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Former Captive U.S. Hiker Sarah Shourd: 'Argo' Blurs Truth About Iran
Ben Affleck's new movie boasts great photography and acting, but runs the risk of leaving viewers with an incomplete and at times inaccurate impression, says the American hiker who was held hostage in Iran for 410 days.
Anyone who's ever been captured knows the punishing fantasy of rescue. During the 410 days that I was held hostage in Iran, the most common escape scenario I played in my head involved the door of my cell bursting open in the dead of night to reveal a group of heavily armed men who, with my now-husband Shane Bauer and friend Josh Fattal in tow, would lead us to a helicopter waiting nearby to fly us to safety.
I went to see Ben Affleck's new film Argo as soon as it hit the theaters last week. I was eager to learn more about the most outlandish, and perhaps least known, rescue of Americans in history—and see it play out on the silver screen. I was curious to note the similarities and differences to my own situation and, perhaps most important, to tease out the perspective that, in portraying the historic events that set the stage for U.S.-Iranian relations for the next 30-plus years, Affleck could not help but present.
The film tells the little-known story of six U.S. diplomats who escaped the American Embassy in Tehran immediately after it was stormed by a crowd of angry Iranians during the aftermath of the Islamic Revolution of 1979. The 66 other diplomats were subsequently held hostage for 444 days, while these lucky six made it to the residence of the Canadian ambassador to Iran, Ken Taylor, where they secretly lived for 79 days before they were effectively rescued with the help of the CIA, using the most unlikely cover story of being in Iran to scout out the location for a Canadian film project.
Argo's stunning cinematography and incredibly realistic acting impressed and entertained me. The story itself, even if it is only loosely based on history (as Affleck took pains to point out), is fantastic and timely. Still, when I left Argo, I found myself worried about the incomplete, and at times inaccurate, impression that many viewers would walk away with.
First, in an attempt to set the stage for his audience, Affleck begins the film with a two-minute rough sketch of Iranian history. Presenting centuries of Iranian history in two minutes is of course an impossible task, and the result is grossly oversimplified and ultimately falls short of providing the viewer with much-needed context for the events about to unfold. For example, the film states that Iran's prime minister, Mohammad Mosaddegh, was replaced by the shah in a coup d'état orchestrated by the U.S. and Britain in 1953. It's true that Mossaddegh was overthrown in a U.S.- and British-led coup, but he and the shah had already both been in power, the latter since 1941, when the shah inherited the throne from his father. The coup did give far more power to the shah, but it's misleading to give the impression that the shah was installed by foreign powers when in fact—though he was greatly weakened—he hadn't left power. As we all heard Vice President Joe Biden articulate last week in the debates, "the facts matter."
Any time is a tricky time to make a film about the 1979 Iranian hostage crisis, but at this particular moment, the stakes are as high as ever. Iran's economy has been hit by the most crippling international sanctions in history, up to the point where it's not just luxury goods but bread that has become unaffordable for many Iranians. Diplomacy has slowed down Iran's nuclear program, but has yet to be successful in stopping it, and both U.S. presidential candidates have made it clear that they will resort to military action if Iran begins to build a nuclear weapon. In the meantime, the Iranian government's brutal repression of its people continues unabated, with hundreds upon hundreds of political prisoners illegally detained. Military intervention in their country would only give the regime an excuse to consolidate power, making an already sad human-rights situation in Iran even worse.
For those reasons, the timing of this film's release gives its content, and the politics it conveys, that much more weight and importance. In my opinion, despite its big Hollywood stars and breathtaking cinematography, the historic lesson would be all but lost if it weren't for the film's most minor and most easily overlooked character: the Iranian maid.
Her appearance is so brief and unnoted that I don't even remember if we learn her name. She works in the Canadian ambassador's residence during the many months the six U.S. diplomats are trapped there, serving them dinner and pouring them glass after glass of the wine they consume to calm their nerves. At first, she doesn't know who they are or that they are in hiding, but she eventually begins to wonder why they never leave the house, puts two and two together, and figures out just how deeply in trouble they are.
Presenting centuries of Iranian history in two minutes is of course an impossible task, and the result is grossly oversimplified.
