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Dear Members of CITEHR,
I understand that I need to post the English version of this post also, since this forum has got global members.
I respect the rules of this forum and hence removed the TAMIL VERSION of this presentation.
I note to post it again, along with ENGLISH VERSION asap.
My sincere thanks to the moderator for guiding me.
The inconvenience caused is deeply regretted. I note to comply with the rules of this forum in future.
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Dear Friends,
I came across a useful PPT about the power of our voice and how to use it effectively. I have edited it to some extent and translated the same into TAMIL as it could be more useful to some of my clients who prefer presentations & training programmes in Tamil.
I have attached the presentation for your perusal. Would like to hear your suggestions and feedback.
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Hi all,
I am working in an MNC company in chennai in training and development team .
Every month we have a "learning day" were we show a ppt or documentry related to on the Job and off the job .So i request you to send the tamil version ppt or documentry if you have .....which will help me lot.
looking forward for your reply.
baskaran63 - Member Since: Jan 2009
Dear Sir,
Arumaiyana thokupu. Really Hatsoff to u.
I need some tamila presentations on soft skills ( Self esteem, self awareness, & communication skills) I have to take classes to my employees. If you have you pl. send it to my maid id. It will help me to take classes.
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vinodk73 - Member Since: Nov 2009
hi guys, i am unable to find the ppt can any one of send me this ppt to my mail id,- firstname.lastname@example.com
niazi_c - Member Since: Jun 2009
Hi Please email me the ppt. I am unable to see the attachment in this thread. my email Id is firstname.lastname@example.com thanks
maryjessyrani - Member Since: Dec 2009
hai, i need tamil ppts on communication and imterpersonal skills development for training a group of young entrepreneurs thank you, jessy
VENKATABALA - Member Since: Aug 2009
could not see the tamil.ppt on "effective speaking" - can anybody help for sending this as attachment once again please.
If you could send any other tamil presentation applicable for workmen category in Tamilnadu especially in chennai, will be very much helpful.
Plese also require the tamil version of ISO 9001:2008 standard - can any one try and forward as attachment.
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Welcome Incoming President Judge Elisabeth Earle
The Austin Lawyer recently talked with Judge Elisabeth Earle about her newest role as the president of the Austin Bar. Enjoy excerpts of that discussion below.
AL: What led you to become involved in the Austin Bar and why?
Judge Earle: I began working at the State Bar of Texas during high school, answering phones and stuffing a never-ending amount of envelopes. Those relationships and experiences gave me the desire to pursue law as a profession. During law school, I began participating in local bar activities as a law student liaison. I observed the unique role the Bar can play by improving the delivery of quality legal representation, building relationships between attorneys, and improving the public's understanding of the legal profession.

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Fans Plan for the Future of Scottish Football
Based on the results of 2 surveys , Supporters Direct Scotland (SDS) have issued "The Fans Plan" for the future of Scottish football.
An executive summary can be read here with full details of the plan – the PROBLEM, the PROPOSALS and the DETAIL
Dons Supporters Together endorse the plan as the biggest piece of fans feedback to date.
The content is rational and well argued and contains many strong arguments that we do agree with if not all, and we assume our members will be likewise.
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Losing our boat has been a disaster. The fishing boat is our only source of income.
Mohammed Morad al Hessi (40) is a fisherman from Gaza City who works onboard his father's 16m fishing boat, along with several relatives. Mohammed is married and has seven children: 3 sons and 4 daughters. The income generated from the fishing he does with others supports more than 150 members of the extended al Hessi family.
On Wednesday, 28 November 2012, exactly one week after the announcement of the ceasefire between Israel and all armed factions in the Gaza Strip, the al Hessi fishing boat was fired at by Israeli naval forces off the coast of Deir al Balah in the Gaza Sea. Although the terms of the ceasefire indicated that Israel would ease restrictions on fishing in Palestinian waters, the fishermen from the al Hessi family were targeted while sailing less than 6 nautical miles offshore. Mohammed al Hessi was arrested and taken to Ashdod seaport in Israel, where he was detained and questioned before being released at the Erez crossing into the Gaza Strip. The four other fishermen onboard were held on an Israeli gunboat for several hours and then released into Palestinian waters.
Mohammed describes what happened that day:
"We left the fishing port at 7.30 in the morning and sailed out to 6 nautical miles because we believed this was allowed after the ceasefire agreement. We felt comfortable to sail that far, as we did not expect that Israeli forces would attack us. There were five of us on the boat: my son, Morad Mohammed al Hessi, who is 19; my brother, Ahmed Morad al Hessi, who is 30; my cousin, Rajab Reshad al Hessi, who is 34; and my distant cousin, Sameh Mahmoud al Hessi, who is 35.
We began fishing but, after a few hours, at around 10.30am, we were approached by two Israeli gunboats. The gunboats began firing at us, trying to force us to go back towards the shore. The Israeli soldiers were yelling at us. They ordered my relatives to take off their clothes, jump into the water, and swim towards the gunboats. I was told to stay on the boat.
After a while, two more Israeli gunboats appeared. Four Israeli soldiers jumped onto our boat, and blindfolded and handcuffed me. They treated me like an animal. Later, when they removed the blindfold and handcuffs, I saw that we were in Israel. The Israeli forces had tugged our boat to Ashdod seaport."
After his arrival in Ashdod, Mohammed was interrogated for around an hour:
"An Israeli soldier asked me many questions in fluent Arabic. From his uniform, I think he was an officer. He asked me my name, address, age, and marital status. He also asked me for my mobile number. When I asked him why, he said that they were going to keep our fishing boat, but they would call me if they wanted to return it. I was examined by a doctor who took my temperature and blood pressure and asked me some questions about my health. At around 9.30pm, I was transported to Erez crossing and I returned to Gaza.
After I was released, I found out that the four other men had been kept onboard an Israeli gunboat until around 2.30 in the afternoon. They were released into the sea off the northern part of Gaza from where they swam to the safety onboard other boats belonging to fishermen from Gaza. I visited the Palestinian Centre for Human Rights the next day to explain what had happened to me. Their lawyer in Israel is following up and trying to get our boat back from the Israelis."
Before this, Mohammed had been hopeful that Israel's agreement to refrain from restricting the free movement of people in the Gaza Strip would bring real changes for fishermen:
"When we heard about the agreement, we couldn't believe it. We were so happy to hear the news that the sea would be open up to 6 nautical miles. All of the fishermen in Gaza were happy. I was so surprised when we were attacked and our boat was confiscated just a week after the ceasefire was announced. I don't understand why Israel is doing this."
Being unable to fish is causing great economic hardship to Mohammed and his family:
"Losing our boat has been a disaster. The fishing boat is our only source of income. All of us who work on the boat have families to look after, around 150 people altogether. We all have wives and daughters. They depend on us for everything. I must provide for my wife and seven children, but I can't do that without a boat for fishing. My children need food, books, and other supplies for school, which I cannot give them. This makes me feel so sad.
I want to know why this happened to us, even though Israel agreed to a ceasefire. We should have been allowed to go that distance. Even when we are able to fish, we are always under the control and observation of the Israeli forces. All I want is to have my boat back. I just want to live a peaceful life and be able to fish freely."
At sea, the six nautical mile fishing zone imposed in October 2006 was reduced to three nautical miles (often less in practice), preventing Palestinian fishermen from accessing 85% of the 20 nm fishing zone agreed under the Oslo Accords. The severely limited fishing area, combined with a near total ban on exports, has brought Gaza's fishing industry to the brink of collapse. As a result, the number of working fishermen has fallen from 10,000 in 1999 to around 3,200 today, dramatically affecting the livelihoods of 39,000 dependents. The 3,200 fishermen who are still working provide for the livelihood of approximately 19,200 dependents.
Israel's attacks against Palestinian fishermen in the Gaza Strip, who do not pose any threat to the security of the Israeli naval forces, constitute a flagrant violation of international humanitarian and human rights law. The fishing exclusion zone, maintained through arbitrary arrests and attacks, constitutes a measure of collective punishment which is prohibited under Article 33 of the Fourth Geneva Convention. The arrest and subsequent detention of fishermen are carried out arbitrarily, without substantial grounds or reference to any reason for the arrest. This is a violation of Article 9 of the Covenant of Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR).
In confiscating fishing boats, Israel denies fishermen the right to livelihood by removing their means to make a living. The right to not to be arbitrarily deprived of property is protected under Article 17 of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights (UDHR). The right to work, including in just and favourable conditions, is provided for under Article 23 of the UDHR, as well as under Article 6 and 7 of the International Covenant on Economic, Social and Cultural Rights (ICESCR). Article 11 of the ICESCR, moreover, provides for "the right of everyone to an adequate standard of living for himself and his family, including adequate food, clothing and housing, and to the continuous improvement of living conditions."
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Leadership is a quality necessary for anyone who has to accomplish objectives with and through people. No other aspect of organizational life is more discussed--and maligned--than leadership. Some leaders are gifted with a high degree of technical expertise, but are challenged in some aspect of their working relationship with employees on their team. The purpose of executive coaching is to help the executive identify their strengths as a leader as well as their opportunities to become even more effective in their leadership role.
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Size Isn't Everything
Little Italian Kitchen Serves Big-League Food
Fazzini's Italian Kitchen
|(410) 667-6104
|578 Cranbrook Road
Cranbrook Shopping Center
Cockeysville, MD 21030-
More on Fazzini's Italian Kitchen.
On Saturday night my wife and I went down to Little Italy for dinner. The restaurant was jam-packed. It took something like 20 minutes to get our order placed and nearly an hour (and a complaint to the manager) to secure our appetizers. (We weren't alone; an MIA soup order was a running joke at the table on my left and the party on my right left in frustration after a long wait for their entrées.) The food ranged from so-so to superb, but it was hardly a relaxing night out.
On Sunday night my wife and I went up to Cockeysville for dinner. Relative to its size, Fazzini's Italian Kitchen was just as packed as the place we'd been the night before. In the time it took to get our apps in Little Italy, we'd polished off dinner for two and gotten carry-out for the next day's lunch. The food ranged from so-so to superb, and came with considerably less frazzle.
OK, it's all too easy to riff on overcrowded, overrated Little Italy. But this wasn't one of those tired, coasting-on-rep chow farms we visited Saturday night--it was one of the much-praised newer joints that hype homemade pasta and nouvelle cookery. And while the culinary-oasis-in-the-strip-mall-desert is almost a cliché in a budget-conscious column such as this, it bears noting that in our weekend of dining out Italian-style, we'd gotten just as good a meal at Cranbrook Shopping Center as on the east side of President Street, at considerably less cost in terms of both money and stress. Not that tourists are likely to start flocking up York Road, which is probably just fine with the locals, a steady stream of which were filling up Fazzini's dozen tables and coming in for take-out during our visit.
Fazzini's started us off with a basket of spongy homemade Italian bread while we started ourselves off with a couple of glasses of the red Côtes du Rhone we'd brought from home. (The family-run restaurant doesn't sell alcohol but allows, even encourages patrons to bring their own.) The appetizers soon followed. A small Caesar salad ($1.99) was distinguished by freshly grated Parmesan and a refreshingly nonassertive dressing. We also tried the soup of the day, vegetable bisque ($3 as a special), which was so good we ordered a second batch to take home. Texturally, the creamy broth was on the thin side, but it provided a rich, buttery base for spoonfuls of chopped broccoli, mushrooms, tomato, carrots, and red onions.
The entrée menu provided several temptations, including the intimidating "Pound of Pasta"--linguini, fettuccine, or rigatoni with a choice of sauce ($6.99 to $8.95). We also considered the shrimp fra diavalo for reference-point purposes, the fra diavalo of the previous night's excursion having disappointed, but at $12.25--tied for the most expensive item on the regular menu--it was a bit north of the Cheap Eats needle. Instead my wife chose the spinach-potato ravioli ($8.50). The vegetable-and-cheese filling didn't shout out its flavors as much as I'd have liked, but the pasta tasted ultra-fresh and was swimming in an outstanding marinara, with flecks of basil so big you could taste them individually.
I opted for the shrimp-parmiagiana sub ($6.95), which deliciously subverted every paradigm of this normally gloppy, overdone sandwich style. A sub roll baked to perfect crispness was filled with four or five big gulf shrimp, the light breading accenting rather than overwhelming their flavor. The shrimp were topped with just the right amount of mozzarella and slathered with some of that terrific marinara. It's been a long time since I had a parm sub this good. It came with chips and a pickle, but I was too busy with the sandwich to get around to them.
We finished off with a to-go order of chicken giovanni ($10.45), which easily made for two meals later in the week. Three chicken breasts were pounded piccata-thin, sautéed, and served up in a lemony white-wine sauce with provolone and a generous mound of spinach (plus a side of linguini marinara--abbondanza, already!).
Feeling full, we passed on several tempting-sounding (albeit not homemade) desserts, but I was unable to resist taking home a box of "Aunt Fanny's Honey-Nut Bars" ($6), which are homemade, and which are also spectacularly good--flaky dough bases layered with a thick, sweet, gooey, caramel coating and festooned with mixed nuts. They're like Snickers bars on cookies, and they're worth a drive to Cockeysville all by themselves (but call ahead--they're not always in stock).
Then again, Fazzini's home-style cooking provides myriad incentives for that drive up York Road. This is one little Italian restaurant that cuts much of Little Italy to smithereens.


