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Flanker Koriak Upaiga raised his Golden Boot tally with three goals while midfielder Emmanuel Simon added another two to raise their unbeaten stakes in the Southern Conference matches.
Hekari's power striker Tommy Semmy had a rusty start failing three attempts that were foiled by PS Huawei goalkeeper but he gave in to Semmy's fourth attempt for 1-0 lead.
Semmy had a hard time finding the mark with PS Huawei's defenders frustrating his offensive.
PS forwards Iamo Maneka and Pokana Mea however were intent in attack despite lacking any real progress.
Maneka's insistence paid off when he found a bare Hekari backline and rushed through to drive the ball past Hekari goalkeeper Ishmael Pole to level the scores 1-1 at the break.
In the second stanza, an indignant Maneka had Pole in trouble while chasing a long range shot from defender Francis Tulem.
It was during that split second that Pole despite having a hand on the ball let it slip behind him for PS to grow stronger with the score at 2-1.
That lead however was curbed on the next instant when Wira Wama unselfishly pushed through the ball for Upaiga to sweep past PS goalkeeper at close range to level the scores at 2-2.
Koriak and Simon were in devastating form and kept troubling the PS backline until Simon put one through to take the lead to 3-2.
Upaiga struck again after connecting a Daniel Joe's cross to take their lead to 4-2 before Simon again scored his second goal for a 5-2 lead.
Then Hekari flanker Otto Kusunan drove deep into PS territory before crossing a low ball for Upaiga to head in his third goal and close the match at 6-2.
Southern Conference – Hekari thrashed Huawei PS 6-2, Erema FC defeated FC POM 2-1 and Rapatona beat Gigira Laitepo 2-1.
Northern Conference – Admiralty drew with Besta PNG United nil-all, Welgris defeated Goroka Goshia 2-1 and Madang defeated Lae City Dwellers 2-1.


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Most readers will already know the history of the PayPal 14, but I'll let the folks at '8,600,000 Penny Freedom from the Press Fund' via Twitter explain it in capsule form (my bolds):
Who we are:
Eleven individuals charged with helping overwhelm PayPal's website in 2010 have reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors that could potentially allow them to avoid a felony conviction.
Under the terms of the deal, 11 defendants in what is known as the "PayPal 14" case pleaded guilty to both felony and misdemeanor charges during their appearances in federal court in San Jose, Calif., on Thursday, but their sentencing will be pushed back for a year, according to reporter Alexa O'Brien. If they stay out of trouble with the law, federal prosecutors will seek to drop the felony charges, and the defendants will be sentenced to probation and possibly receive credit for time served.
One of the defendant's attorneys, Stanley Cohen, who called the deal a "big win for civil disobedience," said it also requires each defendant to pay eBay $5,600 in restitution. Two other defendants pleaded guilty to a misdemeanor charge, and likely will be sentenced to 90 days in prison. A final defendant who was indicted earlier this year on separate charges involving attacks on credit card companies and recording industry groups was not eligible for a plea deal.
The deal ends a three-year saga that started when members of the online group Anonymous launched a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, or a tactic of overwhelming the system by flooding it with requests, against PayPal after it cut off service to WikiLeaks. Without PayPal, it was more difficult for WikiLeaks, an organization known for publishing leaked documents, to raise money.
In terms of the number of defendants, the PayPal case is the largest brought in connection to a DDoS attack, which some activists defend as a legitimate form of protest protected by the First Amendment. While PayPal collected the IP addresses of more than 1,000 computers involved in the attack, the PayPal 14 were the only people charged. There have been several other high-profile DDoS attacks against other websites, including government sites, in the years since the PayPal attack. A DDoS attack participant in a separate federal case was sentenced to two years probation earlier this week, and forced to pay $183,000 in restitution to Koch Industries.
The 14 defendants were charged under the Computer Fraud and Abuse Act, which critics say is overly broad and exposes computer users to extremely harsh sentences for relatively innocuous computer crimes.