In the moment leading up to the diplomats' escape from the country, Revolutionary Guards come to the house to question the maid. They know that six American are missing. "How long have these six Canadians been here?" they ask her. The camera zooms close to her frightened eyes, we watch her hesitate for a fraction of a second before she decides to cover for them. "Two days," she lies. "The people in this house are all friends of Iran," she continues, thereby saving their lives.
I told my captors the same thing many, many times. "I'm a friend of Iran," I would say, and many of them believed me. For me, this young woman's character represents the courage shown by ordinary people when they simply do the right thing, despite the consequences. I myself witnessed this same courage from other political prisoners in my ward, many of whom shouted words of love and encouragement to me down the hall, and from our incredibly brave lawyer, Masoud Shafii, who currently can't practice law or leave the country because of his work on our case.
This is the side of Iran that Americans need to see, particularly in a film depicting a CIA intervention in Iran. It must be starkly clear what the difference is between saving Americans lives and the all too real prospect of military intervention in this country, which would no doubt result in the death of innocent Iranians. Now, more than ever, it's important for Americans to understand the difference between the majority of Iranians and this cruel, Machiavellian regime that holds their country hostage.
At the end of the film, while the six Americans are popping champagne bottles on the airplane on their way home, their Iranian maid is seen fleeing the country into Iraq. We have no idea what happens to her, and we leave the film knowing that those six, lucky Americans will never know who their real hero is. They will never know she saved them.
In the end, it wasn't a dramatic rescue, but the no-less-incredible maneuvers of international diplomacy that led to my release, as well as that of my companions. Still, the foreign diplomats of Oman and other countries, as well as the ordinary Iranians who stood up and took risks for Shane, Josh, and me, didn't do it because they love America, they did it because they followed their own humanity—just like the young maid depicted in Argo—and decided to stand up for what they knew was right.
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I have set of beliefs regarding food like, which food will make me obese and which will make me slim. I or any person in India has these set of beliefs from their early childhood. I have the doubt over here. I always learnt from resources that irrational beliefs can be challenged by interrogating it. Lets take the above example i.e. my beliefs about food. 1) My belief is if ate cheese I will become more fat. Now as prescribed I want to change this belief so that it will stop reinforcing in my reality. Again as directed I challenged that belief by asking myself one question which is, Mind: - if ate cheese I will become more fat Me: - really I am suffering from obesity due to this belief Me to my mind: - I will trust you i.e. by eating more cheese I will become obese Mind: - all the research studies have shown that more consumption of cheese will lead to obesity Me: - oh..yes thats true, Mind: - hehehe..you dont have any other option to trust me Me: - helpless any suggestions guys how to convince my mind? |
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Great Myths About Shakespeare
John Wiley and Sons Ltd, April 2012, Pages: 208
Think you know Shakespeare? Think again . . .
Was a real skull used in the first performance of Hamlet? Were Shakespeare's plays Elizabethan blockbusters? How much do we really know about the playwright's life? And what of his notorious relationship with his wife? Exploring and exploding 30 popular myths about the great playwright, this illuminating new book evaluates all the evidence to show how historical material—or its absence—can be interpreted and misinterpreted, and what this reveals about our own personal investment in the stories we tell.
Introduction 1
Myth 1 Shakespeare was the most popular writer of his time 6
Myth 2 Shakespeare was not well educated 11
Myth 3 Shakespeare's plays should be performed in Elizabethan dress 18
Myth 4 Shakespeare was not interested in having his plays printed 26
Myth 5 Shakespeare never traveled 34
Myth 6 Shakespeare's plays are politically incorrect 40
Myth 7 Shakespeare was a Catholic 47
Myth 8 Shakespeare's plays had no scenery 54
Myth 9 Shakespeare's tragedies are more serious than his comedies 60
Myth 10 Shakespeare hated his wife 66
Myth 11 Shakespeare wrote in the rhythms of everyday speech 72
Myth 12 Hamlet was named after Shakespeare's son 80
Myth 13 The coarse bits of Shakespeare are for the groundlings; the philosophy is for the upper classes 86
Myth 14 Shakespeare was a Stratford playwright 94
Myth 15 Shakespeare was a plagiarist 99
Myth 16 We don't know much about Shakespeare's life 106
Myth 17 Shakespeare wrote alone 113
Myth 18 Shakespeare's sonnets are autobiographical 119
Myth 19 If Shakespeare were writing now, he'd be writing forHollywood 125
Myth 20 The Tempest was Shakespeare's farewell to the stage 130
Myth 21 Shakespeare had a huge vocabulary 137
Myth 22 Shakespeare's plays are timeless 143
Myth 23 Macbeth is jinxed in the theater 150
Myth 24 Shakespeare did not revise his plays 156
Myth 25 Boy actors played women's roles 163
Myth 26 Shakespeare's plays don't work as movies 169
Myth 27 Yorick's skull was real 175
Myth 28 Queen Elizabeth loved Shakespeare's plays 183
Myth 29 Shakespeare's characters are like real people 190
Myth 30 Shakespeare didn't write Shakespeare 196
Coda 202
Further Reading 207
Index 211
Laurie Maguire is Professor of English at the University of Oxford, tutorial fellow at Magdalen College, and the author or editor of seven books. She is a regular theater reviewer for the TLS and has lectured widely across the UK and the USA.