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Since nothing can be done about the botched job the fans did on picking the Eastern Conference all-star team (I know it's a dead horse, but Allen Iverson, really?), here's my picks for the rest of the East squad.
Joe Johnson, Atlanta Hawks: I remember a few years ago, there was a story in Sports Illustrated saying how LeBron James, Carmelo Anthony, Dwyane Wade and Joe Johnson liked to hang out together. The everlasting question was this: How did Joe Johnson finagle his way into that crew? At the time, he was the fourth best player on the Suns. I assumed he either had a really good personality, or a really good drug dealer. Turns out, he's a damn good player who can play with anyone in the league. He's filling up the stat sheet this year (21.7 ppg, 6 apg, 4.5 rpg), and has the Hawks pushing for 50 wins.
Jameer Nelson, Orlando Magic: No doubt, Meer Meer deserves to be here. After years of fans working out trades and pining for free agents to acquire a better point guard, Otis Smith committed to Nelson this past offseason. Nelson has responded by evolving into one of the league's most efficient scorers, the unequivocal floor leader and a prototype prime time player. And he hasn't even been that much of a liability on defense. The nugget is playing like at least a top-10 point guard, maybe even top 5.
Chris Bosh, Toronto Raptors: Maybe he's not technically a center, but I stop watching basketball the day we name either Samuel Dalem-squirt or Emeka Okafor as an all-star because of a technicality. Bosh is the clear choice here. He's almost averaging a double-double (23.1 ppg, 9.8 rpg), and he's being relied on even more heavily with the great Jose Calderon missing so much time due to injury.
Danny Granger, Indiana Pacers: Since the legendary Reggie Miller left the NBA, it gets me a little misty to see an elite scorer in a Pacers uniform again. Granger is big, strong and can shoot, and he can straight take over games. If the Pacers could surround him with some talent not named Troy Murphy or Mike Dunleavy, the Pacers could go somewhere.
Paul Pierce, Boston Celtics: He doesn't have the stats as some others, but that's because he's hit the stage in his career where he only plays when his team needs him. He doesn't seem to care about stats anymore. When it's the fourth quarter, you can't stop him. As long as Pierce and Garnett are healthy, the Celtics are the favorites in the East.
Vince Carter, New Jersey Nets: I've always had a soft spot for Vince. Sure, he screwed over the Raptors and has been known to take numerous games (months) off. Yeah, he's one of the most gifted players to ever touch a ball, yet reeks of untapped potential. But he gave millions of dollars to re-do his old high-school's gym, which is in Daytona Beach. How can you disrespect a man who does that?
Devin Harris, New Jersey Nets: I hate putting two guys from the same team, when that team has lost more games than won. But Harris' improvement since last season has him as the frontrunner for most improved player. It looks like Nets lucked into a franchise player. If the league would allow Kevin Durant to switch conferences for all-star weekend, I'd put him in this spot.
FIVE WHO JUST MISSED: Rashard Lewis, Orlando Magic; Mo Williams, Cleveland Cavaliers; Antawn Jamison, Washington Wizards; Hedo Turkoglu, Orlando Magic; Ray Allen, Boston Celtics


