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Geralt of Rivia is a witcher. A cunning sorcerer. A merciless assassin.
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His sole purpose: to destroy the monsters that plague the world.
But not everything monstrous-looking is evil, and not everything fair is good...and in every fairy tale there is a grain of truth.
The international hit that inspired the video game The Witcher.
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"Very enjoyable, excellent voice work and pacing."
Bought it as a companion to the witcher 3,was not disappointed. A worthy introduction to the witcher's story, with tales about Yennefer and Dandelion. I can easily recommend.
"Love the book"
Well written and translated. this book was a collection of short stories to introduce the witcher and his background. I will listen to and read the entire series now, couldn't put this book down.
"great book."
this is a great little collection of stories. very much like side quests in the witcher games.
This was my first foray into the tales of Geralt of Rivia, and I do not regret it one bit. The story is well written, suspenseful and engaging. the characters diverse, colorful and relatable. The voice acting in this audiobook captures the tone and emotion of the narrative perfectly, and portrays the characters superbly and believably.
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Refreshing narrator, great fantasy and overall well executed on all levels. Highly recommend for any fantasy fiction lover, you won't be disappointed!
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I read this in anticipation of the release of Witcher 3, and was not disappointed. Really enjoyed the way the tale was spun. I had trouble with the rapid phrasing of the narrator, but resolved this by slowing playback speed by half. Ymmv
"Fantastic! I feel lucky to have found this book."
The Last Wish is enchanting and clever. The stories are nonlinear, but the links are easy to follow. I fell in love with Geralt and his story, but I was totally won over by the reinterpretation of familiar fairy tales in the Last Wish and in Sword of Destiny.
The whole book was memorable- love how Sapkowski incorporates complicated questions about morality, religion, diversity, progress, and love into the stories and the characters. Geralt never disappoints with his perspective or his choices.
This was the first book I listened to that Kenny performed, and now I am choosing books based on his narration-- he's a great performer. I can't believe he actually does all of the voices, each character has a unique and recognizable voice-- even when you don't encounter them for several chapters, they're consistent. I'm sure the books are great to read, but Kenny's performance adds a layer of magic.
Yes. I usually listen to books while I do chores like laundry and dishes-- my house was spotless by the time I finished this book. I am so glad it's a series so I can go right to the next one.
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The first book about the one-of-a-kind character, by the name of Geralt of Rivia. If you're not the type to read the physical book, you can instead buy the audiobook which just came out. If you're not into books at all, go play one of the games. I'd recommend the second or the soon-to-be-released, third installment of the award winning game series. Personally I love story of The Witcher so much that I wish to do it all. Both the books and the games, or anything else to come out. I highly recommend this book to anyone who's a fan of any novels such as Game of Thrones or even just fantasy at all.
The narrator has a great voice and does a superb job of expressing all of the characters, emotions and attitudes very well. The book starts off rather blunt, with an interesting sex scene between Geralt and a Water Nymph. The scene previously mentioned turns out to be a dream, but such scenes only help you to better understand the Witcher. The Last Wish relates to A Song of Ice and Fire very much in the manner of gruesome and violent fight scene as well as a few intimate sexual moments. However unlike George R.R. Martin's masterpiece this astonishing story has a wider variety of majestic yet wild beasts and monsters. These are just some of the reason why shortly after finishing the audiobook it has become one of my favorite series and I plan to read the others.
"Amazing back sorry for the game"
Answers a lit of questions I didn't even know I had! Makes me just feel even more part of the universe. Voice actor is good and clear. I enjoy his range of voices. I say give it a shot and you'll love it!
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this was an awesome experience. I play the games, and this took.me instantly. could not stop listening
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I already have the latest NVIDIA driver installed on my Windows 7 x64 for my GeForce GTX 660 Ti. But I got this item in my Windows Update list. Is this something different from NVIDIA drivers--and therefore I should install it? Or should I hide this update and ignore it?
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A COACH-load of Leeds United fans claimed to be hurt in a minor prang on the way to a game.
More than 50 passengers submitted personal injury claims after their bus was involved in a shunt at less than 10mph.
One claimed he was in severe pain for weeks afterwards.
But insurance investigators discovered he had not taken any time off work or mentioned his alleged discomfort to his GP.
And two fans have now been ordered to pay thousands of pounds in legal costs after a judge ruled they had made "fundamentally dishonest" claims.
A 53-year-old man from Pontefract, West Yorks, was ordered to pay £7,163 while a 51-year-old from Leeds was told to cough up £4,839.
Last night it was not clear how many other claims remained in the legal pipeline following the coach's prang with a Ford Fiesta near Leeds' Elland Road stadium three years ago.
"The driver and passenger of the car confirmed no injuries while over 50 people on the bus made claims"Paul Matthews
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The Year in Review at the Library
With the winter solstice, and the shortest day of the year upon us, the library has an abbreviated week ahead. The library will be open on December 24th from 9:00 a.m. until 12:30 p.m. We will be closed on Wednesday December 25th and will re-open on Thursday December 26th at 9:00 a.m.