Emma Smith is tutorial fellow at Hertford College, Oxford. She is the author or editor of six books, a regular reviewer for the TLS, and has lectured widely across the UK and the USA.
The authors have previously collaborated together on articles on Middleton and Shakespeare and on graduate courses at the University of Oxford.
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On a Caribbean cruise, Avey Johnson begins to have symptoms of both mental and physical illness. Driven by needs she doesn't understand, she leaves the cruise and finds herself adrift in a tide of Patois-speaking islanders, who are all intent on a cultural pilgrimage to a neighboring island. Her meeting with an island patriarch draws her into the pilgrimage as well. There, she learns that this is the culture she abandoned at the same time she abandoned her working-class roots.
The flashbacks to her life with her husband Jay not only chronicle her life preceding the cruise but also give a greater understanding of Avey as she throws herself headlong into a mysterious journey of self-discovery. The greater familiarity with the character is one of the book's strongest points.
The reason the book only rates four stars is that its symbolism makes it inaccessible when simply read for pleasure. This is not an offense worthy of a whole star, so my actual rating is four and a half stars, or 90%.
The symbolism sprinkled throughout the book does provide constant rewards, though- like Shakespeare, you can never finish gaining new insight through re-reading.
I feel confident in recommending this book to anyone who enjoys character-driven fiction. The symbolism was made apparent to me, as I read the book as part of a writing course. With that in mind, use only as directed.
The Harlem Renaissance poet Countee Cullen speaks of a creature of leisure in his short poem, "For a Lady I Know"--the type of person who expects those of an African-American heritage to handle matters of work even unto death. Jerome Johnson, the husband of the staid protagonist of Paule Marshall's _Praisesong for the Widow,_ Avey Johnson, lives the reality of Cullen's words. The industrious Jerome labors beneath an Irish supervisor who allows Jerome to do all the work in the department store they both work in, while the supervisor takes the credit. Jerome expresses his dismay about this in an argument he has with Avey one evening, in which she accuses him of cheating on her in the long hours he spends away from the home. He cries: "Okay, you go take my job at the store then! Go on. Go on down there and see how you like working for some red-faced Irishman who sits on his can all day laughing to himself at the colored boy he's got doing everything" (105)
When Jerome is young, newly married to Avey and living on Halsey Street, he is aware of the pressures of race working at the department store in the shipping room. Not only does he organize the store's floor so that it is efficiently run during its opened hours, he also stays after work late, slaving in the storeroom to ensure that the store will be smoothly operating during the next day. Jerome's supervisor realizes that Jerome runs shipping and receiving, although "[Jerome has] to be careful not to make it appear so" (92). This truth is known throughout the store, even to the salesgirls who secretly admire Jerome's work ethic and charm. The pretenses of the supervisor's work are just a formality, something that is probably meant to soothe the supervisor's ego and to keep Jerome's job in the Caucasian-dominated store safe.
In working as endlessly as he does, allowing another person to take the credit, Jerome is succumbing to the sway of oppression. He is aware of the sacrifices he is making and how they strip pieces of his dignity away from him, even if he does not outwardly acknowledge it often. When he does speak of it, it is in the privacy of his apartment, and only to his wife. He downplays the seriousness of what he is allowing to happen to him in order to survive in a business that favors light-skinned people. He says to Avey, trying to laugh it off: "Two jobs for the salary of one. They really got themselves a good thing in me" (92).