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One word = WOW.Such an amazingly peaceful place. Really does live up to its name. Tranquillity second to none!Highlights:-• The hot tub late at night• Breakfast in the morning overlooking such an amazing view of the lake• The log fire roaring inside whilst the temperature plummeted outside• A gorgeous home cooked meal• The rowing boat across the lakeThanks to Nick and Tazeem for their hospitality.Definitely see you again soon.Mat & Lee
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Local Attractions - Dandenong Ranges
There's so much to do in The Dandenongs,
truly 'An experience above the rest'
Within walking distance of your cottages:
- Gardens of Cloudehill - spectacular gardens, nursery & classy cafe with a view!
- National Rhododendron Gardens - 500 mtrs from Twilight or Candlelight Cottages
- Olinda Village
- Mt Dandenong Village
- Wild Oak Cafe - Mt Dandenong Village
- Three Little Ducks cafe, Mt Dandenong Village
- Copperfields Restaurant, Olinda Village
- Ranges Cafe, Olinda Village
- Olinda Pantry & Store, Olinda Village
- Pie in the Sky, Olinda Village
- Indian by Nature, Mt Dandenong Village
- Fairy Mountain Chinese Restaurant, Mt Dandenong Village
- Idyllism - gaze into your future with tarot readings or a selection of gifts if you prefer
- The Ivy, Olinda Village
- Divine Gifts, Olinda
- Mangana Crafts - our favourite emporium for men and women to shop serendipitously - we do!
- The Lace Shop
- Montage Wares & Crafts, Mt Dandenong - vintage clothing, coffee and food is good
- Mallieu clothing
- Herbicious Delicious
- The Real Thing. Craft and masses of shoppers delights, Olinda village
- Olinda Sweet Company
- Olinda Pharmacy
- Metisse, Olinda - French delights
- Turkish Bazaar, Olinda
- Heaton & May, Olinda - papers & gifts
- Fiveforty@Olinda, Olinda Village - lovely gifts
- Touchstone Craft Gallery
- Olinda Cellars - our lifeline to great wines, and just a stroll away, they supply Candlelight Cottages with wines for you.
- Elle Naturele, Olinda Day Spa
- Mt. Dandenong Antique Centre, Mt Dandenong Village
- Olinda Falls
or take your car:
- Alfred Nicholas Gardens
- Pirianda Gardens
- Karwarra Australian Plant Garden, Kalorama
- Warratina Lavender Farm
- Hancock Daffodils, Menzies Creek
- Tesselaars Tulip Festival (mid Sept - mid Oct annually)
- Puffing Billy Steam Railway, Belgrave
- Burrinja Gallery
- Cameo Cinemas, Belgrave
- Mont De Lancey Farmers Market - 2nd Sat of each month
- Kallista Markets - 1st Sat of each month
- Grass Roots Community Market Upwey3rd Saturday of the month
- Sassafras Wool Store, Sassafras Village
- The Oracle - all things magic, Sassafras Village
- SeeDaWood Nursery, Sassafras Village
- Cafe de Beaumarchais - a touch of Paris in Sassafras Village & one of our favourite haunts!
- Cream of Sassafras - deli & produce, Sassafras Village
- Soak Bath Products, Sassafras Village
- Bluestone Candles, Sassafras Village
- Cachet - clothing & gifts in Sassafras
- Smits & Bits, Sassafras Village
- Sassy Cafe, Sassafras Village
- Simply Sassy - womens accessories, Sassafras
- Bluestone Candles, Sassafras
- Chris Morris Antiques & Henty Cottage, Specialists in Australian cedar, Sassafras
- Tea Leaves - Sassafras - our tea supplier
- Pig & Whistle Tavern, Mt. Dandenong
- SkyHigh Restaurant and Observatory, Mt. Dandenong
- Cuckoo Restaurant, Olinda
- Dalcheri clothing, Sassafras village
- Hobnob jewels - clothing & accessories in Sassafras on the high side.
- Le Petite Amoire & Quirky Best Bits in Sassafras
- Maple Corner - exquisite hand made silver jewellery. Open weekends and by arrangement. 9751 1379
- Seasons Restaurant, Cloudehill Gardens, Olinda
- Miss Marple's Tea Room, Sassafras
- Fortnums Tea Room, Sassafras
- Black Kettle Tea Room, Sassafras
- Geppetos Workshop, Sassafras
- Ripe Australian Produce Cafe, Sassafras
- Woods of Sherbrooke Restaurant, Sherbrooke
stay in your cottage:
- Balance Therapies will come to you for massage, facials and treatments OR you can visit their Day Spa in Mt Dandenong - see our Packages - Pampering for options
- ask about our 'Services', such as a platter from Ripe, a cake, flowers, champagne, Dine in by the Fire dinner package or a BBQ pack
- St. Cuthberts Wedding Chapel, Menzies Creek
- Nathania Springs Receptions, Monbulk
- Lyrebird Lodge Receptions, Kallista
- Sherbrooke Lodge Receptions, Sherbrooke
- Cuckoo Restaurant, Olinda
- Tatra Hut Receptions, Mt Dandenong
- Skyhigh Receptions, Mt Dandenong
Local Dandenong Ranges Tourism office:
Phone: 03 9758 7522
Yarra Valley
so much to see and do and only 35 minutes away
- Bella Vedere 5962 6161 Wed-Sunday . A MUST DO.
- Chateau Yering Historic House Hotel - Sweetwater Cafe & Eleanor's Restaurant
- De Bortoli Winery & Restaurant
- Healesville Hotel
- Healesville Harvest Cafe
- Rochford's Eyton
- Yarra Valley Dairy
- Elmswood Estate Winery, picnic or BBQ. Wedding facilities
- Yering Station, Yarra Glen
- Tarrawarra Museum & Restaurant - fabulous Art Gallery with ever changing exhibitions
- Yarra Valley Winery Tours
- Eco Adventure Tours
- Global Ballooning - our preferred ballooning specialist
- Healesville Sanctuary - see their newest exhibition - the Playpus Enclosure. Food here is by Healesville Hotel, so is beautiful. Great for couples or families!
- Gulf Station, Yarra Glen
- Yarra Glen Racing Club
- RACV Club, Healesville 5962 4899
- Yering Station Yarra Valley Farmers Market - 3rd Sunday of each month
- Yarra Glen Racecourse Craft Market - 1st Sunday of month (excl Jul-Aug)
7-9 Monash Avenue, Olinda 3788, Victoria, Australia Ph: 03 9751 2464 Fax: 03 9751 0552
(some photos in this website are courtesy of Jeff Osman, Carpe Dieum Films; JAI Photography; Virtual Tours by Mawby Creative)


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Human Rights Committee
Posted 1st April 2011
The Committee seeks:
'To see upheld human rights and the rule of law both domestically and internationally, particularly in relation to lawyers, their professional activities and the upholding of human rights standards'.
See below the profiles of the Human Rights Committee members.
Courtenay Barklem
Marjon Esfandiary
Malcom Fowler
Patrick Larkin
Dr Amrita Mukherjee
Roger Sahota
Rachel Cooper
Staff Members
Sarah Smith: Human Rights and Rule of Law Policy Adviser


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August 9, 2012
Wichita's Conner Frankamp has been selected to play in the Under Armour Elite 24 event in Venice Beach, CA later this month. The game features 24 of the nation's top high school basketball players.
Players are selected based on their performance during AAU tournaments and national summer camps.
Frankamp. a North High senior, is ranked 36th in the ESPN top 100. He helped lead the USA U-17 team to a gold medal during the World Championships.
The Under Armour game will be televised live on ESPNU at 6 p.m. CT Aug. 25, with the dunk contest on ESPNU at 6 p.m. Aug. 24.
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Rowdy Joe's Northshore Eatery is located just minutes from Cane Bay and is open from noon to midnight, seven days a week . Award winning chef, Scott Bryan, cooks up "good mood food" using fresh local ingredients from St.Croix's many farms and local fisherman. At Rowdy Joe's you can also access wireless internet with an espresso on our open air deck or come inside to watch your favorite sports with one of Dennis's local fruit margaritas. Don't leave without having some of Chef Scott's homemade ice cream, like the French vanilla praline or espresso white chocolate chip.
Other tasty items you'll find at Rowdy Joe's...
- Daily homemade soup
- Pressed sandwiches (like Cubanos)
- Fresh salads
(like Thai beef salad with fermented black bean vinaigrette)
- Asian BBQ ribs
- Homemade pasta
- Nightly fresh fish dishes
- Fish tacos
- Espresso & Cappuccino
- Homemade ice cream
- Local fruit margaritas
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text: "Can You Hear Me Now?": How to Get Your Message Across in Every Situation Author(s): David W. Glenn, MASCP, MLS(ASCP)CM Description: Intended Audience: Pathologist, Residents, Clinical Scientists, Laboratory Technologist/Scientist (Includes all sub-specialty areas)Students, Pathologist Assistants, Laboratory Directors and Educators Upon completion of this program, you will be able to: Define their primary communication style(s). Adapt their style to best communicate with others. Improve listening skills.


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The first meet up of 2012 was in my opinion one of the better meetups we have had.
There was not the usual presentation about Web Standards but instead a conversation around the important things we in the industry need to consider over the next 12 months, and how each of us were looking to tackle the challenges ahead.
It was great to see the regular faces of Bianca, Prue, and Kishan, and just as good to see a few fresh faces of Neil, Hedley, Jon, Steve, Jami and Alex.
Great group, different people with a wide range of backgrounds and careers but with a passion for the web in common.
^ Thanks Hedley!
The Topics
Without a presentation on the cards we talked about a LOT of different things. Let's see if I can organise them into a few headings.
Smart phone / Tablet Apps
There was a lot of talk about the different kinds of apps that are available and how locally there isn't much of a demand to get these apps developed for the local community. There's a strong feeling that it's better to spend the money on developing a better website to cater for all customers than spend the additional money to develop an app. The words Responsive Design were mentioned often.
Some of the helpful areas we identified included
HTML to app – Things like
QR Codes
Kishan talked us through a conference that he recently presented. At the beginning of his talk he handed out a tonne of QR codes that he creatd via http://www.paperlinks.com. If people were curious and scanned it they then had his entire presentation in the palm of their hand that they could then follow, and he was able to track exactly when and where each of the codes were scanned.
Awesome stuff Kishan!
While talking on this subject Steve Pegg also had a great idea for a print style sheet. If you include a QR code on the print style sheet then someone would be able to scan it and go straight back the the originating webiste. VERY clever stuff Peggy!
Tafe University Courses
Neil is a lecturer and the Charles Darwin University. I bumped into him during the 2011 Web Directions conference in Sydney and told him about our monthly meetups which has turned out to be a perfect way to find out what the industry is looking for in students coming out of Tafe courses.
We talked a lot about how you can fit a full understanding of the basics of web sites into a 40-50 hour course with 40-50 hours home work…… and came up with the conclusion that it's simple not enough time.
There's more to talk about before anything will change, but everyone agreed that it was more important for students to arrive to the workplace with basic skills but a more fundamental knowledge and understanding of how a website works.
What's on in 2012
That's the million dollar question. What are we doing in 2012….
There was some similarity about what people were interested in. These are probably going to be the topics over the next few meetups….
- Responsive Design
- CSS3 and practical application of the features in todays world
- Social Media – breaking down the hype into business benefits
- Usability of websites and testing techniques
- Learn to build a site from scratch – getting away from the off the shelf templates
- Location location location – using geo tagging and near field communication to improve websites and online experiences
- HTML5 and the practical application of the features in todays world
- Case studies for business benefits, not technology focus
Thanks again for everyone that came along and made the first meetup awesome. Hope to see you back again next month!


