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Andrew Drummond Denies It as Thai Government Withdraws Press Card
One of the Thai victims of Andrew Drummond's journalistic abuse asks and receives help from the Thai government. The Foreign Office, The Government Public Relations Department writes, "the Department had withdrawn the press card of Mr. Andrew Drummond from the registration system of the Foreign Correspondents of The Government Public Relations Department already."
Defendant Andrew Drummond Stripped of Press Credentials by Thai Government PR
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Andrew Drummond pays bail again after charged in criminal court, Drummond may face 5 more years in prison.
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Andrew Drummond has had his Press credentials deleted from the Public Rrelations database by the Director General of the Public Relations Department that issues Press Cards to foreign journalists and correspondents. Drummond's problems are becuase he is awaiting criminal prosecution in numerous trials in Samui and Pattaya Thailand. Andrew Michael Drummond, age 62, from Scotland living in Bangkok Thailand has been criminally charged for alleged crimes against at least six people in Thailand. DSI, CSD and Immigration are all investigating additional charges. Drummond is said to be trying to borrow money and may pose a flight risk since it is unlikely he will be granted bail to avoid jail in his new criminal trials.
For the second time Andrew Drummond has been criminally charged in Pattaya Court. The first time by a Thai and now by two expats. Drummond posted another 100,000 baht bail to avoid jail until the trial which is expected to take at least two years. So far, seven victims of Andrew Drummond's alleged criminal acts have filed charges. Evidence is expected to show that the unemployed, former News of the World journalist now living in Bangkok has been using a blog website in order to gather cash donations from people who think he actually is protecting them. His supporters will have to pay more bail bonds so Drummond can delay serving jail time until a dozen criminal court cases against him in Bangkok, Pattaya and Kho Samui go to trial. So far, seven victims of his criminal acts have filed charges.
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Thailand blogger Andrew Drummond posts 100,000 baht bail as he is again a Defendant in Pattaya Provincial Court. Self-proclaimed "Investigative Journalist" Andrew Drummond writing under one of his aliases "The Flying Sporran" has been a Defendant facing criminal charges in Pattaya many times. In an unrelated case, since 2006 Drummond has been a Defendant for defamation for writing a Bangkok Post article falsely accusing foreign business owners of crimes. The Bangkok Post settled the case and fired Drummond as a freelance journalist. Andrew Drummond was sued for a million baht by two Pattaya businessmen and Drummond was also found guilty on criminal charges for the Bangkok Post article. Drummond, angered by the Bangkok Post rejecting his plea for help, appealed and the case is still in court pending in the Supreme Court.
Blogger Andrew Drummond violates Terms of Service on PayPal. See link below. 9 Restricted Activities d. Act in a manner that is obscene, defamatory, libelous, unlawfully threatening or unlawfully harassing; are violations of PayPal terms of service. All violators accounts will be terminated. Andrew Drummond also misappropriated donations meant to help animals in distress and used the money for his own support.
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Andrew Drummond Defies Court Order, More Criminal Charges Pending
as recorded in Pattaya Provincial Civil Court Order 24.01.2013
Andrew Drummond broke the court compromise he made with Drew Noyes involving a five million baht law suit Mr. Noyes filed for five articles Mr. Drummond posted on a blog in Thailand that were found to be false and defamatory. Also charged in 2004 with criminal libel. See http://m.guardian.co.uk/media/2004/jul/05/broadcasting.pressandpublishing
Blogger Andrew Drummond of Bangkok Charged in Criminal Court
Charged in Pattaya Provincial Criminal Court Order 23.01.2013
Settlement Broken in 5 Million Baht Lawsuit Against Andrew Drummond
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Criminal charges against Andrew Drummond are accepted by Pattaya Provincial Court in Criminal Case number 9731/2555. See the official court decision below where the Pattaya Provincial Criminal Court Judge orders Andrew Michael Drummond bound over for Criminal trial on March 11, 2013 at 9 am. The court order states that at trial he must post 50,000 baht bail or a fugitive warrant will be issued and served on Drummond by police in Thailand. The procedure is if he fails to appear for that trial, Drummond will be arrested and sent to court. Drummond posts in his own name "Andrew Drummond" and also posts on the internet as "Flying Sporran" among other aliases. Drummond was informed if he is in the court room when the case is heard he will have to post bail or go to jail until he is able to post bail. As the court order shows, the judge accepted the criminal case and charged Drummond with criminal charges, stating Andrew Drummond is wrong for posting articles on the internet according to the Computer Crime Act of 2007, Section 14(1), and the Thai Criminal Code Section 90 and 91. Additionally, there are multiple criminal charges brought by two other victims of Andrew Drummond scheduled for January 28, 2013. The Pattaya Provincial Court Criminal case numbers are 9819/2555 and 9134/2555. In both criminal cases the charges are Drummond violated the Thailand Computer Crime Act of 2007, Section 14(1), and the Thai Criminal Code Section 90 and 91.
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Since proposing the Marquette Plan in June, 1985, Congressman Pete Visclosky has established and actively pursued it in order to restore and revitalize up to 75 percent of Indiana's Lake Michigan shoreline for public use. The Marquette Plan is designed to make our region more attractive to current and future residents, businesses, and visitors by improving the quality of life in Northwest Indiana.
Josh Halpern started working in the family store in East Chicago cleaning up, changing watch batteries and cleaning the bathrooms. After graduating from Ball State University in 1995 and studying entrepreneurship, Halpern worked with his father. With things having worked well for six months, Halpern attended the Gemological Institute of America in Santa Monica, California, where he earned his certification as a gemologist. In 2010, he became the president of Albert's Diamond Jewelers. Halpern and the Albert's team contribute an enormous amount of work to different charities.
