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A typhoon bears down on a travelling couple in the winning entry in the 2009 Alumni Short Story Contest
That night might have rocked them a lullaby, had they been more secure. Tucked into twin beds even though they'd booked a double, they'd been travelling long enough not to take any beds for granted. And these ones had such soft mattresses, made up with good linen. A room with a private bath, a nice hotel because they'd had it with hostels. Not realizing they were too old for such accommodation, that they were the problem and the hostels were exactly what they were supposed to be.
The runners-up are Liam Lacey (BA 1978 Victoria) for his story "Remorse and the Post-Op Denver Convention" and Luke Henry Howie for his poem "The Dog (Pic Mobert)."
Lacey also won a Readers' Choice Award for his story. Laura Rock (BA 1986 St. Michael's) won a Readers' Choice Award – for her poem "In Rocco's House (My Grandmother's Poor Beginning)"
Thomas was sitting up against his pillows, laptop propped up on his knees. The last two days' photographs transferring from his camera one by one, appearing on the screen to cast his face in various hues. Mo watching him, curled up on her own bed, on her side of the room. The two of them not usually so territorial, but here it was a matter of symmetry. Thomas turning blue in the light, red, then blue again. He'd angled his screen so Mo couldn't see.
That he was looking at a picture of a girl: Transfer Completed. The photo was from the Peace Museum yesterday, the first one he'd taken that morning. A photo of a photo, the woman in sepia tones with her back to the camera, displaying the floral print of a kimono burned onto her skin. That incalculable horror could be represented so uncannily. As contrasted with the mushroom cloud, an iconicity as obscuring as the dust had been, but this woman's back obscured nothing. The imprint of truth here, a photo in a photo. Which was distance, but tangible – Thomas was partial to truths he could hold in his hand.
But he wouldn't show Mo. Six weeks of travelling had made for well over four thousand photos – of various sunsets, vistas, temples and pagodas – but they seemed personal now. Though Mo had been with him the whole time, even appearing in half the shots, this was the world through his eyes. He didn't want to chance what she might reduce it to.
Thomas himself was rarely seen in the pictures, and he'd still been photographer in the ones where he was. With his arm outstretched to hold the camera, his head dipped into a double chin. But even at the best of times Thomas photographed badly, light glaring off his glasses, his jaw stiff and aching when he smiled. Thomas found his comfort behind the lens instead; of all the roles in his life, he liked this one the best. Something formidable had been achieved these last few weeks, and he reported, "Four thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven" without even thinking. For he was of the type that thought sheer volume might constitute an oeuvre.
It was a sticking point. Thomas had viewed so much of their six weeks in Asia through his lens, he might as well have watched it on television. He was utterly incapable of experience, preoccupied with documentation at a level that was disconcerting. Frustrating. Even when his seascapes all just blended into one, he'd argue memories did the same. Which memories didn't do, Mo was sure. Or at least when they did, they were supposed to, fading and blending all part of a memory's design.
She was sitting up in bed now. The light from the computer was distracting, the tap tap of the keyboard annoying. Illuminated letters spelling "Georgia Coffee Star" were secured to the roof next door, dousing their room in flossy pink, thin curtains shutting out none of the brilliance.
"Almost five thousand photos," said Thomas, who liked his numbers round.
"But not quite," said Mo. "There won't be time for that." Because there wouldn't be. Not during the thirty-six hours they had left. And now Thomas was exhaling through his nose, a rubber tire and she the rusty nail. "But you've got so many already," she said. Thomas was too sensitive. Lying back down, and there it was, almost. Mo closed her eyes. Could it really be that easy?
But there it was, thought Thomas, his camera disconnecting from his laptop with a click. The noise would disturb her. And no matter what she said, it was a triumph, these four thousand, three hundred and thirty-seven photos that proved not only Thomas Whittock Lives, but that There Are Places He Has Been. The whole wide world, if only so far, contained on a hard drive. Chaos, grit and ecstasy shrunk into bytes.
Outside the wind was blowing fierce, storm's stirring. A lagging warm front about to clash with its adversary, the first typhoon of the season descending, and Mo and Thomas hadn't realized. Neither one of them noticing the currents in the air, for they thought they'd seen storms before. Thomas was organizing his photos into albums, and Mo still had her eyes shut but then she opened them again.
"Are you going to be long?" she asked.
"Don't know."
Mo sat back up, turned on the lamp. "Anything good?"
Thomas shrugged. He created a brand new file, "Hiroshima Tuesday." There won't be time, she'd said, like the decision was hers, and now it felt like it was.
He continued sorting, and Mo got out of bed. Treading carefully, because the room was dark. In spite of the bedside lamp, the glow from the computer and the pink light across the way. Too bright to sleep, too dark to walk, up here in this bizarre room eighteen storeys into the empyrean and Mo was looking for something to read. There was only the travel guide, battered from weeks of use, from being stuffed into her backpack. Some pages dog-eared, whole sections torn out from day trips when they didn't want to haul the continent. But there were chapters they hadn't cracked yet, still places they hadn't been.
Then at the crash: they looked up together. A tile had come loose from a roof across the street, plunging down against their window. The view obscured as the rain started falling. "Georgia Coffee Star" had turned into an electric blur.
Thomas said, "What was that?"
Mo said, "How would I know?" She had resolved to be kinder, but Thomas made it hard. Behind his screen his head was bowed, shoulders slouched. And now, only now, did she want to push the computer away, the camera too, and crawl into that narrow bed beside him. Only when he wanted nothing to do with her at all.
Because he was reading his emails, using his access to the wireless world, but there was nothing urgent. Junior Associates with their massive quandaries, problems he could solve out of habit. These could wait a day or two. A note from his boss, but just an update, nothing had changed and Thomas clicked the email window shut.
Thunder rumbled far away, the rain falling louder, but neither of them remarked upon the weather. They were tired of weather. They were tired full stop, having had enough of such remarks, of observations lately. Of each other. Even the things they thought but never said seemed so dwelled upon.
Mo skimming a summary of Tibetan customs, and she was thinking about all they would be taking back with them. Bits and pieces picked up along the way – sarongs, and thongs, and ethnic handicrafts.
Thomas was looking at the photos again, beginning a slide show of the whole collection. They'd both lost weight, he realized. Mo no longer smiled with her teeth.
And Mo was turning the page, enacting reading for the sake of comfort. What she would have given for a fat 19th-century novel to pass the time, to take her far away from here. Just to be home, where the books were allowed to be heavy because there was no need to carry them around.
Oh home – and she was thinking of bath towels. Her towels hanging on their hooks on the other side of the world and she could see them, memory capturing her senses: fluffy, blue, soft against her cheek, and they smelled like the dryer. The dryer – she'd been rinsing her clothes in the sink for so long now, hanging them up to dry in the shower. Even her tank tops were stiff, nothing ever really got clean. A hotel as nice as this one, and still the towels were rough and worn with loose threads, too small for their purpose. One of the towels had to be the bath mat and it never mattered which.
But that there was a bath mat at all, which meant a bath. Even a shower hadn't been easy to come by. Once in Mongolia they'd travelled by bus for thirty hours to a destination without running water, so what a relief it was – the bathtub, the end of this journey. Every second's passage bringing them closer to home, to end up finished where they'd started from.
There was a bolt of lightning then, the room ablaze for an instant, and then more thunder. Thomas considering turning off the computer, but he didn't want to give her the satisfaction. She was tired, but she was also intolerable. Why should he always have to make it easy?
One pagoda slipping into another, and he was looking at Vietnam. Mo, turning the pages of the travel guide, arrived at Vietnam, barely noticing the end of Tibet. Still thinking about the towels, how with one she could rub her whole body dry. She was staring at the ceiling when the lights went out.
The whole world disappearing, evaporating into a pinpoint of light where a stucco swirl had been, and then obliterated altogether – pop. The last of the power when old TVs get turned off, but Mo's eyes adjusted and she found the world not gone at all. Its shapes instead draped in darkness, just the light from Thomas's screen.
But the Georgia Coffee Star had been extinguished. Thomas set down the computer and got up to see. Pushing the curtain aside, he looked out the window to see no lights shining, no street below. The 7-Eleven on the corner was gone; there was no sign at all of civilization. They were eighteen storeys above an abyss and now they felt the wind. The gentle sway incongruous with the violent noise outside.
"It must have been the storm," he said.
Mo tossed the book aside.
Thomas turned away from the window, that blind opening. He sat on the bed, "You'd think they'd have a generator," he said. "For emergencies."
"It won't last long," said Mo. That sway, that uneasy awful peace. Because earthquake-proof buildings were designed to give way, not to collapse at a tremor, she knew. That the movement meant safety, but it was hard to be convinced. "What's out there?"
Thomas said, "Just dark, and the rain."
And neither of them had ever imagined a typhoon, supposing such weather for people prone to hyperbole. Their time in Asia had been so sticky, the heat endless and unbroken. So accustomed to their own perpetual discomfort, they'd hadn't imagined something different or worse.
A piece of the Georgia Coffee Star sign snapped, part of its scaffolding flying towards them. Arriving with a crash like shattering glass, but still the pane held.
"It's just the storm," said Thomas.
"But it's not." Thomas would try to make everything manageable. "Debris flying through the sky – what storm is that?" Mo asked.
"Just the wind."
Wind, Mo thought, being the least of their problems. Looking out the window, straining her eyes to find a world she just couldn't see, and she imagined a blackened cow flying over a dark slice of moon. The wind getting louder now, like a highway was outside. Rain battering the glass, and they'd never sleep through this racket. "Should we call downstairs?" Thomas asked.
"But what can they do? If they could turn on the lights, I'm sure they would."
"It might be an emergency."
"Then we shouldn't be tying up the phone," she said. "You wouldn't understand them anyway."
Thomas turned off the computer because the battery was low. The room was dark, finally.
"You're going to sleep then?" Mo asked him.
Thomas said, "I guess so." He'd never be able to sleep with the storm, but if the alternative was Mo, he'd try. So he put the laptop away, came back to bed. Pulling down the covers to crawl underneath, though Mo was still on top of hers. His eyes adjusting, and he could see the shape of her – there must be light from somewhere.
The pillow under his head was hard and heavy. He could feel them swaying still; almost peaceful, were it not so imperiling his connection to earth.
It made Mo nervous too. She was freezing, her bed below the air duct, but she didn't want to move, to pull up her blankets, just in case she sent them toppling. This wasn't safety, she was sure of it, though of course Thomas would tell her otherwise. He'd find another way to render her anxiety all wrong, and with the cold and wind, she shivered again. The lightning flashing, illuminating the room just like day.
So they were staring at one another, lying both on their sides.
But when the lightning was gone, the darkness again. That one glimpse had changed nothing, and still the thunder rolled.
Thomas gripping the edge of his mattress, ashamed to suppose his stillness might just keep them stable. And yet he couldn't chance it otherwise.
With Mo holding her breath, as though the breeze of respiration even mattered. The flip side of the view was how far they had to fall, and she wondered how long it would take. So it occurred to Mo that she was about to die then. Almost resigned, she realized, with Thomas still thousands of miles away on the other side of the room. She couldn't reach him, even if she stretched out her arm. When she couldn't hold her breath anymore, she exhaled slowly.
Back and forth they blew, just like a bough. It was all give and take.
Thomas clutching the mattress, thinking here was grave danger. Something he'd never experienced, though he'd heard about adrenaline rushes, but here was none of that. His fingers so fixed, he couldn't let go. A dream he couldn't cry out from, and what could he say if he did?
And then the room was flooded with light, as shocking as a sound. Both of them starting, so sure this was it, that the plummet would begin, but the sway kept on, everything pink as a postcard sunset. They even dared to sit up in their beds, to look out towards the electric beacon. For a glimpse to finally change something between them, to see it was the storm after all.
Kerry Clare (BA 2002, MA 2007) reads and writes in Toronto, where she lives with her husband, Stuart Lawler, and their baby daughter, Harriet. Her fiction, essays and reviews have appeared in the New Quarterly, Quill & Quire, the Globe and Mail and other publications. Online, she writes about books and reading at her blog, Pickle Me This (picklemethis.blogspot.com). Clare is currently on maternity leave from her job as researcher for the Clarkson Centre for Business Ethics and Board Effectiveness at U of T's Rotman School of Management.