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"I actually don't know any of the people you just mentioned . . . "
Colgate University hosted an event last week. "Innovation + Disruption Symposium". The keynote was none other than Clay Christensen, the Godfather of Disruption Innovation. Following his talk, seven University Presidents of private universities fielded questions from the moderator.
Normally, these events are dull. Dreadful, in fact. Few things can more dampen the likelihood that someone will say something provocative or new than their holding the position of university president. It's a job for the politically astute.
So, at best, these events make for good background noise while you're working.
But a few moments stood out; here's my favorite. Clay Christensen – having done his bit on disruptive innovation in higher education – was sitting in the audience listening to the Presidents field questions. He rose and noted, half-jokingly, that everyone on the panel disagreed with everything he had just said about the coming disruption in higher education. Laughs ensued. He then asked the panel to imagine that a second panel was on stage with them. This second panel included the Founder of the Khan Academy, Paul Leblanc of Southern New Hampshire University, the President of Western Governors University, and others that are commonly believed to be leading the changes that are unfolding in higher education. Christensen asked the panel to consider what this second, imaginary panel might say that is different from what he had been hearing.
The response? David Oxtoby, President of Pomona College fielded the question: "I actually don't know any of the people you just mentioned, but . . . "
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Yet, the President of a university – having accepted an invitation to an event to talk about disruptive innovation in higher education – has not heard of many of the people behind these changes. Wow. Just wow.
I've written before about the growing tendency of professionals in higher education to exist blissfully unaware of the goings-on of other parts of the sector. At the time, I was concerned I might have overstated the case. I'm no longer concerned.
Quotes can be misleading and can be easily taken out of context. But my interpretation of the significance of the exchange was based on the President's full response to the question — not the quote alone — which strongly suggested to me, and a colleague with whom I conferred — that the respondent wasn't able to speak to the work that these "imaginary" panel members were doing.
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The video, What The New Zealand All Blacks Rugby Team Can Teach Us About Building A Legacy, features insights from Rob Cooper of Penn State University. Rob Cooper was selected as the 14th head baseball coach in Penn State history on August 9, 2013 after a successful nine-year stint as the head coach at Wright State. As the head coach, the Lions totaled 18 wins against a schedule ranking in the bottom third nationally during his inaugural campaign, but rose to the challenge under his leadership in 2015, matching the previous season's 18 wins despite playing a schedule that ranked in the upper third in difficulty and involved 10 games against top-25 opponents.
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Highway Trust Fund
It's not funding Trump's much-talked-about infrastructure package, but the 2020 termination date of the FAST Act has state transportation officials urging Congress to hike fuel taxes to sustain the Highway Trust Fund.
AASHTO Journal
Gasoline consumption continued to increase for the first six months of the year, as it has for the last years, reports the Federal Highway Administration. What's different this year is that it was by the largest amount, ever.
U.S. Department Of Transportation
Transportation ballot measures are popular this November: over 70 populate ballots across the country. In California and elsewhere, they supplement declining federal and state funds for local infrastructure.
San Gabriel Valley Tribune
The U.S. Department of Transportation is funding ways to transition from the gas tax to other user-based revenue mechanisms to fund transportation infrastructure. The federal gas tax hasn't keep pace with transportation expenditures since 2008.
U.S. D.O.T. Press Release
The Grand Old Party platform calls for an end to using gas taxes for public transit as well as other non-road purposes like "bike-sharing," opposes increases to the 23-year-old gas tax, and would eliminate the U.S. DOT Livability Initiative.
Progressive Railroading
$15 million in a U.S. Department of Transportation grant program is now available for states to implement pilot projects based on a "user-based alternative revenue mechanism," aka vehicle-miles-traveled fee.
Federal transportation leaders recognize that sustainable transportation funding options are needed to meet America's infrastructure needs. At AASHTO's Annual Washington Briefing, different funding strategies were proposed by key Congress members.
AASHTO Journal
Through the lens of Henry Petroski's new book, Tom Vanderbilt discusses why infrastructure, as we have come to define it, is such a fraught topic in American life.
The New Republic
With the two Democrat candidates debating who is the real progressive, it would be interesting to see how they would respond, if asked, about President Obama's proposed $10-per-barrel fee to fund a 21st Century Clean Transportation System.
The New York Times
President Obama, long opposed to increasing the gas tax, has proposed a $10-per-barrel oil fee to be paid by energy companies. It will fund his 21st Century Clean Transportation System to reduce carbon emissions and promote new vehicle technology.
The five-year transportation reauthorization known as the FAST Act relies on $70 billion of one-time, non-user fees to fund the $302 billion bill. The act also allows the government to fund the development of sustainable funding options by states.
The Hill
The passage of the five-year FAST Act, the first long-term transportation bill since 2005, solidifies the trend that has been in place since 2008, when General Fund transfers to the Highway Trust Fund first began. Such transfers are now the new norm.
the transport politic
With transportation taxing and spending authority set to expire on Friday night, President Obama used an auto-pen to sign the extension on a plane to Malaysia. Both chambers must agree to the bill that emerges from the conference committee by Dec. 4.