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What began as a barbecue tent at the Market City Flea Market in Gary, Indiana, in 2008, has grown into popular restaurant Big Daddy's BBQ. In the spring of 2009, Gordon (Big Daddy) Biffle leased and renovated an old office space to open his restaurant, generating so much business that less than a year later he was able to expand the restaurant and lease the property next door. On Wednesday, July 31, Big Daddy's BBQ will open a second location in Hammond.
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Joe Frasca has 30 years of diverse experience in the hospitality industry, the last 14 years at the executive level with White Lodging. Since early 2010, Frasca has served as vice president and general manager of White Lodging's charter hotel, the Radisson Hotel at Star Plaza. In this role, Frasca has overseen the repositioning of the hotel from an operational and marketing perspective. This has resulted in significant improvement in key result areas of the hotel.
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The Mistaken Faiths of Our AgeFATHER ROBERT A. SIRICO
In the midst of financial crisis, Pope Benedict made a statement that immediately hit the headlines.
He said "with the collapse of big banks we see that money disappears, is nothing and all these things that appear real are in fact of secondary importance." He further warned against attempting to build one's life "only on things that are visible, such as success, career, money... The only solid reality is the word of God."
His comments were extension of the Gospel message applied in perilous times. In times of plenty, there is a grave temptation to see in material goods the salvation of our lives. We cling to them, and we discover our disordered attachments in economic bad times. We can go further to observe that this is not only a problem in wealthy societies. Greed and godless materialism are also features of poor societies as well, though they are expressed in a different form.
Benedict also wrote about another form of materialism that has revealed itself in this financial crisis: the belief that the state can solve all problems. As the crisis deepened, there were ever more calls on the head of the Federal Reserve and the Department of Treasury to do something magical to raise home prices, to lift stocks, to make bankrupt institutions liquid again, and to make the credit crisis disappear. We looked to visible things to save other visible things.
This was an act of mistaken faith. The state has no magic buttons it can push to make this happen. The forces of economics alive in the world are as much an intrinsic part of reality as gravity, and the laws of physics obey no government or central bank. Somehow people have a hard time accepting this fact. The belief in salvation by the state has been cultivated for centuries by intellectuals who stopped believing that the universe is in God's hands. The state became their alternate creative force that can do and know all things. This was not only a problem for communism and Nazism; it is also a problem in all rich countries.
No more evidence is necessary than to point to the election and the debates surrounding it. Many people were looking to the two candidates to provide all answers and solve all problems. Their answers, as we might expect, were some or another version of "expand the state's activities in one or another area of life."
It is long past time that we fundamentally question the belief that public authority is capable of miracles. If we look at the present crisis, we can easily find evidence that it was precisely a variety of government interventions that brought the crisis about. It was the perfect storm of intervention in many ways, and the problems are very deep, beginning with the inflationary policy of the central bank dating back decades. Issues more recent in time include the push for looser credit to fuel the housing boom, the efforts to prevent housing prices from falling, the attempts to "save" lenders who got in trouble, and the draconian interventions in capital markets that included even a ban on short selling. None of these attempts fixed the problem; indeed, many economists believe that they made them worse.The root problem, however, is not a matter of economics but theology and ethics. The loss of faith in God led to a new and profoundly distorted faith in the state as the savior of the world. The loss in an ethic of life led to a disrespect for the truth of freedom itself, which is the ethical foundation of the market economy. Freedom can be a visible thing but its roots are in an invisible theological outlook that affirms that the universe and mankind have a transcendent origin and purpose. Let us turn to God and pray for conversion away from false faiths toward eternal truths.
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And then I was joined by WBN writer Brian Smith. In case you missed it, Brian is one of the people who were more than happy to eat a little crow about this team and I gladly discuss that with him. Brian and I also discuss the UK/UL game and offer some predictions, so definitely check it out.
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The Rockets just wrapped up their final back-to-back set of games this season with their Friday night loss at Minnesota and Saturday night's 111-104 win in Houston over the Pelicans.
Rookie Troy Daniels was in uniform for both games and ended up playing a pretty large role in the Rockets come from behind victory against New Orleans. But unlike the rest of his teammates who played against the Pelicans, he was playing in his second game of the day.
Earlier on Saturday, the Rio Grande Valley Vipers, the Rockets D-League affiliate, played Game 2 of their opening round playoff series in Iowa and Daniels played just over 44 minutes in their 145-142 overtime loss.
Daniels scored 30 points on 6-of-17 from 3-point range and hit three clutch free-throws with 33 seconds left to tie the game at 141 before the Vipers ultimately fell.
He and teammate Robert Covington had dressed for the Rockets game Friday in Minnesota after being recalled earlier in the day, but did not play. They then flew to Iowa immediately after the game for the Vipers' noon tip-off on Saturday. About 15 or 20 minutes after that overtime game ended around 2:30 p.m. CT, the two hopped on a plane bound for Houston.
He said they arrived around 6:30 p.m. for the 7 p.m. game, though he thought the game might be a lot like the game against Minnesota, when he did not play.
"To be honest, I didn't think I was going to get in," Daniels said after his rare doubleheader. "But up here in the NBA you always have to be ready and my number was called."
His number was called for the first time with 2:07 left in the third quarter, with the Rockets down 10 points. When the quarter ended, his stat line still had all zeroes, other than the 2:07 minutes played.
But he was beckoned by coach McHale a second time with 10:37 remaining in the game and he would not come out again. When he entered the game, the Rockets were facing what would be their largest deficit of the fourth quarter as they trailed by 12 points, 84-72.