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Background & Operations:
BSE owns and operates the BSE exchange platform (formerly, the Bombay Stock Exchange), the first stock exchange in Asia, which was formed on July 9, 1875. At the end of October 2016, the BSE was the world's largest exchange by number of listed companies, and India's largest and the world's 11th largest exchange by market capitalization, with US$ 1.7 trillion in total market capitalization of listed companies. As the operator of the BSE, it regulates listed issuers and provides a market for listing and trading in various types of securities as may be allowed by SEBI from time to time. It operates in three primary lines of business, namely:
1. The listing business, which consists of the primary market, which relates to the issuance of new securities;
2. The market business, which consists of (i) the secondary market, which relates to the purchase and sales of previously-issued securities, (ii) BSE StAR MF ("BSE StAR"), its online platform for the placement of orders and redemptions of units in mutual funds, (iii) NDSRST, its platform for the reporting of over-the-counter corporate bond trading, (iv) membership, which includes membership in the Exchange, membership in its clearing corporation ICCL, and depository participants in its depository CDSL, and (v) post-trade services, namely the clearing corporation and depository; and
3. The data business, which consists of the sale and licensing of information products. In addition to the primary lines of business, BSE also have supporting businesses, including (i) providing IT services and solutions, (ii) licensing index products such as the S&P BSE SENSEX, (iii) providing financial and capital markets training and (iv) operating corporate and social responsibility portal. Moreover, it has an active treasury function focused on managing cash, including both its own funds as well as funds that it hold on behalf of third parties (such as margins placed by clearing members).
As at September 30, 2016, the BSE had 1,446 unique members across all segments, and in Fiscal Year 2016 the BSE accepted an average of 284.92 million orders and 1.55 million trades in equity shares per trading day, placing it as the 12th most active exchange in the world in terms of electronic book trades in equity shares. During Fiscal Years 2014, 2015 and 2016 and the six months ended September 30, 2016, the BSE reported 24,663 million, 63,385 million, 70,376 million and 31,237 million electronic book orders in equity shares, respectively. BSE engage in extensive monitoring of its members, listed companies and of market activities in order to minimize the risk of default, promote market transparency and integrity. By doing so, it along with other Indian stock exchanges contribute to the growth of the Indian capital markets and stimulate innovation and competition across market segments.
BSE derives revenue from a number of sources, including securities services, services to corporate, data dissemination fees, investments and deposits, and other sources. For FY 2014, FY 2015 and FY 2016 and the six months ended September 30, 2016, its revenue from operations was Rs. 2,667.9 million, Rs. 3,611.4 million, Rs. 4,265.4 million and Rs. 2,421.8 million, respectively, and its net profit after share of minority and share of loss of associate as restated was Rs. 1,351.9 million, Rs. 1,297.4 million, Rs. 1,225.3 million and Rs. 1049.3 million, respectively.
Objects of Issue:
The objects of the Offer are to achieve the benefits of listing the Equity Shares on NSE and for the sale of Equity Shares by the Selling Shareholders. Further, the Exchange expects that listing of the Equity Shares will enhance its visibility and brand image and provide liquidity to its existing Shareholders. The Exchange will not receive any proceeds of the Offer and all the proceeds of the Offer will go to the Selling Shareholders in the proportion of the Equity Sharesoffered by them.
Business Strategy:
Strengthen position to become the exchange of choice in India and expand cross-border reach by entering into strategic alliances: BSEintends to strengthen its position as a preferred exchange in India and expand its cross-border reach by entering into strategic alliances. Internationally, it has signed an agreement with Deutsche Boerse whereby they sell and market BSE market data and information to international clients. Further, it is a member of the BRICS Exchanges Alliance, whereby leading exchange in Brazil, Russia, India, China and South Africa cross-list futures products based on the flagship indices of each of the other exchanges. Similarly, options and futures based on the S&P BSE SENSEX are listed and traded on Eurex and the Dubai Gold and Commodities Exchange, and it has entered into an MOU with the Korea Exchange to cooperate in other areas such as research, product development and information technology. BSE has also partnered with IFC, a member of the World Bank Group, to develop a corporate governance scorecard, which allows companies to assess their corporate governance performance against national and international benchmarked practices. The enhanced ease of trading and access that results from such ventures will strengthen its ability to attract cross-border investors and issuers to its exchange.
Increase variety and market share of derivative products: BSE actively evaluate products and asset classes outside its traditional focus areas in order to diversify its revenue sources. By doing so, it seeks to continue to attract market participants and issuers and to capture the significant revenue potential that comes with a broader product line, particularly derivative products. It intends to continue to develop a full equity derivative product suite to meet derivative investors' needs through the introduction of new products, as well as through advancements in current products, such as interest rate and currency derivatives, index futures, index options, single stock futures and single stock options. In particular, BSE intends to focus on currency derivatives and to further increase its market share in this segment through initiatives such as introducing new products (such as index contracts, inter-currency spread contracts and crosscurrency derivatives, in each case subject to regulatory approvals), increasing foreign portfolio investor ("FPI") participation and extending market timings for currency derivatives (subject to regulatory approval). It is also looking to add commodity derivatives to its current portfolio of product offerings.
Diversify product and service offerings and maintain new product innovation and development:BSE continually strive to diversify its product and service offerings to serve investors' needs by developing new products and bringing new types of financial instruments. It intends to enhance current product offerings, such as BSE StAR, its mutual fund investment platform, by adding new purchase and settlement options for investors. The number of mutual fund schemes available on BSE StAR grew from 4,891 in FY 2014 to 5,724 in FY 2015 and 5,989 in FY 2016 and 6,303 in the first half of FY 2017. In terms of its service offerings, it was appointed as the receiving office for primary issuances of sovereign gold bonds in June, which are government bonds, denominated in grams of gold, issued by the Reserve Bank of India on behalf of the Government of India.
Maintain and improve best-in-class platform infrastructure:Maintaining and improving infrastructure is critical to BSE's business, as it lays the foundation for future growth and expansion, provides its customers with a more efficient and accessible marketplace and enhances its competitiveness as an exchange operator on a global scale. It has regularly allocated substantial resources towards upgrading its information technology systems, with the over-arching goals of achieving higher capacity and lower latency, improving market efficiency and transparency, enhancing user access and providing flexibility for future business growth and market needs. BSE undertake to develop and to implement initiatives to maintain and improve its platform infrastructure in the future. It prioritizes the improvement in its cyber-security framework and information security management systems.
Establish an international exchange at GIFT City:BSE intend to establish an international exchange in the Gujarat International Finance Tech City – International Financial Service Centre ("GIFT City"), a multi-services Special Economic Zone that is currently being developed as India's first international financial services centre. Subject to receipt of the necessary regulatory approval, the international exchange will provide an electronic trading platform that facilitates (i) Indian companies to raise capital in foreign currency by issuing foreign currency denominated bonds and providing a trading platform to trade in such securities, (ii) Indian start-ups to raise equity from foreign investors by getting listed on the international exchange and (iii) companies incorporated outside India to raise money in foreign currencies by the issuance and listing of their equity shares on the international exchange. Establishing this exchange will increase BSE's brand's profile and also provide with additional sources of revenue. As it intends for the proposed exchange to offer equities in non-Indian issuers for trading, the project will also include establishing a clearing corporation as well as a depository to settle such trades. It proposes to begin operating the GIFT City exchange after, among others, the publication by SEBI of final regulations applicable to the exchange. BSE's track record of operating an exchange and entering into partnerships and alliance with partners around the world will facilitate the opening of the GIFT City exchange by it in a timely manner once the final regulations applicable to the exchange have become effective.
Capture growth in the underpenetrated Indian financial markets:With a growing young population in India, more investors are likely to enter the market in the coming years. In order to capture growth in the Indian market, BSE undertake routine outreach and advertising programs, such as through educational activities targeted towards youths to teach them about the benefits of investing in securities, and through investor awareness activities designed to facilitate an "equity culture" in India. In addition to investor outreach, it also design platforms and products targeted towards specific demographics in India, such as a mobile phone enabled trading platform, targeted towards the growing number of mobile phone users in India. BSE is positioned, as a well known exchange, to increase the number of investors trading on its exchange as first-time investors begin taking advantage of such government schemes. In addition, it plans to focus its education outreach programs, directly through the exchange as well as through its BSE Institute, on this sector of first-time retail investors in order to increase its brand recognition and to encourage such investors to trade in BSE-listed securities. It also run custom courses for businesses and colleges. Moreover, the Employee Provident Fund Organization has recently started investing in ETFs, which is an indirect way of investment into the Indian stock market.
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Great Gables Guide – Events In Coral Gables, Florida
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The Graduate at Gables Cinema
Friday, November 10, 2017 @ 9:00pm - 10:30pm
One event on Saturday, November 11, 2017 at 9:00pm
One event on Sunday, November 12, 2017 at 8:30pm
One event on Monday, November 13, 2017 at 8:45pam
One event on Tuesday, November 14, 2017 at 9:00pm
One event on Wednesday, November 15, 2017 at 8:45pm
One event on Thursday, November 16, 2017 at 8:45pm
Pity Benjamin (Dustin Hoffman). Fresh out of college, he's a little worried about his future. Even his relationship with Elaine (Katherine Ross) is on the rocks now that Elaine's mom, a certain Mrs. Robinson (Anne Bancroft), complicates his life even further.
Arguably, no other movie of the 60s — not even Bonnie and Clyde or Easy Rider — turned counterculture angst into popular culture. The Graduate became the biggest box-office surprise of the decade, made Hoffman an overnight star and second-time-out director Mike Nichols an Oscar winner. After Simon & Garfunkel's score, movie soundtracks were never the same. Even today, in its 50th anniversary 4K restoration, the movie plays like a baby boomer's time capsule, moving seamlessly from one anthological scene to the next, all the way to its enigmatic close-up ending.
Coral Gables Art Cinema is located at 260 Aragon. Call 786-385-9689 or visit the web site for details. http://www.gablescinema.org