AASHTO Journal
A three-week extension of federal transportation spending and three-year extension for railroads to install positive train control was signed on Oct. 29, the date the current highway extension expired.
Transport Topics
The current patch bill funding highway and transit spending expires on Oct. 29. The House Transportation and Infrastructure Committee has released a multi-year bill called the Surface Transportation Reauthorization & Reform Act of 2015 (STRR Act).
The Hill
Surprise! A three-month transportation funding bill turns out to have funds for nine months! While unanticipated funds certainly sound like good news, it also takes immediate pressure off the House to working on a six-year reauthorization bill.
The Hill
The Senate was hard at work on Thursday, passing not one but two transportation funding bills—first its controversial six-year (funded for three) transportation reauthorization bill, the DRIVE Act, and then, most importantly, the patch bill.
The Hill
Overcoming their differences, Republican leaders in both chambers agreed Wednesday to a three-month patch bill to continue transportation spending through Oct. 29. The bill must pass by Friday due to lack of funds in the Highway Trust Fund.
Wall Street Journal
The House passed their patch bill on July 15—it's now the Senate's turn at bat on highway funding. Both houses are controlled by Republicans but they appear to be pitching for different teams. A bill must pass by July 31 or road funding ceases.
New York Times
Though federal highway funding is set to terminate on July 31, the House has proposed an $8.1 billion, five-month extension instead of a six-year reauthorization bill.
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The New York Times reported that as of yesterday, Jay-Z is now the majority stockholder in Aspiro, a Swedish music technology company.
Aspiro is just entering the United States market with their streaming services WiMP and Tidal with the intentions to compete against players like Spotify, Pandora, and Apple's iTunes.
As reported by Aspiro in October 2014, WiMP itself, not considering Tidal, already has 512,000 paying users. 20,000 of those have opted for the high-definition service, which is what gives Aspiro it's unique value proposition.
Audiophiles can enjoy fully uncompressed versions of the songs, only recently even a possibility as broadband internet becomes more common.
That's legit. But can they get enough marketshare in the U.S. while competing with the unlimited budgets of the already established companies? We'll see...
Call it how you see it, which is what one Redditor did when he learned about this news.
He recalled the recent bidding war between Notch, the creator of the Minecraft video game (which recently sold to Microsoft for a hefty 2.5 billion dollars), and married couple Jay-Z and Beyonce for a Beverly Hills home, in which Jay-Z lost. He speculates that this is simply how rich people get back at each other, seeing how Notch is a Swedish gentleman.
That's an entertaining thought, whether it's reality or not.
Edit: Literally one day from a year later, we posted that Saturday Night Live did a little skit concerning Tidal. I wondered if it wasn't a marketing thing and then I realized they have a guy who does a decent Jay-Z impression. That probably inspired it. See that impression and then the half a dozen of Ariana Grande's impressions here on the video.


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Last Saturday at UFC 208, Germainede Randamie earned three 48-47 scorecards to take a unanimousdecision over former UFC women's bantamweight champion Holly Holm tobecome the promotion's first women's 145-pound champion. However,the Dutchwoman's victory was not without controversy, as "The IronLady" rocked Holm after the horn sounded to end the second round,visibly rocking Holm. Just over five minutes later, de Randamieagain landed a flurry of punches after the third round ended,sparking debate as to whether it was intentional and whetherreferee Todd Anderson should have taken a point from "The IronLady."
Monday, de Randamie took to Facebook to explain herself , claiming the late blows were notintentional.
"I should be on the highest of highs right now but after my longflight home to Holland I couldn't stop thinking about the eventsthat took place last night and some of the critics trying to takeaway what should be one of the greatest moments of my career,"wrote de Randamie.
"I have always trained to fight to the end or until the refereesteps in. Never did I punch around or over the referee to deliver acheap shot on Holly."
While it is expected that the first defense of de Randamie'sfeatherweight title will come against long-tenured women's star CristianeJustino , the 32-year-old striker was adamant she was open tothe idea of rematching Holm to set the record straight.
"I want to say right now that I think I owe it to the Holly [sic]and the fans to do this fight again to make sure that the winner ofthis historic belt is crystal clear."


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La Conciergerie Trailer (1997)
01 January 1997
Police detective Jacques Laniel's life becomes a nightmare the day drive-by shootists gun down his partner Thomas Colin. His colleagues make matters worse by blaming him for the death, and after his wife leaves him, Laniel decides to quit the force and launch a private investigation into Colin's murder. Soon afterward, Laniel finds the bullet-riddled body of famed author and literature professor Zachary Osborne tied to his car hood. The professor's wife hires Laniel to solve the murder, but what the detective finds is ugly: Osborne was a part of a lucrative land-speculation deal that involved the sale of a crumbling old rectory that had been turned into a halfway house called the Haven of the Monsters. The name is apt, for all the residents are convicted killers who were given inordinately light sentences. When Lanier starts questioning the Haven's tenants and their crimes are revealed via flashback, it takes on the character of a David Lynch production.