He launched and miss three 3-pointers before connecting on one with 5:48 remaining in the game, to make the score 95-92. That was the closet the Rockets had been since there were five minutes remaining in the second quarter.
He missed one more 3-pointer, but he was part of the Rockets' stingy defensive effort that held the Pelicans scoreless for the final 2:48 of the game.
"It was a great experience," Daniels said after "Obviously my legs are tired, but it's my job to play in both games. Coach called my number, I was ready. It was hard work paying off. The first run down the court, I was a little nervous, but after that it was just a basketball game."
Daniels became the second player this season to play in a D-League game and an NBA game in the same day. Lorenzo Brown did so for the Delaware 87ers and the Philadelphia 76ers on Jan. 27. Brown played just five seconds for the 76ers that day in a game they never led and did not score.
Lakers guard Jordan Farmar was the first player to appear in a D-League game and an NBA game in the same day on April 1, 2007, when he started for the Los Angeles Defenders in the D-League, scoring 18 points, then scored four points for the Lakers, later that night. In Farmar's case, both games were played in Los Angeles.
For Daniels, his Vipers team had led most of the game against Iowa, thanks to his 30 points and teammate Darius Morris, who scored 51 points and set a D-League playoff record with 18 assists. Losing that game in overtime, which would have advanced the Vipers to the next round of the D-League playoffs, was on his mind when he played for the Rockets Saturday night.
"It definitely motivated me," Daniels said. "It was a tough loss when we lost to Iowa, we should have won that game. But it's just great to get the win here in Houston."
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Could I use a 64-bit iPad 5 or a Surface 2 as my main work computer?
Summary: We've asked these sorts of questions before, but now we have (or are about to have) a new crop of even more capable hardware. ZDNet's David Gewirtz put it to the acid test: could either serve as his main computer?
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Can it show me multiple windows at once or span to a second screen?
I often need to compare two or more files side-by-side, usually in Word. In fact, I've pretty much got my eye on one of those 27-inch ultra-high-resolution displays for just that purpose. But let's give these smaller devices the benefit of the doubt. Could they show multiple windows at once?
64-bit iPad 5: No. But you could use a second iPad.
Surface 2 RT: Yes. In fact, for Word documents, it does this quite well.
Surface 2 Pro: Yes, for all the reasons you can do this in Windows. There is also an HDMI port on the machine that will allow an add-on monitor.
Can it be used to run a development environment?
As a developer, I run a variety of development environments, from PHP IDEs to Visual Studio. Even if the iPad couldn't run Visual Studio (a) because it's a Windows-only product and (b) because the iPad won't support VMs, I'd still give the iPad a nod if it had full PHP development IDEs.
64-bit iPad 5: Yes. As it turns out, there are a few PHP IDEs on the App Store. I'm not sure how pleasant or powerful they are, but I have to give the iPad a nod here, even if it's provisional. It might be doable.
Surface 2 RT: No. Even Microsoft's own Visual Studio won't run on the Surface RT.
Surface 2 Pro: Yes, and quite well. I'd recommend getting the Surface 2 Pro with 8GB (or 4GB at minimum), but it would work quite well.
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Can it run Photoshop or Illustrator or Premiere?
I create a ton of presentations and many of them require custom images and vector drawings. I also use Photoshop and Premiere a lot to prepare video from the studio.
64-bit iPad 5: Not quite well enough. The iPad has a wealth of photo manipulation applications and a surprisingly deep stable of video editing apps. That said, getting the precise control you would with a mouse using a finger would be difficult, and the professional Adobe Creative Cloud apps are just not available on an iPad. But with a bulky 64-bit iPad 5, you could probably get by.
Surface 2 RT: No. Once again, not even close.
Surface 2 Pro: Yes, quite well. The peppy Haswell processors in the Pro, combined with full Windows 8.1, a good amount of RAM, and the ability to use external control devices like mice make the Surface Pro a great contender for a mobile media production system.
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Oh dear. I fear I basically just thought pigeons were "city doves," but maybe I'm wrong; are they actually different species, or is one a type of the other, or what?
At any rate, been looking through mid-century US cookbooks & seeing recipes for doves, particularly mourning doves. You don't see much of that these days, do you (I don't watch FN)? And I've certainly never seen them in your average grocery store (including WF).
Thoughts on where to find either/or—and when, if seasonality's a factor? I'm in Denver, so, without meaning to knock the city, the world is not exactly at my fingertips; there are a couple of decent, generalized Hispanic/Asian grocers, but not a huge range of specialty markets.
Doves are smaller than pigeons; are uniformly brownish grey; and are wild. You probably need to know a hunter to get dove. Funny, I was just explaining the difference to my five year old when the pair of doves that often visit out balcony were sitting together out front. City pigeons - or flying rats - come in a range of colors from black to blue to greenish. One could eat city pigeons, but that may be one thing I would turn down. Squab, on hte other hand, are pigeons specially bred for eating - at about four weeks and 12 - 24 oz.
re: Sam Fujisaka
Ah, maybe that's what I'm forgetting—thanks guys. I guess I haven't had it all that often—last thing I remember is squab b'stilla several years ago...