Federal prosecutors and defense attorneys had nearly reached a plea deal in the PayPal case this fall, but it was held up because not all the defendants agreed. Defendants in the case told The Huffington Post earlier this year that the case has had a severe financial and emotional impact.
Pierre Omidyar, the founder of PayPal's parent company eBay, called for leniency this week, saying they should have been charged with misdemeanors, not felonies.
A spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Northern District of California did not immediately respond to a request for comment.'
This is the post in which Pierre Omidyar called for leniency on Dec. 3 on his Honolulu Civil Beat tab at Huffington Post, and yes he did call for leniency, but also said this concerning the affects of the DDoS on real people's lives:
'A denial of service attack is damaging and costly. Many of PayPal's customers rely on PayPal for their livelihood. An interruption in service can have serious consequences: those customers may lose income that may cause them to become late on rent payments, medical expenses, etc. These are serious impacts that must not be ignored. An attack on PayPal's servers hurts these vulnerable people far more than it hurts a multinational company.
People at PayPal — as in most companies — take their responsibility to protect their customers very seriously. They sleep with pagers next to them so they can be woken in the middle of the night when something goes wrong. They put in extra hours on short notice at the expense of spending time with their families. They put their customers ahead of their own interests time and time again.'
Amusingly, on Dec. 5, two days after Pierre's post, DJ Pangburn at Death and Taxes magazine wrote: .
'Pierre Omidyar, founder of eBay, which is the parent company of PayPal, called for leniency. Ironic given that PayPal provided the Department of Justice with a list of the participants' IP addresses, which helped the FBI locate the protesters. [snip]
While the plea deal doesn't define DDoS as digital protest, it might be the first step in acknowledging the attack as something akin to protesters blocking a road or a business. These physical protests are typically prosecuted as misdemeanors, not felonies that can bring hefty prison terms, high restitution costs, and a lifetime designation as a felon. The PayPal 14 plea deal might also help begin the very necessary process of amending the CFAA, which allows stiff penalties for these non-violent crimes in the first place.'
The page also has photos of the PayPal 14 hacktivists. Being a major fan of irony myself, and having read complaints from folks who had suffered from PayPal's freezing their checks, accounts, or what have you, I went DuckDuckGo-ing, and found this page of sites created strictly to call out PayPal's business practices. Some of the site names are: PayPal sucks.com, ScrewPaypal.com, PayPalwarning.com, class action suits against the organization; well, you get the drift.
But included on the list was this news at theverge.com: 'PayPal becomes the latest company to ban class action suits: An 'unbelievably disastrous' change, but the fine print holds a way out'.
In more irony, Alexa O'Brien's piece at the Daily Beast gives some of the history of PayPal having blockaded WikiLeaks' account involving Harold Koh, Eric Holder, and quotes some of PayPal's own spokespeople who make it clear that Operation Payback's actual damages to PayPal are very much in question.
Here's Stanley Cohen, counsel to Mercedes Rene Haefer, one of the defendants speaking about the case:
According to O'Brien, Cohen also said:
'The PayPal 14 are like civil rights fighters or the freedom riders of the 1960's. They are saying, 'I did what I did with open eyes, knowing that I could get prosecuted. It happened. I knew what the consequences were, and the consequences came. I stand behind what I did. I did not cooperate with the government, and I did not roll over. I did this so that others could understand how corporations control the dialogue and the debate.'
Now I might quibble a bit about his parallel to Oboma 'flooding Congressional hotlines', but I do understand why he said it.
And file this under: Quibble Hilarity', but let me offer an aside first. After I'd received some damage to my brain a decade ago, I lost all sense of time and ability to do math, although I can manage simple arithmetic some of the time. The IRS does send my tax papers back every year with bad grades marked in red marker, but on the whole have been (ahem) very kind about helping me fix my errors.