Watch the official La Conciergerie 1997 trailer in HD below or find more La Conciergerie videos on Vidimovie.


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We'll use FOREIGN AID to block flow of boat migrants into Britain, says Michael Fallon
EU countries must go beyond dealing with the "symptoms" of the migrant boat crisis and tackle its roots deep in the heart of Africa, the Defence Secretary warned yesterday.
Michael Fallon says migration must be killed at the roots
Michael Fallon said the UK's international aid budget was now being used to help "stabilise" countries which were seeing large numbers departing for Europe.
But he said more needed to be done across the continent to smash people-smuggling gangs.
"At the moment we are simply dealing with the symptoms of the problem, helping to rescue people in the Mediterranean," he told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show.
"There has got to be a much more comprehensive approach tackling the problem much further back."
Britain has not signed up to controversial proposals from the European Commission to redistribute tens of thousands of asylum seekers who have arrived in Italy and Greece to other countries.
Mr Fallon indicated he wanted to see more intelligence sharing and action to address the problems driving people out of their own countries.
It is a European problem now – perhaps half a million people trying to cross this year. We know already the traffickers are ringing the Italian coastguard and telling them when the boats are setting off
"It is a European problem now – perhaps half a million people trying to cross this year. We know already the traffickers are ringing the Italian coastguard and telling them when the boats are setting off," he said.
"We can use our overseas aid budget, and this is where it should be used, to help stabilise some of these countries and discourage this kind of mass migration from them. Well-focused aid should be used to help stabilise these countries to help stop conflict breaking out."
Mr Fallon added: "We have to break the link between rescuing people from the Mediterranean and settlement, because they will keep coming if they think they are going to be settled."
He said the Naval flagship Bulwark, which has been helping in the search-andrescue missions since April, had picked up migrants from 20 countries.
He also refused to rule out a Naval blockade of the northern coast of Africa, adding: "That is a matter for Europe to look to see. It is a very long coast."
His remarks come after David Cameron last week ordered Department for International Development officials to look at doing more to block would-be travellers at the start of their journeys to Europe.
Niger, Somalia and Eritrea are among a number of countries to be targeted with measures including security fences at borders and more coastguard patrols. It could help counter criticism of Government spending on foreign aid.


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Film at J'lem Festival Offers Glimpse of Pre-1948 Israel
Haaretz.com/Channel 10 daily feature for December 2, 2007.
Thursday marked the 60th anniversary of the United Nations vote in favor of the partition plan of Palestine, allotting separate territories to the country's Jewish and Arab residents.
For the occasion, the Jerusalem Jewish Film Festival on Saturday screened the film Etz O Palestine, made in 1962, which features footage of Israel predating November 29th, 1947, when the historic vote took place.
The pictures, of places, events and people, reveal an Israel far removed from that of present day.
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East London - The Eastern Cape health department is facing a R19bn infrastructure and maintenance backlog that is slowly crippling service delivery in the province, the Daily Dispatch reported on Thursday.The figure reportedly ballooned over the past five years and the decline continued with the widespread neglect of already ageing and failing public healthcare centres.This was revealed during a heated question-and-answer session between the provincial legislature's health portfolio committee and the administration arm of the department in Bhisho.Deputy director-general for clinical services Nomalanga Makwedini told the Dispatch that many clinics and hospitals had deteriorated so badly it would be better to "bulldoze" them and start afresh."Some of the medical centres need to be bulldozed outright. I mean, you visit some of these clinics and you can actually look through holes from one side to the other."Development and maintenance programmeIn the 2010/2011 financial year, almost 70% of construction work under way at public healthcare facilities in the Eastern Cape had to be carried over to the new fiscal year.Adding to the worsening neglect, the facilities development and maintenance programme (FDMP) failed to spend R535m from its financial plan during the past fiscal year.From April 2010 to March 2011, the department's eight programmes failed to spend a total of R569m of its allocated R13bn budget.According to a committee's analysis of the annual report, spending trends show the FDMP failed to use 38% of its R1.4bn budget.The FDMP was expected to face the Standing Committee on Public Accounts (Scopa) next week to explain the R19bn backlog.
"Johannesburg - The Eastern Cape health department has fired 42 of its officials for a range of offences.
A number of civil servants - including hospital managers, two doctors, a pharmacist and middle managers - were found guilty by internal disciplinary processes, spokesperson Sizwe Kupelo said.
"They were accused of allegations ranging from theft, fraud, corruption, sexual harassment and rape."
An internal committee rejected their appeals for re-instatement."
And they wonder why they have a backlog - start at the start...........Do things they way they should be done, and this would not happen
What I dont understand is that we hear about situations such as the Eastern Cape and many other instances where people are being found guilty and fired, but in the proccess millions disapear and no one seems to go to jail. Why not?
so very pleased to be leaving this hole. i pay more taxes here than in my new country, and yet the place is a sham. cant wait to see my taxes actually work for me.... it is going to be so refreshing!
if these previously disadvantaged weren't so morally corrupt and blatantly incompetent these situations could be avoided. but of course, they are like juvenile fools in a toy shop taking, taking and taking even more....
such a one way street..... i am outta here!