Jerome's attempt to find levity in the bad business practices of his supervisor seems to be his way of coping with what would otherwise fill him with anger and despair. Hints of the passion and rage burning beneath his civilized façade emerge during his lovemaking with Avey, a time when he is able to surrender from the pressures of race that are a force during his working hours and also, when he returns home. During these stolen times with Avey, Jerome alternates between an almost blind need to possess her and a desire to cleanse himself of the sins of the day. During one interlude, he cries to her, like a man stripped of his dignity and bared to the marrow: "Take it from me, Avey! Just take it from me" (129). Marshall likens the emotion of the moment to, "a burden he wanted rid of. Like a leg-iron which slowed him in the course he had set for himself" (129).
The impassioned Jerome speaks beneath the surface of their sexual liaisons and perhaps hints at the shame he feels at having to present himself a certain way for the benefit of his Caucasian coworkers. Jerome neatly grooms his mustache with oil and carefully presses his clothes, trying to affect an air of appeal and trust amongst his coworkers. He secretly takes pride in the fact that they do not regard him the way they do most African-Americans. Many African-Americans refer to this readiness to appease Caucasians as "the Uncle Tom syndrome," which relates to the title character of Harriet Beecher Stowe's _Uncle Tom's Cabin_, first published on March 20, 1852. Certainly Jerome "Jay" Johnson does not do these things for any other reason but survival. Instinctually, he realizes that he must play a certain game to move further at the store.
Later in Marshall's novel, after Jerome has scaled the proverbial ladder of success, he becomes disparaging of the African-Americans who are not as successful as he is. On one of his tirades to Avey, he shouts:
The trouble with half these Negroes out here is that they spend all their time blaming the white man for everything. He won't give 'em a job. Won't let 'em in his schools. Won't let 'em in his neighborhood. Just won't give 'em a break. He's the one keeping 'em down. When the problem really is most of 'em don't want to hear the word 'work.' If they'd just cut out all the good-timing and get down to some hard work, put their minds to something, they'd get somewhere (135).
Avey gently reminds him that he was turned away from jobs because of his colour and also overworked so another could take his credit; Jerome is not moved, showing that the strain of the past has taken quite a toll on him. Clearly, he has changed from the young, ambitious man he used to be. Where he once eagerly returned home from work to dance to his favorite records by "Coleman Hawkins, the Count, Lester Young (old Prez himself), The Duke--along with the singers he loved: Mr. B., Lady Day, Lil Green, Ella" (94), he now returns home sans his mustache, proud of his accomplishments in a world that had once denied him. Jerome fails to realize that in discovering success in the Caucasian world by pretending to be something other than himself, he has left a piece of himself behind. The burden of colour is now the mask he wears, a mask that has become his face until even Avey mourns the loss of the man he once was, compared to the man she sees before her in the final years before Jerome Johnson's death.
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The event's organizers, William Hurley of BMC Software, Mark Hinkle of Zenoss, and John Willis of Zabovo, seem to be on to something. Will Hurley (known to most as whurley) filled me in on some of the day's accomplishments.
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Swiss Tents at Igloo Nature Camp comes with three following options:
- Rs.3700=00 CP Extra Bed Rs.1200=00 Extra person Without Bed 1000=00
- Rs.4200=00 MAP Ectra Bed Rs.1500=00 Ectra person Without Bed 1300=00
- Rs.4700=00 AP Extra Bed Rs.1800=00 Extra Person Without Bed 1500=00
- 10% Luxury Tax Extra
* Extra bed provided at additional charges.
Please book well in advance to avoid disappointment. Please use the booking form to make a reservation. You will receive a mail from us with all details.
Please note:
100% Advance on confirm bookings.
Cancellation Charges:
Cancellation done at least before 15 days of arrival – 20% on full amount
Less than 15 days of arrival – 50%
Less than 7 days – No refund.
Please deposit or transfer full amount and send us a mail informing your dates at igloonaturecamp [at] gmail [dot] com
Our Bank Details
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fujifilm was supposes to come out with a new camera, the z900exr, in may 2011. any idea when best buy will sell it and the price when it becomes available?
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No one at Best Buy who writes on these boards will know the answer to that question, nor anyone via the 1-888-BEST-BUY number. When a product is ready to be released officially, information will become available on the website via a 'coming soon' message on the product listing itself.
Best Buy's policy, as it has been explained to me, is not to speak about a product until they are 100% certain they will have enough inventory to sell it, in most circumstances. So it may be a matter of them negotiating with the manufacturer to see how many they can get, if they can get enough. Until they are certain, they won't say a word.