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4 Bedrooms, 4 bathrooms, sleeps 8+1. WiFi INTERNET, HEATABLE pool
Located at the end of a cul de sac, Villa Barros is very private and secluded, especially the pool, terrace and garden areas, which has a very pleasant outlook over a green belt wooded area. Only a few minutes walk to restaurants ( one of the best fish restaurants in the area is just at the end of the road ! ) and a supermarket, and just a few minutes drive to several Blue Flag beaches and golf course.The villa is totally enclosed by walls and a gate. There is a mosaic tiled swimming pool (9m x 4m) surrounded by terraces with a BBQ.
Accommodation: : Ground Floor - Lounge/Dining room with digital Satellite TV, DVD, and mini music centre. Fully fitted kitchen with microwave, washing machine and dishwasher. Double bedroom with en-suite bathroom, twin bedroom with en-suite bathroom, Twin bedroom, bathroom . All bedrooms are fully air conditioned.
First Floor : Master bedroom with balcony overlooking pool area, en suite shower room
There is an alarm system
SERVICE: Our property management office is only 1km from the villa. They offer friendly advice, help and assistance to all our guests including a welcome visit to introduce you to the villa and surrounding area. They also sell tickets to waterparks, zoomarine, golf, boat trips and excursions at discount prices. There is also an emergency telephone Nº provided. All guests receive a welcome food pack with our compliments.
ACTIVITIES: *Zoomarine Park (sea life): 10min drive *Two Waterslide Parks: 10min & 20 min drive *Horse riding over the sand dunes: 5min drive *Water sports & jet ski on Galé Beach *Big game & Reef fishing from Albufeira marina just 5min drive *Krazy World (zoo & mini golf): 20min drive *River trips, Jeep Safaris, Sea day trips with barbecue on a secluded beach. *Excursions to local markets and other places of interest in the Algarve, to Seville and Lisbon. You can buy tickets to most of the above plus much more with a 10% discount from our local Management Office.
GOLF: The beautiful Golf course Salgados is just 5 minutes drive away.
- Suitability:
- children welcome
- non smoking only
- pets not allowed
- suitable for elderly or infirm
Guestbook comments from the manager
Hi Florence. Trust you are well.
We had another fabulous holiday in the Algarve so a big thank you to you and the rest of the team for making our stay so enjoyable. Villa Barros was great yet again (our third time at that Villa), comfortable, relaxing and in such a good location for the things we wanted to do. I would be happy to provide a personal recommendation to any of your current/future clients.
We very much hope to be back next year, so hopefully I will be in touch again in the near future to sort out a booking.
Thanks once again.
Kind regards & best wishes


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John Kendall Wilson holds a BA in Speech and Drama from LaGrange College and an MFA in Playwriting from the University of Georgia. John is a resident dramaturg for the Cornish Theatre Department and currently teaches Theater History, The History and Theory of Performance Art, co-instructs with David Taft in Auto Cours: an introductory course in generative ensemble performance, and does frequent tutorials in dramaturgy, playwriting, and performance analysis. He received the Seafirst Faculty Excellence Award in 1989, and the Cornish College of the Arts Teaching Excellence Award in 2000, 2002, and 2010. He is a co-founder of The Dramaturgy Center (thedramaturgycenter.com) and the artistic director of the Invisible Stray Dog Theatre.


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PORT CHARLOTTE, Fla.- Charlotte County Sheriff's deputies arrested a Port Charlotte man last Friday after he hit a Charlotte County Fire Lieutenant in the helmet while trying to put out a fire behind the man's home. Gregory Sean Turner, 44, of 3119 Pine Tree Street was charged with Aggravated Battery on a Firefighter with a Deadly Weapon (Shovel), and Preventing or Obstructing Extinguishment of a Fire. This is his fifth booking and he remains in jail on $27,500 bond.
CCFD responded to a fire call in the backyard of Turner's home and as the Lieutenant walked around the house, Turner came out, began yelling profanities, and telling him to get off his property. The fire was about 6 to 8 feet in diameter and springs to a mattress, blinds, a ceiling fan and other home appliances on fire. Turner was advised of the illegal burn and a fire hose was brought around to extinguish the fire.
The Lieutenant went back to get a smaller hose to extinguish the fire and when he returned he saw Turner adding more items to the fire. Turner grabbed a shovel and raised it over his head and began walking toward the firefighter in an aggressive manner. The Lieutenant, fearing he was going to be struck with the shovel, sprayed Turner with the hose and Turner fell to the ground. Turner got up, began swinging his arms and hit the Lieutenant in the helmet with the shovel. CCSO deputies were called and when they arrived, saw Turner waving his arms, yelling, and walking in an aggressive manner. A deputy deployed a Taser and then handcuffed him. Turner uttered that he started the fire and it was his.


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FORT WAYNE – How the Mad Ants and Santa Cruz match up in the best-of-three series:
Records: Fort Wayne 27-23; Santa Cruz 32-18
Offensive average: Fort Wayne 104.1; Santa Cruz 98.8
Defensive average: Fort Wayne 101.5, Santa Cruz 96.8
Rebounds per game: Fort Wayne 48.5; Santa Cruz 48.2
Field goal percentage: Fort Wayne .434, Santa Cruz .442
Defensive field goal percentage: Fort Wayne .440; Santa Cruz .408
Leading scorer: Fort Wayne, Tony Mitchell (21.1); Santa Cruz, Travis Leslie (15.4)
Leading rebounder: Fort Wayne, Mitchell, Brandon Wallace (6.4); Santa Cruz, Jeremy Tyler (8.8)
Leading assists: Fort Wayne, Ron Howard (4.7); Santa Cruz, Stefhon Hannah (5.1)
Starting frontcourt
Fort Wayne: From sideline to sideline, Brandon Wallace, Anthony Richardson and Tommy Smith could be the longest threesome in the playoffs, which plays a factor in defense and rebounding. They combine to average nearly 29 points per game.
Santa Cruz: Hilton Armstrong is a 6-foot-11 center with 277 games of NBA experience. He averages 13.4 points, 6.8 rebounds and 2.2 blocks and shoots 63 percent from the floor. Both he and Taylor Griffin get to the free-throw line. Griffin, brother of Clippers star Blake, averages 10.7 points and 6.5 rebounds.
Advantage: Mad Ants
Starting backcourt
Fort Wayne: Tony Mitchell has been on an absolute tear. Since a 47-point game in a win over Austin, the 6-foot-6 rookie from Alabama has averaged 34.4 points over his last seven games, including 49 at Sioux Falls.
Santa Cruz: Travis Leslie, Stefhon Hannah and former Mad Ant Cam Jones all have the ability to beat a defender off the bounce. All three can score 25 points or more on a given night.
Advantage: Santa Cruz
Fort Wayne: Not much scoring but plenty of savvy veterans. Guard Ron Howard returns from an injury and will help the bench depth. Sadiel Rojas brings energy and helps off the boards. Forwards Chris Porter and Terrance Thomas are rebounders and defenders, and guard Demetri McCamey has three-point capabilities.
Santa Cruz: Former Mad Ants swingman Darrington Hobson had a triple-double the last game against Bakersfield. Jeremy Tyler and Mickell Gladness give the Warriors front-court depth. Tyler averages 17.4 points, and Gladness is among the league's top shot-blockers. Guard Scott Machado is expected to return from the NBA.
Advantage: Santa Cruz
Fort Wayne: Duane Ticknor has missed the playoffs just once in his minor league coaching career. Despite losing high-profile players off this year's team (JaJuan Johnson, Luke Harangody, Walker Russell Jr.), he molded the Ants into the best team in franchise history in his first season in Fort Wayne.
Santa Cruz: This is Nate Bjorkgren's second season as a head coach. Last season he led the Dakota Wizards to a 29-21 record and the East Division title. The Warriors' 32-18 record is third-best in the D-League. Before becoming a head coach, he was an assistant at Iowa for four seasons.
Advantage: Mad Ants
Fort Wayne: The Ants are arguably the hottest team in the D-League, having won 11 of their last 15 games to secure a playoff berth. In Mitchell, they also have the hottest player. Fort Wayne owns two victories over Santa Cruz this season.
Santa Cruz: Not only do the Warriors have the third-best schedule in the D-League, but they play in the competitive West Division with Bakersfield, which had the best record. Santa Cruz has eight players on its roster with NBA experience.
Advantage: Mad Ants
Prediction: Mad Ants in three