Don't come running back.
LOL..I'm gone January as well and must admit, not sorry to see the Eastern Cape behind me as the ANC is at it's BEST in PE...rotten...busy dereg as a taxpayer as the ANC won't see a cent of my hard earned cash from 2012!
I dont think there is much space in the Western Cape any more:-)
Trevor I take it was better when the 'Old Grey' boys were running PE. To many big fish in a small pond.
@Dorothea - as much as many of us empathise with your sentiments, most of us will actually be staying here - for a range of reasons, some family, some financial. The big thing is that we HAVE to make it work, even against the odds. There are MANY good people in this country, and one of these days they WILL rise to the top. If one leaves this beautiful country, you will ALWAYS be left with the feeling of "IF ONLY" - well, MY heart and soul is here, together with my good wife and two of our four sons (two are in London) and although it is sometimes scary here, it is NEVER boring....and finally it takes balls. Africa, since time began, has always, and will always be an enigma and a challenge. I LOVE THIS PLACE!
o paul, you poor soul.
of course there are many great people in this country. i am leaving my extended family behind. and many of my childhood friends. it is very sad, but our responsibilities lie first and foremost with our children.
i refuse to sit back and allow them to be raped or become victims of crime. statistically, this is likely to happen, if we decide to remain.
my belief that staying take less guts than leaving. making and implementing the decision to move has been amongst the most difficult we have ever made. it has require a huge amount of bravery and determination to break the comfort zone. we have a FABULOUS life here, but the foundation is rotten. for this, we turn our backs on this country.
if we STAY in this country, we will forever be plagued with 'if only...' - this is where you and i differ.
do continue to be optimistic. this is what stands between you and the reality that this country is doomed.
Doomed? Damaged, yes......doom is a very strong sentiment, and could be woven rather nicely into the Harry Potter series. We don't hear about people leaving like Helen Zille, Lindiwe Mazibuko, John Robbie, Redi Hlabi, Victor Matfield, Imram Tahir, Hassim Amla, Patricia de Lille, John Mitchell (As a NZ guy, he turned the Lions around, and has adopted SA as HIS Country now). When one can, as my forefathers have done, fought through the border wars that was SA in the 1850's and the odds that the Voortrekkers had to face against the land, the rinderpest. Africa with ALL its pimples will still be here when you and I are dead and gone. It has oft been said, but I will repeat it here, when things are at their toughest, just around the corner is an amazing new experience, and Africa provides that EVERY DAY. I feel sorry for those who cannot face up to the challenge, and then LOOK for the people around them to MAKE it happen. If you just THINK.......you can.
lovely sentiment. but you argument lacks substance. this country requires more than positive thinking. and merely STAYING here is not a remedy. you would have to play a more active role that just existing and working here.
you mention all of those who stay - i could mention hundreds that have passed through my life who are now spread far and wide. more generally, could remind you that 1 million have left this country since 1994.
it all boils down to opinion, and my opinion is that this country will not improve. my opinion is that our money, skill and existence will be more worthwhile and valued in another country.
What gets to me, is that there are no clauses in government tender contracts to 'fire' contractors who do not finish the job in the allocated timeframe they tendered for - and to the specifications that they tendered.
It is old news that tenders are awarded to chommies who have absolutely NO ability to deliver the goods. The rent-a-crowd toyi-toying about every single thing, seems not to care about these life and death cases. Don't they care about their own health and safety?
@PB, but there is old chum.
Just look at the ST36: General Conditions of Contract issued by the National Treasury in which are listed the preventative and remedial actions that can be applied by any tier of Government in the securing and management of a tender and remember that Special Conditions of Contract pertaining to individual contracts are even more restrictive.
It is scary that in the past 8 years, according to National Treasury, only a 133 People or Companies have had Restrictions imposed for defaulting (could be fronting/non-delivery etc etc) to Municipal, District, Provincial and National Government barring them from doing business with any component of Public Service, while only two people are listed in the Defaulters list as having been found guilty of Corruption relating to Contracts (Being restricted from business with Public Services for 5 years).
its simple, fire all the oxygen thieves and return the budget to balance between staff costs and infrastructure spend. O.. and maby a moratorium on wage increases until this target is met
WOW awesome news, so you want a bail out, again !!!!!!!!
let me guess the money is gone, all spent on booze and puties
Need to get rid of this 'bantustan' mentality that runs this province. Budget not spent over the last 10 years exceeds R9.5bn rand and we are still talking with no action. Unfortunately this lack of 'get up and go' mentality extends into the business sector as well.
'FDMP was expected to face (Scopa) next week to explain .... '
That's where the system falls down .. the Reactive Reaction.
The system needs a Proactive Reaction..
... why wait for the holes to appear and then decide how to plug them
... why wait for the funds to be looted and then run after the money.