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We are a family run business, proudly serving with excellence since 1990.
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Byzance Iceman
5yo cremello stallion, 13.2hh
American Saddlebred/Section B Welsh Pony
Iceman shows outstanding jumping form with very stylish paces and conformation. He is the ideal choice for breeding golden-coloured performance riding ponies and harness horses.
Iceman has a very gentle nature and kind disposition, and because he carries a double-dilute cream gene he throws popular palomino and buckskin-coloured foals, while passing on his beautiful temperament.
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If you know me, you know that I will not accept any hacked Pokemon. I only want legitimately caught Pokemon.
No ActionReplay- No Problems
If you are interested in making a trade not involving what is on this page, let me know. I'm pretty much open to anything reasonable.
Looking for…
I need these Mythical Pokemon to complete my Dex:
Mew, Celebi, Deoxys, Phione, Manaphy, and Shaymin.
If you have one to spare, I'd appreciate it!
Lileep/Cradily (DW)
- Ability – Storm Drain (DW)
- Moves – Giga Drain (DW)
- Nature – Bold, but will consider Calm. Will also consider other natures.
- Sex – Female, but will take a Male.
- IVs – Any. The higher, the better.
Tangela/Tangrowth (DW)
Charmander/Charmeleon/Charizard (DW)
Up for Trade…
I have 546 different Pokemon. If you don't see something listed, just ask! I will be happy to trade with you.
Most of these are female Dream World Pokemon, but maybe not all of them. If a Dream World Pokemon is male, I will list it, otherwise, it's female. If it is not a Dream World Pokemon, it will not have "(DW)" next to it.
- Abra (DW)
- Burmy (DW)
- Croagunk (DW)
- Drifloon (DW)
- Drowzee (DW)
- Electrike (DW)
- Exeggcute (DW)
- Finneon (DW)
- Goldeen (DW)
- Groudon – 2x
- Illumise (DW)
- Larvitar (DW)
- Ledyba (DW)
- Lickitung (DW)
- Machop (DW)
- Mantine (DW)
- Mareep (DW)
- Marill (DW)
- Mawile (DW)
- Meditite (DW)
- Mr. Mime (DW)
- Natu (DW)
- Oddish (DW)
- Phanpy (DW)
- Pidgey (DW)
- Poochyena (DW)
- Relicanth (DW)
- Sableye (DW)
- Shuppet (DW)
- Smoochum (DW)
- Spinarak (DW)
- Spoink (DW)
- Stunky (DW)
- Taillow (DW)
- Tropius (DW)
- Tyrouge (DW) Male
- Volbeat (DW)
- Zigzagoon (DW)
I have a few more, but will update the list later with Nature, Moves, and IVs (if I know what they are). Stay tuned…


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North Carolina has released the 2017 eNC3 1099 Specifications. These specifications are effective for all submissions made on or after January 1, 2018. Prior year data, original and corrected, must be filed according to these specifications. Additionally, a separate submission is required for each tax year.
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Any report not timely filed with the Secretary is subject to a penalty of $1000
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Adam Rivera is a member of the Regulatory Analysis Team's Direct Tax division at Sovos. His main areas of focus are Federal and State Tax Withholding and Affordable Care Act (ACA) Reporting. Prior to Sovos, Adam worked as a legislative aide in the Florida House of Representatives. He also has experience in securities law, focusing on securities litigation and researching emerging crowdfunding methods of raising capital. Adam is a member of both the Massachusetts and Florida Bars. He earned his B.A. from the University of Florida and his J.D. from the University of Miami.More Content by Adam Rivera