Anybody know if they (doves) were once available in American supermarkets? Surprised to see them turning up in all these cookbooks. Again, we're talking like the 1950s, not the 19th c.
re: tatamagouche
Market hunting was outlawed well before the 1950s. However, the percentage of Americans who hunted then was a lot higher than now. Game recipes were pretty common in cookbooks from that period. Do these cookbooks also have recipes for other small game?
re: Eldon Kreider
Some do, some don't. What's more, some of them seem specifically geared toward the can-opening type rather than DIYers. Odd, huh?
re: Sam Fujisaka
A recent Good Food (radio, podcast, KCRW) show interviewed a squab raiser in CA. He said they're actually perfectly edible full-grown, just marginally less tender. Haven't eaten doves in probably decades (habitat destruction where my folks live) but god they are good. They're probably not worth raising because of size but if anybody's crazy enough to do that I'd pony up.
re: Sam Fujisaka
The pidgeon is also called the rock dove.
As Sam says, doves are wild and are somewhat migratory along the traditional flyways. In south Texas, an average gunner would kill about 40-50 birds during a half-day effort. They come down for water. Generally you just breast them; a breast is about bite size. An hour marinade in a teriyaki sauce, then onto a grill over mesquite, and you're good to go. Pretty good eating, but a lot of work. I'm not aware of any commercial sources.
I have only eaten squab once, at a fancy women's club (The Chilton Club in Boston). Once was enough.
re: Sam Fujisaka
Geez, when I took a midday nap in summer in Houston and two white doves flew into my bedroom (the screen was open) and perched to admire themselves in the antique vanity mirror, Innocently thought it was a good luck omen. I didn't realize I shouldn't have shooed them away... should've netted them for dinner. Hindsight is twenty twenty I guess... but there is always a next time...
re: Sam Fujisaka
Used to dove hunt in New Mex. My wife used to sing Joanie Baez, "If I knew were the wild flew, I wouldn't tell the hunter, but I would tell you," But she ate 'em.
re: Veggo
Those aren't hunters, they're poachers. The bag limit on doves in Texas is 12 per day. It might have been 20 when I was I kid back in the sixties. I don't find them too difficult to clean, just stick your thumb under the cartliage and pop it out, you don't even need a knife. I used to wrap them in bacon, and bake. I say used to, as I am no longer angry at them and haven't hunted in ten years or so, although I have no problem with others doing so. I am, however, still very pissed off at speckled trout and redfish. I eat every one I catch, as long as they are of legal length and I don't go over bag limits. Catch and release, right into the frying pan.
re: James Cristinian
JC, I was unaware of dove limits. Now I'm doing the guilt trip 25 years later. As an aside, if I'm permitted, is the observation that hummingbirds use the same flyways to Central America, and they fly low, and with rocket speed, and don't stop for water. Seeing 10,000 hummingbirds in a day is a spectacle. (No, I never shot a hummingbird).
Speaking ornithologically, there are a number of species of wild doves, and also many wild pigeons. Culinarily, I don't think there's a whole lot of difference, although Band-tailed Pigeons are very large - about the size of Rock Pigeons or "city pigeons", and the commonly hunted doves (Mourning Doves and White-winged Doves) are about half their size.
Practically every Chinese restaurant in Toronto offers "pigeon" (often deep fried with a coating of 5 spice powder). As an appetizer, it's generally one per person, and you eat everything except the head (although some do bite that, but I couldn't). You get a couple of legs, breasts which are good for a couple of bites each, and the tiny wings - well you just crunch through those, bones and all.
I'd check with a Chinese restaurant for tips on where to buy them.
re: KevinB
Squab is also a "common" French ingredient.
Try Whole Foods. You might have to special order, but when I was visiting Denver last summer and looking for something interesting to cook for a friend, the guy at the meat counter at Cherry Creek WF was very helpful, found some quail in the back for me. I think he said that specialty items like rabbit and quail were available by special order, so could be a possibility for squab.
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Good to know, thx!
pigeons are also called rock doves
(as cliff dwellers, cities were a natural habitat to them....)
The dove season in California starts September 1 pretty much every year. I hunt dove annually. The daily limit is 10. It usually takes a few days to get enough for the dove stroganoff I make as an annual treat. (If you are able to get more than the 30 I usually use for a recipe, you can vacuum seal and freeze for later.)
Personally, I find a single dove breast a really large bite and so cut them into smaller pieces. I use a variety of herbs, cream, and sherry, and slow cook at about 225 F in the oven for about 4 hours. This takes the gamey taste out and leaves them delicious.
Occasionally, a pigeon is in with the doves and I willingly take those too. They are about 3 times the size of the dove so much more meat per bird. The same seeds are found the craw as the dove so they've been eating the same thing (unlike city pigeons). The taste is indistinguishable with my preparation. Additionally, at present, there is no daily limit on pigeon.
So I recommend find someone to take you hunting. Bird hunting is interesting to learn, is particularly exhilarating (dove are very fast and I'll admit I don't always get everything I shoot for), and you will better understand where some of our food comes from. Cleaning, as has been described, is very easy. The meat you will collect is organically raised and as natural as anyone could ask.
I'm already looking forward to next years meal.
I remember visiting a former roomate who was renting a house in Gainesville Fl. Came up one day and found him sitting at the window with a rifle in hand shooting pigeons. Stocked his freezer well that year. I always thought they were rats with wings. Who knew


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This evaluation aims at assessing the contributions of the four most important Norwegian research institutions to the Norwegian conflict prevention and peacebuilding efforts and the relationship between the Government and the institutions.
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Two main questions were asked in this evaluation: What has been the added value of the team? And how effective is the team as a working model for joint donor engagement in fragile states?
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This report presents the findings, conclusions and recommendations of the evaluation of Danish regional support to peace and security, regional integration and democratisation in Southern Africa, covering the period 2003-07.
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Contemporary peace mediation is a crowded and increasingly competitive field currently lacking established accountability mechanisms. The present paper proposes a general framework for evaluating international mediation activities. Its main purpose is to provide a tool for observers, donors and desk officers to achieve better quality control of mediation processes.