That said, when I'd clicked into the '8,600,000 Penny Freedom from the Press Fund' page again this morning, even my demented brain tried to make sense of the number. There had been some Tweeties saying that they'd gotten the figure wrong initially, and that it should have read: 86,000,000 million pennies, but that sho' didn't seem right. So rather than get up and get my trusty solar gonkulator, as I should have, I tried doing the math on paper. I swear I tried '5600 x 11', and then '5600 x 14' (just in case, but my answers never came out like theirs. Feel free to correct me, or if I'm right, and any of you know how to contact them, you might mention that they may need to get out their own gonkulators to come up with a closer answer…or something.
In any event, and lol, can ya spare a few pennies for the PayPal 14 to keep them out of jail? I hope so. Remember, they were engaging in First Amendment disapproval of PayPal's treatment of WikiLeaks. Here is the WePay page again. I reckon they might just count them as Pennies from Heaven.
And remember: WikiLeaks: 'We Open Governments'
(cross-posted at My.Firedoglake.com)

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Buying Organic Foods Online in Japan by Lee Yen Anderson & Maddy Pannell
We have found that when trying to buy great, organic and high quality produce in Japan, using the internet as a resource helps provide a much larger array of great products then just relying on the various organic stores in Japan. We have included our favorite online and delivery stores for finding great quality organic veggies and fruits, meat and also more general pantry items.
Buying Organic Foods Online in Japan
SuperOrganic Foods (SOF) – www.super-organic.jp – We love this fantastic company, which supplies produce of the highest organic standard in Japan. SOF provide weekly or fortnightly veggie boxes. They have a standard box where produce changes with the season, but what is great about SOF is that they give you the option to swap veggies and add extras if you would like. The boxes come in small, medium or large and they also sell organic brown rice, organic pork sausages and lovely organic, free-range eggs. They also communicate in English which is very helpful!
Best for: Veggies of the highest quality you can find in Japan adhering to "beyond organic" standards, plus their lovely eggs!
Bio Marche – www.biomarche.jp (give them a call and they can speak to you in English) – Bio Marche provides organic vegetables and fruits (including fresh organic blueberries), organic eggs, and great organic chickens. They can communicate in English and also offer options for weekly delivery of some items like organic bananas, organic milk and organic natto.
Best for: Their organic chicken wings are great for making bone broth. Online ordering is quick and easy using the catalog that they send to you.
Radish Bo-ya – www.radishbo-ya.co.jp/shop/ (Google translation helps with the online ordering) – Radish Bo-ya lists its fruits and vegetables as either organic or low-pesticide, and also has a small selection of allergen-free items. It also has organic strawberries which are difficult to come by in Japan! For an occasional allergen-free treat, we love the sweet potato paste or pumpkin donuts. A good source of quinoa miso, allergen-free okonomiyaki flour and even gnocchi made with rice flour and pumpkin. Radish Bo-ya has a selection of good quality meats; our favorite is the 100% grass-fed beef from Tasmania.
Best for: Allergen-free food, good quality meats and organic fruits
iherb – www.iherb.com – iHerb is a fantastic online resource for so many items. You can buy nuts and seeds (although some will not deliver to Japan), healthy raw snacks, supplements, beauty products and many more items. There are numerous organic options and you are able to click on photos to see the ingredients list of nearly all the products. Delivery is relatively quick and very cheap, free if you order over a certain amount. You will automatically get a 10% discount off your first purchase if you use this code RFL526 in checkout.
Best for: Organic nut butters, organic green powders and their dried organic herbs.
NewZee – www.newzee.jp/en/ – NewZee is a fantastic company providing 100% grass-fed beef and lamb from New Zealand. Their produce is free from pesticides, GMOs, antibiotics and hormones, and is BSE-free and halal. Their lamb shanks are great for making bone broth.
Best for: Delicious New Zealand 100% grass-fed lamb.
