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Every year there are many music festivals in Paris, but Fete de la Musique is the special one.
It is open for all persons interested – as professional musicians as fans who come to Paris on this day from anywhere, people happy to communicate and share experiences and ideas. Many well-known artists can be seen among the participants of the festival.
There are no restrictions concerning styles of music. You can hear rock, electronic, folk and classical music at different places of the French capital – in parks, squares and train stations, museums and castles. For example, the famous Parisian Symphony Orchestra is performing in the Louvre. Sultry African melodies sounds at Quai Branly.
Today June 21 – the day of the summer equinox. Therefore, this is the longest day of the year. And till the sunset you can visit many places where the concerts will be. Even when the sun will set the holiday is not over. It will continue in cozy Parisian bars and cafes.
All details of Fête de la Musique program and information on concerts are on the official festival website www.fetedelamusique.culture.fr.
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Happy New Year!
2015 was one of the most memorable years of my life. It was filled with adventure and new experiences. This year I have met the most amazing people and seen some of the most beautiful places in the world. I was very fortunate this year to travel to several amazing places. I chose these specific pictures to illustrate my year. While moving to New York was one of the best decisions ever, I have grown to appreciate Chicago more. 2015 will be the year I look back on as my year of growth and appreciation. I have never been happier and am excited to share my future adventures with you. Thank you to everyone who made my year so wonderful. I hope that everyone has an amazing year! Enjoy my year in pictures.
Cheers to 2016,
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Things everyone thinks you should know but forgets to tell anyone to start with and you are afraid to ask for the fear of seeming dumb:
Pigment ink
Pigment ink is a slow drying ink commonly used for wet embossing, is acid free and fade resistant. Pigment ink can be used without embossing as long it is given adequate time to dry, can be improved using a heat gun to set the ink
Dye ink
Dye ink pads are a water based quick drying ink they are acid free permanent and sometimes waterproof if indicated on label. Dye ink cannot embossed unless you add a clear embossing ink to it. Dye ink is used for distressing with distressing blocks also combined with blender pens or aqua painters is great for colouring instead of markers.
Chalk inks
Chalk inks are a fast drying ink providing a rich saturated opaque result, chalk cannot be wet embossed. Acid free is resistant to smearing, bleeding and fading. Works well on dark cardstock.
Stazz on ink
Stazz on ink is a solvent based ink that can be stamped on most surfaces the result is a permanent waterproof stamped image. Use on outlined stamped images if using aqua painter or blender pens, cannot be embossed or distressed as the ink will dry on the stamp if not used immediately. To remove ink from the stamps a special cleaner needs to be used
In conclusion:
There are many different types of inks around and with different names I have only covered the basics when looking at purchasing ink all you really want to know is what type is it a Dye, pigment, chalk or permanent and of course if scrapbooking acid free. For years most of my inks I used were pigment or chalk but now I have a large collection of dye which I use all the time, the only problem I have found with dye is they do not work well with my clear polymer stamps or stamp well on vellum, so then I have to switch to pigment or chalk. I think it's about what colour result you are looking for what stamp and where are you stamping, which will determine what ink is bet for the job.
When distressing with a block I mostly use dye ink but there are occasions when chalk or pigment may need to be used the result maybe slightly different but it is perfectly fine to do so the same applies for when painting with my aqua painters.
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The Future of the Web Looks a Lot Like the Bitcoin Blockchain
Four Cool Things You Can Do With the Blockchain
Official Records
Last year, Manuel Araoz, an Argentinean programmer who now works for BitPay, one of the original Bitcoin payment providers, created a service that enables users to condense any document and embed it into a transaction on the blockchain. A lot of people are now getting excited about the possibility of using this kind of application to store official records. The two examples that come up most often at conferences are property titles and documents proving "prior art" in intellectual property cases. In the case of titles, you're basically layering a new form of property onto a Bitcoin transaction. Once a deed to a house is associated with a particular value on the Bitcoin blockchain, it can be transferred from party to party without the need for a paper trail.
In the case of prior art, a document embedded in the blockchain would carry with it a rough time stamp (depending on the rate at which new blocks are being added to the chain), which inventors could later use in patent disputes to prove that they had the first claim to an idea. The same solution would extend to any situation where a human notary was necessary.
According to Gavin Andresen, one of the developers who works on the core Bitcoin protocol, these applications could be especially useful for underdeveloped nations where governments lack a good way of tracking and transmitting official documents.
"I think the places where it makes the most sense are the places where they don't already have a functioning system, they don't have some legacy way of accomplishing something that the blockchain can help them accomplish," says Andresen. "The example of property records, deeds to houses. Here in the United States, in Europe, and in other developed world nations, we have this whole system that's all about keeping track of who owns property and then taxing them. There are parts of the world where that just doesn't exist yet."
There are several groups (Agora, BitCongress, Swarm) that are looking for ways to use the Bitcoin blockchain to enable online voting. Most of the schemes would involve sending a tiny fraction of a specially tagged bitcoin (or a similar token) to every voter. The voter could then sign it over to anyone on a list of candidates. The candidate with the most bitcoins at the end of the vote would win. One of the benefits of a system like this is that voters could divide their votes among candidates. The results are also completely transparent and visible to anyone who has downloaded a copy of the blockchain. On one hand, this is good because you can conduct a public audit of the vote. On the other hand, it opens the door for vote selling.
The BitCongress application, which is still under development, goes further and seeks to carve out a space for all the steps in governance. The group wants to provide a forum for debate, a process for voting, and a place for representatives to publish legislative proposals, all on the Bitcoin blockchain.
Identity Verification
Today, when we need to log on to websites or applications, we usually prove our identities by supplying passwords. As a result, we are accustomed to managing many different passwords on many different websites. We are also trusting these Web services to keep our passwords, and therefore our identities, safe.
Onename uses the blockchain to link your name to a Bitcoin address, which you can then prove you control by signing a digital message with your private key (similar to what you do when you spend bitcoins). The developers describe the service as a universal passport for the Internet. They imagine that in the future, instead of signing in to applications with a Facebook account, we will refer to a Onename identity stored on the blockchain.
For example, "If you want to release your medical records to an application, it is important that you are in unique control of your medical records. You're not going to trust Facebook," says Ryan Shea, the cofounder of Onename. "This can even be extended to things like authorizing access to your home, opening your garage door, really any action that is tied to identity. So you could see this being used anywhere on the Web where identity is required."
In this scenario, you never have to reveal your private key to anyone, and you retain complete control over (and responsibility for) the integrity of your online identity.
Distributed Domain-Name Server
Namecoin is an altcoin that was established in 2011. The code is nearly identical to that of Bitcoin, but it uses its own Nakamoto blockchain. Rather than tracking financial transactions, it records domain names and their corresponding IP addresses to provide a more secure, censorship-resistant alternative to the way we usually access websites on the Internet.
When you type a conventional URL (like Spectrum.ieee.org) into a browser, you rely on a centralized third party, called a domain-name server, to look up the URL in a directory and find the numerical IP address of the server you want to connect to. When the U.S. government wants to disable a website, one easy way is for it to demand that the domain-name server, or DNS, refuse to resolve the offending URL. In this case, even though the IP address you want is sitting there in a database on its server, the DNS sends you to a Digital Millennium Copyright Act website takedown notice instead of routing you to your destination. Because the databases are centralized, they are also good targets for hackers. If an attacker can manage to either change an IP address in the directory or send you a false one, he can divert your traffic toward a nefarious website.
Namecoin was created to solve both of these problems. With a Namecoin client, you can look up any .bit URL and be sure that the corresponding IP address is the same as the one that originally registered it.
"With Nakamoto blockchains, it's very, very difficult to remove data from the blockchain once it's already in there. And it's not really feasible to insert fraudulent data that claims to be from an address that it really isn't," says Jeremy Rand, one of the Namecoin developers. "What this means is, if I register a name in the Namecoin blockchain, no one else can reverse that transaction and remove it from the blockchain, and no one else can hijack it."


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'Pretty Little Liars' Recap: Someone Sabotages Alison's Fashion Show! Was It… Alison?
Haven't these girls learned to avoid school functions by now? They never end well.
Alison's mom roped the girls into helping out with the annual charity fashion show on the July 19 episode of Pretty Little Liars — and in true Rosewood form, it didn't take long for the night to turn into a complete disaster.
Just when the fashion show seemed to be going off without a hitch, the giant photo of Alison on the screen went up in (digital) flames. "The bitch is back" came over the loudspeaker, while fun words like "bitch" and "monster" appeared over Alison's hellish, burning face.
So who's to blame for the Final Cut faux-pax? Aria (Lucy Hale) seemed like the obvious culprit, since she put the slideshow together herself, but my money's on the no-good DJ, Noel (Brant Daugherty.) Seriously, why are the pretty ones always so damn evil?
But to be fair, the kids aren't the only evil-doers on the show. Spencer (Troian Bellisario) kept a close watch over her dad during the entire episode, taking note of his super-suspicious behavior around Alison's mom. She caught him yelling at her twice — both times involved him shouting about "taking care" of Jason (Drew Van Acker) — and both times, he made up a lie to ease Spencer's troubled mind.
And speaking of troubled minds, Hanna (Ashley Benson) didn't know what to think when her dad decided to stick around for a few extra days to spend time with her and her mom (Laura Leighton.) There was a time when she hoped they'd get back together, but now things have gotten a little more complicated.
Ezra (Ian Harding) was MIA this week, leaving Aria plenty of time to continue falling madly in love with Jason 2.0. And while she may not be ready to vocalize her feelings just yet, her flirty text messages and lingering stares say more than words ever could.
What did YOU think of this week's episode? Should Aria ditch Ezra and go out with Jason? Did 'A' hire Noel to make the twisted slideshow for the fashion show? And why the heck was 'A' shopping for boots at the very end? Drop us a comment with your thoughts!