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Angst is a conceptual behemoth of experimental extreme metal that
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Not unlike the game changer Planisphaerium by countrymen Wormed in
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I see me.
This was what a donor said when speaking about the importance of recognizing the diversity of the philanthropic community in a video presented to us at the recent Women's Funding Network conference. I thought about how powerful this concept is in many other contexts too.
I see me.
It's what Stella Cornelius always coached me about when teaching me conflict resolution skills – look for the points of commonality to open up options and dialogue.
If men could more often say 'I see me' when they see the struggle of women in their families and communities, they would begin to change the equation for women, for their families and communities, and effectively reduce hunger in the process.
How would it be if the men who digitally raped and disfigured a woman who was raising funds on Kickstarter to create girl-friendly video games could see themselves in the woman they were abusing. Others clearly could as they raced to assist her in the best way they knew how – by oversubscribing to her Kickstarter campaign and allowing her to increase the number and reach of the girl and women friendly video games she was able to create.
While we're yet to really understand the motives of the Boston brothers who used explosives to maim and kill those running in the Boston Marathon, a comment by one of the two perpetrators is telling. "I don't have one single American friend," he wrote. His disconnection from Americans and the country in which he was living was obviously profound. His likely radicalization on his last trip to Russia may have contributed to his increasingly fervent religious practice and to his inability to see himself in the lives and hopes and dreams of those around him. And clearly neither did his brother, for whom brother blood ties trumped any other considerations.
How would it be if we could encourage men in developing countries to see themselves in the lives of their wives and daughters, mothers and aunts? If these men could see that the women in their lives, such as female farmers in countries such as India and Tanzania, are denied the access to bank accounts, credit, seeds, fertilizer and technical expertise that these men enjoy. What changes might be possible if men could place themselves in the shoes of these women who are also required to do the (unpaid) work of cooking, cleaning, childcare, eldercare, water and firewood collection, among other responsibilities, while grappling with poor energy, sanitation and health services.
At the recent Women in the World conference we heard testimony from many women, both directly and through the voices of others whose clear connection of 'I see me' came through in the emotion of their reading these accounts.
For instance, Nizon Guanaes, Chairman, Grupo, ABC read the testimony of Maria Da Penha from Brazil : "my husband shot me in the back, leaving me paralyzed and he then tried to kill me. He was arrested but then released on a legal technicality. I succeeded in changing domestic violence laws in Brazil and this new law bears my name." Diane Von Furstenburg, read the testimony of Najood Ali from Yemen. "I was forced to marry at age 9 and then I sought a divorce at age 10. I am now one of 50 girls in my class in my 2nd year of primary school. I finally feel I am a girl again…"
In Meryl Streep's tribute to the late Inez McCormack, a feminist and human rights advocate and the first female president of the Irish Congress of Trade Unions who fought hard for equal pay for equal work for all, Streep spoke of McCormack as representing the rights of the "excluded ones" and the "invisibles." Streep: "McCormack was a real time living heroine and hers was a call to arms – for everyone to link arms. Her message was that one life can stand for the benefit of many but everyone must participate."
This call for everyone to participate was echoed by Dr Mouna Ghanem, Cofounder and Deputy to the President, Building of the Syrian State Movement. "Women are not in the negotiation process and there's no democracy without women…Women in the camps are experiencing forced marriages, prostitution, exposure to HIV/AIDS and children are literally freezing to death. Enough is enough. We want peace. We want democracy. We want human rights. We want women represented in the political process."
23 year old Alaa Murabit, Founder and President, The Voice of Libyan Women, supported the rebels in the 2011 Libyan uprising, and has since become a political force for women in Liby. Murabit spoke about the Koran as the point of commonality and so women conducted seminars with men that included verses from the Koran that denounced violence as part of a campaign to end domestic violence. "We needed to do it this for people to understand given that they are bound to their religion. We needed to fight fire with fire."
In other countries, women are claiming their political power. Dr Mamphela Ramphele formed a new political party in South Africa. "Every 34 seconds, a woman is raped in South Africa. One day of these statistics being sustained is one day too many. Nelson Mandela…made the greatest contribution of any human being and we want to stop the betrayal of his legacy. (His) message was the right to live in dignity…that includes equality for women. This consciousness – the feminism and the solidarity that the women's movement inspired – made me who I am as a citizen and as a woman."
In this same brave spirit, two young women from Pakistan are risking their lives for the rights of women and girls. Humaira Bachai, Founder and President, Dream Foundation Trust visits men in different villages to get them to agree to girls getting an education. To those who say that women need to be protected and sending them to be married early is a way to retain their honor, and that of their families, Humaira says "This is the power game – men want to treat girls and women like animals." Yet she also says "Every day in Pakistan, new Malalas are born." We continue to struggle for change. We cannot allow our lives to be taken."
Khalida Brohi is the Founder and Director, Sughar Women Program, and we see a film of her talking to the men in the villages about allowing girls to go to school. The men in these villages respond by saying
"if a girl wants to be independent, our response is the bullet."
"If a woman compromises her honor, our response is the bullet."
"If a girl has any questions regarding her empowerment, our response is the bullet."
Khalida says to the audience after we hear these words from men in the video, "I was being patient because I knew that one day these men would be working for me. I need to change the mindset of my community. I tell my parents, if I don't do this work I will die. If I do this work, I will live. We are holding cricket tournaments for the men and in the commentary we are including messages such as 'educate girls' and 'honor killings are not okay' so that the men listen to these messages. Never underestimate the power of talking – it is part of doing dangerous work in a dangerous country."
In the film made by Sharmeen Obaid, CEO of SOC Films, Sharmeen says, "These are the women who are staying on to educate a new generation of Pakistani girls." In response to our questions, she replied that "We need to keep educating the men. Education for all is the game changer."
When Hillary Clinton steps up to the conference stage, the crowd roars, many shouting for her to stand for Presidential election in 2014. She relaxes visibly in this crowd and is candid in her remarks. "When women participate in peacemaking and peacekeeping we are more secure. When women participate in the politics of a nation, they make a positive difference. When we liberate women, we advance the economic policies of a nation. If we do not contribute to this campaign then the country we love and cherish will not be what it should be."
"There is a powerful new current of grassroots activism stirring…enabled by new technologies giving women and girls voices like never before…We need to be smart and savvy about what this moment means for us… The world is changing beneath our feet and we must embrace 21st century technology to advance women's and girls' human rights. Technology is where progress is coming from and where our support is needed.
"The Taliban recognized Malala as a serious threat. And they were right. She is a serious threat. Malala is of this new generation and she has said if young people are not given pens they will be given guns. "
The Taliban's actions inspired millions of Pakistanis to say 'enough is enough' as they saw themselves in Malala's brave and resilient campaign. Here was another instance of 'I see me.'
Clinton: "The struggles do not end when countries attempt the transition to democracy. We know that all around the world when the dust settles women's voices are lost or marginalized and they are shut out of decision-making… The only way for true liberation is for the full participation of women. A number of rapidly growing countries will create new trading partners and no country can achieve its full potential if women are left behind. Let's ensure that there is no limit to what a girl can dream and do."
In this spirit of girls' dreaming and doing, Reshma Saujani, Founder of Girls Who Code said "At Girls Who Code we're hoping to touch at least a million girls by making STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) stimulating and exciting. We need new messaging to support girls changing the world through new technologies. For example, a girl we supported wanted to be a doctor and she started learning code – and she built an algorithm to determine whether a cancer is malignant or not. She's 16 years old and anything is possible for her."
Leah Busque, Founder and CEO of TaskRabbit is similarly passionate. "I went to a women's college and that made me fearless and confident – I felt I could do anything. That is the number one gift I would give to girls. Girls need to see girls and women who look like them. I was planning to be a dancer on the stage one day and yet the study I was doing of math and science felt exciting. I started building robots and working with my hands and seeing the possibilities. Recently we worked with a girl in Senegal who was not digitally literate. We taught her how to use a mouse and within 8 weeks she was teaching girls how to code in 38 other languages. The train is leaving and we can't leave girls behind. This is a key issue of our time."
Girls have been left behind for decades in India. Barkha Dutt, Journalist and TV Anchor, NDTV, reflects that "India is a paradoxical nation where powerful positions are occupied by women and yet the focus on women is usually to protect them and not to give them choices."
Shoma Chaudhury, Managing Editor, Tehelka, agrees. "People have this idea of women as whores and saints – a woman is like a mango, you suck it dry and then spit it out; a woman is like a pearl in an oyster, we must protect her."
Chaudhury went on to say "The middle class is hyper-connected. The working class is living in a state of dispossession and yet, with this girl who was brutally raped and who died from her injuries, her father had worked long hours and brought up his children with a passion for education. She was the face of that aspiration. Those men who raped her were the dark side of that – they represented access. Only one of them had a history of violence. When I talked to one of the perpetrator's mothers she said "why did the voice of God not live in the soul of even one of them?"
Again, this question of why did you not see your own humanity and faith in the girl you raped and killed? Did you not see 'I' in thou? What were you thinking when you raped the five year old girl in India and abused her with an intent to kill? Where was your connection to life itself, and the life of you as a child?
Chaudhury: "We're creating a culture of desire and dispossession – desire that takes its expression in violence. When this young woman went to stop the men from beating the man she was with, a bomb went off in the minds of the men on that bus and that's when the real brutality took place. They were outraged that she would challenge them. We need to set men free to be human not brutes."
"We're dealing with a global crisis of masculinity. Unless we imbue women's rights with an understanding of how men need to change then we will perpetuate this situation. It's time for us to really look at men and say 'enough is enough.' We need to recognize the importance of the feminine principle. We need to start saying 'male violence against women' to be specific since the greatest proportion of violence is committed by men against women – this doesn't happen in a gender vacuum but the way we describe it suggests so. Women's bodies have become the battlefield on which these narratives are played out. Young women are the terrain on which this battle is contested. Women are second class citizens and our humanity is compromised. We must transform this conversation to one where men and women are allies. Until then we say 'Basta. Enough. No More.' "
I fly back to San Francisco and to my beloved Sausalito. I'm so happy to be home. I hang out with the houseboat artist collective and swing along the wharves feeling light and free and strong. Everywhere I turn there's poetry and magic in the making. People are flowing out to sea in row boats, kayaks – and in larger boats with sails pitched to the wind.
Further afield, on one of my early morning trips down the coast to the beach, I watch surfers as they rise on the swell of the waves and as they power through the curls. I'm mesmerized by the display and again I promise myself that I'll go take some surf lessons…soon.
Back in Sausalito I trip down a wharf that feels akin to Sergeant Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band in its merry colors and psychedelic art. At the end of the wharf is a defiant statement of hope, or at least that's how I read it: 'Occupy Sausalito.'
And so here, in one of the richest counties in the nation, dwells a community that claims equity.
'I see me' I think as I look at one of the curious creatures, and smile.
Jane Sloane – San Francisco
Video: Here is the I Am A Philanthropist I mentioned at the beginning..