Other sources of good quality foods for home delivery in Japan that the authors have had experience with or have had positive recommendations about are:
http://www.shigakajiwaranouen.jp/ (seasonal organic vegetables delivery, June to January)
http://suirin-naturalfarm.com/shopping/shopping.html (seasonal organic vegetables delivery, June to December)
http://www.on-the-slope.com/english – This supplier of seasonal organic vegetables gives a real focus on supporting organic farmers and helping build distribution networks of organic produce. They have an English website for ordering veggies which is great.
Author Bios
Maddy Pannell is a certified Health Coach who offers one-on-one coaching sessions to help her clients integrate healthier choices into their lives in a way that is enjoyable, practical and long lasting. She received her training from the Institute for Integrative Nutrition's cutting edge health coach training programme, focusing on holistic nutrition, practical lifestyle management techniques, and preventative health. You can connect with Maddy on Facebook at www.facebook.com/maddyphealthcoaching.
Lee Yen Anderson is Certified Nutrition Consultant who strives to achieve balance everyday. She holds regular classes and workshops on a variety of nutrition topics as well as on how to use essential oils for health. Her passion for a healthy lifestyle emerged as a result of the need to address multiple food allergies in her family. Using her skills from a graduate degree in International Environmental Policy and her former career in Investment Analysis, she reads intensively on the topic of nutrition, both as a political issue and a health issue. Connect with Lee Yen Anderson here: https://www.facebook.com/eatwellbewellwithLeeYen
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Twitter is a Social Network service where we focus on building online communities with people who share the same interest and/or activities, or who are interested in the interest and activities of others.
You want to communicate your message to one or more people on Twitter. To communicate your message on Twitter you need get followers. When you first sign up with Twitter, you will have 0 people that you follow and 0 people that follows you. So if you send out a message at this time, you basically are talking to yourself.
So to start with, you want to find someone that you can follow. Then you will start receive their message and get an idea of how it works. But if you only are following them, and no one follow you back besides seeing their messages you still are just communicating with yourself.
We will here share with you some techniques you can use to build a quality followers base for your Twitter account.
What is following?
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Twitter following – How To
How to Get Twitter Followers
How to Get More Twitter Followers: Some Methods That Work
How to find the right followers on Twitter
How to win Twitter followers and influence people
How To Prepare For An Influx Of Twitter Followers
Twitter Followers: Quantity or Quality?
How to Target and Attract High Quality Twitter Followers from Your Blogging Niche
How To Effectively Follow 15000+ People On Twitter Using These Tweetdeck Tricks
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Find Quality Followers on various Social Networks
I also use other Social Networks I participate in to find new followers for Twitter. This has been very effective, and I found some really quality followers there.
FaceBook Groups
My little Secret Tip: Setting yourself up for finding quality followers from top blog posts
Many of my followers and people I follow on Twitter daily share some high quality blog posts within my niche. Twitter authorities often write these posts. The trick here is to get in early on these posts, and make your comments there. Most top blogs today allows you to put in a link to your blog/website and most important they allow you to put your Twitter link there. If the blog don't allow a Twitter link, then make sure you have your Twitter link visible on your blog/website.
After you have posted your comments that include your blog/website link plus your Twitter link you now want to do two things:
1. Put a link to this article on your website/blog
2. Tweet the link to the original blog where you made your comment
I recommend doing this at least on 5 various blogs per day. Then when you have done that you put your own blog/website into effect. And if you have an article ready now is the time to post it. Then you tweet the link to your article.
First you created a track back to the original blog post, and then you followed up with providing some traffic back to the blog.
#Bonus tip
Participate in informative webinars that talks about Twitter. Many of these webinars allows you to post your Twitter link. Here you will find some real quality followers.
I highly recommend Twittalk.tv
NOTE: Set your followers goal: I will get x followers within 3 months using The Simple Followers Guide.
Set a realistic goal, unless you are a celebrity don't set a goal higher then 1000. You are not prepared for handling any higher amount of followers yet.