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Spray paint in hand, Lola G. coats the walls of Brooklyn with multi-colored patterns, from blue elephants to tropical mermaids and other fantastical creatures. At just nine years old, the French girl is the world's youngest street artist.
The young artist's career was originally launched by a chance encounter. In 2014, she was trying out her new marker pen on a wall in Bushwick — the industrial neighborhood of Brooklyn renowned for its empty warehouses and mural artwork. All of a sudden, she was interrupted by Joe Ficalora, the man behind the Bushwick Collective which acts as a liaison between property owners and street artists to revamp the neighborhood's run-down façades. He quickly took the young girl "under his wing," allocating her a section of wall and introducing her to the artists in the collective.
Ever since, works by Lola the Illustrator — her artist name — have blossomed on the social networks and the streets of Brooklyn. "Lola's repainting our neighborhood one wall as a time," says her mother, Lille-born Cécile Depraetere. "I can walk around and doodle kind of wherever I want," says Lola, who will be joining fourth grade at a bilingual school in Brooklyn in September. "Not counting on cars and on things mom says no to!"
Of course, painting on walls without permission is out of the question! The upcoming street artist also draws on square canvases, and hangs her work on walls, gates, fences, and benches under the watchful eye of her mother. She is invited every summer to paint at events organized by the Bushwick Collective, and recently finished a mural piece in Coney Island. To top it all off, she will also be taking part in the Brooklyn Music Festival on Governors Island on August 6, 2017.
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Jew Unit: Rappers Give Props to Their Jewish Lawyers (Video)
It's no longer just overbearing Jewish mothers that are imploring their loved ones, "Why don't you find yourself a nice Jewish boy?"
Now when rappers get into trouble with the authorities, there's only one person they need to call: their Jewish lawyer. Or at least so says a Slacktory compilation video creatively titled, "Rappers love Jewish lawyers."
The YouTube video explores a long-standing relationship that goes underappreciated in the rap game but is clearly present with both up-and-coming rappers and legendary dons of hip-hop. To explain in more layman terms, and gentler rhetoric, the clips show that rappers are surely thankful for their Semitic attorneys and brag heavily about their abilities to win their cases, without fail.
PHOTOS: Power Lawyers: 'Star Trek's' JJ Abrams, Michael Bay and Les Moonves Pose With Their Attorneys
Styles P raps on "Super Gangster": "Good Jewish lawyer turn a ten to a two-to-four."
Harlem-bred A$AP Ferg boasts: "I ain't wanna pull it, but I had to do it/I be out tomorrow, my lawyer's Jewish."
Of course, Jews will appreciate these smooth, swaggin' sentiments toward their esquire expertise. But many Sons of David don't want to settle to just protect the freedoms of the rappers they work for; some want to spit rhymes themselves.
Take Action Bronson, a heavy-set rapper from Queens who was born to an Albanian father and a Jewish mother. It is no surprise that the mixtape legend, known for his creative lyrics and brash style, produces the most clever lines about Jewish lawyers in the compilation.
On "Morey Boogie Boards," Bronson advises: "Employ a lawyer that's been bar mitzvahed/ Never trust a goyim." (In case you never had a Yiddish grandmother, a goyim is a non-Jew.)
STORY: Rupert Murdoch Apologizes for Saying 'Jewish-Owned Press' Is 'Anti-Israel'
Bronson is also in touch with the customs of his Hebrew people. He spits on "Steve Wynn": "Catch a case, get a Jewish lawyer, beat it with cheese/F--- the beef 'cause it don't go together, read 'em and weep." With a Jewish attorney, prison just ain't kosher.
Drake, born Aubrey Graham, was bar mitzvahed as a teen and even shot the "HYFR" music video in tallit and all. The Toronto rapper bragged: "I got a Jewish lawyer as my lead defender/A mitchkeit as they say he's a legal bender."
Rap royalty has also paid their respects to Semitic saviors, especially the Throne.
Kanye West raps on "Don't Stop": "Diamonds blue, his business manager's Jewish/And if I get sued, my lawyer's Jews."
Jay-Z adds on "No Hook": "Had to get some challah bread so you can holla back and holla that/My Jewish lawyer too enjoyed the fruit of letting my cash stack." Apparently, Hova makes his lawyer work on the Sabbath.
There is one rapper, though, who feels no need for Hebrew representation. Fabolous, born in Brooklyn, doesn't want a Jew defending him in court: "Gun charge, oh yeah, I had like two/My black lawyer beat them, never had a Jew."
Breaking news: He's getting coal for Hanukkah.
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Votoms, Scopedog true scale Greatness! & Steampunk goodness
Whoa! talk about fandom! This is a rather old picture but still worth talking about. The Master of Steampunk-technology in the japanese district Mr. Kugoro Kurata known for his infamous steampunk laptop came out with this gorgous Scopedog from Votoms. Complete with female Scopedog Pilot and sidearm. This was taken back in 2007 at the famous Character and Hobby Collection convention/Expo 2k7. Love to see this go against that walking Gundam unit.
A very excellent project for those steampunk fans. I always loved the Victorian age as well as the Hi-tech Ultra cool sleek looks on design. But in this instance I have to choose the Victorian 18th Century syle and theme. The Brasswork and design is quite well done and the brushing was nice touch. The work that went in to this was well thought out and planned. The base and the Marble slab was mixed with the brasswork all add up to a touch of High Social Tech Class.


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Step 2Place the potatoes in an 8-inch square baking pan and toss them with the oil. Season with salt and pepper to taste. Bake the potatoes, shaking the pan every 10 minutes to turn them, until they're just tender, about 30 minutes depending on their size. Check tenderness with the point of a paring knife. Add the mushrooms and season with salt and pepper. Drizzle the potatoes and mushrooms with 1 tablespoon of pesto.
Step 3Bake until the mushrooms are hot but still firm, shaking the pan once to mix the ingredients, about 5 to 7 minutes more. Remove the pan from the oven and toss the potatoes and mushrooms with the remaining pesto. Season to taste. Serve hot, attractively arranged on plates with the chops.