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L'objectif de l'exercice est de faire le point sur les modalités et les formes d'engagement de la coopération et des Ong françaises dans des situations conflictuelles et de relèvement/sortie de crise et dans des contextes de faiblesse institutionnelle chronique ou endémique.
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The Country Assistance Framework (CAF) is a process by which a number of donors have developed a common strategic approach for economic assistance to Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) in the post-elections period.
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Le but de cette évaluation est « d'évaluer la qualité des interventions humanitaires financées par l'Etat fédéral belge entre 2002 et 2006 ». Les leçons tirées seront utilisées pour améliorer les futures interventions humanitaires soutenues par le Gouvernement fédéral belge.
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This is an evaluation of Parliamentarians for Global Action's Peace & DemocracyProgramme with a special focus on Africa. It has been commissioned by Danida and conducted by COWI A/S.
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The evaluation intends to investigate to what extent UNDP's activities in conflict-afflicted countries contributed to the goal of human security defined broadly as 'freedom from fear' and 'freedom from want'.
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A Joint Evaluation by Denmark, Ireland, the Netherlands, Sweden and the United Kingdom


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Solid Marks From Moody's
Moody's Investors Service has affirmed Saint Mary's Baa1 rating and upgraded its outlook from negative to stable. "An upgrade in outlook is significant as Moody's has the entire education sector under a negative outlook," said Pete Michell, vice president for finance.
Faculty Star Gazing
Four professors were honored at the 11th Annual Scholars Reception in February for their positive contributions to their fields and to the Saint Mary's community.
Stunning Glass Venetians
A new studio glass exhibit opened in June at the Saint Mary's Museum of Art, showcasing 72 works from a stunning collection by glass artist Dale Chihuly. The Venetians, on loan from the George R. Stroemple Collection, features large multicolored vessels for drinking or holding liquids, some inspired by perfume bottles, with hot-formed figurative sculptures of putti (chubby male children, usually nude and sometimes winged) and mythological creatures. Also in the collection are smaller but no less spirited vessels based on Venetian themes.
Brave, Courageous Acts
Brother Armin Altamirano Luistro, FSC, secretary of education in the Philippines, influenced a fundamental change in Philippine education and also played a brave part in the politics of that nation. He delivered the Convocation address and was awarded an honorary doctorate in educational leadership at this year's De La Salle Week, the College's annual celebration of our Lasallian mission and the life of the Christian Brothers' founder, St. John Baptist de La Salle.
National Rugby Champs!
The Saint Mary's rugby team won its first-ever USA Rugby Division 1A national championship with a 21-6 triumph over Life University of suburban Atlanta May 10 at Stanford's Steuber Rugby Stadium. The Gaels used outstanding defense to prevail in a rematch of last year's national final that Life rallied to win after SMC led at halftime. A national championship was far from head coach Tim O'Brien's mind coming into the season. "We graduated nine starters from last year's team, two of whom are now members of the USA national team," he said. "We had quite conservative expectations. But the team's love for one another and willingness to work in a cooperative and entrepreneurial environment were keys to a terrific season."
NBA Champion Patty Mills
Former SMC star Patty Mills became the first Gael to play for a National Basketball Association championship team when his San Antonio Spurs defeated the Miami Heat in the NBA Finals. Mills provided a tremendous spark off the bench for the Spurs, with five three-point baskets and 17 points in the final game of the championship series. That came on the heels of scoring 14 points, with four three-pointers, in the previous game. Mills totaled 31 points in less than 34 minutes of playing time in the two games combined. During the regular season he led the Spurs in both games played and three-pointers made. The NBA championship adds to an impressive basketball resume for Mills, who led the Gaels to the NCAA tournament in 2008 and played in the Olympics for Australia in 2008 and 2012. Mills had the highest scoring average of any player in the 2012 Olympics, beating out four-time NBA scoring champion Kevin Durant.
Poise on the Mound
No matter how impressive the results, Cameron Neff isn't the type of baseball player to stick his chest out and sing his own praises. Instead, the Saint Mary's rising sophomore is letting his right arm do all the talking.
Hall of Famer Steps In
When the Saint Mary's sand volleyball team found itself in need of a coach just a few months before the 2014 season, Gaels indoor coach Rob Browning knew to look South. Thats where he found Mike Dodd, 1996 Olympic silver medalist, member of the Volleyball Hall of Fame and longtime coach to some of the best beach players in the country. He came north from his home in Southern California to coach a Gaels team that had enjoyed a tremendously successful first season under then-head coach Brent Crouch in 2013.
Tables Turned
Jeffrey Brown, chief correspondent for arts, culture and society on PBS NewsHour, and his spouse, Paula Crawford, an artist and associate professor of painting at George Mason University, visited campus in March as Woodrow Wilson fellows. Their visit gave members of the community the chance to turn the tables on the veteran journalist and ask him questions, and the couple participated in panel discussions on the value of a liberal arts education and the intersections of art, poetry and practice. The Woodrow Wilson Visiting Fellows program, administered by the Council of Independent Colleges in Washington, D.C., brings prominent nonacademic professionals to campuses across the United States for seminars, workshops and lectures. Saint Mary's has participated in the Visiting Fellows program for 20 years.
Joyful Diversity
This spring a series of six events celebrated the diversity on the Saint Mary's campus. The Arabian, Asian and Latino Cultural Nights, The Bash (for LGBTQIA), Lu'au and Expressions of Blackness drew enthusiastic crowds of friends and family, who enjoyed food, entertainment and thought-provoking reflections on historical milestones, customs and contemporary issues. These annual celebrations are sponsored by the Intercultural Center.