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Twitter Followers – The Simple Twitter Followers Guide
Twitter is a Social Network service where we focus on building online communities with people who share the same interest and/or activities, or who are interested in the interest and activities of others.
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April 22, 2009 at 4:53 PM
Thanks for the comment on my Twitip post!
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April 23, 2009 at 7:04 AM
You are welcome Scott.
Was a very informative posting you made at Twitip.
Keep it up.
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May 1, 2009 at 11:37 AM
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Object Name: Pair of baby bracelets
Accessioned: 1985
Donor: gift
Notes: one gold and one silver baby bracelets
Comments: Baby bracelets aren't an unusual item, I presume. A quick look online and them seem very popular as a baby gift. As you can tell from the photograph, I don't occupy my spare time polishing them. As far as I can recall, both of my god parents presented me with these as christening gift.
I find these an odd pair of objects to keep as I have no personal memories attached to them as they are truly tiny. All I can do is marvel at how small I must have been once for these to fit me (although as a child I had quite chunky arms…). Both have little plates ready for inscription, with one blank. Unless I was to have children of my own, or name a daughter after myself, what will I ever do with these? It seems like there are many traditions around the world about the significance of jewellery on children, linked with good fortunes and warding off evil. When does one "grow out" of these though, and must you hold onto them forever? I have no inclination to get rid of them but as an object I don't remember wearing let alone receiving, they are a funny form of tangible memory I have been given by my god parents.


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What is 'global law'? What is specifically global and specifically legal about global law? Is it even coherent to define law by reference to its 'globality'? These are just some of the questions taken up by Neil Walker in his new book, Intimations of Global Law. In this review essay, I engage critically with Walker's response to these and other questions. Whilst I believe that Walker's mapping of different 'species' of global law is useful and informative in revealing a 'state of the art' of globalising legal trends, his effort to draw these various and not necessarily commensurate species together into a coherent meta-theorisation of global law is, I believe, far less convincing. Walker's conceptualisation of global law is self-defined by reference to its openness, its intimated quality and its 'adjectival' categorisation—characteristics that leave the concept of global law somewhat 'slippery' and malleable to the point of its non-utility in actually helping to guide law's direction, resolve normative disputes or remedy apparent accountability deficits and injustices at the global level.
Tuesday, September 12, 2017
Collins: The Slipperiness of 'Global Law'
Richard Collins (Univ. College Dublin - Law) has published The Slipperiness of 'Global Law' (Oxford Journal of Legal Studies, Vol. 37, no. 3, pp. 714–739, Autumn 2017). Here's the abstract:
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BMT Fleet Technology Limited, based in Ottawa, Ontario, is recruiting for a Senior Marine Systems Engineer.
We are an independent consultancy specializing in engineering, science and management services in the defence, energy and transports sectors.
We recruit talented individuals from Canada and around the world from new grad to seasoned pro.
Our passion for engineering excellence is contagious! Not only do we offer challenging and rewarding projects, we understand that flexibility is important in today's business world. As a result we offer full-time and contracting options, as well as competitive compensation and benefits, training and development programs and an orientation program designed to welcome all team members with the same friendly enthusiasm!
The Role
Based in Ottawa, this full-time position will be responsible for the quality of all marine engineering activities, including concept and detailed disign, the development of technical specifications and technical investigations.
The Individual
Successful candidates will have a combination of the following:
A university degree in electrical, mechanical or marine systems engineering (preferably at the Masters level), or a provincial, state or federal (national) licence to practice as a professional engineer
10 - 15 years of related experience
Proven experience in the application of systems engineering principles to design activities
Experience in marine systems design
Experience in the development of engineering changes
Experience in Naval and/or Submarine systems
Knowledge of applicable regulations and standards and their impact on design
Shipbuilding/marine production experience
Experience in leading engineering teams
Ability to lead and contribute to technical impact assessments and feasibility studies
Ability to lead the design and development of the marine systems components of engineering changes
Experience in leading engineering assessments and technical investigations;
Demonstrated success in managing projects
Strong verbal and written communication skills
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Excellent interpersonal skills
Other Requirements
If you are interested in applying for the position, please submit as follows:
"Senior Marine Systems Engineer – Submarine Business Area" in the subject line
A separate cover letter clearly outlining how your experience aligns with the requirements of the job. Cover letters submitted in the body of an email will not be considered
A resume outlining work experience and education
Please name all files with your first and last name. IE., Sara Smith Resume.doc and Sara Smith Cover Letter.doc
Interested individuals are invited to submit their cover letter and resume to firstname.lastname@example.com.