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What is WOHVA?
Your right to ride on publically owned land is being attacked each and every legislative session. WOHVA is the organization fighting for your rights.
Land managers throughout the State are struggling to keep riding areas open. WOHVA is the organization leading the effort to pull user groups together to keep riding areas open AND help them add more trails!
About WOHVA
The Washington Off Highway Vehicle Alliance (WOHVA) was formed in 2006 in response to decreasing numbers of riding areas and government misuse of Off Highway Vehicle (OHV) specific funds. WOHVA is an alliance of 4x4, ATV & off road motorcycle users and businesses. We represent thousands of OHV users from both sides of Washington State!
WOHVAs purpose
WOHVA is working to promote, protect and pursue OHV experiences for Washington State families through education, responsible land use & political action.
Why join WOHVA?
Have a voice in Government
Membership in WOHVA supports OHV issues in Olympia
Have a voice with our Land Managers
WOHVA actively works with land managers (DNR, USFS & more) throughout Washington State to assure OHV needs are represented.
Have a voice in our Industry
WOHVA members include OHV dealers & businesses. We keep them aware of OHV issues on both sides of the mountains.
Help form a united front
One alliance bringing together 4x4, ATV & off road motorcycle users. There is more power in larger numbers!
How can you help?
WOHVA's success depends on keeping users informed about OHV issues in Washington State. We typically accomplish this through electronic communications, sent directly to our members. Do you receive these emails from WOHVA? Does your club belong to WOHVA as a supporting member?
If you answered NO, you are missing out on important OHV news! Ask your club to join today and list you as an Associate Member. When your club belongs to WOHVA so do YOU! Why depend on someone else to forward you the info, when you can have it sent directly to your inbox.
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We tailor a solution for you, taking into account your companies unique requirements innovating plans, streamlining your business and removing the unreliability factor of other communication systems. Jascoms turnkey solutions cater for your unique needs, taking the complication out of communication.
Not only does Jascom provide the benefit of a partnership with world leaders in technology Motorola, but also technical support. Jascom has available the resources and manpower to support the requirements of turnkey communications projects. Strong partnerships, strategic alliances and joint ventures with international principles ensure that Jascom has on-going access to the latest technology worldwide. We deliver.
From infrastructure to applications and devices, Jascom in connection with Motorola Solutions, Vertex Standard and Cambium Networks offers professional and commercial two-way radios, wireless broadband networks, mobile computing and advanced data capture technologies that serve enterprise and public safety customers operating in diverse environments.
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M40008 - Updating your Database Skills to Microsoft SQL Server 2012 — A 3 day course
The three-day instructor-led Microsoft M40008 course provides existing SQL Server database professionals with the knowledge and skills to use new and enhanced capabilities in SQL Server 2012.
On completion of the Microsoft MS40008 training course, delegates should be able to:
- Describe key new and enhanced features in SQL Server 2012
- Install SQL Server 2012
- Use enhanced tools and PowerShell support to manage SQL Server 2012
- Use enhanced Transact-SQL and storage capabilities to develop SQL Server 2012 databases
- Use new and enhanced performance capabilities to optimize a SQL Server 2012 database
- Use new availability and data recovery technologies to provide high availability
- Use new and enhanced security capabilities in SQL Server 2012
- Use SQL Azure
- Describe new Business Intelligence (BI) capabilities in SQL Server 2012
Introducing SQL Server 2012
This module provides an overview of SQL Server 2012.
- Overview of SQL Server 2012
- SQL Server 2012 Editions and Components
Installing SQL Server 2012
This module describes how to install SQL Server 2012.
- Installation Options and Requirements
- Installing SQL Server
- Deploying SQL Server in a Private Cloud
- Lab: Installing SQL Server
- Lab: Using a Data-Tier Application in a Private Cloud Scenario
Managing SQL Server 2012
This module describes new and enhanced features that make it easier to manage SQL Server databases.
- Enhancements to SQL Server Management Studio
- New and Enhanced Dynamic Management Views
- Using PowerShell to Manage SQL Server
- Lab: Managing SQL Server
Developing SQL Server 2012 Databases
This module describes new Transact-SQL and data storage capabilities that you can use to develop databases.
- Transact-SQL Enhancements
- New and Enhanced Transact-SQL Functions
- Enhancements to Spatial Data Support
- Storing and Querying Documents
- Lab: Developing SQL Server Databases
Performance and Tuning Enhancements
This module provides an introduction to new and enhanced performance tuning features in SQL Server 2012.
- Performance Optimization Tools
- Enhancements to Indexing
- Lab: Optimizing SQL Server Performance
High Availability and Data Recovery Enhancements
This module provides an introduction to new and enhanced features for data recovery and availability.
- AlwaysOn High Availability
- Enhancemenst to Data Recovery
- Lab: Using AlwaysOn Availability Groups
Implementing Security in Microsoft SQL Server 2012
This module describes how to use security enhancements in SQL Server 2012.
- Security Management Enhancements
- Contained Databases
- Lab: Implementing Security
Extending Data Solutions to the Cloud
This module provides an introduction to SQL Azure.
- Introduction to SQL Azure
- Working with SQL Azure
- Lab: Using SQL Azure
Overview of BI Enhancements in SQL Server 2012
This module introduces enhancements to BI support in SQL Server 2012.
- SQL Server 2012 for Data Warehousing
- SQL Server 2012 for Business Intelligence
- Lab: Exploring BI Features
Publicly scheduled dates, locations, and prices
A schedule of dates for this subject is not currently available. Please call 0333 210 0140 or use our contact form to enquire about places and availability.
Suitable For
The Microsoft 40008 course is intended for database professionals with experience of using SQL Server 2008 R2.
Before attending this course, students must have:
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Running a Travel gency is no vacation. Build your own travel agency from the ground up in this challenging Time Management game. Create fabulous vacation packages for many kinds of customers. Watch out - they can be picky! Bring on new workers and keep them motivated and happy. Don`t forget to hire a receptionist to give waiting customers a cup of coffee. With a little planning and a lot of hard work, your Travel gency game dreams can come true! The bright tone the attractive graphics is used in the game. There are a plenty of scenes in different styles in the game, and all members of the family can play it for hours. The background music change is rich, has the relaxed humorous rhythm and the lively delightful melody. Do not miss the game!
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I served in the U.S. Military for a while, and as part of my training we had to maintain a "Bug-Out Bag", which was a large duffle-bag full of certain items that we could live on/fight with in an emergency. I've carried the spirit of that idea forward with me into civilian life, in Florida and especially here in the Pacific Northwest.
In Florida we dealt with the threat of hurricanes - I went through four of those in one year that hit my area. You're without power, it floods quickly, and it gets wicked hot. You roof might be gone, whatever. Here in the Pacific Northwest, I live near one of the largest volcano's in the world, we have flooding, and recently we were hit with an ice-storm. Now I've lived all over the world, from Alaska to North Dakota and even near the Kamchatka Peninsula in Russia, and I can handle the snow. But ice - that's a toughie no matter where you live. We had so much that it split my little pine tree in front of the house in half.
We lost power - although I think the folks at Puget Sound Energy did an amazing job at getting us back up in less than 24 hours, but we weren't worried anyway. That bug-out bag mentality carried forward to a "second pantry" we keep in the garage.
We have a large plastic box (that will fit in the back of the Subaru) with dried goods like pasta, and canned goods and even a little cook stove. We have 25 gallons of clean water in Jerry-Cans. We have batteries, candles and matches. And we have flashlights around every door. We use supplies from the "pantry" to fill our house pantry, and then refill the emergency one from the grocery store. That way everything is fresh, rotated, and we can "bug-out" here at home or on the road.
So what does this have to do with Distributed Computing Architectures?
It's the thought process. In both the military and civilian life, I've done a few things:
- Sat down and thought carefully about exactly what I need. Did I include a can-opener? A small shovel to dig out of whatever I got stuck in? Then I weed out what I *really* don't need.
- Put those things into a small, manageable container.
- Tried them - even when (especially when) I didn't have an emergency
- Tweaked the process to see what I could do better.
Have you done this when you moved an app to the "cloud"? Each of these has a computing parallel - do you know what you would do if you couldn't access the Distributed Computing Environment?
I've found these thoughts are actually a great place to start - keeps the process simplified from the start, and gives you a sense of assurance when you're asked if you can recover from an emergency.


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We love weddings at Victoria Warehouse and we are hosting our very own wedding fayre on Saturday 16th January 2016! Edgy and urban, we are one of Manchester's best new wedding venues! Come and see for yourself next week:
Saturday 16th January
- 11am -3pm
- Featuring 20 plus suppliers
- Complementary glass of bubbly on arrival
- Canapés courtesy of Smart Catering
- In association with Bridal Chic in the City
Our love for weddings doesn't stop there! We are spreading the word about our unique venue at the following wedding shows:
17th January - The National Gay Wedding Show at The Monastery, Manchester.
6th/7th February - The Wedding Show at Tatton Park.
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|Sisters and friends process to our burial chapel in Boston
at Sr. Cecilia Livingston's funeral last spring.
The Christian practice of praying for those who've gone before us dates back to antiquity. The earliest evidence of private prayer for the dead appears in the middle of the second century in Asia Minor, or what is western Turkey today. A generation later, a liturgy celebrated in north Africa in remembrance of the deceased is mentioned in the writings first of Tertullian and then of St. Cyprian in the early third century.
In the centuries that followed, this communal prayer was coupled with distribution of food among the poor. This seems to be a throwback to the pagan Roman practice of the refrigerium—a kind of ritual picnic that family members held at the graves of their loved ones. As perennial geniuses in "baptizing" cultural expressions, Christians offered the Eucharist on the graves of the martyrs, praying also by association, for the deceased buried nearby. Instead of pouring out libations to honor and supplicate the gods on behalf of the deceased, they shared the body and blood of the Lord and then extended that love to the poor in their memory. That kind of almsgiving has always been one of the suffrages we've been encouraged to offer for the deceased. The outreach that springs from the social dimension of our faith is one of the most important crossroads where belief and life intersect.*
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What kind of understanding fuels this current of devotion? Despite the likelihood that the vast majority of us human beings make a pit stop in purgatory on the speedway to the kingdom, the Church's teaching on the topic that's outlined in the Catechism of the Catholic Church is surprisingly sparing. I remember my father's disappointment that the section consisted of just three paragraphs and two quotes (nn. 1030-1032). That alone told him exactly what the Church intended to say—that the mystery, which is hardly central to her teaching and can easily spin out of control, is best expressed plainly. What's clearly intended, too, is that to avoid reducing it to a caricature, it's supposed to be understood in connection with a host of other teachings that are central, like redemption, resurrection, love, sin, faith, and human destiny. But for a man like my dad, who referred to the people there as his "friends," such a dearth of devotion called for strenuous objection. It was personal.
If brevity is the soul of wit, there's a deliberate pedagogy in that short text. After you reread it a few times, certain words jump out. A key concept is purification. Not once is it described as punishment, even though it's implied when it states that this "purification of the elect" is "entirely different from the punishment of the damned" (n. 1031). Words like "cleansing" and "deliverance" highlight the healing, restorative nature of this purging experience.
In the Divine Comedy, Dante Alighieri's poetic imagination hunts for words to express this purifying process of the discovery and growth in love. Discussions about the work's political scope aside, the Inferno, Purgatorio, and Paradiso are awash with an array of images that acclaim love vindicated, love purified, and love celebrated. Both in hell and in purgatory, the action of the Comedy is driven by Dante's contrapasso, the type of suffering that the characters undergo according to the type of their sin or vice. The monumental difference between the two conditions is that the suffering in hell punishes, while that in purgatory refines and redirects.
|R to L: Aurelia, Sr. Frances, my
sister, and Sr. Bernardine (a friend
of our parents--and ours, too!)
I think that the more we trust this God, the more surely we will be awakened to hope in the face of whatever comes our way. A life like that, a day like this, draws us back to the way in which we live. There is certainty in that hope, not just wishful thinking. Regardless of the circumstances of our last days, we are in the hand of God, as the optional reading from the book of Wisdom in today's liturgy reminds us, a hand that is always ready to receive us.
Wisdom for Living the Final Season, by Kathy Kalina, a hospice nurse from Fort Worth, Texas. She's already known to PBM readers as the author of one of our constant best sellers, Midwife for Souls. Refreshingly readable, Final Season's short chapters are dotted with stories from her twenty-two years of experience. The spiritual dimension we've been talking about is woven in convincingly and sensitively. Although the last few pages treat the topic of purgatory, it's the introduction that expresses it best for me:
"Courage is not the absence of fear. Rather, it's the ability to put one foot in front of the other and to do whatever needs to be done with our eyes fixed on the goal. Somewhere on that journey toward the goal, each of us will die, but only on one day. All the rest is living."* Production on the film about Blessed James Alberione "the first apostle of the new evangelization" (John Paul II) is still in the works (See the video bar at right.). So is its fundraising. If you would like to make a contribution in memory of a loved one, contact me, Sr. Margaret J. Obrovac, FSP, either by e-mail at email@example.com, or by phone at 617-676-4423.