... why wait for the doctor to fail the patient and then try revive the corpse.
Scopa must appoint Mama Managers to manage the unmanaged, ill-managed managers.
Biggest problem in this country is that the people in charge of many departments don't no how to run the show and then is corruption always their.
I recently returned to the Eastern Cape after a long absence and I am shocked at the deterioration everywhere, not just the hospitals. The locals also seem to have their heads in the sand and think that "things are not too bad here" I wonder what it will take to make them finally wake up and realise that something needs to be done there, and fast.
I live in Kingwilliamstown. They decided to clean the street the other day, we are so lucky. The next day it was back to "normal". Filthy Kwt and we have to pay rates, for what?
Superman, Superman, hey SUPERMAN...Hope you reading this after your pathetic rant against the DA-led W-Cape yesterday...
But as usual, dogs like you will run cowering with your tails between your legs when you are faced with something like this...
And we have to be all happy about NHI! Please they cannot organise a pissup in a brewery.....
Easy to fix... Start at the top and get rid of all the incompetent greedy fools. Melema was a good start, do not stop there ... By the book marxism, now the ANC will be bringing in communist leaders with strict rules to eradicate the problems, and everyone will be eating it out of their hands like candy.. And here I was thinking that South Africans were intelligent, I'm ashamed to be South African. Get rid of the ANC, before it is to late, this will end in blood shed.
They voted for this, so whats the problem?
Maybe next time they will think when they voting.
I knw most of you here dont knw about being oppressed, but it is still difficult for us blacks to even imagine SA in the hands of white people bcoz the last tym that happen'd, we got the short end of the stick .Thats just sumthin that cums with being oppressed, so cut us sum slack. N you guys dont make it easy,(I mean) i read this forum everyday n I realize that racism is still very much alive... but i do agree with sum of you, the power is in the vote. the only problem is that the ANC has no real "black" opposition....ofwhich is what my people are looking for (atleast for now).
...And to those that are leavin SA, go n dont cum back, we will do fine without u. For us, this is our only home so running away is not an option, we have to stay n fix what is broken
that is the problem ifundi they don`t Think.they will vote for anything that is black,so the baas/madam won`t rule again.
Eastern Cape may be bad, but maintenance is a problem throughout the country (OK maybe not so much in WC), just like most of Africa.
Show me an well maintained example of a building that reflect African cultural heritage that is more than a few years old...are there any? It is sexy to buy/build new; you get publicity and kick-backs. Maintenance requires planning, constant engagement, and often hard work....and the oportunities for fame and fortune are much less. Did anyone get to see Mugabe's airport...I was there just after completion....a palace, even if it was empty, but already after only a few weeks the toilets were disgusting. I wonder what it is like today?
And to think this ignorant lot say that private health care is a digrace yet every single government employee uses private healthcare. What ever this lot touches they destroy. Absolute no idea.
@Dorothea, Trevor, Paul & anga.tinzi. My wife and I have lived in the UK and Aus but live in the ECape. The government is a festering sore, but the people are the most friendly we've ever met and the lifestyle is superb. We live in a Democracy now, so the minority of educated (westernised) people will always complain that standards are sliding and infrastructure is falling apart, but unless we speak isiXhosa and invest in comunicating and debating with others we'll always be on the loosing end, and yes, 'they' will never vote for a white, coloured, indian or asian to lead them, because they're as racist as you and I. There is no 'nation', just a loose grouping of factions. One thing that we've learned is that if you do go, do as Paul says, and intend never to come back, otherwise you will. We live in a fabulous part of the world. Nowhere we've been compares, so engrave your concerns on your hands and refer to those things when you're desperate to see the sun, or when you can't think straight for the humidity and heat, or when there isn't a cricket or rugby game anywhere to enjoy, or where there isn't a challenge or a cause for you to believe in. We have problems. They may have reached tipping point recently, but if there's a will, there's a way...


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Sundance's Anvil! The Story of Anvil Documentary Trailer
by Alex Billington
March 9, 2009
Source: Yahoo
It's taken more than a year for the Sundance sensation Anvil! The Story of Anvil to finally hit theaters, but of course, some will say it's worth the wait. This documentary follows the metal band Anvil, now in their fifties, as they reunite to record their 13th album and tour Europe in one last attempt to fulfill their boyhood dreams. I never got to see it, but everyone who did walked out loving it, saying it was one of the best documentaries they saw that year, even if they hated metal before. We finally have a trailer for it and it certainly does look as good as everyone is saying. If you're already interested, then check out the trailer.
From James Rocchi's review: "Suddenly, you realize that Anvil! The Story of Anvil isn't about metal; it's about hope. It's not about rock; it's about belief. It's not about dreams; it's about work, sacrifice, friendship… It's better than most music documentaries. It's better than most documentaries, period."
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About the Canadian metal band Anvil. At 14, Toronto school friends Steve "Lips" Kudlow and Robb Reiner made a pact to rock together forever. Their band, Anvil, went on to become the "demigods of Canadian metal," releasing one of the heaviest albums in metal history, 1982's "Metal on Metal." It went on to sell millions of records, but Anvil's career didn't flourish afterwards. Instead, they went straight to obscurity.