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September 2012
by Brittni Rubin, Assistant Editor
A few years later, a small private college in Maryland was hiring an assistant director of public relations, and it was in that position that Farbstein put her communications degree to work. Over time, she raised the school's profile, produced admissions brochures and fundraising literature, helped start the college on the path of desktop publishing to websites and even earned a master's degree.
Eleven years later, however, Farbstein was looking for something fresh. She took a spokesperson job for the Arlington, Va. public school system. This position gave her immersed news/media experience in Washington, D.C. and just the right skills needed to grab the attention of her next and second longest employer, the Washington Metropolitan Area Transit Authority (WMATA).
Farbstein was first hired as a spokesperson and then served as the director of media relations and public relations, overseeing 13 people with a $2 million budget.
While at WMATA, Farbstein launched a social media platform and developed the agency's first emergency communications response plan for major crises. She covered everything from fatal train collisions to board turmoil.
"Typically the crises there would be operational, so I saw a strong need for having an emergency response plan compliant with the Department of Homeland Security response methodology from the communications side to work with folks internally and externally," says Farbstein.
After 10 years at WMATA, Farbstein left to pursue her present position at the Transportation Security Administration (TSA): public affairs manager in the strategic communications/public affairs department.
Farbstein is the lead TSA spokesperson for the New York and New Jersey region. Because she's based in Washington, D.C., she's occasionally involved in projects for TSA's headquarters as well. TSA has 10 spokespeople across the country. They each take turns being "on call" for four weeks of the year and must answer to nation-wide issues and emergencies.
"At WMATA, it would always be something odd, trivial or unusual because of the number of passengers being transferred daily," says Farbstein. "Here, you see things on a national scale — because it's the federal government, the stakes are higher."
Currently, Farbstein is working closely with risk-based security. She helps promote risk-based initiatives, makes updates and improvements to current regulations, and rolls out initiatives in other states. From her experience at WMATA, she has become a bit of a crisis expert.
"It's satisfying to know what good work is being done by TSA to keep people safe while using various transportation systems," says Farbstein. "We help ensure people's freedom of movement."
She also writes about the events, issues and occurrences that happen throughout the transportation systems — airport, rail and mass transit in general — to notify the media, passengers and TSA's internal team.
She says the most challenging part of her job is breaking into the media news cycle. If something unusual happens in transit, the media is quick to report on it; however, it frequently takes TSA time to investigate.
Once TSA resolves a problem, Farbstein must break into that rapid news cycle to provide a complete side of the story. She accomplishes this by posting Twitter updates or longer blurbs on the TSA blog.
"I enjoy working with the media," says Farbstein. "Maybe that's because of my initial background in reporting, but I understand what they're looking for and why."
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Canadian gives voice to New York's lost souls
Sat Dec 31 2011
Byline: Randy Boswell
Source: Postmedia News
A Canadian artist has become the unlikely keeper of the history of Hart Island, site of New York City's main "potter's field" cemetery for the destitute, the unknown and the otherwise forgotten.
Calgary-born Melinda Hunt, backed with occasional grants over the years from the Canada Council, has produced a unique series of portraits depicting many of the city's lost souls - anonymous men and women whose lives were rediscovered and celebrated through her art.
Her 20 years of devotion to the project have also produced a book, a film, an online gallery and various other works illuminating the little-known story of Hart Island.
And through her creation of an archival database of the island's burial information - laboriously updated as new records are unearthed and added, most extracted from municipal files via legal fights and access-to-information campaigns - Hunt has rescued the identities and stories of thousands of New York's dead.
Even so, hundreds of thousands of deaths - and the lives that went before - remain undocumented. More than 850,000 people have been "invisibly buried" in the unmarked pauper's graves of Hart Island since the 1860s.
Meanwhile, the expatriate Canadian has battled New York bureaucrats to gain greater access to interment data and - since Hart Island was closed to most visitors in the mid-1990s - to the 40-hectare graveyard itself, all part of her mission to bring light to perhaps the darkest, most haunting corner of the great American metropolis.
"AIDS has been a big part of my development as an artist," Hunt, 53, said in an interview. "That's how I sort of became sensitive to Hart Island."
Having left Canada to pursue an art career in the U.S., Hunt took a teaching post in the early 1980s at the State University of New York following stops in Oregon and Texas. Skilled in sculpture, sketch artistry and mixedmedia creations, Hunt was drawn to the story of Hart Island while working on a 1991 installation that blended the themes of homelessness, poverty and AIDS.
"In the early '80s there wasn't very much discussion at a national level about curbing the epidemic, and that's how it got out of control," she told Postmedia News, noting that many of the "unclaimed" people buried on Hart Island in the 1980s died of the disease. "People didn't come and claim their family member who died of AIDS in New York City, because it wasn't discussed and people were also afraid of the epidemic."
Between 1991 and 1994, Hunt visited Hart Island frequently with collaborator Joel Sternfeld to recapture images of the place visited a century earlier by photographer and social activist Jacob Riis.
Riis's stark images of the mass burials at the 1.5-kilometre-long island, situated in Long Island Sound, were intended to give America its "first exposure to urban poverty," said Hunt, adding that her project is meant to rekindle awareness of such deep divides within society - even within families.
"Hart Island is a place outside the vision and minds of most New Yorkers, even those who have family buried there," Hunt wrote in her 1998 book about the place. "It represents the ultimate melting pot, a place where individual lives are blended beyond recognition."
The book, Hunt said, prompted interest from people who suspected they had sons, daughters or other family members buried on the island.
"I started getting contacts from people around the world for help finding their relatives," she recalled.
Her exposure to the life stories and personalities of those interred at Hart Island led to the portrait series - poignant, spare sketches of the dead giving a glimpse of who they were while living.
A number of those works are on display this month and next at Hunt's Shades of New York exhibition at the Center for Digital Arts in suburban Westchester County, where the artist lives after 22 years spent downtown.
Looking back across the generations of Hart Island burials, Hunt says the cemetery is filled largely by four groups: "Infants, immigrants, victims of crime and victims of epidemics" - from the Spanish Flu near the start of the 20th century to the AIDS tragedy near its end.
More than 1,000 bodies - each one placed in a simple wooden box - are ferried to the island every year for stacked burials in long trenches. Inmates from nearby Rikers Island prison are paid a nominal wage to perform the gravediggers' work.
The immigrant artist has also become an advocate for families seeking solace by reconnecting - in tangible and intangible ways - with lost loved ones. In October, Hunt pleaded with New York City officials at a municipal hearing to allow relatives greater access to visit specific burial sites on the island, a simple act of commemoration and reconciliation that she has described as having "ancient roots" and filling "ancient needs."


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The Gamble: the first West Coast swing
this Sunday Feb. 22 at 4 pm.
Then, in the following days:
San Francisco, Monday, Feb. 23:
12:30 Stacey's bookstore
6 pm: Commonwealth Club of California
San Francisco, Tues. Feb. 24:
8:00 am: Marines' Memorial Club
Corte Madera, California, Tues. Feb. 24
7 pm: Book Passage (one of my favorite bookstores anywhere-where else might you see Isabel Allende working at the coffee bar?)
Riverside, Calif., Wed., Feb. 25
5:30-World Affairs Council of Southern California
Los Angeles, Calif., Thurs. Feb. 26:
6:30-World Affairs Council of Los Angeles
Pentagon City, Va., Sat. Feb. 28
12 noon--Costco