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People, in general, are not overly educated when it comes to nutritional information. Yes, some people are highly educated. And some people are completely and thoroughly ignorant. But the vast majority of people know something about nutrition, but not too much. This is to be expected – we can't all be experts at everything! The vast majority of people don't know much about electrical engineering either.
With that being said, there are a frustrating number of people who think they know everything there is to know about nutrition because they recently read and article published in their favorite guilty pleasure magazine, or watched Dr. Oz yesterday.
As a Vegan, there are three things I hear regularly:
- I hope you're getting enough protein…
- What about Calcium? Aren't you worried about osteoporosis?
- But…cheese. I can't live without cheese.
Protein will come in a later post…perhaps one dedicated to the letter P (wink, wink). The main topic today is Calcium, as you may have guessed, and cheese will make a cameo, but will be better addressed tomorrow, when I talk about dairy.
All my non-Vegan readers, I have a question for you: how do you get calcium in your diet?
Milk, right? More specifically, dairy, I suppose. The media over the past 20+ years has done an incredible job of making us all believe that dairy is the #1 and only reliable way to make sure we have enough calcium to keep our bones strong.
Now, if I were to ask my Vegan readers the same question, their answer might look a little something more like this:
- Green leafy vegetables like kale, spinach, collard greens, arugula, chard, mustard greens, turnip greens…(40-240 mg per cup)
- Tofu & Soy products, especially when fortified with calcium or made with calcium sulfate (120 – 750 mg per 4 oz)
- Broccoli (180 mg per cup)
- Squash (90 mg per cup)
- Beans (50-100 mg per cup)
- Fruits (50-300 mg per cup)
- Vegetables (10+ mg per cup)
- Grains (50-200 mg per serving)
- Nuts & Seeds (50 – 280 mg per oz)
- Tahini (130 mg per oz)
Calcium content estimates courtesy of UCSF Medical Center
Are you surprised? Well let me ask you this – where do you think the cows producing the milk get their calcium from? They make it just the same way we can make it – through a plant-based diet!
Now you know all the various ways you can get Calcium into your body, but aside from "does the body good," do you really know what Calcium does for you?
Well, first of all, it is the most abundant mineral in our bodies, as it is key component of our bones, including our teeth. As we go through life, our bones are broken down. This happens every minute of every day and we cannot stop it. Calcium, however, helps to rebuild them. It is a completely natural process.
In addition to our bone health, however, Calcium plays a critical role in other bodily functions and operations, such as nerve signal transmission, hormone release, muscle contraction, blood vessel function and blood clotting. It has also been shown to help reduce blood pressure – likely through keeping our body functioning properly! – and may also help prevent certain cancers, such as prostate and colon cancer. (WebMD)
Adults under the age of 70 only need 1000-1300 mg of Calcium per day. Contrary to some opinions – including that of the Mayo Clinic – if you engage in regular, plant-based eating habits you should have no trouble making those daily requirements. They key here is to make sure you have a HEALTHY plant-based diet. There are a lot of unhealthy Vegans and Vegetarians out there who subsist mainly on junk food and processed food. There is a lot of really crappy vegan foods in this world, just as there are crappy non-vegan foods. We all need to be making plant-based – aka fruits, vegetables, grains and legumes – eating decisions for our health!
BUT there is one more important piece to the Calcium puzzle, and that is absorption. It is one thing to make sure you intake enough calcium throughout your day. It is another to ensure your body and bones can actually absorb it, instead of just letting your kidneys freak out and send this mineral packing through your pee. Or worse, creating kidney stones out of the excess calcium…
In order to properly absorb Calcium, you also need an adequate supply of vitamin D, vitamin C, vitamin E, vitamin K, magnesium, and boron (eMedicineHealth). Luckily, once again a plant-based diet comes to the rescue! While dairy products do not typically have sufficient levels of each of these items to help your body absorb the levels of calcium it provides, plant-based sources of calcium generally do, especially when you vary the sources. Vitamin D is unique, in that our biggest source of this particular vitamin is the sun! Get outside and soak in some rays – not too much, and without sunscreen on. Before you start accusing me of trying to give you skin cancer, please reference this page by Dr. Mercola: How Much Sunshine Does it Take to Make Enough Vitamin D? Perhaps More Than You Think!
One final word of advice: exercise also helps the body absorb calcium.
Being healthy is a complete lifestyle journey. Choosing the right foods to fuel your day will make an immense impact on your health, but it must also be supplemented by exercise. There is no easy button in life. But there are ways to have fun and maximize your enjoyment!