Reveling in Dance
It began with a generous offer of a ride to dance rehearsal 17 years ago. Fresh out of graduate school at Mills College, Dana Lawton caught a lift with CatherineMarie Davalos, who at the time was putting together the dance program at Saint Mary's. After discovering that Lawton had an M.F.A. in dance, Davalos offered her a job. Lawton accepted right away and immediately began teaching ballet—using a boom box. Seventeen years later the boom box is gone, but Lawton remains on campus blazing new roads for dance at Saint Mary's.
A License for Action
Leon Panetta, former secretary of defense and director of the Central Intelligence Agency for President Barack Obama, addressed 764 graduating seniors Saturday, May 24, at the 2014 undergraduate commencement ceremony. "Your education is a license to action, not an excuse to sit back and do nothing," said Panetta, whose public service career spans more than 50 years. "Your Seminar education made you think and now you have to act. Changes in our democracy I am afraid are not going to happen from the top down. It's going to happen from the bottom up. And you're it."
Road Map for the Future
In February, Saint Mary's embarked on a five-phase process to map the College's future strategic direction. The process is designed to galvanize the College community around a compelling vision and future possibilities for continued intellectual vibrancy, financial strength and innovation. The project will engage the College community in defining a five-year plan that specifies goals, initiatives, outcomes, measures, resources and a framework to move the College toward achieving its aspirations. The steering committee for the planning process conducted open listening sessions for faculty, staff and students, facilitated by The Napa Group, a consulting firm. Town halls and other forums will be held in fall 2014 to review the draft strategic plan, which will be finalized by December 2014. "I continue to be impressed with the way our community is coming together in support of this important initiative," said President James Donahue. "Together, we are creating a road map for our future."
SEBA Joins Elite Group
In January, the School of Economics and Business Administration (SEBA) achieved an important milestone when it was awarded AACSB (Association to Advance Collegiate Schools of Business) accreditation. With this honor, SEBA joins an elite group of business schools recognized as representing the highest international standard of instruction and scholarship in business education. Less than 5 percent of the world's business programs have earned AACSB accreditation.
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You guys, Ali Stroker is wonderful.
My favorite thing about Dani is her fearlessness to be aware of all parts of me and this relationship. She's so aware, and so connected. I'm never afraid to tell her how I'm actually feeling. What's wild is we're so connected now she can feel how I'm feeling about something.
Was there any hesitation on Dani's part to get involved with you because of your wheelchair?
No, I never think that that was ever an issue. I think it was almost the opposite. We had this conversation in the first few days that we met, we were at the callbacks and I needed help getting in and out of the car. She was helping me, and she looked me in the eye and said, "you really deserve to be with someone who really loves to do this. Just so you know. I really love to help you." It blew my mind that she picked up on that so quickly and said that. I was like, "how did you know that I'm sensitive about that and how do you know that is something I've always wanted." That's what I mean about her being so aware and so fearless. What's cool is she always wanted to be able to pick someone up and whisk them away, play that prince role. And we've created that, literally! She's got to pick me up!


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In blogland and on Pinterest, there are so many different ideas for DIY canvas art. I decided I wanted to try my hand at making something for my dining room. My thoughts are to have a canvas with 5 color blocks with a letter in each block so that is says "E-N-J-O-Y". I also thought I would be great to use my Cutting Edge Small Paisley Stencil for some background interest. Take a look at what I did!
Canvases were 50% off so I picked up this one (24" x 48). I also picked up a can of Krylon metallic spray paint in silver.
After removing the plastic wrap, I took the canvas outside. I placed the canvas on an inverted planter atop a piece of cardboard so I could spray paint the canvas easily: even the sides. It took two coats of silver paint to cover the canvas really well. This stuff dries FAST! I only waited 15 minutes before spraying on the second coat. Then I only needed to wait 1 hour before I went onto the next step. (Sorry for the tree shadow...the canvas really is completely silver now.)
I wanted a band of silver blocking each colored pane. To accomplish this, I used blue painters tape. Make sure you press down the edges of the tape well.
These are the paints I used for each color block. I applied each with a disposable foam brush.
So, here you can see the canvas with each block "colored" in. After only about 5 or 10 minutes, I carefully removed the blue painters tape. (If you wait until your paint is completely dry, you run the risk of it coming off when you remove the tape).
Here's the canvas with the tape removed. I think it looks pretty sharp. I waited about an hour or so until the paint was thoroughly dried.
Now it's time to add the cool paisley with the stencil from Cutting Edge Stencils. I wanted my paisleys to be a bit more translucent so I decided to use Martha Stewart's Metallic Glaze. I also have my foam roller to help with the application process.
Next, I poured some of the metallic glaze onto an old ice cream tub lid. This gave me a nice flat surface so I could load up my sponge roller with glaze.
I positioned the stencil onto the canvas and rolled my "loaded" applicator over the stencil.
Here's my canvas right after I applied all the paisleys...the glaze is still wet. (It took a LONG time to dry)
Here's my canvas the next day! I think it turned out pretty sweet! (My hubby thinks so too!)
Now, here's my dilemma. I'm afraid that if I add the "E-N-J-O-Y" it will be too much. I think I like it just the way it is! What do you think? Would you add anything else or keep it like it is?
Also, if you are interested in winning $50 in Cutting Edge Stencils enter a giveaway here.