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A student pilot, attempting a soft-field take-off, applied full power, but the "airplane did not respond as earlier in [the] day" and it "did not climb as expected." The airplane pitched up and veered off the left side of the runway. He said he was "too low to push [the] nose down to increase airspeed." The airplane's left wing dropped and struck the ground. The airplane spun around to the left, the nose and right wing struck the ground and the airplane came to a stop on a heading of approximately 070 degrees. The airplane sustained substantial damage to both wings, and the engine and right wing strut were separated from the fuselage.
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Senior Homesharing a Win-Win
Decades after saying goodbye to college roommates, some older adults are finding their way back to the idea of shared housing. Whether motivated by economics or one of the many other benefits of homesharing, participating seniors with a spare bedroom provide a place to live in exchange for rent, companionship, or household services. Though not ideal for everyone, homesharing has proven an excellent solution for a growing number of aging adults who want to maintain their independence and stay in their homes as long as possible.
Homeshare allows seniors to "age in place"
Though homesharing is not limited to a particular age group, the arrangement provides some important benefits for senior home providers.
For someone living on a fixed income, even a small rental income can mean the difference between money troubles and financial security. And since cash-strapped seniors often are the target of home equity scam artists, some additional income could be the best protection against a predator.
Seniors who share their homes also have the option of structuring the arrangement to include some provision of services in lieu of rent. For example, a senior who no longer can drive might offer reduced rent in exchange for rides to medical appointments and other errands. In another case, the homeowner might ask the renter to do the grocery shopping, laundry, or yard work. Every arrangement will be different because every individual has different needs.
Depending on his or her needs, a senior home provider can request straight rent, all services, or a combination of rent and services.
Homesharing provides some important benefits for senior home providers.
Of course, for some seniors--and their adult children--the greatest benefit of homesharing is companionship and peace of mind.
Lynne Hartnett was looking for just that when she contacted Eva Gertzfeld, a program director for the Center of Concern, a Park Ridge, Ill., multiservice nonprofit that offers a homeshare program.
She and her siblings wanted their mother to have a roommate--a companion who also could be the family's eyes and ears--even though they knew she was capable of living alone.
Their mother's new "roomie," a 50-something woman, has her own bedroom and bathroom in Barbara Terry's Des Plaines, Ill., condominium. Her work and weekend schedule meet Terry's desire for privacy and independence, while still allowing opportunities for the two to share a cup of coffee or go out and try a new restaurant now and then. And since Terry's eyesight no longer allows her to drive, her "homesharer" pitches in to take her to the hair salon, grocery store, and other places.
"It has just worked out so well for all of us," Hartnett says of the arrangement.
Nonprofits play matchmaker
Gertzfeld's homeshare program is one of more than a hundred in the U.S. that bring together home providers and home seekers through what is called a "match-up" service. Usually administered by a nonprofit organization, some of these programs are open to all age groups while others require that at least one of the participants qualify as a senior--62 years and older.
A senior home provider can request straight rent, all services, or a combination of rent and services.
Much more than traditional roommate referral services, match-up program coordinators get to know the home provider and the home seeker individually so they can tailor every match to meet the needs of both participants. As part of the process, coordinators typically meet with the applicants, visit the home, check references, introduce prospective roommates, negotiate the written homeshare agreement, and mediate if a problem arises.
How often are mediation services needed? According to Jacqueline Grossmann, whose Interfaith Housing Center makes about 40 homeshare matches per year in the northern Chicago suburbs, very seldom. "Home sharing coordinators usually do so much work on the front end that mediation later is rarely required."
Hartnett attests to the thoroughness of the process. She recalls that in the process of arranging her mother's match, Gertzfeld did research on both her mother and the future homesharer. There also were a number of meetings, including ones with Hartnett and her sister; with Hartnett and her mother; and with Hartnett, her mother, and the prospective match.
"Eva asked a lot of thought-provoking questions," says Hartnett. "She really got things straight from the beginning." Terry and her roommate have been successfully sharing a home since September 2006.
If, despite everyone's best effort, the match does not prove to be made in heaven, either participant can withdraw by giving each other 30 days notice.
Match-up program coordinators tailor each match to meet the needs of both participants.
"To ensure as much as possible that the match be mutually successful, coordinators fill out, with the input of both the home seeker and the home provider, a homesharing agreement which both parties sign when the match begins," says Grossmann. "The agreement lists the house rules, the amount of rent, services such as grocery shopping which will be provided in exchange for a lower rent, and when the rent is due each month. The agreement is a way for both parties to have a clear idea of expectations at the onset of the match, avoiding miscommunication later," says Grossmann.
Flexibility, communication keys to good match
While homesharing can provide great rewards, the arrangement is not without its challenges. Though the person moving into the home will have a private bedroom, the home provider and the roommate may have to share a bathroom, and they certainly will share use of communal areas such as the kitchen, living room, and laundry." It is important that both persons in a match be able to communicate, problem solve, and deal with living in close proximity to each other," advises Grossmann.
"It's small things that can be a problem," observes Gertzfeld. Leaving a coat on a chair or a cup in the sink, she explains, may just be someone's pet peeve.
To avoid issues over minor transgressions, Gertzfeld and other coordinators listen intently to what their home providers and seekers are saying and encourage everyone to have realistic expectations.
A strong determination to age in place makes adjusting to a roommate's habits a little easier.
"I try to inform seekers that, as much as I try to make this a 50-50 agreement, you are going to be on someone else's turf ... you have to realize you are in someone else's house," says Gertzfeld. Likewise, she encourages home providers to focus on the fact that their most important need--rental income, companionship, or help around the house, for instance--is being met, rather than on a minor offense such as the pillows being out of place on the sofa.
Grossmann, too, sees the need for both sides to be flexible. She also notes that a strong determination to age in place makes adjusting to a roommate's habits a little easier.
Some homeshare programs recommend setting up a short trial period, of perhaps a week, during which participants live together and determine if they're compatible. That flexibility is part of the beauty of homesharing.
When asked if she would recommend homesharing to other seniors, Terry, the home provider whose daughters initiated the arrangement, gives an enthusiastic "yes" and calls the experience so far "delightful"--a word you might not hear many college students use to describe their roommates.
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"Glee" recap (4.07): Blam! Slaine!
After class, Blaine admits to Finn that he sang a song with the Warblers, and Finn takes it harder than he took the news that Rachel is over him. Blaine legit stomps his foot and crosses his arms over his chest and says everything at this school remind him of Kurt, including the fact that he transferred here only for Kurt, and probably he should be getting back to his birthright now. Finn says Blaine is the gel that holds New Directions together, and ugh, just when I thought I'd reached my absolute limit with him, he goes and puns and I hate him more.
Kitty and Marley try to shake down the details of their solo, but Marley's main deal is that she doesn't want to wear a spandex suit around town due to her body image issues. Kitty goes, "Are you still puking on the regular? Because if so, the good news is that we can be best friends." Indeed, Marley is still vomiting every time she eats. They link their arms together and smile into each other's faces and act like Glee is a show that can actually be trusted to deal with body image issues.
In the locker room, Sam is wearing his jockstrap on his head and doing an uncanny Bane impersonation. He goes, "When Gotham is in ashes, you have my permission to die! Let the games begin!" Sam is my favorite. I wish he wasn't getting married to Brittany or whatever weird thing Ryan Murphy's been whooping and hollering about on Twitter. Jake tries to confess to Ryder via love letter that being mixed race makes it hard for him to feel like he fits in anywhere, but Ryder cannot read Jake's letter because Ryder cannot read, full stop.
In the bathroom, Marley and Kitty are trying to be Rachel and Quinn, but with like six percent of the sexual tension and natural charisma. Marley's costume is The Wallflower, but kind of like Wonder Woman, and Kitty's costume is Catwoman, because that is the perfect choice for her. They sing Bonnie Tyler's "Holding Out for a Hero," and the whole time, Kitty is, like, zooming around the walls and running on the ceiling and cracking her whip. The song is great. They sound great together. That whip is hilarious. I wish Kitty wasn't the worst person to ever be born.
Finn finds out via Jake that Ryder can't read, so he shuffles him over to the special education coordinator to take some tests. It's weird because the actual on-screen testing lasts for like half an hour. We're just watching and watching and watching Ryder get angrier and angrier and angrier that he can't read. Anyway, he finds out he's dyslexic and the show goes "DYSLEXIA!" like it's so proud of itself, like it's the first time we've ever heard the word "DYSLEXIA!" Like Sam didn't tell us in the very first episode of season two that he's dyslexic. Hey, Glee writers, here's an affliction for you to look up: "AMNESIA!"
In the cafeteria, Jake gets his groove on with Mrs. Marley. He really is an adorable little thing, isn't he? Mrs. Marley thinks so too; she tells him The Wallflower talks about him constantly, in between sewing her own clothes out of burlap sacks and ralphing up her dinner. A couple of jocks start shouting fat stuff at Mrs. Marley and Jake decides to beat the hell out of all of them, only they outnumber him like 30 to one. Well, luckily Ryder shows up in the nick of time and explains that messing with one of them means messing with both of them because that's how boyfriends work.
Jake calls Puck (PUCK! HI, PUCK!) for some brotherly advice. Puck is just hanging out on Hollywood Blvd. dressed as The Puckerman, soliciting money from tourists for photos and/or sex. He explains that Jake has a special Puckerman pheromone that makes good girls go bad if you give it enough time. His advice is: "Don't be a dick, don't give up." Which: Of all the lessons this show has tried to throw at us, that succinct one right there has got to be my favorite.
Blaine is cleaning out his locker when Sam stops by to talk some sense into him. For reasons that make absolutely no sense, Blaine flashes back to the afternoon he poked Eli C. on Facebook and the in real life, and you think they're going to give us some kind of new information, but really the only thing we learn is that Eli C. doesn't look like his profile picture. Probably because Klaine fandom punched his head into a whole new shape. Blaine says that the real irony of the cheating is that he knew he and Kurt were meant to be together forever as soon as it was over. Sam drops some wisdom into Blaine Warbler's lap: Doing bad stuff doesn't make you a bad person, and at some point, you've got to stop clinging to your guilt like a life raft. They sing David Bowie's "Heroes" while New Directions cleans up graffiti and has a food drive for Thanksgiving.
Sam and Blaine don their superhero costumes and break into Dalton to steal their Nationals trophy, and also, because Blaine is Blaine, he returns the blazer with a kindly note about, "No, thank you. :)" The Warblers realize the trophy is missing and run to the balcony just in time to see Nightbird and The Impersonator running across a grassy field. These scene transitions have been hilarious tonight. I love the '60s Batman callbacks. But this one is the best. As they're running, we get some pop-art that says: "BLAM!" "SLAINE!" It made me laugh out loud for real.
At school, Ryder tells Marley he has to study and can't go on a date with her and she's like, "Aww, too bad" and Kitty overhears and so does Jake and ZZZZzzzzzz.
Whoops. Dozed off for a second. Must be all that turkey I had for lunch. Or the fact that this love triangle is a snoozefest.
Glee club gives Finn a "utility belt disguised as a fanny pack" because he is their hero. BRB, barfing with Marley. They get all dolled up in red shirts like the pilot episode and sing a little "Some Nights" by Fun. And it is Fun. And Blaine is here to stay. And so is this goddamn love triangle, I guess.
Next week: Santana and Quinn(!) bitch slap each other. I can hardly wait!