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One of the worlds premier modeling agencies with branch offices globally distributed around the world was less than satisfied with their current SharePoint 2007 implementation. A unique infrastructure, both the SharePoint was uniquely architected in modeling "communities" with varying durations and intensity of services spanning partner agencies. Very few systematic studies of modeling agencies (or service agencies were people are a commodity) have addressed cross-agency collaboration in a reasonable fashion spawning unique challenges for ARB Security Solutions to spearhead a consistent approach. The importance of providing integrated support services to agencies in order to assist them in dealing with barriers to participation is a common theme in descriptions of cross-agency collaboration efforts.
Based on the requirements provided by the client, ARB Security Solutions firstly focused on roping in the agencies current SharePoint 2007 implementation in order to prepare the platform for an upgrade to SharePoint 2010. This effort focused on three main business drivers:
1) SharePoint Governance – ARB Security Solutions firstly defined a strategic response to inbound, outbound and internal content carried through various mediums of traffic. Policy-based security solutions were advised upon to provide protection and management of unstructured content across all these communication channels. An incorporated governance model was integrated, targeting both current and future content and related security attributes which was used to retrofit the current SharePoint information architecture.
The new governance model incorporated important concepts:
- Frontend Compliance Management For Privacy Concerns
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- Backend Document Retention And Archiving
2) Content Security – Due to the privacy of modeling agencies, the security of the environment was tremendously important. The goals of the ARB Security Solutions integrated SharePoint security design allowed internal employees to more effectively engage their leaders and executives in security governance and management by understanding how to place information and different SharePoint software components within the organization. This furthermore allowed a better understanding of how to enhance current management practices to produce more secure, targeted content. Armed with this enterprise specific SharePoint tooling, managers and SharePoint administrators were allowed to build attentive, security-conscious workspaces cultivating a better position to make well-informed security decisions.
3) Compliance And Privacy Reporting – Understanding that this particular organization was subject to consistent audits due to the sensitive nature of the information, ARB Security Solutions began to build custom tooling on SharePoint platform to allow administrators and management to execute regulatory reports across the environment. Using a standardized baseline built to intelligently detect content compliance issues, this specific software implementation allowed the organization to proactively monitor, target, and mend any specific issues as they arise within the organization.
Taking these efforts into the SharePoint 2007 environment, the platform was firstly brought back to a healthy state before an upgrade was executed to SharePoint 2010. Since any custom tooling was developed in a "side-by-side" fashion (designed to target both the 2007 and 2010 platform) all customizations were brought over, providing a cohesive, fully managed SharePoint environment.
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Here at StringCan Interactive we love taking on as many projects as we can, going above and beyond not only our clients' expectations but our own expectations as well. We may be a small agency but that doesn't mean our work load is small…
So it's a must to have a program that can assist us in our organization and planning, providing us with an easier way to create "To-Do" lists, have discussions among co-workers and just be consistently updated on everything we have on our plates. We want to use the time we can save through utilizing a system that can do that and apply it to the ongoing process of building relationships with our clients.
So with that I bring up Basecamp, the project management system that is supposed to be the best, if not one of the best out there.
So the problem is this, yes, I understand that every program has its pros and cons, none of them are perfect, but why do some of the most crucial assets of the program that we find so helpful in our agency, not even exist?
I want to stop your train of thought that's probably taking you down the tracks of thinking that StringCan dislikes Basecamp as a whole. We think Basecamp is a great system, there are so many things that we utilize everyday that help keep everything up to date and help our agency run smoothly. We love the look and feel of the new Basecamp that we migrated to recently. We take advantage of the feature that helps us divide clients up so that we can separate the work per client, making our lives much less stressful and easier by just going to whichever project we want to fast and easy. The ability to make To-Do lists is so essential, as well as the option of seeing everyone in your agency's responsibilities for the future, in order to make sure everyone is fulfilling their tasks in a timely manner. But in the end it all comes down to what you can do with the features you are provided with, and that is where the problem lies.
The calendar feature is useful for any company, everyone has to be organized or the company is just going to go down quick, and Basecamp's calendar is useful but it's not reaching its full potential. We appreciate the fact that we can see everyone's calendars together in a "Universal Calendar" if you will, but once you accept the invitation to be able to see someone else's calendar, you can't then filter it when you only want to see your priorities. Also, after going through the trouble to get someone to invite you to see their calendar and then going into your email to accept the invitation and then following the link back to the calendar, you realize that the calendar is pretty much the same for everyone.
So after all, the calendar feature not only isn't personal to each person, but it also doesn't let you filter the to-do lists when you are looking at everyone else's. You can uncheck a person's calendar but it doesn't change anything, therefore making the ability to uncheck a name pointless as well the whole point of the calendar pointless. Basecamp is a project management system, and it doesn't let you manage your projects through a calendar effectively? Doesn't make much sense, huh?
The calendar feature is not the only negative, but the Gannt Chart doesn't show the project plan, there's no privacy setting (can't figure out why this was removed from classic to new Basecamp), no time tracking feature and the fact that you can't have recurring tasks is a huge let down, around 70% of our work gets repeated monthly. But overall, I believe that since this is a project management tool that has such a huge potential to be the perfect system out there, a change should be made, so that we can completely manage our projects.…
Have you found a project management system that works better for an agency? Let me know your thoughts…
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Immigrants and Immigration - Turkey - Germany
Last June, Seyran Ates, a lawyer, was waiting for a U-Bahn train in Berlin's Mockernbrucke subway station with a client for whom she had secured a divorce when the client's husband stormed onto the platform. He began beating up his ex-wife. Then he turned on Ates. Ates recalls seeing a number of men standing around, watching it all happen, as she danced from side to side with her attaché case, trying to fend off his heavy punches and kicks. It was not the first time she had been attacked in the line of duty.
A Turk of partly Kurdish descent, Ates arrived with her parents in the West Berlin neighborhood of Wedding in the late 1960s, when she was 6. Her parents were loving, but it was a traditional kind of love that involved much scolding, grounding and disciplinary slapping. School was Ates's only escape from the house, and she excelled at it. She knew she wanted to be a lawyer. Just before her 18th birthday, as her mother and aunt were beginning to make plans to marry her off, she ran away. This flight was not a simple abandonment of her family, to whom Ates remains close. Nor was it an abandonment of her ancestral culture. True, Ates has built her career in law around a German and to many Turks, idiosyncratic and hostile conception of women's rights. Yet she speaks to her young daughter in Turkish because, she says, "I want her to understand why I cry when I hear my favorite Turkish songs."