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For my first post of 2015, I want to start with a look back to 2014 before we go any further! It was a great year for indies and polishes in 2014. It seems as if some mainstream companies are becoming more and more inventive to keep up with the creative minds who run indie brands, but in my opinion, the indies still rock hardest.
First, let's just start with my favorite indie brand of 2015. Can you guess what it is???
Just like 2013, my favorite brand of 2014 is:
Literary Lacquer!
My favorite manicure that I did in 2014 is also a nod to Literary Lacquer as I used polishes from 2014 and prior to create this NYC skyline look:
Indie companies come and go throughout the year. I want to share my favorite NEW indie of 2014 as I wish this company lots of success in 2015. My favorite NEW indie brand of 2014 is:
Knockout Lacquer!
- Favorite Base Coat: OPI Nail Envy
- Favorite Top Coat: HK Girl
- Favorite Holo Top Coat: Let It Shine by Kawaii Nail Lacquer
- Favorite Matte Top Coat: Matte-ict by A Girl Obsessed
Though I prefer indies, I do want to share my favorite mainstream brand from 2014. This brand is easy to find, affordable, and offer a variety of finishes! My favorite mainstream brand of 2014 is:
Salon Perfect!
If you follow me on any social media platform, you'll quickly notice one theme that appears more often than not: PINK! I adore pink polishes - the brighter, the better! Here are my top three pink polishes that I picked up in 2014 (although not all were created in 2014).
From left to right, this is :
- Liquid Sky Lacquer What Was Your Name Again?,
- Hare Polish Love Of Lisa,
- and Illamasqua Collide.
This isn't exactly brand related, but I really wanted to include one of my favorite nail polish related moments of 2014! In October, for my Mom's birthday, we went to the Mystic Aquarium in Mystic, CT. An incredibly happy and interactive whale named Juno made our trip amazing. The caretaker said he could see us as well as we could see him and that he really loved to see people watching him. He seemed to favor me, following me as I walked up and down the viewing window, so I asked the caretaker why that was the case. She said he was probably attracted to my bright nail polish! I am wearing Traffic Cone by Salon Perfect here:
To end this post, I want to share a few of my favorite manis from the past year! Just a few more photos left:
This is a sunset sponge mani, inspired by my backyard!
You Polish decals are easy to use and good quality. In fact, for 2015, YP has stopped making polish and is focusing solely on decals so I am sure we can expect great things coming in 2015.
Completely opposite to the messy sponged look, stained glass manis were another favorite technique of mine in 2014.
Model City Polish turned out my favorite Halloween collection of 2014. This grey creme beauty is Here Lies...and it is scented with a subtle earthy scent. Love it!
Two other new in 2014 indies deserve some mention, too: Dragon Claw Polish and Sparkly Vernis. Looking forward to see what they come out with in the next year!
I Love Nail Polish is an indie brand that always seems innovative. Although many indies have released these chrome flakkies, I believe (though I could be wrong) that ILP released them first. This beauty is Electric Carnival.
Last but not least, this neon splatter mani was published as a guest post to Lace & Lacquers while Lacey S was moving. I love the look of this but I love it even more since my boyfriend did the splattering. He is new for 2014, too, LOL, so I wish many more years with him, too. <3
Thank you so much for checking out this post and thank you for a wonderful 2014. Looking forward to sharing more polishes with you in the coming year!
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