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Irish McCalla was born on December 25th, 1928 in Pawnee City, Nebraska with the birth name Nellie Elizabeth McCalla. She was one of eight children born to Lloyd and Nettie Geiger McCalla. Her father worked as a butcher. The family moved around the country often, finally settling in Des Moines. Iowa in 1939 where her father found work for Condon Bros. meat dealers.
Nellie went to Washington Irving Junior High School and then her family moved again to Marshalltown, Iowa in 1941 followed by another move yet again to Omaha, Nebraska in 1942. They then returned back to where she was born where she finished up her High School education.
When she was seventeen years old she chose to move out west to California and joined some of her siblings there. She found part time employment as a waitress and worked in an aircraft factory. Without having a movie contract, she began with a career as a model. She had a physical beauty so captivating, that a modeling new magazine called, "Eve" was launched because of her.
By 1952 she was already establishing herself as a pinup model. She appeared along with other models in the film, "River Goddesses" (1952). When she was on the beach in Malibu, California she was discovered for the role of, "Sheena". This was followed with an offer to play the character on a total of 26 episodes from 1955-1956 for the series titled, "Sheena, Queen of the Jungle". She did many of her own stunts and became very well known for this role. With her background growing up as a tom boy, she fit this character role like a glove. She was also a pinup model for the artist, Alberto Vargas.
As her small screen career began to fade, she decided to pursue another interest of hers as an artist. She moved from Malibu to Prescott, Arizona in 1982 retiring from acting. Nellie McCalla passed away on February 1st, 2002 in Tucson, Arizona after suffering from a brain tumor and stroke complications. She married twice during her lifetime, first to Patrick H. McIntyre in 1951 and the couple had two children before they divorced in 1957. Irish then married Patrick Horgan in 1958, but again this marriage ended in divorce in 1963. She is survived by two sons, Kim and Sean McIntyre, three sisters and two granddaughters.
Along with a career as an actress, McCalla was very involved in art. She was president of McCalla Enterprises, Inc, as well as a member of Woman Artist of the American West. She has painted more then 1,000 paintings along with eight collector plates and a variety of limited edition lithographs. She was honored with a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame.
1963 Have Gun - Will Travel
1962 Hands of a Stranger
1960 Five Bold Women
1959 Five Gates to Hell
1959 The Beat Generation
1958 She Demons
1959 Disneyland '59
1955-1956 Sheena, Queen of the Jungle
1957 The Steve Allen Plymouth Show
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The Feed-in Tariff is better than is commonly understood
The Feed-in Tariff (FiT) has proven to be the most successful policy for climate protection and sustainable development. As the cornerstone of overwhelming renewable energy development worldwide, it has resulted in significant greenhouse gas emission reductions, green jobs, revenues for governments and citizens and cost-competitive alternatives to harmful fossil fuels. Despite all that, the FiT is currently under attack. This is especially so in frontrunner country Germany, where the government has approved the phase out of the FiT through recent reform. But the Feed-in Tariff is a better policy than is commonly understood. [Read more →]
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Les TAGER en Afrique
L'Afrique fait face à une crise énergétique : la capacité de production actuelle n'arrive pas à satisfaire la demande croissante en électricité. L'électricité qui est nécessaire pour alimenter et faire croître l'économie, favoriser le développement local et s'attaquer au problème de la pauvreté urbaine et rurale n'existe tout simplement pas. En outre, les sources traditionnelles ne sont plus fiables, elles sont devenues inabordables d'un point de vue prix ou de plus en plus rédhibitoires.
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German Renewable Energy Act Reform is not a "Feed-in Tariff 2.0"
Yesterday, the German cabinet approved the Renewable Energy Act Reform. The reform, referred to by some as the Feed-in Tariff 2.0 (FiT 2.0), was necessary: In the past few years, Feed-in Tariffs successfully boosted renewable energy deployment in the country. This sparked public and policy discussions around the grid development, market integration and financial instruments that would finally enable Germany to reach its policy target of 80% renewable electricity by 2050.
Unfortunately, the bill passed yesterday fails to address any of these questions. Instead, it strengthens the corporations and energy utilities that have failed to integrate renewables into their business model in the past decade. The following analysis shows why the reform cannot be considered FiT 2.0. [Read more →]
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Mark Shuttleworth Announces uTouch Framework
Open source gesture suite lands in Ubuntu 10.10.
Canonical founder Mark Shuttleworth today announced the uTouch gesture suite that will make its first appearance in the 10.10.10 build of Ubuntu. The code is published under GPLv3 and LGPLv3.
"There's no reason why anyone else can't ship them as well," Shuttleworth said. "There's nothing in there proprietary to Canonical," he added.
Shuttleworth explained that UTouch goes beyond standard touch frameworks by allowing users to chain a series of gestures into a sophisticated series of commands known as "gesture sentences."
The window manager in Ubuntu 10.10 Netbook Edition will fully support the UTouch framework and thereby gesture sentences.
"Netbooks with multitouch will be able to switch applications, potentially switch tabs within the application you're using or, using gestures," Shuttleworth told Linux Pro.
Combining uTouch with Unity, Ubuntu's retooled desktop environment, optimized for netbooks and tablets is a logical choice, but developers will have to first create applications that take advantage of uTouch. Updating from Ubuntu Netbook Edition 10.04 to 10.10 will automatically include UTouch and Unity. Shuttleworth said that Canonical will include at least one application that has a rich touch interface.
"We're announcing the pieces now because we think developers will want to get working on their own apps," Shuttleworth said.
Shuttleworth expects preinstalled uTouch-compatible devices to coincide with Ubuntu 10.10. Ubuntu 10.10 won't be available until October.
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Redmond joins the revolution by turning the .NET Core Runtime into a GitHub project.
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Users only had 7 hours to update before the intrusions started.
HTML5 Gets Promoted to a Standard
It's official: The new web arrives
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Enterprise giant frees itself from ink and home PCs (and visa versa).
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Mozilla's product think tank sinks silently into history.
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In the same 16-year period that obesity rates in the United States doubled — from approximately 15 percent to more than 30 percent, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention — so did the number of road race finishers. That figure jumped from 7 million in 1995 to almost 14 million in 2011, according to Running USA, a Los Angeles-based nonprofit organization that promotes road racing across the country. Increasingly popular as a regular exercise, running's appeal is apparent: It's cheap, requires little physical coordination, can be done solo, with a partner or group and has numerous demonstrable physical and mental benefits.
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"Running clears my head," says small business owner Jaime Fruge, with
"Running clears my head," says Jaime Fruge, mother of three (ages 12 to 18) and co-owner of Absolute Home Remodel and Southern Spray Foam. "What keeps me going is feeling stronger, both emotionally and physically. Life is too busy and overwhelming not to take the time out of the day to do something for myself to release stress. It's the way I love myself. The rest of the day, I put everyone else first."
Crystal Hamilton, mother to 1-year-old Max and property manager at Plantation Apartments, feels a similarly powerful non-physical push to finish those multi-mile runs four days a week. "I think of Max and my [hopefully] future kiddos. I want them to experience a mom who works hard and accomplishes her own personal goals. Whatever they choose in life, I will support, but I want them to have goals. I also want them to have the knowledge and understanding of how through hard work they can accomplish them."
And lest you think they enjoy some grand advantage over your hectic schedule, these women maintain firm, five- to six-days per week fitness routines while managing full-time professional careers and juggling children's schedules.
A supportive family helps. Though Jaime's kids are old enough to care for themselves now, Crystal's partner, Philip, keeps Max while she hits the road or the gym at 5 a.m. five days a week; her mother-in-law keeps Max for her longer, but later, Saturday morning runs.
Partnerships also seem to be key. Jaime regularly runs with two or three people and Crystal with anywhere from one to seven partners per run. Besides the company, you have a free, built-in personal trainer. "If I show signs of slacking," says Crystal, "Tiffany sends me text threats that she's gonna come get me out of bed."
A theme emerged listening to these two women explain the breaks and benefits of maintaining healthy bodies: increased personal discipline and pride. "I'm [now] aware that I work harder than most women I know. I don't brag about it, but I have a lot pride because of it. I get teased sometimes — silly comments about me showing off how much I exercise via Facebook running apps. Showing off or not, who cares? I'm out there working hard and very proud to show it."
Jaime agrees: "The discipline I have from exercising carries over into all aspects of my life, getting things done that need to be done even when I don't feel like it, and following through and being true to my word."
And this is all not to say that each run is not its own challenge. "For me, running is extremely emotional," says Crystal. "I sometimes struggle with the 'I have to stop, take a break' thoughts and the only thing that keeps me going is the guilt I know I'll feel if I do stop. I push myself by forcing thoughts of 'You can do this. You're stronger than you think you are right now.' 'Don't stop.' 'Remember the end!'" she laughs. "All of this sounds pretty miserable, and for me, it is!"
The sell? "My favorite part," she says, "is that moment when the feeling of wanting to stop goes away. And it does, every time. The strength and control I feel in those moments and when our run is over I have yet to duplicate."
Celeste White is a 34-year-old mother of two who practices law in Lafayette and enjoys reading and running.