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At SugarCon 2013, David Myron, editorial director of CRM Magazine noted "If you're not on social media, then you are not able to promote and protect your brand…If you are, but you're not committed to it, you're also not able to promote and protect your brand effectively."He then put forward 10 reasons why social CRM [...]
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Mirror of 'But it works on my PC!' (http://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/blogs/rfennell)
It can be a bit confusing to get work out which tools to use at which stages required to get a lab environment up and running in TFS. Here is a basic workflow showing what you need to do in System Center Virtual Machine Manager prior to starting in MTM Lab Center
Note: if you want to copy environments between TFS Team project Collections have a look at this post
Read the complete post at http://blogs.blackmarble.co.uk/blogs/rfennell/post/2012/01/17/Confused-over-the-workflow-to-get-an-environment-setup-in-TFS-Lab-Management.aspx


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The Atlas moth (Attacus atlas) is a large saturniid moth found in the tropical and subtropical forests of Southeast Asia, and common across the Malay archipelago.
The Naga Bhut Jolokia, ghost pepper, ghost chili pepper, and ghost chili is recognized by the Guinness book of world records as being the Hottest chilli pepper in the world !.This pepper is now grown in the resort.
A particularly rare species of butterfly found at wild woods spa.One of them has a long tail and brown in colour and the other one is of an orange tinge with a shorter tail.
Wildlife Photographs
The major cause of vanishing wild animals in India is poaching as well as shrinking forest cover. The cause is deforestation, because of population as well as industrialization growth. Inspite of, many efforts made to stop poaching there had been no radical reforms taking place, mainly because the laws are not effectively enforced. India has a great wildlife but it is not properly exposed. The major reason is that wildlife photography in India is not as easy as in the vast open grasslands of Africa. Lighting's condition is generally poor. Most of the animals are very shy & alert. The forests are very dense with thick undergrowth thereby making the forests a bit inaccessible. But it is very true that India has a very large scope for wildlife photography if it is explored properly Wildlife Photography at Wild Woods SPA is limited when compared to the different varieties of Birds and Butterfly species in the resort. The ocassional Malabar Giant Squirrel, Black Langurs, Malabar Gliding Frog, Flying Lizard and Monitor Lizard are the wild animals that can be spotted frequently in the vicinity of the resort. The wild animals such as flying lizard and Malabar giant squirrel which are local to the area are exotic species. The former has the ability to glide from tree to tree while the latter is 3 times the size of a normal squirrel. The photo gallery below shows the wildlife photography of different species of wild animals found in wild woods spa:


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Environmental Engineers work to make sure pollutants are not released into to the air or water sources and that solid waste is properly disposed. Some environmental engineers devise and build equipment to create a cleaner environment. Others work in management, developing environmental protection plans.
A four-year college degree is required for most environmental engineering jobs. Many have civil engineering degrees but other have environmental, agricultural, chemical, or mechanical engineering.
Since environmental engineers focus on the environment, there is usually a component of outdoor work to their jobs. Many work in industry, but some work with government from local communities to federal agencies. Their work hours are typically the standard 40-hour week, but can vary with the project or type of employer they work for.
The starting salary for an environmental engineer:
B.S. degree $45,000
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We are in the middle of a housing shortage that shows little sign of abating. House prices have risen to the point where an entire generation is struggling to afford a home.
In our cities, many people can't afford to rent a home in the neighbourhoods where they grew up. In the countryside, homes are more expensive than in cities and towns, and often way beyond the means of many local residents.
The solution to this problem is simple. We need to build more homes. But to make a bad situation worse, people are saying 'no' to much-needed new homes in their community.
Just a small handful of people can block the new homes that are a lifeline for many. When they are the only people putting pressure on local politicians their views are heard loud and clear.
All too often the people who actually need homes are missing from local debates. That's why we have launched the Yes to Homes campaign. We want to make sure people who do support more housing are included in the debate.
What is stopping the right homes, being built in the right place and at the right price where you live?
And what can you do to put pressure on local decision makers, mainly councillors, to change things?
The first step couldn't be easier. Be part of the solution.
Tell your local councillors you say Yes to Homes
For more information visit the Yes To Homes Website
There is a really useful video that explains the situation
Liverpool Mutual Homes (LMH) has been crowned the greenest business in Merseyside.