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Born in Edinburgh in 1846, Joseph Farquharson was a tremendously skilled and popular painter, renowned for his snowscapes and countryside scenes. Though he travelled across Paris and Egypt, many of his paintings depict the rigours of his native Scotland and the rigours of the winter climate. Though remarkably realistic, Farquharsons paintings are highly poetic and often take their titles from poems by Milton and Shakespeare
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Old Peasant with Jug – Mieris 1731
MIERIS, Frans van, the Younger
(b. 1689, Leiden, d. 1763, Leiden)
This painting, while it might not have as many objects still has items of great interest. I am especially drawn to the shirt collar and the waistcoat detail, the small brass buttons. Of course the jug is great, interesting large opening. Knives can be a bit tricky to really nail down at times and this knife, although we can't see the tip, gives us some good information.
Details: fur cap, mallet bottle, shirt collar detail, waistcoat and buttons, jacket, bellarmine jug, redware plate, ham, wood handled knife.
The detailing of of the hand stitched button holes is wonderful-wish all mine came out that fine and even!
This is a really great painting for early 18th cent. studies. In fact, I wonder if it is the EARLIER Mieris?
I say this because the jug, clothing and knife could easily be from the late 17th cent., and the date seems ambiguously painted.
Anyway, the ordinary looking knife is the common "cannon barrel" handle type, popular all over England and the Netherlands reaching it's peak of popularity in the 1690's. It seems to be a sure sign of mass production because of the half tang, and lathed handle. Brass ferule adds strength to the wood. Likely one of the forms of "sheeps' foot" tips, of which there are several subtle variations. Numerous Dutch shipwrecks through the 1740's revealed similar handles….albeit with fancy carving.
Perhaps the artist is making a social statement by depicting an elder with "old fashioned" possessions?
Great stuff, thank you for sharing,
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Last week, a bunch of character posters from "Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" debuted, but there was one character curiously absent: Eva Green as the titular dame.
Well today, we have an apparent explanation for the missing poster. According to Page Six, the NSFW poster featuring Green didn't get MPAA approval "for nudity — curve of under breast and dark nipple/areola circle visible through sheer gown."
In short, a boob curve is bad, but a gun is perfectly all right.
Like all things, the poster made its way to the internet anyway for everyone to see. Is it that salacious? By internet standards, no, but it's probably too much for a theater display.
"Sin City: A Dame to Kill For" opens in theaters on August 22.


text: I probably should have left it alone, but last week, I needed to extract a .sit file, which I was told the default version of the OS X Stuffit Expander could not open, so I installed the free version of Stuffit. Since extracting that file, nothing will extract with StuffIt. Every archive I try tells me that it is an invalid archive, and to try again. I've attempted to uninstall Stuffit, but I don't know how to get the base OS X version back. Anyone have any insight into this issue?


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Cuisine is almost a religion in Savannah, and good cuisine comes from fresh, wholesome ingredients. These Savannah specialty food stores offer everything from local, organic ingredients to adventurous and exotic foods.
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What Can I Do? What Can I Say?
It doesn't take time-consuming and heroic gestures to be a good co-survivor. Sometimes being there and listening is all that matters. Here are just a few ideas of what co-survivors can do to help a breast cancer survivor:
- Run errands
- Send a "Thinking of You" card
- Take him/her to an appointment
- Create an online calendar to organize meal deliveries, rides and other tasks
- Bring together family, friends and coworkers to help support and care for your loved one through a caring social network and planner. CaringBridge provides sites where friends and family can stay connected and updated on someone's health event and leave messages of hope and encouragement. The planner also gives you the power to set a community of support in motion by organizing meals, tasks and other helpful activities.
Advice for the Caregiver
Communicate: Keep communication between you and your loved one open and honest. Understand that he/she will often worry just as much about you as you do about him/her.
Understand: Learn more about the experiences of others diagnosed with breast cancer.
Talk Medicalese: Learn to better communicate with your loved one's health care team. This can be a big help when you accompany your loved one to appointments.
Talking to Your Children About Your Diagnosis
Each child and each family is unique, and helping children cope with a loved one's diagnosis can present many challenges.
However you decide to tell your children, be as open and honest as possible no matter how hard it may seem. You decide how much you want to say. Remember that children, just like adults, will fill in wherever you leave gaps. And because children may not know as much as adults, it is more likely that what they fill the gaps with will be wrong.
Encourage your children to talk to you and to ask questions. Giving honest, realistic answers to their questions will help lessen their fears. If you are going to be gone for a few days, if you are getting sick from the treatment or if you are losing your hair or a breast, let your children know why this is happening. Explain anything that changes their daily routine.
It is a good idea to let your children's teachers know what you are going through — especially for younger children. The teachers may be able to help the children cope if they spend most of the day at school.
Finally, just as your children depend on you, you can depend on them too. They can be, and probably want to be, a source of support for you. They will want to listen to you, hug you, kiss you and spend time with you. Let them.
Learn more: http://ww5.komen.org/BreastCancer/FriendsampFamily.html


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May 21, 2009 --Forty three members of Congress sent a letter to Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner, urging him to get involved in the bankruptcy of clothing maker Hartmarx.The group wants Geithner to convince Wells Fargo not to liquidate the company's assets to save thousands of jobs.
Wells Fargo is the company's biggest creditor.
Illinois congresswoman Jan Schakowsky wrote in the letter. She said banks like Wells Fargo received bailout funds so they could remain solvent. Instead, she says, they are freezing loans and putting small businesses in danger of closing their doors.
Hartmarx filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection in January.
There is one company interested in buying Hartmarx but its offer expires on Thursday night.