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Year's top 10 new species revealed
Many scientists believe there could be upwards of 10 million unidentified species out there in the wild, but every year researchers make a significant dent in that daunting number.
Of the nearly 18,000 discovered in the past year, here are the top 10, according to the SUNY College of Environmental Science and Forestry.
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Another anniversary is coming and still no memorial fitting a Princess. The death of Diana still leaves a void in my life and I feel such sadness that the Royals have failed to lead the Brits for a permanent monument to Diana. She deserves no less than a cathedral. Elle
Royal National Rose Society (RNRS), Princess Diana Rose Garden
Construction of the rose garden dedicated to Princess Diana is expected
``The spire is the hope and faith she represented, the rock is her
The design for the Queen Mother's garden is along more classical
A Garden that celebrates the life of Diana through creation and renewal.
The major elements of rock, water and plantings represent strength, the passing of time and life itself.
The garden is divided into a series of outdoor rooms that bring together
the times, hopes, loves and
Water plays a major role, being circulated from the great rock and golden
spire that acts as the garden
The latter depicts important scenes and activities with specially commissioned and sculpted plaques.
Sculpture plays a pivotal role with representational pieces in each garden.
Alongside the Diana, Princess of Wales Garden, two more major gardens will
be built in honor of Her
List of Diana's Roses
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site is perfect,
Plans for a memorial fountain to honour Diana, Princess of Wales have been unveiled.The £3 million fountain will be built on the banks of the Serpentine in Hyde Park and should be completed next year.
It will be funded by the sale of official commemorative coins.
The site was chosen after a committee was set up in February to advise on location, preferred design and installation.
It is headed by Diana's close friend Rosa Monckton and includes landscape designers, architects and art experts.
Ms Monckton said the fountain was what the Princess would have wanted.
"The site is perfect, so peaceful and secret. I know she went there privately," she said.
Earl Spencer has also endorsed the plans to honour his sister, who would have been 40 on July 1.
He said: "If it was a fountain, I would be very happy with that."
The decision to build a fountain rather than a statue as a memorial to Diana was first announced by Prime Minister Tony Blair in September 1999.
A seven-mile landscaped memorial walk and a Peter Pan-themed Diana Memorial
Playground in Kensington Gardens, close to the Princess's former London
home, were opened last year.
UK News Electronic Telegraph Monday 1 September 1997 Issue 829
Obituary: Diana, Princess of Wales: Nation mourns the people's Princess
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Un tournoi de volley-ball à la mémoire de la princesse DianaPARIS, 24 août (AFP) - Une tournoi de volley-ball en chaise roulante à la mémoire de la princesse Diana réunira ce week-end à Tuzla (Bosnie) huit équipes de Bosnie-Herzégovine, de Hongrie et de Croatie.
Organisé pour la troisième année de suite, ce tournoi marquera le cinquième anniversaire de la visite que fit la princesse Diana en Bosnie-Herzégovine. Elle avait alors assisté à un tournoi de volley-ball en chaise roulante organisé en son honneur par le Réseau des survivants des champs de mine (LSN), une organisation humanitaire internationale dont le siège est à Washington.
Quelques-uns des joueurs qui l'avaient rencontrée participeront samedi et dimanche au tournoi de Tuzla. Selon LSN une mine explose toutes les 22 minutes dans le monde en provoquant de graves handicaps qui reçoivent peu de soins ou pas de soins du tout dans 90 % des cas dans les pays en voie de développement.
Avant sa mort accidentelle, le 31 août 1997, la princesse Diana avait montré sa constante préoccupation à ce sujet.
Diana - struggling to keep memory alive four years on
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Althorp, England (dpa) - The lord of the manor reacts with indignation. "A brother who has lost his sister does not profit from her death," says Charles, ninth Earl Spencer and younger brother of Princess Diana.
Spencer, 37, has thrown open his stately home at Althorp to members of the press
ahead of the 40th anniversary on Sunday of the birth of Diana Princess of Wales. He is determined that her memory should remain alive almost four years after her untimely death in a Paris motor accident.
"Accusations that I am making money from her death are so patently not true," he says, pointing to the large sums transferred to charities in her name.
Dressed in casual open shirt and jeans, Spencer evinces pride in what he has made
of Althorp, a large estate set in the Nottinghamshire countryside some two hours' drive north of London.
"I have achieved what I set out to achieve - to take it beyond reproach and to take this estate into a different stratosphere from every other stately home in this country," he says.
On Sunday the gates of Althorp will be opened for two months to allow visitors from all over the world to see her final resting place. Others further away can visit the website at www.althorp.com
Since 1998, Diana's many admirers have been coming, although the numbers are in decline from their peak of 140,000 in that year. Foot and mouth disease means that the 120,000 achieved last year is unlikely to be repeated this year, according to estate manager David Fawkes.
This is one of the reasons behind Spencer's decision to entertain the press - even the tabloids, whom he castigated in his 1997 funeral address for being partly to blame for Diana's death.
Fawkes also says the intention is once again to begin using the stately home, set in generously proportioned parkland amid idyllic hills, as a conference centre.
The family seat of the Spencers, built originally in 1573, had been used for this purpose until Diana's brother had the stables rebuilt as a museum to her memory for some three million pounds (4.2 million dollars).
Fawkes notes that the conference centre brought in "considerable sums", adding that maintenance of the great house costs around 400,000 pounds a year.
All income from the stream of visitors - who get to see some rooms inside the great house - are paid into the memorial fund set up in Diana's name. Since 1998 more than 800,000 pounds have been transferred to 250 aid organizations, and as a result the earl is angry at repeated allegations in the press of "profiteering".
Spencer hopes that 2,500 visitors a day will be ferried in buggies from the cast iron gates of the estate through its park to the Visitor Centre, where students will offer assistance, selling them souvenirs, like porcelain thimbles or cut crystal whisky tumblers with the Spencer coat of arms.
Here not only the ringing of the tills disturbs the idyll. The Diana dolls, standing spectrally in glass cases dressed in their designer outfits, assume a spooky appearance four years on.
Among the exhibits displayed in a dimmed light are Diana in her wedding dress, and the 1980 Christmas card from Prince Charles - just months before their wedding - wishing his "tap-dancing partner" a merry Christmas. It is a rare token of affection during their troubled relationship.
Video clips soften the atmosphere, showing scenes from Diana's life fooling around with her sister-in-law Fergie while skiing or buckled up with laughter with her two sons, William and Harry.
Spencer thinks highly of the boys. "They have turned out as Diana would have wanted them to be, They are fantastic boys. She has left in them a great legacy to this nation," he says.
Staff on the estate will not comment on whether her closest relatives will visit her grave on the overgrown island in Oval Round, the artificial lake on Sunday.
Will William, 19, and Harry, 16, visit this summer? "I see them quite often, but I'm a very discreet uncle," is all Spencer will say.
Althorp features memorial fund work
VISITORS to Althorp, the former home of Diana, Princess of Wales, had their first chance to see a new exhibition about the work of the Diana Memorial Fund yesterday.
The exhibition is the latest addition to the estate near Northampton, which opened for its annual two-month summer season on her 40th birthday. Visitors can also see the island where the Princesss remains lie and tour a museum devoted to her life. She died in a car crash in Paris on August 31, 1997, and Althorp will close, as normal, the day before the anniversary.
Earl Spencer, her brother, said that he found the anniversaries of her birth and death particularly difficult. I can look back on various firsts of July and remember very important times, he said. In fact the last time I saw her was the first of July 1997.
He said that the Althorp museum, which opened three years ago, had worked out exactly as I wanted.
The Prince of Wales played polo at his home club, the Beaufort, near Westonbirt in Gloucestershire, yesterday. But Princes William and Harry, regulars at the club, were nowhere to be seen.
I don't mind if Prince weds again, says Diana's brother
By Richard Eden
(Filed: 30/07/2001)
LORD Spencer marked the 20th anniversary of the wedding of Diana, Princess of Wales by saying he would have no objection if the Prince of Wales were to marry Camilla Parker Bowles.
The brother of the late Princess also said that his fears for the future of Princes William and Harry after their mother was killed in a car crash in 1997 had proved unfounded.
Lord Spencer, 37, said he no longer saw the Prince of Wales but had "nothing against him".
When asked whether he would be irritated if the Prince were to marry Mrs Parker Bowles, he replied: "I have always thought it was none of my business at all what he did in his private life."
The Prince of Wales, 50, hinted for the first time that he might marry Mrs Parker Bowles, 54, in an interview earlier this month.
He said: "Who knows what the good Lord has planned?" Previously, he had always indicated that he had no plans to remarry.
In Lord Spencer's speech at his sister's funeral he made a commitment to Princes William and Harry, saying their "blood family" would do all they could to enable them "to sing openly as you [Diana] planned".
In the interview with Gyles Brandreth, broadcast on the London radio station LBC last night, he said: "I hope I have done everything I could for them.
"My concerns at the time never actually came to the fore because the two boys have their heads screwed on very well. I think it's all been fine and they are incredibly well-balanced."
The Princess, who would have been 40 on July 1, was described as "indestructible" by her brother, who said she she was often on his mind.
He said: "It's very difficult to get out of that knack which you have developed over 30-odd years of thinking, 'I must tell Diana that' or 'she will find this really funny'.
"Then you get a sort of sickening thud when you think, 'Oh well, obviously, I can't ever do that'. But the spark is still there."
He praised her "unique" qualities and recalled how "incredibly beautiful" she was at her wedding, but questioned whether her popularity would have continued as she grew older.
He said: "If she had lived into her 50s and 60s how could she have maintained her popularity in our lookist and ageist society?
"She combined extraordinary glamour - the epitome of 20th-century celebrity - with a humanitarian bent. I don't know any other beautiful humanitarians and I think it's a market she had to herself."
The Prince of Wales spent his wedding anniversary watching an international polo match, along with his son, Prince Harry, 16.
The pair appeared to enjoy watching England beat Brazil 8-7 at Cowdray Park, West Sussex, in glorious sunshine. Prince Harry, in the company of friends, was photographed sitting next to Amelia Delangi, 19.
The Prince of Wales, dressed in a white suit and hat, arrived by helicopter. His son, wearing sunglasses, had arrived about 20 minutes earlier.
Father and son sat separately while Prince Harry's blonde friend busily chatted on her Union Jack mobile phone before the start of the match.
Both were attending the world's biggest one-day polo event, which was helping to raise money for charity. The organisers, Hurlingham Polo Association, said the event had attracted a crowd of 10,000.
In 1991, the Prince and Princess of Wales spent their 10th wedding anniversary apart amid growing rumours of marital difficulties.
The pair were divorced in August 1996.
SATURDAY AUGUST 18 2001 Anniversary CD of silence for Diana BY ALAN HAMILTON SIMON and Garfunkel recorded The Sound Of Silence, and Brian Poole and the Tremeloes released Silence Is Golden, but a 60-second single to be released next month is quieter than either of them.
Jonty Semper, 25, a graduate of Sheffield Hallam University, took his tape recorder among the thousands of mourners in Hyde Park on the day of the funeral of Diana, Princess of Wales, on September 6, 1997, and switched it on for the minutes silence observed all over London.
The result, to be issued on the fourth anniversary of the funeral next month, features a babys cry, the odd cough, the distant sound of traffic and feedback from speakers near by. Otherwise the silence is deafening.
Nick Hallam, of the record company charrm, which has produced the limited edition of 500 singles, said: It is not the sort of disc that will top the charts. But the silence is really eerie, capturing perfectly the mood of a nation united by grief.
Hundreds of thousands of mourners packed Central London that day to see the Princesss funeral cortège progress slowly from Kensington Palace to Westminster Abbey. As many people are said to have watched it worldwide on television as saw her wedding in 1981. The loudest noise came from her brother, Earl Spencer, who delivered a sharp farewell in the Abbey pointing the finger of blame at the media and the Royal Family.
For the record company, one silence is not enough. Semper has gathered all available recordings of two-minute Armistice Day and Remembrance Sunday silences at the Cenotaph, using BBC and newsreel company archive recordings, and will issue them as double CDs on Remembrance Sunday, November 11, this year. Both single and double CD projects are entitled Kentotaphion, from the Greek root for cenotaph.
The power of silence is hardly a new discovery. In 1935 Radio Times noted: Here is one of the great paradoxes, that no broadcast is more impressive than the silence following the last dashing strokes of Big Ben.
And Dr Adrian Gregory, historian and author of The Silence Of Memory: Armistice Day 1919-1946, wrote: Some went mad because of the war and some had moments of despair bordering on madness.
For them the silence signified the inexpressible. It signified everything and nothing; this was the worst silence in memory.
Diana fund launches £5 million initiative
The Diana, Princess of Wales Memorial Fund is launching a £5 million initiative to help ease the suffering of the terminally ill in the Third World.
The scheme is being unveiled to mark the fourth anniversary of the fund, which was set up in the days after Diana's death.
It will focus on helping HIV/Aids and cancer sufferers in east and southern Africa by funding palliative care projects.
"For millions of people in this region the approach of death is characterised by appalling pain, deprivation and neglect," said fund chairman Christopher Spence.
"The fund's Palliative Care Initiative is essentially a challenge to health policy makers, donors, practitioners and others who care about the issue - to recognise that people who are dying are human and that the close of life should bring dignity and not diminish their humanity.
"The values that Diana, Princess of Wales, brought to her work with the dying and the bereaved warrant universal application, because they are universally important."
More than 50 million people die each year around the globe and four out of five of these deaths occur in the developing world, according to the fund.
The five-year scheme aims to provide grants to existing projects and to help develop new initiatives, as well as funding training and education programmes for policy makers, medical staff and carers.
The fund will also lobby governments to include palliative care in their national health plans.
Mr Spence said: "Relevant and holistic palliative care can be delivered cheaply and effectively. But much will depend on the health policies of national governments and the various agencies with the capacity to develop and deliver good practice in palliative care in the long term."
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Forever a princess in our hearts.
Forever looking down upon her sons.
Forever a mother of the century.
The Royals want to erase the memory of Diana, Princess of Wales.
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How dare you join the foolish, man hating, arrogant women on social media peddling and clamoring for gender equality, woman?
Who gave you the voice, aya ma ko e oooo( how dare you get so emboldened)? Oriade barked at his wife Debimpe who had retreated into a corner, shivering and cowering like a scared animal on the verge of being clubbed to death.
Emi oriade, oo gbo oruko mini? (I, Oriade, don't you know the meaning of my name)? The head of a king woman, the head of a king! Continue reading A short story on why we should all be in sync as regards gender equality.