The 15,000-home landlord won the Environmental Business of the Year title at the ECHO Environment Awards.
LMH impressed green experts with its holistic approach to tackling fuel poverty among tenants, reducing carbon emissions and creating sustainable jobs.
LMH Chief Executive, Steve Coffey, said: "Being judged Merseyside's Environmental Business of the Year is a great honour for everyone who has committed to our strategy to be as green as possible in everything we do.
"Our approach is centred around our tenants. We are continuously working to reduce their energy bills or create jobs so they have more money in their pockets in these tough economic times.
"We have invested over £250m greening homes across the city which has created and supported over 1,000 jobs and 100 apprentices, while reducing harmful emissions in the process.
"We set very challenging environmental targets and have a range of new initiatives planned for the year ahead focussing on educating tenants and younger generations so they can play a bigger part protecting the planet."
LMH's green work is underpinned by its GIFT (Green Initiatives for Tomorrow) strategy across all sectors and service areas.
Its work retrofitting properties and building new homes using the latest energy efficient products and techniques has seen many tenants' fuel bills cut in half.
Tenants continue to benefit from LMH's Local Solutions scheme that sees staff making sure they are on the best energy tariff, challenging billing errors and offering tips to reduce fuel usage in the home.
Work is well underway on LMH's £40m Environmental Works programme that will see main routes from the city centre to Everton FC and Liverpool FC stadiums, Aintree Racecourse, the Docks and once built, Liverpool Waters, drastically transformed.
Nearly 4,000 homes will receive new fences, over 500 new roofs will be fitted, 4,200 homes will benefit from roof repairs, and the communal areas of 140 flats will be overhauled.
Gates, gardens and public green land will also enjoy significant makeovers.
A £2m scheme to build 18 modern town houses in Barlow Street, Walton will halve tenants' annual fuel bills.
The properties will also meet Level Four of the Code for Sustainable Homes, cutting carbon emissions by nearly two thirds. A total of 1,000 similar homes are planned.
LMH is also at the forefront of Project Viridis - a consortium of Merseyside landlords - and is creating a sub-regional approach to delivering energy efficiency and linking the investment to the local economy by working closely with the Liverpool City Region Local Enterprise Partnership.
Since LMH formed five years ago, over 13,000 A-rated energy efficient central heating systems have been installed in tenants' homes.
More than 7,000 properties have been fitted with double-glazed windows manufactured in reinforced PVC-U that has a lifespan in excess of 40 years.
1,415 properties have benefited from the use of Structherm insulted structural cladding while over 10,000 homes have received loft and or cavity wall insulation.
Nearly 2,000 properties had loft insulation included when new roofs were fitted.
Join in Adult Learners' Week with LMH for FREE!
Do you struggle on computers?
If you wouldn't even know how to switch one on then we're holding free IT Training taster sessions at our North Office and Head Office.
At the North office at Clubmoor Community Centre on Townsend Lane on
Tuesday 21st May and on
Thursday 23rd May at The Observatory, our Head office in Liverpool.
There are morning and afternoon sessions and you must book on.
If you would like to secure your place on this FREE TRAINING then please contact LMH on 0800 678 1894 or email email@example.com
Liverpool Mutual Homes' (LMH) efforts tackling fuel poverty, reducing carbon emissions and creating sustainable jobs has been recognised by green experts.
LMH has been shortlisted as the Environmental Business of the Year in the Liverpool ECHO Environment Awards.
What have we done to achieve this?
Nearly 4,000 homes will receive new fences, over 500 new roofs will be fitted, 4,200 homes will benefit from roof repairs, and the communal areas of 140 flats will be overhauled.
Gates, gardens and public green land will also enjoy significant makeovers.
Since LMH formed five years ago, 13,082 energy efficient central heating systems with a 'Seasonal Efficiency of Domestic Boilers in the UK' A-rating and a zero Ozone Depletion Potential rating have been installed.
Director of Assets and Enterprise at LMH, Maggi Howard, said: "Being shortlisted for the Environmental Business of the Year is evidence of our sustainable approach across every aspect of the organisation.
"We have set ourselves very challenging green targets and always look for the most sustainable option so our tenants and the local community benefit.
"Fuel poverty is a very serious issue so it is imperative in our role as a landlord that we lower tenants' energy bills and help them save vital money.