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QTWTAIN, for the uninitiated, is an acronym of 'Questions To Which The Answer Is No' that was originated by journalist … More
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Creatives against Trump
Donald Trump has provoked the creative community across the world to do their bit to get Hillary Clinton elected. Below … More
Two weeks until polls close – Trump launches last minute ad-blitz
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Political logos and candidate branding
Today I appeared on BB2's Daily Politics, presented by Jo Coburn, to discuss political logos with former Conservative Culture Secretary Maria Miller … More
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Gourmet Burger Kitchen, the original purveyors of posh burgers in the UK, have released a very amusing new poster promoting … More
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Male High School students help teach new students English
Male High School students help teach new students English
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WEBVTT THEIR ENGLISH.THEY'RE LEARNING WITH THESTUDENTS AS MUCH AS THEY'RETEACHING.>> I'VE NEVER SEEN KIDS SOEXCITED TO LEARN, TO WANT TOLEARN AND FOR THEM TO HAVE THEOPPORTUNITY TO BE HERE AND LIKEINTERACT WITH US IN WANTING TOLEARN MORE AND MORE ENGLISH ISREALLY COOL TO SEE.>> Reporter: THE THREE YOUNGWOMEN HELPED THE MORE THAN 70ESL STUDENTS RECEIVINGINSTRUCTION NEXT DOOR.THE MENTORING IS PERSONAL FORTALIA ALVAREZ WHO CAME TO THEU.S. FROM CUBA NINE YEARS AGO.>> NOT KNOWING HOW TO SAY, MAY IGO TO THE RESTROOM OR HAVING TOPICK UP A PEN ILL AND SAYWHAT'S, THIS I'VE NEVER SEENTHIS BEFORE, WHAT'S THIS USEDYUDS FOR.>> THEY'VE BEEN SHOWING THESTUDENTS THE ROPES AND THEY'RECONCERNED ABOUT HOW IMDWRUNTSARE TALKED ABOUT IN THIS COUNTRYAND WANT THESE FELLOW STUDENTSTO FEEL WELCOME.>> HEARING THE STORIES ABOUT THEKIDS AND WHAT THEY WENT THROUGHIN OTHER COUNTRIES, I WOULD HAVEHATE TO TURN THEM DOWN AND NOTBE ABLE TO ACCEPT THEM ANDWELCOME THEM INTO A SAFER -- BE.>> THE SCHOOL'S PRINL COULDN'TBE MORE PROUD.>> Reporter: IT'S NOT BECAUSETHEY'VE BEEN TOLD TO DO IT.IT'S NOT BECAUSE THEY'RESTRUGGLING OOH GET NHS OR BETAHOURS OR SOMETHING LIKE THAT.
Male High School students help teach new students English
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A trio of students at Male High School have volunteered to help students who are learning English as a second language.


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A registered sex offender discovered playing Santa Claus in a Baytown McDonald's was never ordered to stay away from children by officials in Ohio, where he was convicted.
Acting on a tip December 15, Baytown police found out that the employee, Norman Charles Burbank, had been sentenced to 12 years in an Ohio prison for raping an 11-year-old in 1992. But while the state's Department of Rehabilitation and Corrections advised that Burbank be classified a high-risk offender, a judge rejected that and only ordered Burbank to "report his residency" for ten years after his release in 2004.
Burbank, 54, first registered his residency in Baytown in July 2013, according to the Texas Sex Offender Registry. It appears that, in Texas, Burbank has to register once a year for the rest of his life. Outside of that, there are no laws prohibiting him from being near children.
Bayton Police Lt. Eric Freed told KPRC that "Him putting on a Santa Claus costume and having children in his lap, however unsettling that is for parents to hear, it was not a violation of Texas law." (We've tried following up with Freed and will update if we hear back).
It's unclear how Burbank was chosen to play Santa, but McDonald's told HLN,"This employee no longer works for our organization. We are reviewing processes to ensure we remain focused on the safety of customers and employees."
We reached out to Burbank via Facebook, but he declined to comment. Court records show that he was married twice in Ohio and divorced his second wife in 2012. That woman also declined our request for comment.
Ohio adopted sex offender registry classifications (sometimes called "Megan's Law") in 1996, which allowed prosecutors in Burbank's case to argue that he should be deemed a "sexual predator," the strictest classification under the law. That would have required lifetime registration.
But according to Logan County Judge Mark S. O'Connor's 1997 judgment, "the state advised the court that, after a thorough investigation, it could not provide clear and convincing evidence...that the defendant should be labeled a sexual predator."
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According to Ohio law at that time, the factors used to determine whether an offender was a sexual predator include: the age of both offender and victim; prior offenses; whether the crime involved multiple victims; whether the offender plied the victim with drugs or alcohol "to prevent the victim from resisting"; whether the crime was part of a pattern of abuse; and -- incredibly -- whether the offender "displayed cruelty or made one or more threats of cruelty."
Ultimately, Burbank was deemed a "sexually oriented offender" and only ordered to register for 10 years after his release.
However, when the state again reclassified its sex offender system in 2008, Burbank was automatically designated as a "Tier III" offender and required to verify his address every 90 days for life, and was also subject to community notification requirements. However, the Ohio Supreme Court ruled that offenders convicted before the new tier system -- like Burbank -- could not be retroactively classified. So Burbank's Tier III requirements were dismissed.
Beginning with Burbank, there are a lot of people involved in this who are deserving of anger. We don't even know what else to say.


text: Fiji Day Celebrations Speech, check against delivery Woodward Park, Liverpool 15 October 2016 Prime Minister Bainimarama and Mrs Maria Bainimarama Minister Koya High Commissioner Punja Distinguished guests, Ladies and gentlemen, Bula Vinaka. I would like to begin by also adding my acknowledgement to country and also thanking you Father Joe for your dedication. John and I are very pleased to be here with you all at this wonderful occasion to celebrate the nation of Fiji, its unity in diversity, and the friendship between the peoples of Australia and Fiji and most especially, to welcome you Prime Minister and Mrs Bainimarama to Australia. Today, we are celebrating Fiji day and in particular the harmony of Fijian and Indian cultures. As an Australian of Italian heritage, I understand very well the importance of sharing one's heritage and culture. Australia is one of the most culturally diverse yet socially cohesive nations on earth, thanks to the rich tapestry and contribution of its multicultural society. Speaking on the anniversary of Australia's signature of the United Nations' International Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Racial Discrimination, Prime Minister Turnbull celebrated and reaffirmed: "the Australian values of fair go and mutual respect for all regardless of how they look, how they worship or where they come from" Of course, these are Fiji's values too. Yours too is a multicultural, multi faith society where diversity is respected and valued. Our two nations are bound together by our shared Pacific Ocean, shared institutions and language, and most importantly, by our people. Just last month Prime Minister Bainimarama and I attended a conference of the Australia, Fiji and New Zealand Business Councils and we each celebrated our countries' strong and growing private-sector ties. Now we share a platform again to celebrate Fiji as a whole, and in particular, the vibrant Fijian-Australian community in Australia. The Fiji diaspora has grown at 6% each year between the 2006 and 2011 censuses. Indeed, the 2011 census showed that over 65,000 Australia residents were born in Fiji. The heart of the Australian Fiji community is here in Sydney, with New South Wales the home to more than half of Australians born in Fiji. As the daughter of migrants myself, I am passionate about the contribution that diaspora communities make to Australian society. The strong contribution of Fijian-Australians is reflected in your very strong labour force participation rates and higher than average income. And it also evident in the spirit of events such as this one. Business and community events are excellent reminders of the broad and rich relations between our two countries. Recent figures point to strong growth in two-way goods and services trade, worth more than $1.8 billion in 2015, a nearly 8% increase on the previous year. In the past, when there have been differences, these strong and growing family ties, friendships and business relations have not let us grow too far apart. It is good that our two governments have steadily drawn closer together. We saw that in the way we collaborated in response to the terrible destruction wrought by Tropical Cyclone Winston in Fiji in February this year and can I commend you Prime Minister on the decisive and effective early response of the Fiji Government. And I am proud of the way that Australia has supported, and continues to support, Fiji's response and recovery effort. I especially commend the generous response from Australia's Fiji diaspora under the guidance the extremely active High Commissioner Punja. Within 48 hours, Australia's immediate assistance had reached more than 200,000 people. The Australian Defence Force deployed 1,000 personnel to help get this humanitarian assistance to where it was most needed carrying on in the tradition of longstanding friendship that our defence forces have shared over many years. This is something which my husband John has enjoyed first hand in his years of service in the Royal Australian Navy. I was very proud to attend the function in August which the Royal Fiji Military Forces hosted for the crew of HMAS Canberra when she visited Suva. It certainly looked like lots of goodwill was being exchanged around the very large kava bowl! Still today, assisting the Government of Fiji to sustain longer term recovery efforts is at the forefront of Australia's work in Fiji. I welcomed the opportunity to hear first-hand from Attorney General Sayed-Khaiyum how Prime Minister, your government has prioritised ongoing work to ensure that educational outcomes remain on track and family lives can return to normal. We strongly support this. The principle of 'build back better' underpins our efforts, to assist communities to be even more resilient to future natural disasters. I saw this work first hand when I visited the Rakiraki Market and Vatukacevaceva school (Vaa-too-car-their-vaa-their-vaa) in Ra province in August this year. Last month I visited Devesh Bharos farms in Fiji, which provides commercial seedlings for agriculture, horticulture and forestry. The Australian Centre for International Agricultural Research has been helping them to diversify crops and expand supply chains, so that farmers throughout Fiji get more and better crops to plant. I was impressed to see how the partnership with Australia is increasing incomes for people in the area. This is the Australian Government's new aid model in action: partnering with the private sector, harnessing the power of the market to help the poor build their own wealth. Another way the Australian Government does this is by assisting Fiji workers to earn Australian wages. We have uncapped the Seasonal Worker Program and expanded it to include the accommodation industry. I am delighted that more than 170 Fiji workers have obtained visas to Australia under the program and we look forward to increasing the number of workers as we improve the program. Of course, yesterday's announcement that a Fijian team will join the Buildcorp National Rugby Championship in 2017 is great news. Fiji's national second XV will no doubt live up to their name of "Fiji Warriors". Australian Rugby and Rugby League in Australia have been greatly enhance by players from the Pacific Islands and I am sure that fans and players will very much enjoy the Fiji Warriors joining the competition. Prime Minister, I look forward to visiting Fiji again in the future and continuing to grow the relationship between are two countries. As you know, I am spending a lot of time travelling in the Pacific. Indeed, I have become such a frequent flyer through Nadi airport that I am on first name terms with your Protocol officers! Have a great day and all the best to you all as you continue the celebrations for Fiji Day. Vinaka vakalevu and thank you. Media enquiriesMinister's Office: (02) 6277 7110DFAT Media Liaison: (02) 6261 1555