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Superior Court Strips Heirs of Gas Rights Under 'Arcane' Act
Acknowledging that its decision is "at odds with modern legal concepts" and may be viewed as "unduly harsh," the Pennsylvania Superior Court nevertheless found that it was bound to strip the oil and gas rights to a Centre County property from the heirs of the land's former owners who had reserved the subsurface rights when they sold the land in 1899 but failed to inform the county commissioners of the horizontal severance under an "arcane" and now-outdated tax assessment law from the early 1800s.
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2014-11-06 Flyer -The City Dark
@ Temple Emanuel
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7:00pm, Thursday, November 6, 2014
Topic: Lights, Lights, Lights (Light Pollution)
Film: "The City Dark" — You can buy a copy here
- THE CITY DARK is a feature documentary about light pollution and the disappearing night sky.
- After moving to light-polluted New York City from rural Maine, filmmaker Ian Cheney asks: "Do we need the dark?" Exploring the threat of killer asteroids in Hawaii, tracking hatching turtles along the Florida coast, and rescuing injured birds on Chicago streets, Cheney unravels the myriad implications of a globe glittering with lights—including increased breast cancer rates from exposure to light at night, and a generation of kids without a glimpse of the universe above.
- Featuring stunning astrophotography and a cast of eclectic scientists, philosophers, historians, and lighting designers, THE CITY DARK is the definitive story of light pollution and the disappearing stars.
Dan Caton – Professor of Physics and Astronomy; Director of Observatories at Appalachian State University. Masters Degree and a PhD in astronomy. As the founding president of the North Carolina Section of the International Dark-Sky Association, Dan works to reduce light pollution in the state. He is part of a group of researchers on the lights, and operates two cameras nightly imaging the mountain and the Linville Gorge.
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i'm nineteen, almost twenty, young-old girl. you'll find some photos of mine here, but i don't know how you wanna do it. ask me anything.
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From Gatwick Airport train to Clapham Junction then train to Winchester. 1hrs 27min £31. From South Terminal Bus Station bus to Heathrow Airport Terminal 5, Heathrow Terminal 5 then line 203 bus to Winchester, Broadway Guildhall. 2hrs 41min £17. From London Gatwick drive to Winchester. 1hrs 20min £15.
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Two suicide bombers killed and wounded scores of civilians today at two Baghdad markets, according to press reports. The two separate attacks were the deadliest in months and added a gruesome twist to terrorist tactics in Iraq: both suicide bombers were female and mentally impaired, their explosive vests detonated remotely by militants.
The blasts came shortly before the call to Friday prayers when many Iraqis were out shopping or meeting friends.
The first device was detonated by a female suicide bomber at around 1020 local time ... in the popular Ghazil animal market, killing at least 46 people and injuring a further 80.
A popular spectacle for Baghdadis, the animal market only opens on Fridays and regularly draws large crowds, despite having been targeted by bombers twice in 2007.
Just 20 minutes after the first explosion, a second bomb tore through another crowded market in the Jadida area of east Baghdad, killing at least 27 people and injuring 67.
The U.S. military, however, says that the women detonated the bombs themselves, CNN.com reports. Further, the U.S. military blames the attacks on al Qaeda in Iraq, and did not address the women's mental states.
Meanwhile, The New York Times reports suicide vests have become Iraqi terrorists' weapon of choice because they are easier to sneak past roadblocks and barriers than vehicle-borne bombs.
The Times quoted a local man who survived the Jadida market bombing. Locals had made repeated requests for authorities to erect concrete blast walls to protect the market, he said, but to no avail.
See all the latest links and resources that supplement the current issue of Security Management magazine.


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God has chosen you and made you his holy people. He loves you. So your new life should be like this: Show mercy to others. Be kind, humble, gentle, and patient. Don't be angry with each other, but forgive each other. If you feel someone has wronged you, forgive them. Forgive others because the Lord forgave you. Together with these things, the most important part of your new life is to love each other. Love is what holds everything together in perfect unity. Let the peace that Christ gives control your thinking. It is for peace that you were chosen to be together in one body. And always be thankful. Let the teaching of Christ live inside you richly. Use all wisdom to teach and counsel each other. Sing psalms, hymns, and spiritual songs with thankfulness in your hearts to God. Everything you say and everything you do should be done for Jesus your Lord. And in all you do, give thanks to God the Father through Jesus. (Colossians 3:12-17 ERV)
I'm lucky to have a handful of best friends in my life but I'm extremely lucky that I'm married to my BESTEST friend
Happy early Saturday morning to all the Moms with young ones that won't let them sleep in. Here's to discovering new joys 💜
I still get excited when I hear or see my husband's band #juniordoctor on the radio #nevergetsold #cantbelieveit #whoknew
If with heart and soul you're doing good, do you think you can be stopped? … Be ready to speak up and tell anyone who asks why you're living the way you are, and always with the utmost courtesy. Keep a clear conscience before God so that when people throw mud at you, none of it will stick. They'll end up realizing that they're the ones who need a bath. (1 Peter 3:13-18 MSG)
Mental health is important to me for so many reasons. Not only have I witnessed up close and personal my husband's struggles with depression which birthed the song below, I've had my own. Depression as a mother, is such a shaming thing. I remember it feeling like I was drowning and feeling so guilty that my kids were unjustly tied to me, forced to go down with me. We are supposed to be strong enough for our kids. But I wasn't.
Or so I thought. But I was strong enough to get help. And I am strong enough to talk about it today. If I can just tell one mom, that you aren't a bad mom for the way you FEEL. Feelings are just feelings. You can CHOOSE to find help.
Because like this song helped my husband discover, we are all broken. And being broken doesn't make us worthless. It just means we need to be put back together.