"Our work installing green technologies to the 15,000 properties we have regenerated has also boosted the regional economy, supporting 1,000 jobs and 100 apprentices.
"We have made a significant impression on the green agenda in Liverpool and have a host of new initiatives and schemes for the year ahead that will improve this even further.
LMH will visit primary schools taking its 'Sammy Save A lot' and 'Wendy Waste It All' characters who feature in an educational comic to communicate with youngsters so they can think about saving energy and the effects on the planet.
The comic features stories, puzzles and group activities aimed specifically at young children.
Another fun education scheme sees LMH taking its Pedal Power bike into schools to provide a fun and healthy element to educating pupils about alternative energy sources.
The bike powers appliances such as a smoothie maker and a laptop.
To engage youngsters further, LMH is going to challenge schools to design a more portable version of the bike that can be taken to community events for demonstrations so even more people can learn about the environment.
Take a look at the latest issues of My LMH
and our youth publication My Young LMH >


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Pre-Fall 2013: Temperley London
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She's a lady! No, but really: Alice Temperley did unfussy femme to the hilt, with a lot of A-lines, refined materials (slightly shimmery, mushroom-hued microprinted brocades cut into tailored separates, perhaps, various types of luxe ivory lace), and scalloped and feathery or pared-down floral prints done in pretty silhouettes, with cinched waists and flared skirts, and maxiskirts in sumptuous materials. When a fuller skirt situation wasn't present, slimmer styles included lines of ruffle down the front, say, or a monochromatic blocked minidress in chocolate. Thus, the selection ranged from a little bit go-go (said minidress) to a washed-out salmon, slightly Grecian sweeper with fluttering, fully open sleeves, capped at the wrists with thick gold cuffs. Bottom line: lots of wearable temptation present...
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Recent Grants
This page features grants made over the past three years through the following grant programmes; Main Grants Programme (Revenue and Capital Grants), Small Grants Programme (Small and County Grants) and Holiday Grants for Disadvantaged Children.
The list of grants can be filtered using single or multiple criteria - for example, you can display all grants made in Scotland, or all Revenue Grants made in the South East for between £50,000 and £99,000. Filters are added by selecting criteria from the drop down menus on each tab, and are removed by clicking on the red crosses. The system can be reset completely by clicking on new search.
The data will be updated quarterly after each Distribution Committee Meeting.
1 grants found. Total: £110,000
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Radio Shack is the perfect place to look for Father's Day gifts! With their many locations nationwide, special offers, and loads of tech gear, you can't go wrong! For my husband, anything to do with PC gaming and I know he'd be thrilled! Our keyboard died a few months back and our mouse recently started acting a bit abnormal, too, so what could be better than a Father's Day gift of a nice new gaming keyboard and mouse? Radio Shack had a great selection of Keyboards and Mice to choose from and knowing my husbands preference towards corded accessories, it was simple to pick out a keyboard and mouse that will he is sure to love!
I ultimately decided on a Logitech G110 Gaming Keyboard that features a sleek design and custom-color backlighting keys perfect for PC gaming in the dark. It has integrated USB audio to make adding in headphones and a microphone for game play easy. Plus, it has 12 programmable G-keys with 3 macros per key to create easy to access functions during game play. A few other cool features – this keyboard has a built-in Hi-Speed USB 2.0 port that can be used to connect a gaming mouse or flash drive easily. It has has a removable palm rest and instant media access with volume controls and playback actions. Next, I picked out the Logitech G500 Gaming Mouse that boasts a gaming-grade laser, weight tuning to create your own perfectly weighted mouse, and on onboard memory to save settings right to the mouse. This gaming mouse also features dual-mode scroll wheel and 10 programmable buttons that will come in handy for playing video games.
You can complete the gaming experience for your partner with a pair of headphones! Radio Shack has great promotional pricing on a variety of headphones for Father's Day! Now through June 16th, you can save:
- $20 off Klipsch Headphones with mic and remote
- $10 off Sony Noise Canceling Headphones
- $5 off Auvio Element Buds In-Ear Headphones
Be sure to check out all the specials Radio Shack is offering on great Father's Day gifts! As a thanks for reading this review and following A Mom's Take, you can enter for a chance to win one of three pairs of Auvio Element Buds In-Ear Headbuds!
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