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Moonrise Over The East Inlet
Rocky Mountain National Park, Colorado
Scattered clouds over Mount Craig (aka Mount Baldy) and the East Inlet part enough of the sky to allow a quick glimpse of the moon rising over the meadow on what is a beautiful night in Rocky Mountain National Park. Far off in the meadow a large bull moose grazes on the verdant grasses found in summertime on the East Inlet and sunset paints the sky and the top of Mount Craig in a vibrant orange which contrasts beautifully against the green grasses of the lush meadow. Photo © copyright by Thomas Mangan.
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TAIPEI, Taiwan - Tropical Storm Linfa turned slightly westbound yesterday evening, according to the Central Weather Bureau, and the sea warning originally scheduled to be issued last night was postponed.
As the Pacific High weakened and retreated yesterday evening, Linfa went past Luzon, an island of the Philippines, 430 kilometers away from Taiwan, moving northwest at 9 kilometers per hour, according to the CWB. It was packing maximum sustained winds of 82 kilometers per hour, with gusts of up to 108 kilometers per hour.
The CWB reminded the public that though its potential route is still uncertain, the storm is likely to come closer once it turns northbound. A sea warning scheduled to be issued yesterday evening at 8 p.m. was postponed due to its change of direction, however, a CWB forecaster announced that it would likely be issued this morning.
Associate professor of National Central University, Wu De-jung yesterday said that Linfa's airflow was rather complicated and unstable, and that even though it was only a mild typhoon, citizens should expect plentiful rainfall.
The CWB also warned of heavy rain, thunder storms, strong winds and flash flooding caused by rapid water rise on the southeast coast as well as regions south of Chiayi. Showers have been reported in Pingtung beginning last night.
According to the CWB, waves were stirred up to three-meters high along the coastline of Kenting National Park. Officials of the park's headquarters have warned visitors not to go into the water, marking the beaches with red flags yesterday.


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Tucked away in a side street. The spa offers a decent retreat from all the walking and shopping. As some reasonable packages. Early visitors gets a nice discounts from listed prices.
Accommodated to schedule needs. Driver will go pick up and drop off. Very nice and cordial.
Had hair spa treatment and enjoyed service.
Highly recommend.
I always wanted to get a Thai massage in Thailand and Peak Spa did just the thing. It was the best massage I've ever had!
I go to spas regularly and was excited for the signature Shirodhara, Ayurvedic Head and Body Massage and the deep cleansing facial treatment. Considering it was one of their signature treatments, I was pretty disappointed. Perhaps I should've agreed to a longer waiting time for...More
The building and the atmosphere is very nice there. The driver picks you up from your hotel and is very on time, perfect.
You'll get a welcome-drink/tea as you arrive. The massage itself was ok but nothing special. I'd say it wasn't worth the higher...More
My wife and I both got the 90 minute deep tissue massage and both came away extremely impressed after the treatment. I wasn't sure what to expect as I've never gotten deep tissue before but this experience was fantastic.
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This is a lovely calm spa. It's all very simple but pretty and has a relaxing atmosphere. I booked a head, shoulder and back massage. Very reasonably priced. I don't get massages that often so I'll explain what happened here just so others know what...More
Booked here for a birthday treat for my daughter. The message and pedicure went well. They then said hairdresser was only booked for 1 person! As if one would book one person when it was a duo day! They said only had one hairdresser -...More
I love the idea of going to a 5-star day spa with all the trimmings, but then I get a reality check when I see the price list and end up settling for one of the plethora of street centres with all the other tourists,...More
If you need a real good massage you must visit the peak spa for sure !! The staff was very friendly !! the place and the staff is impeccable !! very professional


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Yesterday was a miracle day alhamdulilah. Aminah was playing her reading game on the tablet in which she always guessed the 3 letter word which she had to match with a picture, but yesterday i realized that she was not guessing but was selecting using the ending sound. She would get it right if there was no similar ending sound but would get it wrong if there were words with the same ending sound.eg for cat picture if there was cat and bat. I took over to explain the beginning sound and lo and behold she got how to blend two letters Alhamdulilah.
After playing the game for a while, we did some reading , I wrote two letter words on paper
and we did some reading . MashaAllah she got it! It was a breakthrough day for me. She still loses her focus and starts doing her own writing as you can see her doodles and her jeem as we are also doing Arabic, but its okay and I don't push her if she does not want to do something. So we probably did this for may be just a minute or two and then she we went off doing her own coloring etc.
Today we did some more reading on the blackboard and she was able to read two letter words such as on off go an at etc etc. However at times she is still confused if she should read from left to right or right to left.
Later during the day we read level Pk of the Emaan reading series and she read the simple words in the book such as see fun
and then we moved on to three letter word picture match puzzle by jolly phonics! MashaAllah she got most of them correct except for mug and pin.
It is such a wonderful day for me and I am extremely happy. It may mean nothing to parents whose children can read, but for me its a huge milestone in homeschooling. Even though she has been recognizing alphabets since she was 2.5 but she just was not able to get the concept of blending. So I totally quit trying to teach her to read, specifically because I did not want her to use her short term memory for reading and because of the many other reasons which I wrote in this blog post. 'Homeschooling the not so still'. The only thing we were doing was read aloud. We read almost every day,various kinds of books, simple ones to downright high level ones – which i knew she was not understanding much, but she still insisted me to read those to her. Currently I began teaching her Arabic letters and their sounds and doing some Arabic vocabulary. Also formally began the Qaida and memorizing the Quran. This is what we were focusing on these days and lo and behold she began to read
Anyways, she turned 4 in Januray and still no sign of understanding blending or her trying to read and I began to have doubts and fears of my ability to homeschool successfully. I though she was going to stay illiterate and would eventually have to be put into a school. And behold in two days time she has began to read 3 letter words – which is exactly what her peers in school are doing. I asked a friend whose daughter attends school and is Aaminah's age and she is also doing three letter words. So even though I DID NOT do anything to teach her how to read – any activity or exercise or worksheets but MashaAllah she is reading and is not behind – which I had thought might be the case since I am homeschooling and not doing much!


