equipment performance and reliability. Sadly, TPM has been grossly misinterpreted and poorly implemented by many in America as a result of its "not invented here" factor. Could this ignorance of and resistance to implementing proven people-side methodologies and approaches in maintenance and reliability be taking us down the same dark road as the British auto industries? We can't afford to gamble. Let's put the people-factor back into maintenance in 2010. MT
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San Antonio police continue to search for suspects in the shooting death of East side resident Harold Hughes.
According to police, Hughes, 47, was shot in front of his home on the 200 block of Tomrob on Feb. 14, 2011.
"It's been a challenge. There's no closure, and it's just been a challenge," said Harold's wife of 20 years, Gigi Hughes. "It's really hard."
Now, almost two years later, Gigi says she's heard several theories on what happened, but still no arrests in the case.
"We've heard thousands of stories. We've spoken with a lot of people," said Gigi. "A lot of the stories weren't accurate. Of course, we called the police every time we heard something new, but we haven't been able to put our finger on what actually happened."
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"Looked at through the political prism, red states those likely to vote for Mitt Romney this November gained jobs, on average, under Obama. Blue states, in contrast, had an average job loss rate of almost 1%. And since the recovery started, red states have had a job growth rate of nearly twice that of blue states. Tossup states, meanwhile, have performed worse than either red or blue states. In fact, 9 of the 11 battleground states have fewer people employed now than when Obama was sworn in."
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BARRIE – Barrie police say the woman found on Edgehill Drive near Ferndale Drive this morning has died in hospital.
Barrie Const. Angela Butler said police are not suspecting any foul play in the death, but blame it on alcohol and the weather.
The 55-year-old woman was found fully-clothed in a backyard of one of the units.
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