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Nomination of ASAA Officers are open from October 17, 2017 – October 31, 2017. ASAA members are to nominate people to the following positions.
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- Member may not nominate more than one person for a position.
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Note: All nominees and nominators must be ASAA members in good standing (i.e. current membership dues paid).


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Category Archives: 1876
The Quiver of Love. A collection of Valentines.
The Quiver of Love.
A collection of Valentines ancient and modern. With illustrations, in colors, from drawings by Walter Crane (1845–1915) and Kate Greenaway (1846–1901). London, 1876.
Cheyenne Medicine Man. Necklace of Human Fingers.
Cheyenne Medicine Man. Necklace of Human Fingers. Chippewa Montana and Wyoming c. 1876.
The Pittsburgh Press – 14. Apr. 1902: During General Crook`s campaign agains the Sioux and Cheyennes, in 1876, the Fourth Cavalry and a detachment of Indian scouts, under Colonel R.C. Mackenzie, surprised and stormed the chief town and principal stronghold of the Cheyennes. During, or rather after, this engagement one of he Indian Scouts, Baptiste Pouvier, better known as Big Bat, entered the lodge of the chief medicine man of the desired village, and, among other things that the medicine man had overlooked in his hurried flight from he town, the scout found this curious necklace. Big Bat gave it to Colonel Burke, whom he knew as a student of Indian religions and superstitions, and he in turn, prisoned it to the National Museum. The necklace is very old, and was looked upon by the Cheyennes as a hinge endowed with miraculous powers. The Cheyennes tried hard to ge it back, offering a large sum of money and a grew many horses for its return, but this was refused. The fingers were those of famous enemies, noted for heir superior courage and bravery, whom the Cheyennes had killed in battle during their various wars, while the human skin of which the medicine bags were made, was also taken from the bodies of enemies slain in battle.
Annual Ethnology Report of the US Government. Lithographed by Sackett & Wilhelms. Printed in New York: c.1897.
Read more:
- History of the Indian Tribes of North America
- The North American Indian. Being A Series Of Volumes Picturing And Describing. The Indians Of The United States And Alaska. Written, Illustrated, And Published By Edward S. Curtis.
Traditional Peasant girl costume from Silesia in 1876
Peasant girl from Neuland at Neisse, Silesia 1876
Woman from Athens in traditional Greek folk dress.
Woman from Athens.
Wallachian folk dress. Woman from Orsova, Hungary 1875.
Wallachian woman from Orsova, Hungary 1875.
Gallery: "Sheets for costume design: historical and folk costumes. Published by Franz Lipperheide, 1876-1887.
Fishermen in folk dress (Striil) from around Bergen, Norway
Fishermen (Striil) from around Bergen, Norway.
Gallery: "Sheets for costume design: historical and folk costumes. Published by Franz Lipperheide, 1876-1887.
Girl in traditional folk dress from Blekinge, Sweden 1860.
Girl from Blekinge, Sweden 1860.
Gallery: "Sheets for costume design: historical and folk costumes. Published by Franz Lipperheide, 1876-1887.
View on Simla India 1895
View on Simla. Capital of Himachal Pradesh. India 1883.
Vue générale prise de la colline de Djako. British Colonial History.
From: La Nouvelle Géographie universelle, la terre et les hommes 1875-94. The Earth and Its Inhabitants by Elisee Reclus.
Traditional Bride costume of Westerland Sylt in 1800.
Traditional Bride costume of Westerland Sylt, Germany in 1800.
"Sheets for costume design: historical and folk costumes. Published by Franz Lipperheide, 1876-1887


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First look: Net-a-Porter's Middle East campaign
Spring/Summer '17
Online luxury retailer Net-a-Porter has partnered with Kuwaiti influencer Ascia Al-Faraj to launch its first ever Middle East Spring/Summer '17 campaign. Centred around four key seasonal trends – Street Style, Summer Loving, Think Pink and Silk Road – the campaign will see Al-Faraj sharing her fashion know-how through a visual campaign which includes a video series.
"We are thrilled to showcase the spring summer 2017 trends of the season through the expert eyes of Ascia Al-Faraj," said Net-a-Porter President Alison Loehnis. "With such exciting growth in the market, it is the perfect time for us to present this dedicated campaign."
The Net-a-Porter x Ascia Al-Faraj campaign will run for one month. Also, discover Gucci's exclusive eyewear collection on Net-a-Porter.


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We are professionals who noticed that many wanted to explore career options outside of "what they went to school for." They wanted to learn about alternative options, but did not know where to start. After starting Solutions by Amelia, we received SO many questions about the nuts and bolts of starting a business as a healthcare professional.
We want this site to be a simple starting point for people who are contemplating their next business move. We are using this site as a personal collection of information related to what we have found to be helpful. This is very much an experiment and by no means will provide you with everything you need to know for business success. With that said, we welcome you to grow with us!


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Hatters midfielder Jake Howells didn't have any complaints about being on the bench for the second game in succession at the weekend.
The 23-year-old started against Morecambe the previous Saturday but was then amongst the substitutes as Town beat Bury 1-0 in the FA Cup on Tuesday night.
He said: "I think the boys deserved to play again after winning on Tuesday against Bury.
"Roons (Luke Rooney) played wide left where I usually try and play and got his goal again.
"As a team we want to go up and no individual is going to go up on his own.
"Us winning means we're winning as a team and we're going forward."
Howells did come on for the final 20 minutes and made quite an impression, netting in stoppage time.
He has now made 295 appearances for the club too and is just five short of joining an elite band of 21 players who have played 300 times for the Hatters.
For the full story, see the Luton News/Dunstable Gazette on sale tomorrow, while for all the latest Luton Town FC news, visit our Hatters Microsite.


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Using Mastering Physics for Much More than Homework!
Dr. Scott Hildreth, Chabot College
We know the students in our introductory astronomy and physics classes — whether delivered on-campus or online — have a variety of learning style preferences. Some students still do well reading from the textbooks, and listening in lecture, but many students share that they seem to resonate and learn even more effectively with visual animations, simulations, and tutorials that offer hints, help, and opportunities for further exploration. Online homework and learning systems can deliver all of these — and more. I'll share some of the techniques and assignments I've used with Mastering in my on-campus and online classes to help my students stay engaged and interested, including tremendously fun competitive exam review sessions, and share a bit about how Mastering helps me to see whether the students really are learning.
Students of Physics: Listeners, Observers, or Collaborative Participants in the Practice of Physics?
Dr. Eugenia Etkina, Rutgers University
Scientists and especially physicists have their own, unique ways of developing new knowledge, solving new problems, and communicating about what they do. These form a set of cultural norms and practices that we call "physics." Can students become enculturated into physics in a one year introductory course, or does "doing physics" remain the exclusive purview of professionals who have acquired their skills through years of training? Development of the Next Generation Science Standards, revisions to AP® courses, and a new MCAT® suggest that these aspects of physics (and other sciences) are as valuable as the final product of scientific labor—concepts and mathematical representations—that traditionally have been the sole focus of science courses. Science practices are the central elements of all these innovations. In my talk I will describe curricular approaches that make these practices a centerpiece of learning physics without losing conceptual and mathematical focus. Ways to assess these complex practices will also be discussed.
Teaching Physics to Non-Physicists: Making It Real, Making It Relatable
Dr. Brian Jones, Colorado State University
When you land after a jump, the force in your ankle joint can be 12 times your weight—or even more. There are amphibians up to one foot long than don't have lungs or gills—they exchange gases through their skin. Emperor penguins are so well insulated that the surface of their feathers can actually be colder than the temperature of the air and ice around them. These are topics that your students will find interesting, and understanding them requires some basic physics—forces and torques, diffusion, thermal radiation. Add some life to your class by treating examples that use real situations and real data, that allow students to use the simple models of physics to explain and explore the complexity of the world around them. In this session, we'll discuss some ideas and some resources for doing just that.