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i've been busy crafting up a storm over here. here's a little sneak peek at one of the new necklaces i'm adding to my etsy shop! stay tuned. more to come.
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I love that necklace!! How much?! I have to check out your shop!!ReplyDelete
thanks, lady! it's $15, but i haven't quite listed it yet. be on the lookout for this and many others! :-)Delete
thanks! i've been working to get more necklaces posted. still a few more to go...Delete
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This is so beautiful.
I had a look on your etsy shop and everything is so beautiful. If I had enough money I would really honestly buy everything on there. ♥
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This week we had the pleasure of chatting with Charlie Cole, Chief Digital Officer and VP at Tumi. Charlie joined Tumi just under two years ago, ahead of their acquisition by Samsonite last August. Having spent an impressive career in e-commerce and retail, Charlie shared with us his unique insights on how retailers can survive and thrive in a rapidly changing market.
Avenue Code: Charlie, we're hearing more and more about how the way people shop is changing rapidly. What changes have you observed in consumer behavior over the last several years?
Charlie Cole: The obvious change is that people are buying more online, specifically via mobile. I think mobile as a channel has only begun to catch up as a transactional tool vs. an informational. At this point it's still only indexing about half to one third of purchases, but it's catching up quickly. Mobile payments aren't yet ubiquitous, but very quickly they will be.
The other big shift in shopper behavior is that consumers have gotten a lot smarter about webrooming - researching products online prior to purchase - and finding the relevant information regardless of channel. So, responsible retailers have to find their niche, know what they excel at, and commit to it.
Avenue Code: Tell us about that in regards to Tumi. Was there a moment where you knew that the brand was on track?
Charlie Cole: When I joined Tumi in January '16, it was clear that we had lost our way as a brand from a digital perspective. I'm not shy about telling this story, because it's something I truly believe in and has become my #1 talking point. If you look at the 2015 calendar year, there were 110 days on which we were offering some kind of promotion on tumi.com. As a high end brand, that's not sustainable. So, we took a huge leap of faith and ripped off the bandaid by taking away the vast majority of the promotions.
This was a bigger step than someone outside of retail might initially be able to fathom. As an industry, retail is obsessed with incrementality. So when you eliminate the tool that propped up your sales throughout the prior calendar year, and you don't see that incremental week over week, month over month increase - that's a scary reality to face. But our hypothesis was - and we had real buy-in from our CEO to give this a shot - that when we got to holiday, the demand would be there. Sure enough, we made it to Black Friday and Cyber Monday, and we started seeing volumes that were up 50% - 80% from the previous year. This was a huge confirmation that we had successfully rehabilitated the brand. That first year was really hard - but already this year we're up close to 40%.
Avenue Code: Interesting. Would you say that an over-reliance on promotions gets in the way of success when it comes to today's retail environment?
Charlie Cole: In a way, yes. I think if there's a single ingredient to success, it would be protecting your brand from commoditization. For brands and retailers who have become super commoditized, I'm really not sure how they will disintermediate from marketplace sellers and resellers.
The really critical thing is to understand your brand and your niche. Going back to the previous point about webrooming, think of yourself as a consumer - what are you looking for? For Tumi, we have a heritage and well-known brand. We're known for quality, and the differentiator cannot be price. You can't win on price in today's market, especially as a high end brand.
Avenue Code: You've got an impressively varied background as an executive leader in the digital and e-commerce space, having held positions at Lucky Brand, Schiff, The Line, and many more - in your own words, an eclectic career! What made you choose Tumi as the next step in your career, and what keeps you there today?
Charlie Code: Really for me the most important thing was that when I spoke with the CEO, I learned that he was willing to reinforce the premium brand, and expand it internationally. Then, with the acquisition by Samsonite, the ability to operate with a portfolio strategy is really exciting. Suddenly, you have 14 brands with a continuum of price points. We're able to serve consumers with a very targeted experience.
Avenue Code: Charlie, you're a frequent traveler yourself. What's your favorite piece of luggage?
Charlie Cole: That's right! I spend every other week at one of our offices, which means I'm traveling between New Jersey, New York, Seoul, and Santiago all the time. I have an Alpha Bravo that I LOVE. The front functionality has two little pockets, perfect for passports and cell phones.
Avenue Code: It's easy to hear your passion for Tumi as a brand, as well as your commitment to upholding the integrity of its premium nature. It sounds like taking the plunge into a more value-centric messaging has turned out to be well worth the risk. We'll keep our eyes on Tumi and the Samsonite portfolio - we're excited to see what comes next!
Holly Vander Wall
Holly Vander Wall is the Director of Marketing at Avenue Code. She is an eCommerce enthusiast, a marketing guru, and an animal lover.


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Global HQ: Sunnyvale, California, US Website: www.yahoo.com
Global leader: Carol Bartz, CEO
Local leader: Rose Tsou, senior vice-president, APAC region
Core activity: Consumer technology, mobility
Revenue: US$6.5 billion (FY2009, ended December 31)
Key customers: Advertisers and consumers
Employees: 14,000
Following the shake-up of the Microsoft takeover in 2008, Yahoo! held up relatively well in the difficult climate of 2009.
When the dust had settled, Yahoo! had ended up signing a 10-year search and advertising sales agreement with Microsoft. New CEO Carol Bartz introduced significant changes to the company's homepage, which now lets users bring together apps from a number of different sites, as well as offering more personalised news for its users.
In 2009, the company also introduced Ad Interest Manager, which allows users to select and fine tune the type of advertising that appears whenever they visit their Yahoo! pages. But most importantly, Bartz set a clear vision for the future – to be the centre of people's lives online. In 2010, the company continues to remake its user experience and expand its search and ad business. Some recently added features include mail and messenger apps for the Android platform and HTML 5-based mail and news for the iPhone. Revenue for the second quarter of 2010 was up 2 percent from the same period in 2009. During the quarter, the company also entered into key partnerships with Nokia, Samsung, Zynga, and Match.com. Ulrika Hedquist
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a good while in Chinese
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Yes, but look here; it may be a good while before I get the right chance at that job; accidents might happen; 'tain't in such a very good place; we'll just regularly bury it -- and bury it deep.
An ass may bray a good while before he shake the stars down.
An ass may bray a good while before he shakes the stars down.
And Joseph made ready his chariot, and went up to meet Israel his father, to Goshen, and presented himself unto him; and he fell on his neck, and wept on his neck a good while.
And Paul after this tarried there yet a good while, and then took his leave of the brethren, and sailed thence into Syria, and with him Priscilla and Aquila; having shorn his head in Cenchrea: for he had a vow.
Add these mixed signals on growth to the uncertainties about inflation and the chances are that the Fed will simply do nothing for a good while yet.
It's been a good while since we had kippers for breakfast.


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Rob posted a topic in Bug Reporting - PublicJerry, OTOH I appreciate the PNF charts. But, OTOH, QuoteTracker, the software you guys developed in your heyday, was a far BETTER "9" or "9.5" on a 10-scale. In sharp contrast to QT, MedvedTrader is not even close to it.... currently, IMHO it is only a "6" on a 10-scale. May I suggest you pay a professional SWQA guy for effective help, in order to locate and learn about the many-many issues that persist.. Jerry, you have been soliciting free help for bug reporting, but, apparently, the last 4 YEARS has not had enough time for the free help... to do the job for you. Because, despite you working on it for many YEARS, still the many serious issues/bugs that mislead, and these and many other discrepancies do persist and remain embedded. The followings are some of the issues that you, or somebody, should have noticed and corrected 4 or so YEARS ago. ISSUE #1: In P&F mode, erroneously and alarmingly the most recent/last days are completely messed up and MISLEADING... so how can traders rely on it? Chances are you have never noticed it, as you do not look for bugs. Or you do your unit testing on some stock with little or no after-hours trading The after-market trading gets painted, and it gets appended, even after you come back after the "after hours trading" has already ended. The last day's after-market trades get appended/included/painted, which is wrong and misleading. This happens during after hours trading.... and the Xs and Os so remain, even after the after hours market has ended... even after a new day has started. FYI, for instance AAPL did not drop to $173.8 during the "day" session of 3/6/18. And no, FYI, it did not start going back up again from $173.8 to 176.64 at 15:47:07 local time. FYI, the "after regular hours" part is NOT separated from the last day's "day" market action.... and, of course, it should be separated. This is in P&F mode, if you choose "View => Extended hours => Never" Or, this is in P&F mode, AFTER the after hours trading has ended, if you choose "View => Extended hours => Last 2 days, during extended hours". ISSUE #2: MT provides a lot of false and misleading info. For instance, AAPL didn't open at 174.90. And, didn't reach #176.00 during the first 10 minutes of the regular session on 3/7/18. And no, this is contrary to the data on my broker's website, so it did not come from them. However, if you've got a charting software that manipulates the incoming quote stream, then the charting software can, could, and will likely display many misleading things. ISSUE #3: In P&F mode, erroneously, the most recent after hours trading is treated like as if it was NOT part of the "last 2 days" but it is. ISSUE #4: IF you choose "View => Extended hours => Last 2 days, during extended hours",.there should be a difference between "Last 2 days during extended hours" and "Last 2 days". ISSUE #5: In PNF mode, if you set it to "Last 2 days", definitely and erroneously it is unclear where the "day" starts, and where the premarket ends. FYI, yes, premarket starts at 7 am local time.... but the regular "day" session did not and does not start at 8:43:52 am local time today, at APPL, on 3/7/18. I hope this helps. Rob