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This retro TV is part of the motel's funky but welcoming ambience. DAVE HOEKSTRA PHOTO
The Holiday Music Motel is at 30 N. 1st Ave. in Sturgeon Bay (920) 743-5571; www.holiday
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STURGEON BAY, Wis. — Songs are as much of an escape as the road itself.
And the Holiday Music Motel is a soft place to land.
The roadside motel was built in 1952 in downtown Sturgeon Bay. It is the oldest motel — not hotel — in Door County. It is Door County's best kept secret.
The Holiday is owned and operated by singer-songwriters melaniejane and pat mAcdonald. They perform as a duo known as Purgatory Hill. Singer-songwriter Jackson Browne is a partner in the 18-room, two-level motel. The Holiday hosts a regular Thursday writer's (original songs, poetry, comedy) night in the front lobby. I checked in during the end of a session, and the vibe was music to my ears after the four-hour drive from Chicago.
◆ As early as 1747 William Collins wrote "In notes by distance made so sweet," in "The Passions, an Ode for Music".
◆ In 1978 Browne dovetailed "The Load Out" with the Maurice Williams and the Zodiacs hit "Stay" to create one of the great road ballads.
◆ Then in 1986 MacDonald (since renamed mAcdonald) of the Madison, Wis., band Timbuk3 wrote, "The Future's So Bright I Gotta Wear Shades."
The Holiday thrives because mAcdonald keeps one passionate eye on the past.
The motel celebrates its 60th anniversary this year. It is a block east of the Michigan Street Bridge, built in 1930. The bold, 24-foot-wide steel bridge crosses Sturgeon Bay and was slated for demolition in 2001.
mAcdonald is a native of nearby Green Bay, Wis. He also performs with a vintage cigar box guitar which plays bass and lead simultaneously. The cigar box guitar is also played by Jack White, ZZ Top's Billy Gibbons and actor Johnny Depp. mAcdonald's double necked guitar is made with a cigar box and two broom handles and was custom built by John Lowe in Memphis, Tenn.
The Holiday also has an upstairs recording studio with recording engineer Billy Triplett (Robert Cray Band, Timbuk3). The studio is the former motel manager's two-bedroom apartment (with bathroom), and it can be converted to a concert space.
In 2001 Purgatory Hill did a photo shoot for the "Degrees of Gone" album cover in room 122 of the Holiday.
"I thought this motel was special, and I really liked the look of it," mAcdonald said during a winter's morning conversation in the motel lobby. "There isn't anything like this in the United States. The (nhow Berlin) music hotel just opened up in Berlin, but it's a big, modern edifice. This is more funky. We're trying to keep it affordable for musicians and people who don't want a chichi place."
mAcdonald loved the place so much he spent his 2001 wedding night with his bride Katherine in room 122.
"Then when we got divorced in 2005 I guess I needed something to do," he sighed.
mAcdonald got in on the ground floor to save the steel bridge and its intrepid spirit. His sister Christie Weber helped start the not-for-profit Citizens for Our Bridge and also helped find investors for the motel. The Steel Bridge Songfest was launched in the summer of 2005 to draw attention to the structure.
"I asked Jackson Browne if we did an event, would he come and sing a song," mAcdonald said. "He had never been here, but he always wanted to come because I talked a lot about Sturgeon Bay. There was a time he wanted to make a recording studio in a trailer park (sort of like Ry Cooder). I said, 'Why don't you come up and buy this old motel here?' That was the kernel of the idea, but he never made it until we did Steel Bridge. He came for the first one."
Before heading into the studio earlier this week, Browne said, "This (Steel Bridge) festival and this motel could have happened anywhere where there was a nucleus of creative activity. As it turns out, Sturgeon Bay is crawling with interesting creative people.
"It's like the woods are alive with music."
In 2006 the hotel's previous owners rented out the entire 18-room motel to songwriters coming to town for the Steel Bridge Songfest.
Most of the songwriters remarked how much they loved the quaint motel, so mAcdonald made a pitch to buy it. Browne was one of the first to sign on. "We got more investors once people knew Jackson Browne was involved," mAcdonald said. "It took us a year to secure it. Steel Bridge Songfest 2007 was the first time we came in as the owners." The studio's lead engineer Steve Hamilton of the indie Makin' Sausage Music in Milwaukee is also a primary co-owner. Every year a commemorative CD of original bridge compositions is released. (The 2010 edition features the beautiful Freedy Johnston tune "If They Ever Tore It Down," the Jackson Browne-mAcdonald song "Steel Yourself" is on Vol. 1.)
The Michigan Street Bridge was saved, and in January, 2008, it was listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
Besides Browne, over the years James McMurtry, Jane Wiedlin of the Go-Gos and Freedy Johnston have appeared at the songfest. This year's songfest is June 7-10, but the Holiday will be booked with songwriters (For alternative booking options visit www.doorcounty.com).
"It's always been called the Holiday," said mAcdonald, who was born in 1952, the same year the motel opened. "Actually it opened for business a month before the first Holiday Inn opened (August, 1952, in Memphis, Tenn.).
"And Holiday Inn apparently used the same type of (multi-colored metal) furniture we have." A native of retro-rich Milwaukee, melaniejane has redecorated the Holiday with rotary phones and mint green and pink colors that celebrate the motel's 1950 roots. Room curtains feature cool boomerang patterns, and each room has a push button rotary phone. In August melaniejane became the motel manager.
The 1950s-era lobby features a collage of 40 black and white photographs of Route 66 motels and a television set. mAcdonald and melaniejane remodeled the lobby which had been a mish mosh of three small spaces. A 10-seat breakfast area off the lobby has remained the same as has the diner's 1970s wallpaper of a generic woody scene.
"We were forced to remodel because six weeks after we bought the place there was a fire," melaniejane said. "A spark in a second floor light fixture ignited the insulation. The construction of this building is so solid the fire department had a hard time getting through to get to the fire itself. It was mainly smoke and water damage."
mAcdonald asked, "Did you hear about that?"
Well, no, not in Chicago. But that innocence is what makes him a vital songwriter.
The Holiday was forced to go on holiday for 22 months while the motel was repaired.
Since 2000, mAcdonald had been living in Barcelona, Spain and Sturgeon Bay. "People go crazy here in February," he said. "You have to get out."
mAcdonald met melaniejane through mutual musician friends in Milwaukee. She came to Sturgeon Bay for the 2007 Steel Bridge Songfest.
"They had just closed on the Holiday," she recalled. "It was my first experience in Sturgeon Bay. I was interested in people getting together and writing songs but wondered how many songs people could write about a bridge. I thought it might just be a big party, but he coaxed me into it. And I was sold."
The music scene is building in Sturgeon Bay. It is aiming to be a tiny version of Austin, Tex., with deeper water and less traffic. mAcdonald said, "Girl friends who have boyfriends who are musicians find us on the web," he said. "And they say, 'I think this is a place you would like, let's go there.' "
Singer-songwriter Kim Manning (P-Funk, the String Cheese Incident) recently came back to Sturgeon Bay for 10 days to record in the motel studio. "She also did a house concert," melaniejane said. "Which was really cool, this P-Funk roller skate girl. She assembled a band of local musicians, and it was great fun. She said this was a place she could reset and re-inspire. She started cranking out songs like crazy. A lot of people say that."
mAcdonald added, "We're still just starting out in a way and getting the place established as a motel. That's the foundation, and the motel is hitting stride, although the mission is to create music and a network of world wide musicians who sort of look at this as a home."
FOR MORE on the "Sturgeon Bay Sound" and the cigar box guitar, visit www.blogs.suntimes.com/hoekstra.