Anvil! The Story of Anvil is directed by British filmmaker Sacha Gervasi, Anvil roadie, first-time director, and screenwriter of The Big Tease and The Terminal previously. This first premiered at the Sundance Film Festival back in 2008 and was eventually picked up by Abramorama Entertainment for distribution. Anvil! The Story of Anvil will now arrive in very limited theaters starting on April 10th in New York and Los Angeles. To find out when and where this will be playing around the US, head over to the official website.
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I have some pictures of my husband as a child that I want to post. Every time I try to post them, it say there is a error. This is the only one that will post. He was thirteen in this picture.
Kirk, I thought you might want to use this on the website.


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Call for Papers: What's Over the Technology Horizon?
In the upcoming Cutter IT Journal issue on Avoiding Technology Backlash, Bob Charette suggests that cloud computing, data analytics, sensors and the Internet of Things, robotics, mobile and social computing, "super-intelligent" systems and advanced cognitive systems — once wild ideas — are all about to enter the mainstream.
The future is here but with technology changing so fast we can't help but ask, "what's beyond all the stuff we can see?" What happens when we hit the physical limits of IC manufacturing? Or, how will we avoid hitting them? How will we get multiple order-of-magnitude improvements in data transmission, computing and memory performance, and what happens when we get them? Will quantum entanglement make instantaneous large-scale data teleportation possible? Will software continue to be the dumping ground for system complexity? What new software technology is required to fully leverage a yotta-scale computing environment? How could DNA-based biometric security become a standard? How could batteries become a non-constraining part of portable systems? And, what will happen when the Internet runs out of cat videos?
An upcoming issue of Cutter IT Journal with Guest Editor Lou Mazzucchelli seeks insight on what the technology landscape will look like ten years from now as in "what's beyond all the stuff we can see?" What technology trends will shape our lives and what does the future distribution of technology research, development, manufacturing and end-use around the globe look like?
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Over 140 years since reconstruction there is a new battle raging betwixt the states. This one is regarding their low grade fast food burger of choice. Yankee and Rebel pride clash as communities are turned once again into battlefields. Each sides fiercely loyal to their own brand of budget dining. The Northern and Southern franchise growth meets in Tennessee and Kentucky for a suburban showdown.
Most readers are familiar with White Castle, a tiny burger that is heavy on the onions and served suspiciously moist. Crystals burgers are the exact same thing, but with a squirt of mustard. When comparing the basics there isn't a whole lot to differentiate one from the next.
The folks at Crystals enter a league of their own when one takes into account the rest of their menu. While White Castle is widely considered to be 'only after drinking' gross, Crystals is 'never a good idea, ever' gross. The minds at the Crystals corporate kitchen push the envelope on what I'll order even in the most dire of circumstances.
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One of the largest union-administered health-insurance funds in New York is dropping coverage for the children of more than 30,000 low-wage home attendants, union officials said. The union blamed financial problems it said were caused by the state's health department and new national health-insurance requirements....
The union fund faced a "dramatic shortfall" between what employers contributed to the fund and the premiums charged by its insurance provider, Fidelis Care, according to Mitra Behroozi, executive director of benefit and pension funds for 1199SEIU. The union fund pools contributions from several home-care agencies and then buys insurance from Fidelis.
"In addition, new federal health-care reform legislation requires plans with dependent coverage to expand that coverage up to age 26," Behroozi wrote in a letter to members Oct. 22. "Our limited resources are already stretched as far as possible, and meeting this new requirement would be financially impossible."
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- ic said...
"the children of more than 30,000 low-wage home attendants"
Do not fear, Obamacare (i.e. you and me) will insure all children from poor (i.e. low wage) families.
Next SEIU will drop all low-wage workers. Obamacare'll pick them up. Obamacare is a backdoor union bailout. Wonder how much longer will union pension funds drop their pensioners, and let you and me do the honor of taking care of their retirement. The "richest" people on earth cannot let their "greedy" generation die on the streets, can they? Obamacare's death panels may figure out a final solution for the greedy generation to save our Social Security from bankruptcy after all. Brilliant.
- HPE said...
wow that stinks for those children and their parents
- bobdog said...
Not to mention the rest of the people in this country. What makes union folks so different from the rest of us? We're all screwed, not just the pampered slugs in the unions.


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Priscilla Ahn (birth name Priscilla Natalie Hartranft) is an American folk singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. She was born on March 25, 1984, in Los Angeles, California, U.S. After graduating from high school, she moved to Los Angeles where she had professional relationships with Joshua Radin, Amos Lee, Ray Lamontagne and Cary Brothers. She emerged on the American folk scene in 2007 with her self-titled EP, which was critical acclaimed. A year later, she released her breakthrough debut album, A Good Day, which produced her first hit singles such as "Dream", "Wallflower", "I Don't Think So", "Masters in China" and "Leave the Light On". The album's lead single, "Dream", featured in the film Bride Wars. Now, you may download Priscilla Ahn's first album, A Good Day, in mp3 from our site. In early 2009, she collaborated with Tiesto for the hit, "I Am Strong".