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2015 QHWA Announcement: St. Joe's Wins Gold
Photo caption (left to right): Marlene Hall, Manager Human Resources, Deborah Schubert, Vice President, People and Organization Effectiveness, and Betty Kenney, Manager HR Benefits & Wellness
Congratulations to St. Joseph's Healthcare Hamilton on achieving Gold standing for the 2015 Quality Healthcare Workplace Award (QHWA).
Together, St. Joe's staff is working together to build a community of engaged people who continue to strive for excellence and compassionate care. After receiving Silver for the 2014 QHWA, the People and Organization Effectiveness Department have made significant inroads to prioritize employee wellness across our organization. To highlight, St. Joe's implemented a Mindfulness-based research study with frontline healthcare workers and leaders, which resulted in significant improvements in Mindfulness skills, psychological well-being, and ability to empathize with others, as well as decreased depression, anxiety, and stress. Since then, there have been 706 visits to the Mindfulness Communities of Practice, and senior leadership begins management forum meetings with a Three-Minute Breathing Space.
The QHWAs, launched in 2010, is a partnership of the Ontario Hospital Association and the Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care's HealthForceOntario. This progressive improvement framework offers Bronze, Silver, Gold, and Platinum level awards with assessment designed to encourage self-evaluation, learning and improvement. The awards program recognizes organizational efforts to improve healthcare workplaces in ways that contribute to providers' quality of work life and the quality of the care and services they deliver.
For more information on this year's winners, click here.
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Sorry for the delay on getting this e-mail out. A combination of increased activity at work along with family life plus summertime has taken up a lot of my time recently. We tried something different at our last meeting. We had an open forum to discuss topics that concerned our members. Lots of things were discussed but most of the conversation revolved around two subjects: "How to get the political parties to take our concerns seriously and return to the principles of the Constitution" and "How to get more people to realize what is at stake and more involved in their civic duties". I have outlined some points for each below.
How to get the political parties to take our concerns seriously and return to the principles of the Constitution:
1. We quickly came to the conclusion that the Democrat party was so removed from our core values that we should not spend any time trying to influence this party.
2. Although the Democrat party does not share our values many people who vote Democrat do. This can be addressed one on one as described below.
3. Most people agreed that the Republican party shared our values in principle but some Republican politicians do not and would only adhere to these values when it is clear that the only way to stay in office is to actually do the will of the people supporting them.
4. We discussed ways to send the message to these politicians that we are serious and that this movement is not just about the next few election cycles and returning power to the Republicans. Several methods were discussed:
a. Attend Republican party meetings. Get to know who is active in the party and let them know what you expect of them.
b. Contact your elected officials and let them know your concerns about legislation and their voting history (if applicable).
c. Attend council meetings. Politicians notice when the citizens are paying attention to them and it can change their behavior. If they feel no one is watching it will encourage them to act in ways that are self-serving. I would like to put a post on the Westside 9-12 blog https://westside912.wordpress.com/ listing all of the websites for the various local Republican Party meetings as well as the various city council meetings (Cheviot, Delhi, Green Township, etc.) but I need some help. Please contact me if you would like to assist in gathering this info. I have already posted a few items. They are all listed under the category "debate". Let me know if these are helpful.
5. We discussed Third Parties both pro and con. Here are some points that were made:
a. Third Party voting may be the only way to show RINOs that we will not support progressive Republican candidates.
b. The obvious danger that voting third party will split the conservative vote and result in the liberal Democrat candidate winning.
c. Robert Owens was discussed. He is the Constitution Party candidate running against RINO Mike DeWine for Attorney General. http://www.owensforohio.com/ People voiced their opinions for and against voting for Mr. Owens. A sound argument was made for both sides.
How to get more people to realize what is at stake and more involved in their civic duties
1. Hardcore Leftists most likely cannot be influenced and generally speaking you should not spend much time trying to do so. Leftism/Socialism/Progressive ideology is a religion and few converts can be had from their ranks.
2. The majority of average American Democrats are not leftists. They just do not understand what is behind the party that they support. Also people who are not engaged in the political process are unaware of what their future holds if they do not start paying attention. We have to start talking to these people.
a. Several people stated that they did not feel comfortable in discussions because they felt they did not have enough knowledge to be effective.
b. In an effort to help people I want to post different theories and strategies on our blog. This is a huge undertaking but I believe it will help. I need your help. If you have a strategy or an argument that is effective please pass it to me so I can post it on the blog. It will have to be short and to the point. Very long posts will not be read by the majority of viewers.
c. Attend our meetings when possible. We dedicate a portion of each meeting on education. We will also be starting a class to study the 5000 Year Leap and the principles of our country. Classes will be twice a month at the Green Township library and we currently have four scheduled: September 8th, September 20th, October 6th and October 28th. Each class will stand by itself so you do not need to attend all classes to benefit. More info will be provided soon.
d. PEP Precinct Education Project. More information can be found at the Cincinnati 9-12 site: http://www.cincinnati912project.com/ This project will outline a method to energize voters before the elections in November. Classes are being held by both the 9-12 group and the Tea Party.
I believe the open forum was beneficial and we plan on having more in the future. At the end of the meeting Tom mentioned an article he found on the web and he handed out several copies. You can read the article here: http://spectator.org/archives/2010/07/16/americas-ruling-class-and-the/print It is one of the best assessments of our current situation I have read and we will be discussing it at our next meeting. It is quite long but very worthwhile.
Our next meeting is this Thursday August 5th. Please attend and bring a friend!
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Boycotting "Made in Bangladesh" Will Do More Harm Than Good
Last week, I was devastated to hear that more than 300 workers were killed when a factory collapsed in Bangladesh, just as I was devastated when more than 100 workers were killed in a factory fire last year. Both of these incidents happened since my visit to Bangladesh last fall with Save the Children Canada, where I had the opportunity to visit villages and city slums, and see how people in rural and urban Bangladesh live.
I saw people who were desperate. Families begging on the street. A man with no legs moving along the sidewalk using just his arms. Children who were essentially 24/7 slaves in a stranger's home. I learned about the extreme poverty and hunger in some areas and discovered that two-thirds of girls are married before their 18th birthday.
But I also saw hope. I saw a country in transition. I saw the ways that rapid growth combined with sustainable development programs like those supported by Save the Children, is changing the lives of millions of people for the better. I met school children who dreamed of being doctors or lawyers or teachers or owning their own embroidery or car repair business -- dreams they could fulfill because their parents had jobs. I met teenagers in youth training programs learning to sew and work on electronics, so that they could get a job and make a better life for themselves and their children.
After the fire and the collapse, the initial response of many Westerners is to boycott "Made in Bangladesh" clothing, to punish the companies that source clothing there, and to seek out "Made in Canada" or "Made in USA" labels instead. There is nothing wrong with shopping locally. It has a lot of benefits, of course. But it also has its limitations (often less variety and greater cost) and ultimately doesn't do anything to help the plight of people working in poor conditions in Bangladesh. If you boycott companies that produce goods in Bangladesh, you don't create better working conditions in Bangladesh, you put people out of a job. Instead of a dangerous job and uncertain future they have no job and no future. Stephanie Nolen from the Globe and Mail wrote a detailed and excellent article with her thoughts on the issue and examples of the types of factories she saw while she was in Bangladesh -- I highly recommend reading it.
If Boycotting Isn't the Answer, What Is?
A lot of people have suggested that Western companies sourcing in Bangladesh need to put greater pressure on their suppliers to provide safe working conditions. What that usually means is that Western buyers put a clause in the contract saying that they have to provide safe working conditions and then they do an annual audit. In the meantime, they continue to turn a blind eye to what is happening in the factories, while putting significant time, cost, and volume pressures on suppliers. A crack in the building's foundation? Even if the rich factory owners wanted to fix it, they couldn't possibly shut down to do the repairs without breaching the terms of their contracts or losing significant business.
PVH Corp, which owns Tommy Hilfiger, Calvin Klein and other brands has been proactively working with labour rights organizations, unions, and non-governmental organizations to establish a Memorandum of Understanding that would improve safety. Some of the key components of the MOU include:
- Hiring a Chief Inspector to design and implement a safety inspection program covering all of the major factories supplying the participating brands;
- Publicly disclosing lists of the factories being inspected, as well as a list of any factories that fail to fix problems;
- Establishing a complaints mechanism for workers to identify high-risk factories;
- Implementing a fire safety training program for all workers, managers, and other staff, and allowing union representatives access to workers for continuing training;
- Creating functioning health and safety committees in all participating factories; and
- Conducting a rigorous review of building standards and regulations to advise the Bangladeshi government on standards.
The full text of the proposed Bangladesh Fire and Building Safety Agreement provides further details.
PVH wants to get a number of other Western brands to sign on to the agreement and work collaboratively to implement it. Individual factories often do work for multiple brands and there is strength (and cost efficiency) when brands cooperate on this type of thing. Sounds great, right? Well, it was a good idea until Walmart and the Gap (Old Navy, Banana Republic) outright refused to help pay for necessary safety upgrades.
The Clean Clothes Campaign is urging brands to sign the safety agreement. The Maquila Solidarity Network is asking for this too and has links set up that will help you send a message specifically to the brands and to the Bangladeshi government.
In addition to speaking out and putting pressures on the brands, I'm making conscious choices about where I spend my money. When I was in Bangladesh, we went shopping at Aarong, a fair trade shopping centre (see picture on the right). Here in Canada, I've opted recently for buying clothing at the Tommy Hilfiger outlet (to support their leadership on the safety agreement), at Canadian stores that practice ethical sourcing like Mountain Equipment Co-Op and Terra20, and at local businesses like the Workshop Boutique that carry Canadian designers. I'm not anti-trade. I support a sustainable mix of ethical trade and supporting local business.
Not everyone can necessarily walk away from cheap clothes, although sales at the Tommy Hilfiger outlet are not really more expensive than shopping at Joe Fresh. Second hand stores and clothing swaps are another great sustainable option, although they do nothing to help the Bangladesh economy. I know that not everyone will be able to walk away from Joe Fresh or Walmart or Old Navy, but I do hope that people will take the time to tell the company that they expect better. A couple of cents on a pair of jeans isn't going to make them go from affordable to luxury, but it could save hundreds and thousands of lives.
Have the events in Bangladesh made you re-think where and how you buy your clothing?