I believe ANYTHING can be put back together, because I've seen it in my own family. I hope this song tells you, you aren't alone in your struggles, and that the story behind it, tells you that there is ALWAYS a solution.


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As of Saturday, December 15, 2012
© Copyright 2014 Gwinnett Daily Post
The 2013 Corky Kell Classic matchups were made public Saturday during the state championship weekend at the Georgia Dome.
The annual showcase, scheduled for Aug. 24 in the Dome, will feature the same four Gwinnett teams because it's the second year of a two-year contract.
Peachtree Ridge is scheduled to play Walton at 11:45 a.m. after the event's opener, Kell vs. Chattahoochee at 9 a.m.
The next two matchups pit Gwinnett vs. South Georgia powers with Grayson taking on Colquitt County at 2:30 p.m. and North Gwinnett facing Camden County at 5:30 p.m. The nightcap at 8:30 p.m. features Brookwood vs. McEachern.
"We felt like over the last three or four years North Gwinnett and Grayson have been two of the top teams in Gwinnett and we wanted to pair them with Camden and Colquitt," Corky Kell executive director Dave Hunter said.
The 2013 showcase will be the 22nd Corky Kell Classic.
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- Aug. 24 will be a big one for high school football ( June 11, 2013 )
- Games announced for 2012 Corky Kell Classic ( December 11, 2011 )
- 2014 Corky Kell Classic high school football showcase bumped from Georgia Dome ( April 17, 2014 )
- Corky Kell tickets on sale ( August 9, 2011 )
- Five Gwinnett football teams involved in expanded 2014 Corky Kell Classic ( December 11, 2013 )


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Family Phil and his two offspring spotted this during a trek around Tubbs Hill Saturday here. Nice.
*Stebbijo/Your Choice opines re: the meaning of Winter Blogfest '06 at the Captain's Wheel in Bayview Saturday, hosted by Bayview Herb Huseland, including: "These are the kind of people who can and will change news as we know it today" here. (Remember to check out Golly Gals coverage of the blogfest, too, here.)
*Mari Meehan/Dogwalk Musings has food for thought re: the humble proposal for a Boys and Girls Club in Post Falls as opposed to the mega-Kroc Center proposed for Coeur d'Alene here.
*Doggone it, CDADave made me bust out laughting again with this here, and his Thin Air is the best tidbits column produced in this town by an individual who doesn't have Stacey Cowles' name written on the bottom of his checks here. (Eatcher heart out, Bob Paulos.)
*Marianne Love/Slight Detour remembers those awkward freshman mixers of UI days gone by here.
*Betsy Russell/Eye On Boise bounces back from knee surgery to tell us about "Dead Legislators Day" at the State Capitol here.
Meanwhile, Cis discusses her favorite presidents here, The Calico Girls are writing haikus here, and Bayview Herb provides his version of Winter Blogfest '06 (with comments from attendees) here.
Warning: I'm going to be culling through the North Idaho Blogroll soon because some of the posters haven't added much new in the last month or so.
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The gaming world has recently experienced a resurgence of local multiplayer games, i.e., titles in which two or more players play together (competitively or cooperatively) in each other's physical presence and generally using the same console or device. A classic such title would be Super Bomberman on Super Nintendo, while Wii Sports represents one of... Read More »
Focused on YouYube and Youtubers, the first Buffer Festival Industry Day took place in Toronto on October 16. If one key notion was to be taken away, passion is a common denominator for online video creators. They focus first on their creations and then much later think of the business aspect of what they are... Read More »
Will the next worldwide über-popular brand for children come from TV? Maybe not. With many new characters and worlds starting life as online videos, apps or games, digital is proving a fertile spawning ground for new popular IPs. Last October 12 at MIPJunior, the Online Originals for the New Kids on the Block panel discussed... Read More »
This article was initially published on MIP Blog and is presented here as part of the editorial partnership between CMF Trends and MIP Blog. When it comes to kids games, Minecraft is currently my favourite IP. Considering its immense success, we might ask ourselves: "What does Minecraft do right that TV could learn from and... Read More »
Over the course of the past 15 years, television series have earned their stripes thanks to the vision of ambitious producers and audacious networks like HBO among others. "We are living a golden era of television content," claims David Poltrack, chief research officer for CBS. "The public is embracing television in a way it never... Read More »
Seattle, WA's Key Arena was packed in July 2014 for the 4th annual International Defense of the Ancients 2 tournament, with a prize pool of US$10.9 million. "Stop playing videogames and go outside!" This has been a common refrain of parents for several decades now. However, if you haven't already, prepare to start hearing this: "Stop... Read More »
There is no longer any doubt that the television market is experiencing an outright revolution. The "new players''—with leaders among VOD platforms the likes of YouTube and OTT services such as Netflix—have imposed themselves in the last 18 months as alternatives to conventional television and are making a lasting mark in the competitive television marketplace. This... Read More »
(Re)promoting archives on the web In France, several initiatives are underway to mark the 100th anniversary of the beginning of the Great War. Among televised documentaries and various commemorative ceremonies, digital media actors have seized the topic in the hope of giving a digital and possibly innovative vision to this commemoration on a global scale.... Read More »
We seem to be living in a golden age of amateur media production, a development frequently attributed to how digital media platforms like YouTube and Medium make it easier for people to create and share content online. The ongoing attention that amateur makers have recently garnered raises the question of whether or not it is... Read More »
October 6, 2011. That's when we posted our first text on the Canada Media Fund's new blog titled Trendscape. It was a very simple initiative, a sort of "pilot" developed on the easy- and quick-to-use Wordpress platform. It was first and foremost an expression of the Canada Media Fund's management team's strong will to keep... Read More »