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My Windows will not stay up and the screws on the very bottom (underneath) touching the bottom frame of the window are rusted. So I need all parts to replace the problem of the window not holding up and the screws as well. I am ordering the weather stripping 3/16 t slot today but figured I get all of it in one order
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Hello, Sherry. Your balance looks like our Series 600 while your pivot shoe could be our 15-046. Carefully look this hardware over to confirm.
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Here is the photo of the screws I need. What do these screws hold in? How do I remove if too rusted?
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This is the story of the senior-level preparations for the D-Day invasion on June 6, 1944 from the time of Dwight D. Eisenhower's appointment as the Supreme Allied Commander in Europe, to the establishment of the beachhead in Normandy. The film recounts many of the trials and tribulation Ike had to face, not the least of which were the many prima donnas surrounding him (Patton, Montgomery and especially de Gaulle) and the need for tact and diplomacy to bring all sides together for what would be the largest amphibious assault ever attempted.
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Pablo Soria's new series marks a turning point in the artist's career. Parting with the mixed media technique of photography and painting; he turns his attention to the play of light and the pensiveness of long exposure photography, while still exploring the persistence of memory and the longing of time which have always resided deep within his works.
The sincere dialogue between the artist and the landscape, along with the uninhibited application of light to the photographed structures invite the viewer to contemplate the scene before them. They are transported as if in a time capsule to a moment of stillness in which only they exist, in which time stands still and the image is forever engrained within them.
Pablo Soria was born in San Miguel de Tucumán, Argentina. He currently lives and works in Miami.
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Rusty Scruby's show comes at an exceptionally challenging time in his career. The artist was recently the victim of a mass robbery in which seventeen of his works were taken. This exhibition is his response to a situation that kept unfolding in mysterious ways, coming to a bitter end at an unlikely place – a thrift store.
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Spain reeled from a new debt downgrade and Greek workers launched a general strike to stop austerity cuts Wednesday, raising the stakes for a pivotal eurozone crisis summit.
The twin blows underscored daunting challenges facing the eurozone, which is struggling to slash costs at the same time as preventing its flagging economies from plunging into recession.
For investors the underlying concern is that major European economies' sovereign debts are no longer risk-free.
Moody's highlighted those strains late Tuesday, slashing Spain's rating by two notches to A1 from Aa2, with a negative outlook, just days after a similar move from Standard & Poor's.
Describing a now familiar malaise of slow growth and crushing private and public debt, Moody's in effect issued a vote of no confidence in Spain and the European Union's handling of the crisis so far.
"Since placing the ratings under review in late July 2011, no credible resolution of the current sovereign debt crisis has emerged and it will in any event take time for confidence in the area's political cohesion and growth prospects to be fully restored," it warned.
"In the meantime, Spain's large sovereign borrowing needs as well as the high external indebtedness of the Spanish banking and corporate sectors render it vulnerable to further funding stress."
Moody's announcement came two weeks after the agency downgraded the debt of Italy and a day after it warned that even France's AAA-rated sovereign debt rating may be cut.
In Greece, struggling to meet conditions imposed in return for an international 110-billion-euro ($151-billion) rescue programme last year, workers came out in force against new cuts.
Thousands of protesters marched in Athens at the start of a two-day general strike joined by most professions against a new austerity bill demanded by the European Union and IMF to avert bankruptcy.
As the bad news piled up ahead of a weekend European Union summit on the eurozone's troubles, French President Nicolas Sarkozy warned of the scale of the challenge.
"The world and Europe are going through an unprecedented financial crisis," he said in Nice on Tuesday.
"This crisis is going to lead us in the days ahead to take important, very important decisions," the French leader said.
France would defend Europe's heritage, he vowed.
"Allowing the destruction of the euro would be to take a risk of destroying Europe," Sarkozy said.
Soledad Pellon, analyst at Spanish brokerage IG Markets, warned that a downgrade of French debt would reverberate across the eurozone.
"From our point of view removing France's AAA rating would be a very bad decision because Germany and France are points of reference," Pellon said.
The credit rating downgrades made the European summit more pressing, Pellon added. "Of course, this adds pressure to the European leaders if they delay taking decisions," she said.
European leaders are looking at several measures they may announce this weekend as part of their efforts to end a nearly two-year-old sovereign debt crisis:
-- Rubber-stamp the release of eight billion euros of loans from a first EU-IMF bailout of Greece last year.
-- Strengthen the European Financial Stability Facility, which now has 440 billion euros but would need much more if it had to throw a lifeline to Italy or Spain.
-- Recapitalise banks to make them less vulnerable to a Greek "credit event," or default.
-- Improve coordination, possibly by backing a Franco-German plan for bi-annual summits of the 17 eurozone leaders.
-- Try to boost economic growth.


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